No Result
View All Result
Monday, September 25, 2023
Citi Business News
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • Agriculture
    • Economy
    • General
    • Government
    • Local Economy
    • Top Stories

    Ghana’s total exports decline by 9%

    Cedi depreciates against the dollar by 22.5%

    Financial sector withstood 2022 shocks; positive signs ahead – BoG

    Water shortage to hit parts of Accra; businesses to be affected

    Excise tax amendment shows positive signs; rakes in GHS 140m 

    Ghana records over $200m trade surplus in two months

    Public debt hits GHS 575.5 billion; now 71.9% of GDP

    GEPA poised to achieve over $4bn target for non-traditional exports

    GRA fights off claims of harassing traders; calls for cooperation

  • Business
    • All
    • Agribusiness
    • Banking And Finance
    • Manufacturing
    • Markets
    • Mining
    • Oil And Gas
    • Real Estate
    • Tourism
    • Transport

    Cedi depreciates against the dollar by 22.5%

    Financial sector withstood 2022 shocks; positive signs ahead – BoG

    Water shortage to hit parts of Accra; businesses to be affected

    Influx of Chinese tanker trucks will kill local businesses – Kwame Jantuah

    GRA fights off claims of harassing traders; calls for cooperation

    Hanno Barkhoff joins Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra as General Manager

    WTO Director-General calls for ratification of Fisheries Subsidies Agreement

    B5 Plus is an iconic testament of success of 1D1F initiative – K.T. Hammond

    BoG advised me to streamline Menzgold operations – NAM 1

  • TECHNOLOGY

    Genius IT Foundation achieves STEM.org accreditation

    Pharmaceutical Society charged to utilize AI to transform industry

    Apple says iPhone and iPad apps will show up on the vision OS App Store from the get-go

    China launches $41 billion fund to accelerate semiconductor industry

    Digital marketing: Event managers urged to explore growth opportunities

    Govt. urged to commit more investments to enhance AI competencies

    Stakeholders in digital ecosystem charged to do more to protect child privacy

    Cyber hygiene key for public safety – Dr. Albert Antwi Boasiako

    Ban on cryptocurrency still in force – Finance Ministry warns

  • INTERNATIONAL
    • All
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • US

    Ofori-Atta commends G20 for AU’s inclusion, urges common voice

    Nine ventures announced for Africa Money and DeFi Summit investment showcase

    African Union to launch regional credit rating agency in 2024

    New study reveals alarming food access disparity affecting 650 million Africans

    Global food price index declines in August

    ECO currency challenges: Technical committee attributes delays to external shocks, others

    African leaders emphasize in-continent processing of mineral wealth at climate summit

    Indian investors commit $14 billion to Nigeria, to strengthen several Nigerian sectors

    African Development Bank announces $25 billion pledge to boost climate finance in Africa

  • FEATURES
  • Videos
Citi Business News
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • Agriculture
    • Economy
    • General
    • Government
    • Local Economy
    • Top Stories

    Ghana’s total exports decline by 9%

    Cedi depreciates against the dollar by 22.5%

    Financial sector withstood 2022 shocks; positive signs ahead – BoG

    Water shortage to hit parts of Accra; businesses to be affected

    Excise tax amendment shows positive signs; rakes in GHS 140m 

    Ghana records over $200m trade surplus in two months

    Public debt hits GHS 575.5 billion; now 71.9% of GDP

    GEPA poised to achieve over $4bn target for non-traditional exports

    GRA fights off claims of harassing traders; calls for cooperation

  • Business
    • All
    • Agribusiness
    • Banking And Finance
    • Manufacturing
    • Markets
    • Mining
    • Oil And Gas
    • Real Estate
    • Tourism
    • Transport

    Cedi depreciates against the dollar by 22.5%

    Financial sector withstood 2022 shocks; positive signs ahead – BoG

    Water shortage to hit parts of Accra; businesses to be affected

    Influx of Chinese tanker trucks will kill local businesses – Kwame Jantuah

    GRA fights off claims of harassing traders; calls for cooperation

    Hanno Barkhoff joins Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City Accra as General Manager

    WTO Director-General calls for ratification of Fisheries Subsidies Agreement

    B5 Plus is an iconic testament of success of 1D1F initiative – K.T. Hammond

    BoG advised me to streamline Menzgold operations – NAM 1

  • TECHNOLOGY

    Genius IT Foundation achieves STEM.org accreditation

    Pharmaceutical Society charged to utilize AI to transform industry

    Apple says iPhone and iPad apps will show up on the vision OS App Store from the get-go

    China launches $41 billion fund to accelerate semiconductor industry

    Digital marketing: Event managers urged to explore growth opportunities

    Govt. urged to commit more investments to enhance AI competencies

    Stakeholders in digital ecosystem charged to do more to protect child privacy

    Cyber hygiene key for public safety – Dr. Albert Antwi Boasiako

    Ban on cryptocurrency still in force – Finance Ministry warns

  • INTERNATIONAL
    • All
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • US

    Ofori-Atta commends G20 for AU’s inclusion, urges common voice

    Nine ventures announced for Africa Money and DeFi Summit investment showcase

    African Union to launch regional credit rating agency in 2024

    New study reveals alarming food access disparity affecting 650 million Africans

    Global food price index declines in August

    ECO currency challenges: Technical committee attributes delays to external shocks, others

    African leaders emphasize in-continent processing of mineral wealth at climate summit

    Indian investors commit $14 billion to Nigeria, to strengthen several Nigerian sectors

    African Development Bank announces $25 billion pledge to boost climate finance in Africa

  • FEATURES
  • Videos
No Result
View All Result
Citi Business News
No Result
View All Result

Ghana Statistical Service inaugurates new board

byBenjamin Aklama
May 6, 2022
in Government, Top Stories
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

The Honourable Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr John Kumah, today inaugurated the Governing Board of the Ghana Statistical Service and charged the members to provide the needed guidance and assistance to the Management of Service. He further asked the Board to among others:

(i)         Work towards expanding the Establishment Post of the Service by ensuring experienced senior officers lead the production of statistics;

(ii)        Supervise the preparation of an appropriate Scheme of Service to guide the career development of the Staff

ADVERTISEMENT

(iii)       Guide the conduct of all the censuses and surveys outlined in the Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa Project (HISWAP) for the next three years

(iv)  Facilitate work within the National Statistical System and,

(v)        Initiate the process for the drafting of the Legislative Instrument for the Statistical Service Act, 2019: Act 1003

In a short ceremony, the Deputy Finance Minister, on behalf of the President and the Minister, expressed the appreciation of the Ministry to the immediate past Board for their wonderful guidance that culminated in the conduct of the first digital census in Ghana. He remarked, “‘We were impressed with the release of the Provisional Results within 44 days of completing field data collection. Now we are guided by the most current data in analyzing the Ministry”.

He also thanked the Government Statistician and his team for working tirelessly and smoothly without a governing Board for the past five months, noting that, “today’s inauguration of the Board would quicken the pace of growth and development, and the industrial harmony in the Service’’

The inaugural ceremony was conducted in accordance with Section 5 (2) of the Statistical Service Act, 2019: Act 1003 which mandates the President of the Republic, in consultation with the Council of State to appoint members to serve on the governing board of GSS. The Board, he stated, was relatively small though made up of persons with expert and diverse knowledge in statistical production and the management of human resources. These two key skills, he remarked, are needed in the transformational agenda embarked upon by the immediate past Board, which would enhance the status of GSS in the international statistical eco-system.

The Minister was of the view that Ghana is fast recovering from the impact of COVID-19 per quarterly and annual GDP growth rates released by the Statistical Service, and stated that as a country, ‘’we would strongly encourage you to continue to lead the staff to provide high-quality statistics to guide the country’s growth and development as outlined in the Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies’’.

The Statistical Service has embarked upon the Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey (AHIES) that would soon provide the country with data on quarterly Labour Force, Quarterly Multidimensional Poverty and Vulnerability Status. Data that would inform those in policy-making, academia and research as to whether the country’s programmes and policies are impacting positively on the populace. Since the government needs to know the outcome of the various government policies, he pledged the government’s support to the Service in all ways possible to re-tool it to achieve its core mandate of providing quality, relevant, accurate and timely statistics for National Development.

The Deputy Minister reminded the Board that the country depends strongly on Statistical Service to generate accurate and timely data to report on the Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union Agenda 2063 and tasked the Board to lead the country in this direction to promote the effective use of statistics and stimulate research activities.

