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  • Be careful, you are being set up to fail – Dampare told

    National Chairman of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Nana Ofori Owusu, has cautioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare to be wary of Ghanaians hero-worshipping him.

    George Dampare has, since his appointment, been touted as one of the best IGPs Ghana has ever had and being applauded for his determination to rid the nation of lawlessness and criminal activities.

    Recently, musicians Shatta Wale and Medikal were arrested and released on bail for misconducting themselves.

    The IGP was lauded for the musicians’ arrest as many Ghanaians believed he is setting a good example of no one is above the law.

    On Monday, October 25, 2021, the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu joined some residents to stage a protest and in the process blocked some roads creating a riotous situation in the vicinity.

    The MP is said to have also driven his vehicle at a top speed through two Police officers and some civilians nearly injuring them.

    The Police has requested to interrogate him but he has refused their invite and the Speaker of Parliament has also refused to release him to the Police, citing Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 constitution.

    Discussing the MP’s issue during Peace FM’s morning show ”Kokrokoo”, Nana Ofori Owusu dreaded the IGP is being set up for failure.

    According to him, although the IGP is doing well, he should be extremely careful of the praises saying, “I am number 1 supporter of the present IGP . . . Some of his activities, I think it’s just working within the law that other people were not implementing because it is already there. But it appears we’re raising him too much and he is being set up for failure”.

    “If you raise him as the person to instil discipline in our society, you have set him up to fail . . . When you hail a person so much, you’ve set the person up for a downfall,” he advised.

    Source: peacefmonline.com

  • Yellow fever kills eight persons in Savannah Region

    Eight persons have been reported dead from a suspected Yellow Fever outbreak in the Savannah Region.

    This follows interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the region, a press release from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has stated.

    It said the disease was presumed to be Yellow Fever and that samples had been shipped for final confirmation.

    The release, signed by Director General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said tests for other Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers like Ebola, Lassa, Marburg and Zika were all negative.

    It said the victims, all nomads in selected communities in West and North Gonja of the Savannah region had never been vaccinated against Yellow Fever.

    The GHS, therefore, urged all persons from the Region who had a fever, general weakness, headache, nausea, and vomiting to immediately report to the nearest health facility.

    It encouraged individuals who had never been vaccinated against Yellow Fever to do so.

    “Avoid mosquito bites by wearing clothing that covers all parts of the body and report to the nearest health facility if you have a fever and, especially when you have yellowish discolouration of your eyes,” the Service advised.

    A team of experts from the Service, Center for Disease Control (CDC) Ghana, World Health Organization (WHO) Ghana, and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has been deployed to support the Savannah Region to investigate and institute appropriate control measures, it stated.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Involve psychologists in breast cancer treatment- Clinical psychologist

    A Clinical Psychologist at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Dr Isaac Sarfo-Acheampong, has advocated the involvement of psychologists in the treatment of breast cancer.

    He also called for the engagement of psychologists for the management of breast cancer survivors in the country.

    That, he said, would enable them to get effective cure and care.

    Dr Sarfo-Acheampong said these while addressing a number of women at a breast cancer education awareness campaign in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital last Wednesday.

    It was organised by the surgical department of the Koforidua Regional Hospital in collaboration with the Judith -Ellen Awuah – Darko Foundation as part of activities to mark this year’s breast cancer awareness month.

    Staff of the hospital together with members of the foundation besieged the streets of Koforidua to create the needed awareness of breast cancer and its impact on women and men.

    The walk, on the theme; “The Role of the Family in Treating Breast Cancer Patient”, was also part of series of events aimed at sensitising the general public to early detection, treatment, impact and ways to prevent breast cancer.

    Negative thoughts

    Dr Sarfo-Acheampong said breast cancer patients often died due to too many negative thoughts about the disease.

    According to him, research had shown that women who had been infected with breast cancer and had depression were 26 times more to die early than those without depression.

    “It is important to attach breast cancer patients to clinical psychologists to take them through the psychological aspect of the disease to enable them overcome too much thinking, as well as other associated problems.

    “Sometimes, it is the depression and the thinking about the disease that kills very fast but not the disease.

    Let’s begin to attach qualified psychologists to properly counsel them on the dangers of the breast cancer,” Dr Sarfo-Acheampong stated.

    Bear cost

    The clinical psychologist also urged families of people suffering from breast cancer to support them to bear the cost of managing the disease.

    The Head of the Surgical Department of the Hospital, Dr Forster Amponsah-Manu, for his part

    He appealed to all women to immediately rush to the nearest medical facility for checkup whenever they detected any abnormal changes in their breast conditions and not to resort to prayer camps.

    That, Dr Amponsah-Manu indicated, would ensure early detection and treatment of breast cancer patients and help to save their lives.

    He advised women to reduce their intake of oil and salty food and to engage in physical exercises and eat well to avoid contracting breast cancer.

    The Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr Arko Akoto Ampaw, also called on all and sundry to encourage young ladies to go for breast screening at least once a year during their lifetime.

    According to him, breast cancer had started developing even at earlier ages than it was anticipated, explaining that it was necessary to encourage many women to examine their breasts.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • GES promotes award-winning teachers

    The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has promoted four Best Teacher Award winners for their outstanding performance in teaching and learning leading to the development of education in the country.

    Each of the teachers was promoted from their current rank to the next rank ahead of them as a means of motivating them and encouraging other teachers to appreciate the need to work hard.

    Three of those promoted were teachers who won awards at last year’s Ghana Teachers Prize while the other one was the winner of last year’s edition of the African Union Best Teacher award.

    Awardees

    The four teachers; Miss Gloria Anima Junior, a teacher at Aboabo No. 4 Presby Primary in the Dormaa Municipality in the Bono Region, was promoted out of turn to the grade of Assistant Director I from Assistant Director II.

    She was the 1st runner-up for the 2020 Ghana Teacher Prize award.

    Miss Sandra Osei, a teacher at Akwatia Technical Institute in the Denkyembour district in the Eastern Region, was also promoted out of turn to the grade of Assistant Director I from Assistant Director II. She was also the 2nd runner-up for the 2020 Ghana Teacher Prize award.

    Mr Eric Asamoah Asante, who was the 2020 Best Teacher at the Ghana Teacher Prize and a teacher at Naylor SDA Basic School in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, was also promoted out of turn to Assistant Director I.

    The 2020 African Union Best Teacher, Miss Theodosia Larkai Oppong, a teacher at the Aburi Girl’s Senior High School in the Akuapem South District in the Eastern Region, has also been promoted out of turn to the grade of Deputy Director from Assistant Director I.

    The news about their promotions was contained in promotion letters to the four teachers dated September 28, 2021 and signed by the Director-General of the GES, Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwa.

    Briefing

    The Deputy Director-General, GES, Mr Anthony Boateng, briefing the media about the promotions, stated that the gesture was a sign of appreciation by the GES to the teachers for their dedication to the service leading to the attainment of such feats.

    He hinted plans by the GES management to make the promotion of the Ghana Teacher Prize winners a regular feature to boost the morale of all teachers to strive to win any of such awards.

    Background

    The promotion of teachers in the pre-tertiary level in the country is done after the teachers have spent at least four years after the last promotion before qualifying for the next rank.

    After qualifying for the next rank, the teacher applies for promotion and is offered the opportunity to be assessed by the GES before being promoted to the next rank.

    With the promotion of these four teachers, the GES decided to use what is called ‘out of turn’ which means that they were being promoted irrespective of when they were last promoted as a means of appreciation and motivation to the teacher to work extra hard at all times.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Accident: 17 killed, 16 injured on Offinso-Abofour road

    The police has confirmed the death of 17 people in a vehicular accident on the Offinso-Abofour road in the Ashanti Region.

    The Monday morning accident has also resulted in injuries to 16 other persons.

    The accident involved a Mercedez Sprinter bus and an articulated truck.

    The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue.

    The injured are receiving treatment at a hospital.

    The Offinso MTTD Commander, DSP Edmund Nyamekye explained that preliminary investigation points to the fact that the driver of the truck was dosing off and that led to the head-on collision with the Sprinter bus.

    He said the accident happened at the outskirts of Offinso, precisely in the Abofour forest area.

    “So far we have registered 17 dead and then 16 are injured. They have all been rushed to the hospital for treatment,” DSP Nyamekye said.

    He gave the breakdown of the dead as 14 females and 3 males.

    He said the deceased includes the driver of the Sprinter bus. The driver of the articulated truck is in a critical condition, he added.

    He said the driver of the articulated truck veered off into the lane of the Sprinter bus.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Court fines reckless Mercedes Benz driver GH¢1800

    The reckless Mercedez Benz driver who was last week arrested by the Police has been fined by the Kaneshie District Court.

    Kofi Sasa Buckman was fined GH¢1800 when he pleaded guilty to the charge of careless and dangerous driving and posing danger to road users when he was arraigned in court on Monday (November 1).

    The Airport District Police Command arrested Kofi Buckman, who was captured in a video footage engaged in a reckless stunt and endangering the lives of other road users at the Airport traffic intersection.

    He was arrested on Sunday, October 24, 2021.

    He was not well last week so the police could not immediately arraign him court.

    He was placed in custody while, his vehicle, a Mercedes Benz with registration number C 63 – 18 was impounded at the Airport Police Station.

    Buckman’s action was captured by other road users who reported the incident to the Airport Police.

    The police after receiving the complaints immediately mounted a search for Buckman and swiftly arrested him.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Parliament cannot direct School of Law to admit 499 students Attorney General

    The Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, says Parliament cannot direct the General Legal Council on its admission processes by resolution.

    Parliament last week unanimously voted, directing the General Legal Council to immediately admit the 499 students who passed but have been denied admission to the Ghana School of Law.

    Parliament further directed the Attorney General to ensure that this resolution of Parliament is respected.

    But in a letter addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Godfred Yeboah Dame argued that Parliament cannot use a resolution to make such directions.

    “Whilst recognising the general legislative powers of Parliament in Ghana, except as have been circumscribed by the Constitution, I am constrained to advise that Parliament is devoid of power through the use of Parliamentary resolutions, to control the process of admission into the Ghana School of Law.

    “The mode of exercising legislative power enshrined in article 106 of the Constitution does not admit of resolutions.”

    The Attorney General continued that it is instead the Executive who can lawfully make such directions to him. And noted that the President was already taking some actions on the matter.

