The Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD), has called for the adoption of responsible and sustainable use of agricultural inputs to mitigate climate change.
Armed men numbering about 20 and led by Richard Jakpa, Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat raided the Roman Ridge residence of former Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Dr Andy Osei Okrah, the Chief Executive Officer, Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA), has assured stakeholders within the rubber sector of government’s commitment to revamping the sector to make it more viable.
Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, announced that in 2024, GHS 6.2 billion worth of excavators were imported into Ghana, ranking third in the country’s import bill.
The Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has donated assorted food items to the Headquarters of the Ghana Prisons Service in support of the feeding of inmates in the Ramadan season.
An Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday turned down a bail application for the painter accused of stealing electrical cables at the Bank of Ghana building at Ridge in Accra.
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a long-time drug trafficking suspect, Uchechukwu Chima, in a successful intelligence-led operation at Oyarifa, a suburb of Accra.
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced the revocation of all small-scale mining licences issued after December 7, 2024, citing irregularities in the issuance process.
The Chairman of Parliament’s Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee, Godfred Seidu Jasaw, has defended the government’s GH¢1.5 billion budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector in the 2025 budget, arguing that it presents strategic investment opportunities despite concerns over its adequacy.
