“As I am speaking now, a Bill is ready to be laid before Parliament when parliament resumes next week,” he said to Citi News.

[contextly_sidebar id=”cx6ERWlCBdIf9hZu2GPruTQa5Ut7ipAK”]”It is only a matter of time that Parliament will come in and then pass the Bill into law. So that not only will Tamale and Cape Coast be technical universities just by executive fiat or instrument, but also by law. So it is a matter of time” he noted.

“Before any university comes into being, it has to be backed by law. The government first upgraded the six polytechnics into technical universities. Cape Coast and Tamale were not part of it. But the institutions do not come into being until an act of Parliament passes them.”

The Cape Coast and Tamale Polytechnics initially did not meet the 16 point criteria laid down for qualification for conversion, which assessed the varying levels of infrastructure and capacity.

After missing out, the two institutions complained to government and accused it of masterminding to get them out of the conversion.

Prof. Yankah acknowledged their complaints saying, “from a distance, you will appreciate their concerns. It will sound as if,  yes we were all made polytechnics but it looks like you are demoting us, you are taking us back to a place we were long ago.”

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By: Ann-Shirley Ziwu/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Government flew the amount to Brazil after what was described as player agitation and a boycott of training session ahead of the final match against Portugal.

The agitation led to the personal intervention of President John Dramani Mahama in assuring the team the monies were going to be paid ahead of Ghana’s decisive Group G game against Portugal.

On Tuesday 24th June, Mr. Joseph Yammin on Citi FM’s EyeWitness News announced that government was airlifting $3M cash to Brazil for the payment of the appearance fees of the players. [Click here for full story]

Responding to questions on the announcement of the decision to fly $3M cash to Brazil on a special edition of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana programme, Mr. Ankrah said, “that was very unfortunate.”

According to him the pressure from the players and Ghanaians on the delay in payment of the appearance fees caused Mr. Yammin to make the announcement.

“I don’t think that my deputy wanted to create chaos… All of us are humans and sometimes we crumble to pressure and the media is relentless and persistent. I think that out of that pressure he blurted it out.” he added.

The decision to airlift the money to the team gained global popularity among leading news brands in the world. The arrival of the amount was captured live on Brazilian television channel, Globo and there were even images of some of the Black Stars’ players holding their share of the appearance fees after collecting them.

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By: Mawuli Tsikata/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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Sports journalists in Ghana have been urged to pay attention to other sports on their media. 

Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Joseph Yammin who made the call also called for the promotion of the Ghanaian soccer leagues.

He believes the media attention given to foreign soccer at the expense of local content is to blame for the dwindling fortunes of sports in Ghana.

The Deputy Minister who was speaking at the launch of sports news portal, Allsports, in Accra urged Ghanaian sports journalists to explore the numerous opportunities presented by the fast growing subsector.

“Sports have come to stay with us and virtually taken our private and public lives. This therefore makes Sports Journalism a huge industry in the media sub-sector – hence the need for the exploration of all media platforms for the promotion of Sports. ”

Joseph Yammin, also wants sports editors to endeavour to put in place measures to reduce insults and hate speeches due to the passion attached to sports by Ghanaians.

The event was also attended by sports personalities including former Black Stars defender Samuel Johnson and former Ethiopian coach Sewnet Bishaw.

Source: Raw Gist

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