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Don’t blame EC for your failure, you couldn’t collate your results in 2016 – Sammi Awuku to NDC

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The New Patriotic Party‘s National Organiser, Sammi Awuku has refuted claims by the NDC that the Electoral Commission (EC) and the National Identification Authority (NIA) are in league to rig the elections in favour of the ruling government.

To him, it will be near impossible, even a “miracle” for such an action to succeed.

“We have never relied on the Electoral Commission since 1992…in today’s Ghana, it will be a miracle and an accident in history for the chairperson of the EC and her commissioners to rig the elections for a political party; it will be difficult,” he said while contributing to a panel discussion on Peace FM morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, Friday.

NDC’s Allegations

The NDC, at two press conferences this week, said activities being undertaken by the NIA and the EC ahead of the 2020 polls were all geared towards rigging the elections.

The opposition party had earlier posited that the use of the National Identification card and passport as evidence of identification during registration despite the limited number of Ghanaians who have these requirements, was unfortunate.

National Chairman of the NDC, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo and NDC’s Director of Elections, Mr. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, at two separate media briefings on Tuesday and Thursday respectively, said the EC Chairperson and Executive Director of National Identification Authority (NIA) intended to rig the elections by denying about 11 million Ghanaians – the majority of them from the stronghold of the NDC – the Ghana Card which would enable them to take part in the EC’s planned compilation of new voters register.

They contend that the decision by the EC to use the Ghana Card and passport as the only required documents to get registered as voters was a calculated plan as part of the rigging process as many people would be disenfranchised.

“As we predicted, the Ghana card registration process by the NIA has been very slow such that till date, the process which commenced with a pilot in late 2017 and was supposed to be completed in one year, has been able to register only 11,062,055 out of about 19 million Ghanaians (15 years and above) who are eligible to be registered.

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Even more bizarre is the fact that out of this 11 million Ghanaians who have been registered, only 7,074,048 have been issued with cards (per NIA’s own website https:nia.gov.gh) as at 2nd May 2020),” Samuel Ofosu Ampofo explained.

Rebuttal

Sammi Awuku, however, disagrees.

He pointed out that under no circumstances would the ruling party even consider the idea.

“NDC shouldn’t think the EC can rig the election . . . the NPP reject the NDC’s accusation that we are inactive connivance with the Electoral Commission and the NIA,” he said.

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NDC Did Not Collate Results

Sammi Awuku urged the opposition party to rather focus on how to be vigilant at the polling stations instead of making unfounded allegations.

This is because the NDC failed to be vigilant in 2016 and that led to their defeat.

“NDC, I can confidently tell you; they couldn’t collate their results in 2016… they didn’t even know where they lost and where they won,” Mr Awuku said, adding “you can’t blame the EC for your inability to open your eyes”.

 

Source: Peace FM

Farmer who butchers pregnant wife arrested after failed suicide attempt

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Simon Kwabena, a 42-year-old farmer who allegedly butchered his eight-month-old pregnant wife to death has been arrested by the police.

The incident happened at Kankyekura, a farming community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti region.

The suspect, who tried to commit suicide after the act was also found lying in a pool of blood under a tree in a bush, with multiple wounds on his abdomen and his intestines gushing out.

Mr Daniel Kunyowu, former Assemblyman of the electoral area told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the community members found the suspect lying in the bush and rushed him to the St. Joseph Hospital after making a report to the police.

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The former Assemblyman said the suspect was later referred to the Kpando Hospital for treatment due to the severity of his condition.

He said on May 20, 2020, about 1700 hours, he had a call from the community that a pregnant woman butchered by her husband was found in a pool of blood.
Mr Kunyowu said the pregnant woman was also rushed to St. Joseph Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

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He said it was later found out that the pregnant woman was butchered by Simon Kwabena, who after the act tried to commit suicide.

Mr. Lawson Lartey, Nkwanta South Municipal Police Commander confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency and said investigations were on-going.

 

GNA

JUST IN: May validation begins;Newly Trained Teachers paid salary arrears

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Newly Trained Teachers have been paid their salary arrears including their May salaries after continuous agitations amidst the COVID-19 unfortunate break.

