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Politics

Boankra Inland Port Project stalls: Earthwork Cost Ballooned From $4m to $30m

1,537  Documents available to newsmen indicate that the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal (BILT) popularly known as Boankra Inland Port Project has been halted due to an allegation of inflated cost of the project allotted for the first phase. According to the document which was sent to parliament by the Concessionaire, Ashanti Ports Limited, the agreed […]

Business

KLG Group Executive Chairman Honoured As Overall CEO Of The Year For Second Consecutive Time At The 8Th Ghana CEO Summit

1,271  The Executive Chairman of the KGL Group, Alex Apau Dadey, has been honored with the prestigious Overall CEO of the Year (Private Sector) award for the second consecutive time at the 8th Ghana CEO Summit and Excellence Awards. This accolade underscores his exceptional leadership and profound impact on the business landscape in Ghana. Mr. […]

Lifestyle

GAMA committed to the plight of menstruating girl child-GAMA project Coordinator

1,315  Engineer George Asiedu, the coordinator of Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation Project, has expressed the project’s commitment to the plight of Menstruating Girl Child. According to him, the GAMA Sanitation Project is designed for the weaker in society, and their sanitation, water, hygiene, and capacity building components are mostly designed for people living […]

Education

Menstruation, normal fact of life not taboo-NGO

1,285  Mrs. Louisa Amoah, Executive Director of Girls Shall Grow, a Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) in Obuasi Municipality in the Ashanti region has entreated the general public to observe menstruation as a normal fact of life and not a taboo. Speaking at a symposium organized by Girls Shall Grow and the Students Representative Council (SRC) […]

Education

Gov’t should provide sanitary pads to girls in school as social intervention -retired educationist

1,146  A retired educationist, Nana Adu Asare, has appealed to the government to consider free distribution of sanitary pads and related materials to adolescent school girls as a major social intervention to encourage basic and second cycle schools’ enrolment, particularly in the rural communities across the country. He explained that, the prevailing socio-economic difficulties being […]