Owusu Afriyie Akoto

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Dr. Afriyie Akoto Likely To Be Next Agric Minister

The Minority Spokesperson for agriculture who doubles as outgoing Member of Parliament for Kwadaso constituency, Dr....

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Hackman Owusu-Agyemang For Chief of Staff

The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo is expected to name his Cabinet and other Ministers immediately after...

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Final List of Akufo-Addo’s Ministers To Be Out Soon

President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are said to be putting final touches to...

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Afari Gyan Is Best Fish Farmer For Greater Accra

A former chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Afari Gyan, has been honoured for emerging as the ‘Best...

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Robert Crentsil Is 2016 Best Farmer

Robert Crentsil, 42, from Ejumako Enyan Essiem in the Central Region, has been adjudged the 2016 National Best Farmer....

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Agriculture Not Failing

President John Mahama has refuted claims by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been...

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Ghana’s Tumbling Agric Worrying – NPP

The opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has bemoaned the poor growth rate of the Agriculture sector describing it as...

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Mahama Has Dipped Agricultural Growth

There is a sharp decline in agricultural growth from 7.4 per cent in 2008 and 7.2 percent in 2009 to 5.3 percent in...

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Cocoa Sector ‘disastrous’ Under Mahama

The management of the "all-important" cocoa sector has been "nothing short of a disaster" under the Mahama...

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We’ve Already Shortlisted 300 Enterprises For NPP’s ‘1 District 1 Factory Policy – Nana Addo

NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo says the party has already prepared a list of enterprises to be developed in various...

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NDC Gov’t Distributed Non-Tested Agro-Chemicals To Farmers

The Minority Spokesperson on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has made an allegation...

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Gov’t ‘cheating’ Cocoa Farmers

The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of fixing a low cocoa producer price for the 2016/2017 crop year....

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Blame Government’s Fraud For Low Cocoa Price – Minority

The Minority in Parliament has accused government of engaging in fraudulent and corrupt practices that have resulted in...

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Gov’t Collapsing Agricultural Sector

The minority in Parliament has accused the government of collapsing the agriculture sector through poor policies and...

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Ghana’s Food Security Under Threat – Minority NPP

The Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament has warned that the mass importation of food items in large...

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NDC ‘dishonest’ – Minority

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in parliament has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of...

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‘All Districts’ Agric Mechanization Ambitious – GAWU

The General Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) has cast doubts over the NDC’s manifesto promise to provide every...

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Mahama ‘lied’ About Cocoa Figures

The Minority Spokesperson on Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has rubbished President John...

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‘President Mahama Is Living In Stone Age’

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso Constituency, who is also the ranking member of the...