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Deal with devastating conditions of preterm babies – Activist
A health practitioner at work
The Executive Director and Founder of Jay Foundation, Madam Naa Kuorkor Mayne- Eghan has called on government and stakeholders to prioritise the well-being of premature babies.
Lamenting this heart-wrenching ordeal to The Spectator, Naa Kuorkor indicated that there was struggle to keep preterm babies alive at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where they needed special interventions to help them survive.
Enumerating some of the challenges faced, she identified the inadequate equipment and limited space in NICU as ones that must be addressed to reduce the high infection rate among them.
Using the foundation as the mouthpiece for preterm babies, she encouraged stakeholders and individuals to support the fragile babies delivered before the 37th week of pregnancy.
“These babies would need specialised health personnel in the field of neonatal care at NICU to make them survive the life they’re already battling with,” she added.
Naa Kuorkor called on donors, individuals, stakeholders and government to create an enabling environment for preterm babies to survive by providing the necessary equipment and structures to support their survival.
She urged them to come up with pragmatic policies that would favour neonatal healthcare delivery across the country and be treated as a public health concern.
She also urged the society to stop pointing fingers at women that gave birth prematurely by tagging them as a sign of bad omen.
She explained that, it was a health condition and as such mothers with preterm babies should be given the utmost care and support to help take care of the babies.
“I urge all Ghanaians to help in their own little ways to help create a safer haven for neonates because preterms lives matter and are Ghana’s next future leaders,” she stated.
By Alfred Ankrah
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Heritage Month Ghana trends

Since the institution of the Heritage Month celebration in Ghana, it has offered citizens opportunities of a lifetime to learn about their cultures and lifestyles.
Ghana’s version is observed in the month of March, coinciding with the country’s Independence Day celebrations on March 6.
Show host, George Sappor in full
regalia as a traditional leader
outfit to mark Independence Day and
Heritage Month. She usually does it with
husband and best friend, Kofi Aduonum
but in his absence, she maintained the
poise to attract the atte
Heritage Month features festivals, food fairs, arts, crafts, and music events to highlight the economic and social value of preserving national heritage.
Though a brainchild of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), the celebration has been driven to greater heights by local media with the organisation of several events to create the needed euphoria.
at Original TV gave
culture a touch of ‘old
school’ in her presentation
last Tuesday to wow
her audience as part of
the station’s Heritage
Month celebration
Among the events are the Heritage Caravan and Back To Your Village Food Bazaar powered by Accra-based Citi FM and Citi TV, Wear Ghana Festival and the Gɔbɛ festival powered by 3News.
The Heritage Caravan is a road trip which takes patrons across more than half of Ghana’s regions to offer a distinctive road trip that allows participants to explore the various regions of Ghana, providing an up-close encounter with the country’s historical and cultural heritage.
In addition to these roles played by the media, news anchors and other presenters appear on screens immaculately garbed in locally made outfits, bringing out the beauty of our traditions.
Today, The Spectator newspaper selected a few of the media personalities that are working to give the celebration a global dimension to project the country.
By Andrew Nortey
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MoMo vendor 24 murdered at Kwadaso

A disturbing crime has shaken the Kwadaso Onion market community in Kumasi, leaving family and friends grieving the loss of a young life.
Identified only as Junior, a 24-year-old mobile money vendor, was found murdered in his room on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
According to eyewitnesses, Junior had returned home the previous day with a substantial amount of money, over Gh¢20,000.
It was suspected that the killers might have been motivated by the large sum of money in Junior’s possession.
A police source that confirmed this to The Spectator, said investigation has been launched into Junior’s murder, but so far, no arrests have been made.
The Kwadaso community is reeling in shock, calling for justice and an end to the atrocity that has claimed the life of a young and promising individual.
Junior, is believed to be a native of Ejisu Onwe, and was known to his colleagues and friends as a hardworking and diligent individual who worked at the Kumasi Race Course.
His tragic death serves as a stark reminder of the risks and challenges mobile money vendors faced.
The incident comes barely a month after Patricia Nimako, a 27-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, was shot and killed at Krofrom, Kumasi in the Ashanti region by an unknown assailants.
The suspected armed robbers fled with the deceased cell phones and an amount of GH¢10,000 on Thursday, February 13, at approximately 3:00 p.m.
The two armed robbers reportedly stormed the kiosk where the deceased was operating and without any provocation shot her dead.
There has not been any arrest yet by the police.
From Kingsley E. Hope , Kumasi