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GES: Validate Your Image On Payslip This Month Or Lose August Salary

July 16, 2020 EDUCATION Comments Off on GES: Validate Your Image On Payslip This Month Or Lose August Salary

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah The Ghana Education Service has Issued a note to public Sector teachers to Validate their image on their electronic payslip page or lose their salaries beginning August 2020. This was after the Auditor General went on a payroll Audit in 2018 to get rid of Ghost …

OPERATIONS OF RENT CONTROL DEPARTMENT TO BE DIGITIZED, RENT ADVANCE TO BE ADDRESSED – VP BAWUMIA

July 15, 2020 POLITICS Comments Off on OPERATIONS OF RENT CONTROL DEPARTMENT TO BE DIGITIZED, RENT ADVANCE TO BE ADDRESSED – VP BAWUMIA

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Government is working on a number of initiatives to address the challenges affecting the provision of affordable housing and resolving matters involving rent, Vice President Bawumia has revealed. These measures include the design of a policy framework to address rental issues, and the submission …

Woyome Loses Again In African Human Rights Court

July 15, 2020 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Comments Off on Woyome Loses Again In African Human Rights Court

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR) based in Arusha, Tanzania, has dismissed a case brought before it by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome to halt the sale of his properties meant to offset the GH¢46 million he owes Ghana. In a unanimous decision held by a 10-member …

Woyome Loses Again In African Human Rights Court Story By Sefanam Agbobli / S.Agbobli@Theghanareport.Com On Jul 15, 2020 Share The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR) based in Arusha, Tanzania, has dismissed a case brought before it by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome to halt the sale of his properties meant to offset the GH¢46 million he owes Ghana. In a unanimous decision held by a 10-member panel of the court, it dismissed a review application filed by Mr. Woyome on the basis that he failed to introduce any convincing new evidence which was the legal requirement for review under Rule 67 of the ACHPR Rules. Review application On March 4, 2020, this year, Woyome filed the review application urging the court to depart from its previous decision delivered against him on June 28, 2019. Woyome argued then that Ghana had discriminated against him during legal proceedings to retrieve the GH¢46 million he had received unlawfully as judgment debt paid to him by the government. According to Mr. Woyome, the apex court in Ghana had unfairly treated him and violated his rights to non-discrimination during proceedings which culminated in him being ordered by the apex court of Ghana to refund the judgment debt. His case was, however, dismissed by the ACHPR on the basis that Ghana treated him fairly and equally before the law during those legal proceedings. The court held that there were no violation of his rights under the African Human Rights Charter. Apart from the review application, the businessman, Mr. Woyome also filed an application for provisional measure urging the court to halt the auctioning of his properties in Ghana until the final determination of his review application. No new evidence Explaining the reasons for dismissing the review application, the ACHPR said Mr Woyome produced a contract between Ghana and a company for the construction of stadiums for CAN 2008 as new evidence. However, the ACHPR held that the supposed new evidence introduced by Mr Woyome had no bearing on the court’s previous judgment which was the subject matter of the review application. “In light of the foregoing, the court finds that the supporting document adduced does not constitute new evidence which was not within the knowledge of the applicant (Woyome) at the time the initial judgment was delivered. “Therefore, the court dismisses the application for review and declares it inadmissible. Having found the application for review inadmissible, the request for provisional measures become moot,” the court held. Legal setbacks Mr. Woyome has suffered many legal setbacks in his quest to stop the enforcement of the Supreme Court’s judgment for him to refund the judgment debt unlawfully paid to him. Led by a Deputy Attorney-General, Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame, the State has successfully defended against any legal attempt by the businessman to ‘frustrate’ the enforcement of the judgment for him to refund the money. Recently, the Supreme Court dismissed Mr. Woyome’s application to pay the money in installments. The court held that Mr. Woyome had failed in the past to honour previous agreements for him to pay the money in installment. Background The Supreme Court, on July 29, 2014, ordered Mr. Woyome to refund GH¢51.2 million to the state on grounds that he got the money out of unconstitutional and invalid contracts between the state and Waterville Holdings Limited in 2006 for the construction of stadia for CAN 2008. It was the view of the court that the contracts upon which Mr Woyome made and received the claim were in contravention of Article 181 (5) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, which required such contracts to be laid before and approved by Parliament. The case leading to the Supreme Court decision was initiated by Mr Martin Amidu, the current Special Prosecutor, in his capacity as a citizen of Ghana. On March 1, 2016, Mr Woyome prayed the court to give him three years to pay back the money but the court declined to grant his wish. He, however, refunded GH¢4 million in November 2016 and an additional GH¢600,000 and promised to pay the outstanding balance by quarterly installments of GH¢5 million, commencing April 1, 2017. That did not materialise after the businessman initiated a litany of legal cases at the Supreme Court challenging the decision for him to pay the money or efforts to execute the judgment, all of which were dismissed.

