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Tema Greenwich, Accra Ubuntu Lion clubs donate 3,000 visibility vests to Regional MTTD
The Tema Greenwich and Accra Ubuntu Lions clubs have donated 3,000 visibility vests to the Tema Regional Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) to support police operations.
It formed part of the clubs’ initiative to create awareness about safety and help the police combat crime in society.
The various clubs converged on Tema in an attempt to create awareness on the need for safety and advised residents to live in peace and taking safety precautionary measures in their endeavours.
The President of the Tema Greenwich Lions Club, Mr Mawutor Djrakey, highlighted the critical role of community support in helping the police, especially the MTTD, to ensure road safety and compliance.
The Marketing Chairperson of Accra Ubuntu Lions Club, Ms Naomi Adjeley Anang, underscored the need for embarking on safety awareness campaign to maximise public safety.
“This initiative helps in assisting the police to have a smooth operational duties,” she observed.
Ms Anang said ensuring public safety was an essential tool which had the tendency of instilling discipline and impacting individuals positively.
She added that it was essential for both clubs to spearhead such activities within the Tema metropolis.
The chairperson for the Donation Activity Committee, Ms Rosina Owusua Amponsah, emphasised the significance of safety awareness in reducing crime and enhancing community well-being.
Receiving the items, officers present commended the two clubs for the items and called on other organisations to replicate such gestures.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
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GFP founder Akua Donkor passes on
Akua Donkor
The founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), Madam Akua Donkor, has passed away.
She died at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital on Monday, October 28 at 72.
Reports gathered by The Spectator indicated that she was diagnosed with respiratory issues at the Nsawam Government Hospital and was referred to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital where she died.
Known for her spirited presence in Ghanaian politics, Akua Donkor was a staunch advocate for the rights of farmers and women.
Her bold and outspoken demeanour enabled her to capture public attention and significantly impact the grassroots communities she aimed to represent.
Throughout her political journey, she distinguished herself by running for the presidency multiple ti mes, demonstrating remarkable resilience despite financial challenges.
Akua Donkor was listed as the third candidate on the ballot for the upcoming 2024 presidential election.
Her political career began with her election as the Assemblywoman for Herman in the Ashanti region, and she made her first bid for the presidency in 2012 as an independent candidate.
She was, however, disqualified by the Electoral Commission in 2012 and 2016 for the reason that she did not meet the eligibility requirements.
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Stop using breast enhancing creams …they expose females to breast cancer
Mrs Enyonam Abiti making a presentation
Women have been cautioned to stop using of breast enhancing creams which is said to contain estrogen, predisposing them to the breast cancer disease.
Using such creams over time increases estrogen levels in patrons of such products thereby exposing them to the disease.
Estrogen is a type of sex hormone responsible for development and regulation of female reproductive system and secondary sex chart.
Mrs Enyonam Abiti, a medical officer at Madina Pentecost Hospital, said this at a day’s seminar and breast cancer awareness creation day at Sunyani in the Bono Region.
The programme, organised by the Bono Regional office of COCOBOD, forms part of activities to mark this year’s World Breast Cancer Day celebrations held every year in October.
Some staff of COCOBOD and women in cocoa farming used the opportunity to have their breast screened.
Mrs Abiti during a presentation revealed that one in every eight women was diagnosed of breast cancer while 1 from 1,000 men contract the disease.
She noted that early detection and regular screening was the surest way to salvage the situation.
She mentioned that habits such as excessive smoking and alcohol intake predisposes women to breast cancer.
Moreover, she added that people advanced in age, past history, past ovarian cancer case as well as young girls that menstruate early, among others stands the risk of contracting the disease.
The Bono Regional Administrator of COCOBOD, Michael Paddy Kwesi Asumanu, stated that the decision to organise the breast screening was to ensure that women in cocoa farming were healthy at all times to go about their farming activities in order to increase productivity.
“We don’t want a situation where our women in cocoa farming are infected with breast cancer disease to jeopardise the cocoa sector,” he said.
According him, the Regional Office of COCOBOD in partnership with the Bono Regional Teaching hospital would organised screening for about 4,000 women on October 31, 2024 at Goaso in the Ahafo Region.
The move, he said, was part of their corporate social responsibility towards women as the world mark breast cancer awareness creation this month.
Some of the women who spoke to The Spectator commended COCOBOD for the gesture and called on other institutions of state to emulate the example.
The organisers later held a float on the principal streets of Sunyani to create awareness on the breast cancer disease.
From Daniel Dzirasah, Sunyani
