Ghanaians Are To Be Envoys of Peace

Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, President of Lawrence Tetteh Ministries (LTM), has asked Ghanaians to be envoys of peace to ensure peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections, on November 7, 2016.

“Ghanaians should turn to God for peaceful elections and asked the good Lord to give them righteous leaders since righteousness exalts a nation”.

Speaking to Ghana News Agency at the end of a three-day crusade held at the Blackstars Square in Accra at the weekend, he stressed: “Sin is a reproach to a nation. When the righteous rules the people rejoice.”

It was organized in collaboration with LTM and the Diocesan Bishop of Methodist Church, Ghana; Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Kofi Osabutey.

The event was patronised by personalities like Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Mr. Julius Debrah, Chief of Staff and Mr. Edwin Nii Lante Vandepuje, Minister of Youth and Sports.

Leading political leaders such as Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, Presidential Candidate of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), also attended the crusade and used the platform to advocate peaceful elections.

Dr. Tetteh also President and Founder of UK-based Worldwide Miracle Outreach, said prayer is key to national peace and stability since “a prayerless nation is a powerless nation”.

He said people should not hide behind politics to destroy people’s hard won careers and credibility.

He noted that although Ghana could boast of a cream of politicians, it is obvious that only National Democratic Congress or NPP could win Election 2016.

He said it is therefore necessary for President John Dramani Mahama, who is seeking re-election and Nana Akufo-Addo to be circumspect in their choice of words.

“Our leaders should put Ghana first in their agenda. Every Ghanaian should also shy away from the culture of insults.”

This he said would promote political sustenance to promote development and facilitate the improvement of the quality of the living standards of the citizenry.

“The nations should not lose sight that it is the hands of God that is sustaining the nation”.

Dr. Tetteh said leaders are appointed by God and referred to the late Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who was imprisoned yet led Convention Peoples Party to become President of the First Republic.

He said Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings was also in prison but later became a head of state.

“President John Agyekum Kufuor and late President John Evans Atta Mills least expected to be presidents yet became one and every Ghanaian knew how President Mahama became president. Ghanaians should therefore seek the face of God and not lean on their own understanding, achievements and intellectual capacity”, he added.

 

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Ghanaians Are To Be Envoys of Peace

Govt Threatens To Withdraw Cash To Subvented Agencies

Government has threatened to withdraw subventions to Subvented Agencies by March 2016 if they fail to submit details of payroll information for migration onto the payroll.

According to Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) ‘the Department wishes to inform these remaining Agencies whose salaries are paid outside the Government of Ghana mechanized payroll system at CAGD that their subventions would cease in March 2016 if they fail to submit details of payroll information for migration onto the payroll’.

This follows a deadline given to the Controller and Accountant General’s Department by Government to complete the migration process by end of March 2016.

Following the inception of the Government’s policy decision to migrate all subvented organizations onto the mechanized payroll, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has, as at December 2015, migrated One Hundred and Twenty (120) organizations.

However twenty of the Subvented Agencies (excluding the Military) are yet to be migrated.

The policy decision is to effectively manage and exercise budgetary control over payroll cost

Govt Threatens To Withdraw Cash To Subvented Agencies

Rawlings Condemns Flagstaff House Mischief

The office of former President Jerry John Rawlings has debunked a statement issued by Flagstaff House Communications Bureau which suggested that he was part of President Mahama’s entourage to Burkina Faso recently. The Communications Directorate of the former president’s office in a statement pointed out that Mr. Rawlings travelled on a military aircraft to that country in the company of his wife and three others.

Below is the full statement:

 

RE: PRESIDENT MAHAMA TO ATTEND INAUGURATION OF NEW BURKINABE PRESIDENT

The attention of the Communications Directorate of the office of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, has been drawn to inaccuracies in a statement issued by the Flagstaff House Communications Bureau, indicating that the former President and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings were members of the President’s delegation that travelled to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for the inauguration of Jean Marc Christian Kabore as President of Burkina Faso.

 

The Directorate wishes to state that the former President and his wife were not members of President Mahama’s delegation and finds the misrepresentation unfortunate.

