Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) wishes to thank the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for raising our objections to the nomination of Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister-designate for Food and...
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Israeli Investors Set To Go Into Irrigation Farming
The manifesto promise by President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo led NPP administration to partner the private sector in ensuring the development of agriculture in the northern part of the country...
11 Senior Managers of COCOBOD Asked To Proceed On Leave
Government has ordered eleven top management members of the Ghana COCOBOD to proceed on leave effective Monday 30th January, 2017. A similar order has been given to three senior managers of the Cocoa...
Top Managers of COCOBOD Asked To Proceed On Leave
Meanwhile some top staff members of Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC); a subsidiary of COCOBOD, have also been asked to proceed on leave. The development comes barely three weeks after the dismissal of...
Top COCOBOD Managers Asked To Proceed On Leave
Eleven top management level staff of COCOBOD have been asked to proceed on leave by government with effect from today Monday 30th January, 2017. The eleven occupy positions including the Deputy Chief...
Top Managers of COCOBOD Asked To Proceed On Leave
Eleven top management level staff of COCOBOD have been asked to proceed on leave by government with effect from today Monday 30th January, 2017. The eleven occupy positions including the Deputy Chief...
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) wishes to thank the Parliamentary Appointments Committee for raising our objections to the nomination of Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto as Minister-Designate for Food and...
Germany To Partner Ghana In Agricultural Development
The German Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Christoph Retzlaff, has met with Ghana's Minister of Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, to dicusss ways the German Government can...
The Food Minister Nominee and His Agricultural Plans For Ghana
Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto is the Food and Agriculture Minister-nominee for the Nana Addo-led NPP government which assumed office on January 7th, 2017. He is the immediate past Member of Parliament for...
Twelve Ministers Sworn In
The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday swore in the first batch of 12 ministers, charging them to work towards fulfilling the campaign promise of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP)...
Ending Fertiliser Smuggling Is Vital – Dr. Akoto
The Minister Nominee for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has stated that the smuggling of fertilizer outside of the country are part of the reasons for the decline in growth of the agricultural...
Nana’s Men Approved Despite Ayariga’s Bribe Claim
After an intensive engagement for consensus building with members of the minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in parliament – who were very determined to torpedo the approval of Senior...
Stopping Fertiliser Smuggling Is Key For Agric – Dr. Afriyie Akoto
The Minister Nominee for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has stated that the smuggling of fertilizer outside of the country are part of the reasons for the decline in growth of the agricultural...
Nana Addo Swears In 12 Ministers
President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in 12 of the 36 persons he named as ministers for various portfolios after their approval by Parliament’s Appointments Committee. The swearing-in ceremony took...
Stopping Fertiliser Smuggling Is Key For Agric
The Minister Nominee for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has stated that the smuggling of fertilizer outside of the country are part of the reasons for the decline in growth of the agricultural...
Indian High Commissioner To Ghana Calls On Agric Minister-Designate
The Minister-designate for Food and Agriculture (MOFA) Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has commended the government of India for her continuous support to Ghana. The Minister-designate says the...
New Agric Policy To Create 750,000 Direct Jobs In 2017
The Planting For Food and Jobs Policy, set to be rolled out by the NPP administration is expected to create about 750,000 direct jobs in the first year of its operations, the Minister-designate for...
Akufo-Addo To Swear In Alan, Ofori-Atta, Others Today
Akufo-Addo to swear in Alan, Ofori-Atta, others today President Akufo-Addo will today swear in the first batch of ministers-designate who have been cleared by Parliament following a successful...
EOCO Pampers Opuni
It is emerging that the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) did not conduct any ‘proper’ interrogation of embattled immediate-past Ghana Cocobod Chief Executive, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni....
Eight Ministerial Nominees Approved; 5 Others Cleared By Appointments Committee
Parliament yesterday approved the nomination of eight out of the 13 ministers designate vetted by the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP). Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides shared...