Chief farmer appeals for rehabilitation of roads

Nene Adjabeng Ashaley, the Chief Farmer of Anum Apapam in the Eastern Region, has appealed to the Department of Feeder Roads to rehabilitate the town’s roads through to Kofi Pare, Dokrochewa to Coaltar to facilitate socio-economic activities.

He said the poor state of the roads was affecting the free movement of goods and services, hence the need for rehabilitation to enhance business activities.

Nene Ashaley, also the Chief of the Shai Community, made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Anum Apapam in the Eastern Region.

He said foodstuffs such as plantain, banana and vegetables were getting rotten in the area because conveying them to market centres had become a problem due to the bad roads, which had developed deep potholes and had become unmotorable.

“Most drivers are reluctant to convey passengers and goods to and from this area and this is creating hardship for the people. Repairing the road will bring us a lot of relief.”

“The poor nature of the roads is also affecting the evacuation of cocoa and other cash crops,” he said.

Nene Ashaley appealed to the transport unions to ensure their drivers were cautious on the roads and made public safety a priority. GNA ABD Jan. 12, 2020 Picture Attached:

NHEL 002 Health NARM Training NARM Ghana holds leadership training for executives By Bertha Badu-Agyei/Millicent Tamakloe, GNA

Akuapem-Larteh, Jan. 12, GNA - The National Association of Registered Midwives Ghana (NARM-GH) has trained 50 of its executives to become good leaders in their field of work.

The two-day leadership training programme was held on the theme: "Effective Leadership; a Primary Driver of Change" for selected midwives from across the regions and the five teaching hospitals at Larteh in the Eastern Region.

Madam Ridhwana Hawa Amoako-Agyei, the NARM-GH President, explained that leadership played an important role in maintaining professionalism adding; “Good leadership produces good results.”

She said as a professional association that dealt with clients, it was important its leaders were provided with quality leadership skills to inculcate same into their members to relate well with patients at the health facilities.

Madam Amoako-Agyei said midwifery was now recognised as a separate and distinct profession from nursing and charged members to adhere to their Code of Ethics to redeem the image of the profession.

She noted that the leadership was aware of the frustration and intimidation members were going through because they opted to be agents of NARM Ghana and assured that they would engage the appropriate authorities to address these ill-treatments.

DR Yaw Baah, the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said leadership was about serving and urged the members not to take up any leadership position for the sake of it.

He said TUC was interested in the welfare of Ghanaian workers and had, over the years, put government on its toes with respect to the welfare and working conditions of public sector workers. He assured NARM-GH of TUC’s support to realise its goals.