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President Akufo-Addo will tomorrow Wednesday 30th December 2020 meet cabinet to decide on the possible reopening of schools in January, Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has disclosed.

According to him, government has been in discussions with various stakeholders within the sector to come up with a comprehensive and detailed plan on the reopening of schools and hence, the President’s meeting with his cabinet tomorrow is to finalize and provide a way forward.

In a twitter post on Tuesday 29th December 2020, the Minister disclosed that “President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo prepares to meet cabinet tomorrow for a decision on the possible reopeninibg of schools in January. Key on his agenda will be to examine the proposals for assuring the safety of our children, should schools reopen.”

With sections of the public raising concerns as to a potential spike in our COVID numbers should schools resume, the Minister assured that so far, government’s management of the pandemic has been excellent and it will take a decision that will be in the best interest of the country.

“These decisions are not made lightly. But so far, all his COVID management decisions have been spot on. Fingers crossed, he will make the best decision in the interest of our children and our schools,”

Belinda Nana Ekua Amoah  popularly known as Mizbel is Celebrating her birthday today, but in tears as one of her sons has been taken away from her.

The 16 years hit maker who is celebrating her 41st birthday disclosed this today in a Facebook video  she celebrate life.

Mizbel has been seen in almost all her Facebook and Instagram videos with his two sons, John and Adepa.

But in thevideo, Mizbel revealed that John who is the elder son is not her biological mother.

Explaining this, she revealed that John’s biological mother who lives at CHORKOR in Accra has come for his son upon all the years she has taken care of him.

According to Misbel, she took John as her own son at the age of 3.

“If not for today, everybody thinks John is my biological son, but the truth is that he’s not. John’s mother has come for him with the reason that John looks nicer than her remaining children. And the sad part is, John followed her mum because he wants freedom”

Mizbel explaining further as this is not the first time such thing is happening to her recounted how she took care of a young girl till she completed University but at the end turned her back at her.

“I’ve lived with 16 children but it all ended in tears. If not for my biological son here, I would have had no child” – she Wept

For this reason Mzbel has advised young girls to give birth when they get pregnant at their young age because it will be of great benefit to them.

“On my 41st birthday, I don’t wish anything for myself but I wish and pray for anyone looking for a child to get at least one child”

Mizbel used the opportunity to thank her friend which she named Anita Owusu for advising her to keep his son when he wanted to abort the pregnancy.

“There is no right time to have a baby, when you get pregnant give birth as you might not get it the time you needed it the most” She insist

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NDC banned from further protests in Accra

The National Democratic Congress has been banned from further protests in Ghana’s capital, Accra over the 2020 elections.

The police in a statement said it has secured a restraining order against the NDC, from embarking on further protests and demonstrations in Accra.

It added that “in a matter between the Republic (Ghana Police Service) and National Democratic Congress and Kobina Ade Coker, the high Court, under Justice Elfreda they Dankyi (Mrs.), has prohibited all NDC intended protests from Sunday 20th December, 2020 —10th January, 2021.

“The prohibition order follows an Affidavit filed by the Police upon receipt of notification from the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of NDC, Kobina Ade Coker, on intended daily protests within the above mentioned dates in Accra and all constituencies across the region.

“The request by the NDC cannot obviously be met by the police in view of ongoing post-election and multifaceted security operations for the festive season and beyond. The Regional Police Command is hereby drawing the attention of the general public especially sympathisers, followers and supporters of the NDC, to the restriction order and compliance.”

The ban follows protests by supporters of the NDC in various parts of the country rejecting the outcome of the 2020 elections.

According to the NDC, the elections were flawed and rigged in favour of incumbent President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by the Electoral Commission.

Some Civil Society organizations in the country have appealed to the Electoral Commission to rescind their decision to go on recess following agitations over the 2020 election results.

The EC in a statement Wednesday noted it is breaking for Christmas and will return on January 19.

The statement comes as the opposition NDC continues to challenge some of the results announced by the Electoral Commission.

Reacting to the announcement, the CSOs in a statement said: “At an emergency meeting of Civil Society Organisations(CSOs) to assess the current post-election political impasse, we noted with concern, a circular signed by the Deputy Chair (Corporate Services) of the EC, Dr Bossman E. Asare, suggesting that the Electoral Commission (EC)may be going on recess from the 23rd December 2020 to 19^thJanuary 2021.

“Given the current post-elections context and the matters arising, some of which might require their attention, we find it unacceptable that the EC should be shutting down at this critical moment at this critical moment,and without any clarification to the public of the alternative arrangements that have been put in place”.

