The Bill prescribes that people of the same sex who engage in sexual activity could spend up to 10 years in jail. "The truth is the bill is going to encourage more people to get involved in homosexuality and lesbianism. This act is already being practiced in the prisons and more people will be turned into gays in there. “We need to think about all these things and not about jailing people.”He attributed poverty as a cause of homosexuality. “Poverty also causes homosexuality and we also need to put in plans to reduce it in Ghana.

General News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• George Akuffo Dampare is the 23rd IGP• He has been sworn in by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo• Dr Akuffo Dampare had been acting as IGP since August this yearCOP Dr George Akuffo Dampare has been sworn in as the 23rd Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service. Dr Dampare was sworn into office by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday, October 8, 2021, at the Jubilee House. Profile of COP Dr George Akuffo DampareDr. George Akuffo Dampare is the youngest Acting Inspector–General of Police (IGP) to be appointed in the Fourth Republic and the eighth youngest since Ghana gained independence. Specifically, Dr. Dampare has been Director-General for Administration and Director-General for Welfare twice. Aside from his policing, Dr. Dampare previously worked as a Research Fellow and lecturer at King’s College London, University of London.

Health News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: 3news.comMore than 1.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States arrived via COVAX in Accra on Friday, October 8. This delivery brings the total to more than 2.5 million doses donated by the United States to Ghana to date. The Ghana Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service will oversee vaccine distribution nationwide. On September 22, President Biden announced that the United States is doubling its commitment to providing vaccines worldwide to 1.1 billion doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The United States Government has already delivered more than 176 million doses to over 100 countries, including 36 million doses in Sub-Saharan Africa alone.

“Ghana’s COVID-19 measures have had different impacts on the economy and exposed the systemic weaknesses of the country in protecting its food systems,” she said. She emphasized the need for the country to find new and more resilient food systems through active citizens’ engagement to address the disparities, inequalities, and systemic weaknesses to secure its food systems. “The practice where the country still depends on rain for agriculture production is unacceptable. Policy RecommendationsThe market women association from Agbogbloshie, echoed that sanitation is a major problem to them at the Agbogbloshie market. Another recommendation is the modernization of agriculture and markets, thus, construction of dams for farmers, improved seeds, and mechanized farming equipment.

According to a report by Adom FM’s Christian Ofori Kuma monitored by GhanaWeb, the young man identified as Yaw Razak Barima was apprehended by a group of young men in the area on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Razak after reportedly being caught in the act denied the allegation of engaging in homosexuality despite six teenagers coming forward to testify against him. He is however said to have reversed his position and confessed after the Traditional Council threatened him to swear an oath. “He was still being adamant until we threatened to make him and the six others swear an oath and he confessed to his acts,” he disclosed. Following his confession, the suspect has been asked to provide 24 sheep for purification.

Sports News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: footballghana.comFormer Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, has rejected claims that Ghana lacks quality players. A session of Ghanaians believes that the Black Stars lack quality players as compared to previous years and it is as a result the West African powerhouse is struggling in recent times. But according to Agyemang-Badu, Ghana has a lot of quality players considering the leagues some players play at the moment. “I don’t side with those claiming Ghana does not have quality players. "If you have players in the Serie A, Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, and Premier League and still claim the Black Stars lack quality, then, I don’t understand,” he said.

Mr Akufo-Addo asked him not to form an alliance with political parties especially the governing party. “It is in everybody’s interest that the Police Service conducts itself as a principled, creditable instrument of accomplishing the executive’s duty to maintaining law and order in the state. Governments in our body politics have term limits, in a multiparty democracy parties win and lose power. “This is why the Police Service under your leadership should not tie its wellbeing or otherwise to the fortunes of the ruling party of the day. “As president, and together with you as Inspector General of Police, we need to cooperate to ensure that the Police service is left to focus on its core mandate and not be an appendage of the ruling party.”

According to him, Kidi puts his mind to the music he does and for that, he likes the musician very much. If Kidi works with me, it’ll add a certain texture to him and his craft,” the music producer explained. Moving on to the ladies, Appietus mentioned MzVee as one person he would really love to work it. Appiah Dankwah, popularly known as Appietus, is a Ghanaian actor, musician, music producer, and sound engineer. The name Appietus, which was coined from the phrase “Appiah’s Tools”, gained prominence from his signature “Appietus in the mix”.

General News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Accra-Tema Motorway is inundated with several illegal structures• Several of such structures have been demolished in an exercise on Friday• The latest exercise was undertaken by La Dade-Kotopon and Ayawaso North Municipal AssembliesA team of police officers and local assembly officials on Friday, October 8, 2021, supervised the demolition of several illegal structures along the Accra-Tema Motorway. Some affected settlers along the motorway during the exercise appealed for government support after their habitats were dismantled by the team. Portions of the Accra-Tema Motorway over the years have been encroached by squatters who end up erecting makeshift structures along the route. A breakdown of the structures indicated that 78.7 percent were conventional structures, 9.7 percent are wooden structures, 8.0 percent are metal containers, 2.8 percent are kiosks and 0.9 percent being “other” structures. The census report also listed a little over 20 percent of structures in Ghana are listed as uncompleted.

Business News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThree social media giants, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on Monday October 4, 2021 experienced a global shutdown with many users unable to access their accounts for six hours. Millions of users of the app said they were experiencing error messages and glitches on the platforms. This had many users in panic mode with concerns over whether their information, data and security were at risk. Acting Principal Consultant at the e-Crime Bureau, Philemon Hini taking his turn on GhanaWeb TV’s BizTech segment explained the outages were as a result of a configuration error. The e-Crime Bureau provides cybersecurity-related services and solutions to private, public sector and international organisations.

The suspect arrested in August this year after a police investigation discovered decapitated body parts in the fridge, was scheduled to reappear at the Kaneshie Magistrate court on October 5, but the date has been pushed further to October 25. This development is due to the trial magistrate being unavailable for sitting during the period. The suspect has been charged with murder and that is a serious offence,” a member of the public noted. Their names were given as Louis Agyemang, believed to be a family member of the suspect, and Stephen Sarpong, 15, whose body was dismembered by the accused person. In advice, a member of the public speaking with Oman Channel advised parents to be extra careful about the safety and security of their children.

General News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: peacefmonline.comDean of the School of Performing Arts of the University of Ghana, Professor Kofi Agyekum, has advised against same sex marriages and other homosexual acts in Ghana. There are currently heated arguments about a bill to criminalize LGBTQ+ practices. The opponents of the bill argue it is an encroachment on the fundamental human rights enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. Professor Kofi Agyekum, speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' programme, added his voice to calls for a legislation to be made to check the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, queer (LGBTQ+) community. Declaring his stance on the issue, Opanyin Agyekum stated he doesn't support same-sex marriages.

Sports News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: footballghana.comGhana coach Milovan Rajevac will rely on the youth when the Black Stars face Zimbabwe on Saturday in the World Cup qualifier. The Black Stars will play host to the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Cape Coast stadium before the reverse fixture in Harare on October 12, 2021. The four-time African champions made light work on lower-tier side Soccer Intellectuals with 8-0 win at the Cape Coast last Wednesday at the team intensify preparation for Zimbabwe clash. The Black Stars of Ghana will take on Zimbabwe at 4 pm on Saturday. Ghana will be hoping to secure all six points to enhance their chances of progressing out of the group to the play-offs.

Business News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: 3news.comGhana’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Madam Gina Blay, has stated that the establishment of more factories in Ghana is the best way to ensure the industrialisation of the local economy. Madam Blay was commenting on the commission of factories by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo under the One District One Factory Initiative. “Factories, factories, factories. Her comments after President Akufo-Addo has opened seven factories under the 1D1F in just two months. President Akufo-Addo had said that his industrialsaition agenda is progressing in the country with the commissioning of factories under the 1-District-1-Factory initiative.

Sports News of Friday, 8 October 2021Source: footballghana.comBlack Stars coach, Milovan Rajevac is expected to field a strong squad against Zimbabwe in the 2022 World Cup qualifier on Saturday, October 9, 2021. The Black Stars will play host to the Warriors of Zimbabwe at the Cape Coast stadium before the reverse fixture in Harare on October 12, 2021. Thomas Partey of Arsenal and Mohammed Kudus of Ajax are available for selection having missed South Africa and Ethiopia clash last month due to injuries under Charles Akonnor. Captain Andre Dede Ayew, Jordan Ayew, and in-form Kamaldeen Sulemana are all in line to feature against Zimbabwe. The Black Stars will be hoping to secure all six points to enhance their chances of progressing out of the group to the play-offs.