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The Paramount Chief of Gwollu and a former member of the Council of State, Kuoro Kuri Buktie Limann IV has died.

Kuoro Abdul Rahman Kasim Baata, the Vice President of the Gwollu Traditional Council disclosed his death to the GNA in Gwollu on Saturday.

‘I wish to announce with deep sorrow the demise of the Paramount Chief of Gwollu, Kuoro Kuri Buktie Liman IV, whose sad incident took place on May 02, 2024, at about 1700 pm and he has since been buried according to custom,’ he said.

He said funeral arrangements would be announced later.

He said, ‘Usually, when a chief dies, you often see a lot of people from the family struggling to come around and seek leadership,’ and advised the public to note that it could disturb the unity of the family in this period of grief.

Kuoro Buktie Limann was enskined in 1998 after the death of his brother Dr Hilla Limann and occupied the seat until his demise in 2024.

PROFILE OF KUORU KURI-BUKTIE LIMANN IV, PARAMOUT CHIEF OF GWOLLU (1943-2024)

Kuoro Kuri-Buktie Limann IV w
as born on 22nd November 1943 at Gwollu in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region. He had Seven (7) children and two grand children.

EDUCATION RECORD

He attended the Tumu Primary School in 1948

The Wa Middle Boarding School in 1954

He was admitted into the Tamale Nursing Training School in the Northern Region in January 1961, and obtained the Ghana Qualified Registered Nurse Certificate in August 1964

He undertook the Rapid Results Correspondence Course College, London UK and passed the General Certificate of Education (GCE) O’Level (Private) in July 1969 and A’ level in November 1970-(Private).

He gained admission into the University of Ghana, Legon and obtained Certificate in Ward Management in Nursing in 1974.

Admitted into Radcliffe School of Nursing University of Oxford, Oxon. United Kindom in 1974 and obtained Diploma in Nursing-May1977

Awarded the Oxford Shire County Council Scholarship FOR: BACHELOR OF LAW DEGREE AND BAR COURSES IN THE (U.K.) and obtained:

i. The University of Lon
don Law Bachelor (L.L.B) Hons. London. (1977-1980)

ii. Admitted to do the English BarattheInn’s of Court School of Law-London (1980-81) and obtained the Utter Barrister at Law of England and Wales-July1981.

Was inducted into the Lincoln’s Inn of Court-August 1981 and became a Lincoln’s Inn, Barrister-at-Law, U.K and Wales.

NIGERIA:

Admitted into the Nigeria School of Law: 1982-83-Passed the Nigeria Bar Examination, and inducted into the Nigeria Barin July 1983 as a Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1983.

GHANA:

i. Completed the Ghana School of Law Supplementary Course (January 1994 September 1994) and Inducted as Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana

ii. Returned to Ghana from Nigeria in April 1998 after 16 years Law Practice in April 1998 and was enskinned and installed the Gwollu Paramount Chief as Limann IV of the Gwollu Paramountcy in the Sissala West District of Upper West Region on 18th April 1998.

iii. Awarded
the Judicial Notary Public-Ghana Judicial Services and was inducted in May 2007 by the Chief Justice of Ghana as NOTARYPUBLIC of Ghana.

LEGAL PRACTICE-RECORD

U.K

I. GraysInn U.K (1981-1982) as Barrister-at-Law, -England and Wales

NIGERIA ii. Akinjide and CoLegal Practitioners Lagos, Federal Republic Nigeria, (1983-1984)

iii. Principal Partner: J.B Limann and Co Barristers-at-Law and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Lincoln Chambers, Lagos. (1984-1998)

GHANA

iv. Principal Partner: Limann Law Consult and Associates, Barristers-at-Law and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Ghana, England and Wales, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS HELD

i. General Secretary: Ghana Registered Nurses Association-1974

ii. Executive Chairman: Gwollu Heritage Museum and Tourism Centre-1998-2024

iii. General Secretary: The Northern Ghana Students Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1978-1981

iv. National Chairman of Ghana Cotton Farmers Associatio
n (1999-2004)

v. Member of Ghana Food and Drugs Board-(2004-2007)

vi. Elected in February 2005 as Member of Ghana Council of State- (2005-2008) for Upper West Region.

