Day: June 29, 2021

Sunyani,– A membership drive for potential females to develop interest and join the Ghanaian Women in Agricultural Research and Development (GhaWARD) is underway in the Bono and Ahafo Regions.

The campaign, being held in educational institutions is to increase the Ghanaian membership through awareness creation for women and young ladies to get informed about the activities of GhaWARD and its related benefits for females.

Dr Mercy Derkyi, the National President told the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Sunyani after a brief mentorship ceremony at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) to encourage more membership participation.

She said GhaWARD is the local chapter of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) based in Nairobi, Kenya with more than 25 African countries membership.

Dr Derkyi stated the body focuses on role modeling, mentoring and building the skills and competencies of women, ladies and young girls to empower them to take leadership roles in society.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Telecommunications giant, Vodafone Ghana, has crowned Ghanaian songwriter and musician, Martin King Arthur, popularly known as Kofi Kinaata as the winner of the ‘Vodafone Green Award’ at the 22nd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) held on Saturday, 26th June 2021.

The ‘Vodafone Green Award’ was introduced by Vodafone Ghana to acknowledge and support musicians who use their crafts to drive environmental awareness and sustainability of the planet.

The highlife artiste who received a recognition plaque during the VGMA on Saturday has also received Ghs10,000 for winning the Vodafone Green Award with his song dubbed, ‘Illegal Fishing [Closed Season]’.

The song was produced in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and the Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project to help increase awareness of marine littering and expose wrongful practices in the fishing industry.

Presenting the award at the just ended VGMA, Director of Legal and External Affairs at Vodafone, Geta Striggner-Quartey called for a joint effort to preserve the environment.

In a brief remark during the VGMA, Geta said:

“Imagine a world without clean lakes, rivers, and oceans. Can we survive? It is our collective responsibility to nourish our planet and keep it safe for the future. At Vodafone, we have chosen to embark on a journey to save the planet but we cannot do it alone, we need each and everybody to support this crusade. We believe that together, we can make the desired impact.”

The 22nd Edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Ghana’s most anticipated music event, and the biggest festival was held over the weekend at the Accra International Conference Centre.

Source: Ghana Web

Mr. Kwame Tenadu Snr, the president of the Licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana, LiSAG run for the Vice President position in the just-ended International Federation of Surveyors FIG e-Working Week and 44th General Assembly 2021.

He scored a landslide victory in the elections emerging with 60 votes:74.1% of the overall votes.

According to Mr. Rudolf Staiger, the FIG president, “Mr. Kwame Tenadu is the first African Vice President to be elected into Council of the International Federation of Surveyors –FIG in 143 years.”

Mr. Orhan Ecan, the outgoing Vice President also in his closing remarks congratulated his successor Kwame Tenadu and expressed confidence in him to be equal to the task.

In his acceptance speech, Mr. Tenadu indicated that he was humbled, honored, and elated that he has been elected as Vice President. He has made history, giving Africa a seat on the FIG Council in 143 years of its establishment.

He thanked all who voted for him and inspired him to stand for the elections and pledged to work with other elected officials as a team to advance issues of importance to FIG, its stakeholders, and communities.

He said, “I know that we can achieve all goals we set for ourselves and improve the functioning of this Federation; a Federation that looks more international and more inclusive than ever. This is the beauty of a multilateral Federation.’’

Mr. Kwame Tenadu Snr. is a Fellow of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) and the President of the Licensed Surveyors Association of Ghana (LiSAG).

He has over forty (40) years of private sector practice as a Surveyor and in Land Administration.

He has served FIG in various capacities and is the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the FIG Working Week Ghana 2024.

FIG is a federation that has established a week-long event organized yearly since 1878 when it was established, to give surveyors and geospatial experts around the world a platform to meet, greet, network, learn, have fun, and be inspired during this annual affair.

This year’s conference was held under the theme, ‘Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management – Challenges in a New Reality’in the Netherlands.

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Source: Ghana Web

Agric-Nzema (Ash),- ‘Education, Skills and Personal Development Project (EDUSPED)’, a novelty programme meant to equip the youth in the Kwadaso Constituency with employable skills, has been launched.

The objective is to develop the business acumen of the youth to venture into self-employment.

