AN Akatsi-based businessman, Seth Dominic Aglagoh, has filed a motion at a Ho High Court seeking an order to restrain Mr Doe Adjaho, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Ave-Avenor, from contesting as a parliamentary candidate in the Ave-Avenor Constituency in the December 7 elections.
Mr Adjaho and four others were cited in the motion for an interlocutory injunction to be heard in the court on Monday, October 13.
The other defendants in the case are the National Chairman, the General Secretary and the Constituency Chairman of the NDC and the Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC).
The motion also seeks an order that the name of Mr Adjaho should not be submitted to the EC and an order to restrain the commission from accepting the registration of Mr Adjaho as the NDC parliamentary candidate for the constituency.
In an affidavit in support of a motion for an interlocutory injunction, the plaintiff claimed that he was a registered and paid up member of the NDC in the Ave-Avenor Constituency, with registration number 052.
He said in February 2008 he applied to contest the constituency primary and paid the prescribed fee of GHc1,100 and that at the close of nominations, only two persons — he and the incumbent MP, Mr Adjaho — had filed their papers.
He said the two of them were duly vetted by the national, regional and constituency executives of the party and duly cleared as being eligible to contest the primary.
Mr Aglagoh stated that while he was patiently waiting for a date to be fixed for the primary, his competitor went round circulating letters inviting the delegates to an emergency meeting on September 16, 2008 to discuss the drawing up of a campaign strategy and the formation of campaign teams for the constituency.
He said on September 19,2008 the delegates were invited to endorse the parliamentary candidate and that he was utterly taken aback when, at the meeting, Mr Adjaho was endorsed by popular acclamation as the parliamentary candidate of the NDC in the constituency.
The plaintiff said he had never been notified about those processes and had never been aware that he had been disqualified from contesting the NDC parliamentary primary.
He said he was later informed that he had been disqualified from contesting the primary, on the grounds that he had not been an active member of the party in the constituency for the two years preceding the filing of nominations.
He, however, said the national executive committee duly investigated the matter and dismissed the allegation, adding that the conflict resolution committee set up by the national executive of the party also investigated the allegation and cleared him of the charge.
Mr Aglagoh argued that the act of the defendants was illegal, unlawful and a violation of the NDC constitution and the 1992 Constitution and, therefore, illegal, null and void.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GROWING TOURISM ENVIRONMENT (PAGE 35)
From Tim Dzamboe, Ho
The Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Mawutor Goh, has asked the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) to look for vibrant tour operating companies and hotels to promote viable transit services for guests of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
He said the nation should take advantage of the ever-growing tourism environment to rake opportunities associated with the next World Cup.
Mr Goh who had just returned from South Africa, made the suggestion at a seminar in Ho to herald the World Tourism Day which falls today.
According to him, consultations with counterparts in South Africa revealed that many tour and travel operators as well as operators of the hospitality industry in that country were ready to channel their guests through Ghana before finally landing in South Africa for the games.
In another development, he said a recent trip to Finland also revealed that a Finnish tourist group that toured the West coast including Ghana had declined expanding their tours to the northern sector of the country because of insecurity.
He said on one of such visits the tourists were stranded in Bolgatanga due to fuel shortage and there was none to buy for their tourist coach.
Mr Goh narrated that an encounter with representatives of the tourists in Finland revealed that the experience gave them a grim and negative picture of the country. He asked the Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations to make amends to avoid the recurrence of such omissions to tourists.
In a speech read on her behalf, the sector Minister, Mrs Oboshie Sai Cofie, said Ghana had emerged as a special African tourist destination drawing people and visitors from all over the world to experience not only the fascinating cultural diversity, history and natural endowments but also the peaceful environment, stability, good governance and hospitality.
She said the tourism industry contributed almost $1.1 billion in foreign exchange earnings, about four per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and created about 220,000 direct formal jobs.
Mrs Cofie said the tourism ministry expected the trend to continue so it could contribute further to the national economy, including creating jobs especially in rural areas and thus help to reduce rural poverty.
The Ho Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Mawutor Goh, has asked the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) to look for vibrant tour operating companies and hotels to promote viable transit services for guests of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
He said the nation should take advantage of the ever-growing tourism environment to rake opportunities associated with the next World Cup.
Mr Goh who had just returned from South Africa, made the suggestion at a seminar in Ho to herald the World Tourism Day which falls today.
According to him, consultations with counterparts in South Africa revealed that many tour and travel operators as well as operators of the hospitality industry in that country were ready to channel their guests through Ghana before finally landing in South Africa for the games.
In another development, he said a recent trip to Finland also revealed that a Finnish tourist group that toured the West coast including Ghana had declined expanding their tours to the northern sector of the country because of insecurity.
He said on one of such visits the tourists were stranded in Bolgatanga due to fuel shortage and there was none to buy for their tourist coach.
Mr Goh narrated that an encounter with representatives of the tourists in Finland revealed that the experience gave them a grim and negative picture of the country. He asked the Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations to make amends to avoid the recurrence of such omissions to tourists.
In a speech read on her behalf, the sector Minister, Mrs Oboshie Sai Cofie, said Ghana had emerged as a special African tourist destination drawing people and visitors from all over the world to experience not only the fascinating cultural diversity, history and natural endowments but also the peaceful environment, stability, good governance and hospitality.
She said the tourism industry contributed almost $1.1 billion in foreign exchange earnings, about four per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and created about 220,000 direct formal jobs.
Mrs Cofie said the tourism ministry expected the trend to continue so it could contribute further to the national economy, including creating jobs especially in rural areas and thus help to reduce rural poverty.
OBOSHIE ADVISES TOURISM PRACTITIONERS (PAGE 23)
THE Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations, Mrs Oboshie Sai Cofie, has urged practitioners and the government, who usually rely on tourism for jobs and for revenue, to take into account the potential impact of climate change in planning new tourism resorts or upgrading existing facilities.
She said all institutions must endeavour to take preventive actions to mitigate environmental impact contributing to climate change within the framework of poverty reduction strategies and other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
This was contained in a speech read on her behalf by the Chief Director of the ministry, Mrs Bridget Katsriku, at the opening of a sensitisation seminar at Ho to mark World Tourism Day which falls on Saturday.
