The Ghana Police Service has projected to recruit 16,000 policemen between now and 2014 to strengthen the staff position of the service and enhance its operations.
The exercise will be transparent, based on qualification and the ability of applicants.
This forms part of the strategic plan launched by the Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, in May last year to strengthen the service.
The Director-General, Human Resource Development of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Dr P.A. Wiredu, made this known yesterday when he briefed the press on the current recruitment exercise in Cape Coast.
He said a temporary ban was placed on recruitment due to the accommodation challenges facing the service.
He said through government intervention, housing projects which were abandoned had been reactivated and that hopefully by the time the first batch of recruits passed out, most of the projects would be completed.
The Commanding Officer of Training at the National Police Training Schools, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr James Azumah Abass Abaah, said the exercise, which started in Accra last week, would be held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region next week.
He said many of those who qualified would be shortlisted and trimmed down through written examinations in dictation and comprehension and a due diligence to select the best among those shortlisted.
He advised applicants who did not receive their invitation letters to meet the selection team at the next selection centre to go through the selection process.
Mr Abaah advised prospective applicants not to pay money to anyone under the pretext of influencing the selection team.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
ASSEMBLY RECEIVES HEAVY EQUIPMENT (PAGE 35, DEC 13, 2010)
THE National Security Secretariat has presented heavy equipment to the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Assembly to enhance the district’s development programme.
The equipment comprises a grader, tipper truck, pay loader and a roller.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mrs Georgina Nkrumah Aboah, who inaugurated the equipment last Thursday, said a committee had been set up with an oversight responsibility under the district’s security council to ensure effective and efficient management of the equipment.
Mrs Nkrumah Aboah said rehabilitation works on the bridge at Kuntanase, which collapsed during the recent floods, would soon be completed to make the road accessible.
She said the assembly had awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of a number of feeder roads in the area.
The roads are Jamra-Towoboase, Brakwa-Ogonaso, Adumanu-Anhwiam and Asikuma-Abuakua.
Mrs Nkrumah Aboah said funds had also been made available for the reshaping and spot regravelling of the Odoben town, Breman Asikuma-Assin Manso, Breman Asikuma town roads as well as the Odoben-Kuntanase roads.
She advised the people to channel their grievances through the appropriate quarters for redress instead of embarking on demonstrations.
The DCE also urged the people to participate fully in the up-coming district assembly elections whilst advising candidates and their supporters to desist from actions that could mar the elections.
She commended the National Security Secretariat for providing the equipment, which she said, would go a long way to boost development in the district and nearby ones which would also benefit from the equipment.
The equipment comprises a grader, tipper truck, pay loader and a roller.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mrs Georgina Nkrumah Aboah, who inaugurated the equipment last Thursday, said a committee had been set up with an oversight responsibility under the district’s security council to ensure effective and efficient management of the equipment.
Mrs Nkrumah Aboah said rehabilitation works on the bridge at Kuntanase, which collapsed during the recent floods, would soon be completed to make the road accessible.
She said the assembly had awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of a number of feeder roads in the area.
The roads are Jamra-Towoboase, Brakwa-Ogonaso, Adumanu-Anhwiam and Asikuma-Abuakua.
Mrs Nkrumah Aboah said funds had also been made available for the reshaping and spot regravelling of the Odoben town, Breman Asikuma-Assin Manso, Breman Asikuma town roads as well as the Odoben-Kuntanase roads.
She advised the people to channel their grievances through the appropriate quarters for redress instead of embarking on demonstrations.
The DCE also urged the people to participate fully in the up-coming district assembly elections whilst advising candidates and their supporters to desist from actions that could mar the elections.
She commended the National Security Secretariat for providing the equipment, which she said, would go a long way to boost development in the district and nearby ones which would also benefit from the equipment.
Monday, December 6, 2010
PLUMBER INFLICTS WOUNDS ON RIVAL (MIRROR, DEC 4, 2010, PAG 35,)
From Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
FOR his extreme jealousy, Kojo Eyi, a 31-year-old plumber, is in the grip of the law for inflicting blade wounds on a man he suspected of having an affair with his ex-wife.
Eyi has been remanded by the Cape Coast Circuit Court One, presided over by Mr Samuel Asare Nyarkoh, to reappear on December 13, 2010 after pleading not guilty when he made his first appearance last Wednesday.
According to Chief Inspector Francis Kingsford Ockom, Eyi has three children with his ex-wife, Ewura Esi, who operates a chop bar at the Anaafo Market in Cape Coast.
Inspector Ockom said Mr Solomon Otoo Arthur, 38, was a Cleaner at the Ghana Commercial Bank, Cape Coast Main Branch and a regular customer of Ewura Esi.
He said on Sunday, November 28, this year, around 7.30 p.m., Arthur who lived at Abease, visited Ewura Esi and the sister, Aba Kakraba, in their house at Coronation, a suburb of Cape Coast.
Inspector Ockom said, whilst Arthur was in the house with Esi and the sister, the accused went there to visit the children.
He said the accused left the house without uttering a word and Mr Arthur also left the house later to his house.
Inspector Ockom said at about 8.30 p.m, whilst Mr Arthur was about to enter the bathroom to take his bath, he heard a knock at another entrance to the house and asked who was knocking.
He said Eyi suddenly entered and attacked Mr Arthur and inflicted multiple wounds on his face, neck, back and the left arm with a blade, accusing him of having an affair with his wife.
He said Arthur managed to escape to a nearby house and informed the inmates about his ordeal.
He said the inmates, who saw blood oozing from the several wounds inflicted on Mr Arthur, arrested Eyi and handed him over to the police.
The police issued Mr Arthur with a medical form to go to the hospital for treatment.
He said investigators, who visited the scene, retrieved two blades believed to have been used by Eyi for the dastardly act.
The Judge, however, urged the investigator to speed up his work for the court to take the necessary action.
FOR his extreme jealousy, Kojo Eyi, a 31-year-old plumber, is in the grip of the law for inflicting blade wounds on a man he suspected of having an affair with his ex-wife.
Eyi has been remanded by the Cape Coast Circuit Court One, presided over by Mr Samuel Asare Nyarkoh, to reappear on December 13, 2010 after pleading not guilty when he made his first appearance last Wednesday.
According to Chief Inspector Francis Kingsford Ockom, Eyi has three children with his ex-wife, Ewura Esi, who operates a chop bar at the Anaafo Market in Cape Coast.
Inspector Ockom said Mr Solomon Otoo Arthur, 38, was a Cleaner at the Ghana Commercial Bank, Cape Coast Main Branch and a regular customer of Ewura Esi.
He said on Sunday, November 28, this year, around 7.30 p.m., Arthur who lived at Abease, visited Ewura Esi and the sister, Aba Kakraba, in their house at Coronation, a suburb of Cape Coast.
Inspector Ockom said, whilst Arthur was in the house with Esi and the sister, the accused went there to visit the children.
He said the accused left the house without uttering a word and Mr Arthur also left the house later to his house.
Inspector Ockom said at about 8.30 p.m, whilst Mr Arthur was about to enter the bathroom to take his bath, he heard a knock at another entrance to the house and asked who was knocking.
He said Eyi suddenly entered and attacked Mr Arthur and inflicted multiple wounds on his face, neck, back and the left arm with a blade, accusing him of having an affair with his wife.
He said Arthur managed to escape to a nearby house and informed the inmates about his ordeal.
He said the inmates, who saw blood oozing from the several wounds inflicted on Mr Arthur, arrested Eyi and handed him over to the police.
The police issued Mr Arthur with a medical form to go to the hospital for treatment.
He said investigators, who visited the scene, retrieved two blades believed to have been used by Eyi for the dastardly act.
The Judge, however, urged the investigator to speed up his work for the court to take the necessary action.
ZOOMLION TO ESTABLISH COMPOSTING PLANT AT AGYEN (PAGE 38, DEC 6, 2010)
ZOOMLION Ghana Limited, a waste management company, is to establish a 300-tonne capacity sorting and composting plant at Agyen Kotoku, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region as part of its waste management improvement services in the country.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zoomlion, Mr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, made this known at a press briefing on the activities of the plant in Cape Coast.
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the plant was expected to be ready by February, 2011.
He said the country generated enough waste which could feed the plant to turn it into manure for agriculture.
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the company had also set up a subsidiary known as the Zoil Services to deal with oil spill due to the discovery and production of oil in the country.
The CEO said the company also intended to go into large scale agricultural venture to train the youth in agriculture under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) in agriculture (NYEP).
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the venture would provide employment for the youth who would pass out after their training under the NYEP.
On the promotion of waste management in the Central Region, he said a number of interventions had been introduced to address the situation.
The interventions include the introduction of “bola taxis” and the formation of clubs in basic schools in the region as well as eco- brigades to keep the coastal areas clean to boost tourism.
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the main challenges the company faced were irregular payment from clients, poor sanitary habits and sourcing funding.
He said the company was poised to make a major breakthrough in waste management in the country.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zoomlion, Mr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, made this known at a press briefing on the activities of the plant in Cape Coast.
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the plant was expected to be ready by February, 2011.
He said the country generated enough waste which could feed the plant to turn it into manure for agriculture.
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the company had also set up a subsidiary known as the Zoil Services to deal with oil spill due to the discovery and production of oil in the country.
The CEO said the company also intended to go into large scale agricultural venture to train the youth in agriculture under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) in agriculture (NYEP).
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the venture would provide employment for the youth who would pass out after their training under the NYEP.
On the promotion of waste management in the Central Region, he said a number of interventions had been introduced to address the situation.
The interventions include the introduction of “bola taxis” and the formation of clubs in basic schools in the region as well as eco- brigades to keep the coastal areas clean to boost tourism.
Mr Siaw Agyepong said the main challenges the company faced were irregular payment from clients, poor sanitary habits and sourcing funding.
He said the company was poised to make a major breakthrough in waste management in the country.
OBRAACHIRE TRAINING CENTRE TO REDUCE POVERTY (PAGE 38, DEC 6, 2010)
“If you want one year of prosperity for your community,grow only crops. If you want 10 years of prosperity, cultivate only trees. But if you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people,” so goes a Chinese saying.
Since the youth shall remain one of the greatest assets that any community can possess, there is the need to invest greatly in them for the sustainable development of society.
It is against this background that the Obrachire Skills Training Centre was established in January 2010 to alleviate rural poverty and youth unemployment by providing tuition-free market-driven vocational and technical skills training, as well as excellent job placement services.
The fast growing skills training project targets unemployed and underemployed youth at Obrachire and its surrounding communities in the Central Region, who failed to complete primary or secondary education to have access to vocational and technical education.
The trainees undergo six months intensive skills course in hair technology, baking and pastry arts, cookery and mobile phone repair technology.
As resources unfold, the centre will invest in other market-driven vocational and technical programmes of study, the next in line being batik tie-dye technology.
To ensure that students become responsible members of society and maintain their employment, trainees also undergo life skills, entrepreneurial skills and leadership training as core courses.
After successfully completing six months of study in a particular programme, the students serve as interns with top class business establishments for two months in order to gain rich job experience and make a smooth transition from school to work.
The centre is blessed with affable and passionate instructors and job placement experts who establish career paths for each student and work around the clock to secure good-paying jobs in line with the career goals of each student.
The Obrachire Skills Training Centre has great potential of becoming a springboard to financial freedom and dignity amongst the youth and is therefore, critical to family strengthening and community development.
So far, 21 inmates who have completed various training programmes are to undergo attachment whilst 21 others are being admitted.
At the launching of the first Students Representative Council Week celebration last Monday, the Director of the Centre, Mr Joseph Tetteh, said what was troubling was the fact that some members of the society had engaged themselves in all sorts of unimportant matters aimed at distracting the progress of the centre and holding back the community’s clock of development.
He appealed for support for the centre to provide skills for the youth in the area.
Since the youth shall remain one of the greatest assets that any community can possess, there is the need to invest greatly in them for the sustainable development of society.
It is against this background that the Obrachire Skills Training Centre was established in January 2010 to alleviate rural poverty and youth unemployment by providing tuition-free market-driven vocational and technical skills training, as well as excellent job placement services.
The fast growing skills training project targets unemployed and underemployed youth at Obrachire and its surrounding communities in the Central Region, who failed to complete primary or secondary education to have access to vocational and technical education.
The trainees undergo six months intensive skills course in hair technology, baking and pastry arts, cookery and mobile phone repair technology.
As resources unfold, the centre will invest in other market-driven vocational and technical programmes of study, the next in line being batik tie-dye technology.
To ensure that students become responsible members of society and maintain their employment, trainees also undergo life skills, entrepreneurial skills and leadership training as core courses.
After successfully completing six months of study in a particular programme, the students serve as interns with top class business establishments for two months in order to gain rich job experience and make a smooth transition from school to work.
The centre is blessed with affable and passionate instructors and job placement experts who establish career paths for each student and work around the clock to secure good-paying jobs in line with the career goals of each student.
The Obrachire Skills Training Centre has great potential of becoming a springboard to financial freedom and dignity amongst the youth and is therefore, critical to family strengthening and community development.
