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Minority Members of Parliament Walked to EC Office: EC Accepts Petitions
On Tuesday December 22, all the 106 Minority Members of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament of Ghana marched from the Parliament House to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in an attempt to submit their petition the EC. Their attempts to enter into the office of the EC were blocked by the Ghana police.

The current information reaching the nation is that, the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) has finally received the minority’s petition on the 2020 general elections.

According to the Minority, the EC had disrespected them by failing to receive their petition. The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu and Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak who led the NDC MPs expressed their displeasure about the way they were handled by the EC and the police, and also vowed that, they will not give audience to the Electoral Commission in the 8th Parliament.

The Electoral Commission on the other hand has also gave a press release saying there was no official available to receive the petition because the minority failed to give them prior notice of their action.

According to the petition by the minority, “We demand that you cause to be collated the Techiman South Constituency Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Results from all the Two Hundred and Sixty-Six (266) Polling stations in accordance with the law, with immediate effect”. They also demanded that, “that pursuant to regulation 43 (2) of C.I. 127, the endorsed writ, gazette notification and notice to Clerk of Parliament be amended accordingly to reflect the true state of affairs”.

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December 23, 2020
Election 2020: NDC Goes to Court on December 28?
The Member of Parliament for Sagnerigu Constituency in the Northern Region has hinted of his party’s decision to go to court to seek redress on the December 7 elections.

Alhassan Bashir Fuseini, popularly known as Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini, said no one can force the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to go to court until they have gathered all their evidence.

All the 106 National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament of Ghana marched to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday, December 22.
The march was to prevail on the EC to overturn its declaration of President Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 elections.

There has been a series of protests by NDC supporters across the country against the EC’s declaration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the president-elect of Ghana after the December 7 polls.

Member of Parliament for South Dayi Constituency in the Volta Region Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, who hinted of Tuesday’s march on Onua TV’s 100 Degrees on Monday, explained that the leadership of the party will not sit for the EC to take them for granted.
When the host, Kwame Tutu, asked what next after the series of demonstrations by his party’s supporters, yet yielding no results, the NDC MP said, “you wait and see what will happen tomorrow”.

Speaking on the issues on Onua TV‘s Maakye jointly hosted by Afia Tagor and Adwoa Konadu-Yiadom on Tuesday, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini hinted in Twi that “we are going to court on 28th December. We are going to court”.

He added: “We are walking to the EC office to register our protest and present a petition to the EC.”

The former Northern Regional Minister said, “we are gathering our evidence and we are going to court on December 28 because we will not allow such stealing in the country.”

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December 23, 2020
EC Breaks For Christmas Holidays
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced it is closing it office on Wednesday 23rd December, 2020 and break for the coming Christmas holidays.

The EC led by It Chairperson Madam Jean Mensa disclosed the Commission’s move in a Recess press released on Monday 21st December 2020.

This has raised lots of concerns by Ghanaians because the country seems not to be stable in the just ended general elections.

According to some concern Ghanaians, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the election results declared by the EC with the conviction that, the 2020 election results was flawed and rigged for the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Ghanaians are now worried that the EC will not wait to address the concerns of the NDC but leaving office for holidays which is less importation than the peace of the country.
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December 23, 2020
66 Year Old Chief Found Dead In Guest House After Checking In With 25-Year Old Lady

A 66 year old man has been reported dead hours after he checked into a guest house with a young girl in Koforidua, Eastern Region of Ghana.

Reports say the man, identified as William Agyei checked into Adom Guest House in Koforidua to spend the weekend with a 25 year old lady.

It is said Mr William Agyei might have died from heart attack on an overdose of sexual enhancement pills, investigators reveal.

Investigators found In his room different pills including Viagra and others like deep heat spray, unirob polar ice, bendroflumethiazide tablets.

The accident was reported to the Effiduase Police by the owner of the guest house. The receptionist of the hotel told police that she had found the man lying motionless when she entered the room to clean the next day.

The body has since been conveyed to St Joseph’s Hospital Morgue for preservation pending autopsy.

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December 23, 2020
BNI picks up Otokunor’s driver over recent market fires

The driver of the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor, has been picked up by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), formerly known as Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), 3news has gathered.

