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Government urged to improve on LEAP Programme

Ms. Pauliina Sarvilahti, Chief of Social Policy and Inclusion at UNICEF Ghana, has called on the government to enhance the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme.

She noted that LEAP had been an effective social intervention policy …

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Churches must educate the youth on sex and marriage – Apostle Dr Agbalenyo

Apostle Dr Kadmiel E.H. Agbalenyo, the Founder and Leader of the Seventh Day Theocratic World Congregation has called on churches to provide the youth with sexual and marital education to prevent them from fornication. He said at adolescent age of 16 and beyond natural changes took place in both males and females, who had false sexual feelings, especially ladies after their menstruation, and that if not checked it could lead to fornication and prostitution. Apostle Dr Agbalenyo made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency during a two-week training for the youth of the church on marriage

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GDCA trains 30 young people in poultry production

Thirty young people, drawn from six districts in the northern parts of the country, have been trained in poultry production to empower them with self-employable skills to earn decent incomes. The beneficiaries, who underwent the six week-long training as first session of six months training, were drawn from Bongo, Bawku West, Chereponi, Gushegu, Tatali-Sangule and Karaga Districts. They were exposed to various components of poultry production including housing, health, nutrition, marketing to enable them to start their own poultry production in their communities. They constituted the third cohort of the beneficiaries under the project to strengthen social cohesion in strategic

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Let us use industry forum to promote cybersecurity culture-Ursula Owusu-Ekuful

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, says it is essential to leverage industry forums to cultivate a culture of cybersecurity towards a secured and resilient digital Ghana. She said the industry forum facilitated collaboration among stakeholders, including government, private sector, and civil society, fostering a united front against cyber threats. The Minister added that it provided a platform for sharing best practices, strategies, and insights on cybersecurity, helping organisations to enhance their defenses. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful was speaking at the official launch of the Cybersecurity Industry Forum, which is?in accordance with Section 81(1) of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020

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