Mankyia Palace Finally Breaks Silence on Rev. Obofour Enstoolment
The Founder and Leader of Anointed Palace Chapel (APC) Worldwide and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sweet TV, Reverend Francis Antwi, popularly known as Rev Obofour was recently enstooled as Chief of the Asantes in Sempe, James Town Accra. He is now given a new title as Nii Adotei Gyata I.
Some Ghanaians have congratulated him on his new position while others said that a true man of God cannot become chief because of certain traditional rites you will be compelled to perform. Rev. Francis Antwi is from the Ashanti Region and before agreeing to a chieftaincy position in Accra, he was supposed to notify the King of the Asantes but that according to Manhyia Palace was not done.
Oheneba Media, in an interview with Teacher Sarfo Kantaka, an Elder who teaches culture and languages for Manhyia Palace shared his view of Rev. Obofour’s new title in Accra. According to him, any group of Asantes living in different towns or countries can form an Asante group but not without the knowledge of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
During Akwasidae or Wukudae, you and your group have to notify the chief linguist that a group in Accra will like to greet the Asantehene so that if in the future a Chief in Accra will like to uplift you as a Chief of the Asantes, the King of Asante, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will be aware.
Teacher Sarfo Kantaka added that if you do not go through this process and later something happens, who are you going to explain to. You are not a Ga man but an Asante man and you are taking this position in the name of Asantes. In view of that, Rev. Obofour should have consulted Manhyia Palace first before accepting the new chieftaincy position in Accra. This is because his title has something to do with the Asante Kingdom, thus Nii Adotei Gyata I (the King of the Asantes in Accra).
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate abrogation of a $570 million Tema Motorway expansion contract with Portuguese company, Mota Ingil for sidestepping parliament.
The Minister for Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako-Atta last year announced the signing of the agreement that will see the Tema Motorway converted into three lanes.
Addressing the media in parliament, a minority spokesperson on Roads and Transport Governs Kwame Agbodza disclosed the company has failed to mobilize funds for the project as required compelling government to fall on the Ghana Infrastructure Fund.
According to the Adaklu MP, the contract must rather go to local contractors. He warned the minister not to allow himself to be misled by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta or face jail term in future.
“The process leading to the selection of the contractor is what we have always cautioned the government against. If the government decides that the PPP process wouldn’t work, that they still needed a developer and Mota Ingil’s has failed and cannot raise the funds, Mota Ingil’s is an international company and falls directly under article 185.
“The top five contractors in this country can do a good job as Mota Ingil’s can do, But the Minister says ‘No they can’t,’ I feel very sad for the Minister…so we are calling on the government, this country is illegitimate, Mota Ingil’s is touting this contract all over the world, trying to raise funds, this contract is not binding on the government. The Minister must come back to Parliament or do open competitive bidding or consider yourself as someone who has breached the law and would catch up with you in the future.”
As part of the contract, the release said the existing 19.5kilometre motorway is to be reconstructed and expanded into a two-lane dual carriageway for the freeway and a three-lane dual carriageway for the urban highway. The freeway will remain concrete surfacing whilst the urban highway will be in asphaltic concrete with paved shoulders
. The Tetteh Quarshie Interchange – Apenkwa Interchange (5.7km) is also to be reconstructed into a 6-lane dual carriageway with asphaltic concrete surfacing while the Tesano Junction – Neoplan Junction (2.5km) will be reconstructed into a three-lane dual carriageway in the asphaltic concrete surfacing.
Additionally, Mota Engil is to construct five new interchanges at Lashibi, Community 18 Junction, Teshie Link Junction, Dzorwulu Junction and Neoplan Junction to facilitate traffic movement at the junctions, remodel the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange to eliminate congestion, provide streetlights and construct toll booths.
The Portuguese construction company is also tasked with reconstructing the Apenkwa interchange, rehabilitating the Achimota Interchange and constructing 14 new pedestrian footbridges.
