ECG 'fights' GRIDCo's plans to sell power directly to industries
It is said the two power distribution institutions have since tabled their concerns to the Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh. ECG is however said to owe GRIDCO GH¢1 billion. Unhappy with the lack of progress in paying the debt, JoyNews is learning Gridco decided to sell power to industries at a cheaper tariff than what ECG offers,” the portal wrote. GRIDCO on its part believes a law which backs its establishment grants it the rights to follow through with its decision to sell power for industrial use but ECG bemoans the move as invasion of territory. “You have to examine the national transmission utility license granted GRIDCo and establish whether that license allows GRIDCo to sell to retailers.
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August 03, 2021 11:35 UTC
Supreme Court orders Yaw Boakye to pay $2.5millon in unpaid rent to Osei Boakye Trust Fund
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Edward Osei Boakye Trust Fund has been granted permission by the Supreme Court to retrieve more than 2.5milion dollars from Yaw Boakye, a son of late business mogul Edward Osei Boakye of Boakye mattress. On March 17, 2021, the Osei Boakye Trust Fund and Most Rev Dr Robert Aboagye Mensah, Most Rev Dr Joseph Osei Bonsu, Rt Rev Daniel Yinkah Sarfo filed a suit at the Supreme Court, praying the court to grant it certain reliefs. The agreement required Yaw Boakye to pay the cedi equivalent of $35,000 as monthly rent to the Trustees. The Supreme Court granted the application with the premise that "re-opening matters already settled" at the Supreme Court was in line with the public policy of discouraging endless litigation. "Anything otherwise may result in an untidy situation where lower courts will exercise the discretion whether the final orders of the Supreme Court referred for enforcement be carried out," the court ruled.
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August 03, 2021 11:03 UTC
Prices of global commodities as of August 3
Business News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The price of crude oil went up on the commodities market today at a unit price of +0.33• Cotton on the market today stood at a unit price of -0.43• Coffee also stood at a price unit of +1.15On the commodities market today, August 3, 2021, the price of crude oil is seventy-one dollars, fifty-nine cents ($71.59) per barrel as compared to yesterday’s trading of seventy-three dollars, ten cents ($73.10) per barrel. Gold lost some three dollars, fourteen cents to trade at one thousand, eight hundred and ten dollars, twenty-five cents ($1,810.25) per ounce as compared to yesterday’s trading of one thousand eight hundred and six dollars, sixty cents ($1,806.60) per ounce. Cocoa is trading at two thousand, three hundred and eighty-one cents ($2,381.00) per bag as compared to yesterday’s trading of two thousand, three hundred and forty-seven dollars ($2,347.00) per bag. Coffee, on the other hand, is trading at one hundred and seventy-three dollars, ninety-five cents ($173.95) per bag as compared to yesterday’s trading of one hundred and seventy-four dollars, fifteen cents ($174.15) per bag. Cotton is trading at eighty-nine dollars, sixty-four cents ($89.64) per bag as compared to yesterday’s trading of ninety dollars, five cents per ($90.05) per bag.
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August 03, 2021 09:45 UTC
‘I am sorry’ – Woman apologises for misinforming on KIA’s coronavirus testing
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Woman who alleged antigen tests carried out at KIA are fake has apologised• According to her, she was enlightened by some health professionals on COVID-19 testing• Over 400,000 passengers have been tested for COVID-19 at the KIA since it re-opened to international travels in September 2020The controversial traveller who sparked unrest about the testing processes at the Kotoka International Airport has rendered an apology for accusing the KIA of misconduct of the COVID-19 protocols, a report by Citi News has revealed. US-based Ivy Ankrah allegedly tested positive on arrival in Ghana on July 28, 2021. The member of the government’s COVID-19 team, in a video, laid out the protocols processes at the KIA. More than 400,000 passengers have been tested for COVID-19 at the KIA, upon arrival, since its re-opening to international travelling in September 2020. Passengers are mandated to have with them a negative COVID-19 PCR test result (not more than 72 hours) in English from an endorsed laboratory from their country of origin.
