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Osu Castle Ammo Thief Jailed 3yrs

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Osu Castle

The thief who broke into the Osu Christiansburg Castle to steal 1,125 rounds of 7.62 by 39mm calibre live ammunitions has been given a custodial sentence of three years by the Accra Circuit Court ‘2’.

Mustapha Awudu, 22 and a manual worker, sentence was hand down to him on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 , by the court presided over Her Honour Rosemary Baah Torsu, after pleading guilty to two counts of stealing and unlawful entry.

The court sentenced Awudu three years on each count of stealing and six months on unlawful entry.

Ms. Torsu has also scheduled to try the convict on conspiracy to commit crime to wit, stealing on 23rd of this month, as the latter pleaded not guilty to the charge on his first appearance before the count on April 26, 2022.

Although the number of years given to the convict when tabulated would be six and half years, Awudu will be serving his sentences concurrently, enhance bringing the duration of his prison term to three years.

Awudu’s alleged accomplice Felix Ankrah pleaded not guilty to all the charged and had been granted bail in the sum of GH₵100,000.00 with sureties.

Background of the case

The prosecuting officer, Inspector Jonas Laweh told the court that complainant in the case is the National Security

He told the court that on April 6, 2022, Mustapha, who claimed to be an informant, went to the Accra Police Regional Command with 375 rounds of 7.62 by 39mm calibre live ammunitions, claiming to have found them in the bushes behind the Osu Castle.

The prosecutor narrated to the court that on April 20, 2022, the Regional Command, again, received information that Mustapha and Felix were in the process of selling a quantity of the ammunitions at Kings Bar, James Town, in Accra.

He told the court that the police acted on the information and proceeded to the scene and effected the arrest of Mustapha and Felix, together with 750 rounds of 7.62 by 39mm calibre live ammunitions.

The prosecuting officer said Mustapha and Felix on the spot admitted to having gone to steal the said ammunitions from the Ammunition Room at the Osu Castle, by unlawfully entering through one of the windows behind the Castle.

According to him, Mustapha and Felix then led the police to the Osu Castle, or the crime scene, and showed them the rooms, which they stole the ammunitions from, and demonstrated how they entered through the window.

Inspector Lawer added that Mustapha also admitted that the ammunitions he brought to the Accra Police Regional Command on April 6, 2022 were stolen from the same place on April 5, 2022, which he divided into two and sold half to witnesses in the case for GH¢50.00.

Court reviews bail conditions for four suspected fraudsters

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Court

The four persons who allegedly attempted to withdraw money in excess of two million Ghana Cedis from an indigenous bank customers savings accounts, have written to court to review their bail conditions.

The court earlier admitted the first accused persons – Ahmed Ansah – to a bail in the sum of GH₵6 million with three gainfully employed sureties, of which one should be justified with titled deeds.

The rest of the suspects -Nicholas Gyekye, Stephen Arthur and David Kodzi -were each slapped with a bail condition of GH₵5 million, with three gainfully employed sureties, one should be justified with titled deeds.

The circuit court ‘7’, presided over by Ellen Ofei-Ayeh, yesterday reviewed their bail conditions to GH₵4.5 million with three gainfully employed sureties and that one should be justified with titled deeds each.

The court has adjourned the case to May 17, 2022 for continuation.

The court, on April 13, 2022 was told that the complainant in the case is the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).

In the facts presented to the court by the prosecuting officer, Leo Anthony Siamah, on January 24, 2022 EOCO received intelligence from a staff of Bank that some persons were allegedly asking him to assist them with bank details of some customers to perpetrate fraud.

Mr Siamah said a staff of the bank, David Asante, was instructed by the bank’s management to liaise with the guys to understand what they want and intend to do.

He said Nicholas Gyekye was contacted by Arthur to assist him get a staff from the bank who can provide bank account details in order to withdraw funds from the account.

The prosecutor informed the court that on January 25, 2022, Dominic Asante was contacted by Gyekye on WhatsApp and also called him on phone.

