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Desist from use of drugs, alcoholic substances…La Dade-Kotopon MP to youth
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The Member of Parliament (MP) for the La Dade-Kotopon Constituency, Ms Rita Naa Odorley Sowah has advised the youth in the area and beyond to desist from the use of drugs and alcoholic substances before, during and after the Homowo festive season.
That, she said, would keep them away from causing harm to themselves, and their parents and prevent them from becoming a nuisance in the community.
The MP made these comments during the distribution of assorted items including smoked fish and palm fruits to over 80 clan-houses in nine Quarters of the constituency.
The beneficiary Quarters include Abese, Kowe, Klannaa, Abafum, Nmati Dzrasee, Nmati Abonase, Leshie, Agbawe and Anahor.
The gesture, Ms Sowah said was her annual support to enable the indigenes to prepare the traditional food ‘Kpokpoi’ for the festive season.
She asked beneficiaries to extend a hand and heart of love to their non-Ga neighbours to celebrate with them.
The MP advised Ga-Dangme especially indigenes and residents of La to be united, law-abiding and make peace with each one to foster Corporation for the common good of La in particular and Ga-Dangme in general.
“Be each other’s keeper like brothers and sisters from the same parents no matter where each is coming from so as to raise and develop the Ga-Dangme communities,” she said.
The MP earlier presented various items bags of maize, soft drinks, water and undisclosed amount of money to the La Traditional Council to prepare for the festive meal ‘Kpokpoi’.
She said activities like cooking competition, and clean-up of clan houses among others have been planned to celebrate the occasion.
Also, the MP for Ada Constituency Ms Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah, who was there to support her colleague MP, reiterated her commitment to bringing development and jobs for the youth to be self-reliant and not become a burden on their family and society at large.
Mrs.Cudjoe-Ghansah said so far no problems have been recorded since the festive season began this year and she was of the highest hope that the celebrations in La would be peaceful.
This year’s Homowo celebration of the people of La comes off this Friday.
BY VICTOR A. BUXTON
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged the government to place all 54,985 candidates affected by the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) placement exercise in schools and publish the final outcome.
The party says the government must ensure that the affected candidates secure actual school places rather than merely being allowed to access the self-placement portal.
In a statement signed by the Chairman of the NPP Policy Co-ordination Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the party expressed concern about the situation facing the candidates.
The NPP said the government had announced that 53,887 of the affected candidates could use the self-placement system after initially being told that they had not qualified for secondary school.
It, however, argued that access to the portal did not guarantee that candidates would secure their preferred schools or programmes.
“Ghanaian parents and candidates will judge the resolution of the challenge by one thing only: how many of the original 54,985 are sitting in a classroom, not how many were allowed to open a website,” the statement noted.
The party said the government’s own figures showed that the country had 859,828 declared vacancies for 623,072 BECE candidates.
It explained that the main challenge was the concentration of demand in a small number of highly subscribed schools.
The NPP noted that 313,283 candidates selected Category A schools as their first choice, while those schools had 76,417 declared vacancies.
It therefore called on the government to explore ways to improve schools with available spaces, including providing teachers, laboratories and better programmes.
The party urged the government to use the 85 private schools participating in the Free SHS programme to absorb candidates who remained without placements.
The NPP further called for clarification of the rule and pass mark used for this year’s placement exercise, saying parents were entitled to know the standard before their children sat the examination.
It urged the government to take urgent action to ensure that the affected candidates were not left behind in the transition to secondary education.
By: Jacob Aggrey
General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Kodua Frimpong, has filed his nomination to contest the position of General Secretary again as the party begins its rebuilding efforts ahead of the 2028 general elections.
He was accompanied by party stalwarts and supporters who were in high spirits, expressing confidence that he is the right person to hold the position.
Speaking after filing his nomination, Mr Kodua Frimpong assured the rank and file of the party that he would not disappoint them.
“I can assure you that the faith the rank and file of the party have had in me, I will never disappoint them,” he said.
He also pledged to run a clean campaign devoid of personal attacks.
“I can assure you that our internal campaign will be devoid of personal attacks,” he told his fellow contestants and the rank and file of the party as he seeks to retain his position.
His tenure has seen the party through the 2024 general elections, where the NPP lost power to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) after eight years in government.
The party is currently in a rebuilding phase, with internal elections scheduled to elect new national executives to lead its reorganization towards the 2028 polls.
The General Secretary position is considered one of the most influential in the party’s administrative structure, responsible for the day-to-day running of the party secretariat and implementation of party decisions.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
