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Ghana is being overwhelmed in chemicals contained in electronics waste, commonly known as e-waste. Despite donor interest and support to address the potentially explosive – environmental and public health risks, government after government has played politics with the problem. When the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta presented the 2019 budget …

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance has said that, government’s priority programmes, including the flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy has caused an annual growth in expenditure to 38.8 per cent. “The annual growth of 38.8 per cent reflects a full provision made to cater for the Government’s …

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says an agreement between Befesa Desalination Plant and the Ghana Water Company is an albatross, which is draining $1.42 million from the Water Company every month. The TUC has also proposed a further reduction of electricity tariff by 15 per cent and a reduction in …

A total of 2,623 poverty eradication and infrastructure projects are being implemented by Government through the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives, at the cost of GH¢927 million. The funding for the projects came from the 2018 Budget of GH¢1.2 billion allocated to the Ministry, while GH¢23 million has so far …

Government through the Ghana Education Get Fund has secured a $1.5 billion loan to expand infrastructure facilities in Senior High Schools as part of efforts to improve quality and increase access to free secondary education. The loan facility would be used to rehabilitate existing education facilities and build dormitories, assembly …

There is a long held belief that the private sector is the engine of growth, but in reality, access to capital by the private sector, especially small enterprises is often non-existent and where it is available, the terms are hard to meet, making it harder for the private sector to …

World leaders make pledges all the time, and the announcement is trumpeted. But what is often not known is whether the pledges are fulfilled or not. Last week, world leaders, including from developing countries pledged a little over $1 billion to support countries deal with challenges in the health and …

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Upper East Region have called for strong backing for the proposed new Land Bill, saying, it would greatly reduce poverty, particularly, in the northern parts of the country. They said the current land tenure system was fraught with many challenges and not gender responsive. …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the limited success chalked by government hinges on its quest to facilitate the business of the private sector and fundamental issues of rule of law. He said government business is to create the enabling environment for the private sector to do business. President …

The Danish government has been one of Ghana’s development partners, supporting the country’s budget, in health, enhancing human rights and justice. And from 1999 to date, the European country has put in $2 billion to support Ghana. At an event Thursday November 8, 2018 to launch an evaluation of the …