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I have a yet to be released song with Sarkodie which will be a hit –Amakye Dede

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Amakye Dede and Sarkodie

Highlife legend, Abrantie Amakye Dede has disclosed that he has a yet to be released song which features Sarkodie which has a potential to be a national hit when released.

According to the ‘Iron boy’ crooner, he has new projects which will dormant the airwaves soon.

In his interview with Zionfelix which was monitored by The Chronicle, Amakye Dede pointed out that his song with Sarkodie is what music lovers have been looking forward to.

He further disclosed that he is working to complete some songs and that he will soon release them to let Ghanaians know that he hasn’t lost his mojo as a singer.

“I’m still working on some tracks, I have a song with Sarkodie that I will release anytime from now and I know when they come out they will be a hit” Abrantie intimated.

He added that his doors are always open to any young artiste who wants to stay relevant and have in depth music knowledge.

Amakye Dede is one of Ghana’s foremost high-life artistes. He began his career in 1973 when he joined the Kumapim Royals as a composer and vocalist. This band, led by Akwasi Ampofo Agyei (AAA), had hits such as ‘Abebi Bewua Eso,’‘Wanware Me A,’‘Odo Mani Agyina,’ and the seminal ‘Ohohoo Batani.’

Amakye Dede, who was born in Agogo, Asante Akim, moved to Nigeria, where he had his hit ‘Jealousy go shame.’

2022 Western Music Awards nominees and headline sponsor to be unveiled

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Western Music Awards

Westline Entertainment, organizers of the prestigious Western Music Awards are set to unveil nominees for the 2022 edition of the awards on Saturday 9th July, 2022.

The unveiling which will start at 7pm at the Anaji Choicemart Conference Room in Takoradi will have Creative Arts Industry players in and from the region.

In addition to the nominees announcement is the unveiling of a headline sponsor for this year. “Five new categories have been added to the already existing 25 categories making it a total of 30 categories. This was arrived at after reviews with key players of the industry suggested that we introduce them to encourage the Artistes and stakeholders” Nana Kwesi Coomson, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Western Music Awards intimated.

“An international headline sponsor which is affiliated to the world’s leading music company which owns and operate a broad array of businesses in more than 60 countries will also be unveiled. This headline sponsor’s interest is also in the growth of Artistes from the region. I am very certain that the profile of the headline sponsor will excite industry players” Mr. Coomson added.

According to Westline Entertainment, this year’s edition witnessed the highest number of filing of nominations by the Industry Players since the last five years the awards commenced. “Over 300 Artistes and stakeholders filed for nominations this year, the highest since the inception of the awards” the PRO revealed.

The unveiling will be broadcast live on Western Music Awards Ghana on Facebook and Youtube and other affiliates.

Reconstruction of Dome-Kitase Road begins next month

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Road construction

The Government will soon cut sod for the commencement of work on the 23 kilometres-Dome Roundabout Road in the Greater Accra Region and Kitase in the Eastern Region region.

The project, estimated at USD 1,626,109 is being funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and the Government of Ghana.

Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the Minister of Roads and Highways and Mr Oliver Acquah, Chief Executive Officer, First Sky Group, a local construction company, today signed the contract to pave way for the project. It would be completed in 24 months.

The project includes the provision of 16.3km two-lane single carriageway with asphaltic concrete surfacing; provision of 2.8km dual carriageway arterial, with auxiliary lanes at both sides for drop off/pick up, with asphaltic concrete surfacing and the provision of 1km two-lane single carriageway for Ashesi University, with asphaltic concrete surfacing.

Mr Amoako-Attah said it would enhance socio-economic activities for people living along the stretch. He said it would also facilitate trade and the economic integration of the two Regions, as well as help to reduce the frequent breakdowns of vehicles on the stretch, which affected both motorists and businesses.

The Minister said he was confident that the First Sky Limited would deliver the project on time and “with all competence and efficiency.”

“We have gone through the entire procurement processes and the best contractor has emerged and I want to assure the company that the Government will support our own to deliver this project on schedule,” he said.

Mr Oliver Acquah, Chief Executive Officer, First Sky Group, thanked the Government for the confidence reposed in the company and assured that the project would be done on schedule. GNA

Code Nation 1957: Birthing Wells of Hope

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Water is life. However, that is not the case for folks living in many rural areas in Ghana. Tsavanya in the Volta Region and Mpakandan in the Eastern Region are classic examples. People in Tsavanya rely on a stream far from the village as their major source of water. The downside is, that the stream is muddy and unhygienic for use.