It was on the theme: “Tourism: Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change”.
Mrs Cofie said while the impact of climate change on tourism would vary, it was already clear that small island states that served as tourism destinations would become vulnerable to rise in sea level.
She also stated that more frequent periods of extreme heat would cause discomfort in many resorts while sea erosion of coastal areas, reduction of forests through wild fires and excessive flooding were recipes for a decline in tourism.
The minister said several world heritage sites that were important tourist sites such as forts had become victims of high tidal waves induced by climate change.
She, therefore, stressed the need for national and local governments, corporate organisations, churches and international organisations, practitioners in the tourism industry and the media, to join in the crusade by developing and implementing strategies to face changing climatic conditions.
“Action must be taken now. The tourism industry itself must take action to reduce its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions,” Mrs Cofie declared.
She called on tourism practitioners to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions derived from transport and accommodation activities and should change from fossil fuel to renewable sources of energy.
The minister also suggested that the tourism industry should incorporate public transport and cycling infrastructure in resort plans as well as alternative low impact vehicle technology, recycling and conservation of water resources and to undertake aforestation programmes.
In an address read on his behalf, the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, called on all stakeholders in the industry to redouble efforts to contain the keen competition in the industry in order to promote Ghana as a preferred destination with novel experiences and to significantly expand the overall role of tourism in the national economy.
He said the seminar should unfold meaningful insights into the theme and to equip participants with the requisite knowledge to promote sustainable tourism, mindful of the global environment and climate.
In a presentation, the Volta Regional Programme Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Togbe Akliku Ahorney II, said the challenges of climate change to tourism included coastal erosion, extinction of some plants and animal species and heat waves.
He added that revenue from tourism was likely to dwindle as a result of those trends, which might cause reduction in the patronage of tourism activities.
In another paper, a senior lecturer at the Department of Geography and Tourism of the University of Cape Coast, Dr F.E. Amuquandoh, said the nation must be able to adapt to climate changes by building coastal defences, relocation of some tourism-related facilities, setting new priorities as a destination, water conservation, harvesting and recycling.
He called for mitigation efforts in the energy sector, restaurant sector, car rentals, airlines and accommodation by fashioning out strategies that would permit the use of efficient facilities.
She said all institutions must endeavour to take preventive actions to mitigate environmental impact contributing to climate change within the framework of poverty reduction strategies and other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
This was contained in a speech read on her behalf by the Chief Director of the ministry, Mrs Bridget Katsriku, at the opening of a sensitisation seminar at Ho to mark World Tourism Day which falls on Saturday.
It was on the theme: “Tourism: Responding to the Challenges of Climate Change”.
Mrs Cofie said while the impact of climate change on tourism would vary, it was already clear that small island states that served as tourism destinations would become vulnerable to rise in sea level.
She also stated that more frequent periods of extreme heat would cause discomfort in many resorts while sea erosion of coastal areas, reduction of forests through wild fires and excessive flooding were recipes for a decline in tourism.
The minister said several world heritage sites that were important tourist sites such as forts had become victims of high tidal waves induced by climate change.
She, therefore, stressed the need for national and local governments, corporate organisations, churches and international organisations, practitioners in the tourism industry and the media, to join in the crusade by developing and implementing strategies to face changing climatic conditions.
“Action must be taken now. The tourism industry itself must take action to reduce its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions,” Mrs Cofie declared.
She called on tourism practitioners to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions derived from transport and accommodation activities and should change from fossil fuel to renewable sources of energy.
The minister also suggested that the tourism industry should incorporate public transport and cycling infrastructure in resort plans as well as alternative low impact vehicle technology, recycling and conservation of water resources and to undertake aforestation programmes.
In an address read on his behalf, the Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, called on all stakeholders in the industry to redouble efforts to contain the keen competition in the industry in order to promote Ghana as a preferred destination with novel experiences and to significantly expand the overall role of tourism in the national economy.
He said the seminar should unfold meaningful insights into the theme and to equip participants with the requisite knowledge to promote sustainable tourism, mindful of the global environment and climate.
In a presentation, the Volta Regional Programme Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Togbe Akliku Ahorney II, said the challenges of climate change to tourism included coastal erosion, extinction of some plants and animal species and heat waves.
He added that revenue from tourism was likely to dwindle as a result of those trends, which might cause reduction in the patronage of tourism activities.
In another paper, a senior lecturer at the Department of Geography and Tourism of the University of Cape Coast, Dr F.E. Amuquandoh, said the nation must be able to adapt to climate changes by building coastal defences, relocation of some tourism-related facilities, setting new priorities as a destination, water conservation, harvesting and recycling.
He called for mitigation efforts in the energy sector, restaurant sector, car rentals, airlines and accommodation by fashioning out strategies that would permit the use of efficient facilities.
Friday, September 26, 2008
ADAKLU-WAYANU APPEALS FOR POWER (PAGE 21)
THE people of Adaklu-Wayanu in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District have expressed disappointment at the inability of the district assembly to expedite action on the demand of the people to be connected to the national grid under the self help electrification programme (SHEP).
They said although they had bought 14 poles with a supplement of 10 poles from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), their vision of achieving positive change in their lives as regards the benefits of electricity had been frustrated for more than 12 years now.
The chief of the town, Togbe Ahiagbede IV, who spoke on behalf of the people at a meeting with elders of the town, expressed disappointment that many investors had acquired land with a view of investing in agriculture but for the lack of electricity, they could not implement their plans.
He said although there was the network for the reception of mobile or cell phones, the facility was enjoyed at great cost because the people had to travel to areas with electricity to charge their phones to make them functional.
Togbe Ahiagbede lamented the plight of schoolchildren in the community, adding that without electricity, they could not utilise resources and facilities unlike their counterparts in the urban areas.
He, therefore, appealed to all stakeholders in rural development to assist the community to benefit from the SHEP as early as possible.
A potential American investor, Mr Tom Rees, who was present at the meeting, said there was great potential in agriculture and that apart from electricity to facilitate irrigation, there was the need to construct an access road to the farmlands.
They said although they had bought 14 poles with a supplement of 10 poles from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), their vision of achieving positive change in their lives as regards the benefits of electricity had been frustrated for more than 12 years now.
The chief of the town, Togbe Ahiagbede IV, who spoke on behalf of the people at a meeting with elders of the town, expressed disappointment that many investors had acquired land with a view of investing in agriculture but for the lack of electricity, they could not implement their plans.
He said although there was the network for the reception of mobile or cell phones, the facility was enjoyed at great cost because the people had to travel to areas with electricity to charge their phones to make them functional.
Togbe Ahiagbede lamented the plight of schoolchildren in the community, adding that without electricity, they could not utilise resources and facilities unlike their counterparts in the urban areas.
He, therefore, appealed to all stakeholders in rural development to assist the community to benefit from the SHEP as early as possible.
A potential American investor, Mr Tom Rees, who was present at the meeting, said there was great potential in agriculture and that apart from electricity to facilitate irrigation, there was the need to construct an access road to the farmlands.
NDC, NPP MANIFESTOS CONTAIN NOTHING NEW (PAGE 16)
A leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr Clement Asare a.k.a. Kofi Sabon, has said that the manifestos of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) contain nothing new from what the CPP fashioned out in its vision for the first republic for the nation.
“One will well remember that these two parties proclaimed Nkrumah’s fee free education policy, feeding of students, free medical bills and claimed those things belonged to the past and that no serious Ghana government could acknowledge those free rights or facilities again”, he said.
Kofi Sabon who was speaking to the Daily Graphic in Ho said right now the same people were talking about free education, free medical bills and other amenities.
He, therefore, asked at what time they had realised that when they assumed power they would be able to provide those free services and questioned whether they were sincere or just taking Ghanaians for a ride.
He, therefore, made it clear that if the flag bearers of the two parties had now realised the state could conveniently tackle those issues, the best party which should be given power to see to the successful implementation of those policies and ideas was the CPP because the party had done it before.
“We know how to do it and know the problems associated with [it], we know the SWOT analysis associated with it and these are our strengths that will enable us to improve upon the system”, he stated.
Kofi Sabon said these new apostles of political groupings were just coming to experiment and to use “Ghanaians again as guinea pigs”.
He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to be prepared to vote Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom and the CPP as the president for the nation and the ruling party at the December 7 polls.
According to him, “CPP is on top”. This he said judging, from the overwhelming turnout at the 99th birthday anniversary of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the launch of the manifesto as well as the introduction of the running mate, Dr Abu Foster Sakara.
“This was a clear sign that the CPP was reborn,” he said, adding that it was a clear commitment from the majority of Ghanaians that they wanted peaceful elections and peaceful outcome of elections.
Kofi Sabon said it also showed clearly that the majority of Ghanaians were fed up with the NPP and NDC rivalry and that it was a clear sign that Ghanaians were prepared to chart a new course and at least give Kwame Nkrumah the needed recognition and honour for what he did for the nation.
He alluded to the fact that the NDC and NPP had tasted power and that a critical look at their manifestos revealed a lot of repetition and that those repetitions reflected their failures.
“One will well remember that these two parties proclaimed Nkrumah’s fee free education policy, feeding of students, free medical bills and claimed those things belonged to the past and that no serious Ghana government could acknowledge those free rights or facilities again”, he said.
Kofi Sabon who was speaking to the Daily Graphic in Ho said right now the same people were talking about free education, free medical bills and other amenities.
He, therefore, asked at what time they had realised that when they assumed power they would be able to provide those free services and questioned whether they were sincere or just taking Ghanaians for a ride.
He, therefore, made it clear that if the flag bearers of the two parties had now realised the state could conveniently tackle those issues, the best party which should be given power to see to the successful implementation of those policies and ideas was the CPP because the party had done it before.
“We know how to do it and know the problems associated with [it], we know the SWOT analysis associated with it and these are our strengths that will enable us to improve upon the system”, he stated.
Kofi Sabon said these new apostles of political groupings were just coming to experiment and to use “Ghanaians again as guinea pigs”.
He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to be prepared to vote Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom and the CPP as the president for the nation and the ruling party at the December 7 polls.
According to him, “CPP is on top”. This he said judging, from the overwhelming turnout at the 99th birthday anniversary of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the launch of the manifesto as well as the introduction of the running mate, Dr Abu Foster Sakara.
“This was a clear sign that the CPP was reborn,” he said, adding that it was a clear commitment from the majority of Ghanaians that they wanted peaceful elections and peaceful outcome of elections.
Kofi Sabon said it also showed clearly that the majority of Ghanaians were fed up with the NPP and NDC rivalry and that it was a clear sign that Ghanaians were prepared to chart a new course and at least give Kwame Nkrumah the needed recognition and honour for what he did for the nation.
He alluded to the fact that the NDC and NPP had tasted power and that a critical look at their manifestos revealed a lot of repetition and that those repetitions reflected their failures.
Monday, September 15, 2008
KLUTSE ELECTED DFP ASPIRANT FOR AVE-AVENOR (PAGE 15)
THE President of the Mathematics Association of Ghana (MAG), Mr G. K. Abiw-Abaidoo, has called for the establishment of Mathematics laboratories/resource centers in each of the 10 regions of the country.
He said Mathematics teachers could go to such centres for interaction and avail themselves of the use of current teaching and learning materials that would make their classroom delivery interesting and real.
In addition, he said, there should be a set of standard mathematics textbooks to be used in all schools instead of allowing the proliferation of all sorts of pamphlets on the subject in schools, a situation which does not benefit the students.
He made the call when he addressed the 34th annual conference/workshop of the association at the St. James Seminary/Senior High School at Abesim, near Sunyani, in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The theme for the meeting was, “Practical means of Dealing with the Issues Arising out of the 2007 New Educational Reform in Mathematics”.
The MAG President suggested that the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports adopts the MAG Mathematics textbooks which were not only written by a consortium of experienced Mathematics teachers but are also user-friendly, 100 per cent compliant, and had been reviewed to take into consideration the redenomination of the cedi and the latest West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) syllabus just as the Joint Schools Project (JSP) was used in all schools some time ago.
Mr Abiw-Abaidoo called on the Ministry to sponsor Mathematics workshops in the districts to equip them with current changes in the teaching of the subject.
Again, he said, MAG should be fully recognised as a necessary partner in the new educational reform, which he said, would not be complete without a “reformed teacher”.
He said since Mathematics was the “cement that ticks the exact sciences together and the fact that MAG always provides its members with tools or teaching for understanding during its annual workshops, it will not be out of place if MAG is consulted in the selection of resource persons and the planning of future capacity building workshops in Mathematics, such as the one recently held throughout the country”.
The MAG President indicated that the main objective of the founding fathers of MAG in 1960 was to improve the teaching of Mathematics and to acquaint members with new trends in the teaching and learning of the subject in Ghana.
Mr Abiw-Abaidoo explained that membership of MAG was opened to practising teachers of Mathematics in educational institutions, persons who were interested in or concerned with the teaching of Mathematics or with its application in government, commerce or industry, and that honorary membership could be accorded persons who had rendered singular service to promote the teaching and learning of the subject.
In a speech read on his behalf, the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, agreed that any policy which sought to make Science and Technology a priority was likely to fail if Mathematics was not given equal or greater attention.
He however noted that Mathematics as a subject had been dreaded by many students, and that the subject could have died or been ignored completely, and not even the existence of MAG could save it if the new educational reform had not made it compulsory at the pre-tertiary levels and as a requirement for tertiary education.
Mr Baffour-Awuah expressed the hope that the influence of MAG would be felt in the new educational reform by accepting the challenges and resolving to encourage Mathematics teachers to build confidence in their students so as to enable the country to move forward in its educational programme.
The Rector of the Sunyani Polytechnic, Prof. Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah, observed that the study of Mathematics was very important to every human being, whether literate or illiterate, saying that it was due to the immense role that Mathematics played in the lives of the citizenry that the curriculum designers in the Ghana Education Service (GES) in their wisdom made the subject compulsory at the junior and senior high school levels.
The Rector of the St. James Seminary/Senior High School, Rev. Fr. Alex Ansu Ebow, pointed out that the 21st century society cannot move forward without the conscious study of Mathematics and Science.
He said, society’s answers to energy, housing, food and clothing problems, depended on how scientists were able to use their knowledge in Science and Mathematics to find practical and appropriate solutions to those pertinent problems facing humankind the world over.
He said Mathematics teachers could go to such centres for interaction and avail themselves of the use of current teaching and learning materials that would make their classroom delivery interesting and real.
In addition, he said, there should be a set of standard mathematics textbooks to be used in all schools instead of allowing the proliferation of all sorts of pamphlets on the subject in schools, a situation which does not benefit the students.
He made the call when he addressed the 34th annual conference/workshop of the association at the St. James Seminary/Senior High School at Abesim, near Sunyani, in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The theme for the meeting was, “Practical means of Dealing with the Issues Arising out of the 2007 New Educational Reform in Mathematics”.
The MAG President suggested that the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports adopts the MAG Mathematics textbooks which were not only written by a consortium of experienced Mathematics teachers but are also user-friendly, 100 per cent compliant, and had been reviewed to take into consideration the redenomination of the cedi and the latest West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) syllabus just as the Joint Schools Project (JSP) was used in all schools some time ago.
Mr Abiw-Abaidoo called on the Ministry to sponsor Mathematics workshops in the districts to equip them with current changes in the teaching of the subject.
Again, he said, MAG should be fully recognised as a necessary partner in the new educational reform, which he said, would not be complete without a “reformed teacher”.
He said since Mathematics was the “cement that ticks the exact sciences together and the fact that MAG always provides its members with tools or teaching for understanding during its annual workshops, it will not be out of place if MAG is consulted in the selection of resource persons and the planning of future capacity building workshops in Mathematics, such as the one recently held throughout the country”.
The MAG President indicated that the main objective of the founding fathers of MAG in 1960 was to improve the teaching of Mathematics and to acquaint members with new trends in the teaching and learning of the subject in Ghana.
Mr Abiw-Abaidoo explained that membership of MAG was opened to practising teachers of Mathematics in educational institutions, persons who were interested in or concerned with the teaching of Mathematics or with its application in government, commerce or industry, and that honorary membership could be accorded persons who had rendered singular service to promote the teaching and learning of the subject.
In a speech read on his behalf, the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, agreed that any policy which sought to make Science and Technology a priority was likely to fail if Mathematics was not given equal or greater attention.
He however noted that Mathematics as a subject had been dreaded by many students, and that the subject could have died or been ignored completely, and not even the existence of MAG could save it if the new educational reform had not made it compulsory at the pre-tertiary levels and as a requirement for tertiary education.
Mr Baffour-Awuah expressed the hope that the influence of MAG would be felt in the new educational reform by accepting the challenges and resolving to encourage Mathematics teachers to build confidence in their students so as to enable the country to move forward in its educational programme.
The Rector of the Sunyani Polytechnic, Prof. Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah, observed that the study of Mathematics was very important to every human being, whether literate or illiterate, saying that it was due to the immense role that Mathematics played in the lives of the citizenry that the curriculum designers in the Ghana Education Service (GES) in their wisdom made the subject compulsory at the junior and senior high school levels.
The Rector of the St. James Seminary/Senior High School, Rev. Fr. Alex Ansu Ebow, pointed out that the 21st century society cannot move forward without the conscious study of Mathematics and Science.
He said, society’s answers to energy, housing, food and clothing problems, depended on how scientists were able to use their knowledge in Science and Mathematics to find practical and appropriate solutions to those pertinent problems facing humankind the world over.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
STRENTHEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT — TORGBUI AYIM (PAGE 22)
THE paramount chief of the Ziavi Traditional Area, Togbui Kwaku Ayim IV, has called on business educators to fashion out new strategies to strengthen business management and administration in order to contain the challenges of emerging businesses in the wake of petroleum discovery in the country.
According to him, it was expected that more businesses would spring up due to the oil boom and they should be properly managed hence the need to train and equip students at various levels to handle the businesses efficiently.
Togbui Ayim was addressing the 16th annual conference and workshop of the Ghana Association of Business Education Teachers (GABET) at Ho, on Wednesday.
He attributed the collapse of many businesses to poor management skills and, therefore, charged business educators to reverse the trend in order to lay a solid foundation for future generations.
