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Rice farmers take over abandoned fuel stations at Navorongo
Almost all the fuel stations dotted between Navrongo and Paga, a border town in the Upper East Region have been used as drying and bagging grounds for rice. Paga is a border town of a distance of seven kilometres from Navrongo.
All these fuel stations were built at the time Ghana’s fuel was cheap and so building a fuel station close to a border town could aid a fuel dealer smuggle fuel out of Ghana to make more money.
The fuel price in Ghana is now at par or higher than the fuel in neighbouring countries so fuel smuggling has come to a stop at border towns.
Rice farmers in the Fumbisi valleys in the Builsa South District, farmers at the Tono Irrigation Dam of the Upper East Region, other valleys within the Kasena-Nankana Municipality and the overseas areas of the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region sell the rice to buyers who then rent these abandoned fuel stations for drying and bagging.
To some extent this creates employment for women and the youth who are employed to dry, winnow, bag and load the bags into vehicles for the milling centres in the southern sector of Ghana.
One can count over 20 fuel stations between Navrongo and Paga Border a distance of about seven kilometres and almost all these fuel stations have been rented for the drying and bagging of rice.
FROM PETER GBAMBILA, NAVRONGO.
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
