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Avoid bad company …Paramount Queen advises youth
The GaDangme Elites in collaboration with the GaDangme Youth Empowerment held a youth seminar last weekend in Accra.
Put together by the GaDangme Homecoming on the theme “Spark the Difference in you,” the event was geared towards improving peer to peer youth capacity, building self esteem and goal setting.
Speaking at the event, Paramount Queenmother of the Ningo Traditional Area, Naana Dugbakuwor Dugba II, said “there is the need to avoid the company of bad friends who would not direct you on the right path, but rather advise you negatively to the detriment of your dreams”.
She urged parents to allow children make their choices and push them to the apex and not shatter their dreams at childhood.
According to her, parents played a vital role in the development of every child and it was very essential to build the self-confidence of their children, irrespective of their status.
The President and Chief Executive Officer of DFI Group Ghana, Mr Daniel Ayikwei, asked the youth to take up challenges. This, he said, would help them set goals and achieve them after persistent trials.
He advised them not to see their background as hindrance to achieve success, but it should serve as a motivation to spur them on.
Executive Officer at the Head of State Awards scheme, Mr Peter Akai Anum, lauded the initiative and pledged his unflinching support to hold it in high esteem.
He urged the youth of GaDangme to make good use of their God-given talents to build on their future.
At the end of the event, the attendees were asked to register for a vocation of their choice, ranging from sewing, beads making, catering among others of which free training will begin next year.
By Linus Siaw Nartey
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disbursed GHS134,000 to 22 students under the latest round of his Scholarship and Bursaries Programme.
According to a statement from his office, the 22 beneficiaries are enrolled in 16 tertiary institutions across the country.
They are studying various courses, including medicine, marketing, law, public health, midwifery, business administration, education, and secretaryship.
The MP’s office commended the beneficiaries, especially the five students currently studying medicine and physician assistantship, encouraging them to remain committed to their studies.
The statement indicated that the scholarship initiative, which began in 2017, aims to support brilliant but needy students from the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency to further their education. So far, about 700 students have benefited from the program.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
