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BTU Lecturer Raises Concerns Over OSP’s Recent Motives in Ofori-Atta Case

Hon. Awineyesema Abiire, a lecturer with the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), has expressed concerns over the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) motives in its recent actions against former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. Apexnewsgh reports Hon. Abiire’s concerns come after the OSP declared Ofori-Atta a fugitive for failing to appear for interrogation in corruption-related investigations. The OSP’s Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, stated that Ofori-Atta was directed to attend an interview on February 10, 2025, but his lawyers informed the OSP that he was out of the country indefinitely on medical grounds. The OSP has denied any involvement in the alleged raid on Ofori-Atta’s home, suggesting that the incident may have been staged to create the impression of persecution. Meanwhile, further buttressing his point, Hon. Abiire added that, in the 14th Century, William Shakespeare wrote a comedy- Much Ado About Nothing where there was much fuss without a planned and well thought action. The characters of Benedick and Beatrice revealed that deceit or fuss is something that can be used to achieve a good or bad intention. He believes, if the OSP really meant to fight corruption, he would have appreciated the synergistic effect of collaboration and cooperation with the new AG and the ORAL team. “I really think he wants to behave in a manner to make the AG think that the issue is already with OSP if not why did he wait till now when Section 33(1)(b) of Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921) was violated, Regulation 68(7) of PFM Regulations, 2019 (L.I. 2378) was suspended, including the breach of Article 181 of the 1992 Constitution for almost a year in the SML Audit report and he never took action till now? He quizzed Source: Apexnewsgh.com

Climate Change, Featured

Mainstreaming Grass Biochar in Agriculture: A way to go for Farmers–Clifford Amoah Adagama

Clifford Amoah Adagama, of Kessena Nankana Cooperative Baobab Processors Union (KANBACU), has emphasized the potential of grass biochar to transform agriculture in the region. Apexnewsgh reports Speaking at a dialogue meeting organized by the Millar Institute for Transdisciplinary and Development Studies (MITDS) in Bolgatanga, Mr. Adagama highlighted the benefits of mainstreaming biochar into agricultural production. Mr. Adagama noted that introducing biochar to dry season farming can help reduce the reliance on chemical fertilizers, promote soil rejuvenation, and increase fertility levels. This innovation has the potential to support women farmers who struggle to access capital for chemical fertilizers. KANBACU has already received training on biochar production and has started initial pilots. Mr. Adagama stressed the need for government support to scale up this innovation, advocating for a seed fund to be established for environmental conservation and protection initiatives. This fund would enable innovators to access resources to develop and scale their technologies, reducing the environmental impact of bushfires in the region. According to him, the adoption of grass biochar in agriculture has the potential to reduce pressure on farmers, promote conservation, and increase household income. Mr. Adagama’s call to action emphasizes the importance of government investment in this innovation to reduce the environmental impacts of bushfires and promote sustainable agriculture practices. Source: Apexnewsgh.com Thanks for reading from Apexnewsgh as a news publishing website from Ghana. We encourage you to freely share this story via social media platform and follow us on; Facebook on APEXNEWSGH-Tv or Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0248250270/0256336062

Business

Grass BioChar is extremely important for soil regeneration and fertility–Abena Offen-Gyimah

Abena Offen-Gyimah of THE BEELA PROJECT has hailed Prof. David Millar’s BioChar innovation as a timely solution for farmers struggling with soil regeneration and fertility in the context of climate change. Apexnewsgh reports Speaking after a regional workshop in Bolgatanga, she emphasized the importance of supporting farmers in adopting sustainable practices. “BioChar is extremely important for soil regeneration and fertility, and it’s essential to support farmers in finding ways to regenerate soil health with minimal chemical inputs,” she said. “I think this initiative is excellent, and I’m excited to see its implementation across various communities in the Upper East.” Abena stressed the need for demonstrations and awareness campaigns to educate farmers on the benefits of BioChar, particularly in utilizing grass that would otherwise be burned or buried. She believes that government adoption and policy support are crucial for long-term sustainability and encouraging farmers to adopt BioChar practices. “To make it sustainable, government needs to adopt a policy on BioChar, support farmers who use it, and reward them for their efforts,” she said. “Incorporating local governance and traditional leaders in the implementation process will also be essential.” The BioChar innovation has the potential to transform agriculture in Ghana, and with government support, it could become a game-changer for farmers struggling with climate change. Source: Apexnewsgh.com Thanks for reading from Apexnewsgh as a news publishing website from Ghana. We encourage you to freely share this story via social media platform and follow us on; Facebook on APEXNEWSGH-Tv or Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0248250270/0256336062

