Ghanaians to see results of government's economic measures soon
Overseas trips are for the benefit of Ghanaians - Kufuor
Zambian Foreign Minister delivers special message to President Kufuor
Vice President to convene an all-Northern People's Conference
Belgian consul calls on foreign minister
Women's micro-financing programmes to be established
Northern Regions to enjoy mobile phone facilities
Accra Stadium Disaster Commission returns home
Veterans urges Parliament to pass new VAG Bill
Military, source of instability and under development in Africa - Erskine
Government commends security personnel on operation gong-gong
Businessman spends 30 million cedis on Breman drainage project
Post mortem of Rawlings' administration needed - Erskine
Suhum Police arrest man for killing mother
Government urged to support NMP to produce cassava for export
Cape Coast (Central Region) 15 June 2001
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Thursday said Ghanaians would soon start to reap the benefits of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative the government adopted.
President Kufuor was addressing a durbar in his honour at Cape Coast, as part of his tour of some parts of the Central Region.
The President, who arrived at the durbar grounds at the 'Chapel Square' at exactly 13:10 hours, was mobbed by a large crowd, including party members, workers and school children, who had come to welcome him amidst loud cheers and beating of fontonfrom drums.
Security personnel posted at the grounds had a tough time controlling the crowd, which surged forward to greet and listen to him speak and later gave up trying to have them lined up in an orderly manner.
The President told the people about the present state of the economy, and noted with the adoption of HIPC, an amount of 300 million dollars, which the nation would have paid as interest on loans this year alone, could now be used to improve infrastructure in the country.
He expressed gratitude to the people of the region, for their massive show of support for the party during the last elections and commended Cape Coasters, especially, for not yielding to "intimidation" and remaining firm in their political stance.
He repeated his appeals to Ghanaians to bear with the government while it evolves measures to rebuild the economy and said it was determined to carry out its vision of improving living standards, adding that its capabilities would be manifested at the end of its first term in office.
President Kufuor, reassured the people of plans to reconstruct the Cape Coast-Accra road, as well as assist in the rehabilitation of roads in the township and charged the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) to improve the drainage system to forestall the recurrence of floods.
The Regional Minister, Mr Isaac Edumadze urged the people to support the RCC and their district chief executives in their efforts to enhance the socio-economic development of the region.
The Omanhene of the Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarimba Kwesi Atta II appealed to the President to help ensure investment in the area to provide job avenues for the youth and assured him of his preparedness to make land available.
The President, who had earlier addressed a similar durbar at Twifo Praso, where he called for peace, unity and hard work on the part of all Ghanaians.
The Omanhene of Twifo-Hemang Traditional Area, Nana Amoa- Sasraku III, among other things, urged the Ministry of Tourism and other related bodies to consider giving the Twifo-Hemang-Lower-Denkyira District assembly a portion of the revenue accruing from the Kakum National Park.
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Agona-Swedru (Central Region) 15 June 2001
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday assured Ghanaians that his tours outside the country, are geared at redoubling efforts by his government to revamp the nation's economy and that the people would soon start reaping the benefits.
The President, noted that such tours are to enable him seek to assistance as well as make known opportunities available in the country to investors.
He said relief granted under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative would be used to provide more basic and social amenities.
Mr Kufuor said this when he addressed separate durbars at Agona-Swedru and Ajumako as part of his tour of some parts of the Central Region to thank Ghanaians for voting the New Patriotic Party (NPP) into power.
He stressed the determination of his government to sustain good governance by always seeking the welfare of the people.
The Omanhene of Agona Nyarkrom Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Botwe, advised all Ghanaians to contribute constructively to efforts being made by the government to rebuild the economy.
Addressing students of the University College of Education, Winneba, during his tour of the Winneba Township, President Kufuor asked them to focus on their studies and not engage in acts that were likely to undermine their future.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 15 June 2001
Zambian Foreign Minister, Mr Keli Walubita on Thursday delivered a special message from President Frederick Chiluba to President John Agyekum Kufuor.
