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Disabled braids hair to raise funds for Surgery
A 21-year-old disabled , Ms. Grace Adwoa Barnes has started a self-help project of braiding hair and selling locally made soft drinks to enable her raise an amount of about Ghc20,000 needed for her surgery at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to enable her walk again.
She became disabled when a four-wheel drive vehicle accidentally reversed and hit her legs three years ago.
Narrating her ordeal to The Spectator, Ms. Barnes said she had gone to the Destiny Park at Christian Village in the Ashaiman Municipality one evening to enjoy some fresh air but might have dosed off in the process.
“I felt some weight on my legs and later found out that a vehicle had reversed and hit my legs” she explained.
The 21-year-old said the driver of the vehicle had previously helped her but was currently unable to help with her hospital bills because he claimed he had run out of cash to do so after supporting her to undergo plastic surgery and other body treatment.
“I am trying to help myself while I await help from God and anyone who wants to help me so that I can walk again. Please I want to walk again.” she said.
Ms Barnes said though she lived with her parents, they were not in good financial position to raise the funds for her surgery because her mother sold fruits and her father a carpenter.
Pictures of Grace Adwoa Barnes braiding a clients hair.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Ashaiman.
National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Executive Committee member and Volta River Authority (VRA) Board Member, Wonder Victor Kutor, has described calls for the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as premature and unjustified.
He argued that there was no evidence to establish that the minister had committed any wrongdoing to warrant such demands.
Speaking on Joy News in Accra on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Mr Kutor questioned what had changed to justify the growing calls for the minister to step down.
He recalled that the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, had earlier indicated that the opposition was not accusing Mr Ablakwa of any wrongdoing.
Mr Kutor, therefore, challenged those demanding the minister’s resignation to provide fresh evidence to support their position.
“The call for the Minister to resign is premature, it is untenable. There is no evidence. I mean, what has he done wrong?” he questioned.
He added that documents, including boarding passes, airline receipts and flight manifests relating to the minister’s return journey, had been provided.
Mr Kutor expressed concern that the calls for Mr Ablakwa’s resignation could discourage young politicians from speaking out against corruption and advocating transparency.
According to him, politicians should not be targeted or maligned for demanding accountability, warning that such treatment could create the impression that speaking against corruption could later become a liability when one is appointed to public office.
He maintained that calling for accountability and transparency should not be used as grounds to target public officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana will host the Africa Festival of Arts, Culture and Creatives (AFESTAC) 2026 alongside Industrial Skills Week Africa (ISWA) 2026 in Accra from December 9 to 12, 2026.
On the back of these programmes, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on corporate Ghana, the media and the general public to support the initiative through partnerships, sponsorships and active participation.
The events, supported by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will bring together stakeholders to celebrate Africa’s rich cultural heritage, strengthen the creative economy, promote industrial skills development and create employment opportunities for young people.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
