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Covid-19; Assin South NABCO Personnel Donates 3,500 Nose Masks To Assembly Members.   Personnel of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) in the Assin South District Assembly  have donated 3,500 pieces of locally manufactured Norse mask to all the 36 Assembly members in the Assin South District Assembly of the Central Region to help the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Norse mask which was made with FDA and Ministry of Health Standards NABCO Cloth at an estimated cost of GH¢2,500.00, were presented to the Assembly members during an Emergency meeting at the District Assembly Hall.  Mr. Emmanuel J K BOADI, the Assin South Coordinator of NABCO and aslo the Presiding Member for the Assin South District Assembly presenting the items to the the Assembly Members, said the donation formed part of the Corps' contribution to the fight against the coronavirus disease. He urged the beneficiaries to take good care of the items and put them to good use to the be...

2017 U-17 Equipment Officer Cries For Help Ghana's Under 17 (U-17) equipment officer Mr. Abdul Razak who had an accident on his way to send Jersey to players during the U-17  AFCON which was held in Gabon the year 2017 is crying bitterly to the Ghana Football Authorities (GFA) to as a matter of urgency come to his aid financially. In an exclusive interview with Roger Emmanuel of Greater Accra based radio station power fm, Razak Abdul disclosed that Ghana u-17 played two qualification matches. Ghana vs Burkina Faso, home and away, so two games which we won both to qualify. Bonus per game was $3000 hence the two matches amounted to $6000 for each member of the team. Ghana qualified in September and general election was held in December which NPP won. perhaps, on 24th August 2017, deputy sports minister Hon. Pius Enam Hadzide called a meeting with the Technical and Management Team lead by Lawyer Kweku Ayiah, where the deputy minister told them that i...

CVM Urges Government to Lift Ban on  Churches The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has done tremendously well in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of measures have been put in place to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus including a ban on Public and Social gatherings for religious activities, funerals, Schools, marriage ceremonies etc. However, we are appealing to President Akufo-Addo to lift the ban on Public and Social Gatherings. Over reliance on Science and Medical Experts in dealing with the COVID-19 would not help matters.  Science and Medical Experts have their own limitations and deficiencies. The prolonged ban on Public and Social gatherings would have dire consequences on the other Sectors of the Economy, creating unnecessary fear and panic for the population thereby delaying the socio-economic progress of the country Life needs to return to normalcy in Ghana. Churches need to re-open with strict adherence to safety ...

*959# Digital Lottery addresses the concerns of Lottery Stigmatization The robustness,  effectiveness and efficiency of the *959# lottery Short Code has been appreciated by the staking public. The *959# is the official short code of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) running the Original 5/90 Lotto Game from Monday to Saturday. The *959# short code and 590mobile.com.gh platforms formed part of the Government's digitization and the digitalization programme  aims at transforming all the sectors of the economy including the lottery industry. Since the implementation of the *959# digital lottery platform, consumers of lottery products especially the upper and middle class have taken serious interest in playing the 5/90 Game via the NLA Official Short Code *959# and 590mobile.com.gh. Previously the Upper and Middle Class were finding it difficult to stake lottery products in the Lotto Kiosks largely due to stigmatization but the introduction of the *959# and 590mobil...

Twifo-Attimorkwaa District Records Eight 8 Confirmed Corona-virus cases . The Twifo-Attimorkwaa District of the Central Region has first time recorded 8 confirmed case of the COVID-19 Hon. Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Twifo-Attimorkwaa district who disclosed this on Twifo Praso based radio station sweet fm on Friday 22nd May, said the patients were discovered through a contact tracing which was conducted at one of the nine ongoing hospitals being constructed across the country by Euroget De-Invest, an Egyptian capital investment company, the company in the district. He said 64 samples was sent for test which 8 out of them proved positive. 7 of them has been sent to Kasoa for Quarantine while the remaining one has traveled and information has been sent to his families and friends to report to any health facility when seen. Hon. Nyantakyi expressed deep concern about the attitude of some people who are defying COVID19 pandemic protocol...

Twifo-Attimorkwa; 48, 000 Oil Palm Seedlings Ready To Be Distributed To Farmers . Twifo-Attimorkwaa district in the central region led by Hon Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi in collaboration with Twifo Oil Palm Plantations Limited (TOPP)  has raised 48,000 oil palm seedlings to farmers in the district in fulfillment of government flagship program, Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) This is the first phase of the program in the district.  The ceremony occurred at TOPP, one of the most leading oil palm Plantations in Africa. A lot of farmers from various communities within the district would benefit from the distribution. Speaking to the media, the central regional minister, Hon. Kwamena Duncan who officiated the ceremony commended His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the DCE Hon. Robert for the initiative and charged the Farmers to make use of it. ”The government will do everything in its power to support farmers to make Ghana the...

Twifo-Attimorkwaa MP Cuts Sod For The Construction Of Market In The Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) for Twifo-Attimorkwaa in the central region Hon. Abraham Dwuma Odoom in collaboration with the NPP constituency chairman Mr. Kingsford Kwaku Wilson and other executives, has cut the sod for the construction of a market in Twifo Praso town in the Twifo-Attimorkwaa District. The establishment of the market is part of government's intervention of helping each constituency with 1m dollar. It would comprise a total of 108 stalls, stores, sheds and cubicles. Hon. Odoom said when the market is completed it would go a long way to improve the living conditions of the people as well as increase the Assembly's revenue. According to the officiated members which include the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Director in the district Mr. Addae Marfo, said the completion of the market would also help relocate the traders currently selling on the streets and it...

Twifo-Attimorkwaa MP Tours His Constituency, Visits An Ongoing Euroget Hospital project Hon Abraham Dwumah Odoom, the member of parliament for Twifo-Attimorkwaa Constituency in the central region on Wednesday May 13 2020  paid a day visit to this constituency to inspect the government ongoing projects in the constituency.  The inspection covered 60-bed almost completed Hospital facility in the district, the project is being constructed by Euroget De-Invest, an Egyptian capital investment company, is one of nine hospitals being constructed by the company across the country. The project is expected to be handed over to the government by the end of July  2020, according to the project engineer, Mr Ahmed Aly.  It will be a one-stop modern facility for healthcare delivery in that part of the Central Region, whose people have to travel all the way to Cape Coast to access health services, Honorable Dwuma Odoom commented. When sweet fm visited the site of the pr...

PPP Commits To The COVID 19 Fight In Assin North .   Progressive People's Party in Assin North Constituency of the central region has embarked on Sensitization of the use of Nose marks in the fight against the pandemic. The party donated over 500 locally made nose marks to Hospitals, Police stations, farmers and individuals costing over 2,500.00. The individuals still have every reason to worry and be serious with the disease even if the increasing infected cases is as a result of aggressive testing, since the testing are done locally, it means that we have more infected people who are still living with us but has not been tested to know. Said Mr. Adam, the Constituency Communication Director. According to Mr. Manu, the 2016 Parliamentary candidate of the Party, the increasing figure is a real threat to everything and we must not only rely on science but must depend on God and take the preventive measures serious.  "Ideally, making the nose masks wearing compul...

COVID-19, GET PPEs FOR OUR FRONT LINERS: SWEET FM PRESENTS PPEs The management of Twifo Praso based radio station sweet fm of the Twifo-Attimorkwaa District in the central region launched a mini policy dubbed "GET PPE's FOR OUR FRONT LINERS" with the aim to solicit fund to purchase PPEs to the front liners in the district. After a month publicity of  GET PPE's FOR OUR FRONTLINERS. Sweet fm were able to mobilized some items and cash. The items were successfully donated to the targeted front liners which includes Ghana police service, Ghana Fire Service, One private clinic called St. Florence memorial antenatal clinic, Ghana cooperative drivers union and the district Hospital. The  the following individuals and organizations contributed with cash and items; On this note, the management, staff and non-staff of sweet fm thanks each and everyone for the awesome contributions. Thank you all, especially,  1. Hon Ato Amoah 2. Isaac Dwamena  3. Kwadwo Addae ...

 Are You Really An Economist or You Only Passed The Exams.....Dr. Ayariga Questions Dr. Bawumia Founder and leader of All People's Congress (APC) Dr. Hassan Ayariga has chided the vice president of the republic of Ghana, His Excellency Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for comparing Dumsor crisis to the pandemic COVID-19. Dr. Ayariga mocked the vice president that, He has rather exposed his lack of Leadership and understanding of economic issues and questioned him weather He (Vice president) really an economist or you only passed the exams. According to Dr Ayariga, Ghanaians suffered dumsor between 2005 to 2008 when Dr. Bawumia was a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and a member of the Economic management team, but he couldn't do anything about it. In an exclusive interview with Twifo Praso based radio station sweet fm's presenter Odiasempa Kwaku Ahiaku, Dr. Hassan Ayariga emphatically stated that, Comparing a pandemic to an energy crisis that occurred because the NPP ...

National Lottory Authority (NLA) Wishes Staff and Stakeholders Happy May Day The National Lottery Authority(NLA) would like to wish all Staff and stakeholders a happy Workers' Day for their continuous contributions to the growth and sustainability of the Authority. The Authority really appreciates the efforts and sacrifices of our Staff, Lotto Marketing Companies and Partner Companies especially during this period of Coronavirus pandemic. The Board and Management would do everything possible to ensure the improvement of the Welfare of our Staff as well as create the enabling environment for Staff, Lotto Marketing and Partner Companies. We are urging the Public to continue to support the Authority by patronizing all our Products. The Authority now has an enhanced Prize Structure of 240 instead of the previous 213.  However, let us continue to observe good hygienic practices including Social distancing so that collectively and individually we would be able to defeat t...