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FRIDAY JANUARY 21, 2022
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Friday January 21, 2022
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Expert proposes solution to curb child labour on cocoa farms By Reuben Quainoo
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ocoa value chain analyst Mr. Eliseus Opoku-Boamah says Ghana needs a supportive attitude rather than punitive approach to reduce and eliminate child labour in cocoa farms across the country. He mentioned that child labour and hazardous work within the Ghanaian cocoa value chain still remains a challenge. “Players in the sector are aiming at ensuring responsible cocoa sourcing and seeking to set up an effective child labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) which is Cont’d on page 2
Child labour and hazardous work within the Ghanaian cocoa value chain still remains a challenge.
Gov’t suspends 20 percent of expenditure in approved 2022 budget
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he government has suspended 20 percent expenditure in the 2022 budget, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta has confirmed. Parliament has already approved government's total expenditure for 2022, but the government, in a prudent fiscal consolidation move, has decided
McDan’s commercial private jet service takes off next week By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com
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cDan Aviation, the aviation wing of McDan Group, will start operating its commercial private jet
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