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+ Ghanaians endorse taxation and are willing to pay higher taxes to support the country’s development, a new Afrobarometer study has shown. The study said majority of the citizens, however, said it was difficult to find out what taxes and fees they were supposed to pay and how government used tax revenues. The report was made available to the Ghana News Agency by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), organisers of the study. The findings indicated that citizens were more su...

Share The immediate past Special Adviser on Political Matters to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, while he held sway as the Governor of Edo State, Hon Charles Idahosa, on Wednesday, cautioned politicians to cultivate the act of listening more to their followers so as to avoid the pitfalls in politics. Idahosa who also served as the Commissioner for Information in the administration of Governor Lucky Igbinedion, gave the admonition at the unveiling of a book he authored. The book, titled, “The Fall o...

The co-founder of the Center for Democratic Development, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has indicated that Ghana 39;s history of poor accountability and incessant borrowing is responsible for its current and future economic woes.

Liberia: 7 CSOs Receive 12 Laptops from TechSoup and WACSI Liberia: 7 CSOs Receive 12 Laptops from TechSoup and WACSI Share MONROVIA — Seven civil society organisations (CSOs) in Liberia received twelve brand new Lenovo laptops on Thursday March 25, 2021 from the Executive Director of NAYMOTE – Partners for Democratic Development, Eddie Jarwolo. “This is intended to enhance their [CSOs] capabilities to effectively and efficiently deliver quality services”, Jarwolo shared during the hand...

Naymote Condemns Arson Attacks Call for Political Tolerance Naymote Condemns Arson Attacks Call for Political Tolerance NAYMOTE Executive Director, Eddie Jarwolo Liberia’s premier democracy advancement institution, Naymote Partners for Democratic Development strongly condemned the arson attacks (petrol bombs) on the National Elections Commission (NEC) and home of Associate Justice Joseph Nagbe by unknown men. The institution is calling on all political leaders, and Liberians to be confli...

705 The Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, (NDC) has stated that the composition of the current Parliament demands consensus building to ensure good governance. He, therefore, stressed the need for both the Majority and Minority sides to work together to meet the development needs of the people, while strengthening the country’s democracy. Roundtable Mr Iddrisu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South, was speaking at an event dubbed: Roundtable Discussion on Ghana’s Eighth Parliament u...

  On March 12, 2020, Ghana recorded its first cases of coronavirus when two passengers who arrived via the airport tested positive for the virus. Since then till today, over 87,700 cases have been recorded out of which over 81,200 patients have recovered but sadly 685 persons have succumbed to the virus. A number of prominent persons have contracted the virus and openly declared their status with the view to combat stigmatization. Others however succumbed to the virus. A year on, GhanaWeb look...

Co-founder of Afrobarometer and the Centre For Democratic Development (CDD) Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi has flayed President Akufo Addo for the curious treatment meted out to Ghana’s immediate past Auditor-General, Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo. Professor Boadi describes the act as “shameful.” Professor Boadi’s opinion carries significant weight, having helped set up the non-partisan pan-African research institution (Afrobarometer) that conducts public attitude surveys on demo...

Liberia: LACC Partners with Local Civil Society Organization to use ITC to Fight Corruption Liberia: LACC Partners with Local Civil Society Organization to use ITC to Fight Corruption Share MONROVIA — The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has agreed to partner with a local non-governmental Organization “The Integrity Watch Liberia” in the fight against corruption and will do so through the use of Information technology and citizen involvement. Hon. Cllr. Kanio Bai Gbala acting cha...

The role of citizens in shaping the development of every society cannot be overemphasized.