Controversial dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah, also known as Shatta Wale, is calling on other musicians in Ghana to come together and protest the ban placed on them by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the Gaming Commission of Ghana to advertise for alcoholic beverages. The FDA in 2015 banned Ghanaian celebrities from advertising alcoholic beverages.
According to the regulator, the ban was in adherence to a World Health Organisation policy.
It also said the decision was part of efforts to protect children and prevent them from being lured into alcoholism.
Shatta Wale in a live Facebook video on Wednesday, October 14 urged all the creative arts industry players to support him to compel the regulator to scrap the laws, banning them from advertising for betting companies and alcohol beverages.
“Those in the creative act industry should wake and stand against the ban of advertising for alcoholic drinks and sports betting. This is very sad but it will not affect me but rather other people in the industry,” he said.
He went on further to say, “Actors, actress and anybody in the creative arts industry will lose a lot if this ban is not lifted. Ghanaian celebrities should wake up and talk against some laws of the FDA and the Gaming Commission.”
“We as a nation should change the way we do our things sometime, because it is not everything that will help us as we are going forward as individuals,” he added.
Dr Kwame Owusu Fodjuor, founder of the controversial UN leadership award scheme and the Global Blueprint Excellence Award has been arrested in Kumasi, Ashanti Regional Capital.
He was arrested on the premises of Hello FM by National Security Operatives.
This comes few weeks after he gave a set of fake citations and phoney awards to some celebs and renowned dignitaries who have demonstrated competence in their filed of work.
According to a report filed by richnews.com, ‘Dr. UN’ has been on the radar of the security agencies for quite some time now, after a fake award ceremony he organized in Kumasi, Ashanti Region.
He was arrested after it was reported that the award scheme which was held in 2018 was fake and was later granted bail.
The court subsequently issued an arrest warrant after he flouted his bail conditions.
In view of this when news went out that Kwame Fordjour was in the studios of Hello FM, National Security operatives stormed the place to effect his arrest.
According to richnews.com, ‘Dr UN’ has been remanded for 14 days.
The Directorate of Psychiatric of Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in collaboration with Mental Health Authority has organized a free mental health screening to commemorate mental health month, under the theme.”mental health for all, greater investment, greater access”.
The head of department in charge of Psychiatric of Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr Ruth Owusu Antwi emphasized on the need to create the awareness about people’s mental health to help reduced the increment on the disease.
Dr Ruth Owusu Antwi expressed worry on the low investment in the mental health by Ghanaian’s government and Africa as well.
Psychiatric Unit KATH
The Psychiatric department in Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has been crying for expansion of their facility for several years since the oldest infrastructural development built in 1881 is still in used today which takes care for the entire middle belt and the northern region.
Dr Ruth Owusu Antwi said, patients are not able to voice out their deeper challenge in their mental issues since more than five or ten patients use the same table.
She said, this problem are above their maximum control and this is impairing on their functional in the course of their duty.
She appealed to government to increase the rehabilitation centers in the Ashanti region and expand the four (4) in the region.
She said, though the mental health delivery has improved as compared to the previous years as every Government Hospital now has psychiatrist.
She called on stakeholders and private partners to invest in mental health delivery and build more rehabilitation centers to avoid going to Ankafu in greater Accra since it increased stigmatization.
Dr Ruth Owusu Antwi said, statistics proved that this year ,the total mental issues recorded in the region are five thousand and ten (5,010) total case record.
Dr Mrs Ruth Owusu Antwi, director in charge of Psychiatric KATH
Out of this, (2,558) two thousand five hundred and fifty eight were females and the male were (2,452) two thousand four hundred and fifty two.
She ssid that, out of this total figure, the ladies were higher due to depression, anxiety,stress due to COVID19 pandemic.
She passionately appealed to the President, Parliaments and Judicial service to repute the law on attempted to course suicide.
In Ghana we know that attempt to commit suicide is an offends because if we keep on crimilizing suicide attempt it prevents proper research into suicide, it prevents people who need real help to come out to and ask for the help. Decriminalized suicide attempts, they chant.
The emerging news Richnews.com convened bares that the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has revealed the National Democratic Congress has appointed party lawyers in every constituency to defend individuals he alleges have been recruited to cause confuse on Election Day.
According to report, he said, there is a deliberate attempt by the NDC to create some chaos on the day of elections because they have the information they (NDC) are losing the elections.
Speaking on NET2TV, the MP added “so the NDC has a bad intention ahead of the December 7 polls. They have distributed the trained individuals to Ashaiman, Kasoa, Asawase, and Tamale. They recruited some of them are from Tamale. And they are going to disturb the process.”
“The attack will start from Ashanti region, so the NPP should look out for this; they have a lawyer in every constituency who is going in to defend anybody going to create chaos on that day in every constituency.
They claim their flagbearer is from the Central Region so losing in that region will be embarrassing so they are planning to create confusion. But they have made a mistake by creating awareness,” he said.
