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  • Double-track system is a leapfrogging concept – Adutwum

    Double-track system is a leapfrogging concept – Adutwum

    Ghana’s double-track system being implemented at the senior high schools is a “leapfrogging” concept, Deputy Minister of Information Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has said.

    It was introduced by the government to absorb the spike in enrolment following the implementation of the free SHS programme in 2017.

    So far, 1.2 million students, according to the government, have benefitted from the free SHS programme.

    Though the stopgap double-track system has been widely criticised by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) with its flagbearer, former President John Mahama, indicating that he will scrap that aspect of the free SHS policy should he win the 2020 polls, Dr Adutwum told Kwabena Prah Jr on Accra100.5FM’s morning show, Ghana Yensom, that the double-track system “is a leapfrogging concept, so, instead of taking 50 years to put up school infrastructure to accommodate the influx of students, we’re using that to circumnavigate the infrastructure hurdles”.

    “We can’t wait for 126 years” before doing so, he noted.

    According to him, “if our generation wants to transform this country, we need to rush but with a mindset of not forgetting about quality”.

    “So, you don’t just rush but look for leapfrogging strategies”, he added.

    Dr Adutwum said the government is adopting innovative strategies to ensure that Ghana catches up with the rest of the world as far as human resource and development are concerned.

    “We’re in a hurry because time has run out on you”, he said.

    “Ghana’s peers, in terms of nationhood and independence, are now into manufacturing aeroplanes and other things but the painful thing is that they are not any smarter than us except that they have the mindset that everything is possible”, he pointed out.

    The deputy minister also said the government intends incorporating virtual laboratories into the education system, so, as to expose students to a whole raft of things in the science realm which they cannot have physical access to at the moment due to financial constraints.

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • Breaking News: Access Bank on fire (WATCH VIDEO)

    Breaking News: Access Bank on fire (WATCH VIDEO)

    Fire has engulfed a branch of Access Bank in Lagos on Wednesday, August 26, 2020.

    The raging fire was captured on phone cameras by pedestrians from the road and people in surrounding buildings in Adetokunbo Ademola, Victoria Island where the building is located.

    We gathered that fire fighters are reported to have responded to the scene already.

    See video below

    We will soon Update you.

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  • Ghanaians have failed to hold President Akufo-Addo accountable – Mahama’s Aide

    Ghanaians have failed to hold President Akufo-Addo accountable – Mahama’s Aide

    An Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, says President Akufo-Addo has found confidence to contest for the presidency again because Ghanaians, especially the media, have not held him accountable for his stewardship so far.

    According to him, the performance of the Akufo-Addo government has been so abysmal within the 4 years in office than any administration in spite of receiving so much financial resources than any other government.

    “If we all decide to hold this government to the fire of accountability, Nana Akufo-Addo will not get the confidence to say that he will stand again for election,” he asserted on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ Morning Show.

    He maintained that President Akufo-Addo has nothing to show for all the borrowed monies and the financial resources at his disposal; claiming that the government of Akufo-Addo has performed abysmally compared to other governments in the history of the country.

    “I have never seen a government that has been so abysmal in its performance within 4 years than this administration with so much financial resources; over 300 billion Cedis financial resources at this government’s disposal and if you deduct the 6 billion spent on Free SHS from it, what has happened to the remaining money?”

    He said the Akufo-Addo government alone has received about 315 billion Cedis and then Mills and Mahama administration both received financial resources of about 248 billion Cedis.

    Aside the abysmal performance, Mr. Edudzi Tamakloe again said the 120 Ministers and deputies have crippled the economy as their monthly salaries are exorbitant compared to the previous administrations.

    “Only your government has 120 ministers and deputies and do you know how much a minister is paid for a month? If they say leadership for service, it should have been leadership for family and friends,” he said.

    To him, President Akufo-Addo has not been able to keep his campaign promise of not forming a family and friends government.

    “One of the campaign promises of Nana Akufo-Addo was that if Ghanaians vote for him, he will not form a family and friends government. Is Nana Addo still standing by that campaign promise?” he quizzed.

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  • Over 50 arrested for attacking two soldiers at Dome Faase

    Over 50 arrested for attacking two soldiers at Dome Faase

    More than 50 persons have been arrested after two military officers were attacked at Dome Faase near Accra.

    A military contingent was deployed to the town to restore calm forcing residents to flee to avoid arrest.

    The uniformed men reportedly clashed with rampaging residents on Tuesday, while protecting a parcel of land owned by a sub-chief of Akyem Apedwa.

    Images widely shared online capture the two soldiers bleeding profusely as they are being surrounded by the mob granting interviews to reporters at the scene.

    One of them who identified himself as Clement Asare-Addo said warning shots had been fired with the hope of dispersing the agitated residents. However, this backfired.

    “Our work is that we give a warning shot and when they stop then their leader and our leader will sit down and talk. But this one, it didn’t happen like that. They came to us and attacked us saying that we came here voluntarily,” he said.

    According to the army officer, the residents accused them of not having been officially assigned to that post.

    He added that even after explaining to the leader of the group that they were not criminals, the group simply would not listen to reason and proceeded to beat him and his colleague up.

