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Apostle Safo And Oheneba Donate To Weija Leprosarium

As part of the "Help the Needy 2014 Project" which began this year following a collaboration between Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo (Founder and Leader of Kristo Asafo) and Oheneba Ntim Barima (Director of Oheneba Soul Health and Wellness Centre), cash and other items have been donated to the Weija Leprosarium in the Greater Accra Region.

The project, with Akropong School for the Blind being the first beneficiary is expected to provide assistance to the physically challenged and the less privileged in society.

Items presented to the Leprosarium included clothing, bags of rice, cartons of milk, fruits. boxes of key soap and other toiletries. The staff of the Leprosarium also received GH 500 each together with other items. Additionally, each of the 27 inmates of the Leprosarium received GH 100.

Speaking at the ceremony, Oheneba Ntim Barima bemoaned that the ills of society stigmatization against the inmates of the Leprosarium and called on individuals and corporate bodies to extend supporting hands to them as well as other needy institutions in the country.

The famous public health crusader also lauded the staff of the Leprosarium for their dedicated service to the institution despite the huge challenges they face. He further express his optimism about the future of the "Help the Needy" project.

Lawyer Akua Safo who represented Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo and the Kristo Asafo, noted that showing care and compassion of the needy is the ideal way of expressing your love for them. "Love is all about caring and sharing" she added.

Emmanuel Quansah, the head of the Leprosarium, was deeply moved by their action and expressed his profound gratitudeon behalf of the Leprosarium to Apostle DR Kwadwo Safo (Star of Africa) and Oheneba Ntim Barima.

Source: Africa Redemption Magazine

Kantanka Automobile Meet International Safety Standards-Ghana National Road Safety Commission

The Ghana National Road Safety Commission has applauded the Kantanka Automobile Company for the provision of strategic safety features on their vehicles and their standardisation to meet international model.

The commission made this declaration after touring and ruthlessly inspecting the automobiles and the Kantanka Assembly plant during a routine working visit to the company.

The commission observed that the adherence of the company to safety and quality control starts long before the Kantanka vehicles get to the assembly line. At the assembly line, the automated safety check points of the Kantanka Assembly plant further monitor and enhance the safety of Kantanka Automobile.

Alongside these safety procedures, the Kantanka Automobiles also have active safety electronics such as crash avoidance and driver assistance systems. The anti-lock braking and traction control systems are all a boost up to the safety of the vehicles. Also worth noting is the efficient steering and suspensions systems which come with the automobiles.

The company said they are poised to produce world-class vehicles for the market. Speaking to the media about the targeted market of the company, the Chief Operation Officer of the company who is also one of Ghana's best pilots, Kwadwo Safo Jnr., said they would "focus on the Ghanaian market for now but aim to reach and serve the West African sub-region, the African continent and beyond in the nearest future".

Also, in a reply to a question posed by a staff of the Ghana News Agency about the capacity of the assembly plant, Kwadwo Safo Jnr said they would be producing about 80 to 200 cars in a month but would increase production rate in response to the market.

Ing May Obiri-Yeboah Mrs, Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission, emphasis that the facilities at Quality Control Division of the company which monitor the engineering, safety, speed and road worthiness of the Kantanka automobile meet International criteria and standards.

The Ghana National Road Safety Commission is an institution in the country promulgated by an Act of Parliament NRSC Act 567 of 1999 and is mandated to ensure the sustainable management of road safety in Ghana. They are also tasked to oversee that Ghana has one of the safest road transportation systems in Africa.

Source: Africa Redemption magazine

Health Benefits Of Lemon (Must Be Organic)

The health benefits of lemon include treatment of throat infections, indigestion, constipation, dental problems, and fever, internal bleeding, rheumatism, burns, obesity, respiratory disorders,cholera and high blood pressure, while it also benefits hair and skin care. known for its therapeutic property since generations, lemons help to strengthen your immune system, cleanse your stomach, and it is considered a blood purifier.

