Yaw Dabo receives sponsorship from NPP’s Chairman Wontumi, S.K Boafo
Ghanaian actor, Yaw Dabo has earned huge sponsorship from two of the New Patriotic Party‘s bigwigs, Chairman Wontumi and S.K Boafo. The actor announced the sponsorship package given to him by these personalities at the launch of his soccer academy, Dabo Soccer Academy. Unveiling the jerseys of the academy, Yaw Dabo explained why Wontumi Television and S.K Boafo Travel and Tours were written on them. According to him, the two were part of his exclusive sponsors of the Dabo Soccer Academy. Yaw Dabo also revealed how his love for football motivated him to establish the soccer academy. The popular actor indicated that some people tried to discourage him when he made up his mind to establish the academy. He thanked Mr. S.K Boafo, Chairman Wontumi, and others for the help offered to him. The actor revealed that one of his players, Afriyie Barnie Costa has landed a deal with Accra Hearts of Oak. Yaw Dabo stressed that a lot of talents can be nurtured if people extend a helping hand. Zionfelix Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
I was not aware Sarkodie’s song was a campaign song – Kuami Eugene
The Management of highlife musician Kuami Eugene has described rapper Sarkodie as dishonest. According to them, the reigning Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year was not aware of the political lyrics in the song. Sarkodie and Kuami Eugene have been slammed for the song titled ‘A New Day’. In the song, Sarkodie apologized for criticizing President Akufo-Addo in the past because he has managed to end dumsor. This portion of the song has drawn condemnation from supporters and senior officials of the NDC. Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has wondered why the musician made claims that Nana Addo resolved dumsor. ”Sarkodie or any other musician whose career is at moribundity can receive any amount of money to endorse a political party. However, the endorsement message should not be punctuated with naked lies or embellish with sickly untruths. It is an incontrovertible fact that His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama solved dumsor. And there is overwhelming evidence to this fact potentiated with data. Data cannot be hobbled with some low bars musical lyrics,” the Minority leader posted on his Facebook page. Meanwhile, Kuami Eugene says he was unaware the song was an endorsement for the president. “Sarkodie only sent me the first verse of his rap which did not contain the endorsement for Nana Addo to aid me to do the chorus. It was only at the video shoot that we got to know of the second verse, we confronted Sark’s management, and they denied. I am uncomfortable, I still don’t know Sarkodie’s motive for the song. It will have an effect on my career, I wasn’t ready to vouch for any political party openly….it will not end here,” Kuami Eugene said. Rainbowradio Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
US Election 2020: Democrats face tight race for control of Senate
As well as the White House, Democrats and Republicans are locked in a tight race for control of the US Senate. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the upper chamber of Congress, meaning the Democrats are seeking a net gain of four seats. Five seats, including some tight battleground contests in Georgia and North Carolina, are yet to be decided. Democrats are also fighting to maintain their majority in the lower chamber, the House, and are ahead in the polls. But with many votes still to be counted, the final result of both races may not be known for some time. This year’s congressional election is running alongside the battle for the White House between Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden. A Democrat-controlled House and Senate would have the power to obstruct the plans of a second-term President Trump, or push through the agenda of a first-term President Biden. Of the 35 Senate seats up for grabs, 23 are Republican-held and 12 are Democrat. Senators serve six-year terms, and every two years a third of the seats are up for re-election. Who are the winners and losers? By early on Wednesday, Democrats had managed a net gain of one seat in the Senate election. This means three seats would have to flip to their control for the party to guarantee control of the chamber for the first time in six years. Democratic former governor John Hickenlooper won a key Colorado seat from the Republican incumbent Cory Gardner. Mr Hickenlooper, who stood for the Democratic nomination for president, was governor of Colorado for two terms from 2011 until last year. His rival was considered particularly vulnerable because of his allegiance to President Trump. IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will serve another six-year term In Arizona, former astronaut Mark Kelly defeated Republican incumbent and former fighter pilot Martha McSally. He earlier said he was “confident that when the votes are counted, we’re going to be successful in this mission”. However, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Trump ally Lindsey Graham have both been re-elected in their seats of Kentucky and South Carolina respectively. And in Alabama, Republican candidate Tommy Tuberville took a seat from the Democratic incumbent Doug Jones. Among the candidates for Senate this year were a pastor, a trucker and a football coach. IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionDemocratic Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib have been dubbed ‘The Squad’ The results have already proved historic – with Democrats Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones, both in New York, becoming the first gay black members of Congress after they were elected to the House of Representatives. Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar secured re-election to the House. Together they have been dubbed ‘The Squad’. In Oklahoma, the state’s sole Democratic member of the House, Kendra Horn, has conceded to her Republican challenger Stephanie Bice. One Republican candidate who has won a seat in Congress has previously promoted the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, was hailed as a “future Republican star” by President Trump earlier this year. Voters are also choosing representatives in their local state senates – and in Delaware, Democratic candidate, Sarah McBride has made history as the country’s first ever trans state senator. BBC Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
