An abandoned ICT lab at the Senior Correctional Centre in Accra has received a facelift through support from benevolent institutions to enhance IT training of inmates at the facility. In an interview Officer-in-charge of the facility, ADP Millicent Owusu further called on the general public for continuous support and assistance. The centre which currently houses about two hundred and twenty inmates with an average of one hundred and five young offenders every year and a minimum stay of three months has been left without training of ICT for inmates due to the bad nature of the facility. It was a joyful and eventful day for them as Sarfoa Foundation, Good Causes Foundation under the NLA and the Coral Reef Innovation Hub commissioned the

President of the Ghana Hotels Association of Ghana, Dr.Edward Ackah Nyamikeh Jnr has intimated that customer service is key to enhancing productivity in the tourism and Hospitality industry. According to him, every serious-minded organization should prioritize it in order to generate revenue. The Ghana Hotels Association in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority has launched the second National Customer Service Week in Accra. The event held at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel was themed “Enhancing the Customer Service experience through excellence. Speaking to Pan African News on the sidelines of the event,President of the Ghana Hotels Association of Ghana, Dr.Edward Ackah Nyamike Jnr indicated that, the activity which will be held in October seeks to conscientize industry players in the hospitality industry to embrace

By Stanley Kwabla Arku The West Volta Presbytery Christian Youth Builders (WVPCYB), which is a subsidiary of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana has organised a blood donation exercise geared towards saving lives of persons in dire need of blood across the country. The youth wing of the church which organizes the event annually believes the gesture is worth emulating thus, institutions and organizations must do same. In an interview with Pan African Online, President of the West Volta Presbytery Christian Youth Builders Benedict Dela Sanni Gasu, intimated the necessity for other benevolent bodies and individuals to mobilize supports for persons in critical need of blood. “Our group is poised to replicating the move annually to support the general public, our core mandate is

A gas explosion at Kpassa in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region has left about seven persons suffering varying degrees of injuries. The explosion is suspected to have been caused by a gas leak in one of the residential apartments in the District. Seven people including a journalist Kwaku Mensah Akrobeto Seth (KAM) have sustained multiple degree of injuries after gas exploded in at an apartment. The explosion is said to have occurred at a residential neighborhood. According to sources, the explosion was caused by a gas leakage, which caused significant damage where seven people suffered injuries from the flying fire debris and shards. Some four victims who sustained various degrees of burns and injures were later transported to Nkwanta Municipal and Saint

Awafo Daniel, Assembly man Health workers and residents at Boffourkrom in the Sunyani West District are appealing to Government to renovate the only health facility in the town. According to them, the deplorable state of the facility is affecting healthcare delivery in the community. Boffourkrom Health Centre which is the only health facility in the area serves villages such as Koase, Asantefou Sre so, Teacherkorm, Pepewase, Nkwadum , Kyidomhene and other nearby communities within the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region. The centre which is not only in a poor State has also been taken over by reptiles and other domestic animals, depriving residents of quality healthcare. Speaking to Pan African News, some nurses at the facility expressed fear over the consistent

Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has commissioned a new rice ‘Common User’ factory at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West district of the Bono Region. At the launch of the facility, he indicated that government has solved the challenge by extending electricity to start production as it will add value to the production of rice in the region. The state-of-the-art facility which falls directly under the 1D1F initiative aims at changing the nature of Ghana’s economy from one which is dependent on import and export of raw materials to one which is focused on manufacturing, value addition of processed goods. Bono Regional Minister, Juliana Owusu Banahene underscored the need for a factory in the Region and said its establishment had

A newly-outdoored civil society group, Coalition for Democratic Accountability and Inclusive Governance has called on government to render a comprehensive accountability to the citizens for state funds among others. In an interaction with the media, Member of the group who doubles as Executive Director of West Africa Civil Society Institute, Nana Asantewaa Afadzinu, bemoaned corruption in the public sector which remains an existential threat to Ghana’s democracy. She also called on the public to wake up to their responsibilities and insist the right things are done for the betterment of the nation. Think-tanks like, SEND Ghana, TUC, IDEG, Parliamentary Network Africa, GIBA, Abantu for Development, ACEPA-Africa, Odekro among others are part of this coalition. Story by George Yawson Vineh.

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has added his voice to the call by some Ghanaians of hardship in the country. He made this known when the food and agriculture minister paid a courtesy call on him during his working visit to the region to interact with farmers in the region to ascertain first-hand information facing the farmers. Briefing Asantehene on the purpose of his tour, Food, and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto seized the opportunity to urge the chiefs and the public to debunk claims of food shortage in the country. Story by George Yawson Vineh.