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  • GNECC condemns politicization of free meals for final year JHS students

    GNECC condemns politicization of free meals for final year JHS students

    Civil Society Organizations forming the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition have described as condemnable, politicizing hot meals served final year Junior High School students.

    It follows disturbing social media visuals of a teacher asking students to repeat the 4 more for nana slogan or forfeit their free meals. Some pictures in circulation also show food packs with the picture of the president Nana Akufo-Addo embossed on them.

    The coalition insists politicizing such national policies is inimical to the objectives of the intervention.

    The intervention was meant to be nothing beyond providing meals for 584 thousand final year students and their staff in the Junior High Schools.

    The objective according to President Nana Akufo Addo was to ensure that students do not breach COVID 19 protocols as they move outside in droves to buy lunch.

    The intervention which was lauded by Education Watchers and Teacher Unions, however, appears to have caught the election year fever with disturbing videos going viral on social media.

    A staff of a school took to social media showing visuals of how students were to repeat the 4 more for Nana mantra as the price of getting a meal.

    Other posts depict some food packs embossed with the pictures of the president Nana Akufo Addo.

    William Owusu Gyebi, Chairman of the Coalition of NGOs in health and an executive member of the GNECC said though the Ashanti Region has not witnessed same in the region, the development needs to be investigated and condemned.

    The coalition has been touring over a hundred and fifty schools; monitoring adherence to COVID-19 interventions as well as infection prevention and control measures.

    It points out that though commendable; the timing for the distribution of the hot meals to the students defeats the purpose as students go out to have lunch before the meals arrive.

    The GNECC is yet to publish rather uncomplimentary findings on how Ghana failed to properly institute school reopening measures contrary to government’s assertion that students were safe in schools.

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • 53% of adolescent girls cannot afford sanitary pads – Report

    53% of adolescent girls cannot afford sanitary pads – Report

    A research from the University of Education, Winneba proves that 53% of adolescent girls cannot afford themselves sanitary pads thereby lacking access to adequate menstrual protection.

    The study sought to assess the knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene among adolescent schools in the Mampong municipality of Ghana.

    According to the lead investigator, Mr Huda Abdallah Kusi, the survey was used to assess how abreast adolescent girls are with menstrual hygiene and its practices.

    “The descriptive cross-sectional study was used to assess the knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene among adolescent school girls with at least 4 months of menstrual experiences,” he stated.

    The report also contained that seventy per cent of adolescent school girls believe menstruation is a disease.

    However, the researchers concluded that menstrual hygiene practices for adolescent school girls in Mampong municipality were largely influenced by socioeconomic capacities of their parents.

    For that matter, they recommend knowledge about menstrual hygiene practices among girls for additional education and enlightenment.

    84 participants within the ages of 14 to 18 were interviewed face-to-face using questionnaires.

    59 of them representing 70.2 per cent indicated menstruation is a disease.

    Sociodemographic characteristics, economic factors, menstrual hygiene practices were captured.

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • BECE food: No headteacher has complained of poor quality – Gender Minister

    BECE food: No headteacher has complained of poor quality – Gender Minister

    No headteacher in any of the schools in which pupils are sitting for their Basic Education Examination Certificate (BECE) has complained about the quality of food being served their pupils, the Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection, Mrs Cynthia Mamle Morrison has said.

    “So far, no headmaster has called me to complain about the quality of food being served the pupils”, she told Kwabena Prah Jr on Accra100.5FM’s morning show Ghana Yensom on Wednesday, 26 August 2020.

    Social media has been awash with pictures and videos of some pupils complaining about the poor quality of the food served them.

    While some said it was bland, others claimed was salty.

    However, the minister told Prah Jr that: “If you send me a picture of the food they claim is not tasty, I can’t verify from it”.

    According to her, “I can only rely on the headmaster’s report but what is circulating on social media could be mischief”.

    She admitted seeing one video on social in which some identifiable pupils in the Ashanti Region were complaining about the food and promised to follow up on that immediately.

    The minister, however, pointed out that there are some other videos in which the pupils cannot be identified, “so, it could be mischief, it could be true”.