Togbui Ayim lamented over public outcry on the poor result of Basic Education Certificate Education (BECE) and blamed the recurrence of poor performance on the overburdening of pupils with many subjects.
He, therefore, suggested to the authorities to review the number of external examination subjects in order to reduce the number of subjects as a measure of minimising the burden of students.
Presenting a paper on the theme: “The contribution of the business community to the development of business education in Ghana” a senior lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus, Reverend Dr Canon Joseph Osei, said business educators should take up public education on financial literacy after national budget reading or the passing of a new tax law.
He said they should organise seminars in vernacular throughout the country for market women and artisans, adding that they should design simple business methods and financial system flow charts for traders.
Rev Osei said it was only when the business community tasted the professional competence of business educators that they would be motivated to support them in their work.
He said business educators could influence the creation of academic and philanthropic chairs to be occupied by persons who wanted to demonstrate their support for the development of business education in the country.
The GABET National President, Mr J.K. Addo, said the attractiveness of business education programmes in almost all the institutions of higher learning had motivated the choice of the theme for the conference.
He said the forthcoming general election was critical in the life of the nation, and for that reason there was the need for all and sundry, especially the security agencies, to live up to their responsibilities by being strict and stern, fair and firm.
Mr Addo stated that for a democracy to function effectively, the political parties should compete on an equal and equitable basis by providing a level playing field for all political parties.
“Decorum or civility should be the hallmark of our politics. Politics is not supposed to be a dirty game but if those who play politics are dirty, no doubt they will make it dirty,” he said.
According to him, it was expected that more businesses would spring up due to the oil boom and they should be properly managed hence the need to train and equip students at various levels to handle the businesses efficiently.
Togbui Ayim was addressing the 16th annual conference and workshop of the Ghana Association of Business Education Teachers (GABET) at Ho, on Wednesday.
He attributed the collapse of many businesses to poor management skills and, therefore, charged business educators to reverse the trend in order to lay a solid foundation for future generations.
Togbui Ayim lamented over public outcry on the poor result of Basic Education Certificate Education (BECE) and blamed the recurrence of poor performance on the overburdening of pupils with many subjects.
He, therefore, suggested to the authorities to review the number of external examination subjects in order to reduce the number of subjects as a measure of minimising the burden of students.
Presenting a paper on the theme: “The contribution of the business community to the development of business education in Ghana” a senior lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus, Reverend Dr Canon Joseph Osei, said business educators should take up public education on financial literacy after national budget reading or the passing of a new tax law.
He said they should organise seminars in vernacular throughout the country for market women and artisans, adding that they should design simple business methods and financial system flow charts for traders.
Rev Osei said it was only when the business community tasted the professional competence of business educators that they would be motivated to support them in their work.
He said business educators could influence the creation of academic and philanthropic chairs to be occupied by persons who wanted to demonstrate their support for the development of business education in the country.
The GABET National President, Mr J.K. Addo, said the attractiveness of business education programmes in almost all the institutions of higher learning had motivated the choice of the theme for the conference.
He said the forthcoming general election was critical in the life of the nation, and for that reason there was the need for all and sundry, especially the security agencies, to live up to their responsibilities by being strict and stern, fair and firm.
Mr Addo stated that for a democracy to function effectively, the political parties should compete on an equal and equitable basis by providing a level playing field for all political parties.
“Decorum or civility should be the hallmark of our politics. Politics is not supposed to be a dirty game but if those who play politics are dirty, no doubt they will make it dirty,” he said.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
KPANDO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION COMMENDED (PAGE 36)
THE Environmental Health Division of the Kpando District Assembly has been commended for its outstanding performance that has made the district a beacon of good sanitation practise in the Volta Region.
The Kpando town was adjudged the neatest town in the Volta Region last year with Kpando-Gadza placing third while a school in the Anfoega Traditional Area also excelled in a school cleanliness contest.
The District Environmental Health Officer, Mr Simon Axame, did not, however, mince words when he said despite those achievements, there was no room for complacency.
He stressed that the division would intensify its activities in checking stray animals and food vendors in order not to endanger the health of the people.
Mr Axame said this when he addressed a durbar to launch the sixth district sanitation week on the theme, “Clean Environment for the People by the People” at Kpando-Aloyi.
He said environmental health officers should not be regarded as enemies when they were enforcing sanitation laws in the communities.
The Kpando District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Pius Adanuti, said a clean environment was the collective responsibility of all and sundry but not the sole responsibility of environmental health officers.
He entreated the people to change their attitude by keeping their environment clean so that more resources could be saved to meet other demands.
Mr Adanuti said as part of the building regulation and sanitation laws, every developer must construct a toilet in his house.
Mr Adanuti advised the people to respect one another and also tolerate other people’s opinions during the crucial period of the ongoing political campaigns, stressing that they should remain united and should not let the forthcoming elections divide them.
In a welcoming address, the Queen of Aloyi, Mama Komlateng V, said the choice of Aloyi for the function was significant in view of its proper layout and good sanitation culture.
The Kpando town was adjudged the neatest town in the Volta Region last year with Kpando-Gadza placing third while a school in the Anfoega Traditional Area also excelled in a school cleanliness contest.
The District Environmental Health Officer, Mr Simon Axame, did not, however, mince words when he said despite those achievements, there was no room for complacency.
He stressed that the division would intensify its activities in checking stray animals and food vendors in order not to endanger the health of the people.
Mr Axame said this when he addressed a durbar to launch the sixth district sanitation week on the theme, “Clean Environment for the People by the People” at Kpando-Aloyi.
He said environmental health officers should not be regarded as enemies when they were enforcing sanitation laws in the communities.
The Kpando District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Pius Adanuti, said a clean environment was the collective responsibility of all and sundry but not the sole responsibility of environmental health officers.
He entreated the people to change their attitude by keeping their environment clean so that more resources could be saved to meet other demands.
Mr Adanuti said as part of the building regulation and sanitation laws, every developer must construct a toilet in his house.
Mr Adanuti advised the people to respect one another and also tolerate other people’s opinions during the crucial period of the ongoing political campaigns, stressing that they should remain united and should not let the forthcoming elections divide them.
In a welcoming address, the Queen of Aloyi, Mama Komlateng V, said the choice of Aloyi for the function was significant in view of its proper layout and good sanitation culture.
TOURIST VILLAGE FOR ADOMEGAKORPE (PAGE 36)
THE descendants of Torgbi Adomega of Dzodze in the Volta Region are to build a tourist village at Adomegakorpe in the Dzodze Traditional Area with a view to preserving the healing values of a “Vodoo” that originated from the late chief of the town in 1875.
Torgbui Adomega was said to be a healer and saviour who was crowned the chief healer within the Anlo Traditional Area and was the first person in history to be carried in a palanquin on Anlo land in recognition and honour for his healing powers.
The General Secretary of the Adomega Kporlifaga Association of Ghana, Mr Atsu Ahiadzo, announced this at the inauguration of the association at Adomegakorpe last weekend.
According to him, the association would construct two storey buildings to serve as a secretariat, a meeting hall and a guest house, adding that there would be an anniversary every year to rally believers of the “voodoo” and interested persons to the area.
“As Torgbui is alive, there is no sickness that one will come with to this village which will not be healed,” he declared.
Mr Ahiadzo said Torgbi Adomega was the one who spread the voodoo in Benin, Togo and Ghana, adding that its origin was Ile Ife in Nigeria.
Tracing the source of the “voodoo,” Mr Ahiadzo said after the death of six children at the same time on the same day, he embarked on a search for solutions and got the “voodoo” from one Duvor in Togo who shared it with him to end all misfortunes in life.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, congratulated the association on holding fast to the legacy of their ancestors.
The Ketu North District Chief Executive, Togbe Awusu III, said the creation of the new district was aimed at fostering rapid development of the area.
For his part, an advocate of African traditional religion and a broadcaster, Mr Kwame Senyo, urged them to uphold their religion and not to be dissuaded by critics that they were sinners.
He advised Christians to stop making mockery of people of other religions, since it was the lifestyles and faith that could be the yardsticks for judging people.
The National President of Ghana Psyche and Traditional Healers Association, Torgbui Yao Dunyo, who is the high priest of Afetorku shrine of Dagbamate, commended the people for uplifting the image of their ancestors, stressing that without it they could have lost their identity and treasure.
He said their name and history would never be extinct once they had formed the association and instituted the annual anniversary to promote tourism on “voodoos”.
Torgbui Adomega was said to be a healer and saviour who was crowned the chief healer within the Anlo Traditional Area and was the first person in history to be carried in a palanquin on Anlo land in recognition and honour for his healing powers.
The General Secretary of the Adomega Kporlifaga Association of Ghana, Mr Atsu Ahiadzo, announced this at the inauguration of the association at Adomegakorpe last weekend.
According to him, the association would construct two storey buildings to serve as a secretariat, a meeting hall and a guest house, adding that there would be an anniversary every year to rally believers of the “voodoo” and interested persons to the area.
“As Torgbui is alive, there is no sickness that one will come with to this village which will not be healed,” he declared.
Mr Ahiadzo said Torgbi Adomega was the one who spread the voodoo in Benin, Togo and Ghana, adding that its origin was Ile Ife in Nigeria.
Tracing the source of the “voodoo,” Mr Ahiadzo said after the death of six children at the same time on the same day, he embarked on a search for solutions and got the “voodoo” from one Duvor in Togo who shared it with him to end all misfortunes in life.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, congratulated the association on holding fast to the legacy of their ancestors.
The Ketu North District Chief Executive, Togbe Awusu III, said the creation of the new district was aimed at fostering rapid development of the area.
For his part, an advocate of African traditional religion and a broadcaster, Mr Kwame Senyo, urged them to uphold their religion and not to be dissuaded by critics that they were sinners.
He advised Christians to stop making mockery of people of other religions, since it was the lifestyles and faith that could be the yardsticks for judging people.
The National President of Ghana Psyche and Traditional Healers Association, Torgbui Yao Dunyo, who is the high priest of Afetorku shrine of Dagbamate, commended the people for uplifting the image of their ancestors, stressing that without it they could have lost their identity and treasure.
He said their name and history would never be extinct once they had formed the association and instituted the annual anniversary to promote tourism on “voodoos”.
MEDICAL CENTRE TREATS MORE CHRONIC DISEASES (PAGE 36)
FORTY per cent of all reported cases in hospitals in the country are from previous administration of drugs as drug intake contributes to the accumulation of impurities and waste in the body, Dr Sidawi, a medical practitioner has stated.
Dr Sidawi, who has practised alternative medicine for 25 years, said disease problems could not be solved without the cleansing of the colon, a waste disposal organ in the body, through chronic irrigation.
He was speaking at a workshop organised by the Golden Jubilee Medical Centre at Sogakope in the Volta Region.
The Golden Jubilee Medical Centre “SPA” of the Villa Cisneros Hotel at Sogakope in the South Tongu District in the Volta Region now offers various therapies for the treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
This follows the engagement of a holistic medical practitioner, Dr Frank Sidawi, barely a year after the Minister of Health, Major Courage Quashigah (retd), had inaugurated the centre, whereby he declared Sogakope as a health tourism centre in the country.
Dr Sidawi, who is the medical director of the SPA, has scope of practice in physical therapies covering therapeutic massages-reflexology, Tui Na, Acupressure, Sokushindo, Arothematherapy, Yoga, Magnetic therapy, naturopathy, juice/nutrition/megavitamin therapy, oxygen/ozone therapy, hydrotherapy and herbal medicine.
Others are emotional and mental therapies covering advanced pranic healing, Bach Flower Remedies, Crystal Healing and meditation therapy.
Under a colonic irrigation, the body would undergo consultation, full body massage, reflexology and aromatherapy in addition to the cleaning of the liver to prevent it from getting into coma.
Dr Sidawi, therefore, said the SPA concept relied on water or fluid therapies with the combination of natural biological medicines such as herbs, vitamins and minerals, compatible foods and phyto-nutrients to set the tone for the reconstruction or regeneration of the body.
Dr Sidawi said the nation was putting too much emphasis on pharmaceutical drugs although they were poisonous to the body, adding that someone with a kidney problem needed not to take more drugs but had to undergo a detoxification dialysis at the SPA for a remedy.
