4 in critical condition as Aflao-Kumasi bus plunges into ditch
Source: Ghana I Nhyira FM I Ohemeng Tawiah I ohemengtawiah@gmail.com
Date: 27-02-2020 Time: 03:02:33:pm

The bus fell on its side
Eight people have been injured with four of them in critical condition, in an accident involving a passenger bus and a truck at Boadi Junction in Kumasi, Thursday.
Driver of the Kumasi-bound bus travelling from Aflao reportedly lost control of the wheels after hitting the rear of the truck at a newly-constructed intersection.
The bus fell on its side into the ditch, leaving passengers, mostly traders.
At exactly 7:05 Thursday morning, the bus with registration GR 5224-19 on which they were travelling skidded off the road.
Yaw Annor, a trader at Kumasi Central Market told Joy News he had called for helping hands to assist him to off-load his wares at nearby Dunkirk a few minutes before the accident.
A teacher at Ideal College also said he was awakened by the sound of the falling bus after it screeched as the driver struggled to control the bus.

"I hurriedly came out of my room when I heard a loud noise and saw people shouting, screaming Jesus, Jesus. I didn't know what was happening then I saw the bus then I saw passengers bleeding including the driver,” the eyewitness said.
He quickly reached his phone and called both the National Fire and Ambulance Service when he saw the bus.
The timely intervention of emergency service providers, including ambulance and fire service, saved the situation.
Police Motor Transport and Traffic Department were on hand to ensure free-flow of traffic.
There are calls for city authorities to improve security installations on the stretch.
"The MCE, DCE and the MPs should do what they can and put up a barricade along the stretch. Looking at this accident, if there were to barricade here, it would have saved the bus from falling down".
Police at KNUST says the investigation into the accident has just begun.

DCE PROPHESIED AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING WASSCE EXAM.

DCE PROPHESIED AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING WASSCE EXAM.

   The DCE for Techiman North district Hon Peter Mensah on the 19th February started one day, one Senior High school tour which he ended yesterday at Guakro Effah senior high school at Offuman a sub community in Techiman North district.

When the headmaster of the school, Mr suleman Berma was given the welcome address he said, the government has provided them with Text books, pass questions, storying  building, access to Internet etc which he command the government for that.

     Mr Suleman added that, since 2017 - 2018 till now the school has improved in the WASSCE  Exam and has also participated for the first time in national maths and science quiz.

    The headmaster explained that, upon all the above mentioned, the school lacked a lot of infrastructure projects and others are incomplete so he is pleading with the Government to come to their aid.

    He pleaded with the DCE that, he should help them with his office so the school can benefit  boarding facility,  masters bungalow and new bus.

       Moreover he said, the Teachers are dedicated to work but the above mentioned challenges has become an obstacle for them to work.
           

In response to what the headmaster said, Hon Peter Mensah the DCE for Techiman North district also command the leadership of the school for their effort to transform the school.

      He added that, Techiman North district is always ready to support Guakro Effah senior high school that is why this years District anniversary will be celebrated at Offuman.
     
   Hon Peter Mensah explained that the government led by Nana Addo is also ready to support student towards their future that is why Npp Government his introduce Free SHS so students should make good use of this opportunity.
 
    He said the motive behind the introduction of the Free SHS is to ensure equality which means that there is no difference between poor and rich child so that there will be equality in future.

   In addition h,e said, Guakro Effah senior high school got 99.51% during their last WASSCE EXAM so he is pleading with the people of OOffermanto does maa massive campaign for the school ich he even prophesied that in the upcoming Exam, a student from Guakro Effah senior high school will get 100%.


    About the challenges of the school he said, he will ensure that all providers will soon be provided so he is still pleading with the Teachers that upon all the challenges they should deliver quality Education to the students.

   He also pleaded with the students to be submissive to the Teachers so that they can pass their Exams one and for all.


   He finally said, the students should not listen to the political commentary and propaganda People are making about Free SHS.

   


     SOURCE; AGYENKWA NEWS ( Techiman, B/ E)

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Snakes and other reptiles have invaded Agona Kwanyako Health Centre .

Snakes and other reptiles have invaded Agona Kwanyako Health Centre following deep cracks, developed in the structure giving open access to the reptiles.

