THE Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has given an assurance that the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho with a campus at Hohoe in the Volta Region will soon take off.
He announced that a high-powered interim committee had been put in place and work was progressing smoothly.
Mr Mahama gave the assurance at a durbar to climax the Golden Jubilee Anniversary celebration of Kadjebi-Asato Senior High School (KASEC) which was on the theme, “Quality Education: The Key to Socio-Economic Development- The Role of KASEC”.
He said the establishment was in line with the Government’s manifesto of bringing education to the doorstep of the people and to ensure the equitable distribution of the nation’s resources among all the educational institutions.
In view of this, the Vice-President said the Government was revamping all science resource centres throughout the country by providing further training for teachers, as well as making funds available for the shuttling of buses at the centres and replacing and refurbishing the existing equipment.
The Vice-President advised students of the school to aspire to be the pioneers of the university through hard work and discipline.
The Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, deplored the exploitative school fees charged by some schools in the country.
Mr Tettey-Enyo expressed concern over the rate at which some schools charged exploitative fees, cautioning that schools which would not comply with rates approved by the Ministry would be brought to book, since this was to the disadvantage of parents who could not afford.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, expressed regret that landowners who gave out lands for the construction of the school were now taking up arms in order to take back their lands as no compensation was paid to them.
He assured them that they were taking serious view of the situation and pleaded for patience, since they would not like any part of the land to be taken away.
In his report, the outgoing Headmaster, Mr Musah Yambah Issahaku, noted that through determination and hard work, the school had moved from the 247th position at the end of the 2003 academic year to 150th, out of 545 senior high schools in the country.
He said the record would have been much better if the academic league results, which recorded these achievements, had not been discontinued after 2005.
The incoming Headmaster, Mr Thomas F. Ababio, said over the last four years, the school had achieved 100 per cent performance in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
GHANA'S DEMOCARACY LAUDED (PAGE 16, NOV 19)
The Deputy Mayor in Charge of Finance and Administration of Kaag en Braassem, a Municipality of Holland, Mr Frans Schoonderwoerd, has lauded Ghana’s democratic dispensation which saw a peaceful change of government during the 2008 Election.
Speaking at the launch of a street-naming and house-numbering project at Kadjebi in the Volta Region last Monday, he said Ghana had an enviable democratic dispensation. “Ghana has an adult democracy”, he noted.
According to him, Ghana had proved that it had a matured democracy and the whole of Europe was proud of Ghana, especially where in many African countries, civil wars and other political struggles followed elections.
The Deputy Governor expressed the hope that the project would enable the Kadjebi District to have its own addresses based on street names and house numbers.
Launching the project, the Kadjebi District Chief Executive, Mr Francis Alifui, said the project would open up the district for effective development planning and easier revenue estimation.
He said their sister–city relationship with Alkamade, now Kaag en Braassem since 2003, had resulted in the district securing a solid waste management project.
The district now has one skip loader,15 refuse containers and 79 litter bins.
Another project, he said, was the liquid waste management project under which the district was provided with a cesspool emptier, a dumping site, latrine, and support for 46 households to own household latrines, whilst pipe-borne water had been extended to the Low Cost area in the town.
Under the relationship, a number of hospital beds and beddings were supplied to the Kadjebi Health Centre, there was also the construction of the Alkamade school, the renovation of the Kadjebi District Assembly Primary School and the Out-Patient Department(OPD) of the St Mary Teresa’s Hospital at Dodi Papase, as well as the provision of an 80-bed boys’ hostel for the Dodi Papase Senior High School.
Mr Alifui said the launch also coincided with the receipt of 89 computers for distribution to junior and senior high schools in the district.
The DCE said the street-naming and house-numbering project was part of the Assembly’s third project which was the establishment of the District Database System (DDS) to assist in effective planning , budgeting and revenue mobilisation.
He was, therefore, displeased with reports that some unscrupulous people had started stealing poles erected to hold the street names and some house numbers. He urged them to put an immediate stop to the practice or face the full rigours of the law when caught.
Mr Alifui said the names of the streets bore the names of some important personalities who had helped in the development of the district and their partners from Holland.
Speaking at the launch of a street-naming and house-numbering project at Kadjebi in the Volta Region last Monday, he said Ghana had an enviable democratic dispensation. “Ghana has an adult democracy”, he noted.
According to him, Ghana had proved that it had a matured democracy and the whole of Europe was proud of Ghana, especially where in many African countries, civil wars and other political struggles followed elections.
The Deputy Governor expressed the hope that the project would enable the Kadjebi District to have its own addresses based on street names and house numbers.
Launching the project, the Kadjebi District Chief Executive, Mr Francis Alifui, said the project would open up the district for effective development planning and easier revenue estimation.
He said their sister–city relationship with Alkamade, now Kaag en Braassem since 2003, had resulted in the district securing a solid waste management project.
The district now has one skip loader,15 refuse containers and 79 litter bins.
Another project, he said, was the liquid waste management project under which the district was provided with a cesspool emptier, a dumping site, latrine, and support for 46 households to own household latrines, whilst pipe-borne water had been extended to the Low Cost area in the town.
Under the relationship, a number of hospital beds and beddings were supplied to the Kadjebi Health Centre, there was also the construction of the Alkamade school, the renovation of the Kadjebi District Assembly Primary School and the Out-Patient Department(OPD) of the St Mary Teresa’s Hospital at Dodi Papase, as well as the provision of an 80-bed boys’ hostel for the Dodi Papase Senior High School.
Mr Alifui said the launch also coincided with the receipt of 89 computers for distribution to junior and senior high schools in the district.
The DCE said the street-naming and house-numbering project was part of the Assembly’s third project which was the establishment of the District Database System (DDS) to assist in effective planning , budgeting and revenue mobilisation.
He was, therefore, displeased with reports that some unscrupulous people had started stealing poles erected to hold the street names and some house numbers. He urged them to put an immediate stop to the practice or face the full rigours of the law when caught.
Mr Alifui said the names of the streets bore the names of some important personalities who had helped in the development of the district and their partners from Holland.
GHANA'S DEMOCARACY LAUDED (PAGE 16, NOV 19)
The Deputy Mayor in Charge of Finance and Administration of Kaag en Braassem, a Municipality of Holland, Mr Frans Schoonderwoerd, has lauded Ghana’s democratic dispensation which saw a peaceful change of government during the 2008 Election.
Speaking at the launch of a street-naming and house-numbering project at Kadjebi in the Volta Region last Monday, he said Ghana had an enviable democratic dispensation. “Ghana has an adult democracy”, he noted.
According to him, Ghana had proved that it had a matured democracy and the whole of Europe was proud of Ghana, especially where in many African countries, civil wars and other political struggles followed elections.
The Deputy Governor expressed the hope that the project would enable the Kadjebi District to have its own addresses based on street names and house numbers.
Launching the project, the Kadjebi District Chief Executive, Mr Francis Alifui, said the project would open up the district for effective development planning and easier revenue estimation.
He said their sister–city relationship with Alkamade, now Kaag en Braassem since 2003, had resulted in the district securing a solid waste management project.
The district now has one skip loader,15 refuse containers and 79 litter bins.
Another project, he said, was the liquid waste management project under which the district was provided with a cesspool emptier, a dumping site, latrine, and support for 46 households to own household latrines, whilst pipe-borne water had been extended to the Low Cost area in the town.
Under the relationship, a number of hospital beds and beddings were supplied to the Kadjebi Health Centre, there was also the construction of the Alkamade school, the renovation of the Kadjebi District Assembly Primary School and the Out-Patient Department(OPD) of the St Mary Teresa’s Hospital at Dodi Papase, as well as the provision of an 80-bed boys’ hostel for the Dodi Papase Senior High School.
Mr Alifui said the launch also coincided with the receipt of 89 computers for distribution to junior and senior high schools in the district.
