Month: June 2013

Hon. James Cecil Yanwube, Member of Parliament for Tatale/Sanguli is calling for urgent intervention from government through the Ministry of Health (MOH) to solve the overwhelming challenges of the Tatale hospital.

The facility is reportedly facing some problems which has accounted for setbacks in its operations, thus affecting the delivery of quality healthcare service in the district.

A document available on the desk of ghanamps.gov.gh and brought forward by the MP has captured some pockets of problems which relatively formed the core issues that retard growth and development of the facility.

CHALLENGES

• Inadequate specialty staff such as midwives, community health nurses and staff registered nurses.

• Poor transport system-There is the need for at least one vehicle for the health administrative staff and most of the motorbikes allocated to health posts in the district are now in a state of disrepair.

• Inadequate fridges to keep vaccines for immunizations.

• Inadequate accommodation for staff and the few available also needs urgent renovation.

The hospital is also in dire need of Doctors who would attend to the health challenges of people of the area, the MP stated.

Meanwhile he said delay in the renovation of the District Health Administration block by the District Assembly is to some extent posing difficulties in ensuring properly co-ordinated and well planned health services or programmes.

He thereby urged the assembly to double up works on the project, since the office is the nerve centre for health policy implementation in the district.

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Member of Parliament for North Dayi, George Loh has jumped to the defence of President John Mahama arguing that he is not in contempt of court.

He said the President has every right to speak his mind on the ongoing 2012 election petition case at the Supreme court, adding that it will not undermine the independence of the

The president at a meeting with NDC executives that the Supreme court will eventually declare he won the election freely and fairly.

But the opposition NPP in a statement urged the President and his government to refrain from making ”reckless and irresponsible” comments that will prejudice the outcome of the case before the course, with others claiming the president is in contempt.

However speaking on e.tv morning show on Wednesday, Hon. George Loh who is a Lawyer stated that per the logic and assertion of the opposition, then their own party general secretary, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie and several other party bigwigs are in contempt of court.

” We have all heard NPP officials severally saying by April or so, Akufo Addo would declared president, is that not contempt of court” he asked?

Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh

The deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection and Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central Constituency, Hon. Florence Rachael Appoh has indicated her ministry’s preparedness to fight against child labour in the country.

According to her, the ministry is set to drastically reduce the rate of child labour and was optimistic the menace could be completely eradicated by 2015 if proper measure are put in place.

The Minister, indicated this when reading a statement on the floor of Parliament to commemorate the World Child Labour Day which fell today 12 June, 2013.

She said children are exposed to various forms of hardships and other forms of social vices including rape, armed robbery, truancy and illegal mining activities among others which subsequently thwart their educational ambitions.

According to the Legislator, the Children and Social Protection ministry was working assiduously to collaborate with other ministries such as the Ministry of Education and Finance to ensure that children are giving equal opportunities to be in school but rather not exposed to various economic hardships.

She said social interventions such as the school feeding programme, capitation grant and Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty will be strengthened in a bid to reduce parents burden in order to enable them send their children to school.

She urged parents to ensure that their children are given proper education since they are the future leaders of the country.

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Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Simon Osei Mensah has accused the National Security apparatus of being obsessed with monitoring activities of opposition members rather than ensuring a safe Ghana.

According to him, this behavior has resulted in a situation where there is laxity in security at somecvery sensitive places which threatens the security of Ghana.

The MP was speaking on Oman FM on Tuesday about the arrest of the Kotoka International Airport security chief in the U.S and another Ghanaian for trafficking drugs into the USA.
The news of the arrest has generated a lot of public outcry with some concluding that this shows how porous security is.

Hon. Osei Mensah further stated that he is at pains to understand why National Security is taking credits for the arrest of the two persons.

” National Security operatives allowed these people to pass sail through with this haul of illicit drugs and now they turn round and tell Ghanaians that they collaborated with the US Drug Enforcement Agency in this arrest and so must be commended, we are not kids” he said.

Hon. Osei Mensah urged the National Security and Nacortic Control Agency to step up their game and ensure that the war against drugs is won.

Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh

Mr. Jabaah John Bennam, Member of Parliament for Zabzugu has donated building materials including hundred (100) bags of cement and four (4) packets of roofing sheet to the Zabzugu Senior High School.

The building materials are in support for the completion of a stalled building project initiated by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the school.

Mr Bennam commended the PTA for the initiative and their sense of development which resulted in the provision of the structure and called on other PTAs to take a cue from this to help schools overcome their challenges.

In a related development, the MP also presented corn mill to the school to help in milling corn to feed the students instead of spending so much outside.

Dominic Shirimori/Ghanamps.gov.gh

Vehicles can now have easy access to the Ahomahomasu Market following construction of culvert at the entrance of the market.

Until the construction of this culvert, it was practically impossible for cars to enter unless they use alternative route which is not very convenient traders.

However, the quick response by the Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa North, Kwabena A. Amankwa led to the successful completion of culvert worth one thousand three Ghana cedis (GHs1, 300.00).

Mr. Amankwa said he will continue to assist the people to carry on with their economic activities by collaborating with them and other stakeholders to explore ways to enhance their trade.

He thus called on the traders to take care of existing infrastructure available in the markets while efforts are made to improve on existing ones and provide new ones.

Dominic Shirimori/Ghanamps.gov.gh

The Member of Parliament for Tatale /Sanguli, Hon. James Cecil Yanwube has observed that most children in his constituency are deprived of education due to some limiting factors.

“A visit to the constituency in late March and May revealed that about two thousand children in some communities are completely deprived of opportunity of going to school due to factors such as lack of motorable roads, absence of schools or lack of teachers.

In a recent paper laid before parliament, the MP cited that this unfortunate situation has thus culminated into child trafficking issues in various communities of the district.

He therefore called for concerted efforts by all relevant stakeholders to stop the trend of this infamous activity in the area.

According to him, the absence of first and second cycle schools in most communities under the district has also contributed in regularizing child trafficking in the district.

He therefore called on government to come to the aid of the district and assist in the establishment of schools in the deprived communities so it could help salvage the unfortunate situation at hand.

Jonathan Jeffrey Adjei/Ghanamps.gov.gh

In his bid to reduce problems caused by flooding in his constituency, Hon. Patrick Yaw-Boamah is constructing more drains in the Woyeme Electoral Area.

Most of the drains linking the N1 highway pass through the area; a situation that causes flooding especially during the rainy season because of poor drainage network in the area.

It is in line with this that the Legislator decided to take up the initiative to construct and expand the drainage system in the area.

Mr. Francis Bebobru, Chairman of the project planning committee in the Constituency, who made the information known, said the residents contributed 20 per cent of funds towards the project and human resource whiles the MP contributed 80 per cent.

The Project is however steadily progressing and it’s expected to be completed soon.

Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/Ghanamps.gov.gh