PNC Greater Accra executives smoke peace pipe with Flagbearer Hopeful

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The Greater Accra regional executives of the People’s National Convention (PNC), led by its Chairman, Bala Maikankan, have smoked a peace pipe with Flagbearer Hopeful, Samson Asaki Awingobit, after months of some misunderstandings.

The peace smoking meeting which was held in Accra and engineered by Mr Samson Asaki, as part of his bid to unify the Party’s front at the regional level, also had in attendance some executives of the Ashaiman constituency where the Flagbearer Hopeful is a card bearing member.


It would be recalled that, the Greater Accra regional office of the PNC, last month issued a statement to disassociate themselves from the candidacy of Mr Asaki, following some statement he made during a campaign tour to the Upper West Region, which the executives deemed it insulting to their persona and that of the party.


Saturday’s meeting between the two parties, was aimed at ironing out all differences and presenting a united front ahead of the Party’s regional and national Congress which comes off later this month.

Regional chairman, Bala Maikankan admonished Mr Asaki to ensure his words are guarded by the tenets and virtues upon which the PNC was build upon.


Samson Asaki Awingobit, who accepted his offence despite acknowledging his statement were taken out of context, also promised to abide by the virtues and vision of the PNC, moving forward.

He also called on the regional executives to support his candidature to win the ultimate prize and restore the Party’s lost glory.

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University of Ghana’s senior law lecturer murdered

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Senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh has reportedly been murdered at his home in Accra.

According to his colleague at the Faculty Poku Adusei, the academic was “murdered” in the same fashion as the late Abuakwa North MP, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu.

“It appears to be an act perpetuated about three days ago, but it was just discovered this morning,” he said of the unfortunate incident at late Prof Benneh’s Adjirigano mansion.

Police investigations showed he suffered two stab wounds, one to his rib, the other to his abdomen.

The wife of the MP was said to be in another room when the incident occurred.

Five people including a security man, a driver and some others at the residence were picked up by the police to help with investigations.

Source: myjoyonline.com

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Mohinani Group donates to three hospitals in Accra

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In addition to previous donations made since the outbreak of COVID19, The Mohinani Group of companies has donated PPE’s to three healthcare facilities in Accra; namely Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital, Ussher Clinic and Kaneshie Polyclinic.


The Mohinani Group, which spans multiple sectors in Ghana including manufacturing, Consumer Durables, Motor Vehicles, Electronics retail, Real estate, Quick Service Restaurants and Hospitality donated 9,000 pieces of 3layer facemask, 3,000 pieces hand Gloves, 1000 pieces Goggles and Protective suits as well as 750 KN95 nose masks.


Dr. Maame Yaa Nyarko- Medical Superintendent at Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in her acceptance speech, added that the items donated by Mohinani Group came at the right time; as currently they are faced with shortage of PPEs.


Dr. Jude Adomako- Acting Director of Ussher Clinic encouraged other institutions to follow suit just as the Mohinani Group as done. The Group, since the outbreak of the novel corona virus pandemic, has worked hard to give back to society in these tough times.


Okaikwei South Sub-metro Director- Dr. Stella Gyamfi, receiving the items on behalf of Kaneshie Clinic, thanked the Mohinani team for the kind gesture; emphasizing the importance of PPE’s and assured the company that the items donated will go a long way to help reduce the spread of COVID 19.


OTHER DONATIONS
Donation of 150k to Ghana’s Covid 19 Private Sector Fund


The Group donated ¢150,000 to the Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund in support of the construction of Ghana’s first infectious disease treatment centre. The cheque was presented to the trust at a ceremony at the site of the infectious disease facility. The donation was in fulfillment of the group’s corporate social responsibility to the country at a time when the nation is faced with the pandemic.


Felix Kyei-Mensah, the Administrator of the Ghana Covid-19 Private sector Fund received the donation on behalf of the Trustees and thanked the Group for the kind gesture and urged other well-meaning organisations to contribute to ensure the speedy and timely completion of the project.
Donation to AGI and the Government of Ghana.


The Group’s packaging subsidiary; Polytank Ghana Limited- the leading producer of water tanks and sanitation storage products, donated 10pieces of 10,000 litre polytank (water tanks) to the COVID 19 Fund, at the premises of the Ministry of Sanitation & Water Resources on April 24th in Accra.
The tanks which were presented by the Mohinani team was in a bid to fight against COVID 19 as well as emphasize Mohinani’s key objectives of giving back to society and Polytank’s outstanding public education on hygiene.


The products which were received by the Deputy Minister of Water & Sanitation, Hon Patrick Yaw Boamah and Hon. Michael Yaw Gyato on behalf of the ministry, assured every one of the effective use of the items; adding that, it will support the effort by government of Ghana to contain the virus. Polytank further provided sanitation stations and cash donation to the government of Ghana through the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI).
Food Distribution during Accra & Kumasi Lockdown


The Group’s hospitality and QSR (Quick Service Restaurants) business-Masco Foods, franchise holders of KFC distributed over 5,000 KFC meals to homeless and the needy in 20 communities in Accra and Kumasi on 11th and 13th April. This goodwill by the Mohinani team in providing food for the needy during the lockdown period was a step in the right direction in solving the effect of the current epidemic that has affected Ghana and the world.


Donation to the Aged in the Tourism Sector


Furthermore, KFC in collaboration with Vida e Caffe donated food items to the aged in the music and film industry through the Ministry of Tourism. The donation, which took place at the premises of Accra Tourist Information Centre (ATIC), was to cushion the elderly people who may have been affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.


Some of the food items donated included cartons of milk, tomato paste, oil, canned fish, sugar, among others items; valued at GHc 15,000. The items which were received by the Honourable minister for Tourism, Hon. Barbara Oteng Gyasi was to express care and concern towards the elderly in the society. The Hon. Minister expressed her gratitude, thanking management of KFC and Vida e Caffe for the benevolence.


The Group looks forward to impacting more lives in the future and extending a helping hand to many across the globe.

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Hannah Bissiw denies misappropriating bird flu funds

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National Women’s Organiser for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Hannah Louisa Bissiw, has denied misappropriating funds allocated to compensate farmers whose birds were affected by the outbreak of Bird Flu in 2015.

This comes after Excellent Ghana, a civil society group, accused the National Women’s Organiser for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Hannah Louisa Bissiw of misusing and channeling funds meant to compensate farmers whose birds were affected by the outbreak of Bird Flu in 2015 into other projects.

The group added that although the erstwhile NDC government adopted tough measures to contain the bird flu outbreak, it is shocked at the revelation by Mr. Victor Oppong, President of the Ghana Poultry Farmers Association that, majority of their members whose birds/farms were destroyed due to the Bird Flu outbreak are yet to be compensated five solid years after their livelihoods were destroyed.

Responding to the accusations on Atinka News Friday 11th September 2020, former Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr. Hannah Louisa Bissiw, noted that if the group had done due diligence, it would have known that monies are not paid directly to ministers or their deputies.

According to Hannah Bissiw, the Bird Flu pandemic was not a one-time disaster and so the then government sought to find a lasting solution to the menace.

“ I would forgive whoever made the accusation because its obvious he or she does not have in-depth knowledge on how government functions and has been tasked to speak against my work. He should listen and learn. We requested for 22 pick-ups , station wagons, PPE’s, as well as compensation packages which were given to the affected farmers at that time. Reagents and others were also requested to be distributed to high risk town to assist the farmers as part of government’s efforts to fight the menace and so no money was given to Hannah Bissiw”, she noted.

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Confusion rocks Tema DVLA over premium license

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Tension is mounting at the Tema Regional office of the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority DVLA, over their inability to produce premium licenses for prospective drivers.

An application for a premium driving license comes at a cost of GHC 800ghc to 1,200ghc with a cover note and that of a license card all issued within 4 weeks, whiles the standard application which cost some GHC 200ghc is issued within 3 months.

However, that has not been the case of some prospective drivers who have applied for their driving license through the premium service.

According to some of the aggrieved drivers who applied for their premium driving license some months ago, they are have been kept in the dark by Tema DVLA officials without any official communication on why their driving licenses are yet to be issued.

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Mr Frank Obeng who made a payment of 330ghc for his license card through the premium service on August 12th told Atinka News that he’s yet to even get his cover note, talk less of his licence card. “My brother, ever since I applied for my Driver’s license card through the premium service, in August, I’m yet to get my card and it’s over a month now, which is not the normal practice,” he lamented.

68 -year -old pensioner, Mr Francis Sanahene, who applied for the renewal of his license through the premium service, says he has been commuting from his Community 25 residence to the Tema DVLA office for the past one month, but yet to get his card, whiles attempt to retrieve his money has proven futile.
According to sources, the situation has compelled some DVLA registered agents who work as intermediaries for the processing of the license cards, to flee from their work, due to the excessive barrage of abuses and attacks from some of these agitated drivers.

