Atubiga in a Kofi TV interview accused some members of the party’s FEC for being disrespectful and arrogant. He specifically mentioned former Health Minister, Sherry Ayittey as one person who treated him with scorn and disdain. Describing her as a ‘wicked woman’, Atubiga said that whiles Asiedu Nketia was pleading on his behalf, Sherry Ayittey was making derogatory statements about him. “But the rest like Sherry Ayittey who disgraced herself as minister … She is a very wicked woman. Asiedu Nketia was pleading that I’m his boy so they should be lenient and Sherry Ayittey was like if I’m his son then he should take me away.

Kwesi Pratt fears that the two Rastafarians will be targeted and victimized if they decide to school at Achimota School. Pratt also praised the students and their parents for using the court to seek justice after Achimota denied them admission. “If were their parents, I wouldn’t allow them go to Achimota School. "Why do you push it to the extent that the children must go to that school. The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court on Monday ordered Achimota to admit the students and allow them pursue their education.

But PIAC's Technical Manager, Mark Agyemang, in an interaction pointed, “In my opinion, I think that there should have been an independent assessor. They should have appointed an independent assessor, who will make the data available to all parties, especially Eni. Eni is asking that they should be granted permission to go to Springfield data room but Springfield is refusing that,” he said. He however added that unitisation of oil fields was not a bad thing for the oil and gas sector as it helps to cut cost through facility and development costs. Already, the Sankofa Oil fields forms part of ENI’s Offshore Cape Three Points project and lays off Ghana’s Atlantic Coast of which the GNPC says has reserves of about 40 billion cubic meters of gas and 500 million barrels of oil.

According to him, the sector is on the verge of a collapse unless government implements stringent measures to save it. Jubilee has been producing oil and gas since 2010. Kofi Armah BuahGHANA’s UPSTREAM PETROLEUM SECTOR ON LIFE SUPPORT WITH THE EXIT OF EXXONMOBIL- KOFI BUAH• In January 2017 when this government began, this was the state of Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector.Ghana had 16 offshore licenses. Having enjoyed preferntial treatment in the sector, most Ghanaians and industry watchers were expecting an aggressive exploration on their Block. Jubilee has been producing oil and gas since 2010.

Business News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The GUTA president said measures must be put in place to reduce the rate banks charge for lending• The policy was reduced by the Bank of Ghana on May 31• Banking consultants have also noted that banks have a few months to adjust their interest rateThe Ghana Union of Traders Association has called for some control mechanism to compel banks to cut their lending rate in line with the reduction in the Monetary Policy Rate. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana reduced the policy rate by 1% basis point to 13.5% from 14.5% for the first time since March 2020. GUTA president Dr Joseph Obeng believes that some regulatory control measures be put in place to ensure commercial banks follow suit. Meanwhile, a banking consultant Nana Otuo Acheampong has stated that it could take banks a few months to adjust their interest rate due to the high non-performing loans. “It may take a while before the banks are able to adjust their interest rate to suit the new policy rate but it can be done.

Business News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The price of cocoa went up on the market today at a unit price of +26.00• Cotton also went up slightly and stood at +1.65• Coffee also went up at a unit price of +1.45On the commodities market today June 1, 2021, the price of Crude Oil is sixty-eight dollars, eighteen cents ($68.18) as compared to yesterday’s trading of sixty-six dollars, ninety-three cents ($66.93). Gold is trading at one thousand, nine hundred and six dollars, thirty-five cents ($1,906.35) as compared to yesterday’s trading of one thousand, nine hundred and four dollars, thirty-four cents ($1,904.34). Cocoa is trading at two thousand, four hundred and thirty-eight dollars ($2,438.00) as compared to yesterday’s two thousand, four and ten dollars ($2,410.00). Meanwhile, Cotton is also trading at eighty-three dollars, seventy-seven dollars ($83.77) as compared to yesterday’s trading of eighty-two dollars, zero point five cents ($82.05). And Coffee is trading at one hundred and sixty-three dollars, eighty cents ($163.80) as compared to yesterday’s trading of one hundred and sixty-one dollars ($161.85).

Business News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Total value of MoMo transactions increased by 150% between April 2020 and April 2021• The surge showed a jump from GH¢32.8 billion in April 2020 to GH¢83.8 billion in April 2021• Transactions from March to April 2021 only witnessed a minimal increase of about two percentThe total value of mobile money transactions in Ghana increased by more than 150 percent between April 2020 and April 2021, according to the Bank of Ghana’s May 2021 Summary of Economic and Financial data. Figures showed a consistent surge in transactions which jumped from GH¢32.8 billion in April 2020 to GH¢83.8 billion in April 2021. Despite this, the value of transactions from March to April 2021 only witnessed a minimal increase of about two percent with also a few periods of reduction over the past 12 months. In April 2020, the total number of mobile money transactions increased by 77 percent from 182 million in April last year to 323 million in the same period for 2021. But on a monthly basis, the total volume of transactions witnessed a three percent decrease from 336 million in March to 323 million in April this year.

