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Female engineering student dreams of building cars
Priscilla Otumfuor Mustapha, 21, is a Level 200 Higher National Diploma Automobile Engineering student at Ho Technical University (HTU), with big dreams.
“I have plans to start moulding my own brand of vehicles in six years,” she told The Spectator in a chat at the campus recently.
This was after the HTU-Japan Motors Trading Company Vehicle Service Centre was commissioned on campus.
According to Priscilla, her father who deals in heavy duty trucks and trailers made a positive influence on her.
“I have always loved cars from my childhood and wanted to know more about cars and so I often spent time drawing cars and carriages,” she said.
She intimated that Ghana needed more women in the area of engineering and said she would convince as many girls as possible to venture in to such area.
Priscilla noted that “when boys go into catering at school no one makes fun of them, but when girls go into engineering everybody sees them as though they had made awkward choices.”
However, she said that the negative comments from some people, including some of her course mates, such as “boy girl” and “man woman” do not deter her, stressing “I want to make a difference and prove the skeptics wrong,:
The pretty young woman who speaks English, French and Twi, said that she loved playing football, singing and dancing in addition to drawing.
A member of the International Central Gospel Church, Rhema Temple at Medie in Accra, Priscilla said that she already had the models of the cars and heavy-duty vehicles she would come out with in the future.
Spectator: tell me more about them.
Priscilla: For now, that is my industrial secret.
Spectator: What massage do you have for the younger ladies outside there?
Priscilla: They must study diligently towards a bright future. They must remain focused on their career dreams. Women are serving as Generals in the army, women are flying aircraft, women are playing football, so women can design and mould their own cars and do whatever men can do.
From Alberto Mario Noretti, Ho
The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President has hosted a delegation of African diaspora women who are in Ghana ahead of a planned Presidential Conferment of Citizenship ceremony.
The Director of Diaspora Affairs, Kofi Okyere Darko, explained in a Facebook post that the visit was a gesture of appreciation by the delegation to the Government of Ghana for its continued efforts to reconnect Africans in the diaspora with their ancestral homeland.
He indicated that the ceremony, scheduled for next Monday, will officially grant Ghanaian citizenship to members of the delegation as part of the country’s broader engagement with the African diaspora.
The delegation was led by Erica Bennett, Founder of the Diaspora Africa Forum.
According to Mr Okyere Darko, her years of advocacy have played an important role in strengthening ties between Africa and people of African descent living abroad.
He noted that the group’s journey towards citizenship represents not only a legal process but also a cultural and spiritual return to their roots.
Also present at the meeting was Natalie Jackson, an attorney who is also expected to receive Ghanaian citizenship during the ceremony. She works closely with renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Mr Okyere Darko emphasised that Ghana remains committed to strengthening relationships with the African diaspora and promoting unity, identity, and shared heritage among people of African descent worldwide.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana has signed a debt restructuring agreement with the Kingdom of Belgium as part of efforts to restore the country’s economic stability after the financial crisis that hit the nation in 2022 and 2023.
The Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, today disclosed that he signed the agreement on behalf of the Government of Ghana.
He explained that Ghana experienced a very difficult period during the crisis, which forced the government at the time to declare a debt default.
However, he indicated that the country is now recovering and witnessing a significant economic turnaround.
According to him, stronger systems are also being put in place to ensure that Ghana does not return to such a situation again.
Dr Forson noted that the agreement with Belgium is the eighth deal Ghana has concluded with countries under the Official Creditor Committee as part of its external debt restructuring programme.
He expressed appreciation to the Government of Belgium for its support and partnership with Ghana during the process.
The Finance Minister thanked Carole van Eyll, Ambassador of Belgium to Ghana, for her role in strengthening relations between the two countries.
The agreement forms part of Ghana’s broader effort to restructure its external debts and stabilise the economy following the crisis.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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