President Akuffo Addo has said skeptics who did not believe in the NPP’s One-District-One-Factory project have been put to shame with the launch of the policy. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticized the project, particularly the Ekumfi District, saying the NPP stole their idea. According to a former Deputy Trade Minister, Mohammed Murtala, the ...
The Akufo-Addo administration is hoping 51 districts will have started the implementation of the One-District-One-Factory programme by the end of 2017. As government launched the One-District-One-Factory programme on Friday with the sod-cutting for the Ekumfi Pineapple Factory, President Nana Akufo-Addo noted that 80,000 jobs were also expected to be created from the running of these factories. ...
The Akufo-Addo administration is hoping 51 districts will have started the implementation of the One-District-One-Factory programme by the end of 2017. As government launched the One-District-One-Factory programme on Friday with the sod-cutting for the Ekumfi Pineapple Factory, President Nana Akufo-Addo noted that 80,000 jobs were also expected to be created from the running of these factories. ...
Ghana may take a longer time to progress if it does not move from exporting raw materials for foreign revenue instead of adding value to them. This trend according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been the norm since time immemorial adding that it has even become worse. “In 1928, 70 percent of our ...
It has emerged that the Ghana School Feeding Programme has outlined new guidelines for the selection of caterers that is reportedly in clear breach of the Public Procurement Act. According to a letter sighted by citifmonline.com, 30 percent of schools in each district should be reserved as protocol allocation for the Minister of Gender, Children ...
It has emerged that the Ghana School Feeding Programme has outlined new guidelines for the selection of caterers that is reportedly in clear breach of the Public Procurement Act. According to a letter sighted by citifmonline.com, 30 percent of schools in each district should be reserved as protocol allocation for the Minister of Gender, Children ...
The dream move for Black Stars player, Raphael Dwamena, from FC Zurich to Brighton and Hove Albion has collapsed due to an issue discovered in the course of his medical. Earlier this week, Brighton and FC Zurich agreed a fee and the player flew into England on Thursday for his medical. However, on Friday, it ...
Premium Bank, one of the nation’s fastest growing banks, on Friday decided to ditch their jackets, shirts, neck ties and all official garb for jerseys of the favourite Premier League teams. The “Rep Your Friday” event was to show the station’s affiliation with the coverage of the 2017/ 2018 Premier League on Citi FM as ...
Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund forward Ousmane Dembele for a fee that could rise to 147m euros (£135.5m), making him the world’s second most expensive player. Barca will pay an initial 105m euros (£96.8m) for the France international, 20, who has agreed a five-year contract and will undergo a medical on ...
The Deputy Managing Director of Heritage Bank Limited, Mr. Peter Sangber-Dery has asked Ghanaians to repose their hopes in indigenous banks. He acknowledged that though local banks face tough challenges, measures are being taken to surmount them. This comes after the assumption of two Ghanaian banks; Capital and UT Banks, by GCB Bank. Mr. Peter ...
Residents of Kuntunse in Accra are raising concerns over possible long term health hazards, following the improper disposal of waste by a Chinese firm producing tomato paste there. Citi News investigations have revealed that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the company to stop production but according to the residents, fumes billowing from the ...
The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners wants a complete ban on the importation, manufacturing, and transportation of dredgers, also known as Chamfans, into the country. According to the Secretary of the Association, Godwin Amarh, the continuous operation of the dredgers after the moratorium on small-scale mining and the activities of the anti-galamsey task-force known ...
A court in South Korea has sentenced Samsung’s billionaire heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to five years in prison for corruption. Lee was convicted of bribery in a scandal that also saw the impeachment of South Korea’s former president. The case has gripped the public amid growing anger against South Korea’s biggest companies, known as chaebols. Lee, ...
At least 12 people have been killed in violent protests over the rape conviction of a popular religious leader in north India. The victims are believed to be Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s followers. Angry supporters are rampaging through Panchkula town, near Chandigarh. Reports of widespread vandalism are coming in. At least two railway stations have ...
The Minority in Parliament wants the Energy Ministry to provide Parliament with the full details on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) agreement between Ghana and Equatorial Guinea. According to the Minority, the Energy Ministry has been economical with the truth with some details provided to the public. Addressing the press on Friday, the Minority Spokesperson ...
The Ghana National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has commended Citi FM and its cherished listeners for supporting the survivors of the mudslide that struck Sierra Leone three weeks ago. Citi FM on Friday presented the many relief items it received from its listeners to NADMO for onward transportation to Sierra Leone. The NADMO Director General, ...
Two white South African farmers who forced a black man into a coffin have been convicted of attempted murder and kidnapping. Victor Mlotshwa, 27, was beaten and forced into the coffin by Theo Martins Jackson and Willem Oosthuizen in August 2016. The pair have yet to be sentenced. They had denied the charges. The case ...
Policy think tank, IMANI Africa has challenged the Akufo-Addo government to learn from the failure of several factories in the country as it launches its flagship One-District-One-Factory programme today [Friday] with the Ekumfi Pineapple factory. When the Mahama government was reviving the Komenda Sugar factory in the Central Region, IMANI raised issues with the viability ...
The State Transport Company has recruited 100 young women to serve as cabin crew as part of measures by the new management of the company improves its services. The Managing Director of the company, Nana Akomea in a Facebook post said the women were being trained to ahead of their deployment in next month. The ...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the new Board of the National Lands Commission to end corruption at the Commission and streamline land acquisition processes. The President Akufo-Addo observed that the processes of procuring land and registering land titles are fraught with corruption. “On a daily basis, and I know I am not alone in making this observation, we ...
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