Some residents of Koforidua Zongo in abroad have donated health equipment to some selected health centers in New Juaben South and North Municipalities of the Eastern Region.

The donated items included 50 medical oxygen concentrators, bottles of mineral water, and tissues worth over GHS450,000.00.

The beneficiary health centres are; Eastern Regional Hospital, Zongo Health Center, St. Joseph Hospital, Koforidua Polyclinic, and Jumapo Health Centre.

Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the Eastern Regional Chief Imam who lead the delegation to do the presentations on behalf of the personnel, Yusif Amudani Sulemana acknowledged the support the Zongo residents in diaspora offered amidst developing health sectors in Juabenman.

Chief Imam, Yusif Amudani Suleman then show his profound gratitude to the donors for thinking about the health of the people of New Juaben and asked Allah to continue to bless their handiworks.

He was of believed that the items will go a long way to help the beneficiary health centres to use them to save lives.

He then pleaded with stakeholders individuals, and philanthropists, among others to emulate the donors.

The Director of St. Joseph Hospital, Rev. Samuel Worlasi Akoni expressed gratitude for the donors because there were occasions when newborn babies and asthmatic patients find it difficult to breathe due to the lack of machines.

Therefore they are grateful for their kind gesture since the Oxygen Concentrators received would help them to the brim.

He described the news as ‘their prayers being answered by God’ because the management of the facility had in several meetings contemplate on how to get additional oxygen machines to save lives.

Some dignitaries include the Gyaasehen of New Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Twumasi Dankwa joined the leaders of Koforidua Zongo Community to do the presentations on behalf of the New Juaben Ɔmanhene.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Eastern Regional Population Officer, Isaac Ter-Ibinibe Sopelle has pointed out that the issue of gender inequality still exists in most sectors of the country.

According to him, the predicament continues to beingness in various sectors such as the businesses sector, education sector, politics, health sector, and the right to own properties.

Mr. Ter-Ibinibe Sopelle emphasises that some cultural practices including Female Genital Mutilation, early marriage, inadequate access to agricultural land, and discrimination in the workplaces just to mention a few, sometimes compromised their reproductive health.

This, he thinks women must be empowered to challenge these rooted gender-based discriminations to enable increased chances of holding high positions in different job opportunities.

He further cited a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), which says ‘unless women and girls have access to quality and affordable health care, freely exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights are treated and respected as equal, there is no way we can achieve our SDGs 2030 agenda.’

Mr. Ter-Ibinibe Sopelle made this known to the pressmen during the celebration of World Population Day in Koforidua on Monday, August 1, 2022.

The year’s celebration was held on the them “A World of 8 Billion: Towards Resilient Future for All-Harness Opportunities and Ensuring Rights and Choices for All: whiles National theme is “Prioritizing Rights and Choices: Harnessing Opportunities: The Road to Resilient Future for All.

He further indicated that achieving gender equality and realizing the human rights of women is a key requirement of a just and sustainable country.

Echoing the priority of the theme Mr. Ter-Ibinibe Sopelle believes ‘when they are healthy and have equality in all aspects of life, the sustainable development goal would be possible.’

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration of the Ghana Police Service, Christian Tetteh Yohuno has charged the newly recruited police officers to exhibit good behavior to gained the trust from the public.

According to him doing so will make them be respected and to built their confidence.

He advised them to refrain from any conduct that would dent their collateral image.

Mr. Tetteh Yohunu continue to say, they should be reminded that knowledge and skills are only part of the approach to law enforcement as they will be dealing with all kinds of people usually involving some stress, strain and sometimes confusion and understanding of other human nature is essential.

With this, he noted, they must be understanding and sympathetic and above all be just and fair in their dealing with the public.

COP Tetteh Yohuno made this remarks at the Koforidua Jubilee Park in the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region during the passing out of 416 newly recruited police personnel.

To wit, he further entreated them to respect the right of the citizens in which they are going to protect.

He thus wish them well in their next endeavours and noted that they will soon be posted to their various stations to commenced their post training practical attachment following their successful six months training regime.

Furthermore, the government representative of New Juaben South Municipality, Isaac Appau Gyasi also expressed his excitement to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH for seeing such exuberant and young men who have gone through intensive training and passing out to serve the country.

The MCE urged Ghanaians to give maximum respect to the police officers because they give the general public protection and also ensure there is peace in the country.

“Its unfortunate that Ghana Police Service was being ranked the first corrupt institution in Ghana. But I hope as time goes on their leaders will put measures in please to end it,” Mr. Appau Gyasi added.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong, has praised Government of Ghana for the passage of the new Narcotics Control Commission Act 2020[ Act 1019] to help reduce the usage of drug in the country.

“In 2014, I was privileged to be member of the 6th parliament and this bill was introduced in parliament. Unfortunately we couldn’t complete the cycle ensuring it has become an act to guide as respect of our policy and management for the related issues on drugs,” he observed.

He disclosed how privileged he was to be a member of the 7th parliament but chaired and led the passage of this bill to become law and is gratifying to be sensitizing themselves with the good works that the house is doing for the country under the sponsorship of Ministry of Interior.

Mr. Kwame Acheampong stated, he is very excited that the law is being recognized as a progressive law.

The Ghana’s new drug law seeks to treat drug use and dependence as a public health issue rather than focusing on law enforcement, punishment and repression.

The Eastern Regional Minister made this known at a sensitization workshop with the media on ensuring the Effective implementation of the Narcotics Control C’ssion Act 2020 [ Act 1019] held in Koforidua on July 29, 2022.

The theme for the programme was” UNDERSTANDING THE NARCOTICS CONTROL C’SSION ACT 2020[ ACT 1019]; THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN HEALTH AND RIGHT-BASED BEST PRACTICES TO HANDING PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACT”.

Meanwhile, the Executive Director for Perfector Of Sentiments (POS) Foundation, Jonathan Osei Owusu said, some portion of the law needed to be reviewed and when it is done anybody who want to do narcotics work should go for a license.

Narcotics Control Commission will bring the license to all the 16 regions of Ghana so that those who seek to plant marijuana can do it in a proper way.

Country like California are making huge of amount of money from marijuana despite it negative and positive aspect.

Mr. Osei Owusu adds, weed is use for medicine, hair lads among many other important products. We are not saying people should go and smoke it but we are looking at it positive impact that will benefit the country.

Furthermore, the Eastern Regional Police Crime Officer, ACP Mr. Reuben Asiwoku said the fact that the Narcotics bill has been passed into law doesn’t mean there is a freedom for people to be smoking weed anyhow.

He indicated that, the new law converted the prison term for drug possession for personal use into a fine of between 200-500 penalty units (translating to GHC2,400-6000).

It means that instead of sending people to prison for up to 10yrs for simple possession of drug for personal use, they will offer alternatives to incarceration and criminalisation.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

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The Chairman hopeful of the opposing National Democratic Congress (NDC) party in the Eastern Region, Mr. Basil Ahiable has said the lapses of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo exposed him in his first month in office.

He indicated that the President’s super incompetence is a true reflection of his failure to fulfill the numerous promises he made to Ghanaians when seeking the presidency seat in 2016.

Against this background, Mr. Basil Ahiable said comes as no surprise over the current happening in the country since many predicted doom for the country’s economy under the leadership of Akufo-Addo.

“When they won power in 2016 and 2020 elections respectively, they were expected to forgo their super incompetent in opposition, come and work hard to transform the economy since they claim they have the men but not knowing they haven’t learned anything from the opposition but to rather sink the country’s economy into a ditch,” he noted.

The chairman hopeful was quick and could not fathom why the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta remain at the post despite his abysmal performance.

He noted that there’s a hang Parliament that calls for parliamentarians to jointly take decisions, but, in his view, the NPP gov’t had been acting wayward to breeding corruption as their trademark.

In his view, President Akufo-Addo must act proactive and fire Mr. Ofori Atta as soon as possible for the betterment of Ghanaians because he has failed to steer the economy of the country considering how the E-levy taxation was implemented.

“So what we [NDC] have to do is to put in place proper measures that Ghanaians will keep their hope alive to know that whenever NDC is in power they can sleep and breath well,” he told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an exclusive interview.

He was optimistic that come what the NDC will recapture power in 2024 to continue their good work for mother Ghana.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source//Obohnews.

A Community Development Advocate for Community Alternatives (ACA), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) situated in Fanteakwa South, has assured its commitment to seeking compensation for victims in the Fanteakwa South District as a result of the activities of mining companies.

According to the Director of ACA, Nana Ama Nketiah Quaidoo its outfit will ensure that all victims are compensated.

She urged citizens who feels cheated as a result of damaging their farm crops by the activities of mining to report such incident to their firm for assistance.

The Director thus spelled out the readiness of its legal team to fight for the vulnerable farmers or land owners whose plots of land have either been claimed illegally or destroyed by the activities of the small-scale mining companies.

She said, the Advocate for Community Alternatives offers their services on a free basis because they want justice for those living in the mining communities to get what is due to them.

Nana Ama Nketiah Quaidoo made this known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH on the sideline during a Town Hall Meeting programme held at Fanteakwa South District Assembly in the Eastern Region.

She noted that in most cases, some Assemblies in the mining areas refuse to feed them with basic information that can be used to demand justice for the vulnerable, a situation she said was very worrying.

Against this background, she stated that they won’t be discourage from discharging their duties.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnews.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Fanteakwa South District Assembly in the Eastern Region, Mr. Ernest Ofosu has expressed worried over the poor nature of roads in the district.

According to him, since the establishment of Fanteakwa South in March 2018, there is no single road that is tarred in the district.

“The people of Fanteakwa South especially the drivers who ply on the roads always give me a sleepless night and ask when will it get fixed and is my biggest problem as DCE”, he fumed.

Mr. Ofosu then pleaded with the government through its Roads Minister, Mr. Kwasi Amoako Atta to as a matter of urgency come to their aid and get their roads fixed for them.

The DCE made the statement when speaking to the media during a Town Hall Meeting held at the Assembly’s Conference Hall together with stakeholders on how to work hand in hand to develop the district.

He reiterated further that he would become the happiest person in the area should their plight be attended to.

Also, Opanyin Kyeremateng Oware Eugene who chaired the meeting commended the Assembly for holding such exercise and suggested to the DCE to making it a continual program every six months.

According to him, embarking on such exercises will helped residents voice out the challenges confronting them in their various communities to pave way for the assembly to fix them.

“I’m glad the District Assembly projected the works they have done so far in every community for the residents to see it. But will plead with the DCE through gov’t to get Fanteakwa South 1D1F programme to create job opportunities for the youth”, he noted.

Furthermore, the Ayinam District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Raymond Mahama Iddrisu tasked Ghanaians to take the “If you See Something Say Something campaign” serious and report any suspected foreign nationals in any part of the country to the police.

He explained that, they have engaged and educated religious bodies, taxi drivers and market women in Ayinam and Osino on how to identify suspected terrorists who may cause harm to the country.

Source// Obohnews.

B// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Vice Chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University in the Eastern Region, Prof. Kofi Assumang has urged the gov’t of to strengthened the Technical Education system to help achieve the Ghana beyond aid agenda.

According to him, Ghana is blessed with many natural resources but cannot add value to it.

Therefore urged gov’t to focuse on the Technical Education level and trained more people which will help add value to the county’s natural resource to boost the economy.

“If Ghana take good care of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) serious, it will help the country to achieved its aim from begging for arms from the other countries. And also Ghana won’t borrow money again to run the affairs of the country”, he observed.

Prof. Kofi Assumang made this exclusively known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH during the Launching of the Faculty of Built and Natural Environment (FBNE) week celebration held at the school campus on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

The theme of the august programme was “MAKING TECHNICAL EDUCATION RELEVANT TO THE BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT”.

He underscores that if countries such as China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Austria, and Singapore are able to developed their countries through Technical Education, then, Ghana can also emulate them by paying much attention to the Technical Schools.

To add with, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Seth Kwame Acheampong who was the special guest of honour indicated, Technical Education has benefited many including himself, revealing that he also attended the then Takoradi Polytechnic now Technical University.

To that effect, the minister said came to a realization that had Ghana want to develop in terms of industrialization and finance, then gov’t have to put in more resources into the technical training.

Stressing, he was glad when gov’t changed the name from Polytechnic to Technical University despite some few challenges confronting them.

Mr. Acheampong added, Prez Akufo-Addo has put in place measures to help solve those problems and also to enhance Technical Universities in the country.

In conclusion, the Dean at the Faculty of Built and Natural Environment (FBNE) of Koforidua Technical University, Dr Prince Boateng stated that the FBNE was established in January 2014 to offer high level career-focused, technical and professional training programmes in the built, planning and natural environment programmes to students.

Dr. Boateng continuous that, the faculty prioritises research, cutting-edge environmentally-friendly technologies, building designs and materials, and spatial planning to advance the global quest to achieve sustainable development.

Source// Obohnews

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The National Youth Organiser of NDC, Lawyer George Opare Addo has sworn in 20 member NDC Tertiary Education Institution Network (TEIN) executives into office to champion the good works of the party to secure power in the 2024 general elections.

Out of the 20 member TEIN executives, 10 each from the Presbyterian University College (PUC) and Presbyterian College of Education (PCE) all in Akropong in the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region.

Speaking to Kingdom News, Mr. Opare Addo said, NDC cherish TEIN members hence the decision to factor them in all their programmes. Stating, they expected to built on the gains of their predecessors and make it better than it is to win 2024 elections together.

Commenting on the injunction placed on the NPP’s TESCON executives that restricted them from taken part in their Annual Delegates Conference elections which was held in Accra on Saturday, July 16, 2024.

“NPP doesn’t appreciate the effort of TESCON, if they do, I am not sure they would have been treated subtly. I can’t understand an intellectual wing that’s suppose to be doing researching, gathering data and leading the discussions will be treated as such shambolic manner and is very unfortunate,” he stated.

Furthermore, the president of the Tertiary Education Institution Network of Presbyterian College of College, Tegah Benedict Eyram said, though they are facing a lot of challenges on campuses, no amount of intimidation can stop them from working hard for NDC to come to power 2024.

He claimed the NPP’s TESCON is no more vibrant on campuses anymore therefore they are going to make sure TEIN stand tall to mobilize the youth to vote NDC and John Mahama in 2024.

Last but not the least, the Eastern Regional Women’s Organiser for NDC who grace the occasion, Mrs. Shirley Naana Osei Ampem also indicated, the youth have seen the good works NDC have done for the decade so if they have accepted to work with them they are all welcome.

She added that, NPP haven’t done anything for the youth but only thinking of breaking the 8yrs jinx which won’t work out for them.

Mrs. Shirley Naana Osei Ampem adds, the economic hardship in Ghana is too much. She then entreated Ghanaians to exercise restraint because former president Mahama is coming 2024 to rescue them from this crisis.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnews.

The Municipal Chief Executive for New Juaben South Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region, Mr. Isaac Appau Gyasi, has hailed government for its consensus agreement with organised labour over their demands of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).

According to him, amidst the challenges confronting the country, president Akufo Addo has considered the welfare of the public ssector workers despite its decision to seek for economic bailout at the IMF.

The four teacher unions namely CCT, NAGRAT, GNAT and TEWU including other public workers embarked on two weeks nationwide strike over government failure to meet its 20% conditions of Cost of Living Allowance.

However, after fruitful discussion between both parties on Thursday July 14, 2022, they concluded on 15% out of the intended 20%.

To these effect, the government has directed the payment to be done to them retrospective from July 1, 2022.

Thus, Mr. Appau Gyasi, believes least was expected from the government but with the steps taken, Akuffo Addo deserves praises.

“Nobody thought President Nana Addo would have address the needs of the teachers anything soon to benefit other organised labour groups because of the IMF bailout.”

Mr. Appau Gyasi was speaking in an exclusive interview with Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH on the back of the quick response by the government to increase the salaries of teachers and other labour unions by 15% condition of Cost of Living Allowances.

He described the move by President Akufo Addo as a listening gov’t who think about the welfare of its citizens.

He ceased the opportunity and advised the beneficiary organised labour groups to work hard to help the economy bounced back stronger and better.

He further mentioned that, prior to finding a lasting solution to the country’s economy, the president had on Monday July 10, 2022 engaged all of its MMDCE’s to deliberate on measures to get back to its peak.

Mr. Gyasi observes further that the development is good the teachers and other labour unions who pushed for the 15%, therefore he charged them to work hard to justify it.

He is of the view no foreigner will come and make Ghana a better place instead the citizens themselves.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnews.