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Koforidua Youth Centre is all set to host this year’s national Independence Day Anniversary, on March 06.

Pictures by James Amoh Junior.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The Pharmacy Council says it will adopt stringent mechanisms to deal with illegal pharmacy service providers and practitioners to help uphold the acceptable pharmaceutical practice standards.

Dr Daniel Amaning Danquah, the acting Registrar of the Pharmacy Council, said the Council would conduct a swoop on unlicensed facilities, peddlers, and those who provided services beyond the stipulated scope of their licenses.

According to him, the move, which would be done with support from the Ghana Police Service, Food and Drugs Authority and other security agents was to bring sanity in the pharmaceutical industry to help promote public health and safety among the citizenry.

He said this when he met pharmacy operators, pharmacists, and over-the-counter medicine practitioners in the Western Region.

The meeting, held in Takoradi, was to familiarise and introduce himself to key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry in the Region as the acting Registrar of the Council.

It was also to afford him the opportunity
to seek stakeholders’ support to help in the successful implementation of the National Electronic Pharmacy (e-pharmacy) platform designed to enhance service delivery to clients.

According to Dr Danquah, ‘there is the need to enforce the practice standards which is dear to me personally because many of the current challenges we are experiencing emanate from the fact that standards are not being enforced.’

He noted that there had been reports from the Council’s inspection and monitoring where some people operated without licensing, and others provided pharmaceutical services beyond the agreed scope of their licenses.

The Ag. Pharmacy Council Registrar added that such practices were dangerous to public health and safety, saying; ‘If you are not licensed to perform a particular role, the recipient of that service is not guaranteed any safety and health care outcome.’

Dr Danquah mentioned that the Council would sanction those found to be operating illegally, including revoking the license of those providing se
rvices beyond their approved scope of practice.

He, therefore, appealed to pharmacy practitioners to support the Council in its quest to bring sanity in the pharmaceutical practice for improved service delivery.

He also advised members of the public to desist from patronising services from illegal pharmacy practitioners to help save them from health complications.

‘It is very dangerous, risky and unhealthy if you enjoy buying medicines from peddlers and illegal operators, so we advise the general public to desist from patronising the services of those people,’ Dr Danquah noted.

Speaking on the e-pharmacy platform, he said it had been developed to bring transparency, enhance quality service delivery, and make pharmaceutical practice easier.

Mr Richard Asante, the Western Regional Manager of the Pharmacy Council, expressed gratitude to the Ag. Pharmacy Council Registrar for the visit, and said the engagement affirmed the Council’s resolve to uphold acceptable practice standards.

Some of the participants w
ho interacted with the Ghana News Agency described the meeting as timely and said it would help them to comply with all the rules governing their operations.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Prof Stephen Jobson Mitchual, Vice-chancellor of University of Education Winneba (UEW), has applauded the management of the university’s Cooperative Credit Union for their excellent performance for people in the university community since its creation.

He urged them not to rest on their achievements but continue to work in accordance with the rules regulations and ethics of the industry to further progress to better the lots of people in the country.

Prof Mitchual made the commendation when Dr Bernard B. B. Bingab, the National Board Chairman of the Ghana Cooperate Credit Union Association (GCCUA), presented a certificate and a plaque he received as part of his induction into the Corporate Ghana Hall of Fame to the Management of the University.

The award was also for his outstanding achievement and contributions to Ghana’s Economy.

Dr Bingab , also a Senior Lecture of the UEW School of Business, was accompanied by Mrs Christina Kilson, Chief Executive Officer of UEW Cooperative Credit Union and Mr Cyprian
Kankyie Ahmed Basing, General Manager of GCCUA and other executive members of the Union.

The VC stated that the award and induction of Dr Bingab had made the University proud and put smiles on their faces, adding that whatever any of them was doing, they should do it well because they would eventually be honoured.

He congratulated Dr Bingab and urged him to work further towards the socio-economic development of the country.

Dr Bingab is a full time Senior Lecture at the UEW School of Business with his research interest in Governance, Leadership, management, Strategic leadership and management, organisation analysis and management and human resource management.

Others are public policy, project and programme planning, and management.

As a Chartered Consultant, he has been involved in several consultancy engagements in Ghana, with his most recent consulting engagement being the Coordinating Advisor on Parliamentary Reforms to the 7th and 8th Parliaments of Ghana.

He currently serves as the Board Chairman
of the University of Education, Winneba Corporative Credit Union of CUA and the Deputy Chairman for the African Apex; the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Association.

In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Dr Bingab said the award would encourage him to do more.

Mr Ahmed Basing, General Manager of GCCUA, said they were currently collaborating with UEW to train business students to come out with their own businesses and nurture them to grow.

He said as part of GCCUA’s social cooperate responsibility, it would continue to support the university in their endeavours.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Resource Conservation Initiative (RESCONI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has recommended to stakeholders in the wildlife sector to collectively explore innovative methodologies to facilitate the protection and conservation of Ghana’s wildlife resources.

