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New Life District SDA donates to Koforidua Local Prisons
DSP Ballans (left) receiving the items from Ms Kwadade
The Young Ladies Ministries Department in the New Life District of the Seventh Day Adventist (S.D.A) Church has donated items worth GH¢18,000 to the Koforidua Local Prisons last weekend.
The items included 40 bags of sachet water, religious and evangelistic books, assorted nonalcoholic beverages and drugs, kenkey, bottles of shito, fried fish among other undisclosed items.
Presenting the items, the District Young Ladies Ministries Coordinator, Ms. Stella Afriyie Kwadade encouraged the inmates to put their trust in God.
She said in their last visit to the prison, the inmates requested for cooked food and some drugs to sustain them so the Young Ladies in the district thought of it and honoured their request.
The Pastor in charge of the Church, Ps. Osei Bonsu Sarpong advised the public to embrace ex-convicts with love to help them reform totally.
He noted that many incarcerated people worry about living situations beyond jail and added that anyone who is in jail or out of jail needs love and encouragement because they may look at the future based on their current circumstances.
He said most of the inmates found themselves behind bars through
No fault of theirs but they could not get helpers to speak for them.
Pastor Sarpong, who is also the District Pastor indicated that there were characters in the Bible who were sent to prison but were able to endure and became victorious.
“Where you find yourself today is a correction centre to reform you; have this mindset and you will shine like a star when you come out”, he said.
The Staff and Duty Officer of the Koforidua Local Prison, Deputy Superintendent of Prisons (DSP) Joshua Ballans received the items and expressed gratitude to the women for their generosity.
He noted that the visit would bring happiness to the inmates and help their reformation process speedily.
He urged other churches, groups and organisations to assist the inmates
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TTH doctors declare indefinite suspension of emergency and outpatient service
Doctors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have declared an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services following the dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Atiku Adam.
They have pointed to some challenging working environments that lack basic medical supplies and an insult to their dignity by top government officials.
In a statement released after an emergency general assembly meeting held at noon on Tuesday, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital (DATTH) announced that its members would no longer offer services at the General OPD, Antenatal Clinic, Specialist Clinic, and Paediatrics OPD.
Following their earlier press release, the Doctors’ Association of Tamale Teaching Hospital held an emergency General Assembly meeting at noon yesterday.
The Doctors after the meeting, demanded that with immediate effect, all members of DATTH should proceed on an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services, General OPD, Antenatal clinic, Specialist clinic, Paediatrics OPD.
This notwithstanding, they added that Inpatient Care shall continue.
Against this backdrop, they demand an unqualified apology from the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh and the Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini.
“We shall resume provision of emergency and outpatient services after we receive appropriate apologies,” they stated.
They further added that the management of the hospital should ensure that the following are available in the short term for them to work effectively.
Read the full statement below
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Police arrest suspect for stealing vehicle belonging EPA in Tarkwa
The Western Central Regional Police Command has arrested one person for stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser (PC) with registration number GS 1845-23 which is the property of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Tarkwa in the Western Region.
The suspect, Salifu Gariba, was arrested by officers of the Northern Regional Police Command on April 16, 2025 at Kukobila, along the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway, and the stolen vehicle recovered from him.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle was stolen in the early hours of April 15, 2025 from the residence of an employee of the EPA at Budo City, a suburb of Tarkwa.
Suspect Salifu Gariba is currently in police custody and will be taken through the due process of the law.
