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The Institute for Education Studies (IFEST) says it welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Education to adopt a double-tracking system for students who will be admitted into SHS1 in September for the 2018/2019 academic year.

“IFEST believes that the potential increase in SHS enrolments in September 2018 resulting from the high number of 2018 BECE candidates requires the government to implement innovative measures that ensure that no qualified BECE candidate is denied access to secondary education on the basis of infrastructure deficits,” IFEST said in a press statement.

The Institute says it is aware of the plethora of empirical evidence backing the system, noting the double-tracking system has improved achievement rate in many cases than the traditional calendar system.

According to the Institution, the double-tracking system reduces teacher stress and decreases the likelihood of students become over-burdened or drop out of school.

“Besides, the double-tracking system has the propensity of making optimal use of existing infrastructure,” the release signed by IFEST Founder Prof Prince Armah.

IFEST, however, called on the government to create more tracks by opting for multi-tracking system, with three or four tracks instead.

IFEST also urged the Ministry of Education to intensify its public education on the policy and continue its stakeholder consultations, whilst expediting action on recruiting adequate teachers for the smooth implementation of the new system.

“We wish to indicate our readiness to collaborate with government in any means possible o ensure an effective implementation of the policy,” IFEST said.

Source: Myjoyonline.com

The Shiashie branch of Midland Savings and Loan where a middle-aged woman was last week assaulted by a policeman has temporarily been closed for business.

As at 8:30 am Monday when Onua FM visited the premises, the offices were closed for business activities for the day. It is unclear what has caused management of the company to close the branch for business until Tuesday, July 24.

“Dear all, please note that our banking hall shall not open today 23rd July 2018 for business. We shall open for business from 24th July 2018. Sorry for any incontinence caused you,” a management notice pasted in front of the banking hall read.

Read: Midland suspends 5 workers, to compensate woman

A video emerged on social media Friday, showing a policeman beating up a woman who carried a baby at the premises of the headquarters of Midland Savings and Loans at Shiashe in Accra.

The woman,Patience Osafo, was said to have refused leaving the banking hall after the company failed to allow her withdraw GHC250 from her savings account, prompting some staff to allegedly call in the AK-47-wielding policeman to get her out and in the process, assaulted her.

The company has admitted the issue was not handled properly and has since issued an apology to the assaulted customer and the general public.

On Friday the company said it was working to ensure that the victim is properly compensated.

“More importantly you need to know we are engaged with the customer concerned to make sure that she receives full compensation, full attention and full apology from the company”, Public Relations and Marketing Manager of the company, George Paa Kow Hagan, told 3news.com

Several Ghanaians, including President Nana Akufo-Addo have condemned the brutality.

The policeman, at the centre of the incident,Frederick Amanor Skalla, has since been arrested by the Police on the orders of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, for investigations and prosecution.

He has also been interdicted pending disciplinary action against him.

Source: 3news.com

The Shiashie branch of Midland Savings and Loan where a middle-aged woman was last week assaulted by a policeman has temporarily been closed for business.

As at 8:30 am Monday when Onua FM visited the premises, the offices were closed for business activities for the day. It is unclear what has caused management of the company to close the branch for business until Tuesday, July 24.

“Dear all, please note that our banking hall shall not open today 23rd July 2018 for business. We shall open for business from 24th July 2018. Sorry for any incontinence caused you,” a management notice pasted in front of the banking hall read.

Read: Midland suspends 5 workers, to compensate woman

A video emerged on social media Friday, showing a policeman beating up a woman who carried a baby at the premises of the headquarters of Midland Savings and Loans at Shiashe in Accra.

The woman,Patience Osafo, was said to have refused leaving the banking hall after the company failed to allow her withdraw GHC250 from her savings account, prompting some staff to allegedly call in the AK-47-wielding policeman to get her out and in the process, assaulted her.

The company has admitted the issue was not handled properly and has since issued an apology to the assaulted customer and the general public.

On Friday the company said it was working to ensure that the victim is properly compensated.

