Author: Krobea

“And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.”― Judges 6:12 A person who knows who he is can never be deceived. When a man knows who and what he is not, he doesn’t fall for anything because the confidence in his identity directs his choices and decisions.  When people don’t know who they are, they settle for anything― oftentimes, what is below their standard! The easiest way to destroy a man is to destroy his identity. The identity of a man is the foundation of…

Plans are afoot for the setting up of a cassava processing factory under the One District One Factory initiative in Shama, District Chief Executive Joseph Amoah has disclosed to a gathering at a ceremony to mark the 35th edition of the Farmers’ Day Celebration at Nyankrom in the Shama District of the Western Region. Mr Amoah is hopeful that when the processing factory is set up, the thousands of tonnes of cassava produced in the district will not go waste. “In 2017, cassava farmers in the district produced 11,172 metric tonnes of cassava. In 2018, they produced 12,350 metric tonnes.…

The District Chief Executive of Upper Denkyira West in the Central Region, Agyeman Asiedu, has appealed to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to train cocoa farmers to undertake pruning and hand pollination of their own farms to complement the effort of hired personnel. “Many of the individual farmers are ready to be trained on how to properly prune their own farms. I’m convinced that if COCOBOD will turn their attention to this, it will be very helpful,” he opined. “If a farmer thinks he/she can perform those activities, COCOBOD can then provide the training. When the farmer is fully trained,…

Mobile network operator MTN has been sanctioned by the National Communications Authority (NCA) over the recent challenges with its data bundles to customers. Despite MTN compensating affected customers, NCA handed the telecommunications firm with an initial fine of GH¢10,000 for failure to submit a report on the challenges within 24 hours as stipulated in Section N(7) of NCA’s gazetted schedule of penalties. This fine will persist for each day until MTN submits the report, NCA said in a press release on Thursday, December 5. The Authority had ordered MTN on Tuesday, December 3 to compensate customers after widespread complaints in…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) awarded GH¢820,000 worth of grants to five organizations with women focused initiatives, on behalf of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The grant award is part of efforts to support and expand innovative business enterprises that have significant growth potentials in Ghana. In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the grant will enable the beneficiaries to deploy modern technologies to expand their businesses, generate income, ensure food security and promote sustainable land management. The grantees are: Accelerated Rural Development Organization, Ayorya Women…

Ghana’s major teacher unions – GNAT, NAGRAT and CCT-G – have declared a nationwide strike, beginning Monday, December 9. This was made known to journalists at a joint press conference held on Thursday, December 5. The teacher unions admitted being invited to a meeting on Thursday, November 28 by the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations in the presence of representatives of the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) and the Ghana Audit Service (GAS). The subject of the meeting was the legacy arrears of 2012 to 2016. “Primarily, we the unions were concerned with…

Universal Plastic Products and Recycling (UPPR) Ghana Limited in collaboration with Ecobank Ghana Limited and the Environment Service Providers Association (ESPA) has launched the One Million Waste-Bins Project. The project is aimed at facilitating the supply of one million waste bins to households and businesses in all cities and communities around the country to reduce indiscriminate littering and promote good health. Speaking at the event, Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana Dan Sackey noted: “Ecobank entered into the collaboration to ensure that we are able to help create mass awareness about environmental cleanliness among the Ghanaian populace. “It is our aim…

Celebrated economist Kwame Pianim has urged Ghanaians to support the Bank of Ghana’s introduction of higher denominations into the economy. According to him, the initiative should have been done earlier. The Bank on Friday, November 29 introduced GH¢100 and GH¢200 banknotes as well as GH¢2 coins. Mr Pianim cited the practice of quantitative easing in other economies, where the Central Bank pumps additional monies into the economy to boost liquidity. He questioned why the Bank of Ghana cannot also print more money into the economy. “Look in Ghana there are certain institutions that are independent. We get competent people to…

Government will not be able to continue with its development projects in cocoa-growing communities, particularly the construction of the good roads and also give attractive educational packages including scholarships if cocoa farmers choose to give out their farms to illegal miners, COCOBOD CEO Joseph Boahen Aidoo has warned. Apart from its core mandate of regulating the country’s cocoa industry and marketing cocoa beans, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) also undertakes development projects especially in cocoa growing areas to better the living standards of residents. At a cocoa farmers’ rally at Asankragua in the Wassa Amenfi West District of the Western…

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has ordered Scancom PLC, operators of MTN Ghana, to among others compensate customers affected by the recent network challenges. Customers of the telecommunications giant have recently complained about billing inaccuracies as regards purchased data. Calls via the firm’s Customer Care line have been unsuccessful despite the company issuing a notice of assurance to all customers. “We are working round the clock to resolve the issues as soon as possible,” MTN Ghana said in a notice on Monday, December 2. But NCA accuses MTN Ghana of failing to notify it, as a regulatory body, of the…