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Prang Omanhene calls for support for govt to consolidate unprecedented development in area

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The Paramount Chief of Prang Traditional Area in the Bono East Region, has called for support for the Akufo-Addo-led administration by the people of Pru, the Bono East region and the entire Ghanaian populace.

According to the Chief, the NPP government under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has brought about an overwhelming development for the people of Prang Traditional area.

Nana Kwadwo Nyarko III, who made the call at this year’s Nkyifie Yam Festival held at Prang, said supporting the government would encourage it to work hard to solve the problems confronting Ghana.

He said the past government did its best to spread development, but noted that efforts by the NPP governmnent at developing the area have been overwhelmingly massive.

Nana Nyarko mentioned some projects like; the Regional Feeder Roads office which was officially commissioned by the President himself in Prang and the creation of the Pru district by this government deserves commendation from the people of Pru.

Nana Nyarko also mentioned the new Assembly block ensure effective and efficient running of the district administration.

He said the people of Prang owe the President gratitude for providing potable drinking water for the people of Prang to arrest the acute water problem which confront them.

The former member of the Council of State and former President of then Brong Ahafo Region House of Chiefs also mentioned the ongoing construction of the  “one district, one factory” project in the area  which is about 95% complete and believed the youth  in the area would be employed as these developments are bound to attract investors to the area.

Nana Kwadwo Nyarko III commended the NPP government for good work done so far.

Nana Nyarko, however, appealed to the President to consider constructing the Prang-Abease-Kintampo road to link the three towns to further boost the farming activities of the communities along the said road network.

KETASCO ’97 Year Group launches 25th Anniversary

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The 1997 year group of the Keta Senior Secondary School has officially launched its Silver Jubilee anniversary, which is scheduled to be held in March, next year.

Addressing the gathering in Accra on Wednesday, this week, the president of the 97 year group, Kplorm Dovlo, stated that next year would mark 25 years after his badge completed secondary school, and as a result, his year group will refurbish the computer lab to commemorate the occasion.

He added that it was part of the reason that they launched it (project) early, so they can get sponsorship to accomplish the project.

The Headmaster of the institution, Isaac Dzidzienyo, on his part, said the school has made significant progress over the years, particularly in terms of physical infrastructure, student numbers and academic and non-academic performance.

“The school in 59 years of its existence has nurtured powerful human resources for the nation and the world for that matter, and they have been phenomenal, disciplined and hardworking, which have been built in all the students”, he said.

He continued that the school, which began with fewer than twenty students on February 27, 1953 presently has roughly 3,677 students with 1,954 boys and the rest females.

He emphasised that one major area of achievement is the rekindled spirit of supports from the past students in the progress of the school.

The Chairman of the Planning Committee for the project, Gilbert Doodo, in his presentation on the project of the group said it has become necessary for the group to pay attention to the computer lab, which is in a deplorable state.

Thus, with the wind of digitisation sweeping across the country and the COVID-19 impact on peoples’ lives, it is vital that they engage their time and money in revamping teaching and learning in the school.

He also congratulated students of Ketasco for raising the flag of the School high in the National Maths and Science Quiz. Therefore, as silver jubilee celebrants, we take up the challenge to refurbish the school’s computer lab by installing local area networks and connect it to  government’s free internet access so that the students can do research online.”

 

Trial of alleged murderer of Kasoa policeman begins

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Mr Augustines Obour, defence counsel for Eric Kojo Duah aka Sakora alleged killer of two police officers at Buduburam in the Central Region on August 28, 2019, has urged the jury to hear the case with a mindset that they (jury) were lying in bed when robbers forcibly entered the rooms through the window at a time when they had a registered gun on the bed.

According to Mr Obour, they must measure the trial by this circumstance of his narration, as they were about to set a precedent with the case for the entire Ghanaian population.

Addressing the court on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, he told the jury that when the prosecution was reading the address, it failed to indicate to them exactly what happened on that fateful day.

