Angry NDC Youth In Tamale Burn Inusah Fuseini Billboards

A purported dismissal of Alhaji Ibrahim Seidu from office as the Deputy Director of Feeder Roads Department sent some youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tamale Central Constituency on rampage on Wednesday. The youth who were protesting after hearing that the Civil Service had written a letter dismissing Alhaji Seidu popularly known as Engineer, took to the streets and destroyed posters and billboards of their Member of Parliament and Minister of Roads and Highways, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini Alhaji Ibrahim Seidu was a key challenger to incumbent Alhaji Fuseini in the November 21 NDC parliamentary primary in the Tamale Central Constituency.He lost the elections to Alhaji Fuseini. The destruction of property has generated tension in the area and especially at Tishigu, a suburb in the constituency where Alhaji Fuseini lives in Tamale. Meanwhile, heavily armed policemen have been deployed to maintain law and order. A source close to Engineer Ibrahim's campaign team confirmed that the Engineer has been served with a dismissal letter.

Source: Daily Graphic

We Don’t Need Any ‘Mugabe’ – Hassan Ayariga

The 2012 Presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) says his party is tired of always presenting one candidate who according to him has no vision for PNC. Hassan Ayariga, who was referring to his contender Dr Edward Nasigrie Mahama as the ‘Mugabe’ of the party, said when he (Dr Nasigrie Mahama) once again becomes the presidential candidate of the party, he will only end up dividing the party. “My contender is bringing division in the PNC and so I will be worried if he is elected as the presidential candidate of the party when we go to congress” he said. The 7th National Delegates Congress of the PNC will be held in the Upper West Region from December 11 to 13, 2015, in memory of late party stalwarts Alhaji Imoro Egala and President Hilla Limann. The National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ahmed Ramadan says the party has completed all the processes necessay for the successful two-day congress. He disclosed that the Electoral and Nominations Committee of the party, acting on its mandate, conducted balloting for all the aspirants on December 3, 2015 at the party headquarters in Accra. This follows the picking of nomination forms, filing and vetting of all aspirants to enable the party to go to congress as a united group. At the end of the largely successful balloting exercise, Dr Edward Nasigrie Mahama and Dr Abdulai Hassan Ayariga, in that order, will contest the party’s presidential candidate slot. But speaking on Asempa FM Wednesday, Dr. Hassan Ayariga stressed that he is poised to bring unity in the party and therefore will not allow anyone to destroy the party as Dr Nasigrie Mahama did when he was the flagbearer of the party some time ago. He said when Dr. Nasigrie Mahama was elected as the flagbearer of the party, he showed no leadership skill ‘but only enjoys being a flagbearer with no vision’. “My only problem I have with my contender is the division he brought into the party in 2008, 2012 and now. When he was the leader and flagbearer of the party, his conduct brought the party into disarray because some people in the party intentionally campaigned against me”. Asked by show host, Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong (KABA) what he intends brining on board, the 2012 Presidential candidate indicated that aside 'good' policies, he will rebrand and turn around the fortunes of the party. “The NPP and the NDC is successful because they are committing fully as far as resources are concerned and I intend doing more than that to see the PNC rise on its feet again” he stated.

Source: Adom News

Nkrumah Was One Of Ghana’s Worst Leaders – Prof. Adei

Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Stephen Adei, has argued that despite Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s good works in his first ten years, he eventually turned into one of the worst Ghanaian leaders. Speaking on Citi FM’s “Time With The Legends” segment on the Citi Breakfast Show, Professor Adei acknowledged that Dr. Nkrumah’s first 10 years in power were brilliant, from a development standpoint, but further said the post-republic Nkrumah was “our undoing,” adding that Nkrumah was side-tracked by socialist philosophies. Professor Adei said Nkrumah at a point could be likened to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. “Despite the first decade of Nkrumah’s wonderful period, he was one of the worst leaders – murderous, despotic and everything else.” He stated that Dr. Nkrumah’s dictatorial turn was counterproductive for the country, undoing the good work of his first 10 years while ushering in an economic crisis in Ghana in 1963. “If you look at Ghana between 1963 and 1964, every macro-economic variable came to a halt; Inflation, deficit, external balances – everything!, the only thing that was strong in those years was operations.” Prof. Adei who is believed to be an authority on leadership, also described Africa’s leadership as worse than the dictatorships that characterized the rise of the likes of the Lee Kuan Yews-led Singapore, which muzzled all opposition and dissent. “They are worse than iron fists. They may not be harsh brutal killing people but they are stealing money doing everything else. In fact, our people are strong in the wrong direction.” He noted that the Asian leaders in the mold of Lee Kwan Yew were “effective leaders but not angels” adding they were equipped with leadership qualities and passionate about their countries never seeking personal gain. “They were very passionate about the development of their countries. They had vision, they had an agenda”, unlike leaders like the former President John Rawlings who had time (19 years) but not the leadership qualities and capacity of the “Lee Kwan Yew’s and the rest” to effect meaningful change, he said.

Source: citifmonline.com

Impeach Prez Mahama If... - Ade Coker Charges NPP

Peacefmonline.com Ade Coker In the wake of the erratic power and water supply to communities across the nation, it may be obvious that many Ghanaians have already started counting the days of the Mahama administration. With some people ready to kick President John Dramani Mahama out of the Flagstaff House, others believe he deserves a second term in office to remedy the economic situation of Ghana. But no party wants the government voted out of power than the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). In respect of this, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ade Coker has challenged the NPP to do everything within their power to oust the incumbent government. According to him, if the NPP believe the President has engaged in any act of misconduct; the party should "impeach" him. Addressing his comments to the NPP Central Regional Secretary, Kwamena Duncan, a panelist on the Wednesday edition of Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo', Ade Coker stated emphatically that the NPP should not hesitate to expose the President. “Go and impeach him. He’s there for you to impeach him. He’s there for your people to impeach him.” Ade Coker however touted the achievements of President John Mahama stressing that no matter the efforts by the opposition party to dent the character of the President; Ghanaians will retain him in office during the 2016 general elections. “President Mahama will be retained by the good people of Ghana...If wishes were like horses, beggars would ride," he stated.

  Source: Adu Gyamfi Ameyaw/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana

Gov’t Scraps Teacher Motivation Allowance

Government says it has scrapped the ‘teacher motivation allowance’ paid to members of the profession every term. The allowance was levied on students at the senior high school level, but that will no longer be charged from the next academic term. Speaking to Citi News, the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Education, Francis Gbadago, said the motivation allowance has outlived its usefulness, adding that other public sector workers such as doctors and nurses are not paid such allowances to be motivated to work harder. “The purpose for which this teacher motivation fee was introduced has lost its value at the moment. Now we have teachers being paid a considerable amount of money as salary. We think that at this particular point in time, there is no need for teachers to paid teacher motivation anymore.” He added, “there was no need to pay a category of professionals a particular motivation in order for them to deliver whatever they are supposed to deliver.” Mr. Gbadago further cautioned teachers at the basic school level against charging such similar fees from students. He stated that the Ministry of Education had become aware of a number of basic schools that were levying students with teachers’ motivation fees, saying it is “totally illegal” to charge such unapproved fees. “Our checks and research has revealed that indeed these basic schools are also charging teacher motivation across board and that is illegal. We think that it is time for the teachers of these schools to stop this collection of illegal fees before the law catches up with them.” The cancellation of the teacher motivation fee comes at a time when government has received a backlash for similarly halting the payment of allowance to trainee teachers. Government has also been criticized in recent times by teacher unions for not payment of other mandatory allowances such as transfer grants.

Source: Citifmonline.com