Author: Krobea

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John-Peter Amewu, is seeking clearance from the Ministry of Finance to employ 400 personnel for the Forestry Commission and other agencies under his ministry for effectiveness in the fight against galamsey. This has become necessary following inadequate personnel especially forest guards to protect forest reserves against galamseyers. He made the comments over the weekend, when he visited the Tano-Offin Forest in Nkawie in the Ashanti Region. Mr Amewu together with his two deputies and agencies under the Ministry stormed the forest reserve, which forms part of the Nkawie Forest District. They were led by…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has asked chiefs in the Ashanti Region to release portions of land to support the government’s ‘One District, One Factory’ policy. This was disclosed by the Chief of Amakom over the weekend during the launch of the Twellium Foundation in Kumasi. The Foundation, which has been set up to change the lives of the less endowed in the society, is also aimed at complementing the government’s effort to ameliorate poverty. Addressing the media, the Chief of Amakom, Nana Adu Mensah Asare, revealed that the Asantehene has directed all the chiefs in the Region to…

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A former Minister of State and the Former Editor of the Daily Graphic, Kojo Yankah, has launched a blistering outcry against the penchant of governments to dismiss public office holders and appoint persons of their own stock to fill vacant positions. He questioned what he called “merry-go-round joke in Ghana”, where one government appoints and the other lays them off, simply for political reasons. In a Facebook rant looking at creating jobs in the country, Mr Yankah argued that it was rather a disturbing trend that experienced persons who have had the opportunity to serve the nation at the highest national levels,…

Former President John Dramani Mahama is in India for the 52nd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB). To be held in Ahmedadab from Monday, May 22, the Meetings will be themed ‘Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa’. Ghana’s former leader will be addressing a session on Monday. He will speak on the topic: ‘Agriculture is cool: Engaging Africa’s Youth’. Looking forward to a great week at the @afdbam2017 discussing issues around the theme, Transforming #Agriculture. @afdb_group @akin_adesina — John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) May 21, 2017 <blockquoteclass=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”> Tomorrow, I’ll be speaking on ‘Agriculture is Cool: Engaging Africa’s…

Ghana’s Black Starlets will play their Nigerien counterparts in what will be the two sides’ penultimate match in the ongoing African U-17 Cup of Nations in Gabon. The winner of the match, to be played on Wednesday at Stade de Port-Gentil, will play in the final of the tournament, which is in its 12th edition. Ghana are yet to concede going into the match while the Nigeriens have picked four goals so far from their net though they clinched a clean sheet in their final group game against Tanzania, in a match officiated by Ghana’s Daniel Laryea. The Ghana-Niger game…

US President Donald Trump is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories, as he continues his Middle East trip. He flies in from Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, where he gave a speech to Arab and Muslim leaders at a summit. Mr Trump will hold talks with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders during the course of his one-day stop. The president has called an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement “the ultimate deal”, but has been vague about what form it should take. He has said he prefers to leave it to both sides to decide between them in direct talks. At a…

Ghana’s U-17 men’s soccer team, the Black Starlets, drew 0-0 with Guinea on Saturday, May 20 in the final Group A game of the ongoing Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. The result sees both sides qualifying to the semi-final stage of the tournament with the Ghanaians topping the group with seven points. The two-time champions had gone into the match with a clean sheet from their two opening games while their West African counterparts had dropped points against Cameroon in their second game. Both sides put five goals past Gabon in their respective fixtures with the hosts, whose consolation against…

The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners may not carry out their ‘All Die Be Die’ demonstration as threatened. This is because the Association is consulting its executives to review the decision, following a meeting with the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in Kumasi on Friday, May 19. The Association had given government a three-day ultimatum to lift the ban on small-scale mining, failure of which they threatened to stage a massive demonstration. But at the meeting held at the Georgia Hotel, the legal small-scale miners requested government to reduce the period of the moratorium on mining in…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in the Eastern Region has confiscated three tonnes of unwholesome products from shops and selling points across the Region. The exercise is to sanitize the market and ensure consumers have safe products at disposal. The Eastern Region Director of the Authority, Samuel Kwakye, hinted that his outfit would implement stiffer punishment enshrined in the Public Health Act. The three tonnes of the “unwholesome products” were collected within a period of eight months, precisely, since November 2016 when two tonnes were also confiscated. The Authority expressed worry about safety of products for consumers given the…