Former Blak Stars skipper, Stephen Appiah has urged legendary striker, Anthony Yeboah to return to football administration.
Yeboah has been out of football after selling Yegoala FC in 2005 due to the consistent demand of bribe from match officials.
The Ghana international who had a fruitful career at Leeds United and in Germany has insisted that he has no intention of returning to football.
However, Stephen Appiah appealed to Yeboah to come out from self-imposed exile from the sport and offer his vast knowledge and experience to Ghana football.
“It’s sad that he is no longer interested in football. When I was made Black Stars, he was the second person I called,” he told Asempa FM.
“I want to thank him for everything he has done for football but he shouldn’t get out of the game.”
“I’m begging him not to follow the criticism but offer his support to the sport,” Appiah added.
The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has said former President John Dramani Mahama will restore Ghanaian participation in the banking sector in Ghana.
He said it was unfortunate that the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration has collapsed local participation in the sector in the name of the cleanup exercise.
His comment comes after the General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to feel free to copy the content of the manifesto of the governing party ahead of this year’s elections.
Mr Boadu, who was speaking at the unveiling of the 2020 manifesto document of the NPP on Saturday, August 22 in Cape Coast, said the NDC were waiting for the NPP to launch their document to enable them copy the ideas in it for theirs.
He said: “We have launched our manifesto today. They are waiting for us to launch our manifesto so they can copy, they are free to copy.”
He further stated: “This manifesto promises to be an embodiment of progress and prosperity and promises for the Ghanaian people.
But speaking on TV3’S New Day Monday, August 24, the opposition Lawmaker, Sam George, said the NDC will offer a better manifesto document to Ghanaians.
He said “How do you copy a manifesto that is empty? How do you copy a manifesto that does not inspire any hope or any enthusiasm in Ghana? How do you copy a dead document?
He added “Ghanaians are waiting for the NDC’s manifesto where we will speak to the restoring the banking and financial sector jobs.
“Where former President Mahama has said that under his watch we will restore Ghanaian participation in our banking sector”
On Friday, a day before the NPP’s manifesto launch in Cape Coast, President Akufo Addo stated in an interview on ATL FM that a critical need assessment must be carried out first before an airport can be constructed in the Central Region.
“The response of the government should be that the matter has been thoroughly examined and the need has been established. That is the process the Ministry of Aviation is going through.”
“We have to be able to decide for ourselves whether the need for the airport can be justified when you have Accra, you have Kumasi, you have Takoradi, you have Tamale whether on the coast with Accra’s presence there’s the need for an additional airport,” the president said.
However, launching the party’s manifesto on Saturday, Dr. Bawumia announced that the party will construct an airport and a harbour in cape coast if the party is re-elected.
After the announcement by the Vice President, a section of Ghanaians have questioned whether the president was unaware of the contents in the manifesto.
But speaking in an interview on the Morning Starr, Mr Bissue who is also the General Secretary of the NPP in the Western region said the president was just keeping his cards to his chest.
“I think the President was keeping his cards close to his chest with regards to giving Cape Coast an airport.”
“They borrowed three times more than I did in my time and if you ask what was done with about $54 billion that was borrowed, I mean you can see examples of it all over the place,” he said in an interview on TV XYZ on Sunday, August 23 at the end of his tour of the Volta and Oti regions.
He said despite borrowing more than three times than he did while in office between 2012 and 2017, there is nothing to show for the current development.
He cited the expansion of the ports, construction of railways, roads, schools and hospitals as evidence of the investment of his borrowing, for which he was lambasted in the run-up to the 2016 elections.
“People can physically see what that money was used for.”
He stressed that the situation is contrary in the case of the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government.
“Unfortunately in this case, you don’t see anything. In social-economic, in infrastructure, you don’t find anything.”
He emphasised: “What has happened is this government has borrowed for consumption and that’s the tragedy.
“When you borrow you don’t use it for consumption. you borrow in order that you can invest in the real sector and capital development.”
He called on the youth of the nation to be concerned about the rate of borrowing under this government.
