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  Ayɛ ka! Hon. Ken Fumes At His Constituency Chairman To Refund Monies He Deducted From Christmas Gift Meant For Polling Station Executives To Party Office Construction Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has ordered his constituency chairman Mr Attakora Amaniampong to refund all the money he has deducted from Assin Central polling station executives's Christmas gift. It has become norm for Hon. Ken to gift all his constituency polling station executives every Christmas season but this year's gift nearly pass a wrong channel as the constituency chairman together with some executives in the Constituency took decision to deduct an amount of ¢ 200.00 from each of the polling station executives Christmas package towards new party office construction project. It would be recall that on the 13th of December 2022, 1st In News published an article  whereby Scores of disgruntled New Patriotic (NPP) polling station executives and electoral area coordinator

  Atigya!, Assin Central; ¢200.00 To Be Automatically Deducted From Hon. Ken's Xmas Gift Meant For Polling Station executives for Party Office Construction A communique has been channeled from Assin Central New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency Executives through the secretary Mr. Francis Annin popularly known as Akwesi Pepe to polling station executives and electoral area coordinators in the Assin Central Constituency of Central Region that Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong's Annual Christmas gift to polling station executives are ready for disbursement and this year, it came with an amount of ¢300.00 to every polling station executive but there will be a haircut of ¢200.00 on those who have refused to partake in the contribution  towards the construction of the new party office. In a voice note available to 1st in news, the Constituency secretary Mr Francis Annin could be heard directing electoral area coordinators to officially submit all the names of polling station executives w

  Give Us Support And we will Restore The Environmental Issues In Four Months.... Excavators operators Association Ghana. ( EXOPASS) To Gov't Excavators operators association Ghana (EXOPAS GH) has call on government to give them full support to help deal with illegal mining. The group which its members scatter across the mining areas in the country seems to have genuine concerns. They seem play a major role in the illegal mining activities and it is obvious they cannot be left out when talking about solutions to curb galamsay. The leader of the association Mr. Solomon Barnes said on an interview  They have been operating the excavators and they know what goes in when they go to the field to work. They also agree a special training and license has to be issued to them since most of their members do not hold license. Individuals who don’t go by their rules license will be revoked and kick them out work. He further explained government can generate a lot fund when they are benign lice

  Assin Central: Polling Station Executives Furious Over Constituency Chairman's Compulsory Contribution To Party Office Construction. Scores of disgruntled New Patriotic (NPP) polling station executives and electoral area coordinators in the Assin Central Constituency are reeling in anger. They have accused the Constituency Chairman, Mr. Attakora Amaniampong of forcibly billing them for the construction of a so-called constituency office. Mr. Amaniampong has pledged to take GH¢200.00 and GH¢500.00 from each polling station executive and electoral area coordinators respectively, some aggrieved executives claimed in an exclusive interview. “We are about 520 executives in the Constituency including electoral area coordinators, and I can tell you everyone is upset with the decision but we are scared to voice it out because the executives might victimize us. Strangely, Mr. Amaniampong said at the meeting where the incomprehensible decision was taken that anyone who is not well wit

  OVER 400 AGGRIEVED UNEMPLOYED RESIDENTS OF WASSA AKYEMPIM STAGE A MASSIVE DEMO AGAINST GOLDEN STAR WASSA MINING LTD FOR REFUSING THEM EMPLOYMENT AFTER DESTROYING THEIR FARM LANDS Over 400 aggrieved jobless residents mostly youth of Wassa Akyempim in the Wassa East district of western region have expressed their fed up displeasure through demonstration against Golden Star Wassa mining Ltd. According to Kwasi Mensah who is the convenor and leader of the unemployed residents, since the mining company was established at Wassa Akyempim for decades, the company has refused to offer the residents employments. Adding that majority of the residents are competent enough to fill the various vacancies in the company but they are not employed. The company however employs people outside the Wassa Akyempim community which they describe as unfair recruitments. Kwasi Mensah also revealed that the Akyempim community and the Golden Star Wassa Ltd have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding on employme

  Assin Akropong Youth Association Achieves 95% of  It's First 5years Development Plan Sets Another Seven(7) years Development Plan With a budget of GH¢5,477,060.00 The executives of the Assin Akropong Youth Association wishes to express their profound gratitude to our MP, Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, the MCE, Hon. Nicholas Fiifi Baako, Hon. Nurein Shaibu Migyimah, NDC Paliamentry candidate for Assin central,  Elders of the community, all the Media house in Assin central and the entire people of Assin Akropong for the support they gave which enabled us achieved our goals and objectives with regard to our  five(5) years development plan. In connection with the finance committee,the education and culture committee,health and sanitation committee,the security and infrastructure committee, we have successfully achieved 95% of our first 5years development plan with a total amount of 426,500.00 gh cedis less donations. This is the expenditure with respect to our 5 years development plan; 1

  Assin Akropong Market Committee Vindicate Frank Asante Over Constituency Chairman's Fraud Allegations The Committee running affairs of the market has been notified of a circulating news  which we see as a serious allegation and a complete defamation.  It has come to our notice that Mr. Attakora Amaniampong, the Assin Central  Constituency Chairman (NPP) in an interview on Nap Fm at Assin Fosu audaciously  said Mr Frank Asante who happens to be the project coordinator for Assin Akropong  Youth Association is a fraudster and that he and his counterparts are extorting an  amount of two hundred cedis (200.00 cedis) from the market women which is a  false allegation.  We want to make it clear to Mr. Attakora Amaniampong that, Assin Akropong Youth  Association is not the same as Akotiman and  Frank Asante is also not part of the  committee and therefore not close to our finances.  Finally the Assin Akropong Youth Association is only pushing the agenda for the  market to function proper

Assin Akropong Youth Association Rubbishes Fraud Allegations By Constituency Chairman The leadership of a vibrant socio-developmental group at Assin Akropong in the Assin Central Constituency of the Central Region called *Assin Akropong Youth Association*,  has dismissed claims by Mr. Attakora Amaniampong the Assin Central Constituency NPP Chairman who is allegedly to be the campaign manager for one of the Npp parliamentary Aspirants (Obed Kumi Awuah) that, the project coordinator for Assin Akropong Youth Association Mr Frank Asante  has initiated a fraudulent agenda to extort money from the market women in Assin Akropong in the name of commissioning an abandoned market center in the aforementioned town. Mr. Attakora in an interview on Assin Fosu based radio station Nap fm, boldly said, Mr Frank Asante is a fraudster and a corrupt being who has managed to influenced the market women in Assin Akropong to pay an amount of ¢200.00 each to be used to commission the market built by Hon. Ke

  TRADERS PROTEST AGAINST CHIEF OVER ILLEGAL DEMOLITION An illegal demolition exercise carried out by some macho men at Twifo Hemang in the Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region that is alleged to be an order from the Chief of the town, Otumfour Amoah Sasraku IV has left the angry traders and artisans to protest against the exercise. According to the aggrieved residents which some are pregnant women no notice was served but they only woke up to see well-built men demolishing their structures. Meanwhile, they legally acquired the place from the Roman Catholic Church authorities in the area but the chief says he wants to use the place for a lorry park without providing them with any alternative. The issue has been reported to both the district Assembly and the police service but nothing has been done about it, They said. They are evicting us here where do they want us to go,” some affected victims were heard saying while crying uncontrollably. We will fight it with our las

  BREAKING THE 8 IN THE BONO REGION WILL BE DIFFICULT WHEN SOME REGIONAL EXECUTIVES ARE DEFRAUDING SOME CONSTITUENCY CHAIRMEN - NPP BONO REGIONAL CHAIRMAN The  Bono regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwame Baffoe popularly called Abronye DC, has called on the regional executives to work in harmony to help them break the 8 which have  become the ambition of the party in the 2024 general elections which has never happened in our politics before. According to him, if the party can achieve their ambitious aim they have to come together and work as a team to make the aim a successful one, he further stated that all the party members from executives to the grassroots not to involve themselves in bad deals  which will tarnish the good image of the party  in the region to help them attract more people into the party to make  their work more easy for them ahead of the elections in 2024.  Mr Baffoe gave this advice to the party members when  he alleged that there have been some r