So far, 21 inmates who have completed various training programmes are to undergo attachment whilst 21 others are being admitted.
At the launching of the first Students Representative Council Week celebration last Monday, the Director of the Centre, Mr Joseph Tetteh, said what was troubling was the fact that some members of the society had engaged themselves in all sorts of unimportant matters aimed at distracting the progress of the centre and holding back the community’s clock of development.
He appealed for support for the centre to provide skills for the youth in the area.
ASEBU RELAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL FUND (PAGE 22, DEC 3, 2010)
THE Asebu Traditional Council has relaunched its education fund to promote education in the area.
The relaunch of the fund formed part of activities marking this year’s celebration of their annual Apayamkese festival, which has the theme: ”Celebrating the past to inspire the future. Education, the key to our development.”
Addressing a durbar of chiefs and people at Asebu last weekend, the Omanhene of the Traditional Area, Okatakyi Amanfi VII said the theme for the celebration was informed by the role of education towards development.
Okatakyi Amanfi said the collapse of the two fruit processing companies, L. Rose Limited and Fruit and Flavours Limited in the area had affected the ability of farmers to send their children to school.
He, therefore, appealed to indigenes and well wishers to assist by donating generously to sustain the fund.
The Omanhene also appealed to the government to rehabilitate roads in Asebu town as well as those in the area to enhance economic activities.
A lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Professor Nsiah Gyasi described the fund as a bold step that would help to stem the tide of high drop-out rate and teenage pregnancy in the area.
He advised the people against high funeral costs, which depleted their already meagre incomes.
The flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) in the 2008 election, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom pledged to donate GH¢50 each to 10 students in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District who would excel in the Basic Education Certificate Examination within the next five years.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr Anthony Christian Dadzie donated GH¢1,000 towards the fund, and Mr Kobina Arthur Kennedy donated GH¢1,000.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, who was represented by Mr Patrick Aniagyei, a Presidential Aid at the Central Regional Co-ordinating Council on behalf of the national Democratic Congress (NDC), presented GH¢500 to the fund whilst Mr Arthur Kennedy and Nana Ato Arthur, the immediate past Central Regional Minister on behalf of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, donated GH¢500 towards the fund.
The relaunch of the fund formed part of activities marking this year’s celebration of their annual Apayamkese festival, which has the theme: ”Celebrating the past to inspire the future. Education, the key to our development.”
Addressing a durbar of chiefs and people at Asebu last weekend, the Omanhene of the Traditional Area, Okatakyi Amanfi VII said the theme for the celebration was informed by the role of education towards development.
Okatakyi Amanfi said the collapse of the two fruit processing companies, L. Rose Limited and Fruit and Flavours Limited in the area had affected the ability of farmers to send their children to school.
He, therefore, appealed to indigenes and well wishers to assist by donating generously to sustain the fund.
The Omanhene also appealed to the government to rehabilitate roads in Asebu town as well as those in the area to enhance economic activities.
A lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Professor Nsiah Gyasi described the fund as a bold step that would help to stem the tide of high drop-out rate and teenage pregnancy in the area.
He advised the people against high funeral costs, which depleted their already meagre incomes.
The flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) in the 2008 election, Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom pledged to donate GH¢50 each to 10 students in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District who would excel in the Basic Education Certificate Examination within the next five years.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr Anthony Christian Dadzie donated GH¢1,000 towards the fund, and Mr Kobina Arthur Kennedy donated GH¢1,000.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, who was represented by Mr Patrick Aniagyei, a Presidential Aid at the Central Regional Co-ordinating Council on behalf of the national Democratic Congress (NDC), presented GH¢500 to the fund whilst Mr Arthur Kennedy and Nana Ato Arthur, the immediate past Central Regional Minister on behalf of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, donated GH¢500 towards the fund.
AHOMKA FM MAST COLLAPSES (PAGE 22, DEC 3, 2010)
GUSTS of rain last Sunday morning caused the collapse of an old antennae used by Ahomka FM, a private radio station on top of block three of the SSNIT Flats at Elmina.
Even though no one was injured in the incident, an Audi 80 car which was parked at the entrance was slightly dented as part of the collapsed antennae landed close to the vehicle hit it.
The operation of the FM station at the Flats had been challenged by the residents, due to the danger the erection of a mast in a residential area poses to lives and property.
Following a court’s ruling, the station relocated to Iture, near Elmina but the antennae was not dismantled.
A resident of Block three, who claimed anonymity, described the incident as a miraculous escape for a former resident who used to park his car at the spot where the collapsed antennae landed.
In a related development, residents of SSNIT Flats have appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana to pull down a concrete pole for streetlight between Block three and Block four which poses danger to lives.
The cement covering the iron rods has peeled off as a result of corrosion leaving it to stand precariously.
Even though no one was injured in the incident, an Audi 80 car which was parked at the entrance was slightly dented as part of the collapsed antennae landed close to the vehicle hit it.
The operation of the FM station at the Flats had been challenged by the residents, due to the danger the erection of a mast in a residential area poses to lives and property.
Following a court’s ruling, the station relocated to Iture, near Elmina but the antennae was not dismantled.
A resident of Block three, who claimed anonymity, described the incident as a miraculous escape for a former resident who used to park his car at the spot where the collapsed antennae landed.
In a related development, residents of SSNIT Flats have appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana to pull down a concrete pole for streetlight between Block three and Block four which poses danger to lives.
The cement covering the iron rods has peeled off as a result of corrosion leaving it to stand precariously.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
SET UP BODY ON ETHICS OF OPOMETRY PROFESSION (PAGE 35, DEC 2, 2010)
THE Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has called for the setting up of a qualified body to enforce the ethics of the optometry profession.
Mr Mahama said even though the profession had served the country in diverse ways in the healthcare delivery system, it was faced with challenges in its bid to offer quality services to the people.
Addressing the third induction ceremony for 105 newly qualified doctors of optometry from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 year groups to the Ghana Optometric Association, the Vice-President said the move would also help to weed out unqualified personnel from the system.
These were contained in a speech read on his behalf by Mr Steve Okrah, the Director at the Central Regional Co-ordinating Council at the auditorium of the School of Medical Sciences in Cape Coast.
Vice-President Mahama said the government would strive to ensure that the optometry profession was regulated to achieve its full potential in line with the “Better Ghana” agenda.
He said the nation should look forward to a greater opportunity for every Ghanaian to get access to comprehensive eye care services, eradication of preventable blindness, as well as all other provisions of the Vision 2020 in collaboration with all stakeholders in the eye care sector.
He pledged the government’s support for them to enable them to contribute their quota towards national development.
