Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
EIGHT people died on the spot at Atwedie, on the Konongo-Nkawkaw road on Wednesday night, when a Kumasi bound Accra bus crashed into the Nissan Largo mini bus in which all the eight were travelling.
The bus, with registration number ER 2653 U, and fully loaded with passengers, was said to be avoiding a stationary cargo DAF truck, belonging to the Ghana Education Service (GES), when it collided head-on with the mini bus with registration number GT 5659 Q, killing the eight passengers which included three females and five males.
The only surviving passenger on the bus, a baby girl aged 18 months, was on admission at the Juaso Hospital, and was said to be responding to treatment.
The bodies of the deceased, which are yet to be identified, have been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for autopsy and the police have mounted a search for the driver of the bus to assist in their investigations.
The Ashanti Regional Commander of the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), DSP James Sarfo Peprah, who briefed the Daily Graphic, said the incident occurred when the driver of the bus drove past two vehicles, including a Kumasi bound bus and a DAF cargo truck with registration number GV 9127 C, which had broken down on the road.
He explained that prior to the incident, a driver of another bus who attempted to overtake the stationary bus saw the Nissan Largo approaching from the opposite direction, so he stopped to give way to the oncoming vehicle.
DSP Sarfo-Peprah said at that time, the bus, which was following closely, overtook both the bus which was ahead and the stationary DAF, and in the process, collided head-on with the Nissan Largo bus, killing the eight passengers on board.
He said the driver of the bus vanished from the accident scene and was yet to report to the police.
The MTTU commander stated that they had, therefore, mounted a search to arrest him to assist in their investigations.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
SEEK EARLY MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR CANCER ... (Page 17)
Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
THE fear of a 42-year-old woman in seeking medical treatment at a hospital for breast cancer which had just started developing in her right breast nearly cost her her life, especially when she, instead went in for a herbal treatment at Ankaase near Bekwai.
After using the herbs to treat the seemingly painless boil on her breast without any positive results, resulting in the widespread of the cancer at an alarming rate, family members had to rush her to Peace and Love Hospital at Kentinkrono in Kumasi where she is now responding to treatment.
The woman, a trader who lives at Ahwiaa in Kumasi, said, “I developed the disease almost a year ago when a small boil appeared in my right breast, and thinking that it was just an ordinary boil, I applied some ointments, hoping that it would disappear, but it worsened, compelling me to seek herbal treatment.”
The woman (name withheld), told the Daily Graphic in Kumasi that her fear of refusing to seek medical treatment at the hospital at the initial stages of the disease was that her mother had a similar problem about seven years ago and was operated upon when she sought for medical treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
She said even though, “My mother survived the operation, I developed a certain fear, from which I am yet to recover, so when I was diagnosed as suffering from breast cancer, I remembered my mother’s predicament and, therefore, decided never to seek any treatment from the hospital. I, therefore, went to Ankaase near Bekwai for herbs, and that eventually worsened the situation,” she explained.
She explained that at the village where she sought herbal treatment, hot water was used to clean the wound that had developed on her breast before the herbs were applied; and after using the drug for some time, she found out that the disease was getting worse everyday and the pains were becoming unbearable.
The woman said she saw that her continuous presence at the herbal centre could cost her her life, but she was also afraid to go to the hospital. Eventually, her daughter had to intervene, and was given the assurance that her mother would not be operated upon.
“I was virtually carried to this hospital, because I could not walk at the time, and the pains were very intense, but as you can see now, I walked here myself today and the sore that developed in my breast is also healing very fast. I thank God for that,” she said.
She said she was recovering very fast and appealed to women who might encounter similar problems to seek early treatment at hospitals instead of seeking herbal treatment, because they risked losing their lives.
She pointed out that waiting for the cancer to reach an advanced stage before seeking medical treatment was also very costly.
