The World Bank has approved a $60 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Ghana Productive Safety Net project to strengthen and improve social safety nets and productive inclusion of the poor and vulnerable. “The project will contribute towards the government’s objective of improving the livelihood of poor households by harnessing investments in the … Read more
The Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), is implementing two pilot programmes in 20 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country, to ensure that the rights of Ghanaians especially children, women and the vulnerable in society, are well protected in all communities. The two policies dubbed “Child and Family and Justice for Children … Read more
About 500 poor and vulnerable individuals from 157 households from the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region have began receiving allowances from the government under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty programme (LEAP). The disbursement, which started on Wednesday at the Ndasemam pay point, saw the beneficiaries receiving between GHC64 and GHC74 depending on the number … Read more
Government and private establishments should expand their employment opportunities “For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on employment and job creation”. Enda Kenny Decent Work Agenda (DWA) has become increasingly recognized as a key approach to global and national development and … Read more
The National Peace Council has called for calm and restraint among the two main gates-the Gbugmayili and the Bangyili- as it continues with the process of restoring lasting peace in Bimbilla. “This in our opinion would provide the enabling environment to release the productive energies and free the civic capacities of people for development to … Read more
Ghana is determined at strengthening its efforts at eradicating poverty through increased investments in human development, social inclusion and insurance for the wellbeing and dignity of all citizens. Addressing the 55th United Nations Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Ghana’s representative, Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba, outlined … Read more
Ghana is determined at strengthening its efforts at eradicating poverty through increased investments in human development, social inclusion and insurance for the wellbeing and dignity of all citizens. Addressing the 55th United Nations Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Ghana’s representative, Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba,outlined many … Read more
Ghana is determined at strengthening its efforts at eradicating poverty through increased investments in human development, social inclusion and insurance for the wellbeing and dignity of all citizens. Addressing the 55th United Nations Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Ghana’s representative, Madam Otiko Afisah Djaba, outlined … Read more
The purpose of this article is to take a retrospective view of the social intervention programs for orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana and reflect on the way forward. After independence, the government of Ghana introduced universal welfare interventions for all Ghanaians including children. However, around the 1980s, the country made a u-turn in its … Read more
A team of international and local experts on labour last week subjected the impact of international trade on domestic job creation activities to critical scrutiny amid increasing agitations for efforts to stimulate economic growth and employment particularly at the micro-enterprise level. Labour and Employment Minister, Haruna Iddrissu who led a team of policymakers to the … Read more
It’s 7am in the morning, rush hour time. I sat behind two young beautiful ladies in a trotro. As I look through the windows, admiring the beauty of life that exist in my country. These two ladies in front of me are having a discussion about something. Its private conversation but too loud that I … Read more
The mother of a young man who was flogged by Bishop Daniel Obinim says she will invoke curses on those calling for the pastor’s arrest. Akua Bempomaa, in an exclusive interview on Joy News Friday, said the action of the controvercial Bishop was a step in the right direction. ‘If Ghanaians do not stop condemning … Read more
The embattled founder of the International God’s way church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, has dared the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, to go ahead and drag him to the Police for publicly flogging two of his teenage church members for fornicating. The media aide for Bishop Obinim, Joseph Oppong Brenya, said this in an … Read more
There have been calls by various players for a Presidential pardon concerning the Montie saga. While individual preferences and viewpoints must be allowed for diversity, the views of the Chairman of the NDC, Minister of Education, Minister of Gender and Social Protection, and the Ga Traditional Council are really shocking. Going to prison is unfortunate … Read more