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  The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti Region, Dr Stephen Amoah, has said he was collaborating with the relevant agencies to set up a security task force to stop minors from patronising sports betting centres in his constituency. The move, he said, was to stop the increasing trend of young people becoming addicted to gambling at the expense of their education, and in the event resorting to stealing, to make them responsible citizens. Community engagement At a community engagement, Dr Amoah said he was also collaborating with the police to stop the use of unregistered motorbikes within the Nhyiaeso constituency. Already, he said 19 of such bike riders had been arrested and handed over to the police. The community engagement dubbed, “Community Connect, Accounting to the good people of Nhyiaeso”, took the MP to communities such as Sokoban, Apraman, Santasi, Timpon, Ahodwo, Daban, Kwadee Junction, among others. He reiterated his commitment...

  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo joined other world leaders on September 8 to extend their condolences to the United Kingdom over the passing of their longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. In a Facebook post, the president described her as “the rock that kept the organization [Commonwealth of Nations] sturdy and true to its positive beliefs”. Akufo-Addo also directed that the country’s flag be flown at half-mast beginning today Friday, September 9, 2022 for 7 days. Amidst the sorrowful moment, some social media users particularly on Facebook and Twitter have asked the president and the governing New Patriotic Party not to use the demise of the Queen to justify worsening economic situations. “Her death shouldn’t affect our economy ooo baba. We beg,” a Facebook user with the name Packson Kwesi Elikem wrote under the president’s post. “We are only hoping that our economic woes will not be blamed on the death of the Queen in the coming days,” another user added. On Twitte...