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GMA Intake 8 honours Maj Gen HK Anyidoho (Rtd)
In retrospective recognition of his outstanding bravery and selfless commitment in preventing the Rwandan Genocide from escalating to catastrophic dimensions, the executive members of Ghana Military Academy (GMA) intake-8 have honoured Major General Henry Kwame Anyidoho (Rtd) for his leadership.
This comes on the back of President Paul Kagame’s recognition of his outstanding bravery in saving thousands of lives at a time when the international community including the United Nations had withdrawn and abandoned Rwanda in the heat of the war following an instigation by Belgium which had 10 soldiers killed but Ghanaian troops under the order of Gen Anyidoho, stayed.
As part of efforts to celebrate their colleague who has brought honour to the Ghana Armed Forces, Intake 8 on Wednesday 27 July 2022, added to the laurels of General Anyidoho, presented a beautifully designed plague to him at the Veterans Administration Club for putting a mark worth emulating in the history books of time.
The plaque reads “Your colleagues of Ghana Military Academy Intake VIII, in recognition of your outstanding performance as Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.
“Your singular act of bravery and courage in maintaining the Ghanaian contingent in Rwanda when all other participants abandoned the mission prevented the Rwandan Genocide from escalating to catastrophic dimensions.”
Receiving the plague, Gen Anyidoho thanked the executive members of Intake 8 most sincerely for the honour done him. He shared some profound experiences and lessons learnt from the Rwandan Genocide with them.
It would be recalled that on Monday, 4 July, 2022, at a simple, colourful and impressive ceremony in Kigali, President Paul Kagame showed his gratefulness by honouring retired Generals Anyidoho and Adinkrah for their outstanding bravery in saving thousands of lives at a time the United Nations had abandoned Rwanda in the Genocide of 1994.
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Craze for x’mas shopping: Crowded markets, low patronage
Vendors of food and other wares associated with the Christmas celebration have expressed surprise at the low patronage despite the increased number of visitors to some of the major markets across the capital.
Four days to the celebration(Christmas), the markets are filled with various products ranging from food, clothing, livestock and many other stuff, but according to the vendors, patrons are doing more ‘window’ shopping.
The Spectator on visits to some of the markets in the capital, notably the Odawna, Makola, Accra Central Business District, New Town and others made similar observations as shoppers crowd them but did little in terms of purchases.
The paper also observed that majority of vendors, originally selling other wares have switched to product related to the festive season.
What it means is that there are a lot more clothes, food and vegetables, livestock and poultry, toys, firecrackers, drinks of different types and many others on display.
The markets have also stretched to the pedestrian pavement, leaving very narrow spaces for commuters to move about freely.
That, in addition to a few of the female vendors dressed in coloured attires to reflect the occasion, has heightened the euphoria, leaving the low sales as the only headache for the vendors.
Speaking with this paper, they sounded very optimistic, believing that sales would improve in the last few days to the yuletide.
According to them, there was the opportunity to sell beyond Christmas as the New Year celebration offers similar opportunity to trade the same wares.
They urged patrons to throng the markets to shop since prices were quite moderate and products affordable for all.
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Retirement service for Elder John Ackom-Asante,3 others
Retired Deputy Editor of The Spectator, Elder John Ackom-Asante, was last Sunday honoured by the Church of Pentecost Windy Hills District in Kasoa in the Central Region, with a retirement thanksgiving service, after serving for 26 year as an Elder of the church.
He was honoured with a citation and certificate of service along with three other elders who served in the capacity for various years.
Elder Ackom-Asante was baptised at the Darkuman Central Assembly in 1979 and ordained as an Elder in 1997.
The citation read “Your selfless service, zeal, willingness to relate wholeheartedly and your desire to effect change has gone a long way to shape the lives of many people in the church and the nation over the 26 years of your dedication to the service of the Lord.”
Elder Ackom- Asante held many positions at the Darkuman Central Assembly, Obuasi in the Ashanti Region and Tema, serving in various capacities as youth and evangelism ministry leader and marriage counsellor.
He was the founding member of the Darkuman Christian Fellowship, a member of the Greater Accra Christian Fellowship; member of Bible Society of Ghana; founding member Obuasi Chapter Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship International and founding member of New Times Corporation Christian Fellowship and Chaplain, Methodist University Tema Campus 2009- 2010.
As a professional journalist, Elder Ackom-Asante combined effectively and efficiently his duty as a member and elder of the church and the demands of his profession, with admiration from the church, kith and kin, till his retirement on December
From Alhaji Salifu Abdul-Rahaman, Kasoa