The message, which was received by Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the absence of the President and the Vice President who are on regional tours, was believed to be an invitation to President Kufuor to attend the 37th OAU summit in Lusaka, the Zambian Capital next month.
The OAU will be formally transformed into an African Union at the Zambia summit, following the ratification of the constitutive act by two-thirds of the OAU member-countries.
Mr Walubita praised Ghana's smooth transition of power from one democratically elected government to another, saying Africa could still watch with pride leaders who accept results of elections even if they are defeated.
Zambia, he said, would learn from Ghana's examples.
Mr Walubita said his country was looking forward to hosting the summit, adding that despite what others perceive as shortcomings, the people of Zambia are ever united to welcome all the dignitaries to the summit.
Mr Owusu-Agyemang thanked his Zambian counterpart for the message and said Ghana is still confident that the dreams of the founding fathers to make the OAU a springboard of political and economic emancipation would be realised.
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Tamale (Northern Region) 15 June 2001
The Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has said that he will convene an all-Northern Peoples conference to deliberate on the socio-economic development of the three Northern Regions.
The intended conference shall also make inputs into the recommendation of the National Economic Dialogue, which recommended a special package for the three Northern Regions especially in the areas of agriculture, education, health, tourism and infrastructure.
Alhaji Aliu was addressing the chiefs and people of the Region on a local radio station, Radio Savannah, after a six-day official visit to thank the people in the Region for their support to the NPP during the last December elections.
The Vice President said the Government would live up to its campaign promises to reduce the alarming rate of poverty, ignorance and disease in the three Northern Regions through implementation of realistic programmes.
He said few tractors and their accessories that have been distributed to some farmers in the North, is only the beginning of the government's programme to revamp the agricultural sector.
He said the Government would soon implement a programme that would make the
North to regain its lost glory as the "food basket of Ghana".
Alhaji Aliu said the Government has acquired a 10-million-dollar grant to improve facilities at the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale while the Tamale Regional Hospital is to be upgraded to a Teaching Hospital.
He said the Government will further support the University to improve the human resource base of the North, which will include the training of medical doctors, and development oriented professionals.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 15 June 2001
The Belgian Consul to Ghana, Mr Dimitri Avraam on Thursday called for negotiations to finalise an Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) to encourage more Belgian investment in the country.
The agreement would seek to protect Belgium investments in Ghana and vice-versa.
He made the appeal when he called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyemang at the Ministry in Accra to discuss the safety of Belgian investments in the country.
Mr Avraam told the Minister that his country was trying to finalise an agreement with the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCCA) to enable SABENA, a Belgian carrier, to commence flights to Ghana.
He said the only bottleneck to the agreement is the level of royalties to be paid to GCAA since Ghana Airways does not fly to Belgium.
Mr Avraam said Ghana Airways has been given the opportunity to fly to any airport in Belgium.
Mr Owusu-Agyemang said the IPA was overdue and government would ensure that it is finalised to safeguard investments in either country.
"This is welcome, it represents a confidence building measure," he said.
The Minister said government was aware of Belgian investments in the country and assured the envoy of their safety.
He said the government was trying to make the Investment Promotion Centre a one-stop office to handle all investment issues and hoped that Ghanaians doing legitimate businesses in Belgium would be similarly treated.
He said the commencement of flights by Sabena to the Kotoka International Airport would be of interest to the travelling public since it has one of the lowest fares in the aviation industry.
Mr Owusu-Agyemang said bottlenecks hindering the commencement of the flights would be handled at the highest level.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 15 June 2001
Former President, Flt. Lt. (rtd) Jerry John Rawlings left Accra on Thursday for London on his way to Jamaica for a two-week visit at the invitation of the President P. J. Pattarson.
He was accompanied by his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings.
Mr Victor Smith, Director of Public Affairs and Protocol of the office of ex-President Rawlings and some NDC party executives were at the Airport to see them off.
