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  Mr. Ernest Anim-NPP's candidate for the Kumawu Parliamentary 2023 By-Election, addressing journalists after the primaries. Rulling New Patriotic Party, NPP has held its primaries which has chosen one Ernest Yaw Anim from Bodomase as its Candidate for next month's By-election at Kumawu in the Ashanti region.   Mr. Anim polled 195 out of the 419 votes cast to emerge as the winner but was keenly contested by the only female aspirant, Madam Ama Serwaa, who lost the contest with 181 of the valid votes, 18 less than what the eventual winner had. Mr. Anim is a 38-year old  Accountant.   A total of 419 delegates from the 25 Electoral Areas within the Constituency took part in the primaries.   Earlier out of the initial eight aspirants who formally filed their Nomination documents, three, including a former MP for the Constituency,  Mr. Yaw Baah, rescinded their ambitions for various reasons leaving the five who eventually slugged it out at Besore where the polls took place today, Sun

It would be recalled that in July 2022, students of the Islamic Snr High School located at Abrepo in the Bantama Sub Metro of Kumasi went on a demonstration and blocked a portion of the Abrepo Junction-Barekese road. The protest, which later turned violent, was after formal complaints via letters to duty bearer including the Ashanti regional Coordination Council, had failed to get the required response to protect students, staff and visitors to the school located along the road from vehicular knock downs that resulted in injuries to student and staff victims over the years.   In the heat of the demonstration, the students clashed with armed police personnel deployed to protect life amd property when Teargas and rubber bullets were fired at the students. In the end, some of the students and teachers sustained injuries with some of them hospitalized for days. The then Acting Ashanti Regional Police Commander was interdicted as a result. The crux of the protest was that, as a

Mr. Amoako Atta in a group photograph with the traditional leaders after the courtesy call on them The chiefs in the Kumawu traditional area in the Ashanti region have scolded the various NPP governments for neglecting the area in terms of socio-economic development in an apparent ingratitude for the people's continued loyalty to the party. The traditional leaders minced no words in recognizing and appreciating the enormous projects the past NDC regimes have brought in the district even though that party does not enjoy the level of support the NPP continues to get from the inhabitants during elections. The chiefs and a sub queen mother made the point in unison at the private residence of the Omanhene, Sarfo Tweneboa Kodua at Kumawu when the Minister for Road and Highways, Mr. Kwasi Amoako Atta, called on them to introduce JOSHOB as the selected Construction firm to execute construction of the Effiduase-Kumawu-Woraso road as well as 5 kilometres of the Kumawu town roads. The Omanhen

 The ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP has opened Nomination for aspirants for its Candidate for the impending By-Election at Kumawu in the Ashanti region.  The Nomination, which opened Tuesday April 11, will close on Friday April 14 after which the party will vet the aspirants to eventually select its Parliamentary Candidate for the election which date is yet to be fixed by the Electoral Commission.  The by-election at Kumawu has become necessary following the official declaration of the seat vacant by the Speaker of Parliament as a result of the death of the Member of Parliament for the Constituency, Mr. Philip Basoah last month.  The late Mr. Basoah won the Parliamentary elections during the 2020 national polls with a votes tally of 14 thousand, 960 representing 51 point-one percent beating his closest challenger, Mr. kwaku Duah, an Independent Candidate, who had 11 thousand, 698 of the votes representing 39 point-nine-six percent while the NDC's candidate, Mr. Bernard Opoku Marfo

A Virologists with the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, KCCR at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr. Michael Owusu, has encouraged Ghanaians to be optimistic that the national economy would not collapse, despite the prevailing crisis.  According to him, socio-economic circumstances at both the macro and individual levels currently may be difficult, there is every reason for the citizens to be hopeful that, things would turn around for good especially with the majority of the population being religious with hope for better things at the center of their faith and beliefs.  Dr. Owusu gave the assurance at Aboabo in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of Ashanti at a church service to climax a four-day Easter Convention organized by the Bompata Area of the Pentecost International Worship Centre, PIWC of the Church of Pentecost.  Dr. Owusu, who is also the Presiding Elder of the PIWC Bompata Area, admitted that people are experiencing socio-economic hardships

 NDC APPROVES ALL 85 PARLIAMENTARY ASPIRANTS, 6 UNOPPOSED, 11 CONSTITUENCIES ON HOLD IN  ASHANTI All 85 aspiring Parliamentary Candidates of the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC vetted for the party’s primaries have been given the green card to contest in the internal elections. Six of applicants have been officially declared Candidates of the NDC in their respective Constituencies after they were unopposed upon the close of nominations and satisfying all the eligibility criteria after their vetting.  The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, disclosed this in Kumasi at the end of the regional vetting proceedings. The 85 aspirants were from 36 out of the 47 Constituencies in the Ashanti region. A team comprising both Regional and national officers of the party using a general party Guidelines used three days to scrutinize all the applicants. The aspirants were made up of 71 men and 14 wom

A Senior Nursing Officer at the Church of Christ Mission Hospital in Kumasi, Mrs. Patricia Ataa Adjei, has confirmed that indeed, some hypertension medications could cause impotence in men.  However, there is a remedy for such side effects if the patient would promptly report back to his care giver. More so, BP patients should look beyond sexual performance by prioritizing their health and life and adhere to their medications. According to her, observations made by clinicians over time has revealed that, some men living with Hypertension refuse to take their medications with the fear that, the drugs would render them impotent. Such tendencies, according to the Senior Nursing Officer, lead to worse consequences for such patients with time since their conditions deteriorate after a period. Mrs. Ataa Adjei gave the advice in an interview with ‘Ashanti Today’ at Asokwa near Kumasi after a health education forum. Mrs. Patricia Ataa Adjei, who was one of the Resource Persons, noted th

  A section of the beneficiary farmers in a group photograph with AGA officials and Nana Kwasi Kotei Mfram after the Project launch AngloGold Ashanti, in partnership with the Obuasi Municipal Directorate of Agriculture, has launched an initiative code-named ‘Community Farming Support Project’ as part of a strategy to diversify the local economy.  About 150 farming households constituting the pioneer beneficiaries of the initiative valued at 500 thousand Ghana Cedis are being supported with agricultural production inputs, technical assistance and market linkages to cultivate large acreages of maize and vegetables aimed at ensuring food security while transforming the mining enclave into a viable agricultural hub.  The ‘Community Farming Project’ is part of various initiatives being led by AngloGold Ashanti, A.G.A., in collaboration with the Obuasi Municipal and Obuasi East District directorate of Agriculture, to revive and diversify the economy of the Adansi traditional area, particular

  Mr. John Sampah-Deputy General Secretary of PSWU addressing GBC DEC The Public Services Workers Union of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, PSWU, has taken a swipe against the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, FWSC and the government for discriminating against public sector workers in the negotiation and administration of salaries and Allowances, a tendency the Union considers to be a deliberate orchestration to deny a certain category of workers their due.  The Deputy General Secretary of the PSWU, John Sampah, speaking at a forum in Kumasi strongly chastised the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission for refusing to negotiate Institution Specific Allowances that could earn the staff their deserved salary adjustment for no cogent reason while in other instances, some staff at the Finance Ministry and the seat of government are granted some questionable Allowances, a situation he notes, has severely undermined the name ‘Fair’ in the name of the Commission.  He was addressing GBC’s Divisi

  A man believed to be in his mid-30s has been lynched at Asafo in Kumasi by a mob. The man was accused of attempting to steal one of the Grand Bird buses belonging to the V.I.P. Transport company.   Ashanti Today gathered from the scene of the incident that incident happened at about 4am today, Wednesday March 8, 2023.     Eye witnesses alleged that at about 4am, the unknown man in his mid-30s, entered, started and took off the Grand Bird bus with registration number GE 2304-10 from around the round about near the Ashanti Area head office of the Ghana Revenue Authority, G.R.A. at Asafo Dadiesoaba also closer to the Nana Afia Kobi Market. According to the eye witnesses account, the driver’s mate, who was sleeping nearby, realized the move and quickly pursued the bus in a tricycle.   It was when the suspected thief, while on the verge of entering the main Asafo-Atonsu highway, realized he could not escape arrest, left the bus while it was in motion and attempted to run a

  Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye-Dir. Gen. of Gh.Health Serv. The Director General of the  Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has disclosed that, 41 percent of the 30 million Ghanaians are living with psychological distress with about 16 thousand suffering from severe mental illness with some on the streets.  According him, one out of every 10 citizens presently has some form of metal disorder saying that, mental health alone costs the national economy about seven percent of the Gross Domestic Product, GDP. Dr. Kuma-Aboagye made this known at a Conference organized by the Christian Service University College. The Ghana Health Service's Director General, described mental health as a major cause of disability. Incidentally, it remains one of the neglected health burdens in the country.  Dr. Kuma-Aboagye was delivering the Key Note Address at the opening of a two-day National Conference that has brought together experts in Ghana’s health ecosystem to identify specific challenge

  The Asokwa Circuit Court near Kumasi in the shanti region has granted bail to the Suame Constituency NDC Youth Organizer, Razak Koampa Avoliya with two sureties to justify. He is to appear before the court again on the 9th of next month, March 2023 when the trial is expected to start. He is facing a single charge of ‘Offensive Conduct conducive to breach the peace’ contrary to Section 207 of the Criminal and Other Offences law, Act 29 of 1960 as Amended. At his second appearance in court today, Tuesday February 14, 2023, the Presiding judge of the court, Mr. Fred Obikyere, directed the prosecution team led by the Head of Legal and Prosecution of the Ashanti Central Regional Police Command, ACoP Kofi Blagodzi, to serve Razak’s Legal Team with all the documents and materials it will be relying on for the prosecution before the next adjourned date in line with the law on fair trial. At today’s hearing, the prosecution formally proffered the charge to the accused person for which

