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Teach children and the youth about climate change – Stakeholders in education sector told
The Assistant Programmes officer at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Eastern region, Mr Isaac Kwabena Danso has called on stakeholders in the education sector to teach children and the youth about climate change to help navigate and envision their future amid multiple social challenges.
According to him, climate change was altering all lives, including that of children, the environment, weather patterns and futures and hence, there was the need to educate them on the subject matter to develop their green skill, enable them to adapt to the harsh reality of a warming world, and understand how to combat climate change.
“We want to catch them young and inculcate in them a habit that would develop their sense of responsibility and passion for the world around them so that they can meaningfully contribute to climate changes,” he said.
Mr Danso was speaking at a day’s workshop organised by the EPA and other stakeholders with funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), for Senior High Students (SHS) on the theme “Fixing the Ozone Layer and Reducing Climate Change.”
The workshop was purposed to educate the students on the Ozone Layer Depletion and Climate Change issues to broaden their knowledge on the subject matter and help them to identify measures to enable them contribute their quota in helping to prevent the two.
He noted that climate change was partly as a result of human activities through which green gas emissions were released into the atmosphere, causing global warming and added that these activities impacted on weather conditions that caused climate change.
“Ghana has two main season which are the dry season in December and January where we experience the harmattan period and then the wet season which we experienced in May, June and July.” he noted and expressed worry over the change in weather patterns which caused flooding and drought in the country.
He said the situation hard negatively affected farmers and the country considering that Ghana was an agrarian community which depended a lot on agriculture.
He stated that there was the need to educate the youth to stop bad practices like dumbing rubbish in gutters, open defecation, among others, as those contributed to flooding which the country experienced as a result of climate change.
He added that since such practices contributed to worsening the country’s
situation causing loss of lives and properties, there was the need to inculcate good practices among the youth and develop innovative ways to teach them to prevent climate change.
The Acting Director of the EPA, Joseph Baffoe stated that the issue of ozone layer depletion was also a worry, and hence the need to educate the youth to enable them understand the difference between ozone layer depletion and climate change.
He said Ghana contributed to the depletion of the ozone by using certain chemical that depleted it, adding that the country was a signatory to the Montreal protocol which gave signatory countries the obligation to help solve the problem.
He said the UNDP had collaborated with signatory countries including Ghana to organize programmes to implement strategies to prevent the depletion and create awareness among the youth, adding that it was one of the reasons to target the youth and educate them enable them contribute their quota to prevent the depletion of the ozone.
From Ama Tekyiwaa Ampadu Agyeman, Koforidua
Ahyiresu and Abofrem, two quiet communities in the Atwima Mponua District, have been shaken to the core by a chilling midnight drama that reads like a nightmare.
A pastor and a young mother stand accused of attempting to bury a five‑month‑old baby girl alive, a crime that has ignited outrage and disbelief across the township.
According to police, Apostle Richmond Akwasi Frimpong, 36, Head Pastor of the Anointed Grace Prayer Ministry at Kuffour Camp, conspired with his uncle Emmanuel Appiah, 53, and the child’s mother, 23‑year‑old Beatrice Agyapomaa, to dispose of the infant, Anaya Achiaa, under the cover of darkness.
A fourth suspect, Emmanuel Donkor, remains on the run.
The suspects were caught near a refuse dump around 10 pm on April 9, 2026, after a vigilant resident, Akwasi Twezor, noticed their suspicious movements.
When confronted, they claimed the child was already dead and had palace approval for burial. But Twezor’s instincts proved right—the baby was still alive, gasping faintly for breath.
Chief Linguist, Nana Yaw Badu, later confirmed that Frimpong had misled him earlier in the evening, securing permission for burial by falsely declaring the child dead.
The infant was rushed to the Abofrem Clinic, where she is now responding well to treatment. Police described her as “very beautiful.”
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Evelyn Yitamkey, Commander of DOVVSU in Bibiani, confirmed that the suspects have been provisionally charged.
Frimpong faces attempted murder and conspiracy charges, while Agyapomaa and Appiah are charged with conspiracy and abetment.
They were remanded by the Bibiani Circuit Court, presided over by Judge Frank Asiedu Nimako, to assist investigations.
The docket has been forwarded to the Attorney General’s Department for advice, ASP Yitamkey indicated.
The attempted crime has provoked fury among residents, many suspecting ritual motives aimed at bolstering the pastor’s influence.
Crowds attempted to attack the suspects outside court, but police intervention prevented mob justice.
The Assembly Member for Ahyiresu, Yusuf Suleiman, has assured residents that justice will be pursued swiftly.
From Kingsley E. Hope, Kumasi
The forecourt of the African University of Communications and Business (AUCB) in Accra came alive on Friday with colour, creativity and innovation, as Level 300 students transformed the space into a lively exhibition of ideas.
Under the theme “Building meaningful brands beyond the logo,” the students invited patrons into a world where ordinary products were reimagined through storytelling, design and purpose.
From scented candles to innovative food concepts, each stand told a unique story, one that went beyond aesthetics to capture identity, value and human connection.
For many of the students, the event was more than just an academic exercise; it was a moment to dream out loud.
Guided by their lecturer, Peter Wonders, they explored what it truly means to build a brand in today’s competitive world where trust, consistency and experience matter just as much as logos and slogans.
Chairman of the occasion, Nana Kum Gyata VI, in his remarks said a brand is what people say about you when you are not present.
At the end of the presentations, awards were presented to deserving groups with Vida Nyaneba emerging as the overall best branding student.
By Esinam Jemima Kuatsinu
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