Dr Sidawi appealed to the National Health Insurance Authority to provide access to alternative medicine to make it possible for those afflicted with chronic diseases to seek care at the SPA.
A beauty therapist at the SPA, Miss Calista Damelda, said the application of cosmetics on clients was technical, adding that the environment was taken into consideration before make-ups were applied.
According to her, many clients visited the SPA during the weekends and left in a good state of mind to begin the ensuing week on a healthy note.
Dr Sidawi, who has practised alternative medicine for 25 years, said disease problems could not be solved without the cleansing of the colon, a waste disposal organ in the body, through chronic irrigation.
He was speaking at a workshop organised by the Golden Jubilee Medical Centre at Sogakope in the Volta Region.
The Golden Jubilee Medical Centre “SPA” of the Villa Cisneros Hotel at Sogakope in the South Tongu District in the Volta Region now offers various therapies for the treatment of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
This follows the engagement of a holistic medical practitioner, Dr Frank Sidawi, barely a year after the Minister of Health, Major Courage Quashigah (retd), had inaugurated the centre, whereby he declared Sogakope as a health tourism centre in the country.
Dr Sidawi, who is the medical director of the SPA, has scope of practice in physical therapies covering therapeutic massages-reflexology, Tui Na, Acupressure, Sokushindo, Arothematherapy, Yoga, Magnetic therapy, naturopathy, juice/nutrition/megavitamin therapy, oxygen/ozone therapy, hydrotherapy and herbal medicine.
Others are emotional and mental therapies covering advanced pranic healing, Bach Flower Remedies, Crystal Healing and meditation therapy.
Under a colonic irrigation, the body would undergo consultation, full body massage, reflexology and aromatherapy in addition to the cleaning of the liver to prevent it from getting into coma.
Dr Sidawi, therefore, said the SPA concept relied on water or fluid therapies with the combination of natural biological medicines such as herbs, vitamins and minerals, compatible foods and phyto-nutrients to set the tone for the reconstruction or regeneration of the body.
Dr Sidawi said the nation was putting too much emphasis on pharmaceutical drugs although they were poisonous to the body, adding that someone with a kidney problem needed not to take more drugs but had to undergo a detoxification dialysis at the SPA for a remedy.
Dr Sidawi appealed to the National Health Insurance Authority to provide access to alternative medicine to make it possible for those afflicted with chronic diseases to seek care at the SPA.
A beauty therapist at the SPA, Miss Calista Damelda, said the application of cosmetics on clients was technical, adding that the environment was taken into consideration before make-ups were applied.
According to her, many clients visited the SPA during the weekends and left in a good state of mind to begin the ensuing week on a healthy note.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
BE AMBASSADORS OF HEALH INSURANCE SCHEME (PAGE 36)
The Kadjebi District Health Insurance Scheme has held its first annual general meeting at Kadjebi with a call on members to be ambassadors of the scheme to prove sceptics wrong that the scheme was a political gimmick.
The Deputy Volta Regional Manager of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ms Justine A.R. Okyerewa, who addressed the meeting, said most people had come to realise the truth that the policy was strictly non-partisan and that it was really fashioned out to pool resources to provide affordable and easy access to health for citizens with the view to reducing poverty.
She admitted that at the initial stages there were logistic constraints, frequent power outages, misconceptions on medicines, rifts between the scheme and service providers, among others.
She, however, said many challenges had been addressed.
She disclosed that the authority was seeking legislative amendment to decouple children from their parents so that by the next academic year children could register whether their parents were card bearers or not.
Ms Okyerewa announced that a three-member committee, the first of its kind in the country, had been constituted in the region to monitor both providers and schemes to ensure that the right things were done in the interest of clients.
In an address, the Kadjebi District Chief Executive, Mrs Kofi Adjei Ntim, said the assembly had nurtured the scheme with GH¢20,000 for salaries of staff, utilities and operational activities.
He said as of December 2007, the scheme had registered 45,641 members out of a total district population of 51,599, adding that 13,669,cards were issued.
Mr Ntim said the scheme mobilised a total of GH¢39, 890.94 by December, 2007 and commended the board of trustees, management staff, general assembly and all those who helped in diverse ways to build the scheme.
The board chairman, Mr J.M.K Adisi, said the scheme grew through leaps and bound in ensuring that members in the district subscribed and benefited from it.
He expressed the hope that by the end of the year the scheme would register about 98 per cent of the population.
Edie Nikoi, Accounting Consultancy of the external auditors of the scheme stated that accumulated fund stood at GH¢41, 207.73 while the net premium stood at GH¢104,289.05 as of December, 2007.
The Deputy Volta Regional Manager of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ms Justine A.R. Okyerewa, who addressed the meeting, said most people had come to realise the truth that the policy was strictly non-partisan and that it was really fashioned out to pool resources to provide affordable and easy access to health for citizens with the view to reducing poverty.
She admitted that at the initial stages there were logistic constraints, frequent power outages, misconceptions on medicines, rifts between the scheme and service providers, among others.
She, however, said many challenges had been addressed.
She disclosed that the authority was seeking legislative amendment to decouple children from their parents so that by the next academic year children could register whether their parents were card bearers or not.
Ms Okyerewa announced that a three-member committee, the first of its kind in the country, had been constituted in the region to monitor both providers and schemes to ensure that the right things were done in the interest of clients.
In an address, the Kadjebi District Chief Executive, Mrs Kofi Adjei Ntim, said the assembly had nurtured the scheme with GH¢20,000 for salaries of staff, utilities and operational activities.
He said as of December 2007, the scheme had registered 45,641 members out of a total district population of 51,599, adding that 13,669,cards were issued.
Mr Ntim said the scheme mobilised a total of GH¢39, 890.94 by December, 2007 and commended the board of trustees, management staff, general assembly and all those who helped in diverse ways to build the scheme.
The board chairman, Mr J.M.K Adisi, said the scheme grew through leaps and bound in ensuring that members in the district subscribed and benefited from it.
He expressed the hope that by the end of the year the scheme would register about 98 per cent of the population.
