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Ministry speeds up work on reconstruction of Appiatse

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Mr Benito Bio speaking to the media at the site
One of the new buildings under construction

The Chairman of the Appiatse Reconstruction Implementation Team (ARIT), Benito Owusu-Bio, has hinted that all 124 housing units at Appiatse, which forms part of the first phase of the project, are currently under various levels of construction and hopeful to be completed within the stipulated time frame.

This, he said, is an impressive work as the committee used about 4 months of the time frame given them by the government to work on the temporary structures acquired from FGR Company to provide safe shelter for the people.

Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, who is also the  Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources made this known when he led the Appiatse Reconstruction Implementation Team to pay a working visit to Appiatse on Wednesday, 18th January, 2023 to, among others inspect the progress of work ahead of the 1 year anniversary.

Another building under construction

Addressing the media, the Deputy Minister explained that all contractors who were trailing behind due to marshy lands at the beginning of the construction have been relocated successfully, and that  currently, all 124 housing units, which is the core part of the Appiatse township are being constructed.

Mr Benito Owusu-Bio in his interview with the media gave a brief on government’s interventions and efforts since the incident occurred a year ago.

“We have just about two days to 20th January, which is exactly a year on since this unfortunate incident occurred and as you are aware, so far government through the Minister for lands and Natural resources,  Samuel A. Jinapor has been working tirelessly to salvage the situation”.

Taking the media through the process he recapped that “government through the Ministry, NADMO and other agencies provided tents, food and basic amenities at the initial stages of the incident.

The government also had to move the people into the temporary settlement when the rains set in.  The Ministry on the instructions of government also set up the Appiatse Support fund and the reconstruction team, while enforcing the safety laws to ensure that such an occurrence does not repeat itself”.

He continued that government also commiserated with the people of Appiatse and helped buried the dead while providing medical assistance for the injured.

Sticking to their promise, Benito disclosed that GETFund has also commenced the construction of a six block primary classroom and Kindergarten for children of school going age at Appiatse as their contribution towards the reconstruction of the township.

The Deputy Minister applauded their effort and called on other organisations that made similar commitments to follow the GETFund example and redeem their promise as the time to put actions to their words has come.

He indicated that road demarcations are currently underway with trenches and gutters to properly demarcate the walkways from the road and the buildings, giving the construction site better outook.

Owusu-Bio assured the media and the people of Appiatse not to fret “as government has begun this good work, it shall surely bring it to a completion as promised”

MrBlankson-Hermans, a member of the ARIT spoke to the technical details of the construction saying “so far the process is commendable because in terms of quality and speed, the most performing contractor is about 39% complete and the lowest performing contractor around 29% and considering our time frame and work schedule, I believe it’s great work and we will surely meet the time”.

He, however, hoped that the contractors will speed up work as he noted that when the rains set in, it may disrupt or delay the progress of work.

Responding to the question of government supporting some students in Appiaste to the tertiary level, the Municipal Chief Executive of the PresteaHuni Valley Municipality, IsaacDasmani said the Municipality is on top of welfare issues and so far one student has been successfully admitted at the University of Mines and Technology (UMat) with some others in the process to gain admission.

TMA ends shift system at ManheanPresby School

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The front view of the new school building

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) on Monday this week ended the school shift system at the Manhean Presbyterian Basic School with a commissioning of 10-unit one-storey building.

Each classroom can enrol 40 pupils, and the 10-unit school building, which has two streams—A and B—can enrol 400 pupils in all.

Yohane Nii Amarh Ashitey, the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, handed the school building, with ancillary rooms for ICT, staff, a store and restrooms for both pupils and staff, to the Metro’s Education Directorate at a brief ceremony.

The building was started by his predecessor, Felix Nii Anang-La, and the MCE expressed his gratitude to the Tema Traditional Council for its immense support to his predecessor and him for the development of the area.

Mr Ashitey expressed the hope that the ending of the shift system at the Presbyterian Basic School would positively affect the abysmal academic performance of the school.

“From today, Monday, all the pupils will report to school in the morning and close at 2 pm. The teachers will have enough instructional hours to teach our pupils to give us better performances in the subsequent BECE,” Mr Ashitey explained.

He said the Assembly would support the school with more teaching and learning materials to improve academic performance.

Mrs Bernice Ofori, the Tema Education Director, on her part, thanked TMA for the expanded school infrastructure, with an assurance that the new facility would encourage the teachers to give off their best to the pupils because they would have enough contact hours.

“It is true our past BECE outcomes had not been the best because of the shift system we ran. We are going to work hard in the classroom to ensure that we perform better in our next BECE,” she noted.

The MCE, with the Education Director, members of the Tema Traditional Council and some community members, went on to open a lateral school building for the Presbyterian preschool.

Prefos Limited rewards dedicated employees

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Mrs. Fosu, wife of the CEO of Prefos Ltd presenting an award to the Overall Best administrative Officer (Southern Sector)
General Manager donating items and cash to the Tafo Government hospital

Prefos Limited has rewarded 20 employees who excelled in their performance at various departments of the company in 2022.

The awards marked the 32nd Anniversary of the establishment of Prefos Limited as part of a week-long Prayer, Fasting and Thanksgiving Service in Kumasi.

The theme was: “The Hand of God”.

The 20 awardees were drawn from the Administration, Transport, Electrical departments of the company in the Northern and Southern sectors of operation.

Mr. Edward Tweneboa Kodua emerged the Overall Best Administrative Officer for the Southern Sector and took home GH¢60,000 as his prize, while Ernest Dapong received GH¢50,000 as the Overall Best Electrician.

Mr. Richmond Cudjoe also won GH¢60,000 for being the Overall Best Administrative Officer in the Northern Sector, with Lamin Kamal getting GH¢50,000 as the Overall Best Electrician in the Northern Sector.

Other award winners were Yaw Appiah, Overall Best Driver, who received a GH¢50,000 cash prize (Northern Sector) and Kwame Nti Antwi, Overall Best Driver from the Southern Sector, who received GH¢50,000.

In a related development, the management of Prefos Limited has donated an unspecified amount of money and relief items, including detergents, soap, toilet rolls, brooms, and scrubbing brushes to the Government Hospital at Old Tafo in Kumasi.

Mrs. Philomena Owusu Ansah, General Manager (Human Resources), presented the items to the hospital at the weekend, after the staff embarked on a clean-up exercise at the health facility.

The donation formed part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility.

From Thomas Agbenyegah Adzey, Kumasi

Deduako Apemso Assemblyman supports community development

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Kofi Bosomtwi alias Captain thanking the Assemblyman for a cloth gift

Richard Nyarko, Assembly Member for Deduako Apemso, Kodiekrom and Teachers Quarters Electoral Area in the Oforikrom Municipality of Ashanti Region, has donated about 250 pieces of cloth, 200 bags of rice, oil, and 200 tins of Mackerel to widows and the aged in the area.

Mr. Richard Nyarko also donated two driers and two sewing machines to apprentices to support their vocation.

The gesture was his personal contribution towards improving the living standards of the constituents.

The Assembly Member also provided 50 street light bulbs to help reduce criminal activities in the electoral area.

Mr. Nyarko further presented 10 computers to one of the basic schools in the area following an appeal to him to enhance the study of Information Communication Technology (ICT).

The Headmistress of the beneficiary school, Mrs. Margret Amoako, and the recipients in the electoral area expressed their profound gratitude to Mr. Nyarko for the support.

From Thomas Agbenyegah Adzey, Kumasi

German coy donates computers to Denchemuoso School

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Osei-Tutu Karikari with the computers
Some of the computers on display

The Stadtwerke Neu-Isenburg GmbH, a utilities company in Germany, has donated computers to the German Ghanaian School at Atwima Denchemuoso in the Kwadaso Municipality of Kumasi.

The items comprised 17 desktop computers, six laptops, four printers and a projector as part of Stadtwerke’s support to the school.

The Neu-Isenburg City authorities were in the country in October last year as guests of the Kwadaso Municipal Assembly and paid a visit to the school, during which Mr. Kirk Reneke, Director of Stadtwerke Neu-Isenburg, promised to donate some used computers to the school upon his return to Germany.

Mr. Osei-Tutu Karikari, Director of the German Ghanaian School, who took delivery of the items, expressed his appreciation to Stadtwerke Neu-Isenburg for the support to augment its computer laboratory, especially the projector and the printers, to make the children to improve their tutorials in Information Communication Technology (ICT).

He said the school had some computers, but they were mostly obsolete, and that these new ones were obviously going to support their work and make things a bit easier for the school.

The German Ghanaian School, currently with a population of about 220 children from kindergarten to Junior High School (JHS), has wonderful educational infrastructure, located in a serene environment, and is run largely on non-profit basis as the fees charged are not commensurate with normal private school in the country.

From Thomas Agbenyegah Adzey, Kumasi

I don’t have cancer –Mercy Johnson debunks rumours

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Mercy Johnson

Mercy Johnson, famous Nollywood Actress has debunked rumours that she is battling cancer.

This comes after people misunderstood a statement she had in her popular show, Mercy’s Menu, where she spoke of having a cancer scare.

Taking to Instagram, the actress said that people took her out of context noting that she does not actually have cancer.

Mercy Johnson said that she had a cancer scare after developing a had a lump on her neck. Following examinations, doctors felt it was serious but it has been taken care of.

“But, I do not have cancer. I noticed that a clip from my TV show, Mercy’s menu, has been flying around and I think they cut the clip. I had a cancer scare, it means that I had this swelling on my neck and my doctors felt it was something serious. I had problems with my thyroid, I am perfectly okay.”

The actress said that she was thankful to fans who have been checking in on her after they heard the rumours.

Mercy Johnson assured them that she was fine adding “the phone has been buzzing like crazy, I am perfectly fine and I do not have cancer.”

“Go back and watch the clip, it was completely misunderstood, I am fine, I do not have cancer in Jesus’ name, thank you guys so much,” she stated

Johnson is a Nigerian actress, politician and entrepreneur.

The 38-year-old actress made her debut in the Nollywood industry in 2003, when she featured in a movie titled ‘ The Maid’ which brought her to the limelight.

The mother of four has starred in over 200 movies which include ‘Dumebi the Dirty Girl’ ‘Corporate Maid’, ‘Desperate Ladies’, ‘Heart of a Figher’ among others.

Stop being a social media parent –Shatta Wale’s baby replies him

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Shatta Wale and son Majesty

Following his social media rants that his baby Mama, Michelle is preventing him from seeing his son, Shatta Wale has received a response from Michy.

According to the ‘My level’ hitmaker, he has not seen his son, Majesty, in years. Taking to social media, he said “I like how Michy is being frank with her experience out there, but someone should tell her I have not seen Majesty for years.”

In a Snapchat post by Shatta Wale, he added “and that’s not cool. I also want to buy my son some toys and trainers.”

In her reply, Michelle Diamond better known as Michy, has thrown a savage reply to Shatta Wale. “Social media parenting. I didn’t know I had lions guarding my lil man,” she also wrote on social media.

Michy and Shatta Wale broke up in January 2019 after the dancehall artiste proposed to her on stage at his Reign concert on October 13, 2018. Both lovers who have a 7-year-old son together accused each of cheating and domestic violence.

This is not the first time Shatta Wale is complaining about his baby mamas preventing him from seeing his children. In his 2022 Father’s day message to himself, he said “Happy fathers Day to me !!Tho none of my baby mothers want me to see my own kids.”

Shatta Wale has three children with three different women. Winnie, is the name of his daughter whose mother lives in Ghana and Jedidiah, is his son, who lives in London with his mother.

In an interview in 2018, Shatta Wale revealed that Jedidiah is the same age as Majesty, the son he had with his ex-girlfriend Shatta Michy. “I feel proud to see my kids because I never knew that that young boy from Lartebiokorshie would go on to have such beautiful children,” he said.

Diana Hamilton launches 2023 edition of ‘Awake Experience with Diana Hamilton’

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Diana Hamilton

Ghanaian Gospel Musician, Diana Hamilton has launched the 2023 edition of ‘Awake Experience With Diana Hamilton’ at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra on Monday, January 16, 2023.

The ‘Awake Experience with Diana Hamilton’ is a gospel music concert that started in 2014 in London with Ghana hosting its first edition in 2016.

The launch of this year’s edition was graced by celebrated Ghanaian musicians, showbiz personalities and dignitaries such as Perez Praise, Ohemaa Mercy, ASP Kofi Sarpong, Ceccy Twum, Celestine Donkor, Kwesi Ernest, the immediate past Chairman of the church of Pentecost, Prof Opoku Onyinah and other clergies.

This year’s unconventional event will take place in February in Accra and Kumasi.

The musicians billed to enthralled patrons on the nights with spirit-filled performances are Ohemaa Mercy, ACP Kofi Sarpong, Ceccy Twum, Celestine Donkor, Perez Praise, Joe Mettle, Piesie Esther, Moses OK, Bernice Pamford, Christiana Attafuah, amongst others.

Accra will kick-start the much-anticipated gospel musical concert at the Perez Dome on February 19 with artists such as Ohemaa Mercy, Joe Mettle, Bernice Panford, Perez Musik and Celestine Donkor.

Piesie Esther, Moses OK, ACP Kofi Sarpong and Ceccy Twum together with Diana Hamilton will climax this year’s event in Kumasi at the Bantama Church of Pentecost on February 26.

I’m ready to change Ghana -Wilberforce Andrews

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Mr. Wilberforce andrews, An independent presidential hopeful for the 2024 Election

An independent presidential hopeful for the 2024 Elections, Mr. Wilberforce Andrews, says he is ready to lead a paradigm shift that would make the economy more resilient and sustainable.

His touted a paradigm change, he explained, would bring about lasting solutions to the country’s chronic problems, end the winner take all syndrome, and distribute the national cake evenly.

Throwing light on his desire to lead the country as a president, Mr. Andrews noted that both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) had done their best to sustain the democratic gains of the country since the inception of the 1992 Constitution.

However, he was worried that both parties which had led the country in turns since the birth of the Fourth Republic had not done enough to liberate the country from poor economic policies.

