Dzata Foundation CEO, Ningo Prampram MP Underscore Importance Of Facilitating Self Sustainance Through Job Creation AFRICA NEWS LOCAL POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - August 28, 2024November 28, 20240 By: Gregory Pilkington Amoah Chief Executive Officer of Dzata Foundation, a non-governmental organization Vera George has underscored the importance of empowering people to be facilitate self sustainance through livelihood empowerment as opposed to leaving them to feed on breadcrumbs given by politicians. She made these comments on the sidelines of a livelihood empowerment scheme facilitated together with Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Sam Nartey George to provide various support to residents in the Ningo Prampram constituency as part of their mandate to champion development. This she says forms part of the drive to broaden the frontiers of livelihood empowerment in the Ningo Prampram which is being undertaken side by side with the office of the Member of Parliament for the Ningo
Ellembelle MP, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah Storms Aiyinasi Market NEWS POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - August 28, 2024November 28, 20240 Hon. EMMANUEL ARMAH KOFI BUAH 29/8/2024 By: Ivy Abena Dede Narki Teye The Deputy Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has stormed Aiyinasi market in the Ellembele constituency as part of his constituency tour. In an engagement with market women and traders, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah shared the transformative vision and promises outlined in the recently launched NDC manifesto, which resonated well with the audience. He also highlighted the success stories of the NDC and Former President John Mahama’s tenure, which brought about phenomenal development and progress to the constituency. “The reception is overwhelmingly positive and I reaffirmed my continued vision and commitment to building on the foundation of progress already laid,” he said. With unflinching determination to recapture power
NDC Holds Sectorial Briefing On 2024 Manifesto: Elucidates On Health, Education And Security Policies. POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - August 27, 2024November 28, 20240 By Stanley Kwabla Arku Following the launch of the National Democratic Congress' (NDC) 2024 manifesto over the weekend, the party held a sectorial briefing to provide the public with a deeper understanding of their policy proposals. The event featured presentations by key members of the party, who elaborated on specific sectors like health and security, offering insights into how the NDC plans to address critical national issues if elected into power in 2024. Health Sector Plans NDC’s parliamentary candidate for the Lambussie-Karni Constituency and party’s Spokesperson on Health Dr. Titus Beyuo, led the discussion on the party’s health agenda. He outlined a robust strategy aimed at enhancing healthcare delivery across the country. One of the major promises was the construction of a 500-bed children’s hospital,
Dry Spell: Over 980,000 Cultivating An Estimated 1.8 Million Hectares Are At Risk- Agric Minister AFRICA NEWS LOCAL POLITICS by panafricantv - August 27, 2024November 28, 20240 Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Bryan Acheampong Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong has outlined measures taken by his outfit to support livelihood of farmers and ensure adequacy of food supply due to what he described as a situational crisis confronting farmers in some eight regions of the country. According to the minister, the regions which include the Northern, Upper East, North East, Savannah, Upper West, Bono, Bono East and the Oti regions are currently experiencing dry spells that have led to the disruption of crop production. Speaking at a press briefing organized by the Ministry of Information, Mr. Bryan Acheampong disclosed that, the lack of rain for the past two months has severely impacted the planting season in many of the
Sam George Renovates Prampram Trad. Council; Urges Politicians To Desist From Meddling In Chieftaincy Affairs NEWS POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - August 27, 2024November 28, 20240 By: Gregory Pilkington Amoah Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Sam Nartey George has called on politicians to desist from meddling in chieftaincy affairs and allow the institution to run its own course and affairs. Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony to hand over the renovated office of the Prampram Traditional Council spearheaded by Dzata Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility wing of his office, he emphasized on the need to uphold the Chieftancy institution to salvage the deteriorating cultural fibre of the country. The firebrand legislator argued that, the chieftaincy institution has since time immemorial played a watchdog role over society and ensuring that the cultural fiber maintained. According to him, this role of chieftaincy has in recent years been undermined due to
“𝐍ext 𝐍𝐃𝐂 𝐆overnment 𝐓o 𝐌ake 𝐀djen 𝐊otoku, 𝐀masaman, 𝐒uhum 𝐀reas 𝐈ndustrial 𝐇ub” – 𝐌ahama POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - August 26, 2024November 28, 20240 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑲𝒐𝒌𝒖 𝑨𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒓 Leader of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama has stressed on the need to decentralise development in the country. Addressing an ecstatic group of party sympathisers at Adjen Kotoku in Accra, the former President indicated that a Adjen Kotoku and its catchment areas will be transformed into an industrial zone which will boost productivity and employment. Speaking on the concentration of factories and manufacturing companies in Tema, Mr. Mahama noted that it was important to spread development and not put all of our eggs in one basket as a country. “We will designate Adjen Kotoku and its surrounding areas including Amasaman and Suhum to be an industrial zone. Any individual or organisation willing to put up a factory will
Election 2024: IEA Constitutes 9-Member Presidential Debate Committee NEWS POLITICS by George Vineh Yawson - August 26, 2024November 28, 20240 26/8/2024 Ghana's premier public policy think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs has inaugurated a nine-member committee to organize debates for flagbearers and running mates of the various political parties ahead of this year's election. Presidential debates which constitute an integral part of democracy are held to provide a unique platform for presidential contenders to outline their policies and vision of governance for the country, to inform and empower citizens to make informed decisions, to promote issue-based campaigns devoid of personal attacks and rancour and finally to promote and sustain peace before, during and after the electioneering period. The Institute of Economic Affairs birthed in 1989 as Ghana's first independent public policy think tank is entrusted with promoting good governance, democracy and sustainable economic
An Open Letter to William Ruto AFRICA NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - June 7, 2024November 19, 20240 Kenyan President William Ruto By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Dear William Ruto, The images of your recent State visit to the USA were very disturbing to me and to every patriotic Kenyan. I saw you seated on a chair, grinning, while Biden stood behind you, his face beaming with satisfaction. Why not? He had just announced that you had signed off our beloved Kenya to make it a non-member ally of NATO. In other words you had agreed to become Nato’s errand boy in America’s struggle with Russia and China for access to resources of the continent. Ruto, do you know that Nato, murdered Muammar Gaddafi, so that Libyan oil-fields which Kaddafi had nationalized, would revert to the West? Kaddafi was once the chairman of the
Putin Warns West About Consequences Of Attacking Russia AFRICA NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - May 31, 2024November 22, 20240 VLADIMIR PUTIN Moscow knows who would be behind long-range “Ukrainian” strikes, the president has said May 28, 2024. Kiev's Western backers need to understand that long-range strikes on Russian territory using weaponry they have supplied would represent a conflict escalation that would have “serious consequences,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned. Speaking to reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Uzbekistan, Putin addressed recent Ukrainian demands for NATO to permit the use of their weapons to attack deep inside Russia as well as comments by the US-led bloc’s head, Jens Stoltenberg, appearing to endorse the tactic. “To be honest, I don’t know what the NATO secretary-general is saying,” Putin told reporters, adding that Stoltenberg “did not suffer from any dementia” when he
The ICC Prosecutor’s Applications For Arrest Warrants Explained AFRICA NEWS NEWS POLITICS by panafricantv - May 27, 2024November 19, 20240 Karim Khan KC The Court is yet to decide whether to issue the warrants against Hamas and Israeli leaders. The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Karim Khan KC, has applied to the Court for arrest warrants to be issued against Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri (known as Dief) and Ismail Haniyeh for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israel and Gaza during and after the attack on 7 October 2023. Arrest warrants are also sought against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, in respect of war crimes and crimes against humanity in response to the Hamas attack. What is the ICC? The ICC is the first and only permanent international criminal court. It is a