Akufo-Addo embarks on 4-day tour of Central Region

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo will from today embark on a 4-day tour of the Central Region.

The tour scheduled to end on Monday, September 17, 2018 forms part of the President’s ongoing nationwide tour, which has seen him visit the Brong Ahafo, Western, Ashanti, Volta and the 3 Northern Regions.

The President is expected to interact with Chiefs and people of Komenda, Gomoa Assin, Gomoa Ajumako, Mankessim and Effutu Traditional Areas.
He will also engage Regional Party Executives, MMDCEs, and Regional Security Council in separate meetings.

The President will be inspecting the Komenda Sugar Factory, Peterfield Citrus Factory, 300 acres sweet potato farm under 1D1F as well as the 20 megawatts Solar Farm.

There will also be a sod cutting for Tourism Enclave Re-development Scheme, introduction of the Vice Chancellor and commissioning of the largest lecture theatre in Ghana at the University of Education – Winneba

NPP serial callers torch mobile phones to protest neglect by party leadership

The serial callers set about 100 mobile phones on fire

In a rare protest against the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), members of a group calling itself Volunteer Media Communicators for NPP their mobile phones ablaze in Kumasi.

The move, according to the serial pro-NPP callers, is to get party leadership to reward them for their loyalty.

The communicators, drawn from various constituencies in the Ashanti Region, converged at the Abbey's Park clad in party colours and red armbands.

In all about 100 mobile phones were set on fire.

They hope the action will send home their dissatisfaction with the poor treatment they receive from party leadership in the Ashanti Region.

Executive Member for the group, Abel Anokye, said party leaders have refused to find them jobs after the party assumed affairs of state.

“‘We spend a lot of money on phone calls, just to defend the party. After we came to power we are yet to benefit from the party. They say we have been given MASLOC vehicle but it is not true. It was auctioned and we paid realistic prices for those vehicles without engines,” he said.

“Party leadership especially, the Vice Chair called us useless. The Regional Minister has refused to help us. We want the President to take them from this Region we cannot stay with them,” he added.

They have since withdrawn their services to the party until further notice.

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‘National Cathedral a very good concept’ – Opoku Onyinah

The immediate Past Chairman of the Church of Pentecost Apostle Opoku Onyinah has hailed the decision by President Nana Akufo-Addo to build a national Cathedral describing it as “a very good concept”

According to him, every leader has a vision hence if it is the vision of President Akufo-Addo to build a national cathedral there is “nothing wrong with that”.

Speaking in an interview on Citi TV’s Face to Face with Godfred Akoto, the Preacher said he is not concerned about issues of the location of the national cathedral but rather it’s significance.

“Every leader has got his vision and what he thinks can help the entire nation, so if for instance, the President of the nation has seen that Ghana has 70% of Christians, and the Cathedral is something that can bring the nation together, there is nothing wrong with that one.

“It depends on what the leaders would like to do. The place or the venue is not my concern but the concept is very good”.

Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah explained that if the President’s vision is to unite Christians in the country, then the concept of the national cathedral is a good one.

Apostle Onyinah bows out after 42 years of service

Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, the immediate-past Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, on August 26, 2018 officially bowed out of active service after 42 years of successful ministry which saw him become the head of the Church for a period spanning 10 years.

He was succeeded by the former head of the COP in Koforidua Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye as the new Chairman of the Church.

His period saw a tremendous growth and transformation of the Church of Pentecost which now has a national population of over 2.5 million members.
Majority of Ghanaians support National Cathedral project – Hadzide

Deputy Minister of Information, Pius Hadzide over the weekend said that majority of Ghanaians supports Government ’s decision to build a national cathedral.

Speaking on Citi FM/Citi TV news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday, Hadzide said those who oppose the cathedral project are in the minority.

“It is my understanding that the National Cathedral was the president’s idea. Our understanding is that it has the support of a majority of Ghanaians but there are a few who disagree and we are ready to listen to these people,” he said.

Background

The government has received backlash over its decision to evict some nine Court of Appeal judges and other residents around the Ridge area in Accra to pave the way for the construction of the National Cathedral.

Although the government says private institutions will fund the project, some Ghanaians say they don’t believe such assurance.

Others have said the facility should be relocated to other parts of the country.
 Source: citinewsroom.com