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  • PARTISAN POLITICS, COVER-UPS, CORRUPTION, TRIBALISM, INDISCIPLINE, AND CO ARE GHANA’S REAL ENEMIES OF PROGRESS.

    PARTISAN POLITICS, COVER-UPS, CORRUPTION, TRIBALISM, INDISCIPLINE, AND CO ARE GHANA’S REAL ENEMIES OF PROGRESS.

    PARTISAN POLITICS, COVER UPS, CORRUPTION, TRIBALISM, INDISCIPLINE, AND CO ARE GHANA’S REAL ENEMIES OF PROGRESS.

    The truth must be told. The LORD GOD has really blessed us with every natural resources we need as a country. It seems we have taken all these privileges for granted. Religiously there is peace, harmony, and understanding among the religious beliefs in the country.

    The question is that why can’t Ghana turn to become a first-class Nation?

    I have a problem about how we elect our president and vice mostly on religious background.

    I am of the view that if we can have a patriotic and competent president and vice from one religion, there is no need to mixed the president and vice based on religious background.

    It looks like we have abused the time needed to achieve’s certain developments on record time with bad attitudes.

    We don’t take our works seriously especially some of the workers in the public sector, some of the them don’t thinks about how to progress the work , but what some of them are interested in is how to satisfy’s their stomach and pocket.

    Cover-up is another Epidemic of the enemies of progress in Ghana. Most of the leaders needs those who can dance to their music to work with so that I snatch your back and you snatch my back game will be outplayed to the gallery. When sometimes you overheard a certain leader glamouring against someone, not interested to work with someone,is simply because he can’t create, loot, and share with the person.

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    When a certain leaders see those working with him to be a threat for him, he will do anything humanly possible, to sabotage them.

    No leader want to be exposed. They always want those who can do cover-ups for them to work with. So that their cobwebs and skeletons will be hidden, from the public.

    Partisan politics always hijacked the truth to be seen and known. The political parties communicators will always defend the indefensible. Even when their parties are wrong, they will still defend the party. Because of political appointment, none of the parties members wants to criticize’s and condemn’s his or her own party for wrongful doing, bad actions, and unneedful policies.

    Apart from Honourable Kennedy Ohene Agyapong the legislature a member of parliament for Assin central who sometimes fires his own party, when he disagrees with them. Some also says when he needs certain contracts from his party, then he will deliberately criticize them, for he is very loud and has the media power and influence.

    Corruption is bleeding and sinking the country into an abyss. Looking at the over-pricing of certain government contracts will make you cry for mother Ghana. The mindset of some people is if you don’t become corrupt you can’t make it or be successful in life. This is why corruption galon is everywhere. Monies that can be used for state development goes to a corrupt people’s pocket. Corruption is milking the country and it is very sad and pathetic.It clearly shows that we don’t have any love for the country and also don’t think about the future of the country which belongs to the next generation.

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    The way some are chopping corruption monies today as if the is no tomorrow for the country. Until we have an independent anti-corruption body to fight vigorously against corrupt practices in the country, it will always stampies the social-economic, and developmental growth in the country. Another failing gears and break fails that disappoint the fight against corruption is the anti-corruption crusaders, most of them are corrupt than the corruption machinery. They themselves are real definition of corruption.

    Tribal bigotry is very sensitive and fragile when talking about it without been circumspect. We should see ourselves as one people, without tribal differences.. There should not be any tribal war and selectiveness among ourselves as a country. We shouldn’t classify’s some tribes to be more superior than others.

    There are certain positions and job employment’s if you don’t belong to a certain tribe you will be disqualified, base on your tribal background. This is a real picture of tribalism.Is true that we have different tribe’s among ourselves but the truth is that we are all one people. We are in a 21century the world has changed from the past. Stopping ourselves to intermarry each other because of tribal difference’s must be stopped.

