Elect competent leaders-NDC Regional Organiser urges delegates

Elect competent leaders-NDC Regional Organiser urges delegates

Story by:Ananpansah B Abraham(AB)

Ahead of the parliamentary primaries,the Savannah Regional Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress,Mr.Inusah Abdulai has entreated delegates of the party across the seven constituencies in the Savannah region to elect competent leaders to represent the party.

 Speaking with PAD FM's Ananpansah B Abraham,he said delegates should endeavor to vote wisely in choosing leaders with charisma capable of wining and increasing the vote margin of the party in the 2020 elections.

 "As I wish you well in the upcoming primaries, I wish to encourage all delegates to vote wisely and choose leaders with charisma to win and also increase the NDC's vote margin in the 2020 election,"the field marshal stated.

 He admonished prospective aspirants to run a clean campaign in their respective constituencies devoid of mudslinging and character assassination, adding that,"it is God that chooses leaders".

 The field marshal was hopeful that the NDC will win the 2020 elections and will need majority in parliament to run a smooth administration.

 He further stated that, the NDC must retain all the six parliamentary seats it currently occupies in the region whilst,strategic measures are put in place to reclaim the Salaga South seat being occupied by the ruling NPP.

 Vetting of prospective aspirants is scheduled for 24th July,2019,and 25th July,2019,across the country, whereas various appeals for disqualification would be considered from the 29th of July,2019, to the 31st of July,2019,after which the party will issue a notice of poll.

 The election will be conducted on the 24th of August,2019. As part of the qualification procedures,prospective aspirants have been referred to the 1992 constituency for further clarifications on their eligibility.

Normal procedural errors would not form a basis for disqualification of any candidate, however, defrauding by false pretense and impersonation will invalidate a candidate.

Meanwhile,the electoral process has been suspended in Chereponi Constituency in the newly created North East region,Kpandai and Bimbila constituencies in the Northern region.
 These constituencies are among 17 others across the country where the electoral process has been put on hold.

Source:Ananpansah B Abraham

Render an unqualified apology or meet me in court -Damongo MPto NPP Communication Director

Render an unqualified apology or meet me in court-Damongo MP to NPP Communication Director

Story by:Ananpansah B Abraham(AB)

Member of Parliament for Damango,Mr.Adam Mutawakilu has issued a one-week ultimatum to the Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party in Savannah Region, Mr Mohammed Issah to render an unqualified apology to him for publishing a false, malicious story about him.

 He further demands a retraction of the publication using the same media platforms he employed earlier, else a legal action will be taken against him for defaming his hard-earned reputation in the eyes of the right-thinking members of the society.

 In a press release issued and signed by Dr Dominic Akuriitinga Ayine, Lawyer for Mutawukilu, it stated that “Be warned that if you fail and or neglect to retract the defamatory statement, we institute legal action, you would be mulcted in court and other costs for damaging our client’s reputation”.

 The statement added that, “Our client further instructs us that the said publication brings him into hatred, ridicule and contempt by reason of its moral discredit on his part and also it tends to make him as a representative of the good people of Damango and Ghana for that matter to be shunned and avoided without any moral discredit on his part”.


Background On July 16, news broke out that there has been a stolen Toyota Hilux Pickup with registration number, WR 3516-19 in the newly created region, Savannah Region.

The missing vehicle is among the many presented to the Regional Coordinating Council by President Nana Akufo-Addo to assist staff with their administrative activities.

 According to the previous news which Damango MP labels as false, it stated that Mutawakilu and his boys know the whereabouts and exact location of the stolen vehicle.

 They also called on the Regional Police Command to invite the Mutawakilu and his boys to assist in the retrieval of the stolen vehicle.

 Read the full statement below:

