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No COVID-19 positive inmates in Dansoman cell – District Commander refutes claim
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The District Commander of Police at the Dansoman Division of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Daniel Jeffrey Darko has refuted claims that a number of inmates have tested positive for COVID-19.
He therefore urged persons spreading fear to desist from doing so as their conduct may scare people from reporting criminal offences.
Speaking to journalists yesterday after a disinfection exercise undertaken by Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Chief Supt. Darko, said, test results would be announced to the members of the public as soon as it is ready.
In other to curb the spread of COVID-19, Supt. Darko said police cells had been decongested, while persons who committed lesser offences were granted bail.
He said if there was enough evidence to prosecute suspects, criminal proceedings were done immediately while investigations were expedited in cases without evidence.
Chief Supt. Darko told journalists that both personnel and inmates observe regular hand washing under running water, use alcohol based hand sanitisers, nose masks and practise physical distancing.
He expressed his profound gratitude to Zoomlion for sanitising Chorkor, Korle Bu and Mamprobi police stations- all under the Dansoman District.
His colleague, Chief Supt Cephas Arthur, the Commander of Mamprobi Police Station said fewer inmates were detained in adherence with social distancing protocols to prevent the spread of the disease.
When asked about the need to re-engineer police cells, he said the police would welcome any support from the members of the public.
Mr Morgan Acquah, General Manager at Zoomlion Ghana Limited said disinfection of all 101 police stations in the Greater Accra Region is expected to be completed by next week.
Asked whether the chemical used for the exercise was harmful, Mr Acquah responded in the affirmative, noting that chlorine, the chemical used for disinfection had been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the appropriate chemical.
A few weeks ago, Zoomlion Ghana Limited began a nationwide disinfection of all police stations including offices, cells and barracks.
Prior to that, the waste management company had undertaken similar exercise across the nation in public and private tertiary institutions, markets, lorry stations and the judiciary.
Currently, Zoomlion is offering a 50 per cent discount on its services to private businesses, establishments and companies.
BY MALIK SULLEMANA
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has announced changes to how the purity of gold will be tested for local purchases, with the new rules taking effect from October 1, 2026.
The notice was issued today by the Compliance Directorate of the Ghana Gold Board.
Under the new arrangement, the Water Density method will only be used to give an indication of the purity of gold and will no longer serve as the final basis for determining its purity, price or payment.
In a compliance notice issued on September 28, GoldBod said X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) testing would become the definitive method for determining the purity of gold doré purchased by the Board and its licensed buyers.
It explained that the applicable payment for gold would therefore be based on the purity determined through the XRF method.
However, GoldBod said where a licensed buyer is unable to use XRF due to genuine operational or logistical challenges, or where both the buyer and seller voluntarily agree to use the Water Density method, the gold would be purchased at a 0.7 percent purity discount.
The Board introduced a tolerance level for differences between successive XRF test results for the same gold or transaction.
According to the notice, the permissible difference between one XRF report and another must remain within plus or minus 0.1 percent.
GoldBod said any difference beyond that range would have to be verified before the transaction is completed or reported to the Board.
The new requirements apply to all aggregators and licensed gold buyers, who have been directed to ensure that they are fully prepared to comply with the changes by October 1.
GoldBod said the notice forms part of the terms and conditions of licences issued to aggregators and licensed gold buyers.
It warned that failure to comply with the new requirements would constitute a breach of the applicable licence conditions and could result in regulatory or enforcement action under the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140).
By: Jacob Aggrey
Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has waded into the debate over government support for Ghanaian evacuees, describing complaints over the amount given as “nauseating entitlement.”
In a strongly worded post shared on Facebook, Manasseh argued that Ghanaians who were airlifted from South Africa after xenophobic threats should show gratitude rather than discontent.
“Some countries abandoned their people because they either did not care enough or they did not think it was economically wise to spend huge sums of money chartering planes and evacuating their people. Your country did not abandon you. It chartered aircraft and lifted you,” he wrote.
According to him, government spent huge sums to bring citizens home at a time when the country has pressing needs that could have been addressed with that money, but no one complained because “your life as a citizen is just as pressing.”
Manasseh said it was therefore worrying that after the evacuation and subsequent financial support from the state, some beneficiaries are complaining that the amount is not enough.
“Sir, some people need only 2000 cedis to start a business, but the state has not given them anything. Others worked and paid taxes while you were away, but have not received a pesewa from the state. Think about that,” he stated.
He added that while the frustration of losing opportunities abroad is understandable, the evacuation was not forced but was done to save lives.
He added that “We can sympathise with whatever opportunities you may have lost by returning home, but note that the government did not forcibly evacuate you. Your safety was paramount. You could have lost your life if the government had abandoned you.”
Manasseh warned that such complaints only fuel negativity in the political space.
“Your complaints will please a section of our society that lives in perpetual search of negativity with which to score cheap political points. But to the discerning people, it is a nauseating sense of entitlement,” he stressed.
He concluded with a call for appreciation “And whatever you have been given to ease your return is an added bonus. Appreciate it and pray for more. There’s a vast difference between a favour and an entitlement.”
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
