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U/E: Subsidize feed to make fish farming attractive to youth – Govt urged
Youth in aquaculture in the Upper East region are calling on government to subsidize fish feed and build more hatcheries to meet the protein demand of the area and create sustainable jobs for the teaming unemployed youth. According to them, fish farming has a great potential to reduce graduate unemployment lamenting that the high cost…
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10 phone accessory shops burnt at Tip-Toe lane
About 10 shops with phone accessories worth thousands of cedis have been destroyed by fire at the Tip-toe lane, close to the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, in the national capital on Sunday, May 21. The fire which started around 2pm was doused by a joint team of fire tenders from Abelemkpe and Ministries branches of the…
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Small-scale mining fetched Ghana almost US$1.2 billion in 2022 – Lands Minister
Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources has stated small-scale mining has been contributing increasingly to the nation’s gold output as the sector produced a total of 712,405 ounces of gold last year. This he said brought the nation almost US$1,200,000,000 in export receipts, adding that all diamonds produced in the country in 2022,…
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Transport operators defy directive to reduce fares by 10%
Transport operators nationwide are yet to comply with the directive issued by the road transport association, calling for a 10 percent reduction in fares. Despite the association’s statement on Monday, May 15, 2023, which instructed its members to implement the fare reduction starting from Wednesday, May 17, drivers and conductors are disregarding the directive. Citi…