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  • Lynching of 90-year-old woman has disfigured our nation Akufo-Addo

    President Akufo-Addo has urged police to quickly bring closure to investigations into the lynching of a 90-year-old woman at Kafaba in the Savannah Region.

    He said the killing has “disfigured the face of our nation.”

    The elderly woman, Akua Denteh, had been accused of witchcraft by a soothsayer who is wanted by police, alongside two others.

    “I hope that the quick response of the police will lead to the rapid administration of justice in this unfortunate matter,” President Akufo-Addo said.

    He also offered some financial support to advocacy efforts in the wake of the killing.

    “I will make an appropriate contribution to the Akua Denteh Foundation to express my own revulsion at the awful, tragic act that has occurred in this region.”

    Experts from the National Police headquarters have been deployed to the Savannah Region to hunt down the perpetrators of the incident.

    Questions have been asked of the chief of the community, under the Gonja Kingdom, who is alleged to have enabled the soothsayer.

    The son of the 90-year-old woman, Dominic Saaka Mahama, has called on the chief of the community to produce the perpetrators of the killing.

    He feels the traditional leader had prior knowledge of the activities of the soothsayer who labelled the deceased a witch.

    “If the chief is failing to provide the perpetrators, then it means that he brought them because nobody can come to your community and be doing things without your knowledge. At least the fellow will seek your approval,” he argued.

    The Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Tuntumba Bore Essa, also urged his people to aid police investigations “to assist the kingdom and the security agencies to identify the culprits and bring them to book”.

     

    Source: citinewsroom 

  • Reduction in “talk tax” to take effect in September Akufo-Addo

    The implementation of the new rate for the Communication Service Tax (CST), also known as talk tax, is to take effect from September 2020.

    The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta at the presentation of the 2020 mid-year budget review announced the reduction of the tax from nine per cent to five per cent.

    He told Parliament on Thursday that, “In the short term, we will reduce the CST from 9% to 5% to reduce the cost of communication services to the consumer as more and more people work remotely and utilize online services. We will count on the Telcos to match this reduction in the CST by reducing their tariffs. This is important for our youth, entrepreneurs, and the burgeoning FINTEC industry.”

    Addressing Ghanaians on Sunday, July 26, 2020, to reiterate plans taken by the government to cushion Ghanaians from the impact of COVID-19,  President Nana Akufo-Addo indicated that the move will be rolled out in September.

    “The Communication Service Tax has also been reduced from 9 per cent to 5 per cent, effective September 2020.”

    Background of CST

    The CST was introduced in 2008 at an ad valorem rate of six per cent. The tax is levied on charges payable by consumers for the use of communication services.

    In 2018 the tax brought in a total of GH¢420 million, representing a 27.7 per cent increase from the estimated ¢304 million accrued in 2017.

    The amount generated from the levy was 4.56 per cent more than the projected ¢401.8 million in the 2018 mid-year budget.

    The telcos started charging customers the revised CST from October 1, 2019, after the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, announced an increment in the tax from six to nine per cent in the Supplementary Budget.

    The Finance Minister in justifying the increment, had said it was aimed at creating a viable technology ecosystem to among other things identify and combat cybercrime.

     

    Source: Graphic.com.gh 

  • Government to decide on the reopening of all schools soon – President Akufo-Addo

    Government will decide when schools will reopen after the current examinations involving final year students are concluded by mid-September, President Akufo-Addo says.

    “I will keep you fully informed about the outcomes,” the President gave the assurance on Sunday night in his 14th COVID-19 updates to the nation.

    He said the safety and good health of students and staff had been the paramount considerations in the reopening of schools, as part of the phases of easing of the COVID-19 restriction measures, adding that the state would therefore, continue to insist on full adherence to the enhanced COVID-19 protocols, especially within the schools.

    “That is why, as has already been widely publicised, we undertook a massive mobilisation and deployment of logistics to our educational facilities to help ensure that learning is conducted in an atmosphere of safety, as we continue to limit and contain the spread of the virus in our country. ”

    He said since his last address to the nation about a month ago, there had been over 75,000 persons, comprising students, teachers and non-teaching staff, in the Junior High Schools returning to school to prepare for and sit the Basic Education Certificate Examination.

    Besides, on Monday July 20, the 370,000 final year Senior High School students, who had been in school for five weeks, started writing the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.

    Again, 127,143 students in the Universities and other tertiary institutions have all virtually completed their final examinations.

    The President said all the measures being put in place to contain the spread of the virus among the students pointed to the commitment of the Government to protect the lives of “all those involved in the phased re-openings of our schools, and I will not renege on my obligation towards either our children or their parents.

    “Mercifully, we have witnessed only a few cases of infections in our Universities and other tertiary institutions; the few students who tested positive in a few of our Senior High Schools have all either recovered or are on the path to full recovery, and will write the WASSCE; and the few final year Junior High School students, who have tested positive and who are largely asymptomatic, are being managed in isolation centres, “he said.

    President Akufo-Addo reminded Ghanaians that while the pandemic lingered on, life could not be put on hold indefinitely, and Ghana could also not remain in a never-ending crisis management situation “and that is why we have been putting measures in place to restore gradually some normalcy in our social and economic lives, as we learn to cope with the reality of the virus”.

    He said the gradual reopening of the schools to enable final year students at various levels of education finish the school year and take their exams was probably the most significant measure taken by the government on the easing of the COVID-19 related restrictions.

    Source: GNA

  • President announces further easing of coronavirus related restrictions

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday further eased Coronavirus restrictions, seeking to return the country gradually to a state of new normalcy after nearly five months of measures to combat the disease.

    In a televised national broadcast, the President announced the lifting of restrictions on church and mosques gatherings, open air drinking spots, tourists’ sites and attractions, air and road transport and some sporting activities.

    Churches and mosque, which had for the past seven weeks been holding services and prayers with not more than a 100 members over a duration of one hour per service, are now allowed to increase the number of congregants and extend worship time to two hours, starting August 1, 2020.

    But religious leaders were to ensure that coronavirus safety protocols were observed to the letter as worship centres were to be well ventilated; congregants must wear face mask and stay one meter apart

    Tourist sites and attractions, open air drinking spots were reopened to business, but beaches, pubs, cinemas, nightclubs however remain closed until further notice.

    Also, the President gave clearance for the country’s female under-20 and under-17 teams to begin training towards the FIFA and CAF sanctioned international matches, and their handlers were to follow the set protocols for safety religiously.

    However, all another team contact sports, and competitive sporting events remain suspended.

    President Akufo-Addo also declared that domestic airplanes, taxis and mini-buses can now operate at full passenger capacity. Airlines and road transport owners are to ensure that passengers wore face mask and maintained set safety protocols at all material times.

    The country’s frontiers however remained closed to human traffic until further notice.

    But Ghanaians stranded abroad should leverage the special dispensation granted them by government to return home.

    The President pointed out that with the coronavirus pandemic affecting the global economy and upsetting all facets of social and economic life, and the prediction that the virus would not be letting anytime soon, Ghanaians should, like the rest of world, learn to live with the reality of the situation until a cure is found for the disease.

    He was emphatic that the disease should not bring national life to a standstill and that “We have to learn to adapt to the conditions.”

    “Ghana cannot remain in a never-ending crisis management situation, and that is why we have been putting measures in place to restore gradually some normalcy in our social and economic lives, as we learn to cope with the reality of the virus.”

    President Akufo-Addo noted that though some 32, 969 persons had so far contracted COVID-19 in the country, a closer look at the data showed that Ghana was “steadily on the path towards limiting and containing the virus, and, ultimately, defeating it.”

    He said what should concern Ghanaians was the number of active cases, which currently stood at 3,349, showing that the country had faired extremely well in the management of the pandemic.

    The consistent drop in the number of active coronavirus development, coupled with the low hospitalisation and mortality rates, the measures adopted to cope with the situation and experts advice, the President indicated, had informed Government’s decision to embark on a controlled, progressive, safe easing of restrictions to get national Life and economy back to normal.

    He said government was strengthened in its determination to ensure that Ghanaians returned to their daily lives in safety, but held that the phased opening up of the country placed an individual obligation and responsibility on each and every citizen to continue to remain vigilant, respect the enhanced hygiene and social distancing protocols. “We dare not ruin the successes we have chalked over this period,” he added.

    The President cautioned persons who peddled untruths about the disease to put a stop to such ‘irresponsible’ behaviour which escalates mistrust and heighten unnecessarily, the anxiety levels over the disease in the country.

    He called on Ghanaians to reject persons who perpetuate falsehood, stigmatise those who had recovered from COVID-19, and engage in anti-social social behaviour, and call them out when they do so.

