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National Security: Urgently Investigate this!!!
With just nine days for the country to go to the polls, the social media space is virtually “burstling” with gloom and doom, regarding the criminal intents of those planning to derail the collective progress made so far by mother-Ghana. One frightening election-related news item, which in my view, must be urgently investigated by the National Security is that which was recently aired on Nsem-Pii television station.
Nsem-Pii television station is all over the Internet and I will be surprised if the National Security capos have not already listened to the tape revealing the intents of some people planning to disrupt the presidential and parliamentary elections, particularly in Kumasi. If the National Security has not got a copy of the tape, then immediately they must access the tape and quickly act on it.
On the tape, one Kwabena Antwi-Boasiako Prince is heard revealing how he has been sponsored by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to contest as an Independent Parliamentary Candidate at the Subin Constituency of the Ashanti Region. According to him the trick is not to win the Subin parliamentary seat but to recruit his followers or supporters to destroy ballot papers at targeted polling stations during the December 7, general elections.
Kwabena Antwi-Boasiako Prince will not be alone in operating such diabolic enterprise. He says other independent parliamentary candidates are also being sponsored by the NDC to contest some selected parliamentary seats in the Ashanti Region. Again, he says, the trick is not to win the seats but to recruit their supporters “to spoil ballot papers” in some selected polling stations.
For instance, on the tape, Kwabena Antwi-Boasiako Prince is heard saying that some NDC gurus met some of the “sponsored” independent parliamentary candidates at the Yaa Asantewaa Hotel in Kumasi recently, and they were given orientation as to how their supporters could “spoil” ballot papers at some polling stations. “And we were made to swear not to reveal anything to the public after having been paid some amount of money,” he added.
According to him, their recruited followers are to hide specific ink-devices in their mobile phones before they go to join queues at polling stations on December 7. And when each recruited follower collects his ballot paper from an EC official, the recruited criminal is expected to remove the ink-device from his mobile phone and conceal it in his allotted single ballot paper, before dropping it in the ballot box.
He said between 40 minutes and one hour, after dropping the ballot paper containing the ink-device in the ballot box in any of the selected polling stations, the ink-generating device would explode in the ballot box, destroying all the ballot papers in the box, thus, making it impossible for such ballot papers to be counted.
Additionally, he said, his sponsors assured him that at some selected polling stations, some electoral officers, security officers and party agents would be compromised to turn a blind-eye so that the recruited criminals would stuff ballot boxes with already thumb-printed ballot papers.
Readers, what is on the tape is mind-boggling so I will leave the rest to the National Security and the Electoral Commission to quickly access the tape with the required urgency. From the look of things, the hatched plan may not be limited to Kumasi or Ashanti Region only, so the National Security and the Electoral Commission MUST SIT UP.
From the foregoing, at certain polling stations, voters must be thoroughly searched before being allowed to cast their votes. Voters must also be disallowed to go to the polling booths with mobile phones.
At some selected polling stations countrywide, security officers, electoral officers and party agents must be vigilantly monitored by the National Security so as not to compromise the electoral process.
If what is on the tape is actualised and there is counter response, what do we expect as a nation? Peace or war? Once again, the National Security must not sleep on this tape!!!
BY G. Frank Asmah
In a country like ours in which we are aware of our challenges, all that is required is focusing on strengthening our institutional processes by making them more robust and transparent. In this regard, investment in digitilisation must be prioritised since the human element to cut corners is inherent in the psyche of some people and therefore cannot be trusted to do the right things out of their own volition.
Enforcement of existing laws and regulations must be reviewed to see what is working, which ones have to be tweaked to be able to address current challenges, and those that have become obsolete and must be discarded.
One issue that needs to be given priority attention is remuneration. A former President is alleged to declare that we pretend to pay workers and they also pretend to work. This indeed sums up the quandary facing government after government. Workers’ salaries are crucial in the fight against corruption. A realistic living wage must be given to workers; otherwise, they will seek avenues to address their personal budget deficit.
On day one, what should engage the attention of government is Energy, making it available and affordable. The industrialisation agenda cannot be successfully executed without power that is readily available, reliable, and affordable. Solar energy must be factored in the quest for affordable and reliable power for industry.
The fuel sector issues must be urgently addressed so that it can impact positively on the transportation sector, which plays a key role in the supply of goods and services. The railway infrastructure plan linking places like Boankra Inland Port to prolong the lifespan of our roads and to fast track distribution of goods from the Capital City to the inland areas of the country should be a top priority item.
A well-structured system linking industry to academia must be quickly established to serve as a catalyst towards the industrialisation drive. Research findings from the universities must be channelled to captains of industry in a timely manner. Effective channels of communication should be established to facilitate shorter product-to-market times.
An effective mechanism for fishing out needy but talented children must be established, as well as a sponsorship package for talented individuals who are needed for certain critical areas of the economy — what I term critical investment in education.
Certain changes must be made in the constitution, particularly the appointment of the heads of certain constitutional bodies or institutions. This is to ensure that the Executive arm of government does not wield too much power to ensure accountability and checks and balances really work.
The Attorney General’s Office must be detached from the Executive arm of government. The Nolle Prosequi provision must also be amended to compel the Attorney General to give an explanation of why he or she is declining to prosecute a particular case or discontinue it. The provision that protects sitting Presidents from prosecution must also be reviewed.
The punishment for some of our laws needs a review. We must review the removal of CJ provision to ensure the independence of the Judiciary.
Above all, there must be a mindset of change, i.e., a paradigm shift from inability to capability. Inferiority complex must give way to a pacesetters mentality, and all will be well. God bless.
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The impact of emotional surgery and emotional elysium on neurological and neurosurgical procedures
Abstract
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Conclusion
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Recommendations
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By exploring innovative approaches like emotional surgery and emotional elysium, we can improve patient outcomes and enhance the quality of life for individuals undergoing neurological and neurosurgical procedures.
BY ROBERT EKOW GRIMMOND-THOMPSON
