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FLASHBACK: Ahenkorah chewed two of his own party papers after his snatching – MP Revealed

Posted on by Kofi Tutu

The Member of Parliament elect in the Cape Coast North Constituency of the Central Region,Hon.Kwamina Mintah A.K.A Ragga has revealed that,Hon.Carlos Ahenkorah chewed two of the ballot papers he snatched during the Speaker of Parliament’s election.

He explained that,Carlos Ahenkorah snatched his own Npp party’s papers and chewed two out of their 136 votes during recounting of the party’s votes and to verify whether the 136 votes recorded is correct.

He disclosed that,at the time they caught him, he was already chewing two of the papers.

Hon Carlos Ahenkorah Snatched ballot papers in Parliament during the counting of the Speaker of Parliament’s election on the 6th January 2021.

Ragga then sidelined some underway projects in the Cape Coast North Constituency and made mention of the completion of all standstill road projects by the close of this year,paying attention to the Security issues, lighting systems amongst others.

Hon.Kwamina Mintah in an interview with Osahene Kwame Dapaa Asare assured his supporters who through their efforts has made him the mp to still have the faith and the believe in him since he will leave no developmental stone unturned to drive the Constituency to the fortunes.

He stated that,he has started with his Thank You tour hence will appeal to any community he has not yet visited in his constituency to have patience since “we count one before two”.

Source:Anaafi Kokooto of Kingdom fm, Cape Coast/Gnews.com

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Bosomtwe MP’s vision 100 engineers in 10 years on course.

Posted on by Kofi Tutu

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has set up a 10 year vision to ensure that the Bosomtwe area produces at least 100 engineers in the next 10 years.

As part of that he has been offering scholarships to brilliant students from the area for them to pursue high level education at the tertiary level.

On Monday morning, be bid farewell to 30 students from the Bosomtwe who have gained admission at the University of Mines and Technology (UMAT) at Tarkwa to pursue various courses in Engineering.

Dr Adutwum is fully funding the education of the students.

He posed and took pictures with the students who were about boarding a bus to the Tarkwa campus of UMAT in the Western Region.

The excitement on the faces of the students and that of the parents who had assembled in front of Dr Adutwum’s constituency office building “was palpable,” Dr Adutwum stated in a post on social media.

“Fees paid, accommodation provided and a bus ready to convey them to Tarkwa, I encouraged them to aim high, study hard, read wide and pursue success,” the former Deputy Minister of Education in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term in office wrote.

“My vision of ensuring that Bosomtwe gets 100 engineers within the next ten years is on course,” he added.

Source:graphic.com.gh

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Cite Assin North MP for contempt for flouting court injunction – Godfred Dame

Posted on by Kofi Tutu

A former Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame wants James Gyakye Quayson, the Member of Parliament for Assin North, cited for contempt.

He made the call on the back of the swearing-in of Mr. Quayson as MP despite a court injunction against his swearing-in.

Mr. Dame said the MP action is an affront to the court’s directive and lawyers for the plaintiff should bring the matter up in court.

He said this in an interview with Citi News.

“Clearly, if a person acts in violation of a court order and if a person acts in woeful disregard of the authority of a court, it is something that is in contempt of court. But of course, whether the contempt will be followed or not, is for the lawyers who were involved in the matter to take the necessary decision, and it is up to them to pursue the issue of contempt.”

A Cape Coast High Court on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, granted an injunction restraining Mr. Quayson, from being sworn-in into the 8th Parliament on Thursday, January 7, 2021.

The injunction was granted in a case filed by one Michael Ankomah-Nimfa of Assin Bereku who claims Mr. Quayson holds dual citizenship of Ghana and Canada.

When the issue came up during the inauguration of the 8th Parliament, the Clerk, Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, said he could not recognise Mr. Quayson since the injunction notice was served him.

“I was duly served, and I am therefore unable to recognize James Quayson as MP-elect for the purposes of the election of Speaker. I will therefore accordingly proceed in the conduct of this election”, the Clerk stated during the inauguration of the 8th Parliament.

But the decision did not go down well with the NDC MPs who accused the Clerk of being bias.

They insisted that because the MP-elect had not been served with the injunction documents, the Clerk should allow him to take part in the voting process.

The Clerk subsequently yielded to the demands of the NDC Caucus.

Source: citinews