Security analyst urges ECOWAS to undergo review
ECOWAS recently suspended the West African country over the coup led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, toppling the long reign of Alpha Conde. This, Irbard Ibrahim said, was the right thing to do. “But today, Jerry Rawlings is no more; we’ve lost him. And again, I see intransigence on the part of the coup leaders because they are complaining [that] when things were bad, where was ECOWAS? Irbard Ibrahim also cautioned the ECOWAS, led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to work at dialoguing with the military leaders rather than aiming to force them to succumb to a democratic process.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 18:22 UTC
Another demo rocks NPP over MMDCEs announcement
The party supporters according to a Daily Guide report are unhappy with the removal of their former MCE, Kojo Ofori Safo, who is to be replaced by Madam Akosua Asabea Annan. The group reportedly begun raging from Sunday, September 19, when the list of nominees was announced by the Ministry of Local Government. They are said to have besieged the party’s office at Akyem Apedwa on Wednesday and locked it up. The angry supporters also burnt flags and other paraphernalia belonging to the NPP to register their displeasure. A former Polling Station Women Organizer of Apedwa reportedly said “We are demonstrating to tell the President that we have ceased to work for the party.”There have been recorded incidents of demonstrations against the President’s nominees in some MMDAs.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 18:22 UTC
Du Bois Center to be transformed into a museum complex
General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Du Bois Center in Accra is to receive a facelift• President Akufo-Addo is making this possible through an agreement• The place will be known as a museum complexThe Du Bois Centre is set to be transformed into a museum complex, the presidency has said. This arrangement is also to see to the transformation of the current Du Bois Memorial Centre and burial site in Accra, into a state-of-the-art museum complex and world-class destination for scholars and heritage tourists. “The Partnership will see the Du Bois Museum Foundation Ghana, leading the construction of a multi-million-dollar Museum Complex to preserve Dr. Du Bois’ legacy, over a 50-year period. “The Du Bois Museum Complex aims to transform the Centre, and create a living museum that revives the transformative spirit and vision of Dr. Du Bois for a unified ancestral home for Africans in the diaspora around the world. Dr. Du Bois, a civil rights pioneer and one of the world’s leading black intellectuals and thinkers, became a citizen of Ghana, and resided in the country until his death in 1963.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 18:22 UTC
Match-fixing scandal: GFA charges Asante Kotoko new boy Richmond Lamptey
The matchday 34 games in the just ended 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League dominated the headlines for bad reasons after Inter Allies defender Hashmin Musah scored two intentional own goals in the game. Isaac Opoku Agyemang, a player of Ashantigold SC and Richmond Lamptey of Inter Allies FC have now been served by the GFA and have until Friday, September 24, to respond to the charges leveled against them. “Isaac Opoku Agyemang, a player of Ashantigold SC and Richmond Lamptey of Inter Allies FC have both been charged for violating Article 34(5)(a) of the GFA Premier league regulations. “The GFA Prosecutor has also charged the Head Coach of Inter Allies FC Felix Aboagye, Team Manager of Inter Allies FC Ruben Adjetey, and a Club Official Joseph Boye Markwei for violating Article 11(2)(d) of the GFA Disciplinary Code and Article 34(5)(a) of the GFA Premier League regulations. “They are all expected to submit their Statements of Defence to the charges on or before Friday, September 24, after which the GFA Disciplinary Committee will adjudicate their cases respectively,” the statement from the GFA read.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 17:48 UTC
Hearts to get automatic qualification over banned Wydad of Morocco
Sports News of Thursday, 23 September 2021Source: rainbowradioonline.comPremier league side Accra Hearts of Oak could get automatic qualification over Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) Casablanca following a FIFA ban imposed on the Moroccan club from participating in this year’s CAF Champions League. It also involved a five per cent interest accruing from April 7, 2019, to April 7, 2021, and a cost of 3,000 Swiss Francs ordered by CAS. The decision further stated that in the event that the aforementioned amounts are not paid by the Respondent within the stated time limit, interest at the rate of 5% p.a. “We write to inform you that your opponents in the next round of the CAF Champions League, WAC of Morocco, are ineligible to participate in the CAF Champions League 2021/2022. “This is because vide a petition dated July 29, 2021, we informed the CAF of their ineligibility as they owed our clients overdue payables and after investigation, CAF gave them a deadline of August 15, 2021, to pay the overdue payables they owed our client.”
