THE management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a private waste management company, has launched a programme known as “Tin Ton Tan” with the objective of preventing diseases through improved environmental sanitation.
The programme is to improve environmental cleanliness to reduce sanitation-related diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, respiratory infections, diarrhoea, among other ailments.
The launch of the programme took place at the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani after a massive clean-up exercise at the hospital premises which lasted about two hours.
The Brong Ahafo Regional Operations Supervisor of Zoomlion, Mr Kwame Gariba, who launched the programme, explained that it sought to reintroduce and emphasise the critical roles of traditional authorities in organising sanitation activities in their communities, such as communal work, the construction of toilets, the desilting of gutters and the clearing of bushes.
According to Mr Gariba, the major stakeholders in the programme included the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), the Ministries of Health, Manpower, Youth and Employment and Local Government, Rural Development and Environment.
He indicated that there would be a strong collaboration with the various hospital administrations, traditional rulers, assembly members and youth associations in the communities.
Mr Gariba stated that the programme would inculcate the spirit of clean environment in the communities.
“The ultimate goal is to reduce the incidence of sanitation-related diseases which will contribute to improving the health status of the citizenry. It will also reduce the burden on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and free resources for investment in other social programmes,” Mr Gariba explained.
The Medical Director of the Sunyani Regional Hospital, Dr Daniel Asare, lauded the initiative of the company, stressing that good sanitation improved the health of the people.
He, therefore, urged all community members to embrace the programme.
Dr Asare said in view of the expansion of the hospital, with its attendant sanitation problems, the authorities had contracted a company to assist in the day-to-day cleaning of the facility.
According to the medical director, the regional hospital had been adjudged one of the cleanest facilities in Africa and for that matter a team of experts in sanitation from the United Kingdom, Sough Africa and Canada had paid visits to verify the situation.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
DON'T VOTE FOR CANDIDATES WHO WILL SLEEP IN PARLIAMENT (PAGE 16)
THE presidential aspirant of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, has urged the electorate not to vote for aspiring parliamentarians who would eventually enter the house only to sleep during proceedings or debates.
He said it was not just anybody who should be voted for to enter parliament and would not contribute meaningfully to discussions or debates in the house.
Dr Nduom who made the appeal at Kwame Danso in the Sene District of the Brong Ahafo Region on Saturday, pointed out thats “some people come to parliament, take their seats and keep mute while others will sleep off when important debates or discussions are going on with others raising their hands in agreement with colleagues’ assertions”.
The CPP flag bearer was introducing the CPP parliamentary candidate for the Sene Constituency, Mr Ramson Emmanuel Osei, a 51-year-old educationist, during an address of party faithful at the Kwame Danso Old Market as part of his campaign tour of some parts of the region.
He, therefore, appealed to the party’s supporters to vote massively for the candidate, who, he said, was capable of entering parliament and contributing his quota to the overall national development, and to the constituency in particular.
Dr Nduom noted that the parliamentary aspirant would also co-operate with the district assembly, show respect to both the elderly and the youth and know their problems before prescribing solutions, saying that the people needed a change of representation in parliament.
The CPP presidential aspirant again urged the people in the area to vote the CPP to power because, according to him, Kwame Danso, Atebubu, Amantin and indeed the entire vicinity had been the support base of the CPP in the 1960s.
He declared, “We are claiming back our land, come December 7 since it has been our stronghold in the past and I promise that the numerous factories that had collapsed would all be revived when you vote the CPP to power”.
Dr Nduom further assured the people that a vote for the CPP would mean a transformation in the economy, which he said, the people would actually feel in their pockets and not the rhetorics of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The CPP flag bearer pointed out that the party was for real peace and that was why he did not insult people in his campaign messages, and explained that the recent clashes between the NDC and the NPP at Agbogbloshie, Tamale, Berekum, Ho and elsewhere in the country attested to the fact that the two parties were violent.
He also debunked the notion held in some circles that the CPP was for the older people, pointing out that a careful look at the posters of the NDC presidential aspirant, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, and the NPP presidential hopeful, Nana Akufo-Addo, compared to his picture, would show that he was more energetic.
“We need someone who is strong enough to be our leader and rule the nation, someone who can work tirelessly and not those who are in their pension state already. We don’t need pensioners in government”, he emphasised.
Dr Nduom declared, “You have voted four times without any reward and so it is not for me to tell you that you need a change which everyone is crying for this year, and a change in favour of the CPP means work and happiness”.
