Otiko Afisa Djaba

The Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba, has hinted of plans to create a kayayei (head porters’) module to help solve the rural-urban migration.

The module would train and give startup capital to beneficiaries. The module is in collaboration with the MASLOC and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA).

According to her, when rolled out, the module is expected to train thousands of youth to equip them with vocational skills.

Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba revealed that GH¢114 million had been released to pay caterers of the school feeding programme for the last quarter.

Addressing issues of the school feeding programme, the minister said President Akufo-Addo had given a directive to increase the number of caterers for the programme in the Mamprugu East area by 30 per cent.

Ms Otiko Djaba indicated that the current total coverage of LEAP is to be increased from 4,151 households with an addition of 500 in East Mamprugu.

The gender minister therefore called on all to rally behind the president to see the fulfillment of his promises as he is bent on making Ghana a better place.

She made this known when the president paid a courtesy call on the overlord of the Mamprugu Area, Nayiri, at Nalerigu.

FROM Eric Kombat, Nalerigu

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The late Mohammed Ashiley Yakubu

President Nana Akufo Addo has promised to cater for all the funeral expenses of the Net 2 TV cameraman who died during the coverage of the gas explosion at Atomic Junction on Saturday, October 7.

The late Mohammed Ashiley Yakubu is also as a member of the President’s Press Corps.

The family called on the President on Monday, October 9 during which Mr Akufo-Addo comforted the family and said he will personally pay for all expenses as far as the funeral is concerned.

In line with Islamic customs and tradition, the late Yakubu will be buried tomorrow, Tuesday, October 9.

-Classfmonline

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Christine Churcher, Boakye Agyarko and some board members in a shot

A leading figure in the governing New Patriot Party (NPP), Christine Churcher, has been appointed the Board Chair of the Ghana Gas Company Limited.

The Board was inaugurated by Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, in Accra on Monday, October 9.

The members are Dr Ben K.D. Asante, Hon Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer, Mr Stephen Sumani Nayina, Mr Awulae Amihere Kpanyinli, Hon Abraham Ossei Aidooh, Mad Delphine Dogbegah, Nana Owusu Ansah Ababio and Mr Joseph Kwaku Acolatse.

Mr Agyarko asked them to work hard to lift the company high. He further asked them to ensure the execution of Gas Sales Agreements (GSAs) and processing, as well as transportation agreements, are appropriately executed.

-Classfmonline

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The National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has said it had identified some safety lapses at the MANSCO gas filling station – the station that exploded last Saturday – and had in a letter prompted them to take measures in rectifying same.

Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Hassan Tampuli, who made the revelation on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, said the letter was given to MANSCO through the Oil Marketing Company (OMC) that supplied it with LPG, Hills Oil.

“In the case of this particular station, we did the monitoring and inspection in April 2017, so it was part of Greater Accra inspection and monitoring exercise. We wrote to them a letter which was sent to them on 10^th of July. What the letter said was that, we’ve done monitoring and inspection of your station and we come to the realization that they fell short of a number of things and we catalogued them. One of the things we said was that, their forecourt was too busy of activities which includes taxi rank, food vendors among others. So we thought that, that was unsafe so they should put in place the necessary safety measures,” Mr. Tampuli told Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show.

Mr. Tampuli said his outfit also wrote a letter to six other filling stations that had questionable safety measures.

Reading excerpts of the letter sent across, the NPA boss said: “…the exercise revealed that 7 of the LPG filling gas stations at Adjei Kojo, Tema community 9, Ada Bedeku, Kobekrom, Ada Kasei, Atomic Junction and Oyibi did not fully satisfy the standards of operation prescribed by Authority…You are required to address the identified shortcomings by close of business Monday, 4^th September 2017, and notify the authority for an inspection of the seven LPG plants.”

He also said three demands were made to MANSCO.

“First of all, we said there was too much activity on the forecourt especially around the cylinder filling and auto gas area. Secondly, more safety signs should be provided at the facility and thirdly, customers should be prevented from assessing the filling area, a separate waiting area must be provided,” he said.