Source: www.ghanaweb.com//Ananpansah B Abraham

21-year old man in grips of Busunu youth for stealing bull

21-year old man in grips of Busunu youth for stealing bull

A 21-year old man is in the grips of the youth of Busunu in the Savannah region of Ghana for allegedly stealing a bull en route Tamale for sale. The suspect,Mr.Ahmed Alidu was apprehended few kilometres away from Busunu,a suburb of Damongo by the youth Tuesday,after he attempted to escape with the bull to the Northern Regional capital through Busunu. Mr.Alidu,a resident of Damongo,it is reported intended using the proceeds from the sale of the bull to entertain his newly wedded wife(four days bride) on honeymoon. Luck however,eluded the "honeymoon man" when the vehicle in which he was traveling run short of fuel in between Damongo and Busunu,few miles away from his intended destination,Tamale. He was arrested and fastened to a metal pillar with a rope. In an interview with Ghanaweb's Ananpansah B Abraham,the leader of the youth,Mr. Ibrahim Ewuntomah disclosed that they were not prepared to hand over the victim to the police. He said they were going to hold the victim hostage until they establish the rightful owner of the bull and therefrom,hand it over to him or her. The suspect when interrogated, admitted he stole the bull but, was unable to revel the true owner of the animal. At the time of filing this story,the suspect was still in the custody of the youth with the hope that he would own up for the true owner of the bull to be established. Source:Ananpansah B Abraham

Damongo MP gives NPP Comm.Dir.7-days ultimatum to retract false publication & apologise or face him in court

Damongo MP gives NPP Comm.Dir.7-days ultimatum to retract false publication & apologise or face him in court

The Member of Parliament for Damongo constituency,hon.Adam Mutawakilu has charged the Savannah Regional Communications Director of the NPP, Mr.Mohammed Issah to as a matter of seven days retract and apologise for the false, malicious and unprivileged statement of fact he made against his person or risk being dragged to court. The NPP communications Director at a press conference alleged that the MP and the Savannah Regional Communications Officer of the NDC staged contradictory accounts of the missing Toyota Hilux Pick-up vehicle belonging to the SRCC.He also claimed that the MP and his commissaries knew the exact location of the vehicle and called on the Regional Police Command to invite them to assist in its retrieval. In a two paged letter of notice copied to Ghanaweb's Ananpansah B Abraham,lawyer for the legislator,Dr.Dominic Akuritinga Ayine argues that,the publication is false and has the tendency of lowering the hard-earned reputation of his client.He further stated that,it tends to discredit him before his constituents and the people of Ghana at large. A portion of the notice reads,"We have on the firm instructions of our client to demand,which we hereby do,that,you publish a retraction of the said publication and an unqualified apology of equal prominence across the various media platforms within one week of service of this notice". Warning that,"...in default,we shall have no option but to institute legal action against you for the violation of the rights of our client without further recourse to you....(if) we institute legal action,you would be mulcted in court and other costs for damaging our client's reputation". Meanwhile,the Savannah Regional Minister,Salifu Adam Braimah whilst taking full responsibility for circumstances that led to the disappearance of the Toyota Hilux Pick-up vehicle, has given assurance that the missing vehicle which has since become a subject of controversy will be found. The Deputy Savannah Regional Coordinating Director,Mr.Abubakari Forgor in an interview with PAD FM's political show host,Ananpansah B Abraham revealed that,the minister opted to park the vehicle at his friend's residence because of the proximity of the residence to the airport. He appealed to the general public on behalf of the minister to remain calm and allow the security agencies to do their work,calling on all patriotic citizens to assist the police with relevant information leading to the retrieval of the vehicle. Two persons have so far been arrested by the Northern Regional Police Command in connection with the missing vehicle.The suspects,one Alhaji Sulemana Illiasu,the complainant under whose custody the vehicle was placed and one Mr.Opoku Kwadjo Evans,the driver who was instructed by the minister to park the vehicle at Alhaji Eliasu's residence,were picked up Tuesday evening. Mr.Opoku Evans has since been granted police inquiry bail whilst Alhaji Illiasu is still in police custody. Fresh evidence emanating from police investigations indicates that,the complainant in the case may have aided in the cryptic disappearance of the vehicle as he seem to be contradicting himself.He initially stated that the vehicle was snatched from him at gunpoint at his residence but,facts from police inquiry suggest that the missing vehicle was robbed at some other location aside his house that's if it was robbed at all. The missing vehicle was part of the eight vehicles presented by President Akuffo-Addo when he inspected the site for the construction of the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council few weeks ago. Source:Ananpansah B Abraham

Retract & apologise in 7-days,false publication or face me in court-Damongo MP to NPP Comm.Dir.

Retract & apologise in 7-days,false publication or face me in court-Damongo MP to NPP Comm.Dir.

