Ghana’s consumer price inflation has fallen to a single digit for the first time in four years.
In September 2025, Ghana’s inflation extended a nine-month streak of declines.
Ghana’s September 2025 inflation stands at 9.4% down from 11.5% in August.
The slowdown has been largely driven by a decline in food prices, according to the Ghana Statistical Service.
Also, Ghana’s food inflation has fallen from 14.8% to 11%.
Non-food inflation has also dropped from 8.7% in August to 8.2%.
The continuous drop in inflation has already beaten the government’s full-year target.
The continuous drop in inflation strengthens prospects for monetary policy stability, exchange rate resilience, and improved consumer confidence.
Meanwhile, the last time Ghana enjoyed single-digit inflation was in August 2021.
However, the World Bank has warned the John Mahama-led government not to rush back to the Eurobond market.
According to the World Bank, international investors will see Ghana’s quick return to the World Bank as an easy way out.
The Bank urged the Mahama administration to fix Ghana’s economy to strengthen the country’s fiscal and growth fundamentals, and to convince the private sector that public debt is sustainable.
The World Bank stated, “Importantly, the new administration [Mahama Administration] should also refrain from a hasty return to the Eurobond market, which international investors would interpret as taking the easy way out,” the report said. “Instead, the government should focus on strengthening the country’s fiscal and growth fundamentals and on convincing the private sector… that public debt is on a sustainable path.”
“Sudden macroeconomic stops and crises have led the country to request a record number of IMF programmes, remaining under active IMF programmes for 40 out of its 68 years of history,” the Bank observed.
However, President John Mahama has already echoed during his media encounter that he was not in favour of an early return to the capital market.
According to John Mahama, Ghana has survived without going to the capital markets.
President Mahama stated, “We have survived without going to the capital markets. We’ve survived without borrowing. … As the President, I would not favour a quick return to the international capital market. I think we should go like this for a while and consolidate the economy before we look at external financing.”
Eric Opoku, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, has said middlemen are to blame for the high food prices in urban areas.
According to the Agric Minister, middlemen between the farmers and the urban area buy cheaply from farmers and sell at ‘throat-cutting’ prices to the consumers.
Eric Opoku highlighted that farmers are currently selling food crops at lower prices than at the start of harvest season.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, Eric Opoku explained, “When you go to the production point, the farmers are complaining that they were selling a truck of yams at GH¢7,000. When they started harvesting, it came down to GH¢4,000, and it is now hovering around GH¢3,000 and GH¢2,000 at the farm gate”.
Eric Opoku added, “We have some people also posing as middlemen between the farmers and urban areas, and they are engaging in profiteering, trying to enjoy abnormal profit. They buy cheaply from the farmers and sell at ‘throat-cutting’ prices to the consumers. The prices are better than before”.
“When you get to the mall, some of the food items are imported, and the prices cannot be compared to those in the local market now because the local ones are now cheaper than the imported ones,” he stressed.
He further added, “We, as a government, have decided to produce to feed Ghanaians; they must reciprocate our gesture by eating Ghana for us”.
Also, the Minister of Food and Agriculture credited Ghana’s bumper harvest across the country to the Mahama government’s Feed Ghana Programme.
Eric Opoku added, “The farmers in many parts of the country are complaining that they have produced in quantities beyond the market there, and they are not getting buyers. In Asunafo South, the youth who participated in the Feed Ghana Programme came to me and said that they have been harvesting the rice in quantities, and they are looking for a market.
“So, it is not the case that these are isolated cases. What is happening now is a nationwide bumper harvest that Ghana is experiencing,” he said.
The Agric Minister explained, “We launched the Feed Ghana Programme. The first leg of that programme is to campaign for mass participation in the programme. We campaigned that individual households must have backyard gardens, and SHS must have school farms.
“From the beginning of the campaign up to today, we have on record that 129 SHS are participating. We also campaigned for church and faith-based organisations to enter the programme. We have records of churches, and we have some records that have directed their branches with fertile lands to participate in the programme. Even state agencies are participating,” he noted.
Eric Opoku further noted that the agriculture sector is largely private-sector-led.
He explained, “We must admit that the agricultural space is private sector-led. So when the government creates that continual atmosphere, and they take advantage of some of them, certainly, they see some of these things.
The weather has also been favourable, so the results are a bumper harvest, which we anticipated at the beginning of the programme”.
Toxicologist Yakubu Adam has issued a blunt warning that no amount of cooking or seasoning can destroy mercury, a heavy metal found in foodstuffs.
The toxicologist revealed that mercury, which is a heavy metal, has a lifespan of 880 years.
Toxicologist Yakubu Adam directly linked this immutable fact to the recent cases of food poisoning.
He argued that without a decisive end to illegal mining (galamsey), there is no viable solution to the contamination of the food supply.
Speaking on TV3 New Day, Toxicologist Yakubu Adam explained, “When it comes to the mercury that we are talking about, it is a heavy metal and it is also non-biodegradable, meaning it can never be destroyed when it gets into the environment, it stays in the environment.
One thing about this mercury is that if you end up taking it in your body, and you pass on through the natural process when they bury you inside the soil, you go with the mercury in your grave, so this mercury can stay in the environment for about 880 years without being destroyed, and there is nothing that can destroy it.
No amount of heat, no amount of salt, no amount of whatever you think can. You know this is not a bacterial infection or a fungal infection. They are not caused by parasites; this is heavy metals”.
He added, “So, salt water, heating, and everything can never break down this mercury in our food. When it gets into our food, it stays in our food, and we end up consuming it, and it gets into our bodies, and there are a lot of health implications”.
When it gets to our body, the major depositing part is our brain. When it gets there, it can stay in our brain for almost 20 years and can lead to neurological or neuroregenerative problems”.
The Toxicologist added that the only way to stop the exposure is to stop illegal mining (galamsey) or to stop the use of mercury in mining processes.
Also, Prof Dr Paul Poku Sampene Ossei, a forensic Histopathologist and former Head of Pathology at KNUST and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has revealed 500 spontaneous abortions linked to galamsey-related placental contamination.
According to him, his ongoing research links at least 500 cases of spontaneous abortions in Ghana to high levels of heavy metals in the placenta caused by galamsey activities.
Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, September 27, Prof. Sampene stated, “I have about 500 cases where women go to the hospital and abort their babies because of the concentration of these heavy metals in their placenta”.
“The placentas are all contaminated, polluted with heavy metals,” he said.
Prof. Sampene further highlighted the extent to which illegal mining activities are affecting maternal and child health.
He explained, “The placentas are all contaminated, polluted with heavy metals. I have examined over 4,000 of them from different regions in Ghana, and both the maternal side and the foetal side show these metals.”
“Do we have what it takes to even solve the kidney diseases that are coming out now? Dialysis is very expensive, and nobody gets it for free. Children are also being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. These are the realities we have to face,” he cautioned.
He further revealed, “Most of them fear for their lives, but they tell me they are recording a lot of deformities in babies. This is very real.
If the child is at risk, let us see how best we can mitigate it so that the child will survive and live a quality life one day.
Otherwise, we will soon see people walking but with very high cognitive impairment. Mercury inhalation alone can damage the brain. We are seriously in trouble,” he warned.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama invites Civil Society Organisations to a high-level engagement on illegal mining.
The meeting is scheduled for Friday, 3rd October, 2025, at 12:00 noon at Jubilee House.
The dialogue is expected to bring together government officials and civil society leaders to find a lasting solution to the menace of illegal mining.
In a letter issued by Dr Callistus Mahama, Secretary to the President, it indicates the dialogue will serve as a platform for frank and constructive discussions on illegal mining.
The letter stated, “This engagement aims to provide a platform for frank and constructive dialogue between the Government and civil society on the menace of illegal mining, with a view to harnessing collective expertise, perspectives, and solutions to address this national challenge”.
President Mahama’s invitation comes at a time when his government have been receiving backlash over their failure to properly deal with illegal mining.
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Toxicologist Yakubu Adam has issued a stark warning, stating that no amount of cooking or seasoning can destroy mercury, a heavy metal with a lifespan of 880 years.
He directly linked this immutable fact to the recent cases of food poisoning, asserting that without a decisive… pic.twitter.com/o0qgjTSJtq
According to Bernard Mornah, Sam George promised Ghanaians a reduction in DStv prices and not an increase in packages.
Speaking on the CTV panel discussion, Bernard Mornah explained, “That is not what Sam George promised us; that is not what the minister promised us. If you have failed, tell the people of Ghana I did not succeed. I hit a rock for us all to admit it was something that you wanted to do, but could not do.
But don’t turn around and come and tell us you have achieved more than you wanted to achieve. When that happens, the deception becomes too much”.
He continued, “Because I am seeking a reduction in the prices that I am paying, which did not happen, I was not seeking an increase in the packages; that is not what everyone was complaining about. I am very disappointed.
You are doing something for all Ghanaians, and you go and don’t succeed, you can say that ‘countrymen and women, what I wanted to achieve I could not achieve’. But to come and tell us you did not achieve what you wanted, but what you wanted was less than what you have succeeded in, is spite in our face”.
Also, Kamal-Deen Abdulai, the Deputy National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has quizzed Sam George on whether more channels mean the reduction he promised Ghanaians.
According to Kamal-Deen Abdulai, Sam George’s approach to the DStv subscription fees saga was wrong.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, Kamal-Deen Abdulai stated, “To my brother Sam George, talk is cheap. You can do all the talking and raise your muscles, but trust that people stand by the law. When investors come into this country, they look for fine lawyers and engage them.
“They also engage tax experts and marketing experts. That is a serious investor’s approach. So, when you come up with threats, they don’t care. They will also go and consult their people. The whole thing then becomes like a fight,” he added.
He added, “At least he was lucky because the public was with him. All he needed to do was to water the grounds enough with the public and find a way of getting the public to issue statements to DStv.
“When they see that, they will know the public is serious. But he didn’t do that. Rather, he came out with threats, only for him to come at the last minute to announce that subscribers are going to enjoy more channels. Does more channel mean reduction?” he questioned.
It will be recalled that Samuel Nartey George announced that Ghanaian DStv subscribers will enjoy between 33% to 50% increased value.
According to Sam George, MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offers specifically for the Ghanaian market.
Speaking at a media briefing, Sam George stated, “ MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offer only in Ghana, which will result in Ghanaian DStv subscribers getting more services for less”.
“Depending on the DStv package or bouquet you use, subscribers will get between 33% to 50% more value,” he added.
Under the arrangement, subscribers on the GHS59 Padi Bouquet will be upgraded to the Access Bouquet valued at GHS99, gaining 35 more channels and saving 40 per cent. Access Bouquet subscribers (GHS99) will move to the GHS190 Family Bouquet and save 48 per cent.
Family Bouquet users (GHS190) will be bumped up to Compact (GHS380) and enjoy live football matches, with a value increase of 50 per cent. Compact subscribers (GHS380) will receive the Compact Plus package (GHS570), saving 33 per cent.
Compact Plus (GHS570) will get Premium (GHS865) with 18 extra channels and a 34 per cent value gain. Premium subscribers will retain current content and also enter a draw to win fully paid trips to selected Premier League matches.
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Sam George has failed. He should tell us the truth. I'm highly disappointed ~ Bernard Morna pic.twitter.com/WgSR3HWaN6
A viral video of an emotionally distraught elderly woman slapping her grandson has surfaced on social media.
According to reports, the elderly woman slapped her grandson twice after he was allegedly caught stealing a mobile phone.
In the viral video, the young man showed no emotion as the distraught grandmother slapped him.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have shared their thoughts regarding the viral video, “This is not funny at all. I can only imagine how broken-hearted and disappointed she is”.
“He doesn’t look remorseful, add another slap”, a netizen noted.
One more X user stated, “Chale at this even if the slap dey make you faint sef koraaa, you have to manage to endure am”
“She didn’t want to. She is broken. So sad. U can imagine the battles she has fought for him. Mmmm, a grandmother’s love is endless”, an X user stated.
Additionally, another netizen wrote, “Oh! This is embarrassing. Such a handsome dude getting himself in a messy shit. And the recorder, too, could have consoled the old woman instead of the video. I hope she’s fine and the boy repents, then pardon for the sake of grandma”.
In related crime news, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), has issued a bold statement to criminals operating in Ghana.
According to COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, no matter how far or long they run, the police will eventually catch up with them.
Speaking during a press briefing at the National Police Headquarters in Accra on Wednesday, September 24, COP Donkor stated, “To the criminals out there, always remember that you may run and hide, but we will surely get you arrested to face the full rigours of the law. We are coming for you”.
“We wish to assure the good people of Ghana that the Police Service will continue to work around the clock to ensure security, law, and order at all times,” she added.
She further added, “As always, we call on all our stakeholders and the general public to continue to support the police, report suspicious activities, and share credible information with the police”.
Also, the Ghana Police have announced the arrest of ten armed robbers, with three being killed, who were targeting rural banks across several regions in the country.
Dr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), made this announcement at a press conference.
The IGP revealed the Police Service began observing a disturbing pattern of attacks on financial institutions that operated in a coordinated and well-structured gang.
Addressing members of the press, IGP Yohuno stated, “This morning, we are delighted to share with you a major breakthrough the Service has made in our fight against violent crimes, specifically armed robbery. After analysing data and conducting surveillance in collaboration with credible informants, we were able to track down the syndicate.”
“We will not stop until we get them arrested,” the IGP assured.
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An emotionally distraught elderly woman slápped her grandson twice after he was allegedly caught stealing a mobile phone. pic.twitter.com/rRnLjApbxf
According to the Member of Parliament, Charles Akwasi Aidoo, the Assistant Headmaster did not force the young girl.
He emphasised that, looking at the video, they both agreed to do that.
Speaking on Adom TV on September 30, 2025, Theophilus Dominic VonDee stated, “I am a realist, I don’t like saying things that are not what it is. I like to say things the way they like. If you watch the video carefully, sincerely, the man was not forcing the young girl. He didn’t force her; it was more of a consented thing.”
The MP added, “The old man and the young lady agreed to do that, and it must be established. There is no sin… in saying the man forced the young lady. It was a consented thing; both agreed to be in that mood”.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has removed Charles Akwasi Aidoo, Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNUST Senior High School, after a viral video showed him in a compromised position with a female student.
According to the GES, Mr Charles Akwasi Aidoo has been barred from entering the school premises while investigations are ongoing.
The GES also assured Ghanaians that due process will be followed and that any disciplinary action taken will be in line with the GES code of conduct.
The GES, in a statement signed by Head of Public Relations Daniel Fenyi, reads, “ The attention of the Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) was drawn to a viral video circulating on social media, allegedly involving Mr Charles Akwasi Aidoo, the Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNU ST Senior High School, in a compromised position with a female student.
Management views the matter with utmost seriousness. In line with our commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the teaching profession and ensuring the safety and welfare of students under our care, Mr Aidoo has already been removed from office and prohibited from going to the school while thorough investigations are being carried out.
“Management assures the general public, stakeholders, parents, and students that due process will be followed, and the appropriate disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with the code of conduct of the Ghana Education Service.
The GES remains committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism, discipline, and child protection in all our schools. We strongly condemn any acts that compromise the safety, dignity, and well-being of students”, the GES statement added.
Also, Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), has condemned the alleged sexual misconduct at the KNUST Senior High School.
According to Eduwatch, the school must remain a safe space where children are protected, nurtured, and empowered to learn without fear of abuse.
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“Sincerely the man was not forcing the young girl. It was more of a consented thing”
—MP for Twifo Atti-Morkwa, Hon. Theophilus Dominic Vondee on the KNUST SHS incident involving Assistant Headmaster for Academics, Mr. Charles A. Aidoo and a young student. pic.twitter.com/8RprYltjdD
A netizen on social media has said the NPP delegates voting for former Assin Central member of parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, would be a gross unpardonable sin.
The netizen in his post on social media X shared a video of a man of God who fired shots at Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer aspirant.
The man of God recounted that Kennedy Agyapong rose against the church when COVID came, but today needs the church’s votes.
According to the man of God, Kennedy Agyapong, said he would close down all one-man churches if he were president of Ghana, leaving only Roman, Pentecostal and Methodist.
The Pastor confidently told the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that their only hope is the former vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Speaking to his congregant in a viral video shared on X, the Pastor detailed, “When Covid came, a man that I respected so much, more than any honourable in Ghana, Kennedy Agyapong, I even respected him more than any other men of God but when Covid came, this same man rose against the church, thinking he was disgracing the church, and he had the audacity to say that if he were the president, he would destroy all one-man churches in Ghana.
Today, that same man needs the church’s vote. If you are speaking, be careful. I am telling you, the only hope of NPP is Bawumia. The same man who rose against the church and Ghana is a Christian country, and this man rose singlehandedly against the church”.
The man of God further added, “He stated that if he were president, only Roman, Pentecostal and Methodist would be left to operate today, the same man needs people’s vote. I am not somebody who is afraid of the truth”.
The netizen in his post wrote, “Voting for Kennedy Agyapong as the flagbearer of the NPP would be a gross, irreparable, and unpardonable sin against the body of Christ and the good people of this country”.
Meanwhile, Bishop Sam Owusu has said that Kennedy Agyapong will win the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary polls scheduled for January 31, 2026 and lead the party as its flagbearer in the 2028 general elections.
According to Bishop Sam Owusu, Kennedy Agyapong will secure about 57.7% to win the NPP’s flagbearer.
The man of God revealed that President Mahama has been ordained to lay a solid foundation, but Kennedy Agyapong is the chosen one to build on and lead an industrial revolution in the country.
In a viral video, Bishop Sam Owusu stated, “Hear me, church, hear me and pray for him so that the mercies of God and the hand of God will continue to bring him to that place.
During the COVID time, I saw the man Kennedy Agyapong leading their party, and last month I mentioned it. And today, the Lord said I should mention it again. Church, hear me and pray for him.”
“I saw over 1 million young men that God has used him to lead, following him,” he added.
The man of God emphatically prophesied that Kennedy Agyapong will secure about “57.7%” of the votes to emerge the winner.
“I kept on prophesying about Kennedy Agyapong. It’s because I saw over 1 million young men that God has used him to lead them, and all of them are doing business,” he stressed.
However, a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics, which reveals Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
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Voting for Kennedy Agyapong as the flagbearer of the NPP would be a gross, irreparable, and unpardonable sin against the body of Christ and the good people of this country. pic.twitter.com/7MtOZbvF4s
Franklin Cudjoe, the President of IMANI Africa, has said that President John Mahama’s invitation to civil society organisations (CSOs) to a dialogue on galamsey is just a meet and greet.
The IMANI president criticised the Mahama government’s over-reliance on dialogues.
According to Franklin Cudjoe, John Mahama, in opposition campaign for more than 12 months, so he knows the problem of the galamsey menace.
Mr Cudjoe noted that President Mahama, in power, has already made his stance that his government is not in a hurry to declare a state of emergency on galamsey.
Speaking in an interview on Eyewitness News on Tuesday, September 30, Mr Cudjoe stated, “Frankly, apart from esprit de corps, as in gathering and meeting on this matter. I don’t know the takeaway from this meeting. Maybe the President wants to hear from us directly, face to face.
I don’t understand the meeting; whatever it is, it’s an opportunity to meet him head-on and say ‘look, this is essential and must be dealt with and some assurances that it will be done,” he said.
Franklin Cudjoe added, “The president campaigned for close to 12 months or more on this issue, so he knows. The Presidency has made its stance known. They are not in a hurry to declare a state of emergency”.
“The measures we have to put in place are to secure the hotspots simultaneously. Those properly registered acquire proper licences to do their work, and those who don’t have licences will be dealt with.
“The meeting is a meet and greet, so far as I’m concerned. We will have to hold the President to account. We need to give ourselves timelines, give ourselves KPIs. If the year ends and we don’t see anything on galamsey, it will be ‘butubutu’ [a problem],” he warned.
His comments come following President John Dramani Mahama’s invitation to Civil Society Organisations to a high-level engagement on illegal mining.
The meeting is scheduled for Friday, 3rd October, 2025, at 12:00 noon at Jubilee House.
The dialogue is expected to bring together government officials and civil society leaders to find a lasting solution to the menace of illegal mining.
In a letter issued by Dr Callistus Mahama, Secretary to the President, it indicates the dialogue will serve as a platform for frank and constructive discussions on illegal mining.
The letter stated, “This engagement aims to provide a platform for frank and constructive dialogue between the Government and civil society on the menace of illegal mining, with a view to harnessing collective expertise, perspectives, and solutions to address this national challenge”.
President Mahama’s invitation comes at a time when his government have been receiving backlash over their failure to properly deal with illegal mining.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has ordered the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations (NAIMOS) Task Force to be firm, resolute and ruthless.
According to the Lands Minister, the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations has the full support of President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking at the deployment of the NAIMOS Task Force in Sunyani on Sunday, September 28, 2025, Armah-Kofi Buah stated, “The fight against illegal mining is not going to stop, and every measure at the Presidency is going to be used. I charge you with a profound sense of duty and patriotism.
Any recalcitrant who enters these zones is not only a trespasser, but also an enemy of the state. You are to be firm, resolute, and ruthless.
“You will take no obtrusive intrusion from any big man. Remember, the biggest man in Ghana is the President, and he is the one who has sent you,” Mr Buah declared.
“The most powerful person in this country, the President, is fully backing you on this mission. The NDC does not and will not endorse what our President is against. In the bush or in a water body, there is no political colour.
So, if anybody goes in the name of a political colour, arrest the person. If anybody comes in the name of the President, also arrest the person,” he said.
Also, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, has called on NAIMOS to enforce the law without fear or favour.
He stated, “The most powerful person in this country, the President, is fully backing you on this mission. The NDC does not and will not endorse what our President is against. In the bush or in a water body, there is no political colour.
So, if anybody goes in the name of a political colour, arrest the person. If anybody comes in the name of the President, also arrest the person,” Mustapha Gbande said.
Education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch (Eduwatch), has condemned the alleged sexual misconduct at the KNUST Senior High School involving the Assistant Headmaster and a female student.
According to Eduwatch, the school must remain a safe space where children are protected, nurtured, and empowered to learn without fear of abuse.
On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, Eduwatch, in a statement, described the act as reprehensible.
“Schools must remain safe spaces where children are protected, nurtured, and empowered to learn without fear of abuse,” the Eduwatch statement noted.
They further commended GES for swiftly removing the officer from office and barring him from the school premises.
Eduwatch called on the Ashanti Regional Directorate of the GES to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has removed Charles Akwasi Aidoo, Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNUST Senior High School, after a viral video showed him in a compromised position with a female student.
According to the GES, Mr Charles Akwasi Aidoo has been barred from entering the school premises while investigations are ongoing.
The GES also assured Ghanaians that due process will be followed and that any disciplinary action taken will be in line with the GES code of conduct.
The GES, in a statement signed by Head of Public Relations Daniel Fenyi, reads, “ The attention of the Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) was drawn to a viral video circulating on social media, allegedly involving Mr Charles Akwasi Aidoo, the Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNU ST Senior High School, in a compromised position with a female student.
Management views the matter with utmost seriousness. In line with our commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the teaching profession and ensuring the safety and welfare of students under our care, Mr Aidoo has already been removed from office and prohibited from going to the school while thorough investigations are being carried out.
“Management assures the general public, stakeholders, parents, and students that due process will be followed, and the appropriate disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with the code of conduct of the Ghana Education Service.
The GES remains committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism, discipline, and child protection in all our schools. We strongly condemn any acts that compromise the safety, dignity, and well-being of students”, the GES statement added.
Some Ghanaians have reacted to the GES statement, saying, “ Lol if we are to investigate our teachers and students’ relationship in our schools, then I think we are going to close our schools in Ghana”.
“Sometimes I don’t understand people o Wey horniness nkoaa”, another netizen wrote.
An X user stated, “So is he going to continue being a teacher or he should go home koraa?”.
One more netizen stated, “Eiiii hmmm, this is the kind of shame you bring upon yourself when you can’t control your dick as a man”
Meanwhile, Theophilus Dominic VonDee, Member of Parliament for Twifo Atti-Morkwa, has said the viral KNUST Senior High School (SHS) video was consented to by the assistant headmaster and the student.
According to the Member of Parliament, Charles Akwasi Aidoo, the Assistant Headmaster did not force the young girl.
He emphasised that, looking at the video, they both agreed to do that.
Speaking on Adom TV on September 30, 2025, Theophilus Dominic VonDee stated, “I am a realist, I don’t like saying things that are not what it is. I like to say things the way they like. If you watch the video carefully, sincerely, the man was not forcing the young girl. He didn’t force her; it was more of a consented thing.”
The MP added, “The old man and the young lady agreed to do that, and it must be established. There is no sin… in saying the man forced the young lady. It was a consented thing; both agreed to be in that mood”.
Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has accused former Assin Central MP and flagbearer hopeful, Kennedy Agyapong, of undermining NPP cohesion.
According to Abronye, Kennedy Agyapong’s anti-Christ actions and inactions seriously undermined the cohesion and integrity of the NPP.
On Tuesday, September 30, Abronye, the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, revealed he is fully prepared to face the committee and defend his actions.
He called for a live broadcast as he agreed to face the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) National Disciplinary Committee following his referral for alleged misconduct.
Abronye revealed he is prepared to provide evidence of Kennedy Agyapong’s anti-Christ actions and inactions.
“I hereby write to indicate my full preparedness and willingness to appear before the Committee to comprehensively lay bare and substantiate the anti-Christ actions and inactions of Hon. Kennedy Agyapong,” Abronye stated.
Abronye further propose that the sittings of the committee be conducted openly and broadcast live so the rank and file of the NPP may have the opportunity to witness Kennedy Agyapong’s antichrist posture and conduct.
Abronye’s statement comes after Justin Kodua Frimpong, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), referred him to the party’s disciplinary committee.
According to the statement issued by Justin Kodua, he has petitioned the National Disciplinary Committee of the NPP regarding Abronye’s conduct.
Justin Kodua noted that Abronye DC, the NPP Bono regional chairman, was hurting the party’s image and insulting party members by making baseless accusations against him.
Part of the statement, which was issued on September 30, 2025, reads, “Mr Baffoe is reported to have publicly insulted Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong, a distinguished member of the Party, with derogatory statements, including a claim that ‘even the elephant has more wisdom than Hon. Agyapong.’ Such remarks are unprintable, defamatory, and damaging to the reputation of Hon. Agyapong and the Party at large.
“Mr Baffoe further alleged that the General Secretary deliberately concealed a report that purportedly implicated Hon. Agyapong as the destroyer of the Party and recommended his expulsion. These allegations are false, malicious, and injurious to the integrity of the Office of the General Secretary,”
“Mr Baffoe has purported to disclose and misrepresent the contents of a Disciplinary Committee report, alleging that it catalogued various offences attributed to Hon. Agyapong. Such conduct constitutes a serious breach of confidentiality, discretion, decorum, and party discipline, while also undermining the authority of the Committee,” the statement added.
Abronye had earlier alleged that the NPP’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, is sitting on the 2023 Disciplinary Committee report concerning NPP flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong.
He claimed the party’s disciplinary committee recommended the sacking of Kennedy Agyapong from the party.
Speaking on Ohia TV, Abronye stated, “The 2023 disciplinary report recommends that Kennedy Agyapong should be sacked from the NPP because he is damaging the party and engaging in anti-party behaviour”.
“Justin Kodua is the one saving him. Assin Dompo, the destroyer who sold the NPP’s seat to A Plus… The report is with Justin Kodua, and he is sitting on it. He is the only person who knows why he is keeping it, and there will be a time when we will ask him about it.
“The party has structures, so why would he keep the report to himself instead of laying it before the national executives or council? The report detailed all of Agyapong’s anti-party conduct,” Abronye DC added.
According to Rev Ntim Fordjour, God can take anyone and anoint them, be it a Christian or a Muslim.
He claimed that God’s anointing is on Dr Bawumia to lead Ghana into prosperity.
Speaking at Mankessim during Dr Bawumia’s Central Region tour on Tuesday, September 30, Rev Fordjour stated, “I’m a Christian, I’m a pastor, and the Bible I read tells me that God is no respecter of persons. God can take anyone and anoint them, and it doesn’t matter whether the person is a Christian or a Muslim. He can use them to rule over His country and make His people prosper.
“The person I have seen such an anointing on is Dr Bawumia. The one God has anointed to lead us to the promised land in 2028 is Dr Bawumia,” he declared.
Rev Ntim further highlighted that no NDC presidential candidate can be compared to Dr Bawumia.
“My brothers and sisters, my elders, I beg of you – just take a look at all the leaders in the NPP, and also at those who have announced their intention to lead the NDC, and compare. Tell me, who among them, if we put them up against Dr Bawumia, can stand him? Who? There’s nobody”.
“If we change Dr Bawumia, we will miss the penalty”, Rev Ntim Fordjour added.
Meanwhile, Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has said Kennedy Agyapong and other contenders face a daunting task to catch up with Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to Mussa Dankwa, it is still not over, but it is highly unlikely that every undecided voter will go to one candidate.
He highlighted that Dr Bawumia’s advantage will be difficult to overturn.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Monday, September 29, Mussa Dankwa stated, “It is still not over. I won’t say it is over, but if you look at where the leading candidate is, it is highly unlikely that every undecided voter will go to one candidate”.
“We believe that Kennedy has to do a lot more to bring Dr Bawumia down, or his other competitors should do a lot more in order to drag Dr Bawumia from where he is,” he added.
Mussa Dankwa’s remarks come following a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics, which reveals Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
Dr Bryan Acheampong secured only 3 per cent of delegates’ votes, while Dr Yaw Adutwum and Ing Kwabena Agyapong secured 1 per cent of delegates’ votes respectively.
However, the poll revealed that a significant number of delegates, 27 per cent, remain undecided.
Also, the poll revealed 57 per cent of Ghanaians prefer former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the next general election.
Rev Ntim Fordjour claimed God has anointed Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to the promised land in 2028.
According to Rev Ntim Fordjour, God can take anyone and anoint them, be it a Christian or a Muslim.
He claimed that God’s anointing is on Dr Bawumia to lead Ghana into prosperity.
Speaking at Mankessim during Dr Bawumia’s Central Region tour on Tuesday, September 30, Rev Fordjour stated, “I’m a Christian, I’m a pastor, and the Bible I read tells me that God is no respecter of persons. God can take anyone and anoint them, and it doesn’t matter whether the person is a Christian or a Muslim. He can use them to rule over His country and make His people prosper.
“The person I have seen such an anointing on is Dr Bawumia. The one God has anointed to lead us to the promised land in 2028 is Dr Bawumia,” he declared.
Rev Ntim further highlighted that no NDC presidential candidate can be compared to Dr Bawumia.
“My brothers and sisters, my elders, I beg of you – just take a look at all the leaders in the NPP, and also at those who have announced their intention to lead the NDC, and compare. Tell me, who among them, if we put them up against Dr Bawumia, can stand him? Who? There’s nobody”.
“If we change Dr Bawumia, we will miss the penalty”, Rev Ntim Fordjour added.
However, the Global InfoAnalytics’ new poll has revealed that Johnson Asiedu Nketia of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) holds a slim lead over Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in a potential 2028 presidential matchup.
The poll shows Asiedu Nketia commands 50 per cent of voter support, while Dr Bawumia follows closely with 45 per cent, with the 5 per cent of respondents preferring another candidate.
According to Global InfoAnalytics, the narrow margins highlight the prospect of a fiercely contested race if the matchup materialises.
Also, a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics has revealed Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
Dr Bryan Acheampong secured only 3 per cent of delegates’ votes, while Dr Yaw Adutwum and Ing Kwabena Agyapong secured 1 per cent of delegates’ votes respectively.
However, the poll revealed that a significant number of delegates, 27 per cent, remain undecided.
Also, the poll revealed 57 per cent of Ghanaians prefer former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the next general election.
Subsequently, for the ruling NDC government, Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, is still in the lead as the preferred candidate to succeed President John Mahama for the NDC.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll shows Haruna Iddrisu in a lead with 29.8 per cent, while NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia secured 24.1%, and Finance Minister Ato Forson, who garnered 18.4% support.
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah is also in fourth with 10.3%, while Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa came fifth with 8.1%.
Other contenders Eric Opoku recorded 2.5%, Prof. Joshua Alabi 2.2%, and Armah Kofi-Buah 2.0%.
Kwame Awuah Darko (1.6%), Spio Garbrah (1.1%), and Okoe Vanderpuye (0.1%) were at the bottom of the poll as the least preferred candidates to succeed John Mahama.
On Tuesday, September 30, Abronye, the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, revealed he is fully prepared to face the committee and defend his actions.
According to Abronye, he prepared to provide evidence of Kennedy Agyapong’s anti-Christ actions and inactions that are undermining the party.
“I hereby write to indicate my full preparedness and willingness to appear before the Committee to comprehensively lay bare and substantiate the anti-Christ actions and inactions of Hon. Kennedy Agyapong,” Abronye stated.
Abronye further propose that the sittings of the committee be conducted openly and broadcast live so the rank and file of the NPP may have the opportunity to witness Kennedy Agyapong’s antichrist posture and conduct.
Abronye’s statement comes after Justin Kodua Frimpong, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), referred him to the party’s disciplinary committee.
According to the statement issued by Justin Kodua, he has petitioned the National Disciplinary Committee of the NPP regarding Abronye’s conduct.
Justin Kodua noted that Abronye DC, the NPP Bono regional chairman, was hurting the party’s image and insulting party members by making baseless accusations against him.
Part of the statement, which was issued on September 30, 2025, reads, “Mr Baffoe is reported to have publicly insulted Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong, a distinguished member of the Party, with derogatory statements, including a claim that ‘even the elephant has more wisdom than Hon. Agyapong.’ Such remarks are unprintable, defamatory, and damaging to the reputation of Hon. Agyapong and the Party at large.
“Mr Baffoe further alleged that the General Secretary deliberately concealed a report that purportedly implicated Hon. Agyapong as the destroyer of the Party and recommended his expulsion. These allegations are false, malicious, and injurious to the integrity of the Office of the General Secretary,”
“Mr Baffoe has purported to disclose and misrepresent the contents of a Disciplinary Committee report, alleging that it catalogued various offences attributed to Hon. Agyapong. Such conduct constitutes a serious breach of confidentiality, discretion, decorum, and party discipline, while also undermining the authority of the Committee,” the statement added.
Abronye had earlier alleged that the NPP’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, is sitting on the 2023 Disciplinary Committee report concerning NPP flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong.
He claimed the party’s disciplinary committee recommended the sacking of Kennedy Agyapong from the party.
