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Election 2020: Prez Akufo-Addo Has Been Faithful To The Good People Of Nzema – Freddie Blay

The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party and former Member of Parliament of Ellembelle Constituency, Hon. Freddie Blay has recounted the numerous projects that have been executed by the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He was speaking at the end of a massive health and sensitization walk organised by the leadership of the party in the Ellembelle Constituency and the Parliamentary Candidate for the NPP, Hon. Kwasi Bonzoh doubles as the DCE of the area.

In attendance at the Enyinasi Mega walk were the National Chairman, Western Regional Chairman, Constituency Executives, and over three thousand enthusiastic members of the community, who could not hide their joy but sing songs of praise for the DCE and the President of the Republic for bringing smiles on the faces of their children. They also lauded the massive road projects currently ongoing in the Ellembelle constituency.

Chairman Freddie Blay told the teeming masses that, ”President Akufo-Addo has been faithful to the good people of Nzema.”

He further stressed that apart from the goodies the entire country is enjoying from the government, like Free SHS, free water, free electricity, and free maternal care under the able leadership of his Excellency, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the people of Nzema have also witnessed massive infrastructure development across the Nzema enclave. Mention was made of the expansion of Eikwe Government hospital, which he anticipates would be the second-biggest health facility in the region next to the Afia Nkwanta Government hospital. The ongoing construction of all major roads in the Nzema enclave, completion of AstroTurf for the Enyinasi based Karela FC by GNPC, construction of a 12-unit classroom block At NASS, construction of a boys’ dormitory at NASS, constructions of a 5-unit classroom block at SALMAN, construction of a 5-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities at AWEBO Methodist School and construction of a 5-unit classroom block at Asanda.

The Parliamentary Candidate, who doubles as the DCE of the Ellembelle constituency, Hon. Kwasi Bonzoh equally called on the good people Nzema to consider his good works and vote massively for him to represent the Ellembelle constituency as their Member of Parliament. He spoke of some of the visible projects that he has completed since becoming the DCE of the area. Hon. Kwasi Bonzoh, popularly known as ‘Bonzoh K’ listed the construction of 5-unit classroom block at Basake, construction of 5-unit classroom block at Nvelezolo, construction at Aiyanase, Nyamebekyere-Mangoase road, construction of Esiama-Nkroful road, construction of *Aiyinase Market, construction of Fish Emergency Market at AIYINASE, construction of AZULELOANU chip compound with ancillary facilities, etc as some of the developmental projects that have been executed by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration.

The National Chairman applauded the party executives and the Parliamentary Candidate for the show of unity. He further urged them to work hard to secure all 3 seats within the Nzema enclave.

The Western Regional Chairman used the occasion to promise the National Chairman that he and his team would work hard to ensure victory for the NPP in the Western region come December 7, 2020, and cement the status of the region as one of the strongholds of the party.

The National Chairman was accompanied by Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo -CEO COCOBOD, His Excellency Dr Charles Dwamena- Deputy Ambassador to China, Dr. Dominic Eduah- Executive Director of GNPC Foundation and Hon Evonlah – Second Western Regional Vice-Chairman of NPP.

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November 24, 2020
Odifo Kwabena Tawiah Sent Strong Warning to Akuffo Addo

The founder and leader of the Church of Rabbi, Odifo Kwabena Tawiah has sent a strong warning to the President of Ghana.

For the umpteenth time Odifo Kwabena Tawiah has threatened Nana Akufo-Addo.

Speaking in his church, he disclosed that the President came to him for spiritual assistance when some people held him hostage spiritually.

According to the man of God, after he helped free the president, he doesn’t answer his calls not to talk of giving him even one cedi.

He added that though he’s freed the president from the spiritual hostage, he didn’t cancel the spiritual death.

Odifo Kwabena Tawiah said with vim and vigor that if the President fails to calm him or answer his calls by the end of Wednesday, he will die before the December 7, 2020 Election and NDC will win.

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November 24, 2020
13-Year-Old Ghanaian Actor Dies After Being Nominated At The 2020 Golden Movie Awards
We are sadly informed that a young Ghanaian actor, Denzel Tetteh has died few day after receiving nominations at the 2020 Golden Movie Awards for his short film.

Denzel Tetteh was one of the main characters who stared in the short movie titled “CHRISTIAN VILLAGE” which was nominated in the category, Golden Short Film.

The movie sought to throw more light about the daily struggles an individual faces living in Accra, Ghana.

His death was announced by actor Anthony Woode who wrote on his Facebook status;“Rest in peace my Gee. You’ve created a vacuum nobody can replace. Continue with this smile in Heaven”.

Anthony also promised that he will make sure the audience gives Denzel a standing ovation after he picks their award come December 5. May his oung soul rest in peace.