Lemon juice, especially, has several health benefits associated with it, is well known as a useful treatment for kidney stones, reducing strokes and lowering body temperature. Lemonade helps you stay calm and cool.

The health benefits of lemons are due to its many nourishing elements like vitamin C, vitamin B 6, vitamin A, vitamin E, folate, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin,pantothenic acid, copper, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus and protein.

Lemon is a fruit that contains flavonoids, which are composites that contain antioxidant and cancer fighting properties. It helps to prevent diabetes, constipation, high blood pressure, fever, indigestion and many other problems, as well as improving the skin, hair and teeth.

Studies conducted at the American Urological Association highlight the fact that lemonade or lemon juice can eliminate the occurrence of kidney stones by forming urinary citrate, which prevents the formation of crystals.

People use lemons to make lemonade by mixing lemon juice with water. Many people also use lemon as a washing agent, because of its ability to remove stains. The scent of lemons can also repel mosquitoes, while drinking lemon juice with olive oil helps to get rid of gall stones.

Lemon is well known for medicinal power and is used in many different ways. As per the results reported by the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, lemon provides protection against inflammation polyarthritis and arthritis.

Indigestion and Constipation

Lemon juice helps to cure problems related to indigestion and constipation. Add a few drops of lemon on your dish (take care, it does not go well with milk, and it will aid in digestion. It acts as a blood purifier and a cleansing agent , so a good drink after lunch or dinner is fresh lemon soda, which is also called fresh lime. The recipe is lemon juice, cold water, soda, salts for added flavor. Drink this whenever you have a heavy lunch or dinner.

Fever:

Lemon juice can treat a person who is suffering from a cold, flu or fever. It helps to break fevers by increasing perspiration.

Dental Care:

It is also frequently used in dental care. If fresh lemon juice is applied on the area of a toothache, it can assist in getting rid of the pain. Massaging the juice from various gum bleeding, while eliminating the bad odors that can come from various gum diseases and conditions.

Additionally, it can used in the regular cleansing of your teeth. Keep your eye out for a toothpaste containing lemon as one of the ingredients, or add a drop of its juice onto your normal toothpaste. Some people also rub their teeth with the outer shell (the inner side touching your teeth) of a lemon after removing the juice.But be careful, lemons are highly acidic, so if your mouth starts burning , rinse your gums and mouth quickly with water.

Hair Care:

Lemon juice has proven itself in the treatment of hair care on a wide scale. The juice applied to the scalp can treat problems like dandruff, hair loss and other problems related to the hair and scalp. If you apply lemon juice directly on the hair, it can give your hair a natural shine.

Skin Care:

Lemon juice, being a natural antiseptic medicine, can also cure problems related to the skin. The juice can be applied to reduce the pain of sun burn, and it helps to ease the pain from bee stings as well. It is also good for acne and eczema. It acts as an anti-aging remedy and can remove wrinkles and blackheads. Drinking lemon juice mixed with water and honey brings a healthy growth to the skin, and if you thoroughly search the cosmetic market, you will find some soaps containing lemon juice, but they aren't too easy to find!

Burns:

Use lemon juice on the site of old burns can help fade the scars, and since lemon is a cooling agent, it reduces the burning sensation on the skin when you currently have an irritating burn.

Internal Bleeding:

It has antiseptic and coagulant properties, so it can stop internal bleeding. You can apply lemon juice to a small cotton ball and place it inside your nose to stop nose bleeds.

Weight Loss:

If a person drinks lemon juice mixed with lukewarm water and honey, it can help reduce body weight.

Respiratory Disorder:

Lemon juice assist in relieving respiratory problems and breathing problems, such as its ability to soothe a person suffering from an asthma . Being a rich source of vitamin C, it helps in dealing with more long-term respiratory disorder.

Cholera:

Diseases like cholera and malaria can be treated with lemon juice, because it acts as a blood purifier.

Foot Relaxation:

Lemon is an aromatic and antiseptic agent and is useful in foot relaxation.Add some lemon juice to warm water and dip your feet in the mixture for instant relief and muscle relaxation.