The stakeholders, including the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, and the local populace, especially the youth, must effectively collaborate in finding innovative and cutting-edge digital technologies to protect wildlife, it said.

‘This will spark synergies to inspire cross-sector collaborations that foster the application of novel digital innovations and technologies to manage the wildlife resources of the country sustainably,’ a release by the NGO said on Monday.

The World Wildlife Day 2024 was celebrated on the theme; ‘Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation.’

The release said digital innovation offered co
untries with internet connectivity such as Ghana the opportunity to unleash the power of digital technologies and services in the sustainable management of wildlife resources and address human-wildlife conflicts.

Using Global Positioning System (GPS) collars and transmitters in wildlife conservation in Ghana was important to ensure the ease of access to accurate and efficient data for decision-making in support of wildlife management, it said.

‘The revolutionary role of using geo-location data through GPS collars and transmitters in appreciating the behaviour of wild animals, estimating migratory routes and habitat utilization is unprecedented,’ the release said.

It said conservationists, through those tracking devices, made valuable decisions to conserve threatened species; thus the gradual embrace of digitization in wildlife conservation.

‘It is, therefore, important that Ghana, a country immersed in nature’s magnificence, should bridge conservation, digital technology and innovation in the sustainable
management of its wildlife resources.’

‘As we celebrate World Wildlife Day, it is important to highlight the role of Global Positioning System (GPS) Collars and Transmitters in wildlife conservation in Ghana.’

The release noted the well-established fact that conservation efforts had reached an unprecedented high level of advancement in the use of digital technology.

‘When GPS collars and transmitters are attached to animals, conservationists can retrieve significant data on how different wildlife species interact with their environment as this enables the development of specific conservation plans and priorities aimed at defining wildlife populations and habitats.’

‘These devices have contributed to understanding and protecting threatened species within the Protected Areas, Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs) and other conservation areas under the protection and management of communities, and civil society organisations amongst others.’

There is a gradual shift of conservation efforts to data-en
hanced strategies.

Its usage helps to identify high-risk areas of poaching, human-wildlife conflicts, habitat depletion, the concentration of land-use activities, climate change and the mitigation of biodiversity threats.

Despite the current role of digitization in wildlife conservation in Ghana, there is a need to reminiscence the challenges associated with data privacy, the high cost of monitoring devices, the size of tracking devices relative to animal behaviour and the analysis of large datasets.

‘It stands to reason that future proposals must include high investments into the application of these monitoring devices, exposing high numbers of the student population… to the use of e-platforms, use of micro-weight devices, and application of Artificial Intelligence to retrieve, analyze and predict effective conservation strategies for the country,’ the release noted.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Dr Selasie Agyinasare, Auxiliary Bishop, Perez Chapel International, has asked Ghanaians, particularly the Christian community to be upright and responsible in their fields of endeavour as they seek God’s Kingdom.?

He said as stewards of God’s Kingdom and citizens of the nation, they had the duty and responsibility to put things right, saying: ‘If your church or environment is littered, you clean it up. You don’t wait for ushers or cleaners to do that because it is their job,’

He was preaching on Sunday on the subject ‘ God’s Kingdom Stewardship’ at the Perez Dome, Dzorwulu.?

Speaking about Jesus Christ’s stewardship on earth, Bishop Agyinasare said the citizens must reflect on their actions and activities to see what stewardship they had been rendering to God and the country.

‘As Kingdom stewards, we must have a productive mindset and attitudinal change. In this month, wherever you find yourself, be it the office or public transport, be a good steward,’ the Auxiliary Bishop said.

Source: Ghana News Age
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Naana Dagojo Domaley I, the Paramount Queen mother for the Ada Traditional Area, has entreated TC’s Energy USA and its partners to fulfil their promise to revive the Ada Foah energy project.

Naana Domaley said the realisation of the project would provide the community and its adjourning areas with mixed energy products, including wind, solar, and tidal wave energies.

She said the project would put Ada on the industrial and tourism map of the world, as it would open many opportunities in the area.

She said this when Mr Anthony Poku, the Executive Director of TC’s Energy Ghana, led a delegation of the company and its partners, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, and Seabased of Sweden, to pay a courtesy call on her.?

The paramount queen mother expressed worry that the project stalled after the sod-cutting ceremony for the piloting and feasibility studies phase to ascertain whether tidal wave energy could be produced off the coast of Ada Foah.

Mr Poku assured the queen mother and people of
Ada that they would work hard to achieve the tidal wave energy dream, adding that TC’s Energy USA had signed a power purchasing agreement with TC’s Energy Ghana.

The energy project is aimed at establishing a wave energy park in the Gulf of Guinea in Ghana, about 17 km off the coast of Ada, to generate about 1,000 megawatts (MW/H) of power from sea waves, which is expected to make use of environmentally friendly technology.

Source: Ghana News Agency