Speaking on Ohia TV, Abronye stated, “The 2023 disciplinary report recommends that Kennedy Agyapong should be sacked from the NPP because he is damaging the party and engaging in anti-party behaviour”.
“Justin Kodua is the one saving him. Assin Dompo, the destroyer who sold the NPP’s seat to A Plus… The report is with Justin Kodua, and he is sitting on it. He is the only person who knows why he is keeping it, and there will be a time when we will ask him about it.
“The party has structures, so why would he keep the report to himself instead of laying it before the national executives or council? The report detailed all of Agyapong’s anti-party conduct,” Abronye DC added.
Barimah Saasi Ayeboafo II, the Chief of Mamponteng in the Ashanti Region, has hauled Pastor Samuel Henry, popularly known as Prophet Roja.
The Chief of Mamponteng filed a lawsuit against Prophet Roja over a prophecy predicting his death and the downfall of other chiefs.
In the writ of summons, which also names the Angel Broadcasting Network and Ali Baba Dankambary, a presenter at Angel FM, the chief is demanding a retraction of the prophecy, a public apology and GH¢10 million in damages for defamation.
Barimah Saasi Ayeboafo II is further seeking an injunction to prevent Prophet Roja, the presenter and Angel Broadcasting Network, from publishing similar pronouncements in the future.
He is also asking the court to compel the media house to delete all defamatory content from its platforms.
Prophet Roja, in a live broadcast on Kumasi-based Angel FM, declared that the Mamponteng Palace will face looming disaster.
According to him, the disaster would begin with the chief linguist and warn the chief himself could be the next to suffer misfortune.
In related news, Prophet Roja has made a name for himself following the tragic August Helicopter crash, and the passing of Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo Kantanka which resurfaced two viral videos of Prophet Roja on social media.
In the first viral video, dated April 4, 2024, Prophet Roja urged Ghanaian leaders to reach out to Apostle Safo, highlighting that the man of God held the secret to Ghana’s economic recovery.
Prophet Roja stated, “Go and look for Apostle Safo. For over 24 years, the Lord has revealed to me that he holds the road to Ghana’s economic freedom. If you do not hurry and tap into it, the man will soon be called by his maker.”
On 12 September 2025, Prophet Roja dropped yet another video about Apostle Safo, with vivid imagery to describe what he had spiritually witnessed.
The man of God stated, “I have seen something… a big star enter into the clouds. When it entered the cloud, it did not come back. Then I saw a mantle descending from the cloud, but it did not fall on anybody. May his soul rest in peace. You are a legend; you fought so hard, and may the Lord give you rest. I have seen it, praise the Lord. I am going to pray for you, men of God.”
Also, Prophet Roja, has dropped yet another prophetic foretelling this time about the NDC and the Goldbod CEO Sammy Gyamfi.
According to Prophet Roja, Sammy Gyamfi will one day be sworn in as President of Ghana.
He gallantly emphasised that there is no condition on this, and no one can change this prophecy.
Prophet Roja revealed that Sammy Gyami has about eight years ahead of him before contesting, which he would win in a one-touch victory.
Speaking on Angel TV with Saddick Adams, Prophet Roja detailed, “I have said something about Ghana, if you like, record this video, one day, Sammy Gyamfi will be sworn in as the President.
It will not take long; he has eight years ahead. After eight years, he will contest, and that will be all. This is not a condition; no one can change this prophecy. If he stands for the NDC, it’s a one-touch win no one will try. If you like, record it”.
Prophet Roja confidently added, “All he has to do is to protect himself, that is all. It is a star that’s in his life”.
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The Private citizen has been identified as Daniel Marfo Ofori-Atta.
Daniel Marfo Ofori-Atta has alleged a conspiracy between Richard Jakpa and Justice Yonny Kulendi to interfere in the Ato Forson ambulance trial.
The petitioner, Daniel Marfo Ofori-Atta, argues that the actions of Justice Kulendi and his cousin, Richard Jakpa, during the trial constitute a calculated effort to unlawfully interfere with the administration of justice.
The petition is dated September 29, 2025 and details a series of alleged covert meetings and communications spanning the period of the case, which commenced in January 2023.
Daniel Marfo Ofori-Atta is demanding that the CID “conduct an investigation into the conduct of Justice Yonny Kulendi and his cousin, Richard Jakpa, to unravel all acts of criminality disclosed by their conduct, and take such prosecutorial action as is consistent with law”.
Also, Richard Jakpa had earlier petitioned the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame.
Jakpa has petitioned the CID to investigate Godfred Yeboah Dame over alleged attempts to fabricate evidence during the trial of Dr Ato Forson and two others.
The petition, which was dated July 23, 2025, was formally signed by Richard Jakpa himself. It details a phone conversation allegedly held on March 26, 2024, between Mr Jakpa and Mr Dame.
Richard Jakpa, who was the third accused person in the high-profile ambulance procurement case, which involved the now Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.
According to Jakpa, Godfred Dame misconducted himself when he allegedly asked for his cooperation to incriminate Ato Forson.
In the petition, Jakpa revealed the former Attorney General wanted him to testify in a manner to incriminate Dr Ato Forson to help fast-track the conclusion of the case.
He revealed a testimony used to incriminate Dr Ato Forson, which led to a phone call placed to him by Godfred Yeboah Dame on March 26, 2024.
Jakpa stated in the petition, “In the phone conversation between the then-Attorney General and me, which I have attached to this petition, he suggested that during cross-examination I testify not based on matters personally perceived and understood by me”.
“In that telephone conversation, Godfred Dame directly engaged me on the subject of the Letters of Credit (LCs) as an Attorney-General of the Republic of Ghana”, he stated in his petition.
Jakpa added, “stated how he thought I should answer questions regarding the Letters of Credit during cross-examination contrary to my honest understanding and knowledge of how Letters of Credit work”.
According to Jakpa, he opposed Dame’s legal conspiracies even though Dame asserted that it would not bear any risk to him.
He alleged, “He further said he would be travelling out of the country and not able to be in court at the next adjourned date, and that I seek an adjournment from the court by getting an excuse duty from a hospital to the court that I was sick to allow him to be present in court before I proceed with my testimony”.
“Declined this criminal, dishonest and unethical suggestion from him as an Attorney-General then”, Jakpa wrote.
He stated that the alleged attempt by Godfred Dame for him to testify in a dishonest way to implicate Dr Ato Forson, in his opinion, constituted fabrication of evidence.
Jakpa called on the CID to investigate Dame to face the full consequences if found to be culpable, because this is very necessary.
Meanwhile, at a press conference on February 14 2025, Godfred Dame insisted that his advice to Jakpa to obtain a medical report was a genuine suggestion in light of Jakpa’s health condition.
Dame told journalists at the event, “Not knowing he himself had that illicit agenda and was secretly recording and was saying the things that he got on the tape, which came from him and not from me”.
“When he went, he actually obtained the adjournment because he was not well. So the fact of my asking him to obtain a medical certificate because he was not well was nothing but factual”, he explained.
The 15 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Eastern Region who have declared their support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia have dared Dr Bryan Acheampong to publicly name MPS who allegedly contacted him.
Dr Bryan Acheampong, the Member of Parliament for Abetifi and a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), had claimed that most of the 15 Members of Parliament who declared support for Bawumia called him afterwards.
He further revealed that he texted Dr Bawumia, warning him to fear delegates.
Dr Acheampong highlighted that in the Eastern region, 20,000 NPP delegates are voting and out of that, only 15 support Bawumia.
Speaking during his campaign run in Achiase in the Eastern Region, Dr Bryan Acheampong stated, “In the Eastern region, 20,000 delegates are voting here. Some days ago, I heard 15 MPs in the Eastern Region declared their support for Bawumia. 20,000 people are voting here, and out of that, 15 are saying they are supporting someone else.
They even organised a press conference about it, and the truth is that after the press conference, they even called me. But I have texted Dr Bawumia to fear the delegates”.
He added, “In the Eastern Region, those 15 people who have declared support for another person, I will win their constituencies one by one. The one who led the press conference, this is his constituency, and I am going to win here as well. Kofi, wherever you are, can you hear your people are saying they will not vote for your man?”
However, the 15 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Eastern Region have replied to Bryan Acheampong.
According to the MPs, none of the 15 NPP MPs has called to plead with Bryan Acheampong.
Speaking in an interview on CITI News P for Achiasi, Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo stated, “None of the 15 NPP MPs has called to plead with him. We’re asking him to provide evidence to show the whole world those who went to him to plead for forgiveness”
“We’re also asking him to give us some evidence. From the investigations we did, there were no such text messages to the former Vice President,” he said.
Also, the 15 MPs, in a statement, also challenged Bryan Acheampong, “We challenge him, in the spirit of truth and accountability, to publicly name the MPs he alleges contacted him. Until then, his claim remains nothing but a fabrication”.
They further accused Bryan Aveampong of trying to project himself as the sole financier of the Eastern Region campaign.
The MPs argued that the money came from party financiers and businessmen who backed Dr Bawumia, with Acheampong only serving as a coordinator.
“What is more troubling is that what eventually reached MPs was less than what had originally been agreed upon, forcing us to dip into our own resources to keep the campaign alive”, they stated.
They further accused Acheampong of falsely telling polling station executives that monies meant for them were diverted by constituency executives and MPs.
The 15 MPs called on the central campaign team of Dr Bawumia’s 2024 bid to disclose exactly how much was handed to Bryan Acheampong for operations in the region and what the funds were earmarked for.
They further reaffirmed their loyalty to Dr Bawumia, “We remain firm, united, and unwavering in our support for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Bryan Acheampong’s allegations are calculated to serve his personal agenda. We call on him to retract his false claims immediately.”
Meanwhile, an aide to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Dr Ekua Amoakoh, has refuted claims that MPs endorsing the former vice president are being manipulated.
According to Dr Ekua Amoakoh, the complaints from rivals show they are panicking following the wave of MP endorsements in the Eastern Region.
She emphasised that rivals are creating the impression that the MPs are like clay to be moulded or manipulated.
Speaking on Channel One’s Newsroom on Friday, September 26, Dr Ekua Amoakoh stated, “In any contest, when you hear one side beginning to complain a lot and always make excuses, it just means one thing — that that side is losing.”
“I hate it when we create the impression that people are manipulable or that they are like clay in the hands of people to be moulded. I don’t think the MPs are children or that they can be manipulated to do A or B. For all of them to boldly come forward and speak to their constituents on behalf of His Excellency Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, I don’t think it’s a small thing.”
“I also see how our opponents will downplay this kind of event. It only means that it really hit them at the core of their campaigns”, she added.
Mussa Dankwa, the Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has said Kennedy Agyapong and other contenders face a daunting task to catch up with Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to Mussa Dankwa, it is still not over, but it is highly unlikely that every undecided voter will go to one candidate.
He highlighted that Dr Bawumia’s advantage will be difficult to overturn.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Monday, September 29, Mussa Dankwa stated, “It is still not over. I won’t say it is over, but if you look at where the leading candidate is, it is highly unlikely that every undecided voter will go to one candidate”.
“We believe that Kennedy has to do a lot more to bring Dr Bawumia down, or his other competitors should do a lot more in order to drag Dr Bawumia from where he is,” he added.
Mussa Dankwa’s remarks come following a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics, which reveals Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
Dr Bryan Acheampong secured only 3 per cent of delegates’ votes, while Dr Yaw Adutwum and Ing Kwabena Agyapong secured 1 per cent of delegates’ votes respectively.
However, the poll revealed that a significant number of delegates, 27 per cent, remain undecided.
Also, the poll revealed 57 per cent of Ghanaians prefer former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the next general election.
Meanwhile, Bishop Sam Owusu has said that Kennedy Agyapong will win the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary polls scheduled for January 31, 2026 and lead the party as its flagbearer in the 2028 general elections.
According to Bishop Sam Owusu, Kennedy Agyapong will secure about 57.7% to win the NPP’s flagbearer.
The man of God revealed that President Mahama has been ordained to lay a solid foundation, but Kennedy Agyapong is the chosen one to build on and lead an industrial revolution in the country.
In a viral video, Bishop Sam Owusu stated, “Hear me, church, hear me and pray for him so that the mercies of God and the hand of God will continue to bring him to that place.
During the COVID time, I saw the man Kennedy Agyapong leading their party, and last month I mentioned it. And today, the Lord said I should mention it again. Church, hear me and pray for him.”
“I saw over 1 million young men that God has used him to lead, following him,” he added.
The man of God emphatically prophesied that Kennedy Agyapong will secure about “57.7%” of the votes to emerge the winner.
“I kept on prophesying about Kennedy Agyapong. It’s because I saw over 1 million young men that God has used him to lead them, and all of them are doing business,” he stressed.
Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has revealed that the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has seized 15 of his luxury cars.
It will be recalled that Wontumi was arrested by EOCO following a visit to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters on Tuesday, May 27, shortly after leaving the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Accra.
Justice Srem-Sai later revealed that Wontumi is also being investigated for an International organised crime scheme.
The Deputy Attorney General noted that EOCO is assiduously working with our international law enforcement partners on the second strand of criminal investigations.
According to Justice Srem-Sai, the ongoing investigation is being handled by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), with asset recovery efforts already underway to secure suspected proceeds of crime.
Chairman Wontumi was released from EOCO custody on June 2, after meeting his bail GHS50 million conditions.
According to Chairman Wontumi, EOCO has seized his vehicle for no reason.
Speaking in an interview on Adom FM on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, Chairman Wontumi stated, “I have been quiet. As we are talking now, 15 of my cars have been confiscated by EOCO. I bought all the cars from Bright (sic). Bright (sic) is close to the NPP office at Asylum Down.
“He has the right registration. He paid the port fees and everything. My Bentley, Rolls-Royce, my Land Cruiser (have been taken), but I have been quiet because I don’t want to be talking about my own issues,” he said.
He added, “I want to end this conversation here. One day, God will speak for me.”
Also, Abigail Elorm Mensah, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), has revealed that three government vehicles have been retrieved from the residence of Chairman Wontumi.
The MASLOC CEO disclosed that the Centre, with support from National Security operatives, retrieved the three cars, with two yet to be recovered.
According to the MASLOC CEO, the initiative is part of efforts to recover government loans and vehicles from defaulters.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on September 10, Abigail Elorm Mensah stated, “I have gone with National Security operatives to the house of the Chairman of the NPP in Ashanti Region, Chairman Wontumi.
Three cars. In fact, the cars were five. We’ve retrieved three. I have collected all from his house. We are still chasing him for the two. He has to pay for them”.
“What we do is that once I seize the cars, the agreement we have with you is that you would have to repay whatever has accrued, and we release the cars to you,” she said.
MASLOC CEO added, “We’ve reported a lot of the issues to the police,” she confirmed.
She further revealed an incident involving a relative of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who allegedly refused to return a government Nissan Urvan.
“I have a situation where a brother of former Vice President Seidu Imoro picks a car and he is bold to tell us that ‘well, he has used the car to work and he’s bought his own, so if we want we could come for it.’ So we’ve seized it,” she added.
Alexander Twum-Barimah, the Deputy Director-General of NACOC, has blown an alarm about how a wee package as tea bags was found in an SHS student’s bag.
According to Alexander Twum-Barimah, the incident happened to a Senior High School (SHS) student in the Eastern Region.
He detailed that a first-year Senior High School (SHS) student was caught with marijuana disguised as a tea bag, and hidden in his school bag.
Alexander Twum-Barimah revealed that NACOC has already set up offices in the Asamankese District, Adansi Municipality, and Ashanti Akim District to strengthen local response.
He highlighted that NACOC, under the leadership of Brigadier General Mantey, is determined to reduce drug abuse among the youth.
The Deputy Director-General of NACOC added that the institution has identified a new tactic targeting young people, and has therefore called for keen vigilance among school authorities, parents, and students.
He further explained that the issue has extended beyond Senior High Schools, as reports show marijuana use is now spreading to basic schools.
Speaking on Woezor TV, broadcast on Sunday, September 28, 2025, Mr Twum-Barimah stated, “I went to Asamankese in the Eastern Region and during my conversation with the District Chief Executive, he mentioned that a form one student was coming to school and among his belongings, a wee tea bag was found”.
“There was a person that we contacted at that time, and we found a 16-year-old boy. He carried two sticks of marijuana. Sixteen? Two sticks. Why should that happen?” he questioned.
He further clarified that tramadol is not banned in Ghana, but the dosage is regulated by law.
He further added, “As I sit here, we have closed not less than six drug stores and two pharmacies. We will continue to close more,” he said.
“Tramadol usage is not illegal. But by law, you can use 50 mg or 100 mg maximum, and that should be on prescription by a physician. Dosages above 100 mg are not permitted,” he explained.
“We have a leadership that is determined to do what is right, and even if we cannot eradicate drug use completely, we will bring it to the barest minimum,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has closed down eight chemist shops across the country for selling high-dose tramadol.
In related news, the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has handed over 17 gold bars, valued at $1.7 million, to the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) at the Ministry of the Interior in Accra.
The gold bars were seized by officers of the Upper East Command of the Narcotics Control Commission at the Paga Border Post.
The two Burkinabe nationals were attempting to smuggle them out of the country.
Sammy Gyamfi, the Chief Executive Officer of GoldBod, expressed gratitude to the Director-General of NACOC and called for continued support and collaboration.
Kamal-Deen Abdulai, the Deputy National Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has quizzed the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Sam Nartey George, over DStv subscription fees.
