MP Worried Cries For Abandon Road

Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah, MP Sunyani West

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Sunyani West, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has expressed worry over abandon roads in his constituency capital and has promised to follow up at the Ministry of Roads to know why the contractor has abandoned the project.

According to him, the project was not on the budget that was presented in parliament and this has given him room to worry. He was however quick to add that if the government wants to execute the project they can do it on the special projects.

The MP who is also the Deputy Minority Chief Whip spoke to Daily Guide after he visited Odumase the Sunyani West District capital to see the progress on the road which was started by the NDC government in October 2012. He said the Minster of roads who was present at the sod cut ceremony promised to complete within three months from the day of the sod cutting.

Mr. Baffour-Awuah who complained about bad roads in his constituency called on the government to come to the aid of his constituents and help fix the roads. “My constituency has one of the bad roads in the country”, he retorted.

The MP used the opportunity to call on the people in his constituency to stay calm as he contacts the right authorities to help fix the roads.

He promised to meet the youth who had earlier threatened to demonstrate against the government and the District Assembly to talk to them to give him time to talk to the sector minister to address their concerns.

“I understand their frustration because my car nearly got stuck this morning when I used the road, but they should exercise patience”, he added.

Meanwhile, some residents of Odumase who spoke to Daily Guide said it is difficult for them to go out in the night because of the various pits the contractor has created on some parts of the roads. “It’s difficult for us to step out in the night especially when it rains because the place becomes muddy”, one resident who gave her name as Ivy mentioned.

Ms. Ivy who seemed worried about the progress of the road called on the contractor to come back and close the pits he constructed on the roads so they can move freely in the town without the fear of falling into the pits.

She called on the Assembly not to wait for their children to fall into the pits and die before they will do something about the road.

 From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani

 

‘God Will Punish Them’……Bishop Cries.

The Methodist Bishop of Sunyani Diocese, Rt. Rev. Kofi Asare Bediako, has warned politicians and individuals who speak on radio using abusive words to desist from it because God will punish them according to the things that come out of their mouth.

He expressed his joy over the position of the judges of the Supreme Court to haul those who make unremarkable comments that can plunge the nation into chaos.

The Methodist Bishop was preaching on the theme: “Each one, Orders Keeper” on the second Sunday of July at the Wesley Methodist Church in Sunyani.

Picking his text from Matthew 5:22 which reads “But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister,’Raca’, is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell."

Stressing on the Bible reading, Rev. Asare Bediako further mentioned that anyone who call his brother “Raca” meaning useless will be punished by God. “Politicians who use these words against their opponents will face hell fire”, he added.

He noted that foul language which has taken centre stage in the Ghanaian politics can destroy the nation. He continued that Ghana is for everyone therefore, Ghanaians should not sit down and watch politicians to destroy it with the use of foul language because their tongue can plunge the nation to war.

The Methodist Bishop warned Christians to be mindful of the way they treat their neighbors and the children they stay with because they will be judged according to the words they use on people.

Present at the church service were the Superintendent Minister of Sunyani Wesley Methodist and Synod Secretary, Rev. Oswald Samuel Boakye, deputy superintendent, Kwaku Adomako Acheampong, out-going Lay Movement Chairman, Honourable Nathaniel Benjamin Nsenkyere and incoming lay chairman Mr. Jackson Adiyiah, President of Brong Ahafo Branch of Ghana Bar Association, William Oduro and Former Minister in the erstwhile Kufour Government, Honourable Kwadwo Agyei-Darko.

 From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani

MP Promise Community Nurse’s

The New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Dormaa East, William Kwasi Sabi, has promised to help nurses who accept postings to the villages to help improve health care in the constituency.

According to him, nursing is a voluntary and committed job, but the nurses need encouragement to give out all their best in providing services to the people.

Mr. Sabi who mentioned this in an interaction with pressmen in Sunyani disclosed that people living in rural areas are mostly the poorest and therefore have high record of different diseases that is why it is important for health professionals to be close to them.

