NEWS IN GHANA

Agbogbloshie ladies selling at the market Comfort Tsiboe, President of Agbogbloshie Ladies Association has advocated strong financial support for Agbogbloshie market ladies calling on Government to come to their aid and offer financial assistance to relieve their plight . She equally called on government, financial institutions and other stakeholders     in the country to galvanize support for market women to attain empowerment and to help build their status financially. In an interview with www.spyghana news' correspondent Joseph Kobla Wemakor at the Official launch of the 4 th National Dialogue on Women Economic Affairs and National Women financial fair 2014, Comfort Tsiboe noted Agbogbloshie market ladies lack working capital making it difficult for them to purchase farm produce from the remotest villages to the market moreover; transportation cost is another cause of worry to them which she believes money can solve. “We need Government to support

Dr. Maame Yaa Nyarko addressing the press at the event Dr Maame Yaa Nyarko, Vice President of the Paediatric Society of Ghana, has called for media support in educating public especially nursing mothers on the importance of breastfeeding in the country. According to her the media is a powerful tool for information dissemination and therefore has a     critical role to play in educating the public on issues pertaining to health “since most people are unaware of the right things so they do the wrong things” she stressed. She was addressing Journalists at the Philips AVENT 30th Anniversary and maiden edition of the “Baby of the Year Competition 2014” launch in Accra yesterday Dr Maame Yaa Nyarko who is also a lecturer cum Paediatrician at the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital equally underscored the need for mothers to feed their babies with breast milk only for the first six months. According to her, no solid food, water or formula should be given t

Abdallah Khamis crowing Kokui Selormey at the event Abdallah Khamis, Chief Executive Officer of Philips West Africa has crowned the Ghanaian popular TV presenter Kokui Selormey as the campaign ambassador for Philips AVENT “Baby of the Year 2014 Competition at the media launch event to mark the 30 years anniversary celebration of Philips Avent held in Accra Labadi Beach Hotel last Tuesday, 23 rd September. Kokui Selormey who is also a mother, an actress, and a renowned singer and voiceover artiste expressed satisfaction to be associated with the “Baby of the Year Competition 2014 and for that matter the 30 th anniversary celebration of Philips AVENT.  She identified herself as a staunch consumer of Philips AVENT products for the past four years during which she has given birth to three boys. “As a mother I   have used their products with all my children and I can say that I experienced an extremely satisfaction, it is great that they are implementing a campaign l

  MR. C. . BRUCE PRESENTING THE ITEM TO THE WARD NURSE President of the Information Systems Audit and Control (ISACA) Accra-Chapter, Mr.   Columbus K. Bruce has presented a brand new LG 14Kg Washing Machine with a dryer to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to help cater for the needs of the unfortunate ones. Presenting the item on behalf of the Accra- Chapter of ISACA, Columbus Bruce said the donation formed part of the company's corporate social responsibility and will serve as a relief to the nurses to attend to the washing needs of the disadvantaged inmates. Receiving the item on behalf of the hospital, Senior Staff member of the children ward Anne Anyomi, applauded the effort of ISACA, pledging it will be put to good use in order to serve the purpose for which it has been intended. “We find it difficult to wash their outing dresses together with the dresses they used in the ward which is usually handled by the main library but for now we can now heave a sigh of r