News that 15,000 kayayei (female porters) are to benefit from skills training is, indeed, heart-warming, not only for those engaged in the business but also for the larger society.
GHANA-UK relations date back centuries ago when the first British arrived in what was then the Gold Coast to trade in gold and other items which gradually led to the growth of British influence, culminating in the whole of the Gold Coast becoming a colony of Britain in 1902.
The Civil Service of Ghana is established to assist governments in the formulation and implementation of policies for the development of the country. This suggests that the Civil Service is there to help any government elected by the people to put in place programmes that will help enhance the living standards of the people.
The advice by the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Ghana (UG) to lecturers and the university authorities to find innovative ways of engaging students to ensure a healthy relationship with the student body is one that the Daily Graphic wants to describe as apt.
A pension scheme can be structured either as a defined benefit or defined contribution scheme or a hybrid scheme (combination of both defined benefit and defined contribution scheme).
For many years, residents of Adenta, Ritz Junction and Madina have either clamoured or drawn the attention of the authorities to the impact the lack of pedestrian footbridges along the entire stretch of the three-lane carriageway from PRESEC through to the Adenta barrier is having on them.
Hitherto, the impression many people in our part of the world had about stroke was that it affected old people and/or the rich. But the number and categories of people who suffer from stroke these days do not confirm the age-old belief of the disease exclusively affecting the aged or the wealthy.
I want to propose a vote of commendation this week to certain corporate bodies whose conduct in the Asutsuare mass tilapia fish ‘poisoning’ affair has restored trust (at least mine) in the ability of some public service institutions to rise to the occasion.
Mental health encompasses our cognitive, behavioural and emotional wellbeing and it can affect daily life, relationships, physical health, as well as anyone at any age.
Barely a week ago, beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) were declared ready for work by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after they had successfully passed out at a ceremony held for that purpose at the Independence Square in Accra.
There is overwhelming agreement globally that it makes a lot of sense to prevent dangerous people from having access to deadly weapons, since many lives can be saved from gun violence such as robbery.
In our front page story yesterday, we reported about more than 30 primary school pupils and junior high school students who had abandoned their homes, families and education to “seek salvation” at a certain Synagogue of Mercy at Nambeg in the Jirapa municipality in the Upper West Region.
