KNUST students asked to vacate campus by Saturday

 Students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been warned not to remain on campus after midday on Saturday, September 18.

Only foreign students and students permitted by management can stay, the regional minister has directed.

According to the Ashanti regional Minister, Hon. Simon Osei Mensah, they have picked intelligence that some “unruly” students are planning some disturbances on campus on Friday, the eve of vacation.

He added that, the campus is still a security zone as declared in 2018.

“It is instructive to remind the student population that the declaration of the University Campus as a security zone in November, 2018, is still in force and, therefore, it is an offence to demonstrate within the security zone,” he stated.

He announced the deployment of security personnel on campus to “ensure peace and security and prevent any unruly behaviour by any group of students.”

It will be recalled that a clash during the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) elections in July left some students injured. Properties at the Great Hall of the university were also destroyed.

….REG. MINISTER…..

URA of KNUST, Dr. Daniel Norris Bekoe speaking to the media welcomed this initiative and urged every student to comply with the directives.

….DR. DANIEL……..

 

 

 

You are a confuse man – John Boadu fires Ofosu Ampofo

General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. John Boadu, has hit back at Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, describing him as the very “epitome of failure”, following the latter’s earlier scathing attack on his (Boadu’s) party leadership credentials.

The NPP stalwart accused Mr. Ofosu Ampofo of failing to undertake simple calculation of electoral figures when he was Director of Elections of the party during the 2016 General Elections.

The NDC Chair fired the first salvo when he labelled Mr. Boadu as incompetent, and one who has no moral right to criticize former President John Mahama, because he (Boadu) failed to protect the NPP’s majority seats in Parliament during the 2020 elections.

 “If we are talking about competency and who is able to manage, John Boadu should not come and compare himself to Mr Mahama,” he told a gathering in Kumasi during Mr Mahama’s ‘Thank You’ tour of the region.

But in a sharp rebuttal during an interview the media, John Boadu described the NDC capo as a total failure who could not get simple arithmetic right and even put up a national collation centre together for his party when he was director of elections.

“You put up such an abysmal performance when you were director of elections for the your party, you further led your party to lose the 2020 general elections and yet you think you are better than me?” he rhetorically asked.

….JOHN BOADU……

 

 

 

 

Politics in Africa is becoming cheap- Obiri Boahen

Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Lawyer Obiri Boahen has lamented that, politics in the African continent is gradually becoming cheap in the eyes of the people.

According to him, though is right that the The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit to discuss the coup d’état and the political crisis in Guinea but how many leaders cautioned Guinean embattled President, Alpha Conde when he was amending their constitution to go for the third time.

He asked why the ECOWAS didn’t sanction Alpha Conde when he tried to amend the constitution.

He made this known after The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit in Accra today to discuss the coup d’état and the political crisis in Guinea.

Heads of State and other top officials of the 15-member sub-regional bloc will deliberate on a report by a fact-finding mission sent to assess the situation in Guinea on September 10, this year.

Lawyer Obiri Boahen stressed that, there are a lot of African leaders who had been in power for over a decade now.

…..OBIRI BOAHEN……

 

 

 

 

 

2021 teacher licensure examination rescheduled from September to October

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has postponed the date for the sitting of the 2021 teacher licensure examination from September to October.

NTC had scheduled to conduct the exams from 23rd and 24th September 2021, but the exams will now be held on 23rd and 24th October 2021.

Public Relations Officer for the National Teaching Council, Denis Osei Wusu speaking to the media said, the postponement is to enable it to complete work on the Test Prep Portal, which will enable candidates to practice adequately before writing the examination.

According to him, they will upload questions on their system and give the needed time to the candidates to practice before the exams.

He added that, they took the decision after having a dialogue with the recognized institution.

He announced that, the Koforidua Asokore SDA College of Education Centre has been moved to the Presbyterian Women College of Education (PWCE), Aburi in the Eastern Region.

This is not the first time NTC had postponed such an exam. In 2020, the NTC rescheduled the date for the writing of the exams from September to October.

….DENIS OSEI……

 

 

 

 

 

Residents of Ohwim-Amanfrom lament over deplorable road network

Residents of Ohwim-Amanfrom in the Bantama Constituency are lamenting bitterly over their poor road network.

Some of the residents speaking to Silver fm’s Nana Ama Aniwaah said, the bridge has turned into a dead trap after its collapsing.

According to them, they made series of complains to the then Assembly member but all proved futile.

They added that, they had witness a lot of accidents on the road due to its poor nature.

They appealed to the authorities to as a matter of urgency come to their aid.

….OHWIM RESIDENTS……

Assembly member of the area, Hon. Ebo Boison speaking to Nana Ampratwum on Silver fm Omanbapa morning show said, all efforts to get the contractor to construct the bridge has proved futile.

….HON. EBO BOISON……

Meanwhile the Contractor, Engineer Stephen Nkrumah denied that he has abandoned the project.

…..ENGINEER STEPHEN…..

 

 

 

 

Two men arrested for exhuming corpse at Obuasi Sam Jona cemetery

Two people have been arrested by the Obuasi Divisional Police for allegedly exhuming corpse at Obuasi Sam Jona Cemetery.

Obuasi Divisional Police Commander, Chief Supt. Joseph Nyaaba speaking to Nana Ampratwum on Silver fm Omanbapa morning show said, Eric Adai 21 years and a child were intercepted by some foot patrol team of the Ghana Police Service three days ago.

According to him, the Police discovered that, a grave at the said cemetery was opened and out of curiosity followed up and saw the suspect picking up human bones from the grave into a sack he was holding.

He added that, the suspect after his arrest said, he was a herbalist and he is using it for a purpose.

He noted that, the suspects will be arraigned before court today.

….SUPT. NYAABA…..