    She also said: “If we are cooking for pupils across the whole country and only two or three places are complaining, then it means things are going on very well in the majority of the schools”.

    During his 15th COVID-19 address to the nation on Sunday, 16 August 2020, President Nana Akufo-Addo directed the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Protection to give each of the 584,000 BECE candidates a hot meal a day.

    He said: “As a result of reports I have recently received that some final-year JHS students were going hungry, in complying with COVID-19 protocols, I have just instructed the Minister of Gender, Child and Social Protection to begin preparations to ensure that from 24th August up to 18th September, all five hundred and eighty-four thousand (584,000) final-year JHS students, and one hundred and forty-six thousand (146,000) staff, both in public and private schools, be given one hot meal a day”, the President said.

    “This is to ensure full observance of the COVID-19 safety protocols”, he explained.

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • NDC can’t be trusted with Free SHS, they’ll collapse it – Bawumia

    NDC can’t be trusted with Free SHS, they’ll collapse it – Bawumia

    The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) cannot be trusted with the popular Free Senior High School policy introduced by the NPP.

    In an exclusive interview Peace FM with Kwame Sefa Kayi on Tuesday, Dr Bawumia said the NDC, considering their past vehement opposition to the Free SHS policy, lacks credibility to continue with it because they do not even understand the concept.

    “The credibility and sincerity of the NDC with Free SHS cannot be trusted,” Dr Bawumia said.

    “They didn’t believe in it in the first place but we have successfully implemented it. Now they keep giving different versions of what they want to do” the Vice President added.

    The Vice President added that the NDC’s continuous shifting of positions on Free SHS portrays their lack of understanding of the policy, as well as the risk of the program collapsing under their watch.

    “They say they will review it and it doesn’t make sense to me. They can’t handle it but they will say anything that they need to say just to win an election.”

    Dr. Bawumia said the NDC, having performed abysmally in all sectors, and led to their exit from office in 2016, cannot be trusted.

    He said the country will retrogress and all the positive gains made by the Akufo-Addo government in critical sectors such as education, economy, agriculture, industrialisation, etc. will be eroded.

    “If you look at what we have done, we have achieved so much in education, agriculture, infrastructure, industrialisation, etc in just three and half years.”

    “I don’t see any sector where the NDC has performed better than us.”

    The Vice President added that the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government is bent on consolidating its gains made in the first term, hence their comprehensive manifesto, which accounts to the people on the promises made and achieved, consolidates the progress made, as well as provides a comprehensive vision into the future.

    “If you make a change, you will see an unwinding of the progress. We cannot risk our progress so we are protecting our gains.”

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • Today in 2017: Adenta Defeat: Oye Lithur paying for her ‘sins’ against me – Rachel Appoh

    Today in 2017: Adenta Defeat: Oye Lithur paying for her ‘sins’ against me – Rachel Appoh

    The former Deputy Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Rachel Appoh, in 2016 reminded her former boss, Nana Oye Lithur that, ‘the evil that men do lives after them’.

    Madam Oye Lithur in August 2017 lost woefully to Mohammed Ramadan in the National Democratic Congress Adentan Constituency parliamentary seat.

    But according to Racheal Appoh, her former boss was paying for all the sins she committed against her.

    Speaking in an interview Racheal Appoh noted that Oye Lithur will “never be an MP” unless she “goes back to apologize” to her and the former Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku constituency, Benita Okity Dua.

    “I’m a Christian and strongly believes what the Bible has said, whatever you don’t appreciate in life you’ll never get it. Hon. Nana Oye Lithur had the opportunity to work with two Members of Parliament (herself Rachel and Benita Okity Dua) as her deputy Ministers but she didn’t appreciate them. So if you don’t appreciate the position of an MP why do you want to be an MP. So until she appreciates that those of us (she and Benita) and goes back to apologize to Ledzokuku and Gomoa Central trust me, she’ll never be an MP,” she said.

    Former Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Rachel Appoh says her former boss, Nana Oye Lithur’s defeat in last weekend’s NDC Parliamentary primary is part of the price she’s paying for her ‘sins’ against her (Rachel).

