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  • PNC Promises Free Education From Kindergarten To Tertiary Level

    PNC Promises Free Education From Kindergarten To Tertiary Level

    The People’s National Convention (PNC) has promised to offer free education at all levels from kindergarten to tertiary, and increase funding and investment in the educational sector by 15 per cent of Gross Domestic Product.

    PNC explained that although enrolment in schools increased over the last decade through various government interventions including; the free Senior High School (SHS) policy, access to education still remained a challenge.

    The PNC in its Election 2020 Manifesto tagged: “delivering prosperity to all Ghanaians,” under the sub-headline “Education,” outlined a free education programme, which seeks to ensure 100 per cent enrolment for all children.

    The party said if voted into power on December 7, a PNC Government under Mr David Apasera as President and Pastor Divine Ayivor as the Vice President will ensure the full operationalisation of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution.

    According to the PNC Ghana needed reforms in its educational sector to attain quality education alongside access.

    In this regard, the PNC Government shall empower Assembly and Unit Committee members to ensure the enrolment of all children in basic schools within their jurisdiction.

    The Unit Committees members will also ensure even distribution of school infrastructure to address the needs of schools under trees in rural areas; “broaden and deepen innovation, creativity and problem solving skills in basic education”.

    The PNC said it would establish a National Science, Technology and Innovation Village (NSTIV) in the nature of the Silicon Valley of the USA to allow pupils or students access to these areas to equip their technical knowledge and problem-solving skills.

    “A PNC government will also train and post career guidance and counselors at the basic level to direct pupils or students and their career paths; review the management and administration of the Capitation Grants to ensure that schools in deprived districts receive more as compared to those in endowed municipalities and metropolises.

    “Ensure that the capitation grant reaches all schools before the beginning of each term, as well as set up a system to evaluate the impact of the free education policy”.

    The PNC said it will provide learning aids for research and extra curricula training.

    On Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET); a PNC Government will establish 200 technical and vocational schools at various communities in every district across the country.

    Institutionalize the skilled based informal sector and encourage apprenticeship and industrial attachment among TVET students into the sectors; institute free apprenticeship and artisanal training for unemployed youth to offer them employable skills.

    The PNC in its manifesto will resource and expand the Integrated Community Centres for Employable Skills (ICCES).

    A PNC Government will award 20 per cent of government works and housing contracts to TVET institution, which will serve as a resource these institutions.

    On Tertiary Education; the PNC explains that under its free tertiary education for all qualified Ghanaians, it will re-align tertiary programmes to industry requirement and human resource needs of the country.

    Institute Compulsory industrial attachment of tertiary students to local industries and introduce GH¢100 million Students Innovation Funds to promote competitive innovations in enterprise solutions amongst tertiary students.

    The PNC also seeks to offer incentives for Teachers and Educational Workers; offer car loans for all teachers in the public sector, offer duty free car importation facility for all Professional Teachers and Educational workers.

    It will also provide adequate accommodation facilities for Teachers posted to rural schools; introduce mortgage schemes for all Teachers and Educational workers for them to own their own houses upon retirement.

    A PNC Government will also introduce scholarship for management and administrative studies for Teachers interested in becoming School Managers and Head Teachers.

    Peacefmonline

  • You’re Not Joe Biden – Kabila Tells Mahama

    You’re Not Joe Biden – Kabila Tells Mahama

    Former Acting General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh has rubbished the political comparison of the US and Ghana elections by the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC).

    Former Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden has been declared President-elect after days of voting by the electorates. 

    According to the provisional results, Joe Biden polled 290 to win the elections while Donald Trump polled 214 votes.

    The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is of a firm belief that Joe Biden’s victory will translate into victory for the party’s Presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama.

    Their analogy is that whenever the Democrat Party wins the US elections, NDC also wins Ghana’s elections.

    The party further argues that President Nana Akufo-Addo will be a one-time President just like Donald Trump.

    Reacting to the issue, James Kwabena Bomfeh a.k.a Kabilla believes the NDC is deceiving themselves.

    He asserted that the Biden-Trump analysis won’t work for the NDC and their Presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama because the US elections have no correlation with the impending elections in Ghana.

    “Joe Biden is not John Dramani Mahama. That’s number 1. [Number 2] Trump is not Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. [Number 3] Joe Biden was Vice President for eight solid years in America’s history; John Dramani Mahama was Vice President for three and half years. You can’t compare the two. [Number 5] Donald Trump did his best to introduce divisive policies; Akufo-Addo has brought a policy that’s become like manna for every Ghanaian,” he explained.