“More importantly you need to know we are engaged with the customer concerned to make sure that she receives full compensation, full attention and full apology from the company”, Public Relations and Marketing Manager of the company, George Paa Kow Hagan, told 3news.com

Several Ghanaians, including President Nana Akufo-Addo have condemned the brutality.

The policeman, at the centre of the incident,Frederick Amanor Skalla, has since been arrested by the Police on the orders of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), David Asante-Apeatu, for investigations and prosecution.

He has also been interdicted pending disciplinary action against him.

Source: 3news.com

Construction of an improved water system for the West and East Mamprusi municipalities in the Northern Region will commence in September this year to supply potable water to the people.
The water system, which will be funded under a $45m World Bank facility to provide water in rural areas for six regions, is expected to supply 35,000 gallons of water daily.

In addition, new boreholes and household places of convenience will be constructed to augment the existing water systems in the Gambaga, Walewale and Nalerigu towns.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo disclosed this at a durbar held in his honour at Nalerigu by the overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, Naa Bohogu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, last Saturday during his tour of the three northern regions.

President Akufo-Addo stated that the construction of the water system was in fulfilment of the pledge he made to the people last year.

Sanitation

The President said that the community places of convenience project, which is being rolled out by the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives, would provide some 5,000 household toilets nationwide this year.

He said the Mamprugu area would receive about 300 places of convenience, each for Nalerigu, Gambaga and Walewale, to improve sanitation.

New regions

President Akufo-Addo further said he had directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to organise referendums in all the new proposed regions this year to determine whether the constitutional thresholds for the creation of the new regions would be met by the vote of the people affected.

“My hope is that the EC will organise referendums this year so that by Christmas, the six new regions will become a reality,” he said.

He explained that at least 50 per cent of the people entitled to vote must do so in each of the different referendums, and of the votes cast, at least, 80 per cent must be in favour of the creation of a region for the demand to succeed.

President Akufo-Addo entreated the people affected, particularly the people of Mamprugu, to vote massively to meet the constitutional demand for the creation of the new regions to bring governance close to them and facilitate development.

President Akufo-Addo cutting a sod for the construction of a road network in the areaPresident Akufo-Addo cutting a sod for the construction of a road network in the area

Seismic exploration

Touching on the seismic exploration being carried out in the Voltaian Basin by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, which is negatively affecting areas in the Northern Region, including Nanton, West Mamprusi, Central Gonja and Mion districts, President Akufo-Addo explained that the purpose was to unearth the hydrocarbon potential of the basin.

“It is disturbing and I know it will disturb some people in some communities. It may even go through some farms, but I am imploring you, and all the citizenry of Mamprugu, to co-operate with these activities,” he said.

Electricity supply

Regarding the erratic nature of power supply in the area, the President noted that work would soon begin to improve the transmission of power.

He added that out of the 434 projects ongoing in the Northern Region, the East Mamprusi Municipality was going to benefit from 80 of such projects.

As part of his tour, the President inspected the ongoing Nalerigu town road project, which is almost complete.

He also cut the sod for the construction of the 25.7 kilometre Janga-Nasia road, which is scheduled to be completed in July 2020.

Commendation

The overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, Naa Bohogu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, commended the President for the projects he had implemented in the area to improve the lives of the people.

Naa Mahami Sherifa, in appreciation for the commitment of the President to bring massive development to Mamprugu, enskined him as a development chief (Lagbisim Naba).

Source: Graphic.com.gh

Construction of an improved water system for the West and East Mamprusi municipalities in the Northern Region will commence in September this year to supply potable water to the people.
The water system, which will be funded under a $45m World Bank facility to provide water in rural areas for six regions, is expected to supply 35,000 gallons of water daily.

In addition, new boreholes and household places of convenience will be constructed to augment the existing water systems in the Gambaga, Walewale and Nalerigu towns.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo disclosed this at a durbar held in his honour at Nalerigu by the overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, Naa Bohogu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, last Saturday during his tour of the three northern regions.