According to the prosecutor, Gyekye told Dominic Asante to get him phone numbers and bank account details of customers with huge monies, adding that in order for Arthur and Gyekye to achieve their agenda, they met with Dominic at the Achimota Mall on March 17, 2022 to discuss the modus operandi.

Mr Siamah told the court that Gyekye, during the discussion allegedly informed the rest that he has contact persons within MTN, who can assist to clone any phone number that Dominic Asante brings to him.

Gyekye is said to have communicated that this friend, by name Destiny, has a girlfriend who has been cloning SIMS for another syndicate involved in this same fraud scheme.

With this, Gyekye and Arthur agreed with Dominic Asante that the latter would provide three phone numbers with huge funds in their Bank account.

Hence, he said on March 28, 2022 Dominic Asante gave the accused persons three phone numbers belonging to individuals such as Ransford Nana Addo, Ama Ofosu-Kuai Addo and Jessica EshunAbabio to clone.

The prosecutor added that Ahmed Ansah gave the phone numbers to Daniel Kodzi to clone and they had the intent to steal from the Bank customers the following amounts;GHC850,000, GHC680,000 and GHC570,000 respectively from the unexpected victims. 

The EOCO officer pointed out that on Thursday, March 31, 2022 Gyekye sent Dominic Asante a WhatsApp message that they have been able to clone the SIM cards through the help of Ahmed Ansah and Daniel Kodzi.

Arthur, Gyekyes and Dominic Asante agreed on April 2022 to setup a mobile application with the cloned SIM, with the aim to withdraw the customers bank account funds and while attempting to setup at the Achimota Mall, EOCO arrested the accused persons.

Mr Siamah urged the court to remand the accused persons into police custody, to enable EOCO to complete its investigations.

Inspector of Mines probes military, quarry coys impasse

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Military

The Mines Inspectorate Division of the Mineral Commission has launched full-scale investigation into the impasse between the military and quarry operators at Shai Hills, near Tema, in the Greater Accra Region.

The Acting Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr John Amoanyi,disclosed this to The Chronicle in a telephone interview yesterday. According to him, the investigative team will provide the needed foundation for further action.

Meanwhile, the impasse between the military and quarry operators continues unabated, as the former is still allowing the latter to operate. It is unclear when the soldiers would allow commercial operations at the quarries to resume.

However, information tapped from the crunch meeting at Burma Camp on Wednesday suggests a road map is being prepared to enable the two bodies to co-exist in harmony.

The soldiers, after what is being described as bad faith on the part of the quarry operators, went and shutdown the twenty-four (24) commercial quarry companies in the enclave.

This is due to the destruction of infrastructure at the military bases at Army Recruits Training School(ARTS), Shai Hills and the Military Training Camp, Bundase, in the Shai Osudoku and Ningo Prampram districts respectively.

Meanwhile, a former Director of Geological Survey Authority has proposed the setting up of an expert committee, made up of relevant state agencies, the private sector and tertiary institutions to find a better way of breaking mining of quarry materials around the country and Shai Hills in particular.

The former Director, Mr Adjei Dodoo, who said this in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle,added that it would  ensure that infrastructure in the immediate environs  remain  intact, in spite of activities of  the quarry companies.

The renowned retired geologist who happened to have conducted extensive research into the composition of soil at the Shai Hills when in active service suggested the embodiment of the committee to include the Geological Survey Authority, Mines Inspectorate and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

According to Mr Dodoo, though the interim measures could still prevail, a lasting solution to the geological problem would be the next stage.

The Chronicle, with live signals beaming from the concentrated quarries, have stumbled on information that the state must, as a matter of policy, bring all the commercial quarry operators under one umbrella to enable the constitutional bodies to monitor every activity.

The above is to have regular checks on the operators by the umbrella body, should it be in place.

In a related development, a highly placed military source has told The Chronicle that there is no tension in its camps at both Shai Hills and Bundase as earlier reported.

