MP advocates special fund for the Aged
Guinea Worm endemic communities to get safe water
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Ensure efficiency in transport sector- Osei Assibey
"Participatory
democracy cannot be practised efficiently and effectively without local
governance at the grassroots level." President Kufuor
was speaking at a reception held in honour of the delegates attending the 12th
Annual United States-Africa Sister Cities Conference at the Castle, Osu.
The
seven-day conference, the third to be held in
The
participating countries at the Conference included
President
Kufuor said the world was rapidly moving into an
arena where the individual human being was being seen as the rational for
government. He said democracy was fast gaining grounds all over the world and
President
Kufuor said: "You are all local governors
serving the people at the grassroots. When the people are well served and
empowered to pursue their responsibilities to assert their lives all over the
world then the human being could become the justification for the
decentralisation of governance."
Kwadwo
Adjei-Darko, Minister of Local Government and Rural
Development, said it was ideal to foster such relationships between the people
among sister cities and
He
said all the relationships had been between nations and officials at the
governmental level but the sister cities relationships sought to bring about
interaction among the people at the grassroots level.
Adjei-Darko suggested that such relationship should also be established between
cities and towns within particular countries to study and understand the
customs and cultures of the various ethnic groups within a country in order to
curtail the rampant conflicts on the African Continent.
Miss
Shirley Rivens Smith, President of the US-Africa
Sister Cities Conference, said the meeting was held in
A
former
There
are about 2,400 sister cities relationships formally registered world-wide. In
The
Accra Conference is being hosted by the Ghana Sister Cities Foundation and the
Metropolitan City of Accra under the auspices of the Ministry of Local
Government and Rural Development.
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Sir
Jeremy Greenstock, leader of the team, who addressed
a pre-departure press conference in
Sir
Jeremy said the warning formed part of the principles the mission would
recommend to the UN Security Council for consideration. The Council would next
week come out with its official position on the issue.
"The
He
said the mission would also recommend to the Council to respect any decision
the ECOWAS mediation team led by former Nigerian Head Of
State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar
would take to end the
He
said as a mission they were not in
The
ECOWAS
Executive Secretary, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, made another appeal to the
He
said US could contribute logistics and personnel needs of such a force. Dr Chambas said the stalemate in the peace talks in
US
Ambassador Richard Williamson, who was part of the mission
said the issue of
The
The
15-member JVT includes representatives of all the three warring - the
government, Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), Movement
for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), the UN, African Union, ECOWAS, and the International
Contact Group on Liberia.
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Sunyani (Brong Ahafo)
He
asked the media to contact the executives for any information that could
promote the party's work and promised that party executives would make
themselves available at all times.
The
Regional Chairman was interacting with media practitioners at a meeting in Sunyani organized by the regional executives to outline
measures taken by the party to collaborate with the media.
He
urged media practitioners to be fair in their reportage and must be guided by
the ethics of the profession, stressing that the country's young democracy
could not grow without the assistance of the media.
"The
media provide information on government policies and their implementation to
enable the public to make rightful decisions", he said. Alhaji Dauda reiterated that the
party was not asking the media "to report in its favour but to cross-check
information before presenting it to the public".
Anane Adjei, Regional Head of Information Bureau
of the party, advised the media to portray a positive image of the region and
desist from reporting only the "negative aspects".
Leonard
Amengor, Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists
Association (GJA) on behalf of members thanked the executives for the meeting
but said the regularity of such interaction would show the commitment of the
party "to work with the media".
He
appealed to the executives to present factual information to the media for the
sake of democracy and entreated media practitioners not to make politics with
the profession and rather be objective to maintain its credibility.
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Sunyani (Brong Ahafo) 3
July 2003 - Colonel E.K.T Donkor (rtd),
Minister of Defence in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration,
on Tuesday said the party "is financially handicapped and members must
therefore not expect to be given monies for organizational activities like it
used to do".
The
party is broke and members should not expect that money would come from
somewhere, he stated. Col. Donkor, a member of the NDC's Council of Elders, was addressing an extraordinary
meeting of the Party on: "The State of the Party - Unity and
Funding", in Sunyani.
The
meeting, under the theme: "Planning Together for Victory in 2004",
was attended by regional and constituency executives, former and current
Parliamentarians, former District Chief Executives as well as cadres and other
functionaries of the party.