President Akufo-Addo stated that the construction of the water system was in fulfilment of the pledge he made to the people last year.

Sanitation

The President said that the community places of convenience project, which is being rolled out by the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives, would provide some 5,000 household toilets nationwide this year.

He said the Mamprugu area would receive about 300 places of convenience, each for Nalerigu, Gambaga and Walewale, to improve sanitation.

New regions

President Akufo-Addo further said he had directed the Electoral Commission (EC) to organise referendums in all the new proposed regions this year to determine whether the constitutional thresholds for the creation of the new regions would be met by the vote of the people affected.

“My hope is that the EC will organise referendums this year so that by Christmas, the six new regions will become a reality,” he said.

He explained that at least 50 per cent of the people entitled to vote must do so in each of the different referendums, and of the votes cast, at least, 80 per cent must be in favour of the creation of a region for the demand to succeed.

President Akufo-Addo entreated the people affected, particularly the people of Mamprugu, to vote massively to meet the constitutional demand for the creation of the new regions to bring governance close to them and facilitate development.

President Akufo-Addo cutting a sod for the construction of a road network in the areaPresident Akufo-Addo cutting a sod for the construction of a road network in the area

Seismic exploration

Touching on the seismic exploration being carried out in the Voltaian Basin by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, which is negatively affecting areas in the Northern Region, including Nanton, West Mamprusi, Central Gonja and Mion districts, President Akufo-Addo explained that the purpose was to unearth the hydrocarbon potential of the basin.

“It is disturbing and I know it will disturb some people in some communities. It may even go through some farms, but I am imploring you, and all the citizenry of Mamprugu, to co-operate with these activities,” he said.

Electricity supply

Regarding the erratic nature of power supply in the area, the President noted that work would soon begin to improve the transmission of power.

He added that out of the 434 projects ongoing in the Northern Region, the East Mamprusi Municipality was going to benefit from 80 of such projects.

As part of his tour, the President inspected the ongoing Nalerigu town road project, which is almost complete.

He also cut the sod for the construction of the 25.7 kilometre Janga-Nasia road, which is scheduled to be completed in July 2020.

Commendation

The overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, Naa Bohogu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, commended the President for the projects he had implemented in the area to improve the lives of the people.

Naa Mahami Sherifa, in appreciation for the commitment of the President to bring massive development to Mamprugu, enskined him as a development chief (Lagbisim Naba).

Source: Graphic.com.gh

Residents in Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region were thrown into a state of shock when a young man identified as Solomon Tetteh, fully dressed in military uniform was spotted at the upper part of an MTN Telecom mast misbehaving and threatening to violently crush anyone who attempts to rescue him.

Some residents who trooped to the scene near the Ghana Revenue Authority office Sunday evening described the action of the suspect as suicidal.

Some residents also claim that the suspect was high on tramadol.

It took the intervention of a joint rescue team of Police, Fire Service and some residents to struggle with the suspect for several minutes before they successfully brought him down.

Tetteh Emmanuel, an eyewitness and a local Journalist in the Community told Starr News that it was the second time young man had behaved in such a manner. According to him, they suspect the young man is mentally challenged due to tramadol abuse.

“What we have been told is that he is mentally challenged and also this was his second attempt climbing to the top of the network towers in the area. He has been dressing like a military personnel, it is not clear if he was a soldier.”

The suspect is in the custody of Odumase Police assisting with investigation.

Drug abuse including tramadol is said to be reaching alarming rate among the youth at Lower Manya Municipality.

The situation has been linked to increasing mental related illness among the youth.

Source: Starrfmonline.com

Residents in Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region were thrown into a state of shock when a young man identified as Solomon Tetteh, fully dressed in military uniform was spotted at the upper part of an MTN Telecom mast misbehaving and threatening to violently crush anyone who attempts to rescue him.

Some residents who trooped to the scene near the Ghana Revenue Authority office Sunday evening described the action of the suspect as suicidal.

