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Author: Chris Kodo

  • Lets us save for the future – Kotoko CEO tells GFA

    Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko SC, Nana Yaw Amponsah has advised the leadership of the Ghana Football Association not to spend the entire revenue the association has generated.

    The Ghana Football Association held its 26th Ordinary Congress yesterday, September 1 at the Ghanaman Soccer of Excellence in Pampram.

    Nana Yaw Amponsah, who contested in the 2019 Ghana Football Association’s Presidential elections but lost to Kurt Okraku made this appeal when addressing his fellow Congressmen and the leadership of the association.

    “For me as an Association, we should be working towards saving for the future considering what the Coronavirus pandemic has done to us.

    “The total budgeted expenditure is the same figure as the total budgeted revenue. We should not spend every pesewa that we bring in because it is not good for an association like ours.

    “Of course you can exceed your revenue target or you can have less, same applies to your expenditure as the Vice President rightly said it is a flexible budget.”

    He added that the Coronavirus pandemic has taught the world including the GFA the importance of saving, hence the need for the association to save about $10 million of the revenue they have generated so far.

    “But I will admonish the leadership to try and at least save about 5 to 10 million this year on the proposed expenditure so that going forward we can build some good revenue and money in our accounts for future rather than thinking of spending everything that comes in, for me it is a word of advice.” Nana Yaw Amponsah concluded.

    Meanwhile, the Court of Arbitration for Sports has ruled that the decision of the GFA Elections Committee to disqualify Wilfred Kweku Osei ‘Palmer’ from the 2019 GFA Election is valid.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • PSG: 3 players test positive for coronavirus

    Three Paris St-Germain players have tested positive for coronavirus, the Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday.

    The French champions, who lost in the Champions League final last month, have not revealed the players involved.

    “All of the players and coaching staff will continue to undergo tests in the coming days,” a club statement said.

    The French league is already under way but PSG are due to start their title defence at Racing Lens on 10 September after being given an extended break.

    The opening game of the Ligue 1 season between Marseille and Saint-Etienne had to be postponed last month after four home players tested positive for Covid-19.

    The French league told clubs last week its protocol for dealing with coronavirus meant more than three positive cases at a club was likely to lead to a postponement.

    The 2019-20 campaign was curtailed in April because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Paris St-Germain, 12 points clear at the top, awarded the title.

    Source: BBC

  • Central Oil Mills’ Board of Technical Advisors inaugurated

    Central Oil Mills, an oil palm processing factory located at Jukwa Mfuom in the Central Region, has formally inaugurated its Board of Technical Advisors to assist the company achieve its set goals as it gears up for expansion with support from the Ghana EXIM Bank under the President’s IDIF initiative.

    They are Prof. Ernest Ekow Abano, Food Scientist, University of Cape Coast Agric Engineering Dept, Ing Ebenezer Odei Addo, Mechanical Engineer and Quality Assurance Expert, Mr. Richard Ekow Annobil, HR and Agric & Oil Palm Specialist.

    Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief Executive Officer of Central Oil Mills, Mr. Aaron Sagoe, said the 1D1F support has helped immensely with their expansion program; such as building of a new ultra modern factory sited at Jukwa Ansamaso purposely for fresh palm fruit processing and bottling, acquisition of new machinery to increase production capacity and value addition, onsite laboratories, tractors, trucks and storage tanks.

    He also stated that, apart from providing job opportunities and source of livelihood for the inhabitants, they have acquired more farms in other adjoining districts and will be able to process fruits from all the farms and Out grower scheme it has initiated thereby minimising post harvest losses in the region significantly.

    He thanked the advisors for their readiness and willingness to impart their skills and rich experiences to support the vision of the company.

    Prof. Ernest Ekow Abano, responding on behalf of the advisors, used the occasion to advise the general public to be wary of consumption of red oil with extra red colour as they have been adulterated with Sundan IV (popularly known as suudee), an unwholesome chemical which is harmful to the human body when consumed.

    He said his department has been working closely with Central Oil Mills since it started operation and they are happy to continue even as the company ventures into other value addition activities.

    He also said the government should consider investing more into oil palm production by way of setting up Research Boards and Schools to generate value addition for the oil palm industry.

    In attendance were Mr George Ekow Mensshan of PKF, Chartered Accountants, Nana Adwoa Kwegyir-Aggrey, Integrated Marketing Communications Consultant and Michael Monnie Esq, Company Solicitor.

    Source: Central Oil Mills

  • COVID-19 testing device for passengers at KIA reliable FDA insists

    The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has described as erroneous, claims that the COVID-19 testing of passengers at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) is not reliable.

    It says the “detection of the SARS-CoV 2 virus at the airport is not a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kit but rather a device which detects the virus in nasopharyngeal (nasal) swabs.”

    The clarification by the Authority follows what it says are “inaccurate and unscientific” claims by one Dr. Kofi Bonney of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research about the device being used for the testing at the airport.

    In a statement, the FDA indicated that the device detects the ANTIGEN (SARS-CoV-2 Virus) by fluorescence technology.

    According to the FDA, it gave market authorization to the device after a specificity and sensitivity comparison with the PCR tests.

    It said the device met the requirements of not less than 99.0% concordance.

    “The Food and Drugs Authority wishes to assure the public that the device approved for use at the KIA is fit for purpose and the Authority shall continue to monitor its performance in accordance with regulatory requirements”, parts of the statement said.

    The Authority further outlined what it claimed were inaccurate statements made by Dr. Bonney and corrected them as follows:

    1. The sensitivity of the device, being not less than 99.0% makes it statistically improbable for the claim that more than half of the test results will come out as false negative (people who are carrying the virus and are falsely reported not to be).

    2. The specificity of the device, being also not less than 99.0% makes it highly improbable for test results to come out as false positive (people who are carrying other viruses to be classified as SARS-CoV-2) as being claimed. • The nasal specimens are not placed on paper but rather onto cartridges which are inserted into the device and the results displayed electronically on an LCD, which can be printed out from a computer.

    3. The allusion to “tests done over the years” and all statistics given with reference to performance of RDTs in response to the accuracy of the Antigen test cannot be true for SARS-CoV-2, as the disease has not been around for that long for such data to have been gathered on RDT antigen.

    4. Data available to the FDA on Antibody and Antigen RDTs from March 2020 to date shows that their sensitivity ranges from 4% 62% and not 34%-80%. This is the reason why the FDA has not authorised any Antibody or Antigen RDT kits to date.

    5.The misleading statement alleging that The WHO requires confirmation of a negative RDT test by a PCR test is inaccurate. This has also no relevance with respect to the specific antigen testing being done at the KIA as this uses a device which has been validated against PCR and found to be comparable and is not an RDT kit.

    Source: citinewsroom

  • Ex-Venture Capital CEO, others begin refunding money to state

    The three former officials of the Venture Capital Trust Fund who were convicted have started refunding money to the state per the arrangement with the court in order to avoid jail terms.

    Former CEO Daniel Duku was asked to refund over 15 million cedis.

    Irene Anti Mensah, Executive Assistant to the CEO, Frank Aboagye Mensah husband to the executive assistant are both to refund more than two million cedis.

    Speaking at the Public Accounts Committee, CEO for Venture Capital Trust Fund Yaw Owusu Berempong, revealed the three have started paying the amounts after admitting to given loans to themselves in the name of other companies.

    According to him, if the three fail to pay the total amounts in 3 months they will be sent to jail.

    Background

    The three accused persons, Daniel Duku (1st Accused), Irene Anti-Mensah (3rdAccused) and Frank Aboagye Mensah (5th Accused), entered into negotiations with the Attorney General under Section 35 of the Courts Act, 1993, (Act 459), a provision that allows accused persons to offer compensation and restitution to the State for the loss, harm or damage caused the State.

    The accused persons per the agreement changed their plea from a not guilty to guilty and they were convicted on their own plea by the court.

    Fines

    Per the agreement reached, Mr Duku will pay an amount of GHC15,000,000.00 to the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) and a fine of five hundred thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢500,000.00) to the State.

    Anti-Mensah, is to pay GH1.5M to the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) and a fine of One Hundred Thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢100,000.00) to the State.

    Frank Aboagye Mensah is to pay (GH¢1,195,000.00) to Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) and a fine of One Hundred Thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢100,000.00) to the State.

    As part of his terms, the first accused, Daniel Duku, is to forfeit about eight (8) buildings at the Agyekum Presidential Villa at Adjiringano and Georgetown Heights 6 apartments of 3 bedrooms each, and five (5) vehicles, including a Porsche Cayenne and Porsche Panamera, to the State.

    The accused persons are expected to make good all the payments within three months from Friday, July 10, 2020.

    Charges

    Per the charge sheet of the State as presented in Court, the first accused person, Daniel Duku was charged with the offences of Wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic contrary to section 179A (3) (a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, (Act 459), Stealing contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), Money Laundering contrary to section 1(1) (c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2008, (Act 749) and Issuing of False cheque contrary to section 313A (1) (6) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, (Act 29).