The
former Defence Minister urged members to pay their dues promptly and to take
membership registration exercise seriously, "for manna will not fall from
heaven".
Col.
Donkor outlined some factors that caused the defeat
of the party in the last general election, citing among other things the
imposition of parliamentary candidates on members during primaries and the
party's poor relations with the media.
Col.
Donkor said disunity within the rank and file of the
party was another problem, but added that all those problems had been solved,
"including even the Rawlings-Obed feud". He
advised members to relate well with the media for positive results and also
focus on the party's determination to win in 2004.
Johnson
Asiedu-Nketiah, Member of Parliament for Wenchi West, who spoke on a number of issues affecting the
national economy called on the Government to equip and strengthen State
institutions like the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Commission on Human Rights
and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Auditor General's Department, to
enable them to function to expectation.
He
alleged that the Government had "intentionally weakened and incapacitated these
institutions to disenable them to deal with corruption in the country".
Asiedu-Nketiah said prior to the introduction of the new ¢10,000 and ¢20,000 notes,
he challenged the Government to publish the first and last serial numbers of
the notes to avert the printing of counterfeits into circulation. Asiedu-Nketiah said the Government did not pay heed to his
challenge and he had been vindicated as fake currency notes of those two
denominations had been printed and put into circulation.
He
called on the Government to take measures to arrest the situation since that
could worsen the inflationary trend in the country. J.H. Owusu
Acheampong, former MP for Berekum, I.K Adjei-Mensah, MP for Techiman
North, Peter Yaw Mensah, MP for Atebubu
North, Francis Hayford Amoako,
MP for Nkoranza and Alhaji
Collins Dauda, former MP for Asutifi
South and Regional Chairman of the party addressed the meeting.
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Addressing
the media in
This
has brought about increased figures in the number of cases over the years, he
said, adding that there is need to move from awareness creation to convincing
people in their homes and communities about the need to change their
lifestyles.
Dr.
Addo was presenting the results of a sentinel survey
on HIV prevalence carried out between October 2002 to January 2003 with a
general objective of collecting information for planning, monitoring and care
activities.
The
survey, which was funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the
Department for International Development DFID was the 11th in the country,
since 1990 and carried in 25 selected locations in the 10 regions of
Dr Addo said the results indicated that there is a steady rise
in the prevalence rate of HIV in the past two years, adding, "there has been an almost 50 per cent
increase in HIV prevalence "in a matter of two years from 2000 to 2002.
In
10 of the selected sites, percentage of HIV prevalence rates in 2002 were 50
per cent higher than the 2000 rates, while there was more than a 100 per cent
increase in five sites between 2000 and 2002.
Koforidua recorded the highest rates with 8.5 per cent, followed by Agomanya with 7.0 per cent. Tema
followed with 6.6 per cent, Eikwe in the Western
Region recorded 6.0, Obuasi, 6.0 while Navrongo followed with 5.1.
"These
figures and others recorded during the survey make the HIV/AIDS situation very
alarming. " The Eastern and Western Regions
recorded the highest in prevalence rates, though
The
survey, he said, also brought to the fore, the presence of syphilis in the
population from zero per cent in several sites to 3.2 in Agomanya,
among the 35 to 39 year age group. This needs to be corrected as well because
the disease though curable, could be very dangerous as it causes abortions,
deaths, pre-mature births and abnormalities in babies.
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Wabiri (Ashanti Region)
He
said Scientists should work harder to solve not only problems but link the
productive points of the economy in a manner that would lead to wealth creation
and poverty reduction.
Prof
Kasanga said this in an address read on his behalf at
a durbar to mark the Scientific Renaissance Day at Wabiri
in the Ejisu-Juaben District. The theme was
"Science and Technology for Wealth Creation".
The
Minister drew attention to the need to employ environmentally safe technologies
in land use, natural resource exploitation and water management. Edward Horga Kojo Akahoh,
Director-General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) noted that
science and technology "holds the key to development and
rise in the material prosperity of the citizens and give the country's
economy strength".
He,
therefore, called on the government to channel more resources into scientific
research. Yaw Ahenkora Afrifa,
the District Chief Executive (DCE), advised the people in the area who are
predominantly farmers to change from the old farming practices and adopt new technologies.