    “The virus is no respecter of persons, and the overwhelming majority of persons who have tested positive, recover, indeed, have recovered, and are living perfectly normal lives, and pose no danger to anyone,” he said.

    President Akufo-Addo was confident that the new phase in the country’s fight against the disease would create a ‘new normal” where Ghanaians would live responsibly, and constantly figure out how to go about their work, businesses, educational and social activities safely and help contain the speed of COVID-19.

    “I have never wavered in my deeply-held conviction that, if each one of us embraces the safety protocols, and we continue to put our faith in the Almighty, we will emerge strongly from this crisis,” he said.

    Source: GNA

  • Coronavirus: Borders remain closed to human traffic – President Akufo-Addo

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that all borders including land or air remains  closed to human traffic until further notice.

    However, he said that a special dispensation to evacuate Ghanaians who are stranded will be made to enable them come back home.

    He said this while giving the 14th update on COVID-19 to Ghanaians .

    Source: Atinka Online

  • Akufo-Addo lifts restrictions on religious gatherings, service hours increased

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that from 1 August 2020 the restrictions on the number of congregants worshipping at a time in Church, Mosques will be lifted, with the length of worship extended.

    Speaking in his 14th address to the nation on Sunday, President Akufo-Addo noted that he was pleased with the compliance of religious bodies at their various worship centres, ensuring the safety protocols to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic.

    “Our Churches and Mosques have been open for prayers and services for the past seven (7) weeks, adhering to twenty-five per cent occupancy (25%) or up to one hundred congregants over a time duration of up to one hour per service. I extend my deepest appreciation to our religious leaders for their strict adherence to the safety protocols which have prevented any known outbreaks since they restarted their services,” President Akufo-Addo said.

    Announcing the easing of restrictions at religious gatherings, President Akufo-Addo said, “I am, therefore, very happy to announce that, in consultation with our Church leaders, from 1 August 2020, the restrictions on the number of congregants worshipping at a time in Church will be lifted, with the length of worship extended from one (1) to two (2) hours per service.”

    He further added that “Church leaders who are desirous of implementing this enhanced easing directive, must ensure that congregants wear face masks at all times, and the one (1) metre social distancing rule is scrupulously applied. These same guidelines apply to worship in our Mosques.”

    The president also cautioned religious leaders against the use of air conditions and rather urged religious leaders to ensure ventilation of fresh air during services.

    “With greater numbers of congregants likely to return for worship, I would, respectfully, ask the religious leaders to pay even greater attention to the fresh air ventilation of their premises, rather than relying on the use of air conditioners,” Nana Addo added.

  • President Akufo-Addo and Bawumia are indeed developing Ghana Nayiri attests

    Overlord of the Mamprugu Kingdom, His Majesty Nayiri Nabohagu Mahami Sheriga has confessed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with support from Dr Mahamudu Bawumia are indeed developing the country based on what he has seen.

    The King who made the admission during a recent visit by the Vice President, however, indicated that just like Oliver Twist, he and his subjects in the entire kingdom will continue to still ask for more.

    “You have given us much and we are proud of you…we pray for you and continue to stand behind you to continue to do more for the north. You and the President are working to make Ghana prosperous, contrary to claims by some persons that you are going to destroy the nation. May God guide and protect you and may machinations by your detractors that you fail backfire, “he prayed.

    He reiterated that “you are in power to develop Ghana and not to destroy it and I will continue to pray that the almighty God will see you through this path.”

    On his part, Dr Bawumia conveyed the gratitude of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the King and his council of elders for their support during the three and half years of the current administration, reassuring them that the promise to continue to pursue a developmental agenda shall continue unabated.

    “We are three and half years in government. We went into government with a promise for transformation in Mamprugu and government as a whole. It is evident that the transformation is being witnessed in Mamprugu in terms of roads and other infrastructural development,” he pointed out.

    Source: My News GH

  • Akufo-Addo orders Ursula Owusu to suspend directive to reduce GBC channels

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekufful to suspend her directive to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to shut down three of its Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels.

    In a release from the office of the President signed by the Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, the president did not give any reasons for the directive.

    Below is the release from the Presidency

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • President Akufo-Addo finally speaks on Jane Naana’s appointment

    Professor Jane Naana Opoku Aggyemang the former Education Minister under the John Dramani Mahama, has being selected by the former president Mahama as his running mate. The pronouncement of John Mahama has being followed by a lot of criticisms from their rivalry party the NPP. President Akufo-Addo has finally spoken about Jane Naana’s appointment.

    According to the president on his address on her Facebook page, no one can dispute the fact that Jane Naana is an intelligent personality. “I believe Jane Naana is brilliant in terms of academics and I see her to more capable to be John Mahama’s running mate” he stated.

    However the president said that some people especially members of the opposition party NDC are making a lot of comments that Jane Naana’s appointment has being a treat to the NPP that is why it is attracting a lot of criticisms from them.With him he never sees Jane Naana To be treat to his party.

    “Ghanaians will cast their votes based on your achievements but not your personality or appearance. The NPP believes Our achievements will speak on our behave” he stated.

    After that he made a funny statement that 2020 elections are just at the corner and ‘the Play be the Floor’.

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    Source: opera.com

  • Eastern Region gets new regional hospital as president cuts sod

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday afternoon, will hold a sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of the Eastern Regional Hospital.

    The €70 million project, which will be the first phase, to be undertaken by Ellipse Projects and Tyllium will be located at Koforidua-Akwadum road.

    In addition to the regional hospitals, 88 new district hospitals will be built while some existing hospitals will be upgraded.

    President Akufo-Addo assured on Sunday, April 26, 2020 that the construction of the district hospitals will take one year to complete: “All these are expected to be completed within one year. Each of them will be a quality, standard design 100-bed hospital with accommodation for doctors, nurses, and other health workers and the intention is to complete them within a year,” the president said in one of his periodic updates on the fight against coronavirus.

    President Akufo-Addo had indicated that his government will begin constructing 88 hospitals in the districts without hospitals and Eastern Region will benefit from eight of these projects in addition to the regional hospital.

    The breakdown for the rest of the regions are ten in Ashanti, nine in Volta, nine in Central, seven in Greater Accra, seven in Upper East, five in Northern, five in Oti, five in Upper West, five in Bono, four in Western North, four in Western, three in Ahafo, three in Savannah, two in Bono East, and two in North East Regions.

    Parliament has already approved a €56.1 million loan facility for the construction of 100-bed trauma hospitals at Obuasi and Anyinam as part of efforts to expand health care delivery in the country.

    The government as part of the agreement will also build an Accident and Emergency center at Enyiresi Hospital and rehabilitate the Obuasi Health Centre.

    The agreement is between the government of Ghana through the Finance Ministry and Deutsche Bank AG (as the arranger and original lender) and TMF Global Services (UK) Limited (as the facility arranger) to finance the project.

    The project is expected to be completed three years after commencement and Ghana is expected to repay the loan within eight years.

    The hospitals will come with an 18-bed Accident and Emergency ward for adults, 12-bed ward for Paediatric Emergencies and a 100-seater capacity waiting area.

     

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Why build a cathedral when there is so much poverty and filth? – KSM asks Akufo-Addo

    Self-acclaimed King of Prime-time TV and godfather of Ghanaian comedians, Kwaku Sintim Misa, famed as KSM, has questioned the government’s intention to build a national cathedral.

    KSM threw the question to the leadership of the country while speaking in an exclusive interview with Nkonkonsa.

    The on-screen personality inquired why the government wanted to spend so much money to build a cathedral. He queried if God would come down to live in the cathedral.

    He insinuated that building such an edifice to please God was a misplaced priority since many Ghanaians were still living in filth and abject poverty.

    “Just imagine Ghana, with all respects wanting to build a cathedral of how many millions of dollars? Why? Does God live in that cathedral? I would take you to places in Accra here where you would see the filth and poverty that people are living in,” KSM recounted.

    According to KSM, left to him alone, the millions being channeled into the building of the cathedral should be used for the personal development of the citizenry.

    The ace TV show host was speaking on how religion had become so institutionalized and being used to con people and ridding them of their money.

    He also touched on the fact that organized religion had skewed the thinking of many people such that they acted without thinking through them logically.

    KSM also hit at men of God who claimed to possess healing powers and asked them to seek permission from President Akufo-Addo to heal Ghanaians who have contracted the COVID-19.

    Following this statement, KSM indicated that since he was born, he had never come across a genuine prophet.

    Watch KSM make his submissions below:

    Source: Peace FM

  • Akufo-Addo resumes work after 14-day self-isolation

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will resume work from today, Monday, July 20, after completing his 14-day precautionary self-isolation.

    The president went into self-isolation on Saturday, July 4 upon advice from his doctors after “at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19” that day.

