Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister Designate for the Foreign Affairs Ministry
The Minister Designate for the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has revealed how the horrifying stories about the plight of Ghanaian domestic workers in the Middle East haunted her for weeks.
Government placed a temporary ban on the recruitment of workers to Gulf countries after a hike in reported cases of abuse faced by migrant workers.
The directive followed calls by several human rights activists to ban Visa-20 – visas issued solely to those seeking to travel to the Gulf as house helps.
A report by the Ghana Immigration Service said over 2,000 young Ghanaian women were stranded in Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon only after five months of reaching the countries through fake recruitment agencies that promised them lucrative jobs.
Lands and Natural Resources Minister-Designate, Samuel Abu Jinapor has offered a lasting solution to illegal mininng in Ghana.
Lawyer Jinapor says community mining is the surest way to nip illegal mining in the bud.
Government introduced the Community Mining Scheme, a mining model, last year and it s aimed at creating jobs for beneficiary communities.
As part of the scheme, the government gave the green light for the commencement of regulated and sustainable mining at Adomanu in the Ashanti Region under the Community Mining Scheme.
The scheme is to create about 16,000 jobs nationwide; so far, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has issued 55 mining licenses to some communities in the Western, Ashanti, Savannah, Eastern and the Ahafo Regions.
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