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Dr. Foster Abu Sakara, the former running mate of Dr Paa Kwasi Nduom, says Dr Nduom's exit will not lead to the collapse of the party since Nduom brought no new ideologies to the party.  The 54 year-old agriculturist and consultant says his bid to contest for the flagbearership position of the CPP is due to his passion to renew the party and to restore it to government in order to transform the lives of the ordinary Ghanaian.  According to him Ghana needs a fundamental change to some system of governance to empower ordinary people to effectively hold politicians accountable at every level of government in real time.  The vision of Dr. Abu Sakara for Ghana is for it to be “the jewel in Africa’s crown of achievement” giving inspiration to all Africans everywhere to reach their full potential.  Dr. Abu Sakara, is married to Mary-Lily Kafela Tigenoah, an Economist and Business Administrator with four children. On Tuesday, January 31, 2012, the CPP co...

There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Available statistics indicate that we drink from two to four litters of water every day; however, most of the water we drink is embedded in the food we eat. Sufficient good-quality water is key to the health and well-being of humans and ecosystems and an essential ingredient for socio-economic development.  However, when a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure, we cannot pretend the problem is “elsewhere”. (www.unwater.org) March 22 each year is observed as World Water Day and the theme for this year’s celebration is Water and Food Security.  The theme is to draw worldwide attention to the relationship between water and food security focusing on water scarcity, which already affects more than 40 per cent of the people on earth and is limiting the ability of farmers to produce enough food to eat o...