  WE WILL CUT OUR COCOA FARMS TO GROW OIL PALM IF GOVERNMENT FAILS TO INCREASE A BAG OF COCOA PRICE TO GH1,200 THIS YEAR... Association of cocoa farmers in Twifo Atti-morkwa district threaten Twifo Atti-morkwa District Cocoa Farmers Association in the central region has threatened to cut all their cocoa farms to grow oil palm if the government does not increase the 2022 producer price of cocoa from Gh660 to Gh1,200. Speaking in an interview with Wassa East based radio station WASSAMAN FM, the 2020 central regional best cocoa farmer, Mr. Falcon Mensah explained that the astronomic rate at which the general prices of goods and services are shooting up in the country makes it extremely difficult for cocoa farmers to survive let alone to maintain their cocoa farms. He stressed that if the government is really concerned about increasing cocoa production in Ghana, then, she should deem it most appropriate and a necessity to happily increase the 2022 cocoa producer price to Gh1,200 for cocoa

  Samuel Korley Foundation Feeds Over 200 Street Children, Beggars And Hawkers Some streets in Accra, Ashaiman and it's environs to be precised were full of excitement when a vehicle belonging to Samuel Korley Foundation arrived to distribute food to Persons With Disability (PwDs) and children on the street including young hawkers. Samuel Korley Foundation ; is a Non-Governmental Organization who's mission is to break the vicious cycle of poverty and social isolation and to restore hope for a better future. They believe that every person has the right to access resources and opportunities in order to live and develop with dignity and to become an active and contributing member of our society. Over 200 packs of nutritious meals with non alcoholic beverages were distributed to beneficiaries as Samuel Korley Foundation touched the grounds again to put smile on the faces of less privileges. At Ashaiman traffic, lorry station and it's environs, the  aforementioned beneficiaries

Restore Our Durbar Grounds Now To Serve It's Purpose......Assin Akropong Youth Association Warns DHM Construction Company Limited We the undersigned write this letter to bring to your attention something we believe is unfair and requires attention. Our durbar grounds was built to be used for social gatherings and it served its purpose for years since its establishment until the DHM contractor who is supposed to construct our road destroyed part with the intention to construct a drainage. Unfortunately, he had abandoned the project and this has become problematic. In view of this, the durbar grounds can no longer serve its purpose and this has caused so much displeasure for the natives of Assin Akropong. Also, the contractor left equipment and tools, building materials on the road and this has narrowed the road which is affecting motorist. Moreover, shops around the affected places has been shut down so economic activities there has gone down. The abandoned drainage has also become

  DJABA'S FOUNDATION SUPPORT HINAKOPE /TEVIKPO D/A  BASIC SCHOOL - CROSS SECTION OF PUPILS AND TEACHERS SHARING THEIR JOY  VR/ADAKLU ,  the chief executive of Djaba's  foundation Mr Djaba Charles bring joy and hope  to face of the pupils of Hinakope D/A Basic School. This is as result to promote or  motivate the pupils to have effective learning in the school  The chief executive of Djaba's foundation handover learning materials such as  books,  pencils, pens,Erazer  and  sharpeners to the Ag Headmaster Mr Afetorgbor Victor . Mr Djaba charles,  said it's the  vision of the foundation to provide humanitarian service to deprived but needed society. He ended by encouraging the teaching  staff to continue their good work to the society no matter the challenges and also encouraged the pupils to take their learning serious since they are the future learders of Ghana .  The Ag .head master took this opportunity to thank the foundation for their supports   He again used these m

  Don't Use Your Spiritual Ignorance And Illiteracy To Make Caricature Of The National Cathedral....Razak Kojo Opoku Fires Professor Ransford Gyampo According to Professor Ransford Gyampo, "All over the world, religiosity has never brought development. God wants us to think. I believe God Himself would want us to sink in more money to improve the quality of our SHS than to build a Cathedral in which He won't dwell. Kagame isn't a witch" Response First and foremost, when did a 'violent kisser' become the oracle of God?  And how can a democratically sane person compare a Rwanda Dictator Kagame who has been in power for 22 years since 2000 to the 6 years of democratic rule of President Akufo-Addo? I would like to respectfully urge Professor Ransford Gyampo not to make a pedestrian comment on the construction of the National Cathedral out of ignorance and spiritual illiteracy. The construction of the National Cathedral goes beyond religiosity.  The bookish kno

