The Land Use and Spatial Planning Authority was task by the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development to provide technical assistance to assess/validate the drainage network maps and database produced by the seventeen (17) participating Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project. The team analyzed […]
The Regional Veterinary Office is headed by a Deputy Director of Veterinary and supported by Veterinary Technologist and administrative Officers coordinating and monitoring the work of all veterinary para-professionals in the region.As part of the meat inspection procedure and to provide safe meat for human consumption and protect public health all organs with any pathological […]
The Department of Social Welfare organised skill training and workshop on the draft revised Early Childhood Care Development policy on 12th April, 2024 at Crystal Palm Hotel.They also train on child care for caregivers of Day-Care Centres. The objective of the training was to build the capacity of caregivers for effective and quality child care delivery. […]
The Greater Accra Regional Parks and Gardens Office manages the activates of the region and monitors and supports the activities of the District Parks and Gardens offices.This seeks to promote landscape construction in Greater Accra’s cities, towns and individual homes which seek to preserve nature and livability of urban centres in addition to modern architecture. […]
The Social Welfare Department payed the Eighty-eighth (88th) LEAP cycle to MMDAs at pay point within the region. A team from the Regional office went round to supervise payment. LEAP is a conditional and unconditional cash transfer programme for extreme poor households to cushion the vulnerable against livelihood shocks. The eligibility criteria are the aged (65 […]
The Department of Community Development did a presentation on the Child Protection Community Facilitation Toolkits during a two – day training for some religious leaders in the Region organised by the Department of Children, Regional office. The two-day training brought together chiefs and queen mothers, Christian and Islamic leaders to deliberate on ways to utilise […]
The Environmental Health Department sensitised public transport operators on air pollution. Air quality monitoring is the process of measuring various pollutants present in the air. These pollutants can have a significant impact on human health and the environment.There are numerous air quality monitoring benefits, and the most important ones include the possibility to improve air […]
The Regional Department of Agriculture under the Greater Accra Coordinating Council is one of the 16 regional departments of agriculture in Ghana.They conducted monitoring to evaluate the performance of mango and coconut seedlings that were distributed and planted in the districts. Coconuts and mangoes distributed under the Planting for Export and Rural Development program are showing […]
Livestock, poultry and pet vaccines were available during the quarter under review. One hundred and fifteen thousand, seven hundred and ninety-eight (115,798) animals were vaccinated against pest des petit ruminants (PPR 1,473), Contagious Bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP 820), rabies (2,024), Newcastle (NCD 63,730), FowlPox (22,200) and Gumboro (IBD 25,550) during the first quarter 2024 in the […]
The Regional Director(Ag) and Branch Heads from Tema, Edward Akufo-Addo and the National Children and Mobile participated in a 5-Day workshop for Regional Directors and Branch Library Heads as part of the Digital Training at Public Libraries organized by The Ghana Library Authority in collaboration with Electronic Information for Libraries(EIfL) from 11th -15th March 2024.