Some residents also claim that the suspect was high on tramadol.

It took the intervention of a joint rescue team of Police, Fire Service and some residents to struggle with the suspect for several minutes before they successfully brought him down.

Tetteh Emmanuel, an eyewitness and a local Journalist in the Community told Starr News that it was the second time young man had behaved in such a manner. According to him, they suspect the young man is mentally challenged due to tramadol abuse.

“What we have been told is that he is mentally challenged and also this was his second attempt climbing to the top of the network towers in the area. He has been dressing like a military personnel, it is not clear if he was a soldier.”

The suspect is in the custody of Odumase Police assisting with investigation.

Drug abuse including tramadol is said to be reaching alarming rate among the youth at Lower Manya Municipality.

The situation has been linked to increasing mental related illness among the youth.

Source: Starrfmonline.com

An accused person facing trial at the Hohoe Circuit Court for allegedly possessing weapon unlawfully did the unthinkable by appearing before the court on Wednesday with a substance suspected to be Indian hemp in his pocket.

During his first appearance in court, the accused started behaving strangely, and this compelled the complainant, ASP Joseph Quainoo, to conduct a search on him.

A fresh charge of possessing substance suspected to be Indian hemp was preferred against the 32-year-old man, Kofi Amenyenu.

Kofi, a trader and farmer who resides at Gbi-Wegbe in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region, was on June 11, 2018, arrested by the Hohoe Police for illegally possessing firearm, and later put before the Hohoe Circuit Court.

The accused struggled with ASP Joseph Quainoo for about 10 minutes but police officers, who are also witnesses in the case, helped to overpower him.

After the search, the police found on him dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in a black polythene bag, earpiece, Techno mobile phone, a box of matches and cash of GH¢135.

He was immediately sent to the Hohoe Police Office where a report was made.

The substance was sealed in the presence of the accused along with an independent witness.

According to the police, they would forward the substance to the forensic laboratory in Accra for examination.

The accused person has been remanded in custody by the court at the Kpando Prisons.

He is to re-appear in court on Monday, August 6, 2018.

Source: www.adomonline.com

An accused person facing trial at the Hohoe Circuit Court for allegedly possessing weapon unlawfully did the unthinkable by appearing before the court on Wednesday with a substance suspected to be Indian hemp in his pocket.

During his first appearance in court, the accused started behaving strangely, and this compelled the complainant, ASP Joseph Quainoo, to conduct a search on him.

A fresh charge of possessing substance suspected to be Indian hemp was preferred against the 32-year-old man, Kofi Amenyenu.

Kofi, a trader and farmer who resides at Gbi-Wegbe in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region, was on June 11, 2018, arrested by the Hohoe Police for illegally possessing firearm, and later put before the Hohoe Circuit Court.

The accused struggled with ASP Joseph Quainoo for about 10 minutes but police officers, who are also witnesses in the case, helped to overpower him.

After the search, the police found on him dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in a black polythene bag, earpiece, Techno mobile phone, a box of matches and cash of GH¢135.

He was immediately sent to the Hohoe Police Office where a report was made.

The substance was sealed in the presence of the accused along with an independent witness.

According to the police, they would forward the substance to the forensic laboratory in Accra for examination.

The accused person has been remanded in custody by the court at the Kpando Prisons.

He is to re-appear in court on Monday, August 6, 2018.

Source: www.adomonline.com

Bride and a best man die while several others injured in a gory accident on the Tamale-Walewale road in the Northern Region on Saturday, July 21, 2018.

The passengers were believed to have been returning from a wedding at Bimbabo when a tire of the vehicle bust immediately after Walewale, resulting in an accident.

Read: Police stray bullet kills bullion van driver

Eyewitnesses say one of the tires of the minibus got bust which resulted in the vehicle knocking a motor rirder and breaking both of his legs before the fatal accident.

The bride and the best man lost their lives instantly while several others are seriously injured.

The victims have since been conveyed to the Walewale District Hospital where they are receiving treatment.

