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Polio confines female teacher to wheelchair …she needs urgent help to undergo surgery
Some things happen in life which are beyond human comprehension. A case in point is a 50 year-old class four English Language teacher of Ave Maria School, a suburb of Accra who has stopped teaching due to a debilitating illness.
This sad situation has truncated the professional calling of Madam Felicia Kwakye, a single parent who started her teaching career with passion to serve God and country as well as contribute her quota to human resource development.
But, alas, she is confined to a wheel chair as a result of “late complication of poliomyelitis which eventually led to severe arthritis of both knees.”
In view of the aforementioned situation, a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the nation’s priemier health facility, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Agbeko Ocloo has said that owing to years of non-operative treatement, a decision has been taken to proceed with surgery because of Madam Kwakye’s deteriorating condition which requires “bilateral total knee replacement.”
According to the surgeon, the treatment is not available in Ghana, therefore, the patient would need financial assistance to have the surgery done on her outside the country.
Narrating her painful situation to this reporter last Tuesday, Madam Felicia Kwakye said that a total knee replacement and other expenses relative to her treatment would cost approximately 45,000 pounds sterling.
She said that she had been able to raise part of the money amounting to 25,000 pounds and needs 20,000 pounds to meet the full cost of her treatment abroad.
Ms Kwakye yearns to go back to the classroom to teach her pupils but due to constant intense pains all over her body she cannot do so.
According to her, she prays and hopes for divine intervention from well meaning individuals, corporate bodies, NGOs and governement institutions to help her raise the funds for her surgery as she presently relies on physiotherapy to ease her pains and it costs her GH₵450.00 weekly and that is also a challenge to her because she is not working at the moment.
Financial assistance can be sent to MoMo number: 0244092136
Name of the account is Anastasia Adoma Kenyah or to The Spectator.
By Portia Hutton-Mills
The Africa Investment Network has entered a new partnership with 17 Asset Management to expand investment opportunities for Africans in the diaspora.
The two organisations will work together to open more pathways for diaspora investors, provide better data on markets, and connect investors to viable projects across the continent.
The partnership will focus on mapping investment opportunities across countries and sectors, building a Diaspora Pathways Program to guide new investors, and creating a shared research platform that provides market insights, returns benchmarks, regulatory updates and sector outlooks.
The two groups will also develop a trade and deal catalogue to help match businesses with partners.
As part of the collaboration, both institutions will host investment roadshows through the Global Africa Summit series, starting with GAS Accra from December 11 to 12 at the Alisa Hotel.
The event will showcase deals, hold sector briefings and connect investors with government and private sector actors.
Africa Investment Network founder and Chief Executive Jane Reindorf Osei noted that diaspora capital remains one of Africa’s strongest advantages because it is patient, purpose driven and closely linked to local development outcomes.
She explained that the partnership will help direct more diaspora investment into areas where it can make the most impact.
Chairman of 17 Asset Management, John Morris, highlighted that the joint effort will blend strong investment design with Africa Investment Network’s networks and convening power.
He stressed that improved research and compliant market access will give diaspora investors more confidence across different markets.
The two institutions will open their diaspora investment platform in the second quarter of 2026, followed by the launch of a co investment window.
Investment roadshows will also be held in North America, the Caribbean and key African centres next year.
Africa Investment Network and 17 Asset Management invited governments, development finance institutions, family offices, asset managers and other partners to support deal creation, risk sharing and market building initiatives aimed at boosting diaspora participation.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Government Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu insists that neither President Mahama nor the National Democratic Congress has filed any petition seeking the removal of the Electoral Commission Chairperson and her two deputies.
In a one on one Interview with GHone, he explained that the President only forwarded petitions he received, as required by law, and has not initiated any action against the EC leadership.
According to him, the identities and motives of the petitioners remain unknown to government, and the Presidency is not involved in that part of the process.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu stressed that while the NDC has openly disagreed with some actions of the Electoral Commission in the past, the party has not submitted any petition asking for the removal of the EC Chair or her deputies.
He noted that comments by the NDC National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, questioning the EC’s competence, do not amount to a formal petition.
He added that criticism of public officials is normal and does not automatically translate into a request for their removal.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu explained that once a petition is received, the President’s only role is to forward it to the Chief Justice.
The Chief Justice then decides if the allegations have merit. If they do, a committee is set up to investigate.
He said those named in the petitions will be officially informed by the Chief Justice, not the Presidency.
They will then have the opportunity to appear before the committee, respond to the claims, and provide any evidence in their defence.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu expressed confidence that the process will be fair and will protect the rights of all those involved.
By: Jacob Aggrey
