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Adwinsa Publications Holds Children’s Book and Art Festival to Commemorate 2025 World Children’s Day
The Adwinsa Children’s Book and Art Festival, organised in partnership with the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), has been held in Accra as part of activities marking the 2025 World Children’s Day celebration.
The initiative was designed to promote a strong reading culture among Ghanaian children while nurturing creativity through books and the arts. This year’s festival featured workshops, performances, art showcases, and reading sessions designed to inspire children to read for pleasure and develop essential creative skills.
Speaking at the event on Friday, the Executive Director of the GhLA, Mr Alhassan Bentintiche Ziblim, said the festival reflects a renewed national commitment to raising confident, imaginative, and lifelong readers. He noted that the Authority had identified key interventions to make reading more accessible and appealing to children across the country.
Mr Ziblim highlighted the extension of operating hours at the National Children’s and Mobile Library facilities to support the government’s 24-hour economy agenda. He also pointed to the rapid expansion of the zero-rated Ghana Library App, which now provides free access to a wide range of e-ibooks, audiobooks, and learning materials.
To further strengthen literacy outcomes, he announced plans to stock all public libraries with GES-approved textbooks and introduce reading sessions in major Ghanaian languages. According to him, ongoing reforms to the Authority’s 55-year-old legislation were aimed at improving the regulation of libraries and strengthening professional standards to meet modern expectations.
The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon and Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr John Dumelo, urged young people to embrace reading as a vital tool for personal growth and national development. He expressed concern that many young people were neglecting books in favour of digital content.
Mr Dumelo further hinted at plans to introduce a constituency-wide reading competition to promote literacy, academic excellence, and a renewed love for books among schoolchildren.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Adwinsa Publications, Mr Kwaku Oppong-Amponsah, urged book shops in the country to digitalise their operations. He appealed to the government to buy books, especially story books in local languages, to help enhance the operations of local publishers and provide employment.
“One of the major interventions we need from the government is for it to buy books, especially the story books, because there are a lot of story books not only in English, but in local languages. At Adwinsa, for instance, we have a lot of story books produced in over 11 local languages, but who will buy?” Mr Oppong-Amponsah stated.
By Eugene Ampiaw
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The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has accepted an apology from the Minority leader in Parliament following allegations of corruption in the recruitment process of the security services.
Speaking in Parliament yesterday, he indicated that the accusations were painful because they portrayed his actions in a way that suggested criminal wrongdoing.
“It is painful to be wrongly accused or for your actions to be misconstrued and labelled differently from your intention, especially when it is linked with criminality and serious wrongdoing,” he stated.
Mr Mubarak noted that although he was deeply hurt and worried by the allegations, he had decided to accept the apology wholeheartedly.
According to him, the issue should guide members of the House and public officials to focus on ensuring that the right things are done without attempting to destroy one another.
He assured the Minority that the Interior Ministry and the various security service commanders remain committed to transparency and accountability in their work.
The Minister added that the ministry would be ready to address any concerns raised by the Minority or other members of Parliament regarding recruitment into the security services.
He further appealed to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, to consider expunging from the parliamentary records the false comments.
Mr Mubarak expressed appreciation to the Speaker for handling the matter and emphasised the need for cooperation among members of Parliament to ensure fairness and proper oversight.
By: Jacob Aggrey
THE Gospel Advocates (TGA), a non-denominational evangelistic Christian organisation last Saturday donated a number of educational logistics to the Dodi Asantekrom Basic School in the Eastern region of Ghana.
The gesture was to mark the seventh anniversary of the organisation made up of professionals committed to preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to students in senior high schools, particularly in rural communities.
TGA also seeks to inspire students towards attaining academic excellence and guiding them towards optimising the various learning opportunities and academic programmes available at the tertiary level.
Among the items donated were 100 desks, 10 cupboards, 10 desktop computers, two laptops, 10 teachers’ tables and chairs and others.
The group also held its annual outreach programme that had a significant impact in the community through initiatives such as feeding 500 children with hot meals and assorted drinks, providing free medical screening and drugs for 500 adults and youth and conducting health education and sensitisation for both children and adults.
TGA also took upon itself to restock the community clinic with essential medicines and distributed food items, plastic bowls, cups and clothing to members of the community.
The initiative, according to officials of the group, was supported by ORSAM Limited, Doctors Save Lives Foundation, Johnson Tord Foundation, El-Shaddai Mothercare, Exceed Alliance Limited, GB Foods Ghana Limited, Qualiplast Limited, Phyto-Riker (Gihoc) Pharmaceuticals Limited, Cosa Bright Ghana, Kabs Pharmacy, Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, Pill Bay Pharmacy and Bamah 3.7.7.
“We are deeply grateful for their immense support and partnership in bringing hope, relief, and practical assistance to the people of Dodi Asantekrom,” the officials said.
In a statement, the President and Chairman of The Gospel Advocates, Mr. Selom Kpikpitse, said the donation to Dodi Asantekrom forms part of TGA’s broader mission to propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ among students and youth in rural communities through teachings, music and arts.
He explained that the meals provided to over 500 pupils were in line with the organization’s annual “Feed the Kidz Project,” which demonstrates Christ’s love.
Receiving the items on behalf of the school, the Headmaster, Mr. Otumfour Newton, expressed gratitude to TGA and its sponsors, saying that “the items would significantly enhance teaching and learning while improving the overall welfare and development of the pupils.”
Mr. Newton also commended the team for the free medical screenings for adults and youth in the community, and other community engagements.
Medical supplies were also donated to the Dodi Asantekrom CHPS compound and received on behalf of the facility by Mr. Amefu, a Physician Assistant.
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