Management and staff of the Tema DVLA office, have also resorted to a hide and seek game with the drivers, due to their inability to get their driving license cards.

Officials of the DVLA when contacted refused to comment on the matter, which they attribute it to some technical challenges.

Ghana| Atinkaonline.com| Philip Azu

Bono Region: President Akufo-Addo cuts sod for construction of Second Solid waste plant

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The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut sod for work to begin on a solid waste treatment facility in the Bono Region.

Financed by the Jospong Group with the support from the Government, the project will be supervised by the Ministry of Sanitation and water Resources.

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, in a bid to ensure the totality of proper waste management in Ghana, together with it’s partners will be constructing an ultramodern waste treatment facility in the Bono region.

These solid waste treatment facilities will be constructed in all the 16 regions across the country.

In an interview with the Dwantoah hemaa of the Sunyani traditional area Nana Aboah Boahemah, she indicated that the solid waste facility has come at the right time to assist both the traditional area and the government in making the Bono Region regain it’s lost Sanitation Glory.

“We thank the Jospong Group especially its Chief Executive officer for thinking about us. It will reduce the waste occupying.

Sunyani township will claim it’s old name. It will create jobs for the youth and will also reduce the Sanitation  issues in the area and called on the other investors to emulate the steps of Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong and the Jospong Group” Nana Aboaa Boahemah added.

Speaking on behalf of the Paramount chief of Sunyani traditional area,Oboaman Bofotia Boamponseo II, Krotinhene of the sunyaniman traditional area commended the Jospong Group for their selfless efforts in making Sanitation in the country becomes a priority in the Bono Region and the nationwide as whole.

“The youth of Sunyani and it’s environs must be considered first in terms of employment and I know Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong and his group will take this in good fate”.

“Let me plead with the Jospong Group and the government not to make the project a white elephant project but rather make sure it is completed in time”. This facility will motivate the natives of Sunyani to maintain personal hygiene and keep the environment clean as cleanliess is next is to Godliness”. Nana Bofotia added

Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah on her part indicated that government was committed to ensuring a clean and healthier Ghana by engaging in strategic partnerships such as this. She said that due to the large amounts of waste generated daily across the country, facilities such as these are important developments that will help address waste management problems.

She also revealed that Ghana was well on her way to achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals in water and sanitation due to the aggressive initiatives being advanced by government in partnership with the private sector.

She took the opportunity to call on private companies with similar visions to come onboard to advance the Sanitation problems confronting the nation. “Government is ready to support any private company whose visions align with governments Sanitation vision’ , she added.

Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong thanked  President Nana Akufo-Addo and Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah for supporting the Jospong Group to embark on these projects.

The bono regional Minister Hon. Evelyn Kumi Richardson in her address expressed her gratitude to the government and the Jospong Group for their efforts to make sure the Sunyani city goes back to it’s old name.

“The people of Bono Region are grateful to President Nana Akufo-Addo because he has made our dream a reality. Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah Sunyaniman will forever remember you in the efforts you put together in ensuring the solid waste treatment Facility constructed here and on behalf of the indigenes in the Bono Region we say ayekoo”. Hon. Evelyn Richardson said.

President Nana Akufo-Addo together with some other government officials will go to Ahafo Regional capital Goaso to cut sod for the construction of another solid waste treatment Facility later in the week.

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Nigerian state approves castration of convicted rapists

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The state assembly in Kaduna, in north-western Nigeria, has approved full surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of rape.
State commissioner for woman’s affairs and social development, Hafsat Baba, described the approval by the state assembly as a “welcome development” and said that it will serve as “deterrent” for rapists.

State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai will now need to sign the bill for it to become law in the state.

In June Nigerian governors declared a state of emergency over rape and violence against women and children in the country.

The number of successful prosecutions of rape suspects remains low and stigma often prevents victims from reporting incidents.

Source: BBC

Govt to end double track system — Dep Education Minister

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The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Pre-tertiary Education, Dr Osei Yaw Adutwum, says the government has put in place prudent and strategic measures to abolish the double-track system in the next few years.

He mentioned some of the measures that had been put in place by the government as strategic planning and the construction of infrastructure in the affected schools to ensure the system was eradicated within the next four years.