Four others who are in critical condition have been referred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for further treatment.

The bride is believed to be a nurse in Tamale while the groom is a tutor at Damango Nursing Training College.

Most of the passengers are believed to be health professionals.

 

Source:  Primenewsghana

Bride and a best man die while several others injured in a gory accident on the Tamale-Walewale road in the Northern Region on Saturday, July 21, 2018.

The passengers were believed to have been returning from a wedding at Bimbabo when a tire of the vehicle bust immediately after Walewale, resulting in an accident.

Read: Police stray bullet kills bullion van driver

Eyewitnesses say one of the tires of the minibus got bust which resulted in the vehicle knocking a motor rirder and breaking both of his legs before the fatal accident.

The bride and the best man lost their lives instantly while several others are seriously injured.

The victims have since been conveyed to the Walewale District Hospital where they are receiving treatment.

Four others who are in critical condition have been referred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for further treatment.

The bride is believed to be a nurse in Tamale while the groom is a tutor at Damango Nursing Training College.

Most of the passengers are believed to be health professionals.

 

Source:  Primenewsghana

Corporal Daniel Kwasi Ofori Appiah, Founder of the Watch Your Tongue (WYT), campaign team, has advised market women to maintain their customers and get prospective ones by improving their human relations through “watching of their tongues”.

“Watching your tongue” means using pleasant words, avoiding derogatory words, insults or name calling that demean an individual but respecting all people irrespective of their age, race or creed,” he explained.

This was during one of the campaign events by the police officer and his team with market women at the Madina Ogbojo New Market in Accra under the WYT campaign.

Interacting with the market women, he said, the tongue was a small part of the body, but was the most powerful.

“As traders, the tongue is also an essential tool in your daily transactions therefore, the need for the education. Relationship between you and your customers can be cordial and maintain them depending on the kind of words used.”

 

He said some people were losing their incomes and jobs due to their tongues and actions that spoke louder than words.

“Not only should you watch your tongues, but also live in harmony with your colleagues through their speeches and gestures,” he stated.

The Founder, who also works at the court of the law and a musician believes that right attitude in life and appropriate posts/inscriptions in the various media make the world a safer place.

Read: Calm returns to Asawase following clashes over police killing

He said WYT was an on-going campaign to inculcate the habit of pleasant utterances among Ghanaians more especially.

The education programme touches on indiscipline in Ghana and vices such as fighting, hate speech, defamatory statements, so as to build the spirit of oneness and patriotism in the citizenry.

Corporal Appiah has observed that most people who ended up sending others to court or being dragged to court were as a result of unsavoury comments which led to provocation and the worse happened.

The initiative, he said would help prevent untoward circumstances caused by unpleasant remarks that can lead individuals or groups to face the law.

He added that indiscriminate and tribal statements, religious and unguarded pronouncements could also generate confusion and divide Ghanaians as a people, thus, the need to preach peace all the time.

WYT Campaign, he said was not going on only in Ghana, but also UK, Spain, USA, Dubai and called on all and sundry to support it.

He urged them to spread the “good news,” to enable them also live peacefully with the family and neighbours.

Madam Kate Dadzie, the queen for the market was happy about the gesture and said, it will transform their lives.

She noted that if all Ghanaians were mindful of their tongues, the nation would be a haven to live in with adequate development.

 

Source: GNA 

Corporal Daniel Kwasi Ofori Appiah, Founder of the Watch Your Tongue (WYT), campaign team, has advised market women to maintain their customers and get prospective ones by improving their human relations through “watching of their tongues”.

“Watching your tongue” means using pleasant words, avoiding derogatory words, insults or name calling that demean an individual but respecting all people irrespective of their age, race or creed,” he explained.

This was during one of the campaign events by the police officer and his team with market women at the Madina Ogbojo New Market in Accra under the WYT campaign.

Interacting with the market women, he said, the tongue was a small part of the body, but was the most powerful.

