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Some Agric officers are conniving with fertilizer agents under the government’s fertilizer subsidy programme to smuggle large quantities of the chemicals outside the country, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister Amidu Chinia Ishahaku has revealed. The practice, which he said the Ministry of Agriculture is complicit in, has deprived the poor beneficiary farmers access to fertilizers. “…These people are not doing it alone, it’s not only a problem of the agents, the ministry of agriculture is complicit in this particular issue” the deputy minister claimed. He cited an instance where one of the fertilizer companies supplied 4,700 bags of subsidized fertilizer…

A further attack may be imminent in the UK, the Prime Minister Theresa May says, as the fourth victim of the Manchester bombing is named The UK terror threat level has consequently been raised to its highest level of “critical”, Theresa May said Military personnel will now be deployed to protect key sites under the new threat level. Meanwhile the mother of Olivia Campbell has named her daughter as the fourth victim of Monday night’s Manchester bombing which killed 22 and injured 59. Writing on Facebook, she paid tribute to her “precious” daughter, aged 15. Olivia’s mother, Charlotte Campbell, had issued…

The Western Regional Meteorological Department is warning residents in the region to expect torrential rains as the rainy season sets in with the region likely to record 90 percent magnitude. Coastal areas in the Western region on Tuesday dawn experienced six hours continuous downpour, which started about 3: 35am to 9:20am with a magnitude of 110.7mm, the department reported. Commenting on the long hours of rain on Connect News, the regional director of Meteorological Department, Mr. Chris Ayi Ayittey predicted more rains this week and therefore advised the public to put things in order to avoid unforeseen circumstances. In an…

Government has finally given financial clearance to about 495 members of the Coalition of Unposted Allied Health professionals. The group had spent Monday night at the Health Ministry sleeping on bare floor and benches as they accused the government of showing bad faith in addressing their concerns. According to the group, the Ministry of Health has continuously failed to recruit them after the completion of their national service in August 2016. All assurances by government represented by deputy Health Minister, Tina Mensah on Monday that their issues would be addressed as soon as possible fell on deaf ears. The group…

The central bank is putting on hold its move to announce a further increase in the minimum capital requirement for commercial banks in the country, 3FM Business can confirm. The Bank of Ghana had indicated that it was increasing the minimum capital requirement as part of efforts to sanitize the banking sector and to also make the industry viable. It was expected that the current 120 million will be raised to 400 million or even more, an announcement which was greeted with mixed reactions among bankers and industry players. But governor of the central bank Dr. Ernest Addison says his…

The Millennium Development Authority (MIDA) has assured Ghanaians that it will select a financially viable concessionaire for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This was made known at the first bidders’ conference held in Accra to take bidders through the processes and requirements involved in the concession of the ECG. The ECG has been riddled with lot of challenges including financial and managerial, and the concession programme forms part of measures to review the company. Per the agreement, government will have a 51 percent stake, while the concessionaire takes 49 percent. About 140 companies tendered in their bids to manage…

Engage Now Africa (ENA), an international NGO committed to ending poverty in Africa has lauded government’s unwavering commitment to fight illegal-mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ in the country, urging it to use the same zeal to combat modern slavery. Director of End Modern Slavery of ENA, David Kofi Awusi made the call whilst addressing participants at a one-day “education & sensitization durbar” on modern slavery held at the Teachers Hall on Thursday, May 18 2017 in Takoradi, Western Region. The durbar, an initiative of End of Slavery Department of ENA was on the theme: “Ghana @ 60: Any future for…

It is the joy of every family to be blessed with a child. But sometimes there are mix feelings, to other families, when the baby arrives with deformity. In some cultures such children are sent to the shrine and sacrificed. In the case of Miss Hamdiya Iddrisu, her parents defied all odds when they found out that she was born with autism. The parents invested in her education. Although she lost her father in a motor accident at a tender age, it did not truncate her education. She now holds a Higher National Diploma in Accountancy she obtained from Tamale Technical…

A fire outbreak at a portion of the Suame Magazine in Kumasi has left about nine vehicles burnt, several shops destroyed and about 350 squatters homeless. Though personnel of the Ghana Fire Service are investigating the cause of the fire which started around 2:00am Tuesday at a spot called ‘Zone Nine’, the victims suspect electrical fault or rubbish burning in the area at the time. This brings to two, the number of fire outbreaks recorded at the Suame Magazine this year. When TV3 news team arrived at the scene in the morning, victims were counting their losses. A shop attendant…