May 2022 - Page 16 of 29 - Wontumi Online

16 May

Ghana Records 352 Unresolved Chieftaincy Dispute-Making The Country Terrorism Threat- Expert Says (VIDEO)

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Security Expect Saani Saani Adib has revealed that Ghana’s 352 unresolved internal conflict puts the country at risk due to the rise in terrorism attack in its neighboring countries. In recent times a report from West African Center for Counter – Extremism (WACCE) examined Ghana’s exposure to violent and terrorism attack indicating that the country is at a risk due to its proximity to countries such as Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin and Ivory Coast. In an interview on Movement in the Morning Political Show, Saani Adib said “Ghana is prone to terror attack due it Chieftaincy disputes and tribal conflict.…

16 May

French Ambassador Anne Sophie Avé Leaves Ghana In August

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The French Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Anne Sophie Avé will complete her tenure in a few months. She has been working in Ghana since 2018. Through her many exploits, especially those in the creative arts industry, the diplomat has endeared herself to many Ghanaians. In an interview with Ameyaw TV at the 2022 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, H.E. Anne Sophie Avé disclosed that she will be leaving Ghana in August when quizzed about her futures plans to add up to her accomplishments. “Well, I leave it to my successor to do it because I’m leaving at the end of August……

16 May

Ghana’s Security Threat; A Ticking Time Bomb

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For a very long time, Ghana has remained one of the safest countries in Africa, it is said to be the gateway of freedom and peace regardless of its internal conflict particularly in the Northern Part of the country. The last thing the nation will worry about is terrorism invasion although some of its neighboring countries have witnessed this inhumane act. In February 2022, an intelligence report from the UN Security on Global Terrorism indicated that there is a suspected terrorism warehouse in Ghana, Togo and Benin which is set up by the Islamic State of Irag and the Levant…

16 May

Sarkodie Has Opened So Many Doors For Me – King Promise Recounts

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Singer, King Promise, has expressed immense gratitude to rapper, Sarkodie, for the tremendous contributions he has made in his career especially, when he was coming up. The legacy life entertainment signee said in an interview with George Quaye on Joy FM that he is thankful to Sarkodie for what he did especially as he could have easily turned a blind eye. “Thank God for Sark. Just meeting him opened so many doors. He didn’t have to. But out of just him being a good person, he introduced me to a lot of people.” King Promise indicated that Sarkodie spread a…

16 May

Majid Michel Confesses To Stealing Taxi Driver’s Money To Pay Him

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Majid Michel has opened up on stealing from Taxi Drivers during his difficult times. The Ghanaian actor, who is also now an evangelist, engaged in the thievery because he was broke. He disclosed this during Angel FM's 30/30 segment show hosted by Okyeame Quophi. Detailing the incident Majid Michel said “I used to take taxis, the trotro taxi type not the taxi that drops you. So when I sit in the taxi, I will take the money [from the gear area where drivers leave their coins] and then put it in my pocket". As for what happens after successfully stealing…

16 May

Fuel Prices To Rise Marginally In Second Pricing Window Of May – IES

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Consumers of fuel may have to brace themselves for more shocks in the next couple of days because the Institute of Energy Security (IES) is forecasting a 3 to 6 percent increase in the price of petrol and LPG and 2 percent increase in the price of diesel on the local market. According to the Institute, this is attributed to the 7.64% rise in Gasoline price, 1.90% rise in Gasoil price, and the 6.05% rise in the price of LPG on the international market plus the growing pockets of fuel shortages across the country. Although the Cedi appreciated by 0.28%…

16 May

Ghana Needs More Entrepreneurs To Check Imported Inflation – Finance Minister

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Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has explained that the only way by which imported inflation in Ghana can be minimized is if the country is able to raise more entrepreneurs to produce locally. According to him, it is for this reason that the government is investing heavily in projects that can build an entrepreneurial society in the country. His comments come on the back of a soaring inflation rate which currently stands at 23.6 percent, of which inflation for imported goods exceeded domestic inflation for the first time in 29 months. The inflation for imported goods was 24.7 percent, which is…

16 May

Current High Inflation Rate Phenomena Is Not An Isolated Event – Seth Terkper

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Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has called on government to take a comprehensive look at the economy to resolve the high inflation rate phenomena being experienced and its knock-on effect on other parts of Ghanaian life. According to Mr. Terkper, the high rate of inflation is connected and tied to different aspects of the economy Data from the Ghana Statistical Service shows that the continuous increase in transport and food prices among others, across the country, has pushed the national year-on-year inflation for April 2022 to 23.6 %, which is over 13 percentage points higher than the upper band of…

15 May

Manso Nkwanta Constituency Executives Take ‘Selfies’ With Chairman Wontumi As They Endorse Him (PHOTO)

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After welcoming the incumbent Ashanti Regional Chairman to Manso Nkwanta constituency, the executives used the occasion to take ‘selfies’ with Chairman Wontumi to send a indirect message to his contenders that they would be maintaining him. Chairman Wontumi seems to have won over the hearts of all constituencies he has visited so far and latest to endorse his candidature is Manso Nkwanta constituency. The executives after holding close door meeting with Chairman Wontumi, gave him an assurance they would be voting for him and maintaining him as Ashanti Regional Chairman. The National Council of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has…

15 May

We Want To Break The 8 With Chairman Wontumi- Bekwai NPP Executives

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Constituency Executives of Bekwai have sounded a caution to all members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to maintain Chairman Wontumi as Regional Chairman if they want to fulfill their agenda of breaking the eight. The above message was communicated when Chairman Wontumi and his campaign team visited the constituency to officially inform them about his decision to pick nomination and contest as Ashanti Regional Chairman. Under the leadership of Chairman Wontumi, the NPP won massively in Ashanti region to ensure Nana Akufo-Addo was elected President in 2016 and maintained in 2020. Video below… https://youtu.be/UY9huttBc4w