Kofi Ahovi

  The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin on Sunday addressed the congregation at the St Mark Anglican Church at Kyebi and touched on disrespect in society which has been culminating in insults especially directed at the elderly. He indicated that it was only those who were not properly trained at home who insult the elderly, especially when they are told to do the right thing. Supporting the sermon delivered by the priest in church on Sunday, that the youth should stay away from illegal mining and desist from the destruction of the environment, the Okyenhene said the government for instance has introduced free senior high school for the youth, but some are still not interested in going to school but prefer engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) which fetches them around GH¢100 per day. He insisted that GH¢100 cannot sustain anyone for a proper future planning and so if the youth were interested in their future, it was better for them to stay away from illegal mining and let th...

The Okyehene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has urged stakeholders in the educational sector to massively invest in science and technology to enable the youth across the country to compete with their counterpart at the global level. We are living in an era where innovation, science and technology is making tremendous impact as well as rapidly changing the lives of people and countries in their socio-economic endeavors” he said. According to him, the country can create a conducive environment through science and technology where every child can seek knowledge to add value to the mind to unearth the God given talents bestowed upon the child. He said quality education can turn the fortunes of the child and the country around when education is well enhanced and curricula is periodically updated to meet world class standards  and pointed out that this can be achieved when the country put in place pragmatic measures to adequately pay  qualified teachers in science and technology. Rea...