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My NDC Affiliation Has Partially Affected My Career – John Dumelo

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John Dumelo says campaigning for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2012 and 2016 elections made movie producers to sideline him.

Speaking in an interview with Agyeman Prempeh on the Power Entertainment on Power 97.9FM, Saturday, 13 June 2020, the actor and politician said, “It has somehow hurt my career. 2012 and 2016 it affected me especially, It affected me more when the NDC lost the 2016 elections most of the producers I worked with left me.”

“I knew the outcome [of endorsing the NDC] So, I wasn’t worried,” the father of one added.

Mr Dumelo, who’s contesting for Member of Parliament in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency on the ticket of the opposition NDC believes everything is political in Ghana.

“Ghana everything is political, you understand,” Mr Dumelo said. “Everything is the NDC and the NPP. Even in our workplaces which isn’t politics we do politics there. So, in the movie industry it is not different. Reason I know everything is politicized in Ghana.”

“If that’s the way forward we won’t progress because always we’ll do things in party lines. NDC, NPP even if there’s a contract or endorsement they’d treat it as NDC, NPP,” He added.

He urged Ghanaians to desist from politicizing everything and put Ghana first. That way, he said we can move on as a nation.

“I think the best [thing] is to put Ghana first. Once you put Ghana first, it’d depoliticise the current system. If you’ve Ghana first then political is secondary. It will end the victimization. If you look at me despite all and sundry knowing I belong to the NDC I always try to put Ghana first and once everyone does that everything will be okay,” he concluded.

John Dumelo joined via phone other celebrities to share their experience on the topic, “Effects of Endorsing Political Party as a Celebrity”.

 

Source:Ghana/myxyzonline.com/93.1Mhz

Endorsing NDC Didn’t Hurt My Acting Career – Mr Beautiful

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Deputy Information minister struggles to dismiss NDC’s Green book

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The Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, on Saturday, struggled to justify that the National Democratic Congress Green book of achievement was full of illusions.

A week after President Nana Akufo-Addo said the largest opposition party’s unprecedented projects only existed in the book, his deputy minister insisted those words came in a context.

“We must put the president’s comment in context and not be simplistic about it. My understanding is that it was a fair suggestion to make. It was misleading and misrepresentation on the NDC’s part.

“They claimed riding on the road could let you fall asleep but all these were all fantasies, he said on Newsfile, a current affairs programme on Joy FM.

He added that the Mahama-led NDC’s unprecedented achievements did not exist on the ground.

“If you go to page 60 of the green book. These projects were listed as Mahama projects. The Kpone water works, the Kwahu Ridge Waterworks, Konongo water project, Wa Water project…They were stated as John Mahama projects.

“If you take a look at the 2007 budget, you’ll notice the aforementioned projects was listed in the budget so it is indeed misleading,” he as defended the President.

But the host of the programme insisted that Mr Hadzide point out projects that did not exist in the book to which, the deputy minister said it was full of artist impressions.

He said the Atuabo port project, but Samson Lardi Anyenini explained that the book made it clear that it was an artist impression.

He said the NDC must know that infrastructure development was not about trophy projects in Accra or some few regional capitals.

“Infrastructure has to permeate the whole spectrum from the base. If you are talking about unprecedented, it truly does not exist in the green book. We have been going around, even in Accra, the infrastructure deficit is so huge,” he said.

The deputy minister argued that the NDC must not take credit for the various infrastructural development being enjoyed by Ghanaians.

The president contended that the so-called project was mainly a fantasy created by the NDC.

But, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, taking his turn said that former President Mahama never mentioned anywhere that he completed all the various projects as is being propagated by the NPP-led administration.

“I was part of those who drafted the book and l am telling you on authority that there is not a single project in this book that does not exist on the ground today or at the time we were doing it or that its status was known.

“I have no doubt in every introduction former President Mahama made.He made it clear that these projects were ongoing or in some cases, contracts were awarded. You should also bear in mind projects just materialise.

“They go through a process. So, l am saying for the record that there is not a single project that was captured in the book that does not exist on the ground.

He stated that the government could not argue on the basis of only five pictures out of the 584 infrastructural projects in the green book.

“The president said that the unprecedented infrastructure exists only in the green book and not on the ground. This is not the first time the president is saying this.

“Four years, President Akufo-Addo has been waging a war of affliction on the green book. The first time he said this was on an NPP platform in 2016.

“He was very specific that the green book was filled with artistic impressions which is not so,” he stated.

The debate on the current affairs programme took over the trends on social media.

Source: Ghanareport

Suhum NDC Parliamentary Candidate donates to private teachers

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Dozens of private school teachers in the Suhum Constituency who were rendered jobless by COVID-19 can now heave a sigh of relief, after Amanda Okyere Kwatia, the parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) went to their rescue with some food items.

Life had become unbearable for the teachers, whose employers are unable to pay them ever since basic schools were shut down following the outbreak of the pandemic.

But on Saturday– Madam Kwatia who donated bags of rice, boxes of vegetable oil among other food items– indicated that she was honored to have cushioned the young teachers from the economic shocks of the Coronavirus pandemic.

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“I wish I can do more but I am consoled that this gesture will cushion them in these difficult period as we battle the Pandemic,” the politician said.

Although the Akufo-Addo Government has pledged to support businesses that had been hard by the impact of the pandemic, it is yet to reach out to private schools most of whose staff have gone months without salaries.

In an appeal, Amanda Okyere Kwatia urged the Government to support private teachers to be able to cater for their families.

” I will like to use this opportune moment to call on the government not to continuously forget the people of Suhum, they deserve to be supported, they deserve to benefit from the much vaunted government stimulus package,” she stressed.

Madam Kwatia also took the opportunity to sensitize the residents in the area on the dangers of the virus and the need for them to observe the safety protocols as the country’s case count goes beyond 11,000.

Amanda, who is contesting the NPP’s Opare Ansah in the upcoming parliamentary elections in December, also urged the residents to throw their support behind NDC flagbearer John Mahama and vote for him for better policies that will transform the lives of rural and urban dwellers.

 

By Henryson Okrah/myxyzonline.com

New register: ‘NDC’s relief is to protect voters from corrupt EC’ – Agbemava

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Ellis Ferdinand
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A private legal practitioner and member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Elikplim Agbemava, has explained that the party has not lost focus on the reason for which it dragged the Electoral Commission (EC) to the Supreme Court.

This comes after NDC’s lawyer, Godwin Edudzi Tamekloe, withdrew the party’s relief seeking to stop the Electoral Commission (EC) from compiling a new voters’ register at the last hearing.

The NDC is holding on to the relief for the Jean Mensa-led EC to include the voter’s ID card as proof of identity during the registration exercise.

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Jean Mensah, EC Chairperson

The decision got many wondering why the party, which mounted a vigorous campaign against the compilation of the new voters’ register, would shift the goalposts and push for the existing voters’ ID cards to be a requirement for the new electoral roll.

In a post breaking down the complexity of the matter, Lawyer Agbemava said, ”
The NDC has not abandoned its demand for the EC to drop the re registration of voters.”

“There are two activities the EC proposes to undertake. First is the registration of first time voters. The NDC is not and never will be opposed to this activity.”

Second is the invalidation of existing voter ID cards and re registration of old voters based on new requirements and ground rules. This is what the NDC is opposed to,” he clarified.

The once failed NDC flagbearer aspirant noted “the NDC is opposed to a registration exercise that will lead to a disenfranchisement of old voters. So we have been on record to be opposed to this activity so that if it does not take place old voters will still have and keep their existing IDs and statuses as voters. ”

“Put differently a re registration exercise can take place only if every single existing voter will not lose his or her right to vote as a result of the new rules applicable under a new re registration exercise,” Agbemava added.

He further explained, “so put in proper context an enforcement of the right to vote by the anchoring of the NDC case at the Supreme Court on the inclusion of old voter IDs on the list of verification requirements is a two edged sword.”

He observed that the NDC’s decision at the Apex Court last week was seeking to
“protect the right to vote of millions of Ghanaians who do not have the Ghana card, passport or anybody to vouch for them.”

” It will also not put Ghanaians at the mercy of corrupt EC and NPP officials who will only accept NPP vouches and reject any person who is vouched for by a n NDC community member,” he stated.

He further explained the registration exercise will take place at the polling stations and the polling stations are very small units where peoples political lineages are known.

“That is why some think it is possible to vouch for somebody in the first place.”

Concluding his narration, Lawyer Agbemava, a lead counsel at E.L Agbemava Law Office, noted, the inclusion of the old voter ID as a verification document as the NDC agreed in the court “will render useless any re registration exercise because it will serve no useful purpose but cause financial loss.”

By Henryson Okrah/myxyzonline.com

Omanhene of Dormaa angry after John Boadu called Chiefs “lawless”

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Ellis Ferdinand
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Akufo-Addo confirms Health Minister’s coronavirus status

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Ellis Ferdinand
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has confirmed the health status of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, who has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus.

According to him, the hardworking Health Minister contracted the Coronavirus in the line of duty.

“Let us also wish our hardworking Minister for Health, Hon. Kwaku Agyeman Manu, MP for Dormaa Central, a speedy recovery from the virus, which he contracted in the line of duty, and is in a stable condition,” Akufo-Addo said in his 11th televised address to the nation.

Akufo-Addo expressed his condolence to the family of the Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Anthony K.K Sam, who passed away as a result of contracting the novel Coronavirus.

To him, K.K Sam’s “efforts in enforcing social distancing protocols at the Sekondi and Takoradi markets were, recently, highly commended by me…May his soul rest in perfect peace in the bosom of the Almighty until the Last Day of the Resurrection, when we shall all meet again.”

Ghana has currently recorded 11,964 Coronavirus cases with 4,258 recoveries and 54 deaths.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

JUST IN: UGMC is not a resort for resting – Ghanaians to Health Minister

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Social media users have reacted with doubt to the Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu’s claim that he has not contracted the novel coronavirus disease, but is taking some rest at the University of Ghana Medical Centre(UGMC) while receiving medication for his diabetes.

Earlier on Saturday June 14, 2020 reports said that the Minister had been hospitalised at the UGMC and was responding to treatment for COVID-19 after testing positive.

But Broadcast  journalist with Despite Media  Afia Pokuaa contradicted the reports, saying that Mr Agyeman Manu had told her that he had not tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease and was merely resting while taking his diabetes medication.

However many on social media have cast doubt on the minister’s COVID-19 denial:

“UG Medical Centre isn’t a branch of Golden  Tulip, neither is it a Spa. You can’t be taking rest there. It’s a COVID Treatment Centre,” write Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie on Facebook.

“Who rests in a Hospital?” Abdul Mumin Mohammed wondered.

The government has designated the UGMC for the treatment of COVID-19 patients who are VIPs such as Ministers, ambassadors and other high ranking officials.

 

NDC gains 57% against NPP in Latest JoyNews Poll; Ghanaians give top reasons for choosing NDC over NPP

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Ellis Ferdinand
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The Joynews polls on who wins the 2020 has seen over 42,000 votes. The NDC has obtained 57% whiles the NPP has 43% so far. This trend is not likely to change due to the comments that keep pouring in on the polls.

The election 2020 polls by Joynews is simply churning out a result that is becoming a nightmare of supporters of the ruling NPP. They seem to have lost their voices on the polls as many share their fears and frustrations about the government of the day.

Comments on the polls have revealed that, voters feel the NDC will win the 2020 elections because the party is not as corrupt as the NPP and that, with all the negative things, said about John Dramani Mahama, he appears a better angel and that Akufo-Addo has messed up.

In the view of others, John Dramani Mahama has proven an angel in this enterprise.

Sampled views on the Economy, Development and Infrastructure, Freedom of speech, Corruption, and more are shared below.

Economy

The dollar we were told could be managed better under Bawumiah is suffocating the cedi and Buwumia has no antidote.

Development and Infrastructure

Again the NPP has been accused of talking more than doing what is necessary while NDC talks less and does more. Had it not be covid19 most projects in the green book we were told were photoshops would not have popped up as the reality on the ground.

We need NDC to continue with the massive infrastructure projects started by JM, which will catapult our nation into a resilience economy for us all.

Just a few days ago, the so-called competent government supervised the construction of rail lines which were washed away, and in some instances, even the metals were washed away and cannot be traced. This kind of wastage is at a different stage.

Freedom of speech

One big worry of social media users is the fear that has gripped many who can not speak out for fear of being intimidated. “fear of speech” was what one comment used. NDC will surely win… Because the leadership of the party is visionary, not a tyrant, and also listens to the people.

Corruption

The corruption in this government is stinking. NDC needs to come back and save the country from total destruction by the NPP government.

The NPP is not honest with the people. They create slogans and make the media hype them as though something is happening but on the ground, it’s zero.

General Views

The general hardship is just unbearable. NDC is the only way out! Akuffo Addo government is a mess and total waste of time, money, and state resources.

In 2016 and after experiencing his leadership for 3 years, I can confidently say, I made a mistake. The only PROMINENT thing he has been able to achieve is the FSHS. Every other promise was a MIRAGE.

It is obvious the Akyem government is losing its grounds. It has successfully tarnished the image of Mr. Alan Kyeremateng who obviously could have succeeded President Nana Addo.

The Ashantis are peeved and would definitely kick Nana out. Again, This government was accused by social media users for having little to show with regards to infrastructure vis-à-vis their borrowings.

With JM promising to maintain the teacher trainee allowances, it is a done deal for John Dramani Mahama to win the 2020 elections.

What is your take on this?

“Pius is the English Version of Wontumi” – Social Media teases Pius Hadzide over ‘Poor’ Performance on Joy Fm

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Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide had a sizzling and tough time on Joy FM’s Newsfile today June 13, 2020, in his attempt to ridicule projects captured in the opposition NDC’s green book.

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