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  • Vodafone launches travel insurance for Vodafone Cash Subscribers

    Vodafone Ghana in partnership with StarLife Assurance Company has launched a travel companion for its Vodafone Cash subscribers following the launch of its recent Vodafone Cash Agent Insurance product.

    The unique product, Vodafone travel companion, has been designed to insure customers against death, permanent disability and hospital admissions, which result from a car, train or ferry accident.

    Speaking at the launch, Martison Obeng-Agyei, Head of Vodafone Cash said, “According to the National Road Safety Commission, over 1, 250 Ghanaians lost their lives between January and July, just this year; and over 7,000 Ghanaians were injured during this period. Accidents are inevitable and it is always important to plan for the unexpected. At Vodafone, innovation runs through the very fabric of our organisation. In a fast moving industry like ours, you do not rest on your laurels hence the need to launch this pioneering initiative, our insurance product for our customers.”

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    “This product will definitely redefine insurance product development in the industry and the country at large. Customers have options to choose daily, weekly or monthly premium payment plans.

    Travel Companion has seven unique insurance products. For as little as Ghc 5.50 monthly a customer is entitled to a cover worth Ghc 1500; Ghc 500 should they be admitted at the hospital, Ghc 500 should they suffer any disability, and 500 cedis should they pass away, touchwood. Customer who desire a heavy cover, can go for the Ghc 39.05 monthly which entitles a customer to a Ghc15, 000 cover; Ghc 5000 should they be admitted at a health facility, Ghc 5000 should they suffer any disability, and 5000 cedis, should they pass away, touchwood”
    he explained the product.

    For his Head, Group and Distribution for StarLife, Mr Alex Twumasi, said “After a good research on the market, we scanned the market and realised that clients especially those in the informal sector really needed a travel insurance. This has never happened because most of the covers out there go basically for a niche market but we are coming for the mass market; the ordinary mate or seller can easily patronise this policy using the Vodafone Cash platform.”

    Mr. Obeng-Agyei urged Ghanaians to buy the travel insurance policy in this festive season.

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    “There are millions of people who are going to travel and we hope not but definitely there might be one or two accidents and you can call on StarLife and your claims will be paid to you”.

    Vodafone Cash has become integral in the promotion of a cash – lite society in Ghana with its varied initiatives and products that continue to excite Ghanaians since its inception in Ghana three years ago. It is currently the only mobile money operator that allows customers to send money from their wallets to other Vodafone Cash wallets without charges.

    Source: Vodafone Ghana

  • Violence in Agbogbloshie, Old Fadama must end now – Ya-Na appeals

    The Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari II, says the use of violence as a means of settling misunderstandings between youth groups in communities will no longer be countenanced by the traditional authorities in Dagbon.

    The Ya-Na said the only sustainable approach to the effective settlement of communal disputes and disagreement is through continued dialogue and compromises.

    He, therefore, called for an end to every violent misunderstanding in Dagomba communities around the world, especially in the Agbobgloshie communities in the capital, Accra.

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    The Dagbon King was speaking at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi at a crisis meeting Wednesday, with the leadership of the Dagomba community in the Greater Accra Region, to discuss a lasting solution to the protracted political and chieftaincy disputes in the slums of Agbogbloshie and Old Fadama.

    Over the years, deadly violence has persisted among scrap dealers who are mostly Dagombas who have fled the harsh economic situations and conflict in the north to settle in the Agbogbloshie area.

    The fighting, which has led to the loss of lives and destruction of properties, has been over control of the scrap yards by the groups divided along political and chieftaincy lines.

    The situation became pronounced after the Dagbon incident in 2012 and has always escalated especially after a change in political power with violent takeovers and destruction of properties belonging to perceived members of the losing faction.

    The conflict in these scrap yards now threatens a €15million sustainable e-waste management support programme by the government of Germany, which was commissioned in 2016, to assist the Ghanaian Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), in improving the framework for sustainable e-waste management.

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    In order to safeguard and ensure the sustainability of the project, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) implementing the project on behalf of Berlin, accompanied local leaders at the scrap yards to the Dagbon Overlord and his chiefs, to solicit for support and more authority to be able to take and exercise binding decisions and controls.

    Led by the Dagomba chief of Kasoa, Naa Abdallah Amidu, the group visited over seven paramount chiefs before reaching the final destination at the Gbewa Palace, the seat of the King, on Wednesday.

    The chief pleaded with the Overlord to give them formal recognition and powers to able to deal with the protracted conflict.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • Man allegedly kills six-year old son

    Sherif Akudaago, 35, on Saturday, allegedly killed his six-year-old son at Garu in the Garu District of the Upper East Region.

    The unemployed man reportedly cut the throat of Hanan Akudaago, who was a primary one pupil at the Covenant Academy Primary School at Garu, at about 4:00 am.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Daniel Yaro, Garu District Police Commander, confirmed the incident in an interview with Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Garu on Saturday, describing it as disheartening and shocking.

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    “This is barbaric and inhuman so Akudaago is currently in police custody assisting in investigations,” he said.

    Charles Azure, a resident of the area, who spoke to the GNA, said the incident came to him as a shock because Mr. Akudaago loved his son dearly, and no one could fathom why he would do a thing like that.

    “Mr. Akudaago was always seen with his son and caring for him. Even on Friday night, he was seen with the boy buying food for him,” he said.

    The mother of the boy and other family members declined to speak with the GNA reporter.

    They were visibly in shock and grief over the tragedy. Meanwhile, some residents appealed to police not to hasten to attribute the cause to insanity and thus release the suspect; rather, they should thoroughly investigate the matter to rule out any spiritual connections.

    They said undermining the rule of law in the investigation would endanger the lives of other citizens.

    Source: Ghananewsagency.org

  • Committee to promote trade between Ghana, Japan inaugurated

    A special committee has been inaugurated to promote trade and investment and enhance the business relationship between Ghana and Japan.

    The committee is made up of high-level Ghanaian government representatives drawn from the ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Trade and Industry and Business Development as well as the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).

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    Japan is also being represented by officials of the Japanese Embassy in Ghana, the Japan External Trade Organisation (JATRO), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japanese private sector participants.

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    The committee is co-chaired by the Chief Executive Officer of the GIPC, Mr Yofi Grant, and the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Himeno Tsutomu.

    It is scheduled to hold bi-annual meetings in Accra.

    Ghana-Japan partnership

    The committee, known as the Ghana-Japan Business Promotion Committee (GJBPC), will serve as a high-level partnership mechanism to facilitate mutual investment, trade and business interest between the two countries.

    Additionally, it will serve as a vehicle to drive strategic economic partnership by promoting and supporting Japanese businesses in Ghana and Ghanaian businesses in Japan, promoting Ghana as an entry point into Africa and also as an investment hub to Japanese companies.

    Furthermore, the committee will set up information sharing mechanisms on trade updates, laws and regulation policies, industrial standards and market trends to the benefit of both countries, organise trade and investment-related delegation to other countries, as well as assist visiting business delegations from Japan to identify and deliver solutions to challenges faced by Japanese companies or businesses in Ghana and Ghanaian companies or businesses in Japan.

    Ghana’s vision

    Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration, Mr Grant said Ghana was repositioning itself to be the most attractive business destination in Africa and a hub for investment, trade and industrial activities on the African continent.

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    To achieve these objectives, he said, measures had been put in place to ensure micro economic stability through physical consolidation and better prudent debt management and significant reforms in some major sectors.

    Mr Grant said Ghana was a preferred destination because of its economic and political environment, such as its significant economic progress in the last two years, reduction in interest rates and two years of positive trade balance.

    A Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mr Charles Owiredu, expressed the hope that the close relationship between Ghana and Japan would grow stronger with more Japanese businesses coming to Ghana and more Ghanaian businesses taking up business opportunities in Japan.

    “The Ghana mission in Tokyo is ready to facilitate and assist Japanese businesses to thrive in Ghana and use Ghana as an entry point to West Africa and eventually into Africa,” he stated.

    Japanese request

    Mr Tsutomu, for his part, urged the government to put in place measures that would create the necessary environment for “Japanese businesses and investors to feel welcomed and comfortable when they come to Ghana.”

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    He said the embassy had identified a number of challenges being confronted by Japanese businesses and investors who wanted to do business in Ghana and had shared that information with the appropriate authorities.

    Challenges

    Representatives of the Japanese private sector enumerated some of the challenges confronting their businesses in Ghana and requested the Ghanaian side to improve the business climate.

    The two sides also took turns to explain the policies that were in place to encourage private business investment.

    A document made available to the media listed some of the challenges encountered by Japanese businesses as tax issues, import and other levies, policy changes, high rent fees, violation of intellectual property rights and counterfeit of products, shortage of skilled workers and bad reception at government agencies, corruption and uncertainty in the legal system, among others.

