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Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he started the Free SHS policy which is the flagship initiatives of the Akufo-Addo administration.
According to former President Mahama, he started the implementation of the free SHS in 2015.
Speaking at Sienchem in the Asutifi South Constituency, Mr. Mahama told the gathering that he started the Free SHS programme, claiming it was meant for day students.
Addressing them in Twi, he said, "Free SHS is good. If anyone stands anywhere and says that I, John Mahama, will cancel Free SHS tell the person he or she is a liar," adding, "I haven't said anywhere that when we come to power we are going to cancel the policy. We started it with day students and we were going to expand it when, unfortunately, we left office."
He then went on to accuse the Akufo-Addo Presidency of hastily implementing the programme which they had begun in a more sustainable, well-laid-out manner.
Mahama explained that their first term will focus on using all revenues to finish the various projects to allow all students to go to school at the same time for them to have more contact hours.
Source: Kingdomfm
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in Latest news, Politics, Top Story July 18, 2011
Investigations conducted by the Daily Guide have revealed that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is seriously bracing itself for the 2012 campaigns by resourcing the various constituencies with a number of robust vehicles.
The party, Daily Guide gathered, has started distributing brand new Nissan Navara double-cabin pickups valued at over half a billion cedis to some constituencies it fears its parliamentary seats would be under threat during the 2012 general elections.
Prior to the 2008 elections, the party relied on GMC and old Nissan Hardbody pickups for campaigns, portraying to the masses that it was modest and accused the then New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of using state funds.
The NPP, during its 8-year rule, it was observed, used TATA pickups and a few Nissan Hardbody pickups but it was not spared bashing from leading members of the NDC who claimed the vehicles were bought from state resources.
Two-and-half years into office, the ruling party, in preparation for the 2012 elections, seems to be exhibiting more flamboyance with the acquisition of the new Nissan Navara double-cabin pickups for its campaigns.
The distribution of the vehicles, Daily Guide gathered, is being done in secret to avoid curious questions from residents who, since the assumption of this government, have been told the erstwhile NPP government left the coffers of the country empty.
Jerry John Rawlings, the NDC founder, on several platforms disagreed with government's claim, accusing some high-ranking government officials of amassing wealth at the expense of the electorate.This paper however managed to take a picture of one of the many vehicles. The vehicle had the registration number GN 118-11, belonging to the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo constituency with the party's symbol and the inscription, 'Better Ghana' behind it.
The maintenance of the newly-acquired vehicles, according to checks by Daily Guide, is solely done by Japan Motors who are the main distributors of the vehicles. Sources disclosed that it costs about GH¢1000 for it to be serviced routinely, yet the NDC feels comfortable acquiring them for its constituencies.
The NDC leadership in the region has however refused to comment on the matter. Some of them are also saying the vehicles are from the respective NDC Members of Parliament (MPs) in the various constituencies.
This however raises questions on how MPs could purchase such vehicles for their constituencies when most of them allegedly complain to their constituents that times are hard.
Haruna Iddrisu, Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, in an interaction with Daily Guide, said the party was not in any way defaced by the new vehicles their arch rivals were distributing.
According to him, the 2012 elections was going to be based on track record and not about vile propaganda aimed at twisting the mindsets of Ghanaians.
Mr. Iddrisu said the NPP was keenly watching the extravagance being exhibited by the ruling party, wondering how the party had made money to buy such vehicles in less than three years in office.
The NPP scribe indicated that Ghanaians had already made up their minds to kick out the incumbent government and were only taking solace in the fact that it had less than two years to rule.
"My brother, times are hard and Ghanaians are worried while some NDC members are chopping left, right centre," he remarked. |
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Keta (V/R), Feb. 3, GNA - The saying, "example is better than precept", was translated into practical terms when the Keta District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Edward K. Ahiabor, physically engaged himself in a clean-up exercise that lasted about three hours to rid his hometown, Anloga in the Volta Region of swarms of mosquitoes, which had invaded the area for months now.
Human beings and animals in Anloga and its immediate environs had come under siege by the blood-sucking flies, compelling the inhabitants to take shelter in their mosquito nets as soon as the dusk fell. As a way out, the townsfolk organised a clean-up exercise under the auspices of the Environmental Health Unit of the District Assembly and invited the DCE to grace the occasion.
To the utter amazement of everybody present, the guest of honour turned out in a working gear, leaped into the mud choked gutter and spent several hours to join residents in shovelling mud, draining waterways and clearing rubbish from the refuse dumps and gutters. The news of the DCE's physical involvement in the communal labour quickly spread round, drawing many more residents from their hideouts to join in the clean up from other parts of the community, clearing fifth and draining stagnant waters at various locations.
Present at the clean up were community leaders, Assembly-members, opinion leaders, the environmental health officials, public servants both old and young.
Also among the dignitaries who participated was Mr Kafui Wonya, Anloga Urban Council Chairman and Assembly-member,. |
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Keta, Sept. 22, GNA - Miss Gifty Ama Ayeh, the President's new nominee for the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Keta, on Tuesday failed to get the nod of members of the Assembly at an extra ordinary meeting called for her nomination at Keta.
She obtain 40 votes in favour and 23 against, just a shade below the required 41 votes of the 64 members of the 69-member Assembly, who were present, to secure the two third majority.
There was one invalid vote.
Miss Ayeh, a teacher and Government representative on the National Media Commission (NMC), replaces Mr Emmanuel Vorkeh, the former DCE, whose resignation was recently announced.
The Assembly has fixed Thursday, September 30, for another round of voting for her confirmation.
Miss Ayeh later told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that "democracy is really gaining root in the country and every person is expressing his will, devoid of control and pressure." She said due democratic process must be allowed to run, but was hopeful that God willing, she would get the nod next time round, to keep the Assembly's works on course. |
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NDC footsoldiers chase out 2 DCEs
Incensed youth of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region went on rampage on Tuesday night after storming the residence of the District Chief Executive (DCE), Robert Fokuo, in a bid to beat him up.
The DCE was however not at home at the time, but the marauding youth, who were said to be wielding dangerous weapons and determined to teach the President's representative a bitter lesson, allegedly vandalized the house and beat the DCE's watchman, Kwame Appiah; after seizing his mobile phone and wrist-watch.
Three terrified children of the DCE, who hid to escape the wrath of the attackers, managed to call the police.
This led to the arrest of four foot-soldiers who were identified as Kingsley Ennin, District National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) Coordinator, who is also the Constituency Youth Organizer of the NDC; Evans Yeboah, District NADMO boss: as well as Yaw Bio and Razark Ali, who came from Anwiankwanta to join in the rampage.
Bekwai Divisional Police Commander, Chief Supt. Comfort Boateng who confirmed the incident to Daily Guide, said some members of the group escaped arrest but they would be tracked down to face prosecution.
She confirmed that the unfortunate incident happened around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday at a time Hon. Robert Fokuo was away in Kumasi.
"They forced their way into the house after banging on the main gate until it was opened. They attacked the DCE's security man and later vandalized the place by smashing and breaking louvre blades and doors to the corridor and the main hall," the police boss told journalists.
She disclosed that the gang embarked on the 'operation' with an unregistered motorbike and a taxi cab with registration number AS 6653 X, which were currently in the custody of the police.
Daily Guide gathered that the irate youth were infuriated by a sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of a market at Jacobu, which the NDC youth had warned the DCE against, because the area was perceived to be a stronghold of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NIT).
"The action follows an accusation also that the DCE had failed to help the bid of NDC members that contested the just-ended District Assembly level elections in the area, and the fact that he did not share the funding money of the project with them as party members," one of the sources revealed.
The DCE, when contacted, declined to comment on the issue.
In a related development, The District Chief Executive (DCE) for West Mamprusi, Laud Sulley Abudu Zakaria's decision to run out of his district in the early hours of Wednesday January 5, 2011, saved him from being lynched or maimed by some angry foot-soldiers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
But a member of the group warned: "We will chase the DCE anywhere we meet him."
The fuming foot-soldiers, who were wielding sharp implements and clubs, marched, alongside some leading members and constituency executives of the party, through the streets of Walewale, as they chanted war songs and openly insulted the DCE amidst threats that they would cause harm should they meet him in or outside his office.
The angry NDC faithful, numbering over 500, marched to the office of the West Mamprusi District Assembly with the intention of forcing their way into the office of the DCE, Laud Sulley Abudu Zakari, but came against a strong opposition from about 40 armed police officers who had stormed the district from Tamale.
A police source also told Daily Guide that the DCE had lost the support and cooperation of the District Police Management and personnel, due to the continuous humiliation and insults he piled on them. The same applied to other key security personnel in the district.
A petition presented to the District Coordinating Director, Alhassan Ziblim Al-Hassan, for onward submission to the Regional Minister and other stakeholders demanded the immediate removal of the DCE from office.
The party members and executives, in that petition, resolved that the official Nissan Navara pick-up being used by the DCE should be parked before the close of work on January 5, 2011.
Failure to do this, they warned, would result in serious consequences for the party, as the Executives had sworn to withdraw their services until an action was taken against the DCE.
Spokesperson for the group, Sulemana Mutaka, said the various youth groups of the party in the district had been very calm in the face of several provocations and gross disrespect toward the Constituency Executives and other leading members in the West Mamprusi district because of their loyalty to the NDC.
"Mr. Sulley Abudu Zakaria does not deserve to be a leader, nor a representative of a political party, because he does not have the qualities that can attract more followers and to unite them for development. That aside, the man has had problems everywhere he was sent to, as a teacher or headmaster and he has openly disrespected some chiefs in the district. This person cannot lead us to any campaign, due to the bad image he has created for himself, resulting from his mischievous activities at places where he ever served as a teacher and head teacher.
"We have sent some petitions about the behaviour of our DCE and the way he is making the party unpopular in this district, and yet no action has been taken against him. No wonder he goes round bragging that he has bought his position from the regional to the national level of the party."
He alleged that within a short period of being at post, Abudu Zakaria had had so much money that he bragged that if he was removed from office and his official car taken from him, he would buy a new Nissan Navara pickup and also build a mansion in either Kumasi or Accra and relocate there.
"By this, the President and whoever took the decision to put him there should know by now that he does not have the party at heart. We will keep quiet and we will see what will happen to the party in the district in 2012 but before then, we will not allow the DCE to enjoy from our sweat: Yes, we defied all threats and fears and campaigned seriously for the party," the enraged man added in the presence of the demonstrators.
This latest demonstration was the first this year but the second in the district in a matter of less than seven months.
There was a counter demonstration in the same district last year but alarm blew when the organizers soon complained that the OCR had failed to pay them an amount of GH¢2,500 out of a promised GH¢5000 they agreed upon.
Sourc: Daily Guide
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NDC sues EC over 'ungazetted' SHS voter registration centres
shawana yussif July 13, 2020
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sued the Electoral Commission (EC) over the latter's decision to extend the registration of voters to campuses of Senior High Schools which have not been gazetted as registration centres.
The NDC has filed the suit at the High Court (General Jurisdiction) Friday, listing four reliefs, along with orders the court shall deem fit, as well as punitive costs.
The EC announced Wednesday it was embarking on a two-day registration of in-school SHS students who qualify to vote from their various schools.
The exercise began Friday, July 10, 2020. According to the NDC, the Electoral Commission enacted the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) Regulations, 2016, (CI .91), same amended by C.I 126 of 2020 to regulate its conduct of voter registration in accordance with the laws that set the Commission up. Consequently, the EC published in a Gazette notification sometime in May, 2020, its intention to compile a new register of voters commencing 30th June, 2020 to end 6th August, 2020.
By the said decision of the Defendant, the Defendant has thereby unlawfully designated even SHS campuses that are not gazetted as registration centres or polling stations to be used contrary to the law.
This the Plaintiff states that the conduct of the Defendant is unlawful and as an administrative body, the Defendant could only conduct its said activities in accordance with the law that established and or empowers it, hence the need so to act in accordance with article 23 of the Constitution 1992.
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NDC postpones 'probity and accountability' march to Monday
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has postponed its "probity and accountability" march to honour its founder, Jerry John Rawlings, to Monday, November 30, 2020.
The march was initially slated for Thursday, November 26, 2020; but a press statement signed by the General Secretary of the party, Johnson Asiedu Nketia on Wednesday said the exercise had been postponed in accordance with the Public Order Act.
"The postponement is to enable the Police to provide us with the needed security during the march in accordance with the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491). Following our meeting with the Greater Accra Regional Police Command over the Probity and Accountability March which had been slated for Thursday, 26th March 2020, we have agreed to reschedule the date for the March to Monday 30th November 2020," the statement said.
"The route for the March as discussed and agreed with the Police is as follows: Converging point will be Obra Spot, through to Farisco Traffic light, Accra Poly road through the Ghana Law School road and to Rawlings Circle and finally to the Osekan Park. The march will commence at 6 am prompt", the statement added.
Read the full statement below:
NDC POSTPONES PROBITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MARCH IN MEMORY OF FLT. LT. JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS TO MONDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 2020.
Following our meeting with the Greater Accra Regional Police Command over the Probity and Accountability March which had been slated for Thursday, 26th March, 2020, we have agreed to reschedule the date for the March to Monday 30th November, 2020. The postponement is to enable the Police provide us with the needed security during the march in accordance with the Public Order Act, 1994 (Act 491).
The Probity and Accountability March is being organized by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in conjunction with other Political Parties and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in honor of the memory and legacy of the Founder of the NDC and Ghana's 4th Republic, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings.
The route for the March as discussed and agreed with the Police is as follows: Converging point will be Obra Spot, through to Farisco Traffic light, Accra Poly road through the Ghana Law School road and to Rawlings Circle and finally to the Osekan Park. The March will commence at 6am prompt.
The party believes that it is imperative to rally Ghanaians to uphold and respect the principles of probity and accountability enshrined in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, particularly at this time that corruption and nepotism have reached unprecedented levels in the country.
The NDC kindly invites all its teeming supporters, Political Parties including the ruling New Patriotic Party, CSOs and the general public to join in this march, which is a befitting tribute to the memory of Ghana's foremost anti-corruption giant.
DATED IN ACCRA, THIS 25TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2020.
Comrade Johnson Asiedu Nketia
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On hindsight, it could be said that, 41 years after that popular uprising it is good enough to reflect on the spirit and bravery of those who laid down their lives to embark on a strategic rescue mission of this country.
Written By Osei Piesie-Anto - Thursday, June 4, 2020, marks the 41st anniversary of the 1979 June 4 Uprising, which was led by Flt. Flt. Jerry John Rawlings after being freed from military custody for an attempted coup plot to overthrow the Supreme Military Council II on May, 15, 1979.
The Uprising was necessitated principally by the conviction of the junior ranks of the Ghana Armed Forces to get rid of corrupt practices within the armed forces and in the political and social life of the country. It was indeed a decisive action to lay the foundations of finding lasting solutions to Ghana's economic difficulties and to establish a democratic system of governance, hinged on the pillars of probity, transparency, accountability and social justice.
On hindsight, it could be said that, 41 years after that popular uprising it is good enough to reflect on the spirit and bravery of those who laid down their lives to embark on a strategic rescue mission of this country. Analysis of the theme for this year's anniversary, that is, "STRENGTHENING THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM, RESILIENCE AND INTEGRITY IN DIFFICULT TIMES", brings to the fore what June 4 stood for, and still remains an indelible mark in the socio-economic and political development of our dear country, especially, in these trying moments of the COVID-19 virus. For the past few weeks since the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic, the patriotic spirit of the Ghanaian has been tested to the seams.
Can we genuinely say that Ghanaians demonstrated the true spirit of love of country, and for one another when it comes to being our neighbour's keeper; and acting in due diligence as officials of state? In attempting to be resilient, have we been flexible enough in dealing with issues that bothered on the very poor and vulnerable members of our society, in terms of being considerate in ensuring that the spirit of moderation directed every action that we have taken in initiating pro-poor solutions to our teething problems?
On the heels of integrity, there are the virtues of honesty and truthfulness which greatly espouse the godliness in us. As citizens of this country, can we hold our chest out to say that we have been truthful in serving, to the best of our abilities, positions entrusted to us by the President of the Republic of Ghana? As citizens of Ghana, can we honestly say we have been faithful and loyal to Ghana in whatever we do to promote the fortunes of our collective good? Living to the call by His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his historic inauguration as President of the Republic of Ghana on 7th January, 2017, can we sincerely say that we have been citizens but not spectators to the affairs of state in ensuring its survival and growth?
In the difficult and trying days before the June 4 Uprising, there were excessive incidents of bribery and corruption, state ineptitude, ego-centric tendencies, disrespect for laws of the state, the elderly, and even the lack of fellow-feeling. Though there were obvious excesses in the course of the 86 days of a house-cleaning exercise that rocked the very foundation of every facet of Ghana, the memories of it remind us of the need to hold in high esteem the tenets of probity, transparency, accountability and social justice, as the veritable guiding principles of building a resilient nation-state, hinged on a renewed spirit of patriotism among the rank and file of its citizens, who are embedded with the highest sense of integrity.
One may love to hate the June 4 Uprising, but there is little denial of the fact that, the essence of the event will live with us as the only tested guiding principles with unfettered assurances of building Ghana into the modern nation-state we all desire. COVID-19 has dawned on us the need to be self-sustaining as a nation by prioritising what we produce with little reliance on the external. Our penchant craving for everything foreign has been exposed with bitter lessons of treasuring and using our God-given resources to our best advantage.
It will, however, take a deliberate national cleansing and renewal of heart by revisiting the theme for this year's June 4 celebration, that is, "STRENGTHENING THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM, RESILIENCE AND INTEGRITY" in coping with these difficult times of the coronavirus pandemic.
NEWS COMMENTARY ON THE 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUNE 4 UPRISING UNDER THE THEME: STRENGTHENING THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM, RESILIENCE AND INTEGRITY IN DIFFICULT TIMES.
BY OSEI PIESIE-ANTO, A SOCIO-POLITICAL ANALYST.
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June 4, 2019 Editor News 0
Head of the AFRC, Flt. Lt. JJ Rawlings addresses a gathering during the revolution
The NDC Proforum-North America has on the 40th anniversary of the June 4th lauded the leaders of the uprising "for their sacrifice in carving a new path for governance grounded in 'probity and accountability' and a feeling for the poor and marginalized".
A statement signed by President of the group, Arnold Appiah reiterated that the June 4th, 1979 uprising led by revered founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Ex-President Jerry John Rawlings was for the love of the country; and it is even more monumental today for social democrats to strengthen their democratic institutions to alleviate hardship in the present circumstances.
The statement said, "the leadership and indeed the entire membership of the forum are of the firm conviction that this year's theme: 'Developing a National Character for Sustainable Governance' should be a guiding principle for all Ghanaians.
"It is on these principles that we urge all NDC supporters to stand-out on this day and at any opportune occasion to advocate for a national character that will see Ghana come out of her present challenges under the deceit of the Akufo-Addo led-government", the statement emphasized.
The Proforum-North America wished all Ghanaians in the diaspora and at home a blessed June 4 anniversary and noted that on the occasion of June 4th, the country takes "stock of how far we have come as a nation and rekindle the fight against mismanagement, oppression and corruption that derail development in our daily lives".
June 4th Uprising
The June 4th uprising in 1979 was sparked when the then-military government of the Supreme Military Council (SMC II) of General F. K. Akuffo put then-flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on trial for attempting to overthrow the government on 15 May 1979. This happened because Mr. Rawlings was a junior soldier in the Ghanaian army, who, with other soldiers, had not received their salaries.
Mr Rawlings turned the trial against the government by accusing it of massive corruption and requesting that his fellow accused be set free as he was solely responsible for the mutiny. He was incarcerated for sentencing. His diatribe resonated with the entire nation as there was massive suffering.
In the night of 3 June 1979, junior military officers including Major Boakye Djan broke into the jail where Mr Rawlings was being held and freed him, and ostensibly marched him to the national radio station to make an announcement. The first time the public heard from Mr Rawlings was a statement that he, Mr Rawlings, had been released by the junior officers and that he was under their command. He requested all soldiers to meet with them at the Nicholson Stadium at Burma Camp in Accra.
The entire nation went up in uproar. The soldiers rounded up senior military officers including three former heads of state, General F. K. Akuffo, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong and Afrifa for trial and subsequently executed by firing squad.
Mr Rawlings was appointed the Head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) by the revolting junior military officers to run the country until the ongoing election was completed.
Mr Rawlings handed over power to Dr Hilla Limann in September 1979 but he again overthrew Dr Limann on 31 December 1981.
June 4 has since become a noted date in Ghana's history.
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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said that it is sad for the Electoral Commission (EC) to suspend its planned limited registration exercise, describing the move as avoidable.
According to the General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the issues leading to the suit against the EC could have been long resolved at the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) level if the EC had "listened" to the concerns the party had raised in connection with the exercise.
He said the EC's decision to conduct the exercise only at its district offices regardless of the accessibility concerns raised by the NDC and other people demonstrated the extent to which the electoral management body was adamant to the concerns of its stakeholders.
He made the remarks in an interview with the Daily Graphic on the sidelines of a durbar to mark the 40th anniversary of the June 4 Uprising at Nungua in the Greater Accra Region on Tuesday, June 4.
"These are avoidable problems. With a different set up of EC, these are things that could have been sorted out at IPAC very easily without anybody resorting to court action.
"The attitude of the EC as far as this issue is concerned defies common sense. We see it as a deliberate attempt to ensure that many people who qualify under the law are not registered, and for that matter, would not take part in the 2020 elections," Mr Nketia stated.
The suspension
The EC announced on Monday, June 3 that it had put the upcoming limited registration exercise on hold following an injunction application filed at the Supreme Court to restrain the commission from undertaking the exercise.
The three-week exercise was scheduled to take place from Friday, June 7, 2019, to Thursday, June 27 in all district offices of the EC across the country to register those who had turned 18 since the voter register was last updated.
According to the EC, a new date for the exercise would be announced.
Few days after the EC's announcement of the exercise, one Umar Ayuba filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking for an injunction to stop the commission from going ahead with the registration.
The injunction follows a substantive suit filed by the same individual challenging the decision by the EC to hold the registration in its district offices and some selected electoral areas.
On May 23, 2019, the applicant sued the EC and the Attorney General over the EC's decision to register online during its limited registration exercise on grounds that the decision was not enshrined in law.
Good move
In the interview, Mr Nketia described the suit as a good move because "it will save our democracy and protect our electoral systems."
"The EC is not an authority that engages in counting the population of Ghana. They are required by law to register everybody who is qualified (18 years and above) and of sound mind to vote.
"Where the EC is taking deliberate decisions to ensure that 1.2 million Ghanaians would not have the opportunity to register and vote, the court must come in to save our democracy," he stated.
Mr Nketia stated that although the NDC supported the suit, the development would, however, affect the calendar of the EC and the activities of the political parties.
He, therefore, urged the commission to put the necessary structures in place and consider a reversal of its decisions to encourage a wilful withdrawal of the suit against it as the development could have dire consequences on its planned activities if not resolved forthwith.
Uphold June 4 principles
Meanwhile, a former General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, has called on leaders to uphold the principles of the June 4 uprising in running the administration of the country.
He said the tenets of the June 4 uprising, which are probity and accountability, were even more relevant now than before, adding that "whoever finds himself in leadership, official or unofficial, needs to be accountable to those who have put you into that position, identify with the ordinary man because June 4 identified with the ordinary man and that was how come it became widely accepted".
He said this at the 40th-anniversary celebration of the June 4 uprising which was held on the theme: "A National Character for Sustainable Good Government".
The June 4 uprising was a revolt in Ghana in 1979 that arose out of a combination of factors, including corruption and bad governance principles. This predicament sparked an uprising led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings to overthrow the then Supreme Military Council (SMC II) of General F.W.K Akuffo.
Alhaji Yahaya added that June 4 also called on Ghanaians to acquire high political awareness, saying without it, the country wouldn't know which way to go, especially as the world was getting increasingly sophisticated.
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Barring any last-minute hitches, Royal Gold Ghana Limited (RGGL), a refinery in which the state has a 20 per cent stake, will begin operation by the end of October this year.
The RGGL, which is a partnership between the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) and Rosy Royal Limited, an Indian company, is located on the premises of the PMMC in Accra.
Currently, civil works on the facility are about 90 per cent complete. What is left to be done is the installation of machines, which will begin in September.
The company has the capacity to refine between 300 and 500 kilogrammes of gold daily.
This came to light when the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Mines, Mr George Mireku Duker, visited the facility on Tuesday.
The acting Managing Director of the PMMC, Nana Akwasi Awuah, conducted the deputy minister round the facility.
The team toured the information technology department, the production unit, the showroom and other departments of the PMMC.
LBMA certification
Nana Awuah said although the completion and operationalisation of the refinery delayed for almost a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it would start working "definitely before the year ends".
"We are hopeful that by October ending we will begin to operate the refinery. The building is ready, the machines are ready and the Italian engineers who will install the machines will be in town by the first week of September to install them," he said.
He explained that processes were underway to get London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) certification to facilitate international recognition of refined gold that would be exported from the country.
"The LBMA certification will mean that we will have to source our gold from responsible mining companies, and this is good because it will compel miners to mine responsibly," Nana Awuah said.
Legacy debts
He added that the PMMC was still struggling to clear its GH¢50 million legacy debt since 2017.
According to him, the entire legacy debt was made up of GH¢70 million and $5 million, "but we have been able to clear the dollar component and GH¢20 million of the cedi component".
Nana Awuah added that the legacy debt was more of an albatross around the neck of the PMMC because the company was not financially sound to declare dividend to the state.
For his part, Mr Duker assured the PMMC that the ministry would extend the needed support to the company and its partners to facilitate the LBMA certification.
He said the completion and operationalisation of the RGGL would contribute significantly to job creation, particularly along the gold value chain.
"We are the leading producer of gold in Africa, yet we do not have that recognition on the international stage. We need our signature on the gold we export, and LBMA certification will give us the recognition we need," Mr Duker said.
He urged the PMMC to upgrade its facilities and premises to befit its status.
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Ensure gold business flourishes – Duker charges new PMMC board
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources George Mireku Duker on Tuesday, 14 September, 2021, inaugurated a seven-member Board of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) to ensure that the business of Gold purchase in Ghana flourishes during their tenure in office.
Administering the inaugural address on behalf of the Sector Minister, Mr Duker urged the PMMC Board to work towards moving the company from its current state to a more appreciable level.
He urged the board to conduct themselves as such and move PMMC from where it is now to a different pedestal.
He acknowledged the challenges PMMC is facing as an institution, most especially, on the tax threshold fixed by the Ministry of Finance but indicated that, his confidence, regardless of the challenges, that the board will work collaboratively with management to deliver on the mandate assigned them.
Mr Duker further disclosed that negotiations are underway with the ministry of finance to find ways of leveraging the proposed tax to push the business of PMMC forward.
He further articulated his confidence in the board that, they will work assiduously to ensure among others, the menace of smuggling gold is curbed.
For his part, the Chairman of the Board, Kiston Akomeng Kissi, expressed his appreciation to the Deputy Minister on behalf of the board and promised to serve the administration and deliver results.
He also assured the Minister that in spite of the many challenges of the PMMC, they will collaborate closely with the Bank of Ghana to realise the dream of making Ghana the pillar around which the business of gold revolves.
The seven-member Board also include, Nana Akwasi Awuah, Komla Onny, Alhassan Abdallah Iddi, Mr. Benjamin Nii Ayi Aryee, Nana Adjoa Adobea Asante and Alhaji Amadu Kaleem.
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New voters register will guarantee credible elections – Akufo-Addo
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, has urged Ghanaians to consider the issues raised about the Voters Register as a national one devoid of politics.
He said the call for a new voters register does not mean it would favour the NPP but that it would guarantee credible elections and legitimized results.
He encouraged Ghanaians to join the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu's call not to allow cost factor to become a barrier to the search for a more credible electoral roll that would be acceptable to everybody.
"The call for new voters register is a national issue, and all should give it the necessary attention it deserves," he pointed out.
Nana Addo was addressing regional and district executives, NPP parliamentary candidates, and supporters in Wa, as part of his two day visit to the Upper West Region.
He appealed to regional and district executives of the NPP to work harder and foster cooperation at the grassroots levels, especially with all those who contested the primaries but lost to help win more seats in the regions.
He explained that the NPP had performed abysmally in the Northern, Upper West, Upper East and Volta Regions in the 2012 elections and urged party executives to work harder than before to win more votes in those regions in the 2016 elections.
He said winning the elections was important for the NPP to implement prudent policies and programmes to help reduce poverty, unemployment among the youth and modernise agriculture.
Agricultural production, he said was the surest way to propelling Ghana's industrialization process and should be all-year-round.
Nana Addo urged Ghanaians to have trust in him as he was determined to work for Ghana in honesty and in the interest of Ghanaians." Everything my government will do would be transparent".
On Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Nana Addo said it was the saddest event in the history of Ghana, noting: "Instead of it being a vehicle for accelerating development for its operational regions, it has become a vehicle for corruption thereby defeating its objectives.
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Face reality, you have bad candidate for 2020 general election – NPP tells NDC
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has challenged the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to face the reality that they have an albatross around their necks in their chosen flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama.
The opposition, the NPP said, should therefore not prepare excuses ahead of the 2020 election to justify the evitable loss in December just to raise hell.
According to the party, Ghanaians must find out why the NDC is determined to derail the compilation of a new voters' register that promises enhanced security features.
"What is it about the 2012 register that the NDC holds sacred? What is it about the 2012 register that the NDC claims if it is replaced, they will never win an election?
"In what way do they tie their electoral fortunes to the maintenance of a discredited register? They ought to tell us," the NPP quizzed.
NPP"s National Campaign Chairman, Peter Mac Manu, said these on Thursday 15th May 2020 in response to accusations by the NDC that the Electoral Commission (EC) and National Identification Authority (NIA) are plotting to rig the 2020 elections in favour of President Nana Akufo-Addo.
The NPP, he said, cannot be part of any conspiracy to rig the December elections but stressed the NDC's fake conspiracy will not be credited because they are afraid of losing a free and fair contest.
He questioned why the NDC is placing its electoral fortunes on a controversial register that was compiled under their term in office.
Mr. Mac Manu argued that since the establishment of the 4th Republic, new registers have been compiled at various stages towards perfecting Ghana's democracy: 1992, 1996, 2004, and 2016.
"So basically, we have had new registers compiled every eight years since 1996. And for each of those exercises the idea has been to introduce features that are better than the previous one with the view to secure the sanctity of the register," he said.
The chairman stressed that the NPP is not afraid to face the electorate but pointed out there are over one million potential voters who have attained the age of 18 since last year.
These, he said, have a right to be registered and the EC should register them because it has a mandate to conduct elections in December, even in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.
According to him, the NPP does not need an election to be rigged in its favour especially for a government that has put over 1.3 million children into school, restored industry, and is creating jobs for the people and put 100,000 unemployed graduates to work among many others.
The President, he stated, has continued to show leadership and commitment to the welfare of ordinary Ghanaians adding, "Which gives us confidence that the Ghanaian people will recognize his leadership and performance and allow the NPP, which knows how to deliver to continue," he added.
He stressed that the NPP intends to fight and win in December based on its performance.
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Monday it had deployed a 125-member mission to Ghana to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections.
Polls across the Western African country opened on Monday morning.
"A 125-member ECOWAS Observer Mission has arrived in Ghana to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections, which will take place on Monday, Dec. 7.
"The observers have been deployed to all the 16 regions of the country to observe how the 17,027, 641 million registered voters elect their members of parliament and next president," the organisation said in a statement.
The ECOWAS mission has already met with the Ghanaian Electoral Commission and a number of government officials and security agencies.
They have met also with the heads of international observer missions and civil society organisations "to exchange views on matters relating to the elections," as stated in the statement.
ECOWAS observers have also met with "key stakeholders" of Ghana's political parties, including President Nana Akufo-Addo and ex-President John Mahama, referred to as "the main opposition leader" in the statement.
It is part of ECOWAS' mandate to deploy observers to member states during presidential elections "to ensure democratic convergence across the region."
Twelve candidates run in Ghana's presidential race, including Akufo-Addo and Mahama.
This is the third time since 2012 that the two, run against one another in an election, with each having one victory over the other. (Sputnik/NAN)
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President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has met former Brighton & Hove Albion coach Chris Hughton at the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit in London.
It remains unclear what kind of conversation transpired between the coach and Ghana's Head of State but what is clear is that Chris Hughton's name came up for consideration when the GFA and Sports Ministry decided not to extend the contract of Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah following the expiration of his contract on December 31, 2019.
But it appeared the FA and government decided to go for a full-blooded local coach and thus settled on former Ghana Captain CK Akonnor.
Hughton has been among the many big personalities with Ghanaian descent oversees who have been trying to have a connection with their motherland and his meeting with the President in the UK confirms his desire to re-connect with Ghana.
A former player, Hughton qualified to play for the Republic of Ireland as the son of an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father, becoming the first mixed-race player to represent the country,Hughton spent most of his playing career with Tottenham Hotspur as a left-back, leaving in 1990 after 13 years.
After relatively brief spells with West Ham United and Brentford, Hughton retired from playing in 1993 at age 34.
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We're on the right path to a prosperous future – Akufo-Addo
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President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the programmes and policies being implemented by his government are putting the country onto the path of progress and prosperity, and will, eventually move Ghana to a country beyond aid.
Speaking at the 71st New Year School, on Tuesday, 14th January 2020, at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, on the theme "Attaining Ghana Beyond Aid: Challenges and Prospects", President Akufo-Addo stated that "we have started on the right path towards a prosperous future with the concrete steps we are taking to restore macro-economic stability and economic growth."
He stated that after three years of disciplined and innovative economic management, the results have been remarkable, with GDP growth rates averaging 7% over the last three years, up from the 3.6% of 2016, and inflation standing at 7.9%, down from 15.4% in December 2016.
The President added that the country's trade balance account, for the first time in more than a decade, recorded a surplus; and interest rates have gone down from 28% in December 2016 to 15% now.
"Our macroeconomic indices are pointing in the right direction, and it comes as no surprise, therefore, that, today, Ghana is the leading recipient of foreign direct investment in West Africa. This, in the long run, is fundamental to moving Beyond Aid," he added.
Ghana's expanding economy, the President said, is opening up avenues of job creation, with 100,000 graduates employed through the Nation Builders' Corps; 54,892 healthcare workers employed; and 66,357 teachers getting jobs since he came into office in 2017.
"Public sector employment has increased by three hundred and fifty thousand (350,000), and additional employment in the private formal and agricultural sectors amounted to nearly two million, with 1.6 million in the agricultural sector and two hundred and sixty-eight thousand (268,000) in the formal sector. The Ghana Living Standards Survey tells us that unemployment has fallen from 11.9% in 2015 to 7.3% in 2019," he added.
With government bent on adding value to the nation's raw materials, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that this is the rationale for the country's Strategic Partnership with Cote d'Ivoire, evidenced in a joint cocoa production and marketing policy, which is already paying dividends.
He indicated that the payment of a Living Income Differential (LID) of $400 per tonne, in addition to the producer price, will be paid to farmers for all categories of cocoa beans from Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire starting from the 2020/2021 crop season, when the two countries begin to apply a new floor price mechanism for the sale of cocoa at a minimum of US$2,600 per tonne.
"COCOBOD has also received a $600 million syndicated facility from the African Development Bank, and Credit Suisse Group AG, to finance key components of the organisation's productivity enhancement programmes, including the domestic processing of some 60% of our cocoa beans," the President added.
He stressed further that steps have been taken to establish an integrated bauxite and aluminium industry through the establishment of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation and the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation, two-state vehicles whose tasks are to mobilise the necessary financial, technological and material resources for the full exploitation of the entire value chain of Ghana's bauxite, manganese and iron ore deposits.
Touching on corruption, he stated that, as an example, every single alleged act of corruption levelled against any of his appointees has been investigated by independent bodies, such as CHRAJ, the CID of the Police Service, and, in some cases, by Parliament itself. Additionally, Government has systematically increased, over these last three years, the funding for the accountability institutions.
"Twenty-one (21) officials of the previous administration are standing trial over their involvement in alleged acts of corruption or causing financial loss to the state, amounting collectively to the tune of some GH¢772 million, and the courts, at the appropriate moment, will deliver their verdicts in accordance with due process", he added.
President Akufo-Addo further revealed that "we have begun bringing those responsible for the banking crisis to justice. We have one case in court, and if prima facie evidence of criminality is found in the other ongoing investigations, which, according to my information, is likely, then the perpetrators of the crises, i.e. both regulators and individuals, will face justice soon."
On healthcare, President Akufo-Addo stated that Government is improving access to essential and quality health services through the provision of the necessary health infrastructure, equipment and logistics, including the deployment of appropriate technology as part of the drive to attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
In addition to clearing the GH¢1.2 billion NHIS arrears inherited, President Akufo-Addo stated that he will commission, on 28th January, the three hundred and seven (307) ambulances for use in fulfilment of the "1-Constituency-1-Ambulance pledge.
"Drone technology has also been introduced into the healthcare system to help deliver essential medicine, blood and blood products to remote communities," he stressed.
Through the programme for Planting for Food and Jobs, the President told the gathering that Government has succeeded in reviving Ghanaian agriculture, which had, hitherto, been in the doldrums, and ensuring bumper harvests for two consecutive years, and seeing to it that Ghana no longer imports maize.
One of the modules of the programme, Planting for Export and Rural Development, he explained, is targeted at the development of selected tree crops – cashew, coffee, oil palm, coconut, mango, rubber and shea – to diversify Ghana's cash crop sector, which has been dominated by cocoa for the past 130 years, and ensure that the country rakes in additional foreign exchange of up to US$14 billion per year.
"The Ivorians have done it, we can do it too," he added.
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The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) have entered a new partnership for sustainable jobs for the youth.
The partnership which was entered into on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two State agencies, is aimed at providing sustainable jobs to Ghanaian youth nationwide.
Under the partnership, about 10,000 who are at the exit stage of YEA's programmes would be trained and provided the necessary know-how to come out with innovative and sustainable business plans.
The plans to be accepted by the two agencies as sustainable and innovative, are to be funded with various amounts by NEIP under the Presidential Business Support Programme.
John Ampontuah Kumah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NEIP and Justin Kodua Frimpong, CEO of YEA, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective Institutions at a short ceremony held at the head office of YEA.
Mr. Kumah in a short remark before the signing of the MoU, started that the partnership is in pursuance of President Akufo-Addo's vision of providing decent and sustainable jobs for Ghanaian youth.
He said the training will last for a period of one year.
Meanwhile, Mr. Frimpong observed the need to help the youth create sustainable jobs.
—Daily Guide
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Accra- The Accra Digital Centre (ADC), a technology park designed to create a conducive ecosystem for digital innovation and entrepreneurship in Ghana, has committed to championing the International Telecommunications Union (ITU's) Smart Incubator programme within the sub-region.
A statement issued in Accra by the Corporate Affairs Department of Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), said the decision to lead the initiative was declared at the 2019 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum held in Geneva, Switzerland.
It said the decision was made during an official engagement between Mr Alexander Ntoko, the Chief of Operations and Planning Department, Telecommunication Standardization Bureau of ITU, Abraham Kofi Asante, Chief Executive Officer of GIFEC and Board Chairman of the Accra Digital Centre, and Eric Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, the Managing Director of ADC.
The statement quoted Mr Ntoko as saying that; ITU has accepted the initiative by Ghana and that a Memorandum of Understanding would be signed between ITU and ADC for the Smart Incubator Programme to commence.
The ITU Smart Incubator Programme purposely designed to assist and support technology-oriented entrepreneurs and start-ups in the early development stages, including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Internet of Things.
The ITU Smart Incubator was launched in September, 2018, at the ITU Telecommunications World in Durban, South Africa.
Source: Ghana News Agency
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Osei-Bonsu granted bail over forged NEIP letterhead and fake list of beneficiaries
The Juaben Circuit Court on Monday, April 20, 2020, granted bail of GH¢10,000 with a surety of permanent residence to Nana Osei Bonsu, who allegedly forged the letterhead of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) with names of fake beneficiaries.
The suspect, Osei Bonsu, is said to have created and distributed a document purported to be from the office of the NEIP signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the NEIP.
He was charged with an offence of Publication of false information but pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against him.
The court, presided over by His Lordship Assibey Yusif, adjourned the case to May 19, 2020, at 9 am.
Nana Osei Bonsu, who is said to be the Campaign Aide to the Member of Parliament for the Ejisu Constituency, Mr. Kwabena Owusu-Aduomi, is said to have created and circulated a fake list of 2018 beneficiaries of the NEIP and placed it on a fake letterhead purported to be the letterhead of the NEIP.
He is said to have also forged the signature of the CEO of NEIP, Mr. John Kumah, who is also a Parliamentary Aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ejisu Constituency.
A complaint was filed by the NEIP at the police station which led to the arrest of Nana Osei Bonsu, but he was later granted police enquiry bail within 24 hours when the Member of Parliament, Mr. Owusu –Aduomi, stood surety for him.
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} | 60_32895 | Kofi Ofosu Nkansah appointed CEO of NEIP
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Kofi Ofosu Nkansah as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP).
In a letter dated 11 January 2022, and signed by the Chief of Staff at the office of the President, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Mr Ofosu Nkansah, is required to accept the appointment in writing within 14 days of receipt of the appointment letter.
Until his new appointment, Ofosu Nkansah, served as the managing director of the Accra Digital Centre (Ghana Digital Centres Ltd). A position he held from February 2017.
Mr Ofosu Nkansah, takes over from John Kumah, who currently serves as one of two deputy ministers for finance and member of Parliament for Ejisu constituency in the Ashanti region.
NEIP
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) previously known as the Youth Enterprise Support (YES) under the previous Administration (NDC) was launched in August 2014 to provide support to the youth who are in business.
The NPP government under President Akufo-Addo took over YES and relaunched it with a new outlook on the 13 July, 2017 to be known as the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) with five (5) clear key mandates.
The first is to provide Technical Support and Business Advisory Services for Start-ups, Micro and Small businesses. Second, to provide training, Incubation and Mentorship for early stage businesses.
The three other mandates of the NEIP are to Provide Access to funding, provide access to Market and Market linkages as well as provide policy direction to strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem of Ghana.
Some modules executed under NEIP include; the presidential pitch, presidential empowerment for women entrepreneurs with disability (PEWED), presidential empowerment for male entrepreneurs with disability (PEMED), student entrepreneurship initiative, NEIP Greenhouse estate among others.
Under the programme so far, over 45,000 businesses have received Training and incubation services in various business support areas, while about 10,000 businesses have been provided funding ranging from Ghc 10,000.00 to Ghc 100,000.00.
The task ahead
Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, is expected to build on the achievements from the programme and to introduce new modules which will help reduce Youth unemployment including leading the implementation of the YouStart Programme with the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) and partner financial institutions.
YouStart
The YouStart initiative was announced by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government.
The initiative forms part of the "ObaatanPa" programme launched in November 2020 to spearhead the revitalisation and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
YouStart is a vehicle for supporting young entrepreneurs to gain access to capital, training, technical skills and mentoring to enable them launch and operate their own businesses.
The YouStart initiative is a key vehicle expected to create 1 million jobs in 3 years under the Ghana CARES Obantanpa programme. Entrepreneurs will be able to apply for support through a dedicated YouStart online portal. NEIP will engage Faith-Based Organisations as partners for the delivery of essential artisanal skills.
Profile of Ofosu Nkansah
Kofi Ofosu Nkansah is a Technology and Innovation professional with 16 years of experience across various industries. His work experience spans the Telecommunications, Free zones, Utilities and Entrepreneurship/Innovation Industries.
In February 2017, he was appointed as the Managing Director of the Accra Digital Centre (Ghana Digital Centres Ltd.) where he was tasked to lead and drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the Tech Ecosystem to help harness the digital Innovation potential of Ghana.
Under the Leadership of the Minister for Communications and Digitalization, He operationalized the Digital Centre and achieved 100% occupancy in two years.
Over Fifteen thousand (15, 000) youth were trained in Digital skills, four thousand (4,000) digital and ancillary jobs created at the Centre and Innovation support given to 1000s of start-ups under his stewardship.
In 2019, Kofi won the Africa Public Sector Conference's Young Public Sector CEO of the Year award, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Global Ecosystem Best Practice Award and was listed among the 30 Most Eminent STEM CEOs in Ghana in 2020.
He holds a Computer Science degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, MA in Marketing Strategy from the University of Ghana, A professional Diploma in Marketing from CIM – UK plus other Professional qualifications. He had his Senior Secondary Education at Opoku Ware School, Kumasi.
His Political activism started from his days as a KNUST Tescon Member and executive in the early 2000s. Kofi is one of the pioneers of the NPP's Social media team and a vociferous online communicator for the NPP Government.
He has recruited and mentored 1000s of online party activists for the NPP. He is a Co-founder and Coordinator of the following 2020 and 2016 Volunteer groups: Professionals for change (Now P4C), Loyal Ladies, Alpha Patriots and Zongo Ladies for Nana. He is a member of the NPP National Communications Committee and was part of 2016 and 2020 National Campaign teams (Social media).
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President Akufo Addo's renaming of YES to NEIP needless – Solomon Nkansah
Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress NDC Solomon Nkansah has described President Nana Akufo-Addo's replacement of Youth Enterprise Support (YES) with National Entrepreneurship and Innovations Plan (NEIP) as unnecessary.
According to him, the President's claim that he's continuing with Mahama-led administration projects is not true.
Nkansah explained that the NEIP's policy is the same as the YES under the NDC Government which provided an integrated national support for start-ups and small businesses.
"When you're continuing something in existence, why change the name to another name under your government if same institution has same objectives. If you have no knowledge in something that has been done by a predecessor, what you can do is to do an expansion and not change the name," Solomon Nkansah said on Agoo TV with Bonohene Baffour Awuah.
"What Nana Addo is doing is continuing with NDC legacy but because he is not courageous can't make it public," Nkansah added. The Akufo-Addo government renamed the Youth Enterprise Support (YES) as National Entrepreneurship and Innovations Plan (NEIP).
According to the Chief Executive Officer of NEIP, John Kumah, this will allow new businesses to emerge and give them the space to grow, to receive financing and business development services, to secure markets during the critical formative years, and to tap into a wide supply chain and network during their growth years, helping to create jobs at a widely distributed, national level. |
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They called on the government and the National Road Safety Commission to as a matter of urgency take pragmatic steps to address the issue of road accidents in the country.
The call came following the two major accidents that occurred in the early hours of Friday, March 22, 2019 at Kintampo and Winneba, claiming over 100 lives.
"We appeal to government and the National Road Safety Commission to take urgent steps to address this disturbing phenomenon," the NDC said in a press statement signed by the National Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi.
The NDC, however, expressed its condolence to the families of the deceased and wished all those who sustained various degrees of injuries speedy recovery.
"The NDC joins the rest of Ghanaians in expressing our heartfelt sympathies and commiserations to the families of the departed. We pray that the good Lord grants a peaceful repose of their souls and strengthen their loved ones in this time of unspeakable grief. We also wish all those who have sustained various degrees of injuries speedy recovery," they stated.
Below is the statement by the NDC
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC) MOURNS WITH GHANAIANS ON A DAY OF TRAGIC ROAD ACCIDENTS.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), joins Ghanaians in mourning the precious souls of several of our citizens who have been reported dead in two separate road accidents both of which occurred today, 22nd March, 2019.
According to unconfirmed media reports, about 80 people have died and several injured in both gory accidents which occurred at Ekumfi Dunkwa in the Central Region and on the Techiman-Kintampo road in the Bono Region. The gut-wrenching details that have emerged from the two scenes have left us shocked at the scale of the two tragedies.
The NDC joins the rest of Ghanaians in expressing our heartfelt sympathies and commiserations to the families of the departed. We pray that the good Lord grants a peaceful repose of their souls and strengthen their loved ones in this time of unspeakable grief. We also wish all those who have sustained various degrees of injuries speedy recovery.
While we mourn the dead and sympathize with the injured, it is important that we bemoan the increasing spate of road accidents that continue to claim able-bodied and irreplaceable lives in the country. We appeal to government and the National Road Safety Commission to take urgent steps to address this disturbing phenomenon.
Signed.
SAMMY GYAMFI
NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER, NDC
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Ellembelle now NDC stronghold - Armah-Kofi Buah
The Ellembelle constituency in the Western Region is now the stronghold of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Member of Parliament for the area Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah has said.
The Ellembelle seat was initially occupied by the Convention People's Party's Freddie Blay, now acting chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Following what he describes as massive infrastructural development in the constituency, Mr Buah, speaking on 505 Extra on Class91.3FM, was confident the NDC would win both the presidential and parliamentary polls in the constituency in December.
