The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Seth Kwame Acheampong has paid a courtesy call on His Royal Majesty, Nene Sakite II, the Konor of Manya Krobo Traditional Council and the President of Eastern Regional House of Chiefs at his Palace in Odumase on Friday 9th April 2021.
The visit was to formally introduce himself as the newly appointed Regional Minister for the Eastern Region and to solicit support and cooperation from His Royal Majesty Nene Sakite II, his Elders and the people of Kroboland.
In his remarks, the Hon. Seth Acheampong appealed to his Royal Majesty to thank the President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for trust reposed in him to represent him as the Eastern Regional Minister whenever the opportunity availed itself.
Source: Michael Oberteye, Contributor
Cardinal Elijah Tetteh
Founder of the Wonder Jesus Chapel International at Odumase-Krobo says sanitation offenders must first be educated on the need to ensure cleanliness before they are punished for future offences.
Cardinal Elijah Tetteh who believes that sanitation offenders must be punished for such offences, however, says most of them may be ignorant of the repercussions of their actions and may hence need to be enlightened on the need to be clean.
The lawyer was speaking at the inauguration of the Messiach Sanitation and Cleaning Services at Agomanya in the Eastern Region.
“Those who will offend the law must first be educated and after the education given to them and they still commit such crime, then such people should be punished,” he said.
Sipim Narh Terkpertey II joins calls for safe driving during yuletide, peace after elections
Nene Sipim Narh Terkpertey II of Manya Aklomuase in the Manya Krobo Traditional Area of the Eastern Region has joined calls for drivers to take extra care on the roads during the Christmas season and beyond.
He said though various stakeholders continued to play their respective parts in awareness campaigns in highlighting the dangers of speeding and drunk driving, the onus was now on individual drivers to be cautious.
The chief observed that by being cautious, drivers could help reduce the number of accidents, adding that drivers must strictly adhere to all road safety requirements and regulations to curtail road crashes in the country before, during, and after the Christmas festivities.
Today in History: My detractors have been shamed – Akufo-Addo
According to him, the consistent propaganda deployed by his political opponents against him did not materialise.
He said this following his win in the 2016 elections amidst a keen contest.
President Akufo-Addo made this known at a meeting with the people of Asesewa, in the Upper Manya Krobo constituency.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his electoral victory in the December 2016 elections has exposed the crude propaganda against him over the years, by his political opponents.
According to President Akufo-Addo, “during the elections, people were going around saying that the people of Krobo should not vote for us (in the NPP), because when they do, since I am an Akyem, I will come and sack the people of Krobo, and make them miserable. As you can see, nothing like that has happened, has it?” The President continued, “I am sure you can all tell now that they were lying against me. I can’t do that to th