 

Outgoing President Michel Kafando invited his Excellency Jerry Rawlings by a letter dated 18 December 2015. The former President and his wife travelled with a delegation including Betty Akuffo-Amoabeng, Kobina Andoh Amoakwa and Joseph Dawson-Otoo.

 

President Rawlings and the delegation travelled on a military transport aircraft.

 

It is important to note that upon arrival in Burkina Faso, the former President and his entourage were met by Burkinabe State Protocol and the Ghana Embassy and driven to their hotel and subsequently to the venue for the ceremony.

 

President Mahama arrived later with the Presidential aircraft and a delegation that included Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh, Dr. Edmund Dele and others.

 

It is unfortunate that the author of the release, privy to the fact that the former President was also travelling to Burkina Faso, albeit in his own capacity and upon a separate invitation decided to play mischief with the content of the official presidential release.

 

 

Rawlings Condemns Flagstaff House Mischief

Vote against Mahama, NDC in 2016-Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has admonished Ghanaians to vote against the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration in the 2016 general elections.

 

According to him, the NDC government has been soiled with too many corruption scandals and has plunged the nation into economic turmoil which he said has retarded Ghana’s growth.

 

“Scandals and perceived corruption in governance and the society generally, socio-economic hardships such as unstable currency, unstable power supplies – undermining both industrial and domestic ventures – executive bureaucratic delays in the public sector, especially at the ports, many industrial actions, protest demonstrations throughout the economy, sudden and high tariff increases for utilities, and ever-bloating national debt stock, have hall-marked the out-going year,” he said.

 

In a statement issued ahead of the New Year, the former president said “the incoming year, 2016, must be a year of decision for the nation to arrest this dangerous slump of the society and economy. The people must decide for good, efficient and accountable governance at all levels of government.”

 

Mr. Kufuor said his wish for Ghana “is a reprieve from the many and seemingly endless challenges that have beset us through the just ending year,

 

Below is the full statement:

Office of H. E. John Agyekum Kufuor

Former President of the Republic of Ghana

Kufuor calls for peaceful elections

1. Fellow Ghanaians, It gives me great pleasure to greet you on this New Year’s eve.


2. My wish for our nation and all of us into the coming year, is a reprieve from the many and seemingly endless challenges that have beset us through the just ending year, 2015


3. Scandals and perceived corruption in governance and the society generally, socio-economic hardships such as unstable currency, unstable power supplies – undermining both industrial and domestic ventures – executive bureaucratic delays in the public sector, especially at the ports, many industrial actions, protest demonstrations throughout the economy, sudden and high tariff increases for utilities, and ever-bloating national debt stock, have hall-marked the out-going year.

 

4. The incoming year, 2016, must be a year of decision for the nation to arrest this dangerous slump of the society and economy.


5. The people must decide for good, efficient and accountable governance at all levels of government.


6. Civil Society Organizations, Traditional leaders Religious Groups must assume responsible guidance within their remits to ensure that the entire citizenry of the nation live up to the spirit and letter of the national constitution which enshrines inclusive democracy as the way of life for all of us.


7. 2016 is significant because it is the year of Election for both the Presidency and the Legislature.


8. The people must show through their conduct and choices that they understand the uses of the vote.


9. Sustained Transformation of society will not come through short-sighted and short-term inducements.


10. We must examine critically the track records and manifestoes of the contending parties before we make our choices in the election.


11. The Electoral Commission must be resolute in its independence and impartiality as enjoined by the national constitution, in its officiating of the Elections.


12. The security agencies of the nation must uphold the integrity and security of the national constitution and the state which are above all institutions, parties and individuals of the land.


13. We must all resolve to enter and live through this New Year with this determination so that the outcome of the Elections will ensure us with the government we can all accept and work with in good faith and in peace.


14. This is how to give our nation and its citizenry the sustained peace and direction to real development and dignity that we must have.

Happy and Prosperous New Year to all of us and May God bless us.

Signed:

Frank Agyekum

 

 

Vote against Mahama, NDC in 2016-Kufuor

‘Mahaha’ branded chocolate sparks controversy

 

The decision by government to brand some ‘Golden Tree’ chocolate with the image of the First Lady, Lordina Mahama, has generated so much controversy on social media.

On some of the chocolates, the name of the first lady is spelt as ‘Mahaha’.

