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[Ghanaian Chronicle]President John Dramani Mahama has paid a visit to the Prestea Huni Valley District in the Western Region, where he inspected the progress of work on the Tarkwa Bogoso Ayenfuri road which is under construction.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Three Senior High schools in the Amansie West District have received laptops from the government to enhance the teaching and learning of ICT.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The special day, thoughtfully set aside by a grateful nation in appreciation of the gargantuan efforts by its farmers to keep it afloat at all times, is once again here with us.

58 year old Alhaji Awudu Karim from the Kasena Nankana District of the Upper East Region has been adjudged the 2013 National Best Farmer. Alhaji Karim takes home the ultimate prize of a fully furnished three-bedroom house to be built by the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) at any location of his choice, in addition to a pick-up vehicle and a tractor. Alhaji Karim who is married to four wives with 19 children is a diversified farmer with over 200 acres of lands on which he cultivates maize, rice, groundnuts, sorghum, and mangoes. He also engages in poultry and livestock farming with 410 guinea fowls, 220 chickens, 420 sheep, 360 goats, six pairs of bullocks as well as 740 other livestock. He also employs the use of appropriate technologies and has two tractors, 5 donkey carts and three motor Kia trucks as part of his farm machinery. Alhaji Karim ventured into farming in 1978 after his secondary school education at Navrongo Senior High School. This year’s event also saw Mr. Edward Maxwell Aninkorah and Abdulai Seidu being adjudged second and third national best farmers respectively. The first runner-up took home a tractor and its accessories sponsored by the EDIF while the second runner-up is received a double cabin Pickup donated by Stanbic Bank. The 29th edition of the Farmers' Day celebrations was held at Sogakope in the Volta Region.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The late Harry Sawyerr, a former member of the Council of State will be given a state burial on Saturday December 21, 2013.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A team of oil experts from CH2M-Hill, a United Kingdom (UK) based firm which the Government of Ghana (GoG) has engaged to conduct feasibility studies on how to construct under sea pipelines to wheel Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) from Atuabo to fire the Aboazde Thermal plant, has held its first meeting with the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The 3rd Edition of Becca's Girl Talk concert comes off on December 20, 2013 at the National Theatre.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie has suggested to government to move from the Invoice System of distributing fertilizers to farmers, to the Pass Book System.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Mr. Edmund Oppong Preprah, Chairman of the Kumasi Polytechnic Teachers Association (POTAG), has made a clarion call on the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders to step up education to the teeming Ghanaian youth on the right usage of the social media and the Internet at large.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A former Communications Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has questioned the legal basis on which former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Amidu is contending the constitutionality of the Chief Justice's committee to investigate the "Vickyleaks" saga.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kindly permit me space in your esteemed newspaper to voice my concerns about the latest development in the energy industry in Ghana. Thank God the load management that was witnessed in 2012 has been overcome by the Mahama led administration.