The NPP man quizzed Sam George on whether more channels mean the reduction he promised Ghanaians.
According to Kamal-Deen Abdulai, Sam George’s approach to the DStv subscription fees saga was wrong.
Speaking on Breakfast Daily on Channel One TV on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, Kamal-Deen Abdulai stated, “To my brother Sam George, talk is cheap. You can do all the talking and raise your muscles, but trust that people stand by the law. When investors come into this country, they look for fine lawyers and engage them.
“They also engage tax experts and marketing experts. That is a serious investor’s approach. So, when you come up with threats, they don’t care. They will also go and consult their people. The whole thing then becomes like a fight,” he added.
He added, “At least he was lucky because the public was with him. All he needed to do was to water the grounds enough with the public and find a way of getting the public to issue statements to DStv.
“When they see that, they will know the public is serious. But he didn’t do that. Rather, he came out with threats, only for him to come at the last minute to announce that subscribers are going to enjoy more channels. Does more channel mean reduction?” he questioned.
His remarks follow Samuel Nartey George, who announced that Ghanaian DStv subscribers will enjoy between 33% to 50% increased value.
According to Sam George, MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offers specifically for the Ghanaian market.
Speaking at a media briefing, Sam George stated, “ MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offer only in Ghana, which will result in Ghanaian DStv subscribers getting more services for less”.
“Depending on the DStv package or bouquet you use, subscribers will get between 33% to 50% more value,” he added.
Under the arrangement, subscribers on the GHS59 Padi Bouquet will be upgraded to the Access Bouquet valued at GHS99, gaining 35 more channels and saving 40 per cent. Access Bouquet subscribers (GHS99) will move to the GHS190 Family Bouquet and save 48 per cent.
Family Bouquet users (GHS190) will be bumped up to Compact (GHS380) and enjoy live football matches, with a value increase of 50 per cent. Compact subscribers (GHS380) will receive the Compact Plus package (GHS570), saving 33 per cent.
Compact Plus (GHS570) will get Premium (GHS865) with 18 extra channels and a 34 per cent value gain. Premium subscribers will retain current content and also entry into a draw to win fully paid trips to selected Premier League matches.
Sam George, the Minister for Communications, has weighed in on the recent price adjustment by Multichoice DSTV.
The Minister, in an interview, expressed discontent with those who continue to criticise the new pricing, emphasising that the adjustments are a step in the right direction.
According to Sam George, some people don’t like him, and so they won’t accept the reduction because it came from him.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Monday, September 29, 2025, Sam George stated, “I don’t understand why anyone would have a problem if somebody wants to pay 865 cedis to get into a raffle. Bernard people go and bet on football matches and stake more than 1000 cedis on one game.
So if the person chooses to stake 865 for a month, what is your problem? If you cannot afford 865 cedis, there is 570 cedis, which still gives you the same value. So, you can choose to pay 865 cedis or choose to pay 570 cedis”.
“There are people who don’t like Sam George, and so they won’t accept the reduction because it came from me, so they can pay the 865 cedis. Those who are patriotic citizens and appreciate the work of a good government that is working for them will pay their 570 and still get their premium content”, he added.
Sam George further added, “I have heard people say that DStv has done this before; that is not correct. That is why the presser I did, I said this is unprecedented in DStv’s own marketing modules.”
“What DStv has normally done is that you must be an active subscriber, you must renew before the expiration of your current subscription, and you enjoy it for only one month. What we have done with them is a bouquet agonistic,” he said.
Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko, the former Energy Minister, has officially declared his intention to contest for the NPP’s National Chairman position.
On Tuesday, September 30, Mr Agyarko, in a press statement, revealed his decision.
Boakye Agyarko describe his decision to contest as a call to duty.
According to him, he had extensive consultations with family, close associates, and NPP faithful.
His statement read, “I have had consultations with members of my family and those who are very close to me, and whose lives would be most affected by the decisions I make,” he stated.
“I have also listened carefully to what the broad masses of our party people, and indeed many outside our party, are asking of me.”
“Having factored in all the considerations, I see it as my bounden duty to respond to this call to duty, and hereby announce that I will contest for the position of NATIONAL CHAIRMAN of my party upon the opening of nominations.”
Also, Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has also declared his intent to contest the national chairmanship position of the party.
Wontumi stated, “I am not backing down as is being speculated. I still remain resolute in becoming the next National Chairman.
“There was a general apathy, and you cannot blame Wontumi for that. Even in our worst performance, tell me one region that beat the Ashanti Region”.
He further added, “Everybody knows how I campaigned in the lead-up to the last election. I never slept, visiting people’s homes at odd hours. Look, I spent a lot to ensure our party wins power, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen.”
According to Chairman Wontumi, he is the right man to bring the opposition party back to power in 2028.
“I did it for the party in 2016, and I am poised to do it again in 2028.”
In related NPP news, a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics has revealed Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
Dr Bryan Acheampong secured only 3 per cent of delegates’ votes, while Dr Yaw Adutwum and Ing Kwabena Agyapong secured 1 per cent of delegates’ votes respectively.
However, the poll revealed that a significant number of delegates, 27 per cent, remain undecided.
Also, the poll revealed 57 per cent of Ghanaians prefer former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the next general election.
Sam George, the Minister for Communications and Innovations, has revealed that DStv has deactivated close to a million ghost boxes.
He revealed that DStv has deactivated nearly one million decoders as part of efforts to curb cross-border piracy between Nigeria and Ghana.
Sam George emphasised that it is necessary to tackle the persistent challenge of unauthorised decoders flooding the Ghanaian market.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Monday, September 29, 2025, Sam George stated, , “So far, DStv has deactivated close to a million ghost boxes over a period of time”.
“I have heard people say that DStv has done this before; that is not correct. That is why the presser I did, I said this is unprecedented in DStv’s own marketing modules,” he stressed.
The Minister expressed discontent with those who continue to criticise the new pricing, emphasising that the adjustments are a step in the right direction.
According to Sam George, some people don’t like him, and so they won’t accept the reduction because it came from him.
He added, “I don’t understand why anyone would have a problem if somebody wants to pay 865 cedis to get into a raffle. Bernard people go and bet on football matches and stake more than 1000 cedis on one game.
So if the person chooses to stake 865 for a month, what is your problem? If you cannot afford 865 cedis, there is 570 cedis, which still gives you the same value. So, you can choose to pay 865 cedis or choose to pay 570 cedis”.
“There are people who don’t like Sam George, and so they won’t accept the reduction because it came from me, so they can pay the 865 cedis. Those who are patriotic citizens and appreciate the work of a good government that is working for them will pay their 570 and still get their premium content”, he added.
Sam George further added, “I have heard people say that DStv has done this before; that is not correct. That is why the presser I did, I said this is unprecedented in DStv’s own marketing modules.”
“What DStv has normally done is that you must be an active subscriber, you must renew before the expiration of your current subscription, and you enjoy it for only one month. What we have done with them is a bouquet agonistic,” he said.
Samuel Nartey George announced that Ghanaian DStv subscribers will enjoy between 33% to 50% increased value.
According to Sam George, MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offers specifically for the Ghanaian market.
Speaking at a media briefing, Sam George stated, “ MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offer only in Ghana, which will result in Ghanaian DStv subscribers getting more services for less”.
“Depending on the DStv package or bouquet you use, subscribers will get between 33% to 50% more value,” he added.
Under the arrangement, subscribers on the GHS59 Padi Bouquet will be upgraded to the Access Bouquet valued at GHS99, gaining 35 more channels and saving 40 per cent. Access Bouquet subscribers (GHS99) will move to the GHS190 Family Bouquet and save 48 per cent.
Family Bouquet users (GHS190) will be bumped up to Compact (GHS380) and enjoy live football matches, with a value increase of 50 per cent. Compact subscribers (GHS380) will receive the Compact Plus package (GHS570), saving 33 per cent.
Compact Plus (GHS570) will get Premium (GHS865) with 18 extra channels and a 34 per cent value gain. Premium subscribers will retain current content and also entry into a draw to win fully paid trips to selected Premier League matches.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested for operating a clinic from his home for over 12 years without a medical licence.
The 48-year-old man has been identified as Hanson Osei.
He was arrested for operating a clinic in his chamber and hall for over 12 years without a medical licence.
Reports suggest that during police interrogation, he boldly admitted to treating people without any training from a recognised medical school.
The news was shared by Ghana Chronicles on X, which reads, “A 48-year-old man, Hanson Osei, has been arrested for operating a “clinic” in his chamber and hall room for over 12 years without a medical licence.
During police interrogation, he boldly admitted to treating people without any training from a recognised medical school”.
Some Ghanaians have reacted to the story, saying, “Questions, how many fatalities has he recorded? What’s the distance & state of the hospital closest to him? What do people see in him that made them patronise him for 12 years? Get witnesses and get your answer. Apart from not being licensed, he may be saving lives”.
Another stated, “Twelve years of running a clinic in a chamber and hall without a license? This is beyond risky, it’s dangerous. Health isn’t trial and error. Authorities must crack down harder, and some Ghanaians must stop gambling with unqualified hands when lives are at stake”.
A netzine added, “They should then arrest all these herbal doctors also. There’s no difference between them and Me. Hanson”.
“They should arrest those who go there for medical treatment too”, another netizen wrote.
One more X user added, “If the community had access to a healthcare facility, would they have patronised that shambolic service?
They’ve been voting for decades, yet something as basic as a medical centre is not available.
We have failed our people!”
Additionally, a Ghanaian added, “If the people are receiving better treatment and not complaining, then we don’t see any problems with you arresting him.
People have knowledge of inventions, but they have never been in an innovation training program or course”.
In related news, the Medical and Dental Council of Ghana (MDC) has revealed quackery as a major challenge affecting medical practice in Ghana.
The MDC revealed that between 2024 and the third quarter of 2025, four individuals have been arrested for unlicensed medical practice.
Also, several others remain under investigation, with prosecution pending.
The Medical and Dental Council of Ghana also raised concerns about forged qualifications by individuals attempting to gain clearance to practice in Ghana.
According to the MDC, they are working with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to introduce a name tag and stamp policy by 2026 for all health practitioners.
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The management of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has been exposed for validating and paying a dead man for 26 months.
Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Accra on Monday, September 29, the Tamale Teaching Hospital management was fingered for validating and paying a dead man for 26 months.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament has quizzed the management of Tamale Teaching Hospital over some financial irregularities at the hospital.
Ranking Member Samuel Atta-Mills of PAC quizzed the Tamale Teaching Hospital management on whether they had not attended the deceased staff member’s funeral.
Speaking at the Public Accounts Committee hearing, Samuel Atta-Mills quizzed, “Habib Napare – date of separation was 2022. This guy had died. Didn’t you go to the funeral? And you validated this dead person for 26 months? And now you are coming to tell Parliament to do what?” Atta-Mills asked sharply”.
A management member reacting to the question from the committee revealed they had so far recovered GHS303,558.68 of the total amount.
He revealed that the Hospital had submitted the names of the individuals implicated in the act to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for recovery.
The management member stated, “We have recovered GHS303,558.68. We have followed a total list to EOCO to help us. EOCO has written back demanding their respective files of the person involved. We have submitted that.
Also, Chairman of the committee, Abena Osei Asare, added, “Moving forward, maybe we will ask you to bring the validators along so they speak to it, maybe they saw the person ghost or saw the person somewhere.
That’s how a deceased person will be validated for 26 good months, and then somebody who has worked for more than three months, six months will be running every day to the Controller and Accountant General just to be validated”.
Some Ghanaians reacted to the shocking development, saying, “This issue is repeatedly brought up in every Public Accounts Committee session, yet these Managing Directors continue holding their positions just by issuing apologies. How long will this go on in Ghana?”.
A netizen added, “And there are no consequences. They maintain their post, go back and device new looting scheme to loot. Such a joke of a country”.
“What’s really the essence of these sittings when government officials are not prosecuted for causing financial loss to the state?”, one more X user wrote.
Additionally, a netizen added, “NSS boss last year same story noting was done, NSA boss same story, nothing was done, ECG scandal nothing was done,eii Ghana ebi some people demma own ooo and we just pay tax for living in it. All this, yet when a common Citizen, out of desperation, commit the least of crimes, 20 years”.
One more Ghanaian wrote, “Is about time validation is assigned to various heads of departments rather than letting only one HR personnel do it for all Staff. When one travels and is in an area council like the MMDAs, they will validate for months b4 they know he is not at post. Sake of nono fio, one will do all”.
“These are crimes that people have to be going to prison for? Recovery alone shouldn’t be the answer. What did we sack the chief justice for again?”, a Ghanian wrote.
One more X user added, “You buried him with one hand and kept paying him with the other. 26 months of “ghost” salary… comedy at taxpayers’ expense. A few have turned the nation into a cash cow, so no wonder the country is poor while its people are filthy rich”.
“This country really needs someone of Donald Trump’s calibre. Because if we keep voting for these professors, lawyers, communicators, etc, our country will remain where it is. In a serious country, the committee will order the police to take these guys away”, A Ghanaian on X suggested.
Meanwhile, the Auditor-General’s (A-G) report has also revealed that the hospital paid salaries amounting to GHS 1,449,000 to a deceased staff member for a period of 26 months
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“You validated and paid a dead man for 26 months. Didn’t you go to his funeral?”
—Management of Tamale Teaching Hospital questioned at the public accounts committee. pic.twitter.com/ouSdL34JvG
Lawyer Festus Owusu Badu has been sworn in as acting Chairman of the General Council of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana.
He has been tasked with carrying forward the legacy of the Church’s late founder, Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo Kantanka.
In a viral video, Lawyer Festus Owusu Badu was clothed in a beautiful kente as he was sworn in as the chairman.
His swearing in was greeted with loud cheers from the Kristo Asafo Mission congregants.
The late Apostle Kwadwo Safo’s death was announced on Sunday, 14, 2025.
The news was announced in a statement by Sarah Adwoa Safo (former MP for Dome Kwabenya).
According to the statement, Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo passed away peacefully on Thursday, 11th September 2025.
In related news, A former member of the Kristo Asafo Church has called on Church members to wake up, as the late Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo was not God.
According to the lady, she was once a member of this church and deeply involved in this idolatry.
She revealed they prayed through him instead of through Jesus.
The former member of the Kristo Asafo Church urged members to repent as the Kingdom of God is at hand, adding that Jesus alone is the way, the truth, and the life.
Speaking in a viral video following the death of Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo the lady stated, “I deeply empathise with you over the passing of Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo, but you must wake. Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo was not God. The reason why I am so passionate about speaking about this today, idolatry, I was part of this church, I worshipped him.
In fact, I remember that, growing up, when I was sick in any part of my body, we were taught to take a picture of Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo, fetch a glass of water, put this picture on the glass of water and pray to Apostle Kwadwo Safo to heal us, we believed he was a god, we believe he was the survivor”.
She further added, “Today, on his passing, I am led to make this video to encourage you to find a church; you need Jesus Christ; he is the only one true God. Jesus died, but on the third day he rose again, and Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo has died now, and he will not resurrect.
I have seen some videos about reincarnation. People are saying he would reincarnate. I am sorry, it is nonsense.
Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo is dead. He was human, he was flesh just like you and I, he was not a God. The fact that he had some wisdom to be able to make some technological inventions did not mean he was God”.
She further added that there are so many branches of the Kristo Asafo Church all over the world, and her heart bleeds, “For the thousands of people going to hell because they believe the lie that Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo was God, please wake up. I am pleading with you, give your life to Christ and repent from this idolatry”.
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Lawyer Festus Owusu Badu has been sworn in as acting Chairman of the General Council of the Kristo Asafo Mission of Ghana, tasked with carrying forward the legacy of the Church’s late founder, Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka.
According to the statement issued by Justin Kodua, he has petitioned the National Disciplinary Committee of the NPP regarding Abronye’s conduct.
Justin Kodua noted that Abronye DC, the NPP Bono regional chairman, was hurting the party’s image and insulting party members by making baseless accusations against him.
Part of the statement, which was issued on September 30, 2025, reads, “Mr Baffoe is reported to have publicly insulted Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong, a distinguished member of the Party, with derogatory statements, including a claim that ‘even the elephant has more wisdom than Hon. Agyapong.’ Such remarks are unprintable, defamatory, and damaging to the reputation of Hon. Agyapong and the Party at large.
“Mr Baffoe further alleged that the General Secretary deliberately concealed a report that purportedly implicated Hon. Agyapong as the destroyer of the Party and recommended his expulsion. These allegations are false, malicious, and injurious to the integrity of the Office of the General Secretary,”
“Mr Baffoe has purported to disclose and misrepresent the contents of a Disciplinary Committee report, alleging that it catalogued various offences attributed to Hon. Agyapong. Such conduct constitutes a serious breach of confidentiality, discretion, decorum, and party discipline, while also undermining the authority of the Committee,” the statement added.
Abronye had earlier alleged that the NPP’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, is sitting on the 2023 Disciplinary Committee report concerning NPP flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong.
He claimed the party’s disciplinary committee recommended the sacking of Kennedy Agyapong from the party.
Speaking on Ohia TV, Abronye stated, “The 2023 disciplinary report recommends that Kennedy Agyapong should be sacked from the NPP because he is damaging the party and engaging in anti-party behaviour”.
“Justin Kodua is the one saving him. Assin Dompo, the destroyer who sold the NPP’s seat to A Plus… The report is with Justin Kodua, and he is sitting on it. He is the only person who knows why he is keeping it, and there will be a time when we will ask him about it.
