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The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has condemned the sharing of meals by the Ayawaso West Wuogon Member of Parliament, Lydia Seyram Alhassan, in the course of the particular voting on Monday, December 2, 2024.

Despite initially denying the incident, Lydia Alhassan has defended her actions following the emergence of a video exhibiting her and her constituency girls’s organiser distributing meals to voters in the course of the particular voting train.

The incident, which occurred on the Legon Police Station polling centre, sparked public debate about voter affect and electoral ethics.

In an interview on Citi FM’s Breakfast Show with Bernard Avle on Tuesday, December 3, Lydia Alhassan dismissed allegations of any malicious intent, stating that her actions had been purely pushed by compassion.

She defined that the state of affairs started when one of many personnel within the queue requested water. Her girls’s organiser supplied the water, and observing others in want, the MP prolonged the gesture to those that appeared drained or hungry.

Dr Joseph Whittal, Commissioner of CHRAJ, nevertheless, instructed journalists in Accra on Tuesday that the actions of the Member of Parliament had been tantamount to corruption.

He famous that “It is not right to treat as in the legal term, to share food, to share money to anybody in the queue in preparation to vote. It is tantamount to corruption and integrity issues.”

Dr Whittal added, “So having seen that it could happen to even security officials, we have always assumed that that will not be the case. It never happened in the past but this time round, it seems it has happened so we will factor that into our next election.”

Source: citinewsroom.com

Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has introduced plans to improve diploma-awarding Nursing and Midwifery Colleges throughout Ghana to degree-awarding establishments.

This initiative, beneath the management of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, goals to reflect the NPP authorities’s earlier transformation of Teacher Training Colleges into degree-awarding establishments.

According to Dr Prempeh, popularly often known as “Napo,” this proposed improve will be certain that all trainee nurses and midwives graduate as degree-holding professionals.

He emphasised that this transformation would improve their skilled worth and considerably enhance their service circumstances.

He made these remarks throughout an tackle to trainee nurses and midwives on the Komfo Anokye Nursing and Midwifery Training College in Kumasi’s Bantama Constituency on Monday, 2nd December 2024, as a part of his marketing campaign tour.

Dr Prempeh additionally assured the trainees of employment alternatives after finishing their research. He highlighted the federal government’s flagship Agenda 111 hospital venture, stating that each one hospitals beneath this initiative could be accomplished by June subsequent 12 months.

These hospitals are anticipated to create over 70,000 job alternatives for nurses and midwives.

He cautioned in opposition to voting for John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), asserting that they might cancel trainee allowances, which the NPP authorities had restored.

He additionally claimed that the NDC would abandon ongoing Agenda 111 hospital tasks, drawing parallels with their discontinuation of President Kufuor-led Eurojet hospitals in 2008.

“A John Mahama presidency will mean a second cancellation of your trainee allowance and a discontinuation of all the Agenda 111 hospitals we are building across the country.”

“Their track record of halting NPP-initiated projects is well known, so we cannot afford to bring them back,” he warned.

Source: myjoyonline.com

My expensive Zango pal, I hope this message finds you nicely, wherever you’re. Its few days to  Ghana’s 2024 election. I hope each one in all us has already made an knowledgeable option to vote for his or her most well-liked candidate. It is our civil proper for us residents to vote and elect our leaders to spearhead  the affairs of the nation within the subsequent 4 years. We vote for them to offer us with insurance policies that can make our life’s higher and never worse. It was on this be aware,I’m encouraging my expensive Zango pal to exit and vote peacefully. The Quran will not be in opposition to voting, neither is the Quran saying Muslim mustn’t vote, actually NO. It’s very crucial to vote as Muslim for insurance policies that can assist and information Islam to maneuver ahead or insurance policies that favor the Muslim group.

A political violence quote by Folorunsho Ahmed Adekunle says, Vote not battle, the thumb speaks so loudly, then your violent voice in election time, of your thumb you must be proud. According to this poem, palpably telling us that the vote is by way of thumb and never gun. If any politician asks you to grab a poll field, kindly ask them to interact their kids first.

Dear my Zango pal, as you’re all conscious of the political violence throughout the nation particularly throughout 2020 election the place eight harmless people misplaced their lives simply due to an election, election imagined to be sharing of various concepts and opinions and never sharing of blood and tears. If you can additionally keep in mind in Asawase and Ejura Zango all within the Ashanti area, folks misplaced their expensive life all within the title of politics. Let sensible up and do the suitable to make Zango nice once more.

Dear my Zango pal, Zango reduce throughout in all areas in Ghana with the densely populated areas in larger Accra and larger Kumasi, respectively. People see the Zangos as a group domiciled with violence anytime political points come up. And most politicians use us for his or her political insurrection to win energy, considering Zango males are sturdy and with little cash given to them, they trigger violence. My expensive Zango buddies, let disgrace them on this yr’s election.

The title of Zango is spreading day in and day trip, due to how folks see us to be a group filled with violence and inflicting of mayhem. They breed us for violence, and mobilize us like troopers of pharaoh, and armed us in opposition to yourselves, however enroll their silent household for an enormous job so loud! We mustn’t permit politicians to construct boundaries amongst us as Muslims.

I’m a brother, a pal and a father to you. let defend our sanctity, our heritage, our group for the longer term era.in order that if they arrive, they’ll by no means discover or hear any unhealthy title of the Zango group. my expensive Zango pal, let wipe that unhealthy homage on this yr’s election and put the politician to disgrace.

It is excessive time to expertise violence free within the Zangos on this yr’s election. I encourage and entreat you all to be very vigilant and by no means for use as a political scapegoat. Remember to place Zango first and make it your precedence to guard our beloved group in opposition to violence.

Long reside our Zango leaders

Long reside Zango

Long Live Ghana

Basiru Salifu Kumasi Asawase Zango

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, has condemned the gesture of the incumbent Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Lydia Alhassan as she was seen sharing meals to voters in a queue.

Some officers of the Electoral Commission and safety personnel supervising the method on the polling station additionally acquired the meals packs.

Mr Dumelo who was enraged by the MP’s motion demanded solutions in an interview with JoyNews correspondent, Kwaku Asante.

“Why are you sharing food with people in the queue? Why are you doing that? Does it mean we cannot share food too? We can also share the same, but let’s respect the rules of the Electoral Commission. Don’t share anything with people in the queue who have not voted yet. And you’re sharing food and we don’t even know what’s in the thing, and you’re sharing to people who have not voted yet. What kind of stupidity is this” he quizzed.

“Why? Do they think we can’t do it? We can do the same and even worse. They shouldn’t even try us,” he warned.

Both parliamentary candidates spoke to JoyNews about prospects within the election previous to the incident.

Meanwhile, JoyNews’ Prince Kwame Kudogah additionally studies that within the Ayawaso Central Constituency, each NPP and NDC shared breakfast particularly with EC officers supervising the train.

Source: myjoyonline.com