A Deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem, (KEEA) Dr J.S. Annan, has advised his constituents to remain dedicated and loyal to enable him to champion the development of the municipality.
Addressing a meeting of members of the party at Komenda at the weekend, Dr Annan said they should not consider monetary gains as the best reward for voting for him and the National Democratic Congress but maintain their support for him and the party to ensure the improvement of their lives.
Dr Annan said the former NDC MP, Dr Ato Quarshie, did a lot for the area and that it was his turn now to continue.
He said it was being alleged that some of the party members were aligning themselves with an opposition party for monetary gains and asked them not to sell their conscience.
He reminded the people that premix fuel was solely meant for the fishing communities and not for businessmen and party gurus.
He said the NDC government under President Mills would ensure regular supply of premix to enable fishermen to receive the product to work and reduce poverty in the fishing communities.
Dr Annan said he had contacted a number of investors to set up agro-processing industries in the area to create jobs and help reduce poverty in the area.
He said his other priorities included improvement in the health delivery system and education.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
CAPE COAST, BONN IN PARTNERSHIP (PAGE 13)
THE Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, yesterday held discussions with the Minister of North-Rhine Westaphalia, Germany, over issues of economic co-operation.
The leader of the delegation and Minister for Inter-generational Affairs, Families, Women and Integration, Mr Armin Laschet, said the meeting followed a partnership agreement on co-operation and expansion of friendly relations.
Mr Laschet said the partnership was based on trust equality and mutual benefits in areas of economic co-operation, energy generation, science education, health care and pharmaceuticals, youth, athletics and culture.
He said even though the partnership was young, valuable structures had emerged.
Mr Laschet said the Ghanaian diasporan community in North Rhine-Westphalia had constituted itself as the Ghana Council, and that many institutions of civil society in North Rhine-Westphalia had joined together to create the Ghana Forum.
He said to strengthen that co-operation further, a joint internet platform was to be launched this year, adding that a partnership office was to be opened in Accra which could serve as an important point of contact.
Mr Laschet said they had also carried out numerous innovative projects in the various key areas, for example, in the fields of solar energy and health care.
He stated that Bonn and Cape Coast had decided to enter into partnership, the first of such in Africa, with the aim of promoting democracy, modernising administration, sustainable tourism and waste management.
Mr Laschet said an exchange programme had also been planned in the science sector, adding that a co-operation programme was currently being organised to benefit the University of Bonn, the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and the University of Cape Coast.
Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, for her part, said Cape Coast and Bonn shared a common historical experience as former capitals of their respective countries.
She expressed the hope that the relationship would cover areas especially in tourism and industry for the mutual benefit of the two cities.
The leader of the delegation and Minister for Inter-generational Affairs, Families, Women and Integration, Mr Armin Laschet, said the meeting followed a partnership agreement on co-operation and expansion of friendly relations.
Mr Laschet said the partnership was based on trust equality and mutual benefits in areas of economic co-operation, energy generation, science education, health care and pharmaceuticals, youth, athletics and culture.
He said even though the partnership was young, valuable structures had emerged.
Mr Laschet said the Ghanaian diasporan community in North Rhine-Westphalia had constituted itself as the Ghana Council, and that many institutions of civil society in North Rhine-Westphalia had joined together to create the Ghana Forum.
He said to strengthen that co-operation further, a joint internet platform was to be launched this year, adding that a partnership office was to be opened in Accra which could serve as an important point of contact.
Mr Laschet said they had also carried out numerous innovative projects in the various key areas, for example, in the fields of solar energy and health care.
He stated that Bonn and Cape Coast had decided to enter into partnership, the first of such in Africa, with the aim of promoting democracy, modernising administration, sustainable tourism and waste management.
Mr Laschet said an exchange programme had also been planned in the science sector, adding that a co-operation programme was currently being organised to benefit the University of Bonn, the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and the University of Cape Coast.
Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, for her part, said Cape Coast and Bonn shared a common historical experience as former capitals of their respective countries.
She expressed the hope that the relationship would cover areas especially in tourism and industry for the mutual benefit of the two cities.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
TWO ARRESTED OVER DEATH OF TEACHER (PAGE 35)
A Chief and another suspect have been arrested for the lynching of a 38-year old Mathematics tutor of the Aggrey Memorial Zion Senior High School in Cape Coast in strange circumstances.
The chief of Ohiaba, near Abakrampa, Nana Agyemang Badu, aka Nana Korsah, and one Kweku Swedru, the suspects, are in police custody.
Police sources said after having been mistaken for a thief, the deceased was taken to the palace of Nana Agyemang Badu, who handed him back to the mob which had brought him there. The mob then took him to the outskirts of the village and lynched him.
The sources said after killing the tutor, the mob hid the body in the bush, took it in the night and dumped it in the middle of the Cape Coast-Abakrampa-Assin Fosu road for vehicles to run over it.
The deceased, Andrews Arthur, was said to have gone to Brafo Yaw, near Cape Coast, on Saturday, May 23, 2009, to look for Joseph Kwesi Acquah, an auto electrician who was repairing his (deceased’s) car.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Central Regional Crime Officer, Chief Superintendent John Frederick Wilson, said Mr Arthur, who had not heard from Kweku Swedru for over four months after giving his car to him for repairs, decided to look for him.
He said Mr Arthur, upon arrival at the village, saw Kweku Swedru and enquired about his car.
He said immediately, Mr Swedru started shouting at the top of his voice claiming that Arthur was a thief.
Chief Superintendent Wilson said people who came around became incensed by Mr Swedru’s shouts, attacked Mr Arthur and after subjecting him to severe beatings, took him to the chief’s palace.
