Month: June 2012

Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Member of Parliament for Ada Constituency in the Greater Accra Region yesterday launched the Ada Excellence Awards in an effort to reward organisations and indigenes who have contributed towards the socio-economic development of the town.

The award ceremony slated for November 2012, will be organised by EventComm Ghana Limited, an event management company, to award organisations and individuals with the Academic Excellence Award, Tourism and Hospitality Award.

Other awards are Lifetime Achievement, Legend Award, and Gratitude Award for non-indigenes who have helped in the socio-economic development of Ada.

Launching the programme, Mr Tettey-Enyo lauded the Dangmes for their beautiful culture which had endeared them to Ghanaians and tourists.

He urged the Ada Traditional Council to do well to preserve the cultural heritage of the Dangmes as it was the best way to distinguish them from other cultures in the country.

Mr Tetteh-Enyo who is a former Minister for Education, noted that the Ada Traditional Area was making a lot of progress due to the hard work of the inhabitants and urged all to support the efforts of EventComm Ghana limited.

Mr Ebenezer Bessey, Chief Executive Officer, EventComm Ghana limited, said the ceremony sought to create a platform through which the youth could network with key stakeholders in the development of Ada and also motivate Adas elsewhere to contribute towards the development of the community.

“It would also create equal platform to foster unity among Adas and other residents of different political affiliations to ensure peaceful 2012 elections,” he added.

He said the programme which would be organised annually would always serve as grounds to show gratitude to hardworking Adas and non-indigenes as a whole.

He appealed to organisations and individuals to financially support the awards ceremony for it to carry out a successful programme.

Nene Tsatsu Bediator IV, Head of the Kudzeagbe Clan, called on Adas to make the development of the community their priority.

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The Member of Parliament for Kintampo North, Honourable Stephen Kunsu has presented a standing hair dryer to Miss Abena Akosanga, 22, a deaf and dumb lady.

The young lady who completed her apprenticeship about four years ago has been able to establish her own shop. She is currently training two (2) other girls in hairdressing at kyermankoma, Kintampo.

According to her mother, Apenu Akonsaga, she worked for a year to put up her own shop after completing her apprenticeship. She said Abena does signs to communicate with her apprentices. In an interview with one of her apprentices, she noted that their madam always had time to train them to work.

It was discovered that the disabled lady was one of the admired hairdressers in town because of how talented she was.

At a short ceremony to present the item to Miss Akosanga, Hon. Kunsu said he was highly impressed that the lady has not made her disability to cause her inability but had rather been a useful individual to the society.

He promised her that he will take it upon himself to extend electricity to the shop for her to work more perfectly and to serve the people better. The mother, on behalf her daughter, thanked the M P for his kind gesture and noted that she will personally ensure that the equipment was used for its purpose.

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The Deputy Minister of Energy, Hon. Inusah Fuseini has said out of the about 1,500 jobs created in the oil and gas sector about 840 representing about 57% are Ghanaians.

According to him, the Ministry is however unable to know the exact number from the Western Region employed in the oil and gas sector as the information gathering instrument do not make provisions for regional considerations.

The deputy Minister, Hon. Inusah Fuseini made this known on the floor of parliament on Tuesday while responding to a question asked by the MP for Takoradi Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah who wanted to know the percentage of people from the western region who had been employed in the oil and gas industry.

Hon. Fuseini said the Ministry recognizes the exploitation of the oil and gas resources located in the Western Region, which certainly has some environmental risk to the citizens and generated high expectations from the population.

He added that the ministry in recognition of these and other considerations has put in place specific interventions in the Western Region to address some of these challenges.

The measures include
(a)    The Ministry in-collaboration with Tullow Ghana is establishing an Small and Medium Skill Enterprise (SME) development centre in Takoradi

(b)    The Ministry and Tullow have allocated 40% of annual scholarship initiated by Tullow to train Ghanaians in UK universities in areas of oil and Gas to the Western Region.

(c)    The petroleum commission will have an operation office in Takoradi and

d)    The enactment of a local content in local participation regulation to safeguard the interest of communities affected directly by the oil and gas activities in particular and Ghanaians in general.

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A Deputy Minister of Energy, Hon. Inusah Fuseini has charged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to take up the responsibility of erecting streetlights in their respective areas to enhance security and promote legitimate night activities.

According to him per the local government (Departments of District assemblies) (Commencement) Instrument, 2009 (LI 1961), MMDAs are responsible for the development, installation, ownership and maintenance of streetlights throughout the country.

“The provision of this facility in Ghana is still the responsibility of the MMDAs,” he said.

He was responding to a questions raised on the floor Parliament on Tuesday asked by the MP for Awutu Senya, Hon. David Nana Larbie as to what the Ministry of Energy was doing to rehabilitate all dysfunctional streetlights in Awutu, Bereku, Bordwiase, Senaya and Kasoa.

Hon. Fuseini in responding to the question said as specified by the already stated LI, the rehabilitation of the dysfunctioning streetlights in the areas mentioned is therefore the responsibility of Awutu Senya District Assembly to ensure that the lights are in good shape to ensure the public safety of the residents in the respective areas.

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The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Lower Manya Krobo, Michael Teye Nyaunu has said the party is bound to be voted out of power during the upcoming December general election unless the party is brought back on track.

According to him, defeat is starring the NDC in the face and may pay dearly at the polls if the party continuous to deviate from the principle of probity, accountability and social justice which were the pillars on which the NDC party was formed.

Speaking to ghnanamps.gov, Hon. Teye- Nyaunu stated that these three cardinal points especially the fight against corruption on which the party campaigned has been jettisoned by government officials and have resorted to corrupt practices as was mentioned by the former Attorney General.

“How can a structure be taken from its foundation and still expect that structure to be firm, it’s just impossible and that is exactly what the NDC party is doing’ he said.

“Look at the embarrassment that has greeted this government over the Woyome matter, with about five months to the elections and how awake Ghanaians are of late, I wonder why no serious efforts have been put in place to withdraw that money , a party with probity, accountability and social justice as its  ideals.

Hon. Teye Nyaunu who is an avowed critic of his own party and government said the NDC will do itself a lot of good and also improve its electoral fortunes if it returns to the June 4^th ideals and govern by its tenets.

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