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  A 21-year-old trader who sodomised a seven-year-old girl at North Kaneshie in Accra has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Anuze Salifu, charged with defilement, denied the offence. However, after the trial, the court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, found Salifu guilty and sentenced him. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Agnes Boafo, the prosecutor, said the complainant was a trader residing at North Kaneshie, Accra with the victim and her other siblings. The prosecution said Salifu also lived a few meters away from the complainant’s house. It said on March 7, this year, the complainant left the victim and her brother in the care of their elder sister. Whiles the victim was playing with her brother, the prosecution said the brother left the house on the blind side of the victim. It said realising that her brother was not in the house, the victim decided to go and look for him. The prosecution said the victim saw her brother seated in fr...

The Mobile Money Agents Association, has called on agents across the country, to comply with the implementation of government’s 1.5%, which will take off on Sunday, May 1, 2022. In a statement issued on April 30, Association urged its members to continue to educate the general public on the new tax initiative as it will “help restore confidence in and continuous usage of the platform to facilitate all financial transactions”. The statement, which was issued by the Associations’ General Secretary, Evans Otumfou, further disclosed that, deposits, withdrawals/cashouts and savings on momo wallets will not be affected by the new tax policy. The Association also reiterated that, “agents have no hand in e-levy charges or collection hence customers are not to pay any e-levy charges to Agents”. “Management highly appreciates the long standing challenges facing Agents in the business and would take steps at remedying as soon as discussions on e-levy settle. We call on Government to intensify edu...

  30 years after Ghana decided to adopt the democratic system of government, President Nana Akufo-Addo says it’s been the country’s best decision so far. On April 28, 1992, the country went to the polls to vote for democracy after the late president Jerry John Rawlings came into power through a coup in 1981. The results came out that the majority of the citizens wanted democracy, hence they voted in favor.The results were; 3,408,119 for the motion, and 272,855 against the motion, representing 92.59% and 7.41% respectively. Addressing the nation on the 30th anniversary of the referendum approving the 1992 Constitution, President Akufo-Addo said “3O years ago today, on the 20th of April 1992, Ghanaians took one of the most important decisions of our history. We went to the polls in a referendum to decide the nature of the future governance of our nation, whether to continue to live under military rule or to live under democratic rule. Indeed, prior to this, Ghana had sampled almost e...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), says it has readied itself for the implementation of the much-talked about E-levy starting this Sunday, May 1, 2022. It said it has put in place adequate measures to ensure the smooth take off of the new tax. It said it has broadly consulted all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the collection of the E-levy commences on Sunday May 1, 2022 as earlier announced. “The Authority assures the general public that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure the smooth implementation of the Levy,” it said in a statement. “GRA has held several technical sessions and engagements with the various charging entities (Electronic Money Issuers, Banks, Payment Service Providers, and Specialized Deposit-taking Institutions) on the implementation of the E-Levy, with the aim of ensuring that the charging entities are in a position to implement the Levy by the due date,” it added.Earlier this week, the GRA said in a letter to Charging Entities that the implement...

  Former President John Mahama has challenged the Akufo-Addo government to prove him wrong by allowing an independent forensic audit into how COVID-19 funds were used. According to him, the government did not make prudent use of the funds it received to fight the pandemic. Speaking at the 4th Summit of the NDC Professional Forum in the Ashanti Region, Mahama said he stands by his claim that the government misused the Covid-19 funds by, among other things, using the money to finance the New Patriotic Party’s election 2020 campaign. “Parliament presented a motion to ask for a parliamentary investigation into how the COVID-19 funds were used. Who were those who threw out that motion? It was the NPP administration. The only way you can prove me wrong and say that that money was not used for election 2020 is to allow for an independent forensic audit into how the money we received during the COVID pandemic was used. Prove me wrong,” he threw the challenge.Meanwhile, Jonh Mahama has also...