Sentences with phrase «local rural development»

Detailed information and applications for financial assistance are available through local Rural Development offices: State - by State Rural Development Office Listings

Detailed information and applications for financial assistance are available through local Rural Development offices: State - by State Rural Development Office Listings

He's also the president of a local rural development organization.

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Dr. Medina stressed that organic agriculture can be a potent tool for rural development if organic products are geared first and foremost towards local food security.

'' ACA also forgot to mention that the juice industry in Australia buys approximately one billion oranges each year (more than both retailers combined) from almost 350 farmers and juice processors employ nearly 3,500 Australians, many in rural and regional centres, and invest millions of dollars in research and development into the local economy.

Access Energy secured a rural development grant as well as providing local match funding for the grant, enabling the development corporation to construct the 50,000 ft ² shell building that West Liberty Foods (ITGC) has occupied.

The Former Deputy Local Government Minister and Rural Development in the Kufuor administration had described as ridiculous the call by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) on president - elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, to restore teacher trainee allowances within its first 100 days in office.

Nana Ato Dadzie, who served as a former Chief of Staff under the Rawlings regime and Kwamena Ahwoi, who served as Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, denied any knowledge about the money given to Rawlings by Abacha They also denied that Professor Ahwoi had commented on the matter in his book, «Local Government and Decentralization in Ghana».

Mr. Speaker, we note that several transition programs run under the various government institutions and agencies including the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the National Vocational and Technical Institute (NVTI), Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), Youth Enterprises Support and the Youth Employment Authority, have targeted non-tertiary graduates.

In line with this mandate, the management of the scheme has over the years deployed service persons to areas such as agriculture, education, health, local government and rural development.

To enhance efficiency both in the valuation of properties and revenue collection process from this source, in 2018, GRA will collaborate with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) to support the MMDAs in the assessment and collection of property taxes.

Government introduced the IPEP to direct capital expenditure towards local, constituency - level specific infrastructure and economic development priorities with particular emphasis on rural and deprived communities.

Grant Shapps» proposals for Local Housing Trusts have great potential to help reinvigorate rural England and create a living, working countryside, but this potential will never be realised when developments can be effectively vetoed by just one person cynically exploiting our outdated and ineffective system of registering town and village greens.

Is your issue concerning Health, Housing, Local Government, Education, Economic Development, Transport, Rural Affairs, Arts, Sports and Culture?

At 11:25 a.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will host a roundtable with local businesses and advocates to discuss bolstering efforts to help close the broadband gap in rural areas and create economic development opportunities to bring more good - paying jobs to the North Country, Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce, 6301 NYS Route 30, Indian Lake.

The findings and recommendations were given to the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development and the Attorney General.

He lauded the effective collaboration between the ministries of Local Government and Rural Development, Chieftaincy and Culture and Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts and other institutions in the organisation of Homofest 2015.

The launch ceremony was under the auspices of the Tourism Ministry, in partnership with the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Traditional Affairs, the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD).

The Local Government and Rural Development Minister says President John Mahama deserves a second term because he has delivered on all front of the Ghanaian economy.

He said 4,500 head porters, popularly referred to as «Kayayei», would be trained and employed as garment manufacturers under a new module which would be rolled out soon, while 2,000 youth would be engaged under the youth in green Ghana project, an initiative between the agency and the Department Parks and Gardens of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.

Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda has advised Muslims in the country to vote against the NPP and its presidential candidate if they do not want to suffer discrimination.

The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Akwasi Oppong - Fosu says the development of the National Decentralisation Policy Framework and National Decentralisation Action Plan is aimed at systematic rolling out of the implementation of tangible activities to promote participatory decision - making and effective service delivery at the local lLocal Government and Rural Development, Akwasi Oppong - Fosu says the development of the National Decentralisation Policy Framework and National Decentralisation Action Plan is aimed at systematic rolling out of the implementation of tangible activities to promote participatory decision - making and effective service delivery at the lDevelopment, Akwasi Oppong - Fosu says the development of the National Decentralisation Policy Framework and National Decentralisation Action Plan is aimed at systematic rolling out of the implementation of tangible activities to promote participatory decision - making and effective service delivery at the ldevelopment of the National Decentralisation Policy Framework and National Decentralisation Action Plan is aimed at systematic rolling out of the implementation of tangible activities to promote participatory decision - making and effective service delivery at the local llocal level.

