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New Mafi-Dadoboe Queen pledges to ‘live up to expectation
Mama Nyamlor III (middle) sits in state during the ceremony
Chiefs and Elders of the Akorto Royal Family at Mafi-Dadoboe in the Volta Region, have installed Ms Beauty Deladem Siabi-Mensah, a final year student of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU), the new Queen of the community.
Ms Siabi-Mensah, 24, is pursuing a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Procurement and Supply in the university.
Born January 17, 1999, the new queen who now bears the stool name Mama Nyamlor lll, was installed after the death of the old queen, Mama Nyamlor, II.
The colourful ceremony which was interspersed with traditional drumming and dancing attracted cream of traditional leaders, citizens of Mafi -Dadoboe,well wishers and friends.
The Akorto Clan, under the kingship of Togbe Ayite Duame ll, has witnessed some positive developments in the Mafi Traditional Area, through education, social integration and peaceful co-existence, over the last 55 years.
Mama Nyamlor lll, is the daughter of Mr. Sampson Siabi-Mensah and Madam Gifty Doe Atoboyo Gadri.
In an interview with The Spectator last Thursday, the new queen, pledged to share ideas with various stakeholders in the area on development, assuring “ I will live up to the utmost expectation to justify the confidence reposed in me by the clan.”
“I want to inspire hope in the youth of our community through a foundation that I intend to set- up after school…Our girls need more mentors to help them change the narrative of who the girl -child can become. That is a course I want to lead during my reign,” Mama Nyamlor said.
She added that, sexual rights and reproductive health education would also be on her table to empower more women to stay focused in realising their potentials.
Mama Nyamlor III, appealed to Mafi-Dadoboe to pray and also assist her achieve her dreams for the collective good of the community.
From Spectator Reporter, Mafi-Dadoboe
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will undertake a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination exercise in schools from October to December 2026 to protect eligible girls against cervical cancer and other HPV related diseases.
The exercise, organised in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and its partners through the School Health Education Programme (SHEP), will be conducted in two rounds.
The first round is scheduled for October 19 to 23, 2026, while the second will take place from November 30 to December 4, 2026.
In a press release dated October 19, the GHS explained that health workers would visit schools across the country to vaccinate eligible girls aged 9 to 14 who have not yet received the HPV vaccine.
The exercise forms part of efforts to raise awareness about the routine HPV vaccine, increase vaccination uptake and strengthen the country’s routine immunisation programme.
The GHS has called on school authorities, parents, guardians, teachers and community leaders to cooperate with health teams to ensure the successful implementation of the exercise.
The Service reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the health and well-being of Ghanaians, particularly children, through vaccination and other public health interventions.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has held high-level discussions with organisers of the 2026 Global South Academic Forum in Shanghai, seeking to draw lessons from China’s acclaimed rural revitalisation and poverty reduction drive.
The meeting, led by the Forum Chair, Professor Lu Xinyu, explored practical areas of cooperation and knowledge exchange between Ghana and China, with focus on community-driven development, fisheries and aquaculture, local governance, sports initiatives, and infrastructure development.
According to officials, the engagement is part of a broader effort by the Ghanaian government to study tested development models that can be adapted to the local context to promote inclusive growth, empower local communities, and improve livelihoods across the country.
China’s success in lifting over 800 million people out of poverty through targeted rural policies, investment in agriculture and local infrastructure has become a global reference point for developing nations.
The Vice President’s team says insights from the Forum will help inform policy direction, particularly in strengthening decentralised governance, boosting the fisheries and aquaculture sector, and investing in community-level infrastructure and youth sports development.
Professor Opoku-Agyemang is expected to continue engagements with academic and development institutions while in China.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
