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General News of Thursday, 22 March 2012

Source: myradiogoldlive.com

NDC executives to decide Kofi Adams fate today.

The executive committee of the ruling National Democratic Congress(NDC) will on Wednesday decide the fate of embattled Deputy National General Secretary of the, Kofi Adams.

Mr. Adams who also doubles as an aide to former president Rawlings has been cited in a plan aimed at running the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) down in the 2012 general elections.

He was reported by Tuesday’s(20th January) edition of the Ghanaian Lens to have vowed to ensure that the NDC loses the presidential polls.

This was revealed in an alleged phone conversation he had with the Executive Director of the Danquah Institute, Gabby Otchere-Darko, after the NDC Sunyani Congress held last year, where his boss’ wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, lost the party’s presidential slot to President John Mills.

The leaked tape which was aired first time on Radio Gold on Monday had a voice purportedly that of Mr Adams, saying he will do all he can to prevent President Mills from securing the mandate from Ghanaians for a second term.

But he subsequently denied that it wasn’t his voice that has been captured on the tape, thereby the Ghanaian Lens newspaper of doctoring the tape.

National Executive of the NDC have not taken kindly to the alleged comments made by Kofi Adams.

National Womens organizer of the party, Anita De-Souso in an interview with Radio Gold on Tuesday described Mr. Adams as the ‘’Judas of NDC’’.

Below is a transcription of the tape:

Adams: Atta Mills is not a person going to be president of this country after he finishes with first term. Whatever it takes for him to go to opposition we’ll do it.

Otchere-Darko: What I noticed was that the place was packed with observers

Adams: Yeah, yeah

Otchere-Darko: So the place was intimidating.

Adams: It was an intimidating tactics. The almost over 1000 observers were their people. They were using them to intimidate the delegates. They paid GhC 500 to every single delegate yesterday night.

Otchere-Darko: Wow... that’s a lot of money.

Adams: Yes, a lot of money... but those who bought into that promise will start biting their fingers from tomorrow. Anyway, extend my greetings to your uncle.

Otchere-Darko: By the way, what is the next move my brother?

Adams: When I come we’ll talk. I may arrange so we meet out of this country and talk more.

Otchere-Darko: No problem... I’m available so when you come back let’s talk. Well fought my brother. Brave.

Adams: Ok.

Source: Myradiogoldlive.com

Multimedia awarded gargantuan SSNIT contract?

Despite its feud with government, Myradiogoldlive.com has picked up indications that the Multimedia group has been awarded a contract running into several billions of Ghana cedis from state run Social Security and National Insurance Trust(SSNIT).

The contract according to sources will span for seven years and was approved by the Kwame Peprah led board which coincidentally has the Deputy minister of Finance, Fifi Kwetey as the chairman of the finance committee which approved the deal .

The Multimedia group, comprising of Joy fm, Adom fm, Asempa fm, Nhyira fm, Multi tv and other affiliates has in the past week been criticized by governments communication team of being biased and unfair towards them .

Government’s went ahead to officially announced that it will not partake in all programs run by media houses operating on the license of the Multimedia Company Limited.

A Deputy Information Minister, James Agyenim Boateng, told Radio Gold on Monday that the media group has been unfair to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

He said, “In the light of the large development on Asempa FM which led to a mob of NPP people led by Anthony Karbo storming the station, that incident for example did not find any space in the news bulletin of Joy FM and so by their conduct they have shown that they cannot be a fair party and neutral.

But when quizzed about the truth or otherwise of the alleged SSNIT contract giving to the Multimedia group on Radio Gold’s morning program(Power Drive) on Thursday, Mr. Kwetey said, ‘’the deal is based on pure commercial bases’’.