Rheumatism:

It is also a diuretic and can treat rheumatism and arthritis. It helps to flush out bacteria and toxins from the body.

Corns:

Lemon juice can dissolve lumps on the skin, so it can be applied at the place where the skin has hardened up, like the soles of feet and the palms of your hands. Drinking lemon juice with water can help patients reduce gall stones for the same reasons.

Throat Infections:

Lemon is an excellent fruit that fight against problems related to throat infections, due to its well-known antibacterial properties.

High Blood Pressure:

Drinking lemon juice is helpful for people suffering from heart problems, because it cnntains potassium. It controls high blood pressure, dizziness and nausea, because it provides a calming sensation to both the mind and body. It is commonly employed to reduce mental stress and depression.

Lemon:

Lemon has proven to be nature's boon to everyone who uses it. It provides many valuable solutions to health-related problems, because it contains its own set of antiseptic and natural medications. In case of malaria, lemon will not cure it, but aids in the treatment. A good practice is to eat anywhere from a quarter to a half of a lemon per day to get the maximum benefits from this powerful little fruit.

Nutrients* Dietary Fiber 19% Carbohydrate 4% Protein 2%

Vitamins* Vitamin C 128% Vitamin B6 5% Thiamin 3%

Minerals* Copper 13% Calcium 6% Iron 4%

*% Daily Value per 100g. For e.g. 100g of lemon provides 128% of daily requirement of vitamin C.

References: American Urological Association and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Source: organicfacts.net

Confirmed: Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo And Kantanka Automobile To Be Honoured

The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG) has confirmed to the media the names of some indigenous brands and entrepreneurs who would be awarded at this year's Ghana-Made Awards scheduled for October 24 at the Banquet hall of the State House in Accra.

This year's Ghana-Made Awards is on the theme "Industralisation: the key strategy to accelerated Economic Development and Job creation", and is being held under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Minister of Finance ans endorsed by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA).

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Great KOSA Group of Companies, Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo (Star of Africa) and Adelaide Ahwireng, CEO of Flo Enterprises Ltd are among the Great Ghanaian personalities to be celebrated.

Sam Ato Gaisie, President of the EFG, who disclosed this recently in a statement, said these personalities would be recognized for their immense role in promoting made-in-Ghana products.Speaking about indigenous brands, he disclosed that the products and services shortlisted were judged on the criteria of Quality, Content, Innovation and Product leadership.

He added that the benefits of the products, product value and product certification by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) were all part of the considerations.

The Kantanka SUVs and Pickups which have been stirring inspirational waves in the country and driving International attention are among the products selected by the EFG for the awards.

Other products include GTP Nustyle, Woodin Fabrics, Golden Tree Chocolate, Kasapreko Alomo Bitters, Pride Rice, Ruut Extra Premier Beer and special Ice Natural Mineral Water.

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. TV3's Ghana's Most Beautiful programme, UT Bank Koowa Accounts, Ghana Commercial Bank, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, GTV Agrofie programme, Global Access SME Auto Loan and Unibank Ghana Ltd. he added, were among some service providers selected.

Source: Africa Redemption Magazine

Parents who immigrated illegally to the United States and now fear deportation under the Trump

administration are inundating immigration advocates with requests for help in securing care for their children in the event they are expelled from the country.

The coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) advocacy group has been receiving about 10 requests a day from parents who want to put in place temporary guardianships for their children, said spokesman Jorge-Mario Cabrera. Last year, the group said it received about two requests a month for guardianships letter and notarization services.

At the request of a non profit organization, the National Lawyers Guild in Washington D.C. put out a call this week for volunteer attorneys to help immigrants fill out forms granting friends or relatives the right to make legal and financial decisions in their absence.

In New Jersey, immigrant attorney Helen Ramirez said she is getting about six phone calls a day from parents. Last year, she said, she had no such calls."Their biggest fear is that their kids will end up in foster care," Ramirez said.

President Donald Trump's administration has issued directives to agents to more aggressively enforce immigration Laws and more immigrants are coming under scrutiny by the authorities.