Taking this into account, will Ghana be able to fulfill United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal Six (6) by the year 2030?

This is a great question to ponder over. In as much as, it is the responsibility of the government through the Ghana Water Corporation Limited (GWCL), to provide clean water for all and sundry and in every nook and cranny of the country, this seems far from the reality.

What we need is a united front to make government institutions aware of such ordeals, so they come to our aid. However, if they are nonchalant, we cannot wait on them forever. We need to come together and tailor solutions to mitigate such problems.

An organisation committing to this resolveis Code Nation 1957. Code Nation 1957 is a prestigious youth movement in Ghana founded by David Nii Adjaye. Code57‘s vision is to be the best system for raising young leaders in nation-building and its mission is to empower, create platforms and opportunities for young people for nation-building.

David Nii Adjaye is an ardent youth advocate. He believes the youth are custodians of mother Ghana and should never settle for less. Rather, they should put up a fight, believing unwaveringly that things will change in our nation. In this regard, he has raised and is willing to raise young leaders with the desire to better the impoverished systems in the country.

Code57 in recent times has taken a keen interest in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6, which focuses on clean water and sanitation. Siblings Keeper Foundation and the Social Intervention Wing of Code57, spearheaded by Nana Boateng, provided Tsavanya (Volta Region) and Mpakandan (Eastern Region) with treated borehole water. The bliss of joy on the faces of residents is priceless. One of them in an extremely joyous yet tearful tone stated, “for the very first time, we now have water which is treated and safe for use. Things like this matter!”

David Nii Adjaye and the family of Code57 have Ghanaians at heart and are unflinchingly determined to positively touch lives. Overtwo years, the youth of Code57 with a united front have sacrificed their time, effort, and resources to restore hope to people in various communities. This shows change is possible if we put our minds to it.

In our own small ways, let us be agents of the change we desire. Let us serve as a helping hand to humanity. Let us birth wells of hope. By doing so, we are building the capacity to champion nation-building!

By David Nii Adjaye

6 children, 86 hospital staff test positive for Covid-19 in Hohoe

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Mr. Andrews Teddy Ofori, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive

Six children, aged between five and 12 years, have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Hohoe Municipality. Five of the children were treated and discharged with a six-year-old, a transported case, currently responding to treatment.

Between January and August this year, 86 staff of the Hohoe Municipal Hospital also tested positive for the disease.A monthly breakdown of the coronavirus statistics in the Municipality revealed that 2,458 samples were tested from January to August 2021.

Out of the samples, 459 tested positive, 34 active cases while four people succumbed to the virus. Mr. Philip Nani-Tome, Hohoe Municipal Disease Control Officer, said during a Public Health Emergency Management Committee meeting that people in the Municipality no longer wore face masks.

He said social distancing was not being adhered to, hand washing equipment no longer in use, government facilities no longer observing protocols and the media being quiet on education.

Mr. Nani-Tome recommended that the Hohoe Municipal Assembly should enforce its bye-laws on the adherence to coronavirus protocols. He also appealed for financial support to purchase fuel to carry out vigorous contact tracing and health promotion.

The Officer revealed that the Municipality had not received the second doses for people who took jabs of the first doses of the AstraZeneca covid vaccines, adding that most people were unwilling to be vaccinated.

He said the Municipality needed more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for health workers. The officer urged churches to adhere to the stipulated two-hour service time and also ensure adherence to the protocols.

Mr. Nani-Tome said challenges faced with managing Covid-19 cases included no means of transport of items to the treatment Centre. He also mentioned no reimbursement to the hospital, which was spending hugely on the management of the pandemic, no fridge to store medication and no means of carrying out effective home management.

Mr. Andrews Teddy Ofori, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said the Municipality would provide a motorbike to support the management of cases in the Municipality. He urged the Municipal Security Committee (MUSEC) to meet and deliberate on ways to ensure adherence to safety protocols.

Superintendent Odoi Jeffery Nii Laryea, Commander of Wli Afegame Border Post, revealed that the border remained close to people except for goods.

He said a joint security team was also in place to check unapproved routes leading to Togo.

Source: GNA

Prisoners get reprieve:  feeding rate to be increased from GH¢1.80 to GH¢5.00

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Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior

The feeding rate for prison inmates is expected to see an increase from GH¢1.80 to GH¢5.00 to ensure the right to adequate food and nutrition, Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior, has said.

