Agriculture General News

I’II soon update Ghanaians on state of forest reserves – Abu Jinapor

1,980  Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor says he will update Ghanaians on the state of the country’s forest reserves on May 2. Speaking to the media at the National Youth Conference on natural resources and environmental governance, Mr. Jinapor advised that, government and stakeholders need to remain focused despite the setbacks […]

Agriculture General News

Ghana’s cocoa sector alive and kicking-COCOBOD Declares

1,776  The attention of the Management of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has been drawn to publications on certain media platforms citing statements made by former President John Dramani Mahama, alluding to a collapse of Ghana’s cocoa sector. The Former President made these statements while touring the Western North Region, claiming the producer price and mismanagement […]

General News Politics

Time to Turn the Rhetoric into Action: GII calls on President, Anti-Corruption State Institutions to swiftly act on Prof Frimpong-Boateng’s Report

1,922    The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has followed with keen interest the discourse on the leaked report on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) dated 19th March 2021 and authored by Professor Frimpong-Boateng, former Chairman of the IMCIM. The report makes a plethora of allegations that GII demands an urgent […]

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‘Gold Mafia’: Al Jazeera must retract and apologise to Akufo-Addo – Jubilee House

2,698  Jubilee House is demanding an unqualified apology from international media organisation, Al Jazeera over its depiction of President Akufo-Addo in its damning documentary – Gold Mafia. Al Jazeera has seven days within which to oblige the seat of government, according to a notice issued by Jubilee House on April 25, 2023. A letter signed […]

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Asokwa MP Presents Toyota Hilux Vehicle To Asokwa NHIA for Operations

1,762  The Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Madam Patricia Appiagyei has handed over a brand new Toyota Hilux Vehicle to the Asokwa District Directorate of the National Health Insurance Authority(NHIA) for its operations. Presenting the vehicle at the precincts of the Asokwa Municipal Assembly Offices, Madam Appiagyei said the Municipality was growing and therefore departments […]

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Tension mounts at Barekese over alleged destruction of farmlands by chief

1,934  Tension is mounting at Barekese  in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of Ashanti Region, as the youth have threatened bloody clash with encroachers to protect their farmlands being encroached upon. The community has come under siege with the indiscrimate sale of lands and destruction of farmlands by unknown persons. The youth, however, suspect their embattled […]

General News Politics

The echoes of ‘galamsey’in Ghana:Dr Arthur Kennedy Writes

2,528  Galamsey has come to symbolize, unfortunately, the capture of our governance by criminal elements bent on channelling public resources into private hands to our collective detriment. Recently, the President, His excellency,Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo ( NADAA), has, following allegations by former Minister Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, ordered an investigation into charges that Jubilee House personnel […]

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NPP’s complicity in galamsey destroying farmlands in mining areas – Mahama

1,695  Former president John Dramani Mahama has accused the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of ruining farmlands in mining regions through illegal mining. The galamsey report by Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, according to Mr. Mahama, is clear evidence of this assertion. Speaking to delegates in Sefwi Wiawso as part of his tour of the Western North area, […]