    Peacefmonline

  • I Will Grant Amnesty To Jailed Small-Scale Miners- Mahama

    I Will Grant Amnesty To Jailed Small-Scale Miners- Mahama

    The Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani Mahama, says when elected as President in the December 7, 2020 presidential election, he will grant general amnesty to all persons jailed for small-scale mining-related offences.

    Many Ghanaian small-scale miners, popularly known as galamsey operators, are in prison custody after they were arrested by the government’s special anti-galamsey security taskforce and prosecuted for offences relating to small-scale mining.

    Interacting with the chiefs and people of Abesewa in the Ahafo Ano South East constituency on Tuesday at the start of his five-day campaign tour of the Ashanti Region, Mr Mahama said his administration will give galamsey offenders a second chance to better their lives.

    “Because of the fight against galamsey, some of the youth have been arrested. But with our new policy on small-scale mining when we come into power, we are going to start afresh. We know they have offended the law but I believe that these galamsey operators are remorseful so we will give them another chance”, he said.

    Mr Mahama said, with careful planning, the mining sector could create about one million jobs for the youth, adding the next NDC government will take advantage of this and implement well planned policies to develop the mining sector.

    He announced that when elected in the impending presidential election, the next Mahama government will introduce co-operative mining in all mining districts. As part of this, he said, mining professionals will be employed to provide guidance for small-scale mining operations, adding this will help to regulate the sector, improve safety and make land reclamation a central part of small-scale mining operations.

    Mr Mahama said it is regrettable that the government has politicised small-scale mining by seizing mining concessions and equipment of operators, and throwing them out of business whilst at the same time allowing members of the governing party to engage in small-scale mining operations.

    He said it is important that justice prevails in the small-scale mining sector so that all Ghanaians can reap the benefits of the sector, not just a few card-bearing members of the ruling party.

    Mr Mahama therefore urged small-scale miners and their families to be guided accordingly and cast their ballot in his favour on December 7, 2020 to enable the next NDC government restore justice in the small-scale mining sector and for all Ghanaians to reap its benefits, not just a few card-bearing members of the governing party.

    Peacefmonline

  • Sammy Gyamfi has challenged the governing NPP to retrieve all monies that were wrongfully paid to NDC members.

    Sammy Gyamfi has challenged the governing NPP to retrieve all monies that were wrongfully paid to NDC members.

    The Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has challenged the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to retrieve all monies that were wrongfully paid to NDC members.

    His comment follows an allegation by the MP for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer that the NDC during its tenure in power wrongfully paid Kofi Buckman and Associates, SAS Finance Group, Bullion Finance, and McQuary when preparing the Ghana Gold Transaction in 2011 before it was truncated.

    Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story Tuesday, Sammy Gyamfi said the NPP has made it a mantra to accuse the NDC of being corrupt and having stolen from the public purse whilst in office.

    However, the party is yet to come after any member of the NDC in a quest to retrieve such monies because they know the allegation is false.

    “You see talk is cheap. They are in government now. If they think anybody violated the laws of this country and were paid monies that they were not supposed to be paid, let them retrieve it.

    “That cannot be a justification for this naked robbery,” he said.

    Meanwhile, Mr. Gyamfi is also asking President Akufo-Addo to retrieve the billions of cedis his government dishonestly paid under the controversial Agyapa deal in seven days or the country will witness the biggest demonstration ever.

    According to the Communications Officer, monies were illegally paid to Databank, which is owned by the President’s cousin and Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta; African Legal Associates, which is owned by another cousin Gabby Otchere Darko; and their foreign compradors.”

    This, he said, exhibits the nepotism that is being perpetrated by the Akufo-Addo government.

    Myjoyonline

  • Armed robber whose manhood was bitten by a lady he raped finally speaks.

    Armed robber whose manhood was bitten by a lady he raped finally speaks.

    The 23-year-old man who has his manhood bitten by Justina Donkor has broken silence, giving his own version of the story.


    Trying to escape arrest, the man who has his penis bitten by the lady he wanted to rape told Nurses attending to him when he got to the hospital first that he was attacked by armed robbers.


    Obuasi Municipal Police Commander, DSP Martin Asenso disclosed in an interview that, the rapist told the nurses; ”He was robbed and attacked by some robbers at his place and that was why he came to the hospital for treatment”.


    Nevertheless, DSP Martin Asenso further stated that the suspect [Emmanuel Ankron] has been arrested but has been treated and discharged but will be charged and summoned before the court.


    Ghpage yesterday reported that Justina Donkor, a 24-year-old young lady was on last weekend drugged and rapped by the suspect, a 23-year-old Emmanuel Ankron at Abompey new site, Obuasi.

    Sorted by : Anita

  • Mahama Explains Why His Wife Was Reluctant to Campaign For Him This Year

    Mahama Explains Why His Wife Was Reluctant to Campaign For Him This Year

    Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally revealed why his wife the Former First Lady Lordina Mahama refused to join his campaign team this year.

    It’s been months since active political activities started after the novel coronavirus outbreak which halted several activities globally. After the coronavirus breeze, political parties resumed political activities toward the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections while adhering to safety protocols rolled out by various institutions that were spearheading the fight against the virus.

    During this period Ghanaians have seen the former president, his running mate, and other party executives roam the length and breadth of the country to woo electorates to vote back the NDC to power while lobbying for seats for their respective parliamentary candidates.

    However, One of the things that went missing was the anchor behind former president John Dramani Mahama which was the former first lady. Members of the opposition parties alleged that the former president was having issues with the former first lady thus her refusal to support his husband in his battle for the presidency.

    Former President Mahama has however cleared the air on the matter in an interview monitored by Mynewsghana stating that his wife during the 2016 campaign period experienced so much politics of insults and lies which made her a bit traumatized. Due to that she opted to take a low key role while I do my politics. She’s been very much focused on her foundation lately. Mr Mahama stated in an interview mynewsghana.net monitored.

    The former first lady has finally joined the campaign trail and is currently in her home region to solicit votes for her husband seeking to return to power.

    Lordina Mahama has been campaigning in Kintampo and Nkoranza areas of the Bono East Region for the NDC parliamentary candidates

    In addition to sharing highlights of the People’s Manifesto and John Mahama’s promises to Ghanaians, Mrs. Mahama also invited the people to vote for the NDC and John Mahama because he is a President Ghanaians can trust, and he has a track record of development without discrimination.

    Mynewsghana

  • Preparation Towards December 7 Polls Commendable

    Preparation Towards December 7 Polls Commendable

    Two significant events happened in Parliament last week, precisely on Wednesday and Saturday, unusual sitting days of the house.

    As part of holding the state institutions accountable to the people, Parliament, in its wisdom, summoned two institutions to brief the house, as representatives of the people, about the state of preparedness towards the conduct of peaceful elections on December 7 and more importantly, how to sustain the peaceful environment in the country.

    Taking his turn on Wednesday, the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, gave the assurance that adequate measures had been instituted to ensure peaceful conduct of the elections, with special attention on the flashpoints across the country.

    He appealed to political parties to let national interest override their partisan interest. We infer that national interest means that political parties contesting the December 7, which is barely a month away, must play by the rules of the game in ensuring that peace reigns during and after the elections.

    More profoundly, the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians – “Let Peace Reign”- when she took her turn to brief Parliament on preparation towards the conduct of the December 7 polls.

    We are enthused to learn from her that the EC is fully prepared and ready to conduct a successful, credible, fair, orderly and peaceful election, having secured, among other logistics, 74,800 new Biometric Verification Devices with enhanced features to speed up the verification process at the 38,622 polling stations across the country.

    It is refreshing that barely a month to the polls, the elections supervisory body has delivered some of the items required for the elections, including ballot boxes, to its regional and district offices across the country.

    Very significantly, it gladdens us that the EC is not leaving anything to chance in terms of public health, having also designated some officials and named them as ‘COVID-19 Ambassadors’ to be deployed at all the polling stations to strictly enforce the COVID-19 protocols by ensuring sufficient COVID-19 items at the centres for use.

    This effort is laudable, given the resurgence of infections in the country. We must, therefore, strictly enforce the COVID-19 safety protocols to nip in the bud further infections in the country.

    Touching on the very important issue of security, the EC boss told Parliament that it had since the beginning of the year been engaging the security agencies under the auspices of National Security Task Force by providing them with relevant pieces of information, including potential flashpoints, to assist them plan effective strategies to deal with eventualities on election day and days after.

    We commend Parliament for this initiative and similarly pat the backs of these state institutions for their readiness to ensure credible, fair, seamless, transparent and peaceful elections.

