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”.

By// Kwesi Afari.

Source// New Day FM.

“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.”

Source// Jubilee House

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.

Source//Obohnews.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Paa Kofi Ansong has been overwhelmingly elected as the new eastern regional council of state member.

The election of the council of state membership took place at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC)

A total of 66 delegates participated in this elections which comprises of 33 Municipal and District Chief Executives and 33 Presiding Members from all the 33 Assemblies of the region.

The contestants were as follows:
Paa Kofi Ansong
Amemakuse Ernest Mawufemor, and
James Amanor Ossom.

In the end of the election, Paa Kofi Ansong had 66 out of the 66 total votes cast which constitute 100% win for him.

Addressing the media after the election, Mr. Kofi Ansong said, he is happy to be elected as the council of state member to represent the region.

He stressed, going to advice the Prez is not easy at all and if you don’t do well and after the general elections there is so many problems then you won’t have peace of mind to advice the Prez.

Mr. Paa Kofi Ansong added that, the job of council of state is to advice the Prez, Ministers of state and any other appointment. We do a lot of appointment and we will definitely advice the Prez to go for the right people to be work with.

He then promised to do his possible best to help other regions to developed.

However, disappointed aspirants, Mr. Amemakuse Ernest Mawufemor accepted his defeat and indicated that the elections went on smoothly.

He again assures of ralling his support behind Mr. Paa Kofi Ansong in his duties to make sure that he deliver for eastern region and Ghana as a whole.

The 35yr old Mr. Ernest Mawufemor revealed that, the delegates voted against him because of his age, adding that, all the delegates he spoke to during the preparation towards the election told him to identity himself to some certain groups within the New Patriotic Party.

“I came in independently as a young man to offer that youthful perspective in council to the Prez. I was doing so for the other young people out there to look at me and my story to be inspired and take on the leadership challenges” he told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh

Source// Obohnews

Leader of the Full Life Assemblies of God, Ghana in Trom in the New Juaben South Municipality of Eastern Region, Rev. Gilbert Nyarko has expressed worry over the second wave of the coronavirus, a situation he described as “very terrible one”.

According to the Man of God, the deadly pandemic does not knows any humanity irrespective of one’s religion, class, position, qualification nor wealth. Noting that, ‘MPs, ‘Speaker of Parliament’, and President of the state’ are all entitled to contract the disease should they refute to adhere to the directive protocols.

This, he indicated that since the disease has become dangerous everyone has to be adherence to the covid protocols laid down by Prez Akufo-Addo, Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service.

“I and my church members follow all these covid protocols by Prez because Bible says we should give respect to whom the respect is due” he stated.

“One thing I have realized is that,’ of late “many people don’t give respect to our leaders” and that’s what is killing us.This he said, as a citizens of this country if we really do respect our leaders, we will abide by their words to curb the spread of coronavirus disease” noted Rev. Nyarko.

“I will urge all my fellow colleagues men of God that anytime we get the opportunity to speak with our church members we should let them know that covid is real. So they should strictly follow the covid protocols especially wearing of the face mask whenever they go out” he told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH.

He later-on made a passionate appeal to Prez Nana Addo to shutdown lower primary schools as well as the Kindergartens.

Again he chastised that, since parents may argue of paying school fees during this pandemic era, he suggests, there should be measures laid in proper place to ensure that when the covid cases declined, parents won’t pay any terminal fees.

Rev. Gilbert Nyarko then underscore how difficult it has become for these little kids complying with the covid protocols even though their teachers are doing their possible best to curtail the spread of the pandemic. However, he noted further with vice versa to the upper primary pupils.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohmews.

As confirmed by the municipal health directorate of Abuakwa North, seven (7) positive COVID 19 positive cases with one (1) recovery and no deaths, leaving six (6) active cases as at January 2021.

In view of this, the National Commission For Civic Education (NCCE) Abuakwa North has collaborated with the municipal assembly to intensified the education on the safety protocols of the deadly pandemic.

On Sunday 7th February, 2021 at the New Tafo-Akim main lorry station, Mrs Beatrice Opoku Budu, Senior Civic Officer, encouraged drivers to use sanitizers on their car doors and frequently on their hands as much as possible because of the day to day interactions with the general public.

She further admonished the drivers to wash their hands with soap under running water as at when there is availability of water in their line of duty to help control the spread of the virus.

Mrs Beatrice Opoku Budu however emphasized that, drivers must wear face mask at all times, and should make it a strong policy for passengers to wear them, if not they(drivers) should not render services to those passengers as they are all at risk.

The municipal assembly, on their part presented two(2) veronica buckets, two (2) boxes of hand sanitizers, two hundred (200) face masks and hundred (100) face shields to the driver unions.

Mr Henry Fayoga, receiving the items on behalf of the driver unions, thanked the NCCE and the municipal assembly for the education and the donation.
He added that, they(drivers) will do their part in ensuring the enforcement of the safety protocols as enrolled by government to help curb the pandemic.

Present at the engagement were, Sup. Isaac Ampofo, Municipal Police Commander, ASP Fred Kpetigo, Municipal Police Crime Officer, Chief Insp. Obeng, Mrs Rebecca Dede Bantey, Ag. health director of Abuakwa North, staff of NCCE, Driver unions, Hon Agyeman Afari William, Mangoase Assemblyman, the general public and the press.

By// Nana Kwasi Asare

Source// Nopras FM, Kukurantumi

Pastor Joyce Nyarko of Full Life Assemblies of God-Ghana in Trom in the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly of Eastern Region, has urged H. E. Prez Nana Addo to humbly cancelled this year’s Valentine Day celebration and probably celebrate it next year God willing.

According to her, the second hike of coronavirus disease is alarming and if this year’s Val’s day celebration which takes off on Sunday, February 14, 2021 the covid cases would get out of the hands.

She added, should this call is enbarked on, there wouldn’t be human congestion anywhere like hotels, beaches, pubs, clubs, spots etc even though there is ban on those places but yet still some recalcitrants will sneak out and go.

“Because this is what we can do to curb the spread of coronavirus disease in the country” she stressed.

Mrs. Joyce Nyarko made these call when speaking in an interview with KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH of Kingdom fame.

She schooled, ‘Val’s day is the day of showing true love to ourselves as Christ Jesus did for us by sacrificing himself for us to be have salvation’.

However, Pastor Joyce some underscore how “Valentine day” has been misused in this era doing unworthy things, which she said is not the best way to go.

she continue “we are in a difficult time but we shouldn’t give up, God is still with us”.

Pastor Mrs. Nyarko then entreated the general public, most especially parents to teach their wards to adhere to the Covid-19 protocols to prevent them, and others from contracting the disease.

“Parents also have a key role to play in this crucial time by educating their wards to know how importance it is to mask up and also to wash their hands regularly” she advised.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source//obohnews.

The Chairman for NPP in the Abuakwa North Constituency of Eastern Region, Mr. Douglas Asare popularly known as Iron has expressed worried as to why the infected coronavirus disease MPs are still going to Parliament instead of them to stay at home for a treatment.

He indicated that, the MPs meant to enact laws and understand it better than all, are rather abusing it since they still go to parliament as Covid-19 positive. Thus labelling them as “bad leaders”.

A situation he compared to a “prostitute” who have HIV AIDs and yet still want to spread it with its client or customers to become like him or her noting it as very disturbing.

Mr. Douglas Asare added, the MPs must know better since they are role models to many. Again he admonised them to do the needful and isolate themselves from the parliament including their families not to infect them as well.

He made these known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview.

However, he pleaded on the said affected Lawmakers to stay and seek for medication to treat themselves before resuming duty in the house.

He further recalled how President Nana Addo isolated himself for 14 days after he became suspicious of contracting the novel disease.

“If the whole Prez of the Republic has isolated himself for 14 days, how much more you being an MP. You don’t have to be bashful to stay away from the parliament proceedings if you have tested positive for the covid-19”

Mr. Asare then noted how alarming the situation of the pandemic has been of late, hence advised constituents not to have direct dialogue with their MPs, and urged them to opt phone-in conversation when the need arises.

To conclude with, he said as a constituency party chairman he is mothballing party meetings to avoid the spread of coronavirus pandemic.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnews.

Bursar for Lizbern Educational Complex in Osabene – Opoku Nsiah in the Akuapem North Municipality of Eastern, Madam Fortunate Million has applauded H. E. Prez Nana Addo for not closing down schools in amid the second hike of coronavirus cases.

“Initially when we heard that, Prez Akufo-Addo is going to addressed the nation on last week Sunday for the 23rd times on the measures taken against the spread of coronavirus, I particularly was very scared, because we can’t afford to stay at home again for some months because of these covid issue” she hinted.

Madam Million then expressed her happiness since there hasn’t been any serious reportage of the infectious in any of the schools following reopening.

She indicated, we all know that the covid-19 cases keeps on increasing but Prez has given us another opportunity to run our schools, so why don’t we [private schools] make sure to enforce that the safety protocols are being followed.

“We are doing everything possible not to go back to the lockdown again. Because it hasn’t been easy at all for us to stayed at home for almost 10months without getting any salary to cater for our families” she assured as fumed.

Madam Fortunate told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview and, adding that, they are very much grateful to the gov’t of Ghana for given them PPE’s to use it to protect the kids from the virus.

She continue that, since Prez Akufo-Addo didn’t shutdown, the schools have the opportunity in hands to do the right thing, and ensure that the right is being done.

Madam Million further stated that schools are in crucial time because the kids are little and when you ask them to mask up they don’t want to wear the nose mask.

“But we have to let them understand that, this is live and death issue and is very important for the nose or face mask to be worn” she stressed.

However, the Burser, Madam Fortunate Million advised parents to embark on educating their wards before and after school hours to make sure they are safe upon adhering to the directive protocols.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnews.

The National Commission For Civic Education(NCCE) and Ghana police service of the Abuakwa North Municipality in the Eastern Region has embarked on sensitisation exercise on the Novel COVID 19 pandemic.

The group was led by Miss Gracelyn Kafui Dogbe, Civic Officer and ASP Fred Kpetigo, the Municipal Police Crime Officer, observed that, the adherence of face mask wearing and other safety protocols were encouraging. Only few were without the mask of which they were made to procure and wear.

Some of the places visited were New Tafo Akim main lorry station, Tontro lorry station, New Tafo Akim market and central business centre of New Tafo Akim.

Speaking to Nana Kwasi Asare, ASP Fred Kpetigo said, the exercise will continue periodically to ensure full compliance of the COVID 19 protocols in the municipality and Ghana in general especially on market days.

He further admonished all to abide by the COVID 19 protocols to help curb the virus.

Miss Gracelyn Kafui Dogbe on her part mentioned that, most of the people only put on the mask when they see police approaching, a situation she describes as unfortunate.

She also encouraged all ensundry to adhere to the safety protocols amid the COVID 19 pandemic to help curb the spread.

Abuakwa North Municipality has since January , 2021 recorded seven COVID 19 positive cases with one recovery and no deaths, leaving six active cases as confirmed by the Ag. municipal health director, Mrs Rebecca Dede Bantey.

By// Nana Kwasi Asare.

Source// Nopras FM , Kukurantumi.