    Nana Oye Lithur lost her bid to be the opposition NDC’s Parliamentary Candidate for Adenta in the upcoming 2020 election as she lost to Mohammed Ramadan.

    A frosty relationship characterized the period when Rachel Appoh who was former Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central in the Central Region served under Nana Oye Lithur creating a deep rift between the two women.

    The two were not talking terms while in office and it got to a time when the situation became intense resulting in Nana Oye Lithur moving Rachel Appoh out of her office, leaving the latter working from the Ministry’s Reception for more than a year as ‘punishment’

    Commenting on her former boss’ lose in the Parliamentary primary in an interview, Rachel Appoh said Nana Oye Lithur disrespected her and her other colleague deputy Minister Benita Okity Duah[former MP for Ledzokuku] by telling the world that the two of them are unintelligent as they’re unable to grasp what they’re taught on the job.

    She added that once Nana Oye Lithur did not appreciate and respect their office as then sitting MPs, her bid to become an MP will remain a fruitless exercise.

    “I’m a Christian and strongly believes what the Bible has said, whatever you don’t appreciate in life you’ll never get it. Hon. Nana Oye Lithur had the opportunity to work with two Members of Parliament (herself Rachel and Benita Okity Dua) as her deputy Ministers but she didn’t appreciate them. So if you don’t appreciate the position of an MP why do you want to be an MP. So until she appreciates that those of us (she and Benita) and goes back to apologize to Ledzokuku and Gomoa Central trust me, she’ll never be an MP.”

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • NPP manifesto shows govt has been consistent with Ghanaians – Presidential Staffer

    NPP manifesto shows govt has been consistent with Ghanaians – Presidential Staffer

    Presidential Staffer, Charles Bissue is optimistic that Ghanaians will vote for President Nana Akufo-Addo and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in the upcoming December 7 general elections.

    According to him, the launch of the party’s 2020 campaign manifesto shows clearly that the Akufo-Addo administration has been consistent with Ghanaians in terms of promises made to them prior the 2016 general elections.

    Speaking on Tuesday’s edition of Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ Morning Show with Host Kwame Nkrumah Tikese, Mr Bissiw said that the Akufo-Addo government has honoured majority of all the promises made to Ghanaians in 2016.

    “I am hopeful that come December 7, Ghanaians will vote for President Akufo-Addo and the NPP government because the manifesto we launched shows that we have been consistent with Ghanaians. All the promises we said that we were going to do, we have done majority of them,” he indicated.

    He added that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) manifesto has three areas; the promises made to Ghanaians in 2016; the consolidation of these promises and transformation of lives.

    Delving into the confusing surrounding the Cape Coast airport, Mr Charles Bissue debunked the assertion by many people that President Akufo-Addo was not aware of the Cape Coast airport, explaining why he could not be emphatic when asked on radio.

    “I will say that it is not true because National Council met last Friday and it was in the afternoon that the President granted interview in Cape Coast and at that time, the manifesto has not been accepted and printed out,” he said.

    “The President is a law-abiding person and the National Council which is the second highest decision-making body was yet to accept the manifesto and so the President couldn’t have made a categorical statement that there will be an airport in Cape Coast even though it is captured in the manifesto,” he stressed.

    He reiterated that even though the National Council could have rejected the Cape Coast airport proposal, there was a possibility for the Council to say it was not feasible and therefore be taken out of the manifesto.

    To him, it is welcoming news to have a domestic airport in Central Region, stressing that the Central Region is blessed with a lot of touristic places.

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • Agyapa deal not shrouded in secrecy – Oppong Nkrumah replies CSOs

    Agyapa deal not shrouded in secrecy – Oppong Nkrumah replies CSOs

    Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has denied claims that the Agyapa Royalties deal, which has been approved by Parliament, was not transparent.

    He told Alfred Ocansey on News 360 on TV3 Tuesday, August 25 that the full document was laid before Parliament for a whole debate on it on the floor.

    Therefore, he said claims that the deal has not been transparent is inaccurate.

    His comments come after a group of civil society organizations (CSOs) led by Dr Steve Manteaw, Chair of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas, accused the government of shrouding the deal in secrecy.