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Accra 15 June 2001
Mrs Gladys Asmah, Minister for Women's Affairs (MOWA) on Thursday announced plans to establish Women's Micro-Financing Programmes to enhance the living standards of women.
She said since women are the breadwinners in most families there is the need to assist them to set their own small-scale businesses to support the families.
Speaking at her first meeting with the Women's Desk Officers of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Accra, Mrs Asmah said there would be a seven-member committee to be chaired by her to take responsibility for disbursing the money.
The meeting, the first in a series, is to deliberate on and bring the concerns of women and children to the fore and put them into the development process.
The fund, she said, would be at the Central Bank and would be made available to all banks mandated to assist women in this direction.
She urged all women to cooperate with the ministry to run the programme successfully to alleviate poverty among women and children.
"Poverty is at the core of most of the problems facing the country and MOWA is prepared to assist in addressing the problem."
Mrs Asmah said gender training and analysis are considered essential tools in the development process and pledged the ministry's determination to establish measures that would allow Women Desk Officers to acquire these skills to enhance their work.
This, she said, would help them identify the needs and address them holistically on a longer and sustainable basis.
"That is why your position as Women Desk Officers is not by chance and should not be taken lightly. You have a responsibility to identify gender inequalities and inequities in your various sectors to effect positive change."
Miss Atawa Akyea, Director of MOWA, said the ministry is interested in picking up all the loose ends of the Women Desks, which were established without a clear framework, and "strengthen our resolve in the empowerment of women and the protection and survival of children".
Nii Akwei Allotey, a Director of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service (OHCS), said the office is working towards bridging the gap between women and men at the decision-making level from three per cent to 15 per cent by 2005.
He said plans are also underway to upgrade the Government Secretarial Schools and Civil Service Training School to Diploma awarding institutions to enhance the chances of women who out of no fault of theirs, are lagging behind the men in terms of training.
This, Nii Allotey said, would build the capacity, quality and content of their work.
Mrs. Alice Attipoe, Women Desk Officer of OHCS, said statistics have shown that some women lack the interest to develop themselves and stressed the need to develop strategies to encourage women in this direction.
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Wa (Upper West) 15 June 2001
Ghana Telecom will extend mobile phone facilities from Kumasi to Northern Ghana by the end of the year, Mr Samuel Kwaie, Upper West Regional Head of the company said on Thursday at Wa.
He said Synchronons Digital Hierrarchy (SDH) equipment has been procured for the exercise, which would originally run from Kumasi to Tamale before it is extended to Bolgatanga and Wa.
Mr Kwaie said this when the Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Sahanun Mogtari paid his maiden visit to the offices of Ghana Telecom and Ghana Post to acquaint himself with their problems and how best to solve them.
Mr Kwaie said non-availability of electricity to power for the system at some of the communities where the company would operate is delaying the programme.
He said there are 3,000 customer service lines in the Region but 1,328 are being utilised and promised more telephone booths would be provided.
Mr Mogtari urged Ghana Telecom not to take advantage of their monopoly to offer efficient services to customers and step up its monitoring unit to check misuse of booths by unscrupulous persons.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 15 June 2001
The five- member delegation of the Presidential Commission on the Accra Stadium tragedy led by its chairman, Mr Sam Okudzeto on Thursday returned home from London after acquainting themselves with Stadium security measures in that country.
The other members of the delegation were Professor Akua Kuenyehia, Professor Agyeman Badu Akosah, Mr Miguel Riberio and Mr Ken Bediako.
Speaking to newsmen on arrival at the Accra International Airport, Mr Okudzeto said the delegation held discussions with experts on Stadium security and visited the Chelsea grounds and the Aston Villa stadium in Birmingham to see how it was constructed and the safety measures employed.
He said the visit has given the Commission an insight into what was not done right and the causes of the stadium tragedy.
He said the committee realises that the bodies responsible for the Accra stadium security did not play their role well by not taking responsible measures for safety.
"If trained men had been positioned in proper places like is done in the UK they could have controlled the stampede to lesson the number of causalities."