The deputy minister explained that the double-track system, which was introduced by the government in 2018 was a remedial measure to ensure that no qualified student was denied access to senior high school education due to the lack of infrastructure or funding from the parents or family.

Huge investment

Dr Adutwum, who disclosed this to the Daily Graphic on Tuesday at Adagya in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region, stated that the huge investment being made by the government in the education sector was among measures being put in place to ensure that education became the driving force for the nation’s development.

The deputy minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, made the disclosure when, together with, the District Chief Executive and the New Patriotic Party Constituency Chairman for Bosomtwe, Mr Joseph Kwasi Asuming, he took the media round the constituency to verify the authenticity of government projects undertaken during the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo-led government.

The three-and-half-hour tour took the team to Kuntanase, Onwi, Akokofe, Pramso, Jachie, Prenyase, Aputuogya and Adagya.

State of affairs

Out of the numerous projects inspected, more than half of them had been completed, while the remaining were at various levels of construction in the district.

The various infrastructure projects in the Bosomtwe District are being funded by the Government of Ghana (GOG), the District Assemblies Common Fund, One Million Dollars Per Constituency and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), among others.

The deputy minister was upbeat about the completion of the various projects in the district since they would go a long way to boost education and other sectors of the economy.

Source: Graphic

Di Asa: Salima and Rosina qualify at Obuasi audition

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Two plus size women, Salima Muruni and Rosina Blankson qualified at the Obuasi audtion of Atinka TV’s flagship reality show, Savana Paint Di Asa Season Four.

The two were selected based on their weight, dance skills and audience appeal.

They will be representing Obuasi in the main Di Asa season Four house after all auditions are done across the country.

The two, including all other contestants who climbed the stage were given prizes from the sponsors.

Meanwhile, the next auditions will be communicated on this platform and the republic is encouraged to keep up.

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Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists elated over NDC manifesto

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The sole professional body for the practice of Medical Laboratory Science in Ghana, the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS), has expressed gratitude to the major opposition party for recognizing the need for the establishment of a Medical Laboratory Science Council (MLSC) to regulate the practice of the profession in Ghana- a proposal that has been on the table since 1973.

The establishment of a Medical Laboratory Science Council was captured in the National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) People’s Manifesto, which was launched on Monday, September 7th 2020.

According to the GAMLS, it believes having the Council in place is the only way to ensure that Ghanaians benefit most from the services that Medical Laboratory Science Professionals provide in the country’s healthcare delivery system.

The professional body also commended the NDC for its plans to establish two National Infectious Disease Centres and to develop strategies to reduce the cost of health care by promoting local production of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostic test kits.

Below is a statement:

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GAMLS APPLAUDS THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC)

PARTY ON MANIFESTO PROMISE TO SET UP A MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE COUNCIL

The sole professional body for the practice of Medical Laboratory Science in Ghana, the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS),  has welcomed the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s Manifesto promise to establish a Medical Laboratory Science Council in Ghana, when it comes to power. 

GAMLS wishes to express its gratitude to the major opposition party for recognizing the need for the establishment of a Medical Laboratory Science Council (MLSC) to regulate the practice of the profession in Ghana- a proposal that has been on the table since 1973. 

The Professional Association believes, having the Council in place is the only way to ensure that Ghanaians benefit most from the services that Medical Laboratory Science Professionals provide in the country’s healthcare delivery system. 

An MLSC will offer the required independence, as suggested and presented in the Scheme of service developed for Health laboratory services by the Head of Civil Service as far back as 1989 when Dr. (Mrs.) Mary Grant was the Deputy Secretary for Health under the PNDC (OHCS HLS/Est.-48). This initiative is also in sync with international best practice. 

The need for a Council to govern the practice and operations of the sector has been a source of agitation among medical laboratory scientists and for which GAMLS has embarked on industrial actions in recent times. Therefore, we welcome the creation of a Medical Laboratory Science Council. 

The professional body also commends the NDC Party for its plans to establish two National Infectious Disease Centres and to develop strategies to reduce the cost of health care by promoting local production of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostic test kits.

On page 64 (Section 7.1.3) of the NDC Manifesto titled: Jobs, Prosperity and More: The People’s Manifesto, 2021-2025, launched last week, the Party promised, among other plans for the health sector, that it will establish a Medical Laboratory Science Council should the party win the 2020 National Elections.

GAMLS wishes the NDC Party well.

Kind regards,

Dr. Dennis Adu-Gyasi, FWAPCMLS (Immunol)

GAMLS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, 10th September 2020

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