It has been a long while since the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) met to discuss issues concerning preparations towards elections and chart a common way forward.
Space is a key resource for development, for which reason a lot of effort is put in to ensure that it is used judiciously to meet the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to benefit from its use to meet theirs too.
The information relayed by the Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Prof. Alex Dodoo, last Thursday that only one lift has been certified out of about 2,000 in operation in Accra is indeed very scary and troubling.
As far back as 1896, the Gold Coast saw the establishment of its first bank, the Standard Chartered Bank. In 1917, it was followed by another foreign bank, Barclays, now rebranding to ABSA.
Before the establishment of a professional police force in the country, various societies had their own way of ensuring law and order. The palaces of our chiefs had people whose duty was to effect arrests and ensure that there was peace, law and order in the communities.
For a fact, the development of a country is fast-tracked when citizens are independent, confident and have high self-esteem, all of which are provided through education.
There is no doubt that the introduction of free senior high school (SHS) policy has increased enrolment in schools. Indeed, the policy offers students whose parents and guardians cannot afford school fees and so would have been compelled to sit at home some respite and opportunity to further their education.
At long last a new Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensa, has been sworn into office, along with two deputies — Mr Samuel Tettey and Dr Eric Asare Bossman.
The refusal by the various metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to enforce bye-laws in their respective jurisdictions is the cause of the heavy congestion at the marketplaces. It is also the reason many streets meant to enhance vehicular flow have been taken over by hawkers.
The free senior high school (SHS) policy, arguably one of the most ambitious programmes in the country’s history, enters its second year in September/October 2018, with fresh admissions expected.
Every day, a number of people find themselves involved in one form of litigation or another. The issue could be a disagreement in a business transaction or some other social issue that needs settlement in a court of law.
Traditional societies have used their customs, practices, values and norms to preserve their resources to ensure the continuous availability of those resources.
The government has introduced a raft of new fiscal measures to raise an additional GH¢1.35 billion in a bid to meet its deficit target of GHc4.5 billion by the end of the year.
Globally, about 1.3 billion tonnes of waste is generated annually, with about half of that being generated by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developent (OECD) countries, while Africa and the South East Asia region produce the least waste.
We learn in basic science that the skin has three layers — the epidermis, which is the outermost layer that provides a waterproof barrier and creates our skin tone; the dermis, beneath the epidermis and containing tough connective tissues, hair follicles and sweat glands, and the hypodermis, a deeper tissue beneath the skin made of fat and a connective tissue.
Floods are one of nature’s occurrences that are also caused by man’s actions and inaction against the environment, meaning we can stem the tide against floods if we put in the right mechanisms.