“The party has structures, so why would he keep the report to himself instead of laying it before the national executives or council? The report detailed all of Agyapong’s anti-party conduct,” Abronye DC added.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has run from comments made by Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) of the Ashanti Region and Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC of the Bono Region.
Chairman Wontumi is reported to have said the NPP’s decision to hold the presidential primaries on January 31, 2026, was designed to favour a particular aspirant.
Also, Abronye has claimed he compiles the Bono Regional album, and he will prevent certain individuals from voting in the January 31, 2026, primaries.
However, the NPP reiterates its dedication to transparency, fairness, and integrity in all internal processes.
According to the NPP, no individual has control over the compilation of polling station albums, and we refute claims that the January 31, 2026, presidential primaries date favours any aspirant.
They further assured stakeholders that every decision is made in the supreme interest of the Party to ensure unity and victory in 2028.
The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has claimed the NPP’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, is sitting on the 2023 Disciplinary Committee report concerning NPP flagbearer hopeful Kennedy Agyapong.
He claimed the party’s disciplinary committee recommended the sacking of Kennedy Agyapong from the party.
According to Abronye, Justin Kodua is the one saving Kennedy Agyapong from being sacked from the NPP.
Speaking on Ohia TV, Abronye stated, “The 2023 disciplinary report recommends that Kennedy Agyapong should be sacked from the NPP because he is damaging the party and engaging in anti-party behaviour”.
“Justin Kodua is the one saving him. Assin Dompo, the destroyer who sold the NPP’s seat to A Plus… The report is with Justin Kodua, and he is sitting on it. He is the only person who knows why he is keeping it, and there will be a time when we will ask him about it.
The party has structures, so why would he keep the report to himself instead of laying it before the national executives or council? The report detailed all of Agyapong’s anti-party conduct”, Abronye DC added.
In related NPP news, the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has run from comments made by Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) of the Ashanti Region and Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC of the Bono Region.
Chairman Wontumi is reported to have said the NPP’s decision to hold the presidential primaries on January 31, 2026, was designed to favour a particular aspirant.
Also, Abronye has claimed he compiles the Bono Regional album, and he will prevent certain individuals from voting in the January 31, 2026, primaries.
However, the NPP reiterates its dedication to transparency, fairness, and integrity in all internal processes.
According to the NPP, no individual has control over the compilation of polling station albums, and we refute claims that the January 31, 2026, presidential primaries date favours any aspirant.
They further assured stakeholders that every decision is made in the supreme interest of the Party to ensure unity and victory in 2028.
In a statement released on Sunday, September 28, 2025, General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua stated, “The National Leadership of the New Patriotic Party urges the public and its stakeholders to disregard recent public pronouncements by the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, and the Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, as their statements do not represent the ideals and practices of the party.
“The Party wishes to categorically state that no individual, irrespective of rank or position, has a monopoly or unilateral control over the compilation of polling station albums,” portions of the statement read.
The statement added, “For the avoidance of doubt, the compilation of the polling station album strictly adheres to established compliance procedures. The National Secretariat will, at the appropriate time, issue clear and transparent guidelines, protocols, and procedures designed to safeguard integrity, credibility, and fairness at every stage of the process.
“We wish to assure all stakeholders, particularly polling station executives across the country, that such pronouncements should be disregarded and treated with the utmost contempt they deserve”.
“The Party affirms that this assertion is unfounded. The National Council exhaustively deliberated and took the decision in the Party’s supreme and strategic interest. Given the calibre of the members of the National Council, no individual can manipulate or influence a decision in his or her favour,” the statement added.
The NPP statement concluded by stating that, “The decision to hold an early congress is intended solely to provide the Party with sufficient time and strategic advantage to reorganise, reposition, and recapture power in 2028. The Party remains resolutely committed to upholding transparency, fairness, and internal democracy in all its processes. Leadership will continue to ensure that every stage of our electoral activities reflects the highest standards of integrity and credibility”.
Kennedy Agyapong, a Ghanaian businessman and former member of parliament for Assin Central, has recounted how he fired his wife and son from his company.
Speaking at a gathering, Ken Agyapong revealed that his son did not have time for his business and that anytime he visited, his son was not around due to his other engagements.
He recounted that he told the lawyer to pay his wife and son, but afterwards he fired them.
The NPP presidential aspirant stated, “My son is doing very well; he does the Afrochella, whatever, Americans gave him a contract to recruit Africans, so he does not have time for my business. Anytime I go there, he is not around.
So, I said, thank God you are doing your own business, I have fired him and the mother too” Kennedy Agyapong’s remark drew loud laughter from the crowd.
He added, “Now I told the mother whatever money you were getting, the lawyer give the same money to her, but she is out, and my son is also out. The worker over there knows that I fired my wife and son.
That is how I manage to get things done. I am very strict, so the message is clear: if you work with me, I will treat you well, but if you try to be dishonest or dupe me, I will get you fired”.
Ken Agyapong, some months ago, in an interview, also warned young entrepreneurs to avoid doing business with family members.
According to Kennedy Agyapong, if one wants to succeed in Ghana, he or she must not do business with family members except their wife or children.
He noted that family ties can pose dangerous risks to business performance and accountability.
Speaking on the Konnected Minds Podcast, Mr Agyapong stated, “If you want to succeed here, especially in Ghana, don’t rely on your relatives or involve your brothers, sisters, or family members in your business—except maybe your children or wife”.
Mr Agyapong further added that people settle too easily and urged Ghanaians to be willing to do more and work for longer hours.
In a separate interaction, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has said politics is no longer attractive in Ghana.
The former lawmaker expressed his disappointment with the current state of politics in Ghana, adding that he wouldn’t advise his children to pursue a career in it.
According to Kennedy Agyapong, many politicians do not speak the truth, which has eroded public trust in them, making politics unattractive.
Speaking at the National Emerging Leaders Economic Forum on Monday, September 22, 2025, Kennedy Agyapong stated, “Politics is no longer attractive, and I would never advise any of my children to go into it”.
Kennedy Agypong further called on Ghanaian youth to take charge of their lives.
He added, “The youth are overdependent on government for their survival; they need to take charge of their lives”.
Kennedy Agyapong also advised Ghanaian youths they cannot depend on the government alone to become rich or successful.
Mr Agyapong made these remarks while talking about his plans for the youth, focusing on creating an enabling environment that will reduce the youth’s dependence on the government.
According to Kennedy Agyapong, he would ensure that the youths who want to go into business will have startup capital.
Mr Agyapong detailed, “As a businessman, I have come to realise that the youth are not given opportunities. When you talk of youth unemployment, all those agencies, unless the government creates an enabling environment, so that the youths can take advantage of it.
The youths are overdependent on the government; no youth depending on the government alone can survive or be a rich or successful person”.
He added, “You have to take your destiny into your own hands and make sure that you take advantage of what is going on and move ahead; don’t wait. What I will also be doing is to find ways for the youths to have startup capital for Ghanaian youths who want to venture into business”.
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“If you have 10 apples in America, they will steal only 1. But in Ghana, if you have 10 apples, they will steal 9.” – Hon. Kennedy Agyapong pic.twitter.com/RYyM4O02Wu
Sam George, the Minister for Communications, has weighed in on the recent price adjustment by Multichoice DSTV.
The Minister expressed discontent with those who continue to criticise the new pricing, emphasising that the adjustments are a step in the right direction.
According to Sam George, some people don’t like him, and so they won’t accept the reduction because it came from him.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Monday, September 29, 2025, Sam George stated, “I don’t understand why anyone would have a problem if somebody wants to pay 865 cedis to get into a raffle. Bernard people go and bet on football matches and stake more than 1000 cedis on one game.
So if the person chooses to stake 865 for a month, what is your problem? If you cannot afford 865 cedis, there is 570 cedis, which still gives you the same value. So, you can choose to pay 865 cedis or choose to pay 570 cedis”.
“There are people who don’t like Sam George, and so they won’t accept the reduction because it came from me, so they can pay the 865 cedis. Those who are patriotic citizens and appreciate the work of a good government that is working for them will pay their 570 and still get their premium content”, he added.
Sam George further added, “I have heard people say that DStv has done this before; that is not correct. That is why the presser I did, I said this is unprecedented in DStv’s own marketing modules.”
“What DStv has normally done is that you must be an active subscriber, you must renew before the expiration of your current subscription, and you enjoy it for only one month. What we have done with them is a bouquet agonistic,” he said.
He further revealed that DStv has deactivated nearly one million decoders as part of efforts to curb cross-border piracy between Nigeria and Ghana.
Sam George emphasised that it is necessary to tackle the persistent challenge of unauthorised decoders flooding the Ghanaian market.
He added, “So far, DStv has deactivated close to a million ghost boxes over a period of time”.
“I have heard people say that DStv has done this before; that is not correct. That is why the presser I did, I said this is unprecedented in DStv’s own marketing modules,” he stressed.
Samuel Nartey George announced that Ghanaian DStv subscribers will enjoy between 33% to 50% increased value.
According to Sam George, MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offers specifically for the Ghanaian market.
Speaking at a media briefing, Sam George stated, “ MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offer only in Ghana, which will result in Ghanaian DStv subscribers getting more services for less”.
“Depending on the DStv package or bouquet you use, subscribers will get between 33% to 50% more value,” he added.
Under the arrangement, subscribers on the GHS59 Padi Bouquet will be upgraded to the Access Bouquet valued at GHS99, gaining 35 more channels and saving 40 per cent. Access Bouquet subscribers (GHS99) will move to the GHS190 Family Bouquet and save 48 per cent.
Family Bouquet users (GHS190) will be bumped up to Compact (GHS380) and enjoy live football matches, with a value increase of 50 per cent. Compact subscribers (GHS380) will receive the Compact Plus package (GHS570), saving 33 per cent.
Compact Plus (GHS570) will get Premium (GHS865) with 18 extra channels and a 34 per cent value gain. Premium subscribers will retain current content and also entry into a draw to win fully paid trips to selected Premier League matches.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have reacted to the DSTV price reduction, saying, “If only the government would put this much effort into fixing our roads and transport infrastructure, something that impacts us all”.
“@samgeorgegh hon, U didn’t consider consumer psyche in communicating the new packages..U should have announced the packages in descending order, that helps to clearly highlight the reduction..highlighting an increased offer and not a reduced price does nothing to consumer psyche”, a netizen added.
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“There are people who don’t like Sam George and so they won’t accept the reduction because it came from me”
-Hon. Sam George, the Minister for Communications, has weighed in on the recent price adjustment by DSTV, aimed at alleviating the financial burden on Ghanaian consumers.… pic.twitter.com/TpyUfaZHwV
The Baba Yara Sports Stadium became the centre of Ghana’s entertainment world despite heavy downpours that soaked the equipment and fans.
The thousands of fans stood in the rain in their hoodies, raincoats, and umbrellas, cheering louder.
Even with the rain initially disrupting the show, the Baba Yara Sports Stadium was alive with music, laughter, and enjoyment.
The thousands of fans stayed until the rain stopped, and the show continued till Sunday morning.
On Sunday, after the fans left Sarkodie’s rapperholic, the Baba Yara Sports Stadium was left with filth, plastic bottles and some clothes from the fans.
In the viral video, some event planners were captured busily packing their equipment in the filth.
Some Ghanaians have reacted to the video saying, “ But it was wrong to post it, not fair as a country bro”.
“We can post when the stadium is filled with people, but we can’t post the there is no one here? Nyams pɛ ne noks”, another X user stated.
“We be dirty too much chale, suban tantan sei,we are just too dirty”, another added.
Meanwhile, Sarkodie has apologised to his colleagues who could not perform at the Rapperholic Homecoming concert.
Musicians such as Gyakie, Ypee, and a few others were unable to mount the stage at the rapperholic.
In an interview with YFM Kumasi, Sarkodie stated, “This is the craziness that happened backstage that went out of hand. My sister wasn’t able to be there. I personally had to reach out right from the stage to call her.
Because I can imagine her coming all the way just to come and support me, not because of anything. The fact that ‘my big brother is doing something, let me come and support.’ And then when you come, there will be a lot of things that happen backstag”e.
He added, “A lot of emotions will run through you, especially because of how far she came from. Pretty sure she came with family that came to see her. Ypee wasn’t able to perform as well, big shouts to my boy. I know that he knows that I got him. It’s beyond this. Sorry to all these guys who weren’t able to grace the stage. I still thank them,” Sarkodie said.
Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, has once again broken his silence regarding whether he will be contesting for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential race to succeed President John Mahama.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, he does not know what his future holds, but he will serve Ghana in any capacity as he is doing.
He emphasised that it is not only as president that one can serve Ghana.
Haruna Iddrisu further thanked Ghanaans who see him as presidential material.
Speaking on GHOne TV in an interview with Serwaa Amihere, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “I don’t know my tomorrow, but I’ll serve this country in any capacity as I’m already doing, it is not only in the office of the president that you can contribute to the public good or the distribution of public goods and services.
I should thank those people who find me fit to want to be president or want to run for president or want to support me for president, but God time as I have always said…”.
When asked directly if he wanted to be president, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “ I thought this is to be answered by God; if I live to see tomorrow and live to see the future, it will determine what I will do with my life”.
However, a latest poll by Global InfoAnalytics has revealed that Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, is still in the lead as the preferred candidate to succeed President John Mahama for the NDC.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll shows Haruna Iddrisu in a lead with 29.8 per cent, while NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia secured 24.1%, and Finance Minister Ato Forson, who garnered 18.4% support.
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah is also in fourth with 10.3%, while Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa came fifth with 8.1%.
Other contenders Eric Opoku recorded 2.5%, Prof. Joshua Alabi 2.2%, and Armah Kofi-Buah 2.0%.
Kwame Awuah Darko (1.6%), Spio Garbrah (1.1%), and Okoe Vanderpuye (0.1%) were at the bottom of the poll as the least preferred candidates to succeed John Mahama.
Additionally, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has told party members to kill the conversation surrounding who succeeds President John Mahama.
According to Mustapha Gbande, he is determined that President Mahama must succeed.
He emphasised that if the National Democratic Congress fail Ghanaians, they can bring Jesus Christ as a presidential candidate, they will still go to the opposition.
Speaking on JoyNews’ News Desk, Gbande stated, “I am determined that President Mahama must succeed, and that is my focus in the meantime,” he stated.
“That is also the focus of the larger and majority of individuals in our party. We cannot fail the masses, we cannot fail you, we cannot fail the people of Ghana. So let us kill this conversation for now. That discussion is one for when the time is right.”
“We just came to power, and we are yet to give a full account of our one-year term,” Gbande said.
The NDC Deputy General Secretary added, “In the proper context of political transitions, there has never been a time when any government has, within nine months, been met with the kind of expectations we now face”.
“Our trump card will be our performance. If we fail, we can go and bring Jesus Christ to come and lead the party; we will still go to the opposition,” he warned.
Gbande also took a swipe at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying, “The only luck we have is that the alternative is not something anyone would want to venture into. Currently, they are enemies of the state and very disorganised”.
“We are happy that these polls are coming, no two ways about it, but I am saying that this is not the time to engage in that conversation”, he added.
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“I don’t know my tomorrow but I’ll serve this country in any capacity as I’m already doing” – Hon Haruna Iddrisu pic.twitter.com/IynD5vaPy7
A married woman has confronted her husband at a chop bar, where he was preparing to grind ginger and pepper for a meal, after failing to provide chop money for his wife and family at home.
According to the woman, she regrets marrying her husband as he is a bad person.
The woman further aimed at the brother of her husband, who was also at the chop bar, preparing to grind ginger.
In the viral video post on X by EDHUB, the wife stated, “Instead of you providing chop money for us to cook at home for everyone to eat, you are here at a chop bar about to eat.
Sister, since morning, no one has eaten at home, and you are here about to grind pepper at a chop bar to eat”.
She further expressed her regrets in marrying her husband, “ I have regretted this marriage, I regret marrying Aboagye, and you also, Senior husband, your brother is doing something wrong for you to advise him you are here about to grind garlic.
There is a bad marriage; look at the number of meats you are about to consume, we could have used this meat for soup for two days. You are a bad person”.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have reacted to the video saying, “Abrante3 twe mako 😂 but on a real the woman shy am too much. Sometimes men go through it without having anyone to speak to . Let’s not judge him”.
Another netizen added, “For all you know, his elder brother is the one paying for the meal.
He might genuinely be broke, but it would have been wise to borrow a few cedis from his brother to support home if indeed he was broke.
What if his brother didn’t have enough and decided to share his food with him?
Lots of questions on my mind, but he’s still wrong”.
One more netizen wrote, “People for relax. For all you may know, he’s going through a lot,& the brother is the one paying for that food, one will ask, Why hasn’t he taken the food home? People who have dealt with the rich know,“Oh let’s eat together, I’ll sort you afterwards” The lady shouldn’t have done that!”.
Additionally, one more X user added, “The role of a married man is to provide, yet some stupid feminists keep ranting about women being the prize.
Also, this is one of the reasons why some men ask what you bring to the table. Cos if you can’t provide for yourself when the man doesn’t, then you’re just a liability”.
“I’m not supporting the man’s decision but what if it’s his friend feeding him this time?”, a netizen added.
An X user advises the woman to look for a job, saying, “Can’t she look for a better job and stop depending on her husband”.
One more netizen added, “Justice for Aboagye and his friend “the garlic man” . The woman should be arrested immediately for disgracing the brotherhood”.