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November 24, 2020
Stop shedding crocodile tears: NDP tells Mahama and the NDC

The National Democratic Party on Monday, 23rd November, 2020 cautioned the NDC against what it claims to be the shedding of crocodile tears over the demise of former President Rawlings.

According to the General Secretary of the NDP, when Jerry John Rawlings was alive, John Mahama and the NDC disrespected him and desperately wanted to silence him. And now that he is no more, they want to utilize his death to galvanize support for their failing political campaign ahead of the 2020 general elections.

He said, “We are troubled that some of these same persons, upon the demise of President Rawlings, now seek to lead in mourning the man; they have begun to shed crocodile tears. They spent thousands of dollars to sponsor videos made in Washington DC by one Kelvin Taylor, who is tipped to be information Minister in the event of a Mahama comeback, to insult President Rawlings in words, some of which we dare not repeat, and posted them all over the world through Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social media platforms.

Mr. Frimpong also accused Mahama and the NDC of endorsing the misdeeds of Kevin Taylor against Mr. and Mrs. Rawlings. He argued, “With the apparent endorsement of John Mahama and the NDC leadership, Kelvin Taylor said, and I quote, “Rawlings is a modern-day Judas and a hypocrite. He and his sleazy wife are greedy. He behaves as a lapdog to the NPP government and always kisses the ass of Nana Akufo-Addo anytime he gets the opportunity to speak about corruption.” He also went on to say and I quote, “JJ Rawlings is not God, he is bad Nationals and a modern-day Judas… and such a man does not even deserve to be a Statesman.” “JJ Rawlings is a coward… [you are] a hypocrite and a disgrace on the lap of a midget”.

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November 24, 2020
Samira Bawumia Convoys Involved in an Accident
Second Lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia has reportedly been involved in an accident at Ofoase Kokoben near Anwiankwanta in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

According to reports, three persons are in critical condition, with seven others injured

Eyewitnesses say the crash involved one of the cars in Mrs. Samira Bawumia’s convoy with registration number GN 4096 -20 and a Toyota Hilux pick-up with registration number AS 4247 – 17.
He added that the pick-up truck tried to join the main road but missed the last car in the convoy.

The vehicle, occupied by two Roman Fathers, was from an event at Anwiankwanta and was joining the main road when it crashed into the convoy heading towards Kumasi.

“The Second Lady had already passed the place but the last car, which was part of the convoy and had about 10 people in it, was the one that got involved in the accident,” he said.

In other news, one person has been crushed to death with 23 others fighting for their life after a vehicle run into a group of supporters of the National Democratic Congress who were then out on a campaign walk at Azuleneno, a community situated near Anyinase and Essiama at Ellembelle.

According to the incumbent member of parliament and parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Armarh-Kofi Buah the incident happened a few minutes before 7 pm.

He further expressed regrets over the loss of lives in what was meant to be a peaceful campaign march.

He explained to reporters that all people who sustained injuries were rushed to the Ekwe Catholic Hospital, to receive medical attention.

This incident comes after the death of some six members of the party within the Ejura Sekyeredumasi municipality in the Ashanti region after a road crash over the weekend.

The accident occurred after the driver attempted to avoid a motor rider who had driven into his lane.

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November 24, 2020
GES ASSURES SCHOOL SAFETY AHEAD JANUARY 2021

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has assured parents and guardians that it will ensure the safety of all school environments ahead of reopening in January 2021.

Mr Victor Amponsah, an Official of the Special Education Division of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Headquarters in Accra, gave the assurance during a two-day training workshop for the regional advocacy taskforce on the “Back-To-School” Campaign in Wa.

He said apart from disinfecting all schools before the reopening date in January, students would also be provided with nose masks and hand sanitizers as well as have their temperatures checked at morning, afternoon and evening to ensure their safety whilst in school.

He said just as all schools would be impressed upon to create isolation centers, there would equally be a rapid response team in place by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to quickly deal with cases of students experiencing abnormal temperatures.

Mr Amponsah explained that the “Back-To-School” Campaign was therefore initiated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated effects on girls and education in the country.

He said students stayed home for long as a result of the outbreak of the virus and that was why the Director General of Education found it necessary to embark on the campaign to inform parents and all other stakeholders of the safety of the school environment and the need for them to also play their roles effectively to complement their efforts.

“During the Basic Education Certificate examination (BECE), we realized that some of the girls were not in school and those that were in school, some were pregnant”, he said and noted that it was the reason why they saw the need to include re-entry into the programme.

Mr Amponsah said the focus of the programme was therefore in four folds including education on COVID-19 and its protocols, safety of schools, pregnancy and re-entry, and the psychosocial effect of COVID-19 on students whose parents contracted the virus.

