The deputy national women’s organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party NPP Mimi Duah says the opposition National Democratic Congress NDC should not be deceived by comparing their newly elected national exercutives to the NPP especially the national women’s organizing slot.

She said comparing NDC national women’s organizer Hana Luiser Bisiw to NPP national women’s organizer Madam Kate Gyamfuah is like comparing apple with mangoes. The incompetent Hana Luiser Bisiw has no milage and credibility to compare herself to the experience and competence Kate Gyamfuah.

Mimi Duah said this at Kwadaso constituency in the Ashanti region when they organized a skills training capacity building for NPP women’s wing.

“So, we cannot compare apples and mangoes,” she stressed. Mrs Mimi Duah made these remarks on Sunday, December 18 while addressing party supporters at Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region.

‘Encouraged & emboldened’ she pointed out that what has happened in the Ghana has “encouraged and emboldened” Ghanaian ahead of the December 7 elections that NPP has the men to bring back the economy.

“We are encouraged and emboldened by what the NPP Nana Addo led administration has done by stabilizing the economy, reducing transport fare and stabilized the cedis has to activate our organizational machinery and move from house-to-house, community-to-community and intensify our campaign.”

Therefore, she said, NDC are deceiving themselves Ghana’s elections will go for them. She said that party who has no principles “so they jump from one point to the other”.

Door-to-door, window-to-window she called on party supporters to rather intensify campaign ahead of the 2024 elections.

NPP party faithfuls must intensify the campaign from “village-to-village, market-to-market, house-to-house, door-to-door, window-to-window, she urged.

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The Deputy National Women’s Organiser of the ruling New Patriotic Party, N.P.P, Hon Mimi Duah on Sunday, 18 December upon her chain of political engagements at Bono East and Ashanti Region still made time to attend an orientation section organized by the Kwadaso Constituency women’s organizer Madam Janet Awuah.

During her Media engagement, she was asked if the re-election of Dr. Hanna Bussiw as the National Women’s Organiser for the opposition NDC poses any threat to Madam Kate Gyamfuah.
Hon Mimi Duah replied, “Our mother Kate Gyamfuah worked against the same person during the last election. We all witnessed her abysmal performance as a failed national women organizer for NDC and a Parliamentary candidate for Tano North”.

She said, her constituency even rejected her, it is only the NDC that Ghanaians as of today know they are not any better alternatives that will re-elect Madam Hannah Bissiw to marshal their women. She is the same old Bissiw we know “Dada no a”.

Obaatanpa Kate Gyamfuah as she is affectionately known by all has demonstrated great leadership in leading the NPP Women’s Wing across the nation. Statistics rightly prove women’s votes increased in the last election which made the NPP government to retained political power. NPP Women and women in Ghana know what is good for their children’s future and it is better with the NPP.

The deputy national women’s organizer of NPP Mimi Duah added that, Obaatanpa Kate Gyamfuah through her ambition to get in touch with every woman in NPP has authorized all constituency women to organize an orientation workshop for all polling station women organizers in their constituencies. 
When Hon Mimi Duah was speaking to the polling station women organizers , she humbly extended greetings from the Party’s National Executives, especially the National Women’s Organizer.

She wished them a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year ahead of 2023.
She further thanked them for showing up in their numbers to listen to what their leaders had to tell them and also to acquire knowledge to help the constituency women organizer and other executives to achieve the target of the Party which is to Break the 8! 

Mimi Duah, encouraged them to continue working harder for the sake of the party and talk to their community members about policies of the NPP government that have helped the poor in society. She further asserted that the party can only fulfill the Ghanaian’s expectations and individual needs if only the party stays in power for a longer period.

“Let’s all work hard to support our Constituency women organizer by talking about the party’s programs and policies to our neighbors, the party cannot satisfy everybody at the same time unless we work hard to keep the party in power for a longer period. You did not get the positions by chance, the people trust and voted for you or gave you the mandate with the other executives to win political power”

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso Constituency, Hon Dr. Kingsley Nyako, Ashanti Region Womens Organizer, Nana Ama Amponsah, the constituency executives, and many more dignitaries attended the program to empower and support the women in the constituency. Some media houses were also there to capture the event.

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the results of the 2022 batch of students who wrote the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as the best in the last eight years.

