{"id":140790,"date":"2015-08-05T10:30:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=140790"},"modified":"2015-08-05T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T09:51:21","slug":"fisheries-college-named-after-atta-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=140790","title":{"rendered":"Fisheries College named after Atta Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Vice President, Mr K. B. Amissah-Arthur, on Tuesday laid the foundation\u00a0stone at Buranamua, near Anomabo in the Central Region, for Ghana\u2019s first\u00a0fisheries college.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Known as John Evans Atta Mills College of Fisheries, it is a tribute to the late\u00a0President for his commitment to its establishment as well as his vision to\u00a0accelerate the transformation of the fisheries sub-sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Vice-President-Amissah-Arthur-and-a-queenmother-laying-the-foundation-stone-for-the-fisheries-college3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-140792 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Vice-President-Amissah-Arthur-and-a-queenmother-laying-the-foundation-stone-for-the-fisheries-college3.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Amissah-Arthur and a queenmother laying the foundation stone for the fisheries college3\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Vice-President-Amissah-Arthur-and-a-queenmother-laying-the-foundation-stone-for-the-fisheries-college3.jpg 602w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Vice-President-Amissah-Arthur-and-a-queenmother-laying-the-foundation-stone-for-the-fisheries-college3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Vice-President-Amissah-Arthur-and-a-queenmother-laying-the-foundation-stone-for-the-fisheries-college3-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Amissah-Arthur observed that the fisheries\u00a0college, which is in fulfillment of one of the government\u2019s major campaign\u00a0promises to the players in the fishing industry, will lead to a new era of\u00a0sustainable marine resources management and aquaculture development in\u00a0Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-speaking-at-the-foundation-stone-laying-ceremony-for-the-fisheries-college-at-Buranamua-near-Anomabo.JPG-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-140795 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-speaking-at-the-foundation-stone-laying-ceremony-for-the-fisheries-college-at-Buranamua-near-Anomabo.JPG-.jpg\" alt=\"VP Amissah-Arthur speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the fisheries college at Buranamua, near Anomabo.JPG\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-speaking-at-the-foundation-stone-laying-ceremony-for-the-fisheries-college-at-Buranamua-near-Anomabo.JPG-.jpg 602w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-speaking-at-the-foundation-stone-laying-ceremony-for-the-fisheries-college-at-Buranamua-near-Anomabo.JPG--300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-Arthur-speaking-at-the-foundation-stone-laying-ceremony-for-the-fisheries-college-at-Buranamua-near-Anomabo.JPG--600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said \u201cit is a timely intervention, especially as it will provide facilities for the\u00a0training of the middle level and professional class personnel who will drive the\u00a0transformation agenda for the modernisation of the fisheries sub-sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-with-chiefs-of-Anomabo-Traditional-area-after-laying-the-foundation-stone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-140794 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-with-chiefs-of-Anomabo-Traditional-area-after-laying-the-foundation-stone.jpg\" alt=\"VP Amissah with chiefs of Anomabo Traditional area after laying the foundation stone\" width=\"602\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-with-chiefs-of-Anomabo-Traditional-area-after-laying-the-foundation-stone.jpg 602w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-with-chiefs-of-Anomabo-Traditional-area-after-laying-the-foundation-stone-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VP-Amissah-with-chiefs-of-Anomabo-Traditional-area-after-laying-the-foundation-stone-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Amissah-Arthur also noted that the College will provide opportunities for\u00a0training practising fishermen, fishmongers and fish farmers in the application of\u00a0science and technology in their fields of endeavour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Credit: Office of Vice President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice President, Mr K. B. Amissah-Arthur, on Tuesday laid the foundation\u00a0stone at Buranamua, near Anomabo in the Central Region, for Ghana\u2019s first\u00a0fisheries college. Known as John Evans Atta Mills College of Fisheries, it is a tribute to the late\u00a0President for his commitment to its establishment as well as his vision to\u00a0accelerate the transformation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":140791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-140790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}