Sports News of Sunday, 26 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comHello and welcome to GhanaWeb's live coverage of the 2021/2022 MTN FA Cup competition. All is set for the MTN FA Cup final between giants Accra Hearts of Oak and Bechem United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Bechem United finished 3rd on the 2021/2022 Ghana Premier League table making it one of their best campaigns in the last decade. The Hunters after winning their maiden FA Cup trophy against Okwahu United in 2016 will have another chance to win the competition on Sunday. This will be GhanaWeb's live text commentary of the season as the 2021/2022 Ghana football season ends today.

According to him, despite being dissatisfied with the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government, it was important that only legal means are used to remove the government i.e. The veteran journalist spoke on June 25, 2022 on the Alhaji and Alhaji Show on Pan African Television whiles discussing the upcoming Arise Ghana demonstration. “Is that true, if that is true; what is the purpose? “That should inform the NDC’s participation in any activity if that is the strategic goal of the NDC. “But between me and you, just think, where in the world will anybody allow demonstrators to converge in front of the president’s house.

General News of Sunday, 26 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comOkudzeto Ablakwa slams Akufo-Addo for misuse of public fundsNorth Tongu MP publishing details of President’s chartered travelsAblakwa, others pushing for Bill on Presidential travelsPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has often used chartered flights on official trips whenever the trip is especially outside of the continent. Government, through the Ministry of Defense, explained last year that the President was acting on expert advice relative to the capacity of the current Presidential jet. One politician who has been seized with the chartered flights of the President, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has since May 2021, published details of Akufo-Addo’s trips aboard jets he described as ‘ultra-luxury’ and ‘top-of-the-range’ jets. TWI NEWSThe North Tongu MP, on Saturday (June 25) published what he said were details of the president’s luxury jet trips over the last 13 months. He alleged that the trips had cost the taxpayer around GH¢34million.

General News of Sunday, 26 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comArise Ghana demonstration to hit Accra next weekProminent public figures announce support for protestsProtest scheduled for 28th - 29th June, 2022Lawyer and host of Joy News’ Newsfile programme, Samson Lardy Anyenini has expressed support for the upcoming Arise Ghana demonstration. Recalling his days as part of the Occupy Ghana group, he said: “I am going to look for my red outfit which I used to wear for the Red Fridays and to observe the Occupy Flagstaff House demonstration few years back. TWI NEWS“Things were not this bad when I did and joined the Occupy Ghana Friday protest,” he concluded. About the Arise Ghana demoArise Ghana describes itself as a group comprising political party leaders, media practitioners, civil society players, creative arts, trades union among others determined to relentlessly champion the common cause of the Ghanaian people. Others are to protest the grabbing of State lands by officials of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, particularly the de-classification of huge portions of the Achimota Forest reserve.

TWI NEWS"In the last 4 budgets presented to parliament, it was announced that some developmental projects would be done in the Ashanti Region. It is the monies coming from Ashanti Region that are being used to develop Ghana. It is the yet-to-be extracted Bauxite in the Ashanti Region, which president Akufo-Addo has even used as collateral for Ghana...Why is the NPP government neglecting us?" He then praised former presidents, J.A.Kuffour, John Atta Mills, and John Dramani Mahama for their contribution to the growth of the region. "The next on the list is the Sofoline Interchange started by former president John Agyekum Kufour, which late former president Mills and Mahama continued.

According to a myjoyonline.com report, the research focused on the effect of the 1.5% tax on all electronic transfers and how government will rake in money from this E-Levy. The research also looked at how often people use digital financial services accounts, especially mobile money. TWI NEWSIt further highlighted that about 31% of respondents make between 1 to 5 transfers a week. Goverment imposed a 1.5% charge on all electronic transfers above GH¢100. Meanwhile, the charging entities for the E-Levy are telecommunications companies, commercial banks, special deposit-taking institutions and Payment Service Providers (PSPs).

General News of Friday, 24 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comRandy Abbey expresses support for Arise Ghana demoDemo scheduled to take place between June 28 – 29, 2022Protest to highlight economic hardship and governance issuesHost of the Good Morning Ghana programme on Metro TV, Randy Abbey, has declared his support for the Arise Ghana demo scheduled to take place next week. Randy Abbey’s endorsement was on Thursday, June 23 on his programme when he hosted the National Democratic Congress’ National Communications officer, Sammy Gyamfi, who is a convenor of the Arise Ghana group. “Next Tuesday, next Wednesday is the (Arise Ghana) demo, you know I have never participated in a demonstration but I endorse your demonstration. The issues, the basis for the demonstration sits well with me and I endorse it,” he stressed. Arise Ghana described itself as a group comprising political party leaders, media practitioners, civil society players, creative arts, trades union among others determined to relentlessly champion the common cause of the Ghanaian people.

