The District Chief Executive for Afigya Kwabre North in the Ashanti region, Hon. Kwasi Karikari Achamfuor has cut sod to commence the construction of 25 kilometre roads.
Performing the sod-cutting ceremony at Kyekyewere , the Hon. DCE told Offinso base Time FM’s Kaakyire Kwasi Afari in an interview that, a total of 25 kilometres of roads from Adukro Junction to Kyekyewere will be given a “bitumen face-lift.”
According to him, the road project is being financed by the central government, with KCL Construction Company as the contractor.
Hon. Kwasi Achamfuor said, 11km roads construction is currently ongoing from Ahenkro to Boamang the district capital of Afigya Kwabre North.
He stressed, his government have embarked on aggressive road development on Afigya Kwabre North roads this year through “the year of roads” launched by Prez Nana Addo last year
Hon Kwasi Karikari Achamfour further stated that, the dusty and dilapidated nature of the roads gives him a nightmare as resident and commercial taxi drivers who ply on the road and is very worrying.
Hon Kwasi Karikari Achamfour mentioned that Afigya Kwabre North constituency will give Prez Akufo-Addo appreciation of massive votes come off December 7, 2020 polls.
He therefore made an humble appeal to all Ghanaians to look at the good works of Prez Akufo-Addo and give him another 4 more years to do more for us.
Member of Parliament for Akuapem North Constituency in the Eastern Region and also the Deputy Minister for Information, Hon. Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei has commissioned ultra modern six units classroom block and KG block with sick bay for the visually impaired at Akropong School for the blind.
Hon. Nana Ama Dokua stated, their constituency is very unique constituency in Ghana. When it comes to the education infrastructure is uncountable some are completed and some are also ongoing. We have so many schools in Akuapem North including the two special schools that’s School for the Deaf and School for the Blind.
Hon. MP adds, “when we came into power we have done a lot of things to ensure that, at every time, we will heed to the call of all the educational institutions in our constituency especially the special needs schools”
Hon. Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei brought these to light to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview during the commissioning of the aforementioned projects. She continue that, they are looking forward to construct all the roads in the school for the blind.
“Where there is portholes, our children may fall into it and get hurt. They do have a future as we are educating them, they can do so many things to help developed the country. So at every point in time, we will do our best in raising them to becoming responsible and able adults, we are ready to support them” she assures.
The Headmistress of the School, Mrs. Mahela Nah thanked Hon. Nana Ama Dokua and Akuapem North Municipal Assembly for the projects.
She indicated that, where the students house, their classrooms are not appropriate but with this facility it can go a long way to help and with the sick bay it will be blessing to the children.
Mrs. Nah therefore ceased the opportunity to made an humble appeal to the general public, cooperate institutions, stakeholders to come to their aid because the MP and gov’t alone can’t do it all. There are a lot of our infrastructures need renovation during raining ceason we suffere a lot especially our denying hall and the kitchen its often get flooding.
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in Afigya Kwabre North District in the Ashanti Region has presented relief items to some selected fire victims and others whose buildings have been ripped off by a rainstorm in the district.
According to the district NADMO director, Nana Boakye Yiadom, 15 selected beneficiaries are victims of fire outbreak and victims affected by rainstorm.
The fire outbreak and the rainstorm some occurred last year in the affected communities that is; Abroma, Esaase, Amoako, Danase, Habitat and Boamang destroyed properties of over 35 residents living in Afigya Kwabre North district in the Ashanti region.
The items presented are 100 bags of Cements,10 packets of roofing sheets, bags of rice, assorted soap, blankets, cooking oil, mosquito nets, mosquito coils, mattresses, plastic buckets, bowls and other items.
The Afigya Kwabre North district National Disaster Management Organization ( NADMO) Director called on the public to be mindful in handling fires to minimize the occurrence of fire outbreaks in the district.
Speaking in an interview with Time FM’s journalist Kaakyire Kwasi Afari, the director said there is the need for all to be very careful when setting fires and also put all their electrical gadgets off after usage and when leaving the house.
Mr Charles Fodjour, one of the 15 beneficiaries of the donation urged the Government to give more resource to agencies managing disasters in the country to ensure their prompt and efficient operation.
Others told Kaakyire Kwasi Afari that, the gesture would go a long way to alleviate their plight and pledged to take precautionary measures to forestall future occurrences of such disasters.
They commended and heap’s blessings on president Nana Addo, the Afigya Kwabre North District Assembly and the NADMO for the swift relief support to alleviate them from their hardships.
The Afigya Kwabre North district Chief Executive, hon Karikari Acheamfour in his address asked residents, NPP party members and particularly, the Opposition NDC party to vote massively for president Nana Addo to renew his mandate so his government can consolidate the gains chalked since his assumption of office.
The DCE stated that, his newly created district have had a fair share of infrastructural development under the NPP’s policy interventions thus, adding more vote to the victory of the New Patriotic Party is nonnegotiable.
Mr Karikari Acheamfour reveals that Afigya Kwabre North district will soon cut sod to commence the construction of district Court and a new hospital, a benefit from the government’s “agenda 111” program of establishing new hospitals to 111 districts without hospitals.
Thousands of residents in Obosomase, Tutu and Mampong all in the Akuapem North Constituency in the Eastern Region, welcomed and shown their massive support for Dr. William Adjei Twumasi, the Independent Parliamentary Candidate for the Constituency.
Dr. William Adjei Twumasi
Dr. Adjei Twumasi have embarked on community engagement with the constituents asking them to vote him as their Member of Parliament coming off December 7, 2020 polls
He admonished his supporters to desist from the politics of insult and hooliganism. “We can’t get the needed development we are seeking for if we fight and insult our opponent’s supporters”
Dr. Adjei Twumasi indicated that, peace and unity is all what he wants among his supporters. “Peace and unity plays a vital role in our elections”
“We will support whoever wins the Akuapem North parliamentary seat to bring development to the constituents” he promised.
He continue that, there is peace and oneness in Okere and Akuapem South Constituency but when you come to their constituency is not like that, but if he is being voted for as MP for the constituency, he will see to it and resolved all those challenges to ensure that, there is peace and togetherness prevailling among the good people of Akuapem North Constituency.
Dr. Adjei Twumasi commended Prez Akufo-Addo for the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) education.
“If someone says one day Ghanaian children would enjoy Free SHS education, nobody would have believed. I was NPP member but I doubted him when he said he was going to implement the Free Senior High School education for every Ghanaian child to get access to education in the country” he revealed.
So if today Prez Nana Addo is able do it, we all have to throw our support behind him to continue his good works he is doing for mother Ghana. “Because, the free SHS has helped me to save my money for other things”
One of the outstanding women group of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the National Level ” Kukurudu Ladies have been successfully launched in the Eastern Regional Capital – Koforidua
Mrs. Francisca Oteng, Founder and Leader of the Kukurudu Ladies Group
Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview with the Founder and Leader of the Group, Mrs. Francisca Oteng said, her aim of forming the Kukurudu Ladies Group is not about considering “money”
“We are training and building them. I foresee that this ladies have many good potential in them, we will have to bring it out. Even those who couldn’t go to school at their youthful age, we are trying to take them to the adult education” she said.
“Some of the ladies have established big factories and employ many people but the gov’t don’t recognized their efforts in terms of helping the nation building and its development. But as for the Kukurudu Ladies we will do everything possible for any gov’t that will come to power to see that we are building ladies for the country’s development”she assures.
Members of the Kukurudu Ladies Group
Mrs. Oteng continue that, many ladies in Ghana when given the opportunity to serve, they can do a lot of things for the country but ladies have been denied for so many opportunities which is affecting the life of the woman in the country.
“Ladies can also become the Prez of Ghana when we build and give them the needed training they deserve. Yes, we are going to contribute our cotter for NPP to ensure that Prez Nana Addo retain the Presidential seat coming off elections.
The Eastern Regional Prez for the Kukurudu Ladies Group, Mrs. Vida Arthur also said, massive door to door campaign have begun as the long awaited group have been launched by the National Executives to champion the good works of Prez Akufo-Addo in the country.
She said, they are looking forward to get over 70,000 votes for Prez Akufo-Addo and New Juaben South Constituency NPP PC , Mr. Michael Okyere Kofi Baafi. Again we will ensure that all the PC’s who are Contesting on the ticket of the NPP together with Prez Nana Addo will also win their seat from their various constituencies in the region.
“If the constituents get to know the developmental projects Prez Akufo-Addo has done, they will vote for all our Parliamentary Candidates” she revealed.
Furthermore, the National treasurer for the Group, Mrs. Patience Tetteh noted, it is not true that ladies are their own enemies despite we don’t have understanding for ourselves. In Ghana women are more than the men so when it comes to elections the ladies have to come and vote more.
Mrs. Patience Tetteh, National Treasurer of the Kukurudu Ladies Group
She added, ladies are good managers when they are being appointed as the heads of institutions. Therefore all the ladies have to come together to achieve the common goal to help developing Ghana.
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry have inaugurated its new executive members in the Eastern Region to help promote their businesses.
Kingdom News in an interview with the Prez of the Association, Dr. Nana Appiagyei Dankawoso said, in 2016 when the current executives assumed office of the National Chamber, they saw the need to continue and set up the regional branch in Koforidua to support the activities of businesses in the region.
“Indeed Eastern Region is well recognized as very strategic and an epicenter businesses in Ghana. So therefore it will not be appropriate to denied the business community in the Eastern Region of the numerous business support services that the Chamber provides” he explained.
Dr. Nana Dankawoso adds, it is for this reasons that “we recognize the inauguration of Koforidua Chamber a worldwide deal” This is the time for the business community in Koforidua and entire Eastern Region to collaborate with the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry in ensuring the businesses operate efficiently and profitably.
“The world of business is changing rapidly and the business community in Koforidua can’t be left out” he opined.
The former Prez of the Association who is also the former MP for Nkawkaw Constituency in the Eastern Region, Hon. Seth Agyei Baah (SHABA) hinted the biggest challenge is that, the issue of the covid has collapsed many people’s businesses and money is now scarce and as a result they couldn’t meet their target for this year.
“So we will try to go by the gov’t covid protocols to make sure that we will be able to fix into the system gradually and we believe that anytime soon things will change for us” he add.
Hon. Agyei Baah further stated, the appropriate measures by the gov’t to start given some support here and there and they have suspended credit for 6 months period so that you will not be forced to pay any credit.
The Zoom Lion Ghana Limited, Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service have embarked on the phase three (3) of the disinfection exercise in all the various Senior High Schools across the 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Eastern Region ahead of JHS 2 and SHS 2 re-opening of Schools.
Mr. Jephthah Tetteh
Kingdom News in an interview with the Communication Officer for Zoom Lion Ghana Ltd, Mr. Jephthah Tetteh indicated that, H. E. Prez Akufo-Addo have paved way for the form 2 students both the Green and Gold Track to get back to school to complete their previous lessons and write their end of term examination.
“The school is expected to resume on October 5, 2020. That’s why we have been invited by Prez Nana Addo to disinfect all the Senior High Schools in the region before the children will report to school” he explained.
Mr. Jephthah Tetteh adds, basically this disinfection exercise is for the covid and other infections. “We are to disinfect both the JHS and SHS. But as at now our main focus is on the SHS because we want to do it well to prevent any unforeseen tragedies in the country” he said.
“Parents should have faith that their wards who are to return to school would be safe and nothing will happen to them” he assures.
Mr. Jephthah Tetteh revealed that, they are going to disinfect over 140 Senior High Schools in the region and for the basic schools is uncountable.
The Assistant Headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANSS) in charge of academics, Mr. Fredrick Owusu stated, we all know the measures Prez Akufo-Addo has put in place to safeguard the lives of our school children as they are returning to school. Through this measures, Prez Nana Addo said, all the Senior High Schools in Ghana should be fumigated so that when school resume on October 5, 2020 the students can return to campus peacefully.
Mr. Fredrick Owusu
He added, they are expecting around 1,500 students to report to school. “We are well prepared waiting for the students to come to school for us to teach them. We have some of the PPEs to protect the wellbeing of the students when they come”
The Headmaster of the Koforidua Secondary Technical School (SECTEC), Mr. Ofori Antwi also stressed that, the disinfection will help them in so many ways. The gov’t have vision, that’s why he has asked the Zoom Lion Ghana Ltd to come and fumigate the school. In two weeks time the children will come to school and before that, the strength of the chemicals will go down and it won’t give them any problems.
Mr. Ofori Antwi
Sometime ago the bedbugs were disturbing the students but we were able to get solution for that and now we are bedbugs free School in the region. “We are expecting over 1,300 both the Green and Gold Track students to report on campus on October 5, 2020”
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.
Hon. Gifty Twum Ampofo, Deputy Minister of Education
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.
ICCES Directors and Managers
“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.
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.
Mr. William Darlas Ampomah
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hon. Eric Kwakye Darfour
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.
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