7 die in Atomic junction gas explosion

About seven people perished, and 132 sustained varied degrees of injury when the MANSCO gas station exploded.

The incident has however ignited pressure on supervisory state bodies to put the various filling stations in country under constant check to forestall such explosions in future.

-Citifmonline

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MARK AWATEY, an ex-police officer believed to have been dismissed from the Service, is currently in the web of the police at Suhum in the Eastern Region.

The suspect – his alleged accomplice said to be at large – was apprehended for allegedly defrauding over 15 persons an amount of GH¢31,390 under the pretext of enlisting them into the Police Service.

Chief Supt. Joseph K. Owusu, Suhum District Police Commander, who briefed DAILY GUIDE on the purported fraud, said the suspects, who live at Suhum, between the months of August and September, 2015, persuaded the victims that they would recruit them into the Police Service.

The commander indicated that after managing to convince their victims and taken huge sums of money together with their particulars from them, Mark Awatey and his accomplice bolted. He said the victims, after fruitless search for the fraudsters, reported the matter to the police, leading to the arrest of Awatery.

He is expected to appear before court on 12^th October, 2017.

FROM Daniel Bampoe, Suhum

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Ambrose Derry (2nd) left in a group photograph with some of the Security personnel

The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has given assurance that the promotions of police officers would not be delayed in the Ghana Police Service under the current Akufo-Addo administration.

The issue of promotions has been a major problem for the men in black over the years.

Addressing personnel of the service at the Western Regional Police headquarters in Sekondi yesterday, Mr Dery remarked “the Police Council, chaired by the Vice President, has not worked for too many months, but you will testify that we have dealt with the backlog of promotions in the Ghana Police Service and we intend doing that going forward.

“We think that the personnel must be given their due and we are not going to renege on that. So we have done it and we are looking lower down to make sure that it happens.”

“I know around the Inspectors side, I have said we have to find innovative methods of making sure that we do not hold promotions back because there are not sufficient rooms in the training schools”.

“I have asked the IGP to work out a mechanism by which we would have an in-out system so that we do not lose out.

Mr Derry mentioned that the Police Council was working to make sure the police discharge their duties in a secure environment, adding “And even when you get injured or God forbid, you pass on, there will be something for your dependants”.

He entreated the police to collaborate with the other security agencies to boost security in Ghana.

The Minister is in the Western Region for a three-day working visit during which he would interact with personnel of the various agencies under his ministry to learn at first-hand their challenges and how they could be tackled.

The first port of call of Mr Dery, who was accompanied by his deputy, Henry Quartey, was the Regional Coordinating Council where he interacted with the Western Regional Minister, Dr Kweku Afriyie and his deputy, Gifty Eugenia Kusi, as well as heads of some security agencies in the region to brief them on his mission in the region.

At a durbar organized in his honour by police personnel in Sekondi, the Minister noted that he was highly impressed with the performance of the police in the region.

“Available statistics indicate that from January to September last year, the region recorded 91 robbery cases but the cases recorded within the same period this year was 39, representing 57 percent reduction in robbery cases.”

He added that “stealing cases also reduced from 3,101 in the third quarter of last year to 911 within the same period this year”.

The Minister was convinced that the transformation agenda being pursued by the police administration would increase police-civilian interactions and help bridge the gap.

“As part of efforts to bridge police-civilian ratio, more new personnel would be recruited to add to the current number of personnel,” he revealed.

He assured the police that the government would continue to support them with the needed vehicles, rifles, accommodation and other protective gadgets to transform the service into one of the best in the world.

According to Hon Dery, effective policing thrives on quality information and therefore appealed to the citizens to provide the police with the requisite information to help reduce crime in Ghana.

The Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kwesi Duku briefed the Minister on the chaotic incident that occurred at Wassa Akropong last Friday during which a Chinese national allegedly shot and killed one Nana Buah in the area.

“The alleged killer has been arrested and calm has returned to the area as some security personnel continue to patrol the area. Some of the Chinese nationals who voluntarily wanted to leave the town were assisted to do so,” he added.

From the police regional headquarters, the minister and his entourage visited the Regional Fire Service also in Sekondi.

