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The Spectator story yields result …teacher confined to wheel chair gets support for surgery abroad
A physically ‘incapacitated’ but a dedicated female teacher whose condition was highlighted by The Spectator, not long ago, has got financial support from some well-meaning individuals and institutions to seek further medical care abroad.
Ms Felicia Kwakye, 51, is presently at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in, Stanmore, London for medical care.
“For the first time in many months, I am able to climb to the first floor of the house where I am currently recuperating”, she said.
The teacher was confined to a wheel chair due to complications of post poliomyelitis.
Ms Felicia Kwakye after undergoing her first total knee replacementsaid, “thesurgery has straightened my bow leg and twisted foot and this has made me so happy. The pains in my cervical and lumbar spines have reduced drastically and I am presently undergoing an intensive physiotherapy session to aid my mobility.”
She is extremely grateful to everyone that helped raise the money including the Holy Child School Old Students Association.
The Spectator covered a story with the headline “Polio confines female teacher to wheel chair, she needs urgent help to undergo surgery”.
By God’s grace and the help of well-meaning individuals and institutions, Ms Felicia Kwakye’s first part of the surgery costing £18, 400.00 aside physiotherapy expenses, (which is £375 a week) has been successfully done in London.
She will be due for another surgery on the left leg which will take place in three to four months, at a cost of £16, 000.00(minus the post-surgery care).
She, therefore, appeals to all well-meaning individuals and institutions to again help her raise the money for her next surgery to enable her to walk and work to contribute her quota to national development.
Any financial help to Ms Felicia Kwakye can be sent to Mobile Money 0244092136. Name of the account holder is Anastasia Adoma Kenyah.
By Portia Hutton-Mills
Four tricycle operators, popularly known as ‘Pragya’, have been prosecuted and fined GH¢600 each equivalent to 50 penalty units by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Sanitation Court for obstructing public roads at the Agbogbloshie Market.
The offenders, who were arrested by Public Health Officers of the AMA during a routine enforcement exercise, pleaded guilty to the offence and were subsequently convicted by the court.
The four operators were among the 21 offenders recently arrested at the Agbogbloshie Market for various sanitation and public order violations, including selling on open drains, obstructing walkways, and trading at unauthorised locations.
Speaking after the court proceedings, the Head of Public Health at the AMA, Madam Florence Kuukyi, said the court was lenient with the offenders since it was their first appearance, hence the fine, and warned that subsequent offenders would face stiffer penalties, including imprisonment.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a man believed to be behind a series of robberies and killings of taxi drivers in the Greater Accra Region.
According to a statement from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the suspect, Peter Akakpo, also known as “Dompe,” was arrested on October 13, 2025, at Kasoa-Domeabra.
Police say he is an ex-convict and is believed to have worked with another suspect, Vincent Gbetorglo, who was arrested earlier on June 30, 2025.
The arrests follow investigations into the deaths of two taxi drivers at Sakaman Blue Lagoon on May 9 and June 15, 2025. Police say the suspects contacted the victims before the attacks.
The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit of the CID led the investigation, using intelligence and surveillance to track down the suspects.
Police say efforts are being made to recover the vehicles of the murdered drivers.
The CID assured the public that investigations are still ongoing and promised to provide updates as new information emerges.
By: Jacob Aggrey
