“Since signing the Compact, we, in Ghana, have tackled systematically the structural challenges which have inhibited our drive towards becoming “Africa’s Investment Hub”. This has been done through the implementation of targeted policies across focus areas, such as establishing macroeconomic stability, enhancing domestic revenue mobilization, improving fiscal risk management, and strengthening our business legal and regulatory frameworks to de-risk private investments.”
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The sublime beauty or otherwise of an administration is found in the vision and decisions of the leader elected to lead the team. A visionary leader does not only inspire hope but also takes practical steps to materialize his vision.
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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of work for the construction of the one hundred- and forty-five-million-dollar ($145 million) sports complex at Borteyman, in the Greater Accra Region, which will be used for the 2023 African Games.
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The Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has, through his benevolent heart, extended a helping hand to the construction of the National Cathedral.
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The government is scheduled to take delivery of one million, five hundred thousand (1,500,000) doses of Astra Zeneca vaccines donated to the country by the German government, according to the Director of Communication at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin.
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he embattled General Secretary of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Janet Nabla, has dismissed a statement from her own party announcing her indefinite suspension from the Coconut family.
A statement issued by the PNC signed by its Chairman, Moses Dani Baah, and released on Sunday, August 29, 2021, announced the suspension of Madam Nabla over what it described as gross misconduct, incompetence and insubordination.
According to the party, Nabla refused to appear before its Disciplinary Committee over a case of misconduct following a petition brought before the body.
However, commenting on her suspension from the party, Madam Nabla said the purported NEC meeting over the weekend did not form a quorum to warrant her suspension.
“They don’t have any onus in PNC. They don’t have any power and nobody should respond to them. I am the General Secretary of the PNC and I will continue to be the General Secretary of the PNC. I will make sure the Chairman [Moses Dani Baah] and the 2020 flag bearer [David Apasera] do what the constitution of the PNC says they should do”, she noted.
She added “Apasera and Dani Baah, I am not answerable to them. The constitution makes me answerable to the National Executive Committee but NEC did not say it …that was not the party’s meeting. They just did it family and friends because they didn’t constitute a quorum to be able to decide that I am sacked, so I’m not sacked”.
An 8-year-old boy has been shot dead while two others are in critical condition during a festival ritual at Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya West District in the Central Region.
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The acting president of Upper Axim traditional council, Nana Adusei IV, has distanced himself from the press releases, the media propaganda against Hon Catherine Afeku and matters relating to Axim Kundum celebration raised by the Chairman of the Kundum planning committee, Nana Osei Nkwantabisa.
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The Peoples National Convention (PNC), has suspended its General Secretary, Janet Nabla, indefinitely over what the party describes as gross misconduct, incompetence, and insubordination.
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Fourteen herdsmen have been arrested is a special Police operation carried out by the Formed Police Unit (FPU), together with personnel from the Central East Police Regional Command.
The operation was to manhunt for suspected herdsmen alleged to have defiled a 13-year-old girl at Gomoa Adzintem in the Central Region.
A statement released by the Police, dated August 28, 2021, and signed by the Ag. Director-General, Public Affairs, Ghana Police Service, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kwesi Ofori, said the special operation also led to the retrieval of two single barrel and two pump action guns as well as 49 AA ammunitions.
According to the Police, identification parade will be conducted in the community to identify the “real suspects in that dastardly act on a teenager to face justice”.
The arrest if the fourteen herdsmen follows a complaint filed by the father of the defiled teenager, Kwabena Quaye, at the Gomoa Dominase District Police Command.
Quaye, himself a victim of assault by the herdsmen, had told the Police how his daughter was gang-raped and shot in the hand by four herdsmen when they resisted a robbery attack on them at Adzintem.
Ghana’s former Deputy Ambassador to Dr Charles Dwamena, has advised all road users, especially drivers of commercial vehicles, to adhere strictly to road safety measures so as to reduce the carnage on our roads.
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A thirteen-year-old girl has allegedly been ganged-raped by four Fulani herdsmen Gomoa Adzintem in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.
The herdsmen are also reported to have severely butchered the girl’s father, Kwabena Quaye, with the incident said to have sparked an outrage in the community.
The incident happened on the night of Thursday, August 26, 2021.
The youth and community leaders in Gomoa Adzintem incensed about the ordeal, took to the streets of the community on Friday, August 27, 2021, to demonstrate against the act.
They have threatened to assault and kill any Fulani herdsman with is cattle in retaliation to the pains inflicted on them by the herdsmen.
According to the residents who are predominantly farmers, it is the not the first time they have suffered such an ordeal from the hands of the Fulani herdsmen.
They contend that the herdsmen have been destroying their crops and terrorizing them anytime they to prevent their livestock from grazing in their farms.
“The Fulani herdsmen have been terrorizing us. None of us have leased any land to them. The moment you cultivate your land, they bring the cattle to graze in it. Mostly, they eat all your crops and those that they don’t like, they destroy them. We are sending a warning to them, if they come here again, we will kill all of them”, one of the angry demonstrators warned.
Another one noted “No chief has leased any land to any Fulani herdsman to graze on it. When one of our brothers complained about the destruction of his farm by these herdsmen, they ambushed him in the night and killed him with a gun. So, any Fulani herdsman who crosses over and comes to our territory, we will also kill in retaliation to the death of our brother”.
The Chief of Gomoa Adzintem, Obrempong Essel Andoh, who confirmed the incident, lamented over the unfortunate occurrences by the Fulani herdsmen and appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Dr. Akuffo Dampare, the Gomoa East District Assembly and its Chief Executive, as well as the Member of Parliament for the area to come to their aid.
He said the matter has been reported to the Gomoa Dominase District Police Command and expects the IGP to show keen interest in the case and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book.
The teenage girl, he noted, has since been admitted at the hospital where she is receiving medical care.
“I am sending a message across all Gomoa land that we should wake up and not allow Fulani herdsmen to terrorize our people. The girl has given an indication that she could identify all the people who raped her. I will urge the IGP to instruct the Dominase Police Commander and his people to assemble all Fulani herdsmen in Adawukwaa, Mampong, Okyereko and Mustapha Plus, for identification parade for the girl to identify the people who raped her. If they don’t do that, the entire country will hear from us. I have not leased out any land to any Fulani. Any chief who has leased a land to these Fulani herdsmen should as a matter of urgency, restrict the people to graze on their land alone not Adzintem. Any Fulani herdsman who crosses over to Adzintem will have himself to blame”, he noted.
Kwabena Quaye commenting on the incident, said the gun-wielding herdsmen had attacked him ostensibly to rob him and his family of their hard earned money but resisted any attempt from the from the herdsmen.
“They wanted to forcefully enter my room. My daughter and I resisted them. So, an attempt by my daughter to lock the door, one of the herdsmen shot at the locker, and in the process, damaging the hand of my daughter. So, I pulled a matchet and struggled with them but was hit in the head from behind with a club. I then fell down only to hear my daughter also struggling with them. They took her to the back of my house and gang-raped her. It was our neighbors who came to our rescue after hearing the gun shot. When they arrived, the herdsmen had taken to their heels, so they took us to the hospital for treatment”, he recounted.
