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Editorial: Illegal sale of lands must stop! Perpetrators must be punished

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THE CHRONICLE
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On March 30, 2023, The Chronicle reported that over 1,000 residents of Sun City, a suburb of Gomoa Buduburam in the Gomoa East District, had been left stranded following their eviction from a parcel of land that was in dispute.

According to reports, personal belongings of the affected persons were thrown out of their homes and the entrances blocked with new padlocks to prevent them from accessing the place.

It was reported that the Plaintiff, who claimed ownership of the land, won the case in court against the residents of the area, and had secured a court order to demolish all the houses on the said property, in order to give effect to the judgement of the court.

Residents who have had their houses demolished have described the action of the Plaintiff, as well as the police taskforce as awful and have called on the government to intervene in the matter.

In fact, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Mr. Solomon Darko Quarm, has described the exercise as an act of insurgency on the people of Gomoa East.

The argument put forth by both the victims and their DCE was that they were not properly engaged before the commencement of the exercise.

As much as The Chronicle respects the court’s judgement, we also hold the view that the execution of the order should not be done in a draconian manner, but to temper justice with mercy.

We are not saying the victor in the court case should not carry out the order, but we must also bear in mind that Ghana has opted for a democratic dispensation and one of its tenets is to respect established institutions and their orders. All we are saying is that when it involves human lives we must temper justice with mercy.

Some of the evicted residents have children who have to be in school and aged parents who need constant attention. Whilst executing the court order, did anyone stop to think about how these categories of dependents are going to cope with the situation?

The Chronicle thinks the new land owner should afford the victims a little time to prepare and move out of the place. This Rambo-style approach of executing court orders by using security personnel should be a thing of the past.

Also, we think it is time the stakeholders call a national dialogue on land acquisition in modern times. Stories of people being ejected from their homes on the basis of wrongfully acquiring lands, which they had gone through the chiefs or stools to buy and later dealt with the assemblies who issue them with permits for building has become one too many. The land tenure system needs to undergo severe overhauling.

Royal Anona Busua Family: Ignore fake enstoolment of Kwabena Antwi as Ahanta Overlord

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KWESI ALFRED ADAMS
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Kwabena Antwi, the purported overlord of Ahanta

Four gates within the Royal Anona Busua Stool Family have denounced one Kwabena Antwi, a former parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) in the Kwesimintsim Constituency, as the enstooled Overlord of Ahanta.

Last Sunday, a few people carried and paraded Kwabena Antwi in a palanquin on the streets of Busua as the enstooled chief of Ahanta to replace the late Overlord, Otumfour Baidoo Bonso XV.

But the four gates have come out in a press statement to denounce Kwabena Antwi as the enstooled overlord.

In a statement signed by Ebusuapayin Kwesi Bediako, Safohene Nana Ahamanze, Omankrado Nana Azuro Prah, Ebusuapayin Nana Anwanzi, and Ebusuapayin Kofi Ackon, the four asked the public to disregard the enstoolment, because nothing of that sort had happened.

The four described the purported enstoolment that happened last Sunday as fake, a sham and desecration of the rich customs and traditions of the people of Ahanta.

“As [the] Royal Anona Family of Busua, which is clothed with power, right, and capacity to select, elect, and nominate a Chief for the Stool, we are by this press statement setting the record straight, that no one has been selected and nominated for the Stool, moreover enstooled.”

As a result, the public, by this press statement, is advised to disregard the purported enstoolment of Kwabena Antwi as Chief of Ahanta.

The statement also extended an invitation to the police to cause the immediate arrest of Kwabena Antwi and all others, including chiefs who took part in the purported enstoolment.

To the royal family, the purported enstoolment could have disrupted the peace of Ahanta, a reason they were calling on the police to effect the arrest of those involved in attempting to disturb the peace of Ahanta.

The statement added, however, that it was a fact that the Overlord of Ahanta, Otumfour Baidoo Bonsoe XV, was unwell and, as such, seeking medication.

“So, for another to attempt to replace him (Baidoo Bonsoe XV) by way of [a] sham enstoolment, when the former knows that the latter was seeking medication, is traditionally and customarily untenable.”

The statement warned that any attempt by the Regional House of Chiefs (WRHC) and the National House of Chiefs (NHC) to gazette Kwabena Antwi as Overlord of Ahanta may not bode well for the peace of Ahanta, and the region as a whole.

For this reason, if the Regional House of Chiefs and NHC have no hand in the shambolic, sham and fake enstoolment of Kwabena Antwi, they should do the right thing by distancing themselves from him.

The statement added that, by custom, the Busua Stool did not enstooled on a Sunday, but rather Monday.

“By enstooling [the] Busua Stool on Sunday is an utter desecration of custom and tradition, and this is what Kwabena Antwi and his cohorts like Etsin Kofi, Ngodzi Essoun have done.”

This, the statement added, should even tell any right thinking individual that these characters had no good intention for Ahanta.

Nsein chiefs celebrates heritage month …in remembrance of fallen ancestors

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KWESI ALFRED ADAMS
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The Linguist pouring libation

The chiefs and people of Lower Town Axim and Nsein Traditional Council have celebrated the Ghana Heritage Month with a colorful durbar at Atwea Banso in remembrance of their fallen ancestors.

The occasion also saw the preparation of local Ghanaian traditional dishes for the guest who turned up to celebrate the month, and a brochure detailing the complete history of the people of Nsein, including the history of their chiefs. The Paramount Chief of the area, Awulae Agyefi Kwame II, is credited with the compilation of the history of the people of Nsein, as contained in the brochure.

Agyefi Kwame II sitting in state to celebrate the Heritage month

The occasion saw a retinue of clergy present, including Nzema citizens domiciled outside the region who attended the celebration.

Some of the clergy who turned up, included Apostle J.B. Danquah, Bishop Larry Murray, Very Rev. Phillip Amoah, Apostle Richard Williams, Pastor Yeboah Koranteng, and Lady Prophet Portia Danquah.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Nzema East Assembly, Dorcas Elizabeth Amoah, was also present to grace the Heritage Month celebration.

Nana Mgbele Asumadu V, Chief of Atwea Banso and Tufuhene of the Lower Town Axim and Nsein Traditional Area, was the Chairperson for the occasion.

Nana Mgbele Asumadu expressing delight for the honour done her to chair the occasion, and did not mince words when she said: “Our heritage is our land.”

She commended the Awulae Kwame II for finding it necessary to plan the Heritage Month programme.

“Really fulfilled as a woman of God to understand my roots; this great vision will last for generations. Let all chiefs’ get involved and not forget their generations,” Nana Mgbele told the gathering.

Tufuhene Mgbele, however, admonished the children to learn the traditions of the land and county.

That apart, she indicated: “All chiefs who are going to hold this great vision should do so with prestige. [The] youth should ask questions about their heritage.” This was because, “roots that are not taken care off cannot bear good fruits.”

To that end, she further admonished: “We should change our mindset; to know culture is necessary, and keep the good traditions of our land.”

Awulae Agyefi Kwame II pointed out: “Today marks an important landmark in the history of the Lower Town Axim and Nsein Traditional Area. We are re-enacting a history that dates back to the year 1840. That was the year the great ancestors of the Atwea Aduana Family, led by Nana Kobina Enwi, founded and settled at a place referred to as Atzim (now Axim).”

Awulae repeated that a nation that did not honour its heroes was not worth dying for, a reason the Council was marking Heritage Month in remembrance and celebration of their forefathers.

The theme for the celebration was “Protecting the Legacy of the Forefathers of Lower Town Axim and Nsein – A charge to keep.”

ECG disconnects 310 customers in Tema

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INUSAH MUSAH
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An ECG staff checking the state of a meter during the operation in a part of Tema

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Tema Region has disconnected 310 defaulting customers from the national grid, Sakyiwaa Mensah, Public Relations Officer (PRO), told journalists.

The disconnections were done as part of the Company’s one-month nationwide revenue mobilisation programme, which began on March 20, this year, and is expected to end on April 20.

The 310 disconnected customers were part of a total of 2,344 who were visited within the first two weeks of the exercise, and they include individuals and small, medium and large scale enterprises.

Revenue mobilisation is usually part of the ECG’s operations and is handled by the Revenue Protection Unit of the company.

However, for this special exercise, Miss Sakyiwaa said the organisation rallied the management team and all back-end staff from the very top to the bottom, who do not usually deal with customers directly, to partake in this activity.

The members of the Board of Directors also joined in this exercise.

She said the Tema Regional General Manager for the ECG, Ing Ankomah Emmanuel, encouraged customers to “do well to pay up their bills to avoid debt and possible disconnection.”

He entreated customers not to make any payment whatsoever to any staff of the company on the field, as that was not part of this exercise. All customers are to make all cash payments at the ECG offices, and to make cheque payments at the banks.

Alternatively, payments can be made through the phone short code *226#. Ing Ankomah added that the exercise would continue, while hoping that more customers would work towards clearing their debts owed the ECG,” she advised.

GEXIM Exposes Shippers to credit facilities to support operations

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BERNICE BESSEY
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Members of the Ashanti Regional Shipper Committee in a group photograph.

Members of the Ashanti Regional Shipper Committee (ARSC) have been educated on credit facilities at the Ghana Exim Bank (GEXIM) aimed at enabling exporters to enhance their operations to increase the volumes of export and through that help to strengthen the Cedi.

A representative of GEXIM, Mr. Saani Sulemana, presented the information on the credit facilities during the 174th meeting of the ARSC at the Kumasi Branch office of the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) on Wednesday March 22, 2023.

Members of the ARSC contributing during deliberations.

Delivering his presentation, Mr. Sulemana explained that the Bank provides collateral for loans to exporters who are unable to meet the requirements necessary to guarantee their desired loan amounts.

The shippers were reminded of a thirty-five million US dollar ($35m) facility from GEXIM targeted at supporting exporters in the production and exportation of yam. The facility is part of interventions to ensure that Ghana maintains its position as the leading exporter of yam globally.

A representative of the Ghana EXIM Bank

The Kumasi Branch Manager of the GSA, Mr. John B.A. Glover advised the shippers to consciously solicit financial advice pertaining to their peculiar operations, and honour their financial obligations to their financiers to enhance their creditworthiness.

He further used the opportunity to remind the shippers of the GSA’s Shipper Complaints and Supports Unit (SCSU) located at the various entry points of the country to provide real-time assistance to shippers should they encounter challenges.

Goaso Nurses College Grows In Leaps And bounds

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SEBASTIAN R. FREIKU
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Samuel Ansu-Frimpong, Principal

The Goaso Nursing and Midwifery Training College has made a remarkable breakthrough over the years, culminating in an increase of student population from 1,060 against initial 46 in 2010.

As the first midwifery training school in the Ahafo region, it has achieved its objective of training midwives to curb high maternal mortality in the region, having trained 800 professional midwives and 450 General Nurses, since its inception in December 2010.

The Principal capping a student during the matriculation ceremony

The school, which started as a Post NAP/NAC Midwifery school added the Registered Midwifery and Registered General Nursing programmes in 2015 and 2017 respectively.

This year, the school admitted 374 students out of which 193 and 171 are pursuing the Registered Midwifery and General Nursing programmes respectively, with 10 into the Post NAP/NAC Midwifery Programme.

The Principal of the College, Samuel Ansu-Frimpong who disclosed these at the 13th Matriculation ceremony last Friday said following the decline in admissions for the Post NAP/NAC Midwifery programme, stakeholders have decided to replace it with the Public Health Nursing programme which is currently awaiting approval by the relevant authorities.

On student academic performance in the Licensing Examinations organized by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Mr. Ansu-Frimpong said the school has consistently scored above 85% over the years mentioning that a former midwifery student, Ms. Christiana Tawiah, had been adjudged the overall best midwifery student in Ghana and is yet to receive her award in Accra on April 25, 2023.

He disclosed that the Registered General Nursing group scored 100% with nine distinctions in the 2022 KNUST terminal examinations, while the Registered Midwifery group had 98.2%.

A section of the matriculants

Speaking to the theme of the matriculation ceremony: “Infrastructural development, key to excellent nursing and Midwifery education”, the principal announced that the College had constructed a 2-unit classroom block, while a 120- capacity ICT laboratory is about 80% complete to facilitate the Nursing and Midwifery Council examination.

