The New Patriotic Party (NPP) today launched their 2020 manifesto detailing what they will be seeking to achieve if their mandate is renewed by the good people of Ghana come December 7.
The manifesto which has been dubbed: LEADERSHIP OF SERVICE: Protecting Our Progress, Transforming Ghana for All,” was launched at the University of Cape Coast in the Central Region.
Party executives, the flagbearer and his running mate and other patriots of the ‘Elephant’ party were present in their full glory clad in party paraphernalia and pumped to win the elections come what may.
The manifesto details what the NPP has achieved over the past four years and what the future projections are for the party. President Akufo-Addo delivered a strong speech to spite his opponents and urge Ghanaians to vote in his favour for him to continue with the good works.
The 216-page 2020 NPP manifesto was officially launched today amid pomp, pageantry, camaraderie and a conviction of hope of securing the seat for another four years.
As a concern Ghanaian, I believe you will like to read or glance through this voluminous piece of ideas and intentions which ultimately will influence who you cast your vote for at the December polls.
He told Martin Asiedu-Dartey on the TV3’s News@10 Thursday August 20 that the kind of debate Mr Mahama is calling for has been ongoing within the media space among stakeholders since Tuesday August 18 after the Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia recounted the achievements of the government with respect to infrastructure.
The vice president had said since 2017, the government of President Akufo-Addo has initiated 17,334 infrastructural projects in this country.
“Of these, we have completed 8,746 and there is 8,588 ongoing,” Dr Bawumia said.
But Mahama on his campaign tour of the Volta Region called on Akufo-Addo to come for a one-on-one debate if he thinks that he has performed better than the previous administration.
“I am willing to present myself for a debate with President Akufo-Addo any day, anytime, anywhere. And we will settle the matter once and for all,” Mahama said on Wednesday.
Reacting to his call, Pius Hadzide said, “that invitation is pointless and unnecessary.
“It is a desperate and smart way of Mr Mahama to run away from a discussion or debate that is already ongoing on infrastructure of the first term of every administration.”
A member of the Conventions People’s Party Kwame Jantuah is of the view that manifestos prepared and released by political parties is a causal factor for financial loss.
According to him, manifestos haven’t been of any help to the country and that a long-term development plan is needed.
His reservation comes after the New Patriotic Party announced it would be inaugurating its manifesto on Saturday August 22, as the December polls is fast-approaching.
Speaking on the Morning Starr with host Francis Abban, Mr Jantuah said “we need a long term development plan and also implement it because manifestos haven’t helped.”
“I keep saying and I’ll continue saying that manifestos in this country keep causing us financial losses,” he added.
Deputy Communications Director for the NPP Kamal-Deen Abdulai touching on the manifesto launch said “we promised a governance of transparency, truth and we are delivering and people can verify that.”
“We have chosen the Central Region to launch our manifesto and to Kickstart our campaign towards the 2020 elections. But due to the COVID-19 protocols, it’s going to be limited in terms of attendance.”
Photo model and brand influencer, Moesha Budoung has told actress now turn presenter Trace Boakye, that nothing everything she does is on social media.
Tracey Boakye in recent times have been in the news and trending, due to her feud with Mzbel and continues rants on social media where she puts her house on display and brag about being rich.
However the actress is not making any of these things stop her from going about her normal activities and hustle to make money as she introduces her new Tv Program, Tracey Inspires.
On the next episode of Tracey Inspires, Tracey Boakye’s guest was photo model Moesha Budoung where they had a chit chat about her, Moesha.
In a snippet of the full interview shared Tracey Boakye’s Instagram page, Moesha was heard telling Tracey that is not everything she does that she puts on the internet when answering how she get’s her money.
The photo model went ahead to say that no man will give you money just like that, and that it takes character and attitude and also no man will spend on you when he knows you are out there for every one.
Moesha made it clear that she didn’t undergo surgery to attract any man as it is perceived out there but rather went under the knife for herself.
The next National Democratic Congress (NDC) under John Mahama will pay each assembly member a monthly salary of at least GHC1, 000, MyNewsGh.com has learnt.
“I did the mathematics; elected assembly members are 55000. If we give each of them GHC1,000 a month, that is GH¢55 million a year”, former President John Dramani Mahama hinted when he toured Mepe in the North Tongu constituency of the Volta Region on Monday, 17 August 2020.
According to him, if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo alone could spend GHC69 million on travels in nine months in 2019, then the money could be found to pay assembly members.
“So, if the President alone can travel [for] GH¢69 million cedis in nine months, why can’t we find the money to pay assembly members?” the NDC flagbearer asked party supporters.
