The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Bryan Acheapong has indicated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Asuogyamang Constituency of the Eastern Region needs at least 800 votes to capture the parliamentary seat from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

According to him, the incumbent NDC MP, Thomas Ampem Nyarko defeated then candidate of the NPP, Paul Asare Ansah with few votes during the 2020 election.

His contention follows the limited voter registration exercise and transfers, hence the NPP need not less than 800 votes per their analysis to unseat the NDC come December 7, 2024.

The Food and Agriculture Minister who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Abetifi Constituency stated that getting 800 votes in Asuogyaman is feasible but requires teamwork and unity to do so.

Dr. Acheampong added that the NPP would by hook or crook win the presidential seat regardless and therefore asked the NDC to abstain from being over-reliant on social media trends.

He made this known at Asuogyaman on Sunday, July 14, 2024, during an engagement exercise with the grassroots of the area which included polling station executives, electoral area coordinators, volunteer groups, and party faithful.

He used the opportunity and entreated them to forgo their differences and rally their support behind the party to win the election and do more for the country in terms of developmental projects.

For his part, the 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for the area, Paul Asare Ansah reiterated his commitment to helping Pius Enam Hadzide to win the parliamentary seat for NPP.

He noted that after losing the parliamentary bid to Pius Hadzide he called all his followers to come on board and work for the party to help break the eight-year term jinx as uniformity is all that the elephant family needs.

The Parliamentary Candidate for the Constituency, Pius Hadzide thanked Paul Asare Ansah who is also his uncle together with the other aspirants for throwing their support behind him in the quest to reclaim the seat.

He concluded by asking whosoever he had offended in any way during his campaign for the primary to forgive him for peace to reign.

In his voice, the Eastern Regional Chairman for the NPP, Jeff Konadu Addo commended Paul Asare Ansah for the love and support shown to Pius Enam Hadzide despite his bid proving futile.

“This tells us all that he has the progress of the party at his heart and this is exactly what all the failed parliamentary candidates must emulate to help the party to grow,” he opined.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com

The Parliamentary Candidate for Akuapem North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Samuel Awuku has put smiles on the faces of some Artisans in the area by presenting equipment to them to support their work.

The beneficiaries are the Dressmakers and Hairdressers Association where he [Sammi Awuku] gave 50 Dreyers to the hairdressers and 50 sewing machines to the dressmakers together with 25,000.00¢ each as seed money to use to establish a welfare for their association.

According to Mr. Awuku who doubles as the Executive Director for the National Lotteries Authority (NLA), it is better to teach someone how to fish than always fishing for them because doing so would breed relaxation.

He indicated all hands are not equal and that sometimes people can go through hardship but if the Association has a welfare fund at any given time one can rely on it through borrowing and repay later.

He also again engaged other professionals such as mechanics, welders, electricians, and painters, listened to their consent and assured them that they would also get their fair share of his kind gesture.

The Akuapem North Parliamentary Candidate entreated the artisans to have a reflection of the support and honor him and NPP’s flagbearer, Vice President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia in the December 7 polls to step in the shoes of President Akufo-Addo.

He told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that the people of Akuapem North will continue to see more of such benefits if they retain the NPP government in power.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

A group calling itself Ofie Ladies based in the Akuapem North Constituency of the Eastern Region on Saturday, July 13, 2024, embarked on a massive clean-up exercise at the Mamfe township.

The exercise aimed to pave the way for the much anticipated ‘Ofie’ mega walk with the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, and the Parliamentary Candidate of the Constituency, Samuel Awuku slated for August 3, 2024.

Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH after the clean-up exercise, the Woman Organizer for the Constituency, Linda Darkwa, noted that, the mega walk with DMB and Sammi Awuku will start at Mamfe roundabout through to Amanokrom and ends it at Mampong which would be occasioned with cleaning to ensure that the aforementioned adjourning communities are tidy up.

Linda Darkwa urged all and sundry to take sanitation issues seriously and clean up their environment regularly to help prevent contracting diseases such as malaria, and cholera among others.

She used the opportunity and invited everybody to join them on the dee day.

