Popular media Personality, Jay Jay, is officially off the market as he finally joined the table of men in a beautiful white wedding.
Known in real life as Jones Kwame Ofosu Gyeabour, the affable and versatile sports broadcaster tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend on Saturday, March 13, 2021 in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Capital.
The renowned sports presenter who doubles as the head of sports and host of Accra based Kingdom FM married Victoria Naana Nartey in a classy ceremony with family and friends at the Bedtime hotel, Koforidua.
The white wedding of Mr. Jones Kwame Ofosu and Mrs. Victoria Naana Ofosu follows their traditional wedding (engagement ceremony) which was held on friday, a day before the initial event took place.
However, the two love birds have been dating for a while and decided to take the relationship to eternity by customarily sealing it with exchange of vows and wedding rings.
The elegant and fashionable marriage ceremony, saw business mogul who doubles as CEO and owner of Unique Kingdom Communications Group Ltd, Mr. Jonathan Kwame Amofa and other top personalities in attendance.
Among others who graced the occasion were friends and family of both couples as well as colleagues in the media landscape.
A joint simulation exercise was held by personnel from the Ghana Police Service; Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana National Fire Service and the National Ambulance Service to demonstrate skills attained in preventing violence extremism and terrorism, to the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Armed Forces Mr. James Heappey (MP), at the Police Headquarters, Accra.
Mr. Heapey who is on a visit to Ghana, was accompanied by the UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker and the Defense Advisor Alastair Mckechnie to see how effectively the Police-led inter agency team is using the UK sponsored mobile training equipment, blank armour and simulation improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The Minister expressed excitement in the existing partnership between UK and Ghana. He also said he could see how trainings arranged between the two countries on countering terrorism and extremism has equipped the personnel and would help security in general. “No matter how the plan is, it depends on how you execute it on the ground”, he added.
The visiting team were received by a team of Ghanaian Officers from the various agencies, led by COP Mr. George Alex Mensah, Director-General Services who represented the Inspector-General of Police on the occasion. COP Mensah expressed gratitude to the UK for the support in the security sector throughout the years.
The simulation exercise was under the supervision of Chief Superintendent Mr. Adofiem Raymond Wejong, Commanding Officer, Counter Terrorism Unit of the Ghana Police Service.
The National Youth Organizer of National Democratic Party (NDP), Mr. Gideon Amoasi Ampah has urged Ghanaians to accept the coronavirus vaccine and partake in the exercise.
He said, the vaccine is safe and he is ready to be vaccinated if the covid-19 team come to Koforidua.
Mr. Ampah cited, countries like; Israel, South Africa, UK and USA quizzing that their citizens have taken the vaccination but nothing happens to them and what shows that if the Blacks takes the jab something would happened.
“That’s why when the vaccine arrived in Ghana, the first and second gentlemen of the land together with their spouse takes the vaccination injection first to set an example for Ghanaians that there is no toxic in the vaccine and is very safe to boost our immune system” he noted.
Mr. Amoasi Ampah encouraged the general populace to take part in the vaccination injection when the Covid-19 team gets to their Metropolis, Municipal, and Districts Assemblies.
He further stated, former Prez John Manama is statesman and he can’t say he won’t take the vaccine.
“Because this vaccine is not different from the one many people took when the polio, ebola and measles hit the world. I will be surprised if the former Prez John Manama should have rejected the vaccine, then I will say he don’t want Ghana’s development” he said.
Mr. Gideon Ampah speaking to Kingdom’s FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview said he is expecting former Prez Mahama to tell his NDC supporters who said the vaccine is not safe to go for theirs for their own good.
Renowned and highly-rated newscaster, Nana Agyei Kwamena popularly known as ‘Makora’ of Kingdom FM has tied the knot with his long time girlfriend Ms Linda Samari in a colourful private white Wedding ceremony.
The splush colourful wedding event took place at the Julliwin Gardens at East Legon, Accra.
Joining the table of men finally, the news reader, “Maakora” as affectionately called in the media landscape under the Unique Kingdom Group of communication in the Greater Accra Region wedded Ms Linda Samari now Mrs. Linda Agyei who’s the General Manager of Akorli Group of Companinies, Accra.
The two heartthrob exchanged vows in front of church members, family members, friends and other media gurus who troop and graced the occasion.
Dignitaries at the marriage ceremony were founder and owner of the Unique Kingdom group of communication, Mr. Jonathan K. Amofa and other host of top personalities from different fields.
Congratulations to the newest couple in town on their new marriage and wish them the best and all time happiness.
The 1st Vice Chairman for NPP in the Eastern Region, Alhaji Umar Bodinga is of the view that, the General Secretary for NDC, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah caused the downfall of their own petition sent to Ghana’s Supreme Court.
According to him, the first day the SC begun hearing on the case of the 2020 elections petition by the NDC, Mr. Asiedua Nketiah who was the 1st witness to testify, could not lead up to the billing, hence, spoilt everything during the cross examination by the 1st and 2nd respondent lawyers.
“The answers Mr. Johnson Nketiah gave to the 1st and 2nd despondent lawyers especially the calculations part of the result during the cross examination made their own case dead on arrival” he noted.
Alhaji Bodinga added, he is not surprised the Supreme Court after hearing the case quashed it and ruled in favour of NPP.
Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview, stated that, these elections 2020 petition hearing is the 3rd time a party has taken an elections result to court for justification from the Supreme Court of the Land.
“Mr. Robert Joseph Mettle Nunoo and late Mr. Kingsley Owu, the leading members of NDC took Ex- Prez John Agyekum Kufuor to court in his 2nd term in 2004 when Ghanaians convincingly voted him to continue his good works”
“So this is not the 2nd time an elections have been taken to court for further clarification by the political parties in Ghana but rather is the 3rd time. The 1st one was in 2004, the 2nd one was in 2012, and the last one is 2020” revealed Alhaji Umar Bodinga.
He further hinted that it is NPP’s hope in 2024 seeing NDC choose Mr. John Dramani Mahama as Flagbearer to lead them again. This, he said is where Ghanaians will teach them a lesson.
Again, Mr. Alhaji Bodinga chastised that instead of Mr. Mahama accepting the outcome of the petition in good faith to call and congratulate Prez. Akufo-Addo, he rather incited some Ghanaians against the judges in his press statement which is very worrying.
“Mr. Dramani Mahama should have said it in his press statement that, for the interest of Ghanaians I have accept the Supreme Court verdict in a good faith like what Nana Addo did in 2012” he opined.
However, he indicated, it looks like Mr. John Mahama thinks about his own personal interest more than that of the Ghanaians who are still feeding him through their tax. Stressing that NPP will be glad if NDC bring him[Mahama] again to contest the 2024 general elections because massive defeat is await him.
The Kukurantumi Community College of Health in the Abuakwa North Municipality of Eastern Region has held its 2nd matriculation for over 20 students who are willing to join the health profession.
The Medical Officer of Community Hospital- Kukurantumi, Dr. Charles Owusuhene Debrah said, over 60 students applied but after their scout they picked only 20 students to teach them for now.
He stated, working on human being at the hospital is so difficult and every patients who have come to the hospital to seek for medication don’t exercise patience because he or she may be suffering at that moment.
Dr. Owusuhene Debrah added, as they have taken steps to join the health profession, I will urge them to exercise restraint for the patients.
“Most at times I got peeved if I hear patients are calling nurses for support and they refused to attend to them” he noted.
Dr. Charles Debrah adds, as a nurse no matter how troublesome patients may be, they must see them as their own mother, father, brother, sister and etc and attend to them when it matters most since they’re there due to sickness.
He told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview stating that, they will plead with the gov’t to provide them with some PPE’s because patients always come to the hospital with different diseases.
He further stated, the Ghana gov’t is doing well but we pray the Ghana gov’t established more hospitals to post nurses who have stayed home for long to help save lives.
“Already the Doctors are very few than the nurses and if we have a limited number of nurses at our various hospitals, clinics and etc it makes our job so difficult” he said.
Dr. Debrah added, as a result of few Doctors and Nurses the nature of the job requires multiple work that’s why sometimes you could see nurses getting angry at patients. But expressed their unhappiness about it.
He therefore advised the newly students to be courageous in their decision they have taken to serve humanity. Alerting that choosing to be a nurse is a big task.
Later on some of the students spoke to Kingdom News and said, they are ready to serve the country.
“They added that, nursing job is a sacrificial job and is not everybody who are willing to go into it but as for us we are to save people’s live”
The Abuakwa North Chairman for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Eastern Region, Mr. Douglas Asare has called on Ghana gov’t and the Ministry of Education to ensure they strengthened the monetization of students from SHS to the tertiary level.
According to him, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) begins from the second cycle level of education in the country.
“If the gov’t, education ministry, headteachers, house mistress and masters monitors the moves of the students in the various campuses very well especially the SHS students it will help safe the children from going into such animalistic act”
He argued, the SHS 3 female students start doing the ‘supi supi’ with the SHS 1 students and vice versa to the male students thus making them addicted to it which is very disturbing.
However Mr. Asare recalled broken homes as a constant cause that lead students into LGBT, hence, noting that when they start practicing the act from SHS level, they possesses no fear in proceeding into the uncalled-for behavior anymore when they get to various tertiary institutions.
Speaking with Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview, Mr. Douglas stated that irrespective of how poorly the country is, no amount of money from the European countries can influence Ghana to legalise the abomination LGBTQI.
Again, he noted that he’s of the hope that should the gov’t of Ghana, Ministry of Education, and the Ghana Education Service vividly monitor the steps of students very closely especially those in boarding houses, the practices of LGBT could reduced drastically in the country.
Mr. Douglas Asare stated further that he can’t fathom the idea of men getting married to their colleagues and vice versa to women since they can’t have sexual intercourse and give birth.
This, he quizzed firing that had parents of persons practicing LGBT engaged in such animalistic act, they wouldn’t have been born to practice this stupid things.
He said nobody is trampling on their right, but there is law in Ghana that frawns against the LGBT which isn’t going to allow them to destroy the laws, custom and tradition protected by the forefathers of the land.
“Many women are out there looking for a man to be married of which they are not getting some and moreover women are more than the men in Ghana. We won’t tolerate them at all”
“If I have the power and not the Christian religion that binds the Christians from marrying only one woman. I would say each man should married 4 wifes like what our Muslims brothers are doing to stop this act” he chastised as opined.
Hon. MP cutting sod for the construction of 3unit classroom block.
The Member of Parliament for Wassa Amenfi East Constituency, Hon. Nicholas Amankwah a.k.a Home Boy has cut sod for the construction of 3-unit classroom block for the People of Wassa Tieku community in the Western Region.
The sod-cutting ceremony formed part of activities to mark the Wassa Amenfi East member of parliament’s a 3-day visit to Churches and some selected Communities in the constituency.
The sod-cutting ceremony which was observed on Tuesday 23, 2021 was graced by the chief and people of Wassa Tieku Community.
They could not hide their joy to terms with reality that their public school would be seen constructed for their children in the community.
Speaking to New Day FM News, the member of parliament Hon Nicholas Amankwah acknowledged that, the construction of the public school will not only be a historic as his first education infrastructure project as a member of parliament but a dream come true.
“Home Boy” revealed that the 3-unit classroom block project was funded through his immense funding as a member of parliament.
The provision of the classroom block according to the MP is to help address the acute accommodation problem facing the school as a result of increased in enrolment.
The Construction of the morden public school in the community is one of its kind since the community does not have any befiting edifice built by a government.
He explained that his vision for the Wassa Amenfi East was to promote the teaching and learning for his people and would continue be his priority.
As part of his tour, he again distributed over 2,000 reusable nose masks, Veronica Buckets, Thermometer gun and hand sanitizers to some selected Basic and Junior High Schools in Wassa Amenfi East to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Hon. Amankwah added that, “he can’t sit down aloof to allow government to support our school children with nose masks but as individuals, we can also help in gesture because we need our children to stay alive for they are our future”.
“We still have challenges of the phenomenon of illegal mining, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’, corruption in public life, and we need to enhance the efficiency of the State’s administrative machinery. In all these, I expect you to be proactive partners in our common efforts to find solutions that will improve the lives of our people, and safeguard the integrity of our nation and its heritage.”
