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Angry Menzgold customers call for immediate arrest of NAM 1
The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold (CACM) Ghana has called for the immediate arrest of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Company Limited, Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1).
CACM has also urged government to confiscate all assets of NAM1 and Menzgold, including the CEO’s landed and moveable assets.
The call comes on the backdrop of a lavish signing ceremony of a new artist, Tiisha, over the weekend while, according to them, “victims of Menzgold continue to record deaths with current figure not less than 55.”
At a news conference in Accra yesterday, the General Secretary of CACM, Samuel Odartey said “ we are very much appalled by the bravado and open disregard for the laws of the land seeing NAM1, a man who has been slapped with 61 criminal charges, including money laundering, still signing financial contract and being escorted by macho men.
“If, indeed, our laws are working, which we believe it’s working, then we call on His Excellency the President to order the National Security to cause the arrest of NAM1 immediately without delay,” he added.
Also, Mr Odartey said the claim by NAM1 to have paid GH₵9.6 million to customers was false and criminal thereby challenging the CEO of the defunct Menzgold Company Limited to publish the names of those paid and indicate the amount paid with dates.
He alleged that Mr Mensah was throwing dust into the eyes of the unsuspecting public, adding that “his new scheme Payboy, which was noted to be another scam, had succeeded in scamming hundreds of customers.
The General Secretary said, according to their sources, the $39 million awarded him after winning a court case in Dubai last year had been received by NAM1, stating that the said money belonged to the customers and should be paid to them.
He stated that government’s decision to pay customers of other collapsed banks had made them come to the conclusion that their locked up investments should be paid into the consolidated fund and released to them without delay.
“Menzgold customers’ plight should be treated as an emergency national security issue to avert more deaths among customers, and that as government has decided to pay customers of other collapsed banks and fund management, we request that the same decision should be taken to pay us, since Menzgold was also closed down by government,” he said.
Source: Ghanaian Times
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Craze for x’mas shopping: Crowded markets, low patronage
Vendors of food and other wares associated with the Christmas celebration have expressed surprise at the low patronage despite the increased number of visitors to some of the major markets across the capital.
Four days to the celebration(Christmas), the markets are filled with various products ranging from food, clothing, livestock and many other stuff, but according to the vendors, patrons are doing more ‘window’ shopping.
The Spectator on visits to some of the markets in the capital, notably the Odawna, Makola, Accra Central Business District, New Town and others made similar observations as shoppers crowd them but did little in terms of purchases.
The paper also observed that majority of vendors, originally selling other wares have switched to product related to the festive season.
What it means is that there are a lot more clothes, food and vegetables, livestock and poultry, toys, firecrackers, drinks of different types and many others on display.
The markets have also stretched to the pedestrian pavement, leaving very narrow spaces for commuters to move about freely.
That, in addition to a few of the female vendors dressed in coloured attires to reflect the occasion, has heightened the euphoria, leaving the low sales as the only headache for the vendors.
Speaking with this paper, they sounded very optimistic, believing that sales would improve in the last few days to the yuletide.
According to them, there was the opportunity to sell beyond Christmas as the New Year celebration offers similar opportunity to trade the same wares.
They urged patrons to throng the markets to shop since prices were quite moderate and products affordable for all.
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Retirement service for Elder John Ackom-Asante,3 others
Retired Deputy Editor of The Spectator, Elder John Ackom-Asante, was last Sunday honoured by the Church of Pentecost Windy Hills District in Kasoa in the Central Region, with a retirement thanksgiving service, after serving for 26 year as an Elder of the church.
He was honoured with a citation and certificate of service along with three other elders who served in the capacity for various years.
Elder Ackom-Asante was baptised at the Darkuman Central Assembly in 1979 and ordained as an Elder in 1997.
The citation read “Your selfless service, zeal, willingness to relate wholeheartedly and your desire to effect change has gone a long way to shape the lives of many people in the church and the nation over the 26 years of your dedication to the service of the Lord.”
Elder Ackom- Asante held many positions at the Darkuman Central Assembly, Obuasi in the Ashanti Region and Tema, serving in various capacities as youth and evangelism ministry leader and marriage counsellor.
He was the founding member of the Darkuman Christian Fellowship, a member of the Greater Accra Christian Fellowship; member of Bible Society of Ghana; founding member Obuasi Chapter Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship International and founding member of New Times Corporation Christian Fellowship and Chaplain, Methodist University Tema Campus 2009- 2010.
As a professional journalist, Elder Ackom-Asante combined effectively and efficiently his duty as a member and elder of the church and the demands of his profession, with admiration from the church, kith and kin, till his retirement on December
From Alhaji Salifu Abdul-Rahaman, Kasoa
