Sports News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comMother of Ghanaian boxer and comedian, Braimah Kamoko popularly known as Bukom Banku has passed on. The unfortunate event according to the boxer, occurred in the early hours of Thursday, May 20, 2021 at Koforidua. Banku who made the disclosure in an Asempa FM interview stated that his mother has been unwell for nearly two decades. A distraught Banku paid tribute to his mother and said since the passing of his father, his mother has been very supportive of his career. “I lost my father at a young age and so growing up my mother has been my everything which makes her death a big blow to me,” he added.

Some young Muslims on social media believe regular visits to the Chief Imam’s residence must cease. To them, not everyone should be given access to the Imam, considering his old age and societal status. They are calling for strict directives to regulate such visitsSome young Muslims on social media have described as an ‘eye-sore’ the incessant visits to the National Chief Imam’s residence. There has been complaints regarding how the Chief Imam’s residence has suddenly become open to individuals of all kinds without strict regulations. To the concerned youth, the Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu must be protected and his residence not made easily accessible to any and everyone.

The opposition National Democratic Congress, will later today, brief the press on some recent electoral reforms proposals made by the Electoral Commission (EC) following a two-day IPAC meeting. The Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting said it was considering some 21 reforms including closing polls in the future on election days at 3:00pm instead of 5:00pm. The IPAC meeting was however without the NDC; the party has since the December 7, 2020 elections boycotted activities of the Commission. He added that “The IPAC invitation was sent to all the parties; if we had deliberately left out the NDC, then there would have been a problem.”Ahead of the next general elections, the NDC has hinted at capturing its electoral reforms proposal in a document. But some parties including the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) say the NDC’s absence at IPAC is a blessing in disguise for them.

The National Security has become unpopular lately after its operatives arrested and allegedly brutalized a journalist. Prior to that, some alleged members of the Delta Force who have been integrated into the National Security set-up stormed the office of the Regional Security coordinator for Ashanti Region in an attempt to force him out of office. He added that posterity would have been kind to President Akufo-Addo had he implemented the recommendations of the committee which included a framework for reforming the National Security. “There is a framework to reform National Security from 2019. Sam George said he expected that a future NDC government will ensure that the report is implemented and changes made to the structure of the National Security.

The census was in response to rising cases of rabies and also aimed at reducing cases of rabies in the country. Rabies awareness is very low in many parts of Ghana. Read the full report put together by DailyMailGh below:Ghana is set to conduct its first dog census with the help of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs’ Breakthrough ACTION project. The census is aimed at getting rabies under control in the West African country, especially in its Upper West Region. “If we do this successfully in the Upper West region, we could expand our work to the entire nation,” Segbaya said.

My CEO doesn’t want me in the team so he has created a three-man team he works with. Blakofe earned the spot of a Deputy CEO via President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's appointment in February last year after she massively campaigned for him in the 2016 general elections. According to Blakofe, her request was not welcomed by both Sanitation and Health Ministry. Blakofe earned the spot of a Deputy CEO via President Nana Akufo-Addo's appointment in February last year after she massively campaigned for him in the 2016 general elections. #TheTruth.”Blakofe's tenure as Deputy GTDC CEO officially ends on May 31, 2018.

A garden, a nature park, and a recreational center all in one. Call it a one-stop-shop for fun and you may not be far from right. The Bonsu Eco Park in the Eastern Region of Ghana is an 86-year-old park started in 1935 by two British men but later developed into a recreational park by Ghanaians in collaboration with the Tourism Ministry. This park has many wonderful plants which have amazing health and healing benefits. Discover more from the full interview in this edition of People&Places:

Sports News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFans of Ebusua Dwarfs have reportedly resolved to seek redress at the law court over a ruling by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association, Asempa FM reports. Dwarfs were declared losers of a Week 23 Ghana Premier League fixture after their fans prevented the referees from entering the pitch in the second half. “That in addition, being the defaulting club, Ebusua Dwarfs FC shall lose three (3) points from the club’s accumulated points from their previous matches pursuant to Article 33(5)(a) of the GFA Premier League Regulations. The reports states that the fans will in the coming days file a suit and seek an injunction on the Ghana Premier League. Meanwhile, management of Ebusua Dwarfs have appealed the decision by the Disciplinary Committee.

General News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comDominic Nitiwul, the Minister for Defense has urged Ghanaians with evidence of top government officials involved in illegal mining to report them to the appropriate authorities. Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, in a Joy News interview alleged that some leading members of the governing party are complicit in the galamsey menace. “I have a list of twenty-four companies owned by leading members of NPP and NDC. Nitiwul also challenged that he will avail himself for prosecution if there is iota of evidence he is a galamsey operator. Nitiwul also defended the decision by the anti-galamsey taskforce to burn excavators seized at galamsey sites.

Health News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCorrespondence from Eastern Region:The chief of Akyem Adubiase, Nana Owusu Agyekum III said the uncompleted community clinic has been abandoned for 12 years. He revealed that abandoned health center was started in 2009 by the Atta Mills government. The people are thus appealing to government to assist the community complete the health center for the community. A woman, Yaa Mansah narrated how her sister died due to birth complications due to the absence of a health facility in the community. The chiefs and people are thus calling on His Excellency, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to help an abandoned health center to rescue pregnant women in their community.

Entertainment of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ali and Shamima appeared on the Uncut Show hosted by Zion Felix• It was during the interview that Ali found out that Shamima has a six-year-old son• Ali expressed serious shock learning this for the first timeWhen Shemima chose Ali as her date on the 6th episode of Date Rush Season 5, the young man could not help but express mixed feelings of excitement and shock. The shocking part of his feeling seems to have gone beyond the night as Ali has recently found out that his date has a six-year-old child. Appearing together on the 'Uncut Show' hosted by blogger Zion Felix, Ali expressed utter shock after Shemima disclosed she has a son. But Shemima in her response to his shock explained that she only failed to disclose about her son during her appearance on the show. Watch their interview with Zion Felix below:

General News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com•Minister Nitiwul says the NPP National Women's Organizer is not the owner of embattled Xtra Gold Mining Company•Madam Kate Gyamfua is rather an employee of the company. •His revelation comes in response to allegations of government and ruling party officials being neck-deep in illegal mining activities. According to reports, nine (9) excavators among other equipment of Xtra Gold Mining Company Limited allegedly belonging to Madam Kate Gyamfua were burnt by the military team during the raid on the site. According to the Minister, Madam Gyamfua is only an employee of the company serving in the capacity of Managing Director. “Any Ghanaian or anybody within Ghana or outside who has evidence that this government official is doing illegal mining, don’t leave it.

Dr Abdullah was one of the doctors who worked on 13-year-old Michael Kekeli Asiamah, who had gone through a successful brain tumour surgery at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital but died following post-surgery complications. Dr Abdullah noted that the ICU at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital was under “lock and key” in 2014 for four years because the place was being renovated. “…It is not just about Korle Bu, it is not just about Komfo Anokye, this is how our healthcare is about. This is a healthcare system where for years, we’ve had neurosurgical patients occupy the majority of our emergency wards. “This is torture to doctors because sometimes you go, your own relatives, you can’t get a bed for them.

Dr Abdullah said he would have thought that the funding for the UGMC would have built some centres for excellence in the country that can be able to pay the loan faster. “UGMC is basically a replica of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and for me, to some extent, it was some lack of understanding of our programmes. “We built UGMC without having a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan for instance as a country. Of course, we have the radiotherapy and radio oncology centre at Korle Bu but we should have cancer properly built centre with admission beds there for these patients. Having done all these and built UGMC, it is not functioning to the level that we had expected it to be.

Health News of Thursday, 20 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Dr Abdullah says hospitals in Ghana now depend on cylinders for oxygen• He indicated that this situation will make Kwame Nkrumah turn in his graveDr Hadi Mohammed Abdullah, a renowned Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has said hospitals in the country now depend on cylinders for oxygen even though there are oxygen pipes that are built together with the hospitals to supply patients with oxygen. “When you go to our hospitals and you see the oxygen pipes there and then you see a cylinder by, it should tell you that Nkrumah will be turning in his grave because we have retrogressed as a country,” Dr Abdullah said. He said the young doctors coming up think the situation at the various hospitals is normal. Dr Abdullah challenged the media houses to campaign for defibrillators in the hospitals so that the government will wake up and fix it because a defibrillator should be something basic for a hospital in Ghana. “If at the end, our healthcare system is better, and I see the angel of death coming, I’ll be smiling,” he said.