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Peace Council urges security services to promote peace ahead of December polls

The National Peace Council has asked security services, and the youth in the country to champion peace and harmony, before, during, and after the December 7 elections. This is in the light of the 2024 commemoration of the International Day of Peace, which the Council marked in Accra, with a forum on the theme: ‘Cultivating a culture of peace.’ It was attended by officers from the Ghana Armed Forces, Police, Prisons, and Fire, students from Labone Senior High School, as well as representatives from the South African, United States of America and Denmark Embassies. Speaking at the event, the Rev

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Agona West Assembly inaugurates DRIP equipment to give facelift to roads

The Agona West Municipal Assembly has inaugurated its District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) to facilitate construction of roads to enhance transportation of goods and services. ”The inauguration of the equipment will serve as a game changer that will help farmers in the rural areas to bring their produce to market centres”, Mr Evans Addison Onomah Coleman, Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has said. The MCE was officially inaugurating the DRIP equipment at a short ceremony attended by Swedruman Council of Chiefs, staff of Agona West Assembly and machine operators at Swedru in the Central region. Mr Coleman said it

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Let us bequeath a beautiful society to the future generation – Chief of Apremdo

Nana Egya Kwamina XI, the Divisional Chief of Apremdo has reminded stakeholders in the governance space to bequeath to the youth an acceptable society. ‘If as present leaders, we destroy all our water bodies and vegetation covered with galamsey, what will be left for the survival of the next generation.’ The videos of galamsey activities showed how leadership has failed to provide policies and regulations with strict enforcement to the latter that would enable responsible mining. Nana Kwamina XI was speaking at the Diocesan Youth Congress of the Catholic Church on the theme, ‘Those who hope in the Lord will

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Nkrumah Memorial Day: Youth call for orientation on his vision for Ghana

The Western Nzema Youth League (WNYL), a youth group, has celebrated Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana on his Memorial Day, with a call on the state to ensure a national orientation that aligns with his ideals and vision for Ghana and Africa. A statement signed by Dr Patrick Ekye Kwesie, Leader of the WNYL, and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said as Ghana navigated the complexities of globalization, economic challenges, and social fragmentation, there was the need for a cohesive national identity rooted in Dr Nkrumah’s principles of unity, self-determination, and Pan-Africanism. The statement said:

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