Day: September 4, 2025

Dambai: Mr. Albert Akuka Alalzuuga, Deputy Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), has called on officials to play a crucial role in bridging policy and action to build a resilient future for their communities. Mr. Alalzuuga made the remarks during an orientation workshop on the Reactivation of Disaster Volunteer Groups (DVGs) for the Oti Regional Directorate, Municipal and District directors at the Oti Regional Co-ordinating Council (ORCC) in Dambai. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Alalzuuga, serving as the Deputy Director General in charge of Communities Empowerment and Livelihoods Support, emphasized the importance of the workshop in renewing

Kpalbe: The North East Gonja District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Savannah Region has engaged young people in the area to strengthen their understanding of the rule of law and the fight against corruption. The engagement, held at Kpalbe, was attended by young apprentices, informal sector workers, artisans, manual labourers, among others. According to Ghana News Agency, the event was part of the Civic Engagements on the Rule of Law and the Fight Against Corruption project, implemented by NCCE in partnership with GIZ and co-funded by the European Union. The initiative focused on empowering

Sunyani: Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Dr Agyemang Badu II, the Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area in the Bono Region, has presented $100,000 and a thousand bags of cement to support the construction of a Dialysis Center in the region. The Council of Bono and Ahafo Associations of North America (COBAANA) is putting up the facility in Sunyani, the regional capital, to enhance access and help tackle kidney-related diseases. According to Ghana News Agency, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Badu II, also the President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, made the presentation at the just-ended 2025 Annual Convention of COBAANA, an association

Sunyani: Mrs Fati Kine-Lam, the Bono Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), says the region has recorded additional 252 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the Gbinyiri clash in two districts. According to Ghana News Agency, 250 of the IDPs were being sheltered in some communities in the Tain and two of them at Suma-Ahnekro in the Jaman North Districts. Speaking in an interview in Sunyani, Mrs Kine-Lam said so far about 800 IDPs, including about 500 children, had sought shelter in the region with the highest of them being sheltered in the Wenchi Municipality. Reports indicate that

Accra: International human rights and anti-corruption advocate, Mr. Raphael Godlove Ahenu, has criticized the government’s decision to lift the ban on the sale and allocation of state lands. Describing the decision as “unnecessary and potentially dangerous,” he explained that the ban was first introduced to safeguard and protect public property from indiscriminate disposal and misuse. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Ahenu, who is also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), a media advocacy NGO, emphasized that the policy aims to ensure accountability, transparency, and proper management of state assets for the benefit of

Sekondi: The Ghana Navy, under the auspices of the Western Naval Command (WNC), Sekondi, is set to commemorate the Navy Memorial Day Anniversary with a four-day line-up of activities in honour of the service and sacrifice of fallen naval personnel. According to Ghana News Agency, this year’s commemoration will be observed from Thursday, September 11 to Sunday, September 14, 2025, on the theme: ‘Sacrifice, Service, and Sovereignty: Legacy of the Ghana Navy.’ A statement issued by the WNC Public Relations Office announced that the first day will feature a medical outreach at the Sekondi Methodist Park, offering free medical screening

Accra: The United Nations (UN) is liaising with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to provide Africa with the requisite technical and financial support to enhance accelerated renewable energy development. The collaboration is to complement efforts for the realisation of the World Bank’s Mission 300, which seeks to catalyse decisive action and drive sustainable energy solutions on the continent by 2030. According to Ghana News Agency, programmes like Mission 300, supported by US$48 billion in concessional funding, demonstrate the power of public-private partnerships to electrify 300 million Africans, noted Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Special Representative of