Story: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
THE Akatitibi II of the Musama Disco Christo Church (MDCC), Prophetess Mathabinaia Jehu-Appiah, has called on members of the church to put the past behind them and unite for the realisation of the vision of the founders of the church.
Prophetess Jehu-Appiah made the call at the national victory crusade of the church at Mozano, near Gomoa Eshiem.
She said the church had gone through many turbulent periods, including court action, over the past five years, with the sceptics wrongly predicting its disintegration.
Prophetess Jehu-Appiah said many capitalised on the problems to cause trouble, saying that since peace had prevailed, all should prepare for sacrifices to revive the once vibrant church to offer spiritual guidance to its members and the country as a whole.
She stated that a meeting of consecrated workers and elders would soon be convened to identify the problems of the various stations to be used as the basis to begin its administrative restructuring to ensure lasting peace.
Friday, February 1, 2008
NGO SETS UP COMPUTER CENTRE AT KOMENDA (Page 20)
Story: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
THE African Information Centre (AIM), a non-governmental organisation, is setting up a computer training centre at Komenda in the Central Region to train pupils to acquire skills in computer application, business management, ecology, nature conservation and tourism management.
The project will enhance the prospects of the youth and also support the formation of independent young and talented minds.
The Project Director, Mr Jorn Preub, made this known at a durbar to sensitise the people at Komenda.
Mr Preub said the objective of AIM was to produce an independent minded and socially responsible youth who had the ability to solve Ghanaian problems independently.
He said it would also help curb migration of the youth from the countryside so that they would recognise and be able to achieve more with their own available facilities.
The guest of honour for the function, Dr Mrs Linda Dzama Ford of the Educational Leadership of the University of Cape Coast, advised the youth to resist the pressure from peers to indulge in acts that had the potential to ruin their future.
The Project Manager, Mr Solomon Appiah, said AIM Youth Club, comprising school pupils in the area, had been formed to train the youth to use waste water sachet to produce bags to reduce the menace the sachet was causing the environment.
THE African Information Centre (AIM), a non-governmental organisation, is setting up a computer training centre at Komenda in the Central Region to train pupils to acquire skills in computer application, business management, ecology, nature conservation and tourism management.
The project will enhance the prospects of the youth and also support the formation of independent young and talented minds.
The Project Director, Mr Jorn Preub, made this known at a durbar to sensitise the people at Komenda.
Mr Preub said the objective of AIM was to produce an independent minded and socially responsible youth who had the ability to solve Ghanaian problems independently.
He said it would also help curb migration of the youth from the countryside so that they would recognise and be able to achieve more with their own available facilities.
The guest of honour for the function, Dr Mrs Linda Dzama Ford of the Educational Leadership of the University of Cape Coast, advised the youth to resist the pressure from peers to indulge in acts that had the potential to ruin their future.
The Project Manager, Mr Solomon Appiah, said AIM Youth Club, comprising school pupils in the area, had been formed to train the youth to use waste water sachet to produce bags to reduce the menace the sachet was causing the environment.
DWUMA ODDOM HONOURED FOR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP (Page 20)
Story: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
THE chiefs and people of Bepoben in the Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira District, in collaboration with the Peter Anne School Complex at Twifo Mampong have honoured the Deputy Minister of Health, Mr Abraham Dwuma Odoom, for his immense contribution towards the development of the district.
Mr Odoom served as the district chief executive (DCE) for the area between 2000 and 2004, before being promoted as a Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.
During his tenure, the district, carved out of the Upper Denkyira District, went through a lot of transformation from being a deprived district to become one of the vibrant districts in the Central Region.
In a citation, Mr Kenneth Amprofi, the proprietor of the school, described Mr Odoom as an outstanding citizen of the district through whose efforts the district was connected to the national electricity grid, while a lot of infrastructure, including roads, health and educational facilities, potable water, among others, were provided in several communities in the district.
Mr Amprofi said apart from providing 22 students with scholarships, Mr Odoom had also sponsored 150 people to register with the National Health Insurance Scheme.
At the same function, two British volunteers, Mr Peter Hinchiffe and Mrs Anne Dixon, who taught in the Anne School Complex for four years and helped to build an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) laboratory for the school, were also honoured.
The two volunteers also made available a 10-year scholarship scheme for 24 brilliant, needy children in the school, apart from the provision of a three-classroom block for the school.
Mr Odoom, who will contest the Twifo Atii Morkwaa parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), thanked the people for their support and appealed to them to vote for him during the 2008 general election.
The DCE for the area, Mr Samuel Yaw Agyebie Kessie, said the district had reached a stage where the politics of deceit and lies should give way for development.
THE chiefs and people of Bepoben in the Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira District, in collaboration with the Peter Anne School Complex at Twifo Mampong have honoured the Deputy Minister of Health, Mr Abraham Dwuma Odoom, for his immense contribution towards the development of the district.