Some Ghanaian musicians such as King Paluta, Sister Afia, and Eno Barony would grace the event to entertain the crowd.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

Residents, including Chiefs and Elders of Akwadum in the New Juaben North Municipality of the Eastern Region, have demonstrated against their traditional ruler Nana Owusu Agyare over an alleged illegal sale of community lands coupled with the lack of social amenities confronting the area.

The demonstrators alleged that Nana Agyare had sold the Akwadum stool lands to some institutions and individuals in the region.

Speaking after the exercise, the Obaahemaa of Akwadum, Nana Adwoa Animah who spearheaded the demonstration accused the Akwadumhene of unlawfully selling community lands of 1,701 acres.

She explained that 1100 acres of land were sold to the management of the Cocoa Research Institute (CRIG) in Akim Tafo, 100 acres to the Joy Daddy Industries, and 501 acres to the Koforidua Technical University.

According to her, totaling an amount worth over Four Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (¢400,000.00) was profited from the land sale without rendering an account to the people of Akwadum.

Nana Adwoa Animah, while expressing her disappointment in the traditional ruler for his gesture said, his failure to consider using part of the profit made to develop the area with the provisions of social amenities is mind-blowing.

“As a mother of the town, I can not sit down, fold my arms, and watch him continue destroying Akwadum. So, this why we embarked on such demonstration exercise to demand accountability from him [Nana Owusu Agyare] on exactly what he used the huge sum amount for..,” she added.

Nana Animah hinted that although they referred the Akwadumhene to the Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area, Daasebre Kwaku Boateng III called him to order however their efforts proved futile.

The Akwadum Obaahemaa thus cautioned that the agitated youth of the area would not hesitate to take their actions to a different level should the accused chief fail to heed their accountability call.

For his part, the Ahenemahene of the area, Nana Boakye Yiadom also registered his displeasure against the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Candidate for the Constituency, Nana Osei-Adjei for turning a deaf year to the lack of developmental projects of the area.

He indicated that, before the party’s parliamentary primaries in January 2024, the latter visited the area and prayed to them for votes but after his election, he refused to show up in the community amid assurance of delivering the promises made to the people during his campaign.

He added that the Parliamentary Candidate has also refused to use his influence to intervene in some disputes retarding the development of Akwadum for more than three years.

“We are sending a signal to him that since he cannot console us in difficult times to help address the issues at hand, then we will also advise ourselves in the December 7 polls,” said the Ahenemahene.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The District Chief Executive for Atiwa West District Assembly in the Eastern Region, Paddy Amponsah Douglas says the free Senior High School flagship has made Junior High School attractive to Ghanaian children.

According to him, the implementation of the FSHS policy has increased the number of candidates who sit for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) since 2017 to date.

This is because once they obtain good grades the probability of being enrolled in the SHS is assured, unlike the erstwhile NDC government where parents have to sell their properties to finance their ward’s education.

Amponsah Douglas mentioned that one amazing thing about the FSHS education is the addition of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program beyond students only offering reading courses.

“So before they graduate from the SHS or SHTS they will be having their handiwork and with that, they don’t become a burden to society after their graduation; hence every Parent in Ghana is taking their children to school to become the breadwinner of the family in future,” he stressed.

The Atiwa West DCE was speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH when he toured all 4 BECE centers in the district to motivate them to come out with flying colours.

“Government has invested heavily in TEVET and STEM so I will entreat all parents to allow their wards who have an interest in that course to pursue it,” he opined.

Paddy Amponsah Douglas said that there is a STEM School in his District and they have four Nigerian students who are there studying because the world is going digital that is why parents need to allow their children who have an interest in those programs to read it in school because it comes with a huge sums of money.

Speaking to Kingdom News, some of the BECE candidates described the ongoing exercise smoothly and strongly believe that they will surely smile after the outcome.

According to them, their quest of being beneficial to the FSHS education is unchanged to become great persons in the future.

In total, 1,397 candidates registered for the 2024 BECE in the area, 29 of them were absent leaving 1,368 candidates on the battlefield participating in this year’s exams in the Atiwa West District Assembly.

At least, 53,624 sat for the exams in the region comprising 26,829 boys and 26, 435 girls.

John Kwasi Osafo, the Director of Education for the District noted that he assumed office in 2021, and the performance of the students in the area for the past 3 years is very encouraging.

