Akufo-Addo Promises 1 District, 1 Warehouse
Government will construct 1000 metric tonne-capacity warehouses across the country to store foodstuffs in each of the 216 districts in the country, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has...
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“Planting For Foods and Jobs” Launches Today
farmers participating in the planting for foods and jobs President Akufo-Addo will today Wednesday April, 19 2017, launch the “Planting for Foods and Jobs” programme at Goaso in the Brong Ahafo...
Let All Ghanaians Rally To Call For the Total Abolition of Galamsey From the Country
I have over the years published my views on the ongoing devastating surface mining locally called galamsey. I once even directed a Member of Parliament to read my views emailed to him on the floor of...
Pupils Abandon School For Illegal Mining Activities
Pupils in some gold-rich mining villages and towns in Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region have abandoned school and now engaged in illegal gold mining activities known in local parlance...
NGO Embarks On Campaign To Promote Cultivation, Consumption of Local Crops
The Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) has embarked on a campaign to promote the cultivation and consumption of local food crops and vegetables. The campaign is to...
4-Year SHS Students Better Than 3-Year Counterparts
The Minister of State-designate in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, has defended the four-year Senior High School curriculum saying that students who went through that system...
Six Aid Workers Killed In An Ambush In South Sudan
Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in famine-hit South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday, without specifying what organisation they worked for. The victims were attacked on Saturday...
Methodist Church To Partner Government In Development Agenda
The Methodist Church of Ghana has positioned itself to partner the government in the promotion and execution of its one district, one factory policy initiative as it falls in line with the church’s...
Nigeria Certifies Fanta, Sprite Safe For Consumption
The Federal Ministry of Health yesterday put the controversy over the status of Fanta and Sprite to rest. The ministry declared both brands safe for consumption. There had been wide spread fears in...
South Sudan Keeps Buying Weapons Amid Famine
The government of South Sudan is spending its oil revenue on weapons, even as the country descends into a famine largely caused by Juba's military operations, according to a confidential United...
South Sudan Buys Weapons Amid Famine
South Sudan's government is spending its oil revenue on weapons as the country descends into a famine largely caused by Juba's military operations, according to a confidential UN report. The report...
Gov’t Exposed Over Plans To Allow Mining In Forest Reserves
Latest: Gov’t exposed over plans to allow mining in forest reserves We Blend Our Vision With Truth & Enlightenment INVESTIGATIONS conducted by Today have revealed plans by government to permit...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Campaign Gets To Volta Region’
The Volta regional technical committee for the implementation of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ campaign has been inaugurated in the Volta Region with a call on the youth and the public to go...
Akufo-Addo Must Give Us Economic Independence
Emeritus Most Reverend Francis A. K. Lodonu, former Bishop of the Ho Diocese of the Catholic Church has challenged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to use his "One District, One Factory" policy...
Will There Be Hope In Akufo-Addo’s Maiden Budget?
This morning, the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Attah, will present to Parliament, the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s maiden budget. Expectations are very high...
FULL SPEECH: Akufo-Addo’s SONA 2017
President Akufo-Addo has delivered his first State of the Nation Address in Parliament, touching on the various aspects of the economy. Below is the full speech: MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION ...
Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address 2017
MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, ON THE OCCASION OF THE STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017. It is good to be...
President Akufo-Addo’s First State of the Nation Address
President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 delivered his first state of the nation address after his investiture as President of the land. Below is the full speech: MESSAGE ON THE STATE OF...
We’ll Replace Food Imports With ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Campaign — Afriyie Akoto
The government will, by April this year, launch an audacious campaign to turn farmlands and backyards into a huge food basket that is expected to cut down the country’s food import bill...
Haruna Iddrisu Mocks Akufo-Addo’s ‘Special Initiatives’ At Vetting
Special initiatives of the Akufo-Addo-led administration which include ‘one village-one dam’, ‘one district-one factory’ and ‘one constituency-one million dollars’ became a subject of...