Month: June 2013

Buokrom Estate, a community in the Manhyia North constituency will soon have an ultra modern police station, the Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu- Amankwa has disclosed.

Mr. Owusu- Amankwa has donated GHs10, 000 towards the continuation of an abandoned police station started some 6 years ago by his predecessor Dr. Addo Kuffuor.

He noted with concern the deplorable condition of police station serving the area located between CS and Bukrom.

With current state of security challenges, the MP was of the view that the police need to be assisted to be adequately prepared to meet challenges that will confront residents, adding that even though government is making the efforts, individuals and corporate organizations have to support the effort of government to ensure safe society.

He also reminded residents of their role in assisting the security agencies with important information on criminals so that the police can do their work effectively.

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The Member of Parliament for Sissala East constituency in the Upper West region, Sulemana Alijata Gbentie has underscored the need for serious implementation of school performance management tools in order to boost quality education across-board.

She indicated that performance tools like the School Performance Appraisal Management (SPAM) should be strengthened and entrenched in the system to ostensibly enhance the standard of education in the country.

Highlighting this in an interview with ghanamps.gov.gh, the MP asserted that SPAM meetings were for instance improved ways of monitoring and checking the edge in performance of school children and teachers.

She added that such meetings give the opportunity for stakeholders to have interface with each other to deliberate on educational matters and the way forward in achieving quality education.

Also on the District Education Oversight Committee (DEOC) established to help improve educational standard of children, she intimated that this was not functioning properly as it is required, adding that in some instances not even a single meeting would be convened under DEOC in a year.

Madam Sulemana Gbentie was therefore worried that all these forms of monitoring and evaluation tools in education were failing, thus urged government through the Ministry of Education and the MMDA’s to activate these elements in our quest for achieving quality education.

Jonathan Jeffrey Adjei/Ghanamps.gov.gh

The Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Kwadwo Baah Agyemang as part of his social responsibility donated a set of jerseys and football to the Juansa Methodist Primary School in his constituency.

Kwadwo Baah Agyemang after the donation advised the students to take their studies seriously in order to become good and responsible citizens in the future. “Your parents have invested in you, especially the education given you. The best repayment you can give them is to learn hard and become the doctors, teachers, pilots, technicians, politicians you have always dreamt of” the MP advised.

He further asked the children to imbibe the fear of God in them, stating “Without God, I promise you will not be able to accomplish anything on this earth.”

The Headmaster of the School, Joe Nimo Aikins, who received the donation, expressed his appreciation to the MP for honouring his promise. He appealed to the Member of Parliament to construct an ICT centre for the school so as to allow the children to keep in tune with developments in the ICT world.

In a related development, the MP donated a laptop to the best student of the Agogo Training College during their 2012/2013 graduation ceremony.

He promised to increase the price package next year to cover students who will excel in individual subjects. This he pointed out will help retain the college’s status as the best training college in the country.

Kwadwo Baah Agyemang in February also adopted the children’s ward of the Agogo Hospital after feting the kids who were on admission.

Dominic Shirimori/Ghanamps.gov.gh

Buokrom Estate, a community in the Manhyia North constituency will soon have an ultra modern police station, the Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu- Amankwa has disclosed.

Mr. Owusu- Amankwa has donated GHs10, 000 towards the continuation of an abandoned police station started some 6 years ago by his predecessor Dr. Addo Kuffuor.

He noted with concern the deplorable condition of police station serving the area located between CS and Bukrom.

With current state of security challenges, the MP was of the view that the police need to be assisted to be adequately prepared to meet challenges that will confront residents, adding that even though government is making the efforts, individuals and corporate organizations have to support the effort of government to ensure safe society.

He also reminded residents of their role in assisting the security agencies with important information on criminals so that the police can do their work effectively.

Dominic shririmori/Ghanamps.gov.gh

As step towards deepening democracy and creating deeper understanding of the role of parliament and parliamentarians in development of the country, the Member of Parliament for Dormaa East, William Kwasi Sabi has organized series of meetings with his constituents to brief them on some activities in parliament.

Mr. Sabi said the briefing is a way of giving feedback to his constituents as their representatives at the legislature. The briefing he said centered wide range of issues discussed in parliament and decisions arrived at if any on various issues.

The MP is convinced the exercise is worth the time and energy since it provide platform for his constituents to appreciate and understand the direction of government. Equally important is the fact that he draws the constituents closer to the MP and mitigates agitations.

The Member of Parliament also used the platform to listen to grievances and suggested solutions from the constituents to help in pushing development forward.

Dominic Shirimori/Ghanamps.gov.gh

Solace has come for residents in the Okaikoi Central Constituency as the MP, Hon. Patrick Yaw Boamah has materialize his intentions of mounting 6 mechanized boreholes to solve the perennial water problem facing the area.

The project estimated at GHs80, 000 will be financed from the MPs own coffers with support from his friends and philanthropists.

As at now, the contractor has been on site carrying out feasibility studies in the area to select appropriate sites for the project.

Apart from Woyeme Electoral Area which would benefit from two (2) of the said project, Olengele, Fadama, Blemago and Apenkwa electoral areas would all have one each.

Francis Bebobruchr project Planning Committee Chairman for Yaw Boamah made the information available to Ghanamps.gov.gh.

He said Hon. Patrick Yaw-Boamah was of the view that every electoral area must have its own source of water to help solve the current water situation in the country.

Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/Ghanamps.gov.gh

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong says Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ebo Barton-Oduro must be removed from that high position of the land with immediate effect.

He said in view of Mr. Barton-Oduro’s involvement in the Waterville saga, still occupying that office will bring Parliament into disrepute.

As the then Deputy Attorney-General Ebo Barton-Oduro in the previous Atta Mills’ government was active in the Waterville-Woyome saga and is remembered for his infamous statement that the payment of the judgment rather saved the state money and that the state had no case defending the issue in court.

However the Supreme Court on Friday directed Waterville Holdings Ltd. to return to the state €25 million ($47 million) it obtained illegally arising out of claims it brought against the state in 2009.

This was after former Attorney-General Martin Amidu argued that neither Waterville nor businessman Alfred Agbese Woyome, who also obtained similar payments, had a valid contract with the state to warrant the payments.

The highest court of the land by a unanimous decision ruled in favour of Martin Amidu ordering that the monies paid Waterville in the judgment was illegal and must be refunded.

However speaking on Accra based Okay FM Monday Hon. Ken Agyapong stated that he had been proven right by the court ruling after he raised the issue earlier on the floor of Parliament.

He said the Mr. Barton-Oduro is not fit to lead the House judging by his conduct in this case that nearly robbed the country of such huge amount of money and further urged other MPs to join in the call if they want to protect the integrity of Parliament.

The Member of Parliament for Hohoe, Bernice Adiku Heloo said she is accessing demand by the St Therasa’s Teacher Training College for some security light to be installed at some vantage points in the school.

She said being a girls’ school it is just appropriate to make sure any security concern is addressed as quickly as possible to restore confidence in the students and ensure their safety.

She noted that though the school made a request for some security lights, she is now accessing the situation to get clear understanding of how many they will require for onwardprovision of the lights.

Meanwhile, Honourable Heloo has adopted the Hohoe Special School to assist them with some basic needs that will facilitate teaching and learning. Already she said she has made some donation of books to the school’s library and is looking forward to equally important things that the school requires.

Dominic Shirimori/ Ghanamps.gov.gh

Over 300 basic school children residing in communities under the Yunyoo constituency have had the opportunity to sit for this years’ Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in their own domain, with the area acquiring a new centre for the conduct of the exams.

The centre was made possible through the earnest efforts of the Member of Parliament for Yunyoo, Hon. Joseph Bipoba Naabu in consultation with the West African Examination Council(WAEC) as a major intervention to avert the stress pupils went through in travelling to nearby towns to sit for their exams.

Speaking to Ghanamps.gov.gh, the MP recounted that formerly pupils due for such exams in Yunyoo and the surrounding environs were always scheduled for centres either at Nankpanduri or Bunkpurugu, but claimed the creation of the centre will ease the seeming pressure and discomfort of Konkomba students because of the protracted Bimobas-Konkombas conflict which erupted in the area.

He also revealed that plans were afoot to get Senior High School (SHS) in Yunyoo to absorb pupils in the area.

He indicated that, he had petitioned the Ministry of Education through the Regional Minister and other parastatal organizations to assist in facilitating the establishment of SHS for the area.

At least Bunkpurugu has in its jurisdiction two SHS’s, whiles Yunyoo has none, a situation which has necessitated the drive for the establishment of SHS by the MP in the area.

He assured that as a member of the education select committee in Parliament, he would ensure that the constituency acquires an SHS for residents.

Jonathan Jeffrey Adjei/Ghanamps.gov.gh