Ashanti Today

  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...

  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 spe...

  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 w...

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...

  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 count...