President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Government is considering a complete lockdown of the country “in the coming” days.

As of the morning of 26 March 2020, a total of fifty-four (54) cases including three (3) deaths have been confirmed from the regular surveillance systems. All three (3) cases that unfortunately succumbed to the disease were aged and had underlying chronic medical conditions. All the other fifty-one (51) cases are well; fourteen (14) are being managed at home and the rest is responding well to treatment on admission in isolation. They are awaiting their test results and will be discharged when the results are negative.

In a meeting with the leadership of the Trade Unions Congress at the Jubilee House, the President said “People are talking now in Ghana about a lockdown. Majority of people who will be affected by decisions of that nature are the working people of our country.

The ordinary people of Ghana, they are the ones that will be most affected and it is important for us when we are taking these decisions to take into account their circumstances and conditions to lockdown Accra”.

He added that “What are the consequences, when we lockdown the country. A responsible government is required to look at all the implications before decisions are made and that is the exercise on which we are currently engaged and I am hoping that much sooner than later, we will come to an agreement within government as to what those measures are and then the Ghanaian people will be informed”.

Source:MyNewsGh

News reaching Phreshnewsgh is that, there is a serious conflict currently happening in yendi. There are recorded burning of houses and shooting of 4 people. 1 feared dead and 3 injured.
According to an eye withness the conflict is between Andanis and Abudus. It all started when the chief of sagnarigu a surbab of tamale came to pay homage to the regent of yana yakubu andani as part of preparation towards the performance of the funeral of the late yana.
So abudu were sitting by the road side started throwing stones at the chief and his followers. So they then also decided to retaliate and it then leads to shooting and destroying of houses.

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa has about three months to avoid possible jail time over the implementation of a 2017 court order.
That order was to implement a law that allows Ghanaians in the diaspora to vote without paying the price of an international transport fare.
When the EC Chair, appointed in July 2018, got ready to start this work, she formed a committee to examine the implementation of possibly the most difficult electoral task to date.
But it turns out, this committee is about to do a ‘difficult work’ already done twice.
Legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Ayenini, pointed this out on Joy News’ late evening analysis show PM Express.

There is a 2011 report that details a ‘comprehensive roadmap’ for ROPAL implementation and another report done by a consultant to the EC that ‘virtually’ recommended a similar roadmap, the lawyer explained to host Evans Mensah.
Justifying the latest EC committee on ROPAL, the EC Chair, Jean Mensa, said the 2011 committee’s work was to register Ghanaians working at embassies or on scholarships who are allowed to vote.
But this 2018 committee will mull over “whether or not it will be possible to implement” ROPAL in the next general elections in 2020.
Samson Lardy Anyenini said this explanation is a sign the EC does not read its own reports and laws.
He explained the 2011 work had nothing to do with registering anybody. That committee which included then EC commissioner Safo Kantanka, NDC heavyweight Hudu Yahya and NPP strategist Dan Botwe, drew a comprehensive roadmap for implementation, the lawyer explained.

Jean Mensa’s explanation, “I am sorry to say was complete untruth,” Samson Lardy, who obtained a Supreme Court judgment ordering the implementation, said. He explained, ROPAL was passed by Parliament in February 2006 after very extensive consultations in Ghana and abroad.
It took the EC five years to do another extensive consultation on implementation in 2011.
Another consultant has also drawn another roadmap, albeit similar and it has taken another eight more years to draw up another roadmap.
Surely, the court must be exasperated by the feet-dragging, the lawyer suggested and warned the EC chair of looming contempt of court.
The IGP has been found guilty of contempt over his failure to implement a court order.

Ghana’s number one police officer is awaiting his sentence. “They [the EC commissioners] should wait”, the legal practitioner warned. “I have no doubt that if they do not comply with the orders of the court, they are likely to face prison terms or a fine”, he said.
The EC has 68 more days to comply with the 2017 court order. But if the commission believes it can not, it must notify the court 30 days to the expiration of the January 2019 deadline.
If the court is convinced, a new deadline could be handed down as the 2006 law gets set to mark its 19th anniversary of non-implementation.

source:myjoyonline.com

The power outage is to enable ECG do some maintainance works

The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has announced to its customers and the general public that there would be an interruption in power supply, Today, in some parts of Accra.
The power outage according to them will begin from 9:00 in the morning through to 5:00 in the evening.
In a statement issued by the company yesterday, the step “Is to enable ECG to carry out its maintenance works to reinforce the network.”
Areas to be affected are: Pantang Dump Site, Abokobi and its environs, Kwabenya ACP, Aboum and surrounding areas, Little Roses, Redco Flats, Madina Zongo, Taifa Burkina, Mr. Adjei, Waikiki, Taifa Market and Taifa Station.
The exercise is expected to continue on Thursday, October 25 at other locations. The areas are; Ashongman, Dome Pillar 2, Kwabenya, Atomic Commission and Taifa Burkina.

The rest are; Ashaley Botwe Third Gate, Adenta SSNIIT Flats, Agbobga, NADMO Head Office; National Mosque, Roman Ridge; Teshie Market, Teshie Cluster of Schools, Adjorman and its surrounding areas.
The ECG expressed regrets over the inconvenience that would arise out of this exercise.
Meanwhile, some parts of Accra had been laden by a long and unannounced power outage, last Sunday.
Apparently, some maintenance work had been ongoing since October 19, 2018.