Stakeholders urged to help dispel misconceptions about GIFTS implementation
Stakeholders have been called upon to help dispel misconceptions impeding the implementation of the Girl’s Iron-Folate Tablets Supplementation (GIFTS) Programme in the Upper West Region. The programme, with the goal of contributing to the reduction in anaemia among adolescent girls and menstruating women through weekly Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) Supplementation has come under threat […]
Invest in political mentoring to empower women- Expert to gov’t
A Political Communications Researcher, Dr. Louise Carol Donkor, has asked Ghana to invest in political mentoring so that women with political ambitions can tap into the experience of other women. She is also advocating the enhanced training for women to sharpen their skills in leadership. Speaking at the GJA-STAR Ghana programme dubbed ‘We the People’, […]
Ghana Statistical Service calls for more field officers in Upper West Region
The Ghana Statistical Service is encouraging interested persons to register as field officers to take part in the 2020 Population and Housing Census in the Upper West Region. This is because the region is yet to meet the set number of people required to undertake the exercise. Speaking to Radio Ghana in Wa, the Regional […]
Government urged to empower women in governance
A Practitioner in Peace Building, Governance and Gender, for Influence and Impact, Magdalene Kannae, says by ratifying International treaties such as the Universal Declaration on Human and People’s Rights, Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Gender and Children’s Policy, and the Beijing Platform for Action, Ghana has demonstrated goodwill towards ensuring women participation in […]
Headmaster of Gyamfi Kumanini SHS urges gov’t to address infrastructure needs
The Headmaster of the Gyamfi Kumanini Senior High and Technical School in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region, Joseph Sabin has called on the Ministry of Education, government and other stakeholders in education to address the infrastructure needs of the school urgently. In an interview with Radio Ghana, he said the school population […]
Tarkwa receives the best slaughterhouse award
The Tarkwa slaughterhouse was adjudged the best slaughterhouse for 2019 in the Western and Western North Regions. They received the award from the Western Regional Veterinary Services Department (VSD) at its maiden awards night and took home detergents, wellington boots, brooms and a certificate of honour. Handing over the items to the chief butcher at […]
GNFS investigates cause of 37 Military Officers’ Mess Fire
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) is investigating the cause of the fire, which destroyed four apartments in a residential block at the 37 Military Officers’ Mess, over the weekend. Divisional Officer (DO) Grade II Ellis Okoh, the Public Relations Officer of the GNFS, in an interview said the Service received a distress call at […]
Former Catalonia police chief on trial for role in independence bid
The former head of Catalonia’s regional police has stood trial in Madrid for his alleged role in the illegal bid for independence in 2017. Josep Lluis Trapero, and three others, are charged with rebellion and sedition during the attempt by the Catalan regional government to break away from Spain. The trial takes place as Prime […]
African Man Find Out His Wife of Two Weeks Is Actually a Man
In a news story you would expect to read on websites like The Onion, a Ugandan holy man was suspended from his duties as an imam, after it was discovered that he had unknowingly wed a fellow man. 27-year-old Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba was recently suspended from his duties as a cleric at the Kyampisi Masjid […]
Police pick two financial officers during PAC public hearing
The Ghana Police Service has arrested two persons who have appeared before a live Public hearing of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament upon orders from the Chairman, James Klutse Avedzi, for allegedly presenting fake documents. The two are a former District Finance Officer (DFO), Isaac Akowaah and the current District Finance Officer, James […]