vii. Member of Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 2006-2024

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

I. Member: Ghana Registered Nurses Association.

II. General Secretary Ghana Registered Nurses Association-1974.

III. Member: Registered Nurse of England and Wales-U.K…1977 IV. Member: GhanaBarAssociation1994.

V. Member: The Federal Republic of Nigeria Bar Association1983.

VI. Member: Utter Barrister of Lincoln’Inn and Barrister of the Supreme Court of England and Wales-U. K1981.

VII. ANotary Public of Ghana Judicial Services 2007.

J, CHIEFTAINCY AFFAIRS

i. Paramount Chief of Gwollu Traditional Area U.W.R-18th April 1998 to date. ii. Member of Regional House of Chiefs 1998 Wa-U.W. R¬¬¬¬-to Present.

iii. President Upper West Regional House of Chiefs Wa-U.W. R¬-September 2004- November 2008.

iv. Member of National House of Chiefs, Nove
mber 1998 to date.

v. Chairman of National House of Chiefs, Judicial Panel-Kumasi (2000-2004).

Vi) FARMER with AGROPRODUCT PROCCESING INTERESTS

VII. Cotton Farmer-Chairman Ghana National Farmers’ Association

Agro-Shea-Nuts, Groundnuts, Cotton and Sunflower Seeds Processing into edible Oil for local Consumption and for Exports Since 2005. Business registered with Ministry of Trade and Industry.

viii) Selected Takhilla Farms Estate Limited by M.O.T.I in 2017 as One-District-One Factory (1D1F) to process Shea Nuts, Groundnuts for Joint Partnership to establish an

Oil Refinery in the Sissala West District and to add value to them for export to AFRICA

Market and for local consumptions, and for the instituting the creation of the Dr. Hilla Limann Senior High School-Gwollu, U.W.R

Has been instrumental since becoming the Paramount Chief in 1998, in the Creation of the new Sissala West District in the Upper West Region, and in matters of Health, Energy, Water and Sanitation Development in the Gwollu, Param
ountcy and the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region, Ghana.

PUBLICATIONS

I. Streamlining the Nursing Profession in Ghana-September 1973

ii. Ward Management in Hospital -June1974.

iii. The Alleged Policy of free Education in Northern-Ghana; -Reaction of the Northern Ghana Students in Great Britain and Ireland 1980.

v. The impact of British Legislative Instrument on Land Tenure in (Northern Territories) Northern Regions of Ghana 1980.

vi. The Right to REPARATION for the Trans-Atlantic Chattel Enslavement of Ghanaian

Victims between 15th to 19th centuries under the 2001 United Nations Human Right Commission Declaration-2006. (GERRF) Ghana Enslavement Reparation and Repatriation Foundation.

Viii. The Executive Chairman of Takhilla Farms Estate Nuts Seed’s Oils limited.

GHANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and INDUSTRY DELEGATIONS THAT VISITED CHINA and INDIA

i) Member of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Delegation that visited China for Africa-China to the S.M.E Development for
um and Trade Fair-Oct 2008.

ii) Member of Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry Delegation that was invited to the S.M. E at Exportech Project Fair by the M.Pof Gwailor State of India 18-21st January 2013.

iii. Member of Ghana Cotton Development Authority, April 2010-2015.

Iv. Member of the Upper West Regional Peace Committee, 2015-2018.

V. Member of Upper West Regional Mental Health Committee, 2015-2017.

vi. Member of the Association of Ghana Industries, since 2015.

viii. Member of the Upper West Regional Health Council, 2016-2020.

ix. Awarded CITATION of the Northern Ghana National Achievers Award, October 2016, at Tamale-N/R by the Northern Youth for Peace and Development (NYUPED).

x. Gwollu Paramountcy; President of the Gwollu Traditional Council-Since April 18, 1998, to date.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Mrs Linda Asante, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has announced that the citizenry will in the coming weeks begin to exchange their old cylinders for new cylinders under the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM).

Mrs Asante said in line with that, the citizens would begin to see cages in their communities where they would access Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) without having to travel long distances.

She announced this at a town hall meeting organised in Tamale by the NPA to educate members of the public on the CRM and the safe use of LPG in general as well as the need for them to switch from firewood and charcoal to LPG.

Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service took attendees through safe use of LPG and how to extinguish flames in case of fire.

