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Rita Odoley Sowah presents stoves to Labone SHS Home Economics Department
The Member of Parliament (MP) for La Dade-Kotopon Constituency, Ms Rita Odoley Sowah, last Thursday, donated four stoves to the Home Economics Department of Labone Senior High School (SHS) at La.
Making the presentation, Ms Sowah said that it was part of her responsibility as a MP of the area in which the school is situated, to assist them in achieving their educational goals.
According to her, the gesture was one of many requests made by the school authorities when she visited them as part of her routine visits to interact with people in the constituency to see how best some of their problems could be solved.
Education, she reiterated, was a pillar which developed the individual to be independent in society and, therefore, must be taken seriously to reap its full benefits.
Ms Sowah promised to support the departments of the school as well as other schools within the constituency to improve on their academic work and called on the tutors to give of their best.
Mrs Cynthia Obuo-Nti, Headmistress of the school thanked the MP for fulfilling her promise of assisting the HED with the stoves.
The Head of Department (HOD) Mrs Christina Manzaba Adams, also thanked the MP for the support and assured of judicious use of the stoves for the benefit of the students and the department.
By Victor A Buxton
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Steps underway to repeal L.I 2462 – Prez assures
President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that steps are underway to repeal Legislative Instrument 2462 as part of efforts to protect the country’s forests and water bodies.
During his media encounter at the Jubilee House, the president explained that the repeal will formalise the ban on mining in forest reserves and strengthen enforcement against illegal mining.
He stressed that his administration is committed to safeguarding the environment, reclaiming degraded reserves, and deploying more personnel to protect river bodies across the country.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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9 forest reserves recovered from illegal mining – President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has announced the recovery of nine forest reserves from illegal mining under his government’s intensified environmental protection drive.
Addressing journalists at the Jubilee House, the president explained that hundreds of excavators, water pumps and other equipment have been seized as part of the operation, while degraded areas are being reclaimed and restored.
He reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to end mining in protected areas, deploy more personnel to safeguard river bodies and strengthen laws to secure Ghana’s natural resources for future generations.
This notwithstanding, President Mahama revealed that two of the retrieved forest reserves had gone back into the hands of illegal miners, however, adequate measures have been put in place to reclaim them.
By: Jacob Aggrey