    “Their leader came there and we informed him that we are not criminals. So if there is anything else, they should exercise patience and lead us to your chief or wherever then we continue,” he pleaded.

    Clement said their pleas and cries of innocence fell on deaf ears as the residents continued to beat them.

    The residents had been demonstrating over the ownership of the land when the incident occurred.

    They had earlier claimed that there have been rumours of armed land guards working with military personnel to terrorize their communities.

    “Three weeks ago we heard rumours of activities on Ga lands that fall precisely under the Domeabra Obong constituency. Further investigations revealed that the presence of a team of armed land guards was working with some military personnel terrorizing the communities, claiming the Akyem stool sent them,” a spokesman for the residents told reporters.

    Ghanaweb- Dikoder.com

  • 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.

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  • Cape Coast airport: Should we live in poverty because we’re poor? – Buaben Asamoa questions critics

    Cape Coast airport: Should we live in poverty because we’re poor? – Buaben Asamoa questions critics

    The Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Buaben Asamoa has justified that the Cape Coast airport is going to be an avenue to reduce poverty in the Central Region.

    According to him, Cape Coast is a hub for tourism and developing the city will help its inhabitants and their communities develop, hence their need for an airport.

    Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia announced at the 2020 manifesto launch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the party will build a harbour and airport for Cape Coast in the Central Region when re-elected into power.

    Speaking in an interview on the Epa Hoa Daben political show on Happy 98.9 FM hosted by Afrifa-Mensah, the politician said, “If we don’t open up our country for development, we will never grow. We must make Cape Coast a hub for tourist activities. Ghana is 63 years and would have been retired if she were a person. Should she live in a mud house during her retirement?” he asked.

    “Should we continue to live in poverty because we are poor? We need to develop Cape Coast because doing so will create jobs. And constructing an airport in the town will serve as an alternative to a lot of people.”

    The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Adentan Constituency furthered that it would even be best to have airports in all regional capitals. He argued, “Some people who arrive at Kotoka will wish to travel by plane to the other parts of the country by air and it is best to have an airport in all our regional capitals.”

    Buaben Asamoa added that if not for the COVID-19 pandemic, the country would have been flooded with tourists and with most of them trooping to Cape Coast, and Ghanaians would have realized the significance of an airport in the historic town.

    “Because the people are poor, shouldn’t we serve them with rich things? People will travel to Cape Coast and spend a lot more money there and citing an airport in the town is the best. The revenue from tourism alone will improve their lives,” he reiterated.

    Commenting on the call made by a section of Ghanaians for the NPP to drop plans to build the airport and rather focus on dualizing roads leading to Cape Coast, he noted that doing so will only make travelling to the tourist town more stressful and unappealing.

    “If we dualize the road, you’ll have to take a ‘trotro’ from Adenta to Kaneshie and that will take you about an hour. You will then have to sit in a Cape Coast vehicle for an hour until it is filled to capacity. After, it will take you an hour and 30 minutes to get to Cape Coast.”

    Further explaining the need for an airport in Cape Coast, Yaw Buaben Asamoa said, “It is about opening up the city for future investments. If we don’t construct the airport, we will be the cause of our own problems. We should open up the city for the people who believe in Ghana,” that is tourists.

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  • Nollywood Actress Pat Ugwu Strips Naked As She Twerks To Her Fans On Instagram Live

    Nollywood Actress Pat Ugwu Strips Naked As She Twerks To Her Fans On Instagram Live

    Nollywood actress Pat Ugwu served the prying eyeballs and met the insatiable desires of her fans by stripping naked to her underwear as she twerks on Instagram live.

    Pat Ugwu is known fro sharing nudes of herself publicly without shame. It can be recalled some time last year, she shared photos of her naked self on social media which ended up on several porn sites.

    In this Instagram live session, she was a bit circumspect with her nakedness but almost went naked with just her bra and revealing panties on; an act that received cheers from her viewers.

    check video out;

    https://twitter.com/TrendsNaija001/status/1298531371510632450?s=19

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  • Benedicta Gaffa Proves Her A$$ Is Not Fake As She Bounces It Off To Keche’s No Dulling (Video)

    Benedicta Gaffa Proves Her A$$ Is Not Fake As She Bounces It Off To Keche’s No Dulling (Video)

    Actress Benedicta Gaffah was head over heels when Keche and Kuami Eugene’s latest single, ‘No Dulling’ was played.

    The song which is one of the songs of the moment was able to get the beautiful actress and TV Presenter on her feet as she crazily danced to it.

    Benedicta Gaffah over some past few months have been under serious criticisms as several issues of her came online starting with Kennedy Agyapong’s expose on Nigel Gaisie which dragged her name into it.

    However the actress has kept a good composure and is certainly not ready to let any negative vibe counter her as she was seen in this video happily enjoying herself.

    The actress, just couldn’t control herself upon hearing the music and just showed off her dance skills which got her a$$ bouncing, which got a few fans defending her that this proves her a$$ is not fake.

    video below

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CET0D_JFBQF/?igshid=1r8walw0phjlm

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