Editorial
Building strong, formidable nation
Nation-Building is a very difficult task, but when all hands are brought on board, the task becomes easy to achieve, even though it may involve some strenuous efforts.
As a country, Ghana needs the support of all to be able to build a strong nation that will compete with the rest of the world. Global competition is not a joke, but when everybody puts in a strong effort, the purpose will be attainable no matter the difficulties encountered.
Strong nations the world over did not emerge overnight. Some of them went through very difficult times, but today they have been able to make it because of the effort they put in even when times were extremely difficult.
Difficult situations make it possible for all citizens to think about new strategies to overcome their problems. This becomes possible when the entire nation agrees to put all efforts together to attain the national goal. The national goal centres on high productivity in all sectors of the economy.
The implication is that Ghanaians must also reflect on ways of ensuring high productivity in all sectors of the economy. This can be possible when we all put our efforts together and encourage one another to overcome the difficulties being faced today.
The difficulties being encountered are terribly irritating because economic conditions are unbearable everywhere. It is this situation that must encourage each and every Ghanaian not to lose hope but stand firm so that together we can make some progress and overcome the challenges ahead of us.
Nation-building, as has been pointed out, is a difficult task because some of the citizens will not put in their best when problems emerge. At the same time, many others can easily lose hope and allow themselves to be overwhelmed by the prevailing difficulties.
However, we encourage each and every person in this country to note that whatever difficulty we are going through can be overcome when we stand firm and support each other instead of encouraging vicious attacks against one another.
Vicious attacks can only worsen matters today and make the future look bleak. If the future is to look bright to the satisfaction of all, then we need to put our heads together and perform every assignment with zeal.
This is possible, so everyone must work toward it. We, therefore, call on the government to do what it can, as well as individuals, organised labour and Ghanaians in general, to play their part as patriotic citizens and support the national developmental agenda.
Do Ghanaians want to rest where they are at the moment or prefer to work harder and establish better lives for themselves? It is strongly believed that Ghanaians are determined people who would want to achieve greater laurels no matter the challenges involved.
It is for these reasons that we call on everybody in all sectors of the economy to refrain from vicious remarks and rather encourage one another in all sincerity and honesty to make the country increase productivity.
When things are done in this way, the sky will be the limit as far as building a strong and formidable nation is concerned, so may God help us all to achieve our national dream.
Some women choose not to have children, while others want children but are unable to do so because of uncontrollable circumstances.
Due to social expectations, childless women endure anxiety, loneliness, isolation, and even low self-esteem.
Their problems are made worse by the fact that they are labelled as barren. Owing to their current circumstances, individuals turn to a variety of treatments, including assisted reproductive care, in the hopes that eventually their desires would be fulfilled.
Thankfully, some have been successful and have had multipla children, while others have given up and resorted to adoption as a last choice.
However, there is good news for childless women whose circumstances are beyond their control: the nation’s first intrauterine insemination (IUI) quadruplets have been delivered, offering them hope.
IUI is a common fertility treatment where healthy sperm are collected, ‘washed’ and concentrated in a laboratory, and then directly inserted into a woman’s uterus around ovulation using a thin catheter to help sperm reach the egg for fertilisation, often used for unexplained infertility, cervical issues, or mild male factor infertility, and is less invasive than IVF.
This breakthrough occurred at the Walking Egg Medical and Fertility Centre at Pokuase in Accra, where a 30-year-old surrogate mother delivered a set of quadruplets, a rare surrogacy success that has brought renewed attention to assisted reproductive care in Ghana.
According to our reporter who witnessed the delivery, the babies-two boys and two girls- were delivered through a caesarean section in the early hours of Tuesday at 36 weeks and weighed an average of 2.5 kilogrammes each, a weight doctors say was healthy for a multiple pregnancy.
The Spectator is filled with joy and applauds the Medical Director of the Centre, Dr Nana Yaw Osei, for this great feat which will give hope to women and bring joy to many families.
Describing the moment of delivery, he added, “I was in tears in the theatre. It reminded me why I chose this profession.”
Hear him, “Unlike IVF which could result in multiple babies, this is “possibly the first IUI leading to quadruplets in Ghana.”
He explained that IUI is not planned to result in multiple births adding that “this outcome was left entirely to nature.”
Again, he revealed that “With IUI, you introduce prepared sperm into the uterus and have no control over how many eggs fertilized.”
The revelation is reassuring therefore we encourage couples to plan surrogacy arrangement as in this case the intended mother had lost her uterus during surgery to remove fibroids, making it medically impossible for her to carry a pregnancy.
Dr Osei again indicated that surrogacy, though still widely misunderstood, is recognised under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 2020 (Act 1027).
Although there have been concerns commonly associated with multiple pregnancies, Dr Osei noted that the surrogate experienced no major complications, and the delivery was smooth.
The good news is that “Paediatric assessments conducted after birth confirmed that all four babies are healthy.”
We therefore urge couples to consider surrogacy which is restoring hope to women who have lost the ability to carry a child.
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Dear Editor,
I want to use your respected platform to commend the police administration for the swoops that resulted in the arrest of members of some gangs that operates in Accra and other parts of the country.
These are notorious criminals that are always hell-bent to make life difficult for people.
We may be new in 2026 but it looks like these criminals are not ready to change. In less than two weeks into the New Year, the police has already busted several gang members with dangerous weapons in their possession.
It started in Accra with the arrest of 16 suspected individuals who were involved in various criminal cases including daylight robbers, phone snatching, residential robberies, impersonation and many others.
Following that was the seizure of suspected substances believed to be Indian Hemp in the North Tongu District of the Volta region.
Again, the Greater Accra and Eastern Regional Commands also collaborated well to smash a highway robbery syndicate with seven of the members arrested.
The last I can recount for the first month of the year was the interception of 1,613 parcels of suspected narcotics drugs by the Tema Police Command.
All of these goes to speak about the good work the police is doing to make life comfortable and violence –free for Ghanaians.
Without this commitment from the force, a lot of these activities would not have happen. They did all of these at the peril of their lives.
It is my hope that those arrested would be prosecuted and be made to face the full rigors of the law.
Nana Yaw Amankwaa,
Ofankor
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