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22 May

You have the potential, but do not involve yourself in State Owned properties – Lawyer Kusi to Agric Minister.

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A senior lawyer with Dominion Chambers, Lawyer William Kusi has admonished the Member of Parliament for Abetifi, who also doubles as the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong to take a right stance regarding SSNIT's decision to sell its 60% shares to his company. He asserted that, the Minister's acceptance of the offer may mar the ruling government's electoral prospects. The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has announced its decision to sell 60% stake in four hotels to the Minister, who is also the owner of Rock City Hotel Limited Responding to this in an interview on…

01 Nov

Agric Minister Begins Second Leg Of Regional Tour In Western, Western North, Central, Oti & Volta

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The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, on Monday, October 31, resumed his regional working tour to the Western, Western North, Central, Volta, and Oti Regions. The second leg of the working tour comes at the heels of similar successful ones undertaken early this year to other regions in the country. The visit will largely afford the minister the chance to interact with farmers, input dealers, directors amongst others. His first port of call was the Western North Region where Dr. Afriyie Akoto allayed the fears of poultry farmers, stressing that the government was poised to combat…

14 Jun

Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Akoto Proposes IRECOP’s Organic Fertilizer To Farmers As He Laments Over Shortage Of Fertilizer In The Sub-region

wontumionline.comBusiness, NewsAgric Minister, Dr. Owusu Akoto Proposes IRECOP's Organic Fertilizer To Farmers As He Laments Over Shortage Of Fertilizer In The Sub-region

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has proposed to Ghanaian farmers to adopt Zoomlion's Integrated Recycling and Compost Plants (IRECOP) locally produced organic compost for their farms to boost crop yields in the regions. He lamented the acute shortage of fertilizer in the sub-region due to the Russia and Ukraine fight. He said he is the chairman of the ECOWAS agric ministers committee and have chaired two meetings so far and thus the rest of the ministers in the region have reported shortage of fertilizer likewise Ghana. Dr. Owusu Akoto said based on this shortage, government is…

09 Jul

PFJ: Agric Minister Warns Developers To Stop Encroaching Farm Lands

Jackson Odom KpakpoBusiness, NewsAgric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Planting for Food and Jobs

PFJ: Agric Minister Warns Developers To Stop Encroaching Farm Lands The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has issued a stern warning to people encroaching farm lands to desist. He issued the warning after his one-day tour of the Ashanti Region where he interacted with stakeholders. Some of the places he toured were livestock farms at Amanfrom, Packhouse at Gyinyase, Samtak Poultry Farms at Homaase among others. Speaking with Wontumionline's Nana Owusu Achiaw after the tour, he said the biggest challenge for the farmers is developers who build houses on water ways. He explained that, if the…