    To overcome these challenges, the Japanese side urged the government to strengthen the disclosure of information and improve communications, strengthen the microeconomic fundamentals, improve the investment climate, respect contracts, simplify tax payment procedures, simplify the application of visa processes and introduce measures that would ensure policy continuity in the event of a change of government.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • God should turn ‘bold’ Ken Agyapong into a preacher – Dr. Lawrence Tetteh

    The Founder of the World Miracle Outreach, a non-governmental organisation and international evangelist, Dr Lawrence Tetteh has described the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong as a bold person. According to him, it was his prayer that God will one day turn Mr Agyapong into a preacher so that he could use his “boldness” as a preacher to do God’s work.

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    Appearing on Accra based Net2 television on Wednesday morning [December 4, 2019] to promote an upcoming crusade at Madina Zongo junction, Dr Tetteh said some of the things Mr Agyapong has been talking about on television and radio shows his “boldness.”

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    Mr Agyapong has been on a crusade this week putting out what he claims was a dossier investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has been working with which contains names and personal details of people who are on the watch list of the investigative journalist.

    The dossier he claims contains personal data, addresses, telephone numbers, names of spouses and investments the names on the list have been making at various financial institutions in Ghana and abroad since 2012.

    Some of the names on the list he claims were people the investigative journalist has been compensating on a monthly basis.

    Mr Agyapong has been putting out the names on the watch list since Monday and commenting on it, whilst appearing on Net2 after Mr Agyapong had finished with his programme Wednesday morning, Dr Tetteh said, “the things he [Agyapong] is saying here, how many of us can say it.”

    He said it was, therefore, his prayer that God will continue to use him [Agyapong] and that when he finishes his work as a legislator, he should become a preacher.

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    Dr Tetteh said most prominent people in Ghana are “very theological minded.”

    Reacting to references to him as someone who is able to quote Bible verses without referring to the Bible, Mr Agyapong sarcastically said he did Bible Knowledge (BK) and Religious Studies (RS) in secondary school and Theology in the university.

    The prayer for Mr Agyapong Wednesday morning came after he had as usual appeared on the television station on his crusade of what he describes as “exposing” the investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

    Dr Tetteh on his part had appeared at the television station to promote his upcoming crusade at the forecourt of Oman FM at Madina Zongo junction which is taking place on December 13th and 14th.

    He said for a long time no big crusade has been organised in the Madina Zongo junction area.

    He said they have been doing crusades in a lot of places in Ghana but recently realised that many churches have not paid attention to the Madina area even though there are many churches in the area.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Gov’t pegs premix fuel subsidy for 2019 at Ghc206m despite reports of shortages

    The Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu, says government will continue to subsidize premix fuel to make the product available to fisher folk across the country.

    In recent times, the usual reports about the shortage of the product have resurfaced in some coastal communities.

    The Minister blames the shortage on persons he calls crooks who hoard the product only to sell later at exorbitant prices.

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    Speaking at a handing over ceremony of a prototype premix retail outlet across various landing beaches, Mr. Amewu said subsidy for premix fuel for 2019 alone is estimated at 206 million cedis.

    “The current subsidy on premix fuel is 63% of the full price, and this has risen from about 43% in January 2017,” he said, adding that government has since 2017 to May 2019 spent GHS373.9 million to cushion fishermen.

    Mr. Amewu cited for example that a total of GHS137.5 million was spent in 2017 and GHS160.8 million in 2018 on the product.

    He stated that this amount is projected to rise to about GHS 206 million in 2019.

    According to him, a total of GHS134,604,110 million has been accumulated from January to September 2019.

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    “We are happy to learn that stringent measures instituted by the New Patriotic Party government led by President Nana Akufo-Addo has discouraged the practice of diversion which is detrimental to our effort at building a just and fair society,” he said.

    He stated that the move has consequently impacted on the efficient and equitable distribution of premix fuel to fisher folks, reversing the perennial challenge of shortages.

    He stressed that the Ministry of Energy will continue to give policy directions to the National Petroleum Authority, NPA, to ensure protection is given to the business of genuine players in the industry.

    “We shall work closely with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the National Premix Secretariat to expose the fraudulent ones desperately trying to undermine the decency of premix fuel distribution and consumption,” he assured.

    Source: www.citibusinessnews.com

  • GCB drives market upward

    The market began the week with a solid move to the upside on the back of advancement in GCB Bank (+1.03%), closing the benchmark index (+0.06%) at 2,139.20 with a -16.83% year-to-date return while market capitalization was up 0.02% to settle at GH¢55.58 billion.

    The GSE Financial Index, in consequence, advanced by 2.40 points (+0.13%) to close at 1,791.19 with a -16.83% year-to-date return.

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    The SAS Manufacturing Index recorded no gains or losses, closing at 3,620.84 with a -22.19% year-to-date return.

    Trading activity weakened as 30,258 shares valued at GH¢48,151 changed hands compared to 297,234 shares valued at GH¢3,339,010.84 at the previous session.

    SIC Insurance dominated trades by volume, accounting for 49.57% of total volume traded while GCB Bank dominated trades by value, accounting for 90.57% of the total value traded.

    We expect activity levels to increase at the next session.

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    Extraordinary General Meeting

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    CAL has announced that the Company will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday, 5 December 2019 at the Main Auditorium, 8th Floor, Cal Bank Head Office, 23 Independence Avenue, Accra at 10am.

    Source: SAS Ghana

  • Stop light fishing Akufo-Addo appeals to fishermen in Ga Mashie

    President Akufo-Addo has passionately appealed to fisher folks in the Ga Mashie area of the Odododiodioo Constituency, in the Greater Accra Region, to put a stop to the phenomenon of light fishing as it is largely an environmentally unfriendly method of fish farming.

    Addressing a durbar of Chiefs, people and fisher folks at Ga Mashie in the Odododiodioo Constituency, President Akufo-Addo said it is time to end the practice.

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    “I beg you, concerning light fishing, please put a stop to it” President Akufo-Addo said.

    Light fish farming is the use of artificial lights for attracting fish and increasing catch. The method has been found to be environmentally-unfriendly due to catching of immature stocks, overfishing, high rate of bycatch, discard and green gas emissions.

    As part of his stopover at Ga Mashie, on the second day of his three-day tour of the Greater Accra, President Akufo-Addo distributed outboard motors to the fisher folks in the area, an initiative of the Ministry of Fisheries and the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB).

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    “I am deeply excited that the Ministry of Fisheries with the support of the Coastal Development Authority and ADB are here to distribute some six thousand Outboard motors to give out to farmers at subsidized prizes” President Akufo-Addo stated.

    “As a government, whatever we can do to make the fish farming industry strong, we will certainly do just that” the President added.

    Source: kasapafmonline.com

  • Fetish priest, one other arrested for allegedly possessing human parts

    A traditional priest and his accomplice are in the grips of the Accra Regional Command for allegedly possessing suspected human parts.

    The two, Seth Kofi Laine and Fred Sasu, were arrested by the La District Police Command upon a tip-off.

    According to the police, the prime suspect claimed to be a licensed traditional priest.

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    Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, DSP Afia Tenge said the two are currently assisting in police investigations.

    The La District police were tipped off that the two were operating around Tse-Addo.

    “The police proceeded to this area and found this man who claimed he was a licenced fetish priest. He had something like skeletal parts of human remains so he was arrested and what was believed to be a skull was found with him.”

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    According to the priest, human parts were “something he had inherited from his grandfather and that is what he uses as part of his spiritual dimensions and what-have-you.”

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • I’m working to bring interest rates down Akufo-Addo assures traders

    President Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaian traders that his administration is working closely with the Bank of Ghana to find a lasting solution to the phenomenon of high-interest rates they are charged by banks in order to access loans to grow their businesses.

    Addressing traders, market men and women of Kantamanto, Makola and Okaishie on day two of his three-day tour of the Greater Accra, President Akufo-Addo, stressed that he is very much aware of the difficulty, however, in due cause, the issue of high interest rates will be dealt with.

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    “The interest rates charged by banks which certainly is not in the interest of traders in our country is a very important issue to me. I have started talking with the Bank of Ghana and the bankers, I am hopeful that in no time, we will have some changes in that regard” the President said.

    Locked up funds

    Touching on the locked up monies of traders in some defunct Microfinance companies which were collapsed by the bank of Ghana earlier in the year, President Akufo-Addo, asked the traders to exercise a little more patience with his government as it works to clear all the debts owed them.

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    Trade Minister

    The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyeremanten, registered his sincere thanks to the traders for receiving the President in such a rousing manner. He underscored the importance of traders in the Ghanaian economy and assured them that government has been able to repair the poor state of the economy it inherited from the previous administration and they will reap the benefits thereof very soon.

    “Some people are out there to say all manner of things to get your minds twisted as far as the issues are concerned. Ignore them and keep faith with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo because in due cause, things will take great shape” the Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten said.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Life after politics: The Mark Woyongo story

    Life outside politics may be unpredictable for many.

    But for Former Defense Minister and Navrongo Central MP, Mark Woyongo, it is the beginning of a farming career.

    Mr Woyongo has spent his last three years out of Parliament going back to what he describes as his first love.

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    Here is his story.

  • World Bank funds major Ghana tourism sites with $14m

    The World Bank is supporting Ghana with $14million to develop tourist sites across the country, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority GTA) has said.

    Akwesi Agemang told Francis Doku, host of Travel Pass Exclusive show on 3FM, Sunday, December 1 that a number of tourist sites in Ghana need to be upgraded as part of efforts to develop tourism in Ghana, hence the support from the World Bank.

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    “Currently there are about seven tourist sites which are ready for some touch-ups. This include Gwolu, Nkroful, Nzulezu, Salaga, Bonwire.

    “Then we have what we call the clusters. We have developed the circuits, the four clusters. One is the Central [Region] cluster and that includes the museums within Elmina, Cape Coast, Asin Manso.

    “Then we have the Ashanti [Region] Cluster from Lake Bosomtwi to Ntonso. Bosomwti is one of the big clusters we are looking at. Then we also have the Northern [Region] cluster where we are looking at Paga and Navrongo.”

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    Touching on the World Bank support, Mr Agyeman said: “Under the World Bank project that we are working on now sites development is one of the components.

    “About $14million devoted to sites development and that will really go into uplifting and making sure that these sites are brought up to speed.”

    Source: 3news.com

  • Ghana Card: 4.8 million registered

    The National Identification Authority (NIA) has so far registered a total of 4,857,845 persons for the Ghana Card in the ongoing mass registration exercise.

    The NIA commenced the Ghana Card registration exercise in the Greater Accra Region on 29 April 2019 and has so far conducted the exercise in the Volta, Oti, Northern, Savanna, North East, Upper East, Upper West, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions.

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    Addressing the media in Kumasi on Monday, 2 December 2019 before the commencement of the registration exercise in the Ashanti Region, the Executive Secretary of the NIA, Prof Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, noted that the NIA has five more regions to cover.

    He said of the 4,857,845 Ghanaians registered so far, 2,695,478 out of the 4,291,840 printed cards have been issued.

    Prof Attafuah further indicated that registration for the Ashanti Region is scheduled to begin from Wednesday, 11 December 2019 and end on Wednesday, 8 January 2020.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • PFAG calls on government to adopt proactive measures for the rice sector

    The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has recommended a complete ban on the importation of rice into the country to secure the local rice industry.

    According them there was enough local capacity to meet the rice demand of the country and asked all government institutions to patronise local rice.

    While praising the government for the move to secure the local rice industry, they recommended low interest on loans for agricultural businesses to curtail the challenges confronting the sector.

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    Other recommendations included increased budget allocation and subsidies for combine harvesters, rice millers and rice packaging materials, new technology to address aflatoxins and other post-harvest challenge, storage facilities and increase budget on mitigating problems in the rice value chain.

    Mr Abdul Rahman Mohammed, the Board Chairman of the PFAG during the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Association said the directive by the government to the National Buffer Stock Company to mop up the excess rice had come in handy.

    We hope the directive will be enforced immediately without any further delay to bring hope to our farmers”, he added.

    Professor Awetori Yaro from the University of Ghana, who presented the findings said the research was commissioned to analyze access to certified seeds, fertilizer, extension services marketing and post-harvest handling.

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    The research established that much progress had been made with the PFJ and that the project could stimulate the commercialization of small scale agriculture in Ghana.

    The study however, recommended increased surveillance, adequate extension services and early delivery of seeds and fertilizers.

    Other recommendations included a deliberate government policy on low interest rate for agricultural businesses.

    Mr. Kobena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Western Regional Minster urged farmers to work effectively towards improving nutrition especially for women and children.

    Source: ghananewsagency.org

  • Meet Ephraim Amu, the man behind Ghana’s most popular patriotic song ‘Yen Ara Asase Ni’

    Ephraim Amu is well known as the composer of one of Ghana’s most popular patriotic songs, ‘Yen Ara Asase Ni’.

    The heroic composer had other great creations under his sleeve.

    Mynewsghana.com reports that his love for music came to light when he was at the Peki-Blengo E.P. Boarding Middle School.

    This was just 12 years after he was born on September 13, 1899, at Peki-Avetile, a small village in Volta Region.

    With his newly-found passion, Ephraim Amu was compelled to his music teacher by name Karl Ntem.

    Mr Ntem decided to only teach Ephraim when he decides to pay something in return.

    Since Ephraim could not pay in cash, he had an agreement with Karl Ntem to serve on Karl’s farm every Saturday.

    It was a brilliant deal for young Ephraim. Ephraim Amu’s interest in music was not very surprising as his father, Stephen Amuyaa, was a woodcarver, drummer and singer. His mother was called Madam Sarah Akoram Ama.

    In the early days of 1920, Ephraim became a teacher at Peki-Blengo E.P. Middle Boarding School.

    His music career grew more wings there as he dedicated a lot of time teaching his pupils the rudiments of music.

    To develop himself more, he himself took music lessons with a Methodist Minister stationed at Peki-Avetile.

    Not long after, Ephraim began to compose very compelling songs, some of which are Mawo do na Yesu, Nkwagye Dwom, Dwonto, Yetu Osa, Israel Hene, Onipa da wo ho so, Yaanom Abibirimma among others.

    Arguably, the biggest break came for him when he composed Yen Ara Asase Ni which became a national song.

    For his massive contribution to music, Amu received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Ghana.

    It is reported that his efforts played a key role in establishing a school of music in Legon. Aside music, Amu was good with his hands.

    He was known for inventing a bicycle from wood which was named ‘Amu’. He also made wooden balls that were used for school games.

    Ephraim Amu also lived a full length of life as he ‘went home’ when he was 96 years old. Ghana has had many amazing individuals in the past.

    Just recently, YEN.com.gh reported that Professor Alexander Adum Kwapong had a life full of achievements.

    He went from a young professor at the age of 30 to becoming the first Ghanaian Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana.

    Source: yen.com.gh

  • Mentally challenged woman gives birth in the forest

    A mentally challenged woman believed to be in her early 30s has succesfully given birth to a bouncing baby girl at the Aboabo forest in the Tamale metropolis.

    According to an eyewitness, the woman was found in labour by a young man who was attending to natures call in the forest which harbours many of such mentally challenged persons.

    The witness raised an alarm and that alerted some women around who quickly mobilised clothing to cover the naked woman in labour and assisted her to give birth.

    The assemblyman for the area upon hearing the news took the new mother to his house where she was bathed and before she was sent to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for medical care.

    Confirming the incident to Bole based Nkiligi FM, the head of Department for Medical Social Work at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Alhaji Braimah Saaka said both the child and mother are doing well and receiving treatment at the hospital.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • BoG directs fintechs and MoMo operators to acquire license by June 2020

    The Bank of Ghana has said companies engaged in online or digital transactions including Mobile Money Operators and fintechs, have up to June 2020 to acquire their licenses to enable them operate in the electronic payment space.

    The acquisition of the license by these companies is one of the requirements in the Payment Systems and Services, 2019 (987Act).

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    The Act was passed in March this year, to ensure effective monitoring and regulation of digital transactions following an increase in such services.

    Statistics from the Bank of Ghana shows that while mobile money accounts have increased to 32 million, Bank accounts currently stand at 12 million with a lot of them being inactive.

    “Consumer protection issues have gained prominence in the digital financial service on account of complexity of digital ecosystem. For this reason, regulatory guidance is required for effective consumer protection,” Head of Payment Systems Department at the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Settor Amediku, said at the 23rd National Banking Conference organized by the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

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    The Bank of Ghana has therefore stepped up the monitoring of digital transactions with the introduction of a database called the Visor.

    The Vizor will enable the BoG monitor real time all electronic transactions of banks.

    Dr. Amediku says they are already in talks with the banks to facilitate the introduction of the database.

    “Vizor will provide end-to-end solution which permits the bank to collect, process, store as well as report on macro and micro prudential data, statistical data or any other data required as part of the supervisory process.”

    Source: citibusinessnews.com

  • Nigerian in court for allegedly defiling nine-year-old

    A 25-year-old Nigerian who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl consistently in a bathroom at Nungua has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.

    Festus Ogun, unemployed is facing a charge of defilement.

    Ogun who was without any legal representation, however, denied the offence and the court admitted him to bail in the sum of GH¢20,000 with three sureties.

    The court presided over by Rita Abrokwa-Doko directed that two of the sureties should be Ghanaians and one of the sureties should come from within the Greater Accra Metropolis.

    The matter has been adjourned to December 17.

    Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire told the court that the complainant is the mother of the victim.

    Chief Inspector Atimbire said the parties in the case reside at different locations in Nungua, Accra.

    He said on November 4, this year, when the victim came from school, the complainant detected that the victim was not feeling well and questioned her.

    Prosecution said the victim informed the complainant that someone had been luring her into a bathroom anytime she comes back from school and that the person has been having sex with her.

    According to the prosecution, she said that the person had warned her not to inform anyone about the act or else she will die.

    Mr Atimbire said the victim told the complainant that she could identify the perpetrator.

    He said based on that information on November 5, this year, the complainant went with the victim to “monitor” the said perpetrator.

    The prosecution said Ogun emerged and the victim identified him and the complainant mobilized some witnesses who grabbed the accused and sent him to the Police Station in Nungua.

    He said a medical report form was then issued to the complainant to seek medical care for the victim.

    Source: adomonline.com

  • Man stabbed in the scrotum over land dispute

    A 40-year-old man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the scrotum over an alleged land dispute.

    The victim, Sampson Bortey, was said to have been attacked by some land guards on a disputed land at Gomoa Mafam near Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of the Central region.

    2 dead as land dispute turns ugly in Kumasi

    Brother of the victim, Kwaku Dorlah, who spoke to Adom News said his brother and other youth were sent by the chief of the town to protect the land.

    However, he claimed they were ambushed by the land guards in the bush and beaten to pulp.

    He said the victim tried to escape but was stabbed in the groin by one of the land guards.

    “The police later came to their rescue but later arrested the victim and his friends for starting the fight,” he said.

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    What was even worrying, Mr Dorlah said was the decision by the police to detain his injured brother.

    “My brother was put in the cell while bleeding profusely and all attempts to get him released proved futile,” he said.

    Source: adomonline.com

  • IGP warns criminals ahead of Christmas

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh has served notice that the service has taken measures to protect lives and property, warning that people who intend to commit crimes or ferment trouble during the yuletide will be dealt with according to the law.

    Police battle ready for criminals before, during and after Christmas IGP

    Speaking on Tuesday at a programme dubbed “Father Christmas”, an operation to ensure law and order during the Christmas festivities, the IGP assured that service is resolved to deal ruthlessly with all criminal elements.

    “Protection of lives and property is a fundamental responsibility of the police. And we will leave no stone unturned to make sure that this core responsibility is achieved in totality during the festive season. The Ghana Police Service is resolved to deal ruthlessly with all criminal elements and their unwanted activities,” he warned.

    No power outages during Christmas ECG assures

    The IGP also warned that it is collaborating with other security agencies, and would deal decisively with anybody who would disturb the peace during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

    The festive season is noted to be accompanied with high crime rates and the Police Service in collaboration with others have also taken measures to contain the situation.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Wontumi, NPP executives are villagers Dr. Agyenim Boateng

    Founder and leader of United Front Party (UFP), Dr Nana Agyenim Boateng has used unprintable words to describe executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).

    “The NPP regional executives under the chairmanship of my brother, Wontumi are villagers who are not interested in developing the region under their own party in government”, the UFP founder fumed in an interview MyNewsGh.com monitored on Kumasi FM.

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    According to Dr Nana Agyenim Boateng, personal interest of politicians in the region has superseded national interest hence, party executives are failing to ensure the government does enough for the people in the Ashanti Region and other parts of the country.

    “If I called NPP Executives villagers, understand me because the number of votes Akufo-Addo had from Ashanti Region made him President today but this government has done little for the people in the region”, he spoke to Nana Yaw Mensah Joel.

    The UFP founder, therefore, urged Ghanaian electorates to vote against the NPP government in the next general election to enable UFP in government bring development to their doorstep.

    Akufo-Addo will fix deplorable roads in Kumasi by 2020 Wontumi

    “Let us all go out and vote massively for UFP in the 2020 polls and bring development to Asanteman and Ghana”, Dr. Nana Agyenim Boateng vowed while calling on the government as a matter of urgent fix deplorable roads networks in the region.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Essex lorry deaths: Victims’ remains arrive back in Vietnam

    The bodies of 16 Vietnamese people who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in the UK have arrived back in Vietnam.

    They were among 39 migrants – eight women and 31 males, including two boys aged 15 – found in the lorry in Essex on 23 October.

    The bodies were flown to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport, and will be taken by ambulance to their family homes.

    Investigations are underway in both the UK and Vietnam – several people have been arrested or charged.

    “We have been waiting for this moment for a very long time. We will organise the funeral as soon as he’s returned,” said Vo Van Binh, the father of one victim, Vo Van Linh.

    Speaking to AFP from Ha Tinh province, he said the family were “very sad, but happy as finally, my son is back”.

    The bodies of the remaining victims will be repatriated in the coming days, though a date has not been publicly confirmed.

    Repatriation of each body will cost each of the victims’ families more than 66.2 million Vietnamese dong ($2,856; £2,204), according to the vice minister of foreign affairs.

    The Vietnamese government had offered loans to relatives, though some have said this will only add to the debts they incurred by helping their late relative make the journey to the UK.

    Several Vietnamese organisations have helped to raise money for the families of the victims. More than $110,000 has now been crowdfunded to help support the families.

    What happened to the victims?

    On 23 October, police found the bodies at the back of a refrigerated lorry in the town of Grays in Essex, eastern England.

    Police initially believed the victims to be Chinese nationals but it was later revealed that all 39 of them were from Vietnam.

    Source: bbc.com

  • No arrests as death toll rises after funeral grounds shooting in Dambai

    One more person has died following the shooting incident during a funeral at Pai Katanga in the Oti Region over the weekend.

    But the police are yet to make any arrests following the incident where three persons were shot dead.

    The latest deceased was one of three persons who were in a critical condition at the Worawora Government Hospital.

    Three shot dead at Pai Katanga- Dambai police confirm

    Police officers were subsequently deployed to restore order among the residents.

    Speaking to Citi News, Superintendent Samuel Aboagye of the Dambai Police Command urged all persons with any information to assist with ongoing investigations.

    “So far, we have not arrested anybody in connection with the crime. We are appealing to everyone. If you have information that will assist us to arrest the perpetrators, we will be very happy…A complainant has provided some names and that is what we are looking for in ensuring that we get them.”

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    The assailants at the funeral were said to have shot six persons.

    The gun used in the attack is currently in the possession of the police.

    Source: citinewsroom.com

  • Why Kim Kardashian West is dressing less sexy

    When it comes to being a sex symbol it can be “complicated” for Kim Kardashian West.

    In an interview with The Cut, the reality star/beauty mogul talked about her life over the past decade and how she’s influenced culture.

    In terms of being viewed as a sex symbol, she said: “It can be complicated.”

    “I definitely see the things that I brought on myself, the biggest being the robbery,” Kardashian West said of having been robbed in Paris in 2016. “Just being flashy and oversharing my every move on social media. But I enjoy my life.”

    She said she has been dressing less sexy these days.

    “I don’t know if it’s the fact that my husband has voiced that sometimes too sexy is just overkill and he’s not comfortable with that,” she said. “I listen to him and understand him. Still, at the end of the day, he always gives me the freedom to be and do what I want.”

    Viewers of her family’s E! reality show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” witnessed Kanye West clashing with his wife over her form-fitting outfit for the Met Ball.

    He said the outfit was too sexy and it affected his soul and spirit when she dressed provocatively.

    She told The Cut she’s “kind of had this awakening myself” about how she dresses.

    “I realized I could not even scroll through Instagram in front of my kids without full nudity coming up on my feed pretty much all the time,” Kardashian West said. “And I definitely contributed to that.”

    She pointed out her now-famous Paper magazine cover which “broke the internet” and showed her oiled up and nude.

    Her new role as a criminal justice reform advocate also has factored in as well.

    “I also did think, like, okay, I’m here in the White House and then the next day I was posting, like, a crazy bikini selfie,” she said. “And I was thinking, I hope they don’t see this. I have to go back there next week.”

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (10310158d)
    Kim Kardashian speaks at the second chance hiring event in the East Room of the White House
    ‘Second Chance Hiring’ press conference, Washington DC, USA – 13 Jun 2019

    Kim Kardashian listens as US President Donald Trump speaks about second chance hiring and criminal justice reform in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 13, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (9662979ih)
    Kim Kardashian
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, Arrivals, New York, USA – 07 May 2018

    Source: edition.cnn.com

  • Floods kill at least 39 in Congolese capital Kinshasa

    At least 39 people died in flooding on Tuesday in Kinshasa, the sprawling capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, following torrential rains overnight, authorities said.

    The heavy rain caused landslides near the University of Kinshasa, they said.

    A Reuters witness at the scene said at least three houses had fallen into a ravine and a recently paved road had also collapsed. Chunks of concrete and metal roofing could be seen sticking out of the freshly turned orange earth.

    GH¢528m budgeted to tackle flooding

    The vice governor of Kinshasa province, Néron Mbungu, said rescue workers were continuing to hunt for bodies.

    “Wherever we found death, we gave the mayors the means to bring the bodies to the morgue, and we also made available the means for the wounded to be taken to medical centres,” he said.

    Floods are not unusual in Kinshasa, a city of almost 12 million people with notoriously poor infrastructure and where many neighbourhoods are poorly planned, though they rarely cause so many deaths.

    University Avenue was completely swept into a ravine along with at least three houses.

    Source: af.reuters.com

  • Women in Africa lead the world in corporate board membership

    Africa, a continent blighted by the world’s highest maternal mortality rate and scant legal protection for women, beats all other regions globally in the proportion of females on company boards.

    In Africa, one in four board members are female. That’s better than second-placed Europe at 23% and well ahead of global laggard Latin America at 7%, according to a report on gender parity released by the McKinsey Global Institute on Tuesday. The world average for female representation on boards is 17%. Representation on executive committees in Africa is lower than on boards, at 22%, but above the global average of 21%.

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    Still, the advance has been led by progress in only a handful of African nations and women disproportionately occupy leadership roles in human resources and legal departments, jobs that are seen as less likely to lead to the position of chief executive officer, McKinsey said in the report titled ‘The Power of Parity – Advancing women’s equality in Africa.’

    “A number of reality checks are necessary,” McKinsey said. “Only a relatively small number of economies — namely Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Africa — have made headway.”

    Below senior management, Africa’s performance has been less stellar, but still not out of step with other regions.

    At 76%, its workforce participation rate is above the world average of 64% and only behind Western Europe and the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. But it’s below the global average on formal employment and representation in professional and technical jobs.

    Women also do relatively well in Africa in terms of political representation. With 25% of political representatives being women, Africa is ahead of the global average of 21%. The continent’s best performers are Rwanda, South Africa and Ethiopia.

    Outside of the workplace, African women are far more disadvantaged, with significant inequality in their role in society and the legal protection available to them.

    “Africa has not done a good job of providing essential services such as health care and education,” McKinsey said. “The continent has the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality and unmet need for family planning in the world.”

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    The equality of women’s and men’s rights is only enshrined in law in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. High levels of violence against women are also prevalent.

    Even so, the picture is a mixed one, reflecting a range of experience across a continent with 54 nations and more than one billion people.

    “Countries in southern Africa perform relatively well on women’s education and also have a low incidence of child marriage,” McKinsey said. “This is not the case in West and Central Africa.”

    Across all measures in the 39 African countries that McKinsey could obtain data for, South Africa, with a gender parity score of 0.76, is the best place to be a woman. Niger is the worst, with a score of 0.45. Complete parity would be a score of 1. Out of the five top scoring nations only one, Rwanda, wasn’t in southern Africa.

    That has implication for economic performance: By denying women equal rights, African countries are limiting their growth potential. If all countries matched South Africa’s level of parity by 2025, the continental economy would be 10%, or $316 billion, larger, McKinsey said.

    Still, at the current pace of progress complete gender parity in Africa will only be reached in 142 years.

    Source: aljazeera.com

  • Woman survives after lorry lands on her car

    A 26-year-old woman is being treated for serious injuries after a lorry landed on top of a car in the coastal town of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

    Independent ambulance company Netcare 911 were among the medical workers to respond to the scene of the accident on Tuesday afternoon.

    The woman is said to have sustained multiple injuries throughout her body, including fractures, according to Netcare911.

    Traders, drivers at CMB lorry terminal protest against evacuation by AMA

    “The truck was squashing both her and her car. Parts of it had to be cut off in order to free her,” Shawn Herbst told BBC News.

    “Her level of consciousness was low when we arrived but it was managed on the scene through advanced life support before she could be transported to a nearby hospital,” Mr Herbst added.

    The woman is believed to have been trapped in the wreckage for at least 40 minutes.

    A case of reckless and negligent driving is being investigated against the driver of the lorry, local media are reporting.

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    The driver had apparently left his car to go and fetch his child from a primary school in the vicinity.

    “When he returned to his truck, he noticed it was no longer parked where he had left it. He then noticed that the truck had rolled forward and collided with an Opel Adam,” HeraldLive quote police spokesperson Sandra Janse van Rensburg as saying.

    Source: bbc.com

  • Nigerian prison chief arrested after $1m scam

    The head of a maximum-security jail and a prison doctor have been arrested in Nigeria, following allegations that they enabled a prisoner to conduct internet scams.

    Hope Olusegun Aroke carried out a million-dollar fraud while serving a 24-year jail sentence – for fraud.

    He had access to a mobile phone and the internet.

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    He was originally arrested in 2012 and convicted of obtaining money under false pretences and forgery.

    The country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the two prison staff were arrested for falsifying medical reports that enabled Aroke to get treatment outside prison in a police hospital.

    “The first suspect, [Emmanuel] Oluwaniyi, who is the Controller, Kirikiri Maximum Prison, as well as the second suspect, [Hemeson Edson] Edwin, who is in charge of the medical facility, were arrested on Monday, November 25, 2019, by operatives of the commission,” the EFCC said in a statement.

    Aroke was one of two Malaysia-based Nigerian undergraduate fraudsters arrested by the EFCC towards the end of 2012 in Lagos, following a tip-off, the commission added.

    He had claimed to be a student of computer science at Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, but was in fact the “arrow head of an intricate web of internet fraud schemes that traverse two continents”, it said.

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    He used a network of accomplices to commit the fraud, it added.

    After getting himself admitted to a police hospital, authorities say Aroke moved to a hotel, receiving guests and attending parties.

    He had used the fictitious name Akinwunmi Sorinmade to open two bank accounts and bought a luxury car and homes during his time in prison.

    Source: bbc.com

  • Samira Bawumia thanks nurses for rescuing her from confab heat

    Mrs. Samira Bawumia has expressed her gratitude to members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) for coming to her rescue when she “succumbed to heat” at a conference venue.

    The wife of Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia delivered the keynote address at the opening of the 17th Biennial National Delegates Congress of the GRNMA.

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    While there, Mrs. Bawumia said she “succumbed to the heat” probably due to poor ventilation but the health professionals quickly attended to her.

    “I am grateful to the professionals present for their timely intervention after I succumbed to the heat at the conference venue. Thank you all for the well-wishes,” she posted on Facebook.

    The GRNMA, founded in March 1960, is a professional association of Ghanaian nurses and midwives enrolled by the Nurses and Midwives Council of Ghana.

    Source: classfmonline.com

  • Prophet Nigel Gaisie allegedly named amongst student loan defaulters

    Founder and leader of True Word Fire Prophetic Ministries (TWFPM), Prophet Nigel Gaisie has been named among persons who defaulted in the payment of their loans by the Student Loan Trust Foundation (SLTF).

    The controversial man of God was captured with student ID 10232543 from the University of Ghana City campus where he took the loan to support his education.

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    According to documents sighted by MyNewsGh.com, the amount and its accrued interest started from March 23, 2009 and as at November 25, 2019 he was yet to clear himself.

    The Student Loan Trust Foundation (SLTF) since last week has been naming and shaming individuals some in high positions who have benefited from the scheme but have failed to settle their indebtedness upon completion of their programmes.

    A list released recently captures hundreds of defaulters from the University for Development Studies, University of Ghana, University of Cape Coast, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Ho, Bolga, Tamale, Sunyani, Koforidua, Kumasi Takoradi Polytechnics.

    Meanwhile, Head of the Public Relations Unit of the SLTF, Mr George Ferguson Laing has justified the decision by the Fund to publish names of defaulters indicating that it is yielding the needed results.

    “We have payments being made. Some too have come to restructure their payments, but we are taking it on a case by case basis. For some people, there is no way you can allow them to restructure their payment, they have to repay everything because it has taken them too long to settle their indebtedness. So far, the response is very encouraging and I pray that we would not take a drastic action of going to court”, he revealed.

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    SLTF Act

    “The publication is in accordance with the Students Loan Trust Fund Act 2011, Act 820 Section 2(1-7),” the SLTF said.

    The procedure for recovery of loan in Act, Section 26 (3), for instance said: “If the borrower or the guarantor fails to repay or make satisfactory arrangement to repay the loan in accordance with the demand notice, the board shall publish the name of the borrower or the guarantor in a state-owned daily newspaper”.

    Defaulters

    More than 55,000 people owe the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) GH¢75 million, representing default in the repayment of the loans students took to cushion themselves while in school.

    Out of the number, about 35,000 have made some form of payment, leaving more than 20,000 who have not paid anything at all, after the two-year grace period for repayment elapsed.

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    The debt in the names of those who have not paid anything at all stands at GH¢35 million.