He promised the Board that the government will find needed resources to facilitate their work since there is increasing demand for credible data for evidence-based decision making. He further added that the Government through the World Bank, provided the Service with an amount of $150 million for the conduct of the census and to harmonize and strengthen data collection systems in Ghana and seven West African Countries. Though, the Deputy Minister acknowledged that a considerable amount of that money was spent on the 2021 Population and Housing Census; the Board should ensure the efficient use of the remaining resources as other initiatives are explored to financially strengthen the Service.

The Deputy Minister concluded his remarks by assuring the Board of Government’s support and preparedness to provide the requisite resources, both human and financial, to enable them to succeed in their national assignment.

Responding on behalf of the Board, Dr Grace Bediako remarked that they deemed it an honour to be called upon to serve the country as Board members and indicated their readiness to deliver as expected of them. She, therefore, called on all the MDAs within the National Statistical System to cooperate with them to achieve their targets.

Profile of Nominees

  1. Grace Bediako

Dr. Bediako holds a PhD in Demography from Philadelphia University. She has had working relationships with the UN Statistics Commission in various capacities until she joined Statistical Service in 2004 as the Government Statistician. She was in GSS for eight years before joining NDPC as an Advisor and ended her tenure as the Ag. Commissioner General of NDPC. In 2017, she was appointed the Board Chair of GSS and has retained the same position to ensure continuity of Service. Dr. Bediako is an alumna of the University of Ghana.

  1. Prof Samuel Kobina Annim

Prof Annim has been the Government Statistician since March 2019 and he has distinguished himself since then. He joined the Service at a time that the heat was on in finalizing the Census processes. He holds a PhD in Economics from Manchester University and he spent his working life teaching Economics at the University of Cape Coast and other tertiary institutions. In Cape Coast, he worked in various capacities ending his engagement as the Director of Research, Innovation and Consultancy. He is an alumnus of the University of Cape Coast.

  1. Ashiokai Akrong

Ms. Akrong is an Award-Winning HR Practitioner who had worked in various Fortune 500 Companies in the United States, United Kingdom and Africa. She is currently the HR Director for Vodafone Ghana. She holds an MA in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota. She is also an alumna of the University of Ghana

  1. Evans Aggrey-Darko

Dr. Aggrey-Darko is currently the Chief Director of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Ghana where he taught Political Science till his appointment as Chief Director in 2018. His research interests are in Public Policy, Parliamentary Affairs and Political Theory.

  1. Josephine Dzahene-Quarshie

Dr. Dzahene-Quarshie is a Professor of Modern Languages with a specialization in Swahili from the University of London and has been working with the University of Ghana since 1991. She holds a PhD in African Studies and is currently the Director of the Confucius Institute at Legon. She has over 24 research publications to her credit.

  1. Philip Abradu-Otoo

Mr. Abradu-Otoo is currently the Director of Research at the Bank of Ghana. He has over 30 years of experience working as an Economist at the Bank of Ghana and IMF. He holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and is an alumnus of the University of Ghana.

  1. Prof Robert Darko Osei

Prof Osei is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Statistical and Social and Economics Research and also serves as the Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Quantitative Development Economics from the University of Warwick. Robert is currently a Board Member of Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited and a co-chair of a new initiative known as the Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative which is being jointly managed by J-PAL (Based in MIT, USA) and the Center for Effective Global Action (based in UC Berkeley, USA).

Related Posts

Local Economy

Ghana’s total exports decline by 9%

byNii Larte Lartey

Ghana has recorded a nine percentage points drop in its total export earnings. As of August 2023, total exports stood...

Read more

Cedi depreciates against the dollar by 22.5%

Financial sector withstood 2022 shocks; positive signs ahead – BoG

Excise tax amendment shows positive signs; rakes in GHS 140m 

Ghana records over $200m trade surplus in two months

Public debt hits GHS 575.5 billion; now 71.9% of GDP

GEPA poised to achieve over $4bn target for non-traditional exports

Next Post

COPEC insists gov't must scrap taxes on petroleum products

Video on Demand: Business Weekly

ADVERTISEMENT
Citi Business News

© 2023 Citi Business News - CitiBusinessNews.com by CNR Digital.

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • FEATURES
  • Videos

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • FEATURES
  • Videos

© 2023 Citi Business News - CitiBusinessNews.com by CNR Digital.