Kakra Nunu, Author at Wontumi Online

05 Sep

Mahama Using Ofosu-Ampofo’s Akyemness As A Defense Is Lame

Kakra NunuArticles, Featured

A miss is as good as a mile, and this is something that appears to be illusive to Mahama. In his attempt to limit the seemingly self-inflicted irreparable damage to his candidacy with respect to his ethnocentric comments against the people of Akyem, John Dramani Mahama has sought to justify it by saying that it was targeted at a few, named persons. He throws in the angle of his National Chairman, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo and the head of his manifesto committee hailing from Akyem, and could not have lumped all of them into the same soup. First of all, Ofosu-Ampofo doesn't…

05 Sep

When The Hymns From Our CSOs Are Not Mellisonant Enough….

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of minds deemed to be little. Madam Elizabeth Ohene, in her erudite rendition on these neutrals and CSOs, detailed her disagreement with some of them on how they want to be seen to be holding the punishing rod of the land and have monopolized the act of critiquing governments without accommodating dissenting views on their views. Some of these opinionated groups, she indicated, believe whatever comes from them are sacrosanct and cannot be disputed. These and many other cogent topics formed part of her widely circulated opinion captured in that beautiful prosy piece. There…

05 Sep

Samira Shakes Kumasi Today

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The Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, is expected to come to life with the glittering blue, white and red colours of the ruling New Patriotic Party as the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Her Excellency, Hajia Samira Bawumia, joins thousands of party functionaries to perform the official launch of Regional Women's Campaign. The Second Lady is expected to join other leading figures in the party, including the Chief of Staff, Hon. Frema Osei and Regional Chairman of the party, Mr. Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Chairman Wontumi, at the Centre For National Culture, as the ruling party kick starts outdoor…

05 Sep

Coordinating Directors Call For Support For Zoomlion After Touring Company’s Waste Plants In Accra

Kakra NunuBusiness, NewsAccra Compost and Recycling Plant, Korle-Bu, Lavender Hill Faecal Waste Treatment Plant, Mudor Waste Water Treatment Plant

Association of Coordinating Directors (ACD) have entreated the central government to support the various waste treatment facilities owned by waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL). Organiser of the ACD, Michael Owusu Amoako, made the call when members of the association (mainly regional coordinating directors [RCD] of the sixteen regions in the country) toured some of the waste management plants of Zoomlion in Accra on Friday, September 4, 2020 The organiser of ACD, who was overwhelmed by the loads of Zoomlion’s state-of-the-art waste plants, was full of praise for the company, and especially its efforts in helping to make the…

05 Sep

We Have Every Reason To Give You 4 More To Do More For Us – Tatale Paramount Chief

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsTatale-Sanguli District, Yendi-Tatale road

The Paramount Chief of Tatale Traditional Area Oubore Gariba Yankosor, has commended President Akufo-Addo for the life-changing policies his government has introduced since assuming office. Addressing a durbur in honour of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumua at Tatale on Friday 3rd September 2020, Paramount Chief said Tatale and its environs have received their fair share of the President's nationwide impactful interventions, and that they have good reasons to back the President's bid for another term. "On behalf of the chiefs and people of the Tatale-Sanguli District, I express our appreciation to His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and His Vice,…

05 Sep

Mahama’s SADA For Northern Development Was A Monumental Waste Of Tax Payers Money – Bawumia

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Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged former President Mahama to name just one legacy which his purported programme for the development of the northern part of Ghana, the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). Addressing a durbar in his honour by the chiefs and people of Tatale Traditional area on Friday September 4, Bawumia described SADA as "a monumental and inexplicable waste of tax payer resources", and expressed disgust at the insensitive manner in which Mahama's administration exploited the poor people of the north and wasted millions of dollars under the guise of developing the north through SADA. "Where is the legacy…

04 Sep

I Was Appalled By Mahama’s Sakawa Comments About Akyems ~ Prez. Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has expressed his dismay over the reference to Akyems as being Sakawa people by John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the NDC. In an hour interview with Kwabena Kwakye KenCity Media which was aired on Oman 107.1 FM/Net2 Television, the President could not bring himself to believe what the former president said about the people of Akyem as being Sakawa. "I was appalled by Mahama's Sakawa reference to the people of Akyem" the President stated, worriedly. "Ask yourself what would have happened if I had made such a statement about Gonjas.…

04 Sep

I Set Ghana Free From IMF, Mahama Will Run Us Back- President Akufo-Addo

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appealed to voters to be guided by his quality record as President and the abysmal one of former President John Mahama when they visit the polls in 2020. President Akufo-Addo noted that “we all have record as President. I had no record before, now I do and the NDC’s candidate also has a record” adding that voters should look out for the one that produces a quality record “when given the highest opportunity" to serve. He reminded voters in an interview on Oman FM which was monitored by Wontumionline.com that if…

04 Sep

I Would Never Disrespect The People Of Gonja- President Akufo-Addo Reacts To JM’s Insult To Akyems

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsAkyem, Gonja, John Mahama, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, NDC, NPP, Sakawa

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has responded to the disparaging comments former President John Mahama promoted on his social media handle that described Akyem people as ‘sakawa’ folks by stating that he wouldn’t disrespect any tribe in Ghana. President Akufo-Addo in an interview at the Jubilee House with Oman fm which was monitored by Wontumionline.com, stated that the posture of the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, is divisive and one that is not befitting of a political leader. On John Mahama’s Facebook page, he posted an article described the people from Akyem in the Eastern…

04 Sep

Mahama Built A “Kitchen Airport” At Kumasi…Pocketed $25m From The Deal

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsGCAA, Kumasi airport

Former President John Mahama pocketed $25 million from funds which were meant for the development of the Kumasi Airport, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. Bernard Antwi-Bosiako, has stated. The erstwhile National Democratic Congress estimated that $29 million would be used for the project but in the end, the NPP Chairman known as Chairman Wontumi revealed that only $4 million was used for it. Under the erstwhile NDC government, a total of US$29,093,097.90 was spent on the rehabilitation of the Kumasi Airport. According to the former Minister for Transport, Mrs Dzifa Attivor, the rehabilitation works affected…