The cracks could also be found in the roofing, which leaked when it rained and an imminent collapse of the facility, which had become a death trap cannot be ruled out if immediate steps are not taken to address the situation.

Nurses and Paramedical staff of the facility are currently finding it difficult to discharge their duties well at the facility that served about 20,000 people in 30 Communities in its catchment area.

Speaking at the Annual Review Conference of the Agona East Directorate of the Ghana Health Service, Mr Kofi Kaini Mends, Agona East District Director of Health Service said the deplorable state of the Kwanyako Health Centre needed urgent attention.

The meeting was to take stock of the previous year’s activities and matters affecting the g welfare of workers and the patients as well.

He suggested that the whole facility should be pulled down and a new one constructed to forestall any disaster.

Mr Mends said a report was made to the Agona East District Assembly and District Chief Executive (DCE) Mr Dennis Armah-Frempong immediately dispatched the Assembly’s Engineers to take measurements for the renovation to be done.

He said the renovation of the facility would not solve the problem, but rather it needed a new block and appealed to stakeholders, Central Government, NGOs, donors both local and foreign to assist the Centre.

Source;GNA 

SONA debate: Support Akufo-Addo to do more - Oppong Nkrumah
Source: Myjoyonline.com
Date: 26-02-2020 Time: 06:02:53:am



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Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged his colleague MPs and Ghanaians to support President Akufo-Addo to do more in resolving challenges confronting the nation.
Mr. Nkrumah who was leading the Majority side in the debate on the state of the nation address in Accra on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, said President Akufo-Addo’s achievements and interventions so far does not only make Ghana a heathier nation across various sectors but also a bold and compelling vision to look to.
The Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, catalogued the “impressive gains” under the Akufo-Addo administration which includes growth in Agriculture, introduction of Free SHS, the buzzing tourism sector through the well-patronised Year of Return concept, investment in the security sector, Entrepreneur support, Digitization, development in sports and resourcing institutions to fight corruption among others.

On the Financial Sector cleanup, Mr. Nkrumah stressed on the importance of the exercise since the contagion effect could have literally consumed Ghana’s entire financial sector.
“Today over 11billlion has been paid out to the customers of banks. Payment for another 5 billion is starting for customers of non-banking financial institutions from this week. Deposits of over 4million Ghanaians have been saved. Robust corporate governance mechanisms have been introduced to forestall a repetition in the sector. Over 7,000 jobs have been saved and our Financial sector is healthier today than it was three years ago,” he said.

The Minister also assured the House of President Akufo-Addo and his administration’s commitment to continue with the fight against illegal mining popularly known as Galamsey.
“We haven’t completely won the fight against illegal and irresponsible mining yet. Indeed, the President admits that though some successes have been achieved, challenges remain. Community mining has been introduced after training of thousands of hither-to illegal small scale miners. Today about 20,000 of them are working legally in community mining concessions. At the same time, some are still resuming the practice of irresponsible and illegal mining. As the President mentioned his commitment is unwavering. The state agencies will clamp down on all these activities” he added.
Mr. Nkrumah said persons found to be compromising the fight will be dealt with no matter their political colour.
“Already some have been handed over to the police and we all look forward to the police doing a thorough job at investigating and prosecuting”.
Minority MPs abstained from the debate following their initial walkout during the President’s presentation last Thursday.

There were bloody scenes at Aputuogya Nkwanta in the Bosomtwe District when three people were killed in a gory crash on Friday morning.

A speeding caterpillar reportedly veered off the road and ran over four people, killing three instantly.

The fourth victim, who survived the bloody accident, reportedly sustained life-threatening injuries and was rushed to the hospital.

The exact identities of the three deceased persons and the injured were not immediately available.

An eyewitness disclosed that around 7 am on Friday, the victims were standing in front of their house when from nowhere the caterpillar, which was working on a road in the vicinity, suddenly veered off the road and ran over them.

The police are yet to ascertain whether the caterpillar driver lost control of the steering wheel or whether it was due to a fault.

The eyewitness said the accident attracted a lot of curious people to the scene, who tried in vain to rescue the victims trapped under the heavy-duty machine.

The whereabouts of the driver of the caterpillar were not immediately known but sources said the police were investigating the crash.

TUCHMAN MUNICIPAL COCOA OFFICE HAD STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON CHILD LABOUR YESTERDAY.

