The Wa Central Constituency Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Mujeeb Rahman, has assured the supporters of the party in the Upper West Region that the party is still resolute inspite of the outcome of last December’s general election.
He has therefore, appealed to the party’s activists not to be discouraged but continue to work hard to bring the NPP back to power come December 2012.
“Do not be discouraged as the leadership of the party is in the progress of reactivating all the structures of the party in order to make it more functional towards the next elections,” he said.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Mr Rahman advised the youth in the party to “take steps to patch up their differences as a house divided against itself can never stand”.
He described the NPP as a very formidable party which could never be taken for granted by its opponents and assured that, a number of strategies would be put in place to win back political power.
Mr Rahman said the NPP in the Upper West Region would cooperate with the Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, in his quest to move the region forward.
Touching on the Jirapa “Constituency bye-elections scheduled for April 7, 2009, he was optimistic the NPP would win.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
REPOSITION TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION...For accelerated industrial growth (PAGE 17)
THE Executive Secretary of the National Council for Tertiary Education (NTCE), Mr Paul Effah, has observed that if Ghana is to accelerate its industrial growth and development, then repositioning of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) must be pursued vigorously.
According to him, evidence from the more industrialised countries is that countries that have achieved industrial growth and development have invested significantly in TVET.
“The role of TVET must first and foremost be to provide the technical human capital required to sustain industrial development,” he added.
Mr Effah was speaking at the second Wa Polytechnic Annual Research Conference (Wa PARC) in Wa.
He advised that a lot of attention should be given to business-oriented institutions such as technical institutes and polytechnics in order to build their capacity to train the required human capital for national and industrial development.
The executive secretary stressed the need for stakeholders, industry and the government, among others, to deal with and change the mindset and culture of people towards TVET.
“Up-skilling Ghana through Technical Vocational Education and Training to facilitate industrial development is no longer an option but one of the critical choices that Ghana as a country must make,” he pointed out.
Touching on the contribution of TVET to industrial development, Mr Effah said emphasis must be placed on collaborative research, knowledge transfer programmes, research and development, among others.
He stated that a good TVET system would also equip the workforce with the skills relevant to the needs of industry.
He proposed that the government should provide the regulatory framework that would facilitate industry-institutional partnership through which industry benefits from the knowledge and skills generated from the institutions.
For his part, the Rector of the Wa Polytechnic, Professor Sampson Agbodzo, said the current trends of employment in the tertiary institutions did not guarantee job for life unless one was seen to be contributing to knowledge through research and innovation.
He said it was in recognition of this that the government now paid book and research allowances to teaching staff.
“I am, therefore, using this platform to appeal to the teaching staff of Wa Polytechnic to be up and doing, regarding research and innovation, if they intend keeping their jobs in the future,” he advised.
According to him, evidence from the more industrialised countries is that countries that have achieved industrial growth and development have invested significantly in TVET.
“The role of TVET must first and foremost be to provide the technical human capital required to sustain industrial development,” he added.
Mr Effah was speaking at the second Wa Polytechnic Annual Research Conference (Wa PARC) in Wa.
He advised that a lot of attention should be given to business-oriented institutions such as technical institutes and polytechnics in order to build their capacity to train the required human capital for national and industrial development.
The executive secretary stressed the need for stakeholders, industry and the government, among others, to deal with and change the mindset and culture of people towards TVET.
“Up-skilling Ghana through Technical Vocational Education and Training to facilitate industrial development is no longer an option but one of the critical choices that Ghana as a country must make,” he pointed out.
Touching on the contribution of TVET to industrial development, Mr Effah said emphasis must be placed on collaborative research, knowledge transfer programmes, research and development, among others.
He stated that a good TVET system would also equip the workforce with the skills relevant to the needs of industry.
He proposed that the government should provide the regulatory framework that would facilitate industry-institutional partnership through which industry benefits from the knowledge and skills generated from the institutions.
For his part, the Rector of the Wa Polytechnic, Professor Sampson Agbodzo, said the current trends of employment in the tertiary institutions did not guarantee job for life unless one was seen to be contributing to knowledge through research and innovation.
He said it was in recognition of this that the government now paid book and research allowances to teaching staff.
“I am, therefore, using this platform to appeal to the teaching staff of Wa Polytechnic to be up and doing, regarding research and innovation, if they intend keeping their jobs in the future,” he advised.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
NPP PREPARES FOR JIRAPA BYE-ELECTION (PAGE 13)
THE New Patriotic Party (NPP) is likely to field Mr Justin Dakorah, an educationist, as the party’s parliamentary candidate for next month’s bye-election in the Jirapa Constituency.
