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Laud Nartey is a current affairs editor with the MG News team at Media General, serving TV3 Ghana, 3News, Onua TV and more platforms.
Spokesperson for the United Party, Solomon Owusu, has urged the government to ensure that the import of chicken is reduced. It was his view that this would ensure the Nkoko Nktinkiti project succeeds. Recently, President John Dramani Mahama described the ‘Nkoko Nkitikiti’ project as a national movem
Lawyer Abraham Amaliba, who is also a leading member of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called for huge investments in skills training, small and medium-scale enterprises and agriculture as a way of tackling the unemployment rate in Ghana. The Director General of the National R
A leading member of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, has highlighted a number of factors creating unemployment in Ghana and around the world. He cited technological advancement, globalisation, and economic indices fluctuations as some of the major causes of the grow
A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Joshua Jebuntie Zaato, has criticised the government for the way and manner it is going about the 24-Hour Economy Initiative and the Women's Development Bank. Although there have been budgetary allocations to the initiatives, Dr Zaato makes
Lawyer Martin Kpebu has said that the growing unemployment rate in Ghana poses a national security threat. He makes the point that it's not an enviable position for the government to be saddled with a high rate of unemployment. In order to resolve the unemployment rate, Martin Kpebu suggested that t
Lawyer Martin Kpebu has said that huge investment in agriculture can help resolve the unemployment situation in Ghana. He makes the point that Ghana has huge arable lands that can be used for farming. In doing so, he said, the unemployment rate will go down. "It's not an enviable position at all to
The Parliament of Ghana has passed new laws to change the names of some universities in Ghana. Under the new law, the C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences will be known as the University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Navrongo. The S.D. Dombo University of Business and Integ
A private legal practitioner, Austin Kwabena Brako-Powers, has cautioned that public commentaries by the Attorney-General and the Special Prosecutor could seriously undermine any attempt to extradite former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta from the United States to Ghana. According to him, suggestion
Governance, Religion and Policy Think Tank, IGER Africa, has commended the government and Parliament for repealing Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462, which allowed mining in the forests. According to IGER Africa, this is a commendable initiative that signifies a commitment to preserving Ghana's nat
The National Election Security Taskforce held a meeting with the New Patriotic Party’s Presidential Election Committee on Thursday, December 18, ahead of the party’s presidential elections. The NPP will go to the polls on 31st January 2026 to elect a presidential candidate ahead of the 2028 general
Parliament has passed the Bank of Ghana Amendment Bill 2025 to which seeks to improve transparency, accountability and strengthen institutional checks. The Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, while debating on the Bill before its passage, noted that the Bill seeks to establish a mechanism for the
Unemployment remained relatively stable but elevated, particularly among young people, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said. The GSS said that the national unemployment rate edged down slightly to 12.8% in First Quarter 2025 from 13.1% in Fourth Quarter 2024, eased further to 12.6% in Second
In relation to unemployment in Ghana, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said that significant regional, gender, and locality-based disparities persist. Among the regions, the GSS said that the Greater Accra recorded the highest youth unemployment, while Bono East recorded the lowest. Rural are
Despite strong employment numbers, job quality remains a major challenge, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said. It stated that more than two-thirds of employed persons were in vulnerable employment, particularly women, rural workers, and those engaged in Agriculture. The Government Statistic
Looking ahead, strengthening Bank of Ghana's independence, discontinuing quasi-fiscal activities, and deepening FX markets, while reducing the Bank of Ghana’s footprint, remain priorities, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The Fund stated that Ghanaian authorities have taken decisive s
