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Togbe Kofi Nyarku apologises to Della Sowah
Togbe Kofi Nyarku of Sovie has rendered an unqualified apology to Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpando, Hon Della Sowah for defamation of character and exposure to public harm.
Sometime in 2015, Della Sowah’s campaign manager in Sovie was murdered. Police during their investigations arrested a number of people including Togbe Kofi Nyarku also known as George Prika.
The murder led to a divided community. Togbe Prika blamed the MP for the area for their arrest and trial.
He wrongly accused her of being responsible for the divided community.
Togbe also wrongly accused Mrs.Sowah of installing a rival chief, Togbe Yaw Nyarku.
Della Sowah after defending herself for several years, took a bold step last year for a resolution of the issue, only for the Chief to repeat his allegations again to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives who paid a courtesy call on him.
According to Della Sowah that was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. She threatened legal action, leading to the Chief, rendering an unqualified apology.
In a letter of apology to the MP he stated “Since 2016 that I have been accusing you of being the brain behind the Sovie Chieftaincy issues for the first time you have officially written to me through your lawyers that you don’t have a hand in the Sovie Chieftaincy issue.”
He added, “For that matter, I am sincerely apologising to you through your lawyers, and I promise never to mention your name anywhere the Sovie Chieftaincy issue is concerned.”
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Richard Appiah, the footballer who killed two children and stored part of their bodies in a fridge at Abesim in the Bono Region in 2021 has been handed a lifetime sentence.
This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
