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Benevolent Heart Foundation gives to His Majesty Happy Home
Mr Asante (right)presenting items to Madam Smith (left)
Benevolent Heart Foundation (BHF), a nongovernmental organisation has donated items to the His Majesty Happy Home at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region.
The gesture formed part of the organisation’s activities to support the less privileged in the society.
The items were clothes, shoes, bags of rice, boxes of oil, tinned fish, a bucket of groundnut paste, gari and an undisclosed amount of money.
Presenting the items, a member of BHF, Mr Augustine Asante said the support was a token of the organisation’s effort to improve the conditions of those in need.
He said the foundation was there to help not only orphanages but groups and individuals who are in need.
“Each year we visit communities or orphanages to support with the little we have, and this year we are here in Odumase Krobo give our widow’s mite,” Mr Asante said.
Receiving the items, the Founder of the Home, Madam Alberta Smith Asiedu said she currently has about 85 children under her care with 30 permanently living with her.
She explained that the facility was a safe haven to orphans, the needy and other children from the community since 2010.
She thanked the organisation for the donation saying the items would impact the lives of the children in the home.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Executive Committee member and Volta River Authority (VRA) Board Member, Wonder Victor Kutor, has described calls for the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as premature and unjustified.
He argued that there was no evidence to establish that the minister had committed any wrongdoing to warrant such demands.
Speaking on Joy News in Accra on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Mr Kutor questioned what had changed to justify the growing calls for the minister to step down.
He recalled that the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, had earlier indicated that the opposition was not accusing Mr Ablakwa of any wrongdoing.
Mr Kutor, therefore, challenged those demanding the minister’s resignation to provide fresh evidence to support their position.
“The call for the Minister to resign is premature, it is untenable. There is no evidence. I mean, what has he done wrong?” he questioned.
He added that documents, including boarding passes, airline receipts and flight manifests relating to the minister’s return journey, had been provided.
Mr Kutor expressed concern that the calls for Mr Ablakwa’s resignation could discourage young politicians from speaking out against corruption and advocating transparency.
According to him, politicians should not be targeted or maligned for demanding accountability, warning that such treatment could create the impression that speaking against corruption could later become a liability when one is appointed to public office.
He maintained that calling for accountability and transparency should not be used as grounds to target public officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana will host the Africa Festival of Arts, Culture and Creatives (AFESTAC) 2026 alongside Industrial Skills Week Africa (ISWA) 2026 in Accra from December 9 to 12, 2026.
On the back of these programmes, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on corporate Ghana, the media and the general public to support the initiative through partnerships, sponsorships and active participation.
The events, supported by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will bring together stakeholders to celebrate Africa’s rich cultural heritage, strengthen the creative economy, promote industrial skills development and create employment opportunities for young people.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