Addressing the personnel, Mr Dery reiterated government’s commitment to investing in the service to operate effectively.

The Minister also commended the personnel of the Service for their outstanding performance that had prevented rampant fire outbreaks.

Personnel must not hesitate to identify certain facilities that must be removed in certain areas in their fire investigative reports to help avoid massive casualties during fire outbreaks, he stated.

The Minister also interacted with personnel of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Ghana Prisons Service and National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).

From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi

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Jack Straw

President Akufo-Addo will officially open the World Tourism Forum, the first to be held in Africa, at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City in Accra this morning.

Tourism Ministers from ten African countries are expected at the forum, along with other influential personalities such as former President John Agyekum Kufuor, Jack Straw, former UK Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Tony Blair and BulutBag, president of the Executive Board of the World Tourism Forum.

The host Minister is Mrs Catherine Abelema Afeku, Ghana’s Minister of Tourism Arts and Culture.

Speakers, including Craig Drysdale, head of Global Sales at Thompsons Africa, BugraBerberoglu, Group President and CEO of River Rock Hotels and Resorts, Henk Meyknecht, Chief Operating Officer of the Kempinski Hotels Group responsible for Middle East and Africa, Emmanuel Adu Sarkodie, Group CEO of CDD and Yoofi Grant, CEO of Ghana Investments Promotion Centre, will discuss critical issues such as  ‘The Political Impacts of Tourism on Africa Region’, ‘Destination Marketing in Africa’, ‘Regional Differences in Hotel Marketing and Management’ and‘Investments in Africa’.

Ahead of the official opening, travel writers, broadcasters and bloggers started arriving in the country at the weekend. Officials of the Ministry of Tourism, the Ghana Tourism Authority and the Ghana Tourist Development Company Limited, accompanied by some Ghanaian journalists will accompany them on a tour of the Central Region to visit heritage sites such as the Cape Coast and Elmina Castles and the canopy walkway at the Kakum National Park.

Tomorrow (Wednesday),the African Ministers and other delegates will be given a one day tour of Accra.

Mr Emre Caliskan, a Board Member of the World Tourism Forum, told journalists that “Ghana’s efforts in promoting tourism on a global scale are not enough. We believe that events like this would add to the efforts. We are bringing great personalities to witness the finest country called Ghana.”

Held under the umbrella of the Young Tourism Leaders Association, the forum is organized four times every year at global centres around the world to chart plans to develop global tourism. It has been the world’s biggest tourism forum since its inception in 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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A group photo with the Teachers

MTN Ghana Foundation on World Teacher’s Day presented GH¢125, 000 to twenty (20) teachers as a scholarship for further studies under its Teacher Improvement Award Programme (TIAP) for the 2017/18 academic year.

The TIAP, according to Mrs. Pala Asiedu Ofori, Ag. Corporate Services Executive, is designed to financially assist one hundred (100) basic school teachers in public institutions over a five year period.

She indicated that the scholarship was awarded to teachers who have gained admission into the country’s universities of education to study Science and Mathematics related courses at the first degree or post graduate level.

“These subjects continue to be the bedrock of every country’s development; they are core tools in many fields of study and also equip pupils with a uniquely powerful set of people with problem solving potentials,” she stated.

According to her ten (10) of the awardees will pursue degree programmes while the remaining ten(10) will pursue Masters degree programmes in their respective institutions.

The Corporate Services Executive urged the teachers to return to post upon the successful completion of their courses, adding that was part of the criteria for selection.

Mrs. Asiedu Ofori was happy that out of the forty teachers who have benefited from the TIAP since its inception in 2015, thirteen (13) are in the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and 27 are in the University of Education, Winneba.

She added that five out of the awardees have since graduated and four are expected to graduate pending the successful submission of their dissertation.

“We are convinced the future of Ghana’s development lies largely in giving teachers access to higher quality education and as a good corporate citizen, MTN will go any length to support the promotion of quality education delivery in the country,” she assured.

By Solomon Ofori

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President Akufo-Addo in a handshake with the Gagbon Regent

The Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya-Naa, Yakubu Abdulai Andani has lauded Nana Addo, president of the Republic of Ghana for fulfilling his election promises made to Ghanaians.