According to him, construction of an 80- bed capacity hostel is underway to reduce accommodation challenges in the school

The projects, he said, are being funded through the College’s Internally Generated Fund and called on the Municipal Assembly, Stakeholders Association and benevolent organisations to come to the aid of the school to complete them as early as possible to address the infrastructure deficiency.

The deficiency is evident in inadequate lecture halls resulting in a dining hall being used as a lecture hall coupled with congestion in the existing hostels as a result of which 50% of students reside outside campus and thus compelling the College to rent seven hostels at various location in the community at a high cost of rent and transportation.

Principal Ansu-Frimpong mentioned other challenges facing the college as lack of accommodation for staff on campus affecting effective teaching and monitoring, expansion of the skills lab and library and a school bus.

He hoped the President would redeem a promise he made recently to provide the College with a new school bus.

The principal advised the students to pursue their calling with patience, commitment and selflessness and take their theoretical and practical training seriously as well as uphold high standards of discipline as students.

Mr. Ansu-Frimpong also thanked the Member of Parliament for the Area and the Municipal Chief Executive for the construction of first floor of a hostel facility which is currently accommodating 60 students and appealed for support to continue with the construction of the second floor of the project.

The principal specially thanked Nana Kwasi Bosompra I, the Omanhene of Goaso and Mrs. Joyce Oduro of Enirob Pharmaceutical company for their support and donation of teaching and learning materials and a Spinter Benz bus.

The Catholic Bishop of Goaso Diocese, the Presbyterian Church and one Mr. Mark Donkor were mentioned for providing shelter for students of the College.

Pokuase families advise estate developers to desist from scouting ‘Agric Lands’

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AGNES ANSAH
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Mr Prince Nii Amo-Dodoo, Principal Family Elder, Nii Dodoo Clottey Family addressing the media

The custodial owners of Pokuase “Agric Lands” have called on estate developers and individuals scouting the lands for purposes of building to desist from it.

According to some seven families who claim to be the rightful owners, the land is for a family but not a stool, cautioning that those meeting chiefs with respect to the lands should take a cue. The seven families made this known in a press conference in Accra yesterday.

Mr Prince Nii Amo-Dodoo, Principal Family Elder of the Nii Dodoo Clottey Family, who spoke on behalf of the seven families, gave a brief history of why the families are claiming ownership of the lands.

He indicated that 532.749 acres of land was acquired in 1947 by the then government for pig farming.

“However, due to alleged influx of tsetse flies, it could not serve the purpose for which it was acquired. It was nevertheless turned into what has popularly been known as Agric Land and used for the experimentation of Agricultural purposes such as Seed improvements, animal research and animal husbandry by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),” he narrated.

He continued that the land was leased for 50 years and indicated that per the laws of Ghana, after 50 years the land naturally reverts to its rightful owners and hence their claims.

He, therefore, advised private investors to stay off the lands as they take steps to have the government to reverse the land to its original owners.

Meanwhile, MrNii-Amo-Dodoo said the group bemoans the lack of interest on the government’s side in ensuring that the land is returned to the seven families.

He said the show no concern by the government is what has given the impetus to others to encroach on the lands.

He therefore called on the government to help them secure their land just as other family lands which hitherto belonged to the government but weregiven back to its rightful owners.

He also said the families are specifically calling on the President to intervene due to his family’s previous relationship with their forefathers.

Mr Nii Amo-Dodoo indicated that the current president’s father, the late Edward Akufo-Addo was the original lawyer of Nii Dodoo Kobla as well as some other family heads in the Pokuase enclave.

“We call on His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, whose father H.E Edward Akufo Addo of Kwakwaduam chambers was the original lawyer of the Nii Dodoo Kobla….who fought for us in the law courts from 1947 to 1952 to establish that these lands are not stool lands but family lands to release the lands to the allodial owners as it will just be a continuity of his father’s legacy, this is our humble plea,” the Principal Family Elder said.

Mr Nii Amo-Dodoo said the seven families are law abiding citizens and hence will not apply force in getting their lands back as others may have done.

He said the family will apply all lawful means including the organisation of press conferences, demonstrations and their voting power to get their lands back.

“…We are going to resort to all legal means at our disposal to back our land.”

Funds siphoned by Beige Bank were not investments –Receiver

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BERNICE BESSEY
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Law Courts Complex, Accra

Julius Ayivor, lead team member of the Receiver of Beige Bank says it is far from the truth that customers of the bank consented to the transfer of their funds deposited with the bank to the Beige Group.

According to him, the Beige Group was not licensed as fund manager or to take deposits, hence there was no way that any of these customers sanctioned the transfer of their funds.
He was testifying as prosecution first witness (PW1) in the trial of Michael Nyimaku, who has been charged with some 43 counts of fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering and stealing of depositors funds to the tune of GH¢1.3 billion.

Mr Ayivor told the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare-Botwe, on Monday, April 3, 2023 during cross-examination by counsel for Mr Nyimaku that the movement of funds from Beige Bank to the Bank cannot be described as transfers but siphoning of customers deposits.

However, the counsel for the accused, Thaddeus Sory, disagreed and stated to the court that the only reason customers’ funds were transferred to the Beige Group was as investment.

The following are excerpts of cross-examination

Q. You told the court that the accused wrote proposed terms of repayment?
A. Yes
Q. You have provided correspondence of this to the Receiver?
A. That’s so

Q. Take a look at this and tell the court what document you have?
A. It’s a letter from Beige, dated April 12, 2019 addressed to the receiver of beige bank and the subject reads: disclosures to defunct beige bank.

Q. There is another letter that I have given to you. Can you tell the court, which letter is it?
A. It’s a letter from the Receiver of Beige, dated May 22, 2019, which was in response to the letter from Beige, date April 12, 2019.
(Counsel prayed to tender in the documents and prosecution raises no objection.)
Court: Document tendered in evidence without objection from the prosecution and marked as exhibit 10 and 10a.

Q. Can you tell what it is?
A. A letter from Beige Business Solution dated, May 10, 2019, and addressed to the Receiver and subject matter is “Exposure to Beige Bank.” And the second is a letter from Beige Bank, dated May 23, which was in response to April 15,Beige business Solutions request for exposure.

Q. Tell the court what those documents are?
A. The first is a letter dated April 15, 2019 from BBS Truck addressed do the Receiver of Beige Bank with the subject the exposure and the second is a response from the receiver of beige bank dates 23, May 2019.

Q. You further testified in this court in relation to payment made by BCAM to a certain Charlotte Awuah and those payments could not relate to the monies transferred from Charlottes Awuah’s account to BCAM because it would mean that BCAM was paying interest of about 50 per cent where BCAM could not sustained?

A. That’s so
Q. Look at paragraph 30b of your witness statements page 14 at the very top of your testimony is that Ernest and Barbs Real Estate Developer has placed investment at the bank at the rate of 49.5 per cent?

A. That’s so
Q. Exhibit AC is a list of customers’ deposit you alleged were transferred from the bank to the Beige group?

A. That’s so

Q. I want you to pay attention to the follow customers whose name appeared in exhibit AC.
Kojo Ohene Kyei without an account number … in the bank
Customer number 2 is GIHOC, Customers number 10 and 20 is a certain Addo Duffuor Appiah Janet, Customer number 18 is Nordia Capital, Customer number 29 ComesSavings, 31- All Time.

Each of these customers has a start date of their deposit and a particular sum of money deposited.Can you check from exhibit AD2,which is the bank statement of the Beige Group and identify them with their transactions.
Break them down. Take each of them and answer them.

A. First of all, customer number 1 there is no starting date so I can’t identified. Customer number 2, the start date is February 11, 2016…Exhibit AD 2 starts from February 14 and the start date of his investment was Feb 11, 2016.My lady, transaction number 10 18, 29 and 31 are not on exhibit AD2.

That is because in explaining deposit that have been transferred from the accounts of the 23 customers to the Beige Groups 2 examples involving Tobinco’s GH¢20million that was siphoned from their accounts and then 3deposits of Ernest and Barbs which were also siphoned from their accounts to the Beige Group were issued and those were the specific exhibits provided to support those specific examples.

Q. It is true that you have used Tobinco, and Ernest and Barbs as example but your Exhibit AC deals with the period of transactions as you will want the court to believes covered by Exhibit AD2, and to the extent that all the customers I have referenced you to cannot be found on Exhibit AD2.Your exhibit AC cannot be correct?

