Business News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn the commodities market today May 14, 2021, Crude Oil is trading at sixty-four dollars, five cents ($64.5) closing the 20th trade week of the 2021 fiscal year as compared to last Wednesday’s trading of sixty-six dollars ($66.03). Gold is trading at one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-five dollars, five cents ($1,835.5) as compared to last Wednesday’s trading of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars, thirty-four cents ($1,834.34). Cocoa is trading at two thousand, four hundred and ninety-four dollars ($2,494.0) as compared to last Wednesday’s trading of two thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars ($2,425.00). Meanwhile, Cotton is also trading at eighty-five dollars, seventy-one cents ($85.71) as compared to last Wednesday’s trading ofeighty-eight dollars, seventy-one cents ($88.71). And Coffee is trading at one hundred and forty-five dollars, six cents ($145.6) one hundred and forty-seven dollars, ninety cents ($147.90).

However, a video has captured Schwarzenegger storming the Police cell and recording Adu Sarfowaa behind bars. The short video making rounds on social media also captured a naked female inmate who was trying to hide from being captured in the recording. The new development has attracted public outcry with some wondering how the Police on duty would have given access to Afia to record an inmate. An Instagram user by name Akua Sika wrote: "She’s not above the law. She has to be arrested for the fact that she had the effrontery to enter a space like that to record cell mates without their concerns."

General News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: Kasapa FMThe Attorney General Department is challenging the capacity of Tyrone Marghuy, one of the Rastafarian students in resorting to the court to seek the enforcement and declaration of his right to education. On Friday, when the case was called for the substantive hearing, the AGs department raised a preliminary legal objection of the capacity of Marghuy to initiate the legal action. Moving the application on capacity, Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame said, the applicant has no capacity to institute this action. The AG argued that, the applicant has failed to submit the admission forms based on which he can be deemed a student of the Achimota School. The applicant is asking the court to declare that the failure and or refusal of the school to admit or enroll the applicant on the basis of his Rastafarian religious inclination, beliefs, and culture characterised by his keeping of rasta is a violation of his fundamental human rights and freedoms guaranteed under the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 12(1); 23; 21(1)(b)(c); 26(1)); and 17(2) and (3).

Entertainment of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comDr Tobi Sanni Daniel, the husband of Ghanaian songstress, Becca has reminded his wife of how much she means to him in a recent post on Instagram. The couple, who continues to serve followers with relationship goals on special occasions, share images of themselves on their social media pages. Dr Tobi shared an image that captured his wife in a white and black outfit, he indicated that he wasn’t going to wait for Becca's birthday before celebrating her. The Instagram post sighted by GhanaWeb read: “Your dedication, commitment, tenacity and courage is a blessing... It’s not your birthday but just another lovely day with you... See the post below:

Business News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAn Economics Professor at the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Peter Quartey has stressed the need for the establishment of the National Development Bank (NDB) to be fused with competent personnel employed to manage the business operations of the bank. But Prof. Quartey believes the establishment of the bank will only yield positive results should government fail to apply the right mechanisms and personnel to effectively run the bank. “The key thing is that the money has been found, what I will recommend is finding the right people to manage this bank. The Akufo-Addo government is 2018 made the announcement to establish a National Development Bank as part of efforts to refinance credit to critical sectors operating especially in the agriculture industry. So far, government says it has been able to raise the required seed capital of over US$500 million dollars for the establishment of the National Development Bank.

Politics of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer President John Dramani Mahama in 2018 warned politicians to be circumspect about their public utterances as it can haunt them in the future. John Dramani Mahama stated that the New Patriotic Party under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is struggling in their reign because Ghanaians are measuring them with the very thing they said while in opposition. He stated that the lie the NPP told while in opposition had now caught up with them as they are seen doing worse than what they stood against during his tenure as President. "The thing is in politics be careful what you say because tomorrow, it will come to haunt you and that's exactly what is haunting them(NPP)." Watch the video below:

Politics of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comOn this day in 2018, former Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, cited ethnicity as his reason for not contesting for the Vice Chairmanship position in his party. Nana Akomea who was tipped to run for one of the national positions let down his supporters after he failed to pick his nomination forms, instead of calling for diversification in the party. Several individuals and key party leaders have also spoken to me about offering myself a national position. It is to be part of this effort that l have declined to contest for the Vice Chairmanship position. It is my great hope that the three Vice Chairmanship positions will afford the election of other members from outside the Akan sub-group.

