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Women urged to pursue Engineering Courses in Universities-KTU VC
The Vice Chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University(KTU), Professor David Kofi Essumang has urged more women to pursue engineering programmes in the technical universities.
He noted that, female enrolment with regard to engineering courses was one of the lowest compared with other programmes in the technical universities.
“You go to the engineering classes and you will either find few women or no women at all and this is not encouraging.We need more women to pursue such courses.”
Professor Essumang was speaking at a short ceremony to honour one of the Higher National Diploma (HND) students, Ms. Chrisbella Tiwaa Nkansah who was adjudged the overall best female student in Medical Laboratory Sciences(HND) in Ghana by the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Sciences (GAMLS).
GAMLS gave the award after organising a competition among HND and Diploma Medical Laboratory Science students from the various universities in the country.
Chrisbella from KTU emerged best female student with the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)in the area of Medical Laboratory Sciences in this year’s competition.
The Vice Chancellor reiterated the need for more women to venture into engineering and science related courses so that they would be empowered.
“There is the need to reverse the trend where we have more males than females doing engineering and science related courses because females also have a vital role to play in the development process of our society and country through science and engineering.”
Prof. Essumang said that KTU was proud to have one of its female students adjudged the overall best female in Medical Laboratory Sciences in universities across the country and urged other women to be encouraged by the achievement of Ms Nkansah.
He disclosed that management had put in place certain initiatives to encourage the enrolment of more females into such areas and was committed to helping such females to successfully complete their courses and said that the university would support the awardee in her field of choice.
He encouraged her not to relent on her oars but to strive to achieve more for herself and the university.
Ms Chrisbella Tiwaa Nkansah thanked management and faculty for their support and the honour done her and assured that, she would put up her best in any endeavour to make the University proud.
President John Dramani Mahama has clarified that the proposed free primary healthcare policy is designed to support the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), not to take its place.
He explained that the initiative will work alongside the NHIS to improve access to basic healthcare services across the country.
He made the remarks at the official launch of the free primary healthcare programme held on Wednesday April, 15th 2026 at the Shai Osudoku District Hospital in Dodowa.
According to him, the introduction of free primary healthcare does not mean Ghanaians should stop registering for the NHIS.
He urged citizens to continue obtaining their NHIS cards, stressing that the scheme remains important for healthcare delivery beyond the primary level.
He further explained that under the new arrangement, patients seeking care at polyclinics, health centres, CHPS compounds, and health kiosks will not be required to present an NHIS card at the point of examination and treatment.
Instead, individuals will only need to show a Ghana Card or any valid form of identification to prove they are Ghanaians and residents within the community to access services.
He noted that the policy aims to remove barriers to basic healthcare and ensure that more people can receive treatment at the primary level without difficulty.
By: Jacob Aggrey
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three (3) suspects in connection with a case of possession of narcotic drugs and engaging in prohibited drug-related activities within the Accra metropolis.
On April 10, 2026, the Special Operations Assistant to the Inspector General of Police received intelligence that a group of individuals were planning to engage in the sale of suspected narcotic drugs at Dzorwulu in Accra.
A surveillance operation was mounted and on 11th April 2026, a Police team proceeded to the area and arrested two suspects, Bright Ayivor and Ifeanyi Ijeoba.
The suspects were found in possession of twenty-two (22) compressed substances suspected to be cocaine, which were being prepared for sale to a prospective buyer.
Further interrogation of the suspects led to the identification of a third suspect, Kwabena Botwe as a key figure in the drug trade.
A follow-up operation at Caprice resulted in his arrest after Police mounted surveillance during a planned transaction involving proceeds from the sale of the suspected drugs.
The suspect later led Police to his residence at Greda Estates, where a search resulted in the retrieval of an amount of GHc400,000 and a counting machine.
According to the police, during the operation, he attempted to bribe the arresting officers with an additional GHc420,000, which has been retained as evidence.
All the suspects are currently in Police custody assisting investigations and will be put before the court.
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