    CORP Indiscipline is another canker. Some of us don’t want to be law-abiding citizens. The reason for that is how some of us are indisciplined. Looking at some behaviors of our’s, in the way some of us talk, dress, our actions and inactions shows clearly that some of us are not disciplined.If we don’t change from our indiscipline nature and character,Ghana our beloved country will never progress, economically, socially physically, and financially.
    Most developed countries were able to develop because they were discipline. We don’t want to do the right thing but we always needs the rightful results.
    The discipline organisations and authorities must enforce their veto powers without fear or favor. The laws that must ensures discipline needs to work effectively.The systems and structures to hit on the nails of discipline must not be hijacked. Building a Nation without discipline is like sitting in a glass room, you must not throws stones. Let us avoid and devoid indiscipline, from our personal lives, our homes, and offices. When we crucified indiscipline and resurrects discipline and our Homeland Ghana, will becomes one of the best country in the world.

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  • Supreme Court Judge Marful-Sau dies

    Supreme Court Judge Marful-Sau dies

    Judge Marful Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau has been reported dead

    According to a report by TV3, the judge of the apex court passed away earlier today.

    He was nominated in 2018 to the Supreme Court by the President Nana Akufo-Addo in consultation with Council of State and the advice of the Judicial Council.

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    Justice Marful-Sau was born in Assin Adubiase in the Central Region.

    After qualifying as a Barrister-at-law 1984 he worked at the office of the PNDC and entered private legal practice prior to being called to the High Court bench in June 2002.

    He was 64.

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  • Halt the – Introduction of “Zoom Nurses”-GRNMA to Gov’t, GHS

    Halt the – Introduction of “Zoom Nurses”-GRNMA to Gov’t, GHS

    HALT THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF “ZOOM NURSES”-GRNMA TO GOV’T, GHS

    The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) says they are unhappy about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) for the re-introduction of the modular Six (6) month training for Community Health Workers (Zoom Nurses).

    According to the Leadership of the Association, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) defines a nurse as a person who has completed a program of basic, generalised nursing education and is authorised by the appropriate regulatory authority to practice nursing in his/her country.

    Speaking to the First Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Branch of the Association today, Mr. Philimon Adu Brempong said, they are worried about the constant efforts of stakeholders, especially successive governments to adulterate the nursing profession.

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    He said the Association is therefore entreating stakeholders and the general public to desist from attaching the name “nurse” to any undertrained person who attains a Six-month training or less and parade himself or herself as a nurse.

    Nursing is a noble profession and requires extensive training to become part of the profession.

    “We have over Fourteen Thousand (14,000) qualified Nurses and Midwives who are awaiting government ployment thus the GRNMA is urging government and the necessary stakeholders to employ these professionals instead of the Six-month training to unqualified persons to become part of the service”, Mr. Adu told Nana Ampratwum on Silver FM’s Omanbapa Morning Show.

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    He added that instead of committing new funds to train the Community Health Workers (Zoom Nurses), those funds should be channeled into the issuance of the Financial Clearance to employ those awaiting employment who have the requisite skills and knowledge to help the country especially in it’s fight against the COVID 19 pandemic.

    He finally called on the government to as a matter of urgency halt the Re-introduction of the Community Health Workers (Zoom Nurses) to save the profession.

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  • BLAME ZOOMLION FOR BEKWAI MUNICIPAL BEEN SWALLOWED BY RUBBISH

    BLAME ZOOMLION FOR BEKWAI MUNICIPAL BEEN SWALLOWED BY RUBBISH

    BLAME ZOOMLION FOR BEKWAI MUNICIPAL BEEN SWALLOWED BY RUBBISH– SANITATION OFFICER VOWED.

    The Sanitation And Environmental Officer for Bekwai Municipal in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Eric Kudjo, has blamed waste management giant, Zoomlion for the unsanitary conditions in the municipality.

    The Sanitation Officer Mr. Eric Kudjo has recently come under fire for the current terrible sanitation situation in the municipal, with group, Concern Citizen Of Amansie and Amansie Youth For Action-Network leading the charge, especially in Anwiankwanta living in a refuse area.

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    In an interview with ASP Sampene, he said,
    ‘I am disappointed today Ghana engulfed in filth and find solid waste everywhere, I blame Zoomlion for any refused been dumped here especially Anwinkwanta. Due to the lack of Zoom Lion communal containers, the inner city of Anwiankwanta has become a major source of dumping refuses which causes sickness and doesn’t help human conditions.

