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Ghana Athletics elective congress slated for August 10
The Executive Board of Ghana Athletics (GA) has announced that its 2023 quadrennial elective congress has been slated for Thursday, August 10 at Techiman in the Bono region.
The exercise, as explained in a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of GA, Mr Fuseini Bawa, was in accordance with Article 13.3 of the GA constitution.
According to the statement, the event is expected to start at exactly 11am.
The positions to be contested for at the congress include President, First Vice President, Second Vice President (Female), Treasurer, Organising Secretary and a Deputy Organising Secretary.
The statement said candidates must represent a member association and nomination must be signed by a Chairman or Secretary General of the member association.
It added that only delegates shall be admitted to the floor of congress.
Giving details of the congress process, the statement explained that nomination forms must be submitted to the CEO on or by July 11 with the congress agenda and the list of nominees expected to be published on Tuesday, July 18.
The process, it said, would require all members to submit their delegate list by July 18 with proposed motions or constitutional amendments expected to be sent to the CEO by July 13.
It said only delegates representing members shall be allowed to attend and vote.
BY TIMES SPORTS REPORTER
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.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man believed to be behind a series of robberies and killings of taxi drivers in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the suspect, Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” was arrested on October 13, 2025, at Kasoa-Domeabra.
Police say he is an ex-convict and is believed to have worked with another suspect, Vincent Gbetorglo, who was arrested earlier on June 30, 2025.
The arrests follow investigations into the deaths of two taxi drivers at Sakaman Blue Lagoon on May 9 and June 15, 2025. Police say the suspects contacted the victims before the attacks.
The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit of the CID led the investigation, using intelligence and surveillance to track down the suspects.
Police say efforts are being made to recover the vehicles of the murdered drivers.
The CID assured the public that investigations are still ongoing and promised to provide updates as new information emerges.
By: Jacob Aggrey