The arrest is in connection with recent market fires recorded across the country.

It is unclear what prompted the action from the NIB officials but many believe the recent spate of market fires may be deliberately masterminded by elements within the opposition party, which has since the December 9 declaration demonstrated against the results of the elections.

Major markets in Koforidua, Kantamanto, Asankragwa and, lately, Kaneshie, have been torched in one way or the other.

At Kaneshie, it took the intervention of personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) on Saturday night to stop the fire from spreading to other shops.

Only nine shops were affected, 3news.com gathered, as the “robust” fire system complemented efforts by the fire officers.

A couple of days earlier in Kantamanto, traders reeled as the central market was completely razed down.

A provision has been made, at the instance of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to get the traders back in business.

More to follow. . .

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December 21, 2020
EC failed to build a strong IPAC – IDEG Boss

Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey has criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) for failing to reach consensus and collaborations with the political parties at the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meetings prior to the elections.

Dr. Akwetey noted that at the moment the IPAC has broken down, otherwise, he said, the committee should have been able to deal with issues that are emerging from the just-ended presidential and parliamentary elections.

He made these comments while speaking on TV3’s Key Points programme on Saturday, December 19.

His comments come on the heels of the refusal of the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama to accept the results of the elections, a situation that has thrown supporters of the party onto the streets across the country to agitate against the elections management body.

Mr. Mahama claimed that the EC manipulated the results in favour of the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hence, his inability to accept the results.

But Dr. Akwetey told host of the Key Points Abena Tabi that “I think that so far, we have had mechanisms, the IPAC was important in getting the parties to come to some consensus and to collaborate with the EC.

“There were times that their agreements led to reforms. The compilation of a new elections register, for instance, the introduction of biometric system in voter registration came from an IPAC discussion and an agreement between the parties.

“All the reforms that we have had in elections which have been written in law came through the IPAC and the agreements that the parties reached. So in that case, I think that the situation that we are facing today, a lot of it has to do with how the EC did not manage the IPAC process.

“For collaborations or consensus it takes time and the fact that as we speak now consensus and deliberations have broken down at the IPAC level.”

Source: 3 News

December 21, 2020
Two Nigerians in court over human trafficking

Two persons accused of conspiring to sell a 19-year old Nigerian for two million Naira have been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court.

Monday John, unemployed, and Fidelis Haruna, a tiler, have been charged with conspiracy. Monday is facing an additional charge of human trafficking.

They have pleaded not guilty and are expected to reappear on December 28.

The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Judith B. Asante, said the accused persons were squatters at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

The complainant is a herbalist at Chisco Transport Services at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra.

The prosecution said on December 1, this year, John approached the complainant at about 1000 hours that he had a human being he wanted to sell.

Chief Inspector Asante said the complainant became suspicious and feigned interest in buying the victim and asked John to get back to him at 1200 hours.

Meanwhile, the complainant had alerted the police about John’s intention.

The prosecution said John succeeded in luring the victim, Destiny Okoye, to the complainant’s shop at Circle under the pretext that the complainant was going get him a lucrative job.

At the shop, John negotiated with the complainant privately and stated two million Naira as the fee for the deal.

The complainant then asked John to wait for him as he was going to bring the money. The Police, however, moved in and arrested John.

Prosecution said John, in his caution statement, said he conspired with Haruna and one Favour, who is at large, to sell the victim.

On December 2, this year, Haruna was arrested at Holy Gardens at Circle but denied his involvement in the matter.

GNA

December 21, 2020
Parliament amends road traffic law to protect the unborn child

Parliament, on Monday, 21 December 2020, passed the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill.

It is to ensure the protection of an unborn child on the country’s roads.

It seeks to amend the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683) and prohibits acts constituting dangerous cycling and driving leading to the injury or death of unborn children and related matters.

Under the bill, the law will recognize the loss of an unborn child as a distinct loss, not only an injury suffered by a pregnant woman.

The Bill will also ensure that cyclists and drivers who cause death or injury to an unborn child through their actions are given harsher punishments while imposing on the driver, a duty to report to the police, accidents that result in the death of an unborn child as soon as possible.