The CPP women’s organiser for the constituency, Miss Ubaida Yusif Saani, said the CPP had come to stay, and appealed to the people to put their votes together for Dr Nduom, come December 7, for a better Ghana.
She noted with satisfaction that during Dr Nkrumah’s regime, he did a lot for Ghana and based on that they should vote for the CPP led by Dr Nduom, adding that having tested the NDC and the NPP without any reward there was the need for change.
He said it was not just anybody who should be voted for to enter parliament and would not contribute meaningfully to discussions or debates in the house.
Dr Nduom who made the appeal at Kwame Danso in the Sene District of the Brong Ahafo Region on Saturday, pointed out thats “some people come to parliament, take their seats and keep mute while others will sleep off when important debates or discussions are going on with others raising their hands in agreement with colleagues’ assertions”.
The CPP flag bearer was introducing the CPP parliamentary candidate for the Sene Constituency, Mr Ramson Emmanuel Osei, a 51-year-old educationist, during an address of party faithful at the Kwame Danso Old Market as part of his campaign tour of some parts of the region.
He, therefore, appealed to the party’s supporters to vote massively for the candidate, who, he said, was capable of entering parliament and contributing his quota to the overall national development, and to the constituency in particular.
Dr Nduom noted that the parliamentary aspirant would also co-operate with the district assembly, show respect to both the elderly and the youth and know their problems before prescribing solutions, saying that the people needed a change of representation in parliament.
The CPP presidential aspirant again urged the people in the area to vote the CPP to power because, according to him, Kwame Danso, Atebubu, Amantin and indeed the entire vicinity had been the support base of the CPP in the 1960s.
He declared, “We are claiming back our land, come December 7 since it has been our stronghold in the past and I promise that the numerous factories that had collapsed would all be revived when you vote the CPP to power”.
Dr Nduom further assured the people that a vote for the CPP would mean a transformation in the economy, which he said, the people would actually feel in their pockets and not the rhetorics of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The CPP flag bearer pointed out that the party was for real peace and that was why he did not insult people in his campaign messages, and explained that the recent clashes between the NDC and the NPP at Agbogbloshie, Tamale, Berekum, Ho and elsewhere in the country attested to the fact that the two parties were violent.
He also debunked the notion held in some circles that the CPP was for the older people, pointing out that a careful look at the posters of the NDC presidential aspirant, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, and the NPP presidential hopeful, Nana Akufo-Addo, compared to his picture, would show that he was more energetic.
“We need someone who is strong enough to be our leader and rule the nation, someone who can work tirelessly and not those who are in their pension state already. We don’t need pensioners in government”, he emphasised.
Dr Nduom declared, “You have voted four times without any reward and so it is not for me to tell you that you need a change which everyone is crying for this year, and a change in favour of the CPP means work and happiness”.
The CPP women’s organiser for the constituency, Miss Ubaida Yusif Saani, said the CPP had come to stay, and appealed to the people to put their votes together for Dr Nduom, come December 7, for a better Ghana.
She noted with satisfaction that during Dr Nkrumah’s regime, he did a lot for Ghana and based on that they should vote for the CPP led by Dr Nduom, adding that having tested the NDC and the NPP without any reward there was the need for change.
Monday, October 27, 2008
THOUGHT ON BEST TEACHER AWARDS (NSEMPA, PAGE 20)
By Akwasi Ampratwum-Mensah & Samuel Duodu, Sunyani.
A NUMBER of people who attended the 14th Edition of the National Best Teacher Awards ceremony at the Jubilee Park in Sunyani, the capital of the Brong Ahafo Region, have expressed varied opinions about the institution of the scheme.
While some of them argued that the yearly programme was a laudable initiative by the GNAT in 1995, others called for its expansion to cover more teachers and a review of some of the prizes, as well as an improvement of the general condition of service of teachers in the country.
Recognition
They contended that, since teachers were looked up to as opinion leaders, the awards would further strengthen their relationship with the communities in which they rendered their service.
Professor James H. Ephraim, the Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG) at Fiapre, near Sunyani, described the awards as a good facility to recognise the contributions of teachers but noted that; the awards were a “tokenism.”
He explained that there were a lot more teachers whose work needed to be recognised and rewarded to serve as an encouragement for them to give their best, adding that, if the general conditions of teachers were improved, there would not be the need for the awards.
Mrs Akua Akubour Debrah, the Brong Ahafo Regional Director of Education, also indicated that the awards scheme was a good one because it served as a reminder to all teachers to work harder.
