Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof Ivan Addae Mensah, is worried about the government’s approach to improving education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

The Emeritus Professor believes that building new facilities to accelerate education in these fields is not the panacea to the country’s low percentage of non-grammar-based human resources capacity.

“This is a typical example of how we start schemes just for its novelty without thinking of the implications,” he said on JoyNews‘ AM Show.

The Education Ministry has committed to erecting new structures across the country to encourage the training of students in STEM; this will help address the weak link that had existed since the introduction of the 1987 educational reforms that introduced the junior and senior high schools.

On the back of these, government has already announced the opening of six new STEM schools this year to improve the science to humanities ratio programme.

The schools include Abomosu STEM School, Kpasenkpe STEM School, Bosomtwe Girls STEM school, STEM Centre at Accra Senior High School and TVET School at East Legon.

Education Minister Yaw Adutwum said the government had commenced the development of 20 STEM centres and 10 model STEM Senior High Schools across the country, which were at various stages of completion.

But the former Vice-Chancellor believes though the intent may be valid, government is looking at the whole idea wrongly and not critically thought-through.

“Instead of investing in improving the quality in these schools, we are now going to start news schools from scratch without using the schools that already exist. We are going to build new structures so that we can show people that when we came, we built A, B, C, D schools called STEM schools,” Prof Addae Mensah lamented. The Professor explained that government will be doing the sector a great disservice if it continues to invest resources in additional structures rather than boosting the efficiency of the existing ones.

According to him, the nature of the equipment and consumables needed to run such institutions will make it economically inappropriate to disregard these alternatives.

“Pouring in more money when you cannot even equip those new structures. You may bring in new equipment, but with scientific equipment, a maximum of five years, they will become obsolete, and they have to be replaced. That is where the problem begins,” he said.

In his view, though the policy has already been outlined on paper, if its implementation is not tweaked in the direction of quality, the desired results may not be achieved.

“You can call me a naysayer, but I think that if we concentrate on the schools we have now and make them functional and produce quality, we will be doing far better.”

A Former General Secretary of the Christian Council, Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has asserted that the current curricular being used in the basic and senior high schools comprise some subjects that excite students without developing the moral and spiritual aspects of their lives.

He argued that the country has prioritised Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education with little attention given to the development of the moral fibre of the society, which he says is setting the stage for the training of “intelligent criminals” for the country.

“Somebody should tell the Minister of Education that science and technology alone do not build a society. You give science and technology education without moral and spiritual values, you are producing intelligent criminals,” he stated.

Speaking on Joy FM‘s Second Christian Forum, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alliance of Christian Advocacy-Africa stressed that most missionary schools are gradually losing their core duties of producing sought-after individuals in the society.

According to him, “that’s how we are having the kind of contracts our leaders are signing; that is why gradually we are pushing conduct and behaviour out of governance system and we don’t care.”

He mentioned that schools belonging to the church previously “had a philosophy that when you get a Ghanaian child, train the head, train the heart and train the hands.”

“Somebody must tell me the philosophy of education in this country beyond STEM. It is as if you give Ghanaian students Science, Technology and the new things they are talking about and you have solved every problem. I will tell you that education without moral and spiritual values, they are producing intelligent criminals and so far, I don’t know how many we have produced.”

In a message addressed to the Education Minister, Dr Opuni-Frimpong asked that the focus of education should be tailored towards the kind of knowledge which enhances moral formation.

He believes that will help to shape the products of various educational institutions by helping improve their morals.

Others on the panel included; the immediate past Presiding Bishop of the Full Gospel Church International, Bishop Samuel Noi Mensah and General Overseer, Solid Rock Chapel International, Rev. Dr. Christie Doh Tetteh.

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Three University Colleges are set to be awarded a Presidential Charter.

According to a statement issued by the Office of the President dated March 3, 2022, Methodist University College, Presbyterian University College and Catholic University College have been given the President’s approval to award degrees.