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August 03, 2021 08:15 UTC
Lawyer at the centre of $5million-dollar scandal sues General Legal Council
Preliminary investigations by the GLC found Kwasi Afrifa guilty of nine counts of charges for which he is supposed to respond. Lawyer Afrifa was hauled to the Disciplinary Committee of the GLC after his client Ogyeedom petitioned the GLC over his unwillingness to refund an amount of $75,000. In his response, Kwasi Afriyie made some vile allegations against Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah and renowned lawyer Akoto Ampaw. “He further informed me that the Chief Justice had demanded a bribe of US$5,000,000 for a successful outcome to his case and that he had already paid US$500,000 to the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice has meanwhile denied the allegations and referred the case to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service and the GLC
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August 03, 2021 06:33 UTC
Akufo-Addo appoints Mike Oquaye Jnr as CEO of Free Zones Authority
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com•Mike Oquaye Jnr has been appointed as CEO of Free Zones Authority•He will replace Okyere Baafi who is now the Deputy Minister of Trade•He served as Ghana's High Commissioner to India in the first term of the Akufo-Addo administrationFormer Ghana High Commissioner to India, Michael Oquaye Jnr has been appointed as the Chief Executives Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority. Multiple reports indicate that Mike Quaye Jnr has been handpicked by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the role. Michael Oquaye Jnr is the son of former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Miike Oquaye and served in the first term of the Akufo-Addo government as High Commissioner to India. All you need to know about Ghana Free Zones AuthorityThe Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA) was established on 31st August, 1995 by an Act of Parliament, the Free Zone Act 1995 (Act 504), with the mandate to promote economic development, provide for the regulation of activities in free zones and for related purposes in Ghana. Profile of Dr Michael Aaron Oquaye Jnr as published by AsaaseDr Michael Aaron Oquaye Jnr.
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August 03, 2021 06:33 UTC
NPP will lose 2024 elections – A Plus
A Plus in an Angel FM interview expressed conviction that the current governing party will become the opposition in 2024. A Plus refused to state whether the NDC or John Mahama will be the winner of the 2024 elections but he was certain the governing NPP will lose. “They will lose the 2024 elections. “If TB Joshua has died, anything could happen to John Mahama so I won't mention his name but I know the NPP will lose. A Plus also forewarned the NPP that the struggle for the leadership of the party in the upcoming elections will create further divisions.
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August 03, 2021 06:22 UTC
AG explains how Saglemi housing project consultancy service was awarded 3 times for $13m
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The AG says consultancy services under the Saglemi housing project were awarded 3 times• Documents filed indicates that it cost the Ghanaian taxpayer an estimated amount of $13 million• Alhaji Collins Dauda and four others are facing 52 counts of causing financial loss to the stateThe Attorney General (AG) says consultancy services under the Saglemi housing project were awarded three times with an estimated amount of $13 million costing the Ghanaian taxpayer. The subcontract to VHM cost the country a maximum amount of $2.9m while AESL was to be paid not more than $2m. This, the AG further explains, all the while, the consultancy services were being performed by AESL and VHM as per the 2013 agreement signed with the ministry. The AG claims that it was extended at various times by Agyeman-Mensah and Ziblim Yakubu, former Chief Director at the Ministry. The AG concludes that further payments were made to AESL, VHM and RMS without evidence of work done contrary to the contract’s requirement while an amount of $5m was stated as consultancy fees under the original Housing project agreement.
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August 03, 2021 06:22 UTC
Victoria Hamah to spill the beans on ‘fake 1million-dollar’ tape
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comVictoria Hammah, a former Deputy Minister of Communication has said that in due time, she will lay bare the facts about her infamous $1million saga. Responding to a comment on Facebook by a user who rehashed the story as a form of clap back over a post she made, Victoria Hamah indicated that the $1million story was the creation of someone imagination to dent her image. It will be recalled that Victoria Hamah was caught on tape in November 2013 allegedly saying that she plans to retire from active politics after creating a $1million fortune. In the said leak tape, Victoria Hamah was heard making disparaging remarks about another person rumoured to be Rachel Appoh, a Deputy Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection then. She was also heard criticising another deputy minister, calling her "senseless, ugly, loud and egoistic".
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August 03, 2021 06:11 UTC
An intransigent mosquito cannot conquer a solid bull - Anyidoho shades Asiedu Nketia
General News of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comKoku Anyidoho, the Chief Executive Officer of the Atta Mills Memorial Institute, has fired a subtle jab at the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, known in the political circles as General Mosquito. Anyidoho who responds to the tag ‘Koku the bull’ suggested that Asiedu Nketia will not succeed at whatever he is plotting against him. The former deputy General Secretary of the NDC is challenging the party’s claims that he has been expelled from it. I remain a loyal member of the National Democratic Congress,” part of his letter read. Koku Anyidoho was sacked from the NDC after he was found guilty of breaching aspects of the party’s disciplinary codes.