    The Bekwai Municipal Assembly has written numerous letters to the authorities but yielded no results. We have also call stakeholders to aid us in a dustbin but have not received any, he said.
    VIDEO…..Mr. Eric Kudjo.

    Speaking to the Chairman of Anwiankwanta Taxi Union, Mr. Kwadwo Boateng, he said, due to the lack of dustbins, bafflot sellers, yam fryer, even the entire community came to this scene to dump here.
    We are worried about this current despicable state of Anwiankwanta Taxi station. In fact, refuse is swallowing us, he shared his worries.
    VIDEO….-Mr. Kwadwo Boateng.

    CALL MR. ERIC KUDJO FOR MORE DETAILS:::024 669 7375 // 020 090 2048.

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  • Your achievements in Nkoranza unprecedented – Nkoranza Chief to Akufo-Addo

    Your achievements in Nkoranza unprecedented – Nkoranza Chief to Akufo-Addo

    The Paramount Chief of Nkoranza Traditional Area, Nana Kwame Baffoe IV, has stated that President Akufo-Addo’s reputation of resilience and courage has been exemplified in the unprecedented achievements achieved, thus far, by his administration in the Nkoranza Traditional Area.

    The Nkoranza Chief made this known on Monday, 8th August 2021, when the President of the Republic paid a courtesy call on him at his palace, as part of his 2-day working visit to the Bono East region.

    According to Nana Kwame Baffoe IV, the decision to decentralize state institutions beyond the regional capital, resulting in the establishment of the Regional Education Directorate in Nkoranza and the Health Directorate in Kintampo, all under the Nkoranza Traditional area, remains the single most well-thought-through idea to equitably develop every part of the country.

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    In addition to this, he indicated that the construction of a dining hall, a 12-unit classroom block, an assembly hall, and a 2-unit girls dormitory block for Nkoranza Technical Institute, together with the construction of 16 other 3-unit classroom blocks across the district in the first term of the President “is truly unprecedented.”

    In the health sector, the Chief was grateful for the inclusion of Nkoranza North as a beneficiary district in Agenda 111.

    He also expressed his appreciation to Government for the construction of a new nurses’ quarters in Tumiebu, a Maternity Block at Dromankese, and the provision of an ambulance for Nkoranza.

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    On roads, Nana Kwame Baffoe IV thanked the President for the commencement of phase 2 works on the Jema Nkwanta-Asekye road, which, when completed, will shed off some three (3) hours off normal trips between the North, Bono East, and Ashanti regions, and also for steady progress of work on the Yefri, Boana and the Tanoboase road that links Nkoranza.

    On agriculture, which is the main stay of the people in the area, he said the new warehouses at Yefri and Donkro Nkwanta will eliminate post-harvest losses, adding that the supply of 100,000 cashew seedlings yearly to tree crop farmers was a welcome initiative.

    Prz Nana Addo President Akufo-Addo, prior to his visit to the palace of the Nkoranza Paramount Chief, also paid a courtesy call on the Omanhene of Techiman, Oseadeayo Ameyaw Akumfi IV, and inspected ongoing work on an 18-unit classroom block for the Techiman Senior High School.

    The President also commissioned staff bungalows for staff of the Bono East Regional Co-ordinating Council, and also commissioned a two-storey assembly complex building in Nkoranza for the Bono East Regional Co-ordinating Council.

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  • #FixTheCountry movement has been badly exposed – Nana B

    #FixTheCountry movement has been badly exposed – Nana B

    Henry Nana Boakye, Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, has averred that persons behind the #FixTheCountry protests have been badly exposed with respect to their motives.

    “The #FixTheCountry people have been badly exposed… We had just come out of the elections and there were COVID-19 issues, it did not take long before we heard about fix the country.

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    “Let us remember that John Dramani Mahama’s election petition also took about two months. It was barely two months after President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had taken his oath and in March 2021, I heard #FixTheCountry,” he said on Okay FM’s Morning Show late last week.

    He, however, admits that there is difficulty in the system but that it is also very exciting to know that the government has plans to employ some 11,000 plus people.

    He cautioned politicians to be careful about their pronouncements and added that he was in favour of any counter group that will project the good works of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the NPP government.

