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ACCRA STEM ACADEMY TO BE COMPLETED IN 24 MONTHS -NANA ADDO

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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 12th January 2022, cut the sod for the construction of the Accra STEM Academy, a school, dedicated, principally, to the teaching and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

The Academy, which will be constructed within the next twenty-four (24) months, will be completed from kindergarten to high school, with an expected population of some two thousand (2,000) students.

It will have a number of state-of-the-art facilities, including a four-storey classroom block, science laboratories, a sickbay, administrative area, staff common room, library, washrooms, canteen, and a one thousand, five hundred (1,500) capacity multi-purpose hall.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the Accra STEM Academy, being constructed at a cost of thirty-two million cedis (GH¢32 million), will equip learners from kindergarten to senior high school with 21st century skills in problem solving, creativity, communication, collaboration, data literacy, digital literacy, and computer science.

“In addition, the Accra STEM Academy will be a place where learners in junior high school will be provided with the options of learning basic engineering, manufacturing, and global studies to help them make informed decisions on their preferred programmes of choice at senior high school level,” he said.

Nana Addo and Education Minister

Delivering a speech at the event, the President explained that Government attaches importance to the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at all levels of the nation’s educational system, in recognition of the centrality of STEM capability in the employment of science and technology towards Ghana’s nation’s development.

“Indeed, our world is essentially driven by technology. Energy, industry, agriculture, medicine and health, clean air and water, transportation, sanitation, the use, management and conservation of natural resources – the successful exploitation of all these sectors depends, ultimately, on the application of science and technology. So, it is obvious that, to be a part of this modern world, science and technology must be present at every stage of the development process,” he added.

Despite being one of the leading countries in guaranteeing access to quality education on the continent, President Akufo-Addo noted that Ghana’s education sector still requires some significant transformation to compete with the best in the world.

For example, he explained that Ghana must increase her Gross Tertiary Enrolment Ratio (GTER) from the current 18.84% to 40% by 2030, adding that “in accordance with Government’s Education Strategic Plan (ESP), targeted at increasing our science to humanities ratio from the current one of forty to sixty (40:60) to the desired sixty to forty (60:40) in favour of science, Government is repositioning our education system, anchored on STEM Education”.

As part of Government’s commitment to the advancement of STEM education in the country, President Akufo-Addo stated that his administration has commenced the development of twenty (20) STEM Centres and ten (10) model STEM Senior High schools across the country, which are at various stages of completion.

“Some of these schools will be operationalized this year. These institutions and centres will be fitted with state-of-the art equipment and laboratories to facilitate teaching and learning in all areas of study, including artificial intelligence and robotics,” he added.

Describing the Accra STEM Academy as a Ghana project, the President was confident that Ghana’s young people are going to acquire skills that would put them at par with their peers anywhere in the world.

“I expect parents and students to take advantage of this facility’s opportunities, and enroll in this STEM Academy. Government is committed to accelerating STEM education in Ghana, to train students with cutting-edge 21st century skills. God-willing, within the next twenty-four (24) months, we will all be back here to witness the commissioning of the Accra STEM Academy,” he added.

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MzGee, did not leak the audio- Psalm Adjetefio slam Ghanaians

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Veteran actor, Psalm Adjetefio, popularly known as TT, has come in defence of Media Personality, MzGee over leaked phone conversation.

MzGee has faced a lot of backlash online since a phone conversation between she and TT made its way to social media.

On Monday night, the “Taxi Driver” actor was recorded in a 3 minutes audio, begging MzGee to help him with some  “leftovers” from her kitchen since the support he had been receiving from individuals stopped coming after Vice-president Bawumia’s public donation to him.

Since the audio went viral, social media users have responded in various dimensions to it. Some were of the strong view that the audio was personal and confidential and shouldn’t have been shared to the general public.

Some of MzGee’s colleagues in the industry, including Radio Presenter Amanda Jissih, have also publicly chided her sharing the audio.

However, reacting to the news of the leaked audio on Empire FM in Takoradi, TT has stated that he doesn’t believe MzGee leaked the audio.