For parents of U.S. citizens who are ordered removed, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "accommodates" to the extent practicable, the parents' efforts to mae provisions" for their children, said ICE spokeswoman Sarah Rodriguez. She said that might include access to a lawyer, consular officials and relatives for detained parents to execute powers of attorney or apply for passports and buy airline tickets if the parents decide whether or not to take the children with them.

Randy Capps of he Migration Policy Institute (MPI) a Washington-based non-profit that analyzes the movement of people worldwide, said that while putting contingency plans in place is a good idea, he does not think the level of fear is justified.

During the previous administration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat, the likelihood of both parents being deported was slim, Capps said. He doubts there will be a huge shift under Republican Trump toward deporting both parents.

The odds are still very low as they were - and this is just the beginning of the administration," he said. About five million children under the age of 18 are living with at least one parent who is in the country illegally, according to a 2016 study by MPI. Most of the children, 79 percent, were U.S. citizens, according to ICE data.

Obama was criticized for being the "deporter in chief" after he expelled more than 400,000 people in 2012, the most by any president in a single year. In 2014, the Obama administration began focusing on a narrower slice of immigrants, those who had recently entered the country or committed serious felonies. Trump has said he would still priortize criminals for deportation.

WORRIED ALL THE TIME

In rural New Jersey, Seidy Martinez and her husband Jose Gomez, have begun the difficult conversations with their 10-year-old daughter about what would happen if her parents were deported.

Martinez, a house cleaner, and Gomez, who works on a horse farm, are both from Honduras. They entered the United States illegally, and do not have papers, unlike their daughter, who has been granted asylum, and their 3-year old son, a U.S. citizen.

"Now we are worried all the time. We don't have anything that would allow us to stay here," said Martinez. Our main concern is what will happen to our children.She has told her daughter that she could live with her aunt in Miami and is considering drafting paperwork that would give her relatives some legal rights if she and her husband are deported. The 10-year old tries to comfort her mother. "she tells me, "Mami, tranquila. Don't be afraid, I am scared too but don't worry everything will be OK."

'IF MOM DOESN'T COME HOME'

Rebecca Kitson, an immigration attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico, says she advises her increasingly nervous clients to have the kind of conversations Martinez and her husband are having with their children.

She said she urges parents to be specific in their instructions. "If mom doesn't come home by specific time, who do [the kids] call?" said Kitson. Immigration groups are offering low-cost services. CHIRLA, for example, offers a free sample letter and help filling it out, which then must be notarized at a cost of about $10. But some parents here illegally they have had trouble finding affordable help.

Melvin Arias, 39, a New Jersey landscaper from Costa Rica who entered the United States illegally 13 years ago, said he decided after hearing news of stepped-up immigration enforcement to take legal precautions for his five-year-old son and six-month old daughter, who are both U.S. citizens.

But when he asked help from two different lawyers, Arias was told preparing legal documents would cost him between $700 and $1,250. He is looking for a cheaper way to obtain the paperwork he needs.

"If there comes a time when both of us have a problem, I want there to be a responsible person who can come and get the [children] for us, to take them to wherever we might be," Arias said.

(Reporting By Kristina Cooke in San Francisco and Mica Rosenberg in New York;Editing by Sue Horton and Grant McCool)

Kantanka Vehicles Are Standard – Ghana Standard Authority

In the recent press conference organised by the Kantanka Automobile Company it was announced that by the close of 2014 the company would begin with the commercialisation of Kantanka sports utility vehicles and pickups.

The company further displayed some of the vehicles that had successfully graduated through the various test runs and were ready for the market.

The press were also taken to the assembly plant and guided through the various stages involved in the car manufacturing process.

Over the years the company has been manually manufacturing series of vehicles from electric cars to vehicles that are started with gold watch.

This manually manufacturing process made it difficult for the company to produce the vehicles on commercial scale but the installation of the Kantanka Assembly Plant which is as sophisticated as any assembly plant in the world have paved way for mass production to commence.

