{"id":307645,"date":"2017-04-03T16:44:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T16:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=307645"},"modified":"2017-04-03T16:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T16:44:14","slug":"govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t terminates foreign printing contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Education has announced the\u00a0termination of all contracts for the printing of textbooks and exercise books awarded to foreign companies under the Mahama administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry has also said it will no longer award contracts to foreign-owned companies.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who made these remarks at a media encounter in Kumasi over the weekend, stated that only companies owned by Ghanaian citizens will be awarded contracts to print educational materials in the country in order to create employment for the masses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We print a lot of exercise books and we have taken a decision that exercise books will be printed in every region. It will create jobs everywhere in the country. No longer will exercise books be imported from China or India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have decided that all textbooks that are going to be used by Ghanaian students should be printed in Ghana. It is only that way that we will create more jobs for the Ghanaian local industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to print an exercise book and you want to distribute an exercise book, you should be a citizen, and if you established a company, that company should be owned by citizens of Ghana. No longer are we going to create jobs for foreigners,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Zoe Abu Baidoo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Education has announced the\u00a0termination of all contracts for the printing of textbooks and exercise books awarded to foreign companies under the Mahama administration. The Ministry has also said it will no longer award contracts to foreign-owned companies. The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who made these remarks at a media encounter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[3,5832],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gov&#039;t terminates foreign printing contracts - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov&#039;t terminates foreign printing contracts - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Education has announced the\u00a0termination of all contracts for the printing of textbooks and exercise books awarded to foreign companies under the Mahama administration. The Ministry has also said it will no longer award contracts to foreign-owned companies. The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who made these remarks at a media encounter [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-03T16:44:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/\",\"name\":\"Gov't terminates foreign printing contracts - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-03T16:44:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-03T16:44:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gov&#8217;t terminates foreign printing contracts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1\",\"name\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kojo Akoto Boateng\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gov't terminates foreign printing contracts - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gov't terminates foreign printing contracts - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"The Ministry of Education has announced the\u00a0termination of all contracts for the printing of textbooks and exercise books awarded to foreign companies under the Mahama administration. The Ministry has also said it will no longer award contracts to foreign-owned companies. The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who made these remarks at a media encounter [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2017-04-03T16:44:14+00:00","author":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/","name":"Gov't terminates foreign printing contracts - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-03T16:44:14+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-03T16:44:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/govt-terminates-foreign-printing-contracts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gov&#8217;t terminates foreign printing contracts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1642ef473fe39bf0c4e2f2f252678eb1","name":"Kojo Akoto Boateng","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba51f5385119e83762c67ecd6aa410ab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kojo Akoto Boateng"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/kojo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}