    “It is correct that section 1(5) of Act 32 stipulates thus: “The Council shall in the performance of their functions comply with any general directions given by the Minister”.

    “In my respectful opinion, this provision underscores the capacity of the Executive, not the Legislature, through the Minister responsible for the General Legal Council, i.e. the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, to direct and advise the Council on major matters of national importance.”

    “In this regard, it is pertinent to indicate that by a letter dated October 18, 2021 received at my office on 21st October 2021, His Excellency the President forwarded the contents of a petition by the “499 candidates” to me for my comments in order to enable him to respond. Another petition dated October 20, 2021, by the National Association of Law Students was also delivered to the President.

    “Upon delivery of my comments on the matters raised in both petitions and following further consultations with my good self, by a letter dated October 26, 2021 (three clear days before the resolution of Parliament), received at my office on October 27, 2021, the President directed me to, pursuant to section 1(5) of Act 32,… make the necessary intervention to the General Legal Council, on behalf of the 499 students, to address the issue”, the statement continued.

    Meanwhile, First Deputy Speaker Joe Osei Wusu has clarified his ruling to the GLC.

    Source: myjoyonline.com

  • We will use legal means to compel Sosu to come for interrogation Police

    The Ghana Police Service says it will deploy every legal means to interrogate the MP for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu after Parliament was unable to release the MP for investigations.

    The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Ghana Police Service wrote to Parliament on Wednesday October 27, 2021 demanding that the MP be released to assist with investigations over what the police describes as his alleged involvement in the unlawful blockade of a road and the destruction of public property.

    But parliament in a reply issued through the deputy director of legal services, Nana Tawiah Okyir, to the police administration indicated “I am directed by the Rt Hon Speaker to inform you that proceedings of the 3rd Meeting of the 1st Session of the 8th Parliament commenced on Tuesday, October 26, and having regard to the limitations of Articles 117 and 118 of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic, he is unable to release the Member of Parliament as requested in your letter.”

    However, in a statement issued on Sunday October 31, 2021 by the director-general of public affairs of the police service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, the service noted that it will continue to use legal means to compel the MP for interrogations.

    “Three other persons have been interrogated on this matter and we shall continue to use every legal means to interrogate all other suspects including the Honourable MP for Madina,” the statement said.

    The statement further denied claims that the police had deployed a team for the arrest of the MP in his church.

    “Stories circulating that some police personnel had been dispatched to arrest the MP at a church today Sunday (October 31 2021) are untrue. Any plain-clothed police personnel found on the premises of the church may have been there for intelligence purposes and not to effect an arrest,” the statement added.

    According to the Police, three other persons have been arrested in connection with the protest in the Madina constituency which led to the blockade of roads.

    The legislator refused to avail himself for questioning at the Police station when he was invited for being involved in a protest against bad roads by his constituents on Monday, October 25, 2021.

    The demonstration took a wrong turn when protestors blocked a section of the road and set tyres ablaze.

    The legislator argued that he had a parliamentary call to attend and could not be apprehended until the Speaker of Parliament is contacted.

    Mr. Sosu then filed a complaint of contempt of parliament against two police officers to the Speaker of Parliament.

    The matter has been referred to the privileges committee in parliament for investigations to be conducted into the matter.

    Below is the statement from the Ghana Police Service.

    We will use legal means to compel Sosu to come for interrogation Police

    Source: myjoyonline.com

  • Police clarify why bodyguard of Madina MP has been interdicted

    The Ghana Police Service has clarified why the bodyguard of the Madina MP, Francis Xavier-Sosu, has been interdicted.

    In a statement, the police explained that Inspector Daniel Agbavor has been interdicted on the grounds of alleged misconduct.

    “He is alleged to have recklessly driven into a crowd after a protest last Monday, 25th October 2021, in the Madina Constituency, directly endangering the lives of two Senior Officers and other civilians.

    “The two officers have officially reported the incident to the Police Administration for investigations and possible disciplinary action.”

    The service further noted that the Parliamentary Protection Unit has been tasked to assign a new guard to the MP.

    Police clarify why bodyguard of Madina MP has been interdicted

    Source: myjoyonline.com

  • Budget 2022: Oppong-Nkrumah engages Ghanaians via Twitter Spaces

    Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, held an interactive social media session on Sunday, October 31 with the #ListenUP initiative.

    The initiative, under the auspices of the Ministry of Information, is to enable him interact with young entrepreneurs to take feedback and inputs from them that will inform government policy directions as it prepares to present the 2022 Budget Statement.

    It is also expected to be an occasional platform for deepening engagement particularly feedback from the Ghanaian people.

    Parliament reconvened last week with one of the major businesses expected during this session being the reading of the 2022 budget in mid-month.

    Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will deliver the main budget after he skipped the 2021 presentation due to health issues.

    Because he was recovering from post-COVID complications in United States, Majority Leader and MP for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu was tasked to do the presentation.

    Ofori Atta returned in time to present the supplementary budget himself.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • University of Ghana’s top principal officers are all women: Meet the history-makers

    The University of Ghana last Tuesday, October 26, inducted a new Vice-Chancellor in the person of Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo.

    The 49-year-old former pro-Vice-Chancellor made history on two different levels with her appointment. The youngest occupant of the office and the first woman to be appointed.

    She became the 13th Executive Head of the University of Ghana at a colorful ceremony held at the Great Hall, Legon; which ceremony also had some strong significance gender-wise.

    This was due to two other history-making women who joined the new Vice-Chancellor on the stage as she was celebrated.

    The two were the head of UG’s Governing Council and the Chancellor of the university.

    “The ceremony was presided over by Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse, First female Chancellor. In attendance was Justice Sophia Akuffo (Rtd), First female Chair of the University Council,” UG’s official Facebook page wrote.

    The development means that for the first time in its history, the university’s top principals were all women. This is despite the fact that Legon is the third public university to have a female Vice-Chancellor.

    GhanaWeb looks at briefs relating to the three glass-shattering women

    Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse was duly elected as Chancellor of the University of Ghana and subsequently inducted into office on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at a Special Congregation of the University held in the Great Hall.

    The Chancellor is one of the three Principal Officers of the University; the two are the Chairperson of the University Council and the Vice-Chancellor.

    The Chancellor is the head of the University and takes precedence over the other officers of the University.

    Mrs. Justice Sophia A.B. Akuffo (rtd) served as Chief Justice of the Republic between 2017 till 2019 when she retired.

    Her appointment to head the 20-member UG Governing Board was in June this year after the tenure of the last governing board elapsed in May.

    It was the Governing Board that announced the Vice-Chancellorship appointment of Prof Amfo in August in an acting capacity. Justice Akuffo was in attendance when the new Vice-Chancellor took office officially.

    Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo Until her appointment as VC was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic and Students Affairs at the University.

    The first statement announcing her appointment (as acting VC) was issued in July, following the expiration on July 31, 2021, of the tenure of the then Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu.

    “Prof. Amfo in her inaugural speech promised to create a culture that promotes research, teaching and learning, administrative processes and extension activities driven by technology and anchored in humanism.

    “She also outlined her goal of training students who are critical thinkers, technological adept, humane, culturally sensitive and ready to provide leadership for the country and continent,” UG’s Facebook page added.

    History-making female VCs before Prof. Amfo

    While she takes a pioneer seat at Legon, her rise comes behind that of others who occupied the seat at the University of Cape Coast and another compatriot currently in the seat at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.

    2008 – Kufuor appoints Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as UCC VC

    In 2008, as he prepared to leave office, former President John Agyekum Kufuor, appointed Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, as the first female Vice-Chancellor of a public University in Ghana – in this case UCC.

    2020 – KNUST Council appoints Rita Akosua Dickson VC

    On August 1, 2020; Professor Rita Akosua Dickson officially started her four-year tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • ‘Be neutral and choose the path to peace’ – Traditional leaders urged

    Dr Gerald Dapaah Gyamfi, Director in charge of Otumfuo Centre for Traditional Leadership (OCTL), University of Professional Studies (UPSA), has told traditional leaders to be neutral and choose the path to peace to promote unity and development.

    “You are the spokespersons for your subjects and your communication pathway can enhance the development of your community or create chaos if not well communicated,” he said.

    Dr Gyamfi said this at the closing ceremony of a five-day workshop organised for Chiefs, Staffs of Traditional Councils and Regional House of Chiefs at the Centre, in Accra.

    He said being neutral and peace conscious would reshape the chiefs to remain the greatest catalyst to create new opportunities for growth of their communities.

    He stated that there were numerous challenges facing the chieftaincy institution due to advancement in technology and globalisation, therefore chiefs should be mindful of the traditional world that they pass on to the future generation.

    Dr Gyamfi said the workshop had empowered them with the necessary knowledge to create perfect pathways for development despite the challenges.

    He said over 50 participants attended the workshop and since its inception, 410 chiefs and traditional leaders had participated and had been impacted positively.

    The Director said the Centre sought to enhance the role of chieftaincy as an instrument of social cohesion and stability in the development of the country and called on philanthropists, NGOs, institutions and individuals to support the Centre with financial aid.

    Professor Abednego F. O. Amartey, Vice Chancellor, UPSA, said traditional leaders were primary agents of change and development and were also seen as the representatives of the community, therefore it was their duty to harmonise the community with customs and traditions.

    He said the ultimate goal for the workshop was to enable the chiefs to formalise their processes and documentations to collate evidence of issues and challenges, tackle them across the learning and sharing process in their communities.

    “I hope the knowledge and insight acquired through the workshop would be beneficial throughout your leadership,” he emphasised.

    The Chancellor commended the chiefs for their efforts and commitment to be agents of change and development within their jurisdiction.

    Odeefuo Amoakwa Buadu VIII, Chairperson for the ceremony, said the world was constantly evolving as well as expectations of the people in the communities, hence the need for leaders to strive to put themselves in better positions to help address modern challenges in their communities.

    He said it was a good initiative that the Centre had provided the platform to train leaders to bring development and growth to their communities.

    Odeefuo Buadu VIII said in the quest to address modern challenges, traditional leaders should not lose track of the tradition and culture.

    “As custodians of the tradition and culture, you must ensure that the descendants of Africans in the diaspora remain attracted to Ghana.”

    Source: GNA

  • Tell your intelligence gathering lies to Class 1 kids – Sam George roars at Dampare, ACP Ofori

    Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George is not excited at how Police is handling the issue relating to a purported arrest of his fellow lawmaker, Francis-Xavier Sosu.

    He insists that the Police are being lawless by the actions in seeking to arrest Sosu, who as a sitting MP enjoys some privileges.

    Commenting on an October 31, 2021, statement by Police describing reports of the arrest as “untrue,” he picked on a point where the Police said any plain-clothed officers who may have been at the church premises where Sosu was worshipping may have been there to gather intelligence.

    He slammed the Inspector-General of Police, George Akuffo Dampare and head of Police Public Relations, ACP Kwesi Ofori, telling them to tell their ‘intelligence gathering’ lies to Class 1 children.

    “ACP Kwesi Ofori and the IGP should tell their fib to class 1 kids that the plain cloth officers were there to gather intelligence. Absolute bumble!

    “If they claim they would use ‘legal means’ to interrogate all suspects, they must be guided by Articles 117 & 118 of the 1992 Constitution and Standing Orders 28 & 30 of Parliament,” he posted on Facebook.

    His post accompanied by the Police statement also stressed the need to support the Police at all times when they play by the rules.

    “I agree that we must support the Ghana Police Service to maintain law and order. However, we shall resist them when they act outside the remit of the law with reckless abandon and in a capricious manner unbecoming of officers of the law.”

    He recounted his experiences at the hands of security professionals during the Ayawaso Wuogon by-election violence and said that had given him a “life mission” to fight for reforms within the Police setup.

    “I have been a victim of the lack of professionalism and irresponsibility of SOME police officers and national security personnel and I have made it my life mission to continue to fight for reforms in what should be a model public service institution and I would rest not until we rid the Police Service of these despicable bad nuts.

    “The Police is NOT above the Law!” his post concluded.

    I agree that we must support the Ghana Police Service to maintain law and order. However, we shall resist them when they act outside the remit of the law with reckless abandon and in a capricious manner unbecoming of officers of the law.

    ACP Kwesi Ofori and the IGP should tell their fib to class 1 kids that the plain cloth officers were there to gather intelligence. Absolute bumble! If they claim they would use ‘legal means’ to interrogate all suspects, they must be guided by Articles 117 & 118 of the 1992 Constitution and Standing Orders 28 & 30 of Parliament.

    I have been a victim of the lack of professionalism and irresponsibility of SOME police officers and national security personnel and I have made it my life mission to continue to fight for reforms in what should be a model public service institution and I would rest not until we rid the Police Service of these despicable bad nuts.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • You can’t be using GH¢10,000 phones and be unemployed – Kamal-Deen advises Youth

    Deputy National Communications Director, Kamal-Deen Abdullai of NPP, has advised the youth in Ghana to develop the right attitude towards work.

    Kamal-Deen Abdullai was of a firm belief that a major cause of Ghana’s unemployment rate is the lackadaisical habits that some Ghanaians show when they find jobs and those who haven’t been employed yet too the mindset they have about work.

    He cited instances where a Ghanaian employee will be less committed to the progress of his or her job, lazying about which becomes a disincentive for employment.

    Looking at the ongoing immigration recruitment across the nation, he wondered how a person may describe himself/herself as unemployed when the person is showcasing an expensive iphone at the recruitment grounds.

    “Go and check the applicants for the immigration recruitment. Some are holding an iphone 12 and the latest phone in town but are in a queue looking for an immigration job. The Ghc 10,000 you’re using to buy the phone, that 10,000 can be a startup capital for something else but that person says I am unemployed,” he said.

    Kamal-Deen also expressed worry over the “make money quick” mentality of some youth.

    He urged the youth to set their priorities right and put up a good working attitude, believing such virtues will help bridge the unemployment gap.

    “Don’t use the starterpack capital to buy an iphone worth Ghc 12,000 because you want to develop your business. When you are given a loan to start a business, the first thing you’re thinking of is to buy a fresh car out of that loan. How do you pay back? . . . So, it’s about attitude. It is our way of life that won’t help us. We want to appear flamboyant . . . I think it’s a sad one,” he told host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s ”Kokrokoo”.

    Source: peacefmonline.com

  • Man arrested in court for posing as a lawyer in murder trial

    A 39-year-old man, Kyei Baffour has been arrested on the orders of the Nyinahin Magistrate Court in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.

    The suspect according to a report by Adomonline sighted by GhanaWeb, was a ‘counsel’ in an ongoing murder case before the court.

    The presiding judge, Her Lordship Vera Victoria Akonu is reported to have stated that the conduct of the suspect caused her to be suspicious of his credibility as a certified lawyer.

    A thorough investigation into the suspect at the Ghana Bar Association and the General Legal Council revealed that he had not been called to the Ghana Bar.

    The suspect is said to have given his Bar number as EAR 21053/21 and had claimed that he was called to the Bar in 2015.

    Upon further interrogation, Kyei Baffour admitted to not being a lawyer but stated that he has some knowledge in law having studied same in California in the United States of America.

    According to the suspect, he ever passed the entrance examination into the Ghana School of Law but discontinued the programme along the way.

  • Month-old baby abandoned at Akatsi

    A month-old baby boy has been found at Agbaflome- Bypass, a suburb of Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region.

    Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Atsu Joseph Dzineku, the Akatsi South Municipal Police Commander disclosed to the Ghana News Agency that at about 1430 hours on Wednesday, his outfit had a distress call from one Dordoe Wisdom of Akatsi Agbaflome -Bypass that at about 1355 hours same day, he also received an information from his wife that she has found a baby boy who was abandoned in a bush closer to their house, located at the back of a new shopping mall in the area.

    Mr Dzineku said he quickly led his team of Police Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) officers to the scene, where they found the said baby boy lying naked on a piece of cloth in a bush under a cassava tree crying aloud.

    “So we picked him to a hospital in the Municipality, where he was examined and found to be stable and healthy,” he said.

    Mr Dzineku said the baby was at a health facility for safe keeping and that “the Social Welfare Department has been fully notified for further action.”

    They are therefore, appealing to individuals and members of the public to offer any vital information in locating the family of the baby.

    Some residents who interacted with the GNA, expressed worry about the fact that the incident was the second to have happened in the year after a two-month-old baby boy was also found alive in an uncompleted building by residents of Avetite, a suburb of Akatsi in the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta region on April 7.

    Source: GNA

  • Thirteen Nigerians who engaged Police in gun battle at Weija remanded

    Thirteen Nigerians who attacked Police personnel from the Greater Accra Region while executing their lawful duty at SCC, near Weija, have been remanded into Police custody after appearing in an Accra Circuit Court.

    The accused persons have been variously charged with carrying offensive weapons, assault on public officer, resisting arrest.

    They are David Ayo, Prosper Olushegu,Joseph Osas, Kingston Nwafor, Ayo Omotala, David Osoh, Victor Suley, Joshua Adewale, Joshua Oluwujuba, Amasi Musah, Praise Osazee, John Olwa and Gentle Osoh.

    John Olwa aged 21 and gentle Osoh, 28 have been additionally charged with unlawful possession narcotic drugs.

    Accused persons have pleaded not guilty.

    They are expected to reappear on November 15.

    Prosecution led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Evans Kesse said accused were all Nigerians residing at Weija SCC, Accra.

    ASP Kesse said on October 8, this year, the Accra Regional Police Command had intelligence that a group of young men living at Weija-SCC Top were suspected to be attacking unsuspecting victims and snatching their phones and other valuables.

    Prosecution said following the information, a team of Police personnel from the Regional Police Command with an emergency warrant proceeded to the area and found the house occupied by Nigerians numbering about twenty (20) persons.

    It said Policemen knocked at the gate and ordered the occupants to open the gate but occupants, including the accused persons refused.

    According to Prosecution said the Policemen entered the house with force but accused persons who were armed with offensive weapons including cutlasses, broken bottles, iron rods and stones attacked the team.

    It said the team retreated and called for a reinforcement.

    When the reorganized teams arrived at the scene they were again attacked by the accused persons.

    In the process, one of them, now deceased, slashed the left hand of one of the Police officers with a broken bottle.

    Prosecution said he ran into a nearby bush, pulled out a locally manufactured pistol and started firing at the Police

    It said the Police returned fire and he got fatally shot in the process.

    According to Prosecution, the locally manufacture pistol with three live cartridges and one used cartridge in the chamber were retrieved.

    He injured assailant was rushed to the Police Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

    Prosecution said the Police managed to arrest the accused persons and a search conducted in the room of Plea and Osoh uncovered 15 flower substances, 8 wraps of dried leaves and handful of substance, all plant material suspected to be Indian hemp, a narcotic drug.

    Additionally, Prosecution said three machetes, a hammer, a metal chain, broken bottles, eleven mobile phones, 103 used sim cards, two laptop computers four Beylin and Eskapam drug were found.

    Prosecution said Investigation revealed that accused were brought to Ghana by one Chairman for greener pastures.

    ASP Kesse said the said Chairman resided in Nigeria and he left accused persons on their own hence accused were engaged in other vices to survive.

    Accused in their caution statement admitted the offence, Prosecution said.

    ASP Kesse said the narcotic drugs found by the Police would be forwarded to the Police Forensic Laboratory for examination.

    Source: GNA

  • Is Akufo-Addo for or against anti-LGBTQ+ Bill? Sam George wants to know

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has in the last five years spoken thrice on the subject of same-sex relations.

    First was in 2017 during an Al-Jazeera interview, then early this year, at an Anglican Church function, when he said it was not going to be under his tenure that same-sex marriages will be legalized.

    The most recent was during an interview on Peace FM where he said he was not intimidated by the subject but rather expected a civil conversation around it stressing that he believes Parliament will do a good job on it.

    For Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, who is the lead promoter of the anti-gay Bill, the President will do Ghanaians a lot of good if he states his position for or against the Bill.

    In an interview on the One On One show that aired on Metro TV earlier this week, (October 25), Sam George said he believed the President had seen or been briefed about the Bill for him to make an informed decision on whether to support or oppose or to support with amendments.

    “I have heard the president speak but I think that one thing that I would have loved to hear the President say was his position expressly. He has seen the bill, is he for it, is he against it, is he for it with amendments or he is totally against it.

