In Ghana’s preliminary World Cup team for Qatar 2022, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Salis Abdul Samed are among the newcomers and returnees.
The Black Stars provisional squad now also includes Jeffery Schlupp, Samuel Owusu, and Majeed Asimeru, who have been absent from the team for some time.
Odoi has not yet finished the procedures to change his nationality from England to Ghana, but he is still named to the team as the Ghana Football Association (GFA) works against the clock to complete the procedures.
According to FIFA rules, the Bayer Leverkusen star who is on loan from Chelsea will be qualified to represent Ghana on November 17. Coincidentally, Ghana’s final pre-World Cup friendly match against Switzerland will take place on the same day.
Schlupp last represented Ghana.
The provisional squad, which will have a maximum of 55 players, is set to be submitted by the close Friday, October 21.
It will be trimmed to at most 26 players before the start of the tournament on November 20 in Qatar.
The nomination of Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong, the former CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), as the Paramount Chief of Offinso has been rejected by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
The Asantehene claims that Dr. K.K. Sarpong’s nomination was unconstitutional since it did not follow the proper procedures.
He implied that the family heads who oversaw Dr. Sarpong’s nomination procedure lacked the authority to do so and that they also neglected to take into account some people who are entitled to the Offinso stool.
“Kofi Kodua Sarpong has had a successful life and has accomplished a lot. If he is the person whom the Offinso elders want, they should have approached me and informed me of their desire.
I have cancelled all the pleas of the family head (Atta Kwabena). Mother, I have cancelled the pleas he (the family head) brought to you because the family head himself does not have the right to come close to the stool and for that matter bring you pleas. There is a curse on him that he was to take off.
“That is why I was asking the elders why they will let someone with a curse on him lead their plea. That is the issue I have. I have cancelled the nomination process.
“I know that Kofi Konadu Sarpong is the person you want as chief if that is true came and tell me about it. I know that you have sat with him and have come to an agreement. But the person leading your plea does not have the right to do so now,” the Asantehene said in Twi at the Manhyia Palace in a video shared by Opemsuo Radio which was sighted by countryghana
He emphasized that he had canceled the entire nomination process and given the Offinso elders instructions to restart again.
Dr. K.K. Sarpong was overwhelmingly chosen by the Offinso Traditional Council in the Ashanti traditional territory to succeed the late Nana Awiafe Akenten III, the area’s Paramount Chief.
On Saturday, October 2, 2021, the Offinso Manhene passed away after being ill.
Through Akyeamehene Nana Kwaku Wiafe, the traditional area’s kingmakers appointed Dr. Sarpong as the New Paramount Chief for the Offinso Traditional Council on Friday, May 6, 2022, during a ceremony in Offinso.
Just 44 days after becoming prime minister, Liz Truss has announced she is to step down.Until now the shortest-serving PM was George Canning who died in August 1827. He spent only 119 days in office.Ms Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as PM after winning a clear victory over Rishi Sunak in a ballot of Conservative Party members.Two days later, Queen Elizabeth II died, the nation entered a period of mourning and normal politics was suspended.But at the end of the week which began with the late Queen’s funeral, the seeds of Ms Truss’s political demise had already been sown – in then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.
The government was soon forced to scrap plans to cut the top rate of income tax, but continuing market turmoil meant the Bank of England had to step in to prop up the value of government bonds.In the week before Ms Truss announced she was resigning, she sacked Mr Kwarteng – a close friend – and was forced to accept the junking of most of the rest of the mini-budget’s tax cuts along with her overarching economic agenda.To tackle soaring energy bills, the prime minister had also set out her energy price guarantee. saying households using a typical amount of gas and electricity would pay £2,500 a year.This expensive guarantee was later scaled back from two years to six months.Day-by-day, her government’s grip on events disintegrated – and more and more Tory MPs publicly called for her to go.So where did Liz Truss come from and what made her tick?
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a member of parliament (MP) for North Tongu, has criticized the Akufo-Addo administration for hiring retirees in the public sector while ignoring young, capable individuals.
According to Mr. Ablakwa, given the high rate of youth unemployment made worse by the current economic crisis, Ghana shouldn’t have such a large number of retirees in the public sector.
A country facing record high unemployment as captured by the 2021 Population and Housing Census of 13.4% and 32.8% for those aged 15-24 which is further aggravated by the current debilitating economic crisis should not be keeping so many retirees on contract in the public service.
So far, I have counted hundreds of these retirees who have been engaged on multiple post retirement contracts by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government when they should be home enjoying their pensions instead of denying many qualified young Ghanaians employment opportunities,” he posted it in his facebook page
The economic difficulties that traders in Tudu, the commercial hub of Accra, are experiencing, have been lamented.
They have bitterly bemoaned the Ghana cedi’s ongoing decline, especially as compared to the US dollar and the CFA, the currency that all three of Ghana’s neighbors use.
During an appearance with Kofi TV, a YouTube TV program, numerous traders seized the chance to urge the government to act immediately to resolve the problem.
In an effort to draw attention to the high cost of doing business, the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) began a six-day shop shutdown on Wednesday (October 19).
