Day: July 8, 2023

Woodinn Home and Electrical Company at Nsawam in the Eastern Region has sponsored mathematics and science quiz competition for three basic schools in the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality to sharpen the intellect of the children. The schools are Adoagyiri R/C, Father Wieggers at Nsawam and Nana Osae Djan at Djankrom. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at the end of the competition, Mr Johnson Mawuena Dussey, the Chief Executive of the Company called on philanthropic organisations and traditional rulers to assist communities in their educational drive to promote development. He also urged parents and guardians to provide the educational needs of their children to enable them concentrate on their learning at school. Mr Dussey said education had been his prime concern for the children in the area and that he would continue to provide the needed support to enhance teaching and learning. Mr Samuel Ottopah Ntow, the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipal Education Director expressed gratitude to the Chief Executive of the Woodinn Home and Electrical Company for his continue support to education in the area. He urged parents and guardians to complement the efforts of Mr Dussey by providing the basic educational needs of the children for them to feel comfortable to learn. At the end of the competition, Father Wieggers School came first with 123 score, Osae Djan took the second position with 56 points while Adoagyiri R/C became third with 34 points. The 12 contestants were given electrical iron each. Father Wieggers, which was adjudged the overall best school was presented with 40 inches television set to promote visual learning.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has advised office holders to always demonstrate transparency and accountability in the discharge of their duties. This, he noted, was the hallmark of good leadership. Quality public service that ensured inclusiveness and eschewed discrimination in all forms, was vital to transform the society for the better, the Former President added. 'Quality public service in a democracy such as ours should acknowledge the individual citizen, from whom all power emanates, as the real sovereign authority of the land.' Former President Kufuor was speaking on the theme: 'Maintaining Excellence, Integrity and Service in an Era of Global Instability and Permissiveness', at a special honorary awards' ceremony at the Valley View University (VVU), in the Greater Accra Region. The programme saw the University, Ghana's first private and chartered university, conferring four honorary doctorate degrees on some distinguished African personalities at the ceremony. It also presented a citation to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Those who received the honorary doctorate degrees are President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia, former President Kufuor, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, former First Lady, and Mrs. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Ghana's Chief of Staff. The awardees were recognised for their selfless dedication to the cause of humanity and society, having distinguished themselves in their respective fields of endeavour. They have also been instrumental in championing the society's progress, particularly, in the area of education, health, peace-building, youth, women and children's development, good governance, democracy and mentorship. 'All the awardees share the distinction of public service with leadership,'. 'We all also staunchly believe in human dignity,' former President Kufuor noted, while delivering his speech after he was decorated with an academic robe. He reminded African leaders that working to address development challenges in the society and aspirations of the people, was invaluable for good governance. He advised: 'The theme should guide us to maintain excellence, integrity and service in an era of global instability and permissiveness. 'The key to ourselves is to begin to act rightly under all circumstances. Firstly, we have to do right by the laws of the land. Then, we must also be guided to being aware of and appreciation of our nations' position in the global context. 'And, finally, we must uphold the centrality of humanity in all our worthy endeavours wherever we find ourselves. Living by this tenet would not be a mean task to do, but surely, you will have fulfilled your conscience.'

Source: Ghana News Agency

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has urged the Church to work with the State to better the lives of the citizenry. 'We are partners and not competitors in many areas of human endeavour,' the President noted. The churches served the very purpose that the government also served - promoting the wellbeing of the people, he explained. 'This is the intersection, the convergence point,' he emphasised. President Hichilema was speaking on the theme: 'Maintaining Excellence, Integrity and Service in an Era of Global Instability and Permissiveness', at a special honorary awards' ceremony at the Valley View University (VVU), in the Greater Accra Region. The programme saw the University, Ghana's first private and chartered university, conferring four honorary doctorate degrees on some distinguished African personalities at the ceremony. It also presented a citation to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Those who received the honorary doctorate degrees were President Hichilema, former President John Agyekum Kufuor, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, former First Lady, and Mrs. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Ghana's Chief of Staff. The awardees were selected for their selfless dedication to the cause of humanity and society, having provided the needed leadership and also distinguishing themselves in their respective fields of endeavour. President Hichilema lauded the VVU Council for the honour done him and the other award recipients. Highlighting the importance of university education, he said it played a critical role in transforming the society positively - finding an antidote to the challenges confronting mankind. Consequently, African leaders should inject the requisite resources to develop education in general to an appreciable standard. 'Education is the best investment, the best equaliser and the best inheritance,' he stated. 'There is no single country that is doing well economically and socially today that did not invest in education,' the Zambian President stated. Education, he explained, was the only platform presenting underprivileged children with the opportunity to harness their knowledge, potentials and skills for productive and meaningful lives in the future. President Hichilema assured of his country's resolve to continue sharing development experiences and working with Ghana to improve the living conditions of their people.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President, has rejected claims that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has no message to convince the electorate ahead of the 2024 general elections. He said the NPP had done enough to merit an unprecedented third consecutive term under the Fourth Republic. 'Do not let anyone deceive you that we have no message for the 2024 election, he told delegates of the party at Asankare in the Asante-Akim South Constituency as part of his campaign tour of the Ashanti Region. The Vice President who is among 10 candidates aspiring to become the flag bearer of the ruling NPP has been touring various constituencies in the region to woo delegates ahead of their impending super delegates conference. He said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) could not point to any impactful policy to their credit despite their flag bear rising through the ranks of politics from Assembly Member to President. He said the NDC under the leadership of Former President John Mahama only succeeded in unleashing economic hardship and erratic power supply which collapsed many businesses for lack of electricity. 'I will continue to ask President Mahama to show us one policy intervention that he was able to introduce that he can be remembered for,' Dr. Bawumia jabbed the former President. According to him, he had achieved more that Former President Mahama having been the Vice President for six years. 'At least, I can be remembered for the implementation of the national identification system, mobile interoperability, digital address system, Zongo Development Fund, gold for oil policy, among others,' he stated. He added that, 'If I have been able to achieve all these as Vice President imagine, what I can do when I become President with your support.' Dr. Bawumia, therefore, asked the teeming supporters not to allow anyone to mislead them that the NPP had no message because the party was far ahead of the NDC in terms of achievements. He acknowledged the selfless roles of members of the party from the polling station to the national executives and assured them of his commitment to recognise efforts of members at the grassroots when he becomes leader of the party. He disclosed that he supported all the 275 parliamentary candidates of the NPP in the 2020 election as well as polling station executives, electoral area coordinators and constituency executives during the last elections. The Vice President reminded them that it was their turn to return the favour by making him the flag bearer, and assured them of effective leadership capable of winning the 2024 election for the NPP

Source: Ghana News Agency