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President Akufo-Addo impressed with record in agriculture By Benson Afful affulbenson@gmail.com
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resident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described the record of his government in the growth and development of the agricultural sector as impressive. Speaking at the 35th edition of Farmers’ Day on Friday in Cape Coast, President Akufo-Addo stated that his government, since 2017, has set out to transform Ghanaian agriculture through investment in integrated and mutually reinforcing measures that are yielding positive results. With the central pillar of government’s transformative policy being the programme Cont’d on page 2
Akufo-Addo backs proposed business council to strengthen Ghana-South Africa economic ties By Eugene Davis ugendavis@gmail.com
for Planting for Food and Jobs, the President stated that “we have, through the programme, achieved a yearly average growth of agriculture of 5.8 percent from 2017 to 2020, compared to the 2.7 percent growth we inherited in 2016.” According to him, “a total of 1.4 million metric tonnes of fertilizers and some ninety-one thousand metric tonnes (91,000MT) of
certified seeds have been made available to farmers since 2017, with the number of beneficiary farmers now hitting the 1.7 million mark, taking off from the initial number of two hundred and seven thousand (207,000) farmers in 2017.” Through Planting for Export and Rural Development, which was launched in 2019 to promote the rapid development of six
Chamber of Commerce courts diasporan investors to local economy By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com
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resident Nana AkufoAddo has backed a proposal by his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, to establish a business council aimed at consolidating the trade and investment ties between the two countries. According to him, the two countries are obvious candidates to lead Africa’s economic integration and Cont’d on page 3
VRA completes maintenance works on leaked gas network
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he Volta River Authority (VRA) has successfully completed maintenance works on its leaked gas network in the Aboaze enclave in the Western Region, which had hitherto
he Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has partnered with the African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI) to pool resources that will be channeled to key sectors of the
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