According to President Akufo-Addo, “six (6) years on following the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy, which has guaranteed a minimum of Senior High School education for 1.7 million Ghanaian children, the highest such enrolment in our history, I can state, without equivocation, that I am very proud of the policy and of its results thus far.”

Delivering an address at the 70th Anniversary Celebration of Opoku Ware Senior High School, on Saturday, 3rd December 2022, the President noted that the 2022 WASSCE results of the third batch of the “Akufo-Addo graduates” shows 60.39% of students recording A1-C6 in English, as opposed to 51.6% in 2016.”

In Integrated Science, he noted that 62.45% recorded A1-C6 in Integrated Science in 2022, as opposed to 48.35% in 2016, with the 2022 result being a slight regression from the 2021 pass rate of 65.70%.

President Akufo-Addo added that 61.39% of students recorded A1-C6 in Mathematics, as compared to 33.12% in 2016; and 71.51% recorded A1-C6 in Social Studies, as compared to 54.55% in 2016.

“Lest we forget, the 2021 batch of students, who also obtained very commendable results, were the pioneers of the double track system, which elicited a lot of vilification and unfounded criticism on its introduction,” he said.

The President continued, “The 2022 results are the best of the last eight (8) years. Surely, there can no longer be any controversy about the validity of the Free SHS policy and its consequential measures. It is working, and working well.”

In his address, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering, which included the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and the Chairperson of the Council of State, Nana Otuo Sriboe II, history, and the experiences of developed nations, have shown the world that the most efficient way to create a society of opportunities, and, thereby, guarantee the future of our nation, is by investing in education and skills training of our youth.

This, he said, is because “it is the people of Ghana, Ghanaians like you and I, and especially the youth of today, who are going to build Ghana. Without an educated populace, we cannot transition from the status of a developing to a developed nation.”

It is for this reason, President Akufo-Addo stated that, in spite of the economic difficulties confronting our nation, “Government has devoted even more resources for the running of the Free SHS policy. From a budget of GH¢2.3 billion in 2022, a 28.6% increase has been applied to this year’s budget for Free SHS, i.e., GH¢2.96 billion.”

Just like he did at the Farmers’ Day Celebration, the President called on all Ghanaians, in these difficult times, to support the fiscal measures that the Government has proposed to enable us achieve the goal of restoring macroeconomic stability and promoting inclusive growth, whilst protecting the poor.

“I am optimistic the policies outlined in the 2023 budget will go a long way to address the economic challenges with which we are faced,” he added.

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The Director of Finance of District Assembly Common Fund and the CEO Crystal Snow nutural mineral water Mr George K. Baah has called on Ghanaian worthy individuals to give back to society to ease some of burden from government. Mr George Baah said he feels excited given back to his society and he’s proud of doing that. He called on youth to practice farming addition to their work and debunked the notion that farming are for the poor and aged.

Mr George Baah said he has a lot of farms and cat fish which is fetching more money for his abode and urged the youth to practice rearing of catfish since it’s the shortest way of enriching themselves.

Mr George K. Baah said this at the 38th National Farmers Day Celebration held in Asante Akyem south municipal at Danpong in the Ashanti region with theme, Accelerating Agricultural Development Through Valid Audition where he awarded the Best Farmer of Asante Akyem South with a tricycle, Defreezers, Television sets, motorcycle and other farming inputs.

Last year he awarded the best Farmer a Daewoo matiz car and the first and second runner ups were also recieved tricycles, and farming materials such as sprayers, televisions, defreezers, matches among others at an event held in Banso in Asante Akyem South municipality.

He added that, Ghanaian leaders should work with the mindset of the youth that farming should be their number priority but not that when you unable to achieve a certain dreams in life then you will resorts to farming .

Mr George K. Baah said, farming should be the number one priority and any other thing should be an alternative because It’s a good area and the area that pays off, he said.

He advised that, the youth should have farming even if it’s not a full time job they should practice it as their hobby.

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Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, the majority leader in parliament and representative for the Suame constituency of Ashanti together with his wife Nana Ama Kesiwaa Bonsu celebrated their 5th anniversary of Sompahene and Sompahemaa respectively.

These titles were honored to Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah, and his companion, by the Chief of Bremang, Nana Kutin Seramang in 2017 to show their application to him and his wife for his free will service to Suame Municipality, Ashanti region, and Ghana as a whole and beyond.

Speaking at the occasion, Nana Ama Kisiwaa Bonsu (Sompahemaa) thanked Nana Kutin Seramang for the honor and promised to keep working with the Sompahemaa Foundation to help the people of Suame municipality and beyond.

According to her, the Sompahemaa foundation was created as a non-profit organization to assist the underprivileged and destitute by offering them support in the area of healthcare.

“Nananom, the Sompahemaa foundation was created through the consultation with Sompahene, my husband, as a non-profit making organization to serve the poor and the less privileged with healthcare support,” She stated.

According to Nana Kisiwaa, the foundation’s visit to the Nsawam prison inmates in November 2022 was their best encounter to date. The Sompahemaa Foundation provided free hot food and health screenings to over 3000 prisoners.

She said, “The foundation’s visit to the Nsawam Inmates was the most incredible experience ever, and we wish we could visit occasionally.”

She pleaded with the government and other interested parties to assist in establishing an emoluments fund in support of the Sompahemaa foundation to strengthen and broaden their outreach initiatives.

Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu (Sompahene) explained the importance of the creation of the Suame municipality, and its benefits to the people in the area which includes the Suame interchange, the agenda 111 project ongoing at Anomangyi, and others.

He asked for continued cooperation from his citizens and the traditional elders in order to further improve the Suame municipal area.

According to Nana Ama Kisiwaa Bonsu (Sompahemaa) she has never dreamed to become the next Member of Parliament in Suame constituency as the people’s are speculating but her desire is to help the needy, she fumed.

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A public-spirited resident of Jaman North District in the Bono Region and a phylantropist , at his own expense, reshaping a number of roads in Adadientem , Boakre communities.
This is the first time that the roads are being rehabilitated by an individual.
The 15 kilometers of roads project which cost GHC 15000 is been undertaking by Mr. Enock Nyarko, Chief Executive Officer of Enock Nyarko Charity Foundation who hails from Jaman North District.

The initial works undertaken by the resident, Mr Nyarko, included the removal of boulders from the road using earth moving vehicles and machines to make driving easy for all who ply the roads.  
He indicated that the situation has persisted for so many years and had not seen improvement on the road, he decided to come in to fix the initial problem that is to listen to the people’s cry.

According to the residents, the poor nature of the roads have affected their day-to-today activities and their farm produce got spoiled during harvest season and they have also been complaining whiles nobody came to their aid.

Speaking to the newsmen, Mr Nyarko said the road works were his personal contribution to the development of these communities.
In an interview, Mr. Nyarko said he hoped that a lot of people will show such acts of selflessness to help their communities and the nation at large.

He added that residents should do their best to contribute their quota towards improving the roads in the community as well as security in the area.
In  recognition of the good work, the residents to senda delegation to meet with Mr. Nyarko to commend him for making the community come alive. 
The residents promised to support the course of the phylantropist in the community since he has brought back the joy to them

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Akunini Global, the alumni association of Kumasi Academy commends their alma mater for emerging as the National Champions of the first-ever STEMnnovation Contest in Ghana.

The competition which is a Free SHS Secretariat of the Ministry of Education’s STEM Project, is designed to challenge students’ creative ability while modeling innovative products that has the potency of driving socio-economic development.

Kumasi Academy, the Ashanti Regional Champions of the contest faced stiff competition from twenty-one (21) equally good schools across Ghana, for the national championship.

The school won against Archbishop Potter Girls’ SHS in the quarter-finals, outclassed PRESEC Legon, St. James SHS, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in the semi-final contest, before crushing Pope John’s SHS and Worawora SHS in the final contest to emerge as victors.

Speaking on behalf of the National Executive Committee, National Council, NSMQ committee, the STEM project team and all Akunini following the contest, the National President of Akunini Global, Okunini Kwabena Dapaah-Siakwan emphasized that the school’s ultramodern science lab built and furnished with the essential equipment including robotics by past students is a key contributing factor in attainment of this historic feat.

“Definitely, this success didn’t come out of nothing, but was due to the new ultramodern Science Lab the Past students built and donated to our school and in particular, the inclusion of robotics in the course work of the laboratory,” he divulges in a statement.

“I take the opportunity to congratulate the students who ably represented us and their teachers and not forgetting the headmaster and his team who supported us in deed and in spirit to bring us this far. This success should influence the students to study hard to maintain the standards that their forebears have set up,” he reiterated.

In his remarks following the grand finale, the Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum also noted “I’ve seen the lab that has been built by the old [past] students. And you are truly telling the past boys and girls of KUMACA that you are putting the lab to a very good use.”

The national STEM competition, STEMnnovation was first launched in Ghana by the sector Ministry in September 2022.

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International Evangelist Daniel Kolenda has arrived in Kumasi for the much awaited mega crusade in Ashanti region dubbed: “Great Asanteman Gospel Crusade”.

The Evangelist Daniel Kolenda called on Ghanaian to come and experience GODs power in the Ashanti region. He said, before he leaves Ghanaian and Asanteman will experience the sign of the most High God.

His touched the tarmac of the Kumasi Airport last Wednesday with the team of Christ for all Nations (CfaN) around 6:30pm.

His arrival was acredited with a colourful and a pomp welcome gestures by the local executives of the Asanteman Great Gospel Crusade plus protocol officers, church leaders, media, among others at the airport.

In his welcome message at a press briefing, Rev. Dr. Douglas Frempong- Chairman for the crusade told him (Daniel Kolenda) that preparatory measures implemented by executives of AGGC have set the whole city is on fire and as a result the people of Asanteman have been in waiting for his coming.

Adding his voice, the CfaN Executive Director for Africa, Rev. John Darku expressed optimism that the crusade will bring in the millions of souls they are looking for.

Rev. John Darku urged the people to come in their numbers as they’ve provide massive security in and around Kumasi Racecourse.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda said that his return to Kumasi is to build upon what men of GOD in Ghana have done and are doing.

He said he is believing GOD for a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit

The crusade is happening from Thursday 10th to 13th November 2022 at Race Courses, Bantama.

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has backed the One-District, One-Factory initiative, under the broader industrialisation agenda of government, as a basis for developing a home-grown infrastructure that is capable of withstanding the uncertainties of exogenous shocks to the Ghanaian economy.

In this regard, the President pointed out that the Eastern Region, alone, has seen seventeen (17) completed 1D1F enterprises, with another sixteen (16) at various stages of completion and soon to be commissioned, as well as another four(4) at the project conception stage.

The performance and success of the completed 1D1F projects across the country, with regards to minimizing unemployment and shoring local production, has thus far, been a clear indication of President Akufo-Addo’s long held belief that Ghana’s path towards self-reliance is largely premised on the country’s determination to industrialise.

According to the President who is began a three-day tour of the Eastern Region on Friday, 21st October, 2021, “the whole purpose of the policy means having factories and enterprises here in Ghana, which will substitute the ones that are coming from abroad. That is the whole purpose of the policy. Instead of importing XYZ, you’re going to have them made here.”

He added that, “when we said we wanted to implement 1D1F and certain strategic industrial policies, we were told it couldn’t be done, but today everyone is talking about how important it is for the Ghanaian economy to lessen it’s dependence on foreign goods and foreign services.”

“Now people are beginning to understand that indeed we had the foresight, we knew exactly what we needed to do to bring substantial progress, real progress not intermittent progress, but substantial progress which is going to be strong and resilient. That is what I’ve noticed is ongoing,” he added.

President Akufo-Addo indicated further that, “by the time we are through, then the commitment of a 1D1F would have been established. And we can only strengthen the industrial development of the country, which is very important to note that foreign import dependence will not inure to our growth. We have the panacea, the solution, and Government is working to towards it.

President Akufo-Addo’s 1D1F initiative is meant to change the nature of Ghana’s economy from one which is dependent on import and export of raw material to one which is focused on manufacturing, value addition and export of processed goods from raw materials that are largely found in the districts across the country.

Thus far, the One-District-One-Factory initiative, which has seen the ongoing construction of two hundred and ninety-six (296) factories across the country, of which one hundred and twenty-five (125) have been completed, is part of the foundation on which the Akufo-Addo Government is we are building a comprehensive industrialization programme, inspired by the development of strategic anchor industries, such as the emerging automotive industry and the co-ordinated exploitation for the entire domestic value addition of our bauxite and iron ore resources.

