Bawku conflict: CHOBS demand immediate closure of basic schools
The Conference of Heads of Basic Schools (CHOBS) has requested the immediate closure of basic schools in the Bawku Municipality over the security situation in the area. A teacher in the area told Apexnewsgh.com “the issue is that today is better tomorrow is worse, at any point in time anything can happen. You just hear shootings from town and bullets will be flying left right center and we would know where to put ourselves and we are teachers dealing with children in School. And sometimes, when it happens this way and you happen not to see how you control your children and you allow them to run, they will run into bullets and what have you. Meanwhile, a statement issued by CHOBS also said, the move has become necessary because as a result of the difficulty in getting transportation to and from school. “Following the insecurity and the subsequent ban of “yellow yellow” in the municipality, we wish to appeal to you to close down basic schools in the municipality pending the improvement of the security situation,” the Chairman of CHOBS, Abugri Busia stated in a letter to the Municipal Director of the Ghana Education Service. The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) has reviewed security measures in Bawku following the renewed fights in the area. At its emergency meeting held on Monday, the Council resolved to temporarily ban ‘yellow, yellow’ operations until further notice. It also imposed curfew hours to cover Nayoka, Kpalgu and Manga communities. Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
Conflict from Sahel to West African coastal countries forcing the region to spend more on security–Prez, Akufo-Addo
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said, conflict from the Sahel to West African coastal countries is causing the region to spend more on security. President Akufo-Addo noted that the conflict has moved from the Sahel, inexorably, to the West African coastal countries, with all of Ghana’s neighbors suffering terrorist attacks, with some losing territorial space to the invading forces. He made the pronouncement at the United Nations General Assembly, on Wednesday, 21st September, in New York. “the terrorist pressure has provided a pretext for the unhappy reappearance of military rule in three (3) of the fifteen (15) member ECOWAS Community, two (2) of whom have borne the brunt of the terrorist outrages in the Region – Mali and Burkina Faso”. He said, “All of us in the Region are being forced to spend huge amounts of money on security. This is money we should be spending on educating and giving skills to our young people; on building much-needed roads, bridges, hospitals, and other such infrastructure, which we are spending to fight terrorists or to keep them out from destabilizing our countries.” President Akufo-Addo described it, as a global problem, that deserves the attention of the world community for a global solution. Source: Apexnewgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
Akufo-Addo demand Int’l financial system reform; says is against Africa
Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has demanded urgent reform of the international financial system, as he believes the current monetary system is targeted against developing countries. President Akufo-Addo: “the financial markets have been set up and operate on rules designed for the benefit of rich and powerful nations, and, during times of crisis, the façade of international co-operation, under which they purport to operate, disappears.” He made the demand at the United Nations General Assembly, on Wednesday, 21st September, in New York. “These are the savage lessons that we have had to take in, as the world emerged from the grip of the coronavirus to energy and food price hikes, and a worldwide rise in the cost of living. The necessity for reform of the system is compelling.”“our world is currently not in a good place”, he recalled an observation by the World Bank which has described the global economy as “enduring its steepest slowdown since 1970.” Pointing out the devastating global economic pandemic, pushing Africa into its worst recession for half a century, President Akufo-Addo said that a slump in productivity and revenues, increased pressures on spending and spiraling public debts confronted the continent without relent. “As we grappled with these economic challenges, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine burst upon us, aggravating an already difficult situation. It is not just the dismay that we feel at seeing such deliberate devastation of cities and towns in Europe in the year 2022, we are feeling this war directly in our lives in Africa. Every bullet, every bomb, every shell that hits a target in Ukraine, hits our pockets and our economies in Africa,” he said. “the number one enemy this year”, President Akufo-Addo noted that “it hit a 40-year-high in the US and UK in recent months. There is record inflation in the eurozone. Several African countries have inflation rates surging three to four times higher than what they were just two years ago.” However, the President pointed out that “we are experiencing the highest inflation for 21 years. The high costs of food are hurting the poor, especially the urban poor, the most.” He said The spillover from the raising of interest rates by central banks across the world to combat inflation, according to the President, has been severe beyond borders, as global investors pull money out of developing economies to invest in bonds in the developed world. This, he explained further, has led to depreciating currencies and increased borrowing costs; meaning economies in Africa need to raise and spend more of their own currencies to service foreign debts in US dollars. “It has become clear, if ever there was any doubt, that the international financial structure is skewed significantly against developing and emerging economies like Ghana. The avenues that are opened to powerful nations to enable them to take measures that would ease pressures on their economies are closed to small nations,” he said. To make matters worse, President Akufo-Addo noted that “credit rating agencies have been quick to downgrade economies in Africa, making it harder to service our debts. The tag of Africa as investment risk is little more than, in substance, a self-fulfilling prophecy created by the prejudice of the international money market, which denies us access to cheaper borrowing, pushing us deeper into debts.” History, the President stressed, “will judge us harshly if we do not seize the opportunity to make the changes that will enable us to deal with the many problems we face.” Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com
CPP Secretary demands for Akufo-Addo’s resignation
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) Secretary has demanded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s resignation. The demand came as a result of what the party labeled as the mismanagement of the economy by the Akufo-Addo-led government since assuming office. According to the CPP General Secretary of the party, Nana Yaa Gyantuah, President Akufo-Addo has not followed the promises he made to Ghanaians in the fight against galamsey and the protection of the public purse. In an event organized in celebration of Ghana’s founder Kwame Nkrumah, on Wednesday, 21 September 2022, Nana Yaa Gyantuah said: “Almost all our water bodies have been destroyed because of galamsey… I think it is time for him to resign. I think it is time for Nana Akufo-Addo to put down his job and allow competent people to take over.” She believes the CPP will be able to turn the fortunes of the country around when the opportunity is given.“We the CPP will go strictly to all procurement rules to reduce infractions in government spending and limit looting and even erase loot and share,” she said. “We would also ensure that the law that allows foreign investors to repatriate 100 percent profits will be amended to a 60 percent share.” However, the party further cited the depreciation of the cedi, high inflation rate, and the frequent hike in fuel prices, as reasons President Akufo-Addo should resign his post. Source: Apexnewsgh.com For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com