“As traders, the tongue is also an essential tool in your daily transactions therefore, the need for the education. Relationship between you and your customers can be cordial and maintain them depending on the kind of words used.”

 

He said some people were losing their incomes and jobs due to their tongues and actions that spoke louder than words.

“Not only should you watch your tongues, but also live in harmony with your colleagues through their speeches and gestures,” he stated.

The Founder, who also works at the court of the law and a musician believes that right attitude in life and appropriate posts/inscriptions in the various media make the world a safer place.

Read: Calm returns to Asawase following clashes over police killing

He said WYT was an on-going campaign to inculcate the habit of pleasant utterances among Ghanaians more especially.

The education programme touches on indiscipline in Ghana and vices such as fighting, hate speech, defamatory statements, so as to build the spirit of oneness and patriotism in the citizenry.

Corporal Appiah has observed that most people who ended up sending others to court or being dragged to court were as a result of unsavoury comments which led to provocation and the worse happened.

The initiative, he said would help prevent untoward circumstances caused by unpleasant remarks that can lead individuals or groups to face the law.

He added that indiscriminate and tribal statements, religious and unguarded pronouncements could also generate confusion and divide Ghanaians as a people, thus, the need to preach peace all the time.

WYT Campaign, he said was not going on only in Ghana, but also UK, Spain, USA, Dubai and called on all and sundry to support it.

He urged them to spread the “good news,” to enable them also live peacefully with the family and neighbours.

Madam Kate Dadzie, the queen for the market was happy about the gesture and said, it will transform their lives.

She noted that if all Ghanaians were mindful of their tongues, the nation would be a haven to live in with adequate development.

 

Source: GNA 

A 24-year-old sex worker has allegedly been stabbed to death by a patron at Bolakyi, a suburb of Prestea, in the Western Region.

The deceased, a foreigner and regular client of the suspect, has been identified as Kate Atigogo.

Superintendent of Police Adjei Nimo, the Prestea District Commander, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA).

He said the suspect, an illegal miner and a native of Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region, was being held in custody.

The man reportedly drew a knife and stabbed the lady several times following a misunderstanding.

She was rushed to the Prestea Government Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.

Read: GH¢4 slippers kills 6-year-old girl

The suspect fled after committing the crime, but the police managed to arrest him same day and he was now assisting in their investigations, Supt Nimo added.

 

Source: GNA 

A 24-year-old sex worker has allegedly been stabbed to death by a patron at Bolakyi, a suburb of Prestea, in the Western Region.

The deceased, a foreigner and regular client of the suspect, has been identified as Kate Atigogo.

Superintendent of Police Adjei Nimo, the Prestea District Commander, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA).

He said the suspect, an illegal miner and a native of Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region, was being held in custody.

The man reportedly drew a knife and stabbed the lady several times following a misunderstanding.

She was rushed to the Prestea Government Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.

Read: GH¢4 slippers kills 6-year-old girl

The suspect fled after committing the crime, but the police managed to arrest him same day and he was now assisting in their investigations, Supt Nimo added.

 

Source: GNA 

The woman who suffered police brutality at the Midland Savings and Loans Company in Accra, Patience Osafo, has lodged a formal complaint at the Legon Police Station, for assault.

Lance Corporal Frederick Amanor was captured in a video, violently beating up Patience Osafo who was reportedly at the bank to withdraw some money.

In the video, the police officer, who was armed with an assault rifle, is seen striking the woman, who was holding her baby, multiple times on the head, first with an umbrella, and then with his fists.

The officer also attempted to violently drag her out of the building.

The woman was holding on to the baby while the officer kicked and shoved her around.

Not much was done by the bank during the incident, except a man who appears to be an employee asking the woman to give him the baby.

He was also heard promising to give the woman Ghc250 cedis, which was the amount she had wanted to withdraw from the bank.

The viral video sparked public outrage, attracting condemnation from the Ghana Bar Association, Alliance for Women in Media, and the Ministry for Gender Children and Social Protection.

Lance Corporal Fredrick Amanor, has subsequently been detained in police custody pending further investigations.

