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North Dayi DCE promotes sports in the District
The North Dayi District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Edmond Kudjoh Attah has personally supported sports in the area, and asked the youth, to develop interest in sports and promised to help them to unearth their talents through the game, which would help the District to produce quality players to join the national football team in future.
He said the involvement of the youth in sports, would not only help them to develop their talents but would also promote peace and unity in the area, and said peace and unity were prerequisite for development, and urged stakeholders to support the development activities of the Assembly to bring more development to the people.
Addressing the North Dayi District Football team during their final training at Anfoega, to compete in the Volta region District competition underway at Anloga, Mr Attah said sports had proven over the years to promote high level of discipline among the youth, and appealed to the team to remain discipline to enable them to achieve success.
Mr Attah who personally supported the Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High Schools sports activities in the District, stressed that his commitment to promote sporting activities would not be limited to the District Sports Team (DSPT) but he would continue to ensure a vibrant youth, peaceful and united District through sports.
The DCE believed that it was only when the youth were fully committed to sports, they would become highly discipline, and they would meaningfully be engaged and all forms of vices in the District would be reduced, adding that regular sporting activities would help improve on academic performance of pupils and students.
Mr Attah said he decided to personally sponsored the camping of girls and boys under 15 level, who formed the District Team, donated 40 pieces of running vests, sanitary pads, toiletries and assorted items to the District Sports and athletics Team.
According to the DCE, he also took interest in the Anfoega and Vakpo Senior High Schools (SHS) inter- houses sports and promised to provide customised jerseys and footballs for the inter-schools competition to be held at Kpando next week and called on teams from both schools to be discipline to enable them to emerge victorious.
He said the vision and mission of the Assembly was to promote a vibrant youth and skills development among the youth would help facilitate rapid development of the area, and called on the youth to take advantage of available opportunities to prepare themselves for the future.
The Headmaster of Anfoega SHS, Mr Albert Kwasi Dodo commended the DCE for the interest demonstrated in sporting activities at basic and second cycle institutions in the District, saying Mr Attah had shown quality leadership over the years, which would remain historic in the administration of the District.
Mr Dodo said the management of the school was appreciative of the level of support from the Assembly and called on NGOs, individuals and organisations to help provide the Anfoega and Vakpo SHS with an ASTRO Turf to complement the efforts of the DCE.
From LAWRENCE MARKWEI, ANFOEGA
The Diaspora Affairs Office at the Office of the President has hosted a delegation of African diaspora women who are in Ghana ahead of a planned Presidential Conferment of Citizenship ceremony.
The Director of Diaspora Affairs, Kofi Okyere Darko, explained in a Facebook post that the visit was a gesture of appreciation by the delegation to the Government of Ghana for its continued efforts to reconnect Africans in the diaspora with their ancestral homeland.
He indicated that the ceremony, scheduled for next Monday, will officially grant Ghanaian citizenship to members of the delegation as part of the country’s broader engagement with the African diaspora.
The delegation was led by Erica Bennett, Founder of the Diaspora Africa Forum.
According to Mr Okyere Darko, her years of advocacy have played an important role in strengthening ties between Africa and people of African descent living abroad.
He noted that the group’s journey towards citizenship represents not only a legal process but also a cultural and spiritual return to their roots.
Also present at the meeting was Natalie Jackson, an attorney who is also expected to receive Ghanaian citizenship during the ceremony. She works closely with renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump.
Mr Okyere Darko emphasised that Ghana remains committed to strengthening relationships with the African diaspora and promoting unity, identity, and shared heritage among people of African descent worldwide.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana has signed a debt restructuring agreement with the Kingdom of Belgium as part of efforts to restore the country’s economic stability after the financial crisis that hit the nation in 2022 and 2023.
The Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, today disclosed that he signed the agreement on behalf of the Government of Ghana.
He explained that Ghana experienced a very difficult period during the crisis, which forced the government at the time to declare a debt default.
However, he indicated that the country is now recovering and witnessing a significant economic turnaround.
According to him, stronger systems are also being put in place to ensure that Ghana does not return to such a situation again.
Dr Forson noted that the agreement with Belgium is the eighth deal Ghana has concluded with countries under the Official Creditor Committee as part of its external debt restructuring programme.
He expressed appreciation to the Government of Belgium for its support and partnership with Ghana during the process.
The Finance Minister thanked Carole van Eyll, Ambassador of Belgium to Ghana, for her role in strengthening relations between the two countries.
The agreement forms part of Ghana’s broader effort to restructure its external debts and stabilise the economy following the crisis.
By: Jacob Aggrey