Per the road map presented by the Local Government and Rural Development Ministry at the round table discussion, the election of MMDCE's will be done by 2021.

A statement signed by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda, and issued to the Ghana News Agency on Friday, requested the regional ministers of the afore - mentioned assemblies to facilitate the process of confirmation of the nominated DCEs.

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama at a press conference urged Ghanaians to support their MMDCEs.

Secondly it must help us campaign for a fundamental change in attitude to make it socially unacceptable to object to rural development that allows local people to live and work in the communities they grow up in.

It however stepped down the approval of Mr. Oti Bless as Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development pending further consultations due to petitions made to the Speaker against his nomination.

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Angela Eagle MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention Jon Trickett MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Lilian Greenwood MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Nia Griffith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kerry McCarthy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Kate Green MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration Gloria De Piero MP Shadow Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP Shadow Minister without Portfolio Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning John Healey MP

The Committee, which is chaired by the Minister for Planning, Prof. Gyan Baffuor, has the Ministers for Trade and Industry; Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration; Finance; Food and Agriculture; Attorney General; Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation; Monitoring and Evaluation; Education; Health; Sanitation and Water Resources; Local Government and Rural Development; Gender, Children and Social Protection; Employment and Labour Relations; and Fisheries and Aquaculture as members.

Minister: Hon. Nii Lante Vanderpuye, Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development.

Parliament has gone on recess without clearing John Oti Kwabena Bless as Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.

2nd Best Minister: Hon. Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development.

Ghana's legislature on Wednesday October 26 approved John Oti Bless as Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.

A statement signed by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda, said the President has also re-nominated Kwaku Afrifa Yamoah Ponko for appointment as the Municipal Chief Executive Officer for the Ejisu — Juabeng Municipal Assembly.

A letter to that effect was signed this afternoon by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development upon the instructions of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adzaho, has been petitioned to reject President John Dramani Mahama's nomination of John Oti Bless as a Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, says President Akufo - Addo deserves commendation for initiating the process that...

She assured that as the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, she would play her role of delivering on the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) manifesto promise on behalf of the government by guiding the processes and activities leading to the election of MMDCEs on partisan basis in Ghana.

Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home Secretary: David Davis Foreign Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords: Lord Strathclyde Nations Secretary: Lord Trimble Education Secretary: Michael Gove Health Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture Secretary: Julie Kirkbride

The new Erie County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan creates innovative strategies to guide the County to identify and protect agricultural land with development pressure, support new farms and attract new farmers to Erie County, identify strategies to increase the financial viability of agriculture in the County, connect rural and urban farmers with consumers and new markets, and increase accessibility of healthy, local food for consumers.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says the Federal Government will establish one agricultural extension office in each Local Government Area within the next three years.

Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development — Hon Osei Bonsu Amoah — Hon Collins Ntim — Hon Kwasi Boateng Agyei

However, Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, hinted that the elections would come off 2021.

Prior to his appointment as Chief of Staff, Debrah was a Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Eastern Regional Minister and Greater Accra Regional Minister.

«The then Regional Minister, Muniru Limuna, constituted a four member committee in February 17, 2014, as advised by Samuel Offosu Ampofo, the then Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, to settle the matter.

The election of Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Chief Executives was also another major campaign promise by the President but the Minister for Local Gvernment and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, recently admitted that the promise can only be delivered in 2020 due to some legislations.

... And this directive was given me by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Hajia Alima Mahama that, a contractor should construct a new assembly office block at Binduri.»

«This debt was accrued for the provision of various services such as fumigation, compensation for GYEDA [Ghana Youth Employment Development Agency], sanitation garbs, the provision of landfill management services, as well as debts arising from contracts with the ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Metropolitan Municipal, and District Assemblies.»

The statement also announced the nomination of Mr. Joseph Angmor Tetteh and the Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North, John Oti Bless, as Deputy Ministers for the Eastern Region and Local Government & Rural Development respectively.

But the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has debunked the allegations, stating that, he was only acting on a directive from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development following an Accra High court ruling on the matter.