2020

Three Civil Society Organisations in the extractive sector have called on the government to seek alternative financial sources to deal with the COVID 19 pandemic instead of taking monies from the Heritage fund. "We are deeply worried…

The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health (GCNH) has called for what it describes as ‘progressive' nationwide lockdown, as the country’s confirmed cases on the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) surge. Ghana has so far recorded 204 confirmed…

Parliament on Thursday night, under a Certificate of Urgency, passed the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) National Trust Fund Bill, 2020 to give legislative backing to the proposed establishment of a fund to complement the efforts of the…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Mr Isaac Adongo has pledged the support of the Minority in Parliament to find the appropriate solution to deal with the GH¢9.5 billion…

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Friday said the country was not in a conventional war situation for sections of the populace including some security personnel to use unjustified force or torture as means…

LPG Marketing Companies Association of Ghana has called for the immediate withdrawal of the new Cylinder Recovery Levy introduced by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). The NPA on April 2 introduced the Cylinder Recovery Levy by…

Mr QU Dongyu, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic is putting enormous strains on the public health systems around the world. He said millions of people in the…

CUTS Ghana, a research and policy think tank, has called on the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to immediately consider downward review of all electricity tariffs to give relief to businesses and consumers. It said with a…

Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Friday, said 6,000 samples of contacts of persons confirmed with COVID-19, have so far been taken for laboratory testing. Dr Aboagye, who was giving a…

Parliament has approved $35 million  Financing Agreement between the Government and the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. The facility forms part of the…