Watch Minority Chief Whip calm members as tensions rise in parliament
General News of Friday, 26 November 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comParliament finalizes discussions on the 2022 budget todayMinority fail to report early for budget debateMinority members getting tensed in parliamentTensions have been rising in parliament as Members of Parliament await the return of the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to continue proceedings of the day. As the tensions got higher and higher, it had to take the intervention of the Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, to calm them. In the meantime, the MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has returned to parliament after having been missing in action for weeks. He was welcomed by members on both sides of the House. Watch how the Minority Chief Whip got his people calmed down in the House below:
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November 27, 2021 05:20 UTC
Ghana Card will be the only proof of citizenship in next voter registration - EC
General News of Wednesday, 24 November 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comWe will amend registration law to make Ghana cards only prove of citizenship, ECEC open to reforming electoral process12 million Ghana Cards have been issued as of October this year, NIAThe Electoral Commission of Ghana has stated that it will recognize the Ghana card as the only document to prove one’s citizenship in its subsequent voter registration exercise. He indicated that the registration law, when amended, will prevent persons from using the guarantor system and passport to obtain the voter’s identification card. Ahead of the 2020 general elections, the EC organized a voter registration exercise in June where it accepted both the Ghana passport and Ghana card as proof of one’s citizenship. Dr. Serebour Quaicoe, also stated that the Commission was still reviewing the 2020 elections and working closely with the various stakeholders to reform the country’s electoral processes. The 2020 voters’ registration exercise was governed by the Public Elections (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Regulation, 2020 (C.I.
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November 24, 2021 10:03 UTC
It is senseless to complain because tollbooths are not markets – Majority leader to traders
The government of Ghana looking at easing traffic congestion while exploring other forms of revenue mobilization has directed the closure of bridge and road toll collection centers across the country. The directive has been met with grievances shared by some traders plying their trade around the toll collection points whose economic activities have been affected as a result of the policy coming into effect. He added that the purpose of operating tollbooths is not to create markets, hence the argument of the traders is flawed. So what the traders are saying that the government has rendered them jobless doesn’t make sense because the road tolls are not constructed to serve as market centres,” he stated. He however went ahead to suggest that government “needs to develop more markets to inhabit all these traders who are in this dilemma.”
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November 24, 2021 05:11 UTC
Ghana is the only country that still has its borders closed – Okudzeto
General News of Tuesday, 23 November 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comWhy is the ECOWAS chairman’s country not leading by example? - Okudzeto quizzesECOWAS announced July 31st 2021 is reopening date of closed borders2022 budget fails to capture reopening of Ghana’s borderRanking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said Ghana is the only country that still has its borders closed after COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, it is surprising the borders are still closed as Akufo-Addo was the one who set 31st July for reopening of borders for ECOWAS countries. “…What is more worrying to me is that the entire 8 pages, not a mention of the fact that as we speak our borders remains closed. Ghana is the only country in ECOWAS that still has its land borders closed.
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November 24, 2021 01:20 UTC
Father of deceased KNUST SHS student wins appeal, gets a court order for release of death report
Sam Leonard Richard took ill on campus on 6 July 2020, while preparing to sit for his final examination. The business student died on July 7, 2020, after suffering stomach pains for more than three hours without being given any medical attention. According to the angry students, who went on the rampage following their colleague’s death, the school authorities shunned the now-deceased out of fear of contracting COVID-19. The headmistress of the KNUST Senior High School and two other teachers were interdicted after the death of the student. In court this month, the A-G had argued that although Edwin Sam had a right to information, they were justified in refusing to give him access to the report.
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November 23, 2021 14:40 UTC
How Bagbin 'left' Number 3 to ‘claim’ Ghana's second most powerful man rank
When Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu challenged Bagbin’s orders, the two engaged in an exchange that boiled down to who was powerful in the house. What is your number?” Bagbin said. Number...…?" Alban Bagbin continued along his line of questioning asking the Majority Leader to state the number of his position amidst loud laughs from the floor. “But we have three arms of government… my colleagues in the Supreme Court told me that actually, you are not number three, you are number two.
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November 23, 2021 12:57 UTC
Three times Ghanaians living abroad have been engaged in crimes in the last two years
General News of Monday, 22 November 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comNews of Ghanaians living abroad have continued to make headlinesA number of Ghanaians living abroad have been found on the wrong sides of the lawA few Ghanaians engaged in crimes have been jailedSome of the headlines from the past weekend read somehow like this, “UK-based Ghanaian,” and, “Ghanaian man/woman living in the US…” and so on, but not all were for good reasons. And while the headlines of Ghanaians living abroad have not been more of the negatives than the positives, this GhanaWeb listicle focuses on some of the big stories coming from people of Ghanaian descent but who have, in the last two years, been engaged in some forms of crimes. We begin with the story of a young lady who twice bathed her boyfriend in acid over suspected infidelity. Esther AfrifaEsther Afrifa, a young Ghanaian lady living in the United Kingdom, was reported to have been sentenced to 14 years in prison for pouring acid on her boyfriend as he slept in their home in Wembley. In the second instance, Esther Afrifa struck while Kelvin lay resting on the sofa with already painful wounds, pouring more acid over his face and body.
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November 23, 2021 01:36 UTC
Asabee Resigns As SIGA Boss To Join NPP Chairmanship Race
Stephen Asamoah-Boateng is contesting NPP Chairmanship race NPP to open nominations for National Executive PrimariesStephen Asamoah Boateng was the Director-General of the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA)The Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah- Boateng, has resigned as Director-General of the Authority to enable him to contest in the upcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Executive primaries. Speaking at the event, Asamoah-Boateng applauded the CEOs for supporting him to bring the Authority this far. According to GBCOnline report, he encouraged them to continuously work in unity to help government achieve its agenda. The Director-General of the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng announced his interest in running for the position of national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in September 2021. Whether it is by my performance and the performance of SIGA, let’s wait until the time comes, you’ll hear about why I’m in there.
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November 22, 2021 18:58 UTC
Saboba drowning: CHOBS begs for mercy for Lwanga Headmaster
The group wants the headmaster’s punishment reduced if he eventually is charged and convicted by the court. Acting General Secretary of CHOBS, Edward Sarpong Boakye stated that the headmaster has been of good conduct within the community and the incidence of the drowning of the students was an “unfortunate” stain on his reputation. That is why we are all pleading on behalf our brother [Emmanuel Chingya]. The students had gone to the headmaster’s farm to help harvest rice and other food products. Emmanuel Chingya has been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) until a final determination is made on the matter by the police.
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November 22, 2021 18:46 UTC
One-third of my salary goes into taxes – Finance minister’s wife
Angela Ofori-Atta stated that if it is taxes that will allow the country to get better, then there is no need for Ghanaians to complain. She added that Ghana can achieve economic and sustainable growth when the citizenry commits to paying taxes. “I have to pay one third or more of my salary as taxes every month, and I know that there are many people who are not paying taxes, and I know that they would like better roads. They would like when they go to the hospital to get better care; I know that they would like a good Ghana. “There’s no country that can develop without its citizens contributing, and there are too many people in Ghana not contributing.
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November 22, 2021 16:17 UTC
What Kojo Tsikata said about Francis Poku at NRC
General News of Monday, 22 November 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comCaptain Kojo Tsikata (Rtd) narrated his encounter with Francis PokuThis was during the National Reconciliation CommissionCaptain Kojo Tsikata (Rtd) died on Saturday, November 20When former President John Agyekum Kufuor established the National Reconciliation Commission in January 2002 by an Act of Parliament, the late Captain Kojo Tsikata (Rtd), who appeared as a witness gave vivid testimony about his encounter with former Minister for National Security [2001-2009], Francis Poku, during the days of the revolution. According to the late Tsikata (Rtd), Francis Poku, who was also a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) ordered that he [Tsikata] was beaten and tortured until he went unconscious in 1975. Tsikata narrated to the NRC that, at the time of the incident, Mr Poku had ordered him to sign some papers confessing to a crime of attempting to topple the SMC regime but he [Tsikata] refused. Read below the full account of Captain Kojo Tsikata (Rtd) at NRC culled out from mynewsgh reportSubsequently, I was told I was being investigated on suspicion of involvement in a plot to overthrow the government. I was taken, on a number of occasions clad only in my blanket, before a panel chaired by Mr. Francis Poku, at the time a Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Special Branch.
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November 22, 2021 09:44 UTC
I worked in a brothel to survive in Russia - UK-based Ghanaian reveals
Diasporian News of Sunday, 21 November 2021Source: Svtv Africa, ContributorEngland-based Ghanaian trader, Maxell Mannesmann, has disclosed that he had to work in a brothel in Russia in the 80s after his scholarship was cancelled. Speaking on SVTV Africa with DJ Nyaami, Maxell shared his story of how he had to sell drugs in Russia to survive. As a result, he had to sell drugs to survive. We got kicked out of school and most of the colleagues had the money to buy their tickets back home. He added that, “I didn't fully know what the job was but they asked for people to work with and I joined.
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November 22, 2021 04:24 UTC
Men are afraid of women – Bridget Otoo
General News of Sunday, 21 November 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comBridget Otoo has expressed displeasure about how women are treatedShe says men bully women because they fear themBridget was speaking on The Lowdown on GhanaWeb TVBroadcast Journalist, Bridget Otoo, has expressed her sentiments about how women are treated particularly within the media space. She is unhappy that women are not acknowledged for their hard work but are rather ‘bullied’ and ‘tagged’ wrongly, whereas men within the same space are given due credit for the work they do. According to Bridget Otoo, the fear men have for women is the reason they try to subdue them or try to put them in more disadvantaged positions in the working environment. Speaking to Nii Akwei Ismail on the Lowdown on GhanaWeb TV, she said, “I respect every single woman in the media. Bridget Otoo, further urged that men take up the role of encouraging their female colleagues to also excel within their different professions.
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November 21, 2021 19:54 UTC
Ex-police officer narrates his addiction to cocaine after MV Benjamin cocaine bust
The vessel used to cart over 77 parcels of cocaine into the country using unapproved routes. The MV Benjamin cocaine caseIn 2006, Mr Norbet Dei was given a tipoff by some fishermen in Tema about the MV Benjamin vessel. "There was a company shipping cocaine to Ghana but not through the ports, they paid $5000 as a reward to each canoe to move the cocaine from MV Benjamin at Prampram to a location. TWI NEWSThe cocaine addiction journeyAfter they under-declared the parcels of the cocaine, the stolen cocaine was given to him to sell. The former detective narrated that he ended up being a drug addict when he went to sell the stolen cocaine substance.
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November 21, 2021 14:46 UTC
Fire officer who drowned while rescuing people from a well laid to rest
The officer who was with the Agona Swedru Fire Service drowned in an attempt to rescue three persons who fell inside a well while working at Gomoa Obuasi. Indeed, we have lost a competent, experienced and gallant officer who was very committed and dedicated to duty. Joanah Effianah, wife of the late officer touted his qualities as a family man. The Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, also called on security personnel to call for reinforcement in overwhelming situations. The late Joseph Baidoo who died as an Assistant Station Officer was promoted posthumously to the rank of Assistant Divisional Officer Grade II.
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November 21, 2021 14:46 UTC