    The 3rd accused person, Irene Anti-Mensah, was charged with the offences of Abetment of crime namely Wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic contrary to sections 20(1) and 179A (3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, (Act 459), Abetment of crime namely defrauding by false pretence contrary to sections 20(1) and 131(1) of the Criminal Ofences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and Conspiracy to steal contrary to sections 23(1) and 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960(Act 29).

    The 5th accused person, Frank Aboagye Mensah, on the other hand was charged with the offences of Defrauding by false pretence contrary to section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29), Conspiracy to steal contrary to sections 23(1) and 124 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29), Stealing contrary to section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and Money Laundering contrary to section 1(1)(c) of the Anti-Money laundering Act, 2008 (Act 749).

    Source: Starr FM

  • Football will be back soon Sports Minister assures

    Youth and Sports Minister Isaac Kwame Asiamah says government will soon lift the ban on both individual and team contact sports to pave the way for the resumption of football.

    The Atwima Mponua Member of Parliament said this on Tuesday, September 01, 2020, during the 26th ordinary session of congress of the Ghana Football Association at the Ghanaman centre of Excellence at Prampram.

    “Let me commend you for the various steps you have taken in developing Ghana football after the Normalisation process. Indeed, the innovative and inspiring BringBackTheLove campaign embarked on by the GFA showed clear signs that football was on ascendancy and fans were beginning to patronise domestic league matches again.

    “Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic halted the momentum that the leagues were generating. It is our fervent hope that innovative steps would be put in place to ensure that when the game finally returns, which I know will be very soon, it will pick up from where it left off,” he said.

    “With the positive results we are getting from the fight against the pandemic, Government is optimistic that soon it would be safe and appropriate to lift the restrictions on both individual and team contact sports activities in Ghana ” the lawmaker added.

    Professional football in Ghana has been on a halt since mid-March 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic resulting in the cancellation of the 2019/2020 season.

    Source: Class FM

  • Edmund Addo scores as FK Senica thrash Kalinkovo 7-0 in the Slovak Cup

    Ghanaian midfielder, Edmund Addo scored as FK Senica thrashed minnows Kalinkovo 7-0 on the road in the Slovak Cup on Tuesday.

    Senica travelled to the Bratislava region with an in-form Addo who is a subject of a number of transfer interests from clubs in Austria, Italy and Turkey.

    He needed only only few minutes off the bench in the 61st, scoring in the 67th.

    Despite rotating between offensive and defensive midfield, Addo has now scored twice in this infant stage of the season.

    He is expected to start as usual when Senica returns to the Slovak Supa Liga, away at Zlate Moravce, after the international break.

    Source: Ghana Soccernet

  • Guinea’s leader Condé accepts nomination for third term

    The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé, has accepted his party’s nomination to seek a controversial third term.

    Mr Condé, who was first elected in 2010, pushed through a constitutional change in a referendum in March which allowed him to stand for a third term.

    The vote was boycotted by the opposition and sparked mass protests.

    In early August Guinea’s ruling party nominated the 82-year-old president to represent it in the elections in October, but at the time he made no formal response.

    His efforts to stay in power have raised concerns Guinea will go the way of some other African countries whose rulers have refused to step down after their mandates expired.

    Source: bbc.com

  • DR Congo militia rape students on eve of exams

    Armed militia attacked a school and raped female students on the eve of their examinations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    The men attacked an examination centre housing 35 final year students in Isiro town, the capital of Haut-Uélé province.

    The students went on to sit for the examinations on Monday, according to a priest in the area.

    Hundreds of students fled after an attack near another examination centre, according to AFP news agency.

    Some 700 students and teachers fled after the attack near the border with South Sudan.

    The militia wanted to sabotage exams, the agency quotes a local army spokesperson Dieudonne Kasereka as saying.

    Source: bbc.com

  • ‘Open land borders too’ MP to Akufo-Addo

    The Member of Parliament (MP) for Agotime-Ziope in the Volta Region, Charles Agbeve, has asked President Akufo-Addo to consider reopening the country’s land borders, too.

    This follows the reopening of the Kotoka International Airport effective today, 1 September 2020 for international arrivals and travel.

    According to Mr Agbeve, the continuous closure of the country’s entry point to Togo is impacting economic opportunities in the constituency negatively because most of the constituents transact business around the borders and in the neighbouring country.

    He opined that measures should be put in place to ease restrictions toward reopening the borders by land.

    The lawmaker told Class 91.3FM’s Valentina Ofori-Afriyie on 505 on Monday, 31 August 2020 that: “I thought the President would have opened the borders”.

    “You know, I’m from a constituency bordering Togo to the East and you will agree with me, a lot of business transactions go on”.

    “A lot of businesses have gone down as a result”.

    “It is affecting our businesses and also the movement,” he noted.

    Source: Class FM

  • Dome Faase clashes: Deal with purported Apedwa Chief Okyenhene ropes in IGP

    Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has condemned the recent violent clashes at Dome Faase in the Obom-Domeabra constituency.

    In a statement issued by Secretary of the Akyem Abuakwa State, Dan Ofori Atta, the Okyenhene also called on the Inspector General of Police to take swift action against the purported chief that instigated the violence.

    “On Tuesday 25th August, 2020, Bafour Sarpong Kumankuma [who claims to be Mponuahene of Akyem Apedwa] with the assistance of thugs and hoodlums provoked an unneeded social conflict by unlawfully invading the village of Dome Faase in the Obom- Domeabra Constituency.

    “The Dome Faase incident has not the knowledge and or acceptance of His Majesty Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin,” the statement copied to the Inspector General of Police in Accra and the Ga Traditional Council read.

    The statement from the Okyehene comes days after Akyem Apedwa, an ex-soldier broke his silence on the violent incident that grabbed headlines for days.

    Nana Bafour Sarpong Kumankuma claimed that he was working for Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori Panin.

    According to the traditional ruler, he only serves at the pleasure of the Akyem Abuakwa king, implying the unleashing of gun brutalities at the community in the Domeabra-Obom Constituency, was carried out with explicit permission from the Okyenhene.

    The ex-Military officer, formerly with the dreaded 64 Battalion under former President Jerry John Rawlings, said he and others, act at the whims and caprices of Okyehene and that they only act on his orders serving as his police guards protecting his lands.

    But the Okyenhene denies any such involvement in the dastardly act that brought the town to a halt when at least 200 armed soldiers stormed the area in retaliation to an attack by residents on two of their men.

    “We wish to state unequivocally, that Bafour Sarpong Kumankuma is not the Mponuahene of Akyem Abuakwa. He is not recognised and accepted as a Chief or a holder of any traditional authority in Akyem Abuakwa.

    “He acted as land guard in furtherance of his illicit and criminal profession related to unlawful sand winning, unauthorised sale of lands and violation of the order and enforcement of the public policy which has been his hall mark. He has time without number disrespected summons to appear before the Kyebi Executive Council to answer queries regarding his nefarious activities,” according to the statement from the Akyem Abuakwa State.

    Read the full statement below.

    PUBLIC STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    THIS IS WITH AUGUST ORDER OF THE OKYENHENE REGARDING THE INVASION OF DOME FAASE IN THE OBOM-DOMEABRA CONSTITUENCY

    It has become necessary and of immediate concern to react to news reports that a certain Bafour Sarpong Kumankuma purporting to be Mponuahene of Akyem Apedwa has attributed his unlawful conduct with regards to the invasion of Dome Faase to the Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin.

    The news as reported by several media outlets represents a grave assault on the dignity of the Ofori Panin Stool.

    On Tuesday 25th August, 2020, Bafour Sarpong Kumankuma with the assistance of thugs and hoodlums provoked an unneeded social conflict by unlawfully invading the village of Dome Faase in the Obom- Domeabra Constituency.

    The Dome Faase incident has not the knowledge and or acceptance of His Majesty Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin.

    We wish to state unequivocally, that Bafour Sarpong Kumankuma is not the Mponuahene of Akyem Abuakwa. He is not recognized and accepted as a Chief or a holder of any traditional authority in Akyem Abuakwa.

    He acted as land guard in furtherance of his illicit and criminal profession related to unlawful sand winning, unauthorised sale of lands and violation of the order and enforcement of the public policy which has been his hall mark. He has time without number disrespected summons to appear before the Kyebi Executive Council to answer queries regarding his nefarious activities.

    This point is to the effect that the Osagyefuo dissociates himself from the criminal incident at Dome Faase. Further to this, it must be made clear that there is no authorized associative responsibility to the person of the Okyenhene.

    What is of immediate concern to the Ofori Panin Fie, is the resultant effect to disturb the immemorial unity and historic solidarity of Akyem Abuakwa and the Ga State. The Okyenhene wishes to assure the people of Dome Faase and the Ga State of his commitment to peaceful co-existence and harmony which has characterized the relationship between Okyeman and the Ga State.

    Further to this point, I am directed to call on the Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service to order for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators.

    Signed D. M. OFORI ATTA STATE SECRETARY

    CC: THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS ACCRA

    THE GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • December 7 Elections: I can win Dzogbenuku

    Brigitte Dzogbenuku, the running mate to Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom in the 2016 presidential elections on the ticket of the Progressive (Peoples Party (PPP), has filed to contest for flagbeareship position of the party ahead of the 2020 elections.

    She told Berla Mundi on the Elections Command Centre on TV3 Tuesday, September 1 that she is capable of becoming the flagbearer and also to win the polls for the party.

    “Our leadership is caring, our leadership is compassionate. As women those qualities we have make us relate to people, make us, even in our vulnerability, show how strong we are.

    “The leadership is not about I can do it all by myself. It is not about I am the leader and I am the authority. We are collaborative, we stretch over across line,” she said.

    Touching on the performance of this administration relative to job creations, Ms Dzogbenuku said the government has done well to introduce programmes like the One District One Factory and the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) programmes.

    However, the implementation of these programmes are problematic, she observed.

    “The initiatives like NABCo is good but sometimes it is the implementation of these things that has problem.

    “If you are going to throw money at the issue and say we have so many people we are paying, then it is just throwing money away.

    “Are they really working, are these jobs sustainable? We must look for sustainable things that people can do.”

    Source: 3 News

  • Pay 14,000 ‘ghost’ teachers in 15 days or we’ll advise ourselves Teachers to GES

    Leaders of teacher unions across that country have said they will “advise themselves” if the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) does not pay some 14,345 teachers and workers of the Service whose names were deleted from the payroll.

    A joint press statement issued by the Ghana National Association of Teacher (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH) on Tuesday, 1 September 2020, said the teachers are also displeased because their salaries for the past three months have not been paid, even though they worked throughout the period.

    Describing the situation as “unacceptable”, the teacher unions have given the GES a 15-day ultimatum to fix the anomaly or “we have no other alternative than to advise ourselves”.

    Press statement from teacher unions

    The leadership of the teacher unions will want to show our displeasure and unhappiness to the unacceptable development where our 14,345 teachers and workers in the Ghana Education Service have had their names deleted from the payroll and have not been paid their salaries for the past three months, though evidence show that these teachers are at post and have been working.

    The unacceptable situation has come about as a result of a list developed and sent to the Controller and Accountant General Department (CAGD) by the Audit Service with the explanation that the affected teachers were not at post and are deemed as “ghost” teachers.

    We will want to indicate our indignation to the modus operandi of the Audit Service in declaring Public Sector Workers as “ghosts” without first resorting to the various service organizations for cross-checking and verification. A simple reference to the various Heads of Institutions of the affected GES workers to authenticate or otherwise, the presence of the worker could have avoided the embarrassment and pain caused these hard-working Teachers who are being made to go through pain they do not deserve.

    After several representations on the matter to the management of the GES, the leadership of the Unions were promised that the anomaly has been identified and that measures are far advanced to ensure that the affected teachers are paid.

    Unfortunately, the affected Teachers have not been paid their salaries, even for the month of August.

    The leadership and the entire membership of the Teacher Unions i.e. GNAT, NAGRAT and CCT-GH cannot and will not sit by for innocent and hardworking Teachers to be wrongly denied their legitimate salaries and compensation.

    We hereby call on the Audit Service to immediately withdraw that list of names given to the Controller and Accountant General Department and also ask the Ghana Education Service to immediately direct the payment of the salaries and arrears that have accrued to the affected teachers.

    We call on the management of the Ghana Education Service to ensure that the teachers are paid without delay.

    The leadership of the Teacher unions, GNAT, NAGRAT and CCT-GH is giving a 15 September 2020 ultimatum for the affected teachers to be paid or we have no other alternative than to advise ourselves.

    Source: Class FM

  • Chief, others grabbed for brutalising 60-year-old woman

    The Savannah Region police have arrested five persons, including the chief of Simpuni and his linguist, for allegedly brutalising  60 -year-old woman, Merit Ibrahim,  at Sumpini in the West Gonja District.

    The five, currently in police custody, were suspected to have participated in beating the woman, who was accused of being a witch.

    They are Haruna Jebuni, 58, chief of Sumpini, Zakaria Abdul Karim, 30, Shaibu Iddrisu, 35, Atta Alhassan, 57, and Salugu Isahaku, popularly called Orulanaa,45.

    The Savannah Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Owusu Agyekum, who confirmed the arrest to journalists, yesterday, said the suspects were assisting the police in investigation.

    He appealed to the public to assist the police with information to enable them to arrest all people involved in the beating of the woman

    The youth of Sumpini on Sunday night attacked and brutalised Madam  Ibrahim,  after accusing her and three others of planning to kill a relative spiritually, but the three others managed to escape.

    Source: Ghanaian Times

  • Abossey Okai chief, 4 others to appear before court over Homowo celebration

    The chief of Abossey Okai and four others, in Accra,  would appear before court for failing to notify the police about the celebration of Homowo festival.

    The chief, Nii Abossey III, Jacob Laryea, Okyeame II, Naa Korkoi II , Manye, John Awuley Lartey, and Godfred Marmah Nelson, Nii Okyeame, were cautioned contrary to section 9 of the Public Order Act 491 1994.

    The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent Effia Tenge, disclosed these to the Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday .

    He stated that statements were taken from the chief and accomplices, following an invitation by the Kaneshie Divisional Police Command, last Sunday.

    The Police PRO said that two suspects were being pursued by the police for firing gunshots resulting in the death of two persons and injury of another.

    It would be recalled that Ghanaian Times Monday, August 31, 2020 issue, carried a story that two persons were shot dead and another injured by gun wielding men, during the Homowo festival at Abossey Okai, on Saturday.

    The dead were shot on their chest while the injured received gunshot wound on his right arm.

    The bodies of the two male adults yet to be identified have been deposited at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital mortuary, while the injured had since been treated and discharged, but no arrest had been made in connection with the incident.

    The Kaneshie Police received information that the chief and people of Abossey Okai had organised Ga Homowo festival without notifying the police.

    DSP Tenge said in the cause of the celebration, while some customary rites were being performed, gunshots were heard outside, and some people were injured and rushed to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and Sukura Community Hospital.

    She said police proceeded to the scene and after confirming the incident went to the two health facilities where the victims were taken to.

    DSP Tenge said hospital authorities confirmed that three persons were rushed to the facilities with gunshot wounds, and two died while receiving treatment, but the third victim who sustained injury on the right arm was treated and discharged.

    She  said  investigation into the case was ongoing, and appealed to the public to assist the police with reliable information for the arrest of the other suspects.

    Source: Ghanaian Times

  • Protect the image of Ghana football Isaac Asiamah to football administrators

    The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has called on football administrators to protect the image of Ghana Football in order to secure sponsorships from corporate bodies.

    Ghana football in recent times have struggled in terms of sponsorship deals and according to the Minister, it will be prudent for football people to do away with the negative comments about the game in the quest to improve the game.

    Speaking at the 26th Ordinary congress of the Ghana Football Association, he said, “My advice to you all is for you seek to the wellbeing of our beautiful game.”

    “We must protect the sanity, integrity and image of the game.”

    “The image of the game must be protected because when you damage the brand it will affect you. We must make it more attractive so we can get sponsors” he said.

    Source: footballghana.com

  • Backward practices of lynching innocent women suspected of witchcraft must stop – Naana Jane

    Vice Presidential Candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has condemned the incessant attacks on women on suspicion of them being witches.

    This comes on the back of reports that a 50-year-old Meiri Ibrahim was hacked by some men in her community in Sumpini in the West Gonja District of the Savannah region after she was accused of being behind the death of a young man.

    Meiri Ibrahim sustained severe machete wounds on her head, arms and hands and was rushed to the Damongo Government Hospital where she is receiving treatment.

    Commenting on such a backward act, the Vice Presidential Candidate for the NDC said no woman on earth should be handed such treatment just because some group of people declared her as a witch based on unfounded reasons.

    She said “Innocent women continue to be attacked and killed in Ghana because someone has decided that they are witches. The brutal attack on three women in Lantekura in the West Gonja District of the Savannah Region is absolutely unacceptable in 21st century Ghana. This must stop now”.

    The Savannah region has in recent times become notorious for such incidents as some weeks ago 90-year-old Akua Danteh was beaten till she fell unconscious and later lost her life.

    The suspects have since been apprehended and are currently been tried at the court for justice to prevail.

    Source: My News GH

  • Cost of testing for travellers outrageous, make it free – NDC Communicator

    A communication team member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Eric Sosu has described as outrageous the cost of COVID-19 test for travellers who are returning to Ghana.

    According to him, the cost is not only outrageous but a fleece on the travellers who have been hit by the economic challenges of the coronavirus.

    Travellers coming to Ghana by air are supposed to pay $150 (¢868) for Covid-19 testing, the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Yaw Kwakwa disclosed at a press conference on Monday, August 31, 2020.

    The directive he explained forms part of directives outlined by the Ministry of Aviation and Health to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus and ensure that the deadly disease is not imported into the country.

