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| Latest Ghana News Ticker: | Nine dead in fatal accident on Sunyani road *Source: Citifmonline
Nine people have been confirmed dead in a fatal motor accident which occurred hours ago on the Sunyani-Brekum road.
Police say some of the dead were burnt to death beyond recognition while those who survived are currently receiving medical treatment at nearby hospitals at Sunyani.
According to the police in Sunyani, two passenger vehicles involved in the accident collided after drivers of the vehicles lost control of their cars due to a smoky weather condition on the road.
The boss of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) for Sunyani, Chief Inspector Kingsley Dompreh, told Citi News the incident occurred around 2:30 pm on Tuesday.
He added that due to the seriousness of the accident it is likely the death toll may rise. | NDC Youth Storm Parliament * Source: The Informer
To Deal With
“Lawrence Addae” Kyei Mensah-Bonsu
News Desk Report
Virtually having the field day of messing up with the Cletus Avoka-led Majority in Parliament, indications are that the uncouth liberty of the Minority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, formerly known as Lawrence Addae could soon be under siege, as the likes of Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Hannah Bissiw, Richard Quashigah and others descend on to floor of the august house as people’s representatives.
It is expected that with the Hon Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Mr. Fiifi Kwetey lacing his boots to join the pack of youthful colleagues, “Lawrence Addae” will be expose of his shallow reasoning, he has all these years used to sway Ghanaians.
With the Cletus Avoka -led majority practically asleep and unable to exorcise the unparliamentary attitude of the Minority leader, he was able to cause irreparable damage to Ghana’s parliament with the use of abusive language and total disrespect to colleagues on the floor of the house.
Capitalizing on the modesty of the majority, the Minority leader, “Lawrence Addae” Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, with his continuous misbehavior on the floor of parliament, and the usage of uncouth languages against his political opponents, all of a sudden becomes icon of his party members.
Thank God that with energetic and intellect of the like of Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Hannah Bissiw, Richard Quarshigah, as well as Fiifi Kwetey and Nii Lantey Vanderpuije busily lacing up their boots to enter parliament, the notorious “Lawrence Addae” Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu will be given a perfect match against his weak arguments.
It would be recall that the Minority leader, moving his arrogant notches higher, apart from describing Hon Doe Adjaho, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament as” whimsical and capricious”, also decided not to usher the President out of parliament as required, when the President was in the house to deliver his state of the nation address last year.
| Betty Mould wants to kill me - Minority Leader * Source: Citifmonline
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has alleged that the former Education Minister, Betty Mould-Iddrisu has threatened to kill him.
According to Mensah-Bonsu, some close confidants of Mrs. Mould-Iddrisu heard her say that she was going to deal with him by ending his life.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Tuesday, Hon. Mensah-Bonsu, who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Suame constituency stated that he is not perturbed by the threat from the former Attorney General stating that Mould-Iddrisu is incapable of carrying out such a move.
Mrs. Mould-Iddrisu resigned from her position as Education Minister on Monday which was accepted by President Mills this Tuesday.
Hon. Mensah-Bonsu has stated that he may file an official report with the police on the alleged threats by the former A-G on his Life.
"She spoke to some people who came to tell me that this is what she has told them that if I do cross her path… I should consider myself dead," the legislator alleged. "I don’t believe she is capable of executing it… however, we are all human so we have to thread with caution."
"I will discuss it with my colleagues and if we have to go to the police, we will do that,” he said.
Mrs. Mould-Iddrisu had been under pressure by the minority led by Hon. Mensah-Bonsu to resign over her handling of the payment of about GhC58 million to Mr. Alfred Woyome, while she was attorney general.
The former A-G has been accused of failing to defend the case brought against the state by Mr. Woyome resulting in the payment of such whopping sum in judgment debt paid to the NDC financier. | 18 year old man lynched for entering girls dormitory * Source: GNA An 18-year old unemployed man was at the weekend lynched after he was caught in one of the girls’ dormitories at the Amaniampong Senior High School (SHS), Asante-Mampong.