The Head of the Department of Optometry, Dr Alfred Owusu, reminded the participants that their induction imposed on them a sense of responsibility to conscientiously and honourably promote their profession with regard to highest standards of their practice, ethics and ideas in optometry.
The Vice Chancellor of UCC, Professor Naana Jane Opoku–Agyemang, admonished universities in the country to ensure closer collaboration for the optimum use of resources and equipment for the training of students.
At the ceremony during which the newly qualified doctors took their professional oath administered by a judge of the High Court, Osagyefo Agyemang-Badu II, the Dormaahene, Dr Anthony Kpetsey of the KNUST, took the Dr F.K. Morny Memorial Prize for the OD in Optometry Licenser Examination.
Dr Mary Anderson of the UCC was adjudged the best in ODs in 2008/2009 with Dr Michael Ntodie also of the UCC for 2009/2010. Dr Ernest Awiti Bafoe of KNUST for 2008/2009, whilst Dr Nartey Tawiah Emmanuel also of KNUST won the 2009/2010 awards.
On behalf of the newly qualified doctors, Dr Kpetsey called on the government to expedite action on their postings to district hospitals, salaries and provision of equipment for them to deliver.
Mr Mahama said even though the profession had served the country in diverse ways in the healthcare delivery system, it was faced with challenges in its bid to offer quality services to the people.
Addressing the third induction ceremony for 105 newly qualified doctors of optometry from the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for the 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 year groups to the Ghana Optometric Association, the Vice-President said the move would also help to weed out unqualified personnel from the system.
These were contained in a speech read on his behalf by Mr Steve Okrah, the Director at the Central Regional Co-ordinating Council at the auditorium of the School of Medical Sciences in Cape Coast.
Vice-President Mahama said the government would strive to ensure that the optometry profession was regulated to achieve its full potential in line with the “Better Ghana” agenda.
He said the nation should look forward to a greater opportunity for every Ghanaian to get access to comprehensive eye care services, eradication of preventable blindness, as well as all other provisions of the Vision 2020 in collaboration with all stakeholders in the eye care sector.
He pledged the government’s support for them to enable them to contribute their quota towards national development.
The Head of the Department of Optometry, Dr Alfred Owusu, reminded the participants that their induction imposed on them a sense of responsibility to conscientiously and honourably promote their profession with regard to highest standards of their practice, ethics and ideas in optometry.
The Vice Chancellor of UCC, Professor Naana Jane Opoku–Agyemang, admonished universities in the country to ensure closer collaboration for the optimum use of resources and equipment for the training of students.
At the ceremony during which the newly qualified doctors took their professional oath administered by a judge of the High Court, Osagyefo Agyemang-Badu II, the Dormaahene, Dr Anthony Kpetsey of the KNUST, took the Dr F.K. Morny Memorial Prize for the OD in Optometry Licenser Examination.
Dr Mary Anderson of the UCC was adjudged the best in ODs in 2008/2009 with Dr Michael Ntodie also of the UCC for 2009/2010. Dr Ernest Awiti Bafoe of KNUST for 2008/2009, whilst Dr Nartey Tawiah Emmanuel also of KNUST won the 2009/2010 awards.
On behalf of the newly qualified doctors, Dr Kpetsey called on the government to expedite action on their postings to district hospitals, salaries and provision of equipment for them to deliver.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
WOMAN ABANDONS CHILD IN BUSH (MIRROR, PAGE 34, NOV 20, 2010)
From Joe Okyere, Twifo Praso
The Twifo-Praso Police has mounted a search for Ama Teiku who lied to the husband that their two-year-old son was dead. Unknown to John Seidu, Ama had left the child in the bush for almost a week until a farmer chanced upon him.
The 35-year-old farmer, Mr Alfred Owusu, found the child from the tragic scene at the “Topp Plantation,” a suburb of Twifo-Praso in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region.
According to the police, the farmer said he was going to his farm that morning, November 1, 2010, when he heard the voice of a baby shouting mama, mama so he was initially scared but later gathered courage and went closer to the direction of the sound.
Mr Owusu stated that upon reaching the scene, he saw the child tied up with a string on both arms and legs lying in the bush helplessly.
According to the district police commander, DSP Cosmos Damoa, the child had been in the bush for close to a week which had made him malnourished and dehydrated due to his denial of food and water. The child had also developed sore at the back and around the head.
DSP Damoah said the father of the child was currently in police custody to help in investigations.
The police commander said Seidu told the police that his wife told him on phone that the child had died.
“I could not go there to see things for myself because I had not performed the marriage rites, which had brought some problems between Ama and I”, Seidu explained.
“We are entreating the mother of the child to report herself to the police and assist us in investigations,” DSP Damoah stated.
Meanwhile, Mrs Sarah Ampomah, the Nurses Manager at the Twifo-Praso Government Hospital, has assured that the child, now in the care of the hospital, is responding to treatment.
The Twifo-Praso Police has mounted a search for Ama Teiku who lied to the husband that their two-year-old son was dead. Unknown to John Seidu, Ama had left the child in the bush for almost a week until a farmer chanced upon him.
The 35-year-old farmer, Mr Alfred Owusu, found the child from the tragic scene at the “Topp Plantation,” a suburb of Twifo-Praso in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region.
According to the police, the farmer said he was going to his farm that morning, November 1, 2010, when he heard the voice of a baby shouting mama, mama so he was initially scared but later gathered courage and went closer to the direction of the sound.
Mr Owusu stated that upon reaching the scene, he saw the child tied up with a string on both arms and legs lying in the bush helplessly.
According to the district police commander, DSP Cosmos Damoa, the child had been in the bush for close to a week which had made him malnourished and dehydrated due to his denial of food and water. The child had also developed sore at the back and around the head.
DSP Damoah said the father of the child was currently in police custody to help in investigations.
The police commander said Seidu told the police that his wife told him on phone that the child had died.
“I could not go there to see things for myself because I had not performed the marriage rites, which had brought some problems between Ama and I”, Seidu explained.
“We are entreating the mother of the child to report herself to the police and assist us in investigations,” DSP Damoah stated.
Meanwhile, Mrs Sarah Ampomah, the Nurses Manager at the Twifo-Praso Government Hospital, has assured that the child, now in the care of the hospital, is responding to treatment.
INTRODUCE MORE LOCAL FOODS ON MENU (MIRROR, PAGE 39, NOV 20, 2010)
From Joe Okyere, Winneba
THE Head of Department of the Home Economics Education of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr. Phyllis Forster, has called on the hospitality and tourism industry to introduce local dishes into their menus for variety.
Dr. Forster said local dishes which were nutritious can compete with foreign dishes but had unfortunately been left out of the menus of hotels in the country.
She said her Department was prepared to show-case dishes and beverages that could be derived from local food commodities to the hotels and hospitality industry and urged them to take advantage of its efforts to promote food varieties.
At the annual Food Exhibition and Assessment of New Recipes of the Unit of Home Economics, Dr. Forster said the exhibition was the result of eight weeks experiments for the course of food product development, preservation and storage.
The exhibition show-cased recipes and beverages from the regions.
She said most local foodstuffs could be developed into nutritious dishes and beverages, the hospitality industry had relied on what she described as “the same old dishes”.
She said the Unit was prepared to share its experience with the hospitality and tourism industry to provide variety from local commodities to enrich their services.
Dr. Forster said the dishes and beverages could also help reduce the cost of the school feeding programme.
The Head of the Food and Nutrition Unit, Ms. Comfort Katumi Madah, urged students in second cycle institutions to take advantage of the exhibition to learn and try out their own recipes for their practical examinations.
The Head of the Faculty of Science, Dr, Mawudem Amedeker, commended the unit for its innovation and urged it to endeavour to revive local dishes and beverages which were facing extinction.
THE Head of Department of the Home Economics Education of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Dr. Phyllis Forster, has called on the hospitality and tourism industry to introduce local dishes into their menus for variety.
Dr. Forster said local dishes which were nutritious can compete with foreign dishes but had unfortunately been left out of the menus of hotels in the country.
She said her Department was prepared to show-case dishes and beverages that could be derived from local food commodities to the hotels and hospitality industry and urged them to take advantage of its efforts to promote food varieties.
At the annual Food Exhibition and Assessment of New Recipes of the Unit of Home Economics, Dr. Forster said the exhibition was the result of eight weeks experiments for the course of food product development, preservation and storage.
The exhibition show-cased recipes and beverages from the regions.
She said most local foodstuffs could be developed into nutritious dishes and beverages, the hospitality industry had relied on what she described as “the same old dishes”.
She said the Unit was prepared to share its experience with the hospitality and tourism industry to provide variety from local commodities to enrich their services.
Dr. Forster said the dishes and beverages could also help reduce the cost of the school feeding programme.
The Head of the Food and Nutrition Unit, Ms. Comfort Katumi Madah, urged students in second cycle institutions to take advantage of the exhibition to learn and try out their own recipes for their practical examinations.
The Head of the Faculty of Science, Dr, Mawudem Amedeker, commended the unit for its innovation and urged it to endeavour to revive local dishes and beverages which were facing extinction.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
CHIEF INSPECTOR DONATES TO SALTPOND POLICE STATION (PAGE 22, NOV 13, 2010)
CHIEF Inspector Patrick Yeboah of the Saltpond Police Command who returned from peace-keeping duties in Darfur, Sudan, has presented a counter to the Saltpond police as his widow’s mite towards equipping the police to be efficient in their work.
Making the presentation at Saltpond, Chief Inspector Yeboah said what served as a counter at the police station was an improvised one made up of two tables which had been nailed together, and that was hampering effective work at the station.
Saltpond served as the first capital of the then Gold Coast and the police station is believed to be one of the oldest in the country.
Chief Inspector Yeboah called on other police personnel who had the capacity to assist their colleagues to do so to enhance efficiency in the service.
He further called for public support and co-operation to enable the police to combat crime effectively.
The Saltpond District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Donkor, commended Chief Inspector Yeboah for the gesture.
He stressed that the police would not relent in its efforts to combat crime.
Making the presentation at Saltpond, Chief Inspector Yeboah said what served as a counter at the police station was an improvised one made up of two tables which had been nailed together, and that was hampering effective work at the station.
Saltpond served as the first capital of the then Gold Coast and the police station is believed to be one of the oldest in the country.
Chief Inspector Yeboah called on other police personnel who had the capacity to assist their colleagues to do so to enhance efficiency in the service.
He further called for public support and co-operation to enable the police to combat crime effectively.
The Saltpond District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Donkor, commended Chief Inspector Yeboah for the gesture.
He stressed that the police would not relent in its efforts to combat crime.
4.3 MILLION TO BE IMMUNISED (PAGE 22, NOV 13, 2010)
ABOUT 4.3 million children between the ages of nine months and 50 months are expected to be immunised under the Measles Supplementary Immunisation Activity (SIA) this year.
Within the same period, the beneficiaries will also be given a dose of vitamin A to protect their eyes.
The figure represents 17 per cent of the total national population.
The Central Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, Dr John Eleeza, made this known when he briefed journalists on the SIA mass immunisation campaign in Cape Coast.
Dr Eleeza said in 2000, the World Health Organisation, Africa Region, set a goal of 90 per cent reduction of measles deaths by 2009 compared to 2000.
Dr Eleeza said the decision was one of the targets of the millennium development goals.
He said the country had not recorded a single death of measles for the past eight years.
Dr Eleeza said measles is among the highest morbidity and mortality cases in the world and accounts for five per cent of the deaths of children under five years in Africa and 50 per cent of all vaccine preventable disease deaths.
He said the country was expected to reduce child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
According to him, the programme was aimed at ensuring routine immunisation, providing a second opportunity, effective surveillance system and improving case management.
Within the same period, the beneficiaries will also be given a dose of vitamin A to protect their eyes.
The figure represents 17 per cent of the total national population.
The Central Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, Dr John Eleeza, made this known when he briefed journalists on the SIA mass immunisation campaign in Cape Coast.
Dr Eleeza said in 2000, the World Health Organisation, Africa Region, set a goal of 90 per cent reduction of measles deaths by 2009 compared to 2000.
Dr Eleeza said the decision was one of the targets of the millennium development goals.
He said the country had not recorded a single death of measles for the past eight years.
Dr Eleeza said measles is among the highest morbidity and mortality cases in the world and accounts for five per cent of the deaths of children under five years in Africa and 50 per cent of all vaccine preventable disease deaths.
He said the country was expected to reduce child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
According to him, the programme was aimed at ensuring routine immunisation, providing a second opportunity, effective surveillance system and improving case management.
HELP IDENTIFY DEAD MALE ADULT (PAGE 22, NOV 13, 2010)
THE Saltpond Police Command has appealed to the general public to help in identifying a male adult who died in an accident between Antaadze and Essakyir Junction on the Accra-Cape Coast highway.
According to Chief Inspector Emmanuel Kwawu, the victim, about 35 years of age, was said to have boarded the Nissan Urvan bus with registration number CR 556 X at Kasoa.
He said the accident occurred at 7.30 p.m. on September 20, this year when the Urvan collided with a man diesel vehicle with registration number GR 7079 N loaded with copra from Ayinasi in the Western Region which was bound for Nigeria.
He said with the exception of the unidentified victim, the three others, including the urvan bus driver had been identified.
Chief Inspector Kwawu said the victim was wearing a pair of blue jeans and an ash T-shirt with the inscription “port wire goss” in front and “brewer” at the back.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to contact the Saltpond Police Command for identification and collection of the body.
According to Chief Inspector Emmanuel Kwawu, the victim, about 35 years of age, was said to have boarded the Nissan Urvan bus with registration number CR 556 X at Kasoa.
He said the accident occurred at 7.30 p.m. on September 20, this year when the Urvan collided with a man diesel vehicle with registration number GR 7079 N loaded with copra from Ayinasi in the Western Region which was bound for Nigeria.
He said with the exception of the unidentified victim, the three others, including the urvan bus driver had been identified.
Chief Inspector Kwawu said the victim was wearing a pair of blue jeans and an ash T-shirt with the inscription “port wire goss” in front and “brewer” at the back.
He, therefore, appealed to the public to contact the Saltpond Police Command for identification and collection of the body.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
ASSEMBLY SPONSORS 32 STUDENTS (PAGE 43, NOV 15, 2010)
THE Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly has paid fees totalling GH¢5,342.70 for 32 brilliant, needy students.
The beneficiaries included nine form one students and 23 continuing students who are under the assembly’s support programme.
New entrants to the various institutions are yet to be considered.
These were contained in the executive committee report delivered by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Reverend Veronica Essuman Nelson at the second ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the assembly.
Rev. Essuman Nelson, said the gesture formed part of measures to improve education in the municipality.
She said a number of educational facilities such as classrooms were being put in place whilst a list of deprived schools were to be considered.
Already, nine schools are benefiting from the programme.
Rev. Essuman Nelson called on parents, opinion leaders and other stakeholders to complement efforts of the government to make education accessible to children of school age.
On the Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, the MCE said, 93,931 clients had been registered with renewals at 13,775, whilst valid ID cards stood at 24,065.
She said for the assembly to improve its revenue base, it was implementing recommendations from the finance and administrative, and the revenue mobilisation subcommittees.
Rev. Essuman Nelson said the moves were aimed at sustaining the administrative machinery of the assembly and its development goals and advised the assembly members to ensure that they succeeded.
The beneficiaries included nine form one students and 23 continuing students who are under the assembly’s support programme.
New entrants to the various institutions are yet to be considered.
These were contained in the executive committee report delivered by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Reverend Veronica Essuman Nelson at the second ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the assembly.
Rev. Essuman Nelson, said the gesture formed part of measures to improve education in the municipality.
She said a number of educational facilities such as classrooms were being put in place whilst a list of deprived schools were to be considered.
Already, nine schools are benefiting from the programme.
Rev. Essuman Nelson called on parents, opinion leaders and other stakeholders to complement efforts of the government to make education accessible to children of school age.
On the Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, the MCE said, 93,931 clients had been registered with renewals at 13,775, whilst valid ID cards stood at 24,065.
She said for the assembly to improve its revenue base, it was implementing recommendations from the finance and administrative, and the revenue mobilisation subcommittees.
Rev. Essuman Nelson said the moves were aimed at sustaining the administrative machinery of the assembly and its development goals and advised the assembly members to ensure that they succeeded.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
OUTH REMINDED OF VALUE OF EDUCATION (PAGE 35, OCT 28, 2010)
THE Omanhene of the Breman Traditional Area in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District, Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VIII, has reminded the youth of the value of education and advised them to study hard and become useful citizens.
He urged them not to see material wealth as the standard for success.
Speaking at a durbar to climax this year’s Afahye festival of the chiefs and people of Breman Asikuma at the weekend, Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VIII said happiness lay not in the mere possession of money, but on one committing himself to honesty.
He used the occasion to launch a five-year strategic plan which places premium on education, health and agriculture, among others.
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu called on the government to improve the existing educational infrastructure, provision of accommodation for teachers and education in the area.
He further called for the rehabilitation of the Asikuma-Anyinabrim road to open up the area.
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu commended the government for the various interventions in the educational sector such as the introduction of the free school uniforms, exercise books and the School Feeding Programme to enhance enrolment.
The Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr Alexander Asum Ahensan, said the government had increased the Capitation Grant by 15 per cent.
He also commended the Omanhene for his foresight and efforts to develop the area, giving the assurance that the district would receive its fair share of development.
He urged them not to see material wealth as the standard for success.
Speaking at a durbar to climax this year’s Afahye festival of the chiefs and people of Breman Asikuma at the weekend, Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VIII said happiness lay not in the mere possession of money, but on one committing himself to honesty.
He used the occasion to launch a five-year strategic plan which places premium on education, health and agriculture, among others.
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu called on the government to improve the existing educational infrastructure, provision of accommodation for teachers and education in the area.
He further called for the rehabilitation of the Asikuma-Anyinabrim road to open up the area.
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu commended the government for the various interventions in the educational sector such as the introduction of the free school uniforms, exercise books and the School Feeding Programme to enhance enrolment.
The Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr Alexander Asum Ahensan, said the government had increased the Capitation Grant by 15 per cent.
He also commended the Omanhene for his foresight and efforts to develop the area, giving the assurance that the district would receive its fair share of development.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
$52,445,091 SPENT ON HIV/AIDS IN 2007 (PAGE 22, OCT 26, 2010)
MORE than $52,445,091 was spent on HIV AIDS related activities in Ghana for the year 2007.
The Dean of the School of Medical Sciences of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Amonoo-Koufi, announced this at an HIV AIDS stigmatisation reduction conference in Cape Coast.
The conference was organised by the UCC, University of Ghana, University of Education, Winneba and Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Professor Amonoo-Koufi said altogether, 40 per cent was spent on treatment and care with 35 per cent being spent on programme management and 12 per cent on prevention programmes.
He stated that spending on prevention decreased from 39 per cent in 2005 to 23 per cent in 2006 and 12 per cent in 2007, whilst spending on treatment increased from 17 per cent in 2005 to 22 per cent in 2006 and 40 per cent in 2007.
Prof. Amonoo-Koufi said that was against the background that prevention remained the cornerstone of the national strategy to overcome the epidemic.
He said stigmatisation, socio-cultural practices and attitudes of people had made persons living with HIV AIDS to hide their status thus hindering their chances of obtaining proper treatment.
Prof. Amonoo-Koufi said while educating people to avoid stigmatisation, it was important to increase the understanding of the general population on how the disease was contracted.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe in a speech read on her behalf, called for concerted efforts to reduce stigmatisation and discrimination.
She commended the collaborative institutions and the agencies for their role of increasing awareness on the disease.