She observed that the awards had a great impact on society at large, since teachers were not only supposed to teach, but their lives had an influence in the communities they served, especially the children they taught.
The Volta Regional Secretary of GNAT, Nana Pobee Asomaning, said the scheme as it stood now, served as an impetus for teachers, especially the young ones, adding that it was laudable but ought to be expanded to embrace more teachers for them to work harder.
Motivation
Mr Kwadwo Fordjour, a driver at the GNAT Secretariat in Kumasi, pointed out that, since teachers were training children to become future leaders, they were considered to be very important in society and so the institution of the awards was in the right direction.
The Public Relations Officer of the Western Regional Education office in Sekondi, Mr Francis Sankah, also said the awards were motivational and a welcome initiative for teachers to work harder.
However, he pointed out that, the presentation of fridges as prizes should be reviewed, describing those prizes as not good enough and only a token and also called for its expansion.
Ms Veronica Asare, a teacher of the St. Theresa’s Primary School at Asawasi in Kumasi for her part, indicated that whoever was occupying any enviable position, whether as a Member of Parliament, an engineer, doctor etc., were all taught by a teacher and therefore the work of teacher needed to be appreciated.
She suggested that the organisers should consider those who had taught for 10years and above in the next award instead of selecting only young ones who were energetic.
Honour
Nana Bofo Bena IV, Omanhene of Dwenem Traditaional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, also described the scheme as very good in the sense that, “A nation that does not honour its heroes was not worth dying for,” because it was the teacher’s contribution that had resulted in the socio-economic transformation of the country.
The Awerempimhene of Awua-Odumasi, near Sunyani, Nana Kwabena Ameyaw, who is also a retired Education Director, said the awards were very useful and encouraged teachers to give their best, and stressed that when one worked hard he or she needed to be rewarded.
He appealed to corporate oragnisations and benevolent individuals and groups to join the GNAT and the government in sponsoring the awards to cover more teachers.
The Upper East Regional Co-ordinator of the Best Teacher Awards noted that, a well-motivated teacher would be committed to his or her work, thereby improving the quality of teaching and learning, adding that the awards would ensure commitment and sacrifices.
Nana Kwadwo Kwakyie, Wirepemhene of Asankrabreman Division in the Wassa Amenfi District in the Western Region and Chairman of the Brong Ahafo Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools, for his part said the awards was a good motivation for teachers that gives them national recognition.
Private schools
But, he observed that there were teachers in the private schools who were equally good and dedicated to their work like their counterparts in the public schools but were not recognised.
“We in the private sector have been conspicuously left out in the National Best Teacher Award Day, and I am therefore appealing to the organisers and the government to include teachers in the private sector in the awards, since we also contribute to the human resource development of the country,” Nana Kwakyie stressed.
Mr Apraku Tuffuor, Regional Committee Planning Member of the 14th edition of the teachers’ award day, said it was to recognise hard work, dedication and sacrifice.
He noted that being awarded does not mean you should be given something that you cannot afford, and that the significance of the awards was the recognition and not the value, and called on the committee, to upgrade the prizes.
Mr Emmanuel Charles Ansong of the Sunyani Municipal Fire Service Command and also in-charge of the Fire Education Team, pointed out that, the award scheme for teachers was laudable.
He however, urged teachers in the public schools to put in their maximum best to arrest the declining standard of education in the public sector.
Mr Yaw Adade Mensah, the Brong Ahafo Regional Manager of the Ghana Water Company, for his part, congratulated all teachers for the good work and expressed the hope that the awards would serve as a morale booster to them.
A NUMBER of people who attended the 14th Edition of the National Best Teacher Awards ceremony at the Jubilee Park in Sunyani, the capital of the Brong Ahafo Region, have expressed varied opinions about the institution of the scheme.
While some of them argued that the yearly programme was a laudable initiative by the GNAT in 1995, others called for its expansion to cover more teachers and a review of some of the prizes, as well as an improvement of the general condition of service of teachers in the country.
Recognition
They contended that, since teachers were looked up to as opinion leaders, the awards would further strengthen their relationship with the communities in which they rendered their service.
Professor James H. Ephraim, the Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG) at Fiapre, near Sunyani, described the awards as a good facility to recognise the contributions of teachers but noted that; the awards were a “tokenism.”
He explained that there were a lot more teachers whose work needed to be recognised and rewarded to serve as an encouragement for them to give their best, adding that, if the general conditions of teachers were improved, there would not be the need for the awards.
Mrs Akua Akubour Debrah, the Brong Ahafo Regional Director of Education, also indicated that the awards scheme was a good one because it served as a reminder to all teachers to work harder.
