Ghana-US pact: No propaganda tonight – NDC to Akufo-Addo .

President Akufo-Addo

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has sent a note to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, begging him to this time around, not to engage in propaganda gimmicks as he speaks on the controversial Ghana-U.S. military agreement tonight.

In the view of the umbrella family, Ghanaians are so much eager to hear from the President speak on the said agreement and would therefore invited expect nothing but the truth.

“President Akufo-Addo should tonight be truthful with information about the Ghana-U.S. military deal because it concerns each and every individual in this country. We don’t want him to come and engage in the same propaganda gimmicks that his two ministers, Mustapha Hamid, Minister for Information and Dominic Nitiwul, Minister for Defense, have subjected the nation to”, General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah noted at a press briefing in Accra, Thursday afternoon.

He added ” We have come to a point where we all have to engage but we must engage based on facts and not propaganda at all. We must understand what the deal is that we are pushing the into and then based on that every citizen of Ghana will take a decision one way or the other”.

President Akufo-Addo is expected to address the nation tonight over the controversial military agreement between the Government of the Republic of Ghana and the Government of the United States of America which was ratified by Parliament on March 23, 2018.

It is not clear what the President is going to talk about besides what has been in the public domain by the Ministers of the Interior, Defense and Information, Ambrose Derry, Dominic Nitiwul and Mustapha Hamid respectively.

On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, thousands of Ghanaians from civil society organisations and opposition political parties walked through some principal streets of Accra to protest against the deal noting that per the terms of the agreement, the sovereignty of Ghanaians have been sold to the American Government.

Source :Adomonline

Indian boy body can produce light.

A 9-year-old boy from Kerala, in India, has become a social media sensation after videos of him lighting rechargeable LED light bulbs just by touching their electrical contacts with any part of his body went viral online.

Abu Thahir, who hails from Muhamma near Alappuzha, Kerala, discovered his unusual power only recently while returning home with his father after buying a rechargeable LED light bulb. His father, Nizar, who happens to be an electrician, told reporters that when he passed the light-bulb to his son, it just lit up in his hand.

At first, he thought it was some sort of prank, but then he noticed that the bulb lit up whenever the electrical contacts on its bottom touched any part of his son’s body.

Thahir’s aunt was so impressed by his “trick” that she filmed him lighting up the light bulb with her smartphone and shared it on social media.It quickly went viral and the family started receiving calls from reporters wanting to interview and film the boy. However, he apparently doesn’t care much for fame, and is reportedly a bit embarrassed about his celebrity status on Indian social media, which explains why there is currently no high-quality footage of him lighting up light bulbs.

Some sources speculate that another reason for the scarcity of video proof of Abu Thahir’s power is that it may be fake. None of the photos and videos I’ve seen show the boy’s entire body, so it is technically possible that low electrical current is made to enter his body and he only acts as a conductor. Other people are saying that the light-bulb itself could have been tampered with, that his electrician father may have installed a small battery inside it.

However, expert Joshy K Kuriakose told that the unusual phenomenon could also be caused by the high salt content in his body.

“People who sweat more usually have a high salt content in their body. If the level is unusually high,” Kuriakose said. The salt content increases the skin’s conductivity. This could explain why an LED bulbs lights up when pressed against Thahir’s body.”“If you connect the two leads of the rechargeable bulb with a wire, it will light up.

Thahir’s body it will light up. Thahir’s body is conducting electricity like a wire,” the expert added.Interestingly, 9-year-old Abu Thahir cannot light up any light bulb, only rechargeable LED bulbs. If he presses the two contacts on the bottom long enough, his whole body will allegedly begin to heat up.Nazir is really proud of his son’s power, calling it a gift from God. As for Thahir, he doesn’t mind being able to power up light bulbs, but he doesn’t like the fame that comes with his unusual ability.

He is currently lying low, preparing for the two school exams he has to take before the summer vacation.

source :Adomonline