    “I mean there are three positions on this Bill. I would have loved for him to give an indication as leader of our country. Where is his mind on this Bill? Then his AG can bring forward the amendments. His lawyer as President is the AG so we need to know,” he added.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Thirteen Nigerians who engaged Police in gun battle at Weija remanded

    Thirteen Nigerians who attacked Police personnel from the Greater Accra Region while executing their lawful duty at SCC, near Weija, have been remanded into Police custody after appearing in an Accra Circuit Court.

    The accused persons have been variously charged with carrying offensive weapons, assault on public officer, resisting arrest.

    They are David Ayo, Prosper Olushegu,Joseph Osas, Kingston Nwafor, Ayo Omotala, David Osoh, Victor Suley, Joshua Adewale, Joshua Oluwujuba, Amasi Musah, Praise Osazee, John Olwa and Gentle Osoh.

    John Olwa aged 21 and gentle Osoh, 28 have been additionally charged with unlawful possession narcotic drugs.

    Accused persons have pleaded not guilty.

    They are expected to reappear on November 15.

    Prosecution led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Evans Kesse said accused were all Nigerians residing at Weija SCC, Accra.

    ASP Kesse said on October 8, this year, the Accra Regional Police Command had intelligence that a group of young men living at Weija-SCC Top were suspected to be attacking unsuspecting victims and snatching their phones and other valuables.

    Prosecution said following the information, a team of Police personnel from the Regional Police Command with an emergency warrant proceeded to the area and found the house occupied by Nigerians numbering about twenty (20) persons.

    It said Policemen knocked at the gate and ordered the occupants to open the gate but occupants, including the accused persons refused.

    According to Prosecution said the Policemen entered the house with force but accused persons who were armed with offensive weapons including cutlasses, broken bottles, iron rods and stones attacked the team.

    It said the team retreated and called for a reinforcement.

    When the reorganized teams arrived at the scene they were again attacked by the accused persons.

    In the process, one of them, now deceased, slashed the left hand of one of the Police officers with a broken bottle.

    Prosecution said he ran into a nearby bush, pulled out a locally manufactured pistol and started firing at the Police

    It said the Police returned fire and he got fatally shot in the process.

    According to Prosecution, the locally manufacture pistol with three live cartridges and one used cartridge in the chamber were retrieved.

    He injured assailant was rushed to the Police Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

    Prosecution said the Police managed to arrest the accused persons and a search conducted in the room of Plea and Osoh uncovered 15 flower substances, 8 wraps of dried leaves and handful of substance, all plant material suspected to be Indian hemp, a narcotic drug.

    Additionally, Prosecution said three machetes, a hammer, a metal chain, broken bottles, eleven mobile phones, 103 used sim cards, two laptop computers four Beylin and Eskapam drug were found.

    Prosecution said Investigation revealed that accused were brought to Ghana by one Chairman for greener pastures.

    ASP Kesse said the said Chairman resided in Nigeria and he left accused persons on their own hence accused were engaged in other vices to survive.

    Accused in their caution statement admitted the offence, Prosecution said.

    ASP Kesse said the narcotic drugs found by the Police would be forwarded to the Police Forensic Laboratory for examination.

    Source: GNA

  • It is wrong to learn foreign languages and abandon yours – Ghanaian Italian urges

    Ghanaian Italian drummer, Emmanuel Sarfo has encouraged Ghanaians living abroad to make their children learn local languages aside from foreign ones.

    Speaking on SVTV Africa with DJ Nyaami, the “Drum Prophet” as he is widely known indicated that it will be wise for parents to speak the Ghanaian languages with their kids.

    By so doing, he asserts, they will not find it difficult to communicate whenever they visit their home country.

    “For me, I speak two quite well but it also depends on how you are raised. Some parents do not allow them to speak the local language. It’s not right and that’s my perspective. They are supposed to know their language so that they won’t find themselves wanting when they visit,” he said.

    Emmanuel stated that being multilingual has several benefits and is a great opportunity to explore. Having stayed in Italy for years before moving to the UK, Emmanuel speaks Twi, Ewe, English, French and Italian.

    The Drum Prophet is available on all social media platforms with the same name.

    Kindly watch the full in the below;

    Source: SVTV Africa

  • Control illicit trade of small arms in Ghana – Board of NCSALW told

    Ambrose Dery, the Minister of Interior, has charged the Board of the Small Arms Commission, to put in robust measures to effectively control the illicit trade, manufacture, and flow of small arms and light weapons into the country.

    That, he said called for enhanced and sustainable preventive approaches and raising the alertness and the capacities of the security agencies, especially at entry points of the country.

    The Minister gave the advice at the inauguration of a 15-member Board of National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCSALW) in Accra.

    He said though Ghana was widely seen as a beacon of peace and a shining example of democracy and good governance in the West African Region, chieftaincy and land disputes, inciteful language in the media, and the security situation in neighbouring countries remained challenges to the country’s internal security.

    Small Arms and Light Weapons, the Minister, stated were major threats to the peace and must be addressed.

    He said the country was also witnessing new forms of security threats characterised by terrorism, insurgency, maritime insecurity, cybercrimes, rising levels of violent extremism, and transnational organized crimes, which must also be watched.

    Those threats, he said had devastating effects on internal security and civilian populations, because they relied heavily on small arms and light weapons as major tools for executing evil acts.

    The United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs revealed that about 875 million Small Arms and Light Weapons are currently in circulation globally.

    Studies have also shown that a lot of Small Arms and Light Weapons move from the licit to the illicit market through weak control and monitoring mechanisms.

    He said extremist groups such as Boko Haram, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, Mozambique- ISIS had used idle youth and small arms and light weapons to hit soft targets in neighbouring countries Mali, Nigeria, and recently Burkina Faso.

    The Minister said the fight against the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons was a key priority for Government and that stopping the menace would prevent conflict, enhance internal security, prevent violent crimes and promote sustainable development.

    In 2020 the Ministry facilitated and supported the Commission to set up offices in five regions – Ashanti, Northern, Upper East, Upper West and Western Regions and at Aflao Border Post.

    Prof Paul Frimpong Manso, the Board Chairman of the Commission, thanked Government for the opportunity and pledged the commitment of members of the Board to guide the Commission to make great strides in achieving its mandate.

    The Board members are: Mr Jones Borteye Applerh from the Commission; Mr Gabriel Nsoh Ade Agana and J.O Sylvester Nkrumah, presidential nominees; Colonel Foster Ohene Okae-Yeboah and Colonel Gaspard D.K.Asare of the Ghana Armed Forces, COP Ken Yeboah and COP Christian Tetteh Yohunu from the Ghana Police Service.

    The rest are: Mr Emmanuel Owus-Boakye, Ghana Revenue Authority; Mr Laud Ofori Afrifa, Ghana Immigration Service; Mrs Mavis Esi Kusorgbor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration; Mr Solomon Tetteh Mensah, Ministry of Interior; Mrs Sefakor Batse, Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice and Mrs Baffour Dokyi Amoa, Civil Society organization.

    Source: GNA

  • Akoto Ampaw and Co disappointed NCCE, CHRAJ silent on anti-LGBTQ+ Bill

    The Concerned Citizens Against the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, a bloc of 18 human rights defenders and academicians have expressed disappointment at the silence of mandated state institutions amid the debate on the ‘Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021.’

    The Bill christened the anti-gay Bill is currently before Parliament as lawmakers resumed sitting last Tuesday.

    At a press conference held on Wednesday, October 27, in Accra, the leader of the group; lawyer Akoto Ampaw mentioned two specific constitutional bodies his group expected to have spoken on the matter.

    The two were: the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, CHRAJ, and the National Commission for Civic Education, NCCE.

    “We have observed with dismay the loud silence of state institutions that are constitutionally mandated to promote human rights, democratic citizenship, free speech and responsible media, such as the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the National Commission for Civic Education.

    “We call on these institutions and individuals to do the right and proper thing by condemning such anti-democratic and illegal practices. We also call on the IGP to invite for questioning all those who have issued threats against members of the LGBTQ community,” he added.

    He also challenged chiefs and traditional leaders who have been reported in the media as threatening to banish LGBTQ+ persons living under their jurisdiction, he said they have no such rights under the Constitutional democracy Ghana, a secular nation, was practising.

    “[There are] Media reports that some traditional rulers have threatened to kill anyone caught in so-called gayism, banish them from their traditional areas or perform ritual rights against them.

    “We want to emphasize that Ghana is a democratic secular republic and our chiefs, revered as they are, do not have any legitimate and constitutionally recognized power to expel anyone from their traditional area or to restrict the liberty and freedom of movement of persons,” he added.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Train crashes 22-year-old deaf person

    A deaf young man has been knocked down by a train at Nkotompo in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis killing him on Tuesday morning.

    Stephen Duku, 22, a student of Takoradi Technical Institute was knocked down when he was crossing the rails to school when the unfortunate incident happened.

    Speaking to GhanaWeb, Assemblymember of the area, Anthony Ephraim, said “because of the deafness of the deceased he did not hear the sound of the oncoming train, and that was probably the reason why the train hit and killed him.”

    An eyewitness, Madam Rose Asante who narrated the incident said “the train hit the boy and run over the head which has led to the head being crushed”.

    She added that “Duku is a regular user of the rail lines on his way to school, and that is why nobody had bothered to advise him against the practice.”

    She disclosed that “it is something most of us in this part of the community do; we use the rails very often, even kids do that. And Duku is someone who always uses the rail lines on his way to school, so we never envisaged that this will happen to him today.”

    Police Officers have conveyed the body to the Effia Nkwanta Hospital morgue for preservation.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Police set records straight on case of missing Lands Commission woman

    The Ghana Police Service has stated that it has no evidence to point to the fact that Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey, the husband of the missing Lands Commission woman, is linked to her disappearance.

    There have been widespread rumours that it had been established that the husband of Rhodaline Amoah-Darko killed his wife but the police, in a statement, have set the records straight, indicating that there is no such truth.

    “It must be placed on record, that as of today, Wednesday, October 27, 2021, the Police have no evidence linking Dr. Aggrey to the disappearance of Rhodaline.

    “Investigations are still ongoing and at this point, we are unable to disclose any information to the public on the matter,” the statement, signed by Director of Public Affairs, Superintendent Alexander Kwaku Obeng, said in part.

    The police also indicated that they had secured a court order to have Dr. Aggrey undergo psychiatric examination.

    “As part of investigations into the disappearance of Rhodaline Amoah-Darko, a staff of the Lands Commission in the Ashanti Region, the Police on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, secured a court order to refer the husband of Rhodaline, Dr. Wilberforce Aggrey, for psychiatric examination due to some incoherent statements from him on the matter,” the statement said.