Kampakuya-Naa, Yakubu Abdulai Andani commended the president for the implementation of the many pro-poor policies which were aimed at making life better for the people especially rural folks.

According to the Dagbon Regent, he had seen some of the promises of the NPP government at various stages of implementation such as the planting for food and jobs, Free SHS Policy, just to mention a few.

However, he drew the attention of the president to the water crisis in Yendi and Dagbon.

The only dam which supplies water to Dagbon is said to have been commissioned in 1953 and has since not seen any facelift or major works.

“I appeal to you to consider replacing the treatment plant and have the Gnani water project come on stream,” he pleaded.

The overlord stated that the measures will go a long way to solve the perennial water crisis in the Yendi municipality and its environs.

The Regent appealed also to the president to give the Yendi Government Hospital, which serves as a referral point for other hospitals in the area, a facelift. The hospital which has a bed capacity of 170 serves close to 70,000 patients in a year.

The Kampakuya-Naa called for the establishment of an emergency unit and other units in the hospital while equipping it with ultra-modern facilities and equipment to facilitate operations at the hospital especially when the eastern corridor roads are completed.

He was extremely happy about government’s efforts in the fight against galamsey, a practice which has become a social and health nuisance in the country.

He drew the president’s attention to some Chinese nationals who have invaded Pigu in the Savelugu/Nanton Municipality with heavy machines and equipment to do quarry work without any lease or permits.

FROM Eric Kombat, Yendi

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Christine Churcher

Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE indicates that the President has reconstituted the Board of Ghana Gas Company.

Sources say the newly reconstituted Board which is set to be sworn in coming Monday has former Member of Parliament (MP) for Cape Coast and Minister in the previous Kufuor-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, Christine Churcher as its Chairperson.

Other members of the Board include former MP for Tema West and Majority Leader in Parliament, Abraham Ossei Aidoo and MP For Sekondi, Andrew Kofi Mercer.

The rest include the Paramount Chief of Atuabo Traditional Area, Awulae Kpanyili, Steven Swami Nyaniya Abdulai, Delphine Dogbega, Nana Owusu Ansah Ababio, Joseph Kwaku Acolatse with the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) also serving as a member.

By Charles Takyi-Boadu

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Mary and Kafui hugging each other

Anthony Bells Kafui Kanyi has been elected the Volta Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) after a fierce contest for the post.

Mr. Kanyi was elected by journalists in the region in a run-off on Friday, October 6, 2017.

At the end of the polls, Kafui, who works for the Ghana News Agency (GNA), polled 10 votes as against six votes obtained by Mary Anane-Amponsah of the Graphic Communication Group Limited (GCGL).

The run-off became necessary after both candidates polled eight votes in the elections held on September 28, 2017.

Mary, who is a new entrant, surprised many after she gave Kafui a good run for his money.

Many people have described her as Yaa Asantewa.

At the end of the run-off, the two candidates embraced and congratulated each other for a fierce contest.

They both pledged to work together to improve the lives of journalists in the region and also open up the association to many people who are eligible.

Mrs Anane-Amponsah called on all and sundry to support the chairman to improve the work of journalists in the region.

Mr Kafui Kanyi, who has been acting as the regional chairman for the past three and half years, thanked all for reposing confidence in him.

“We will work as a team and bring everybody on board, we will unite the factions that popped up during the elections and rebuild the association, he disclosed.

He further assured that all the laudable ideas and concerns raised during the campaign by both parties would be incorporated.

At the national level, Roland Affail Monney was also re-elected as the President of the GJA.

From Fred Duodu, Ho (freduoo@gmail.com)

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President Nana Addo addressing residents in Salaga

President Akufo-Addo has assured residents in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region that the Salaga Water Plant will be incorporated into urban water supply system.

Salaga has been part of the community based water supply system for a very long time, but the population has increased beyond 5,000 customers.

The president therefore directed that the Salaga Water Supply System be absorbed into the urban water supply system to make the supply of water regular in the area.

