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I have not had peace to work as an MP for one year – Matthew Nyindam
Member of Parliament for Kpandai, Matthew Nyindam, has revealed that ongoing legal and political challenges have made it difficult for him to carry out his duties over the past year.
Mr Nyindam shared his experience in an interview, where he reflected on the controversies surrounding his mandate and the toll it has taken on him personally and professionally.
He explained that for months, there was intense debate on the floor of Parliament over whether he was even qualified to take his seat.
According to him, the issue became so controversial that the Speaker of Parliament had to deliver a formal ruling on the matter.
Mr Nyindam described the period as extremely difficult, noting that despite the uncertainty, he chose to endure and leave the matter in the hands of God.
He stated that for the past one year, he has not had peace to work as a Member of Parliament, but he accepted it as part of the job.
The Kpandai MP recalled that he was shocked by a decision delivered by the Tamale High Court on November 24, 2025, which he said changed his life completely.
He explained that the court case exposed him to the judicial system for the first time in his life.
Mr Nyindam noted that at 50 years old, he had never been to court before this case, describing the experience as one he would not wish on any MP.
He stressed that the ordeal was emotionally draining and something no public officer should be eager to go through.
Touching on the election itself, Mr Nyindam insisted that he won the parliamentary election fairly.
He maintained that there were no debts or deliberate acts of cheating involved in his victory.
According to him, integrity has always guided his life, and he has never intentionally cheated anyone.
Mr Nyindam also reflected on his political history in Kpandai, recalling that he first entered Parliament in 2010.
He explained that before his victory, the Kpandai seat had been held by the National Democratic Congress for about 20 years.
At the time, he was a classroom teacher contesting against a sitting MP who had served for two decades and had also been a minister.
Despite the odds, he noted that the people of Kpandai chose him, a decision he described as a clear demonstration of the will of the electorate.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Stanbic Bank Ghana has held a ‘Financial Wellness Workshop’ for journalists in the Ashanti Region, underscoring its commitment to strengthening financial literacy and long‑term independence within the media fraternity.
The initiative, organised in partnership with the Science and Technology Communicators of Ghana (SaTCOG), brought together practitioners from print, radio, television, and online platforms.
SaTCOG, which champions science communication among journalists in Ghana and beyond, requested the training to help members build resilience in both their personal finances and professional practice.
The sessions covered personal financial management, savings and investment planning, retirement preparation, debt and asset management, and the effective use of digital banking tools.
Derick Romeo Adogla, Head of Communication and Reputation Management at Stanbic Bank, said the programme was designed to equip journalists with practical strategies for financial stability.
“We brought some of our top financial experts to take participants through financial wellness, to ensure our colleagues in the media can better manage their finances,” he explained.
He added that the workshop forms part of Stanbic Bank’s broader drive to promote financial literacy across sectors, with similar programmes already extended to small businesses, students, and professional groups.
As a gesture of support, the bank donated five laptops to selected journalists, aimed at enhancing newsroom efficiency through research, story filing, and digital content creation.
Facilitators, Nabil Abubakar Hussayn, Head of Employee Value Banking, and James Otchere led the sessions.
Mr Hussayn urged participants to align lifestyle choices with budgets and future goals.
“Live a life you can afford and make lifestyle choices in line with your budget and aspirations,” he advised, stressing that a carefully planned budget and investment in good assets such as land are the first steps toward financial freedom.
The leadership of SaTCOG commended Stanbic Bank for the initiative, describing it as timely and relevant to the personal and professional development of journalists.
By deepening its partnership with the media, Stanbic Bank hopes to foster capacity building and long‑term impact, ensuring that journalists were not only storytellers of Ghana’s development but also financially empowered professionals.
From Kingsley E. Hope, Kumasi
EVERY Mother’s Day, I do the cooking! And I must announce it here that anybody who wants the best of goat-meat light-soup should contact me through my lawyers or bodyguard. I’m available to be hired to provide you and your family the best light-soup ever. My fees are pretty high though, and mind you, I charge in dollars.
Well, it isn’t that I’m an American, and my name is more Israeli than Yankee. The only consolation is that when you work in dollars, it can stand the vagaries of financial somersaults and gymnastics. The day the dollar loses its worth beyond a certain threshold, the world is finished. The world would have to go back to the days of barter -salt for bread, milk for cocoyam.
