Accra, July 2, Ghanadot - Zuleka
Lorwia Boateng, Wife of former Information Minister, Stephen
Asamoah Boateng, has been granted bail to the tune of GHC
50,000 and two sureties to reappear in court on the 29th of
July, 2009.
She has also been ordered by the court to deposit her
passport at the court, apparently to ensure that she does
not sneak out of the country before her next appearance.
Mrs. Zuleka Boateng was charged on three counts:
intentionally assaulting a public officer, using abusive
words against a public officer and struggling with a public
official to take her passport from him.
Former Minister of parliamentary Affairs, Felix Owusu
Agyepong, Former Foreign Minister Osei Agyei,and Ceceilia
Dapaah, amongst others, thronged the Cocoa Affairs Court on
Thursday for solidarity with their
former colleague’s wife.
She was dragged to court following a dramatic occurrence
between her and some operatives of the Bureau of National
Investigations (BNI) at the Kotoka International Airport a
few weeks ago.
Asamoah Boateng and his family were on Sunday June 14,
traveling out of the country when their passports were
seized at the Kotoka International Airport by men who
claimed to be operatives of the BNI.
Opening her defence in court on Thursday, Zuleka Boateng
pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
Her Counsel, Peter Okudzeto explained that her client’s
action was in resistance to unknown people who approached
them and attempted to impede them from travelling. Her
lawyer, based on the explanation pleaded that her client be
admitted to bail.
Commentary, July 1, Ghanadot -
Adding value to African raw materials
enables importing countries to grow their industries,
financial and knowledge sectors while the African is
left with hoe in hand scratching the soils for minerals
and crop... even chicken scratch the soil. Little
ingenuity is needed in the scratch the soil model!
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Development and the holiday mentality Commentary, July 1, Ghanadot -
We celebrate our achievements to date with holidays. Thus,
today, July 1st, is our Republic Day. Then there is Independent
Day and the funeral days, not counting other celebrative days.
That must add up to a lot of non-working days in a year.
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Feature, July 1, Ghanadot - Marking 50th Anniversary
of public services workers in Ghana, Ghanadot’s Financial
and Economic Journalist, Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh takes a
look at some of the audit reports of the public sector in
Ghana ....More
