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GEXIM to host “Tuesday Market” in Volta Region from September 26-28

The Volta Regional capital, Ho, will in the coming days host the region’s biggest Made-In-Ghana fair to be organized by the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM). Dubbed the “Volta Weekend Market” or “Teza Mart”, the fair is scheduled to take place at Ho Bankoe (Movie Street) from Thursday September 26 to Saturday September 28, 2024 between 8am and 8pm each day.

“Volta Weekend Market” is a platform created by the Bank for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across the Volta region and other Ghanaian entrepreneurs in neighboring regions to showcase carefully selected top-quality and uniquely packaged Made-In-Ghana products.

Announcing the “Volta Weekend Market”, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of GEXIM, responsible for Banking, Ms. Rosemary Beryl Archer expressed the Bank’s appreciation to all relevant stakeholder in the Volta region for their enormous support to make it possible for the Bank to host an SME fair in the region.

“I am happy we are coming to the Volta region at a very important time, during the celebration of the Asogli Yam Festival.
Without a doubt, SMEs play a critical role in national development, and we are excited to place a spotlight on SMEs across the region by promoting them locally and internationally to be patronized. In addition, as part of the fair, we will be building the capacities of the SMEs and engage them to explore avenue for growth,”she added

She further stated that “with the recent launch of the SME Growth and Opportunities Programme by the Ministry of Finance and the follow up sensitization across the regions, the fair presents an opportunity to further engage SMEs in the Volta Region.”

Currently, about hundred Ghanaian entrepreneurs with unique products have been confirmed to participate in the fair. Some of the very unique, and authentic products expected to be exhibited at the fair at unbeatable prices include food and ingredients, beverages, skin and beauty care products, textiles, apparel, garments, leather footwear, slippers, and many others.

On the sidelines of the “Volta Weekend Market”, the Bank will organize a training programme for the SMEs, dubbed “SME Clinic.”

It is aimed at building the capacity of entrepreneurs, exploring solutions to challenges faced by Ghanaian businesses as well as identifying pragmatic approaches to assist SMEs to scale up and become more efficient in their operations.

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Committee probing petitions against Chief Justice to begin hearings tomorrow

The Committee set up by President John Dramani Mahama to inquire into three petitions filec against the Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, will commence hearings tomorrow, Thursday May 15, 2025.

The five-member Committee chaired by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang of the Supreme Court, was set up by the President in accordance with Article 146(6) of the 1992 constitution and in consultation with the Council of State, following a determination of a prima facie case against the Chief Justice.

The committee will sit three times a week and present their recommendations to the President upon completion of their work.

It would be recalled that President John Dramani Mahama recently suspended Chief Justice following the establishment of a prima facie case in response to three separate petitions seeking her removal from office.

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38-year-old man gets life imprisonment for killing Assemblies of God pastor in 2018

After close to seven years of trial, a seven-member jury on Wednesday, May 14, returned a guilty verdict in the murder case involving the killing of the Senior Pastor of the Central Assemblies of God church at Tema in 2018.

The convict, Francis Nabegmado, a relative of the deceased, inflicted a fatal knife wound on Rev. Dr. David Nabegmado on December 30, 2018, after alleging that the senior pastor was a false preacher who engaged in idol worship and human sacrifices.

After an hour of summing up by the judge, Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, the jury retired briefly and returned with a unanimous guilty verdict.

Based on the unanimous verdict of the jurors who had previously studied the statements of the five witnesses called by the prosecution, and listened to the summing up process, the judge sentenced the 38-year-old to life imprisonment.

When he was offered an opportunity to comment on the verdict, the convict told the judge that he wanted to go home to meet his family.

“My Lady, I want to see my family, and I want to be taken to Yendi”.

When the judge told him she couldn’t make such an order for him to go and see his family in Yendi, the convict forcefully said, “I insist”.

Francis, who will now spend the rest of his life at the Nsawam medium security prison, had told the court throughout the trial that the decision to attack his uncle, Rev. Nebegmado, was driven by insanity, but that did not save him from receiving a life sentence.

Speaking briefly after the sentencing, Senior Pastor of the Assemblies of God church at Tema Community 4, Rev. Emmanuel Kwesi Ofori, said the church has been waiting for this closure for the past seven years and will soon issue an official statement.

Source: Myjoyonline.com