The Member of Parliament for Damongo constituency,hon.Adam Mutawakilu has charged the Savannah Regional Communications Director of the NPP, Mr.Mohammed Issah to as a matter of seven days retract and apologise for the false, malicious and unprivileged statement of fact he made against his person or risk being dragged to court. The NPP communications Director at a press conference alleged that the MP and the Savannah Regional Communications Officer of the NDC staged contradictory accounts of the missing Toyota Hilux Pick-up vehicle belonging to the SRCC.He also claimed that the MP and his commissaries knew the exact location of the vehicle and called on the Regional Police Command to invite them to assist in its retrieval. In a two paged letter of notice copied to Ghanaweb's Ananpansah B Abraham,lawyer for the legislator,Dr.Dominic Akuritinga Ayine argues that,the publication is false and has the tendency of lowering the hard-earned reputation of his client.He further stated that,it tends to discredit him before his constituents and the people of Ghana at large. A portion of the notice reads,"We have on the firm instructions of our client to demand,which we hereby do,that,you publish a retraction of the said publication and an unqualified apology of equal prominence across the various media platforms within one week of service of this notice". Warning that,"...in default,we shall have no option but to institute legal action against you for the violation of the rights of our client without further recourse to you....(if) we institute legal action,you would be mulcted in court and other costs for damaging our client's reputation". Meanwhile,the Savannah Regional Minister,Salifu Adam Braimah whilst taking full responsibility for circumstances that led to the disappearance of the Toyota Hilux Pick-up vehicle, has given assurance that the missing vehicle which has since become a subject of controversy will be found. The Deputy Savannah Regional Coordinating Director,Mr.Abubakari Forgor in an interview with PAD FM's political show host,Ananpansah B Abraham revealed that,the minister opted to park the vehicle at his friend's residence because of the proximity of the residence to the airport. He appealed to the general public on behalf of the minister to remain calm and allow the security agencies to do their work,calling on all patriotic citizens to assist the police with relevant information leading to the retrieval of the vehicle. Two persons have so far been arrested by the Northern Regional Police Command in connection with the missing vehicle.The suspects,one Alhaji Sulemana Illiasu,the complainant under whose custody the vehicle was placed and one Mr.Opoku Kwadjo Evans,the driver who was instructed by the minister to park the vehicle at Alhaji Eliasu's residence,were picked up Tuesday evening. Mr.Opoku Evans has since been granted police inquiry bail whilst Alhaji Illiasu is still in police custody. Fresh evidence emanating from police investigations indicates that,the complainant in the case may have aided in the cryptic disappearance of the vehicle as he seem to be contradicting himself.He initially stated that the vehicle was snatched from him at gunpoint at his residence but,facts from police inquiry suggest that the missing vehicle was robbed at some other location aside his house that's if it was robbed at all. The missing vehicle was part of the eight vehicles presented by President Akuffo-Addo when he inspected the site for the construction of the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council few weeks ago. Source:Ananpansah B Abraham

We'll find missing RCC vehicle;driver's account doesn't add up-Savannah regional minister

We'll find missing RCC vehicle;driver's account doesn't add up-Savannah regional minister

The Savannah Regional Minister, hon.Braimah Salifu Adam has given the assurance that the missing Savannah Regional Coordinating Council(SRCC) vehicle which has since become a subject of controversy will be found. Speaking on the matter for the first time on Citi Eyewitness News,the Salaga South legislator took full responsibility for the circumstances that led to the alleged snatching of the Toyota Hilux Pick-Up, adding that,the driver's account on the alleged snatching of the vehicle does not add up. "He(the driver) has been arrested because,he is giving conflicting account of what he has done with the car and we are saying we will get the car back.The police are doing their job,"he assured. The minister disclosed that,the said driver is not an assigned driver from the SRCC,but a friend to the caretaker of the vehicle,one Alhaji Sulemana Illiasu,under whose guardianship he had instructed that the vehicle be kept. The Deputy Savannah Regional Coordinating Director,Mr.Abubakari Forgor in an interview with PAD FM's political show host,Ananpansah B Abraham revealed that,the minister opted to park the vehicle at his friend's residence because of the proximity of the residence to the airport. He said the matter was currently under investigation and appealed to the general public on behalf of the minister to remain calm and allow the security agencies to do their work,calling on all patriotic citizens to assist the police with relevant information leading to the retrieval of the vehicle. The Public Relations Unit of the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council in a press release describe as unfortunate the myriad of distortions in reportage so far on the missing Toyota Hilux Pick-up with registration number ER 3516-19 and Chassis Number AHTKK8CDD200679016. Portions of the statement narrated that," A forth night ago,the Hon. Savannah regional Minister was travelling to Accra on an official assignment. His flight was scheduled to take off about 8:30am on Thursday, 4th July 2019. His driver alighted him at the Tamale Airport and was instructed to part the vehicle at Mr. Sulemana Illiasu's residence". It continued,"the driver complied as directed. Unfortunately, according to Mr. Sulemana Illiasu, on Saturday 6th July, 2019 (ie 8:30pm-9:00pm), unidentified armed men wielding AK47 guns broke into his house and forced him (Mr. Sulemana Illiasu) out of his living room and ordered him at a gun point to surrendered the key of the vehicle. Thereafter, Mr. Sulemana Illiasu further disclosed that he was dragged to the compound where the vehicle was parked, blindfolded and bundled him into the back seat of the Toyota Hilux Pick-up and drove him away to a remote bushy area where he was abandoned and took away the vehicle". Meanwhile,two persons have so far been arrested in connection with the missing vehicle.The suspects,one Mr.Alhaji Sulemana Illiasu,the complainant under whose trust the vehicle was kept and one Mr.Opoku Kwadjo Evans,the driver,were arrested on Tuesday evening and are currently assisting police with investigation. The missing vehicle was part of the eight vehicles presented by President Akuffo-Addo when he inspected the site for the construction of the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council few weeks ago. Source:Ananpansah B Abraham

