The Member of Parliament for Ada Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah has admonished students to choose Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, And Mathematics (STEAM) education over their love for English reading programs to make their lives better after school completion.

The MP who doubles as the Minority Chief Whip stated that the English language we have been speaking fluently over the past years as a country brought no significant achievements but rather continues making the fool out of the people.

According to her, those who boast of being the elite and educated and supposed to know better are the very people who drink sachet water in cars and indiscriminately dump the waste on the streets.

Comfort Cudjoe Ghansah made these known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH during the inaugural of the maiden edition of Ada College of Education’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Fair where all Basic Schools and Senior High Schools in the constituency joined hands and exhibited some crafted items of theirs.

She then described the English language as bogus and noted it does not contribute anything positive to the country, the reason the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin said they were going to speak the local dialect in the House to help them express themselves well for the transformation of the country.

The Lawmaker was very much delighted with the items displayed by the pupils together with both the SHS students and the teacher trainees of the Ada College of Education.

“I will encourage parents to allow their wards especially the young girls among them to pursue STEAM education in school to enable them to use their minds and hands to create job opportunities for themselves and become CEOs because that is far better than speaking good English and becoming unemployed at the long run,” she said.

Professor Prince Boateng, the Principal of Ada College of Education on his part explained that the program was not necessarily meant for tertiary students because Europeans and Asians train their young ones right from scratch on STEAM.

This, he buttresses and emphasises the program to guide learners to upgrade themselves at the tertiary levels being it a certificate or diploma course instead of the tertiary programmes, hence the inclusion of the pupils and SHS students.

“In doing so, we will get plumbers, fashion designers, carpenters, and masons among other professionals, and this will help the country achieve its industrialization agenda,” he stressed.

Professor Boateng added that his College is among the eight Colleges of Education in Ghana that offer Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and organizing such programs for the schools in the area will enable students especially the young ones to be oriented on the career path they seek to pursue in the near future.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Simple Birdman Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization based in Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region, Nana Kwadwo Opare has been honored with a Doctor of Humanity Degree Award from the Rev. David Clergy Council.

According to the council, the CEO of the Simple Birdman Foundation over the past years has impacted many lives in Abuakwa South therefore it calls for recognition while he is alive.

Speaking in an interview with Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in a short ceremony held at Berim Anoma, Nana Dr. Kwadwo Opare expressed his appreciation to the Rev David Clergy Council for recognizing the little support offered to his people.

Nana Dr. Kwadwo Opare who doubles as the Panohene added that he never thought that a day would come when he would be honored as a Doctor because most time it is the wealthiest and prominent persons like Presidents who receive Honorary Doctorate Degree awards.

He mentioned that it was about time everybody come on board and offered small support to those in our various communities who needed help, in doing so many lives would be transformed to enable the country to develop.

The International President of Rev. David Clergy Council, Bishop Dr. David Kakpo said the Simple Birdman Foundation has been a blessing to institutions, Basic schools, and brilliant but needy tertiary students in Abuakwa South.

Thus, in his view, he deserves to be honored while he is alive to motivate others to emulate and do the same to help their community members.

According to him they did not just wake up and honor him but investigated his foundation and the residents of the area testified that it had assisted many people in the Abuakwa South, hence the doctorate award.

For his part, the Akyem Segyimaasehene, Berima Okubi Botuo Danquah I who graced the program also told KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that it is not easy to extend a helping hand to those going through problems in their lives, but there hasn’t been a single day where someone had asked for support from Nana Dr. Kwadwo Opare and has turned the person down.

He commended the CEO of the Simple Birdman Foundation for his good work for the people of Abuakwa South.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Member of Parliament for New Juaben South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Michael Okyere Baafi has cut the sod for the construction of a Community Health Center for the people of Osabene-Mile 50.

The project, the MP said is expected to be completed within six months.

Speaking at a brief ceremony after the sod cutting, Mr. Okyere Baafi stated that Osabene-Mile 50 has become one of the fastest-growing Electoral Areas in the constituency thus it befit them to get a health center to enable the people to get equal access to healthcare services.

He disclosed further that his office is ensuring they provide health centers in all the communities within the New Juaben South constituency so that patients will not overly rely on the Regional Hospital in Koforidua for medical attention.

“The other communities yet to get such project should exercise restraint because we have put in place measures to put up a health center in the remaining communities to give quality healthcare to the people of New Juaben South,” he told KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH

Owning to this, the MP made a passionate appeal to family heads and individuals to release some of their lands to the government for such developmental projects for their benefit.

Mr. Okyere Baafi said it is painful that after successfully fighting hard to secure projects for the communities, getting a portion of lands for the execution sometimes becomes a hindrance, a situation he noted retards development.