    With some of the debts dating as far back as 2012 from the first batch of beneficiaries who took the loan in 2006, the fund managers had warned the borrowers that they would begin to publish the names and pictures of the defaulters in the national dailies in the coming weeks.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • EC raises alarm over social media recruitment exercise

    The Electoral Commission (EC) has distanced itself from an ongoing recruitment exercise being advertised on social media.

    According to the Commission, it is currently not advertising for recruitment as being speculated.

    It made this known in a statement issued by its Acting Director of Public Affairs, Sylvia Annoh.

    “The Electoral Commission wishes to distance itself from an ongoing recruitment exercise being advertised on social media,” the statement said.

    It added that the “general public will be duly informed through appropriate advertisements and other relevant channels whenever there is an opening at the Commission.”

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • Police to embark on mass burial for some 120 unidentified bodies

    The Ghana Police Hospital says it will embark on a mass burial for some 120 unidentified and unclaimed bodies as part of routine measures to decongest the mortuary.

    Police hospital begins mass burial in 21 days

    “The unidentified and unclaimed bodies are made up of mostly paupers, unknown former patients, abandoned bodies, unidentified accident and crime victims,” DSP Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, Head of Public Affairs of the Hospital said in a release, Monday.

    The Hospital is, therefore, informing the general public to contact the Pathology Department for identification of persons “who might have not been seen for some time as part of the search.”

    This, according to the Police, is to avert a situation whereby such bodies are added to those earmarked for mass burial 21 days after November 25, 2019.

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    “Members of the general public are also hereby encouraged to acquire the habit of always having their National Identification Card or that of any organisation on them to help the police and others to easily identify them whenever they are here in any health crises or involved in an accident,” DSP Nketia-Yeboah said.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • Trader remanded for biting off finger of policeman

    An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a trader for allegedly biting off the forefinger of General Sergeant Kwame Abu, a policeman when effecting his arrest for offensive conduct.

    Promise Anoma, 25 pleaded not guilty to resisting arrest and causing harm.

    He will reappear before the court on Friday, November 29.

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    Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Emmanuel Ohene Agyei told the Court presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye that General Sergeant Abu is a resident at Nungua Nautical whilst Anoma lived at Texpo on the Spintex Road.

    He said on November 03, this year, the complainant, together with General Corporal Alfred Bortey Borketey and Lance Corporal Jerry Opei on board a police vehicle with the registration number GP 5064 being driven by Lance Corporal Opei, proceeded to arrest the accused whom a witness had reported a case against him at the Nungua Police station.

    Chief Inspector Ohene Agyei explained that when they got to where the accused was, Sergeant Abu went to a washroom close by, whilst his two colleagues approached Anoma.

    He said the officers informed him of why he was being arrested and was walking him to the police vehicle when he requested to make a call, but the officers asked him to enter the vehicle and make the call at the station.

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    He said the accused person refused to join the vehicle and attempted to attack Lance Corporal Opei but Sergeant Abu, who had returned to the vehicle prevented him from doing so, but unfortunately, his right forefinger slipped into his mouth making Anoma to bite it off.

    Prosecution said they called for reinforcement and Anoma arrested and sent to the Police station.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Otumfuo calls on Rawlings, Mahama

    The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, paid a courtesy call on former President Jerry John Rawlings at the Ridge residence in Accra last Friday.

    Accompanied by a retinue of chiefs and elders from the Manhyia Palace, Otumfuo Osei Tutu exchanged pleasantries with the former President, his family and staff after which the two proceeded to hold private discussions.

    The former President said the two discussed issues of national concern and thanked the Asantehene for making time to call on him in Accra.

    Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II visits Mahama

    Otumfuo Osei Tutu was in Accra to deliver a keynote lecture at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA).

    The lecture, which was delivered, on Friday, was on the theme “Leadership: Strengthening Democratic Institutions for National Development”.

    Mahama

    In a related visit, Otumfuo Osei Tutu also paid a courtesy call on former President John Mahama ahead of his UPSA Leadership Lecture 2019.

    In a facebook post on his wall, former President Mahama said “It was an opportunity to once again discuss with the Asantehene a number of critical national development issues and also tap into his wise counsel.

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    “Otumfuo Asantehene and I have always had a relationship underlined by mutual respect and brotherliness, and it was indeed a great honour to welcome him and his delegation,” he stated.

    At the meting, he said, were the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Bagbin, a former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, executives of the NDC and former appointees.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Living near busy road can stunt children’s lung growth – Study

    Children exposed to roadside air pollution could have their lung growth stunted by up to 14%, a study suggests.

    Living within 50m of a major road could increase the risk of lung cancer by up to 10%, the paper also found.

    The study of 13 cities in the UK and Poland found air pollution contributes to a higher chance of heart disease, strokes, heart failure and bronchitis.

    Campaigners called on the government to commit to tackling “dangerous” air pollution in the UK.

    The report written by King’s College London analysed 13 health conditions in people living in high pollution areas and compared them to the general population.

    It focused not just on hospital admissions and deaths but also symptoms such as chest infections.

    The study found roadside air pollution stunted lung growth in children by approximately 14% in Oxford, 13% in London, 8% in Birmingham, 5% in Liverpool, 3% in Nottingham and 4% in Southampton.

    Researchers also said if air pollution was cut by a fifth, there would be thousands fewer cases of children with symptoms of bronchitis across those UK cities.

    ‘Public health crisis’

    “Air pollution makes us, and especially our children, sick from cradle to the grave, but is often invisible,” said Dr Rob Hughes, senior fellow at the Clean Air Fund.

    “This impressive research makes this public health crisis – which affects people all across the UK – visible, and shows the urgency with which all political parties must prioritise cleaning up our air.”

    Dr Penny Woods, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, called on the UK government to legally commit to the World Health Organisation’s targets to clean up the country’s “dangerous” air.

    WHO’s clean air target is for 40 µg/m3 – 40 micrograms of annual nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air.

    “It seems as if every day we see more and more evidence of the terrible health effects air pollution is having on our lungs,” Dr Woods said.

    “It’s the most vulnerable that are hit hardest,” she added.

    “We know air pollution stunts our children’s still-developing lungs and those with a lung condition can find their symptoms are made far worse by poor air quality.”

    The group behind the study – a coalition of 15 health and environment NGOs, including the British Lung Foundation – is calling for a national network of Clean Air Zones across the UK.

    Toxic air pollution in central London has reportedly fallen by a third since the introduction of a new traffic charging zone.

    Levels of nitrogen dioxide in the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) dropped by 30% in the first six months of the scheme, according to City Hall.

    Source: bbc.com

  • Man confesses to attempting to sell daughter for GHC 50,000

    A 27-year-old man has confessed to attempting to sell his daughter but says he did so as a result of hardship.

    Frank Abisah, the suspect, is currently in the grips of Berekum police for the alleged offense.

    ACP Ebenezer Ampofo, the Divisional Police Commander of Berekum Division who confirmed the news to Adom News said the police were yet to carry investigations into the matter.

    When the suspect was questioned by reporters, he admitted to the offense, saying he was doing so to make some money to start a business he did not disclose to the reporter.

    On how much he intended to sell the girl for, Frank said he wanted to sell her for 50,000 Ghana Cedis.

    The suspect said he had three children with the girl he was going to sell being the oldest of the three.

    Source: adomonline.com

  • DR Congo measles: Nearly 5,000 dead in major outbreak

    Measles has killed nearly 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, authorities said, after the disease spread to all the provinces in the country.

    Close to a quarter of a million people have been infected this year alone.
    The World Health Organization (WHO) says this is the world’s largest and fastest-moving epidemic.

    Measles in DR Congo has now killed more than twice the number who have died of Ebola there in the last 15 months.

    Measles claims over 2500 lives in DRC

    The Congolese government and the WHO launched an emergency vaccination programme in September that aimed to inoculate more than 800,000 children.
    But poor infrastructure, attacks on health centres and a lack of access to routine healthcare have all hindered efforts to stop the spread of the disease.

    Four million children have been vaccinated, but experts warn that this amounts to less than half of the total in the country – and not enough vaccines are available.
    The majority of those infected with measles in the country are infants.

    What is measles?
    Measles is a virus that initially causes a runny nose, sneezing and fever.
    A few days later it leads to a blotchy rash that starts off on the face and spreads across the body.

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    Most people will recover, but measles can cause life-long disability. It can be deadly, especially if it causes pneumonia in the lungs or encephalitis (swelling in the brain).

    It is estimated that a global total of 110,000 people die from measles each year.

    Source: www.bbc.com

  • YPM lauds social interventions by Akufo-Addo’s government

    The Youth Patriotic Movement (YPM) has lauded the Nana Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration for policies related to youth development in Ghana.

    The movement noted that the current government has done a lot in that direction and deserves commendation.

    As a result, the Executive Strategic Officer of YPM, Mr Ishmael Osei Ofori, has called on the Ghanaian electorate to consider giving the President a second term, saying it would be prudent to support the second tenure of office for him.

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    According to Osei Ofori, it would be prudent to support Nana Akufo-Addo with a second term mandate in the 2020 elections.

    He observed that a nod to keep the government in power would help it to stabilise the economy and continue to create employment avenues for the youth.

    The UPM leadership said Ghanaians, particularly parents and the youth in general, are reaping the full benefits of the free Senior High School (SHS) under the leadership of His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, while farmers who could not afford to buy fertilisers and other farm inputs are now also enjoying the benefits of the “Planting for Food and Jobs” project.

    The YPM head also mentioned that university graduates who were seriously frustrated to the extent of forming the Unemployed Graduates Association have now been absorbed into the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) modules and receiving monthly stipends to support themselves and their families.

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    These and many more social interventions go to explain how committed the President was in a bid to improve a lot of the average Ghanaian.

    “We applaud the gallant achievements of the government, and pray that it grows from strength to strength and adds to the list of feats for the benefit of Ghanaians in the ensuing years,” Mr Osei Ofori said in a statement.

    Source: thechronicle.com.gh

  • Publish 200 kindergarten blocks – Minority challenges government

    The Minority in Parliament has challenged the Akufo-Addo administration to publish the number of kindergarten blocks it has constructed since 2018.

    According to Ranking Member on the Education Committee of the House, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, the government promised to construct 200 blocks to boost access to early childhood education but that is yet to materialise.

    “You do not see any serious attempts being made to make sure that the basic level education is given the necessary attention that it deserves,” he stated.

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    He added, “the basic education level is in dire need of infrastructure and if that is not done the future is uncertain.”

    Parliament on Thursday convened to debate over the 2020 Budget and Economic Policy presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta on November 13.

    The Minority further argued the government has paid little attention to basic education thus affecting the quality of education at the foundational level.

    “We need to prepare our children adequately in the basic school to enable them go to Senior High School. So if all our attention is on free SHS and we neglect the basic level, then where are we going,” he asked.

    Mr Nortsu-Kotoe highlighted that the government’s failure to provide textbooks of the new curriculum to basic schools as an indication of the deliberate attempt to stifle education at the basic level.

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    “What do we expect our teachers to use to teach our children?”

    “Due to that we are being informed that there will be no end of term examination at the basic level this term which is very sorry,” he stated.

    He then called on the Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to ensure textbooks are provided urgently since the first term of the academic year s almost ended.

    “We need to make sure that the adequate funds are provided,” he charged.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • VALCo, ECG owe GRIDCo US32m, GHC607m respectively Staff

    The Volta Aluminum Company (VALCo) owes the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) US$32million, President of the GRIDCo Staff Union, Raphael Kornor, has said at a press briefing in Accra on Thursday, November 21.

    He added that as of March 1, 2019, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) similarly owed GRIDCo about GHC607million.

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    The workers are, therefore, calling on authorities to ensure that these monies owed GRIDCo are paid.

    Mr Kornor indicated that staff will on Friday, November 29, 2019, stage a demonstration over 32 million owed the company by key stakeholders in the energy sector.

    The workers said they will match en mass to the Electricity Company of Ghana Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) and the Ministry of Finance in demand of unsettled debts.

    GRIDCo workers to march over GHC1.2bn debt

    The workers who have commenced an industrial action by withdrawing all emergency services on Thursday, November 21, 2019, have been directed by leadership of the Union not to provide any further services beyond the official working hours at 4.

    Members have also been directed to hoist red flags raising signals of turbulent times ahead for the energy sector.

    Source: laudbusiness.com

  • State reportedly gets more evidence to prosecute NAM 1

    A State Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sylvester Asare, yesterday pleaded with an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye, for an extension of time to amend the charges against the embattled Chief Executive of the defunct Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1.

    According to the Prosecutor, they need more time because they have made new discoveries that would help in the prosecution of the owner of the supposed gold dealership and investment firm. The Magistrate granted his request and adjourned the case to November 23, 2019.

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    NAM1is standing trial with his wife, Benedicta Appiah, and sister, Rose Tetteh, for defrauding customers to the tune of about GH¢1.68 billion.

    Two companies of NAM1 Brew Marketing Consult and Menzgold Ghana Limited had each been charged with defrauding by false pretence, contrary to sections 20 (1) and 13 (1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

    The two companies have also been charged with carrying out a deposit-taking business without licence, contrary to Section 6 (1) of Act 930.

    Nevertheless, Benedicta Appiah and Rose Tetteh are facing charges of abetment to defraud by false pretence, and two counts of abetment to carry out banking business without licence, contrary to Section 6 (1) of Act 930.

    In a related development, the Kaneshie District Court nearly committed a level 300 student (name withheld) at the Accra Technical University to one month in imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a mobile worth GH¢200.

    The student pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing and pleaded with the court that he will not repeat it.

    In the fact sheet read to the court yesterday, the student stole the mobile phone at Korle Gonno, and when he was caught, denied any knowledge. After a thorough, search the phone was found in the third pair of shorts he was wearing.

    In his explanation to the court, the student told the Magistrate, Her Lady Eleanor Botwe, that he found the phone on a table at a shop where he went to run photocopies and thought it had no owner, and that was the reason he took it.

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    According to him, he was wearing only two shorts, so the phone was rather in the second short, but when the Magistrate quizzed him on why he took the phone and did not bother to ask for the owner, he could not give any satisfactory answer.

    A lawyer in the court pleaded with the Magistrate to temper justice with mercy and give him lesser punishment in order not jeopardise his education.

    The court subsequently asked the student to pay 80 penalty units, which amounts to GH¢1,500, but he pleaded that he could not afford to pay, which it later reduced it to 50 penalty units or GH¢600.

    Source: thechronicle.com.gh

  • Hajj fare remains unchanged for 2020

    The Hajj Pilgrimage fare will remain unchanged for the 2020 Hajj pilgrimage after the government absorbed an $80 increase to the 2019 fare of GH¢19,500, an equivalent of $3,500 dollars.

    The Pilgrimage Affairs Office of Ghana (PAOG), in collaboration with Hajj Agents Association, has announced that an additional $80 fee has been imposed by the Saudi Arabian government for the 2020 Hajj but the government has absorbed that increase.

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    The unsubsidized Hajj Pilgrimage fare is GH¢24,000 but the Ghanaian government pays a GH¢4,500 subsidy for all pilgrims.

    Event

    The new fare was announced by the Chairman of the PAOG, Sheikh I.C. Quaye, at the 2019 Hajj Thanksgiving Service held today at the Hajj Village in Accra.

    The chairman further directed would-be pilgrims to commence paying their fares immediately to the Hajj Board accounts at Stanbic Bank or through accredited Hajj agents in order to avoid a last-minute rush.

    2019 Hajj fare pegged at GHC19,500

    “After consultations with the Government of Ghana under the auspices of the Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia the package of this year’s hajj 2019 remains unchanged as last year’s GH¢19,500,” he said.

    “All interested to perform the hajj this year, are advised to start payments now to avoid any last-minute problems. The policy for payments remains first-come-first-serve”.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Council of State member Kotei Dzani arrested

    The CEO of defunct Ideal Finance Nii Kotei Dzani was on Wednesday arrested by the police for misappropriation of some funds in his care.

    Reliable sources told Starrfm.com.gh that the Council of State member was detained at the Ministries Police Station for some hours before being released on bail.

    Sources say he was arrested over the misappropriation of some GHc 1,000,000.00 entrusted to him during the operation of his financial outfit.

    Sources within the Police service indicate that one of the clients of his collapsed Ideal Finance may have dragged the elected member of the Council of State to the Police in an attempt to retrieve monies owed him.

    “We have granted him bail and we are investigating the case,” a top police official said.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Driver dies after being trapped under accident car for 8 hours

    A driver has been confirmed dead in a fatal accident involving a container Truck transporting alcoholic beverages belonging to Joy Dadi company on the Apirede to Somanya road in the Eastern Region.

    Two others sustained various degrees of injuries.

    The deceased, identified as Samuel Adu Gyan, 28, was trapped under the vehicle for eight hours before his body was removed. The injured both sales personal are Nordjoe Michael and Iddrisu Sulemana.

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    The accident occurred on Tuesday November 19, 2019 at about 1.30pm.

    According to the Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, on reaching a sharp curve, the deceased driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a valley on the near side of the road.

    The two sales personnel escaped with minor injuries but deceased got trapped under the vehicle and died on the spot.

    Police personnel from Adukrom Police Station and Ghana National Fire Service from Mampong Akuapem arrived at the scene with fire engine but could not retrieve the trapped driver. The fire engine reportedly nearly caught fire in the process.

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    A Towing truck with registration number GE 246-12 brought later from Koforidua saved the day by removing the accident vehicle from the deceased by 8:28pm.