In September last year, the NPA announced the full roll-out of the CRM throughout the country and issued licenses to various service providers to begin the installation of Cylinder Exchange Points and infrastructure for the dis
tribution of LPG.

The CRM is a mode of distribution of LPG particularly for household use where Bottling Plants own cylinders, refill the cylinders, and distribute them through LPG marketing companies, who operate Cylinder Exchange Points.

Under this model, consumers do not own cylinders, and anyone, who wishes to use LPG, can just walk to a Cylinder Exchange Point, register, and gain access to cylinder to use, and only pay for the LPG.

Mrs Asante said, ‘The CRM is an efficient mode of distribution of LPG as it brings LPG closer to consumers, addresses safety issues and creates more jobs for our people as the value chain expands.’

She said ‘Government is aware that the cost of LPG affects its usage. Considering the price of LPG, is key in increasing consumption of LPG, the NPA has implemented some strategies to ensure that there is no huge jump in the price of LPG due to the implementation of the CRM.’

She mentioned that ‘A Tender Programme has been implemented to reduce the premium on our purchase of LP
G and the savings made (over $70/mt) have absorbed the cost that CRM brings ($80/mt for investment in cylinders and bottling plants).’

She added that ‘We are not stopping there. We are still engaging the Ministry of Finance to consider the removal of certain taxes to reduce the price of LPG to make it affordable to all.’

Attendees sought clarifications on the ownership of cylinders, affordability of LPG and accessibility to exchange points.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Over 35,000?coconut seedlings have been distributed to farmers in the Biakoye District Assembly through the Department of Local Government and Rural Development.

The initiative, under the Planting for Export and Rural Development, is to boost cash crop production and export which ultimately translate into revenue generation.

The Planting for Export and Rural Development is a decentralized national tree crop programme to promote rural economic growth and improve household incomes of farmers through the provision of certified improved seedlings.

Madame Millicent Kabuki, the District Chief Executive (DCE), said the Assembly considered coconut under the initiative to be the most suitable cash crop after considering the weather conditions and the soil in the district.

She gave the initiative’s benefits, which included revenue generation through export and income for farmers.

‘These coconut seedlings are expected to be harvested by 3- years after planting, adding she look forward to boosting agriculture within
the district as the produce will be exported to generate income,’ she told the Ghana News Agency (GNA).

Reverend Harrison Worlasi Adorblosu, District Director of Agriculture asked farmers to accept coconut farming as a rewarding venture, hence, the Assembly’s resolve to make farming attractive to the youth to reduce unemployment in Biakoye District.

He advised farmers to heed to the education and directives of their Extension Agents to help improve their farm yields and income.

Mr Adorblosu cautioned the beneficiaries to take proper care of the seedlings from grasscutter and other animals that could destroy the coconut seedlings, adding that, the farmers should not apply unapproved chemicals that can cause the seedlings to die prematurely.

Some farmers thanked the Government and the Assembly for this kind gesture which will keep them busy and improve their livelihood.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Akaya Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the empowerment of young girls, has rewarded six young women who emerged winners of a writing competition project.

The project titled: ‘Empowered Inkwell,’ was on the theme: ‘Identity and Self-discovery,’ opened for young female writers within the ages of 13 to 29 years to encourage and inspire young girls and women to explore their unique identities through the power of writing.

Maureen Mawusi Afua Allandi, a 17-year-old student from the Wesley Girls High School who came first with a Poetry, while Seyram Akua Ametepey, a 13-year-old first year student of Aburi Girls Senior High School, the youngest among the six winners shortlisted out of over 800 entries, placed second with a non-fiction story titled: ‘Strength from the Fragments,’

Nana Egyirba Amissah-Arthur, a second-year student of the Mfantsiman Senior High School placed third with a fiction.

In the adult’s category, Ms Esther Atwei Adjeley, Ms Sandra Mbamah Sore and Ms Janice Opoku-Agyema
n were adjudged first, second and third, respectively.

The award winners were presented with laptops, cash prizes and gift hampers containing assorted items at a ceremony held at the Launching of another exciting project of the Foundation in Accra.

The award winners would also have their stories published in an anthology, yet to be launched and nurturing as well to bring out their full potentials in writing.