When I do the Mothers’ Day cooking, I remember my beloved mother. She is not alive but she lives in the hearts of those who knew Marion Adwoa Alomele and the kindness of her heart. She died at 58 and on May 6 every year, I shed a tear for mummy and pray for her soul.
Normally, I go to the market and do the shopping myself, against the loud protests of my wife. She doesn’t see how a huge six-footer of a man with a rotund belly can go from one market stall to another shopping for pepper, tomatoes, ginger, etc. Moreover, she thinks some women will cheat me. But whenever I do the shopping, it is the complete opposite. For certain unexplained reasons, the market women give me more than I deserve and my wife is always astonished.
Of course, knowing women for their petty idiosyncrasies, she might be thinking that because of the generous manner the market women treat me, they are giving me more for almost half the price. But if my wife ever asks me to do the shopping, then the very pronouncement is tantamount to domestic violence.
Yes! Why would she ask me to shop and I’d think this is normal? An affront to my dignity and integrity-a form of assault and battery against my good self, actionable at DOVVSU. Check me out!
Of course, when I’m driving and I see some fine yams, I sometimes stop and ask the vendor to put some in the boot. I also fancy driving to Kpong during weekends, if I’m in funds, to buy tilapia and those river fishes that taste real good if smoked. I can also decide to shop for the home, but if my wife asks me to do so, then that is a matter for arbitration. Sounds like a joke, isn’t it?
Well, there are various types of husbands. Some are so nice, even too nice and too docile. Some are iron men, even their wives’ clothing. Nice gentlemen, and that is their nature; they are born helpful and die helpful. They are active and always on the move, displaying a lot of physical capacity and expending energy on domestic and other chores.
Other men will only fix the bulb, check out on the plumber or carpenter or electrician to fix faults and that is all. Other responsibilities are lived up to on the marital bed. Looks like I belong to this group unless my wife thinks otherwise.
The third group of husbands just do not bother. They leave everything to the woman. They are typically lazy and even on the marital bed, they cannot get it up unless the woman takes over operational matters. Some wives even say, “My husband cannot pump. I have to do the pumping myself.”
But coming to think of it, when a woman takes over the romantic initiative, she definitely must be atop the mountain. That sounds pretty geographic but its romantic connotation is quite clear. Most women do not want to climb the mountain, though. Sometimes, it is too steep for comfort! But those who are believers in the romantic world will tell you that the steeper the better.
I will encourage men to cook for their wives on Mothers’ Day, because from experience, I have noticed that when you cook for a woman, she really appreciates it. Wallahi, she does! And because she has not expended energy in cooking that day, her energy is reserved to be used when it is bed-time. And it can get pretty hectic, if you ask me!
Isn’t it, therefore, in the interest of husbands, to occasionally cook for wives? Man, it is in our own interest to become occasional chefs at home, at least during weekends when romantic issues become heavier, and humans are likely to turn into animals and go on all fours.
People who think it is only Nebuchadnezzar who has walked on four legs, they do not know that every man has had his legs turned into something else. If you are not sure about yourself, go and ask your father.
As usual, this Mothers’ Day, I did the cooking, but I asked my wife to fix the shopping, because I was busy sleeping and when I am sleeping, I do not like disturbances. One thing my friends do not know about me is that when I am sleeping, they are politely turned away. I am politely told my daddy is sleeping — is what the last-born child is likely to tell you.
Even if, taflatse, you claim you are Jesus Christ of Nazareth, she will welcome you back to earth, but still remind you that, “My daddy is sleeping! Can you wait small?” If you persuade her to wake up daddy, she will tell you it is not possible. “He doesn’t like that.”
It was this last-born child of mine, Elorm, who loves me so much but loves her mummy more. I don’t blame her at all. After all, the woman carried her for nine months and laboured her out. The only thing I did was to pump it all up. No sweat at all!
Whenever it is Mothers’ Day, the children come to find out what’s for their mum. Last year, they talked about the chicken, salad, biscuits, cakes, drinks for mummy, etc, and me Kwame Alomele was forced to fund the show. When it came to Fathers’ Day, nobody approached me and I was downcast.
I called Elorm,
“Do you realise today is Fathers’ Day?”
She said, “Yes.”
“And what are you folks doing for your daddy?”
“Banku!”
This article was first published on Saturday, May 15, 2010
