The Residents of Nkurakan a suburb of the somanya in the Yilo krobo municipal Eastern Region, have called the Yilo krobo municipal Assembly, and the Assembly member for Nkurakan, Hon. Afridi, to removing the rubbish refuse dump from the Nkurakan makert, else they will demonstrate against them.
The Residents who live close to the scene have no option but bear the brunt of the pinching stench breeding mosquitoes and filth of the refuse dump over the years and decades.
A visit by Nenebi Ayertey David Journalist yesterday to refuse site saw children openly defecting on the refuse dump.
Solid and liquid waste management has become increasingly prominent espcialy in the Urban areas,which mostly cause diseases live cholera.
Speaking to some of the residents who lives close said worst moments are during the rainy seasons and when the wind blows where rainwater and wind carry the filth into their home.
As an interview with those who close of the refuse dump in Nkurakan makert, said that refuse dump is giving us so much problem here the situation is bad when it raines the stinking rainwater from the refuse dump end up all over the place it’s not a pleasant sight and this is worrying our business.
The Oti Regional Minister Hon Joshua Makubu has donated twenty (20) set bundles of roofing sheets to support in the roofing of Bonakye M/A Basic schools in Nkwanta South municipality of the Oti Region which has ripped off by a heavy wind early this year.
According to Nkwanta South Municipal Education Director, Mr Jonathan Korsinah the situation about the school has been his headache since the school is an examination centre and seven schools will be writing their BECE exams there so the roofing sheets will help a lot . He thanked the minister for his good works towards the educational system in the municipality.
The municipal chief executive (MCE) for Nkwanta South Hon elder John Kweku Thasun who presented the iron sheets on behalf of the regional minister also promised that the assembly is trying it’s best to maintain all the three class room blocks destroyed by the wind within a possible time to enable the form three students write their BECE exams.
The chief of Bonakye in the Nkwanta South,Nana Akonsi Besane 1 also thanked the minister and promise to provide the woods which will be use to roof the buildings. He further appeals to the government to provide the school a library with books and computer lab to aid the students in their leaning Story by Richard Mensah
The Presby JHS School at Nkurakan, a farming community, in the Yilo Krobo Municipality near koforidua in the Eastern Region, has been a deathtrap school building facility that poses danger to both teachers and pupils of the school over the past years.
The school which serves the whole of the community and neighbouring communities, has been left to rot without any maintenance.
The PTA chairman of the presbyterian JHS school Nkurakan, Mr Tetteh Wayo who spoke to David Ayertey Nenebi, stated that the pupils’ lives were in danger studying under the deathtrap structure.
The Assembly Member for Hon Thomas Afridi he fears for the safety of the children especially whenever it’s about to rain.
According to him, “the building has cracks in it, which can be easily broken down by a heavy rain”.
The headmester of the school said though she reported the case to the Assembly Member and PTA chairman for the area, the school yet to receive any feedback.
They therefore appealed to non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders to help salvage the facility.
The building was constructed over fifty years ago (50) under the former British administration and it is the only government basic school serving communites within the area.
Five suspected Rubbers has been shot dead in a gun Battle between the Akwaboso community watch dog with the help of the community folks near Diaso in the upper Denkyera west in the Central Region.
Diaso District police commander ASP Ernest Agyekum speaking to Richard Mensah indicated that, they had an information early this morning that there has been a gun Battle between some suspected arm rubbers and Akwaboso community and at the end four of the suspected Rubbers was shot instantly whiles the other person died on his way to the hospital.
The bodies has been has been kept at Bibiani government hospital mortuary. ASP Ernest Agyekum Diaso District police commander explained to richnews.com.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 3rd September 2021, commissioned the Narubiz Rubber Factory, a company operating under Government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative, at Wassa Dompim, in the Wassa East District of the Western Region.
The factory, which is a 100% Ghanaian owned company, has the capacity to process twenty (20) tons of rubber per day for export to countries such as Turkey, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. It is expected that a total of 6,240 tons of processed rubber per year will be exported, which will generate some US$9.6 Million of foreign exchange into the country.
Commissioning the factory, at the commencement of his 2-day tour of the Western Region, President Akufo-Addo that the total investment for the factory is US$2.1 million, with GCB Bank providing a US$1.38 million loan facility to the company, under the 1D1F Initiative being implemented by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
In addition, the factory has enjoyed import duty exemptions on plant, equipment, and machinery from Government which among other incentives, have been designed to boost the competitiveness of the companies operating under the 1D1F programme.
