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Chief, people of Apremdo climax annual Kundum Festival

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KWESI ALFRED ADAMS
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Nana Egya Kwamina riding in a palanquin
Nana Egya Kwamina XI, Divisional Chief of Apremdo

The Chief and people of Apremdo have climaxed their annual Kundum Festival with a display of rich Ahanta culture at a colourful ceremony last Saturday.

Kundum, which means ‘Eat to Satiate Yourself’, saw people converging at the durbar ground with the Divisional Chief of Apremdo, Nana Egya Kwamina XI, known in private life as ‘William Kwesi Eghan’, sitting in state .

It is on record that Apremdo was the only Divisional Stool that celebrates the Kundum Festival in Ahanta.

A retinue of traditional leaders and dignitaries from both academia and politics added colour to the climax of the festival.

Awulae Attibrukusu III, Omanhene of Lower Axim, Nana Kwesi Ayemang IX, Omanhene of Lower Dixcove, and Nana Kwaku Danquah III, Omanhene of Mo-Kintampo, as Special Guests, led a retinue of other sub-chiefs to the durbar grounds.

Nana Barima Ekow Gyasa II, Acting President of the Sekondi Traditional Council, was among the traditional entourage.

Other sub-chiefs like Nana Nwinwa Nwinwa IV, Chief of Hotopo, Barima Deow Kweku, chief of Adjoa, Nana Assabil II, Chief of Biakrom, Nana Nyanko Ansah II, Chief of Amanda Elmina, also joined the traditional queue.

Other dignitaries such as the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, as Special Guest, Kojo Acquah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Effia-Kwesimintsim, the Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Phillip Fiifi Buckman, a former parliamentary candidate, and other elected Assembly Members were present to grace the occasion.

Chiefs throning the venue for the durbar

The festival was preceded by a ban on noise making from September 4th to 25th, followed by an inter school quiz, clean up exercise, food competition, and cleansing of the Stool to appease the gods all over Apremdo, health screening, and registration onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

Addressing the hundreds of people, who had thronged the venue of the durbar, Nana Egya Kwamina XI welcomed the visitors on behalf of his Overlord, Otumfuo Badu Bonsoe.

Nana Egya Kwamina Nana said for the past 14 years celebrating the Kundum Festival had always been marred with unwarranted court injunctions, threats of violence, and uncertainties by the detractors of the Apremdo citizens.

He added that after 14 years of enduring the “unwholesome” acts and threats of the saboteurs, on July 17, this year, the High Court in Sekondi, presided over by Her Justice Hannah Taylor, cleared the way for the Apremdo Division Stool to celebrate the Kundum Festival.

KUNDUM

Touching on the festival, Nana Egya Kwamina said it began with a ban on noise making from the 4th September 2022, “and we are crowning it with today’s durbar.”

He continued that the participation of all and sundry in the various community-led activities of the festival truly indicated that they had missed the joy of the celebration for far too long.

In all these, he pointed out, “we have chosen the path of moral highway of good will and reconciliation.”

But express his appreciation to the police, military, and Judiciary Service for their roles in ensuring peace and stability in Apremdo during the turbulent 14 years.

The Divisional Chief used the occasion to honour his ancestors, most especially some gallant men and women who had recently sacrificed their life towards the peace and stability of Apremdo, mentioning names like Elvis Osei, Kyeame Nyowa. A minute of silence was observed in memory of the gallant soldiers.

DEVELOPMENT

In line with the effort in promoting health services, Nana Egya Kwamina told his guests that he had released a parcel of land for the construction of a health clinic.

He further said that the Municipal Assembly had financed the construction of a modern health facility, which “we commissioned on Thursday, as part of activities commemorating this year’s festival.”

“In the classification of the Ghana Health Service, they call it a CHPS compound, but I can say for sure that the facility financed by the Assembly is more than a CHPS compound, I’m sure in rural settings it will even qualify to be a hospital.”

The Chief, however, requested the Regional Minister to us his office to assist them have whatever requirements that would aid in upgrading the facility into a clinic, in accordance with the Ghana Health Service classification.

