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Rescue Mission International, a youth advocacy NGO, has urged the youth and all youth-led organisations to take up innovative and complementary training programmes to empower the youth to challenge the status quo for better transformation of the education sector. According to the organisation, this would effectively contribute to the sustainable …

Alhaji Mohammed Issah Monsuru, Chief Imam of Effutu has reminded journalists and media houses of their critical role, in ensuring that their reportage is circumspective and devoid of utterances that are likely to trigger conflicts. Alhaji Monsuru expressed discomfort with the animosity, intolerance, insults and attacks, which have characterized the …

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has announced that its 470MW Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan will be off the grid on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 in preparation for relocation to the Western Region. A statement signed by Ms Sandra Amarquaye, Corporate Communications Specialist Karpowership, said the Powership will depart from the Tema …

The government’s efforts to reduce unemployment looks promising as statistics keep declining, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, said on Monday. The nation’s unemployment situation stood at 11.5 per cent in 2015, but has fallen between 3.6 per cent and 7.1 per cent, the sector Minister …

The Upper West Region has consistently maintained below 50 per cent performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for the past six years. This poor performance at the BECE level, which serves as the foundation for the secondary and tertiary levels is attracting lots of dissatisfaction among stakeholders in …

The European Union (EU) and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) are financing the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations to revamp regional Labour Departments of the country. In the interim, Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the sector Minister who announced this on Monday said 26 Labour Departments are expected to be revamped …

The Agency for Health and Food Security has called on government to as a matter of urgency, design agricultural policies for specific vegetables to ensure efficient value chain management and production of safe foods. The recommendation followed findings obtained from a research conducted by the Agency on vegetables with an …

Though the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) commenced in 2012, it is still lacking basic and modern amenities to improve effective operations of the school, Professor Harrison Kwame Dapaah, the Vice-Chancellor (VC) has said. Speaking at the fourth graduation ceremony of the institution in Sunyani, the VC said …

Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyenhene and President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, has called on the media to speak out on issues that affect the environment, development and particularly health of people. He said the media may not have the power to change or formulate polices, but they …

Five communities in the Afadzato South District Assembly of the Volta Region, have been declared Open Defecation Free(ODF). These are Ve-Hove, Nyagbo-Kume, Leklebi-Fiafe, Jerusalem, Liati-Tadzi and Tafi-Kpankpamakofe Mr Wisdom Semanu Seneadza, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Afadzato South, made this known in his address at a meeting of them …