The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called on the government of Ghana to increase domestic financing and ensure political commitment for the provision of family planning services and products. According to Dr Wilfred Ochan, the UNFPA Country Representative to Ghana, access to family planning services and products as well as contraceptives would help empower […]
Day: October 14, 2024
Students urged to resist vote buying, eschew violence ahead of elections
Mr Wilberforce Zangina, the North East Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called on Ghanaian students to eschew violence and resist monetary inducement ahead of the December 7, 2024, general elections. He said electoral violence, vote buying, spreading of fake news, and religious intolerance were affronts to the democratic fabric […]
Communities of Excellence Programme inculcates communal spirit in local people
The Communities of Excellence Programme has been lauded for inculcating communal spirit amongst local people to initiate their own development projects. Madam Leticia Akumkaseh, Queen Mother of Longsa in the Builsa North Municipality of the Upper East Region said due to the implementation of the Communities of Excellence Programme, some residents of the area, who […]
Assembly member for Tegbi Ashiata embarks on developmental projects
Mr. Ephraim Dodzi Jumper, the Assembly member for Tegbi-Ashiata Electoral Area, is embarking on some physical projects within his electoral area to improve the life of the people in the area. The projects according to the Assembly member are to fulfill the promises he made to the residents during his campaign period prior to the […]
NADMO, VRA steps up flood preparedness with simulation exercise
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) and the Volta River Authority (VRA), have taken proactive measures to enhance disaster preparedness and response mechanisms, conducting a tabletop simulation of its Flood Contingency Plan. Mr. Seji Sadji, the Deputy Director of NADMO disclosed to the Ghana News Agency that the simulation exercise was to enhance disaster response […]