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Minority caucus declares “war” against governor, vows to return with petition

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The Minority Caucus in Parliament has declared what they described as “war”against the governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ernest Addison, for failing to show up to receive their petition.

This follows the decision by central bank to allow the head of security,Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng, to receive the petition on the governor’s behalf.

But the leaders of the Occupy BoG protest refused to present the petition to the security, insisting on the governor’s presence, which proved futile.

The Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, described the bank’s decision as disrespectful.

The Head of the security, told the protesters that Governor Addison was in a meeting with a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and was therefore unavailable to receive the petition.

“We were informed that you would come and present the petition, but as we speak, the governor is meeting the IMF team,” Wing Commander Kwame Asare told the protestors.

But the minority leader described the decision as disrespectful and vowed to return later, when the governor is available to receive the petition in person.

“It is very disrespectful not to receive the petition himself. Not even the deputy is here, and we never said we were going to present our petition to security, and we would not give you the petition”, he stated.

The minority leader added that “now that he has decided to disrespect us, we will not present our petition, and so we will go and come back again. Until we see him, this is just the beginning”.

The protestors are demanding the resignation of the governor and his deputies for what they termed as mismanagement and reckless handling of the Bank of Ghana.

Source:A1radioonline.Com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|

Call for resignation of governor for BoG a national interest -Peter Toobu

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Peter Lanchene Toobu

The Member of Parliament for Wa West and retired police officer, Peter Toobu, has indicated that the call for the resignation of the governor for the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is in the national interest.

This, he noted, must therefore be supported by all Ghanaians who are suffering under the Akufo Addo-led government.

“This is a call to duty; it is a patriotic call to duty that every Ghanaian who believes that the country is moving in the wrong direction should join the demonstrators for us to express that view to the government and understand that governance is all about making life better, is not about thievery, is not about corruption, or making the system difficult for people.”

The lawmaker asserted that democracy has produced resident Akufo Addo as the worst president ever in the history of the country, as he is making things difficult for the citizens.

“This is not the way to run a country, and this was never what we expected in 2016 when we voted for Akufo Addo, and this was not our dream when we repeatedly voted for him in 2020. It is historically bad, and all of us should rise up and say democracy has produced one of the worst presidents for us, and never again should we experience such in our governance system,” he added.

He revealed this when he spoke to Mark Smith on A1 Radio`s Daybreak Upper East show regarding the “Occupy BOG” demonstration, which is seeking the resignation of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana and his deputies.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for the resignation of the governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison, for causing financial losses to the state totaling GH60.81 billion for the 2022 financial year as against a profit of GH1.23 billion recorded in 2021.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|Bolgatanga

 

EC has succeeded in disenfranchising people in the District-Level Elections—Benjamin Atuasi

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The Upper East Regional Deputy Communication Officer for the opposing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has noted with concern that the restriction of the limited voter registration exercise by the Electoral Commission (EC) has discouraged and triggered many registrants not to register for the identification card.

This, he observed, has denied them the opportunity to make decisions with regards to electing who to lead them, as they could not enroll themselves in the voter register.

’’We have stated earlier that restricting the exercise would have the tendency to disenfranchise a lot of Ghanaians due to the difficulty posed to registrants from distant communities in accessing the district offices, and now we can all attest to it with the target set by the EC and what it has registered in any case who set the target“, he stated

“We have the District Assembly Elections coming, and every person of any age and sound mind has the right to register and vote, so why would the EC prevent people from voting in this election with the notion that it would open for another registration when there are people who could register now to participate in the election?” he quizzed.

According to him, the excruciating hardship that people are facing is enough to have deterred people from coming out of their homes to register, coupled with the cost of travel, worsened the plight of most registrants.

Mr. Atuasi alleged that “the EC has something fishy that we don`t know,” but the NDC is always ahead of them.

“They think that they are so smart that they will not open it now because they have other limitations that they would bring afterwards that would still limit people, if not what prevented them from doing this. The EC wants to introduce the Ghana card as the sole means of identification; that is what they are seeking to do, and we have heard Bossman Asare making comments in that regard”, he added.

Source:A1radioonline.Com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|Bolgatanga

Help your partners in the fight against breast cancer- Men urged

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A municipal health promotion officer, Francisca Adongo, has called on men to help their partners in the battle against breast cancer by sucking their breasts and encouraging them to constantly go for breast screening to enable them detect early signs of the disease for better chances of treatment.

“Men are invited to help us, the women, fight this deadly breast cancer disease, and you can help us through the sucking of our breasts and encouraging us to have our breasts screened”, she stated.