He said the call for the increment had preceded the current government coming into power.

However, the Ministry and the Ghana Prisons Service were yet to receive approval from the Ministry of Finance.

Mr. Dery, who is also a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nandom Constituency, announced the proposed increment in Parliament, in Accra, on Wednesday.

He made the remarks in his response to a question by Mr. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, MP for South Dayi, on behalf of Mr. Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, MP for Madina, on what measures were being taken to increase the feeding allocation of GH¢1.80 per day, with the view of ensuring prisoners’ right to adequate food and nutrition was in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 2, which called for Zero Hunger.

“Mr. Speaker, the Ghana Prisons Service and the Ministry have made various attempts for the upward adjustment of the feeding rate from GH¢1.80 to GH¢5.00,” he said.

Mr. Dery added that notwithstanding, the Ghana Prisons Service supplemented the inmates feeding with produce from the Prisons Farms to avert malnutrition and its related problems. Mr. Dafeamekpor further proposed a policy be implemented for prisoners to cultivate crops that would supplement their feeding.

He also urged the Interior Minister to engage with Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister, ahead of the mid-year review budget to make the proposed adjustment materialise.

Source: GNA

Sales manager convicted for theft

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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a sales manager into Police custody, pending sentencing for dishonestly appropriating GHS28,000.00 belonging to his employer. Collins Mensah admitted to fraudulent breach of trust but sentence was deferred to enable him to “settle himself with the complainant.”

The Court presided over by Mr Samuel B. Acquah asked him to come back to court for his sentence on July 21, 2022. Police Inspector Daniel Danku told the Court that Thomas Dasitey, the account clerk of the (Okoampah Ernest Asare Company Limited), which deals in Ashfoam and plastic products was the complainant.

He said the accused person was the sales manager of the Teshie Tsuibleoo branch of the company. On June 26, 2022, Dasitey, the account clerk, on his routine duty of stock-taking, discovered that there were inconsistencies in the records of sales.  The Prosecution said Dasitey then questioned the accused on the findings but did not receive any reasonable response.

Inspector Danku said the account clerk further established after a preliminary observation that about GHS 28,000 could not be accounted for in goods and cash.  He said with the consent of the CEO of the Company, Dasitey reported the matter to the Police which led to the arrest of the accused. During interrogation, the accused admitted that he took money out of sales amounting to GHS28,000.00 but could not tell what he used it for.

The Court heard that the accused person was charged with the offence and brought before the Court. Meanwhile, efforts were afoot to determine the exact amount of money dishonestly appropriated by the accused person, the Court heard.  GNA

GEXIM’s “Tuesday Markey” is best SME market initiative in Africa

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As a testament of its determination to support Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to scale up and run profitable ventures, the Management of Ghana Exim Bank, GEXIM, on Tuesday 5th July 2022 received the African Union Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (AU SME) award for “The Best Market Initiative” in Africa category for its “Tuesday Market” initiative.

The award was announced at the first-ever AU SME Annual Forum held in Cairo, Egypt from June 27th to July 1st, 2022, which was organised by the African Union in collaboration with the All Africa Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (AAASME).

The award was presented to the Management of GEXIM led by the Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence Agyinsam at the Bank’s Head office in Accra by the Secretary General of the AAASME, Dr. Ebiekure Jasper Eradiri, and Legal Advisor of AAASME, Barrister Warmate Jones Idikio.

Receiving the AAASME team, the Chief Executive Officer of GEXIM, Lawrence Agyinsam congratulated the African Union and AAASME for introducing the AU SME Annual Forum, a platform that seeks to promote and strategize for a better, more inclusive African SME sector, to realize Africa’s industrialization in the context of the integrated market. He expressed the Bank’s appreciation to the organisers for the recognition of its “Tuesday Market” initiative.

“As a Development Bank of the state, Ghana Exim Bank is committed to supporting the Government of Ghana’s agenda to reposition the Ghanaian economy into an export led one. In addition, the Bank has a vision to become a strong financial institution that will be a key driver in the development of Ghana’s export trade, facilitate cross border trade and make Ghana a pillar in regional and continental trade”, he added.

On her part, the Deputy Chief Executive Office of GEXIM responsible for Business and Banking, Rosemary Beryl Archer highlighted the importance and dominance of the SME sector in the business environment and its critical role in the national development agenda as well as economic transformation of several countries globally.

