PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO'S GALAMSEY FIGHT AND HOW IT AFFECTED NPP IN THE 2020 ELECTIONS

A Thread Six months into his Presidency, President Akufo-Addo made this famous and profound statement at a gathering of Chiefs, appointees and stakeholders in fight against illegal mining

#TOTALRECALL

10 OCCASIONS THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY WAS UNDERMINED DURING THE PRESIDENCY OF PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO

A thread #TotalRecall 1. ASP NANKA BRUCE ASSAULTED AT JUBILEE HOUSE

On 9th January 2017, 2 days into the Presidency of President Akufo-Addo, some members of the ruling party’s vigilante groups went to the seat of government and physically assaulted a Policeman who was stationed at JH

OSP GOES TO COURT TO "KEEP" SEIZED CECILIA DAPAAH MONEY AND FROZON ACCOUNTS

Thread It will be recalled that after the Chronicle some months ago reported two househelps of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah were in court standing trial for allegedly stealing $1m and 300k euros of the former Minister

Some Ghanaians petitioned the OSP to investigate her

They fail to hold leadership accountable and accuse opposition of not doing enough so they don't have to hold leadership accountable
We should have seen same from you in times past.
They are always playing victim only when one party "attacks" them Gov't passes taxes, and we are told about failure of opposition to stop it or mobilize businesses to fight it but the voting was in Parliament and every member of ruling party voted for the taxes but nobody questions them

To help Ghana change the fundamentals of our economy and move it from import to export driven, President Akufo-Addo promised to deliver 1 District 1 factory and gov't says there are currently 150 factories in operation
6 years on, have we properly assesed its impact? Can the gov't tell us what products all these 150 factories are producing so we check if importation of them has reduced and it's impact on our economy
Six years after spending more than 2.7bn cedis in 1D 1F, the basic thing is to have this assessment

SUPREME COURT DECISION ON WEED

So this is a little explainer on the Supreme Court ruling on “wee”

The Supreme Court earlier in a 4-3 decision struck out Section 43 of the Narcotics Narcotics Control Commission Act, Act 1019. Minister on the recommendation of the Commission, may grant a licence for the cultivation of cannabis popularly referred to as “wee” in Ghana, which is not more than 0.3 % THC content on a dry weight basis for industrial purposes for obtaining fibre or seed for medicinal purposes

SOCIAL MEDIA POLITICAL ENTERPRENEURS

A thread 3 months ago, a close associate and I were catching up on old times and our convo became a recap of good old times and some of our acquaintances we don't hear from anymore
I mentioned one of such names and H(my friend) said he is still in contact with that particular friend

MORNING MUSINGS

Anytime the Ghanaian media asks people to share their issues of concern they want addressed(Wo haw ne sɛn), almost 90% are problems of local government failures and issues with central government
Little is said on political parties However, the media spends so much time on political parties giving solutions to every problems. Political parties have people of expertise in various fields so such people should be discussing particular issues of concern to the people

I wish kids in Ghana's basic schools start school at 8:30am because waking 4-10 year olds at 4am to prepare for school to avoid traffic and get to school by 6:30am/7am doesn't sit well with me

I experienced this as a kid fighting for trotro with elderly on dreaded Abuakwa road A lot of factors causing this include parents have to get to work early by beating the traffic and that is why we need a functioning public transport system in Ghana
Also parents have to cater for their kids by having a work schedule flexible enough to meet such responsibilities

I don't know about others but I sometimes wonder why many of the things we faced as children were even acceptable
As kids, if your teacher met you outside after school hours playing football or any games, they beat you in school the next day As kids, we were sent to school by our parents in their cars whilst others as 8 year olds lived far away fighting over trɔtrɔ with the elderly
Why did teachers beat or punish us for not getting numbers or roll call?

When a government realizes it has failed, it resorts to haphazard and uncoordinated putting up of infrastructure to confuse the uninitiated and fickle minds
It's an age old tactic So you realize every 2 weeks, NPP aparachiks will drop a road being constructed or a school building saying Akufo-Addo is working
We owe road contractors over 5bn cedis and anytime we give them deadline to pay, we fail
However we should praise Akufo-Addo he's constructing roads

Something strange is happening in Ghana and @ospghana should be petitioned to investigate it

NB: Please check every date in this thread carefully

1. A company called JNS talent centre Limited opened a bank account on 26th Feb 2021 with 0 cedis 2. The Executive Director of Ghana cathedral wrote to JNS on August 26, 2021 to give them a loan as top up to pay contractors because gov't money was delaying

NB: this letter was put on Facebook by one Akosua Manu, Deputy CEO of National Youth Authority

2 of the biggest 5 stories on Kumasi radio involved one character and arguably the most listened to presenter ever Otwinoko

1. He said he had info witches were going to have their annual conference in a town called Bechem Nkwanta and for 6 months, this was discussed everywhere 2. The Yaw Donkor murder case he did with now Joy News Ashanti correspondent Ohemeng Tawia back at Radio Mercury
Top level investigations better than CSI Miami

3. Charles Taylor transfer from Hearts to Kotoko and Listowell and Kapital Sports spearheading

#KumasiRadioStories

290-10/290-40
See Kapital radio has really paid their dues
They were really THE HEART OF MUSIC

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LUV FM made this expensive than cocaine just because of GIFT OF SONGS
Call me if you need someone to talk to

#KumasiRadioStories That Lovin CEE intro song from Meiway which goes like "Cee yoo Cee, Cee yoo Cee" was super spicy the day after a @AsanteKotoko_SC big win

Lovin Cee, hwɛ adwumawura n'ankasa
Action nkoa 🔥🔥🔥 #KumasiRadioStories

RE: MANHYIA SHUTS DOWN OYEREPA RADIO IN KUMASI

1. Leader of UPP, Akwasi Addai Odike was on the morning show and accused of undermining Chiefs in Asante of being involved or encouraging galamsay

2. The Kumasi Traditional Council performed rights to "barnish" Odike 3. Odike the next morning went on Nhyira FM and repeated the said accusations and said he wouldn't apologize because he spoke the truth

4. Some unknown thugs attacked the offices of Odike's party in Kumasi with eye witnesses saying the men wielded guns and destroyed vehicles

There's this attempt to always blame and attack Parliament for some of the problems Ghana faces by people because of ignorance
How do we blame Parliament for ineptitude of executive when it has always been huge majority of MPs from ruling party who are always whipped in line? We are just lucky the 2020 Parliamentary elections ended the way it did which for the first time got the Candidate for Speaker from the ruling party losing the Speakership elections
Imagine what those in power would have done with absolute control of Parliament

MY TRAVEL FROM GHANA-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-GHANA IN 7 DAYS

BACK FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
THE GHANAIAN ECONOMY; separating facts from propaganda

A thread It was Monday, 25th of July 2022 and as I sat in my living room chair watching UTV around 10:47pm, I took a decision to "visit" Russia because the reasons for Ghana's current economic hardships got me confused anytime I listened to the NPP and NDC

Because Son is always used as a counterattacking threat, he can't track back against Reece James after Spurs went to a back 4
Conte should have brought a defensive minded person on immediately they equalized and James went to back 3
This is on Conte

See the space James had Conte in that fight with Tuchel after Spurs equalized did the damage because he couldn't calm down to read properly and respond to Aspilecueta change to switch Chelsea to back 3 and James WB attacking Son

Similar happened to Arteta at Anfield last season after Klopp bust up

WHO KILLED ATTA MILLS? WHO IS KILLING ATTA MILLS? WHO WILL KILL ATTA MILLS?

PART 1

A thread And when it was time for that great one to die he looked up and shouted, Father, forgive them for they know not wat they do and receive my spirit and he gave up the ghost

The righteous do not die, they give up the ghost because they know they wil take it up again

Chris Delvan

Yes the huge spending on Free SHS is a big problem and must be addressed devoid of sentiments and tagging

Don't look at gov't spending in general because there are other important spending as on education like health, housing, security etc

My reasons below

https://twitter.com/CallmeAlfredo/status/1550549558240821248

First is to look rather at the spending on Free SHS out of the education budget
If gov't allocate X cedis to education and Y cedis is spent only on Free SHS then we must interrogate what X and Y here represent
This will give proper perspective not overall gov't spending

SAD DAY FOR GHANAIAN DEMOCRACY BUT MANY GHANAIANS ARE HAPPY
BREAKING DOWN WHAT HAPPENED IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY

A thread On 17th November 2021, Ghana’s finance minister Ken Ofori Atta presented the 2022 Budget statement to Ghana’s Parliament to debate and approve