Apologize to the public for throwing dust into our eyes – Mahama advised
Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, Ayikoi Otoo has asked the former President of Ghana to apologize to the people of Ghana for deceit. According to him, the former President prior to filing the petition indicated that he had won; a statement that got his followers on the streets across the country to drum home the need for him to be declared the President. However, upon filing the petition at the Supreme Court the former President asked for a rerun of the elections and not a declaration that he won the election. Reacting to the substance of the petition, Ayokoi Otoo indicated that Mahama threw dust into the eyes of the people of Ghana and therefore needs to render an apology. “The idea that was fed out to the public was that somebody has done something wrong and that we have won the presidential and parliamentary but if you read the petition there is a clear request for a rerun which is based upon the fact that constitutionally nobody crossed the 50+1. “That is a different ball game altogether compared with what we were hearing before the petition was filed. “You should be bold to say that ‘I won the election, this person did not win the election but their style is different.” He added “After the petition was filed and when we read it we saw that what they have done up to that stage was not what they told us initially. So, first, apologize that you erred and let us move on.” Meanwhile, Alex Segbefia who speaks for the NDC’s legal team has indicated that John Dramani Mahama did not file to be declared as President because the processes consume time and they will not have the luxury to make their case considering the 42 days set aside to deal with the petition. My News GH Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.
Akufo-Addo to take oath in parliamentary tent
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will next Thursday, January 7, 2020 be sworn-in as President for a second term in a parliamentary tent created at the Parliament House, in Accra. He will, however, deliver the State of the Nation Address, in the chamber of parliament, in Osu-Accra, tomorrow, Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader in Parliament, announced the venues on Monday, in Accra, when House returned for the Christmas and New Year holidays, to complete the last three days of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic. He said the election of the new Speaker of Parliament would take place in the chamber, but the swearing-in of the new parliament, the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic would take place in the tent. The announcement was in response to Members’ questions on the exact venues within the precincts of House, for the President and President Elect’s constitutional roles in relation to the delivery of the State of the Nation’s Address (SONA) and his inauguration. The Seventh Parliament, which began on January 7, 2017, would dissolve on the night of January 6, 20202, and usher in the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic, on the eve of January 7, 2021. Mr Kyei- Mensah-Bonsu, announced in the Business Statement that “H E the President of the Republic is expected to deliver a Message on the State of the Nation prior to the dissolution of the Seventh Parliament, on Tuesday, 5th January 2021, in accordance with Article 67 of the Constitution.” He entreated members to attend upon the House punctually for the event. A visit of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the car park of the Parliament House, where a large conference tent has been erected for the ceremony, shows that finishing touches were being done to the place for the ceremony. The hitherto open space has been tarred with goudron, and the avenue trees to the venue have been re-painted fresh from the base to the stem in the Ghana national colours of red, yellow and green. The street has also seen much improvement. The dwarf poles holding the street lights the venue, which were in disrepair and had looked abandoned, were being worked on, with numerous barricades under the giant mahogany trees that line the streets. The inauguration ceremony at the Parliament House follows a decision to move the inauguration from the Black Star Square after an appeal by Parliament last November to have subsequent swearing-in of presidents in the precincts of parliament. The GNA observed a heightened security presence in the precincts. Meanwhile, Minority Chief Whip Alhaji Mubarak Muntaka, in contribution to the Business Statement, has prayed the Leadership of the House not to engage members in any tall business before dissolution to allow for ample time for the business of the Committee on Emoluments. GNA Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.
“We look forward to working with you” Joe Biden to Akufo Addo
Joe Biden President-elect of the United States of America (USA) has officially written to the President elect of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo notifying him that he looks forward to the two of them working together to deal with the challenges that the people of Ghana and the US are saddled with. In the letter which was published by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin on his Facebook page on Monday January 4, Mr Biden said “Dear President Akufo-Addo, thank you for your kind words and well wishes. I am sorry that we have not yet had the opportunity to connect by phone. “It is my great honour to have been elected the next President of the United States , and I understand just how much work lies ahead of us. “Vice President-elect Harris and I will take office at a time of great global challenges – from the coronavirus to climate change – that transcends borders and require international cooperation. “We look forward to working with youth and your government on addressing the common problems facing our countries and our people. “Thank you, President Akufo-Addo. I look forward to future dialogue.” Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.