    He completed the process on Saturday, July 18.

    He had conducted key government businesses from the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, on one occasion chairing a cabinet meeting virtually from there.

    Addressing journalists on Sunday, July 19, Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said President Akufo-Addo will now resume “out-of-home” engagements.

    “He is expected to from Monday attend to business from his office at the Jubilee House.

    “Additionally, he will attend to some engagements outside Accra during the week.”

    Mr Oppong Nkrumah expressed gratitude to all those who expressed best wishes to the president while he was in self-isolation.

    Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Ghana, a total of 27,667 persons have contracted the disease but 23,249 have recovered or recovering.

  • Release the children, you’ve already achieved your aim – NDC Communicator to Akufo-Addo

    Member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communication team, Dela Edem has urged President Akufo-Addo and members of the NPP to put aside shame and close down Senior High Schools since their motive of registering eligible students for sympathy votes have been achieved.

    He said the best decision for government to save children in schools now is to do mass testing and isolate those who test positive and allow those who test negative to go back home and join their families.

    “We will blame President Akufo-Addo should any student suffer death or any health problem through COVID-19. How can students learn in fear?” he said.

    Dela Edem on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ political discussion show outlined lots of measures the government have embarked on that he believes have worsened and increased the national COVID-19 cases.

    He heavily lamented on the science and data which according to President Akufo-Addo engineered the lifting of the 3-week partial lockdown in the Greater Accra, Kumasi and Kasoa areas.

    Source: Peace FM

  • Schools Reopening: Make public your engagements, efforts – Kweku Baako tells Akufo-Addo

    Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr has called on the government to make public their social interventions and stakeholder meetings that preceeded the reopening of schools for Ghanaians to appreciate their efforts.

    Kweku Baako believes publishing all that the government has done before the schools reopened and with regard to protecting students against the spread of COVID-19 will help to bring the matters to rest.

    He made this comment following calls on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to shut down schools after students in some Senior High Schools tested positive for the virus.

    Schools like the Accra Technical University, Accra Girls’ SHS and others in the Greater Accra and Western Regions have recorded cases of the COVID-19.

    Fifty-five (55) students and staff of the Accra Girls’ SHS, according to the Ghana Education Service, have tested positive for the virus.

    Due to this, the President has been asked to close the schools to curb the disease.

    The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has also lambasted the President for refusing to allow the school children to return home and painted a picture that he and his government are cruel and also exploiting the students for political gains.

    But, according to Kweku Baako, the government has taken precautionary measures to safeguard the students.

    Speaking to host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’, Mr. Baako was of the view that the opposition party and critics are trying to trivialize the President’s efforts to protect the students, hence wants the government to publicize the processes they went through before reopening the schools.

    “The engagements they had, the school authorities they engaged; they should publish, publicize and communicate those things…the supplies they have made, the number of sanitizers they’ve distributed and so forth including the schools they have provided these things.

    ”Put it out there. Let people know that this is the commitment. This is the management process that’s going on. It doesn’t mean you have 100 percent solution or everything is fine but people will understand you when they have the info,” he advised the President.

    Source: Peace FM

  • Weve fulfilled promise to ensure affordable VW cars are ensembled in Ghana Akufo-Addo

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government has delivered on its promise to ensure cars are ensembled in Ghana at affordable rates.

    This comes after the first Volkswagen locally assembled cars in Ghana were recently unveiled by the global automobile company.

    The German car manufacturer signed an MoU with the government of Ghana in 2018 to begin the process of establishing an assembling plant in the country to serve the West African sub-regional market.

    With the cars now ready for the market, Ghanaians can buy a VW vehicle for as low as only GHC 60,000.

    Akufo-Addo said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has created the enabling environment for Volkswagen to ensemble affordable cars in Ghana.

    “We created the enabling environment for @VWGroup to be able to assemble its vehicles in Ghana,” the President tweeted.

    “Today, affordable VW vehicles are assembled right here in Ghana. A promise made, a promised fulfilled.”

    Earlier this week, a proposal from Universal Motors Limited, the authorized distributors of VW in Ghana noted that “our models range from Polo, Golf, Jetta, Passat, Tiguan, Teramont, Touareg, etc.”

    “Prices start from GHC60, 000 for brand new cars, newest models,” the proposal to Standbic bank read.

    The document also added that the purchase of a VW car assembled in Ghana comes with a warranty and service package like two years unlimited mileage warranty and service plan available from one to five years.

     

    Source: pulse.com.gh

  • NPP campaign discourse should be substantive, deliberative – Akufo-Addo

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has emphasized that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) campaign communication for election 2020 should be devoid of ethnocentrism, religion, mudslinging and gender biases.

    Rather, the party’s campaigns should be based on a more substantive and deliberative discourse, where the competencies, records, output and achievements of the government are presented to the Ghanaian electorate for comparison with that of opponents.

    The President made the call when he held a virtual meeting with members of his campaign communications advisory team on Sunday in Accra.

    He is presently on 14?day precautionary isolation at the Presidential Villa in the Jubilee House as a result of a member of his inner circle testing positive for COVID-19. He is in his ninth day of seclusion though he tested negative to the disease.

    President Akufo-Addo told the team that the December polls, being an historic one where an incumbent president and his predecessor went head to head in an election, demanded that the records of their tenure be laid bare before the people.

    He pointed out that it was “absolutely critical” going into the December contest, that the NPP’s political discourse hinged on the comparison of records of his administration and that of his predecessor, in terms of the social and economic advancement of the country, and the quality of the leadership that they both provided during their time in government.

    “We still have to ask ourselves who can manage the affairs of our country both in normal times and as well as in extraordinary time, like this last three or four months,” he stressed.

    For the President, the quality of achievement of his government in the areas of health, education, infrastructure and the economy, had been one that had positively affected the country and the entirety of Ghanaians, an important message which the campaigns should reflect.

    “There’s no part of Ghana that can say somehow or rather they’ve been left out of the programmes and development of this government….and that has to be very critical aspect of our outreach,” he said.

    “Every nook and cranny can point to something we have done which matters to the people, whether it’s the establishment of schools, the enhancement of agriculture, or about the development of infrastructure; the water, roads….all these go into idea that our programme is meant to serve the generality of the people, and it’s important that we continue to stress that,” he added.

    President Akufo-Addo was very emphatic that the party’s messages during the electioneering season should not at any material time rouse negative sentiments of any kind, or sully the political atmosphere.

    “We have to do a campaign in Ghana which is not about where you come from. Whipping up ethnic sentiments has never helped this country and it will never help us…and we should be the very first to recognise this diversity, this mosaic of Ghanaian tapestry, which is full of so many different elements that come together in the Ghanaian statement.

    “We should be stressing the Ghana project. And in making the Ghana project, the other issues, whether you are a Moslem or Christian, shouldn’t be part of our discourse and clearly gender should also not be part of our discourse.

    “We are looking at all times, records of competencies…so the discussion before the Ghanaian people should be a discussion about competencies, abilities, records, achievements, outputs. That is something that I would like us to stress very much,” he underscored.

    The President also made clear that he had no agenda to deny any Ghanaian the right to determine who led the country, as was being bandied in certain quarters.

    “All the talk about we have some tribal agenda, we want to disenfranchise people in the north and the Volta, I don’t understand where that is coming from.

    “It is deliberate, it’s artificial anyone who knows the mechanics of Ghana, knows that it’s is artificial and is being done for short term artificial political gains and I’m not sure it’s a legitimate way of advancing a political agenda, and certainly it’s not one that I would want to promote,” he said.

    President Akufo-Addo impressed on the team to push also the message for the compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols, noting that compliance with these set rules will determine the level of success of the fight against the pandemic.

    “I think there is a need to continue stressing on the need for respecting the COVID protocols. We are in government and it is very important that that aspect of our concern about the need for our people to be safe comes out positively in everything we say. People have to take the protocols seriously.”

    Source: GNA

  • Im finding myself busy Akufo-Addo shares self-isolation experience

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is reading all the memoranda and papers he could not read, now that he is in “self-isolation”.

    He observed that this has kept him busier than usual.

    President Akufo-Addo shared his experience on Sunday when he joined some members of his Campaign Communications Advisory Team via Zoom.

    They virtually discussed several issues, among which is the allegations that he is scheming to disenfranchise some voters, particularly those in the Volta Region.

    He dismissed this and underscored that the December 7 elections will be crucial as it is going to be “the first time where the immediate past president and the current president” contest each other.

    “So the issue of the record is absolutely critical,” he suggested.

    “I think we have to be very, very insistent on looking at the record of the two leaders.”

    At the end of the conversation, one of the team members asked how he was faring in quarantine.

    He replied: “All the memoranda and papers I have not read, I am reading them now.”