    Dr Manteaw noted the deal was rushed and also lacked transparency.

    He said: “What we are telling government is let’s slow down…let’s have more transparency, more consensus building around the approach before we go forward with the approach.

    “I don’t know of any national emergency that warrants that we should rush the process to raise funds for development.”

    Under the current arrangement, with the Mineral Income Investment Act, we do not see any such transparency, accountability and public oversight arrangement. So it makes it very risky and prone to elite capture and abuse.”

    When asked whether the government will suspend the deal following the concerns raised by the CSOs, Mr Oppong Nkrumah said: “Suspend because of what?

    “The full documentation has been made available to Parliament. Nobody hid this transaction. We took everything to Parliament and we had a full blown debate. Instead of people, with the greatest of respect, focusing on the debate they were focusing on side issues like a comment I made and that was what captured the headline.

    “But the full document as put on the table in Parliament if somebody requires some more answers, I think it is fair to say can we get some more clarification on this?

    “I think we are beginning to mix a number of things that don’t conform with how we govern this country. This transaction has been transparent from Day 1.”

    Ghana’s legislature approved the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalty Limited agreement Friday, August 14 despite a protest from the Minority.

    Based on the agreement, Agyapa Royalties Limited (ARL) will trade shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange for private people to buy. But the Mineral Income Investment Fund(MIIF) will remain the majority shareholder.

    ARL will raise between $500 million and $750 milion for government to use for developmental initiatives, and then future resources from gold royalties will go to ARL shareholders instead of the Mineral Investment Fund and for that matter government.

    Essentially, government is mortgaging expected royalties from gold in exchange for about $500 million – $750 million from ARL.

    The Minority said the deal makes it impossible for a future government to replace managers of Agyapa Royalties Limited although the Minerals Income Investment Fund will remain the majority shareholder.

    The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has since questioned the deal and said he will not recognize it in case he wins this year’s polls.

    3news- Dikoder.com

  • Coronavirus has delayed but not derailed our progress as a nation – Bawumia

    Coronavirus has delayed but not derailed our progress as a nation – Bawumia

    Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed optimism that the strong economic fundamentals of the Akufo-Addo government will propel the country to overcome the devastating effects of Coronavirus on the economy.

    In an exclusive interview with Kwame Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s Kokrokooo on Tuesday, the Vice President indicated that COVID-19 has only delayed the progress of the country but has not derailed the progress of the nation.

    “COVID-19 has delayed but not derailed our progress as a nation,” Vice President Bawumia said.

    He added that the strong economic fundamentals of the country, as positively indicated by all economic indicators prior to the outbreak of the pandemic, shows the Akufo-Addo government has what it takes to keep the country moving forward.

    “We inherited a very bad economy but in just three years, we had turned it around before COVID-19 hit us earlier this year and this helped us to respond. It also shows we have what it takes to move the country forward beyond the pandemic,” Dr Bawumia indicated.

    The Vice President added that the outbreak of the pandemic offered the government a practical implementation of the Ghana Beyond Aid vision of President Akufo-Addo, and it will help accelerate the vision of self-production and self-sufficiency.

    “The President has been talking about Ghana beyond aid and when COVID struck, it gave us a practical implementation of Ghana Beyond aid,” said the Vice President

    “We realised we didn’t have PPE in our hospitals and we decided not to import these critical equipment but to produce them locally ourselves.

    “Domestic production is very important and we are looking at that; producing things internally.”

    “As we have in our manifesto, we are focusing on a lot of made in Ghana products in terms of government procurement.”

    Dr Bawumia further indicated that post-COVID, President Akufo-Addo’s flagship industrialisation One District One Factory policy will play a significant role in the forward march of the country.

    “Thankfully for Ghana, we were already on the path of Ghana beyond aid, and with COVID, it is going to accelerate Ghana beyond aid.”

    “When you look at industrialisation, 1D1F is already in place and we are ahead of many countries in Africa in terms of industrialisation.”

    “The automotive industry is also coming on stream and coming in its own. VW is in, Kantanka is here and Toyota is coming.

    “We are building all these automobile industries to come in and move the country forward together with other industries.”

    Ghana has been hailed as a rare example in Africa as having handled the Coronavirus pandemic well, in terms of government’s response to the crisis.

    The government has earned praise for its direct handling of the virus, as well as its mitigating measures to alleviate the impact of the pandemic on businesses and citizens, especially low-income earners.

    Presidency.gov.gh- Dikoder.com

  • No One Should Use My Picture Or My Brand On Any Political Campaign Or Platforms- Shatta Wale Warns

    No One Should Use My Picture Or My Brand On Any Political Campaign Or Platforms- Shatta Wale Warns

    As the 2020 general elections are almost here, political parties will not stop at anything than try to convince the masses with influential celebrities in the country and their songs should there be any.

    Shatta Wale seems to have made a U-turn in politics as his latest post on social media suggests that moving forward, no one should use his picture or brand on any political campaign or platform.

    We know Shatta Wale to be a strong NDC supporter because of his dad’s affiliation with the party and also he is someone the sitting president Nana Akuffo Addo loves hence it looks like Shatta is stuck in the middle.

    Now, he knows for a fact that any of these two main political parties will definitely use his songs for campaign following his affiliation with them hence he has come out to emphatically state that no one should use his songs going forward. This will surely force the political parties to approach him formally to perform at their campaign grounds should they need to use his songs which can make him earn some ‘fat’ money.

    This is a great business decision by Shatta Wale and his team; this guy understands the business very well. He probably also has his own reasons for posting that.

    Anyway, take a look at the post below and share your thoughts with us:

    Ghbase- Dikoder.com

  • John Dumelo To Donate 4,000 Laptops To Students In Ayawaso West

    John Dumelo To Donate 4,000 Laptops To Students In Ayawaso West

    Ghanaian actor, farmer and politician, John Dumelo is planning on donating free laptops to needy students in his constituency.

    According to John Dumelo in a post sighted by GhBase.com, the distribution of 4000 laptops will start from September 2020.

    John in collaboration with the “John Dumelo Foundation” aims at giving quality education to students in his constituency.

    SEE ALSO: Nana Addo, NPP using the free hot meal to desperately campaign for votes – Apaak

    As the 2020 elections is fast approaching, John Dumelo who is aspiring for as the MP for West Wuguon Municipality is leaving no stone unturned.

    He recently sent relief items to some victims of fire outbreak at Shiashi and now he is donating free laptops to students in his constituency.

    Well, looks like the former actor is ready to battle it out in the incoming election.

    See his post below;

    Ghbase- Dikoder.com

  • Nana Addo, NPP using the free hot meal to desperately campaign for votes – Apaak

    Nana Addo, NPP using the free hot meal to desperately campaign for votes – Apaak

    The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak has described the government’s free hot meal for final year Junior High Students (JHS) as a desperate move in the face of an impending defeat in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary polls.

    The MP who is also a Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament says the move was an attempt to force the students to see posters of the NPP’s presidential candidate and also to shout four more years for Nana before given their hot meal.

    Dr. Apaak added the government is only seeking to exploit the students for their selfish political interest.

    SEE ALSO: NDC describes Bawumia’s 13 housing unit project in Sekondi as a scam

    According to him, he has received several videos by some students on the free hot meal exposing the desperation of government.

    In the said videos, mini posters of the president and a parliamentary candidate were embossed on the package that came with the food served.

    The students were also seen expressing their displeasure about the quality of the food.

    The students were also asked to shout “four more for Nana” before they were handed their food.

    “Folks, such desperation is a clear sign that NADAA and his NPP government know they are heading for a massive defeat. Why would a government that claims to have done better than any other in the history of Ghana resort to such exploitation? It was the SHS students, it backfired, and now JHS students? Well, we now know that the real motive for the hot meal for JHS students is to force students to see posters or say 4 more for a failed President. Just watch the videos below. I’ve received several, but the two make the point!”

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  • Akufo-Addo pays working visit to GSE, BoG

    Akufo-Addo pays working visit to GSE, BoG

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday August 25 paid a working visit to the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) and the central bank, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in Accra.

    The visit, according to Akufo-Addo, was to afford him the opportunity to ascertain how the GSE and the BoG have been impacted by the ravages of the Coronavirus pandemic and to find out how best he can suppor especially the GSE.

    The president told the workers of the GSE that “All of us are aware that a robust and strong stock exchange is usually a very good mirror and reflection of a strong market economy. So whatever can be done to strengthen the exchange is inevitably tied up to what we can do to strengthen the economy.”

    SEE ALSO: Nana Addo, NPP using the free hot meal to desperately campaign for votes – Apaak

    He added “we have in the last four or five months gone through some very harrowing times not just here in Ghana but the entire world.

    “It has had a major impact on the economies of virtually all the nations in the world. The stock exchange is one of the critical instruments for growing a country’s economy and thereby growing the possibility of the people becoming more prosperous. I think it is important that those of us who have to make decisions affecting the economy have a clear idea of what is going on here.

    “That is the main reason I came here to find out the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on your activities, where you are in terms of growing the exchange and what obviously government on kits part can do to assist the process of getting Ghana a really stock exchange.”

    The Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) told the president that his visit makes it the first time a sitting president has familiarized himself with the operations at the GSE.

    He said, “This is the first time we have a sitting president coming to the floor to witness what goes on here, so you are welcome. GSE will be 30 years this year. As am exchange we made some modest achievements, we have created trade markets, we have only 40 companies listed on the main market.”

    He added “All operations are electronic, we have won two afterwards in the last decade as the most innovative stock exchange in Africa, an ward normally given by African Investor.”

    For his part, the Governor of the BoG Dr Ernest Addison said “Your Excellency, the Bank of Ghana, over the last three and half years, has played a critical role in the government’s transformation agenda. Through reforms that were effectively coordinated with the fiscal authorities, macroeconomic stability was re-established following the significant imbalances at the end of 2016. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ghanaian economic was once again classified among the fastest growing economies in the world, under your leadership. Growth averaged [7] percent; inflation was reduced significantly and maintained in single digits and well within the Banks target range, and exchange rate stability was well anchored. In fact, the economy had all the ingredients for broad-based inclusive growth.

    “And these efforts were rewarded with Ghana’s first ratings upgrade, in 10 years, by Fitch global ratings agency from B- to a B with a positive outlook. Your Excellency, your support to the Bank during the reforms in the banking sector cannot be over emphasized.

    “Your clear leadership and understanding of the role of the financial sector in the government’s transformation agenda, gave the leadership of the Bank the confidence and courage to embark on the comprehensive banking sector reforms over the last three years, which saw an increase in the minimum capital requirements, clean-up of the financial sector by the revocation of licenses of weak and insolvent institutions, and a revamp of the regulatory framework to stabilise and strengthen the sector.”

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • NDC describes Bawumia’s 13 housing unit project in Sekondi as a scam

    NDC describes Bawumia’s 13 housing unit project in Sekondi as a scam

    The Western Regional office of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has refuted a claim by the Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawamia that government is building 13 affordable housing units at Ituma Estate which is about 75% complete

    According to the party, the said project does not exist.

    Western Regional Communications Officer of the NDC, Richard Kirk Mensah who embarked on a fact-finding mission with media personnel to ascertain the truth on Monday, August 24, 2020, found that the said project does not exist in the area.

    The move by the Western Region NDC comes on the back of a presentation made by the Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawamia at a Town Hall Meeting held at the Academy of Arts in Accra on August 18, 2020, to tell Ghanaians the government’s story with regards to infrastructural development since they assumed office in 2017.

    The Vice President put the total number of the housing projects initiated by Akufo-Addo’s government at 1,229 with 232 completed and 997 ongoing.

    Mr Mensah stressed that the Vice President claims that the housing project at Ituma Estate which is about 75 percent complete and Essei Lagoon Bridge in Sekondi were done by this government are all palpable lies.

    According to him, the bridge was constructed and commissioned by the regime of former President John Dramani Mahama at s cost of 4.8 million dollars by China Railway Wuju Corporation, the contractor.

