TEACHERS have been cautioned against hitting the head of pupils as that can affect their eyes.
The Krachi West District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Douglas Koranteng, gave the warning at an outreach programme for eye patients at Kete-Krachi in the Volta Region.
More than 283 cataract patients were given emergency treatment free-of-charge.
Health personnel from the Eye Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra undertook the programme that was sponsored by the Krachi West District Assembly.
Other collaborating agencies were the Krachi West Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, the Krachi West District Hospital and Sight Savers Ghana.
Mr Koranteng said the initiative sought to consolidate the government’s resolve to bring specialist health care to the doorstep of the rural people.
He stated that transport arrangements had been made to convey patients to and from their communities with the assembly bearing the cost of drug not covered under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The Head of the Eye Unit of the Teaching Hospital and leader of a 10-member ophthalmologist team, Dr Seth Lartey, said their presence at Kete-Krachi served as part of their social responsibility to the people.
Dr Lartey said other eye-related ailments like allergies, glaucoma, among others, were also receiving attention.
He stressed that the sight of half of the blind population in the country could be restored through simple and cost effective operation.
He warned that applying concoction to the eye usually caused more harm than good.
Dr Lartey, therefore, urged the public to report all eye related problems early to the nearest health facility to prevent blindness, explaining that there was a correlation between cataract and old age.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
BUILD ANOTHER ROAD TO LINK NORTHERN GHANA (PAGE 36)
THE President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Togbega Gabusu VI, has called on the government to construct another road to link northern Ghana with the south.
He suggested that the new road should pass through Akuse in the Eastern Region for heavy duty trucks while lighter vehicles would use the Adomi Bridge.
Togbega Gabusu said this to the Daily Graphic at Hohoe on the recent problem on the Adomi Bridge, and added that the development of the cracks meant that the bridge could no more contain the heavy vehicular load it was used to.
He claimed that even though work had been done on the bridge, it was still not safe.
He was of the view that the bridge should be used exclusively by vehicles below 20 tonnes so that the new road to be constructed should be used by heavier vehicles.
Togbega Gabusu noted that with the discovery of oil, the road might be misused creating further faults on the bridge.
He suggested that the new road should pass through Akuse in the Eastern Region for heavy duty trucks while lighter vehicles would use the Adomi Bridge.
Togbega Gabusu said this to the Daily Graphic at Hohoe on the recent problem on the Adomi Bridge, and added that the development of the cracks meant that the bridge could no more contain the heavy vehicular load it was used to.
He claimed that even though work had been done on the bridge, it was still not safe.
He was of the view that the bridge should be used exclusively by vehicles below 20 tonnes so that the new road to be constructed should be used by heavier vehicles.
Togbega Gabusu noted that with the discovery of oil, the road might be misused creating further faults on the bridge.
Friday, August 15, 2008
RAINS WASH AWAY BRIDGE OVER RIVER FANTIBI (PAGE 34)
TWO days of torrential rains have washed away the concrete bridge over River Fantibi at Gbi Akpamafu on the 16-kilometre road from Gbi Wegbe to Alavanyo and Hohoe.
Following the collapse of the bridge, travellers from Wegbe to Alavanyo and Nkonya, for instance, have to make a detour of 26 kilometres through Kpando.
The Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, Mr John Peter Amewu, and the Volta Regional Feeder Roads Manager, Mr Herbert Koranteng, were at the spot last Tuesday to access the extent of damage.
Mr Koranteng declared the road temporary closed to traffic and said in the interim measures would be put in place for renovation work to be done on it for light vehicles.
The Paramount Chief of Alavanyo Traditional Area, Togbega Tsedze Attakora VII, made an appeal through the Daily Graphic to the government to accelerate work on the Gbi-Wegbe-Alavanyo highway to ease their plight.
He said due to the deplorable nature of the road, travelling from Nkonya to Hohoe and Kpando to Alavanyo had become more expensive than it used to be.
Togbega Tsedze further appealed to the government to introduce the Metro bus service in the area to offer a less expensive transport system to the people.
