Day: September 28, 2025

Accra: Mr. Samuel Yao Atidzah, Executive Director of GOSANET Foundation, has emphasized that preventing girls from receiving the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine represents a significant injustice. He underlined the vaccine’s critical role as a lifesaving intervention that prevents infections and protects against cervical cancer. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Atidzah highlighted during a sensitization session at the Ho Central Mosque that the vaccination is safe, effective, and free. This initiative is part of GOSANET Foundation’s broader efforts, in collaboration with government and civil society partners, to enhance community health systems, promote immunization, and prevent diseases. Mr. Atidzah urged parents

Accra: The chiefs and people of Ehi in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region have marked the ninth edition of the ‘Ehi Nutome Gali Za’ festival, emphasizing renewed community bonds and development. According to Ghana News Agency, the event was themed ‘Our Collective Responsibility for Community Development.’ Held annually on the last Saturday in September, the festival celebrates the community’s agricultural prowess, particularly in ‘gari’ production, a staple food in West Africa. This year’s theme underscored the importance of citizen mobilization for community progress and unity. Ehi, known for its diverse ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds, continues to

Accra: Mr Pius Sampson Opoku, the Tano North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has announced a ‘no tolerance for galamsey’ campaign aimed at curbing illegal mining activities within the municipality. He emphasized that individuals involved in these illegal practices would face prosecution, regardless of their political affiliations. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Opoku highlighted the importance of protecting the Tano River, the municipality’s sole source of drinking water, from pollution and destruction. He urged local communities to stay vigilant and report any galamsey-related activities to security agencies or the Municipal Assembly. Mr Opoku’s remarks were made during an address to

Berekum: Madam Veronica Benewaa, the Assembly Member for the Nyamebekyere Electoral Area in the Berekum East Municipality, has lauded the assembly’s ‘pay-to-dump’ waste disposal programme implementation in the area. She explained that under the programme, the Assembly had put waste containers at strategic places that enabled residents to dump their household waste and paid some fees. According to Ghana News Agency, in an interview at Berekum, Madam Benewaa said the programme implementation had improved environmental cleanliness as well as sanitation and waste management in the Municipality, saying the Assembly’s Internally Generated Funds (IGF) had also improved accordingly. She highlighted the

Accra: The National Association of Licensed Paralegals and Legal Executives (NALPLE) has been officially unveiled as a professional body in Ghana, marking what stakeholders described as a milestone in strengthening the country’s justice delivery system. The unveiling, which coincided with the induction of new members, took place at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE) in Accra. According to Ghana News Agency, Dr. Ebenezer Teye Dzabaku-Ocansey, Co-Founder and President of NALPLE, speaking at the launch, said the event symbolised the realisation of a vision to institutionalise the role of paralegals and legal executives in the justice system.

Accra: Members of the Agona Abodom Widows Association have unanimously appealed to the First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama, for financial support through her Foundation. They are seeking assistance with clothing and relief from various challenges they are facing. According to Ghana News Agency, the members of the Association revealed that they are enduring pain, grief, sicknesses, and hunger. Many have been displaced from their matrimonial homes and have lost cocoa farms, which they acquired with their spouses, to their in-laws. These issues were discussed at a meeting of the Association held in Agona Abodom, located in the Agona West Municipality,

Accra: About 30 journalists and media practitioners from across Ghana have received intensive training in investigative journalism and anti-corruption reporting to equip them with the skills to strengthen accountability journalism and expose corruption. The three-day workshop, organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in partnership with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), formed part of activities to strengthen the media’s role in promoting democracy and good governance. According to Ghana News Agency, the training was the first in a series on anti-corruption reporting, Right to Information Act, and data journalism on the theme: ‘Countering Corruption through Accountability Journalism and