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Dormaa West District rice processing factory to commence production

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FRANCIS OWUSU-ANSAH
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Francis Kwadwo Oppong, District Chief Executive for Dormaa West addressing the assembly

The Dormaa West District has installed a 200KVA transformer awaiting connection to a power source, for a rice processing factory to be constructed under the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative to commence production.

The operation of the rice factory would help the district reduce post-harvest losses and increase job and wealth creation among the people.

Mr. Francis Kwadwo Oppong, District Chief Executive (DCE), announced this at the District Assembly’s First Ordinary meeting of the year at Nkrankwanta, the district capital, in the Bono Region.

The meeting was attended by staff and members of the Assembly, some traditional rulers, members of the District Security Council, and heads of institutions.

Mr. Oppong said the Assembly had initiated the construction of one each of No.3 unit classroom block at Yaakrom and Asuontam, as well as an examination printing centre at Nkrankwanta.

These projects are being funded through its Internally Generated Fund (IGF), with additional financial support from the District Performance Assessment Tool.

He said the Assembly was consciously working to improve and strengthen its IGF mobilisation efforts to drive its development programmes by levying all cashew buyers in the district.

To this end, Mr. Oppong said the Assembly had directed all cashew dealers to register with it to achieve that purpose, stating that defaulters would pay a fine of GH¢200.

Kintampo North Assembly distributes 58,000 seedlings

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FRANCIS OWUSU-ANSAH
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Mr. Simon Yambon,(L) presenting seedlings to a farmer

The Department of Agriculture in the Kintampo North Assembly has distributed some 38,000 and 20,000 mango and coconut seedlings respectively to farmers in the Municipality.

The distribution was done at the forecourt of the Assembly’s Agric Office.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony, the Director of Agriculture in the Kintampo Municipality, Mr. Simon Yambon, stressed on the importance of the project, saying that it would help create jobs, and as well boost the local economy.

He added that the exercise formed part of the “Tree Crop Development Authority” initiative, which was one of the government’s flagship programmes.

According to him, seedlings of about six tree crops, including; shea, rubber, oil palm, mango, cashew and coconut were to be distributed to farmers across the country.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kintampo Municipality, Mr. Isaac Baffoe Ameyaw, could not hide his joy as hundreds of farmers registered to benefit from the programme.

The MCE encouraged all the farmers to take care of the plants to be able to support their economic conditions and improve their livelihoods.

“All farmers should take all government flagship projects very seriously, for it has come to improve the standard of living and value of Ghanaians, and Kintampo at large,” he said.

Freda Prempeh donates to St. John of God Hospital

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FRANCIS OWUSU-ANSAH
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Medical staff admiring the equipment donated by th MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North, Madam Freda Prempeh, has donated assorted medical devices and equipment to the St John of God Catholic Hospital at Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region.

The items comprised medical refrigerators for drugs, temperature control, electric gynecological and delivery beds, ward screens, weighing scales, patient ad vital sign monitors, patient trolleys, ventilators, infusion and syringe pumps, infra-red thermometers, and autoclave machines.

Madam Prempeh, also a Minister of State in-charge of Works and Housing, presented similar items comprising bed cabinets, foldable hospital beds, examination lights, ECG, suction and ultrasound machines, needle destroyers, and hemoglobin meters to the Tano North Municipal Directorate of Health for onward distribution to the health facilities in the Municipality.

Speaking at separate presentation ceremonies held at Duayaw-Nkwanta, Madam Prempeh said she had prioritised matters of health and would ensure easy accessibility of quality healthcare services delivery by the populace in her constituency.

She expressed concern over the emerging pressure at the hospital due to population growth, and gave an assurance to construct more Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds in the Municipality to bring healthcare services delivery to the door steps of the people.

Madam Prempeh said she had already constructed more than 10 CHPS compounds, adding that very soon construction work on some on-going ones would be completed and handed over to the communities.

The MP said she was hopeful that the medical equipment would not only enable health workers in the area to deliver prompt and quality services, but also well position the Municipality to achieve Universal Health Coverage.

Madam Prempeh said she was working tirelessly to ensure that the Yamfo Health Centre was upgraded to hospital status, and urged the health workers to work in tandem with high ethical values and professionalism.

She entreated the Health Directorate to ensure that all the CHPS compounds in the Municipality received and used the medical devices for their intended purposes.

Dr. Asamoah Boakye, Medical Officer of the St John of God Catholic Hospital, thanked the MP for the gesture and expressed appreciation for her untiring support towards the provision of healthcare services in the area.