“Though we are abundantly blessed with everything we need as a country, we keep going round in circles and begging due to poor leadership who operate a skewed system to benefit themselves,” he said.

“We are all witnesses to how this country has been governed by the parties that come and go after every eight years, and their modus operandi are well known to us all,” he added.

The alleged inability of both the NDC and the NPP to solve Ghana’s problems which keep evolving, he said, must rekindle a new sense of awakening among Ghanaians to support his mission.

Paradigm shift

According to the human rights activist, it was high time Ghanaians had a political paradigm shift and stopped gravitating towards the NDC and NPP and try a new system.

“I have carefully studied world political history and will apply the same success chalked by developed countries to eventually overturn the current situation in our nation,” he claimed.

“I can confidently say that I represent the new leadership drive that all Ghanaians have been calling for in our quest to steer our country into a new path where the interest of the whole country will be a priority,” he stated.

Modernising agriculture

Outlining how he would build the economy, the private businessman explained that “As a country, we must pay attention to agriculture, because it continues to be the back-bone of our economy.”

He added: “We must, therefore, see farming as a profession and inculcate this into the youth particularly those in basic and tertiary levels of our educational system.

“We need to think about modernising the agric sector to bring about value addition to whatever raw materials we produce locally and also concentrate more on what we have the comparative advantage to produce,” he stated.

This, he stated, would enable the country to export more to earn foreign exchange and drastically reduce import of foreign goods to strengthen the local currency.

“For instance, we consume rice, poultry and vegetable cooking oil which are all almost imported. Now the question is that why can’t we produce what we consume locally to stabilise the economy?” he quizzed

“We have the solution to all our artificial problems but we seem not ready to explore because we continue to experiment our future as a country with both NDC and NPP.”

He, therefore, called on Ghanaians to embrace the change he represented and support his vision to be able to build a new Ghana which would abhor corruption at all levels.

Addai-Nimoh to launch new face agenda for NPP to break the 8

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Francis Addai-Nimoh

Mr. Francis Addai-Nimoh, a presidential hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has recommended the adoption of a new face agenda by the party in order to break the 8-year jinx in Ghana politics.

He said after eight years in government, the party needed to be relieved of the facial fatigue of the leadership in its bid to go beyond eight years in governance.

The ex-lawmaker of Asante Mampong explained his position that a candidate who had been in the present government could not win power for the party in the 2024 elections, hence, the need for the party and delegates to consider his proposition.

According to Addai-Nimoh, the new face agenda which he would launch soon must be characterised by an unblemished character of a candidate who must be a unifier and whose moral aptitude should not be questioned.

“The flagbearer must be a new face with a new language and message, and a new appeal,” he told The Chronicle in an interview in Kumasi.

He said then candidate Atta Mills won the 2000 elections as a new face against Nana Akufo-Addo, who was a Foreign Minister in the Kufuor-led administration.

The presidential hopeful further explained that John Mahama, as a sitting president, could not win the 2016 elections due to the same facial fatigue.

He stressed that the candidate must not be part of the current government or administration, either as a minister of vice president, emphasising that in considering the choice of a candidate, the party must look at the immediate future (2024), medium (2028) and long term prospects (2032 and 2036) and beyond.

Mr. Addai-Nimoh said to secure the future of the party, the age of the candidate should be considered to determine the most suitable person who must also be popular to lead the party beyond the 2024 elections in case NPP was unable to break the 8.

Elaborating his position on age, Addai-Nimoh stressed that he was the most suitable person, because in case the NPP was unable to break the 8 in 2024, he would be 63 or 67 or 71 in 2028, 2032 and 2036, while Dr. Bawumia would be 65 or 69 in 2028 and 2032 in that order.

He said Kennedy Agyapong and Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen might be 68 and 74 respectively in 2028, and 72 and 78 in 2032.

He also flawed the imaginary queue in terms of leadership of the NPP, and said there must not be any such queue, and further stated that the party was not doing rotational leadership from the Busia, Dombo and Danquah traditions, because there was no such formula.

According to Addai-Nimoh, the “Yenimwo fri tete” slogan worked for Nana Akufo-Addo in 2007, because the message resonated without challenge.

He, therefore, suggested a lineal formula based on prevailing conditions in the party and in the country, for which the 2023 NPP flagbearership race must be open for the most suitable person to lead and win in 2024, 2028 and 2032.

According to him, the NPP would have an edge over John Mahama if it (NPP) fielded a new face.

He also envisaged that a new leadership for both the NPP and NDC would reduce the level of animosity between them and move the country forward.

Mr. Addai-Nimoh, Member of Parliament for Mampong Constituents from 2013 to 2020, contested the NPP flagbearership race in 2014 alongside Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, Dr. Kofi Konadu Appraku, Mr. Joe Ghartey, Stephen Asamoah Boateng and Prof. Ekumfi Ameyaw and placed third in the election.

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