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01 Oct

I’m Moving Rufftown Records To Nigeria – Bullet Says As He Claims The Government Plans To Collapse The Creative Art Industry

Wontumi2ShowbizBullet, Rufftown Records

Rufftown records CEO Bullet has disclosed he’s moving his record label to Nigeria as he claims the government plans to collapse the creative art industry with its laws. According to him, it began with the FDA banning celebrities/influencers from advertising alcoholic beverages among other things, and now the Gaming Commission. To him, the government plans on collapsing the creative art industry with all these laws as it won’t benefit anyone in the creative art industry. Therefore, he will be moving his record label to Nigeria where he can operate freely with no laws preventing him from doing things that will generate money…

01 Oct

1D1F: Construction Of Multi-Million Fruit Processing Underway @ Trede-Budukwan

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1D1F: Construction Of Multi-Million Fruit Processing Underway @ Trede-Budukwan The construction of a Multi-million Cedis fruits processing factory under the One District One Factory programme is underway at Budukwan in the Ashanti Region. The Head of Business Development and Project for Ghana Exim Bank, Mr. Bright Evans Darko said , the fruit processing factory would be one of the biggest factories in the Region. According to Mr. Darko who was speaking exclusively to Wontumionline.com, farmers in the Bono and , Ahafo Regions cultivate a lot of mangoes but find it difficult to find a means to process them since the…

01 Oct

Ksi: Youth Advised To Engage In Green House Farming

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Ksi: Youth Advised To Engage In Green House Farming Head of Business Development and Project at Ghana Exim Bank,Mr. Bright Evans Darko, has urged Ghanaian youth to show keen interest in green house farming which is steadily being popularized in the country. He was not happy that a big chunk of unemployed youth have a background in agriculture but encouraged them to embrace the project concept. Speaking exclusively to Wontumionline.com at KNUST where a special green house farming project on the cultivation of cucumber, tomatoes and green pepper is ongoing Mr. Darko explained that the technology is different from the…

01 Oct

John Mahama Used To Be A “Connection Man”- Chairman Wontumi

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsChairman Wontumi, Ford, John Mahama, visa racketeering

Former President John Mahama used to be a “connection man” who dabbled in visa racketeering, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has revealed. The tough speaking NPP Chairman in an interview on the Wontumi Morning Show, stated that a close friend of his once paid moneys former President Mahama to help secure visa to a foreign country but the move never materialized despite paying the amount the former president charged him. “John Mahama was a connection man…I have friend and his name is Striker. He once gave money to him John Mahama to secure…

01 Oct

Reconstruction of Tanoso-Abuakwa Road – Residents Praise Govt. And Promise To Vote Bum-Bum!

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsReconstruction of Tanoso-Abuakwa Road - Residents Praise Govt. And Promise To Vote Bum-Bum!

Reconstruction of Tanoso-Abuakwa Road - Residents Praise Govt. And Promise To Vote Bum-Bum! Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has joined regular commuters of the Tanoso - Abuakwa residents to hail the re-construction of the Tanoso-Abuakwa road corridor which started a few weeks ago. Chairman Wontumi could not hide his profound joy over the ongoing works on one of the most heavily plied routes linking the Kumasi city centre when he spoke on Wontumi TV and Radio in Kumasi. Commuters who have become witnesses to the new change have sighed a big relief because…

01 Oct

Opoku-Agyemang’s Only Achievement Was To Build Speed Ramps At UCC- PPP Man

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsNDC, PPP, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, RICHARD BOADU, UCC

A staunch member of the Progressive People’s Party, Richard Boadu, has lashed out at the running mate for the National Democratic Congress, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, stating that her only achievement in life is to build speed ramps. The PPP communicator who spoke on the Wontumi Morning Show stated that former Education Minister under former President John Mahama could not boast of any meaningful achievements in her public life. “You can only credit her with building of speed ramps at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). That is all she has done in her life and when you go to…

01 Oct

We’ve paid 99.2% of Banks, Savings & Loans’ customers – Bawumia

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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said that 461,339 depositors of Savings and Loans as well as microfinance firms have so far been paid their locked-up funds, following the revocation of licenses of some S & Ls and MFIs. At the same time, he reiterated that all customers of the nine defunct banks whose licenses were revoked by the Bank of Ghana have also been paid. “As we sit here today, all the banks depositors have been paid. And then you have the savings and loans and microfinance institutions, the depositors’ there–savings and loans were 300,089 depositors that have…

01 Oct

Nominations for Ghana Energy Awards close

Wontumi2BusinessGhana Energy Awards

Nominations into the prestigious Ghana Energy Awards (GEA) 2020 officially closed on Wednesday, September 30, following a three-month-long window since July this year. The 4th Edition of the annual energy awards scheme, to be held on the theme: “Excelling in Crisis: the Energy Sector in a COVID-19 Era,” will recognise excellence and innovation. It will also celebrate the players making a tremendous impact on Ghana’s energy sector. Mr Henry Teinor, Chief Executive of Energy Media Group, organisers of the GEA told the Ghana News Agency that the 2020 event was particularly exceptional. “This is because it is dedicated to acknowledging…

01 Oct

Chief Takes On Kwesi Pratt: “You Are Old; Speak Sense” About Elections

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsElections, John Mahama, Kwesi Pratt, Nana Oteatuoso Kokobeng II

Nana Oteatuoso Kokobeng II, a respected Chief and a political analyst, has subtly responded to comments by Mr. Kwesi Pratt Jnr encouraging the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to reject the results of 2020 elections. The managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Mr. Kwesi Pratt Jnr is on record to have advised Mr. John Dramani Mahama not to accept the 2020 election results if he isn’t satisfied with it the process. Prior to Mr. Pratt’s call, Mr. Mahama in a speech at his party’s 28th anniversary stated that the NDC will not accept the results of a flawed…

01 Oct

President Inspects Kumasi Military Hospital Project

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President Inspects Kumasi Military Hospital Project President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday paid a working visit to the ongoing Military Hospital project site near Afari in Kumasi, as part of his three-day visit to the Ashanti Region. The President was accompanied to the project site by the Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Obed Boamah Akwa and other government officials. President Akufo-Addo was conducted round the site by Dr Said Deraz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Euroget De-Invest, the contractors. Dr Deraz, who also briefed…