    The president added: “I am finding myself extremely busy.”

    President Akufo-Addo went into a 14-day self-isolation on Saturday, July 4 on the advice of his doctors after “at least one person within his close circle tested positive for Covid-19”.

    He has been at the Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House since then.

    He told his communicators in the virtual deliberations that “I have five more days”.

    Source: 3 News

  • Akufo-Addo extends message of condolence to Ivory Coast

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sent a message of condolence to the government and people of Ivory Coast following the sudden death of their Prime Minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

    The Prime Minister before his passing had just returned from a heart treatment in France and suddenly fell ill at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2020.

    The 61-year-old had been chosen as the ruling party’s candidate for this year’s October presidential election after Alassane Ouattara said he would not seek a third term in office.

    President Akufo-Addo in a letter to the Ivorian people said; “The late Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly who I found to be a warm and engaging personality will be fondly remembered for his distinguished and dedicated service to Cote d’Ivoire, and his for loyal support to you in a quest to develop and positively transform your country”.

    “May God comfort and grant you, the government, his family, and the people of Cote d’Ivoire strength and fortitude in this moment of grief,” he added.

    See President Akufo-Addo’s letter below:

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Akufo-Addo forms committee to monitor coronavirus protocols enforcement in schools

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has formed a coronavirus sub-committee to monitor the enforcement of coronavirus safety protocols in schools nationwide.

    Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, made this known to the press on Thursday in Accra.

    He said the Committee will work to address gaps in the enforcement of the protocols on campuses nationwide.

    According to him, government continues to monitor the safety protocols in schools.

    He stated that a dedicated desk has been created at the Coronavirus Call Centres for parents to all and find out details about issues in their wards schools, particularly issues relating to suspected cases of coronavirus.

    He said parents can call hotline 311 and will have dedicated staff at the centre responding to their queries.

    It comes after news of Coronavirus outbreak at the Accra Girls Senior High School.

    Some six students, a teacher and a spouse, tested positive at Accra Girls Senior High School.

    A student at the KNUST SHS reportedly died after he complained of stomach ache but was allegedly abandoned by teachers and school staff due to coronavirus fears.

    Meanwhile, the Minister says Government acknowledges efforts being made by the Electoral Commission and the Security Agencies to ensure the compliance of Coronavirus safety etiquettes.

    However, he called on citizens have a role to play in helping to contain the spread of Coronavirus.

    The Minister appealed to citizens and residents to ensure social distancing and compliance with other Covid-19 protocols.

    He said for the cumulative case count to reduce, residents and citizens have to adhere to the protocols.

    “We cannot eat our cake and have it,” he said.

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Akufo-Addo causing tension and division in Ghana – Mahama

    The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. John Dramani Mahama says never in the history of Ghana have Ghanaians felt divided until the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) took over.

    Speaking at the inauguration of his campaign team, he posited that there, is so much tension and stress because the NPP government is presiding over a divisive government.

    The former president was worried the NPP has failed to unite Ghanaians and rather creating a divided front, a situation he noted will not be seen when the NDC takes over the management of the country.

    Commenting on the selection of his choice of running mate, Mr. Mahama said “Many have said the time is not right for a woman veep; when will it ever be right?” Mr Mahama asked in defense of his choice of Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the 7 December 2020 polls, insisting: “I believe the time is right”.

    “Never have we in the history of the Fourth Republic felt so divided. Never in the history of the Fourth Republic have there been so much tension and stress amongst our people”

    “It is my hope that we will all rally behind her and support her,” he told party supporters following his announcement of his choice.

    “Naana Jane is an accomplished woman who has made her mark, both nationally and internationally, and it is my belief that as a social democratic party, and a progressive party at that, if any party must be positioned in the history of our country to create the opportunity for women to serve in the highest offices of the land, then it is no other party than the NDC”, Mr Mahama added.

    According to him, “We open up the decision-making process to our female partners and show that together with them, we will move our country forward”.

    “We cannot develop this country with a minority of the population of this country, bearing in mind that women in this country constitute almost 52% of the population,” the former President added.

    Source: rainbownradioonline.com

  • Akufo-Addo receives visitors whilst in isolation – Photo drops

    The President of the Republic has gone into mandatory self-quarantine after one of his aides tested positive for COVID-19.

    The President thus began a 14-day self-isolation with his wife, Rebecca Akufo-Addo in an undisclosed location.

    A photo of the President his family in isolation has gone viral.

    Sources claim the daughters of the President visited them whilst they isolate. In a photo, one can note that they have observed some distance between them.

    Also, the President and his wife look stronger, an indication that they are doing fine.

    We hope their results come negative to ease the tension imposed on Ghanaians.

    It has also been reported that former President John Agyekum Kuffour and his wife Theresah Kuffour have gone into isolation after one of their guards also tested positive for COVID-19.

     

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  • Some interesting reactions from Ghanaians after Akufo-Addo’s COVID-19 self Isolation

    Ghana’s government yesterday issued a statement to the general public to officially announce the president Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo’s decision to go on a fourteen day self isolation with immediate effect.

    This was necessitated by the need for the president to keep himself and his immediate relations and workers safe from the COVID-19 pandemic.

    According to the release dated 4th July 2020, which was signed by the Minister for Information, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, at least one person within the president’s close circle has tested positive for the virus. This means the president himself has a probability of testing positive for the dreaded pandemic.

    The statement however emphasized that the president has so far tested negative for the virus. But there is the need to take precautionary measures in this regard. The president will during the period of self isolation be performing his functions from the Jubilee House, the seat of government.

    Although the statement did not mention the exact person within the president’s close circles who has contacted the virus, some Ghanaians are still asking about that person.

    So far, a number of government officials have been infected by the COVID-19 pandemic, such people include MP and former Deputy Minister for Trades and Industry, Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, the Ghana’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Papa Owusu Ankomah, etc.

    The viral disease has also taken the life of former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party and former CEO of Ghana’s Forestry Commission, Lawyer Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as Sir John.

    After the release from the government, several concerned Ghanaians shared their opinions on the issue. Whilst some people were asking for more details, others were also asking the name of the real person within the president’s circle who has tested positive. Some more people were wishing the president well.

    The following are some of their opinions from social media.

     

     

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    Source: opera.com

     

  • Coronavirus: Akufo-Addos self-isolation sparks chatter on social media

    An announcement Saturday evening, indicating that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is going into a 14-day self-isolation period has sparked conversation on Twitter.

    A statement from the Presidency, dated July 4, 2020, noted that the president was, on the advice of doctors, “taking the precautionary measure in compliance with COVID-19 protocols” after getting exposed to someone who tested positive for the virus.

    “The President has elected to do so after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19 today,” parts of the statement read.
    It, however, stated that test results as at Saturday were negative.

    Ghanaians have since poured out on Twitter, wishing the President well, and asking for prayers for him in these trying times.

    Meanwhile, some government appointees have tested positive for the coronavirus and are receiving treatment in various facilities in Accra.

    Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, CEO of NHIA, and Korle Bu CEO, Dr. Daniel Asare are among officials that have unfortunately contracted the virus and are currently receiving treatment.

    Below are some of the tweets:

     

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Name the coronavirus patient in Akufo-Addo’s close circle – NDC’s Yayra Koku

    The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), is crying out for the name of the official who has tested positive for COVID-19 in President Akufo-Addo’s close circle.

    The Ministry of Information announced Saturday night that, President of the republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is going on two weeks’ precautionary self-isolation.

    According to a statement signed by the sector Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the President took the decision after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

    The statement, however, cleared that: “He has, as at today, tested negative, but has elected to take this measure out of the abundance of caution”.

    “The President will during this precautionary self-isolation period, be working from Presidential Villa at the Jubilee House, Accra”, the statement added.

    In response, a member of the NDC communication team, Yayra Koku said the government should name the official who has tested positive for the infectious disease in Akufo-Addo’s close circle. He also wished him well as he self-isolates.

    “Ok, we hear. We wish him the best, but we need to the person within his close circle who has tested positive.”, the outspoken communicator queried on Facebook.

     

    Source: Ghana Guardian

  • Akufo-Addo goes into isolation after exposure to person with coronavirus

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is going into a 14-day self-isolation after getting exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

    “On the advice of doctors, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is from today, July 4, 2020, taking a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with COVID-19 protocols,” Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the Information Minister has said in a statement today.

    “The President has elected to do so after at least one person within his close circle tested positive for COVID-19 today.”

    He added that President Akufo-Addo as of today has tested negative for Coronavirus.

    “The President will during this precautionary self-isolation period, be working from the Presidential Villa in the Jubilee House.”

    Read the full statement below.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Akufo-Addo grants amnesty to 794 prisoners

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has granted amnesty to 794 deserving prisoners in a bid to mitigate the dangers posed by congestion in Ghana’s prisons, especially after the onset of the Coronavirus.

    This is in accordance with Article 72(1) of the 1992 Constitution, which states that the president shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence.

    Convicts who were pardoned, according to a statement from the Ghana Prisons Service include 772 first offenders, 16 very old prisoners and 4 seriously ill inmates.

    2 other inmates also had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.

    The amnesty comes at a time when many concerns have been raised regarding the safety of prisoners as the country’s case count of the Coronavirus is on a fast increase.

    Read the full statement below

     

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Flashback: NPP has no tribal agenda – Akufo-Addo

    On July 1, 2015, candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo stated that, contrary to the propaganda being peddled by political opponents of the NPP, there will never be any form of marginalization of any ethnic group in Ghana under his government.

    Nana Akufo-Addo who was campaigning for the 2016 elections said all Ghanaians regardless of where they hail from, will have a pride of place in Ghana, as development, and the improvement of living standards for all will be the main focus of his government.

    “The NPP is not on any tribal agenda and has no tribal agenda. Every single group will be secure in Ghana. We are One Ghana and I am totally committed to working to ensure peace and unity for the Ghana project,” he said.

    He continued, “whether you are a Fante, Ga, Ewe, Akan, Kussasi, Mamprusi, Bimoba or whatever ethnic group you belong to, Ghana belongs to all of us. No ethnic group will be marginalized under Akufo-Addo, and the track record of the NPP in this regard speaks for itself.”

    Read the story, originally published by GhanaWeb

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, has stated that, contrary to the propaganda being peddled by political opponents of the NPP, there will never be any form of marginalisation of any ethnic group in Ghana under a future Akufo-Addo government, should Ghanaians give him the mandate in January 2017.

    According to him, all Ghanaians, regardless of where they hail from, will have a pride of place in Ghana, as development, and the improvement of living standards for all will be the main focus of his government.

    Receiving a delegation from the Binduri constituency on Monday, June 29, led by the newly elected parliamentary candidate, Abanga Abdullahi, who told the NPP flagbearer about a vicious campaign being waged by opponents of the NPP that Kussasi settlers in the South will be sent to the North when an NPP government under Nana Akufo-Addo takes over in 2016, this is what the NPP flagbearer had to say:

    “The NPP is not on any tribal agenda and has no tribal agenda. Every single group will be secure in Ghana. We are One Ghana and I am totally committed to working to ensure peace and unity for the Ghana project,” he said.

    He continued, “whether you are a Fante, Ga, Ewe, Akan, Kussasi, Mamprusi, Bimoba or whatever ethnic group you belong to, Ghana belongs to all of us. No ethnic group will be marginalised under Akufo-Addo, and the track record of the NPP in this regard speaks for itself.”

    Nana Akufo-Addo recalled the same propaganda being played against the NPP in the run-up to the 2000 elections, when political opponents stated that the NPP, under John Agyekum Kufuor, will marginalise and, in the end, “sack some ethnic groups from Ghana.”

    “In the end it was all lies. President Kufuor oversaw one of the biggest transformations of Ghana in all parts of the country. No ethnic group was marginalised and I can assure all Ghanaians that, under an Akufo-Addo government, no ethnic group will be slighted in any way whatsoever,” he added.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

     

  • Akufo-Addo opens 146 rural water systems to serve 154k people with pipe water

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 30th June 2020, cut a ribbon to open the Anomansa Cluster Water System, in the Mfantseman constituency, and the Papaase Cluster Water System, in the Awutu Senya West constituency.

    This is to symbolise the opening of 146 completed rural water systems in the Central Region.

    The construction of each of the 146 water systems, commenced in 2017, with a $47.5 million credit facility from the World Bank.

    The beneficiary municipal and district assemblies are Awutu Senya West, Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Assin South, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Gomoa West, Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, Mfantseman and Agona West.

    In all, 154,826 people would be served with pipe-borne water in these communities.

    Source: Class FM

  • Thank you for making our son your running mate again – Mamprugu chiefs to Akufo-Addo

    The chiefs and traditional leaders of Mamprugu have thanked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for selecting Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as his running mate for the fourth consecutive time as the nation goes to the polls on 7 December 2020.

    President Akufo-Addo, at the weekend, announced the Vice-President as his running mate after his acclamation by the governing New Patriotic Party as flag bearer.

    A statement issued on behalf of the chiefs by Arimeyaw Salley ibn Saeed congratulated President Akufo-Addo on his acclamation and thanked him, on behalf of the king of the Mamprugu kingdom, Na Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga and all the people of Mamprugu, “for doing our kingdom a great honour, in your recent nomination of our son, brother, nephew, uncle and father, H.E. Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as your running mate for the 2020 presidential election”.

    The group said: “Your nomination of one of our kin for the fourth consecutive time running is an attestation to the trust and faith you repose in one of our intelligent sons”.

    “In your landmark announcement of this nomination, we noted, with pride, the level of confidence reposed in your all-time nominee and the emphasis you placed on the core values and qualities for which he has been singled out for the fourth time”.

    “We, the sons and daughters of Mamprugu, hereby resolve to work within the parameters of your strategic guidance and leadership”, the statement said.

    Source: Class FM

  • Fresh update: Franklin Cudjoe and others kick against sacking of Mr. Domelevo with tears

    The President of the Republic of Ghana has given Ghanaians a special evening supper by directing Mr. Daniel Domelevo to proceed on 123 days’ vacation.

    According to the Presidency, Mr. Domelevo consistently failed to go on his annual recess.

    Furthermore, the Presidency says, Mr Domelevo has been ordered to turn over all relevant documents before he proceeds on leave.

    “Has been further directed to hand over all matters relating to his office to Mr. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, the Deputy Auditor-General to act as Auditor-General until his return”

    The fast developing story has attracted the likes of Franklin Cudjoe, the president of IMANI Africa, the man noted for his convictions against graft.

    According to Franklin Cudjoe, Mr. Domelevo saw those planning to crucify him ahead long ago.

    “Domelevo saw it coming! And he didn’t care. The only last bastion of accountability has been decapitated. Political power is exceptional when it is expressed to hunt hunters. It just has a way of repeating urself. Perhaps in 2021” he said

    Meanwhile, an appointee of the Elsewhere Mahama administration took the fight to Facebook.

    He is by the name, Cassiel Ato Forson, a fine gentleman, says he has received news of the ultimatum addressed Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on vacation with tears.

    According to Cassiel Ato Forson, never mind, this is the handy work of Akuffo Addo and Bawumia who hated Domelevo for exposing corruption in their regime.

    “I have received news of the ultimatum given Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave with a lot of sadness.

    “This government promised a new era of statecraft, to cite a previous event as justification is even more nauseating.

    “We all know, it has always been the motive of the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government to frustrate Mr. Domelevo, due to the wonderful work he is doing exposing the rot in Government and often clashing with those at the helm of affairs.

    “We all knew this government was never serious about the fight against corruption but this move exposes the government for what it is: a complete sham and disaster which is clutching at straws on its way out.

    “The question on the minds of many is whether this ill-timed decision is to stop the gallant public servant from investigating a massive rot in government?

    I am therefore calling on all well-meaning Ghanaians to condemn the move and demand that this obnoxious directive is rescinded immediately”

    As you may recall Mr. Domelevo was the darling ‘boy’ of the NPP in opposition when he exposes the series of financial irregularities in the Elsewhere Mahama government.

    The much love for his stature depleted when he touches the nerves of a powerful Osafo Marfo, the senior minister over accusations of fiscal irregularities, a charge Osafo Marfo denies.

    Source: opera.com

  • We deserve coronavirus motivation package too Mortuary workers to Akufo-Addo

    The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to have them added to the list of health workers billed to benefit from his motivation package.

    President Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 28 June 2020, in an address to the nation, announced that all frontline health workers would be paid an additional fifty per cent of their basic salary to motivate them in the fight against COVID-19.

    The government had earlier announced a package to insure all frontline health workers in the country.

    However, MOWAG, in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Richard Kofi Jordan, noted that “it has been excluded in the said motivation package.”

    According to MOWAG, in an “eligibility criteria document that has come to its notice, it appears that the latter has been conveniently excluded from the said motivational package for unknown reasons.”

    MOWAG continued that it is “positive that the exclusion of its membership is an oversight” and urged the “government to cause the inclusion of our membership in the eligibility list” if that supposition is correct.

    It reiterated that “MOWAG is the final group of workers who handle the remains of the dead, including COVID-19 victims. It should, therefore, be only a matter, of course, to include mortuary workers in this package.”

    MOWAG was optimistic that the inclusion of its members, “will go a long way to shedding off the view that that segment of essential workforce has been treated unfairly for a long time.”

