MP SECURES CONTRACT FOR ROAD PROJECT AFTER YOUTH DEMONSTRATED

The Member of Parliament for Nkwanta South in the Volta Region, Gershon Gbediame has disclosed that the Ministry of Roads and Transport has awarded the contract for the construction of the Nkwanta road following the demonstration by the youth. He described as worrying the fact that the initial contract was awarded last May but financing was not forthcoming. According to him, they have been able to secure pre-finance loan from the European Union. Gershon Gbediame was reacting to demonstration by the youth in the Nkwanta District stating that no Politian including him to make an attempt to campaign in the town towards the 2012 general elections. They claim successive governments including the NPP and NDC failed on their promise to construct the Nkwanta-Kpasah road. The youth also accused the Member of Parliament, Mr. Gershon Gbediame for not being of help to the district. But Gershon Gbediame advised the people to exercise patience with the government on road projects. He however blamed the previous NPP government for neglecting the road project that was started by the last NDC administration.

EARLY SUCCESSES ‘DESTROYED’ BISHOP OBINIM- PSYCHIATRIST

Chief Psychiatrist at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Akwasi Osei has attributed the challenges faced by the head pastor of the International God’s Way Church Bishop Daniel Obinim to his inability manage the fame and glory that he had. Dr. Osei says rather than being condemned without redemption, Bishop Obinim needs psychological help to handle the trauma associated with the sex scandal. Among the help needed according to Dr. Osei is for the Bishop to leave the public eye and media attention for a while to allow other pastors to handle the church until the issue is dealt with. He also site his youthful age as a factor in his demise especially if the person lacks the proper counseling. Dr Osei says a ‘JSS lever’ is not likely to manage such huge fame and glory. He however said his flaws and error does not mean he doesn’t have the power of God. Commenting on what he recommends to help Bishop Obinim, the psychologist stated that Bishop Obinim needs a psychologist to support him. He added that Bishop Obinim at this stage of his career needs a counselor to talk to him on his plans and actions. Dr Osei believes that inability of the child walk and speak is due to likely to be from cerebral palsy rather than anything to do with Obinim. He says the cerebral palsy is the difficulty in child birth and thus affecting oxygen supply to the baby. He said such a child will not be able to walk and will be intellectually subnormal. Meanwhile, the husband of Obinim’s ‘girlfriend’, Pastor William Fobih says the child is responding to treatment. He says a team of medical and traditional doctors are helping with the medical care of the child.

KWESI PRATT JNR CHALLENGES EVIDENCE ON NANA ADDO DRUG ADDICTION

The Managing Editor for the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has challenged any individual or group of persons to come out with evidence if they know that Nana Addo is a wee addict. Kwesi Pratt Jnr says he met officials of the US Embassy and told them Nana Akuffo Addo smokes marijuana on the wikileaks. He explains that there are other pertinent issues to be discuss rather than focusing on Nana Addo’s wee saga. He added that three years ago he got a call from the US Embassy that they want to discuss the election with him which the officials came to his office for the discussion, but little did he know the officials will use the information on the wikileaks. Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem on Monday Kwesi Pratt admitted he made a mistake for not recording the conversation and did not know the conversation will be published in the wikileaks. He added he shocked when he saw the wikileaks about him saying Akuffo Addo smokes marijuana. Kwesi Pratt Jnr stressed that that foreign Diplomats did the same thing to former presidents Kufour and Rawlings where conversation with the two were also published in the wikileaks. He noted that the wikileaks should be an eye opener for the country, because this indicates that the country has problem as far as security is concerned.

DR ANNING DENIES NANA ADDO DRUG ADDICTION

Security Expert, Dr. Kwesi Anning has denied stating that the Flagbearer of the NPP addicted to hard drugs. He said he has been working with him for some time now but has not seen him dealing in hard drugs. Dr Anning also maintained that he has never told any Embassy about speculations that Nana Addo is into drugs. According to him, he will never discuss the personal lifestyle of leaders of the nation to anyone. Speaking on Dwaso Nsem with Adakabre Frimpong Manso, Dr Anning stated that he is not a member of any political party in Ghana, but a sympathizer to party that hold democratic rights of the people.

GOVERNMENT NEGLECTS AGONA SWEDRU NATIONAL VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL

The Headmaster of the National Vocational and Technical Training Center in Agona Swedru, Isaac Adanganibi has revealed that the center has not received state support for the past 4 decade. He explains that the rejection of the government has led to poor school infrastructure. Isaac Adanganibi appealed to the government to pay special attention to vocational and technical skills training so that students in that field can pay a quota to nation’s development. He stress that countries such as Japan, china, Malaysia and India have made strives due to special attention the government gives to the sector. He made these statements when the parliamentary select committee on employment and social welfer paid a familiarization visit to the center in Agona Swedru. The leader of the committee, Prince Jacob Hayibor stated that the committee will relay the issue to the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfer so that drastic measures can be done to help the school. He told our reporter Isaac Okyem that the committee will put the issue before parliament so that attention can be drawn to assist the school from collapsing.