"It has become the stronghold of the NDC because it has kept faith not only with the people of Ellembelle but the people of Nzema," he stated.
"If you travel from the Jomoro district, you will see that things are happening. They are just unimaginable. Just on a recent trip the president opened a cold store. Now we have asphalt in Half Assini and Elubo, asphalt in Axim; we are about to start another asphalt in Nkroful, and there is so much that is happening, so much that has happened."
The MP added: "We've seen an improvement in educational scores in…our district and there is a lot of improvement. We are looking at clear indicators and that's what I'm saying. Don't take my word for it, come and check the data and see the numbers. …You will see the crowd and excitement especially with the youth, so, we are very excited and we believe that, clearly, [with] the work that has been done by President John Dramani Mahama in our area, the NDC is really going to win in this election and I'm very excited about it." |
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Member of Parliament for the Ellembelle constituency, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has suspended his political campaign following the tragic incident that occurred in his constituency.
On Sunday, November 22, 2020, about 30 supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were hit by a vehicle at Azuleneno in the Western region, killing one and injuring the others.
The MP for the constituency in an interview with Citi FM noted that he has been hit hard by the unfortunate incident.
Mr Buah stated in the interview that "this is a big blow for me. I am looking at those who got injured and three people in critical condition, and we are praying with them to recover speedily. We are not going on with campaigns now."
He also assured the injured supporters of receiving the best treatment.
"We need to focus on them and make sure that they recover. It's not about me but about the people I want to lead and serve, and I will support the injured persons so that they can recover fully," he added. |
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National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ellembelle constituency, Emmanuel Kofi Armah Buah, has said he suspects foul play after a vehicle run into some supporters who were embarking on a campaign walk on Sunday, November 22, 2020.
Speaking on Adom FM's morning show Dwaso Nsem, Tuesday, Mr Buah said the incident does not make sense.
One person died leaving several others injured after a commercial vehicle run into the party supporters during a health walk last Sunday.
According to witnesses, the incident occurred on around 5:00 pm when the driver of the car, popularly known as Nzema Jet, lost control of his vehicle and drove into the supporters who were embarking on a peace walk as the general election approaches.
Currently, 12 of the injured are in critical condition while 11 others are responding to treatment.
But Mr Buah noted that the accident was caused by the driver of a commercial vehicle who inexplicably ignored all signals to slow down when he approached a crowd of NDC supporters on a health walk, left his lane, and ploughed into the crowd.
He revealed that the driver admitted that he was partially blind and could not drive at night although the incident happened around 5:00pm.
He said the behaviour of the driver and circumstances of the accident point to a bizarre attempt at causing mayhem to dampen the spirit of the supporters.
"I really don't want to think that the incident was intentional. The circumstances around the incident don't make sense at all. We learnt the driver was even blind partially and so how then do you expect us to believe that it was an accident?" he quizzed.
Mr Buah said the NDC is waiting for the outcome of the police investigations into the accident and hopes justice would be served.
Mr Buah, who has currently suspended his campaign activities over the incident, expressed his deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
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Wed, 25 Nov 2020 Source: Daniel Kaku, Contributor
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ellembelle Constituency of the Western Region has alleged that Sunday's accident on the Elubo-Takoradi highway was politically-motivated
On Sunday afternoon, November 22, a commercial vehicle that was heading towards Esiama ran through some members of Ellembelle NDC.
The party supporters were returning from a health walk from Azulenloanu and Ambainu on the Elubo-Takoradi highway.
The incident has so far claimed the life of one person and injured 22 members.
The departed soul, Mariana Issah who comes from Kamgbunli, was buried on Monday morning, November 23, 2020. The 50-year-old woman left behind 6 children.
During her burial service, the General Secretary of the NDC, Asiedu Nkeitia together with Dr. George Sipa Yankey and Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah joined the bereaved family to find a resting place for her.
The delegation later on that day, proceeded to the Saint Martin de Porres Hospital at Eikwe to visit the injured persons.
So far, 12 injured people have been treated and discharged from the hospital and others are in critical condition.
Speaking at the family house of the late Mariama Issah, Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah who is the NDC parliamentary candidate for the area and the incumbent MP, expressed his condolences to the family and promised to look after the 6 children.
But in a statement issued by the party to console the family, the Constituency Communications Officer, Kwesi Hanson has stated that the driver who killed the woman and injured several NDC members was sent to cause mayhem to NDC spirited members.
"While we await the outcome of the police investigation into the accident, we wish to state unequivocally, that the behavior of the driver and circumstances surrounding the accident point to a bizarre attempt at causing mayhem to dampen the spirit of our supporters - particularly the youth in the hope of slowing down the party's momentum towards victory in the impending election," he claimed.
"We wish to remind the brains behind this dastardly accident that nothing will quench our spirit and determination to rescue this nation. We will never be intimidated or deterred by any acts of sabotage, as was witnessed yesterday," he added.
Kwesi Hanson expressed that: "We wish to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, while we wish the injured a speedy recovery and pray for the soul of the dead".
Read below the full statement:
The Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Constituency Executives and the entire membership of the NDC wish, by this statement, to express outrage over a deadly incident that happened yesterday, November 22, on the Ambainu- Azuleloanu stretch of the Apimanim-Elubo highway, which resulted in death and injury.
The accident was caused by the driver of a commercial vehicle who inexplicably ignored all signals to slow down as he approached a crowd of NDC supporters on a health walk, left his lane and ploughed into the crowd leaving one person dead and several other victims with varying degree of injuries.
While we await the outcome of the police investigation into the accident, we wish to state unequivocally, that the behavior of the driver and circumstances surrounding the accident point to a bizarre attempt at causing mayhem to dampen the spirit of our supporters - particularly the youth in the hope of slowing down the party's momentum towards victory in the impending election.
We wish to remind the brains behind this dastardly accident that nothing will quench our spirit and determination to rescue this nation. We will never be intimidated or deterred by any acts of sabotage, as was witnessed yesterday.
We wish to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, while we wish the injured a speedy recovery and pray for the soul of the dead.
In the face of this tragedy, we urge all our supporters to remain steadfast and be even more energised to work for victory in the coming election in honor of the departed and those injured.
God is on our side.
God bless NDC!
God bless Ellembelle!!
God bless Mother Ghana!!!
Kwesi Hanson
Ellembelle
Source: Daniel Kaku, Contributor
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PRESIDENT 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, Kwasi 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.
FROM Daniel Bampoe, Suhum
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President Akufo-Addo says he is determined to deliver on his promises regarding roads in the Western Region and the country at large.
He said this when he inspected the ongoing construction of the 3.5 kilometres of road from Ankyenyini to the Catholic Grotto at Egyam in the Ahanta West District as part of his two-day Western Regional tour.
"I have to take a look at the progress of road projects in the region. You are aware that every year I go around the country for this purpose but this year, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has distorted my plans, but I am here and the many things I promised to do on my last visit, I can see that work is progressing satisfactorily and very soon the tarring of roads across the region will begin."
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, who is also on President Akufo-Addo's two-day tour of the Region said only 24 percent of the over 5,000 kilometres of roads in the Western Region have been paved.
Mr. Amoako-Atta further added that some 80 different road projects are ongoing concurrently in the Western Region to help address the challenge.
"Out of this 5,289 identified kilometres of roads, only 24 percent of that has paved representing 1200 and I assure you that the rest will do done soon. There are many road projects ongoing in this region and there is a total of 80 road promises ongoing and they will be completed soon."
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26 June 2020 5:17am
The Central Region is benefiting from a total of 109 road infrastructural projects to help open up the area to facilitate tourism, trade and other economic development.
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, said the road projects running into several millions of cedis were being funded by the Government of Ghana, loans and grants from multi-pool donor agencies.
Speaking at a media encounter in Cape Coast on Thursday to highlight on-going road projects in the Region, the Transport Minister, who is the Member of Parliament for Atiwa West, said the massive road construction were manifestation of President Akufo-Addo's declaration of 2020 as the "Year of Roads".
The Transport Minister said the massive road construction were manifestation of President Akufo-Addo's declaration of 2020 as the "year of roads".
The Minister, who is currently touring the Region to inspect the projects, noted that quality roads were critical in connecting cities, facilitating trade, and attracting and retaining investments, hence the Government's commitment to invest heavily in that sector.
For the 109 road projects under construction as of May 2020, about 28 trunk roads were under the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), 55 under the Department of Feeder Roads and 26 under the Department of Urban Roads.
In all, the Region had a total road network of about 5,695 kilometers, with 1,156 being handled by the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), whiles 3,150 and 1,390 were being handled by the Department of Urban Roads and Feeder Roads respectively.
Of the total number of roads, 1,880 representing 33 per cent was paved, 2,320 were at gravel stage and 1,795 representing 26 per cent remained at the earth stage.
Touching on the "condition of roads," the Transport Minister said about 1,376 kilometres representing 24 per cent of roads in the Region were good, 2,013 kilometres, representing 36 per cent, were fair as against 2,217 being poor.
Giving the state of road infrastructure the Government met upon taking office, he indicated that of the country's total road network of over 78,000 kilometres, only 23 per cent were bitumen surfaced whiles the remaining 77 per cent were not tarred.
On interchanges, Mr Amoako-Atta reiterated government's commitment to completing the interchange at Pokuase, Obetsebi Lamptey Roundabout and a yet to commence one at Takoradi PTC Roundabout.
He praised the media for being as an indispensable ally for development and urged all to have faith in the Government as it went about to redeem its promises.
Mr Allan Paintsil, an Assistant Director at the Regional Coordinating Council, who welcomed the Minister and his entourage, commended him for his hard work.
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Almost all the presidential candidates for political parties since time immemorial made a stop at Abossey Okai, one of the country's trading hub to interact with them.
The visit and interaction was to bring to bear their challenges and concerns for both the traders and the sitting government to devise means of finding a lasting solution to their problems.
This was not so during former president Jerry John Rawlings' era as he reportedly failed to turn up there.
According to the Co-chairman of the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association, Clement Boateng, J.J Rawlings never stepped foot in Abossey Okai when he was President.
"Since 1996 or ever since Ghana was ushered into democratic dispensation, apart from Rawlings who never stepped foot in Abossey Okai here, all the presidents whether aspiring or incumbent had come to Abossey Okai, everybody was welcomed," Mr Boateng revealed in an interview with GhanaWeb.
Aside from him, the likes of the late John Evans Atta-Mills, John Agyekum Kufuor, John Dramani Mahama passed through the trading community while in office.
The recent to follow the lead was President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, the NPP flagbearer visited the trading community as part of his Greater Accra regional tour.
Speaking on the President's visit, Mr Boateng said the Abossey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association is apolitical and welcomes any presidential candidate from all political parties who show interest in visiting them.
He noted that their gesture is aimed at listening to all political parties on policies they'll put in place to make sure the business environment is friendly for the Association.
"We the executives here are non-political. Any presidential aspirant who wants to come to Abossey Okai here is welcomed. We don't discriminate. We are businessmen so whatever government that comes on board, comes out with policies that will be of beneficial to the business community and for that matter the spare parts industry is welcomed," he said in an interview with GhanaWeb.
Clement Boateng, however, noted that the President's visitation was successful as he was met with a cheerful crowd.
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October 28, 2020 By MAXWELL OFORI 0 Comments
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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said that people without a message in a contest resort to violence, something he strongly advises against.
His comment comes days after supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) clashed at James Town, in the Odododiodoo Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.
What was expected to be peaceful walks by these parties last Sunday, turned sour due to the violence, which resulted in injuries.
It is not clear what may have caused the violence, but, according to the police, both parties have written their statements about what started the violence. So far, the number of injured persons is yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, addressing a durbar of the chiefs and people of Ga Traditional Area, President Akufo-Addo reprimanded those involved in the act, stating that violence should not become part of the society.
Speaking in Ga, President Akufo-Addo said people cause confusion when they have nothing good to offer. He urged for calm in this period of elections to ensure a peace polls, come December 7.
President Akufo-Addo is on a four-day tour of the Greater Accra Region, which on day 3 saw him visit the Odododiodoo Constituency.
The President began day 3 by commissioning 100 new buses for the Intercity State Transport Company, and then inspected ongoing works on the Obetsebi Lamptey interchange, which is 92% complete.
He then visited Abossey Okai, the hub for spare parts in Greater Accra, to meet and interact with the traders. In his address, President Akufo-Addo said visiting the place always gives him vim.
The place has over the years been noted for sensitive political persuasions as far as elections in Ghana are concerned. This is due to the famous business in the area and how the spare parts dealers can influence the economy of the country.
During every political rally each political party creates a supposed convincing message for the dealers, of which 2016 was no exception.
Addressing a mini rally after meeting with the executives of the Spare Part dealers Association, he said: "I cannot tour Greater Accra without coming to Abossey Okai; it would have been better if I did not tour the region at all. Anytime time I come here and go, I get great vim. It is Abossey Okai that when I come, I realise the youthfulness in me comes out. I came here with a simple message. In 2016, I came to stand in front of you to say lots of things I would do if you voted for me. You believed in me and voted for me. This year, I am not here on promises, but on the records of my performance in the last four years. If it pleases you, I am begging for four more. I've done a lot in the last four years, and the next four years will see more good things."
President Akufo-Addo acknowledged the important role they played and assured them that when the four more for Nana agenda was achieved, he would work together with them to consolidate the gains made.
President Akufo-Addo, having addressed a mini rally at Abossey Okai, moved to James Town to inspect work on the construction of the James Town Fishing Harbour.
The contractor briefed the President on progress made, during which he indicated that 15% of the project had been completed.
This reporter, who was at the venue, reports that a major sea defence was being constructed, as well as cold stores.
The site for the project, which hitherto was engulfed with slums, had been cleared, paving way for work to continue without hitches.
The President had earlier inspected the ongoing work at the Obetsebi Lamptey interchange. He also inspected the construction of the Salaga market, and drove through Makola and Okaishie to address traders.
He also addressed a durbar of chiefs and people of the Ga Traditional Area, and then traders at Tip Toe Lane, before commissioning a classroom block at the Accra Technical Centre.
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Ghana opens largest diaper making factory under 1D1F
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The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Sunda Ghana Diaper Ltd, the largest diaper making factory in Ghana. With an investment of $84 million, the company will be one of the largest projects operating under the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative and will be exporting its products to markets in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sunda Ghana Limited is set to establish two more factories under the 1D1F initiative, i.e Homepro Ghana Limited with an investment of $26 million and Sunda Hardware Limited with an investment of $18 million, according to a media statement made by the office of the President, Ghana.
"We have to attract investment into Ghana like YC Chang, people who believe that the investment climate of our country is good, the governance of our country is good, and the opportunities for investment in our country are good," said Akufo-Addo. "It has to do with creating the conditions for investment in our country, and that is why it is extremely important for government to commit itself to the discipline that would enable it have a strong macroeconomy."
Apart from establishing a strong macro economy, providing good governance, the President noted that the other important contribution of government to the economic development of Ghana is to make sure that Ghanaian industries, and industries established in Ghana, do not meet unfair competition from others.
"So that is another responsibility of government, to create a level playing field for Ghanaian industries. It is establishing industries here in Ghana that we can get work for our young people. When we continue to depend on imports, we are creating jobs for other people overseas. Let us work hard to create jobs here for our people in Ghana, by encouraging investments like what we are seeing today," added Akufo-Addo. (PC)
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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 3rd September 2021, commissioned the Narubiz Rubber Factory, a company operating under Government's 1-District-1-Factory initiative, at Wassa Dompim, in the Wassa East District of the Western Region.
According to information reaching Ghana Africa News, the factory, which is a 100% Ghanaian owned company, has the capacity to process twenty (20) tons of rubber per day for export to countries such as Turkey, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. It is expected that a total of 6,240 tons of processed rubber per year will be exported, which will generate some US$9.6 Million of foreign exchange into the country.
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Commissioning the factory, at the commencement of his 2-day tour of the Western Region, President Akufo-Addo that the total investment for the factory is US$2.1 million, with GCB Bank providing a US$1.38 million loan facility to the company, under the 1D1F Initiative being implemented by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
In addition, the factory has enjoyed import duty exemptions on plant, equipment, and machinery from Government which among other incentives, have been designed to boost the competitiveness of the companies operating under the 1D1F programme.
The factory, whose construction began on 10th February 2020, currently offers direct and indirect employment to over 1,340 employees including out-growers, latex harvesters, farm maintenance workers and transporters.
The President noted that the siting of the factory in the Western Region will encourage more Ghanaians to engage in the cultivation of natural rubber in the catchment area, as well as other neighbouring regions to feed the state-of-the-art factory.
With Ghana's emerging automobile industry, he was confident that factory will play a critical role in the development of component parts for the auto industry, such as vehicle tyres, car seats and fan belts, which could be produced from the raw materials currently being manufactured from Narubiz Rubber Factory.
President Akufo-Addo commended the Business Promoters and Traditional Authorities of the area for their unflinching support for the project, as well as GCB Bank for providing the loan facility for the establishment of the factory.
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In Shama, the President commissioned Phase 3 of the KEDA Ceramics factory, whose construction started in September 2019, and was completed in June 2021.
According to sources reaching Ghana Africa News, the factory has generated some 2,000 direct and 5,000 indirect employment opportunities, with the company having invested some $150 million in all three phases, resulting in an increased production capacity of 150,000 square metres of tiles per day. Currently, the company exports 60% of tiles produced to the West African market.
It will be recalled that the President on Tuesday, 23rd July, 2019, cut the sod for the thirs phase of expansion works of the factory, a company operating under Government's "One District, One Factory" initiative.
President Akufo-Addo stated, at the time, that "the operations of the company have also seen a significant reduction in the import of tiles by as much as 14%. The contribution that this company is making in the industrialization agenda of the country and the transformation of our economy is significant."
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Particularly happy about the decision of the company to source their raw materials locally, the President noted that "many of those things we can do here in Ghana, we intend to begin the process of doing them here in Ghana. That is the way we can develop our economy and begin to address the living standards of our people."
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News, Politics September 14, 2020 Kennedy Mornah
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the Bechem Business Resource Centre, which has been established by the Ministry of Trade and Industry to provide strategic support and assistance to the domestic private sector operating at the Tano South district level.
Commissioning the project on Saturday, 12th September 2020, the President stated that sixty-seven (67) Business Resource Centres (BRCs), including that at Bechem, have been established in sixty-seven (67) Districts across the country, thirty (30) of which have already commenced operations.
Indeed, the companies operating under Government's 1-District-1-Factory will also benefit from the assistance to be provided by the BRCs.
The BRCs are being financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) and GRATIS Foundation as the two implementing agencies.
It will be recalled that, upon the assumption of office of by the NPP Government in 2017, the Ministry of Trade and Industry took steps to realign the Rural Enterprises Programme (REP) to respond to the emerging opportunities under the Government's Industrial Transformation Agenda, such as the 1-District-1-Factory initiative, and other related interventions. Indeed, the Rural Enterprises Programme is currently supporting some 63 1D1F projects.
President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that all 37 BRCs are being managed by experienced professionals, have been equipped with modern office logistics, and will soon be connected together digitally through a Virtual Private Network to facilitate efficient delivery of their operations.
Again, all the BRCs will liaise extensively with business regulatory agencies such as the Registrar Generals' Department (RGD), Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), and Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to provide a full bouquet of business support services at the district level.
In addition to supporting 1D1F companies, at the district level, the BRCs provide the following services to other MSMEs: training in management and entrepreneurship; business counselling and advisory services; preparation of business plans; facilitating access to financial services and credit; and facilitating access to markets.
The President expressed his gratitude to the Chiefs and the Tano South District Assembly for providing the land for the project, and urged the people to offer their support to ensure that the Centre is able to provide the requisite assistance to the private sector to enhance the development of the local economy of the Tano South district and the surrounding communities.
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A different version of government's policy solution to decongest senior high schools, is being implemented in two elite schools in the Central region.
That policy known as the double track system, splits a class into two streams with one starting while the other waits.
So a General Arts class of say 98 students, will be divided to have a first batch of 46 students known as the Green Track and the other known as the Gold Track.
Green Track have begun the academic year while the Gold Track will replace them on November 8, 2018.
The policy has become necessary because government does not have enough infrastructure to accommodate the huge enrollment rates since it implemented its free SHS policy.
The double track is being implemented in at least 400 out of more than 670 public schools.
But authorities at Wesley Girls SHS and University Practice SHS in Cape Coast, have varied the implementation of the new anti-congestion system,
Instead of splitting a class, the authorities have rather split courses.
At University Practice SHS, Students reading Business and General Arts courses have begun the school year while the students of other programs wait.
At Wesley Girls, Science students are in school with Home Economics students.
Joy News Central regional Correspondent, Richard Kwadwo Nyarko explained, the course pairings were done because they share similar subjects.
For example Home Economics students will study Biology as an elective subject just as much as Science students. Hence a Biology teacher can teach Science students as well as Home Economics.
A senior official said their version has the blessing of the Ghana Education Service.
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Even as journalists are brutalized with government sending its communicators to go after dissenting views, President Akufo Addo has said he does not see any culture it Silence in Ghana.
He has however challenged claims of 'culture of silence' in the country under his presidency.
According to the President, traditional and social media have continued to be vibrant with people freely speaking up hence unfair for anyone to tag his government with 'culture of silence'.
Speaking at a ceremony at University of Cape Coast for an honorary Doctorates Prez Akufo Addo said;
"It cannot be that everyone has a right of reply except members of the government and officialdom. Nor can it be that challenging an opinion expressed by a journalist constitutes an attack on press freedom. What I believe may be lacking sorely in our society today is the need to listen to each other more. Knowledge has never been a gift granted exclusively to one group. We must listen, and hear each other more.
"And, for me, personally, I find it ironic that the Presidency of a man who has been and continues to be the most vilified political figure of his generation can be accused of presiding over a "culture of silence. There is no midnight knock on the door in Ghana for authors of dissenting views, nor will there be during my presidency,"
He stressed: "I belong to the Danquah – Dombo – Busia political tradition, one whose forebears, at great personal sacrifice, fought for the democratic, open, free system of government we are enjoying today in Ghana. They propagated the concept of democracy at a time when it was not, in Africa, a fashionable concept. Indeed, the philosophy of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) coincides with that of the Fourth Republican Constitution. It is the dominant political philosophy in the world today, and has stood the test of time"
The ceremony was graced by the Chancellor of the University Sir Sam Jonah who was first to speak about the 'Culture of silence in the county' in a virtual address in April 2021.
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President Akufo-Addo accuses Joy FM of campaigning against Free SHS.
President Akufo-Addo has accused Joy FM of waging a campaign against his government's flagship Free Senior High Schools (SHS) policy.
Speaking at a ceremony at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) on Saturday May 29, where an Honorary Doctorate degree was conferred on him, he said that he was under the impression that Free SHS was approved by everyone including the political parties, until he learnt about discussions on the radio station.
"A radio station is currently running a campaign against Free SHS. During the last election, I got the impression that Free SHS was endorsed by all parties and all that was needed to do was keep improving it. Would a spirited defence of Frees SHS constitute an attack on press freedom? I wonder."
His comment comes after Joy FM's Super Morning Show, in the course of the week, offered headteachers, teachers, parents, students and the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, an opportunity to discuss challenges being faced in the implementation of the government's flagship programme, free SHS.
Among the challenges confronting the free SHS programme that were mentioned are; lack of accommodation facilities resulting in students sleeping on the floor, congestion in classrooms, inconvenience relating to erratic schedules for the double-track system, poor quality of food served to students, little attention to end of semester examinations and minimal contact hours.
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Some of the teachers and parents commended government for the policy while others, whose wards are enrolled in various Senior High Schools under the Free SHS policy, complained about the adverse effects of the policy on their finances.
According to some parents, they preferred paying school fees to having their children continue under the Free SHS programme. This is due to lapses in the rollout of the policy.
One of the listeners, Nana, a mother of two, said she spends about ¢8,000 each on providing her son and daughter, who are on the Green and Gold tracks, respectively, private lessons, to cover up for what they miss in school.
"When they started my boy was in the green track and the girl was in the gold track. I had issues with conscientising the girl to understand and to accept her state since her brother had started school and she hadn't and it was creating issues for them at home.
"I realised my girl was lagging behind and the boy was far ahead of her because she was on the gold track and the green trackers were benefiting more than the gold trackers. So, I went in for teachers to assist with extra classes and I had to pay for that. It cost me 2,000 cedis per course and she had to take up four courses," she said.
Another caller, who identified himself as Kojo, also raised the same concern, stating that, he pays 350 cedis on extra classes for his ward. He added that his son has taken just one terminal exam since he enrolled in school.