While some Ghanaians brand the move as a needless hero-worshipping action, others see it as waste of national resources particularly when the issue of the GH C3.6 million MMT rebranding scandal is still fresh on the minds of Ghanaians.

 

Even though, government has not officially commented on the issue, Presidential Aide, Stan Dogbe has vehemently defended the move saying, “there’s nothing untoward, unnecessary, criminal or fraudulent about that”.

 

Contributing to a debate on the issue on the Facebook page of Selorm Brantie, a renowned social media activist, Mr Dogbe revealed that the First Lady branded ‘Golden Tree’ chocolate were presented as gifts to school children and orphanages across the country.

 

“…The first lady and first family in similar vein have produced these chocolates and distributed to school children and orphanages across the country. It’s not the first time and won’t be the last. They could have placed on them NDC logos but they did them as the first family. Through these, children who ordinarily won’t taste chocolate get to taste them.

 

There’s nothing untoward, unnecessary, criminal or fraudulent about that. CPC is paid for the chocolates including the cost of printing the wrappers. The chocolates are not a dash. With the current stock, we even had to pay upfront for the production.

If by giving out these chocolates, it is promoting the president and his wife, and you are concerned, you can also go produce some and share. After all, you have Nana’s images on take away packs and others have them on liquid washing soaps. Even dead people have their image put on water bottles and take away packs,” Mr. Dogbe argued.

 

One of the branded chocolates has the inscription,” Mother of the Nation” with the First Lady being addressed as H.E Lordina Dramani Mahama. The other one has the image of the First Lady holding two adorable kids.

‘Mahaha’ branded chocolate sparks controversy

Peace, stability not guaranteed under NPP – Veep

Vice president, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has justified the need for Ghanaians to retain the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) in power ahead of the 2016 general elections.

According to him, in spite of the socio-economic challenges, government has been able to maintain the peace and stability of the country.

Mr. Amissah-Arthur addressing the University of Cape Coast branch of Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN) was skeptical about the opposition New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) ability to maintain the stability of the country should it win the 2016 general elections.

In his view, an opposition party characterized by violence which has led to the death of its members is not worthy of leading a peaceful nation like Ghana.

“If they can with their own people like this, how much more the NDC” he quizzed.

The vice president maintained that “John Mahama guarantees the stability and the peace of this country [which] allows us all to progress rather than the other side [NPP]”.

He charged the youth is work assiduously to make the NDC attractive to the over 50 percent of Ghanaians who have not decided who to vote for in 2016.

“More than half of the Ghanaian people have not decided yet who they want to vote for. It means that we need to do well to convince them to vote for NDC”.

Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is confident with hard work and determination; the Mahama-led government will surmount the challenges.

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Peace, stability not guaranteed under NPP – Veep

Akufo Addo is a Serial Caller

Government’s communications minister Edward Omane Boamah has launched scathing attacks on the NPP’s flagbearer; Nana Akufo-Addo. He described the twice defeated Presidential hopeful as someone who speaks worse than a serial caller. So why would the communications minister throw all caution to the wind?

Akufo Addo is a Serial Caller

2016 Elections Would Be Tough For NDC - Veep

The Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah Arthur has said next year’s general election was going to be tough for the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

He has therefore called for more work at the grass root level to ensure victory. “Anybody who tells you it’s going to be easy does not know what he’s talking about,” he stated.

He indicated that this was partly because the past few years had been very difficult for the NDC government with low international prices for gold, cocoa and oil which he noted affected government’s ability to make easy the economic pressures on the people.

The Vice President was speaking at a national conference of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the NDC in Cape Coast on Monday.

“The opposition can easily take advantage of this and use it against us.”

He said despite these challenges, the NDC had managed to invest heavily in infrastructure in the areas of education health and security.

He said with the insurgence of Boko Haram and ISIS activities around the world government had spent a lot of money to improve on the security system to make the nation safer.

He called for “action” in 2016 to ensure victory in 2016.

Development Guarantee

Mr Amissah Arthur said despite all these it was obvious that Ghanaians believed in the NDC as a party that guaranteed development especially in the rural communities.

He said President Mahama was a visionary leader with a committed team ready to ensure development got to every Ghanaian everywhere.

