Don Papa Richie

16/02/2025

John Jinapor should stop the pretense as if the ECG's CWM lapses are unknown to him and realised it recently when he became a Minister. Also the audit was not sanctioned by him so he knows why there was an audit in the first place.

The audit report started in October 2024 under NPP and submitted on 13 January 2025.
The period for the assessment by PWC was between 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023. It was directive under NPP reasonthe report said;

“In accordance with our contract with you dated 15 October 2024 we are pleased to enclose here with our Final Task 1 Report on the above-mentioned Project”

16/02/2025

Hon. Eric Opoku MP 60% of what? Gross or net? NPP has never given less than 60% to farmers . In terms of fob price. We have always done better.

15/02/2025

11/02/2025

Highlights Of Achievements Of The Mahama Government In The First 30 Days In Office.





Credit: NPP projects bureau.

11/02/2025

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE KUMASI BLOC IN PARLIAMENT

UNWARRANTED ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY AT ASHANTI REGIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL

The Kumasi Bloc of Parliament strongly condemns the disgraceful and undemocratic actions that occurred this morning at the premises of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council during the counting of votes for the election of the Regional Council of State representative.

Reports confirm that some thugs violently snatched the ballot box to disrupt the process. At the time of this shameful act, one of the contestants had secured 49 out of 84 votes, with counting still underway. Upon realizing that one contestant had won, the thugs forcefully halted the process, plunging the election into chaos.

This brazen attack on our democratic process is not just an assault on the integrity of the elections but a direct challenge to the peace and stability of our region. Such lawless behavior has no place in our democracy and must be met with the full force of the law.

We, the Kumasi Bloc of Parliament, demand the following:
1. Swift action from law enforcement to arrest and prosecute all individuals involved in this criminal act.
2. Immediate resumption and completion of the electoral process to ensure that the will of the people is respected.
3. A firm stance from the government and all relevant authorities to prevent such incidents from recurring in future elections.

We call on all well-meaning Ghanaians to stand against such reckless attempts to subvert democracy. Our electoral processes must be free, fair, and peaceful, and we will not tolerate any efforts to undermine the rule of law.

Signed:
Francis Asenso-Boakye, Chairman
Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, Esq, Secretary

10/02/2025

King David write;

Oh, what a time to be alive! President John Mahama has returned to the scene, and boy, is he cleaning up Ghana! His zero-tolerance stance on corruption is so strong, it’s practically erasing court cases faster than you can say “accountability.”

Remember all those corruption cases against his former appointees? P**f! Gone. Discontinued. Cleared. No need for pesky things like trials or due process. Why bother when you can just declare them innocent? It’s like magic, but with more legal loopholes.

And let’s not forget the selective nature of this anti-corruption crusade. Apparently, corruption only started in 2016. Who knew? All those years before that? Spotless. Immaculate. Not a single shady deal in sight. It’s almost as if someone hit the “reset” button on history.

But here’s the real kicker: the man who says he’s fighting corruption is the same one ensuring his own people don’t face the music. It’s like a chef who claims to hate food poisoning but keeps serving undercooked chicken.

They say “he who seeks equity must come with clean hands.” But I guess when you’re President Mahama, you just bring a bottle of bleach instead.

So here’s to the real fight against corruption: where the only thing being prosecuted is our collective patience. Bravo, Mr. President. Bravo😀🙌

10/02/2025

20bn dollars is a lot of money for the state and it is good. This is a promise and an assurance that every Ghanaian should look forward to, your expectations are right to be high, it is what officials are assuring you of!

It’s important to state that the it is more than the budget expenditure of 2024 , which was about 226 bn cedis .

This will be bringing in more than 300bn cedis !

Keep the anticipation and expectation highhh , with 300bn cedis recovered by next year , we will cancel and reduce plenty taxes . The cost of fuel will drop to 10 cedis or even better , all private schools will be added to Free SHS , transportation and food prices will come down , 6 New Universities will be built , along with 16 new stadiums!

As a bonus , we will rent an apartment for 5k and 3k men at Cantonment 😎

Hurraaaaaay🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽

09/02/2025

Since when did they realise this? After winning the elections?

08/02/2025

ATTORNEY GENERAL’s DISCRETIONARY POWER ON ENTRY OF NOLLE PROSEQUI AND WITHDRAWAL OF CHARGES: ERODING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

-By Institute of Political Studies :IPS-GHANA

The exercise of the Attorney General’s (A-G) powers under Article 88(5) of the 1992 Constitution and Sections 54 &59 of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30) on entry of nolle prosequi and withdrawal of criminal charges against Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Dr. Ernest Thompson, Dr. Stephen Opuni, Alhaji Collins Dauda and Dr. Ato Forson among others is a matter of high public interest and such exercise ought to be done upon weighty considerations. Whenever prosecution of suspected offenders becomes a matter of high public interest and the prosecution is terminated, it generates controversy within the public domain as we are currently witnessing. The Attorney General, drawing its principal powers from Article 88 and sections 54 and 59 of Act 30 is still guided by the constitutional safeguards in such exercise to deepen public confidence in our criminal jurisprudence and also ensures good governance.

Looking at the background of the instant case warranting the withdrawal and the time of its exercise, the only reasonable conclusion is that the A-G’s action is actuated by partisan influence as the offenders are politically exposed personalities with identified political color. This is a blot on our criminal adjudication system as well as our pride within the comity of nations.

-Publication of Guidelines and/or Regulation by the A-G. It is submitted that, the A-G intending to prioritize the “talk” of His Excellency John Mahama in handling corruption related matters ought to have complied with Articles 11(7) and 296 of the 1992 Constitution to discharge the principles of good governance. Given the gravity of the offense involving financial crime and its impact on the general economy of the country, the inherent threat to independent constitutional body and its officers- the Electoral Commission, it was incumbent on the Attorney General to have allowed the matter to proceed to full trial or where there was the need to withdraw or terminate the proceedings, such consideration ought to be disclosed to the public due to the high public interest. It is trite that, Sovereignty resides with the people and on whose behalf it is exercised cannot be kept in darkness or the said act of the A-G can’t be shrouded in secrecy in relation to the surrounding facts warranting the withdrawal of those charges.

It is submitted that, inasmuch as the Attorney General is not bereft of its discretionary power, it ought to have done so in the best interest of the People of Ghana for whose welfare the powers of government are exercised. It must be reckoned that, the act of conducting criminal prosecution involves the exercise of diverse acts of discretion and may include discretion to withdraw charges and substitute new charges, discretion to discontinue prosecution among others.

In view of the above, it was incumbent on the A-G not to have exercise such discretion at their whims and caprices which falls short of logical reasoning. The A-G in purporting to honor the ethos of the Constitution, 1992 ought to have published regulations, guidelines detailing the circumstances for such withdrawal which may contain details like; the A-G upon review of the proceedings has detected fatal flaws in the case of the prosecution which may lead to the acquittal of the accused persons, hence possible withdrawal to avoid verdict against the prosecution. The said Regulation would have assured the public of its accountability and its blindness to political biases. It is submitted that, withdrawal of charges under Section 59 is not one of those regular duties tha an A-G performs in the course of its daily work, hence, a discretionary power that is exercised ONLY from time to time in the public interest and also after taking into consideration a number of weighty factors. It is further submitted that, the full garmount of Article 296 of the 1992 Constitution is infused with transparency in the exercise of the discretionary powers and thereby check and balances of the discretion by those upon whom it is conferred.

There has been instances where A-G has come under public pressure and had to disclosed the considerations that led to any exercise of its discretionary powers. For instance, A-G had to offer explanation about an exercise of discretionary power that terminated the prosecution of KWESI KYEI DARKWA(KKD) which was involved with high public interest. It must be said that, the decision to terminate prosecution is a matter of public interest.

Clearly, the actions of the A-G in withdrawing charges or entering Nolle prosequi should be regulated by the requirements of Articles 296 and 11(7) of the 1992 Constitution to avoid public confidence in criminal Justice being eroded. The acts of the Attorney General calls for judicial reforms, thus, decoupling the Office of the Attorney General from the Ministry of Justice to enhance prosecutorial independence deviod of political influence. It cannot be said that, the A-G barely few days in Office has apprised himself with the full facts of these high profile matters to necessitate his act of entering nolle prosequi and withdrawal of charges. All reasonable conclusion may be that, the A-G stands with his political party at the detriment of the entire citizens. Given the financial impropriety involving colossal amount of monies; ( Dr. Ernest Thompson accused of $14.8M, Alhaji Collins Dauda accused of $200M, Stephen Opuni accused of 217.3M, and Dr. Ato Forson accused of €2.37M), the Attorney General should have prioritized the interest of the State as well as the negative impact it might have on Ghana’s fight against corruption before the International Communities. Moreover, the diminished confidence on the economy by investors should have guided the Attorney General in its action.

In conclusion, looking at the public uproar that greeted the conduct of the Attorney General should have informed the A-G to be novel and guided by traditional wisdom in exercising its discretionary powers.

06/02/2025

0/02/2024
*RESPONSE TO THE 2025 HAJJ TASK FORCE ON LEGACY DEBT*

We note with concern, claims made by the leader of the interim Hajj Taskforce, Hon. Collins Dauda, at the Hajj 2025 package announcement and wish to respond as follows:

1. At the beginning of the mandate of the former President H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo in 2017, we inherited a debt of $7.8million US Dollars from the previous Hajj managers in 2016 under the NDC administration.

2. The above legacy debt included Four Hundred and Twenty-Five (425) fully paid prospective pilgrims who could not be airlifted to perform their hajj in 2016 and were entitled to either a refund or rebooking for the subsequent Hajj seasons. Through the instrumentality of the then President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo and Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the stranded persons were airlifted.

