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New Adumasa Chief Preaches Development In Unity

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SEBASTIAN R. FREIKU
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Nana Owusu Banahene and Obaapanin Akosua Asantewaa

The Chief of Adumasa, Nana Owusu Banahene, has reiterated his resolveto champion the development of the community.

The chief, who swore the oath of allegiance to his overlord, the Asafohene, Nana Asafo Boakye Agyemang Bonsu last August, met his subjects at Adumasa in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region, during which meeting he introduced Nana Akosua Asantewaa, as theAdumasaObaapanin.

The occasion, the first public appearance of the new chief, attracted a large number of people, including traditional leaders, business entities, the Clergy and the Christian and Muslim communities, as well as politicians.

Nana Banahene commended the Asona Royal family, Chiefs and his subjects for the exhibition of love and support and the mandate to lead them and pledged to bring development to the people.

“Adumasa has not seen any development for a very long time and I seek your prayers, co-operation and support for accelerated development”,he stated and mentioned education, health and other social interventions as his immediate priorities.

The new Chief admonished the community members, particularly the youth, as the future leaders, to be hard working and contribute to the developmental agenda of the community.

Nana Kwasi Boakye, the head of the Royal Asona family, who organized the durbar, applauded the people for their contribution towards the success of the event and called on them to rally behind the new Chief to achieve the desired development goals for the Adumasa community.

Kotei Astro Turf to be ready by December

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Mankranso chief takes Regional Sports Director Appiah on inspection

This year’s edition of the football gala competition by local teams every December, at Kotei in the Oforikrom constituency, in Kumasi, promise to be historic.

The space for the Astro Turf project at Kotei

Mr. Alex Anim Boateng, Project Manager of Best Construction Company, which is undertaking the project, has assured that with the resolution of the initial bottlenecks and delays, the company would complete the project for the event.

The facility, sited at Kotei, and also dubbed as the Oforikrom project, is intended to be the biggest Astro Turf in the Ashanti region because it would create space for important matches and sporting activities and serve other constituencies.

He explained that the company is not facing any pressure from any quarters; hence all their materials are ready for the project to be completed by the close of the year.

The project is being funded by the Ghana Gas Company Limited, which is obliged to help, upon a request by Mrs. Claudia Abena Kwarteng Lumor,the UN Ambassador (UNFPA) in Ghana.

Available materials for the proposed project

She expressed her gratitude to the traditional leaders for the release of the land for the project, which she noted would go a long way to help develop the interest of the youth in sports in the area.

Mrs. Claudia Abena Kwarteng Lumor, who is also the Founder and Editor-in-chief of Glitz Africa magazine, said the project is expected to help reduce youth indulgence in crime because it would serve as are creational centre for the youth.

Claudia Lumor has been honoured on various platforms, including The Most Influential Young Ghanaians, 100 Most Influential Women in Ghana; Most Inspirational Women in Ghana, Top 50 Young Entrepreneurs in Ghana; Top 40 Under-40 Business Leaders in Ghana; Most powerful players in African Fashion in a UK publication and 2022 Class of BOF500.

She has led key fundraising and projects for UNFPA, as their Good will Ambassador.

She has demonstrated her passion for women and children’s advocacy by spearheading various donation drives to female head porters, orphans and fistula victims among others.

Claudia Abena Kwarteng Lumor – Initiator of the Kotei project

In another development, Officials from the National Sports Authority(NSA) have called on the Chief of Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano SouthWest District to inspect a parcel of land for the construction of an Astro Turf for the people in the area.

It follows the appeal by Nana AduPako, Akwamuhene of Mankranso recently, to Professor Peter Twumasi, the Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), who is a native of the  area, to putup an AstroTurf park for the youth in the district.

Nana SafreAduSampaneAmankwatia, chief of Mankranso, thanked the National Sports Authority team, led by the Regional Director of NSA,Mr. Emmanuel Kojo Appiah, for the quick response to their appeal and to access the land for the proposed Astro Turf project.

The chief advised the youth to take very good care of facility when completed, to serve as a monument in the district.

Joseph Frimpong Boadu, the District Chief Executive of the area, called for the cooperation and support of the people to ensure its early completion for their benefit.

Allow us increase prices and stop overloading -Cargo Drivers

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Chairman of the Achimota Cargo Station, Abdallah Mohammed, addressing the media

The Ghana National Cargo Transport Association has urged the government to allow a price increase so that they would also stop overloading.

According to the association, the cargo operators overload their vehicles to enable them to get additional money to meet the high cost of their operations, a situation which has resulted in police arresting their drivers.

Addressing a news conference in Accra, last week, the operators also registered their displeasure over the high cost of fuel and servicing of their trucks, yet the price they charge for transporting goods remain the same.

The Chairman of the Achimota Cargo Station, Abdallah Mohammed, flanked by the National President of the Association, announced to the press that as of yesterday “all cargo drivers are to park their trucks till further notice.”

He added that the leadership was going to meet with the government to discuss how to salvage the situation, so that they could resume operations.

According to the chairman, they will have a meeting with the government, through the Minister of Transport on the subject.

They intend to have the government agree to allow them increase the amount they charge on goods they transport like; charcoal, yam and plantain to Accra and other parts of the country.

To the aggrieved drivers, they should be allowed to increase their charges else they will continue to park their vehicles.

POLICE ARREST

Among other issues, the cargo drivers complained of harassment by the police when transporting foodstuff to the market centres, but admit that they overload the vehicles, hence the actions of the police.

Though they acknowledged that overloading was wrong, it nevertheless fetches them additional revenue to meet the cost associated with their work, including maintenance and also to have some money left as profit.

According to the chairman, some of their members were recently arrested at Anyinam in the Eastern region for overloading and detained for three days.

To ensure that they do not go through such an ordeal, which they particularly condemned at the news conference, Ghanaians, especially those who rely on charcoal, may have to suffer the brunt of their action.

Otumfuo’s Lands Secretariat probes Anwomaso chiefs

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Nana Osei Boa III - chief of Anwomaso

The Lands Secretariat at the Manhyia Palace, headed by Otumfuo’s Apagyahene, Nana Owusu Afriyie II, is probing the veracity or otherwise of  charges of extortion of money by the chief of Anwomaso, Nana Osei Boa III, from a local Contractor, in the name of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene.

The probe follows a petition to the Asantehene by the Aboafuohene of Anwomaso, Nana Fiifi Aggrey Eshun, who feels threatened by the Anwomaso chief, because of his constant demand for accountability for about GHC230,000 – allegedly extorted from the Contractor.

The Apagyahene has confided in The Chronicle in a telephone interview that Otumfuo has been notified about the petition and that he (Apagyahene) is awaiting directives to handle the matter. He has, however, met and interrogated the two sides and consequently arranged to meet the Investor, to verify the allegations, when he returns from a foreign trip.

According to the Anwomaso sub-chief, somewhere in 2016, the Anwomaso chief asked him to find an Investor for the construction of stores on a parcel of land, near the Anwomaso lorry terminal.

He said on finding an Investor, the chief informed them (the Investor and Aboafohene) that before the project commences, the Asantehene is demanding GHC200,000 as a result of which two cheques of GHc120,000 and GHc60,000 covering GHc180,000 were issued.

The petitioner said the Anwomaso chief insisted that the cheques should be issued in his name, which he deposited in his KNUST branch of Ecobank account.

Thereafter, the Aboafohene said the Anwomaso chief further said the Otumfuo’s Nhenkwaa (Servants) were also demanding GH50,000 which was paid in installments to the chief, aside   some drink money.

He said just as the project commenced, the KMA demolished the project for which the Anwomaso chief took legal action against the KMA.

Nana Aggrey Eshun stated that while the case was pending in court, he had information that the land in question had been leased out and that the monies the chief took in the name of the Asantehene turned out to be untrue, because he had not asked for any such money, let alone receive any such money as claimed.

Armed with this information, the Investor, who felt swindled by the chief, started questioning the Aboafuohene, who fronted for the Anwomaso chief about the monies he paid, but any time the petitioner drew the chief’s attention to the demands of the Investor, he (chief) allegedly threatened him, which threat was captured on tape during a telephone conversation between the Aboafohene and the Anwomaso chief.

Nana Aggrey has, therefore, called for the intervention of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to settle the matter amicably, devoid of threats on his life.

The Chronicle has gathered that the Aboafuohene has also tendered the audio recordings of the Anwomasohene’s threat to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service and the Apagyahene for the purposes of investigation.

When Nana Osei Boa was contacted, he admitted that some cheques were paid into his bank account, in respect of the said project, but was not sure of the exact amount. He said the money he received was the customary drink money for the release of the land for the project and

denied taking the monies in the name of Otumfuo.

According to the chief, the action of his sub-chief was malicious. He also mentioned that he had initiated legal action against the KMA for demolishing the proposed Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) project, for which a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Nana Osei Boa III, the Anwomasohene, Nana Akosua Gyamah, Anwomasohemaa and elders of Anwomaso and Outlook Ventures Limited, the Investor, on June 22, 2016.

Kan Dapaah happy with state of Ghana’s security

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Mr Kan Dapaah handing over keys to one of the vehicles to the police

Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, the Minister for National Security has commended officers of the various security agencies for sacrificing to maintain and ensure peace and tranquility in the Country.

Motor bicycles and vehicles donated to the various security agencies

He said the fact that Ghana was recognised as the most peaceful and secured country in the sub-region and considered the second most powerful and secured country in Africa, was an achievement all Ghanaians should be proud of.

“If our investment drive has been successful, that has fed into it. Investors come because they know that there is peace and tranquility in our country.

“Let us, as Ghanaians, never forget that the peace and tranquility that we have is the result of sacrifices being made by our gallant troops.

“I want to take this opportunity to salute and thank them and to let them know how much we in government appreciate the work that they are doing for us,” the National Security Minister said.

Mr Kan Dapaah gave the commendation in Bolgatanga at a brief ceremony to hand over motorbikes and pick-up vehicles to four security agencies in the Upper East Region, to boost their operations.

The beneficiary agencies were the Ghana Immigration Service which received one pick-up vehicle and 10 motorbikes, the Ghana Armed Forces had a pick-up vehicle and 15 motorbikes.

The Ghana Police Service had a pick-up vehicle and 20 motorbikes, while the National Investigations Bureau, got two pick-up vehicles and five motorbikes.

Mr Kan Dapaah said even though it was not the primary responsibility of the Sector to provide vehicles to the security agencies, the Ministry took the initiative from its budget to support the agencies to function effectively.

He noted that some of the agencies, especially the Ghana National Fire Service and the Ghana Prisons Service had not benefited, and gave the assurance that they would soon receive their share of the vehicles.

The National Security Minister said the security challenges in the Upper East Region were peculiar, and needed a lot of attention to handle, and commended members of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) for the successful management of the security challenges in the Region.

He said the conflict in Bawku required careful management, “In recent times, the reports that I get from Bawku indicate that to a large extent, we are able to get the two sides to work together.

“That is necessary and can only be achieved through the commitment, loyalty and determination of the security agencies, especially the REGSEC,” Mr Kan Dapaah added.

Mr Stephen Yakubu, the Upper East Regional Minister, said the security situation in the Region was of national concern and indicated that apart from the Bawku and Doba-Kandiga conflicts, there were threats of violent attacks from extremist groups from the Sahel.

He said the Region hosted a number of immigrants who had escaped the attacks at various locations in communities which share border with neighbouring countries and said the REGSEC was sensitising the border communities on the “See something, Say something” campaign.

Mr Yakubu, who is the Chairman of REGSEC, thanked the National Security Minister for the support and gave the assurance that REGSEC would monitor to ensure the vehicles were used for the intended purpose.

From Godfred A. Polkuu, Bolgatanga

GNA

JFK, How Are You and The Party Laws, Faring?

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Justin Frimpong Kodua (JFK),

I throw salute, Sir-General.

Your glorious entry into the National Executive Committee of the New Patriotic Party, really set many a-merry-making, especially when you minced no words and fired your first salvoes at those who dared to violate party laws with such impunity.

“Law and order have arrived,” many said when you openly rebuked, Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa, the National Nasara co-ordinator after he openly campaigned for H.E. Dr. Bawumia during Islamic prayers to commemorate the NPP’s 30th Anniversary.

You later summoned Hopeson Adorye to appear before you for remarks he made at the AduruWusu Walk in Kumasi. Interestingly those who spoke out loudly against Mr Adorye never uttered a word against Alhaji Futa.

After that, there were a series of comments, remarks and speeches made by some party members which violated the NPP’s laws on campaigning. And as these kept coming, your voice kept going, down and down and down.

So, it was not surprising that your silence was very loud, when H.E. President Nana Akufo-Addo went to Senya and openly campaigned for his press secretary, Eugene Arhin, calling on the people there to vote him into Parliament.

The problem here are two, firstly parliamentary primary has not yet been opened so how can someone be endorsed as the in-coming MP? and two, no one heard from, you, our General Secretary.

The truth is, no one was expecting that you can caution the president however, you should have said something.

JFK, your namesake, JFK (John F. Kennedy) once said “Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man………. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”

And this is where I come in.The NPP has to review its constitution and come out with a more refined and good working document, which should have entrenched provisions which no one in the party can violate.

Could it be out of place to say that if someone in higher place, violates a provision, the onus should lie on the National Executive Council to administer justice and should they fail, then the entire membership of Council must vacate their positions?

Could it be out of place to suggest that the grass root members who form the polling station executives should be better organised and given more responsibility, so that at least they are given the respect they deserve and not to be used and abused?

Could it be possible to scrap this Super Delegates congress, since to me it can do what the Party wanted to prevent in the first place?

One of the reasons of expanding Congress is to make it difficult for aspirants to buy votes. In the last and only Super Delegates Congress of the party which took place in August 2014, the delegates were fewer less than 800. And before the expansion of Congress, the Party had more than 2,000 delegates. Now, if 2,000 delegates can be bought, hence the need to expand to over 100,000 delegates, what about the fewer than 800 delegates?

Could it be possible that NPP adopts the US primaries system, where all aspirants, even if there are one hundred of them, should go to the regions, one after the other, and lay out their manifesto and political directions and be voted on?

You, see JFK, can you imagine what will happen if the Super Delegates are bought over by a weaker candidate and made to vote out the popular and stronger one? Surely, NPP would soon be lost and forgotten, forever? Democratically, the Party should respect and accept the views of the grass root and make them have a say in any matter. The grass root is where votes come from.

And could it be possible to expand the delegates to include all past and current government appointees and ex-MPS as well.

JFK, I think, the NPP should as a matter of urgency open up campaign for the flag bearer slot. As it is, as soon as party members find out that you are incapable of disciplining some party members who violate the law but ready to crack the whip on others, the goodwill they have for you will disappear and people will start singing “MeyriDadaa”, which will be a dirge to celebrate your political demise.

I will suggest that you have frequent discourse with the president on this matter and beg him not publicly endorse anyone, even after Council lifts the ban on campaigning.

JFK, you see, before the 2007 Primaries, it was alleged that President Kufuor showed support for Alan and the Party thought it was wrong. So, why should we be seeing and hearing Nana Addo rooting out for an aspirant?

JFK, lastly, I will suggest that the Party comes out with businesses and industries which will help to self-financeit. The Party must discourage vote buying during internal elections. Mind you, it was vote-buying by the PNDC/NDC in 1992 that part-inspired the NPP to write The Stolen Verdict.

When the delegates are well resourced, they will not negotiate for monies and high capital items.

NPP, must not be seen to be doing what it accuses the NDC of doing.

JFK, like JFK once said“problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man” You and the National Executive Committee should solve all problems in the Party.

Hon Daniel Dugan

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

Stop making promises, show us your achievements –PDP challenges APC

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Fuel scarcity hits Abuja

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State has been challenged by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (APC) to show its dossier of achievements to the people of the state in the last eight years of their administration.

The PDP, Campaign Council Chairman, Alh. Isah Ahmed Duniya Bahutu, threw the challenge while addressing the party’s stakeholders from Kafin Hausa Local Government Area on Friday in Dutse.

The party leader specifically challenged the APC standard flagbearer in the 2023 general election and the incumbent deputy governor, Umar Danmodi, to tell his people the dividends of democracy, instead of endless promises.

According to him, if the deputy governor who is an indigene of the local government council had attracted developmental projects, there won’t be need for the opposition party to campaign in his area.

Bahutu said: “This is the time achievements of any party in power should speak for them, but unfortunately, this is not the case now in Jigawa for the APC, particularly in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area.”

In a statement by the Deputy Director Media and Publicity to the Santuraki Campaign Directorate, Umar Kyari Jitau Madamu, which was made available to DAILY POST, the council called on the stakeholders to work hard to ensure the election of Mustapha Lamido as the next governor so that more of such projects will be provided.

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27 kidnap victims rescued after seven days in captivity

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Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Kolo Yusuf

The Zamfara State State Police Command has rescued 27 persons kidnapped from Kawa, Gwashi, Tungar Rogo and Anka towns in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the victim’s were rescued after seven days in captivity.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu, while presenting the rescued victims to the state Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Mamman Tsafe, in Gusau on Saturday, said that the victims were rescued unconditionally.

Shehu said the victims were taken to the terrorists’ camps at Gando/Bagega and Sunke forests in Bukkuyum and Anka LGAs respectively.

He stated, “The rescue was sequel to the report received by the command that a group of bandits invaded the villages and abducted an unspecified number of people and took them to Gando/Bagega/ Sunke forests. Receiving the report, police deployed additional tactical operatives to reinforce DPOs of Anka/Bukkuyum and vigilantes in their rescue operation to free the abductees.

“A well coordinated search and rescue operation was carried out with the full support and partnership of the two council sole administrators of Anka and Bukkuyum. The outcome of the rescue operation was the unconditional rescue of the 27 kidnap victims.

“Now 17 out of the 27 were presently brought to the police command headquarters while the remaining 10 are in the hospital receiving medical attention, following the trauma they passed through while in captivity. All the victims have been debriefed by police detectives.’’

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Economic activities crippled in Abuja as fuel scarcity persists

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Fuel scarcity hits Abuja

Amid the economic hardship ravaging the entire nation, sources of livelihood in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, seem to be threatened following the incessant scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly called petrol.

A check by DAILY POST correspondent on Saturday revealed that while some fuel stations remain shut for lack of the product, some of the stations along Zuba are selling above N250 per litre, a development that has made transportation difficult for residents.

The long queue in most fuel stations in the territory are worrisome as motorists continue to lament the difficulty in getting the product.

According to the Federal Government, the queue which resurfaced two weeks ago, was birthed by the flooding situation which made roads in Lokoja, Kogi State, impassable.

DAILY POST reports that several civil servants and other commuters were stranded on Friday as there was no vehicle to board.

The development also led to an obvious hike in fare, worsening the hardship already imposed on residents by the economic reality of the Giant of Africa.

Mary Achingwa, who works with the Federal Radio Corporation, told our correspondent that she spends triple of her usual fare to go to her work place everyday since the queue resurfaced early this month.

She said, “Things are just getting harder every day. We were complaining that transport fare is very expensive in Abuja not knowing that the worst was coming.

“Since this fuel crisis started, we spend triple of what we used to spend before reaching our places of work and this is so discouraging. The worst is that the price of everything increases day by day while salary remains the same”.

DAILY POST’s findings revealed that from Dutse Alhaji to Area 1 which was hitherto N300, is currently N500 and above, while Dei-Dei to Berger and Wuse which used to be N300 and N400 is now from N500 and above.

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‘Do I look sick’, I am running for president not wrestling -Tinubu

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the APC

The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday, declared that he is not sick but hale and hearty, saying it often baffles him when the opposition kept insisting that he is sick.

Tinubu said this at a dinner organised in his honour by the Kano Business Community.

He said, “I’m neither running for a 100-yard or 500-yard race nor am I competing in WWE wrestling. I’m running for the presidency which is a knowledge-driven job

“I am very healthy.” “Do I look sick?” Tinubu asked the audience.

The APC presidential candidate whose mission in Kano was to inaugurate the APC governorship and presidential campaign offices in the commercial city announced the donation of N500,000,000 to flood victims.

The Kano business community used the occasion to present a blueprint for their demands if he eventually clinches the presidential seat.

While assuring the business community that the document would not be tampered with, Tinubu, said when he wins the 2023 presidential election, he would implement the document.

In his remark, Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, shortly after outlining his achievements in the state, within the last seven years plus, declared that the APC is the winning ticket all through, judging by the achievements of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s administration in the country at large and Kano in particular.

“Is it the Inland Dry port that has been ongoing for over 25 years, which is almost at 100 per cent completion stage or is it the modern railway from Lagos to Kano to Katsina and Maradi, in the Niger Republic,” Ganduje asked rhetorically?

Humorously, Ganduje told the audience that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is a son of the soil in Kano and his name is Ashiru Bala Tanimu.

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