These were the words of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 23rd February 2021, when he swore into office members of the Council of State, at a ceremony at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency.
Addressing members of the Council at the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that “I look forward to working with a Council that will help deepen our democracy, and help enhance the quality of our governance, and I look forward to working with a Council that will help us deliver a prosperous Ghana.”
To this end, he was hopeful that the Council of State will continue to offer him honest advice, based on unvarnished truth, reiterating that the Council “should not, however, seek to give advice to a President, the effect of which is to undermine the independence of any of the other arms of government, especially the Judiciary”.
With Article 91(3) of the Constitution giving the Council an unfettered remit to advise other bodies like Parliament or any other public authority, the President underscored that “this is not meant to be a busybody’s charter, but, on matters of significant national importance, the Council can let its views be known.”
The President urged the Council of State to recollect at all times the changed nature of the political environment in which the country is currently operating.
According to President Akufo-Addo, the decision of the Ghanaian people, on 7th December 2020, to create virtual equality of representation in Parliament imposes on the principal actors of the State, an obligation to seek consciously and deliberately consensus in public undertakings.
“The Council of State is well-positioned to contribute to this development,” he added.
The President, thus, welcomed a vigorous exchange of ideas between the Presidency and the Council, adding that “it is my fervent wish and hope that this Council will help enrich the second term of my presidency for the benefit of the Ghanaian people so that, together, we can help realise the dreams of the founders of our nation to build, under God, a free, democratic, united, prosperous and happy Ghana, the Black Star of Africa, on the principles of democratic accountability, respect for human rights, the rule of law, and the dictates of social justice.”
With the Council having a broad scope of advisory functions in counselling the President, including in the sensitive exercise of creating new regions, President Akufo-Addo was expectant that the Council will get to work rapidly and efficiently to enable government function satisfactorily.
“Members of the Council, you have been sworn into office at a difficult time in the history of our nation, and indeed, of the world. We are confronted with the ravages of COVID-19, which have affected the lives and livelihoods of all Ghanaians. Through proactive measures put in place by Government, we have seen a rebound in economic activities,” he said.
The President continued, “However, these gains are now being threatened by the rising number of active cases in the so-called second wave that is sweeping the world. Winning the fight against the pandemic remains a collective duty and responsibility, so I appeal to you to help in this endeavour.”
The founder and General Overseer of Leaders Light International Church in Osabane in Akuapem North Municipal Assembly of Eastern Region, Apostle Dr. Samuel Dadzie has categorically indicated that the legalisation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex won’t instill any development to the African countries especially Ghana.
According to him, the act that sounds ‘uncultured’ to the Ghanaian society will bring nothing good to the country, thus, wreak curses instead.
He therefore asked Prez Akufo-Addo not to look at the huge amount of money the European countries will offer him to legalized the LGBT in Ghana.
“Remember your motto ‘ the Battle is the Lords’. I believe that in terms of difficulty the good Lord will fight and direct you to a place where you will get money to run this country” he urged Prez Nana Addo.
Apostle Dr. Dadzie continue that, Prez Akufo-Addo shouldn’t allow himself for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex to tarnished his good name and good things he has achieved over the past years in his life.
He however underscore how Asantehene, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II once advised Prez Akufo-Addo not to forgo the peak he has reached since he doesn’t need wealth for himself, instead, needs good name for the unborn generation to know his legacy.
Again, he called on Prez Akufo-Addo to shutdown the LGBT office in Accra as soon as possible, adding that, many of ladies in this era find it difficult getting men to marry since there’s shortage of men.
“If you legalized LGBT what do you expect to happen to those ladies” he asked?.
He further quizzed that he doesn’t want to believe the Clergy, Religious Bodies leaders are unconcern about the LGBT office that has been launched in Accra without taking any steps to scattered their motive.
“I know in their hearts they are all bleeding as I am and believe that anytime soon they will come out with press release to register their displeasure about this matter” he noted.
In addition, Apostle Dr. Dadzie made known that he would be dissapointed in leaders of this nation, should they hesitate to downplay the situated office of the LGBT in Ghana.