He
said it was through this that they could maximise production and boost
production.
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Tamale
(Northern Region) 3 July 2003 - Kwardjo Kwarfo Apeayeh, the Acting
Officer in charge of the Water Research Institute (WRI) has appealed to
Ghanaians to harvest rainwater to enhance their backyard gardening.
He
said last year, the Northern Region had storage reservoirs with a total surface
area of 1,200 hectares for domestic use in the rural communities while the
Upper East Region had 222 storage reservoirs with a total surface area of 145
hectares.
Apeayeh said this at the ceremony marking "African Renaissance Day",
which was sponsored by the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), the
Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University for Development Studies (UDS) and
Management of Water Resources in
The
ceremony was under the theme: "Science and technology for wealth creation
- the role of livestock research and development."
Walter
Kpokpi, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of
UDS, who presented a paper on: "Science and Technology for Wealth
Creation", urged the youth to develop their talents to help the government
in its industrialization efforts.
Kpokpi called for judicious use of environmental resources to ensure
sustainable development, saying that the country had a lot of natural
resources, which could be harnessed to improve the living conditions of the
people instead of relying on the World Bank and International Monitory Fund
(IMF) "for our development".
Dr
(Mrs) Joy Bruce of the Animal Research Institute, who spoke on: "Wealth
Creation in
She
noted that the policy of importing chicken was a contributory factor to the
killing of the livestock industry in the country. She stressed the need for
regular vaccination of animals to protect them from diseases such as rabies and
anthrax.
Charles
Bintim, Deputy Northern Regional Minister, said the
government was committed to restructuring the entire educational system,
particularly the research institutions to turn them around to become
"centres of excellence and originators of indigenous technology".
He
said it was in this direction that the government had set a target to make
Bintim said the government was determined to make the country a pacesetter in
the West Africa Sub-Region in the area of poverty reduction and also create
wealth through the application of science and technology.
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Takoradi (Western Region)
The
grievances of the workers also included non-promotion of administrative
personnel, management's refusal to implement collective bargaining agreement
proposals and the non-payment of allowances for watchmen.
In
an interview with the GNA in Takoradi, Maxwell Oduro, Industrial Relations Officer of the Western Region
TEWU said the strike was precipitated by the uncooperative attitude of the
management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) towards workers' demands.
He
said though some selected workers were paid their salary differences in August
last year, a large number of them had still not received their money that
should be based on the Ghana Universal Salary Structure (GUSS) introduced in
1999.
Oduro said whereas workers in the teaching field were promoted regularly,
their counterparts in administrative positions were ignored, "thus some
have to mark time for more than 10 years."
He
expressed regret that in spite of persistent reminders sent to the GES to
implement the outcome of the GUSS and the management/union Standing Joint
Negotiating Committee (SJNC) recommendations, no concrete response has been
received.
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This,
she said, they could do by setting high targets in life as well as demanding
accountability from people in the positions of trust. "Empowerment is to
gain the capacity to act, be it socially, politically, culturally and
economically. But some women can just not act, no matter where they find
themselves," she said.
Mrs.
Offei-Aboagye was speaking on the topic, "Women
Empowerment in the New Millennium: Realities and Expectations," at the
on-going 12th Annual US-Africa Sister Cities Conference which ends officially
on Thursday.
The
seven-day conference being attended by about 300 participants from the
Mrs
Offei-Aboagye said there was the need for women to
rise above being content with every situation in life. "Assemblies make
the greater part of their revenues from market tolls, yet women do not have
much say with what is done with the money because of their low representation
in the district assemblies."
Mrs
Offei-Aboagye called on local government institutions
and the Sister Cities Foundations to create an empowering environment for
change among women in local communities.
Dr Akosua K. Darkwah, a lecturer at
the Sociology Department of the
She
said women from the developed world made more money than their counterparts in
the developing world, but globally men made more money than women. She said
economic empowerment did not always produce commensurate amounts of political
power the world over.
"Yet
women in
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Owusu Fordjuor, counsel for Faakyi
Kumi, Frank Awuah, Benjamin
B. Bakomora, all Assistant Superintendents of Police
noted that prosecution had not been able to establish the guilt of accused
persons and urged the court to rule out the case.
The
other officers on trial are John Asare Naami and Francis Aryee, both
Assistant Superintendents of Police and Koranteng Mintah Chief Superintendent of Police.
The
accused persons had earlier denied the charges and are on a ¢20m bail each with
two sureties. In his submission of no case for his clients, Owusu
Fordjour stated that prosecution was alleging that
all the accused persons on
In
this regard, prosecution was expected to prove that accused were responsible
for the deaths, that indeed the victims died on the said date, that accused
caused the deaths through unlawful harm and whether there were elements of
negligence on the part of the accused.
These,
he said, the prosecution had failed to bring out. He recalled that the
prosecution witnesses in their evidence stated that the accused fired stoppers
and tear gas but there was no evidence of act or harm caused by them.
He
noted that accused persons were not charged with conspiracy but were co-accused
persons, adding that the prosecution failed to show the court that the deaths
of the fans were caused by accused persons and that it was a collective act.
He
stated that the accused went to the stadium as spectators. Counsel said victims
who were mentioned were not properly identified in the evidence and that " they just provided the list, pictures and films on
the event, adding that all these evidences were dumped with no explanation
whatsoever."
He
stated that no evidence had also showed that the tear-gas killed the fans,
adding that the doctors produced by prosecution attributed the cause of deaths
to traumatic anaestasia, which occurred as a result
of stampede. He told the court that there might be other contributing factors
that might have caused deaths among the 126 fans.
This,
he said, included the closure of the gates and putting lights off at the
stadium. Counsel recalled that earlier, the investigator in the case had told
the court that he did not conduct any investigations into the matter since he
was only instructed by his superiors to charge the accused persons based on the
report of the commission and government's paper.
This,
he told the court, should not be considered as part of the legal process and
deal with the evidence made available to it.
Hearing
continues on 10 July.
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The
Prisons Service is awaiting confirmation before the release of the over 2,000
prisoners, including Mallam Isa
Yusif, Former Minister of Youth and Sports.
Ms Patience
Sai, Personal Assistant to the Director General of
the Service said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency. She urged the
public to be patient about the process because "once the amnesty is out
they would certainly be released".
President
John Kufuor on Monday granted an amnesty to a number
of prisoners across the country in connection with the celebration of
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MP advocates special fund for the Aged
He
suggested that each Member of Parliament should contribute at least ¢20,000
monthly to the fund that "will put a smile on the sad faces of the
aged." Adu, who was contributing to a statement made by Yaw Barima, NPP-Koforidua, said,
"fifty to 60 years ago, it was wonderful to be old, the whole society took
care of you and you could count on their support".
He
said by paying ¢20,000 to the fund, the 200 MPs would have contributed ¢48m
every year. Mrs Eugenia Kusi, NPP-Tarkwa,
said the condition of the Aged should be a lesson to young Ghanaians.
She
asked young workers to save towards the future to avoid frustrations in old
age. The Member called for the establishment of more Centres for the Aged to
compensate for the changing social setting that has alienated them.
Yaw
Barimah said over the years the absence of formalised
institutionalised care and support, the needs of older persons had been the
concern of only family members. "Unfortunately, the family support had
been seriously eroded due to migration, both rural to urban and international
and also as a result of economic constraints. Already, some older persons in
the country are showing signs of neglect and isolation."
Joseph
Ackah, NDC-Jomoro, who
would turn 69 in August, said:"I am speaking as
an old man, when you are young you don't know about the old but you too would
grow." He called on government to re-introduce CAP 30 and also strengthen
the Pension Scheme.
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Guinea Worm endemic communities to get safe water
Subsequently,
the Ministry of Works and Housing has received the amount from the HIPC funds
to provide 70 boreholes in the 57 most endemic communities in the Northern
Region and 40 in the Brong Ahafo
and the
The
Minister of Health, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie
said this in Parliament on Wednesday in an answer to a question by Alhaji Amadu Ali, NDC Attebubu South, on behalf of Yaw Effah-Baafi,
NDC Kintampo, as to the steps his ministry was taking
to wipe out or drastically reduce the level of guinea worm infestation in the
northern part of the Kintampo District.
He
said the Brong Ahafo would
receive 14 boreholes out of which 5 communities in the Kintampo
district - Mansra, Kadelso,
Portor 1, Kurawura and Abodwesekrom would benefit. Dr Afriyie
said, following a field trip a year ago by the National Co-ordinators of
UNICEF, WHO and Global 2000, it was observed that several endemic villages were
not patronising the boreholes due to the high level of salinity in the water.
The
UNICEF therefore, provided ¢68m and 290 bags of cement to construct hand-dug
wells in the endemic communities in Kintampo.
“Several new initiatives have been put in place over the past year that should
drastically reduce guinea worm in the Kintampo
District”.
These
include the appointment of full time guinea worm technical assistants to highly
endemic areas and provision of equipment such as filters and medical kits to
health volunteers.
The
Ghana Red Cross Society has also engaged its mother club volunteers at the
village level to improve surveillance and health education. Dr Afriyie said a centre to contain guinea worm patients has
been operating in Mansra since December 2002.
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He
said when confirmed he would ensure that more judges were appointed to bring
justice to the doorsteps of the ordinary man adding that people with the
requisite qualification would be given two years of training to man the
district courts and handle juvenile and motor cases.
Justice
Acquah said this on Wednesday when he appeared before
the Appointments Committee of Parliament to be considered for appointment as
the Chief Justice.
The
nominee said the Parliamentary Judiciary Committee's report on perceived
corruption in the Judiciary was in the right direction since the Judiciary
itself was concerned about the situation and realized some lapses in discipline
and dispensation of justice by its members.
Justice
Acquah said he assisted the Committee in its
deliberations and that its work was to ensure the integrity of the Judiciary
and the report not only covered the members of the Judiciary but the public as
well.
He
attended
Justice
Acquah entered the
The
Chief Justice-designate said when confirmed he would share out the work among
senior members of the Judiciary and would not over burden himself or any member
with too much responsibilities.
On
the issue of truth in judicial matters, Justice Acquah
said truth depended on actual situations where the whole purpose was to
cross-examine to arrive at the truth and it was important to and relevant at
showing the actual events of a case.
Justice
Acquah said the controversy concerning his age was
legitimate but added that the issue has been properly settled by the Judicial
Council following the various submissions he made on his actual birth date.
He
said there was the need for a ceiling on the number of Supreme Court Judges and
the government could consider the financial implications involved in appointing
more judges. Justice Acquah sad his vision for the
Judiciary was to raise its image and integrity and since he had an insight into
the magnitude of the problem, he would ensure that when appointed he worked
with all the leaders to redeem the image, maintain its independence and ensure
true interpretation of the law.
He
said he would pursue vigorous reforms and ensure that donor funded projects
such as the automation of the judicial system was sustained to bring justice to
all in the society. Justice Acquah said there was the
need to set up a Criminal Justice Council trial of cases by indictment should
be looked at since the process was cumbersome and delayed justice.
On
accountability of judicial decisions, he said he would ensure that an annual
report was made on the workload and conduct of each court or judge so that
there could be an informed data on the performance of members of the judiciary.
Justice
Acquah said the provisions about the Judiciary were
too detailed and very difficult to implement and could stifle its duties. He
said he did not subscribe to amendments to the Constitution at this stage,
adding that since the previous regime worked with it for about two terms there
was the need for the present administration to also study and work with it
before considering of any amendments.
Justice
Acquah said the
He
said there was the need for an independent body to manage the security agencies
instead of the government to bring about their independence and effective
performance of their duties.
The
Chief Justice-designate said he was coming to the Seat to ensure the
reformation and modernization of the Judiciary through humility and respect for
other opinions and to ensure that the backlog of cases
pending at the Court of Appeal were cleared.
Justice
Acquah said women empowerment had been heightened and
since he was a strong advocate of women's affairs he would ensure that equal
opportunities were given to all to ensure justice in the country.
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Vehicles for Narcotics Control
Making
the presentation, Dr. Rod Pullen, the British High Commissioner to
He
said
He
said the fight against narcotics and drug trafficking was becoming a major
problem to the country since the government would require a lot of resources
for effective control.
He
said just as the western nations were committing a lot of resources to
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Ensure efficiency in transport sector- Osei Assibey
Addressing
members of the Association of Liberal Transport Operators (ALLTOPS) in
He
challenged transport operators to diversify their operations by going into
other sectors like agriculture, road and the building construction to guarantee
the security of their members after retirement.
Osei
Assibey who is also the General Manager of FREKO
Company Limited, in charge of Kejetia Lorry Terminal,
suggested to transport organisations to establish
their own driving schools to train their members for them to perform
efficiently.
He
commended members of ALLTOPS for their high standard of discipline and called
on other transport organisations to emulate their example to help reduce the
spate of accidents on the roads.
Nana
Kwaku Owusu Bempah, National Chairman of ALLTOPS, asked members to
accept the new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax System so as to generate more
revenue for the government.
The
drivers called on the Ministry of Roads and Highways to ensure that the rules
and regulations governing driving and other traffic related regulations were
taught in schools especially at the basic level to raise awareness. They also
called for proper education on the new IRS Income Tax System for them to
properly understand it.
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Enchi (Western Region)
As
a result farmers cannot transport their produce to marketing centres, while
passenger vehicles plying the route between Dadieso
and
Many
drivers have stop using some of the routes, making it difficult for people to
travel. The GNA reporter who travelled on some of the roads noticed that
travellers on some of the trunk roads have to alight from the vehicle and
waddle through pools of water before they rejoin the vehicles.
Due
to the unsafe nature of the roads, the local
Residents
of the districts have therefore, appealed to the government to, as a matter of
urgency repair some of the important roads, especially those leading to
marketing centres as a short-term measure to improve the situation.
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Koforidua (Eastern Region)
He
said: "It is imperative to create a very conducive atmosphere at home
where parents and children will freely share their views and sentiments on sex
issues."
The
Deputy Minister was speaking at the opening of a four-day training of trainers workshop on HIV/AIDS organised by Families Together
Ghana (FTG), a non- governmental organisation for selected assembly members
from the Eastern Region.
It
was under the theme: "enhancing inter-family communication with special
emphasis on discussing HIV/AIDS at home" and aimed at providing
information and communication skills for parents on the disease.
Dometey urged the participants to assist in building the capacity of parents
and children towards the removal of cultural barriers on the discussion on sex
issues by parents and children.
He
said, this would: " help children build
self-confidence and the ability to withstand peer pressures and negative
influences."
Dometey appealed to Ghanaians to stop stigmatising and discriminating against
people living with HIV/AIDS since that hindered voluntary counselling and
testing for the disease.
The
National Chairman of FTG, Ernest Appenteng, advised
the youth to avoid pre-marital sex and married couples to remain faithful to
their partners. As part of the programme, a five-member Committee with Mrs
Beatrice Boateng, Presiding Member of New Juaben Municipal Assembly as Chairman, was inaugurated to
see to the attainment of the objectives of the organisation in the region.
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Kwaso (Ashanti Region) 3 July 2003 - The Ejisu-Juaben
District Assembly is committing ¢25m to support of development projects at the
Yaw
Ahenkora Afrifa, Ejisu-Juaben District Chief Executive (DCE), announced this
at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the
The
DCE said the Assembly was aware of the problems confronting the College and said
that frantic efforts were being made to develop the college. Afrifa advised people in the satellite communities of the
College to avail themselves of the opportunities it offered by enrolling in it
to acquire skills that could make them channels and agents of change in their
localities.
He
urged graduates of the College to let the skills and knowledge they acquired
from the College to impact positively on rural communities by opting to stay
and work in such remote areas.
Nana
Aboagye Adjei II, Omanhene of the Ejisu Traditional
Area, expressed regret that, even though, the College had a unique mission of
focusing on enhancing community development initiatives through education and
guidance, it suffered from the lack of requisite facilities.
He
said provision of such teaching and learning facilities should, however, not be
seen as the sole duty of only the government, but the responsibility of all
stakeholders. To this end, Nana Aboagye Adjei appealed to non-government organisations, corporate
bodies and philanthropic groups to assist the College financially and
materially, to develop its infrastructure and other facilities.
M.A.
Seidu, Member of Parliament for Wa
Central, stressed the need for graduates of the College, who were most often
concerned with community development, to forge unity with traditional rulers,
opinion leaders and the people in the area, to enable them to achieve their
mission of enhancing progress.
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In
a statemet issued in
It
said the Abusuapanin was the one who knew members of
his family and those who qualified and deserved to be buried in the royal
mausoleum. The statement, therefore, appealed to the public to treat the said destoolment with the contempt it deserved.
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