A second wife of the late Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Ekow Kwansah Hayford, has expressed concern about how the family has neglected her after the death of her husband.
Sarah Hayford, who says she was married to the late MP and has two children with him, was at Mankessim Thursday for the one-week observance after the killing of the MP last Friday.
Sarah said she was not happy that the family had failed to acknowledge her as a wife though they knew she was married to Mr Hayford and they were living at Tarkwa in the Western Region.
She said the mother of Mr Hayford had always known about her and her two children, aged seven and five.
Sarah Hayford, who says she was married to the late MP and has two children with him was at Mankessim Thursday for the one week observation after the killing of the MP last Friday.
She added that all she was looking for was an acknowledgement and nothing more.
Sarah in an earlier statement explained she met the late Mr Hayford in 2009, and he told her he had no wife at the time as he was divorced, hence his courage to meet her family to ask for her hand in marriage.
She said they got married on June 8, 2013 at a public event that saw them signing their marriage documents at the court and have since been living with the late MP at Tarkwa.
According to her, she later got to know that the late legislator was still married to his first wife [Ophelia] after the latter called her in 2016 to inform her that Mr Hayford was still married to her.
Mr Daniel Mensah a staunch supporter of the opposition NDC and campaign Team Member for Vincent Oppong Asamoah, former MP for Dormaa West and Deputy Minister for Sports has defected to the ruling New Patriotic Party due to better economic management by President Akufo-Addo.
Daniel Mensah said, he has been an ardent supporter of the opposition National Democratic Congress since 1992 and was Poling station secretary and also a Campaign team member for the NDC parliamentary candidate Hon Vincent Oppong Asamoah but has now joined the NPP because the NPP has delivered pro poor policies something he said the NDC failed to deliver.
Chair Abronye swearing in defected people’s.
He disclosed this at Kookumikrom a farming community at Dormaa West when the Bono Regional Secretariat of the Party led by Kwame Baffoe Abronye stormed the area with retail campaign to canvass votes for President Akufo-Addo and the Member of Parliament for the area Hon Alui Maiga ahead of the impending general elections.
As part of innovations and strategies to obtain a first round victory for President Akufo-Addo, the party in the region is vigorously embarking on a retail campaign in order to get the good message of the NPP Government across the entire region.
The move involves spending a day in a constituency visiting at least three communities, organise rallies, interacting with people in their homes, in the markets, food joints, streets among others.
Chairman Abronye speaking at a seperate durbar at Kwaadwomokrom another farming community said the opposition NDC upon seeing defeat staring at their flag-bearer have adopted operation vote skirt and blouse for President Akufo-Addo and NDC parliamentary candidates.
According to Abronye, the move is a grand scheme of the NDC to secure more parliamentary seats after the elections and use it to thwart the efforts of President Akufo-Addo after elections but has urged Ghanaians to shun the NDC and their propaganda by voting overwhelmingly for Nana Addo and the parliamentary candidates across the country.
The areas they visited on the day two of the retail campaign were Kwaadwomokrom, Kookumikrom and Kwaku Anya all farming communities in the Dormaa West Constituency.
Joining him for the tour were, the Regional Secretary Kofi Ofosu Boateng, DCE for Dormaa West Hon Mary Ameyaa, DCE for Dormaa East, Hon Kofi Agyemang, Deputy Organizer Kofi Darko, Deputy Youth Organizer Shadrach Abrefa, Financial Secretary Mr Henry Oppong, Communications Director Asare Bediako, Professor Tina Abrefa-Gyan Regional Campaign Team Member and other high profile individuals.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has sacked its Member of Parliament for the Fomena Constituency Hon. Amoako Andrew Asiamah.
A statement from the party which was signed by the General Secretary said “The Party has noted that the Member of Parliament for the Fomena Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Hon. Amoako Andrew Asiamah, who was elected to Parliament on the ticket of the Party, has filed to contest as an Independent Parliamentary Candidate. By so doing, he has presumably vacated his Seat in Parliament pursuant to Article 97(1)(g) of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic”.
The statement indicated that the Party has taken steps to inform the leadership of Parliament for the appropriate actions to be taken. Also, the party warned that any member of the party who will support an independent candidate in their campaign will also lose their member of the party.
It used the opportunity to commend members of the party who listened to the counsel of the party and rescinded their decision to contest as independent candidates.
The Chief of Wassa Atobiase, Nana Opia II, says the government of Nana Akufo-Addo has performed tremendously well in its first term of office and deserves commendation.
Addressing a durbar of Chiefs at Wassa Atobiase during the visit of Vice President Bawumia on Wednesday October 7, 2020 the Chief said evidence of President Akufo-Addo’s good performance in government abounds and he is not the only one who has seen it.
“Frankly, the government of President Akufo-Addo has performed so well and their good works are there for all to see,” Nana Opia II said.
Dr Bawumia and NPP Parliamentary candidate
“If I am to talk about the good works of this government, I will need about an hour to talk about them but we don’t have much time so I will talk about just a few.”
“I am not the only one who has seen it because evidence of the good works of his government are all over the country.”
The Chief singled out President Akufo-Addo’s flagship education-for-all intervention, Free SHS, describing it as historic.
“The first thing I will like to highlight is the Free SHS policy, which has allowed our children to access senior secondary education for free.
“This is historic. I have never seen this in my life, and I believe our elders also never saw this in their time. This is the first time this is happening in our country where every child can access secondary education for free. Everybody is benefitting and the children of Atobiase and surrounding towns are also benefitting.”
NPP party sympathizers showing appreciation to Dr Mohamudu Bowumia
Nana Opia also commended President Akufo-Addo’s government for the manner the Corona virus outbreak has been managed.
“We all saw how the Corona virus devasted many countries around the world and we have seen how it has been managed here in our country.
“President Akufo-Addo and his government have done so well with the way they have managed the Corona virus.”
Touching on the Akufo-Addo government’s inclusive development policies, Nana Opia said his community has received its share of development.
“Our school used to face serious challenges of congestion. But as I speak to you now, we have a new school block which is almost done. Now we are going to have A, B, and C classrooms for each level.
“Again, the government has rehabilitated our clinic by building a new OPD for us. We are grateful to the government.”
While commending the government for its good works and the development in his community, the Chief appealed to the government to consider giving them more projects.
He said the area has only one senior high school in Daboase, and therefore, appealed to the government to consider building a senior high school in the area to ensure pupils from the area do not travel far to access senior high education.
The Chief also appealed for government to consider upgrading their roads.
Vice President Bawumia, who is on a two-day tour of the Western Region, thanked the Chief for acknowledging government’s efforts and assured him that the request for a secondary school will receive consideration.
Residents of Akyemansa district in the Eastern region have benefitted from a 3 units classroom block, a doctor’s residence and a CHPS compound to improve their healthcare of the area.
The health project was supported by Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project, group of company in Japan.
CHPs Compound, before and after.
The infrastructural projects under the Nana Addo Dankwah administration was situated in Bosovilla, Akokoaso and Ofoase respectively.
The district chief executive, Hon Paul Asamoah at the commissioning of the projects lauded his able member of Parliament who doubles as the information minister Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah for his massive work done in his constituency and Ghana as a whole.
He also showered a thankful message to the Japanese company for their support in terms of their healthcare.
Hon Paul Asamoah at the commissioning of projects.
He again disclosed that, under the year of roads, their major road stretched from Ofoase to Ada and its inner city link roads will soon commerce which is the objective of his government to complete most roads in the country.
He rest assurred the residence with the support of the Ghana Cocoa bod the roads contracts will be awarded for work to commerce to develop the district.
The founder and flag bearer of United Front Party, (U.F.P), Dr. Nana Agyenim Boateng (Gyataba), has said his government will retrieve all the monies stolen by this ruling NPP government within his first year when voted him into power come December 7, 2020 general election.
He said this during the party’s campaign launch and acclamation in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and blame the Akufo-Addo led NPP administration for borrowing too much from foreign countries.
“The government always say they have developed the country, but I tell you that Nana Addo cannot point at even one major project like the Kejetia project by the previous NDC administration”. He alleged.
Dr. Boateng revealed to richnew.com in an interview that, UFP will build more schools, roads, create jobs, develop the agric sector and form a Vegetable Board that will take care of all Vegetables grown in the country.
The National Chairman, Founder and flagbearer for the party, Mr. Dr Nana Agyenim Boateng Gyataba, said the NPP government have hugely disappointed Ghanaians by failing to fulfill all the promises made before the 2016 general election.
UFP National Leadership with Flagbearer
Mr Agyenim Boateng, therefore urged Ghanaians to massively vote for their presidential candidate, Dr. Agyenim Boateng in the 2020’s coming elections.
He describe the finance minister Mr Ken Offori Atta as the worst finance minister ever Ghana has had since Ghana had independent. Speaking to richnews.com, Nana Agyenim Boateng accused the finance minister to show how he has managed the economy without seeking support from the foreigners or borrowing.
“What Hon Ken Ofori Atta knows best is borrowing” ,and nothing more he alleges . He said, this NPP government has stolen Ghanaians tax payers money and deposited in a Bank and plead with Ghanaian to vote him in power to retrieve the money and imprisoned them .
Gyataba dared them,that he knows the Bank and ready to tell Ghanaians how our leaders are embazle our tax payers money. He added that, when voted him into power, he will used the money retrieved from the Bank to boost the economy.
“I will not borrow, I will retrieved the NPP stolen money to rule Ghana, I know the Bank NPP deposited our stolen money, I will retrieved them and imprisoned them”. Gyataba said so to richnews.com
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