The Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCC), Mahama Salifu, has said the new National Decentralisation Policy and Strategy (NDPS, 2020-2024) put together by the government would promote accountability and economic development at the local level.
The Executive Secretary further emphasized that government has shown in the...
2020 marks the Decade of Action call on countries including Ghana to accelerate efforts towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The achievement of the SDGs will however be meaningless without the existence of peace, as emphasized by SDG 16.
As part of activities to commemorate the 2020 International...
The presidential election contest of 2020 is the third between President Nana Akufo-Addo and his immediate predecessor President John Mahama.
In 2012 and 2016, Mahama was the incumbent whereas Akufo-Addo was the challenger. On this occasion, the table has turned, with Akufo-Addo as the incumbent and Mahama as the opposition...
Since we are in an election year, let's throwback to November 2016 (another election year) when my flight from Kumasi to Accra got delayed due to adverse weather conditions. I went to the Airport restaurant to grab a snack and catch up on my emails.
I was busily attending to my emails...
The Policy Forum with Emmanuel OWUSU
According to Regulation 128 (1) of Road Traffic Regulation Act LI 2180 the “Licensing Authority shall not register a motorcycle to carry a fare-paying passenger.” ... Section 128 (3) further stipulates that “a person shall not ride on a motorcycle or tricycle as a...
The two main political parties, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have outdoored their respective manifestos, ahead of the December 2020 general elections. The manifestos are replete with a bevy of promises, on which the two parties have anchored...
Kete Krachi Timber Recovery Limited, (KKTR) operators of the Volta Lake Timber Concession under the One District Factory One Factory (1D1F) dispensation, stands out as a project living up to the aims and objectives of 1D1F in transforming rural livelihoods and bettering the economy of Ghana in general, Mr....
The sod has been cut for work to begin on a solid-waste treatment facility for the people of Bono Region.
The project - a collaboration between the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) and its private-sector partners - is aimed at improving sanitation in the...
…. Operations start next month
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inspected ongoing work on a US$34 million starch processing factory at Amantin, in the Bono East Region.
The tour of the Amantin Agro Processing Ltd, a wholly-owned Ghanaian company, formed part of the President’s two-day working visit of the...