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I am Not Like Other Politicians - Nana Akufo Addo
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I am Not Like Other Politicians - Nana Akufo Addo
{sidebar id=10 align=right}The 2012 presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has criticised President John Dramani Mahama for kicking against his free Senior High School education policy, which he (Akufo-Addo) said will boost the knowledge base of the Ghanaian youth.
Nana Addo described President Mahama, who is also the presidential candidate for the ruling National Democratic Congress as someone who has seen the light, but is doing everything possible to prevent others from seeing that same light which has made him what he is today.
According to Nana Akufo-Addo, president John Dramani Mahama is a beneficiary of the late president Nkrumah’s Free education policy in the Northern part of Ghana, which he said contributed to his current status as President of the republic of Ghana.
Addressing Chiefs and people of the Akyem-Swedru Constituency in the Eastern Region on Tuesday on the first day of his restoration of hope tour, Nana Addo questioned the rationale behind President Mahama’s decision to counter free SHS education, which he said helped him and many others in the country.
He rubbished the claim by the NDC that, the free SHS policy can only be achieved after 20 years due to lack of finance and other related matters. The NPP flagbearer said his government if elected, will manage the country’s resources judiciously and invest heavily in education since that forms part of the basis and foundation for the economic transformation Ghanaians are yearning for. “The time for free SHS is now, we cannot wait for 20 years before our children go to school. We will get money and implement it next academic year when Ghanaians give us the mandate,” Akufo-Addo said passionately.
Nana-Addo pledged to the chiefs and people of Akyem-Swedru that his administration when given the mandate, will keep the covenant they have with the people of Ghana. “I am not like other politicians who say we will reduce petrol price drastically but increase it drastically after given the mandate, I am not the one who will tell you that I will reduce utility bills but increase it drastically when given the mandate, I am not the one who will say I will improve your living condition or standard but worsen it when I get your mandate, no. I am coming to serve you with truth, honesty, integrity and transparency, that will be the hallmark of the next NPP administration,” he assured.
Source: Adomonline.com
No commentsIt will be a miracle if the NDC wins the elections - Kwesi Amakye
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It will be a miracle if the NDC wins the elections - Kwesi Amakye
A Political Science lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), says the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) does not deserve another term in office considering what he says is an abysmal performance in government.
Kwesi Amakye Boateng maintained that Ghana under the NDC is at a “standstill” therefore its continues stay in power could spell doom for the country.
He was commenting on the chances of the Mahama/Amissah-Arthur ticket ahead of the December 7 general election.
The ruling party on Tuesday outdoored vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as running mate to President John Mahama after he was unanimously endorsed by the National Executive Council (NEC).
{sidebar id=10 align=right}Amissah-Arthur’s nomination is to consolidate the NDC’s crusade for re-election in December.
But speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Tuesday, Amakye Boateng said he will be extremely surprised if the NDC wins the December polls.
According to him, a vote for the Mahama/Amissah-Arthur ticket will be an endorsement of corruption in the country.
Amakye Boateng explained that, President Mahama by his loud silence on the controversial Woyomegate scandal and other dubious judgement debts paid to undeserving people by “corrupt government officials” is an attestation that he [Mahama] is not committed to fighting corruption in the country.
He opined that the presidency seem to have been compromised given what he says is the continued stay in office of government appointees implicated in the dubious judgement debt payments.
Kwesi Amakye Boateng urged Ghanaians to vote against the NDC since according to him, an NDC government presiding over corruption must not be allowed to manage the state coffers.
In a quick rebuttal, Deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim-Boateng questioned the independence of political science lecturer, Kwasi Amakye Boateng - accusing him of being bias.
He alleged that Amakye Boateng is a full blooded member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) hence lacks the ability to do an independent analysis on political issues.
Agyenim-Boateng challenged Kwesi Amakye to come clean on his political status and stop doing the bidding of the NPP under the guise of the political science lecturer.
From: Adwoa Gyasiwaa/Myjoyonline.com
Ghana 2012/13 cocoa crop seen down 5% - COCOBOD
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Ghana 2012/13 cocoa crop seen down 5% - COCOBOD
Ghana's cocoa industry regulator Cocobod expects to purchase 800,000 tonnes during the coming 2012/13 crop year, down more than five percent from this season because of unfavourable weather, it said on Thursday
The gloomy outlook from the world's second-largest grower of the main ingredient in chocolate could feed into worries of a global deficit this year, a factor that pushed world cocoa prices to 10-month highs this month.
"Our target is to buy about 800,000 tonnes in the coming season, both main and light (crops)," Cocobod spokesman Noah Amenyah said.
Ghana produced a record one million tonnes of cocoa last year, buoyed by good weather and improved farming techniques, but has seen output slip to about 850,000 tonnes this year.
Production in Ivory Coast, the world's top grower, and Cameroon has also come down this season, but the region - which accounts for more than two thirds of world output - is expected to post an overall modest increase during the 2012/13 season.
Amenyah said that, generally, a lot of cocoa was planted but crop development was hampered by the lack of adequate rains earlier this year.
On Wednesday, Cocobod signed a syndicated loan totalling $1.5 billion with 31 international banks for the new season's crop purchases. The banks included Barclays, Standard Chartered and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
Ghana runs a two-cycle cocoa season consisting of the October-June main crop harvest, which is mainly exported, and an 11-week light crop, which is discounted to local grinders.
A Cocobod official told Reuters on Thursday that there were plans to close the current light crop this week, after nine weeks of purchases, because some farmers had started delivering the new season's harvest.
Purchases for this year's light crop, which began mid-July, reached 51,000 tonnes at August 30.
