General News of Tuesday, 18 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has redeployed the Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa. In a statement issued by Secretary of the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo, the Office of the President indicated that the contract of the GES boss was terminated because his services were no longer needed. It added that Prof Opoku-Amankwa could no longer stay at his post because he had exceeded his mandatory term of office. “The Ministry of Education has informed this Office that the exigencies that required your sus and expertise as Director-General of the Ghana Education Service do not exist any longer. You can also watch this episode of People & Places on GhanaWeb TV:IB/SARA

According to him, Dr. Bawumia who is the Head of the Economic Management of the country has not been able to accurately calculate the inflation of the country and also ascertain the rate at which the cedi is depreciating. Adongo said the Vice President is the one to blame for the economic woes in the country. How did Ghana end up with a Vice President and Head of Economic Management team who cannot correctly calculate inflation or even the depreciation rate of the cedi and had to be thought this elementary lesson by one of the professionals of the NDC that he so gleefully touted as incompetent?" The Ghana cedi has been ranked as the worst-performing currency against the US dollar in the world after it overtook Sri Lanka. "Nations such as the UK and the USA have in recent times had leaders of their economic management team admit failures, accept blame, and chart a new course based on scientific evidence," he said.

A former Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Herbert Mensah, has stated that till date, he still gets traumatized by the events of May 9, 2001. “The rains, the smell of tear gas, the pain, the struggle to get out of the stadium, the bodies are all part of the memory of the May 9, 2001 Accra sports stadium disaster that still lives with me even today,” he said. According to a report by myjoyonline.com, Herbert Mensah said that it is not enough that all that is done on a yearly basis is that wreaths are laid in the memories of the departed. Herbert Mensah was contributing to a BBC Outside Source program hosted by James Reynold that was looking into the October 1 Indonesia soccer disaster that left over 100 people dead. Herbert Mensah, who is currently the president and Board chairman of Ghana Rugby, also stated that since the May 9 Disaster in Ghana, he has stayed in touch with the affected families.

On today's menu, Abrantepa will sit with experts in music and a fan of Black Sherif to review the musician's maiden album "The Villain I Never Was" on E-Forum. George Ayisi speaks to some residents of the Amomoley community who have lost their lands to land guard activities in the community on #SayItLoud. Coverage of President Akufo-Addo's tour of the Ashanti Region will also be brought to you. These and other carefully selected content will be aired. Watch the stream below:

Citrus farmers in Ghana's AAK district, in the central region are excited at the news of seeing a new citrus processing plant that will be built to take their produce and help to make profits. This come after the Central Citrus Processing Limited (CCPL) through the new project will process over 15 tons of oranges into fruit juice per hour. The citrus farmers who are 75 of age, started to give up hope on the industry because the youth were not interested in the industry. The plant to be commissioned in a couple of months will process fruit from 6 000 acres per year. The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) partnered with the OVCF to revamp the citrus industry since last year.

Mane beat Belgium midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne to second place in the 2022 Balon d’Or, losing out the ultimate to French player of Algerian descent Karim Benzema. In the year under review, Sadio Mane won the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal and won the Carabao and FA cups with Liverpool. In 51 games played for Liverpool last season, Sadio Mane scored 23 goals and racked up five assists in all competitions. At the event held in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Sadio Mane also won the Socrates Award for his charity works. Last year, Sadio Mané inaugurated a brand new hospital in his home village of Bambaly in Casamance, western Senegal.

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has mounted a strong defence for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, following a controversial comment he made during a radio interview in Kumasi on Monday, October 17. Akufo-Addo in his reply said, “no problem, no problem. “If you decide to vote for the NDC in the general election, it is your choice and that is not my problem. No one will force you to vote for someone,” President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo stressed. The president said it is his utmost responsibility to develop the nation and he will do that.

General News of Monday, 17 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that he is unmoved by threats to vote out his new Patriotic Party. According to the president, threats of voting against him or the NPP due to unfulfilled promises or lack of development under his tenure, especially, is a personal decision which he cannot be bothered about. The president was reacting to a message sent into the radio programme by a listener who stated that residents of Kwabre and Manso would vote against the NPP if President Akufo-Addo’s government failed to construct their roads. The message, as read by the host of the programme, Captain Koda, stated that the residents of the area, being a stronghold of the NPP, voted massively for President Akufo-Addo. “Our plea through you (roads minister) to the Mr President is that when you look at the voting pattern, residents of Kwabre voted massively for Nana.

