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SUPPORT GOVERNMENT’S EFFORT TO CREATE SYSTEMS- DR. BAWUMIA

Dr. Bawumia is the most incorruptible politician in Ghana
Dr. Bawumia is the most incorruptible politician in Ghana

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president, has blamed the country’s rising indiscipline and corruption on the failure of previous administrations to erect robust systems to stop the canker.


According to him, corruption continues to hamper Ghana’s efforts to raise revenue in both public and private institutions.
Dr. Bawumia called for cooperation to support the government’s efforts to create systems to check corruption while addressing the 59th Annual Session of the Ghana Baptist Convention in the Ashanti Region.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia


“One of the key hindrances in fulfilling God’s purpose is corruption. Corruption inhibits economic growth and affects business operations, employment and investment. It reduces tax revenue and the effectiveness of various financial assistant programmes. It has become increasingly important that nations develop systems that care for all, empower all and minimise the gap between the rich and the poor.”


According to Transparency International’s most recent Corruption Perception Index, Ghana has not made any notable strides in its fight against corruption.
Ghana maintained its score of 43 between 2020 and 2021, which is still below the average, with countries with higher scores being perceived as less corrupt and those with lower scores as more corrupt.
Less than 30% of Ghanaians believe that people can report corruption without fear of retaliation, a decrease of four percentage points from 2019. This belief is related to the fight against corruption.


Incorruptible Bawumia

The Ghana Armed Forces, spiritual and traditional leaders, and the judiciary are the most regarded among important public institutions.
Between 2019 and 2022, trust in institutions fell by 25 percentage points, with trust in the presidency falling by 25 percentage points.

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BAWUMIA WILL WIN OVER ALAN- BEN EPHSON

Ben Ephson endorses Bawumia
Ephson endorses Bawumia


The Dispatch Newspaper’s Managing Editor, Ben Ephson, has stated that the flagbearership race is not between Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Alan Kyerematen, as widely reported, but rather between Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Kennedy Agyapong.

Ben Ephson


The pollster suggests that Dr. Bawumia’s impact in the NPP since he fully joined politics puts him ahead of the Trade Minister, Alan Kyeremanten.
He asserts that the argument is supported by the observation that Alan Kyerematen has not made any significant contributions to the party’s advancement since 2007 unlike Dr. Bawumia.
Based on the data he has gathered, Alan Kyeremanten is most likely the third force in the race.


He continued, “I am not a delegate but from the work we have done, I think Alan could place third. If Alan places third, I will not be surprised at all. I am talking about figures that I have collected before the election and it is about 55% turn over at the polling station constituency level and the polling station is the biggest. In terms of over 200,000 delegates who will vote.”

H.E. Bawumia


The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who can boast of his heavy impacts in the party such as the digital agenda is like to battle it out with the Trade Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, Kennedy Agyapong, Joe Ghatey amongst others.
The ruling NPP is however yet to open nominations for the flagbearership race scheduled for next year.

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SUSPEND AZIZ FUTA- SLYVESTER TETTEH BEMOANS

Hon. Slyvester Tetteh, Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfrom constituency, has called for the suspension of Aziz Haruna Futa, NASARA Coordinator of the New Patriotic Party, for what he [Sly] refers to as “religious incitements.”

Hon. Sylvester Tetteh

Hon. Tetteh stated on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, “Aziz Futa is one person I would like to see the party suspend. You probably heard what he said at the party’s Islamic Thanksgiving Service… That was religious incitement, and he should be punished for it “He stated.
When the show’s host, Philip Osei Bonsu (OB), drew his attention to the fact that the General Secretary reprimanded Aziz Futa on the same occasion that he made those statements, Hon. Tetteh retorted, “It’s not like the General Secretary reprimanded Aziz Futa on the same occasion.” “That is insufficient. He must be kicked out of the party. Aziz owes a national apology to the party and must be sanctioned “He was emphatic.

Aziz Futa

In a related development, Slyvester Tetteh urged the General Secretary to take disciplinary action against Hon. Samuel Atta Akyea for endorsing Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid.


To ensure fairness, Hon. Tetteh believes that the party’s code of conduct must be followed to its logical conclusion. “The party cannot invite Hopeson Adorye and Ekow Vincent Assafuah over similar remarks while allowing my senior, Hon. Atta Akyea, to go free,” Hon Tetteh stated emphatically.

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DR. BAWUMIA SAVES GHANA THROUGH GHANA CARD

Ghana Card yields result
Ghana Card yields result

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has proclaimed that the government has put to bare hundreds of ghost names in public sector payrolls. This includes duplicates, which has contributed to the waning economic outlook of the country.

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This positive development forms part of the Vice President, Dr. Bawumia’s vision and efforts to reduce corruption by blocking the loopholes in the public sector including all corrupt related activities. According to government, the mechanisms being rolled out is an attempt to cut back on wastage and corruption. Sanitising the public payroll, digitalisation, and enhancing value for money in public expenditure.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia

In the first phase of these clean-up exercises by the controller and Accountant-General’s Department and National Identification Authority (NIA), After conducting a biometric audit of the government’s Payroll, 148,000 (24.6%) out of 602,000 workers have Identifications that do not match any biometric identification of NIA.  Again, 533 workers have multiple identities, example, some people have three different employee numbers.   Could this be a reason why are some persons, especially NDC elements do not want to register for the Ghana card, let alone link it with their SIM cards? A lot of ghost workers on the government’s payroll playing hide and seek games.

The names, according to Dr. Bawumia, have more than one Controller and Accountant-General’s Department account with different employee numbers.

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William Ruto is the new Kenya President
William Ruto is the new Kenya President

William Ruto Elected Kenya’s President amid Disputes
Despite a dramatic dispute over the outcome, William Ruto’s victory in Kenya’s presidential election has been widely celebrated around the world.
Mr Ruto defeated rival Raila Odinga, receiving 50.5% of the vote.


The announcement was postponed due to squabbles at the results center and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga’s campaign.
He has not yet spoken, but an ally told the BBC that Mr Odinga found the outcome “unacceptable.”

Kenya’s Deputy President,


“It lacks credibility because four of the seven [election commission] commissioners have stated that they did not sign on to the announcement that Mr Ruto was lawfully elected,” Salim Lone said.
He was referring to the commissioners’ refusal to endorse the presidential result, claiming that the process had been “opaque.” They provided no additional information on Monday.
After a period of celebration and violent protests following the announcement of the results, most parts of the country have returned to normalcy.


Thousands of residents in Mr Ruto’s home town of Eldoret in the Rift Valley burst into song and dance. However, the mood was different in Mr Odinga’s political base in the western city of Kisumu, where residents protested the loss by erecting burning tyres and barricades.

Ruto


Mr Ruto called for unity in his acceptance speech, saying he wanted to be a president for all and for the country to focus on the future.
“I want to assure those who have done many things against us that they have nothing to fear. There will be no retaliation. “We don’t have time to look back,” he added

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He also praised Wafula Chebukati, the chairman of the electoral commission, for conducting a fair election.

Despite threats, Mr Chebukati said he had done his job.

Mr Ruto, 55, was running for president for the first time. He has been deputy president for nine years, but he had a falling out with President Uhuru Kenyatta, who supported Mr Odinga for the presidency.
The 77-year-old former prime minister was running for president for the fifth time, with 48.8% of the vote.

Mr Ruto framed the election as a battle between “hustlers,” or poor Kenyans, and “dynasties,” or powerful families like the Kenyattas and Odingas, who have been major players in Kenyan politics since independence.
Unlike previous elections, the campaigns were dominated by issues such as how to address rising living costs, fix the economy, and combat corruption, rather than overt ethnic mobilization.

Analysts believe Mr Odinga will challenge the outcome.

The Kenyan Supreme Court declared the last election invalid and ordered a rerun; it may have to make another major decision in the coming weeks.

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RESHUFFLE YOUR MINISTERS TO BRING FRESH IDEAS- PROF. GYAMPO

Prof. Gyampo

Ransford Gyampo, a professor at the University of Ghana’s Political Science Department, has expressed concern about President Akufo-decision Addo’s not to reshuffle his appointees.

Gyampo said on Asaase’s Big Bulletin on Monday (8 August), “If you have the men, some are tired, some have been incompetent, and some are packing away.” Why don’t you reshuffle them and bring in new members? Fresh ideas, new perspectives, new energy, and so on. However, the president has the final say.”

H.E Akufo-Addo

“If the president believes they have performed admirably, well… after his tenure, we will be the best judges, we will assess him and determine whether he has performed admirably with his ministers or not,” he said.

Gyampo continued, “And so, if the president believes they are doing well and we believe they are not doing well, I believe the president’s position must be taken because he appointed them.” But, at the end of the day, we will conduct a thorough assessment of his government to determine whether or not his ministers assisted him.”

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ABLAKWA LIES, CAUGHT AND ASKED TO APOLOGIZE OR BE SUED

Okudzeto Ablakwa lies
Okudzeto Ablakwa lies


The Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has asked that the North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, retracts and apologizes for the falsehood that he was Secretary for the National Cathedral in 2019 since its incorporation.


According to Ablakwa, Godfred Yeboah Dame was registered as Secretary of the National Cathedral Board while also serving on the board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), which approved the contract for the project design.
“It is quite revealing to observe that when the National Cathedral was incorporated on 18th July 2019; the then Deputy AG, Godfred Dame was registered as Secretary. During that same period, he served on the board of the PPA which approved Adjaye’s irregular sole sourcing contract”, Okudjeto Ablakwa wrote on his Facebook page.

Okudzeto Ablakwa lies


Reacting to this claim, Mr. Dame dismissed the claims of breaching conflict of interest rules in processes leading to the incorporation of the National Cathedral of Ghana as a private company.
According to the Attorney-General, the allegation against him “is utterly false.”


In responding to the question, he explained that “the National Cathedral of Ghana was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee (non-profit making entity) on 18th July 2019.”
“Quite clearly, at the time of the approval by PPA (on whose governing board I served in my former capacity as Deputy Attorney-General), no company known as the National Cathedral of Ghana had been formed for me to be Secretary of, or have any purported interest in to declare. I could not have had a so-called interest in a non-existent company. If Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa had cared to read or examine the relevant documents well, as he should have, this plain fact would not have been lost on him,” he explained.

Ablakwa


He further stated that, “for the avoidance of doubt, I state that my role as Secretary (not a director or a member) to a not-for-profit company owned by the State does not present me with any personal interest which conflicts with the performance of my functions as a Minister.”
“The record reflects the fact that even in respect of companies limited by liability (profit-making entities), the State regularly appoints public officers, including Ministers, to serve as members of the board of directors to protect the public interest where the State is a shareholder,” he added.

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THE CREDIBLE BAWUMIA WILL BE GHANA’S NEXT PRESIDENT- ANNOR DOMPREH

Annor Dompreh commends Dr.Bawumia
Annor Dompreh commends Dr. Bawumia

Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Majority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam/Adoagyiri, believes Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia will be the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer and will win the 2024 elections.


As the NPP prepares to select a successor to President Akufo-Addo as party flagbearer, many believe Dr. Bawumia and Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen are the front-runners.
Dr. Bawumia, on the other hand, was an open choice for Frank Annoh-Dompreh.

Majority Chief Whip


He made the announcement at a conference to elect NPP constituency officers in the Nsawam/Adoagyiri constituency.
“John Mahama has contributed.” He should leave and not run again, but by God’s grace, Dr. Bawumia will be Ghana’s next president,” he said.
According to political observers in Ghana, the NPP’s flagbearership race will be a watershed moment for the party, as it will either make or break the party.

Dr. Bawumia, Vice President, Ghana

Freddie Blay, the party’s National Chairman, has already stated that he believes the party will emerge unscathed and more formidable to win the 2024 elections.


“Certainly, it will not be easy. When the party held internal elections in 2008, there were as many as 17 candidates. I believe they will be significantly lower this year.”
“We need unity; we need to put our differences aside and support the candidate who can break the 8. “Breaking the 8 is not just a slogan; it will become a reality,” he said in an interview with Citi News.

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