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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 benefit of t

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 protocols

*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 590mobile.com

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 hub for

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