July 15, 2020 POLITICS Comments Off on Woyome Loses Again In African Human Rights Court Story By Sefanam Agbobli / S.Agbobli@Theghanareport.Com On Jul 15, 2020 Share The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR) based in Arusha, Tanzania, has dismissed a case brought before it by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome to halt the sale of his properties meant to offset the GH¢46 million he owes Ghana. In a unanimous decision held by a 10-member panel of the court, it dismissed a review application filed by Mr. Woyome on the basis that he failed to introduce any convincing new evidence which was the legal requirement for review under Rule 67 of the ACHPR Rules. Review application On March 4, 2020, this year, Woyome filed the review application urging the court to depart from its previous decision delivered against him on June 28, 2019. Woyome argued then that Ghana had discriminated against him during legal proceedings to retrieve the GH¢46 million he had received unlawfully as judgment debt paid to him by the government. According to Mr. Woyome, the apex court in Ghana had unfairly treated him and violated his rights to non-discrimination during proceedings which culminated in him being ordered by the apex court of Ghana to refund the judgment debt. His case was, however, dismissed by the ACHPR on the basis that Ghana treated him fairly and equally before the law during those legal proceedings. The court held that there were no violation of his rights under the African Human Rights Charter. Apart from the review application, the businessman, Mr. Woyome also filed an application for provisional measure urging the court to halt the auctioning of his properties in Ghana until the final determination of his review application. No new evidence Explaining the reasons for dismissing the review application, the ACHPR said Mr Woyome produced a contract between Ghana and a company for the construction of stadiums for CAN 2008 as new evidence. However, the ACHPR held that the supposed new evidence introduced by Mr Woyome had no bearing on the court’s previous judgment which was the subject matter of the review application. “In light of the foregoing, the court finds that the supporting document adduced does not constitute new evidence which was not within the knowledge of the applicant (Woyome) at the time the initial judgment was delivered. “Therefore, the court dismisses the application for review and declares it inadmissible. Having found the application for review inadmissible, the request for provisional measures become moot,” the court held. Legal setbacks Mr. Woyome has suffered many legal setbacks in his quest to stop the enforcement of the Supreme Court’s judgment for him to refund the judgment debt unlawfully paid to him. Led by a Deputy Attorney-General, Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame, the State has successfully defended against any legal attempt by the businessman to ‘frustrate’ the enforcement of the judgment for him to refund the money. Recently, the Supreme Court dismissed Mr. Woyome’s application to pay the money in installments. The court held that Mr. Woyome had failed in the past to honour previous agreements for him to pay the money in installment. Background The Supreme Court, on July 29, 2014, ordered Mr. Woyome to refund GH¢51.2 million to the state on grounds that he got the money out of unconstitutional and invalid contracts between the state and Waterville Holdings Limited in 2006 for the construction of stadia for CAN 2008. It was the view of the court that the contracts upon which Mr Woyome made and received the claim were in contravention of Article 181 (5) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, which required such contracts to be laid before and approved by Parliament. The case leading to the Supreme Court decision was initiated by Mr Martin Amidu, the current Special Prosecutor, in his capacity as a citizen of Ghana. On March 1, 2016, Mr Woyome prayed the court to give him three years to pay back the money but the court declined to grant his wish. He, however, refunded GH¢4 million in November 2016 and an additional GH¢600,000 and promised to pay the outstanding balance by quarterly installments of GH¢5 million, commencing April 1, 2017. That did not materialise after the businessman initiated a litany of legal cases at the Supreme Court challenging the decision for him to pay the money or efforts to execute the judgment, all of which were dismissed.

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Right (ACHPR) based in Arusha, Tanzania, has dismissed a case brought before it by businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome to halt the sale of his properties meant to offset the GH¢46 million he owes Ghana. In a unanimous decision held …

Supreme Court’s decision on NDC-EC case ready

July 15, 2020 POLITICS Comments Off on Supreme Court’s decision on NDC-EC case ready

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Supreme Court of Ghana The Supreme Court’s (SC) full judgment, which unanimously gave the Electoral Commission (EC) the green light to commence compilation of a new Voters Register is ready. A source at the Court’s Registry said the entire judgment, which included its reasons, was ready and parties …

Voter registration: Greater Accra, Volta region top challenged cases

July 15, 2020 NEWS Comments Off on Voter registration: Greater Accra, Volta region top challenged cases

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Voter registration exercise The Greater Accra and the Volta regions have recorded the highest number of challenged cases, after the first two phases of the ongoing voters’ registration exercise ended on Saturday, data by the Electoral Commission (EC) has shown. The two regions witnessed a combined …

KNUST final Year student kills taxi driver over 1,200 Ghs

July 15, 2020 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Comments Off on KNUST final Year student kills taxi driver over 1,200 Ghs

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Information available to Mynewsghana.netindicates that a final Year student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has murdered a taxi driver, who happens to be his friend. Emmanuel Awuah who is reading Geological Engineering at the University murdered Thomas Kwame Danso for owing …

Ursula justifies decision to shut down 3 GBC Channels

July 15, 2020 NEWS Comments Off on Ursula justifies decision to shut down 3 GBC Channels

by;brightwebtv/nanaasarebarimah The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekufful, has justified the decision to shutdown three channels belonging to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GBC. The minister in a letter to the Director-General for the state broadcaster explained the move is to free up space on the DTT platform which she argues …

Government mismanaged Covid-19 response – Mahama

July 15, 2020 POLITICS Comments Off on Government mismanaged Covid-19 response – Mahama

By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah The flagbearer and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cited government for bungling up the national response to the coronavirus pandemic. John Dramani Mahama said increasing cases of community spread of the virus is attributable to the government’s response, which put other considerations …

6 busted over GH¢46.1 million bank fraud

July 15, 2020 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Comments Off on 6 busted over GH¢46.1 million bank fraud

By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah File photo Six people who allegedly hacked into a bank and attempted to transfer GH¢46, 129,473 to eight individuals in different banks have been arrested by the police. They are Hudu Abdul Mumuni, Emmanuel Adams, Moro Issah, Agbenu Fefous Chrissy, Sam Acquah, a former banker …