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Create special fund to attract youth into agric
The Paramount Chief and President of the Nsein Traditional Council in the Nzema East Municipality, Awulae Agyefi Kwame 11 has asked the government to create a special fund to attract the youth into agriculture.
He said the special fund should be used as seed money to motivate the youth to go into any branch of agriculture adding “the fund should attract very little interest or no interest but will be paid back for others to also benefit”.
Awulae Agyefi Kwame 11 who was the chairman at the Nzema East Municipal Assembly 37th National Farmers’ Day celebration at Nsein in the Western Region was speaking to The Spectator after the celebration.
He said gone were the days when young men and women went to the farm with hoes and cutlasses to clear the bush before planting.
He said technology had now made inventors to come out with simple agricultural implements which were simpler and faster and could be used to clear farms before planting or sowing.
He said the government must come out and walk the talk about agricultural programmes for the youth to be attracted into the sector because office work was no longer adequate to absorb the many graduates being churned out from the universities and other tertiary institutions all over the country and beyond.
He said the youth wanted to go into agriculture but the motivation was not enough to attract any young boy or girl to go into the sector and the sweet talks from successive governments were not enough to allow the youth go into the sector.
Awulae Agyefi Kwame congratulated past and present governments on maintaining the Farmers’ Day started by late President John Jerry Rawlings who saw it prudent to recognise the contributions of Ghanaian gallant farmers who fed the nation 37 years ago.
He said that though he was a traditional ruler, he believed farming was one of the major solutions to the economic woes of Ghana so he was very serious in farming and would encourage any young man to go into it.
The Paramount Chief said he was ever ready to arrange for land for any individual or group of young men or women who decided to go into agriculture adding “the Agricultural Extension Officers are always available to assist anybody in farming techniques, aquaculture, among others.
From Peter Gbambila, Nsein.
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man believed to be behind a series of robberies and killings of taxi drivers in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the suspect, Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” was arrested on October 13, 2025, at Kasoa-Domeabra.
Police say he is an ex-convict and is believed to have worked with another suspect, Vincent Gbetorglo, who was arrested earlier on June 30, 2025.
The arrests follow investigations into the deaths of two taxi drivers at Sakaman Blue Lagoon on May 9 and June 15, 2025. Police say the suspects contacted the victims before the attacks.
The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit of the CID led the investigation, using intelligence and surveillance to track down the suspects.
Police say efforts are being made to recover the vehicles of the murdered drivers.
The CID assured the public that investigations are still ongoing and promised to provide updates as new information emerges.
By: Jacob Aggrey
