NEWS IN GHANA

Report by  Joseph Kobla Wemakor   Mrs. Madgalene Apenteng The Public Investment Division (PID) of the Ministry of Finance has built the capacity of thirty-one (31) selected journalists and Media Practitioners on the concept of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) and its related issues. The Four-day Training Workshop which took place at the Capital View Hotel, Koforidua in the Eastern Region from the 1-4 October 2014 was the second of its kind since the inception of the PPP program in Ghana. The first one which took place in Accra at the Alisa Hotel was a one-day capacity building workshop equally aimed at sensitizing the media on how to carry out factual and accurate reportage on PPPs   Mrs. Magdalene Apenteng, Director of the Public Investment Division, Ministry of Finance, in her opening statement indicated that the main objective of the Workshop was to create awareness, improve knowledge and understanding on PPPs, and to attract advocacy for PPPs

Story by Joseph Kobla Wemakor Hawa Suleimana, Project coordinator interacting with the press The Light Foundation(TLF), a non-governmental Organization into humanitarian work, guided by the teaching of Islam has embarked on thirty-six weeks  nationwide campaign project aimed at stopping at nothing in their quest to getting 20 million Ghanaians sensitized against the deadly Ebola Viral Disease. The 36 weeks campaign which was launched    five weeks ago in Accra has registered a significant achievement in six regions namely Greater Accra, Western, Eastern, Central, Tamale and Upper East Region. Speaking at a media briefing in Accra on Wednesday, Project Coordinator of the Light Foundation, Hawa Suleimana recounted the achievements of the project however, maintained there is the need to intensify education on the Ebola Viral Disease across the entire nation since most Ghanaians lack adequate knowledge on the disease for that matter her team of able bodied yo