Kelyvn Boy, Afrobeat singer has recorded a video of himself singing Samini’s shade tune “Forever”.
Samini’s shade tune “Forever” won the heart of Kelyvn boy who was once with the BHIM President, Stonebwoy.
But before the song was released Samini had come out several times to descend on Stonebwoy. In the song “Forever” Samini made complains and poured out his displeasure in the videos.
After the beef with Stonebwoy, Samini went forward to record his new song “Forever” which is seen as a diss song to Stonebwoy.
Kelyvn boy jumped into the song “Forever” which he recorded a video of himself singing deeply and passionately from his heart showed how he expressed his vocal diss to Stonebwoy after Samini shared it on his Instagram page.
Wendy Shay, RuffTown Records Singnee came out allegeding that she is Ghana’s Beyonce as she imitates her in a video.
Some few weeks ago, the songstress came out with that statement alongside as she receives critics from Ghanaians but all the backlash couldn’t stop her as she goes ahead to sing the song “Already” in her new video.
The song “Already” by Beyonce ft. Shatta Wale won the heart of Ghanaians and is one of the biggest collaboration so far in Ghana. The song had the award winning video that got numbers of viewers after release.
Wendy Shay affairms her claim by having a video done in the midst of Kelvin boy with some few dance moves as she tries imitating Beyonce.
“You know say abi Ghana Beyonce so ade do Beyonce” she said as the songstress began her dancing skills to the song “Already” .
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama has strongly defended his promise to legalize the commercial use of motorcycles popularly called ‘okada’ in Ghana if he is elected President on December 7, 2020.
Mr Mahama in an address to chiefs and people of Kpando in the Volta Region as part of his tour of the region said he recognizes the benefits of the ‘okada’ business to the many families that depend on it, hence his promise.
Currently, the use of motorbikes and tricycles for commercial purposes in any form is against Ghana’s Road Traffic Regulations 2012 (L.I 2180).
Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have criticized Mahama over the promise describing it as hypocritical and an attempt to lure Ghanaians to vote for him.
But speaking in an interview on XYZ TV, John Mahama who is also a former President said he made this promise because okada it has provided more jobs than any government policy.
“This is a service that has come to stay. Whether you legalize it or not you cannot stop it and so why behave like the ostrich and bury your head in the sand. These okadas have created more jobs in this economy than any government job-related policy. It has created more jobs than NABCo, it has created more jobs than YEA and all those artificial job creation programs.
He further argued that legalizing the trade will enable the government to save the riders from constant harassment from the police since they are currently operating illegally.
“These young people are living under harassment because it is illegal and so the police harass them; they stop them from time to time and take money off them and all that. And so, my suggestion is that we should legalize it and regulate it to make it safer by training the riders, ensuring that the riders observe all the safety precautions and provide a helmet for the passenger.”
The former President also indicated that by regularizing the commercial use of motorcycles, riders will be easily identified to ensure that they go by all traffic regulations.
“We must be able to identify that this is a commercial motorcycle so that we can ensure that they are following the rules and they must obey all traffic regulations. You can’t pick a passenger and get to a red traffic light and ride through. So, I say let’s legalize, let’s regularize because it has created sustainable jobs and people are earning an income out of this.”
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has promised on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to build sixteen model Senior High Schools in the Zongo communities in all sixteen regions in Ghana.
This was among many promises that were made at the launch of the NPP Manifesto held on August 22, 2020, at the University of Cape Coast.
Dr. Bawumia said, “We want to make sure that we focus on education in the Zongo communities so we are building model Senior High Schools at the Zongo communities in each of the 16 regions so we will have 16 model Senior High Schools in Zongo communities”.
Zongo communities are among the most highly deprived communities in the country and prior to the 2016 elections, the NPP made a promise to address the problem with education, as well as look for a vehicle that will prioritize development in Zongos so as to move away from the rice and sugar tpe of development.
In three and a half years, the NPP government boasts of establishing a Ministry for Inner-city and Zongo development, and creating the Zongo Development Fund which is paving way for sustainable development in these communities.
Moving further on his promises, the Vice President noted that one of the areas that has not received enough attention from past governments is the area of special needs education hence, the NPP government, when given another chance to build this country, will focus more on this area and support organizations in the private sector who are also trying to help this cause.
“We are going to increase the resources and infrastructure for special needs education across the country”, he stated.
Still on the provision of infrastructure to better education, Dr. Bawumia observed that the field of legal education is also one that has limited infrastructure, thus, limits intake and in turn, causes a lot of frustration with many prospective lawyers who are unable to get in. He promised that the NPP government will also expand infrastructure in this field so as to increase access to professional legal education in the country.
Nigerian female DJ and Producer, Dj Cuppy has touted Ghana’s stonebwoy as one of the most talented artists currently walking the surface of the earth.
This was after the daughter of the Nigerian billionaire business mogul, Femi Otedala featured the BET Award winning Stonebwoy on her single titled ‘Karma’ which comes off her “Original Copy Album” released on Friday August 21, 2020.
Ahead of the album release Cuppy shared a video on her Instagram in which she tagged her feature with Stonebwoy as a crazy song which she can’t wait to release.
Overwhelmed by the experience of working with Stonebwoy, DJ Cuppy shared a video of her studio session with the VGMA artist of the year and shared another post in which she wrote “I swear Stonebwoy is one of the most talented artists in the world”
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on the youth in the country to vote for a political party that prioritises and cares for their future.
“This election is about your future, especially the young people. It is about the future for your children and children’s children and the party that will guarantee that future is the NDC,” he said.
Mr Mahama who addressed the people of Alavanyo in the Hohoe Municipality as part of his tour to the Volta region said the NDC would create one million jobs for the young people of Ghana, if voted for.
He said the next NDC government would also provide financial assistance for the youth, who would be interested in learning apprenticeship or skills with their hands.
The Flagbearer called on eligible voters to go out in their numbers during the exhibition of the voter’s register to check their names and cautioned them not to vote “skirt and blouse” during the December polls.
“In Hohoe Constituency, no skirt and blouse vote. I know that because elections are coming, they will come and give you money.
“When they bring the money, take it and ‘chop’ it, but when you enter the booth, remember that you are voting for the future of your children.”
Mr Mahama said the many plans the Party had for citizens would materialise if given the nod.
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Running Mate of NPP flagbearer, announced this at the launch of its 2020 Manifesto in Cape Coast on Saturday.
The policy would save the government millions of Ghana cedis as it would offload the cost of maintenance of that equipment on a leasing company.
The Party also promised to establish a National Transport Sector Recapitalization Policy to enable commercial vehicle operators to exchange their old vehicles with new ones and pay the cost overtime.
This would breathe life into the local automobile manufacturing companies, get rid of rickety vehicles on the road as well as reduce the high incidence of road crashes.
The Manifesto was on the theme, “Leadership of Service, Protecting our Progress, Transforming Ghana for All” was held virtually, and streamed live on major media outlets and social media platforms across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Manifesto was segmented into three parts-accounting for our leadership, consolidating our gain and plan for accelerating growth.
The Manifesto is a social contract between the Party and the people. It outlines the programmes, policies and ideas it intends to implement should it wins power.
The event was attended by government officials, traditional rulers and party bigwigs, with President Akufo-Addo officially outdooring the document.
Vice President Bawumia added that the next NPP government would implement a National Rental Assistance Scheme with a seed fund of GHc100 million to enable gainfully employed Ghanaians rent decent apartments and pay it overtime.
Giving accounts of the Akufo-Addo led government’s three and half years in office, Dr Bawumia said it had fulfilled 80 per cent of its promises, with over 300 achievements.
The achievements, he said, cut across various sectors of the economy including many infrastructural development in the areas of roads, healthcare, agriculture, education and social interventions to ease the burden on the poor and vulnerable.
The next NPP government, Vice President Bawumia assured, would consolidate the gains made so far and focus on its industrialisation drive including one-district,one-factory, Planting for Food and Jobs, Rearing for Export and Rural Development, commence the Integrated Aluminum and Bauxite, Iron and Steel projects as well as expand other existing programmes.
He told Martin Asiedu-Dartey on the TV3’s News@10 Thursday August 20 that the kind of debate Mr Mahama is calling for has been ongoing within the media space among stakeholders since Tuesday August 18 after the Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia recounted the achievements of the government with respect to infrastructure.
The vice president had said since 2017, the government of President Akufo-Addo has initiated 17,334 infrastructural projects in this country.
“Of these, we have completed 8,746 and there is 8,588 ongoing,” Dr Bawumia said.
But Mahama on his campaign tour of the Volta Region called on Akufo-Addo to come for a one-on-one debate if he thinks that he has performed better than the previous administration.
“I am willing to present myself for a debate with President Akufo-Addo any day, anytime, anywhere. And we will settle the matter once and for all,” Mahama said on Wednesday.
Reacting to his call, Pius Hadzide said, “that invitation is pointless and unnecessary.
“It is a desperate and smart way of Mr Mahama to run away from a discussion or debate that is already ongoing on infrastructure of the first term of every administration.”
A member of the Conventions People’s Party Kwame Jantuah is of the view that manifestos prepared and released by political parties is a causal factor for financial loss.
According to him, manifestos haven’t been of any help to the country and that a long-term development plan is needed.
His reservation comes after the New Patriotic Party announced it would be inaugurating its manifesto on Saturday August 22, as the December polls is fast-approaching.
Speaking on the Morning Starr with host Francis Abban, Mr Jantuah said “we need a long term development plan and also implement it because manifestos haven’t helped.”
“I keep saying and I’ll continue saying that manifestos in this country keep causing us financial losses,” he added.
Deputy Communications Director for the NPP Kamal-Deen Abdulai touching on the manifesto launch said “we promised a governance of transparency, truth and we are delivering and people can verify that.”
“We have chosen the Central Region to launch our manifesto and to Kickstart our campaign towards the 2020 elections. But due to the COVID-19 protocols, it’s going to be limited in terms of attendance.”
Photo model and brand influencer, Moesha Budoung has told actress now turn presenter Trace Boakye, that nothing everything she does is on social media.
Tracey Boakye in recent times have been in the news and trending, due to her feud with Mzbel and continues rants on social media where she puts her house on display and brag about being rich.
However the actress is not making any of these things stop her from going about her normal activities and hustle to make money as she introduces her new Tv Program, Tracey Inspires.
On the next episode of Tracey Inspires, Tracey Boakye’s guest was photo model Moesha Budoung where they had a chit chat about her, Moesha.
In a snippet of the full interview shared Tracey Boakye’s Instagram page, Moesha was heard telling Tracey that is not everything she does that she puts on the internet when answering how she get’s her money.
The photo model went ahead to say that no man will give you money just like that, and that it takes character and attitude and also no man will spend on you when he knows you are out there for every one.
Moesha made it clear that she didn’t undergo surgery to attract any man as it is perceived out there but rather went under the knife for herself.
Pastor and gospel musician, Sonnie Badu has applauded the Bhim Nation President, Stonebwoy for apologizing to Sarkodie.
On the 10th of August, 2020 an incident occurred during the recording of Sarkodie’s Black Love virtual concert which lead to Stonebwoy hitting Sarkodie’s manager, Angel.
After the unfortunate incident, Stonebwoy came out with a video apologizing to Sarkodie, Angel and the whole team for causing such a scene.
Sarkodie also in a press release two days ago, accepted Stonebwoy’s apology and also apologized to him for any inconvenience caused him.
With this withstanding, Gospel musician expressed his happiness about Stonebwoy’s apology to Sarkodie and applauded him for doing so.
In a passage written on Sonnie Badu’s Instagram page, he hailed Stonebwoy after applauding him telling him how big he is and hoe bigger he is going to become.
He wrote, “You did amazing apologizing. In life, you take lessons and you move on to become better …For now all that matters is your wife, kids and career… I am praying for you Stone, for who God has blessed, no man curses … it shall be well with you .. if God be for you who can be against you … Pay no one attention … stay focused ..@stonebwoyb”