Opinion, Politics

“Compare me to Kwesi Boakye, and Seth Terkper. Don’t compare me to Bawumia”– Isaac Adongo brags

The Member of Parliament representing the people of Bolgatanga Central Constituency has cautioned Ghanaians not to compare him to Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. Apexnewsgh.com report Mr. Adongo made the pronouncement when he was addressing fresh students of Bolgatanga Midwifery Training College on Saturday, October 1, 2022. “When I was arriving, my good sister our regional women’s organizer introduced me as the Bolgatanga Bawumia. Tufiakwa!. He said, ” It is a ridicule and a stigma to associate me with Bawumia. Never!” I am a better version of the integrity of confidence and intelligence than Bawumia. If you want to compare me, compare me to Prof. Kwesi Boakye, compare me to Seth Terkper, compare to Kwame Peprah and I will stand and salute you”. He said Mr. Adongo cautioned that anyone attributing him to Dr. Bawumia should not because he will take a serious offense, “If you compare me to Bawumia, I will take offense because that is a relegation of who I am, am far better than that”. he cautioned Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Bolgatanga|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Opinion, Politics

Isaac Adongo took on the Press–Says if Mahama…..

The member of Parliament for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency Mr. Isacc Adongo has taken on the Press in the country for what he claimed the press is quiet and not reporting under the Akufo-Addo’s administration. Apexnewsgh.com report The Bolgatanga Central legislature took the media on at a TEIN program organized by the students of Bolgatanga Midwifery Training College on Saturday, October 1, 2022. Mr. Adongo whiles addressing TEIN members decided to channel his dissatisfactory message to the Press. He said: “Am happy the press is here. If the NDC was in power and for 3years we did not provide our children with textbooks, you would have been all over the rooftop shouting”. “If the NDC was in power and we said One Village One Dam and we ended up digging potholes as dams, you would have been shouting. If the NDC was in power and say FSHS and our children are running a traffic light, you would have been complaining”. “If the NDC was in power and our children could not eat food in schools and they were eating water for soup as school feeding Programme, you would have been shouting. If the NDC was in power, and say the year of roads and we came and commission a traffic light in the intercession of the hospital road, you would have complained”. “If the NDC was in power, and John Dramani Mahama had abandoned the national carrier and used a private jet, you would have complained. If the NDC was in power, and we have gone to the IMF not just to seek support but to restructure our debt and collapse the financial system, you would have complained. If the NDC was in power, and the dollar was now been sold at Ghc11.00, you would have called John Mahama the most incompetent”. “If the NDC was in power and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia had gone into hiding, you would have been calling him to take the front seat and insult John Dramani Mahama. Today, where is the press? Today, where is the wisdom that you had? “If the NDC was in power, and your president were hiring a private jet to the Caribbean where they hide money and corruption was eating our country, you would have said John Mahama is laundering money in the Caribbeans but you have a country leading with corruption where you are losing almost Ghc 10billion a year and you are not worried that your president chattered a flight to the Caribbeans”. “I am not saying he launders money there but is a possibility because nobody sits in that private jet. If John Mahama was in power you would have known that people steal Ghc 10billion a year they cannot put them in a room, they must convert them into a dollar and the dollar will collapse the Cedis”. “Corruption is the biggest problem of the cedi, not export. Because the government officials who are stealing our money are competing with the economy to buy the dollar for safe keeping and that is where we are”. “Ladies and gentlemen, we have our destinies in our own hands, and if there is anybody that on any day will wake me up to testify as the one to lead Ghana to the promised land it is none other than his Excellency John Dramani Mahama”. Mr. Adongo concluded Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Bolga|Ghanains For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Mining

UER: A lot of negotiation going on as far as mining activities are concerned—Dr. John Krugu

The National Coordinator for Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small Scale Mining Project (GLRSSMP) John Kingsley Krugu has said, there is a lot of negotiation going on as far as mining activities in the Upper East Region are concerned. Dr. Krugu confirmed this during an engagement on Apexnews Ghana’s flagship development programme dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST REGION” with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. He said: “The whole of the Upper East is pretty rich with resources and this is the time to make sure we got right” Asking the National Coordinator for Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small Scale Mining Project to educate us by letting us know some existing mining areas in the region, he said: “Is been mined in Talensi, is also been mined in Zongoyire at the Zongoyire concession and as well there is a mining company in Zongoyire and they have an exploration license and they are also currently busy in the area and don’t forget, there is another company that owns a concession in the Sapeliga area that shares borders with Burkina Faso. So, there is a lot that is going on”. According to him, “Some people have said that the future of gold mining is in the north and now if you looked at Talensi, there are two large-scale mining companies there, we have Earl International the former Shaanxi that was providing mining support services but now transformed into Earl International and bought the small scale and concession into a large scale. Then you have Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited and they are even building a much bigger mine and is in the area of investment of around $200 million dollars. Clearly, this is the direction of the future”. He stressed He said: “Just imagine that when Cardinal is completed and the Zongoyire exploration that is going on and they happen to get a mineral in commercial quantity and you also have a large-scale mine there, we will end up with 3 large-scale mining within the area and that alone will blow up Upper East”. He hinted “I can tell you because a large-scale mine provides several employment opportunities and also several other support businesses. This is the future” He maintained. Responding to the issue of denying indigenes access to what is due them as far as the natural resources are concerned which atimes end up putting them into abject suffering and poverty Dr. Krugu said: Of course, wherever there are mineral resources you will see people in difficulty, and having access to those resources becomes an issue and in most cases, the indigenes get impoverished instead of being blessed with those resources. “But there have been a lot of lessons learned. Sam Jonah will tell you how South Africans became beneficiaries when they became owners of the resources of the concessions and they became investors. Unfortunately, the mining sector is expensive, because you need enough resources and that is when you become a better beneficiary”. He said: “those lessons have been learned and those lessons are been put to negotiation with Earl International. You know they acquired the small-scale mining license from certain individuals in the Talensi area, we know that they pay them money, the negotiation also included equity so it was not just cash that they gave to them”. “The point is that the small-scale miners got an equity share, not just money they took home but in the future, they have a percentage share of whatever the mining company is getting. What that means is that the size of whatever the mining company gets, the bigger their shares become” “Now, those are the lessons we have learned. What it means is that the indigenes don’t get impoverished but they will continue to benefit and those kinds of negotiations are going on as I speak to you in the Zongoyire area. We are in discussion with the company that is doing the exploration because the youth there cannot wait for the exploration to be completed for them to see whether the resources are in large quantities to get investors to come and do large-scale mining”. However, just on a lighter note, Dr. Krugu acknowledged that folks are hungry and they cannot wait. “So, we are in negotiation with the mining company to say, give us a portion of the concession for community mining for the youth to find something to do and earn little income”. Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Politics

Ghanaians can apply and get mining license with their phones at the comfort of their homes –Dr. Krugu

The National Coordinator for Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small Scale Mining Project (GLRSSMP) Dr. John Kingsley Krugu has said, the era cumbersome and difficult process of acquiring a mining license is gone. Speaking on Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Apexnews Ghana’s flagship developmental programme dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST” on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Dr. Krugu, the move is a long-term sustainable intervention that the government brought on board. Giving little history the how it started, Dr. said: “If you remember when his Excellency took in his second term, he called for a national dialogue, and Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor took it up and organize those dialogue and one of the key findings that came out of that dialogue was that a lot of people want to get licenses to do small-scale mining but because the process of getting those licenses are cumbersome and difficult, which is one of the reasons people will go and do it illegal and if you look at it, it makes sense that Stephen, if you were to wake up one day and they tell you behind your back yard there is gold and you need money and then, you looked at this gold and somebody say no, you have to go through a very long process in order to get a license to back and mine that gold, I think rationally, what you would do is to get a pickaxe and start digging. So, that finding came out from the national dialogue and the regional dialogue”. He said: “one of the orders that were given to us is to simplify the process of Ghanaians getting a license. The interesting thing is that small-scale mining is only the preserve of Ghanaians. No foreigner can get a small-scale mining license. So, the demand we have was to work out to simplify that process so that every single Ghanaian who wants to engage in small-scale mining activities can get the license and once you get the license, then you come under the regulation of the Mineral Commission, you come under the regulation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), you come under the supervision of Water Resources Commission and all of that will prevent what we are seeing and we are not all happy”. We have worked to already simplify that, the Mineral Commission has done a very fantastic job and with support from my office, recently I was in Bolga where we trained small-scale miners on how any Ghanaian can sit in the comfort of their home as long as they have access to the internet whether, on their phone or laptop, they can apply and get a license and do mining.Right now as we speak, you can go to the Mineral Commission website, there is a link called the MINING CADASTRE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM (MCAS) and if you click it, it will take you to a place that says APPLY. He explained “When we finish this, one more step and we call it a one-stop shop. We want to put the EPA, Water Resources, and Mineral Commission all on that Common platform. So, in the future, there will be no need of carrying files from one Agency to another. All of that discourages people from doing the right thing”. He revealed So, that is the kind of long-term sustainable intervention that the government is doing, with a such move, in 10 years’ time, we don’t need to come back and talk about the issue we are talking about. Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Education, Politics

Johnson Ayine proposes an industrial attachment method for students under FSHS level during vacation across country.

Johnson Ayine proposes an industrial attachment method for students under FSHS level during vacation across the country. Johnson Ayine a Regional Communication Team member for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region has proposed to the government to adopt an industrial attachment method for students under the Senior High Schools level during their vacation across the country.Mr. Ayine made the proposal when discussing the government flagship programme Free Senior High School (FSHS) Policy on ApexnewsGh.Com flagship Programme dubbed ‘SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST REGION’ on Monday, September 26, 2022. According to Mr. Ayine, “as a country, we have not been able to adopt the STERM policy and am happy this current Education Minister is adopting it”. “When we made this our educational reforms and move from middle school to Senior High Schools, those days we were learning technical skills, technical drawing, there were practical tools and equipment that was furnished every senior high school. So, from form 1, you will go theoretical and practical. The Agric students were doing the practicals because they were on some school farm. Making his suggestion, Mr. Ayine said: “This double track we are complaining about students staying at home for a very long time and what have you, we now have an emerging revolution of artisanship.He said: “When you get to some hinterlands and they have light, there is a wilder there, they have carpenters there, they have mason there, and can we do some industrial attachment to these Senior High School students? So that when they are on long vacation we know that students A and B are going to learn welding which can lead them to become wilder. So, if we are able to start the industrial attachment to that level because we have not been able to feed all the Senior High Schools with the necessary equipment and tools. We can do these simple attachments so that when the school gets home, he cannot find an excuse that he or she is traveling to Kumasi”. He stressed “So, let me make this proposal to the government for us to see how we can implement it”. Mr. Ayine proposed Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Education, Politics

FSHS: If you want to destroy any nation, you don’t need to throw bombs, target the education system–John Paul Danka

A Regional Communication Team member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Paul Danka has said, “If you want to destroy any nation, you don’t need to throw bombs, you don’t need to cause war, target the education system and that ends it”. Mr. Danka made the pronouncement when discussing the government flagship programme of Free Senior High School (FSHS) Policy on ApexnewsGh.Com flagship Programme dubbed ‘SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST REGION’ on Monday, September 26, 2022 Giving some history about how the NDC government started the process, Mr. Danka said, in the 1992 constitution Article 25 (1b) the provision was made for the country to look at all forms of Secondary school education, the best way it could be affordable, accessible. He pointed out, that there was a need for then NDC government to start looking into the FSHS Policy in the constitution and later arrived at ‘Progressively Free Senior High School’ “1n 2015 thereabout my government and my president decided to look at the FSHS policy in the constitution. The Key word here was ‘Progressively Free Senior High School because we know our economy has issues and for that matter, if we really want to implement it holistically, we will have issues. So, we started with the assumption of most of the fees of these students which had to do with a little about 320,000 students. We absorb their fees for them and subsequently, we were looking for an additional 120, 000 Borden students we can absorb to see how progressively do what we can do that will not be a stress on the budget. So, that was the beginning of the Progressive Free Senior School”. Mr. Danka explained However, Mr. Danka noted that when it comes to policy, the NPP and NDC are like two doctors trying to cure a particular sickness, “NPP might decide use ‘quinine’ to treat malaria and we the NDC might decide to use ‘malafan’ and at the end of the day we looked at it from that angle of progressiveness and they came in and say, it is long overdue they want to implement it fully. So, that is how come we now have the full wholesale as FSHS. But if you looked at it progressively, almost every government did something as part of the introduction”. He stress According to the NDC Communicator, “Nobody is saying FSHS is not good, but the problem we are having here is that we cannot have those at the base level doing the implementation. They are always afraid of telling the policymakers that they have a problem or challenges with A, B or C and that is why we started talking about the review of FSHS as our position. There are others who even at some bigger platforms say John Mahama is going to cancel FSHS but we keep telling them they are wrong. Today are we not back into reviewing? What am doing with my brother, is it not reviewing? He quizzed “So, if is a national policy all that we are saying is that, accept that there is a challenge and then we can move on” Meanwhile, was also worried that if our schools begin to produce bad students, and they become nurses when we go to the hospital our lives will be in danger. “Today, you let any engineering student from the polytechnic or the University say that I have built a car my lecturer or my professor should come and test the car, none of them will come because they fear for their lives. He stated Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

