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There have been mixed reactions to some of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees, especially in the home regions of nominees.
The most intense criticism for a nominee has come in the Volta Region where a group of New Patriotic Party supporters are opposed to the retention of Dr. Archibald Letsa.
In an interview with
Citi News, the Convener of the Volta NPP Grassroots For Justice, Mawuli Amenuveve said there are more appealing candidates for the position and has served notice of a protest.
“His re-appointment will meet our rejection. We are going to demonstrate on Monday the 25th of January to exercise our displeasure.”
Mixed reactions over Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees LISTEN
JAN 22, 2021
There have been mixed reactions to some of President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial nominees, especially in the home regions of nominees.
The most intense criticism for a nominee has come in the Volta Region where a group of New Patriotic Party supporters are opposed to the retention of Dr. Archibald Letsa.
In an interview with
Citi News, the Convener of the Volta NPP Grassroots For Justice, Mawuli Amenuveve said there are more appealing candidates for the position and has served notice of a protest.
“His re-appointment will meet our rejection. We are going to demonstrate on Monday the 25th of January to exercise our displeasure.”
Road carnages claim 2,310 lives by November 2020, according to provisional data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service obtained by the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday.
The eleven months total data remains higher than the total lives lost in 2019 standing at 2,284 a difference of 28.
This stands to be the highest figure of road deaths recorded in the last decade even without figures for December 2020; aside 2019, 2012 recorded 2,240 deaths and 2015 recorded the least fatal crashes at 1,802.
The Ashanti Region recorded the most casualties of 497, higher than its 2019 figure of 448.
The Eastern Region as at November 2020 had lost 341 lives to place third in the roll.
2,310 die in road carnages in 2020 – MTTD LISTEN
DEC 31, 2020
Road carnages claim 2,310 lives by November 2020, according to provisional data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service.
The eleven months total data remains higher than the total lives lost in 2019 standing at 2,284 a difference of 28.
This stands to be the highest figure of road deaths recorded in the last decade even without figures for December 2020; aside 2019, 2012 recorded 2,240 deaths and 2015 recorded the least fatal crashes at 1,802.
The Ashanti Region recorded the most casualties of 497, higher than its 2019 figure of 448.
The Eastern Region as at November 2020 had lost 341 lives to place third in the roll.
2020 in Review: Journalists arrested, harassed for their work in 2020 The whole of chapter 12 of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution is dedicated to ensure the freedom and independence of the media. Over the years, media rights organisations and institutions have advocated for the creation of an enabling environment for persons in the media to practice freely and governments over the years have also played various roles in ensuring same. However, there has been recurrent records of attacks, intimidation, arrests and sometimes assassination of journalists in the country. GhanaWeb as part of its assessment of 2020 has put together a list of journalists who were victims of the aforementioned during the year: