Danish investors who trooped into the country last week, with Queen Magarethe II of Denmark, have shown interest to invest in government’s flagship One District, One Factory programme. In an interview with the B&FT at a forum organised last week as part of the visit, CEO of the Ghana Investment...
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has said it has completed a review of all road projects in its portfolio, and the recommendations are being studied for implementation. The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, told parliament that the ministry and its road agencies are also discussing challenges which...
The National Youth Authority (NYA) has initiated processes toward a review of the National Youth Policy, to make it more responsive to needs and aspirations of the youth. Should things go according to plan, the new policy will be ready within the first quarter of next year, the B&FT has...
The 2017 District League (DLT), compiled by the Centre for Democratic Development and UNICEF, has revealed that the Upper West Region is now the best place to live in Ghana. The Upper West Region topped the league table as the region with the best security, health, sanitation, education and governance...
We at Tersus Ghana, like most well-meaning Ghanaians, are embarrassed. We are embarrassed that Accra, the capital city of Ghana is tagged as one of the most trash riddled cities in Africa, with some communities like Agbogbloshie ranked by the Blacksmith Institute among the world’s top ten most toxic...
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah has urged Ghanaians to eschew partisanship in their everyday endeavours to make the country a better place. According to him, politics is about ideas not about fighting each other in the name of partisanship. He made the call in an interaction with...
The President Nana Akufo- Addo during his famous inauguration speech on the 7th of January 2017, challenged Ghanaians not to be spectators but active citizens during his era of governance.  Active citizenship means Ghanaians must be able to measure the contribution of each of the 110 ministers and their...
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) has laid a Legislative Instrument (LI) before Parliament for the creation of 38 districts in Ghana. The Minister for the MLGRD, Hajia  Alima Mahama, was in Parliament yesterday and presented papers seeking the legislative arm of government to allow for the...
Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport have paid a working visit to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to familiarize themselves with ongoing activities there. Members of the committee were received by the acting Director General of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Paul Asare Ansah,...
Parliament has finally passed the Office of the Special Prosecutor bill which will allow for the establishment of an independent anti-corruption institution to deal with public officials who have been deemed or found liable to corrupt dealings. The Bill was passed amidst controversy over whether the prospective Special Prosecutor should...