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Hearing impaired student excels at TTU
The Disability Support and Services Unit (DSSU) at the Takoradi Technical University (TTU), has celebrated one of their products, Ms Ama Andowa Buabeng, for being the overall best deaf performing student at the 6th congregation of the university.
Ms Buabeng,24, last Saturday, graduated with Second Class Upper (Honours), Diploma in Graphic Design for the 2020/21 academic year.
The Spectator has been hinted that, Ms Buabeng, who would work as a national service person at Graphic Design Department, is on her way to achieve more feats, and that, there is an opportunity for her to become a Teaching Assistant and a lecturer in future.
“ Your outstanding learning ethics is evidenced in your sustained progression and eventual excellence. Your groundbreaking project work which mounted on the walkways of the University campus leaves a lasting memory of your contribution towards research and problem solving.” A citation in recognition of Ms Buabeng’s academic excellence stated.
The citation signed by Head, Disability Support and Services Unit, Mr Joseph Mensah Oti -Asirifi, the Registrar, Dr Moses Maclean Abnory and the Pro -Vice Chancellor, Prof. Victor K. Bondzie- Micah, noted that, Ms Buaben was a role model, with high moral principles, and, revered by everyone in the university.
It said, she successfully communicated and exemplified that disability was not inability or limitation.
“You epitomises the university motto’ adwen, Akoma, nsa ma mpuntu. The Disability Support and Service Unit is extremely proud of your monumental contribution in building a reputation for deaf students in particular, and students with disability in general.” it concluded.
Meanwhile, reacting to Ms Buabeng’s feat, Head, DSSU at TTU, Mr Joseph Mensah-Oti Asirifi, noted that, her performance was ample statement of what the unit had yearned for all these years, that disabled students would be appropriately recognised within the academic arena and society.
He argued that such students needed national recongnition and also given a proven career so that they did not populate the streets as beggars.
The media and societal mindset, Mr Oti-Asirifi said, must also be discarded that that such persons were not normal or nor knowledgeable, saying that “ we must work to encourage them to excel.”
‘Deaf is only limited by hearing, but, the other four senses are well activated. It’s TTU responsibility to work towards bringing out the potentials of these disabled for the benefit of the family and society,” he said.
Mr Oti-Asirifi said TTU believed that the situation where the hearing impaired class becomes an exclusive one must be broken for policy makers to ensure an integrated system whereby hearing impaired would sit in the same class with other students.
This, he told The Spectator, was to ensure inclusiveness within the academia and industry. Takoradi Technical University values and supports the principle of universal access to employment and education for all staff and students respectively, including those with a disability.
“The University shall be committed to the provision of a work and training environment in which staff and students shall not be subject to any discrimination or any form of bigotry because of a disability.” Mr Oti-Asirifi added.
From Clement Adzei Boye, Takoradi
The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President has hosted a delegation of African diaspora women who are in Ghana ahead of a planned Presidential Conferment of Citizenship ceremony.
The Director of Diaspora Affairs, Kofi Okyere Darko, explained in a Facebook post that the visit was a gesture of appreciation by the delegation to the Government of Ghana for its continued efforts to reconnect Africans in the diaspora with their ancestral homeland.
He indicated that the ceremony, scheduled for next Monday, will officially grant Ghanaian citizenship to members of the delegation as part of the country’s broader engagement with the African diaspora.
The delegation was led by Erica Bennett, Founder of the Diaspora Africa Forum.
According to Mr Okyere Darko, her years of advocacy have played an important role in strengthening ties between Africa and people of African descent living abroad.
He noted that the group’s journey towards citizenship represents not only a legal process but also a cultural and spiritual return to their roots.
Also present at the meeting was Natalie Jackson, an attorney who is also expected to receive Ghanaian citizenship during the ceremony. She works closely with renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Mr Okyere Darko emphasised that Ghana remains committed to strengthening relationships with the African diaspora and promoting unity, identity, and shared heritage among people of African descent worldwide.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