The Dean of the School of Medical Sciences of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Amonoo-Koufi, announced this at an HIV AIDS stigmatisation reduction conference in Cape Coast.
The conference was organised by the UCC, University of Ghana, University of Education, Winneba and Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Professor Amonoo-Koufi said altogether, 40 per cent was spent on treatment and care with 35 per cent being spent on programme management and 12 per cent on prevention programmes.
He stated that spending on prevention decreased from 39 per cent in 2005 to 23 per cent in 2006 and 12 per cent in 2007, whilst spending on treatment increased from 17 per cent in 2005 to 22 per cent in 2006 and 40 per cent in 2007.
Prof. Amonoo-Koufi said that was against the background that prevention remained the cornerstone of the national strategy to overcome the epidemic.
He said stigmatisation, socio-cultural practices and attitudes of people had made persons living with HIV AIDS to hide their status thus hindering their chances of obtaining proper treatment.
Prof. Amonoo-Koufi said while educating people to avoid stigmatisation, it was important to increase the understanding of the general population on how the disease was contracted.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe in a speech read on her behalf, called for concerted efforts to reduce stigmatisation and discrimination.
She commended the collaborative institutions and the agencies for their role of increasing awareness on the disease.
Monday, October 25, 2010
WE'VE NEGLECTED MENTAL HEALTH — CHIEF BANDANA (PAGE 19, OCT 23, 2010)
THE President of the Ghana Medical Assistants Association (GMAA), Chief Imoro Bandana, has described mental health as the most neglected area of the health care system.
Chief Bandana said entities in the health delivery system had not shown any enthusiasm in mental health and that professionals in the system had the propensity to shun that speciality for various reasons including unattractive service conditions as well as stigma.
Speaking at the opening session of the 8th annual general meeting of the GMAA, Chief Bandana said as health professionals were calling on the public to desist from stigmatising mental illness, health assistants should themselves preach the concept of destigmatisation of mental health in terms of policy directives, interest, practice and political will.
The meeting is on the theme: “Mental health in the primary healthcare setting — The role of the medical assistant”.
He stressed the need to make the speciality more attractive to health professionals while policy directives should be made more friendly to the development of psychiatry.
He said while there were plans to turn most post-basic programmes in allied health fields into degree programmes, not much was heard about the intended degree programme for the medical assistant.
According to Chief Bandana, even the psychiatry programme for medical assistants which was initially intended as a degree programme had also not materialised.
He called for a regulatory body to prescribe standard of practice, training and professional development criteria for the group.
He further called for a downward review of the all-inclusive tariffs to ensure effective health care delivery in the rural areas.
The Deputy Director of the Central Regional Ghana Health Service, Nana Owusu Boampong, said without medical assistants, most rural communities would have been denied health services and that the mental health bill when passed would address the problem of mental health and issues affecting medical assistants.
The Human Resource Manager of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Appiah-Denkyira, said the Ghana Health Service was working out plans to assist medical assistants to offer quality health services to the people.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, in a speech read on her behalf by Mr Patrick Aniagyei, an Aide at the Central Regional Co-ordinating Council, called for concerted efforts to curb mental health challenges in the system.
The Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwasi Osei, said psychiatry should be integrated into the general hospitals to enable medical assistants to handle simple mental cases.
Chief Bandana said entities in the health delivery system had not shown any enthusiasm in mental health and that professionals in the system had the propensity to shun that speciality for various reasons including unattractive service conditions as well as stigma.
Speaking at the opening session of the 8th annual general meeting of the GMAA, Chief Bandana said as health professionals were calling on the public to desist from stigmatising mental illness, health assistants should themselves preach the concept of destigmatisation of mental health in terms of policy directives, interest, practice and political will.
The meeting is on the theme: “Mental health in the primary healthcare setting — The role of the medical assistant”.
He stressed the need to make the speciality more attractive to health professionals while policy directives should be made more friendly to the development of psychiatry.
He said while there were plans to turn most post-basic programmes in allied health fields into degree programmes, not much was heard about the intended degree programme for the medical assistant.
According to Chief Bandana, even the psychiatry programme for medical assistants which was initially intended as a degree programme had also not materialised.
He called for a regulatory body to prescribe standard of practice, training and professional development criteria for the group.
He further called for a downward review of the all-inclusive tariffs to ensure effective health care delivery in the rural areas.
The Deputy Director of the Central Regional Ghana Health Service, Nana Owusu Boampong, said without medical assistants, most rural communities would have been denied health services and that the mental health bill when passed would address the problem of mental health and issues affecting medical assistants.
The Human Resource Manager of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Appiah-Denkyira, said the Ghana Health Service was working out plans to assist medical assistants to offer quality health services to the people.
The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe, in a speech read on her behalf by Mr Patrick Aniagyei, an Aide at the Central Regional Co-ordinating Council, called for concerted efforts to curb mental health challenges in the system.
The Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwasi Osei, said psychiatry should be integrated into the general hospitals to enable medical assistants to handle simple mental cases.
Friday, October 22, 2010
13 SEERVICE PERSONS WITH FAKE DOCUMENTS ARRESTED (BACK PAGE, OCT 22, 2010)
THIRTEEN persons who allegedly used fake documents to enrol on the National Service Scheme in the Central Region have been handed over to the police.
Briefing the press in Cape Coast, the Central Regional Director of the National Service Secretariat, Nana Odiasempa Antwi, said the impersonators were arrested in Cape Coast, Agona Swedru and Breman Kuntanase between October 8 and October 20, this year.
Nana Antwi said one Ebenezer Eyiah Mensah, a teacher whose documents were found to have been falsified, had already appeared before a court and granted bail in the sum of GH¢1,000.00 to re-appear on October 29, 2010.
He said the mastermind behind the deals, who operates from the University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus, entered into an agreement with clients to pay GH¢70.00 out of the GH¢202.00 allowance paid to service personnel.
He advised service personnel to desist from seeking assistance from other persons and rather approach personnel at the Secretariat for assistance.
He also called on the Ghana Education Service to furnish the secretariat with data on teachers on study leave to enable the secretariat to monitor them.
He said 2,953 personnel out of 4,230 allocated to the region had so far been posted to various institutions and organisations in the region.
Briefing the press in Cape Coast, the Central Regional Director of the National Service Secretariat, Nana Odiasempa Antwi, said the impersonators were arrested in Cape Coast, Agona Swedru and Breman Kuntanase between October 8 and October 20, this year.
Nana Antwi said one Ebenezer Eyiah Mensah, a teacher whose documents were found to have been falsified, had already appeared before a court and granted bail in the sum of GH¢1,000.00 to re-appear on October 29, 2010.
He said the mastermind behind the deals, who operates from the University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus, entered into an agreement with clients to pay GH¢70.00 out of the GH¢202.00 allowance paid to service personnel.
He advised service personnel to desist from seeking assistance from other persons and rather approach personnel at the Secretariat for assistance.
He also called on the Ghana Education Service to furnish the secretariat with data on teachers on study leave to enable the secretariat to monitor them.
He said 2,953 personnel out of 4,230 allocated to the region had so far been posted to various institutions and organisations in the region.
BREMAN ASIKUMA GETS NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL (PAGE 22, OCT 22, 2010)
A PRIVATE Nurses’ Training School to train nurses in community health, health assistants and diploma in general nursing, has been established at Breman Asikuma in the Central Region.
The first batch of 250 students is expected to be enrolled in November, this year, to begin a two-year certificate programme in community health nursing, health assistants, clinical and a three-year diploma in general nursing.
At a ceremony to launch the school, the Christian School of Nursing, Mr Noah Kwesi Mends, the founder of the school said the National Accreditation Board had given accreditation for the establishment of the school.
Mr Mends said the school was being established in collaboration with a group from the European Union, and Aid N Action, a non-governmental organisation.
A member of the Nurses and Midwifery Council of Ghana, Ms Yvonne Hayfron said since public health training institutions were not adequate to train sufficient health personnel to meet the country’s demand, the private sector had a role to play to complement the government’s efforts.
Ms Hayfron called on the management of the school to ensure that students who would be trained at the school would be re-orientated with constant research and professional ethics to render quality health service to the populace.
The Nurse Manager of the Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Breman Asikuma, Ms Paulina Essuman, said the mission of the school was to educate professional nurses within a Christian environment with the requisite academic ability, professional competencies dedicated to the provision of high quality care to individuals, families and communities.
The Omanhene of the Breman Asikuma Traditional Area, Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VIII, who chaired the function, pledged his support for the school and said education and health were key to his development agenda.
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu said he had initiated a stakeholders forum to plan and strategise for the development of the area which cumulated in a five-year development plan, adding that the school would enhance the plan.
He commended the Church of Christ for its vision and said since chiefs were now striving to develop their areas, he would support the school to achieve its mission and vision.
The first batch of 250 students is expected to be enrolled in November, this year, to begin a two-year certificate programme in community health nursing, health assistants, clinical and a three-year diploma in general nursing.
At a ceremony to launch the school, the Christian School of Nursing, Mr Noah Kwesi Mends, the founder of the school said the National Accreditation Board had given accreditation for the establishment of the school.
Mr Mends said the school was being established in collaboration with a group from the European Union, and Aid N Action, a non-governmental organisation.
A member of the Nurses and Midwifery Council of Ghana, Ms Yvonne Hayfron said since public health training institutions were not adequate to train sufficient health personnel to meet the country’s demand, the private sector had a role to play to complement the government’s efforts.
Ms Hayfron called on the management of the school to ensure that students who would be trained at the school would be re-orientated with constant research and professional ethics to render quality health service to the populace.
The Nurse Manager of the Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Breman Asikuma, Ms Paulina Essuman, said the mission of the school was to educate professional nurses within a Christian environment with the requisite academic ability, professional competencies dedicated to the provision of high quality care to individuals, families and communities.
The Omanhene of the Breman Asikuma Traditional Area, Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu VIII, who chaired the function, pledged his support for the school and said education and health were key to his development agenda.
Odeefo Amoakwa Buadu said he had initiated a stakeholders forum to plan and strategise for the development of the area which cumulated in a five-year development plan, adding that the school would enhance the plan.
He commended the Church of Christ for its vision and said since chiefs were now striving to develop their areas, he would support the school to achieve its mission and vision.
AKYIANU DONATES TO NDC (PAGE 13, OCT 22, 2010)
A LEADING member of the National Democratic Congress and Ghana’s Ambassador to Serbia, Mr Sam Vallis Akyianu, has provided free accommodation for the Cape Coast Constituency.
The facility used to be the dwelling place of Mr Akyianu’s late mother.
Speaking at a ceremony at the presentation of the premises to the party on Wednesday, Mr Akyianu said the gesture was in fulfilment of her late mother’s commitment and loyalty to the President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills.
Mr Akyianu recalled her late mother’s desire to vote for and see Professor Mills becoming President before her death.
He said her mother dedicated herself to the party to the extent that she would never go to bed until he, Akyianu, had returned home each time he went on party assignment when he was the Central Regional Chairman of the NDC.
He said the party could use the facility as long it desired and until the time that it acquired a piece of land to build its own constituency offices.
He urged the party to make good use of the facility to enable the party to retain the seat and win the 2012 elections.
Mr Kwame Tabi Akyianu a member of the Akyianu family of Cape Coast pledged the support of the family for Professor Mills and the NDC and called on the supporters of the party to unite for victory in the 2012 elections.
The Chairman of the Cape Coast Constituency of the NDC, Mr Christian Elvis Amoasah, commended Mr Akyianu and his family for the gesture and promised to make good use of the facility to enable the party to retain power.
Mr Ricket Hagan, who donated four pick-ups for Professor Mills’ 2008 campaign, promised to provide furniture for the office to enhance operations of the party.
Mr Justice Boison, an NDC activist in the Central Region, also promised to provide furniture for the office.
The facility used to be the dwelling place of Mr Akyianu’s late mother.
Speaking at a ceremony at the presentation of the premises to the party on Wednesday, Mr Akyianu said the gesture was in fulfilment of her late mother’s commitment and loyalty to the President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills.
Mr Akyianu recalled her late mother’s desire to vote for and see Professor Mills becoming President before her death.
He said her mother dedicated herself to the party to the extent that she would never go to bed until he, Akyianu, had returned home each time he went on party assignment when he was the Central Regional Chairman of the NDC.
He said the party could use the facility as long it desired and until the time that it acquired a piece of land to build its own constituency offices.
He urged the party to make good use of the facility to enable the party to retain the seat and win the 2012 elections.
Mr Kwame Tabi Akyianu a member of the Akyianu family of Cape Coast pledged the support of the family for Professor Mills and the NDC and called on the supporters of the party to unite for victory in the 2012 elections.
The Chairman of the Cape Coast Constituency of the NDC, Mr Christian Elvis Amoasah, commended Mr Akyianu and his family for the gesture and promised to make good use of the facility to enable the party to retain power.
Mr Ricket Hagan, who donated four pick-ups for Professor Mills’ 2008 campaign, promised to provide furniture for the office to enhance operations of the party.
Mr Justice Boison, an NDC activist in the Central Region, also promised to provide furniture for the office.
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