Paul Abugri Azumah of Tempane shamefully rejected as DCE by Assembly Members
The President’s nominee for the position of District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Tempane District Paul Abugri Azumah has witnessed what could be described as a humiliating rejection so far by the Assembly Members. According to the voting which took place on Monday, October 4, 2021, a day after a regional annual delegates conference, the overconfident nominee failed woefully to secure the required two-thirds majority of valid votes. Interesting, out of a total number of 25 Assembly Members mandated to vote, only 11 voted YES, representing 44% whiles 13 voted NO. This is unprecedented so far in the region. Meanwhile, no ballot was spoiled. More to come… Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Flagbearership race: Sack Alan, Akoto Afriyie – Ben Ephson to Akufo-Addo
Pollster Ben Ephson has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack Trade Minister Alan Kyeremanten and Agric Minister Owusu Afriyie Akoto for acknowledging their interest in the presidency. According to him, it is only appropriate that the president applies the same rule of disallowing ministers to campaign for presidency whilst in office like he did in the case of Joe Ghartey when he intended to contest him. Speaking on Starr FM, Ben Epson said, “The President must sack the two ministers once he himself has acknowledged that they are interested in the presidency. By the same rule that applied with Joe Ghartey when he spoke in that radio interview, he must sack the two. “The president had said that he will not allow people to be ministers and still campaign to be president and that rule affected Joe Ghartey,” he added. The pollster’s comment comes after the president, during an introduction of his minister at Manyhia in Kumasi told the Ashanti Monarch that both Alan and Dr Afriyie Akoto have their eyes on the Presidency. “Asantehene, allow me to introduce my team members. Here is your grandson, Dr. Afriyie Akoto, my Agric Minister who wants to become the President. Nana, this is Alan Kyeremanten, he has been vying for my seat for a very long time, a very workaholic Minister,” he added. —Ghanaweb Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
We all took GH¢3000 to confirm Tamale Mayor, so why vote ‘No?’ – Assemblyman slams sellouts
An enraged assemblyman in the Tamale Metropolis has gone after his colleagues who despite agreeing to an original plan of taking a GH¢3,000 bribe to vote for the President’s Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) nominee, did the contrary. Sofowan admitted on LIVE radio that prior to the confirmation, they had agreed to each receive Gh¢3,000 in return for an overwhelming endorsement of Sule Salifu as the Mayor of Tamale He however berated his colleague Assembly members who voted against the Tamale MCE nominee thereby failing to keep their part of the bargain. Hon. Sofawan, Assemblyman for Warizehi Electoral Area on Tamale-based Radio Tamale was incensed by the fact that his colleagues could betray the trust they reposed to themselves. “The nominee went through the processes and was nominated by the President to be the Mayor of Tamale after the assembly was run without one exposing local governance to a myriad of challenges. “Following his nomination, there was the need for us to hasten things and support for work in the assembly to begin. Even though the nominee was confirmed that was not the agreed number of votes he was supposed to have gotten. If you are a human being try as much as possible to eschew lies. Every assembly member promised to vote for him only for some to betray him,” he swore. Hustler, as he is fondly referred to in the Electoral Area further revealed: “Initially they have given out GH¢1,000 to each person but that was too small for me but eventually everyone took GH¢3,000. “The amount was given to some of us at Mariam Hotel. I even took the cash for some of them for onward delivery. The Presiding Member (PM) even took additional cash to guarantee the nominee 99% of the votes,” he alleged. Confirmation of Sule Salifu as Tamale Mayor Sule Salifu who until his nomination was the Northern Regional Communications Officer of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) was last week endorsed by assembly members of the area. Sule Salifu polled 40 ‘Yes’ votes and 17 ‘No’ votes out of a total of 59 votes cast, while two were rejected. Out of the 59, there were 41 elected Assembly members and 18 government appointees. The confirmed Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) will succeed Iddrisu Musah Superior to manage affairs in the ancient city. —Mynewsgh Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
MTN Ghana commits about US$6 billion in capex investment
In an effort to expand network and digital services, MTN Ghana has in the last 25 years committed about US$6 billion into capital expenditure, CEO of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh, has revealed. In 2021 alone, the telecommunication giant as at September had invested US$207 million. This is the highest investment in a single calendar year over a decade now. Through the investment, MTN has built over 4100 sites in its 25 years of existence resulting in 73 and 98 per cent nationwide coverage of 4G and 2G/3G respectively. It has also 400+ Rural Telephony sites to provide network to underserved communities across the country. Mr. Adadevoh said MTN plans to build 607 new 4G and 120 2G/3G sites in 2021, adding that 1,322 sites will also be modernized in preparedness for launching 5G in the nearest future, saying “we at MTN will continue to show big appetite for taking risk in bringing new services as we have demonstrated over the years.” The huge investments he noted, are in line with the strategic intent of leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. The ‘Ambition 25’ is hinge on five pillars namely: Fin Tech solutions, Digital services, Enterprise services, Network as a service and API marketplace. These platforms will among others help accelerate digitalization and