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Ghana starts $595m Accra sewage project
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday said the attitude of dumping garbage into gutters and drains was not only a health threat, but an impediment to the achievement of Millennium Development Goal on sanitation.
He said: “We need to…
Japan launches grant scheme to support grassroot projects in Ghana
The Japanese assistance Grant for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) Scheme is to directly assist grassroots level development projects in Ghana.
It is a small scale assistance for basic needs for human security purposes, from the…
Works on Vea Irrigation Dam ordered to be continued
The Upper East Regional Security Council on Wednesday ordered the contractor working on the Vea Dam to resume work in spite of protests from spiritual lords that the gods detest the blast and use of rocks in the area as raw material for the…
Driver jailed ten years for assaulting, harming Police officers
Bright Kumadey, aka Lebene, a driver, was on Wednesday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Accra circuit court on the charge of causing harm to a police officer by running over him with his private car.
The fact of the case was that…
Developing countries need laws on plastics disposal – Dr Ahenkorah
Dr Alfred Ahenkorah, Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission, on Wednesday tasked developing countries to promulgate laws on the disposal of plastics and electronic waste.
He said this was due to the hazards that they posed to the…
Ghana’s export products to EU market likely to reduce
Ghana risks having her export products to the European Union (EU) markets reduced if she fails to initiate steps to comply with EU Commission’s requirement on product traceability.
The Commission’s decree on the General Food Law of the EU…
We need innovation in water, sanitation management – World Bank specialist
Dr Beatrix Allah-Mensah, Senior Social Development Specialist, World Bank, Tuesday said institutional arrangements, approaches and methodologies for developing, use and management of water and sanitation services needed to be looked at…
Open defecation said to be costing Ghana $79m per year
Professor Chris Gordon, Director, Institute of Environment and Sanitation, University of Ghana, Legon, on Tuesday said open defecation cost Ghana $79 million per year, where as it would require less than one million latrines to eliminate…
Gov’t secures $88m for National Service Scheme
The government has secured $88 million from an Israeli company to revamp the activities of the National Service Scheme (NSS).
The Executive Director of the NSS, Mr. Vincent Senam Kuagbenu made this known at a three-day performance review…
Hawkers back to Accra streets after AMA eviction
Hawkers are back on the streets of Accra after the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Task Force evicted them on Monday.
A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to Accra on Wednesday revealed that majority of the traders, especially women,…