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 fruitful and cordial relationship between the two countries must be maintained in order to ensure mutual economic and social benefits. Hon. Dr. Afriyie Akoto made […]
The Minister-designate for Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto has attributed the low productivity in the agricultural sector to the incompetence of the previous Mahama-led government. He blamed the immediate past government for eroding the interest of investors in the sector as a result of declining infrastructure development. Responding to questions from the Appointments Committee of Parliament Tuesday,
Mion district tops others with the least percentage of residents who defecate in the open with Tamale metro at the bottom of the league table. The District league table (DLT) is a bi-annual Water and Sanitation (WASH) technical assessment and ranking of the performance of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in fighting open
More than $11m (£8.8m) is missing from The Gambia’s state coffers following the departure of long-time leader Yahya Jammeh, an adviser to President Adama Barrow has said. Mai Ahmad Fatty said financial experts were trying to evaluate the exact loss. Luxury cars and other items were seen being loaded on to a Chadian cargo plane
Finance Minister designate, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta has rejected claims that the New Patriotic Party(NPP) promised to pay all outstanding monies owed aggrieved customers of microfinance company DKM and others in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. According to the Mr. Ofori – Atta who was answering a quaestion in parliament during his vetting stated
According to some trivia I read about Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister, some time ago, one of the things he missed most after leaving Number 10 Downing Street (Can’t remember whether it was when he lost to Edward Heath in 1970 or when he resigned in 1976) was the telephone. As Prime Minister, he never
Tension erupted in Begoro in the Fanteakwa district of the Eastern region Friday morning as supporters of the ruling NPP and main opposition NDC clashed over a vehicle. According to reports, irate NPP supporters attacked a driver of the district assembly on assumption that he was bolting away with an official vehicle on the instruction
Former President John Mahama has said that it is too early for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be talking about his 2020 presidential ambitions, highly-placed sources has said. At a highly classified meeting held between him and Minority MPs as well as some party executives including General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia, party chair
Minister-designate for Youth and Sports Isaac Asiamah has promised not to focus all his energies on football but ensure the development of all sporting disciplines if he gets the nod from parliament. In this regard, he told Ghone TV shortly after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had named him as for the Youth and Sports
The acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Freddie Blay has defended the lawless and violent seizures and takeover of state facilities by some members of the party. According to Mr. Blay, not all the takeover of state facilities by NPP members must be condemned since in some cases the supporters are only protecting government