    “It takes a maximum of 30 minutes for a particular passenger to go through the entire process and get his or her results.

    “This system is so convenient that passengers will practically go through our terminal building with only a fraction of time added to what they used to do before,” he added.

    He added: “It is mandatory for any airline coming to Ghana to ensure that passengers have a face mask on but we know that some of our people will be travelling from afar.

    “When you are coming from London, you will probably travel like six hours and so when you land at the KIA and you come through the passenger door and get to the edge of the terminal building, we will give you a fresh face mask.

    “There is a service provider that we are using to do all of this. So we give you the face mask and you start going through the process. When you enter you go to the far end of the upper part of arrivals and you queue to go through the testing centre.

    “But one convenience is that there is no country that you can go through the process and be able to get the results within 30 minutes and if you are negative the health professionals take over from there,” he said.

    But Mr. Sosu insits the cost is outrageous and called on the government to make it free for Ghanaians and charge foreigners coming to Ghana.

    ”Ghanaians who are returning home should not be charged. They have been stranded for months and upon returning, you are charging them $150 for a test. This is ridiculous. The government should use the COVID-19 relief fund to pay the cost of the test. If the returnees are unable to pay for the test, it means, they will be kept at the airport.”

    Meanwhile, Oliver Ofori Baah, a communication team member of the NPP has disagreed saying the cost is far cheaper than what is being charged here.

    He said the cost is reasonable and the government should be commended.

    Source: rainbownradioonline.com

  • Ursula Owusu outdoors Ablekuma West campaign team

    The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency and Communication Minister, Hon. Ursula Owusu-Erkuful has officially unveiled her Campaign Team geared towards the 2020 general elections at the party constituency office in Dansoman, Accra.

    The Chairman of the campaign team, Mr. Samuel Bright Osei-Puni, announced the various committees and their respective chairmen and called on them to remain focussed and dedicated to the task of retaining the seat for the party.

    He further thanked all the chairpersons of the various committees for accepting to serve and work for the party to execute the campaign.

    He noted that the 2020 campaign team will be responsible for the general combat of the campaign, adding that all the persons chosen to play different roles in the campaign team are people who are to his knowledge, very competent and capable of doing the work.

    The Director of Operations at the Jubilee House, Lord Oblitey Commey speaking at the event urged the team to assign responsibilities and adopt a mixed approach including; door-to-door and social media campaign to contain the spread of COVID-19.

    “We have an election to win and power to retain. The task is challenging, especially, those of us in Greater Accra, so we need to put our house in order, campaign vigorously by convincing the electorates of our success story as well as our planned programmes when given the mandate,” he said.

    He said government had done so much work in the midst of challenges including; COVID-19 that needed to be propagated to electorate to win their votes.

    The event saw attendance from Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, the National Security Advisor, Hon. George Cyril Bray(MCE), among others.

    Source: thepublisheronline.com

  • NPP will elect MMDCEs on partisan basis — Alima Mahama

    The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development  (MLGRD) , Hajia Alima Mahama, has given a firm assurance that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will ensure the partisan election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in its  second term in office.

    She said when re-elected, the NPP government would activate a process for consensus building towards the amendment of certain constitutional provisions to pave  way for MMDCEs to be elected on partisan basis.

    The minister stated this at a Meet- the-Press series held in Accra last Friday at which she outlined the achievements of the Local Government Ministry over the past three and a half years.

    Manifesto promise

    The election of MMDCEs was one of the manifesto promises made by the NPP in the run-up to the 2016 general election.

    Upon assumption of power, the government activated processes to keep that promise by ensuring the review of some articles in the 1992 Constitution to pave way for the MMDCEs to be elected.

    The articles that were amended were Article 243 (1) on the appointment of MMDCEs by the President and Article 55 (3), which prohibits the involvement of political parties in district level elections.

    The process, however, halted after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo withdrew the bill from Parliament, citing lack of consensus from Ghanaians.

    Determined to see through the election of the MMDCEs, the NPP made a fresh promise in its 2020 manifesto that was launched on August 23 to ensure that the Chief Executives of the MMDAs were elected on partisan basis.

    Commitment

    Throwing more light on that promise, she said the President had demonstrated commitment to fulfilling that promise by clearly putting out a roadmap that saw the referendum for Amendment of Article 55(3) towards the election of MMDCEs:

    “A Roadmap to guide the Referendum process for the election of MMDCEs was developed, and following Cabinet approval, stakeholder consultations and sensitisation were conducted across the country and the   processes for amendment of relevant provisions of the Constitution (Articles 55(3) and 243) commenced,” she said.

    Capacity building

    The minister said the government was committed to ensuring popular participation in local democracy which was why it created 44 new municipal and district assemblies and elevated 32 districts to municipal status.

    She added that the government had completed 23 office accommodation buildings commenced in April, 2016 for selected MMDAs by December 2017 and constructed 72 administration and assembly blocks.

    Apart from the capital projects, the minister said the MLGRD ministry had collaborated with the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) to conduct a National Orientation and Training Programme (NOTP) for the newly elected and appointed assembly members.

    She said 9,079 new assembly members benefitted from the programme.

    “Pursuant to Section 18 of the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936), a new Model Standing Orders for MMDAs has been developed,” she said, adding that those initiatives had improved the knowledge base of the assembly members.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • NPP manifesto will reduce psychological problems in Ghana – Prof. Joseph Osafo

    Professor Joseph Osafo, Head of Psychology at University of Ghana, has eulogized the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) over their 2020 manifesto.

    The NPP launched their manifesto in Cape Coast and, in the manifesto, listed the 2016 campaign promises they’ve accomplished since coming into power as well as new development projects they intend to carry out when given a second term.

    Some projects that the ruling party led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia intends to deliver in the next four years is to provide tertiary schools with free Wi-Fi, grant loans to students without a guarantor, establish an airport and new harbour in Cape Coast, roll out a scheme to rent out affordable apartments to young graduates and to create a Creative Arts Fund to revamp the Creative Arts industry among other promises.

    Making his submissions on ”Kokrokoo” on Peace FM, Prof. Joseph Osafo commended the President and the NPP for the social intervention programmes in the manifesto.

    According to him, research has shown that a lot of people attempt suicide because of the loss of jobs and other physical reliefs that will help ease their hardships.

    He believed the NPP manifesto has captured relevant projects that, when implemented, will signifcantly reduce pyschological problems in the country.

    “I’m very impressed with this manifesto. Now, we’re taking governance seriously. There are some social interventions in it that resonate with my research experience as a Psychologist in Ghana. A lot of the social interventions that will ease burdens on humans can cut down on several psychological problems,” he said.

    Source: Peace FM

  • CBOD, others sponsor construction of school block for the people of New Adjena

    The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Bulk Oil Storage & Transportation Company (BOST) and Ghana Gas joined forces to sponsor the construction of a two-unit Kindergarten school block for the people of New Adjena in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern region.

    The school block project including an auxiliary unit was commissioned by the Volta River Authority Resettlement Trust Fund on Thursday August 27, 2020.

    The VRA is required to provide the Trust Fund with an annual grant for developmental project for tens of resettlement townships surrounding.

    Executive Director of the VRA Trust Fund Richard Twum Barimah said the Fund sought external help due to budgetary constraints in order to complete the all-important project for the people of New Adjena, particularly school children.

    “VRA Trust fund at a retreat in Ho pleaded with some of the sister orgnaisations to assist us since our grant is a bit overstretched.”

    He commended the CEO of CBOD Senyo Hosi for making the first pledge and pulling along other donors to raise about GHS 150,000, a part of which went into the school block.

    The Deputy Minister of Energy (Power) William Owireku Aidoo in his address asked that the people of Adjena them to be hopeful of more projects in the future.

    “The President Akufo-Addo has promised he will do whatever it takes to take the Trust Fund out of financial difficulties so it can be more beneficial to the community.

    It is our prayer that in future university education will be free]and these children would also benefit.”

    The chairman of the commissioning ceremony, the Chief of Akwamu Adumasa, Nana Ansah Kwao IV in his brief remarks thanked all the sponsors for their support. He charged the VRA Trust Fund to take up more developmental projects for the township.

    The VRA Resettlement Trust Fund was set up in 1996 to cater for the needs of resettlement communities which had been affected by the formation of the Volta Lake as part of the Akosombo hydro-electric power project through displacements, poor roads and drainage and low incomes of inhabitants.

    Source: Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution

  • Chairman Abronye inaugurates campaign team for Wenchi Constituency

    The Bono Regional Secretariat led by Kwame Baffoe Abronye has launched the campaign team for Wenchi Constituency for the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections.

    The campaign team which is made of businessmen and various professionals will spearhead activities of the party towards the December 7 polls in the constituency.

    The team has been mandated to form and inaugurate campaign teams at the various polling stations within the Constituency as soon as possible.

    The campaign team is chaired by the parliamentary candidate Prof George Gyan Baffour with assistance from the Constituency Chairman Mr. Yaw Gyan.