The statement added: “We have also observed with concern that the minority party in Parliament was barred from submitting a petition to the Electoral Commission today by security personnel,thereby preventing them from making their presentation. In light of the EC’s response that it received the notice late, and that it holds the institution of Parliament in high regard, we kindly urge the Minority to re-submit their petition and the results it has, to the EC, as soon as possible, for prompt action.

“We call on the EC to activate mechanisms for inclusive stakeholder dialogue as part of the electoral management process. We further call on the EC to review its decision on itsintendedone-month long leave, and assure Ghanaians that until these matters are resolved, the leadership of the Commission will be on duty to discharge its responsibilities fully.

“Finally, we urge all political parties and Ghanaians to use peaceful means of protesting, dialogue and legal means for resolving disagreements”.

some civil society organisations who signed the petition are

Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG)

Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII)

Centre for Democratic Development (CDD)

Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Civic Forum Initiative (CFI)

Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC)

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The Ghana Water Company Limited has announced the free water package announced by President Akufo-Addo will end on December 31, 2020.

President Akufo-Addo in his fifth address to the nation on the Coronavirus outbreak on April 5, this year announced that the public would enjoy free water supply from the GWCL for the months of April, May and June 2020, as part of interventions to help stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The package was subsequently extended through a statement by the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah.

A statement by the water company, however, notes that the package comes to an end by the close of the year and customers must prepare themselves to pay for the service.

“31st December 2020, marks the end of the Govemment’s directive to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to serve Ghanaians with water for free as part of measures to curb the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Customers of GWCL must please note, that from hence, the payment of water bill will be the responsibility of the customer. The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, and the Management of GWCL, therefore, wish to inform consumers and the general public that the last meter reading for the month of December 2020 officially ends the free water delivery.
GWCL assures customers that, meter readers, and all frontline staff will continue to adhere and practice in full, all the protocols to protect themselves and our cherished customers, including cladding themselves in GWCL apparel, identity cards, personal sanitizers and face masks, before accessing their premises to read the meters,” the statement by the water company said.

It added: “Landlords and Landladies can/must revert to the arrangements with tenants prior to the free water delivery. 2. Water vendors can/must resume their normal business after the lag meter reading in December, 2020. 3. Disconnected customers who were reconnected to enable them enjoy the free water during the period, must as a matter of urgency pay their arrears to remain connected. 4. Disconnected customers will remain disconnected until their arrears are settled in full before their supply will be restored. 5. All GWCL collection/pay points are opened during normal working hours and customers can also pay their bills via mobile money channels with all the telecommunications networks”.

Deputy Education Minister and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum is sponsoring thirty engineering students from the Bosomtwe constituency at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, in the next academic year.

This, according to him is in line with his long-held objective to obtain 100 engineers and doctors each from the constituency before he leaves Parliament.

“My office has taken care of admission, tuition and accommodation of these 30 fresh students until they complete their various courses.

“This feat is part of (an already started) strategies and processes for the fulfillment of one of my political resolutions: to get, at least, 100 engineers and doctors each from my constituency by the time I leave office as MP. It is also a way to thank the Lord for how far He has brought me, looking at my story of how I nearly could not go to Secondary school because of poverty; and to also help others that might not have the opportunity to realize their dreams and potentials if they are not given a helping hand,” he announced on Facebook.

He added: Apart from these thirty freshly admitted, soon-to-be UMaT-trained future engineers, there are other students pursuing medicine, engineering, education, nursing and other courses at different levels of tertiary education, both local and abroad, courtesy my office”.

Below are details of the Facebook post of the deputy minister

I had a breakfast meeting with 30 selected students from different communities in my constituency, Bosomtwe, who are going to pursue a Bachelors Degree in different spheres of engineering at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, come next (2021) academic year, courtesy my sponsorship.

The courses include Mining Engineering, Geological Engineering, Environmental and Safety Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Geomatic Engineering.

My office has taken care of admission, tuition and accommodation of these 30 fresh students until they complete their various courses.

This feat is part of (an already started) strategies and processes for the fulfillment of one of my political resolutions: to get, at least, 100 engineers and doctors each from my constituency by the time I leave office as MP. It is also a way to thank the Lord for how far He has brought me, looking at my story of how I nearly could not go to Secondary school because of poverty; and to also help others that might not have the opportunity to realize their dreams and potentials if they are not given a helping hand.

Apart from these thirty freshly admitted, soon-to-be UMaT-trained future engineers, there are other students pursuing medicine, engineering, education, nursing and other courses at different levels of tertiary education, both local and abroad, courtesy my office.

NDC MPs are currently protesting against the Electoral Commission at headquarters of the electoral commission in Accra.

