THE Forum for Former Members of Parliament has held an awareness programme to sensitise students to the role of Parliamentarians at St. Theresa College of Education, Hohoe in the Volta Region.
The programme which attracted other participants from St Francis, Amedzofe, Peki and Dambai Colleges of Education, under the theme “The Role of Parliament in the Development and Sustenance of Democracy and Good Governance in Ghana”, was sponsored by the Parliament of Ghana.
The President of the Forum and a former Member of Parliament for Hohoe South Constituency, Mr Kosi Kedem, said the forum was formed two years ago and had a membership of 100 former MPs.
He said their objective was to explain the role of Parliament to especially students in tertiary institutions to demystify the establishment to them.
He said the forum had so far taken the message to Kumasi, Koforidua and Accra Polytechnics to explain what democracy meant, adding that democracy practised in Ghana, as prescribed by the 1992 Constitution was based on multi-party system.
Mr Kedem said Ghana’s democratic process had gone on uninterrupted since 1993 amid the numerous criticisms and challenges it had faced.
He was of the view that Parliament alone could not bring about democracy but it needed the assistance of the people in concert with the Executive and Judiciary with the support of the media and civil society.
A member of the forum, Ms Monica Attenka, urged women to work hard to win the votes of the people to enter parliament.
She disagreed with the idea that women should be given concessionary seats in parliament.
“They should fight hard to win the votes of the people to be able to enter parliament,” Ms Attenka said.
She told the students that they had the whole world at their disposal to be able to use their education as a spring board to go places.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
ADAKLU-ANYIGBE PWDS GET EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (PAGE 19, JAN 19, 2011)
Persons with disabilities (PWD) in the Adaklu Anyigbe District of the Volta Region have set up a nine-member executive committee to steer their affairs.
Chaired by Mr Daniel Kpene, the committee has been inaugurated and sworn into office at Agotime Kpetoe.
The Adaklu Anyigbe association is the ninth in the region and the executive committee hopes to work and bring their members together to ensure that they are given the needed recognition in every field of endeavour.
In his inaugural speech, the Adaklu Anyigbe District Chief Executive, Mr Michael Kombla Adzaho, expressed his satisfaction that persons with disabilities had decided to come together to make their voices heard.
Mr Adzaho said the formation of the association was in the right direction since members should always aspire to achieve the best.
“You should not lose hope in life but aim for the best in life,” he urged them.
He assured them of the district assembly’s support anytime they called for it.
The Ho Municipal Director of the Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Mr Atsu Havor, commended non-governmental organisations for providing amenities and facilities, which had assisted in transforming the lives of people across the country.
Mr Havor expressed regret at the tendency of some operatives of non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) to manipulate their organisations to make money for themselves.
He called on the association to register with the DSW to ensure that they complied with the guidelines of their existence.
The Executive Director of Future Hope International, an NGO, Mr Vincent Sabblah Incoom, said the issue of the marginalisation of persons with disabilities had assumed great dimensions.
Mr Incoom noted that though a number of NGOs , societies and associations existed with the expressed aim of improving the lot of persons with disabilities, their contributions had been minimal.
“For, apart from the few officials that may be actively engaged in providing services, the bulk of the population generally ignore the needs of the disables,” he said.
As such, Mr Incoom said those in the rural areas which constituted 90 percent of about the two million people with disabilities in the city were neglected.
He called on all to join hands to draw the government’s attention to the problems of persons with disabilities to provide them protection against all acts that made their lives more difficult.
Chaired by Mr Daniel Kpene, the committee has been inaugurated and sworn into office at Agotime Kpetoe.
The Adaklu Anyigbe association is the ninth in the region and the executive committee hopes to work and bring their members together to ensure that they are given the needed recognition in every field of endeavour.
In his inaugural speech, the Adaklu Anyigbe District Chief Executive, Mr Michael Kombla Adzaho, expressed his satisfaction that persons with disabilities had decided to come together to make their voices heard.
Mr Adzaho said the formation of the association was in the right direction since members should always aspire to achieve the best.
“You should not lose hope in life but aim for the best in life,” he urged them.
He assured them of the district assembly’s support anytime they called for it.
The Ho Municipal Director of the Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Mr Atsu Havor, commended non-governmental organisations for providing amenities and facilities, which had assisted in transforming the lives of people across the country.
Mr Havor expressed regret at the tendency of some operatives of non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) to manipulate their organisations to make money for themselves.
He called on the association to register with the DSW to ensure that they complied with the guidelines of their existence.
The Executive Director of Future Hope International, an NGO, Mr Vincent Sabblah Incoom, said the issue of the marginalisation of persons with disabilities had assumed great dimensions.
Mr Incoom noted that though a number of NGOs , societies and associations existed with the expressed aim of improving the lot of persons with disabilities, their contributions had been minimal.
“For, apart from the few officials that may be actively engaged in providing services, the bulk of the population generally ignore the needs of the disables,” he said.
As such, Mr Incoom said those in the rural areas which constituted 90 percent of about the two million people with disabilities in the city were neglected.
He called on all to join hands to draw the government’s attention to the problems of persons with disabilities to provide them protection against all acts that made their lives more difficult.
WATCHMAN JAILED 15 YRS FOR DEFILING GIRL, 15 (PAGE 3, JAN 19, 2011)
THE Hohoe Circuit Court has sentenced a 50-year–old night watchman to 15 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 15-year-old girl.
The convict, Kwabena Mensah, pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement but the court, presided over by Mr Samuel Kofi Solomon, found him guilty.
The girl is now four months’ pregnant.
According to Assistant Superintendent of Police Mr Benjamin Yaw Dadzie, the victim, who is a Class Six pupil, and Mensah stayed in the same house at Gbohome, a suburb of Hohoe.
He said the victim was staying with her elder sister (both names withheld).
In October last year when her sister was absent from the house, Mensah invited the victim, on the pretext of sending her. But on entering the room, the convict closed the door and forcibly had sex with her. He had sex with her on two other occasions, after which he gave her GH¢5 and GH¢10 on either occasion.
Mr Dadzie said the victim’s elder sister observed, after some time, that the victim had not been having her menstrual cycles and, after questioning her, the victim mentioned the convict as being responsible for the pregnancy.
The convict, Kwabena Mensah, pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement but the court, presided over by Mr Samuel Kofi Solomon, found him guilty.
The girl is now four months’ pregnant.
According to Assistant Superintendent of Police Mr Benjamin Yaw Dadzie, the victim, who is a Class Six pupil, and Mensah stayed in the same house at Gbohome, a suburb of Hohoe.
He said the victim was staying with her elder sister (both names withheld).
In October last year when her sister was absent from the house, Mensah invited the victim, on the pretext of sending her. But on entering the room, the convict closed the door and forcibly had sex with her. He had sex with her on two other occasions, after which he gave her GH¢5 and GH¢10 on either occasion.
Mr Dadzie said the victim’s elder sister observed, after some time, that the victim had not been having her menstrual cycles and, after questioning her, the victim mentioned the convict as being responsible for the pregnancy.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
RURAL BANK ASSISTS THREE POLICE STATIONS (PAGE 22, JAN 18, 2011)
THE Worawora Asubonten Rural Bank in the Biakoye District of the Volta Region has presented three signboards to the Hohoe Divisional Police Headquarters, and the Borae and Chinderi District Police stations in the Volta Region
Speaking at the presentation ceremony in Hohoe, the Supervising Manager of the bank, Mr Joshua Odoom, said the three signboards, worth GH¢600, were donated to the police as part of the bank’s social responsibility.
He said he was moved by the poor, old wooden signboard of the Hohoe Divisional Police Command which had been destroyed by the weather.
“As for Borae and Chinderi, they did not have any signboards at all,” he said,
Receiving the signboards on behalf of the Police Service, the Hohoe Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Emmanuel Appiah, commended the bank for the gesture.
He expressed the hope that the donation would be the beginning of mutual co-operation between the two institutions.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony in Hohoe, the Supervising Manager of the bank, Mr Joshua Odoom, said the three signboards, worth GH¢600, were donated to the police as part of the bank’s social responsibility.
He said he was moved by the poor, old wooden signboard of the Hohoe Divisional Police Command which had been destroyed by the weather.
“As for Borae and Chinderi, they did not have any signboards at all,” he said,
Receiving the signboards on behalf of the Police Service, the Hohoe Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Emmanuel Appiah, commended the bank for the gesture.
He expressed the hope that the donation would be the beginning of mutual co-operation between the two institutions.
Friday, January 7, 2011
MAWULI SCHOOL, OLD STUDENTS SIGN MOU (PAGE 11, JAN 7, 2011)
THE new Headmaster of Mawuli Senior High School, Mr J. M. K. Osei-Nyansa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the President of the North American branch of the Old Mawuli Students Union (OMSU), Professor Evans Afenya, to raise the sinking image of the school.
The ceremony took place at Virginia in the United States of America where Mr Osei-Nyansa spent two weeks at the invitation of the branch.
Speaking on his vision for the school to the Daily Graphic in Ho, the headmaster said the MOU had compelled him to put his vision into action to revamp the school.
He said the MOU was at the instance of the North American branch of the OMSU, who expressed regret at the sinking image of the school. According to the branch, the school had been noted for producing medical doctors and pharmacists but of late, the trend had ceased.
They therefore promised to place all their resources at his disposal to assist him to turn the tide round.
Mr Osei-Nyansa said his vision was to try to bring together all the stakeholders to assist in motivating the teachers to put in their best to raise the standards of the students. Though not an OMSU, the headmaster has decided to leave his name in “the sand of time”.
As a first step, he promised to put the school back into the Science and Math Quiz competition which they fell out in 2004.
He said after eight months of his stay in the school, through the co-operation of the teachers and other staff, he had been able to organise the 60th anniversary which started in a grand style.
He was grateful for the support of the local branches of OMSU which had brought a positive change and catalogued some of these as the who purchase of 300 mono-desks by the 1990 group and the acquisition of three computers and the painting of the Biology laboratory by the 1991 group. Others were the procurement of 80 chairs by the 1997 year group and the renovation of a bungalow and donation of six dustbins by the 1975 year group.
Speaking about challenges which he felt when removed would put the school on track to attain his vision, he mentioned accommodation for staff and the size of the dinning hall. He said with the school population now standing at 1,980, only 25 tutors were resident on the campus and that was inadequate for proper supervision.
On the dinning hall, he said students now had to eat in three shifts since they out- number the size of the hall. He prayed that the vast land of the school should be developed to provide more accommodation for the staff.
The ceremony took place at Virginia in the United States of America where Mr Osei-Nyansa spent two weeks at the invitation of the branch.
Speaking on his vision for the school to the Daily Graphic in Ho, the headmaster said the MOU had compelled him to put his vision into action to revamp the school.
He said the MOU was at the instance of the North American branch of the OMSU, who expressed regret at the sinking image of the school. According to the branch, the school had been noted for producing medical doctors and pharmacists but of late, the trend had ceased.
They therefore promised to place all their resources at his disposal to assist him to turn the tide round.
Mr Osei-Nyansa said his vision was to try to bring together all the stakeholders to assist in motivating the teachers to put in their best to raise the standards of the students. Though not an OMSU, the headmaster has decided to leave his name in “the sand of time”.
As a first step, he promised to put the school back into the Science and Math Quiz competition which they fell out in 2004.
He said after eight months of his stay in the school, through the co-operation of the teachers and other staff, he had been able to organise the 60th anniversary which started in a grand style.
He was grateful for the support of the local branches of OMSU which had brought a positive change and catalogued some of these as the who purchase of 300 mono-desks by the 1990 group and the acquisition of three computers and the painting of the Biology laboratory by the 1991 group. Others were the procurement of 80 chairs by the 1997 year group and the renovation of a bungalow and donation of six dustbins by the 1975 year group.
Speaking about challenges which he felt when removed would put the school on track to attain his vision, he mentioned accommodation for staff and the size of the dinning hall. He said with the school population now standing at 1,980, only 25 tutors were resident on the campus and that was inadequate for proper supervision.
On the dinning hall, he said students now had to eat in three shifts since they out- number the size of the hall. He prayed that the vast land of the school should be developed to provide more accommodation for the staff.
AKPAFU HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS FIRST SPEECH DAY (PAGE 11, JAN 7, 2011)
THE Akpafu Senior High Technical School in the Hohoe Municipality has held its first speech and prize-giving day after nearly 20 years of existence.
In all, 14 students, including four females, and 10 staff took home various awards for their academic and job excellence. It was on the theme: “Meaningful Senior High School Education in Deprived Senior High Schools - A Big Challenge.”
In a speech read on his behalf, the former Education Minister, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, commended the school authorities for braving through their deprived situation to take the first step.
Mr Tettey-Enyo said: “All the great and renowned schools you see around started with little or no amenities but today they have become the envy of all.”
The minister assured them that with determination, they would also achieve their dreams of transforming their seemingly hopeless situation into an admirable one.
He said the government was determined to give technical and vocational institutions the necessary push to prepare the students adequately for the future.
In a speech read for him by the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Hermann Victor Condobrey, the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, also said they had received their list of infrastructure facilities needed on the campus to enhance effective teaching and learning.
Mr Amenowode assured the school authorities that everything would be done to ensure that their requests were met.
In his report, the Headmaster of the school, Mr Theophilus Asravor, expressed satisfaction that since his assumption of office last year, enrolment had risen from 150 to 410 students.
Mr Asravor lamented that although the school had a promising catchment area, they continued to have a low intake due to lack of facilities, adding that academic achievements had been on the increase, with the school scoring 90 per cent last academic year.
He named some of the immediate needs of the school as classrooms, furniture, science laboratory, boys dormitory, an administrative block, a library and a school vehicle.
In all, 14 students, including four females, and 10 staff took home various awards for their academic and job excellence. It was on the theme: “Meaningful Senior High School Education in Deprived Senior High Schools - A Big Challenge.”
In a speech read on his behalf, the former Education Minister, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, commended the school authorities for braving through their deprived situation to take the first step.
Mr Tettey-Enyo said: “All the great and renowned schools you see around started with little or no amenities but today they have become the envy of all.”
The minister assured them that with determination, they would also achieve their dreams of transforming their seemingly hopeless situation into an admirable one.
He said the government was determined to give technical and vocational institutions the necessary push to prepare the students adequately for the future.
In a speech read for him by the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Hermann Victor Condobrey, the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Amenowode, also said they had received their list of infrastructure facilities needed on the campus to enhance effective teaching and learning.
Mr Amenowode assured the school authorities that everything would be done to ensure that their requests were met.
In his report, the Headmaster of the school, Mr Theophilus Asravor, expressed satisfaction that since his assumption of office last year, enrolment had risen from 150 to 410 students.
Mr Asravor lamented that although the school had a promising catchment area, they continued to have a low intake due to lack of facilities, adding that academic achievements had been on the increase, with the school scoring 90 per cent last academic year.
He named some of the immediate needs of the school as classrooms, furniture, science laboratory, boys dormitory, an administrative block, a library and a school vehicle.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
MP HONOURED FOR COMMITMENT TO FARMING (PAGE 22, JAN 6, 2011)
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem, Mr Ford Henry Kamel, who is also the Deputy Minister of Lands and Forestry, was adjudged the best Jasikan District Farmer at the latest Farmers Day celebration held at Atonkor last month.
For his prize, Mr Kamel took home a motorbike, a knapsack spraying machine, machetes, agro-chemicals, a pair of wellington boots and a certificate.
He offered the items to Mrs Mary Addo, a native of Atonkor, for her dedication to farming.
The MP, who has employed 40 people on his farms, cultivates 73 acres of cowpea, maize, yams, cocoyam, citrus and also rears sheep, goats and cattle.
In a brief speech, Mr Kamel said he came from a farming community and had worked as a farmer for some time now.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Jasikan District Director of Agriculture commended Mr Kamel for being the best commercial farmer in the district and urged others who had the means to invest in agriculture to boost food production in the country.
The Chief of Atonkor, Nana Barimah Kumssey II, observed that one big challenge to sustainable food production was bush fires.
He, therefore, appealed to chiefs to take realistic measures to reduce the menace.
For his prize, Mr Kamel took home a motorbike, a knapsack spraying machine, machetes, agro-chemicals, a pair of wellington boots and a certificate.
He offered the items to Mrs Mary Addo, a native of Atonkor, for her dedication to farming.
The MP, who has employed 40 people on his farms, cultivates 73 acres of cowpea, maize, yams, cocoyam, citrus and also rears sheep, goats and cattle.
In a brief speech, Mr Kamel said he came from a farming community and had worked as a farmer for some time now.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Jasikan District Director of Agriculture commended Mr Kamel for being the best commercial farmer in the district and urged others who had the means to invest in agriculture to boost food production in the country.
The Chief of Atonkor, Nana Barimah Kumssey II, observed that one big challenge to sustainable food production was bush fires.
He, therefore, appealed to chiefs to take realistic measures to reduce the menace.
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