"In fact, the free education is causing we parents many problems. Currently, as my son is at home, I pay not less than ¢350 every month for classes, and besides, I have to buy data of not less than ¢60 every week.
However, President Akufo Addo said, "inasmuch as journalists have their opinions, there should be a legitimate expectation of seeking the other side or welcoming a reply to the other side of the stories they run."
Apparently, the President is unaware of the fact that as planned, the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh was offered the opportunity, on Friday, May 28, to explain these challenges and assure Ghanaians of government's commitment to resolving them.
"We will embrace them and we will address them. And then the next set of leadership of the Ghana Education service will continue to embrace and address these issues," he told Hosts Kojo Yankson and Winston Amoah.
The Deputy Director of the GES also urged Ghanaians to embrace the programme as thousands of young people are benefiting from it.
"If we had not implemented double-track, 181,993 children wouldn't have gotten seats in senior high school," he stressed.
Dr Tandoh confirmed challenges relating to delay in release of funds which has crippled administration of the Senior High Schools since the beginning of the year.
"We all know the laws of this country. When there is a transition, whether it is the same government or not, the government cannot budget. Because you have to wait for the eventuality that there is a different government to come and budget for that year," he explained.
Dr. Tandoh further revealed that, "there have been challenges in terms of the approval of funds for running the schools. But as I speak to you now, the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has received all monies for Form 2s and 3s."
He also said issues relating to inadequate infrastructure will be addressed, "the Ministry is working through the Ghana Education Service. We're sending our planning and infrastructure team out there to ascertain where especially furniture, is needed not just classroom furniture, but also dormitory furniture."
Regarding the delay in food supply at the various schools across the country, Dr Tandoh admitted that there are challenges which will be duly resolved.
But President Akufo-Addo indicated, "it cannot be that everyone has a right of reply except members of the government and officialdom nor a challenge in the opinion expressed by a journalist constitute an attack of freedom of the press."
"Let me end by addressing a particular line of the current argument about the rights and freedoms. I believe this has led to a new definition of the culture of silence. It goes along the line that when people in government and government policies are criticized and there's a defence of the people of policies, it is intimidatory and leads to a culture of silence," he stated.
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A member of the Ablekuma North NDC Communication Team, Samuel Addo said parents are suffering due to the Free Senior High School, SHS.
In an interview with Victoria Soglo Mr Addo noted that due to the double track system, parents now have to spend extra money to enroll their wards in vacation classes.
The Free SHS (Free Senior High School) policy is an initiative introduced by the President Nana Akuffo-Addo administration in September 2017. The policy had been a major campaign policy prior to the election of President Akuffo-Addo in 2016.
In 2018, the President and his team of governance introduced another initiative as part of the Free SHS Education Policy which is the Double Track System.
The Double Track System was introduced by the government in order to enable various Senior High Schools in Ghana to take in more students and ensure that all Ghanaian students have access to a Senior High School education. T
The Double Track System is in two sessions, thus The Green Track and The Gold Track. The Green Track represents the first batch of students who would go to school for a semester and are later followed by the Gold Track students who would continue after students of the green track session have vacated on the academic calendar.
Mr Addo indicated " Parent have to pay transportation, lunch in addition to the classes fee. if you calculate these money together you will realise that you are still paying the school fees and even more."
He said Free SHS is good but it lack proper implementation adding that the less privileged in society must be targeted for free SHS and not rich people who can afford to pay for the fees of their wards.
The NDC Communicator express worry about the inability of teachers to assess their students and even to repeat them due to free SHS since the classrooms and dormitories are not enough.
"That Is why NDC flag -bearer John Mahama said when voted into power he will ensure double track system is no more and focus on infrastructure so that students will spend the number of months whether four or five in school.
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Joe Ghartey
Mr Joe Ghartey, the Minister for Railway Development, has called on the Ga Traditional Council to assist in getting encroachers off railway lines to allow for construction work to continue, in order to ease the traffic situation in the country.
He said work on the rehabilitation of the Accra-Nsawam line had begun in Accra but was being hampered by the activities of trespassers on railway lands.
The Minister said this in Accra when he, together with a team comprising the Greater Accra Regional Minister and his deputy, the Mayor of Accra and some members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport, paid a courtesy call on the Ga Traditional Council to seek their support in reclaiming encroached railway lands.
He noted that every developed country had a railway system and this project, when it came into effect, would enhance economic activities, ease traffic congestion and reduce pressure on road infrastructure while reducing road carnages.
Mr Ghartey bemoaned the neglect of the railway system in the post-colonial era, which had left Ghana railway system in a deplorable state, describing the situation as one of the biggest tragedies of the post-colonial era.
This neglect, he said, was what had caused the encroachment, but added that the Ministry was keen to address this challenge in order to develop the sector.
He said the Ministry was also in the process of getting investors for work to begin on the 330-kilometer Eastern railway line, which will connect Accra to Kumasi, with a branch line from Achimota to the Tema Port.
The line will have both a narrow gauge which will carry slower suburban coaches that will stop at towns along the line and a standard gauge line, which will carry fast trains with minimal stops.
Mr Ghartey told the Chiefs that the project was for the benefit of all Ghanaians and solicited their assistance as leaders of the people to advise them to evacuate from the rail lines and lands around the lines so that work could proceed smoothly.
He said many people, especially traders, had taken over the lines and areas around it and were selling on the line, hampering construction and putting their own lives at risk.
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Thirty-two railway engineers from South Africa are expected in Accra next week to work together with their counterparts at the Ghana Railways Development Authority (GRDA) on the 40-kilometre Accra-Nsawam railway line.
The Minister of Railways Development, Mr Joe Ghartey, who made this known last Wednesday, said work was expected to be completed by the end of this year.
He was speaking at the palace of the Queenmother of Nsawam, Nana Awoyaa Amankwah I, after inspecting the state of the railway lines at Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal Assembly, Chinto and Nsawam, both in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality.
He was accompanied by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Mr Frank Annoh-Dompreh, the Municipal Chief Executive of Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Mr Kofi Buabeng, and engineers from the GRDA.
Mr Ghartey said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would commission the project at the end of the year to mark the beginning of the revamping of the railway network in the country.
He stated that 720 people would be engaged to work on the railway line, indicating that most of the people would be from Nsawam and surrounding areas.
He added that squatters within the demarcated area for the rail lines would be evicted to pave the way for the construction work.
Ease of traffic
According to Mr Ghartey, the government would procure speed trains which could run at 150 kilometres per hour, noting that one speed train could carry about 880 passengers at a go.
He said the operations of the trains would facilitate easy movement, as well as ease the traffic congestion on the Accra-Nsawam road.
Mr Ghartey expressed optimism that commercial activities would pick up in the railway area and that would improve the living standards of the people of Nsawam and its surrounding areas.
Collaborative effort
Mr Annoh-Dompreh, for his part, said the government would give a human face to the eviction exercise and urged the people not to politicise the issue.
"We will find a way of resolving the issue of encroachers amicably. It is not about politics. It is about the welfare of the people,'' he stressed.
Mr Annoh-Dompreh explained that the aim was to open the transportation system in Nsawam and reignite commercial activities in the area to provide jobs to the people.
He, therefore, urged the residents to collaborate with the GRDA to ensure the smooth execution of the project.
Nana Awoyaa Amankwah I lauded the government for its plan to revamp the Accra-Nsawam railway line and indicated that it would bring back the past glory of the area.
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President of Ghana, Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his Government's commitment to building a first class railway network in Ghana in order to revamp the sector which has deteriorate over the years since colonial rule ended in Ghana.
Addressing workers of the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) at the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) workshop shed in Tema as part of the last day of his three day tour of the Greater Accra Region, President Akufo-Addo said a lot has gone wrong in our country after we got independence, but one of the worse is to have allowed the nation's railway infrastructure to deteriorate.
"The British left us a functioning railway system, we didn't look after it, and we allowed it to deteriorate. For this part of the twenty fist (21st) century, a major responsibility is on you, on me, my successors, to rebuild the railway infrastructure in our country" President Akufo-Addo stated.
"It is obvious that rail transport is environmentally friendly, it is efficient, it is less costly and it is generally a more intelligent way of moving people and goods than any other form of transport. Other people have got first class railway systems in the world, Ghana we are going to have a first class railway system in our country" President Akufo-Addo added.
On Refurbished Coaches, President Akufo-Addo commended the staff of GRCL for their efforts at refurbishing the country's old coaches instead of the previous policy of selling them off as scrap.
" I am very impressed to hear that the old policy of selling coaches as scrap has been itself scrapped and that this new policy of repairing our coach stock has already produced such positive results" President Akufo-Addo said.
The Minister for Railways Development, Joe Ghartey, in his remarks noted that by 2023, Ghana must have a viable railway sector that will meet the transportation needs of the citizenry. He further indicated that over ten (10) coaches which were to be scrapped were rehabilitated in the workshop where the gathering was being held by the hard working GRCL workers.
"In 2016, over hundred coaches were sold as scrap. In 2017 we decided that we would review the policy of selling coaches as scrap and we will see whether it is possible to refurbish some of the coaches. A brand new coach Mr. President cost about five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), the cost of refurbishing is about fifty thousand dollars ($50, 000.00). Out of the twenty seven (27) coaches that were left after over hundred were sold as scrap, we have repaired ten (10)" the Railway Minister said.
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Chief Executive Officer of Engineers & Planners Ltd, Ibrahim Mahama
Chief Executive Officer of Engineers & Planners Ltd, Ibrahim Mahama has donated food items to visually impaired workers who have gone on retirement.
The items included 100 bags of rice, 720 bottles of cooking oil, 720 cans of mackerel and 720 cans of tomato paste.
This is to supports the visually impaired who have been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic because of their inability to move around within the regime of social distance and other restrictions imposed by the government.
The donation was done on behalf of Mr. Mahama by his aide Rafik Mahama.
Immediate past president of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFDO), Yaw Ofori Debrah while receiving the items thanked the business magnate for his continuous support to the visually impaired society.
He recounted how Mr. Mahama came to their aid in 2019 when he donated GH¢22,000 to support the welfare of the visually impaired pensioners. He said the pandemic has affected the movement of their members and the donation by Mr. Ibrahim Mahama will help greatly in alleviating the plight of it members.
Ibrahim Mahama also made a second donation to St. James Catholic Church-Osu. He donated 50 bags of rice, 360 cans of Mackerel, 360 cans of tomato paste and 360 bottles of cooking oil. This is to help the community through the church.
The food items will be distributed to the individuals' homes by the church. This is done to avoid people crowding at one place in order to receive food items.
The business magnate has made series of donations since the pandemic started in March. He has donated food items to various communities and groups across the country. This is to cushion the vulnerable in society at this time of crisis. |
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December 19, 2015 July 30, 2016 AbbyBallentine 0 Comments Ghana, John mahama Government, Nana Akufo Addo, New Patriotic Party, Sunyani
Nana Akufo-Addo has described the Mahama administration as a "disaster."
Addressing the New Patriotic Party's Extraordinary National Delegates' Conference in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region on Saturday December 19, 2015, the three-time flagbearer of Ghana's biggest opposition party said it was important for the Danquah-Busia-Dombo family to marshal forces to fight the incompetent and corrupt Mahama administration, rather than fight within its ranks.
According to Mr Akufo-Addo, President John Mahama is "relying on lies, outright fabrication, negative propaganda, and ethnicity" to win the 2016 elections in a bid to "continue to create, loot, and share" the resources of the state.
He said it is the party's duty to work tirelessly next year to lay bare before the Ghanaian people the level of corruption in the Mahama administration so as to vote his government out, "no matter the juicy inducements" they may be given.
In his estimation, Ghana has been left in a "sad state" and going "backwards" after 7 years of the Mahama administration at the helm of affairs.
He said Ghanaians should give the NPP a comeback chance in next year's elections since the party has the energy and talent to turn the fortunes of the country around. "Ghana has become a by-word for corruption," under President Mahama, adding: "Ghana deserves much better. Ghanaians are anxious for change."
He said the NPP is in a "solid shape," to do that. Mr Akufo-Addo said his travels around the country encouraged him to push on for victory in next year's elections since most citizens he interacted with were singing the same tune: "Ghanaians are looking up to the NPP to win the next elections decisively to generate prosperity for the broad masses of the people."
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Thomas De Luca Made Honorary Professor by Chinese University
By Fordham News on July 6, 2010 Education and Social Services, Inside Fordham, University News
Sun Yat-sen University, one of China's premier schools, awarded Dr. Thomas De Luca the position of honorary professor of government, 2010-2012. The honor was bestowed upon De Luca during the annual short-term study abroad course De Luca leads for Fordham students each year, "China and the U.S. in the Era of Globalization." The award was presented by Chengda Mei, director of the School of Government's executive board.
At the May 25 award ceremony, Mei said of De Luca: "Given his academic achievements and enormous contributions to the School of Government, we are very pleased to appoint him as an honorary professor of government."
This is the second time De Luca has been so honored by a major Chinese university. In 2008, he was appointed honorary professor of political science, 2008-2010, by China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing, one of China's most renowned law schools and academic centers for the study of political science.
De Luca has been actively engaged with Chinese universities since he first served as a senior Fulbright Lecturer at CUPL from 1999 to 2000. Since then, he has lectured and researched, and organized a conference on democracy, in China. With Fulbright and Fordham support, he also directs an academic exchange program through which Fordham professors have lectured in Beijing, and CUPL professors have reciprocated in New York.
In 2007, in collaboration with professors Thierry Meynard and Hector Lindo-Fuentes, then associate dean of Fordham's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, De Luca initiated the current study abroad course. In that course, students travel to Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, study in classes with Chinese students as Sun Yat-sen University, visit historic sites, travel to rural villages, tour factories, and meet with journalists and U.S. consular officials, among other activities.
"I look forward to leading Fordham students to China for the fifth time next year, and to continuing to collaborate with the two Chinese universities that have honored me," said De Luca.
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October 9, 2020Awards and Recognitions, Female Lawyers, Judith Livingston, New York Attorneys, New York Lawyers, New York Personal Injury Lawyers
Judith Livingston Featured in "New York's Women Leaders in the Law"KDLM2020-10-09T15:53:08-05:00
Judith Livingston continues to break new ground as a New York personal injury lawyer. Reserved, methodical, and precise, she has been called a "legal legend" by Law Dragon. She has been named to every major list of top attorneys for more than two decades; and she was the youngest attorney and the first woman inducted into the Inner Circle of Advocates, a prestigious organization that honors the top 100 plaintiffs' trial lawyers in America. She was featured in New York magazine's "New York's Women Leaders in the Law" as one of America's most successful woman litigators.
"The most important advice I can give anyone is to find purpose in the law; purpose that is bigger than yourself. When you put others' needs ahead of your own, it is also a truly satisfying profession, and one you can be proud of."
– Judith A. Livingston
For Judy, the areas of law where she has found the most purpose are those that have allowed her to serve as a voice for people in need—namely, medical malpractice and personal injury law. Clients and peers have praised her determined advocacy and significant recoveries. Judy has won 35 trials with verdicts in excess of $1 million (more than any other female litigator in the country) and has also negotiated almost a half-billion dollars in settlements for her clients. She has helped her firm, Kramer, Dillof, Livingston & Moore become one of the top plaintiffs' firms in New York.
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August 30, 2021Awards and Recognitions, Judith Livingston, New York Attorneys, New York Personal Injury Attorneys, New York Personal Injury Lawyers
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KDLM senior partners, Thomas A. Moore and Judith Livingston are both members of the elite trial attorney's group, The Inner Circle of Advocates.
Judy is the Vice President of the Inner Circle of Advocates and was the first woman ever to be named to the Inner Circle.
The Inner Circle of Advocates is an invitation-only group limited to 100 of the best plaintiff lawyers in the United States. Members of the Inner Circle are close-knit professional colleagues that often function as a collective law firm sharing experience, knowledge, and skill, despite being spread across the country. An Inner Circle Member must have at least three verdicts of one million dollars or a recent verdict in excess of ten million dollars.
Judith Livingston and Thomas A. Moore are among the most successful and respected trial attorneys in the country. They have won more than 120 verdicts over $1 million, and negotiated settlements on behalf of their clients in excess of $1 billion.
Both Livingston and Moore are listed in the highly respected Best Lawyers® publication The Best Lawyers in America© and have been included year after year as part of the top 500 lawyers in the country by Law Dragon.
Moore was named the National Law Journal's "Lawyer of the Year" not just once, but twice. And he has been named to the "Top Ten" list of attorneys in New York multiple times in the last dozen years. Livingston has been called "A Legal Legend" by Law Dragon and named one of "The 50 most influential women lawyers in America" by New York Magazine.
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Nana Lordina Dramani Mahama
First Lady of Ghana to Speak at Fordham's 170th Commencement; Nine Others to Receive Honorary Degrees
By Bob Howe on May 15, 2015 Campus Life, Campus Locations, Colleges and Schools, Commencement, Editor's Picks, Fordham College at Lincoln Center, Fordham College at Rose Hill, Gabelli School of Business, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, Graduate School of Social Service, Lincoln Center, Rose Hill, School of Law, School of Professional and Continuing Studies, University News, Westchester
Nana Lordina Dramani Mahama, First Lady of the Republic of Ghana and an internationally respected advocate for empowering women and helping the poor and marginalized, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2015 at Fordham University's 170th Commencement, to be held Saturday, May 16, at the Rose Hill campus.
Nana Lordina—wife of H. E. John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana—is national president of the Lordina Foundation, a nongovernmental organization that works with partner companies and agencies to make health care more accessible in Ghana and to expand educational opportunities. In addition to working on behalf of the disadvantaged, she strives to advance the cause of educating women and girls as a way to improve communities worldwide.
"In conferring an honorary degree upon Mrs. Mahama, it is we who are honored," said Joseph M. McShane, SJ, president of Fordham. "Her work with women and children in Ghana and across Africa reminds us of persistence of kindness and the will to make a difference in the world."
Nana Lordina's work embraces many pressing public health and educational issues. The Lordina Foundation has provided medical supplies—including, in one instance, an ambulance—to hospitals and health facilities in Ghana, worked to prevent breast and cervical cancer and HIV infection in Africa, and helped provide shelter and vocational training in northern Ghana for women accused of witchcraft who were shunned by their communities.
The Foundation also provides food, clothing, and cash for seven orphanages across Ghana, and offered scholarships to 21 Ghanaian students to study in China, with support from the Chinese government.
Among her many advocacy efforts, Lordina helped secure the Ghanaian government's approval of a World Bank program to provide secondary school scholarships to 10,400 Ghanaian children—half of them girls—who come from deprived communities.
"Today, women are accelerating economic growth and improving conditions in their communities across the world," she said last year in an address at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. "Perhaps if there were more women in decision-making roles around the world, we would create fairer and better societies. Women's education brings positive changes not just for women but for communities and future generations too."
She applauded her husband's appointment of many more women to be cabinet ministers or to hold other public posts.
Mrs. Mahama was born and educated in Ghana, earning a bachelor's degree in hospitality management and a master's in governance and leadership from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. She became First Lady of Ghana in July 2012, when her husband—then vice president—ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills.
She is a first vice president of the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) for West Africa, and is premier ambassador of the UNAIDS Global Plan on the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission.
Last year, she was honored with a Global Inspiration Leadership Award and inducted into the Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame at the second Africa-Middle East-Asia Women Summit in Dubai, organized by the Centre for Economic and Leadership Development and the CEO Clubs Network worldwide. Among her other honors, she was awarded the key to the city by the City of Newark, N.J., and given awards for her anti-cervical cancer advocacy in Namibia and Mozambique.
Nana Lordina Dramani Mahama will be awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the commencement ceremony.
More Honorary Degrees
Fordham will also present honorary degrees to nine other accomplished individuals:
Douglas Brooks
Douglas M. Brooks is director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. A licensed clinical social worker, he has held many high-level policy positions related to the AIDS epidemic including board chairman of AIDS United in Washington, D.C., and member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. He has advised governments and nongovernmental organizations on addressing AIDS and directly managed many federally funded programs aimed at treating and preventing the disease.
Matthew Goldstein
Matthew Goldstein oversaw the transformation of the City University ofNewYork as its chancellor from 1999 to 2013. Once dubbed an "institution adrift" by a mayoral task force, the university added schools and colleges, built up its faculty, increased graduation rates, achieved record enrollments, and raised its academic profile. He is a nationally recognized education expert who has served on the U.S. Teaching Commission and the New York State Commission on Higher Education, in addition to leading national summits on public higher education.
William Loschert
William Loschert, GABELLI '61 is a retired chairman of ACE Global Markets who served for six years on the Fordham University Board of Trustees. He is a generous Fordham supporter who has funded scholarships, an endowed chair in entrepreneurship, a lecture series at the Fordham University London Centre, and other enhancements while also giving generously of his time to advance the University's mission. A residence hall on the Rose Hill campus is named in his honor.
Thomas Moore and Judith Livingston
Thomas A. Moore, LAW '72, is a widely respected trial lawyer who has twice been named Lawyer of the Year by The National Law Journal, and who was the most frequently mentioned attorney in New York Law Journal's Verdicts and Settlements Hall of Fame for medical malpractice cases from New York, published last year. He and his wife, Judith Livingston, funded the Brendan Moore Chair in Advocacy and the Moore Advocacy Center at Fordham Law School, named for Moore's late brother.
Judith Livingston, also a distinguished attorney, was deemed "a legal legend" by Lawdragon and is the youngest person and first woman to be admitted to the Inner Circle of Advocates, an elite group of the country's top 100 trial lawyers. She has been recognized twice by Best Lawyers as the New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer of the Year; in other pursuits, she has been active with Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert. She and her husband, Thomas A. Moore, received the Fordham Founders Award for 2014.
Admiral Michael Mullen
Admiral Michael Mullen retired as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2011. He led the military through the end of combat in Iraq and a new strategy in Afghanistan, and also promoted the new technologies, international partnerships, and new antiterrorism methods that led to the elimination of Osama bin Laden in 2011. He advocated for shorter combat tours, more attention to veterans' posttraumatic stress, and more public support for service members, and played a key role in dismantling "don't ask, don't tell" so gay service members could serve openly.
Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino
His Eminence, Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of Havana played an important part in sustaining the Catholic Church in Cuba under communist rule. Under his leadership, the church in Cuba has become an effective mediator between the government and dissidents, and in 2010 Cardinal Ortega worked with the government of Raul Castro to secure the release of 126 political prisoners. He also had a key role in Pope Francis' successful efforts to bring about dialogue between the governments of Cuba and the United States.
Mary Anne Sullivan
Mary Anne Sullivan, TMC '73, is one of the top energy lawyers in the country and a partner at the global firm of Hogan Lovells. She served as general counsel for the U.S. Department of Energy in the Clinton administration, and before that as the department's deputy general counsel for environment and nuclear programs. She provided critical legal support for the world's first deep geologic disposal facility for radioactive waste and negotiated the first agreements with electric utilities on voluntarily reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Dennis Walcott
Dennis Walcott, GSS '80, served as chancellor of New York City's public schools from 2011 to 2013, ushering them through major changes. Under his leadership, the city's education department replaced large low-performing high schools with smaller schools, resulting in higher graduation rates and more college enrollments, particularly for disadvantaged students of color. In addition, he launched a major effort to improve the quantity and quality of the city's middle schools and led a $13 million expansion of after-school programs.
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GHANA: 'The railways are coming in a big way into Ghana, and we shall open up our country for the development that we all desire', President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said in his state of the nation address last month.
He was 'glad to be able to report' that services from the capital Accra east to nearby Tema had restarted following rehabilitation of the 1 067 mm gauge line, although reopening of the line north from Accra to Nsawam had been delayed because sand extraction had undermined the track near Pokuase. 'If we want the railways to work, we would all have to take an interest in and stop the activities of encroachers on the railway lands', he said. Rehabilitation of the next stage from Nsawam to Koforidua is underway, the President reported.
In January the CEO of the Ghana Railway Development Authority Richard Diedong Dombo announced that six companies from the USA, France, Germany, China and Ghana had been shortlisted out of the 45 which had expressed interest in a US$1bn project to rebuild the 330 km Eastern line connecting Accra and Kumasi from 1 067 mm to 1 435 mm gauge, including the 24 km Achimota - Tema branch. The primary aim is to support the exploitation of bauxite deposits near Kyebi.
In the west, work is underway to rehabilitate the Kojokrom to Tarkwa line, and construction of a 1 435 mm gauge line from Kojokrom to Manso is ongoing.
