COVID-19: Tertiary institutions disinfected; ready for re-opening

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As part of measures to reduce the risk of students exposure to COVID-19 when schools are reopened, government in collaboration with the number one Waste Management in Ghana and Africa, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has embarked on a 2nd phase disinfestation exercise in Tertiary institutions across the country.


It would be recalled that, President Akufo Addo in his15th COVID-19 national address announced that, government will put in place necessary preventive measures to allow students to return to school safely.


He assured that, Government through the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service, would ensure that all tertiary institutions are disinfected and equipped with necessary personal protective equipment before Students go back to school.


Cleaning, disinfecting and promoting hand hygiene are important everyday actions schools can take to slow the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases and protect students and staff.


At Bagabaga College of Education in Tamale where one of the disinfestay exercise took place, the Vice Principal, Mr. Emmanuel Alhassan retraited management’s preparedness to receive the students now that the school have been disinfested ahead of the school reopened.


He stressed that the necessary preparations in terms of allocating places where students would be staying are available, adding that the school have 4 Halls, 3 for male and 1 for the female.


Mr. Alhassan further disclosed that, management of the school have put in place, a medical team who are waiting to receive the students and check their statistics in terms of temperature and other physical observation they might come across.


The Vice Principal however revealed that, their only fears is lack of mass testing of students against the COVID-19 since students are coming from the various regions across the country.


He therefore said, the school is of the firm believe that with arrangements made by government and the Education Minisgry as far as the COVID-19 protocols are concerned, they would not record any case.


He further assured that even if a case emerged, there are 3 Medical Doctors to assist because they have been providing routine consultancy services to the school.


Mr. Alhassan commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited for their extraordinary support towards the fight against COVID-19 since it came into the country.


The Northern Regional General Manager for Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr. Dawuni Peter on an interview pointed out that, the company is disinfesting 8 Tertiary Institutions comprises of Tamale University and 7 Colleges of Education in Northern, Savana and North East Region respectfully.


He averred that, the second phase disinfestation exercise does not include University of Development Studies.


Mr. Dawuni said, President Akufo Addo’s appreciations to Dr. Siaw Agyepong and Jospong Group of Companies for excellent support towards the fight against the spread of COVID-19, re-emphasis the image of the company, and the capacity that they have in dealing with emergency issues in the country.


“So as a company, I feel so elinated that the Number One Gentleman of the land, single handedly praises the company that I worked for.

So, we are determined to do more beyond the expectations of every Ghanaian because, we are not just in to make profit but, we are looking at the social aspect of our society”.

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Chiraahene Endorses NDC Running Mate

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The Paramount Chief of Chiraa Traditional Area, Barima Mintah Afari II, has endorsed the Vice Presidential candidature of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, saying it is time for an intelligent and hardworking woman to be at the Presidency.


According to him, the selection of Prof. Opoku-Agyemang as running mate to President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the December presidential election, is in line with the meaningful progression of women in the governance of the country.


The traditional leader cited the exploits of Yaa Asantewaa, who exemplifies the courage of women, adding that apart from having females in Parliament, the country has had a female Speaker of Parliament (Joyce Bamford-Addo) and two female Chief Justices (Georgina Theodora Wood and Sophia Akuffo).


The accomplishments of these women, he noted, meant the timing was right for a female to be vice president or president of Ghana.


The Chiraahene, gave the endorsement when Prof. Opoku-Agyemang paid a courtesy call on him on Thursday at the start of her campaign tour of the Bono region.


“Today, we are confident you can lead the way, in partnership with John Mahama, for the meaningful development of Ghana,” he emphasized.


Judging from her achievements, the chief expressed optimism that Prof Opoku-Agyemang, as a vice president, would offer enormous benefits to the nation through the various well-meaning development policies the NDC intends to pursue in government.
He prayed for victory for her and the NDC, and called for issued-based campaign, adding that insults do not win votes.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang thanked the Chiraahene for the support, and urged the people of the region to vote massively for the NDC in the upcoming elections.


The running mate gave the assurance that the next NDC government would fix all the difficulties created by the present government’s haphazard policies, and implement projects and programmes to enhance the lot of Ghanaians.


Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was accompanied by Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, General Secretary of the NDC, Mr. Alex Segbefia, a former Minister for Health and Deputy Campaign Manager of the party for the 2020 elections, Ms. Emelia Arthur, a former Deputy Western Regional Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu and Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh, Spokesperson and Head of Communications for the running mate.

The Ghanaian Dream will be achieved under NDC— Prof. Opoku-Agyemang

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The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says the policies and programmes of the next NDC administration will enable the citizenry to achieve the Ghanaian dream.
“The dream of the Ghanaian to live in a progressive nation of equal opportunities, the dream of economic prosperity, of quality and accessible education and training, of access to sustainable jobs, of quality leadership, of quality infrastructure, of quality social protection and welfare system, value-added and productive agriculture sector, and all-inclusive development will all be achieved under the NDC,” she explained
Addressing members of the Sunyani Traditional Council, as part of her campaign tour of the region, Prof Opoku-Agyemang said the NDC has the right policies and human resources to address the difficulties facing Ghanaians.
“The essence of governance is to help the people to achieve their aspirations. This is what will be realized under the next NDC government,” she stated.
She said because the NDC has done it before through the party’s attestable good performance in the past, “we shall do it again,” for the benefit of Ghanaians.
“You all know our performance record, and you can now see the problems that have engulfed the country. We have the solutions to save the country from destruction.”
She thanked the chiefs for the warm reception, and called for their support for the NDC to return to power to continue its good works.
Touching on President John Dramani Mahama’s “Big Push” initiative, which will see the next NDC government invest $10 billion in the economy to dualise roads, complete the remainder of 200 Community Day Senior High Schools, finish hospital projects that have been left abandoned, as well as construct bridges to open up the country, Prof. Opoku Agyemang said the region stands to benefit immensely from the plan.

“The Big Push will also expand agriculture production in the region, and make cashew farming more productive and beneficial through quality value addition and agriculture infrastructure,” she stressed.

The running mate, who received a rousing welcome to the region, was accompanied by Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, General Secretary of the NDC, Mr. Alex Segbefia, a former Minister for Health and Deputy Campaign Manager of the party for the 2020 elections, and Ms. Emelia Arthur, a former Deputy Western Regional Minister.

Other members of her entourage are Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh, Spokesperson and Head of Communications for the running mate and regional party executives.

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Upper East tertiary instutions ready for re-opening

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Tertiary instutions in the Upper East Region have indicated their readiness to receive continuing students back to school to enable them complete the academic calendar.

According to some senior administrative staff, they have put in place adequate COVID-19 preventive mechanisms to protect both the students, teaching and non-teaching staff members from contracting the virus.

They gave the assurance when the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES) partnered Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) to embark on the second phase of disinfection in tertiary instutions across the country.

The exercise in the Upper East begun on Friday, and it was in line with President Akufo-Addo’s directive for all tertiary instutions in the country to be disinfected against the virus before reopening on August 24th, 2020.

The first school that saw its open spaces, lecture halls, administration and other facilities disinfected was Millar Institute for Transdisciplinary and Development Studies, Bolgatanga

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the exercise, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Millar Institute for Transdisciplinary and Development Studies, Paschal B. Atengden, while affirming that his school was ready, noted that the second disinfection exercise would help protect the school’s space against the virus.

“I am very happy with the government and Zoomlion Ghana Limited partnership to undertake this national exercise. It is a good thing and it will help halt the spread of the virus,” he said.

He was also full of praise for the president, especially for including private institutions in the national exercise.

To this end, Mr Atengden appealed to the central government and GES to include the private schools and institutions in any national exercise that would benefit educational instutions in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic in the country.
Other instutions that also benefited were the Bolgatanga Technical University, St. John Busco’s College of Education in Navrongo

At the St John Busco’s College of Education, the Estate Manager, John Amoah, was very elated about the exercise.

He also added that the college had put in place all the necessary measures to welcome back the continuing students.

The Deputy Manage, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Upper East Region, Issaka Abubarka described day one of the exercise as successful.

According to him, his company had already disinfected 5 tertiary institutions in the region.

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Chiraahene endorses NDC Running Mate

Daniel Opare
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The Paramount Chief of Chiraa Traditional Area, Barima Mintah Afari II, has endorsed the Vice Presidential candidature of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, saying it is time for an intelligent and hardworking woman to be at the Presidency.


