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120 students graduate from JACCD
120 Students from JACCD Design Institute African formerly Joyce Ababio fashion design have graduated after intensive one year fashion and design course.
The graduation which took place at the premises of the school at North Legon last Saturday saw the students display their beautiful works on the runway telling their love ones and family members who had come to support them what they are capable of designing.
Three students, Dennis Williams, Diallo Binta and Sheena Edem emerged overall best students out of the 120 graduates.
Speaking in an interview with the Anchor, Dennis Williams said he was he happy to be part of the overall three students who took the fashion and design course.
“I have learnt a lot during my one year stay here and I know I am going to do great out there. JACCD is a place I will recommend everyone who had the desire to become a fashion designer to come. The practice and the training here is just too much for anyone to fail. I have benefited a lot and I will soon be one of the great designers in Ghana” he said.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Joyce Ababio the CEO of JACCD she said 90 percent of the great designers in Ghana and beyond come from her school and she is very confident that this year group will also make her proud.
“You cannot come to JACCD and not do well after an intensive training and practicals. We teach the basics of everything and with the quality teachers we have here we always get the results we need. Apart from fashion offer courses like interior decor, film, Make-up etc and that makes JACCD unique. The students have a fair idea of all the thing we do here and they decide which ones they want to major in” she said
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We have built enough buffers to pay all DDEP obligations – Finance Minister Ato Forson
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has assured banks that the government has built sufficient financial buffers to meet all Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) obligations this year.
Speaking at a high-level meeting with over 22 Managing Directors of banks, he reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and restoring confidence in the financial sector.
“We do not intend to default,” Dr. Forson declared.
“All outstanding holdouts have been paid, and we have put in place the necessary buffers to ensure that every single DDEP obligation for this year will be met.”
The Minister explained that these buffers were created through fiscal discipline, strategic investment cuts, and prudent resource allocation.
As part of this approach, the government has reset goods and services expenditure to 2023 levels and is working to achieve a primary surplus of 1.5% to sustain economic stability.
He also announced plans to submit a fiscal responsibility rule to Parliament, which will set a debt ceiling that the Ministry of Finance cannot exceed.
This measure aims to prevent excessive borrowing and reinforce financial discipline.
Beyond ensuring timely DDEP payments, Dr Forson revealed that the government is taking deliberate steps to reduce reliance on the Treasury bill market.
By improving coordination between fiscal and monetary policies, the government aims to stabilize interest rates and ease liquidity pressures on the banking sector.
Source: Myjoyonline.com
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NSA commences President Mahama’s ‘Nkoko Nkitikiti’ vision
President Mahama’s Vision in Progress as the National Service Authority has received 10,000 “Nkoko Nkitikiti” (Day Old Chicks ) earlier this morning.
Their ongoing 100,000 Poultry infrastructure will be receiving 10,000 Day Old Chicks every few weeks until they hit their 100,000 mark for Broilers at a site in NSA Demonstration farm in Accra.
NSA is working assiduously nationwide with partners to put the infrastructure in place for hundreds of thousands of Poultry Capacity for Broilers in clusters.
Egg production is also top of their agenda in separate projects. NSA is currently putting in place the infrastructure that will receive thousands of layers in President Mahama’s quest to bring down the cost of eggs.
They expect to expand their poultry capacity base in furtherance of President Mahama’s vision to reduce the importation of poultry products and create employment
