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By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Minister of Education, Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang Ghana's education sector is currently experiencing reform fatigue as a result of the many interventions introduced by various governments and the Ghana Education Service (GES), a professor in econometrics, Prof Kodwo Ewusi, has said.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Prof Ewusi delivering the lecture The Dean of Graduate Studies at the Methodist University College, Professor Kodwo Ewusi, has stated that the future of Ghana’s economy looks bleak, due to its bad performance over the past few years.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Dr J. B. Danquah’s role in getting Ghana its first university must be recognised by naming the University of Ghana after him, the Dean of Graduate Studies of the Methodist University College, Professor Kodwo Ewusi, has suggested.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, Petroleum Minister The Government Assurances Committee of Parliament has summoned the Minister of Petroleum, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, to answer questions on the extent of work done on the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, PARLIAMENT HOUSE An animated debate erupted in Parliament yesterday during discussions on some proposed amendments to the Youth Employment Agency Bill, 2014.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Spaces like this are hard to come by Members of three professional groups have attributed the absence of open spaces in the cities to the lack of understanding of their purpose by political appointees and district assemblies.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Plastic Surgeons Dr Ampomah and Dr Rodriguez answering questions from the audience Ghana currently has only 10 trained plastic surgeons that are qualified to perform surgery, the Director of the Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah, has stated.

By Edmund Smith-Asante & Abdul Aziz   The demonstrators marching through the streets of Accra The New Patriotic Party (NPP)-led “won gbo” demonstration which took place in Accra yesterday attracted a mammoth participation from across the country.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA   A Senior Research Fellow at the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS), Mr Solomon Kwawukume, has strongly advocated that Ghana must adopt the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) system to stem the massive loss of oil revenue to the state.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Mr K. B. Asante speaking at the lecture A former diplomat and Minister of Education, Mr K. B. Asante, has called for immediate sanctions against corrupt state officials. “The public service is not an institution for private money making.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Mr Shashidhara Kolavalli (left) addressing the media Soil fertility, particularly in the northern parts of the country, is steadily declining, thus raising concern for national food security. 

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Ghanaians have  called  on  the two main political parties, especially Members of Parliament (MPs), to cease the blame game  over the Nayele Ametefeh cocaine affairs and find a lasting solution to the cocaine threat.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Alhaji Adam Mahama making his presentation Participants in a roundtable discussion on youth, employment and agriculture have asked that a more strenuous effort be made to change the perception of the youth about agriculture.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Contrary to concerns that the billboards and posters advertising Nigeria’s upcoming elections compromise Ghana’s security, the Advertising Association of Ghana (AAG) says they do not.

Prof. Henrietta J.A.N Mensa-Bonsu (2nd left), Director, LECIAD, being congratulated by Prof Ernest Aryeetey, Vice-Chancellor of UG after the lecture. Picture: KWABENA ASAMOAH ADDAI By Edmund Smith-Asante  The Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs Department (LECIAD), Professor Henrietta J. A. N. Mensa-Bonsu, says the formation of the African Standby Force (ASF) agreed by member countries of the African Union (AU) has delayed because of lack of commitment on the part of African countries.

By Edmund Smith-Asante The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, has called on Ghanaians to appreciate the threats posed by the Ebola virus to make the country deal with it effectively. He said, “there has been a lot of indifference and complacency on the part of a number of our population in confronting the threat the virus poses.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA   The US Ambassador, Mr Gene Cretz being assisted to open the ACE facility. They are from the left, the ASSESS Chief of Party, Abdourahmane Ba, USAID Mission Director Alex Deprez and the KNUST Vice Chancellor Mr W Otoo Ellis A five year US$24 million project to promote creativity, innovation and learning developed by the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID), and its development partners was launched in Accra on Friday. The launch included the opening of a new Accra Centre of Excellence (ACE) facility, which is a training and conference centre that will stimulate networking, knowledge sharing and partnership building, to further strengthen development programmes and improve their outcomes across West Africa.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Ghana is one of 10 countries that have improved greatly on food sufficiency or decreased hunger, since 1990, says the 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report. All the 10 countries were able to reduce their GHI score by 50 per cent or more, from 1990 to 2014, the report released on Monday indicates.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA Akufo Addo (inset) addressing the teeming crowd at Lapaz on Thursday. Infectious, electrifying and spontaneous are words that best describe the mood at Lapaz in Accra yesterday when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) faithful gathered to show support to one of the party’s presidential aspirants, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The cheers and general merrymaking, amid dancing to song renditions in support of the aspirant, were reminiscent of political rallies in the build-up to elections in the country.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA DCOP Rev David Nenyi Ampah-Bennin Two thousand policemen are on stand-by for deployment to the 275 polling stations designated for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) presidential primary on Saturday, October 18. The policemen will be deployed in at least groups of five for each polling centre on the election day, after a briefing on October 17.