    The police is therefore urging the general public to desist from “the practice since their actions impede Police investigations.”

    The public has also been urged to respect the privacy of the families involved and allow the police to do their work.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Chiefs urged to desist from settling rape, defilement cases in palaces

    Chiefs who thwart investigations into rape, defilement and other criminal cases and settle them in their palaces will suffer swift and ruthless consequences, DCOP Edward Kwateng, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Volta Regional, has warned.

    He made it clear at a Meet-The-Press session in Ho yesterday that chiefs do not have any mandate whatsoever to settle such cases.

    The regional police commander also warned pastors who meddled in police investigations to desist from that conduct in their own interest.

    DCOP Kwateng revealed that since the beginning of this year, 14 people had been sentenced to a total of 140 years in jail for sex-related offenses in the region while four robbers were caged for a total of 82 years.

    Five others convicted of human trafficking have been sentenced to a total of 24 years imprisonment and fines adding up to GH₵ 25,840.

    He said that the Volta Regional Police Command was maintaining an uncompromising stance to prevent crime and make the region safe for the people and the business community.

    In that vein, the regional police commander said that any individual or group whose unruly conduct disturbed the public peace would be made to face the full rigors of the law.

    He said that the Volta Region was one of the peaceful regions in the country and that the police would continue to adopt and implement strategic initiatives at operational and tactical levels of law enforcement to enhance security in the region.

    Meanwhile, DCOP Kwateng announced that police officers in the region had benefitted and were still receiving training in the area of high-risk law enforcement while personnel of the Criminal Investigations Department had also trained in crime scene investigations, anti-human trafficking, and cyber-related crimes.

    “There is no doubt that the training is manifesting positive results in sensitive criminal cases,” he added.

    DCOP Kwateng touched on the recent activities of secessionists in the region and gave the assurance that with the collaboration of other sister security agencies situation was now under control.

    He renewed his appeal to the public to promptly volunteer information to the police on suspicious characters to speedy action.

    Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh

  • Western Togoland case: Seven accused persons granted GH¢2.8m bail

    The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has granted bail to seven accused persons standing trial in the Western Togoland Restoration Front case in a combined sum of GH¢2,800.00.

    The seven were each admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢400,000 with two sureties to be justified.

    This was after the prosecution had substituted the previous charge sheet with a new one.

    All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to charges including participating and being members of a prohibited organization.

    Their lawyers made bail applications for them before Justice El-Freda Dankyi which was granted.

    The case has been adjourned to November 25, 2021.

    The accused persons are Ernest Dzitor, Samuel Yao Fiagbedzi, Richard Doglo Ametepe, Prosper Avumenyi, Benjamin Kplevi, Isaac Kwesi Afeku and Richard Dzri alias Mumuni.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Girl, 21, murdered by unknown assailants at Achinakrom

    A 21-year-old Seamstress has allegedly been murdered by some unknown assailants at Achinakrom in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

    The girl, believed to have died about three days ago, was found in a state of decomposition.

    Doris Donkor, known in the area as Akos, was found dead in her room on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, three days after the suspected gruesome murder.

    Speaking to OTEC News Kwame Agyenim Boateng, Mrs. Esther Appiah, sister-in-law to the deceased disclosed that the girl was seen dead in her room three days after she got missing.

    She added that not seeing the deceased for about three days in the house and without any knowledge of her whereabouts, neighbours decided to check the room which was initially locked from outside with a padlock.

    Mrs. Esther Appiah noted that residents noticed a bad stench which they initially mistook for that of a dead mouse, but residents could not locate the supposed dead mouse upon a thorough search of the house.

    The padlock according to her was forcefully opened only to discover the body of the deceased with her intestines out, suspecting that she was stabbed before her death.

    Source: otecfmghana.com

  • Poverty, youth unemployment major instruments for conflicts in Africa – Osafo-Maafo

    Yaw Osafo-Maafo, the Senior Presidential Advisor, has urged African leaders to tackle youth unemployment and rising socio-economic inequalities as urgent mitigation measures to prevent conflicts in Africa.

    He cited the recent political upheavals in some African countries, leading to the ousting of some heads of state as a clear testimony of deep dissatisfaction among the people, and underscored the need for African governments to address teething socio-economic challenges bedevilling the Continent.

    He underlined the need to equip the youth with employable skills by expanding training in entrepreneurial, technical and vocational education in order to avert potential exposure to radicalism and extremist groups.

    He also called for deeper reflection on how to address environmental and climate related challenges, promotion of the rule of law, good governance, peace and security, human rights and democracy on the continent.

    The Senior Presidential Advisor made the call at the opening of a three-day Inter-Ministerial Africa Union-ECOWAS Consultative workshop on the implementation of Ghana’s Structural Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategy, in Accra on Tuesday.

    He said efforts at advancing socio-economic development in Ghana and Africa in general hinged on the maintenance of peace and security and called for evidence-based approach in identifying structural weaknesses in the governance system.

    “We need to fashion out strategies to nib the triggers of conflicts in the bud and strengthening resilience structures in the country for the wellbeing and prosperity of our citizens,” Mr Osafo-Maafo emphasised.

    Members of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the implementation of the 2018 report on Country Structural Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment (CSVRA) and the Country Structural Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategy (CSVMS) were supposed to identify priority areas and ensure smooth implementation.

    The Technical Committee will also fashion out financial and technical proposals as well as mobilise resources and roll-out capacity-building programmmes towards the effective and efficient implementation of the report.

    The workshop is being attended by representatives from the ECOWAS Commission, African Union Secretariat, Research Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, the Ministry of National Security, Ministry of Finance and other development partners.

    Ghana is the first African country to present its Structural Vulnerability and Resilience Assessment (SVRA) report for peer-review, which will serve as a yardstick for measuring other African countries.

    Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, the Minister of National Security, in his welcome remarks, recalled the country’s chequered history from the era of independence through the various military regimes to the fourth republican constitution, noting that the lessons learnt from the trajectory of nationhood was guiding the current generation.

    He, however, called for strengthening of the various governance structures and institutions in order to improve the standards of living.

    He mentioned some social interventions including the free senior high school policy, planting for food and jobs and other industrial policies as catalyst for development.

    Source: GNA

  • A/R: GHS trains Journalists for accurate reportage on COVID-19

    The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in collaboration with UNICEF on Monday commenced a two-day workshop in Kumasi, to train selected Journalists across the country on Covid-19 reportage and Vaccine misinformation.

    The programme aims to equip the participants on ways to report on the pandemic appropriately and within the right context to avoid misleading the public.

    Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Programme Manager for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, GHS, said the programme was expected to enhance the skills of the Journalists in covering issues related to the pandemic
    .
    This, he said, would enable them provide the public with the right and up-to-date information in order to make informed decisions on the ways they could protect themselves.

    Dr Amponsa-Achiano stated that the country had received over 7.3 million vaccines made up of various types such as AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, Sputnik V, among others.

    He advised Ghanaians to take advantage of the ongoing vaccination exercise to get inoculated, saying they should discard the misconception about the vaccines.

    According to him, the only way to keep the citizenry out of danger was to get vaccinated.

    Dr Amponsa-Achiano called on the Journalists to be Ambassadors of Covid-19 by giving accurate information, adding, “Do not propagate disinformation, misinformation and rumours”.

    Madam Offeibea Baddoo, Communications Officer UNICEF, said the media outreach regarding the pandemic had guided and helped millions of Ghanaians to make informed decisions in their daily lives.

    She said they were happy to partner with the GHS to hold the programme to share information and ideas on misinformation on Covid-19 and its reportage.

    Madam Baddoo said misinformation in every way was devastating to everybody and that it was essential for the media to play its role of informing the public.

    Mr George Sabblah, the Head of Safety Monitoring, Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), said all the vaccines the Authority approved were safe for Ghanaians, adding, “We will not allow any vaccine that will be harmful to Ghanaians.”

    He added that the objective of the Authority’s Emergency Use Authorisation was to make medicines, vaccines and diagnostic available as rapidly as possible to address emergencies in the country, while adhering to stringent criteria of safety, efficacy and quality.

    Mr Sabblah said the FDA received about 30 serious adverse events following the ongoing immunization exercise, adding that most of the events were coincidental or known during clinical trials of the vaccines.

    He added that three adverse effects happened for every 1,000 and that the side effects were mild and resolved within a day or two.

    Source: GNA

  • Four issues on which EC has challenged Mahama to provide evidence

    The Electoral Commission addressed a press conference on Monday, October 25, 2021, primarily to respond to recent allegations leveled against it by former President John Dramani Mahama.

    The former President on his recent ‘Thank You’ tours has slammed the EC and its chairperson, Jean Mensah, over the conduct of the 2020 General Elections which he has classed as the worst under the fourth Republic.

    The presser addressed by deputy EC Chairperson Bossman Asare refuted all allegations leveled by Mahama with evidence in their possession but also demanded that the former President avails whatever evidence he has to back his allegations.

    Overall, the EC asked for evidence on four major allegations. On the issue of a million thumb-printed ballot papers in favour of the incumbent, ballot stuffing, role of the military in results declaration and why EC should be blamed for electoral violence.

    GhanaWeb gleans the exact words of Bossman Asare on each demand for evidence:

    Where is your evidence on 1 million ballots?

    The Former President has said the EC thumb printed 1 million ballots in favor of the president. This is untrue. This is a grave matter that undermines the credibility of our electoral process and should not be ignored.

    We call on him to provide evidence to support his claim. This is not a matter to be ignored and we call on the Ghana Police Service to investigate this.

    Provide evidence on ballot stuffing

    The transparency of our processes from the beginning to the end makes this impossible. Ballot Stuffing cannot be done-it is impossible. We call on the Former President in the interest of our democracy to provide evidence of the stuffing of the ballot boxes by the EC.

    The Police should investigate this as a matter of urgency due to its potential to derail and undermine our democracy, and lead to a lack of confidence in our systems and processes.

    Substantiate allegations on military role in results declaration

    We call on the good people of Ghana to disregard this allegation of the military influencing the declaration and announcement of results as it is false and untrue.

    In the interest of our democracy we call on the Former President to provide evidence of where the influence by the Military occurred.