The statement signed by the Secretary of the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante urged the Ministry of Education to “please take the necessary steps to prepare their respective Presidential Charters for the signature of the President”.

In 2020, Pentecost University College in Accra and All Nations University College in Koforidua were given the approval to confer their own degrees and diplomas on graduates.

This followed a presentation of Presidential Charters to the two institutions by President Nana Akufo-Addo.

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Ghana has earned $6.55 billion in total petroleum receipts between 2011 and 2020, an ‘Assessment of the Management and Use of Ghana’s Petroleum Revenues (2011-2020) has revealed

Out of the amount, the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) has been allocated the highest amount of $2.6 billion (40 per cent) over the period.

This is followed by the Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation (GNPC), which has so far received $2.0 billion (30 per cent); the Ghana Stabilisation Fund (GSF), $1.39 billion (21 per cent); whereas the Ghana Heritage Fund (GHF) has received $586 million (9%) of the total amount.

This was contained in a report by the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) on oil revenues accruing to the country within the period under review and launched in Accra last Monday.

It, among other things, measured the impact of petroleum revenues on the socio-economy and the real sectors of the economy.

It said the ABFA had been a critical financing source for the national budget.

“Nevertheless, while total benchmark revenue allocations to ABFA amounted to GH¢9.41 billion ($2.61 billion), allocations amounted to GH¢8.51 billion ($2.28 billion), with the balance swept into the Consolidated Fund under the government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy,” it said.

It explained that much as the ABFA investments had yielded some successes, its overall impact had been minimal, delayed, or negligible.

At the launch, the Chairman of PIAC, Prof. Kwame Adom-Frimpong, said since Ghana found oil in 2007, the desire of many stakeholders had been to avoid the oil resource curse and use it to transform the economy.

To achieve that, he said, measures were put in place by successive governments and other stakeholders drawing from experiences from countries such as Norway and Britain that had used the oil to improve the lives of their citizenry.

“It emerged that the resource curse could be avoided with strong institutions and well-established financial systems and long-term development plans.

“So, the launch of the assessment report is in fulfilment of our third mandate to provide independent assessment,” he said.

The Chairman for the occasion, Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, said 10 years was a time for introspection to see if the euphoria that characterised the discovery of oil was still with Ghanaians. 

“All of us must show interest in the work of PIAC. Let us come on board to help do a national conversation and celebrate where we ought to and have the courage to correct the wrongs. We should be good stewards,” he said

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The issue of prophecies, their potency and their importance has been a major news item since late last year until recently.

This was thanks to a Police directive cautioning Men of God against ‘doom prophecies,’ that is, prophecies that had the tendency of creating fear and panic or disturbing the public peace.

Whereas most traditional churches have backed the position of the Police, some Charismatic churches have kicked against the directive describing it among others as a move to gag the church and the word of God.

Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, a senior member of the Vatican, however, has spoken in support of the Police with the main reason that transition into a New Year should not be used to hype a sense of anxiety via doom prophecies but rather give hope to people.

“The end of year moment, you know again is a transition point, and it can be hyped up by a sense of anxiety about the future and all of that, but precisely, this is what is not supposed to be in the church, because the church is the place where people are assured of God’s closeness and presence.

“So people should be encouraged rather to hold the hand of God and hold on to it and step into the future, rather than be thrown into a frenzy of uncertainty, insecurity and therefore fear for which they need somebody to predict the future for them”, he stated in an interview with Accra-based Asaase Radio.

The Cardinal also tasked Ghana to take steps to regulate the work of some church leaders in order to weed out the deceitful and problematic ones among them.

He pointed Ghana in the direction of Rwanda where there are such regulations that church leaders needed to satisfy to lead a congregation.

The Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Ghana, Peter Appiah Turkson, has urged government to institute measures to rid the country’s religious landscape of deceit and criminal elements.

Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Asaase Radio, the religious leader underscored the relevance of churches in nation-building and called on authorities to ensure that the church is devoid of unhealthy norms that undermine its integrity.