He used the opportunity and thank the Akwasi Akore family for releasing the portion of the land used for the construction of the Osabene-Mile 50 Community Health Center.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Principal of Ada College of Education is the Ada East District Assembly of the Greater Accra Region, Professor Prince Boateng has called for infrastructural support for the School.

He stated that the Ada College of Education established in the 1960s needs refurbishment.

According to him although successive governments including President Akufo Addo-led administration have been supportive of the school much attention is required on the infrastructure deficit.

“The School keeps on growing and it will need more infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning,” he said.

Professor Boateng mentioned that Ada College of Education is one of the best Teacher Training Colleges in Ghana but they lack an administration block and as a result, they use the school’s ICT center as their administration block a situation he described as very worrying.

He used Kingdom FM’s medium and appeal for helping hands from philanthropists, Institutions, NGOs, and individuals to come to their aid and offer them support to fix the infrastructural challenges confronting them.

Professor Prince Boateng revealed these to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an exclusive interview.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Municipal Chief Executive for New Juaben South Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region, Isaac Appau Gyasi has commended President Akufo for investing heavily in the security services.

According to him, he was shocked after seeing for himself for the first time in his life the kinds of equipment the security agencies displayed at the Koforidua Youth Resource Center during their rehearsals ahead of the 6th March Independence Day Celebration.

He mentioned that there was some equipment, they did not show to the public when they were rehearsing and that would be done on Wednesday, 6th March 2024, thus everybody ought to be there and witness it for themselves.

Isaac Gyasi then said he had respected Ghana Security personnel because looking at the enthusiasm they showed up during the rehearsal indicated that we have the men to protect this country.

The New Juaben South MCE made this known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH.

He thanked President Nana Addo for honoring them by hosting this year’s 67th Independence Day Celebration in Koforidua

He seized the opportunity and called on Ghanaians to troop into Koforidua on Wednesday to witness the historic event because it is going to be massive.

Hon Gyasi noted that currently Koforidua is chocked with security personnel, some are in uniforms others are not, and they are working to ensure the 67th Independence Anniversary becomes successful,

Isaac Appau Gyasi then warned those who had planned to attend the event to steal things to advise themselves because security is very tight in Koforidua.

“If you steal and they catch you nobody will come and intervene for you, so just stay away from stealing”, he added.

Appau Gyasi then advised the residents of Koforidua to keep the towns and their homes clean because there would be dignitaries and diplomatic corp in the Municipality.

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By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The New Patriotic Party’s Delegates of the Akuapem South Constituency in the Eastern Region on Saturday, March 2, 2024, elected Eric Apeadu Yeboah as the new Parliamentary Candidate to lead them into the 2024 election.

The elections which were supposed to be held on January 27, 2024, were suspended due to issues of court injunction.

Apeadu Yeboah was contested by the Municipal Chief Executive, Frank Aidoo, Eric Samuel Annor Mensah, and Kwame Ofori Gyau in the primaries to succeed the incumbent member of Parliament OB Amoah who withdrew his interest to seek re-election.

Eric Apeadu polled 267, Mr. Aidoo had 69, Annor Mensah polled 54, and Kwame Ofori Gyau garnered 152 votes, respectively.

Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the newly elected Akuapem South Parliamentary Candidate, Apeadu Yeaboa thanked the delegates for having trust in him and giving him the nod in his quest to represent them in Parliament and help in national development.

“I thanked all and sundry who contributed immensely to the elections to be successful and I promised to maintain the Parliamentary Seat for NPP in the Akuapem South”, he added.

He furthered by saying, there is a big task ahead of them in the upcoming 2024 election that is to break the 8-year jinx.

“Doing so will not come on a silver platter, it needs determination and hard work, he then pleaded with all the party, faithful, and supporters especially those supporting the other aspirants to come on board and rally behind the party to achieve that vision of winning power in 2024,” he mentioned.

He promised to work hard to increase the NPP’s vote in Akuapem South from 10,000 to 15,000 in the December 7, 2024 general elections.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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Some top officials of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) stormed the Fanteakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region and embraced a thanksgiving service held for Kwame Appiah Kodua, the Parliamentary Candidate elected of the area.

The service was held at the Begoro Durbar grounds on Saturday, March 2, 2024.

To the Parliamentary Candidate elect, his election was an incident-free exercise therefore it was necessary to honor God.

According to him, winning the elections in 2024 is feasible for the NPP.

Mr. Kodua further underscores the importance of forming a unified front and working harder for the party before the 2024 general elections, adding with God victory will be theirs to retain the seat.

He then assured Ghanaians that they were going into the election with peace and harmony therefore challenging their main contender, the National Democratic Congress to also come out and let the world know their readiness for a violent free elections.

Appiah Kodua used the opportunity and show gratitude to his predecessors who have contributed immensely towards the development of the constituency.

