Lack of sponsorship: Dont blame the GFA president

Dr. Nyarho Nyarho-Tamakloe, Board Member of Accra Hearts of Oak, has said the president of Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi cannot be blame for the lack of sponsorship for the Ghana Premier League.

Speaking in an interview with Boss Fm, the former GFA president said, Nyantakyi cannot be blamed for the lack o sponsorship for the league because he does not work alone.

“We cant blame the GFA president for lack of sponsorship. I am sure he is not sitting there unconcerned, but he cannot be blame.

“He might have made efforts but we cannot say he is the reason for the failure.” He noted.

He said, playing the league without sponsors will put a lot of stress on clubs financially adding that it will also affect the standard of play.

“Clubs will be having very difficult times in the coming season because, we will play without sponsorship”. Dr. Nyarho-Tamakloe stated.

Lack of sponsorship: Dont blame the GFA president

Former NHIA boss in BNI grips

The immediate past Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Sylvester Mensah is being held at the headquarters of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for questioning.

Mr. Mensah, who reported at the BNI office today[Friday], was invited by the director of the BNI on Wednesday through a phone call but was in the Volta Region for a visit.

Citi News gathers a meeting was scheduled for Thursday 31st December 2015, when the former NHIA boss was expected to have arrived in Accra, but in an interesting twist, seven heavily armed officials from the national investigative body, invaded his residence on New Year’s Eve ostensibly to arrest him.

The BNI began investigations into the issue  of false claims by some 10 suspected medical facilities which have already resulted in the arrest of some five officials at the NHIA headquarters with three of them sent to court to be remanded while the other two granted bail.

The security investigative body some weeks ago also picked seventeen directors and deputy directors of the Authority in relation to the same matter.

The investigations began six months ago at the instance of the President John Mahama and according to the BNI, many of the medical facilities have been falsifying documents and submitting bloated claims to the NHIA and in some cases colluded with officials of the NHIA to defraud the Authority.

Meanwhile some supporters of the NDC are accusing some senior officials at the Flagstaff house of deliberately witch hunting Mr. Mensah because of his suitability and increasing support by the rank and file of the NDC to be chosen as running mate to president Mahama before the announcement of Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur as running mate for the 2016 election.

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Source: citifmonline.com

Former NHIA boss in BNI grips

Mahama Attends Inauguration Of New Burkinabe President

President John Dramani Mahama this morning lead a delegation to the inauguration of the President-elect of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore.

 

 

A former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, the 58-year old Christian Kabore was elected in November 2015 as part of transitional arrangements put in place by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government during the Chairmanship of President John Mahama.

 

 

Though originally planned for October, the elections had to be postponed to November because of a coup by the Presidential Guards. Another round of mediations by ECOWAS Leaders including President John Mahama saw the restoration to office of the Transitional President Michel Kafando and his Prime Minister.

 

 

 

Accompanying the President to Ouagadougou are Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia and officials of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the newly elected leader of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) Dr. Edward Mahama and officials of the PNC.

President Mahama will return home later today.

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Flagstaff House

 

Mahama Attends Inauguration Of New Burkinabe President

President Mahama Calls For Ceasefire In Bunkprugu

President John Dramani Mahama has renewed calls on feuding factions in the troubled Bunkprugu Traditional area in the Northern Region, to ceasefire.

 

According to him, the incessant revival of the age-long chieftaincy conflict between the Jamong and Jafog clans in the Bunkprugu traditional area, is affecting the agenda to transform the Northern Region.

 

President John Dramani Mahama was speaking on the occasion of the 2015 Damba festival celebrated on Mamprugu land on the theme, “Building the kingdom of Mamprugu together with peace and unity.”

 

President Mahama said government was committed to bridge the developmental disparities between Northern and Southern Ghana only in an atmosphere of peace.

 

He emphasized the need for peaceful co-existence in some identified conflict zones in the Northern Region.

 

He commended the Mamprugu kingdom for its unique succession to the chiefdom and urged them to zealously safeguard it.

President John Dramani Mahama promised to complete the Walewale-Gambaga road ahead of the 2016 general elections.

He also pledged government’s determination to expand the water system and educational infrastructure in Mamprugu land.

 

He condemned cultural adulteration and advised the youth to deepen their morality.

 

Overlord of Mamprugu Traditional Area who doubles as President of the Northern Regional House of chiefs thanked government for the numerous projects executed in the area.

The Nayiri Naa, Bahigu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga, appealed to government to provide safe water to the people of Mamprugu land.

He tasked chiefs and opinion leaders to strictly enforce traditional laws governing bushfires.

The Nayiri bemoaned the falling standard of education in Mamprugu land and announced the traditional Council’s resolve to organize an educational forum to address the problem.

He admonished government to allocate enough resources to the Electoral Commission to conduct free, fair and transparent elections in 2016.

“The year 2016 is just around the corner and soon 2015 will become history.

 

2016 is an election year and as such the stakes are high.

 

We all desire that the elections will come and go with our dear nation Ghana remaining intact and peaceful.

To this end, I urge you, your Excellency and your government to ensure that the Electoral Commission is adequately resourced to enable it conduct a credible free and fair election.”

 

The Nayiri Naa Bahigu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga impressed upon the two major political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to deepen their tolerance before, during and after the 2016 general elections.

“To the political parties particularly the NDC and the NPP, I urge you to conduct your campaigns with the greatest respect for each other and play according to the rules.”

“They [NPP and NDC] must make it their collective responsibility to ensure that the peace in Ghana is maintained before, during and after the election in 2016,” the Nayiri underscored.

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Citifmonline.com

President Mahama Calls For Ceasefire In Bunkprugu