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  • Father, daughter fined GHC420 for pounding fufu under Pokuase Interchange

    Father, daughter fined GHC420 for pounding fufu under Pokuase Interchange

    Father, daughter fined GHC420 for pounding fufu under Pokuase Interchange

    A father and his daughter, nabbed for pounding fufu under the Pokuase Interchange, have been fined GHC 420 by the Kaneshie District Court.

    Comfort Dartey, who was charged for causing a public nuisance, was fined GHC120 and in default, will serve week imprisonment.

    She was ordered by the Court presided over by Ama Adomako Kwakye, to sign a bond to be of good behavior for one year.

    27.08.2021 SOCIAL NEWS Father, daughter fined GHC420

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    Her 60-year-old father, Kwame Addo, being held over offensive conduct, was also fined GHC 300 and in default, will serve two weeks imprisonment.

    Addo was also ordered by the Court to sign a bond to be of good behavior for one year.

    This was after the accused persons, who had no legal representation, had pleaded guilty to their respective charges.

    The accused persons told the court that they were sorry for their actions and pleaded for leniency.

    —GNA // Shop@torsaa

  • Father Set his Home on Fire

    Father Set his Home on Fire

    A father of two has reportedly set his home ablaze in the Ashanti Region, leaving his nine-year-old boy dead and his other child and wife severely injured.

    Identified as Agyemang, the married man who happens to be a commercial driver after setting the house on fire attempted to take his life but his plan proved futile as he survived the incident. He is currently under medical watch at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) having sustained several degrees of injuries in the fire alongside his wife and second child.

    The incident has left neighbours in a state of shock as the fire swept through the four-bedroom apartment destroying properties worth thousands of Ghana Cedis.

    Firefighting officials have since recovered the charred body from the debris. Investigations are however underway to ascertain the reason behind the man setting fire into his home.

  • Ken Ofori Atta Loses his Father

    Ken Ofori Atta Loses his Father

    The father of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Dr Akwasi Andrews Jones Amoako Atta Ofori-Atta, has passed away.

    The former legislator died in the United Kingdom on Monday, November 30, 2020.

    Dr Ofori-Atta was an uncle of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

    Born on December 7, 1937, at Fankyeneko in the Eastern Region to Okyenhene Nana Ofori Atta 1, Dr Ofori-Atta was a stalwart of the Danquah-Dombo-Busia tradition.

    He had his education at the Achimota School, University of Ghana and University of Ottawa.

    He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Begoro in 1969 on the ticket of the Progress Party of the Busia Government and became the Deputy Minister of Finance at the age of 31.

    In 1979, he was elected once again as MP for Begoro for the Popular Front Party under the 3rd Republic and became the minority spokesperson on finance.

    In 1996, he contested for the flagbearership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

    He served for a while as Chairman of the Volta River Authority under former President John Agyekum Kufuor.

    He was also an Economics lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK.

    The late Dr. Ofori-Attta was married to Maud Adi-Darko and had four children including Mr. Ofori-Atta.

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