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Government’s agriculture policies laudable, need commitment – Dr Nyaaba 
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Government’s agriculture policies laudable, need commitment – Dr Nyaaba 

Dr Charlese Kwowe Nyaaba, Former Executive Director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has lauded the government’s move to revolutionise the agriculture sector to strengthen food and nutrition systems to reduce the cost of living.  According to him, investing in agriculture, making it more resilient to climate shocks and empowering farmers to produce at low cost would contribute significantly to solving the food security challenges facing the country, attract youth to the sector and create value chain jobs.  Delivering his message to Parliament on Thursday, President Mahama lamented that despite the fertile lands, human resources and abundant water resources, the country continued to spend US$2 billion annually to import food into the country.  This, he ...
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Government urged to improve educational infrastructure for learning mathematics
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Government urged to improve educational infrastructure for learning mathematics

Government has been urged to expand and upgrade educational infrastructure in the country to create conducive environment needed to facilitate the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels. Professor Ibrahim Yakubu Seini, Dean of the Department of Physical Sciences at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Nyankpala Campus, who made the call, proposed that teachers should be trained and encouraged to use activity-based learning to create fun while teaching mathematics in schools. He said this while delivering the 17th professorial inaugural lecture in fulfilment of his appointment as a Professor of Applied Mathematics. The lecture was delivered in Tamale under the theme "Beyond Computations: Mathematics is Key to National Development". He underscored need for pa...
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Takoradi Poultry farmers laud Government interest in poultry production  
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Takoradi Poultry farmers laud Government interest in poultry production  

The initiative by the government to boost the poultry industry with day old chicks and other supplies have been welcomed by a section of poultry farmers within the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan area. The farmers in an interview with the Ghana News Agency noted how critical the poultry industry could halt the spate of unemployment among the youth should proper investment and attention by policy makers was given to the sector. Ghana spends millions of dollars annually to import frozen chicken into the country, an occurrence that could be avoided and investment retained in-country for growth, Madam Julia Arthur of Premier Poultry Limited lamented. She said, “I will say that the government project or programme for poultry is a laudable idea, research suggests that the country spends m...
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Ensure representation of persons with disabilities in governance – GSPD
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Ensure representation of persons with disabilities in governance – GSPD

The Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD) has urged President John Dramani Mahama to ensure representation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in government appointments.  The inclusion of PWDs in government is a critical step in advancing Ghana’s commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which Ghana ratified in 2012.  It also aligns with the principles of equality and non-discrimination enshrined in Ghana’s 1992 Constitution. Despite these commitments, PWDs remain significantly underrepresented in leadership and decision-making roles, a statement issued by the GSPD said The statement signed jointly by Mr Matthew Annor-Kudom, National President and Mr Emmanuel Laryea, National Communications Officer and cop...
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Government must take bold step to restore peace in Bawku – Overlord of Kusaug 
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Government must take bold step to restore peace in Bawku – Overlord of Kusaug 

Zugraan Naba  Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, the overlord of the Kusaug Traditional area in the Upper East Region, has urged the government to take bold steps backed by law to restore lasting peace to Bawku.   He said the government needed to punish  erpetrators of the violence in the area to ensure peace and to prevent further loss of lives and destruction of property for socioeconomic development.  He made the remarks when he addressed celebrants at this year's Samanpiid festival in Bawku.  The celebration also marked the 40th anniversary of Naba Azoka II as the Overlord of  Kusaug Traditional Area in Bawku held on the theme: "40 years of selfless leadership, consolidating the peace, unity, and development of Kusaug".   The Samanpiid festival, which m...
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Prof Opoku Agyemang condemns Government for supplying expired rice to school
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Prof Opoku Agyemang condemns Government for supplying expired rice to school

The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has condemned the government for knowingly supplying expired rice to feed students in senior high schools. The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, blew the cover on the government’s feeding of students in senior high schools with the expired rice, after it was rebaggedand the expiry date extended. Addressing the chiefs and people of Sorbelle in the Sissala West Constituency as part of her campaign tour of the Upper West Region, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang described the scandal as shameful and insensitive. She wondered why the government would supply schools with expired rice knowing very well that it is unwholesome for consumption. Prof. Opoku-Agy...
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