    MOWAG sees this as “one-time opportunity to cancel that impression.”

    Source: Class FM

  • Akufo-Addo, Bawumia ticket dazzling — Kufuor

    Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has lauded the achievements of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, in their first term in office.

    The successes, he said, had been reinforced by the telepathic relationship between the two gentlemen and, therefore, urged Ghanaians not to allow pettiness to divert their focus from the vision and the course that was being charted by the current administration.

    Speaking at the extraordinary meeting of the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Accra last Saturday, the former President said the current leadership did not talk but rather did the work.

    He said it was very difficult for political leadership to combine such vision and articulation as President Akufo-Addo and his vice had done and added that their partnership was appreciated by both the grass roots and those in higher authority.

    Extraordinary meeting

    The meeting was in two parts. The first session was a consultation with the council while the second session witnessed the acclamation of the flag- bearer of the party and the nomination and endorsement of his running mate.

    The former President was of the belief that the current leadership of the NPP would lead the party to victory to bring Ghana the transformation the citizens yearned for.

    “It is very difficult for political leadership to combine such vision and articulation as the two of them do. I always say our party is destined to lead in the transformation of the country and the party keeps on giving the leadership that will do the work for Ghana, and it is a typical example even in the midst of COVID-19.”

    Another mandate

    Mr Kufuor said “even though he did not subscribe to perfection by humans, the affairs by any leader who could achieve something like 70 and 80 per cent was almost like a saint.”

    That, he said, was what the current leadership of the NPP and Ghana had been working towards to realise.

    He was, therefore, hopeful that the people of Ghana would give President Akufo-Addo the mandate again to continue with the work that he started so ably.

    Party ideology

    Former President Kufuor who expressed admiration for the manner in which Vice-President Bawumia articulated the inclusive social interventions said that was the vision and the philosophy the nation aspired for.

    “People ask whether this party is leftist or socialist; we are not, but I tell you we respect capitalism with conscience. Capitalism that is human and this is why we fix the safety net below which we do not allow any human to fall under and that is the leadership we have today. This is what the two of them articulate so competently in all their term of office and within three and half years see what they have already achieved,” he told the gathering.

    Presidential ticket

    The General Secretary of the NPP, Mr John Boadu, who formally announced the candidature of President Akufo-Addo and his running mate for the December 2020 presidential election, said: “ Let me present to you the presidential ticket you are familiar with; we present to you the tried and tested ticket, we present to you the Akufo-Addo -Bawumia ticket. The ticket with an impeccable track record in terms of delivering its social contract with the Ghanaian electorate.”

    He said it was the ticket that promised and delivered and one which all Ghanaians could trust without hesitation, adding that from the qualities and exceptional consistency exhibited by President Akufo-Addo and the confidence he had reposed in Dr Bawumia, it was clear that he had an exceptional quality which the entire party must acknowledge.

    “Now the name Bawumia is a household name, the name when he does not even speak creates more problems for our opponents. When he speaks, that is worse for them. I can say without any shred of doubt that Dr Bawumia is one of the most successful Vice-Presidents of our country in all time,” Mr Boadu said.

    Source: graphic.com.gh

  • Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo reveals why Ghana is recording more deaths

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised Ghanaians to seek early treatment after they start showing signs and symptoms of the deadly coronavirus.

    The president in his 13th televised address to the nation on the measures taken to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the president said some infected persons who died through the virus failed to report to the hospital early when they started showing signs and symptoms 48 hours after contracting the virus.

    ”Fellow Ghanaians, as I have stated before, one of the key objects of our fight against COVID-19 has been to save lives, and reduce the number of deaths. The Ghana Health Service has observed that most of the patients that have been lost to the virus died either on arrival at the hospital or within forty-eight (48) hours after the arrival. Unfortunately, we still have some persons in the country who are not taking the dangers associated with this disease seriously, and, therefore, do not seek medical help as soon as they have symptoms that suggest an infection of the virus,” he said.

    The president said there should be no stigmatization against persons who have contracted the virus.

    He said: ”There should be no fear of stigmatisation or embarrassment with being diagnosed with COVID-19. So, please, when you begin to experience symptoms such as fever, persistent cough, bodily pains, loss of taste and smell, and difficulty in breathing, seek immediate medical attention at the nearest health facility.

    Most patients, who are critically ill and need intensive care, do, indeed, survive the virus, if they seek medical help promptly. For example, out of fifty-three (53) patients admitted into intensive care units (ICU) at the Ga East Municipal Hospital and the University of Ghana Medical Centre, since the pandemic struck, forty-four (44), i.e. eighty three percent (83%), have fully recovered, and have been discharged.”

    As at Saturday, 27th June, 2020, Ghana has recorded seventeen thousand, three hundred and fifty-one (17,351) confirmed cases, with twelve thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four (12,994) recoveries, representing some seventy five percent (75%) of positives.

    This means that, currently, we have four thousand, two hundred and forty-five (4,245) active cases, having conducted two hundred and ninety-four thousand, eight hundred and sixty-seven (294,867) tests, one of the highest on the continent.

    Thirty (30) persons are severely and critically ill, and we have a total of one hundred and twelve (112) sad deaths, constituting 0.6% of positives, as we maintain one of the lowest death rates in the world.

     

     

  • Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo has done well – Amoako Baah

    Political scientist and former lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr. Amoako Baah has commended President Akufo-Addo for measures put in place to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

    However, he feels more should be done because the rate at which the cases are going up ‘is frightening’.

    “He’s (Akufo-Addo) done well but the cases are currently increasing and this is the critical time we need to be careful. Things can change drastically and it is frightening for me” he said in an interaction on Neat FM.

    Ghana’s case count

    Ghana’s COVID-19 case count now stands at 16,742 after 311 new cases were recorded according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS)

    The number of active cases now stands at 3,910, with 12,720 recoveries.

    9 more people have died taking the death toll from 103 to 112.

     

    Source: Peace FM

  • Akufo-Addo’s government spends GH¢20.14 billion in executing key campaign promises

    The Akufo-Addo-led government has spent GH¢20.14 billion in implementing the Free SHS, banking sector clean-up, recruitment of 100,000 NaBCo beneficiaries and restoring teacher/nursing trainee allowances, as at the end of 2019.

    Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this on Saturday, during his acceptance address as President Akufo-Addo’s running mate for this year’s election, said government spent over GH¢15 billion in the banking sector clean-up to save depositors’ funds, two billion Ghana cedis annually on Free SHS and recruited 550,000 public sector workers.

    Recounting some successes chalked so far by the ruling government, Dr. Bawumia mentioned the abolition of 15 ‘nuisance’ taxes, scrapping of import duties by 50 per cent, paid GH¢2.1 billion NHIS arrears, restored Book and Research Allowance for university lecturers, increased the capitation grant, and restored the teacher trainee and nursing allowance.

    Additionally, it had reduced electricity tariffs by 10.9 per cent compared to 264 per cent cumulative increment under NDC administration, resolved the frequent power outages (dumsor), which the previous government failed to manage well, resulting in collapse of many businesses, government had provided Scholarships to 40 students from Zongo and Inner City communities to study medicine in Cuba, free supply of water to Ghanaians for three months and subsidised electricity tariffs for residential and commercial consumers due to the adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

    The government, he said, had provided one billion Ghana cedis stimulus package for micro, small and medium scale enterprises and three million Ghana cedis from selected commercial banks to support businesses, saying; “Any claim of better management of the economy must ultimately reflect in the lives of the people and reduce their sufferings”.

    Dr Bawumia indicated that available data clearly showed that the Akufo-Addo Government had out-performed the NDC Government and urged Ghanaians to renew the mandate of the President for four more years to bring economic prosperity to all and efficiency in public service delivery.

    Dr Bawumia said the ruling government had fulfilled 78 per cent of the promises the NPP made in the 2016 electioneering campaign and expected to redeem more of the promises by the end of its first term in office.

    “We have been able to do all these because of the visionary and strong leadership of President Akufo-Addo.

    “We have managed the economy better compared to the abysmal performance of the NDC government that could not even pay GH¢60 million for teacher trainee allowance and cancelled it,” the Vice President said.

    Source: GNA

  • Election 2020: Akufo-Addo mocks Mahama, NDC as he announces Bawumia as running mate

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has retained his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, as his running mate for the Presidential elections in December.

    The announcement which was greeted with unanimous cheers was also approved by the National Council and the National Executive Committee (NEC), making him the official running mate for Akufo-Addo.

    “Today I have the honour to put into consideration with you my choice of running mate for the fourth time, the excellent hardworking vice president Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia. With your endorsement, the party will complete its presidential ticket.