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  • A-Plus takes a dig at Captain Smart

    A-Plus takes a dig at Captain Smart

    Political  activist, Kwame Asare Obeng (A-Plus) has pooh-poohed Captain Smart’s libation pouring exercise during the #FixTheCountry demonstration.

    The protest, organized on August 4 by some Ghanaians in their quest to register their displeasure over hardship that has engulfed them, saw the celebrated broadcaster invoke the spirit of Ghana’s first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah with bottles of schnapps.

    Captain Smart, clad in a white t-shirt with inscriptions, a red cap, and a Ghana flag around his neck, pleaded with Nkrumah to unleash wisdom on national leaders. He also asked spirits gathered to deal mercilessly with persons who intend to steal from the state.

    Making a submission on UTV’s United Showbiz, Saturday, A-Plus who was conspicuously missing from the demonstration indicated that Captain Smart’s action was pointless.

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    “Someone is pouring libation and invoking the spirit of Kwame Nkrumah. For what?” A-Plus questioned.

    The convenor of The People’s Project (TPP), without mincing words, labeled the demonstration exercise as “jogging” insisting that it had no focus.

    “The era of shouting has ended. I don’t go jogging or keep fit; my understanding of exercising and demonstration are two different things… Let’s get serious in this country. What was the plan, what is the end game?” A-Plus argued.

    “You cannot change a constitution by holding a placard and standing by the roadside. I agree there should be demonstrations in the country but I’m telling you that the demonstration must have an end goal. That is why we go to school to learn decentralization and local governance. It is important to create awareness but that has been created over and over again.

    “Next year, there’s going to be district-level elections. What is the plan of the youth knowing the assemblymen and district committee are the parliamentarians for the district assembly? What is the plan of people to go and take assemblyman position so that they control the assembly?” A-Plus added.

    The much-talked-about #FixTheCountry demonstration finally came off on August 4 in Accra with hundreds taking to the streets to demand good governance, accountability, as well as better living conditions from the Akufo-Addo administration.

    Before the demonstration saw the light of day, it was hit with hiccups. On May 6, for instance, the Ghana Police Service secured an injunction from the High Court using COVID-19 induced restrictions as the excuse to stop a planned demonstration.

    Watch A-Plus’s submission from the 26th minute of the video below

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  • When the Fourth Estate Falls

    When the Fourth Estate Falls

    When the Fourth Estate Falls

    The problem with politicians and political parties owning media outfits (radio, TV, etc.) is that they are able to do propaganda as much as they want, project their parties and political ideologies, whether good or bad, and inevitably misinform and miseducate the public. Even when they don’t have their own radio or TV stations, they end up contracting some media personalities who then cultivate the corrupt habit of turning a blind eye to or sidestepping major issues and asking frivolous questions when they get the opportunity.

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    How many media houses and media personalities are talking about Government’s corrupt dealings in the Ghanaian oil and gas sector?

    Take a good look at the Volta Region for instance. There are no less than 4 radio stations owned by NPP party people and despite the attempt to be unbiased in their reportage and during their morning shows, you can still see where they are headed and what the long term-term strategy is.

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    Even radio stations that claim to be unaffiliated to political parties, end up inviting only NDC and NPP reps on their morning shows. I don’t even know who told them that you can’t have a morning show and discussions without NPP-NDC reps in the studio.

    It’s mediocre really and a tacit promotion and endorsement of the duopoly.

    We need experts discussing national and topical issues, not NDC and NPP representatives.

    You owe us, the public, that duty. We don’t want politically biased takes on issues, we need expert opinions.

    Edmund Burke said the Fourth Estate is the most powerful, most important and most influential among the four arms of government, and he is right.

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    The media can affect and influence public participation in politics, serve as a platform to educate or miseducate the masses, and when political persons and parties start owning media houses, that’s when the public is deceived, becomes less politically conscious, and not able to think and see the duopoly for what it is.

    A political pact that desires to keep the general populace ignorant in order to perpetuate their stranglehold on Ghanaian politics.

    If we are ever going to reverse the damage politically biased journalism is causing in Ghana, we need to own media outfits and also make judicious use of the internet and word-of-mouth.