He went on to say that the witnesses who would be called to testify in the case were going to tell the jury what exactly happened that day, and what caused the death of the deceased.

“And what he (the deceased) did to A1 (Eric Kojo Duah) [for] the accused person to pull a gun. It sounds completely abnormal that A1 will take a gun and shoot at two policemen,” he added.

Isaac Okyere-Kumah, counsel for the second accused person, Michael Safo Anim, told the court that while the burden of proof lays at the doorstep of the prosecution, he entreated the jury to work without fear or favour.

“As members selected to represent the entire Ghanaian community in the instance trial, and I entreat you to do your work without any fear or favour,” he charged.

However, the State Attorney, Nana Ama Prempeh, read to the court that Duah allegedly shot Lance Corporal Awal Mohammed and Group Sargent Michael Dzamesi, all at the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service at Budumburam near Kasoa.

She said the Duah was in the company of his friends, using an unregistered Toyota Camry vehicle, and driving recklessly, adding that the accused allegedly shot the policemen when being signalled to stop.

She disclosed that the autopsy reports showed that the policeman died of the shooting and its consequential effects.

As a result, she said, the accused persons were facing four counts of abetment to commit crime and murder.

Madam Prempeh further told the court that the State would be calling six witnesses to testify in the trial, and that the burden of proof lay on the prosecution to prove its case.

We have not installed a new Ga Mantse -Dzasetse

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The Ga Paramount Stool Dzasetse, Nii Yaote Oto-Ga II, has appealed to President Akufo-Addo not to pay attention to persons misleading him to believe that a new Ga Mantse had been installed, hence the chieftaincy dispute had been resolved amicably.

Thus, the Dzasetse said, there was nothing like a newly enstooled Ga Mantse, as Boni Nii Tackie Adama Latse II remained the only occupant of the Ga Paramount Stool, from 2011 to date, and that in that regard any other person posing himself as such should not be recognised.

He said the main challengers of the Ga Stool were some faceless persons trying to use dubious means to oust a legitimate Ga Mantse in order to throw the Ga State into disarray.

Speaking to the media in relation to a recent judgment given by a Kumasi High Court on Wednesday, he said Nii Tackie Adama Latse II’s name was mysteriously deleted from the National House of Chiefs (NHS) and replaced with another person who was not known to the Paramount Stool.

According to him, per the High Court ruling, the National House of Chiefs was given 14 days, which ends today, to correct the mistake and re-enter Nii Tackie Tackie Adama Latse II.

He said the National House of Chiefs registered one Kelvin Tackie as the Ga Mantse, and removed the name of Boni King Tackie Adama Latse Il, the substantive Ga Mantse at a time three cases in connection to the matter  were pending before the NHC, Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, and a Tema High Court respectively.

“In the present ruling, His Lordship was emphatic that the instant application by Boni Nii Tackie Adama Latse II, Ga Mantse, has merits, and, accordingly, granted it based on facts,” he said.

Nii Yaote Oto-Ga II added that for the avoidance of doubt, Boni Nii Tackie Adama Latse II was properly enstooled in accordance with Ga custom and traditional practices.

He strongly advised that it was not the function of any government, political party, and/or any institution to elect or install a chief for any clan or tribe in Ghana, and for that matter Ga Mashie.

Nii Yaote Oto-Ga II stressed that the assertion that it was under the Akufo-Addo government that the Ga Mantse dispute was resolved cannot represent the facts.

“Also, we call on the National House of Chiefs, Greater Accra House of Chiefs, and the Ga Traditional Council to respect the order of the High Court and assist Nii Tackie Adama Latse I, Ga Mantse, take his seat as President of the Ga Traditional Council, and as a Member of the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, taking cognisance of Section 13 (1) of Act 2008, (Act 759),” he urged.

Revision Of Benchmark Values Won’t Go At The Detriment Of Traders – Carlos Ahenkorah

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Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade, Industry and Tourism, and MP for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, has stated that government would not do anything untoward that would compound to increased cost of doing business at the ports for traders.

