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GIHOC Distilleries Clinic screens workers for breast, cervical, prostate cancers
The Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation (GIHOC) Distilleries Clinic in collaboration with Medylife Healthcare has held a free medical screening on breast, cervical and prostate cancers for its employees and neighbouring companies at their premises.
The screening, which was part of GIHOC’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was aimed at creating awareness about the three deadly diseases and educating the public on how to prevent these diseases.
About 102 workers were present for the screening, made up of 56 females and 46 males.
The head of the medical team, Dr Nana Amma Owusu-Aqyeman, together with her team examined the prostate, breast and cervix to check for any abnormality in both men and women who took part in the exercise.
According to her, prostate, breast and cervical cancers were the second leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, so there was the need for the public to be more concerned about their health issues.
“Among the individuals that were screened, about 40 per cent were suspected positive cases and were requested to run further investigations,” she disclosed.
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Dr Owusu-Aqyeman advised the public to practise self-examination of their breast at home and not wait for only October to be examined.
The Human Resource/Administrative and Legal Manager of GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited, Mr Roger A. Chimah, said the human health was very essential to the company, hence the organisation of the exercise to attend to the health concerns of the workers.
According to him, the exercise was previously limited to the females but this year, the medical team decided to include the men as well because they were also victims of breast and other cancerous diseases.
He advised workers to make their health a priority and take advantage of every opportunity for health screening.
By Linda Abrefi Wadie
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Focus on more pressing issues like Galamsey, not hate speech – Ellen Ama Daaku to Mahama
An aide to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia,Ellen Ama Daaku has advised President John Dramani Mahama to shift his attention from social media hate speech to more urgent national issues such as illegal mining.
Speaking in an interview, she noted that the President’s recent comments about tracking the IP addresses of people who spread hate speech were unnecessary.
According to her, President Mahama must first define what he considers to be hate speech before seeking to punish people for it.
Ms. Daaku argued that the President himself had benefitted from hate speech and social media attacks in the past when he was in opposition.
She said even during his time in government, he described his opponents and their tribesmen in unpalatable terms, which later drew complaints from former President Nana Akufo-Addo to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
She stressed that harsh criticism of leaders on social media should not automatically be considered hate speech, adding that former leaders, including former President Nana Akufo-Addo had all been subjected to it.
“He is only feeling what Nana Akufo-Addo went through for eight years,” she remarked.
While acknowledging the need to regulate misconduct online, Ms. Daaku insisted that going after social media activists should not be a priority.
She noted that many political activists, including herself, had been insulted and attacked online but never called for arrests.
She concluded that President Mahama should focus his energy on solving pressing problems such as galamsey and the economy instead of concentrating on critics on social media.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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Prof Alidu Seidu files nomination for Tamale Central seat
The newly elected parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Tamale Central, Prof Alidu Seidu, has submitted his nomination forms to the Electoral Commission.
As of 10:00 a.m. today, he was the only person who had filed to contest the seat.
Nomination of candidates will close at the end of the day.
Associate Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana Legon, Prof. Alidu Seidu won the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Tamale Central constituency with a landslide victory.
The elections, supervised by the party’s Elections and IT Directorate in the Northern Region, saw Prof. Seidu poll 840 votes out of the total valid ballots cast.
His closest contender, Lawyer Hanan Gundadow Abdul-Rahaman, secured 536 votes.
The other aspirants could not make significant gains, with Dr. Seidu Fiter obtaining 44 votes, Aliu Abdul-Hamid 23 votes, and the rest recording fewer than 10 votes each.
In all, 1,500 ballots were cast, with 6 ballots rejected and 7 spoilt ballots recorded.
The results were signed and declared by Dr. Arnold Mashud Abukari, NDC Northern Regional Director of Elections and IT.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) held parliamentary primaries in Tamale Central to choose a candidate for the upcoming by-election following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament, Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed. Dr. Mohammed, who also served as Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, tragically died in a military helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District on August 6, 2025, alongside seven others.
His passing left the Tamale Central seat vacant, as required by Ghana’s 1992 Constitution.
The Electoral Commission has scheduled the by-election for September 30, 2025. While the NDC moved quickly to open nominations and vet aspirants, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) announced it would not contest the seat, citing the need to respect the somber circumstances and promote national unity.
By: Jacob Aggrey
