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SDA College of Education, Koforidua climaxes 60th anniversary with durbar
• Dr Cecilia Ofosua Odame (left), Pastor Prof. T.T. Ocran (middle) and
Mr. Seth Acheampong (right) posed for the camera after the programme
The SDA College of Education 60th anniversary celebration was climaxed with a durbar at Asokore near Koforidua last Sunday.
The theme for the one week programme was “60 years of Adventist Teacher Education in Ghana: Our Success, Our Challenges and the way Forward.”
The Acting Principal, Dr Cecilia Ofosua Odame recounted the numerous infrastructural development going on in the college and paid a glowing tribute to the government especially President Akufo-Addo for responding swiftly to their request for the fixing of the deplorable roads of the college.
According to her, the government through the Ministry of Highways had completed the first phase of the college’s 4.55 km road network and announced that the government had again released funds for the completion of college administration block and the ongoing 16- unit tutors quarters. Dr Cecilia Odame said that the college was established in 1962 with only 120 students but currently the student population was over 2,400 but lacked lecture theatres, and transportation for both students and tutors.
She, therefore, appealed to the government, philanthropists, NGOs and old students to provide the school with adequate and well equipped theatres or lecture halls, a 60 seater bus and a 16- seater minibus to cater for the current student population.
“It will go a long way to enable the college achieve its vision and mission for the building of the nation” she added.
Pastor Prof Robert Osei Bonsu, President of the West-Central African Division of the SDA Church, said the church had accepted the task of conveying to the world a message of God’s grace in establishing His ideas on earth.
The Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, in a speech read on his behalf said “education transforms lives and enables unimaginable development of persons and states and without it no one could beat poverty, diseases, marked inequalities and environmental degradation.”
SDA College of Education
He said no nation could account for quality education without accounting for the quality of its teachers and, therefore, called on colleges of education to adopt the 21st century skills such as, critical thinking, communication collaboration and creativity to enable the youth gain employment to develop the nation.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Seth Acheampong read President Akufo-Addo’s address while the President of the Southern Ghana Union Conference of the SDA, Pastor Dr T. T. Ocran chaired the programme.
By Spectator Reporter
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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
