Public Varsities Bill: Mahama’s call for withdrawal smacks of desperation – Edu Ministry

June 14, 2020 by with 0 comment

The Ministry of Education says former President John Dramani Mahama call for the withdrawal of the Public Universities Bill, 2020, without assigning any cogent reason is a clear demonstration of how desperate the former leader is in his attempt to seek for re-election. …

Public Univ Bill: UG teachers initiate impeachment process against UTAG Nat’l Prez

June 13, 2020 by with 0 comment

The University of Ghana (UG) branch of University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has initiated impeachment proceedings against their National President for not serving their interest in the Public Universities Bill, 2020, which is currently before Parliament for consideration and approval.

The resolution for commencement of the impeachment process was passed at an emergency meeting held on Thursday, June,11, 2020.

A statement issued by UG-UTAG and jointly signed by Dr. Samuel Kojo Kwofie, Vice-President, UG-UTAG and Dr. Bethel Kwansa-Bentum, Secretary, said the National President is not serving the interest of members in the Public Universities Bill matter.

“UG-UTAG has observed that the demeanor and public utterances of the National President suggest that he is not committed to carrying out the mandate of the public universities which is advocating for the withdrawal or rejection of the PUB by the Executive or Parliament respectively.

“Per Article XXIV Clause 1 and Article XXV Clause 1 of the UTAG National Constitution, we have initiated impeachment proceedings against the National President”, the statement in part read.

Hate speech pastor arrested, charged and caged

June 9, 2020 by with 0 comment

A self-styled ‘man of God’, Kwabena Owusu Adjei, who threatened President Akufo-Addo and the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensa, has been arrested, charged and remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit Court. The Presiding Judge, Emmanuel Essandoh, delivering his ruling, reminded Ghanaians about hate speech since it could land any offender in jail. The pastor was arrested Tuesday, June 9, 2020, by operatives of the National Security following a comment he made against the President of the Republic and Jean Mensa. In a footage which has since gone viral, the 56-year-old man was head saying President Akufo-Addo “would not finish his four-year term”, adding that he will suffer a similar fate just like his father, Edward Akufo-Addo, who was overthrown as President of the Second Republic in 1972. “There is no way he can hold on to this power. God is my witness, hallelujah”, the pastor is head as saying in the footage. Turning the heat on the EC boss, he said “If Jean Mensa things she was not born of a woman …and do another register, she should go ahead and do the register and she will die”. But while in the dock, the self-styled pastor pleaded not guilty to charges of threats on a public official, offensive conduct and having in his possession, a substance suspected to be Indian hemp (weed). Prior to delivering his speech, the Judge said “Talk is cheap but even as a child we are told not to speak against our elders or say things that will put us in trouble”. He added “Although we have free speech, we should always be guided by what we say. All of us here must take note”. The case had been adjourned to June 23, 2020.

Existing voters ID are fruits of a ‘poisoned tree’ – EC tells Supreme Court

June 9, 2020 by with 0 comment

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana says it is unable to comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to clean the existing voters album by clearing all names of persons that used the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Card as proof of identify as Ghanaians to register because of challenges in identifying such names. …

I erred; please forgive me – Japan Burger begs Bryan Acheampong

June 8, 2020 by with 0 comment

A resident of Abetifi, one Eric Ansong, whose property has become the center of controversy in his tussle with the Minister of State at the Ministry of the Interior, Bryan Acheampong, has sent a note to the security capo, pleading for forgiveness over his indiscreet actions against him.

Ansong, popularly known in Abetifi as Japan Burger, also wants the Hon. Acheampong to disregard all the allegations he’s levelled against him in connection to his property which shares a wall with him.

Additionally, he is retracting all the falsehood he peddled against him in a publication in the New Crusading Guide newspaper and some online news portals and to render unqualified apology to him for any harm caused and or dragging his hard won reputation into disrepute.

Japan Burger, in an interview with journalists on Saturday, June 6, 2020, said his plea and retraction of all the allegations he levelled against Hon. Bryan Acheampong, are premised on records presented to him by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on his property.

“Yes, I have a property that shares a wall with a hotel that belongs to Hon. Bryan Acheampong. He recently contacted me to sell my property to him. I declined but he kept on calling. So, I thought he wanted to use force to buy my property because of his position. As a result, I went to the media and said Hon. Bryan Acheampong wanted to use coercive means to buy my property. I didn’t know he was just acting on a report to my own good. There is an environmental assessment on his property which was carried by the EPA. The report stated in part that my property was so close to the hotel’s kitchen which was going to produce some hazards. So, the report advised that they should relocate me. So, I think it was based on that report that Hon. Bryan Acheampong contacted me. After knowing the facts, I believe Hon. Bryan Acheampong acted in good faith and that is why I am pleading with him for forgiveness and to retract all the allegations I levelled against him”, he noted.

Eric Ansong, had in the various media publications expressed worry about how the Hon. Bryan Acheampong who is also the lawmaker for Abetifi, been consistently using various means to acquire his two-storey building property, after he initially declined such an offer.

He has been sued by the lawmaker demanding GH¢10,000,000.00 for defaming his character.