DEMARCATION OF KASOA

The NDC former Member of Parliament for Kasoa, Baba Lamin Abu Sadat is calling on the Ministry of Local Government and political heads of the Central Region to seriously consider the upgrading of Kasoa to a level befitting its current status.
Baba Lamin underscored that if the population size required for the creation of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies are anything to go by then one is at loss why Kasoa still remains a sub-structure under a District Assembly.
He noted Kasoa is currently Cosmopolitan community with its attendant challenges, a lot of financial and other institutions have relocated from the national capital to the area, making the place economically viable.
Baba Lamin explained that according to the District Assembly decentralization concept in 1988, during the demarcation, Kasoa was a little community with one electoral area and one Assembly representative, but now Kasoa the capital of the Awutu district currently has over 100 thousand inhabitants stretching its boundaries to the Greater Accra Region.
He therefore suggested that a lot of revenue collection and generation could be handled at Kasoa if the necessary legislation supporting its appropriate status is given.
Adom Kasiebo therefore spoke to the Local Government Minister, Joseph Yeley Chireh on the supposed demarcation of uplifting Kasoa current status to Metropolitan Assembly.
He said plans are far advanced to raise its current status and this will be completed after the 2010 population census.

LAMPTEY MILLS TO APPEAR BEFORE CHRAJ FOR IMPREGNANTING HIS PUPIL-AFTER EXONRATED BY COURT

The Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah has added its voice on numerous calls that the Proprietor of Great Lamptey Mills, Enoch Lamptey Mills should be made to face the full rigors of the law, following a publication that he has impregnated one of his pupil, a 16-year –old girl.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) had earlier served notice it would blacklist the Great Lamptey Mills School if its proprietor is found culpable of illicit affairs with students.
Mr. Appiah explained that Mr. Lamptey may exonerated by the court, but Child Rights International deem it necessary to ensure that the victim who has been a school drop out due to child bearing to have her freedom protected.
He noted that his personally disappointed by the family of the girl who preferred to settle this serous case out of court.
Bright Appiah said he has therefore filed a writ against Lamptey Mills at CHRAJ to ensure that the right of the victim is protected.
He raised this issue on Edwaso Nsem in an interview with Ekourba Gyasi this morning.
CUE IN: CHLDR- BRIGHT APPIAH

Enoch Nii Lamptey Mills walked free after the father of a victim secured an out-of-court settlement in a case in which he was charged with compulsory marriage of one of his students after impregnating her.

GOV’T DENIED MEDIA REPORT ON JUBILIEE HOUSE USED BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY

Government has denied media reports on Jubilee house being used by personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as their temporal office.
A source from the Ministry of Information indicates that personnel of the Foreign Affairs Ministry are still using the Accra International Conference Center as a temporary office.
The Deputy Minister for Information, James Agyeinim Boateng told Adom Kasiebo that there is no iota of truth in the said publication.
The New Crusading Guide newspaper had earlier published that the Indian contractors who worked on the Golden Jubilee House have formally handed over the building to the project consultants, AESL who have in turn handed it over to government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Following last week’s fire outbreak which razed down the Ministry’s outfit in Accra, personnel of the Ministry are using the AICC as temporal office but were scheduled to move to the presidential palace today.

The Ministry according to sources would have access to the whole palace except facilities exclusive to the President and the Vice President.

Meanwhile the disputed former International Student’s Hostel has been given out to a Chinese company to up an office complex for the Ministry within nine months.

GHANA NATIONAL SERVICE UNDER RESOURCED

Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service is under seriously resourced with numerical staff strength of nearly 7, 000 nationwide.
This figure includes both senior and junior staffs.
Despite its low staff strength, the service has being rendering their unflinching services to the country in an area of fire fighting.
In an exclusive interview with the Public Relations Officer of the Fire Service, Divisional Officer Timothy Osafo Afum outlined some of the challenges facing the service.
He explained the Fire Service has been neglected for too long in terms of providing the necessary equipments to the service and also improving the conditions of services for personnel.
D.O Osafo Afum lamented on how the service still depend on obsolete fire tenders to combat fire whenever there is a fire outbreak in the country.
He also commented on accommodation problem the service is facing nationwide.

CUE IN: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

D.O Osafo Afum said out of 143 fire offices nationwide, only 70 offices have fire tenders. He continued that as a result of this, the new creation districts have no fire offices.

CUE IN: AFUM – UNDER RESOURCED

That was the PRO for Fire Service, D.O Timothy Osafo Afum.