The government has committed US$500m for the Western line, and a similar sum for the first phase of the 595 km Kumasi – Paga central spine route. Plans for a line from Tema to Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso were 'progressing steadily', the President said, with 12 shortlisted companies invited to proceed to the next stage of the procurement process. Land acquisition is to commence, and a strategic investor is to be selected.
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NDC doesn't 'involve' its intellectuals – Whyte
Former Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Dr Michael Kpessah Whyte, has said certain elements within the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are fearful of the party's intelligentsia, thus fail to involve them in decision making.
"There is a certain fear and fright from some people within the party, of intellectuals [in the NDC] and I think that is terrible," he complained.
Following concerns that the NDC is a party for the masses and one without intellectuals, the political scientist told Moro Awudu on Class91.3FM's Executive Breakfast Show on Tuesday, August 29 that: "It is less the case that the NDC doesn't have intellectuals and more the case of maybe the NDC doesn't involve the intellectuals in decisions that go on and [that has] become more or less the position of the party."
For him, it was time the party moved away from the ideology of placing emphasis on the masses and integrating more intellectual input in its activities in order to set the NDC on a path towards reclaiming power in 2020.
"The NDC is a mass party but I think within the NDC, some people have taken the idea of the party of the masses too far to mean that you don't need the intellectuals necessarily to lead and I think that it is probably one of our undoing as a party," he lamented.
According to him, he could count not less than 20 people who are lawyers or academics who contested in the last primaries, yet their efforts were stifled and were not given the chance to be voted into key positions. |
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John Boadu hints of NPP school, commends NDC
The Acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has endorsed the ideological school set up by the National Democratic Congress (NDC), adding that the NPP will soon launch its own ideological institute.
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday launched its ideological school known as the Ghana Institute of Social Democracy.
The school according to the party will inculcate its principles, ideologies, and values in members.
Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, John Boadu explained that the setting up of more of such schools should be encouraged for parties to bring up leaders equipped with the needed political knowledge to govern.
He added that the move is a brilliant idea as it will go a long way to create employment for others.
" I will commend the NDC for this initiative, it will go a long way to aid the party in its decision making process. NPP has something like that but it has not been institutionalized, plans are however being put in place to make it an institution just like the NDC has done", he reiterated. |
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NDC to punish Minority MPs who back 450-seat chamber
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned its Members of Parliament (MP) against supporting the proposed 450-seat chamber.
The General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, said the party is against the proposed construction of a new chamber for legislators because they "do not think Ghana needs a new parliamentary chamber at all".
Mr Nketiah, who addressed the press at the party's headquarters in Accra on Thursday, 4 July 2019 said the party has communicated its position to the Minority MPs and warned: "If you go to support it there will be consequences".
In a press release prior to the media encounter, the party said it would be "unconscionable in the face of these challenges for President Akufo-Addo to spend $200 million on a Parliamentary Chamber at a time when one already exists and is serving the needs of Parliament. Parliament only recently had the Job 600 project undertaken to provide decent offices for MPs. We are unable therefore to appreciate the basis upon which a new chamber should be built".
The party emphasised that: "National resources must be channelled into projects and expenditure that have a direct bearing on the lives of the people not grandiose and prestige projects of doubtful relevance".
The NDC wants President Akufo-Addo to "learn from the example of the NDC that invested heavily in education, health, housing, communications, water, roads transportation and other sectors which brought relief to the people of Ghana. He must not subject the public purse which he promised to protect".
Social media – Facebook and Twitter – have been awash with harsh criticism against the Ghanaian parliament and its leadership in connection with the new proposed chamber.
The decision to build a new chamber has been met with intense opposition from Ghanaians as well as civil society groups.
Some lawmakers, especially from the Minority side, like the MP for North Tongu, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa; Ras Mubarak, MP for Kumbungu; and Tamale North MP Alhassan Suhuyini, have described the move as needless.
Also, some lawmakers from the Majority side, including Samuel Ayeh-Paye, Ayensuano; and Mr Patrick Boamah, Okaikwei Central, have also said a new chamber is not necessary for now.
However, the Majority Leader of Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who has been vocal in justifying the need for a new chamber, told Accra-based Citi TV on Wednesday that: "Parliament, since independence, is that one arm of government that has not had a purpose-fit facility built for it, so, this is not a decision we are making today".
He argued: "The reason the Board is considering this is because of the myriad challenges confronting the current chamber".
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Stop 450-seater new parliamentary chamber project – John Boadu tells leadership
John Boadu, General Secretary, NPP
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the leadership of Parliament to cancel its new 450-seater parliamentary chamber project.
According to him, the NPP is surprised a decision that has been taken in parliament by the leadership has received opposition by the same members of the house.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, General Secretary of the party, John Boadu explained that though a cabinet approval has not been given to the project, they should stop the project immediately since majority of Ghanaians are not in support of it.
"You see members of the National Democratic Congress are just a bunch of hypocrites who do not want the country to develop."
"How can you agree in principle about a project and later come out to disagree on the same project?" he asked.
"I believe strongly that if this project is stopped, it will bring some respite to Ghanaians," he added.
In a related development, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress says the party is against the construction of the project.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, the NDC scribe explained the amount for the project is outrageous.
Johnson Asiedu Nketia believes the money for the project can be used to provide basic amenities to the people of Ghana.
Read Below A Copy Of Their Statement
STATEMENT BY NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ON PROPOSED $ 200 MILLION PARLIAMENTARY CHAMBER
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has learnt of plans by the Akufo-Addo government and the Parliamentary Service Board to construct a $ 200 million,450-seater Parliamentary Chamber with auxiliary facilities.
The NDC wishes to state unequivocally, that it is opposed to this profligate spending at a time of great distress for the Ghanaian people. Despite incremental gains in the development of the country, many of our people live in harrowing conditions and are deprived of the basic necessities of life.
In the 21st Century, over 20% of Ghanaians live without potable water and are compelled to share very dirty and infested water with animals. About 16% of our people are without access to electricity and sleep in darkness.
There remain many roads that require urgent attention because of their deplorable state. School children still study under trees or are compelled to study in dilapidated structures.
Close to three million Ghanaians live below the poverty line and cannot afford three square meals a day.
It would be unconscionable in the face of these challenges for President Akufo-Addo to spend $ 200 million on a Parliamentary Chamber at a time when one already exists and is serving the needs of Parliament. Parliament only recently had the Job 600 project undertaken to provide decent offices for MPs. We are unable therefore to appreciate the basis upon which a new chamber should be built.
We demand an immediate cessation of plans to undertake this project. National resources must be channelled into projects and expenditure that have a direct bearing on the lives of the people not grandiose and prestige projects of doubtful relevance.
We commend all Ghanaians who have risen up and condemned the recklessness of the Akufo-Addo government in this matter and expressed, with a collective voice, their opposition to this needless and wasteful expenditure.
President Akufo-Addo must learn from the example of the NDC that invested heavily in education, health, housing, communications, water, roads transportation and other sectors which brought relief to the people of Ghana. He must not subject the public purse which he promised to protect.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah
General Secretary, NDC
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Chief Imam a true statesman – Bawumia
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has described the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, as a true statesman and a man of peace whose fatherly and unifying character has been of immense benefit to the country.
Dr Bawumia said this in a Facebook post to celebrate the 98th birthday of the Chief Imam on Sunday 23 April.
"On the joyous occasion of your 98th birthday, my father, Your Eminence Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam of the Republic, may the Almighty Allah continue to bless you and grant you good health so the nation will continue to benefit from your immense wisdom and advice," Dr Bawumia wrote.
"Your Eminence, you are a true statesman and a man of peace whose fatherly and unifying character has been of immense benefit not only to individuals, households and communities, but the entire nation."
Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu is an Islamic cleric and a member of the National Peace Council who has received several awards for the role he plays in ensuring peaceful co-existence between Muslims, Christians, and other religious bodies as well as political groups in the country.
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April 20, 2019 Business
Accra- The National Chief Imam of Ghana, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu will turn 100 on Tuesday, 23rd April 2019.
The entire Ghanaian Muslim Community including some leaders of non-Muslim Faith are all gearing up for the all-year-long celebration of a National ICON of peace, unity and development, a statement signed by Alhaji Khuzaima Osman, Personal Assistant the National Chief Imam and copied to the GNA said on Saturday.
The statement said many people were fathered, taught and nurtured by this noble, humble and great man of Allah for a number of decades.
Prominent among them is Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar (Alhaji Ali Ghana) Dan-Majen Agege and the CEO of Global Overseas Ventures Ltd who is sponsoring the maiden Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu Annual Quranic Competition on Monday 22nd April, 2019 at 9am at the residence of His Eminence.
The Quranic Competition serves as the launching of a series of activities to honour His Eminence who is widely known – nationally and internationally – as the Spiritual Father of Ghana.
It said some of the activities lined up for the centenary anniversary were
Special Prayers, blood donation at the residence of the Chief Imam in collaboration with the 37-military hospital on 20th � 21st April, 2019, and National Chief Imam's Health Walk to be announced soon.
Others are Quranic recitals and special prayers organizes by Zaeem Sheikh Abdul Wadudu Haruna and the Ashanti Regional Chief Imam at the Kumasi Central Mosque 21st April 2019, launching of Lecture Series by the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on 23rd April at the Movinpeak Hotel.
Special prayers for long life, good health and prosperity was said for His Eminence at the residence on Friday 19th April, the statement said. |
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Ghana's Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has surprisingly disclosed that Ghanaians will be taxed for the COVID-19 free provision of water and electricity introduced by the government of Ghana in 2020.
President Akufo-Addo in April 2020, announced a free utility package for the vulnerable in the country to lessen the virus' negative impact following a lockdown in Accra and Kumasi .
Again, the President in his 21st address to the nation said, "With the continuing difficulties occasioned by the pandemic, I want to state that government intends to continue to support the most vulnerable in our society.
"Government will, thus, continue to pay the electricity bills for our nation's one million active lifeline customers for the next three months, i.e. January, February and March."
However, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has unraveled in an Interview that Government will be implementing a 1% Free Water Tax soon.
According to him, the decision last year was because the pandemic was a looming crisis and the government had to improvise for the country's well-being.
"When we say free electricity it doesn't mean that the IPP producer is also going to say because the President has said free electricity I won't charge for it."
Speaking to Evans Mensah, Mr Nkrumah said Ghana has spent about ¢19 billion on Covid-19 related issues and that includes the relief package on the utilities.
"But that 19 billion cedis has to be paid for at some point, the liabilities we have incurred has to be paid for," he indicated Monday night.
"So I am going back to Ofoasi to explain to my people why we need to ensure that we all pay that 1% extra so that we can continue to provide those services for the people of Ghana to protect lives and livelihoods," he said.
He noted that there is a need to, "get our people collectively across the device to understand that at some point, we have to get out of this economic one-step-forward half-a step-back, sometimes one step forward, two steps backwards conundrum in which we find ourselves.
"To do that, we cannot consistently borrow our way out of our problems, domestic resource mobilisation has to be tweaked and it has to be done in a way that you can raise resources without overburdening the people."
The Information Minister told JoyNews that "everything we consume in this country is paid for."
According to him, the government's decision to provide the free utilities was a strategic choice made on behalf of Ghanaians.
He stated: "If we are at war and the government has to make a decision that we have to procure ABCDEFG to go war and win that war and does not necessarily task the population for it today and mobilises for us to achieve it, it is well in order for the government when we have won the war or on a clear path to winning the war."
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Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says emotions and fear should not lead the debate as to whether the government should announce a lockdown or not.
There have been calls from several bodies including the Ghana Medical Association to announce a lockdown of the entire country.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah speaking on the Joy Super Morning show today said the decision concerning a lockdown should not be taken out of emotions and panic but rather from the situation the country finds itself in.
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"The decision to lock down or not do not have to be taken out of emotion or panic but from country-specific situation. The thousands of the poor who do not have options to store food are the most vulnerable and the President is concerned about that."
Ghana has now recorded 132 cases of the deadly Covid-19 with 3 deaths and one recovery.
President Akufo-Addo commented on the lockdown debate when he met members of the TUC at the Jubilee House.
He said, a responsible government is required to look at the implications of the decision to lockdown a country in such a time, before it takes a firm decision.
"it is important for us to take into account the circumstances and conditions. When we lockdown Accra, what are the consequences?" he quizzed.
President Akufo-Addo indicated that currently, his administration is looking at all the possible options available before he communicates it to Ghanaians.
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"I am hoping that much sooner than later, we will come to an agreement on what those measures are and the Ghanaian people will be informed," he stressed.
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- Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo has been spotted in a face mask for the first time
- The picture was taken when the president arrived for the Mayday celebrations on this May 1, 2020
- Previously, Nana Addo used to protect himself from COVID-19 by abiding by other measures
Ghana's president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo arrived at the Mayday celebrations on this May 1, 2020, and was spotted in a nose mask for the very first time.
The minister of information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah shared the unseen photo of the president in a mask on his official Twitter handle in a post sighted by YEN.com.gh
Oppong Nkrumah mentioned that the mask the president put on was proudly made in Ghana as he continued to indicate that the entire Mayday event can be viewed on the Twitter handle "@thegbcghana".
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Previously, the president attended various meetings and mini gatherings without a nose mask although there was the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana.
Following the observation, Dr Patrina Techi-Ankrah, Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's personal physician narrated how the president was strictly protected against COVID-19.
The medical doctor made the statements known at the press briefing that was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Information on April 1, 2020.
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She indicated that although the president is not seen in masks or gloves during his meetings, all measures including regular hand-washing, social distancing and use of hand sanitizers, are put in place to ensure that Nana Addo is absolutely safe.
This makes it interesting that Nana decided to storm the Mayday venue with a face mask this time but it also appears that he's leading the fight against COVID-19 by example.
Meanwhile, Ghana has recorded 403 more cases of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, sending the total number of confirmed cases to 2,074 from the previous 1,671 recorded. A
According to the official website of the Ghana Health Service, the total number of recoveries, as well as deaths, have also changed to 212 and 17 respectively.
88% of all the cases reported have not had any travel history as only 12% have been traced to some evidence of travel.
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The Government has warned that there is a considerable possibility for the reintroduction of tougher restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 if the country's active cases continue to rise.
Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah at the weekly Coronavirus update on Monday disclosed that government will also not hesitate to ensure stricter enforcement of Legislative Instrument and imposition of other movement restrictions.
A lot of concerns have been raised about the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Ghana and the blatant disregard of the safety protocols by a section of the public.
This worrying situation has compelled some stakeholders to mount pressure on the government to consider for instance another ban on social gatherings and even a lockdown.
But addressing the media, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah advised the citizenry to strictly adhere to the COVID-19 guidelines to avert the likelihood of government to bring back some sanctions.
"There is a possibility of a lockdown and other restrictions. If this trend continues, then yes that is where we are heading. I have to be very clear on that one that more restrictions could be introduced if this trend continues. We are being reminded that we all need to be doing the things we were doing, in the beginning, to ensure that this third rise is quickly dealt with because the dynamics of this third rise appear to be different from the first one. So especially if these numbers go up this way then just like the President himself articulated, then we are heading for more restrictions even if it means reviewing some Legal Instruments, yes that is where we will be heading", he said.
Meanwhile, data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) show that there has been a surge in the number of positive cases together with increasing positivity since the early part of 2021 including high numbers at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
There has also been a sudden increase in the active cases from about 800 to over 3,000 over the past three weeks with the cases from Greater Accra Region are mainly located in Ayawaso West, Korle Klottey and Accra districts.
Response measures
Director-General of the GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye at the same press briefing disclosed that the government as part of measures to bring the situation under control is among other things retraining of Contact Tracing Teams, providing logistics such as barcodes, sample bottles and the supply of vehicles and contractual arrangement with Commercial Transport system.
He added that to ensure data management, the Service has assigned designated surveillance officers to the Laboratory to support data entry and linkage to care as well as engaging targeted groups such as GPRTU, market queens etc on the need to adhere to safety protocols especially face mask-wearing as part of risk communication.
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Chairman of the Tobinco Group of Companies, Nana Amo Tobbin I, prefers a total lockdown of the country to contain the spread of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic in the country.
He commended the government for coming out with some practical measures to tackle the pandemic but quickly added that a total lockdown of the country would have further made a huge impact.
The business mogul was speaking on Atinka TV's new programme, "COVID-19-The Impact". The programme, which airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 5 pm and 6 pm, focuses on the impact the pandemic is having on various sectors of the economy and how businesses are managing the situation
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Friday announced a partial lockdown of Greater Accra, Kasoa, Tema and Greater Kumasi as part of measures to contain the spread of the pandemic. The measures took effect on Monday at 1 am.
However, Nana Amo Tobbin, who is also the President of the Pharmaceutical Division of the Association of Ghana Industries argued that the partial lockdown is not completely achieving its intended purpose.
He said the interval between the time of the declaration (Friday, March 27,2020) and the start of the lockdown (Monday,March 30, 2020) allowed people to travel to areas that do not have reported cases.
He said the movement may have allowed persons who unknowingly have the virus to spread it as they travel across the country.
According to him, Wuhan in China, India and other countries which adopted the total lockdown policy are tackling the pandemic effectively.
Nana Amo Tobbin, who also runs the biggest pharmaceutical company in West Africa, Entrance Pharmaceutical, was, however, optimistic that, Ghana will soon go for the total lockdown to tackle the pandemic.
Touching on homelessness amidst the lockdown, Nana Amo Tobbin, said government should have considered housing Kayayee's and other homeless before announcing the lockdown.
His comments follow reports that two cargo trucks transporting kayayeis (head porters) to Walewale in the Northern Region were busted in Ejisu in the Ashanti Region.
The kayayees were fleeing Accra after the government announced a two-week lockdown to contain and stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Ghana.
Nana Amo Tobbin explained that the government could have considered housing these homeless people in the dormitories of the various Senior High Schools within the period of the lockdown since the students are currently home while the dormitories are empty.
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COVID-19: 5 key things you must know about Ghana's fight against the pandemic
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Ghana's COVID-19 case count now stands at 5,530 according to data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
At a press conference in Accra on Thursday, May 14, 2020, the Information Ministry noted that the country has also seen an increase in number of recoveries from 514 to 674 and a death toll of 24.
Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and other government appointees also outlined some of the things government is doing to curb the spread of the COVID-19 in Ghana so far.
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YEN.com.gh presents a summary of government's update on COVID-19 in Ghana on May 13, 2020.
1. Government is considering plans to arrest recalcitrant persons who refuse to adhere to basic guidelines such as wearing face masks in public spaces.
"The idea of 'I don't have money to buy' should not be an excuse for anybody. We see people in the middle of the street begging for money. So that money you are begging for, use some to buy the mask.
Some cannot be worn on several occasions. We call them disposables. When you wear it and take it off, you throw it away. It's not many of us that can wear that one. But the ones they are sewing in Ghana are reusable but before you reuse, you have to wash it, disinfect and iron it," Health Minister, Agyeman Manu opined.
2. Also, it was revealed at the presser that government will not consider any future lockdown because it affects the state economically.
"Generally, a lockdown isn't something that is going to work any longer. A lockdown tilts a lot of things with its impact being quite severe. What we have to do now is to learn to live with the disease," Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu conceded.
3. Government further stated that it will issue guidelines to regulate workplace practices. This has become important because analysis by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows workplaces have become hubs of the spread of the virus.
"If we don't work towards curbing the spread of COVID-19, the result could be catastrophic for us," Mr. Agyeman Manu added.
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4. Government also says it is engaging stakeholders in education, sports, and religion to look at safety protocols to adhere to at gatherings.
5. So far 13 of the 16 regions in the country have recorded cases. Bono East, Savanna, and Ahafo Regions have none so far, according to the GHS official, Dr. Badu-Sarkodie.
YEN.com.gh earlier reported that some 32 Ghanaian nurses and midwives are down with COVID-19 while hundreds of their colleagues have also been quarantined following exposure to the virus, the President of Ghana Registered and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mrs. Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo has revealed.
She made the revelation on the sidelines of the launch of the 60th-anniversary celebration of the association on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, which marks the international day for nurses.
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The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has commended the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for lifting the partial lockdown of Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa and has assured the president of their maximun support in this trying times.
Speaking on behalf of the Chief Imam, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shuaib, his spokesperson, said that "we have also observed how you have been reviewing the various measures in order to contain and also curtail the further spread of the disease, up to the very strict restrictions you have taken, including those you have already mentioned like closing of our borders, restricting meetings of religious gatherings. It was so difficult for you to take but you have done it."
According to him, "We are happy, even including the final lifting of the lock down in order to allow movement of people across. We are grateful to you".
The Chief Imam made known on Wednesday, 22nd April, 2020, when President Akufo-Addo held a meeting with leaders of the Muslim community to brief them on the rationale behind the lifting of the partial lockdown of Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Kasoa, and also to explain further the measures being taken by Government to combat the pandemic.
Placing on record their commendation for "the able leadership that you have exhibited, obvious for everyone to see, since this very disturbing phenomenon raised its head in our country", Sheikh Aremeyaw Shuaib noted that "we have had no alternative but to accept and adhere to the directives you gave us, especially those that have to do with the restrictions on meetings."
He noted further that, in complying to the President's directives, The Chief Imam organized a press conference, with the support of leaders of the Muslim sects, to inform and further direct what Muslims should also do to effect and adhere to the directives given by the President.
"As you have already observed yourself, we are happy that Muslims all over the country also adhered to the directions that were given. Apart from the initial difficulties we had with a few of the Imams, who probably did not understand the import of the whole directives and encouragements, we can say with all confidence that all the Imams are adhering to the directives, and no Mosque is administering the Jumah prayer," Sheikh Aremeyaw Shuaib added.
With Ramadan approaching, to be followed by Eid, the spokesperson to the Chief Imam noted that "our religion is a flexible religion, it is moderate and it contextualizes issues. So, whatever the situation is, with the views that will come up from here, if we have to continue, we will follow you."
He continued, "We have observed the empathy on your face anytime you come up to speak, I could read from your face the difficulty with which you speak to us and I am sure it is the same case for many of us who are here. We will never leave you. You are assured of our support."
On behalf of the Chief Imam, and on behalf of the leaders of the Muslim Groups gathered, a request was made to the President "for us to have a live broadcast of our call to prayer during the breaking of the fast, so that they can hear the sound of the call to prayer. It will give them some satisfaction."
Additionally, with Muslims missing the teachings of the Quran, he also appealed to the President to inquire into possibility of a nationwide telecast of the Chief Imam's daily broadcast from 12pm to 1pm each day of the Ramadan.
"It will be something of joy for many of the Muslims. It will also make them feel like they are getting what they missed in one way or the other. It is also strategic because it gives us the opportunity to continue the education, on continuous washing of hands, avoiding assemblies that will aid the transmission of the disease, issues of sanitation which we will need to continue with or without COVID-19," he added.
—: As reported by tv3news
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Study shows Children Born During Covid-19 Pandemic Have Lower IQs; A US study has claimed that children born during the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced verbal, oral and overall cognitive performance compared to children born pre-pandemic.
The research found that children from the lower socio-economic background are the most-affected. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the mean IQ score on standardised tests for children aged between three months and three years was around 100, but for children born in the pandemic that number has fallen to 78.
For parents, who were able to continue their work from home, and did not face employment loss or any financial problems, the dual responsibilities of childcare and work have intensified the burden, especially on working women.
The dual responsibilities of childcare and work have increased the pressure on parents. And the families, whose bread earners lost their jobs, may have experienced greater stress, food and housing insecurities.
The study involved a total of 672 children from the state of Rhode Island. Of the total selected children, 308 kids were born before January 2019, while 188 kids took birth after July 2020. Besides, 176 of them were born between January 2019 and March 2020. The children involved in the study were mostly white and had no cognitive or developmental disabilities.
For the cognitive development of a child, the first few years of his/her life are critical. But with COVID-19 tightening its grip over our lives and causing the closure of schools, nurseries, and playgrounds, the infants', as well as parents' lives, have changed considerably.
Lead study author and associate professor of paediatrics (research) at Brown University, Sean Deoni said, "The biggest reason behind the falling scores is likely the lack of stimulation and interaction at home."
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Overtaking Gone Wrong; Employment Minister Involved In An Accident.
Ignatius Baffour- Awuah doubles as an Minister of employment and MP for Sunyani -West.
He has been involved in a car accident.
He was returning from a funeral
His driver tried to overtake another car
The employment minister has been involved in an accident. The accident occurred on the Sunyani-Nsoatre road on his return from a funeral at Odumase on Saturday, August 14. The minister's driver tried to overtake another driver but luck was not on their side as they collided with a tipper truck.