  Advocate For The Removal Of God From The Constitution, National Pledge and National Anthem... Razak Kojo Opoku Blasts Critics Of National Cathedral. When they want to kick against the construction of the National Cathedral, they remind us that Ghana is a Secular State. But the question is, how does a secular state get to do with Almighty God? God used in the 1992 Constitution, National Pledge and National Anthem is predominantly worshiped and served by Christians and Muslims in the Cathedral and Mosque respectively. In Ghana, Swearing of Oath is done by using either the Holy Bible, Holy Cross or the Holy Quran. Through NDC government in collaboration with the government of Turkey and the Ghanaian Muslims Community successfully constructed a National Mosque to house the Holy Quran. The land for the construction of the National Mosque at Kawukudi was freely given by NDC government.  So what is wrong if Akufo-Addo's government is assisting the Christian community, the largest religi

  Dr. Amoako-Baah Should Start Drinking Soup After Eating Fufu..... Razak Kojo Opoku Dr. Richard Amoako-Baah has made some unfortunate statements against the candidature of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and it is equally important to reply him with the same yardstick. Before I proceed, let me set the record straight that, the contribution of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the New Patriotic Party and Ghana as a whole is much heavier in weight that Dr. Richard Amoako-Baah can never carry on his head or shoulders.  In his quest to project his favourite candidate Alan Kyerematen, it is quite sad that, Dr. Amoako-Baah has started engaging in segregation and tribal bigotry. I would like to respond to the claims of Dr. Richard Amoako-Baah as follows: 1. "Dr. Amoako-Baah is of the conviction that the NPP would lose if the elections were held today because many people are saying that Nana Addo is not doing well and if Nana Addo is not doing well Bawumia is not doing well" Response The records of Nana

  Update on the Call for Advice by the Christian Council - Manu I am very surprise to witness Church Leadership shamefully articulating lies to defend an opened falsehood. I am saying this in relation to my humble advice to the Christian Council to desist from associating with the Archbishop because the Archbishop has caused many members scattered from the Church. Surprisingly, instead of the leadership admitting and doing the needful, turned round and articulated lies against me to disgrace me in the defence of the anti Christ action of the Archbishop. I want to put it on record that, Bishop Nti lied on the popular radio by saying that Deputy General Overseer supported the orchestrated evil against Apostle Paul Anane. In fact the Deputy General Overseer never sided with the decision and action mounted against Apostle Paul Anane and it will be the words from the anti Christ to say the Deputy General Overseer supported even the Evil transfer of Apostle Paul Anane. Bishop Nti should even

  Odeneho & Co Gives Their Support to Chairman Asare Bediako in Regional Chairmanship Race. A group calling itself the United Patriots (UP) is tipping businessman Asare Bediako as the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) after Friday’s contest. The NPP on Friday May 27, 2022, elects its regional executives ahead of the 2024 elections. This will be followed by the Annual Regional delegates Conference which will take place in August 2021. Ahead of the regional contest, the group is advocating that the Managing Director of A-BEK Limited who is hail from Kenyase-Adwumamu in the Kwabre - East District of the Ashanti Region be the frontrunner of the region to help the part break the eight years jinx. A statement issued and signed by the convener and leaders of the group, Odeneho Yaw Antwi disclosed that the emergence of Mr. Asare Bediako will signify a new dawn for the NPP going into the  'Break Eight'. “The wind of change is blowing and it will no

  Akufo-Addo & Ofori Panin Are NOT Planning Ghana's Perpetual Takeover; Let's Ignore Ohene Agyekum’s Lies: Razak Kojo Opoku Writes The serial hatred of Daniel Ohene Agyekum against President Akufo-Addo and the people of Akyem Abuakwa can be best described as purely witchcraft. The words of a diplomat are supposed to unite people and certainly not to create disunity. Unfortunately, Daniel Ohene Agyekum is behaving opposite of his diplomatic status having served as Ghana's Ambassador to the USA and Canada. When an elderly person speaks, it must contain wisdom but is it the true account of the public conduct of an elderly Daniel Ohene Agyekum? Certainly not. Daniel Ohene Agyekum has issued a stern caution to Ghanaians about what he calls an agenda led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and some tribesmen of Kyebi to stage a well-calculated agenda for perpetual capture of the seat of Ghana's governance and its key resources. Ohene Agyekum pointed to an allegedly r