UT Bank collapse: I think of jail – Kofi Amoabeng confesses
Chief Executive Officer for defunct UT Bank, Kofi Amoabeng says he sometimes thinks about jail. Kofi Amoabeng’s UT Bank was part of the banks that were closed down due to their liquidity issues and the utter disregard for Corporate Governance. Speaking in an interview with Accra-based Mx-24 monitored by MyNewsGh.com, he indicated that sometimes he thinks he will be given a jail term because of the issues with his bank. “Yeah,” he responded when asked if he thinks he will make a jail term. The businessman acknowledged that as a bank, a lot of mistakes were done indicating that “as human beings we are fallible”. Four companies belonging to Ibrahim Mahama took a loan of ¢261.4m from UT Bank with Dzata Cement receiving ¢131.5m. Lawyers for Ibrahim Mahama have disputed the figure but declined to state the amount taken. Addressing this issue, Kofi Amoabeng said he has never regretted giving out such monies to the brother of the former President of Ghana to start his business. “I don’t regret it,” the businessmen answered to a question on whether he regrets giving Ibrahim Mahama the loan. The Attorney-General (A-G) in February this year filed new charges at the Accra High Court against Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the founder of the defunct UT Bank, over the collapse of the bank. The charge sheet filed at the Accra High Court named as accused persons Dr. Johnson Asiama; a former 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Raymond Amanfu; a former Head of the Banking Supervision Division (BSD) of the BoG, Catherine Johnson; Head of Treasury of the UTBank, Robert Kwesi Armah; General Manager of Corporate Banking of UT Bank and UT Holdings; the parent company of UT Bank. All five have been charged by the State with forty-two (42) counts of fraudulent breach of trust, fabrication of evidence, deceit of public officer, fraudulently causing financial loss to the Republic, contravention of the Bank of Ghana Act and wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
US Election 2020: How could Trump contest the result and other questions answered
How can candidates contest the results? And why do some votes count more than others? Here are some of your key questions around the US election answered. “Could Donald Trump try to contest the results of the election?” – Basel, Israel Yes. Both campaigns have said they’re already preparing for legal disputes following the election. They have a right to demand a recount in most states, usually if the result there is tight. There’s been a surge in postal voting this year, and it’s also possible that the validity of these ballots could be challenged in court. When will we get a result and could it be contested? These lawsuits could make their way up to the US Supreme Court – the ultimate legal authority in the US. This happened in 2000, when the Supreme Court stopped a recount in Florida and ruled in favour of Republican George W Bush who became president. “What influence does the national vote have on the way the electoral college votes?” – Caroline Bonwitt, Gloucestershire, UK US presidents are not decided by the national popular vote, but by winning in enough states. The winner in each state gets the support of a number of electors based roughly on its population. These electors meet a few weeks after polling day – forming the electoral college – to vote to officially nominate the next president. To win the White House, 270 electoral votes are needed. media captionThe US president is not chosen directly by voters, but by what’s known as the electoral college US election 2020: What is the electoral college? A really simple guide to the US election “What makes some states’ votes count more than others?” – S Robertson, Sussex, UK Candidates tend to campaign in states where the result is uncertain – that’s why people say the votes in these states “count more”. These places are known as battleground or swing states. The US electoral system means that in all but two states, the margin of victory doesn’t matter, as whoever gets the most votes wins all the electoral votes on offer in that state. IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionPeople waiting to vote in California In states which are almost guaranteed to vote a certain way – like California for the Democrat or Alabama for the Republican – candidates have less incentive to campaign there. They’ll put most effort into a handful of tight races, such as in Florida and Pennsylvania, targeting voters that could go either way. “What happens in Nebraska and Maine where the electoral college works differently?” – John, Surrey, UK Maine and Nebraska are the only two states that divide up their electoral votes. In every other state, it’s winner takes all – whether the margin is one or one million votes. Maine and Nebraska instead divvy up their electoral votes – four and five respectively – based on the share of the popular vote each candidate receives. These states allocate two electoral votes to the state-wide winner, and then one vote to the winner in each congressional district (two in Maine, and three in Nebraska). “If postal votes that get counted several days after the election change the final tally of a state from Trump to Biden or vice-versa, then what is the protocol for re-announcing a winner?” – Charlie Etheridge, Kent, UK There’s no legal requirement to announce a winner on election night – this is done as a projection by major US media outlets. The full count is never completed on the night – but enough votes are usually in to confirm a winner. These are unofficial results which are certified only weeks later, when confirmed by state officials. This year, the US media will likely be more cautious in calling a winner, as there are more postal votes and these take longer to count. This could mean the leader on election night in some