He said the security at the stadium on the day of the tragedy was haphazard and that the presence in the arena of armed police was prohibited in the UK.
"Also unlike in England where Policemen are responsible for the arrangement of security at the stadium, here in Ghana it was the duty of the stadium authority to arrange and request for security.''
The Commission Chairman, therefore, called for proper co-ordination and co-operation between the Police and the stadium authorities as well as those who organise football matches in the country.
The Commission, he said, also realised that exits at the stadium were badly constructed and were unsafe and described the one at the northern wing as a death trap and of a bad design.
"The railings and the seats at that stand were also not of good quality and something should be done about it."
He said an interim report on their visit would be ready by next week, adding that that Commission would now look at the technical aspects of the investigation.
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Koforidua (Eastern Region) 15 June 2001
The Eastern Regional branch of the Veteran Association of Ghana (VAG) has appealed to Parliament to expedite action on the new VAG Bill, which was laid before it six years ago.
The passage of the bill, they said, would enable it engage in business and other income generating- ventures that would make the association financially viable to cater for the needs of its members.
The Eastern Regional Administrator of the association, Captain Clement Okwanin Aikens (rtd) made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Koforidua on Thursday.
He said soldiers while in active service acquire professional and intellectual experiences, which could still be used during their retirement to benefit society.
Capt. Aikens explained that this could only be achieved when the Bill, which seeks to empower the association to embark on economic ventures such as transport, carting of food from rural areas, security work, banking and other ventures were passed.
Captain Aikens said though the association was operating Lotto, the income was not enough to support its activities.
He said the regional branch had initiated a number of development projects, which included the proposed establishment of a 65-million-cedi clinic at Oseim in the East Akim District to serve over 8,000 people in the catchment area.
The association also plans to establish a rice mill at New Abirem while it has beehives that produce honey at Begoro and Osino.
Capt. Aikens, however, said lack of funds was affecting the smooth running of the projects and appealed to individuals and organisations to come to the aid of the association to undertake its projects.
He commended the government on its initiative to raise the status and image of the army and said, "such a gesture would not only ensure good governance, but would also prevent the military from meddling in the country's politics".
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Accra (Greater Accra) 15 June 2001
A three-day International Conference under the theme: "The Military Question in West Africa; options for Constitutional and democratic control," opened in Accra on Thursday, blaming the military as the "principal source of instability and the bane of Africa's under development".
"The assumption of political power by the military by violently overthrowing constitutionally elected governments for the past three and half decades has contributed tremendously to the slow pace of development on the continent," General Emmanuel Erskine (Rtd), the First UN Commander of UNIFIL has said.
Gen. Erskine, who is also the Patron of Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), organisers of the conference said, however, that contemporary political developments indicates that the era of the military exercising political power, which is a major component of militarism is "grudgingly receding".
He said inordinate ambition of military officers, the element of adventurism, influence of politicians and external governments, and perceived mismanagement by incumbent civilian administrations as major motivating factors for military to assume political power in the past.
He said coup makers always have their good reasons for overthrowing governments, "consequently, there is the need to establish confidence-building state institutions as channels of communications."
He said the institutions if properly exploited and utilized could help neutralise some of the motivations for military take-over of constitutionally and democratically elected civilian governments.
The former UNIFIL Commander suggested the establishment of a National Security Council, which should be the highest body responsible for safe guarding the internal and external security of the state and to be chaired by the Head of Government with the Chief of Defence and National Security agencies as members.
The Defence/Armed Forces Council responsible for all matter relating to the effective functioning of Armed Forces and should be chaired by Head of Government with the Chief of the Armed Forces as a member and also a Police Council.
Gen. Erskine said the various regions, provinces or district should also establish Security Executive Committees responsible for security related matters in the areas of governmental administration.
Through these institutions, issues that affect the effective and efficient functioning of the security agencies should be brought to the attention of the executive and legislative arms of government for necessary action and directives.
Mrs Afi Yakubu, Associate Executive Director of FOSDA said a new era of Democratic Constitutional Rule have engulfed the West African sub-region, which should be protected by civil society.