She advised that women who notice some kind of unusual feeling, irritation, color change, discharges, or symptoms on their breasts or have their erected nipples inverted should seek medical care for further investigation.

She revealed this when she spoke to Mark Smith on A1 Radio`s Daybreak Upper East show on breast cancer.

Ms. Gifty C. Damsongor, a public health nurse who was also on the show with her, explained that breast cancer is a deadly disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control and can come in different forms depending on which cell in the breast turns into cancer, but can mostly begin in the ducts or lobules.She noted that breast cancer could be treated or otherwise depending on the stage, adding that “if it is detected early, there are certain things that can be done, including amputating the affected part if it hasn’t affected other parts or giving drugs to kill the calcium cells.”

Ms. Dansongor, however, bemoaned that most people always report to hospitals when the situation has escalated and called on women to do regular screening.

As part of the breast cancer awareness month, the health officials said a team from Komfo Anokye Hospital would be in the Regional Hospital this Saturday and Sunday to help screen women.

They added that they would also be going to schools and markets to sensitize women about breast cancer.

Source:A1radioonline.Com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|Bolgatanga

 

Democracy has produced one of the worst presidents for us- Peter Toobu

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Peter Lanchene Toobu, Wa West MP

The Member of Parliament for Wa West and retired police officer, Peter Toobu, has asserted that democracy has produced President Akuffo Addo as the worst president ever in the history of the country.

According to the lawmaker, “Governance is all about making life better and not thievery, corruption, or creating difficulty in the system, so much so that when one goes to the hospital, common paracestamol is prescribed for the person to go and buy at the pharmacy”.

“This is not the way to run a country, and this was never what we expected in 2016 when we voted for Akufo Addo, and this was not our dream when we repeatedly voted for him in 2020. It is historically bad, and all of us should rise up and say democracy has produced one of the worst presidents for us, and never again should we experience such in our governance system,” he added.

He revealed this when he spoke to Mark Smith on A1 Radio`s Daybreak Upper East show regarding the “Occupy BOG” demonstration, which is seeking the resignation of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana and his deputies.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the management of the Bank of Ghana by Dr. Ernest Addison and his deputies as reckless, leading to losses totaling GH60.81 billion for the 2022 financial year as against a profit of GH1.23 billion recorded in 2021.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|Bolgatanga

Reluctance of customers to pay their bills on time having a financial burden on us- NEDCO

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A customer service officer at the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) in the Upper East Region, Alimata Bamie, has bemoaned that the attitude of individuals and institutions not paying their bills on time is leading to the accumulation of those bills and making it difficult for them to settle.

According to the customer service officer, the inability of institutions and individuals to settle their bills on time is adversely putting a financial burden on them, and they would be embarking on a mass disconnection exercise.

She said this has become necessary because “human beings, as we are, payment of bills is not always coming unless you go out there and ask for it before customers pay.”

The customer service officer noted that the first and second exercises undertaken by the company to mobilize revenue could not meet the expected target, hence the need for them to embark on the exercise to mobilize funds to also settle their debts.

Ms. Bamie indicated that NEDCO owes the Volta River Authority (VRA) 1.6 billion cedis as a power generator and Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRICO) some large quantum of money as a power transporter.

She revealed this when she spoke to Mark Smith on A1 Radio`s Daybreak Upper East Show about its planned exercise in the North East and Upper East Regions to mobilize 25 million cedis of its debts owed by institutions and individuals.

The officer cited, for instance, that the Upper East Regional Hospital, which is the highest debtor in the region, owed the company over 3.5 million cedis, while Bolgatantga Technical University owed over 800,000 cedis.

“The Regional Hospital signed an agreement with us to be paying GH50, 000 every month in addition to their monthly consumption, which is over 200,000, but they only made that payment once in June, and the Bolgatanga Technical University also agreed to be paying GH20,000 every month, paid only twice, and defaulted”, she stated.

She also disclosed that residential and non-residential customers owed the company about 156 million cedis.

Source:A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|Bolgatanga

We will not extend voters registration exercise- Electoral Commission

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The Electoral Commission (EC),has served notice that it would not extend the limited voters registration exercise which ended on Monday, October 2, 2023 at 5: PM.

According to the commission, however, arrangements have  been made for eligible citizens who were in the queue on or before 5: pm on Monday to be registered on Tuesday October 3, 2023.

This was contained in a press release released by the commission and signed by the Head of public affairs, Michael Boadu.

Meanwhile the Commission said it has introduced an online payment portal ahead of the exercise to replace lost voter ID cards.

“Applicants who wish to have their cards replaced should simply follow the steps by dialing *222*1067#, Enter amount required, Enter reference (full name of voter), Transfer summary is presented, Select 1 to confirm details, Wait for prompt to authorize transaction or Check under my Approvals on *170#”, it stated

It added that “the applicant will receive an SMS upon the successful completion of the transaction with the payment reference. This notification is to be presented at the point of payment”.

Source:A1radioonline.Com|101.1MHz|Gilbert Azeem Tiroog|Bolgatanga

NEDCo chases Upper East Regional Hospital over 3.6 million debt

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The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) in the Upper East Region has begun its one-month disconnection exercise targeting private and public institutions with huge debts. 

It says Upper East Regional Hospital, the Ministry of Communications’ cell site, and Bolgatanga Technical University are the biggest debtors.

Briefing the media before the exercise, Eugene Addo, Area Manager of VRA/NEDCo said the regional hospital owes NEDCo close to GHc3.6 million and has since failed to commit to a payment plan. 

“The Regional Hospital owes us GHc3.6 million cedis, the Ministry of Communications’ cell site is GHc946 thousand, and Bolgatanga Technical University’s two campuses owe us GHc850 and 420 thousand each (1.2 million). They need to pay because it is too much.”

Speaking about the total debt owed in the Upper East and North East Regions, Mr. Addo said Ghc156.6 million is owed, made up of 52 percent of the private sector and 42 percent of the public sector. 

He therefore said the exercise is targeted at getting GHc26 million.

Source: A1Radioonline.Com|101.1MHZ|Moses Apiah|Bolgatanga

Residents in Upper East Region urged to vaccinate dogs against rabies

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The Director of the Veterinary Services Department in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, Dr. Albert Aygapong Tweneboah, has made a passionate plea to residents and dog owners to prioritize the vaccination of their dogs against the deadly rabies disease.

According to him, rabies vaccinations for dogs not only safeguard the lives of their furry companions but also serve as a crucial barrier against transmission to humans.

He added that vaccinating dogs effectively breaks the chain of transmission and can eventually lead to the complete eradication of the disease in the region.

“Rabies is a deadly zoonotic disease that poses a significant threat to the people and animals of the Upper East Region. It’s our responsibility to protect our communities and pets from this fatal illness by ensuring that all dogs are properly vaccinated.”

Rabies, a viral disease that affects both animals and humans, is transmitted through the saliva of infected animals, primarily dogs. Once symptoms appear in humans, the disease is almost always fatal. This makes rabies a critical public health concern that demands immediate attention.

Dr. Tweneboah made this call to action on A1 Radio as part of efforts to observe and sensitize the public on World Rabies Day.

To achieve the goal of eradicating this deadly disease among pets in the region, Dr. Tweneboah indicated that there have been conscious efforts by the regional directorate of the veterinary services to raise awareness about rabies prevention.

He further stressed that they also organize vaccination campaigns and make vaccines easily accessible to all dog owners in the region, regardless of their location or financial status.

The director urged residents to take advantage of these initiatives and emphasized that rabies vaccinations are not just a matter of choice but a community obligation.

“The health of our families and the safety of our communities are at stake. Let us all play our part in eliminating this dreadful disease.”

This year’s World Rabies Day was under the theme “All for One, One Health for All.”

Source: A1Radioonline.Com|101.1MHZ|Moses Apiah|Bolgatanga

MCE for Builsa North seeks support to revamp “ailing” hospital

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The Builsa North Municipal Chief Executive, Madam Vida Akantagriwen Anaab, has called on health stakeholders and concerned parties to rally behind efforts to renovate and restore the ailing municipal hospital.

Describing the hospital as a “death trap” and a significant threat to the well-being of patients and healthcare providers, Madam Anaab urged all stakeholders to unite for the hospital’s revitalization.

Madam Anaab sounded the alarm during a Regional Coordinating Council meeting held in Bolgatanga.

According to Madam Anaab, the hospital’s roofing sheets leak incessantly whenever it rains, causing untold damage to equipment and posing a severe risk to patient safety.

“…the walls of the hospital building are riddled with cracks, raising fears of potential structural failures that could result in catastrophic accidents.

“The current state of the hospital is deplorable and unacceptable. It not only endangers the lives of our patients but also the dedicated healthcare workers who serve our community tirelessly,” she added. 

She pointed out that the hospital has been a cornerstone of healthcare in the municipality for decades, providing essential medical services to thousands of residents.

Its current state, she said, jeopardizes the healthcare system’s ability to effectively address the growing medical needs of the community.

Therefore, she called on both governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, to contribute to the renovation and modernization of the hospital.

Source: A1Radioonline.Com|101.1MHZ|Moses Apiah|Bolgatanga

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