Author: News Man

$6.3m project on safe mining launched The Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Develop­ment Programme (UNDP) and Unit­ed Nations Industrial Organisation (UNIDO), yesterday launched in Accra a $6.3m project to minimise the use of mercury in mining. The “PlanetGold Project” is meant to make small-scale gold mining safer, cleaner, and more profitable in the country. On the theme ‘Advancing for­malisation and mercury- free gold in Ghana’, it is being implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with UNDP, UNIDO and Global En­vironmental Facility for a five- year period spanning 2022 to 2027. The implementation of the project…

I’ ve no seat to sit on –Haruna cries out The Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, on Thursday, February 9, 2023 walked into the chamber of the Parliament of Ghana , where discussions were ongoing about the consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the African Union Convention on cross-border cooperation ( Niamey Convention ), and told the Speaker that he has no seat to sit on. According to him, ever since he was ousted as the Minority Leader in a reshuffle that many have termed as a‘ palace coup’…