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Over the years, the Chereponi constituency roads and water situation have been nothing to write home about, but the Member of Parliament (MP) Seidu Alhassan Alajor said the situation would be improved.

In an interview, he admitted that it is a major problem that there is no motorable road in the constituency and it is the reason the constituents voted for John Dramani Mahama and himself, knowing they can come and fix the bad nature of roads.

“Roads were awarded to contractors, but were abandoned after the 2016 elections. Today some of the contractors are back to site especially Yendi-Chereponi roads; they are on sit now working hard to fix the bad roads, so that during the rainy season it is motorable for my constituents.

He said the conditions of the roads give him sleepless night, as such he has done some follow ups to the Roads and Highways, so many times and the sector minister has visited the place to asses’ things for himself and he has given me assurance that he would help me fix it.

Meanwhile, the water situation is also very bad, stating that just to get a gallon of water to drink, one would be surprised of the ordeal in achieving that. “Every community has that problem and this is something that we are working on to address and like you said the John Mahama government is young, just four months old”.

Speaking on his work at the committee level, he stated that as a member of the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee, they have had a lot of interactions including visiting Runner Motors’ main warehouse and interacted with the engineers to see the work they are doing for mother Ghana.

The Leadership and committee members were impressed, “this is what Ghana needs. They are building the Ghana we want. The facilities are no different from what you find in the US and the UK; the car models they are fixing in Ghana is of high quality compared to the ones they ship to Ghana for us to purchase and the price is also affordable; I think they are doing a very great job”.

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The Member of Parliament for Akim Oda, Alexander Akwesi Acquah has condemned in no uncertain term the recent act of vandalism and theft at the St. Andrews Basic School in the Akim Oda Constituency, where unidentified individuals maliciously removed roofing sheets and stole desks meant for our school children.

The MP described the act as not only a direct attack on the collective efforts to improve education in the constituency, but also a betrayal of the values they uphold as a community that cherishes learning, responsibility, and progress.

“It is unacceptable that some individuals would choose to sabotage the future of our children, who deserve safe and conducive environments for their studies”.

Mr. Akwesi Acquah in a press release dated May 16, 2025, however assured the affected school, teachers, parents, and pupils that the matter is being seriously pursued to bring the perpetrators to book. “I am in close contact with the Ghana Police Service, and I have requested an immediate and thorough investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. We will not tolerate criminal behaviour that undermines our development”.

Meanwhile, he has assured the people that he is working with the Municipal Assembly and relevant stakeholders to mobilize resources to restore the affected infrastructure as quickly as possible to ensure that teaching and learning are not disrupted for longer than necessary.

He also charged all and sundry to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious activity to the police. “Let us continue to protect our public facilities and support one another in building a better future for our children”,

He added that individuals with the intentions of destroying the progress they have made in building the future they aspire would be met with the full force of the law.
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Mrs Joana Gyan Cudjoe, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wassa Amenfi Central, has donated assorted items worth 3.6 million cedis to support some individuals in her constituency.

The items included, 500 boxes of cutlasses, 500 pieces of sewing machine, 500 pieces of hair dryers, 400 pieces of stands, 20 sacks of jerseys, 80 boxes of football, and five boxes of football trophies.

In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, the MP said the gesture was part of her campaign promises during the 2024 elections to help improve the living standards of her constituents.

She added that other requests by the people would be attended to and urged them to trust her and the President John Dramani Mahama-led government.

Mrs Cudjoe advised the recipients to utilise the items effectively to serve the purpose for which they were donated.

“I know the donation will have a significant impact on the youth and the communities in the district,” she added.

Madam Yaa Duku, one of the beneficiaries, commended the MP for the gesture, and hoped such initiative continued, while pledging their commitment to use the items to achieve the intended results.

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Mr Bright Asamoah Brefo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, has paid a working visit to Asante Gold Mines at Bibiani to foster a strong working relationship between the mining company and the local community.

He was accompanied by Mr Sebastian Obeng, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), for the area, and other dignitaries.

Mr Brefo, in his remarks said his visit was to engage directly with the Mine’s management and staff to discuss ways to enhance cooperation and mutual benefits to address community concerns.

‎The MP noted that he had received some complaints from the residents of some communities within the Mine’s operational zones and urged the management to address these issues promptly for mutual benefits.

The discussions also touched on the resettlement of Bibiani Old Town and Zongo, with a focus on ensuring fair compensation and support for affected residents.
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The Mine’s management on their part, highlighted their plans to establish a training centre for human development, aimed at enhancing the skills and employability of residents.

The management also discussed some areas of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives that the company intended to undertake to benefit the local communities, including projects focused on education, healthcare, and infrastructure development.

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The Select Committee on Education has brought to finality, a three-day nationwide tour of selected senior high schools in the Western region.

The tour which is fact finding in nature, is aimed at assessing the challenges faced by some private Universities and to evaluate the effectiveness, challenges, and the overall impact of the double- track system in selected Senior high schools.

Speaking to some heads of the schools during the tour, the chairman of the Education Committee and MP for Akatsi North, Hon. Nortsu- Kortoe opined that, the Committee is not here to witch-hunt anyone but fact find, advice and take suggestions, make recommendations on the challenges faced to Government for them to be addressed accordingly.

Mr. Nortsu- Kortoe said “we are here to acquaint ourselves to understand developments on site.” He indicated that, the Government commitment to eliminate the double- track system requires the committee to sample some selected institutions.

The committee toured four Schools on day two in the Western Region including Bompeh SHTS, Diabene SHTS, Secondi College and Daboase SHTS.

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Ghana’s Minister for Labour, Jobs and Employment Dr. Abdul Rashid Hassan Pelpuo has called for the turning of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) policy on free movement protocol from words to reality for citizens of the community.

According to him there is the need to simplify the frustrating work permit process that pushes people into irregular status by making the labour market data systems to talk to each other so that workers can find real opportunities.

He made this remarks in Accra Ghana at the opening of a three day ECOWAS validation meeting of labour migration strategy and action plan.

“We must harness migration’s development potential like never before. Imagine if just 10% of remittances flowing into our region annually could be channelled into productive investments. Picture the growth if we systematically connect diaspora expertise with local businesses. This Strategy gives us the framework to make these visions reality”.

Let us remember that the work you do over these three days will echo across millions of lives because throughout our history, movement has been part of the West African story.

Today, we have the chance to write a new chapter, one where mobility means opportunity; where borders don’t mean barriers, and where every migrant worker can say with pride that they helped build our region’s prosperity, he stated.

“To our esteemed partners, the IOM, ILO, and all others in Ghana and the region, your support remains invaluable, and we deeply appreciate your continued collaboration in this effort”.

Let me reaffirm the unwavering commitment of Ghana through the Ministry of Labour, Jobs and Employment, in aligning our labour migration policy to this strategy in our upcoming review to ensure a well-regulated labour migration system that prioritises the protection of migrants and maximises migration’s benefits.

Ghana, as a steadfast advocate for regional integration and migrant rights, is privileged to facilitate this dialogue toward a more equitable and prosperous West Africa”.

He indicated that the World Bank (2024) reports that about 3.7 million migrant workers moving between our countries represent more than statistics, they are people seeking better opportunities, skilled professionals transferring knowledge, young graduates chasing dreams, and entrepreneurs building bridges between our economies.

This promise of mobility comes with persistent challenges that demand our urgent attention.
How many of our people must endure exploitation before we strengthen protections? How many skilled workers must see their qualifications go unrecognized before we fix our systems?
How many families must be separated by dangerous irregular routes before we create safer pathways? These are the human questions behind our technical discussions today, he added.

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The Chairman on Sanitation and Water Resources Committee who doubles as MP for Nkwanta North, Mr John Kwabena Oti Bless has said, his committee has been properly briefed on challenges confronting the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) agreement and the Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDCEs) after the committee’s engagement with the leadership of the YEA today Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

He explained that, during the committee’s verification and monitoring visits to MMDCEs, few issues came up concerning the YEA model and the various MMDCEs for which the committee decided to engage the leadership of YEA for better appreciation of those challenges and also to help the committee to prepare a very comprehensive and detailed report to Parliament.

Mr Oti Bless further added that, the leadership of YEA read some portions of the contract which the YEA finds it problematic to the committee and call for better agreement for the YEA model.

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The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament is raising issues with conspicuous absence of President John Dramani Mahama, Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang and Rt. Hon Alban Sumana Bagbin at the same time without constitutional mandate to swear in an acting president.
This represents a clear and egregious violation of Article 60 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.

In a statement issued by John Darko, Legal Counsel to the Minority Caucus, he pointed out that, the constitutional provisions on presidential succession are explicit: “Whenever both the President and the Vice President are absent from the country, the Speaker of Parliament must be sworn in to act as President”.

This interpretation has been affirmed by the Supreme Court in the landmark case of Asare v. Attorney General. The Court held that at no point should the nation be left without a constitutionally designated acting head of state; in the absence of both the President and the Vice President, the Speaker must assume that role.

It is a matter of public record that the Speaker of Parliament departed the jurisdiction on 8th May 2025. The President, fully aware of this fact and also aware that his Vice President had traveled earlier to seek medical attention abroad, nonetheless proceeded to leave the country without taking steps to ensure that the Chief Justice administered the oath to the Speaker to act as President mandated by the Constitution.

“Their conduct is not only unconstitutional it is deliberate and calculated. This administration has consistently treated the Constitution as an inconvenience rather than a binding framework. They are emboldened to flout the supreme law of the land because they believe they have succeeded in weakening the Judiciary”

Their continued attacks on the Judiciary and the Chief Justice, both overt and covert have created a climate that undermines judicial independence and threatens the rule of law. It is this very erosion of institutional checks that enables such brazen violations to go unchecked.
The precedent set in Asare v. Attorney General has not been overturned. Thus, the President’s actions and those of his advisors constitute nothing short of a willful and wanton disregard for the Constitution of Ghana.

Again, it is one of the clearest demonstrations yet of this administration’s habitual violations of the supreme law of the land.

The supremacy of the Constitution derives not from its physical form but from our collective commitment to uphold it. As President Barack Obama noted on 10th January 2017: “Our Constitution is a remarkable, beautiful gift. But it’s really just a piece of parchment. It has no power on its own. We, the people, give it power with our participation, and the choices we make. Whether or not we stand up for our freedoms; whether or not we respect and enforce the rule of law…”

These words ring true for us as Ghanaians. Our Constitution, though not without its imperfections, remains the cornerstone of our democracy. It is only through strict adherence to its provisions not selective obedience that we confer upon it the reverence it deserves.

Today, those entrusted with the sacred responsibility of safeguarding our Constitution have failed in their duty. They have chosen to undermine its authority, threatening the democratic gains we have struggled to build. Let them be reminded: Ghana is still a fragile democracy. The progress of our democratic journey is neither guaranteed nor irreversible.

“As the Minority Caucus and in their role as vigilant custodians of the Constitution, we shall continue to expose and resist such violations. We will hold the President and his Vice accountable to their oath of office, which demands fidelity to the Constitution.

Where necessary, we shall invoke the relevant provisions of law to ensure that constitutional breaches do not go unpunished”, the Minority declared.

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The Member of Parliament for Ketu North in the Volta Region, Eric Edem Agbana has expressed concern about the declining standards of education in the constituency and emphasized the urgent need for a collective, renewed sense of commitment to the future of the children.

To this end, the MP at a strategic meeting with the Municipal Education Management Team comprising school improvement support officers, administrative staff, directors and four line assistants, as well as Heads of units and departments put forward a series of immediate and medium-term interventions aimed at reversing the trend and positioning Ketu North as a beacon of educational excellence.

These Measures include:
1. Free Mandatory Weekend Classes: Beginning in July, all final-year JHS students in the Municipality will benefit from weekend classes fully sponsored by the office of the MP and will be organized at designated clusters, with subject specialists drawn from across the district on a rotational basis.

2. MP’s Education Excellence Awards: To recognize and celebrate the dedication of hardworking educational workers. The MP is expected to launch the Education Excellence Awards in October 2025 in line with an appeal from the teacher associations.

3. Support for Sports Development: Ahead of the upcoming Regional Sports Festival, the MP has committed GHC20,000 and 50 mattresses to support the participation of basic schools in the Inter-District Sports Festival in Hohoe which is set to start later this month.

4. Examination Support: The MP presented examination materials to the Directorate to facilitate the final preparatory mock exams for this year’s BECE candidates.

5. Technology and Administration Boost: Mr Eric Edem Agbana donated Apple iMac computers to the Education Directorate to improve administrative efficiency and operational effectiveness. The computers were donation from Mr Kenwood of Lifetime Wells, an American NGO through the facilitation of Hon Kofi Lawson.

He urged all stakeholders to recommit themselves to excellence in educational service delivery, reminding them that the transformation of the constituency begins with the empowerment of children through quality education.

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Minority in Ghana’s parliament has defended its stands saying that, they are not jumping the gun by calling on President John Dramani Mahama to suspend Sammy Gyamfi for splashing dollar bills as a gift to Patricia Oduro, alias Nana Agradaa that has attracted public outcry.

According to the Minority the action of the acting Gold Board chair requires condemnation by every well-meaning Ghanaian and as the Minority their first action is condemnation.

 President John Mahama has told the good people of Ghana a week ago that if you violate the code of conduct you are going to face sanction; by now, we should have seen a letter to that effect, the Minority stated at a press conference addressed by Dr Abdul Kabiru Tia Mahama, Member of Parliament for Walwale and flanked by his colleague Ralph Poku-Adusei.

“He should be dismissed and suspended pending further investigation, and we are reminding the president that this should be done and if not done the president has failed and God as a way of testing men and this is a classical example”.

When our voices are being heard the President would know the enormity of the case, clearly you do not need a lawyer to tell you he has violated some laws, he added.

He contends that Ghana has a law prohibiting circulation of foreign currency and he was seen splashing the currency, so an offense has been committed.

“Why is he holding himself as the acting Goldbod MD? The government should not wait for us to tell it what to do; they should do the needful; if you fault the law, you should face the consequences, and he cannot deny that he was not the one in the video and the money he was holding was not a dollar. These are the elements you look for when we talk of offenses.”.

He assured that the Minority would not take this issue lightly; “we would hold them to account” adding that if the President fail to heed to their call, the Minority will use parliament to get answers.

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