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Maintain good cultural practices – Nii Ashitey Tetteh
Nii Ashitey Tetteh with the inductees after the ceremony
The good cultural practices that promoted virtuous women and prepare them for marriage would be maintained and promoted in the Ga State.
Nii Ashitey Tetteh, Acting Amomole Mantse gave this assurance last Saturday when he outdoored 10 young ladies at Okortsoshishi in Accra after undergoing puberty rites.
He said these puberty rites were practised by their ancestors since 1700 when they migrated from Ada Terkperbiawe to settle at Ngleshie, James Town, in Accra.
Nii Ashitey Tetteh said these cultural practices produced virtuous women all over the country and pleaded that the practice should never be truncated.
The young ladies who were confined for over three weeks went through orientation in housekeeping, hygiene, cooking, child birth and other skills that promoted a good home
He, however, lamented that teenage pregnancy, prostitution and other social vices had eroded the prestige associated with these cultural practices.
Nii Ashitey Tetteh appealed to the Ministry of Education to make conscious and deliberate policies that “promote the teaching of culture” from basic schools to the university level.
By Francis Xah
The Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has disbursed GHS134,000 to 22 students under the latest round of his Scholarship and Bursaries Programme.
According to a statement from his office, the 22 beneficiaries are enrolled in 16 tertiary institutions across the country.
They are studying various courses, including medicine, marketing, law, public health, midwifery, business administration, education, and secretaryship.
The MP’s office commended the beneficiaries, especially the five students currently studying medicine and physician assistantship, encouraging them to remain committed to their studies.
The statement indicated that the scholarship initiative, which began in 2017, aims to support brilliant but needy students from the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency to further their education. So far, about 700 students have benefited from the program.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
