Day: July 25, 2022

A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu has given the assurance that he will continue to work hard for the party despite losing his top position.

In a congratulatory message to the newly-elected national executives of the party, the defeated general secretary stresses that he is now more than ever determined to work harder to help the part break the eight.

“I again wish to seize this opportunity to openly assure them of my unflinching commitment and support to their administration particularly as we build up to the 2024 General elections, which we are determined to win.

“Consequently, my resolve to working hard for the NPP to break the eight has become even stronger than ever,” John Boadu has indicated in a press release.

According to him, although he no longer holds a national executive position, he is ready to make himself available to help the party in any way.

“I remain eternally grateful to the NPP for the huge investments the Party has made in me, and wish to assure the rank and file of the Party, that, I shall avail the years of experience I have gained serving this Party in my entire adult life, to assist this current administration led by Chairman Stephen Ntim,” John Boadu adds in his statement.

Below is a copy of the release:
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED EXECUTIVES; I CALLS ON ALL PARTY MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE NTIM-KODUA ADMINISTRATION TO LEAD THE PARTY TO BREAK THE EIGHT

Following the outcome of last Saturday’s National Annual Delegates Conference of the NPP, which saw the election of New National Officers of the Party, I wish to first of all congratulate them for the feat, having earlier done so personally on phone with the newly elected National Chairman, Stephen Ntim and General Secretary, Lawyer Justin Frimpong Kodua, and again wish them well in the task ahead.

I again wish to seize this opportunity to openly assure them of my unflinching commitment and support to their administration particularly as we build up to the 2024 General elections, which we are determined to win.

Without a shred of doubt, I happen to be one of the luckiest persons whom the NPP has invested so much in, having been given the rare opportunity to serve the Party as an Executive Officer at all levels, from Polling Station to National Level, in a period, spanning over two decades.

Having been this privileged as a Party Member, I have a moral obligation and responsibility, rightly so, to contribute my quota immensely in any shape or form and in any space I find myself, towards the fortunes of the Party.

Consequently, my resolve to working hard for the NPP to break the eight has become even stronger than ever.

I remain eternally grateful to the NPP for the huge investments the Party has made in me, and wish to assure the rank and file of the Party, that, I shall avail the years of experience I have gained serving this Party in my entire adult life, to assist this current administration led by Chairman Stephen Ntim.

Whilst at it, I also wish to humbly call on all Party Members who believed in my vision and supported my re-election bid to kindly extend similar belief and support to the newly elected Executives, to succeed. I have full confidence in their ability to steer the affairs of the Party to make history by winning the 2024 General Elections.

Once again, congratulations to the Ntim-Kodua led National Executive Officers. May you lead this Party to Greatness and fulfill the wishes and aspirations of our People.

 

Source: Modern Ghana

Member of Parliament for the Buem constituency, Kofi Adams is threatening to drag the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Owusu Afriyie Akoto before the Privileges Committee.

He contends that the Minister peddled falsehood on the floor of Parliament when he made contradictory remarks on two different occasions on whether or not equipment was imported into the country for the cultivation of maize.

Speaking to Citi News, Kofi Adams called on the Minister to apologize or face the Privileges Committee.

“I will be applying to the Speaker for the Minister to be referred to the Privileges Committee unless he comes back to withdraw his earlier answer and apologize before I initiate that process. But clearly, we have to test the provisions in our standing orders and the constitution.”

Recently, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu demanded the urgent summoning of the Minister for Food and Agriculture over the state of the poultry industry in the country.

According to him, the scarcity of ingredients like maize for poultry feed and other teething challenges is gradually crippling the sector.

The ongoing war in Ukraine has left Ghana and the rest of the world short of important grains.

President Nana Akufo-Addo has publicly expressed concern about the shortage of fertiliser and its relationship with the production of grains.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, June 17, 2022, Mr. Iddrisu bemoaned the current state of the poultry industry and underscored the need for urgent action.

“There is a seeming problem with the poultry industry in Ghana. Poultry farmers have difficulty accessing what they call poultry feed,” the Minority Leader said.

He noted that the closure of some poultry-related businesses because of some difficulties had come to his attention.

“We are already an unacceptable net importer of poultry when we have the capacity and capability to produce the poultry that we need,” Mr. Iddrisu said.

He noted further that the poultry industry “remains a major source of employment apart from satisfying the protein needs of Ghanaians.”

In 2021, chicken imports were estimated at 350,000 metric tonnes.

According to forecasts for 2022, imports of chicken could rise to 400,000 metric tonnes.

 

 

Source: Modern Ghana

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has dispelled suggestions that the Asomdwee park was in a bad state prior to its renovation by the New Patriotic Party government.

For him, such claims are misguided and should be disregarded.

He says the park is a state facility, and it is being guarded by national security, thus political parties have no power coming into the park to renovate it.

