Welcome to this week’s version of Your Weekly Pulse, your trusted round-up of Ghana’s greatest headlines. Whether or not your week has been packed otherwise you’re merely catching up on the necessities, we’ve received the highlights proper right here.
1. “I’ve been sidelined and ignored by the NPP” – Kufuor laments
Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor
Former President and founding member of the New Patriotic Get together (NPP), John Agyekum Kufuor, has voiced his deep disappointment over what he describes as a deliberate sidelining by the get together’s present management.
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Talking throughout a courtesy name paid to him by NPP flagbearer aspirant Dr Bryan Acheampong, Mr Kufuor acknowledged that the get together has persistently failed to hunt his recommendation on necessary issues, regardless of his legacy and key function in shaping the NPP.
READ DETAILS: ‘I’ve been sidelined and ignored by NPP’ – Kufuor painfully laments
2. President Mahama scraps gas allowances for political appointees
All political appointees beneath President John Mahama’s administration will now not obtain gas allowances or allocations.
The directive was introduced in an announcement dated Tuesday, 15 July, and signed by the Minister for Authorities Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
In keeping with the assertion, the transfer kinds a part of the federal government’s renewed efforts to scale back public expenditure and reallocate funds to important precedence sectors.
READ DETAILS: President Mahama scraps fuel allowances for all political appointees
3. AG orders EOCO to probe NDC’s Yamin and Abanga over alleged unlawful mining
The Legal professional Normal and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has instructed the Financial and Organised Crime Workplace (EOCO) to research Joseph Yamin, Nationwide Organiser, and Yakubu Abanga, Nationwide Vice Chairman of the ruling Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC), over alleged involvement in unlawful mining.
The investigation is predicated on claims that the 2 get together officers could also be engaged in unauthorised mining actions in numerous districts throughout the nation.
In a letter dated 15 July and signed by Dr Ayine, the directive was justified by rising public concern, supported by media studies and corroborating intelligence, concerning breaches of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended by Act 995.
READ DETAILS: AG orders EOCO to investigate NDC’s Yamin and Abanga over alleged illegal mining
4. Ablekuma North Violence: Minority calls for dismissal of Basintale and Bissiw
The Minority Caucus in Parliament has referred to as on President Mahama to right away dismiss Malik Basintale, Appearing Chief Government Officer of the Youth Employment Company, and Dr Hannah Bissiw, Administrator of the Minerals Improvement Fund.
In keeping with the Minority, their demand follows what they describe because the pair’s “celebration” of current electoral violence within the Ablekuma North constituency, which they are saying is inappropriate and unacceptable for public officers.
READ DETAILS: Ablekuma North violence: Minority demands dismissal of Malik Basintale and Hannah Bissiw
5. OSP fees former NPA boss and 9 others in GH₵280 million cash laundering case
The Workplace of the Particular Prosecutor (OSP) has charged the previous Chief Government Officer of the Nationwide Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, together with 9 others, in reference to a GH₵280 million extortion and cash laundering scheme allegedly carried out by way of the Authority.
Seven people and three company entities are dealing with a complete of 25 fees, together with extortion by a public officer and cash laundering, following investigations that started in late 2024.
READ DETAILS: OSP charges former NPA boss, 9 others in GH₵280 million money laundering scandal
That wraps up this week’s high tales. Your Weekly Pulse will return subsequent week with extra of the information that issues most.
Keep knowledgeable and keep forward.