    Indeed, the commendations will come in droves when they effectively implement this laudable security and safety architecture.

    Of course, the security, peace and stability of this country during and after this crucial election can only be assured with public cooperation.

    We, therefore, urge the public to take advantage of this golden democratic opportunity to come and exercise their franchise in an orderly manner.

    Let we remind them that the security agencies are clad with all the powers to swiftly deal with any rabble-rouser, to maintain the security and stability of the country.

    Peacefmonline

  • I’m coming back to give you asphalted roads – Mahama to Afram Plains South residents

    I’m coming back to give you asphalted roads – Mahama to Afram Plains South residents

    Presidential Candidate of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to fix the main road from Ekye Amanfrom in the Afram Plains South to Donkorkrom in the Afram Plains North District when he assumes office in 2021.

    He made this promise at a durbar of chiefs and the people of MaameKrobo over the weekend.

    Mr. Mahama said the Akufo Addo-led NPP government knows it has not lived up to its mandate of delivering the best to the good people of Ghana so it has now resorted to sod cutting of “Sakawa” Projects which they know they can’t deliver.

    He said, “I know they will come here after I’m gone to come to promise you a road network. They will come and cut the sod for the construction of these roads which they didn’t even capture in the budget. When they do, know that it’s just Sakawa, just for your votes”.

    The former president further promised to build a district referral hospital to serve the people of Afram Plains South and its surroundings.

    He, therefore, pleaded with the residents to vote massively for the NDC to relieve them of their burdens.

    Mr. Mahama used the opportunity to introduce the Parliamentary Candidate Joseph Appiah Boateng known as JAB1 to the constituents.

    Speaking on Agoo FM, Joseph Appiah Boateng expressed confidence that, a win for the NDC will develop Afram plains south constituency.

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  • EC creates 5,000 more polling stations for 2020 elections

    EC creates 5,000 more polling stations for 2020 elections

    The Electoral Commission has announced the creation of 5,000 more polling stations for the 2020 elections.

    The new additions have taken the number of polling stations to be used for the polls to 38,000.

    This was disclosed by the Director of Electoral Service, Dr Serebour Quarcoe in an interview with Citi News.

    He disclosed the purpose of the new polling stations is to reduce queuing and time-wasting at the various centres.

    He explained in detail how the new polling stations will operate.

    “We want to reduce the queuing at the polling stations so the Commission decided to put the threshold at 749 so any centre that is more than that is spilt. So, there are some centres that have been split into five. Some are four, three and two. The splitting has created about 5,000 plus centres. So, there are no new centres. The splitting is around the whole country but mostly in areas that are densely populated,” he indicated.

    The EC has already said that it is almost ready to deliver a free and credible election on December 7, 2020.

    The Chairperson of the Commission, Jean Mensa assured Parliament that her outfit is focused on delivering a successful election.

    “Mr Speaker, I am pleased to inform you that the Electoral Commission is 95 per cent ready for the successful, credible, fair, orderly and peaceful conduct of the election on December 7, 2020”, she said.

    Jean Mensa also dispelled the notion that she does not have respect for the House.

    “It is important to emphasize that this is the first time I have been invited by the House in my capacity as the EC Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, I have on no occasion turned down an invitation from the Parliament of Ghana,” she said.

    Ghanaweb

  • PPP promises to pass Affirmative Action Bill when elected

    PPP promises to pass Affirmative Action Bill when elected

    The Progressive People’s Party has assured Ghanaians that it will pass the Affirmative Action Bill when voted into power in the forthcoming December polls.

    The Bill, which has been drafted for over 15 years is yet to be passed into law despite advocacies by various groups.

    The Bill seeks to eliminate gender inequalities and promote a progressive increase in active participation of women in public life from a minimum of 40% to parity of 50% by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    In an interview with Dr. Abubakari Sidick Ahmed on the Road to Jubilee House programme on Radio Univers 105.7FM, presidential candidate for the party, Ms Brigitte Dzogbenuku, explained that it was necessary to increase the number of women in leadership positions because ‘they control the purse’.

    “Ghana’s informal sector is predominantly women. Ghana’s economy is predominantly informal. I am a woman as well as we make up 51% of this country. We will need a lot more women in leadership because they control a lot of the purse. Here we are, we still haven’t passed the Affirmative Action Bill, PPP will pass the Bill and ensure that a lot more women move into places of leadership,” she said.