Dr. Kingsley Nyarko, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, launching the Project at Agric-Nzema in the Ashanti Region, said the beneficiaries would be trained in the field of fashion design, hairdressing, pastries and soap-making, amongst others.

The Project is expected to benefit 30 constituents in the first phase, with a five-member committee set up to monitor the day- to-day activities of the trainees.

This is to sustain the vision for which the EDUSPED was initiated.

Dr. Nyarko entreated the youth to embrace the Project since vocational trade was the way to go to minimize joblessness in the country.

They should aspire to be financially-independent, he noted, and stressed that the informal sector had a lot of opportunities for those who were innovative.

The MP added that the EDUSPED also had the intention to support needy students to further their education, as well as provide scholarships to deserving ones to build their career development.

He appealed to corporate bodies to help sustain and develop talents in the Constituency.

Mr. Richmond Agyenim Boateng, Kwadaso Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said the Assembly would support the MP to advance the cause of the noble initiative.

He praised the MP for his continuous support for development programmes in the Municipality, saying the authorities were committed to monitoring the Project for its success.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Insurance group, Hollard Ghana, with subsidiaries, Hollard Insurance and Hollard Life Assurance has achieved continent-wide recognition by winning the top award in Africa for financial communications and two other certificates of excellence for employee communications and regional excellence at the prestigious 2021 Africa SABRE Awards.

The SABREs are the world’s largest PR awards program which recognizes Superior Achievement in Branding, Reputation, and Engagement across North America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, South Asia, and Africa.

The fifth edition of the awards in Africa was hosted by the African Public Relations Association (APRA) with participants from Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Eswatini, Zambia, Namibia, United States of America, Cameroon, Malawi, DR Congo, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, France, among others.

The awards include:

1.Hollard Insurance’s award-winning campaign #MeetArabaHollard #GhanaFirstVirtualInsurer (Launch of Hollard ChatInsure chatbot) won Financial Communications of the year.

2.Hollard Insurance also picked up the Western Africa Certificate of Excellence.

3.The insurance group, Hollard Ghana was also recognized and awarded a Certificate of Excellence for Employee Communications for its internal communications and employee engagement efforts dubbed “Building the Hollard in Hollardites.”

Commenting on the wins, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, of Hollard Ghana, Cynthia Ofori-Dwumfuo said:

“We are incredibly honored to be listed among the crème de la crème of organizations across the world with exceptional brand communications. Our purpose is to enable more people to create and secure a better future and we understand that to achieve this, we must communicate in a relatable manner. Whether we are enabling financial inclusion through digital channels like Araba Hollard, fostering a happy Team Hollard, or keeping our partners fulfilled by delivering as expected, we are approachable, real, and mindful with our words. We choose excellence by communicating innovatively. It’s the Hollard Way.”

“Thanks to our customers, partners, and Hollardites for driving our continuing impact as Ghana’s favorite insurer. We dedicate these international recognitions to you all. Many thanks also to Provoke Media, APRA, and the SABRE Awards Jury.” Ofori-Dwumfuo added.

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Source: Ghana Web

Ghana International and Al Khaleej defender Samuel Sarfo on Friday 25th June hosted a charity football match at the La McDan park. The match which was between Samuel Sarfo eleven and the Police Nationals FC, Sarfo’s formal team saw spectacular performances from both sides.

The game which ended 2-1 in favour of Samuel Sarfo eleven saw Edwin Tuffour and Samuel Sarfo hitting the net for the Samuel Sarfo eleven whiles Chief Inspector Amuzu gave the Police National FC their equalizer.

Speaking to the media after the game, Samuel Sarfo said, it was through the police team that he got the chance to play for liberty professionals which subsequently lead to his black stars call up hence he sees the need to come back to his roots and share what he has with time since they were instrumental in his success story.

“ I am very happy that today, I have been able to with the help of Urban Sports organize a charity match that will go a long way to help those in need. The focus of this match was not only for me to reconnect with my former teammates but also as a way of appreciating the efforts of the police administration, my old coaches, and others who played a very instrumental role in the development of my career. Once again, I want to use this opportunity to thank everyone who was able to make it here to watch the match, I believe they have enjoyed the game and we hope to organize more of these in the future’’ he stated.

Other professional footballers who joined the Samuel Sarfo eleven side include, Samuel Owusu, Edwin Tuffour Frimpong, Kennedy Ashia, Bright Addea, Micheal Agyekum Sarfo, and James Kotei.

On the other hand, some former footballers who were members of the Police National FC that played against the Samuel Sarfo eleven included, Chief Inspector Mark Mantey, Chief Inspector Isaac Amissah, and Chief Inspector Amuzu.

Also in attendance were some high ranking embers of the Police Football team, thus Chief Inspector Bright Attuquaye, the Technical Director and Chief Inspector Asamani Yakubu, the team manager.

Samuel Sarfo as a token of his appreciation also presented a citation to the Ghana Police Service Sports department which was received by DSP Boateng the sports officer.

Source: Modern Ghana

Ashaiman,- Prices of some foodstuff at major market centers in Tema Region hinge-up, as residents have expressed worry over the sudden prices hike, a weekly Ghana News Agency market survey conducted has established.

The survey revealed that while the prices of some foodstuff registered a reduction during the current week as against the previous week, others saw a marginal increment.

At the Ashaiman, Tema Community one, Kpone, Ada markets for instance, the price commodities such as onions, maize, tomatoes, cassava, rice, wheat, and pepper have been unstable in most markets.

The unstable prices of commodities have been attributed to the onset of rains, as well as the beginning of the current harvest season; prices of foodstuffs such as cassava, cocoyam, and plantain that went high in previous weeks on the market have now dropped, marginally at Kpone, and Ada markets.

The price of yam remained high as compared to price levels that prevailed a couple of weeks ago. This has been attributed to the fact that the old stock is now running out of supply, whiles the newly harvested yam is also scarce and expensive.

Some market women explained that it was difficult to preserve perishable commodities like tomato and onions during the rainy season, hence the commodity often became slightly expensive during this time of the year.

The prices the women said would soon drop significantly because the onset of rains would also imply the harvest of abundant fresh foodstuffs.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Ho,- Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, has warned that activities of illegal mining or galamsey which is having a toll on the country’s water bodies and ecosystem will not be tolerated in any part of the region.

He said the harmful effects of the unregulated mining activities was becoming dire to human existence and it was imperative to take action as a region not to entertain to encourage the practice.

“Galamsey is not welcome in the Volta Region,” he said, warning that he would not hesitate to “push for the removal of any Municipal and District Chief Executive (MDCE) who would allow activities of illegal mining or galamsey to take place in his or her jurisdiction.”

The Minister, addressing the first meeting of the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) in this year, charged MDCEs to use their offices as heads of the Municipal and District Security Councils to safeguard the environment.

He directed all Municipal and District Security Councils to include in their monthly reports issues of environmental degradation to the Regional Security Council for prompt interventions to forestall any predicament from befallen the region.

Dr Letsa said haphazard sand winning in some Municipalities including Ketu South and Ketu North, “is our galamsey as a region” and that measures had to be taken to regulate and check the practice to protect the land and other ecosystems around these sites.

He said they would ensure sustainable regulated sand winning and asked the Assemblies to close any sand mining site found to be operating in blatant disregard to best practices and regulatory conditions.

On sanitation situation in the region, the Minister bemoaned poor sanitary conditions in some areas, especially urban centres, and attributed it to bad human behaviours.

He called for attitudinal change to help reduce the amount of money spent on sanitation and its related diseases and asked authorities to prosecute offenders to serve as a deterrent to others.

On the Green Ghana project in which the region was expected to plant over 200,000 trees, the Minister said the region was on course and asked Assemblies to factor the execution of the campaign into their annual activities.

Touching on security, he said the region was relatively calm and peaceful and that people continued to go about their daily economic activities without harbouring fears.

He, however, mentioned chieftaincy and land disputes as major security threats to the current peace in the region, and urged all to help deal with the situation.

The meeting was attended by Municipal and District Chief Executives, Presiding Members, Regional Heads of Security Services, Regional Heads of Departments and Agencies, two representatives of the Volta Region House of Chiefs and Coordinating Directors.

Source: Ghana News Agency