In a report, the minister fell from his vehicle and got injured. It is unclear whether or not the minister had his seat belt on.
Mr. Baffour-Awuah was rushed to the hospital immediately.
This is not the first time a government official has had an accident .The question to ask is, what is the cause?….
Over 1,000 reports on adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana received – GHS
Ghana Health Service GHS has received over 1000 reports on adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana so far
Adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines: Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has received about 1,000 reports of adverse effects from persons vaccinated against the COVID-19 vaccine.
These are people vaccinated within 12 days of the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination exercise.
Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achino, the Programme Manager of the EPI, told the Ghana News Agency that the reactions and complaints received by his outfit and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) were fever, sweating, headache, weakness, chills, and body aches, which were all expected.
The Programme Manager said the reports were not different from reactions and adverse reports from other countries and what was stated by the manufacturer in the vaccine package information.
Dr. Amponsa-Achiano said the complaints were received mainly through the complaints call the number provided on the vaccination card, the Med App, and a complaints link provided by the FDA.
He said data showed that as of 1900 hours on Sunday, March 14, nearly 404,000 persons had taken their first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine from the 43 districts earmarked for the first phase.
Those vaccinated include front-line health workers, adults aged 60 years and above, and people with underlying health conditions such as diabetes, kidney diseases, hypertension, and cancer.
The others are frontline security personnel, frontline government officials, the media, and all frontline workers in the formal sector.
A total of 20 million Ghanaians are expected to be vaccinated against the virus, Dr. Amponsa-Achiano said, adding that females formed about 62 percent of the number vaccinated so far.
He said about 58,000 persons with underlying health conditions, 91,000 adults aged 60 years and above, about 68,000 health workers, 23,000 frontline security personnel, and more than 48,000 essential service providers had received their first jabs.
Similarly, more than 12,000 members of the Executive, Judiciary, and Legislature, and 60,000 teachers aged 60 and above, more than 3,000 media persons, and 72,000 ordinary persons had been vaccinated.
Dr. Amponsah-Achiano encouraged the public to keep adhering to the COVID-19 safety protocols by wearing a nose mask, observing social distancing, washing hands with soap under running water, or sanitize hands frequently.
Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that are common among animals. In rare cases, they are what scientists call zoonotic, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to humans, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It has an incubation period of four to six days and fatal, especially for those with a weakened immune system, the elderly, and the very young.
It could also result in pneumonia and bronchitis.
AUDIO:"There's nothing free in this country, politicians are liars and can't give you a thing" – Senyo Hosi
"There's nothing free in this country, politicians are liars and can't give you a thing" – Senyo Hos
"There's nothing free in this country, politicians are liars and can't give you a thing" – Senyo Hosi; The CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi has told Ghanaians not to expect anything free in this country.
He has also accused politicians of lying and taking from Ghanaians.
According to him, the leaders of the country should not often tell the people of Ghana electricity prices have been subsidized, when in reality they haven't.
"And then we just come here and start taxing petrol for sanitation. It's the easiest thing you do.
"If you have problems with the power crisis, be honest with the people. Let the people know that you are not paying the right price for electricity.
His comments come after the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah on PM: Express Monday indicated that Ghanaians will have to pay for the free provision of water and electricity introduced by the government in 2020 as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
"When we say free electricity it doesn't mean that the IPP producer is also going to say because the President has said free electricity I won't charge for it," Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said.
But speaking on JoyNews' Super Morning Show Tuesday, Mr. Hosi urged politicians to be transparent and brutally honest with Ghanaians regarding what it terms as being free.
"Don't come and tell people that I've reduced electricity prices when you know you haven't. There's nothing free in this country. The politicians lie.
"They can't give you a thing. They can only take from you. They can't give you a thing. So be honest with the people. Stop telling them you're giving them free stuff. How can I give you free with my right hand and collect two times or three times that much with my left hand? It is dishonest."
Adding that, if the government incurred a shortfall of $1 billion in the electricity sector in 2020, why hasn't the price of electricity is priced correctly?
"And then if you want to have a subsidy, go straight and let the public know that we are subsidizing electricity by so much."
Moreover, the Finance and Economic policy analyst noted that the lack of servant leadership and misplaced priorities in our politicians is what is having an adverse effect on the economy.
"We're sitting here. We're not thinking of ways how to actually boost electricity demand. We're thinking of how to buy V8. That is the conversation that you have.
"Do we look like people who really have a problem? If you're in a country that is as broke as Ghana looks like today if you see me driving the car that I'm driving, shouldn't. When I don't have money, I don't move that car," he said.
Mr. Hosi urged the government not to burden Ghanaians with all these taxes it has come up with.
Meanwhile, in the 2021 budget statement, the new taxes and levies which have been introduced include; the financial sector clean-up levy, sanitation and pollution levy, Covid-19 health levy, and the energy sector recovery levy (Delta Fund).
source:myjoyonline
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SADA Already Implementing '1 Village, 1 Dam' Policy � Prez Mahama
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Farming villages in the three regions up north: Northern, Upper West and Upper East, are already being given dugouts by the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) to serve irrigation purposes, President John Mahama has said.
In his view, therefore, the promise made by his arch rival in the December polls, Nana Akufo-Addo, to provide every farming village in northern Ghana with an irrigation dam is not new.
"What we call a dam in the north is a dugout and every village has a dug-out, it's a pond, we used to drink from it in the north when there was no water. But now that most of the communities have water the dug-outs are used for livestock watering.
"If he is talking about dug-outs, SADA is doing dugouts for villages. The problem we face now is not the dug-outs; its de-silting them. Most of the dug-outs are silted. And, so, SADA is having a programme to de-silt the dug-outs so that they can accumulate more water for the cattle and other animals to be able to get water. So, the work that is going on in the north is massive and so if you come and say 'one village, one dam', you've really not said anything;" Mahama told Paul Adom-Otchere on Metro TV's Good Evening Ghana programme on Tuesday September 6.
Apart from the '1 village, 1 dam' policy, Nana Akufo-Addo has also promised to build a factory in all 216 districts in the country. But Mr Mahama has poured water on that as well. "In the free school programme, when you came down to the figures and the nitty-gritty, he found it very difficult to explain. It is the same thing that is happening here. You just throw out a promise that is yesterday's campaigning in those days, my father's time. You just throw out something and people just pick it: 'one village, one dam', they don't know if it is a dug-out or a barrage dam or a proper irrigation dam, they don't know. But then just that you say 'one village, one dam', 'one village, one factory', what kind of factory? Is it a car assembling plant? Is it the kind of factories that we know? Is it electronic appliances, textiles and garments or small and medium enterprises? If it is small that is happening already. If you talk about those factories, people's perceptions of factories differ. He has to clarify," he said.
"This thing about one factory per district came up under the rural enterprise project. It's not a new idea; it's a very old idea. If you are talking about small and medium enterprises, like gari making factories, small processing companies, and the use of gratis machines, that is happening already. So the promises are not new," he added.
Source: classfmonline.com
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1-village-1-dam: Akufo-Addo clueless about it - Mahama
President John Mahama has pooh-poohed the "one-village-one-factory" campaign pledge of the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, saying the latter does not "know what he is talking about."
According to Mahama, the promise by Akufo-Addo was made out of desperation to court cheap votes in the forthcoming presidential race slated for December 7, 2016.
The presidential nominee of the NPP addressing the Bolgatanga Traditional Council in the Upper East region on his plans for Ghana's agriculture said: "As far as this part of our world is concerned, I want to go further and talk about one village one dam."
But speaking on Tuesday during the inauguration of the 21st community Day Senior High School at Kanjarga in the Builsa South Constituency of the Upper East region, Mahama said: "SADA is embarking on the provision of irrigation dams all over the Savanna parts of the country…and so they have done a study of all the prominent water sources and for those that are viable we are going to barrage dams across them so that we hold back the water during the dry season for dry season gathering."
He continued: "Most of our communities have what we mistakenly call dams but are actually dugouts. Most of our communities have dugout, but some of them have silted. SADA has begun a program de-silting them so that we can continue to use them to water our livestock."
"I'm very happy chief raised this because there is a confusion in the minds of some people about what a dam is. And so when somebody says one village one dam, he really doesn't know what he is talking about."
According to him, "Most of the time they are referring to the small dugouts we have that are used mostly for livestock watering. These dugouts do not have a water source. They are normally fed by rainfall during the raining season and then in the dry season; they hold the water so that the animals can get water to drink until the next raining season starts.
"But the dams that are viable that we use for irrigation normally are generated from a stream or a small river and what you do is you build a dam across it and hold back the water…that's able to hold enough water for irrigation and dry season gathering and not all village has that kind of water source—and so you cannot say you are building a dam in every single village."
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LISTEN OCT 10, 2020
Flagbearer of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Rev. Christian Kwabena Andrew, popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom has promised free port and revival of state-owned enterprises.
He said the initiative is his party's approach to economic development for Ghana.
"We are going to do free ports for everyone to get things cheap in the country because it is not the ports that we are going to depend on to build the country, we have natural resources. There is no longer going to be import duties on goods. There will be little charges on some goods from abroad so that things will be very cheap in the country," he said.
While Ghana depends heavily on revenue generated from the ports to support its annual budget, the flagbearer of GUM believes Ghana has a lot of natural resources it can depend on for revenue.
Speaking to the host of the Citi Breakfast Show, Bernard Avle, Osofo Kyiri Abosom jusfied why a free port is a good idea.
He cited Togo as an example of a country whose standard of living is relatively lower compared to Ghana's despite having little to no natural resources to depend on.
"Togo has a free port, they don't have natural resources like gold, diamond, bauxite, etc, but they are enjoying free ports. Togo is doing better than Ghana and that is why Ghanaians go to buy things from there and bring them here to sell. Most of the women in Makola go and buy things from Togo and sell here."
He also argued on why GUM's plans of reviving state-owned enterprises as compared to the government's 1-District 1-Factory policy is a superior policy.
He stated that, during Kwame Nkrumah's regime, state-owned enterprises were successful.
"It didn't depend on 1D1F because they are going to support people to build up a factory. If the person doesn't do it, they will continue to be poor. State factories were working throughout Kwame Nkrumah's reign, even in 1989 and somewhere commissioned after Nkrumah left office," he said.
Click below to listen to the full interview:
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The founder and leader of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, is optimistic the party will bounce back and make inroads in the nation's political landscape in the next general election.
Popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, he said the party would build on its exploits in the 2020 elections, "if possible win the next elections and change the fortunes of the country so as to transform society".
GUM made huge waves with its first entrance during the 2020 elections as its flag bearer Rev. Andrews came third behind the two major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeating some already existing parties including the People's National Convention (PNC) and the Convention Peoples Party (CPP).
"We are coming back stronger and better in the 2024 elections as we hope to change the economy of the country for the better, we will be coming like a wounded lion in the 2024 elections and rise to the first position to give Ghanaians better-living conditions," he stated at a recent interaction with journalists in Accra.
The party, Rev. Andrews explained, was focused on creating jobs, transparent leadership and ensuring economic freedom to the citizenry by attracting foreign investments.
On education, he noted that the party would move towards knowledge and skills training which was the way to go as was showcased by developed countries through adding value to raw materials and asked citizens not to accept the government's controversial E-levy as it would rather bring untold hardships to them and their dependents.
"Government must work hard and create jobs for the people instead of taxing them unnecessarily, provide affordable houses to reduce the huge rent burdens on families, encourage the youth to venture into farming while they aim to rebuild the country, bring back the ideas and ideals of former President Dr Kwame Nkrumah," Rev. Andrews asserted.
Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh
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The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, is optimistic the party will bounce back and made inroads in the nation's political landscape in the next general election.
Popularly known as Osofo Kyiri Abosom, he said the party would build on its exploits in the 2020 elections, "if possible win the next elections and change the fortunes of the country so as to transform society".
GUM made huge waves with their first entrance during the 2020 elections as its flag bearer Rev. Andrews came third behind the two major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), defeating some already existing parties including the People's National Convention (PNC) and the Convention People's Party (CPP).
"We are coming back stronger and better in the 2024 elections as we hope to change the economy of the country for the better, we will be coming like a wounded lion in the 2024 elections and rise to the first position to give Ghanaians better living conditions," he stated at a recent interaction with journalists in Accra.
The party, Rev. Andrews explained, was focused on creating jobs, transparent leadership and ensuring economic freedom to the citizenry by attracting foreign investments.
On education he noted that the party would move towards knowledge and skills training which was the way to go as was showcased by developed countries through adding value to raw materials and asked citizens not to accept the government's controversial E-levy as it would rather bring untold hardships to them and their dependents.
"Government must work hard and create jobs for the people instead of taxing them unnecessarily, provide affordable houses to reduce the huge rent burdens on families,
encourage the youth to venture into farming while they aim to rebuild the country, bring back the ideas and ideals of former President Dr Kwame Nkrumah," Rev. Andrews asserted.
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Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, flagbearer and founder of Ghana Union Movement (GUM), has appointed Alhaji Abu Grant Lukman as his running mate for the 2020 December general elections.
Rev Lenin B. K. Trotsky, Political Scientist of GUM, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that Lukman came with vast experience and acumen from the private sector that would help canvass massive votes for the party in the upcoming elections.
He said Rev. Andrews, affectionately called Osofo Kyiri Abosom, settled on Alhaji Lukman after wide consultation with the rank and file of the party and key stakeholders such as within the Muslim and Christian communities nationwide.
Ghana goes to the polls on 7th December 2020 and the Movement believes that with the appointment of Alhaji Lukman, a renowned entrepreneur and a Muslim, who hails from the Northern Region would pull a huge crowd for GUM, a newly formed political party.
GUM is a movement of unity and political pluralism and the Flagbearer, Rev Christian Kwabena Andrews, had called on Christians and Muslims, chiefs, imams and pastors to join hands and support its agenda for a democratic change, for a new Ghana.
Rev Andrews, who is also the founder and General Overseer of Life Assembly Worship Centre, had promised to build a territorial polity based on united and all-inclusive political pluralism, similar to the Charter of Medina which was approved by all and signed by the Prophet Mohamed.
"That is why Christian Kwabena Andrews the flagbearer of GUM has chosen his running mate who is a Muslim for the establishment of political pluralism in Ghana to accommodate all, irrespective of their political affiliations," Rev Trotsky, said.
He explained that GUM is a movement uniting all Ghanaians irrespective of their political associations to take the country back from failed governance and policies of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
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I'm coming after A.B.A Fuseini like 'Kakai'-NPP's Felicia Tetteh roars
Date: Wednesday May 15, 2019, 9:25 am
By: WatchGhana.Com/Akyereba Kwabena
Felicia Tetteh
An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Sagnarigu Constituency, Madam Felicia Tetteh has dropped the hint that she is going all out to take over power and deliver the constituents from the 'bad leadership' of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini.
She has therefore challenged the MP to fasten his belt ahead of the 2020 parliamentary election, since she is sure of emerging a winner in the next NPP parliamentary primaries in Sagnarigu.
Saying, "A.B.A should watch out, because I am coming like kakai. He has disappointed the people and he must give way for a more competent person like me; someone who knows the real solution to the problems and understand the plights of the people".
Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini
Speaking with WatchGhana.Com at the first ever Mother's Day celebration organized by the Deputy CEO of MASLOC, Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah in Yendi, Madam Felicia Tetteh said A.B.A Fuseini's stay in parliament over the years had not been any beneficial to the people in the constituency.
Felecia Tetteh who promised to rescue the people from the NDC and A.B.A Fuseini said that the area still lacked good road network, educational, health, water and sanitation facilities.
"Politics is about action which I bring on board; is about your relationship with the people; and if A.B.A thinks he has worked with the people and has provided all the basic needs I have mentioned, ( road network, potable water, school buildings and furniture etc,) to make their lives a bit comfortable, then A.B.A has nothing to worry about.
But if he has distanced himself from the people and has abandoned the major projects he is supposed to embark upon, then he must fasten his belt. The battle is about to begin", said Felicia.
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Speaking with WatchGhana.Com at the first ever Mother's Day celebration organized by the Deputy CEO of MASLOC, Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah in Yendi, Madam Felicia Tetteh said A.B.A Fuseini's stay in parliament over the years had not been any beneficial to the people in the constituency. Felecia Tetteh who promised to rescue the people from the NDC and A.B.A Fuseini said that the area still lacked good road network, educational, health, water and sanitation facilities. "Politics is about action which I bring on board; is about your relationship with the people; and if A.B.A thinks he has worked with the people and has provided all the basic needs I have mentioned, ( road network, potable water, school buildings and furniture etc,) to make their lives a bit comfortable, then A.B.A has nothing to worry about. But if he has distanced himself from the people and has abandoned the major projects he is supposed to embark upon, then he must fasten his belt. The battle is about to begin", said Felicia.", "datePublished": "2019-05-15 09:25:05", "dateCreated": "2019-05-15 09:25:05", "dateModified": "2019-05-15 09:25:05", "articleBody": "An Aspiring Parliamentary Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Sagnarigu Constituency, Madam Felicia Tetteh has dropped the hint that she is going all out to take over power and deliver the constituents from the 'bad leadership' of the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini. She has therefore challenged the MP to fasten his belt ahead of the 2020 parliamentary election, since she is sure of emerging a winner in the next NPP parliamentary primaries in Sagnarigu. Saying, "A.B.A should watch out, because I am coming like kakai. He has disappointed the people and he must give way for a more competent person like me; someone who knows the real solution to the problems and understand the plights of the people".
Speaking with WatchGhana.Com at the first ever Mother's Day celebration organized by the Deputy CEO of MASLOC, Hajia Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah in Yendi, Madam Felicia Tetteh said A.B.A Fuseini's stay in parliament over the years had not been any beneficial to the people in the constituency. Felecia Tetteh who promised to rescue the people from the NDC and A.B.A Fuseini said that the area still lacked good road network, educational, health, water and sanitation facilities. "Politics is about action which I bring on board; is about your relationship with the people; and if A.B.A thinks he has worked with the people and has provided all the basic needs I have mentioned, ( road network, potable water, school buildings and furniture etc,) to make their lives a bit comfortable, then A.B.A has nothing to worry about. But if he has distanced himself from the people and has abandoned the major projects he is supposed to embark upon, then he must fasten his belt. The battle is about to begin", said Felicia.", "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.watchghana.com/public/newspic/felicia.jpg", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/en/details/11671/im-coming-after-aba-fuseini-like-kakai-npps-felicia-tetteh-roars" }, "url": "https://www.watchghana.com/en/details/11671/im-coming-after-aba-fuseini-like-kakai-npps-felicia-tetteh-roars", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "WatchGhana.Com", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.watchghana.com/public/meta/metatag.png", "width": "300", "height": "107" } }, "image": { "type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.watchghana.com/public/newspic/felicia.jpg", "width": "1200", "height": "630" } },{ "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com", "name": "Your 24hr News Source" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/world", "name": "World News" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@id": "hhttps://www.watchghana.com/sports", "name": "Sports News" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/health", "name": "Health News" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/travel", "name": "Travel News" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/entertainment", "name": "Entertainment News" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/education", "name": "Education News" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/environment", "name": "Environment News" } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@id": "https://www.watchghana.com/news", "name": "Local News" } } ] } ] }
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The SALAGA SOUTH MCE and the NPP Party Executives handed over Start-up kits to over 106 apprentices in the East Gonja Municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive for the East Gonja Municipal Assembly, Hon. Richard Broni together with the NPP Constituency Executives led by Chairman Alhassan Mugis handed over a over 200 start-up kits to apprentices in the East Gonja Municipality, on Monday, the 13th of June, 2022.
The MCE indicated that, the initiative by the Ghana Enterprise Agency and the Mastercard foundation project saw the provision of apprenticeship training in different fields of trade to young people including; Tailoring and dressmaking, hairdressing, welding, weaving, carpentry among others.
He explained that the provision of training and start-up kits to apprentices was one of the prominent campaign promises of President Akufo – Addo prior to the 2020 elections which was aimed at investing in skills training, apprenticeship aimed at reducing the unemployment problem among youths of this country and creating opportunities to source their livelihoods through the free TVET programme as well as support them to enroll into the various trade apprenticeship programmes
He thanked the beneficiaries for accepting to go through the six months training which qualifies them to operate as entrepreneurs and tasked them to put into practice whatever they learnt during their apprenticeship and make use of the start-up kits given them as proper mechanism will be put in place to monitor the usage of the kits.
The NPP Constituency Chairman, Hon. Alhassan Mugis also encouraged the beneficiaries to put those start-up kits into good use and was optimistic that these apprenticeship training will open a new chapter in the lives of apprentices to enable them become self reliance and productive citizens.
He opined that this kind of initiatives goes to affirm the NPP government commitment in ameliorating the suffering of the masses, most especially the youth of this country.
He advised the apprentices to be an ambassadors of government in telling the people how some of these projects are going to impact their lives positively, hence the need to help the NPP break the eight (8) in the 2024 elections.
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The items consists of Hairdryers, Sewing machine, Welding machines, Barbering machines, Barbering sterilizers, Conditioners, Shampoos, Gloves among others. The event was attended by the East Gonja Municipal workers, The Presiding Member, the NPP Constituency Executives, representatives of political parties, the clergy, imams, stakeholders and heads of departments in the municipality.
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Police Detains NDC Parliamentary Candidate Over Plot To Kill Agona West MP
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The Swedru Divisional Police command has apprehended four armed men allegedly hired to kill the Member of Parliament for Agona West, Mrs. Cynthia Mamle Morrison.
The four, were among a group of five, who had lodged at the Elohim Hotel in Agona Swedru in the Central region, hatching how to execute their plot when the police pounced on them, angelonline.com.gh has gathered.
The fifth suspect absconded upon seeing the police.
Sources within the Regional Police Command said the suspect mentioned the name of the National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Agona West, Paul Ofori Amoah, as the one who brought them to the area.
Paul Ofori Amoah was subsequently picked up and detained on Saturday evening by the police for questioning.
This comes barely a week after the gruesome murder of the Member of Parliament for Mfantsiman, Ekow Quansah Hayford. |
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Attempts by the Member of Parliament for Agona West to renovate the dilapidated Agona Swedru Town Hall have allegedly been scuttled by the Municipal Chief Executive of Agona West Municipal Assembly.
Residents have over the years been calling on the Assembly and the central government to refurbish the hall because its deplorable state was posing health risk to them as well as being a deathtrap.
Mrs. Cynthia Morrison, then the NPP parliamentary candidate for the area responded to their cry by promising to get the place fixed.
Mrs. Morrison who is also the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection upon winning the 2016 parliamentary election decided to take the necessary steps to uplift the status of the hall to an enviable edifice in the Central region.
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Engineers and architects, from within and outside the Assembly, were sent to inspect the structure and to give the appropriate recommendations. Based on their recommendations, the MP officially informed the Assembly at its 2nd General Assembly Meeting in 2017 at the same hall on steps taken to renovate the place.
For unknown reason, 3News learnt that the assembly engineers were allegedly ordered by the MCE, Mrs. Justina Assan, to stop work.
After several back and forth, the MP wrote another letter to the MCE to officially inform the Assembly and copied the Assemblyman of the Area of her decision to renovate the Swedru Town Hall as promised.
The MP again wrote to the Ministry for Special Initiatives and copied the Municipal Assembly for the same purpose.
After getting the architectural design done for a smooth take off and having mobilised funds and materials for the project, the Assembly, through the Municipal Coordinating Director, on 30th November 2018 wrote to the MP and subtly asked her to stop renovating the hall.
"The Assembly is much grateful and wish to commend your continuous efforts towards the advancement of the Municipality. We wish to kindly draw your attention to the fact that the Assembly had already taken steps to renovate the said Town Hall and as such procurement processes are at an advanced stage.
"However, the Assembly would gladly welcome and appreciate your support in other areas of development such as education, health and other social interventions," the letter read in part.
Some residents are surprised the Assembly headed by Mrs. Justina Assan would frustrate such a good gesture from the MP.
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Politics August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Stephen
A deliberate plan by the Municipal Chief Executive of Agona West Municipal Assembly, Justina Marigold Assan, not to exhibit all completed and ongoing infrastructural projects in the municipality as part of President Akufo-Addo's achievement in his first term in office has angered the youth of the area with many calling on Flagstaff House to be wide awake.
A presentation of the government infrastructural development during the first term in office by the Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, has set the entire country in awe.
The presentation detailed all completed and ongoing infrastructure projects across all the 275 constituencies in the country with the Vice-President urging all to keep track of these projects on Government of Ghana's dedicated web portal www.deliverytracker.gov.gh, which has listed all the projects from A to Z.
