Sports News of Thursday, 23 September 2021Source: rainbowradioonline.comPremier league side Accra Hearts of Oak could get automatic qualification over Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) Casablanca following a FIFA ban imposed on the Moroccan club from participating in this year’s CAF Champions League. It also involved a five per cent interest accruing from April 7, 2019, to April 7, 2021, and a cost of 3,000 Swiss Francs ordered by CAS. The decision further stated that in the event that the aforementioned amounts are not paid by the Respondent within the stated time limit, interest at the rate of 5% p.a. “We write to inform you that your opponents in the next round of the CAF Champions League, WAC of Morocco, are ineligible to participate in the CAF Champions League 2021/2022. “This is because vide a petition dated July 29, 2021, we informed the CAF of their ineligibility as they owed our clients overdue payables and after investigation, CAF gave them a deadline of August 15, 2021, to pay the overdue payables they owed our client.”

According to him, current findings indicate that the effects of COVID-19 has brought to bare the relevance of social democratic policies and principles that promotes social security and social protection policies. He stressed that the government of Ghana, as it is, has no reason to shy away from discussions bordering around social protection. There is no excuse for government to use the usual mantra of “there is no money” to avoid a discussion on the nature of social protection badly needed by our countrymen and women. He urged that governments and businesses on the African continent, must not see social protection as a cost but as an investment while asking the Finance Ministry and the Economic Management team to create a fiscal space to enable the government invest in the provision of social protection. Social protection cannot find space in the budget after you have created new offices in government to overburden the consolidated fund.”“Certainly, social protection cannot be a priority, when you annually make payment orders for the purchase of ammunitions for the security institutions to use to brutalise the very people who are in need of social protection,” he added.

General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: classfmonline.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly that it was regrettable some European countries were using the COVID-19 vaccines as a tool for controlling immigration. “One unfortunate development appears to be the recent measures on entry into some countries in Europe, which suggests that Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India, is not recognised by these countries,” the Ghanaian leader told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, 22 September 2021. “What is intriguing”, the Chairman of the Heads of Authority of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said, “is the fact that this vaccine was donated to African countries through the COVAX facility.”“The use of vaccines as a tool for immigration control will be a truly retrogressive step,” Nana Akufo-Addo noted. “We are grateful that our efforts at the management of the pandemic and vaccine distribution have been recognised, and we have received these amounts so far. We are still hoping to vaccinate 20 million of our people by the end of the year.”

General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: 3news.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has used the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, September 22 to launch an onslaught against the coup leaders in Guinea. He condemned the overthrow of the Government of Guinea by the soldiers and urged countries around to defend democracy and constitutional rule. The President indicated that the overthrow of constitutionally-elected governments must not be countenanced under any circumstance. “Now more than ever we must defend democracy and constitutional rule,” the president said. “Recent events in Mali and Guinea have undermined democracy in the region.

General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana's land borders were closed on March 22, 2020, after the rise in COVID-19 cases• A year on, the borders still remain closed despite agitations from some Ghanaian traders• Irbard Ibrahim has called on the government to gradually open the borders for businesses to bounce backSince Ghana recorded its first case of coronavirus, land borders were closed and to date, the situation remains the same. There have been several calls and agitations from traders, border town neighbours and some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). They called on government to as a matter of urgency, reopen land borders for the smooth running of goods and services. Social commentator, Irbard Ibrahim, sharing his thoughts on the development on GhanaWeb TV’s The Lowdown programme, opined that, government should open the land borders in phases. Citing Nigeria’s border as an example, he said in as much as Buhari was backlashed for taking such a harsh decision that affected neighbouring countries, he ensured that Nigerians ate local rice.

Sports News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Ghanaian athlete, Ebenezer Oko Addy has made some shocking revelations about his time as an athlete. According to Mr Oko Addy, athletes that won medals at the 1966 Commonwealth in Kingston, Jamaica were never rewarded for their efforts. Oko Addy was one of Ghana’s athletes in the Men’s 4x100 relay team that won gold at the event. “In 1966, there was a coup so General Ankrah invited us to the Castle, you know Ghana, they gave us some Coca-Cola and some meat pie,” Mr. Oko Addy said exclusively on GhanaWeb’s Sports Check show. According to Oko Addy, representing Ghana at any tournament in the 1960s was described as a service to the state as it never came with any monetary reward.

