Public Agenda articles from July 2010

Public Agenda archives from July 2010

Confidence in the Economy is Low - AGI.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Akwasi Fredua If the current economic environment does not change for the better, more local businesses will have no choice but to fold up and later return to business when conditions improve, the President of the Association of Ghana...

Religious Bodies Network to Fight Climate Change.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Roberta Dzifa Kodzitse As part of its efforts to help Ghana adapt appropriately to issues of Climate Change and to educate the citizenry of its effects, faith-based institutions consisting of both Christian and Muslim organizations...

Panel System is Good.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Irene J. Mensah As the debate on the ceiling of Supreme Court judges deepens in the on-going constitutional review consultations, Justice Emile Short has stated that about 54% of those in the judicial circles believe that the full...

Tourism Minister Unveils Tourism Investment Forum.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Tiffany Focht Ghana will from today play host to the three-day International Tourism Investment Forum (ITIF) under the theme 'Ghana - Time to Explore: The Role of the Investor in the Tourism Sector,' the Tourism Minister, Mrs. Zita...

World Bank Empowers Through Civil Society Fund.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Ama A. Baafi and Cindy D.m.asamoah Some selected Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have received grants from the Civil Society Fund (CSF), formerly Small Grants Programme run by the World Bank country office in Ghana in collaboration...

MOWAC Empowers Women.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Cindy D. M. Asamoah and Tiffany Focht The Minister for Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC), Hon. Juliana Azumah- Mensah, says since 2002 her Ministry has been involved in the promotion of the economic rights of women by providing them...

The New Scramble for Minerals - the Untold Story.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Dr. Kwame Osei 125 years ago the Western imperialists including America, Britain, France and Germany met at a round table to carve up Afrika into neo-political and neo-economic entities. This was known as the "Congress of Berlin" that...

Govt Lowers Taxes for Workers.
July 26, 2010... Information reaching Public Agenda indicates that personal income tax rates for all Ghanaian workers has been adjusted downwards, putting more money in their pockets as a result. With the new rates, as figures from the Internal Revenue...

Finance Ministry Asked to Computerize CG Disbursement.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Gifty Mensah The Center for Democratic Development (CDD- Ghana), a non - partisan organization, has asked Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning to put in serious policy efforts to ensure the computerization of some aspects of the...

'Don't Dump Your Waste On Streets' - Zoomlion.
July 26, 2010... The Manager in charge of Accra Zone and Domestic Waste of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr. Robert Coleman, has asked the general public, particularly those living along main streets to desist from throwing household waste unto the streets. Mr....

CSOs Protest Human Rights Violations in Gambia.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Tiffany Focht Protestors waved picket signs and banners through the streets of Accra last Wednesday morning, from the International Press Centre to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The protest march was part of the Public Forum on...

Ensuring Food Security.
July 26, 2010... Post harvest losses are a phenomenon that has bedeviled the country's agriculture for years. It is a demotivating factor which has dissuaded many a Ghanaian farmer out of business and has become a stumbling block to prospective ones. We have...

GNPC-Kosmos Dispute.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Gifty Mensah The Committee for Joint Action, an anti - corruption group, based in Accra has commended and supported the Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation for taking bold steps in enforcing the terms of the petroleum agreement it...

Ensuring Food Security.
July 26, 2010... Byline: Ama A. Amankwah Baafi Ghanaian farmers may no longer experience post harvest losses. The government has through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) set up the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) to ensure food security...

Our Forest is Depleting.
July 19, 2010... It appears the countless calls, moral persuasion and appeals to Ghanaians to take active interest in the preservation of the country's forest have always gone unheeded or little attention has been given to them. Our lackadaisical attitude to...

African Leaders Appeal to Make Education for All a Lasting World Cup Legacy.
July 19, 2010... Thirteen African Heads of State have written to government leaders in donor countries, appealing for financial support to make Education for All (EFA) a lasting legacy of the World Cup 2010 for all children in Africa. In the letter to their...

Marketer On Trial for Bolting Away With GHC9,000.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Mohammed Suleman And Roberta Dzifa Kodzitse Dogbeda Agbetey, a marketing agent, has re-appeared before an Accra Circuit Court after jumping bail. Agbetey is standing trial for allegedly bolting away with an amount of GHC9,000 given to...

President Mills Inaugurates Reconstituted Members of NDPC.
July 19, 2010... President John Evans Atta Mills on Friday inaugurated the reconstituted members of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) and charged them to delineate the national path for development. The mission is constitutionally mandated...

