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United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has commended Ghana for its progress on trade facilitation.
According to the UN Conference, Ghana's experience as a trailblazer on Trade Facilitation could serve as a model for the region.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that his government is in the process of identifying alternative sources of livelihood for persons involved in illegal mining activities, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’, across the country.
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The President of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) and Chief Executive Officer of JOSPONG Group of Companies, Mr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has appealed to members of the Association to endeavor to collect municipal solid waste in their assigned concession areas so as to ensure an effective waste management regime.
Government has directed the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), to remove all barriers on the country’s roads effective September 1, 2017.
This forms part of a three-phase policy reform to make Ghana’s ports competitive on the continent, Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced.
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has indicated that the BNI Report which was quoted as having the Okyehene engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) is a fallacy.
From Marlvin-James Dadzie, Takoradi
About Thirty-One persons including six personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) yesterday sustained various degrees of injury during a gas explosion at the GHUMCO Aluminum Company in Takoradi, in the Western Region, exactly sixteen years after the Accra Sports Stadium disaster that claimed close to 150 lives.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his government’s commitment to establishing the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) – the vehicle which would ensure each of the 275 constituencies receives the equivalent of $1 million per year for infrastructural development.
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