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The Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners and Dzata Cement Ibrahim Mahama has charged students in the country to strive towards finding solutions to problems bedevilling the country.
In a speech to students of the University of Ghana School of Allied Health, Mr. Mahama underscored the importance of thinking global.
“There are many entrepreneurs all over Ghana and even globally. But how many of them have you heard of? I will not bother you by asking what you have heard or know of them but for a certainty, those you have heard of did something unique. They found solution to mankind’s every day problems. This is the kind of mindset you should have and solutions to financial expectations you may be looking up to”.
He related to his dream of setting Dzata Cement and how it started from a problem of inferior cement he identified.
“In the past news of collapsed buildings were regular feature in the media as a result of the usage of substandard materials for buildings. What do you think an entrepreneur will do?
He/she after studying and understanding the cause will then come up with a solution and mainstream it and when properly commercialised, brings forth the financial fortunes. The birth of Dzata Cement hinges on solution to protect and add value to the construction sector. In the world of entrepreneurship, financial gains will come after the people buy into your solutions/services.
Mr. Mahama urged the students who want to be successful entrepreneurs to first of all be innovative, commercialise their innovations and be financially literate.
“How are you able to convert your innovative ideas into a resilient entrepreneurship concept with a global reach in mind? With the existence of technology, cross border transactions among different countries have become possible, you can cite Netflix and amazon as an example.”
He urged the students to eschew selfishness and collaborate if need be in the building of their businesses.
“Learn to avoid “I want to do it all by myself” culture, there are times you must rely on friends with expertise in some fields, learn to collaborate to create value for your ideas.
In all of these do not limit your target market or audience to people within your community or country, the worlds population should be your target market to reach, work hard at it, consult more and the financial reward will naturally follow suit.”
The Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy Summit was organized by the University of Ghana School of Allied Health Students Association under leadership of
Kwabena Asante, founder of Probity Leadership council (PLC), Financial Secretary Gideon Frederick Owusu and his deputy Muntaka Mohammed as part of a week long celebration.
Source: starrfm.com.gh
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
