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175,540 children
immunized in Shama-Ahanta East
Opoku-Agyemang Prempeh, Executive
President of the Centre for Moral Education (CEMED), observed that the absence
of such a code in the country had contributed immensely to the youth wearing
"provocative and indecent dresses".
Prempeh was speaking to the
Ghana News Agency (GNA) in
He made it clear that adherence
to the wearing of miniskirts, transparent tight dresses, as well as mini pairs
of trousers especially among teenage girls, "is immoral, unacceptable and
a serious threat to our cultural values and practices".
He attributed part of the blame for
the proliferation of such foreign lifestyles to the media, most of whom he
accused of taking delight only in promoting programmes, music as well as films,
which are, profane on the airwaves.
Prempeh acknowledged that even
though media houses required revenue for their survival, this should not be
used as a basis to accept to air and screen all manner of films and music on
the airwaves.
He advised that notwithstanding
the amount or their lust for funds, media houses should strive to screen
adverts, programmes, films and musical works with the view to eliminating those
that might result in the corruption of morals of the people and using only
decent ones on the screens and airwaves.
Prempeh told artists to be
guided by the country's values, culture and norms when composing their songs
and making films to enable such works import more positively on the physical
and moral development of the youth.
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Speaking to the Ghana News
Agency (GNA) at KATH, Evelyn Boateng, Matron at the
Labour Ward and Diana Karikari, Midwifery
Superintendent, said 16 deliveries were recorded at the labour ward.
The matron said they were made
up of eight boys and eight girls adding that one of the mothers had twins who
were both females. She said the first baby who was a boy was delivered at
Two teenagers of ages 17 and 19
delivered successfully. Mrs Boateng pointed out that
all the mothers and their babies were doing well, adding that some of them had
been discharged with others still at the labour ward.
Miss Karikari
said three males and a female were delivered at the official ward of KATH. At
the
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The scholarship facility enables
beneficiaries to benefit fully at the Junior Secondary, Senior Secondary (JSS)
and the university levels. According to the 'Tulip News', the house journal of
the hotel, Kodjo Hazel, Personnel and Training
Manager of the Golden Tulip said these two novelties in the Collective
Agreement establishes the basis for a social partnership between management and
the workforce and goes beyond the traditional concerns of the unions.
Hazel stated in the Tupil News that the paternal leave was first introduced
into the company's Collective Agreement in 1998 with the granting of two days
to male employees to enable them to support their wives soon after they had
given birth. This he said has been increased to five days.
Hazel explained that the leave
was introduced for employees to appreciate their wives because the perception
of the hotel's management is that a "real Golden Tulip man" should
not just be interested in money into his pocket and giving chop moneys but
must, equally be interested in spending time with the wife.
On the scholarship scheme the
personnel manager explained that a committee of both management and
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NDC should
provide credible leadership
Ashaiman (Greater Accra)
"This is because Ghanaians
have grown past the period when big talks by politicians at rallies did the
trick for them to win votes to come to political power, only to disappoint them
later because they could not deliver on their promises."
Alhaji Issifu
Akakade, Ashaiman
Constituency Chairman of the NDC, who was speaking at a get together to
congratulate the delegates who attended the NDC congress for helping to choose
the flagbearer and to plan the way forward said, NPP gestures on promises
during the 2000 elections campaign should be a guide to NDC about vain
promises, adding that they do not help in the present day political
dispensation.
He congratulated Dr Kwesi Botchwey for showing maturity when he accepted
defeat, and said this is the time his promise to team up with the flagbearer
for the NDC to win a resounding victory in 2004 elections would be put to test.
Alhaji Akakade
called on the members of the executive to go all out to continue the
mobilisation of members for the party so that it can take back the
constituency, which he said, was loaned to NPP by default.
"The present government
misrule has brought a lot of hardships to the people, because apart from their
failure to fulfil their numerous campaign promises and their indulgence of
selective justice, Ghanaians have realised that the forward match for the
country is bleak, therefore, there should be a change after 2004,instead of continuity which was once NDC slogan," he
said.
Alhaji Akakade
stressed that Ghanaians are yearning for NDC to come back to provide credible
leadership, and since the constituency delegates joined others to select an
acceptable one that enjoys the confidence of the party, adding "we need to
assist him by working hard for him to win the next elections, to transform
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She was the mother of Mr Sam Poku, Chief Executive of the West Africa Business
Association and former Executive Director of the Ghana Chamber of Mines. The
statement said funeral arrangements would be announced later.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 27
December 2002- The Ghana Railway Company Ltd. (GRC) on Thursday said all
licences for their lands have been revoked with immediate effect and it will
embark on an exercise soon to demolish all unauthorised buildings and
structures on these lands.
A statement signed in
It said despite numerous
warnings and notices in the media, squatters and trespassers are adamant and
are putting up kiosks and buildings indiscriminately and "making the whole
place unsightly and environmentally unfriendly".
"All squatters and trespassers, whether they are sitting on licence or
otherwise are to note that licences have been revoked with immediate effect and
are no longer applicable. A special exercise will be carried out soonest to
demolish all unauthorised buildings and structures," it warned.
The GRC asked for assistance
from the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) in the exercise, adding that the
armed forces and police task force would also be asked to assist in due course.
"Management considers this exercise very serious and will go all out to
see to its successful implementation," the statement said.
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Sekondi (Western Region) 27December
2002- Mr Seth Ekremen, Shama-Ahanta
East Metropolitan Environmental Health Officer, on Thursday said the
metropolitan assembly is going to take steps to control excessive noise making
in the area.
Speaking in an interview with
the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sekondi on Thursday,
he said the level of noisemaking in some parts of the metropolis was above the
standards approved by the assembly's byelaw.
Mr Ekrement
said the assembly has already started an educational programme to create
awareness about the problem and its implications on the health of the people.
According to him this has gone down well with a section of the people but
others seem to be adamant.
Mr Ekrement
said if the programme fails to make the intended impact, the assembly's byelaw
on noise making would be strictly applied and those who flout the byelaw would
be prosecuted.
He said permits must be sought
from the assembly for social functions that would generate noise and would go
on beyond
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175,540
children immunized in Shama-Ahanta East
Sekondi (Western Region)
Dr Linda Van-Otoo,
the Metropolitan Director of Health Services, disclosed this to the Ghana News
Agency (GNA) in an interview in Sekondi on Tuesday.
She said the figure is six
percent higher than the target of 165,132 children set for the exercise, which
took place from 9 to 15 December this year.
Dr Van-Otoo
said the success of the immunization exercise was due to the fact that schools
were in session during the period, hardwork of
volunteers and health personnel as well as proper planning.
She appealed to communities to
keep the environment clean to prevent the outbreak of communicable diseases. Dr
Van-Otoo said clean environment would also help in
the fight against malaria.
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Saamang (Eastern Region)
The workshop was organised by
MOFA to sensitise the farmers on the need to process and preserve cassava
products so as to add value to them for marketing. Mrs Nortey
deplored the manner "Kokonte" and other
cassava products have been dried on bare floor and along the roads thereby
exposing them to dust and animal droppings.
She said such practice made the
products unhygienic and harmful to human consumption. She also asked farmers to
wash cassava products well before drying them for preservation.
The Fanteakwa
District Director of MOFA, Mr Godwin Ocloo, was
optimistic the workshop would assist farmers to boost cassava production and
improve on storage facilities in the district. Mr Ocloo
asked the participants to put the skills acquired at the workshop to proper use
to encourage more farmers in the district to go into cassava production in a
more hygienic manner
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Takoradi (Western Region)
She made the call at a
graduation ceremony of Western Region Ghacoe Women
Ministry held at Takoradi on Friday.
Madam Horner-Sam said skills
training for women should be encouraged and given special attention to enable
more women to participate in economic life.
The Deputy Minister stated that
if women were able to learn a vocation, it would greatly reduce poverty among
them. She said government is aware of the numerous problems women face in the
area of employment.
Madam Horner-Sam said the NPP
government is committed to improving the lot of women. "Already government has initiated
programmes including the establishment of women's development fund to assist
women in income generating activities."
She said throughout the country,
women have benefited from this facility adding that this would create more
economic opportunities to help alleviate poverty among women and children.
Madam Horner-Sam commended the Ghacoe women ministry for taking up the challenge to
compliment government efforts. Mrs Christiana Addy, Ghacoe Programmes Co-ordinator said the organisation is
committed to renewing and changing the lives of women and their environment.
Mrs Addy
said the organisation's training would help to instil moral and spiritual
virtues in trainers to become reliable people with good moral standing for
better nation building. She advised the 29 graduates not to wait until they get
huge sum of money before they start business.
Mrs Addy
appealed to the district assemblies to enhance and strengthen the private
sectors role in
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