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September 22, 2021 17:26 UTC
‘There’s no money’ mantra not a reason to avoid social protection for citizens – Think tank
According to him, current findings indicate that the effects of COVID-19 has brought to bare the relevance of social democratic policies and principles that promotes social security and social protection policies. He stressed that the government of Ghana, as it is, has no reason to shy away from discussions bordering around social protection. There is no excuse for government to use the usual mantra of “there is no money” to avoid a discussion on the nature of social protection badly needed by our countrymen and women. He urged that governments and businesses on the African continent, must not see social protection as a cost but as an investment while asking the Finance Ministry and the Economic Management team to create a fiscal space to enable the government invest in the provision of social protection. Social protection cannot find space in the budget after you have created new offices in government to overburden the consolidated fund.”“Certainly, social protection cannot be a priority, when you annually make payment orders for the purchase of ammunitions for the security institutions to use to brutalise the very people who are in need of social protection,” he added.
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September 22, 2021 17:03 UTC
Using vaccines as immigration control 'retrogressive' – Akufo-Addo to EU
General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: classfmonline.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has told the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly that it was regrettable some European countries were using the COVID-19 vaccines as a tool for controlling immigration. “One unfortunate development appears to be the recent measures on entry into some countries in Europe, which suggests that Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India, is not recognised by these countries,” the Ghanaian leader told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, 22 September 2021. “What is intriguing”, the Chairman of the Heads of Authority of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said, “is the fact that this vaccine was donated to African countries through the COVAX facility.”“The use of vaccines as a tool for immigration control will be a truly retrogressive step,” Nana Akufo-Addo noted. “We are grateful that our efforts at the management of the pandemic and vaccine distribution have been recognised, and we have received these amounts so far. We are still hoping to vaccinate 20 million of our people by the end of the year.”
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 16:52 UTC
Akufo-Addo takes fight against Guinea coupists to UN General Assembly
General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: 3news.comPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has used the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, September 22 to launch an onslaught against the coup leaders in Guinea. He condemned the overthrow of the Government of Guinea by the soldiers and urged countries around to defend democracy and constitutional rule. The President indicated that the overthrow of constitutionally-elected governments must not be countenanced under any circumstance. “Now more than ever we must defend democracy and constitutional rule,” the president said. “Recent events in Mali and Guinea have undermined democracy in the region.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 16:41 UTC
UPDATED Ghana's land borders should be opened incrementally - Irbard Ibrahim
General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana's land borders were closed on March 22, 2020, after the rise in COVID-19 cases• A year on, the borders still remain closed despite agitations from some Ghanaian traders• Irbard Ibrahim has called on the government to gradually open the borders for businesses to bounce backSince Ghana recorded its first case of coronavirus, land borders were closed and to date, the situation remains the same. There have been several calls and agitations from traders, border town neighbours and some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). They called on government to as a matter of urgency, reopen land borders for the smooth running of goods and services. Social commentator, Irbard Ibrahim, sharing his thoughts on the development on GhanaWeb TV’s The Lowdown programme, opined that, government should open the land borders in phases. Citing Nigeria’s border as an example, he said in as much as Buhari was backlashed for taking such a harsh decision that affected neighbouring countries, he ensured that Nigerians ate local rice.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 15:33 UTC
They gave us Coca-Cola and meat pie for winning gold medals at 1966 Commonwealth Games - Oko Addy
Sports News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Ghanaian athlete, Ebenezer Oko Addy has made some shocking revelations about his time as an athlete. According to Mr Oko Addy, athletes that won medals at the 1966 Commonwealth in Kingston, Jamaica were never rewarded for their efforts. Oko Addy was one of Ghana’s athletes in the Men’s 4x100 relay team that won gold at the event. “In 1966, there was a coup so General Ankrah invited us to the Castle, you know Ghana, they gave us some Coca-Cola and some meat pie,” Mr. Oko Addy said exclusively on GhanaWeb’s Sports Check show. According to Oko Addy, representing Ghana at any tournament in the 1960s was described as a service to the state as it never came with any monetary reward.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 15:22 UTC
I went through hell but I'm proud of my growth - Fella Makafui
Born Fella Precious Makafui, the young actress rose to fame after featuring in the Ghanaian TV series, Yolo. Fella has revealed that she is "proud" of herself judging from all the obstacles she had to overcome to get to her current state. Her caption read: "I am proud of the woman I am today because I went through hell of a time becoming her." Fella Makafui is listed among Ghanaian celebrities who have been cited in a number of public scandals. Now known as Precious Frimpong, the actress is married to popular rapper, Medikal, with whom she has a two-year-old daughter, Island Frimpong.
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September 22, 2021 14:37 UTC
Ghanaian trading community demand shipping lines to play fair
According to him, those charges among some other charges imposed by the shipping lines should be embedded in the freight charges. He also criticized some administrative practices by the shipping lines operating in the country. Today you can pay your custom duties 2am, 4am, but you cannot do that with the shipping lines. Shipping lines have no incentive to tow the same line. The panelists also urged the Ghana Shippers Authority to do all they can to come to the aid of shippers.
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September 22, 2021 14:26 UTC
Detailed breakdown of how Akufo-Addo spent GH¢10million on recent travels
“A cumulative sum of President Akufo-Addo’s recent three luxury trips abroad imposes a colossal GHC10million on the suffering Ghanaian taxpayer. Reflect on what GHC10million can do in the ailing health sector or the limping education sector of our dear nation. Okudzeto Ablakwa surmised that President Akufo-Addo’s preference of ‘luxurious planes’ is not a good motivation for the payment of taxes. This debauchery must be stopped!”Okudzeto Ablakwa in May this year revealed that the president spent GHC3million on his trip to Belgium, France, Belgium and South Africa. His trip to the United Kingdom, according to Ablakwa came at GhC3.46m with the most recent one which is to the United States adding up to GHC10m.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 14:25 UTC
Here are four places where negative reactions met the MMDCE nominees
The committee report, coupled with the release of the final nominees' list, has seen pockets of disturbance in some areas where the choice of nominee did not go down well with some groups of people. A video shared by Accra-based Citi FM showed irate party supporters pulling down a structure believed to be the district office of the party. The President in his final list of nominees however maintained Isaac Buabeng as Municipal Chief Executive for Nsawam Adoagyir. “No Sowah, No NPP, No Sowah, No NPP, No Sowah, No NPP” the youth group chanted. The president’s final list confirmed the supporters' position as the Accra Mayor was replaced with Madam Elizabeth Sackey in the new list of nominees.
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September 22, 2021 14:15 UTC
Mozzart Bet offers biggest odds in three games today
Sports News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: Mozzart BetMozzart Bet is offering its clients the world’s highest odds of any betting platform in Ligue 1, La Liga, and Turkey Super Lig midweek fixtures. PSG win over Metz, Odds 1.35Before the dust settles on Lionel Messi’s substitution talks over the weekend, PSG is set to go away to Metz in a midweek league encounter in a match that favors the Parisians. Sevilla win over Valencia, Odds 1.75Valencia travels to Seville for their midweek clash against Sevilla in a La Liga match that is expected to be hotly contested. In the last four encounters, thrice in the league and once in the Copa del Rey, Sevilla has beaten Valencia. Kickoff: 5:30 PM (GMT)Galatasaray win over Kayserispor, Odds 1.95Galatasaray needs to beat Kayserispor to move within the top five after six rounds of matches in the current campaign.
Source:GhanaWeb
September 22, 2021 14:15 UTC