The President assured the public that he will make sure that Ghana's natural resources are used for the rapid development of the country. In addressing the concerns of the Chiefs of the Upper East Region on the deplorable nature of their roads, President Akufo-Addo noted that “everywhere I go, the first thing people ask me is about their roads. On the rehabilitation and restoration of the country’s railway network, President Akufo-Addo bemoaned “one of the saddest and most egregious decisions that was made”, which was to allow the railway network inherited from colonial times to get into disuse. “It is absolutely essential for the rapid development of our country that we connect our country by railway, and we are going to do it. You can be sure that you, the people of the Upper East Region, will be right in the centre of those considerations for railway development,” he added.

General News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comPressure group, Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has called for the removal of Roland Affail Monney as President of the Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA). Their call comes on the back of recent attacks on journalists from security agencies without the GJA seeking justice for these victims. In a press release sighted by GhanaWeb, the pressure group accused the GJA President of condoning the physical attack some security personnel exhibit anytime they claim journalists breached a law. They reiterated that any form of violence and abuse on journalists should be frowned upon and must be tackled with all seriousness. The pressure group noted that they are poised to launch a campaign against the GJA's president, Affail Monney if he fails to resign.

General News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comMinister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has refuted claims that the Ghanaian medical student who died in Cuba was not given medical care. She made this claim when the Cuban Ambassador to Ghana paid a working visit to her at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey attributed the propagation of the ‘false’ news on the demise of the late Erasmus Klutse to the use of social media. We received the news of the death of the 2nd-year student with a lot of concern but what is important is that he was not denied any medical attention. He noted that the Foundation is ready to foot the bills of all expenses made on the mortal remains.

General News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comToday, the last working day of the week, we bring you content from across many sectors and disciplines that will keep you educated, informed and truly entertained, right here on GhanaWeb TV. Lined up in today’s itinerary is #TrendingGH with Etsey Atisu as he explored how Muslims in Accra marked this year’s Eid-Ul-Fitr amidst the coronavirus pandemic; a repeat of Bloggers Forum with Benefo Buabeng Abrantepa; and a repeat of The Untold with Etsey Atisu, and Talkertainment with Elsie Lamar. Also, we have great content on some national events and programs, as well as some external content to make your stay with us worth it today. They are all streaming LIVE on GhanaWeb TV on YouTube. Stay with us.

General News of Friday, 14 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comSam George says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not committed to the fight against galamsey. “I think the galamsey issue has been largely soundbites by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Nana Addo is not committed to the fight against galamsey,“ he said on Starr Chat on Starr FM monitored by GhanaWeb. Sam George indicated that he cannot comprehend the President has said he is committed to the fight against galamsey yet some of his appointees are engaged in galamsey. So, how do you tell me that President Akufo-Addo is committed to the fight against galamsey?

According to him, the GH¢11,000 is the salary MPs in the eighth parliament will be receiving until the salaries and emolument committee has been set up by the president to determine the salaries of Article 71 officeholders. “The salary of an MP in the last Parliament is around GH¢29,000 a month and that is gross. Sam George told Nana Aba Anamoah that the gross salary of an MP, which is GH¢29,000, about GH¢8,000 goes into income tax “so, even though on your gross sheet it is GH¢29,000, almost GH¢8,000 is taken out. The MPs pay for the vehicle, maintenance, water, electricity and everything that comes with it because the car is a loan and it needs to be paid for. Sam George indicated that MPs do not take ex gratia but rather it is a balance of the money owed by the state that is paid to them yet electorates insult them for that.

The fully-owned Ghanaian cement manufacturing company which is owned by Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former President John Dramani Mahama, has started cement bagging production with a projection of three million tons of cement annually at full operational capacity. Johnnie Beresford Hughes, the host of the TV3 New Day show took to his Facebook timeline and wrote, “Mr. Ibrahim Mahama is being praised by the very people who led others against him; threatening fire and brimstone upon him? You see if you [Johnnie Hughes] behave like this, it will go against Ibrahim Mahama. Find Johnnie Hughes' post below.

According to Sam George, MPs in the country suffer a lot because their electorates think that they receive huge sums of money, as what is called “ex gratia”. He said the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament House, led by Kate Addo, is failing to educate the masses on the issues of MPs and their ex gratia. “The fact that people think there is ex gratia for MPs is the failure on the Public Affairs Directorate of Parliament because there is no ex gratia,” he told the host of Starr Chat, Nana Aba Anamoah, on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. He explained that four years after he went to Parliament as the representative of Ningo-Prampram, he didn’t know his salary until the dissolution of the seventh parliament. The NDC MP said the electorates won’t understand that the so-called ex gratia is a delay in an MPs salary “yet I’ll get more insults because people think I get some free money”.