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ActionAid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has organized a two-day training workshop for journalists in the Upper West Region to improve their knowledge of decent work practices and existing social protection schemes in Ghana.
The training was to build the capacity of journalists to influence government policies on decent work at the local assembly and national levels to help develop a clear roadmap for the enforcement of decent work principles in the agriculture sector.
Addressing journalists at the training on Saturday, the Project Manager of the ActionAid Ghana, Mr. Abukari Ayuba said the training was to raise awareness and advocacy for the expansion of social protection schemes to cover more rural and deprived communities.
“At the end of the training we want journalists to understand and appreciate the concept of decent work principles and to be able to produce articles on decent work and expansion of social protection schemes”, he said.
The Project Manager of the Northern Ghana Integrated Development Project (NGIDP), Dr Eliasu Mumum took journalists through decent work principles and the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Strategies for media advocacy, social protection deficits within the agriculture value chain, among other areas of concern.
He said the main goal of decent work principles was to promote opportunities for people to obtain decent and productive working conditions of security, human dignity and freedom.
He admonished journalists to work hard towards the maintenance of peace and always be the voice of the voiceless in the communities.
The Communication and Public Relations Officer of ActionAid Ghana, Ms. Esther Ohenewaa Brown also took journalists through the role of the media in the advocacy for decent work and expansion of social protection schemes to vulnerable people.
She encouraged journalists to always be guided by the ethics of the profession.
The Upper West Regional president of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) Mr. Sualah Abdul Wahab commended ActionAid Ghana and its partners for the opportunity to train journalists in the region and said the knowledge acquired would help the journalist to feed the public with authentic information
He appealed to other organizations to partner with the GJA in the training of media persons to help improve the professional standard.
The training was held under the Northern Ghana Integrated Development project with funding from the European Union (EU) in Ghana.
FROM RAFIA ABDUL RAZAK WA
Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has announced that the government has accepted the recommendation to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment as part of the constitutional review process.
He said the proposed amendment would affect Articles 3, 13, 19 and 72 of the 1992 Constitution, with offences that previously attracted the death penalty instead carrying life imprisonment.
Dr. Ayine made the announcement on July 30, 2026, at the Jubilee House in Accra during the Government Accountability Series while outlining the government’s position on the final recommendations of the Constitution Review Committee.
According to him, the government believes the death penalty is inconsistent with the constitutional right to life and Ghana’s international human rights obligations.
He explained that the recommendation forms part of broader proposals aimed at strengthening the protection of fundamental human rights under the Constitution.
Dr. Ayine said the government had also accepted the spirit of several recommendations to expand rights relating to women, children, persons with disabilities, older persons and the youth.
He added that a comprehensive Human Rights Act would be introduced to protect these rights and provide detailed enforcement mechanisms instead of amending the entrenched provisions of the Constitution through a national referendum.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on both local and international investors to tap into opportunities in Ghana’s tourism, hospitality and creative industries.
Speaking in an interview yesterday with World Media USA Today, the Minister said government is committed to creating a conducive investment environment to support growth in the sector.
She highlighted key investment areas including hotels, fashion, music, film production, and tourism infrastructure.
Dzifa Gomashie also encouraged Ghanaians to invest in domestic tourism to help boost the local economy.
According to her, strategic investment in tourism and the creative economy will drive economic transformation, create jobs, and position Ghana as Africa’s gateway for heritage, culture, business and investment.
“Ghana has vast opportunities across tourism, hospitality and the creative industries. We are ready and open for business,” she stated.
The Minister’s remarks come as government intensifies efforts to leverage culture and tourism as drivers of economic growth and job creation.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
