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Akoefe Tokor residents mark 10th anniversary of Togbe Dosor with fundraising exercise
Residents of Akoefe Tokor in the Ho Municipality last weekend celebrated the 10th anniversary of the chief of the town, Gligbafia Togbe Kakla Akoe Dosor, with an impressive durbar that saw the inhabitants commit to the chief’s developmental projects.
Faced with numerous challenges in the area, the residents momentarily abandoned the celebration and merry-making, channelling their energies into a special fundraising exercise to support the projects.
Amidst some rich borborbor and zigi dance moves and displays from an ‘asafo’ group, the area was thrown into frenzy with the Development Chief of Akoefe Tokor, Dumega Deti Kwawuvi, leading the celebration and an intense fundraising.
The original plan was for the inauguration of a water system, the first of many projects promised by the chief and his elders.
Togbe Kakla Akoe Dosor needed a total of GH₵631,466.00 to complete five of the mechanised water systems he initiated.
At the end of the exercise, over GH₵32,000 was realised to support of the project.
Togbe Kakla Akoe Dosor thanked the citizens for the support for the past 10 years, making it possible for him to make progress in the community.
The Development Chief, Dumega Deti Kwawuvi, said the completion of the GH₵210, 488.00 mechanised water system for the population of 2,213 people was not adequate but showed the chief’s commitment to improve the living conditions of the people.
The Agbonugla of Akoefe Tokor, Kofisa Fiagbor said the Gligbafia Togbe Kakla Akoe Dosor has also built a library, computer laboratory for the basic school and a community information centre for the town.
From Samuel Agbewode, Akoefe Tokor
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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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The Senior Correctional Centre (SCC) has initiated a lecture session to broaden the horizon of level 400 students at the Social Work Department of the University of Ghana (UG).
The initiative is under the auspices of the Counselling Unit and OIC of the Station, in consultation with the University.
The inaugural lecture delved into education of Social Work students about the role of Ghana Prisons Service and its core mandates, while emphasising the need for counseling as a psychological intervention for inmates mental health and well-being.
It also gave clearer insights about what was required of them in contributing their quota to creating awareness about the Service’s reformational agenda.
The session forms part of the ‘Think Prisons 360 degrees’ initiative, a collaborative efforts of the SCC Counseling Unit to conscientise the final year students of their roles as future social workers.
ASP Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah, a Public Relation Personnel highlighted on the core roles of the Service which include the welfare of inmates, safe custody of inmates, reformation and rehabilitation of inmates, respectively.
Discussing the ‘Think Prisons 360 degree’ agenda birthed by the Director General of the service, DGP Patience Baffoe-Bonnie Esq, Mr Ankrah enumerated the five core pillars of the initiative which include welfare of inmates and staff, agriculture mechanisation, industrialisation, wealth creation and strategic relations.
DSP Belinda Adjei-Attah, Head of SCC Counselling Unit schooled the final year students about the role of counseling as a pivotal reformational tool in the service with the tendency to enhance inmates’ psychological needs.
DSP Adjei-Attah further highlighted how Prison Officers and social workers could work together to reduce recidivism.
DSP Eugene Ansu Ohene-Tutu, a Counseling Personnel at SCC further elaborated on the role of social workers in aiding psychosocial interventions, expanding support systems and bringing in-house psychiatrists to help circumnavigate inmates’ mental health.
Dr Abena Oforiwa Ampomah, Lecturer at the Department commended the Senior Officers for their time with the final year students and commended the Officer-In-Charge of SCC, DDP Yayra Ashong Mettle, for releasing the officers to make such a memorable lecture.
By Spectator Reporter
