Women urged to aspire for higher positions
Hooting and insults do not win elections - Minister
NGO undertaking beautification and boundary demarcation programme
Women urged to aspire for higher positions
Accra (Greater Accra) 27 May 2000
Ms Esther Ofei-Aboagye, Deputy Director of the Institute of Local Government, on Tuesday called on women to aspire for top positions at decision-making levels to promote good governance saying that a critical number of women are needed in politics to accelerate development in the country.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of a two-day workshop on "Preparation towards the Beijing Plus Five Conference" scheduled for June 5 – 9, Ms Ofei-Aboagye said since the number of women in decision-making levels is very minimal, they are often not able to make the needed impact.
She noted that the few women, who find their way into such positions, are often intimidated and harassed in various ways by their male counterparts thus making their work difficult.
Ms Ofei-Aboagye emphasised the need for a massive approach to enlighten women on their right to participate in politics.
They should be educated so that as mothers they could in turn "educate our children, who are supposed to be the future leaders".
The conference was organised by the National Council on Women and Development (NCWD) and the United Nations as part of the 27th anniversary celebrations of the Council.
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Hooting and insults do not win elections –
Minister
Kumasi (Greater Accra) 24 May 2000
Mr. Samuel Nuamah-Donkor, Ashanti Regional Minister, on Tuesday said hooting and insults do not win elections.
He said only God knows the potential winner of the December presidential and parliamentary elections, because God knows what is in the heart of every human being.
Inaugurating the Ashanti Regional Branch of Professor Atta Mills Brotherhood Fan Club in Kumasi, Mr. Nuamah-Donkor said the way certain supporters of political parties behave in the region leaves much to be desired, and called on all party supporters to comport themselves during and after the December 8 elections.
He urged the executives and members of the club to desist from activities that do not augur well for peaceful election..They should be tolerant and campaign effectively to win more votes for Professor Mills.
Hajia Sala Kunte, Ashanti Regional Women's Organiser of NDC, told the executives that they have a lot to do to educate especially the youth on the good things the NDC government has done for Ghanaians.
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NGO undertaking beautification and boundary
demarcation programme
Bole (Northern Region) 27 May 2000
The Partners in Participatory Development (PAPADEV), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) operating in the Northern Region, is undertaking a school beautification and boundary demarcation programme to improve upon the school environment in the Bole and West Gonja Districts.
Under the programme, 10 schools in the two districts would be supplied with inputs including wheelbarrows, watering cans, buckets, spades and improved seedlings worth 1.5 million cedis each from a fund made available through the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
Addressing the closing session of a two-day training workshop on skills in boundary demarcation and school beautification in Bole, on Monday, Mr. Eddy Telley, Executive Secretary of PAPADEV, said the workshop was designed to assist the beneficiary schools to develop strategies and time frame for undertaking the programme.
The participants, drawn from the 10 beneficiary schools, discussed common environmental problems facing their schools and corrective measures such as tree planting to check erosion and maintaining good sanitation within the school compound.
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