Meanwhile, after Mr Mahama’s promise to pay assembly members during a meeting with the Ghana Association of Assembly Members (GAAM) at his office in Accra, the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, said it was a rehashed 2012 manifesto promise of the NDC which the former President never fulfilled as President between 2013 and 2016 while in office
“He [Mahama] knows it is impossible, the real situation is that the way the decentralisation scheme has been designed, they are like a board of the assembly and are not a full-time employee”, the Minister stated.
The newly sworn-in Municipal Chief Executive for the Akuapim North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region has identified the provision of quality education as one of his utmost priorities during his tenure of office.
Barima Asiedu Larbi Awuah Sarpong who extolled the brilliant academic prowess of the people of Akuapem North promised to pursue vigorous educational reforms to revamp the current falling standards of education in the area.
Speaking in an interview with the media after taking his oath in a swearing-in ceremony at Akropong on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, the New Assembly Chief said he would bring his experience in the educational sector to bear on the fortunes of education in the area.
Identifying sanitation as another priority of his office, the new MCE resolved to institute pragmatic measures to deal with the menace in line with the President’s vision of making Ghana a clean country.
Barima Asiedu Larbi Awuah Sarpong’s nomination early in August by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo followed the removal of the former MCE for the area, Dennis Aboagye.
At a confirmation exercise at the assembly hall of the Municipal Assembly, the new MCE received 45 votes out of the 46 casts, in the election supervised by the Electoral Commission led by the Municipal Electoral Officer, Solomon Anganga.
He swore the official oath and oath of secrecy before Her Honour, Arit Nsemoh, a Circuit Court Judge at the Akropong Circuit Court.
He expressed his profound gratitude to the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, the Member of Parliament for Akuapim North, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei and the Assembly Members of the Akuapim North Municipal Assembly for the confidence reposed in him and for the opportunity to serve the people in the municipality.
Barima Asiedu Larbi Awuah Sarpong also promised to offer his assistance and devoted services to the people and urged all and sundry to support and cooperate with him.
The Assembly Chief called for unity and avoid division to ensure maximum development in Akuapem North.
He acknowledged the arduous task ahead of him but said his confirmation together with that of the Presiding Member would ensure the speedy execution of various projects in the area.
He promised to consult all stakeholders including the former MCE and other MCEs to consult them for the progress of Akuapem North.
Confirmation of Presiding Member
The Akuapim North Municipal Assembly which on six previous occasions was unsuccessful in electing a Presiding Member, finally and almost unanimously endorsed the former Presiding Member, Mr. Asiedu Offei as its new PM.
Mr. Asiedu Offei was elected with 45 out of 46 votes as the new PM for the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly.
The election was supervised by the Electoral Commission led by the Municipal Electoral Officer, Solomon Anganga.
The new Presiding Member swore the official oath and oath of secrecy before Her Honour, Arit Nsemoh, a Circuit Court Judge at the Akropong Circuit Court.
Barima Awuah Sarpong until his nomination was the headmaster of the Okuapeman Basic School and a student at the Ghana School of Law.
Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfuor on behalf of President Akuffo Addo thanked the Assembly Members for their support and urged them to collaborate with the chiefs to develop the area.
The minister who was satisfied with the turn of events was hopeful that the confirmation of the MCE and PM would guarantee the quick growth of the municipality.
He urged the two men to cooperate with the Assembly members in the discharge of his duties.
Mr. Darfuor urged the assembly to ensure the prudent development of the area as the people have hope in them and expect rapid development in return for the taxes they pay as the positions occupied by the Assembly Members must come with benefits to the people.
The members of the assembly pledged their allegiance, cooperation and support for the MCE and the PM and called on them to reciprocate the gesture to ensure unity.
They also promised to use their influence to support the assembly.
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo Addo has commissioned a 40-seater computerised library stocked with books on different subjects for children at Moree in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) district of the Central Region.
The library is a project under the “Learning to read and reading to learn initiative” launched by the Rebecca Foundation to improve literacy among children from the ages of six and 15.
Speaking at the commissioning, the first lady explained that the library was built to ensure that children in Moree had access to information and ultimately secure a deserved great future.
She encouraged the children to cultivate the culture of reading saying, “read, learn new words and learn new things. Start writing your own little stories, it can be about your everyday life, adventure or some issue that you feel passionate about”
She stressed that writing would give them a voice to communicate with the World and share their talent.
Three similar libraries have been built in the Upper west, Bono and the Western North Regions, while Oti and Ashanti regions are also to benefit soon.
The First Lady said one’s ability to write, read and communicate effectively was vital for social and economic development and to transform lives.
However, she regretted that studies showed that many children at the lower primary level in Sub-Saharan Africa struggled to read in the official or local languages.
“Anyone with limited literacy skills is virtually excluded from written information that can change their lives. Literacy is not just about reading and writing, it is the ability to read, understand and apply the content to improve one’s life and that of society”, she added.
According to the first lady, the free Senior High School (SHS) policy had been one of the most significant developments in the history of the country that would have major positive impact on the society.
“If we enhance a child’s ability to read and write, the learning outcomes and success at academic achievement greatly improve. We have no option as a country that to re-ignite the reading culture”.
“All projects of Rebecca Foundation are designed to be mainstreamed to ensure ownership by beneficiaries”, she added.
She expressed gratitude to the Ghana Library Authority (GLA) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) for their immense support for the “ reading to learn and learning to read project”.
Mr Hayford Siaw, the Director General of the GLA said a total of 80 libraries were built since 2017, while several others were renovated to meet modern standards.
Four of them he said, were built by the Rebecca Foundation and expressed gratitude to the First Lady for her commitment to improving literacy among Ghanaian children.
The 23 year old singer posted on his Instagram page on Tuesday with the caption “It’s a Blessing How Every Gate is Opening for Me. This Year 🙏 little Princess is a week old Today ❤ #OpenGate # KimBelly’s.
COVID-19 WILL LAST FOR 3 AND HALF YEARS – PASTOR REVEALS
The founder and leader of the Divine Citadel Of Christ Church in the Greater Accra Region, Apostle Felix Gadogbo has revealed that he had an encounter with God and it was revealed to him that the novel Corona-virus pandemic, COVID-19 is going to last for a 3 and half years from the day it was Identified before it will leave the world or a vaccine will be found in any country.
Even though many predictions has been made by Doctors and scientists, The revelation I had is the pandemic and its here to stay with us for 3 and half years. Do your best to live with it with pray also . He urged all person's to adhere to all the Covid-19 protocols to stay safe.
Apostle Felix Gadogbo told the media during the preparation towards the 14th anniversary celebration of the Divine Citadel Of Christ Church in GA West Municipal in the Greater Accra Region today.
Ghana Records 7 More Deaths, Case Count Now 35,142- COVID-19 UPDATE. Ghana’s coronavirus case count per updates by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) now stands at 35,142 after 736 new cases.
Seven more deaths have been recorded taking the tally to 175.
Active cases in the country now stand at 3,681 with 31,286 recoveries/discharge.
Four members of the Kumasi Club, a 93-year-old social club in the Ashanti regional capital, narrowly escaped custodial sentences after they were convicted of contempt by a High Court in Kumasi. The four – Kwame Brenyah, Norman Owusu Barnie, Charles Asabere, and Henry Asumadu – were sentenced to two weeks imprisonment each upon their conviction. However, upon an immediate application for a review of the custodial sentence by counsel for the respondents, Mr. Asante Krobea, the court presided over by Justice Ali Baba Abature reviewed the sentence to a fine of GH¢6,000 each or in default, they would go to jail for two weeks.
The four were found to be in contempt of the court for going ahead to hold a meeting of the club while there was a case pending before the court disputing the eligibility of the convicts as club leaders.
Four members of the Kumasi Club escaped a custodial sentence
The Kumasi Club, formerly known as the European Club, draws its membership from highly trained professionals living in the Ashanti Region.
In his application for the review of the sentence, Mr Krobea told the court that one of the convicts was incapacitated while another was also very advanced in age.
Counsel said with the increased rate of the coronavirus infection, it would not be good to impose a custodial sentence on the convicts and therefore prayed the court to review the sentence to a fine. Even though the applicants’ lawyer, Mr. Justice Abdulai opposed the application for review of the sentence and rather prayed the court to increase it, Justice Abature acquiesced to the application by lawyer for the convicts and accordingly reviewed the custodial sentence to a fine.
In March, this year, the chairman of the Kumasi Club and three others applied to the High Court to cite the convicts for contempt of the court when they failed to wait for the outcome of a pending case at the high court, challenging them as directors of the club and went ahead to hold a meeting to remove the applicants as directors of the club.
Four members of the Kumasi Club escaped a custodial sentence
Aside from this case, the applicants also averred that they filed a motion of injunction to stop them from going ahead with the said meeting and to await the outcome of the substantive case. In his ruling, Justice Abature noted that the main objective of the offence of contempt of the court, was to protect the dignity of the court.
“It is in the general interest of members of the community that the authority vested in the court to protect them is not trampled upon. Any act which therefore seeks to emasculate the authority of the court should not be countenanced. The members of the community must at all times have confidence and hope in the authority of the court to deliver justice”, he said.
He explained that contempt of court was to prevent unjustified interference in the authority of the court.
“It is not to protect the dignity of any individual but the overall dignity of the justice delivery machinery,” he said.
Justice Abature added: “Thus, by the respondents having knowledge of pending action to stop them from getting involved in the administration of the Kumasi Club as directors pending the outcome of the substantive matter between them and the applicants on the affairs of the club at the High Court, but still went ahead to hold a meeting when there is a pending litigation about that very act, amounts to contempt of the court hearing the litigation at hand.”
