By Daniel Agbesi Latsu, GNA
Kadjebi (O/R), May 16, GNA – Proceedings of the Kadjebi District Assembly were nearly disrupted on Thursday, May 14, following the non-payment of subcommittee’s sitting allowances owed Assembly Members.
Tension flared shortly after the adoption of the previous minutes for discussion when Mr Philip Obornie, Assembly Member for the Dodo-Amanfrom North Electoral Area, demanded to know when the outstanding arrears would be paid.
In response, the Presiding Member (PM), Mr Anthony Ahiable, directed the question to the Kadjebi District Coordinating Director (DCD), Mr Innocent Komla Gavua.
Mr Gavua explained that the arrears had been processed and that Assembly Members could proceed to the District Finance Office to receive their payments.
However, the Assembly Member for the Freetown Electoral Area, Mr Stephen Afriyie, who was tasked by the PM to verify the claim, later reported to the House that the monies were not ready for disbursement.
The development infuriated members and nearly brought proceedings to a halt.
Mr Ahiable subsequently ordered that payments be made before the sitting could continue, stressing that Assembly Members deserved respect and should not be “treated as kids.”
The PM revealed that he personally spent close to GH¢8,000 while representing the Assembly at a workshop in Tamale and had still not been reimbursed.
He warned that the persistent delay in the payment of allowances and reimbursements to Assembly Members would no longer be tolerated.
Some members, who spoke to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after the sitting, expressed frustration over what they described as recurring delays in the payment of their entitlements, saying the situation negatively affected their official duties and morale.
The meeting later resumed after assurances were given that the matter would be addressed promptly.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Kenneth Odeng Adade
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Social Xenophobic Keta
Keta residents condemn Xenophobic attacks in South Africa
By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu, GNA
Keta (V/R), May 16, GNA-Some residents in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region, have expressed strong displeasure over recent xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals, including Ghanaians, in South Africa.
They described the violence as a violation of human rights and a betrayal of Pan-African solidarity.
Community members, traders, students, and opinion leaders who spoke to the Ghana News Agency condemned the attacks and called on the South African government to take immediate action to protect the lives, property, and dignity of all foreign nationals within its borders.
Mr Jonathan Dogbeda Akli, a businessman at Abor, in the Municipality, expressed outrage at the recurring nature of the violence and stated that it was troubling that a nation whose liberation from apartheid was supported by Africa was now turning against fellow Africans seeking better opportunities.
“It is very painful. South Africa fought for its freedom and Africa supported them. Today they are beating and killing our brothers and sisters. It is not right and it must stop,” he said.
He explained that the attacks were morally reprehensible and set a dangerous precedent at a time when regional integration and continental unity were being promoted under the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
He urged the African Union, Economic of West African States (ECOWAS), and the Ghana government to take a stronger diplomatic stand against South Africa and warned that silence would only embolden perpetrators and put more African lives at risk.
“All African citizens are troubled by the South African government’s weak response to the violence. A swift prosecution and severe punishment of perpetrators must urgently be implemented to stop the act. What of if other African countries decided to South African nationals in their countries.”
Madam Akpene Tetteh, a pupil teacher in Keta, called on the Ghana government to use its diplomatic channels to demand stronger protection for Ghanaian nationals in South Africa, and suggested a review of bilateral relations considering repeated failures to protect citizens abroad.
She appealed to Ghanaians in South Africa to remain vigilant, support one another, and report attacks to the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria, while expressing solidarity with those facing fear, displacement, and trauma as a result of the violence.
Other opinion leaders and elders in Keta have further called on African leaders to speak with one clear voice against xenophobia, stressing that Africa’s strength lay in unity and that attacks on fellow Africans undermined the dream of a united and prosperous continent.
GNA gathered that the Ghana government through the Foreign Ministry have made plans to evacuate some Ghanaian nationals in South Africa to safeguard their life.
GNA
Edited by: Maxwell Awumah/Kenneth Odeng Adade