    Meanwhile, she says that the PPP, when voted into office, will reduce have a relatively small government size as they would decentralize the government and make electorates involved in the development of their respective communities.

    “For us, we won’t need 123 ministers, that is why we are saying you should vote for your DCEs and MMDCEs. That will cut out on the Regional Ministers and all their deputies. Because if you have your DCEs and MMDCEs, they have already taken up the communities there and imagine how much you would be saving on that,” she intimated.

    ‘Road to Jubilee House’ airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays on Radio Univers 105.7FM.

    Ghanaweb

  • Stupidity And Cowardice Comment: Martin Amidu Replies “Wise” And “Brave” Mahama

    Stupidity And Cowardice Comment: Martin Amidu Replies “Wise” And “Brave” Mahama

    Martin Amidu, The Special Prosecutor has hit hard at former President John Dramani Mahama for labelling him as a coward by deferring investigations into the controversial Airbus bribery scandal.

    In his latest response to the former President, Marting Amidu said the comments from John Mahama shows the latter’s lack of understanding of issues of security and intelligence.

    “The long public service of the Special Prosecutor spanning various aspects of security and intelligence from the period of 1982 to 7th January 2001 and July 2009 to January 2012 makes him more experienced in determining when it is not conducive to the national security interest to foolhardily take certain law and order actions. The Special Prosecutor owes that exercise of discretion to his vast experience over the years, his responsibility to maintain national stability and his conscience as a patriotic anti-corruption crusading Ghanaian.”

    “There is no question of stupidity or cowardice about it. Any person aspiring to be President of Ghana for a second term who does not know that a cardinal principle in security and intelligence is that “caution is the better part of valour” was not and is not worth the vote.

    Meanwhile, Martin Amidu who has defended Mahama’s culpability in the bribery scandal has also challenged the former to voluntarily submit himself to be interrogated over the case.

    “Your Excellency, the wise and the brave former President John Dramani Mahama, man-up, wise-up, and be brave enough to come with two lawyers of your own choice to be cautioned and interrogated by this Office to demonstrate your valour and wisdom as not being elected Government Official 1 and also as not being the first guarantor to Samuel Adam Mahama’s passport application,” Amidu said in a statement issued on Monday, November 9, 2020.

    John Mahama accused the Special Prosecutor of deliberately mentioning his name and the Airbus scandal in the Agyapa report in a bid to equalize wrongdoing.

    The former President said Martin Amidu’s move was only a diversionary tactic.

    “If you have investigated Airbus, present a report on Airbus. Since you know the Agyapa report will be damning on the government, you chipped in a paragraph on Airbus. Nobody asked you about Airbus. If you were man enough, present two separate reports on the Agyapa Royalty deal and the Airbus scandal [so I can respond to you].”

    “If you think I have been indicted on the Airbus scandal, accuse me directly. But because he is a coward and knew the Agyapa royalties deal will be discussed today, he chipped in a paragraph on Airbus to equalise the discussion,” he added.

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  • Coronavirus: 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre to be operationalized soon – Akufo-Addo.

    Coronavirus: 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre to be operationalized soon – Akufo-Addo.

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre will be opened in the coming days to aid in the country’s fight against the Coronavirus pandemic.

    In his 19th address on the pandemic, Nana Akufo-Addo said that the facility which will be operationalized in the coming days will be managed by the Ghana Health Service.

    Nana Akufo-Addo said that despite the number of hospitalized covid-19 victims being low, it is imperative that the country provides adequate care for the patients.

    “In as much as our hospitalization rates are very low, care for the sick and the provision of treatment remain an important aspect of our strategy. To this end, the one hundred-bed Ghana Infectious Diseases Centre, located at the Ga East Hospital, will be opened in the next few days, under the management of the Ghana Health Service,” he hinted.

    President Akufo-Addo also said that the government has made moves to procure more health equipment and PPEs to enhance healthcare delivery in the country.

    “The provision of adequate medicines, equipment, and personal protective equipment to enable health workers to attend to home-based patients has also been guaranteed.”

    Nana Akufo-Addo warned leaders of the various political parties to make mask wearing a part of their campaigns.
    “Fellow Ghanaians, with a month to the conduct of the 7th December presidential and parliamentary elections, there would, obviously, be an intensification of political party activities in all parts of the country, with its accompanying human contact. Nevertheless, I encourage political party leaders and supporters, at the very at least, to wear the mask at all times at these gatherings.