The Bible Society of Ghana is to translate the Holy Bible into both Sign Language and Braille to serve the spiritual needs of persons with hearing and sight impairment. Additionally, the Society is translating the Bible into more local dialects including Efutu Senyase, Okere and Bono languages to encourage access and reading of the sacred book.  The Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Oversight Committee of the Bible Society of Ghana, Apostle Dr. Isaac Osei Boakye Yiadom, made this known to GBCNews in Kumasi at the launch of this year’s edition of the Bible Week celebration. “The projects that we’re undertaking is the sign language Bible. We’re undertaking a bible that will help people who are dumb and deaf so that they can also read the bible through the sign language. We also do Braille Bible and also, we want to do Bible for people from Ewutu Senya area, from Okere area, Bono and then Larteh”, he emphasized. Apostle Dr. Boakye Yiadom disclosed that, in addition to the existing nine loc

  Mr. Prince Gyamfi-Deputy Country Director, I.C.I.  interacting with the journalists at the workshop For the avoidance of doubt, cocoa farmers could engage their children in cocoa production activities without breaching any law on child labour. What is important is for such children to do activities relative to their ages under the supervision of a responsible adult without compromising on the safety, health, formal education and physical development of the child. Also, no work done for a parent can be described as forced labour. The media have therefore been urged to educate members of the public so as to reduce the level of misconception about child labour in cocoa production in Ghana. The Deputy Country Director of the International Cocoa Initiative, a multinational organization concerned with the cocoa production value chain, Mr. Prince Gyamfi, gave the advice in Kumasi in the Ashanti region, during training workshop for selected journalists from some parts of the country. The

Four persons, including a man identified as a Pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, SDA, have been killed in a road accident that occurred at Achina in Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region.  This was after a tipper truck rammed into the private Mercedes Benz salon vehicle being driven by the Pastor. According to eye witnesses' account, two other persons also sustained injuries in the accident which happened at about 12 midday today, yesterday Tuesday January 31, 2023, have been sent to the Hospital for medical attention. According to the eye witness, three of the four deceased persons passed away on the spot of the accident with the remaining one died while receiving treatment at the hospital.  The SDA Pastor who was driving the car with registration number GW- 7329-X with the four deceased to Achina collided with the Tipper truck with registration number GR-9570-22 .  The Pastor reportedly picked two members of his church who were returning from the hospital to add up to

A woman and her two daughters have been burnt to death in the Ashanti region. The incident occurred early today when the house in which they were sleeping caught fire. According to neighbors and eye witnesses, the fire broke out at the family house around 3am today, Wednesday February 1, 2023. The three-bedroom house is located at Nso Nyame Y3, a suburb of Abuakwa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality in the Ashanti region.   Eye witness account has it that it took neighbors hours to fight the inferno before they were later joined by the Ghana National Fire Service. But, the efforts were not enough to save a 28-year old mother of two, Abigail Manu, and her children from succumbing to the fire. The two deceased daughters are Nora Yeboah, nine years and Philippa Yeboah, six years. Two other occupants of the house at the time of the fire outbreak were however able to escape.  A photograph of the burnt house . The house and all of its contents have been completely destroyed by

  One of the damaged vehicles Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Security Council, Mr. Simon Osei Mensah, has directed Police at Effiduase to immediately declare any of the School Prefects of the Krobea Asante Technical-Vocational Institute wanted and pursue them for arrest. Similarly, any parent or guardian hiding any of the students of the school should surrender him or her to the Police also immediately for the law to take its cause in an effort at finding a solution to the rampage that occurred at the school at the weekend. Mr. Osei Mensah gave the directive after a visit to the school at Asokore in the Sekyere East district in the Ashanti region. Mr. Osei Mensah announced the composition of a five-member Investigation Committee to unravel all circumstances regarding the riot including the legalities, culpability of individuals and groups at the school, values of the damaged vehicles and other properties saying that, ultimately, the students will bear the full cost since governme

  Dr. Foster Ansong-Director of Operations, National Ambulance Service The National Ambulance Service says it received about three point-seven million(3.7m) prank calls in a year. Ironically, the Service received a total of 110 thousand genuine emergency calls in a three-year period spanning 2020-2022. According to the Director of Operations of the National Ambulance Service, Dr. Foster Ansong, the prank calls impede people in emergency situations from easily accessing the service thereby thwarting real time response to emergency situations to save lives. Dr. Ansong disclosed this to a section of the media at Kenyase in the Kwabre East Municipality in the Ashanti region during an interview. He had led a team from the National Ambulance Service to train participants of a training programme in Basic Life Support. “ When we talk about prank calls, that one, it’s serious. If we’re to put together the data, from that same 2020 to 2022, prank calls alone are in millions. Even in on