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The President of Coconut Federation of Ghana, Patrick Ndabiah, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to consider the inclusion of coconut into the National Tree Crop Authority Bill which is expected to be passed by Parliament by the end of 2019. In an interview, Mr. Ndabiah said government has a responsibility to champion the commercial cultivation of Ghana’s coconut for export to the international market which has a high demand for the fruit. He said government must also acknowledge the contribution of the coconut industry in addressing unemployment as well as its potential as a reliable source of…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on African countries to help push the frontier of entrepreneurial development to be able to grow their economies. Addressing the opening session of the African Netpreneur Conference, an initiative launched by Jack Ma to support African entrepreneurs, President Akufo-Addo said entrepreneurship was one of the most important drivers of economic growth globally. “The truth is that successful economies depend on entrepreneurs to run successful businesses. We need to push vigorously the culture of entrepreneurship so we can grow our economies to become prosperous,” he said. The Jack Ma Foundation is hosting the inaugural…

The Online Drivers Union is set to embark on a demonstration to protest the introduction of a 60 cedis annual fee by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). This comes on the back of an announcement by the DVLA that all drivers who use ride-hailing platforms will begin to pay an annual fee of GH¢60.00. The fee forms part of new guidelines the Authority has introduced together with the Ministry of Transport, National Road Safety Commission, the MTTD of the Ghana Police Service and other key stakeholders to check the activities of such digital operations. In a statement, DVLA…

The Online Drivers Union is set to embark on a demonstration to protest the introduction of a 60 cedis annual fee by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). This comes on the back of an announcement by the DVLA that all drivers who use ride-hailing platforms will begin to pay an annual fee of GH¢60.00. The fee forms part of new guidelines the Authority has introduced together with the Ministry of Transport, National Road Safety Commission, the MTTD of the Ghana Police Service and other key stakeholders to check the activities of such digital operations. In a statement, DVLA…

A seeming internal wrangling is manifesting at the National House of Chiefs where some members are challenging the authority of the president and his vice to issue a statement asking Ghanaians to vote ‘No’ in the December 17 referendum. The president, Togbe Afede XIV and his vice, Daasebre Nana Kweku Ewusi VII in a statement Friday urged Ghanaians to reject the introduction of partisan politics into the district level election by voting NO. “The House, based on the recommendation of its Legal Committee, strongly objects to the proposal that membership of local assemblies should exclusively comprise representatives of political parties,…

It has taken me weeks to understand what is expected of me in the polling booth on December 17. Now that I understand it, my mind is made up. I will vote ‘No’. A ‘No’ vote will prevent political parties from hijacking elections at the district level. By a ‘No’ vote, I am refusing to allow the madness of divisive political partisanship to destroy what otherwise is potentially a beautiful governance system at the local level. A ‘No’ vote means that I prefer candidates to offer and sponsor themselves. Not being a party choice, they will be pro-district, not pro-party.…

A man believe to be in his 30s was Friday dawn burnt into ashes at Kasoa near Dr. Jesus in the Central Region. The identity of the deceased has not been established as of the time of filing this report. Most of the residents Onua News spoke to expressed surprise at the incident. According to them, they only woke up Friday morning to discover someone burnt into ashes in the area. A man who doesn’t want to be named noted that he saw some tyres burning around 3am but felt it was the usual burning of tyres by some known…

Financial analyst Joe Jackson has cautioned government against attempts to tax mobile money profits, indicating such tax is likely to overburden mobile money users in the country. Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said her outfit is pushing for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to be taxed for the profit they make on mobile money transactions. At a news conference in Accra Thursday, the Minister said the operators generate some 71 million cedis monthly on mobile money transactions, amount she said remains untaxed. Data from the Bank of Ghana last year showed mobile money transactions increased from 155 billion cedis to…

Financial analyst Joe Jackson has cautioned government against attempts to tax mobile money profits, indicating such tax is likely to overburden mobile money users in the country. Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said her outfit is pushing for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to be taxed for the profit they make on mobile money transactions. At a news conference in Accra Thursday, the Minister said the operators generate some 71 million cedis monthly on mobile money transactions, amount she said remains untaxed. Data from the Bank of Ghana last year showed mobile money transactions increased from 155 billion cedis to…

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta returned to parliament Friday to amend a portion of the government’s 2020 budget statement to include ‘critical’ deplorable roads in the Volta Region requiring attention, barely 48 hours after presenting the economic policy to the House. Volta Region was left out in the list of regions with critical roads in the 2020 budget as presented to parliament Wednesday, November 13, 2019, triggering questions about equitable distribution of national resources. “Why is provision not made in the 2020 Budget for critical road projects in the case of only the Volta Region?” Member of Parliament for North Tongu,…