Kennedy Agyepong vow to finish NPP party if they collapse his businesses
A 2024 Presidential candidate hopeful for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kennedy Agyapong has threatened to expose the secrets that will cause the collapse of the party if they try collapsing his businesses. Speaking in an interview with Sompa FM in Kumasi, Mr. Agyapong said if attempts were made to collapse his businesses, he will “finish the party” with his disclosures. “I am being nice and charitable to NPP (members), they shouldn’t dare me, they shouldn’t dare me,” Mr. Agyapong said in the Sompa FM with Yaw Adu Boakye. “…I will finish the party, the things I will say. The things I know that I have kept quiet”. Mr. Agyepong said, he has been the victim of a witch-hunt by members of his party since the beginning of the year, alleging that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) was being used as a vehicle to intimidate and frustrate his business operations. He alleged that the GRA wanted to station its personnel at his cold chain stores to police how much fish he sells daily, warning “Let me say this, I have gone past intimidation. They cannot use the system to intimidate me, I have to say this, I have opened businesses across the last five presidents. I never went through any of this harassment.” “Ghana Revenue Authority can never collapse my business because I will fight. I will fight for the youth because that steel plant alone will take 1000 workers,” he said. “And you are going there because Kwame Agyapong is loudmouthed because he wants to contest [for president] so you will destroy my business”. He also threatened to expose alleged corrupt dealing at the GRA. “Whether they are auditing, whether they are collapsing the business, I swear to God, Ghana Revenue Authority can never collapse my business because I will fight…” he stressed Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stepehen/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com
“There is no way any student should be turned away from school” — Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum Ghana’s Minister for Education, has advised the Heads of schools that performed below 0-10 percent pass rate to put together intervention programmes in order to make students who pass through such schools find opportunities for further studies than becoming a liability to the society and their parents because of their inability to pass their examinations. Addressing the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) and Principals of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions at a meeting in the Ashanti Regional Capital, Kumasi on Saturday, 11 March 2023. The Education Minister admonished CHASS and Principals of TVET institutions of such schools, to improve the standards of the schools or risk having them shut down. According to the Minister, closing down the schools, will save government from incurring huge losses with the existence of such schools. He explained that, the students who will be affected by the closure of such schools will be reallocated to schools nearby to enable them continue their education. The Minister also commended the heads of schools for their various roles in helping transform education in the country, while encouraging them to work hard to ensure the right results are achieved. He further cautioned the heads of schools against preventing first year students from beginning their studies due to their inability to procure all items on their prospectus. “There is no way any student should be turned away from school because the parents have not been able to procure some items on the school’s prospectus. “At least, let them come to the school and the rest could be procured with some time,” the Minister cautioned. The purpose of the meeting, which is held annually was to discuss the current state of the country’s educational system, new developments in the country’s educational system and the issues affecting them. Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stepehen/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com