I PREFER STONEBWOY AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HIM TO CHURCH – SELINA BOATENG
The sensational Gospel artist, and the “Wobeye Nhyira” hit maker also the 2012 VGMA Gospel artist of the year award winner, Selina Boateng chose stonebwoy among all the S-name artist in the secular music genre in Ghana.
In an air interview on the entertainment show “Dubbed”, Classified Showbiz on Eclipse Broadcasting Network (EBN-TV) which is aired each and every Thursday 12pm to 1pm, Selina Boateng who was the guest on the entertainment show ” aired on Thursday 23rd of July 2020, was asked by the host “Ewurabena Unbreakable” to choose her favourite artist in the music industry especially in the secular side, among the S-name artist in Ghana, such as Samini, Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Stomebwoy.
I PREFER STONEBWOY
The sensational artist said, I like all of them, but my most preferred one is, Stonebwoy, he is gifted with music and has great voice. I wish to take him to church one day and also do a collaboration with him, for he is a great artist and good performer too.
NDC Vigilante arrested with Guns and ammunition’s in Damango
The NDC in the Savannah Region has put to practice the threat to kill people in the ongoing voter Registration Exercise. Three (3) buses full of Ivorians and some foreign nationals who reside in some Galamsey areas in the Bole district were accosted and arrested at a Registration Centre in Damango.
The buses were accompanied by about 15 gun welding vigilante persons belonging to the NDC in the Region. They are known guys in Bole NDC for causing mayhem.
Vigilante
Upon an alert from the hardworking Damango Constituency Executives of the NPP, the Police and Military quickly moved in to arrest the NDC vigilante group.
With them were 4 guns fully loaded, another set of bullets for reloading and a couple of machetes and other ammunitions. Two well-known NDC vigilante were arrested after their colleagues escaped the arrest. The 2 are currently at the Damango District Police Headquarters.
The NPP is and will remain law abiding citizens and will do nothing to disrupt the peace that is being enjoyed in the the Nana Addo created Savannah Region.
We shall again not go against the fatherly advice of the overload of the Gonjaland, Tumtumba Boresa I and to usher the Region into that of chaos. The party in the Region is focused as our Parliamentary Candidates and the Regional Minister are in desperation to follow through the developmental projects that are ongoing.
TELL THE NDC AND OTHER PARTIES TO CONCIDE DEFEAT TO NANA ADDO FOR ANOTHER 8 MORE YEARS – APOSTLE DD
The founder and leader of the Streams Of Peace Chapel Int In Accra, Apostle Samuel Dankwah affectionately know as Apostle DD told the media today that God has revealed to him that the Akufo Addo led Gov’t will enjoy another solid 8 more years in power.
NDC and the other parties should start congratulating H. E Akuffo Addo now because spiritually, he has been given another 8 years mandate to continue to rule Ghana, he said.
According to Apostle DD, this is a direct message from God and he is speaking through him to the nation. He said the Victory of the NPP begins from the 2020 General elections this year.
Aidan fruit localy known as prekese is highly nutritious as it is packed with essential phytochemicals and nutrients that are essential for our body. It is also rich in iron, potassium, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, Flavonoids, tannins, steroids, and phenolic compounds. Prekese or tetrapleura tetraplera is a species of the pea family and is native to West Tropical Africa and a fruits of the plant with a strong aromatic smell with insect repellant properties.
A few diseases can be treated with the use of prekese, as listed below
Supports Immune System The plant helps in strengthening the immune system as it is a rich source of vitamins, iron, calcium, potassium, zinc, and magnesium. The presence of potassium and calcium helps in managing, preventing, and controlling muscle disorders and bone strengthening. Also, iron in the plant help in regenerate lost blood, while, zinc provides protections against virus that leads to respiratory tract infections.
Diabetes The fruit is known to have the ability to control the levels of glucose in diabetic patients. The fruit has a more powerful impact on type 2 diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus. People suffering from diabetes can take the prekese drink regularly by slowing down glucose level.
Fever Prekese is a great medicine when one is suffering from cold. This is said to greatly help fever and body temperature. The best way to use the plant is to soak it in warm water. Rinse using the infused water. You can also try this remedy when suffering from enema, constipation, and emetic.
Wound Healing Properties
According to a study, the low concentration (200 mg /ml) is more effective than the higher concentration (200 mg/ml). The wet extract of the plant has wound healing agents. So it is recommendable to use the lower concentration of the plant to heal wounds.
Has Antibacterial Properties The plant contains antibacterial and microbial agents. Due to this ability, the plant extract is used to make soap which is used for skin inflammation and bacterial infection on the skin. The soap can used to heal skin diseases, inflammation and bacterial infection. Apart from its medicinal benefits, prekese also helps in foaming and soap hardening as well as adding flavor to the soap.
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