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‘Check up on wards who don’t visit after getting married’
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Rev Albert Seth Ocran, the Former General Director
for the Torchbearers Mission Incorporated
A former General Director of the Torchbearers Mission Incorporated (TMI) Rev. Albert Seth Ocran has advised parents to check up on their children, especially daughters, who are unable to visit them after getting married.
TMI is a missionary organisation at Korle Gonno in Accra. “Sometimes even the parents do not visit their children and they always give excuses. When you observe this trend, do not take it for granted because there is usually more to the story” he said.
Rev. Ocran was speaking in an interview with The Spectator on Friday on the need to draw the attention of parents to the subject of controlling behaviours of spouses.
According to him, this issue causes isolation among spouses, family and friends, hence there was the need for parents to be vigilant to address such issues.
He said there were signs to indicate when a spouse was being abused, which include restricting access to financial resources, employment, education or even medical care.
Rev. Ocran said most often when parents of such spouses try to make enquiry about why their children do not visit them, they always give excuses, with the most common one being “I am busy”.
He observed that in some cases, children of such spouses were not spared, as they had to endure the abuse of not being able to get in touch with others.
He said abusers ensure that their victims do not get access to the outside world to communicate their pain with them. “It is even worse when the couple lives abroad or far from their families
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Tema.
The Upper East Regional Police Command has arrested 14 suspects for their alleged involvement in the cultivation and distribution of narcotic drugs at Daliga in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
The suspects, Alex Nyaaba, Charles Keleg Dombil, Zimi Pandam, Jennifer Ziini, Tobirr Naab, Yinteng James, Tosil Wandabil, Sandanane Peehim, Borimi Nohoo, Curim Teng, Curim Kugri, Nohou Dagobila and Abane Zangbeog, were arrested on 16th August 2026 during an intelligence-led operation conducted by the Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) and the newly formed Black Cobra Team.
A search conducted during the operation led to the discovery of a large quantity of suspected narcotic drugs concealed in sacks of millet and maize. Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspected Indian hemp is cultivated alongside millet and maize to conceal the farms and evade detection.
The suspects are also believed to be major suppliers of narcotic drugs to several drug peddlers operating across the region.
The suspects are currently in Police custody and will be put before the court to face the full rigours of the law.
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has recounted how Ghana allegedly lost huge amounts of gold through illegal channels, saying some countries recorded receiving significantly more gold from Ghana than the country officially recorded as having exported.
According to him during a sermon yesterday at his church in Accra, the revelation came during a dinner he attended with some members of a ruling family in a powerful Middle Eastern country several years ago.
He explained that during the dinner, discussions turned to Ghana’s gold, and the people at the gathering told him that the amount of illegally sourced gold they had received from Ghana was far greater than the volume officially recorded by the Ghanaian government.
“They did say that the amount of illegal gold that they have received and recorded from Ghana was more than the one that was recorded by the country, the nation itself,” he recounted.
The Archbishop added that the amount of gold the country had received through such channels was about three times the quantity officially recorded as having been sold to that country by Ghana.
He described the revelation as disturbing and expressed concern about the people behind the illegal gold trade.
“It disturbed me, it really broke my heart,” he said, adding that he was told the people involved were “very, very powerful” and had significant financial resources.
Archbishop Duncan Williams further recounted that after the establishment of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) under the current administration and efforts to regulate gold trading and tackle illegal mining, he received calls from people connected to the same country.
He explained that they were concerned because they were no longer getting the quantities of gold they used to obtain through the black market.
According to him, some of the people even asked whether he knew anyone at the top in Ghana who could help them regain access to the gold supply.
He noted that the amount of money involved in the gold purchases was substantial.
Archbishop Duncan Williams therefore called for prayers and intervention for Ghana, stressing the need to protect the country’s gold resources and ensure that the wealth generated from them benefits the nation.
By: Jacob Aggrey
