Ashanti Today

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, note...

  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 ar...

  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 addressin...

  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 motio...