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CHAG delivers up to 40% of Ghana’s healthcare with just 7% of facilities – Executive Director
The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) says it continues to play a disproportionately large role in the country’s health system, delivering up to 40 per cent of healthcare services nationwide despite owning only about seven per cent of Ghana’s health infrastructure. Speaking at the opening of the 2026 CHAG An...
People-centred healthcare begins with access, not policy – WHO Rep. to Ghana
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged Ghana to place communities – not health systems – at the centre of ongoing healthcare reforms, stressing that Universal Health Coverage will only become a reality when people can easily access quality healthcare where they live. Speaking at the opening of the 2026 Christian...
World Drug Day: Study reveals high substance use among youth in La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal
As Ghana joined the rest of the world to mark World Drug Day on June 26, under the theme, “World drug problem: Persisting issues, new challenges, innovative responses,” stakeholders renewed calls for stronger action to protect young people from the growing threat of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking. World D...
Tema Oil Refinery plans capacity boost to 45,000 barrels per day
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is preparing to increase its production capacity as part of renewed efforts to strengthen operations and improve output at the facility.
‘It doesn’t add up’ – Minority questions PURC’s tariff increase
Minority in Parliament has criticised the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission’s (PURC) latest upward adjustment of electricity and water tariffs.
Doctors accepting rural postings rise from 12 to over 100 – Health Minister reveals
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has revealed the number of medical doctors accepting postings to Ghana’s deprived communities has increased sharply from just 12 last year to more than 100 in 2026. The minister described the development as a significant step towards addressing longstanding staffing shortages in u...
Minority insists government still owes IPPs $500m and fuel suppliers over $200m
The Minority in Parliament is questioning government claims that Ghana’s power sector debts have been cleared, insisting available figures show significant outstanding liabilities to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and fuel suppliers. At a press conference on Tuesday, Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy Com...
70 private schools demand payment of Free SHS arrears as academic year ends
Some 70 private Senior High Schools participating in the Free SHS programme under a pilot arrangement say their operations and preparations for the next academic year are being threatened by the delay in payment of arrears owed them. They are therefore asking the government to pay them without further delay. According...
Attempt to block Afoko’s bid backfires on plotters
The National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the party’s second-highest decision-making body, on Thursday, June 25, 2026, unanimously dismissed a petition seeking to block Paul Awentami Afoko from contesting for National Chairman. Unknown petitioner(s) had written to the Council seeking to have Mr. Afoko barr...
Delaying anti-LGBTQ Bill could cost NDC votes in 2028 — Ogyaba
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communications team, Nana Sarfo Ogyaba, has urged Parliament to expedite passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, warning that any further delays could carry political consequences for the governing party ahead of the 2028 elections. Speaking on The F...
NPP hoped NDC would fail to pass Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill – Ayariga
Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has accused the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) of hoping the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would fail to deliver on its promise to pass the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, popularly known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.
NPP regional election: Joseph K. Essibu elected Central Regional NPP chairman
Dr Joseph K. Essibu has been elected Central Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after securing 278 votes in the party’s 2026 regional executive elections. Essibu defeated Percyval Dennis Quaicoe, who polled 161 votes, in the chairmanship contest. Adwoa was elected Women’s Organiser with 303 votes, beati...