Meanwhile, renovation work on the Gbi Wegbe-Alavanyo-Nkonya highway is moving at a snail’s pace. So far, the first phase of the project, which was awarded on contract about a year ago, and involving work on the culverts and drains, had just resumed.
The total cost of the facelift is GH¢ 6,600.
The contractors working on the project, Messrs Canary Company Ltd, said they were limited to only phase one and maintained that the second phase would involve the construction of bridges but resurfacing of the road had not been awarded to them.
*The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr John Peter Amewu, and Mr Herbert Koranteng, the Volta Regional Feeder Roads Manager, accessing the extent of damage to the concrete bridge over River Fantibi that links Gbi Wegbe and Alavanyo.
Following the collapse of the bridge, travellers from Wegbe to Alavanyo and Nkonya, for instance, have to make a detour of 26 kilometres through Kpando.
The Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, Mr John Peter Amewu, and the Volta Regional Feeder Roads Manager, Mr Herbert Koranteng, were at the spot last Tuesday to access the extent of damage.
Mr Koranteng declared the road temporary closed to traffic and said in the interim measures would be put in place for renovation work to be done on it for light vehicles.
The Paramount Chief of Alavanyo Traditional Area, Togbega Tsedze Attakora VII, made an appeal through the Daily Graphic to the government to accelerate work on the Gbi-Wegbe-Alavanyo highway to ease their plight.
He said due to the deplorable nature of the road, travelling from Nkonya to Hohoe and Kpando to Alavanyo had become more expensive than it used to be.
Togbega Tsedze further appealed to the government to introduce the Metro bus service in the area to offer a less expensive transport system to the people.
Meanwhile, renovation work on the Gbi Wegbe-Alavanyo-Nkonya highway is moving at a snail’s pace. So far, the first phase of the project, which was awarded on contract about a year ago, and involving work on the culverts and drains, had just resumed.
The total cost of the facelift is GH¢ 6,600.
The contractors working on the project, Messrs Canary Company Ltd, said they were limited to only phase one and maintained that the second phase would involve the construction of bridges but resurfacing of the road had not been awarded to them.
*The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr John Peter Amewu, and Mr Herbert Koranteng, the Volta Regional Feeder Roads Manager, accessing the extent of damage to the concrete bridge over River Fantibi that links Gbi Wegbe and Alavanyo.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
2 NDC REGISTRATION OBSERVERS MISSING? (PAGE 3)
TWO members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who were sent by the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hohoe North, Mr Prince Jacob Hayibor, to verify an alleged registration malpractice at the Wli Todzi Polling Station in the Hohoe Municipality are reportedly missing.
One other person, identified as Yaro Haruna, 32, who was also sent by the MP, was stabbed in the chest, but managed to escape to Togo before returning to Ghana, while two others on the same mission were arrested and remanded by the Hohoe Police to help with investigation into the whereabouts of the missing men.
The men were among seven NDC activists who were sent by the MP of the area to monitor situations at the registration centre.
The names of those missing were given only as Mr Cooker, a driver, and Mr Tumewu, an Assembly member of Fodome Ahor. Those arrested were Sadiq Abubakari, 21, a footballer, and Abdul Kadri Yusif, 38, a sprayer.
As of last Wednesday, August 6, 2008 when registration should have closed at the polling station, after four days of registration in the community, the seven-member group was surprised at the long queue of people still waiting to be registered.
The incident happened after some accusations and counter-accusations from members of the two leading political parties concerning the registration of foreigners and minors, which generated tension within the Wli Todzi Polling Station in the Hohoe Municipality.
Wli Todzi, a farming community located on a plateau and has a population of about 2000 can only be reached by road through the Republic of Togo, thus the inhabitants do almost all their businesses in Togo.
While the NPP said all the people in the queue were Ghanaians, the NDC tried to prevent them from registering, with the explanation that they were aliens and minors.
The attempt by the NDC group to verify the ages and citizenship of some of the people in the queue was vehemently resisted by a section of the youth which resulted in a free-for-all.
In the ensuing fight, the policeman on duty fired warning shots to disperse the crowd.
A vehicle belonging to one of the MPs, a Rexton, with registration number GE 6470 W, was vandalised by the irate youth, and the only bridge to the community was also destroyed to prevent any vehicle from going to or leaving the area.
Mr Hayibor told the Daily Graphic, that he had a hint that a lot of people would come from Togo to register at the polling station, so he sent the seven people in his vehicle to monitor the situation.
“We are aware of busloads of people from Yikpa and its environs in Togo who were given money to register at Wli Todzi,” he alleged.
He said they were surprised that those in the queue were minors who could not speak a word in even pidgin English.
He said but for the benevolence of a party agent who hinted the seven people of an imminent attack, the situation would have been fatal, especially after the bridge had been destroyed.
In a related development, the Kadjebi Police have remanded Prosper Tetteh, a cameraman of the Electoral Commission (EC), and his accomplice, who allegedly travelled to Togo and took shots of some people to be registered.
Tetteh and his accomplice, Agbeko Dornyo, were ambushed by a group of NDC agents at about 4.30 am last Wednesday, between Havekope and Kechi in the Kadjebi District in the Volta Region.
During a search, the digital camera and its accessories, and a laminator packed in an EC suitcase, were concealed in a fertiliser bag and handed over to the police for further investigations.
One other person, identified as Yaro Haruna, 32, who was also sent by the MP, was stabbed in the chest, but managed to escape to Togo before returning to Ghana, while two others on the same mission were arrested and remanded by the Hohoe Police to help with investigation into the whereabouts of the missing men.
The men were among seven NDC activists who were sent by the MP of the area to monitor situations at the registration centre.
The names of those missing were given only as Mr Cooker, a driver, and Mr Tumewu, an Assembly member of Fodome Ahor. Those arrested were Sadiq Abubakari, 21, a footballer, and Abdul Kadri Yusif, 38, a sprayer.
As of last Wednesday, August 6, 2008 when registration should have closed at the polling station, after four days of registration in the community, the seven-member group was surprised at the long queue of people still waiting to be registered.
The incident happened after some accusations and counter-accusations from members of the two leading political parties concerning the registration of foreigners and minors, which generated tension within the Wli Todzi Polling Station in the Hohoe Municipality.
Wli Todzi, a farming community located on a plateau and has a population of about 2000 can only be reached by road through the Republic of Togo, thus the inhabitants do almost all their businesses in Togo.
While the NPP said all the people in the queue were Ghanaians, the NDC tried to prevent them from registering, with the explanation that they were aliens and minors.
The attempt by the NDC group to verify the ages and citizenship of some of the people in the queue was vehemently resisted by a section of the youth which resulted in a free-for-all.
In the ensuing fight, the policeman on duty fired warning shots to disperse the crowd.
A vehicle belonging to one of the MPs, a Rexton, with registration number GE 6470 W, was vandalised by the irate youth, and the only bridge to the community was also destroyed to prevent any vehicle from going to or leaving the area.
Mr Hayibor told the Daily Graphic, that he had a hint that a lot of people would come from Togo to register at the polling station, so he sent the seven people in his vehicle to monitor the situation.
“We are aware of busloads of people from Yikpa and its environs in Togo who were given money to register at Wli Todzi,” he alleged.
He said they were surprised that those in the queue were minors who could not speak a word in even pidgin English.
He said but for the benevolence of a party agent who hinted the seven people of an imminent attack, the situation would have been fatal, especially after the bridge had been destroyed.
In a related development, the Kadjebi Police have remanded Prosper Tetteh, a cameraman of the Electoral Commission (EC), and his accomplice, who allegedly travelled to Togo and took shots of some people to be registered.
Tetteh and his accomplice, Agbeko Dornyo, were ambushed by a group of NDC agents at about 4.30 am last Wednesday, between Havekope and Kechi in the Kadjebi District in the Volta Region.
During a search, the digital camera and its accessories, and a laminator packed in an EC suitcase, were concealed in a fertiliser bag and handed over to the police for further investigations.
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