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10/01/2022

GHANA READY TO LIFT ANOTHER AFCON TROPY?!

By: EKOW ANDOH

This year is exactly 40 years ago since the fearsome Black Stars of Ghana won their 4th African Cup of Nations trophy.
The tournament hosted by Libya was the 4th time the Black Stars had won the much cherished trophy, after beating host nation Libya 8-7 on penalties. Sadly, it was also the last time.
Ghana had a formidable squad made up of old and young players comprising Joseph Carr, Owusu Mensah, John Baker Haruna Yusif, Acquye McClean, Kwasi Appiah, Hesse Odamtten, Kwame Sampson, Sampson Lamptey, Seth Ampadu, Isaac Paha, Albert Asaase, Abedi Pele, Emmanuel Quarshie (Capt), Kofi Badu, John Bannerman, John Essien, Windsor Kofi Abbrey, Opoku Nti, Opoku Afriyie, George Alhassan and Ben Kayede.
The team was coached by the respected C.K. Gyamfi.
Obviously, winning the much cherished continental diadem for no mean four times meant the Black Stars were clear of any other national team and was going to dominate this tournament for many years to come, yes. No!
At the next tournament in 1984 to defend the title in Cote d’Ivoire rather saw a very shambolic performance from Ghana. The Black Stars lost two matches and though won a consoling third match, the team was kicked out at the group stage of the tournament in what the press at the time aptly nicknamed “The Bouake Debacle”.
It was going to be messier as between 1986 and 1990 the Black Stars could not qualify to the African Cup of Nations. It would take the coming of German Coach Burkhard Ziese to get the Black Stars to qualify to the next tournament in 1992.
Coached by another German Otto Pfister (Feester to the rest of us, Faister to Moses Foh-Amoaning), the Black Stars made it to the grand final of Senegal 1992 and faced a formidable Ivorian national team, The Elephants. A marathon penalty shootout ended Ghana’s dream of winning the fifth AFCON when the Black Stars lost 10-11 to the Elephants, with their goalie Alain Gouamene emerging the hero.

10/01/2022

Ghana ready to lift another AFCON trophy?

BY: EKOW ANDOH

This year is exactly 40 years ago since the fearsome Black Stars of Ghana won their 4th African Cup of Nations trophy.
The tournament hosted by Libya was the 4th time the Black Stars had won the much cherished trophy, after beating host nation Libya 8-7 on penalties. Sadly, it was also the last time.
Ghana had a formidable squad made up of old and young players comprising Joseph Carr, Owusu Mensah, John Baker Haruna Yusif, Acquye McClean, Kwasi Appiah, Hesse Odamtten, Kwame Sampson, Sampson Lamptey, Seth Ampadu, Isaac Paha, Albert Asaase, Abedi Pele, Emmanuel Quarshie (Capt), Kofi Badu, John Bannerman, John Essien, Windsor Kofi Abbrey, Opoku Nti, Opoku Afriyie, George Alhassan and Ben Kayede.
The team was coached by the respected C.K. Gyamfi.
Obviously, winning the much cherished continental diadem for no mean four times meant the Black Stars were clear of any other national team and was going to dominate this tournament for many years to come, yes. No!
At the next tournament in 1984 to defend the title in Cote d’Ivoire rather saw a very shambolic performance from Ghana. The Black Stars lost two matches and though won a consoling third match, the team was kicked out at the group stage of the tournament in what the press at the time aptly nicknamed “The Bouake Debacle”.
It was going to be messier as between 1986 and 1990 the Black Stars could not qualify to the African Cup of Nations. It would take the coming of German Coach Burkhard Ziese to get the Black Stars to qualify to the next tournament in 1992.
Coached by another German Otto Pfister (Feester to the rest of us, Faister to Moses Foh-Amoaning), the Black Stars made it to the grand final of Senegal 1992 and faced a formidable Ivorian national team, The Elephants. A marathon penalty shootout ended Ghana’s dream of winning the fifth AFCON when the Black Stars lost 10-11 to the Elephants, with their goalie Alain Gouamene emerging the hero.

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08/09/2021

MY 'DO or DIE '’ COMMENT IS AN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION; THERE'S NOTHING TO RETRACT – JOHN MAHAMA

BY: EKOW ANDOH

Ghana's Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will not retract his “do or die” comment, which has drawn widespread controversy insisting that it’s an “idiomatic expression”.

Mahama explained that the comment was meant to be a piece of advice to members of his party the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to urge them to sit up and not wait to be cheated at the polling stations before running to the Supreme Court to litigate election results.

