General News of Tuesday, 13 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comAchimota School has come under new fire from a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Ghana who is accusing the school of being a factory for miseducation. According to him, the refusal of Achimota School to admit students with dreadlocks showed how as Africans: “we denigrate our own but treat white people differently”. “The same people who went to this school and are taught to worship an imaginary white man – if that exact same imaginary white man came there and said, ‘I want to go to school,’ would they ask this imaginary white man that they pray to every Sunday, ‘You have to cut this bushy hair that you have? That’s going to give them miseducation and anti-education,” he added. Authorities at Achimota School insisted that some first-year students cut off their dreadlocks before they would be granted admission to the school, citing their internal regulations and standards.

Even his brother Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor never supported him but he [Kufuor] was not bothered that his own blood brother was not supporting him. She continued: “After [President] Kufuor had chosen his Ministers, he then forwarded the names of his appointees to the party’s Council of Elders. Today, all those who did not support the candidature of President Akufo-Addo have become enemies in the party. “If as President, JA Kufuor had behaved the way Akufo-Addo is behaving, then Akufo-Addo would not have had an appointment in his administration. These comments from the lady made the former president call into the show on Neat FM to express his displeasure.

General News of Tuesday, 13 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe current power challenges the country is facing is largely due to failure to invest in power transmission systems after the country successfully ramped up power generation years back. According to Benjamin Boakye who is Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, after the Mahama-era power outages (2011 – 2015), Ghana had managed to scale the power generation barrier but authorities took their eyes off the issue of power transmission. The energy expert, speaking on Citi TV’s Point of View program monitored by GhanaWeb, emphasized the need for government to consider the power system as a chain and to address its challenges holistically. Around 2014 when we had the problem, power consumption was barely 2,000 MW, between 1800 – 2000 MW, that was enough for the transmission system to manage. That has proven to be too much energy for the transmission system to wheel to ECG and subsequently the consumer.

General News of Tuesday, 13 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comJohnson Asiedu Nketia, the General Secretary of the opposition NDC has argued that the current brouhaha surrounding the reopening of schools for final year Senior High School students is because there is no infrastructure in public schools to accommodate the students when they go back to school. Asiedu Nketia, who is a professional teacher, queried on Joy News on Sunday, April 11. The GES also stated:“The postponement was to give them uninterrupted instructional hours and that is exactly what the situation is. “So, they should have announced a third track so that these people will enter that third track,” Asiedu Nketia jabbed again. He stated further that his side, the NDC, warned the Akufo-Addo administration about the consequences surrounding Free SHS.

General News of Tuesday, 13 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comJohnson Asiedu Nketia says during his tenure as MP for Wenchi West, and member of the Appointments Committee, he had to disagree with his Committee Chairperson, Freddie Blay, who was also then the MP for Ellembelle Constituency. Speaking on Joy News as monitored by GhanaWeb on Monday, the NDC General Secretary said:“I was on the Appointments Committee for twelve years, there are occasions where I took a position against not only my party but the whole Parliament. “The Appointments Committee approves all the Ministers by consensus and the Appointments Committee includes Hon. Then you come out to resign and you say because of principle, what principle?” he asked. “If it is not belated, he should go further to explain…” Asiedu Nketia stressed.

Business News of Tuesday, 13 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comExecutive Director for the Africa Center for Energy Policy, ACEP, has disclosed that Ghana is currently losing US$2.5 billion as a result of the failure of government to fully utilize capacitor banks amid the current power crisis. According to Benjamin Boakye who was speaking on Citi FM’s Point of View program on Monday evening monitored by GhanaWeb, aside the financial savings that government could make, there was also an element of power that could be saved with full utilization of capacitor banks. “The capacitor bank regulates (that) voltage to ensure that when the demand is rising, it is producing enough power... it provides the needed voltage when people turn on their equipment. "What that means simply is that by not having those capacitor banks functional, we are losing about 2.5 million dollars of revenue every single month,” adding that according to current prices, a new capacitor bank on the market costs around US$10 million. The capacitor banks essentially are system infrastructure that allows an operator to regulate electrical voltage because people are plugging into the electricity system and operators are not able to know who is coming on to use what.