support the vision of making the country a digital economy, he added. The MTN CEO was addressing a media forum for practitioners in Ashanti, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions. The forum largely focused on the company’s 25 years in the country’s telecommunication industry. Scancom operators of MTN Ghana begun its operations in the country in 1996, starting with a GSM technology. It’s evolution saw the then Spacefon introduce the first prepaid service in the country under the product brand name SNAP. MTN launched mobile money service in 2009. The service remains one of the biggest revolutions in the telecom industry and the financial space as well. It also launched 4G LTE service in 2016. The company is credited as the 1st IPO in the world to use Mobile Money as a medium to subscribe shares. MTN has achieved 25 million subscribers milestone as it celebrates 25th anniversary in 2021. —thebftonline Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Alan Kyerematen is workaholic, he has dreamed of becoming President for a long time — Akufo Addo tells Asantehene
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appears to have announced contenders for the next leader of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as his tenure comes to an end in 2024. The Minister of Trade and Industries, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen as well as the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, have reportedly harboured ambitions to become the flagbearer of the ruling party. Both men are part of the President’s team touring the Ashanti Region. At the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the Asantehene, on Friday, October 1 at the start of the four-day tour, President Akufo-Addo made a huge announcement. “Nana let me introduce my team,” he started. “This is your grandson Dr Afriyie Akoto, my Agric Minister who wants to become the president.” Sitting next to the Agric Minister was Mr Kyerematen as introduced by the President. “Nana, this is Alan Kyeremanten, he has been vying for my seat for a very long time, a very workaholic minister,” he chuckled amidst loud noise from the crowd gathered at Manhyia. The NPP has barred party members from campaigning ahead of the presidential primaries in 2023. The party has issued a code of conduct to all aspiring members and warned of punitive measures if any campaign. The leading contenders include Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. President Akufo-Addo, who has led the party since 2008, continues his tour of the Ashanti Region on Saturday with a visit to Darko Farms and inspection of the Abuakwa-Tanoso Road. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Anatomy of the Billionaire Monster called Shaanxi
When the forces of darkness seek to cover up what the people must know, it is the duty of those who bear the torch to expose it by shedding light on it without compromise. Many fatal accidents have happened needlessly to Ghanaians in the Shaanxi mine at Gbane in the Talensi District. The Chinese-owned company is never comfortable with these accidents being reported. The company will do anything behind the scenes to block the public from knowing about the accidents or any ills. Each time an accident occurs, they cook a highly spiced impression on air that all is well for the public to consume; with a great lie-telling talent, they try to downplay an earthquake as a mere handshake. That is not the reality behind the curtains. This allows the tragedies to continue to strike episodically at the mine, the major and regular casualties being the Ghanaian employees wearing the blue collar― the labourers. I remember, around the middle of 2018― the month of May, precisely― four mineworkers collapsed after inhaling a toxic gas that emanated from an explosive blasted by Shaanxi, and another Ghanaian, on same day, had a part of his leg ripped off like when the skin of an orange is peeled off deep with a sharp knife. The company’s PRO (Maxwell Wooma) scrambled to block the story from being told. He sent an SMS to me. John Peter Amewu was the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources at the time. The SMS from the Shaanxi PRO reads: “Good afternoon Sir. I have heard of your encounter with some accident victims of my company. I have been on leave but informed slenderly [sic] about the issue. Notwithstanding, I, in the name of our God, please [sic] with you to stamp it out from your list of stories to as usual, aid a brother. It is because of you I am. I am on my way to accra [sic] to meet the Hon Sector minister on developments in my mine. What a slap it will be to reach there seeing him fuming at me. I will do all I can to ensure safety issues are taken more seriously to protect our brothers. As usual, one for all, all for one. God help in your decision making and bless you for taking same. Regards.” Sending such a message to me, where we are talking about human lives being at risk, is a complete waste of time. The story was published: https://starrfm.com.gh/2018/05/ue-r-disaster-strikes-shaanxi-mines-again/. In the text message you just read, the PRO says he will do all he can to ensure safety issues are taken more seriously. In other words, he means safety issues were being taken less seriously until he knew a story was going to be published about the then-latest accident. But the same PRO had consistently and confidently told the public that the company was committed to the safety of the workers with a tone that suggested that the safety of the labourers was on the company’s front burner or was one of the company’s prioritised concerns. An example of that regular commitment statement is found in the last paragraph of this link: https://www.a1radioonline.com/16975/no-disaster-shaanxi-mines-management/index.html. He probably forgot he had sent a text message which rather exposes the disturbing reality hidden from the public. He needs only to say there was no such text message and I will put a screenshot of it here with his phone number captured with it. The Cash meant to suppress a Dark Secret There is another example, which many already know about, telling you how Shaanxi will do anything behind the scenes to cover up the realities. A Minister of State at the Presidency, Rockson Ayine Bukari, pleaded with me to not publish an investigative story about some secret meetings that took place between Shaanxi and Justice Jacob Bawine Boon, a judge formerly at the High Court One in Bolgatanga. Shaanxi was having a case against another foreign mining company (Cassius, from Australia) before Justice Boon at the time and Shaanxi officials had gone to his (Justice Boon’s) residence where I caught them four times meeting with the judge on separate days between November and December, 2018. The next thing was an attempt to block the story from being told to the public. They brought cash. They brought a new motorbike of the latest brand. And they promised to bring more. They said the cash and the motorbike package was just the beginning only if I would not tell the public about the meetings between Shaanxi and Justice Boon. I was told the CEO of Shaanxi, Xing Wei, was the 9th richest man in all of China, the most populous nation on Earth. I also heard he was (and probably still is) the fifth foreign investor in America in terms of asset size. I placed more value on being true to Journalism (by telling the public what they should know) than what somebody else definitely would do― to take the cash, ask for more, kill the story, win the hearts of the billionaire monster and those who support them and enjoy a threat-free life with his or her family. I could count about four journalists in the Upper East Region who I can trust will not take a bribe to kill a story and I could name two local radio stations in the region that will not support any oppressor and neglect the outcry of the oppressed. A Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice at the time, who applauded how I handled the matter by putting the public interest first, told me the findings were so damning I could have “built three mansions” from the company if I had wanted to take advantage of that top-secret scandal by killing the story. Justice Boon, when the cover was blown, admitted before lawyers on Monday December 17, 2018, to having those ex-parte (one-sided) meetings with Shaanxi officials at his residence and had no choice but to recuse (disqualify) himself from the case: https://starrfm.com.gh/2018/12/judge-recuses-himself-as-shaanxi-officials-attempt-to-bribe-journalist/ The case was remitted as a result of the recusal (disqualification)
Ghana cedis is the strongest currency in West Africa–Dr. Charles Dwamena (A.K.A DR CHINA) shower praises on Akufo-Addo’s govt
Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Director of Administration who also doubles as the former Deputy Ghana Ambassador to China Dr. Charles Dwamena (A.K.A DR CHINA) has said, the government of His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has performed better even in a pandemic era. As he rated Ghana cedis the strongest currency in West Africa currently. Dr. China, as he is popularly called made the pronouncement On Sunday, October 3, 2021, when he was addressing Apexnews Ghana at the Upper East Regional Annual Delegates Conference of the party in Bolgatanga the Regional capital. “As we speak, the Ghana cedis is the strongest currency in West Africa, one of the top 3 in Africa. It came through prudent financial management. What President Akufo Addo did from the beginning was like let us build factories, let us put factories in various parts of the country. People were making a mockery of him, that this cannot happen but today, we are seeing it in a pandemic era where other economies are crumbling. South Africa is struggling and other countries and great economies are suffering but look at Ghana, we are bouncing up as if we never entered into a pandemic. Things are not 100% ok, but at least comparatively, we have done far better. So in 2020, the people of Ghana gave President Akufo Addo the opportunity because they appreciate what he has done by giving him 4 more years to do more and this is why we need to come together and rally behind the President so that he will use 4 more years to do more for our people”. Meanwhile, he believes the party needs more organization ahead of a successful agenda of breaking the 8. He further expressed satisfaction with the cooperation he has witnessed so far from party members in all the regions they have visited Savanna, Wa and Upper East. “So far, everything has been so orderly. To me, is a testament of how organized the party is, going forward in breaking the 8 we need more organization. What we are seeing here is wonderful, see the activity and the amount of energy in people, it tells you that indeed we have the strength in our numbers and when we talk about breaking the 8, is not a far-fetched thing is something within range”. “What is perhaps left, is for us to put up these energies together to build a stronger party, one that is financially sound and will be able to take care of the needs of the people. And I said with that, we will be able to overcome any opposition when we enter into an election”. “Because personally, I believe that is only an NPP party that can transform Ghana and make it a prosperous country but for that to happen, the party must stay in power for 4 consecutive times and for a party to stay in power that long, we need a stronger party. That is why I said that we need to bring all these energies together to build a stronger party the one that is financially strong”. Meanwhile, when Apexnews GH pushed him to know his intention of contesting a national office position, he said, I am not ready to talk about that for now, it is true i had the intention to contest the National Treasurer Position but the time hasn’t come yet and when is time the party will announce it for those interested to the campaign. He said, he is solidly behind the president with all his support for him to succeed as a president who is interested in making Ghana a better place to be. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093