A. Exhibit AC is very credible and matter of fact, the Beige Group does not have one account with Beige Bank. Any transaction on Exhibit AC that is not contained on Exhibit AD2 is contained in those other bank account of the Beige Group, which is available.And if counsel wants it we will provide.The transactions specific to the examples provided are the ones extracted from Beige Group account.

Q. I’m finally putting it to you that in respect of these customers, which I have just referred you to, as far as your evidence is concerned their deposits were never a concerned toBeige Group?

A.They were siphoned.Those specific funds were siphoned from the accounts of those customers to Beige Group and the evidence of these customers beings paid with BoG bailout package is contained on Exhibit 5 in records of the court?

Q. If you take a look at Exhibit AC you realize that the names of some customers appeared more than once?
A. That’s so.
Q. And your suggestion for Exhibit AC appears that those customers’ funds were transferred to the Beige Group more than once?

A. That’s so
Q. Did you find out as the Receiver that these customers were specifically targeted to transfer their depositsany special reason why their deposits were the subject of transfer to the Beige Group?

A. I don’t know for a fact that those customers were specifically targeted or there was a special reason that necessitated the siphoning of their funds but what is apparent from the grand scheme that was perpetuated is that once the customers had a lot of funds that appeared to be an opportunity for the accused to oversee the siphoning of those funds to his companies.

Q. Did the investigation from the receiver revealed what could be a lot of sums in terms of amount?

A. From GH¢1,000 to in excess of GH¢20million, as seen in the case of Tobinco.
Q. I’m putting it to you that the only reason why these customers have their funds transfer to the Beige Group is because they sanctioned the transfer of their funds from the bank to the Beige Group as investment?

A. That’s a blatant untruth. First of all the Beige Group, which is a company limited by liability is not licensed to take deposit neither it is licensed to operate business of banking or fund management so there is no way that any of these customers sanctioned the siphoning of their funds to the Beige Group.

My lady, the Beige Group is just supposed to be a holding company with the responsibility of supervising from what I understand companies that fall under it, which are all owed by the accused. So the Beige Group has no power or authority to take deposit.

Q. Are you aware that the Beige Group source funds from various sources including the bank and from its businesses.It was able to support the banks payment of interest to its customers?

A. I’m not aware of that allow know is that the beige group under the accused turned the bank into a cash cow where funds of customers were siphoned by the accused into beige group.

Q. If you take a look at Exhibit AC, once more customers’ number 11 and 23, are related to one customer Ernest and Barbs?
A. That is correct

Q. The transactions in respect of this customer that I have just referred you to are date January 15,and March 27, 2018?
A.That is correct.

Q. Let’s go to the first transaction of January 15, 2018 on exhibit AD2, let’s go to this particular transaction. Can you find it on exhibit ad2?
A. Yes.
Q. It is in a sum of GH¢12.3million
A. Yes.

Q.The narration there clearly started that it was a fund transfer from Ernest and Barbs?
A. No. The narration is finds transfer – Ernest and Barbs to the beige group.
It did not say funds transfer by Ernest and Barbs?
Q. Take a look at the next transaction march27, 2018. Can you find it on exhibit AD2?

A. That’s so.
Q. Can you tell the court what the narration is?
A. Funds transfer from Ernest and Barbs Real estate developers to the Beige Group?

Q.How much was transferred?
A. GH¢2755, 332.92
Q. And this is the subject of your testimony in your witness statement?
A. That’s so

Q. Take a look at customers numbers 6 and 8. They relate to the same customer, Progress Savings and Loans?
A. That so

Q. The information on your Exhibit AC reflects transaction of December 4, 2017 and October 5 2017?
A. That’s so

Q. Please look at the transaction of AD2 transactions of 2017?
A. It is a transaction with reference number FT1727813607 in an amount of GH¢3million.
Q. And the narration?

A. Fund transfer to the Beige Group Limited.
Q. Let go to customer 12 on Exhibit AC his name is Joseph Amankwah?

A. That’s so.
Q. Date of transaction is January 17, 2017?
A. That’s so
Q…?

A. It is a transaction with transaction number ft1 …in an amount of GH¢1462500.
Q. What’s the narration?

A. Transaction from JosephAmankwah to the Beige Group and that narration simple means the funds were transferred from Joseph’s Amankwah to the Beige Group account and this was not from the instructions of Joseph.

