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The United States is pushing to become the largest exporter of agriculture and related products to Ghana and the entire West African sub region which has become heavily dependent on foreign imports. The US, which is Ghana’s sixth-largest import supplier, holds 4.9 per cent market share of Ghanaian agricultural imports, something the US is seeking to increase to beat competition from the European Union, China, Brazil, and Southeast Asia. US agriculture export to Ghana in 2018 amounted to 101 million dollars, the third biggest since 2014 when the figure stood at 150.7 million dollars. “About Two thirds is going from…

The government of South Sudan has declared a state of emergency in flood-hit areas following weeks of heavy rain. President Salva Kiir said the state of emergency covers 30 counties in Bahr El Ghazal, Upper Nile and Equatoria regions. Mr Kiir’s order made no mention of measures to be taken to assist people affected by floods, but urged government and humanitarian organisations to help people in need. Nearly a one million people in South Sudan have been affected by heavy flooding, the UN Office for Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said last week. Severe floods had devastated large areas of…

The National Teaching Council (NTC) sensitized in-service teachers on teacher professionalism on Wednesday, October 30. The team from NTC led by Executive Secretary Christian Addai-Poku took the participants through the National Teachers Standards (NTS), Licensing Process for In-Service Teachers and the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) at St. Marys Senior High School. NTC is an agency mandated by the Education Act, 2008 (Act 778) to license and register teachers as well as develop and periodically review professional standards and code of ethics. NTC’s vision is to be a beacon providing the standards guiding teacher preparation and practice and to promote world…

A pro National Democratic Congress group has petitioned the National Peace Council on the alleged training of New Patriotic Party ‘macho men’ in military tactics and gun use at Asutuare. According to the North America branch of NDC Professionals Forum those supposed NPP militia are being trained “to unleash violence and intimidation on innocent Ghanaians” during the 2020 general elections. The group claimed the NPP is desperate in hanging on to power, claiming a clear example is the “bloody violence” at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last year, describing that incident as NPP’s “dress rehearsal”. Again, the group said it…

Vivo Energy, the leading pan-African distributor and retailer of Shell and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants, has held its annual Safety Day across the whole company, reinforcing the importance of health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) at Vivo Energy. Safety Day is an opportunity for all employees and contractors at Vivo Energy to refocus on the importance of HSSE. The theme of this year’s event: “Safety: Why it matters to me”, invited employees, contractors and partners to express why safety mattered to them, focusing on personal testimonials on why they felt safety was important. In addition to the testimonials, Safety Day…

Vivo Energy, the leading pan-African distributor and retailer of Shell and Engen-branded fuels and lubricants, has held its annual Safety Day across the whole company, reinforcing the importance of health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) at Vivo Energy. Safety Day is an opportunity for all employees and contractors at Vivo Energy to refocus on the importance of HSSE. The theme of this year’s event: “Safety: Why it matters to me”, invited employees, contractors and partners to express why safety mattered to them, focusing on personal testimonials on why they felt safety was important. In addition to the testimonials, Safety Day…

Some farmers in the East Gonja municipality of the Savanna region have called on government to refurbish and operate the collapsed cassava processing factory in Salaga. For the farmers, the factory which has been left to rot away, is affecting their livelihood, hence want government to revamp it. The factory, which was established under the Root and Tuber Improvement Programme of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture ceased operations in 2008, sources have told 3news.com Its goal was to enhance income and food security in order to improve livelihoods of the rural poor Funded by the International Fund for Agricultural…

Some farmers in the East Gonja municipality of the Savanna region have called on government to refurbish and operate the collapsed cassava processing factory in Salaga. For the farmers, the factory which has been left to rot away, is affecting their livelihood, hence want government to revamp it. The factory, which was established under the Root and Tuber Improvement Programme of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture ceased operations in 2008, sources have told 3news.com Its goal was to enhance income and food security in order to improve livelihoods of the rural poor Funded by the International Fund for Agricultural…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the new President of the Ghana Football Association, Mr Kurt E.S. Okraku, of the unalloyed support of his government in the realization of his vision for the growth and development of Ghana football. “You have to know that, so long as I am in this seat, you will have unalloyed support in the way you want to take Ghana football. It is not right that so many years have passed, and, yet, we have not won the big cups again. We have to go back to the winning ways that used to…