Archive for September, 2009
Posted by Contributor on September 30, 2009 at 10:18 am in Health, Local News
Mr Akwasi Opong-Fosu, Acting Head of Local Government Service, on Tuesday said there was the need to treat urban development problems with urgency in order not to perpetuate poverty, undermine social stability and national security. He cited ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ in Accra, which represented years of policy and institutional failures overlooked over the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:17 am in Local, Politics
Mr. Edward Doe Ajaho, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, on Tuesday called for a constitutional amendment and public policy restructuring to ensure gender equality in the country’s body politic. “Ghana and African countries must endeavour to bridge the gap currently existing between men and women in terms of representation in our body politics. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:17 am in Local, Politics
The National Executive Committee of National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Tuesday, reaffirmed its commitment to fighting corruption and promoting transparent and accountable governance. It has therefore commended President John Evans Atta Mills for “his swift and decisive action in directing the Attorney General to investigate the matter. The NDC is ready and willing [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:16 am in Local, Politics
Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, one of the candidates vying for the position of National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) said he would bring back the confidence that has eluded the leadership and the foot-soldiers of the party when given the position. “If we want to win power in 2012, then there is [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:15 am in Local, Politics
Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has said that government would use the review of the decentralisation process to rekindle popular interest in local governance and democracy. He said the review should help the country to strategise on how to coordinate the different initiatives in local development and [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:15 am in Other Top Stories
Mr Kwamena Ahwoi, a lecturer at GIMPA, is suggesting that government cedes the right to appoint 30 percent of the membership of District, Municipal and Metropolitan ((MMDCEs) Assemblies to traditional authorities. Currently, the President does the appointment in consultation with traditional rulers. Speaking at a consultative workshop on 20 years of Decentralisation [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:12 am in Education, Local News
Majority of science teachers in the country are suffering from chronic diseases for lack of protection from the chemicals they work with, Mr Nesta Mensah, Brong Ahafo Regional President of Ghana Association of Science Teachers (GAST) said on Tuesday. He said a greater percentage of science teachers, under the effect of concentrated acids [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:11 am in Business, Other Business Stories
An emergency rice data system project on the collection of data on rice production in the country was launched by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in Accra on Tuesday. The project, which spans from July 2009 to March 2010 and sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under a 54,000-dollar budget [...]
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