“In 2021 they had 67.7%, as against 75% and 78 pass mark respectively in 2022 and 2023 but have targeted to get 80% pass mark in 2024,” he stated.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Eastern Regional Organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hackman Kabore says the party is extremely excited over the incumbent governments’ ticket in Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, outdoored the latter as running mate to the Dr. Bawumia candidacy.

Reacting to the development, the NDC organizer commended the leadership of the NPP for the choice of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh to partner the flagbearer ahead of the 2024 general elections.

According to Kabore, the ticket of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and NAPO will make the work of the NDC easy in winning the 2024 election.

In his view, the year’s election will be based on ‘character against character’.

“Comparatively, the difference between John Mahama and Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s tickets and Bawumia-Opoku Prempeh’s is very huge because Ghanaians won’t make the mistake of entrusting the country into the hands of liars instead they will be entrusted their destiny into the hands of someone who think about implementing good programs and policies to better their future.”

Mr. Kabore added Ghanaians can attest to the fact that it is only John Mahama and Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang’s ticket who can run and manage the affairs of the country better than Dr. Bawumia and Matthew Opoku Prempeh.

He believes the tickets of the NPP are what he described as a “bunch of failures,” who have nothing new to offer Ghanaians.

“So apart from Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia and Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the NPP didn’t get any qualified personnel to lead them into the December 7 polls?” He asked.

He furthered that both running mates for the NDC and NPP were once Educational Ministers thus the contributions to the sector can be attested by every citizen.

Hackman Kabore made this known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH following the outdooring of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh in Kumasi.

He also argued that under the leadership of Dr. Opoku Prempeh as Education Minister, the only feat as his achievement was “turning the Free SHS policy tot tot like drinking spot” due to short term periods spent in school by the students. He noted that the practice does not help teaching and learning.

“President Akufo Addo and his NPP government have deteriorated the Senior High Schools despite the Free SHS policy but all hope is not lost because John Dramani Mahama is coming back in 2025 as President to make it attractive again because he began the free SHS education with the day students,” he concluded.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Education Director for Atiwa East District Assembly in the Eastern Region, Pearl Acquah has praised the Member Of Parliament (MP) of the area, Abena Osei-Asare for her commitment to education.

Her commendation followed the MP’s gesture of presenting 600 mono desks to the Atiwa East Educational Directorate to be distributed among some 20 schools in the district to enhance teaching and learning.

According to Pearl Acquah, some schools in the country lack desks for the pupils to sit on, a situation which compels the learners to sit on the floor to write.

However, she noted that the narrative in Atiwa East is different because they have an indefatigable MP who has education as a priority and also has the welfare of the learners at heart.

The Atiwa East Education Director further stated that Abena Osei-Asare is doing everything possible to support education when it comes to logistics, thus providing laptops, mono desks and just to mention a few.

Madam Abena Osei-Asare on Monday, June 8, 2024, toured some BECE centers in the area where she interacted with the candidates and urged them to ensure they understood every single question they tackled to be able to answer and score better results.

The MP who doubles as the Minister of State in charge of Finance mentioned that the educational infrastructure being put in place by the New Patriotic Party’s government has transformed the education sector and also motivating the teachers in her constituency has helped the pupils in the area to perform excellently in the BECE for the past 3 years in the region.

“The NPP government is committed to education; hence implementing the free SHS to give hope to JHS graduates whose parents don’t have money to be enrolled in SHS to become prominent persons in the country,” she told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH.

Madam Osei-Asare stated that the 600 mono desks presented to the Atiwa East Educational Directorate will help the pupils from the beneficial schools to have peace of mind to learn and also be punctual at school.

There are 56 schools in the District and 1,614 candidates sitting for the 2024 exams in the District, meanwhile, 53, 264 sit for the exams in the Region which comprises 26, 829 boys and 26, 435 girls.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com

The Director for International Precious Metals Bullion (IPMB) in Africa, Ohene Danquah Agyeman Duah has revealed that the company is set to construct 50 mechanized boreholes for residents in Kyebi Afiesa and its surrounding communities.

This philanthropic work followed the detrimental effects of mining activities on the local water sources leading to the deterioration of water quality that adversely impacted the well-being of the inhabitants in the area.

According to Ohene Agyeman Duah, these proactive steps taken by the IPMB would help solve the water scarcity issue and enhance the quality of life of the people of Africa and its neighboring areas.

The African director for IPMB who doubles as the Founder and Chairman of the Aristocrats Fraternity made this known when they visited and joined Afiesahene, Ortafregya Agyeman Kumaning to observe the Akwasidae celebration.

Ohene Danquah Agyeman Duah revealed that these water projects have been deliberated upon at the international level and have been endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer of the International Precious Metals Bullion, John Vakis, indicating that works will commence soon to enable the residents in the area to get hygienic water for their daily activities.

On behalf of the Afiesaman, Ortafregya Agyeman Kumaning thanked the leadership of IPMB for the steps taken to construct 50 mechanized boreholes for the entire community.

He stressed that when these projects are completed many people will benefit from it and will help them to stay healthy.

Ortafregya Kumaning furthered by saying, that anybody who gives you water has given you life because water plays a crucial role in our daily lives; hence the Nanaanom of Kyebi Afiesa will remember them their prayers for their work to grow from Grace to Grace to be able to assist other communities that also needed support.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has named a multipurpose office complex in the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong after a former Moderator of the Church, Very Reverend Professor Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante.

The naming of the four-story multipurpose office complex was done by the current Moderator of the Church, Right Rev.  Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, and other leaders of the Church.

The gesture is in line with his good service to the church and the country during his time at the post.

Professor Obiri Mante who then became the 18th Moderator of the Church served from 2018 to 2023 and has been the Council Chairman for Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong for over 10 years and led the transition of the College from Teacher Training College to a Tertiary Institution.

The Governing Council of the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong-Akuapem, in consultation with the Council of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, agreed to name the 4 – Storey Lecture Halls, ICT Centre, Labs, Library and Offices Facility Complex in honour of the Very Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, PhD the Immediate Past Moderator of the General Assembly of PCG.

Speaking to Kingdom News, Rt. Rev. Nana Opare Kwakye said during the administration of the former moderator, he masterminded many projects, so the entire Church together with the college community saw the need to honor his hard work to encourage others to follow suit.

For his part, Very Rev. Professor Joseph Mante indicated that he was amazed when he heard the news that the Church was going to name after him a facility, expressing that the gesture meant a lot to him and his family.

He further thanked the Church and the leadership of the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong for the honor done him.

He advised those with positions heading organisations or institutions in the country to ensure they are up to their task by discharging their duties as deemed them to leave a good legacy for future recognition.

The Principal of the Presbyterian College of Education, Akropong, Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Saiw underscores the importance of the college to recognize the efforts of the pacesetters who served and contributed to the growth of the College since its establishment in 1848 and the Church as well.

Hence, he said, called for the honor of Professor Yeboah Mante.

The College had its 3rd edition of the heritage celebration and the program was proposed by the former Moderator of the Church, Very Reverend Prof. Mante, aimed at lecturing students about the need to embrace and preserve the Ghanaian tradition and culture.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East Constituency in the Eastern Region, Abena Osei-Asare has distributed mathematical sets and pens to the candidates of the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the area.

The presentation was done on her behalf by the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Atiwa East District, Kwabena Panin Nkansah.

Speaking after the presentation, the DCE was full of praises to the MP for her gesture since 2012.

“We have 56 schools in the District and 1, 614 candidates sit for the 2024 exams” he added.

He pointed out that the supportive gesture of the MP has been instrumental in aiding Atiwa East to stand tall among all the 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Region in terms of performance.

He mentioned that in the 2021 BECE, they placed second and subsequently secured the 1st positions in both 2022 and 2023 respectively.

With this, he contended that 2024 will be distinctive to maintain their position in the rankings.

Mr. Nkansah while speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN OBOH revealed that the secret behind their outstanding performance is the Assembly’s collaboration with their MP in providing the necessary learning materials to the students and the motivation of teachers as well.

In conclusion, he stated that measures being put in place for the pupils in the district have helped them to get their top-notch preferred SHS in the country to attend after graduating from the Basic School.

He then advised them to learn hard to protect the legacy of their predecessors and make Atiwa East proud.

At least 53, 264 candidates in the Eastern Region are expected to sit for the 2024 BECE.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.