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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
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.
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
