PDS deal fraudulent-Amewu insists
John-Peter Amewu, the former Minister for Energy has maintained his stance on describing the Power Distribution Service (PDS) Company’s agreement with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), on behalf of the government, as fraudulent.
His strong position on the matter was premised on the lack of certain material evidences that he said in the view of the government, were not provided by PDS.
The Hohoe Member of Parliament’s (MP) response was to a question on the subject matter, posed to him by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP for North Tongu, when the former took his turn before the Appointments Committee of Parliament last Wednesday.
Remember your promise to us -Traders remind Nana Addo
Informal Hawkers and Vendors Association of Ghana (IHVAG) and Greater Accra Market Association (GAMA), two traders’ associations, are imploring President Akufo-Addo to remember his promise to traders at the Odawna Market and other markets whose businesses had been ravaged by fire.
The IHVAG and GAMA entreated the President to take immediate steps to implement his promise on November 19, last year, to support the over 3,000 affected traders who lost their means of livelihoods in the Odawna Market fire with grant funding through the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI).
Contained in a press statement authored by Anas Ibrahim, President of IHVAG, and Mercy Needjan, President of GAMA, and copied to
Apollonia is giving me headache -Gbetsile Stool
The Gbetsile Stool says it has petitioned the Lands Commission to immediately start looking into the encroachment of its lands by Apollonia.
The Gbetsile Stool requested the Lands Commission to expunge the plotting of the portion of the Gbetsile lands into Apollonia from their records as it is legally indefensible.
In a petition filed on behalf of the Gbetsile Stool by its Counsel, Prosper Xorla Nyahe, of Nyahe Law Consult, the Petitioner draws the attention of the Lands Commission to one Iddrisu Mansro, who is alleged to be eating deep into Gbetsile Stool lands and plotting same, as part of Appolonia lands.
Tema MCE escapes attack by NPP supporters
Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), on Monday, escaped an ambush by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters in Tema East at the party’s office at Tema Newtown.
Even before the December 7 general elections, hundreds of the party’s supporters, including the defeated Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Titus Glover, always claimed that the inactions of the MCE, and the sour blood running between them could have some dire consequences in the elections.
The two -Titus Glover and Felix Anang-La- do not see eye-to-eye, however, in public, both pretend to be on good terms.