Day: January 2, 2024

Ms Paulina Agordo of the Otiakrom/Kojokrom Electoral Area in the Akuapim South Municipality has been elected as the only female assembly member in the municipality.

She was among six females and 74 males who filed to contest as assembly members in the Akuapim South Municipality in the District Level Elections.

Mr Benjamin Amankwah, Akuapem South Municipal Electoral Officer said in an interview with the Ghana News Agency that Ms Agordo won by 201 votes against two females and a male in her electoral area.

Mr. Amankwah indicated that history had repeated itself as it was done in 2019 where one female was elected as an assembly member during the District Level Elections.

In all, a total of 25 assembly members were elected including a tie, of the 80 candidates who filed to contest in the 26 electoral areas as well as 130-unit committee members consisting of 17 females.

Mr Amankwah indicated that this year, the municipality recorded an appreciating percentage of voter turnouts of 43.61 percent representing 2
0,599 of the 47,237 expected voter population.

‘In 2019, the turnout was about 32 percent, but this year we had 43.61 percent which indicates an increment in the turnout compared to the last four years,’ he said.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The best way to appreciate the massive transformation of Ghana in the last seven years is to retain the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister for Education, has argued.

He said any decision contrary to the retention of the ruling party by Ghanaians would only truncate the transformation agenda which was already yielding positive results in all sectors of the economy.

Dr Adutwum who was speaking at a ceremony to present Christmas gifts to over 500 widows at Jachie, said no law restricted Ghanaians to give their mandate to a party that had performed to continue after eight years in office.

‘One good term deserves another, and I believe you are all witnesses to the massive infrastructural development that this government has undertaken here in Bosomtwe,’ he told the widows.

The Education Minister who doubles as the Member Parliament (MP) for Bosotwe in the last seven years has been showing love to selected widows in the constituency by presenting Christmas gifts to them on New Year’s
Day.

Each of the beneficiaries drawn from all the electoral areas in the constituency received a piece of cloth and a token to enable them to enjoy the festive season.

Dr Adutwum argued that the level of impact that the free senior high school policy had had on every Ghanaian home was unprecedented.

To him, no government could manage and sustain the policy better than the NPP and stressed the need to maintain the party to protect its legacy under the leadership of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

The NPP, according to him, remained the best option to drive Ghana’s development agenda to the desired destination anchored on digitalisation.

He told his constituents to continue to keep faith with the NPP to benefit from more development projects and the completion of ongoing ones across the constituency.

He assured them of the completion of the main road from Kumasi to Kuntanase which is currently at Abidjan Nkwanta to boost the local economy.

The Minister encouraged the women to take keen interest in the education of
their children and grandchildren, reminding them of how their education could turn around the fortunes of their families.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Political party leaders have been advised to avoid the temptation of misdirecting the energies of the youth into engaging in violent activities before, during, and after the impending General Election.?

Reverend Emmanuel Antwi-Tumfuor, Pastor in Charge of Worawora E.P Church, Ghana, gave the advice during his new year message at a watch night service to usher in 2024.

‘Our enterprising youth should not be carried away to do things that will jeopardise the future of our dear country, Ghana,’ he said.

The Reverend Minister challenged Christians to be the change agents that the country needed by ensuring that there was peace and justice in all engagements with one another.

‘The socio-economic problems of the world should not make us throw our hands in despair, as if all is lost.?

‘No, all is not lost, provided the Church can live up to its responsibility of letting integrity be the cornerstone in every activity,’ he said.

Rev Antwi-Tumfuor charged Christian leaders to take the lead in the campaign of buil
ding a better society, where their actions would reflect what they preached.?

‘It should not be the case that we preach one thing and our lifestyles are the complete opposite of what we preach.

‘If we are to be an inspiration to the rest of society, we have the huge task of letting our behaviours in every sphere of national life promote unity, fellow feeling, and honesty,’ he said.

He urged all to avoid selfish attitudes, corruption, and other social vices that created moral decadence in society.

Rev Antwi-Tumfuor thanked God for preserving the lives of victims of the Akosombo and Kpong Dam spillages and called on the government to initiate medium- and long-term measures to deal with such occurrences in the future.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Political party leaders have been advised to avoid the temptation of misdirecting the energies of the youth into engaging in violent activities before, during, and after the impending General Election.?

Reverend Emmanuel Antwi-Tumfuor, Pastor in Charge of Worawora E.P Church, Ghana, gave the advice during his new year message at a watch night service to usher in 2024.

‘Our enterprising youth should not be carried away to do things that will jeopardise the future of our dear country, Ghana,’ he said.

The Reverend Minister challenged Christians to be the change agents that the country needed by ensuring that there was peace and justice in all engagements with one another.

‘The socio-economic problems of the world should not make us throw our hands in despair, as if all is lost.?

‘No, all is not lost, provided the Church can live up to its responsibility of letting integrity be the cornerstone in every activity,’ he said.

Rev Antwi-Tumfuor charged Christian leaders to take the lead in the campaign of buil
ding a better society, where their actions would reflect what they preached.?

‘It should not be the case that we preach one thing and our lifestyles are the complete opposite of what we preach.

‘If we are to be an inspiration to the rest of society, we have the huge task of letting our behaviours in every sphere of national life promote unity, fellow feeling, and honesty,’ he said.

He urged all to avoid selfish attitudes, corruption, and other social vices that created moral decadence in society.

Rev Antwi-Tumfuor thanked God for preserving the lives of victims of the Akosombo and Kpong Dam spillages and called on the government to initiate medium- and long-term measures to deal with such occurrences in the future.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The Electoral Commission (EC) has been urged to remain fair and firm in order not to compromise its integrity to affect the credibility of the Election 2024 and disturb the prevailing peace of the nation.

According to some Reverend Ministers in the Sunyani Municipality, the position of the nation’s electoral management body in ensuring free, fair, and transparent general election remained critical in consolidating the gains of the country’s fledgling democracy.

The men of God gave the advice in separate interviews with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), as they led their respective churches to usher in the New Year with night vigils in Sunyani.

They, however, commended the EC for its honesty and efficiency for successfully organising successive general elections which had helped to sustain the prevailing national peace, social and political stability.

‘The destiny and future of the nation lay partly in the hands of the EC, and we expect the Commission to remain resolute and steadfast ahead of the Election 2024
‘, the Very Reverend Dr. Solomon Bruce, the Superintendent Minister and the Synod Secretary of the Sunyani

Methodist Diocese stated.

He said the electorate also had an integral role to play if the 2024 general election would be incident-free and thus urged supporters of the political parties to be decorous in the electioneering and endeavour to make informed choices when they go to the ballot.

Very Rev. Dr. Bruce said Ghana required selfless and God-fearing leaders to transform and turn around the nation’s economic fortunes to facilitate accelerated national development.

He cautioned the youth not to allow themselves to be influenced by politicians who might approach and use them as tools to foment trouble in the campaigning period.

Apostle Ofori Baffour, the Founder of the Sunyani-based Unique Holy Fire of God Ministry commended Ghanaians for their respective contributions towards protecting the national peace in 2023, saying, ‘we have to do more to make the peace of the nation absolute in 2024’.

He ca
lled on the leadership of the political parties to ensure that their members and supporters eschewed all forms of lawlessness and violence as well as acts that could trigger political violence and social instability.

Apostle Baffour emphasised peaceful co-existence would facilitate the nation’s economic progress in 2024, and thereby make life better for all.

He said mostly children, people with disabilities and women bore the brunt of political violence and advised everybody to contribute to building and strengthening national peace and social cohesion.

Apostle Baffour described 2024 as a year of Ghana’s economic emancipation, but, added, ‘we can’t achieve this in an atmosphere of violence and political turmoil’.

‘Politicians must also learn to be faithful and godly,’ Apostle Emmanuel Sakyi, the Founder and Leader of the Sunyani-based Word of Favour Ministry International advised.

They must also desist from using their political positions and portfolios to deceive the unsuspecting and innocent Ghanaians
just to win their votes, instead of building a better Ghana for all.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The Electoral Commission (EC) has been urged to remain fair and firm in order not to compromise its integrity to affect the credibility of the Election 2024 and disturb the prevailing peace of the nation.

According to some Reverend Ministers in the Sunyani Municipality, the position of the nation’s electoral management body in ensuring free, fair, and transparent general election remained critical in consolidating the gains of the country’s fledgling democracy.

The men of God gave the advice in separate interviews with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), as they led their respective churches to usher in the New Year with night vigils in Sunyani.

They, however, commended the EC for its honesty and efficiency for successfully organising successive general elections which had helped to sustain the prevailing national peace, social and political stability.

‘The destiny and future of the nation lay partly in the hands of the EC, and we expect the Commission to remain resolute and steadfast ahead of the Election 2024
‘, the Very Reverend Dr. Solomon Bruce, the Superintendent Minister and the Synod Secretary of the Sunyani

Methodist Diocese stated.

He said the electorate also had an integral role to play if the 2024 general election would be incident-free and thus urged supporters of the political parties to be decorous in the electioneering and endeavour to make informed choices when they go to the ballot.

Very Rev. Dr. Bruce said Ghana required selfless and God-fearing leaders to transform and turn around the nation’s economic fortunes to facilitate accelerated national development.

He cautioned the youth not to allow themselves to be influenced by politicians who might approach and use them as tools to foment trouble in the campaigning period.

Apostle Ofori Baffour, the Founder of the Sunyani-based Unique Holy Fire of God Ministry commended Ghanaians for their respective contributions towards protecting the national peace in 2023, saying, ‘we have to do more to make the peace of the nation absolute in 2024’.

He ca
lled on the leadership of the political parties to ensure that their members and supporters eschewed all forms of lawlessness and violence as well as acts that could trigger political violence and social instability.

Apostle Baffour emphasised peaceful co-existence would facilitate the nation’s economic progress in 2024, and thereby make life better for all.

He said mostly children, people with disabilities and women bore the brunt of political violence and advised everybody to contribute to building and strengthening national peace and social cohesion.

Apostle Baffour described 2024 as a year of Ghana’s economic emancipation, but, added, ‘we can’t achieve this in an atmosphere of violence and political turmoil’.

‘Politicians must also learn to be faithful and godly,’ Apostle Emmanuel Sakyi, the Founder and Leader of the Sunyani-based Word of Favour Ministry International advised.

They must also desist from using their political positions and portfolios to deceive the unsuspecting and innocent Ghanaians
just to win their votes, instead of building a better Ghana for all.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set up committees to supervise the vetting of Parliamentary Aspirants in constituencies with incumbent Members of Parliament.

The vetting of Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates is expected to be held at all regional capitals from Wednesday, January 3 to Friday January 5, 2024, a statement signed and issued by Mr Justin Kodua Frimpong, General Secretary of the Party, said.

The statement directed all Regional Executive Committees to communicate to their respective Constituencies and Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates, the date, time and venue for the vetting.

It added that, the Party had also appointed some persons as national representatives on the Vetting Committees for the various regions.

Below are the names of the National representatives on the Vetting Committees for the various regions:

Source: Ghana News Agency