A former Minister of Finance and a shareholder of Unibank, Dr. Kwabena Duffuour, has cautioned media houses that engage the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, over the banking crisis, especially, on matters related to Unibank since they risk being in contempt of court. …
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the Nsukwao Basin Drainage Project, in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region, under the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCSP).
It will be recalled that the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme was launched on 7th May 2019, in Koforidua, with its main goal being to improve urban management and basic urban services in the twenty-five (25) participating Municipal Assemblies across the country.
Cutting the sod for construction of the drainage project on Tuesday, 4th August 2020, President Akufo-Addo noted that the New Juaben Municipal Assembly has identified flooding as a major risk to the lives and livelihoods of persons living in Nsukwao, Zongo, Two Streams, Abongri and other communities within the municipality.
Nsukwao, the community in which the project will be situated, has since 2016 recorded, annually, incidents of flooding, which have rendered most residents homeless.
To this end, the President explained that the Basin Drainage Project will deliver a storm drain that will minimize flooding in the identified communities at the cost of GH¢15,811,145.00, and packaged into seven (7) lots.
It will also involve installation of four (4) storm water surface detention ponds distributed along the Nsukwao River, flow facilities, channelization and streambank stabilization, concrete pipes and culverts and two access roads.
President Akufo-Addo was confident that “this project will make flooding a history in New Juaben, and help restore enhance livelihoods of the residents in the Municipality.”
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama, indicated that her Ministry is currently working closely with the municipal assemblies and the design and supervision firms to come up with next phase of priority projects for the 25 Assemblies.
ID1F – Akro Farms
At Apasare, in Akwapim North, President Akufo-Addo visited Akro Farms Ltd., a 1-District1-Factory (1D1F) initiative.
The company, which produces fresh and healthy table eggs, chicken feed, broilers, processed chicken and day-old chicks, has completed the first phase of its project with an investment of some GH¢20 million.
Management told the President that the automated Brooder house has a capacity of 40,000 birds, and has an automatic egg collection and packaging system installed to ensure speed and efficiency in our processes.
Additionally, the farm has a hatchery, with one feed processing unit and warehouse with 400 KVA Industrial Power Generation plant. The company plans to set up a 16,000 per day capacity meat processing plant for the broiler farm and out grower farmers.
The company has created both direct and indirect job opportunities for over 1,025 individuals involved in the poultry value chain in Akuapim North and its surrounding districts.
The National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay, has urged Ghanaians not to heed to the opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) agenda of tagging the elephant family as being anti-Ewe or Voltarian party. …
The entire Kofordua township is in a state of shock after news broke out of the alleged killing of a woman by her rival for flirting with her husband. …
The African Energy Chamber has announced the nomination of its Regulatory Affairs Committee, which will serve on its Advisory Board for 2020 and 2021. …
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed all public agencies to source garments, textiles and vehicles from domestic producers in the country. …
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, August 3, 2020, took his turn to register for a voter ID card at the Rock of Ages registration centre in Kyebi, in the Eastern Region. …
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has unveiled the first Volkswagen vehicle to be assembled in Ghana, following the establishment of the VW assembly plant in Ghana. …
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says the presence of the military in the Banda constituency is not to cause mayhem but rather enforce the peace agreement that was brokered by the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) between the parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In a statement signed by the Public Relations Director of the GAF, Colonel E. Aggrey-Quashie, and released in Accra, the GAF contends that in supporting the REGSEC-brokered peace agreement, “no specific ethnic group” was been targeted. The REGSEC-brokered peace agreement, they noted, was in connection to the disturbances that resulted in the unfortunate demise of one person in the Banda constituency in the Bono Region. “The Military wishes to state that on 30th July 2020, the Bono Regional Security Council met representatives of the two main political parties – NPP and NDC – to deliberate on the peaceful conduct of the registration exercise. This was in the wake of the disturbances that resulted in the unfortunate demise of one person. The agreement signed by Mr. Joe Danquah (NPP) and Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim (NDC MP – Banda) and witnessed by the Hon. Regional Minister stated as follows: “We the undersigned agreed today to maintain peace in the Banda District during the remaining days of the voters registration exercise and after, until the end of the 2020 general elections in December 2020”, the statement read. The full details of the Agreement were as follows:
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, on Sunday stormed Banda constituency in the Bono Region and battled it out with the military personnel following their refusal to allow some residents to register in the ongoing voters registration exercise. …
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has says he is unaware of any form of intimidation by any group of people in any of the Electoral Commission’s voters registration exercise centres across the country. …
