Canteen Is Gradually Rising By Grace

Protecting the children; securing their future

#CanteenIsGraduallyRisingByGrace

In collaboration with World Vision Ghana,we organized a sensitization workshop on child protection and general community development for all parents/guardians of Canteen Electoral Area.

I emphasized the need for the community to delink issues of community development from partisan politics.We have enormous potentials inherent.

Among other things,we discussed and professed practical solutions to issues affecting the development of the school going child,World Vision interventions and cardinal issues of community growth and development.

We need to be opened to our children so they can be sincere to discuss their challenges with us and we must engage them in academically profitable ventures after school for the devil may find work for them as the worse alternative.

Glad to note World Vision recognised our effort at community development and strive to multiply the little we receive

All participants agreed the training program was overly beneficial.

My Unit Committee Chairman,Abdulai Seidu Sumaila,Unit Committee Secretary,Petey Ambrose (Bursar) and Master Aburinya Dominic supported me in this course.

Kind appreciation to the chiefs,elders,women and parents accross the electoral area for responding promptly to our call even on a short notice.

Loud applause to World Vision Ghana for the continuous support.You are the hope of the future.

We can make progress together!

I am convinced that together,we can improve the lots of our community and people.

Our community shall continue to rise by grace!

ANANPANSAH, B ABRAHAM (AB)

(Assemblyman)

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Drama as students of St.Theresa flee from school for fear of COVID-19 vaccination

Drama as students of St.Theresa flee from school for fear of COVID-19 vaccination

A COVID‐19 vaccine is administered to provide acquired immunity against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2),the virus responsible for the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19).

On 24th February,2021,Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped through the COVAX facility. About 600 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine were received from the Serum Institute of India (SII).

Prior to the arrival of the vaccines,there were a lot of safety concerns raised by the public.The old wives' tales were that the vaccines when taken can cause genetic mutation and affects one's sperms and at worst,lead to untimely death. Others also say it's a mark of the evil 666, whilst some simply misconceive that it's a way of introducing the virus into an innocent person.

The delusion seem real as it clearly played out today at the St.Theresa Nursery/Kindergarten school in the Canteen Electoral Area of the West Gonja Municipal when pupils in a dramatic fashion fled from the school for fear that they were going to be vaccinated.

The whole drama unfolded when a millitary aircraft landed at the vicinity of the school with millitary men and health personnel.

Two of the millitary men and a nurse alighted from the aircraft and walked towards the direction of the school as if to suggest they were going to have an official engagement with the school. At that time,the nurse was carrying a container which gave the general perception that she was carrying the COVID-19 vaccines. The container looks much like the one the Community Health Nurse's usually carry during polio and other vaccination exercises.

The public talk from onlookers at that point was that they were going to administer the COVID-19 vaccine on the pupils.

The students suddenly lost their calm on seing the nurse and the military men enter the school premises.Tried as the teachers did to control the students,the struggle for an escape route increased with most of the pupils scaling the walls of the school to find their way home.

The little kids ran helter-skelter out of the school to join their parents at home. The school within a matter of minutes became empty.

When the team was approached by the Assemblyman for the area of their mission,they disclosed that they were going to their camp,but only sough for refuge at the school premises to wait for their car. They were emphatic that they were not there for any COVID-19 vaccination exercise.

Most of the parents who spoke to this writer where largely unconvinced with the explanation of the millitary men.They insisted their wards will not take any vaccination.Majority of the parents later returned their children to school out of curiosity but,remained unconvinced as they believed the military men where sneaking into the school to vaccinate their children.

It's clear the "above-the-line method" adopted by the Ghana Health Service to convince the public to take the COVID-19 jab is not yielding much results as most parents still hold the conviction that the vaccines are not safe.

With the fear in both parents and pupils,it would take a lot of sensitization to get the students to return fully to school tomorrow.

Source: Ananpansah B. Abraham

Central Tongu MP donates building materials to Adidome police station

Central Tongu MP donates building materials to Adidome police station

The Member of Parliament for the Central Tongu Constituency,hon.Alexander Gabby Hottordze has supported the Adidome Police Command with building materials.

Worth thousands of Ghana cedis,the gesture is to augment effort by the police command to complete an ultramodern toilet project.

The materials donated include: wall tiles,water closet,floor tiles,bags of cement and PVC pipes.

In donating the items on behalf of the legislator,the constituency executives led by the Constituency Deputy Organizer,Kwame Atsem,assured the police fraternity of maximum support from the office of the MP to enable them discharge their duties effectively and efficiently.

He said the office of the MP and the NDC family appreciate the work the police was doing to maintain law and order in the constituency, adding that,"our Member of Parliament is committed and you will see more of our support in the coming days".

Ebenezer Kwesi Quartey of the Criminal Investigation Department, received the items on behalf of the police commander and commended the Member of Parliament for his continuous support to the police administration within the district.

He promised that the command was going to use the items for the intended purpose,but like Oliver Twist he pleaded for more of such gestures from the office of the MP.

Source: Ananpansah B. Abraham

Residents of Yipala/Nabori closedown Chinese Rosewood smuggling Company

Residents of Yipala/Nabori closedown Chinese Rosewood smuggling Company

The residents of Yipala/Nabori Electoral Area in the West Gonja Municipal of the Savannah Region have ordered a shutdown of Zagos New Style Company Limited,dealers in Rosewood and Paapa trees.

Located at Yipala,the company basically buys rosewood and Paapa from local chain saw operators across the Savannah Region and process them into short wood for transportation/smuggling to China.

In a letter copied to this writer however,the Assemblyman for the area,Iddrisu Abdul Rahman together with the Community Chief, Alhaji Braimah Jamani and the youth leaders ordered the company to halt operations forthwith, since they were identified to be operating in the community illegally.

