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Rebranding Ameri Power Plant an attempt to hoodwink voters in Ashanti Region- Edudzi Tamakloe
The Director of Legal Directorate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed his disappointment about an alleged plan by government to rename the Ameri Power Plant as the Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Plant.
According to him, this plan is unfortunate, and just to hoodwink the people in Ashanti region for votes in the 2024 elections.
The Volta River Authority i(VRA) n a recent Facebook post announced the commissioning of the Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Plant (K1TPP) at Anwomaso in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region, on Wednesday, April 17.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, April 13, Mr Tamaklo views the move as a calculated attempt to deceive Ghanaians, especially those living in the Ashanti Region, where the plant is situated.
He also claimed that the attempt by the government to change Ameri Power Plants is to hoodwink voters in the region in the upcoming 2024 polls.
Read below Edudzi Tamaklo’s post on Facebook
AKUFO ADDO AND BAWUMIA REPACKAGED AMERI POWER PLANT AS KUMASI 1 THERMAL POWER PLANT.
Between 2013 and 2015, visionary leader, John Dramani Mahama in his desire to end dumsor, brought the Ameri Power Plants comprising 10 units, each with the capacity to generate 25 megawatts of electricity.
Akufo Addo and BAWUMIA decided to demonise John Mahama for this game-changer emergency power deployment.
The Akufo Addo and BAWUMIA administration decided to relocate 6 units out of the 10 to the Ashanti region to generate 150 megawatts of electricity for the middle belt of the country.
The remaining 4 deployed to give T3 an additional 100 megawatts.
BAWUMIA and Akufo Addo out of shame have decided to repackage and rename the AMERI plants as Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Plant.
This is what they are planning to go and commission.
This corrupt, incompetent, useless and wasteful government are determined to hoodwink voters in Ashanti region with the renaming and repackaging.
This administration has failed to do anything meaningful in power generation.
Time is up.
They must go.
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Health Minister leads delegation Mimi Darko’s appointment as AMA Director General
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Minister for Health and Member of Parliament has led a delegation to secure the appointment of Dr Delese Mimi Darko, Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority, as the Director General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) during the ongoing 2nd Ordinary Session of the Conference of State Parties in Kigali, Rwanda.
This prestigious appointment, achieved through a competitive process, marks a proud and historic moment for Ghana and the entire continent.
It highlights Dr. Darko’s exceptional leadership, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to enhancing public health and regulatory systems across Africa.
The Minister expressed his deep appreciation to President John Dramani Mahama for his strong support and leadership throughout this process.
Mr.Akandoh congratulated Dr. Mimi Darko and Team Ghana for their incredibly successful campaign.
The AMA was established by the African Union on November 5, 2021, with the primary objective of improving access to quality, safe, and effective medical products throughout the continent. Its creation aims to facilitate the regulation and oversight of essential medicines at a continental level while promoting collaboration among African countries and regions.
The Agency’s mission is to provide leadership in creating an enabling regulatory environment for the pharmaceutical sector in Africa, ensuring that the African population has access to essential medical products and technologies.
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Police arrest five suspects involved in robbery cases in Ashanti Region
The Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) in the Ashanti Region has informed the public about a recent breakthrough in the fight against armed robbery in the Denchemuoso District.
Following a series of robbery incidents in the area, on April 22, 2025, PID/Ashanti operatives, acting on credible intelligence, apprehended one Michael Owusu Ansah, alias Baby Last, aged 32.
The suspect had been on the police wanted list since 2016 in connection with a robbery and the murder of Police Officer G/Cpl Frank Essel of SWAT/Ashanti, which occurred at the Open Space Hotel in Denchemuoso on May 19, 2016.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to engaging in multiple street and residential robberies in Denchemuoso, Atwima-Techiman, Asuoyeboah, and surrounding areas.
He also disclosed that his gang operated with knives, pistols, and pump-action guns.
Further investigations led to the identification and arrest of his accomplices, namely:Emmanuel Owusu, alias Cassidy, Maxwell Gyimah, alias Nana Kwame, Sudais Oxford Ntiamoah, alias The Man Sudais and Rhano Okyere, alias Demon
These individuals were arrested from their hideouts within Atwima-Techiman and Denchemuoso.
However, one suspect, remains at large and efforts are underway to apprehend him and recover the weapons used in the robberies.
All five arrested suspects were arraigned before the Atasomanso Circuit Court on May 13, 2025.
They were remanded into police custody and are scheduled to reappear on June 4, 2025.