He explained that since the MP adopted the hospital’s Pediatric Unit, neonatal mortality had decreased drastically, and expressed the hope that she would continue to provide the facility with modern equipment.

Dr. Asamoah said the incubators at the Unit were not enough, and appealed to the MP and other philanthropists, corporate and charitable organisations for more of it, and also a child-friendly ambulance.

At the Municipal Health Directorate, Mrs. Eva Aryee, Tano North Municipal Director of Health Services, described the MP as a hardworking, faithful and illustrious daughter of the area, saying her commitment to quality healthcare services delivery remained unparalleled.

I don’t feel sabotage -ECG MD

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INUSAH MUSAH
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Samuel Mahama, ECG MD, speaking to the media in Accra. With his is Ing Boateng, head of Communications, ECG

Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahama, Managing Director (MD) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), says he does not feel sabotage by the massive system shutdown that hit the company last week.

Blaming the hitch on purely internet failure, resulting in millions of customers on prepaid meters in most parts of its operational areas having difficulty in buying credits, Mr. Mahama said the IT technicians of the company had been able to restore the system as of yesterday.

“The restoration started with our district offices, and then our third parties. We hope that by the close of the day, we will have finished increasing the security levels on the ECG App for all of our customers.

“So, I must say that except for the Ashanti Region, where we still have some numbers to restore, I am glad to say that most of our vending stations and district offices are up and running now, and our customers can now go and buy credit,” Samuel D.B. Mahama told a section of the media at a brief conference in Accra yesterday.

Accepting blame for the hitches and apologising to all of ECG customers for the inconveniences they had to endure, Mr. Mahama said over 95 per cent of the customers were active on their systems as of the time of meeting the media.

He advised anybody who, given the situation, illegally tapped electricity to their homes to disconnect, warning, “We will be resuming our routine illegal connections inspections of homes and structures soon, and ECG won’t spare anybody caught in the act.”

He went on to encourage customers to use the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) redress channel in case they had recorded losses as a result of the hitch.

“On how much the ECG has lost, in terms of revenue, we can only know that after investigations have been concluded,” he noted.

From last week Tuesday to Friday, thousands of ECG customers whose prepaid meters ran out of credit could not reload their meters as a result of a prolonged system shutdown.

These customers had to sleep in the dark throughout the period, with some allegedly stealing power via illegal connections.

ECG resumed some sales on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at its district offices where hundreds of its customers queued to buy credits to reload their meters, after an announcement that the system had begun restored.

We tackle smuggling, but don’t aid it -GRA

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BERNICE BESSEY
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Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, Commissioner-General, Ghana Revenue Authority

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged the public to shun circulars suggesting that its officers were aiding smuggling activities along the borders of the country.

The GRA said that smuggling activities purportedly being carried out with the connivance of some officers of the Customs Division was not true.

A statement issued by the Authority, and signed by its Communication & Public Affairs Director, Florence Asante, reads: “We extend our appreciation to Joy News and Joy FM for bringing the alleged smuggling activities to our attention. That notwithstanding, we respond as follows:

As part of measures to achieve the 2022 revenue target, the Preventive wing of the Customs Division of GRA has in place a Taskforce to tackle smuggling at border points nationwide.

The Taskforce works together with officers stationed at various frontier stations to ensure that goods entering the country have passed through the proper Customs controls for payment of duties.

The Customs Division regularly carries out arrests of smugglers saving the country from unscrupulous persons who seek to evade payment of duties. The Division also continues to identify several unauthorised routes which some persons use in an attempt to bring goods into the country.

GRA is fully committed to ensuring that all staff work with integrity and has, therefore, commenced investigations into officers identified in the video production and any officer found culpable will be sanctioned accordingly.

We also assure the general public that GRA will not relent in its mandate of protecting the country’s borders while deterring persons who smuggle goods from and into the country.

We, therefore, use this opportunity to reiterate our call for stakeholders (including the media) to make available any information or evidence of smuggling and tax evasion to Management to assist in unearthing such activities and sanction those found culpable.

GRA has also instituted an Informant Award Scheme as a means of awarding individuals, entities, or organizations who offer confidential information to the GRA leading to the recovery of tax.

We encourage persons who have such information to call GRA on 0800-900-110 and we assure them that the information will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. If the information leads to the recovery of taxes, the informant will receive cash amounts in line with our Informant Policy.”

100 Ukraine student returnees placed in medical schools

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Dr Nsiah Asare in a meeting with the medical students and other stakeholders

The Ministerial Committee tasked by the government to work towards the integration of Ukraine students returnees has successfully enrolled 100 students into Medical Schools in the country.

Dr Nsiah Asare, chairman of the committee who announced this, explained that all the 100 students went through the vetting and assessment processes put in place by the Ghana Medical and Dental Council in collaboration with the various stakeholders tasked to ensure the integration of the students.
He explained that the committee has therefore reported to the government about the situation.

Dr Nsiah Asare disclosed this to the media on Friday after the last meeting of the committee with the various stakeholders in the integration process in Accra.

In attendance at the meeting were representatives of the Ministry of Education, GTEC, Medical and Dental Council, all the Deans of the Medical Schools and the two Private universities and the student representative council of Ukraine returnees.

He explained to the meeting the various processes they went through before arriving where they reached before the enrolment of the students into their choice of medical schools in the country.

He hinted that the 100 qualified students were placed in levels 100 to 500 but indicated that no one was paced at level 600 due to their qualifications.

This, he said was due to the fact that the course structure in Ukraine was different from that of Ghana, adding their transcripts were used also used to assist with the placement levels.

DrNsiahAsare stated that all the placed students would start their academic work from this month to November depending on where that student was placed and the reopening date of that institution.

He commended the WHO and other stakeholders for their support and contribution towards the successful integration of the students into the nation’s medical schools as requested by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

DrNsiahAsare said the government was committed to training more health personnel to fill the various vacancies available in health institutions across the country.

He was quick to mention that despite the desire for more Doctors, Nurses and other professionals, the floodgate would not be opened for unqualified personnel to be recruited as health personnel.

This, he said was to help protect all Ghanaians and the medical profession from being taken over by unqualified people who could pose danger to the health of people if allowed to practice.

The Students Representative Council President for the Ukraine students, Philip Bobie Ansah, appealed to the government to consider accepting many of their mates who could not be part of the assessment for the integration process since the notice granted them was too short for all to be part of the process.

He was, however, happy for the opportunity offered them, leading to 100 of them going through successfully into various medical schools in the country.

Fact sheet

The initial registration with the GTEC recorded over 1000 students available.A total of 187 were eligible to partake in the assessment, but only 117 registered with the GMDC to partake in the assessment.

During the assessment, only 101 presented themselves for the exercise and 100 were declared successful, as one person was disqualified due to the fact it was discovered that before the war broke out, he had left medical school for more than three years.

By Felix Baidoo

Okuapemhemaa dismissed at National House of Chiefs

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ISAAC AKWETEY-OKUNOR
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Lawyer for Lilly Agyemang, Augustine Asarfo Adjei addressing the media during the press conference

The Judicial Committee of the National House of Chiefs has dismissed the appeal filed by the Queen mother and three other associates from the Akuapem Traditional Area and affirmed the earlier judgement of the judicial committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs.

On Thursday September 29, 2022 the judicial committee of the National House of Chiefs dismissed the appeal filed by the Queen mother, Nana Afua Nketiaa Obuo and three other associates.

Speaking at a press conference at palace of Okuapemhene at Akropong, in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region, Counsel for Lilly Agyemang, the plaintiff who had challenged the queen mother at the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs and won, Augustine AsarfoAdjei affirmed that Oseadeyor Kwasi Akuffo II, Akuapemhene, is and has not been a party to the suit throughout, hence the judgement does not bind him.

According to the Lawyer Augustine AsarfoAdjei, the queen mother and three other associates’ case had been dismissed and have been slapped with cost of GH₵ 50,000.00 by the National House of Chiefs.

He explained that notwithstanding the dismissal of the case, the queen mother and her three other associates still have the guts to claim that they have won the case at the National House of Chiefs The lawyer for Lilly Agyemang, who represents the Abrewatia of the Sakyiabea Royal Family indicated that the Queen mother and her associates felt that it was for the Queen mother’s sole decision to present a candidate or nominee to the Kingmakers.

Augustine AsarfoAdjei said OseadeyorKwasiAkuffo II was only installed after and in line with the judgment of the judicial committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs.

According to the Akuapem State, there are three royal gates namely: Nketiah House, Ama Ogyaaa House and Sakyiabea that can ascend to the Ofori Ketewa stool and that has been codified under the declaration of customary law (Akwapem State) order, 1960, L.I

Counsel explained further that the Legislative Instrument (L.I) further provided that these three houses ascend on rotational basis and when it is a house’s turn, it is that house that nominates.