He, therefore, tasked the relevant stakeholders to draw inspiration from countries like Rwanda in sanitising the conduct of churches across the country.

“I think probably we can also learn from Rwanda. In the case of Rwanda, the proliferation of all of these churches is also being brought under control; and I think there’s a law in Rwanda that says there are conditions that pastors or church founders must fulfil.

“At least some decent knowledge of the very books that you use for your church service which is the scriptures, this again is some kind of reductionist, reducing religion to just knowledge of the literature of the Bible and whatever, but essentially we need to find a way of curtailing all of these”, Cardinal Turkson admonished.

The comments from Peter Appiah Turkson were in connection with a recent directive from the Inspector General of Police (IGP), which barred churches from churning ‘doom prophecies’ during the 2021 watch night services, which could create fear and panic. In this regard, the police warned that “anybody found culpable will be put before the court.”

Following the directive, scores of Christians took to social media to express their views. While some welcomed the idea, a section of the Christian community criticised the IGP, accusing the police hierarchy of overstepping its bounds by trying to regulate ‘spiritual affairs’.

Amongst the dissident voices was the leader and founder of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie, who pooh-poohed the directive and indicated that he would prophesy publicly regardless of the IGP’s warning.

But speaking on the issue, the Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church lauded the police for the initiative, adding that the church must offer comfort and not fear.

“The end of year moment, you know again is a transition point, and it can be hyped up by a sense of anxiety about the future and all of that, but precisely, this is what is not supposed to be in the church, because the church is the place where people are assured of God’s closeness and presence.

“So people should be encouraged rather to hold the hand of God and hold on to it and step into the future, rather than be thrown into a frenzy of uncertainty, insecurity and therefore fear for which they need somebody to predict the future for them”, he stated.

The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), Most Reverend Philip Naameh, has reiterated the need for political parties to focus on the common good of the people instead of serving partisan interests.

“The current political environment I would say is problematic. First of all, it appears to be departing from the tenets of democracy. If you look at what is happening in many aspects on the political front, it is very confrontational more than consensus-building. I think if you are talking about the service of the common good, this is not the way to go. Service of the common good has to engage people in the government, the opposition, the non-governmental organisations, the religious bodies,” he stated.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Most Rev. Naameh stated that “there should be a modality of frequently consulting all the stakeholders including the world of business. But we don’t see that. In fact, I would say the current politics is polarising the country, dividing the country.

“Our politicians behave as if everybody must be either NPP or NDC. And this is not the democratic culture. It is not sincerely a democratic culture,” he stated.

The full interview will be published in the January 15, 2022, edition of the Daily Graphic.

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Most Rev. Naameh said the tendency of political parties, especially the NPP and NDC, to cater for their foot soldiers and card bearing members, before turning to possible future voters, was not good.

“The NDC comes in and provides its own solutions and NPP comes in and comes up with new things. This culture of missing continuity is what is also damaging the country. They leave behind everything that the previous government has done. I mean this is not a democratic culture.

“This does not serve the common good. There’s nothing like an NPP Ghana. We are one Ghana neither is there anything like NDC Ghana. We have one Ghana. I think there must be a time to say that these people meant well. Let us put all that they did to good use for Ghanaians,” he stated.

Bishops’ silence

Touching on concerns about the seeming silence of the GCBC on current national issues as compared to the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Most Rev. Naameh admitted that the concerns could not be debated.

He, however, pointed out that in the periods that the GCBC was vociferous, it was during military regimes where the citizenry could not talk or were afraid to speak up.

“The Catholic Church and the Catholic Standard were the only voices for the people. There was a vacuum which we were filling. The media landscape has completely changed and I think Ghanaians should recognise that. There are many media companies who are reporting on a daily basis what is happening in the country,” he said.

Most Rev. Naameh, who is also the Catholic Archbishop of Tamale, however, expressed concern about the morality and ethics of the media.