He advised nurses not to look at the luxurious life in the towns and cities but rather accept postings to the villages to help the poor people that need their services most.

Mr. Sabi called on nurses to make sure their services are extended to any part of the country where people need health care since that is the basis of their training

The MP who is also the first NHIS Boss in Brong Ahafo said taking care of people’s health is not an easy task that is why nurses should be given all the respect they need especially those serving in the villages.

The health economist who is serving his first term in Parliament used the opportunity to promise his constituents that he will do everything within his power to help bring development to the people to release them from the burden they are going through with regards to access to health care.

By:  Vivianna Mensah

‘Code Of Ethics Can’t Stop Corruption’

Kofi Ofosu Boateng, NPP BA Communication Director

The Brong Ahafo Regional Communication Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kofi Ofosu Boateng has stated that the code of ethics recently launched for ministers and other government appointees cannot stop corruption because NDC has always taken Ghanaians for granted.

According to him, the President, in his book “My First Coup d’état,” wrote that in his life all his decisions have been doubtful.
Mr. Boateng, speaking on Ark Fm in Sunyani, said there are institutions that tackle corruption so the President should give them the mandate to work.
If President John Mahama wants to fight corruption, he should walk the talk rather than the usual lip service, he stated.
He also used the opportunity to call on President Mahama to have mercy on the poor in society and reduce the taxes.
A member of the Brong Ahafo Regional NDC Communication Team, Samuel Gyamfi, in his submission, lauded the introduction of the code of ethics, which he said would go a long way to reduce corruption.
He was optimistic the President would use the code of ethics to reduce corruption in the country.
Mr. Gyamfi, who expressed concern about the implementation of policies in the country, called on Ghanaians to support the President to implement the code of ethics to tackle corruption in the country.
 From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani

School For The Deaf Appeals For Help

ENACTUS Team of CUCG Presenting the items to the Headmistress

Headmistress for Bechem School of the Deaf, Veronica Ayeh, is calling on individuals, philanthropists and government to come to the aid of the school to provide them with dormitories for boys and girls and classrooms for basic and technical school.

According to her, the number of students at the school has increased and this has called for the construction of more classrooms and dormitories in the school to provide the students with the best of education they require.

Ms. Ayeh said the school is solely run by the government so they have problems with the provision of food and other things needed to run the affairs of the school.

She spoke to pressmen when student branch of Entrepreneurial Action In Us (ENACTUS) from the Catholic University College of Ghana, Fiapre presented items to the school to help the students boost their knowledge in entrepreneurial skills.

Ms. Ayeh said the school has a population of 461 with 180 girls and 281 boys with a teacher population of 100. “The school needs help from anyone that is ready to help these special children to move on in life”, she added.

She was worried about the way some parents are still keeping their children away from the school to acquire knowledge.

The President of the team, Kennedy Amenu, said the group trained the students on how to make bags, footwear, arm bags/band and also trained them on how to make drink from herbicus plants popularly known in Ghana as ‘sobolo’ because of its nutritional value that can help boost their immune system. “It can help them generate funds for themselves”, he added.

He said the training of the ‘special’ students was part of their project as entrepreneurial students. The students provided them with tie and dye, the herbicus plants and robbers that will be used to keep the drink.

Mr. Amenu promised that the team will continue to help the school in improving their entrepreneurial skills.
By: Vivianna Mensah, Bechem

Chief Fights MCE

Alhaji Mohammed Kwaku Doku

The Omanhene of Mim Traditional Area, Okofrobuo Nana Dr. Yaw Agyei, has expressed his disappointment over the reappointment of the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asunafo North, Alhaji Mohammed Kwaku Doku.

The Omanhene who conveyed an emergency meeting upon the re-nomination of the MCE to deliberate on the nomination said the MCE has occupied the Asunafo North seat for three times but has not brought any development to the people in the area.

This was contained in a press statement released after the emergency meeting to deliberate on the nomination of the MCE.