She further stated that “the significant role the SME sector plays cannot be underestimated, accounting for over 50% of private output. With the Tuesday Market initiative, we are promoting Ghanaian products and preparing our SMEs for export through building their capacities and adding value to their products”.

Dr. Eradiri indicated that the award is intended to spur GEXIM to do more within its mandate to impact more individual SMEs and the entire ecosystem. He further expressed AAASME’s intention to collaborate with GEXIM to replicate its award winning initiatives and successes in other countries across Africa, for the benefit of Africa’s teeming SMEs.

Other members of the GEXIM team present at the presentation were Nana Akyaa Obeng-Adiyiah, Deputy Chief Executive Officer responsible for Finance and Administration,Michael Tetteh-Voetagbe, General Manager, Human Resources and Administration, Bright Darko, Head, SME Baking, Solomon Dsane, Head, Risk Management, Isaac Amissah-Aidoo, General Manager, Finance and Strategy, Rachel Nettey, Senior Manager, Administration and Jonathan Christopher Koney, Assistant Manager, Corporate Affairs and International Cooperation.

Source: GEXIM

Climate Crisis: Awareness, early warning systems crucial

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Professor Daouda Kone

Ghana and her African peers urgently need to bridge the knowledge gap and establish an effective early warning system on impacts of climate crisis.

This is the surest way to live with climate crisis impacts manifesting in the form of rising sea levels, flooding, drought and increased temperature, Professor Daouda Kone, Director, Capacity Building Department of West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), has said.

“I am sure that today, the heavy rain has caused flooding, and displaced people. Some were caught unaware. If there was a good early warning system, people would have known what time was ideal to move out to work and avoid the flood,” he said.

“The same warning system will inform farmers to know that it will rain and that will inform them to go ahead and sow seeds or delay the application of fertilizer to avoid losses,” he noted.

Prof Kone said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on the sidelines of an event to open a three-day training programme for West African Researchers, organised by the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (STEPRI-CSIR).

The training, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research seeks to strengthen the capacity of WASCAL’s scientific coordinators in policy brief development for increased engagement in policy processes and advocacy.

The participants after the training will also train students pursuing climate change related topics in master and doctorate to enable them to develop policy briefs for communities in their respective countries. Prof Kone said the knowledge gap was huge and would require training for technical people to provide the right information to practitioners to effectively communicate to the public.

He urged African Governments to invest in technologies such as Automatic Weather stations to collect climate data to make predictions and modeling to furnish local communities with accurate information to make daily decisions.

Dr. Portia Adade Williams, a Research Fellow at STEPRI-CSIR, stated that although climate change posed risks to human health, ecosystems, and economic development, it offered opportunities.

She said climate policies were intended to reduce the risks of climate change while at the same time taking advantage of the opportunities it presented.  Dr. Williams noted that adapting to the potential effects of climate change was a complex and ongoing process, which required the attention and actions of individuals, communities, governments and international agencies.

By Albert Oppong-Ansah

Source: GNA

Buhari swears in seven new ministers

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Buhari swears in new ministers

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated seven ministers who were recently screened and cleared by the Senate.

Those inaugurated are Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh (Abia State), Umana Umana (Akwa Ibom State) Odum Odih (Rivers State) and Ademola Adegoroye (Ondo State).

The others are Umar El-Yakub (Kano State), Goodluck Opiah (Imo State), and Egwumakama Joseph Nkama (Ebonyi State).

The new ministers were inaugurated by Mr Buhari in two batches at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

The president did not announce their portfolios. They were screened and confirmed by the Senate on June 29.

They are replacing the ministers who resigned their positions in May, to pursue their political ambitions.

Before the swearing in, FEC observed a minute silence in honour of the late Secretary General of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammed Barkindo.

Mr Barkindo, who died at about 11pm on Tuesday, had visited the president earlier that day. He was 63 years.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; and Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, attended the FEC meeting physically.

Ministers physically present were Abubakar Malami (Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice), Chris Ngige (Labour and Employment), Adamu Adamu (Education), Isa Pantami (Communication and Digital Economy), Olamilekan Adegbite (Mines and Steel), Timipre Sylva (Minister of State for Petroleum Resources), Clem Agba (Minister of State Budget, National Planning), and Maryam Katagum (Minister of State, Trade and Investment).

The Head of the Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Folasade Yemi-Esan, and other ministers are attending the meeting virtually.

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