    Addressing the newly inaugurated Campaign Team members, the Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe Abronye called on the campaign team members to work hard and eschew skirt and blouse attitude to ensure that the parliamentary seat is retained whilst maximizing more votes for the presidential candidate.

    He, therefore, took the opportunity to urge all Party supporters to put aside their differences, unnecessary utterances, and work in unity for victory 2020.

    Source: Peace FM

  • Builsa South: 250 farmers forced to abandon 750-acre rice farms in Fumbisi

    About 300 hectares (750 acres) of rice farms belonging to 250 farmers in the Fumbisi rice valley in the Builsa South District of the Upper East Region have been abandoned for lack chemicals to fight the infection by weeds known as “wild rice”.

    The few farmers still in the valley are using traditional methods of farming to uproot the wild rice tillers which is time-consuming and capital intensive to hire labourers to undertake the exercise.

    Many of the farmers, who expressed their frustrations to the Ghanaian Times during a field visit to the rice farms on Tuesday, stated that the government promised to provide them with farm inputs in the farming season, which encouraged most of them to expand their farms.

    One of the farmers, Mr. Moses Agontu, who stated that the government had not done much to honour that pledge, added that the weedicides for spraying the weeds that had attacked the rice were very expensive and also difficult to come by.

    Mr. Emmanuel Afoko, another farmer who told the Ghanaian Times that the weeds had the potential of reducing yields, appealed to the government to, as a matter of urgency, support the farmers to deal with the infection to avoid food insecurity.

    The Builsa South District Director of Agriculture, Mr. Sylvan Dauda Danaa, reiterated the need for the government and researchers to intervene with a lasting antidote to deal with the wild rice infection in order for rice farmers to have the motivation to grow more rice.

    The Upper East Regional Director of Agriculture, Mr. Francis Ennor, said the wild rice infection is causing a lot of anxiety among rice farmers in the area and so assured farmers in general of better agricultural interventions which would help increase crop and animal production in the region.

    There are rice fields totalling 850 hectares (2125 acres) fully developed in nine valleys in the Builsa South District and each year, between 5.5 and 5.8 metric tons of rice is cultivated in the valleys by 894 rice farmers, including out-growers, and their effort is above the national rice cultivation.

    It would be recollected that last year there was huge rice glut in the rice valleys due to lack of ready market.

    Other challenges confronting rice farmers at the valleys are lack of motorable roads to the rice fields and inadequate inputs such as fertilizers and seeds.

    Source: Ghanaian Times

  • Return Nana Akufo-Addo to power for more development MCE

    Mr Clement Nii Lamptey Wilkinson, the Municipal Chief Executive for Ga West, has urged Ghanaians to vote massively for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the December General Election to advance his agenda towards making Ghana a self-reliant and industrial prosperous nation.

    He said the Government led by the President had done a lot for the country, especially in infrastructural development, job creation, education, agriculture and health, hence the call to renew his mandate to continue with his good works.

    Mr Wilkson made the call when he spoke with journalists on the sidelines of a workshop on renewable energy, at Amasaman.
    The workshop was to sensitise the Assembly on how to integrate renewable energy utilisation into their midterm development plan.

    The workshop was organised by 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon (G-ROC), a network of youth into environmental climate change.

    Mr Wilkson said the people of Ga West Municipality were benefiting a lot from a number of projects, such as the provision of CHPS compounds, school structures, while a 76-kilometre road project was ongoing at Amasaman.

    Source: GNA

  • Causing financial loss to the state is normalized – Prof. Kwaku Azar

    A US based Ghanaian Professor of Law and social commentator, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Aware, who is popularly known as Prof Kwaku Azar has alleged that causing of financial losses to the country is now normalized under the leadership of President Akufo Addo.

    Many financials deals which include the famous PDS deal cost massive financial loss to the state. However, those behind those deals are not held reaponsible.

    According to Prof Azar, since the PDS deal which cost Ghana some 200 million dollars was busted, none of the persons behind has been arraigned before court to face charges of causing financial loss to the state.

    Prof Azar also noted that no measures have been put in place to stop deals of same nature as PDS from reoccurring in the country.

    “…Not a single mechanism has been put in place to prevent its reoccurrence,” Prof. Azar says.

    A commission which would be tasked to investigate the PDS deal has also not been set up to get to the buttom of what led to the striking of the PDS deal which was subsequently terminated.

    All these, according to Prof Azar amounts to the normalization of causing of financial loss to the state.

    Source: ghanavanguard.com

  • Police chase mobile money vendor killers

    The Ashanti Regional Police have confirmed that they are on the heels of a number of suspects over the gruesome murder of a mobile money vendor in the region.

    Twenty-eight-year old, Owusu Agyekum, a mobile money merchant at Onwe, in the Ejisu Municipality, was shot dead in his metal container around 8:30 PM on Wednesday.

    The police managed to apprehend one key suspect, identified as Martin Agyei, who was wielding an AK47 assault rifle, barely four hours after the shooting incident.

    ASP Godwin Ahianyo, the Ashanti Regional Police PRO, explained to the media that Agyei, was in a taxi cab, around 12 midnight on Thursday when he was nabbed at Kodie, a town in the region.

    The Police PRO stated that four hours earlier, Owusu Agyekum, 32, was in his yellow metal container working at Onwe, when some suspected robbers, attacked and shot him dead.

    According to the Police, the robbers then snatched the money bag of the deceased and started to shoot indiscriminately, whilst they fled from the crime scene on foot.

    ASP Ahianyo, who was addressing the media, said the police suspect that Agyei had a hand in the murder of the mobile money merchant.

    He disclosed that the police are convinced that Agyei did not kill the mobile money merchant alone, so they are doing their best to arrest his runaway accomplices.

    Source: thepublisheronline.com

  • V/R: 600 rice farms destroyed by drought in Ketu South

    Some 600 farmers at Klenomadzi and Devego, near Dzodze in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region, have lost their vast rice farms to drought.

    In all, 700 acres of rice farms have dried up due to the severe weather conditions in the area.

    The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has estimated the damage at GHS 300, 000.
    The area has recorded no rainfall in the past four months.

    Subsequently, River Kpli on which the rice farmers depends for growing their crop has dried up.

    The situation has now deprived the farmers of their livelihood, which is rice cultivation.

    Meanwhile, TorgbiGbordzor V11, chief of Klenomadzi has told a team of NADMO officials who toured the affected farms last week Wednesday that the farmers who took loans to produce rice were in a serious state of calamity as their creditors were now knocking at their doors demanding repayment.

    He said the future looks very miserable for the farmers and appealed to the government to come to the aid of the farmers immediately with a rescue package to enable them to repay their loans.

    The Municipal NADMO Director, Mr. Wornoo, gave the assurance that the team would immediately liaise with regional and national NADMO head offices in Ho and Accra respectively to identify the appropriate relief measures for the affected farmers.

    He entreated the rice farmers to henceforth insure their farms against the ravages of crop failure and also form an association to enable them to secure easier and more flexible loans in future.

    Water supply from the irrigation plant to Afife does not extend to the farms in Klenomadzi and Devego, a predicament which leaves the farmers to rely exclusively on River Kpli for water to their farms.

    Cassava and maize are also cultivated in the area but not on large scales.

    Source:The Ghanaian Times

  • Police on manhunt for two suspects after Abossey Okai shooting incident

    The Greater Accra Regional Police Command is searching for two persons believed to be associated with the killing of two celebrants during the Homowo festivities at Abossey Okai in Accra.

    The two persons shot into a crowd while firing muskets at the event, killing two persons.

    In an interview with Citi News, Greater Accra Regional Police PRO, DSP Efia Tenge, said the offenders who were identified in the course of investigations are yet to be apprehended.

    “The Police began investigations into the shooting incident and we have been able to identify those who went to shoot. We are on a manhunt for them. Initially, we did not know who they were but the fact that we have been able to identify them alone is a good step. We are still hunting for them.”

    The incident occurred after the chief and residents of Abossey Okai organised their Homowo festival without notifying the Police.

    Gunshots were heard outside while some customary rites were being performed as part of the celebration.

    Three persons were also left injured.

    Source: citinewsroom

  • Complete our abandoned E-block Namong chief pleads with government

    The Paramount Chief of the Namong traditional area, Namong daa Daniel Bugri Naabu has pleaded with the government to complete an abandoned uncompleted E-block left at Namong in the Yunyoo Nasuan District.

    The project is the first secondary school to have been built in the district, but yet to be completed.

    According to Namong daa, Daniel Bugri Naabu, the project is at its completion stage and therefore must not be left to rot away whiles the people are in dire need of it.

    He added that, when the project is completed, it will serve the entire Yunyoo-Nasuan district and beyond, hence, the government must look into it, and ensure its completion.

    “So I am appealing to the president to give directive for the secondary school to resume work…and that looking at the project, 90? of the work has been completed,” he told GhanaWeb.

    Chief Bugri Naabu noted that the area is conflict-prone, hence whenever there is a conflict, the children stop going to school because they cannot go to Bunkrugu nor Nakpanduri where they attend the secondary schools.

    He advised the government not to abandon the project because it was started by the NDC government, augmenting the point that, the money used in starting the project was not NDC’s pocket money.

    Speaking to Jonathan Guru, who is the Kokomba students Union President of the area, he recounted when the project was awarded to the contractor, “we were all happy, children and adults were happy, up till a point in 2016, when the contractor left home for the elections and never return.”

    He also said hopes have been let down because people were happy with the expectation that they were going to have a secondary school been constructed for their children to attend and only for the project to be left abandoned.

    “We are appealing to government, stakeholders, or anybody who can support this building comes to completion for students to be placed there for teaching and learning to start.”

    Mr. Jonathan lamented on the distance students travel to access secondary education from far places such as Nakpanduri, Nalegu, Kariga, Gushegu, Charipuni, and Bunkrugu.

    “We are pleading with government and stakeholders to come to our aid by completing the E-block for us so that children from this area can also access the secondary school here without travelling elsewhere,” he told GhanaWeb’s Northern Regional Correspondent.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Okada legalization can only be welcomed if regulations are in place – GPRTU

    The Ghana Private Road Transport Union(GPRTU) has reacted to the news of whether or not to legalize Okada by stating that the move to legalize Okada can only be welcomed if the necessary regulations are put in place to ensure the safety of Okada drivers and their passengers.

    Speaking to Samuel Eshun on the Happy Morning Show, National Chairman of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union, Kwame Kumah stated: “As at now, Okada is illegal. But I have heard that there is a conversation to legalize Okada.

    “If the leaders can put in place measures that will ensure safety through certain regulations, that will help. If that is not put in place, the Okada job as it stands now is disturbing”, he said.

    He reasoned that at the moment, there are no regulations such as the insurance of Okada and as such people are not safe riding on Okada.

    “As Okada is not legal in Ghana, there is no insurance covering the drivers and their passengers, so if it is legalized, these things must be put in place.”

    The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has disclosed that he will legalize Okada should he win the 2020 general elections.

    He states that it is important to legalize this field to serve as a form of livelihood to a lot of people.

    However, some have criticized the ex-president for promising the legalization of regulation of motorbikes for commercial purposes popularly known as Okada as they argue that this form of business has claimed many lives; causing more harm than good.

    As it stands now, Section 128 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 states: “The licensing authority shall not register a motorcycle to carry a fare-paying passenger.”

    The former president has, however, said that the business will be legalized when he comes to power.

    Source: e.TV Ghana

  • Airport reopening: KIA disinfected ahead of international flights resumption

    Ghana’s main airport, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) is being disinfected less than 24 hours ahead of an international flight resumption.

    This comes after KIA was closed to international traffic in the wake of the Coronavirus in March 2020.

    Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 16th address to the nation on Sunday, August 30 announced the reopening of Ghana’s air borders to international traffic.

    The president explained, the decision comes after a thorough work done by the Aviation Ministry, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, (GCAA), the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health.

    “I am glad to announce that the Kotoka International Airport will resume operations on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. This has been communicated to all international airlines,” the president said.

    The disinfection exercise, which is currently ongoing at the Departure Area of the KIA Terminal 3 is being conducted by the Zoomlion Ghana Limited and authorised by the Ghana Airport Company Limited, (GACL).

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • GUTA replies Nigerian government on trade harassment

    The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has said the Nigerian Union of Association Ghana (NUTAG) has over the months fed their government with lies pertaining engagements in retail businesses in Ghana.

    According to the President of the Association, Dr Joseph Obeng, Ghana has never targeted any ECOWAS citizen who deals in goods and services produced in a member state.

    It only enforces the laws to deal with people who operate illegally in the country, Dr Obeng stated.

    “No particular country is a target in the enforcement of the law. However, it should be noted that Nigerians form about 80% of those who engage in the illegal retail trade.”

    He explained that the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) law is only to “discourage dumping of goods from countries outside the ECOWAS community, so as to boost local production and better the lot for the local manufacturer as well as grow and develop our local economy.”

    The Nigerian government has over the week said it can no longer tolerate the incessant harassment of its citizens in Ghana.

    This comes after several shops engaged in retail businesses without the necessary documents were closed down by the Trades Ministry’s Inter-Ministerial Task force in Accra, Kumasi and Koforidua.

    In Kumasi, over 90 shops suspected to be for Nigerians were closed down after the inspection by the Task Force.

    The Government of Ghana, has on the other hand rejected the accusations made by Nigeria of intimidation and maltreatment of Nigerian Nationals in Ghana.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Second-year SHS, JHS students to resume October 5

    Second-year Junior High School and Senior High School students will be returning to school on October 5, 2020.

    This follows relevant consultations by the Ghana Education Service, according to President Akufo-Addo.

    “With Junior High Schools operating with class sizes of thirty (30), and Senior High Schools with class sizes of twenty-five (25), SHS 2 and JHS 2 students will be in school for ten (10) weeks to study, and write their end of term examinations,” the President said in an address to the nation on Sunday evening.

    Prior to reopening, all schools will be fumigated and disinfected.

    All JHS two and SHS two students will be given reusable face masks like was done for the final year JHS and SHS students who reported to school earlier in the year.

    JHS two students will also be given one hot meal a day.

    “SHS 2 students in boarding houses are to return to their various dormitories on 5th October, whilst day students, respecting fully the COVID-19 protocols, will commute from home to their respective schools on the same date. Prior to reopening, all Junior and Senior High Schools will be fumigated and disinfected. Just as was done in the case of final year university, JHS and SHS students, all JHS 2 and SHS 2 students, as well as all teaching and non-teaching staff, will be given reusable face masks. Each school will be provided with Veronica Buckets, gallons of liquid soap, rolls of tissue paper, thermometer guns, and 200 milli-litre containers of sanitizers. JHS 2 students will be given one hot meal a day,” President Akufo-Addo added.

    President Akufo-Addo, however, said pupils from KG to primary 6, JHS 1 and SHS 1  will, however, return to school in January 2021.

    “The Ghana Education Service, after further consultations, has decided to postpone the remainder of the academic year for all nursery, kindergarten, primary, JHS 1 and SHS 1 students. The next academic year will resume in January 2021, with appropriate adjustments made to the curriculum to ensure that nothing is lost from the previous year. The relevant dispositions will also be made so that the presence, at the same time, in school of all streams of students, can occur in safety.”

    Source: citinewsroom

  • Concern Voters Movement endorses Agyapa Royalties Deal

    The Concerned Voters Movement (CVM) has endorsed the Agyapa Royalties deal as a perfect agreement to advance the course of Ghana’s socio-economic and infrastructural development.

    A statement signed by the Founder and President of the CVM, Mr Razak Kojo Opoku and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government under the selfless leadership of President Akufo-Addo, has adopted a special purpose vehicle to leverage the country’s mineral royalties for the overall benefit of the country.

    The statement said the decision of Government to list the Agyapa Royalties on the stock exchange was to raise money for the development of the country.

    It said the special purpose vehicle is to keep track of the country’s investments in the mining industry, based on the law passed by Parliament.

    It said the arguments by some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and individuals against Agyapa Royalties Minerals Limited were without merit.

    “For revenue generation, transparency and accountability, the Government of Ghana has decided to float 49 per cent out of its 100 per cent shares on the stock markets specifically Ghana Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange and remains the majority shareholder of 51 per cent.”

    The statement said one of the impediments to Ghana’s socio-economic development was the commentaries from individuals and CSOs.

    The CVM statement commended the government for the enactment of Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) and the successful establishment of Agyapa Royalties Minerals Limited for a special purpose vehicle to leverage on the Country’s minerals royalties.

    It said the Agyapa Royalties Minerals Limited is 100 per cent owned by the Government of Ghana.

    Source: GNA

  • Coronavirus: NCCE educates POLWA on continuous adherence to protocols

    Madam Doris Gbongbo, the Bono Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has called for continued adherence to the directives against the spread of the novel Coronavirus disease.

    She said although some the restrictions were eased that did not mean the fight against the pandemic was over.

    She said people needed to protect themselves by strictly observing preventive directives and protocols.

    Mad. Gbongbo said this at a meeting with the members of the Police Wives Association (POLWA) in the Sunyani and Sunyani West Municipalities.

    The meeting organised by the Bono Regional Office of the Commission was to sensitize the police wives about the pandemic and to enable them to assist in education on the safety protocols and directives.

    As part of the agenda, the participants were educated on the negative health implications of indiscriminate disposal of used nose masks and waste.

    Mad. Gbongbo asked the women to maintain a clean environment by ensuring good sanitation practices.

    Source: GNA

  • Police arrest 30 suspected criminals, slabs of narcotics seized

    Police at Batsona on the Spintex Road in a dawn swoop last Friday arrested 30 suspected criminals at Cambodia, a suburb of Spintex in the Greater Accra Region.

