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A’VITA GHANA pays for release of 26 detained postpartum mothers
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A’VITA Ghana has donated GH₵ 114,000 to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) to settle medical bills of 26 detained mothers and their newborns.
A’VITA GHANA is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that supports financially crippled women who are unable to afford their hospital bills.
The gesture was to assist the mothers to pay off their debts incurred at the hospital upon their discharge.
, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), A’VITA GHANA, said the donation was to show love and care to mothers who were unable to settle their bills after being discharged.
She said the organisation was dedicated to assisting poor patients to pay their medical expenses in KBTH.
“A’VITA Ghana resonates with life and love, and we are happy to assist all patients with cash of over 114,000 to show love to them,” she said.
“We chose Korle-Bu because they were willing to receive help from the organisation,” she added.
Madam Elizabeth Kyei, Deputy Chief Midwifery Officer (DCMO), who received the donation on behalf of KBTH, commended A’VITA GHANA for their generous offer.
The beneficiaries said, “Most of us have been discharged, but because we cannot settle our bills, we are still here in the hospital.”
A’VITA GHANA was founded in February 2025 and it is spearheaded by Professor Arthur Sackeyfio, a Retired Founding Dean of the University Of Ghana School of Pharmacy, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
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The Director of Legal Affairs of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gary Nimako Marfo, has questioned who will bear the cost of conducting presidential and parliamentary primaries following the Supreme Court’s ruling on the party’s delegate system.
Speaking to journalists, Mr. Nimako Marfo said he would not immediately comment on the ruling, adding that he wanted to wait for the full details before sharing his views.
“I don’t want to comment on it now. Let’s wait,” he said.
When asked about the Supreme Court’s decision that all members in good standing should vote in party elections, he shifted attention to the financial implications of implementing the ruling.
According to him, allowing all members in good standing to vote would increase the cost of organising internal party elections.
He questioned who would pay for the expanded electoral process.
“Who is going to pay for the cost of the elections?” he asked.
When a journalist suggested that political parties would bear the cost, Mr. Nimako Marfo replied, “Let’s wait and see.”
The comments come after the Supreme Court ruled that political parties should allow all members in good standing to vote in their internal elections, a decision that is expected to expand participation but also increase the financial and logistical demands of organising presidential and parliamentary primaries.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The Supreme Court of Ghana has declared the delegate system used by political parties to elect presidential and parliamentary candidates unconstitutional.
In a 5-2 majority decision delivered, the Court ruled that the long-standing system violates democratic principles and ordered all political parties to ensure every registered, card-bearing member participates in presidential and parliamentary primaries.
The ruling brings to an end decades of internal party elections conducted by a limited number of delegates.
The suit was filed by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng; veteran politician Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe; and former Minister for Lands and Forestry, Dr. Christine Amoako-Nuamah.
The plaintiffs argued that the delegate system created inequality among party members by granting voting rights to a privileged minority while excluding ordinary members in good standing.
They told the Court that restricting voting rights to delegates was inconsistent with the democratic principles enshrined in the 1992 Constitution.
The Attorney-General’s Department supported the suit and urged the Court to adopt a “one member, one vote” approach.
In its submission, the State argued that political parties perform an important public function in Ghana’s democratic framework and that their internal electoral processes must reflect constitutional values of equality, participation and universal suffrage.
The Attorney-General further submitted that expanding voting rights to all registered members would strengthen accountability and deepen internal democracy within political parties.
The judgment means that going forward, presidential and parliamentary candidates will be selected by all registered members of a political party, instead of by delegates alone.
Political parties are expected to review their constitutions and structures to comply with the Court’s directive ahead of the 2028 general elections.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