President Nana Addo gave the assurance that his government would address the numerous problems to improve their lives.

He added that the government would ensure the completion of the Salaga-Tamale Road and other government projects in Salaga.

Meanwhile, the president has revealed that government would support some Israeli investors, who are in the area to grow rice.

The President said the investors have expressed interest in supporting government to establish the university College of Agriculture, which would provide training in modern methods of farming and also help improve the yield of farmers in the area.

The president assured trainee nurses in the area that promises made to them would be fulfilled to improve the health sector.

Kpembe-wura Babanye Bismarck Haruna Deri commended the president for introducing many interventions and pro-poor programmes since assuming office.

“My subjects and I are very happy about the interventions and are solidly behind you with their support, prayers and blessings.

However, Kpembe-wura Babanye Bismarck Haruna Deri stressed that over the years, the results of basic school children in Salaga have been appalling.

This, according to him, could be attributed to the limited number of trained teachers posted to the area.

Kpembe-wura Babanye Bismarck Haruna Deri also blamed the situation on bad roads in the area.

He therefore called on the president and his government to, as a matter of urgency, complete the numerous projects in the area.

From Eric Kombat, Salaga

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President Nana Akufo-Addo

The restored monthly allowances of nurse-trainees will cost the government Gh¢232 million this academic year, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Restoring the allowance was an integral campaign message of Akufo-Addo going into the 2016 polls after the Mahama administration cancelled it in 2014.
Speaking during the launch of the restored allowance Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo said about 58, 000 health trainees comprising nurses and midwives will be paid monthly allowance of Gh¢400 each during the 2017 and 2018 academic year.

“Today is a happy day for the people of Ghana. The restoration of this allowance was of utmost importance. It was not meant for political vote. We think it was necessary to provide the relevant incentive to make it possible,” Akufo-Addo told the excited crowd in Sunyani.

According to him, the cancellation of the allowance in 2014 “brought untold hardships to 1000s of midwives and nurses.”

“Many of your colleagues were demotivated and demoralised. The NPP government heard your cry and promised to restore the allowances. I’m ready to fulfil the pledge we made to you,” Nana Addo noted.

He assured his “professional cynics and skeptics” the restoration of the trainees’ allowance has come to stay.

“I wish to assure you that with the proper management of our finances, the nation’s budget can accommodate it. I have chosen to invest in the education and future of our young men and women,” the president opined.

The trainees who were visibly happy over the restored allowance expressed their gratitude to the government through the health minister Dr Kwaku Agyemang Manu.

-Starrfmonline

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The Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners (IHRMP), Ghana, has for the second time run its Continuous Professional Education (CPE) training on the “HR Professional & Legal Compliance”. The 2-day workshop was facilitated by Mr. Alexander Williams, FIHRMP, FCIB, theManaging Partner of Lex-Eck Consult, a legal consultancy company.

The objectives of the workshop were to explain the contents of the appointment letter, describe the terms and conditions of the contract of employment, conditions of service, rights and obligations under the collective agreement and compliance issues under the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651).

Participants at the workshop were from public and private organizations, namelythe Controller & Accountant’s General Dept., Care International, Ghana Evangelical Church, Consar Ltd., University of Ghana, Westhills Ridge Company Ltd (subsidiary of SSNIT), Forestry Commission, Akuapim Rural Bank, Broll Ghana Ltd., and Beige Assure. Others came in from Ramani Distribution Co. Ltd., Premium Technologies Ltd., Aide Chemists Ltd., GNPC and the Chamber of Mines.

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The 13 members of the pro-government vigilante group, Delta Force have had charged against them dropped by the Police based on the advice of the Attorney General.

The 13 were earlier charged with conspiracy to commit crime, assault on public officer and causing unlawful damage.

The 13 were arrested and charged after they stormed and chased out the Ashanti regional security coordinator from his office demanding he be replaced by one of their own.

On Tuesday, October 10, 2017, the prosecutor, ACP Okyere Darko, applied for withdrawal of the earlier charges in court based on the advice by the AG.