    According to the Police, the criminals who are aged between 18-23 were arrested together with their kingpin Isaac Nkrumah from drug peddling ghettos on the Spintex road.

    The Police upon arrested them collected both compressed slabs and wrapped dried narcotic substances. Other items retrieved were sharp objects and monies believed to have been proceeds from the narcotics.

    The Police said after screening, the Kingpin Isaac Nkrumah and Enoch Tettey were arraigned before court and were remanded into Police custody to assist the Police in its investigations whiles the others are also supporting police in its investigation.

    Source: My News GH

  • Chief, four others arrested over lynching of alleged witch in Simpuni

    The Dagomba Chief of Simpuni, his linguist and three other persons have been arrested by police in the Savannah Region for their roles in the lynching of a 60-year-old woman accused of being a witch.

    The five include three males and 2 females

    Speaking to the media on the arrests, the Savannah Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Owusu Agyekum, said the five were picked up as suspects and are expected to assist the police in investigations as well as provide information that could lead to the arrest of other suspects who have fled town since the incident took place.

    The victim whose name has been given as Meri Ibrahim was accused along with two others for using witchcraft to kill a young man.

    According to Meri Ibrahim, her co-accused were able to flee town, escaping the attack. She reveals that she was at home when the attackers came at her. She said she pleaded with them and denied being a witch but was assaulted by them.

    The Chief of the town, James Langa and the Municipal Chief Executive for Gonja West, Muhazuden Saeed Jibreal have all condemned the attack on the 60-year-old woman who received several cuts from her attackers and has since been receiving treatment at the hospital after being left in a critical condition.

    According to the MCE, the perpetrators will surely be brought to book no matter where they run to or how long it takes.

    Source: Ghanaweb

  • 2019/20 Academic year postponed to 2021

    The Ghana Education Service (GES) has postponed the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year to January 2021.

    The decision to postpone the academic year which was brought to a halt in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic in the country was taken after further consultations with stakeholders.

    Second year Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High School (SHS) students, would however, return to school from October 5 to December 15 to complete their academic year.

    The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, made this known Sunday in his 16th address to the nation on measures taken to control the spread of the Coronavirus disease.

    “The Ghana Education Service after further consultations has decided to postpone the remainder of the academic year for all nursery, kindergarten, primary, JHS1 and SHS1 students. The next academic year will resume in January 2021 with the appropriate adjustments made to the curriculum to ensure that nothing is lost from the previous year,” the President said.

    “The relevant dispositions will also be made so that the presence, at the same time, in schools of all streams of students, can occur in safety,” he added.

    JHS 2, SHS 2 return to school October 5

    The President noted that JHSs would operate with a class sizes of 30 while SHSs would operate with a class sizes of 25.

    He added that the students would be in school for 10 weeks to study and write their end of term examinations.

    President Akufo-Addo further noted that prior to reopening, all schools would be fumigated and disinfected.

    He said as part of measures to control the spread of the Coronavirus, all the students would be given reusable face masks like was done for the final year JHS and SHS students who reported to school earlier in the year.

    JHS two students will also be given one hot meal a day.

    “SHS 2 students in boarding houses are to return to their various dormitories on 5th October, whilst day students, respecting fully the COVID-19 protocols, will commute from home to their respective schools on the same date. Prior to reopening, all Junior and Senior High Schools will be fumigated and disinfected.

    Just as was done in the case of final year university, JHS and SHS students, all JHS 2 and SHS 2 students, as well as all teaching and non-teaching staff, will be given reusable face masks. Each school will be provided with Veronica Buckets, gallons of liquid soap, rolls of tissue paper, thermometer guns, and 200 milli-litre containers of sanitizers. JHS 2 students will be given one hot meal a day,” President Akufo-Addo added.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Covid-19 burial team boycotts duties after attack from relative of deceased

    Environmental health workers with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in charge of the burial of victims who succumbed to the novel coronavirus say they have laid down their tools over lack of security.

    This was after some of them were attacked on August 27 by a relative of one of the deceased who had contested that the victim did not die of the virus.

    Some 116 bodies have been buried by the assembly as of August 29, 2020.

    The team led by Joseph Asitanga told Accra-based 3News said they are prepared to boycott the activities if efforts are not initiated to provide adequate security during the performance of their duties.

    “My men are psychologically traumatised, and as of Thursday they told me they would boycott the exercise,” he said.

    Mr Asitanga narrated that on Thursday, his some of his team members were “roughed up and beaten because the family was contesting the cause of death of their beloved.”

    He explained that they were vehemently held from carrying the body away to the site for burial.

    The helpless AMA team then left the body at the morgue to focus on others similar tasks in other facilities.

    These personnel have been executing tasks every week since the advent of Covid-19 in Ghana.

    The workers are also yet to receive their share of the special packages for frontline workers, three months since its announcement by the President.

    “All environmental health workers across the regions and various districts are unanimous in their decision to boycott the burials if they do not receive their packages by end of September,” emphasised Mr Asitanga.

    Source: myjoyonline

  • Musician fined for shoplifting

    An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 30-year-old self-styled musician to a fine of GH¢2,400 for shoplifting assorted items at the Shoprite section of the West Hills Mall in Accra.

    In default, the convict, David Ike, will serve three months in prison.

    The items stolen included two pieces Cling Cracker biscuit, one cake of Medi Soft soap, two pieces of Lindor chocolate, two sets of floral tissue, underwear, two plastic bottles of water, one packet of Burger peanuts and one bag, all worth GH¢167.65

    The convict pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing and was found guilty by the court after a full trial.

    Cross-examination

    During cross-examination, although Ike had admitted picking up the items at the mall, he denied walking away with the items, arguing that he made an attempt to see the manager on duty in order to make payments for the items, but to no avail.

    He also told the court that he was an Australian who came to Ghana in 2017 and had no permanent place of abode.

    Meanwhile, Ike is expected to be put before a different court for the use of narcotic drugs.

    Judgment

    Passing sentence, the presiding judge, Ms Ruby Naa Ayitey, a High Court judge sitting with additional responsibility as a Circuit Court judge, said the evidence produced by the prosecution against the convict was overwhelming.

    She added that she had considered the fact that the stolen items had been retrieved and that their value was minimal.

    She also said another factor considered in sentencing Ike was that he was not a Ghanaian and had no place of abode, a fact that was made known to the court during cross-examination.

    Ms Ayitey also said she considered the fact that the accused person had no place of abode and had been in custody for the past two years since the trial started.

    Facts

    The facts, as presented by the prosecutor, Inspector Samuel Ahiabor, were that the complainant in the case was a security guard at West Hills Mall.

    Inspector Ahiabor said about 8 p.m. on August 12, 2018, while people were busily shopping at the mall, Ike entered the Shoprite section of the mall, picked a bag and loaded it with the assorted items.

    He said Ike concealed the items in a bag without paying for them.

    He added that while Ike walked out of the shop with the goods, the security guard called him to produce the receipt for the items in the concealed bag.

    “He could not produce any receipt and was, therefore, arrested and the items retrieved from him,” he said.

    Inspector Ahiabor added that Ike was later handed over to the police on duty at the West Hills Mall.

    Subsequent arrest

    The prosecutor said a further search conducted on Ike by the police revealed a wrapped substance suspected to be Indian hemp, adding that Ike was subsequently re-arrested, together with the exhibit, and handed over to the new Weija Police for investigation.

    In his caution statement to the police, he said, Ike admitted the offences and was charged, after which the wrapped substance was forwarded to the Police Forensic Laboratory for examination.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Helicopter crashes into Lagos building, kills two

    Residents living in the Opebi area of Ikeja, Lagos were thrown into panic after a helicopter reportedly crashed into a building.

    The incident is reported to have occurred around 12pm.

    According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), two persons died as result of the crash while one person survived.

    The hospitalised victim is in the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital while the bodies have been deposited at the morgue, Vanguard reports.

    Speaking at the scene of the crash, the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu told Vanguard that “the agency got a distress call concerning a privately operated helicopter that crashed into 16A Salvation Road, Opebi, Ikeja and immediately activated the emergency response plan.”

    He confirmed that three passengers were on board the flight,” the helicopter was carrying three passengers; one is in the intensive care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital while the bodies of the two killed on impact have been deposited in the mortuary.

    “We are on top of challenges especially crowd control while operation is ongoing.” he added.

    Source: mynigeria.com

  • One dead, 6 in critical condition in gory accident on Apam-Winneba road

    A gory accident that occurred in between Gomoa Bewadeze and Gomoa Amenfi on the Winneba Cape Coast road has claimed one life, while six others are in critical condition.

    According to an eyewitness, a private vehicle with registration number GN 4729-20 enroute from Winneba to Cape Coast used the other lane while overtaking other vehicles.

    It then collided head on with a commercial vehicle with registration number WR 1929 20 carrying passengers on board.

    The private vehicle driver died on the spot while the six injured passengers in the commercial vehicle have been transported to Winneba Trauma Hospital for treatment after GNFS and Police came to their rescue.

    Source: Kasapa FM

  • Two communities in Yendi gets mechanised boreholes

    The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliament Candidate for Yendi, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama has commissioned two mechanised boreholes at Kpatuya and Nayilifong in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region.

    The water projects, valued at thousands of Ghana Cedis were handed over to the two communities on Tuesday, 25th August, 2020.

    Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Alhaji Farouk said he constructed the boreholes following a request by the Chiefs and members of Kpatuya and Nayilifong communities.

    According to him, the projects will end the water challenges affecting the two communities where women and children would have to travel far in search of potable drinking water.

    “This intervention will help solve the water supply challenges of the people of the communities whilst the Yendi water project will soon come on stream to supply potable to the whole of Yendi and its surroundings,” Mr Mahama noted.

    He added this is just a tip of the iceberg ahead of his agenda for a “New Yendi City” that will bring the needed the development and uplift the livelihood of the people.

    Mr Mahama also assured of more goodies in the next Akufo-Addo-Bawumia led administration with him as MP for Yendi.

    However, an elated Chiefs and members of the communities thanked Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama for his unrelenting support for the good people of Yendi and pledged their commitment to his Yendi agenda.

    Source: Abdul Hanan, Contributor

  • Court grants Afenyo-Markins reliefs in defamation suit against NDC MP aspirant

    A court in the Central Region has granted the reliefs being sought by MP for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, in a defamation suit he brought against one James Kofi Annan.

    James Kofi Annan is an aspiring MP for the area and is reported to have made statements at a press conference that are defamatory and slanderous.

    Following from that, Mr Afenyo-Markin filed a defamation suit at the Winneba Magistrate Court.

    After sitting on the matter, the court on Friday, August 28, 2020, gave its judgment, granting the reliefs sought my Mr Afenyo-Markin.

    “The Defendant [James Kofi Annan] is hereby ordered to withdraw and apologise to the Plaintiff [Alexander Afenyo-Markin] using the same media he used in his press conference on 17th March 2020. These media outlets include Adom Tv, Joy Tv and United Television,” a part of the judgement sighted by GhanaWeb stated.

    Mr Annan, at that press conference, alleged that Mr Afenyo-Markin had plotted an allegation of financial impropriety against him and that the Effutu MP was involved in a grand scheme to taint his image and to jeopardise his chances of winning the Effutu seat as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress.

    Read the judgement from the court below

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Some JHS students suspected of food poisoning stabilized in Ho

    The perceived food poisoning situation involving some Junior High School (JHS) students in Ho has been stabilised, according to Madam Rejoice Afi Agyagbo, Volta Regional Coordinator of Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).

    Some 21 students from four JHSs in Ho were rushed to the Ho Municipal hospital on Thursday, when they complained of stomach upset and pain, dizziness and weakness after they suspected their hot meal of plain rice, beans stew and egg, became problematic.

    Meanwhile, hospital sources said the students were treated and discharged.

    The GSFP Coordinator, who spoke to the Ghana News Agency on Friday after public uproar about safety of their children appealed to School authorities to assist by supervising the intake of the meals, which is supposed to be eaten hot.

    She said some of the affected students disclosed that they did not eat the food at the time it was served, but ate it later around 1800 hours on the fate day, which she alluded to be the cause of the problem.

    Madam Agyagbo said those who consumed the meals on the spot did not encounter any stomach problems and asked Schools to help in this instance.

    She said it was problematic for beans meals to be packaged hot and eaten later saying “it is improper to store and consume later.”

    She said her outfit could adjust for suitable meals in areas where there were issues relating to yam as many areas in the Municipality were yet to celebrate yam, which means the commodity could not be served now.

    The Coordinator said a total of 74 public and 23 private JHSs were benefiting from the initiative in the Ho Municipality and across the country for 20 days.

    Mr Raphael Amenyo, Ho Municipal Director of Education said students from Holy Spirit Basic JHS, Royal Praise, New Seed International and Volta Rising Star JHS complained of consuming Wednesday’s meal, but encountered the stomach troubles when they reported to School on Thursday.

    He debunked the assertion of students that “no student was admitted in this case, they were treated and discharged accordingly.”

    He said the Municipal met heads of JHSs and were particularly charged to supervise the initiative to forestall its recurrence.

    Mr Amenyo said plans were activated to meet all Caterers on the initiative on Monday to chart a common front.

    Source: GNA

  • Government spends over GH¢76 million on markets, lorry parks disinfection

    Government says it spent over GH¢76 million towards the disinfection, fumigation and cleaning-up of markets, lorry parks and public toilet facilities across the country.

    The first phase of the disinfection and clean-up exercises formed part of the government’s response towards preventing the spread of the Coronavirus disease in the country.

    Hajia Alima Mahama, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, announced this in Accra when she took her turn of the Meet-the-Press series.

    She said the Ministry set up disinfection teams at the local level, disinfected and fumigated more than 2,000 market centres and 2,000 public toilet facilities.

    The amount went into purchasing of disinfectants, spraying machines, personal protective gears for sprayers, and other useful items secured for the exercise.

    The Minister said the contract for the second phase of disinfection had been signed and would soon begin.

    Giving accounts of financial inflows to the MMDAs for development, the Minister explained that GHc4.5 billion was transferred to the 260 Assemblies for infrastructural development including; education, healthcare, water and sanitation facilities and expressed satisfaction over the utilisation and work done so far with the funds by the MMDAs.

    She noted the Ministry was mandated to promote good governance, equitable and balanced development across the country and was delivering its mandate through the formulation of policies on rural and urban development and designing systems to monitor the implementation of those projects.

    Hajia Mahama assured of government’s unalloyed commitment to implement socio-economic interventions across the country to ameliorate the suffering of the masses, especially the poor and vulnerable.

    The Minister indicated that in the second term of the Akufo-Addo led government, it was poised to engage all stakeholders towards building a consensus and amending the entrenched provisions in the 1992 Constitution for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives on a partisan basis.

    That, she said, would enhance transparency and accountability at the local governance set up.

    Source: GNA

  • Power outages sweep Greater Accra, Ashanti, Volta and Eastern regions

    Accra, Aug.28, GNA – Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) is investigating the cause of a major power disruption in parts of the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Volta and Eastern regions on Friday night.

    Some residents in the affected areas told the Ghana News Agency that they experienced the power outages between 1923 hours and 1930 hours.

    However, power was restored to the affected areas after almost two hours.

    Some of the affected areas in the Greater Accra Region included Weija, Mallam, McCarthy Hill, Gbawe, Awoshie, Sowutuom, A-Lang, Kwashieman, Darkuman, Odorko Official Town, Santa Maria, Ablekuma Oduman, Malejor and Teshie.

    A resident at Oyarifa said the power was restored at exactly 2049 hours after one and half hours.

    Another resident at Sowutuom said the power was restored at her area after groping in darkness for almost two hours.

    Some residents complained that they had been experiencing power outages a couple of times within this week, which had disrupted their social and economic activities.

    Source: GNA

  • Non-custodial sentencing bill to reach Parliament soon

    A bill that will ensure that the punishment given by a court for petty offences against the law does not involve a prison term will soon be laid before Parliament.

    Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia disclosed this on Friday, August 28, 2020, when he represented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the Guest of Honour at the graduation and commissioning parade of 150 officer cadets of the Ghana Prisons Service.

    When the Non-Custodial Sentencing or Alternative Sentence bill becomes law, it would provide alternative punishment such as probation, parole, and community service for minor offences.

    “The Prisons Administration, in collaboration with other stakeholders, is leading the advocacy for alternative sentencing policy to be introduced in the country.

    “The necessary operational adjustments are being made, including the human resource capacity to shoulder the additional responsibility,” Dr Bawumia added.

    The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is among key stakeholders advocating for alternative sentencing for persons who commit minor or petty offences.

    The graduation ceremony was the climax of the last of four batches of 1,500 new entrants for the Service drawn from varied professional backgrounds ranging from Accounting, Agriculture, Education, Engineering, Medicine, and Social Sciences.

    The Vice President reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring security services are adequately resourced.

    He said Cabinet has approved the placement of all the security agencies, (including Prisons) under a single pension scheme, CAP 30 as was the case with the army.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Election 2020: Konadu affirmed flagbearer of the NDP

    The National Democratic Party (NDP) has said it will hold its third National Delegates Conference on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September 2020 at the GNAT Hall in Accra.

    The event according to the party will be under the theme: “Shared Leadership for national Transformation Human Empowerment and Anti-corruption.”

    A statement signed by Secretary-General of the NDP, Alhaji Mohammed Frimpong, said the National Executive Committee (NEC) had earlier on Thursday, August, 20 unanimously affirmed the choice of the former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings from a shortlist of three presidential aspirants for the NDP Flagbearer.

    “Delegates will be drawn from the sixteen regions of Ghana to a total of eighty in compliance with COVID-19 health protocols to deepen the nationwide structures of the party as well as confirm national officers for another four-year term”, the statement added.

    Source: 3 News