“I want to assure you that anybody who is caught smuggling Ghanaian subsidized fertilizer and insecticides across our borders will face the full rigours of the law. The law will not spare such a person.”

[contextly_sidebar id=”jTE0KZRljC09PDVLCMNRuCURWhpwGsMY”]He described the smugglers as saboteurs of the planting for food and jobs programme, hence the need to prosecute anybody caught in that act.

President Nana Addo was addressing the chiefs and people of Mamprugu traditional area at the forecourt of the Nayiri palace in Nalerigu.

According to him, about two million farmers are so far benefiting from the planting for food and jobs programme.

He implied that his administration will sustain the programme at all cost to rebrand Ghana as the food basket of the sub-Saharan region.

President Nana Addo said government will increase the number of extension officers recruited this year from 1,200 to 3,000 next year.

He decried the previous government’s failure to pay agric extension  officers for five years, and promised them better remuneration.

He implied that his administration will sustain the programme at all cost to rebrand Ghana as the food basket of the sub-Saharan region.

The overlord of Mamprugu traditional area, the Nayiri Mahami Bohagu Sheriga, extolled government for implementing the planting for food and jobs programme.

He appealed to government to support smallholder farmers in his area to adopt best agribusiness practices.

He admonished government to strengthen the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), and establish two health facilities in the Mamprugu/Mogduri and Bunkprugu/Yunyoo  districts.

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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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WHAT HAPPENED

A comfortable 2-0 win over West Ham saw City triumph by two points over Liverpool in the title race, while they scored a record 156 goals in all competitions this season. City’s total of 102 Premier League goals was one short of the league record, but the 156 tally is nine more than the 147 Chelsea managed last season.

Pellegrini, who has become the first non-European coach to win the English top flight, said the success felt “very special” but that after the victory parade on Monday, work would start for next season.

He said: “I think it’s very important to celebrate and then on Tuesday start working for next season. We are going to do a balance of the whole year and the positive things and negative things and way we can improve our squad. It has been a beautiful season but you always need to continue winning and improving, and we are going to start working as soon as possible to be the strongest team next year.”

The team’s style under Pellegrini was in stark contrast to the often-negative tactics under predecessor Roberto Mancini – and the Chilean said he had inherited a disunited squad.

“It was my first season in the Premier League and I had to change a lot of things,” he said. “When I arrived at this club maybe the relations between the squad were not in the best moment so I think it was very important to have calm and try to convince all of them how we can play and how was it was important to be very close all of us – managers, players and fans to try to win a very difficult title.”

Source: EuroSport

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