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Cooperate with Census Officers — UWR Statistician
The Upper West Regional Statistician, Mr Jeremiah Sixtus Dery has asked for cooperation from Ghanaians during the listing and enumeration of households and persons in the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) across the country.
The exercise which would commence in earnest on June 13 with the listing of household,s would mark the beginning of official head count of all persons and structures including details on other socio demographic characteristics that would form a data base for the next 10 years to inform various policydecisions by government and other development agents.
It will make use of over 7,500 field officers who would be recruited across the16 regions of the country to gather information on various households and houses in the country.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the training of 262 Prospective Regional Trainers (RTs) for the census at Wa on Tuesday, Mr Dery indicated that the credibility of the exercise relied heavily on the cooperation of the public who would be enumerated by the field officers.
“We have no doubt about the competenceof the field officers we will be sending to the various enumeration areas and we pray that they get the much neededreliabledata from the public that we seek to capture”, he stated.
He added that the GSS was still employing other avenues such as religious organisations, the media and the information services to sensitise the public to the need to volunteer credible information for the success of the exercise.
Speaking on behalf of the Government Statistician, a Curriculum Reviewer for the 2021 PHC, Pofessor Paul Nkegbe commended the prospective RTs for their commitment and dedication towards the processes leading to the final enumeration.
He saidd that the GSS was anticipating that the regional trainers passed on similar competence, dedication and diligence to the enumerators who would be receiving training from the RTs before they commenced their field work.
The 2021 PHC which marks the third population and housing census in Ghana after independence would target every individual in the country including new born babies and the aged.
Lydia Darlington Fordjour, Wa
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has amended the charges in the ongoing case against former National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Chief Executive, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, and nine others.
The number of counts has risen from 25 to 54 after investigators uncovered new evidence.
The accused are facing trial for alleged large-scale extortion, abuse of public office, and money laundering involving over GH¢291 million and US$332,000.
According to the OSP, the accused persons allegedly extorted huge sums of money from bulk oil transporters and oil marketing companies under the pretext of carrying out official duties.
The proceeds were reportedly laundered through the purchase of properties and investments in business entities to conceal their source.
The accused persons include Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Jacob Kwamina Amuah, Wendy Newman, Albert Ankrah, Isaac Mensah, Bright Bediako-Mensah, Kwaku Aboagye Acquaah, Propnest Limited, Kel Logistics Limited, and Kings Energy Limited.
The OSP has also seized and frozen several assets, including tanker trucks, fuel stations, houses, apartments, and parcels of land valued at more than GH¢100 million pending the outcome of the trial.
The case, titled The Republic v. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid & 9 Others (Cr/0603/2025), is currently being heard at the Accra High Court.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The National Operations Directorate (NOD) Surveillance Unit, of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a 32-year-old man, Akoto Nelson, for posing as a police officer during a public event at the Black Star Square in Accra.
The suspect was arrested on Sunday, 19th October 2025, by a team of officers deployed to provide security at a musical concert. The team observed the suspect dressed in a police uniform with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) behaving suspiciously. Upon interrogation, he admitted that he was not a police officer.
Investigations revealed that the suspect impersonated a police officer to gain free entry to the event, claiming he did not have money to pay the entry fee. He further disclosed that the uniform belonged to a deceased Chief Inspector, identified as Gyasi, from whom he obtained the police accoutrements in 2022.
A subsequent search conducted at his residence in Taifa-Ashaiman uncovered several items that were retained as exhibits. These include one toy P99 pistol, one pepper spray, two ZTE mini handsets, one pepper spray pouch, one ZTE charger, one Xinfa cutter knife, some complimentary cards, one voter ID in the name of Akoto Nelson Elikem, and one birth certificate in the name of Nelson Akoto.
Preliminary investigations further established that the suspect works as a security guard and a messenger at a private company. He remains in police custody and will be put before the court.