She observed that the awards had a great impact on society at large, since teachers were not only supposed to teach, but their lives had an influence in the communities they served, especially the children they taught.
The Volta Regional Secretary of GNAT, Nana Pobee Asomaning, said the scheme as it stood now, served as an impetus for teachers, especially the young ones, adding that it was laudable but ought to be expanded to embrace more teachers for them to work harder.
Motivation
Mr Kwadwo Fordjour, a driver at the GNAT Secretariat in Kumasi, pointed out that, since teachers were training children to become future leaders, they were considered to be very important in society and so the institution of the awards was in the right direction.
The Public Relations Officer of the Western Regional Education office in Sekondi, Mr Francis Sankah, also said the awards were motivational and a welcome initiative for teachers to work harder.
However, he pointed out that, the presentation of fridges as prizes should be reviewed, describing those prizes as not good enough and only a token and also called for its expansion.
Ms Veronica Asare, a teacher of the St. Theresa’s Primary School at Asawasi in Kumasi for her part, indicated that whoever was occupying any enviable position, whether as a Member of Parliament, an engineer, doctor etc., were all taught by a teacher and therefore the work of teacher needed to be appreciated.
She suggested that the organisers should consider those who had taught for 10years and above in the next award instead of selecting only young ones who were energetic.
Honour
Nana Bofo Bena IV, Omanhene of Dwenem Traditaional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region, also described the scheme as very good in the sense that, “A nation that does not honour its heroes was not worth dying for,” because it was the teacher’s contribution that had resulted in the socio-economic transformation of the country.
The Awerempimhene of Awua-Odumasi, near Sunyani, Nana Kwabena Ameyaw, who is also a retired Education Director, said the awards were very useful and encouraged teachers to give their best, and stressed that when one worked hard he or she needed to be rewarded.
He appealed to corporate oragnisations and benevolent individuals and groups to join the GNAT and the government in sponsoring the awards to cover more teachers.
The Upper East Regional Co-ordinator of the Best Teacher Awards noted that, a well-motivated teacher would be committed to his or her work, thereby improving the quality of teaching and learning, adding that the awards would ensure commitment and sacrifices.
Nana Kwadwo Kwakyie, Wirepemhene of Asankrabreman Division in the Wassa Amenfi District in the Western Region and Chairman of the Brong Ahafo Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools, for his part said the awards was a good motivation for teachers that gives them national recognition.
Private schools
But, he observed that there were teachers in the private schools who were equally good and dedicated to their work like their counterparts in the public schools but were not recognised.
“We in the private sector have been conspicuously left out in the National Best Teacher Award Day, and I am therefore appealing to the organisers and the government to include teachers in the private sector in the awards, since we also contribute to the human resource development of the country,” Nana Kwakyie stressed.
Mr Apraku Tuffuor, Regional Committee Planning Member of the 14th edition of the teachers’ award day, said it was to recognise hard work, dedication and sacrifice.
He noted that being awarded does not mean you should be given something that you cannot afford, and that the significance of the awards was the recognition and not the value, and called on the committee, to upgrade the prizes.
Mr Emmanuel Charles Ansong of the Sunyani Municipal Fire Service Command and also in-charge of the Fire Education Team, pointed out that, the award scheme for teachers was laudable.
He however, urged teachers in the public schools to put in their maximum best to arrest the declining standard of education in the public sector.
Mr Yaw Adade Mensah, the Brong Ahafo Regional Manager of the Ghana Water Company, for his part, congratulated all teachers for the good work and expressed the hope that the awards would serve as a morale booster to them.
NDUOM CANVASSES FOR CPP CANDIDATES (PAGE 17)
THE presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwasi Nduom, has urged the electorate not to vote for parliamentary candidates who will eventually enter the House only to sleep during proceedings or would agree to any debate.
He said it was not anybody at all who should be voted for to enter Parliament, since Members of Parliament (MPs) did not contribute meaningfully to whatever matter that came up for discussion on the floor of the House.
Dr Nduom who made the appeal at Kwame Danso in the Sene District of the Brong Ahafo Region on Saturday pointed out that, “some people come to Parliament, take their seats and keep mute while others will sleep off when important debates or discussions are going on with others raising their hands in agreement with colleagues’ assertions”.
The CPP flag bearer was introducing the CPP parliamentary candidate for the Sene Constituency, Mr Ramson Emmanuel Osei, a 51-year-old educationist, at the party’s rally at the Kwame Danso Old market as part of his campaign tour of some parts of the region.
He therefore, appealed to the party’s supporters to vote massively for the candidate, who he said, was capable to enter Parliament and contribute his quota towards the overall national development and the constituency in particular.
Dr Nduom noted that the parliamentary candidate would also co-operate with the district assembly, show respect to both the elderly and the youth and to know their problems before prescribing solutions, saying that, the people needed a change of representation in parliament.
The CPP presidential candidate again urged the people in the area to vote the CPP to power because according to him, Kwame Danso, Atebubu, Amantin and the entire vicinity had been the support-base of the CPP the 1960s.
He declared, “we are claiming back our land come December 7 since it has been our stronghold in the past and I promise that the numerous factories that had collapsed would all be revived when you vote the CPP to power”.
Dr Nduom further assured the people that a vote for the CPP would mean a transformation in the economy which he said, the people would feel in their pockets and not the rhetorics of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The CPP flag bearer pointed out that the party was for real peace and that was why he did not insult in his campaign messages, and explained that the recent clashes between NDC and NPP at Agbogloshie, Tamale, Berekum, Ho and elsewhere in the country attested to the fact that the two parties were violent.
He also debunked the notion held in some circles that, the CPP was for the older people, pointing out that, a careful look at the posters of the NDC presidential aspirant, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills and the NPP presidential hopeful, Nana Akufo-Addo, as compared to his picture, would show that he was more energetic.
“We need someone who is strong enough to be our leader and rule the nation, someone who can work tirelessly and not those who are in their pension state already. We don’t need pensioners in government” he emphasised.
Dr Nduom declared, “You have voted four times without any reward and so it is not for me to tell you that you need a change which everyone is crying for this year and a change in favour of the CPP means work and happiness”.
The CPP women’s organiser for the constituency, Miss Ubaida Yusif Saani, said, the CPP had come to stay, and appealed to the people to put their votes together for Dr Nduom, come December 7 for a better Ghana.
She noted with satisfaction that during Dr Nkrumah’s regime, he did a lot for Ghana and based on that they should vote for the CPP, led by Dr Nduom, adding that having tested the NDC and the NPP without any reward, there was the need for a change now.
He said it was not anybody at all who should be voted for to enter Parliament, since Members of Parliament (MPs) did not contribute meaningfully to whatever matter that came up for discussion on the floor of the House.
Dr Nduom who made the appeal at Kwame Danso in the Sene District of the Brong Ahafo Region on Saturday pointed out that, “some people come to Parliament, take their seats and keep mute while others will sleep off when important debates or discussions are going on with others raising their hands in agreement with colleagues’ assertions”.
The CPP flag bearer was introducing the CPP parliamentary candidate for the Sene Constituency, Mr Ramson Emmanuel Osei, a 51-year-old educationist, at the party’s rally at the Kwame Danso Old market as part of his campaign tour of some parts of the region.
He therefore, appealed to the party’s supporters to vote massively for the candidate, who he said, was capable to enter Parliament and contribute his quota towards the overall national development and the constituency in particular.
Dr Nduom noted that the parliamentary candidate would also co-operate with the district assembly, show respect to both the elderly and the youth and to know their problems before prescribing solutions, saying that, the people needed a change of representation in parliament.
The CPP presidential candidate again urged the people in the area to vote the CPP to power because according to him, Kwame Danso, Atebubu, Amantin and the entire vicinity had been the support-base of the CPP the 1960s.
He declared, “we are claiming back our land come December 7 since it has been our stronghold in the past and I promise that the numerous factories that had collapsed would all be revived when you vote the CPP to power”.
Dr Nduom further assured the people that a vote for the CPP would mean a transformation in the economy which he said, the people would feel in their pockets and not the rhetorics of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The CPP flag bearer pointed out that the party was for real peace and that was why he did not insult in his campaign messages, and explained that the recent clashes between NDC and NPP at Agbogloshie, Tamale, Berekum, Ho and elsewhere in the country attested to the fact that the two parties were violent.
He also debunked the notion held in some circles that, the CPP was for the older people, pointing out that, a careful look at the posters of the NDC presidential aspirant, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills and the NPP presidential hopeful, Nana Akufo-Addo, as compared to his picture, would show that he was more energetic.
“We need someone who is strong enough to be our leader and rule the nation, someone who can work tirelessly and not those who are in their pension state already. We don’t need pensioners in government” he emphasised.
