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Cabinet has approved $300m World Bank-funded Free SHS project – Haruna Iddrisu
The Cabinet has approved a proposed $300 million World Bank financing package to support infrastructure development in senior high schools, with Parliament expected to consider the agreement on Tuesday, July 21.
Almost 80% of sachet water sampled contained bacteria — Study reveals
Ghana is facing a systemic food safety crisis, as there is widespread contamination across the country’s food production and distribution chain, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned. The Association’s General Secretary, Dr Richard Selormey, says food safety concerns extend from farms to dining tables and requ...
Wontumi doesn’t deserve 20 years in prison – Former NPP Chairman reacts to conviction
Some leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region have expressed outrage over the 20-year prison sentence handed to the party’s Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. They described the sentence as excessive, unjust and politically motivated. The Crimin...
Parliamentary Select Committee on Education worries over exorbitant distance education fees
A member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, has expressed concern about the exorbitant fees charged by universities running distance education programmes. He said the fees charged by the universities were too high and called on the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission to look into...
Court cases won’t stop my National Chairmanship ambition – Wontumi
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Chairmanship hopeful, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has dismissed suggestions that his ongoing legal challenges could affect his ambition to become the party’s next National Chairman. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Se...
61-year-old Ghanaian woman gives birth after pioneering stem cell-enhanced IVF procedure
A 61-year-old Ghanaian woman has finally given birth for the first time after undergoing a successful advanced medical procedure at Mary-Lucy Hospital at Awoshie in Accra. The development, the fertility hospital says, marks a major milestone in reproductive medicine in Ghana. Doris Anum-Dorhuso, a Chartered Accountant...
Ntim Fordjour demands names, prosecution of gov’t officials linked to $300m meth bust in Australia
The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has called on the Minister for the Interior to name and prosecute any government officials allegedly involved in the trafficking of narcotics. This follows the reported seizure of methamphetamine valued at about $300 million in...
Free SHS’s greatest achievement is expanding access – Kofi Asare
The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has described expanded access to secondary education as the greatest success of Ghana’s Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, saying it has removed major barriers that previously prevented many students from progressing beyond basic education...
Health authorities in Kumasi alarmed over sharp increase in synthetic drug abuse
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate is alarmed over the sharp rise in synthetic drug abuse across the region. Regional Health Director, Dr. Fred Adomako-Boateng, revealed substances such as cannabis and alcohol now account for over 55% of all substance-induced psychiatric admissions in Kumasi and neighbouring distr...
Declining donor funding makes CHAG partnership more critical – Finance Ministry
The Ministry of Finance has identified the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) as a critical partner in sustaining healthcare delivery as Ghana grapples with declining donor support and increasing pressure to finance its own health priorities. Delivering remarks on behalf of Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Fo...
WHO cites CHAG-Government partnership among Africa’s strongest health collaborations
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described the long-standing partnership between the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) and the Government of Ghana as one of the strongest examples of public-faith sector collaboration on the African continent, crediting the relationship with expanding healthcare access...
West Africa signs off $25bn mega gas-pipeline plan
One of Africa's most ambitious energy infrastructure projects has finally been signed off at the highest level, with West African leaders formally endorsing the long-awaited Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic Gas Pipeline.