Also, under the new law, drivers and riders whose actions result in the death or injury of an unborn child will serve a minimum of three years and maximum of seven years in jail, if found guilty.

The Bill, which was sponsored jointly by the Chairman of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Mr Ben Abdallah Banda, Kumbungu MP Ras Mubarak, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, and Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, will become the first-ever private members’ Bill to be passed by Parliament.

This follows the adaptation of the proposal for the enactment of the Private Members’ Bill on July 19, 2020 under the leadership of Speaker Mike Oquaye.

The adoption made the introduction of bills for consideration in Parliament no more a sole prerogative of the Executive through Ministers of State.

This enables private citizens and individual MPs, who are not ministers of state, to initiate or introduce bills for consideration in parliament.

According to a memorandum accompanying the Bill, it is for the protection of children, generally.

For instance, Section 14 prohibits a person from driving a vehicle with a child of less than five years in the front seat of the vehicle.

Source: Class FM

December 21, 2020
Kaneshie Market on fire
Fire ripped through portions of the main Kaneshie Market building on Saturday night around 11: 30 pm.

The cause of the fire is not immediately.

Officers of the National Fire Service moved in quickly to stop the fire from spreading to other parts of popular market building.
December 21, 2020
Fella Makafui Disgraced AGAIN As Her Car Is Seized by Dealer over Non-Payment – Details
Actress Fella Makafui has had one of her cars seized by the dealer over failure to complete the terms of payment for the vehicle.

Apparently, the car the actress received as part of a so-called amabassadorial deal with Cyrstal Galaxy College was a leased car and did not belong to the college to hand over to Fella.

Consequently, the car has been seized from her since the College has failed to complete payments.

This was revealed by notorious Instagram blogger Cutie Juls. Juls claims that the car was seized from Fella.

It comes as no surprise as Fella’s manager, Richmond Amofa Sarpong, recently came out to blast Crystal Galaxy College for failing to honour the terms of the deal they signed with Fella.

Last year, news came out that Fella Makafui had signed an ambassadorial deal with Crystal Galaxy College for a whopping Ghc 500,000– and that she was supposed to receive a brand new Camaro car and a fully paid trip to Europe as part of the deal.

Not to anyone’s surprise, it appears the entire deal was a bit of a sham.

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December 21, 2020
Afia Schwar In Deep Trouble – Ghanaian Ladies Offered £2,000 to Beat her Up for Insulting Safo Kantanka
Afia Schwarzenegger has landed in deep sh*t after raining insults on Ghanaian prophet and inventor Kwadwo Safo Kantanka.

Afia turned her infamous foul mouth on Kwadwo Safo, insulting him mercilessly for perceived insults against her.

Afia’s beef is with Mona Gucci, who hosts a show on Kantanka TV – therefore she also attacked Safo Kantanka and his son, Juliet Ibrahim’s ex-husband Kwadwo Safo.

She tagged both of them as gays alongside numerous other unprintable insults.

Her attacks on the man of God has angered numerous people to slam her, including Ghanaians hiplife veteran Yoggie Doggie.

Doggie is offering £2,000 for anyone who will beat up Afia Schwar for him for her attacks.

“I’m older than Afia Schwarzenegger and secondly, she has nothing more than me,” he said. “I’m offering an amount of 2,000 Pounds to any strong Ghanaian woman who can grab Afia Schwarzenegger and beat her to a pulp. I am ready to risk it all,” he said.

Anyone looking for a cool Ghc 16,000 knows what to do…
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December 21, 2020
Tension as Police Officials fume over salary drop after elections
There is growing resentment among the rank and file of the Ghana Police Service following a drastic drop in their December salaries.

The difference in salaries barely two weeks after December 7, 2020, general elections is fuelling rumours that the recent upward adjustment in their salary was rose to possibly influence them ahead of the general elections.

Many of them are already protesting on social media platforms with varied comments expressing anger, regret and with some saying they have been taken for granted.

One comment read, “December is here, and as usual, government workers would be taken salaries earlier than usual, what the officers are saying is that Salary adjustments announced in November and paid successfully are nowhere to be found, It has flipped, flopped and disappeared subsequently.”

