The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented agricultural equipment to the Agricultural Mechanisation Centre at Wulensi, in the Northern Region. The equipment, comprising tractors, power tillers, harvesters, ploughs, amongst others, were presented by the President on Friday, 16th August 2019, as part his 2-day tour of the Northern Region. The Minister […]
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Deal ruthlessly with greedy criminals who are sabotaging my gov’t-President Akufo-Addo tasks police
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has instructed the police to fish out the persons sabotaging his government by smuggling subsidised fertiliser meant for the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. He described the people involved in such acts as “greedy criminals” who do not want the progress of the country. The President said this […]
Tono Irrigation and Water projects will be completed on time-GWCL assures President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been assured of the completion of the Tono Water Project by August 2021 and the rehabilitation and modernization of the Tono Irrigation Scheme by July 2020. This was disclosed when President Akufo-Addo paid a visit to the site of the project on Wednesday, 14th August […]
Bawku Naba thanks Akufo-Addo for dams, roads and Free SHS
The Bawku Naba, Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has thanked President Akufo-Addo for the projects being undertaken to improve the standard of living of the people of Bawku, in the Upper East Region. Delivering his address when President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on him on Tuesday, 13th August, 2019, as part of the latter’s working […]
President Akufo-Addo breaks silence on PDS
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the government suspended the Power Distribution Services (PDS) agreement in the interest of the public, and to protect the assets of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) worth over $3 billion. According to President Akufo-Addo, the decision to make the suspension of the PDS agreement […]
President arrives in Angola for historic 2-day state visit
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday arrived in the Angolan capital, Luanda, to begin a two-day official visit to that country. The visit, the first by a sitting Ghanaian president, was at the behest of the Angolan President, Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. The visit is expected to, among other things, strengthen further the longstanding […]
President Akufo-Addo presents cash awards to winners of Presidential Pitch Season Two
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday, Tuesday, August 6 2019, presented cash awards to winners of the Presidential Pitch Season two. The winners took home various sums ranging from GH¢25,000 to GH¢60,000 in grants to expand their businesses. This year, the cash awards have been converted from loans to grants and will not require the […]
Ghana invents sanitary pads with banana and plantain fibre-President gifts inventors GH¢40,000 of personal money
A team of two female students from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) – Matilda Asantewaa Sampong and Emilee Otoo Quayson, yesterday emerged the winner of season II of the Presidential Pitch and took home a GH¢60,000 investment package. In addition, they were given GH¢40,000 personal donation by President Nana Addo Dankwa […]
Founders Day: We’re are recognizing the collective efforts and contribution of our forebears-President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Founders’ is the most appropriate day to signify Ghana’s recognition and appreciation of the collective efforts of her forebears towards the founding of a free, independent Ghana. According to President Akufo-Addo, “Government believes that the most appropriate way to honour them is to commemorate the […]
President Akufo-Addo charges WB, IMF officials to help make Africa beyond aid a reality
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and African Governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to help realise the vision of a self-reliant Africa that is no longer dependent on the receipt of aid and charity. Addressing the African Caucus Meeting of African […]
President Akufo-Addo pushes for a more progressive agenda between Ghana, US
President Nana Akufo-Addo wants Ghana’s relationship with the United States of America to focus on trade and investments. According To The President, “We Are Looking For A New, More Progressive Agenda Between Us, Which Is An Agenda Where Ghanaian And American Enterprises Will Get Together To Promote The Economic Relations Between Our Two Countries Whereby […]
Moree Mini-Harbour and landing site to be completed in 18 months – President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the construction of a mini-harbour and landing site at Moree in the Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese constituency, in the Central Region, and assured that the project will be completed in 18 months. The project, which will be executed by China Harbour and Engineering Company, […]