3. At the end of our tenure in 2024, a total debt of $4,859,250 is what was left behind as contained in our handing over notes. This information was shared with the new administration in the handing over notes delivered to the Chief of Staff at the Presidency.

4. The attempt therefore to refer to the current legacy debt without reference to the legacy debt inherited in 2017 is most unfair and unfortunate because it does not represent a full disclosure of the genesis of the current legacy debt. It is trite that governance is a continuum inheriting both assets and liabilities.

5. Indebtedness from organising Hajj arise as a result of various factors, the key being the fluctuations of the foreign exchange market.

6. We call on the taskforce to always give the full historical antecedents of the legacy debt in order not to cause disaffection within the Muslim Community.

7. The erstwhile Hajj Board wishes the current Hajj Taskforce well in this year’s Hajj operations

*SIGNED*
Hon. Alhaj Ben Abdallah Banda Esq.
Fmr. Hajj Board Chairman

06/02/2025

Mr. President, Ghana is not a "Banana republic", and we refuse to be taken for fools! Why would a president who taunted so much noise about corruption as an opposition Leader, make such a controversial and disgraceful appointment? Dr. Johnson Asiama was under prosecution by the erstwhile NPP government for two serious charges under his watch as the deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana;

1. Willfully causing financial loss to the state – Over GH¢450 million was recklessly disbursed to uniBank under his watch without following due process.

2. Contravention of the Bank of Ghana Act – Violating Section 46(h) of Act 612 and Section 46A of Act 918.

Yet, immediately after you won the election, your government led by your Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine—colluded to discharge him from prosecution. Since when did a President and an Attorney General become clearing agents for corrupt officials? You constantly accused Ex President Akufo-Addo of protecting his appointees, calling him a clearing agent. Now tell us, Mr. President, what exactly are you doing? Hypocrisy at its peak, You have no shame!

Quickly, you went ahead and appoint this same man as Governor of the Bank of Ghana, despite his questionable track record and corruption allegations. If the Council of State approves this, then their credibility is at stake, and Ghanaians will have no regard for them.

Mr. President, if you do not revoke this appointment immediately, I will personally write to the IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, and the World Bank Country Director to alert them that the current President of Ghana is bent on looting the nation’s coffers under an IMF program. We will not sit down and watch you gamble with our national resources and public pairs with someone whose credibility is at stake.

We shall Resist, State capture! For God and country.

05/02/2025

Requested Documents from Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa

The nominee promised to furnish the Committee with the following upon request by the Hon Ranking Member with leave of the Chairman:

a. Tenancy Agreement,

b. Letter to the Clerk to Parliament concerning the use of his car loan for the procurement of a combined harvester,

c. Evidence of U.S. student visa details,

d. Details of SSNIT and tax deductions for work done at an Information Technology (I.T.) Company at Nkawkaw,

e. Evidence of tax paid on contracts executed by SAVVI Company, and

f. Evidence of payment of tax on his current Volta Klenam Company.

g. Evidence of secondary source of payment for his rent;

h. Document on the combined harvester; and

i. Document on the two saloon cars purchased with the 2017 car loan.

The nominee has been able to furnish the Committee with documentation on only SAVVI and Volta Klenam Companies as at the time of finalising the report.

Recommendation

Prior to the votes, the Minority recused themselves. Nonetheless, the Committee recommends to the House by CONSENSUS the approval of the
nomination of Hon Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as Minister of Foreign
Affairs.

Whispers from the Corridors of the Thinking Place.

05/02/2025

Dear , et all...

It's my sincere believe that we are all still in this country. I want to bring to your attention the various posts Erastus Asare Donkor has made on galamsey still brisk under this new NDC government. He has become a lone voice.

Why the silence from powerful voices like yours? How come this time round, the media bazaar and spirited advocacy is nonexistent? I do not want to impugn motives yet but the silence is becoming loud.

I know you are people of conscience and will act in the best interest of the state. We await your declaration of war once more on galamsey under H.E. John Mahama.

Your faithfully.

04/02/2025

H.E. Charles Abani, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana was at the residence of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for bilateral session.

04/02/2025

FREE SHS AND TRAINEE ALLOWANCES

From the 2024 fiscal data attached below, is it really worth it setting up a bureaucracy to review or cancel these social programs?

To me, it would make an insignificant improvement in our performance. The politicians are afraid to tackle the really big issues. Instead of cancelling them, they should be linked to some other policy objectives. For instance, parents could be asked to show their property tax receipts for their children to benefit from the Free SHS. Another angle for teacher and nursing trainees is for them to agree to serving in the rural areas or get the allowances paid back after graduation (say through adjustments in their salaries).

04/02/2025

Dr. Johnson Asiamah the designated BoG Governor acted wrongly and it is against Good Governance. Being nominated as BoG boss and starting work go through a lot of processes. This is also against Banking & Corporate Governance. The Minority leader is 100% right.