One of the traders who spoke to Kofi TV said: “If our sin was voting for you, forgive us, we won’t offend you again; because we are unable to buy the CFA nor the dollar. What sin have we committed to have voted for Akufo-Addo? “We are sorry for voting the NPP party into office, whatever sin we have committed by so doing, we are pleading for forgiveness. We beg the NPP with our knees on the ground, we beg them.” Another harped on the increasing instability of prices on the market. “We are very concerned. Just as we did politics in the past…. What pains me is that there was a time when we had power issues, we were able to stabilize it, why can’t we stabilize the dollar? If you sell, you run at a loss… I have run at a loss, I did not open my shop today, I just came to take some money I left here. We beg the president, we are on our knees. President, president we beg you. Intervene for us, come and intervene for us, why? “Our funds are evaporating, we can no longer import, we beg you, do something for us, we want you to do something for us. The CFA is galloping, the dollar is on the move, why?”
Sam Nartey George, a member of parliament for Ningo Prampram, has pleaded with NDC members to cease obstructing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-ability Addo’s to rule the nation.
The outspoken politician satirically listed nine significant problems the nation is currently experiencing and “attributed” them all on the NDC in a Facebook post from October 19, 2022.
The topics covered were the current economic challenges, the National Cathedral Project’s impasse, the president’s recent experiences of being booed, and even a schism with his former spiritual friend, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah.
Sam George said that Akufo-usage Addo’s of the term “fellow Ghanaians,” which the president used to begin his COVID-19 addresses, is “begging. He won’t refer to you as Jeremiahs or doubters ever again.
“He promises not to carry his chair around. He promises not to promise again. Can you just stop ruling the Country from opposition? He says you are forcing him to play nonsense too much.”
The NINE NDC instigated challenges listed by the MP were:
a. Changing the exchange rates at the Forex Bureaus.
b. Booing Akufo-Addo at Global Citizens Concert. You booed him in Kumasi.
c. Made the IMF to review their stance on the problems of Ghana’s economy.
d. Halted the building of a Cathedral to the glory of Akufo-Addo.
e. Asked GUTA to close their shops.
f. Asked public transporters to seek a 40% rise in transport fares.
g. Made the cost of a litre of diesel today more expensive than a gallon in 2016.
h. You have even made his personal Prophet to abandon him.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare has toured the central business district in Accra to boost security for members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) following the mass closure of shops.He met members of GUTA at Opera Square as the group strikes, reports said.Members of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have closed shops within the capital, Accra on Wednesday to protest the prevailing harsh economic conditions of the country.The protest is intended to push government to urgently address the depreciating cedi, high-interest rate, and soaring inflation.The protest will end on Monday, October 24, according to the group.
A deputy National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edem Agbana, says President Akufo-Addo’s refusal to sack Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta amid the worsening economic situation is a demonstration of the government’s insensitivity towards the plight of suffering Ghanaians.Pressure continues to mount on President Akufo-Addo to sack his Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, over the worsening economic situation in the country.However, the president, in a recent interview in Kumasi, stated he is satisfied with the performance of the Finance Minister.Speaking to Journalists in Koforidua, a deputy National Youth Organizer for the NDC chastised President Akufo-Addo’s defence of the Finance Minister.He said the mismanagement of the economy by President Akufo-Addo and the Finance Minister is what has brought the economy to its knees with skyrocketing inflation and the free fall of the cedi against the dollar, making it the worst-performing currency in the world.Edem Agbana stated that the president is, however, struggling to fire the Minister because of Family ties.“I am not surprised if President Akufo-Addo is satisfied with the performance of Ken Ofori-Atta. He is the direct cousin of Ken Ofori-Atta on two grounds; one, they are related if he sacks him today, a family meeting will be called, and the elders will resolve it.“Secondary, if a leader tells us in the face of this collapsed economy that things are fine. It tells you the short-sightedness of the leader himself. Because he has failed, and as we speak today, the cedi is the worst-performing currency in the whole world,” he added.Edem Agbana said the only way out of this economic hardship is for Ghanaians to vote for the NDC in 2024 to implement alternative policies to address the current economic situation.“The NDC is the best alternative to the current form of governance that we see. Every sector of the economy has collapsed, and in the area of education, nothing is going on well. Across the country, everyone is complaining.“The level of anxiety in the country, the only way out of this current hardship is to vote for the NDC in 2024. We have presented alternative policies to the government, but as usual, they ignored all of them. We told them about all the warning signs, but they ignored them. So clearly, President Akufo-Addo has been a monumental failure,” Mr. Agbana reiterated.
On Thursday, October 19, 2022, an accident at Airport Hills, an Accra neighborhood, is said to have involved at least six automobiles. A trotro (commercial vehicle), a dump truck, and at least three private cars, including a KIA Picanto, were among the wrecked automobiles seen in the viral video spotted by Countryghana. The vehicles were seen dispersed across the Airport Hills road. In the footage, one of the witnesses can be heard stating that at least six cars were involved in the collision. “The collision included about six vehicles. He said in the Twi language, “Some of the cars are over there. The KIA Picanto was seen colliding with another private vehicle in the video. A four-wheel drive was also pushed off by the dump truck.
Johnson Asiedu Nketia, general secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), claims that the opposition NDC needs dependable and bold leadership moving into the 2024 elections. According to him, the party is the only one capable of rescuing Ghanaians from the clutches of incompetence; as a result, if they rely on unreliable candidates, winning the 2024 election will remain merely a pipe dream. He announced this on Twitter using his official account. General Mosquito, as everyone knows him, said
“The success of NDC’s #Agenda2024 will require of us to build a winning mentality, plan, strategise and work for victory. We cannot fail the suffering mass of Ghanaians”.Adding that “That journey requires a leadership that is FEARLESS, has the Political EXPERIENCE and can be TRUSTED to lead our army to the electoral battlefield. We can do it. Let’s do this together”.
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