“I am hopeful that, by the end of my term, the full complement of two hundred and ninety-six (296) factories will be in operation to help provide quality domestic alternatives to the consumption needs of Ghanaians, and reduce substantially our dependence on imports. We do not only account for the youth as labour in the 1D1F programme, but also as managers and owners. Indeed, fifty-eight (58) of these factories are wholly owned by young people who have received direct government support”, he added.

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It is said in Asante that:“s3 onipa y3 ade3 a, )s3 ayeyi” which literally means “when one performs exceptionally well, he deserves praise”. Today being Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto’s birthday, may we all come together and join hands to celebrate him.

‘Legendary birthday to the Legend’s Legend, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto (O.A.A.).’

He is the son of the founder of the pre- independence National Liberation Movement (NLM); now the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is also the longest serving Chief Linguist of Asante, the Legend and Venerable Okyeame Baffour Osei Akoto.
Dr. Akoto is the current and 34th minister for Food and Agriculture who has been adjudged by both local and international renowned entities and personalities as the best Food and Agriculture minister since Ghana’s independence. He is the best performing minister under the Akufo-Addo led NPP government and also currently the true father of NPP i.e. he has NPP at heart always.

It is through his toil together with Nana Addo who made it possible for polling station executives to be delegates, making them part of the selection of flag bearer for NPP when the other leading members of the party were strongly not in support of it. The current potential presidential aspirants for NPP were no where to be found too, he is the main man and others who wavered for Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to be the running mate to Nana Addo, many others. In fact, his money, resources and logistics are always going for NPP. That is why I keep on saying that he is the true father of NPP.

It is obvious in Ghana and some other parts of the world that Agriculture is the backbone of the economy and also Agriculture sector is the sector that deals with the poorest people but with Dr. Akoto as Food and Agriculture minister, the sector has performed meritoriously amidst the global challenges such as COVID- 19, Russo- Ukrainian war and others.

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto when appointed by his childhood bosom friend and elderly brother, H.E. Akufo-Addo in 2017, promised to make the Agriculture sector a solid sector and in deed he has done just that which is seen by both local and international bodies and personalities. He has been eulogized day in and out by the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, President Akufo Addo, Opposition NDC’s Appiah Stadium, Allotey Jacobs, the overlord of Dagbon; Ndan Ya-Na Abukari II, US Ambassador to Ghana; Virginia E. Palmer, DW TV, World Food Prize, Global Food Security Index of the Economic Intelligence Unit and many others.

His era as the Minister for Food and Agriculture has made Ghana the food basket of sub-saharan Africa. There is abundance of food in the country ‘24/7’ and due to that, he has been tagged as ‘Dr Planting for Food and Jobs’, ‘Ghana’s Zaphanathpaneah’, ‘Dr. Okumk)m, ‘the farmers friend’, ‘the pragmatic farmer’ etcetera.
Other Agriculture experts from Africa and other parts of the world come to Ghana to learn from the Agricultural minister, Dr. Akoto.
The Agricultural sector is the sector that has been sustaining the economy even amidst the current economic difficulties in the country. The Agricultural Economist from Cambridge University, Dr. Akoto has really contributed to the economic growth of Ghana than any other in the Akufo- Addo led NPP government. Fact !!!

Even a decade cannot be enough for me to speak about the impeccable records of the Legend and the true Father of NPP, the best Agricultural minister since the independence of Ghana, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto.
He is intelligent, altruistic, selfless, aristocratic and above all, a humanitarian.

Let us all try, find time and do a philosophy of Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto and apply it afterwards to our life activities and I bet you, Ghana will never be the same. Have we ever asked ourselves why Nana Addo does not joke with him at all? Let us try to get the answer by getting time to study about the man, Afriyie Akoto.

Amongst all the potential presidential aspirants within NPP now, none of them come close to Afriyie Akoto when it comes to achievements and impeccable records for NPP, Ghana and the rest of the world; the Agricultural Economist, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto is a legend and is NPP’s surest bet to break the 8.

On his birthday, I pray for long life, good health and strength upon his life. Providence should bring into existence of more of Akoto and Ghana will never be the same.

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