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£73m loan for Old Fadama relocation project missing - Zongo Minister

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Minister for Zongo and Inner City Development, has revealed that some monies allocated to the improvement of communities such as Old Fadama were misappropriated, a reason for the ill state of such communities. Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique, who was then the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing said, he signed a loan of £73 million in 2007 to relocate the Zongo community at Old Fadama to a new settlement at Adjen Kotoku in Ga West Municipal District. Describing the funds as ‘missing’, Alhaji Boniface questions what the money was used for as it could not be identified with any project. “In 2007, I signed a loan for £73 million to change this place and move the whole of this place to Adjen Kotoku… Where is the loan? We can’t trace it,” he stated while addressing Zongo dwellers at Old Fadama in Accra Wednesday. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Madina Constituency, decried how the Korle Lagoon Restoration project initiated under the Kufuor administra...
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The Black comedian who has become Japan’s ‘most unlikely’ star

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In a country like Japan where only about 1.3 percent of its population is made up of non-nationals and noted for “discriminating” against foreigners, every person of Black descent will undoubtedly struggle to survive. But a Black guy who finds himself in Japan has defied all odds to become one of the top rising comedy stars in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. 30-year-old Ike Nwala is a Nigerian-American who appears on TV almost every day. Just like all Japanese stars, Ike Nwala receives equal attention and treatment from fans and people he meets in his career as a comedian. As a member of popular comedy troupes, he performs live shows, does commercials and appears on variety shows as well. He recounts how his status as a Black makes him exceptional and how he eventually became a survivor among Japanese comedians. According to him, when he first started, it was little difficult but was encouraged to do more when he realised people were paying extra attention to him. He explains, “I wasn’...
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How a citizen journalist predicted a possible gas explosion at Atomic Junction

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Ghanaians were saddened as memories of June 3, 2015 twin disaster at Circle Goil filling station and the La gas explosion were rekindled when the Madina Atomic Junction gas explosion happened last Saturday night. At least seven persons have lost their lives and several others with various degrees of injuries, receiving medical attention at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. Experts, groups and individuals have called on authorities to take appropriate actions and be more critical with safety issues, in order to prevent future occurrence of such disasters. Government as usual, has promised to enforce stringent policies on the siting and operation of gas filling stations in the country and would not "tolerate arguments against proposed reforms particularly in the sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)". But it has emerged that, prior to the incident, a citizen journalist had alerted authorities on possible danger in relation to the siting of the two fuel stations and the envi...
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