    “This task is not only for the leaders of our political parties. All of us, in the Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, public sector, security agencies, private sector, civil society, professional and trade associations, religious bodies, traditional authorities and ordinary citizens, must do what we can, in this period, to help minimize disease transmission”.

    In a bid to enhance contact tracing measures, the president says it has instructed the release of vehicles and other logistics.

    “I have instructed the release of additional logistics, including vehicles, to the Ghana Health Service in order to help beef up contact tracing, and the supervision and monitoring of asymptomatic cases being managed from home…We are also employing the use of technology to augment our contact tracing efforts, as well as the supervision and monitoring of home care cases,” he added.

    Sorted by; Abigail Essel

  • Time has come for women to sit at the decision-making table – Mahama

    Time has come for women to sit at the decision-making table – Mahama

    Former President and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has admitted that this is the time for women to join the decision-making table to decide for themselves.

    According to him, over the years, men have always taken decisions on behalf of women; a worrying trend which he believes needs to come to an end.

    The NDC flagbearer made this known when he was reacting to Joe Biden’s win and Kamala Harris being the first female Vice President of America.

    “As the current system has been set up is rigged towards women because men take all the decisions that affect women. I think that the time has come in the world for there to be a shift for women to sit at the decision-making table if not be at the top of the table. I think it is good news for the US because they’ve not only shattered the glass sealing but they’ve punched a big hole in it and it’s only a matter of time that I think a woman would emerge as the President of the United States,” he said in an interview on TV3.


    The NDC leader said he and his party are hoping for the same in Ghana because he has a very capable woman as his running mate and is hopeful that the NDC will be successful so that women will occupy their rightful place in governance.

    John Dramani Mahama noted that over the years, the United States of America’s elections have moved side by side with that of Ghana and although he will not be quick to ascribe meanings, he is optimistic that the NDC will triumph.

    “I don’t want to ascribe anything to it but it looks like anytime power has shifted in the US it has shifted also in Ghana. There is a certain certainty in this world that every four years there is a US election in November and ours in December.”

    Sorted by: Abigail Essel

  • Akufo Addo Will Retire Mahama From Active Politics – Afia Schwarzenegger.

    Akufo Addo Will Retire Mahama From Active Politics – Afia Schwarzenegger.

    Ghana’s failed comedian, Afia Schwarzenegger has advised that Ghanaians should stop comparing Donald Trump to Nana Akuffo-Addo.


    According to her, Nana Akuffo-Addo sent a sitting president home and will soon retire him from active politics.


    The sitting president used in his context clearly shows that all fingers point out to the former president, John Dramani Mahama who was voted against while he was a sitting president during the 2016 polls.
    In a post on Facebook, she wrote;

    “Stop comparing Trump to Nana.

    Nana sent a sitting president home..

    And he is about to retire him from active politics.

    ghbase

  • Akufo-Addo directs political leaders to wearing mask as coronavirus active cases exceeds 1000.

    Akufo-Addo directs political leaders to wearing mask as coronavirus active cases exceeds 1000.

    Ghana’s COVID-19 active cases have increased to 1156 according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) amidst fears of a second wave.

    The number of new cases is also on the rise as 198 new infections have been recorded.

    The cumulative figure is now 49,202 with 47,726 number of recoveries/discharge and the death toll remains 320.

    Positive infections from International travellers at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) has increased to 171.

    Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo in his 19th COVID-19 address to the nation bemoaned the fact that Ghanaians are letting down their guard causing the number of infections to rise.

    He has, therefore “instructed the release of additional logistics, including vehicles, to the Ghana Health Service in order to help beef up contact tracing, and the supervision and monitoring of asymptomatic cases being managed from home…We are also employing the use of technology to augment our contact tracing efforts, as well as the supervision and monitoring of home care cases.”

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    Meanwhile, the President has asked that political parties and other groups ensure that their members adhere to the covid-19 safety protocols especially the wearing of masks

    “Fellow Ghanaians, with a month to the conduct of the 7th December presidential and parliamentary elections, there would, obviously, be an intensification of political party activities in all parts of the country, with its accompanying human contact. Nevertheless, I encourage political party leaders and supporters, at the very at least, to wear the mask at all times at these gatherings.

    This task is not only for the leaders of our political parties. All of us, in the Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, public sector, security agencies, private sector, civil society, professional and trade associations, religious bodies, traditional authorities and ordinary citizens, must do what we can, in this period, to help minimize disease transmission”.