Edie Nikoi, Accounting Consultancy of the external auditors of the scheme stated that accumulated fund stood at GH¢41, 207.73 while the net premium stood at GH¢104,289.05 as of December, 2007.
FORMER TTI STUDENT DESIGNS BATIK PRINTING MACHINE (PAGE 21)
The search for local and indigenous technologies for the mass production of textile products on sustainable basis cannot be overemphasised.
For the batik industry many processes are carried out manually, making production quite slow and time-consuming.
This is why the invention of a batik printing machine by a 31-year-old product of Tema Technical Institute (TTI), Mr Mawuena Kwesi Amedorme, is most welcome for the small and medium enterprises of the textile sector.
The machine is designed to produce batik, real cloth and java and operates on electricity and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
Built from scrap metal, the machine can print, iron, dye, wash and dry textile in production and also fold it into neat packages.
According to the engineer, 10 persons operate it at a time and it can print 500 full pieces of textiles, that is, 6,000 yards of cloth in eight hours.
He told the Daily Graphic that the invention was a revelation from a dream and that he could dismantle and reassemble it elsewhere.
Mr Amedorme said so far, only one had been produced for Quality Batik Printers Company in Ho.
The Chief Executive of the company, Mr S.A. Osabutey, saw the machine as an innovation that would accelerate the pace of batik production and revolutionise it, since hitherto batik was produced manually and entailed much time in production.
‘This time round we shall be able to produce more to meet the rising demands of customers’, he said.
For the batik industry many processes are carried out manually, making production quite slow and time-consuming.
This is why the invention of a batik printing machine by a 31-year-old product of Tema Technical Institute (TTI), Mr Mawuena Kwesi Amedorme, is most welcome for the small and medium enterprises of the textile sector.
The machine is designed to produce batik, real cloth and java and operates on electricity and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
Built from scrap metal, the machine can print, iron, dye, wash and dry textile in production and also fold it into neat packages.
According to the engineer, 10 persons operate it at a time and it can print 500 full pieces of textiles, that is, 6,000 yards of cloth in eight hours.
He told the Daily Graphic that the invention was a revelation from a dream and that he could dismantle and reassemble it elsewhere.
Mr Amedorme said so far, only one had been produced for Quality Batik Printers Company in Ho.
The Chief Executive of the company, Mr S.A. Osabutey, saw the machine as an innovation that would accelerate the pace of batik production and revolutionise it, since hitherto batik was produced manually and entailed much time in production.
‘This time round we shall be able to produce more to meet the rising demands of customers’, he said.
HO-ASOGLI LAUNCHES YAM FESTIVAL (PAGE 20)
The people of Ho-Asogli have launched this year’s annual yam festival and the fifth anniversary celebration of the enstoolment of the Agbogbomefia, Togbui Afede XIV, of the Asogli state.
The festival started from August 29 and will end on September 28. It will be climaxed on September 27 with a grand durbar to be held at the Jubilee Park in Ho.
Launching the festival, which will be on the theme “Towards a Better Future for Our Nation” a senior divisional chief of Ho-Asogli, Togbui Howusu XII, said the traditional area was determined to collaborate with all government agencies, the private sector and individuals in the Asogli state to help transform Ho Municipality in particular and the Volta Region as a whole.
He said the festival coupled with the fifth anniversary celebrations of the Agbogbomefia was aimed at charting a path for a sustained and rapid development of the Asogli state and the region at large.
Togbui Howusu, who is also the chief of Ho-Dome and chairman of the festival planning committee, said the slow pace at which the Asogli state was developing was cause for concern, adding that what was worrying was that it was the seat of government in the region and therefore had to be developed to merit its status.
He said the development of the youth as human resource was paramount, hence the establishment of the Asogli Education Trust Fund to pool financial resources to promote education and to revive the defunct Asogli Technical Institute at its new site at Akoefe.
The senior divisional chief therefore appealed to all citizens who pledged to support the state in previous years to redeem their pledges. He added that those who had not yet come on board should endeavour to donate freely towards the realisation of the objectives.
“Asogli state is for all of us; it is our collective responsibility to help build it. So we need all hands on deck,” he declared, adding: “This period on the traditional calendar of the people of Asogli state is one for merry-making, promoting peace and socialising”.
The Ho Municipal Manager of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Mr Prosper Pi-Bansah, promised the support of the scheme to register many people including the aged in the area.
The chairman at the function, Togbui Anikpui of Ho-Heve, for his part, said the festival would be unique and must be embraced by the people as a true heritage from their ancestors.
The festival started from August 29 and will end on September 28. It will be climaxed on September 27 with a grand durbar to be held at the Jubilee Park in Ho.
Launching the festival, which will be on the theme “Towards a Better Future for Our Nation” a senior divisional chief of Ho-Asogli, Togbui Howusu XII, said the traditional area was determined to collaborate with all government agencies, the private sector and individuals in the Asogli state to help transform Ho Municipality in particular and the Volta Region as a whole.
He said the festival coupled with the fifth anniversary celebrations of the Agbogbomefia was aimed at charting a path for a sustained and rapid development of the Asogli state and the region at large.
Togbui Howusu, who is also the chief of Ho-Dome and chairman of the festival planning committee, said the slow pace at which the Asogli state was developing was cause for concern, adding that what was worrying was that it was the seat of government in the region and therefore had to be developed to merit its status.
He said the development of the youth as human resource was paramount, hence the establishment of the Asogli Education Trust Fund to pool financial resources to promote education and to revive the defunct Asogli Technical Institute at its new site at Akoefe.
The senior divisional chief therefore appealed to all citizens who pledged to support the state in previous years to redeem their pledges. He added that those who had not yet come on board should endeavour to donate freely towards the realisation of the objectives.
“Asogli state is for all of us; it is our collective responsibility to help build it. So we need all hands on deck,” he declared, adding: “This period on the traditional calendar of the people of Asogli state is one for merry-making, promoting peace and socialising”.
The Ho Municipal Manager of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Mr Prosper Pi-Bansah, promised the support of the scheme to register many people including the aged in the area.
The chairman at the function, Togbui Anikpui of Ho-Heve, for his part, said the festival would be unique and must be embraced by the people as a true heritage from their ancestors.
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