Ashanti Police on manhunt for robbers who killed MoMo vendor at Konongo

 The Ashanti Regional Police Command has said it is on a manhunt for two suspected armed robbers who shot and killed a mobile money merchant (Edward Gyamfi, aka Rasto) at his residence at Konongo on Tuesday night, December 21, 2021.

According to the Public Relations Officer for the regional Police Command, ASP Godwin Ahianyo, the suspects trailed him from an ATM machine to his house and killed him.

He added that, the two suspects trailed the 46 year old deceased from an ATM to his house at 9:30 pm and made away with an unspecified amount of money after shooting him.

ASP Ahianyo has thus advised all mobile money merchants to close their businesses early to help curb the menace and also consult the Police for an escort when going to the bank.

….ASP AHIANYO…..

Wife of the deceased, Sister Akua speaking to the media in a teary voice said, she heard a loud shout and all of a sudden people started calling his name only for her to find her loving husband shot dead.

….WIFE…..

 

 

 

President approves allocation of funds for REGSECs

Minister of National Security, Hon. Albert Kan-Dapaah has disclosed that, the security of the country has been buoyed up by the President’s approval of funds for the payment of allowances of members of the various regional and district security councils.

According o him, approval was part of efforts aimed at safeguarding the security of the nation, the Minister of National Security, Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah, disclosed.

He said the funds would also cover other activities of regional security council’s (REGSECs) and district security committees (DISECs) which were responsible for considering and taking appropriate measures to safeguard the internal and external security at the regional and the district levels.

At a sensitisation workshop on the National Security Strategy Document for Regional Ministers in Accra yesterday, Mr Kan-Dapaah said in the past, there was no provision of funds for the REGSECs and the DISECs, “but now the government has made provision and the funds will be handled by the Ministry of National Security”.

He said the approval by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo followed a proposal by the Ministry of National Security.

….KAN DAPAAH…..

The Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development, Hon. Daniel Kwaku Botwe also said the ministry had zoned the various regions into four and would soon roll out an intensive sensitisation programme on the National Security Strategy Document for regional ministers, district, municipal and metropolitan chief executives.

….DAN BOTWE…..

 

 

Blows in Parliament just a tip of the iceberg – NDC MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ada constituency, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, has said the Minority will not kowtow to the whims and caprices of the Majority.

According to her, the brawl over the E-levy is just the tip of the iceberg if the government does not change its intransigent position.

She added that, there will be more fights if Majority does not change its position on E-levy.

She noted that, the women are 20 for both sides so everyone has chosen her fighting partner.

MPs have been lampooned for turning the August House into a boxing arena.

Ahead of voting on the controversial E-levy, the Minority tried to prevent First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu from voting.

This angered the Majority who clashed with their colleagues. Some of the MPs were reported to have sustained injuries during the brawl.

Their conduct, described as an international embarrassment, has been condemned by many including the Christian Council of Ghana.

Some Majority and Minority MPs have expressed remorse and promised not to repeat the ‘shameful’ conduct.

But madam Cudjoe-Ghansah stated unequivocally that peace will not prevail in Parliament until the right thing is done.

….HON. GHANSAH…..

 

 

E-Pharmacy will transform access to pharmaceutical care in Ghana- VP

The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia has stated that, the top tier innovation,E-Pharmacy will transform access to pharmaceutical care in the country.

He said the innovation will also complement Government’s attempt to improving access to and delivery of health care to the near 30 million Population.

He elaborated that as the country moves towards digitization, we have to also benefit from it by using technology to improve our availability to pharmaceutical care in a way that complements our traditional brick-and-mortar pharmacy adding that E-Pharmacy will provide easy access and deliver large segment of the Population scattered in the rural and less urban centers with quality care.

“Indeed, as a country, we are not there yet but our progress so far is not to be taken for granted and we intend to entrench further our vision of making the single largest investment in our country’s health sector”, Veep stressed.

The Vice President elaborated that government recognises the gaps in the country’s health infrastructure and is committed to filling as many of the gaps as possible in building our human resources in our physical infrastructure and in all the complementary aspects of our health system.

Delivering his speech on Wednesday, as a Special Guest of at the launching of the E-Pharmacy in Accra, Dr. Bawumia was worried that, while the government is tackling the inadequate infrastructure in the health sector, it is disheartening to see people, roaming up and down from one pharmacy to the other in search of medication.

“The innovation in improving pharmacy access to our people through E-Pharmacy will be a game changer in safe guarding the future of our youth and ensuring rational and responsible access to medicines on a scale we have not yet been able to achieve”, Veep touted the innovation.

….BAWUMIA…..

COVID-19: Move your indoor big events outdoor – GHS advises event organizers

Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye has advised all events organizers to move their indoor events to outdoor open areas to help curb the current increasing cases.

According to him, they have team up with the tourism board that as much as possible everybody must avoid an indoor event.

He added that, they will encourage already organized indoor events to do it outside or better suspend the said event.

He noted that, Ghana Health Service through various stakeholder engagement programs are engaging Event Organizers to make sure the protocols are respected in outdoor events and will not allow big indoor concerts which fall short of the relevant COVID-19 safety protocols.

….DR. PATRICK….

The Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service and the leader of Ghana’s risk management of Covid-19, Dr. Da-costa Aboagye said, Ghana has recorded 3000 active cases per the time that they checked which is not pleasant for them.

According to him, they really have to make sure that stricter measures will be implemented during Christmas, to forestall a possible rise in the number of infections.

….DR. DACOSTA….

 

 

My administration will not tolerate complacent and incompetent auditors – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo says his administration will not tolerate auditors who are either complacent or incompetent.

He has charged Auditors in the various districts to efficiently execute their responsibilities in plugging leakages in the public purse.

According to him, it has become routine for the Auditor-General to uncover cases of financial malfeasance in the public service that will otherwise go unnoticed until they appear as a result, they cannot avoid the conclusion that the district auditors must be either complacent or incompetent.

He added that, they cannot afford to have auditors that will be complacent in the malfeasance they are expected to prevent, and certainly, they do not need incompetent auditors.

The President was addressing the maiden edition of the District Auditors’ Conference in Kumasi under the theme,” Ensuring the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the State Auditor in a Digitized Economy”.

President Akufo-Addo is unhappy with cases of financial malfeasance consistently uncovered at the Public Accounts Committee.

He said the country cannot have either complacent or incompetent officers.

He stressed that,“ Every time we hear details of the report of the Auditor-General and hearings of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, we know the district auditors are not working as they should”.

….AKUFO ADDO….

 

 

Akufo-Addo did not seek my intervention on the E-Levy impasse – Mahama

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo did not seek his intervention on the E-Levy impasse.

He said he received Mr. Gabby Otchere Darko, a leading member of the governing party, at his request, at his residence.

Among issues they discussed was the desire of Ghanaians to see the two major political parties working together for the interest of the nation

“We discussed, also, how dialogue can be deployed to ensure Parliamentary issues are agreed consensually before coming on the floor to avoid what happened recently in the House.

“We further discussed opening channels of communication between the leaders of the two parties including a possible meeting with the President at a future date.

“At no time was there any discussion specifically about the President requiring my intervention in the impasse on the E-levy,” Mr Mahama said in a Facebook post on Wednesday December 22.

Parliament on Tuesday December 21 adjourned sitting to January 18 next year without concluding on the e-levy proposal which has sharply divided the House.

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, expressed disappointment in the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin over the way and manner he conducted himself in Parliament on Monday December 20.