However, some critics of the government have started demanding for specifics, especially, in constituencies or localities where those projects are sited to enable those without high-end mobile phones and computers to access these projects online, make a follow up and assess whether they truly exist or otherwise.
Even before their demand could be addressed, some concerned youth of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Agona West, have sent a note, inviting all Ghanaians, especially, critics of the government, to visit their municipality since they have more of those infrastructural projects executed by President Akufo-Addo, to show them.
According to the NPP youth, the three projects submitted by their MCE, Madam Assan and being displayed on the delivery tracker web portal is not a true representation of the facts on the ground since they could count more than twenty (20) of completed projects and tens of others that are ongoing in Agona West.
For instance, they said President Akufo-Addo has completed a 6-Unit classroom block at Salvation Army School at Agona Swedru, commissioned a 2-Unit classroom block with office and dining facility Nyakrom Holy Quran School, Agona Nyakrom, completed the 1-storey 30-lockable stores at PWD which was started by the previous government, constructed a business resource centre at Bebianeha, completion of health centre and bedroom semi-detach at Otabikrom and the completion of reproductive child health centre also at Otabikrom.
Furthermore, there has been the completion of CHPS compound at Amponsah, provision of mechanized boreholes in Oteiprow, Nyamendam, Amponsah, Samuel, Nkranfo, Kofiwa, Nkum, Bobikuma Lower, Abodom, Kwaman, Awanfitamu, Edukala, Bosompa, Ostenkrong, Wonieatao, Kwamewa, and the construction of modern water closet toilet facilities in Ankyease, Wawase, Town Hall area, Bebianeha, Sabon Zongo near Swedru stadium, Desuenim, graded local roads including Nkranfo road and many more.
The youth are convinced that the unlisted projects in the tracker is a clear attempt by the MCE, Madam Assan, to undermine efforts of the Member of Parliament (MP) in the area, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, and H.E, President Akufo-Addo, to develop the municipality.
Prior to the NPP primaries, the MCE was accused of sponsoring someone to unseat the incumbent MP, Madam Mamle Morrison. There were heated arguments and verbal confrontations between the camps of the MCE and the MP over who should be credited with government projects in the constituency.
The MCE in her attempt to take the credit, released videos and photos of almost every project the regime has initiated in the municipality without mentioning the effects of President Akufo-Addo and Hon. Mamle Morrison.
To the NPP youth, undermining the effects of President Akufo-Addo and the Hon. Mamle Morrison is still a work in progress by Madam Assan and until the breaks are pulled on her, the consequences will be dire.
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The Agona West Municipal Assembly in collaboration with the European Union (EU) has presented a machine worth 7,000 Ghana Cedis, for the processing of poultry feed, to a group of poultry farmers in the Agona Swedru Municipality.
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The facility, under the sixth micro EU Income Generating Project (IGP) is to ensure that the youth were empowered to enter into small-scale industry activities.
Mr Felix Jacob Obeng-Forson, Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) said the government was committed to ensuring that small-scale industries were well equipped to increase production.
He expressed the hope that the machine would produce more feed than was needed to feed the farmers birds and that of other farmers in the Agona West Municipality.
Mr Obeng-Forson said the Assembly would adopt pragmatic measure to support the small scale industries in the area to expand their business and create more jobs opportunities in the municipality.
The MCE urged members of the group to take good care of it to enable it serve the purpose for which it was presentation.
Mr Isaac Tettey, EU Project Coordinator of Agona West Municipality, said there were more facilities under the programme and urged the youth to take advantage of it to undertake more income generating ventures.
He said if this was done, it would reduce the burden on the youth in their efforts to look for non-existing white colour jobs. |
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Agona Swedru, Aug. 24, GNA- The National Democratic Congress (NDC) government would subsidize the prices of petroleum products and utility bills when it comes to power in 2009 to lessen the burden of Ghanaians, Mr. Samuel Valis Akyianu, Central Regional Chairman of the party has said.
Mr. Akyianu said this at the vetting of the two candidates who have filed their nominations to contest the Agona West Parliamentary Seat at Agona Swedru.
They were Samuel Kweku Tetteh 65, Lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Language Department and Mr Ibrahim Zubero 31, Lecturer at Accra Polytechnic and Private Financial Consultant. The Chairman said Ghanaians are suffering from hardship created by mal-administration of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), adding, "now that they have tested NPP and NDC and seen the differences they should massively for the NDC in 2008 elections.
Mr Akyianu stated that NPP claimed that inflation has gone down considerable and economy is booming since they came to power seven and half years ago, but the pockets of Ghanaians are empty. The Chairman urged the party functionaries to let truth and hard work be their guiding principles to enable the party to win more supporters for victory.
Mr. Allotey Jacobs, Central Regional Propaganda Secretary of NDC reiterated that the party would win 14 parliamentary seats, including that of Agona West and East in 2008.
He said the party was seriously restructuring mechanism at wards, constituencies and regional levels to enable them work effectively towards winning power.
Mr. Jacobs said Agona West NPP is deeply divided and facing serious internal wrangling and urged the NDC supporter to capitalize on this to win more support for the party to recapture the parliamentary seat. The Regional Propaganda Secretary stated that NDC is not perturbed about the appointment of MP for Agona West as Deputy Central Regional Minister to retain the seat, but the trend would change in the next elections.
He said elections are not won with big names and urged the members of the party not to allow themselves to be influenced with money to vote for another political party. Mr. Jacobs stressed that Ghanaians are yeaning for the NDC to regain power, saying NDC, as social democratic party would improve the living conditions of the people. 25 Aug. 07Source: |
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The outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich has lauded the nation for its high level of religious tolerance, urging that the Ghanaians should do everything possible to sustain this peaceful atmosphere.
"I wish to congratulate you for the religious freedom that exists in your country. I am particularly interested in this because if we touch religious freedom we touch all heart. The issue of religious freedom is the gate of all the human right," he said.
He said it is worth emulating Ghana's religious toleration adding that it had guaranteed freedoms that had enhanced the rights of its people.
The Archbishop made this pronouncement on Monday when he called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House in Accra to bid him farewell after almost six year duty tour of Ghana.
Commending the President for the massive developmental projects across the country, and for his vision and zeal to improve the socio-economic fortunes of Ghana, the Apostolic Nuncio said Ghana is an example leader to others.
He again commended the President for deepening the Ghana's democratic culture.
He said the country is now a pivot in the African continent, stressing that other countries must take lessons from those achievements.
He appreciated the massive show of love accorded him and his colleagues during his time in the country, lamenting that he was saddened that he was leaving all that behind.
"I was here Five and-a-Half beautiful years and had the opportunity to know better your country, and better of the Diplomats here in your country and had time to understand to know and appreciate your culture and also time to find good Ghanaian friends," he told the President.
He said: "I am particularly grateful to have had the opportunity to meet President Akufo-Addo to discuss important issues when he took office as Ghanaian head in 2017."
The meeting he said "demonstrated the excellent relations that existed between the Republic of Ghana and the Holy Sea."
He pointed out that the decision of the Pope to send a Cardinal to Ghana's 60th anniversary was to honour the President and Ghanaians and reinforced the cordial relation between Ghana and the Holy Sea.
"It has been a very good moment, and I wish to thank you for your clarity and for your friendship," he told President Akufo-Addo.
President Akufo-Addo on his part pointed out that the huge contributions the Catholic Church had made to the spiritual and socio-economic development of Ghana.
He acknowledged that the Catholic Church's crucial support for Ghana's democratic process and assured of Government's commitment to the continuous development of democracy in the country.
"We are determined to build a new Ghana with respect of the rule of Law, respect for human rights and individual liberty, as well as the principle of democratic accountability," he said.
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The General Secretary of Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has said the nurse who was verbally assaulted by the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah, has been removed from the Manhyia District Hospital.
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Speaking in an interview on JoyNews' The Pulse on Tuesday, Mr David Tenkoreng-Twum explained that the removal of the nurse is to support her psychologically.
"As I am talking to you, we have removed the nurse as quickly as possible from the hospital. The said nurse is now being given psychological support to ensure her mental safety," he said.
The regional NSS boss, Alex Opoku-Mensah is said to have verbally abused a nurse at the Manhyia Hospital who had a misunderstanding with his daughter (a house officer).
The nurse had called the house officer to suggest a change in prescription because what the latter prescribed was unavailable at the pharmacy.
According to the Medical Superintendent, Dr Hussein, the house officer is said to have taken offence at how the nurse spoke with her, and thus protested.
Dr Hussein said the house officer happened to have been in the company of her father when she spoke with the nurse on phone. As such, Mr Opoku-Mensah was infuriated by the turn of events and followed his daughter to the hospital.
In an audio recording that has gone viral, Mr Opoku-Mensah said, "you are very frustrated. Who born dog?…you envy her, and you don't respect her. Are you a doctor? Who are you? Are you mad? Is the hospital yours? Stupid idiot.. that your useless nursing that you do, useless woman… Do you know who I am? I am the Regional Director of the National Service Scheme. Some of you are under me."
Mr Tenkorang-Twum added that the nurse in question is not psychologically and emotionally stable to offer services, adding that "she can even commit suicide over this matter."
"We shouldn't take these things lying low, we have worked in the health sector for a very long time and we appreciate the challenges posed by these issues. Therefore, we are doing what is needed to protect our people," he said.
He stated that the Association will appreciate it if the NSS boss is transferred to another sector, so far as he is not in the position as the head of the Ashanti Regional NSS.
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Meanwhile, the Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has invited its Ashanti Regional Director for preliminary investigations.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the NSS described the incident as "unfortunate" and apologised for it.
"The Management of the Scheme wishes to reiterate its commitment and assurances to the public and the nursing fraternity of our dedication to getting this matter resolved," parts of the release read.
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Junior Doctors' Association, Ghana has jumped to the defence of the Manhyia District Hospital doctor, whose dad allegedly insulted a nurse at the facility.
The junior doctors maintain that the doctor did nothing wrong.
"While we do not condone the actions of the father, it is imperative to set the records straight on the falsehood being peddled to bring the professional competence of the doctor into disrepute," a statement issued on Tuesday said.
The statement which was jointly signed by the President of the Junior Doctors' Association, Ghana Dr Louisa A. Nkrumah and Secretary Dr Norbert Kipo, said the information put out there about the doctor and her alleged wrong prescription "is untrue, according to the hospital management and records available".
"We, therefore, entreat all media houses to pull down their broadcast concerning the alleged wrong prescription of medication and entreat the general public to disregard such allegations against the doctor."
"We will continue to work as a team to provide quality healthcare to our cherished clients and the people of Ghana at large".
Read the full statement below |
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NSS Suspends Ashanti Regional Director 'With Immediate Effect'
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The Ashanti Region Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah, has been suspended.
The suspension follows an emergency meeting held by management of the Scheme on Wednesday, November 30.
According to a statement issued by the Acting Director of Corporate Affairs, Ambrose Entsiwah Jnr, the management decision is to "allow further investigation into the alleged verbal assault on a nurse on duty at the Manhyia Government Hospital in Kumasi".
Management of the Scheme had assured of investigation into the alleged verbal assault on the nurse as captured in a leaked tape.
Mr Opoku-Mensah is heard raining insults on the Manhyia District Hospital nurse after she called for a review of a prescription by his daughter, who is a junior doctor at the facility.
The now-suspended NSS regional director had apologised for his action.
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"I understand the disappointment and appreciate the inconvenience my action has caused the general public as well as the Nursing FRATERNITY and Manhyia Hospital.
"This has never been my style but for a genuine reason to mediate a persistent issue between my daughter(Doctor) and a colleague nurse who I as well consider my daughter.
"I do apologize for any mishap and assure all, there shall not be a repetition of such. I look forward to maintaining a cordial relationship between any affected person," he stated in a Facebook post on Tuesday, November 29.
Nurses in the Region had, however, called for his dismissal within 72 hours, failure of which they would have laid down their tools.
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But junior doctors had justified the prescription given by the doctor and said hospital records showed that they were the right to be administered.
"While we do not condone the actions of the father, it is imperative to set the records straight on the falsehood being peddled to bring the professional competence of the doctor into disrepute," a statement the doctors issued on Tuesday, November 29 said.
It later added: "We, therefore, entreat all media houses to pull down their broadcast concerning the alleged wrong prescription of medication and entreat the general public to disregard such allegations against the doctor."
But the statement by the NSS management on Wednesday, December 1 said a committee comprising representatives from the NSS itself, the Public Services Commission, and the Ministry of Education has been constituted "to investigate the matter and to submit its report to the NSS management within one month".
See also NSS Regional Director Apologises For Verbally Assaulting Nurses And General Arts Students
Mr Opoku-Mensah is expected to appear before the committee on Monday, December 5.
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Okyere Darko George Dec 1st, 2022
The management of the National Service Scheme has suspended its Ashanti Region NSS Director, Alex Opoku-Mensah over his unprinted words used on a nurse at the Manhyia hospital as listened to in viral audio on social media.
Mr Alex Mensah's suspension comes after the Ghana National Service Scheme (NSS) invited him for a preliminary investigation into the matter the NSS management has described as an unfortunate incident.
"The management of the National Service Scheme has suspended the Ashanti Regional Director, Alex Opoku-Mensah with immediate effect," a statement signed by a spokesman for the Scheme and copied to AcademicWeek said.
The NSS press release dated December 1, 2022, further disclosed that "the announcement of the suspension was made on November 30, 2022, at an emergency meeting the management of the Scheme held with Mr Alex Opoku Mensah."
The decision according to the management of the National Service Service (NSS) is to allow further investigation into the alleged verbal assault on a nurse on duty at the Manhyia government hospital in Kumasi.
"A committee comprising representatives from the NSS, the Public Services Commission, and the Ministry of Education, has been set up to investigate the matter and to submit its report to the NSS Management within one month," it said.
Mr Opoku Mensah is thus expected to appear before the Committee on Monday, December 5, 2022.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) following the verbal abuse of their colleague nurse has called on the National Service Scheme (NSS) to relieve Mr Alex Opoku-Mensah t of duty.
In a statement, the GRNMA said "the public service commission and government for that matter should sack the said regional director immediately because he is not fit for the Director position he holds in the Public Service"
The Nurses and Midwives Association also indicated that the Ashanti Region Director of NSS, Mr Mensah had no right to enter Manhyia Direct Hospital, verbally abuse and threaten the nurse in question who was on duty at the time.
GRNMA consequently has given the central government 72 hours momentum to sack Mr Alex Opoku-Mensah saying that all nurses and midwives at the Manhyia house hospital will go on strike which will be escalated nationwide.
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Ashanti Regional NSS director captured on tape attacking nurse over confrontation with his daughter
Ashanti Region NSS Director, Alex Poku Mensah
The Ashanti Regional Director for the National Service Secretariat, Mr. Alex Poku Mensah, has been captured on tape verbally attacking a staff nurse at the Manhyia District Hospital.
In the audio recording of the incident, Mr. Alex Poku Mensah is heard hurling insults and threats at the nurse for allegedly intimidating his daughter, who is a house officer at the hospital.
According to multiple reports, the said nurse is said to have called Mr Poku Mensah's daughter on phone to inform her about the need for her to return to the facility to update a patient's record on the hospital's patient management system.
But the regional NSS director, in the company of his daughter, stormed the hospital to accuse the nurse of intimidation.
Mr. Poku Mensah, in a heated exchange with the nurse, is heard verbally attacking her while touting his position and threatening to transfer the nurse from the hospital.
"If she does anything, come and inform me; I will use my power to ensure she is removed from here. I've introduced myself; I am the National Service Regional Director," Mr. Opoku is heard shouting at the nurse.
The nurse in return is heard saying, "do you also know me? Do you know my father?" To which a furious Mr. Opoku retorted, saying, "Fool, does the work belong to your father?"
Meanwhile, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association GRNMA has called for the sacking of Mr Alex Poku from office.
According to the association, the conduct of the Regional NSS Director at the Manhyia Hospital makes him unfit to occupy the position.
The association has warned that it will recall the services of its members at the hospital if the government fails to heed the demand for his dismissal within 72 hours.
"We wish to state categorically that if the government does not relieve Mr. Alex Poku Mensah of his duty as Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme within 72 hours, nurses and midwives of Manhyia Hospital will be called upon to lay down their tools, followed by the whole of Ashanti Region and then it will be escalated to the whole nation," the Association said in the statement dated November 29, 2022.
Listen to the tape below:
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A/R: Nurse Who Was Verbally Abused By NSS Director No Longer At Manhyia Hospital – GRNMA Reveals
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The General Secretary of Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has said the nurse who was verbally assaulted by the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Alex Opoku-Mensah, has been removed from the Manhyia District Hospital.
Speaking in an interview on JoyNews' The Pulse on Tuesday, Mr. David Tenkoreng-Twum explained that the removal of the nurse is to support her psychologically.
"As I am talking to you, we have removed the nurse as quickly as possible from the hospital. The said nurse is now being given psychological support to ensure her mental safety," he said.
The regional NSS boss, Alex Opoku-Mensah is said to have verbally abused a nurse at the Manhyia Hospital who had a misunderstanding with his daughter (a house officer).
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The nurse had called the house officer to suggest a change in prescription because what the latter prescribed was unavailable at the pharmacy.
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According to the Medical Superintendent, Dr Hussein, the house officer is said to have taken offence at how the nurse spoke with her, thus protested.
Dr. Hussein said, the house officer happened to have been in the company of her father when she spoke with the nurse on phone. As such, Mr. Opoku-Mensah was infuriated by the turn of events and followed his daughter to the hospital.
In an audio recording that has gone viral, Mr. Opoku-Mensah said, "you are very frustrated…Who born dog?…you envy her, you don't respect. Are you a doctor? Who are you? Are you mad? Is the hospital yours? Stupid idiot.. that your useless nursing that you do, useless woman… Do you know who I am? I am the Regional Director of National Service Scheme. Some of you are under me."
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Mr Tenkorang-Twum added that the nurse in question is not psychologically and emotionally stable to offer services, adding that "she can even commit suicide over this matter."
"We shouldn't take these things lying low, we have worked in the health sector for a very long time and we appreciate the challenges posed by these issues. Therefore, we are doing what is needed to protect our people," he said.
He stated that the Association will appreciate if the NSS boss is transferred to another sector, so far as he is not in the position as the head of the Ashanti Regional NSS.
NSS summons Ashanti Region boss for investigation
Meanwhile, the Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has invited its Ashanti Regional Director for preliminary investigations.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the NSS described the incident as "unfortunate" and apologised for it.
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"The Management of the Scheme wishes to reiterate its commitment and assurances to the public and the nursing fraternity of our dedication to getting this matter resolved," parts of the release read.
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Manwerehene pleads with striking Manhyia hospital nurses to return to post
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Patients have been discharged to go home following the strike action
The Manwerehene of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Baafuor (Dr) Ossei Hyeaman Brentuo VI has appealed to nurses at the Manhyia Hospital to call off their indefinite strike action.
According to him, the Manhyia Hospital is the first point of call for chiefs within the vicinity, hence a strike action is a matter of concern for the traditional leaders who reside in Manhyia.
Earlier today, nurses at the Manhyia Hospital embarked on an indefinite strike action following the expiration of the 72-hour ultimatum they had served government for the dismissal of the Ashanti Regional National Service Secretariat Director, Alex Opoku-Mensah.
Their demand comes after Mr. Opoku-Mensah verbally abused a nurse on duty for speaking to his daughter in a disrespectful tone.
Speaking to JoyNews, the Manwerehene noted that the situation was rather unfortunate.
According to Baafuor (Dr) Ossei Hyeaman Brentuo VI, the chiefs are in talks with the feuding parties for an amicable solution to be reached.
"It is a very unfortunate situation but I trust that if we appeal to the feuding parties, specially the nurses that are now set to go on strike, we'll plead with them to just have some patience for us. I called the Medical Superintendent who informed me that attempts have been made to resolve it.
"Unfortunately, it looks like the decision to stop the strike should come from above. The leadership of the nurses association has come up with the decision based upon what they think has been unfairly done to one of their members. We will plead with them.
"Manhyia Hospital is our first point of call. Almost all the chiefs who come to Manhyia or those that reside in Manhyia go there."
The chief further assured that the necessary steps will be taken to avert any future problems.
Meanwhile, the Manwerehene has stated that he has reached out to senior members within the palace to help find a solution to the problem.
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Accra, Dec. 17, GNA- Former President John Dramani Mahama has asked Delegates of the National Democratic Congress'(NDC) congress to vote according to their appreciation of the messages of aspirants.
Addressing delegates at the NDC's National Delegates Congress in Accra, Mr Mahama reiterated that he had no preferred candidate in the elections.
"I am ready to work with all the elected officers," he said.
More than 9,000 delegates have converged at the Accra Sports Stadium to elect officers to steer the affairs of the Party for the next four years.
The Congress has been officially opened but voting is yet to commence as of 1600 hours Saturday.
Mr Mahama expressed concern over some grievances and disagreements that erupted after the NDC's National Youth elections last week as well as campaigns in the lead up to the Party's National Executive Elections.
He said he was aware of the issue, adding that in conjunction with the Party's Council of Elders, efforts have been made to resolve the grievances.
He said the Party must work in unity to secure victory in the 2024 presidential elections.
"Individual aspirations and interests must be subdued under the interest of the NDC and the country at large." Mr Mahama said.
Mr Mahama expressed appreciation to members and sympathisers of the NDC who donated funds and resources towards the Organisation of the National Executive Congress.
He said the Party received donations of up to GHS1,083,000 through Mobile Money and Congress accounts in a period of 12 days when the Party requested for support.
"There is fundamental responsibility on all of us to support the work of the Party. We cannot leave Party financing on the shoulders of just a few people." Mr Mahama said.
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By Mfidie Shop Owner On Sep 2, 2020 Last updated Jun 14, 2021
The Creative Arts Industry will, in the next term of the Akufo-Addo administration, receive state of the art recording studios.
This was disclosed in the 2020 manifesto of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) which was launched on Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Cape Coast in Central Region.
The party used the occasion to solicit the votes of Ghanaian electorates.
The Creative Arts Industry comprises a vast array of talented and skilled individuals such as writers, dancers, actors, musicians, fashion designers among others.
It is a sector with a high potential for job creation, especially for the youth and also a driver for tourism and economic growth.
As part of the President's entrepreneurial hubs strategy, the government is assuring the Creative Arts players his administration will see to the establishment of recording studios in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi, when given a second term.
The creation of the studios is to provide opportunities for recording artists to rent space to do their recordings.
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In view of this, the Creative Arts Ministry will build a digital platform for the artists to make their products available to the global market.
The government will additionally set up a Creative Arts Fund to support artists, complete the theatre in Kumasi and further construct new theatres in Takoradi and Tamale.
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Thank you Mr President for remembering our national heroes
Accra, March 7, GNA -There is a gentleman in Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings Party- the National Democratic Party (NDP), whose impeccable grasp of the Queen's language is beyond dispute.
However listening to him for a while would force you to visit the Oxford Dictionary to discern, which direction he is leading the dialogue. The big and superfluous words are nice to the ears but difficult to digest.
I am however not discussing the NDP or the mastery of the English Language. What is in focus is the nationalist fervour of this gentleman. The more you talk to him the more convinced you become about his love for God and country.
If I have the power to honour patriots who are working behind the scenes, I would surely confer on this personality 'The Order of the Volta'. However this powers rest in the bosom of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
I am however of the opinion that the President exercised these powers very well by recalling the tiredless effort of personalities who can best be described as Ancestors, for helping to bring down the grips of British colonialism.
What makes it more interesting is that the honour was done to these heroes at a time when Ghana has activated the Diamond Jubilee mood.
In the words of the President: "We are met here, today, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of our nation's independence, to celebrate our freedom from the clutches of British imperialism, to celebrate the final achievement of the struggle of successive generations of Ghanaian patriots to establish a free, sovereign Ghana."
The President talked about the signing of the Bond of 1844, which marked the formal start of the Gold Coast colony, then the formation of the Aborigines Rights Protection Society on 4th August, 1897, in Cape Coast, symbolising the start of the struggle for political independence.
"It is worth mentioning some of the names of the members of the Society because, unfortunately, we do not often acknowledge their role – John Mensah Sarbah, Joseph Casely Hayford, J.W. Sey, J.P Brown, and their colleagues, who organised the chiefs and people against the Crown Lands Bill, and forced the colonial authorities to retreat. Sarbah began the tradition of the Ghanaian lawyer as a nationalist.
