Members of the Federation of Ghana Beekeepers Associations (FGBA) have urged the government, as part of its industrialisation agenda, to consider paying attention to the beekeeping and honey industry.

It seems the long wait will soon be over for the tomato farmers of Akumadan, district capital of Offinso North, in the Ashanti Region. Though famed as the centre of tomato-growing in Ghana, the district has been overlooked by successive governments for support in establishing a factory which makes use of the local crop.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that the Ministry of Aviation has initiated a plan – based on a programme for aviation-driven development – as it seeks to make the industry a leading catalyst of the country’s socio-economic transformation.

The myriad issues which culminated in the collapse of UT Bank point to the fact that former President Mahama’s brother Ibrahim played a lead role in bringing the bank to its knees before its final closure by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) last year.