Ghanaians not decided

“We need the victory. More than half of Ghanaians have not decided yet who to vote for and we have to convince them that President Mahama is a safe pair of hands to manage the nation.”

Vice President Amissah Arthur said the NDC appreciated the role of the TEIN in the party and would resource it to communicate the achievements of the NDC to Ghanaians.

The General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah said the main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) needed the rule of law and not the rule of persons to keep them united.

He called on the Inspector General of Police to let Ghanaians know what had become of investigation of ammunitions found at the headquarters of the NPP.

The National Youth Organizer of the NDC, Sidii Abubakar Musa said the conference was part of forums to strategize to ensure a 57 percent win for President Mahama in the 2016 general elections.

He called on the party leadership to make resources available to TEIN to help them work for total victory in 2016.

The National Organizer of the NDC, Mr Kofi Adams, urged the members of TEIN to educate the communities on government projects and how these would change their lives.

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Graphiconline.com

2016 Elections Would Be Tough For NDC - Veep

NDC Youth Protest in Prampram

Hundreds of National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters besieged the Prampram District Court in the Ningo Prampram Constituency on Tuesday, to protest against a suit filed by the newly elected Parliamentary Candidate, Sam George, against the constituency’s Youth Organizer, Habib Mohammed.

Habib Mohammed is standing trial for allegedly assaulting Sam George during the heated contest between him and the incumbent MP, E.T. Mensah , where Mohammed, an aide to E.T. Mensah, allegedly punched him in the eye.

Habib reportedly assaulted Sam George on Sunday November 22, after he [Sam George] alleged that about 3,000 names had been deleted from the NDC’s Ningo Prampram voters’ register.

Hundreds of youth clad in red and black, picketed at the precincts of the court on Tuesday morning in solidarity with the accused youth organizer.

According to the supporters, the case must be handled as a family matter since both the accused and the plaintiff are members of the party.

The Counsel for the accused also made a similar plea to the court for which reason the Presiding Judge, His Worship John Evans Ocran, directed the NDC Chairman of the constituency, Jacob Lartey, to call both parties and settle the matter amicably.

He however asked the Chairman to report back to the court within a reasonable period. The Judge adjourned the case to January 19th 2015.

Later in an interview with Citi News, the Ningo Prampram Constituency Chairman of the NDC, Jacob Lartey, said he will ensure a speedy resolution of the matter in the interest of the party.

Some of the agitated youth told Citi News they are disappointed that Mr. Sam George decided to go to court after winning the primary.

They said his actions will further bring divisions in the party if not checked. Mr. Sam George, seen as a protégé to the incumbent MP, beat him in a heated contest.

Mr. George has since been suspended by the NDC because he allegedly made some damning allegations against the Greater Accra Regional executives of the party. Meanwhile unconfirmed reports suggest he has been cleared of the suspension.

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citifmonline.com

NDC Youth Protest in Prampram

IGP Must Come Clear On Guns At NPP Head Office – NDC

The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has called on the acting Inspector General of Police to come clear on the alleged arms discovered at the headquarters of the New Patriotic Party some weeks ago.

Such a disclosure according to Mr. Asiedu Nketia will allay the fears of Ghanaians that not only is any political party planning to cause mayhem in the country especially during the 2016 general elections but also to demonstrate that the police are not condoning crime.

Addressing the party’s students’ network in Cape Coast, Central region on Monday General Mosquito as he is popularly known urged the police hierarchy to make known the extent of their investigation so as to build public confidence in the police.

“We heard that there were guns that were retrieved at a party headquarters, the Police went in to do some arrests but quickly our brothers have tried to shift the argument from answering the question as to why a party headquarters has be an amoury and focusing on the people who came there whether they were sent by NDC or whoever”.

General Mosquito added: “So we want to demand from the IGP that the nation needs to know whether there were arms retrieved from the party headquarters, find out how those arms got there and what the intentions of the arms were because if it happens that a major opposition can be keeping arms in its headquarters then nobody can guarantee the safety of this nation.

“Because they have a following and if the purpose is for them to distribute the arms to their followers to create mayhem in the country…should we sit and keep quiet.”

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IGP Must Come Clear On Guns At NPP Head Office – NDC