The Ministry Of Education and Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) have met and interacted with all the Training Providers of Integrated Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES) at the Pre-Tertiary Level.

According to the Deputy Minister of Education in Charge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Hon. Gifty Twum-Ampofo said, the purpose of the event is that, the Ministry of Education and COTVET want to bring ICCES under them and give them Competency Based Training (CBT) to boost up the teaching and learning across the country.

She indicated that, Parliament is working on the 5yrs Strategic plan of TVET transformation and as at now they have gotten to the 4th level. “We have met all the administrators of the various institutions who are under the Ministry institutions including the biggest National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI)”

“The ICCES is under the Ministry of Local Government and with this transformation plan they are all coming to be under the Ministry of Education. If we are doing this 5yrs strategic transformation plan, there is the need to involve them to know and understand the project”

“Moreover we want all the Technical and Vocational Institutions in Ghana to do one subject and write the same exams at a time” she explained.

Hon. Deputy Education Minister said, Ghana we has over 19 ministries, and they have one institution or the other of which they are all training the youth. “The most painful aspect of it all is that, after completing the school and issuing their certificate to them, they can’t take it anywhere, because some of the certificates are not credible and it make it things difficult for them to get job opportunity in the Gov’t institutions” she said.

“If we bring them under the Education Ministry and Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) all those challenges would be solved. That’s why Prez Akufo-Addo says only one way we can stop poverty is TVET, so therefore let’s all get involved” she pleads.

She continued that, TVET is no more the last choice but rather first choice for the BECE graduates in most develop countries in the world yet we have TVET school in category A, B, C, and D, so the parents should take their wards to school and help the headteachers to select the TVET schools for their children who have interested in TVET by so doing we can eradicate unemployment’s system from the country.

“When it comes to the school placement system for TVET , every programme the school offers is attached, so the 2020 BECE graduates shouldn’t look at the name of the school to do their selection, rather they should consider the course they know they can do it best and select that TVET school to help them achieve their vision after completion” Hon. Gifty Twum-Ampofo advised.

Furthermore, the Acting Executive Director of Integration Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES), Mr. David Mensah also stressed, we are under Ministry of Employment and the country don’t have enough resources but gov’t says all the 19 institutions within the ministries should re-align with Ghana TVET services.

He noted that, now the management structure, and the focus of issues on infrastructure , human resources, logistics, promotion and everything is going to be focus under TVET services.

“We have so many infrastructure challenges and I believe that, now that the gov’t want to take over the ICCES, is a laudable idea and it will help us to resolve those problems we were facing” he praised.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Sourc//obohnews.

The Eastern Regional Secretariat for opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party have held a press conference entitled “Eastern Efie Nyɛ” Series to access the abysmal performance of Prez Akufo-Addo led NPP Gov’t getting to the 4yrs in office.

Addressing the press, the regional communication officer for NDC, Mr. William Darlas Ampomah said, the eastern region is the home of the sitting Prez who doubles as the Flagbearrer for New Patriotic Party (NPP). The expectations were that, the region will witness unprecedented development if no other region did.

“Unfortunately the situation the eastern region can be summarized as “home no good” ( Efie Nyɛ). Indeed we the people of the eastern region are disappointed in Nana Addo and his gov’t came to power on the basis of lofty promises, such as one village one dam, 1million dollars per constituency, putting money in our pockets among others all hoax” he noted.

“When they assure us that “yɛte sika so n’so ɛkom de yen” little did we know in less than 4yrs he was going to borrow over GH₵130bn used the money to seek the welfare of his close family members and friends to the neglect of the Eastern Region and Ghana as whole” he did explained.

We all know the monumental projects and programmes Prez John Mahama delivered in nationwide. He built hospitals, roads, port expansion, community day Senior High Schools etc when added a little over GH₵50bn to the national debt. So today we ask what has Prez Akufo-Addo used the GH₵130bn for?. Nana where is the money?. ( Nana sika no wɔ hen)?.

He further stated, specifically in today’s Eastern Efie Nnyɛ Series we seek to make 3 major observations.

1. Nana Addo and NPP have woefully failed the eastern region, Efie Nnyɛ and has only delivered or partially delivered just a partly 14.28% that’s 3 out of 21 promises. The promises they made to the people of the eastern region prior to the 2016 elections.
2. Even for the abysmal 14.28% of promises they delivered it deployment was discriminatory and selectively targeted to benefit a few in the eastern region because major part of the region have been neglected.
3. On account of these we submit that Prez John Mahama has superior record of achievement in the eastern region. He distributed development equitably within in the eastern region not just for the few and can be trusted as not Nana Addo.

Source// Obohnews

BYy/ Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Eastern Regional Minister, Honourable Eric Kwakye Darfour, has been exonerated after a scheme led by some persons within the party to dent his image has been uncovered.

They initially targeted the minister’s parliamentary seat and succeeded snatching it from him and has extended further, their ploy to his ministerial position.

The agenda has however been foiled, vindicating the minister, and rather crashing the heads of some of the plotters to the gutters.

The ill motived agenda began with the collection of a GHC1 levy from drivers who ply their trade in the three (3) Municipal and District Assemblies in the Kwahu area ahead of the NPP’s parliamentary primaries. They mounted barriers at all entry ports to the Kwahu area namely, MTTD – Atta Ne Atta; KAWSEC Junction; Life FM; Soldier-line; Adoagyiri – 440 and Nsuta – Abanase.

The aggrieved drivers, approached the regional minister at his office to help solve the matter. The minister further called the three MDCEs in the area to reconsider their decision in order to save the face governing party in the enclave which happens to be one of the party’s worldbanks.

Report has it that, in a bid of bringing the issue to its logical conclusion, about three different meetings involving the drivers, Regional Security Council (REGSEC), the three MDCEs in the Area, Hon Yaw Owusu Addo, Kwahu West; Hon Isaac Agyapong, Kwahu East and Kwahu South’s Emmanuel Atta Ofori Snr were held.

The MDCEs refused to accept the decision by the minister and REGSEC, as well as the drivers to halt the levy collection on all the occasions the meetings were held.

To legalize the collections, especially in the case of the Kwahu West Municipal Assembly, where the Minister doubles as the MP, the MCE hurriedly tendered in the decision to the Municipal Assembly for ratification and was made an Assembly by-law.

Surprisingly, the three MDCEs suspended the collection of the levies, without going back to their various Assemblies for reversal of the decision few days after the regional minister had lost the primary election.

In an interview on Nkawkaw based Agoo FM, the MCE for Kwahu West and the MP for Abetifi, Honourable Bryan Acheampong, announced the stoppage of the collection of the levies from the drivers, a day after the Minister had lost the primaries.
True to the announcement, the collection of the levies, though not sent to the Assembly for its reversal, halted.

Angered by the disrespect metted to them by the MCE and subsequent breach of the District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies standing orders, some 14 assembly members initiated a process to pass a ‘vote of no confidence’ in their MCE.

The assembly members petitioned the Presiding Member of the assembly to begin processes towards the exercise, a process which they have since rescinded until further notice.

The actions of the Assembly members were quickly greeted by the saboteurs of the MP with the execution of their second strategy of making him lose his ministerial position.

Report says stories were immediately shared in some media portals indicting the MP, Hon Eric Kwakye Darfour, of masterminding the actions of the Assembly members, in an attempt to smear him.

The MP was also accused of sabotaging the party’s parliamentary candidate, Joseph Frimpong, a former Constituency Organizer of the party in Nkawkaw.

This deliberate link of the actions of the Assembly Members to the minister according to sources within the minister’s circle came as a complete shock to him.
According to the source, while the minister had no knowledge about the actions of the assembly members, he is equally baffled and finding it difficult to come to terms with why he will be linked to their actions.

The minister has also been accused of branding his car with pictures of the President and the Vice-President without that of the PC.

A close source to the minister said, it is not up to him to print souvenirs for the PC and that as and when the PC’s souvenirs are ready, he is also ready to help him.

The source said, the branding of the car was done by the constituency secretary who felt the party is not being made visible in the area with just about two months into the general election.