Dr Khadija Owusu, the Founder of Akaya Foundation, who was excited with the kind of entries received and the winners of the competition, said it was an indication that if nurtured most girls could reach their potentials in whatever career or chosen field.

She congratulated the award winners for the outstanding and compelling stories and urged them not to be complacent with the awards but strive to achieve higher goals and take advantage of other opportunities.

Ms Appiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey, a broadcaster and writer who was one of the judges commended the award winners for the zeal exhibited in th
e various entries received.

She said, ‘you belong to a generation where you cannot confine yourself to one potential but be everything with determination and hard work.’

Ms Ashong-Abbey said given the ages of the award winners particularly the 13-year-old and the compelling stories they wrote, it was important that parents supported their wards to gather and publish short stories as a step to becoming great authors in the future.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Running Mate of the National Democratic Congress, has urged Public Relations (PR) professionals to navigate the media landscape with vigilance, emphasising the crucial role of fact-checking in an era of information overload.

Addressing PR experts during the national public relations and communications summit in Kwahu, she urged them to be extra vigilant in their work and prioritise the verification of information, to counteract misinformation and disinformation.

She further highlighted the importance of adopting responsible communication practices in the current explosive media environment.

Prof. Opoku-Agyeman stressed that with the abundance of information, it was more critical than ever for PR professionals to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the content they disseminate.

She said as the public continued to grapple with the challenges posed by misinformation and information overload, the call to action served as a reminder of the vital role PR professionals
played in maintaining the integrity of information sharing.

She said by prioritising fact-checking and vigilance in their work, PR professionals would help combat the spread of false information and contribute to a more informed society.

‘Providing accurate information can be challenging in a politicised environment but I encourage you to strive for the truth and integrity in your practice,’ she added.

Mr Mawuko Afadzinu, the Immediate Past President of the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana, highlighted the importance of adapting to new technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the profession and status of PR practitioners.

He also emphasised that AI could bring significant efficiencies and allow practitioners to achieve more with less.

He said IPR Ghana’s primary objective was to offer a professional structure for the practice of public relations and elevate the abilities and standing of its members as expert professionals.

He noted that while AI can perform tasks requiring huma
n intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving, and decision-making, creativity remained the domain of humans.

‘By blending their expertise in public relations and communications with AI’s processing powers, professionals can elevate their practice,’ he said, adding, ‘Moreover, AI can help combat misinformation, disinformation, and information overload by tracking sentiment.’

The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana organised the national summit alongside its Annual General Meeting drawing public relations and communication practitioners, and academics from both public and private sectors.

The event aimed to address pressing concerns in public relations, particularly in an era marked by widespread misinformation, disinformation, and information overload.

The three-day event, on the theme: ‘PR experience in the age of misinformation, disinformation and information overload,’ brought together industry experts, professionals, and stakeholders to discuss and share insights on navigating the complex la
ndscape of modern communication.

The summit provided a platform for participants to network and learn innovative practices, while the Annual General Meeting reviewed the previous year’s activities, reflected on them, and planned for 2024.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Madam Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, has announced that the Ministry has completed all 50 automated premix fuel vending machines at various landing beaches across the country.

The Ministry informed Parliament in June 2022 of the government’s plans to install automated premix fuel vending machines along some beaches to combat fuel smuggling.

Madam Koomson, also the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East, announced the completion of the automation machines during a public hearing by Parliament’s Government Assurance Committee, held at Parliament House, in Accra.

She cited Elimina, Chorkor, and Nungua as some of the landing beaches, where the machines had been placed.

Meanwhile, Mr Ken Ofori Atta, a former Minister of Finance announced when he delivered the 2023 Mid-Year Budget Statement and Policy Review to Parliament that the government would install 13 more machines at various landing beaches across the country before the end of the year.

‘
Mr Speaker, the government has built 37 of a target of 50 automated premix fuel vending machines to stop the diversion and hoarding of the product, which has resulted in widespread shortages,’ the Financed Minister had said.

The Committee is tasked with carrying out all assurances, promises, and undertakings made by all ministers on the floor of the House in response to questions from MPs under Section 174 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament.

Mr Umar Farouk Aliu Mahama, the Committee’s Chairman and NPP MP for Yendi stated that the Committee would conduct a visibility verification tour to ascertain all work done as reported by the Minister.

Source: Ghana News Agency