“The media is everywhere and every small thing they are reporting but how are they reporting? That is what we are very concerned about now. And this communication of insult for example doesn’t go down well with us and this is what we take up now in our pastoral letters, in our communiqué and all of that, because this one, the others can’t do it. You will get media people coming and saying things with no ethical considerations and sometimes without even researching thoroughly on what they are putting out there,” he stressed.

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The former president of the Christian Council of Ghana Rev Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong has showered praises on the current Inspector General of Police IGP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare and his men for their immense contribution in reducing doom prophesies drastically.

The Reverend Minister believes that the drastic reduction of the supposed doom prophesies, is the result of The police regulations on doom prediction and for that reason must be commended.

In a phone interview with Christian Agyei Frimpong on Onua FM’s ‘Anigye Mmere’, The Man of God applauded the effort of the media, churches, Prophets, and all who helped in that cause.

“I commend the Police Service, the media, churches, and all who helped in reducing this menace.”

“In time past, some prophets predict rape on people, death on Kings, chief, celebrities and shooting incidents. To the extent of mentioning names of people who are not even Christians. In one instance some youth attacked a church because of this. All this has seen a significant reduction and the police must be praised for that.”

He further advised the IGP and the police service not to use their power to intimidate the clergy for political expediency.

He followed up with a word of caution to his fellow Pastors to desist from abusing people’s rights in the name of prophecies and strengthen their legal department.

“I’m pleading with the IGP not to abuse the law for people to say there’s religious persecution or be politically motivated against some particular clergy, if it gets to that stage, we’ll all fight with all our might.

“The police is not stopping anyone from prophesying, all they’re saying is don’t abuse it, because the same law that protects you and your ministry, also defends the dignity of the citizens.

“Also, churches must strengthen their legal department, to determine right from wrong legally, we shouldn’t take the people for granted,” he added.

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Executive Secretary Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, Reverend Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, has shot down assertions that the Church is under siege following the recent directive on prophecies by the Ghana Police Service.

The Police Service in two separate statements, within the space of two weeks, cautioned men of God to be wary of prophecies that could cause fear and panic amongst members of the society.

Citing the country’s laws, the initial statement said, “it is a crime for a person to publish or reproduce a statement, rumour or report which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public or to disturb the public peace, where that person has no evidence to prove that the statement, rumour or report is true.”

In the most recent statement, the police said men of God found to have acted in breach of the caution against doom prophecies will be hauled before the courts after they analyse videos in their possession.

“Following this initiative, multiple video footages have come to our attention regarding the communication of prophecies on the night of 31st December 2021.

“Police have begun analysing these videos to ascertain whether any of them is in breach of the laws of the country and anybody found culpable will be put before court,” part of the statement read.

The directive has sparked a debate with some individuals and clergymen suggesting that it is an attack on the Christian religion.

However, Reverend Dr. Opuni Frimpong disagrees.

He believes such directive from the police will rather help preachers of the Gospel refine their practice and be able to better serve its members and society at large.

“You can’t go round and say that young lady will be raped and you mention her name…. that somebody will be gunned down and in this case somebody’s husband, somebody’s father somebody’s son will be gunned down and you think in the name of God….in the name of spiritual gift, you are right…you cannot be right. Moving forward, I will like to recommend that the various faith-based organisations especially churches must strengthen our legal departments.

“Some of us have legal department attached to our various churches so that things that we have taken for granted over the years, we must know that moving forward, it’s not like somebody is persecuting us but the Police service and others are helping us refine our performance and serve our church members and others better. It is for our own good and it is for the glory of God and it will serve the Ghanaians public better,”

Reverend Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpng, Executive Director, Africa Alliance for Christian Advocacy (AACA) has rallied Church leaders and religious stakeholders to support the efforts of the Police to respond to religious excesses and others in the name of spiritual gifts and Prophesies.

  Misleading theologies and religious abuses in the name of Prophesies which created panic and fear in the public and threaten religious harmony has been a problem for sometime now and it was only prudent to support the Police who have initiated measures to forestall the unpleasant outcomes.

 “Over the years, in the name of religion some Human rights have been abused and we have found instances where specific names of key personalities had been mentioned to die within the year and therefroe we must as a key stakeholders in the religious domain support this novel effort of the Ghana Police Service without any doubt” he said.

  He reiterated that the Constitution which provides liberties for the church to operate freely without any hindrance or interference also guarantees the right to privacy to every Ghanain irrespective of creed or status and that must not be lost on religious leaders as they make preparations to usher in the new year with religious and spiritual activities.

 Speaking in an interview with the GNA on a recent statement by the Police on careless 31st Night Prophesies, Reverend Opuni-Frimpong, a former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana described the call by the Police as apt and a subtle reminder of that constitutional right within the existing framework of the laws of the country and nothing new and therefore imperative for all stakeholders to give maximum support”.

Some pastors and prophets in Ghana have become notorious for wild Prophesies and predictions including Prophesies which borders on the rights and security of persons, this phenomenon could be traced to the early part of 4th Republic where pastors began to give prophesies on which political party was ordained by God to win during elections and gradually escalated to the churches.

  On the concerns of others on why the Police had waited till now or not invited previous offenders, he indicated that “why we have waited till now is a legitimate question, but what is wrong yesterday is certainly not right today and it’s only prudent to implement measures to address it at a point”.

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• Ghana’s parliament is considering a bill before it requesting to make the practice of homosexuality illegal

• Rev. Opuni Frimpong says the bill speaks the mind of the larger population

• He says calls for its retraction will undermine the sanctity of marriage

Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa, has added his voice to the calls for parliament to approve the anti-LGBTQ bill before it.

According to the reverend minister, the bill is only a response to a wider pool of calls in the country to phase out any incidences of rallying for the acceptance of homosexual practices or for same sex relationships.

Speaking with GhanaWeb in a telephone interview, he urged parliament and especially those leading the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 to stay steadfast.

“We are urging the Speaker of Parliament, Members of Parliament and especially the sponsors of the bill to stay focused and ignore the pressure coming from groups especially those calling for a total withdrawal of the bill on the grounds that the bill is a response to a national cry,” he said.

Rev. Opuni Frimpong explained that the larger constituency of Ghana is in support of the bill but if there is the need to revisit portions of it to serve the interests of all, then that should be done.

He however said any attempt to completely shelve this bill will undermine the sanctity of marriage in the country.

“Ghanaians go for it. We have the National Chief Imam, who represents a constituency, calling for a legal legislation on LGBT. We have the Christian Council – and these are representatives of huge numbers of Ghanaians: Presbyterians, Methodists, E.P., Baptist, Anglican, we have iconic bishops, we have traditional leaders. So, these people representing various constituencies, calling for legislation, something to guide us and how do we respond to this global threat to marriage and family values knowing that we have our own traditions and culture?

“What we expect that when issues are before parliament, and they gazette, we expect dissenting views – you don’t expect everybody to say the same thing and agree to everything and therefore, if there are specific clauses that certain groups of interests: people expect that change this, tone this down, yes but to say that it must be totally withdrawn, then you leave us in a state of confusion, undermining matters of sanctity of marriage and family values,” he said.

The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 was laid in the House on Monday, August 2 and read for the first time.

They want the promotion, advocacy, funding, and acts of homosexuality to be criminalized in the country.

Meanwhile, 18 prominent people have rejected the proposed anti-gay bill in parliament.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will not fail Ghanaians by refusing to assent to the anti-LGBTQI+ bill should parliament pass it into law, a former General Secretary of the Christian Council, Dr. Kwabena Opuni Frimpong, has said.

The private members’ bill, which is in the works, is proposing a 10-year jail term for offenders, including promoters of any sexuality that falls within the LGBTQI+ spectrum other than between a man and a woman.