She said, "this new dispensation, can only be protected and nurtured for posterity if we collectively ensure that civilians understand the military and through transparency and dialoguing."
She said, "through the ballot box and improvement of the oversight functions of parliamentarians, democracy and the rule of law will certainly eclipse adhoc military dictatorships."
Mrs Yakubu said currently only Senegal and Cape Verde have never experience military take-over, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Sierra Leone have experienced four or more while Mauritania, Mali, Togo, Guinea, Liberia and Cote D'Ivoire have had less than four.
The Conference is the culmination of a two-year research project funded by the Ford Foundation on the pertinent issue of the role of the military in politics in West Africa and the development of modalities to constitutionally and democratically control it.
Academics, political activists, leaders of civil society organisations, and diplomats are attending the Accra conference.
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Wulensi (Northern Region) 15 June 2001
The government has commended the Security Agencies in the former conflict area of the Northern Region for maintaining peace there under challenging conditions.
The peace-keeping exercise, code-named "Operation Gong-Gong" is a combined operation of the police and military in the eastern corridor of the region which was the flashpoint of the 1994 and 1995 ethnic conflicts.
The Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, expressed the government's appreciation for their efforts despite "the horrible conditions under which they operate" and gave the assurance that the government would soon work out a package to improve their conditions.
Speaking at a Durbar of Chiefs and people of Wulensi in the Nanumba District, the Vice President identified some of the problems confronting the security personnel as insufficient food and transport.
The Chief of Wulensi, Naa Salifu Wumbei appealed to the government to split the Nanumba District into Nanumba East with Bimbilla as capital and Nanumba West with Wulensi as capital in view of the increase in population as showed by the recent census.
The chief also appealed to the Ghana Telecom to extend telephone facilities to the area.
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Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 15 June 2001
The management of De Appiah's Business Complex has embarked on a 30 million-cedis drainage and environmental control project around river Akyampomene at Breman Junction, near Kumasi to check and control the persistent flooding of the area.
It is the first phase of a two-year programme estimated at over 100 million cedis aimed at reclaiming areas liable to flood at Breman Junction to protect buildings and other structures sited in the area and control the increasing degradation of the environment.
Mr Harrison Oppong-Appiah, Executive Director of De Appiah's Business Complex, who led newsmen to inspect the project on Tuesday, is the sole financier of the project as his contribution towards the improvement of environmental condition and sanitation at Breman.
Mr Oppong-Appiah, who owns a fleet of business centres including a restaurant, drinking parlours, barbering saloon, car wash, communication and computer laboratory at Breman Junction, said he has observed some anomalies in land use in the area including unplanned siting of buildings and structures, which is the major cause of flooding.
Another cause, he said is deep erosion, choked gutters and drains around the headwaters of river Akyampomene.
He said "the rapid flow of the river from Tafo Abotanso through choked gutters, gullies and silted drains to Breman Junction and the dumping of refuse and other objects in it result in flooding, which cause extensive erosion and other environmental hazards".
Mr Oppong-Appiah, who describes himself as an environmentalist, said he has constructed good drainage system, de-silted choked gutters and checked deep erosion from Breman Junction through Breman West to Kronom a distance of about one kilometre and has also constructed deep trenches around river Akyampomene headwaters to ensure its free flow.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 15 June 2001
General Emmanuel Erskine, First United Nations Commander of UNIFIL on Thursday urged academicians and researchers to examine exhaustively, how the Former President Jerry John Rawlings' administration was able to survive for almost two decades whilst previous governments lasted just briefly.
He said: "The experience of his regime both positively and negatively are extremely useful in the search and effort to sustain democratic governance and constitutionality in the West African sub-region."
Gen. Esrkine said this at the opening of a three-day international conference under the theme, "The Military question in West Africa: Options for Constitutional and Democratic Control" in Accra on Thursday.
The Conference is being organised by Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) and is the culmination of a two-year research project funded by the Ford Foundation on the pertinent issue of the role of the military in West African politics.
