The whereabouts of arrested television and radio host Blessed Godsbrain Smart, also known as Captain Smart, have been discovered.
He is seen behind bars at the GREDA Estate Police Station in Accra in a video released on social media by 3news.
Despite being granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday, the outspoken journalist was brought into arrest by the National Security on Wednesday.
Captain Smart and another radio host, Eric Daniels Dadzie Copperfield, are said to have failed to meet the bail term of GH50,000 with two sureties, according to reports.
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This came after Captain Smart was accused of extorting $10,000 and GH50,000 from a businessman, Ahmed Kwabena Nkrumah, after threatening to expose him (the businessman) for some shady activities at the Tema Port.
Captain Smart’s employer, Media General, revealed on Wednesday that they had no idea where he was when National Security detained him.
Since yesterday, the story has captivated the news, however he has now been found at the GREDA Estate Police Station.
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In other news, the National Lotteries Authority’s (NLA) Managing Director, Sammi Awuku, has stated that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a better manager of the local economy than the National Democratic Congress (NDC) (NDC).
On TV3’s New Day show on Thursday, February 3, he stated that the NPP is capable of ensuring that all critical economic indicators point in a favorable manner.
“We are better managers of the economy,” he told show host Johnnie Hughes , and added that “When it comes to the exchange rate we cannot be called incompetent.”
The former NPP National Youth Organizer also stated that since the Akufo-Addo administration entered office in 2017, a lot of programs have been implemented to help the country’s youth’s economic well-being.
“What I saw in 2026 is different from what I see now in 2022. In 2016the young people felt desolated, they felt disoriented , they felt dispirited and they felt disenchanted . Today what I see is, they see that some of their colleagues have gotten jobs , they are praying and pushing that it gets to their time.
“Even though Nana Addo and his administration haven’t provided jobs for every young Ghanaians, nobody can also tell me he doesn’t know one person who hasn’t been employed under this administration.
“So you can point to one person meaning that we have made progress however because of the backlog , if you had four hundred thousand people entering the job market every year calculate it form 2017 to even 2021 . The five years is giving 2million young people. 2 million young people absorbing them wont be easy.
“If you go to elsewhere, the government even guaranteed a loan for young people, if you go to India it similar, when yuou want to go into entreoprebuership. What the Akufo-Addo administration has started with with the 1D1F, we will start seeing results of it after three or four years.
“Why because at that time you will have a whole value chain of these entities, factories that will also help curb the rural urban migration.”
Source; www.ghgossip.com