    Child labour in Ghana has been one major challenge affecting the development of this country most often in our farming communities due to that office of Techiman Cocoa board has yesterday called stakeholders meeting at Bonokyempem Hall in Techiman the Regional capital of BONO EAST.

      The motive of the meeting was to discuss the causes, effect and how to prevent it
 
     Addressing at the meeting, the Techiman District Cocoa Offer Mr Fredrick Aboagye explained that, most Youths are not ready to involve themselves in farming particularly in Cocoa farming all because of what they go through when they were a child.

  He added that it is always good as a parent to send your child to farm but we need not allow framing prevent our child from not schooling because everyone needs to be educated because education is the key to success.

 He explained that the production of Cocoa is reducing because of child labour

   

   Mr Aboagye finally pleaded with parents not to allow their children to do work which is above their strength because it may affect them one day.

         

Moreover, the Municipal social welfare officer Mr Solomon Kwaku Amainm also said, this meeting has shown that the social welfare department needs to do more education about child labour due to that they will soon start education so that it will reduce in the municipality.


    SOURCE; Agyenkwa news ( Techiman, B/E)

The dumbfound Newspaper headlines for Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Newspaper headlines for Tuesday, February 25, 2020.

Braking news Two women, one pregnant, perish in an accident at Kintampo

Two women, one pregnant, died at Kintampo in the Bono East Region on Friday, February 21, 2020, when a vehicle they were travelling with, crashed into a cargo truck transporting logs.

The victims, who are yet to be identified, were trapped under logs for almost two hours before personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service were able to clear the logs and removed them from their car.

Kintampo Government Hospital a few minutes after they were rushed to the facility, Adom News correspondent, Wiafe Akenten, reported.

They were travelling in a Vibe Pontiac vehicle with registration number WR 3217 – 13 and was being driven by one of them when they reportedly collided with a DAF truck also registered GE 2539 – 13.

None of the passengers on board the cargo truck which was travelling from Dunkwa in the Central Region to Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region was injured.

One of the driver’s mates, Abdul Mubarak, in his narration to Adom News, claimed they saw the ladies’ vehicle coming towards the direction of their vehicle but an attempt by his driver to avoid a head-on collision, failed as he lost control of the steering wheel.

All they saw suddenly was that the cargo truck crashed into the private car. Both vehicles veered off the road and the truck landed on the Pontiac Vibe, which he said flattened.

The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Kintampo mortuary pending autopsy while police investigating the cause of the crash.

DON'T FALL FOR PROPAGANDA DEC TELLS

Don't fall for propaganda, study hard and make Nana Addo proud-  DCE TELLS.
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     Very soon the first batch of FREE SHS students will be writing their final Exam due to that, the DCE for Techiman North district Hon Peter Mensah has started 'One day, One SHS' tour within the District which he started yesterday 19th and will end on the 25th February 2020.

   He started from Akumfi Ameyaw senior high school during their SRC week celebration with the theme: consolidating the benefit of free SHS for an Accelerated development .

    When the headmaster for Akumfi Ameyaw SHS Mr Solomon Nyamah Douglas was given the wlecome address he command the DCE for his hard working and also the support from the government because there have been a massive improvement in the school which he mentioned some of them.

    He also pleaded that, there are a lot of uncomplicated projects in the school so the government to come and complete them for the school so that they can end the double track

       

      In an interview with Hon Peter Mensah after the visit he said, the motive behind the tour is to encourage the students ahead of their Exam.

   He again advised the students that they shouldn't fall for propaganda but they should learn hard and make Nana Addo proud.

 

 

  Hon Peter also due mentioned complete and ongoing projects which he promised that they will soon complete all so that double track will be a thing of pass at Akumfi Ameyaw SHS.

 

 He finally pleaded with the Teachers to deliver quality Education to the students so that they can pass their once and for all.

     

   
     SOURCE; AGYENKWA NEWS ( TECHIMAN, B/E)

Three people have been killed while a fourth person is battling for her life after a payloader ran into a group of people at Aputuogya Nkwanta in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region.

The ghastly crash occurred at about 7 am on Monday after the driver of the equipment swerved a vehicle to prevent a head-on collision with an oncoming car.

The payloader hit a 30-year-old woman who was taking her 2-year-old girl to school. They got entangled beneath the heavy-duty vehicle and were dragged along the road before the vehicle rammed into a small kiosk.