While on his ‘Thank You’ tour in the Bono Region, the 2020 presidential candidate of the NDC on Tuesday said his party will be more vigilant during the 2024 general elections.

The 2020 elections were rigged for the NPP. We have however accepted the ruling of the Supreme Court for the sake of peace. However, come 2024, the NDC will be extra vigilant at the polling stations because that is where the elections are won.”

“So at the polling station [in the next election], it will be do or die. I am not saying all die be die. I’m saying it will be ‘do or die’ because the right thing must be done,” Mahama said.

However, his critics believe the statement is in bad taste and demanded a retraction.
But, Mr Mahama speaking on Moonlite FM in Sunyani said he stands by his comment.

“It is an idiomatic expression. In the English Language, we have idioms in there. I think those who left school early do not understand idiomatic expressions. Do or die means a critical assignment you have, and you must do the needful or perish. What it means is that [officials of the] NDC shouldn’t wait and go to the Supreme Court again.”

“So we have to do whatever we need to do at the polling station and the collation centres. So I won’t retract. The next election for NDC is going to be a do-or-die affair because we have to do the right thing at the polling stations. So I’m telling all our party executives that they must be at the polling stations and make sure the right thing is done. They must also be at the collation centres and make sure the right thing is done.”

02/01/2021

®Akufo-Addo To Deliver Last SoNA On Tuesday

BY:EKOW ANDOH

President Akufo-Addo is expected to deliver his last State of the Nation address for his first term in office come Tuesday, January 5, 2021.

The event is expected to come off at 10:00am on the said date.

Parliament in a statement from its Public Affairs Directorate said attendance is strictly by invitation due to Covid-19.

The presentation is in line with Article 67 of the 1992 constitution which states that “the President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before a dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the nation”.

Meanwhile, the current Parliament is set to be dissolved come January 6, 2021 for the 8th Parliament to be inaugurated on January 7.

The Parliamentary Service in a statement outlined programmes to usher in the 8th house to facilitate the swearing-in of the President-elect, Akufo-Addo.

This is also in line with the Presidential Transition Act, 2012 (Act 842) of the 1992 constitution.

28/12/2020

®Sad News Hit Angel Broadcasting Network

BY:EKOW ANDOH

Angel Broadcasting Network(ABN) is one of the media house in Ghana which is owned by Dr Kwaku Oteng.

And also, we all know Captain Smart to be one of the successful and popular radio personality in Ghana who currently works with Angel Broadcasting Network (ABN) known for hitting hard on the issues facing the economy of Ghana and also hitting hard on leaders inorder to provide the needs of the people.

Captain Smart hosts the show on Angel radio with the name "Fabewoso" alongside his counterparts Kwamena Sam Biney, Yaa Brefo and others.

Captain Smart himself together with the whole Angel Broadcasting Network has really come across a sad news as the host of the "Fabewoso" show, that is Captain Smart has been robbed in his house.

The robbers took away two Toyata Land Cruisers and one Land Cruiser Prado which were parked in his house at Ta**ra Hills a suburb in Achimota.

27/12/2020

Ghanaians who voted for Akufo-Addo should be excoriated – Ofosu Kwakye

BY: EKOW ANDOH

Felix Kwakye Ofosu is a former Deputy Information Minister under the John Mahama led administration, He has told Gabby Otchere-Darko that the over six million people who voted for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should be excoriated,

This comes after Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko shared a tweet to suggest that a friend was shocked by the figures raked by John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 election despite his flaws in his first term as President.

Gabby in a tweet said “A friend called from the US perplexed as to how 6 million Ghanaians could vote for JM in spite of his record. I replied, 70 million Americans voted for a leader who advised his citizens to drink bleach against Covid-19. What is important is that both men did not win, I said”.

But replying to Gabby’s tweet sighted by Ekow Andoh's Read Update, Felix Ofosu Kwakye said “Your friend is incalculably ignorant as are many of your supporters who have spoken like him. It is the other 6 million who supposedly voted for your cousin who should be excoriated for endorsing his corruption, fascism, nepotism, clannism and high-handedness”.

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been declared the winner in the just ended Presidential election.

However, the NDC has indicated that it will not accept the verdict and will head to court to fight for the results to be reversed because they suspect the EC was in bed with the sitting government and therefore stole the verdict for them.

The party is expected to file its petition by Wednesday December 30 which is the last day of the 21 days political parties have to challenge the results of the election.

Source: Ayeh Offei-Akoto/2020

25/12/2020

®NDC jubilate after Auditing team successfully accomplished their task

BY:EKOW ANDOH

The National Democratic Congress drove by previous president John Dramani Mahama who had dismissed the 2020 races however called it as "deceitful" and "outrageous" has set up a group to incorporate the pink sheets.

Nationwide to check whether he is being cheated or he truly lost the political race and he will rapidly acknowledges thrashing to secure the vote based system of the nation.

As indicated by a video flowing via web-based media which hosted caught NDC evaluating group and get-together administrator, director Ofosu Ampofo jubilating with a subtitle as they have effectively achieved.

Their errand and it appears they have won the political decision before it was bent for president Akufo - Addo, the president elect for 2021 to 2024 to deal with the undertakings of the nation.

The moving video was an empowering bits of 30 seconds video seen with a high Jubilations and singing mind-set which needs to illuminate that.

NDC are set up to win a legal dispute with proof they may have accumulated so far as it stands now and asserted by legal counselor Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communication official of the gathering.

in the interim, their adversary NPP is urging them to go to court since they accept that they have won the political decision on reasonable ground and even in 2012 races, they went to court however nothing unique came out.

Many will inquired as to whether the high court will act likewise as the constitution requested?

"Woow, woow, woow. . . the soul and satisfaction after the NDC pink sheets examining group effectively refined their errand''.

JDM triumph is up and coming. Simply be patient" as inscription for the video flowing via web-based media on 24th December 2020.

21/12/2020

®From Truck Pusher To Parliament: The Grass-to Grace Story Of MP-Elect Francis-Xavier Sosu That Will Inspire You

BY:EKOW ANDOH

Aside from the chaos of the post-elections events and the fact that John Dramani Mahama of the opposition National Democratic Congress is yet to concede defeat coupled with the tussle of NPP and NDC MPs to get a majority in parliament, there’s an inspiring tale we can derive from the just-ended elections.

We are talking about the NDC MP-elect, Mr. Francis Xavier Sosu who beat the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Madina Constituency, Mr Abu-Bakar Saddique Boniface. Mr. Francis Xavier Sosu. Mr. Sosu obtained 62,127 votes to beat the former Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development who managed to poll 46,985 votes.

the incoming lawmaker shares his grass to grace to sort to inspire all hustlers who think there’s going to be no light at the end of their tunnel.

From squatting at the Malata Market in Accra to becoming the jack of all trades just to make ends meet, Mr. Francis bares it all in an emotional narrative laden with so much goals and motivations.

He then added that at some point in his life, his luck shone when he was finally admitted to an orphanage home as a respite from the hard knocks of life. It was there that he got some educational sponsorship and went on to become a Human Rights lawyer. The MP-elect said after passing out, he knew he would have the capacity to also give back to the society and that’s exactly what has manifested.

21/12/2020

General Mosquito Fires Silently 'Hypocritical' Peace Council And Eminent Person

BY:EKOW ANDOH

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia popularly known as General Mosquito has lamented on state institutions compromising democracy and the policy of giving into demands in order to preserve the peace.

According to General Mosquito, in 2008 when the Former Electoral Commission Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan done his collation, NPP brought petition, he called all political parties and informed them, and a letter was also given to the Peace Council. Peace Council called all political parties and we discussed on the matter.

In 2020, NDC sent a petition to the Electoral Commission and they even refused to read, the EC's action is an attack on Ghana's democracy. The Peace Council should be calling for the right thing to be done, they have done it before and they should do it today.If the Peace Council has spoken courageously peace will prevail.

Speaking on Joy news yesterday,the 21 Eminent person created, the EC lied to them and they are not talking again, government party were attacking people at Techiman South, why were they not talking. When they were allowing sleeping dogs to attack.

According to Asidu Nketia, appeasement does not solve peace but rather postponed peace, and also justice precedes peace.

17/12/2020

®Chaos As NDC Supporters "Hijacked" EC Office again over "stolen Verdicts"

By: EKOW ANDOH

Some protesters believed to be members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are massing up at the office of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, following the declaration of the presidential and parliamentary results by the Electoral Commission.

This is one of the many other protests, happening in parts of the country nationwide, including one in Wa and another in Tamale.

They are demanding a review of the election results, and a subsequent declaration of NDC Flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama as President-elect of the country,

The event has attracted heavy security at the Ridge office of the Electoral Commission and traffic on that stretch.

The NDC and its leader John Mahama have given a strong indication that they will not accept the results for the 2020 elections.

According to the opposition party, they will need an independent audit of the results as declared by the Electoral Commission and if the audit proves that the NDC lost the election, they will walk away.

Source:GhanaWeb

16/12/2020

®Fire Outbreak At Kantamanto

By: EKOW ANDOH

Some traders at the Kantamanto market in Accra have revealed they had foreknowledge about a fire outbreak in the area.

Their revelation follows an inferno that razed parts of the market on Tuesday night, destroying property worth thousands of cedis.
They claimed it was about two weeks to the just ended December 7, 2020, that they got the information.

A tailor and one of the leaders at the market, who gave his name as Kwabena Agyei, said they were only asked to remain calm after informing the appropriate authorities.

Many of the traders disclosed they had to take bank loans to revamp their businesses due to the Christmas festivities.

Maame Adwoa, who appeared distraught, said she had just got a contract to sew school uniforms and had to buy bundles of fabrics which have all been lost to the fire.

Though their claims cannot be immediately confirmed, they are appealing to the government, to as a matter of urgency, support them in whichever way possible to get back to business.

source:myjoyonline

16/12/2020

ELECTION 2020: FAMILY OF NDC AGENT Killed In Odododiodoo Attacks Laments Hardship

The family of Emmanuel Dombreh who lost his life in a scuffle during the just-ended elections in the Odododiodoo Constituency has complained about their economic hardship since his passing.

Speaking to JoyNews’ reporter Ernest Manu, the family disclosed that 36-year-old Emmanuel Dombreh, a Post Office attendant, was the breadwinner of the family.

Atakoa, brother of the deceased said: “The family has no support from our father. Emmanuel became our father. He served as a father figure to us all and we sent all our needs to him.”

Their family of seven, he added, has been left to wallow in hardship.

According to an eyewitness at the scene, Emmanuel along with other NDC supporters were fleeing from what appeared to be an attack by NPP supporters after claiming victory in the Parliamentary election.

“They were throwing stones and bottles. Some of us managed to run from the hotel but we don’t know where our brother passed and met his untimely death,” he narrated.

Emmanuel Dompreh, who was an agent for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) left behind a wife and a 2-year-old daughter.

The National Security Task Force identified the Odododiodoo Constituency as one of the electoral hotspots in the 2020 general election.

Measures put in place by security personnel to ensure a violent-free election were, unfortunately, unable to prevent the death of 2 persons in the constituency.

In total, 5 lives have been lost as a result of electoral violence during the December polls.

15/12/2020


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Hold Your Leaders Responsible For Your Defeat Not The Media; Umaru Sanda To NDC Supporters

By: EKOW ANDOH

December 15, 2020

Umaru Sanda Amadu

Broadcast Journalist, News producer and International Corespondent of Citi TV and FM Mr. Umaru Sanda Amadu says, the supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) should rather blame their leaders and not the media for their defeat in the December 2020 Polls.

According to Umaru Sanda Amadu, media houses are not responsible for conducting elections, neither do they have the powers to announce election results after polls.

“Hold your party leaders responsible for your defeat (albeit disputed). If there is anything we learnt from the 2012 Election Petition, it is that ELECTIONS ARE WON AT THE POLLING STATION.” He told.

In a Facebook post, Mr. Umaru cautioned that, the media will soon stop covering events of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) if they continue to incit their supporter against them (Media). “As for the NDC leaders inciting your supporters against us, we may soon leave your events for you to cover yourselves. Mtcheeew” He said.

15/12/2020

Anas Set To Release Secret Video About The Just Ended 2020 Elections- NDC's Ato Prah Richard says

On the 7th December 2020, Ghanaian eligible voters went to the polls to cast their ballots to choose a new President and new parliamentarians for the country and the various constituencies respectively. After the end of polls, it was emerged according to the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Jean Mensa that the incumbent President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo retained his seat as President and hence he is legally permitted by law to begin his second term in office coming 7th January, 2020.

Onthat point, it is imperative to note that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected the verdict of the 2020 Presidential Elections declared by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission. They've called the elections fictionalized and fraudulent and hence the Presidential Candidate of the NDC, Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has refused to concede defeat to the incumbent President. There have been a lot of tensions afterwards with some series of demonstrations going on in some part of the country.

Reacting to such reports, Richard Ato Kwamina Prah who happens to be the parliamentary candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who lost his seat to the NPP candidate has categorically added his voice to the anticipated exposè from Ghana's very own investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

According to Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the expected secret recorded video will highlight and unveil some alleged electoral irregularities and discrepancies that took place during both Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. It is not yet known if the anticipated exposè target the NPP or the NDC or any other political party. The details of such is unknown as of now.

According to further reports, the United Nations have asked that the video be shown worldwide for every individual to have a look at it. If this exposè is indeed true, then obviously Ghana is going to create a bad prestige for itself as far Electoral fraud in the just ended Ghana 2020 elections is concerned.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas hasn't stated a specific date and time for the secret video will be released.