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DAILY ANALYST Wednesday, 15th September, 2021
Story: Kwamena Ananse
The mortal remains of
late Hajia Mariama
Bawumia, the mother
of Vice President,
Dr Alhai Mahamudu
Bawumia, were laid to rest in
accordance with Islamic doctrines
at Kperiga, Walewale in
the Northern East Region.
The 82-year-old died in Accra
on Monday, September 13,
2021, after battling ill health.
She was buried at a private
grave yesterday after the necessary
Islamic rites were done
by the National Chief Imam,
Sheik Osman Nuhu Sharubutu.
Two shots were fired
shortly after the burial as a
Bawumia’s mother laid to rest
sign of respect in line with the
customs and traditions of the
Mamprusi tribe.
Hajia Mariama is survived
by five children, all men.
Dignitaries from all walks
of lives including cabinet ministers,
Members of Parliament
(MPs), traditional leaders and
politicians thronged the family
house to participate in the
burial ceremony.
The Minority Leader, Haruna
Iddrisu, described the
late Hajia Mariama as a pillar
whose death has created a big
vacuum in society.
Tears flowed as relatives,
children, and fans took part in
the final funeral rites of the
late Mariama.
As a princess from the Kpasinkpe
traditional area who got
married into the royal family
of the Kperiga Paramountcy,
she stood for the interest of
women in her community, said
Haruna Asana another woman.
Bawumia’s family elders
have scheduled Thursday, September
16, 2021, for the three
days rites of the late mother
of the Vice President to be
observed.
I’ll recapture Wenchi seat in 2024
Story: George Obeng
An aspirant, vying
for the Wenchi
constituency Chairmanship
position
of the New Patriotic
Party (NPP), Mr Richard Kwadwo
Adu, has promised to ensure
the party recaptures the
parliamentary seat from the
National Democratic Congress
(NDC) in election 2024.
He said Wenchi still remained
a stronghold of the
NPP, despite its poor performance
in the parliamentary
ballot in the 2020 general
election.
In an interview with DAI-
LY Analyst at Wenchi in the
Bono Region, Mr Adu a former
Wenchi constituency youth
organiser of party said as a
traditional NPP seat, posterity
would not spare the party in
the constituency, strenuous
efforts was not made to regain
the seat.
Richard Kwadwo Adu, an aspirant vying for the
Mr Adu, also a former Assemblyman
for Ntoase Electoral
Area in the Wenchi Municipality
explained he had already
organised some NPP youth in
the area, working to identify
and help tackle the diverse
problems that led to the party’s
parliamentary defeat.
He said petty squabbles,
backbiting and internal wrangling
would only narrow the
fortunes of the NPP in Election
2024, hence the need for the
party supporters and delegates
to consider and ensure
that unifiers and people with
excellent human relations
were voted to occupy executive
positions.
“Politics is about numbers,
and we need young and energetic
people who could easily
interact with and sell the
ideologies and philosophies of
the party to the voting masses
to persuade and woo floating
voters to the NPP for an overwhelming
victory in 2024”, Mr
Adu said.
He explained President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
had laid a solid foundation
in national reconstruction processes
that had provided the
NPP with a sound and strong
political campaign message.
“So there would be no
justification for us, if we fail to
recapture the Wenchi constituency
seat and widen the voting
margin of the NPP in Election
2024. The only consolation we
can give the party for losing
the seat to the NDC is to get
it back and widen our votes,
which I strongly believe we
can easily do in 2024”, Mr Adu
said.
“I think we have to apologise
to President Akufo-Addo
and the entire leadership of
the NPP for the abysmal performance
in the parliamentary
elections, forge ahead in unity
and prove to the party that the
Wenchi seat is truly a traditional
seat of the NPP”.
Mr Adu underlined the need
for disgruntled members of the
NPP in the area to bury their
differences, stop any form of
blame game, and see themselves
as one people under a
‘great elephant’, ensure unity
of purpose for intensified campaign,
saying that remained
surest way the party could retain
political power and break
the eight-year circle.
Forgive Owusu Bempah
—Nigel Gaisie tells NPP
The founder and
head pastor of the
True Word Prophetic
Fire Ministry
and Prophetic Hill
Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie,
has asked the government to
temper justice with mercy in
its handling of the Head Pastor
of the Glorious Word Power
Ministries International, Rev.
Isaac Owusu Bempah, who
was arrested with four others
for allegedly assaulting some
police personnel.
Speaking on Accra-based
Okay FM, the controversial
preacher said the governing
New Patriotic Party ought to
be gracious and consider the
support it has received from
Rev. Bempah in the past.
“Considering what he has
done for them [NPP] to come
back to power, it cannot be
compared to the people whose
toes he may have stepped on.”
“If you weigh the two,
his positives outweigh the
negatives. He helped them
[NPP] win power… we cannot
underestimate the impact of
Owusu Bempah in the re-election
of Nana Akufo-Addo and
Bawumia,” Prophet Gaisie said.
Rev. Bempah was arrested
alongside four other suspects.
According to police, they
were arrested for creating and
circulating multiple videos
containing threats, and the
brandishing of a weapon, and
the assault of some police
personnel.
Two other suspects are said
to be on the run.
Controversy continued
when Rev. Bempah was arraigned
on Monday at a Circuit
Court in Accra.
Some of his church members
tried to stop journalists
from filming his arrival at the
court.
They also tried to stop the
media from entering the courtroom.
The Ghana Police Service
subsequently apologised to
journalists who were harassed.
Shortly after they were remanded
for a week to reappear
in Court on September 2021,
Rev. Owusu Bempah reported
sick and was sent to the Police
Hospital, where he was treated
and discharged after two hours
and sent back to cells.