Ashanti Today

The Atonsu Agogo Circuit Superintendent Minister of the Methodist Church, Very Reverend Frederick Mensah has observed that even though God has sacrificed Jesus Christ to redeem man from the bondage of Satan, some people are still under the control of the evil one through devious schemes.  According to Very Rev. Mensah, some self-seeking Ministers of the Gospel have adopted certain strategies to take dominion over the lives and tormenting their followers as a result of ignorance.  The Circuit Superintendent Minister was preaching at the Emmanuel Methodist Church at Atonsu in Kumasi to mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.   Among the commonalities of the church services was that the various church auditoriums were filled to capacity with tents raised outside the main auditoriums for some of the members including occasional worshipers to also take part in the Resurrection Sunday.  Another common characteristic of the church services a...

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCoP Nathan Kofi Boakye has asked personnel under his jurisdiction to be fair, neutral and honest with all politicians and political parties, especially this year in the discharge of their duties.  This, according to the Police Commander, is one sure way of engendering the trust and confidence of all in the security agency.  DCoP Kofi Boakye gave the advice at Nkawie during the West Africa Security Social Activities, WASSA, of the Nkawie Divisional Command.  The Regional Police Commander emphasized the fact that this year being an election year, it is important for police personnel to remain a-political in dealing with all political parties, groups and individuals so as to win their cooperation and trust.  DCoP Kofi Boakye advised them however, to continue to be firm and professional in performing their duties without being complacent.  He commended the Nkawie Divisional for working hard to reduce t...

Property owners have been reminded that it is illegal for them to construct their respective buildings and structures without a pre-fire risk assessment by the Ghana National Fire Service.  The Obuasi Municipal Fire Commander, Divisional Officer Three Ben Carlis-Paitoo, who gave the reminder, explained that the Fire Precaution Premises Regulation 2003 mandates the Fire Service to undertake a pre-fire risk assessment of buildings and structures and design, in quantitative terms a fire engineering drawing, which stipulates the type, number, location and installation of firefighting equipment.  He was addressing journalists at a press soirée at Obuasi. D. O. Carlis-Paitoo noted that the later part of 2015 to date has witnessed and continue to experience fires which have caused profound damage to communities across the country.  These events, he said serve as a reminder that fires, whether commercial, industrial, domestic, vehicular among others are often unp...

The Chief Fire Officer, Dr. Albert Brown Gaisie has given the Ashanti Regional Fire Officer, Semekor Fiadzo three months ultimatum to devise strategies to reduce fire outbreaks in the region.  According to Dr. Brown Gaisie, Ashanti region seems to have recorded more fire outbreaks than Accra in recent times and has described the situation as a serious concern.  He made this known during a courtesy call on the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Kojo Bonsu in Kumasi.  The courtesy call was at the start of a four day official tour of the Ashanti Region. Dr. Brown Gaisie is in the region to visit the various fire service stations to find out their preparedness to efficiently deal with fire situations.  The Chief Fire Officer used the opportunity to commend the KMA for supporting the Fire Service any time they fall on them for assistance.  He announced that by July this year, the Service will take delivery of some state-of-the-art fire tend...

The Department of Cooperatives will clamp down on any Cooperative Credit Union or enterprise purporting to be a registered Cooperative entity without legal authorization by the Department.  According to the Department of Cooperatives, some legalized Cooperative Credit Unions are opening new branches outside of their registered original operational area without following the laid down procedure while some entities are purporting to be Cooperative Credit organizations without going through the laid down regulations.  The Ashanti Regional Director of Cooperatives, Charles Kwaku Boateng gave the warning during a media interaction in Kumasi. Mr. Boateng disclosed that following the recent insolvency of most Micro Finance Companies resulting in hold up of deposits of many people particularly in the Brong Ahafo region, many of those financial organizations are taking refuge in Cooperatives at the expense of the innocent customer.  This, the Director of Coope...

The Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia has observed that despite the appreciable increase in healthcare facilities as well as improved access to care and general health services by the people in recent times, access still remain poor in some parts of the country especially in rural areas and the northern part of Ghana in particular.  In view of this, the Community-based Health Planning and Services, CHPS policy is being a review to strategically position the concept to increase access towards universal coverage.  Mr. Segbefia made this known in an address read for him at a grand durbar at Offinso Maase in the Ashanti region to commemorate 50 years of the establishment of the Saint Patrick’s Nursing and Midwifery Training College.  The celebration was on the theme: “Building a Healthy Nation through Quality Nursing and Midwifery Care”.   The Minister of Health said also that the Health Sector Medium Term Development Plan spanning 2014 to 2017 ha...