Speaking to the media, the company confirmed that it would increase begin with the manufacturing of 80 to 200 cars monthly and would increase the numbers to meet the growing demand.

It also came to light that the Ghana Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (formerly called Vehicle & Licencing Division, a semi-autonomous public sector organization under the Ministry of Transportation established by Act of 1999) as well as the Ghana Standard Authority have been visiting the manufacturing site of the company and have given them the green light.

The media also found out the Authority upholds that the previous Kantanka Vehicles that were manually manufactured were all up to standard. The issuance of certificates by the Authority to the company confirms the whole story.

The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) is a national Standard body established by the Standards Decree, 1967 (NLCD 199) which has been superseded by the Standards Decree, 1973 (NRCD 173). The Authority is also the custodian of the Weights and Measures Decree (NRCD 326, 1975). They are dedicated to the standardisation of goods and services in the country and carry out routine inspections to ensure that these standards are maintained.

Source: Africa Redemption Magazine

Adwoa Safo Calls For More Power For Procurement Authority

Adwoa Safo, Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament

The Deputy Majority leader of Parliament, Adwoa Safo, is pushing for the amendment of the public procurement act to give the Procurement Authority, the powers to conduct value for money auditing on sole sourced projects.

She described as sad, revelations by the Auditor General's annual reports that 80 percent of the procurement malpractices are centered on sole sourcing.

Addressing the press on Friday, Adwoa Safo , who is also the Member of Parliament for the Dome Kwabenya constituency said the Akufo-Addo administration will rely on open competitive tendering to correct what she described as anomaly in the procurement act.

"From 2012 to 2014 when I was on the public accounts committee, about 80% of their recommendations to parliament are procurement malpractices... So I think that if the law is there, you need also a policy direction. And I think that, that is the first step that the president has given us in his state of the nation address."

"His [President Akufo-Addo] policy direction is that this government is going to adopt open competitive tendering, so that there is openness, transparency, accountability, value for money and competition is opened to everybody including Ghanaians," she noted.

The New Patriotic Party administration accused the Mahama administration of having a voracious appetite for sole sourcing of contracts which were inflated at times.

The NPP argued that, sole sourcing allowed corruption, and benefited a privileged few in the NDC government.

Adwoa Safo is a professional lawyer with specialization in Procurement Law.

She once worked as the first legal officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) for two (2) years, and was very instrumental in the formation of the proposals that formed the basis for the creation of the Appeals and Complaint Panel of PPA, and the change of the name Public Procurement Board to Public Procurement Authority.

Source: Ghanaweb

Nana Kwadwo Turns 31 Years Old

Today, the 24th of February 2017 happens to be Nana Kwadwo Safo Jnr, CEO of Kantanka Automobile Company LTD, the son of Apostle Dr. Kwadwo Safo Kantanka's birthday. He turns 31 years of age. Being a commercial pilot who acquired his license at the age of 19. You deserve to be a king. Happy birthday.

Kristo Asafo To Train Junior High Graduates

The government is taking steps to bring the research of the Kristo Asafo (Christ Reformed Church) into the national structured apprenticeship training programme.

This would enable the institution known as "Great KOSA Sua Ye Research Institute", to give apprenticeship training to Junior High graduates who could not continue their education to Senior High School.

Mr Kwadwo Adjei-Darko, the Minister of Local Government, Development and Environment, disclosed this at the 27th Annual Charity and Technology Exhibition of the Kristo Asafo at the refurbished Jackson Park in Kumasi. The ceremony afforded the church the opportunity to showcase some of its technological products and food items.

A number of schools and needy institutions were also presented with food items by the church. Under the national apprenticeship programme, which was born out of the new educational reforms, various Institutions and organisations engaged in skills training were being restructured with a common goal and programme for training JHS graduates.

According to Mr Adjei-Darko, a Cabinet sub-committee had been put in place to work on the new apprenticeship programme. The minister stated that," Kristo Asafo had become a partner-of-development as their activities have entered the frontiers of technology and are now doing wonders in the field of inventions". He pointed out that a resourceful citizenry was very crucial to obtaining accelerated development in the communities.

He expressed concern about the "frightening dimensions" of diseases, squalor and filth in the communities, and called on Apostle Kwadwo Safo, founder and head of the church, to consider delving into locally adaptable technologies for waste management. He commended the church for playing a key role in the fight against unemployment.

The Principal of the College of Technology Education (Kumasi Campus) of the University of Education, Winneba, Professor Steve Sobotie, said the technological advancement of Apostle Safo and his church was something the nation could reap maximum benefits if the necessary attention was given to it.

He said the college was already collaborating with the Kristo Asafo in giving practical training to technology students of the university. In his address, Apostle Safo said the "technological inventions" of the church were no fluke.

He called for the necessary support from the authorities to enable the church to do more for the nation. Present at the ceremony was the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah and the Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Osei Assibey-Antwi.

Source: Daily Graphic.

Meet The First Female Deputy Majority Leader Of Ghana’s Parliament

The news may come to you as a surprise but that is the reality. For the time in the history of Ghana, a female has been appointed as the Deputy Majority Leader of the Parliament of Ghana.

A young vibrant woman representing the people of Dome-Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region, Sarah Adwoa Safo, got the nod to deputize her boss, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, to lead the Majority Caucus of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) made up of 171 lawmakers for the seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic which will be constituted on Saturday, January 7, 2017.

This follows the massive endorsement of the list of five leaders for the Majority front which was submitted to the Council of Elders of the elephant family for consideration and approval on Thursday, January 5, 2017.

Sarah Adwoa Safo alongside Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu will be working hand-in-hand with Kwasi Ameyaw-kyeremeh, MP for Sunyani East (Majority Chief Whip), Moses Anim, MP for Trobu (1st Deputy Majority Whip) and Matthew Nyindam, MP for Kpandai to stir the affair of the Majority Caucus.

The vibrant young lawmaker who is a lawyer by profession has been very active in deliberations ever since she entered into Parliament of Ghana on January 7, 2013 to be part of the history making process of parliamentary democracy.

Her appointment may come to many with a question mark, considering the fact that she has been a lawmaker for only one term, thus just four years, and therefore, has not gained enough experience in parliamentary work to occupy such a sensitive position.

But the young lawyer deserves the position having contributed immensely to the success story of the NPP, especially, in the last two elections the party has competed in.

Besides winning more votes for the party, her contribution in the legislature has been very remarkable. Her dynamism in debating issues with her colleagues on the floor has always been admired by her peers. She has distinguished herself very well in Parliament and at the constituency level.

Her in-depth knowledge in procurement has made her an expert in that field. No wonder procurement related issues are always reserved for her to probe Public Accounts Committee sittings.

Profile

Lawyer Sarah Adwoa Safo is a legal practitioner and a daughter of Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo, one of Ghana's reowned technologist, philanthropist and industrialist.

She started her basic education under the tutelage of her father. At age 17 she entered the University of Ghana after passing her Ordinary and Advanced Levels' General Certificate of Examination Certificates non-formally.

At the University of Ghana, Adwoa studied law and graduated with a Bachelor of Law (L.L.B.) degree in 2002. She then continued to the Ghana School of Law and was called to the Bar in October 2004 at the age of 22, making her the youngest lawyer ever to be called to the Ghana Bar. This record she held and still holds in the annals of the Ghana School of Law.

At the University of Ghana , Adwoa was the Vice President of the LawBallot pix Student's Union (LSU) for the year 2001-2002 academic tear, a position she held to the admiration of the then Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Akua Kwenyehia. She was also a member of the Volta Hall Judicial Committee from 2001-2002.

Lawyer Adwoa Safo did not stop there. She continued to the George Washington University Law School in United States where she obtain a Masters of Law Degree (LLM) in Government Procurement in 2005. She worked briefly with the office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington DC in the United States and thereafter returned to Ghana to serve her nation.