Locals Implored to Develop Interest in Forest Protection.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Mohammed Suleman The Director of the Working Group on Forest Certification-Ghana, Dr. Ernest Asare Abeney has implored Ghanaians to join hands in helping to protect the forest, arguing that if we lose it we will never have it again....

Education Can Propel Women to Higher Heights.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Roberta Dzifa Kodzitse The Deputy Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Hajia Hawawu Boya has said that one means by which women can improve upon their decision making capabilities is through education and hence has urged women not...

Educate Employees On Organization's Philosophy - Human Rights Director.
July 19, 2010... Mr Charles Ayamdoo, Director, Anti-Corruption of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has suggested a mandatory induction course for new employees on their organization's vision and code of conduct. He also...

Bole District Holds Workshop for Revenue Collectors.
July 19, 2010... The Coordinating Director for Bole Bamboi Assembly, Mr. Ibrahim Al-hassan has said that revenue generation is the main source of funds for development in every Municipal, Metropolitan or District Assembly. Speaking at a two-day workshop...

Foreign Affairs Advisory Board Inaugurated.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Cindy Dilys Maade Asamoah A 12-member Ministerial Advisory Board has been inaugurated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to promote Ghana's interest abroad. It is also to ensure that the country derives...

96 Percent of Schools Yet to Receive Free Uniforms.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Akwasi Fredua With about three weeks for the 2009/2010 academic year to come to an end, 96 % of the deprived schools earmarked for the free uniforms are yet to receive their supplies, a research conducted by the Ghana National...

Industries Face Closure If Tariff Increases Continue.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Gifty Mensah The recent 89% and 36% increase in electricity and water tariffs respectively by the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) this year, if not reduced would compel some industries such as the textiles, plastics, steel...

Tetteh Quarshie Inspires Motivational Book.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Tiffany Focht And Cindy D.m. Asamoah More than a century after Tetteh Quarshie changed Ghana forever, his success story still inspires. On Wednesday, MC & W Korporate Phocus Limited launched You Can Do Better by Dr. Samuel Kojo...

Use Oil Revenue to Develop Country's Infrastructure - Economist.
July 19, 2010... A development economist, Dr Jeffrey Sachs has advised Ghana to invest her oil revenue in development projects such as construction of more schools, hospitals, roads and other infrastructure that would benefit all Ghanaians. Speaking at the...

Abrogate Stability Clauses in Mining Codes - AIMES.
July 19, 2010... Byline: Ama A.amankwah Baafi The African Initiative on Mining, Environment and Society (AIMES) has called for the abrogation of stability clauses in the mining codes in use on the continent. The group argues that confidentiality of the...

Passport Office Creates Disaffection for Govt.
July 16, 2010... Byline: Ama A. A. Baafi and Mohammed Suleman Barely a fortnight after Public Agenda published a story about the incompetence and unprofessional behaviour of officials of Ghana's Passport Office in Accra, the paper's office has been inundated...

Green Earth Schools Students on Climate Change.
July 16, 2010... Byline: Mohammed Suleman The Executive Director of Green Earth Organization (GEO), Mr George Ahadzie, has urged both the government and non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) to encourage the youth to take tree planting seriously as away of...

9.52 Percent Inflation.
July 16, 2010... Byline: Frederick Asiamah Although June's inflation of 9.52% is the lowest in more than a decade in Ghana, many, apart from Ministers of Finance and Economic Planning, are very concerned that the latest inflationary figure may not be...

Nation Pumps Over Ghc21 Million Into Agric.
July 16, 2010... Byline: Frederick Asiamah It is reported that from 2004 to date, Ghana has sunk GHc21.3 million into the development of numerous infrastructural facilities in the agricultural sector through the Infrastructure for Agricultural Development...

House of Chiefs Advocates Training for Traditional Leaders.
July 16, 2010... Byline: Frederick Asiamah The second summer school on governance of oil, gas and mining revenues has opened in Accra with a call on the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) to consider running a course on the...

Locals asked to Broaden Debate On Security Threats.
July 16, 2010... Byline: Justin Bayor On Monday, July 5, 2010, Parliament discussed the issue of the numerous chieftaincy disputes in the country, adding their voice to past discussions by civil society and the media. Much as GHANEP is thankful to the...

'Neglect of Children is the Biggest Crisis in the World'.
July 16, 2010... Byline: Akwasi Fredua The biggest crisis facing the world today is not terrorism, Climate Change nor weapons of mass destruction, but the neglect of children, Rev. Mrs. Jemima Amanor, Country Director of Compassion Ghana, has submitted. ...