Contributing to a discourse on the Eye on Port program following the reading of the national budget for 2022, Carlos Ahenkorah urged traders to tarry awhile with their agitations while the ministry of finance emerges with clear education on the said review of the benchmark value reduction on imports.

He said, “they should not misconstrue the Minister’s words that there was going to be a review of the benchmark values to mean that we are going to increase. We do not know what the Minister has in mind as we speak.”

He expressed confidence that the review would be in the interest of traders and Ghanaians as a whole.

Mr. Ahenkorah stated that, “I am not sure the Minister would not do anything to the detriment of the peace we have enjoyed with the traders so they should be rest assured. No matter the case, I do not think anyone is going to make any changes that would serve as a deterrent or a loss of capital for their businesses.”

The Former Deputy Minister of Trade also expressed full support for certain tax introductions explaining that they are government’s innovative measures to widen the tax net for national development.

Mr. Ahenkorah said, “for the first time in the history of this country, we are going to get people who haven’t contributed anything to the government kitty, pay something little in the form of momo transfers.”

On the same programme, the President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association, Dr. Joseph Obeng, and his counterpart from the Automobile Dealers Association of Ghana, Eric Kwaku Boateng, expressed vehemently that any negative outcomes from the said review would be catastrophic to the trading community.

They intimated that the gains from the reduction on the market and government revenue is enough evidence that the policy introduced in 2019 has been a prudent one, and an attempt to reverse it would be a counterproductive move.

According to them the 30% and 50% reduction in benchmark values of vehicles and general goods respectively has brought much relief to traders and the ordinary consumer in the midst of extreme hardships during the COVID 19 pandemic.

The traders called for urgent clarification to be provided on what the said revision of the policy would comprise to disabuse existing agitations.

Malawi wants Mike Tyson to be country’s cannabis ambassador

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The Agriculture Ministry of Malawi has written to former world heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson, requesting him to be the country’s cannabis ambassador.

Malawi legalized cannabis last year, which has created local and international opportunities for the country. The Ministry said the United States Cannabis Association was facilitating the deal with Tyson who has investments in cannabis farm.

“Malawi may not go it alone as the industry is complex requiring collaboration. I would therefore like to appoint you, Mr Mike Tyson, as Malawi’s Cannabis Branch ambassador,” Mr Lowe wrote.

Malawian cannabis, popularly known as Malawi gold has been touted to be one of the finest in the world.

Reports are that, Mike Tyson was expected in Malawi last week but his visit could not see the light of day.

Rocky Dawuni gets 2022 grammys nomination

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Rocky Dawuni, a Ghanaian Reggae Artiste has had nomination for the 64th edition of theGrammys awards.

The Grammys released nominations on Tuesday 23rd November from the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, USA via a virtual stream.

Rocky Dawuni with his ‘Vice of Bunbon, Vol 1’ album was nominated for the Best Global Music Album category. He faces Daniel Ho and Friends, Angélique Kidjo, Femi Kuti, and Wizkid in that category.

It is Rocky’s second Grammy nomination after his sixth studio album with the first nomination in December 2015.

The 2022 Grammy Awards will take place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Monday, January 31, 2022.

Rocky Dawuni is famous for his signature ‘Afro Roots’ songs which is a mixture of Reggae, Afrobeat, Highlife and Soul Music.

Rocky Dawuni is best known around the world as a Ghanaian singer, songwriter and record producer.

Three-In-One – Ghana

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Every Ghanaian living everywhere in our land must bow down in shame at the very disturbing news item that all the revenue for the state – NINETY PERCENT is from only the city of Accra.

The city of Accra, in terms of land mass under 5% of the larger country with a population of about Six million people carrying the entire burden of the thirty something million population of Ghana?

It is simply mind boggling. Very incredible!

Like the way medical doctors put patients on the surgical table, let us put geographical Ghana on the table and look at it, clinically.