    A feat that appears to elude some of our opponents. We have no such difficulty we have a most fitting person to feature on our ticket and I give you Mr digital, Mr you and I were not there, the economic prophet, the Adam Smith of Walewale, my good and loyal friend, Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia,” he proclaimed amidst cheers.

    This means that Mr Bawumia has been selected by the NPP flagbearer for the fourth straight time.

    In his acceptance speech, Dr Bawumia expressed gratitude to Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP for choosing him again and promised not to disappoint the President and the party.

    Meanwhile, former President John Dramani Mahama and by extension, the National Democratic Congress are yet to make public the running mate of the NDC flagbearer.

    Although a number of individuals have been speculated, Mr Mahama has noted that he is not under pressure to make the announcement and would do so in due time.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • I will do everything in my power to lead NPP to another victory – Akufo-Addo

    President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the National Council and the National Executive Committee of New Patriotic Party that he is going to lead the party to a resounding victory in the December 2020 Presidential elections.

    The president made this declaration during his acclamation ceremony as Flagbearer of the NPP held at the Alisa Hotel in Accra on Saturday, June 27, 2020.

    “I shall with Gods help do everything in my power to justify your decision and lead this most deserving party to another victory in December,” the president assured.

    President Akufo-Addo after his acclamation for the fourth time nominated Vice President Dr. Bawumia as his running mate.

    The nomination of the vice president received a unanimous endorsement of the National Council and the National Executive Committee.

    The vice president in his speech after his endorsement thanked the party leadership and the president for the honour.

    He touted the Akufo-Addo government’s achievements in the last three years whiles assuring that he will continue to work with his boss to ensure the development of Ghana, should they get the nod for another term in office in the December election.

    Source: www.ghanaweb.com

  • Akufo-Addo commissions Suhum overpass tomorrow

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Friday morning commission the Suhum overpass on the main Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Eastern Region.

    The project, including the overpass and the Apedwa Junction to Nsawam dual carriage road, funded by the Government of Ghana was first awarded to a Chinese Construction company, CWE- China International Water and Electricity in 2008 for GH¢150 million, to be completed in 3 years by the Kufuor administration.

    But the project was abandoned by the Mills-Mahama administration during their term in office.

    The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta two years ago attempted to commission the overhead but the residents in Suhum protested and it was halted.

    Their concerns were about their safety, especially that of their children who cross the road on a daily basis to and from school.

    The residents noted that there were no speed ramps, no streetlights, no reflectors and no pedestrian footbridge at the intercession to guarantee their safety.

    In an efforts to complete the project, a sod-cutting ceremony took place last year to complete the second lane of the 32-kilometre Kwafokrom-Apedwa section of the Accra-Kumasi highway.

    The GH¢333 million project undertaken by China International Water and Electric Corporation is expected to be completed within this year.

    So far, the project is almost at its completion stage as the contractors have started laying asphalt on the second phase which would soon be opened for the free flow of traffic.

    The Minister for Roads & Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, who cut the sod at Suhum-New Station, reiterated that President Akufo-Addo had taken a bold decision adding that massive road projects would be seen at the end of his first term in office.

    He pointed out that the Accra-Kumasi dual carriageway was originally scheduled to be completed within 36 months after ex-President Agyekum Kufuor cut the sod in 2008, however, after 10 years, the project was yet to be completed.

    Mr Amoako-Atta emphasized that governance is continual and erstwhile projects should be continued even when there is a change of government.

    After the commissioning of the overhead which the contractors have given the government the green light, the Road Minister will also embark on a tour and inspects some of the ongoing roads projects in the Region.

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • All 4 “baby mamas” of Akufo-Addo

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the current president of the Republic of Ghana. He is a lawyer by profession and the leader of the NPP government.

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is currently married to Rebecca Akufo-Addo.

    President Akufo-Addo is believed to have four biological children with three different women.

    The names of his beautiful daughters are Gyankroma Funmi Akufo-Addo who happens to be his first daughter whose mother is called Virginia Hesse the current ambassador of the Czech Republic.

    Edwina Nana Douka Akufo-Addo is another daughter of president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. She is from Ashanti Mampong and a royal in the Ashanti Mampong traditional area. Her mother was popular known as Obaa Yaa who is no more in the land of the living.

    Her other two daughters Adriana Dukua Akufo-Addo and Valerie Obaze are believe to be the second wife of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-addo who was a Nigerian woman.

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo married his current wife Rebecca Akufo-Addo after his second wife died sadly. They have been married for over twenty years now.

    Source: opera.com

  • Akufo-Addos achievements in the Zongos historical – Bamba

    The Ashanti Regional Nasara Coordinator, Alhaji Saalim Bamba, has promised to increase the votes of President Akufo-Addo by 40 percent in Zongo communities.

    He told Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that Zongo communities have received an appreciable level of development since the president took over office.

    He was optimistic the target of 40% was achievable because the level of development projects that Zongos have benefitted under this administration are unprecedented.

    According to him, for the first time in the history of Ghana, we have a president who has rolled out policies and initiatives to benefit the Zongo communities.

    In his view, the chances of the NPP retaining power would increase significantly if Nasara succeeds in securing about 40 percent of votes in the Zongo communities.

    Alhaji Bamba said the free senior school, planting for food and jobs and other policies that have benefitted the Zongo communities.

    He said the Ashanti Region had had its fair share of the Zongo Development Fund projects with about 50 projects including Information Communication Technology (ICT) centers, schools, toilet facilities and mechanized boreholes across the region.

    “We have to commend Nana Addo and increase his votes in the Zongos. He has fulfilled his promises to us. We are grateful to him. When you look at our population dynamics and economic situation in the Zongos, we have been treated fairly. Since the 4th republic started, we have not seen any president trigger development in the Zongos except Nana Addo”.

     

    Source: rainbowradioonline.com

  • Mahama social media victories: Why Akufo-Addo and Bawumia should be worried

    Ghana is marching to 2020 election and all candidates are so wild trying to win the hearts of Ghanaians to vote for them. The two major political parties in Ghana who are likely to engage in fierce battle to take the flag of Ghana and lead Ghanaians into the promised land are The New Patriotic Party and The National Democratic Congress with Akufo Addo and John Mahama being the flag bearers respectively.

    However, due to the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, major percentage of the campaign exercises are taking place on social media, television stations and FM stations unlike previous years where campaign rallies are organised. Campaigns comes with promises which candidates use to convince Ghanaians to vote for them.

    Several Ghanaian major news portals have conducted several online polls between the rulling president, Akufo Addo and the former president,John Mahama.

    JoyNews conducted an online polls which ended and as usual NDC took the lead. Over 42, 000 people participated and from the results collated, the NDC has 57% while the party in power NPP has 43%.

    The voters also are of the view that Dr. Bawumia the Vice president has failed Ghanaians as he has been unable to arrest the depreciating cedi and also level of press freedom in the country and the lack of competency by the rulling government.

    After the Joy news poll, popular Ghanaian blog and news website, yen.com also conducted another poll. Yen.com think candidates are still making promises towards the 2020 Election, is only right that the public has the chance to judge which among the them honours his promises and so Yen.com put a Facebook poll to compare the flag bearers of the two major political parties in the country; National Democratic Congress and New Patriotic Party.

    After the poll ended. John Mahama emerged Ghanaians favourite as he was voted as the best president who honours his campaign promises with 66% of the total votes while Akufo Addo bagging only 34%.

    The big question is, should Akufo Addo and Bawumia be worried about these online poll results?

    NDC has won almost all online polls conducted by many institutions in the previous years but they were still disappointed.

    Could these poll results be some kind of mind games being played by NPP members? Well, I don’t think NPP should jubilate over past experiences at all.

    From the ongoing polls, it seems the current government might have the shock of their lives just as the NDC in 2016 if care is not taken by the NPP to address the issues raised by the voters, this is because, majority of this year’s election is taking place on social media platforms and other media outlets due to the outbreak of the corona virus. This should imply that this year, social media will have major influence on the election results.

    Source: opera.com

  • 3 potential presidential candidates for the New Patriotic Party in 2024 the NDC should look out for

    The Presidential candidate for the ruling government President Nana Addo Dankwa Akfo-Addo been the Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party forover a decade now as he was being opposed by Hon.Alan Kyeremanteng. Nana Addo Dankwa went for two straight terms as a Presidential candidate before he was elected in 2016.

    The General Elections will be coming on the 7th of December 2020 as to whether President Nana Akuf-Addo will be maintained or elected out as it happened to John Dramani Mahama in the 2016 Election. President Akufo-Addo may quit on his Presidential candidate ambition if that happens unfortunately for him.

    There are some aspirants who has been very much loyal and helpful to the New Patriotic Party and in case the delegates of the New Patriotic Party are to vote for a New Patriotic Party, they can contest and come victorious leading to their Presidential ambition.

    The are some members of the NPP who are the Pioneers of the New Patriotic Party with the likes of Dr.Alan Kyeremanteng and Hon.Kennedy Agyapong who have already gathered audience even as a Member of Parliament. Another Potential Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party is our Vice President, Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia.

    This are the main People who are likely to contest for the Presidential candidates in terms of their loyalty and passion they have for their Party in all this years.

    Meanwhile, Alan Kyeremanteng the Minister for Foreign affairs and the former minister for Ministry and industry was Akuffo-Addo’s rival way back when they were contesting for the Presidential candidate.

    Source: opera.com

  • Akufo-Addo congratulates NPP on successful primaries

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) for holding a successful parliamentary primaries.

    “I congratulate the one hundred and sixty-eight (168) parliamentary candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who were elected in the exciting, competitive primaries of Saturday, 20th June, 2020, in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament,” the President said in a statement.

    He commended all party executives, delegates and aspirants for the peaceful, credible, efficient and successful manner in which the elections were held, albeit, regrettably, with some breaches of the Covid-19 protocols in some constituencies.

    He added that the enthusiasm and camaraderie generated amongst party members are a clear indication of the collective commitment of the rank and file of the party to retain power in the December 2020 polls.

    Source: dailyguidenework.com

  • Coronavirus: We will protect returning students Akufo-Addo

    The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that the health status of all students returning to school from tomorrow will be prioritised.

    According to the President, instructors, teachers and all those required to play various roles with the return of students to schools have been provided with the necessary PPE to protect the safety of the students.

    However, the President urged parents to endeavor to support their wards with face masks as they return to school.

    Additionally, Akufo-Addo announced a historic move to shoulder the entire cost of the fee for the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for all final year candidates of Senior High Schools about to take the exams.

    The cost of this sponsorship amounts to GH¢75.4m and will cover over 300,000 candidates, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said in his latest address to the nation Sunday.

    Source: B&FT Online

  • President Akufo-Addo has built 135 factories in 3 years – Hopeson Adorye

    2020 general election is just around the corner and politicians are heavily campaigning in a bid to convince a majority of the population to vote for their respective parties.

    The two leading political parties in Ghana, New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), are still debating on whose manifesto is the best, development projects and other issues related to politics.

    Hopeson Adorye an aspiring NPP member of parliament for Kpong katamanso,  has reacted to the NDC’s analysis of his party’s manifesto.

    In an interview on the matter, Mr. Adorye highlighted key developmental projects done under the current NPP administration the past three and a half years.

    He said the NDC has nothing to tell Ghanaians and their frustration is forcing them to make certain unnecessary moves but that will not change their fate.He added that the NPP government has built about a hundred and thirty- five factories in collaboration with private investors and out of these, 50 of those factories have begun operations.

    He named places where such factories could be located including his own constituency, the Kpone Katamanso constituency and Tema.

    Source: operanewsapp.com

  • No sporting activities in schools Akufo-Addo

    President Nana Akufo-Addo has warned against all sporting activities in schools that are reopening across the country.

    Senior High School students are expected to return to school tomorrow, June 22, 2020.

    Earlier, university students had resumed school on June 15.

    SHS students are expected to be in school for six weeks and write their exams for a period of two weeks.

    But the President pointed out the need for all sporting activities to be put on hold in line with the coronavirus prevention measures.

    He urged social distancing and the wearing of face masks and adherence to other measures.

    Source: Daily Guide Network

  • Another top musician endorses President Nana Addo for 2020 elections

    A top musician has endorsed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leader President Nana Addo for the 2020 elections.

    As the election draws near, many musicians would definitely publicly declare their support to their political parties. A top Ghanaian musician has started his endorsement ahead of time.

    Praye Tietia has thrown his weight behind President Nana Addo calling for an extra 4 years to him.

    According to Praye, he has been a major sympathizer of Mr Akufo-Addo since 2008 when he was first nominated as a candidate for New Patriotic Party.

    Praye Tietia said the president has got the Creative Arts industry at heart and that is the main reason why he had been following him since his election.

    He said:

    “I followed Nana for just one reason right from the time he was nominated as candidate for NPP in 2008. The first address he gave, he factored us in there, I mean the creative arts fraternity; how he said he will ensure the creative arts industry bounces back once again.”

    He said President Akufo-Addo has made constant efforts to put some creative arts industry players at the forefront of the Tourism Ministry.

    Praye Tietia added that he is ever ready to support and campaign for Nana just as he did in 2016.

    Another top musician endorses Prez Nana Addo for 2020 elections
    Praye Tietia

    Source: Adomonline

  • No mass gathering, but religious activities permitted Akufo-Addo to SHS students

    Final and second year students who are returning to school Monday have been cleared to undertake religious activities despite strict protocols to prevent them from contracting the deadly novel coronavirus.

    Mass gathering and sporting activities have already been banned and visitors will also not be allowed to the schools during the six weeks that final year and gold track students will be on campus.

    Addressing the nation on measures taken by the government to combat the spread of the virus in schools, President Akufo-Addo said students will however be permitted to hold religious activities like church service while on campus.

    “There will be no mass gatherings and no sporting activities. Religious activities, under the new protocols, will be permitted. Social distancing and the wearing of face masks are obligatory in our schools,” he stated.

    Final and second year gold track students in Senior High Schools are to return to school on Monday, June 22 for six weeks during which the final years will prepare to sit for their WASSCE examination.

    It will also be for the gold track students to complete their final semester to be at par with their colleagues in the green track system.

    But a maximum of 25 students will be permitted in each class.

    All day students in schools with boarding houses will be resident in these boarding houses, but day students, in schools without boarding facilities, will commute from home, and will be required to adhere to enhanced hygiene protocols.

    President Akufo-Addo said enough food supplies have been distributed to all schools ahead of the partial reopening.

    “Government is also making available 350 buses and 840 pickup vehicles to senior high schools that did not receive vehicles in 2016” he announced.

    Safety Protocols

    As part of the protocols, all 1,167 Senior High Schools in the country have been fumigated and disinfected by the waste management giant Zoomlion Ghana Limited against bed bug infestation and covid-19 respectively.

    Other measures, President Akufo-Addo said have been put in place to ensure the safety of both teaching and non-teaching staff

    “Each student, teaching and non-teaching staff, invigilator and school administrator, numbering some 800,000, will be provided with three pieces of reusable face masks” the President said.

    Two of the reusable facemasks will be provided them Monday while the third will be given within a fortnight.

    Despite the provision of masks for the students, the President has urged parents to provide their wards and children with at least one more face mask for use on their way to school.

    “A total of 18,000 Veronica Buckets, 800,000 pieces of two hundred millilitre sanitizers, 36,000 rolls of tissue paper, 36,000 gallons of liquid soap, and 7,200 thermometer guns have been distributed,” Nana Akufo-Addo said.

    Source: 3news.com

  • Akufo-Addo and his government are fighting coronavirus with words – Chief Biney

    Deputy National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Chief Biney says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and members of his administration are combating COVID-19 with spoken words.

    “For us to see the good works of this government they must make us feel the good works they preach, which will replace our fear and panic with hope and courage,” he said.

    Speaking on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ newspaper discussion programme, the NDC Organizer indicated he can’t understand why government is only interested in affairs that will keep the NPP in power, forgetting the need to protect human lives.

    “This government cannot tell me they care about human lives when no laid down measures from them depict their sayings,” he added.

    Listen to him in the video below:

    Source: Peace FM

  • Video of Nana Akufo-Addo telling a journalist what he thinks about Donald Trump causes stir online

    Addo Dankwa “Nana” Akufo-Addo is currently the President of Ghana. He has been in office since 7 January 2017. He previously served as Attorney General from 2001 to 2003 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007 under the Kufuor-led administration.

    As a president of Ghana, he has traveled a lot meeting other government officials and presidents of other countries including the one and only Donald Trump.

    In an interview with Aljazeera, the journalist asked him what he thinks about Donald Trump, according to the journalist she has been following Nana Akufo-Addo and she noticed all his twits about the USA president is different. This is what the president of Ghana has to say about him

    “I was with a group of African leaders during the last UN General Assembly in September in New York but eight of nine of us were invited by him to lunch and the impression that he conveyed, the sense of himself that we all got was very different from the public image.

    We had, first of all, certain humanity, you know he walked in and said I don’t know too much about your place I’ve called you here for you to tell me a little bit so I could know a little bit more I just have one. He made the statement I have one or two friends who go there may come to your country congratulate but the attitude that he showed during the lunch I think most of the people have conceived a wrong impression about him”


    Source: Jayices1234