Ayawaso East MP donates motor bikes to Nima Police Command

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Ayawaso East MP donates motor bikes to Nima Police Command Accra, Jan. 25, GNA – Dr Mustapha Ahmed, Member of Parliament (MP) of Ayawaso East in the Greater Accra Region on Wednesday donated two motor bikes to the Nima Divisional Police Command to help ease their transportation difficulties.

He said the licensed bikes are meant to support the Nima and Kotobabi stations to enhance their surveillance and policing activities.

Dr Ahmed also the out-going Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing said the partnership between the Police and the Ayawaso community has not only been harmonious but also beneficial in ensuring peaceful co-existence.

He said the donation is in recognition of the untiring efforts of the Police to protect lives and property.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Timothy Yoosa Bonga, Divisional Police Commander expressed appreciation for the continued support of the MP to facilitate security service in the area.

He said the major challenge facing the Command has been mobility and the donation of the bikes would aid the Police personnel undertake surveillance and other policing activities.

ACP Bonga recalled the two computers and accessories Dr Ahmed donated to the Command last month which he said, had gone a long way in supporting his outfit in secretariat works.

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Check it Out: ‘Victory’ – Terry K featuring Gee2

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Check out this new single, ‘Victory’ from Nigerian up and coming rapper/singer, Terry K featuring Gee2. The single is taken off his upcoming mixtape set to drop later this year.  

Terry K describes himself simply as a young Nigerian with a passion for music. He is currently a student who combines his music with his studies. Follow @terryk92 on Twitter.  >>>DOWNLOAD Victory

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Ghana launches Fifth Ghana Higher Education fair

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Ghana launches Fifth Ghana Higher Education fair Accra, Jan 26, GNA-The Fifth Ghana Higher Education Fair was launched in Accra on Wednesday, to provide a forum for interaction between stakeholders to seek solution to problems encountered in the acquisition of tertiary education.

The fair to be held on the theme: “Securing Our Future Tomorrow” would expose the tertiary institutions as well as the programmes and courses they offer to parents, students and other stakeholders.

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with I-Texon Ghana, a non-governmental organisation  is organising the fair slated to be hosted in Tamale in the Northern Region and Takoradi in the Western Region.

Tamale would have its turn from February 6 to February 18 February, and Takoradi March 1 to  March 3.

The fair was first held in the country in 2008 and had become an annual event which was initiated by Captain Mrs Catherine Haziel Chief Executive officer, I-Texon Ghana and other partners.

Mrs Haziel explained that the fair was initiated to respond to the challenges many students face in assessing higher education and the difficulty in choosing the right courses relevant to their chosen careers or interest.

“Obviously, it can be seen that there is a missing link of much needed information for decision making.”

She said the fair thus, would expose the various educational options available in Ghana, the requirements for admission into the accredited institutions and what expert training they have to offer in select fields of education.

Mrs Haziel noted that the fair would feature exhibitions by various tertiary institutions both private and public as well as lectures on their various courses and programmes for senior high school (SHS) leavers, first and second cycle public funded and private schools and the public.

Mr Donnan Tey, Acting Director, in charge of Tertiary Education, Ministry of Education said the Ministry embraced the fair because it presented a channel for addressing problems students face when applying to enter higher institutions.

He lauded I-Texon Ghana for identifying the gap of inadequate information about the educational institutions and helping to fine-tune the educational system.

He said every year, an estimated 150,000 qualified students from more than 577 SHS  look for opportunities to enter tertiary institutions but only 35,000 students could be absorbed in the government sponsored institutions with the rest wallowing around while most private institutions with fine courses  have vacancies  due to lack of information about their operations.

 He therefore expressed the hope that students from the more than 250 higher education institutions of various descriptions in the country would well attend the fair that would provide the right links between school leavers, their preferred courses and corresponding institutions. 

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Ahoney Man releases new single ‘Nkempu’

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Singer, Ahoney Man has opened another year with yet another new single, and this time he hits hard on the ‘loose ladies’.  ‘Nkempu’ featuring rapper Atinka and Meek is an up tempo song that features the ever popular azonto dance in its music video. It talks about girls that are ‘easy to lay’ and perhaps that’s what the term ‘Nkempu’ means.

After ending 2010 with the witty single ‘Car Korkor’ which was full of metaphors describing his desire to drive a red car at night especially due to the fact that there is no road traffic around at night-time, Ahoney Man opened 2011 with ‘Chop Better’, a fast-paced dancehall-influenced song with English/pidgin and Twi lyrics.

It seems that increasingly, Ahoney Man wants to prove to the young generation of musicians that he can fit into the evolving music culture. Born Godfrey Allotey-Mensah , Ahoney Man is a restaurant supervisor in his late thirties but he is determined to make a career out of his burning passion for music. In 2006, he tried his luck with hiplife on his album ‘Otofo’ after two unsuccessful highlife album. This time he found relative success, and a style that seemed to work for him. Check out ‘Nkempu’.

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East Ayawaso gets a SHS complex

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East Ayawaso gets a SHS complex Accra, Jan. 25, GNA – Dr Mustapha Ahmed, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, on Wednesday cut the sod for work to begin on a three-storey 12 classroom block and offices for the proposed Senior High and Technical School for East Ayawaso in the Greater Accra Region.

The first phase of the project sited on a piece of land behind Kanda Presbyterian Primary and Junior High School, is estimated at GHC230,000.

It is expected to be completed within six months for admissions by September 2012.

He commended executives of East Ayawaso Constituency of the NDC, Assembly members and other committee members for their hardwork and dedication towards the  realisation of the project. 

Dr Ahmed said the project was being executed in consultation with the chiefs, elders and other opinion leaders of the community to bring about progress in the lives of the people.

He explained that the project was being financed by the GETFund, portion of the MP’s Share of the Common Fund, but would appreciate donations from the public especially, the beneficiary community to ensure the timely completion of the project.

Dr Ahmed stated that as the Member of Parliament for East Ayawaso, he thought it best to initiate the project to help address the challenges posed by the Senior High School Placement system.

“Difficulties of the placement system often frustrate parents and their wards in attaining Senior High School education in the community,” he said.

Dr Ahmed pointed out that as a community project, it would be owned by the community and urged all the committees set up to ensure the successful completion of the project on schedule.

He expressed the hope that the project would be expanded in future to accommodate more students.

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Boko Haram is a threat to ECOWAS sub-regional security – Security Expert

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Boko Haram is a threat to ECOWAS sub-regional security – Security Expert Accra, Jan 25, GNA – A security expert on Wednesday said the terror campaign of Boko Haram in Nigeria poses a major security threat to West Africa and called on ECOWAS to intervene to deal with the insurgency.

“The potential threat of Boko Haram is not only to Nigeria but to the whole of the West African sub-region,” he said.

“Sadly ECOWAS is a joke. Its response to political crisis in West Africa is awful, our sub-regional leaders are quick to sign conventions and pass resolution but inept in implementation,” Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Director of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Accra.  

He said the ECOWAS protocol relating to the mechanism for conflict prevention, management, resolution, peace-keeping and security’s objectives was among other things to prevent, manage and resolve internal and inter-state conflicts.

He said Article 25 clearly states that in cases of aggression or conflict in any member state or threat thereof, in case of internal conflict that threatens to trigger a humanitarian disaster or that poses a serious threat to peace and security in the sub-region the Mediation and Security Council shall intervene.

Dr Aning said in spite of these articles ECOWAS is still waiting at the fringes without any direction and mechanism to deal with the Boko Haram insurgency.

He ruled out military options to suppress the uprising and said “Boko Haram does not require military response, it should be the last recourse.  It immediately demands a swift socio-political response to deal with the growing social vices especially corruption which is deep rooted among Nigerian elite class”.

Dr Aning traced the genesis of Boko Haram to 1986 radical religious rebellion led by a fundamentalist preacher which exploited the Maitatsinb riots but was brutally surprised.

He said the group went underground growing steadily to emerge again in the last five years as a force to reckon with. It has a multifaceted approach joining forces with allied groups to peruse their objective.

Its hallmark is the ability to shift its operational movement and forming ad hock alliance to achieve its mission, he said.

He said: “Targets for bombing are carefully selected to achieve operational objective, as well as sending operational message to the rest of the world”.

Dr Aning suggested that the Nigerian government adopt combination of strategies of which the military option should be the very last and that there should be no short term solutions.

He said Nigeria should deal with issues of corruption, provision of the needs of the greater majority whilst the elite community must face the economic realities of their actions on the masses.

He also expressed reservation about the recent removal of oil subsidy in Nigeria and said it was an unfavourable economic policy which the Boko Haram and allied forces are exploiting to advance their cause.

More than 935 people have been killed in some 164 suspected attacks by the group during the period.

The group has claimed responsibility for bombing churches, police stations, military facilities, banks, and beer parlors, in northern Nigeria, as well as the United Nations building and police headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital.   

Suspected Boko Haram members, often riding motorcycles and carrying Kalashnikov rifles under their robes, have gunned down numerous Christian worshipers, police officers, and soldiers, and assassinated local politicians, community leaders and Islamic clerics who oppose the group.

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Supreme Court orders Registrar to serve hearing notices on two Deputy Ministers

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Supreme Court orders Registrar to serve hearing notices on two Deputy Ministers Accra, Jan. 24, 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.

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Amend the Rent Act-Rent Officer

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Amend the Rent Act-Rent Officer Accra, Jan.25, GNA-Government has been asked to amend the Rent Act of 1963 to address changing trends regarding housing and accommodation in the country.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday, Mr Fred Tawiah, Greater Accra Regional Principal Rent Officer, Rent Control Department, noted that the Department needed more power to adequately regularize the activities of landlords, accommodation agents and housing in general.

According to him, the high rate at which landlords in the Greater Accra Region had treated the Act with disdain and were charging rents without consulting the Department as stipulated in the Act.

 “It is pathetic to note that landlords have taken the law into their own hands and are charging rents as they pleased without consulting the Department.

Mr Tawaih said: “It is only the landlords who rent their office to corporate entities who often visit our office whenever they want to increase their rent, and we commend them for that”.

He charged tenants who feel cheated or not treated fairly by their landlords not to hesitate to contact the Rent Control Department for redress and asked accommodation agents to desist from charging 10 per cent on amount paid to landlords as that was against the law.

 “According to the law, accommodation agents are required to charge only five per cent on rent paid for only one year, and not the usual ten per cent on the total amount paid by tenants to landlords”.

He expressed regret that the current law did not give the Department  the mandate to regularize the activities of accommodation agents.

He admonished landlords to desist from collecting advance payment of two years and above as the law required of them to charge only up to six months.

Mr Tawiah cited non payment of rents and utility bills by tenants as some of the charges that landlords usually brought to the office.

 “Tenants on the other hand usually come to our office when landlords arbitrarily increase their rents”.    

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President Mills reshuffles Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State

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President Mills reshuffles Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State Accra, Jan. 25, GNA – President John Evans Atta Mills on Wednesday made changes in Ministerial appointments.

A statement signed by Mr J.K. Bebaako-Mensah, Secretary to the President said, Mr Benjamin Kunbour is the new Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Mr Alban S.K.Bagbin currently Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing moves to the Ministry of Health. 

Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare replaces Mr Alban Bagbin as Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing.

It said new appointments made were, Mr William Kwasi Aboah – Minister designate for the Interior, Mr Lee Ocran, Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa – Minister designate for Education; Mr Fritz Baffour, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South – Minister designate for Information; Mr Moses Asaga – Minister designate for Employment and Social Welfare, Mr Dominic Azimbe Azumah, Member of Parliament for Garu/ Tempane – Minister of State designate at the Presidency, and Mr Amin Amidu Sulemani, currently Ghana’s Ambassador to Egypt  – Minister designate for Upper West Region.

The statement said the President had in addition, made changes and appointments in some Deputy Ministers.

Mr Stephen Ackah, Member of Parliament for Suaman – Deputy Minister designate for the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Developemt; Mr Isaac Vanderpuiye – Deputy Minister Designate for Greater Accra Region; Mr James Agyenim- Boateng, currently Deputy Minister of Tourism, moves to the Ministry of Information as Deputy Minister, while Mr Mohammed Baba Jamal becomes the Deputy Minister of Tourism;

Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology goes to the Ministry of Youth and Sports as Deputy Minister, while Mr Reuben Nii Nortey Dua, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports moves to the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing as Deputy Minister;

The rest are, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, currently Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing is now Deputy Minister of Environment, Science and Technology; Mr Henry Ametepey – Deputy Minister designate for the Volta Region to replace Colonel Cyril Neku ( Rtd.)

The statement said Alhaji Said Sinare had been appointed Ghana’s Ambassador designate to Egypt.

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Police officers urged to take interest in road accident investigation

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Police officers urged to take interest in road accident investigation Accra, Jan 25, GNA – Assistant Commisioner of Police ACP Angwubutoge Awuni, Commanding Officer of the National Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), has tasked officers to make road accident investigation a major priority to avoid numerous petitions that were directed to the Headquarters for redress.

“I have observed with so much concern the laxity with which some of our accident investigators go about their duties. They either do not visit accident scenes or fail to take appropriate statements from relevant victims or witnesses”, he said.

ACP Awuni was speaking at the maiden meeting of all commanders of the Unit throughout the country in Accra on Tuesday.

He said it was important for officers to communicate directly with victims of road accidents and explain to them the status of cases to help address misunderstandings that erupt due to the absence of direct contact.

“We all know that some cases deserve to be forwarded to the Attorney –General’s Department for advice, there is no reason why victims should not be made aware of this action” he said.

The Commander entreated the officers to caution their subordinates to exercise restrain when dealing with motorists to prevent confrontations that sometimes occurred on the highways.

“Some of our men tend to be so impatient that they end up picking up quarrels or engage in physical confrontation with motorists. This kind of attitude is unacceptable as far as the ethics of the Police Service is concerned. It amounts to misconduct and therefore punishable” he stated.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCOP John Kudalor, and Director General of Police Operations, asked the commanders to constantly monitor the conduct of their officers and carefully educate them before they go out to their duties.

“We are much in the public view more than any other unit, you must try to carry yourselves like officers, and being in the police service is a calling so you must be ready to endure the challenges that come with it”, he said.

DCOP Kudalor assured the unit of the provision of vehicles and other logistics by the middle of the year to help in discharging their duties.

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