Thanking the government through the Assembly for the facility, the Chief further announced that in a few days, his traditional area would be in the news for a positive cause, saying that President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo would commission an ultra-modern court complex in Apremdo Apollo.

Even though Apremdo was not the municipal capital, he said, “I can confidently say that Apremdo is becoming the unofficial administrative capital of the Municipal Assembly.”

Apremdo currently hosts the Municipal Court complex, the Municipal Fire Service, and the Municipal Office Complex, which is under construction.

The Divisional Chief, however, used the occasion to appreciate and acknowledged the selfless spirit of volunteerism exhibited by the people of Apremdo towards all the development projects initiated in the community.

He also thanked members of Apremdo for their active participation in the religious activities of this year’s Kundum Festival.

Patricia Ofori-Atta Of Zoomlion Receives Award At Maiden GESA

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Ms Patricia Ofori holding her award

A Senior Communications Officer at Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Ms. Patricia Ofori-Atta, has received an honouring award in Environmental Communications.

The award ceremony, which came off on Saturday, October 1, 2022 in Accra, was meant to recognise persons who have distinguished themselves in the environmental and sanitation space.

Ms. Ofori Atta was recognised for her instrumental role in environmental communication, ensuring that the environment was given the due respect.

Being the maiden edition of award scheme organised by the Ghana Environmental Sanitation-Award (GESA), sponsored by Zoomlion Ghana Limited, it formed part of the numerous measures to champion and encourage players in the sanitation management space to ensure sustainability of the environment.

Ms. Ofori-Atta’s award was a unique recognition of her relentless effort in the sanitation sector as monitored by individuals, the organisers and groups, in making sure there was always a healthy environment across the country.

As an experienced multi-media practitioner with extensive background in waste management, results and performance-driven professional with over eighteen years of communication experience in journalism and marketing, Ms. Ofori-Atta is committed to providing adequate information on the protection of the environment.

She holds a Master of Arts in Media Management, Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and was adjudged the overall best student, and a BSc Administration (Human Resources Management) GIMPA, with a Diploma in Communications Studies in Journalism from the Manifold Information Technology (MIT).

Before joining Zoomlion, Patricia worked with media houses like; The Public Agenda Newspaper, Choice FM and also had a one-year national service at the Graphic Communications Group (Junior Graphic), as the Administrative Assistant.

At her current employment with Zoomlion, she works at the Communication setup with other positions within the Jospong Group of Companies, holding in trust the oversight responsibility of ensuring that the team of media personnel engaged provide media coverage for the subsidiary companies of the JGC.

In an interview with journalists after receiving the award, Ms. Ofori-Atta was positive the award will impact immensely on her job.

“This award simply tells me that whatever I was doing, there were people observing. I, therefore, entreat everyone to do whatever entrusted into his or her hand with a sense of urgency,” she advised.

Meanwhile, on the night Zoomlion bagged seven awards in total- These were Environmental and Sanitation Man of the Decade, which award went to the Executive Chairman of the JGC, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong; Distinguished Service in Environmental and Sanitation Communications, Ms. Patricia Ofori Atta, a Senior Communications Officer and Distinguished Service and Environmental Sanitation Management, Mr. Ernest Morgan Acquah, General Manager of Metropolitan Waste and Allied Services.

 

The rest were Most influential Blogger/Vlogger in Environmental and Sanitation Promotion 2022, Edmond Otu Yeboah, Assistant Communications Officer; Sewage System Ghana Limited, Most Impactful Waste Management Organisation of the Year; Most committed Borla Woman in Ghana, Madam Philomena Dzogbo, Borla Police and Most Impactful Clean Ghana Campaign Project, 1 Million Bin.

 

BudgIT Ghana engages SMEs in Kasoa

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JENNIFER AMBOLLEY
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Some market women present at the meeting

The BudgIT Ghana Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, on behalf of Open Society Foundation of West Africa (OSIWA), has engaged small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Kasoa township.

The foundation seeks to intersect citizen engagements with institutional improvement to facilitate societal change.

The engagement was organised under the theme “Pre and Post Covid-19 Pandemic, socio-economic resilience strategies; impact and lessons from stakeholders.”

Speaking to the media at the meeting last Thursday, the Communication Head of BudgIT Ghana, Jennifer Moffatt, stated that the spread of COVID-19 had multiple effects on people’s lives – loss of life, employment and income, worsening of living conditions and loss of work days and hours.

She continued that as a result the Government of Ghana (GoG) announced a complete shutdown of economic activities in view of the pandemic, in the Greater Accra and Kumasi during the peak period of the COVID-19.

“Governments around the world including the Ghanaian government are playing a crucial role in providing lifelines to people and firms to help combat the pandemic and its economic fallout,” she said.

To support the effectiveness of these efforts, Jennifer Moffat indicated that it is imperative to assess the impacts of COVID-19-induced investment backlog on micro, small and medium scale (MSMS) businesses in Ghana.

The meeting, provided stakeholders the opportunity to share experience about their Resiliency Adaptive Strategies during and post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery.

It also brought together about 30 stakeholders especially market women to share new ideas and challenges to fostering greater post COVID coping mechanisms or strategies and community collaboration across different socio-economic activities.

The meeting also generated a Strategic Business level discussion data on lessons into Future socioeconomic preparedness and Response to strengthen business resilience.

SSNIT advises informal sector workers to register with the Trust

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SAMUEL AGBEWODE
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Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang (middle), Director General of SSNIT, Togbe Kotoku XI (right), Paramount Chief of Kpenoe, and Dr. Archibald Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, launching the Mobile Service Week in Ho

The Director General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang, has advised workers in the informal sector to get registered under the SSNIT pension scheme, stressing that all workers, irrespective of the nature of work they do, would definitely go on retirement one day.

Dr. Ofori-Tenkorang explained that SSNIT, the only state pension institution, was to serve all manner of workers, and that the impression that it only served public sector workers was wrong, and called on self-employed people such as hairdressers, carpenters, masons and dressmakers, to register under SSNIT to guarantee a brighter future when they grow old.

The Director General, who was speaking at the launch of the National SSNIT Mobile Service Week at the Volta Regional capital, Ho, explained that the national launch of the Mobile Service Week in the Volta Region formed part of a comprehensive educational activity of his outfit to make retirement life for all Ghanaians more comfortable.

Dr. Tenkorang said SSNIT was the only pension scheme that did not discriminate against workers, and embraced all Ghanaians engaged in any economic activity and had been able to provide decent retirements for workers over the years.

He contended that SSNIT had been able to reduce poverty among the aged on retirement, thereby increasing their lifespan.

He observed that self-employed workers in the country constituted the largest working population, and that the SSNIT Mobile Service being offered would include the issuance of statement of accounts of registered members, registration of employers and workers, processing of benefits initiation, renewal of pension certificates, merging of SSNIT and National Identification Authority (NIA) numbers, and general enquiries among others.

Dr. Ofori-Tenkorang noted that the theme for the national launch, “You also Deserve a Pension; Join SSNIT Today,” was apt and the campaign would end on Friday, October 7, 2022, and urged all workers to take advantage of the opportunity, and be registered to enable them enjoy a decent pension scheme under SSNIT.

He announced that a total of 69 vantage points were available in the 16 regions to provide services to members and clients to enable them access the services of the Trust without difficulties, saying, the 69 service centres across the country would enable members and clients to initiate registration onto the Scheme, view nominee list, check member information, initiate and track benefits applications among others.

The Director General also disclosed that starting from October 10, 2022 pensioners would be able to renew their pension certificates and view pension payment advice, using mobile money, which would not attract E-levy, and by the close of the year 2022, SSNIT APP would be fully in operation.

According to Dr. Ofori-Tenkorang, SSNIT had an active membership of over 1.7 million in September 2022. The Trust also paid a total of GH¢281.07 million to 230,831 pensioners and the highest pension earner received GH¢142,564.97 per month, while the lowest earning pensioner gets GH¢300.00.

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Letsa, lauded the efforts SSNIT have been making to educate the public particularly the informal sector to be registered under the Scheme, which he described as the best practices to reduce poverty among the aged who retired in the informal sector.

The Paramount Chief of Kpenoe Traditional area, Togbe Kotoku XI, who chaired the programme, also commended SSNIT for making the necessary efforts to ensure that all Ghanaians, who were engaged in any kind of economic activity, had been registered under the state insurance scheme.

Togbe Kotoku, therefore, asked workers in the informal sector to take advantage of the SSNIT pension Scheme, to enable them to live decent lives after retirement, which he said, protected the beneficiaries and their families during the period of retirement.

‘My family is under threat over my old tweets’ -KiDi 

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NANA KWESI COOMSON
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Kidi

KiDi has once again broken his silence over his old tweets that resurfaced on social media a few weeks.

The Ghanaian singer seized trending spots on social media last week after his old tweets resurfaced online. In most of the tweets, KiDi trolled the likes of H.E Nana Addo, Ex-President John Mahama, the late President Mills, Asamoah Gyan, Delay, Yvonne Nelson and other Ghanaian celebrities.

In some of the tweets which have been trending, KiDi described Asamoah Gyan as ‘lazy’, Delay as an ‘illiterate’ among others but in a new post he has shared online. Though he has apologized for the old tweets, KiDi says people are not forgetting him.

“It’s been 4-5 days now and my whole family is still under threat. Even people that have got nothing to do with the situation are catching heat.

The threats are hard to deal with,” KiDi said in an interview on Hitz FM.

In a conversation with Andy Dosty, the host, he continued that “it’s sad to see that there are people who do not care about your apologies or even who you are ten years ago,”

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‘One Night Stand’ with Jacinta slated for October 8

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NANA KWESI COOMSON
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Jacinta

Ghanaian comedienne, Jacinta has announced October 8, 2022 as the date for her own stand-up comedy show, ‘One night stand’ with Jacinta.

With her almost a decade of experience in the comedy sphere, Jacinta is set to thrill patrons to an unforgettable experience at the National Theatre where it will be held.

On her social media pages, she described October 8 as a night that will hold surprises, great experiences and lots of laughter.

Jacinta earlier mentioned that her mother admonished her to take comedy seriously, which led her to make it a profession.

Jacinta who has performed in Ghana, Nigeria and the UK has revealed that, she will bring all her experiences in the industry to bear at the event.

Amongst the comedy shows Jacinta has performed include, DKB Live, DKB Point of View, Akwaaba UK Comedy Night, Comedy Bar, Silverbird Comedy Night, Corporate Comedy Series, MMC Live amongst others.

She has starred in Yvonne Nelson’s ‘Heels and Sneakers’ and ‘Selfie.’ Jacinta also has a single, ‘Gyrate’which featured eShun.

Shatta Wale calls attention of Akufo-Addo to hardship in Ghana

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NANA KWESI COOMSON
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Shatta Wale and President Akufo-Addo

Dancehall Artiste, Shatta Wale has called the attention of President Akufo-Addo to the unbearable economic situation in Ghana.

Shatta Wale who says he is speaking the mind of majority of Ghanaians has added that, the citizens are in poverty and unable to afford the necessities of life.

He mentions that, those on the street are saying President Akufo-Addo is worse than his predecessor, President Mahama.

“It’s just that some of us in the country are cowards. Let me tell you the truth and what those on the street are saying. The street is hot Mr. President, the street is hot. Mr. President, I am telling you, the country is not going well” Shatta Wale spoke the minds of those on the street to the President in a viral video.

“People just want to come follow you and make money and just go, your legacy won’t be the legacy you’ve dreamt of. I beg you e b Ghana we all dey o” Shatta Wale added.

“We were in Ghana when they said Mahama wasn’t doing anything but for you, the people say you are not even trying. Mr. President forget everything, that is what I am telling you.

They say you no dey try, common entertainment sefdey say you no dey try. People are pissed on the street. I am telling you something” Shatta Wale ended.

2nd Edition of Western Gospel Awards slated for November 27

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NANA KWESI COOMSON
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S.K Frimpong

In a live telecast on Kantanka TV, organisers of Western Gospel Awards, PROLIFIC GH Entertainment announced November 27, 2022 as the date for this year’s edition.

In the announcement, the organizers mentioned Word of Life Assemblies of God Church in Takoradi as the venue for the second edition.

Maxwell Bills Ghansah, CEO of Prolific Gh, said the award scheme is targeted at rewarding quality works of the gospel Artistes and stakeholders in and from the Western Region.

“This is the second edition and we are doing everything to make sure the right persons are honoured for their hard work. Although we don’t have sponsors yet, our outfit will still make sure the event comes out successfully. Any institution who wishes to sponsor this brilliant award scheme is welcome” Mr. Ghansah intimated.

“We had a great show last year when we had the maiden edition and we are hoping this year’s edition will be more electrifying,” he said.

A total of 21 awards will be given out on the night with the flagship being the ‘Artiste of the year.’

In the Artiste of the year category this year, the reigning Artiste, SK Frimpong battles El Manuel, Ruger Quarm, KDM, Navah and EwurabaEesi. In the Western Gospel Collaboration of the year category, Artistes contesting are KDM ft. Navah for Centre of my Life, Mykfordft  Koda for Made3 Nyina (My Everything), Ruger Quarm ft. Kofi Owusu Peprah for The Name of Jesus,  Mabel Love ft. Ruth Adjei for Osombo, EwurabaEsi ft Nero on The Grace and  Etriakor Charles ft Philip Adzale on Doing Wonders.

Others are Georgia and Georgette, Rhoda Offei, Ruth Ackaah-Gyasi and EwurabaEesi vying for Western Female Vocalist of the year while EL Manuel, Max Praize, Ruger Quarm, S.K. Frimpong, KDM, Isaac K Dentu and SK Frimpong are contesting for Western Male Vocalist of the Year award.

Return to classrooms, Buhari urges striking university lecturers

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President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its over seven-month industrial and return to the classrooms.

“I must confess that I am very pained by the recurring disruption to our tertiary education system and I am using this Independence Day celebration to re-iterate my call for the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to return to the classroom while assuring them to deal with their contending issues within the limits of the scarce resources available.

“This administration has made appreciable progress in redressing these issues that have been lingering for over eleven years.

“The Federal Government will continue to mobilize resources both internationally and nationally towards funding education to ensure that our citizens are well educated and skilled in various vocations in view of the fact that education is a leading determinant of economic growth and employment generation,” Buhari said in his 2022 Independence Day address on Saturday.

The President also shared the pains of Nigerians and assured them that his administration would do all possible to alleviate the situation.

“I share the pains Nigerians are going through and I assure you that your resilience and patience would not be in vain as this administration continues to reposition as well as strengthen the security agencies to enable them to deal with all forms of security challenges,” the President said.

ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022 over contending issues including unpaid allowances and poor welfare of lecturers of public universities.

Millions of youths have been out of their classrooms for over seven months as talks between Federal Government committees and ASUU broke down.

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Nigeria to award flared gas contracts by end of 2022

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Petroleum Minister Timipre Sylva

Nigeria will award contracts for its flared gas by the end of December under an accelerated programme to harness gas that is released as a byproduct of oil production, its petroleum regulator has said.

President Muhammadu Buhari first launched the programme to auction rights to capture and sell flared gas in 2016. Four years later, the government approved 200 bidders but the process was stalled due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Sunday, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission chief executive Gbenga Komolafe said the auction was being restarted and would be open to previous applicants and new bidders.

“The auction process has been streamlined to enable an accelerated delivery schedule for this exercise with the announcement of winners planned for December 2022,” Komolafe said in a statement.

The government has said flaring costs it roughly $1bn a year in lost revenue. The gas can be used in power plants, in industry or exported.

Last month, Petroleum Minister Timipre Sylva said Nigeria’s plan to commercialise gas burned from its oilfields was at an advanced stage and would help cut 15 million tonnes of carbon emissions from the atmosphere.

Nigeria, which has Africa’s largest gas reserves of more than 190 trillion cubic feet, first targeted gas flaring in the late 1970s and, through various schemes and regulations, has more than halved it since 2001.

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