The reason of the protest is to express their dissatisfaction with the EC’s results of the Presidential election announced on Wednesday, December 9, 2020

The MPs are being prevented by the police from gaining access to the premises of the EC

The Electoral Commission has announced that it will go on a Christmas and New Year break, effective Wednesday, 23 December 2020.

A notice signed by the Deputy Chairman of Corporate Services at the Electoral Commission, Dr Bossman Asare, stated that the staff of the electoral management body are expected to resume on Tuesday, 19 January 2021.

“Following the successful and peaceful conduct of the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, Management has decided that the Commission will break for Christmas and New Year on Wednesday, 23rd December 2020 and resume duty on Tuesday, 19th January 2021,” the notice read.

The EC, led by Mrs Jean Mensa, conducted the 2020 general elections on Monday, 7 December 2020.

On Wednesday, 9 December 2020, the incumbent President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was declared winner of the poll.

But the NDC has rejected the outcome of the results, while accusing the Electoral Commission of presenting “flawed” and “rigged” results in favour of President Akufo-Addo.

The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Asiedu Nketia has said anybody who do not understand his ‘any idiot can go to court’ comment have a problem with logic”.

This comes after his own comment have been used to troll him and his party on social media, as his critics dare while other well-meaning institutions urge the party to resort to judicial process for redress.

The NDC has embark on series of protest to show the Electoral Commission of Ghana and the New Patriotic Party that the results declared by the EC in favor of the NPP does not sit well with them.

But Mr. Asiedu Nketia explaining his comment said ‘any idiot can go to court’ comment does not mean that anybody who takes a matter to court for adjudication is an idiot.

His famous comment was first made after the 2012 general elections when the results were contested in court by the then-presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo and the party machinery.

The long serving general secretary explaining further said his words were taken out of context and that anybody who do not understand it have a problem with logic”.

“I said that any idiot can take you to court but it is the judges who will decide whether the case is sensible or not, and that is the process we have in Ghana.

“Our law indicates that any idiot can go to court, but there are people who are saying that when you say any ‘idiot’, the meaning is that those who go to court are idiots; they have problem with logic”, he said.

When asked whether the protest will be ending anytime soon, Mr. Nketia said their street protests will rage unabated to overturn the “stolen elections”.

“All the things that guarantee democracy have been sidestepped. If we don’t put a stop to it to uphold justice at all times this will be the end of our democracy, because in the next elections, you can’t imagine what will happen.

“The protests will shed light on the truth and if we’re able to disseminate the truth to Ghanaians then we can get the desired peace in the country. If you go to a cemetery you’ll be deluded to think that the place is quiet and peaceful, but beneath that peace is rotten dead bodies. Is that the peace we want in Ghana? Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro and other freedom fighters have said peace is the product of justice. So if justice hasn’t been delivered and you still demand peace, what you get is appeasement.” he said in an interview with Bonohene Bafour Awuah on Agoo TV/Kasapa Fm on Monday.

The real identity of the man who died in a guest room at Koforidua has been revealed.

The chief who checked into a hotel room with a 25-year-old lady but was later found dead has been identified as Eric Osei Ansere and not William Agyei.

He is 70 years old and the Krontihene of Akim Chia near Ofoase in the Eastern Region.

On Monday a police report sighted by mynewsroomgh.com said that On Sunday December 20^th, 2020, one Charles Baafi of H/No OE/23B at Koforidua called their station and reported that, a man of about 66 years old who gave his name as William Agyei at his guest house, thus Adom Guest house with a lady of about 25 years onboard a red Toyota Corolla with registration number, ER 1614-17 and lodged at room 40 of the guest house located at Effiduase off Akwadum road on Saturday, December 19^th, 2020.

About 12noon on Sunday when the receptionist by name Eunice Amoah wanted to clean the room allocated to them, she knocked severally but there was no response, she opened the door only to find out that, the man was lying lifeless on the bed with the lady nowhere to be found.

Upon receipt of the information, police proceeded to the scene and on inspection, several medicines, including the following, One vigrx for men container with one capsules, Deep heat spray, unirob polar ice, bendroflumeethiazide tablets, and several other used tablets were seen in a bag within the guest room.

Also, a red bag containing the personal clothes of the deceased including some regalias and a black hand bag containing cash the sum of Gh¢2000,00 were also found. External inspection of the body was conducted but no marks of violence was seen except foaming on the mouth.

The body has since been moved to St Joseph’s Hospital Morgue for preservation awaiting autopsy. Meanwhile, the vehicle has been taken to the station for safe keeping, whilst frantic effort is being made to trace the identity of the said young lady and the deceased family to assist investigations.