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Filed by Abdul Basit The sustainable development goal 6 has the intention of ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Despite several efforts been made by various governments and international organizations to make sure that people get access to a regular supply of potable water. In Ghana, the issue isn’t different. Several governments have TRIED their best to extend water supplies to various part of the country. In December, 1998, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency was established by an act of parliament (ACT 564) with the mandate to facilitate the provision of safe drinking water and related sanitation services to rural communities and small towns in Ghana. Other institutions established by the government included the Ghana Water Company Limited. This company is responsible for the production and distribution of potable water to the urban population which constitutes about 40 percent of the entire Ghanaian population. Despite th

*Mpasatia SHS: Student quits school after bursar rapes her* A second year General Arts student at the Mpasatia Senior High School in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti region has been forced to pack out from the school after the school's bursar raped her. Sources say this is not the first time that the bursar,  Alexander Sarpong, popularly known as 'Action' has been caught in amorous affairs with some female students in the school. Our checks indicate authorities at the school have on countless occasions shielded 'Action' from disciplinary sanctions, thereby making him fearless in his heinous sexcapades. A female  student who spoke with this reporter on conditions of strict anonymity said "he tried to forcibly have sex with me when I went to his office to take my clearance forms" and has since been "making sexual advances at me, bragging he has had his way with most of my friends and that he will do everything possible to get at me t

Filed by Abdul Basit The sustainable development goal 6 has the intention of ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Despite several efforts been made by various governments and international organizations to make sure that people get access to a regular supply of potable water. In Ghana, the issue isn’t different. Several governments have TRIED their best to extend water supplies to various part of the country. In December, 1998, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency was established by an act of parliament (ACT 564) with the mandate to facilitate the provision of safe drinking water and related sanitation services to rural communities and small towns in Ghana. Other institutions established by the government included the Ghana Water Company Limited. This company is responsible for the production and distribution of potable water to the urban population which constitutes about 40 percent of the entire Ghanaian population. Despite th

The rate of deforestation in Ghana is estimated to be one of the highest in the world after Togo and Nigeria .At an estimated annual rate of 2% ,equivalent to 135,000 hectares per annum. The Green west Africa country is estimated to have lost over 60% of its forest cover from 1950 to date,which translates to about 2.7 million hectares of forest depleted . According to the Ghana REDD+ strategy reviewed document Prepared by the National REDD+ Secretariat of Ghana  forwarded and released by the Forestry commission of Ghana in 2017,the main drivers of deforestation and degradation in the country are farming,both legal and illegal mining ,illegal lumbering ,wildfires ,fuel wood harvesting and infrastructural development while weak law enforcement coupled with corruption,population growth and development also form part of indirect causes. Ghana’s forest Land is demarcated into three main ecological zones which are High Forest Zone,Transitional Zone and Savannah zone.The High Forest Zon

TURN KUMASI ZOO TO TRANSPORT YARD The 2nd Vice Chairman for Suame Constituency of New Patriotic Party (NPP),  Richard  Asante,  has reiterated the need for the Kumasi Zoological Garden to be relocated to give a facelift to Kumasi. According to him, the current  location could be used as transport yard since no provision was made under the Kejetia project. Speaking to the media after the inauguration of the Suame Municipal Assembly (SMA) yesterday,  Mr Asante said to restore the past glory of Kumasi,  authorities should put in place measures to bring down vehicular traffic within the city. He disclosed that due to unavailability of parking places,  both private and commercial drivers park their vehicles at unauthorized places which stiffen traffic in the city. According to him,  when parking places are provided it will motivate the police to enforce the road traffic regulations to ensure discipline on the roads. He noted that the current location of the zoo can be used to ac

OTUMFUO EXTOLS FREE SHS IN SOUTH AFRICA ...As he addresses 61st Anniversary of Ghana's Independence The Asantehene has extolled the significance of the Free Senior High School as a key policy towards poverty eradication in Ghana. The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has therefore reiterated his desire to see the development of education on the African Continent in order to help bridge the gap wealth and poverty. According to the powerful King of the Asante Kingdom, education is the only thing "that draws fine line between wealth, development and progress on one side and poverty and retrogression on the other hand" The Asantehene said it was in line with this objective that in 1999, he led the Asante Kingdom to launch and establish the Otumfuo Education Fund to support needy across all regions, an initiative which has benefited thousands of children from secondary through to tertiary levels. Addressing Ghana's 61st Independence Anniversary celebrati

