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Ghana will not fight sanitation challenge with enforcement
Even though Ghana is currently doing very poorly in achieving its sanitation MDG target with an abysmal national coverage figure of just 12.4 % as at 2008 (GDHS), enforcing sanitation laws which exist in the country’s statute books is not…
Minister says Ghana is environmentally prepared for oil and gas drilling
Ghanaians living within the oil catchments area can report any environmental hazards caused by the oil and gas drilling to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regional offices.
The Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology,…
Tullow Oil expands in Africa with acquisitions in Kenya, Ethiopia
Tullow Oil, one of the biggest oil producers in Africa is deepening its presence on the continent with acquisitions at the Horn of Africa. Tullow has bought stakes in licenses in Kenya and Ethiopia.
In a press release copied to…
IMF says S&P downgrade of Ghana questionable
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Tuesday said the downgrade of Ghana’s credit rating was questionable and based on wrong information.
Standards and Poor’s, last Friday downgraded the rating from B+ to B, citing a large deficit and…
Government urged to provide adequate security to protect oil field
A seventy-four-year-old executive committee member of the True Faith Church at Kwahu Praso, Mr Isaac Ofori Koranteng, on Friday urged the government to provide adequate security to protect the country’s oil from being smuggled under the sea…
Oil companies in Ghana can’t flout laws – Ablakwa
Government will ensure that oil companies comply with the laws of the country as well as with business agreements, Mr Okudjeto Ablakwa, a Deputy Minister of Information on at the weekend said.
He was speaking at a public forum on the oil…
More talk tax money for youth employment
Cabinet has approved more money from the Communications Service Tax, known as ‘talk tax’ to be allocated to the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) for the payment of allowances, the Daily Graphic has reported.
According to the…
Ghana’s fiscal deficit said to be due to subsidisation of banks
A Programme Officer of the Third World Network – Africa, (TWN) a non-governmental organisation, Gyekye Tandoh, says that Ghana is currently experiencing a fiscal deficit because banks operating in the country are being subsidised through…
Ghana loses $1b due to overloading of vehicles
The act of overloading vehicles is a serious problem in Ghana. The act is said to have cost the country more than $1 billion in five years.
According to a report in the Daily Graphic issue of Thursday August 26, 2010, the loss to the…
Government outlines priorities for 2011 budget
Government on Wednesday tagged oil management issues, provision of water in deprived communities, elimination of schools under trees and completion of selected projects in roads, mining and energy sector as priorities for the 2011 fiscal…