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- Management of Korle-Bu, Police to
meet
to unravel death of junior
doctor
- Jake should let go the state bungalow
-
K. Agyapong
- Korle Bu junior doctors issue 24-hr
strike
ultimatum
- Increase fuel prices to save ailing economy
-
IMF tells
Mills
- Police investigate murder, robbery in
Eastern
Region
- Three robbers jailed a total of 130
years
- Eastern Region Founding Members of
NDC
appeal to
Rawlings
- Prez., veep guilty of "immoral"
acquisitions
too - Jake
Management
of Korle-Bu, Police to meet to unravel death of junior
doctor
The Korle-Bu Teaching
Hospital and the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander are to
meet to unravel the mysterious death of a 27-year-old Junior
Doctor, Desmond Kabah, on Monday, May 28 in his room.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra on Tuesday, Mr
Mustapha Salifu, Public Relations Officer of the Hospital, said the
meeting would discuss security matters among other issues.
Prior to the meeting, junior doctors of the hospital presented a
petition to management, demanding a 24-hour security protection at
their flats and various parts of the facility.
They said the death of their colleague had caused fear and panic
among those who reside on the hospital premises.
Dr. Kabah was found dead in his flat at the hospital; his naked
body was found on his bed, with stabbed wounds and portions of the
flesh on his leg slashed off.
The Greater Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy
Superintendent of Police Freeman Tetteh, said the police were
investigating the tragedy and also waiting for autopsy report to
determine whether it was a murder or otherwise.
“So far no arrests have since been made. We have intensified
security at the hospital,” he said.
Jake
should let go the state bungalow - K.
Agyapong
A leading member of the
opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged the party Chairman,
Jake Obetsebi Lamptey to relinquish the controversial state
bungalow for peace to prevail.
Kwabena Agyapong says politicians must set certain standards in the
country to correct the erroneous impression that they only seek
power to loot’ state properties.
Mr. Agyapong's comment comes on the back of a Cabinet decision not
to sell a state bungalow at No. 2 Mungo Street at Ridge in Accra
purported to have been leased to the Mr. Obetsebi-Lamptey for fifty
years.
The decision was after a Supreme Court ruling which cleared the NPP
Chairman on charges of corruption and conflict of interest during
the acquisition of the property.
Many lawyers including the former Attorney General, Martin Amidu
have argued that government’s decision amounted to flouting the
Supreme Court decision and that it is unconstitutional.
But Kwabena Agyapong on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Monday,
said the NPP Chairman should discontinue the acquisition of the
property following the brouhaha in the interest of the state.
He noted that the recent blame game between the ruling National
Democratic Congress (NDC) and NPP over which party looted state
lands is eroding the confidence Ghanaians have in the political
authority.
Kwabena Agyapong wondered why the ruling party did not revoke the
Accra Redevelopment Policy which he said is their brainchild when
it came to power if indeed it had the supreme interest of Ghana at
heart.
He alleged that government under the Accra Redevelopment Policy has
unethically annexed state lands to its cronies and yet President
John Mills and his Cabinet are now preaching morality.
The former press secretary of ex-President J.A. Kufuor indicated
that the conduct of the Mills-led administration on the Jake
bungalow saga smacks of hypocrisy and double standards.
Kwabena Agyapong said the issue of state lands acquisition by
government appointees should be looked at dispassionately for a
lasting solution to the problem.
Korle Bu junior
doctors issue 24-hr strike ultimatum
Junior doctors at the Korle
Bu Teaching Hospital have served notice to embark on a sit-down
strike within the next 24 hours if authorities fail to heed their
call for security improvement.
Scores of junior doctors,
housemasters and other medical practitioners at the nation’s
premier hospital issued the threat in a petition to management
following the death of a colleague, Desmond Kabah, son of the
Member of Parliament for Chiana Paga, on Sunday night.
Kabah was allegedly murdered in
his room with stab wounds.
The junior doctors said until
they see an improvement in the security situation they will hang
their stethoscopes.
The spokesperson for the junior
doctors, Dr. Vincent Ganu, read their petition to the Director of
Pharmacy, Elizabeth Bruce.
“We want security at vantage
points on each of the flats. We are asking that we engage the
services of security experts to assess security needs of
residential facilities,” he said.
He said they want a “24-hour
patrol team [made of policemen and the Korle-Bu security men],
which would patrol the flats and its environs consistently,
especially at night” and “beef up in security at the flats and
evidence of at least an able bodied security man at flats that
formally did not have any form of security.”
