We’ll deal
with erring soldiers
I’m still
acting chairman of PNC – Mallam Isa
Min to
review language policy
BHC
creditors fate assured
Pregnant
woman murdered – Police exhume body for study
Callous
Indian ordered to pay 206m damages
Furore over peacekeepers’ Allowance
Duncan
Williams divorced
Ex-NDC Mp thrown out of exam hall
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footballer in police grips
We’ll deal with
erring soldiers
Independent
paper, The Ghanaian Chronicle, carries that the High Command of the Ghana Armed
Forces has described the action of the soldiers who charged on police personnel
at the Osu police station as unfortunate, adding that directives has been
issued for a full-scale investigation into the incident.
“The
military command wishes to indicate that the incident is unfortunate and
directives had been issued for full-scale investigation into the incident so
that swift action can be taken against the culprits”.
According
to a release issued by the Armed Forces Public Relations Directorate on Monday,
further directives from the High Command reiterating efforts to address issues
of misbehaviour in town or antagonizing the civilian population have been
issued to all ranks under the command.
The
statement said the directive warned soldiers to desist from meddling in land
issues, debt collection, unauthorized use of weapons general misconduct and
unruly behaviour.
“The
attention of the Armed Forces has been drawn in particular to the Ghanaian
Chronicle story of Monday April 2, 2001 alleging that 'Soldiers Attack Osu
Police Station' and wish to state that investigations have been ordered into
the incident”.
The
statement further noted that the two soldiers, Lance Corporal Fiatepe and
Sapper Deku mentioned in the story were detained immediately they were released
from the police station.
“Further
identification is to be conducted to establish the group of soldiers who
allegedly stormed the police station and those found guilty would be severely
punished.”
It also
noted that the Military Command and the Police High Command are in touch with
each other on the mate and that the relationship between the Armed Forces and
the Police Service has been cordial and strengthened in recent times as can be
seen during recent joint military-police operations to retrieve illegal
weapons.
“This
unfortunate incident will, therefore no be permitted to mar the existing
cordial relations between the military and the police.
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I’m still
acting chairman of PNC – Mallam Isa
The former
Minister of Youth and Sports, Mallam Ali Yusuf and Sports, has insisted that he
still remains the acting National Chairman of the People’s National Convention
(PNC), reports the state-own Daily Graphic.
“I am
surprised to hear this (Monday) morning that I have been relieved of my
position as the Acting National Chairman of the PNC,” he said.
Mallam Isa,
in a Radio GAR interview, was reacting to the news that he has been relieved of
his position as the Acting National Chairman of the party.
He said
ever since he accepted the nomination, no communication was made to him about
his vacation of post, adding that he was surprised to hear in the news that he
had vacated his post.
Mallam Isa
said he was very active in the organisation of the National Standing Committee
meeting held at Bolgatanga but was unable to attend because he was helping the
police in connection with the recent missing $46,000 dollars.
The
National Standing Committee at the meeting said the former sports minister as
been relieved of his position as the Acting National Chairman of the party for
vacating his post.
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Min to
review language policy
The Ministry
of Education is to review the language policy which requires the use of
Ghanaian language as the medium of expression in lower primary schools.
This is
because it has been identified as a major factor in the poor performance of
pupils in cosmopolitan and urban areas where these languages are frequently
used in teaching.
Professor
Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Minister of Education, announced this at the
launching of the Global Week of Action on Education in Ghana at a ceremony in
Accra on Monday.
The
programme, which is being organised by the Ghana National Education Campaign
Coalition (GNECC), is under the theme: “Promoting quality basic education” and
is aimed at bringing a number of non-governmental organisations together to
make education a global and national issue to be discussed at seminars, fora
and conferences.
Prof.
Ameyaw-Akumfi said though experts have observed that the policy per se is not
bad, it is being reviewed because its implementation has had many difficulties,
resulting in many pupils finding it very difficult to express themselves in the
English language.
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BHC
creditors fate assured
The state
paper, The Ghanaian Times, reports that the fate of creditors and shareholders
of the liquidated Bank for Housing and Construction (BHC) is secured and will
end in three to five years according to Mr Felix Addo, Partner of Price
Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), consultants for the official liquidator.
“Overall
liquidation processes especially in relation to disposing of assets and debt
recovery matters would be completed in the next three to five years.”
Presenting
the progress report to the Third Bank Creditors’ and shareholders meeting in
Accra at the weekend, Mr Addo said they would maintain focus on the collection
of debts owed the bank and other assets.
BHC,
together with Cooperative Bank Ghana Limited went into liquidation on January
17, 2000 after consistently posting huge losses, poor control of the loan
portfolio and general failure to maintain the Bank of Ghana’s minimum deposit
levels leading to shareholders refusal to pump anymore funds into their
operations.
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Pregnant
woman murdered – Police exhume body for study
The Police
at Amoagya, near Tarkwa in the Western Region, at the weekend exhumed the body
of a 25-year old pregnant woman, Akua Felicia, who was allegedly murdered for
ritual purposes.
Her body
was said to have been drained, all her teeth and ribs removed and her jaws
broken. The victim was three months pregnant.
Six people
have been arrested in connection with the case and placed in police custody at
Tarkwa.
Police
sources told the Times that the decomposed body was found buried in the cocoa
farm of Yaw Apae, one of the accused.
The
deceased, sources said, was living with her husband, Kwaku Emmanuel, who on
March 1 travelled to his hometwon for a funeral at his hometown, Japekrom
Mpasu.
The following
day, Kwaku Atta, another accused, was said to have colluded with the other
accomplices to abduct the woman and murder her ostensibly for ritual purposes.
“They broke
the jaws, removed all the teeth and ribs, drained the blood and buried the body
in the farm.”
They after
that created the impression that the deceased had travelled to her hometown.
The husband
and the family of the deceased after fruitless search for her reported the
matter to Amoagya police who, with the help of the inhabitants, discovered the
body.
When Yaw
Apae was interrogated, he admitted the crime and mentioned his accomplices.
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Callous
Indian ordered to pay 206m damages
The Evening
News, a state-own daily, says a 206 million-cedi general damages, including
costs, awarded in 1999 against Mr Selvan, an Indian supervisor at the Tema
Steel Company Limited who poured hot water into the ear of a sleeping Ghanaian
casual worker has been unanimously affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Accra.
Judgement
of the court read by Mr Justice A.A. Benin (who presided) said the Tema High
Court which initially heard the case, was justified in relying on the evidence
of the plaintiff backed by expert opinion of an Audiologist that the ear of Mr
Michael Opoku got damaged due to the ill-treatment and that local treatment was
not available except abroad.
According
to the expert, the plaintiff sustained injuries and pain to his right ear to
the extent that he had become “profoundly deaf”.
The Tema
High Court, which found Selvan liable, awarded 200 million cedis in general
damages, 1.5 million cedis special damages and 5 million cedis cost in favour
of the plaintiff.
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Furore over peacekeepers’ Allowance
The Acting Director of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Colonel Emmanuel Nibo, has stated unequivocally that no personnel of the GAF who is on a peace-keeping mission, collects a daily allowance of $160.00, reports the private owned bi-weekly, The Crusading Guide.
“It is not true that the United Nation (UN) pays each soldier on peace-keeping operations $160.00 per day as allowance”.
The Acting Public Relations Director was reacting to a claim by an anonymous caller last week Thursday who claimed that there was a great deal of confusion at the Burma Camp stemming from the inability of the government to fulfill its campaign promise regarding the allowance of peace-keepers.
Some one who claimed that he was a soldier at the Burma Camp telephoned the office of The Crusading Guide last weekend told this reporter that some soldiers were very apprehensive about the increase of the take-home daily allowance of a soldier on peace-keeping mission, from $16.00 to only $20.00 as announced by the Government on Wednesday, March 28,2001.
According to the anonymous caller, the UN pays each soldier $160.00, out of which the previous government was giving the soldier only $16.00 to take home. He could however, not explain in clear terms when the remaining amount ($144.00) was used for.
He continued that during the electioneering campaign, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to give each soldier on peace keeping operation about 50% of the amount ($160.00) but the increase from $16.00 to $20.00 did not represent 50% and so they (soldiers) were disappointed and as a result, were making a lot of noise at the Camp.
It will be recalled that during the recent 53rd anniversary of the 28 February 1948 shooting incident, the vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, said that the peace-keeping allowance would be reviewed. Consequently, it was reviewed upwards last week Wednesday.
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Duncan
Williams divorced
The bi-weekly,
The Statesman, reports that Bishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Head and Founder
of the Christian Action Faith Ministries, Accra, faces difficult times ahead.
His wife of 20 years, Francesca has divorced him for what he believes is “lack
of quality time and affection” on his part.
Breaking
the news to a stunned congregation last Sunday, a tearful Bishop
Duncan-Williams said, “My marriage has undergone tremendous challenges in the
last two years and I did all I could to save it.” He made a passionate appeal
to married men in the church to learn from his experiences, saying most women
can live without riches but not without attention, and quality time.
The Head of
one of Ghana’s largest and most popular charismatic churches found it ironic
that his wife would marry him when he had nothing, and then leave at a time
when he was making some progress in life. If she could leave him now then it
had to do with women wanting quality time and affection, more than anything
else, he reasoned.
Though his
marriage has come to the end of the road, the Bishop maintains that he does not
believe in divorce and would not recommend it to anyone.
He intends
to take a break for a while and asked the congregation, some of whom were in
tears, to pray for him and his family. He also thanked his fellow ministers,
including Apostle Mike Ntumy, Church of Pentecost, Fred Deegbe, Calvery Baptist
Church, Dag Heward-Mills, Lighthouse Chapel International, and Dr. Mensah
Otabil, International Central Gospel Church, for standing by him during these
trying times.
Bishop
Duncan-Williams and Francesca have four children, Elsie, Nicole, Joel and
Daniel, who are currently living in the US with her.
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Ex-NDC MP thrown out of exam hall
Luck ran out on the Ex-MP for Dade Kotopon, Hon Mr. Sylvester Mensah when he attempted to pull a fast one on the authorities at the school of Administration, University of Ghana-Legon during the screening test for the MBA/MPA admissions.
Narrating how the whole incident happened to 'The Independent', a source at the examination hall said at 8:30 am on Saturday morning, March 24, 2001 about 700 prospective candidates gathered at the Balme Library Annex for the exams.
The Ex-MP was at the third floor where MDA Human Resource Management and Marketing candidates were assigned.
He had been given his question paper, waiting for instruction to start, when one of the invigilators with an eagle eye questioned his eligibility for the exams.
“Are you a graduate, do you have a first degree, the invigilator quizzed the Ex-MP” the source said.
The invigilator then asked Mr Mensah whose index number was MBA/HRM/115 to leave the exams hall peacefully or be handed over to the Legon Police.
“Apologetically, the Ex-Mp walked out of the exams hall”, the source said.
The screening test for the MBA/MPA admission is for people with good first degrees but the paper learnt that the Ex-MP is now at Level 400, that is final year at the school of Administration.
On account of that, the source said, Hon. Mensah does not qualify to take part in the examination.
Meanwhile a lot of students at the school of Administration have called on the authorities to institute a probe into how Mr. Mensah got shortlisted for the examination.
“I suspect foul play because the Ex-MP simply does not qualify to do the exams, he is not a graduate” one of the students said.
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footballer in police grips
A
professional footballer of Tano Bofoakwa football Club, Osei Kwame 31, is in
the grips of the Kumasi Central Police for allegedly raping a 17-year old
student of Prince of Peace Girls Secondary School in Kumasi.
According
to Police sources on Monday, the suspect also subjected the girl to severe
beatings after satisfying his extraordinary sexual desires.
The source
told 'The Daily Guide' that on March 28, 2001, the victim visited the suspect
in his home at North Suntreso, a suburb of Kumasi.
Osei Kwame who
could not control his sexual stimulations pounced on the victim and forcibly
had sex with her.
He is alleged
to have subjected the victim to severe beating on the accusation that she had
stolen his $135.
He then
dragged the victim to the Central Police Station to be placed in police
custody.
But when
the victim told her story and the ordeal she went through at the hands of the
suspect, the complainant Osei Kwame became the accused and was immediately
arrested by the police while she was issued with a police medical form to visit
the hospital while the matter is being investigated.
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