Gen. Erskine said there is the need to study the security and intelligence mechanism instituted by the former President, which can be replicated for the development and protection of democracy.
He said other experiences that society must tap from ex-President Rawlings and others include, the state of mind when considering and planning coups, why some coups succeeds while others failed, and why state machinery and military intelligence/command failed to foil the attempted or succeeded ones.
Gen. Erskine who is also the Patron of FOSDA said the information gathered would help to prepare and put in place permanent structures to ensure that the military does not interrupt political governance.
He stated "we should make the maximum use of these persons who were involved, either directly or indirectly to help us organise and prepare for any eventualities."
He said, "there is the need to equip civil society on how to combat coup makers should it occur especially within the first 24 hours of its announcement."
He said good governance through the exercise of acceptable democratic ideals, respect for constitution by incumbent governments and non-politicisation of the military would also serve as "principal ingredients that will help eliminate military adventurism".
The UN Commander cautioned Governments to ensure that condition of living and service of security personnel as well as their general welfare are given appropriate attention to generate high moral.
Mrs Gertrude Zakariah-Ali, Director of Research of the National Commission for Civic Education chaired the function.
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Suhum (Eastern Region) 15 June 2001
The Suhum Police on Wednesday arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly killing his 57-year-old mother with a pestle and a cutlass in their home at Suhum in the Eastern Region.
The police told the GNA that the man, Emmanuel Appiah Abesi, who is suspected to be a drug addict, has been under-going psychiatric treatment.
The source said on Wednesday June 13, when he returned from hospital, he started collecting some items including sticks and cutlass into his room.
When his mother, Mrs Adelaide Asaah Abesi, District Welfare Officer, questioned him about his behaviour, he replied that he intended using the items to kill mouse in his room.
According to the police, without any provocation, Appiah attacked his mother with a pestle inflicting multiple injuries on her and finished her off with a cutlass. She was cooking the evening meal.
An eyewitness told the GNA that Mrs Abesi raised the alarm, but before anybody could go to her aid, she was already dead.
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Koforidua (Eastern Region) 15 June 2001
The Eastern Regional Minister, Dr Francis Osafo-Mensah has called for the necessary support for the National Mobilisation Programme (NMP) to go into large-scale cultivation of cassava in the Afram Plains for export.
He made the call when the new Director of NMP, Brigadier (rtd) Joseph Odei paid a curtsey call on him at his office on Tuesday.
Dr Osafo-Mensah appealed to Brigadier Odei to consider the provision of the necessary resources to the NMP to help process fruits produced in the Region into fruit juice and other related products to create employment for the youth in the region.
He said, the region has many farmlands abandoned by the defunct Workers Brigade and the State Farms and expressed the willingness of the Regional Co-ordinating Council to support the NMP to acquire those lands to create employment for the youth.
Brigadier Odei, who is also the National Co-ordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) said, the Government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is considering the merging of the NMP and NADMO.
The NMP has identified a number of economic activities in every region and district in the country for which the organisation would soon hold discussions with the concern regions and districts on how they could co-operate to implement those plans to help create employment for the youth.
Brigadier Odei called on Regional and District Co-ordinating Councils to use their local resources to solve problems emanating from disasters and refer only those beyond their capacity to NADMO.
He said the NMP was reviewing some of the existing national code to make it punishable for people, who put up structures and engage in activities, which tend to create disasters for their communities and the nation.
Mr Akwesi Owusu -Akyaw, Director of Operations of NADMO, urged District Chief Executives to assist their District Disaster Technical Committees with logistics to enable them to undertake the needed assessment of disasters when they occur.
Mr Owusu-Akyaw called on the assemblies to support the Committees to undertake education in disaster prevention to help reduce the rate of disasters.
Mr Patrick Aniagyei, Eastern Regional Director of NMP, called for the five per cent of the District Assembly's Common Fund for Disaster Management to be removed from the contingency fund and placed separately so that it would be available when the need arises.
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