“Install Street lights on roads
and in front of M and N block as well as the roads leading to SSNIT
flats. Provision of ID cards for house officers and all security
personnel, we would want to have only a one way entry point into
the block,” Dr. Ganu added.
He stated “that meeting this
demands will show a sign of good faith and sensitivity to the
safety concerns of your staff. Failure to meet the 24-hour demand
will necessitate a sit down from us the house officers until our
safety can be guaranteed”.
Increase
fuel prices to save ailing economy - IMF tells
Mills
The International
Monitory Fund (IMF) has expressed concerns about the economic
challenges in Ghana, raising the red flag, especially over rising
oil imports without corresponding increases in fuel prices
domestically.
An IMF mission is currently on a working visit to Ghana meeting all
the top managers of Ghana’s economy including the Finance Minister,
the Governor of the Bank of Ghana and President J.E.A Mills.
The IMF Mission led by Christina Daseking expressed concerns about
the high cost of living and continuous depreciation of the Ghana
Cedi against the US dollar. The IMF is now asking government to be
swift in arresting the situation.
“Price of oil import is risen a lot and the domestic price,
however, has not been adjusted,” Daseking pointed out at a meeting
with President Mills on Tuesday. “This is now creating cost of
about Gh¢60 million every month.”
She added: “ Certainly, we want more people to support social
programmes. The cost of living has increased because of the
depreciation. Most people know the subsidies on fuel benefit the
higher income groups and we’ll encourage you to take necessary
[action]…
“We know you are committed to fiscal discipline and we hope with
that we’ll be able to continue our very productive
relationship.
President Mills on his part said his administration is desirous of
pursing policies which will minimise the effects of the economic
challenges facing the country.
He assured the IMF of his government’s resolve to overcome the
challenges bedeviling his administration. According to him,
government’s engagement with the international community will inure
to the benefit Ghanaians.
“We have challenges and especially when you have elections the
issues which arise are sometimes more difficult than in the
ordinary years, but that doesn’t mean we should not address the
situation because making sure we avoid the situation will make
things more easier for us to be able to deal with after the
elections,” President Mills said.
He added: “We appreciate the kind of expertise that you always
display and relationship we enjoy with you. We very much value
them. Let me say that at the end of it all we want Ghanaians to
derive the best from whatever decision we have to
take.
Police investigate murder, robbery in Eastern Region
Police in the Eastern Region
have begun investigations into the killing of two persons including
a military officer last night by highway robbers.
The incident occurred after the robbers stopped about three
vehicles, robbed the passengers and killed the two.
The Deputy Eastern Regional Police Commander ACP James Azumah Abass
told Joy News the suspects are believed to be from Fulani
descent.
He said the incident happened at a place called Nsuobeto in the
Eastern Region around 9:00 pm, Sunday.
They have begun investigations into the matter but ACP Azuma Abass
said they are yet to make any arrest.
Three robbers jailed a total of 130 years
Three robbers have been
sentenced to a total of 130 years imprisonment in hard labour by a
Kumasi Circuit Court.
Two of them, Faisal Ibrahim, alias “Lebelebe” and Ali Osman, would
each serve a jail term of 50 years while the third person Awal
Idrisu goes in for 30 years.
They faced charges of conspiracy, robbery and assault.
Anwar Sadat, who stood trial with them was however, freed by the
court.
Two of their accomplices, whose names were given as Baba Musah and
Manan are on the run.
A State Attorney, Ernest O. Ayeh, told the Court presided over by
Justice Emmanuel Amoh-Yartey that the complainants, Isaac Eshun and
Samuel Asare Gyamfi are both students.
On May 4, 2011, at about 2030hours, Eshun drove his brother’s
Nissan Navara Pick-up with the registration number ER 7744-10 from
their house at Ahinsan-Estate to a nearby shop to buy mobile phone
recharging card.
No sooner had he entered the shop, the convicts and their other
accomplices struck.
Armed with cutlasses they ordered the victims to lie on the
floor.
Eshun tried to resist and they inflicted deep cuts on him, seized
the ignition key to the pick-up together with his Samsung galaxy
cellular phone and drove away in the vehicle.
The prosecution said the robbers left behind two caps that two of
them were wearing.
Eshun bled profusely and had to be rushed to the hospital for
treatment and a formal report made to the police.
