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   The government has expressed its readiness to deepen collaboration with Zoomlion Ghana Limited to make environmental cleanliness, climate resilience, innovation, and sustainable job creation an everyday reality for Ghanaians. The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed, made this pronnouncement on Friday, December 12, as the Guest of Honour at the climax of the Jospong Annual Thanksgiving Service 2025, at its head office at Adjirigarnor, Accra. “The government is ready to deepen its partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited and by extension the Jospong Group's subsidiaries to drive a Ghana where cleanliness, resilience and innovation and job creation become everyday reality and not a distant aspiration,” Mr. Ibrahim declared. He noted that this partnership was strategic, as Zoomlion’s work was essential to key national goals: improving local services, creating sustainable jobs for young people, safeguarding environmental health, st...

   Ghana’s recognition by the United Nations as the Sanitation and Waste Management Hub for West Africa in 2025 is credited largely to the extensive infrastructure built by Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the Minister for Local Government has revealed. Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim, speaking at an annual thanksgiving ceremony for the Jospong Group on Friday, December 12, in Accra, detailed how the company’s 36 advanced treatment plants positioned the nation as a continental leader. “In fact, in 2025, the United Nations adjudged Ghana the Sanitation and Waste Management Hub for West Africa, thanks in large part to Jospong and Zoomlion's comprehensive sanitation infrastructure,” he stated. He provided tangible evidence of this capability, citing an official benchmarking trip to South Korea. “Only two African countries impressed the Koreans: Ghana and Morocco,” Mr. Ibrahim said. “When they saw our integrated systems, our recycling plants, composting facilities, and medical waste treatment centres, t...

   Michel Creg Afful , Executive Director of Energy News Africa Limited , has underscored the need for journalists to deepen their understanding of the energy sector, especially in an era where social media and artificial intelligence are reshaping how information spreads. He made the remarks during a capacity-building workshop in Tema on the theme “Leveraging Social Media and AI for Accurate and Effective Energy Reporting: Trends, Tools and Best Practices.” Afful explained that although similar trainings had been held in Accra , it became necessary to bring the initiative to Tema due to its strategic importance as home to major petroleum and power installations . Many journalists in the enclave, he noted, had not previously benefited from such specialized training. He stressed that the rise of social media has drastically changed the news environment, enabling unverified information to spread quickly. According to him, equipping journalists with the right tools and technic...

   Ghana has taken a significant step toward addressing youth unemployment and revitalizing agriculture with the launch of two major digital platforms, the Youth Xplore App and the National Youth Tracker. The initiatives were unveiled by the Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment, George Opare Addo, Esq., as part of a broader national strategy to empower young people with practical skills and economic opportunities. Speaking at the event, the Minister described youth unemployment—currently estimated at 22.5%, with young women the most affected—as one of the most urgent challenges confronting the nation. He emphasized that solving the problem requires a coordinated, systems-driven approach across all sectors. Opare Addo explained that the Youth Xplore App and National Youth Tracker are designed to serve as centralized gateways for young Ghanaians to access skills training, job openings, mentorship, and entrepreneurship support. These tools, he said, will ensure that the...

   Trasacco Company Limited has firmly rejected allegations made by the Nungua Stool at a recent press conference, describing the claims as false, misleading, and a deliberate attempt to distort the true ownership of a disputed parcel of land. Addressing the media, the Director of Corporate Affairs and Legal, Kwame Owusu Danso Esq., outlined a detailed historical and legal account to set the record straight, emphasizing that the land in question was never stool land, but rather Government-acquired land lawfully transferred to Trasacco. According to the company, the disputed area forms part of a vast tract compulsorily acquired by the Government of Ghana in the 1940s from the Nungua Stool to establish the Nungua Government Farms. For more than seven decades — from the 1940s to 2010 — the land remained under full state ownership. Mr. Owusu Danso explained that in 2010, the Government released only portions of the Nungua Farms back to the Stool as part of a national devolution po...

   The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) sustained its uncompromising campaign against illegal mining on Sunday, 8 December 2025, delivering another decisive blow to galamsey operators in the Eastern Region. In a day-long operation, the task force carried out strategic patrols across key illegal mining corridors, demonstrating the state’s growing resolve to reclaim forests and rivers from environmental destruction. Between 07:00 and 20:00 hours, the team moved through Atiwa West and Birim Central Municipalities, where they identified and disabled heavy-duty equipment being used to ravage the land. Along the Akyem Akropong stretch of the Atiwa West District, operatives uncovered a large roadside illegal mining complex containing four excavators and five gold-washing machines. Two (2) of the excavators were found with complete control units and monitors, which were immediately removed to render the machines unusable, while the remaining two (2) had alr...

  On Monday 8 December, the NAIMOS task force conducted an intelligence led operation to flush out galamseyers who had invaded several cocoa plantations in the Adanse Anomabo village of the Bosome Freho District in the Ashanti Region. The Taskforce which deployed following petitions by the cocoa farmers association, observed at an illegal mining site called Kakra site, that the galamseyers had caused massive devastation to the cocoa plantations, causing serious anger and despair among the farmers. Though the galamseyers fled the illegal mining site upon approach of the Taskforce, their tools, equipments and other instruments left at the site were destroyed by the troops. A total of 6 excavators seen at the illegal mining sites were immobilized to prevent their usage due to lack of Lowbed services. One pump action gun and 7 cartridges, discovered at the site were also seized. Additionally, several makeshift structures which served as hideouts for the galamseyers were completely demo...