The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has cautioned traders whose shops will be affected by the Kejetia Phase 2 Project that they will have themselves to blame if their goods are destroyed before Monday, March 15.
Ashanti Regional Minister-designate, Simon Osei-Mensah The Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) would soon mandate the police to conduct snap checks on commercial vehicles with the view to apprehending those on board without nose masks.
“It is an offence to get on board a commercial vehicle without a nose mask,” Mr. Simon Osei-Mensah, the Minister-designate for the Region, cautioned.
He advised commercial drivers not to pick passengers who were not wearing their nose masks, adding that acting contrary to the directives could come with punitive measures against offenders.
“We must be disciplined and adhere to the safety protocols as instituted by the government,” the Minister-designate told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in Kumasi, on the sidelines of the inauguration of some educational projects.
Troops chasing out illegal miners
Following reports that some military men from the Headquarters of the Central Command of the Ghana Army are protecting illegal mining operation of some Chinese nationals, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, according to information available to The Chronicle, has held an emergency durbar with personnel.
The durbar was to address media reports that suggested that some soldiers deployed to Tontokrom in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti region were protecting illegal miners.
A subsequent anonymous whatsApp message purportedly linked the Chief of Army Staff and General Officer Commanding (GOC) Central Command of the Ghana Army, Brigadier General Joseph Aduko Aphour as shareholders in the said galamsey activities.
Ashanti Regional Security Council issues strong warning to NDC protesters
Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has sounded caution to post-election protestors to desist from attacking government installations and public structures else their actions will be met with brute force to maintain law and order.
Chairman of Ashanti REGSEC Simon Osei Mensah explained the continuous protests led by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the region are part of their rights.
He, however, cautioned the supporters against burning car tyres on asphalted roads and pelting stones at public structures and security officials.
His caution comes in the wake of Sunday’s protests organised by the NDC as a mammoth crowd poured onto the streets of Kumasi.