"This was probably one of the most dramatic interventions in the colonial history of our country. One hundred and twenty years after that event, its significance might be lost on us. But we would appreciate its importance if we consider that the very same objectives of the Crown Lands Bill were introduced at the same time, and became law, in countries like Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia and other British colonies around Africa and changed the course of their history."
The lands of the indigenous peoples in those countries were seized by the British Crown under that law, an event from which, a century later, they have still not recovered.
"In what was then the Gold Coast, we continued to possess our lands because of the bravery of the members of the Aborigines Rights Protection Society, and we must pay homage to these patriots every day, especially on this 60th anniversary. Even though we maintained, in 1897, the continuing and inalienable rights to our lands, we remained a colony and could not govern ourselves," the President said.
President Akufo-Addo noted that a decade or so later, the British West African National Congress, under the joint leadership of Joseph Casely-Hayford and Thomas Hatton-Mills, was formed to carry on with the agitation against colonial rule.
The next significant event in the struggle occurred on 4th August, 1947, exactly 50 years later to the day of the formation of the Aborigines Rights Protection Society, when a group of nationalists gathered in Saltpond for the launch of the United Gold Coast Convention, the (UGCC), the first political party in our country.
The founders of the UGCC, then, met to demand independence from the British and 70 years after that event, one still marvels at the clarity of thought and the passion that they displayed. Some of the names of that momentous day have survived in the country's written history and folk memory.
Five of them are on our Ghanaian currency: Joseph Boakye Danquah; Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey; William Ofori-Atta; Ebenezer Ako-Adjei; and Edward Akufo-Addo. Kwame Nkrumah, the sixth of the Big Six on the currency, was to join them later.
And there are others, equally important that should not be forgotten, George Paa Grant, R.S. Blay, Cobbina Kessie, J.W. de Graft Johnson and Francis Awoonor Williams, amongst others.
The UGCC leaders decided they needed a full time person to run the party's affairs; they sent for the dynamic Kwame Nkrumah, who was in the United Kingdom at the time, and he came to join them in December 1947.
Soon thereafter, on 28th February, 1948, the notorious and senseless killings of three ex-servicemen, Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey occurred, and sparked a nationwide revulsion against the colonial power, which, undoubtedly, quickened the pace of the independence movement.
"We celebrate the three as martyrs in the cause of Ghanaian freedom. The Watson Commission followed, which mapped out the steps towards our eventual attainment of independence.
"In 1949, on 12th June, Kwame Nkrumah broke away from the UGCC and formed his own party, the Convention People's Party. Even as he broke away, Kwame Nkrumah remembered from whence he came and retained the word 'convention' in the name of his new party, the CPP," said the President.
President Akufo- Addo added: "We must remember, on a day like this, some others who are not listed among the forefront fighters for political freedom, but who fought equally hard for our cultural integrity and the identification of who we are as Ghanaians.
"I pay homage to Ephraim Amu, Tata Amu as he was fondly called. He was the composer of what easily passes as our unofficial National Anthem, Yen Ara Asase Ne. Is there a Ghanaian among us, today, who can sing or hear that song, in whichever language, without being moved?
"Ephraim Amu stood alone, most of the time, against what he saw as cultural domination. You did not have to wear a European-cut suit to be a scholar, you could wear a fugu, kente and above all, a locally woven fabric, and still be an educated person, he argued. He insisted you did not have to eat foreign foods because you were a scholar, and he insisted our music was as interesting and sophisticated as any around the world. Those were radical ideas for the time.
"I pay homage to Kwegyir Aggrey, he reminded us we were eagles that should soar, and not be timid, domesticated birds.
"I pay homage to Philip Gbeho, the composer of our National Anthem, Theodosia Okoh, the designer of our national flag, and Amon Kotei, the designer of our coat of arms.
"I pay homage to Kofi Antubam, the artist who first put Ghanaian art on the map. I pay homage to Saka Acquaye, the poet, writer, sculptor and musician, who wrote the first African folklore, The Lost Fisherman. I pay homage to J.A. Braimah, the Gonja scholar and statesman who wrote insightful publications about the Gonja people.
"I pay homage to the poet Apaloo, who immortalised the philosophy and music of the Ewe language. I pay homage to E.T. Mensah, King Bruce, Jerry Hansen and the others who popularised highlife, which has become an enduring identity of Ghanaian music. I pay tribute to the great musicologist, J.H. Nketia, who is the unrivalled authority on African music.
"I pay homage to Otumfuo Prempeh I, who waged a heroic, if unsuccessful, battle against the British, and retained his dignity even in exile. I pay homage to Yaa Asantewa, that woman of valour, who led the Ashanti resistance to British imperialism. I pay homage to Nana Ofori Atta I, who saw the wisdom in investing in the education of the young. I pay homage to Nii Kwabena Bonne III, Osu Alata Mantse, (Boycotthene), who organised the boycott of goods of the European traders and triggered the mass resistance that led to the 1948 riots."
President Akufo- Addo paid homage to Professor Alexander Adum Kwapong, the first Ghanaian Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, who became an icon in the development of the country's educational system and Dr Oku Ampofo, sculptor and physician, who encouraged confidence in traditional arts and medicine.
"It is thanks to him that herbal medicine became a respectable subject of study and research in our country.
"I pay homage to Akua Asabea, political activist; and I pay homage to Evelyn Amarteifio, social welfare pioneer. I pay homage to Esther Ocloo, pioneer industrialist and entrepreneur, whose food processing enterprises under the Nkulenu label changed our habits of food preparation forever."
He also paid homage to Dede Ashikisham and Akua Shorshorshor, famous market queens, who helped finance Kwame Nkrumah and the nationalist movement from their successful businesses.
"They and many others, like them, contributed to the fight for independence, and in moulding the Ghanaian that emerged on March 6, 1957," he said.
The President made my day on March 6, for all the good things he said about fellow Ghanaians. I know in the next few years more heroes of our time and beyond will come on board. It is good after all to be nationalistic.
But Nana Akufo-Addo let me remind that you per my research my late Grandfather was the General Secretary to the Aborigines Rights Protection Society, so please remember and do him the honour next year.
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Sunyani to get two factories under one-district, one-factory project – MCE
Sunyani, the Brong Ahafo Regional capital, is likely to have two different factories under the government's One-District, One-Factory policy, which is expected to be the main driver of the government's industrialization programme meant to expand the economy and provide millions of jobs to Ghanaians.
According to the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive, Evelyn Ama Kusi-Richardson, following extensive stakeholder consultations with chiefs, opinion leaders, religious leaders and a cross-section of the people of the area, there could be a factory that would be dedicated to the processing of vegetables into powder for both domestic and industrial purposes as well as for export; and another factory that would process maize and possibly other cereals.
Speaking at a Town Hall Meeting held at the main Conference Hall of the Bob Pierce Guest House in Sunyani, the MCE said her outfit was still undertaking further consultations on the implementation of the One-District, One-Factory policy in the area to ensure that the people of the area reaped maximum benefits from the policy.
She said government would also support existing agro-processing factories in the area to expand their operations and employ more youth of the area.
Mrs. Kusi-Richardson said the Assembly would use part of its share of the $ 1 million per constituency to support the establishment of the factories while the remaining amount could go into provision of social amenities, among others.
Touching on the Planting for Food and Jobs campaign, which is also one of the government's flagship programmes, the Sunyani MCE said the initiative was expected to boost food production, ensure food security, create jobs for people and ensure the availability of raw materials for industries.
The Sunyani Municipal Director of Agriculture, Francis Ennor, disclosed that about 3,000 farmers had been registered under the Planting for Food and Jobs campaign in the municipality.
The 3,000 farmers, he said had been supplied with improved seeds and fertilizers, and were into maize, rice and vegetable farming. The main vegetables being cultivated by the farmers, according to him are pepper, tomato and onion.
The Town Hall Meeting in Sunyani was well patronized by staff of the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Nananom and the public at large.
The Akwamuhene of Sunyani Traditional Area, Nana Kwaku Sarbeng and the Queen of Sunyani, Nana Yaa Nyamaa also graced the occasion.
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Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah
The chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee of Parliament, Kingsley Carlos Ahenkorah, has said the Komenda Sugar Factory could not have produced raw sugar due to the absence of its 37 components.
He said the price waterhouse firm valued the factory at $12 million in 2017 and went further to establish that, about 37 components or parts of the factory were not fixed, therefore, the factory could not produce raw sugar as it was displayed by the then NDC government for Ghanaians to believe.
He, however, assured Ghanaians that, the Komenda sugar factory would begin production anytime soon, once the government found a strategic investor.
He said the process to get a strategic partner was ongoing and soon the entity selected would be announced.
He said currently renovation works on the factory has begun and once the strategic partner was secured the factory would be made operational.
Mr Ahenkorah was responding to comments of the Minority members on the Trade and Industry Committee who visited the Komenda Sugar Factory last Monday.
The group, after the visit, accused the current government of causing financial loss to the state on the Komenda sugar factory.
But rebutting the claims by the Minority members on the committee, Mr Ahenkorah, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema West, said the current state of the factory should be blamed on the then NDC government who deceived Ghanaians that the factory has started producing sugar when they inaugurated the factory in 2016 but in actual fact the sugar displayed on that day was bought from somewhere.
He said an assessment done on the factory by price waterhouse coopers in 2017 after the NPP administration took over the reins of government indicated that the Komenda sugar factory could not have produced raw sugar due to absence of its 37 components.
He said, the price waterhouse coopers firm valued the factory at $12 million in 2017 and went further to establish that, about 37 components or parts of the factory were not fixed .
"So, therefore, the factory could not produce raw sugar as it was displayed by the then NDC government for Ghanaians to believe", he stated.
He said, this was made known when the price waterhouse coopers was contracted by the NPP government to value the factory to establish its current value as at 2017, but the then NDC government at that time claimed that they spent $35 million to revamp the factory.
Mr Ahenkorah in an interview revealed that he was surprised to see only the minority members on the trade and industry committee that visited the Komenda sugar factory recently because it was not a decision of the committee to do so and such a visit was not communicated to the whole committee as well.
He said the accusation levelled against the NPP administration by the Minority members on the committee was untenable and a calculated attempt to throw dust into the eyes of Ghanaians that the NPP government was not doing anything about the current state of the factory.
He added that the bad state of the Komenda sugar factory was created by the same NDC government when they lied to Ghanaians that, the factory had produced raw sugar, meanwhile, that was not the case but rather went to credit raw sugar from a company without even paying.
The trade and industry committee chair indicated that the committee has agreed to visit the Komenda sugar factory anytime soon with the Minister of Trade and Industry, price waterhouse coopers, the media and if possible the Finance Ministry to present the true state of the factory to Ghanaians to bring the matter to a finality.
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The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has revealed that plans are underway to ensure the operationalisation of the Komenda Sugar Factory before the end of 2021.
The minister made this known while answering questions on the subject in Parliament on Thursday, July 22, 2021.
According to him, the transaction advisor has been asked to ensure the roadmap for the opening of the factory is finalized by the end of August 2021.
"I have instructed the transaction advisor to ensure that the condition precedent to the concession agreement and the roadmap for the opening of the factory is finalized by the end of August 2021 to enable operational activities at the factory to commence before the end of the year," Alan Kyerematen said.
A Ghanaian-Indian company, Park Agrotech Ghana Limited, is the new investor who will take over the operations of the factory.
The government in 2019 said the company was expected to inject $28 million into the factory between 2020 and 2023.
$11 million was to go into sugarcane cultivation, $6 million to upgrade plant and machinery and $11 million as working capital to bring the ailing factory back on its feet.
The Ghana-based company is a subsidiary of the Skylark Group of Companies of India, one of the largest integrated farming businesses in India.
The Komenda Sugar Factory was built at a cost of $35 million from an Indian EXIM Bank facility.
It was inaugurated by then-President John Mahama in May 2016.
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Here's how government plans to revive Komenda Sugar factory
The Komenda Sugar Factory
• The Komenda Sugar has been non-functional for years
• The factory was found to have not completed a test run before commissioning
• Its also been discovered that the factory was overvalued to the tune of some US$12 million
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted he expects the Komenda Sugar Factory to commence commercial production in the first quarter of 2022.
The sugar-producing factory, established in 1964, has become defunct due to technical difficulties and setbacks. The birth of the factory was based on the premise of producing sugar locally to reduce importation but that has not yielded results since its recommissioning in 2016.
During an interview on Eagle FM in the central region, as part of a working visit to the area, President Akufo-Addo revealed that Park Agrotech Ghana Limited had been selected as the preferred strategic investor for the Komenda Sugar Factory, adding that their recommendation has been approved by Cabinet.
"However, negotiations between the Transaction Advisor (Price Water House) and the Strategic Investor have been unduly prolonged due to several demands made by the Strategic Investor, as well as the effects of the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, which restricted consultations between the investor and the Transaction Advisor," the presidency wrote on its website outlining revival plans for the factory.
"With the delays in concluding negotiations between the Transaction Advisor and the Strategic Investor, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, after given the required notice, terminated the negotiations with the Strategic Investor on 1st September 2021 for their failure to fulfil the conditions precedent to the offer made to them," it added.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has said the services of the Technical Partner with expertise in the sugar industry has been engaged to manage the technical operations of the factory.
As part of efforts to rope in local content personnel to revive the factory, traditional authorities in Komenda and the adjoining districts have been engaged to acquire large tracts of land for sugarcane plantations.
Trade Ministry Technical Audit
A Technical Audit report issued by the Ministry of Trade and Industry has revealed several circumstances that led to the non-functionality of the Komenda Sugar factory.
The Audit Team made up of experts from academia, industry, and independent sugarcane consultants revealed that a test runs on the facility were never completed before the Komenda Sugar Factory was re-commissioned in May 2016.
This was due to the unavailability of sufficient sugarcane for the test run.
The findings, which was dated September 2017 and October 10, 2017, also showed the factory never produced any sugar after it was reconstructed.
Excerpts of the executive summary of the technical audit report shared by Abdul Malik Kweku Baako on his Facebook timeline stated that the reconstruction of the factory which was to be completed in October 2016, was completed in March 2016 – seven months earlier than the expected date of completion.
Read below the report shared by Kweku Baako Junior:
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President Akufo-Addo elected as new Chairman of ECOWAS
By Ghana Waves September 7, 2020 Updated: September 7, 2020 No Comments1 Min Read
President Akufo-Addo has been elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit, which is being held in Niamey, capital of Niger.
Sharing the details in a message on Facebook, the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin said the Head of state was chosen at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit, which is ongoing in Niamey in Niger.
President Akufo-Addo will replace the Niger President, Mahamadou Issoufou who was chosen on June 29, 2019.
His election makes him the 35th Head of state to chair ECOWAS considering that its creation in 1975.
He would certainly have a year's mandate within which he would run the affairs of the Regional body.
President Akufo-Addo was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway MP, Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta; Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, and other staff of the Presidency and the Foreign Ministry.
Nana Akofo-Addo will come back to Ghana today, Monday, 7th September 2020, and, in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60( 8) of the Constitution, act as the President.
Source: Ghana Waves
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President Akufo-Addo has been elected as the new chairman of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
He was elected to take over from the Niger President, Mahamadou Issoufou who was elected on June 29, 2019.
This was done at the ongoing 57th ECOWAS Summit, which is being held in Niamey, which is the capital of Niger.
His election makes him the 35th President to chair ECOWAS since its inception in 1975.
Nana Addo would lead the ECOWAS body for 1 year before another election would be conducted.
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The Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. Collectively, these countries comprise an area of 5,114,162 km², and in 2015 had an estimated population of over 349 million.
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Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo launched an attack on the government's economic record on Sunday as he released his party's manifesto at a mass rally ahead of the December election.
Akufo-Addo claims that president John Mahama had squandered the wealth the country has amassed since the West African country began producing oil in 2010. He said the president has not been in touch with the people who have been struggling economically since he assumed power in 2012.
"President Mahama might not recognize the suffering of the people of Ghana and might not be hearing their cries because he has sadly insulated himself from the reality on the ground, "he told a cheering crowd in the capital, Accra.
Manifestos are key to elections in Ghana, a stable democracy where parties place emphasis on competing policy agendas and ideological differences.
The opposition leader said his party, the New Patriotic party (NPP) stand for business and free market. President Mahama is expected to face a tight contest against Akufo-Addo as he stands for a second and final four-year term.
Ghana has been facing economic problems since Mahama came to power. The country has lost its reputation as one of Africa's economic stars, the budget deficit and debt have risen sharply while its currency, the Cedi has depreciated consistently.
The country has faced a slump in global prices for its exports of gold and oil. Since 2015 the government has also followed a $918 million aid deal with the International Monetary Fund to restore economic stability. Ghana is also the world's number two cocoa producer.
Mahama launched his party's manifesto last month adding that government has taken tough decisions to tackle the economic crisis. He had assured that GDP growth will rise to eight percent next year from a forecast 4.1 percent this year.
Akufo-Addo was the Foreign Minister, and Attorney General during the NPP's eight years in power from 2001, a time when the country made significant strides economically and discovered oil. He lost elections in 2008 and 2012 and senior party officials say this year's vote will be his last chance at power. |
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Member of Parliament for Bantama, Henry Kwabena Kokofu, is calling for the implementation of effective security measures at all Metro Mass Transit yards across the country.
According to the MP, this will ensure that incidents such as fire outbreaks does not occur at the terminals to clear evidence as investigations into the missing 12 Metro Mass Transit buses proceed.
Hon. Kokofu says he is drawing lessons from the fire that ravaged the Central Medical Stores in Tema destroying equipment and drugs worth several millions of Ghana Cedis, just before investigations was to be carried out into the missing malaria drugs which was being kept at the stores.
Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo show on Wednesday, Hon. Henry Kwabena Kokofu who has taken personal interest in the missing buses saga, commends the Police in Techiman for intercepting of one of the 12 missing buses which had been changed from its original orange and black colour to cream.
He notes that the interception of the bus vindicates the position of the Metro Mass Transit workers who recently embarked on a nationwide strike to demand the dismissal of the Board Chairman and Deputy Managing Director of the company over the disappearance of the 12 buses belonging to the company.
The Lawyer turned Legislator further applaudes the Ashante Regional Minister, Dr Samuel Sarpong and the Ashante Regional Fire Service Commander for swiftly taking action in ensuring enhanced security at the MMT yard in Kumasi to forestall any eventuality. |
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Member of Parliament for Bantama, Henry Kwabena Kokofu has lambasted President John Mahama accusing him of making a prejudicial statement in his recent comment about striking public sector doctors.
He said, the President should have avoided such conclusive statement about the doctors strike since the issue is currently before the courts pending determination in soon.
An Accra Fast Track High Court is expected to hear a writ filed by General Secretary of the United Front Party, Listowell Kusi Poku praying the court to order the striking doctors to go back to work.
In the writ dated August 6, and filed at the Labour and Industrial Division of the Accra High Court, Kusi-Poku finds the conduct of the GMA as "quite disturbing in view of the crucial role medical doctors play in any nation's life and wondered if a strike action should not be the last resort especially since it had not heard of any negotiations between the Government or its representatives which had broken down preceding the announcement that the defendant was embarking on a strike action."
As the court prepares to hear the matter, President Mahama yesterday described the strike as illegal and beyond comprehension, and further urged them to go back to work as negotiations over their conditions of service continues.
However speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo show Thursday, Hon. Kwabena Kokofu who is a Lawyer sees such comments by the President as dangerous, adding that such prejudicial statement must not emanate from the leader of the country who should be seen to uphold the laws at all times.
" The President should have known that once the matter is still before court pending determination, such discussions must cease. I'm just hoping that the trial judge will ignore the comments by the President as he rules on the matter".
He further accused the President of undermining the authority of his Minister of Manpower, Employment and Labour Relations, Haruna Iddrisu when he decided to wade into the issue of the doctors strike with his comments.
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has commended Ghanaians for conducting themselves well in the presidential and parliamentary elections.
"Despite some incidents at the polling stations, the people have turned out en masse and demonstrated to the world that Ghana wants change."
A statement issued by the NPP and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday, urged all Ghanaians to remain vigilant, observe the counting of ballots at their polling stations, and verify that the correct results were reported by their polling station and constituency collation centres.
"We would like to once again, thank all of our volunteers, polling agents, and supporters for their help in getting to this point," it said.
The statement said a few more hours was a small sacrifice to make adding: "We are sure we don't have four more years of the mismanagement, incompetence and corruption of the Mahama led NDC government."
It noted that vigilance was a key for change saying: "Together, we will bring change to Ghana." GNA |
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Date: Sep 26 , 2018 , 09:18
BY: Daily Graphic
Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful
TheMinister of Communications and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, will be enstooled as Nkosuohemaa (Development Queen) of Akyem Asuom in the Kwaebibirem Municipality in the Eastern Region on Saturday, September 29, 2018.
The enstoolment ceremony is expected to attract well-wishers, including dignitaries and chiefs from across the country, to Akyem Asuom.
Mrs Ekuful is being honoured for her hard work and cordial relation.
Traditional rituals
According to the Chief of Asuom, Osabarima Ofosuhene Apenteng II, the first part of the enstoolment ceremony would entail performances of traditional rituals that would start early in the morning by 9 a.m. at the Asuom Palace.
He said at 2 p.m. the same day, the Nkosuohemaa would be introduced to the chiefs and people of Asuom at the Asuom funeral grounds where her stool name would be announced.
Over 100 public figures and traditional leaders will join the chiefs and people of Asuom to confer the title of Nkosuohemaa on Mrs Owusu-Ekuful, who incidentally is an Akyem from Akyem Oda in the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area, also in the Eastern Region.
Some of the dignitaries expected to grace the occasion are Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and MP for Tema West and a native of Asuom; Mr George Nenyi Andah, the Deputy Minister of Communications; Mr Vincent Odotei-Sowah, the Deputy Minister of Communications; Mr Joe Anokye, the Managing Director of the National Communications Authority (NCA), and Mr James Kwofie, the Managing Director of Ghana Post.
Others are Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the Minister of Roads and Highways; Mr Kwabena Ohemeng-Tinyase, the MP for Kade; Mr Antwi Boasiako, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kade, and Nana Akua Asantewaa, the Queenmother of the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area, among others. |
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The items include 20 Veronica buckets, bundles of Tissue paper, 20 gallons of Liquid soap and quantities of Hand Sanitizers.
Speaking to the media from his Team-based residence, the Tema West Member of Parliament, Ahenkorah said Kwaebibirem Rural Bank, with its head office in Asuom, has seven agencies in Kade-Kwaebibirem Municipality, Boadua-Denkyembour District, Oda-Birim Central, Asamankese-West Akyem, Kwae-Kwaebibirem and Pramkese, also in the Kwaebibirem Municipality.
He said the Bank, in the past years, has supported these communities in which it operates through its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
"What we just presented to these institutions in our catchment area is the Bank's response to the novel Covid-19 epidemic that has taken the whole world by storm and killing thousands of people across the length and breath of the world," Mr Ahenkorah explained.
Presenting the items on behalf of the Board, Management and Staff of the bank, the General Manager of Kwaebibirem Rural Bank, Mr Michael Agyeibi Agyekum, said discipline must be key if the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic will be won.
He admonished that even though the donation to the beneficiary institutions would go a long way to reduce the infections, the enforcement of the President's directives of handwashing, sanitizing the hands and social distancing should be strictly adhered to by all if we are to combat the spread of Covid-19.
The institutions that benefitted from the donation at Asuom included Asuom Palace, Asuom main market, the Asesewa market, Lorry Station (GPRTU), Asuom health centre, Asuom Police District Command and charge office.
At Kade, the beneficiaries were Kade GPRTU, Market centre, Zongo Community, Subi CHPS Compound, Kade Police station and Municipal charge office.
At Boadua/Akwatia, the items were given to Ghana Consolidated Diamond (GCD) Hospital, Akwatia Police station, Boadua GPRTU, Boadua market and Boadua Environmental Unit.
The Chief of Asuom, Osabarima Ofosuhene Apenteng II, on behalf of the Traditional Authorities and the people of Asuom and its environs, thanked the bank for supplying the items at the right time to help fight the deadly Covid-19.
The Chairman of Asuom GPRTU, Mr. Appiah Kubi, on behalf of all the beneficiaries expressed appreciation to the bank for the donation and assure them that the items would be put to good use to help fight the epidemic.
The presentation ceremony, which was done with less than 20 people in accordance with the President's directives of social gathering, was held at Kingsley hotel in Asuom on Friday, 3rd April, 2020.
Source: https://www.myjoyonline.com |
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