Dr Nduom declared, “You have voted four times without any reward and so it is not for me to tell you that you need a change which everyone is crying for this year and a change in favour of the CPP means work and happiness”.
The CPP women’s organiser for the constituency, Miss Ubaida Yusif Saani, said, the CPP had come to stay, and appealed to the people to put their votes together for Dr Nduom, come December 7 for a better Ghana.
She noted with satisfaction that during Dr Nkrumah’s regime, he did a lot for Ghana and based on that they should vote for the CPP, led by Dr Nduom, adding that having tested the NDC and the NPP without any reward, there was the need for a change now.
115 ASPIRING MPS FOR BA (PAGE 16)
A total of 112 parliamentary aspirants made up of 107 males and five females have filed their nominations to contest the December 7 elections in the 24 constituencies of the Brong Ahafo Region. Seven of them are standing as independent candidates.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have their candidates in all the constituencies while the Convention People’s Party (CPP) fielded 20 candidates with the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) presenting 13 candidates. The Peoples National Convention (PNC) and the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) have 12 candidates each.
The five female candidates are contesting on the tickets of the DPP in Asutifi North Constituency, CPP in the Tano North, PNC in Sunyani West, another DPP in Dormaa East and one other CPP in the Techiman North Constituency.
According to the list of parliamentary candidates made available to the Daily Graphic in Sunyani by the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Mark Kojo Anyimadu, two of the Independent candidates filed at Kintampo North Constituency and each in the Atebubu/Amantin, Pru, Tain and Jaman North.
The list indicated that the PNC and the DFP did not field any candidate in Asunafo North while the CPP and DPP also did not present any candidate in the Asunafo South Constituency and the list further showed that in Asutifi South, only the NPP, NDC and DPP fielded candidates.
For the Tano South Constituency, the DPP and DFP did not have any representation and again the DPP had no candidate for the Sunyani East Constituency and also did not present any person in the Berekum Constituency, likewise the PNC also did not field any candidate in the Dormaa East Constituency.
For the Jaman North and South constituencies, the DPP and DFP also failed to field candidates while in the Wenchi District the DPP and the PNC did not have representation.
In the Tain Constituency, the DFP and the PNC did not field anyone. The DPP and PNC did not field candidates in Techiman North while the DFP did not present a candidate for the Techiman South Constituency.
The DFP and the PNC again failed to field candidates in the Nkoranza North and Nkoranza South constituencies, with the DPP again, failing to present someone for the Kintampo North area, and in the Kintampo South, only the NPP, NDC and PNC had nominations.
For the Atebubu/Amantin Constituency, only the NPP and the NDC alongside the Independent candidate filed their nominations, with the PNC failing to present a candidate for the Pru area while the DFP also did not have a nominee for the Sene Constituency.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have their candidates in all the constituencies while the Convention People’s Party (CPP) fielded 20 candidates with the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) presenting 13 candidates. The Peoples National Convention (PNC) and the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) have 12 candidates each.
The five female candidates are contesting on the tickets of the DPP in Asutifi North Constituency, CPP in the Tano North, PNC in Sunyani West, another DPP in Dormaa East and one other CPP in the Techiman North Constituency.
According to the list of parliamentary candidates made available to the Daily Graphic in Sunyani by the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Mark Kojo Anyimadu, two of the Independent candidates filed at Kintampo North Constituency and each in the Atebubu/Amantin, Pru, Tain and Jaman North.
The list indicated that the PNC and the DFP did not field any candidate in Asunafo North while the CPP and DPP also did not present any candidate in the Asunafo South Constituency and the list further showed that in Asutifi South, only the NPP, NDC and DPP fielded candidates.
For the Tano South Constituency, the DPP and DFP did not have any representation and again the DPP had no candidate for the Sunyani East Constituency and also did not present any person in the Berekum Constituency, likewise the PNC also did not field any candidate in the Dormaa East Constituency.
For the Jaman North and South constituencies, the DPP and DFP also failed to field candidates while in the Wenchi District the DPP and the PNC did not have representation.
In the Tain Constituency, the DFP and the PNC did not field anyone. The DPP and PNC did not field candidates in Techiman North while the DFP did not present a candidate for the Techiman South Constituency.
The DFP and the PNC again failed to field candidates in the Nkoranza North and Nkoranza South constituencies, with the DPP again, failing to present someone for the Kintampo North area, and in the Kintampo South, only the NPP, NDC and PNC had nominations.
For the Atebubu/Amantin Constituency, only the NPP and the NDC alongside the Independent candidate filed their nominations, with the PNC failing to present a candidate for the Pru area while the DFP also did not have a nominee for the Sene Constituency.
