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Appiatse needs support – Pastor
An itinerant male preacher has called for national prayers for the people of Appiatse who have been rendered homeless by an unnatural cause.
He said that what happened at the place “calls for intercessory prayers so that there will be divine intervention to stop the recurrence of such disasters in the country”.
Appiatse, a farming Community near Bogoso in the Western Region was last Thursday rocked by a devastating explosion which claimed lives and properties with many people sustaining various degrees of injury.
The entire community has been flattened by blasts from 10 tonnes of explosives being conveyed by a truck to the Chirano mining site also in the Western Region.
Preaching at the Neoplan Station at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange on Tuesday, the “man of God” said that though the inhabitants needed material support, it behoved also on Ghanaians to give them (victims) the spiritual support as regards the emotional and psychological trauma they were going through at the moment.
“I am pleading with all the religious groups in Ghana to pray for the souls of the people of Appiatse in their trying moment,” he said.
By Castro Zangina-Tong
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.