• French ambassador to Ghana was under fire last week for meeting an anti-LGBTQ+ MP
• She hosted MP Sam Nartey George on her TV program, Touch of France
• Pro-LGBTQ+ activists were unhappy that she hosted a homophobe
The French ambassador to Ghana, Anne Sophie Ave, has apologized to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) advocates for hosting Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, on a TV show last week.
Ambassador Ave was forced to delete social media postings she shared of her meeting with Sam Nartey George on the “Touch of France,” show.
It turned out that a number of pro-LGBTQ+ activists were dissatisfied that an ambassador will host a public figure who was promoting a law against what they say is a sexual orientation that France supports.
In the midst of the backlash, she locked her account and according to activists, went on a blocking spree of all persons who lambasted her for the incident. She has since unblocked her tweets and has also issued an apology for hosting the controversial MP.
Her August 9 apology via Twitter read in part: “The French embassy in Ghana and Touchoffrance.gh promote France and the actions of France in Ghana. Our guests are ppl with an experience of France, and of FR Ghana relations, to share.
“Hosting MP S George was based on these sole criteria. I understand this has created a perception that we offered a platform to anti-LGBTQIA+ ideas: this is not the case at all. However, some people have felt offended and I wish to apologise for that.”
Sam Nartey George has become the face of a new anti-LGBTQ+ bill which is currently before Parliament.
He recently had an altercation with the Australian ambassador to Ghana, Gregory Andrews, who he accuses of being a champion of the gay rights movement in Ghana despite his actions being against the Geneva Convention.
I heard His voice clearly – Late Justice Marful-Sau’s testimony of God’s existence
Late Justice Marful-Sau’s testimony
If there was one thing that became clear in the latter years of the late Supreme Court judge, Samuel Kofi Marful-Sau, then it was the fact that he believed in the existence of God.
This is evidenced by a writeup of the late justice on news.dennislawgh.com, titled, ‘As a judge, I have evidence that God is real,’ and sighted by GhanaWeb.
In this writeup, which are snippets of an earlier publication, Justice Marful-Sau spoke about some challenges of his early years.
“I am a judge of the Court of Appeal by the grace of God. When I look back on where I have come from, I have no doubt that it’s only the hand of God that has brought me this far.
“I was born out of sin because my parents were not married. My mother was still in school and she had to stop schooling and my father disowned the pregnancy. I grew up in a village, Assin Adubiase, in the Central Region and came to Accra when my uncle came for me,” he wrote.
He also spoke about another daunting period in his life when his faith in God was activated, resulting in a miracle he never expected.
He described how he also escaped a bad association of friends, cementing his relationship with God.
“I joined a firm of lawyers and we were doing well. I got married to a very supportive wife who introduced me to Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship but unfortunately, I backslided. I joined a group of friends and we called ourselves ‘The Coppers’. We had a lot of fun in very ungodly ways.
“One day, however, God spoke to me. It was my birthday and God asked me what I was doing for him. I didn’t know God but I heard his voice clearly. I woke up, cried and prayed. I confessed my sins to God and promised to serve him. I cancelled all my plans with The Coppers for the day and this began a new chapter in my life.
“I started going to church with my wife at Ridge Church. My relationship with God grew. One day, our daughter was sick and something in me said to pray for her. So, I prayed for her. Much to my astonishment, she was healed. I was surprised and I must say that it spurred me on to study the Bible the more and grow in the Lord,” he wrote.
Other details of this testimony can be seen in the photos below
President Akufo-Addo has sacked Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).
The reason for the sack is unknown, however, some quarters believe it has to do with the proposed plans by the GNPC to own a stake in Aker Energy and AGM Petroleum Ghana blocks.
“Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring
As part of efforts to ensure that Public Offices are held accountable to their responsibilities, Civil Society Organizations like the Ghana Anti Corruption Coalition (GACC) in collaboration with Local Accountability Network (LANet) -Techiman since last year has been monitoring public contracts and projects in the health and education sectors undertaken by the Techiman Municipal Assembly.