Some nine Ghanaians along with their Nigerian counterparts have been prosecuted and jailed for their involvement in the smuggling of 10,843kg worth of cannabis into Nigeria through the sea. According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Nigeria, they are to serve a combined jail term of 72 years. Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, in a ruling on October 14, convicted the Ghanaians of conspiracy and dealing in cannabis and thereafter sentenced each of them to jail. The convicts include; Victor Wuddah; Freeman Gazul; Adotete Joseph; Sottie Moses; Sottie Stephen; Christian Tette; Kanu Okonipa; Daniel Koyepti; and Kanu Natte. Source: ghanaweb.comDisclaimer : Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com.

“The high standard achieved by these Ghanaian pilots promises a highly-effective helicopter force in Ghana, a British helicopter expert commented,” it read. In 1960 Royal Air Force personnel took up the task of training the newly established Ghana Air Force and in 1961 they were joined by a small group of Royal Canadian Air Force personnel. • GHF Air Force Station Sekondi-Takoradi started as RAF Station Takoradi, then became Ghana Air Force Station Sekondi-Takoradi on 1 March 1961. The Chipmunk Basic Trainer Aircraft was the first aircraft used at the Station with an all Rank Air Force Station. • GHF Air Force station Accra came into being soon after the Royal Air Force (RAF) had taken over the administration from the Indian and Israeli Air Force officers at the beginning of 1961.

General News of Monday, 17 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comStories making the headlines on frontpages of major newspapersDaily Graphic* Go out, tell success story• Asantehene to President* IMF negotiations: UK, France, Germany commit to GhanaGhanaian Times* Bosome-Freho DCE suspended over galamsey activities* I will end galamsey before end of tenure - President assuresDaily Guide* We’ll stop galamsey - Nana* Let this be last IMF - MahamaThe Chronicle* Government solicits inputs into 2023 budget* JM to AU: Stop coup d’etats in AfricaYou can browse our gallery for more headlines

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has observed that the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy has increased enrolment in schools throughout the country. He also indicated that the policy is also achieving gender parity as more girls are enrolled in schools, something that was become a challenge. “When we came to office the President said we should implement free Senior High School and I must say that it is in the poorer communities that we are benefiting from the Free Senior High School education. In fact, the enrollment since the introduction of Free Senior High School has increased by 50%. What is also important is that more girls are enrolling into Senior High Schools and you are now getting almost gender parity between boys and girls.

General News of Sunday, 16 October 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comIn June 1989, the government of Ghana, under the Provisional National Defence Council administration of late former president Jerry John Rawlings, banned the activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Jehovah Witnesses. The two groups and their missionaries were subsequently given one-week ultimatum to leave the country after they were accused of disturbing public order and threatening Ghana's sovereignty. Years on, the ban was lifted, following numerous intervention and engagements with the Ghanaian authorities. Meanwhile, the presence of Latter Day Saints in Ghana has rapidly grown over the years with huge membership numbering over 100,000 across the country. The Jehovah Witnesses have also gradually made their presence felt in a country that is now inclined to being religiously tolerant.

Their efforts yielded no result as the man eventually committed suicide. A video has emerged that captures how two men attempted to rescue the man by forcibly grabbing him. The man who has been identified as Kakra got electrocuted when he stepped on a transmission line and died on the spot. According to some eyewitnesses, the victim before taking his life, spoke about how unbearable life has become for him. Watch the video below:Watch our latest programmes below:OPD/KPE

Gabby Otchere-Darko, reacting to the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng, took to his Twitter and wrote; "‘The politics of scapegoatism’ to suggest that Kwasi Kwarteng, despite being in office for only six weeks suffered the ill consequences of being a political scapegoat." However, Kwadwo Twum Boafo retweeted, urging Gabby Otchere-Darko to learn the lesson from what happened by advising Akufo-Addo to sack the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. British-born Ghanaian UK Finance Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng was on Friday, October 14, relieved from his post by the British Prime Minister, Liz Truss. Kwasi Kwarteng was recently appointed to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom where he served for six weeks. Kwasi Kwarteng, after his appointment, became the first black person to hold the position.