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August 03, 2021 06:00 UTC
Assin North ruling is plagiarized writings from Wikipedia – Sammy Gyamfi
A High Court in Cape Coast on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, declared the 2020 parliamentary election held in the Assin North Constituency as null and void. According to the trial judge Justice Boakye, the National Democratic Congress’ 2020 parliamentary candidate for the constituency, James Gyakye Quayson breached the provisions of the constitution concerning dual citizenship. But speaking on Joy FM, Monday, August 2, Sammy Gyamfi stated that the trial judge determined the case in accordance with Canadian law. Akomah-Ninfa filed a petition at the Cape Coast High Court seeking to annul the declaration of James Gyakye Quayson as the Member of Parliament for the Assin North Constituency for owing allegiance to Canada. In November last year, a group calling itself ‘Concerned Citizens of Assin North’ petitioned the Electoral Commission in the Central Region to withdraw the candidature of Gyakye Quayson, arguing that he owes allegiance to Canada.
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August 03, 2021 05:37 UTC
‘I’m still your MP’ – ‘Ousted’ Assin North MP tells constituents
Politics of Tuesday, 3 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• James Gyakye Quayson is still holding himself up as the MP for Assin North• He claims that the NPP wants to frustrate despite his good intentions for his constituents• A High Coast in Cape Coast declare the Assin North elections as null and voidJames Gyakye Quayson, the Assin North MP who has been ousted from Parliament by a High Court in Cape Coast, is still holding himself as the legislator. He added, he is not afraid of anybody apart from God and because of his good intentions from the people of Assin North, the NPP have decided to frustrate him as they did to Kwame Nkrumah. On Wednesday, July 28, a High Court in Cape Coast cancelled the Parliamentary results for the Assin North constituency in the 2020 Parliamentary elections in the Constituency. They stated that the High Court decision was not based on settled laws and was in clear violation of the 1992 constitution. They want the appeals court to overturn the decision of the High Court.
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August 03, 2021 05:15 UTC
Olympic Games: Joseph Paul Amoah dashes his way into the semi-final of the 200metre race
Joe Paul as he is known in the sports circles finished third in Heat 7 to grab one of the automatic spots in the semi-final. He finished with a time of 20.35 seconds behind America’s Noah Lyles and eSwatini’s Masenjwo who emerged first and second respectively. He will be eyeing history as the first Ghanaian sprinter to compete in the final of the Olympic Games when he takes to the track again later today (11:50GMT) for the semi-final race. Ghana has so far won one medal at Olympic Games which came via boxing’s Samuel Takyi. He, however, lost the semi-final to America’s Duke Regan.
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August 03, 2021 04:30 UTC
Olympic Games: Ghana misses out on gold as ‘hero’ Takyi loses to America’s Duke Regan
Samuel Takyi who has his eyes set on gold could not achieve his dream as he was lost on a 4-1 decision by the five-member referee panel. The second round was a fairly good one for Takyi who pushed his opponent and made some incursions. The defeat brings an end to Takyi’s spell in the Games which has seen him become the first Ghanaian to win an Olympic Medal in 29 years. The defeat also confirms him as Ghana’s fourth boxing medalist at the Olympic Games. Ragan, on the other hand, will continue his search for a gold medal with a fight against the winner of Lazaro Alvarez versus Albert Batyrgaziev.
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August 03, 2021 04:30 UTC
Aggrieved teachers lock up Navrongo GNAT office, kick against 4%, 7% salary increment
The teachers, clad in red headbands, chanted their displeasure in the increment, stating that their leadership had failed in representing their interests. He hinted that members will continue to embark on similar protests should the leadership fail to arrive at a better percentage with the government. They should explain to us why they agreed to the 4% and 7%.”“We have two demands for leadership of GNAT. They said the GNAT office will remain closed until leadership takes steps to address their concerns. GhanaWeb’s efforts to contact GNAT leadership in the Upper East Region to comment on the development proved futile.
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August 02, 2021 20:03 UTC