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Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa petitions OSP over alleged US$34.9 million Ambulance Scandal
Member of Parliament (MP) for the people of Kpando Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has petitioned the Office of Special Prosecutor over alleged US$34.9millionAmbulance Spare Parts Scandal.
Announcing this on his social media platforms he stated that “I have duly petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor on the US$34.9million Ambulance Spare Parts Scandal.”
According to him, “It is unacceptable that after 24-hours since my exposé, government has been unable to speak, and at least provide a breakdown of the US$113,695.45 it claims to be spending on spare parts for each ambulance when that amount can get us a new fully-equipped modern ambulance.”
“May we be successful in blocking the outstanding payments and retrieving the lost funds.This latest Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/Ofori-Atta ‘create, loot and share’ scheme shall also be defeated with the power of the people!For God and Country.
Ghana First,” he added.
In a Facebook post on Monday, July 22, Mr.Ablakwa accused former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and former Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu of colluding with a private company to defraud the state.
The Member of Parliament claims Ofori-Atta hurriedly approved the deal just five days before leaving office.
He accused the former finance minister of hastily approving the deal just five days before leaving office.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disbursed GHS134,000 to 22 students under the latest round of his Scholarship and Bursaries Programme.
According to a statement from his office, the 22 beneficiaries are enrolled in 16 tertiary institutions across the country.
They are studying various courses, including medicine, marketing, law, public health, midwifery, business administration, education, and secretaryship.
The MP’s office commended the beneficiaries, especially the five students currently studying medicine and physician assistantship, encouraging them to remain committed to their studies.
The statement indicated that the scholarship initiative, which began in 2017, aims to support brilliant but needy students from the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency to further their education. So far, about 700 students have benefited from the program.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