He said Nana Agyemang Badu left Mr Arthur to the mob, who took him to the outskirts of the village and lynched him.
He said the mob hid the body in the bush, took it in the night and dumped it in the middle of the Cape Coast-Abakrampa-Assin Fosu road.
Chief Superintendent Wilson said after a vehicle had run over the body, the incident was reported to the police and it was during investigations that the police were hinted about the lynching the previous day.
Superintendent Wilson said the suspects would be put before court soon.
The chief of Ohiaba, near Abakrampa, Nana Agyemang Badu, aka Nana Korsah, and one Kweku Swedru, the suspects, are in police custody.
Police sources said after having been mistaken for a thief, the deceased was taken to the palace of Nana Agyemang Badu, who handed him back to the mob which had brought him there. The mob then took him to the outskirts of the village and lynched him.
The sources said after killing the tutor, the mob hid the body in the bush, took it in the night and dumped it in the middle of the Cape Coast-Abakrampa-Assin Fosu road for vehicles to run over it.
The deceased, Andrews Arthur, was said to have gone to Brafo Yaw, near Cape Coast, on Saturday, May 23, 2009, to look for Joseph Kwesi Acquah, an auto electrician who was repairing his (deceased’s) car.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Central Regional Crime Officer, Chief Superintendent John Frederick Wilson, said Mr Arthur, who had not heard from Kweku Swedru for over four months after giving his car to him for repairs, decided to look for him.
He said Mr Arthur, upon arrival at the village, saw Kweku Swedru and enquired about his car.
He said immediately, Mr Swedru started shouting at the top of his voice claiming that Arthur was a thief.
Chief Superintendent Wilson said people who came around became incensed by Mr Swedru’s shouts, attacked Mr Arthur and after subjecting him to severe beatings, took him to the chief’s palace.
He said Nana Agyemang Badu left Mr Arthur to the mob, who took him to the outskirts of the village and lynched him.
He said the mob hid the body in the bush, took it in the night and dumped it in the middle of the Cape Coast-Abakrampa-Assin Fosu road.
Chief Superintendent Wilson said after a vehicle had run over the body, the incident was reported to the police and it was during investigations that the police were hinted about the lynching the previous day.
Superintendent Wilson said the suspects would be put before court soon.
Friday, June 5, 2009
DON'T FORCE STUDENTS BUY LECTURE PAPERS (PAGE 11)
THE Director of the Institute of Education of the University of Cape Coast, Professor James Opare, says it is unethical for tutors of Colleges of Education to modify their lectures into pamphlets and compel their students to buy them.
He said although tutors could give their students extra information, it was not professionally and academically proper to do so by printing them into pamphlets and forcing the students to buy them.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic at the first congregation of the Foso College of Education at Assin Foso at the weekend, Prof. Opare said tutors were permitted to modify and print their lectures into pamphlets after the Institute had assessed such documents and certified them to be useful to the students academic pursuits.
He emphasised that it was only when the Institute of Education gave the nod that such pamphlets could be prescribed and sold to students.
He, therefore, advised principals of colleges of education to discourage the practice which he said could generate into conflict of interest for both students and the academic staff.
Earlier in his welcoming address, the Principal of the college, Mr James B. K. Mensah, called on the UCC and the University of Education, Winneba, to reconsider the timing of the courses for the sandwich Master’s programmes which offered opportunities for tutors in the colleges to upgrade their skills and knowledge.
Mr Mensah explained that the timing could affect the management of the examinations in the colleges.
He urged the Institute of Education to clear the misconception amongst students who entered the colleges through the access programme.
Prof. Joseph Kingsley Aboagye, Director of the Institute of Educational Development and Extension of the University of Education, Winneba, said the university was redesigning its Master’s programmes in English, Mathematics and Science by Distance Education to enable more teachers to benefit from the programme.
The Assistant Executive Secretary of the National Council for Tertiary Education, Mr Alex Ansong, who deputised for the Executive Secretary, Mr Paul Effah, said the council had recommended a three-tier categorisation of tertiary education namely research institutions, degree-awarding institutions and colleges of education.
He said appropriate conditions of service commensurate with each category would be determined.
He said although tutors could give their students extra information, it was not professionally and academically proper to do so by printing them into pamphlets and forcing the students to buy them.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic at the first congregation of the Foso College of Education at Assin Foso at the weekend, Prof. Opare said tutors were permitted to modify and print their lectures into pamphlets after the Institute had assessed such documents and certified them to be useful to the students academic pursuits.
He emphasised that it was only when the Institute of Education gave the nod that such pamphlets could be prescribed and sold to students.
He, therefore, advised principals of colleges of education to discourage the practice which he said could generate into conflict of interest for both students and the academic staff.
Earlier in his welcoming address, the Principal of the college, Mr James B. K. Mensah, called on the UCC and the University of Education, Winneba, to reconsider the timing of the courses for the sandwich Master’s programmes which offered opportunities for tutors in the colleges to upgrade their skills and knowledge.
Mr Mensah explained that the timing could affect the management of the examinations in the colleges.
He urged the Institute of Education to clear the misconception amongst students who entered the colleges through the access programme.
Prof. Joseph Kingsley Aboagye, Director of the Institute of Educational Development and Extension of the University of Education, Winneba, said the university was redesigning its Master’s programmes in English, Mathematics and Science by Distance Education to enable more teachers to benefit from the programme.
The Assistant Executive Secretary of the National Council for Tertiary Education, Mr Alex Ansong, who deputised for the Executive Secretary, Mr Paul Effah, said the council had recommended a three-tier categorisation of tertiary education namely research institutions, degree-awarding institutions and colleges of education.
He said appropriate conditions of service commensurate with each category would be determined.
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