Tag: TECHIMAN

  • Techiman has recorded no positive case of COVID-19 in the past 3 weeks

    Techiman has recorded no positive case of COVID-19 in the past 3 weeks

    Techiman has recorded no positive case of COVID-19 in the past 3 weeks; Municipal Health Director declares & urges all to go for jabs

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    Dr. Fosuhen Kusi Techiman Municipal Director of Ghana Health Services in the Bono East region has revealed that his area which was a few months back declared as hot spot for the deadly novel Coronavirus has in the past three (3) not recorded any new positive cases.

    He disclosed that the total number of COVID-19 deaths remains at 39 in Techiman municipality while active cases had drastically reduced to 10 out of the total cumulative 863 confirmed cases, therefore advising the citizenry to keep religiously adhering to the safety protocols.

    Dr. Fosuhen Kusi was speaking in an interview with our correspondent Nana Kwadwo Adu in Techiman about the mass Coronavirus vaccination exercise which began on Monday 27th September at eight (8) centers in Techiman and would be moving around all communities until Friday 1st October 2021 therefore urged everyone to come out and take their jabs while stock lasts.

    Dr. Fosuhen Kusi, Techiman municipal health director.

    Dr. Fosuhen Kusi, Techiman municipal health director.

    Meanwhile, our correspondent Nana Kwadwo Adu visited some vaccination centers in Techiman where many people were seen in cues and ready to take their jobs.

    Some residents of Techiman took their COVID-19 vaccines today.

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  • Techiman municipal girl child officer meet about 20 nursing, JHS mothers and parents after successful re-entry policy

    Techiman municipal girl child officer meet about 20 nursing, JHS mothers and parents after successful re-entry policy

    TECHIMAN MUNICIPAL GIRL CHILD OFFICER MEETS ABOUT 20 NURSING JHS MOTHERS AND PARENTS AFTER A SUCCESSFUL RE-ENTRY POLICY
    Madam Ellen White; Techiman Municipal Girl Child Officer has a matter of urgency called on Parents to support their wards who get pregnant in the course of schooling to be able to complete and without dropping -out from school.


    Speaking at a programme at Gyarko JHS to donate some diapers, foodstuffs and some amount of money to about some 20 Girls who got pregnant during the covid 19 breaks after a successful Government Re-entry policy, Madam White opined that getting pregnant while in school is shouldn’t be encouraged but in case of any misfortune, Parents should not compel their wards to about their unborn babies or withdraw them from school but rather support them since the Government Re-Entry policy has come to stay.

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    She added that she would do her possible best to uplift the image of Girl Child Education in the Techiman Municipality, Bono East, and Ghana as a while and appealed to Philanthropists to help the Student Nursing mothers and also charged parents to always provide the needs of their wards to curb any future misfortune.


    On his part, Mr. George Yaw Ankamah; Director in charge of Children at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social protection for Bono Region also promise their readiness to support the children to achieve their aim for a brighter future.
    Some of the beneficiaries bemoan the unfortunate incident and thanked the officials for coming to their aid and promised to learn hard to soar higher in the future.

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  • “Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring

    “Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring

    Techiman “Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring

    As part of efforts to ensure that Public Offices are held accountable to their responsibilities, Civil Society Organizations like the Ghana Anti Corruption Coalition (GACC) in collaboration with Local Accountability Network (LANet) -Techiman since last year has been monitoring public contracts and projects in the health and education sectors undertaken by the Techiman Municipal Assembly.

    Interacting with Project Coordinator Mr. Mustapha Yeboah who is also CEO of Center for Posterity Interest Organisation (COPIO) in Techiman
    during a meeting with Stakeholders to present their monitoring report for the 1st quarter (April –June 2021), he disclosed that ten (10) LANet members in Techiman were selected to engage the Municipal Procurement officer, interact and interview stakeholders, and visited the beneficiary communities to verify the projects.

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    “Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring

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    He revealed that though the Civil Society Organizations through their findings were unhappy with the performance of the Techiman Municipal Assembly in areas of public participation, efficiency, value for money and competition in public contracting, there is still room for improvement.

    Mr. Mustapha Yeboah, Project Coordinator and CEO of COPIO

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    “Local Accountability Network” group in Techiman unhappy with Municipal Assembly projects after monitoring

    For her part, the Project Officer Mrs. Faustina Djabatey said there is the need for an improvement in project supervision by the local authorities and pleaded with the Techiman Municipal assembly to consider the recommendations in the report in order to improve delivery of health and education infrastructure services.

    Mrs. Faustina Djabatey, Project Officer.

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