    We have also noted that the Former President has called the 2020 elections the worst elections. We refute his scoring. The good people of Ghana who experienced our processes are the best judges.

    Provide evidence as to why security issues are the EC’s fault

    To lay the security lapses at the doorstep of the EC is unfortunate.
    While we sympathize with the family members of the deceased, we reject any attempt to associate the violence with us.

    Again, we call on the former president in the interest of our democracy to provide evidence that the EC orchestrated the violence.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Ghana Railways Accra manager killed by moving train

    The Accra Area Manager of the Ghana Railways Company Limited, Ing. Michael Asante, met his untimely death on Monday, October 25 after a train ran over him.

    He was part of an inspection team of management members on a tour of the Accra-Nsawam rail line.

    An eyewitness told Connect FMs morning show host Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson that Ing. Asante was standing in the outer frontage of the train when they saw a naked electric wire across the route around Pokuase.

    In an attempt to avoid being entangled by the wire, the Accra Area Manager jumped off the moving train.

    Unfortunately, he was overrun by the train and killed instantly.

    Already, tributes have started pouring in for him.

    Source: 3news.com

  • Driver dies, 3 injured in crash on DominaseMankessim road

    The driver of a taxi died on the spot when the taxi rammed into a moving trailer, on the Dominase to Mankessim road in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.

    Three other occupants of the taxi, who were injured were rushed to the Accident and Trauma Hospital at Winneba.

    The driver of the trailer was detained by the Mankessim Divisional Police Command and was assisting in investigations.

    A source at the Mankessim Divisional Police told the Ghanaian Times that the accident happened on Saturday dawn.

    He said the injured were in stable condition as of Saturday, but he was not sure if they had been transferred to another hospital.

    The source said the police was yet to establish the cause of the accident adding that the police would take statements from the injured passengers as part of its investigations into the accident.

    Source: ghanaiantimes.com

  • Shatta Wale granted bail

    Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. The musician was granted bail after his lawyers pleaded for same, citing their client’s personality and reputation as reason.

    According to them, their client is not flight risk and will not escape.

    His 3 accomplices, Kojo Owusu Koranteng, Idris Yusif, and Eric Venator, were also granted bail on grounds that they had been counseled, are not flight risk, and will not escape.

    They have since been granted a bail of 100 thousand cedis.

    Shatta Wale was granted a self-recognizance bail whilst each of the other accomplices was granted bail with a surety each.

    The case has been adjourned to November 9, 2021.

    Background

    Shatta Wale was arrested on October 19, 2021, together with his three friends after faking a gunshot attack.

    The Shatta Movement boss was charged with the publication of false news and causing fear and panic.

    His cohorts, Kojo Owusu Koranteng, Idris Yusif, and Eric Venator have also been charged with abetment of crime.

    Rapper, Medikal is also in court today, after five days on remand.

    He was remanded by a Circuit Court judge in Accra on October 22, 2021, for brandishing a weapon in a video found on social media.

    Medikal has been charged with the display of arms and ammunition.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • GCB bank supports Dagbon Development Fund

    The GCB Bank has supported the Dagbon Development Fund (DDF) with GH¢30,000 as part of its contribution to the fund.

    The DDF was launched this month by the Overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Na Abukari II, to mobilise resources to rebrand the Dagbon Chieftaincy institution and for the socio-economic development of the area.

    The bank made the donation when its Managing Director (MD), Mr Kofi Adomakoh, led a delegation from the bank to pay homage to the Ya-Na at the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi last Saturday.

    Cordial relationship

    The visit was also to wish the overlord and the people of Dagbon a joyous Damba celebration and to deepen the cordial relationship between the bank, the palace and people of the area.

    Members of the delegation included the Deputy MD in-charge of Operations, Mr Emmanuel Odartey Lamptey, two board members , Mr Osman Ayuba and Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu, the Northern sector area manager, Alhaji Mohammed Osman Mipo, and some staff of the bank.

    Aside from the GH¢30,000, the bank also made some cash donations for the performance of some rituals at the palace while the Ya-Na also presented a smock, a ram and tubers of yam to the MD during the courtesy call on him at the palace.

    Support

    Speaking during the courtesy call on the overlord, Mr Adomakoh said the bank had seen the progress, development and peace the overlord had brought to Dagbon and the visit was to lend their support towards the initiative by the Ya-Na to bring total development to the area.

    He said the Dagbon area has contributed significantly to the development of the bank which was appreciative of that.

    He said the bank would continue to support and develop the youth and commercial activities in the area as part of its efforts to contribute to the development of Dagbon and the nation as a whole.

    ” As an indigenous bank, we will continue to work for the interest of the people of the area and Ghana as a whole so that we will together grow from strength to strength and in prosperity”, he stated.

    Expansion drive

    Mr Adomah, later in an interaction with the media at the palace, said plans were far advance to extend its services to areas where banking was required as part of the bank’s financial inclusion agenda.

    He said the bank would leverage technology to reach out to the people of Ghana as part of its financial inclusion agenda.

    The DDF

    The Ya-Na thanked the GCB for its support and contributions to the development of Dagbon over the years.

    He explained that the DDF was to mobilise resources that would help to rebrand the Dagbon Chieftaincy institution to become a major driver of development, and make the area economically competitive.

    Ya-Na Abukari added that the DDF would also partner the government and corporate institutions to invest in leadership training for traditional rulers and elders, rebuild its governance structure, introduce appropriate interventions to promote peace building, cultural rejuvenation in the area.

    New palace

    Key on the agenda, he said, was also to construct a new palace to befit the status of the Dagbon Kingdom, one of the oldest in the country.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • E-Block at Agblekpui Aflao 96% complete

    The Ministry of Education has said it is committed to ensuring the promotion and development of education in the country.

    It gave an assurance that it would ensure that access to quality education was enhanced.

    A press statement issued by the Public Relations office of the ministry in a reaction to concerns that the government had abandoned the E-Block situated at Agblekpui, Aflao in the Ketu-South District of the Volta Region, said the project was 96 per cent complete.

    Response

    The statement, therefore, explained that the government had not abandoned any of the projects started by the previous government.

    The statement was responding to concerns that the E-Block had been abandoned by the government.

    It said the outstanding works included final painting and clearing of site, adding that it was working to resolve an issue between the consultant and the contractor over the payment of a recent submission dated August 31, 2021.

    “To this end, the ministry pledges to complete the outstanding works and operationalise this E-Block community day senior high school, as well as others across the country,” the statement concluded.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Fighting LGBTQI with Ghanaian: family values notion wrong!

    Following the brouhaha over the closure of the LGBTQ office in Accra, matters are yet to settle. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ningo Prampram, Mr Sam George, is leading the passage of The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021.

    Though in the initial stages, there has been much debate on it.

    Even the clergy have vehemently sided with the passage of such a bill threatening not to vote for any politician that does not support the passage of the bill.

    Some professionals, led by Lawyer Akoto Ampaw, have on the other hand, submitted a memo to Parliament, insisting that the bill when passed could infringe on the freedoms of all.

    The argument for the anti-LGBTQI bill has been on moral grounds rather than legal, with the insistence that Ghana has got family values that need to be protected.

    Falls short

    The bill, however, falls short of what it intends to achieve. The title of the bill itself is defeatist.

    The limiting of Ghanaian family values to just fighting LGBTQI is incongruous. What is even fascinating are aspects on the proper on human sexual rights.

    Who can guarantee proper human sexual rights? Who is going to ensure that people in their closests adhere to proper sexual rights?

    Ensuring that our society is free from immoral activities is good, but immorality can never be the subject of only an aspect of behaviour.

    It is important to draw the attention of the legislators and the church, in particular, that there are myriad immoral behaviours going against proper Ghanaian family.

    The prostitutes, online sex traders, adulterers, fornicators, drug traffickers, charm chasers and hosts of other fascinating immoral behaviours impinge on the values of the family in the country.

    One cannot promote Ghanaian family values and overlook these too. Singling out the fight against people who associate with LGBTQI means that the bill has targeted a certain group of individuals they deem unfit in society.

    Laws

    We need a society free of immoral behaviour, but we cannot altogether do away with immorality. Using laws to control immorality is like wanting to clean the beach of plastic wastes.

    We must be careful, as a country, the manner in which we direct our laws that seems to target a certain minority group and subject them to criminality for no crime whatsoever, but rather because of an immoral behaviour.

    Have we thought of criminalising fornication, adultery, oral sex, anal sex, etc., because they are not part of Ghanaian culture or family values?

    To the clergymen, who are on fire to support the anti-LGBTQI bill, they must understand that the law of Christ is not a law of incrimination but the law of invitation for self-worth for those He (Christ) deems to have gone astray.


    The writer is an M.Phil student, University of Education, Winneba.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Saglemi Housing trial of Collins Dauda, 4 others: New judge takes over

    A new High Court judge, Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi, has taken over the case involving a former Minister of Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, and four others facing 52 counts of causing financial loss of $200m to the state over the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project.

    This is because, Justice Comfort Tasiame, who presided over the case when the accused persons first appeared in court during the legal vacation, is on leave and as a result, Justice Dankyi will be the presiding judge to determine the merits of the case in order not to delay the wheels of justice.

    Graphic Online’s Justice Agbenorsi who was in the courtroom Monday morning (October 25) reports that, when the case was called this morning, the state, represented by a Chief State Attorney, Mrs Evelyn Keelson, informed the new judge that prosecution will need six weeks to file its disclosures and witness statements.

    The presiding judge, ordered prosecution to file all relevant documents before December 22, 2021, a date set by the court for Case Management Conference (CMC).

    Not guilty

    In August 2021, the former minister, his successor, Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah; the Chief Director at the ministry from 2009 to 2017, Alhaji Ziblim Yakubu; the Executive Chairman of Construtora OAS, the Brazilian company which constructed the affordable housing project at Saglemi, Andrew Clocanas, and a director of RMS, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) consultancy subcontractor, Nouvi Tetteh Angelo, pleaded not guilty to the charges against them and were admitted to bail in various sums under various conditions

    The changes include willfully causing financial loss to the state, misapplying public property, issuing false certificates and dishonestly causing loss to public property.

    Alhaji Dauda is currently on self-recognisance bail.

    Dr Agyeman-Mensah and Alhaji Yakubu are on a bail of $65 million each with three sureties.

    Clocanas is on a bail in the sum of $179 million with three sureties while Angelo is on a $13 million bail with three sureties.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Residents of Nyamekrom construct bridge to enable teachers, nurses resume work

    Residents of Nyamekrom, a suburb of New Juaben South in the Eastern Region, on Sunday, October 24 mobilised to construct a wooden footbridge to enable students, teachers, and nurses, in particular, to cross the Kwakwanua river which overflowed its banks, collapsed and washed away a bridge cutting off the entire community.

    Nyamekrom a suburb of the Eastern Regional Capital with a population of over 5000 was cut off on Friday, October 22, 2021, after a heavy downpour that caused the river to flood the road and about 30 homes, violently washed away a bridge and portion of the 10.1 kilometres Koforidua -Nyamekrom to Supriso road.

    Residents who had travelled before the disaster could not return while those in their homes could not leave to town. Nurses, teachers, students and workers were equally stranded.

    On Sunday, October 24, 2021, the youth in the community mobilised to construct a wooded footbridge downstream of the river to temporarily aid crossing from Monday.

    “Since the incident happened, everybody in this Community is stranded. Nobody goes nobody comes. This is the only road that links Nyamekrom and other Communities to Koforidua. In fact, the disaster has affected us very well. So we are constructing this footbridge to enable us to cross in the meantime. But we are appealing to the government to come to our aid,” one of the community members, Johnson Yeboah Gyekye told Starr News.

    The Assembly Member for Nyamekrom Enock Boahene told Starr News, the situation needs an emergency response by the Central government to reconstruct the bridge immediately to restore normalcy to the community.

    “Government should treat our situation as an emergency because we have been cut off. No car is able to come here and no resident is also able to cross on foot. We are here to construct a footbridge to help teachers, students, nurses and traders to cross by foot from Monday”.

    According to the Assemblymember, the disaster is creating serious sanitation challenges which would worsen in the coming days due to the inability of waste collection vehicles to cross to the community to empty waste generated by residents.

    The Assemblymember stated that the flood submerged about 30 homes and displaced dozens. He said a poultry farm was equally flooded, drowned and carried away the birds.

    The New Juaben South Municipal Chief Executive, Isaac Appaw Gyasi on Sunday visited the scene to assess the situation.

    The 10.1-kilometre Koforidua -Nyamekrom to Supriso road was awarded to contract and sod-cutting ceremony performed by the Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia on October 27, 2020, but construction work is progressing at a snail pace.

    Nyamekrom floods again, more houses submerge, roads cut off.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Coup attempt in Sudan, Prime Minister under house arrest

    Several members of Sudan’s transitional government have been arrested in their homes amid reports of a military coup.

    According to a BBC report sighted by GhanaWeb, Civilian PM, Abdallah Hamdok and at least four ministers were among those believed to have been detained by unidentified soldiers at their homes shortly before dawn on Monday.

    The events come just two days after a Sudanese faction calling for a transfer of power to civilian rule warned of a “creeping coup” at a press conference that a crowd of unidentified people sought to prevent.

    A government source told AFP that, the internet was cut off throughout the country, while demonstrators gathered in the streets to protest against the arrests, setting fire to tires.

    The army has not commented, but pro-democracy groups urged street protests.

    Military and civilian leaders have been at odds since long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown two years ago and a transitional government was set up.

    It remains unclear who carried out the arrests.

    Sudan has been undergoing a precarious transition marred by political divisions and power struggles since the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.

    Since August 2019, Sudan has been under the rule of a civilian-military administration overseeing the transition to an all-civilian regime.

    The main civilian bloc – the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) – which led the anti-Bashir protests in 2019, has split into two opposing factions.

    “The current crisis is artificial — and is taking the form of a creeping coup,” FFC leader Yasser Arman said at a press conference in the capital Khartoum on Saturday.

    “We renew our confidence in the government, Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, and in the reform of the transitional institutions, but without order or imposition,” Arman added.

    Tensions between the two sides have long existed, but the divisions were exacerbated after the failed coup on September 21.

    The Information Ministry of Sudan in a Facebook post said, military forces also stormed Sudan’s state broadcaster in the nearby city of Omdurman and detained workers, the ministry added.

    The ministry added Sudan’s leader is under pressure to release a statement in “support of the takeover” but had called on the people to take to the streets in protest.

    “Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, in a message from his house arrest, asks the Sudanese to adhere to peaceful (means of protest) and occupy the streets to defend their revolution,” parts of the Facebook post read.

    Among those arrested by “joint military forces” include various civilian ministers of Sudan’s transitional government and members of Sudan’s sovereign council, the Information Ministry said.

    “Members belonging to the civilian component of the Transitional Sovereign Council and a number of ministers of the transitional government were arrested by joint military forces and taken to unknown destinations,” the statement added.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Be conscious of your attitude to work – Graduates advised

    Graduates in Ghana have been advised to be conscious of their attitude towards work and be agents of change in the real world to determine how far they can go in life.

    “The purpose of education whether formal or informal is to empower an individual to help improve his or her immediate environment and beyond.”

    Mr Nathan Baidoo, Soft Skills Trainer and Mentor said this at the 1st graduation ceremony organised by Opportunity for Transformation in Africa (YOTA) through Pathways for Sustainable Employment for Women and Youth project (Paseway) funded by the German Corporation, BMZ, and in collaboration with Plan International and National Vocational and Technical Institute (NVTI).

    He said skills alone could not make one successful but attitude and urged the graduands to work on their attitude, be principled and humble in all their endeavours to make life simple and easier.

    Mr Baidoo noted that such qualities were indispensable to a brighter and prosperous working environment in the future.

    Madam Felicia Maku Quaye, Chief Executive Officer of Geofel Enterprise and Academic Trainer said, “it takes an individual who is diligent in his or her work to appear in the presence of great personalities”.

    She said the graduands having good attitudes and being diligent would give them opportunities in the working world even if there were fewer opportunities in the job market.

    Madam Maku Quaye urged them to strive and uphold their reputation in the working field to make the training given to them profitable.

    Madam Mawusi Nudekor Awity, Director General for TVET and formal NVTI Executive Director, in a speech read on her behalf by Mr John Konika Tino, Head of Informal Apprenticeship NVTI, said it was heartwarming to see people given an opportunity to be skilled in making a living for themselves and most importantly contribute to national development.

    She said NVTI’s goal was to bring quality training and skill development to young people and believed with initiatives and projects such as this was a step in the right direction.

    Madam Awity charged all stakeholders to help support the youth who were still lingering on the streets to enable them to have hope and a future and urged the graduates to work harder as they step into the business world.

    Mr Eric Saforo, Project Coordinator and Head of Skills and Innovation YOTA, said the purpose for the project was to provide formal employment for young people in the construction and hospitality sectors in which participants in Ashanti and Northern regions would undergo hospitality training while Greater Accra participants undergo Construction.

    He said the goal of the project was to train 4,050 young people between the ages of 15-35, adding that, there were four categories of participants they were working with which were the unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, and micro-enterprise.

    Mr Saforo said the project would last until the end of 2023 and entreated young girls who wanted to venture into construction to apply.

    Mr Daniel Koffie and Mr John Bosco, graduands expressed their gratitude to the organisers for transforming lives.

    A total number of 229 participants graduated of which 100 were from the skilled and 129 from the semi-skilled category in construction, event decoration, plumbing, electrician, and painting and they were from 12 districts in the Greater Accra region.

    Source: GNA

  • Retired Police officer found dead on his farm

    A 64-year-old retired Police officer has been found dead on his farm in Asitey mountains in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region.

    ASP (rtd) Peter Kwadjo Tawiah left home Thursday morning at about 7:00 am to farm but failed to return.

    The family led by John Teye Oboaba, brother of the deceased made an official complaint at Odumase Police station at about 7:30 pm the same day.

    Police officers were quickly dispatched to the farm and found the motionless body of ASP (rtd) Peter Kwadjo Tawiah lying in a supine position with a cutlass in his right hand.

    After examining the body and taking inventories of the crime scene, he was conveyed to Atua government hospital where he was medically declared dead.

    The body has since been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, told Starr News, preliminary examination of the body did not detect any marks of assault.

    He, however, said Police is awaiting an autopsy report by medical doctors to establish the cause of death.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • Never travel abroad without learning any skill – Man reveals how he is making it with his skill in UK

    UK-based Ghanaian, Paul, has urged Ghanaians, who prefer to work abroad, to learn a skill because that is the only way to thrive in the UK or the western world.

    Speaking on Daily Hustle In The UK with DJ Nyaami, the builder indicated that to be able to make a good living abroad, one must have a learned skill; otherwise, they may be forced to do menial jobs like cleaning, etc.

    “If you travel abroad and you have your certificate or skill, you can create a business if there are no jobs. If you go somewhere and you have a talent or skill, you don’t become a burden to the country.

    “So I would urge anyone who wants to come here to go to a technical school to learn something. It won’t only help you here but anywhere in the world,” he said on SVTV Africa.

    Paul is into building and construction in London. He takes contracts to construct buildings for clients.

    Kindly watch the full interview below:

    Source: SVTV Africa

  • 2 arrested for assaulting cop who prevented fake phone deal at Circle

    The Greater Accra Regional Police Command have arrested two men for physically assaulting a police officer.

    The two, Evans Addo, 42, and Godfred Akrofi, 32, beat the officer, Constable Nii Okay Sampa, to a pulp, for preventing the sale of a fake mobile phone at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.

    Narrating the incident, Head of the Public Affairs Unit at the Accra Regional Police Command, DSP Juliana Obeng said Constable Sampa whilst at Circle, attempted to stop what could be described as harassment from some men on a gentleman who was purchasing a phone.

    Constable Sampa, after bringing an end to the harassment, decided to help the man conclude his phone purchase deal with the sellers.

    The sellers then attempted to swap the phone already presented to the buyer.

    However, Constable Sampa realised this and collected the original phone and a phone case from them.

    He also took possession of the fake phone.

    Unhappy about the development, some men, including the two suspects, attacked Constable Sampa, getting him to bleed profusely.

    Constable Sampa was saved by a police team who were on patrol in the area at the time of the event.

    The two suspects, Evans Addo and Godfred Akrofi are expected to make an appearance in court in the coming days.

    DSP Julia Obeng has warned the public against taking such violent actions against law enforcers.

    Any individual or group found culpable will have themselves to blame, she cautioned.

