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Use innate gifts to lure partners – women advised

• Mrs Joycleyn Adii, Regional Director, Department of Gender

Mrs Joycleyn Adii, Regional Director, Department of Gender

The Bono Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Joycelyn Adii has urged wom­en to make use of their innate gifts or skills such as respect, pampering and ‘sweet talk’ to lure their part­ners to support them in household chores and other responsibilities.

These, she said, would soften the hearts of their partners to willingly offer them the needed assistance at home

“Most men are willing to help their partners when they are shown respect, and pampered and not made to feel they are obliged to do so,” she said.

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Mrs Adii was speaking at a com­munity dialogue on women’s par­ticipation in decision making at the household and community levels at Yawhima, near Sunyani in the Bono Region on Saturday.

The programme, organised by the Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in partnership with the Department of Gender with support from Plan Ghana In­ternational under its WISE Project intended to ensure more women play key roles in the development of communities at the local level

It also sought to deepen the knowledge and understanding of men, and community members on women’s rights and the benefits in supporting women’s economic and social empowerment drives.

About 15 communities with an estimated number of 1,500 men and women in the Sunyani Munici­pality have been targeted to bene­fit from the four-year programme.

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Some of the communities are Nkrankrom, Yawhima, Nkrankese, Watchman, and Nwanwasua among others.

The Bono Regional Director of Gender appealed to men to consider the views and opinions of their partners and children in the decision making process to ensure peace and harmony in the home.

This, she said, has the potential to diffuse tension and conflicts arising from women exclusion and building a better society for all.

Nana Abena Saah, the Krontihe­maa of Yawhima commended the organisers of the programme, say­ing it would go a long way to build the community.

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She urged women to maintain good personal hygiene at all times to promote their health and look presentable to their husbands.

A 50-year-old farmer, Godwin Odame urged men to be more responsible by working hard to provide the needs of their families and make the home lively at all times.

 From Daniel Dzirasah, Yawhima

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Former Dean, 68, in same law class with daughter  Wonders, the sages say shall never end.

• Professor Daniel Bagah (left) and daughter Portia

Some people say life is all about nursing and adding value to it to build and gain an incorporated image in society.

It is also said that age is just a number and must not serve as a barrier to people who seek to pursue their long-cherished dreams by going into new areas to acquire knowl­edge.

With this in mind, a former Dean of Business, Education and Law at the University for Development Studies, Wa Campus, Professor Daniel Bagah, 68, a foundation layer of UDS and former Upper West Region’s Council of State member has enrolled to ven­ture into the legal field to study law at SDD-UBIDS this academic year.

The surprising thing about Profes­sor Bagah going to read law is not about his age, but that he is sitting at the backline of his third daughter in the same class for lectures to the admiration of the young ones in lec­ture halls and some of the lecturers he handled at the university.

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When Professor Emmanuel K. Derbile, Vice Chancellor of the SDD-UBIDS announced the name of Professor Bagah among the ‘freshers’ for the 2024-2025 academic year to pursue LLB, there was an uproar among the students and some lectur­ers alike about the news.

Talking to Professor Bagah in an interview, he said the legal field had been his long-cherished dream, which was about to elude me but time has come for him to venture into new areas to acquire new knowledge.

“I believe in getting to new areas of knowledge and throughout my studies, my first, second and third degrees, I have not been able to do law, which is a new area for me. My age is nothing to me, it is my inten­tion to challenge the young lecturers and students to emulate me and go into the legal field to know of their human rights and the rights of other people.

“For the few days that I have been lectured, I have realised that I had trampled on so many people’s rights ignorantly, even during communica­tion with others l wrong them,” he said.

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Professor Bagah, therefore, advo­cated basic law to be taught at all tertiary schools in Ghana to open the mindsets of the students to know about their rights and the rights of others, as well as defend the country patriotically.

He appealed to the people of northern Ghana to take advantage of the Law School to improve their lives since the school is the first law school in the north.

Miss Portia Bagah, 24, said her degree was in Estate Management and her dad had been an inspiration in her life, encouraging her to pursue the law programme.

She said the presence of her father in class serves as motivation and challenge to her and not a setback like others might be thinking. –GNA

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 Businessman, farmer granted bail for allegedly defrauding estate developer

 The Amasaman Circuit Court has granted bail to a businessman and a farmer over an alleged GH¢120,000 land fraud.

Nii Korley Sai Boni IV, 53, and Kingsley Oblitey Quansah Commey, 44, were granted GH¢150,000.00 bail with two sureties each.

They are accused of granting 20 plots of land without titles to Mr Ray­mond Kwaku Marfo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RKM Estate Develop­ment Company.

The court, presided over by Ms Enid Marful-Sau, ordered that the sureties deposit their valid national identity cards with the Registry.

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Nii Boni and Commey denied con­spiring to defraud Mr. Marfo.

The court instructed the prosecu­tion to serve the accused with neces­sary materials by April 2, 2025.

Chief Inspector Frederick Awuah-Ansah, prosecuting, said Mr Marfo was the CEO of RKM Ghana Limited, an estate development company.

He said that Nii Boni is a business­man and self-styled chief of Korley­man near Medie, while Commey is a farmer from Papase near Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipality.

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In June 2022, Mr Marfo was working on a land he purchased from Abusua­payin Ayitey Ankwah of Ankwa Dobro.

Nii Boni and Commey, along with one Obodai (now deceased), con­fronted Marfo, claiming ownership of the land.

The prosecution said Nii Boni and Commey convinced Marfo to buy 20 plots along the road leading to Sam­sam.

Marfo paid GH¢120,000.00 for the plots, and an official receipt was is­sued. However, when Marfo attempt­ed to begin work on the land, he was informed by Nii Boni and Commey that there was an injunction on it.

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After conducting a search at the Lands Commission, Marfo discovered the land was registered in the name of Babbel Limited.

Marfo then reported the case to the Amasaman Divisional CID on May 10, 2024. Subsequently, Nii Boni and Commey were arrested, and in their caution statements, they admitted the offence.

They promised to repay the amount involved but failed to do so.

After thorough investigations, Nii Boni and Commey were charged and brought before the court.

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