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Street Academy marks Eid-ul-Fitr with party for over 400 street children

Some of the children feted to mark Eid-ul-fitr

The Street Academy, a non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), last week feted over 400 children of the Academy and other street children to mark the celebration of Eid-ul-fitr.

The children were given packs of assorted rice, drinks, and candies among others.

Ataa Lartey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Academy told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that “It is our duty to care for the vulnerable and show them love even beyond Ramadan. We must continue to show love to mankind.”

He said every child had the right to worship and “as it was done for the Christians during Christmas, it is time to also celebrate with the Muslims among us.”

Ataa Lartey said the welfare of children was the responsibility of all and called on stakeholders to commit more resources aid agencies like the Academy to rid the streets of these unfortunate children.

He called for support for the construction of an Astro turf for the school and the community, saying the school was a sport academy hence the need for the Astro turf to help the children.

The Street Academy is a non-governmental organisation, which is a community-based project built to take care of children who have not had the opportunity to go to school.

It offers inclusive refuge for under-resourced and under-privileged children by providing an alternative school curriculum rooted in informal academic teachings, sports, music, art, and culture.

The Academy is a three-year bridge programme preparing students for mainstream education, the public school system and vocational training.

Committed to the most vulnerable children, the Street Academy is 100 per cent free, sponsoring books, uniforms, and two meals a day.

By Spectator Reporter

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Committee probing petitions against Chief Justice to begin hearings tomorrow

The Committee set up by President John Dramani Mahama to inquire into three petitions filec against the Chief Justice, Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo, will commence hearings tomorrow, Thursday May 15, 2025.

The five-member Committee chaired by Justice Gabriel Scott Pwamang of the Supreme Court, was set up by the President in accordance with Article 146(6) of the 1992 constitution and in consultation with the Council of State, following a determination of a prima facie case against the Chief Justice.

The committee will sit three times a week and present their recommendations to the President upon completion of their work.

It would be recalled that President John Dramani Mahama recently suspended Chief Justice following the establishment of a prima facie case in response to three separate petitions seeking her removal from office.

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38-year-old man gets life imprisonment for killing Assemblies of God pastor in 2018

After close to seven years of trial, a seven-member jury on Wednesday, May 14, returned a guilty verdict in the murder case involving the killing of the Senior Pastor of the Central Assemblies of God church at Tema in 2018.

The convict, Francis Nabegmado, a relative of the deceased, inflicted a fatal knife wound on Rev. Dr. David Nabegmado on December 30, 2018, after alleging that the senior pastor was a false preacher who engaged in idol worship and human sacrifices.

After an hour of summing up by the judge, Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, the jury retired briefly and returned with a unanimous guilty verdict.

Based on the unanimous verdict of the jurors who had previously studied the statements of the five witnesses called by the prosecution, and listened to the summing up process, the judge sentenced the 38-year-old to life imprisonment.

When he was offered an opportunity to comment on the verdict, the convict told the judge that he wanted to go home to meet his family.

“My Lady, I want to see my family, and I want to be taken to Yendi”.

When the judge told him she couldn’t make such an order for him to go and see his family in Yendi, the convict forcefully said, “I insist”.

Francis, who will now spend the rest of his life at the Nsawam medium security prison, had told the court throughout the trial that the decision to attack his uncle, Rev. Nebegmado, was driven by insanity, but that did not save him from receiving a life sentence.

Speaking briefly after the sentencing, Senior Pastor of the Assemblies of God church at Tema Community 4, Rev. Emmanuel Kwesi Ofori, said the church has been waiting for this closure for the past seven years and will soon issue an official statement.

Source: Myjoyonline.com