Irate Kyebi Zongo NDC Youth Vandalize Party Office Updated: 30 -Oct- 2014

Reports reaching GhNews indicates that irate Zongo Youth of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC ) in Kyebi have vandalized the Abuakwa South Constituency
Party office of the NDC . According to our correspondent Nana Adjei,
the incident took place around 08 :00 hours Thursday morning but the motive for the attack is not yet known . “ ..the Zongo Youth walked for almost a mile from the Zongo community to the Party office and as it stands now; the whole building has been destroyed . Office equipments and furniture was not spared either. This took place in the full glare of the public ," he narrated . “ But the reasons for which the youth would vent their spleen on their own party is yet to be known ,” he added. However, the Kyebi Police command has cordoned off the scene pending the commencement of investigations .
More details to follow .. .

Ghana is No. 1 ‘wee’ consumer in Africa – NACOB Officer. Update: 30-Oct-2014

An officer of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has stated that Ghana is the highest consumer of marijuana in Africa. He said the country is ranked 3rd in the
world. He added that Ghana's ranking was captured in a United Nations report a couple of years ago. Daniel Akwasi Amankwa, the Divisional Supervisor for Demand Education of NACOB, made this known at the opening of a two-day
forum on non-custodial sentencing in Ghana on Thursday, October 30.
The ceremony was held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).
Mr Amankwa was making a case for a drug court system in Ghana, stressing that the United States of America (USA), once a leading
consumer of drugs, has been successful in implementing that system. “Besides, there are over 20 countries including Australia and New Zealand which has adopted
the drug court system,” he said.
He advocated the piloting of that system in Ghana in order to reduce the high number of marijuana consumers in the country.

FPSO workers complain and lay down their tools 2014-10-30

Accra- the FPSO workers of MODEC Ghana Limited, the company that runs FPSO Kwame Nkrumah have laid down their working tools at the Jubilee fields, Talk of Ghana reports. This mean oil that was coming from the plant would not be coming anymore until the situation is resolved. The 40 workers who belong to the MODEC Ghana Local Workers Union say they are tired of poor working conditions as compared other
colleagues.  According to them, they are paid between Gh2, 500 to Gh3000 a month while their expatriate counterparts take an average of between $5,000 to
$10,000, a difference of about 800%. Secretary for the Workers’ Union, Eric Ofori told GhNews they are not resuming work until something positive is heard from their employers. “We are sitting down; we are not working
until our demands are met. We have resolved that we are not going to go back to work until our grievances are met,” Mr.
Ofori told Kwesi Aboagye.