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The Member of Parliament for Prestea Huni-Valley, who doubles ad the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in Charge of Mines, Hon. Lawyer Mrs. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has hinted that, her outfit is “working to secure additional cocoa centre for the Municipality, to add to the Huni-Valley Centre”. The MP, who has earned the accolade Wassa Hemma, made this pronouncement today, 7/12/2018 at the celebration of the PHMA   34 th Farmers Day, at Peteporm in Bogoso. She said, “ I am working to get additional Cocoa Centre at Prestea, to solve the challenges farmers go through accessing chemicals and fertilizers from Cocoa Offices. This will reduce transportation and inconvenience cocoa farmers go through”. She elaborated that, “ I gave 50 spraying machines to gangs who are spraying the cocoa, embarked on cocoa seedling project at Nsuaem, supported the pollinators and pruning of cocoa in the Municipality”. According to...

Founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings, has subtly agreed with Stephen Atubiga, one of the 13 presidential aspirants of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that anyone, who is able to pay the staggering GH¢420,000 nomination and filing fees is a thief. Mr. Rawlings said the fees being charged by the party would send wrong signals about the philosophical foundation of the party. The former president expressed the concern when the newly-elected National Executive Committee of the party called on him at his office at Ridge in Accra on Friday. The party’s founder advised the National Executive Committee to review their decision and find alternatives to address the legitimate concern of raising funds to finance the presidential elections. He also called for the restoration of the missing integrity in the party. Last Thursday the NDC set GH¢400,000 as filing fees and GH¢20,000 for nomination forms for its upcoming presidenti...

An aspiring flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, has called for the resignation of two top officers of the party. According to him, the chairman, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, and the general secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, need to step aside. This, he explained, is because they have compromised their positions and can therefore not be trusted. “Obviously, these are people who have already declared support for a candidate, so on the basis of principles, it is fair that they step aside for a fair process,” he said. He went ahead to say that the executives are committing an illegality by deciding on a filing fee without consulting the council of elders. One of the aspirants, Professor Joshua Alabi, has indicated the he may raise the GHC400,000 demanded by the party. He revealed that he has been receiving calls from the grassroots in that respect, so he is ready to secure the funds to settle the filing fees. He noneth...

The Supreme Court has dismissed an attempt by businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, to have the ongoing legal proceedings in relation to his GH¢47.2 million debt owed the state moved to the High Court. In a ruling yesterday, the apex court, presided over by a sole justice, Mr Justice Anthony A. Benin, held that it had the power to enforce its judgement and, therefore, surrendering its jurisdiction to the High Court would be unconstitutional. The current legal battle is that the defunct UT Bank, through its receivers, is claiming ownership of two residential properties that the Attorney-General (A-G) says belong to Mr Woyome and, therefore, wants to sell to offset the debt. Objection Lead counsel for Mr Woyome, Mr Osafo Buabeng, had raised an objection challenging the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to hear and determine the dispute, since it was under the High Court (Civil Procedure Rules, 2004, CI 47). It was counsel’s argument that hearing the case in ...

The Member of Parliament for Prestea Huni-Valley, who doubles as Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Lawyer Mrs. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, assisted by H.E. Samira Bawumia, second lady of the republic of Ghana today, 1/12/2018 launched simultaneously, the Wassa Hemma Foundation and Obaapa Micro Finance Scheme with a seed money of GHc 120,000 ( 1.2 billion old cedis) to empower rural women for economic development. Speaking to PCD, the MCE, Hon. Mozart K. Owuh said, “the MP promised to help our women when voted into office, and she is here today to fulfil that commitment she made to you. Let us all (women) try to pay when given this money to make it sustainable”. The Deputy Regional Minister, Hon. Gifty Eugenia Kusi, who had served as MP for Tarkwa Nsuaem for 16 years said, “I told you (women) to vote for Ante Barbara during the campaign, because I knew she will do more than I did for Tarkwa Nsuaem. What am seeing today is a vindication of what she is doin...