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MINISTRY OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, KOREA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (KOICA) LUNCHES RICE VALUE CHAIN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN CENTRAL REGION . A project Designed to improve Rice production and productivity to support the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led Government initiatives of attaining self-sufficient in rice production has duly lunched in Assin Fosu Municipality in the central Region today with a grant project of USD 8 million from the Government of Korea.  The Central Regional Minister, Hon Justina Marigold Assan in her welcome Address stated that, Agricultural Remains the major Catalyst for an Economic Transformation of Country Ghana into which investment by both public and private sectors are to pay attention to.  Hon Justina Marigold Assan stated that, One of the Area we have to consider seriously is the Rice Production.  " The Central Region has done its bit of trying to produce more rice to reduce this deficit over the years, President Akufo-Addo's Planting for foo

 NGO Brings "Smiles" To The Faces Of The Aged, Poor And Needy Children A Non-Governmental Organization called Samuel Korley Foundation on ester Saturday 2021 feted some aged people, poor and needy children in some Communities in the Twifo Ati-Morkwa District of the central region as part of of the Ester Festive season.  They were provided with soft drinks, biscuits, rice, cooking oils, teaching and learning materials and other variable items. The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the group Mr. Samuel Korley revealed that the gesture was aimed at lessening the plight of the less privileged in the society and to bring cheer to them during the season. He said the organization was concerned about the welfare of deprived people especially the aged and the needy and would do everything possible to make them happy. He said the organization is sponsoring a number of schools in some deprived communities in the area by providing them with celling fan, computers and other tea

Ashanti Region: Group Roots For Boris-B To Unseat Wontumi As NPP Regional Chairman A calling itself the United Patriots is impressing upon businessman Dr. Boris Baidoo affectionately called Boris B to contest as Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) when nominations are open in the future. The NPP in April announced its timelines in reorganizing the political party ahead of the 2024 elections. It is expected that the process will begin with the party's constituency annual delegates conference which will be held in 2021. This will be followed by the annual Regional delegates Conference which will take place in August 2021. Ahead of the regional contest, the group is advocating that national poultry award winner, and dealer of Veterinary products as well as Chief Executive officer CEO of Boris B's Farms makes an open declaration. A statement issued and signed by Baffour Asare who is the leader and convener of the pro-NPP group disclosed that his emergenc

  "THIS IS NOT TIME FOR POLITICS"... TWIFO ATI-MORKWA DCE CAUTIONS THE POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS FIELD OFFICERS . The District Chief Executive for Twifo Ati-Morkwa District in the central region Hon. Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi, has cautioned this year's national Population and Housing Census field officers to desist from  politicizing the exercise when discharging their duties as such. He disclosed this when he was administering the swearing of oath of secrecy during the training workshop for 197 trainees in the Twifo Ati-Morkwa district who may undertake the Cencus in the district.  Hon Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi  said, the exercise is not meant for politics hence no field officer for that matter should deny anyone because of his or her political affiliation. Hon. Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi further advised the field officers to entirely distance themselves from discussing intimacies (love matters) with respondents in the course of their duties for it is far from the co

  Akosua Barko  Foundation Rolls Out Free Vacation Classes For Double track SHS Students In Assin North Constituency    Mr Charles Opoku, CEO for Akosua Barko Foundation in collaboration with The Nation Service Personnel in the Assin North District of the Central Region has organized free vacation classes for SHS 2 Double Track Students. The students will taken through almost all core subjects taught at the second cycle levels. About 15 National Services teachers have drawn and contracted by Mr Charles Opoku to teach the students. For a period of three months of teaching and learning, an average of over 200 students  are expected to Avail themselves.  In a close chat with Mr. Charles Opoku, CEO for Akosua Barko Foundation, He revealed To *Oman fm news Reporter Nana Yaw Entsie Prof Ike* that he has passion for education, hence his motivation to organize the vacation classes free for SHS students to enable them make up for topics in some subjects they fall short of or are unable to compr

Md. Mildred Mintah, Director of MAPnet Ghana . Ghanaians Are Tired Of Regular Change Of The Voters Register.....MAPnet Ghana Laments Milabban Population Network (MAPnet) Ghana, an advocacy group, a member of National Platform for Sustainable Development Goals, Co – Convener of Central Region CSOs Sub – Platform on Sustainable Development Goals, Co – Convener of National Platform of CSOs for SDG 16 etc. puts forward a wakeup call on the Electoral Commission Ghana to update our voters’ register regularly to save the country from huge cost incurred, avoidable bloody clashes, and economic time lost to fix our voters’ register for life. This will help disabuse the minds of some Ghanaians that the Voters’ register is always changed / complied at the behest of the Government in power. It is mind boggling and of National concern that the Electoral Commission Ghana is adopting a periodic ritual of throwing out the existing biometric voters registers for a new one. The recent biometric voters’ r

  Small Scale Miners Gives  President 14 Days (2weeks) Ultimatum  To Call The Task Force To Order Ghana National Association of Small Scales Miners (GNASSM), has expressed total displeasure about government's u- turn on issues raised at the recently held Small Scale Mining dialogue at the Accra International Conference Centre.  Reference to the President H/E Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo ’s deployment of Task Force of 200 officers and men from the Ghana Armed Forces in an operation to rid the country’s water bodies of activities of illegal miners (galamseyers) which according to the Information Minister Hon Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the decision by the President was in furtherance of the resolutions of the final communique of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Small Scale Mining held recently. Addressing a Press Conference at one of the mining sites at Twifu Ntafrewaso in the Twifu Atti-Mokwa District of the Central Region, the aggrieved miners threatened they will hit the streets should gover