Interacting with Project Coordinator Mr. Mustapha Yeboah who is also CEO of Center for Posterity Interest Organisation (COPIO) in Techiman during a meeting with Stakeholders to present their monitoring report for the 1st quarter (April –June 2021), he disclosed that ten (10) LANet members in Techiman were selected to engage the Municipal Procurement officer, interact and interview stakeholders, and visited the beneficiary communities to verify the projects.
“Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring
He revealed that though the Civil Society Organizations through their findings were unhappy with the performance of the Techiman Municipal Assembly in areas of public participation, efficiency, value for money and competition in public contracting, there is still room for improvement.
Mr. Mustapha Yeboah, Project Coordinator and CEO of COPIO
“Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring
For her part, the Project Officer Mrs. Faustina Djabatey said there is the need for an improvement in project supervision by the local authorities and pleaded with the Techiman Municipal assembly to consider the recommendations in the report in order to improve delivery of health and education infrastructure services.
We should all invest in girl child education and community development – acting Zongo chief
The acting Zongo chief for the Zongo community in New Edubiase in the Adansi South district of the Ashanti Region Nana Abdulai Baaba(Allahday) has expressed his outmost view and advice to Nongovernmental Organisations, philanthropists, Muslim leaders, and the entire Muslim community is to focus and invest in girl child education.
According to him, most of the girls in our communities face a lot of challenges with regard to formal education, although they are very brilliant and can fit into any formal sector when given them the right opportunities.
Also, he added that Muslim communities should help with recruitment of Arabic teachers in our various schools to enhance the teaching and learning of arabic.
He continued that, we should all gear up in providing portable drinking water to rural communities for water is essential for the survival of humans and other co habitants to help solve the struggle for water issues rampant everywhere.
Finally, Nana Abdulai Baaba urged the general public to come together to help improve our Human Resources and involve females in our daily activities.
The 1992 Constitution Must be Amended to Suit Ghanaians- Political Analyst
Mr. Samuel Boateng, a political analyst has described the Ghana 1992 republican constitution as a noncurrent one which needs to be amended to suit the constitutional demands of the citizens.
Mr. Samuel Boateng said that the authors of the 1992 constitution generated massive recognition for the political heads rather than the ordinary citizens in the course of developing the constitution which he said is affecting the demands of the people in the country.
He stressed that, a lot of articles in the 1992 constitution favours the leaders of the country’s political parties whiles the ordinary citizens suffers from the same constitution.
THE 1992 CONSTITUTION.dikoder.com
He further stated that, article 17 (1 & 2) of the 1992 constitution states that, All persons shall be equal before the law. A person shall not be discriminated against on grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic origin, religion, creed or social or economic status hence the constitution must be favourable to all the peoples of the country.
He added that, the clause in the same constitution which gives president of the republic to move around within10years after his presidential term before he could be prosecuted against wrong doings is a great misinterpretation against the article 17 (1 and 2.)
He explained that, the article 17 of the constitution clearly means all individuals in the country must have same treatment and such must be respected.
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is currently on a two-week leave to enable him to attend to some personal issues.
According to Dikoder.com sources, The Minister of Health started the leave last week due to the permission granted to him by the Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei- Opare.
Kwaku Agyeman-Manu
There have been rumours that Mr. Agyeman-Manu had resigned, sources have denied this, saying he had only taken leave.
This comes after several letters from the Health Ministry were made public following the release of the report by the Parliamentary Committee, which investigated the botched Sputnik V vaccine contract.
Agyeman-Manu must go
Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on Mr. Agyeman-Manu to resign following revelations in the report of the Parliamentary Committee that probed the Sputnik V vaccine contract.
Lionel Messi change unchangeable rules in french Ligue 1
n French Ligue 1, The number 1, 16, and 30 are strictly reserved for goalkeepers for decades.
Messi’s appearance in French Ligue 1 has made it possible for French Ligue to accept him to take the number 30.
Lionel Messi who was expected by the footballing world to take the number 10 from Neymar, his former team mate, surprised the footballing world this time.
Neymar Jr. with much respect for Messi who wear the iconic number 10 at PSG though lay down the number for his best friend and former team mate Messi to wear the icon number at PSG since that is Messi’s number at his former team Barcelona and national Argentina, but Messi refused to take the number 10 from his best friend and former team and rather chose to wear one of his youthful numbers like 15, 18, 30 and 19.
