Deputy Finance Minister, John Ampontuah Kumah has stated that government will need the support of the minority caucus in parliament to implement the E-Levy. According to him, the majority caucus in parliament does not currently have the numbers to pass the E-Levy bill. "The minority is not in support of the E-Levy, and given the current structure of parliament, if we do not get both sides to agree, it would be difficult to pass the E-Levy bill. "We have not been able to raise the members to pass the bill. "If we get the support of everybody, we will present it for parliament to pass it.

The presidential staffer quoted the words that ostensibly led to Barker-Vormawor’s ‘sacking’ before submitting: “Attacking and insulting a whole Magistrate in her own court?”“We have not asked for bail. This process is a sham,” Barker-Vormawor is quoted to have said before the Magistrate ordered him out. The court subsequently remanded him for another two weeks with the next appearance slated for March 15. He was subsequently arraigned before a court on Monday, February 14, 2022, on charges of treason felony. The Ashaiman District Court refused to grant him bail citing jurisdiction and asked his lawyers to approach the High Court for bail.

The second accused is Dome-Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa Safo; recently, she has become a target for at least two colleague NPP MPs who have stated that her continued absence from the House is her way of sabotaging government business. In the midst of the above accusations, Deputy Minority Chief Whip and MP for Banda Constituency, Ahmed Ibrahim, has averred that the two personalities – Bagbin and Adwoa Safo – are merely being scapegoated for failure to pass the E-Levy Bill. They themselves are not decisive, it is like the government is not ready with government business and therefore, I will not want that blame to be pushed to Adwoa Safo," he added. “I also don’t always want to shift the blame…it is not as if the absence of Adwoa Safo or Speaker Bagbin that is why the E-Levy is not being passed. If Adwoa Safo comes today, their numbers will still be down because they can’t build consensus on the E-Levy as a Majority side,” he stressed.

Former Nigerian winger, Tijani Babaginda has revealed that the interim coach of the Super Eagles, Austine Eguavoen will have a huge task of selecting the right strikers that will prosecute Nigeria’s 2022 World Cup playoff against the Black Stars of Ghana. “There is no doubt that the current strikers in the Super Eagles are not doing badly in the Europe. ” Again, this will definitely give Eguavoen a serious headache in terms of who to select for the game against Ghana. The winner of the game will be one of the five representatives of Africa at the world showpiece in Qatar. The information contained in Completesports.com may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without the prior written authority of Completesports.com.

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General News of Sunday, 20 February 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comClergymen visit John Dramani MahamaMahama calls for government to open up to dialogueClergymen explain reason for conferring with MahamaKetu South Member of Parliament, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has asked members of the clergy to leave the former President John Dramani Mahama alone. Her concern is in relation to a visit earlier this week of a Christian delegation to the residence of the former President. According to her, it was not understandable that the clergy will "suddenly be interested in what" Mahama thinks. Boafo disclosed that they had held meetings with a number of stakeholders before Mahama. Our history has it that the church has played a very significant role in our development and the welfare of our people.

He also categorically stated that it is untrue that when the late president was brought to the 37 Military Hospital, he was mistakenly sent to the Maternity Ward. Kwame Tenkorang made this known in an article titled “The President’s men and when Atta Mills died,” an excerpt of a yet to be released book. All the same, we rushed out and Steven my driver drove me straight to the 37 Military Hospital. Wouldn’t it be better to keep the image of the smiling, gentle President John Evans Atta Mills as I knew him than to have on me the image of his gloomy hour of death? Could the staff of 37 miss their way and end up at the maternity ward?

She made the comments while addressing students this week (February 17, 2022) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Sophie-Ave had been invited as the Special Guest to grace the inaugural National Union of Ghana Students, NUGS, General Assembly sitting which took place at the KSB Block C Auditorium. "You shouldn't leave the country (Ghana) for greener pastures elsewhere, there's no place like home," she advised in her brief comments to students present. We don’t make and we don’t overturn decisions made by the Immigration Service,” she stated. While encouraging Ghanaians to use appropriate channels for their French visa applications, Ambassador Sophie-Avé, noted that there are laid down procedures leading to the acquisition of visa.

The attention of the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD ) has been drawn to a social media report carried on the online portal “www.Ghanaweb.com” published on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, under the headline “Speaker-directs-govt-to-present-Airtel-Tigo-aquisition-deal-before-Parliament-for-approval”. The story suggests that the MoCD has been given a directive by the Speaker of Parliament to present the Airtel Tigo acquisition document to Parliament for approval. For the Records, the Speaker did not give any such directive. He merely made general comments to the Ministry of Finance. And we cannot depend on documents from those agencies as authentic documents to work with.

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has directed the government to put before parliament the agreement for acquisition of Airtel-Tigo. Mr Bagbin spoke on the back of the government's acquisition of Airtel-Tigo following the company’s financial challenges. As of today after one year, its not been done and we cannot depend on document from agencies as authentic document to work with," he emphasized. Speaker's comments come after Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George accused the minister of failing to account for the agreement in the acquisition of Airtel-Tigo. Ursula Owusu-Ekufful added the agreement will only be presented to parliament when finalized with the Finance Ministry and the Attorney General.

Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juabeng South, Michael Okyere Baafi, has said that despite public criticisms against the controversial E-levy, opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC, MPs support its passage. Michael Okyere Baafi said the NDC MPs did not want to go public with their support for the E-levy out of fear of losing votes. When you watch TV, you see me in parliament…do you see the NDC MPs? NDC MPs have consented that the E-levy is a good thing. "The NDC is solidly behind NPP MPs to pass the E-levy.

Appointment of judges not political - GBAEvery political judge will be fished out when we come to power – Francis Sosu warnsThe Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has said comments made by Madina MP, Francis Xavier Sosu regarding judges in the country were unprofessional and unacceptable. During the ‘Yentua Demo’, the Madina MP, Francis-Xavier Sosu, issued a stern warning to judges of the various law courts in the country against doing the bidding of the ruling government. A statement released by the GBA said,“The Ghana Bar Association has noted with disquiet and grave disappointment the assertion by Francis Xavier Sosu Esq. that some Judges are “political judges.”“The GBA finds the assertion by Francis Xavier Sosu Esq. very unprofessional, unfortunate, irresponsible and distasteful and same smacks of deep-seated ignorance, as the tenure of judges per the Constitution”The GBA explained judges cannot be political and their tenure cannot be determined by political appointments.

General News of Monday, 14 February 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comViolence rocks Lamashegu in the Tamale MetropolisPolice administration interdicts six officers involvedPolice, military team deployed to maintain peaceSix Police officers have been interdicted by the Service for their roles in a shooting incident that rocked Lamashegu, a suburb of the Northern Regional capital, Tamale. “Personnel from the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) have also been detailed alongside the CID to look at professional standard related issues of the incident,” the statement added. Other measures include that the Regional Commander should liaise with affected families and offer necessary support. Police appealed to the people of Lamashegu and wider Tamale Metropolis to remain calm as investigations continue. “We would like to assure the public that anybody found culpable will be dealt with according to the law,” the statement signed by DCOP Kwesi Ofori, Director-General, Public Affairs, concluded.

This rite is performed to initiate their young girls into adulthood. During their stay, they used one of the many hills at the now resource reserve – (Mogo Hills) as a campsite for their young girls who were eligible to go through the puberty rites (Dipo). Assistant Manager of the Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Ishmael Otoo, explained on the People & Places show that the girls were camped at the site for about 6 months in the past. Ishmael also noted that the number of ladies who were housed on the hills at a time depended on the availability of ‘puberty-ripe’ girls. Ishmael further explained what the markings on the bodies of these young girls signify.

Speaking at the 2022 Bible Week Symposium organised by The Bible Society of Ghana in Accra on the theme: “The Bible, Corruption and Integrity,” he described corruption as a "systemic problem and hindering the economy’s growth." “But someone will take one million dollars instead and close eyes to corruption, which could rather save the nation 100 million and billions. He stressed: “Anyone in authority who says he wants evidence on corruption is blind. Prof. Adei also advocated that political and other public sector leaders needed to inculcate the anti-corruption fight by living by example. If we want to fight corruption, we can.