The Concern citizens of sekyere Afram Plains has commended the government for good measures he has put in place to help curb the deadly covid 19 pandemic for released 2017 GH 166,280.62 One hundred and sixty thousand,two hundred and eighty Ghana CEDI’s,sixty pesewas of District Performance Assessment fund to the various municipals,metropolitans and Districts within the country to be used to fight against the corona virus pandemic.

Speaking to media in a news conference held at Drobonso Mr Boakye Yiadom the president of the concern citizens of sekyere Afram plains used the opportunity to appealed to all MMDAs to used the money for its intended purpose.

He however made passionate appealed to the citizens of the country to adhere to the directives given by world health organization to exhibit good personal hygiene to flee us from the corona virus pandemic.

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The Board of Directors Of Amansie West Rural Bank Ltd at Amansie West in the Ashanti Region has supplied Personal Protective Equipment(PPEs) worth GH& 40,000.00 to Hospitals in the Amansie West District as part of their social responsibility to fight COVID-19.

The equipment are Examination Gloves, Nose Mask, Methylated Spirit, Hand Sanitizers, Liquid Soaps, Veronica Buckets, Distilled Water and Tissue Paper. These equipment was donated to the Agroyesum Hospital, Adubia, Agroyesum, and Datano hospitals respectively.

Speaking to the Media, the Board Chairman of the Association, Mr. Ohene Baffour Kuma said the reason for the support is to equip the health officials with the necessary tools needed to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

He used the opportunity to advised Ghanaians to adhere to the safety measures outlined by Government and Ghana Health Service.

The Nurse Manager at the Agroyesum Govt hospital Rev Mary Assumpta Taabazuing who received the items on behalf of the four health facilities thanked the Association for their kind gesture. She called on other Stakeholders, Non Government Organizations and individuals to come and support the hospital.

The Omanhene of Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie-West District of the Ashanti, Nana Bi Kusi Appiah has given 50 acres of Land to government for the construction of a Ultral modern 40 beds capacity POLYCLINIC and Nursing Training School in the district capital Manso Nkwanta.

This falls in line with the President’s vision to increase healthcare facilities an strengthen the existing ones in the country, based on the country’s infrastructure deficit.

The short colourful ceremony was attended by many Dignitaries within the constituency such as their Member of parliament Hon Joseph Albert Quarm,DCE Hon Oleenu nii Lartey,Director of Health, Nana Nyarko Aboraa ll Manso Nkwanta Omanhemaa were present to witness the colourful ceremony.

However the Member of parliament for Manso Nkwanta Constituency Hon Joseph Albert Quarm commended the government His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo for his support to upgrade the Manso Nkwanta Health Centre to POLYCLINIC .

He used the opportunity to urged his constituents to give Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo and Himself Hon Joseph Albert Quarm another four years to do more development projects for the people of Amansie west constituency.

As part of social intervention measures to minimize the risk of Coronavirus(COVID-19), the Amansie West District(CCP) Co-operative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union Ltd at Manso Antoakrom has presented some items worth Gh¢25,000 to 3100 Cocoa Farmers in 47 communities in the district.
The items are 50 Veronica buckets, 3100 hand sanitizers, 100 liquid soaps(small size), 36 gallons of liquid soaps(25litres) and 300 posters to educate the public.

Presenting the items to the farmers, president of the Union, Rev Thomas Oppong said the reason for making the farmers is to help reduce the risk of transmission of the Coronavirus.
Rev Oppong educated the farmers to take precautionary measures set out by health professionals for them to follow, and also wash their hands with soap under running water for at least 50 seconds or use sanitizers.

Additionally, Rev Oppong advised them to keep a distance of approximately one meter from people with signs of the disease and try not to touch their face with their hands as the virus could penetrate through the mucous membranes.
Cocoa farmers and officers of health facilities in the district who received the items expressed gratitude to the farmers union and promised to use them for the purpose intended.
They respectively appealed to other stakeholders to emulate same to help in the fight against the deadly COVID-19.

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has urged the government to be transparent and accountable to Ghanaians on how it spends the COVID-19 Trust
The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has urged the government to be transparent and accountable to Ghanaians on how it spends the COVID-19 Trust Funds and donations.
The Coalition, however, commended the government on the bold steps taken to fight the spread of the coronavirus in Ghana.

This was contained in a press release issued by Mrs. Beauty Emefa Narteh, the Executive Secretary of GACC.
The Coalition also commended private companies, individuals, religious organizations, and civil society organizations that have donated to the COVID-19 fund and/or are implementing interventions to help their communities cope with the effects of this pandemic.
The Coalition reminded government and all persons who deal with or on behalf of the government in expending the COVID-19 funds to ensure transparency and accountability to Ghanaians prevail.

”GACC is urging the government and all persons in charge of procuring goods and services to be guided by value for money considerations, and strictly abide by the emergency public procurement laws.”

“GACC and like-minded CSOs will lead the charge of citizens to demand accountability from the people we have entrusted the COVID-19 funds and resources.”
GACC expressed appreciation to the men and women working on the front lines to return lives to normalcy.

It praised government for introducing social intervention measures to blunt the effect of the ban on public engagements on commerce, and thus the livelihood of Ghanaians, particularly the most vulnerable in our society.
It encouraged all residents in the country to abide by the safety and hygiene protocols, and restrictions on movements, as instructed by President Akufo Addo.

GACC is a unique cross-sectoral grouping of public, private and civil society organizations with focus on promoting good governance and fighting corruption in Ghana.

The Board of Directors of Sekyere Rural Bank Ltd has donated items that will help in the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 to three Hospitals within their juridictions.
The beneficiary Hospitals are Jamasi Health Center, Agona Asamang SDA Hospital and Pope John paul ll medical Center at Jamasi in the sekyere south District of the Ashanti Region.

The items which included 10 veronica buckets, boxes of Hand sanitizers, liquid soaps, soaps,Gloves,Nose mask and PPEs and others items.The items running into millions of Ghana cedis.

Presenting the items to the hospitals at a short colourful ceremony at their Headquaters at Jamasi today,
The General Manager of the Bank Mr. Michael Aidoo said the bank deems it a responsibility to support the organizations in the sekyere south District to ensure the deadly virus does not spread to the area.

He said, provided Veronica buckects at every branch for customers to was their hands and also made the observe the social distancing protocol at the banking halls

Manager mr Michael Aidoo urged other organizations in the sekyere south District to also contribute to the fight against COVID 19 and also urged the general public to observe the social distancing protocol, stop Handshaking, washing of hands regularly to avoid contracting the virus.

He urged them to use the materials wisely and observes the culture of maintenance.

Following the coronavirus lockdown in the Greater Kumasi by the Government as part of preventive measures to curb the spread of the virus, the Ebenezer Society within Breman Circuit of Methodist church Ghana, in the Suame Municipality has distributed food items to the Needy and Vulnerable persons within 14 societies of the church in the Municipality.

The items running into Eleven Thousand Ghana cedis (1100,000) included 50bags of rice,Boxes of litres of cooking oil,Boxes of tins of sardines was meant to help the beneficiaries to cushion them against the hard times due to the lockdown.

The Superintendent Minister of Breman Circuit of Methodist Church Very Rev Benjamin Anson who led the church during the Presentation of the items to the needy and Vulnerable people in the 14 societies stressed that the donation would support over 250 people within the circuit as residents were faced with basic challenges due to restrictions of movement .

He used the opportunity to encourage other wealthy people to support the needy , stressing it was high time the affluent also played their part in this disruptive times.

He stated : “Service to humanity is service to God. Therefore, there is the need for Stakeholders, including
benevolent organizations ,
kind hearted people and churches to give back to society ,especially the Needy and the Vulnerable within our churches and entire communities”.

Meanwhile, some of the beneficiaries who received the items expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the Bremang Circuit of Methodist Church for the kind gesture extended to them .

Showing their delight for the items received ,they wished the leaders of the Church well and urged them to do more for the needy in various communities .

Presentation by Very Rev Benjamin Anson supritendent minister Breman Circuit

Some concern residents of sekyere Afram plains constituency of Ashanti Region have expressed worry about how their member of parliament Hon Alex Adomako Mensah is not paying attention to them during this unusual COVID-19 pandemic period.