The District Chief Executive for Wassa East District, Wilson Arthur, in the Western region collapsed on the grounds of the Independence Day celebration in the course of reading his speech.  The collapsed DCE, was immediately rushed to the Ahmadyyia Muslim Mission hospital at Daboase by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wassa East constituency, Isaac Adjei Mensah and his entourage. Following the collapse of Mr. Arthur, the District Coordinating Officer, Samuel Owusu Andoh took over and read DCE’s Independence Day speech. The event which was held at Daboase, the district capital, had in attendance the district commander of police, officials from the Ghana Education Service among other distinguished personalities. The DCE later recovered at the hospital and has since been discharged, but not after the event had ended. Meanwhile, at least 25 pupils also collapsed at the Black Star Square during the Independence Day parade as of 12:30.

President for the Cashew Farmers Association of Ghana who doubles as the paramount chief of the Wenchi Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nana Boampong Nsem VI has applauded the Cashew Development Plan launched by the government through the Ghana Export Promotion Authority and the Cashew Industrial Association as a step in the right direction which will focus on boosting production and job creation in the country. The president who is also the 2004/2012 National Best Cashew Farmer said the development plan if well implemented under successive governments will create massive employment to thousands of people across all the value chain which as a result could reduce the rate of unemployment in the country. The chief who made the remarks in an interview with Rite news on the heels of government’s launch of the cashew development plan appreciated cashew’s role as a leading non-traditional export commodity. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched a comprehensive develo

File by Andy Owusu. FF ANTO: I'M YET TO SEE ANYONE LIKE WONTUMI 1st vice national chairman of the NPP Frederick Fredua  An to has admitted that he was yet to see a passionate and zealous young politician who has abundant energy to do party work like Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, in the history of the Dankwa-Dombo-Busia tradition. To Frederick Freduah Anto, he's sometimes marveled at the kind of character chairman Wontumi represents, explaining that he has seen chairmen in his political carrier but "I can tell you that this youngman here is to me from a different world sent to us by God to redeem NPP from the NDC' slavery." Speaking to Bekwai, where five constituencies had gathered to endorse the reelection bid of their regional party chairman, Mr. Anto maintained that chairman wontumi must be retained because " his (Wontumi) spiritual, financial and physical support to the party is something we will regret should ther

*All Adansi Constituencies endorse Wontumi for Ashanti Regional NPP Chairmanship post* NPP executivesin all the six constituencies in the Adansi enclave of the Ashanti region have declared their support for the second term bid of Bernard Antwi Boasiako,  the incumbent chairman of the party in the region. At a well attended gathering at Adansi Asokwa today,  chairmen for the six constituencies namely; Fomena,  Adansi Akrofrom, Adansi Asokwa, New Edubiase,  Obuasi East and Obuasi West led their subordinates to unanimously vouch their allegiance to Wontumi in  a chorus. Chairman of the Adansi Akrofrom Constituency,  Maxwell Abu who spoke on behalf of his colleagues told Nana Yaw Amagyei in an interview that their action was motivated by the leadership skills,  sacrifices and commitment of Wontumi to the fortunes of the party at a time it seemed impossible for the NPP to wrestle power from the NDC in the lead up to the general elections in 2016. He however cautioned other contenders

The country Director of DKT International, Mr. Mario Alvarez has reiterated their commitment in reducing maternal mortality rate in the country. The organization over the years has organized training workshops for key players on Adverse Drug Reaction Report. Mr. Mario Alverez spoke in an interview with Ghanaiandemocrat.com  on the sidelines of this year’s ADR workshop held in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi and indicated that the training was to ensure public safety. According to the DKT boss, his outfit would want to increase safety of prevalence contraceptive use by creating more awareness in the country. He said the company is investing heavily in the area of Adverse Drug Reporting because its client’s safety has been one of their top priorities. He revealed that Ghana has recorded highest prevalence rate of 26% of HIV/Aids infections in the sub-region. He indicated that 26% out 100% Ghanaian women use contraceptive which to him the country has a long way to go in