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SWAG ladies join campaign for regular breast screening

SWAG Vice president Mrs Evelyn Nsiah Asare Owusu

The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Ladies have called on women to avail themselves for regular breast screening especially in the month of October.

According to the SWAG Ladies, October marks the breast cancer awareness month, hence the need for early detection of the disease to save lives.

This was contained in a statement copied to The Spectator on Monday in Accra as part of the association’s effort to fight the disease.

It said one out of eight women worldwide is affected by breast cancer, but early detection significantly increases survival rates.

“We are committed to joining the global movement to educate, support, and empower individuals affected by breast cancer.

“As SWAG Ladies, we believe that every woman deserves access to comprehensive care, including medical, emotional, psychological, and social support,” it said.

It said it was time ‘SWAG’ ladies join the campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer risks, symptoms, and prevention, educate the public on the importance of early detection and screening and promote healthy lifestyle choices and preventive measures.

It encouraged women to self-examine themselves and go for regular screenings while urging survivors to celebrate advances in treatment as well as improved survival rates.

The global theme for this year’s awareness month is “No one should face breast cancer alone.”

The aim is to give attention to the silent struggles faced by survivors and patients who may feel isolated and unsupported due to the disease.

The goal of this year’s campaign is to ensure that survivors receive the warmth and support they need while battling with the disease and stigma.

By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu

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EC’s disqualification of Joana Cudjoe mischievous and disingenuous – NDC

The Head of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edudzie Tamekloe, has described the Electoral Commission’s (EC) decision to disqualify the party’s parliamentary candidate for the Amenfi Central as mischievous and disingenuous.

Edudzie Tamekloe told Citi Breakfast Show host, Bernard Avle that the EC’s basis for the “disqualification is mind-boggling” because it was a party to an interlocutory injunction against the candidate, Joana Gyan Cudjoe’s election in the May 12 primary.

“The basis of the disqualification is the purported interlocutory injunction from the High Court in Sekondi which is extremely mischievous because clearly, the EC at all material times, was a party to the suit in the Sekondi Court,” he said.

According to him,“Each time we appeared before the judge in Sekondi, there was a representative for the EC and so the proceedings were known to the EC. When we annulled that election and decided to rerun it, they came to supervise the election and so for Samuel Tettey to refer to the injunction [in the disqualification] is completely disingenuous.”

An October 10 letter signed by the Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, informed Gyan Cudjoe of her disqualification, stating that the Commission is bound by the court order, which has neither been stayed nor vacated.

The NDC’s legal head also accused the EC of taking sides in the matter and disqualifying Joana from its volution:.

“When the EC opened filing, the party presented Joana as its nominee and thereafter, there was an indication that there was going to be the printing of the notice of poll, which was delayed and so we made enquiries and wrote a letter to the plaintiff and we thought this matter had ended, but on October 10, Samuel Tettey wrote a letter disqualifying Joana,” he added.

He concluded, “The EC cannot act like an octopus and move everywhere looking to disqualify a candidate whose election it supervised.”

source: Citinewsroom.com