General News of Friday, 24 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comEverybody expected Akufo-Addo to find money for National Cathedral - Archbishop NaamehPalmer-Buckle not representing the Catholic Church on National Cathedral Board - Archbishop NaamehGhanaians bemoan construction of National CathedralPresident of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, Most Rev. According to the Archbishop, building a National Cathedral should not be a priority for the country, given the current hardships Ghanaians are going through, newswiregh.com. He further stated that since the National Cathedral was President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's promise to God, the president was expected to find the money for the project rather than using taxpayers' money for it. The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference, who is also the Archbishop of Tamale, clarified Most Rev. Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Cathedral, is not representing the church but was selected by President Akufo-Addo to be part of the project.

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said that the ongoing challenge with the School Feeding Programme is of grave concern and must be resolved as soon as possible. According to a citinewsroomonline.com report, the Speaker, made these remarks when he visited the National Buffer Stock Company and the National School Feeding Programme, urging Ghanaians not to politicise the challenges of the feeding programme. I am trying to understand the challenges they are experiencing and how we can support them to do their work. Meanwhile, the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC) has suggested that the School Feeding Programme is facing dire challenges. The GNECC indicated that the program is struggling and could collapse if the government fails to address the challenges stakeholders in the programme are facing.

The businessman won the suit brought against the Class Media Group, a journalist and two panellists who made those allegations against him last year. The High Court ordered political commentator Listowell Nana Kusi-Poku, who had alleged the private use of the presidential jet by Edward, to pay GH¢10 million in damages - the full amount the president's brother had demanded in his suit. His suit was brought against the Class Media group, show host Kwabena Bobbie Ansah, one Mensah Thompson and Listowell Nana Kusi-Poku; the latter is said to have made the accusation. The court gave a default judgment in the case after Kusi-Poku failed to respond to the suit, the Citi News report stated. TWI NEWSHe demanded GH¢10 million in damages, an apology, and an order restraining the defendants from further denigrating him.

A founding member of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has issued a warning to the Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, and former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, not to contest in the party’s upcoming flagbearership race. On the former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe maintained that he has been unable to offer explanations leading to his dismissal as a minister. “Then former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko. That is what will be done in a civilized country,” Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe emphasized. Other names that have come up include Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto (Agric Minister), Boakye Agyarko (Former Energy Minister), Kennedy Agyapong (Assin Central MP), and Joe Ghartey, former Railways Minister.

Kufuor at a Father's Day event over the weekend spoke highly about the dedication of Bawumia and his loyalty to the NPP. "The attention of the Office of Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has been drawn to erroneous reportage in some sections of the media, especially on social media, to the effect that President Kufuor has endorsed an aspiring candidate for the NPP flagbearership over several others who have expressed interest to contest in the race. The NPP is expected to hold elections to elect a flagbearer to lead the party into the 2024 General Elections. Agric Minister Afriyie Osei Akoto and former Minister Joe Ghartey are all rumoured to be eyeing the slot. The winner will take over from President Akufo-Addo who is ineligible to contest after his second term ends in early 2025.

Politics of Thursday, 23 June 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comNPP to elect national executives47 candidates approved for NPP national executives contestNPP national elections slated for July 14 to July 16, 2022After four days of intense vetting, the elections committee of the New Patriotic Party has approved 47 candidates for the 10 positions up for grabs in the party’s upcoming national executives election. According to a report by assaaseradio.com, the committee has further directed aggrieved or disqualified aspirants/members of the party to petition its national appeals committee to seek redress for any grievances arising from its work. As scheduled by the party, the candidates will contest for the elections at a National Delegates Conference to be held between July 14 to July 16, 2022. The positions available for grabs are national chairman, first, second and third vice chairman, general secretary, national organiser, national youth organiser, national treasurer, national women’s organiser, and national nasara coordinator. Watch how you can nominate from the video below.

The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says a future NDC government will make sure consultant to the National Cathedral project, Sir David Adjaye refund controversial payments made to him by the state. The Minority in Parliament demanded answers from Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta for releasing GHC25 million to the National Cathedral Secretariat as additional seed money without Parliamentary approval. Speaking to Parliamentary Correspondent, Ibrahim Alhassan, Mr. Ablakwa stated that the project consultant, Mr. Adjaye will be made to pay back the monies as a result of procurement breaches. “He himself should know there will be judgment day and all that money in his possession, a time will come that he will have to refund that money. Because the procurement processes are all fraud, I mean very ridiculous interpretation and abuse of the procurement processes,” he added.

“A man's money is not his money. A woman's money is not her money. A woman's money, like a man's, is for the family. “There is absolutely nothing wrong with a woman paying bills if she earns enough to support the home. “The notion that paying bills and taking care of the home is the responsibility of the man is outdated,” he argued.