He said GES and its partner UNICEF therefore decided to embark on regional level training for stakeholders who would then replicate the training at the community level in order to allay the fears of parents and guardians and assure them that the school environment was safe for their children to return.

He said adequate measures have also been put in place to prevent stigmatization against students whose parents have contracted the disease.

Source: GNA

November 24, 2020
Breaking News: Konadu Redraws from Presidential Polls

Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has withdrawn from the 2020 presidential polls, Starr News has learnt.

Starr News sources say Mrs Rawlings, who is also the Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party (NDP), has informed the Electoral Commission of her decision.

The party is set to address a press conference today Monday, November 23, 2020.

Mrs Rawlings is the wife of former President JJ Rawlings, Ghana’s longest-serving leader, who died on November 12, 2020.

Founder and leader of United Progressive Party (UPP) Kwasi Addai Odike has advised former First Lady and wife of the late former president Jerry John Rawlings to pull out of next month’s general elections.

Mr. Odike believes withdrawing from the race will make Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings concentrate on her widowhood to ensure the former president is given the necessary dignity and befitting funeral.

Speaking on Akoma FM‘s morning show GhanAkoma last week, the UPP leader, who is one of the five presidential aspirants disqualified from the December 7 race, explained that “Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has no place to gain sympathy votes because even 2016 when her husband was alive, she had less than 20,000 votes”.

“So, she should concentrate on her husband’s death and even withdraw from the electioneering race,” he added.

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November 23, 2020
We will go all out against Olympics – Matthew Anim Cudjoe

Matchday 2 of the Ghana Premier League is here and players are ready to record their first win of the season.

Legon Cities youngster Matthew Anim Cudjoe says the team will do all they can to beat Accra Great Olympics tonight.

Anim Cudjoe made his Legon Cities debut on Match Week One and he says he was happy because of the connection he had with his teammates in the game.

“I had a great game because the players understood me, I’m happy,” he told Legon Cities TV.

The Royals split the points with Berekum Chelsea in the season opener last week but this time around the teenager assured the fans of a win.

“We are ready, for the next game and we will go all out to beat Olympics, hopefully.”

Legon Cities play away to Accra Great Olympics tonight at the Accra Sports Stadium.

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November 20, 2020
Amidu’s resignation will affect NPP more than NDC – Ben Ephson

The resignation of Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu will impact on the electoral fortunes of both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic, renowned pollster Ben Ephson has said.

Ben Ephson predicted to GhanaWeb, that the ruling NPP is however likely to suffer more from Amidu’s resignation than the NDC.

He explained that, one of the promises that won the NPP the 2016 elections was the pledge to fight corruption and that, the resignation of Martin Amidu could cost them some swing voters.

Ben Ephson also remarked that Amidu’s ‘Government official 1’ charge against John Dramani Mahama, in the Airbus bribery scandal, will also impact on the number of votes the NDC is likely to poll in the upcoming elections.

Consequently, swing voters who vote based on corruption may decide not to take part in the elections because of the performance of the two candidates when it comes to the subject.

“For swing voters whose voting will be based on corruption, his work and resignation will not make them vote in the sense that they will want to vote for someone who, if elected, can make change. By identifying Government Official as Mahama, he has painted the corruption brush on NDC. And by resigning and giving the reasons, he has also painted the corruption brush on the NPP. So, if you are a swing voter and you were going to vote for Akufo-Addo because of Airbus, you will have a change of mind and probably stay away because the other ten candidates will make no impact”.

Ben Ephson, however, noted that the reaction of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the allegations by Martin Amidu could cause some changes and swing votes in his favour.

The NPP government came into the office to fight corruption and the resignation will affect NPP more. I must also say that the President’s reaction has also deemed the impact it will have on the NPP. Martin has alleged certain things and the President has also made certain allegations against Martin in the course of his work. But clearly, of the two parties, NPP will be affected more. So I think both parties will have their share.

Ben Ephson also that he anticipates, that the verbal exchange between Martin Amidu and the NPP may drag on for a while.

Ghanaweb

November 20, 2020
John Mahama asked us to approve Amidu as Special Prosecutor – Mahama Ayariga

The role of former President John Dramani Mahama in the approval of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor has been revealed by the Member of Parliament for Central, Mahama Ayariga.

There is a widely held perception that the NDC flagbearer was against the appointment of Amidu as Special Prosecutor.

But in an interview with Citi FM, Mahama Ayariga disclosed that the Minority Members of Parliament were encouraged by John Mahama to approve Amidu as Special Prosecutor.

Mahama Ayariga divulged that the NDC had no issue with the appointment of Amidu, they, however, had reservations about the act that set up the office of the Special Prosecutor.

“President John Dramani Mahama gave us clearance to approve Amidu as Special Prosecutor and we did approve him. The issue of his medical record never came up in our discussion,” he said.

Mahama Ayariga was reacting to a claim by Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong that he has knowledge of the medical records of former Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu.

Ayariga said he has at no point discussed the issue of Amidu’s medical record with Kennedy Agyapong.

“I don’t have any medical records of my uncle, Martin Amidu. I think that it’s unfortunate that I’m being put in the centre of this whole controversy…I think we should focus on the real reasons why he has resigned and deal with it.”

“Let me put on record that I don’t have any medical records of him [Amidu] being sent to Germany for the treatment… I don’t recall having discussions with honourable Kennedy in which I made reservations about the medical condition and treatment in Germany etc.”

He pleaded: “I’m fighting my matter in Court and I don’t want to be in this brouhaha about his [Martin Amidu] decision to resign.”

Ghanaweb

November 20, 2020
Election 2020: NPP intends to use land guards to intimidate voters – Sam George alleges

Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram constituency Sam Nartey George has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of plotting to use land guards to create chaos in some constituencies including his own.

According to him, the NPP wants to use all manner of means to snatch his seat but such move, he said will not work.

Sam George said these during the 3FM constituency debate on Friday 20th of November.

He said “there is a gentleman who is recruiting land guards to come in and create chaos on Election Day. He possess himself as the head of security for the NPP candidate.”

“I am a law abiding but what me and my people will not tolerate is anybody using the state and illegal means to subvert the will of the people in Ningo-Prampram,” he said.

The Ningo-Prampram constituency is one of the flash points listed by the Electoral Commission for electoral violence.

The NPP’s parliamentary candidate Alex Martey was not at the event.

He refused to honour the invitation of the organizers who tried their possible best to get him to appear at the event.

Ghanaweb

November 20, 2020
Akufo-Addo resumes campaign Saturday

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will resume his campaign activities on Saturday, November 21, 2020.

As part of his tour of the Volta Region, the President will be in the Hohoe Constituency to open a mini-hydro power station.

He will inspect ongoing road projects and campaign for votes for the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for the area, Energy Minister John Peter Amewu.

President Akufo-Addo is also expected to interact with the chiefs and people of Hohoe.

He will continue his tour in the Eastern Region for two days.

The President will later visit the Central, Western, Ashanti and Greater Accra regions while Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia is scheduled to tour the five regions of the north as well as Bono East, Bono and Ahafo.

President Akufo-Addo and Vice-President Bawumia suspended their campaign tours to mourn former President Jerry John Rawlings.

Ghanaweb

November 20, 2020
‘Free WiFi for all SHS’ 80% complete – Bawumia reveals

Vice president Mahamudu Bawumia has established that works to install free Wi-Fi in all Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country is about 80% complete.

The project which according to him will be instituted in all 722 senior high schools in the country, is intended to broaden the scope of education, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), research, and knowledge acquisition in these schools.

Speaking at the commissioning of government’s free tertiary Wi-Fi project in Accra, Mr. Bawumia described the project as a transformational one.

He said many doubted the idea when it was first conceived.

“The ongoing Wi-Fi in senior high schools will be accelerated. We are covering all 722 senior high schools in the country. They will all have free Wi-Fi and at the moment, over 80% of the works on the project is complete. This is going to be a very transformational project. When we started, it looked like something impossible but it has been realized,” he asserted.

Dr. Bawumia further said all 260 District Education Offices and 46 Colleges of Education in the country will also be beneficiaries of the government’s ‘free Wi-Fi for schools’ project.

Ghanaweb

November 20, 2020
Just In: NDC Supporters Involved in an Accident

Information reaching our news desk indicates that, supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been involved in a deadly accident.

Per what we gathered the accident happened at New Edubiase formerly called the Adansi East district in the Ashanti Region.

The accident involved a Sprinter Bus and a bus believed to VIP bus.

No casualties have been recorded at the time of filing this report.

More details soon…

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November 20, 2020
UG reduces fees for 2020/21 academic year
Management of the University of Ghana (UG) has reversed its decision to increase the facility user fees for students for the 2020/2021 academic year.

The students by this release, are directed to pay the exact amount they paid for the previous academic year for the 2020/2021 academic year.

“After due consideration, management of the University of Ghana has decided to reverse the fees published for the 2020-2021 academic year.”

“The 2019-2020 fees will therefore be applied for the 2020-2021 academic year. The new fees for the 2020-2021 academic year will, therefore, be published at the UG website.”

About a month ago, the management of the University of Ghana and the Ghana Institute of Journalism increased the facility user fees for the next academic year.

The decision led to a mass protest on social media as the management of the two public universities were labeled as insensitive to the hardship brought by the coronavirus pandemic.

UG proposed a 12 percent increment while GIJ increased the fees by five percent.
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November 19, 2020