Ten (10) days after the robbery, the police acting upon a tip off,
arrested Idrisu and Sadat.
They were later identified by the victims as those who attacked
them but they insisted they were innocent and that other persons
committed the crime.
On June 13, 2011, Osman was also arrested and he mentioned the
other convicts as his accomplices. Ibrahim was apprehended later
and he admitted taking part in the crime.
The stolen vehicle and cellular phone are yet to be
recovered.
Eastern Region Founding Members of NDC appeal to Rawlings
National Democratic Congress
(NDC) Founding Members in the Eastern Region have appealed to
former President John Jerry Rawlings to stop utterances that would
have adverse effect on the party and destroy its image.
“We the founding members supported you during the eight years you
were the President of Ghana and we are appealing to you to also
support the current President of the Republic of Ghana and the flag
bearer of the party, President John Atta Mills,” they said.
This was contained in a statement signed by six founding members in
the Region and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in
Koforidua.
They are Nana Asante Yemoah, from Suhum Kraboa Coaltar, Mr Alex Sam
Darko, Kwaebibirim, Mr S.O. Agyeman, New Juaben, Alhaji Abu
Mohammed, East Akyem, Major (Rtd) Ted Tetteh, Lower Manya and Mr
Anfo Antire, Fanteakwa.
The statement called on the former president to consider the
founding members and the grassroot members of the NDC who suffered
during his tenure of office and stop making utterances that could
damage the party.
“We are also appealing to all party faithfuls to stop the use of
confrontational language against the former first couple,” it
said.
The statement called on all founding members in the country,
supporters and sympathizers to support the NDC government to win
the 2012 elections to complete the “Better Ghana Agenda” for
Ghanaians.
Prez., veep guilty
of "immoral" acquisitions too -
Jake
New Patriotic Party Chairman,
Jake Obetsebi Lamptey is mulling over allegations of immorality in
his acquisition of the state property he previously occupied as a
minister.
Jake Obetsebi Lamptey insists if
his quest to be leased the No.2 Mungo Street, Ridge property in
Accra is immoral, then President John Mills and Vice President John
Mahama are equally guilty because they have once benefitted from
the sale of state properties.
The NPP chair in an interview
with Joy News expressed utter shock why Cabinet, the highest
decision making body of the executive, will meet over his
legitimate acquisition of a property when there are far more
important issues of national interest to deal with.
“At a time when the minority was
bringing to the attention of this government the fact that
according to the government itself, the former Attorney General and
the Minister of Finance had paid to CP on dubious ground €94
million without authority to cabinet or authority of the
President.
“…At a time when Polytechnic
teachers seem to be going on strike; at a time when your doctors
seem to be going on strike, Cabinet does not hold any special
meeting or come out with a special statement. Instead Cabinet sits
there to discuss Jake Obetsebi Lamptey’s property,” he
lamented.
Cabinet issued a statement
shortly after the Supreme Court had in a 6-3 verdict dismissed a
suit filed by Deputy Ministers of Information and Sports, Samuel
Okudzeto Ablakwa and Dr Edward Omane Boamah respectively
challenging Jake Obetsebi Lamptey's acquisition of the Ridge
property.
He said Cabinet’s decision
cannot by any stretch of the imagination be said to be in the
interest of Ghana, insisting, “How can it be more in the supreme
interest of this country to talk about a 400,000 dollars lease
rather than a €94 million rip-off of the people of
Ghana?”
He said the current phenomenon
in which a small bungalow which could only house a single family is
allowed to sit on a big tract of land did not make any
sense.
“I cannot see how one family
sitting on that piece of land is more in the supreme interest of
the people of Ghana than having at least six families on the same
land,” he opined.
Per his lease agreement which is
for 50 years, Jake Obetsebi Lamptey said he intended to build at
least four storeys with different apartments to house at least six
families.
He explained that the $400,000
he paid for the lease agreement for the property could also be used
in building six bedroom flats to house at least six
families.
He would not accept issues of
morality, insisting he followed due process in the acquisition of
the property.
Jake Obestebi Lamptey said he
would together with his lawyers communicate their next line of
action after government’s statement not to sell the land.He stated
“that meeting this demands will show a sign of good faith and
sensitivity to the safety concerns of your staff. Failure to meet
the 24-hour demand will necessitate a sit down from us the house
officers until our safety can be guaranteed”.
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