“It had to take the minister to intervene to get the NDC to move their banners from his (MP) area. This is because the NPP PC and the campaign team are not making the party visible in the area. The minister cannot sit idle, so if he is helping in making the party visible in the area as a sitting MP, is that a crime?” the source questioned.

By//Alfred Asare

Source// Obohnews

Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency who doubles as the deputy Minister of Education in charge of Technical And Vocational Education And Training (TVET), Hon Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has admonished all illegible voters to cast their votes in favour of H.E the president, Nana Akufo-Addo and all parliamentary candidates on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to continue the unprecedented development in the country.

She said, election research has recently shown that, whilst the presidential votes in previously held elections appreciate the member of parliament’s votes decrease, a situation peculiar to most constituencies of which Abuakwa North is no exception.

Hon. Gifty Twum Ampofo sited, the bitterness after parliamentary primaries as one of the key factors that compels voters to cast their ballots for the president and either decide not to vote for their parliamentary candidate representing NPP or cast their ballots for the opposing candidates, a situation she describes as “development killer”.

The Hon Member of Parliament explained that, the president needs majority in parliament to enable him have all his developmental and flagship bills passed into laws for the socio-economic development of the country.

Hon. Gifty Twum stressed, it would have been difficult for the government to access the recent World Bank COVID 19 interest free loan that Ghanaians are enjoying i.e free water, 50% cut on electrity tarriff etc. if the majority in parliament were not NPP. She said, they (MPs of NPP) were vehemently opposed by the NDC not to pass the bill to access the loan facility but due to their huge numbers present in parliament, the votes favoured the passage of the bill.

“Due to this and other reasons, all voters must burry all parliamentary primaries hatchets and vote for anyone that represents the elephant (NPP) to make decision making and execution of developmental projects less cumbersome for government for a better Ghana” she continue

Hon. Gifty Twum-Ampofo made this disclosure when she toured electoral areas in the Abuakwa North enclave to recount developmental projects that the Nana Akufo-Addo led NPP administration has done so far and what they intend doing when voted into power again come 7th December, 2020.

By// Nana Kwesi Asare

Source//obohnews

The Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Akuapem North Constituency in the Eastern Region who doubles as the bursar for Akropong – Akuapem Presbyterian College of Education, Dr. William Adjei Twumasi has revealed that, his top most priority is to bring massive development to the of Akuapemman.

In an interview with Kingdom News, he said, he has done so many developmental projects in Akuapem North Constituency that’s why the constituents are calling upon him to come and contest for the seat. He is one of the disqualified NPP aspirants parliamentary candidates by the regional vetting c’ttee.

Dr. Adjei Twumasi adds, not long ago he collaborated with the Columbus University to bring a University at Akropong but because of the Presbyterian University college in Akropong as a result he didn’t get accreditation, so he stopped.

“I used the money to built an International school of which many communities in the constituency are benefiting from it” he added.

He indicated that, if he is voted as MP for the Constituency, he will ensure that the six ( 6) dilapidated abandoned roads linking to Mangoase would be fixed through lobbying.

Dr. William Adjei Twumasi mentioned these to KINGDOM FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview during a community engagement with the residents of Mangoase.

“I am coming to help to re-developed Mangoase again and also to bring investors here” he assures.

Some of the Mangoase residents explained that, they have seen the good works of Dr. Twumasi and if “we voted for him as our MP he will do more projects for us especially to fixed our poor road network”

“Because we also deserve good works” they lament.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// obohnews.

Thousands of residents of Mampong-Akuapem in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region embarked on massive clean up exercise as part of their preparation towards the 2020 Ohum – Odwira festival.

This clean up exercise features the traditional rulers, MCE for the Municipality and some executive members of the NPP in the constituency.

In an interview with the press, the MCE for Akuapem North Municipal Assembly, Hon. Berima Awuah Sarpong Asiedu-Larbi explained that, in every year, before the Ohum festival will take off they embark on clean up exercise to ensure that the entire township become neat to pave way for the festival.

He added that, “the Ohum festival is being celebrated to perform tradition and custom to purified the town and also to ask God for his mercies and blessings upon the town in subsequent years”

“This programme we embarked on is in support of the sanitation system we want to put in place to make sure that Akuapemman become neat”

Hon. MCE continue to say, “those days, if you’re walking in Akuapemman, you won’t see any filthy or mosquitoes around but today because of the increase of the populace things have changed”

” So we took this clean up exercise upon ourselves to create awareness to the people of Okuapemman to know and understand how importance it is to beautify their various communities or environment regularly to prevent themselves from getting diseases like malaria and cholera and also to stay healthy”

Later on Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH had an interview with the Akuapem North Constituency Women’s Organizer for the ruling NPP, Mrs. Awo Yaa Boatemaa Aboagye stated, the program was organized by the youth of the constituency but unfortunately Hon. Nana Ama Dokua their MP couldn’t make it because of the heavy downpour.

But all the same, other executives of the NPP came and support the exercise.

She stressed, “when it comes to the issues surrounding sanitation in Ghana, Prez Nana Addo and the Sanitation Ministry have done marvelously well. All what I will say is that,’ we should keep our environment clean”

“If we do that the gov’t won’t spend huge money for purchasing medicines to cure the diseases. it will help the state to save enough money to run the country’s affairs” she noted.

Moreover the Odikro of Mampong , Nana Oware Ansah III shows his profound gratitude to the people of Mampong especially the youth for helping them to clean up the the whole township.

He said, “because of the Covid, this year’s Ohum festival there wouldn’t be any social gathering”

Source//obohnews.

BY// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Eastern Regional Minister and MP for Nkawkaw Hon. Eric Kwakye Kofi Darfuor, the Eastern Regional Director for Ghana Highways Authority, Mr. Charles Adubofuor, the Eastern Regional Manager for Feeder Roads, Mr. Osei Nketiah and other roads construction expert embarked on two day tour to inspect the ongoing road construction projects in the region.

The inspection of the road construction projects took us to Kwahu West, South, and East Assembly, New Juaben South and North Assembly, Atiwa West and East, Lower West Akyem Assembly, Birim North, Central and South ,Fanteakwa and North South, Abuakwa South Assembly, Asene Manso Akroso Assembly, Suhum Assembly and ended at Akim Oda Assembly.

Kingdom FM’s KONTINHEN KOFI OBOH speaking in an interview with the Eastern Regional Minister and and MP for Nkawkaw Constituency, Hon. Eric Kwakye Kofi Darfour said, he is very impressed with the ongoing roads construction projects in the region. “Some are completed and others are also under construction” he noted.

“Over 400km of the road have been awarded to Ghana Highways Authority, over 1000km to Feeder roads and 300km to Urban roads. The contractors are also on top of their game and I believe that by the end of this year all the said awarded road projects will be completed” he confirms.

The Regional Minister praised Prez Nana Addo for fulfilling his 2020 year of roads promise and pleaded with Ghanaians to give him another 4 more term to do do more.

The Eastern Regional Director for Ghana Highways Authority Mr. Charles Adubofuor also spoke with Kingdom News and stated, “most of our roads, some of them were began in 2017 , 2018, 2019 and even 2020 and looking at the percentage, some have gotten to its climax meaning the contractors are doing very well on the site and are at the verge of competing.

“The good news is that, all this roads are being constructed by local contractors”

” We have to keep on encouraging and give them training skills and it will help a lot” he adds.

“A time will come all our road projects would be done by the Ghanaian Contractors” he assures.

He added that, “the eastern regional branch of the Ghana Highways have awarded 500km trunk road projects and I have confidence that it will be completed by the end of the 2020; our total road Network is 1,551Km and out of that 500km would be completed by the mentioned time” he said.

Furthermore, the Eastern Regional Manager for Feeder Roads, Mr. Osei Nketiah revealed to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that, they have around “4,226Km road projects they are working on”

Since 2017 to 2020 they have awarded “1000Km of Feeder roads in all the 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the region”

“Out of the 1000km roads, the contractors have completed 123km with black top or bitumen surface”
“As at 2017 the eastern region Feeder roads were having bitumen surface or pavement roads just “around 326Km”

“So if we are able to add up 123km black top to the previous 326 within the space of 3yrs, then it means work is in progress” he noted.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnews.

Apostle Elisha Adjin-Tettey in an advice to world wide Christians said “God blessings comes in disguise” yet Christians are to help control their anger.

“We need not to understand God in how He does His works because He is God” he said.

“God works can’t be understood by man and He can’t be quentioned as in why and how He does his work”

Throwing more light into this, he pleased to all Christians to accept all words but help to manage the root ones out.

Based on the Scriptures, Provibes 29:22 and Eph 4:26-27 advice all Christians to do away all anger for it is only “foolish people” who never made chances out of this quote from the Bible.

Moses never step foot to the promise land due to anger after God asked him to hit his rod to the mountain for the flow of water.

Beside Moses also pleaded to God to control his temper on the Israelites for the Egyptians might consider him as wicked.

He advice Christians to take this as key to their marriages, work, friendships etc for a sustainable and reflection on our daily lives as Christians.

In conclusion, he used the just happened in the United State of America, Pastor Sylvester, who recently shot his wife to death because he (pastor Sylverster) couldn’t control his anger.

Story by// Kwabena Gyamfi

Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Saiw has taken over the Presbyterian College of Education in Akuapem-Akropong in the Eastern Region as the new 25th Principal of the college.

Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, PHD, Moderator of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church of Ghana stressed, “we are expecting 5 important things to be done by the new principal of the school”.

“We want him to beef up the academics works, and also to improve on the school’s infrastructure to beautify the environment as well”

Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Mante continue that, “what is more relevant for the Presbyterian Church is Holistic Education”

“Many people are of the view that, if you’re in the tertiary institution you don’t have to be working and that’s not a good education to our children”

“It is our responsibility to teach the children and let them work to know and understand that working with their hands in school is not a punishment but rather is part of life. I will be glad if all the various universities in Ghana will consider and teach the students on how to do the house chores, it will help a lot” he add.

Rt. Rev. Prof. Yeboah Mante mention this to Oboh News online in an interview during the Investiture Ceremony of the 25th Principal of Presbyterian College of Education of Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw at Akuapem-Akropong. He advised the new Principal to ensure that he will put good measures in place to save guard the school funds.

The new Principal of the college, Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw noted, “his vision is to make the college, the college of eminence in Africa and beyond. College of eminence means our vision and policies is in line with the int’l standard and practices”

“We will also create Internal Generated Fund (IGF) to run the affairs of the school and ensure that our infrastructure development will be more advance than all the other ones”

He further stated, “we won’t train only the heads and hands but rather we will train the heart also to fear God”

MP for Akuapem North Constituency and Deputy Minister of Information, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adei who graced the program congratulate Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw on his appointment as the 25th Principal of the college. I believe that, with Jesus in the boat, you will weather the storm and overcome all hurdles.

Hon. Dokua adds, “as government we can’t underestimate the role the Presbyterian Church have played through maintaining peace and order in the country by promoting health through the Presbyterian Hospitals. Again the Presbyterian Church has established numerous schools in Ghana and they are helping the country’s development”

“This government is committed to the colleges of education most especially Akropong P.C.E. We are ever ready to support PCE when the need arised” she assures.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

At least six out of thirty-six young footballers from Offinso in the Ashanti Region have been confirmed dead in a horrific accident on Saturday around 3pm in the afternoon with Pregio car registration number AS-928-19.

According to preliminary investigations conducted by Offinso based Time FM journalist, Adusei Poku, the thirty-six footballers whose age ranges from 12 to 18 years had travelled to Afrancho in the Ashanti region for their football registration exercise were veered off the road and summersaults from the bridge into ‘Offin’ riverbanks on their return to Offinso.

Five of the deceased are said to be students of Offinso State ‘A’ Junior high school in Offinso municipal.

Abdul Jamal and Kwame Poku are Offinso State ‘A’ form 1 students, Elvis, a primary student, Ofori Amanfo, Atta Panin and Obed’s corpse are awaiting autopsy at St. Patrick’s hospital.

Reports says four of the young footballers are currently in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with the remaining twenty-four receiving treatments at the St. Patrick Hospital in Offinso.

Joint Fire Service personnel and the police from Offinso rushed to the accident scene to convey the accident victims.

By// Kwesi Afari

Source// Time FM