He said it was on the basis of this that his client, Lilly Agyemang proceeded to the judicial committee of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs to set the record straight.

Augustine Asarfo Adjei called for peace after the judgement of the Judicial Committee of the National House of Chiefs and also ceased the insults and insinuations in the Akuapem state.

He said that the judgement is clear and nowhere in the judgement did it call for a restart of the nomination processes as it required by custom.

Veteran Actor Ekow Blankson dead

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NANA KWESI COOMSON
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Ekow Blankson

Veteran Ghanaian Actor, Ekow Blankson is reported dead.

The popular Actor died on Monday, October 3, 2022.Until his death, the Actor was the Commercial Manager of Ghanaweb.

He worked with Media General as the Director of Brands and Corporate Communications.

Mr. Blankson was popular and starred in movies like Borga, Frozen Emotion, Savannah, In April, Checkmate, Illusions, A Woman Scorned, Pool Party, amongst others.

He holds a Masters’s Degree in Fine Arts and a Diploma in Theatre Arts (Drama) from the University of Ghana.

Mr Blankson also graduated from the Heineken Global Commerce University, Amsterdam, with a marketing certificate.

Ekow Blankson before his death revealed that discovered his talent for acting and other creative activities in class two.

Ekowin a personality profile interview on YFM shared; “I realized that I found myself enjoying the creative arts more and it has lived with me ever since the days of class two all the way to Adisadel College to the university and it is still with me.”

Ekow shared an interesting account of how his elder brother used to express his displeasure at his involvement in school cultural activities during those days.

However, that did not deter him from pursuing his passion. He added that even when he had the option of pursuing law at the university, he still chose to sharpen his skills in the creative arts.

“My elder brother used to beat me a lot because I did not know how to play football.

I was mostly with my mother in the kitchen but one thing I was doing which my brother didn’t like was cultural performances in school. I was getting involved in cultural performances, poetry and drama and he didn’t like it” he added.

Kidi apologises for his inappropriate tweets

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NANA KWESI COOMSON
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Kidi

Following the resurrection of his old tweets which attacked Ghanaian Celebrities and politicians, Afrobeat Singer Kidi has shown remorse for the unpleasant words used ten years ago.

He has come to the realisation of his wrongs and has accordingly issued an apology to the dozens of people he disrespected and defamed.

The singer known in private life as Dennis Nana Dwamena admitted that his actions were born out of youthful exuberance and he didn’t understand fully the consequences of his words at the time.

Kidi wrote that his tweets were “inappropriate and unkind” and he is regretful of them.

While apologising to all the individuals involved, he also took the opportunity to caution social media users to be decorous and mindful in what they say and post.

The ‘Enjoyment’ hitmaker topped twitter trends and headlines for a series of reckless, disrespectful and derogatory tweets from his younger years.

Black Sherif, Shatta Wale and other Artistes announce album release in October

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NANA KWESI COOMSON
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Shatta Wale and Black Sherif
Amerado and Wendy Shay

With independent announcements, October 2020 will witness the release of albums than any month in the history of Ghanaian music as most Artistes are ready to release a body of studio works for fans.

So far, four Ghanaian music stars have confirmed the release of their albums. They include Black Sherif, Shatta Wale, Amerado and Wendy Shay.

Sensational Ghanaian rapper Black Sherif broke the internet when he announced the release of his debut album; ‘The Villian I Never Was.’The ‘Soja’ hitmaker has announced that the project will be released on Thursday October 6, 2022 across various streaming platforms.

Black Sherif wrote; “It took me everything to give life to this body. The one thing in my life that I gave everything up for. There is life in this body, I hope it treats you good and speaks to you like I want it to.My debut album, “The Villain I Never Was” Available on all stores on October 6, 2022.Thank you, Love you.”

While performing at the Summer Stage Festival in New York, Shatta Wale announced the release of his much-anticipated ‘Gift of God Album.’

The studio work according to the Dancehall King is set for release on Monday, October 17, 2022.

After the release of‘Survivor’ and ‘Warning,’Singer Wendy Asiamah Addo, known in showbiz as Wendy Shay will release an Extended Play titled ‘Enigma’  on Friday October 21, 2022. She announced the release date by sharing photos of herself in customized Enigma apparel. s

Rapper Amerado has also advertised Tuesday October 25, 2022 as the date to watch out for the much anticipated ‘G.I.N.A’ album. Amerado took to social media to announce the release of the album and explained that the acronym G.I.N.A stands for “God Is Never Asleep.”

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