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Uneven school compound poses danger to visually-impaired pupils in Wa
The Headmistress of the Wa Methodist School for the Blind, Reverend Grace Amoako has appealed to benevolent bodies and individuals to help put the school’s compound in good shape to prevent the rampant fall of pupils.
She explained that due to erosion, the school’s compound had been rendered uneven with small to medium-sized holes and gutters created everywhere around the compound, making it very difficult for the visually impaired pupils to walk freely.
The worrying situation, she said, had left many of the pupils with injuries around their feet and called for support to help put the compound in shape so that the pupils would enjoy free movement without hindrance.
Rev. Amoako made the appeal when the Rotary Club of Wa donated a sight box to the school to facilitate physical education (PE) lessons.
The box which contained assorted items such as goal ball, boccia grid, large hand ball, parachute canopy and running tethers, among others, was meant to aid the pupils in their extra-curricular activities.
“It is really disheartening to see the children fall every now and then when they are trying to move around because the compound is very uneven and these are visually impaired children, who do not even use walking canes”, she lamented.
She called for support to help put the school compound in good shape to ensure that the school children were better protected, but also used the opportunity to call for more donations of food and welfare items to help cater for their needs.
Presenting the items to the school, President of the Rotary Club of Wa, Mr Stephen Mwinkaara explained that the donation was to assist the pupils identify alternative ways of studying outside the classroom with the use of the items in the sight box.
He said that the club was dedicated to the wellbeing of the underprivileged and the marginalised in society as most of its interventions had been geared towards uplifting such groups, stressing that the club was going to work around the clock to secure more support for the school to aid it in other areas.
The donation was part of a project by the club to provide the boxes to the school at Wa as well as the Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern Region with support from the Rotary Club of Southport Links in the United Kingdom.
From Lydia Darlington Fordjour, Wa
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Prof Alidu Seidu files nomination for Tamale Central seat
The newly elected parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Tamale Central, Prof Alidu Seidu, has submitted his nomination forms to the Electoral Commission.
As of 10:00 a.m. today, he was the only person who had filed to contest the seat.
Nomination of candidates will close at the end of the day.
Associate Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana Legon, Prof. Alidu Seidu won the National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary primaries in the Tamale Central constituency with a landslide victory.
The elections, supervised by the party’s Elections and IT Directorate in the Northern Region, saw Prof. Seidu poll 840 votes out of the total valid ballots cast.
His closest contender, Lawyer Hanan Gundadow Abdul-Rahaman, secured 536 votes.
The other aspirants could not make significant gains, with Dr. Seidu Fiter obtaining 44 votes, Aliu Abdul-Hamid 23 votes, and the rest recording fewer than 10 votes each.
In all, 1,500 ballots were cast, with 6 ballots rejected and 7 spoilt ballots recorded.
The results were signed and declared by Dr. Arnold Mashud Abukari, NDC Northern Regional Director of Elections and IT.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) held parliamentary primaries in Tamale Central to choose a candidate for the upcoming by-election following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament, Dr. Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed. Dr. Mohammed, who also served as Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, tragically died in a military helicopter crash in the Adansi Akrofuom District on August 6, 2025, alongside seven others.
His passing left the Tamale Central seat vacant, as required by Ghana’s 1992 Constitution.
The Electoral Commission has scheduled the by-election for September 30, 2025. While the NDC moved quickly to open nominations and vet aspirants, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) announced it would not contest the seat, citing the need to respect the somber circumstances and promote national unity.
By: Jacob Aggrey
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Ghana to locally refine its gold starting October 2025 – Sammy Gyamfi
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi, has announced that plans are far advanced for the establishment of a state-owned gold refinery in the country.
Speaking at the 2025 Minerals and Mining Convention, Mr Gyamfi said the refinery will process locally mined gold into bullion instead of exporting it in its raw state.
According to him, it is unacceptable that Ghana, despite being a leading gold producer in Africa, continues to export raw gold known as dore.
He explained that the Gold Board, working with the Bank of Ghana and local refineries, will from October 2025 begin refining gold locally.
He also disclosed that an ultramodern assay laboratory will be built to ensure international standards in testing gold quality.
Mr Gyamfi noted that the refinery will be wholly state-owned and will help Ghana move away from raw mineral exports to value addition.
This, he said, will boost foreign exchange earnings, create jobs, and position Ghana as a hub for gold refining and jewellery production in Africa.
The CEO stressed that the project forms part of government’s strategy to ensure the country benefits fully from its natural resources and to transform the mining sector into a driver of economic growth.
By: Jacob Aggrey