"It is not true that mackerel replaced eggs in the National Approved Menu, thereby affecting local poultry farmers," he explained. Kofi Asare had alleged that NAFCO had contracted a company by name Lamens Ventures to "supply imported Chinese mackerel to all SHS in Ghana." "There has not been any policy that compels SHS not to buy eggs. The mackerel and eggs are not mutually exclusive. Schools can buy eggs if they so wish, in addition to the mackerel supplied by NAFCO," he explained.

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This portal gathered that disagreements between the Asuogyaman District Assembly and the Assemblyman for the area on the type of borehole to drill has resulted in the stand-off. While the Assembly is bent on sinking a manual borehole for the market, the Assemblyman prefers a mechanized borehole. He wondered why the borehole project has stalled despite the allocation of funds to the Assembly. Please, come and construct a mechanized borehole for us.”Another trader at the market, Victoria Dzakpasu shared similar views. While he insisted on a mechanized borehole, the Assembly on the other hand is maintaining its position on building a manual borehole.

BBC Pidgin of Monday, 12 April 2021Source: bbc.comSouth East govnors for Nigeria don conclude to maintain joint security vigilante 'Ebube Agu' to fight terrorists and bandits for di region. Di govnors tok inside one 12 point communiqué dem issue afta dia meeting with heads of security at di end of di first south east security summit wey happun for Owerri on Sunday, 11 April, 2021. Di five south east govnors present for di meeting.

Regional News of Monday, 12 April 2021Source: GNAThe Asogli State Council has expressed concerns over the alleged sale of lands in the Volta Regional Capital and called on stakeholders to investigate and correct the anomalies. Mr Adzome’s release, dated March 22, 2021, alleged that the State lands were being “shared to NPP Party apparatchiks” in Ho, and listed some party executives who had been allocated portions. The Asogli State Secretary said the release confirmed the Council’s prior information, and thus was investigating the issue, which also affected lands belonging to stools and families. “The Chiefs and people of Asogli State in the Volta Region take a very serious view of the press release on the above subject. “The contents of the press release are thus consistent with and confirm what we thought we knew all along.

#TwitterGhana”Making the initial disclosure via a post shared on Monday April 12, Jack Dorsey wrote; “Twitter is now present on the continent. #TwitterGhana https://t.co/tt7KR3kvDg — jack (@jack) April 12, 2021The choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter’s Africa operations is EXCELLENT news. 2/3#TwitterInGhana #TwitterGhana — Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) April 12, 2021These are exciting times to be in, and to do business in Ghana. 3/3#TwitterInGhana #TwitterGhana — Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) April 12, 2021The continent has always been near and dear to our hearts. (@Jonny58766325) April 12, 2021Me at the premises of #TwitterGhana headquarters..

Sports News of Monday, 12 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comHead coach of Asante Kotoko Mariano Barreto has made a passionate appeal to referees in the Ghana Premier League to protect players from getting injured. Gaffers have had to shuffle their team each week due to players getting injured. Despite winning the game by 2-0, coach Barreto expressed his frustrations in having to lose some of his key players. “The work of the referee is not only to whistle; he has to protect the players. He added, “We have to protect the players, Ghana has skillful players and the referees have to protect the skillful players.”The Portuguese coach reiterated that although his players have to train to refrain from getting their opponents injured, referees must impose fear in players.

BBC Pidgin of Monday, 12 April 2021Source: bbc.comNigeria Minister of communications, Isa Pantanmi don react to tori say im dey on United States watch-list for terrorism. Tori bin dey circulate for social media on Monday wit claim say di United States don black-list Communications Minister Isa Ali Pantami in connection wit global terrorism. One tori news platform bin quote US intelligence sources tok say before im appointment as minister, Isa Ali Pantami get "extremist views" about di United States, dem say im don pledge allegiance to al-Qaeda. Di minister tok-tok pesin, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, follow BBC Hausa tok say di article wey dem publish na to spoil di name of di minister. Di minister say no amount of intimidation fit stop am from implementing di good policies of President Muhammadu Buhari on security.

Unsure she was the target, she kept moving until she felt the signal and decided to stop for a conversation. “He referred to me as 'pretty lady' and that’s what did the magic,” says Naa Atswee on the Exes Show, disclosing that the incident was around 2012 when she had just completed secondary school. One thing led to the other and they eventually ended up in a relationship ship. He never gave me a call.”Continuing with the narration, Naa Atswee tells host Aikins that other occurrences broke her, the topmost being how she was treated on his birthday. According to her, she paid for a portrait of the said boyfriend as a birthday present only to be treated with discontentment.