Mr Dakorah, who is the immediate past District Chief Executive (DCE) for Jirapa, was the party’s parliamentary candidate in the recently held general election.
He, however, lost heavily to the late Edward Salia who won with a little over 15,000 against 6000.
According to a very reliable source at the party’s regional office, although, a decision had not yet been taken on Mr Dakorah, the party believed that he had already been marketed and stood the chance of winning the elections.
According to the source, as a result of the death and mourning associated with funerals in northern Ghana, the party had temporarily been organising low-key activities.
“However, I can assure the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that, immediately the funeral is over, we are going to marshall all our arsenals to fight and wrest the seat from the NDC,” the source added.
The source acknowledged that the NDC was formidable in the constituency but was quick to add that “It was as a result of Edward Salia”.
“Now that he is no more, the field is now even for all of us,” it said.
The source appealed to the activists of the NPP in the Upper West Region to join the campaign team of the party in order to make victory certain for the NPP, come April 7, 2009.
Mr Dakorah, who is the immediate past District Chief Executive (DCE) for Jirapa, was the party’s parliamentary candidate in the recently held general election.
He, however, lost heavily to the late Edward Salia who won with a little over 15,000 against 6000.
According to a very reliable source at the party’s regional office, although, a decision had not yet been taken on Mr Dakorah, the party believed that he had already been marketed and stood the chance of winning the elections.
According to the source, as a result of the death and mourning associated with funerals in northern Ghana, the party had temporarily been organising low-key activities.
“However, I can assure the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that, immediately the funeral is over, we are going to marshall all our arsenals to fight and wrest the seat from the NDC,” the source added.
The source acknowledged that the NDC was formidable in the constituency but was quick to add that “It was as a result of Edward Salia”.
“Now that he is no more, the field is now even for all of us,” it said.
The source appealed to the activists of the NPP in the Upper West Region to join the campaign team of the party in order to make victory certain for the NPP, come April 7, 2009.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
UPPER WEST REGIONAL SECRETARY OF DFP RESIGNS (PAGE 15)
THE Upper West Regional Secretary of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Mr Matthew Bonye, has resigned from his position.
“I have also terminated my membership of the DFP with immediate effect and joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC),” he said in a statement issued in Wa.
He called on all the membership of the DFP to re-examine the party’s conduct and follow his line of action to the NDC.
“Other colleagues and I who joined the DFP from the NDC are apologising to the NDC leadership, especially former President J.J. Rawlings, who made us what we are today to forgive us for the unexamined decision we took to join the DFP. We are back,” Mr Bonye said emphatically.
He was one-time the PNDC District Secretary for Lawra and later the Upper West Regional Secretary of the NDC.
He fell out with the NDC when Dr Obed Asamoah, a former National Chairman of the party, broke away from the NDC to form the DFP.
The General Secretary of the DFP, Mr Bede Ziedeng, welcomed Mr Bonye’s decision and wished him well in his political career.
In a telephone interview from Wa, Mr Ziedeng described Mr Bonye’s decision as a personal one.
He gave the assurance that the DFP was in the process of reorganising to continue to function as a formidable political party.
Meanwhile, reliable sources close to the Upper West Regional executives of the NDC have given the assurance that since politics is about numbers, there is no way they will turn their back on people who wish to join the party.
They said Mr Bonye and many others who left the party were not new faces in the NDC and, therefore, they were always welcome.
“I have also terminated my membership of the DFP with immediate effect and joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC),” he said in a statement issued in Wa.
He called on all the membership of the DFP to re-examine the party’s conduct and follow his line of action to the NDC.
“Other colleagues and I who joined the DFP from the NDC are apologising to the NDC leadership, especially former President J.J. Rawlings, who made us what we are today to forgive us for the unexamined decision we took to join the DFP. We are back,” Mr Bonye said emphatically.
He was one-time the PNDC District Secretary for Lawra and later the Upper West Regional Secretary of the NDC.
He fell out with the NDC when Dr Obed Asamoah, a former National Chairman of the party, broke away from the NDC to form the DFP.
The General Secretary of the DFP, Mr Bede Ziedeng, welcomed Mr Bonye’s decision and wished him well in his political career.
In a telephone interview from Wa, Mr Ziedeng described Mr Bonye’s decision as a personal one.
He gave the assurance that the DFP was in the process of reorganising to continue to function as a formidable political party.
Meanwhile, reliable sources close to the Upper West Regional executives of the NDC have given the assurance that since politics is about numbers, there is no way they will turn their back on people who wish to join the party.
They said Mr Bonye and many others who left the party were not new faces in the NDC and, therefore, they were always welcome.
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