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We must apologize or risk becoming Putin’s next target after Ukraine – Ablakwa
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has said immediate steps may have to be taken by government of Ghana to apologize to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to avoid risk of becoming Putin’s next target after Ukraine.
His comment comes on the back of a statement issued by the Russian embassy in Ghana which sought to distance the country from the skyrocketing prices of food products in Ghana.
By dint of the data put out by the embassy, Russia ranked 11th among countries that Ghana imported food and other agricultural products from.
Reacting to the development in a Facebook post, Ablakwa described the government’s blame of Russia as the cause of the country’s economic downturn as provocative.
According to him, the government has mismanaged the economy which has led it to seek an International Monetary Fund programme to restore it on to a path of progress.
The legislator stressed that Ghanaians ought to appeal to Putin, distancing the country from government’s propaganda that Russia is to be blamed for the economic crunch or risk becoming a target.
“The rate at which the Akufo-Addo government keeps provoking the Russian Embassy in Accra to incessantly issue statements distancing their country from Ghana’s mismanaged IMF economy, we may have to launch a special appeal to President Putin assuring him that majority of Ghanaians do not agree with our government’s propaganda, else we risk becoming Putin’s next target after Ukraine,” Ablakwa wrote on his timeline
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) says it will deploy teams of Public Health Officers, members of its Sanitation Taskforce, and labourers, including sweepers and janitors, across all sub-metros to support the third National Sanitation Day exercise.
It explained that these teams will be equipped with waste collection trucks, tippers, and other tools to help with desilting, refuse collection, and transporting waste to approved disposal sites.
The AMA reminded residents that failing to comply with the sanitation directive or refusing to participate in communal labour is an offence.
It said offenders risk a fine of up to 100 penalty units, imprisonment between 30 days and six months, or both, with repeat offenders liable to additional daily penalties.
It urged all residents, traders, transport operators, market women, shop owners, landlords, tenants, and businesses to actively participate in the exercise.
The AMA said it counts on everyone’s collective responsibility to keep Accra clean, liveable, and resilient, especially as the city approaches Christmas and the New Year.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The MP for Old Tafo, Vincent Assafuah, has criticised what he describes as an attempt by the President to influence the work of Parliament in the ongoing debate over the future of the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
On his facebook post in response to recent developments, Assafuah argued that those who previously claimed he did not understand the separation of powers must now reconsider their position.
He noted that the current situation shows the President trying to direct Parliamentarians on how to carry out their duties, a move he believes challenges the very principles those critics defended.
Assafuah urged the President to restrain the Deputy Attorney General, Justice Sai, following the widespread public backlash over moves linked to the possible scrapping of the OSP.
He stressed that the case currently before the court should be withdrawn, describing it as unnecessary.
He referenced Section 4 of the OSP Act, explaining that all prosecutions by the Office of the Special Prosecutor must be authorised by the Attorney General, whose powers he described as sacrosanct.
By: Jacob Aggrey