In November, barely a month to the December 7 elections rumours were rife that the over 23,000 personnel of the Service, for example, had been surprised with over 100% pay rise across board.

Director of Public Affairs at the Police Service, Superintendent Kwesi Fori who confirmed in an interview described the pay rise as “shocking and very positive”.

The government was tight-lipped over the increment, but leaked pay slips confirmed that the lowest rank in the Police service has seen about 200 percent increase in their take-home pay.

But December slips have left many hoping to smile home again devastated.

One post read “John Mahama predicted that; He actually said many of the freebies announced by the government including the unannounced salary increments were to win votes. November Pay was prompt. December, our hopes have been dashed. A huge slap in the face. Removal from CAP 30 is next.”

Another Facebook message said “Dear Nana Addo and IGP. The salary adjustment that was paid to Police Officers in November and was publicly announced. Please come out and make it public again that it has been removed after the elections.”

The Ghana Police Service is yet to officially respond to the allegations or clarify the matter.
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December 21, 2020
Fire guts Kantamanto market

News reaching Ghana Guardian indicates the popular Kantamanto market in Accra is on fire.

The cause of the fire is not immediately known to this portal but we understand personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are already at the scene to salvage the situation.

The fire, according to reports, started from a place close to the Agbogbloshie Market.

This incident happened hours after fire ravaged part of the Koforidua market in the Eastern Regional.

Shops and various items were consumed by the inferno believed to have started around 10 am.

The blaze was reportedly caused by an electrical fault on the main power supply pole of the electricity company of Ghana which spread to the nearby shops.

It’s been two weeks since fire guts portion of the first floor of GCB Bank Liberty House Building, Kantamanto in the Central Business District of Accra.

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December 16, 2020
2020 Polls: I’ll concede defeat after independent audit of results – Mahama

Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) John Mahama says he’ll accept the results of the 2020 presidential election if the Electoral Commission conducts an independent audit of the results.

Mr. Mahama and his party have rejected the results of the December 7 polls describing the election as flawed.

According to the NDC, their analysis of the pink sheets available to them shows clearly that Mr Mahama won the elections.

In an interview with Voice of America(VOA) Mr. Mahama showed a just cause for the NDC’s position, adding that the issues raised cannot be swept under the carpet.

“We are currently doing a forensic audit of all the constituencies first to establish what happened and then confirm the figures that we have. Because this case might end up in court…I don’t know, I cannot mention anything for now but we are doing an audit and based on that we’ll take whatever decision we need to take.

“But I think that in the interest of the more than 6million people who voted for me, I must uphold our democracy and hold the Electoral Commission to a higher standard and hold this government to a higher standard in terms of our democracy. The way President Akufo Addo and the EC have conducted this elections is a dent on our democratic credentials as a government. And so with my principles as a democrat, I can’t be seen to be sweeping it under the carpet and letting it go.”

Ex-President Mahama added: “I think that we must bring closure to this by seeing exactly where the issues are. If an independent audit is done by the EC, they’ll bring somebody in to crunch the numbers do an independent audit why not, I’ll be the first person to concede and walk away. But as long as that is not done and I know that there was a deliberate attempt to subvert the will of the people in favour of the incumbent it will be wrong for me in terms of our democratic practices to just leave it because we’ll not learn the lessons of this election. I think we must learn the lessons of this election so that we don’t repeat it in future one.”

Source: Kasapafmonline

December 15, 2020
Anas Ready With Secret Video About The 2020 Election” – Richard Ato Prah
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Nhyiaso Constituency, Hon. Richard Ato Kwamina Prah said that reports from the undercover Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas indicates that he is going to show a secret video recording of the just ended 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

And which group of people or organisation is this video going to reveal their irregularities in the just ended elections.

According to Hon. Richard Ato Kwamina Prah, the Anas video will be reveals some journalists who were caught on tape taking bribe from a political party to display wrong results for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Report shows that, United Nation has asked that the video be shown on the streets of America and United Kingdom for all international agencies to see the extent of Electoral fraud in the just ended Ghana 2020 elections.

A date for the release of the video is not yet in but the little information about the video is shown below. “An investigative piece on Ghana’s 2020 Elections. The People, the Vote and the Fraud” – Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
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December 15, 2020