The Miners Foreign Exchange Retention: Essence, Concerns and Way Out

By Alhassan Atta-Quayson, Third World Network Africa

Preparations for Mining Operations

Introduction

On Monday, August 19, 2013, the Public Accounts Committee expressed shock at foreign exchange retention schemes operated by mining companies in the country and asked for investigations to be carried out with immediate effect.

The committee had just begun to examine reports of the Auditor-General and the interest triggered by the issue prompted the Chairman of the committee to halt discussions and ask for members with concerns to wait until the committee moves into a closed door meeting.

Illegal water connections – Communities urged to expose culprits

By Yvette Appiah,

(GWJN, Ghana Watsan Journalists Network)

Mr Ibrahim Musah

The Head of Policy and Partnership at WaterAid Ghana, Mr Ibrahim Musah, has lamented the excessive loss of treated water that is unaccounted for, when many parts of the country are still lacking in terms of water provision.

Entreating community members across the country to expose members who illegally connect and siphon water, he called on Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to also deal with the numerous gallons of treated unaccounted for water that does not reach consumers in the process of distribution.

Only 40% of Ghanaians aware of Water Policy - WaterAid

By Yvette Appiah

(GWJN, Ghana Watsan Journalists Network)

The Government of Ghana has been asked as a key measure of improving access to water, to disseminate the water policy to the majority of Ghanaians, to enhance implementation of the policy.

Head of Policy and Partnership at WaterAid Ghana, Mr Ibrahim Musah, said policy distribution or dissemination by translating it into local languages for the citizenry to understand has not been done.

Making Reproductive Rights a Global Priority

By Dr. Gamal Serour, Director of the International Islamic Center for Population Studies and Research at Al Azhar University

 

The Author

On April 5^th, the world began the 1,000-day countdown to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline. Created in 2000, the MDGs spurred action from governments, international organizations, and civil society.

In recent years, we have cut the global poverty rate in half, reduced the prevalence of deadly diseases, improved sanitation, narrowed the gender gap, and more. Although we have made progress toward these Goals, there is still much to be done, especially for the girls and women of the Muslim world.

Achieving an open defecation free Ghana

By Kweku Quansah

Today, 19th November, 2012 is World Toilet Day. A day set aside by the international community to draw attention to the fact that a whopping 2.5 billion people in the world, representing 37% of the world’s total population, do not have any known place where they defecate.

‘For the sake of my country, not for my sake!’

"Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage" - Benjamin Disraeli

The other day I read about a teenage girl winning a seat in Uganda's parliament. Proscovia Oromait 19, fresh from high school contested and won elections in eastern Uganda to fill the seat left vacant after her father 's death.

Poor Service Delivery – The Case of Some Banks in Ghana

BY ATTAH ARHIN

The Author

Service provision in Ghana has come a very long way. There has been some remarkable improvement over the years but the situation has never been the best.  Whether you are talking about the civil service or the public services, the hospitality industry or the banking industry, among others, services have generally been poor.