Story: Samuel Duodu, Wenchi
THE Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, has disclosed that the curriculum for 15 teacher training colleges selected for the special Mathematics and Science programmes has been finalised and that it has been printed and distributed to the selected colleges.
The selection of the colleges was aimed at training Mathematics and Science teachers with the view to strengthening the teaching of those subjects in basic schools, he noted.
Mr Bannerman-Mensah, who was speaking at the 45th Founders Day celebration of the Wenchi Senior High School (SHS) at Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region at the weekend, emphasised that approval had already been given for the establishment of special Mathematics and Science departments in 15 designated training colleges.
The theme for the event was, “Prospects and Challenges of the New Educational Reform after 50 years of Ghana’s Independence”.
He said modern laboratories had also been built in all the 15 selected colleges and mentioned five of the participating colleges as the Foso Training College in the Central Region, the Akatsi and Hohoe Training colleges in the Volta Region and the St Joseph’s Training College at Bechem in the Brong Ahafo Region, saying that they had been fully furnished for use.
He said to ensure the success of the programme in the teaching of the new Science and Mathematics curriculum, all Science and Mathematics tutors of the participating colleges had received training for it to be rolled out.
Mr Bannerman–Mensah, a former Headmaster of the Wenchi SHS until his appointment as the Deputy Director-General of the GES, observed that teacher motivation was another important area that would enhance the quality delivery of education in the country.
He mentioned the institution of the Best Teacher Awards Scheme at the national, regional, district and school levels for excellence in teaching as part of programmes by the GES to motivate teachers, more especially to accept postings to deprived areas.
Mr Bannerman-Mensah mentioned other schemes being considered as accelerated promotion, support through distance education for teachers offering subjects such as English, Mathematics, Science, French and Technical Education, provision of accommodation in hard-to-reach areas, as well as vehicles and motorbikes.
He urged students to study hard, obey school rules and regulations and avoid all forms of cheating in examinations.
Mr John K. Donkor, the Headmaster of the school, commended the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and the government for the provision of a new girls’ dormitory, a six-unit classroom block, a computer laboratory, as well as a farmhouse which was under construction.
He, however, expressed concern about the slow pace of government — sponsored projects for the school, saying those structures were needed urgently to facilitate smooth academic work and appealed for the payment of the contractors to ensure the early completion of those projects.
Mr Donkor said government’s maintenance grant also took a long time to be released, while the amount paid was also inadequate to maintain the structures and furniture in the school. He, therefore, appealed to the government to increase it.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
GRASSCUTTER CHASE CAUSES FARMER'S DEATH (BACK PAGE)
Story: Samuel Duodu, Sunyani
IN his bid to kill a grass-cutter that has been captured by one of his three dogs on a hunting expedition, a 35-year-old farmer resident at Odumase in the Sunyani West District of the Brong Ahafo Region lost his life when he was hit by his own single-barreled gun.
The deceased, Baapene Kuuh, popularly known as Salifu Trumah, died on the way while being sent to hospital.
Imosah Isshako and Baakowol Delu, who were with the deceased, are now in police custody assisting in investigations.
The Sunyani Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Charles Botwe, confirmed the story to the Daily Graphic when he was contacted, and he stated that the deceased, with his other two relatives, went on a hunting expedition at Sesereso, a farmland about five kilometres away from Odumase, on Friday February 22, 2008.
He said the deceased and the other two saw that one of the three dogs that accompanied them had captured a grass-cutter and the deceased decided to rest his gun near a tree to go and kill the grass-cutter.
Supt Botwe said while the deceased was using a machete to create a path to where the dog had captured the grass-cutter, his gun fell on the ground and went off instantly hitting the deceased in the leg.
He stated that the group abandoned their expedition and carried the deceased to the roadside to look for a vehicle to transport him to hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The police commander said the gun went off when it fell because there was a fault with the trigger guard.
He said the wife of the deceased, Fatima Lewa, who was called in when the deceased was brought to the roadside, corroborated the story and told the police that her late husband before dying told her that it was his own mistake that caused his death and not his two brothers.
Supt Botwe further said the body of the deceased had been deposited at the regional hospital morgue for autopsy.