According to the leader of the aggrieved residents, Mr Justice Amoh said, they have information about the contribution putting up by other members of parliament in the Ashanti Region in collaborating effectively with their MMDCES and traditional authorities to embarks on intensive education and support to their peoples on preventive measures towards the fight of COVID-19 but unlike their mp is no where to be found since the region recorded it first case.

The members are calling on their member of parliament to visit them at their various communities to show some love to them during this unusual period.

“We are expecting our member of parliament to follow or join the suit but he is no where to be found and we don’t know if he is no more interested on our votes” residents cry out.

Filed by Eric Nyamekye

The Leadership of the Apostolic church Ghana, Oforikrom Assembly in Kumasi, have strengthen their sweet relationship between the management and children of Ashan children home at Denase in the Afigya Kwabre south district of Ashati region which was established eight years ago.

The leadership of the church used the opportunity of the government directives on lockdown protocol to presented a cheque of Ghc 4,000.00 to the management of the home to help them support their activities during this COVID-19 pandemic period.

The presiding elder of the church who led the delegation of the church during the presentation, elder Sampson Kofi Wiredu told newsmen an interview that, the church will continue to give a helping hands to the vulnerable among them as Jesus Christ charged them to do so.

The chief executive officer of the home who received the cheque on behalf of the center who double as Otumfuo Atenehe, Nana Boafuo Konadu Yiadom expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the leadership of the church and the members for their continue support always given to them.

Moreover, the church also presented food items such as rices, cooking oils and sardines to all members as means of given support to them during this lockdown period.

The presiding elder however said that, the leadership of the church adopted a measure of presenting the food items to the members at their various homes in other to prevent over crowded while converging the people in one location which has yielded positive results to the exercise.

Elder Sampson Kofi Wiredu was flanked by elder Thomas Adarkwa, elder Samuel Ampomah Duah, Deacon Moses Addy, Deaconess Agnes Opoku Agyemang, Deaconess Joyce Opoku Agyemang, Deaconess Eunice Nuamah and sister Dora Apeamenyo.

Over 700 households at Wiamoase in the Sekyere South district have received huge support with the provision of assorted food relief package by a key philantropist,Nana Nkansah Boadu Ayeboafo,the Nzemahene of Kwadaso Municipality.

Accompanied by the Wiamoasehene Nana Boakye Yiadom,the Nzemahene led a team of young men to embark on a house to house distribution of food items to aid the needy.

The exercise which lasted throughout the day was to enable vulnerable ones like the poor,elderly, persons with disability, widows and single parents including his workers to survive the challenging moment of the pandemic.The items included 10,000 pieces of 5kg bags of rice, 10,000 bottles of frytol oil and 20,000 tins of sardines.

Additionally,six health facilities, SDA and Salvation Army hospitals at Wiamoase, Jamasi Health Centre, Asamang SDA and Agona Gov’t hospitals and Kona Health Centre were beneficiaries of the largesse.Prior to that, Nana Ayeboafo had absorbed 3 months electricity bills for about 100 nurses together with some food interventions at Aburaso Methodist Hospital and Nwamase Community Clinic in the Kwadaso Municipality, an occasion performed by his spokesman, Hon.Obour Sika. lnterracting with the press at Wiamoase, Nana explained thus.

Interacting with the press, Nana Ayeboafo commended the efforts of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo and the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in stemming the spread of the virus.”Many families in this community find it difficult to make ends meet and l urge the affluent indigenes to forego self-centeredness by offering their widow’s mite to lessen the hardships of the less privileged”,he declared.
In his appreciation remarks,

Wiamoasehene Nana Boakye Yiadom was full of praises for the Nzemahene.”ln difficult times like this Nana Ayeboafo has demonstrated his commitment as a true son of the land for his concern for his people through the provision of these food items.May The Good Lord richly bless you”,he stated.

For her part,the Queenmother Nana Oforiwaa Amanfo described him as a peculiar person with his persistent contribution to the development of the community.”God has elevated you to assist the weaker ones and I urge the rich Wiamoase citizens in the diaspora to emulate your input”,she pointed out.