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The people of Agona in the ashanti region are leaving in grieve and fear as a tipper truck with a registration number GR 118 Q strikes down a sacred tree which was planted by okomfo anokye. The people of agona are in black and red costumes because the pride of asanteman has fallen. Speaking to nana owusu a royal said they have reported the incident to his royal majesty Otumfoc osei tutu and his sub chiefs because the tree is one of the prides and properties on the ashanti kingdom. “The fetish priest of agona has to perform many rituals before the tree and the truck can be removed from the road” he stated The post Photos: Agona and ashanti kingdom in grieve as tipper truck strikes down okomfo anokye royal tree appeared first on Star Media Ghana .

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government is going to use oil revenues to create assets for the country, and not waste it on consumption. According to President Akufo-Addo, as a relatively new entrant in the league of oil-producing countries, Ghana is not going to treat her oil like she has done with gold, and allow it to be exported in its raw material form as crude. Ghana’s oil, President Akufo-Addo explained, presents the country with the perfect opportunity to transform the structure of Ghanaian economy through industrialization and value-added commercial activities. “Our oilfields provide us with the perfect opportunity to create a petrochemical industry in Ghana. We have begun the processes leading to the setting up of a gas feedstock industrial estate in the Western Region of the country,” he said. The President indicated further that “we intend to convert our petrochemicals into hundreds of industrial and consumer products produced in G...