Speaking to Citi News, Director General of Police Public Affairs, ACP David Eklu said the investigations have begun.

“He has been identified and placed in custody. The lady in question has also been identified and has lodged a formal complaint at the Legon police station. The next step would be in two folds the administration or professional aspect and the criminal aspect which has already been initiated by the lady by lodging a formal complaint to the police,” he added.

Source: citinewsroom.com

The woman who suffered police brutality at the Midland Savings and Loans Company in Accra, Patience Osafo, has lodged a formal complaint at the Legon Police Station, for assault.

Lance Corporal Frederick Amanor was captured in a video, violently beating up Patience Osafo who was reportedly at the bank to withdraw some money.

In the video, the police officer, who was armed with an assault rifle, is seen striking the woman, who was holding her baby, multiple times on the head, first with an umbrella, and then with his fists.

The officer also attempted to violently drag her out of the building.

The woman was holding on to the baby while the officer kicked and shoved her around.

Not much was done by the bank during the incident, except a man who appears to be an employee asking the woman to give him the baby.

He was also heard promising to give the woman Ghc250 cedis, which was the amount she had wanted to withdraw from the bank.

The viral video sparked public outrage, attracting condemnation from the Ghana Bar Association, Alliance for Women in Media, and the Ministry for Gender Children and Social Protection.

Lance Corporal Fredrick Amanor, has subsequently been detained in police custody pending further investigations.

Speaking to Citi News, Director General of Police Public Affairs, ACP David Eklu said the investigations have begun.

“He has been identified and placed in custody. The lady in question has also been identified and has lodged a formal complaint at the Legon police station. The next step would be in two folds the administration or professional aspect and the criminal aspect which has already been initiated by the lady by lodging a formal complaint to the police,” he added.

Source: citinewsroom.com

Kingmakers of Apremdo Division in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have destooled Nana Egya Kwamina XI popularly known in the private life as William Eghan as the Chief of Apremdo for disrespecting the stool and pursuing a selfish agenda.

The deposed chief was enstooled as the chief of Apremdo after a protracted chieftaincy dispute which had left the community without a chief for some time now.

The kingmakers as part of their customary duties, advised Nana Egya Kwamina XI to desist from engaging himself in any activities that bring the office of the stool he occupies into disrepute.

Addressing the media at a press conference on Friday, spokesperson, John Nat Panyin on behalf of the Ebusuapanyin Dominic Yalley, described the conduct of the deposed chief as uncivilized, uncultured and a total disgrace to chieftaincy in Ghana.

He alleged that the deposed chief had misconducted himself publicly by physically assaulting his subjects as well as allowing the indiscriminate sale of stool lands.

He said the deposed chief deceived him and one Obaapanyin Yaa Kwesi-Efua to subscribe their names to a writ to destool the Queen mother when they had no intentions to do so.

Ebusuapanyin Yalley, therefore, called on the security agencies not to interfere in the affairs of Apremdo chieftaincy issues in order not to create unnecessary tension in the community.

He also called on corporate bodies, various institutions and the general public not to engage the deposed chief in matters pertaining to the stool of Apremdo.

Source: atinkaonline.com

Kingmakers of Apremdo Division in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have destooled Nana Egya Kwamina XI popularly known in the private life as William Eghan as the Chief of Apremdo for disrespecting the stool and pursuing a selfish agenda.

The deposed chief was enstooled as the chief of Apremdo after a protracted chieftaincy dispute which had left the community without a chief for some time now.

The kingmakers as part of their customary duties, advised Nana Egya Kwamina XI to desist from engaging himself in any activities that bring the office of the stool he occupies into disrepute.

Addressing the media at a press conference on Friday, spokesperson, John Nat Panyin on behalf of the Ebusuapanyin Dominic Yalley, described the conduct of the deposed chief as uncivilized, uncultured and a total disgrace to chieftaincy in Ghana.

He alleged that the deposed chief had misconducted himself publicly by physically assaulting his subjects as well as allowing the indiscriminate sale of stool lands.

He said the deposed chief deceived him and one Obaapanyin Yaa Kwesi-Efua to subscribe their names to a writ to destool the Queen mother when they had no intentions to do so.

Ebusuapanyin Yalley, therefore, called on the security agencies not to interfere in the affairs of Apremdo chieftaincy issues in order not to create unnecessary tension in the community.

He also called on corporate bodies, various institutions and the general public not to engage the deposed chief in matters pertaining to the stool of Apremdo.

Source: atinkaonline.com

The Director of Amnesty International, Mr. Robert Akoto Amoafo, has categorically stated that the group will ensure that the police officer who assaulted a nursing mother at a banking hall. is brought to book.

According to him, their organization has learnt with disgust and therefore assiduously condemn the brutality that the woman suffered in the hands of the policeman.

He said it has been the hallmark of the police service to conceal several investigations concerning their service men and that Amnesty International is ever prepared to assist the woman, the police and the bank for full scale probe into the matter for proper justice to be served.

Making his submission on Atinka News Friday, Akoto Bamnfo said Amnesty International heavily frowns on any act that tends to hamper the rights and justices of individual.

https://www.facebook.com/theindependentnewspaper/videos/1622246344564776/

Source: atinkaonline.com

The Director of Amnesty International, Mr. Robert Akoto Amoafo, has categorically stated that the group will ensure that the police officer who assaulted a nursing mother at a banking hall. is brought to book.

According to him, their organization has learnt with disgust and therefore assiduously condemn the brutality that the woman suffered in the hands of the policeman.

He said it has been the hallmark of the police service to conceal several investigations concerning their service men and that Amnesty International is ever prepared to assist the woman, the police and the bank for full scale probe into the matter for proper justice to be served.

Making his submission on Atinka News Friday, Akoto Bamnfo said Amnesty International heavily frowns on any act that tends to hamper the rights and justices of individual.

https://www.facebook.com/theindependentnewspaper/videos/1622246344564776/

Source: atinkaonline.com

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has urged the public to disregard a fake statement about the ranking of Ghanaian Senior High Schools (SHS) following the release of 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE).

The fake statement that went viral on social media had the St. James Seminary Senior High School as the best performing Ghanaian school in the 2018 WASSCE with a 98.80 average percentage of passes followed by St Francis Xavier Junior Seminary (94.97%) and Opoku Ware Senior High School (88.23%) in second and third place respectively.

Wesley Girls Senior High School (87.60%) and Holy Child Senior High School (87.53%) purportedly also placed fourth and fifth respectively.

WAEC in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe and issued on Friday, July 20, dissociated itself from the above information stressing that it did not emanate from the Council.

“The Council wishes to dissociate itself from the above information and to state emphatically that it has not ranked schools based on WASSCE results, neither has it issued any statement to that effect,” the statement said.

“Members of the public are urged to disregard the alleged statement as it is not emanating from the Council”.

Source: Daily Graphic

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has urged the public to disregard a fake statement about the ranking of Ghanaian Senior High Schools (SHS) following the release of 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for School Candidates (WASSCE).

The fake statement that went viral on social media had the St. James Seminary Senior High School as the best performing Ghanaian school in the 2018 WASSCE with a 98.80 average percentage of passes followed by St Francis Xavier Junior Seminary (94.97%) and Opoku Ware Senior High School (88.23%) in second and third place respectively.

Wesley Girls Senior High School (87.60%) and Holy Child Senior High School (87.53%) purportedly also placed fourth and fifth respectively.

WAEC in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs, Agnes Teye-Cudjoe and issued on Friday, July 20, dissociated itself from the above information stressing that it did not emanate from the Council.

“The Council wishes to dissociate itself from the above information and to state emphatically that it has not ranked schools based on WASSCE results, neither has it issued any statement to that effect,” the statement said.

“Members of the public are urged to disregard the alleged statement as it is not emanating from the Council”.

Source: Daily Graphic