“As soon as you notice any boil, seek medical treatment to reduce cost of treatment and to enhance early recovery, because anything short of that could affect the treatment in terms of cost and early recovery,” she cautioned
THE fear of a 42-year-old woman in seeking medical treatment at a hospital for breast cancer which had just started developing in her right breast nearly cost her her life, especially when she, instead went in for a herbal treatment at Ankaase near Bekwai.
After using the herbs to treat the seemingly painless boil on her breast without any positive results, resulting in the widespread of the cancer at an alarming rate, family members had to rush her to Peace and Love Hospital at Kentinkrono in Kumasi where she is now responding to treatment.
The woman, a trader who lives at Ahwiaa in Kumasi, said, “I developed the disease almost a year ago when a small boil appeared in my right breast, and thinking that it was just an ordinary boil, I applied some ointments, hoping that it would disappear, but it worsened, compelling me to seek herbal treatment.”
The woman (name withheld), told the Daily Graphic in Kumasi that her fear of refusing to seek medical treatment at the hospital at the initial stages of the disease was that her mother had a similar problem about seven years ago and was operated upon when she sought for medical treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
She said even though, “My mother survived the operation, I developed a certain fear, from which I am yet to recover, so when I was diagnosed as suffering from breast cancer, I remembered my mother’s predicament and, therefore, decided never to seek any treatment from the hospital. I, therefore, went to Ankaase near Bekwai for herbs, and that eventually worsened the situation,” she explained.
She explained that at the village where she sought herbal treatment, hot water was used to clean the wound that had developed on her breast before the herbs were applied; and after using the drug for some time, she found out that the disease was getting worse everyday and the pains were becoming unbearable.
The woman said she saw that her continuous presence at the herbal centre could cost her her life, but she was also afraid to go to the hospital. Eventually, her daughter had to intervene, and was given the assurance that her mother would not be operated upon.
“I was virtually carried to this hospital, because I could not walk at the time, and the pains were very intense, but as you can see now, I walked here myself today and the sore that developed in my breast is also healing very fast. I thank God for that,” she said.
She said she was recovering very fast and appealed to women who might encounter similar problems to seek early treatment at hospitals instead of seeking herbal treatment, because they risked losing their lives.
She pointed out that waiting for the cancer to reach an advanced stage before seeking medical treatment was also very costly.
“As soon as you notice any boil, seek medical treatment to reduce cost of treatment and to enhance early recovery, because anything short of that could affect the treatment in terms of cost and early recovery,” she cautioned
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
SUBIN SUB-METRO MHIS MAKES PROGRESS (PAGE 29)
STORY: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
Out of an estimated population of 176,307 people in the Subin Constituency in Kumasi, as many as 115,999 have registered with the Subin Sub-metro Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, (MHIS) to afford them the opportunity to access quality health care at an affordable cost.
All the registered members have been issued with Identity Cards, making it possible for them to access healthcare service at the various health centres within the Kumasi metropolis and its environs.
The Scheme Manager, Ms Esther Odoom, told the Daily Graphic in Kumasi that a total of GH¢310,000 was generated as premium from its clients last year with the National Health Council supporting them with GH¢470,000.
She, however, said last year, as much as GH¢1,041,698.98 was paid as claims to the various healthcare centres which provided medical care to the 126,693 clients who accessed medical services in the various healthcare centres in the Kumasi metropolis and its environs.
Ms Odoom said it was the National Health Council that supported the scheme with subsidies that enabled them to honour the claims, stressing that an average of GH¢18.22 was paid as claims for each of the clients who accessed medical care at the health institutions.
She said the Subin MHIS had introduced a system where clients paid a flat rate of GH¢15 as premium with students paying a flat rate of GH¢12 to access quality healthcare delivery.
Ms Odoom said the flat rate was to entice all potential clients to join the scheme to enable them to benefit from quality and affordable health care.
She said national service personnel were made to move from office to office to collect the necessary documents from workers and use them to register.
She said the exercise was working perfectly because it also enabled all potential clients to obtain their identity cards without moving from their offices.
On the challenges that confronted the scheme, Ms Odoom said clients were abusing the system “with their multiple hospital attendance".
She said the multiple hospital attendance rather compounded their problems because the medical officers provided almost the same treatment to the clients which led to drug abuse and increased cost of treatment.
Out of an estimated population of 176,307 people in the Subin Constituency in Kumasi, as many as 115,999 have registered with the Subin Sub-metro Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, (MHIS) to afford them the opportunity to access quality health care at an affordable cost.
All the registered members have been issued with Identity Cards, making it possible for them to access healthcare service at the various health centres within the Kumasi metropolis and its environs.
The Scheme Manager, Ms Esther Odoom, told the Daily Graphic in Kumasi that a total of GH¢310,000 was generated as premium from its clients last year with the National Health Council supporting them with GH¢470,000.
She, however, said last year, as much as GH¢1,041,698.98 was paid as claims to the various healthcare centres which provided medical care to the 126,693 clients who accessed medical services in the various healthcare centres in the Kumasi metropolis and its environs.
Ms Odoom said it was the National Health Council that supported the scheme with subsidies that enabled them to honour the claims, stressing that an average of GH¢18.22 was paid as claims for each of the clients who accessed medical care at the health institutions.
She said the Subin MHIS had introduced a system where clients paid a flat rate of GH¢15 as premium with students paying a flat rate of GH¢12 to access quality healthcare delivery.
Ms Odoom said the flat rate was to entice all potential clients to join the scheme to enable them to benefit from quality and affordable health care.
She said national service personnel were made to move from office to office to collect the necessary documents from workers and use them to register.
She said the exercise was working perfectly because it also enabled all potential clients to obtain their identity cards without moving from their offices.
On the challenges that confronted the scheme, Ms Odoom said clients were abusing the system “with their multiple hospital attendance".
She said the multiple hospital attendance rather compounded their problems because the medical officers provided almost the same treatment to the clients which led to drug abuse and increased cost of treatment.
257,076 METRIC TONNES OF FOOD LOST IN NORTHERN FLOODS (Page 14)
Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
Farmers in the three northern regions whose farms were affected by heavy rainfall that flooded vast areas of farmlands last year lost cereals and other food items estimated at 257,076 metric tonnes.
Livestock — goats, sheep, cattle and fowls — were also killed during the heavy downpour, causing huge financial loss to livestock farmers.
It is also estimated that 97,244 hectares of farms were totally destroyed by the rains, which also destroyed as many as 39 irrigation dams and a number of wells, leaving crop farmers in the region poorer than before.
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Ernest A. Debrah, who announced this in a speech read on his behalf during the performance review workshop for directors of the ministry in Kumasi, pointed out that the flood also washed off many roads and bridges that linked farming communities.
Mr Debrah expressed concern about the economic loss to farmers in the three northern regions due to the heavy downpour and, therefore, urged the directors of the sector, and policy makers and those implementing agricultural programmes in the region “to judiciously and effectively utilise all resources to the benefit of the affected farmers”.
He gave the assurance that the government “together with our development partners and other stakeholders are determined to bring life in the three regions back to normalcy”.
He pointed out that through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the government was revising the Food and Agriculture Sector policy (FASDEP) “to meet the current challenges in the sector”, stressing that “the aim is to modernise agriculture and provide the critical linkage between agriculture and industry, based on the application of science and technology and sustainable land management and environmental practices”.
Mr Debrah said there was the need for the private sector to partner the government in a more effective way to enable it to achieve its objective of diversifying the sector to enhance increased exportation of processed agriculture products such as fruits and vegetables.
“There is the need for our best farmers, farmer-based organisations and other private sector actors to collaborate with the government and the related sector ministries, departments and agencies to constantly review significant challenges and formulate interventions that will be required to raise significantly the contribution and growth of the agricultural sector,” he stressed.
Mr Debrah said notwithstanding the challenges that had faced the sector over the years, it had experienced significant growth.
He said the growth rate of the agriculture sector increased from 2.1 per cent in 2000 to 4.4 per cent in 2002, stressing that in 2004, the growth rate was 6.5 per cent. This, he said, made it possible for the country to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of staple crops such as cassava, yam, maize and plantain.
