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Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo receiving a shot of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in a live broadcast. PHOTO: @NAkufoAddo/Twitter
Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast on Monday became the world’s first states to administer vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure free Covid jabs for poorer countries.
Richer nations have surged ahead with inoculating their population, but many poorer countries are still awaiting their first vaccine doses.
“It is important that I set the example that this vaccine is safe by being the first to have it, so that everybody in Ghana can feel comfortable about taking this vaccine,” Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, 76, said before receiving a shot of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in a live broadcast.
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Farmers-Herders Crisis: Ogun govt inaugurates conflict resolution committee
The committee is expected to unravel activities that often lead to the farmers/herders crisis in the state.
Dapo Abiodunhas inaugurated a 20-man Peace Keeping Committee on Farmers-Herders Conflict.
The committee, inaugurated on Saturday, is expected to look into the remote and immediate causes of their clashes, which in recent times have led to killings.
According to Mr Abiodun, the committee would also find a lasting solution to the crisis.
Before now, PREMIUM TIMES has reported clashes between farmers and herdsmen, particularly at Yewa axis of the state.
In January, an acclaimed warlord, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho,
FG moves to galvanise mechanized farming, others with $1.2bn loan
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By Gabriel Ewepu and Alice Ekpang – Abuja
The Federal Government, Wednesday, disclosed moves to galvanize mechanized farming and other aspects of agriculture with $1.3 billion loans under the Green Initiative project in order to boost food security, availability, affordability, and job creation across various value chains.
This was made known by the Special Senior Adviser to the President on agriculture, Andrew Kwasari, at a press conference held in Abuja.
According to Kwasiri in his explanation, the Green Imperative is an agricultural bilateral project that has been agreed upon to be delivered in Nigeria, between Nigeria and the government of Brazil.