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Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital receives donor support
• Officials of the hospital receiving the items
A United States of America-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Yaco International Inc. has donated US $40,000.00 worth of medical equipment to the Holy Family Hospital at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region.
The equipment comprise six sitting parapodia for kids, One adult tilt bed, three bales containing 126 brand new blankets and 42 pieces of thermometers.
Making the donation, Mr. Stephen Agbo, Chief Executive Officer of Yaco International said that his entire family had adopted the hospital as their second home because some of his children were born in the facility hence his decision to help raise the image of the hospital.
He said the items were contributed by friends in the diaspora especially those in America, and called on others to do same.
Meanwhile management of holy Family Hospital has made a passionate appeal to the Ministry of Health especially Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to assist the hospital with computed Tomography (CT) Scan equipment to enable members of staff to work efficiently.
Receiving the items, Dr. Isaac Adu-PokuAntwi, Medical Director, said that though the hospital lacked a lot of amenities, the most pressing one was the scan equipment.
He said that the Holy Family Hospital was strategically positioned in between five districts in the Eastern and Ashanti regions which called for urgent attention from the government, individuals and non-governmental organisations.
“The hospital is the first port of call of most critical accidents which occur on that stretch of the road.
“Sometimes we sit down helplessly and just watch people dying because of lack of equipment, oh my God, but what can we do?
I am passionately appealing to our brothers and sisters home and abroad, NGOs and philanthropists to come to our aid to save lives of our families and friends,” he said.
By Spectator Reporter, Nkawkaw
Miniser for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has revealed a major shake up at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following recent power outages.
In a post on Facebook, Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed that Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has asked the CEO of GRIDCo to step aside pending investigations into fire incident at Akosombo power control center.
Also, he further noted that there has been a major shake up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region.
“At 2pm tomorrow, Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon John Jinapor, will hold a major briefing on recent developments in electricity distribution,” he concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Abu Trica’s extradition case: Prophets, fetish priests demand pay for spiritual solution …Lawyer reveals
Mr Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer for embattled Frederick Kumi, affectionately called Abu Trica and has made a shocking revelation over the behaviour of some members of the clergy.
According to him in a post on social media, the difficult part of Abu Trica’s trial is not the law but the number of ‘Men of God’ and fetish priests demanding financial sacrifices to help resolve the matter spiritually.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2026, “The most difficult part about the Abu Trica case; is not the law.”
He continued: “It is the number of, prophetesses, evangelists and fetish priests, who have called or messaged to ask us to pay for spiritual solutions.”
It would be recalled that in March this year, the Gbese District Court dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Abu Trica, challenging the extradition proceedings initiated at the request of the United States.
The court, presided over by Anna Akosua Appiah Gottfried Anaafi Gyasi, in its ruling held that the offences forming the basis of the extradition, particularly wire fraud, constitute extraditable offences under the 1931 treaty between Ghana and the United States.
He was then given 15 days counting from March 27 to appeal the decision of the court or be surrendered for extradition to the US.
Against this backdrop, he was on Tuesday, April 22, granted a bail in the sum of GH¢30,000,000 by an Accra High, pending the appeal of his extradition
Mr Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following an indictment by United States authorities, alleging that he played a role in a romance scam network that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
