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Republicans vow to replace Ginsburg with Trump pick

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Daniel Opare
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Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell vowed to put President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to a vote within hours of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death being announced, sparking outrage among Democrats.

Mr McConnell said he would act swiftly, despite the election six weeks away.

In 2016, he blocked President Barack Obama’s pick for the court on the grounds it was an election year.

Joe Biden has insisted a replacement should only take place after the poll.

Ginsburg, 87, died on Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington, DC, surrounded by her family.

The second-ever woman to sit on the Supreme Court, she had become a figurehead for liberals in the US, and was an iconic champion of women’s rights.

Thousands gathered outside the court on Friday night to pay tribute to the woman who had become affectionately known as “The Notorious RBG”.

What is the row about?

The appointment of judges in the US is a political one – which means the president gets to choose who is put forward. The Senate then votes to confirm – or reject – the choice.

Ginsburg, who served for 27 years, was one of only four liberals on the nine-seat bench. Her death means that, should the Republicans get the vote through, the balance of power would shift decisively towards the conservatives.

Mr Trump, who has already chosen two Supreme Court justices during his presidency, is well aware that getting his nominee in will mean conservatives will have control over key decisions for decades to come. Justices can serve for life, unless they decide to retire.

a rally on Friday – before he learned of Ginsburg’s death – he told the crowd whoever won the election “will get one, two, three or four Supreme Court justices”, saying November’s vote was going to be “the most important” in US history.

Mr McConnell said in his statement – which included a tribute to Ginsburg – that “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate”.

The senator had argued in 2016 that “the American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice” which meant “this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president”.

But now he says the Senate was within its rights to act because it was Republican-controlled, and Mr Trump is a Republican president.

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Chief Imam suspends personal assistant

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Daniel Opare
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The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has relieved his personal assistant, Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman of his post.Alhaji Osman has also been suspended from acting as an officer of the National Chief Imam’s office with immediate effect.

Alhaji Osman has also been suspended from acting as an officer of the National Chief Imam’s office with immediate effect.

A statement issued by the secretary to the Chief Imam’s Advisory Board, Alhaji Ali Kadiri said “His Eminence the National Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu in Consultation with His Advisory Board has indefinitely suspended Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman from acting as an officer of the National Chief Imam Office with immediate effect”.

“Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman henceforth ceases to be the P.A. to the national Chief Imam, the Executive Director of Sunset Fund, I.P.A.S.E.C, and all other positions holds on behalf of his Eminence the National Chief Imam”, he added.

Alhaji Khuzaimah’s suspension follows his involvement in a land tussle at Ablekuma after he had gone to acquire the land in the name of the national Chief Imam without his consent.

The Chief Imam however denied claims of owning the land, stressing that “his office has not been created to be exploited for one’s personal gain.”

He warned those using his name and office for personal ventures to desist from that.

The public has therefore been advised against engaging the service of Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman.

He is being replaced by Dr. Mohammed Marzuk Abubakar Azindon”, it said.

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Audio: Some accidents are caused by curses – GPRTU Chair

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Daniel Opare
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The National Chairman of Ghana Private Road Transport Union-GPRTU, Kwame Kumah has claimed some of the accidents that occur on our roads are caused by curses invoked on some errant drivers and passengers.

Speaking on Atinka TV morning show dubbed “Ghana Nie , Kwame Kumah said most passengers are cursed for several reasons and this sometimes has great effect on other passengers when they board same vehicle with other passengers.

Mr Kwame Kumah early this year noted that the ban on night travelling will not reduce car crashes in the country.

According to him, even though some of the road accidents could be attributed to the deplorable state of roads, there is no doubt that most of these unfortunate incidents are caused by curses placed on some drivers and passengers.

Source: Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Barimah Saakwa | [email protected]

Video: God is not wicked to give Nana Addo 4 more years – Mahama prays

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Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC) John Mahama, says God will not be so wicked to give four more years of Nana Akufo Addo as president of Ghana.

Watch video below:

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com

Alcohol not solution to insomnia – Doctor

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Daniel Opare
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Medical Doctor and Chief Executive Officer for Rofika herbal hospital, Dr. Mary Ofei, has cautioned persons abusing alcohol as a solution to insomnia to desist from the act.

Insomnia is a sleep disorder . The condition can be short-term (acute) or can last a long time (chronic). It may also come and go.

Acute insomnia lasts from 1 night to a few weeks. Insomnia is chronic when it happens at least 3 nights a week for 3 months or more.

Speaking on Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Dr. Mary Ofei, said resorting to alcohol will only compound the situation and not help cure the insomnia.

Dr. Mary Ofei explained that people who use alcohol as an alternative drug to help them sleep at night tend to develop other complications.

“This is the problem! A lot of people think alcohol is the solution to insomnia but it’s not true. Alcohol can make you sleep for a while, but it cannot make you stay asleep and so the assertion that alcohol is the solution to insomnia is utterly wrong,” she explained.

Asked the appropriate meal which helps one to sleep well at night, Medical Doctor and Chief Executive Officer for Rofika Herbal Hospital, Dr. Mary Ofei noted that individuals have to find out meals that work better for them and then stick to them.

Citing beans and coffee, as examples, Dr. Mary Ofei said there are some people who find it difficult who take them.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

Strike: Gov’t to meet nurses to address grievances – Minister

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Daniel Opare
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Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby, has pleaded with the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association(GRNMA) and its allied association-Physician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaethetists to reconsider its decision to embark on a strike action.

The appeal follows the decision of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association(GRNMA) and its allied association-Physician Assistants and Certified Registered Anaethetists to embark on a strike action on Monday, 21st September,2020 if the government fails to address issues that have to do with their conditions of services.

“GRNMA National Council in collaboration with its Allied Associations has discussed fully the report of the GRNMA/Allied negotiation team on the proposal of the Employment and has concluded the following adding that, the proposal as reported cannot serve the economic interest of All Nurses, Midwives, PAs and CRAs” President of the Association, Perpetual Ofosu-Ampofo said at press conference Thursday 18th September 2020.

Speaking to the issue on Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Bright Wireko-Brobby said the country is not in normal times and that the commission is doing everything humanly possible to address the concerns of the GRNMA.

“I will appeal to the leadership of the unions that, although they have legitimate concerns, we are not in normal times. We all know covid-19 pandemic has done to world economies. That notwithstanding,  we are not hiding behind the covid to avoid their pleas. I assure them that we are doing everything humanly possible to address their concerns,” he added.

Bright Wireko-Brobby explained that the matter of conditions of service and salaries of the association is an inter-ministerial duty and that it takes some time for the issues to be addressed.

He said government is set to meet the leadership of the association, a decision that shows the seriousness the Akufo-Addo led government attaches to the health sector.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu Boatemaa

Contempt case: Court gives Kennedy Agyapong another grace period

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Daniel Opare
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The Accra High Court has given the NPP Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, another grace period over his alleged contemptuous comments in which he described the judge as “stupid”.

At today’s hearing, Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni adjourned the case to Friday, September 25, 2020, to allow lawyers for the MP to present legal arguments on why the court should stay proceedings until the Supreme Court rules on a judicial review application in relation to the case.

Lead Counsel for the MP, Mr Kwame Gyan, argued that the court must halt the case until the Supreme Court determines whether or not the High Court, presided over by Justice Wuni had jurisdiction over the matter.

Justice Wuni had earlier ruled that he was minded to continue with the case but gave the lawyers the opportunity to present legal arguments on Friday.

Mr Agyapong’s alleged comments were made in connection with a land matter in which Susan Bandoh and Christopher Akuetteh Kotei had sued him (Kennedy Agyapong), Ibrahim Jaja, Nana Yaw Duodu aka Sledge and the Inspector General of Police.

While the case was still at the Land Division of the High Court (Land Court 12), the MP allegedly scandalised the court on a programme aired on NET2 TV and Oman FM on September 2, this year.

A court order signed on September 9, by Justice Wuni said, “I hereby summon the said Kennedy Ohene Agyapong per a warrant issued under my hand and seal to appear before the High Court (Land Court 12) on Monday, September 14, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. to show cause why he should not be severely punished for contempt if the matters are proven against him to the satisfaction of the court.”

The MP was expected to appear in court on Monday, September 14 to show why he should not be punished for contempt, but he failed to do so.

It came up in court that the court’s bailiff could not serve the MP with the summons order as all efforts by the court including channelling the summons through Parliament to be served on the MP proved futile.

In view of the difficulties mentioned above, Justice Wuni ordered that the summons be served on the MP through substituted service, a method of service allowed by law if personal service was proving problematic.

Per the orders of the court, the summons should be posted on the court’s notice board, as well as “a conspicuous place at Net 2 Television and Oman FM,” the MP’s media organisations and where he allegedly made the contemptuous statement.

Justice Wuni ordered that the summons should be at the designated places for three days, together with a hearing notice, while the MP must appear before the court on Friday, September 18.

Supreme Court

The MP yesterday (Thursday, September 17) asked the Supreme Court to stop contempt proceedings against him by an Accra High Court.

Lawyers for the MP filed a judicial review application at the apex court today, barely 24 hours after he was supposed to appear before the High Court and explain why he should not be punished for allegedly describing the judge as “stupid”

The MP wants the Supreme Court to prohibit the High Court from hearing the contempt case and also quash the order of summons for him to appear before the court on the basis that the particular court (Land Court 12)that summoned him had no jurisdiction to do so.

Different court

In his affidavit in support, the MP avers that his comments were not against Justice Amos Wuntah Wuni of Land Court 12 but was rather against a different judge in another matter at Labour Court 2, for which he said had duly apologized.

“The words uttered which I deem uncomplimentary and I have since apologized were not directed at the Court, presided over by His Lordship Amos Wuntah Wuni, the Court is not seized with jurisdiction to order the applicant to appear and to answer why he should not be severely punished for contempt of court,” the MP said in his affidavit in support.

It was based on the case at the Supreme Court that the MP’s lawyers want the High Court to stay proceedings until the final determination of the case at the apex court.

Source: Graphic

2020 polls: Ursula adopts Nkwanta South Constituency

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The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West constituency, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has for the second time charged the people of the Nkwanta South Constituency to vote massively for the NPP in the December 2020 elections in appreciation of the goodwill shown by President Akufo Addo to the good people of the Oti Region.

The Ablekuma West Lawmaker having fell in love with the newly created Oti region visited to rally support for the NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for Nkwanta South, Sherifa Sekyere Tijani who is poised to make history by wrestling the seat from the NDC.Joined by the Oti Regional NPP executives, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful toured the Constituency amidst a retail rally which saw many youth groups present their expectations from government.

The groups promised to support the NPP in achieving its developmental goals. The NPP’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Constituency, Madam Sherifa Sekyere Tijani was full of praise for Mrs.

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful for the support she has given her bid. She was confident that come December 2020, the NPP will win the Nkwanta South Seat for the first time in Ghana’s history.The Ministry of Communications under the leadership of Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful trained about 583 basic school girls in computer skills in the Oti Region.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com

Ahanta West MP breaks ground for construction of CHPS Compound at Funko

By
Daniel Opare
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Member of Parliament for the Ahanta West Constituency in the Western Region, Ebenezer Kojo Kum has cut sod for work to commence on the construction of a CHPS compound at Funko.

The facility when successfully completed will serve two sister communities, New Amanful and Adjoa.


Speaking at a short ceremony to perform the sod cutting, Mr. Kum said, the people of Funko deserve a modern day CHPS compound to help them have easy access to health care delivery.

According to him, when the project is completed, it will end the case where persons within that enclave travel to Apowa and Takoradi to seek healthcare.

He indicated that, the government of Nana Akuffo- Addo sees the importance of providing Ghanaians quality access to healthcare delivery and called on the community to join forces so that the project is completed in time.


The MP was accompanied by the Municipal Chief Executive of the Ahanta West Municipal Assembly, Madam Henrietta Mary Eyison, Mr Anthony Nketsiah Kwofie( Ahanta West NPP constituency chairman), Mr Joseph Baidoo( 2nd vice chairman), Augustina Nketsiah( Ahanta West NPP constituency women organiser).

Others include, Madam Patience Amponsah( deputy women organiser), Mr Barnabas Annan ( MP’s personal PRO), Mr Rudolf Cobbinah( MP’s personal aide), Nananom and elders of the community.

Hon. Ntsiful, the Assembly member for Funko electoral area who doubles as presiding member for the Municipal Assembly, on behalf of the community, commended the NPP government and the Hon. Member of Parliament for the kind gesture.

He said, th project will go a long way in solving a challenge they have been faced with for so long.

Commenting on the 2020 General Elections, Mr. Ntsiful seized the opportunity to urge the people of Funko and Ahanta West to vote massively to retain President Nana Addo and the Incumbent MP.

Ghana| Atinkaonline.com| Vincent Kwofie

Voters Exhibition Exercise begins today

By
Daniel Opare
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The Voters Exhibition Exercise has began today in all 33,367 Exhibition Centres across the country.

The exercise is to display the Provisional Voters Register for public inspection and correction at designated Exhibition Centres throughout the country from Friday, the 18th Day of September, 2020 to Friday, the 25th Day of September, 2020 from 7.00am to 6.00 pm each day including Saturday and Sunday.

The Exhibition of the Provisional Voters Register will take place simultaneously at all 33,367 Exhibition Centres across the country.

Speaking at the let the citizens know series, the EC Chairperson, Mrs Jean Mensa urged all registered voters to take advantage of the exercise to verify their details.

The EC said from its experience over the years, participation in the Voters Exhibition Exercise has been low, stating that citizens have not found it worth their while to visit the Exhibition Centres to check their details on the Provisional Voters Register.

“We wish to emphasize that the Exhibition Exercise is an important aspect of the entire registration and election process. It is therefore important that voters take the time to check their details,” the EC stated.

It explained that the Voters Register as it stands is provisional, adding that this means that it is not final; that is why the law recognized the need for an exhibition process to enable all registered voters check and ensure that the necessary corrections and omissions are effected before the register is certified.

“The Voters Register will only be deemed final after the Exhibition Exercise is completed and after authentication by the Magistrates who for the purpose of this Exercise serve as District Registration Review Officers (DRRO’s),” EC said.

The EC said in a bid to ensure the safety and security of its stakeholders and to make life easier for all prospective voters, the Electoral Commission has deployed a Mobile Telephoning System, also known the SMS to allow prospective voters to check their details using their mobile phones for a fee of 30 pesewas.

The EC has stated that those who flouted the registration rules during the compilation of the new voters register cannot vote during the upcoming elections.

According to her, those who engaged themselves in double registration and those who are not Ghanaians but took part in the exercise would not be allowed to vote.

Ghana| Atinkaonline.com| Porcia Oforiwaa Ofori

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