For his part, the former General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu also commended the Fanteakwa North NPP leadership who fought hard to secure the Parliamentary Seat for the party and noted he is optimistic that Kwame Appiah Kodua will maintain the seat.

He argued that it is only the NPP government that initiates policies to the beneficiary of every Ghanaian citizen, thus, the need for continuation.

John Boadu believes the NDC’s John Mahama has decided to defunct its party, a reason for allegedly appointing his age mate Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang as his running mate.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Ada College of Education in the Greater Accra Region has held its 17th edition of the 2024 Africa Success Summit to equip the students on how to create job opportunities for themselves and become business tycoons and entrepreneurs in the future.

Doing so would help address the unemployment rate challenges confronting the country in the sense that when these teacher trainees graduate from school they won’t be overreliant on the government for posting to their various schools.

However, they can apply the knowledge acquired to set up small businesses for themselves and employ others who don’t have jobs and with this, the unemployment issues will be thine of the past.

The Ada College of Education collaborated with the LEC Group to embark on such a journey where more than 1,000 students participated in the event.

Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the Principal of the College, Professor Prince Boateng said, it is very essential for students to add value to their academic careers to better their life.

Prof Boateng indicated that organizing such programs on campuses for tertiary students, especially the teacher trainees opened their eyes to realize their dreams and start creating their businesses so that when they complete school they won’t become burdens to their parents.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer for LEC Group, Albert Prempeh Kusi stated, that they commenced this program in 2008 at the University of Cape Coast in the Central Region, and over 200,000 students have benefited from it where they own their companies and have managed to hire others.

“We saw the need to come to the Ada College of Education to train the teacher trainees to let them know that they can add value to their lives aside from teaching jobs to enhance their standard of living conditions”, he told KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH.

Albert Kusi used the medium and appealed to the general public to come to their aid by supporting them financially to be able to organize such programs for the youth in the various tertiary institutions across the country to shape their life and become entrepreneurs after school.

Some students who joined the program thanked the leadership of the school led by Professor Prince Boateng for coming up with such a mind-blowing program to enlighten them on how to create job opportunities for themselves and become successful in life aside from their teaching profession.

According to them, they have learned a lot of things from all the resource personnel who spoke at the program, and they are going to work towards them one after the other whilst they are in school.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh

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Staff at the Kyebi Government Hospital in the Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region have donated mechanized borehole water worth over GH¢40.000.00 to the Agyapomaa community in the area.

According to them, the gesture formed part of their social corporate responsibilities to give back to the communities in which they serve because without them they wouldn’t have been there working.

Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH after officially handing over the project to the Agyapomaa Community, the Medical Superintendent of the Kyebi Government Hospital, Dr. Richard Nii Darku Doodo said they were moved by the saying that water gives life therefore it befit everyone to be privileged with good drinking water.

To ensure that the project was executed successfully, he added that each staff paid GH¢50.00 and more.

He noted that after mobilizing the resources, various committees were set up and were tasked to identify problems facing the communities in the catchment area, leading to their realization that the beneficial community was in dire need of potable water for their daily activities, hence providing them the mechanized borehole water.

Dr. Nii Doodo called on Ghanaians to emulate them and support various communities that need help because the Government alone cannot do everything for its citizens.

The Health Director for Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly, Rhodalyn Adda Kyei-Yamoah commended the Kyebi Government Hospital staff for their kind gesture to the Agyapomaa Community.

“I believe the beautiful things they have done will unite them and bring impact to others,” she told KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH.

For his part, the Mankrado of Agyapomaa, Nana Ampem Darko III on behalf of his people showed his heartfelt gratitude to the staff of the Kyebi Government Hospital for thinking about the health of the people and also assured them of making good use of the facility.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Mankrado Ankobeahemaa of the Suhum Traditional Authority in the Eastern Region, Nana Akosua Korang Karbi has emphasized that education is the cornerstone of empowerment.

She underscores the importance of ensuring that no one is left behind because Education opens doors and also empowers us to create a better future in the current digital world.

Thus, Nana Korang Larbi challenges the youth most especially students to embrace skills to thrive in the fast-changing global environment.

She made these remarks during the celebration of the Suhum Presbyterian Senior High School’s Students Representative Council (SRC) week.

The SRC week celebration was under the theme “EMPOWERING THE 21ST CENTURY STUDENTS IN THE GLOBAL WORLD.”

According to her, the 21st century demands a new set of skills, indicating that it is not just about theory memorization, rather it is about innovation, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and adaptability.

In this regard, the traditional ruler entreated the students to harness the power of technology and use it responsibly to amplify their voices, advocate for change, and connect with the global community.

Nana Akosua Korang Larbi then admonished the Students of the Presbyterian Senior High School to be impactful and become the generation that bridges the gap of transforming challenges into opportunities to enable them to leave a memorable hallmark.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.