News
Equip girl child for opportunities under Affirmative Action law – Abuakwa North MP
Madam Gifty Twum Ampofo
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa North Constituency, Madam Gifty Twum Ampofo, has charged parents to encourage their female children to take up opportunities that come with the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill into law.
“Equip your girl child to be bold and to have the courage to grab all the chances available in the law,” she stated.
The MP said that, though the act was now in force, its purpose would only be achieved if it was used judiciously.
Speaking at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Kingdom of Christ Chapel at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region last Sunday, Mad. Twum Ampofo explained that, women play a critical role in the socio economic development of the country and must embrace opportunities that come with the law which gives equal chances to both genders.
She pointed out that, the free Senior High School(SHS) policy has brought relief to parents, churches and many people who would have been tasked to pay fees every term as a result of which most parents end up selling their clothes and other valuables to be able to take care of their children’s secondary education.
The chairman of Kingdom of Christ Chapel, Apostle Edward Boadu Offei, urged Ghanaians to love God and love their neighbours, calling on the electorates to go and vote peacefully when the time comes and whoever emerges as winner will lead the country in its developmental agenda and bring prosperity to the people.
The National Property Officer of the church called on the citizens to support the fight against galamsey, pointing out that, without the citizens changing their attitudes, the galamsey fight will not be successful.
Touching on the upcoming elections, he charged the leaders of the various political parties to be guarded with their utterances and desist from inciting the youth to cause chaos
By Linda Abrefi Wadie
News
EC’s disqualification of Joana Cudjoe mischievous and disingenuous – NDC
The Head of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edudzie Tamekloe, has described the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify the party’s parliamentary candidate for the Amenfi Central as mischievous and disingenuous.
Edudzie Tamekloe told Citi Breakfast Show host, Bernard Avle that the EC’s basis for the “disqualification is mind-boggling” because it was a party to an interlocutory injunction against the candidate, Joana Gyan Cudjoe’s election in the May 12 primary.
“The basis of the disqualification is the purported interlocutory injunction from the High Court in Sekondi which is extremely mischievous because clearly, the EC at all material times, was a party to the suit in the Sekondi Court,” he said.
According to him,“Each time we appeared before the judge in Sekondi, there was a representative for the EC and so the proceedings were known to the EC. When we annulled that election and decided to rerun it, they came to supervise the election and so for Samuel Tettey to refer to the injunction [in the disqualification] is completely disingenuous.”
An October 10 letter signed by the Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, informed Gyan Cudjoe of her disqualification, stating that the Commission is bound by the court order, which has neither been stayed nor vacated.
The NDC’s legal head also accused the EC of taking sides in the matter and disqualifying Joana from its volution:.
“When the EC opened filing, the party presented Joana as its nominee and thereafter, there was an indication that there was going to be the printing of the notice of poll, which was delayed and so we made enquiries and wrote a letter to the plaintiff and we thought this matter had ended, but on October 10, Samuel Tettey wrote a letter disqualifying Joana,” he added.
He concluded, “The EC cannot act like an octopus and move everywhere looking to disqualify a candidate whose election it supervised.”
source: Citinewsroom.com
News
Police arrest a man for assaulting his 20-year-old daughter
The Ghana Police Service has arrested suspect Nana Amo Abraham, for causing harm to his 20-year-old daughter at Twifo Praso in the Central Region.
The suspect, according to Police investigation, physically assaulted his daughter, following a disagreement, and inflicted bodily harm on her.
He is currently in custody assisting the investigation and will be put before court.
Meanwhile, the Police have made arrangements for the victim to be brought to the Police Hospital in Accra for further medical care.
