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ASSIN AKROPONG &  WURAKESE  YOUTH  ASSOCIATION PETITIONS ROAD MINISTRY OVER DEPLORABLE STATE OF BROFOYEDUR AKENKANSU ROAD . CONCERNED CITIZENS OF ASSIN AKROPONG & ASSIN WURAKESE P. O. BOX 8 / ASSIN AWURAKESE 25th June, 2020 The Road Minister Hon. Amoako Atta Box M57Ministries – Accra  ATTN: DEPLORABLE STATE OF BROFOYEDUR AKENKANSU ROAD Hon. Minister, We wish to bring your attention the deplorable state of Brofoyedur Akenkansu road which was earlier captured in our previous letter dated 10th March, 2020 with the caption petition to fix the bad state of Brofoyedur Akenkansu Highway.  After submitting our petition to your office, no communication of any sort has been made to us addressing our concerns. The contractor has not shown up to the site after leaving the site on June, 2019 and the condition of the road has worsen after several rains. The state of the roads is our dying concern and we cannot quantify the damages it is causing us suc...

NDC Lists Why Mahama  Can Never Be President Again--Razak Kojo Opoku The National Democratic Congress(NDC) has listed a number of fake promises which  SHALL NOT make John Dramani Mahama President again in Ghana. The promises articulated by inexperienced Sammy Gyamfi are very empty, poor in thoughts, and lacks quantitative and qualitative understanding. These are the shallowness and emptiness of  John Mahama's Campaign promises: 1. John Mahama lacks the trustworthiness, integrity and credibility to pay all customers of the collapsed financial institutions and restore indigenous Ghanaian participation in the financial Sector. It is important to state that, all the collapsed financial institutions were caused by the mismanagement, wasteful and Incompetent leadership of careless John Mahama's administration. It took the bold intervention of President Akufo-Addo's Government to safeguard the funds of depositors, as well as saved indigenous banks such as UMB, Prud...

Let Us Promote Juveniles And Women's Football In Our Region.......Regional FA Chairman Urges Media The central regional football Association (FA) chairman Mr. Robert Otieku Duncan has  urged the general public especially the media fraternity in central region to adopt habit of hyping the local football games mostly the Juveniles in our locality. As part of the regional tour by the chairman to meet the press, he visited Assin Fosu municipal, Assin North District And the Assin district to brief the press and also highlight his intention of developing the Juveniles and women's football in the region. Briefing the press on some of his manifesto as a regional chairman, he stated that. His policy is to make sure football get to the grassroots; hence he urged all media fraternity especially the department of football to educate, encourage and promote local football games in their locality. "We devote most of our time in foreign football, it's time to pay much o...

Government To Resources Cocoa Farmers 200-million Dollars To Deal With The Swollen Shoot Diseases In Cocoa Farms...... Cocoabod The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board(Cocoabod), Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo has hinted of conclusive discussions with President Nana Akufo-Addo to increase the price of Cocoa in the coming months this year. Currently, the government buys one bag of Cocoa beans from farmers at 515.00 Ghana cedis. The CEO said since the Cocoa sector was the backbone of Ghana’s economy which help to ensure the stability of the cedi, Cocoabod and the government have taken bold decisions that will inure to the welfare of the 1.2 million Cocoa farmers in Ghana. Mr Boahen-Aidoo said this during an engagement with Cocoa farmers at separate functions at Nsuaem No.2 and Wassa-Afransie as part of a working visit to Dunkwa-On-Offin and Wassa-Akropong Districts in the Western South Cocoa Region. Mr Boahene-Aidoo, who is also the Nkosohene (Development...

NDC Presents Bad Products and Decisions for Election 2020.... CVM The National Democratic Congress(NDC) has unfortunately  presented to Ghanaian electorates an unprecedentedly bad Presidential and Parliamentary Candidates for the 2020 general election.  First and foremost, the 2020 Presidential Candidate of the NDC lacks coherent and superior alternative campaign messages, policies and strategies. NDC is still struggling to settle on a running mate to partner John Mahama. Definitely, NPP is going to force John Mahama to choose a "Nonsense Running Mate and campaign messages/policies" for election 2020. The comeback of John Mahama has been a total disaster and failure. The charisma of John Mahama is in tatters.  The Parliamentary Candidates of NDC too are like adding insult to injury. The quality of NDC Parliamentary Candidates are very poor except Haruna Iddrisu and few ones. Imagine Akandor and Oti Bless in Parliamentary debates? What President Akufo-Addo ...

Central Regional Football Association (FA) Chairman Tours Twifo-Attimorkwaa District Chairman for football association (central region), Mr Mr. Robert Otieku Duncan has on 17th June toured Twifo-Attimorkwaa district to brief the press and also highlight his intention of developing the Juveniles and women's football in the region. Briefing the press on some of his manifesto as a regional chairman, he stated that. His policy is to make sure football get to the grassroots; hence he urged all media paternity especially the department of football to educate, encourage and promote local football games in their locality. "We devote most of our time in foreign football, it's time to pay much of our attention to our local matches/games" Furthermore, Mr. Duncan appealed to the parents through the press to help both financially and also encourage their words who has the talent in the football games because they would become the future players to replace the senior ...

Cursing A Political Leader Can Not Work....Spiritualist A renowned Herbal and spiritualist in Sunyani known as Mallam Tutumba has emphatically stated that, invoking curses on any political leader does not have any spiritual implications on the person in question. On an interview with Twifo Praso based radio station sweet fm morning show monitored by 1st In News, Mallam said curses do not work on any political leader who is elected by majority people in the locality.  According to him, politicians are elected by majority people hence if a group of some individuals plan to use voodoo on their leader can not work, unless all the electorates who voted him/her to be their leader have come agreed to do so. But traditional leaders in the area can punish the group if they think the group have violated the bylaws of the land. Mallam Tutumba also said, the swarms of Bees which attacked Deputy Minister of local government, who double as NPP MP, his MCE for New Juabeng North ...

MINISTER FOR EDUCATION WINS HARVARD AWARD. The Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the Harvard Ministerial Medal of Achievement in recognition of his work over the past four years towards strengthening public education in Ghana. A letter signed by the Executive Director of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program, Michael R. Sinclair, PhD, conveyed the congratulations of the Programme Team as well as the Advisory Board on Dr. Prempeh’s selection. Each year, the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program selects one of its Alumni for special recognition of stellar progress towards achieving priority goals during their term in office.  Specific criteria include insightful leadership, clarity of purpose, consistent commitment to the goals, and tangible benefits for citizens from the Minister’s efforts. Dr. Prempeh, who is the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South Constituency, was appointed by H.E. the President ...

Assin South NPP Secretary Allegedly Suspended Over Fraudulent Conduct And Falsification Of Report. The Assin South Constituency Secretary of the Ruling New Patriotic Party NPP Mr Michael Owusu AKA K WUSU has been suspended by the Central Regional NPP Party over Fraudulent Conduct and Falsification of Report Petition Received. Sources say the move was to instill discipline in the party ahead of the 2020 general elections by Mr. Robert Kutin-led regional executives. Direct Source, who confirmed the suspension of Mr. Michael Owusu AKA K WUSU of Assin South said the decision was taken after an executive meeting at Mankessim on Monday. “Yes, the regional executives took that decision to suspend him pending his appearance before the regional disciplinary committee, and the letters are on their way to them,” the Source stated. The decision was taken based on petitions brought against him. The Sources would not open up on the details of the separate petition. “Let me keep ...

NLA Licenses Five Private Sector Lotto Operators under Act 844 The National Lottery Authority (NLA) signed a historic partnership agreement with the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG). The agreement gave NLA the sole power to regulate, manage and supervise the operations of VAG lottery to contribute to the overall well-being of Veterans in the Country. Based on the collaborative agreement between the National Lottery Authority and Veterans Administration, Ghana, the National Lottery Authority has granted Licenses to the following Private Sector Lotto Operators under Act 844: 1. Lotto and Lotteries Company Limited 2. Alpha Lotto Limited 3. From Home Company Limited 4. Vision 2000 Company Limited 5.  Rand Lotto The Licensing of qualified Private Sector Lotto Operators were done under the approval of the Board of National Lottery Authority(NLA). The licensed Private Sector Lotto Operators would operate lottery under Act 844 regulated by the National Lottery...