From: Reuters
Nana Addo's Speech At Launch Of Internet-Based Campaign
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Nana Addo's Speech At Launch Of Internet-Based Campaign
SPEECH BY NANA AKUFO-ADDO AT THE LAUNCH OF HIS INTERNET BASED CAMPAIGN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2012 AT THE KOFI ANNAN ICT CENTRE IN ACCRA
{sidebar id=11 align=right}Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen.
Thank you for joining me here at the Kofi Annan ICT Centre, and online, to introduce everyone to my official website, and to my Twitter and Facebook pages and the launching of my e-campaign.
Those of you here and those who are joining us from around the country and around the world are part of this new exciting world of computers, of the internet and its wonders, of Facebook and of search engines. The contents of encyclopaedias are available on your telephones and calculations that used to take hours for mathematicians to make can be accessed on your iPads.
We need to build a knowledge-based economy, and that begins by making sure all our children have access to ICT. If we in Ghana are to make the transformation of our economy that is crucial to our survival and that will create the hundreds of thousands of jobs that young people deserve, we need to plug fully into what ICT has to offer.
I am happy that so many of you have the modern technological expertise and you can compete with the best in the world, but we need to expand access further. It is important therefore that you do not keep the opportunities and insights various social media have given you to yourselves. Spread the word! Share with others how it has transformed your everyday lives.
{sidebar id=10 align=right}Not so long ago, to spread the news about an event could take days or even weeks. But here we are, as I speak, my speech is being watched live on my YouTube channel, youtube.com/nanaakufoaddo2012, whilst real-time updates are on Facebook and Twitter.
With access to information, we can transform Ghana. As the Good Book says, “my people perish for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). For example, increased access to information and better communication links will help us make informed choices about all facets of our economy.
I envisage a presidency under which the Ghanaian child goes for computer lessons in his or her school’s well-equipped computer laboratory with internet access. And this child will go on to appreciate the unparalleled access to the global village that this technology offers.
As information becomes more readily available, every policy initiative is now dissected, discussed, argued and promoted on Facebook. Often there is no intermediary between those of you accessing on social media and the politician. You are able to make your own minds up and make your own references. This has put enormous power in the hands of the citizenry and this is good for our democracy. Reaction and feedback are instantaneous and the population can have real influence on policy issues.
I have been engaging with young people via my website and social media since 2007. With encouragement from my daughters, I signed up on Facebook in 2007. I subsequently realized how engaging this social network was as I interacted with Ghanaians all over the country and in the diaspora and with friends of Ghana, some of whom are present with us in this room today. For example, yesterday, I was able to participate in a fund-raising event in Cologne, Germany without being physically there, thanks to Skype. Photos and reports from my tours around the country are uploaded regularly and issues affecting the youth especially are discussed with a lot of vigour. The number of ‘likes’ and comments have been useful in moulding my ideas on the issues that matter to the youth. I have been reading your emails too, and try as much as possible, to respond to as many of them as I can and when I can.
My website, akufoaddo2012.com, is live with the policies and programmes that will transform Ghana under an Akufo-Addo presidency.
There are daily debates on Facebook as to whether our Free SHS policy can truly be rolled out. My status updates are clear on what this policy has to offer, where funds will be gotten from and how much difference that will make to the lives of our young people.
And since the NPP as a party is known to deliver on the promises it makes to the people of Ghana, do not hesitate to ‘share’ my thoughts on the Free SHS Policy. You can also send me messages via Facebook on any clarifications or inputs you may have.
But most importantly keep tweeting the fact that a Free-SHS policy is possible and an Akufo-Addo/Bawumia presidency will execute it to the letter. Let us use the hashtag #freeSHSinGhana and spread the word.
By so doing we will follow a path on which our children are ensured a brighter and prosperous future and unfollow the path of empty promises and corrupt and incompetent governance.
The Akufo-Addo social network sites and e-campaign are duly launched.
The future is bright, join us and let’s transform Ghana.
source: Nana Akufo-Addo
Illiterate NDC members will be major beneficiaries of Nana Addo’s free SHS policy - Kofi Jumah
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Illiterate NDC members will be major beneficiaries of Nana Addo’s free SHS policy - Kofi Jumah
{sidebar id=12 align=right}The NPP Member of Parliament for Asokwa constituency, Maxwell Kofi Jumah said the ruling NDC will be the biggest beneficiary of Nana Akufo-Addo’s free Senior High School (SHS) policy.
According to Jumah, majority of the NDC members are not educated therefore if the NPP is voted into power, they would have an opportunity to go to school free.
He was speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Thursday.
The NPP flag-bearer has provided an estimated cost of GH¢78 million of the free SHS policy in its first year of implementation.
The cost according to Nana Addo includes tuition, boarding, feeding and all the other charges for the 2013-2014 academic year.
But the NDC has challenged the feasibility of the NPP’s flagship free SHS policy- stating that it is just a ploy to win power.
The NDC maintained improving access and infrastructure to the schools should be prioritized than making SHS free.
However, Kofi Jumah said the ruling party must seek the interest of its illiterate members first than its self interest.
He noted that it is important for the populace to be equipped with knowledge through literacy to make them more discerning and independent minded to be able to differentiate between propaganda and the truth.
Kofi Jumah added that it is obvious poverty and ignorance are ramifications of illiteracy which he says is an essential component of underdevelopment.
The Asokwa MP posited that government is against free SHS because it wants to manipulate the minds of Ghanaians with it vile propaganda to retain power.
He said the ruling party has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that its priority is the payment of dubious judgement debt to its cronies and not to secure a good future for the nation.
Kofi Jumah reaffirmed the NPP’s commitment to delivering a literate country under an Akufo-Addo presidency and called on Ghanaians to support its efforts to rid the country of illiteracy.
From: Adwoa Gyasiwaa/Myjoyonline.com