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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.

EPA marks World Safety Day

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Mr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, Executive Director, EPA.
Madam Constance Dag Roberts, Head of Occupational Health and Safety, EPA.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday marked the World Safety Day (WSD) with a call on Ghanaian workers to ensure that they observe safety protocols at their various work places.

The WSD, which was begun on April 28, 2003 is celebrated annually to promote the prevention of occupational hazards and ensure the safety of workers.

The theme for this year’s celebration is – “Lets Act Together to Build a Positive Safety and Health Culture” and it is intended to enhance occupational safety.

Addressing the media, the Executive Director of EPA, Mr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, while admonishing Ghanaians to adhere to safety protocols noted that the International Labour Organisation, estimates that 317m people are involved in different forms of work related accidents annually.

Out of this figure, 2.3m people die out of the accidents annually and when computed daily, it amounts to 600 people.

On the local level, Mr Kokofu indicated that safety is a challenge in most governmental and private institutions.

He made reference to a research work which found out that a survey conducted on fifty nine workers in Anwiaso in the Western Region revealed 102.0ug/l and 34.5 concentrations of mercury in their blood and urine.

He said this figure is far above what the World Health organisation recommends and called on Ghanaian workers to be more cautious of their safety.

He, however, commended the country for doing well in observing the Covid-19 protocols. He first commended the government for ensuring that equipment and tools needed for protecting the citizens were in place and commended Ghanaian employers and employees for observing the protocols and helping to contain the spread of the disease.

He however indicated that there is more work to be done as it not only covid-19 that Ghanaians should protect themselves from but other forms of occupational hazards which existed even before the emergence of Covid-19.

He indicated that management should endeavour to build a a safety culture at the workplace and ensure inclusion in its implementation. He said this will make workers feel comfortable and work efficiently.

“Management is always advised to be proactive in collaborating with workers to find appropriate, effective and sustainable safety solutions”, Mr Kokofu said.

He noted that the EPA has an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) department that has put together a program to create the necessary awareness and education for workers nationwide and believed it will go a long way to help institutions in the country adopt the culture of safety.

On her part, Madam Constance Dag Roberts, Head of OHS unit at the EPA was of the view that many people are not observing safety protocols at work because there is no law in place.

She hinted the presence of a bill which is being worked on so that Ghana can have a law that will be aimed at regulating the safety of the Ghanaian worker.

She indicated that in the absence of the law, what her department does is to educate and advocate for people to observe safety protocols at their various work places and would ensure that that work is done well to drum home the message of safety in the ears of Ghanaians.

Kwapia Residents Kick Against Operations Of Akonta Quarry Limited

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Nana Gyamera Kwabena Yiakwan II (middle) addressing the press
Some community members at the press briefing

Residents of Kwapia, near Akrokerri, in the Adansi North District of Ashanti region, have strongly kicked against the operations of Akonta Quarry Limited, which has pitched its camp in the town and started doing quarrying activities.

The community has given the company a one week ultimatum to regularise its operations or face the wrath of the people.

Speaking at a press briefing at Kwapia to articulate their displeasure, the Kwapiahene, Nana Gyamerah Kwabena Yiakwan II, said the community, the DCE, the Divisional Police Commander and the Obuasi Municipal Police Commander on March 29, 2022 met the leadership of the company and told them what they needed to do by way of social responsibility to the community, before they start operations.

Machine working at the site

The chief said, the company, after the meeting has not come back, only to learn that work has started in earnest at the site, with earth moving machines seriously working.

He recalled that some seven years ago, Sonitra Construction Company, then working on Bogoso/Ayanfuri road came for quarry stones from the town, caused damages to some houses by their operations, without paying a dime to the people and said such barbaric acts cannot repeat itself.

Nana Kwapiahene reiterated that the community needed to meet the leadership of the company to agree on the requisite compensation to be paid to those whose farms have been affected, as well as the social responsibility aspect, which the company by law has to offer the community.

The quarry site

The General Manager of Akonta Quarry Limited Obuasi, Nana Owusu Bempah, when contacted on phone, said his company was prepared to settle the ‘goodwill’ package with the community any time from now, but said other outstanding issues will be taken care of when operations fully start.

From Frederick Danso Abeam, Kwapia

Two killed as explosion rocks another oil facility in Imo

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Oil facility in Imo

Two persons were killed, on Wednesday, when bomb exploded at an oil facility in Izombe, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

The explosion occurred at the facility operated by Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited.

Addax Petroleum is one of the three multinational oil companies located in the community. The other two include: American multinational corporation, Chevron and British oil company, Shell.

The incident was a suspected bomb attack on the oil facility.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the victims were the carriers of the bomb which exploded when they were trying to enter the oil facility.

Police spokesperson in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday evening.

He said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Barde, has already deployed a squad from the command’s anti-bomb unit and some of its operatives to the area to prevent a breakdown of law and order.

“Yes. It is confirmed. There was a bomb blast this morning at the facility but the commissioner has deployed our men to the site,” he said.

Mr Abattam said the command would soon release a press statement on the incident.

The latest incident comes 12 days after several persons were feared killed when an explosion rocked an illegal crude oil refinery in Abaezi forest, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of the state.

Credit: premiumtimesng.com

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