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SOCIAL: A woman confronted her husband at a chop bar, where he was preparing to grind ginger and pepper for a meal, after failing to provide chop money for his wife and family at home. pic.twitter.com/7MBpE8312A
Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, has thanked Ghanaians who see him as presidential material.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, he does not know what his future holds, but he will serve Ghana in any capacity as he is doing.
He emphasised that it is not only as president that one can serve Ghana.
Speaking on GHOne TV in an interview with Serwaa Amihere, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “I don’t know my tomorrow, but I’ll serve this country in any capacity as I’m already doing, it is not only in the office of the president that you can contribute to the public good or the distribution of public goods and services.
I should thank those people who find me fit to want to be president or want to run for president or want to support me for president, but God time as I have always said…”.
When asked directly if he wanted to be president, Haruna Iddrisu stated, “ I thought this is to be answered by God; if I live to see tomorrow and live to see the future, it will determine what I will do with my life”.
However, a latest poll by Global InfoAnalytics has revealed that Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, is still in the lead as the preferred candidate to succeed President John Mahama for the NDC.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll shows Haruna Iddrisu in a lead with 29.8 per cent, while NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia secured 24.1%, and Finance Minister Ato Forson, who garnered 18.4% support.
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah is also in fourth with 10.3%, while Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa came fifth with 8.1%.
Other contenders Eric Opoku recorded 2.5%, Prof. Joshua Alabi 2.2%, and Armah Kofi-Buah 2.0%.
Kwame Awuah Darko (1.6%), Spio Garbrah (1.1%), and Okoe Vanderpuye (0.1%) were at the bottom of the poll as the least preferred candidates to succeed John Mahama.
Additionally, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has told party members to kill the conversation surrounding who succeeds President John Mahama.
According to Mustapha Gbande, he is determined that President Mahama must succeed.
He emphasised that if the National Democratic Congress fail Ghanaians, they can bring Jesus Christ as a presidential candidate, they will still go to the opposition.
Speaking on JoyNews’ News Desk, Gbande stated, “I am determined that President Mahama must succeed, and that is my focus in the meantime,” he stated.
“That is also the focus of the larger and majority of individuals in our party. We cannot fail the masses, we cannot fail you, we cannot fail the people of Ghana. So let us kill this conversation for now. That discussion is one for when the time is right.”
“We just came to power, and we are yet to give a full account of our one-year term,” Gbande said.
The NDC Deputy General Secretary added, “In the proper context of political transitions, there has never been a time when any government has, within nine months, been met with the kind of expectations we now face”.
“Our trump card will be our performance. If we fail, we can go and bring Jesus Christ to come and lead the party; we will still go to the opposition,” he warned.
Gbande also took a swipe at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying, “The only luck we have is that the alternative is not something anyone would want to venture into. Currently, they are enemies of the state and very disorganised”.
“We are happy that these polls are coming, no two ways about it, but I am saying that this is not the time to engage in that conversation”, he added.
Watch the video below:
“I don’t know my tomorrow but I’ll serve this country in any capacity as I’m already doing” – Hon Haruna Iddrisu pic.twitter.com/IynD5vaPy7
The man of God recounted that Kennedy Agyapong rose against the church when COVID came, but today needs the church’s votes.
According to the man of God, Kennedy Agyapong, said he would close down all one-man churches if he were president of Ghana, leaving only Roman, Pentecostal and Methodist.
The Pastor confidently told the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that their only hope is the former vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
Speaking to his congregant in a viral video shared on X, the Pastor detailed, “When Covid came, a man that I respected so much, more than any honourable in Ghana, Kennedy Agyapong, I even respected him more than any other men of God but when Covid came, this same man rose against the church, thinking he was disgracing the church, and he had the audacity to say that if he were the president, he would destroy all one-man churches in Ghana.
Today, that same man needs the church’s vote. If you are speaking, be careful. I am telling you, the only hope of NPP is Bawumia. The same man who rose against the church and Ghana is a Christian country, and this man rose up singlehandedly against the church”.
The man of God further added, “He stated that if he were president, only Roman, Pentecostal and Methodist would be left to operate today, the same man needs people’s vote. I am not somebody who is afraid of the truth”.
Meanwhile, Bishop Sam Owusu has said that Kennedy Agyapong will win the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primary polls scheduled for January 31, 2026 and lead the party as its flagbearer in the 2028 general elections.
According to Bishop Sam Owusu, Kennedy Agyapong will secure about 57.7% to win the NPP’s flagbearer.
The man of God revealed that President Mahama has been ordained to lay a solid foundation, but Kennedy Agyapong is the chosen one to build on and lead an industrial revolution in the country.
In a viral video, Bishop Sam Owusu stated, “Hear me, church, hear me and pray for him so that the mercies of God and the hand of God will continue to bring him to that place.
During the COVID time, I saw the man Kennedy Agyapong leading their party, and last month I mentioned it. And today, the Lord said I should mention it again. Church, hear me and pray for him.”
“I saw over 1 million young men that God has used him to lead, following him,” he added.
The man of God emphatically prophesied that Kennedy Agyapong will secure about “57.7%” of the votes to emerge the winner.
“I kept on prophesying about Kennedy Agyapong. It’s because I saw over 1 million young men that God has used him to lead them, and all of them are doing business,” he stressed.
However, a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics, which reveals Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
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Voting for Kennedy Agyapong as the flagbearer of the NPP would be a gross, irreparable, and unpardonable sin against the body of Christ and the good people of this country. pic.twitter.com/7MtOZbvF4s
Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Searchlight newspaper, has filed a writ at the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the Mahama government’s Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL).
On September 24, 2025, Kuranchie filed his writ invoking the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under Article 2(1)(b) of the 1992 Constitution.
According to Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie, the formation and operations of ORAL, including its investigations, decisions, reports, and prosecutions involving present and former government officials, are unconstitutional.
He argues that ORAL lacks the legal mandate required under the Constitution to perform such functions.
It will be recalled that on February 10, 2025, the ORAL team submitted their final report to President John Mahama, who has since directed the Attorney General for further actions.
The chairman of Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) and Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa revealed that with just 36 cases, Ghana can potentially recover $ 20.49 billion in stolen state resources.
Kenneth Kwabena Agyei Kuranchie is seeking;
“A declaration that all reports, decisions, investigations, and conclusions made by ORAL are unconstitutional and therefore null and void.
A declaration that all prosecutions arising from ORAL’s activities are unconstitutional.
An order directing the Attorney General to halt all actions stemming from ORAL’s operations until the Supreme Court rules on the case.
An order for a full audit of all public funds spent on ORAL’s activities.
An order to surcharge individuals involved in ORAL for any government expenditures identified in the audit”.
Meanwhile, the Attorney General is expected to respond within 14 days of being served.
In related news, Kofi Bentil, a private legal practitioner, has said that the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) was overhyped and it is under-delivering.
According to Kofi Bentil, despite his criticism of ORAL performance, he maintains his support for the overall goal of fighting corruption.
Speaking on The Key Points on TV3, Saturday, September 27, Kofi Bentil stated, “ORAL was overhyped and it is under-delivering. But I support the call to fight corruption”.
Additionally, the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Srem Sai, has reassured Ghanaians that the John Mahama-led government is working to pursue cases under the Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) initiative.
According to Dr Srem Sai, the concerns about the pace of ORAL cases are legitimate, but he stressed that due process must be followed.
Speaking in an interview on TV3, Dr Srem Sai stated, “The public will say they don’t see anything, but the point I am trying to make is that the expectation is legitimate because of what we have witnessed.
The work we are doing is very thorough and vibrant. I hardly sleep, but the public has to be made aware that we just can’t bundle people based on complaints and throw them into jail”.
Dr Srem Sai also added that the legal vacation had contributed to delays.
“To the extent that for Adu Boahene, we have covered one-third of the case, if not for the legal vacation, which stops the court for two months, we would probably have concluded our case, and then the defence would be open.
We will come back in October and continue from where we left off. That is very fast if you compare it with all the other criminal trials that we are even doing here,” he noted.
A mother has burst into tears, claiming her daughter has been placed in a school situated in a bush near a farm in Kasoa.
According to the mother, her daughter was placed in a school she selected, which she later discovered to be located on a farm near Kasoa.
She added that despite her efforts to secure a change, authorities informed her that the Senior High School placement for her ward could not be changed.
In the viral video, the mother, in tears, stated, “The school is in a bush, it is a farm, the school is located in Kasoa, Denkyira. I cannot let my daughter go and sleep there”.
When I got there, I did not even see anyone picking forms over there. After seeing how the school was, I did not even stand there. The car I boarded to the school charged me 90 cedis”.
Some Ghanaians have reacted to the news, saying, “This is the problem. Parents do not go to their wards’ school when the school selection is being done. They leave it to the child and the teachers, and when placement comes, they now want their children in schools they want and not where the children chose”.
“So we should cry or vote NPP in 2026, or what exactly do you want us to do?”, another added.
“Every place attractive today was made possible by others, so let the child go and lift the flag high. Maybe that’s where she can make a difference”, one X user added.
A netizen added, “But the school selection done by the parents and their ward, so if you are now crying, it means you never cared about the direction of your child”.
Meanwhile, Kofi Asare, the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, has said the confusion over the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) is because parents want top schools for their children.
According to Kofi Asare, there is enough space to accommodate all qualified candidates, but parents and their children are chasing top schools.
Speaking on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on Saturday, September 27, 2025, Kofi Asare stated, “The problems are not entirely new, apart from one which is new, a problem that was resolved in the past, I don’t know how it resurfaced this year. But generally, the issues relating to parents’ resentment of schools that the computer placed them in are normal, and they are going to be with us so long as we have inadequate resources as a lower-middle-income country”.
“The government of Ghana has adequate spaces to accommodate all 590k or so candidates who have qualified for placement. What the Government of Ghana does not have is the taste of all the 590k students. So there will definitely be some dis-equilibrium between the expectation of candidates, parents on one side and government’s ability to provide education to their taste,” he stressed.
Kofi Asare further explained, “Everybody wants to attend a good Category A and Category B school. You have about 700 plus Senior High Schools, and then you have people chasing about 100 schools. So these issues will continue to emerge so far as there are resource deficits”.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has boldly stated that he would not accept a student with an aggregate of 37 going into a Category A school.
According to the Education Minister, the ongoing SHS school placement process will be based solely on merit.
He emphasised that anyone found manipulating the system would be dealt with accordingly.
Haruna Iddrisu made this known while addressing concerns raised by some parents.
Watch the video below:
A mother burst into tears, claiming her daughter has been placed in a school situated on a farm near Kasoa.
According to her, her daughter was placed in a school she selected, which she later discovered to be located on a farm near Kasoa. She added that despite her efforts to… pic.twitter.com/FEQ43uCj0T
The meeting is scheduled for Friday, 3rd October, 2025, at 12:00 noon at Jubilee House.
The dialogue is expected to bring together government officials and civil society leaders to find a lasting solution to the menace of illegal mining.
In a letter issued by Dr Callistus Mahama, Secretary to the President, it indicates the dialogue will serve as a platform for frank and constructive discussions on illegal mining.
The letter stated, “This engagement aims to provide a platform for frank and constructive dialogue between the Government and civil society on the menace of illegal mining, with a view to harnessing collective expertise, perspectives, and solutions to address this national challenge”.
President Mahama’s invitation comes at a time when his government have been receiving backlash over their failure to properly deal with illegal mining.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has ordered the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations (NAIMOS) Task Force to be firm, resolute and ruthless.
According to the Lands Minister, the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations has the full support of President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking at the deployment of the NAIMOS Task Force in Sunyani on Sunday, September 28, 2025, Armah-Kofi Buah stated, “The fight against illegal mining is not going to stop, and every measure at the Presidency is going to be used. I charge you with a profound sense of duty and patriotism.
Any recalcitrant who enters these zones is not only a trespasser, but also an enemy of the state. You are to be firm, resolute, and ruthless.
“You will take no obtrusive intrusion from any big man. Remember, the biggest man in Ghana is the President, and he is the one who has sent you,” Mr Buah declared.
“The most powerful person in this country, the President, is fully backing you on this mission. The NDC does not and will not endorse what our President is against. In the bush or in a water body, there is no political colour.
So, if anybody goes in the name of a political colour, arrest the person. If anybody comes in the name of the President, also arrest the person,” he said.
Also, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, has called on NAIMOS to enforce the law without fear or favour.
He stated, “The most powerful person in this country, the President, is fully backing you on this mission. The NDC does not and will not endorse what our President is against. In the bush or in a water body, there is no political colour.
So, if anybody goes in the name of a political colour, arrest the person. If anybody comes in the name of the President, also arrest the person,” Mustapha Gbande said.
Furthermore, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a private legal practitioner and social activist, has said kingpins’ financing of galamsey activities remains untouched.
According to Vormawor, in the government’s galamsey fight so far, Ghanaians have yet to see the arrest of galamsey kingpins.
The social activist demanded a clear roadmap from state agencies on the strategy to fight the menace and criticised the lack of high-profile arrests.
Speaking on TV3 Key Point on September 27, 2025, Oliver Barker-Vormawor stated, “So far, we have yet to see the arrest of the kingpins who are financing galamsey activities”.
He added, “We need a roadmap from the agencies on how best we are fighting the menance”.
Also, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, in a separate interview, warned President John Dramani Mahama that the illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, will haunt him even if the cedi goes to GHC6 to a dollar.
According to Vormawor, no economic gains can erase the galamsey stain on Mahama’s legacy.
He argued that, even if the economy records significant growth, neglecting the fight against illegal mining would undermine the administration’s credibility.
Speaking in an interview on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Wednesday, September 24, Barker-Vormawor warned, “Anybody who feels that if the cedi were to go to GHC6 to a dollar, the galamsey question is not going to leave the President, it’s going to haunt him.”
Oliver Barker-Vormawor further highlighted that the John Mahama government’s credibility has been dented by failed galamsey promises.
He noted that the government has already fallen short of its own commitments by failing to repeal Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2462 within its first 120 days.
The social activist added, “The truth is we’re facing an environmental crisis of proportions that none of us have ever imagined. The responses to it must consistently reassure public trust in the way you want to move.
The first thing the government promised us in its social contract was that within 120 days, it would repeal L. I 2462, and it comes in and does the opposite. Already you are sending signals”.
“When you send signals on some of the low-hanging fruit like that, it doesn’t create the impression that you are serious about it. Some of the back and forth of some of the people sent to the field involved in extorting money is a credibility denter. The deportation of the Chinese nationals involved in galamsey is a credibility denter,” Barker-Vormawor stressed.
According to Mussa Dankwa, it is still not over, but it is highly unlikely that every undecided voter will go to one candidate.
He highlighted that Dr Bawumia’s advantage will be difficult to overturn.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Monday, September 29, Mussa Dankwa stated, “It is still not over. I won’t say it is over, but if you look at where the leading candidate is, it is highly unlikely that every undecided voter will go to one candidate”.
“We believe that Kennedy has to do a lot more to bring Dr Bawumia down, or his other competitors should do a lot more in order to drag Dr Bawumia from where he is,” he added.
Mussa Dankwa’s remarks come following a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics, which reveals Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
Dr Bryan Acheampong secured only 3 per cent of delegates’ votes, while Dr Yaw Adutwum and Ing Kwabena Agyapong secured 1 per cent of delegates’ votes respectively.
However, the poll revealed that a significant number of delegates, 27 per cent, remain undecided.
Also, the poll revealed 57 per cent of Ghanaians prefer former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the next general election.
Meanwhile, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said his team are not taking anything for granted.
Speaking to journalists after his vetting, Dr Bawumia emphasised that they are going to campaign to sell their ideas and sell the NPP to secure his bid as presidential candidate of the NPP.
Dr Bawumia further expressed satisfaction with his vetting and hopes the committee is satisfied with his answers.
The NPP aspirant stated, “We have had very fruitful discussions. They have asked many questions, and I have answered those questions. So I am very satisfied with my vetting, and I pray that everything is okay. I hope the committee is as satisfied as I am”.
“I want to thank the rank and file of this party, and I think that from vetting we are heading straight into the country to campaign,” he noted.
Dr Bawumia added, “We are not taking anything for granted. We have to campaign, sell our ideas and sell the NPP so that we can secure this nomination and proceed for the 2028 election”.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged Ghanaians to ignore the conspiracy theorists and scaremongers following the United States government’s visa restrictions reversal.
Ablakwa, some days ago, revealed that the US has reversed its visa restrictions imposed on Ghana in July this year.
Ghanaians are now eligible for five-year multiple-entry visas, along with other enhanced consular privileges.
The Minister revealed that the information was communicated to him by the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, during a bilateral meeting with Ghana’s delegation at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa made this known on his social media page X on Friday, September 26. He wrote, “Big win for Ghana!
The US visa restrictions imposed on Ghana have been reversed.
Ghanaians can now be eligible for five-year multiple-entry visas and other enhanced consular privileges.
This good news was directly communicated to me by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, at a bilateral meeting earlier today, in the margins of the UN General Assembly”.
Ablakwa post added, “I am really pleased that months of high-level diplomatic negotiations has led to a successful outcome.
It will be recalled that the US imposed visa restrictions on Ghana and other countries in July this year. The affected countries were slapped with a maximum three-month single-entry visa and other limitations. In the specific case of Ghana, the Trump Administration said they were reacting to many years of visa overstays, mainly by students”.
Ablakwa described the reversal as a healthier and stronger Ghana-US relations.
However, Franklin Cudjoe, the President of Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, has quizzed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on whether the US visa reversal was all Ghana got for accepting West African US deportees.
He noted that Ablakwa could have negotiated for a good reduction of the15% tariff imposed on Ghana.
According to Franklin Cudjoe, he wished Ablakwa had not posted and celebrated the US visa restrictions reversal.
He highlighted that Ghana should not be settling for a visa pittance after President Mahama’s daring speech on Gaza.
Franklin Cudjoe, in his post on X, wrote, “ Frankly, my brother Honourable Okudzeto, I wish this had not been posted and celebrated. We had this already. Yes, I know the Trump administration threatened visa restrictions, but we could have negotiated for more, perhaps a good reduction of the 15% tariff imposed on Ghana.
He added, “Knowing that Trump is a deal maker on almost everything and given our President’s daring , audaciously great speech on Gaza, we should not be settling for this visa pittance. Is this all we got from taking in our deportee West African neighbours? Anyways”
In a rebuttal, Ablakwa, in a statement on X, noted that since the reversal of US visa restrictions under President Donald Trump, false claims had continued to circulate.
He wrote, “Since Ghana became the only country under US visa restrictions to secure a reversal from the Trump Administration, an avalanche of conspiracy theories has been making the rounds.
May I respectfully ask that you ignore the conspiracy theorists and scaremongers.
We offer the following full assurances to Ghanaians:
1) Ghana will not be a dumping ground for US removals;
2) Ghana is not accepting criminals from the US;
3) The understanding with the US government to accept a very limited number of pre-vetted West African nationals without criminal backgrounds is consistent with our ECOWAS protocols and Pan-African credentials. It should be noted that, regardless of this arrangement, West African nationals are allowed to enter Ghana without visas;
4) Our mutually beneficial deal with the US government will not undermine Ghana’s security and stability in anyway;
5) Claims that our ongoing negotiations with the US focuses solely on receiving US removals are false. The negotiations I am leading on President Mahama’s instruction includes a strong case for a reassessment of the 15% tariff imposed on Ghana, additionally we are negotiating a special Ghana-US trade deal, engaging on specific requests from US companies and holding fruitful talks on the future of AGOA which is of immense importance to Ghanaian garment companies.
The Mahama Administration deeply cares for you — we shall keep working tirelessly to protect our strategic national interest, and we shall ensure our best efforts benefit all Ghanaians”, his statement added.
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Since Ghana became the only country under US visa restrictions to secure a reversal from the Trump Administration, an avalanche of conspiracy theories have been making the rounds.
May I respectfully ask that you ignore the conspiracy theorists and scaremongers.
The 3rd Vice Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Masawudu Osman, commonly known as Chairman Buga, has said the God of Akufo-Addo will judge appointees who caused his downfall.
Chairman Buga claimed former President Akufo-Addo’s appointees hated him and caused his downfall.
According to Alhaji Masawudu Osman, Akufo-Addo’s lack of reshuffling in his government was not the problem.
Speaking in an interview on Sompa TV, Chairman Buga stated, “I had the mentality that human beings are bad and there was no way reshuffling in Akufo-Addo’s government could have made any better impact”.
“When we were elected as national officers… those that Akufo-Addo gave them better appointment, like at COCOBOD or as CEO of any company, you shouldn’t expect Akufo-Addo to come and tell you to support the party members who fought to bring the NPP to power”, he added.
He highlighted that Akufo-Addo appointees abandoned the party’s grassroots members after their appointments.
Chairman Buga also claimed Akufo-Addo’s appointees did not truly support him and cited the CEO of the Minerals Commission.
“For me, I see that many of the people Akufo-Addo appointed were his enemies; they hated him…and the God of Akufo-Addo will judge such people for causing his downfall.
“I picked up intelligence that the CEO of the Minerals Commission was against us. Everything we did, he allegedly reported to the NDC. But when we informed Akufo-Addo, he trusted him so much that he did not act”, he claimed.
In related news, Franklin Cudjoe, the President of IMANI Africa, has accused former President Akufo-Addo of mismanaging billions of dollars in COVID-19 funds during the pandemic.
The think tank president cited findings from a special audit into the COVID-19 funds, noting that only 40 per cent of the money received was properly used to tackle the pandemic and economic fallout.
In a social media post, Franklin Cudjoe stated, “We lived it, saw it, complained, and Nana Akufo-Addo ignored us. In fact, Nana and his gang received almost $2bn in free money to fight off Covid-19 and its impact on our economy.
“They raided the accounts and shared the money mostly among party faithfuls,” he wrote.
He further referenced a recent report by the World Bank saying, “In its 2025 Policy Notes on Ghana, the Bank was unequivocal; ‘The deterioration of global conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine was not the cause of the 2022 macroeconomic crisis; rather, it merely exposed an economy already beset with deep structural vulnerabilities and precarious macroeconomic conditions’”.
Meanwhile, the World Bank has dismissed the Akufo-Addo administration’s long-standing claims that Ghana’s 2022 economic collapse was driven by global shocks.
For years, the former Akufo-Addo government and appointees attributed the severity of Ghana’s economic downturn, surging inflation, and a free-falling currency to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war.
The World Bank, however, argues that domestic policy failures were decisive.
According to the World Bank, the former Akufo-Addo government’s economic collapse was self-inflicted, citing weak governance, fiscal indiscipline, and delayed reforms.
In the World Bank 2025 Policy Notes on Ghana, it reads, “The deterioration of global conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine was not the cause of the 2022 macroeconomic crisis; rather, it merely exposed an economy already beset with deep structural vulnerabilities and precarious macroeconomic conditions.”
“Sudden macroeconomic stops and crises have led the country to request a record number of IMF programs, remaining under active IMF support for 40 out of its 68 years of history,” the Bank noted.
The Bank further cautioned, “Spending indiscipline poses a critical challenge to Ghana’s macro-fiscal stability… the absence of stringent expenditure controls frequently results in budget overruns and excessive borrowing, undermining efforts to maintain fiscal discipline and compromising long-term sustainability”.
The World Bank stressed that Temporary fixes will not suffice, “There is an urgent need to signal a clear break from the past and a commitment to change… Success will ultimately be measured by the ability of the government to regain the trust of its citizens.”
The Global InfoAnalytics’ new poll has revealed that Johnson Asiedu Nketia of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) holds a slim lead over Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in a potential 2028 presidential matchup.
The poll shows Asiedu Nketia commands 50 per cent of voter support, while Dr Bawumia follows closely with 45 per cent, with the 5 per cent of respondents preferring another candidate.
According to Global InfoAnalytics, the narrow margins highlight the prospect of a fiercely contested race if the matchup materialises.
Also, a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics has revealed Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
Dr Bryan Acheampong secured only 3 per cent of delegates’ votes, while Dr Yaw Adutwum and Ing Kwabena Agyapong secured 1 per cent of delegates’ votes respectively.
However, the poll revealed that a significant number of delegates, 27 per cent, remain undecided.
Also, the poll revealed 57 per cent of Ghanaians prefer former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the next general election.
Subsequently, for the ruling NDC government, Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, is still in the lead as the preferred candidate to succeed President John Mahama for the NDC.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll shows Haruna Iddrisu in a lead with 29.8 per cent, while NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia secured 24.1%, and Finance Minister Ato Forson, who garnered 18.4% support.
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah is also in fourth with 10.3%, while Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa came fifth with 8.1%.
Other contenders Eric Opoku recorded 2.5%, Prof. Joshua Alabi 2.2%, and Armah Kofi-Buah 2.0%.
Kwame Awuah Darko (1.6%), Spio Garbrah (1.1%), and Okoe Vanderpuye (0.1%) were at the bottom of the poll as the least preferred candidates to succeed John Mahama.
There is still a long way to go before any potential presidential candidate match-up between Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Asideu Nketia can be made possible.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will have to win the NPP’s presidential primaries in January 2026, while on the other hand, the NDC have not even opened nominations for presidential candidates as they are still in the early days of President John Mahama’s second term in office.
Meanwhile, Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has told party members to kill the conversation surrounding who succeeds President John Mahama.
According to Mustapha Gbande, he is determined that President Mahama must succeed.
He emphasised that if the National Democratic Congress fail Ghanaians, they can bring Jesus Christ as a presidential candidate, they will still go to the opposition.
Speaking on JoyNews’ News Desk, Gbande stated, “I am determined that President Mahama must succeed, and that is my focus in the meantime,” he stated.
“That is also the focus of the larger and majority of individuals in our party. We cannot fail the masses, we cannot fail you, we cannot fail the people of Ghana. So let us kill this conversation for now. That discussion is one for when the time is right.”
“We just came to power, and we are yet to give a full account of our one-year term,” Gbande said.
The NDC Deputy General Secretary added, “In the proper context of political transitions, there has never been a time when any government has, within nine months, been met with the kind of expectations we now face”.
“Our trump card will be our performance. If we fail, we can go and bring Jesus Christ to come and lead the party; we will still go to the opposition,” he warned.
Gbande also took a swipe at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying, “The only luck we have is that the alternative is not something anyone would want to venture into. Currently, they are enemies of the state and very disorganised”.
“We are happy that these polls are coming, no two ways about it, but I am saying that this is not the time to engage in that conversation”, he added.
Samuel Nartey George, the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovations, has announced that Ghanaian DStv subscribers will enjoy between 33% to 50% increased value.
However, prices of DStv subscriptions will remain unchanged.
According to Sam George, MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offers specifically for the Ghanaian market.
Speaking at a media briefing, Sam George stated, “ MultiChoice Africa has committed to an unprecedented increase in value offer only in Ghana, which will result in Ghanaian DStv subscribers getting more services for less”.
“Depending on the DStv package or bouquet you use, subscribers will get between 33% to 50% more value,” he added.
“Under the arrangement, subscribers on the Paddy bouquet will be upgraded to Access, while subscribers on the Access bouquet will automatically be upgraded to Family, and those on the Family bouquet will move up to Compact.
Subscribers on Compact will be upgraded to Compact Plus, and those on Compact Plus will enjoy access to the Premium bouquet”.
Sam George added that the Premium bouquet will have a chance to win a fully paid trip to watch Premier league games.
The Communication minister added that the arrangement will run for the next three months, after which the committee will reconvene to review the packages.
Also, Sam George has announced plans to tackle DStv decoder piracy from Nigeria.
The minister added, “The committee considered the issue of cross-border piracy of DStv decoders from Nigeria into Ghana, which has for years deprived the state of tax revenue, transferred jobs from Ghana to Nigeria, denied unsuspecting customers good customer service, and is actively working towards the decline of Ghanaian local content creation space”.
“I will work with heads of the above agencies to establish the working group in due course to comprehensively tackle this issue of cross-border piracy,” Samuel George added.
This brings an end to the back and forth between Sam George and MultiChoice Ghana, operators of DStv.
It will be recalled that the National Communications Authority (NCA) confirmed that MultiChoice Ghana has agreed to the directive from the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations to establish a Stakeholder Committee that will evaluate DSTV pricing in Ghana.
The NCA statement read, “MultiChoice Ghana has agreed to the directive from the Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations to establish a Stakeholder Committee that will evaluate DSTV pricing in Ghana. The company has also committed to fully participating in this process.”
Sam George had earlier replied to MultiChoice Ghana, operators of DStv, after they refuted claims that they had agreed to reduce their subscription prices.
According to Sam George, he has no intention to tolerate the disrespect from DStv to Ghanaians.
The sector minister revealed that the National Communication Authority (NCA) will proceed to shut down DSTV operations tomorrow, September 6, 2025.
In a statement released, MultiChoice Ghana stated, “We have noted the statement made by the Minister for Communications Technology and Innovation, Hon. Samuel Nartey George.
We continue to engage with the Minister in a bid to find an amicable solution that is beneficial for all parties involved, but does not jeopardise the viability of the DSty service.
We will fully participate in the established Working Committee. However, we wish to clarify that MultiChoice Group has not agreed to a price reduction”.
In a post on X in reaction to MultiChoice’s statement, Sam George wrote, “Let me be clear, I have no intention to continue tolerating the disrespect to Ghanaians by DStv.
If MultiChoice is not interested, as they claim in their last statement, in discussing a reduction in prices as they had indicated to me, we would proceed to effect the shutdown tomorrow as indicated.
DStv indicated their willingness to engage the Ministry on its concerns on pricing and prayed us to stay our enforcement action. If they have changed their position, then we simply would enforce the regulatory action”.
He added, “No company is above the law. When MultiChoice is ready to discuss price reduction, they can come to the negotiation table. Until then, there is nothing for us to meet over. The @NCAGhana would carry out enforcement.
Ghana is open for businesses that respect our laws and institutions”.
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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced that the 2025 enlistment and recruitment will commence soon across all 16 regional capitals of the country.
According to the GAF, the decentralised recruitment is aimed at offering equal opportunity to all eligible applicants, regardless of location.
GAF, in a press release issued on Monday, September 29, stated, “The Ghana Armed Forces wishes to inform the general public that the 2025 Enlistment/Recruitment? Enlistment into the Ghana Armed Forces will commence in the coming days at all the regional capitals of the 16 Regions of the country. This approach offers equal opportunity for all potential applicants in the entire country,
The enlistment/recruitment exercise will be announced through the official Ghana Armed Forces platforms such as gafonline.mil.gh, gafrecruitment.mil.gh, in addition to the Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times newspapers”.
The statement further added, “The general Public is kindly informed that any purported recruitment links on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or any other social media platforms inviting people for protocol recruitment is a scam and should be ignored.
Additionally, no such enlistment/recruitment invitation will emanate from any member of the Ghana Armed Forces or its High Command and should be ignored as well.
The Ghana Armed Forces counts on the cooperation of the general public in this endeavour”.
Also, the Deputy Minister for Defence, Hon. Ernest Brogya Genfi, has announced the government’s plans to commence the recruitment of 12,000 personnel into the Ghana Armed Forces over the next three years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s military and defence capabilities.
Brogya Genfi added that as part of the president’s dedication to fairness in the distribution of opportunities, the price of application forms has been slashed by 40% and the recruitment processes will be held at all regional levels.
Hon. Genfi stressed that recruitment into the GAF “is not for sale and will never be for sale,” warning against fraudulent syndicates exploiting the process.
Meanwhile, some Ghanaians have reacted to the GAF recruitment news, saying, “Make eno come be say dem already pick dem in spiritual before it comes true”.
“You mean 12,000 NDC personnel just like NPP recruited their boys”, another stated.
A netizen added, “Thank God that we have got a powerful president in Ghana, president god bless you and they are followers long life and good strength”.
“A good way to go. But does the army have accommodation and facilities to take 12000 more soldiers? With the promise of building new accommodation and adjusting their salary to meet the cost of living, has anything being done? If you rush to recruit without facilities, big PROBLEM”, one more X user added.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has removed Charles Akwasi Aidoo, Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNUST Senior High School, after a viral video showed him in a compromised position with a female student.
According to the GES, Mr Charles Akwasi Aidoo has been barred from entering the school premises while investigations are ongoing.
The GES also assured Ghanaians that due process will be followed and that any disciplinary action taken will be in line with the GES code of conduct.
The GES, in a statement signed by Head of Public Relations Daniel Fenyi, reads, “ The attention of the Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) was drawn to a viral video circulating on social media, allegedly involving Mr Charles Akwasi Aidoo, the Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of KNU ST Senior High School, in a compromised position with a female student.
Management views the matter with utmost seriousness. In line with our commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the teaching profession and ensuring the safety and welfare of students under our care, Mr Aidoo has already been removed from office and prohibited from going to the school while thorough investigations are being carried out.
“Management assures the general public, stakeholders, parents, and students that due process will be followed, and the appropriate disciplinary action will be taken in accordance with the code of conduct of the Ghana Education Service.
The GES remains committed to upholding the highest standards of professionalism, discipline, and child protection in all our schools. We strongly condemn any acts that compromise the safety, dignity, and well-being of students”, the GES statement added.
Some Ghanaians have reacted to the GES statement, saying, “ Lol if we are to investigate our teachers and students’ relationship in our schools, then I think we are going to close our schools in Ghana”.
“Sometimes I don’t understand people o Wey horniness nkoaa”, another netizen wrote.
An X user stated, “So is he going to continue being a teacher or he should go home koraa?”.
One more netizen stated, “Eiiii hmmm, this is the kind of shame you bring upon yourself when you can’t control your dick as a man”
Senior Communicator for the Movement for Change, Solomon Owusu, has said that if the NPP had an effective National Council, the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, and Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, would be suspended.
Solomon Owusu on UTV stated, “If the NPP had an effective and efficient national council, Abronye and Chairman Wontumi would have been immediately suspended for their comments on the NPP album”.
Chairman Wontumi is reported to have said the NPP’s decision to hold the presidential primaries on January 31, 2026, was designed to favour a particular aspirant.
Also, Abronye has claimed he compiles the Bono Regional album, and he will prevent certain individuals from voting in the January 31, 2026, primaries.
However, the NPP only issued a statement distancing itself and reiterating its dedication to transparency, fairness, and integrity in all internal processes.
According to the NPP, no individual has control over the compilation of polling station albums, and we refute claims that the January 31, 2026, presidential primaries date favours any aspirant.
They further assured stakeholders that every decision is made in the supreme interest of the Party to ensure unity and victory in 2028.