The factory, whose construction began on 10th February 2020, currently offers direct and indirect employment to over 1,340 employees including out-growers, latex harvesters, farm maintenance workers and transporters.
The President noted that the siting of the factory in the Western Region will encourage more Ghanaians to engage in the cultivation of natural rubber in the catchment area, as well as other neighbouring regions to feed the state-of-the-art factory.
With Ghana’s emerging automobile industry, he was confident that factory will play a critical role in the development of component parts for the auto industry, such as vehicle tyres, car seats and fan belts, which could be produced from the raw materials currently being manufactured from Narubiz Rubber Factory.
President Akufo-Addo commended the Business Promoters and Traditional Authorities of the area for their unflinching support for the project, as well as GCB Bank for providing the loan facility for the establishment of the factory.
Phase 3 KEDA Ceramics Factory In Shama, the President commissioned Phase 3 of the KEDA Ceramics factory, whose construction started in September 2019, and was completed in June 2021.
The factory has generated some 2,000 direct and 5,000 indirect employment opportunities, with the company having invested some $150 million in all three phases, resulting in an increased production capacity of 150,000 square metres of tiles per day. Currently, the company exports 60% of tiles produced to the West African market.
It will be recalled that the President on Tuesday, 23rd July, 2019, cut the sod for the thirs phase of expansion works of the factory, a company operating under Government’s “One District, One Factory” initiative.
President Akufo-Addo stated, at the time, that “the operations of the company have also seen a significant reduction in the import of tiles by as much as 14%. The contribution that this company is making in the industrialization agenda of the country and the transformation of our economy is significant.”
Particularly happy about the decision of the company to source their raw materials locally, the President noted that “many of those things we can do here in Ghana, we intend to begin the process of doing them here in Ghana. That is the way we can develop our economy and begin to address the living standards of our people.”
11 motobikes to 10 police stations in Atwima Kwanwoma
The Member of Parliament for the people of Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency and the Deputy Defence minister, Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu has donated 11 motobikes to 10 police stations in the Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency.
MP Atwima Kwanwoma, Dep Defence minister Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu
The MP, Deputy Defence minister Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu presented eleven motorbikes to the said police stations on Saturday 17th, 2021.
The gesture by the legislator is to support the activities of the police in various ways towards effective policing duties.
Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu urged the constituents and all Ghanaians to volunteer timely information to aid the work of the Ghana Police Service to enable them to fight crime effectively.
Dep Defence minister, Opinion leader’s and Police Commanders
He urged the constituents to released information to the police and report the criminals timely enable the police to minimize crime in the country.
Speaking in the donation said, police are no more respected in a society due to their conduct hence, charged them to be proactive for the people to have confidence in them as they used to.
The Foase Police Commander Superintendent Oddei Quansah also urged the general public to support Ghana police service and later thanked the member of parliament for his decision to support security personnel in this country.
He further called on cooperate entities to render their support to equiped the police service to work effectively in terms of reducing crime in the country.
Fmr NPP General Secretary Mr Kwabena Adjei Agyapong
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has adopted the Report of the Osafo Maafo-led Election Review Committee, which was set up by the Party to review its performance in the 2020 General Elections and to make appropriate recommendations. The Review Committee Report was adopted by the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) at its meeting on Monday, May 10, 2021.
At the said meeting, the National Executive Committee also considered a Draft Code of Conduct and Guidelines to regulate the conduct of party members, particularly prospective Presidential and Parliamentary Candidates for election 2024 and their followers, during the pre-elections period. The Draft Code of Conduct and Guidelines would soon be made public after same has been ratified by the party’s National Council.
The National Executive Committee also lifted the indefinite suspension of Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, who, until his suspension in December 2015, was the General Secretary of the Party.
Mr Kwabena Adjei Agyapong
This decision was taken by the National Executive Committee after extensive deliberations following a letter written by Mr. Kwabena Agyepong to the Party, appealing to the National Executive Committee to recognize him as a former General Secretary after the expiration of his mandate as General Secretary on April 12, 2018.
In arriving at the decision to lift Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong’s suspension, the National Executive Committee, which was the body that suspended him based on the recommendations of the National Disciplinary Committee, took into cognizance, his conduct during the period of his suspension.
In the light of this decision, the Party now recognizes Mr. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong as Former General Secretary, which recognition, entitles him to enjoy all privileges and courtesies conferred on previous occupants of the position of General Secretary.
The National Executive Committee also accepted the recommendations of the National Disciplinary Committee to lift the suspension of the Constituency Women’s Organizer for Atiwa East, Gifty Sackey, who was suspended by the Eastern Regional Executive Committee of the Party.
A 45-year-old farmer whose name was giving as Akwasi alias Chocho has committed suicide after killing his 38-year-old wedded wife, Afriyie at Adumasa a farming community, near Bomfa in the Juabeng Municipality of Ashanti Region.
The man, Akwasi, was reportedly lost his temper following a heated argument between him and his wife, Afriyie, leading to him butchering her on their farm, when both went to peel cocoa pod.
According to the eyewitness account, both deceased struggled on the process under the cocoa farm, which the strength of the man overpowered his wife, and had the opportunity to butchered her with cutlass and later transfer the body to hidden place.
It was revealed that, the man Akwasi, couldn’t get back home after killing his wife so he however walk almost 200 meters from the murdering scene to a nearby river to either poison his self or used other chemical which also send him to his early grave.
The grandfather of the male deceased, Akwasi Chocho, explained that, they were shock after hearing such tragedy.
He therefore explained how and when they got information about the demises of his relate and wife.
The assembly member for Adumasa electoral area, Hon. Patrick Yeboah Boateng, also expressed worried about the case, says deceased were having a marital issues, which also results in minor fighting among the husband and wife.
He, the assembly member was recently had a complains from the wife, Afriyie, that his husband has threatening to kill her, but his intervention save the situation for a while until, last Saturday he had an information both of them have gone to farm and yet to return, and later they were pronounced dead through the marriage misunderstanding.
Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu donating to Muslim community
The Member of Parliament for Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency in the Ashanti Region and Deputy Minister of Defence designate, Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu, has vowed they have map another strategy to combat the iligal miners, which they’ve deployed all the three arms of the Ghana Armed Forces Army, Nervy and Air Force to clean the merse course by iligal mining galamsay.
He said, President is determined and the Minister of Interior is emphatic that holistically after cleaning up the merse anybody found in anywhere in the river or Forest reserve engaging in Galamsay the military will take a decisive action, so it’s better to stay away from the water bodies and forest reserves, he cautioned.
He expressed disheartening over how our water bodies and Forest reserve has tend to and if we fold our arms in a near future, Ghana will have to import water.
He emphatically stated that, if the deployed Arm Forces arrested you in a mining sight or Forest reserve, immediately your machine will be spoiled and the Air Force will bring the spair parts to the ministry.
The Deputy Minister of Defence designate Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu said this when he donated food items to Muslims community in the Atwima Kwanwoma constituency as they observed Ramadan, a period of fasting in Islam.
Sample of the food items
The food items included rice, sugar and mats to support them during the period.
Mr. Kofi Amankwaa Manu said the significance of Ramadan in praying for President Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo, Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu, Ghana and the Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency and its development underpinned his support for Muslims in the district as they make amends with Allah.
Mr. Gabril Abdul Hamid, the secretary of Muslim community who received the items on behalf of the District Imam, expressed gratitude for the kind gesture.
He prayed against all forms of negativity in the district and asked Allah for the progress and development of the district. He said, the period will be used to sensitize the youth against all forms of violence especially iligal mining galamsay actions and other social vices.
Mr. Gabril Abdul Hamid said the donation of the items was timely, and that every Muslim in the district will receive the rice and sugar to support themselves during the period of Ramadan.
He bemoaned the neglect of the district in the selection of Islamic teachers , and appealed to the government to get the Muslim community in Atwima Kwanwoma District a slot for the Islamic teachers.
Dep Defence minister Designate, Hon Kofi Amankwaa Manu (MP)
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated Mr Kofi Amankwaa Manu as a Deputy Minister of Defense pending Parliamentary approval. Mr Kofi Amankwaa Manu’s nomination was contained in a press release signed by the Acting Director of Communications at the Office of the President, Mr Eugene Arhin.
The release which also contained the nomination of 39 persons as Deputy Ministers said the names were submitted today (April 21, 2021) to the Speaker of Parliament, Right Honourable Sumana Kingsford Bagbin for Parliament’s prior approval.
Mr Kofi Amankwaa Manu recently served as Member of Parliament for Atwima Kwanwoma Constituency.
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