According to him, the selection of Prof. Opoku-Agyemang as running mate to President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the December presidential election, is in line with the meaningful progression of women in the governance of the country.


The traditional leader cited the exploits of Yaa Asantewaa, who exemplifies the courage of women, adding that apart from having females in Parliament, the country has had a female Speaker of Parliament (Joyce Bamford-Addo) and two female Chief Justices (Georgina Theodora Wood and Sophia Akuffo).


The accomplishments of these women, he noted, meant the timing was right for a female to be vice president or president of Ghana.


The Chiraahene, gave the endorsement when Prof. Opoku-Agyemang paid a courtesy call on him on Thursday at the start of her campaign tour of the Bono region.


“Today, we are confident you can lead the way, in partnership with John Mahama, for the meaningful development of Ghana,” he emphasized.


Judging from her achievements, the chief expressed optimism that Prof Opoku-Agyemang, as a vice president, would offer enormous benefits to the nation through the various well-meaning development policies the NDC intends to pursue in government.


He prayed for victory for her and the NDC, and called for issued-based campaign, adding that insults do not win votes.


Prof. Opoku-Agyemang thanked the Chiraahene for the support, and urged the people of the region to vote massively for the NDC in the upcoming elections.


The running mate gave the assurance that the next NDC government would fix all the difficulties created by the present government’s haphazard policies, and implement projects and programmes to enhance the lot of Ghanaians.


Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was accompanied by Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, General Secretary of the NDC, Mr. Alex Segbefia, a former Minister for Health and Deputy Campaign Manager of the party for the 2020 elections, Ms. Emelia Arthur, a former Deputy Western Regional Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu and Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh, Spokesperson and Head of Communications for the running mate.

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The Ghanaian Dream will be achieved under NDC— Prof. Opoku-Agyemang

Daniel Opare
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The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, says the policies and programmes of the next NDC administration will enable the citizenry to achieve the Ghanaian dream.


“The dream of the Ghanaian to live in a progressive nation of equal opportunities, the dream of economic prosperity, of quality and accessible education and training, of access to sustainable jobs, of quality leadership, of quality infrastructure, of quality social protection and welfare system, value-added and productive agriculture sector, and all-inclusive development will all be achieved under the NDC,” she explained.


Addressing members of the Sunyani Traditional Council, as part of her campaign tour of the region, Prof Opoku-Agyemang said the NDC has the right policies and human resources to address the difficulties facing Ghanaians.


“The essence of governance is to help the people to achieve their aspirations. This is what will be realized under the next NDC government,” she stated.


She said because the NDC has done it before through the party’s attestable good performance in the past, “we shall do it again,” for the benefit of Ghanaians.

“You all know our performance record, and you can now see the problems that have engulfed the country. We have the solutions to save the country from destruction.”


She thanked the chiefs for the warm reception, and called for their support for the NDC to return to power to continue its good works.


Touching on President John Dramani Mahama’s “Big Push” initiative, which will see the next NDC government invest $10 billion in the economy to dualise roads, complete the remainder of 200 Community Day Senior High Schools, finish hospital projects that have been left abandoned, as well as construct bridges to open up the country, Prof. Opoku Agyemang said the region stands to benefit immensely from the plan.

“The Big Push will also expand agriculture production in the region, and make cashew farming more productive and beneficial through quality value addition and agriculture infrastructure,” she stressed.

The running mate, who received a rousing welcome to the region, was accompanied by Mr. Johnson Asiedu-Nketia, General Secretary of the NDC, Mr. Alex Segbefia, a former Minister for Health and Deputy Campaign Manager of the party for the 2020 elections, and Ms. Emelia Arthur, a former Deputy Western Regional Minister.

Other members of her entourage are Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh, Spokesperson and Head of Communications for the running mate and regional party executives.

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Tertiary Institutions in Ashanti Region undergo 2nd disinfection

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As part of the central government’s continuous measures to halt the spread of the malignant novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the ministry of education (MoE) and the Ghana Education (GES), in partnership with waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has begun disinfecting tertiary institutions in the Ashanti Region.

The three-day exercise, which started yesterday, is expected to end tomorrow (Sunday, August 23, 2020). It will cover both public and private universities, polytechnic universities and health facilities in the region.