She was the first legal advisor to the Legal Department of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA). She further acted as the secretary to the board and advised the Board and the secretariat on legal issues.

She was instrumental in the formulation of the proposal that formed the basis for the creation of the Appeal and Compliant Panel of the PPA and the change in the name Public Procurement Board to Public Procurement Authority.

She contested the Dome-Kwabenya constituency on the ticket of the NPP during the December 2012 parliamentary election and won with a sterling 63.75%.

Her victory revealed the concorted electoral burglary and a revelation of electoral irregularities, pink sheet swap and voter number manipulation which has resulted in the historical Election Petition Hearing by the Supreme Court of Ghana.

Source: kasapafmonline

36th Kristo Asafo Technology Exhibition Held In Accra

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with Apostle Kwadwo Safo

The fair, on the theme: "Promoting religion, science and technology for socio-economic transformation", attracted many dignitaries, including the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo, vice-chancellors of universities and some Members of Parliament (MPs).

Exhibition

Items manufactured by the Founder and Leader of the mission, Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo Kantanka, and his team of engineers from the Kantanka Technological Centre of Excellence (KTCE) at Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region were displayed at the exhibition centre at Awoshie.

They included a locally made V8 car engine block, a three-wheel motorbike, a robotic welding machine, a special smoke detector and a tower weapons for warfare.

The engineers also demonstrated how the machines worked to those in attendance. Some of the dignitaries were conducted round the exhibition centre by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kantanka Automobile Limited, Mr Kwadwo Safo Jnr.

Industralization

Speaking at the exhibition, Nana Akufo-Addo expressed the desire of his yet-to-be-sworn-in government to partner the private sector to speed up the country's industrialization.

He said the private sector would play a pivotal role in the country's quest to ensure the realization of the one-district-one-factory policy.

Accordingly, he said his government would encourage and collaborate with Ghanaian scientists, enterpreneurs, innovators and inventors, such as Apostle Safo, towards accelerating the industrialisation process.

Ghanaian scientists and inventors such as Apostle Safo are the kind of people my government will work with closely to speed up the industrialisation process. My government will protect, encourage and collaborate with Apostle Safo to take the nation higher in the area of science and technology", Nana Akufo-Addo said.

Right Team

The President-elect added that the country's desire for greater heights could only be achieved if the right team was put in place, noting that science and technology were key components for the development of the nation, for which reason his administration would ensure that committed Ghanaians with insight into science and technology would manage the sector.

He announced that the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng , would be assigned responsibility for the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MEST) when the former CEO was approved by parliament.

Nana Akufo-Addo expressed high hopes in the Ghanaian physician and cardiothoracic surgeon who established the National Cardiothocic Centre that would bring the needed change to the sector. He was of the belief that science and technology were key areas which needed to be strenghtened to attain development, adding that persons who were making giant strides in the sector needed to br motivated to attain higher heights.

Priortise Technology

For his part, Apostle Safo urged Nana Akufo-Addo's incoming government to priortise science and technology for the rapid development of the nation. He said the world was moving at a fast pace in the area of science and technology and that Ghana could not be naive about that development.

Apostle Safo also reiterated his call for a change in the educational curricular of the country to make it more practically focused than theoretical.

He said he did not understand why Ghana was giving much attention to the other disiplines, to the neglect of science and technology, stressing that the same attention given to the Humanities ought to be accorded science programmes.

"I would like to reiterate the point I have made several times that there is the need for the country to take a second look at our education curricular to make it more practical oriented, so that we can train students with the requisite skills, competencies and know-how to help in the development agenda of Ghana and Africa as a whole", he said

Assistance

The Director of Academic Affairs of Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, called on the incoming government to assist Apostle safo to manufacture more vehicles and technological implements for the benefit of the nation.

For his part, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro- Owusu, who co-chaired the event with Prof. Ayum Teye, the Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), added his voice to the call on the incoming administration to make reforms that would focus the country's development policy more on science and technological development..

Prof. Teye announced that the UDS would sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) eith the KTCE to enable students of the UDS to undergo practical training at the KTCE.

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