Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) has so far commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for ensuring that 25 per cent of his appointees are women. With the current ministerial appointments, the group says it is of the view that the President is on course on his party’s manifesto of appointing a minimum threshold of the 30…
A governance expert has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to consider cutting down drastically the size of his government. The expert, Professor Albert Puni, says he is of the view that the new President can attain his goal of protecting the public purse if he is able to form a lean government. Making the call on Onua…
Government has been called upon to complete all Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) projects abandoned in the various second cycle institutions to help ease congestion. Many of the projects include classroom blocks, dining halls, libraries and dormitories. The spokesperson for the 1989/91 year group of the St John’s School in Sekondi in the Western Region, Mr Kobina Bedu-Addo, made…
Citizen vigilante Mr Martin Amidu has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to make haste slowly and be fairly sure of each step he takes to avoid repeating the mistakes of the previous government. In a letter to President Akufo-Addo, Mr Amidu said former President John Mahama’s retirement residence and office saga nearly cost the sitting President well-meaning supporters…
The Asutifi North Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Francis Opoku Sarfo, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to focus on his campaign promise to create the Ahafo Region out of the existing Brong Ahafo Region. He said in the runup to the 2016 election, Nana Akufo- ’Addo, in his campaign, called on the…
Mr Francis Kojo Smith, a political analyst and lawyer, has observed that the result of the election points to the fact that there is a need for radical change in the way of doing things in the country. He has, therefore, advised the new President of Ghana to select into his team people who believe in radical change. He…
The Nkosuohene of Atwima Akropong in the Ashanti Region, Nana Osei Bonsu Bempah, has called on Ghanaians to rally solidly behind the new administration under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in its efforts to transform the fortunes of the country. He stressed that the building of a country demanded the contribution of all and sundry. In an interview with…
Ghana is swimming in plastic waste. Should the government introduce a plastic ban? In a guest commentary by climate advocate Joshua Amponsem, he speaks to Ghanaian activists about the future of plastic in the country. Plastic waste fills the streets and chokes gutters, rivers and lakes in Ghana’s cities and towns. The problem is so urgent that the country’s…
An IAEA team of experts has started an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission in Ghana. The mission will last eight days and it will evaluate the status of major infrastructure issues against the Agency’s Milestones Approach for the introduction of nuclear power. These issues include legal and regulatory frameworks, nuclear safety and security, radioactive waste management, human resource…
CHICAGO — If the metal barricades, “Do Not Enter” signs and lurking Secret Service agents were a bother the past eight years in the Hyde Park-Kenwood area — the South Side neighborhood where President Obama still owns a house, but rarely has been home — residents are not complaining. “All that’s been fine, really. You get used to it,”…
