[ads3] A charity group based in the United Kingdom, DESO (Disabled Equipment Sent Overseas) supported this year’s commemoration of the May 9th stadium disaster that saw over a hundred supporters perishing at the Accra Sports Stadium. The tragic incident in Ghana’s football history occurred on May 9, 2001, during a crucial game between the two most glamorous clubs in Ghana football Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko in Accra.[ads1] Over a hundred souls perished in that tragic incident while others were injured leading to some being disabled. As part of activities to commemorate the tragic incident, ace sports administrator Herbert Mensah who…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
[ads3] May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster that took away the lives of over 126 Ghanaian soccer fans and brutally shocked the nation. The Accra stadium disaster negatively affected the game of football in Ghana especially match day attendance between the two rival clubs at the center of the 2001 stadium disaster. Fans of both Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko football clubs died during the historic disaster. For 20 years, there has been a lot of talk from sports and government authorities about what may have gone wrong during the game…
[ads2] Persons with physical disabilities (PWDs) have joined other sports fans and Ghanaians in general to mark 20 years since the Accra stadium disaster that claimed over 126 lives during a soccer game between perpetual rivals Accra Hears of oak and Asante Kotoko on May 9 2001. The PWDs, Ashanti region chapter, joined Herbert Mensah, champion and founder of the May 9 charity foundation in Kumasi over the weekend to remember the historically sad day in Ghana’s football history and also to share memories of the day. The occasion also brought smiles on the faces of the persons with disabilities…
[ads2] It’s been 20 years since Ghana suffered the shock of a soccer stadium stampede that led to the deaths of over 120 Ghanaian soccer fans at the Accra sports stadium on May 9 2001. This happened during a highly competitive league game between the two most perpetual soccer rivals in Ghana. The historically disastrous incident of that day remains one of the most regrettable tragic events that must be prevented from repeating itself in Ghana. But to prevent it, Ghanaians cannot forget it. [ads1] This is the guiding principle behind the founding of the May 9 foundation championed by…
[ads2] The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has donated twenty waste bins to the Sekondi Central Prison on Thursday. This was part of the Foundation’s activities to mark the 2021 May Day celebration. The GNPC Foundation made the donation upon a request from the management of the prison.[ads3] The twenty waste bins are to help the prison to tackle the bothersome sanitation problems. Present at the exercise was a delegation from GNPC Foundation led by its Executive Director, Dr. Dominic Eduah and staff of the prison. [ads5]
[ads2] The Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye as part of working visit to the Ashanti Region inspected some drainage facilities in Kumasi. The visit was to afford the Minister who is also the Member of Parliament for Bantama Constituency first-hand information on the drainage situation ahead of the rains. Upon inspection, Hon. Asenso-Boakye indicated that some of the drainage facilities are unable to contain the current volumes of water due to population growth, urbanisation and climate change.[ads1] He said in the interim, the drainage facilities that require desilting will be done while the Ministry takes steps to…
[ads2] The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation ended 2020 in a good note with seventeen coveted awards. As the sustainability arm of GNPC, the Foundation (GNPC Foundation) scooped some top awards last year for their enormous contribution to the development of the country despite the coronavirus challenges. In the prestigious Sustainability and Social Investment Awards, the Foundation scooped twelve awards last year including the SSI Project of the year in education. The Foundation was also adjudged excellence in corporate social responsibility of the year at the last edition of the Ghana Business Awards, beating competition from other notable organizations…
[ads3] Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, Minister of Works and Housing, has begun a three-day working visit to the Ashanti region with an assurance of the government’s resolve to encourage the use of local materials in the construction industry. “We are considering the possibility of using local materials such as burnt bricks in the construction of schools, health facilities and other state-owned housing projects,” he noted.[ads1] According to the Minister, the decision was borne out of the fact that burnt bricks, in particular, were durable and cost-effective, saying the availability of such construction raw materials could also come with its own added…
Ghanaian owned airline Goldstar Air, presented Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to Universal Friendship Organization (UFO) on Saturday 1st May 2021 at the premises of TV Africa for onward COVID-19 Sensitization and Awareness campaign among individuals at some of the major lorry stations and market centers in the city. The donation was done as part of the Airline’s Corporate Social Responsibility named Goldstar Air Care Foundation and presented by the Executive Chairman/Chief Executive Officer Eric Bannerman and was received on behalf of the organization by the Executive Director of UFO Mr. Samuel Adobah and the Co-Executive Director Rev. Johnson Adu. The…
[ads3] The Member of Parliament for Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye on Monday, May 3, engaged residents of Adumanu in his constituency in a one-on-one interactive session as part of his “MP’s Community Clinic” initiative. Described by many political watchers as the first of its kind in the country, the novel initiative is aimed at taking governance closer to the people by discussing diverse issues bothering on the development of their community with the Member of Parliament.[ads1] “To allow my constituents the privacy to discuss pertinent issues with me, I have initiated the “MP’s Community Clinic”, which…