A woman selling gari and other items in the kiosk got crashed in the process. All three died on the spot.A fourth person who was close to the kiosk sustained serious injuries.

“One of them had her head crashed. The other woman had a large portion of her skin peeled off around the thighs. One victim was smashed badly with all her ribs exposed. The limbs of the woman and her daughter were in pieces with blood all over at the scene,” Ernest Kojo Abrefa, an eyewitness, disclosed.

Source: Adomonline 

Two killed in fire outbreak

A 77-year-old former Assembly Member for Nkawkaw Domeabra Electoral Area and his 11-year-old grandson lost their lives in a fire outbreak in the Assembly member’s house at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region.

The former Assembly Member, Sammy Simpe and his grandson Kwame Sarpong died when fire engulfed their two bedroom apartment at Domeabra, a suburb of Nkawkaw Municipality, while his wife Madam Martha Ofori Simpe, aged 75 sustained serious burns on her body and is on admission at Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital.

Briefing the Ghana News Agency, the Kwahu West Municipal Fire Officer, Divisional Officer Grade 3, Kofi Agbetorsu, said a policeman drove to the Fire Station to report the fire outbreak in a house at Domeabra at 9:45pm last Tuesday.

He said the Fire Service staff mobilized themselves with their fire tender to the scene at Domeabra within six minutes where they saw the whole apartment in flames and heard the woman screaming for help while they tried to put off the fire with the assistance of youths in the area.

Mr Agbetorsu said they broke a window and pulled out Madam Simpe from the flames as the only entrance to the building was locked with burglar proof.

The Municipal Fire Officer said, after putting off the fire, he saw the late Simpi and his grandson, Kwame Sarpong totally burnt and the police had to send the corpses to Agyarkwa Private Hospital Mortuary.

Mr Agbetorsu appealed for logistics and material assistance to the fire station to help control fire outbreaks and bush fires at the Kwahu areas as there was only one fire tender serving the whole Kwahu West Municipality, Kwahu South and East Districts.

He said there was no fire hydrant in the Nkawkaw town and had to rush to the Water Company pumping station at Adoagyiri to refill the tender to continue to put out the fire.

The Divisional Officer noted that, the Kwahu West Municipal Fire Station had recorded 24 fire incidents in the Kwahu area since the beginning of the year, made up of six domestic fires, seven bush fires, three vehicular fires where eight vehicles got burnt and two industrial fires which resulted in large number of personal effects being destroyed.

Source: GNA

GHANA WOMEN'S PREMIERE LEAGUE. WEEK 5 RESULTS...

GHANA WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUE WEEK 5 RESULTS   

                NORTHERN ZONE

Northern Ladies 0:0  Pearl Pia Ladies

NASCO Player of the Match -Seidu Faiza  (Northern Ladies)

Kumasi Sports Academy 2: 1 Fabulous Ladies
 Sandra Atinga(pen)                Agnes Aduako (Pen)
Benedicta Nana Duku

NASCO Player of the Match - Benedicta Nana Duku( Kumasi Sports Academy)

Prisons Ladies 2:1 Ashtown Ladies
Rita Okyere           Grace Acheampong
Abigail Tutuwaa

NASCO Player of the Match - Helena Obeng(Prisons Ladies)

Supreme Ladies Vs Ampem Darkoa Ladies

                      SOUTHERN ZONE

        Sea Lions 1:1 Police Ladies
Gladys Nortey     Deborah Afriyie

NASCO Player o the Match - Blessing Shine Agbomadzie(Sea Lions)

Halifax Ladies 0-2 Ladystrikers
                                  Arthur Catherine (Pen)
                                  Addai Boakye Gifty

NASCO Player of the Match - Ernestina Tetteh (Halifax Ladies)

Hasaacas Ladies 5:0 Soccer Intellectuals
Millot Abena Pokua(3)
Evelyn Badu
Doris Boaduwaa

NASCO Player of the Match - Millot Abena Pokua(Hasaacas Ladies)

         Samaria Ladies 2:2 Immigrations Ladies
Salma Jaibrail Sai                  Patience Narh
                                      Mary Neequaye(GK,own goal)
                                            Agnes Quaye

NASCO Player of the Match - Gifty Acheampong(Samaria Ladies)

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