The main opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) has issued a statement swiping the president over the dismissal of some state CEOs, a move the party claims is being used to cover the embarrassment following the expose by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

The statement which was signed by Deputy General Secretary, Koku Anyidoho, called on party supporters to ignore the diversionary tactics being employed by government through the dismissal of the state CEOs.

The Managing Director for BOST, Alfred Obeng has been asked to hand over to one Mr. George Mensah Okley. The boss for the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Mr. Paul Asare Ansah has also been sacked.

But reacting to the dismissals, the NDC said: ‘’The National Democratic Congress (NDC), is calling on all Party members, to completely ignore, the desperate diversionary attempt of the failing and fast-sinking Akufo-Addo Government, to use the rather belated supposed sacking of some Chief Executive Officers of certain Government owned Entities to pull a veil over the impending screening of the corrosive corruption-laden video of Anas Aremyaw Anas.’’

It added: ‘’All comrades and patriots must stay glued to the nitty gritties of the video of Anas Aremyaw Anas, and hold this Super Incompetent NPP Administration accountable for the blatant ignominy and shame it has brought upon Kwame Nkrumah’ s Ghana as they continue to swim in murky seas of ONE DAY, ONE CORRUPTION.’’

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

A chief who allegedly defrauded a nurse under the pretext of assisting him to buy a car has been granted bail by the Juaso Circuit Court in the sum of GH¢ 15,000.00 with one surety to be justified.

Nana Kofi Assumaning Ababio, a sub chief of the Agogo traditional area, pleaded not guilty to defrauding by false pretence and would reappear before the court on June 27, this year.

Police Detective Chief Inspector Birikorang Peasah, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Mr. Yusif Assibey that the accused was a sub chief at Agogo and a medical practitioner.

He said the complainant, Felix Tutu Okyere, a nurse at Tepa Government Hospital got to know the accused through his friend.

Prosecution said the complainant who then became a good friend of the accused expressed interest to buy a car for his private use.

Accused told complainant that he had a customs officer friend who could assist him purchase a Toyota Corolla saloon car by auction.

He requested for an amount of GH¢ 14,500.00 which the complainant paid on August 7, last year after which he promised to deliver the vehicle in a week.

He, however failed to honour the promise and several efforts by the complainant to retrieve his money since then proved futile.

The complainant reported the case to the police.

Source: GNA

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is astonished following the claims Kwesi Nyantakyi, made in the expose by Anas Aremeyaw Anas in his latest ‘Number 12’ video which was premiered at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.

The president of the Republic spoke to investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in reaction to the issues raised by Kwesi Nyantakyi. Kwesi Nyantakyi made claims that the president was in need of money because he sold his family property to finance his campaign.

”I know for a fact that Nana Addo sold his properties to win the elections so his family is very broke. His brothers are always asking for money, therefore, the $5 million will ease the burden.”

He also made claims of the inflated cost of road contracts stressing that ‘overpasses’ of the same standard conducted in New York and Ghana cost $70 million and $150 million respectively.

“The guy who is there [at the Transport Ministry], Asiamah; that is his [Kennedy Agyapong’s] small boy,” Kwesi Nyantakyi said. “So, he [Karbo] mentioned that they wanted to make him [Kennedy Agyapong] a minister because of the contribution he made to the campaign. [Kennedy Agyapong] says he cannot be a minister because he is not a disciplined person to be a minister.

But they [the government] gave him a ministry. They created a ministry and gave it to him and he nominated somebody as the minister. Yes, Ministry of Transport.”

In a meeting with Anas’ Tiger Eye PI collaborators who posed as a businessman, Nyantakyi is captured soliciting sums of money on behalf the President ($5million), Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia ($3million), the Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah ($2 million) and his deputy Anthony Karbo ($1million). But reacting to the claims said he “knows nothing” and is “astonished” by Nyantakyi’s claims. “He is completely false, it is completely false”.

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) is set to embark on a national prayer crusade opposing the same-sex marriage in Ghana.

The three days prayer event is to raise the consciousness of public opinion about grave social choices of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights in Ghana.

