A pass in Mathematics at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) level should be part of the requirements for acquisition of driver’s license, Kofi Akpaloo, Founder and Leader of Liberal Party Ghana, (LPG) has suggested. Mr Akpaloo therefore called on the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) to ensure that the necessary policy initiatives were rolled out. “Driving involves mathematics and failure in calculations on the road has contributed to the rising number of accidents on our roads. “Driving is mathematics, you should be able to know that, if I driver at 50km per hour, I will be at this place, if you don’t have that knowledge how will you be able to calculate the distance between the vehicle in front of you, anticipate the breaking,” he added. Mr Akpaloo was speaking at the Ghana News Agency Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) Road Safety Campaign platform which seeks to use prominent persons to provide continuous education on the need to be safe on the roads and reduce road carnage. The Project seeks to also create consistent and systematic weekly awareness advocacy on the need to be cautious on the road as a user, educate all road users of their respective responsibilities, and sensitize drivers especially of the tenets of road safety regulations, rules, and laws. Mr Akpaloo who was Election 2020 LPG Presidential Candidate said it was worrying to see how some drivers illegally overtake in curves and other unauthorized places. He cautioned road safety regulators to organize sensitization programmes for commercial drivers to be abreast with road safety regulations as it was key in curtailing the carnage on the roads. Mr Akpaloo said illegal acquisition of driver’s license was one of the major problems which contributed to the increase in road crashes in the country. He said a driver who was required to have gone through a period of training from a certified driving school rather preferred the short-cut learning from others. He said “if drivers were trained properly, they could contribute more positively to the reduction of road traffic accidents and their related consequences on the country”. Mr Akpaloo urged the DVLA to redirect drivers who seek to acquire licenses to registered driving schools for training to acquire the requisite training to reduce accidents in the country. Mr Francis Ameyibor, Tema Regional Manager of the Ghana News Agency appealed to the media to upscale public education on road safety, stressing that, “road safety is a shared responsibility, we must not leave anyone behind”. He commended the MTTD Tema Regional Command for the effort to team-up with the Ghana News Agency Office to embark on the weekly public education campaign to make the roads safe for all. Mr Ameyibor urged drivers to be responsible on the road and protect pedestrians by stopping for them to cross while cautioning pedestrians to only cross the roads at designated places. GNA Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
‘Pay us or we’ll reveal your dirty secrets’ – Kofi Akpaloo warned
Some of the parliamentary candidates who contested on the ticket of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) have clapped back at presidential candidate Percival Kofi Akpaloo for describing them as persons lacking common sense. The candidates are currently chasing the presidential candidate for the money they invested in the elections because he promised to refund the money after the polls. Mr. Percival Kofi Akpaloo has taken all his parliamentary candidates who lost in the elections to the cleaners describing them as persons lacking common sense. According to him, it makes no sense for them to demand refund of the monies they invested in their campaigns. The candidates a few days ago, accused Mr. Akpaloo of deception, fraud, and bad faith. Addressing a press conference, Madam Gifty Hammond on behalf of the candidates said Akpaloo promised them financial and logistical resources for their campaign in the run up to the elections but failed to deliver on his promise. She added that their Presidential Candidate also asked them to go for loan after which he will pay back for them but Kofi Akpaloo, who allegedly received financial support from the NPP including vehicles, has since been ignoring their calls and creating impression as though there is nothing amiss. Madam Hammond who was a Parliamentary Candidate for Ayawaso Central described the actions of their boss as fraudulent and that he shortchanged them for his personal gains. But Akpaloo responding described them as senseless and indicated that he cannot be the one to refund their monies back to them. Mr. Akpaloo denied asking them to go for loans to fund their campaigns. To him, it makes no sense for them to make such demands, and wondered why they did not join the NDC and NPP if they had money. He said the candidates want to ride on his popularity to remain relevant. He said it would not be important for him to respond to these things because common sense should tell them that they had no business to ask him fora refund. He quizzed who will pay the loans he took for the elections. He added the candidates borrowed his logo and did not pay for it and yet they are asking him to pay their loans. Mr. Akpaloo denied asking them to go for loans to fund their campaigns. To him, it makes no sense for them to make such demands, and wondered why they did not join the NDC and NPP if they had money. He said the candidates want to ride on his popularity to remain relevant. He said it would not be important for him to respond to these things because common sense should tell them that they had no business to ask him fora refund. He added the candidates borrowed his logo and did not pay for it and yet they are asking him to pay their loans. Reacting to these comments, the parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso Central Gifty Hammond expressed disappointment in the candidate for describing them as senless. According to her, the candidate asked them to use their own resources for the elections although they did not put the agreement on paper. She alleged that the candidate received financial support from President Akufo-Addo but has refused to give them their share of the money. “Akpaloo told us he was given financial support from the president. He asked us to use our money for the campaign and he will give us a refund after the money comes. But he has refused to give us our money. Some of our party officers have attacked us because they think we have been given money.” Speaking on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, she said every party supports their candidates but Mr. Akpaloo failed to support them. “If Akpaloo says we lack common sense we’ve heard him. He has proven that he lacks credibility. Next time, we would go into an agreement and have it documented.” On his part, Mr. Christian Kwabena Kwakye a party executive in the Western North Region asked Akpaloo to pay them or they will wash his dirty linen in public. He said there are dirty secrets they would expose to the public should Akpaloo fail to refund their money. He also confirmed Mr. Akpaloo told them he was given money from the presidency. “Mr. Akpaloo told us that he was supported by the president and so we want him to give us our money. We will not allow him to cheat us. We went into an agreement with him. We have evidence to that effect. We want him to pay us. We can prove that he went into an agreement with us. We do not want to make further comments because we may be forced to reveal more secrets. We will take our money from him. He did not incur any costs. His campaign was sponsored by the president. He did not use his money for the campaign. Akpaloo should pay us. If he does not pay us, he will hear from us across the world. He should be prepared for us.” Rainbowradioonline Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093.
32,621 names on the voter register do not represent unique individuals- EC Chair
Madam Jean Mensa has clarified that the 32,621 names on the voter register do not represent unique individuals who have found their names onto the register but rather the number of times multiple registrations or a breach occurred. The EC Chair made the revelation when she appeared in Parliament on Saturday, November 7, 2020, to brief members of the house on their preparations ahead of December 7. Meanwhile, the Commission was invited to appear before the House on Thursday, November 5 but failed to show up. It was also revealed by Madam EC Chair, that Fifty-one (51) persons, who initially challenged the Electoral Commission’s decision to erase their names from the 2020 voters register in court due to various alleged irregularities, have had their names reinstated on the register. According to her, the 51 were part of a multiples and exceptions’ list with over 32,000 applicants. Clarifying further, Madam Jean Mensah explained that the 32,621 do not represent unique individuals whose names were found on the register but rather the number of times multiple registrations or a breach transpired. However, appearing before the House, Madam Mensa gave an account of the total cost on the new voting system already acquired for the conduct of its activities, stressing that only a part payment has been made to the vendors for the main time. She was confident that the infrastructure deployed mainly the biometric registration kits, verification kits, the software, and the data centers are working effectively. On the issues regarding voter register, Madam Mensa said a total of 17,029,971 unique individuals were registered after the process, which started on Tuesday, June 30, and 32,621 were put on a list of multiples (18,619) and exceptions (14,002) for a variety of illegal practices including under-aged registration. Apexnewsgh.com/ Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on email:apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications.









