Firing ISD Boss For His "Idiocy” Is "Good News" – Kofi Adams

NDC National Organiser Kofi Adams is beside himself with joy. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart had his wish came to pass when government released a statement to officially fire Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur from his post. He has lauded government for the swift action taken in sanctioning the ISD Acting Director for his role in the unpardonable blunder which made the country and Mahama-led government a laughing stock in the eyes of the world. “...It’s a good news. People must begin to pay for their idiocy. One person cannot let the whole system suffer. If you can’t work as a government appointee, leave, there’re more people ready to do the job,” he said, hours after the news went viral. The embattled acting ISD Director was fired on Wednesday night in a statement signed by Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, for his role in what has now become known as the 59th Independence Day Anniversary Brochuregate. The statement partly read – “Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur has been relieved of his duties as acting Director of the Information Services Department.” Mr Kwarteng has been in the spotlight for taking responsibility for errors in this year’s Independence Day anniversary brochure that was riddled with many grammatical errors and factual inaccuracies. The errors in the 30-page document have caused many critics – both home and abroad – to criticise the government on many media platforms, especially on social media. Among the many mistakes in the brochure was the representation of Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, as the President of Ghana. Expressions such as, "The innovated partnership is being concretised in many areas of economic trajectory, particularly trade...", "...rainbow at the end of the tunnel...", "...as if by divine-designed..." and "Ghana has attained a low-income status in the world...", have also been described as ambiguous or false by some observers. The statement also directed that the Ministry of Communications, headed by Dr Omane Boamah, take over responsibility of the Flagstaff House Communications Bureau. It comes after presidential staffer, Stan Dogbe, was fingered as having a hand in the embarrassing faux pas. Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show dubbed Ghana Montie, Mr Adams maintained that “high level government appointees must all pay for their mistakes including civil service and public service personnel. Their laziness affects productivity.” “I am not ready to defend the indefensible things like the independence day blunder,” he added.

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Madam Gifty Twum Ampofo Has Won N.P.P Parliamentary Primary In Abuakwa North.

An educationist Madam Gifty Twum Ampofo has won the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in the Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region. Madam Twum Ampofo polled 207 to beat Mr. Kyei Brobbey, a former Headmaster of Ofori Panin SHS and Mr. Isaac Osei Ampadu a businessman who polled 27 and 104 respectively. Two persons who filed to contest the primary pulled out. One of them, a former Member of Parliament for the constituency, Prof Emeritus Samuel Kwadwo Amoako, threw his support behind the only female in the race and the eventual winner. The primary became necessary following the demise of the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu. The Electoral Commission has fixed March 29 for the by-election in the Abuakwa North Constituency. The Commission will start receiving nominations for the election between March 1 and March 2 at the District Office of the Commission at Tafo in the Eastern Region, from 9:00am to 12:00noon and2:00pm to 5:00pm both days. J. B Danquah was stabbed to death in his bedroom at his resident in Accra on Tuesday February 9, 2016 by a 19-year old school dropout, Daniel Asiedu, who is currently standing trial.

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Dr. Bawumia Intentionally Asked Pupils To "Lie On The Floor" - Okudzeto Ablakwa

Supreme Court Cautions Woyome...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned embattled businessman, Mr Alfred A. Woyome, to take the court serious after it dismissed his latest application seeking a stay of execution to allow him to pay the GHȻ51.2 million while he heads to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). He was also praying the court to allow him to pay the money by instalment, starting with GHȻ8 million at the end of April 2016 with the rest spread within 36 months and paid quarterly. The court, however, took exception to the fact that while Mr Ken Anku, counsel for Mr Woyome, had told the media that he was heading to the ICC for arbitration, at the same time, he was in the court seeking to tie the hands of the Attorney-General (A-G) to prevent it from attaching his properties because his client wanted to renegotiate the terms of payment.

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Bishop Palmer Buckle On Homosexuals...

The Most Reverend Charles Palmer Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra has stated that lesbians and homosexuals are all children of God whose basic human rights must be respected by all. According to him, the human rights of all gays must not be abused but added that the Catholic Church is against the practice of homosexuality because it is against the law of God and humanity. “We [Catholic Church] are clear on that, homosexuals, LGBT’s and the rest are children of God and they must be respected. "They have a human dignity that nobody must be allowed to trample on that,” Archbishop Palmer Buckle told Nii Arday Clegg, host of Morning Starr Monday. Archbishop Palmer Buckle added: “However, for the greater good of humanity we the Catholic Church espouse and we say that marriage is for man and woman and remains for man and woman and children should be brought up in the family of man and woman. “It is also not only our religious teaching that makes us stay by that, it is also a natural normal logical thing so this is where we are in the Catholic Church and I think we have made it very clear we are not going to condemn LGBTs as personalities...but we definitely say that is contrary to the greater good of humanity for procreation and also for education and creation of people”.

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