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WIYAALA PARTAKES IN CALENADAR FOR CHANGE PROJECT BY NECESSARY AID ALLIANCE

It was all pleasure and apparent impact when the internationally renowned musician Wiyaala (The Lioness of Africa), who also serves as a role model for Necessary Aid Alliances Calendar for Change project, which is currently being executed with funding from Plan Ghana, visited five (5) project beneficiary schools in the WA EAST District to interact with pupils. By giving them with deserving role models and mentoring, the organization hopes to influence the way that teenagers, particularly girls in rural areas, think about their futures. Additionally, it gives students a chance to interact directly with the role models. In order to educate and motivate kids, the famous role model took the time to tell tales of her story. She also spoke at length about the need of avoiding premarital sex, which can result in teenage pregnancies and school dropout. Students learned about the need not to engage in illicit activities such as drugs, bleaching and so on which can have a negative influe...

Food Poisoning in Ghana: A system failure?

Restaurant managers, owners, food vendors and all those who matter in the food supply chain must take into account a number of important factors to maintain the safety of their consumers, including food and environmental safety management. In Ghana, there are said to be more than 625,000 cases of food poisoning annually, according to a report released by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the World Bank in 2007. Over 420,000 cases of foodborne illness are reported annually in Ghana, where one in every 40 persons is affected. For instance, in the East Legon outlet of the fast food restaurant Marwako, a food vending establishment, it was claimed that over 50 people contracted food poisoning in May 2022. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is a Ghanaian government organization in charge of overseeing the correct distribution of drugs, food, and food products in Ghana. The Food and Drugs Law of 1992, PNDC Law 305B, created the board. More than 297,104 patients were admitted to h...

EMMANUEL ANNOBIL(TEA) : The best of the best

Yesterday gave me a chance of witnessing pure class, brevity and dexterity in a great showing at a vetting room. Just as new leaves replace old ones, so it is done in leadership, especially student politics which offers a chance of an annual new leadership. This year, ten people have birthed the interest of leading the UEW students front, and as expected, and a key part of the electoral process, The ten presidential hopefuls had to appear before the vetting committee to have a fair discourse with them about their mission and vision which will help carry UEW to the next level. One of the vetting process that caught my maximum attention was the vetting of EMMANUEL ANNOBIL (TEA) with his running mate AMOS EFFUM who appeared before the panel at exactly 9:00 pm. Before the ushering in of the two Gentlemen, there was so much applause and an appraisal from the teeming students whose only hope is to see TEA pass his vetting and win the election. The cheering, the show of bravado,the...

Don't feel shy to speak and write in your native languages — Ghanaian Language Teacher

A final year student of the University of Education,Winneba studying Bachelor of Arts in Gonja Education and a native of Bole Mr.Kofi Pentu has admonish Gonja's in the Savannah region to show interest in learning their native languages. Speaking to Bole based Nkilgi Fm, Mr Kofi Pentu express his surprise at how most Ghanaians feel shy with the mistakes they make when speaking English but feel comfortable with the mistakes made when speaking their own languages. Mr. Kofi Pentu indicated that, most Gonja's in the Savannah region don't show interest in learning their language which is causing the extinction of the Gonja language and culture in our society. He indicated that, as a concern advocate of preserving and inculcating our traditional values and Culture to the younger generations, he employed a number of measures to engage the youth in the study of their language through cultural activities organised for primary and Junior high schools in Bole and writing in the ...

Wife of John Mahama enskinned Queen Mother in Bole

Former First Lady of Ghana, HE Mrs. Lordina Mahama has been enstooled as the Queen Mother of Health in the Bole Traditional Area (Alanfiyawurche). Her reign began a few minutes after she commissioned an ultra-modern maternity and children's ward for the people of Bole through her foundation, the Lordina Foundation. To mark their 30 years of marriage, John Dramani Mahama and wife, Lordina Mahama, have constructed a new Maternity & Children’s Ward at Bole District Hospital. According to the couple, the edifice is a personal pledge and an appreciation of what Bole has done in their lives. Bolewura Sarfo Kutugefeso I, the paramount chief of the Bole Traditional Area who bestowed the title on the beautiful former First Lady, thanked former President John and his wife for constructing the Maternity and Children's Ward for the Bole hospital, adding that the facility will relieve pressure on women during childbirth in the hospital. In her remarks to the audience, t...

Bawumia cannot be elected president on the NPP-Nyako-Tamakloe ticket.

Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, a pioneering member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has questioned the prospect of the Vice President leading the party in the 2024 election. Given the structure of the ruling party, he believes Dr. Bawumia's chances of becoming flagbearer and, eventually, President are slim, e said. "I gave an interview to a foreign magazine in which I stated unequivocally that Bawumia cannot come to power under the structure of our party." "Bawumia is a fine gentleman," he said in an interview with TV3. "If Bawumia had that independent mind and strength and not just always praise what the president has done or has not done, I would have looked at him differently; I know Bawumia very well." The ruling party is still attempting to 'Break the Eight' by becoming the first political party to win power three times in a row. The party recently opened candidacy for candidates who want to run for national office to file their nominati...

Bawumia will be served too, Inshallah—Abu Jinapor

Lawyer Abu Jinapor, Member of Parliament for Damongo constituency and Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has stated that Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has tirelessly served as Vice President of the Republic of Ghana and will be served consequently. The minister made this statement while accompanying the Vice President on a visit to the Jakpa Palace in Damongo, West Gonja Municipality, Savannah Region, to thank the King of Gonja, Yagbonwura Sulemana Tutumba Boresa I, for showing Bawumia fondness, caring, and also empathising with him and his family during the loss and funeral performance of his late mother, Hajia Mariama Bawumia, who died on Monday, September 13, 2021. "The Vice President has served, and Inshallah he will be served," Jinapor said. "The entire country has seen that he is a humble and dedicated servant of the President and the good people of Ghana," he continued. He stated that the Vice President is more of a brother to Gonjas and the e...