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Sungbo Women Empowerment Organisation (SWEO), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the Upper West Region has awarded some 142 women farmers in the Wa East District for successfully cultivating soya beans for domestic and commercial consumption.
The awardees who were drawn from various communities in the district received farm equipment and inputs ranging from knapsack sprayers to bags of fertilisers for their exploits.
Speaking at the maiden event at Dupare last Saturday, the Chief Executive Officer of SWEO, Ms Portia Tang said her organisation was interested in enhancing the well-being of women in the region.
She explained that with its presence in six Municipal and District Assemblies, SWEO gave support to women farmers to cultivate soya beans by providing them with the requisite farm implements and inputs on credit basis for repayment later.
“This award ceremony is to recognise the efforts of women who took our credit facilities for their farming, paid on time and maximised productivity”, she said.
She explained that the award sought to also encourage more women to venture into farming and commended the traditional authorities for making land available to the women.
The CEO explained that her organisation was interested in economic empowerment of women and sought to equip women with the necessary skills and support in their various fields of endeavour to enhance productivity and economic independence.
“We have trained some young ladies in shea butter processing and supported them with processing machines as well as mechanised boreholes for the production of shea products”, she said.
Ms Tang encouraged more women to venture into agriculture and appealed to landowners and chiefs to provide land for the women in order to support their quest.
For her part, the District Director at the Department of Agriculture, Ms Mavis Daregobah bemoaned the prevalence of bushfires as well as stealing of farm produce and livestock in the area and said that it thwarted the efforts of farmers.
She appealed to chiefs, landlords and the assembies to institute measures towards combating such criminal and unproductive acts against farmers in the area.
She called on farmers to endeavour to produce beyond subsistence level by venturing into commercial farming in order to maximise profit.
Madam Asata Shaibu Muhammadu from Duapri and Madam Karima Alhassan from Goripie were adjudged the overall best farmers.
Each of the two women received a bicycle, knapsack sprayers, weedicides and a pair of wellington boots for cultivating eight acres of soya beans each and paying up the credit they received from the NGO on time.
FROM LYDIA DARLINGTON FORDJOUR, DUPARE
African leaders have been urged to strengthen political commitment and domestic investment to end preventable maternal deaths and AIDS by 2030.
The call comes as African health ministers and policymakers meet in Accra to deliberate on health financing, health security and universal health coverage across the continent.
Mr Edouard Bizimana, Burundi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Development Cooperation, made the call on Tuesday at the opening of the African Union’s (AU) 25th Extraordinary Summit on Health in Accra.
He said Africa needed increased domestic investment to build resilient health systems as it continued to grapple with infectious diseases and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Mr Bizimana, who is also Chairperson of the AU Executive Council, said although Africa accounted for nearly 17 per cent of the world’s population, it bore 24 per cent of the global disease burden while having less than three per cent of the global health workforce and only one per cent of global health expenditure.
“Despite maternal mortality declining by nearly 40 per cent since 2000, Africa still accounts for about 70 per cent of maternal deaths globally, while almost two-thirds of people living with HIV reside on the continent,” he said.
Mr Bizimana said the growing burden of NCDs was placing additional pressure on already stretched health systems.
“These figures are not merely statistics. They represent painful human realities, preventable losses and unacceptable inequalities, they remind us that health is not an expense it is a strategic investment and a prerequisite for our sovereignty and development. “he said.
Mr Bizimana said recent global health emergencies had exposed Africa’s vulnerability and underscored the need to expand local production of medicines and vaccines, strengthen the health workforce and improve emergency preparedness.
“Our citizens expect resilient health systems where every mother can give birth safely, every child has access to essential healthcare and every African enjoys quality health services regardless of where they live,” he said.
The two-day summit, being held ahead of the 20th Extraordinary Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, has brought together health ministers, policymakers and health stakeholders to identify solutions to Africa’s health financing and security challenges.
Madam Florence Samizi, Tanzania’s Deputy Health Minister, called for stronger collaboration among AU Member States to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage.
The summit is being held on the theme: “Advancing Justice, Equality and Universal Health Coverage: Ending AIDS, Tuberculosis, Improving Maternal Health, Addressing Endemic Non-Communicable and Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa.”
The meeting is expected to adopt the Accra Declaration, a roadmap to strengthen Africa’s health systems and advance health sovereignty by 2030. -GNA
Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana’s Department of Political Science, Dr. Joshua Jebuntie Zaato says the imprisonment of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, will have little meaning unless it leads to a broader crackdown on illegal mining.
In a post on his Facebook page on the July 21, 2026, Dr. Zaato said the judgment should mark the beginning of efforts to completely eradicate galamsey and hold all those involved accountable, regardless of their political affiliation.
He said the country must work towards restoring polluted rivers, protecting forests and ensuring that people implicated in illegal mining activities are prosecuted.
According to him, those the President has publicly acknowledged to be involved in galamsey should face prosecution.
He called for the prosecution of district chief executives (DCEs), members of Parliament (MPs) and senior political party officials who have been accused of engaging in or supporting illegal mining.
Dr. Zaato further urged the government to take decisive action to end the destruction of the country’s forests caused by galamsey.
He maintained that the imprisonment of Chairman Wontumi would only have a lasting impact if it results in a comprehensive and impartial fight against illegal mining across the country.
By: Jacob Aggrey