“People speak as if Asomdwee park was closed down, it was in tatters and nothing could be done about it and nothing could be held here. What people must recognize is that, this facility is not a private facility. Many people in their narrative are forgetting this point. Asomdwee park is for the state because Prof. Mills died in office, so political party activists cannot on their own come here without authorization from the state. I will dispel that notion that this place is in a state of disarray.”

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 24th July 2022, commissioned the refurbished Asomdwee Park, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the death of the 3rd President of the 4th Republic, the late Professor John Evans Atta-Mills.

Speaking at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo noted that the commissioning of the project by government should naturally be a joyous occasion, and should elicit the display of pomp and pageantry in recognition of the feat achieved.

“But today’s event is not one of those normal occasions. Exactly ten years ago, a truly tragic incident occurred, one we had never witnessed, and hope will never reoccur in our history, certainly not in our lifetime – the death of a sitting President in office, the death of the 3rd President of the 4th Republic, Prof. John Evans Atta-Mills.

According to President Akufo-Addo, he was a contemporary of the late President at the University of Ghana, were members of the same hall, Legon Hall, and played in the same University football team.

“As fate would have it, we ended up belonging to and leading different political organisations. We contested the presidency in 2008, and even though some will say it does not count, I won the first round and he won the second round, the round that really mattered. I was looking forward to the third round in 2012, when the Almighty called him home on 24th July 2012,” he added.

The President noted that, sometime after becoming President, he became aware of the sad state of Asomdwee Park, and, in 2020, he received a request from the late President’s energetic Communications Director, Koku Anyidoho, who runs the Institute named after the President, for the assistance of Government to rehabilitate the facility.

“I agreed, and, subsequently, I instructed the Coastal Development Authority to undertake a thorough rehabilitation of the Park, with the close co-operation of the Institute,” he said.

President Akufo-Addo continued, “It was not right that the Park had been allowed to deteriorate considerably over the years since his burial in 2012, and I am happy that it was under the Presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, allegedly his ‘fiercest critic’, that Asomdwee Park has been elevated to a status befitting the final resting place of a President of the Republic of Ghana.”

The President explained that he did so not to exploit or take advantage of any so-called divisions in the National Democratic Congress, stressing that “those alleged divisions are not of my making, and do not, in any way, inure to my benefit.”

He also addressed the “unfortunate accusations” levelled by some against Government about the supposed desecration of the tomb of the late President in the process of rehabilitating the Park.

“Nothing could be further from the truth, and it is good to note that these false, malicious statements have been firmly dispelled and debunked by the Coastal Development Authority, through the agency of its CEO, Mr. Jerry Ahmed Schaib, in a public statement under his hand,” he stated.

Reiterating his sincere condolences to the former First Lady and spouse of the late President, Ernestina Naadu Mills, to the entire family, to the National Democratic Congress, and to the people of Ghana “for their great loss”, President Akufo-Addo stated that “the man from Ekumfi Otuam will not be forgotten”.

 

 

Source: Modern Ghana

The National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joshua Hamidu Akamba has raised concerns about the failure of the government to engrave the name of the late president Prof John Evans Atta-Mills on the two statues of him erected at the refurbished Asomdwee Park in the Greater Accra Region.

According to him, the two unveiled statues in front and back of the tomb of the late president unveiled by President Akufo-Addo yesterday, Sunday, July 24, 2022, to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of the late president John Evans Attah Mills had no name of the late president.

“Rather interestingly, the statue containing the burst of the late president has the names of the sitting president and that of Mr Koku Anyidoho, the Executive Director of the policy think tank, Atta Mills Institute,” he said.

Speaking in an interview with Kwame Obeng Sarkodie, host of the Ghana Yensom morning show on Accra 100.5 FM on Monday, July 25, 2022, he stressed that the statues have no identity even though they are mounted on the graveside of the late president.

He further accused the sitting president of further dividing the family of the late president and the Atta Mills Institute.

He was of the view that the president could have used the opportunity to unite the family, especially on his tenth anniversary but he missed it.

Ahead of the 10th anniversary, the family accused the Atta Mills institute of sacrilege for “touching” the tomb without their permission. The institute, headed by Mr Anyidoho, however, denied desecrating the tomb.

 

 

Source: Modern Ghana

 

Peter Boamah Otokunor, Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has directed Ghanaians who have Ghana cards but cannot feed under the current economic hardship to go to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

His comment follows the Vice President’s recent statement that he will choose Ghana Card over 1,000 interchanges.

“Give me 1,000 interchanges and the Ghana card, I will choose the Ghana card because it has more impact than the interchanges,” Dr. Bawumia stated.

Dr. Bawumia said this during the official launch of an I.T program at the Accra Business School on Thursday, July 14.

Many Ghanaians took to social media to lambast the Vice President as though having a Ghana Card is a magic wand to solve one’s difficulties.

Delivering a solidarity message at the recent NPP national executive elections at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, July 16, Otokunor claimed that before attending the event, he used his Ghana card to purchase a 5cedi ball of Kenkey.

Speaking to the media during the 10th-anniversary observation of the late Prof. Mills on Sunday, July 24, Mr. Otokunor, in his answer to what he bought with his Ghana card before attending the program this time, admitted many are complaining of not being able to use their cards to buy items.

He then directed such people to seek clarifications from the Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia.

“Incidentally, I have realized that a lot of people are trying it and it’s not working, so I have advised that any time they try and it’s not working, they should call the Vice President,” Otokunor started.

 

Source: Modern Ghana

A member of the Minority in Parliament is alleging that officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are not comfortable with the country’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta leading the negotiations for a possible financial bailout.

According to a member of the finance committee of parliament, Ernest Norgbey, government’s quest on accessing the fund will span over a year if Ken Ofori-Atta continues to lead the negotiations.

The Ashiaman MP argued that in spite of “financial misreporting” by the finance minister, his utterances in the past that Ghana will not seek an IMF support from the Bretton Wood Institution made the IMF officials uncomfortable in dealing with him (Ken Ofori-Atta).

He also observed that these are among other reasons some members of the majority caucus are demanding the resignation of the Finance Minister.

“IMF is saying that if it will be that man (Ken Ofori-Atta) who will negotiate on behalf of the country then it will take us more than year to access the fund… It is a statement of fact and why would you think that the majority would be so much interested that the man (Ken Ofori-Atta) gets out of office. There are real facts and IMF is finding it difficult to negotiate with the man because they have seen his traces from 2017 to date, they have gone through the books and they know exactly where monies have gone to and so if it is this man, who was on Radio and Television saying we will not go to IMF because we can do it our own and you want the same person to negotiate with you, morally and understandably, they will not be comfortable in doing so,” he stated.

In an interview with Kumasi based Oyerepa TV, the Ashiaman MP alleged that Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta refused to place a call to the IMF when he was instructed by the President to do so.

“And let me tell you one secret, when the President asked the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to place a call to the IMF he refused. It had to take the President to impress upon the Information Ministry to release the statement,” he told the morning show host of Oyerepa Breakfast Time Kwesi Parker-Wilson.

The NDC MP further noted that “The man (Finance Minister) is so bossy, we did not elect the fiancé minister, he was appointed by the government so he cannot impose himself on us that is why we are calling for his head. The President should have done the needful by reshuffling him or sack him”.

 

 

Source: Modern Ghana

Ghana’s new National Lightweight Champion, Richard Fenyi had to go toe-toe with experienced Togolese boxer Nathaniel Nukpe in their 12 rounds scheduled bout at the Bukom Boxing Arena on the Deluxy Professional Boxing League bill before coming out victorious.

Richard Fenyi (7-0-0) managed to find his way through to the top and he seems ready to face the top guns in the weight. Strong and determined Fenyi dropped Nukpe on the canvas in the second round to secure his stoppage win 0.58 seconds in the seventh round of their schedule 12/3 National Lightweight Championship.

Nukpe (14-9-2) gave the new National champion a fight of his lifetime as he matched him closer in every round with his experience and ring craft until he gave up.

The manager of the young boxer, Fenyi who also manages Commonwealth rated, Michael ‘One Bullet’ Ansah and also former Vice President Of Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF), Alhaji Mohamed Samadu said his boy is fast rising and he is ready to take him to the top at all cost.

“I want to thank the GBA, my fans, and everyone supporting me that I’m still the Lightweight champion and defended it successfully through the support that keeps coming from you guys always and to Gomoa,” Fenyi expressed.

 

 

Source: Modern Ghana

Fight Night 9 of the Deluxy Professional Boxing League was another exciting show as boxers on the bill put up marvelous performances, however, the better ones won.

The fight between Ben Lamptey and Eric Asante was declared a majority draw.

The second bout of the evening ended prematurely with George Mensah knocking out Mustapha Ibrahim in Round 2.

Joseph Tetteh emerged the winner by a unanimous decision as he proved better than his opponent.

Musah Lawson from the Sonia Gymnasium won by a Round 4 TKO to be declared the winner against Isaac Tetteh.

An interesting Heavyweight contest between Kwame Kumakwe and Ashitey Larbie Dentu ended via a TKO in round 3, Ashitey Larbie Dentu from the Palm Springs gym is declared the winner.

The night was spiced with music from the veteran entertainer, Lucky Mensah.

The Boxing League is sponsored by De-luxy Paint, Renault, Imax Media, Max TV, Techno, Max Buy, and Eddy’s Pizza.

 

Source: Modern Ghana