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Member of Parliament for Ahanta West Constituency, Ebenezer Kojo Kum has been nominated to serve on the Community Parliament of ECOWAS. He will be serving with seven other Representatives of the Parliament of Ghana; Ama Pomaa Boateng, MP- Juaben Constituency, Wabab Wumbei Suhuyini, MP- Tolon, Collins Owusu Amankwa, MP-Manhyia North Constituency, Clement Kofi Humado, MP-Anlo constituency, Mahama Ayariga, MP-Bawku Central Constituency, Sampson Ahi, MP-Bodi Constituency; led by Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, MP-Sunyani East constituency. Parliament on Monday 23 December, 2019 passed a resolution, approving of the eight-member parliamentary representatives on the ECOWAS Parliament. This, will be the first time, and much to a feat, a recognition of his [Ebenezer Kojo Kum] remarkable service in parliament and for the country, just within his first term in office as the parliamentary representative for Ahanta West. Each member shall by have a four year term, unless he/she ce...

Patnaya Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation committed to helping the less privileged, PATNAYA foundation yesterday donated assorted items to Children with special needs at the Aboom School for Special Needs of the Central Region. The items, which included; toiletries, bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil, drinks, boxes of tomatoes, Stationaries, washing powders, scrubbing brushes, mob bucket, sanitary pads and  among others, valued at GHC4,000.00 were donated to the management of the School as members of the Foundation also spent time playing with the children. Miss Portia Nana Yaa Cudjoe, the founder, said through the research of the Foundation, it found out that Aboom School for Special needs was consistently in dire need of the donated items and hence the decision to extend their helping hand to them. She said, the Foundation upon realising that the School was mainly for children special needs, the executives and members agreed also to spen...

The Western Region House of Chiefs is demanding the reinstatement of Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II, Paramount Chief for Sefwi-Anhwianso traditional area, as the Chair of the Governance and Development Committee of the National House of Chiefs. The Western Region House of Chiefs (WRHC) scorned that the removal of the embattled chief, is ‘an affront to the customary integrity of the Chieftancy Institution and natural justice’. In a press statement endorsed by the Acting Chair of the WRHC, Awulae Amihere Kpainyili III; Omanhen of the Nsein traditional area, Awulae Agyefi Kwame II; Paramount Chief for Essikado traditional area, Nana Kobina Nketsia V; Paramount Chief for Wassa Amenfi traditional area, Tetrete Okuamoah Sekyim II; Paramount Chief for Lower Dixcove traditional area, Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX; Paramount Chief for Mpohor traditional area, Osabarima Kwaw Entsie II; and Paramount for Gwira traditional area, Awulae Angama Tu- Agyan II, demanded that the Standing Committee of...

Southey Contracting, an industrial and engineering services company in Ghana’s upstream oil and gas sector, has extended some of the excitement of its Christmas package to pupils of the Sekondi School for the Deaf in the western region, with a donation of assorted provisions and food items. Southey Contracting Limited made the donation to the school in line with its policy of promoting good corporate neighborliness, and to show commitment to the development of the school.  The donation, which took place at the school’s premises was aimed at putting smiles on the faces of the pupils in the Christmas festive season. Speaking at the ceremony, Mrs. Favour Aflakpui, the Headmistress of the school commended Southey Contracting Limited for the donation and said the donation was timely and would help the pupils. She further appealed to the general public to put smiles on the faces of Children at Sekondi School for the Deaf by donating more Christmas items to them. ...

Journalists in the Western Region are to expect some incentive from the Ghana National Gas Company Limited to build their capacity in the oil and gas industry. This offer, according to the Head of Corporate Communications for Ghana National Gas Company Limited, Ernest Owusu Bempah will be in the form of scholarships. Addressing journalist in the Western Region over the weekend in a press soiree, Mr Owusu Bempah explained that the scholarship will offer beneficiaries to advance learning in the industry to enrich their reportage and career development. He added that management had already initiated deliberations into the subject and shall be concluded soon. Mr Owusu Bempah disclosed that the company is in talks with degree awarding institutions in Ghana to develop some program along the oil and gas sector to enhance knowledge in the media space. The media space was filled with some speculations of safety lapses with the 11 kilometer Ghana Gas – Karpowership pipeline pro...

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in collaboration with the Ghana National Fire Service in the Shama District has embarked on sensitization exercise to curb bush-fire and domestic fire accidents or disasters. The community outreach program drawn from the International Day for Disaster which was observed in October this year, was extended to Assokor Essaman a rural community in the Shama District of the Western Region. The rationale for this exercise, according to the District Coordinator for NADMO, Michael Nyan is to instill some best practices and attitudes in the citizenry on disaster control management, especially fire, as we get into the harmattan season. He indicated that, without a change in attitude, efforts by the organization and other stakeholders in the fight against bush and domestic fires and the preservation of the environment will be fruitless venture. Mr. Nyan stressed that the preventive approach taken by the organisation will rei...

The Kwesimintsim Government Hospital is a heavily attended health facility with over 7,000 OPD attendance every month. over 5,000 of these patients are admitted annually for treatment, with a record of over a thousand maternal health every year. The hospital serves residents of the Kwesimintsim Municipality and adjoining districts. Since the facility was upgraded from a polyclinic to a hospital, no major expansion works had been carried The hospital is the first point of call when accidents and other emergency cases occur on the main Kwesimintsim-Agona-Nkwanta highway.  However, the hospital has no accident and emergency block. All cases, including paediatrics, female ward and A&E are all attended to in one room. The hospital also lacks ambulance for referral cases. Various complaints of these challenges and more, facing the hospital have been ignored by both past and present governments. According to our source, is the full list of challenges confront...

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers Ghana (CCT-GH), have declared a strike over salary arrears. According to the teacher unions, the latest action which took effect on Monday, December 9, 2019, follows a series of engagements with the government on Legacy Arrears incurred between 2012 and 2016. The three unions in the jointly signed statement say the lack of adherence on the part of the government to these demands has necessitated the strike. They, therefore, directed all members to stay out of classrooms across the country in protests of the “sufferings” endured “as a result of the negligence.” “Primarily, we the unions were concerned with the payment of said arrears, because our checks revealed that the arrears had been verified and approved for payment by the Controller and Accountant General’s Internal Audit Unit about three weeks earlier. “However, we were informed that when t...

District Chief Executive for Shama, Joseph Amoah has assured of government’s commitment to get the 1.6 kilometer Nyankrom Junction-Nyankrom road project executed by 2020. According to him, government’s indebtedness to road contractors are being cleared to motivate them resume and complete all outstanding works initiated by the previous administration. Queen mother for Nyankrom who is also the Acting Paramount Queen mother of Shama Traditional Area, Nana Akosua Gyanfiaba ll at the 35th National Farmers’ Day Celebration threatened that the NPP government will have themselves to blame if they fail to fix the road. In a response, Mr. Amoah explained that the contractor, Messrs New Case Properties and Investments Limited has been invited by the Roads Ministry to process certificates for payments, and as such received word of assurance from the contractor of getting the project competed in the coming week. “He’s [contractor] given the assurance that, as soon as he’s g...

Overcoming the Habit of Delaying Important Tasks. It's Friday afternoon and the clock is ticking. You're working furiously to complete a task before the five o'clock deadline, while silently cursing yourself for not starting it sooner. How did this happen? What went wrong? Why did you lose your focus? Well, there were the hours that you spent re-reading emails and checking social media, the excessive "preparation," the coffee breaks, and the time spent on other tasks that you could have safely left for next week. Sound familiar? If so, you're not alone! Procrastination is a trap that many of us fall into. In fact, according to researcher and speaker Piers Steel , 95 percent of us procrastinate to some degree. While it may be comforting to know that you're not alone, it can be sobering to realize just how much it can hold you back. In this article, we look at why it happens, and we explore strategies for managing and prioriti...

The President has withdraw the December 17 national referendum which was meant to decide on an amendment of Article 55 (3) of the Constitution to enable political parties to sponsor candidates during local level elections. This was announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Sunday, December 1, 2019. As the referendum day drew closer, there was a noticeable split among major stakeholders and observers. Read Press Release below. The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called off the holding of the Referendum of 17th December, 2019, citing the lack of a broad, national consensus amongst key stakeholders and the populace. President Akufo-Addo has, thus, instructed the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama, MP, who is spearheading the process, on behalf of government, to abort the process, and see to the withdrawal of the bills for the amendment of the Constitution, both in re...