The Circuit court presided over by Mrs. Mary Nsenkyire, accordingly discharged the accused but the Delta Forces 13 were quickly rearrested and charged with rioting.

-Starrfmonline

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Sunda International Ghana Ltd., a Chinese company operating in Ghana, has donated cash and relief items totalling forty thousand Ghana cedis (GHc40,000) to victims of Saturday night’s atomic junction gas explosion at the 37 military Hospital in Accra.

The Sunda international donation comes in immediate response to appeals made to corporate Ghana by Vice president Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday morning to assist surviving victims, most of whom are currently on admission at the 37 military hospital.

The devastating explosion, the cause of which is not yet known, claimed seven (7) lives including a cameraman of NET2 TV and severely injured 132 others.

Managing director of SUNDA International, Mr. Isaac Hu explained that SUNDA’s gesture which is in partnership with its sister company TWYFORD, who have invested tens of millions in a ceramic factory at Aboadze, Shama district, Western region, is a direct response to appeals from the vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to corporate bodies for assistance, but also added that, it also forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility policy to assist needy communities and victims of disasters in the country.

”I hope the whole country will join together to help the affected families go through this tragedy. In the future, I also hope the whole country will work together to prevent this disaster from happening again,” Mr. Hu added.

The donation, made at the 37 military hospital was received by Colonel MA Yeboah-Agyepong on behalf of the hospital.

“We’ll like to thank SUNDA and TWYFORD for this kind gesture. The materials you brought are actually the materials we need because many have severe burns and need cleaning materials. So far we are doing well and we’ll still be very happy to have more donations coming in,” he said.

He praised SUNDA for their generous donation to the hospital in aid of the gas explosion victims and appealed to other business organisations operating in Ghana to emulate the good corporate social responsibility practices of SUNDA by coming forward to make donations to the hospital since it will go a long way to save lives.

SUNDA International employs over one thousand people on their business operations in Ghana and one of the largest re-exporters of products from Ghana to several West African countries. Some seven SUNDA brands which were donated included  Kleesoft Dish washing soap and washing powder, Kleesoft toilet rolls, FasKit insecticide killers and many more.

Twyford is also a Chinese company producing ceramic tiles and currently employs more than one thousand Ghanaians.

SUNDA International has previously donated 14 tones of iron rods in the circle gas explosion as well as many other donations in the past including the Odorkor fire disaster.

-3news

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Mohammed Ashley 

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Assin-Central, Kennedy Agyapong says the Net2 cameraman who died during last Saturday’s gas explosion at Atomic Junction, was destined to die.

He believes it was the late Mohammed Ashley Yakubu’s destiny to die because he ignored caution given to the workers at the time of the explosion.

According to him, when news of the explosion broke, lights at Madina-based Kencity media went out and workers were advised not to step foot outside until the situation calmed down.

“They were even warned not to put on the generator but he decided to go to the scene to take footages and died in the process,” he revealed.

The Assin-Central lawmaker expressed his condolences to the bereaved family and described the late Mohammed Ashley as irreplaceable saying he will be greatly missed by both management and colleagues.

“Honestly from the angle that it’s coming, I don’t know whether destiny is the same as an act of God, because I learnt that they were cautioned not to move out and stay calm but because of the love for his job, he went out to work which makes me think that he was destined to die that night,” he said in an interview on Adom TV’s morning show “Badwam” Tuesday.

The death of Mohammed came as a shock to the staff of Net2 TV and Oman FM, the subsidiaries of Kencity Media Limited on Monday.

Late Mohammed Ashley who has been working with Kencity Media for several years allegedly fell from the Atomic Junction flyover while filming the gas explosion that occurred last Saturday, 6th October, 2017.

He was the station’s cameraman at the Flagstaff House, the seat of Government.

-Adomonline

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Five persons have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident that left 16 others with various degrees of injury on Monday at about 8pm, following a collision of a Sprinter bus and a Toyota Hiace.

The gory accident occurred at Kyekyewere, a village along the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region.

Supt Joseph K. Owusu, Suhum District Police Commander, briefing DAILY GUIDE at the scene, said one Osei Asante was driving the Toyota Hiace bus with registration number ER 1058-16 from Kasoa in the Central Region towards Koforidua with passengers on board.