Mr Odoom served as the district chief executive (DCE) for the area between 2000 and 2004, before being promoted as a Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.
During his tenure, the district, carved out of the Upper Denkyira District, went through a lot of transformation from being a deprived district to become one of the vibrant districts in the Central Region.
In a citation, Mr Kenneth Amprofi, the proprietor of the school, described Mr Odoom as an outstanding citizen of the district through whose efforts the district was connected to the national electricity grid, while a lot of infrastructure, including roads, health and educational facilities, potable water, among others, were provided in several communities in the district.
Mr Amprofi said apart from providing 22 students with scholarships, Mr Odoom had also sponsored 150 people to register with the National Health Insurance Scheme.
At the same function, two British volunteers, Mr Peter Hinchiffe and Mrs Anne Dixon, who taught in the Anne School Complex for four years and helped to build an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) laboratory for the school, were also honoured.
The two volunteers also made available a 10-year scholarship scheme for 24 brilliant, needy children in the school, apart from the provision of a three-classroom block for the school.
Mr Odoom, who will contest the Twifo Atii Morkwaa parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), thanked the people for their support and appealed to them to vote for him during the 2008 general election.
The DCE for the area, Mr Samuel Yaw Agyebie Kessie, said the district had reached a stage where the politics of deceit and lies should give way for development.
PATRONAGE OF PRAYER CAMPS, FACTOR TO MATERNAL MORTALITY (Page 20)
STORY: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
THE high patronage of prayer camps by pregnant women in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) District is affecting efforts to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the district.
The District Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Yaw Ofori-Yeboah, expressed the concern at an end-of-year review/awards ceremony jointly organised by the GHS-KEEA District Assembly at Elmina.
Dr Ofori-Yeboah said even though the GHS in collaboration with the KEEA and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for drivers to send women in labour who could not afford transport fares to health facilities, such women continued to patronise prayer camps.
The drivers are reimbursed later by the GHS and KEEA District Assembly.
Dr Ofori-Yeboah said such women stayed at the prayer camps and were rushed to the health facilities when there were complications in their conditions.
He said the collaboration had helped to save the lives of about 100 mothers and babies in the district.
Dr Ofori-Yeboah commended the KEEA for its support for the GHS in the district.
In all, six drivers received certificates and special commendations for conveying pregnant women to health facilities under the collaboration. Thirty others were also commended.
The Regional Director of the GHS, Dr Aaron Offei, said the MoU, which was signed in 2005, had now been extended to all the districts to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the region.
He said more than 270 pregnant women had benefited from the programme since its inception, and stressed the need to deepen the collaboration.
The District Chief Executive for KEEA, Mr George Frank Asmah, advised drivers to be disciplined to help reduce accidents on the roads.
The District Co-ordinating Director, Mr Saaka Dramani, who chaired the function, commended the drivers for their efforts to help the health sector to meet its challenges.
THE high patronage of prayer camps by pregnant women in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) District is affecting efforts to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the district.
The District Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Yaw Ofori-Yeboah, expressed the concern at an end-of-year review/awards ceremony jointly organised by the GHS-KEEA District Assembly at Elmina.
Dr Ofori-Yeboah said even though the GHS in collaboration with the KEEA and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for drivers to send women in labour who could not afford transport fares to health facilities, such women continued to patronise prayer camps.
The drivers are reimbursed later by the GHS and KEEA District Assembly.
Dr Ofori-Yeboah said such women stayed at the prayer camps and were rushed to the health facilities when there were complications in their conditions.
He said the collaboration had helped to save the lives of about 100 mothers and babies in the district.
Dr Ofori-Yeboah commended the KEEA for its support for the GHS in the district.
In all, six drivers received certificates and special commendations for conveying pregnant women to health facilities under the collaboration. Thirty others were also commended.
The Regional Director of the GHS, Dr Aaron Offei, said the MoU, which was signed in 2005, had now been extended to all the districts to reduce the high maternal mortality rate in the region.
He said more than 270 pregnant women had benefited from the programme since its inception, and stressed the need to deepen the collaboration.
The District Chief Executive for KEEA, Mr George Frank Asmah, advised drivers to be disciplined to help reduce accidents on the roads.
The District Co-ordinating Director, Mr Saaka Dramani, who chaired the function, commended the drivers for their efforts to help the health sector to meet its challenges.
CHURCHES URGED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TRAINING COLLEGES (PAGE 20)
Story: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
THE Dean of the Institute of Education of the University of Cape Coast, Professor Joseph Kingsley Aboagye, has called on churches to continue to support teacher training colleges to enable them to meet their challenges.
He said as training colleges had been upgraded to offer diploma certificates, they faced new challenges of offering quality education so it would be important to provide them with the needed support to face those challenges.
