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Major areas including Sawaba, Anloga Junction,Boukrom have been flooded, with a number of houses submerged following thursday night downpour in Kumasi. Some passengers had to alight from the vehicles they were in to walk through the flood waters in order to get to their homes. Other commuters are waiting for the flood waters to recede before they can continue the journey to their homes. No casualty has been reported yet, but many residents have lost their properties. SEEE PHOTOS Below: photo credit: modern Ghana

President Nana Akufo-Addo has sacked the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei and her two deputies – Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwah – from office. The dismissal comes after some aggrieved employees of the Electoral Commission (EC) last year petitioned the president to dismiss the Chairperson of the Commission, Charlotte Osei. The employees in a statement insisted Mrs. Osei should be impeached for among others, bringing the “Commission’s name into disrepute by single highhandedly petitioning EOCO on an alleged misappropriation of staff endowment fund for malicious reasons. ” They further revealed that following her appointment as EC Chair, Mrs. Osei “compromised the independence and neutrality of the Commission by arranging for 2015 V8 Land Cruiser with registration WR 2291-15 from the office of the President for use as official vehicle without going through the procurement process or recourse to the Commission.” Below are details of a statem...