Details: Ahenkan Newspaper Headlines; Friday, August 23, 2024.

Below are the major news headlines captured on the front pages of the Ahenkan Newspaper today.

 

 

 

Ahenkan Newspaper Producers: Kwaku Anim Kusi Boadum / Adwenpa-Hene Kofi Mensah / #Ahenkan FM Online Team

Below are the full details of today’s stories

Asene Akroso Manso MP In Trouble As Angry Youth Chase Him Over Failed Campaign Promise

 

Scores of youth in Akyem Asene in the Asene Akroso Manso Constituency of the Eastern Region are seething with anger over what they described as failed and empty promises by the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Hon. George Kwame Aboagye.

According to the aggrieved youth, the MP has not delivered on the commitments he made to the chiefs and people of Akyem Asene when he was elected.

Mr. Kwame Nyame, the convener of the Concerned Youth of Akyem Asene, expressed particular frustration over the MP’s unfulfilled promise to construct an astroturf for the community.

This promise was made after the MP persuaded the elders to allow a striving football pitch to be used for the construction of a clinic.

Speaking on the Ghana Yensom morning show co-hosted by Otafrigya Kaayire Kwesi Appea-Apreku and Odehyeeban Kofi Essuman on Accra 100.5 FM on Thursday, August 22, 2024, Mr. Nyame explained that the youth agreed to the clinic’s construction on the football field because the MP had pledged to build an astroturf at Akyem Asene L.A. Primary School. This facility was intended to help unearth football talents in the area.

However, four years later, the site earmarked for the astroturf remains untouched, with no contractors in sight.

In response, the youth leaders have decided to stage a demonstration to press for the construction of the promised ultra-modern football pitch and threatened to vote against the MP if he fails to kick start the construction before the December 7 polls.

To express their displeasure with their Member of Parliament, George Kwame Aboagye, for not keeping his word during the previous four years, the youth have planned a protest on September 23, 2024.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Asene Manso Akroso, Mr. Alex Incoom, commented on the situation, stating that the project has already been awarded to a contractor with sponsorship from Ghana Gas Company Limited.

He assured that work would commence on the site by the second week of September.

Mr. Nkum explained that the project had been delayed because the MP was not satisfied with the model proposed by the Middle Belt Development Authority under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).

He assured the community that the Ghana Gas project would be a state-of-the-art facility with all modern ancillary amenities.

 

 

NPP Will Still Get 90% Of The Votes Even Without A Campaign – Akyem Oda MP

 

 

In the forthcoming 2024 general elections, Dr. Bawumia has been assured by the Member of Parliament for the Akyem Oda Constituency and the Minister of Health, Hon. Alexander Akwasi Acquah, that he will receive 90% of the vote in his constituency.

Speaking on Monday, August 19, 2024, at the Youth Connect program at the Methodist Conference Hall in Akyem Oda, he stated he felt much more confident since the constituency’s energy demonstrated that they could easily accomplish that agenda.

Mr. Akwasi Acquah stated that in the Akyem Oda constituency, they do not campaign for the people to vote for the NPP, but after the elections, the NPP takes control.

The flagbearer has demonstrated a great deal of love for his people, the government has constructed a new central market, helping him to be appointed as a minister, and other reasons, according to the Deputy Health Minister, explain why Akyem Oda will give Bawumia 90% of the vote.

 

Voter Register Exhibition: Low Turnout In Akim Oda, Other Areas Attributed To Online Checks

 

The ongoing voter register exhibition exercise in the Akyem Oda Constituency is witnessing a low turnout.

Checks at exhibition centres in the Birim Central Municipality indicate the one-week exercise which began on Tuesday has witnessed a low number of voters checking their names in the register.

During the Ahenkan News Team’s tour to some of the exhibition centers, the exhibition officers told the paper that voters are required to bring along their voter’s identity cards to check their names.

“We check correct names that include spelling and crosscheck in the register, age, and picture. When these vital statistics are correct we declare one checked.

However, when the names are not correct we fill out a correction form for the voter and give him or her a copy to send to the district EC office for correction.

The exhibition officers described the process so far as, ‘not encouraging’.

Information received from other constituencies in the Eastern Region indicates that the exhibition exercise’s turnout is unsatisfactory.

Speaking to Adwenpa-Hene Kofi Mensah on the Maakye morning show, Albert Kweku Simpson Director of Communication Ballot Education Project attributed the low turnout at exhibition centers to the option of online checks being done at the same time by voters.

“I believe it may be due to the online checking,”  he said.

He praises the Electoral Commission for the move as well, noting that Ghanaians will see a reduction in stress and expenses.

 

Let’s Not Glorify Politicians, It’s Time To Hold Them Accountable – Dr Asah-Asante

 

Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Kwame Asah-Asante, has urged Ghanaians not to glorify politicians but to hold them accountable for unfulfilled promises.

According to him, politicians who fail to deliver on their commitments should be voted out.

Dr Asah-Asante’s comments were made in response to the recurring pattern of unfulfilled promises by politicians, particularly during election periods.

Speaking in an interview on Joy FM‘s Newsnight on Monday, August 19, he said there should be public engagement to question the politicians on how they intend to fund the promises being made to bring to the understanding of the ordinary Ghanaian.

“What we also have to do is find out in detail how they are going to undertake these projects and when we are not satisfied, we should not glorify political parties saying that this is a party part of our tradition and that the leaders are part of our ethnic group and all that.

“We should not glorify them, we boot those people out if there is the need to do that. But more often than not, Ghanaians have looked on and have glorified politicians even though they did not serve their interest in the name of tradition, ethnicity, religion, and whatnot. We tend to shy away from the truth and then we come back to complain,” he said.

According to him, it is time to take a different step to hold them accountable, adding that it is the work of electorates to do so.

“Remember that after all vigilance is the price of liberty. If you are not vigilant you are not going to get what you are supposed to get from public officers.

 

 

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