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The US government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a Seed Sector Workshop from Tuesday, November 5 at the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement.  A part of the Borlaug Higher Education for Agriculture Research and Development (BHEARD) Programme, the two-day workshop hosted representatives from the Government of Ghana and various academic institutions who presented information on pertinent topics. Discussion topics included the current state of the seed sector, the role of government in the production and distribution of quality seed, and current issues and opportunities facing the private sector. Participants co-designed a map of the Ghanaian…

The Head of Shippers Services and Trade Facilitation at the Ghana Shippers Authority, Naa Densua Aryeetey, has been re-elected to a third term as an Executive Committee member of Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (Wista). She has, by that, been also re-elected as the chair for African region. By her role, Naa Densua Aryeetey has successfully facilitated development and collaboration throughout the Africa region and re-activation of Wista with Africa. “My re-election as the chair of the African region is a testament of the work Wista international is doing in Africa, reaching out to women in Maritme and trade,”…

Samson Lardy Anyenini[/caption] A “YES” vote on December 17, 2019, does not make elective what already is elective. What it does, in fact, is to make legal what the Constitution prohibits. The law is that political parties are prohibited from sponsoring candidates for elections at the district assembly and lower local government units. This position was very important to the framers of the Constitution so they locked it down in Article 290 – entrenched provision. It is, therefore, very difficult to amend and a bill to amend this position must first be referred to the Council of State (‘independent-minded’ elder…

Deputy Minister of Defense, Major Derek Oduro has called for international cooperation to protect shipping routes and marine resources in the Gulf of Guinea. According to him, the seamless nature of the oceans makes “it difficult for a single nation to do it alone”. Piracy on Gulf of Guinea comes at a high cost in terms of ransom payment and insurance premium to nations and corporations with interest in the region. “These huge economic potentials of the Gulf of Guinea are being undermined by myriad of illicit activities,” he explained. In 2017, piracy is said to have cost West Africa…

The National Labour Commission (NLC) may be compelled to close down its office in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis if the government does not provide a new office for the Commission in that part of the country, the Executive Secretary,Samuel Ofosu Asamoah, has said. He said the weak structure being used as its office in Takoradi has become a deathtrap to workers, a situation he said, must be averted by shutting down. Mr Asamoah revealed that the staff have stopped going to work due to the threats the building pose on their lives. He told Winston Amoah, host of Sunrise morning…

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) says it requires 150 million dollars to operate efficiently. Its Managing Director, Edwin Nii Obodai Provencal, said the institution is currently not discharging its mandate efficiently due to inadequate infrastructure and machinery. “We are not doing too well” he said, adding “the institution has for some time now failed to efficiently discharge its mandate. Almost 80 to 90% of our transportation is done through trucks which are very expensive”. Addressing journalists at a training workshop by the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalist (IFEJ), Mr Provencal said an investment of 150 million…

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) says it requires 150 million dollars to operate efficiently. Its Managing Director, Edwin Nii Obodai Provencal, said the institution is currently not discharging its mandate efficiently due to inadequate infrastructure and machinery. “We are not doing too well” he said, adding “the institution has for some time now failed to efficiently discharge its mandate. Almost 80 to 90% of our transportation is done through trucks which are very expensive”. Addressing journalists at a training workshop by the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalist (IFEJ), Mr Provencal said an investment of 150 million…

Physically challenged persons within the Tempane District of the Upper East Region have received support amounting to 237,809 cedis under government’s social protection intervention. Eighty-two of the beneficiaries received ruminants while 53 of them had farm inputs with others receiving tricycles and sewing machines. Some students with disability also received a cheque for 114,469 cedis. The support, which was sponsored with funds from the District Assembly Common Fund, is to empower the beneficiaries who are marginalised, to earn a decent living. District Chief Executive of Paul Azumah Abugre said the nature of the support given the beneficiaries was based on…

Two concerts in South Africa expected to feature Nigerian star Burna Boy have been cancelled following “increasing threats of violence”, a statement from the organisers says. He had been scheduled to appear at what were dubbed the Africans Unite concerts in Cape Town and Pretoria at the weekend. The announcement that he was going to appear had attracted controversy as in September, during a wave of xenophobic violence in South Africa, Burna Boy had vowed not to go to South Africa again until the government “wakes up”. He tweeted that he had personally had his own “xenophobic experiences at the…

A top police officer in Ghana arrested for his alleged involvement in a ‘coup plot’ was put before court Wednesday without charges, causing his lawyers to challenge the authority of the lower court to proceed with the case. Police prosecutors revealed in court that ACP Dr Benjamin Agordzo who was arrested on November 4 by the Bureau of National Investigations has only been cautioned, but not been charged yet. They had gone to the Kaneshi District Court to seek a remand of ACP Dr Agordzo as they raced against time in meeting the 48-hour constitutional provision within which an arrested…