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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended its former deputy general secretary, Koku Anyidoho.

A statement signed by the party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia said two registered members of the party lodged an official complain against Mr. Anyidoho’s conduct which is in breach of the party’s disciplinary code for members.

The petitioners are Mr. Mubarak Abdul-Karim (Oti Reg. Communication Officer) and Eric Adjei (Bono Reg. Dep. Com. Officer)

“You are therefore by this letter to take note, and notice is hereby given that your membership of the NDC is suspended pending the hearing and final determination of the petitions against your conduct-The said.

Read full statement below;

KOKU ANYIDOHO’s SUSPENSION LETTER

Private legal Practitioner Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has said under no circumstance can the petitioner of the ongoing election Petition coerce  the first respondent to testify before the court.

He said the first respondent, EC Chairperson Jean Mensa can only testify at her own will without being forced by the petitioner.

He argued that Mr. Asiedu Nketia during his cross examination refused to provide evidence to prove the 2nd respondent in the person of President Akufo-Addo did not win the 2020 Presidential election. It is on that bases that the EC has also refused to be cross examined. Saying it is a game played in court.

Lawyer Ampaw said to him the Lawyer of Petitioner, Tsatsu Tsikata want to use the EC and President Akufo-Addo to clean the mess caused by the witnesses of the petitioner.

Maurice Ampaw, however, sited a biblical example with how Jesus Christ refused to answer questions at the palace of the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate.

“This is not the first time a respondent can decide not to answer questions. You can remain silent even at the edge of death. Jesus Christ did the same. In front of Pontius Pilate when asked if he is the Messiah, he remained silent,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ monitored by mynewsroomgh.com

The minority in Parliament through its immediate past ranking on health committee and MP for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has said, President Akufo-Addo and his team are failing the fight against COVID-19.

Mr Akandoh in a press conference this morning at Parliament said, considering the number of cases riding from school in recent times, since the reopening of schools simply tells that, government did not do well with respect to provisions of PPEs more especially with the issue of thermometer guns are almost absent in most schools at the rural areas.

Adding that allowances suppose to be paid to frontline workers risking their lives in this pandemic are not paid.

Mr. Akandoh therefore pleaded with government to release funds to help fight the novel coronavirus.

A Twenty- three year old Fan Milk deport salesman has embezzle his manager’s GHC 7,000 for an on-line betting at Ashaiman.

According to complainant Thelma Bortey, accused Saddick Amoah is his salesman at her Fan Milk deport at Ashaiman.During an audit of the deports accounts on 29th January this year, she detected that cash amount of Seven Thousand Ghana Cedis (Ghc,7,000.00) have been embezzled by the accused Saddick Amoah.

The issue was reported to the police upon which the whole case ended up at the court.

Upon interrogation accused Saddick Amoah indicated that , he used the said cash sum for on-line betting with the notion that when he wins he will pay back before it could be detected but he lost the whole bet making it very difficult for him to refund the amount.

Superintendent Afrifa Akwasi at the Ashaiman Circuit court spoke in an interview with the media.

The Rt Hon Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kinsford Bagbin, has sent a strong warning to Members of Parliament who have tested positive to COVID-19 to stay home and self-isolate otherwise he would be forced to publish their names in the media.

Parliament since last week began a COVID-19 screening exercise for all MPs and staff for possible cases in the wake of the increasing cases of the disease in the country.

According to a communication relayed on the Floor of Parliament on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 on behalf of the Speaker by the First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, some MPs who have tested positive for the virus are still attending to business in Parliament even though they have received test results that confirm they are positive.

Mr Joseph Osei Owusu said,” he will be forced to publish the names of Members who have tested positive in order to warn the rest of us. Please, let’s take these protocols seriously and let all Members who have been informed of their test results that they have tested positive, withdrew from the precincts of Parliament. Not just the Chamber; Stay home and self-isolate; go through the protocols; and recover before they return to the House.”

The Hon Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, informed the House that some of MPs are not being cooperative and have still decided not to subject themselves to the COVID-19 screening exercise.

As at the time he was relaying the information on the Floor with just about 45 minutes for the screening exercise to end, he said about 52 Members of Parliament had still not submitted themselves for the test.

“Mr. Speaker, yesterday only three people submitted themselves. Today, only five people have submitted themselves. It means that, out of the 60 that had not submitted themselves, 52 have still not submitted. That is dangerous,” the Majority Leader said.

Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu further added that, from next week onwards all Members of Parliament who have not submitted themselves to screening exercise would not be allowed into the chamber.

The Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohamed Mubarak Muntaka, expressed the concern that the Leadership of the House is handicapped in determining exactly which of the MPs have tested positive or not because of the mode of transmission of the test results directly to individual MPs.

However, the Minority Chief Whip is of the view that the current situation demands that the policy is reviewed for the names of these persons who have tested positive to be released to at least the Chief Whips of both sides for them to ensure that those infected people do not come anywhere near the precinct of Parliament to spread the virus among the MPs.

Ghanaian broadcast journalist, Israel Laryea has shared his experience after he tested positive for COVID-19.

He wrote: This was after a colleague named me as a contact. I immediately had to get my sample taken and tested. This was Wednesday, January 27, 2021.

