Health News of Monday, 6 September 2021Source: starrfm.com.ghMortuaries for preserving dead bodies in various health facilities in the Eastern Region are reportedly getting full following a strike by Environmental Health Officers. The nationwide strike action by the Environmental Health Officers – Ghana (EHOA-GH) over poor working conditions is expected to escalate the situation across the country. Members of the Environmental Health Officers Alliance-Ghana (EHOA-GH) last month suspended the burial of Covid-19 infected corpses across the country with immediate effect. According to the group, the Environmental Health Practitioners burying the bodies lack the needed resources to carry on with their job. Thus, until the key actors in the health sector, namely the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service, supply them with the needed PPEs, the association will continue with the strike.

We are in full support of Agenda 111 but we won’t support unlawful awards of contracts that are palpably inflated. Oppong-Nkrumah, who is MP for Ofoase-Ayirebi, responded to Dafeamekpor directly when he made submissions at a Ministerial Meet-the-Press event at the Information Ministry on Sunday, September 5. He addressed the general issue of politically motivated attempts to taint the project before citing the specific case of Dafeamekpor. “Government notes recent attempts by some persons to deliberately and without basis, whip up political anger against the country’s Agenda 111 project which is aimed at closing the gap in the availability of healthcare and infrastructure nationwide. "Disappointingly we also notice deliberate politically motivated claims of impropriety being cooked up against the project.

According to him, the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, has delivered on a number of promises that the NDC had insisted were impossible to achieve. They said that Free SHS was impossible, Akufo-Addo has made it possible. They said nursing and teacher trainee allowances were not possible but today the story is different,” Afenyo-Markin said. “When we proposed the restoration of teacher trainee allowances, they said it was impossible. When we proposed the restoration of nursing trainee allowances, they said it was impossible.

They want former President John Dramani Mahama, who they insist played a key role in the scandal, to be held responsible and ultimately punished for his role. Owusu Bempah believes that Mahama is the person code-named 'Government Official 1' in the Airbus scandal report. The speedy trial and imprisonment of the henchmen of frustrated John Mahama will end this obscene irony. Which is why Fixing The Country Movement is in the process of petitioning the Special Prosecutor to revisit the Airbus corruption scandal and deal appropriately with John Mahama. Ghana's first Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, had opened an investigation into the said scandal before he left office, his successor has not stated whether he is keeping the said docket open.

General News of Monday, 6 September 2021Source: rainbowradioonline.comThe Minority’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has condemned the coup in Guinea. Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, stated that African leaders who are willing to stay in office for more than two terms must learn from the Guinea example and other countries that have experienced coups in recent times. In a statement, the MP said corruption, joblessness, poverty, and other ills could contribute to coups. Another tragic but unsurprising episode in the contemporary African narrative. As we pray for Guinea to return to stability and hope for the safe release of Alpha Condé, may we all be reminded and be rededicated to the unfinished African reconstruction project.

Regional News of Monday, 6 September 2021Source: www.mynewsgh.com55-years-old Yaw Baah, a resident in Techiman, woke up to find a heap of torn Ghana cedis notes behind his window and has returned it to police. The man worried and not sure of where the money was from reported what he had seen behind his widow to the Techiman Police. The Police moved to the scene to find torn notes of Ghana cedis which included GH¢50, GH¢20 and GH¢10 notes which amounted to several thousands of cedis. The personnel of the Ghana Police Service who visited the scene took photographs and sent the money to the station for further investigation.

He has therefore condemned the Presbyterian Moderator Rt. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante's choice of words against Ghanaians criticizing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s Agenda 111 project. “So the Presbyterian Moderator Rt. He failed to condemn President Akufo-Addo for abandoning those projects but attacking those criticizing Agenda 111,” Yammin said. “The Presbyterian Moderator believes insulting those who are criticizing President Akufo-Addo’s government will make him get favor from this government?”Yamin added that “the speech of Rt.

Entertainment of Monday, 6 September 2021Source: ghanaguardian.comGospel musician, Great Ampong has revealed that he knows the reason why hilife legend Daddy Lumba bolted away with all the monies they got from their album launch. It was widely reported that Daddy Lumba after the launch of the "Hossana" album he did with Ampong bolted with all the proceeds they made from the launch. According to Ampong, he was advised not to talk about that issue again. The gospel artist stated that he was not happy with what Lumba did. "I was really hurt by Daddy Lumba's actions."

But the minority said it is strongly against the proposed hyper-inflated purchase price of the blocks in connection with the deal. In a statement, the minority assured Ghanaians it will do everything possible to ensure value for money before the deal is approved by government. (iii) Approval to mandate the Minister for Energy and the Minister for Finance to agree on a purchase price with Aker Energy/AGM. BRIEF BACKGROUNDIt will be recalled that in the year 2018, Aker Energy bought the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block from Hess Energy and announced plans to embark on “significant” oil exploration and production in Ghana. The Minority group in Parliament wishes to assure the Ghanaian public of our unflinching commitment to secure a fair deal for the State in this transaction.

Specific to the Western Region, Government has embarked on the construction of the PTC Interchange in Takoradi, which is the first interchange in the western part of Ghana, and is estimated to be completed by June 2023. Additionally, the construction of Elubo-Enchi road, and the construction of the Yamatwa Junction-Yamatwa is ongoing and 12% complete. Dixcove Landing BeachAt Dixcove, President Akufo-Addo inspected ongoing work on the Dixcove Landing Beach, a project whose construction commenced a year ago. It will be recalled that during his tour of the Western Region in 2019, the President symbolically cut the sod for the construction of eleven (11) modern landing sites along the coast. Bogoso PolyclinicAt Bogoso, the President inspected ongoing work on the construction of the 46-bed Bogoso Polyclinic, which is being constructed by VAMED Nederland BV.

General News of Monday, 6 September 2021Source: 3news.comThe Management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has informed the general public, that there will be an interruption of water supply to the western part of the Greater Accra Region from Monday the 13th to Friday the 17th of September 2021. A statement said GWCL Engineers will be replacing some faulty valves on the main 900mm transmission pipelines, which impedes water flow and causes serious challenges in the distribution lines. There are some leakages also within the supply area, causing GWCL to lose several volumes of water daily and consequently havinga serious impact on the volumes available for consumption, the statement added. “Hence; the Government's covid-19 free water reservoirs will still be filled with water tankers to enable consumers fetch for free. Most importantly, consumers should/must store water ahead of the shutdown to reduce the impact of the shutdown.

Politics of Monday, 6 September 2021Source: 3news.comThe Economic Communicty of West African States (ECOWAS) has said it has noted with great concern the recent political developments which occurred in Conakry, Republic of Guinea. “It also demands the return to constitutional order on pain of sanctions. Republican and expresses its solidarity with the Guinean people and Government,” the communique signed by ECOWAS Chair, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said. Soldiers appeared on national TV in Guinea claiming to have dissolved the government of President Alpha Condé. This follows hours of heavy gunfire near the presidential palace in the capital, Conakry.

Golf News of Sunday, 5 September 2021Source: myxyzonline.comThe second pre-tournament qualifier for this year’s Gold Fields PGA championship will tee off at the Celebrity Golf course at Sakumono on Tuesday, September 7 and end on Thursday September 9, 2021. Over 50 golfers will be competing to gain qualifications of which 24 professional golfers are expected to qualify depending on their total gross score. The three-day event is the last qualification round for the championship after the first round came off earlier this year in March at Achimota. 15 PGA senior golfers and 15 foreign golfers will be added to the 24 regular golfers who will qualify for the Gold Fields PGA Damang Championship. He touched on what to expect at this year’s Gold Fields PGA Championship.

General News of Monday, 6 September 2021Source: ghanaguardian.comMr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, Sunday refuted claims that government has inflated the cost of district hospitals under the Agenda 111 project. He said the then NDC-led government constructed each district hospital at a cost of between 25 and 35 million dollars, compared to 17 million dollars by the New Patriotic Party-led government. Mr Nkrumah encouraged healthy conversations on the Agenda 111 project and condemned the deliberate whipping up of partisan political sentiments to discredit the programme. He noted that the 100 million dollars (equivalent to GHC600 million) Commencement Funding had been made available to begin the construction and refuted claims that the amount had already been spent. The number was later increased to 111 to include six regional hospitals in newly created regions, a new regional hospital in the Western Region, renovation of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, and two specialized hospitals in the middle and northern belts of Ghana following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Politics of Sunday, 5 September 2021Source: kasapafmonline.comGovernment has asked persons deliberately pushing political angst against its much-touted Agenda 111 hospital project without basis to desist from such acts. He said: “we notice deliberate politically motivated claims of impropriety being cooked up against the Agenda 111 project. This includes a claim by MP for North Dayi that the projects were illegally awarded, and the contract prices inflated. Additionally, in terms of costs, the cost of the district hospital under agenda 111 is about 17m USD. This is about 50% the cost of similar projects under the previous administration which cost between 25m and 35m USD,” he added.