    Mr Kirk Mensah said he became shocked when he heard the Vice President spewing ‘lies’ in public against the oaths he swore to be honest and truthful at all times on January 7, 2017.

    SEE ALSO: Nana Ama McBrown Is Lying About her Age – Her Face Without Makeup Shows She’s 50 Years Old – Social Media

    He said the estate which belongs to the State Housing Corporation has been in existence for the past twenty years.

    He added that he has personally acquired two properties from the place for his friends 10 years ago.

    The Western Regional Communication Officer for the main opposition party described Dr Bawamia as a dishonest person who is full of ‘lies’ and deceit.

    He, therefore, took the opportunity to call on Ghanaians to reject the government of Nana Akufo-Addo because he has failed to deliver his promises.

    He said the NPP government could not boast of a single physical project in any District in the Western Region that had been completed and commissioned

    He challenged the NPP government to come out and tell Ghanaians any physical project that they had completed and commissioned in any District in the region since 2017.

    He also called on the good people of the Western Region to vote massively against the NPP government come December 7th and bring back Mr John Mahama who built the Ghana Gas Processing Plant at Atuabo, Sekondi Fishing Harbour, Gwiraman SHS, Sankor SHS, Fire Service Station at Nkroful, Axim among others.

    A resident, Nana Kwame who has been residing at the estate for the past 10 years in an interview with the media denied having knowledge of the project.

    He emphasized that “We have not seen any truck bringing load for government project here apart from the individual workers who are working on individual houses, there is no government affordable housing project at this estate as claimed by Alhaji Dr Bawamia”.

    All efforts to get some responses from the State Housing Corporation in Sekondi-Takoradi proved futile at the time of filing this report.

    Filled by: Daniel Kaku, Contributor

  • “There Are So Many Thieves Around Akufo-Addo Hampering Corruption Fight” – Kwame A Plus

    “There Are So Many Thieves Around Akufo-Addo Hampering Corruption Fight” – Kwame A Plus

    Musician cum politician Kwame Asare Obeng aka A Plus says the number of corrupt appointees around President Akufo-Addo has made and is making the fight against corruption hard and difficult.

    According to him, if these corrupt appointees are not expunged from the government, their actions and inactions will continue to dent the image and reputation of the president and render all his effort inconsequential.

    “There are too many criminals around the president. Too many people want to use his government for their personal interest and it will affect his legacy.

    SEE ALSO: A woman’s chest is my comfort after heavy criticism – Kidi

    This is someone we have been with and helping the President protect the public purse by fighting corruption. Some people around him have decided to fight us; which is very wrong,” he opined in an interview with Roland Walker on the AM Show on Joy Prime TV.

    President Akufo-Addo in the led up to the 2016 elections promised to deal with corruption and nip the canker in the bud. He promised to prosecute all government appointees who have and will indulge themselves in corrupt practices.

    This strong desire led him to set up the Office of the Special Prosecutor who was mandated to fish out and prosecute corrupt officials. However, the Office of the Special Prosecutor has metaphorically become a dog who barks more than it bites.

    Pockets of corruption scandals have plagued the government and Kwame A Plus believes the president shot himself in the foot by appointing individuals who have zero values and are fostering corruption.

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  • “We’ve Reduced Hardship”- Bawumia

    “We’ve Reduced Hardship”- Bawumia

    Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the Akuffo Addo’s administration has significantly reduced the hardship of Ghanaians.

    The Vice President in an exclusive interview monitored by Dikoder.com with host Kwame Sefa Kayi on Peace Fm morning show “Krokrokoo” gave detailed insight of the social interventions and intiatives of the incumbent government.

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    According to him, although it can’t be said that the government has eliminated the sufferings of the populace, it is a known fact that the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo have comparatively brought relief to cushion the citizenry.

    Citing the government free SHS policy, stable electricity supply, the payment of teachers and nurse trainee allowances and among others, Dr. Bawumia was optimistic the living conditions of Ghanaians will ultimately be better in the second term of the Akuffo Addo’s Administration .

    “We haven’t eliminated hardship but compared to what we inherited, we have reduced hardship tangibly” he said.