NDC CAN'T BE TRUSTED WITH ECONOMY (PAGE 16)
THE running mate of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Pesidential Candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot be trusted to handle the Ghanaian economy having failed to do so during its 19 years in government.
He explained that, for the seven-and-a-half years in office, the NPP had proven that it was capable of managing the economy which had been shattered by the NDC.
Addressing students of the Sunyani Polytechnic (S-Poly) at the weekend, Dr Bawumia, explained that, the NPP inherited a HIPC economy but within a very time the party, under President J.A. Kufuor, had been able to turn the economy around to make it one of the best in Africa.
The Party, he said, had a big vision for Ghana to achieve a middle-income status by 2015, and therefore, called on Ghanaians to return the NPP to power for it to realise such a laudable goal for the country.
He pointed out that the NPP had ensured a peaceful and stable state, freedom of speech and that Ghanaians could now go about whatever enterprise they were engaged in freely and without any hindrance, a situation he said never existed previously.
According to the NPP running mate, the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Programme and many other interventions were testimonies that, the country was on the threshold of progress.
That, he said, could come about only when the electorate voted massively for the NPP in the December polls, adding that, a vote for Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP meant a vote for a total transformation of the economy.
Dr Bawumia, however, advised the youth not to resort to violence of any form to mar the electoral process, pointing out that, as a democratic party, the NPP believed in the rule of law and absolute peace.
He explained that, for the seven-and-a-half years in office, the NPP had proven that it was capable of managing the economy which had been shattered by the NDC.
Addressing students of the Sunyani Polytechnic (S-Poly) at the weekend, Dr Bawumia, explained that, the NPP inherited a HIPC economy but within a very time the party, under President J.A. Kufuor, had been able to turn the economy around to make it one of the best in Africa.
The Party, he said, had a big vision for Ghana to achieve a middle-income status by 2015, and therefore, called on Ghanaians to return the NPP to power for it to realise such a laudable goal for the country.
He pointed out that the NPP had ensured a peaceful and stable state, freedom of speech and that Ghanaians could now go about whatever enterprise they were engaged in freely and without any hindrance, a situation he said never existed previously.
According to the NPP running mate, the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Programme and many other interventions were testimonies that, the country was on the threshold of progress.
That, he said, could come about only when the electorate voted massively for the NPP in the December polls, adding that, a vote for Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP meant a vote for a total transformation of the economy.
Dr Bawumia, however, advised the youth not to resort to violence of any form to mar the electoral process, pointing out that, as a democratic party, the NPP believed in the rule of law and absolute peace.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
NEW PRESIDENT FOR BRONG AHAFO REGIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS (PAGE 21)
THE Omanhene of the Kukuom Traditional Area in the Asunafo South District in the Brong Ahafo Region, Osahene Kwaku Aterkyi II, is the new President of the Regional House of Chiefs.
Osahene Aterkyi defeated the incumbent President, Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom IV, by 23 votes to four in an election conducted by the Electoral Commission (EC) at the third meeting of the house this year in Sunyani on Wednesday.
Osahene Aterkyi also beat Nana Kwame Korang, the former Vice-President of the house, who is also the Omanhene of the Odumase Traditional Area, when he secured 10 votes in the poll, giving way to the Paramount Chief of Yeji Traditional Area, Pemampem Yaw Kagbrese V.
Pemampem Kagbrese polled 29 votes to beat the Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area, Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, who secured eight votes out of the total 37 ballots, to serve a four-year.
In another poll, three members of the house, namely, Nana Bofo Bene IV, Dwenimhene, who got 30 votes; Agyewodin Adu-Gyamfi Ampem, Acherensuamanhene, 24 votes, and Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri II, the Omanhene of Sunyani Traditional Area, who secured 22 ballots, were elected to join the president and his vice for the required five slots to represent the region at the National House of Chiefs.
Two other chiefs, Nana Ansah Adu Baah, Yamfomanhene, and Nana Yaw Agyei, the Paramount Chief of the Mim Traditional Area, who polled 18 and six votes, respectively, contested with the three but lost in their bid.
All the elected chiefs were sworn in by Mr Justice Emmanuel Ato Assan, a High Court judge in Sunyani, who administered the oath of office.
Before the elections, conducted by the Regional Director of the EC, Mr M.K. Anyimadu, and his deputy, Mr James Arthur-Yeboah, two newly installed paramount chiefs for Sankore and Nsawkaw, Okogyeadee Yaw Adusei II and Nana Kutu Ayim Baffour II, respectively, had been admitted to the house, after the outgoing President, Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom, who is the Nkoranzamanhene, had administered the official oath.
