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The Ministry of Works and Housing has constituted a technical working committee to guide it in exploring the possibility of selling the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project.The technical working group, chaired by the Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Abdulai Abanga, is made up of experts from the built environment, including …

About a dozen Twitter staff based in Ghana, which was the firm’s only office in Africa, have rejected a severance package offered to them and are now considering taking legal action. The staff’s legal firm has told the BBC that Twitter wants to negotiate the severance package and termination process, …

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Emeritus Ivan Addae-Mensah, has called on the government to re-examine the implementation of the free senior high school (SHS) policy to ensure its sustainability.He suggested that the government should resort to cost sharing, where parents who could afford it would pay …

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has explained that the stalling of the supply of premix fuel recently was due to the inability of the Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs) to blend the required quantities for distribution. She reckoned that this had affected premix fuel supply to …

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said that the nation’s better days are ahead and not behind as he urges all to continue working hard for things to change for the better. He explained that, although the nation’s economy is facing some challenges due to the global financial …

A total of 377 road crashes deaths were recorded in the Ashanti region from January to October this year. A total of 3,552 injuries were recorded in the 2,886 road crashes that occurred within the period, involving 4,865 cars. The Regional Director for the Ghana National Road Safety Authority, Madam …

For about nine in 10 people in Ghana, sanitation systems are either non-existent or ineffective, Mr. Issahaku Chinnia Amidu, Deputy Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, has observed. He said access to sanitation systems in Ghana was seriously inadequate. The Deputy Minister advised that, “as people, our lives revolve around …

The Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, has chastised the need for Ghana to be self-judgmental in the post-independence of country. According to the daughter of late president Jerry John Rawlings, the country must consider rethinking new ideas of the …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) began conducting a mass deworming exercise across 15 regions from yesterday, November 21 to December 9, 2022. The exercise is targeted at 1.94 million schoolchildren aged between five and 14. It is being undertaken in 11,322 public and private schools in 89 districts spread across …

The Reverend Fr Dr. James Ackah, a lecturer at the Catholic University of Ghana (CUG) has appealed to Christians and Muslems to reduce ‘noise’ making at their worship centres. “The effect of excessive noise can cause mental health disorders”, Rev Fr. Dr. Ackah stated this when he delivered a lecture …