     “The Accra Regional Police Command unreservedly condemns attacks on law enforcement officers. The command strongly warns that in no uncertain terms will such acts be countenanced,” she said.

    Source: Myjoyonline.com

  • I want to sleep in jail for this Shatta Wale after Court remanded him

    As dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale, leaves the court earlier today after being remanded into police custody, he is heard saying “ I wanna sleep in jail for” among other Shatta movement slogans.

    Shatta Wale has been charged with publication of false news after he allegedly faked a gun attack on himself Monday evening.

    He has been remanded into Police custody to reappear on Tuesday, October 26.

    https://youtu.be/kcf_HKQGmIo

    Source: 3news.com

  • How Ghana Police celebrated an officer, mourned two others in one day

    The Ghana Police Service discharges its duty of public information in a brisk and timely manner thanks to its verified social media handles i.e. via Twitter and Facebook.

    From information on major developments at the Headquarters, divisions and other formations; activities of the Inspector-General, announcements relative to crime the acknowledgment of its commission and arrest of perpetrators and issues to do generally with the welfare of its officers, social media has proven to be a go-to medium for information on security and more.

    On October 21, 2021, the Service had a bittersweet situation as the Service celebrated an officer who had chalked 39 years in the service and was retiring but within hours, they had to announce the passing of two other officers in the line of duty.

    Celebrating Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu

    The post accompanied with current and old photos of the retired officer was titled: “An Illustrious Career in the Ghana Police Service Comes to a Good End.”

    It read in part: “Today, we want to celebrate a noble and dignified Police Officer, Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu as he draws the curtains to the end of his 39 years of service to Ghana.

    “The journey of Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu, who is affectionately called FM by his colleagues, began some 39 years ago when he was enlisted into the Ghana Police Service on 1st March 1982. It was at the time, not the much sought-after road that it is today.”

    Black Thursday announcement

    In an official release late Thursday, October 21, 2021, the Ghana Police Service announced the passing of two officers it described as “highly-trained members of the Anti-Robbery Taskforce.”

    They perished in an accident on the Walewale Bolgatanga road where they were part of a five-member team responding to an emergency, the statement said.

    Their three other colleagues who are said to be in critical condition at a hospital in Walewale were being readied to be flown to receive medical care.

    “The families of the two victims have been informed of the sad incident and the Inspector-General of Police, Geroge Akuffo Dampare has spoken to them,” the statement added.

    The statement signed by ACP Kwesi Ofori concluded by stating: “May the souls of our departed brave men Rest in Peace.”

    The Ghana Police Service discharges its duty of public information in a brisk and timely manner thanks to its verified social media handles i.e. via Twitter and Facebook.

    From information on major developments at the Headquarters, divisions and other formations; activities of the Inspector-General, announcements relative to crime the acknowledgment of its commission and arrest of perpetrators and issues to do generally with the welfare of its officers, social media has proven to be a go-to medium for information on security and more.

    On October 21, 2021, the Service had a bittersweet situation as the Service celebrated an officer who had chalked 39 years in the service and was retiring but within hours, they had to announce the passing of two other officers in the line of duty.

    Celebrating Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu

    The post accompanied with current and old photos of the retired officer was titled: “An Illustrious Career in the Ghana Police Service Comes to a Good End.”

    It read in part: “Today, we want to celebrate a noble and dignified Police Officer, Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu as he draws the curtains to the end of his 39 years of service to Ghana.

    “The journey of Chief Inspector Francis Mawuli Sosu, who is affectionately called FM by his colleagues, began some 39 years ago when he was enlisted into the Ghana Police Service on 1st March 1982. It was at the time, not the much sought-after road that it is today.”

    Black Thursday announcement

    In an official release late Thursday, October 21, 2021, the Ghana Police Service announced the passing of two officers it described as “highly-trained members of the Anti-Robbery Taskforce.”

    They perished in an accident on the Walewale Bolgatanga road where they were part of a five-member team responding to an emergency, the statement said.

    Their three other colleagues who are said to be in critical condition at a hospital in Walewale were being readied to be flown to receive medical care.

    “The families of the two victims have been informed of the sad incident and the Inspector-General of Police, Geroge Akuffo Dampare has spoken to them,” the statement added.

    The statement signed by ACP Kwesi Ofori concluded by stating: “May the souls of our departed brave men Rest in Peace.”

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • 25% Ghanaians could suffer stroke by 2040 – WHO

    One in four Ghanaians will suffer stroke in the next 10 to 20 years if nothing is done to control the conditions that induce the ailment.

    Presently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 94,000 people suffer stroke annually in the country.

    These were made known at the project launch on trans-fatty acid at a forum dubbed “High-Level Engagement on the Elimination of Trans-fatty Acids (TFA) in Ghana,” in Accra.

    The project was launched by the Institute of Leadership and Development (INSLA) and christened “Making Ghana TFA free to improve Heart Health”.

    What is TFA?

    Trans-fatty acids are manufactured fats created during a process called hydrogenation — the process of combining fat, typically vegetable oils, with hydrogen in order to make it more saturated.

    They may be particularly dangerous for heart health and may pose a risk for certain cancers.

    Trans-fats are a form of unsaturated fats associated with a number of negative health effects.

    Artificial trans-fats are created during hydrogenation, which converts liquid vegetable oils into semi-solid partially hydrogenated oil.

    Trans-fats can also be found naturally in meat and dairy.

    National concern

    The Director of INSLA, Mr Benjamin Anabila, said the problems associated with trans-fatty acid were a potential national disaster, which could “surpass the devastation caused by COVID-19 in the country”.

    He said TFA had been identified as the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

    According to him, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, peripheral arterial diseases and aortic disease had assumed significant importance in the global public health arena, with cardiovascular diseases now regarded as the number one cause of death.

    Mr Anabila said in 2012, an estimated 17.5 million people died from cardiovascular diseases globally, representing 31 per cent of all global deaths.

    He said the first phase of the 18-month project would seek to create awareness of the negative impact of TFAs and advocate their elimination from the country.

    He said currently, only South Africa and Kenya had been able to eliminate TFAs from their food chain.

    A lecturer at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Dr Phyllis Addo, said TFAs — unlike saturated fats which increased bad cholesterol — also reduced one’s good cholesterol and increased the risk of heart diseases.

    Presently, she said, there was no policy in the country regarding the need to eliminate TFAs, and, therefore, manufacturers had capitalised on the loop-hole to dump foods and oils that contained TFAs such as snacks, baked and fried foods in the country.

    She called on the public to ensure that they read labels on whatever they bought for consumption so as to avoid foods that were high in fatty acids.

    The acting Head, Public Health and Health Promotion, of the Ministry of Health, Mr Mark Atuahene, said the ministry was ready to partner stakeholders to generate a policy on TFAs in the country.

    A representative of WHO, Dr Elise Kodjoe, said the world body was spearheading a global initiative to eliminate trans-fats in the world by 2030.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Woman, 35, commits suicide after husband grabs new lover

    A 35-year-old married woman, Rebecca Amoah, has committed suicide by hanging at Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region.

    Information gathered by EIB Network Central regional Correspondent Yaw Boagyan reveals that the deceased committed the act out of alleged extra-marital affairs by her husband.

    According to residents in the area, she had told her husband she was going through trauma and will end her life as a result of his extramarital affairs.

    True to her words, on Wednesday 20th October 2021 around 5:30 pm she committed the act in the absence of her husband.

    A co-tenant who gave her name as Forgive Adeku narrated that the deceased locked herself in the room before committing the act adding that it had to take a carpenter to break her door where her lifeless body was found hanging on the ceiling fan.

    Forgive Adeku explained that the deceased husband was then called and a report was then made to the Kasoa Police who came to convey the body to the mortuary.

    The Kasoa Police has commenced investigation to unravel what might have caused the death of the mother of two.

    Source: starrfm.com.gh

  • CAF Champions League: Hearts of Oak to travel with 24-players to Morocco for Wydad Athletic clash

    Hearts of Oak will depart to Morocco on Thursday evening with a 24-man squad ahead of their CAF Champions League preliminary round second leg game against Wydad Athletic Club.

    The Phobians defeated Wydad Athletic Club 1-0 in the first leg encounter at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.

    Isaac Mensah scored the only goal of the game to give the Ghana Premier League champions an advantage ahead of the second-leg encounter this weekend.

    The team will fly to Morocco with a 43-man contingent made up of 24 players, seven technical staff, management members.

    Ghana FA Executive Council member Dr Randy Abbey will be the leader of delegation for the team to Morocco.

    Hearts will board the Emirate airline to Rabat for the game later today.

    The Phobians will be hoping to make the money zone for the first time since 2006.

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • Daniel Owusu scores just one minute after being subbed on in UEFA Youth League

    Youngster Daniel Owusu scored just one minute after coming on as a substitute for Red Bull Salzburg in their 3-0 win over Wolfsburg in the UEFA Youth League.

    The 18-year-old replaced Federico Crescenti in the 80th minute and after 60 seconds he connected in at the far post to make it 2-0.

    Owusu recently recovered from a knee injury that sidelined him for weeks.

    Last week, he played for Red Bull Akademie in their 3-0 win over Tirol U18 in the Jugendliga.

    He is on loan at FC Liefering in the Austrian second-tier but registered to play for Salzburg in the UEFA Youth League.

    Two minutes from time, Till Meier scored an own to condemn the German side.

    Salzburg opened the scoring on 37 minutes through Justin Omoregie.

    Source: ghanasoccernet.com

  • 2022 WCQ: Ethiopia to host Ghana in Kenya

    The Walias of Ethiopia will host the Black Stars of Ghana in Kenya for the penultimate match of the African qualifiers for the 2022 Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) World Cup.

    This follows a ban on the Bahir Dar Stadium by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), where the Ethiopian national team played their matches including a 3-1 loss against South Africa in World Cup qualifiers.

    CAF has decided that the match with the Black Stars of Ghana scheduled for November 11, would be played in Kenya.

    CAF declared the Bahir Dar Stadium unfit to host international games after failing to meet at least seven of its requirements including substandard medical, VIP, Media centers as well as training facilities of the stadium are among the reasons for the ban.

    The Stadium is now banned from hosting any international games including World Cup Qualifiers, CAF African Champions League Confederation Cup matches

    This development is certainly good news for the Black Stars who have to win the match to keep the chase on leaders South Africa as they quest to qualify to the final round of the qualifying stage.

    Source: GNA