The Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, says the invitation by the UK Parliament to Ghana’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs was at the beheads of the Chairman of the Ghanaian Parliamentary Committee. Speaking to Naa Dedei Tettey on Morning Starr Monday, Mr. Suhuyini challenged the Chairman for the Committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi to refute the claim. “This invitation was actually as a result of request made by Chairman of the Committee to the UK Parliament and other Parliaments especially in Europe. I just wonder why the Chairman of the Committee who claim he does not have funds, he...
Dozens of wedding guests abducted in Nigeria
Gunmen have abducted at least 29 people in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara, police say. The victims were travelling back home from a wedding ceremony when the armed men ambushed a convoy of their vehicles. The victims were mostly mobile phone dealers from a popular market in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital – who had attended the wedding of one of their colleagues in neighbouring Sokoto state. One man who survived the attack told the BBC the gunmen had mounted three roadblocks on Saturday evening, trapping vehicles and opening fire on them. A number of travellers managed to escape...
C/R: Decomposing body of woman, 39, found hanging in locked kitchen
A 39-year-old woman, known as Maame Efua has been discovered hanging in a locked kitchen at Abeadze Kyeakor in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. The decomposed body of the woman was discovered almost five days after the incident. It is, however, not known if she committed suicide or was murdered since the kitchen door was locked from the outside. Reports also indicate that the owner of the kitchen had travelled and had no idea the woman had committed suicide in her kitchen. Reports gathered by Kasapa FM’s Yaw Boagyan revealed that the Victim was sick and seeking healing...
The youth of Adenta New legon and their elders took part in the Green Ghana program.
On Friday 10th June, 2022, over 200 tree seedlings were planted to commemorate this year’s initiative in the area. The annual nationwide exercise which is targeted at planting some twenty million trees forms part of the effort by the government to preserve and protect the country’s forest cover and the environment at large. Mohammed Sani, organizer of Adenta Municipal council of Zongo chiefs, Sheikh Mitawakil Abubakar, Chief imam of new legon, Sarki Dauda Ali, Zongo Chief of New Legon, Abdul Ganiyu Mahmoud Secretary of new legon Zongo Chiefs and Suleman Alhassan, Zongo chief of Rozaroza were all present at the...
Gov’t Will Recoup Money Pumped Into National Cathedral – Ofori-Atta
A 17-year old junior high school student of Kasoa Opeikuma on Saturday drowned in a quarry pit near Liberia Camp, in the Central Region. He and his schoolmates had gone there to swim after weekend class. The body of the JHS 3 student was retrieved from the stagnant water around midday on Sunday.The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori- Atta says money being pumped into the building of National Cathedral is potential investment which will pay off. According to him, government is mindful of taxpayers’ money being used to support the building of the National Cathedral and is strategizing to ensure that...
Parliamentary Committee in London to discuss anti-gay bill
A four-member delegation of the Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of Parliament will today begin discussions with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) on the anti-gay bill currently before Parliament. The delegation, led by the Chairman on the committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, left Accra yesterday for London for the talks. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 has generated national conversations. The anti-gay bill seeks to criminalise LGBTQ+ sexual relationships and associations. It also seeks to criminalise a wide range of non-heterosexual conduct and habits and any advocacy for or in support of LGBTQ+...
Over 30 students of Islamic SHS hospitalised after police allegedly fired tear gas at them during protest
At least 30 students of the Islamic Senior High School at Abrepo in the Ashanti Region have been rushed to the hospital after police allegedly opened tear gas on them while they were demonstrating over frequent road accidents in front of the school. The students of the school are said to have blocked the road in front of their school in the course of their protest over frequent knockdowns. They lamented that frequent calls for speed ramps have fallen on deaf ears. Citi News’ Ashanti Regional correspondent, Hafiz Tijani reported that the police were called in to clear the road block...
Ofori-Atta to appear in Parliament this week to answer long-standing questions
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will later this week appear before Parliament to answer some 16 questions tabled for him by MPs. The Minister is expected to answer questions on the economy, payment of funds to the National Cathedral Project and government’s expenditure of COVID-19 funds, which has become dominant in public discussions in recent times. Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin said on the floor of the House that the Minister’s appearance this week will put all matters which have been of concern to legislators, especially on the minority side, to rest. “We all know that on Thursday, the minister [of...
Remove some petroleum taxes, levies to avoid hiking inflation rate – Emmanuel Owusu cautions gov’t
In the last 5 months, the Central Bank has constantly increased interest rate from 14.5% to 19% as means of managing high inflation rate. The May 2022 rate (19%) was the second consecutive rate increase this year, raising borrowing costs to their highest level since February 2018. It can be recalled that, Government Statistician, Professor Kobina Annim recently announced an inflation rate of 27.6% (May 2022) which is the country highest in 18 years. Ghana had 23.9% inflation in April 2022, which was higher than the inflation rates in some African countries, including Nigeria (16.82%), Senegal (7%), Kenya (6.47%), Uganda...
Why I will not criticise Prez Akufo-Addo on air – Paul Adom-Otchere
Host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere has stated that he will never criticise President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on-air because he has access to him. Reacting to comments sent into the show yesterday, Mr Adom-Otchere said he was not obliged to criticise the government because he works for a private television station. He urged viewers who did not agree with his position to watch other broadcasters that do or criticise the President on their personal Facebook pages. “I support Akufo-Addo, you support John Mahama, there should be no problem. People write to me and say, ‘why don’t...