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19 Aug

How Black Stars Held Real Madrid To 3-3 draw In 1962

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How Black Stars Held Real Madrid To 3-3 draw In 1962 This is a never to be forgotten day for Ghana football, as the great Real Madrid team with the likes of the Ferenc Puskas and Alfredo Di Stefano landed in Ghana and played against the Black Stars in a three all thriller at the Accra Sports Stadium in front of 30,000 spectators on Sunday 19 August, 1962. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana believed in African Unity and he decided to use Black Stars as a tool to accomplish that, hence appointed Ohene Djan as the first…

19 Aug

We’Ve Built 372 dams, 80 Warehouses, 100 Greenhouses – Bawumia

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We’Ve Built 372 dams, 80 Warehouses, 100 Greenhouses – Bawumia The Akufo-Addo government has invested so much in terms of infrastructure in Ghana’s agricultural sector, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said on Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at a virtual town hall meeting in Accra. Dr Bawumia said the government has embarked on the construction of 80 warehouses throughout the country, each with a capacity of 1,000 MT, under the One District-One Warehouse Initiative, as part of measures to ensure food security, reduce post-harvest loses, guarantee farmer incomes and improve marketing. Some of the beneficiary communities, he said, include Ejura, Atebubu,…

19 Aug

NDC Government Couldn’t Complete Major Roads In The Upper Regions – Bawumia

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NDC Government Couldn’t Complete Major Roads In The Upper Regions – Bawumia Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has said the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) government failed to complete major roads in some regions in the country. He made this known while addressing a gathering at the government’s 3rd town hall meeting and results fair held at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Science on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. “Under the previous government, after eight years in office, they could not complete one major road in either Upper West, Upper East or Western North Region,” said the Vice President. Dr. Bawumia said the…

19 Aug

VW Assembly Plant Under 1D1F – VEEP

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VW Assembly Plant Under 1D1F – VEEP Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says German automobile firm Volkswagen set up its assembly plant in Ghana under the One-District One-Factory Programme. He noted that the company was able to survive, as it has already started assembling and selling its cars in Ghana, as a result of the enabling business environment created by the government. Speaking at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra on government’s infrastructural policies in a virtual townhall meeting, Dr Bawumia said a total of 183 companies have been set up under the 1D1F Programme. Sixty-one are…

19 Aug

Soldiers Seize Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta

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Soldiers Seize Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for “brotherly dialogue”. The apparent coup attempt in the West African nation began with gunfire at a key military camp near the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday morning. In the city young men set a government-owned building on fire. It comes hours after disgruntled junior officers detained commanders and took control of the Kati camp, about 15km (nine miles) from Bamako. The mutiny has…

19 Aug

Election 2020: We Shall Hit The Ground Running -Francis Adomako Assures

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Election 2020: We Shall Hit The Ground Running -Francis Adomako Assures The Ashanti Regional Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and member of the campaign team for Ashanti, Francis Adomako says his team would be working tirelessly for the NPP to recapture power since the campaign team has been inaugurated He noted that nothing would be left to chance as the party readies itself to conduct outdoor campaigns. Speaking to this reporter moments after being sworn in as member of the regional campaign team, Mr Adomako said he was poised for work. He stressed that same passion is what…

19 Aug

NPP Campaign Team Tasked To Make “AGENDA 47/47” A Reality

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NPP Campaign Team Tasked To Make "AGENDA 47/47" A Reality A regular panelist on Wontumi TV/Radio's early morning political analysis programme hosted by Oheneba Nana Asiedu, has set the rules for the 35 member of the NPP Ashanti Regional Campaign team that will make them not only effective but relevant in meeting the party's objectives. "Go to the field not merely to trumpet the achievements of the NPP. As you venture into to communities to spread the NPP's good news, you don't only ventilate your passion for the party or simply make cursory references to the project profiles by listing…

19 Aug

“We Are Constructing Real Roads; Not Green Book Propaganda Roads” – President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghanaians are witnessing, at first hand, the declaration by Government of 2020 as “The Year of Roads”, as road projects in every Region of the country are ongoing. Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of the Essiama-Nkroful-Telekubokazo road, in the Ellembelle constituency, President Akufo-Addo expressed his delight that “it is under my time as President that the road leading to Nkroful (hometown of Kwame Nkrumah) is about to be constructed. Indeed, the Essiama-Nkroful-Telekubokazo Road links of Kwame Nkrumah, as well as linking major cocoa growing areas in Anyinase…

19 Aug

“New Community Mining Schemes To Create 12,000 Jobs At Aboso, Gwira & Akango” – President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched three Community Mining Schemes at Egila/Gwira, Akango/Duale and Aboso, in the Evalue-Gwira and Tarkwa Nsuaem constituencies, respectively. The Schemes are expected to create some two thousand (2,000) jobs at Egila/Gwira and Akamgo/Duale, with some ten thousand (10,000) jobs set to be created at Aboso. Launching the schemes on Tuesday, 18th August 2020, day one of his 2-day working visit of the Western Region, President Akufo-Addo explained that the Community Mining Scheme is an initiative meant to encourage responsible small-scale mining, in line with the Minerals and Mining Law, 2015,…

19 Aug

Ghana’s Economic Hardship Taken Away By Nana Akufo-Addo- Jaman North DCE

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Ghana's Economic Hardship Taken Away By Nana Akufo-Addo- Jaman North DCE The Chief Executive of Jaman North District, Hon. Andane Ankomah, has commended President Akufo-Addo for the transformation of the country through a massive infrastructural development. He said the achievements of the government are so visible to the extent that the residents can testify to how their lives have been impacted by the policies of the Akufo-Addo-led government. According to Hon. Andane who was speaking on Wontumi Radio and TV on the Election 2020, programme, President Akufo-Addo would even secure "120%" election victory "because of the success he has chalked…