The Ashanti Regional Police Command has outlined some temporary measured to marked a 63rd Independent Day Celebration in the Ashanti Regional capital Kumasi.

Among the measures ,the Ashanti Regional Police Command has closed some principal streets in Kumasi on the 63rd Independent Day parade schedule to take place in Baba Yara Sports Stadium Kumasi on the 6th March 2020 and as part of security arrangements for the occasion.

The regional police PRO ASP Godwin Ahianwo disclosed to richnewsnetwork.com that ,Afful Nkwata traffic light to Stadium road, Asokwa Mall traffic light to Stadium,Unity Oil Station to T I Ahmedya senior High Schooland the road from It’s my kitchen restaurant to Briginia will be closed to the general monitoring public with the exception of those with accreditation to enter the Heroes park and the Heroes pitch .

According to the ASP Godwin Ahianwo,the following areas will also be designated for car parking which includes the Hockey Pitch for Nananom and it’s entourages,
Heroes park for the diplomatic corps like MPs, Ministers of State and other guests.

He said, the score board area for contingent busses and the VVIPs will be allowed to park in the stadium only .

ASP Godwin Ahianwo caution that no vehicle will not be allowed to park in an authorized place or drive through the block roads.

Security vehicles and vehicles carrying the dignitaries will be allowed after they have been to through search.

MTTDs officer will be deployed to the various car park to assist motorist to park in their vehicles and also direct motorist to diverted roads. Vehicles parked at an unauthorized places and wrongly parked will be towed and charged.

Further more, motorist are advised to plan alternative route before embarking on the journey. The general public and motorist who are not authorized to park in and around the stadium are advised to park their vehicles at alternative part before entering the stadium to ensure effective traffic management,he stress.

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The ruling new patriotic party NPP in the Ashanti region has started their vetting of 121 aspirants who filed their nomination to contest the upcoming parliamentary election.
Out of 121 aspirants ,6 of them are going unopposed.

The vetting committee is made of National Secretary John Boadu Uncle JB, Ashanti region chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako Wontum, National Nasara Coordinator Alhaji Aziz Futah ,Lawyer Gabby Numako and some national and local vetting committee members.
The committee is expected to vet 33 applicants out of 11 constituency on the first day.

Speaking to Ashanti region chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako Wontum,he said the decision for the female incumbent MPs to contest unopposed didn’t hold as all the female MPs in the region are been contested .

Chairman Wontumi disclosed to RICHNEWSNETWORK.COM that only one female incumbent MP is going unopposed among all the MPs.
Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako said, they’re doing this to elect a good person for the country and not the NPP party alone.
He wished all of the aspirants a better luck

However, Mr Samuel Pyne added that,the committee will no at sit on the 6 and 7th March due to the independent celebration and the regional Minister late mother’s funeral.

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The concern NPP supporters of Tain constituency has expressed disheartening over the party executives and vetting committee on the ongoing vetting process.

According to the conveynor Ibrahim Mohammed, the party executives are taking Tain constituency politics for granted and we the youth will not sit dump folded for the executive to send the party into opposition.

Ibrahim Mohammed , asked that, why Tain constituency wasn’t allowed to ballot on the day of vetting? Members and supporters of the party are sensing something dangerous which is supposed to have been in the electoral archives of the constituency where a decision taken by the leadership of the party took the party in Tain into a political ditch in the year 2008.

We want to state emphatically that, NPP supporters of the party in Tain Constituency do not want the happenings of 2008 to repeat itself in this year’s elections. In the year 2008, Hon. Joe Danquah and Dr. Richard Obour were to contest for the parliamentary slot in Tain. It was later on decided by the leadership of the party to acclaim Hon. Joe Danquah unopposed. We saw the repercussion on the party in Tain, the incident which led to our lost of the seat to Hon. Ahmed Ibrahim.

We want to appeal to the hierarchy of the party and all stakeholders who matter in Tain politics not to deny any of the three (3) aspirants the opportunity to contest the primaries. We would like to remind the Bono Regional chairman, Mr. Kwame Baffoe Abronye of his recent words and assurance that ‘’no aspirant would be denied the opportunity to contest and no incumbent MP under his watch would go unopposed”.

This we agree will grease the democratic wheels of the party and shall also promote unity after the primaries for victory in the 2020 general election.

Again, we want to state that: The Delegates must be allowed to franchise their democratic right by deciding who leads the party and who they think can win the seat for them in 2020. That right to decide is solely for the delegate that is why they were elected to serve that purpose in all constituencies across the country. We are therefore appealing to the national leadership to allow the exercise of the right and mandate of the delegate.

The parliamentary seat of Tain constituency is not for the NDC as perceived by many. The electoral history holds that, anytime NDC takes over the seat from NPP, it is as a result of a bad taken by the leadership with the intention of securing the seat for Tain. The one term mantra will be a thing of the past if the leadership allows the party structures to work.

According to Ibrahim Mohammed the conveynor, we, members and supporters of this great party call on the executives of the party at all levels to allow all three (3) aspirants to contest the primaries since they have duly filed their nominations. Whoever the delegates decide on as our candidate for the 2020 general elections, we shall rally behind and support that candidate to win the seat in the upcoming general elections.

The repercussion of the party trying to protect one aspirant to the detriment of others may not yield good result for the party since we in Tain have had experiences of such decisions which went against the party.

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Nana Oteatuoso Kokoben II, who is the Asante Bekwai Driving and Vehicle licensing Authority manager in Bekwai Municipal of the Ashanti Region has called on a press conference to add up to the outspoken NPP Chairman of Bono Region, Mr Kwame Baffoe, a.k.a. Abronye DC over his petition on the Vice president, His Excellency, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia to with immediate effect direct the Driver and Vehicle licensing Authority (DVLA) to be registered into digitize or Electronic sticker on the issuances of DV or DP plate.

According Nana Oteatuoso Kokoben II , since NHIS and passport renewal online is being digitalize, then he calls on the government to make DVLA same as well.

Some people who comes to their offices have a perspective middle men might charge them or they may be given a fake documents. So the digital system can help reduce illicit behavior and renewal of licencing faster and smooth by using either phone or laptop, he lamented.

He then advise the general public, especially those who drives the trycicle known as Aboboyaa and Pragyia to abide by the rules and regulations concerning driving on the road to avoid any fatal accident.

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