But the footballing world hearing the story of Messi refusing to take the number 10 from his best friend, came to conclusion that he will definitely take the number 19 since that was one of his magic number among his youthful numbers at Barcelona.
Messi during his contract signing for PSG yesterday, selected the number 30 above all his youthful numbers at PSG. So is now confirmed that the greatest no.10 will don the number 30 at Paris Saint Germain.
In my deepest and final analysis, I came to realise that Messi first don the number 30 at Barca before the 19 and later settled in the icon no.10 at Barcelona when Ronaldinho left in 2008 to AC Milan and that is exactly how Messi want to start for Paris Stain Germain just like he started at Barca. Messi will play his first match for Paris Saint Germain coming August 15, 202 at home for PSG against Strasbourg at Le Parc Des Princes.
• Elizabeth Akua Ohene has received a government appointment • She is now the board chair of SSNIT • She takes over from Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor
Madam Elizabeth Akua Ohene, a former journalist and minister of state under the John Agyekum Kufuor administration has been appointed as the chairperson of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) board of trustees.
According to an Asaase Radio report, Madam Ohene takes over from Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor, who served as the board chairman of SSNIT between 2017 and January 2021.
Elizabeth Ohene once served as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s speechwriter, and pior to the December 2020 elections, she was also part of President Akufo-Addo’s campaign team.
Elizabeth Ohene in the course of her work at SSNIT, is expected to partner the management of SSNIT to pursue the vision of the Trust which is to be the model for the administration of Social Protection Schemes in Africa and beyond, “which would eventually lead to the provision of income security for workers in Ghana through excellent business practices.”
The report further indicated that, how to improve the core function of SSNIT which are to register employers and workers, collect contributions, manage records on members, invest the funds of the Scheme and process and pay benefits to eligible members and nominated dependants, would also certainly engage the efforts of the board chair and the management team of SSNIT.
Elizabeth Ohene joins a list of prominent personalities who have received appointments under Akufo-Addo’s presidency.
About SSNIT
SSNIT was established in 1972 under NRCD 127 to administer the National Social Security Scheme. Prior to 1972, the Scheme was administered jointly by the then Department of Pensions and the State Insurance Corporation. The Trust administered the Social Security Scheme as a Provident Fund Scheme until 1991 when it was converted to a Social Insurance Pension Scheme then governed by the PNDC law 247.
The scheme in Ghana was reformed by an Act of Parliament, Act 766 of 2008 and was implemented in January 2010 to replace all pension schemes in Ghana including Cap 30. In 2014, the National Pensions (Amendment) Act 883 was passed to amend portions of Act 766.
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is a statutory public Trust charged under the National Pensions Act, 2008 Act 766 with the administration of Ghana’s Basic National Social Security Scheme.
Its mandate is to cater for the First Tier of the Three-Tier Pension Scheme. The Trust is currently the largest non-bank financial institution in Ghana.
The primary responsibility of the Trust is to replace part of the lost income of workers in Ghana due to Old Age, Invalidity or Death of a member where dependents receive lump sum payment.
It is also responsible for the payment of Emigration benefits to a non-Ghanaian member who is leaving Ghana permanently.
The Pension Scheme as administered by SSNIT has an active membership of over 1.6 million as of January 2021 with over 226,000 pensioners who regularly receive their monthly pensions from SSNIT.
Miss Elizabeth Akua Ohene was born on 24th January 1945, and attended Mawuli School at Ho, between 1958 and 1964. She gained admission to the University of Ghana in 1964 and graduated with B. A. (Hon) English in 1967.
The former Minister of State, also attended the University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. U.S.A. where she obtained a Mass Communication Certificate. The US State Department sponsored her to undertake a course involving travel around the USA and had also work experience from newspapers in three States in 1971.
She was a Press Fellow from January to June 1983 at Wolfswon College, the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Miss Elizabeth Ohene’s professional experience between 1967 and 1982 in Graphic Corporation saw her as a Reporter, Staff Writer, Columnist, Leader Writer, and Acting Editor of the Daily Graphic and Mirror. She also had the opportunity to serve as a Member of a Board of Directors of the Corporation.
