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America has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, CNN projects, turning to a veteran voice who has projected calm and compassion, promised a more empathetic and scientific approach to the pandemic, and pledged to stabilize American politics after four years of Donald Trump’s White House chaos. Biden, who turns 78 at the end of this month, will become the oldest president when he is inaugurated in January in the midst of the worst public health crisis in 100 years, the deepest economic slump since the 1930s and a national reckoning on racism and police brutality that is still unresolved. His election…

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Agribusiness Chamber, Anthony Morrison, has said the government needs to do more for farmers in order for agribusiness to boom and to also boost the economy amidst Covid-19. Speaking to Jonnie Hughes on TV3’s New Day programme Friday, November 6 in connection with the National Farmer’s Day celebration, Mr Morrison noted that the agric sector is bedeviled with challenges that must be addressed immediately. “Government should do more for farmers, there is still more to be done for the people in Agri-business sectors, there is still more to be done for farmers to…

The Finance Minister Mr Ken Ofori-Atta exercised poor judgement by giving Data Bank, a bank he founded, a role to play in the Agyapa Royalties agreement. He explained on the Key Point programme on TV3 Saturday November 7 that the involvement of the bank in this agreement introduced a conflict of interest element in the whole transaction. Mr Kpebu told host Abena Tabi that “Bringing in Data Bank was poor judgement, we have to tell Ofori-Atta that when he saw Data Bank in he had to do something about it. “Analysts say we are not happy about Data Bank being…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his tenure of office, over the last three years and ten months, has seen to the creation of a vibrant agricultural sector in Ghana, with the country, during the period, Ghana’s agriculture has been transformed into a net-exporter of foodstuffs. Speaking at the 36th Farmers’ Day celebration, which was held on Friday, 6th November 2020, in Techiman, capital of the Bono East Region, the President noted that, in the immediate years before his assumption of office, the performance of the agricultural sector was nothing short of abysmal, evidenced by growth rates of 0.9% in…

Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will continue to support institutions of higher learning based on their merit in diverse ways. This he said is to further improve teaching, learning and relevant research in the country He said this on Friday November 6 when he served as the Guest of Honour at the 5th Congregation of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho. “I pledged Government’s continued support to our institutions of higher learning based on their merit in diverse ways to further improve teaching, learning and relevant research.…

Former President John Mahama has said if he wins this year’s elections to be president again he will redirect the EXIM bank that he set up in 2016, to focus on the purpose of its establishment. He explained that the purpose of the creation of the bank was to help create jobs and also promote export. However, since the Akufo-Addo administration took over governance of the country, the EXIM Bank has veered off its path, he said. Speaking during a meeting with small business operators as part of his campaign ahead of the elections this year, the presidential candidate of…

Mr Solomon Kojo Kusi, a 55-year-old farmer from the Jomoro District of the Western Region, has been named the national best farmer for the year 2020 at the National Farmers’ Day. He  received a GHS570,000 cash prize an equivalent of a two-bedroom house at the event was held at Techiman in the Bono East Region. Nana Kofi Drobo IV of Wenchi in the Bono Region emerged the first runner-up. The second-runner up was Mahmoud Mohammed Awal from Zabzugu in the Northern Region. During the event, president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo noted that his administration has made a number of investment…

Asamoah Gyan’s switch to Legon City has been hailed as a major coup for the club and the domestic league but one legend of Ghana football is convinced he has made the wrong choice. Gyan, the record Ghana goal scorer at international level would line up for Legon City when the league resumes mid November but while this has been hailed as an off-field coup for the club, Malik Jabir, a former Kotoko and Black Stars great is unconvinced by the sporting merits of the move. And the man who won trophies at club and international level suggest Gyan would…

Minority in Parliament is expressing fear government may be setting the country for a huge judgement debt as it uncovers an attempt by the executive to give double approval to a $100 million loan agreement for traffic management in the Accra. The contract agreement which is between the Government of Ghana, represented by the Ministry of National Security, Huawei Technologies Company Limited and the China National Import and Export Corporation for an amount of $100 million dollars is in respect of the Accra Metropolitan Area ICT-ENHANCED Traffic Management Project. But the Minority says this is a disguised version of an…

On the occasion of the Farmer’s Day celebration on Friday, November 6, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has noted that his administration has made a number of investment to grow the agric sector. President Akufo-Addo explained in a statement to mark the day that he inherited a very weak sector of the economy that was doing between  0.9 percent in 2014  and 2.9 percent in 2016. These statistics, he said, fell short of the targets for member states of the African Union (AU). “In the immediate years before my assumption of office the performance of the agriculture sector was nothing…