General News of Saturday, 12 May 2018Source: ghananewsagency.orgFocus priority effort on tackling social inequality - UNICEFThey are among other things calling on the media to educate the public on issues on inequalityThe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for policy makers to focus priority effort on ensuring that there is fair and even distribution of resources – to narrow the gaping socio-economic inequality in the country. Mr. Charles Dzradosi, Social Policy Specialist of the Fund, said the widening gap between the rich and the poor needed to be tackled and should not wait. He was speaking at a two-day training workshop on fighting inequality in Ghana, held for the media and civil society organizations, in Ho. He called on the media to help the public to have better understanding of issues of inequality and the implications for development and security. Mr. Suleman Zakaria, Programmes Manager, Inequality Programme Ghana, Oxfam, said globally inequality was rising – a paradox, considering the fact that the world had grown economically.

Source: GhanaWeb May 12, 2018 13:52 UTC