In 1986, she solely founded the Talking Drum Publications and until 1986, she was the Publisher/Editor of the publications, a weekly news magazine on West African Affairs. She also worked for BBC World Service, London, UK.
Madam Ohene had worked with the BBC as a Producer of Radio Programmes, then successively became a Presenter, Senior Producer on World Service and British Domestic Radio, Researcher and Columnist on the Focus on African Magazine and Deputy Editor in the African Service for English Daily Programmes, and in charge of the operational budget.
Miss Elizabeth Ohene also edited the award-winning of Focus on Africa Programme. She also reported regularly for the BBC from various parts of Africa and was the resident correspondent in South Africa from 1993 to 1994 during the transition from apartheid to the first democratic elections.
The former Minister has conducted a lot of training programmes for journalists for the BBC in South Africa, Nigeria, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. She also ran a network of more than 150 stringers located in all parts of Africa for the BBC Africa Service and also supervised their editorial work and kept their equipment and training needs to be updated.
Miss Ohene’s professional activities include being a member of the International Women Media Foundation which actively promotes women’s competency and leadership in the media. The foundation has established an Africa Women’s Media Centre in Dakar, Senegal, where courses are run for African women in the Media according to their needs.
To date, the Minister has been a Board member of the International Commission of Investigative Journalists which coordinates major investigations of stories around the world. Since 1997, she has served as a Member of the CNN Africa Journalist of the Year Competition.
WASA AMENFI EAST MCE ASSAULTED ASONA FM JOURNALIST WHEN DOING A LIVE RADIO REPORT OVER ALLEGED GALAMSEY ISSUE
The MCE for Wasa Amenfi East Municipal,Hon Ama Appiah has assaulted a journalist of Asona Fm,a local radio station based in Wasa Akropong in the Amenfi East Municipal of the Western Region. Aseda Louisa,a young female journalist, who was assigned to cover a demonstration organised by Wasa Nkakaa community against the traditional leaders of Wasa Akropong over land which they believed had been sold by the Nananom of Wasa Akropong to chinise, Nationals for mining activities, was assaulted while her phone was also forcely seized by the MCE when doing a live radio report.
A Chain Saw Operator, Mr. Kwame Kaya has been shot dead at Numreso in the Amansie Central of the Ashanti Region.
According to an eyewitness, Kwame Darkwah, the deceased was hired by the community authorities to cut down wood logs for their toilet.
Unknowingly to Kwame Kaya (deceased), the concession in which he was to cut the logs was owed by one Businessman. Some youth wielding guns believe to be affiliated with the businessman, accosted the deceased in the forest.
Amerado, Obibini set social media ablaze with diss tracks
For lovers of rap music in Ghana, this moment is another one to savour as two of the country’s highly-rated rappers are having a go at each other in back-to-back diss tracks.
Rappers Amerado and Obibini have since last night entertained their fans as they battle for supremacy.
The lyrical beef was triggered by a word in Amerado’s widely commended flow on the Tim Westwood which Obibini perceives to be a jab at him.
Despite Amerado’s clarification that Obibini was not the target of his verse, Obibini entered the recording booth last night and produced a diss track titled ‘Deceased’.
The Zylofone signee in this track belittles Amerado’s lyrical prowess and condemns his career which he claims to have buried.
The Founder and Leader of Anointed Palace Chapel (APC) Worldwide and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sweet TV, Reverend Francis Antwi, popularly known as Rev Obofour was recently enstooled as Chief of the Asantes in Sempe, James Town Accra. He is now given a new title as Nii Adotei Gyata I.
. The Tetteh Quarshie Interchange – Apenkwa Interchange (5.7km) is also to be reconstructed into a 6-lane dual carriageway with asphaltic concrete surfacing while the Tesano Junction – Neoplan Junction (2.5km) will be reconstructed into a three-lane dual carriageway in the asphaltic concrete surfacing.
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