Tsatsu Tsikata as Minister of Justice and Fair Play
In the lead-up to the 2008 presidential run-off, when then-NDC flagbearer Prof. John Evans Atta-Mills promised to make a drastic reduction in fuel prices the topmost priority of his first 100 days in office, we promptly knew, intuitively, that such campaign promise, like coital sweet-nothings, had to be taken with the proverbial pinch of salt. Now, true to our suspicions, Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia – alias General Mosquito – the NDC general secretary, is telling the Ghanaian electorate that, in fact, the topmost priority of the Atta-Mills presidency, or administration, will be to speedily bump Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata out of the Nsawam Medium-Security Prison, where the former CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has been serving a 5-year prison term for unduly using his official and public position to benefit himself, his cronies and private business associates (See “NDC Dedicates Electoral Victory to Tsatsu” Ghanaweb.com 1/3/09).
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.
Victims of Keta tidal waves yet to receive help
Residents of Keta in the Volta Region who have been hit by tidal waves in the last week say they are yet to receive any assistance or relief items, despite claims by the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) that the organization has dispatched relief items to the area. Citi News reporters on the ground at Keta and surrounding areas discovered that most of the residents who have suffered losses as a result of the tidal waves have been going without shelter and food for days after the disaster.
