Here are the stories that made the news on Monday:
1. Don't challenge authority - Army warns
The military has vehemently defended its invasion of a disputed land
around Mallam in Accra where traders had their wares, including bags of
salt, completely destroyed. Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Armed
Forces Col Aggrey Quarshie told Joy News his men were only carrying out a
duty, imposed on them by another state agency. He has told the
aggrieved traders to “respect orders” and not to “challenge authority.”
2. Achimota student killer freed
An Accra High Court has set aside a judgment by a Juvenile court that
jailed a final-year student of Achimota Senior High School in Accra for
killing a female colleague in January 2017. The High Court said there
was a miscarriage of justice because the juvenile court delivered a
verdict without waiting for a social enquiry report. The jail term was
imposed in September 2017 by a Juvenile court presided over by
Bernardine S.A Senoo.
3. Destruction of cocoa trees for rubber plantation 'tiny' - Agric Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has asked the media to
stop exaggerating the impact of the felling of cocoa trees for rubber
plantations in some communities. He said the destruction of the cocoa
farms by the Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) in the Eastern and
Western regions, represents a “tiny” fraction of such farms in the
country. More than 5000 out of the estimated 1.7million acres of cocoa
farms in Ghana have been destroyed to prepare the land for rubber
plantations.
4. ECOWAS currency to be used in Ghana
Ghana could start using the single ECOWAS common currency, the ECO,
from 2020, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said. Speaking at
the 2nd Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Presidential Task
Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme, Mr Ofori-Atta said, “But
the single currency for 2020 vision is that let’s find 2, 3 or 4
countries that are ready and then once they meet up, we follow through
with the others cascading in." He said, "And it is clear, I mean the 350
million market is important to us for our industrialization drive and
the population is something that is worthy. I think if Ghana positions
itself well, we’ll be a great beneficiary of that so there’s every
reason to do that.
5. Bring back 1992 Constitution - Togo opposition cries
The Coalition of opposition parties in Togo is demanding the
reinstatement of the 1992 Constitution which puts a time limit on the
tenure of a government in power.
The parties are seeking an end to what
they refer to as the dynasty of the Gnassingbe family which has ruled
the West African country for over four decades. In a mediation talk led
by Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, the parties said
nothing will stop them from going back to the streets if the 1992
constitution is not reinstated.
6. Mallam market women challenge soldiers occupation
Angry traders at the Mallam market in Accra have accused the
Sanitation Minister, Kofi Adda of masterminding an attack on them by
soldiers last Thursday. The women allege the soldiers, on the said day,
ordered them to leave the area where they sell but their refusal was met
with beatings and destruction of their goods. About 185 bags of salt,
according to the women were destroyed by the military officers.
7. Jubilation at Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital at last!
There was wild jubilation at the Ankaful Psychiatry hospital in the
Central Region after the removal from office of the Medical Director, Dr
Eugene Dordoye, Monday. The workers who had been on strike in protest
over the leadership style of Mr Dodoye said they will immediately resume
duty and give their best to their patients and to the country.
According to them, they will be going to church on Sunday to give thanks
to God for taking the burden of the Medical Director off their
shoulders.
8. Hearts demand $56K from Nuttal before firing him
Hearts of Oak are expected to announce the sacking of head coach
Frank Nuttal later today but the Accra-based club are demanding US$
56,000 from the Scottish trainer after he was found guilty of pocketing
the ‘’illegal sum’’ from the transfer of some of their players,
according to reports. Nuttal, who was suspended last week for
‘’unsporting and unethical behaviour’’ is said to have transferred some
Hearts players without the knowledge of the club.
According to a leaked
report of the three-member committee set up to look into the unethical
behaviour of the coach, it revealed that Nuttall was paid US$ 50,000 and
US$ 6,000 respectively from the transfer of two unnamed players.
Credit: myjoyonline
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