The newly trained teachers complained of been neglected at the time they were ready for biometric registration, of which the outbreak of the pandemic affected negatively.

In May 2020, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) rescheduled for their biometric registration to be able to pay them their salaries in May 2020.

The Salary payment voucher for May 2020 has been issued for validation after it has delayed.

confirmation from validators indicated a positive response from CAGD in the pocket of the newly trained teachers, as they were paid their outstanding salaries.

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Validation delays

The May 2020 salary payment voucher delayed hence a delay in the validation of employees for payment.

There were media reports which suggest that CAGD was encountering some technical challenges.

he Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has debunked rumours that it has encountered a technical challenge for the month of May as it tries to make ESPV validation for government workers on the payroll ready for salaries to be paid.

In a statement issued by the CAGD, the viral publication is null and void adding that all public workers should disregard the earlier information in the various news portals.

 

Source: EducationGhana.net

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Another ‘apple’ tree discovered in Teiman-Abokobi

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Another 'apple' tree discovered in Teiman-Abokobi

Self-styled farmer, Yaw Antwi Boadu has poured scorn on assertions that apple trees cannot survive in Ghana.

Last week, the news went viral that an apple tree had been sighted in Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region. The news was monumental because for so long the notion was that apple fruits could not survive in Ghana due to the climate and soil composition.

The excitement which greeted the Wiamoase apple discovery was however shortlived when it was discovered that it was rather a fig tree after horticulturalists took samples to the laboratory for testing.

But Yaw Antwi Boadu says the fact that the Wiamoase discovery turned out to be a hoax is not an affirmation that apple trees and fruits cannot survive in Ghana.

Yaw Boadu who has planted varieties of crops including an apple tree in his garden noted that this paradise apple tree he’s planted for almost three years should be ready for consumption by next month.

He told the news team that toured his fruit garden that “I think anything is possible once you set your mind to it…with this prove it shows that it is possible and can be done”.

Revealing his secret on how this ‘wonder’ apple tree is still surviving despite the preconceived ideas Ghanaians have on planting apples, he indicated that Ghana’s very own loamy soil coupled with animal droppings as manure for his plant is doing the magic for him.

Mr Boadu also admitted that all has not been rosy since he decided to start farming at home as part of his hobby.

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Narrating his ordeal to the news team who toured his farm Thursday, May 21, 2020 he professed that, the first batch of seedlings he planted died due to pest attack and not enough manure to sustain it.

He told GhanaWeb that “I started in 2017, I brought the first set of seedlings into the country, I planted, they all died. The manure that I put in the hole had not decomposed enough then so they all died. Then I brought another set, those set survived. Two of them started fruiting but they also died. I’m sure some pests of insects attacked them but this is the only one that is left now and this is the first fruit on it”.

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“I do it for fun. I have an app to just identify fruits or plants that I have…we can take a picture of the leaf or fruit and it will show you what it is. So that will give you that confidence…”

Mr Boadu is yet to contact experts to get his apple tree tested and affirmed

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

JUST IN: NPP Teachers network donates to Ketu South Health Directorate to support COVID-19 fight

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Joseph Kwami Degley, Municipal Director of Health Services for Ketu South was grateful for the donat

Teachers in the Volta region affiliated to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) – NPP Teachers Network, has donated some items to the Ketu South Municipal Health Directorate in support of COVID-19 fight.

The items included 25 disposable towels, four boxes of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, gallons of liquid soap, six-packs of disposable hand gloves, and 50 pieces of locally-made nose masks.

Mr Frank Donkor, Regional Coordinator of the Network said the gesture would be extended to other districts in the Region to complement the government’s efforts of providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to health facilities.

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“We appreciate what government is doing in areas of provision of PPE and because some of these things are discarded after a single use, we thought it wise to put ourselves together and contribute something to complement efforts of government with the hope that it helps in the fight against this COVID-19,” he said.

Mr Joseph Kwami Degley, Municipal Director of Health Services for Ketu South was grateful for the donation.

“We want to thank you for your donation. I’m pretty sure the Parliamentary Candidate knows why he wants you to start from here. I can say that we have contributed to half of the entire cases in the Volta Region so, it’s very timely that you’re here to donate these items to us,” he said.

Mr Degley said, “we have supplies from our employers, that’s the Ghana Health Service and we continue to receive donations from philanthropists like your group and I always say that these items are given to us for the betterment of the clients who come to us and also to prevent us from getting the virus and so, we’ll use them for the purpose for which you brought them.”

Source: GNA

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UCC, UEW lead in fake certificates by public sector employees – Audit Service

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The University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the University of Education Winneba (UEW) confirmed the highest number of fake and unverified certificates by public sector employees, MyNewsGh.com reports

According to the Ghana Audit Service Payroll Report, the University of Cape Coast confirmed 45 certificates as fake submitted by public sector workers for employment, and 2,986 as unverified certificates.

The University of Education Winneba, on the other hand, did not confirm any fake certificates but has not been able to verify 8,967 certificates submitted by public sector workers for employment.

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The University of Ghana and the KNUST confirmed 16 and 0 fake certificates, as well as two and 46 unverified certificates respectively.

In all, 19,346 were submitted with only 7,284 confirmed. A whooping 12,001 are the number of certificates unverified.

To ascertain the authenticity of the outstanding doubtful academic certificates, the Ghana Audit Service provided data to the heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies/Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to liaise with the awarding institutions to confirm and submit a report for its further review within 3 months after the publication of this report.

The Ministry of Education recorded the highest number of 11,518 certificates unverified whilst 53 are fake.

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It is followed by the Local Government Service and Ministry of Health with unverified certificates of 141 and 101 as well as fake certificates of three and one respectively.

The Interior and Finance Ministries recorded 56 and 26 unverified certificates, whilst the Judicial Service registered 18 unverified certificates.

The Auditor-General urged heads of the affected MDAs/MMDAs to conduct further investigation and institute disciplinary action against the 62 employees whose certificates were declared by the universities as fake.

Source: My News GH

 

Seven coronavirus police officers in Bolgatanga fully recover

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All Seven police officers in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional Capital who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed from the Ghana Health Service (GHS).

The officers comprising one female and six males were found to have contracted the virus in line of duty and therefore had to be isolated and treated in the Region.

According to verified police sources, the first batch of infections involved a policeman who was on escort duties to the Upper East Region while the other was also returning to his duty post in the same region after holidays faced the same fate.

It has also been confirmed that about 137 personnel from the Upper East Regional Police Command were asked to self-isolate and their samples were taken for testing at Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) but it turned out they are free from the virus.

Meanwhile, Twenty (20) COVID-19 patients of the Upper East Region out of a total of 26 patients have recovered fully from the virus, according to the Upper East Regional Minister Tangoba Abayage.

According to her, authorities have certified the patients fully recovered bring the total active cases in the region to 6.

“I have great news in the Upper East Region! 20 out of the 26 cases of COVID-19 in the Region have recovered. We thank God and all who have helped to make this possible. They’re part of us and need love; not stigma!” She posted on social media.ol

Oppong Nkrumah’s impersonator granted GHC12,000 bail

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Ellis Ferdinand
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A 31-year-old Nigerian woman has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit for impersonating the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah and other ministers to defraud unsuspecting victims to the tune of about GHC10,000.

According to the police, the accused person, Vivian Sajida Imran, together with her husband, Prince Joel, currently at large, has been charged with eight counts of falsely pretending to be a public officer and defrauding under false pretence.

She was granted bail in the sum of GHC12,000.00 with two sureties, one of whom must be a public servant, earning not less than GHC1,200 after her lawyer prayed the court to grant her bail.

Presenting the facts of the case to the court on Friday, State Prosecutor Detective Frederick Sarpong told the court that in April, the accused persons used the names of Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah; Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway; and the Deputy National Security Minister, Henry Quartey, to create multiple Facebook accounts and pretended to be ministers.

According to the detective, the first and the second accused suspects, through online chats and phone calls informed their unsuspecting victims that they could secure them jobs at Tema Oil Refinery, Ghana Gas or COCOBOD.

Following this, the suspects requested the victims to pay various amounts to mobile money accounts in order for their application forms and interviews to be facilitated.

The monies amounting to about GH¢10,200 were paid to their mobile money accounts. The prosecutor told the court that a search conducted in the suspect’s rooms revealed six mobile phones, including the three mobile money numbers, used to receive the monies from the victims.

He explained that an order of the court was sought and a forensic examination was carried out on the retained mobile phones. One of them was found to contain a SIM number which had been registered in the name of the first accused person.

The same number was found to be the final destination where the ‘booties’ obtained from the victims were transferred and later withdrawn.
During investigations, the prosecutor said the first accused person admitted being the owner of the mobile money number. With the number in hand, the police contacted the victims, and they narrated their ordeal.

The case has been adjourned to June 3, 2020, as efforts are being made to track the second accused person.

Amudu Tanko’s appointment to Supreme Court bench will inspire Zongo youth – NPP Nasara Coordinator

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Justice Amadu Tanko

The National Nasara Coordinator of the governing New Patriotic Party has commended the newly-sworn in Supreme Court Justice, Amadu Tanko, for his historic ascension to the apex court.

Alhaji Abdul Aziz Haruna Futa said the remarkable and historic rise of Justice Tanko will inspire many youth in the Zongo community.

Justice Amadu Tanko made history when he was nominated by President Akufo-Addo as the first Muslim to be considered for the Supreme Court.

He, along with three others, was approved by Parliament and sworn into office on Friday.

“I am extremely happy by the achievements of Justice Tanko and I want to really congratulate him and thank Allah for what He has done for him,” said Abdul Aziz Futa.

“I am excited by the historic rise of Justice Tanko not because he is a fellow Muslim or a fellow Zongo ‘boy’. I am happy because of what his success will do to many young people in the Zongos and across the country.

“His well-deserved elevation will inspire a lot of young people in the Zongo community. It will tell them that if you study hard and you remain committed, you can also make it up there.”

In Ghana’s 63-year history, no Muslim has ever been nominated to serve on the Supreme Court, and Abdul Aziz has commended President Akufo-Addo for the historic nomination of Justice Tanko.

“Justice Tanko’s nomination is well-deserved and I think President Akufo-Addo did so well by nominating Justice Tanko as the first Muslim to the Supreme Court.”

“President Akufo-Addo has done so well and he needs to be commended for his vision of inclusiveness,” Abdul Aziz added.

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

EC to update Parliament on preparations towards Election 2020 next week

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Ellis Ferdinand
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Jean Mensa is Electoral Commission Chair

The Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC) would next week provide an update to Parliament on its preparations towards the conduct of Ghana’s 2020 general elections, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said.

He was, however, not firm on the exact day as he was still in consultations with the Commission and has asked the Chairman of the Special Budget Committee to do further checks.

The Majority Leader made the announcement on the floor of the House in Osu, in response to concerns raised by Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader and MP for Tamale South, and Mr Governs Kwame Agbodza, MP for Adaklu, after the reading of the Business Statement for the Second Week of the current meeting.

With less than seven months for the nation to go for the general polls, Mr Agbodza said, “it is important the Chairperson is brought to update the House,” and anything short this is an act of preventing Members of Parliament, the people’s representatives to interact with the EC so that we can report back to our constituents to prepare adequately for this year’s elections.”

Mr Agbodza said general elections in Ghana are a big issue and with a few months to the elections, a lot of information is going round on which the EC must brief the House on.

He recalled that in the time of Madam Charlotte Osei, the former chair of the EC, she was in the House at a closed-door meeting, at which MPs had the opportunity to elicit responses regarding its preparedness towards the elections.

Mr Agbodza said there is the need for the nation to have free and fair elections and the House must be updated on how prepared the EC was towards attaining that goal.

Minority Leader Iddrisu said he wanted a definite answer on when the EC was coming to the House for the briefing so that the House could work on all the necessary Constitutional Instruments required.

Mr Iddrisu called on the Ministry of Finance to make timely releases to the House to execute its work.

Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said the programme and budget for the 2020 general elections have been set out in the 2020 budget but further details could still be elicited from the Commission.

 

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