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We’ll drag Kan Dapaah to Parliament over military brutality in Garu – Cletus Avoka
A member of the Interior and Defense Committee of Parliament, Cletus Avoka, has hinted that the committee will ensure that the Minister for National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, is summoned before Parliament to provide an account of the alleged brutality on some residents of Garu in the Upper East region by personnel from the Ghana Armed Forces.
Reports indicate that some military personnel stormed Garu in a dawn raid and assaulted residents in the process.
The Ghana Armed Forces have justified the attacks, accusing irate youth in the area of initiating an attack on national security operatives, which led to the raid.
The National Security Ministry, in a statement, debunked the reports and explained that it was a joint operation to seize weapons used in the October 24 attack by a vigilante group in Garu.
However, the Member of Parliament for Zebilla East, Mr. Avoka, believes it would be prudent for the National Security Minister to appear before Parliament to address the matter.
“We will endeavour to make a statement on the floor of Parliament. We will request that Speaker Alban Bagbin invite the Minister of National Security, Kan Dapaah to come and address the House. We will then appeal to the Speaker to set up a committee to investigate this. We had done this in Wa, when soldiers went on rampage and beat up civilians just because a civilian stole a soldier’s motorbike.”
“We went to Wa to investigate it. When soldiers beat up several people in Ashaiman and they made them lay in water and gutters, we went there to investigate, we went to the area and conducted investigations,” the Member of the Interior and Defense Committee of Parliament said.
Source: Citinewsroom.com
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Jones Borteye Applerh is new GIHOC boss
Jones Borteye Applerh has been appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer of GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited by President Mahama.
In a letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Dr.Callistus Mahama indicated, “I write to formally inform you that H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, has
in accordance with Article 195(1) of the Constitution appointed you as the Acting Chief Executive Officer
of the GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited, pending receipt of the Constitutionally required advice of the
governing Board, given in consultation with the Public Services Commission.”
His appointment takes effect from January 21, 2025.
” I take this opportunity to congratulate you formally on your appointment.
Kindly indicate your acceptance or otherwise of this appointment, within fourteen (14) days of receipt of this letter,” the statement noted.
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Qatar Ambassador to Ghana calls on Vice President
The Ambassador of Qatar to Ghana, Khalid bin Jabor AL-Mesallam has paid a courtesy call on Vice President, Jane Naane Opoku Agyemang.
The visit yesterday was to offer his congratulations and well wishes on her election as the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana.
They both agreed on the need to sustain and strengthen the cordial relations between both countries for the mutual benefits of its people.