Q Take a look at customer number 3 in Exhibit AC is Anthony and Linda?
A. That’s so
The transaction there was to start on January 19, 2017?
A. That’s so

Q. Can you find it on Exhibit AD2?
A.The extract Exhibit AS2, which is an extract of Beige Group account starts from February 4.

Q. Will you find the transaction on January 19, 2018, you can find the transaction under reference. See if that’s the same transaction?
A. Yes, I can find the January 2018 you are referring to but because of the differentials of the date, I want to be very sure of it is the same transaction being talked about here.

Q. But the amount of GH¢700k is what was referred in your Exhibit AC?
A. I will need to check to confirm.
Q. AD2 and AC are in from of you?
A. The transfer, exhibit AC starting date is January 19, 2017, and the amount is GH¢700, 000.00.

On Exhibit AD2 is the same amount GH¢700, 000 and the date is January 2018, and I am quite confidence that it would be the same transaction but I will just need to check and be very sure.

Q. What’s the narration with regard to this particular transaction?
A.Transfer of BO Antony and Linda…
Q I’m putting it to you that the BO means by order?

A. That’s so. But Antoine and Linda…did not sanction this transfer.
Q. Is that written in Exhibit AD2 or this is your own explanation?
A. Based on the validation work we have, I can confirm that description is just a façade.

Q. Take a look at Exhibit AD at page 6, you will see a transaction of GH¢12million credit to the account of the Beige Group?
A. Yes

Q. I would you look at customer number 5 that customer is progress savings and loans
A. That’s so.
Q. And his transaction is a principal of GH¢12million?
A. That’s so.

Q. I’m putting to you that the transaction of GH¢12million on Exhibit AC of progress saving and loans is that on Exhibit AD2?
A.That’s so.

Q. Can you tell the court the narration on it?
A. I believe it is investment placement the investment is not written in full but I believed it is placement and my lady beige group is not a deposit taking institution and so there is no reason why progress savings a loans will place a fixed deposit with the beige group.

Q. Take a look at page 33 ofExhibit AD2. You will see a transaction of May 2018 in a transaction of GH¢947,397.16?
A. That’s so
Q.Can you please tell the court the narration it?

A. Transfer to Tobinco funds transfer from the Beige Group to Tobinco Pharmaceuticals Limited.
Q. Let’s go to page 35, there is a transaction dated June 19, 2018 in the sum of GH¢473, 698.68?
A. That’s so

Q. Look at page 37. There is a transaction dated July 20, 2018, also in the sum of GH¢473,778.63?
A.That’s so.

Q. Funds transfer from the Beige Group to the Tobinco Pharmaceutical Limited?
Q. Page 23 of exhibit AC there is a transaction dated February 6, 2018, in the sum of GH¢507, 375?

A.That’s so.
Q. Now he was paid by Cheque number 00096?
A. That’s so

Q. I’m putting it to you that payment was made to Ernest and Barbs?
A. I don’t know that for a fact.
Q. Look at page 26 of AD2 you will see a transaction dated March 7, 2018
A. There are five transactions with same date

Q. There is one with GH¢507, 375?
A. That’s so.
Q. It was paid by a Cheque number 00097?
A. That’s so

Q. I’m putting it to you that payment was made to Ernest and Barbs?
A. I don’t know that for a fact.
Q.Take a look at this document and tell the court, which documents you are holding

A. A photocopy of a cheque in favour or Ernest and Barbs Real Estatein the sum of GH¢507,375 and dates March 5, 2018?
Q. The cheque number of the documents correspondence with the cheque number on Exhibit AD2?

A. That is so.
Q. Look at page 29 of Exhibit AD2 transaction dated April 4, 2018, in the amount of GH¢83, 808.04?
A.That’s so

Q. By way of Cheque 000996?
A. That’s so
Q putting it to you that payment was made to Ernest and Barbs?

A. I don’t know for a fact
Q. Can you tell the court what you are holding in your hand?

A. A photocopy of a Cheque in favour of Ernest and Barbs in an amount of GH¢83,000,dated April 3,2018 and signed by the accused…Cheque number is 000978.
Q. And this Cheque has a number directly corresponding in your Exhibit AD2?

A. That’s so.
Q. On cheque number 117 and 118,you will find payment in the sum of GH¢35,000.
A.That’s so.
Q. And those two are payment by Cheque numbers 117 and 118?

A.That’s so.
Q I’m putting it to you that those payments were made to customer number four to Anim Kwame and James Kojo Bonsu?

A. My lady, that’s not so. Exhibit AC shows a joint account in the name of Anim Kwame and James Kojo Bonsu whilst Cheque 132, 122. 117 and 118 were made in favour of one Kwame Owusu Anim.

Q. The other names are?
A. Cheque numbers 133 and 118 are in the name of James Kojo Owusu
Court indicated time for end of cross examination.

Prosecution: No re-examination

Nsuta Atonsu residents protest against fulani herdsmen, illegal sales of lands

By
ERNEST BEST ANANE
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The residents of Nsuta Atonsu protesting on the streets under police guide

Residents of Nsuta Atonsu in the Sekyere Central District of Ashanti region have raised red flags over the looming danger between them and cattle owners amid illegal sale of their lands.

Mr. Kwaku Asare, aka Abronye, the leader of the protesters who briefed the media after the protest on the principal streets of the town, stated that the invasion of cattle in the area has resulted in the destruction of their farm produce, which is a cause of worry and disturbing.

According to him, the cattle are competing with the residents for drinking water and destroying their foodstuffs.

He said the conduct of the Fulani herdsmen posed a great threat to their mothers and wives, who mostly suffer humiliation in the hands of these herdsmen.

Mr. Asare also disclosed that, the herdsmen burn their cocoa farms in the process of searching for game.

The leader also raised concerns about the encroachment of their lands by some individuals who pride themselves as custodians of the lands and thus sell the lands without restraint.

The youth leader called on the Asanteman Council and Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene to intervene to prevent any future disturbances in the area for the sake of peace and stability.

He urged the member of parliament, the district assembly, the police and other stakeholders to intervene by ensuring that, the owners of the cattle sent them out of the community.

They also want the self-acclaimed chief to be stopped selling their lands to ensure lasting peace and co-existence in the area.

He said the residents would advise the themselves if their demands are not met.

GUNA will be different —says newly-elected National President

By
INUSAH MUSAH
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Ghana United Nations Association

The newly acclaimed and sworn-in National President of the Ghana United Nations Association (GUNA), Reverend Chris Pardie, has promised to work with committed members to rebrand the association.

Reverend Chris Pardie, who until last Saturday was the Secretary General of GUNA, observed that large numbers of uncommitted members failed to contribute their quota to help in achieving the aim and vision of GUNA, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and an affiliate of the United Nations for peace and development.

 

“This GUNA will not be like yesterday’s GUNA, and I am glad to have a strong team as my National Executive Committee to drive this association to its expected end,” Reverend Pardie said at GUNA’s 44th National Congress at the Accra Tourist Information Centre, where he, with 14 new officers, by majority acclamation, were sworn into office by the Dade Kotopon Municipal Officer of the Electoral Commission, Kofi Frempong, last Saturday.

 

This new GUNA, Reverend Pardie assured congress, that it would work hard to deepen relationships with all of its partners, as well as extend its membership drive in all the regions and second-cycle schools.

 

“As we look to structure this GUNA, we will add our voices on pressing national issues as stakeholders. We, therefore, need every member of this association to demonstrate commitment and attend meetings when they are scheduled.

 

“Our social responsibilities in the health sector would be extended to make our presence felt,” he said.

 

The 44th GUNA National Congess was on the theme: ‘Partnership for development’.

Ambassador Clifford Martey Korley, a member of the International Society of Diplomats and the Special Guest of Honour advised the new executives to use their unique positions as catalysts for advocacy, promoting dialogue and innovations to complex challenges.

 

He urged GUNA to work across borders to protect human developments, adding, “Since partnerships are key to achieve your objectives, I charge the new executive to spearhead sustainable developments with a renewed vigour and commitment.”

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