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GCTULA celebrates 1st anniversary in grand style
Vice Chancellor Prof Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa presenting a Citation to Dr.Josephine Larbi-Appau looking on members of the Association Photos Lizzy Okai
The Ghana Communication Technology University Ladies Association (GCTULA) held a spectacular durbar to commemorate its first anniversary under the theme “The Career Woman, her Home, Work, and Society” in Accra.
The university community, GCTULA members from all across the nation, both young and old, sister lady associations including Times Ladies, University of Ghana Ladies, Ghana Water Company Ladies, and others attended the event.
It was an exciting event with lots of dancing, cultural displays, cutting of ceremonial cake, musical interludes, and a poetry recital on the “Career Woman.”
The ladies danced skillfully to the melodic background tunes performed by the Ghana Communication Technology University (GCTU) Student Choir, looking very stunning in their Unique Ladies’ Association Cloth.
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, who is also the Patron of GCTULA, gave a welcome speech in which he reaffirmed the university’s commitment to fostering a supportive atmosphere and actively incorporating women in its operations in order to fully realise their potential to influence the university’s future.
The guest speaker, Dr. Josephine Larbi-Appau, urged the ladies and women in general to actively pursue their personal wellness and that of their family with strong interest while ensuring they concentrate well on the upbringing of their children.
She urged the women to conduct themselves professionally at work and refrain from bringing personal matters with them.
The Special Guest of Honour, Oheneyere Gifty Anti encouraged the ladies to be proactive and work for greater heights despite the difficulties they faced.
She advised them to successfully combine their work and personal lives in order to make meaningful contributions to society.
Earlier, Dr. Afia Nyarko Boakye, Vice President of GCTULA and chairperson of the anniversary committee, said “in just one year, the association has grown and thrived, and it’s time to commemorate this milestone with the University Community.”
The association’s motto, according to her, is “Ladies, Together We Rise.”
During the programme, Dr. Larbi-Appau and Oheneyere Gifty Anti received citations which was led by the GCTULA President, Mrs. Susan Aryee.
The Vice Patron of GCTULA, Professor Mrs Rose Mary Amenga-Etego, Dr (Mrs) Juliana Owusu Ansah, Vice Patron of GCTULA, and Mr Emmanuel Baidoo, Registrar of GCTU, all gave messages of goodwill.
By Georgina Quaittoo
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Richard Appiah, the footballer who killed two children and stored part of their bodies in a fridge at Abesim in the Bono Region in 2021 has been handed a lifetime sentence.
This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