The police chief said the two vehicles were on top speed and as they were approaching Kyekyewere, near Asuboi, Osei Asante, in an attempt to overtake another vehicle, rammed his into the passenger side of the Sprinter, with registration number AW 1329-14.

“Three persons – two females and one male – on board the Toyota Hiace, died on the spot while about 16 others were injured and are currently on admission at the Suhum Government Hospital receiving treatment,” Supt Owusu disclosed.

He added that the other driver was yet to be identified.

From Daniel Bampoe, Asuboi

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A nursing student showing to President the text prompt on her phone indicating that she has received her allowance

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday restored the allowances of training nurses and midwifery students across the country amidst jubilation.

As a result, GH¢400 each hit the accounts of 58,000 nursing and midwifery students yesterday across the country, giving a total of GH¢232 million for this academic year.

This is in fulfillment of the promise made by the president to the health students during the 2016 electioneering campaign.

He stressed that if he won power, he would restore the allowances cancelled by the Mahama administration in 2014.

There was massive jubilation among the students immediately the president arrived on the campus of the Nursing and Midwifery School at Sunyani, where the restoration launch was done.

Immediately the president arrived, the money was released into the students’ accounts via e-switch system of payment.

The students were happy, sang and danced to the tune, ‘what Mahama could not do, Nana has come to do it’ in Twi to the admiration of all the gathering.

Addressing the students, President Akufo-Addo said leadership is about choices, adding that  he and the NPP government, under his able leadership, had chosen to invest in education and in the future of Ghanaians to create equal opportunities for all.

He continued, “To the professional cynics and skeptics, those who have made an industry out of constantly asking ‘is this policy sustainable?’ I wish to assure them that with the proper management of our public finances, the nation’s budget can accommodate such an amount.”

The implementation of the Free SHS policy last month (12^th September), he added, should be an indicator of the fact that leadership is about choices.

“I have chosen to invest in the education and in the future of our young men and women; and I will use the blessings the Almighty has so amply bestowed on us to this end,” he added.

The payment of the allowances, the president noted, would also not have been possible without the prudent management of the economy.

“Today is a happy day for the people of Ghana. The restoration of this allowance was of utmost importance. It was not meant for political vote. We think it was necessary to provide the relevant incentive to make it possible,” President Akufo-Addo told the excited crowd in Sunyani.

According to him, the cancellation of the allowances by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration “brought untold hardships to thousands of midwives and nurses.”

“Many of your colleagues were demotivated and demoralised. The NPP government heard your cry and promised to restore the allowances. I’m ready to fulfill the pledge we made to you,” Nana Addo stated.

The president also revealed that 16,000 nurses, who completed school and were home, had been absorbed by the government and promised that more of such nurses would be employed next year.

He also revealed that GH¢560 million out of GH¢1.2 billion debt left  by  the Mahama administration at the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) had been paid,  assuring  that the rest would  be paid next year.

Speaking earlier, Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, asked the students to use the money judiciously on their study needs and pleaded with them to learn hard to justify the investment made in them.

Five students testified that the money had indeed hit their accounts and that they were grateful to the president.

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One person died on the spot and one later at the hospital while when a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus run into the trailer of a Man diesel long vehicle at Nyankomasi in the Assin North District.

The body of a lady aged 24, who is yet to be identified, had been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital while the other victim identified as Hannah Kobina, 27, died at the Komfo Anokye Hospital where she was referred to.

Fifty of 66 others who sustained various degrees of injuries and were sent to St Francis Xavier Polyclinic at Assin Fosu have been discharged,

Central Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Irene Oppong, who confirmed the accident, said it occurred around 4:00pm on Saturday afternoon between an MMT bus with registration number AS 5665-Z and a Man Diesel long vehicle with registration number AS 7994-10.

She said the MMT bus was travelling from Kumasi to Takoradi while the Man Diesel vehicle was travelling from the opposite direction.

The driver of the man diesel vehicle who escaped unhurt has been arrested by the police to assist in investigations.

GNA

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