The DCE said the street-naming and house-numbering project was part of the Assembly’s third project which was the establishment of the District Database System (DDS) to assist in effective planning , budgeting and revenue mobilisation.
He was, therefore, displeased with reports that some unscrupulous people had started stealing poles erected to hold the street names and some house numbers. He urged them to put an immediate stop to the practice or face the full rigours of the law when caught.
Mr Alifui said the names of the streets bore the names of some important personalities who had helped in the development of the district and their partners from Holland.
Speaking at the launch of a street-naming and house-numbering project at Kadjebi in the Volta Region last Monday, he said Ghana had an enviable democratic dispensation. “Ghana has an adult democracy”, he noted.
According to him, Ghana had proved that it had a matured democracy and the whole of Europe was proud of Ghana, especially where in many African countries, civil wars and other political struggles followed elections.
The Deputy Governor expressed the hope that the project would enable the Kadjebi District to have its own addresses based on street names and house numbers.
Launching the project, the Kadjebi District Chief Executive, Mr Francis Alifui, said the project would open up the district for effective development planning and easier revenue estimation.
He said their sister–city relationship with Alkamade, now Kaag en Braassem since 2003, had resulted in the district securing a solid waste management project.
The district now has one skip loader,15 refuse containers and 79 litter bins.
Another project, he said, was the liquid waste management project under which the district was provided with a cesspool emptier, a dumping site, latrine, and support for 46 households to own household latrines, whilst pipe-borne water had been extended to the Low Cost area in the town.
Under the relationship, a number of hospital beds and beddings were supplied to the Kadjebi Health Centre, there was also the construction of the Alkamade school, the renovation of the Kadjebi District Assembly Primary School and the Out-Patient Department(OPD) of the St Mary Teresa’s Hospital at Dodi Papase, as well as the provision of an 80-bed boys’ hostel for the Dodi Papase Senior High School.
Mr Alifui said the launch also coincided with the receipt of 89 computers for distribution to junior and senior high schools in the district.
The DCE said the street-naming and house-numbering project was part of the Assembly’s third project which was the establishment of the District Database System (DDS) to assist in effective planning , budgeting and revenue mobilisation.
He was, therefore, displeased with reports that some unscrupulous people had started stealing poles erected to hold the street names and some house numbers. He urged them to put an immediate stop to the practice or face the full rigours of the law when caught.
Mr Alifui said the names of the streets bore the names of some important personalities who had helped in the development of the district and their partners from Holland.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
GBI RURAL BANK RECEIVES COMMENDATION (PAGE 29, NOV 14)
THE Bank of Ghana (BOG) has commended the Gbi Rural Bank Limited at Hohoe in the Volta Region for performing so well as of the end of its first year of operations in spite of the global financial crisis that hit the economy last year.
At the first annual general meeting of the bank at Hoho , Dr Kofi Wampah, First Deputy Governor of the BOG, said the bank was able to increase its deposit base from an initial GH¢350,648 to GH¢1,833,000, constituting an increase of 44 per cent.
He said its total assets also increased by 217 per cent from the GH¢580,000 it began operations with to GH¢1,833,282, and described it as a remarkable achievement for a new bank.
The bank went into operations in March 2008. As of the end of December 2008, its total assets stood at GH¢580,000.00 with a mobilised deposit of GH¢351,000.00. A total of GH¢282,000.00 was granted as loans.
Dr Wampah challenged the board and management to strive hard to achieve more glory and commended the staff for their commitment and dedication to duty. The Deputy Governor however urged the bank to ensure that the beneficiaries of the enlarged loan portfolio which rose by 280 per cent from GH¢282,000 to GH¢1,071,000 to repay their loans on schedule to ensure that the bank remained strong.
He cautioned the bank to remain dedicated in their service to their customers and come out with products that are customer focused in order not to be left out of the current keen competition in the banking industry.
In a speech read on his behalf, Mr Eric Osei Bonsu, Managing Director of ARP Apex Bank Ltd, commended the bank for having rated 70th out of the 130 rural banks in the country, and urged them to step up their performance since there was more room for improvement.
“This will require innovative approach to banking, quality customer service delivery, enhanced deposit mobilisation drive and pursuance of aggressive but prudent credit operations”, he said.
Mr Osei Bonsu stressed that they should strive to adopt marketing strategies by creating products that would enable them to “ go where the clients are stationed and speak their language”.
He urged the bank to increase its share capital base which now stood at GH¢177,000 even though it was above the BOG minimum capital requirement.
The Manager of the Gbi Rural Bank, Mr Kwame Dzotsi, said the staff and management were challenged by the ever increasing competition in the banking industry and the global financial crisis to continue to adopt appropriate strategies to enhance competitiveness and survival in the industry.
At the first annual general meeting of the bank at Hoho , Dr Kofi Wampah, First Deputy Governor of the BOG, said the bank was able to increase its deposit base from an initial GH¢350,648 to GH¢1,833,000, constituting an increase of 44 per cent.
He said its total assets also increased by 217 per cent from the GH¢580,000 it began operations with to GH¢1,833,282, and described it as a remarkable achievement for a new bank.
The bank went into operations in March 2008. As of the end of December 2008, its total assets stood at GH¢580,000.00 with a mobilised deposit of GH¢351,000.00. A total of GH¢282,000.00 was granted as loans.
Dr Wampah challenged the board and management to strive hard to achieve more glory and commended the staff for their commitment and dedication to duty. The Deputy Governor however urged the bank to ensure that the beneficiaries of the enlarged loan portfolio which rose by 280 per cent from GH¢282,000 to GH¢1,071,000 to repay their loans on schedule to ensure that the bank remained strong.
He cautioned the bank to remain dedicated in their service to their customers and come out with products that are customer focused in order not to be left out of the current keen competition in the banking industry.
In a speech read on his behalf, Mr Eric Osei Bonsu, Managing Director of ARP Apex Bank Ltd, commended the bank for having rated 70th out of the 130 rural banks in the country, and urged them to step up their performance since there was more room for improvement.
“This will require innovative approach to banking, quality customer service delivery, enhanced deposit mobilisation drive and pursuance of aggressive but prudent credit operations”, he said.
Mr Osei Bonsu stressed that they should strive to adopt marketing strategies by creating products that would enable them to “ go where the clients are stationed and speak their language”.
He urged the bank to increase its share capital base which now stood at GH¢177,000 even though it was above the BOG minimum capital requirement.
The Manager of the Gbi Rural Bank, Mr Kwame Dzotsi, said the staff and management were challenged by the ever increasing competition in the banking industry and the global financial crisis to continue to adopt appropriate strategies to enhance competitiveness and survival in the industry.
162 CURED LEPERS UNDERGO EYE SCREENING (PAGE 39, NOV 16)
ONE hundred and sixty-two cured lepers residing at the Ghana Leprosy Village in Ho in the Volta Region have undergone eye screening aimed at saving them from an added plight — blindness.
Some of them are now strong but are gradually going blind as a result of the leprosy they contracted some years ago.
The Life for the Living Medical Centre and Unite for Sight, two Ho-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs), organised the exercise, which was sponsored by an Irish NGO, Cross Cause Charity.
According to the Executive Director of the Life for the Living Medical Centre, Reverend Benjamin Bankas, out of the 162 cured lepers, 68 were identified with various eye problems, for which they were supplied with medicated glasses valued at GH¢1,400.
He said 20 others, who were diagnosed of cataract, had been referred to the Crystal Eye Clinic in Accra for further treatment before the end of the year.
One of the beneficiaries, Mr Kwakuvi Kualyawo, who said he had lived at the village for 30 years, expressed happiness that his sight was now better than before.
He commended the NGOs for coming to their aid.
The Assembly Member for the area, Madam Joycelyn Akorfa Ochlich, appealed to the government to establish a craft centre at the village to keep the inmates occupied and provide them with a means of livelihood.
Some of them are now strong but are gradually going blind as a result of the leprosy they contracted some years ago.
The Life for the Living Medical Centre and Unite for Sight, two Ho-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs), organised the exercise, which was sponsored by an Irish NGO, Cross Cause Charity.
According to the Executive Director of the Life for the Living Medical Centre, Reverend Benjamin Bankas, out of the 162 cured lepers, 68 were identified with various eye problems, for which they were supplied with medicated glasses valued at GH¢1,400.
He said 20 others, who were diagnosed of cataract, had been referred to the Crystal Eye Clinic in Accra for further treatment before the end of the year.
One of the beneficiaries, Mr Kwakuvi Kualyawo, who said he had lived at the village for 30 years, expressed happiness that his sight was now better than before.
He commended the NGOs for coming to their aid.
The Assembly Member for the area, Madam Joycelyn Akorfa Ochlich, appealed to the government to establish a craft centre at the village to keep the inmates occupied and provide them with a means of livelihood.
WORKSHOP HELD ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE (PAGE 32, NOV 16)
A one-day sensitisation workshop on natural resource and environmental governance for some selected stakeholders has taken place at Jasikan in the Volta Region.
It attracted 50 participants, including officials of the Jasikan District Assembly, churches, traditional authorities, chain-saw operators and saw millers, who discussed and shared ideas on issues to check environmental degradation and the massive destruction of forest resources in the area.
It was organised by the Association of Jasikan District Civil Society ( AJADSCO), under the KASA project, in collaboration with CARE International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), to promote the effective implementation of a natural resource and environmental governance (NREG) programme.
Briefing the participants on the need for the workshop, Mr George Gyapong, Manager of KASA project, said it was to educate them on bye-laws on the preservation of the environment and how to make them operational.
He introduced them to the KASA project, which is aimed at reducing illegal harvesting of forest resources as a means of addressing environmental degradation in the northern part of the Volta Region.
That, he said, would focus on the degraded forest areas stretching from the Jasikan District to the Nkwanta District.
“In this area, apart from cocoa, coffee and food crops cultivation, the forest resources were harvested for construction, medicinal plants, ornamental plants by various stakeholders such as farmers, palm wine tapers, hunters, chainsaw operators, among others,” he said.
Mr Gyapong said the project would focus on the degraded forest reserve and in the communities fringing the Kabo River Forest Reserve.
He mentioned the beneficiary communities as Jasikan, Kudje, Worawora, Kabosu, Apesokubi, Wawaso, Asukawkaw, Katanga, Guama, Kadjebi, Bodada, Kute and Ayoma.
In the light of this, a bye-law education team was constituted, in collaboration with the chiefs and churches, to create awareness and knowledge of natural resources and environmental laws in order to enhance compliance and enforcement of the laws at the community level.
The team comprised representatives from the National Commission for Civic Education, assembly members, the Information Services Department, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), the Non Formal Education Division, the Forestry Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission, the Environmental, Health and Sanitation Department and AJADSCO.
The committee has been tasked to sensitise the chiefs and opinion leaders to, as well as train community members on, the sound management of natural resources and the environment through focused group discussions.
In his welcoming address, the Jasikan District Chief Executive, Nana Barima Bonsy II, commended the initiatives of AJADSCO in addressing the problem of environmental degradation in the area.
He urged all stakeholders to show commitment to the crusade for the sustainable use of natural resources, noting that environmental degradation was a worry to humanity and that if steps were not taken to address it, it would turn the country into a desert.
The resource persons were selected from the FSD, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the GNFS.
It attracted 50 participants, including officials of the Jasikan District Assembly, churches, traditional authorities, chain-saw operators and saw millers, who discussed and shared ideas on issues to check environmental degradation and the massive destruction of forest resources in the area.
It was organised by the Association of Jasikan District Civil Society ( AJADSCO), under the KASA project, in collaboration with CARE International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), to promote the effective implementation of a natural resource and environmental governance (NREG) programme.
Briefing the participants on the need for the workshop, Mr George Gyapong, Manager of KASA project, said it was to educate them on bye-laws on the preservation of the environment and how to make them operational.
He introduced them to the KASA project, which is aimed at reducing illegal harvesting of forest resources as a means of addressing environmental degradation in the northern part of the Volta Region.
That, he said, would focus on the degraded forest areas stretching from the Jasikan District to the Nkwanta District.
“In this area, apart from cocoa, coffee and food crops cultivation, the forest resources were harvested for construction, medicinal plants, ornamental plants by various stakeholders such as farmers, palm wine tapers, hunters, chainsaw operators, among others,” he said.
Mr Gyapong said the project would focus on the degraded forest reserve and in the communities fringing the Kabo River Forest Reserve.
He mentioned the beneficiary communities as Jasikan, Kudje, Worawora, Kabosu, Apesokubi, Wawaso, Asukawkaw, Katanga, Guama, Kadjebi, Bodada, Kute and Ayoma.
In the light of this, a bye-law education team was constituted, in collaboration with the chiefs and churches, to create awareness and knowledge of natural resources and environmental laws in order to enhance compliance and enforcement of the laws at the community level.
The team comprised representatives from the National Commission for Civic Education, assembly members, the Information Services Department, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), the Non Formal Education Division, the Forestry Services Division (FSD) of the Forestry Commission, the Environmental, Health and Sanitation Department and AJADSCO.
The committee has been tasked to sensitise the chiefs and opinion leaders to, as well as train community members on, the sound management of natural resources and the environment through focused group discussions.
In his welcoming address, the Jasikan District Chief Executive, Nana Barima Bonsy II, commended the initiatives of AJADSCO in addressing the problem of environmental degradation in the area.
He urged all stakeholders to show commitment to the crusade for the sustainable use of natural resources, noting that environmental degradation was a worry to humanity and that if steps were not taken to address it, it would turn the country into a desert.
The resource persons were selected from the FSD, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the GNFS.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS VOW TO PROTECT FORESTS (NOV 3, PAGE 14)
A Coalition of civil society organisations in the Kadjebi and Jasikan districts of the Volta Region have resolved to take stringent steps to protect the remaining forest reserves and the biological diversity in the two areas from all forms of abuse and exploitation.
This was as a result of the fact that various factors had over the years contributed to the fast depletion of the forest resources and the excessive degradation of the vegetation.
These were contained in a 12-point resolution issued after a three-day capacity building workshop on natural resources and environmental governance for some selected members of the various organisations .
The workshop, which attracted about 50 participants, including 12 females, was organised by the Jasikan District Civil Society Organisation (ADJASCO), in collaboration with CARE International.
The participants discussed various human activities, including over-exploitation of the forest and wildlife, indiscriminate disposal of waste materials, stone quarrying, sand winning, as well as the menace of bushfires, which were fast destroying the environment.
The resolution urged the two district assemblies to rigidly enforce existing bye-laws on chainsaw operations, hunting, charcoal burning and sand winning, and review them periodically.
It also called for the enforcement of bye-laws on hunting during the gestation period of animals, from July to September, and the use of unauthorised fishing nets, including use of poisonous chemicals in fishing in the area.
The resolution also called on the assemblies to collaborate with the Forestry Services Division and the Forestry Commission to effectively protect forest resources and reserves, and to also encourage formation of environmental clubs in all junior high schools.
“The assemblies should empower its sub-committee responsible for bush fire prevention to revisit formation of community fire volunteer squads, and to provide logistics for their effective operation,” it noted.
It recommended that where none of such bye-laws existed, they should be put in place to act as a safeguard against a bleak future.
The participants also called on the Town and Country Planning Department to collaborate with the Town Planning Committees of the district assemblies to ensure proper planning of towns and communities in order to check excessive erosion and haphazard development.
Also, this is to ensure easy vehicular and pedestrian movement, especially in times of disaster.
This was as a result of the fact that various factors had over the years contributed to the fast depletion of the forest resources and the excessive degradation of the vegetation.
These were contained in a 12-point resolution issued after a three-day capacity building workshop on natural resources and environmental governance for some selected members of the various organisations .
The workshop, which attracted about 50 participants, including 12 females, was organised by the Jasikan District Civil Society Organisation (ADJASCO), in collaboration with CARE International.
The participants discussed various human activities, including over-exploitation of the forest and wildlife, indiscriminate disposal of waste materials, stone quarrying, sand winning, as well as the menace of bushfires, which were fast destroying the environment.
The resolution urged the two district assemblies to rigidly enforce existing bye-laws on chainsaw operations, hunting, charcoal burning and sand winning, and review them periodically.
It also called for the enforcement of bye-laws on hunting during the gestation period of animals, from July to September, and the use of unauthorised fishing nets, including use of poisonous chemicals in fishing in the area.
The resolution also called on the assemblies to collaborate with the Forestry Services Division and the Forestry Commission to effectively protect forest resources and reserves, and to also encourage formation of environmental clubs in all junior high schools.
“The assemblies should empower its sub-committee responsible for bush fire prevention to revisit formation of community fire volunteer squads, and to provide logistics for their effective operation,” it noted.
It recommended that where none of such bye-laws existed, they should be put in place to act as a safeguard against a bleak future.
The participants also called on the Town and Country Planning Department to collaborate with the Town Planning Committees of the district assemblies to ensure proper planning of towns and communities in order to check excessive erosion and haphazard development.
Also, this is to ensure easy vehicular and pedestrian movement, especially in times of disaster.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
MP ASSISTS APPRENTICE SEAMSTRESS (PAGE 23, OCT 31)
AS part of efforts to address some of the causes of under-development in rural communities in his constituency, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem, Mr Henry Ford Kamel, has presented 28 sewing machines to some selected apprentice seamstresses at Jasikan.
Mr Kamel, who is also the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, said the machines were donated by the Chinese Embassy to give equal opportunities to women to help them earn incomes.
The 28 beneficiaries had completed six months basic training in sewing and will act as trainers for the less privileged in the constituency.
The deputy minister lauded the Chinese Embassy for giving hope to women, especially those in deprived areas.
He urged the people to unite and live in peace to create a conducive atmosphere aimed at business promotion.
Mr Kamel stressed that although most women in rural areas worked hard towards poverty reduction, they were marginalised in the decision-making process.
The MP, therefore, reaffirmed the commitment of the government to work closely with benevolent organisations and corporate bodies to assist the underprivileged in society to improve upon their living standards.
He said medium and small-scale businesses would be boosted to play significant roles in the nation’s development.
Mr Kamel cautioned the youth against migrating from the rural areas to urban centres to seek non-existent white-collar jobs.
The Jasikan District Chief Executive, Nana Barimah Kumessey Bonsy II, advised the women to use the sewing machines to create wealth rather than using them to decorate their rooms.
Mr Kamel, who is also the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, said the machines were donated by the Chinese Embassy to give equal opportunities to women to help them earn incomes.
The 28 beneficiaries had completed six months basic training in sewing and will act as trainers for the less privileged in the constituency.
The deputy minister lauded the Chinese Embassy for giving hope to women, especially those in deprived areas.
He urged the people to unite and live in peace to create a conducive atmosphere aimed at business promotion.
Mr Kamel stressed that although most women in rural areas worked hard towards poverty reduction, they were marginalised in the decision-making process.
The MP, therefore, reaffirmed the commitment of the government to work closely with benevolent organisations and corporate bodies to assist the underprivileged in society to improve upon their living standards.
He said medium and small-scale businesses would be boosted to play significant roles in the nation’s development.
Mr Kamel cautioned the youth against migrating from the rural areas to urban centres to seek non-existent white-collar jobs.
The Jasikan District Chief Executive, Nana Barimah Kumessey Bonsy II, advised the women to use the sewing machines to create wealth rather than using them to decorate their rooms.
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