General Secretary of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, Rev. Emmanuel T. Barrigah disclosed this in an interview with Adom News, Tuesday.

Rev. Emmanuel T. Barrigah said the prayers will be held nationwide between June 30 and July 2, 2018.

He said homosexuality is demonic thus it is about time Christians pray ceaselessly for God to intervene.

Mr Barrigah believes the pressure from Western countries to get Ghana and other African countries to embrace same-sex marriages are part of a bigger scheme to dominate the continent.

The GPCC General Secretary said even the European Court on Human Right recently ruled unanimously against LGBT right so they will not allow any person to mislead the country.

He told Adom News reporter, Kofi Nkansah that, though they will show love to gays and lesbians, they won’t support its legalization.

Same-sex relations are illegal in 36 Commonwealth member states, including nine that have a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

In Ghana, a law against ‘unnatural carnal knowledge’ is interpreted as criminalising same-sex sexual encounters, especially between two males.

Source: adomonline.com

Former President John Kufuor wants persons indicted in Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ yet-to-be-released investigative film to be brought to book.

After watching excerpts of the film, dubbed ‘Number 12’, John Kufuor described as “evil” the acts of corruption of some referees and officials of the Ghana Football Association who among other practices were caught on tape fixing football matches.

Commenting on the video, Kufuor said, “I want the nation to be shocked by this practice, it is evil. I believe Ghana is a country of laws so investigation should be put to work and of course, the outcome should be applied strictly, according to law.”
There is great anticipation for the investigative piece which has dominated the country’s media space in the last couple of weeks.

Among the reasons for the buzz about the premiering of the video is the earlier revelation that the President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwasi Nyantakyi used the name of President Akufo-Addo to solicit bribes from supposed foreign investors.

President Akufo-Addo reported Mr Nyantakyi to the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service earlier in May after watching excerpts of the film.

Mr Nyantakyi was interrogated by the CID and had his phones and laptop seized as part of investigations.

The deputy minister for Roads and Transport, Anthony Karbo was also invited to the CID later to assist in investigations after it emerged this his name was mentioned in the video in a possible corruption deal.

It is also reported that some unidentified persons have been tracking Anas’ office “and other locations ostensibly to harm him.”

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has also been on a media campaign against the methods of Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

The banter between Mr Agyapong and veteran journalist, Kweku Baako, who is a mentor to Anas has further heightened expectation of the video.

Hundreds of Ghanaians thronged the premises of Citi FM earlier this week to pick free tickets to the premiere.

Number 12 will be premiered at the Accra International Conference Center today [Wednesday] and Thursday at 3 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm and 10 pm.

Source: citinewsroom.com

The Executive Director of the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security, David Agbee, says he doubts the originality of the leaked CID document that is said to be the statement the embattled president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, gave to the police.

The confidential document was leaked to Multimedia’s Joy FM earlier this week.

Its emergence into public domain has raised several concerns including the credibility and level of professionalism of the Ghana Police Service, with many calling for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and some key figures within the police administration.

The biggest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has also waded into the issue following reports of allegations that former president John Dramani Mahama and the party received a donation of $8 million to aid their campaign in 2016.

Speaking on Day Break Upper East on A1 Radio Wednesday, the governance and security guru has raised doubts about the authenticity of the document. According to Mr Agbee, he will be terribly shocked if indeed the statement of the GFA president which is supposed to be under lock and key, is what is in public.

“I do not think that such a statement will actually come from the police as i do know most of the guys there are professionals. And so if it really comes from the CID office, I will be terribly shocked”. He said

Mr. Agbee added it will be unprofessional if it comes out that the document in the public domain is true copy of what the CID holds.

Citing the case involving former appointees of the previous government who were said to have received double salaries, the security guru decried the spate of similar cases where confidential documents have been leaked from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

“It looks as if every statement that somebody gives to the CID people, they will publish it.

Do you remember the double salary matter? The double salary matter of the former ministers and former MPs and all that. You know, it was all over the media. I never knew of BNI or CID doing things like this”. He wondered.

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