NEWS IN GHANA

  Various checks has indicated that so far no action has yet been taken a month after government has issued an action paper on scandalous revelations of graft at a youth employment agency Ghana is losing about fifty million Ghana cedis monthly as contracts which the committee recommended should be abrogated has still not been cancelled. The Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA) came under fire after Joy FM's Manasseh Azure uncovered rot at the government-run agency. A ministerial committee was set up by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah to look into allegations of massive corruption and fraud. A senior member of the ruling National Democratic Congress Sam Pee Yalley also described the report that came out of that investigation as horrible and stinking . Political opponents such as former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South, Stephen Balado-Manu challenged the President to act on the recomme

Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosua-Adjare delivering a speech during the launch The Ministry of tourism, culture and creative arts in collaboration with Ministries of Energy and Petroleum; Water Resources, Works and Housing; and the Western Regional Coordinating Council has organized a   stakeholders workshop in Accra at Cleaver House on Tuesday 24 th September 2013, to mark the celebration of the this years World tourism day. It is on the theme “Tourism and Water: Protecting our common future”, which is   in support of the United Nations International Year of Water Co-operation seeks to highlight the symbiotic relationship that exists between tourism and water, and the extent to which the two impact on each other. Ghana has over the years joined the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), to partake in the celebration of the world Tourism day which comes off every year on the 27 th of September The celebration which is aimed at creating further awar