“I don’t think MzGee will do a thing like that… please don’t attack MzGee. I don’t think she will consciously do a thing like that, no I don’t believe that,” he said in the interview.

According to TT, MzGee did send the audio to someone to a third party, her husband.

“So on this particular day, I just sent her a WhatsApp message but I didn’t hear from her, so I thought maybe she would be busy or something. Just last Monday night, she called me and said when I sent the message she was in Nigeria and so she sent the message to somebody to see if the person could be of assistance; specifically, she said she sent it to her husband,” TT revealed.

Meanwhile, MzGee has reacted to the allegations she has received so far.

“Ghana! Herrrh! Christ me! We forget too easily! Same me,who broke story of T.T’s predicament, almost a year ago? Same me, who put my reputation on the line and appealed for funds for T.T, almost year ago, leak our private conversation? How gullible can I be but it is well!” she tweeted.

MzGee also reminded Ghanaians that she was the first to break the story of TT’s predicament and put her reputation on the line to generate funds for him.

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Takoradi:My Colleague Friend’s Gilfriend Left Him because of My favorite Street Preacher-Nesta Joojoe Erskine

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In a Post sited by countryghana on Facebook by a writer Nesta Joojoe Erskine explains how he feel in love with this prracher.According to him this preacher is well dedicated and preaches in a straightforward manner which can cause you to feel so uncomfortable because his message indirecting hit you on a different level because of the truth in it. Below is the full narration on how a friend to his colleague lost his Girlfriend

Nesta Joojoe Erskine-Facebook

If you’re in Takoradi and you use the road leading to Market circle from Asempa hotel, then you might have met this man. He’s a preacher. When Jesus tasked his followers to be the soldiers of the gospel, this man right here took that command literally. So he soldiers along the street, preaching the gospel to passers-by. He’s the kind of guy God will look at and say, “This is a guy after my own heart when it comes to preaching.” He’s confrontational. He comes direct at you, point a finger in your face and scream, “Gyai krɔno no bɔ na Jesu reba.” (Stop stealing. Jesus is coming soon)

The road where he preaches is just in front of my office so I see him every day when he’s around. My first encounter with him was an early morning when I was in a traffic going to the office. He tapped on my window and signaled me to roll it down. I thought he was coming for collection. Immediately I rolled down he said, “Asɛm no Yɛdzi kyɛ kwa nti ɛti dɛ yɛre ka aa tie bi ai. Mɛ ɛnroll wo glass na wo 2021 yɛ obi ne 2011. Brɛ woho asi.” (The gospel is for free so when you hear it being preached, roll your Window down and listen. Your 2021 vehicle is someone’s 2011 vehicle. Be humble)

The Street Preacher-Captured by Nesta Jojoe Erskine

He turned away and walked with pride in his strides. Like he’s achieved his goal. Like he had won a soul for Christ. He could have gone to bed that night and feel proud of himself because what he said hit a chord that played a different melody within me.

I don’t think everyone likes him like I do. My colleagues don’t want to hear his voice. They accuse his unconventional ways of preaching. They say he’s too confrontational. They say God didn’t charge us to be this straightforward with the gospel. Every morning when I see him on the street, I scream from my office, “That’s my man!!” My colleagues will turn and look at him. They’ll chuckle but it doesn’t take away the fact that he’s my man.

Days ago a guy came to our office. He’s a friend to one of my colleagues. He was here when I screamed, “That’s my man. The Lord of street preaching.” As usual, they all turned. As usual they chuckled. As I’d come to expect, they started calling him names. The guy who came to our office screamed, “This guy, he’s forking roff.” I said, “Oh please, don’t say the about my man. Touch not my anointed. Haven’t you heard that?” He said, “Wait until you hear what he did to me some weeks ago.

So he started sharing his story.

His girlfriend visited one evening and they had issues. It was an issue they’ve had for a very long time. Another woman was involved. His girlfriend had caught him cheating with that woman. She read the messages and had a solid evidence to back her claim. That evening when she visited they had a huge fight about his cheating ways. “I’m a man. I’ve been with her for years so I knew how to tame her. I apologized. I said all the sweet things to calm her down. She didn’t agree with me but was ready to stay and fight for the relationship.”

The next day, he picked a taxi and went to town with his girl sitting next to him. They were both quiet. They were having a hangover of last night’s fight. His only sin was allowing the taxi driver to use the road my man preaches on. He said, “I saw him moving from one car to another saying things to the passengers. I didn’t pay attention to him. The traffic was thick. He could stay with a car for a few seconds and move to the next. When he got to my taxi, he pointed a finger at me and screamed, “Gyai edwaman no bɔ na Yesu reba. The lady you told to abort the pregnancy, if she tries to abort it she’ll die. Go and tell her.”

So his girlfriend turned to him and said, “You see what I’ve always been telling you? This one is coming from a man of God. Just what we were fighting about a moment ago. You see a revelation had come about you? Everyone will know you. You smell of cheating. Everyone can smell it when you walk by.”

That’s how he lost his girlfriend.

It was funny but sad at the same time. It turned into a discussion. We asked questions. He answered. “So is it true that you’ve impregnated someone?” He said no. He said, “He’s just a liar don’t mind him.” I asked, “Is it true that you’re fornicating?” He answered with a mellow voice, “He calls himself a pastor. Can he swear that he hasn’t fornicated before?”

But he’s still my man. The sun is high. The traffic is thick. His shirt is wet from his own sweat but he continues moving from car to car telling people to change their ways. You see a poly bag in his hand. When it rains, he puts his bible in the poly bag so it doesn’t get wet. He’ll stand in the rain and still point fingers at you and ask you to run from your sins. I’ve never seen him taking collection. He just preach as if it’s the only mandate. The purpose for his existence.

One day when we go to heaven, I will like to live closer to his cubicle. I will be his PR. I will tell God, ”This man needs an air-conditioned room. He’s been in the sun all his life.” I will tell God, “This man needs a V8 turbo charge chariots to move him around here.” “God, I know there’s no dirt around here but this man needs new white robes every morning. We are not hungry but can Esther get off her seat and cook something for him? Or Esther is a feminist so she doesn’t cook for men?” Then get Angel Gabriel do the cooking.”

I took these photos a moment ago. He’s there working. I’m here writing about him because he’s my man!

Captured by Erskine

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Very Urgent :National Labour Commission invites UTAG and FWSC

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UTAG made a statement on January 8 to annonce industrial action,In the statement the explained that the Government has failed to fulfill his part in the agreement and urged members to cease all Teaching and Learning activities on Jan 10.

UTaaG

In response the Ghana Labour Commission is inviting UTAG and FWSC because they believe UTAG should have compiled with Section 159 of Act 651 where the commision would be served the required notice to enable it intervene immediately.Below is the Full statement from the commission

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Do or Die till the End (+Video)-Captain Dede Ayew

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Ghana captain Andre Dede Ayew has insisted the Black Stars will die on the pitch till the final whistle in their opening group game at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Black Stars will open their AFCON campaign on Monday January 10, when they face Morocco at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.

The Al Sadd star admitted they are the underdogs going into the game but has assured the Stars will prove their worth in the match.

“Honestly, AFCON is a very tough competition. We know that people are seeing as us the underdogs but that’s part of football,” Ayew said at the pre-match press conference.

“We take it with a lot of determination and hunger to prove that Ghana will never die.

“Whatever happens we (the players) will die to the end. We will die on the pitch and make sure anybody who will this shirt will sweat with any energy he has till the end.

After Morocco, Ghana will play Gabon in the second group game also in Yaounde before taking on Comoros in the last round in Garoua.

Video excerpt of the press conference

Source(ft) :Ghanasoccernet

Mahama’s Abandoned New Edubiase Stadium Now A Cattle Grazing Field

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President John Dramani Mahama, at the time, broke ground on the state-of-the-art New Edubiase Sports Stadium in 2015.

However, the stadium, which is thought to be 40% complete, has been abandoned and has become a haven for local criminals.

According to Osei Kwadwo, a journalist who visited the stadium, “SHAKDEEN Limited built a wall and a dressing room on the site but had to abandon the project due to budgetary restrictions.”

In an interview with Osei Kwadwo on Ambassador TV on YouTube, former Sports Minister Joseph Yammin expressed concern about the state of the stadium during the John Dramani Mahama administration.

He said that the John Dramani Mahama-led administration received cash for the stadium before leaving office since it was a benefit of the cocoa road construction.

He claimed that if the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government had not stopped the cocoa roads contract, work on the stadium would have been completed.

“The Cocoa Board funded the New Edubiase Sports Stadium project, which was part of the Cocoa Roads deal. The NDC administration, led by John Dramani Mahama, acquired funding for the project before breaking ground, but the sad element is that the project has been abandoned for so long,” Yammin added.

Source:Ghbase

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Aboubakar Scores in the open Game -AFCON

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The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon got off to a great start for the hosts as the Indomitable Lions, inspired by captain Vincent Aboubakar, earned a 2-1 come from behind win against Burkina Faso in Yaounde on Sunday.

The Cameroonians were stunned at the Paul Biya Stadium midway through the first half as Burkina took the lead thanks to an acrobatic volley by Gustavo Sangare after goalkeeper André Onana’s howler.

But the Indomitable Lions fought back, benefiting from the first VAR decision at this year’s competition as they were awarded a penalty.

Aboubakar converted expertly to draw Cameroon level before giving them the lead with another penalty in the closing stages of the first half.

After the restart, Onana kept out an ambitious long-range free-kick from Traore and then denied Cyrille Bayala from close range.

Aboubakar was unlucky in the second half as a tight VAR offside call denied him a hat-trick.

Meanwhile, Zambo Anguissa fired narrowly wide as the Indomitable Lions looked to put the game to bed.

Cameroon are in action again on Thursday, against Ethiopia while Burkina Faso will hope to bounce back against Cape Verde.

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Deltacron, New Strain That Combines Delta, Omicron, Found In Cyprus

A strain of Covid-19 that combines delta and omicron was found in Cyprus, according to Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus and head of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Virology.

“There are currently omicron and delta co-infections and we found this strain that is a combination of these two,” Kostrikis said in an interview with Sigma TV Friday. The discovery was named “deltacron” due to the identification of omicron-like genetic signatures within the delta genomes, he said.

Kostrikis and his team have identified 25 such cases and the statistical analysis shows that the relative frequency of the combined infection is higher among patients hospitalized due to Covid-19 as compared to non-hospitalized patients. The sequences of the 25 deltacron cases were sent to GISAID, the international database that tracks changes in the virus, on Jan. 7.

“We will see in the future if this strain is more pathological or more contagious or if it will prevail” over delta and omicron, he said. But his personal view is that this strain will also be displaced by the highly contagious omicron variant.

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Stop giving false meaning to Our Principles-Voltarians to Dag Heward Mills(Video)

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Voltarians are not happy with the wrong intepretation given out by the Dag Heward-Mills in one of his previous preaching video.In the video he said when you go to Volta Region,we have something we call “hosei( xɔse viɖe)viede bo vide” to which he said the meaning is Small Christianity small Juju and ended by making a joke out of it and said what a shock.!!!.As shown below

Dag Heward Mills

Voltarians are extremely not happy with the wrong interpretation by the man of God.According to them,people should stop linking juju to the voltarians.A tiktok video sited by countryghana,a proper explanation was giving that ,hosei viera does not mean small juju small Christianity,it means that you doing the right thing in society,she further gave an exame that if you a pastor and you use the church resources to enrich yourself,that is “hosei viere bo viere” ,if you give false prophesy and you are corrupt,kindly watch the video below for full detail

Tiktok video
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Shatta Wale’s Shaxi Offers Jobs For Drivers without cars

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Shatta Wale launched the Shaxi transport early December 2021.Shaxi has the cheapest and most convinece as compared to other private app based transport system.Its’ patronize has tremendously increased to which it is now offering great Job opportunities for Ghanaian drivers without Cars.

In a Post by Shatta Wale on his official Facebook post As shown Below,The organization has now open up for Ghanaian Licensed Drivers to join the Shaxi movement ,Check the full details below