[ 2016-10-08 ]

A week of gold watches, motor-check suspension and Eva Lokko's demise
As part of preparations towards the 2016 elections
which is in exactly 60 days, some parliamentary
candidates launched their campaigns over the
weekend.

Fallouts from the campaign launches were discussed
on Monday. Then some workers of the Electricity
Company of Ghana (ECG) went on a rampage in
protest of the extension of the Managing
Director's contract. But the Deputy Power
Minister, John Jinapor said the protest was
premature.
Also in the energy sector, the National Petroleum
Authority (NPA) revised the national sulphur
specification for diesel from maximum 3000-pmm
(parts per million) to 500-pmm effective January
2017.
Then on Tuesday, Motivational Speaker Rev. Gideon
Titi-Ofei broke the internet with his article
"From Bole Bamboi to Kyebi: I can’t think far."


Rev Titi Offei
Also, a sixth presiding member election at the
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly ended in a deadlock
again.

Then came a shocking news to many from the Ghana
Police Service where all personnel of the Service
were directed to suspend motor-checks with
immediate effect.

IGP John Kudalor
We began Wednesday with a lot of talks on this
controversial directive as many people believed it
was a recipe for carelessness on the road but the
police said it was to facilitate traffic
management.
And in economics, the International Monetary
Fund(IMF) warned of a full-blown financial crisis
in Ghana if aggressive measures are not taken to
check government’s rising debts.
As Ghana celebrated teachers on this day, a
Pre-Vocational Skills teacher from the Soowah Din
Memory 2 Junior High School in the Adentan
Municipality of the Greater Accra Region won the
2016 Best Teacher Award.

Rita Oppong with her cash prize beside President
John Mahana, others
Also, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) defended its
decision to use sole sourcing in the purchase of
gold watches estimated at $504,000 for its staff
as an end of year benefit.
This generated a lot of talk on Thursday but the
Communications Director of the Bank, Bernard
Otabil said the bank was duly authorized by the
Public Procurement Authority (PPA) to use the
system in the purchase of the watches.
Also, some violence which erupted at the Tamale
office of the Electoral Commission during the
Voters' Transfer Exercise caused the suspension of
the exercise.

And some NPP sympathisers began a Kalyppo
Challenge on social media in solidarity with their
Flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo.
Kalyppo Challenge
This day nearly ended with these two stories until
news broke of the passing of the Progressive
People's Party parliamentary aspirant for Klottey
Korle Constituency, Madam Eva Lokko.

Tributes poured in for the late Madam Lokko on
Friday morning.
The week ended on a political note after an Accra
High court gave the EC clearance to receive filing
fee from presidential and parliamentary nominees.

Source - Akosua Asiedua Akuffo - Joyfmo

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