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17 student cadets awarded at 2025 Cadet Media Personality Awards
Seventeen student cadets from various schools received awards while several other dignitaries were honoured for promoting fire safety education at this year’s Cadet Media Personality Awards held last Thursday at the Fire Academy and Training School in Accra.
The event coincided with the launch of the 2025 ‘Fire Safety Tales.’
The awardees received various prizes including tablets, smartphones, smart watches, laptops, game consoles, and trophies, among others. Student cadets from the Covenant Presbyterian School in Dzorwulu received most of the prizes.
The purpose of the ‘Fire Safety Tales’, a television programme to be broadcast on Fire Television, the television station of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), was to promote fire safety education through creative content.
Speaking at the launch of the programme and awards ceremony, the Director of Culture and Creative Arts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Divine Owusu-Ansah, commended Cadet Media Ghana for creating a platform for young people to obtain practical skills in media literacy and reporting, while building a strong partnership with the GNFS and other security agencies.
He pledged the support of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts to Cadet Media Ghana and the GNFS towards the launch of similar partnership programmes.
The Chief Fire Officer of the GNFS, CFO Daniella Mawusi Ntow-Sarpong, in her remarks, said that it was working with Usher University in the United Kingdom and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to create a fire safety curriculum for all basic schools in the country to educate the youth on fire safety.
CFO Ntow-Sarpong noted that the GNFS had visited many schools, worship centres, markets, and communities to educate members on fire safety, noting that fire safety was a shared responsibility and therefore encouraged the public to build a strong relationship with the GNFS.
The Director of Cadet Media Ghana, the official media organisation for the National Cadet Corps Ghana, Mr. Jacob Nyarko, urged relevant stakeholders, including school heads and the GES, to prioritise media education.
Cadet Akosua Baah Asare of the Covenant Presbyterian School, Dzorwulu, now at Holy Child Senior High School, Cape Coast, was adjudged the overall best cadet personality and took home a laptop, a trophy, and bouquet as her prize.
By Benjamin Arcton-Tettey
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THE 2026 Akwambo Festival at Gomoa Amoanda in the Ga East District has been held with a call for unity, peace, and collective action towards local development.
The festival, celebrated under the theme: ‘Unity, Peace and Development,’ provided a platform for community leaders and residents to highlight critical challenges affecting health, education, water, and sanitation in the area.
The durbar took place on Saturday at the Town Square of Gomoa Amoanda, attracting chiefs, elders, and residents from across the district.
Addressing the gathering, the Odikro of Gomoa Amoanda, Nana Kofi Budu Sersah IV, appealed for urgent government and stakeholder support to address the lack of a CHPS compound, reliable drinking water, proper school infrastructure, and additional teachers.
He disclosed that land had been allocated for the construction of a CHPS compound and called for support from the government, corporate bodies, and benevolent individuals.
Touching on sanitation, Nana Budu Sersah IV noted that the construction of a public toilet had stalled due to financial constraints and appealed for assistance to complete the project.
Representing the Central Regional Minister, Eduamoah Ekow Panyin Okyere, the District Chief Executive for Gomoa East, Margaret Naana Ackom, pledged government support for key development initiatives.
She announced a donation of 20 bags of cement for the public toilet and assured further assistance for other projects once land was made available.
The Prampimhene of the Awutu Traditional Area in the Central Region, Nana Okromansah Klordey I, who also serves as the Mankrado of Pakro Akuapim in the Eastern Region under the stool name of Nana Ntow Amoah II, expressed concern over rising drug abuse among youth.
By Stephanie Birikorang
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THE Ofankor–Nsawam road commuters appear to have breathe a sigh of relief over the progress of work on the road project which has reached 81 per cent completion.
A visit by The Spectator to the project site revealed that a significant portion of the road had already been asphalted, while most of the storm drains and culverts had been completed.
In addition, the various flyovers and pedestrian footbridges were at different stages of completion.
This appears to be the best news for commuters that ply the road daily as information indicated that the project would be completed on schedule.
According to the Chief Resident Engineer, Kwabena Bempong, steady progress had been made across the 33.4-kilometre stretch.
He expressed the hope that the remaining works would be delivered within the revised timeline, subject to the resolution of outstanding land issues at Nsawam Junction.
The Ofankor–Nsawam road forms part of National Route Six (N6), a major arterial highway linking Accra to the northern parts of the country and extending further to the Sahelian regions of West Africa.
The project scope includes the construction of four major interchanges at Amasaman, Pobiman, Medie and Nsawam Junction, alongside service roads and other ancillary facilities and is valued at $346.5 million.
By Kingsley Asare
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