The Chief Executive officer (CEO) for Shaip Africa Foundation, Dr. Clement Clinton Blay has declared his intention to contest for the Ellembele Constituency’s parliamentary seat in Western Region on the ticket of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to unseat the incumbent member of parliament.

The businessman who doubles as the branch executive member for the party said, he will challenge the member of parliament, Emmanuel Armah Buah when the party opens its parliamentary nominations forms.

To him, he believe that, the time has come for the youth to play a frontal role in the development of the area.

Stressing that, it’s time for more action and less talk in order to develop the Ellembele Constituency.

Declaring his bid to journalists on Monday, 6th February, 2023, he noted that, he recognize the good works being done by the current MP but believes a lot has to be done to change the face of Ellembele.

He then appealed to the delegates in Ellembele constituency to have faith him and vote him as their parliamentary candidate to lead them into the 2024 elections.

He emphatically stated that, he has all what it takes to lead the party in Ellembele, so therefore the delegates should ignore Emmanuel Armah Buah for a new brain.

Dr. Clinton Blay promise to build a community of equal opportunities for the NDC grassroots and the youth in Ellembele should he given the nod to lead the party.

To this end, he named his campaign slogan as ‘Obiaa B3 Didi’ to wit, to create an equal opportunity for all.

Dr. Clement Blay attended Ghana Secondary Technical School, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to attain Bachelor of Pharmacy. He proceeded to further his education at the University of London – Bachelor of Laws. He holds Masters in Public Health Management and Doctor of pharmacy degree.

Mr. Blay is a law graduate, Economist, policy analyst, QPPV and a public health expert, a business man and convener for Citizens For Truth And Accountably, Ghana (CITAG).

By// Kaakyire Kwasi Afari.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Joseph Osei Djaba Foundation, Joseph Osei Djaba has declared his intention to contest the New Juaben North Constituency Parliamentary seat in the Eastern Region.

Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, Augustine Antwi, the special aid for Joseph Osei Djaba said, the incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency, Nana Adjei Boateng has made it clear that he won’t contest for the seat again come elections 2024 and saw it as great opportunity for him to join the race to contest for the vacant seat.

Augustine Antwi added that, some residents of New Juaben North requested for Community Health-Based Planning Services compound where they can go for treatment when they fall sick.

“He has used his own pocket money to built one for them and by March 2023 it will be commission and handover to the New Juaben North Municipal Assembly Health Director to be used and that’s the remarkable of a good leader,” he said.

Augustine Antwi who is popularly known as ‘Paga’ indicated,Joseph Osei Djaba is coming to continue the good works of Nana Adjei Boateng to help develop New Juaben North.

He furthered by saying, when nominations are being open, he [Joseph Djaba] will also pick up his forms so when the time is due for primaries the delegates of the constituency should remember him and vote him as their parliamentary candidate to lead them into the elections 2024.

He stated that, Joseph Osei Djaba is not coming to amass wealth for himself and his family but rather to put in place things that will change the face of New Juaben North and bring developmental projects in the area.

Source//Obohnewsonline.com.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Okyeman Akempemhene in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council of the Eastern Region, Barima Kwame Antwi Bosiako on Saturday, January 28, 2023 marked his one year royal enstoolment anniversary colorfully.

Speaking in an interview with Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH during the celebration, Berimah Antwi Bosiako said, not long ago, Okyehene called all the Chiefs in the area for state council meeting and told them that he has built 10 school buildings so they should also help him with furniture.

According to him, he was delighted to hear such good news from Okyemanwura, so within a space of time, he put things together and get the schools 40 feeter container of both students and teachers furniture including cabinets to help Okyemanwura to execute his vision of providing quality education to the people of Akyem Abuakwa.

He added that, he will continue to humble himself, serve and be obedient to Okyene all the time. He also thanked Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin for the honor done him.

Barima Kwame Antwi Bosiako revealed that, he has also built ultramodern 30 [15 for men and 15 for women] toilet facility with bathhouse for market people who trade at Kyebi market and very soon he will hand over the edifice for use.

Furthermore, the Eastern Regional Minister, Seth Kwame Acheampong commended Okyeman Akyempemhene for the success chopped within his one year and urge other Chiefs to emulate that.

He added that, his human relationship is awesome that’s why many dignitaries [Chiefs, Ministers, CEOs, MCEs] drove from far and near to come and join him celebrate with him the enstoolment anniversary.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Member of Parliament for Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region, Oboafo Kwadwo Asante has shown his profound gratitude to the people of Suhum especially the Chiefs for attending his accounting to the people program in their numbers.

The program started on the first Sunday of January, 2023 and ended on Sunday, January 29, 2023.

Oboafo Kojo Asante said, the people of Suhum sent him to Parliament to represent and work on their behalf therefore he owe them proper accountability about the works being done so far in his first two years as first timer MP, hence the program.

According to him, his first two years in office has been very successful one, saying, he has done a lot of works in Suhum constituency across all the sectors [being it Education, Security, Health, Roads, Agric and Employment] because, the well-being of his constituents is his priority.