Education makes impossible possible

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Dr Osei Adutwum, donors and students examining some of the laptops
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum- Minister for Education

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has advised students to be serious with their education as that makes the impossible possible.

Donating 25 laptops by Huawei Ghana to Bosomtwe Girls Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) High School in Bosomtwe, Ashanti Region, the minister assured the students that education can guarantee them a better future.

According to him, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is doing everything in his power to promote STEM education in Ghana. He stated that this is just the beginning in President Nana Addo Dankwa transformation agenda.

He noted that the Bosomtwe Girls STEM school is going to be one of the schools in the country to produce smart students. He added that it does not matter the calibre of student, but once admitted, the institution would do everything to transform the students to be one of the best.

He continued that there is nothing that would prevent one from succeeding in life unless he or she decides not to succeed, stating that “if you are determined to succeed you will succeed.

The only thing that can stop you from becoming the best in the world is you. If you don’t stop yourself, everything is designed for you to succeed.”

He urged students of Bosomtwe Girls STEM High School to focus their mind on their future and stay away from anything that would destroy them.

“Stay away from anything that would be destruction for you. Focus on your future so that your children would have a better future,” he added.

He further cited himself as an example that, even though he experienced financial difficulties during his SHS education, yet he succeeded and so can every determined person succeed in life.

The Director for Public Affairs of Huawei Ghana, Jenny Zhou, in her address emphasised on their continuous support to the government through ministry of education on embarking on a teaching transformation drive to make Information, Communication and Technology very important in school.

This support, she stated, is through strategy of partnership and cooperate social responsibilities with the ministry.

Wontumi’s political empire collapsing?

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Odeneho Kwaku Appiah - Ashanti NPP Regional chairman aspirant and Bernard Antwi-Boasiako – Incumbent

Barring any last minute changes in the Regional Executives elections of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) scheduled for May 27, 2022 Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, the former Afigya Kwabre South constituency chairman would assert his bid to unseat the incumbent, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako.

The incumbent chairman, who also answers to Chairman Wontumi, seems to be on his way out, as his support base is weakened with all his candidates for constituency polls losing the game.

Results from the constituency elections in the Ashanti region from Thursday April 28 to May 2, 2022 being the second batch of elections by the NPP, indicate that the race for the regional chairmanship slot is gathering momentum, with the focus currently centered on Chairman Wontumi and the main contender, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah (COKA).

The Chronicle has gathered that persons perceived to be Odeneho Kwaku Appiah candidates at the various polling centres in over 38 constituencies are jubilating over the seeming resounding victory for COKA’s candidates, on the grounds that 82% of the newly elected officers are

from areas strongly dominated by the incumbent regional chairman -Wontumi, while 8% of the incumbent’s officers who retained their positions are also believed to be on the side of his contender, Odeneho Kwaku Appiah.

Out of the 41 constituencies which have had their elections, Wontumi’s candidates, both incumbent and new entrants, unfortunately lost in the constituency elections, during which “COKA Beba” was the common refrain. In his (Wontumi) own backyard, Bosomtwi constituency, chairman Wontumi lost 6-4 to COKA’s team against the 10 who all went for COKA in Afigya Kwabre South constituency.

With the exception of Manhyia North, Fomena, Atwima Kwanwoma, Mampong and Kumawu that are yet to vote because of pending court cases, the remaining constituencies fell for COKA, which makes it almost impossible for the incumbent chairman to retain his seat.

Out of a total of 47 constituencies, 42 have conducted elections at the time of filing this report.  The 225 elected incumbent officers and 193 newly elected officers represent a total of 53.84% and 46.17% respectively.

The party is supposed to elect a total of 420 officers. However, 418 have been elected with 2 positions currently suspended.

Meanwhile, some of the newly elected executives who spoke with the media indicated that the regional Chairmanship contest is between Odeneho Kwaku Appiah and Bernard Antwi-Boasiako and for that matter, “The party must focus on the two contestants in a bid to reorganize the party early enough for the 2024 General elections”.

My faith in God has influenced the vision I have for Ghana

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President Akufo-Addo exchanging greetings with staff of the Museum

President Akufo-Addo says his faith in God as a Christian has shaped his professional life as a Lawyer and Politician, which has heavily influenced his vision for Ghana and Africa’s transformation.

Delivering the Inaugural Africa Lecture by the Museum of the Bible in Washington, USA, President Akufo-Addo disclosed that, the critical part of his Christian upbringing drilled into him was that Christianity was a way of life, an everyday experience and meant far more than going to church, which by the way was obligatory in the Ofori-Atta and Akufo-Addo homes.

“My own parents, as you can imagine, were staunch Presbyterians. I was baptised a Presbyterian, and became an Anglican, much to the vehement protests of my parents, as a result of the secondary school I attended in England.

“Let us say I became enamored with the rituals, daily Matins and Evensong, and the additional Sunday Eucharist, which were constant features of my four-year stay at school in Lancing”, he recalled.

These, according to him, have thoughtfully affected his practice as a Lawyer and Politician.

He thus conveyed in his lecture that “often in law practice, things are not quite as cut and dry as they would seem or as one would wish. There would be times when no amount of experience or intellectual rigour would prepare you for the vicissitudes of the legal playground. On such occasions, it helps to be able to hark back to your faith and maybe the sound of your mother singing that ancient hymn: Who is on the Lord’s side? It helps to be on the Lord’s side, when you purport to seek or arbitrate for justice among humans.”

Citing sections of Sir Walter Beasant’s legal novel, “The Ivory Gate”, in which the author paints a most optimistic view of a lawyer in refreshing contrast to the way lawyers are usually portrayed in other books, he agreed with Sir Beasant’s quote that “the Solicitor knows more than a Roman Catholic priest and carries greater responsibilities. It certainly helps to be a Christian and have an anchor that steadies you as you manoeuvre the turbulence of the everyday life that is legal practice.”

On his political trajectory, President Akufo-Addo said, the story of my struggles to become president of my country is well known. My experiences have been a testimony of God’s love, and a vindication of the words of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the Gospel according to St. Matthew, chapter 19 verse 26, which says “with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible”.

Recounting, he said, “it took three tries between 2008 and 2016 for me to get elected. By which time, the popular catch phrases of “Akufo-Addo cannot be President”, “God does not want Akufo-Addo to be President”, “Akufo-Addo is short, and does not have the stature to be President” had become so prevalent, you had to be firmly rooted in your faith to have had the courage to persist”.

Placing emphasis on his true faith, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering that as a result, “I committed that third election campaign to God and indicated to the Ghanaian people that “The Battle is the Lord’s”.

By God’s grace, I won a famous victory against an incumbent President by a gap of nearly a million votes, the largest margin of victory for two decades. And, by the same Grace, I won re-election in the December 2020 elections, and I am now in my second and last term as President.

Mahama is not alternative to solving Ghana’s problems

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The convener of #fixing the country, Ernest Owusu Bempah

The #FixingTheCountry# Convener, Ernest Owusu Bempah, has observed that former president John Dramani Mahama is not the alternative in solving Ghana’s problem and that it is shameful for him to compare his failed administration to that of President Akufo Addo.

He made this known at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, this week, in a reply to former president John Dramani Mahama’s Ghana at Crossroads lecture, held on Monday May 2, 2022.

According to Owusu Bempah, “the man doesn’t have a single solution to the country’s problems. Mahama is just desperate to rule the country again, hence his penchant of making false claims of having all the answers to the country’s problems.”

He revealed that former president Mahama’s event, which seeks to draw light on the supposed crossroads that the country currently stands, actually exposed his (Mahama’s) nakedness.

“Indeed, Mr Mahama succeeded in dancing naked in front of the intelligent public by the swipe he took at Akufo-Addo’s government on what he termed as the politicisation of independent state institutions and the dismissal of those who dared to ensure what is right,“ he said.

His outfit, according to Owusu Bempah, is not surprised by Mahama’s callous attempt to try and take a positive credit out of the current global economic crisis and post-pandemic politico-economic vulnerabilities and attempt to present himself as a credible alternative.

He continued that, “for John Mahama to hold a public lecture to boast about his governance prowess when we all know what he dished out for four years as president says a lot about his split personality. The simple truth is Mahama has just exposed himself to public ridicule.”

He furthermore stated that when Mahama was confronted with challenges in government, he infamously compared himself to a dead goat, saying “I have seen more demonstrations and strikes in my first two years. I don’t think it can get worse. It is said that when you kill a goat and you frighten it with a knife, it doesn’t fear the knife because it is dead already. I have a dead-goat syndrome.”

Mr. Owusu Bempah reinstated that when the then Vice President John Dramani Mahama became the president of Ghana by default on July 24, 2012 not many people considered him presidential material enough to lead Ghana’s quest for full middle-income status.

To him, Mahama’s incompetence denied Ghana the much needed respite for economic emancipation, “having attained the rank of lower middle income for during the Kufuor era, Ghana – with a large and rising middle class, estimated at over 47% of the population at the time – was yearning to transit to full middle-income status. Due to the efforts of the Kufuor regime, the country had shown progress in reducing poverty and it outranked its peers on most measures of human development.

The #fixing the country convener noted that Mr John Dramani Mahama. who claimed to have the interest of the poor at heart, never introduced any pro-poor policy or intervention during his administration but rather, he and his opposition NDC had been fighting all social intervention policies introduced under the various NPP administrations, including Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), and National Health Insurance Scheme.”

“Ghana under Mahama faced the multiple problems of a rising cost of living, collapsing businesses, an unsustainable national debt, a lack of inclusive economic growth to address unemployment, poor infrastructure, and rising fiscal and balance of payment deficits,” he told the journalists.

Mahama accuses Akufo-Addo of derailing democratic gains

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John Dramani Mahama - Ex-President addressing the forum
Participants at the Professionals Forum

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed worry over what he described as Nana Akufo-Addo’s rolling back of Ghana’s democratic gains.

According to him, there is a deliberate effort by the sitting President to roll back the democratic fortunes gained over the past 30 years.

Speaking at the fourth Professionals Forum of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)

in Kumasi recently, Mr Mahama stated that the closure of media houses purported to be affiliated with the opposition NDC, intimidation, arrest and detention of political opponents to stop them from speaking truth to power. He said this behavior of the NPP administration mimics the behavior of brutal dictatorship.

According to the former President, Ghana is now considered as the worst in terms of debt ratio, inflation, weakness of currency and currency stabilisation.

He regretted that when the Minority in Parliament tabled a motion to account for all monies and resources received by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic, including support from the Breton Woods Institutions, the Bank of Ghana and the Stabilisation fund established by the erstwhile NDC government, the NPP threw out the motion.

Ex-President Mahama dared the NPP government to prove him wrong, if indeed the government of NPP did not use the COVID-19 Fund for the2020 elections. He also called for an independent forensic audit into how the monies received during the pandemic were used.

Mr. Mahama indicated that Ghanaians are looking up to the NDC to salvage the nation from the current economic situation and to restore the country back to the trajectory of good governance and economic prosperity.

The 2020 NDC flagbearer commended the professionals for their good work in the 2020 general elections and encouraged them to play the role expected of them as professionals before, during and after elections 2024 as polling agents at the various polling centers.

He underscored that, the current government has performed poorly and left the people in unbearable hardship, yet they would resort to any means to hang onto power.

The former president said the NDC has learnt lessons from the 2020 elections in Techiman South constituency, hence the resolve to protect NDC votes and stressing that, the NDC as a party has a lot of work to do to win the confidence of the electorate, through the tabling of well-crafted and acceptable policy.

Editorial: Press index ranking has exposed our plights

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Editorial

The Reporters Without Borders, in its 2022 World Press Freedom index scored Ghana 67.43%, placing the country 60th on the world index that monitored 180 countries.

The 2022 rank showed a rather abysmal performance, given that Ghana had descended from a score of 78.67%, 30th on the world index in 2021 to the current 60th.

Therefore, it is not out of place for the public uproar that greeted the announcement, from the media and some political fanatics, who saw this as a huge bait to release their political arsenals.

Often times, when such reports are released with a representation of the country, it is the government of the day that feels the heat or the praise, thanks to the nature of our politics, where we see no good in each other.

As usual, the government is being bombarded with criticisms from across the country, with people recalling issues of media attack that had occurred over the years under this administration. However, we do not believe the media has been or is being attacked under the present government only, but we will never justify any attack on the media.

Suffice it to say, the 2022 RSF report listed some methodologies employed for the ranking, one of which caught our attention, culminating in this Editorial, to shed light on the need for us as a media to also look to strengthen our front.

Each country or territory’s score, according to the report, was evaluated using five contextual indicators that reflected the press freedom situation in all of its complexity: political context, legal framework, economic context, socio-cultural context and safety.

We have followed the public debate on the report and have observed that, all but the economic context has been lost on us, even us the media. We are not discussing it.

The report said: “In Ghana, most media outlets face financial problems, reflected in low salaries and poor working conditions for journalists. Frequently, new newspapers are launched only to fold in a few months, due to the inability to meet production costs.

“State-owned media, for their part, benefit from government advertising contracts and payment for publishing news items. Government advertising is awarded through a non-transparent and inequitable process.”

This is a very critical observation the report made, though not alien to us, but then, deserves more attention than the wild goose chase in the political context.

We are of the view that, the media must find a very sustainable means of being economically stable, to wean itself from the bowels of politicians, if they do not want to be unfairly treated.

It is trite knowledge that the profession in general is not generating a lot of revenue due to several factors, including the advent of social media.

Businesses that hitherto would advertise in a newspaper, for instance, now prioritise the new media, which gives immediate results, a development which the traditional media is gradually adjusting to.

Given that the media rely heavily on advertisements to cater for production costs and remunerations, we believe that the observations made in the report, under the economic context, was a wake-up call to the inky fraternity.

As such, the earlier we strategise to be economically sound, the better for us. With that, even if the public sector, which is steered by the government of the day, does not help, the media would still be relevant. The private sector would even pay more if they are convinced.

Nonetheless, we commend the government for responding to the report, in which the information minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said among others that, “To address the RFS’ concern about the poor economic conditions of most journalists in the country, government will continue engagements with media associations, including media owners to improve the working and economic conditions of journalists.”

However, if we all admit that democracy cannot thrive without a vibrant media, then our safety must be guaranteed. Because when there is no security for those the constitution refers to as the fourth pillar of democracy, there would be no media to help safeguard democracy.

Letter to Senior Opupulepu (184)

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OPINION

If there is Freedom of Movement, there should be Freedom of Self-Catching!

 Dear Senior Opupulepu,

How are you do? As for me and my shordies, we are all do fine.

Senior, I am having problems with some of our Chief Professional Thief Slapper Dam-Pra’spickins.

Senior, there is escalation of stealing of crabs from soups, rats from traps, kobi been grilled on hot charcoal. Most of our daughters of Eve are walking about without piotos and when asked why, they say when they wash and dry them on the drying line, some slay queens would come and thief them. And as they spoke, spoken, speaking or whatever, all their piotosas in inside-wear or panties for short, are all gone.

Senior, so if you see any daughter of Eve, walking side-side and backwards, do not insult her. In fact, it is not a new style of walking, but a way of taking the necessary precautionary measures against any gate crashing of their secret and confidential properties, by uncouth akupas.

Senior, all these things are happening and yet most of these sons and daughters of the only human being who single handily dammed the Pra River, Chief Professional Thief Slapper, Dam-Pra, are not doing anything about it.

Senior, even chalks, exercise books, pens, pencils, crayons and erasers as in gum are disappearing into private pockets in all Ogyakromian classrooms and the chalk and blackboard practitioners are now using ayiloras in white clay to teach, and the pupils are using charcoal to write. It is not that our Omanhene’s aplanke in charge teaching and teachers is not supplying these resources, no,Aplanke Adu Twum Barima, is over supplying more than each skuuls’ quota, but still, they continue to disappear before the boxes are opened.

Senior, things are getting stolen in Ogyakrom. The other day, I met a certain man who was fully under the influence of ogyateshie, aka bone shaker aka tso-lolley as in local gin. He was weeping bitterly and when I asked what the matter could be, in tears, he said he has lost his way home. Someone stole the way to his house.

Senior, before I come to the issue on hand. You are aware of those who always hold a copy of Ogyakrom Supreme Law which in some villages they call it Constitution.

Senior, as you are aware these privilege people are always shouting “I know my right!” And if I may remind you, the rights of every Ogyakromian are captured in this book.

Senior, we the villagers of Ogyakrom, have the right to chew roasted cassava and grilled kobiwith both sides of the jaws at the same time. We also have the right to talk while eating. We have the right to thank and praise Yahweh because our pastor says Yahweh has done marvels in our lives, and we are better off today than we were yesterday, meanwhile our lives have rather worsen, because the pastors have collected everything we own and possess.

Senior, one of the rights is under stress as I write to you now. You see, one of rights is the right to be free to move about helta-scattered and scatters, and no one must, can or should truncate that right.

Senior, lots of problems manifest out of this right, for example, a daughter of Eve pickin aged 13 and below can relocate her google map location to her boyfriend’s bedroom and no matter what her parents and family head say, she is still protected from punishment under the Supreme Law of Ogyakrom.

Senior, you know the constellation of hamlets called Assin? The place where our well-known Municipal Police Ken Eddie Agyei Pump comes from. You know that guy man, who can talk and shout even with his mouth shut. The guy man who brags and even brags that his socks have holes in them and that he paid two million cowries for a second-hand handkerchief that was priced half a cowry, because the seller looked morboras in miserable and so he asked him to keep the change.

Senior, it is also this same constellation of hamlets called Assin where a certain Canada-Waakye man, slept while sitting at the edge of the window seat of an iron bird and fell off and dropped down in Assin. Yes, that man who claimed that since he fell from the sky, he is ordained by fire by force by Yahweh to be the sole inheritance and occupant of the Municipal Police department of that hamlet.

Senior, as you read this letter there is a certain 15-year-old daughter of Eve, resident in one of the hamlets, in this constellation called Assin.

Senior, this small girl decided to exercise her right of freedom of movement so she relocated herself to somewhere and decided to notify her father that she would need at least twenty million cowries for her new accommodation and personal expenses.

Senior, her father had all along been banking his hopes on some unfortunate akupa coming to ask her hand in marriage and so he could use that opportunity to bill the poor man with all the costs of expenditures he spent on her daughter, from the courting of her mother, cost of getting her mother pregnant, cost of taking care of the pregnancy, the cost of borning of the baby and her upkeep from creche to junior second level skuulplus interests so that he can know his how far and start enjoying life like he had planned to.

Senior, this man panicked as he got into the panic and fear mode. He quickly called the Professional Thief Slappers to report that his daughter had relocated from home without valid transfer papers. And trust these thief slappers who will look the other when crime is been manifested but poke their noses into someone’s personal matters. They quickly located the google map location of the small girl’s relocation.

Senior, the small girl pleaded her rights and said she invoke her right to self-catching and so she exercised her right to remain loud and noisy since any silence from her would be taken as evidence against her in the court of law.

Senior, as you read this letter, the Professional Thief Slappers have gone to awaken the old men and old women who sit on benches doing absolutely nothing, to make themselves useful for a change and come and talk sense to this girl, small.

Senior, I am so tired of these pickins of Chief Professional Thief Slapper, Dam-Pra. Why should they truncate the rights of someone who just invoke the rights of freedom of movement and location?

Senior, I am Dan, sorry, I am Done for today.

Its Me.

The Ghanaian Chronicle