To be very sincere with ourselves, we have THREE different entities, collectively and loosely called GHANA.

When I first stepped foot in Accra in October 1967 to attend Achimota School, ACCRA was  made up of Old Accra, stretching up to Labadi, Trade Fair, 37 Hospital, Pig Farm, Abeka Kaneshie Estates then Korle Bu to James Town.

I remember so well that from Achimota when we are coming to town, we encounter the city of Accra proper at Caprice Hotel, then down to Liberation Circle.

Today as I write, 2021, reader, believe it or not, but geographically, the city of ACCRA stretches from Prampam across Dawhenya, Afieya, Dodowa, Nsawam, Awutu Bereku down to the Coast at Gomoa Nyanyano – they all respond to ACCRA.

I have a friend, Zac, who says inner Accra is so choked that he is opening his corporate office in PRAMPRAM for the avoidance of traffic!!!

Two days ago, at 6:30am, my son lawyer Divine left our house at Kasoa Toll Booth in uber for Cape Coast High Court and I also left same time for my law office at Asylum Down. At 8:15am my son called, that he is at Cape Coast High Court – wow!!! “Divine, we are now at Kaneshie, not yet in Asylum Down!!!!

That is Ghana No 1 for you – everybody who is somebody wants to live in Accra or have a house in Accra or do business in Accra. The city is so choked that business is forced to be slow.

Ghana No 2 is KUMASI, CAPE COAST and TAKORADI should I add Tamale and Koforidua? NOT much traffic, local languages is the lingua franca, tradition is very strong. In Kumasi, Otumfuo the Asantehene is more than Head of State!!! You may with luck get newspapers to buy.

The remainder is Ghana No 3 – spread across the countryside.

Reader, tell me, which of the following places do you know – KWAMIKROM (Volta Region); NKWANTA (Oti Region); BIMBILLA (Northern Region); ZEBILLA (Upper East Region); NANDOM (Upper West Region) BOLE (Savannah Region); SAMPA (Bono Region); ATEBUBU (Bono East Region) NSOATRE (Bono Region); ACHERENSOA (Ahafo Region – Ken Dapaah’s old school); DONKORKROM (Kwahu North, Eastern Region);

Reader, do you know DUNKWA ON OFFIN- (Central Region); how about JUABOSO (Western North) and AXIM (Western Region).

Each of these TOWNS has a population of not less than 20,000 people and by European and American standards each of them is a CITY but not in Ghana – don’t ask for ANY NEWSPAPER. Go to the municipal Assembly office – the MCE is NOT there, he has gone to Accra.

The people are just there, giving opportunity for the CHURCHES and the Moslems to have their way. Let any national figure from the ruling Party or the opposition – let President Akuffo Addo or John Mahama come cover – he will have a FULL house attendance, because there is nothing else to engage them.

They constitute over 80 per cent of Ghana, but in terms of national revenue, only Accra produces 90% – that is sad.

When I was a Cadet in Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK, back in 1978, I met a girl, in Camberley, just thirty miles outside London, home of Sandhurst Military Academy, and I was shocked when she told me she was NEVER been to London – what!!! Why?

“But why should I go to London? For what? I have everything here in the Countryside……..”

In Ghana, if you don’t come to Accra, forget it.

Believe it or not, since I started politics in Ghana, campaigning for MP in Berekum in 1999, until date, anytime I go to Berekum – with population of over 100,000 people – I just FORGET completely about NEWSPAPERS!!!

By contrast, as old as 1966, in JINJINI, ten kilometers outside Berekum, by latest 0900 hrs, you can get Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times in Jinjini, published and printed from ACCRA!!!

Reader, let us be very blunt: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS VERY VERY WEAK IN GHANA – and all is because the President sits in Accra and appoints X or Y to be the local Governor (DCE) so he is NOT responsible to the people, but to Accra, where he gets District Assemblies Common Fund regularly…………….reader, Ghana is an interesting place.

Let every District elect its own DCE, let them survive on their own, abolish Common Fund, and see how Ghana will be transformed in less than three years.

Take a place like BEREKUM, population over 100,000 their big executive houses, each of them paying property rates –the DCE will have so much money to develop the community.

Let me end with this TRUE story.

On Friday 13 February 1977 – I was a final year law student at Legon. I heard in the news that a certain Lt Col Dimka had killed Nigerian Head of State the popular General Mutaka Mohammed in traffic and had overthrown the Government.

In my room in Commonwealth Hall I put my Akasanoma Radio on some channel and I heard a strange voice:

“This is the voice of Major General AKINRINADE, General Officer Commanding 4th Infanity Division of Nigerian Army Kaduna. What is happening in Lagos has nothing to do with the rest of the Country, and the rebels are being rounded up……”

The Dimka coup failed, and Murtala’s Deputy, Lt General Obasanjo became Head of State.

Compare this to Ghana – Let rebel soldiers led by Acheampong or Rawlings take Burma Camp Accra and that is it – Ghana in problem!!!

Let us strengthen Local Government. Let us empower them. Let the President concern himself only with defence, macro finance and inter City transport. The rest leave it to Local Government – agriculture industries, interior and so on.

In Germany, the major of Berlin takes a higher salary than Chancellor Angela Merkel – because of the intensity of work by Local Government.

Three-in-one-Ghana indeed!!!

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect The Chronicle’s stance.

Teachers vow to go on indefinite strike over unpaid salary arrears

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Federal Capital Territory primary and secondary school teachers have vowed to go on an indefinite strike if their demands are not met by Thursday.

The FCT Chairperson of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Stephen Knabayi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the end of an emergency meeting on Tuesday in Abuja.

NAN reports that the FCT chapter of the NUT commenced a five-day warning strike on November 18, over the non-payment of their promotion salary arrears, lack of teachers’ upgrade and insecurity, among others.

According to Mr Knabayi, the demands of the teachers are in two folds, adding that teachers under the FCT Administration and those under the area councils are affected.

Mr Knabayi said although the union had received commitment from the FCT Minister, Bello Mohammed, on the matter, it continued with the warning strike due to non-commitment from the chairmen of the FCT area councils.

“The strike is ongoing. It is a five-day warning strike, which is expected to come to an end on November 24.

“As I speak with you now, we have no issues any longer with FCTA, because of the commitment we have received from the Minister of FCT.

“However, we do not have any commitment from the area councils as we speak. “That is why the strike is still ongoing,” he said.

The NUT chairperson urged the area council chairpersons to take advantage of the window for the warning strike to dialogue with the union.

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Nigeria govt launches e-Passport in UK to improve application process

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The Federal Government has launched an enhanced e-Passport in the United Kingdom to improve the passport application process for Nigerians at home and in the diaspora.

This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by Sola Fasure, Media Adviser to Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola.

Aregbesola during the official rollout at the Nigerian High Commission in London, United Kingdom said the Nigerian passport is the highest affirmation of Nigerian citizenship, and therefore it is the responsibility of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to provide the passport without any stress, within a reasonable period.

“What we have come to do here is symbolic of the core mandate of the Ministry of Interior and indeed, the Federal Government of Nigeria – affirmation of citizenship integrity. The Nigerian passport is the highest affirmation of Nigerian citizenship. It is therefore our responsibility to provide the passport without any stress, within a reasonable period.

“As we are all aware, there have been huge challenges to passport administration, from a shortage of booklet to touting and an economy of corruption built around it. These challenges have persisted for too long and a lot of people have become cynical while others have taken them as normal and then roll with it. But I come from a tradition of problem-solving in public administration. I do not believe that any problem is insurmountable, so we are going to solve all the problems associated with passport administration and we are already succeeding,” the minister said.

Aregbesola said the new passport is an improvement from the standard Passport that was introduced back in 2007, with more sophisticated security features, making it one of the most secured passports in the world.

Source: channelstv.com

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