IN his bid to kill a grass-cutter that has been captured by one of his three dogs on a hunting expedition, a 35-year-old farmer resident at Odumase in the Sunyani West District of the Brong Ahafo Region lost his life when he was hit by his own single-barreled gun.
The deceased, Baapene Kuuh, popularly known as Salifu Trumah, died on the way while being sent to hospital.
Imosah Isshako and Baakowol Delu, who were with the deceased, are now in police custody assisting in investigations.
The Sunyani Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Charles Botwe, confirmed the story to the Daily Graphic when he was contacted, and he stated that the deceased, with his other two relatives, went on a hunting expedition at Sesereso, a farmland about five kilometres away from Odumase, on Friday February 22, 2008.
He said the deceased and the other two saw that one of the three dogs that accompanied them had captured a grass-cutter and the deceased decided to rest his gun near a tree to go and kill the grass-cutter.
Supt Botwe said while the deceased was using a machete to create a path to where the dog had captured the grass-cutter, his gun fell on the ground and went off instantly hitting the deceased in the leg.
He stated that the group abandoned their expedition and carried the deceased to the roadside to look for a vehicle to transport him to hospital but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The police commander said the gun went off when it fell because there was a fault with the trigger guard.
He said the wife of the deceased, Fatima Lewa, who was called in when the deceased was brought to the roadside, corroborated the story and told the police that her late husband before dying told her that it was his own mistake that caused his death and not his two brothers.
Supt Botwe further said the body of the deceased had been deposited at the regional hospital morgue for autopsy.
Monday, February 25, 2008
2 TAIN COMMUNITIES GET MODERN LABORATORIES (PAGE 32)
STORY: Samuel Duodu, Nsawkaw
THE Tain District Directorate of Health Services has established standardised laboratories at the Nsawkaw and Banda-Ahenkro health centres to help curb tuberculosis and other diseases in the district.
The District Director of Health Services, Dr Gladstone Kesse, made this known at an end-of-year health review meeting for 2007 at Nsawkaw, the district capital.
According to Dr Kesse, the establishment of the laboratories would improve health delivery in the district.
He expressed concern about the level of malaria in the district in spite of the various interventions to bring the disease under control.
Dr Kesse stated that malarial cases in children under five increased from 7,420 in 2006 to 10,939 in 2007 while in the case of pregnant women, they decreased from 7,717 to 871 during the same period.
He called for an intensive use of treated mosquito nets by children under five and pregnant women.
Dr Kesse appealed to the district assembly and other stakeholders to help improve infrastructure and logistics at the various health centres in the district.
In a speech read on his behalf the District Chief Executive, Mr Emmanuel Owusu, said the assembly was committed to improving the health needs of the people.
He said four nursing students were being sponsored by the assembly as part of efforts to improve the quality of personnel at the various health centres.
Mr Owusu stated that the Nsawkaw Health Centre would soon be given a major facelift to enhance health delivery in the district.
THE Tain District Directorate of Health Services has established standardised laboratories at the Nsawkaw and Banda-Ahenkro health centres to help curb tuberculosis and other diseases in the district.
The District Director of Health Services, Dr Gladstone Kesse, made this known at an end-of-year health review meeting for 2007 at Nsawkaw, the district capital.
According to Dr Kesse, the establishment of the laboratories would improve health delivery in the district.
He expressed concern about the level of malaria in the district in spite of the various interventions to bring the disease under control.
Dr Kesse stated that malarial cases in children under five increased from 7,420 in 2006 to 10,939 in 2007 while in the case of pregnant women, they decreased from 7,717 to 871 during the same period.
He called for an intensive use of treated mosquito nets by children under five and pregnant women.
Dr Kesse appealed to the district assembly and other stakeholders to help improve infrastructure and logistics at the various health centres in the district.
In a speech read on his behalf the District Chief Executive, Mr Emmanuel Owusu, said the assembly was committed to improving the health needs of the people.
He said four nursing students were being sponsored by the assembly as part of efforts to improve the quality of personnel at the various health centres.
Mr Owusu stated that the Nsawkaw Health Centre would soon be given a major facelift to enhance health delivery in the district.
FARMERS ATTEND WORKSHOP ON MORINGA PLANT CULTIVATION (PAGE 32)
Story: Samuel Duodu, Techiman
THE Nkoranza-Kwabre Rural Bank in the Brong Ahafo Region in collaboration with African Development Foundation (ADF) and the United States of America, has organised a three-day training workshop at Techiman for about 80 farmers to educate them on organic farming, bee keeping and the importance of Moringa plant cultivation.
The participants were drawn from the Techiman Municipality and the Nkoranza North, Nkoranza South, Kintampo North and Kintampo South districts.
The Project Manager of the ADF/NKRB Micro Credit Project, Mr Richard Okoe, who addressed the participants, explained that the workshop was part of the bank’s programmes under its micro finance project.
He said the workshop was aimed at alleviating poverty among the people, more especially the rural folk and the unemployed youth.
Mr Okoe said ADF and the Nkoranza-Kwabre Rural Bank were offering the necessary support for beekeepers and cashew farmers in the beneficiary districts for them not only to improve upon their livelihood but also to enhance the development of their communities.
He added that because the Moringa plant had been identified as one of the most important economic tree crops, the farmers were being encouraged to go into its cultivation as a way of reducing poverty.
Mr Okoe stated that the Moringa farmers would receive support in the form of supply of inputs and seeds, land preparation and maintenance of the crop.
He called on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), financiers and philanthropists to visit the communities and liaise with the bank to offer support for the Moringa farmers and the bee keepers.
An agriculturist and Head of the Kpeve Agricultural Station in the Volta Region, Mr Newton Amaglo, stated that the Moringa plant had several uses as it had medicinal, nutritional and other economic values.
Mr Amaglo, who is also a member of the Moringa Association of Ghana, said the bark of the plant could be used to produce paper, the leaves for powder, energy drinks and medicine, whilst edible oil could also be extracted from the seeds.
He added that the Moringa leaf powder could effectively manage hypertension and diabetes.
Mr Amaglo, therefore, urged the farmers to go into the cultivation of the crop to ensure remarkable changes in their economic activities.
A permaculture consultant, Mr Paul Yeboah, advised farmers to adopt the system as a means of diversifying their farming methods.
He said permaculture included the growing of food crops, livestock breeding, bee keeping and snail/mushroom farming on the same piece of land as a source of income generation.
The Director of Organic Agriculture for Public Health and Wealth from Nkoranza, Mr Enyinndar Enyidar, who spoke on the importance of organic farming, said that the system of agriculture was the best way of sustaining and maintaining soil organisms for enhanced productivity.
He said food produced from organic farming contained all the necessary vitamins and minerals for the body’s growth devoid of any form of toxic chemicals.
A public health nurse at the Nkoranza St Theresa’s Hospital at Nkoranza, Miss Blandina Dery, who was a facilitator at the workshop, urged the public to patronise the use of honey in their homes in place of sugar to free themselves of sugar-related diseases.
The Supervising Manager of the Nkoranza-Kwabre Rural Bank, Mr Daniel Ansah-Duah, advised the farmers to organise themselves into groups and open bank accounts with the bank in order to enjoy credit facilities.
He also urged them to start Moringa farming to support other economic activities they were undertaking.
THE Nkoranza-Kwabre Rural Bank in the Brong Ahafo Region in collaboration with African Development Foundation (ADF) and the United States of America, has organised a three-day training workshop at Techiman for about 80 farmers to educate them on organic farming, bee keeping and the importance of Moringa plant cultivation.
The participants were drawn from the Techiman Municipality and the Nkoranza North, Nkoranza South, Kintampo North and Kintampo South districts.
The Project Manager of the ADF/NKRB Micro Credit Project, Mr Richard Okoe, who addressed the participants, explained that the workshop was part of the bank’s programmes under its micro finance project.
He said the workshop was aimed at alleviating poverty among the people, more especially the rural folk and the unemployed youth.
Mr Okoe said ADF and the Nkoranza-Kwabre Rural Bank were offering the necessary support for beekeepers and cashew farmers in the beneficiary districts for them not only to improve upon their livelihood but also to enhance the development of their communities.
He added that because the Moringa plant had been identified as one of the most important economic tree crops, the farmers were being encouraged to go into its cultivation as a way of reducing poverty.
Mr Okoe stated that the Moringa farmers would receive support in the form of supply of inputs and seeds, land preparation and maintenance of the crop.
He called on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), financiers and philanthropists to visit the communities and liaise with the bank to offer support for the Moringa farmers and the bee keepers.
An agriculturist and Head of the Kpeve Agricultural Station in the Volta Region, Mr Newton Amaglo, stated that the Moringa plant had several uses as it had medicinal, nutritional and other economic values.
Mr Amaglo, who is also a member of the Moringa Association of Ghana, said the bark of the plant could be used to produce paper, the leaves for powder, energy drinks and medicine, whilst edible oil could also be extracted from the seeds.
He added that the Moringa leaf powder could effectively manage hypertension and diabetes.
Mr Amaglo, therefore, urged the farmers to go into the cultivation of the crop to ensure remarkable changes in their economic activities.
A permaculture consultant, Mr Paul Yeboah, advised farmers to adopt the system as a means of diversifying their farming methods.
He said permaculture included the growing of food crops, livestock breeding, bee keeping and snail/mushroom farming on the same piece of land as a source of income generation.
The Director of Organic Agriculture for Public Health and Wealth from Nkoranza, Mr Enyinndar Enyidar, who spoke on the importance of organic farming, said that the system of agriculture was the best way of sustaining and maintaining soil organisms for enhanced productivity.
He said food produced from organic farming contained all the necessary vitamins and minerals for the body’s growth devoid of any form of toxic chemicals.
A public health nurse at the Nkoranza St Theresa’s Hospital at Nkoranza, Miss Blandina Dery, who was a facilitator at the workshop, urged the public to patronise the use of honey in their homes in place of sugar to free themselves of sugar-related diseases.
The Supervising Manager of the Nkoranza-Kwabre Rural Bank, Mr Daniel Ansah-Duah, advised the farmers to organise themselves into groups and open bank accounts with the bank in order to enjoy credit facilities.
He also urged them to start Moringa farming to support other economic activities they were undertaking.
ASUNAFO NORTH MAKES GIANT STRIDES IN DEVELOPMENT (PAGE 32)
Story: Samuel Duodu, Goaso
THE Asunafo North District in the Brong-Ahafo Region, with Goaso as its capital, has within a space of three-and-a-half years, witnessed massive infrastructure and human development.
The fast rate of progress has added more impetus to the decentralisation concept in the district.
The district, formerly known as Asunafo District, was split into two, namely Asunafo North and Asunafo South, in 2005 by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Administration under President J. A. Kufuor.
The aim of the split of the district was to enhance effective administration, ensure the speedy development of all the communities and to further bring good governance to the doorsteps of the people.
The Asunafo North District Assembly has through the use of its share of the District Assemblies' Common Fund (DACF), the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and internally generated funds and support from development partners initiated a number of viable development projects since 2005, with the aim of improving the living conditions of the people.
Some of the projects have been completed while others are at various stages of construction.
The projects, which are spread across the length and breadth of the district without discrimination on political lines, cover education and health infrastructure, water and sanitation facilities, reshaping of feeder roads in cocoa-growing communities and extension of electricity to some rural communities, among others.
To ensure that the people in the district derive the maximum benefits from the government’s programmes and policies aimed at developing the human resources of the country and wealth creation, among others, the assembly is sponsoring a number of students at various nurses and teacher training colleges.
Some of the youth in the district have also been engaged under the various modules of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).
For law and order to prevail in the district to enable the residents to go about their daily activities peacefully, the assembly is constructing a new police barracks for the district capital at a cost of GH¢148,717.
It had also converted all pan latrines at the barracks into water closets (WC) at a cost of GH¢3,922.60.
Some of the completed educational facilities are a six-classroom block for the Akrodie Methodist Primary School, a three-classroom block each for Tipokrom, Goaso Roman Catholic School, Aniape and Akrodie Junior High schools, while others at Mim, Kasapin, Pomaakrom, Brodedwo, Kojo Addaikrom, Bediako basic schools, among others, are nearing completion.
The Mim Secondary School has also benefited from the construction of a five-unit classroom block at a cost of GH¢45,600.
Besides, the assembly has distributed furniture to schools throughout the district at a cost of GH¢9,000.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic after an inspection tour of projects in the district, Alhaji Ishak Abubakar Bonsu, the District Chief Executive (DCE), said since he took office in 2005, he had worked tirelessly to ensure that the government’s vision to improve the living conditions of every Ghanaian became a reality.
He stressed that interventions such as the School Feeding Programme, fee-free education, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) would be some of the legacies that the NPP government under President Kufuor would be living behind for the people.
Alhaji Bonsu said since education was the key to the development of every society, the assembly was laying much emphasis on that sector.
He stated that the assembly had been supporting the annual best teachers awards programme in the district.
According to the DCE, three basic schools in three communities in the district namely Odurokrom, Tweapease and Akwaboa Number 2 were currently benefiting from the School Feeding Programme while about 200 students were being sponsored by the assembly in the various teacher training colleges.
Under the NYEP, Alhaji Bonsu said, the assembly had sponsored a total of 277 youth to learn vocations such as bee keeping, grasscutter rearing, soap, dressmaking, hairdressing and oil palm extraction, to enable them to become self-employed.
He added that more than 500 youth had been engaged under the teaching, auxiliary nursing, sanitation and agriculture modules under the NYEP in the district, while the community protection unit component was yet to be rolled out in the district.
The DCE stated that power was being extended to communities such as Asuoadea, Asumura and Nyamebekyere under the rural electrification project while the Goaso township had benefited from a street lighting project.
On the provision of clean and safe water, Alhaji Bonsu, said the assembly had sunk 53 boreholes in a number of communities in the district at a cost of GH¢268,662 while 27 existing ones and 30 hand-dug wells had been rehabilitated at a cost of GH¢483,120.
He said Akrodie and Mim had also benefited from the Small Towns Water Supply System at a cost of GH¢720,000.
The DCE disclosed that a 64-year-old mountain refuse dump which posed a serious health problem to the people at Goaso, had been evacuated at a cost of GH¢93,833.
The space created as a result of the removal of the refuse dump, would be developed into a lorry park.
Alhaji Bonsu stated that the assembly was rehabilitating some feeder roads in the district at a cost of GH¢153,676 to open up the cocoa-growing areas to enable the farmers to transport their farm produce to the marketing centres.
They include the seven-kilometre Kumaho-Achacha-Kumaho Junction feeder road and the seven-kilometre Kwame Pua-Kojo Addai-Abidjan feeder road.
Alhaji Bonsu said the assembly was also using portions of its internally generated funds for the construction of 50-capacity market sheds at Akrodie and 32 of such sheds at Ayomso at a total cost of GH¢50,000.
He added that the assembly and the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ) had jointly created an industrial site for the district at the cost of GH¢32,801.
On health, Alhaji Bonsu stated that the assembly was constructing an office complex for the District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) at Goaso at a cost of GH¢76,395, while a dental clinic and nutritional centre attached to the Goaso Government Hospital and a rural clinic and a ward at Adiembra had been completed.
The DCE urged people in the district to take advantage of the congenial environment created by the government through the district assembly to improve their lot.
THE Asunafo North District in the Brong-Ahafo Region, with Goaso as its capital, has within a space of three-and-a-half years, witnessed massive infrastructure and human development.
The fast rate of progress has added more impetus to the decentralisation concept in the district.
The district, formerly known as Asunafo District, was split into two, namely Asunafo North and Asunafo South, in 2005 by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Administration under President J. A. Kufuor.
The aim of the split of the district was to enhance effective administration, ensure the speedy development of all the communities and to further bring good governance to the doorsteps of the people.
The Asunafo North District Assembly has through the use of its share of the District Assemblies' Common Fund (DACF), the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and internally generated funds and support from development partners initiated a number of viable development projects since 2005, with the aim of improving the living conditions of the people.
Some of the projects have been completed while others are at various stages of construction.
The projects, which are spread across the length and breadth of the district without discrimination on political lines, cover education and health infrastructure, water and sanitation facilities, reshaping of feeder roads in cocoa-growing communities and extension of electricity to some rural communities, among others.
To ensure that the people in the district derive the maximum benefits from the government’s programmes and policies aimed at developing the human resources of the country and wealth creation, among others, the assembly is sponsoring a number of students at various nurses and teacher training colleges.
Some of the youth in the district have also been engaged under the various modules of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).
For law and order to prevail in the district to enable the residents to go about their daily activities peacefully, the assembly is constructing a new police barracks for the district capital at a cost of GH¢148,717.
It had also converted all pan latrines at the barracks into water closets (WC) at a cost of GH¢3,922.60.
Some of the completed educational facilities are a six-classroom block for the Akrodie Methodist Primary School, a three-classroom block each for Tipokrom, Goaso Roman Catholic School, Aniape and Akrodie Junior High schools, while others at Mim, Kasapin, Pomaakrom, Brodedwo, Kojo Addaikrom, Bediako basic schools, among others, are nearing completion.
The Mim Secondary School has also benefited from the construction of a five-unit classroom block at a cost of GH¢45,600.
Besides, the assembly has distributed furniture to schools throughout the district at a cost of GH¢9,000.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic after an inspection tour of projects in the district, Alhaji Ishak Abubakar Bonsu, the District Chief Executive (DCE), said since he took office in 2005, he had worked tirelessly to ensure that the government’s vision to improve the living conditions of every Ghanaian became a reality.
He stressed that interventions such as the School Feeding Programme, fee-free education, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) would be some of the legacies that the NPP government under President Kufuor would be living behind for the people.
Alhaji Bonsu said since education was the key to the development of every society, the assembly was laying much emphasis on that sector.
He stated that the assembly had been supporting the annual best teachers awards programme in the district.
According to the DCE, three basic schools in three communities in the district namely Odurokrom, Tweapease and Akwaboa Number 2 were currently benefiting from the School Feeding Programme while about 200 students were being sponsored by the assembly in the various teacher training colleges.
Under the NYEP, Alhaji Bonsu said, the assembly had sponsored a total of 277 youth to learn vocations such as bee keeping, grasscutter rearing, soap, dressmaking, hairdressing and oil palm extraction, to enable them to become self-employed.
He added that more than 500 youth had been engaged under the teaching, auxiliary nursing, sanitation and agriculture modules under the NYEP in the district, while the community protection unit component was yet to be rolled out in the district.
The DCE stated that power was being extended to communities such as Asuoadea, Asumura and Nyamebekyere under the rural electrification project while the Goaso township had benefited from a street lighting project.
On the provision of clean and safe water, Alhaji Bonsu, said the assembly had sunk 53 boreholes in a number of communities in the district at a cost of GH¢268,662 while 27 existing ones and 30 hand-dug wells had been rehabilitated at a cost of GH¢483,120.
He said Akrodie and Mim had also benefited from the Small Towns Water Supply System at a cost of GH¢720,000.
The DCE disclosed that a 64-year-old mountain refuse dump which posed a serious health problem to the people at Goaso, had been evacuated at a cost of GH¢93,833.
The space created as a result of the removal of the refuse dump, would be developed into a lorry park.
Alhaji Bonsu stated that the assembly was rehabilitating some feeder roads in the district at a cost of GH¢153,676 to open up the cocoa-growing areas to enable the farmers to transport their farm produce to the marketing centres.
They include the seven-kilometre Kumaho-Achacha-Kumaho Junction feeder road and the seven-kilometre Kwame Pua-Kojo Addai-Abidjan feeder road.
Alhaji Bonsu said the assembly was also using portions of its internally generated funds for the construction of 50-capacity market sheds at Akrodie and 32 of such sheds at Ayomso at a total cost of GH¢50,000.
He added that the assembly and the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ) had jointly created an industrial site for the district at the cost of GH¢32,801.
On health, Alhaji Bonsu stated that the assembly was constructing an office complex for the District Mutual Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) at Goaso at a cost of GH¢76,395, while a dental clinic and nutritional centre attached to the Goaso Government Hospital and a rural clinic and a ward at Adiembra had been completed.
The DCE urged people in the district to take advantage of the congenial environment created by the government through the district assembly to improve their lot.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
ACCIDENT CASES REDUCE IN BRONG AHAFO (PAGE 23)
Story: Samuel Duodu, Sunyani
THE Brong-Ahafo Region recorded a total of 600 road traffic accidents in 2006, which claimed 174 lives with 622 people sustaining various degrees of injury, compared with 527 accidents in 2007 in which 155 people lost their lives, while 511 were injured.
This shows a decrease of 12.2 per cent in the number of road accidents recorded in 2007 as against the 2006 figure. The casualty figures also reduced by 11 per cent.
Seven hundred and thirty vehicles were involved in the accidents recorded in 2006 as compared to the 2007 figure of 631 vehicles, representing a decrease of 13.7 per cent.
The Regional Co-ordinator of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Mr Daniel Wuaku, made the statistics available to the Daily Graphic in Sunyani.
He stated that 378 out of the 563 traffic offences reported in the region last year, were sent to the courts with 271 of the offenders being convicted.
Mr Wuaku said that this year, the NRSC would intensify its road user education programme.
He added that joint enforcement operations involving personnel from the Regional and District Road Safety Committees, the various transport unions, the police, the District/Municipal Assemblies and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) would soon begin in the region.
Mr Wuaku warned that the law would stop at nothing to deal with culprits who would flout road traffic rules and regulations.
He said one area that would be given a special attention of the enforcement operation was a crackdown on drivers who left break-down vehicles on the roads without adequate warning.
Mr Wuaku further stated that despite the gains made last year, every single road user’s life was precious and must be protected.
The NRCS, he said, continued to work closely with all stakeholders to improve upon the road safety situation in the region, which was geared towards the achievement of the broader national vision to make Ghana’s transport system the safest in Africa.
THE Brong-Ahafo Region recorded a total of 600 road traffic accidents in 2006, which claimed 174 lives with 622 people sustaining various degrees of injury, compared with 527 accidents in 2007 in which 155 people lost their lives, while 511 were injured.
This shows a decrease of 12.2 per cent in the number of road accidents recorded in 2007 as against the 2006 figure. The casualty figures also reduced by 11 per cent.
Seven hundred and thirty vehicles were involved in the accidents recorded in 2006 as compared to the 2007 figure of 631 vehicles, representing a decrease of 13.7 per cent.
The Regional Co-ordinator of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Mr Daniel Wuaku, made the statistics available to the Daily Graphic in Sunyani.
He stated that 378 out of the 563 traffic offences reported in the region last year, were sent to the courts with 271 of the offenders being convicted.
Mr Wuaku said that this year, the NRSC would intensify its road user education programme.
He added that joint enforcement operations involving personnel from the Regional and District Road Safety Committees, the various transport unions, the police, the District/Municipal Assemblies and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) would soon begin in the region.
Mr Wuaku warned that the law would stop at nothing to deal with culprits who would flout road traffic rules and regulations.
He said one area that would be given a special attention of the enforcement operation was a crackdown on drivers who left break-down vehicles on the roads without adequate warning.
Mr Wuaku further stated that despite the gains made last year, every single road user’s life was precious and must be protected.
The NRCS, he said, continued to work closely with all stakeholders to improve upon the road safety situation in the region, which was geared towards the achievement of the broader national vision to make Ghana’s transport system the safest in Africa.
Friday, February 22, 2008
DON'T LET CHILDREN ABANDON EDUCATION...Nana Agyeman Gyau (GRAPHIC SPORTS, PAGE 11)
Story: Samuel Duodu, Sunyani
A former player of the senior national team, the Black Stars, and now the Atimpimhene of Berekum Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nana Gyau Gyan (Agyeman Gyau), has urged parents to consider the education of their children first rather than forcing them to go into football.
He observed that some parents, in recent time, have been encouraging their children to go to soccer academies at the expense of their education because they saw football as the quickest way to get rich. To this, Nana Gyan adds, “it is not everybody that football can make rich or famous in the society and the world as a whole”.
Nana Gyau Gyan, who is also the President of the National Retired Footballers’ Association of Ghana (RENFAG), said this at the inauguration of the Berekum branch of the Women Supporters Union of Ghana (WOSUGHA) at Berekum last Sunday.
He stated that because of the money and fame associated with football these days, some parents did not even care about the education of their wards, but at the end of the day they might not derive the maximum benefits from the most popular game in the world.
Nana Gyau Gyan, therefore, entreated parents to consider sending their children to school so that they can develop their talent and interest in soccer side by side education.
He used the opportunity to advise members of WOSUGHA not to only concern themselves with supporting and cheering the national teams, but to also lead exemplary lives worthy of emulation by the youth in their various communities.
Nana Gyau Gyan also called on the leadership of the women’s supporters union to be transparent in their dealings and the handling of money to ensure its growth.
Madam Felicia Adoma, the Co-ordinator for WOSUGHA, for Brong-Ahafo and Ashanti regions for her part commended the female Under-17 national team, the Maidens, for defeating their Zambian counterparts and urged them not to be complacent, but go ahead to win all their matches.
She pledged the massive support of the union to the female Under-17 team and all other national teams.
Madam Adoma stated that women had been left behind when it came to the cheering of the national teams and therefore the union had come to create a platform for women, who formed the bulk of the country’s population, to provide massive support for the national teams in all their matches.
She added that the massive support provided by women during the CAN 2008 was so evident that when the going became tough for the Black Stars, it was women who went all out to cheer on the team from victory to victory in every match during the tournament.
The Berekum branch of WOSUGHA has Madam Elizabeth Yeboah as President, Madam Georgina Yeboah as her vice, Ernestina Frimpong, Organiser, Lydia Asamoah, Treasurer and Hagar Okai as Secretary.
A former player of the senior national team, the Black Stars, and now the Atimpimhene of Berekum Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, Nana Gyau Gyan (Agyeman Gyau), has urged parents to consider the education of their children first rather than forcing them to go into football.
He observed that some parents, in recent time, have been encouraging their children to go to soccer academies at the expense of their education because they saw football as the quickest way to get rich. To this, Nana Gyan adds, “it is not everybody that football can make rich or famous in the society and the world as a whole”.
Nana Gyau Gyan, who is also the President of the National Retired Footballers’ Association of Ghana (RENFAG), said this at the inauguration of the Berekum branch of the Women Supporters Union of Ghana (WOSUGHA) at Berekum last Sunday.
He stated that because of the money and fame associated with football these days, some parents did not even care about the education of their wards, but at the end of the day they might not derive the maximum benefits from the most popular game in the world.
Nana Gyau Gyan, therefore, entreated parents to consider sending their children to school so that they can develop their talent and interest in soccer side by side education.
He used the opportunity to advise members of WOSUGHA not to only concern themselves with supporting and cheering the national teams, but to also lead exemplary lives worthy of emulation by the youth in their various communities.
Nana Gyau Gyan also called on the leadership of the women’s supporters union to be transparent in their dealings and the handling of money to ensure its growth.
Madam Felicia Adoma, the Co-ordinator for WOSUGHA, for Brong-Ahafo and Ashanti regions for her part commended the female Under-17 national team, the Maidens, for defeating their Zambian counterparts and urged them not to be complacent, but go ahead to win all their matches.
She pledged the massive support of the union to the female Under-17 team and all other national teams.
Madam Adoma stated that women had been left behind when it came to the cheering of the national teams and therefore the union had come to create a platform for women, who formed the bulk of the country’s population, to provide massive support for the national teams in all their matches.
She added that the massive support provided by women during the CAN 2008 was so evident that when the going became tough for the Black Stars, it was women who went all out to cheer on the team from victory to victory in every match during the tournament.
The Berekum branch of WOSUGHA has Madam Elizabeth Yeboah as President, Madam Georgina Yeboah as her vice, Ernestina Frimpong, Organiser, Lydia Asamoah, Treasurer and Hagar Okai as Secretary.
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