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Sunyani Estate District Women’s Ministry of Pentecost Church presents items to Estate Experimental Basic School
The Sunyani Estate District Women’s Ministry of the Church of Pentecost on Friday presented sanitary pads, pens and biscuits to the pupils of Estate Experimental Basic School at Sunyani in the Bono Region.
The presentation forms part of activities to mark this year’s Girl Child Day which also coincided with the Women’s Ministry celebrations which is marked in October every year.
As part of the celebration, the Women’s Ministry organised a breast cancer screening, as well as embarked on a school evangelism to win souls for God.
Speaking to The Spectator after the presentation, the wife of the District Pastor, Mrs Bernice Nobi, said the items were made up of 50 boxes of sanitary pads, 100 boxes of biscuits for the nursery and 100 pens.
The sanitary pad was to support the adolescent girls who are on their menstrual periods to take proper care of themselves.
This, she said was to prevent the young ladies from using unhygienic materials during their menstrual periods in order not to contract diseases.
She advised the women to use the opportunity to educate the young girls on how to apply the sanitary pads properly to avoid soiling themselves and avoid contracting infections.
She called on parents and guardians to prioritise the needs of their adolescent girls by providing such needs for them in order not to fall prey to unscrupulous people to jeopardise their education.
The Headmistress of the Estate Experimental Basic School, Mrs Agnes Mensah who received the items expressed her gratitude to the Estate District Women’s Ministry for their kind gesture.
She assured that the items would be presented to the beneficiary pupils.
From Daniel Dzirasah, Sunyani.
The family of Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, a distinguished statesman and diplomat, has paid a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama. They officially informed him of his passing.
The delegation, representing the Gbeho family, noted that it was culturally and diplomatically important to formally notify the President of the loss before making a public announcement of his death.
Ambassador Gbeho was a towering figure in Ghanaian and international politics. He served in many diplomatic missions, including New York. He was Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, a Member of Parliament for the Anlo constituency, and President (formerly Executive Secretary) of the ECOWAS Commission.
He was widely respected for his role in regional integration and his contributions to global diplomacy at the United Nations.
President Mahama expressed his condolences and shared reflections on Ambassador Gbeho’s contributions to the country, West Africa and the world.
Funeral details will be announced later.
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has revoked all firearm permits in Ghana with immediate effect and announced a new registration process for all gun owners.
The minister made the announcement on Tuesday, June 23, at the information service department saying all individuals who currently hold licences to own firearms or sidearms must undergo a fresh registration process.
“From this afternoon, all permits that have been granted to any individual that you are holding a sidearm or firearm is hereby revoked,” Mr Muntaka said.
He explained that the government had identified gaps in the country’s firearm registration system and needed to introduce stricter measures to improve public safety.
“We are opening the window where everyone will have to come forward again to register or re-register the gun because we’ve changed the procedure,” he stated.
According to him, the government decided not to wait until the end of the year to make the changes because lives could still be saved within the next six months.
The Interior Minister said one of the new requirements would be mandatory mental health screening for applicants seeking firearm licences.
“We’ve seen that people with mental health have already gone through and have the sidearm. Now we are introducing mental health. Before we give you the sidearm, we have to be sure that you have the mental stability to hold the firearms,” he said.
Mr Muntaka also announced that applicants would be required to undergo drug tests before being granted licences.
“We’ve also realised that people who are on drugs are also holding their arms and they are legitimate because it’s been registered. Now you have to go through drug tests to be sure that you are not on drugs before you can hold sidearms,” he added.
The minister said the new measures form part of efforts by the government to tighten firearm control and prevent legally registered weapons from falling into the wrong hands.
He urged all firearm owners to cooperate with the new registration process once details of the exercise are announced.
By: Jacob Aggrey