Born Fella Precious Makafui, the young actress rose to fame after featuring in the Ghanaian TV series, Yolo. Fella has revealed that she is "proud" of herself judging from all the obstacles she had to overcome to get to her current state. Her caption read: "I am proud of the woman I am today because I went through hell of a time becoming her." Fella Makafui is listed among Ghanaian celebrities who have been cited in a number of public scandals. Now known as Precious Frimpong, the actress is married to popular rapper, Medikal, with whom she has a two-year-old daughter, Island Frimpong.

According to him, those charges among some other charges imposed by the shipping lines should be embedded in the freight charges. He also criticized some administrative practices by the shipping lines operating in the country. Today you can pay your custom duties 2am, 4am, but you cannot do that with the shipping lines. Shipping lines have no incentive to tow the same line. The panelists also urged the Ghana Shippers Authority to do all they can to come to the aid of shippers.

“A cumulative sum of President Akufo-Addo’s recent three luxury trips abroad imposes a colossal GHC10million on the suffering Ghanaian taxpayer. Reflect on what GHC10million can do in the ailing health sector or the limping education sector of our dear nation. Okudzeto Ablakwa surmised that President Akufo-Addo’s preference of ‘luxurious planes’ is not a good motivation for the payment of taxes. This debauchery must be stopped!”Okudzeto Ablakwa in May this year revealed that the president spent GHC3million on his trip to Belgium, France, Belgium and South Africa. His trip to the United Kingdom, according to Ablakwa came at GhC3.46m with the most recent one which is to the United States adding up to GHC10m.

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The committee report, coupled with the release of the final nominees' list, has seen pockets of disturbance in some areas where the choice of nominee did not go down well with some groups of people. A video shared by Accra-based Citi FM showed irate party supporters pulling down a structure believed to be the district office of the party. The President in his final list of nominees however maintained Isaac Buabeng as Municipal Chief Executive for Nsawam Adoagyir. “No Sowah, No NPP, No Sowah, No NPP, No Sowah, No NPP” the youth group chanted. The president’s final list confirmed the supporters' position as the Accra Mayor was replaced with Madam Elizabeth Sackey in the new list of nominees.

Being the youngest acting IGP to be appointed in the Fourth Republic and the eighth youngest since Ghana gained independence, his work has endeared him to many people also because of the many unusually interesting things he has undertaken. A few hours after, a statement from the Ghana Police Service stated that the four police officers, working with the Tamale Regional Police Command, had been interdicted. The statement said that the action had been taken against the men for their assault on some residents of Tamale in the Northern Region. The residents, who were victims of the assaults, were believed to have allegedly been involved in illegal power connections. Since the creation of the new region, almost 200 personnel have been deployed to fight crime in the police region.

Sports News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Johnson Smith says he has not been paid for four months• He says his current contract with expire in November• Asante Kotoko has appointed new assistant coaches to Dr. Prosper NartehAsante Kotoko assistant coach, Johnson Smith, has complained about unpaid salaries for the past four months. This confirms the media reports in Kumasi which stated that the entire technical staff of Asante Kotoko for the past five months. Johnson Smith joined the record holders of the Ghana Premier League as an assistant coach in 2019 after guarding Ayinase-based Karela United to the finals of the Normalization Committee’s Cup as head coach. But coach Johnson has stated that he has a binding contract with Asante Kotoko till November 2021. "My contract will expire in November and I have not been paid for four months, so I am waiting for them to do the right things," he said as reported by Footballghana.

He said his government will pay critical attention to the cashew business and make sure they are prosperous. This, he said, will make cashew farmers cash in and enjoy better lives. "This is the time for cashew farmers. If you're not into cashew, get land and begin cultivating because it will be a prosperous venture under me," John Mahama said. According to him, a Cashew Board will be established, similar to the structure of Cocobod, so that the interest of cashew farmers can be pursued while ensuring improved cashew production.

Ablakwa explained to Joy FM on Tuesday, September 21, that, “the fundamental objection to this chartering of luxurious aircraft is that we have a functioning Presidential jet. Rather intriguing, it does appear other Presidents have more confidence in Ghana's Presidential Jet than President Akufo-Addo. It was the second time in the same week the Liberian leader was exclusively using our presidential jet. Interestingly, Namibia has a similar Presidential Jet - a Falcon 900B which is much older than ours. A cumulative sum of President Akufo-Addo’s recent three luxury trips abroad imposes a colossal GHS10million on the suffering Ghanaian taxpayer.