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“ As you rightly put it, Buhari has helped to expose the fault lines we have ignored and may unwittingly help the process of the nations that make up this hapless country to emerge.
Britain is one of the most federal countries in the world, but they have modelled a system that allows them to put 4 separate nations forward in the World Cup (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) but they then go to the United Nations as one country, a superpower. It is a good thing for the main 9 to 12 component nations to dissolve into a Commonwealth of Independent States. We will then function as a borderless union of nations but with all the rights of independent states. That way, Arewa Emirates may use their national budget to construct rail to Maradi or even merge with Niger. We can prevent stark illiterates from swamping us in the south as Okada riders or beggars…”
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Ministry of Finance reception
The Ministry of Finance has a lot of functions for only two deputy ministers appointed to assist the sector Minister to carry out, Dr John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor, Dean, Graduate Studies at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) has said.
He told TV3’s Johnnie Hughes on the New Day show on TV3 Friday, April 16 that the scope of the work of the Finance Ministry makes it prudent to appoint more than two deputies.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is reported to have named three persons for the position of deputy ministers of finance pending their vetting and approval by the Appointments Committee of Parliament.
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Over the past few decades the boundaries of tourism have grown to include festival, cultural and ecological attractions. But the benefits of this development haven’t been extensively explored. These include attracting tourists who in turn make contributions to the development of the community. And stimulating the diffusion and commemoration of local culture as well as custom and ceremonies.
I conducted research to understand the effects of festival tourism on the socio-economic capital of the people of Kwahu in Ghana. I looked at how festival tourism in the region brings economic benefits to businesses and the community. I also wanted to identify the ill-effects of festival tourism (if any).