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It all started two years ago in fulfillment of her dream and since then, there has been no turning back.
Through her Tina Reports on YouTube, she tells the untold stories in rural Ghana, and for the past two years, she has told compelling stories in rural areas that were seemingly totally forgotten.
For years, Ernestina Muulikaa, has facilitated social change, developmentand impacted many lives.Also, extending a hand to the less privileged and marginalised in society as a core value.
Sharing her story with The Spectator, she said “I feel proud of myself, without partnership or support, I have applied whatever I learnt as Development Communication student to pursue my dreams of impacting the downtrodden positively.”
According to her, on Ocotber 16, 2019, she woke up one day and told her cousin, a cameraman, to follow her to the Northern Region, after she had recuperated from a terrible accident.
By so doing, she decided to put spotlight on those pitiable condition and serve them to the best of her ability, ie to serve humanity.
Background
Tina, as she is affectionately called was born in Ahafo Hwidiem, in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.
She is a Dagao (Dagarti), who hails from Upper West Region, her mother, Madam Jacqueline Muulikaa, a trader hails from Jirapa, and her father, Mr.John Muulikaa a former Principal Accountant at St.Elizabeth Catholic Hospital at Hwediem, is a native of Lawra.
Tina has four siblings, two boys and two girls.
Education
Ernestina Muulikaa started her educational journey from Ola Preparatory School at Hwidiem, and continued to Ola Girls’ Senior High School at Kenyase in Ahafo.
Eager to pursue higher educaion, she went to African University College of Communication (AUCC) for Diploma in Communication Studies, in 2005.
With the desire to get to the top, she proceeded to Central Univsersity where she studied Business Administration, Management option, and later had her internship and service with Joy FM and TV3 respectively.
She later went back to do her Masters in Develoment Communication at the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
The rural mission
The project she has embarked has helped communities get access to potable water, and improved deprived conditions in some villages in the country.
fufu in one of the villages
some items to a community
to reach a remote village
She has donated relief items including food and clothing to 488 alleged witches and wizards at Tendan witches camp, a family suffering from a strange disease at Kawu in Upper West, relief items to flood victims, and continues to supoort many people.
Challenges
According to her, some of the villages are hard to reach, as a result, they have to walk miles to reach various communities.
She has listed lack of fiancial support, language barriers, mode of transportation, potable water and network among others as factors impeding her work.
Recounting one difficult moment, she said that they were in the middle of their journey and unfortunately run out of water, and had to drink from a stream which was not wholesome.
“When you get the report to those in authority, most of the times nothing is done about it and it’s frustrating,” she said.
Regardless of these challenges, Tina Muulikaa says, the love for humanity, and looking back at Ahafo Hwidiem where she was born and raised, motivates her to do more.
Future
Though there had been times she wanted to give up as a result of frustation, she is looking at how to increase the base of her team and bring more people to light.
She has called on corporate Ghana to come on board to help Tina Report achieve its aim.
Tina Muulikaa encouraged people to get onto her channel, watch the stories and support some of the deprived communites and urged those who were well to do to organise themselves and go back to their villages to help eradicate the hardship others are facing.
Leisure
Tina who fellowships with the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Accra and loves Tuo Zaafi, fufu and Tubaani, listens to music and watches YouTube videos at her leisure time.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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