The exercise follows the directive by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his 15th national address on measures being taken against the spread of COVID-19 for tertiary institutions in the country to reopen on August 24th, 2020 to allow continuing students complete their academic calendar.

To this end, the president said the government through the MoE and the Ghana Education Service (GES) will ensure that all tertiary institutions in the country were disinfected.

On day one of the exercise in the Ashanti Region, Zoomlion disinfected institutions including the Seventh Day Adventist College of Education (SDACOE), Agona, ST. Monica’s College of Education, Mampong and Mampong Technical College of Education among others. Facilities of these institutions that underwent disinfection were halls of residences, lecture halls, various faculties, administration blocks and offices.

The Zoomlion disinfection crew also used foggers to disinfect the open spaces and other surfaces in all of these institutions.

Speaking to the media after the exercise, the Principal of Seventh Day Adventist College, Dr Peter Ofori Atakorah, underscored the importance of the exercise, adding that ‘so far his college had not recorded any positive case of the virus.’

He praised the government and its partners for the second round of disinfection in tertiary institutions. According to him, the exercise will help keep the school’s environment safe from the virus.

In addition, Dr Ofori Atakorah said the school had put in place adequate safety measures to protect the returning continuing students against the virus. These, he said, included putting Veronica buckets and alcohol-based hand sanitisers at vantage points to be used by the students.

“We will also enforce the use of nose masks by the students, the teaching and non-teaching staff members,” he said.

It would be recalled that a similar exercise was conducted in mid-June, this year when the president directed that all schools and universities to be re-opened for final year students to write their exit examinations.

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Zoomlion ready’s Takoradi Technical University, Holy Child for continuing students return

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In line with the President’s directive to all tertiary institutions to disinfect before reopening for continuing students, Zoomlion today has disinfected Takoradi Technical University and Holiday Child College of Education campuses.

The Acting Vice Chancellor of TTU, Joseph Eshun during the exercise said the disinfection by Zoomlion is a confidence booster to the expected increase numbers of both students and lecturers to return on the 24th of August.

“Zoomlion has been very supportive in our attempt to have a safe and clean environment for our students to come in. This is about the third time they are disinfecting all our campuses, thus the main campus here at Newsite and the Butumajebu campus. They have so far disinfected all the lecture halls, halls of residence and this is a way of deepening confidence for both the students and lecturers to return,” he said.

He added that,” The arrangement for return of continuing students of Takoradi Technical University is that the Second Years would come in from 24th August, thus the M-Tech, B-Tech, Civil Engineering and all HND Second Years are coming from 24th August. Then from the 5th of October by which time the Second Years would have completed their exams, the first years would also come in to complete their second semester for 2019/2020 academic year. This is just to enable us manage the numbers and control in the observation of the various protocols especially social distancing.”

The Western Regional Vector Control Manager for Zoomlion, Samuel Adu who supervised the exercise explained the extent of the disinfection exercise.

“The government has already made it clear that until the disease we find ourselves fighting now is warded off, disinfection is going to be regular, hence this exercise. This exercise is to give some confidence to the students and lecturers of both TAKORADI Technical University and Holy Child College of Education that the place is safe in terms of any gems or the Corona Virus we are fighting now. The scope of the disinfection covers every place students and lecturers are liking to come into contact with whiles on campus.”

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Akufo- Addo promises "decisive victory" on Dec 7

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President Akufo Addo is confident of a decisive victory on December 7 when the nation goes to the polls.

The president gave the assurance at the launch of the NPP’s manifesto at Cape Coast in the Central Region on Saturday.

“We have an excellent message, we will ensure a decisive victory on 7 December” – Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo fired

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Mahama's credibility on free SHS is zero- Akufo -Addo

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President Nana Akufo Addo says his predecessor, President John Mahama’s credibility is zero when it comes to the issue of Free Senior High School policy.

According to him, the former president’s position on the policy has changed several times in the last eight years , making him lack credibility on the matter.

Nana Akufo Addo said the NDC flagbearer began by fiercely opposing the free SHS policy, then he moved to progressively free SHS and now claiming “Free SHS has come to stay.”

“John Mahama’s credibility on free SHS is zero. Free SHS and free TVET cannot be trusted in the hands of former president Mahama,” the president said.

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