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Mion, Ghana – Paramount Chief of the Mion Traditional Area in the Dagbon Kingdom, Mion-Lana Abdulai Mahamadu, has joined calls for government of President Nana Akufo-Addo to as matter of urgency grant owners of Alafei Foods a letter of intent to enable them establish their industrial base at Zugu in …

Nandom, Ghana – Farmers in the Nandom District of the Upper West Region who registered to participate in governments flagship agricultural programs Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ) and Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) have received Cashew Seedlings and Sheep for planting and rearing. Planting For export and …

Bolgatanga, Ghana – The Coalition of Northern Savannah Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) led by Northern Patriots in Research and Advocacy (NORPRA) is calling on government particularly the Ministry of Finance to, as a matter of urgency, review the $1 million per constituency policy as it prepares to present the 2019 …

Walewale, Ghana – The Centre for Ecological Agriculture and Livelihoods (CEAL) is proposing the adoption of organic farming practices and the use of clean cooking stoves by smallholder farmers and households in rural Ghana. According to Issifu Sulemana Jobila, Executive Director at CEAL, the organic farming concept which relies solely …

Tumu, Ghana – The Director of Operations for the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Mrs. Doris Utuka Gaba has encouraged soybean farmers in the five regions of the north and other parts of Ghana to increase their productivity to support the feeding programme. According to her, the GSFP management was …

Tamale, Ghana – Peasant farmers at Kpalkigbani in the Yendi Municipality in the Northern Region of Ghana, have appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to urgently intervene and provide the needed assistance to owners of Alafei Foods Company Limited to enable them establish their factories at Zugu as part of the …

Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Developmet Authority (NDA) is suffering from massive financial crisis, making it difficult for the management team to deliver its core mandate in tandem with the government’s Ghana beyond aid mantra. Since its rebranding and the appointment of a new management team, the NDA is battling …

Tamale, Ghana – One of Ghana’s most prominent business moguls and philanthropists, Dr. Daniel Mckorley, has promised huge investments in a few areas of the country’s economy and hope by that gesture, his vision of seeing many young people becoming economically empowered through jobs and wealth creation as well as …

Bole, Ghana – The Minister for Science and Natural Resources, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng has inspected plants meant for shea butter and groundnut processing and a mechanised borehole at Kakiase and Chache in the Bole District of the Savannah Region. The projects are aimed at assisting women and men in …

Tamale, Ghana – Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group of Companies, Gubgbaa-Naa Daniel McKorley has reaffirmed his pledge to create job opportunities for the youth of Northern Region. According to the accomplished Ghanaian business mogul, his ultimate goal is to help government reduce the unemployment ratio which continues to …