An unfortunate and disheartening information gathered by richnews.com points out that, a Fifteen Year Old Girl, identified as Princilla has committed suicide.
The sad incident happened at Abofour in the Offinso South Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
Narrating the incident to richnews.com on condition of anonymity today, an eye witness and resident in the locality, said, the deceased took in Rat-Poison to commit the act.
He said, the late Princilla was rebuked by her mother after the deceased went out and never return home.
Chosing death over shyness, 15-Year-Old Princilla angrily entered her mother’s room, picked a poison meant for rodents and drunk.
She later complained of stomach pains and was rushed to the Abofour health Center for treatment.
Due to the degree of the defect, she was transferred to St. Patrick Hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival by the Doctors on duty.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare has interdicted the deputy Ashanti regional commander DCOP Kwasi Akomeah-Apraku following Monday’s clash between the police and students of the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi.
Two other senior officers ACP George Ankomah and ACP Alex Cudjoe Acquah, the Suame divisional commander were also interdicted after the IGP visited the school to sympathise with the students.
At least 25 students were injured when the police fired warning shots and used pepper spray to disperse them while protesting against carnage on the main road leading to the school. The students mounted roadblocks in protest of a speeding vehicle that knocked down a teacher of the school over the weekend.
A group calling itself the Concerned Youth for Development, in the Jaman north district of the Bono region are advocating for the creation of another Constituency to supplement the existing Jaman north constituency.
According to the Concerned Youth for Development, the Jaman north district has a lot of communities which are scattered which since it’s over 20 years ago during president John Agyekum Kufour , most of the communities have been denied the key and the needed developmental projects which every community within must have.
The Youth argued that, Jaman north district has the pure Bono language speaking and Nfantra language but in terms of development most of the communities and villages lacks the needed developments .
As a Concerned Youth of Development for Jaman north, we that the creation of another constituency in the district will solve the problem of development which is affecting the progress of most of the communities because one member of parliament cannot pay particular attention to all the scattered communities within the district.
It is obvious that every member of parliament must lobby for development to his / her constituency for the assemblies to execute it but it becomes difficult for legislatures to tackle and address developmental issues when their communities are many and scattered.
Based upon this we as Concerned Youth for Development in the Jaman north district, are appealing to the government through the Local Government, Rural Development ministry and the Electoral Commission of Ghana, to consider their humble appeal so that communities which have over the years been lacking the needed developmental projects will be addressed.
A troop has been involved in an accident after an operation at Portsinor in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
It is seen in the viral video below that a group of Soldiers is seen lying half-dead while others helping to rescue members who were not lucky enough.
“They came here with a plane but decided to take their military car back home, but they were not lucky enough.
According to the report reaching richnews.com indicates that, their vehicle somersaulted many times” An anonymous man said.
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ECG Cuts Wontumi Radio And TV Power Over Theft.
ECG Cuts Power To Wontumi Radio And TV Over Power Theft
The Electricity Company of Ghana has cut power to Wontumi radio and television in Kumasi Monday morning over GHC25,000 power theft.
The radio and TV stations of the popular politician Bernard Antwi Boasiako are off.
The Ashanti Regional Manager of ECG David Asamoah told Starr News ECG will be suing the media organization for power theft.
“When the issue of the power theft came to my attention we negotiated for them to make upfront payment of at least 50 percent of the total debt by the end of Wednesday 1st June 2022 but they have failed to honour their promise.
“So I even directed my taskforce to go and disconnect the station yesterday unfortunately I couldn’t follow it up because I didn’t go to work yesterday. I Will go to work today to ensure we disconnect them. I told the general manager yesterday when we spoke on the issue’”.
The ECG regional manager denied reports he is covering up for some influential personalities because of their political affiliation.
“ Though the act is criminal and thievery its also important to apply human face when dealing with your clients because we are in business together that’s why we gave them grace period to should commitment in settling the issue’’ explained.
Central Region Secretary hopeful. Mr Armstrong Esaah.
Some months ago, we commenced a great effort to make ARMSTRONG ESAAH the next Central Regional secretary of the New Patriotic Party in the just ended June 2022 regional elections of our great party. Unfortunately, ARMSTRONG had 207 votes out of the 446 valid votes cast and the incumbent gained 239. This results in a difference of 32 votes.
This was not the outcome we had wanted or worked so hard for. However, in conceding, I, ARMSTRONG ESAAH, pledge my support and willingness to work in any capacity necessary within our party to ensure that we break the 8.
First and foremost, I thank my LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST for the gift of life and good health throughout the campaign journey.
I specifically want to thank the delegates and the people of the central region who reposed much confidence in me and committed themselves to my campaign. I want you to know that nothing has made me prouder than the tremendous love you showed me throughout my campaign.
Fellow Patriots, let me state that I have already called my brother, Richard Takyi-Mensah, to congratulate him on his victory and have assured him that I would always be available to work and support him in the interest of our region and our great party. It is my fervent hope and prayer that he succeeds in his tenure as the Regional Secretary. A big congratulation to all winners and let’s all support them to achieve all milestones.
Let me express my overwhelming gratitude to my campaign team and my supporters for their remarkable commitment, sacrifices and love shown me throughout the campaign.
I know how downhearted you are because I feel it, too. But, I want you to remember this: Our campaign was never about one person. It was about the party we love and we must all endeavour to put the outcome of the just-ended regional elections behind us and unify around the shared goal of breaking the 8-year jinx in 2024.
REMEMBER MY QUOTE: “OUR LEGACY STANDS A HIGH RISK OF “SUDDEN DEATH” IF THE AUTHORITY OF GOVERNANCE IS NOT RENEWED IN THE NPP”
May God bless us all and may God bless the New Patriotic Party, may God bless the Central Region and May God bless our motherland, Ghana and make it great and strong.
Chief Executive Officer for the National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (NEIP) Kofi Ofosu Nkansah has reminded the Roads Minister of the need to work on the Interchange the government promised the people of the Ashanti Region.
He argues that the country’s capital Accra has had its fair share of interchanges so can be said about Tamale and Takoradi.
Therefore there is a need for the attention to be shifted to the Ashanti Region where the government promised to construct an interchange for the people to ease traffic congestion in the city.
He said doing this will ease the pressure on personalities and especially Members of Parliament who have always had to find “something to say” to their constituents.
Mr. Kofi Ofosu Nkansah
Forever Product “Dear Roads Minister, this is a gentle reminder that Kumasi is yet to have any of its planned interchanges start. Accra has had its fair share of Interchanges. Tema has some. Same for Tamale. Takoradi one is also ongoing. Please do something before the end of the year na we are tired of giving our people excuses.”
In recent times, the President of Ghana commissioned the first-ever interchange in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale. The interchange according to road users has eased traffic in the city and has made engaging in economic activities in that part of the country easily
The award-winning musician, Michael Owusu Addo, known professionally as Sarkodie, to testify in respect of a suit against automobile company, Kantanaka.
The Kantanka Automobile has been sued by one Jude Osei for allegedly failing to fulfill a promise of gifting him a Kantanka Mensah automobile after reaching a 30,000 retweet requirement.
The plaintiff, in a writ dated May 14, 2019, claimed he successfully garnered 30,000 retweets in a span of one year, but he did not receive his reward.
Rather, the Kantanka Automobile released a disclaimer stating that the tweet offering a Kantanka Mensah car for 30k retweets is a “hoax and should be ignored”.
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged mining companies operating in Ghana and the entire West African sub-region to work with Governments and regulatory bodies to establish a mining index on local Stock Exchanges to allow both the owners and investors in the minerals to benefit from its exploitation.
The benefits of a mining index on the local bourse are enormous, enabling both the State, Mining Companies, beneficiary communities and investors to attract the necessary capital and built in incentives for all involved, Dr Bawumia indicated.
Veep Dr Bawumia
Speaking at the opening session of the three-day West African Mining and Power Exhibition and Conference (WAMPOC/WAMPEX) in Accra on Wednesday, 1st June 2022 Dr Bawumia urged African countries to hasten the development of the capacity to interact with the world’s natural resources banks, fund managers and the leading stock exchanges in the world to allow locals to benefit more from the minerals bequeathed to them by nature.
“In this regard, let me sound a clarion call on the big mining companies operating here in Ghana and indeed, the West African sub-region, to work towards the emergence of a mining index on our Stock Exchanges and thereby accelerate their growth and significance in African mining.
“This will require deep collaboration among the local stock exchanges, their regulators, as well as mining firms to incentivize Ghanaians to own listed greenfield exploration projects as the upside on such investments tend to be higher”, he noted.
While acknowledging the enormous resources found on the African continent, the Vice President called for a careful balance between the profit-seeking needs of investors, and the sustainable living needs of the communities within which the minerals are found.
“Yes, Africa is endowed with many mineral resources but while the availability of the resources is important, the over-riding aim for all parties should be the evolution of a carefully balanced mechanism to ensure that the resources of the state benefit the owners of the resource and at the same time extend benefits to investors to ensure that the State is able to sustainably attract the needed capital, investment and technical know-how from a world which has come to the realisation that Africa is the continent of the future.
“Significantly, the African Union has been reassessing critically the real significance of mining to host country economies over the years. As a result of these efforts, the African Mining Vision (AMV) emerged as far back 2009. In essence the African Mining Vision seeks to ensure the transparent, responsible, equitable and optimal exploitation of Africa’s Mineral resources for broad-based sustainable socio-economic development for the host Governments and its citizenry,” he disclosed.
He challenged African countries and mining companies to collaborate on a sub-regional and even regional basis to derive the most benefit from the exploitation of Africa’s mineral resources.
“We need a strategy to enable us to pool the mineral resource rich countries in West Africa and beyond together to assume the mantle in the transformation of our economies with a greater awareness of mining as a more comprehensive and transformational economic activity and as a key back bone for our country.
“Given the paucity of size of stand-alone countries it is only proper that we consider regional dimensions to local content since individual African Country Markets may be too small to elicit the much-needed investments. Investors desire economies of scale to justify such investments and it is necessary that we consider the regional economic blocs in Africa as sub-markets which can then collectively constitute the building blocks of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).”
Hon. Andrews Bediako is the MCE of Jaman South Municipal Assembly in the Bono Region of Ghana. He is a well organized and self-motivated local government practitioner with many years of experience. He is a strong advocate for Climate Change adaptation policy interventions. Andy has rich administrative experience in local governance through his working career as an Administrator at different district assemblies.
Due to his vast knowledge in local governance, he was seconded to the office of National Association of Local Authority of Ghana( NALAG ) as an administrator; a position he occupied for three years until his apointement/nomination and election as the MCE for Jaman South Municipal Assembly. Whilst working with NALAG , Hon. Bediako led a team of facilitators to campaign for acceptability of the election of MMDCEs.
He also played a key role as a member of the National Planning Committee of the 2nd Climate Change Summit organized by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in conjunction with NALAG and the Association of Climate Chance-France. Andy was part of the team set up by the ministry of local government and institute of local government studies that trained all the assembly members across the country on decentralization and assembly system in 2020. The team further provided covid-19 education for mmdces and presiding members in 2020.
Andy also represented NALAG on inter ministerial coordinating council (imcc) as the focal person.
Aside these, Andy has played other key roles in projecting, representing and championing the cause of NALAG both domestic and at the international stage. With these experiences and deep understanding of the workings of NALAG, Andy seeks to serve the Association as the 1st Vice President of NALAG.
A vote for Hon. Andrews Bediako as the 1st Vice President is a vote for commitment , selfless service , visibility of NALAG, competence , transparency, accountability and above all dedicated service to the members to achieve the overall objectives of NALAG .
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