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WOMEC empowers adolescent girls
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Dr Charity Binka, Executive Director, WOMEC
Women, Media and Change (WOMEC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), which have empowered several women over the years, has rolled out a project to mentor young adolescents, mostly girls, to take up leadership roles within their respective communities.
Dubbed the Gender Transformative Programming (GTP), a turning point project mentorship and leadership forum on the theme, “Equipping adolescent girls for leadership,” was organised by WOMEC.
It aimed at empowering adolescents to muster courage and speak for their rights irrespective of the issues confronting them.
Students from various schools within the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region participated in the mentorship event at Sebrepor for the fourth phase of the WOMEC adolescent empowering programme which was held recently.
Ms. Dulcie DelaliAttipoe, Programmes Coordinator of WOMEC said that it was time adolescent girls were empowered to gain self-confidence to report wrongdoing in the communities.
She observed that adolescent girls needed to be mentored at an early age to be responsible leaders in their various fields of endeavours.
According to Ms. Attipoe, policymakers must formulate policy and programmes aimed at protecting the lives of adolescent girls in the country and called on the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) to pay critical attention to the needs of adolescents.
MsThelcaWricketts, a lawyer and facilitator at the event, also urged the government to, through its appropriate agencies, implement the various legal framework as far as child rights were concerned.
She noted that many children were facing various forms of abuse in some parts of the country, adding that a lot of advocacy work needed to be done to protect adolescents who were future leaders of the country.
Ms. Wricketts commended WOMEC for organising such a programme for adolescent girls, saying that such events should be replicated in other parts of the country.
Dr. Charity Binka, Executive Director of WOMEC highlighted the need for adolescent girls to aspire higher and take their education serious to become good citizens in society.
She said that WOMEC would continue to offer support for young girls to enable them to harness their talents.
Dr.Binka admonished young girls to always pursue their dreams and desist from immoralacts that would bea hindrance to their dreams.
By Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy has appealed to the Ministry of Finance to release GH¢5.6 million to the Petroleum Commission to enable it to establish and operate a world-class data centre.
According to the Committee, access to the funds will strengthen the Commission’s capacity to manage critical upstream petroleum data and improve its operations.
Speaking during the appeal, Chairman of the Committee, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah, said the move was crucial to efforts to revitalise Ghana’s upstream petroleum industry and increase oil production.
He noted that although investment and hydrocarbon production had declined in recent years, Parliament’s approval of an extension of the petroleum agreement to 2030 had attracted additional funding and contributed to an increase in production from about 80,000 to 120,000 barrels per day.
Meanwhile, concerns have been raised over repeated budget allocations for oil exploration in the Voltaian Basin.
Mr. Bedzrah stressed that funds approved for exploration must produce tangible results, adding that the Committee would require clear evidence of progress before supporting future budget allocations for the programme.
The appeal was made during a working visit to the Petroleum Commission as part of the Committee’s oversight activities to assess its operations and management procedures.
During the engagement, the Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Commission, Emeafa Hardcastle, took the Committee through the Commission’s working procedures and mandate, which includes regulating, managing and coordinating upstream petroleum activities.
She disclosed that since assuming office in 2025, government had pursued measures to reverse the decline in crude oil production, sustain output and reposition Ghana as an attractive destination for investment in Africa’s increasingly competitive petroleum sector.
In addition, she said government had secured fresh commitments of about US$35 billion to help revitalise the sector.
As part of the oversight exercise, the Committee is expected to conclude its monitoring visit with engagements at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL).
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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“No civilisation deserves to be annihilated” – Mahama calls for dialogue on global conflicts at UNGA 81
President John Dramani Mahama has called for solidarity and dialogue in resolving global conflicts, insisting that no civilisation deserves to be wiped out.
“No human civilisation deserves to be annihilated, certainly not a member state of the United Nations,” President Mahama stated in his address at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.
He called for solidarity with nations facing terrorism, especially the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), and for a uniform approach to conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
On the Middle East, the President called for a return to negotiations, saying “The current Middle East crisis is having a deleterious effect on the world economy.”
“I believe that dialogue can resolve even the most intractable of problems,” he added.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
