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Cancer Support Network Foundation (CSNF) commits funds to fighting cancer in Ghana
Dr Juliet Quansah (left) with one of the beneficiaries
of the Cancer Support Network Foundation (CSNF)
Within the past five years, the Cancer Support Network Foundation (CSNF) has financed various cancer related activities including the treatment of needy cancer patients across the country to a tune of more than GHC300,000.00.
This year alone, as of May 2023, the Foundation has so far spent GHC13,000.00 on individuals fighting various forms of cancers including breast and eye cancers.
Vice president of the CSNF, Mr Eric Brobbey who made the revelation indicated that financial support for needy cancer patients was very necessary as many of the patients lost their lives because they are unable to afford the complete recommended treatment for the disease.
He bemoaned that some sufferers of cancer found difficulty in raising money to commence treatment after diagnosis, causing the disease to progress.
Delay in treatment, he said, had cost the lives of many cancer patients who had chances of surviving the disease “and this is what we want to prevent at all cost. We are doing our best to support some patients, to increase their chances of surviving.”
According to Mr Brobbey, delay in diagnosis was also a cause for worry due to the fact that some patients are unable to afford the cost for further investigations, others too end up resorting to all forms of unapproved treatment methods because of financial constraints.
He reiterated that the CSNF would continue to give off its best in helping as many cancer patients as possible, beat cancer.
Mr Brobbey, who is also an oncology nurse said the Foundation does not only focus on financing the treatment of cancer patients who were in need but also focused on increasing awareness about the disease and how to prevent it.
He therefore called on individuals and organisations to support the CNFS achieve its objectives.
Dr Juliet Quansah, a medical oncologist practicing in the United States of America (USA) is the Founder and Board Chair of the CSNF.
BY RAISSA SAMBOU
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
