Assembly Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/assembly/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:03:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Assembly Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/assembly/ 32 32 First Lady attends OAFLA Assembly in Ethiopia https://citifmonline.com/2018/01/first-lady-attends-oafla-assembly-ethiopia/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 16:00:56 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=395921 The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Sunday joined her colleague First Ladies, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the 20th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies (OAFLA) in a closed session to endorse a communiqué that enjoins African countries to do more to reduce HIV and AIDS in Africa. The meeting […]

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The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Sunday joined her colleague First Ladies, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the 20th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies (OAFLA) in a closed session to endorse a communiqué that enjoins African countries to do more to reduce HIV and AIDS in Africa.
The meeting that follows an open session held on the previous day and attended, by representatives of the five regional blocks, comprising Western, Eastern, Southern, Northern and Central Africa, also enabled the first ladies to adopt the minutes of the 19th Ordinary session held in July last year.
The biannual assembly, is held in January and July of every year under the Chairmanship of the OAFLA President.
At this session, being held on the theme: “Transforming Africa through Prioritising Children, Adolescents and Mothers in the Fight against HIV”, Mrs Roman Tasfaye, First Lady of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is chairing the Assembly as the President of OAFLA.
Other first ladies attending the General Assembly include, Mrs Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta, the Kenyan First Lady and Mrs Hinda Deby Itno, the Chadian First Lady, among many others who form the 31 active membership out of the 42 registered countries of  OAFLA.
The OAFLA General Assembly allows the First Ladies to brief each other about what they have been doing to improve on the fight against HIV and AIDS in their respective countries as well as for the OAFLA Secretariat to brief members on what it had done and how they had supported country offices to improve upon their HIV response.
In attendance of the Session were Ghana’s HIV and AIDS technical officials led by Mrs Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, who is also the Technical Adviser on HIV and AIDS to the First Lady.
Mrs. Akufo-Addo later joined President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the AU General  Assembly meeting, being attended by the Heads of  State and their Spouses and other  Ministers of State and officials, earlier on Sunday afternoon.
The main OAFLA General Assembly Open Session would be held on January 29, where Mrs Akufo-Addo would be sharing with her on how she had personally contributed to the fight against HIV and AIDS, especially, on elimination of Mother -to-Child Transmission.
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]]> Cerebrospinal Meningitis claims 3 lives in Jaman North https://citifmonline.com/2017/12/cerebrospinal-meningitis-claims-3-lives-in-jaman-north/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:37:47 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=383592 Authorities of the Jaman North District Assembly have made a passionate appeal to government and health officials to come to their aid following an outbreak of Cerebral Spinal Meningitis, that has affected 36 people and resulted in 3 deaths. The Assembly in collaboration with the District Health Directorate and other stakeholders, have intensified their sensitization […]

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The Assembly in collaboration with the District Health Directorate and other stakeholders, have intensified their sensitization exercise in schools, among organized groups and communities in a bid to reduce its impact in the area.

The dire situation of the district came to light in an address by the District Chief Executive (DCE), Adane Ankomah, when the Assembly took its turn at the second phase of a Town Hall Meeting organized by the Ministry of Information in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, to afford citizens the opportunity to interact with key stakeholders to deepen the country’s governance process.

He disclosed that the district has a total of 22 health facilities comprising 11 CHPS compounds, 3 clinics, 6 health centres and one private hospital to provide health services for the entire population, a situation he described as worrying.

He said 107,241 patients reported at facilities in the first three quarters of the year with malaria cases, upper respiratory infections, rheumatism and diarrhea cases being the topmost among health incidents.

He subsequently commended the government, National Malaria Control Programme and the National TB Control Programme for installing the first ever ultra-modern X-ray equipment in the area to improve healthcare in the district.

On the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), he commended the authorities for increasing their membership from 41,151 to 51,837 as at November 2017, as well as establishing satellite offices in Goka and Duadaso.

Mr. Ankomah also highlighted government’s social intervention programmes such as Free SHS, Planting for Foods and Jobs, School Feeding Programme, Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), One District One Factory among others, and urged residents to take advantage of the interventions for economic transformation of the area.

He added that other areas that would receive attention from the government included education, water, health, energy and road sectors, and assured that all inherited projects from the previous NDC government would be completed.

Paul Desmond Tutu, the Presiding Member of the Assembly in his address, appealed for peace and collaboration between the Assembly and stakeholders to attract more investors for development.

He lamented the poor road network in the district, and tasked government to pay special attention to the situation to open up the area as a major cashew producing district.

Desmond Tutu challenged assemblies to consider the interest of the area above all other considerations, to ensure growth and development.

Students die from Meningitis, others hospitalized

The disease appears to be rearing its ugly head in some parts of the country, following the death of a student at Damongo SHS in the Northern Region, and two others at the Bawku Secondary Technical School in the Upper East Region, and the Koforidua Secondary Technic School in the Eastern Region respectively.

Several students are also on admission at various hospitals showing symptoms of the disease.

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