From Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi
A police patrol team last Monday night killed a suspected armed robber, while three other members of his gang managed to escape after a gun battle at Sepe-Doti, a suburb of Kumasi.
In their bid to escape, the robbers left behind one single-barrelled gun, a pump action gun with three cartridges and the vehicle they used in the operation.
The deceased, identified as Kwame Adongo and described by the police as a “notorious ex-convict”, died from multiple gunshots in the abdomen.
The body has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue.
Briefing newsmen at the Regional Police Headquarters, the Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Mr Kwaku Ayensu Opare-Addo, said the police received a message at 10.00 p.m. that some armed robbers had snatched a car from its owner, a student of the Winneba College of Education.
Mr Opare-Addo said when the police got to the scene, they signalled the robbers to stop but they refused and started shooting at the police, who also opened fired in retaliation.
The Regional Police Commander said in spite of the fact that the service was constrained in view of the forthcoming elections, “we still think of the society and the people and will deal with anyone who tries to create problems or rob others”.
He called on the public to provide information on the activities of robbers to enable the police to be on top of security.
In another development, Kasapa Telecom Limited has presented 20 mobile phones with GH¢100 airtime to the police in the Ashanti Region.
The Northern Sector Sales Manager of Kasapa, Mr Alex Opare Nyanteh, making the presentation, said the donation was to help the police to check crime, adding that no country could develop when robbery was at its peak.
The Regional Police Commander received the phones and thanked the donors for the support.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
FARMERS URGED TO PRACTICE INTERNAL LIBERALISATION (GRAPHIC NSEMPA, PAGE 23)
By Collins Agyekum Gyasi, Fomena-Adansi
THE Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Osei Assibey Antwi, has urged farmers to practice internal liberalisation rather than external liberalisation in order to make farming and profitable.
“The problem of processing, storage and marketing especially export-led commodities along the valley chain are being tackled in order to make farming more profitable,” the minister said.
Mr Assibey Antwi was speaking on the occasion of the 24th Ashanti Regional Farmers day celebration at Fomena where about 24 farmers including one institution were awarded.
At the same function, 20 farmers from the district were also awarded for their various roles of feeding the nation.
Mr Osei Kwaku, staff of Adansi Rural Bank was declared the District best farmer while the regional best farmer award, went to Mr Anthony Kofi Gyamfi, who took home a corn-mill machine, 10 machetes, Wellington boot, wax print, radio cassette player, motorised spraying machine, sawing machine, a catapult and assorted chemicals.
Interventions
Plantation resource limited, a private company was also adjudged the best in the area of fisheries.
Mr Assibey Antwi observed that, since the future of any country depended on the strength, ability and capacity of the youth, appropriate interventions were therefore being put in place to entice the youth into agriculture.
“Their interest will also help minimise rural-urban migration and replace the aging farmers.”
He therefore urged them to work in collaboration with Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to upgrade their knowledge on mechanisation and irrigation, which were steadily being improved upon in the country.
The Deputy Minister saluted Ghanaian farmers and appealed to them to help make the forthcoming general elections peaceful and successful.
He said Ghanaians should think of what the NPP administration had done for them in terms of education, health, farming and other social infrastructures and vote accordingly.
Mr George Badu Yeboah, Regional Director of Agriculture commended producers, processors, marketers and consumers for their immense sweat and contribution, to the maintenance and sustenance of life.
“Food is life, but hunger leads to sickness, death, poverty and slavery.”
Contributions
“Your contributions became significant and evident when Ghana was able to absorb all the external shocks that crumpled some bigger economies elsewhere,” he added.
“We thank farmers for their hard work, Ayekoo,” he stressed.
He said agriculture “is the biggest employer offering 70 percent of the population jobs with about 80 percent of agricultural production coming from small holder family-operated farms.”
Mr Assibey Antwi pointed out that the government’s sustainable agricultural growth and development, targeted at small-scale farmers would be promoted, in order to bridge the technological and information gaps between small-holder farming systems.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Peter Kwabena Ameyaw said though the district was created only four years ago, its ability to host the programme had demonstrated that, they could face all challenges and deliver.
He mentioned that since the establishment of the district, the assembly had grown from strength to strength out running her contemporaries.
The DCE mentioned that, many deplorable feeder roads had bounced back to life and that would ease the burden of farmers in carting their produce to the market centres.
The chairman, Nana Sarfo Agyeman, Ahensanhene and the acting President of the Adansi Traditional Council, commended the government for the various interventions introduced into the agricultural industry, health, education and for making social life easier for Ghanaians.
However, as a farmer, he suggested that silos should be built for storage of farm produce, so that during the lean season, the populace would not feel any food shortage.
THE Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Osei Assibey Antwi, has urged farmers to practice internal liberalisation rather than external liberalisation in order to make farming and profitable.
“The problem of processing, storage and marketing especially export-led commodities along the valley chain are being tackled in order to make farming more profitable,” the minister said.
Mr Assibey Antwi was speaking on the occasion of the 24th Ashanti Regional Farmers day celebration at Fomena where about 24 farmers including one institution were awarded.
At the same function, 20 farmers from the district were also awarded for their various roles of feeding the nation.
Mr Osei Kwaku, staff of Adansi Rural Bank was declared the District best farmer while the regional best farmer award, went to Mr Anthony Kofi Gyamfi, who took home a corn-mill machine, 10 machetes, Wellington boot, wax print, radio cassette player, motorised spraying machine, sawing machine, a catapult and assorted chemicals.
Interventions
Plantation resource limited, a private company was also adjudged the best in the area of fisheries.
Mr Assibey Antwi observed that, since the future of any country depended on the strength, ability and capacity of the youth, appropriate interventions were therefore being put in place to entice the youth into agriculture.
“Their interest will also help minimise rural-urban migration and replace the aging farmers.”
He therefore urged them to work in collaboration with Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to upgrade their knowledge on mechanisation and irrigation, which were steadily being improved upon in the country.
The Deputy Minister saluted Ghanaian farmers and appealed to them to help make the forthcoming general elections peaceful and successful.
He said Ghanaians should think of what the NPP administration had done for them in terms of education, health, farming and other social infrastructures and vote accordingly.
Mr George Badu Yeboah, Regional Director of Agriculture commended producers, processors, marketers and consumers for their immense sweat and contribution, to the maintenance and sustenance of life.
“Food is life, but hunger leads to sickness, death, poverty and slavery.”
Contributions
“Your contributions became significant and evident when Ghana was able to absorb all the external shocks that crumpled some bigger economies elsewhere,” he added.
“We thank farmers for their hard work, Ayekoo,” he stressed.
He said agriculture “is the biggest employer offering 70 percent of the population jobs with about 80 percent of agricultural production coming from small holder family-operated farms.”
Mr Assibey Antwi pointed out that the government’s sustainable agricultural growth and development, targeted at small-scale farmers would be promoted, in order to bridge the technological and information gaps between small-holder farming systems.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Peter Kwabena Ameyaw said though the district was created only four years ago, its ability to host the programme had demonstrated that, they could face all challenges and deliver.
He mentioned that since the establishment of the district, the assembly had grown from strength to strength out running her contemporaries.
The DCE mentioned that, many deplorable feeder roads had bounced back to life and that would ease the burden of farmers in carting their produce to the market centres.
The chairman, Nana Sarfo Agyeman, Ahensanhene and the acting President of the Adansi Traditional Council, commended the government for the various interventions introduced into the agricultural industry, health, education and for making social life easier for Ghanaians.
However, as a farmer, he suggested that silos should be built for storage of farm produce, so that during the lean season, the populace would not feel any food shortage.
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