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‘Check up on wards who don’t visit after getting married’
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.
New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential aspirant Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed sympathy to people affected by the recent floods and appealed to Ghanaians to cooperate with government agencies responding to the disaster.
In a Facebook post on Monday June 29, Dr Bawumia extended his condolences to families who had lost loved ones and sympathised with those whose homes and properties had been destroyed by the floods.
He noted that his thoughts and prayers were with the thousands of people affected by the disaster.
Dr Bawumia urged citizens to comply with all directives issued by the government and support institutions responsible for managing the emergency.
He appealed to the emergency services and other relevant authorities to do everything possible to reach affected communities and provide assistance to those in need.
According to him, the country will overcome the difficult period if Ghanaians continue to care for and support one another.
He concluded his message with a prayer for God’s blessings upon Ghana.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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Okyeame Kwame thanks Galaxxy International School for co-parenting with his family to raise daughter
Ghanaian music icon and entrepreneur, Okyeame Kwame is winning hearts online for a rare public thank-you to his daughter’s school.
His daughter, Sante Nsiah Apau, has just graduated after completing her O-Levels. And instead of only celebrating the milestone, Okyeame Kwame chose to spotlight the people who helped her get there.
Taking to his Instagram page, the “Clap” hitmaker thanked Galaxxy International School and all of Sante’s teachers. He praised them for their role in shaping Sante into “an intelligent lady with good social skills.”
He used “Co-parenting” word as a nod to the idea that raising children is not just a family job, but a shared responsibility with educators.
According to him, schools and teachers do a lot, but are mostly neglected.
Many were shocked to see a celebrity of Okyeame’s stature publicly credit a school rather than just posting graduation photos.
Teachers spend years mentoring, correcting, encouraging, and guiding students through some of their most formative years. Yet in some instances, when a child succeeds, the applause often goes only to the family.
Sante Nsiah Apau’s O-Level graduation marks the end of one chapter and the start of another. With her father’s public acknowledgment, the moment became bigger than a certificate, it became a lesson in gratitude.