"I wish to stand on a memorandum reached after a community stakeholder meeting to convey that you stop operations in the community forthwith. This has become necessary due to information received by stakeholders of the community from sources within the municipality that you are operating without a permit from the assembly. An act which is against the laws of Ghana and the municipal assembly,"the letter stated.

Portions of the letter also indicated that there was no formal engagement with the community before the company started operating,a situation which didn't afford the community the opportunity to review the operations of the company and its Corporate Social Responsibility thereof.

Meanwhile,snippets of information received by this writer points to the fact that, the operations of Zagos New Style Company Limited largely remains unregulated,a situation which calls for worry.

Background:

It can be recalled that the then Savannah Regional Minister,Salifu Adam Braimah on 10th May,2019, ordered a shutdown of BrivyWelss firm following the arrest of a Chinese woman in Tamale,Helen Huang who was transporting several containers of rosewood to Tema.

The minister then formed a nine-member committee to resolve the twin evils of rosewood logging and commercial charcoal burning which had threatened the sustainability of the environment, farming, food security and communal harmony in the region.

BrivyWelss firm is what has transmogrified today into Zagos New Style Company Limited after the original company sold out its rights to the current company.

Source: Ananpansah, Bartholomew Abraham

Coalition of Muslim Imams call on president Akuffo-Addo to maintain Adam Eliasu as DCE for North Gonja

Coalition of Muslim Imams call on president Akuffo-Addo to maintain Adam Eliasu as DCE for North Gonja

The Muslim Umma accross the rank and file of the North Gonja District in the Savannah Region have launched a passionate appeal to president Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo to either elevate Mr.Adam Eliasu to a higher position or re-appoint him as the District Chief Executive.

Made up of a coalition of Muslim Imams from the various communities in the North Gonja District,the group believe their demand comes on the back of proven track record and outstanding performance of the DCE over the last four years.

In press conference,Hassan Yahaya Mohammed,the Chief Imam of Ahlasunnah Waljamah who spoke on behalf of the Imams indicated that Mr.Eliasu has distinguished himself in discharging his duties as a District Chief Executive and has done so perfectly by pushing government business in harmony with all stakeholders.

According him,they as Islamic Clerics are aware that they are not politicians and don't intend to be but,the critical role played by a DCE in the socio-economic development of every district makes it imperative for them to have interest in the kind of person that would be appointed to steer the affairs of the district.

He said over the last four years under review,the DCE has executed a lot of life changing projects in the history of the district, ranging from the drilling of numerous boreholes;extension electricity;building of modern toilets,markets and schools;creation of new roads; creating empowerment avenues for women, youth, students and farmers; and returning the lost intergrity of Imams.

They believe when retained,the DCE will further entrench the success of the government of the day in the district and continue very important projects, programmes and policies.

One good character trait they portrayed about the DCE is that,he has not changed his demeanor in handling the grassroot since his first appointment and this has made the NPP largely attractive to many people in the constituency by changing their long held wrong notions about the party.

"We must say that we have been enthused by the sterling manner in which he discharged his mandate. It is on the back of this outstanding performance that we the above group of Imams want to call on the appointing authority to either promote Mr.Adam Eliasu to a higher office in government or maintain him as our DCE in line with the mantra of the NPP, 'One good term deserves another,"he said.

Musah Shaibu,Secretary to the group, reiterated the fact that the delivery of the Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency seat for the first time since its creation to the NPP is one clear evidence of the unmatched output of the DCE.According to him,the District Chief Executive in a spirit never seen before,engaged in door-to-door campaign in almost all the communities in the district during the 2020 electionery campaign and without sabotage, delivered the parliamentary seat as well as the presidency for the NPP in the constituency.

He said the diligence,hardwork and humility of the DCE has endeared the NPP to many hearts in the district, adding that," for the NPP to continue enjoying our support throughout the four years mandate given and the next general election,we appeal to the appointing authority to hearken to our plea by reappointing Mr.Adam Eliasu as our DCE.

The group appealed to the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and MP for Damongo Constituency,Mr.Samuel Abu Jinapor,the Savannah Regional Minister,Mr.Saeed Muazu Jibril and the Savannah Regional Chairman of the NPP,Mr.Iddrisu Sulemana and his regional executives to help amplify their clarion call to the president for a better New Patriotic Party in the North Gonja District.

Source: Ananpansah B. Abraham

Assemblyman donates to Canteen School

I today,accompanied by my Unit Committee Chairman and close aide,made a personal donation of a School Bell worth Ghc150.00 and an Office Clock to Canteen Primary School Block A.

The donation became necessary after I observed in one of my routine visits to the school that the bell they were using had worn-out and not fit for purpose as can be observed.

I made a pledge to contribute my best quota towards the educational advancement of the community,whilst commending the teachers for the good work they were doing for our community.

As a teacher myself,I can appreciate the enormous challenges affecting effective teaching and learning and remain convinced that with the right sense of leadership and commitment,we can together root out the impediments.

The headmaster of the school,Mr.Martin Apeliga in receiving the items,expressed gratitude to myself and the team for the kind gesture remarking that,"I can tell that our young and committed Assemblyman has a true heart for the community and God will continue to empower him to do more".

He revealed that he followed the donation that was made by my team to Frafra Resettlement Primary School,which included the standard text books based on the new revised curriculum.He appealed to my office to assist the school also get some of the standard text books, since they were limited in supply/unavailable.

As a servant-leader,I will continue to do my best in my God given capacity to better every facet of our society.

With your support,I am committed to reforming with results.

Our community will continue to blossom and be a leading example.

I'm Ready, Able and Willing and God is on our side.

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