A mob attacked and beat up the deceased, Kwasi Yeboah, in the early hours of Saturday.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Iddrisu Abdulai, the Asante-Mampong Municipal Police Commander, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and said though they had made no arrest, they were investigating the unpleasant incident.
DSP Abdulai said they received a late call that somebody was being lynched at the Adiembra Low Cost Housing, a suburb of Mampong, and quickly rushed there where they found the victim lying prostrate on the ground in a weak condition and carried him to the Mampong Municipal Hospital and he was pronounced dead on arrival.
He said the body of the deceased had been deposited at Effiduase mortuary for autopsy.
Mr Fredrick Addai, the Headmaster, when reached on telephone said he was not in the school when the incident happened and could therefore not comment. | Govt donates to familiies of Tema rain disaster victims * Source: Joy FM Online The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has donated an amount of GHC 5,000 on behalf of government to the families of victims who met their untimely death when an uncompleted church building at Tema New Town collapsed on them.
Tema Mayor, Mr. Robert Kempes Ofosu Ware, said the money must be shared equally among both families to fund funeral preparations for their dead.
Wife of a 52-year-old security man, Frederick Quansah and mother of a 6-year-old Matilda Jackson received the money amidst tears. The two were crushed to death by a fallen wall at Tema New Town in last Sunday’s heavy downpour.
Mr. Ofosu cautioned developers to ensure that the right things are done when putting up such structures.
“Our taskforce and building inspectors are not many and cannot be everywhere so we are appealing to the communities to help by reporting these structures at the assembly so that the bylaws can be enforced”, the Mayor told Adom News.
Meanwhile, Pastor of the collapsed church building has been arrested and the New Town Police have started investigations into the issue.
Families of late Frederick Quansah and Matilda Jackson expressed their gratitude to government for the support.
Meanwhile, four other persons, including a 7-month-old baby who sustained various degrees of injury are responding to treatment at the Tema General Hospital. | Supreme Court orders Registrar to serve hearing notices on 2 Deputy Ministers * Source: GNA The Supreme Court (SC) has directed its Registrar to serve hearing notices on Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister of Information and Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology.
The court gave the directive on Tuesday in the case in which the two Deputy Ministers are challenging Mr Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey’s right to purchase a Government bungalow he occupied as a Minister of State.
At its sitting presided over by Mr Justice William Atuguba, the court noted that hearing notices had not been served on the two Deputy Ministers of State.
He, therefore, directed the Registrar to ensure hearing notices were served on them for the substantive issue to be heard and adjourned the case sine die.
At its previous sitting, the court unanimously dismissed preliminary objections raised by Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey, National Chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP), quizzing its jurisdiction to hear the case brought against him.
In the latter part of 2008 the two Deputy Ministers of State sued the Attorney-General, Chairman of Lands Commission and the Chief Registrar of Lands at the Lands Title Registry for allocating the property to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey.
In a writ invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the applicants prayed the court to declare that by virtue of Articles 20(5), 23, 257, 258, 265, 284 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution, the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing in the NPP Government, did not have the power to direct the sale, disposal or transfer of any government or public land to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey or any other person or body under any circumstances whatsoever.
The applicants also prayed the court to order that any such direction for the disposal, sale or outright transfer of the said property in dispute or any other public land to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was illegal and unconstitutional.
They were seeking a declaration that by virtue of Articles 20(5), 23, 257, 258, 265, 284 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution, the government was obliged to retain and continue to use, in the public interest, the property in dispute.
The applicants were also seeking a further declaration that the purported sale of the said government bungalow, located at St Mungo Street, Ridge, Accra, by the NPP government to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was in utter contravention of Articles 20(5), 23, 257, 258, 265, 284 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution.
According to the plaintiffs, the Supreme Court should order that the purported direction by the then Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, for the disposal, sale or outright transfer of the said property in dispute to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey smacked of cronyism, was arbitrary, capricious, discriminatory and a gross abuse of the discretionary power vested in a public officer under the 1992 Constitution.
They were praying the court to declare that a publication by the Chairman of Lands Commission and the Chief Registrar of Lands, which announced that the said property had been allocated to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was unconstitutional, void and must be struck out as such, since it was in contravention of Articles 20(5), 23, 257, 258, 265, 284 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution.
Furthermore, the plaintiffs were praying for an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the Chairman of Lands Commission and the Chief Registrar of Lands and their agents “From perfecting the registration of a parcel of land designated as Parcel No 29, Block 12, Section 019, in extent 1.04 acres more or less, as delineated on Registry Map No 003/019/1998, on which is situated in the Republic of Ghana Bungalow No 2, located at St Mungo Street, Ridge, Accra, in the name of Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey”.
A statement of case accompanying the writ said Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey allocated onto himself the Government bungalow in dispute as his duty post and resided at the said duty post at a huge cost to the State from 2001 to 2008, although he resigned from his public office sometime in 2007 to pursue his presidential ambition.
It said in 2001, when Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, the head office of Public Works Department carried out, at his behest, renovation to the tune of GH¢17,254 “Through Brockwell Construction & Engineering Limited, not to mention further additional refurbishment carried out at his instance to his taste at extraordinary expense to that State”.
According to the statement of case, Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey subsequently applied to the Chairman of Lands Commission and the Chief Registrar of Lands for a land title certificate to effectuate what it termed “The illegal and unconstitutional transaction”.
It said the Chairman of Lands Commission and the Chief Registrar of Lands took the above steps to regularise the grant to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey a land certificate in relation to the said property to effectuate the purported sale of the said government bungalow and plot to him.
The statement of case said, the applicants wrote to the then Attorney-General, protesting the sale of the said bungalow, but the Attorney-General replied and pointed out that the matter was a Constitutional issue.
They further argued that the then Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, did not have the power to “Direct the sale, disposal or transfer of any government or public land to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey or any person or body under such circumstances and that any such direction for the disposal, sale or outright transfer of the said property in dispute or any other public land to Mr Obetsebi-Lamptey was illegal and unconstitutional”.
The SC panel included Mr Justice Stephen Allan Brobbey, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo. Ms Justice Rose Owusu, Ms Justice Sophia Adiniyira, Mr Justice Julius Ansah, Mr Justice Jones Victor Dotse, Mr Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonney and Mrs Justice Vida Akoto-Bamfo. | Betty must explain her resignation – Prof. Ocquaye * Source: JoyFM Online The opposition New Patriotic Party is mounting pressure on the former Minister of Education Betty Mould-Iddrisu to give reasons for her resignation.
Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu’s resignation on Monday comes barely a week after Martin Amidu was fired as the Attorney General for what the Castle said was “misconduct” in the midst of his determination to retrieve over GH¢50 million paid to an NDC financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, as judgement debt.
Madam Iddrisu was the Attorney General during the controversial arrangement that led to the payment. The NPP minority MPs had called on the president to fire her.
Even though she has resigned on her own, the minority in parliament are not satisfied. Second Deputy speaker of parliament Professor Mike Ocquaye is demanding detailed explanation.
He told Joy News’ Parliamentary Correspondent, Sammy Darko that Mrs Mould-Iddrisu must explain her exact role in the payment of the huge amount.
“A resignation does not absolve from either legal or moral liability. A resignation does not answer all the questions that the public needs to know.”
Prof. Ocquaye suspects that certain disclosures were made in the meeting held at the Castle, where Mr Amidu was reported to have misconducted himself in the presence of the president.
He said it would be “farcical and it would be a joke” for the former Education Minister to keep the reasons from the public and wait till she is invited by a mandated body before making any disclosures.
Meanwhile, a pressure group, the Progressive Nationalist Forum, is demanding the prosecution of Betty Mould Iddrissu and Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffour prosecuted for causing financial loss to the state.
The PNF accuses Mrs. Iddrissu of committing an offence by facilitating the payment of the money to Alfred Woyome.
It also wants Deputy A-G Ebo Barton Odro removed and Martin Amidu reinstated within 17 days to pursue the legal process to recover the sum of 51 million cedis to the state.
For the time being, Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey, the Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance, told Joy News’ Dzifa Bampoh that there was merit in the call by Prof. Ocquaye.
“Yes I think there is merit. First of all on grounds of accountability to the public, the public has the right to know and this is a matter of great interest.” | Dr Sakara joins CPP flagbearership race * Source: GNA Accra, Jan 25, GNA - Dr. Foster Abu Sakara, the running mate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) in the 2008 elections on Wednesday picked up a nomination form at the Party’s headquarters to contest the flagbearership slot of the CPP.
A statement issued and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra by him said the decision was to contest for the privilege to lead the CPP into the 2012 general election campaign as its candidate to become the President of the Republic of Ghana.
Dr Abu Sakara, an Independent Consultant, is a specialist in Agriculture and Rural Development with a stellar career in international agricultural development.
It explained that Dr. Abu Sakara’s political affiliation with the Party dated from his late father Mr. S. S. Sakara, who served as a CPP Regional Party Secretary.
It also noted that his father served in Ghana’s first republic as a District Commissioner and Member of Parliament for Damongo-Daboya, West Gonja.
“Dr. Abu Sakara following the tradition of his father has also served the CPP as its Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2008 General elections, first National Vice Chairman and chairman of Organizational Committee from 2007 to 2011,” it added.
The statement said Dr Abu Sakara was passionate about the renewal of the CPP to its restoration to government to transform the lives of ordinary Ghanaians.
It said the vision of Dr. Abu Sakara for Ghana was for it to be “the jewel in Africa’s crown of achievement” giving inspiration to all Africans everywhere to reach their full potential.
This, he claimed could be achieved in the lifetime of his generation if Ghanaians commit themselves to pragmatic choices for good governance, economic growth and social development based on sound time tested principles of freedom, justice for all, equal opportunity and right to work.
According to the contender of the CPP flagbearership the country needed fundamental changes to some systems of governance to empower ordinary people to effectively hold politicians accountable at every level of government in real time and not after the fact.
The 54 years old, said the mistakes of economic policies that lead to unacceptable gaps between rich and poor with all of the attendant social vices must be avoided now.
Dr. Abu Sakara, is married to Mary-Lily Kafela Tigenoah, an Economist and Business Administrator with four children. | Two remanded over cocaine and heroin * Source: GNA Accra, Jan. 23, GNA - Two persons on Monday appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly dealing in drugs.
Hamza Mohammed, 20, is being held for possessing 46 wrappers of cocaine and 14 wrappers of heroine while his accomplice Kweku Bagnada, 35, is being charged for supplying narcotic drugs without lawful authority.
They have pleaded not guilty and the court presided over by Mrs Audrey Kocuvie-Tay remanded them into police custody to reappear on February 6.
Meanwhile, Mohammed had told the court that Bagnada was not the supplier of the drugs and that because he was tortured by the Police he mentioned the name of Bagnada so the Police could stop the torture.
Mr George Asamaning, counsel for Mohammed argued that Bagnada was not an accomplice of his client.
He said when the Police went to search the house of Bagnada, they only saw pieces of papers.
“No drugs were found on Bagnada. If someone is arrested over pieces of papers, then teachers and workers in printing houses would all be arrested because they use papers a lot,” counsel said.
Mr Asamaning said the facts did not support the charges and therefore prayed the court to admit Bagnada to bail.
When the case investigator was called by the court, he indicated that it was some special papers that were found on Bagnada.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Charles Abadamlora told the court that on December 20, last year, the Police Highway Patrol Team stopped a vehicle with registration number GT 76 28 C at La Aplaku.
During a search, 46 wrappers of cocaine and 14 wrappers of heroine were found wrapped in a polythene bag hidden in the pocket of Mohammed, a businessman.
When he was quizzed, ASP Abadamlora said Mohammed told the Police he was sent by a certain whiteman and mentioned Bagnada as his source.
A team of Policemen met Bagnada at Tema Community Nine where he led the Police to his house and two weighing scales scissors and papers were found.
The substances were also forwarded to the Ghana Standards Authority for examination and on January 18, this year, results of the test indicated that the substances were cocaine and heroin, all weighing 6,487 grammes. | Best Offer: | | | | | Latest Ghana News - Main Page |
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