Opinion, Politics

Retract within 14 days to avoid legal action against you– GFCL to Bolga MCE

The Bolgatanga Municipal District Chief Executive Mr. Rex Asanga has been advised to retract the statement he made against ‘Ghana First Company Limited’ a company under a Public-Private Partnership with the government constructing 10,000 units of modern automated toilet facilities across most metropolitan, municipal, and districts around the country in a Clean Ghana project. Mr. Asanga on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, during an interview on Yem Fm monitored by Apexnewsgh.com was responding to issues regarding sanitation in the Bolagatanga Municipality and the effort by the assembly is making to eliminate the Canker of Open Defecation (OD) Meanwhile, responding to the Sanitation Issue, he mentioned that the assembly is initiating a dialogue with the contractors of Ghana First Company Limited to see how they can complete the toilet and put it to use because the company has since disappeared “We also want to increase the number of toilets we have. I don’t know if you have heard about Ghana First toilets. There was some… I don’t know whether is an NGO or an Organization that came around and got people to start building toilets and the people started building the toilet almost to completion and they disappeared up till now. So, we are initiating some dialogue with the contractors of those toilets to see if we can bring the toilets on board to add. I agree with the one who sent in the message that we need many more toilets in the system”. He maintained However, the MCE also maintained: “Ghana First is not a project of the assembly, is an organization that awarded contracts across the country to individual contractors to construct toilets and they disappeared and left the contractors and some of them have spent all their investment in the construction of the toilets and they can’t find the employer”. Following the pronouncement by the MCE, Ghana First Company Limited has written a letter requesting a retraction from the MCE for what they claim is a false statement he made against them. ”The letter says: We have intercepted a publication to the effect that, you cannot find Ghana First Company Limited anywhere for discussions on the toilet facilities. You further stated that you were going to mobilize the contractors for them to continue to complete the projects and run the projects with the Assembly”“We disagree with your statement that, we are nowhere to be found. We are still operating from our office and we have not relocated”. “We, therefore, wish to advise you to retract your statement in order to avoid any legal action to be instituted against you”. “We are by this letter, advising you to retract the statement within 14 days upon receipt of this letter, in order to avoid any legal action being instituted against you. We count on your usual cooperation”. The letter as sighted by Apexnewsgh.com was copied to the Office of the President, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department. Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Mainstreaming Grass Biochar in Agriculture: A way to go for Farmers–Clifford Amoah Adagama

Grass BioChar is extremely important for soil regeneration and fertility–Abena Offen-Gyimah

“Compare me to Kwesi Boakye, and Seth Terkper. Don’t compare me to Bawumia”– Isaac Adongo brags

Isaac Adongo took on the Press–Says if Mahama…..

UER: A lot of negotiation going on as far as mining activities are concerned—Dr. John Krugu

Ghanaians can apply and get mining license with their phones at the comfort of their homes –Dr. Krugu

Johnson Ayine proposes an industrial attachment method for students under FSHS level during vacation across country.

FSHS: If you want to destroy any nation, you don’t need to throw bombs, target the education system–John Paul Danka

Retract within 14 days to avoid legal action against you– GFCL to Bolga MCE

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