Who is to Blame for the Floods?
July 16, 2010... Byline: Roberta Dzifa Kodzitse So far, the greatest flood disaster to hit Ghana as reported has passed, yet the the assurance that it will never repeat itself is another assertion that needs to be considered and confirmed a second time. ...

Lack of Urban Plan Partly Blamed for Accra Water Shortage.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Akwasi Fredua World Bank (WB) Country Director, Mr. Ishac Diwan has compared Accra to cities such as Dakar and Ouagadougou saying that such cities have more efficient and effective water supply systems and attributed the persistent...

Anti-Malarial Medication, Acumal Junior, not Registered.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Dr Stephen K. Opuni The Food and Drugs Board (FDB) wishes to bring to the attention of the general public, the circulation of an unregistered antimalarial product, ACUMAL JUNIOR, imported into the country by Kojach Pharma Limited. ...

New Horizon School, Trained by Female Photojournalists Foundation.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Cindy Dilys Maade Asamoah Students of the New Horizon Special School have been trained in the art of photography. The benefactors were the Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP), an educational NGO. The aim of the training...

Stakeholders Scrutinize Lands Bill Draft.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Ama A. Amankwah Baafi The Lands Bill Draft 1, entitled the Lands Act, 2010 is an act to revise and consolidate statutory laws on land to harmonize land policies with existing customary laws to ensure sustainable land administration...

Basic School Education Ailing.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Frederick Asiamah For about ten years, two mango trees have been serving as classrooms for Kindergarten pupils of the Kukuom Anglican Primary School, which ironically is less than 15 minutes walk from the Asunafo South District...

"No Bed" Anthem Kills Woman.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Basiru Adam The disturbing state of affairs in Ghana's health delivery system has not abated as patients in dire conditions are turned away without the slightest sense of regret. The family of Mr. Kwabena Fio, a law student, was...

Must We Die Like This?
July 12, 2010... Public Agenda is so distraught by the front page story involving a stroke patient who died after having been rejected by the nation's premier health institutions on the basis of the "no bed" syndrome. Sincerely speaking, it would be unfair to...

Transparency Initiative and Environmental Governance, to Collaborate.
July 12, 2010... Government and Civil Society are working together to fashion out possible areas of collaboration between the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI) and the Natural Resource and Environmental Governance (NREG) programme. ...

New Land Title Registration Takes Off.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Gifty Mensah and Tiffany Focht The Land Administration Project (LAP) of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources has embarked on a systematic land title registration process in order to help reduce the cost and stress land owners...

What the Average Citizen Thinks About Inflation.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Irene J. Mensah I boarded a trotro from Dansoman to Circle one early morning to work and there was a radio discussion on inflation. As we moved at a snail's pace in the usual early morning traffic, some of the passengers joined in the...

Women Demand Gender- Sensitive Constitution.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Mohammed Suleman National Women organizers of the four political parties with representation in Parliament have proposed that the constitution be amended to guarantee at least 30% of Parliamentary seats, assembly members, board...

Who Owns Ghana's Oil?
July 12, 2010... Byline: Dr. Kwame Osei With Ghana on the verge of officially producing large commercial quantities of oil, this is a legitimate question to pose. Many ordinary Ghanaians have placed their trust in its leadership that oil revenue will...

Veteran Ghana Footballers Remember the High Life.
July 12, 2010... Byline: Will Ross Ghana's Black Stars have been receiving the red carpet treatment after returning from the World Cup in South Africa. But these players are by no means the only Black Stars to have achieved hero status at home and abroad -...

Who Owns Country's Oil?
July 12, 2010... Byline: Kwame Osei With Ghana on the verge of officially producing large commercial quantities of oil, this is a legitimate question to pose. Many ordinary Ghanaians have placed their trust in its leadership that oil revenue will rejuvenate...

Passport Office Run Like 'Chop Bar'.
July 2, 2010... Byline: Steve Manteaw and Frederick Asiamah Ghana's Passport Office at Ridge appears to be suffering from leadership paralysis as it is currently being run like a chop bar with rules and procedures flouted at will. The office is reeking with...

Re-Branding World Cup Jersey.
July 2, 2010... Byline: Etse Sikanku Ghana is making her second appearance at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. While most discussions have been about team skills, and understandably so, this event presents a rare branding opportunity for the country. ...

IFPMA Issues Ten Principles On Counterfeit Drugs.
July 2, 2010... The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) published its Ten Principles on Counterfeit Medicines in May to alert the public to the growing global problem, and to rally all stakeholders, including...