The MP told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that, after projecting the works being done so far to his constituents, everybody is asking the delegates of Suhum constituency to give him more time to do more developmental projects for them especially the Chiefs, which is very encouraging.

Oboafo Kojo Asante ceased the occasion to throw more highlight on the 2023 budget and economic policy by the NPP government to his constituents and let them know there is a lot of good things in the budget that will help reduce the hardship in the country.

In addition, the Omenakohene, Barima Kofi Bonsu who chaired the Suhum Zone B’ accounting to the people program praised Oboafo Kwadwo Asante for good works done and also pleaded with Suhumman to maintain him come 2024 elections.

The chairman for Suhum constituency, Fredrick Ofosu urged his colleagues NPP chairmen to rally their support behind their MPs to propagate the good works of their MPs and NPP government as well.

To him, he believe that, NPP can only break the 8 year jix and remain in power in 2024 if their chairmen forgo their difference they have about their MPs and come together to support them sell the achievement of the ruling government.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

BY// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Okyeman Akempemhene in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council of the Eastern Region, Berimah Kwame Antwi Bosiako has kicked against corporal punishment in the educational sector since that’s not the only surest way of correcting school children when they go wrong.

According to him, the reintroduction of canning students won’t have any positive impact on them but rather worsen the situation.

He noted that it is about time parents sit their children down and advise them to exhibit good behavior in school since they don’t know what the future hold for them.

“Because is very worrying to see students damaging School properties worth millions of cedis as well as using profane words for the leaders of the country,” he stressed.

Berimah Kwame Antwi Bosiako told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI when donating reading books and other teaching and learning materials to 10 basic schools [Primary level] in Kyebi to enhance the reading skills of the children in the area.

Some of the beneficiary Schools include Kibi M/A Experimental, Kibi Anglican, Kibi School for the Deaf, Ebenezer Habitat Presby, Pano Presby Basic, Methodist School, and KPCE Demonstration among others. Each school received over 50 boxes of learning resources.

To Okyeman Akyempimhene, he believes that the best option to correct the indiscipline behavior of Ghanaian students is to let them know the consequences of the wrong being engaged in.

Commenting on the donation, the Head of Supervision and Monitoring of Schools for Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly’s Education Directorate, Emmanuel Amoh said, reading play a vital role in one’s life, thus, the reading books received would help improve the reading skills of the children.

He assured Berimah Kwame Antwi Bosiako that they will put the reading books to good use and urge the other schools who were not part of the beneficiaries to exercise restraint for theirs will also follow suit.

Emmanuel Amoh then thanked the Akyempemhene for his kind gesture to the children.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Gifty Twum Ampofo has condemned the vandalisation of the school properties by some students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute in the Ashanti Region.

She described their behavior as uncalled-for and shouldn’t be entertain in the education field saying, no matter what the situation may be, it is not right for students to take the law into their own hands to vandalise school properties.

Having condemned their behavior, she noted that, she is against the punishment of dismissing students for offenses committed because it has the potential of destroying their future.

However, she suggested they can be punished in other way round after investigations have been undertaken to serve as a deterrent to others.

Gifty Ampofo who doubles as the Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) was speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH when she embark on ‘My First Day At School’ visitation to the KG1 fresh students in her Constituency.

She also used the opportunity to inspect the ongoing nine Educational infrastructure in the area.

She then call on parents, clergy and traditional leaders to advise students to desist from such behavior because gov’t has invested heavily in FSHS and it is their responsibility to protect the educational infrastructure and equipments.

In addition, the Education Director for Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly, Abena Gyemerah commend the MP for always donating learning materials to fresher students whenever she paid them a visit something said help ease some burden of their parents.

She added that the Abuakwa North Municipality doesn’t have problem with teacher deficit and was grateful to Gifty Twum Ampofo for lobbying for more educational infrastructure for the area.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

The Member of Parliament for Suhum Constituency in the Eastern Region, Oboafo Kojo Asante has charged Ghanaians to patronage made in Ghana products because that is the only way we can move the country forward when it comes to development.

According to him, if Ghanaians fails to inculcate the habit of patronizing made in Ghana products, then, the country would continue to borrow money from the developed countries to run and manage its affairs.

Oboafo Kojo Asante who doubles as the the vice chairman for Judiciary Services Committee in Parliament quizzed further who do Ghanaians expect to generate income for the country if its citizens do not patronize the locally manufactured ones.

He told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH when rendering an account to his constituents at Nankese about the works he has done over the past two terms from January 7, 2021 to January 7, 2023 as first timer MP.

Oboafo Asante advise all and sundry to come on board, cherish and do well to patronage things we made in Ghana here, in doing so it will help boost the country’s economy.

On his part, the Nankesehene, Barima Annor Marfo II commended the MP for the good work done in the past two years in parliament.

Barima Annor Marfo II appealed to the Local Gov’t Ministry to give them District Assembly to separate themselves from the Suhum Municipal Assembly because Nankese is developing.

According to him almost majority of the government’s project are being centred at Suhum but getting a District will bring about a lot of developmental projects to the area.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Afram Plains North Constituency on the ticket of the main opposition, National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Eastern Region, Betty Nana Efua Krosbi Mensah has said, the major challenges confronting the people in the area is the poor nature of roads network especially the, District Capital, Donkorkrom.