states could end up losing once all the votes – including postal ballots – are counted. “How long can the US go without knowing their next president?” – also from Charlie Etheridge, Kent, UK The electoral college – whose job it is to formally nominate the next president – meets on 14 December this year. Electors are put forward by each state for their winning candidate. If the election results are still disputed in certain states and they can’t decide which candidate to give their electors to, then it would be up to the US Congress to step in. The US Constitution imposes a final deadline – the term of the president (and vice-president) expires on 20 January at noon. If Congress has been unable to choose the winner by then, there’s a line of succession set out in law. First in line is the Speaker of the House of Representatives, currently Nancy Pelosi, followed by the second highest ranking member of the Senate, currently Charles Grassley. This has never happened before so it’s unclear how, under these exceptional circumstances, this would work in practise. BCC Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
US Polls: I shall pursue a PhD in Psychology if Trump wins – Gabby declares
A powerful member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has declared that he will abandon his career as a lawyer and politician and pursue a Doctor of Philosophy degree(PhD) in Psychology if Donald Trump is retained as the President of the United States of America. His PhD will focus on the psychology of the American voter, if Donald Trump is retained as the President of the United States of America. His PhD will focus on the psychology of the American voter. Americans are voting today to elect a President for the next four years. Joe Biden of Democrats and President Donald Trump are the key contenders in the election, described by many pollsters as too close to call. While some abhor the retention of Donald Trump as President for his apparently unpresidential actions and inactions, others are yearning for his reelection based on his stellar performance in growing the American economy. Donald Trump has had support from Black celebrities in America, who typically support the Democrats. Meanwhile, both leading presidential candidates have expressed confidence in their ability to win the election. Mynews Gh Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Haruna Iddrisu hails Martin Amidu for doing a good work on Agyapa deal
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has extolled the Special Prosecutor Mr Martin Amidu over his report on the Agyapa Royalties Agreement. According to him, the report of Mr. Amidu touched on the very issues that the Minority had raised against the deal. The Minority had raised issues relating to corruption and cronyism against the deal. Mr. Amidu asked the Finance Ministry to pause on the scheduled Initial Public Offer (IPO) on the deal until after his investigations. He said on Monday, November 2 that he has finished with his assessment of the transaction and has accordingly submitted his report to the president. “The analysis of the risk of corruption and anti-corruption assessment was completed and signed by the Special Prosecutor on 15th October 2020. “The Special Prosecutor in a letter with reference number OSP/SCR/20/12/20 dated 16th October 2020 conveyed the conclusions and observations of the anti-corruption assessment to H. E. the President and the Hon. Minister of Finance as a matter of courtesy before informing the public.” “Two weeks is more than too long for this Office to continue withholding the announcement of the completion of its sixty-four (64) page report to the public. It is important that this Office has the freedom to discharge its anti-corruption mandate and keep the public informed. I have, therefore, decided to bring the facts of the conclusion of the anti-corruption assessment of the Agyapa Royalties Transactions by this Office to the attention of the public and to avoid the continued speculations on this matter,” he said. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, November 3 after the Special Prosecutor had released his report, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu who is also Member of Parliament for Tamale South said “I should commend the Special prosecutor for doing a diligent work on the corruption risk analysis of this particular transaction.” He further noted that the Minority will not support modification of the deal agreement. He said the deal should be cancelled entirely. “How is parliament going to remedy breaches to the Public Financial Management Act? “How is Parliament going to remedy breaches to the Public Procurement Act and its accompanying amendment? How is Parliament going to remedy payments made to Imara which has a decoy company of Data Bank? So I do not see the NDC minority ever supporting anything Agyapa.” Meanwhile, the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said there is a need for lawmakers to improve on the conduct of doing business in the House. This, he said, will cure some of the challenges that come along with the passage and approvals of some laws and agreements. He noted that Members of Parliament are not experts in all fields, hence are susceptible to making errors especially when there are not consultants readily available to give them advice on technical issues. His comments come after the flak the legislature is receiving for the Agyapa Mineral Royalties agreement, which the president has ordered to be resent to the House for a second look at it following the Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu’s conclusions in his investigations into the deal. Parliament has been criticized by a cross-section of the Ghanaian public for what they believe was a poor job done on the agreement. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to return the agreement to Parliament. Civil society organisations (CSOs) led by Dr. Steve Manteaw claimed that the deal was rushed and is also not in the interest of Ghana. Similarly, the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, said he will not recognize the agreement should he win the elections this year to become the next president because, in his view, the deal is bad. Speaking in an interview with journalists on this matter on Tuesday, November 3, Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who is also the Member of Parliament for Suame Constituency, said: “I don’t know the content of the bag that is coming to us. If we access it and we believe that we can work with it then we apply ourselves to it. “Already, we have a tall order for us to process to transact. If adding to it and we believe it is possible, so be it. I don’t know what it entails so I cannot make a definite statement on it.” Defending Parliament against the criticism, he said: “There is nowhere in the world that Parliament is beyond reproach especially given our own circumstances when we don’t have experts to independently consult to give us opinions about that. “And we must be ready to improve on that in order to improve on the quality of our own positions on matters. All of us are not experts. It is important that we engage consultants and we don’t take whatever comes from the government as a given. So we must work to improve the conduct of business in the House. “That one, yeah, I agree but for anybody to say that we didn’t do a good work because we had four hours that is not true.” 3news Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Mahama exposes Sammy Gyamfi over Menzgold payments
The flagbearer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has exposed the lies of Communications Director of his party Sammy Gyamfi on as regards payment of MenzGold customers. Sammy Gyamfi is on record to have said that if John Mahama wins power, his administration will pay all monies owed by financial institutions which have been made defunct by the Akufo-Addo led administration. “MenzGold customers, this is your time, Gold Coast… We said all financial institutions… Do you think the NDC discriminates? All of them, all those institutions… I am telling you they are all part. Wherever they are listening to me now, I’m speaking in my capacity as the Communication Director of the party. All of them are covered under this promise,” he said in an interview on Accra-based Asempa FM weeks ago. But former President John Dramani Mahama in an interview on Starr FM which was monitored by MyNewsGh.com said he will not pay MenzGold clients. The NDC leader said he has never said anywhere that he will pay clients of the defunct gold dealership when he’s given a second term. “I’ve never said I’ll pay Menzgold customers. I said we’ll investigate and find out the level of indebtedness,” he told Francis Abban on Starr FM. He added: “Menzgold is a different kettle of fish because we don’t know the extent of what the indebtedness is. I’ve not seen any document that shows that this is how much it is. So unless you investigate and find out. “It looks like this government has been reluctant to investigate it or even go after those who fraudulently took people’s money. And so I said when we come, we’ll pursue and find out what the true facts are and we’ll take remedial actions to alleviate the suffering of the customers.” MyNewsGh Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Upper East Chapter of Rural and Community Banks undergo training on Corporate Governance
Upper East Chapter of Rural and Community Banks have organized a corporate governance training workshop for Directors and management of Rural and community banks in the Region. The training workshop which was organized at the Regional Capital Bolgatanga on Thursday October 29, 2020, was to give directors the opportunity to know their roles and responsibilities better for efficient rural banking delivery. Engaging the media after the training workshop, Upper East Chapter Chairman of Rural and Community Banks Cletus Azaabi said they realized that the banking crisis came as a result of the inefficiencies which includes corporate governance and there is a need for directors and managers of various banks to know and understands their roles accordingly to avoid some of the inefficiencies which had already cursed some other banks in recent times. “We realized that the banking crisis came as a result of the inefficiencies including corporate governance. Fortunately in the Upper East Region, they are working very well, they have met all the requirements by the Bank of Ghana and all the indicators are good but, we don’t want to take things for granted. So we are organizing this training workshop mainly to take our directors through the best corporate governance practices and also the new directors that were appointed, we want them to know their role, their duties and their responsibilities and to expose them to the law ACT 930 and the company law that regulates the way companies operates in Ghana. So basically, what we are doing here is to give directors the opportunity to explore and ask questions regarding the roles they are holding in various banks.”He explained The general manager of Naara Rural Bank Samuel Namoo who spoke to the media was very satisfied that no bank in the region fall victim of bad corporate governance as he believes, the training workshop will go a long way in shaping their activities in various work places across the region. “None of the banks is suffering from the corporate governance issue and this is going to be an added advantage to us, it will enable us practice more corporate governance at our respective places” However, Manager, Legal Services ARB APEX Bnak Ltd Samuel Terkpertey said the issue of corporate governance is quite key and recently with the revocation of certain bank licenses, it has become even far more important. “In practice, we have identified that one of the key courses of the collapse of any company in the world is bad corporate governance practices and in the rural and community banking sector, we at APEX needs to ensure that we have educated our members effectively on how to put in the correct structures and comply with them, to ensure that it did not bridge any of the required provision on corporate governance. So this training is extremely important for directors and the general managers of the various banks in the Upper East Region.” He said Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications