NEWS IN GHANA

The president of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors ( GhIS) , Surv. Dr. John Amaglo has called on government to help expedite the process that would lead to the passage of Surveying Council Bill into an act to regulate the surveying profession and practice in the country. According to him, the lack of the Surveying Council Act to regulate the space gives room for a lot of influx of companies and firms who are illegally in operation, a situation which is inimical and an affront to the noble profession and good practice since there’s no legal backing to regulate proper conduct.       “If you have the legal backing to protect practice and profession, then you will have the situation where all foreigners coming to the country would liaise with that Council just like we have the Engineering Council which is protecting the surveyors”. Surv. Dr. John Amaglo made the appeal while addressing journalists at the Annual Press Interaction of the Institution held in Accra on...

  ·          The COVID-19 vaccine jabs are a sophisticated effort by the West to emasculate and recolonize Africa. ·          Madagascar has developed a concoction to cure COVID-19 ·          Dr Kwame Nkrumah had a shrine at the presidency which enabled him run his administration ·          The executive has tabled a motion before the parliament to pave the way for President Nana Akufo Addo to seek a third term. Honestly, what do these screaming headlines have in common? Certainly, few will think through these news items, some indifferent, a few more will completely disregard these claims bursting into laughter but be rest assured, a good number of the recipients of these news articles will deem them to be the gospel truth and worth sharing. Again, what do you make of such headlines? For us here present, I believ...

The Country Director of Days for Girls Ghana (DFG), a non-profit organization, Sandra Boakye has called on government to urgently respond to the plight of women and girls and ensure the complete removal of 20% luxury tax on menstrual hygiene product into the country to allow free-flow, easy access and use of women and girls during their menstrual cycle periods. According to her, this would go a long way to help address the issues of menstrual hygiene health that our women and girls are confronted with on a daily basis to advance their good health and well-being in the country at all times. She made this known while addressing a capacity building session organized by her outfit for some selected journalists representing a cross section of the Ghanaian media in Accra on Monday September 20, 2021.      The beneficiaries were drawn from media houses such as GTV, Metro TV, Atinka TV, ATV, Sena Radio online, Ghanaian Times, Onua TV/Radio, 3FM/TV3 and the Human Rights Repor...

  The Programs Manager of the  Hope For Future Generations , (HFFG), Gladys Damalin has called for increase domestic financing for immunization. To achieve this, she further called on the Ghanaian media to strongly advocate and influence the government’s decision to act with urgency and help increase the domestic financing for immunization in the country.   Increase domestic financing for immunization This, according to her, is the surest way to close the gaps in the health sector thereby helping the country achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). “We want you to go with us, accompany us on this journey, calling on parliamentarians, calling on political leaders, calling on the government to help increase funding for domestic immunization to end health challenges in Ghana”. Gladys Damalin made the plea while speaking in an interview on the sidelines of a media encounter held at the Conference room of the Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra on Wednesday March 31, 2021. ...

The National Chairman of the Informal Waste Pickers’ Group, Mr. Johnson Doe, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to give listening ears to the plights of the Informal Waste Pickers and Collectors in the country.  He also called on the President to address their issues to help achieve his noble vision of making Accra the cleanest city in West Africa.  Speaking in an interview on the sidelines at a virtual event organized by Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in Accra on Friday, March 5, 2021, to commemorate this year’s International Waste Pickers’ Day (IWPD), Mr. Johnson Doe said: “Yes, the president’s vision can be achieved if he involves us (pickers and collectors) in decision-making processes in the waste management systems particularly at the district level and we really deserve to be recognized as well. We will equally need a clinic to be set aside for waste collectors and pickers based on the unfortunate experiences that we have in accessing ...

  The National Focal Person (NFP) of the Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR) in Ghana, Grace Commey has called on government and its agencies to help give the network the needed backing, opportunities and above all an effective collaboration to bring an end to issues of disaster in the country. According to her, the success of GNDR in Ghana depends solely on the support of government, its agencies including the relevant stakeholders owing to its operations being championed by lots of civil society organizations (CSOs) who are its members, committed to working assiduously to help prevent, mitigate risks and above all improve the lives of people affected by disaster, hence the need for the support. “I’m appealing to the government to help collaborate with us, it should give us the opportunity to work particularly with its various agencies and stakeholders. It should also endeavor to embrace our strategy that we’ll be using to work within th...