According to the 2022 best performing female award winning MP in Ghana, they have total number of 105km roads network that needed to be constructed in her constituency.

She thus ppealed with the Roads Ministry to come to their aid by helping them get those roads fixed to ensure free movement in the area.

Nana Efua Mensah noted that, due to that, she have to use her limited resources to do other developmental projects for the rural communities that are not much centred on, in terms of roads.

She revealed that, Afram Plains North Constituency has over 570 communities and out this number 222 are being located on the water bodies and she has done projects in all the aforementioned number of the communities within the constituency.

The Afram Plains North MP was speaking with Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH. She noted that, even when giving 100yrs to construct all the 105Km roads she can’t unless the gov’t come to her rescue.

Betty Mensah further stated that, when it come to education in the area, she is doing her very possible best to sensitize her people to know that it is against the law to go for someone’s children and take them to Afram river for fishing activity.

She explained that, the main occupation of the residents of Afram Plains North is the fishing, they don’t have enough school infrastructure that they can take their children to and as a result they have no option than to teach them their handiwork [fishing work] to earn living when they grow up.

This, she said, when the International Communities or some Ghanaians see it they turn it upside down and say Afram Plains North is the Headquarters of child labour or child trafficking and such reportage worry her a lot because is not true

Betty Nana Efua Mensah further stressed, she is putting in place measures to make sure the education and sensitization goes down well with the people of Afram Plains North to understand and help each other so that going forward their children would have better life and contribute meaningfully to the society and the community they belong to.

She then commended Faks, the independent investigation body for seeing the kind of work she has done in Parliament and Constituency respectively in the year 2022 and crowned her as the overall best performing female MP in Ghana, saying she is very much exited and Ghanaians should expect more from her in 2023.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnewsonline. Com.

The Akorabohene, Baffuor Narteh Gadzi I has called on Suhumman to maintain Oboafo Kojo Asante, the Member of Parliament for Constituency come elections 2024.

According to him, Suhum Constituency have had many MPs but if you compare them in terms of developmental projects and job creating, Oboafo Kojo Asante stand tall among them.

On Sunday, January 15, 2023, the Suhum MP met the Naanom, Islamic leaders, and the people of Akrobo Community to present and project to them the work he has done so far as a first timer MP in his two years in office at the Education, Health, Roads and Agriculture sector over the past two years in Parliament as part of his account to the people program.

To the Akorabohene Baffuor Narteh Gadzi such caliber of person need to be maintained to do more of such.

He maintain that there is no need to change the hardworking MP and bring in new person doing so delay development.

The Akorabohene told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that, he is amazed to hear from the MP saying he used his own pocket money to built 8 unit classroom block for Koransang Presbyterian M/A Basic School describing the move as a sign of a good leader.

On his part , the Member of Parliament for Suhum Constituency who doubles as the board member for parliamentary select committee on Cocobod, Oboafo Kojo Asante said, its a great feeling for the endorsement from the chiefs and asking Suhumman to give him another nod to lead them ones more as their MP.

Oboafo Asante entreated his constituents to have confidence in him and elected him again come 2024 elections.

He ensure them that, he will do his possible best to lobby for more infrastructure projects for Suhumman.

Source// Obohnewsonline.com.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The office of the Eastern Regional Grand Mufty has enstooled the Municipal Chief Executive for Abuakwa North, Alhaji Umar Bodinga as ‘BABA ADINI’, the Eastern Regional Islamic Development Ambassador I for his exemplary and dedication service towards the upliftment of Koforidua Zongo Community, the Eastern Region and Ghana as whole.

Speaking with Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH Alhaji Umar Babs Bodinga said, it’s a big achievement for the Eastern Regional Chief Imams and Zongo Chiefs for having faith in him and enstooled him as the Eastern Regional Islamic Development Ambassador I.

According to Alhaji Umar Bodinga, the new position received is not bigger than him and moreover it won’t destruct his work as MCE, saying that, he will do his very possible best to lobby for developmental projects for the Zongo communities to change their standard of living since they also contribute much to the country’s development.

Alhaji Umar Babs Bodinga emphatically stated that, he will continue to serve and work hand in hand together with both of the Chief Imams and Zongo Chiefs to help transform the various Zongo communities in the Region.

The Abuakwa North MCE then show his profound gratitude to the entire leadership of the Eastern Regional Grand Mufty for the honor done him.

Alhaji Babs Bodinga was enstooled ‘Baba Adini’ during the ‘MAULID’ celebration, which is being done in every year to commemorate the birth of Prophet Mohammed. The program was held at Koforidua Zongo on Saturday, January 14, 2023.

In addition, the Eastern Regional Chief Imam, Yusif Sulemana Amudani told KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that, Alhaji Bodinga has done many things for Koforidua Zongo community even before his appointment as the MCE for Abuakwa North Municipality and he deserve to be honoured.

He advice him to continue supporting the various Zongo communities and also help resolve the dispute in some of the Zongo communities to bring about peace and unity.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source//Obohnewsonline.com