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IPCA Ghana celebrates 10 years
![Rev Steve Mensah [seated middle] with Mrs Louise Lysholm [third from left]and the participants after the workshop photo Okai Elizabeth.](https://spectator.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Rev-Steve-Mensah-seated-middle-with-Mrs-Louise-Lysholm-third-from-leftand-the-participants-after-the-workshop-photo-Okai-Elizabeth.jpg)
Having successfully led the way as a good shepherd and ensured that prison inmates feel dignified, loved and cared for, the International Prison Chaplains Association, IPCA Ghana, has every reason to celebrate its tenth anniversary in paying gratitude to God.
The programme which was held at the Ghana National Association of Teachers, (GNAT Hall) in Accra, was under the theme,
“Breaking Chains, Building Hope – ten years of transforming lives.”
It brought together IPCA members from Ghana, representatives from Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Congo and Gabon, with the International Vice President of IPCA Worldwide, Hon Rev Jean Didier Mboyo, and IPCA Denmark Chair, Chaplain, Mrs Louise Lysholm in attendance.
The Founding Chairman of lPCA Ghana, Rev. Steve Mensah, said since getting involved in prison ministry satisfied the demands of Jesus Christ in the Bible, the task must be carried out with the cheerfulness it deserved.
He said Jesus Christ identified with prisoners because their conditions were likened to a state of hopelessness.
He said some of the achievements made by IPCA Ghana over the period included, the establishment of a medical support for the inmates in the various prisons, facilitated educational initiatives for them, assisted in their nutritional needs, provided TV sets and dishes during the COVID 19 pandemic which enabled the inmates to listen to the gospel and other educational programmes, among others.
IPCA Denmark Chair, Chaplain, Mrs Louise Lysholm, who shared strategies to reduce recidivism and conditions which prevail in prisons in Denmark, said since it was damaging for people to be convicted, the Prison Service tried to work on the conscience of the inmates when they were brought in.
The Director- General of the Ghana Prison Service, Mrs Patience Baffoe- Bonnie in a speech read on her behalf by the Director of Health and Community Service, Mrs Fofo Tachie Otoo, commended the leadership and members of IPCA Ghana, for being a dependable and supportive partner. She said it was gratifying to note that when many people, including some Christians, shunned the company of prisoners, IPCA Ghana, solidly stepped in to lend its support.
A leading member of IPCA Ghana, Dcns Dr Mrs Angela Tena Mensah, coordinated the presentation of awards to the Founding Chair of IPCA Ghana, Rev. Steve Mensah, the Director-General of Ghana Prison Service, Mrs Patience Baffoe – Bonnie, Hon Rev. Jean Didier Mboyo, pioneer leaders and some individuals for their outstanding roles in the growth of the association.
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Management and staff of Owass FM have announced the passing of media personality, comedian and politician Seth Kwame Dzokoto following a medical emergency during a live morning show discussion at the station earlier today.
According to the station, Dzokoto was participating in a panel discussion on its morning show “Oman Nkoso” when he suddenly took ill and collapsed.
A statement from the station said its team immediately rushed him to the hospital for medical attention, but he was pronounced dead by the attending medical doctor upon arrival.
“We are deeply saddened by this unfortunate incident, which occurred in the course of our regular programming. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, loved ones, colleagues, and all those who have been affected by his passing,” the statement said.
Management acknowledged that information about the incident is already circulating in the public domain, but appealed to the public and colleague media houses to respect the privacy of the bereaved family and refrain from circulating unverified information or speculation regarding the circumstances of his death.
Owass FM extended its heartfelt condolences to the family of Seth Kwame Dzokoto.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The State through the Attorney General (AG) has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the suspension of the trial in the case of The Republic v Hanan Aludiba and Faiza Seidu.
On Monday, the Court of Appeal suspended the trial in the case. But the prosecution says it has filed an appeal against the suspension order.
According to the update, the law does not allow a criminal trial to be suspended simply because an accused person has complained about some of the charges on the charge sheet, particularly when those complaints were dismissed as meritless.
It argues that if the Court of Appeal’s decision is allowed to stand, no prosecution will ever be possible, since all it would take for a trial to be suspended is an accused person complaining about anything on the charge sheet.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
