Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency who doubles as the deputy Minister of Education in charge of Technical And Vocational Education And Training (TVET), Hon Gifty Twum-Ampofo, has admonished all illegible voters to cast their votes in favour of H.E the president, Nana Akufo-Addo and all parliamentary candidates on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to continue the unprecedented development in the country.

She said, election research has recently shown that, whilst the presidential votes in previously held elections appreciate the member of parliament’s votes decrease, a situation peculiar to most constituencies of which Abuakwa North is no exception.

Hon. Gifty Twum Ampofo sited, the bitterness after parliamentary primaries as one of the key factors that compels voters to cast their ballots for the president and either decide not to vote for their parliamentary candidate representing NPP or cast their ballots for the opposing candidates, a situation she describes as “development killer”.

The Hon Member of Parliament explained that, the president needs majority in parliament to enable him have all his developmental and flagship bills passed into laws for the socio-economic development of the country.

Hon. Gifty Twum stressed, it would have been difficult for the government to access the recent World Bank COVID 19 interest free loan that Ghanaians are enjoying i.e free water, 50% cut on electrity tarriff etc. if the majority in parliament were not NPP. She said, they (MPs of NPP) were vehemently opposed by the NDC not to pass the bill to access the loan facility but due to their huge numbers present in parliament, the votes favoured the passage of the bill.

“Due to this and other reasons, all voters must burry all parliamentary primaries hatchets and vote for anyone that represents the elephant (NPP) to make decision making and execution of developmental projects less cumbersome for government for a better Ghana” she continue

Hon. Gifty Twum-Ampofo made this disclosure when she toured electoral areas in the Abuakwa North enclave to recount developmental projects that the Nana Akufo-Addo led NPP administration has done so far and what they intend doing when voted into power again come 7th December, 2020.

By// Nana Kwesi Asare

Source//obohnews

The Independent Parliamentary Candidate for Akuapem North Constituency in the Eastern Region who doubles as the bursar for Akropong – Akuapem Presbyterian College of Education, Dr. William Adjei Twumasi has revealed that, his top most priority is to bring massive development to the of Akuapemman.

In an interview with Kingdom News, he said, he has done so many developmental projects in Akuapem North Constituency that’s why the constituents are calling upon him to come and contest for the seat. He is one of the disqualified NPP aspirants parliamentary candidates by the regional vetting c’ttee.

Dr. Adjei Twumasi adds, not long ago he collaborated with the Columbus University to bring a University at Akropong but because of the Presbyterian University college in Akropong as a result he didn’t get accreditation, so he stopped.

“I used the money to built an International school of which many communities in the constituency are benefiting from it” he added.

He indicated that, if he is voted as MP for the Constituency, he will ensure that the six ( 6) dilapidated abandoned roads linking to Mangoase would be fixed through lobbying.

Dr. William Adjei Twumasi mentioned these to KINGDOM FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview during a community engagement with the residents of Mangoase.

“I am coming to help to re-developed Mangoase again and also to bring investors here” he assures.

Some of the Mangoase residents explained that, they have seen the good works of Dr. Twumasi and if “we voted for him as our MP he will do more projects for us especially to fixed our poor road network”

“Because we also deserve good works” they lament.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// obohnews.

Thousands of residents of Mampong-Akuapem in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region embarked on massive clean up exercise as part of their preparation towards the 2020 Ohum – Odwira festival.

This clean up exercise features the traditional rulers, MCE for the Municipality and some executive members of the NPP in the constituency.

In an interview with the press, the MCE for Akuapem North Municipal Assembly, Hon. Berima Awuah Sarpong Asiedu-Larbi explained that, in every year, before the Ohum festival will take off they embark on clean up exercise to ensure that the entire township become neat to pave way for the festival.

He added that, “the Ohum festival is being celebrated to perform tradition and custom to purified the town and also to ask God for his mercies and blessings upon the town in subsequent years”

“This programme we embarked on is in support of the sanitation system we want to put in place to make sure that Akuapemman become neat”

Hon. MCE continue to say, “those days, if you’re walking in Akuapemman, you won’t see any filthy or mosquitoes around but today because of the increase of the populace things have changed”

” So we took this clean up exercise upon ourselves to create awareness to the people of Okuapemman to know and understand how importance it is to beautify their various communities or environment regularly to prevent themselves from getting diseases like malaria and cholera and also to stay healthy”

Later on Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH had an interview with the Akuapem North Constituency Women’s Organizer for the ruling NPP, Mrs. Awo Yaa Boatemaa Aboagye stated, the program was organized by the youth of the constituency but unfortunately Hon. Nana Ama Dokua their MP couldn’t make it because of the heavy downpour.

But all the same, other executives of the NPP came and support the exercise.

She stressed, “when it comes to the issues surrounding sanitation in Ghana, Prez Nana Addo and the Sanitation Ministry have done marvelously well. All what I will say is that,’ we should keep our environment clean”

“If we do that the gov’t won’t spend huge money for purchasing medicines to cure the diseases. it will help the state to save enough money to run the country’s affairs” she noted.

Moreover the Odikro of Mampong , Nana Oware Ansah III shows his profound gratitude to the people of Mampong especially the youth for helping them to clean up the the whole township.

He said, “because of the Covid, this year’s Ohum festival there wouldn’t be any social gathering”

Source//obohnews.

BY// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

The Eastern Regional Minister and MP for Nkawkaw Hon. Eric Kwakye Kofi Darfuor, the Eastern Regional Director for Ghana Highways Authority, Mr. Charles Adubofuor, the Eastern Regional Manager for Feeder Roads, Mr. Osei Nketiah and other roads construction expert embarked on two day tour to inspect the ongoing road construction projects in the region.

The inspection of the road construction projects took us to Kwahu West, South, and East Assembly, New Juaben South and North Assembly, Atiwa West and East, Lower West Akyem Assembly, Birim North, Central and South ,Fanteakwa and North South, Abuakwa South Assembly, Asene Manso Akroso Assembly, Suhum Assembly and ended at Akim Oda Assembly.

Kingdom FM’s KONTINHEN KOFI OBOH speaking in an interview with the Eastern Regional Minister and and MP for Nkawkaw Constituency, Hon. Eric Kwakye Kofi Darfour said, he is very impressed with the ongoing roads construction projects in the region. “Some are completed and others are also under construction” he noted.

“Over 400km of the road have been awarded to Ghana Highways Authority, over 1000km to Feeder roads and 300km to Urban roads. The contractors are also on top of their game and I believe that by the end of this year all the said awarded road projects will be completed” he confirms.

The Regional Minister praised Prez Nana Addo for fulfilling his 2020 year of roads promise and pleaded with Ghanaians to give him another 4 more term to do do more.

The Eastern Regional Director for Ghana Highways Authority Mr. Charles Adubofuor also spoke with Kingdom News and stated, “most of our roads, some of them were began in 2017 , 2018, 2019 and even 2020 and looking at the percentage, some have gotten to its climax meaning the contractors are doing very well on the site and are at the verge of competing.

“The good news is that, all this roads are being constructed by local contractors”

” We have to keep on encouraging and give them training skills and it will help a lot” he adds.

“A time will come all our road projects would be done by the Ghanaian Contractors” he assures.

He added that, “the eastern regional branch of the Ghana Highways have awarded 500km trunk road projects and I have confidence that it will be completed by the end of the 2020; our total road Network is 1,551Km and out of that 500km would be completed by the mentioned time” he said.

Furthermore, the Eastern Regional Manager for Feeder Roads, Mr. Osei Nketiah revealed to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that, they have around “4,226Km road projects they are working on”

Since 2017 to 2020 they have awarded “1000Km of Feeder roads in all the 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the region”

“Out of the 1000km roads, the contractors have completed 123km with black top or bitumen surface”
“As at 2017 the eastern region Feeder roads were having bitumen surface or pavement roads just “around 326Km”

“So if we are able to add up 123km black top to the previous 326 within the space of 3yrs, then it means work is in progress” he noted.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

Source// Obohnews.

Apostle Elisha Adjin-Tettey in an advice to world wide Christians said “God blessings comes in disguise” yet Christians are to help control their anger.

“We need not to understand God in how He does His works because He is God” he said.

“God works can’t be understood by man and He can’t be quentioned as in why and how He does his work”

Throwing more light into this, he pleased to all Christians to accept all words but help to manage the root ones out.

Based on the Scriptures, Provibes 29:22 and Eph 4:26-27 advice all Christians to do away all anger for it is only “foolish people” who never made chances out of this quote from the Bible.

Moses never step foot to the promise land due to anger after God asked him to hit his rod to the mountain for the flow of water.

Beside Moses also pleaded to God to control his temper on the Israelites for the Egyptians might consider him as wicked.

He advice Christians to take this as key to their marriages, work, friendships etc for a sustainable and reflection on our daily lives as Christians.

In conclusion, he used the just happened in the United State of America, Pastor Sylvester, who recently shot his wife to death because he (pastor Sylverster) couldn’t control his anger.

Story by// Kwabena Gyamfi

Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Saiw has taken over the Presbyterian College of Education in Akuapem-Akropong in the Eastern Region as the new 25th Principal of the college.

Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, PHD, Moderator of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church of Ghana stressed, “we are expecting 5 important things to be done by the new principal of the school”.

“We want him to beef up the academics works, and also to improve on the school’s infrastructure to beautify the environment as well”

Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Mante continue that, “what is more relevant for the Presbyterian Church is Holistic Education”

“Many people are of the view that, if you’re in the tertiary institution you don’t have to be working and that’s not a good education to our children”

“It is our responsibility to teach the children and let them work to know and understand that working with their hands in school is not a punishment but rather is part of life. I will be glad if all the various universities in Ghana will consider and teach the students on how to do the house chores, it will help a lot” he add.

Rt. Rev. Prof. Yeboah Mante mention this to Oboh News online in an interview during the Investiture Ceremony of the 25th Principal of Presbyterian College of Education of Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw at Akuapem-Akropong. He advised the new Principal to ensure that he will put good measures in place to save guard the school funds.

The new Principal of the college, Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw noted, “his vision is to make the college, the college of eminence in Africa and beyond. College of eminence means our vision and policies is in line with the int’l standard and practices”

“We will also create Internal Generated Fund (IGF) to run the affairs of the school and ensure that our infrastructure development will be more advance than all the other ones”

He further stated, “we won’t train only the heads and hands but rather we will train the heart also to fear God”

MP for Akuapem North Constituency and Deputy Minister of Information, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adei who graced the program congratulate Rev. Dr. Nicholas Apreh Siaw on his appointment as the 25th Principal of the college. I believe that, with Jesus in the boat, you will weather the storm and overcome all hurdles.

Hon. Dokua adds, “as government we can’t underestimate the role the Presbyterian Church have played through maintaining peace and order in the country by promoting health through the Presbyterian Hospitals. Again the Presbyterian Church has established numerous schools in Ghana and they are helping the country’s development”

“This government is committed to the colleges of education most especially Akropong P.C.E. We are ever ready to support PCE when the need arised” she assures.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

At least six out of thirty-six young footballers from Offinso in the Ashanti Region have been confirmed dead in a horrific accident on Saturday around 3pm in the afternoon with Pregio car registration number AS-928-19.

According to preliminary investigations conducted by Offinso based Time FM journalist, Adusei Poku, the thirty-six footballers whose age ranges from 12 to 18 years had travelled to Afrancho in the Ashanti region for their football registration exercise were veered off the road and summersaults from the bridge into ‘Offin’ riverbanks on their return to Offinso.

Five of the deceased are said to be students of Offinso State ‘A’ Junior high school in Offinso municipal.

Abdul Jamal and Kwame Poku are Offinso State ‘A’ form 1 students, Elvis, a primary student, Ofori Amanfo, Atta Panin and Obed’s corpse are awaiting autopsy at St. Patrick’s hospital.

Reports says four of the young footballers are currently in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with the remaining twenty-four receiving treatments at the St. Patrick Hospital in Offinso.

Joint Fire Service personnel and the police from Offinso rushed to the accident scene to convey the accident victims.

By// Kwesi Afari

Source// Time FM

The Eastern Regional Director for NADMO, Mr. Kwame Appiah Kodua has held a pre-elections simulation exercise with all the stakeholders in the region should in case if riot,chaos, misunderstanding, hooliganism, conflict and etc arised before, during and after the elections 2020, they will be able to find solution for such incident.

The stakeholders are,’ Ghana Police Service, Ghana Armed Forces, Information Department Service, Representative from the Muslim, Representative from the Christian Council, Ghana National Fire Service, Representative from the Traditional Rulers, Immigration, Military, Ambulance Service, NADMO, and Red cross.

In an interview with Kingdom News after the Simulation Exercise, the Deputy Director General of NADMO in charge of the Technical Operations, Mr. Seji Saji explained the purpose and importance of this program they held with the various stakeholders in the region.

He said, NADMO don’t respond to only fire outbreak in the country. They have something called ‘similar emergencies they respond to of which conflict resolution is one of them. It has left some few days for us to go for polls.

Normally every elections have its own implications. During the elections process something can happen, and someone may be hurt or loose his or her house. If this happens, as a country we have to find a way of helping the victims by given them humanitarian services support.

This is the reasons why we organized this program to test our strength should in case something occurred what will be the reactions from police, fire service, armed forces, religious bodies, ambulance service etc to resolve those challenges.

The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister who double as the Parliamentary Candidate for Lower Manya Krobo, Hon Samuel Nuertey Ayitey on his part stated, “the pre-elections simulation exercise has been successful and all the stakeholders were present”

“We were able to get credible information from both the various side to combat any unforeseen tragedy that will occur during the electioneering process”

He added that , “whether we like it or not , there is going to be some incidence and we need to prepare ourselves adequately to face what happens on December 7, 2020 general elections

By//Kontihen Kofi Oboh

Source// Obohnews

The Chief Research Scientists and Special Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture on Cocoa Affairs, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah has donated 35 motorbikes and 70 megaphones to the Eastern Regional NPP Secretariat to be used for the 2020 elections campaign in the Region.

In an interview with Kingdom News, he said, the purpose of presenting these items to the NPP regional secretariat is to support the elections 2020 campaign because of the covid “there wouldn’t be any massive rally for this year’s elections to proclaimed the good works of the NPP gov’t to Ghanaians”

Dr. Adu-Ampomah continue to say, “with the help of this motorbikes, it will help our people to ride it to the hinterland areas to communicate with those over there to see what Prez Nana Addo have done”

He also urge the riders to ride it with care to avoid any unforeseen accident during the campaign rounds.

Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah made these known to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview after handling over the items to the Eastern Regional First Vice Chairman Alhaji Umar Bodinga.

Some of the beneficiaries to the items went to the Chairman of Nkawkaw Constituency, Mr. Kwame Osei Danquah and Organiser for Afram Plains North Constituency Mr. Martin Adinkra said, the items have come at the right time and it will help them to propagate the good works of the NPP gov’t to their constituents.

The Eastern Regional Secretary for NPP ,Mr. Jeff Kunadu Addo revealed to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in an interview that, the item they have received from Dr. Yaw Ampomah, will be distribute to only 18 Constituencies in the region especially the orphan constituencies.

On behalf of the regional executives, he showed his profound gratitude to Dr. Adu-Ampomah for his kind gesture to the party’s secretariat.

Mr. Kunadu Addo pleaded with the NPP members from the eastern region who have travelled and have gotten something to also come and support the party.

By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.

SOURCE// obohnews.

The Member of Parliament for Akuapem North Constituency in the Eastern Region who doubles as the Deputy Minister for Information, Hon. Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei has commissioned water projects for 8 communities in her constituency.

She said, “they have commissioned 8 water projects already, We are commissioning this 8 water projects in the following communities’, Mampong, Otwiri, Asempanayɛ,Pakro, Gbolo Kofi, Akwateakwaso and Mampong Nkwanta to add up to the first 8 making it 16 water projects”

Hon. Nana Ama Dokua when addressing the people of Akwateakwaso said, “a certain gov’t came to power for 8yrs but they couldn’t do a single project here and as for the NPP, gov’t is committed to our words”.

“NPP gov’t have come to transform Ghana, even though we haven’t met all your expectations and that doesn’t mean we have turn a deaf ears to your needs”

“We have started doing something and today we are here to commission this water project to give live to so many people”

Hon. MP took the opportunity to launch and inaugurate the NPP’s 2020 elections campaign team at the various electoral areas. She also pleaded with all the NPP members to exercise patience and stop saying that “I haven’t gotten anything, May be indirectly, your sibling, friend, family member, niece or nephew have gotten opportunity in NaBco, Police, Military, Fire service, Free SHS, Planting for Food and Job and etc”

Some of the beneficiaries of this water projects at Akwateakwaso show their profound gratitude to their Hon. MP for her kind gesture. They also made a humble appeal to Hon. Nana Ama Dokua to come and fixed their light for them because they have slept in darkness for a very long time.

The MCE for Akuapem North Municipal Assembly, Hon. Berima Awuah Sarpong Asiedu-Larbi revealed that, “all these projects are from the 1 million dollar per constituency”

He stressed, they are doing electricity extension in all the communities that don’t have access to light.

“Ghanaians should have faith in Prez Nana Addo Nana Ama Dokua and give them another mandate to continue their good works” he continue.

Some of the Akuapem North Constituency NPP executives accompanied her to commissioned the water projects. Its include the party’s chairman, Mr. Frank Appiah, the youth organizer , Mr. Kojo Afriyie (aka IGP), the Woman’s organizer Mrs. Awo Yaa Aboagye and organizer, Mr. Appianti.