He gave the assurance that the ministry was doing everything possible to further increase growth in agriculture to enable the country to achieve self-sufficiency in rice, meat and fish.
He commended development partners of the country in particular and farmers for their invaluable contribution to the growth of the sector and noted that the African Development Bank, for example, supported the sector with $168.8 million last year, bringing its total support to $300 million.
In his remarks, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Gyiele Nurah, noted that interventions such as “agricultural technology generation, and application, leading to new ways of farming, stand the best chance of generating significant improvements in agricultural outputs and income.”
He said investments were also needed in order to promote the most suitable agricultural technology.
This, he said, would enable the sector to raise productivity and embark on environmentally friendly farming activities.
He said it would also enable the country to take advantage of the new opportunities offered by world trade to strengthen the sector.
Farmers in the three northern regions whose farms were affected by heavy rainfall that flooded vast areas of farmlands last year lost cereals and other food items estimated at 257,076 metric tonnes.
Livestock — goats, sheep, cattle and fowls — were also killed during the heavy downpour, causing huge financial loss to livestock farmers.
It is also estimated that 97,244 hectares of farms were totally destroyed by the rains, which also destroyed as many as 39 irrigation dams and a number of wells, leaving crop farmers in the region poorer than before.
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Ernest A. Debrah, who announced this in a speech read on his behalf during the performance review workshop for directors of the ministry in Kumasi, pointed out that the flood also washed off many roads and bridges that linked farming communities.
Mr Debrah expressed concern about the economic loss to farmers in the three northern regions due to the heavy downpour and, therefore, urged the directors of the sector, and policy makers and those implementing agricultural programmes in the region “to judiciously and effectively utilise all resources to the benefit of the affected farmers”.
He gave the assurance that the government “together with our development partners and other stakeholders are determined to bring life in the three regions back to normalcy”.
He pointed out that through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the government was revising the Food and Agriculture Sector policy (FASDEP) “to meet the current challenges in the sector”, stressing that “the aim is to modernise agriculture and provide the critical linkage between agriculture and industry, based on the application of science and technology and sustainable land management and environmental practices”.
Mr Debrah said there was the need for the private sector to partner the government in a more effective way to enable it to achieve its objective of diversifying the sector to enhance increased exportation of processed agriculture products such as fruits and vegetables.
“There is the need for our best farmers, farmer-based organisations and other private sector actors to collaborate with the government and the related sector ministries, departments and agencies to constantly review significant challenges and formulate interventions that will be required to raise significantly the contribution and growth of the agricultural sector,” he stressed.
Mr Debrah said notwithstanding the challenges that had faced the sector over the years, it had experienced significant growth.
He said the growth rate of the agriculture sector increased from 2.1 per cent in 2000 to 4.4 per cent in 2002, stressing that in 2004, the growth rate was 6.5 per cent. This, he said, made it possible for the country to achieve self-sufficiency in the production of staple crops such as cassava, yam, maize and plantain.
He gave the assurance that the ministry was doing everything possible to further increase growth in agriculture to enable the country to achieve self-sufficiency in rice, meat and fish.
He commended development partners of the country in particular and farmers for their invaluable contribution to the growth of the sector and noted that the African Development Bank, for example, supported the sector with $168.8 million last year, bringing its total support to $300 million.
In his remarks, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Gyiele Nurah, noted that interventions such as “agricultural technology generation, and application, leading to new ways of farming, stand the best chance of generating significant improvements in agricultural outputs and income.”
He said investments were also needed in order to promote the most suitable agricultural technology.
This, he said, would enable the sector to raise productivity and embark on environmentally friendly farming activities.
He said it would also enable the country to take advantage of the new opportunities offered by world trade to strengthen the sector.
Monday, February 11, 2008
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE AT BAWKU (Page 15)
Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
THE Chief of the Kusauk Community in the Ashanti Region, E. Azumah Ndagu, has appealed to all factions in the Bawku Traditional Area embroiled in the Bawku Chieftaincy dispute to use dialogue to address all outstanding issues.
He said they must not destroy lives and property as was witnessed recently and added that using a social and scientific approach to address the issue was the key for sustainable peace to prevail in the traditional area, thereby enhancing peaceful co-existence and productivity.
In a press conference held in Kumasi at the weekend to underscore his point, Chief Azumah Ndagu pointed out that using violence as a tool to settle disputes the world over had never yielded any positive results, and, therefore, expressed dismay at the disruption of the relative peace being enjoyed by the entire traditional area.
“ Bawku Traditional Area has suffered so much in terms of instability and underdevelopment since the era of the last Governor-General of the Gold Coast in the 1950s and we believe that most of the inhabitants of the traditional area are now sick and tired of this monstrous canker which seems to have political undertones and erupts seasonally,” he stressed.
In a statement issued to the press during the conference, Chief Azumah Ndagu said the violence at Bawku, coming weeks after the recent heavy flooding that claimed many lives and property in the area, was unfortunate and unproductive because the issue had already been addressed by the Supreme Court.
He said with the ruling of the Supreme Court, “ we suggest that one way of solving the issue is for the government to come out openly with a White Paper to back the decision of the Supreme Court and put the whole matter to rest.”
Recalling the events in South Africa during the apartheid regime where the White Minority used illegitimate means to perpetuate their rule, Chief Azumah Ndagu pointed out that the obnoxious apartheid regime only gave way to a democratic regime through dialogue and not violence. He, therefore, saw no reason why the use of dialogue should not be the guiding principle, so far as the Bawku chieftaincy dispute was concerned.
He wondered why the Bawku Traditional Area, which boasts of numerous intellectuals, politicians, and individuals of high social standing and who had achieved much in life would continue to suffer violence through chieftaincy disputes while prominent citizens “ sit on the fence and allow short-sighted, ignorant and colonial-minded confusionists to misguide and create mayhem for innocent, peace-loving citizens”.
Stressing his point, Chief Ndagu said it was time such high-profile people from the traditional area teamed up to help solve the problem.
“We the citizens of the Bawku Traditional Area should have realised by now that no wars but jaw-jaw has achieved the much-needed peace since the 1950s, hence the need for a collective and socio-scientific approach to the problem by all stakeholders.”
He also made a passionate appeal to all the factions to exercise restraint “in the midst of these difficult times because violence has never been known to have permanently resolved any issue successfully. It rather exacerbates the problem, resulting in the destruction of precious human life, hard-earned property, businesses and stagnates development”.
Chief Azumah Ndagu also pointed out that it was equally important for politicians believed to be fanning the dispute “to leave the poor people of Bawku Traditional Area alone, instead of continuously deceiving and fanning the wishful thinking of these poor and innocent people of the area, only for them to hope against hope each time.”
THE Chief of the Kusauk Community in the Ashanti Region, E. Azumah Ndagu, has appealed to all factions in the Bawku Traditional Area embroiled in the Bawku Chieftaincy dispute to use dialogue to address all outstanding issues.
He said they must not destroy lives and property as was witnessed recently and added that using a social and scientific approach to address the issue was the key for sustainable peace to prevail in the traditional area, thereby enhancing peaceful co-existence and productivity.
In a press conference held in Kumasi at the weekend to underscore his point, Chief Azumah Ndagu pointed out that using violence as a tool to settle disputes the world over had never yielded any positive results, and, therefore, expressed dismay at the disruption of the relative peace being enjoyed by the entire traditional area.
“ Bawku Traditional Area has suffered so much in terms of instability and underdevelopment since the era of the last Governor-General of the Gold Coast in the 1950s and we believe that most of the inhabitants of the traditional area are now sick and tired of this monstrous canker which seems to have political undertones and erupts seasonally,” he stressed.
In a statement issued to the press during the conference, Chief Azumah Ndagu said the violence at Bawku, coming weeks after the recent heavy flooding that claimed many lives and property in the area, was unfortunate and unproductive because the issue had already been addressed by the Supreme Court.
He said with the ruling of the Supreme Court, “ we suggest that one way of solving the issue is for the government to come out openly with a White Paper to back the decision of the Supreme Court and put the whole matter to rest.”
Recalling the events in South Africa during the apartheid regime where the White Minority used illegitimate means to perpetuate their rule, Chief Azumah Ndagu pointed out that the obnoxious apartheid regime only gave way to a democratic regime through dialogue and not violence. He, therefore, saw no reason why the use of dialogue should not be the guiding principle, so far as the Bawku chieftaincy dispute was concerned.
He wondered why the Bawku Traditional Area, which boasts of numerous intellectuals, politicians, and individuals of high social standing and who had achieved much in life would continue to suffer violence through chieftaincy disputes while prominent citizens “ sit on the fence and allow short-sighted, ignorant and colonial-minded confusionists to misguide and create mayhem for innocent, peace-loving citizens”.
Stressing his point, Chief Ndagu said it was time such high-profile people from the traditional area teamed up to help solve the problem.
“We the citizens of the Bawku Traditional Area should have realised by now that no wars but jaw-jaw has achieved the much-needed peace since the 1950s, hence the need for a collective and socio-scientific approach to the problem by all stakeholders.”
He also made a passionate appeal to all the factions to exercise restraint “in the midst of these difficult times because violence has never been known to have permanently resolved any issue successfully. It rather exacerbates the problem, resulting in the destruction of precious human life, hard-earned property, businesses and stagnates development”.
Chief Azumah Ndagu also pointed out that it was equally important for politicians believed to be fanning the dispute “to leave the poor people of Bawku Traditional Area alone, instead of continuously deceiving and fanning the wishful thinking of these poor and innocent people of the area, only for them to hope against hope each time.”
'I WAS EQUALLY DISAPPOINTED' .. ..(Page 3)
Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi
Just like the millions of soccer fans in the country who are yet to get over the 0-1 loss which the Black Stars suffered in their semi-final encounter with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun, Coach Claude Le Roy is still at a loss as to what denied the Stars a date with defending champions, Egypt, in the grand finale.
Minutes after the Black Stars and their technical team had been decorated with bronze medals after their outstanding second half performance against the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in the third-place match, Coach Le Roy declared at a post-match press conference that he was as disappointed as all Ghanaian soccer fans for the loss to Cameroun.
“We did not deserve to lose to them, but that is football and sometimes it is difficult to explain certain issues,” he declared.
When quizzed by the media to prove whether or not he was disappointed by not winning the trophy, in line with the “host-and-win” slogan, Le Roy said he was sad that the Stars lost to Cameroun.
He explained that the Stars deserved to win that match because the players played their hearts out, adding, “But in soccer anything can happen and sometimes it is not the best side that wins.”
On the match against the Elephants, he said the odds had heavily been against the Black Stars because some of the key players such as Michael Essien, John Mensah and Baffour Gyan had not been fully fit so when the Stars went down 1-2 in the first half, it became very difficult for them to claw back.
“During recess, I told the players to do everything to kill the game. However, I was not very sure that they would equalise and win the match, but eventually they did well to win. So I am happy for what they did,” he declared.
The Black Stars beat the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire 4-2 to place third in the tournament at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi last Saturday.
The Cote d’Ivoire coach, Mr Gili Gerard, who was well composed during the media encounter, commended the Black Stars and Coach Le Roy for the well deserved victory.
“I was not disappointed that we lost to the Stars because they did very well in the second half by putting intense pressure on my players, making it possible for them to equalise and take the lead,” he conceded, adding, “We tried our best to come back but we did not succeed because of the pressure mounted on us.”
Just like the millions of soccer fans in the country who are yet to get over the 0-1 loss which the Black Stars suffered in their semi-final encounter with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun, Coach Claude Le Roy is still at a loss as to what denied the Stars a date with defending champions, Egypt, in the grand finale.
Minutes after the Black Stars and their technical team had been decorated with bronze medals after their outstanding second half performance against the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in the third-place match, Coach Le Roy declared at a post-match press conference that he was as disappointed as all Ghanaian soccer fans for the loss to Cameroun.
“We did not deserve to lose to them, but that is football and sometimes it is difficult to explain certain issues,” he declared.
When quizzed by the media to prove whether or not he was disappointed by not winning the trophy, in line with the “host-and-win” slogan, Le Roy said he was sad that the Stars lost to Cameroun.
He explained that the Stars deserved to win that match because the players played their hearts out, adding, “But in soccer anything can happen and sometimes it is not the best side that wins.”
On the match against the Elephants, he said the odds had heavily been against the Black Stars because some of the key players such as Michael Essien, John Mensah and Baffour Gyan had not been fully fit so when the Stars went down 1-2 in the first half, it became very difficult for them to claw back.
“During recess, I told the players to do everything to kill the game. However, I was not very sure that they would equalise and win the match, but eventually they did well to win. So I am happy for what they did,” he declared.
The Black Stars beat the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire 4-2 to place third in the tournament at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi last Saturday.
The Cote d’Ivoire coach, Mr Gili Gerard, who was well composed during the media encounter, commended the Black Stars and Coach Le Roy for the well deserved victory.
“I was not disappointed that we lost to the Stars because they did very well in the second half by putting intense pressure on my players, making it possible for them to equalise and take the lead,” he conceded, adding, “We tried our best to come back but we did not succeed because of the pressure mounted on us.”
Sunday, February 10, 2008
WOARAKOSE CELEBRATES KOHWE-KOSE FESTIVAL (PAGE 23)
Story: Ernest George Asare, Woarakose
THE people of Woarakose in the Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region have celebrated their Kohwe-Kose festival. The occasion was also used to raise funds to support development projects initiated by the community.
The festival that was instituted 10 years ago, has become the main platform for citizens both home and abroad to meet annually to discuss the welfare of the community.
The community has been able to construct classrooms, tarred their streets, rehabilitated public toilets to improve sanitation and is now constructing a community centre with funds raised from previous festivals.
The community centre, which started a few years ago, has reached an advanced stage of completion, but the people need to generate about GH¢50,000 before they can complete it.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief of Woarakose, Nana Kwame Agyei II, urged the youth in the community to actively participate in the festival.
He also advised them to work hard to earn a living instead of indulging in dubious business which in the long run could dent their image or ruin their lives.
Nana Agyei urged the youth of the town to refrain from premarital sex and concentrate on their academic work to enable them to earn decent living in the future.
In his welcoming address, the assembly member for the Woarakose-Onwi Electoral Area, Mr J.K. Asuming, advised citizens who were yet to join the Health Insurance Scheme to do so and receive quality health care.
He urged parents to invest in their children’s education to enable them become responsible future leaders.
THE people of Woarakose in the Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region have celebrated their Kohwe-Kose festival. The occasion was also used to raise funds to support development projects initiated by the community.
The festival that was instituted 10 years ago, has become the main platform for citizens both home and abroad to meet annually to discuss the welfare of the community.
The community has been able to construct classrooms, tarred their streets, rehabilitated public toilets to improve sanitation and is now constructing a community centre with funds raised from previous festivals.
The community centre, which started a few years ago, has reached an advanced stage of completion, but the people need to generate about GH¢50,000 before they can complete it.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief of Woarakose, Nana Kwame Agyei II, urged the youth in the community to actively participate in the festival.
He also advised them to work hard to earn a living instead of indulging in dubious business which in the long run could dent their image or ruin their lives.
Nana Agyei urged the youth of the town to refrain from premarital sex and concentrate on their academic work to enable them to earn decent living in the future.
In his welcoming address, the assembly member for the Woarakose-Onwi Electoral Area, Mr J.K. Asuming, advised citizens who were yet to join the Health Insurance Scheme to do so and receive quality health care.
He urged parents to invest in their children’s education to enable them become responsible future leaders.
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