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Murder Cases Happenings In Assin North Affecting Day-To-Day Activities...Assin North Parliamentary Aspirant (NPP) With a solemn heart and grieve, I recount the recent murdering happening in Assin North, it is so sad that this barbaric act is in its crescendo state month after months in the district. The situation now put the hearts of men and women in the palms in the district affecting the day-to-day activities of the people. In the interim, one can number over five murders committed in Assin Bereku and Assin Dansame alone involving our mothers who are over sixty years of age between 2022 and 2023. With the sequence of these events, police reports points to the fact that the victims’ organs are skilfully removed taken away by the perpetuators of these crimes for rituals. In as much as the Security agencies, DISEC, and Nananom are doing their best to put an end to this situation, I would like to make a humbly plea to all of us to take our safety and security ...

Over 1,000 Wassa East NDC Members Defect To NPP Over poor Performance Of Their Current MP About one thousand (1,000) members of the National Democratic Congress in the Wassa East constituency of western region have overwhelmingly crossed carpet to join the New Patriotic Party. The defectors joyously made their intentions known when the deputy CEO of Coastal Development Authority in charge of western and western north region lawyer Gertrude Mona Effah *(Obaa Noaa)* picked her forms at the NPP office in Daboase to contest in the NPP's upcoming Parliamentary primaries. According to the members, the reasons that necessitated for their decision to join NPP are; the current NDC MP for Wassa East constituency Hon. Isaac Adjei Mensah has been in Parliament for twelve good years but has not lobbied for any development to the constituency. Again, he has also not fulfilled any of the juicy campaign promises he made to the people since 2012 he assumed power as MP. They lamented that, it will b...

   Parliamentary Candidate Supports NIA Card Distribution Efforts In a bid to promote effective governance and empower citizens, a parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bosome Freho Constituency, Asare Baffour Yamoah has expressed strong support for the National Identification Authority's (NIA) distribution of identification cards to eligible constituents.   Acknowledging the importance of these cards, Mr. Yamoah aims to encourage increased citizen participation in the electoral process and service delivery. As an advocate for transparency, inclusivity, and the utilization of cutting-edge technology, the parliamentary candidate believes that the NIA cards can significantly enhance governance systems and positively impact the lives of constituent. He is urging eligible citizens to make the most of this opportunity by obtaining their NIA cards. The NIA, with the support of the government, has been spearheading a comprehensive national identificati...

  Angry Youths Clash With Chief For Allegedly Trying To Sell Cemetery To Private Investor. The youths of Mempeasem in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region are not taking it lightly with their chief.These youths reportedly had a serious clash with their chief who allegedly tried to sell the cemetery in the area to a private investor. Per the report , the youths of the town were hit with the development when they went to the cemetery to bury someone and upon reaching there, they saw a bulldozer busily clearing parts of the cemetery lands. They confronted the operator of the bulldozer and to their dismay, they were told that Nana Aseku-Brempong, the Caretaker chief, was the one who gave the go-ahead for the cemetery to be cleared. It was also disclosed in the report that the youth made a claim that the Benkumhene of Konsontre had allegedly sold 100 plots of the cemetery land to a Nigerian resident at Assin Kushea. The leader of the youths in the town who spoke with the re...