In a statement released on Sunday, September 28, 2025, General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua stated, “The National Leadership of the New Patriotic Party urges the public and its stakeholders to disregard recent public pronouncements by the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, and the Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, as their statements do not represent the ideals and practices of the party.
“The Party wishes to categorically state that no individual, irrespective of rank or position, has a monopoly or unilateral control over the compilation of polling station albums,” portions of the statement read.
The statement added, “For the avoidance of doubt, the compilation of the polling station album strictly adheres to established compliance procedures. The National Secretariat will, at the appropriate time, issue clear and transparent guidelines, protocols, and procedures designed to safeguard integrity, credibility, and fairness at every stage of the process.
“We wish to assure all stakeholders, particularly polling station executives across the country, that such pronouncements should be disregarded and treated with the utmost contempt they deserve”.
“The Party affirms that this assertion is unfounded. The National Council exhaustively deliberated and took the decision in the Party’s supreme and strategic interest. Given the calibre of the members of the National Council, no individual can manipulate or influence a decision in his or her favour,” the statement added.
The NPP statement concluded by stating that, “The decision to hold an early congress is intended solely to provide the Party with sufficient time and strategic advantage to reorganise, reposition, and recapture power in 2028. The Party remains resolutely committed to upholding transparency, fairness, and internal democracy in all its processes. Leadership will continue to ensure that every stage of our electoral activities reflects the highest standards of integrity and credibility”.
However, the Kennedy Agyapong team have also issued a statement signed by Kwasi Kwarteng, spokesperson.
According to the Ken Team, it is not sufficient for the New Patriotic Party (NPP: Development in Freedom) to merely distance itself from the unfortunate remarks made by the Ashanti and Bono Regional Chairmen.
They added that those comments must be openly condemned, and the individuals involved should be summoned before the Party’s disciplinary structures.
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Angel Asiamah, husband of Evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, commonly known as Nana Agradaa, has revealed that his wife is currently doing well in Nsawam Prison.
According to Angel Asiamah, he is pleased with how Agradaa looked and the way she was during their meeting.
He revealed Agradaa is both physically and mentally well while serving her sentence at Nsawam Prison.
Speaking to members of the Heaven Way Champions International Ministry on September 28, 2025, Angel Asiamah stated, “I went to see my wife, Mrs Asiamah. This week I went to her and she gave me a bible quote. Based on our chat and how she looked, things are going very well. Do you understand? When I say things are going well, I know what I am saying.”
He added, “When something is yours, it looks more beautiful to you than to everyone else. So, as Agradaa is my wife, if I say she’s doing well and living well, then that’s exactly how she is.”
Also, the Self-proclaimed sister of Evangelist Patricia Asiedua Asiamah has said the preacher’s spirit is great.
According to the self-proclaimed sister, Evangelist Mama Pat is coping well at the Nsawam Prison.
Speaking in a TikTok video shared by content creator, Agradaa’s ‘sister’ said the preacher remains strong despite the public perception.
She claimed, “We who are behind will think she is finding some struggles, but the ‘can-do spirit’ in my sister is great:,
“I can say it point-blank that she is okay…because if you don’t have strength, you can’t do it. Nothing is too hard for God to allow her to come back, and when she comes back, I believe she will take this as a big advice,” she added.
Agradaa is serving a 15-year jail term after she was sentenced for two counts of defrauding by false pretences.
She was sentenced by Her Honour Evelyn Asamoah of the Circuit Court.
Agradaa was also fined GH¢300 for one count of charlatanic advertisement, with a 30-day custodial sentence in default of payment.
Her charges stem from a televised advertisement she aired in 2022.
In the ad, Agradaa claimed she has the power to double the money for her congregants at the Godsway International Heaven Church, misleading them into surrendering their money during an all-night church service at her Weija-based ministry in Accra.
According to the Judge, Evelyn Asamoah, Agradaa skilfully executed the offences and showed no remorse during proceedings.
Also, Agradaa is seeking a plea bargaining agreement with the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, in another court case.
She is seeking a plea bargain in a case involving her sharing non-consensual intimate images of preacher Osofo Appiah, also known as Osofo Biblical.
Osofo Appiah, the complainant, claimed that he was assaulted by individuals believed to be close associates of Agradaa during her time as a fetish priestess.
He further accuses her of unlawfully airing a private video of him engaging in a sexual act with a married woman. The footage was reportedly broadcast on her former television station, Thunder TV.
Agradaa is now seeking a plea bargaining agreement with AG Ayine in the case where she and two others have been charged for sharing nude images of a prophet.
The case has since been adjourned to 21st October, pending the outcome of negotiations.
Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has told party members to kill the conversation surrounding who succeeds President John Mahama.
According to Mustapha Gbande, he is determined that President Mahama must succeed.
He emphasised that if the National Democratic Congress fail Ghanaians, they can bring Jesus Christ as a presidential candidate, they will still go to the opposition.
Speaking on JoyNews’ News Desk, Gbande stated, “I am determined that President Mahama must succeed, and that is my focus in the meantime,” he stated.
“That is also the focus of the larger and majority of individuals in our party. We cannot fail the masses, we cannot fail you, we cannot fail the people of Ghana. So let us kill this conversation for now. That discussion is one for when the time is right.”
“We just came to power, and we are yet to give a full account of our one-year term,” Gbande said.
The NDC Deputy General Secretary added, “In the proper context of political transitions, there has never been a time when any government has, within nine months, been met with the kind of expectations we now face”.
“Our trump card will be our performance. If we fail, we can go and bring Jesus Christ to come and lead the party; we will still go to the opposition,” he warned.
Gbande also took a swipe at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying, “The only luck we have is that the alternative is not something anyone would want to venture into. Currently, they are enemies of the state and very disorganised”.
“We are happy that these polls are coming, no two ways about it, but I am saying that this is not the time to engage in that conversation”, he added.
His comments follow the latest poll by Global InfoAnalytics, which has revealed that Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister for Education, is still in the lead as the preferred candidate to succeed President John Mahama for the NDC.
The Global InfoAnalytics poll shows Haruna Iddrisu in a lead with 29.8 per cent, while NDC National Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia secured 24.1%, and Finance Minister Ato Forson, who garnered 18.4% support.
Chief of Staff Julius Debrah is also in fourth with 10.3%, while Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa came fifth with 8.1%.
Other contenders Eric Opoku recorded 2.5%, Prof. Joshua Alabi 2.2%, and Armah Kofi-Buah 2.0%.
Kwame Awuah Darko (1.6%), Spio Garbrah (1.1%), and Okoe Vanderpuye (0.1%) were at the bottom of the poll as the least preferred candidates to succeed John Mahama.
Meanwhile, Rev Isaac Owusu-Bempah, the Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, has dropped a fresh prophecy regarding the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The man of God revealed that the spirit backing the NDC has declined.
According to Rev Owusu Bempah, the NDC risks losing the 2028 general elections if the party does not take immediate steps to rekindle its spiritual backing.
Speaking to his congregation on Sunday, September 28, 2025, Rev Owusu Bempah stated, “I have seen in the spiritual realm that the NDC’s power has dropped. The spirit backing the NDC has declined, the force and power behind the party has diminished, and it is sinking”.
“If they want to rule for two consecutive terms, they must rekindle their power. Otherwise, after President John Mahama’s tenure, they will lose power in 2028”, the man of God warned.
Rev Owusu-Bempah further cautioned the NDC, “They think that any political party that comes to power must enjoy two consecutive terms. But if the NDC follows this pattern, they will be disappointed because I have seen that the power that brought them to power has dropped”.
“Let them mark today’s date and work towards it because if they fail one day, they will admit that I said it exactly as it is”, he added.
According to him, his ongoing research links at least 500 cases of spontaneous abortions in Ghana to high levels of heavy metals in the placenta caused by galamsey activities.
Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, September 27, Prof. Sampene stated, “I have about 500 cases where women go to the hospital and abort their babies because of the concentration of these heavy metals in their placenta”.
“The placentas are all contaminated, polluted with heavy metals,” he said.
He further urged both the NDC and NPP to come together and fight galamsey.
According to Prof Sampene, Ghana is heading toward a public health disaster if decisive action is not taken to tackle illegal mining.
Prof Sampene argued that political point-scoring and complacency will only deepen the crisis.
He added, “I would have wished that the two main political parties, NDC and NPP, come together and say enough is enough”.
“Whatever it is that we are doing, whether we are downplaying the whole thing or using it as political capital, it will not help anybody. We should be very serious about it and solve this problem,” he stressed.
Prof. Sampene further highlighted the extent to which illegal mining activities are affecting maternal and child health.
He explained, “The placentas are all contaminated, polluted with heavy metals. I have examined over 4,000 of them from different regions in Ghana, and both the maternal side and the foetal side show these metals.”
“Do we have what it takes to even solve the kidney diseases that are coming out now? Dialysis is very expensive, and nobody gets it for free. Children are also being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. These are the realities we have to face,” he cautioned.
He further revealed, “Most of them fear for their lives, but they tell me they are recording a lot of deformities in babies. This is very real.
If the child is at risk, let us see how best we can mitigate it so that the child will survive and live a quality life one day.
Otherwise, we will soon see people walking but with very high cognitive impairment. Mercury inhalation alone can damage the brain. We are seriously in trouble,” he warned.
In related galamsey news, three illegal miners have been reported dead after a galamsey pit collapse at Twifo Mampong in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central Region on Thursday.
Reports suggest the victims were part of a group of five who entered the pit secretly.
At around 1 am, the walls of the mine collapsed, trapping the galamseyers in the pit.
The Twifo Praso District Police Command, the DCE Isaac Tawson, NADMO, and the Ghana National Fire Service were able to retrieve three bodies from the pit after four hours of rescue work.
The fourth body is yet to be retrieved; however, the fifth person operating a pumping machine outside the pit escaped the pit collapse.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has ordered the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations (NAIMOS) Task Force to be firm, resolute and ruthless.
According to the Lands Minister, the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations has the full support of President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking at the deployment of the NAIMOS Task Force in Sunyani on Sunday, September 28, 2025, Armah-Kofi Buah stated, “The fight against illegal mining is not going to stop, and every measure at the Presidency is going to be used. I charge you with a profound sense of duty and patriotism.
Any recalcitrant who enters these zones is not only a trespasser, but also an enemy of the state. You are to be firm, resolute, and ruthless.
“You will take no obtrusive intrusion from any big man. Remember, the biggest man in Ghana is the President, and he is the one who has sent you,” Mr Buah declared.
“The most powerful person in this country, the President, is fully backing you on this mission. The NDC does not and will not endorse what our President is against. In the bush or in a water body, there is no political colour.
So, if anybody goes in the name of a political colour, arrest the person. If anybody comes in the name of the President, also arrest the person,” he said.
The 3rd Vice Chairperson of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Alhaji Masawudu Osman, has claimed former President Akufo-Addo’s appointees hated him and caused his downfall.
According to Alhaji Masawudu Osman, Akufo-Addo’s lack of reshuffling in his government was not the problem.
Alhaji Masawudu Osman added that the God of Akufo-Addo will judge appointees who caused his downfall.
Speaking in an interview on Sompa TV, “I had the mentality that human beings are bad and there was no way reshuffling in Akufo-Addo’s government could have made any better impact”.
“When we were elected as national officers… those that Akufo-Addo gave them better appointment, like at COCOBOD or as CEO of any company, you shouldn’t expect Akufo-Addo to come and tell you to support the party members who fought to bring the NPP to power”, he added.
He highlighted that Akufo-Addo appointees abandoned the party’s grassroots members after their appointments.
“For me, I see that many of the people Akufo-Addo appointed were his enemies; they hated him…and the God of Akufo-Addo will judge such people for causing his downfall.
I picked up intelligence that the CEO of the Minerals Commission was against us. Everything we did, he allegedly reported to the NDC. But when we informed Akufo-Addo, he trusted him so much that he did not act”, he claimed.
In related news, Franklin Cudjoe, the President of IMANI Africa, has accused former President Akufo-Addo of mismanaging billions of dollars in COVID-19 funds during the pandemic.
The think tank president cited findings from a special audit into the COVID-19 funds, noting that only 40 per cent of the money received was properly used to tackle the pandemic and economic fallout.
In a social media post, Franklin Cudjoe stated, “We lived it, saw it, complained, and Nana Akufo-Addo ignored us. In fact, Nana and his gang received almost $2bn in free money to fight off Covid-19 and its impact on our economy.
“They raided the accounts and shared the money mostly among party faithfuls,” he wrote.
He further referenced a recent report by the World Bank saying, “In its 2025 Policy Notes on Ghana, the Bank was unequivocal; ‘The deterioration of global conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine was not the cause of the 2022 macroeconomic crisis; rather, it merely exposed an economy already beset with deep structural vulnerabilities and precarious macroeconomic conditions’”.
Meanwhile, the World Bank has dismissed the Akufo-Addo administration’s long-standing claims that Ghana’s 2022 economic collapse was driven by global shocks.
For years, the former Akufo-Addo government and appointees attributed the severity of Ghana’s economic downturn, surging inflation, and a free-falling currency to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war.
The World Bank, however, argues that domestic policy failures were decisive.
According to the World Bank, the former Akufo-Addo government’s economic collapse was self-inflicted, citing weak governance, fiscal indiscipline, and delayed reforms.
In the World Bank 2025 Policy Notes on Ghana, it reads, “The deterioration of global conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine was not the cause of the 2022 macroeconomic crisis; rather, it merely exposed an economy already beset with deep structural vulnerabilities and precarious macroeconomic conditions.”
“Sudden macroeconomic stops and crises have led the country to request a record number of IMF programs, remaining under active IMF support for 40 out of its 68 years of history,” the Bank noted.
The Bank further cautioned, “Spending indiscipline poses a critical challenge to Ghana’s macro-fiscal stability… the absence of stringent expenditure controls frequently results in budget overruns and excessive borrowing, undermining efforts to maintain fiscal discipline and compromising long-term sustainability”.
The World Bank stressed that Temporary fixes will not suffice, “There is an urgent need to signal a clear break from the past and a commitment to change… Success will ultimately be measured by the ability of the government to regain the trust of its citizens.”
Kofi Bentil, a private legal practitioner, has tackled fellow lawyer Martin Kpebu over comments he made about Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful.
According to Martin Kpebu, Bawumia could only realistically stand a chance in the 2032 elections, but age would not be in his favour.
Speaking on TV3’s Key Points show on Saturday, September 27, 2025, Martin Kpebu stated, “But I’m surprised that they say young people in the NPP prefer Bawumia. He doesn’t stand a chance in 2028… It’s 1.6 million votes. You can’t wipe out 1.6 million votes in a four-year cycle unless the NDC misrules to a level beyond even what Akufo-Addo did”.
“We are not going to sit down for that. What Akufo-Addo did was the last. There’s still a lot of anger in the system. You see why John Mahama’s approval rating is coming down. What Akufo-Addo did to us, we won’t sit down for that to happen again”.
However, reacting to remarks made by Lawyer Kpebu, Kofi Bentil detailed that age is nothing in politics.
Kofi Bentil cited the United States, which for years has been electing young leaders, but an old man, Donald Trump, in the last 100 years has been the most impactful president in the US, for right or wrong.
Also speaking on TV3’s Key Points, Kofi Bentil detailed, “Well, let me add this. You let my brother Martin go on and on. Look, on this matter, listen to me, he is so wrong, it is not salvageable. He can’t be helped. Listen, there was a trend in America, and America is a very good place to look at when it comes to democratic trends.
Bill Clinton was 45 or 47 when he became president, with Al Gore as vice president at 44. In the 200-year-old US history, Bill Clinton, who they didn’t think was going to be a good guy, is the guy who balanced the budget and stabilised the economy. He was an extremely successful president. Then came George Bush, followed by Barack Obama, also in his 40s. People thought America would always go for young leaders because they are cutting it, they know what’s up”.
He further added, “But guess what? Donald Trump, who is 79 today, almost a decade after the youths ruled; they go for a very old man, and I am telling you, in the last 100 years, Donald Trump has been the most impactful president in the US, for right or wrong. The point is this: age is just a number. Trump has wiped the floor with younger contenders. So, there is nothing that Martin is standing on to talk about age politics”.
Kofi Bentil continued, “Who are you? The point is this, when the chips fall, Ghanaians are going to determine based on who they believe can deliver”.
Mr Bentil further noted that the current generation of voters, the millennials and Gen Z, are a “no-nonsense” group.
According to him, they make decisions based on competence and results rather than age.
“That generation doesn’t revere anything. They don’t respect age or tradition. They look at what’s on the ground and say, What’s good for me? If someone is 100 years old and can deliver, they’ll vote for him. Age is nothing”, Kofi Bentil stated.
Meanwhile, a latest poll by the Global Info Analytics has revealed Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President, has taken a commanding lead in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries.
The poll results published on social media platforms by the Global Info Analytics revealed that Dr Bawumia secured 47 per cent of delegate support and is the clear front-runner ahead of the NPP’s primaries.
Dr Bawumia continues to enjoy the confidence of nearly half of the delegates surveyed.
Kennedy Agyapong, the former Assin Central legislator, emerged second with 17 per cent of delegates’ support.
Dr Bryan Acheampong secured only 3 per cent of delegates’ votes, while Dr Yaw Adutwum and Ing Kwabena Agyapong secured 1 per cent of delegates’ votes respectively.
However, the poll revealed that a significant number of delegates, 27 per cent, remain undecided.
Also, the poll revealed 57 per cent of Ghanaians prefer former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) into the next general election.
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