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Gov’t suspends contract with PDS

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Government has suspended its contract with the Power Distribution Services (PDS).

A statement by the Information minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Tuesday night said the decision takes immediate effect.

“The Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Finance and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Ltd. has suspended the concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Limited with immediate effect”.

The statement further said:  “The decision follows the detection of fundamental and material breaches of PDS’ obligation in the provision of Payment Securities (Demand Guarantees) for the transaction which have been discovered upon further due diligence.

“The Demand Guarantees were key prerequisites for the lease of assets on 1st March, 2019 to secure the assets that were transferred to the concessionaire. The government is conducting a full enquiry into the matter, and the outcome will inform the next course of action”.

It added: “Government has taken steps to ensure distribution, billing and payment services continue uninterrupted. The general public and customers are assured that this development will not interfere with the distribution of electricity services to customers”.

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Tamale: Police woman shot dead by gunmen; weapons stolen

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A female Police officer identified as Corporal Agartha has been shot dead by unknown gunmen some reportedly wearing camouflage army uniform.

The incident happened Tuesday night around 10:30 pm at a checkpoint at Starr Oil filling station at Malshegu near Temale.

The gunmen took away two riffles -one belonging to the deceased and another female police lady who in panic reaction left her weapon while running away.

A female police officer has been gunned down after some unidentified gunmen attacked a Police snap checkpoint at Malshegu at Tamale in the Northern Region.

The Crime Officer at the Northern Regional Police Command, Supt. Otuo Acheampong confirmed the incident.

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I lied about my HIV medicine – Brother Sammy

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Gospel musician, Brother Sammy has confessed to lying about his HIV medicine he claimed was given to him by God.

According to him, contrary to his earlier claims that God directed his preparation of the so called cure, he personally made all that up.

“Yes I lied about the HIV medicine to the public,” he admitted on live radio with Accra-based Hitz FM.

The “Nation Worshipper” as he calls himself disclosed that the controversial medicine belongs to one of his grandparents, whom he wanted to help sell the product because of old age.

According to him, the said grandparent (whom he did not name or identify) is very weak but uses it to help people and that is why he wanted to help her/him before he/she dies”.

Brother Sammy was arrested by the police in the Ashanti region following an earlier report by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) accusing him of selling out an unauthorized product to the public which he claimed was from God.

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Salah and Mane nominated for FIFA Player of the Year award

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African football stars, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have been named in a ten-man shortlist for The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2019 award.

The Liverpool duo both won the UEFA Champions League and were joint top-scorers in the English Premier League with Mane helping Senegal to the CAF Africa Cup of Nations final.

Also nominated are Cristiano Ronaldo, Frenkie de Jong, Mathijs de Ligt, Harry Kane, Eden Hazard, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Virgil van Dijk.

FIFA says the ten players were nominated based on their respective achievements during the period from July 16, 2018, to July 19, 2019, inclusive by a panel of experts in men’s football.

Fans can now vote for the top three on the FIFA website.

he fan vote will be equally weighted alongside the votes of other key members of the footballing community – namely journalists, national team coaches and captains.

The three finalists for each award will be revealed at a later date, with all award winners revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Milan on September 23.

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Special Prosecutor publishes list of cases being prosecuted

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The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) has published a list of corruption cases it has investigated and prosecuted.

The OSP revealed that it has currently investigated two corruption cases and charged the accused for court.

The cases are;

1. The Republic v (1) Mahama Ayariga (2) Kendrick Akasi Marfo – (investigated jointly with EOCO)

(2) The Republic v (1) Hajia Hawa Ninchema (2) Sumaila Ewuntomah Abudu (3) Alex Avade (4) Alhaji Abdul-Mumuni Jesewunde (5) Mary-Stella Adapesa (6) Mumuni Yakubu Nambe (7) Mahama Ayariga

The list of corruption cases of accused persons and being prosecuted by the OSP are;

(1) The Republic v Mahama Ayariga

(2) The Republic v (1) Hajia Hawa Ninchema (2) Sumaila Ewuntomah Abudu (3) Alex Avade (4) Alhaji Abdul-Mumuni Jesewunde (5) Mary-Stella Adapesa (6) Mumuni Yakubu Nambe (7) Mahama Ayariga

The list was published in fulfilment of a requirement by section 3 (3) of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) as part of functions to on a half-year basis, publish a list of cases it is pursuing in at least two daily newspapers of national circulation and on its official website.

The publication also mentioned that there have been no acquittals and convictions as the two cases listed are still being prosecuted and as a result no value of assets have been recovered by the OSP.

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NAM1 still in custody for failing to meet bail conditions

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The Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, alias NAM1, is still in police custody for failing to meet his bail conditions.

The Accra Circuit Court last Friday granted him bail in the sum of GH¢1 billion, with five sureties

Per the bail conditions as ordered by the court, three of the sureties must be justified, while NAM 1 must also report himself to the Ghana Police Service every Wednesday.

However, seven days after his bail was granted, NAM1 is still in police custody because he has not been able to meet the conditions of his bail.

Confirming this in a radio interview with Accra-based Citi FM, a management member of the embattled gold firm said they will apply for a review of the bail conditions.

NAM1, together with his wife, Rose Tetteh, and his sister, Benedicta Mensah, have been accused of defrauding 16,000 people of GH¢1.68billion in the name of investing their monies.

The three accused, Menzgold and its sister company, Brew Marketing Consult Limited (both represented by NAM 1), have been slapped with 13 counts.

The counts are defrauding by false pretences, abetment to defraud by false pretences, carrying deposit business without licence, abetment of sale of minerals without licence, sale of minerals without licence, abetment to the unlawful deposit-taking, unlawful deposit-taking and money laundering.

NAM1 has however pleaded not guilty to all the charges. His wife and his sister are, however, at large.

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Our dams aren’t guinea fowls that will fly to Burkina – Bawumia to NDC

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Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reaffirmed Government’s determination to fulfill the campaign pledge of facilitating year round farming in the regions in the north through the construction of dams under the ‘One Village One Dam’ programme.

According to Vice President Bawumia, government will complete ongoing construction works for these dams, to ensure that farmers have adequate water to farm and take care of their livestock.

Speaking at the launch of activities marking the 20th Anniversary of the Tertiary Education Students Confederacy (TESCON), the student wing of the New Patriotic Party, in Accra, Vice President Bawumia dismissed attempts by the opposition NDC to cast doubt about on ongoing construction of the dams, in a failed attempt to equalise for their infamous ‘Guinea Fowls to Burkina Faso’ saga.

“We have ‘One Village One Dam’ that is ongoing; very important dams that are being built. But they (NDC) go and take pictures of uncompleted dams and then say ‘this is what the NPP is doing’. But we are going to complete all of these dams.”

“Our dams are not like Guinea Fowls that will fly to Burkina Faso. The dams are going to be here in Ghana. Even if a few are not well done, we will make sure they are properly done. They will not fly to Burkina Faso.”

Vice President Bawumia reiterated the Akufo-Addo government’s determination to formalise the Ghanaian economy and improve lives through the implementation of impactful policies and programmes such as the issuance of a National ID, implementation of a Digital Property Addressing system, Digital Drivers licenses and vehicle registration, and the world-class Mobile money payments interoperability.

“We also have the world’s largest medical drone delivery service in Ghana, delivering essential blood and medical supplies to remote and hard to reach areas.”

Other interventions, Vice President Bawumia continued, include an E-case tracking system, implementation of a paperless port system, online applications for passport acquisition, and the extension of mobile telephony sites for broadband access to 400 communities in the last two and a half years, compared to the 78 the NDC managed to fix in eight (8) years.

“Although as humans as we will continuously have needs and thus keep expressing concerns of greater desires and pains, what is refreshing is that today we have restored teacher trainee allowances that was cancelled; restored nursing trainee allowances that was cancelled; introduced nationwide Free SHS that never existed; subsidized fertilizer programme for Food Crop farmers under Planting for Food and Jobs; implemented Nation Builders Corps for 100,000 Graduates that never existed; reduced or abolished 17 taxes,; reduced Import Duty by 50%.”

“As well, we have cumulatively reduced electricity tariffs by 6.3% for residential and 18.8% for non-residential consumers and given direct jobs to 350,000 people in the public sector. We have increased the share of DACF for persons with disabilities by 50%; increased Capitation grant to GHC10.00; established a Zongo Development Fund, and achieved macroeconomic stability.”

Vice President Bawumia commended the founders and leaders of TESCON for the crucial role they continue to play in the NPP’s electoral fortunes and urged them to work harder as the party prepares for the 2020 elections.

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Ghanaian midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has joined the 13th club of his career after signing for Serie A giants Fiorentina on a permanent deal.

Boateng, 32, spent the second half of last season on-loan from Sassuolo with Spanish giants Barcelona, where he made four appearances as they won La Liga.

Fiorentina is the third Italian side for the former Ghana international after stints with Sassuolo and AC Milan, where he won the league title in 2012.

“Fiorentina is delighted to announce the acquisition of Kevin-Prince Boateng on a permanent deal from Sassuolo,” Fiorentina said in a statement on their website.

The details of the deal for the former Ghana international have not been disclosed.

He has also had stints with other teams in Europe, including Las Palmas, Hertha Berlin, Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Dortmund, Portsmouth, Las Palmas, Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04.

Boateng started his club career with the club Reinickendorfer Füchse in early 1994 at age six prior to signing for Hertha Berlin in July 1994 at the age of seven and making his debut in July 2007 when he was 20 years old.

At international level, he represented his country of birth Germany at youth levels before he committed his international future to his father’s country Ghana.

The German-born has been out of the Ghana national team since being banned indefinitely during the 2014 Fifa World Cup for verbally assaulting coach Kwasi Appiah during a training session.

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he National Media Commission in consultations with President Akufo-Addo has appointed Prof. Amin Alhassan and Mr Frederick Amissah as Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and the Managing Director of the New Times Corporation respectively.

The appointments are in accordance with Article 168 of the Constitution (1992) and section 2(1)(e) of the National Media Commission Act, (1994) Act 449, the NMC said in

a statement signed by its Executive Secretary, George Sarpong.

Biography of Prof Alhassan

Prof. Amin Alhassan is a development communication expert.

He previously worked with GBC Radio News, and the Ghana News Agency after graduating from the Ghana Institute of Journalism. He has Masters and Doctoral degrees in Communication Studies from Tampere University in Finland and Concordia University in Montreal.

He is currently the Principal of the Wa Campus of the University for Development Studies. He has taught at the International School of Social Science in Finland, McGill University in Montreal and York University in Toronto.

Prof. Alhasan joined the University for Development Studies, Nyankpala Campus as Foundation Dean for the Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences where he led a team of faculty to introduce Communication programmes at the Diploma and Degree levels.

He has served and represented UDS in various capacities, including serving for two terms as UDS Governing Council Member.

Between May 2016 and February 2017, he was appointed Chairman of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to restore order at Wa Polytechnic following a protracted administrative and labour crisis in the school.

Prof. Alhassan has consulted for a number of local and international development organizations including USAID, CIDA and DfID.

He is also a founding member of the Communication Educators Association of Ghana (CEAG). Prof. Alhassan has authored and edited three books and several peer-reviewed book chapters and journal articles in Journalism, Mass Communication and Development Studies.

Biography of Mr Amissah

Mr Frederick Amissah is the lead consultant for Bizturnaround Consultancy and a multiple award-winning sales leader with more than 17 years experience in developing startups and implementing new initiatives that lead to organizational growth.

He is the immediate past Country Director of Herbalife Nutrition Ghana Limited. He has worked with major international companies including British American Tobacco, Diageo – Guinness Ghana Breweries, Coca Cola Bottling Company, Globacom and Herbalife Nutrition of Ghana in different capacities.

He holds a BSc. (Agriculture) from KNUST, a Master’s in Business Administration – Marketing from GIMPA, and a diploma in Strategic Marketing Management from the Institute of Commercial Management, UK.

He is a member of CIMG, Project Management Institute and the Young African Leaders Initiative Network (YALI).

He was inducted into the West African Nobles Forum WANF as an eminent West African when he won the CEO magazine’s Titan-Building Nation’s awards at both the Country and West African Regional levels.

Frederick was also adjudged “Marketing Person of the year” at the West African Regional Magazine Achievers Awards in Lagos, Nigeria, in October 2015.

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Staff of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) Ghana Limited Tuesday morning picketed at the company’s head office at Dzorwulu in Accra against what they described as mismanagement and incompetence on the part of management.

The workers, drawn from across the country, dressed in red and black attires, amidst brass band music held placards; some of which read, “cocoa is Ghana and Ghana is cocoa”, “board of directors sleeping on their job”, “Mr CEO stop flaunting the name of Manhyia”, “incompetent Kofi Owusu must go”.

Others read, “loose talker CEO”, “we want to work to earn a living”, “say no to 73 and 83 years old”,  “foreigners taking over cocoa industry”, “operational lapses creating huge shortages”, “board chairman must resign”, and “political manipulation.”

The walls of the head office building were splashed with several stickers bearing inscriptions such as “the board chairman must resign”, “Cocobod please come to our aid”, “Mr CEO stop defending Mr John Benhnam”, “PBC board is not in control”

“CB Ntim must go”, “kill it or leave Mr President”,  “25,000 jobs on the line”, “job for party boys killing PBC”, “corruption galore”, “PBC needs letter of comfort”, and “the CEO Mr Kofi Owusu has nothing to loose.”

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