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AngloGold Ashanti commits to STEM, health delivery
Anglogold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine, says it remains fully committed to supporting government’s efforts in the provision of infrastructural projects to boost education and health care delivery in Obuasi and beyond.
According to the mining company, about GhȻ15 million have been disbursed among five local contractors to construct Obuasi East and West Examination Printing Centre’s, State-of -the art Robotics Centre at the Obuasi Senior High School (SHS), Health Centre to serve Binsere and Donkyiwa communities and CHPS compound with accommodation facility for healthworkers at Apitikooko.
Speaking to the media, after an inspection tour of the projects, Social and Gender Superintendent of the mining company, Mavis Nana YaaKyei, said the educational projects sought to support government’s Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) and contribute to improving educational outcomes including achieving excellent pass rates of schools in the District at the BECE level.
On the Robotics Centre, she said it was aimed at fostering a passion and interest for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM) for students within the Obuasi communities.
Mrs. Kyeisaid the projects were initiated as part of the AngloGold’s 10-year Socio-Economic Development Plan (SEDP) aimed at diversifying and sustaining the local economy.
The projects, which started in 2023, were all expected to be completed in June this year.
Mr. Elijah AdansiBonah,Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive(MCE) who was part of the tour, was full of praise for the mining company for the provisions of infrastructural development.
He observed that Obuasi was gradually becoming a health hub, thanks to the mining company
He appealed to those in charge of STEM to visit the Robotics Centre at the Obuasi Senior High Technical School to assess the facility to enable them add the school to the STEM schools in Ghana.
From Kingsley E.Hope, Obuasi
Miniser for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has revealed a major shake up at Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) following recent power outages.
In a post on Facebook, Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed that Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has asked the CEO of GRIDCo to step aside pending investigations into fire incident at Akosombo power control center.
Also, he further noted that there has been a major shake up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region.
“At 2pm tomorrow, Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon John Jinapor, will hold a major briefing on recent developments in electricity distribution,” he concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Abu Trica’s extradition case: Prophets, fetish priests demand pay for spiritual solution …Lawyer reveals
Mr Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer for embattled Frederick Kumi, affectionately called Abu Trica and has made a shocking revelation over the behaviour of some members of the clergy.
According to him in a post on social media, the difficult part of Abu Trica’s trial is not the law but the number of ‘Men of God’ and fetish priests demanding financial sacrifices to help resolve the matter spiritually.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2026, “The most difficult part about the Abu Trica case; is not the law.”
He continued: “It is the number of, prophetesses, evangelists and fetish priests, who have called or messaged to ask us to pay for spiritual solutions.”
It would be recalled that in March this year, the Gbese District Court dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Abu Trica, challenging the extradition proceedings initiated at the request of the United States.
The court, presided over by Anna Akosua Appiah Gottfried Anaafi Gyasi, in its ruling held that the offences forming the basis of the extradition, particularly wire fraud, constitute extraditable offences under the 1931 treaty between Ghana and the United States.
He was then given 15 days counting from March 27 to appeal the decision of the court or be surrendered for extradition to the US.
Against this backdrop, he was on Tuesday, April 22, granted a bail in the sum of GH¢30,000,000 by an Accra High, pending the appeal of his extradition
Mr Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following an indictment by United States authorities, alleging that he played a role in a romance scam network that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