The 36-page bill, which is yet to be considered by parliament, seeks to unequivocally criminalise LGBTQI+ activities.

Among other things, it says people of the same sex who engage in sexual intercourse are “liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than seven hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than five thousand penalty units, or to a term of imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than five years or both.”

It covers any person who “holds out as a lesbian, a gay, a transgender, a transsexual, a queer, a pansexual, an ally, a non-binary or any other sexual or gender identity that is contrary to the binary categories of male and female.”

The legislators promoting the bill submitted a copy of the draft to the Speaker of Parliament on 29 June 2021.

The bill is not only targeting persons of LGBTQI+ orientation but also promoters of such a spectrum of sexuality.

For instance, it proposes that:

“A person who, by use of media, technological platform, technological account or any other means, produces, procures, markets, broadcasts, disseminates, publishes or distributes a material for purposes of promoting an activity prohibited under the Bill, or a person uses an electronic device, the Internet service, a film, or any other device capable of electronic storage or transmission to produce, procure, market, broadcast, disseminate, publishes or distribute a material for purposes of promoting an activity prohibited under the Bill, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years.”

Additionally, it suggests that persons who engage in any activity that “promotes, supports sympathy for or a change of public opinion towards an act prohibited under the Bill” be held liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years or not more than ten years.

It also wants all LGBTQ+ groups, societies, associations, clubs, and organisations disbanded.

Flouters of this section could face up to not less than six years or not more than ten years imprisonment.

However, a group of renowned Ghanaians in academia and other professions, including Mr. Akoto Ampaw, the lead counsel for President Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2021 election petition, recently sent a memorandum to parliament arguing that passing the bill would mean challenging Ghana’s 1992 Constitution.

The 18-page memorandum noted that “the proposers of this far-reaching claim have not provided any data or evidence to suggest that there is such a threat, beyond a resort to some dogmatic religious tenets and so-called Ghanaian family values.”

The opposers said: “Christ’s message was/is that we should love our neighbour and not be judgmental and promote the hate and bigotry that many self-styled Christians exhibit and seek to impose on Ghanaian society.”

They argued per Article 18 of the Constitution that Ghana is a secular democracy and “not a theocratic Christian or the Islamic Republic or an African traditional monarchy or chiefdom.”

“In other words, while it allows Christian, Islamic, African traditional and other religious beliefs and practices to exist in harmony with one another as fundamental rights, our Constitution rightfully forbids the imposition of a religious dogma, whether Christian or Islamic or traditional on Ghanaians.”

They cautioned the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs against creating a “society where the state, through legislation, imposes one view of ‘proper human sexual rights’.”

They also want the bill rejected.

Some critics have wondered if Mr. Akoto’s opposition to the bill is representative of the president’s stance on the matter.

However, Dr. Opuni Frimpong told Blessed Sogah in an interview on Class91.3FM’s 505 news programme on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, that: “I don’t have any good reason to doubt that the president will not assent to the bill if passed.”

“I have listened to him [president]; these issues have come again and again and he has explained, he has spoken in English and Twi that as long as he leads as president, he will never [let it happen]”.

“He [president] has said it again and again. This morning, one of the radio stations used the excuse that: ‘But, oh, one of the lawyers is the president’s lawyer’. That man [Akoto Ampaw] is a professional. He handles so many cases. He doesn’t only handle the case of the president. So, the impression people want us to believe is that ‘he’s the president’s lawyer, so, he’s speaking the mind of the president’ but “I don’t think that is the issue”, Dr Opuni Frimpong argued.

He said Mr. Ampaw is an independent Ghanaian and a professional, adding: “Individual, private people can go to him and he will still lead them to court.”

“So, the mere fact that he is or was the president’s lawyer yesterday, I don’t want to believe that, therefore, what he is for or against is what the president stands for or against.”

“So … I don’t have any reason to doubt that if parliament goes through the process and it happens that that law must be signed by the president, I don’t doubt that he will fail Ghanaians.”