    The body of the deceased has been deposited at Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital mortuary for autopsy and preservation.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Nana urges stakeholder egagements over Referendum

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed that Government undertakes further engagements with stakeholders on the upcoming referendum.

    The purpose of the engagement is to seek to clear up misconceptions about the purpose of the referendum and build concensus on the way forward.

    This round of engagements shall involve the Vice President Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, Senior Minister Hon. Yaw Osafo Marfo and other Government Officials.

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    Stakeholders such as Religious, traditional bodies, Civil Society Organizations, Journalists, among others, are expected to be engaged from Wednesday November 20, 2019.

    The President, DGN Online understands, considers the engagements important to engendering a common understanding of the issues related to the upcoming referendum.

    Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

  • 39 Journalists shortlisted for 2018 GJA Awards

    Thirty nine journalists and nine media houses have been shortlisted for honours at the 24th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards scheduled for Saturday, November 23, 2019.

    The Chairperson of the Awards Committee, Mrs Betty Apau-Oppong, who announced this at a press conference in Accra yesterday, said 368 entries spanning the various competitive categories were received.

    She said the seven-member Awards Committee thoroughly evaluated all the entries received, using predetermined criteria, such as balance, relevance, impact, background, ethical standard, insinuative and clarity.

    “The final outcome reflects the work undertaken by the committee as a true, non-biased, fair and, therefore, professional evaluation of the quality and standard of entries received,” she said.

    The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Affail Monney, congratulated all the award winners on their hard work and dedication.

    Meanwhile, a list of individuals and institutions which have supported the GJA over the past seven decades will be announced in due course for honours at the awards ceremony.
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    The shortlist is dominated by the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), which has 10 reporters nominated in the various categories.

    They are Doreen Hammond, Daily Graphic; Nana Konadu Agyeman, Daily Graphic; Rebecca Kwei, Daily Graphic; Edmund Smith Asante, Daily Graphic; Charles Andoh, The Mirror; Charles Benoni Okine, Graphic Business; Dotse Koblah Aklorbortu, Graphic Business; Kester Aburam Korankye, Graphic Business; Maclean Kwofi, Graphic Business, and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila, Graphic Business.

    Also, the GCGL is among the list of media houses to be rewarded.

    The other shortlisted media organisations are Citi FM, TV3, GNA, GHOne TV, UTV, GTV, Peace FM and Atinka TV.

    Other nominees

    Other nominees are Alice Aryeetey, GHOne TV; Abigail Annoh, Ghanaian Times; A. B. Kafui Kanyi, GNA; Adu Gyamfi Marfo, Osagyefo FM; Alberto Mario Noretti, The Spectator; Albert Oppong-Ansah, GNA; Albert Futukpor, GNA; Anim Addo, UTV; Beryl Ernestina Richter, Joy News, and Clara Mlano, GTV.

    The rest are Evelyn Tengmaa, TV3; Geoffrey Buta, The Spectator; Grace Nana Esi Boateng, Oman FM; Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, GTV; John Vigah, Ghanaian Times; Justice Baidoo, Joy News; Kingsley Hope, Ghanaian Times; Kofi Amoah, TV Africa; Nabil Ahmed Rufai, GHOne TV, and Peter Quao Adattor, TV3.

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    The rest are Portia Garbo, TV3; Prosper Kuorsoh, GNA; Rebecca Kwei, The Mirror; Robert Tachie-Menson Jnr, GNA; Samuel Adadi Akapule, Ghanaian Times; Kabu Nartey, Student Journalist (GIJ); Kwaku Osei Bonsu, GNA; Seth Kwame Boateng, Joy News; Ina Thalia Quansah, Joy News, and Janet Abena Quainoo.

    Categories

    The awards are in six categories.

    Category One is competitive and it has News Reporting, Sports, Education, Features, Small-scale Illegal Mining and Maritime Reporting.

    There are 26 categories under Category Two and it is made up of Investigative Reporting, Health and Sanitation, Political Reporting, HIV/AIDS, Agricultural Science, Business, Finance and Economic Reporting, Telecommunications, Transport and Road Safety, among others.

    Category Three is solely dedicated to the morning shows on both TV and radio, Best Columnist, Best Newspaper and Best Radio and Television Station.

    Category Four is reserved for media houses only, while Category Five is non-competitive and reserved for industry leadership awards.

    Category Six has the Best Female Journalist of the Year 2018, the Komla Dumor Most Promising Young Journalist of the Year and the Professor P.A.V. Ansah Journalist of the Year, the winners of which will be announced on Saturday.

    Source: Graphic.com.gh

  • Akufo-Addo will only be remembered for Free SHS and Double track – John Jinapor

    The Minority in Parliament has questioned President Akufo-Addo’s contribution to the country’s infrastructure sector since he assumed office in 2017.

    According to them, the contribution of former President John Dramani Mahama on infrastructure will be remembered by Ghanaians to vote him into power coming December 7 2020.

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    Speaking on the floor of Parliament today, the Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu Consistuency John Abdulai Jinapor compared Mahama’s contribution to infrastructure to Akufo-Addo’s questioning the tendency of Akufo-Addo winning the 2020 elections

    ”This is a government that has decided that spending on infrastructure, roads is not a priority to them. Theirs is to spend on consumption. Today, Fmr President Mahama can boast of hospitals, international airports, interchanges, roads. What will Akufo-Addo be remembered for in relation to the coming elections. What will the people consider to vote for him, the only thing he will be remembered and left for us is free shs and double track.”

    He also said that it takes a dedicated and committed party to boost the Agricultural Sector in the country

    ”In Agriculture, Akufo-Addo’s government have launched planting for food and jobs and other slogans. If you look at the Agric sector based on the Minister’s assertion it is dropping from 4.6 to 2.2. Managing the Agric sector, its not about Ghanarism, its about a dedicated and committed party to do that”.

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    ”On this note, the Akufo-Addo government must leave office immediately because we will vote them out for them to know that the people of Ghana are tired”, he added.

    However, the Finance Minister presenting the budget last week indicated that the Planting for Food and Jobs has saved farmers a total of 844 million cedis over the last three years for subsidized fertilizer and a total of 357 million cedis have been put in the pockets of teacher trainees within the last three years in the form of allowances.

    Again, the Finance Minister, comparing Akufo Addo’s achievement to the previous Mahama administration, said the current government has done more in three years than its predecessor.

    Source: primenewsghana.com

  • 40 unregistered, uninsured motorbikes seized in swoop

    Police in South Tongu District of the Volta Region have swooped on owners of 40 unregistered and uninsured motorbikes in the area.

    The exercise which was led by the District Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Divisional Command, was in collaboration with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

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    Chief Superintendent of Police, Dennis Koku Fiakpui, the Divisional Police Commander told Ghana News Agency (GNA), the exercise was part of activities to decongest the roads and reduce the rate of crime involving unregistered motorbikes in the District.

    He said this had become necessary because of the numerous activities leading to the yuletide.

    “We are approaching the yuletide and the roads would be busy. We need to take off those motorists who are not ready to be on the roads,” the Commander said.

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    He said the agenda of the Command was to make sure majority of the motorbikes in the District were registered and insured by March 2020.

    Police Inspector Evanz Attitsogbui Grunitzky, the District Inspector of the MTTD said owners of impounded motorbikes were asked to register and insure their bikes and present the documents at the police station for their bikes.

    He told the GNA “some have already started with the registration.”

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • BoG boss loses dad

    Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison’s father, Mr. Attah Joseph Addison  has died, according to reports.  He died aged 97.

    The one-time deputy director and Engineer-in-chief of the Posts and Telecommunications Department is reported to have passed on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

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    Mr. Joseph Addison was also the father of Mrs. Janet Oklah, Accra, Mrs. Marian Akiwumi, USA, Lawyer Philip Addison, Dr. Ernest Addison, among others.

    Funeral arrangement will be announced later.

    Joseph Atta Addison was 97

    Source: 3news.com

  • Bus carrying passengers catches fire

    Dozens of Passengers had a lucky escape Monday night after their moving bus caught fire at Beposo-Kyekyewere, near Teacher Mante along the Suhum-Nsawam stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highways.

    The fully loaded Hyundai bus with registration number GN 8298 15 heading towards the Suhum direction from Accra caught fire causing chaotic exit by passengers onboard.

    Although the Passengers and the driver escaped unhurt before the bus was eventually consumed with the fire, they were reportedly terribly traumatized.

    According to reports, it took personnel of Ghana National Fire Service from Nsawam some 25 minutes to douse the inferno but the bus was completely burnt beyond recognition.

    The Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sergeant Francis Gomado told Starr News the Police and Fire Service Officials are jointly investigating the cause of the fire. He however appealed to the traumatized driver and the passengers who fled the scene before Police arrival to return to assist with the investigation.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh