Bono Region journalists unhappy with restricted access in MMDCEs confirmation
The affected journalists raised the concerns after they were prevented from entering the venues where the confirmation of MMDCEs in the Sunyani West and Berekum West Districts were taking place on day one of the confirmation process. Some journalists who had thronged the Sunyani West Assembly Hall and the Presbyterian Church in Jinijini to observe proceedings were told to wait outside. All efforts by this reporter to speak to the office of the Bono Regional Minister on the matter at the time of filing this report were unsuccessful. Confirmation on Day OneThe Sunyani West Municipal Assembly on Tuesday, September 29, 2021, endorsed Mr. Evans Kusi Boadum as the Municipal Chief Executive for the Assembly. His other compatriot in the Berekum West District, Dominic Oppong was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Assembly Members as he secured a 100% endorsement from the house.
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September 29, 2021 11:26 UTC
The ballot box does not stop the bullet – Antwi Danso
“Democracy is a process where gradually you build your institutions, gradually you make changes suiting your socio-historical and cultural specificities. Our socio-economic, socio-cultural, the historical trajectory we’ve taken is that we are changing our democracy gradually,” he said. “People believe that when you have the ballot box; you elect your leaders, you change them frequently, voila, democracy. “So, indeed, the ballot does not stop the bullet, that’s one of my principled things I’m leaving with you today. You can have your ballot, if it’s not free and fair and you accept it, the bullet can come,” he said.
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September 29, 2021 11:26 UTC
Six dead after torrential rains in Ashanti region
Regional News of Tuesday, 28 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Monday’s floods killed six people in the Ashanti region• The affected areas were Ahenema Kokoben, Sokoban, Daban, and Kromoase. • NADMO has sent out its personnel to find others who have gone missingTorrential rains in the Ashanti region on Monday, September 27, 2021, have left six persons, including minors, dead. The areas affected badly by the rains were Ahenema Kokoben, Sokoban, Daban, and Kromoase. At Ahenema Kokoben, the news we gathered was that while some vehicles were not able to cross the floodwater, there was a truck whose driver, out of insolence, decided to cross. It will be recalled that in June this year, similar rains in the Ashanti region displaced traders at the Kejetia, Asafo, and Atasemanso markets, following which some of the traders embarked on a protest.
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September 28, 2021 18:45 UTC
Fire Service launches fire safety sensitisation campaign in Ashanti Region
Regional News of Tuesday, 28 September 2021Source: otecfmghana.comBreman Fire Station of the Ashanti Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has launched a Fire Safety Education campaign to step up fire safety sensitization among residents in the municipality. The campaign, which is a one-week activity, is dubbed “Kure Gya” to wit ‘Hold Fire, Control Fire’, and is aimed at creating awareness on fire prevention and its control. Outlining the week-long campaign, he said “today (Monday) we will engage the people on the Breman-Suame roundabout streets. During the campaign, the fire service personnel engaged the people one-on-one to educate them on fire prevention and control measures, give them stickers with telephone helplines on them in case of emergencies. On fire outbreaks in the Ashanti Region, the Public Relations Officer for the Ashanti Regional Command of the GNFS, DOI II Desmond Ackah, disclosed that the region has made some inroads in fire prevention, by reducing it by 16%.
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September 28, 2021 18:22 UTC
How did our ailing economy become buoyant to afford a new presidential jet? – Okudzeto Ablakwa
The comment by Mr Ablakwa comes after the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, at a press briefing, disclosed that the government of Ghana was initiating measures to acquire a new presidential jet. “President Akufo-Addo has initiated steps to purchase a new bigger presidential jet, that is according to his spokesperson. It appears abandoning Ghana’s presidential jet for obscene luxury charters was to lay the foundation for this big announcement. “Ghana’s current presidential jet is therefore barely 11 years old. Remember our presidential jet is a 17-seater very much within the same capacity range of the President’s newly acquired taste for ultra-luxury monsters,” Mr Ablakwa stated.
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September 28, 2021 18:22 UTC
Serwaa Amihere releases photos from her vacation
The GhOne morning show host has for some time now been missing on the screens. Fans can now take a breath knowing that she is just on vacation and will soon be back. Also on Serwaa's Instagram stories, she posted videos of her enjoying 'breakfast in a pool'. The broadcaster who didn't show her face gave her 1.8 million followers on Instagram a glimpse of what she was eating on her floating private pool breakfast. Tiwa Savage's viral song titled 'Somebody's Son' was heard playing in the background of Serwaa Amihere's vacation video.
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September 28, 2021 18:11 UTC
Adopt stringent security checks on bank staff – Prof. Kwasi Aning to financial institutions
Business News of Tuesday, 28 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Financial institutions have been tasked to adopt stringent security checks on their staff• This is on the back of increasing spate of bank-related robberies in the country• Some armed persons have been meting out attacks on persons who have made transactions at the bankSecurity Analyst, Professor Kwasi Aning has called for the adoption of stringent security measures by financial institutions and their staff. The call comes following an increasing spate of bank-related robberies occurring in parts of the country. “This lady who withdrew money from the bank, how did criminals know that she had money on her? Over the past few weeks, some heavily armed persons have been meting out various attacks on persons who may have transacted business at a bank. This has heightened the level of insecurity in the country with the police already making some arrests.
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September 28, 2021 18:11 UTC
We’ll end shortcuts in procurement – Ameyaw-Ekumfi
Business News of Wednesday, 29 September 2021Source: classfmonline.comThe Chairman of the newly inaugurated Board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Ekumfi, has promised to end "shortcuts" in procurement at the ministries, departments and agencies of the state. Professor Ameyaw-Ekumfi said for the public purse to be truly protected, procurement irregularities needed to be weeded out. "We are going to work with the law and all the shortcuts in procurement will be done away with to assist the President and his government in ensuring that the public purse is indeed protected," Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi said. According to Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi, a former Education Minister in the erstwhile John Agyekum Kufuor-led government, issues of procurement remain sensitive to the Ghanaian hence the need to treat same with diligence to give the citizenry value for money. The government, he said, expects the Prof Ameyaw-Ekumfi chaired Board to "be one which continuously strives for innovation and sustainability in the conduct of procurement through electronic systems to ensure greater transparency, accountability and value for money".
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September 28, 2021 17:37 UTC
Over 2000 candidates fail 2021 Ghana Law School entrance exam
General News of Tuesday, 28 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe 2021 Makola entrance exam results are out, and only 790 candidates made the cut. The list available to GhanaWeb shows that over 50 percent of the total number of candidates who participated in the 2021 examinations failed. In fact, only 27 percent of the total number of candidates passed the entrance exam. It will be recalled that last year 1,045 out of a total of 2,765 candidates passed, indicating that there have been a substantial number of failings this time around. Below is the list of candidates who passed the 2021 law entrance examinations:
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September 28, 2021 17:26 UTC
Joe Ghartey appointed Board Chair of UPSA Enterprise and Innovation Center
Business News of Tuesday, 28 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Joe Ghartey has been appointed as Chair of the UPSA Enterprise and Innovation Center• The center will serve as a vehicle to champion entrepreneurship and innovation• Joe Ghartey is a former Minister for Railways DevelopmentFormer Railways Development Minister, Joe Ghartey, has been appointed as Board Chairman of the UPSA Enterprise and Innovation Center. The development comes after the center was launched in Accra to serves as a vehicle to facilitate and champion youth entrepreneurship and innovation in the country. Joe Ghartey as Chair will be assisted by other members of the advisory board which include Richard Osei Owusu who is chairman and Managing Director of NASS HOLDINGS, a conglomerate with an interest in mining, hospitality and education. Other members of the center’s advisory board are Mrs Kate Quartey Papafio, Chairperson of Reroy Cables limited, Nelson Amo, Executive Director of Ghana Technology Lab, Professor Raymond Dziwornu, Dr. Gerald Nyanyofio, Ms Leticia Browne, and Dr. Mrs Fidelis Quansah.
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September 28, 2021 17:13 UTC
IMF SDR allocation: US$300 million to go towards supporting 2022 budget
“We have had some discussions with the government on that and as you know, SDRs are for balance of payment support but the IMF has decided that we may also use it for budget support. Earlier in August this year, the IMF made available US$1 billion, equivalent to SDR793 million for Ghana. The SDR allocation was first introduced for all countries as part of emergency response programme to the global recession following the Great Depression era. The IMF allows for countries to access emergency financing disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility. The recent disbursement for Ghana was approved by the Fund 18 months ago as part of measures in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic.
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September 28, 2021 17:03 UTC
Man arrested for chasing wife’s alleged boyfriend with machete
General News of Tuesday, 28 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA video of a dramatic incident that ensued on the principal streets of Kumasi has gone viral on social media. Multiple reports indicate that a man was arrested for confronting another man who he alleged to have been having an affair with his wife. In the video sighted by GhanaWeb, the unidentified man, wearing a red cloth with shorts beneath, is seen confronting another man in a Land Cruiser V8 in an aggressive manner. Moments after walking up to his car and throwing punches at him through the driver’s window, the man walks to the front of the car and his subject bolts out of his car. He returns back to the driver’s side of the car, wielding a machete.
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September 28, 2021 15:45 UTC
Minister announces relief package for rice farmers in Kajebi
Business News of Tuesday, 28 September 2021Source: Global Agricultural Development CompanyRice farmers in Kajebi in the Oti region have been given some respite regarding the acquisition of agricultural machinery. The relief package was announced by the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto on Tuesday, September 27, 2021, when he paid a working visit to rice farms in Kajebi and also interacted with the farmers. The respite followed an appeal by the rice farmers to the sector minister to be given the machinery on credit. In addition to the half payment, the minister asked the rice farmers to write a letter through the Kajebi District Director of Agriculture for the machines to be given to them on credit. The minister also paid a courtesy call on Chief of Dambai, Nana Kwaku Biano II, together with his Council of Elders.
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September 28, 2021 15:37 UTC
#GhanaWebRoadSafety: Many deaths are caused by how victims are handled after crashes – Fire Service
“Most of these victims that lose their lives don’t necessarily lose their lives because of the collision; it is what happens to them after the collision. When the collision happens, some of them may have some fractured jaw or something that will affect the breath,” he said. Some will be trapped by any of the components of the vehicle and would need someone with a specialist equipment to bring the person out. All these helps when it is readily available and can save many of the accident victims that die,” he said. The discussions were moderated by the GhanaWebRoadSafety Ambassador, Bice Osei Kuffour, and GhanaWeb Managing Editor, Daniel Oduro.
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September 28, 2021 15:33 UTC
Ejura Committee reveals what 'probably' killed Macho Kaaka
The committee in their report said that, based on testimonies from multiple witnesses it is convinced that Kaaka’s death was caused by family feud. “We, accordingly, find that the death of “Kaaka” was not directly linked to his social media activism. This is also supported by the testimony of Aminu Mohammed, a resident of Ejura and a friend of the late Kaaka”, portions of the report read. This conclusion by the committee has been rejected by the family of Macho Kaaka who holds that the report is riddled with contradictions. A brother of Macho Kaaka told Citi FM that the family has existed peacefully and that there was no rancour between them.
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September 28, 2021 12:22 UTC