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Mason nearly lynched …as lady raises false alarm
Raymond Appiah’s cracked phone
A 23-year-old Mason, Raymond Atta Appiah escaped death by hairs breath last Saturday at Madina in the Greater Accra Region when he was wrongfully accused of stealing a lady’s phone.
He said he was severely beaten by a mob for about five minutes until he was saved by a member of his church who told the irate youth that her son was not a thief.
Narrating his ordeal to The Spectator on Monday, he said at about 9am last Saturday, he had gone to the Madina market to buy a few items when he was approached by a lady to give her his phone to make a phone call because hers had been stolen a while ago.
Appiah said he told the lady that if she wanted to use his mobile phone, she should mention the numbers she wished to call so that he would make the call on her behalf.
This, he said, infuriated the lady who started shouting and accusing him of stealing her mobile phone.
He said a certain young man who was standing by came to hold him by his shirt and others subsequently joined to assault him both physically and verbally.
The mason said he tried to explain himself but no one was ready to listen to him as they continued beating him until blood started oozing from his mouth.
He said one of the irate people tried to take his mobile phone from him but he resisted it and in the process of trying to bite the hand of the person forcibly taking his phone, he rather bit his mobile phone.
The victim said when he had almost lost hope of surviving the attack, a friend of his whose mother is a trader a few metres away from the scene went to inform her about the development and she rushed to rescue him.
The woman who was a member of his church, Christ Apostolic Church, told them she was his mother and that was what calmed the mob.
He said some of his attackers subsequently asked him questions for proof of ownership of his phone which he gave his number and stated the picture on the phone was his niece and also mentioned some numbers on the phone which saved him from further attacks.
Appiah said he, the lady who accused him of stealing her phone and another man who first held his shirt were led to the Madina Police Station by some concerned persons where the matter is being investigated.
He advised that people should use their own pictures as screen savers since that could save them a lot of trouble and also they should try and memorise some numbers on their phones so that in such cases it could authenticate their ownership
By Dzifa Tetteh Tay
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GEXIM deepens relations with US EXIM Bank
A management team of the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) led by the Acting Chief Executive, Sylvester Mensah met with the leadership of the Export–Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) on Wednesday April 23, 2025 in Washington DC, United States of America.
The Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM, Mr. James C. Cruse and Vice President, International Relations, Ms. Isabel Galdiz received the GEXIM delegation, which included Deputy CEO for Banking, Mr. Moses Klu Mensah and Head of International Cooperation, Mr. Jonathan Christopher Koney at the headquarters of US EXIM.
The meeting offered the GEXIM team the opportunity to share the strategic direction of the Bank in line with the resetting agenda of the President of the Republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama for the repositioning of the Ghanaian economy into an export-led one by providing the requisite investment to Ghanaian businesses.
Mr. James C. Cruse expressed US EXIM’s eagerness to deepen its existing relations with GEXIM and proposed the signing of a new Cooperative Framework Agreement following the expiration of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019 to utilize US EXIM’s medium term loan guarantees to procure machinery by GEXIM for qualified Ghanaian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Mr.Sylvester Mensah thanked the Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM for hosting the GEXIM delegation and reaffirmed the Ghanaian government’s commitment to strengthening trade and investment between Ghana and its global partners for economic transformation of Ghana with GEXIM playing a pivotal role.
The two teams will be meeting on the sidelines of the 2025 US EXIM Annual Conference on 29th and April 30, 2025 to explore possible areas of collaboration and matching Ghanaian businesses to American companies. The meeting ended with an exchange of gifts.
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Many SOEs have been used as mere instruments for personal wealth accumulation –Pres.Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has expressed concern over the misuse of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for personal financial gain by individuals in leadership positions.
Speaking during a meeting with Chief Executives of specified entities under the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) on Thursday, March 13, the President directly attributed the dire state of SOEs to their leadership, accusing chief executives, management teams, and governing boards of prioritising personal enrichment over organisational efficiency.
He pointed to bloated budgets, unjustified allowances, and unnecessary expenditures as factors draining public funds while SOEs continue to rely on government bailouts.
“Many SOEs have been used as mere instruments for personal wealth accumulation by appointees. The chief executives, management, and boards of these enterprises are responsible for this situation. Some SOEs have become perennial loss-makers, draining public funds with bloated budgets, unjustified allowances, and unnecessary expenditures while relying on government bailouts as if entitled to them. Many of these entities are at their lowest point in the entire history of the Fourth Republic,” he said.
President Mahama further noted that many SOEs have been plagued by inefficiencies, corruption, and mismanagement, leading to consistent financial losses. He cited the 2023 State Ownership Report by the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), which highlighted systemic inefficiencies and wasteful expenditures within these entities.
He therefore reaffirmed his commitment to reforming under-performing SOEs and ensuring they serve national interests.
He warned that loss-making SOEs will no longer be tolerated and will either be merged, privatised, or closed.
“I will assess you based on your performance. If you do not align with the pace of the reset agenda, you may be asked to step aside. If that adds to the horror movie, so be it,” he added.
Source: Myjoyonline.com
