The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo-Prampam Constituency Sam Nartey George wants any glory associated with yesterday’s Planting for food and jobs’ programme launched at Goaso in the Brong Ahafo region to be given to the immediate past National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. The programme is to be run primarily on the back of a … Read more
Ken Ofori Atta, on his appointment as finance minister, was faced with questions that are always posed by doubters. Many analysts or panelists actually exaggerated the difficulties he will face as a finance minister because they expressed been a successful banker won’t guarantee smooth progress in his new position Optimist also were of the view … Read more
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 Region. The Planting for Food & Jobs programme will get a $120 million (125 million Canadian dollars) investment from the Canadian government. A deal … Read more
The Northern Region has been adjudged the best performing region in the country in neonatal health care in 2016 by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Under the GHS National League Table, the region recorded one death per every 100,000 live births, achieving way beyond the national average of 3.8 deaths per every 100,000 live births. … Read more
Refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are formally seeking asylum from the Canadian government as their lawyers said Thursday their lives are in danger. The impoverished refugees living hand to mouth in the city took in the former National Security Agency contractor in 2013, helping him to evade authorities by hiding … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North in the Northern Region, Hon. Alhassan Suhuyini, has debunked claims by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that his administration has secured CAD125 million from the Canadian government to kick-start their flagship agriculture programme: “Planting for Food and Jobs.” Contributing to the motion to thank the president on his State of … Read more
The member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini believes President Nana Akufo-Addo should have acknowledged the National Democratic Congress administration as having secured the funds being used to kick start the flagship agriculture programme, “Planting for Food and Jobs”. Following the President’s State of the Nation address, the Minority in Parliament has chided the … Read more
Former Minister for Food and Agriculture in the Mahama administration, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna has cast doubts on President Akufo-Addo’s assertion that government has secured 125 million Canadian dollars to support its initiative of increasing agricultural output and reduce food prices. He says the President sought to mislead and misinform the citizenry on the acquisition … Read more
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has cautioned the Akufo-Addo government, against the misappropriation of the $120m funds meant for the “Planting for Food and Jobs” intiative. According to the GAWU, the government must ensure that, the right supervisory and monitoring mechanisms are instituted to allow for the objectives of the funds to be achieved. … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that an amount of $125million has been secured from the Canadian government to support a national agricultural campaign dubbed “Planting for food”. According to him, this initiative, together with others in the sector is aimed at ensuring all year farming through irrigation farming. Delivering the State of the … Read more
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 drastically. Modelled on the highly successful “Operation Feed Yourself (OFY)” programme of the 1970s, the initiative, dubbed: “Planting for food and jobs”, is … Read more
By: James Kofi Annan I know you just came out of a very turbulent vetting and approval process. It was tough, so you probably would wish that I allowed you to settle first, before I brought my problems to you. Last year, I did an open letter to the then Minister for Gender, Children and … Read more
The Canadian government is set to inject a total of 120m dollars (125 million Canadian Dollars) into the Planting For Food and Jobs initiative being spearheaded by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Agreement for the release of the grant has consequently been signed by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on behalf of Ghana while … Read more
The Canadian High Commission has pledged to assist the Ghana Police Service to support the development of the Police. This was after the Service and the Commission held a meeting to discuss matters of bilateral co-operation between them. On an official visit to the Police Headquarters, the Canadian High Commissioner, Heather Cameron encouraged the Police … Read more
In 2015 five Hong Kong booksellers disappeared and later resurfaced in mainland China in the hands of Chinese authorities. Now, there are concerns that Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua, who has not been seen since last week, has met a similar fate. The first murmur came from overseas. Mingjing News, a New York-based site that specialises … Read more
At almost 9,000 km long, the Canadian-American border has become the fault line for Trump anxiety. While Donald Trump has spoken about building a wall between the US and Mexico to keep immigrants out, it is Americans who may be trying to flee. During this election’s vicious campaign cycle, the idea of Americans heading to … Read more