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Every Premier League club to get a bus- Dr.Bawumia
Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia has promise to give each Premier League Club a bus when voted as President of Ghana.
According to him, this forms part of his plans to improve the Ghana Premier League.
He was optimistic that this would go a long way to help football club, by taking away some financial burden off them.
Dr.Bawumia said, “through the National Lotteries Authority and the Gaming Commission to establish and fund a Sports Employment Module to assist Premier League clubs fund
operational expenses, including player remuneration, and provide a bus each to Premier League Clubs.”
The flagbearer made this promise when speaking at the NPP Manifesto launch in Takoradi on Sunday.
Dr.Bawumia added that his administration would be committed to the improvement of sports facilities by contracting more AstroTurf.
Additionally he revealed that each new region would get a new sports stadium including Sunyani which is one of the hubs for football in the country.
He added that his government “will build six (6) 5,000-seater capacity, standard stadiums for the new regions, and promote school sports by establishing a Ghana School Sports Secretariat to create more opportunities for young people in sports, and collaborate with international sports bodies like the NBA
and NFL to make Ghana a hub for emerging sports in Africa.”
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Steps underway to repeal L.I 2462 – Prez assures
President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that steps are underway to repeal Legislative Instrument 2462 as part of efforts to protect the country’s forests and water bodies.
During his media encounter at the Jubilee House, the president explained that the repeal will formalise the ban on mining in forest reserves and strengthen enforcement against illegal mining.
He stressed that his administration is committed to safeguarding the environment, reclaiming degraded reserves, and deploying more personnel to protect river bodies across the country.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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9 forest reserves recovered from illegal mining – President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has announced the recovery of nine forest reserves from illegal mining under his government’s intensified environmental protection drive.
Addressing journalists at the Jubilee House, the president explained that hundreds of excavators, water pumps and other equipment have been seized as part of the operation, while degraded areas are being reclaimed and restored.
He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to end mining in protected areas, deploy more personnel to safeguard river bodies and strengthen laws to secure Ghana’s natural resources for future generations.
This notwithstanding, President Mahama revealed that two of the retrieved forest reserves had gone back into the hands of illegal miners, however, adequate measures have been put in place to reclaim them.
By: Jacob Aggrey