    If you can’t fight the information wars, forget it. You are not making inroads and you can’t get enough people informed and moving in opposition to the duopoly.

    Get people and groups signed up, develop a clear strategy, put an organizational structure in place, democratize every decision making process, and then move.

    This fight is bigger than any of us, but you can’t discount the role of individuals, you can’t alienate anyone. You shouldn’t.

    We are all in this together.

    We are doing this.

    Let’s do this.

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  • Nana Akuffo-Addo Appoints Kwame Sefa Kayi as a board Member of NPA

    Nana Akuffo-Addo Appoints Kwame Sefa Kayi as a board Member of NPA

    Host of Kokrokro morning show on Peace FM, Kwame Sefa Kayi, has been appointed a board member of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA).

    In a photo spotted by Dikoder.com, media personality was seen signing a document placed before him at the NPA head office in Accra on Friday, August 6, 2021, at the swearing-in ceremony.

    The board is chaired by Joe Addo-Yobo. Manuel Sawyyerr Esq., Clement Osei Amoako, Bernard Owusu, and Dr Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah as members.

    NPA CEO, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and Diana Mogre are part of the board members.

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  • Prof. Henry Kwesi Prempeh Shows Disappointment in Nana Akuffo-Addo and Hon. Albin Bagbin Management

    Prof. Henry Kwesi Prempeh Shows Disappointment in Nana Akuffo-Addo and Hon. Albin Bagbin Management

    The constitution of the Eighth Parliament in January this year, Prof Henry Kwesi Prempeh, Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) who had flagged the appointment of Members of Parliament (MPs) to management boards of state-owned enterprises as a bad governance practice and urged the President and the Speaker to ensure that such appointments are not done has been left disappointed as the practice has persisted.

    According to Prof Henry Kwesi Prempeh, he said that appointing MPs to state corporate bodies undermined the oversight responsibility of Parliament and was not a sound corporate governance practice. He called on the President to end the bad practice, stressing that if the President failed to end it, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin could end it by refusing MPs the opportunity to be both MPs and members of boards of state enterprises.

    “The appointment of MPs to state corporate boards is antithetical to good governance. It undermines both Parliament’s oversight role and sound corporate governance in the SOE sector. It must stop. Having MPs double as Ministers in our system is bad enough, but that, for now, is what our Constitution mandates. MPs as board members is not compelled by the Constitution or by best practice, and it has zero, indeed negative, governance value.

    The President must end this bad practice in the interest of good governance, or, failing that, the Speaker must exercise his prerogative under Article 98(2) of the Constitution to disallow it. This is low-hanging fruit when it comes to reforming the way we do business in this town,” Prof Prempeh had written.

    With the recent appointment of the Members of Parliament(MPs) to boards, notably the MP  for Effutu as the board chair of the Ghana Road Fund, the issue of the inappropriateness of such appointments has resurfaced.

    “And here was I thinking Speaker Bagbin could put the brakes on this practice,” Prof Prempeh said while referencing his earlier appeal to him to stop the practice.

    Meanwhile, several boards of state corporate bodies remain unconstituted and it is expected that some more MPs will be appointed to serve on those boards.

  • I don’t regret appointing Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor – Akufo-Addo

    I don’t regret appointing Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor – Akufo-Addo

    President Nana Akufo-Addo (L) and Martin Amidu

    President Nana Akufo-Addo says despite the unfortunate events that led to the exit of Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor, he does not regret appointing him.

    The former Attorney General, Mr Amidu was appointed to lead the fight against corruption for seven years, but nearly three years after he had been sworn into office, the Special Prosecutor (SP), resigned.

    Mr Amidu cited what he described as “political interference in the independence of his office” as the main reason for his decision to leave office.

    Additionally, he said, his office was given inadequate staff who were mostly on secondment, a situation that made it nearly impossible for his outfit to effectively carry out its functions.

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    On the 4th floor of the Jubilee House, President Akufo-Addo sworn into office 43-year-old legal practitioner, Kissi Agyabeng, for a seven-year mandate as Special Prosecutor.

    Describing him as highly qualified, the President charged him to fight corruption independently.

