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My Gov’t is ready to grant K’dua Asokore SDA College of Education varsity status – President
• President Nana Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the Management and staff of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) College of Education at Asokore, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region for using their Internally Generated Funds (IGF) judiciously.
In a speech read on his behalf by the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Seth Acheampong at the college’s 60th Anniversary recently, the President said he was happy to see a tremendous infrastructure development of the institution from the time he was an opposition leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to his assumption of office as a president of this great nation, Ghana, and promised to do more not only for the SDA College of Education but the entire educational sector.
“Per the infrastructure development and human resource capacity of this college, my government is ready to grant it a full university status.
“Finally, in order to support the college in their teaching practice activities, I wish to assure them of a 60-seater capacity bus.
“As I have become an automatic member of the SDA College Alumni Association by virtue of the bond that exists between me and this college, I humbly assure you of the completion of the 16-unit staff housing facility currently under construction.
“Again, I promise to provide modern lecture theatres to augment the existing ones in order to cater for the increasing number of students,” the president said, as contained in his address read by the Eastern Regional Minister.
President Akufo-Addo further said “My Government is determined to create equal opportunities for staff of Colleges of Education to upgrade themselves in order to make these colleges self-sufficient in terms of human resource’’ adding that the Ghana Education Trust Fund would continue to support this course.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum whose speech was also read on his behalf said that no nation could progress without the provision of quality education to its citizens in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
“I entreat you to support the government’s STEM education agenda. Colleges of Education have a responsibility of ensuring that our schools never lack qualified STEM teachers and I challenge you to live up to that responsibility,” he said.
Pastor Robert Osei-Bonsu, President of West Central African Division of Seventh-day Adventist Church also said that the college would continue to churn out morally upright products whose contribution to national development would not be in doubt.
The theme of the anniversary was “Sixty Years of Adventist Teacher Education in Ghana: Our Successes, Challenges and the Way Forward”.
By Castro Zangina-Tong
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Health Minister leads delegation Mimi Darko’s appointment as AMA Director General
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Minister for Health and Member of Parliament has led a delegation to secure the appointment of Dr Delese Mimi Darko, Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority, as the Director General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) during the ongoing 2nd Ordinary Session of the Conference of State Parties in Kigali, Rwanda.
This prestigious appointment, achieved through a competitive process, marks a proud and historic moment for Ghana and the entire continent.
It highlights Dr. Darko’s exceptional leadership, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to enhancing public health and regulatory systems across Africa.
The Minister expressed his deep appreciation to President John Dramani Mahama for his strong support and leadership throughout this process.
Mr.Akandoh congratulated Dr. Mimi Darko and Team Ghana for their incredibly successful campaign.
The AMA was established by the African Union on November 5, 2021, with the primary objective of improving access to quality, safe, and effective medical products throughout the continent. Its creation aims to facilitate the regulation and oversight of essential medicines at a continental level while promoting collaboration among African countries and regions.
The Agency’s mission is to provide leadership in creating an enabling regulatory environment for the pharmaceutical sector in Africa, ensuring that the African population has access to essential medical products and technologies.
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Police arrest five suspects involved in robbery cases in Ashanti Region
The Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) in the Ashanti Region has informed the public about a recent breakthrough in the fight against armed robbery in the Denchemuoso District.
Following a series of robbery incidents in the area, on April 22, 2025, PID/Ashanti operatives, acting on credible intelligence, apprehended one Michael Owusu Ansah, alias Baby Last, aged 32.
The suspect had been on the police wanted list since 2016 in connection with a robbery and the murder of Police Officer G/Cpl Frank Essel of SWAT/Ashanti, which occurred at the Open Space Hotel in Denchemuoso on May 19, 2016.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to engaging in multiple street and residential robberies in Denchemuoso, Atwima-Techiman, Asuoyeboah, and surrounding areas.
He also disclosed that his gang operated with knives, pistols, and pump-action guns.
Further investigations led to the identification and arrest of his accomplices, namely:Emmanuel Owusu, alias Cassidy, Maxwell Gyimah, alias Nana Kwame, Sudais Oxford Ntiamoah, alias The Man Sudais and Rhano Okyere, alias Demon
These individuals were arrested from their hideouts within Atwima-Techiman and Denchemuoso.
However, one suspect, remains at large and efforts are underway to apprehend him and recover the weapons used in the robberies.
All five arrested suspects were arraigned before the Atasomanso Circuit Court on May 13, 2025.
They were remanded into police custody and are scheduled to reappear on June 4, 2025.