Missing RCC vehicle: arrest me if you have balls in between your legs -Damongo MP dares NPP

Missing RCC vehicle: arrest me if you have balls in between your legs -Damongo MP dares NPP

The Member of Parliament for Damongo constituency,hon.Adam Mutawakilu has thrown a challenge to the ruling NPP in the Savannah region to apprehend him if they have balls in between their legs.

The MP is alleged to have something to do with the missing Toyota Hilux Pick-Up belonging to the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council.

In a prompt rejoinder copied to Ghanaweb's Ananpansah B Abraham,the MP describe as unfortunate attempts by the NPP to tag the exploit of his Research Assistant on the subject matter to his office,stating that,the views of his Research Assistant are independent of him and have no links whatsoever to his office as a Member of Parliament.

He further noted that,the issue in contention is a very serious one and must to treated as such."If indeed the NPP has information that I know the whereabouts of the said missing vehicle, why not assist the police with the information or arrest me,"he added.

Portions of the statement said, "My attention has been drawn to an unsigned press statement purported to have been issued by the Savannah Regional NPP communication bureau in which I was mentioned as an accomplice in the matter of the missing Toyota Hilux Vehicle meant for the SRCC. The name of my official Research Assistant was mentioned and pinned to me as having been the hidden hand behind his interest and activities in respect of this subject. I consider this posture and assertion the most unfortunate to say the least".

Describing the accusations as reckless and false,the legislator disclosed that,he will take a step forward by seeking legal advice in proper terms should the members of NPP continue to defame him.

The NPP alleged that the Damongo MP and his boys know the exact location of the vehicle and called on the Regional Police Command to invite them to assist in its retrieval.
They said it is ignorance and lack of appreciation of simple governance and security rudiments that would make the NDC Communication Officer to question the reason the Toyota Hilux has no inscription of the RCC on it, noting that, for security reasons, no government appointee brands his/her assigned vehicle.

The Savannah Regional Communication Bureau of the NDC has however,issued a strong warning to the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council(SRCC) to as a matter of urgency produce the missing Toyota Hilux Pick-Up in five days or face their wrath.
The deliberate refusal to make official public disclosure and the internal directive to remain uncommunicative on the matter by the RCC coupled with the confusing narratives and half-baked stories according to them is unfortunate
They claimed that one Alhaji Eliasu,"an accomplice" to the regional minister has links to a Car Rental shop of which the said Hilux Pick-up has been spotted among other rental vehicles.

The missing vehicle was part of the eight vehicles presented by President Akuffo-Addo when he inspected the site for the construction of the Savannah Regional Coordinating Council few weeks ago.

Meanwhile,Ghanaweb's Ananpansah B Abraham is picking grapevine information that the vehicle has since been found,but in the absence of public disclosure,speculations are rife on the matter.

It can also be confirmed that,Damongo Youth Parliament(DYP),a non partisan and well recognised youth group based in Damongo is making frantic efforts to source official information on the controversy in a bid to represent the public interest.

Source:Ananpansah B Abraham