At the launch of the 60th anniversary celebration of the Komenda Training College at Komenda, Prof. Aboagye said the time had come for the churches to continue with their support, instead of providing Bibles and hymn books.
He said the college, which had been at the forefront of teacher education, still lacked adequate accommodation for both teaching staff and students, and also faced water shortage.
According to Prof. Aboagye, the college, which had trained about 6,000 teachers, currently had a population of 735 students with a staff of 47 tutors.
He said despite its problems and challenges, the college had maintained a high academic profile, adding that it ranked fourth out of the 38 teacher training colleges in the country in the first Diploma in Basic Education examination conducted by UCC’s Institute of Education.
A lecturer at the UCC, Dr Dora Edu-Buandoh, who chaired the function, commended the founding fathers of the college — the Methodist Missionaries, for their contribution towards the provision of quality education in the country.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Haruna Yakubu, who performed the launching ceremony, urged the authorities and students of the college to use the occasion to reflect on the past and chart a new course to meet the current challenges.
The Bishop of the Cape Coast Archdiocese of the Methodist Church, Rev I.K. Quansah, gave a brief history of the college, and commended the founding fathers for the vision.
THE Dean of the Institute of Education of the University of Cape Coast, Professor Joseph Kingsley Aboagye, has called on churches to continue to support teacher training colleges to enable them to meet their challenges.
He said as training colleges had been upgraded to offer diploma certificates, they faced new challenges of offering quality education so it would be important to provide them with the needed support to face those challenges.
At the launch of the 60th anniversary celebration of the Komenda Training College at Komenda, Prof. Aboagye said the time had come for the churches to continue with their support, instead of providing Bibles and hymn books.
He said the college, which had been at the forefront of teacher education, still lacked adequate accommodation for both teaching staff and students, and also faced water shortage.
According to Prof. Aboagye, the college, which had trained about 6,000 teachers, currently had a population of 735 students with a staff of 47 tutors.
He said despite its problems and challenges, the college had maintained a high academic profile, adding that it ranked fourth out of the 38 teacher training colleges in the country in the first Diploma in Basic Education examination conducted by UCC’s Institute of Education.
A lecturer at the UCC, Dr Dora Edu-Buandoh, who chaired the function, commended the founding fathers of the college — the Methodist Missionaries, for their contribution towards the provision of quality education in the country.
The Pro-Vice Chancellor of UCC, Prof. Haruna Yakubu, who performed the launching ceremony, urged the authorities and students of the college to use the occasion to reflect on the past and chart a new course to meet the current challenges.
The Bishop of the Cape Coast Archdiocese of the Methodist Church, Rev I.K. Quansah, gave a brief history of the college, and commended the founding fathers for the vision.
LEND SUPPORT TO NEW CHIEFTAINCY BILL (Page 20)
Story: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
THE Minister of State in charge of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr S.K. Boafo, has called on chiefs to support the new Chieftaincy Bill, which is currently before Parliament in order to reflect modern realities and address their concerns.
Mr Boafo said the numerous disputes that had affected the institution was the result of unqualified people who were enstooled or enskinned as chiefs.
He described Act 370, which dealt with the chieftaincy institution as completely outmoded and needed to be overhauled to reflect the realities of the day.
Mr Boafo was speaking at the end-of-year gathering of chiefs and people of the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District at Breman Asikuma.
He expressed regret at the installation of foreigners as "Nkosuohene" (Development Chiefs) and said that had had a negative impact on the chieftaincy institution.
He said some of those chiefs even tried to usurp and undermine the authority of the very chiefs who bestowed that honour on them.
The minister advised them to preserve the culture and values that promoted the institution.
An Accra-based consultant, Mr Joe Appiah, called for a leadership which would be accountable to the people, and urged the people to support the district administration and work hard in their own interest.
The Adontenhene of the Breman Asikuma Traditional Area, Nana Okor Yaw Abonyi IV, said the Stool Lands Administration had not served the interest of chiefs properly and, therefore, called on the government to streamline it to make it more beneficial to them.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mr Emmanuel Adjei-Domson, used the occasion to honour Mr Boafo and Mr John Kofi Mensah, General Manager (Client Services) of uniBank (Ghana) Limited, for their support for the district.
He also said a brochure on the district would be launched.
Mr Mensah, who chaired the function, commended Mr Adjei-Domson for spearheading the development of the area.
THE Minister of State in charge of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr S.K. Boafo, has called on chiefs to support the new Chieftaincy Bill, which is currently before Parliament in order to reflect modern realities and address their concerns.
Mr Boafo said the numerous disputes that had affected the institution was the result of unqualified people who were enstooled or enskinned as chiefs.
He described Act 370, which dealt with the chieftaincy institution as completely outmoded and needed to be overhauled to reflect the realities of the day.
Mr Boafo was speaking at the end-of-year gathering of chiefs and people of the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District at Breman Asikuma.
He expressed regret at the installation of foreigners as "Nkosuohene" (Development Chiefs) and said that had had a negative impact on the chieftaincy institution.
He said some of those chiefs even tried to usurp and undermine the authority of the very chiefs who bestowed that honour on them.
The minister advised them to preserve the culture and values that promoted the institution.
An Accra-based consultant, Mr Joe Appiah, called for a leadership which would be accountable to the people, and urged the people to support the district administration and work hard in their own interest.
The Adontenhene of the Breman Asikuma Traditional Area, Nana Okor Yaw Abonyi IV, said the Stool Lands Administration had not served the interest of chiefs properly and, therefore, called on the government to streamline it to make it more beneficial to them.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mr Emmanuel Adjei-Domson, used the occasion to honour Mr Boafo and Mr John Kofi Mensah, General Manager (Client Services) of uniBank (Ghana) Limited, for their support for the district.
He also said a brochure on the district would be launched.
Mr Mensah, who chaired the function, commended Mr Adjei-Domson for spearheading the development of the area.
Monday, January 21, 2008
CAPE COAST RUNS OUT OF GHANA 2008 TICKETS (Page 24)
Story: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
ALL Ghana 2008 tickets allocated to commercial banks in the Central Region have been sold out except one.
According to the seller at the Cape Coast branch of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), Mr Kojo Filson, demand for the tickets continues to grow.
Flags have gone up in the Cape Coast Municipality and they are displayed on vehicles and buildings, with fans building up enthusiasm for the upcoming games.
Although no matches will be played in Cape Coast, the enthusiasm for the event continues to grow.
Last Saturday, a five-hour massive clean-up exercise was organised in anticipation of overflow fans in nearby twin-city of Sekondi-Takoradi thronging the Cape Coast Municipality.
The Mali and Benin teams are expected to lodge at the Elmina Beach Resort and, according to the Deputy Manager of the resort, Mr Francis Twum, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the tournament has requested 100 rooms to be reserved for the two teams.
He assured the teams of a refreshing reception.
Members of the public that the Daily Graphic spoke to said they would rekindle the Ghana@50 enthusiasm for the senior national team, the Black Stars, to enable them to win the tournament.
One taxi driver said he had sent his car for maintenance and other checks as he could not afford to experience any faults during the tournament.
At lorry parks and the business community around Tantri and Kotokuraba, people were seen in groups discussing the great event and the chances of the Black Stars annexing the cup for the fifth time.
Mr Samuel Annobil, a tourist agent, expressed the hope that the frenzy would get to its peak by the weekend.
He, however, said the high cost of the tournament’s paraphernalia was discouraging people from patronising it.
Charity, a paraphernalia sellers, said sales were slowly picking up.
Mr James Biney, an agent of the Daily Graphic and also one of the event’s paraphernalia sellers, said even though Cape Coast was not a venue for the matches, enthusiastic sports fans kept demanding souvenirs.
ALL Ghana 2008 tickets allocated to commercial banks in the Central Region have been sold out except one.
According to the seller at the Cape Coast branch of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), Mr Kojo Filson, demand for the tickets continues to grow.
Flags have gone up in the Cape Coast Municipality and they are displayed on vehicles and buildings, with fans building up enthusiasm for the upcoming games.
Although no matches will be played in Cape Coast, the enthusiasm for the event continues to grow.
Last Saturday, a five-hour massive clean-up exercise was organised in anticipation of overflow fans in nearby twin-city of Sekondi-Takoradi thronging the Cape Coast Municipality.
The Mali and Benin teams are expected to lodge at the Elmina Beach Resort and, according to the Deputy Manager of the resort, Mr Francis Twum, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the tournament has requested 100 rooms to be reserved for the two teams.
He assured the teams of a refreshing reception.
Members of the public that the Daily Graphic spoke to said they would rekindle the Ghana@50 enthusiasm for the senior national team, the Black Stars, to enable them to win the tournament.
One taxi driver said he had sent his car for maintenance and other checks as he could not afford to experience any faults during the tournament.
At lorry parks and the business community around Tantri and Kotokuraba, people were seen in groups discussing the great event and the chances of the Black Stars annexing the cup for the fifth time.
Mr Samuel Annobil, a tourist agent, expressed the hope that the frenzy would get to its peak by the weekend.
He, however, said the high cost of the tournament’s paraphernalia was discouraging people from patronising it.
Charity, a paraphernalia sellers, said sales were slowly picking up.
Mr James Biney, an agent of the Daily Graphic and also one of the event’s paraphernalia sellers, said even though Cape Coast was not a venue for the matches, enthusiastic sports fans kept demanding souvenirs.
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