Public Agenda (Accra)
Ghanaian weekly independent newspaper
October 15, 2012
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Ghana: It's Nana Konadu for NDP
The National Democratic Party (NDP) ended weeks of speculations by unanimously confirming former first lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings as its flag bearer for the December polls,... Read more »
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Ghana: Children At Centre of Handwashing Campaign
Handwashing campaigners in Ghana have placed children at the centre of this year's commemoration of the annual Global Handwashing Day which falls on October 15 every year. Read more »
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Ghana: Accountability Committee Secretariat Ready Soon
In a matter of weeks, if not days, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) would be operating from its own Secretariat. Read more »
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Ghana: Central Region Records Highest Inflation Rate Again
Economic conditions in the Central Region of Ghana are worsening as a result of high cost of goods and services. Read more »
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Ghana: Address Challenges of Petroleum Laws
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas is demanding that urgent steps are taken to address potential challenges that confront the Petroleum Revenue Management and the Petroleum... Read more »
October 12, 2012
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Ghana: Elections Alone Can't Guarantee Good Governance, Says Ex-Prez
Elections by themselves cannot guarantee good governance in African countries, but they can help resolve political differences and disputes, states Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former... Read more »
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Ghana: Load Shedding Can't End Before 2015
The quest to achieve reliable electricity supply and hence end load shedding cannot be realised before 2015, independent analysts of energy policy options have stated. Read more »
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Ghana: The Education System Is 'Poor'
Ibis, a non-profit, Danish non-governmental organisation operating in Ghana, has delivered a verdict on Ghana?s basic education system, describing it as poor. Read more »
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Ghana: Good Governance Critical to Success of Resource Funds ? Study
A recent study has emphasised that good governance is critical to the success of natural resource funds set up by African countries for managing resource revenues. Read more »
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Ghana: Meditations of a Patriot
Homemaker, Come Home Read more »
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Ghana: Red Alert! Yaws Resurrect in Ghana
If any Ghanaian had the notion that Yaws, a long-term chronic infection that mainly affects the skin, bones, and joints of the body, was no more, then he/she would have to rescind... Read more »
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Ghana: Election 2012 Countdown - Education! Education!! Education!!! [opinion]
This is the second in our series of articles relating to the key issues of this election campaign. For this issue we will look at the key area of education. Read more »
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Ghana: Report Signs of TB to Ward Off Disease Spread
Dr Kweku Karikari, Western Regional Director of Health Services, has called on the public to report suspected signs of tuberculosis (TB) for treatment to ward off the spread of the... Read more »
October 08, 2012
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Ghana: NDC Dodges Education Debate
...As list of 40 problems in education sector pops up Read more »
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Ghana: GHS, MOE Must Intensify Eye Care Education [editorial]
It is an indisputable fact that a healthy nation is generally highly productive. And one sense organ of the body whose absence poses a huge challenge and grave constraint to... Read more »
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Ghana: Blindness Scare!
It appears blindness is on the rise in Ghana as available World Health Organisation (WHO) information indicates that the country is leading in the prevalence of glaucoma in the... Read more »
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Ghana: Restrategise to Transform Economy
The Executive Director of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Mr Bishop Akolgo, has emphasised the need for the ruling elite to restrategise by focusing on the... Read more »
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Ghana: Former Bank of Kenya Governor Visits Isodec
The former governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Mr Micah Cheserem, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) to discuss fiscal... Read more »
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Ghana: Cholera Eradication Taskforce Launched
The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with the Better Ghana Management Service Limited (BGMSL), have outdoored a team dubbed "Cholera Eradication... Read more »
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Ghana: Sixth Edition of GLSS Underway
The sixth edition of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GSLL 6), a survey conducted every five years by the Ghana Statistical Service to provide information for assessing poverty... Read more »
October 05, 2012
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Ghana: Free High School Education - a Veiled Privatisation Plot [opinion]
"We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create" - Chuck Palahniuk Read more »
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Ghana: Coca-Cola Donates Waterhealth Centres
The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) south cluster of schools has received two Waterhealth centres, 120 household toilets and two institutional toilets jointly provided... Read more »
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Ghana: Nduom Dares Mahama, Nana to Anti-Graft Contest
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, flag bearer of the Progressive People's Party, has put fellow presidential hopefuls Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and President... Read more »
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Ghana: In Perspective - Road Safety Management Services
The Road Safety Management Services Ltd. (RSMSL), a Ghanaian-owned private firm, was established to manage the spate of road accidents in Ghana. This was in response to the... Read more »
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Ghana: Genetically Modified Foods Are Safe to Eat - Scientist
Contrary to the arguments by individuals and civil society groups that Genetically Modified (GM) products are dangerous for human consumption, a research scientist at the Savanna... Read more »
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