According to him, the MCE’s leadership position has been divisive and not conducive to team building, a recipe for disaster in development and a better Ghana.

Okofrobuo Agyei further mentioned that, Mim an industrial center in the Brong Ahafo Region, and the largest and most populated town in the municipality, has suffered considerably under the MCE’s administration. “A third term will only make a bad situation worse”, he added.

The release noted that the MCE is disrespectful of Nananom and has refused to meet the Nananon of the Mim Traditional Area for the past four years. “The most recent invitation to meet with Nananom was on 28th June, 2013 which he refused”, the release mentioned.

The release also accused the MCE of his intentions to cause environmental damage by constructing an abattoir in the midst of a stream (kokoteasua) in Mim against the protests of EPA and Mim Town Council.

He also accused the MCE of refusing to inaugurate the urban council now zonal council for the past four years, further stating that the MCE has formed a new one without consulting Nananon.
“He has also appointed a chairman who is litigating with Omanhene in the court”, it’s said. The release also accused the MCE of his serious involvement in chieftaincy affairs in Mim Ahafo area.

 The release said the MCE, Alhaji Doku, has two times contested the MP seat, where the people, with good reasons, have two times soundly rejected him. It continued that nominating and confirming him as MCE would be against the will of the people of Asunafo North. It would be counter to development and better Ghana.

“We pray to all parties involved in the nomination and confirmation process of the MCE for Asunafo North Municipality to seriously consider the plea and voices of Nananom and the people”, it added.

By: Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani

Electrician Educated On Wiring

members of GHECA

Members of the Brong Ahafo Regional branch of Ghana Electrical Contractors Association (GHECA), have been advised to follow the guidelines in wiring houses to enable the region fight fires which are gaining grounds in the country.

According to the Technical Regulation Officer at the Energy Commission, Nii Ashun, for the first quarter of 2012, the country lost GH¢1.47million through 704 fires representing 90 percent of previous incidents.
He believed those fires were caused by electrical faults.
“From the way things are going, I know the country will record high fires in the first quarter of this year as compared to last year,” he added.
Mr Ashun was speaking at a day’s regulation seminar on electrical wiring and certification in Sunyani, where GHECA members from Sunyani, Techiman, Wenchi, Berekum and electrical students from Twene Amanfo Senior High Technical School were in attendance.
He said the Ghana Electrical Wiring Regulation was passed by Parliament into law on February 24, 2012, and the key objective of the law was to guide professionals who engaged in electrical wiring and installation works in the performance of their duties and to ensure safety of lives and property.
He noted that under the 2011, L.I 2008 indicated that a person should not undertake electrical wiring on premises unless that person was certified by a licensed electricity distribution utility or a recognized person appointed by the Energy Commission.
Welcoming the participants to the seminar, the Brong Ahafo Regional President of GHECA, Seth Kenneth Lartey Addo, disclosed that the seminar was one in a series of regional seminars being held as a strategy by the Ghana Energy Commission in collaboration with the Ghana Electrical Contractors Association, players and other agencies in the energy sector to address and discuss issues pertaining to their work which would seek to offer services to Ghanaians.
He said the seminar was particularly to educate, inform and sensitize various stakeholders and the general public on the provision of regulations, 2011, LI 2008.
Mr Addo said the seminar was timely and appropriate in the light of the many domestic, market and industrial fire outbreaks which had bedeviled the nation for the past couple of months, resulting in the loss of lives and destruction of properties.
The National President of GHECA, Joseph Walker, called on electricians who were not members of GHECA to join the association so they could benefit from the various training and enhance their skills in the work.
He also ordered the regional members of the GHECA to elect their executives within the next three months so as to make the association strong to look at the way forward for the association.
The Brong Ahafo Assistant Divisional Fire Officer, Mawuli Deh, also took his turn to advise residents to desist from overloading their sockets to avoid any fire outbreaks that the country had been experiencing.
 From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani