NEWS IN GHANA

Her dream was to see faces of disadvantaged children in deprived communities beam with smiles no matter the cost. But such a dream could not have been achieved without passion, commitment and dint of hard work on her part backed by the support of others. Khadija Lukman, 17, a final year International Baccalaureate Diploma(IBD) student of the Morgan International Community School(MICS) at Gomoa Manso, a village in Central Region of Ghana became the happiest person on earth to see faces of over 100 school kids from the Prince-Mac International School beam with smiles at the handing over of a 4-seater toilet facility to the school. The building project was solely championed by Khadija through the support of her family and friends including the Cleanext Ghana Limited, a leading Ghanaian construction firm who erected the magnificent structure. It was intended to cushion the entire school population, serve as a place of convenience with much focus on the welfare of

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has observed the realization of ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda including the Coordinated Program of Economic and Social Development Policies 2017-2024 which encapsulates President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision would suffer if corruption is not properly addressed in the country. He said in a bid achieve the dream, Government has instituted certain reforms among others to eliminate waste and seize the opportunity for corruption in the country. Some of these measures include the dehydration processes in the port for clearing goods, introduction of online passport application forms as well as the implementation of transport allocation of oil bloc businesses to investors. He further hinted that government is strengthening the anti-corruption institutions to enable them address corruption, promote probity and accountability and transparency by providing them more resources.  Dr Mahamudu Bawumia made his views known in a speech rea