I quarantined in the outhouse at home and only accessed the main building when it was necessary. When I did, I made sure I sanitized anything I touched, especially the door handles.

Being in the outhouse was kind of lonely – even though comfortable and had everything I needed. I missed my wife Louisa. We spent the nights chatting away on phone, as if we were just starting to date.

I had no symptoms except for an initial mild headache and fever.

I’ve always kept my mask on in public, especially in the office and have continued to do so.

Fortunately, I did not lose my sense of taste nor smell.

Do I know how I may have been infected? I have a few suspicions.

When I had to resume work physically to the office after working from home for a few months at the height of the pandemic, I didn’t take chances at all. I packed my meals and drink to the office from home and had my lunch in my car. No canteens, no restaurants and no eating together with colleagues. I wouldn’t let a “stranger” drive my car to even repark it, because I was scared of possible contamination.

I stopped going to the make-up room. I made-up myself before going on air. I sanitized my hands and space before I took off my mask in the studio. I stopped going to the barber. He rather came home. I ensured he washed his hands, disinfected and had his mask on.

Admittedly, after a significant decline in the number of cases though, I eased my strict preventive protocols somewhat and visited the office canteen. I ate in restaurants even though I tried to keep a good distance away from people. I allowed others to repark my car in the office and took off my mask to have a drink or a snack at my desk when I was alone.

So yeah, I dropped my guard in quite a few instances, making it difficult to determine at which point I got infected.

Fortunately, the rest of my household tested negative – that’s Louisa my wife and Mitch my middle son, who is the only child currently at home, schooling online, as the other two are in boarding school. I do not have any other contacts to name as I ensured to keep my mask on in the presence of others to prevent a spread.

Keeping your mask on shows you’re being responsible. Stay away from crowds, wash your hands frequently and use the alcohol-based hand sanitizer when there are no wash facilities.

Thank God for His grace.

May His grace be upon you too should you become exposed. But perhaps if you strictly adhere to the protocols, that grace will be sufficient for you.

#SurvivingCOVID19

The first son of Osei Kwame Despite, Kennedy Osei and his wife Tracy have finally outdoored their twins as the business mogul celebrates his birthday today.

Dressed in all white which signifies victory, the couple were spotted hold the babies as they pose for a picture.

Today also mark the birthday of the business mogul of which the babies were officially outdoored to their grandfather.

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A friendly brawl which ensued between two friends, Kojo Appiah a.k.a Kojo London,16 and Nyamekye Beckham a.k.a Beckham,19 has resulted into the demise of one.

Given an account on how the unfortunate incident happened, eyewitness Kwame Nyame narrated that the teenagers are friends but had little misunderstanding last night.

Kwame Nyame Speaking to the mother of the deceased at the family house today said it was disclosed that Beckham claimed Kojo borrowed his jeans trouser but has refused to pay.

Nyamekye Beckham unhappy an unsatisfied about the reasons given to him by KojoLondon furiously stabbed him to death.

This disheartening incident happened at Abuakwa-Sepaaase in the Atwima Nwabiagya Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

One Police officer has been shot dead, another on Admission during a high way robbery attack at Pramkese in the Eastern Region

Police statement explained that On 1/2/2021 at about 1850 hours’ police Pramkese received a distress call that some unidentified gunmen have blocked Pramkese – Takyiman motor road and were robbing commuters.

G/Sgt. Moses Tetteh Nartey, G/Cpl Christian Totimeh and D/Cpl Ibrahim Apaka with Service AK 47 riffle responded to the call and board a taxi.

The team on reaching a section of the road at Ada Kwasi Junction, spotted a mini Bus ahead of them at about hundred meters away. The team on approaching noticed that the mini bus has stopped compelling them to also slow down.

Suddenly two unidentified men holding AK 47 riffle emerged from the bush onto the road. The gunmen flashed a touch light onto the occupants of the taxi and identified them to be Policemen.

Suddenly the gunmen started firing at them indiscriminately. Sgt Moses Tetteh Nartey sustained two gunshot wound at his chest and one on his head while G/Cpl Christian Totimeh also sustained a gunshot wound on his left rib.

The team then retreated and rushed the injured officers to Pramkese Health Centre for treatment. Sgt Moses Nartey Tetteh was pronounced dead on arrival while Cpl. Christian Totimeh was referred to St Dominics Hospital, Akwatia and was admitted for treatment.

The body of Sgt Moses Tetteh Nartey has since been deposited at Kade Government Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy. The District

Commander and the station officer visited the injured officer at Akwatia and found his condition to be stable.

Meanwhile a reinforcement team from the Divisional Police Command, Asamankese also came to augment the strength of the local Police.

A member of the spokespersons for President Akufo-Addo’s legal team, Henry Nana Boakye popularly called Nana B has described the first witness for Mahama, Johnson Asiedu Nketia as lacking credibility.

Speaking with the media after the court proceedings today February 1, 2020, he said it is very shocking and surprising for Asiedu Nketia to tell the court that they do not have actual calculations figures of the 2020 Elections.

According to him, the NDC’s general secretary came to court to throw dust in the eyes of all Ghanaians.

Mr. Boakye said it is very sad for Asiedu Nketia to tell the court that his own witness statements with a pen drive was not done by himself and cannot tell who added the said drive.