    “Kissi Agyabeng comes into office with the needed capacity, experience and values and I am very confident he will do a good job and we in the executive will respect the independence of his office and will provide the office with the needed support to enable him work efficiently,” he said.

    The President also assured government will increase budgetary support to other anti-corruption institution to help with the fight against the canker.

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    Mr Agyabeng takes office as the second special prosecutor.

    According to his profile on the University of Ghana School Of Law website, Mr Agyabeng has been a lecturer since October 2006, teaching and researching Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Corporate Law and Legal Research and Writing.

    He was awarded the Bentsi-Enchill Prize for Best Graduating Student of the University Of Ghana School Of Law in 2001.

    Martin-Amidu He proceeded to the Ghana School of Law and was called to the Ghana Bar in October 2003, earning the E.N. Sowah Memorial Prize for Best Student in Family Law.

    Since then, he has successfully argued numerous cases before the superior courts of Ghana and participated in several international arbitration hearings.

    Mr Agyebeng has a wide range of expertise in consulting for public sector institutions, including the A-G’s Department, EXIM Bank Ghana Ltd, the Youth Employment Authority, the National Lottery Authority, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited, and the Ghana Olympic Committee.

    He is also an associate at the African Centre for Cyber Law and Cyber Crime Prevention and the National Moot Court Coordinator for the Commonwealth Moot Court Competition on International Criminal Justice.

    He has also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Appeals Committee of the Ghana Football Association.

    About the Office of the Special Prosecutor

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    Martin-Amidu

    The Office of the Special Prosecutor of Ghana was established after an act of the Parliament of Ghana passed the Office of Special Prosecutor Bill in 2017.

    The office serves as an independent investigating and prosecution body to make inquiries into corruption, bribery, or other criminal cases at the national level whether they be in public or private sector.

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  • Former President John Mahama Donates to  Communities Affected By Tidal Waves In Ketu South

    Former President John Mahama Donates to Communities Affected By Tidal Waves In Ketu South

    Former President John Dramani Mahama with the support of the Volta Caucus in Parliament, yesterday donated relief items to communities affected by tidal waves in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region.

    The presentation was done when the former President and members of the Volta caucus of Parliament, visited the affected communities to abreast themselves with the level of devastation and to solidarize with the people.

    The items donated include 1,000 bags of cement, 20 bundles of roofing sheets, 50 bags of rice, 200 bags of sachet water and additional 50 bags of rice to be distributed to head porters (Agbatekorlawo) at the Aflao boarder.

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    Former President Mahama demanded of the Akufo-Addo government to eschew petty politics and continue with the second phase of the sea defence project as started under the NDC, in order to ameliorate the plights of the people. He also used the opportunity to thank the electorates of Ketu South, for the impressive turnout and massive support during the 2020 general elections, and assured them that by the grace of God, the NDC would win the 2024 elections.

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    President Mahama concluded his speech with the quote “he who fights and loses, lives to fight another day.”

    The Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Hon Abla Dzifa Gomashie bemoaned her tireless efforts in getting the attention of the current government to address the issue of tidal waves devastation in her constituency.

    She also thanked the former President and the Volta caucus MPs for heeding to her call for support for the affected communities.

    It would be recalled that, hundreds of residents of Adina, Agavedzi, Amutinu, Blekusu, and Salakorpe in the Ketu South Municipality took to the streets to protest and express their frustrations over what they describe as the Akufo -Addo’s neglect of their plight.

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    Present to witness the presentation were members of the Volta caucus of Parliament, led by Hon Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzra, some Volta Regional executives of the NDC led by the Regional Chairman, Hon Henry Ametefe, as well as some Constituency Executives led by the Constituency Chairman, Hon.. Bright Korku Kumordzi and the former MPs for Ketu South, Hon Fifi Kwetey, Hon Albert Kwasi Zigah and scores of party members.

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    (Ketu South NDC Constituency Communications Officer.)
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  • 4% salary increment: Aggrieved Workers to petition Speaker, set to close down offices

    4% salary increment: Aggrieved Workers to petition Speaker, set to close down offices

    4% salary increment: Aggrieved Workers to petition Speaker, set to close down offices

    The Aggrieved Public Sector Workers of Ghana have given an ultimatum to leaders of the various labour unions to come out clear on actions being taken against the 4% salary increment agreed on their behalf.

    The workers, who are fumed over the unreasonable compromises reached by its representatives at the salary increment negotiations says its leadership have been adamant despite calls by the public sector workers to reject the chicken change given them.

    In a statement released by the group and signed by its Lead Convenor,  Norbert Gborgbortsi, it says all Union offices would be closed down by close of day Wednesday, August 11, 2021, if nothing comes from the leadership.

    Norbert Gborgbortsi is lead convenor of the group
    Norbert Gborgbortsi is lead convenor of the group

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    The group has also informed the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, of their intention to petition his office Wednesday, August 18, 2021, which is slated for their demonstration.

    Read the full statement below:

    PRESS RELEASE

    AGGRIEVED PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS GHANA – ACTION NOW OR NEVER

    A timeline was given to the organised labour to reconvene a meeting with government and renegotiate the 4% salary increment but the leadership is adamant and is bent on perpetuating illegality by forcing members to accept the percentage increment.

    The leadership which is supposed to be law abiding is doing otherwise whilst the members rather turn to be law abiding.

    If by 11th of August 2021, nothing is heard about the leaderships’ position on the issue of renegotiations, members accross the country will have no option than to close down all Union offices until further notice.

    We are reliably informed that the various leadership have recently increased their allowances to a minimum of 100% , some with effective date backdated to 2020 and arrears paid in full.

    If you can spend and pay yourselves handsomely but will refuse to let us have what is due us from the government, we will be left with no option than to close all Union office accross the nation before our pending national demonstration scheduled to take place on the 18th of August 2021.

    A word to the wise is enough.

    The lead convenor

    NORBERT GBORGBORTSI

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  • So is it with the Big Six

    So is it with the Big Six

    So is it with the Big Six

    This pernicious and persistent effort by some vindictive and self-ego-massaging politicians to downplay Nkrumah’s legacy and role in the struggle for independence is not only short-sighted but suicidal long-term. If Nkrumah wasn’t that special or the standout performer among the Big Sixers, then the Big Six itself is nothing special among the many men and women who fought for Ghanaian Independence.

    I can choose to perceive the Big Six as a political contrivance that sidelines the many men and women, unsung heroes, who played not insignificant roles in the fight for freedom.

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    Kwame-Nkrumah

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    Changing Founder’s day to Founders’ Day is good, but history revisionism for political capital is a race after the wind. Writing Nkrumah out of the history books and sneaking in your favourite Big Sixer makes your intention obvious.

    Majority of Ghanaians will never revere the man who wrote letters to the Queen pleading with her to not grant us independence the same way they revere Nkrumah.

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    The-Big-Six

    Nkrumah was the standout performer, and no amount of history revisionism will change that.

    Neymer didn’t need Messi performing less to shine, and an in-form Christiano Ronaldo took nothing away from Gareth Bale.

    Fix the country instead of attempting to re-fix history to favour your political tradition.

    Happy Founders’ Day.

    By Stan Dugah / StantheStoryTeller // Shop@torsaa

  • FixtheCountry demonstrations have already happened in Spain and England, and Ghana is next.

    FixtheCountry demonstrations have already happened in Spain and England, and Ghana is next.

    FixtheCountry demonstrations have already happened in Spain and England, and Ghana is next.

    It’s coming off on Wednesday, the 4th of August, 2021, and the meeting point is Obra Spot, Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra at 7:00am. Put on your mask. Add a face shield if you want to and hit the streets.

    Do it for the patients who have to sleep on the bare floor at our hospitals while our leaders have oxygen tanks ready and available in their bedrooms and go for treatment abroad. #FixGhanaHealthService.

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    Do it for the poor children still studying under trees while your favourite politician’s children get driven in V8’s to Cambridge curriculum teaching schools. #FixGES.

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    fix. the country

    Do it for the lack of good roads, good hospitals, national indebtedness and the endemic corruption in governance that sees a few people amassing wealth while Ghana remains poor.

    FixtheCountry.

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    fix. the country

    By Stan Dugah
    StantheStoryTeller // Shop@torsaa