General News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comIt's exactly four years ago that former President, John Dramani Mahama promisedto take up the responsibility of nurturing the children of the late Captain Adam Mahama. In his tribute to the former soldier, he vowed to protect the lives of both the family and the children. “As a family, we will do our bit to console our daughter; his wife, and we’ll also do our bit to look after his children and bring them up”, he said. Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has pledged to take up the responsibility of supporting and nurturing the youngsters left behind by the late Captain Adam Mahama. Captain Maxwell Mahama who passed away under very sad circumstances left behind a very young wife and two toddlers.

General News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• A government-owned ambulance has been spotted loading bags of cement in Kasoa• The incident according report by UTV happened in Kasoa in the Central Region• The ambulances were purchased in 2019 to provide emergency health serviceAmbulance loading bags of cement? That is beyond strange but in a country where government-owned vehicles have been seen being used for all kinds of activities, it is not surprising to see an ambulance being used to transport bags of cement. A UTV video trending on social media has one of the recently purchased and constituency assigned ambulances loading bags of cement at Kasoa in the Central Region. The video has attracted funny reactions from some Ghanaians who are amused that a vehicle designed to deliver emergency health service is being used to carry bags of cement. The amublances, 145 of them, were purchased by the government in 2019 to address the challenges of emergency health delivery in the country.

Crime & Punishment of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comSuspect in JB Danquah's death, Daniel Asiedu has revealed that he was hired by some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to kill the former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu. According to Daniel Asiedu, he was told to execute the plot after which he would be given whatever he asked for. Daniel Asiedu made the confession in court because he says he is a changed man. He said his “contractors” told him to rather say the National Democratic Congress (NDC) contracted him when asked about the crime. The judge told the accused that he cannot be released for confessing because he is in a committal stage of trial.

Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin announced a 23-man squad last month for the two matches with players in the GPL dominating. But with the Ghana Premier League reaching the business period, clubs have indicated their unwillingness to allow their players join the Black Meteors. The clubs are questioning the importance of the friendly matches while hitting out at the FA over its failure to postpone next week’s round of Premier League games. Local media outlets are reporting that aside Hearts of Oak and Karela United, King Faisal and Great Olympics have withdrawn their players from the squad. Relegation battlers King Faisal will not give striker Kwame Peprah the green light to be part of the Meteors team.

According to him, the police who came to the scene after videos of their assaults went viral on social media were starstruck and only exchanged pleasantries with Shatta Wale. Giving details on what transpired at the Adjiringanor site, he said, Shatta Wale sent a delegation to them over the weekend, asking for an extension of the road to his SM secretariat. The incident was captured on video by people passing, the police came there but did nothing about the assault on me, they rather exchanged pleasantries with him and told me to be careful,” he told StarrFM in an interview. Road constructers dey site dey work, Dem no Wan allow SHATTA WALE make he pass the road top cos of the work they’re doing, There norr opana vex go carry Nima boys come beat the workers for site. (@kholynz__) May 31, 2021This is the reason why Shatta wale sent the Nima boys to beat the road contractor pic.twitter.com/9AqcRl4EGq — Stormcitygh (@stormcitygh) May 31, 2021

Business News of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: ghanaiantimes.com.ghSurface Rental payments to the government by companies in the petroleum sector in 2020 remain in arrears to the tune of US$2.1 million, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) 2020 Annual Report, has said. The PIAC Report said the 2020 arrears represent a 34.71 percent increase over the 2019 arrears of US$1.57 million. The report indicated that the non-payment of the surface rentals denied the Petroleum Holding Fund of the needed revenues for development projects. The Chairman of Public Affairs and Communications Sub-Committee of PIAC, Eric Defor said it was the responsibility of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to collect surface rentals from the companies operating in the oil and gas sector. He said one of the companies operating in the oil and gas sector some few years ago left the country without paying surface rentals.

The report says that Joseph Bediako has been detained in Brook House Immigration Removal Centre since early May and was issued a deportation notice to Ghana for June 2, although he has no family or house in Ghana. She adds that he is “frightened” of deportation as he has no “family, home or bank account in Ghana". Joseph, 26, is said to have been detained at the Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre on May 5 this year without warning, before later being relocated to Brook House. He was not born in the uk - but is entitled to do the EU settlement scheme. He has been in Brook house immigration detention centre since 5/5/21.

Entertainment of Tuesday, 1 June 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Shatta Wale allegedly assaulted road contractors at Adjiringanor• He stormed the site with his gang on motorbikes• The supervisor, subsequently got a slap from one of the dancehall artiste's gangDancehall artiste, Shatta Wale and some gangs alleged to be from Nima have allegedly assaulted a supervisor at a road construction site at Adjiringanor in Accra for not extending the road to his office. In videos gone viral on social media, angry-looking Shatta Wale was seen shouting and hurling insults at the contractors who were at post at the time of his arrival with his team on motorbikes. We asked them to pick the matter up with Urban roads who are supervising the project,” Engineer Acquah said. Other accounts to the story have it that, Shatta Wale got angry at the contractors because the money he gave them to extend the road to his office before travelling outside the country was shoddily one. (@kholynz__) May 31, 2021This is the reason why Shatta wale sent the Nima boys to beat the road contractor pic.twitter.com/9AqcRl4EGq — Stormcitygh (@stormcitygh) May 31, 2021