They again swore the judicial oath and the oath of secrecy administered by Justice Assan.
The Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, his deputy, Mr Abraham Kwadwo Kwakye, as well as the heads of the security services in the region, witnessed the ceremony.
In his acceptance speech, Osahene Aterkyi expressed delight at his election, which was in accordance with Section 7 (1) of the Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act 759) and within the framework of Article 274 of the 1992 Constitution.
He was also grateful to God for ensuring a peaceful election and further thanked the entire membership of the house for the trust and confidence reposed in him, adding, “Once the election is over, the house must stand firm in unity and with a common destiny.”
Earlier in a welcoming address, Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom had prayed that the election would be free and fair for the results to be accepted by all the contestants.
He stated that whoever won should see it as a duty to deal with the numerous challenges of chieftaincy in the region in particular and the nation as a whole.
Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom announced that the number of chieftaincy cases in the region that stood at 54 at the beginning of the year had reduced to 42 as of the end of September 2008 and expressed the hope that the number would further reduce by the close of the year.
The regional minister also expressed gratitude to the chiefs for the cordial relationship that had existed between the house and the Regional Co-ordinating Council.
He commended Nananom for attending all important functions organised in the region and adding colour to such functions by displaying their rich culture.
Osahene Aterkyi defeated the incumbent President, Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom IV, by 23 votes to four in an election conducted by the Electoral Commission (EC) at the third meeting of the house this year in Sunyani on Wednesday.
Osahene Aterkyi also beat Nana Kwame Korang, the former Vice-President of the house, who is also the Omanhene of the Odumase Traditional Area, when he secured 10 votes in the poll, giving way to the Paramount Chief of Yeji Traditional Area, Pemampem Yaw Kagbrese V.
Pemampem Kagbrese polled 29 votes to beat the Omanhene of Bechem Traditional Area, Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, who secured eight votes out of the total 37 ballots, to serve a four-year.
In another poll, three members of the house, namely, Nana Bofo Bene IV, Dwenimhene, who got 30 votes; Agyewodin Adu-Gyamfi Ampem, Acherensuamanhene, 24 votes, and Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri II, the Omanhene of Sunyani Traditional Area, who secured 22 ballots, were elected to join the president and his vice for the required five slots to represent the region at the National House of Chiefs.
Two other chiefs, Nana Ansah Adu Baah, Yamfomanhene, and Nana Yaw Agyei, the Paramount Chief of the Mim Traditional Area, who polled 18 and six votes, respectively, contested with the three but lost in their bid.
All the elected chiefs were sworn in by Mr Justice Emmanuel Ato Assan, a High Court judge in Sunyani, who administered the oath of office.
Before the elections, conducted by the Regional Director of the EC, Mr M.K. Anyimadu, and his deputy, Mr James Arthur-Yeboah, two newly installed paramount chiefs for Sankore and Nsawkaw, Okogyeadee Yaw Adusei II and Nana Kutu Ayim Baffour II, respectively, had been admitted to the house, after the outgoing President, Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom, who is the Nkoranzamanhene, had administered the official oath.
They again swore the judicial oath and the oath of secrecy administered by Justice Assan.
The Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, his deputy, Mr Abraham Kwadwo Kwakye, as well as the heads of the security services in the region, witnessed the ceremony.
In his acceptance speech, Osahene Aterkyi expressed delight at his election, which was in accordance with Section 7 (1) of the Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act 759) and within the framework of Article 274 of the 1992 Constitution.
He was also grateful to God for ensuring a peaceful election and further thanked the entire membership of the house for the trust and confidence reposed in him, adding, “Once the election is over, the house must stand firm in unity and with a common destiny.”
Earlier in a welcoming address, Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom had prayed that the election would be free and fair for the results to be accepted by all the contestants.
He stated that whoever won should see it as a duty to deal with the numerous challenges of chieftaincy in the region in particular and the nation as a whole.
Okatakyie Agyeman Kudom announced that the number of chieftaincy cases in the region that stood at 54 at the beginning of the year had reduced to 42 as of the end of September 2008 and expressed the hope that the number would further reduce by the close of the year.
The regional minister also expressed gratitude to the chiefs for the cordial relationship that had existed between the house and the Regional Co-ordinating Council.
He commended Nananom for attending all important functions organised in the region and adding colour to such functions by displaying their rich culture.
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