The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and Pre-Tertiary Teachers Union of Ghana (PRETAG) announced the industrial action in a joint statement dated September 25, 2026.

The unions cited delays in negotiating a new collective agreement, failure to automatically place newly promoted teachers on their appropriate salary scales and the non-payment of deprived area allowance among the issues that triggered the strike.

According to the unions, the existing collective agreement has expired, while negotiations for a new agreement, which they said should have been concluded by June 2026, had not been undertaken.

They said they had raised the matter with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) on several occasions, but the issue remained unresolved.

The unions also complained about the failure of the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) to implement an agreement on the automatic placement of newly promoted teachers.

They said two cohorts of teachers who successfully passed aptitude tests in December 2025 and February 2026 were yet to be placed on their respective salary scales, with arrears dating from January 2026.

Deprived area allowance

The teacher unions further demanded action on the deprived area allowance, saying provisions under the 2024 Collective Agreement had not been implemented.

They referred to Section 17(2) of the agreement, which requires the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to review the deprived area report before the teacher unions negotiate the applicable allowance with the FWSC.

The unions said that process had not been completed.

They also cited what they described as a 2024 ruling by the National Labour Commission (NLC), as well as a directive by President John Dramani Mahama concerning a 20 per cent allowance for teachers working in deprived or hard-to-reach areas.

Strike begins today

The unions said the unresolved issues had generated growing disaffection and anger among teachers and accused the relevant authorities of delays and unfulfilled promises.

They said the decision to strike had been taken in response to pressure from their members and the failure of the authorities to address their concerns.

“In the light of the above circumstances and given the delays, unfulfilled promises on the part of the duty bearers and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) as well as threats by the rank-and-file of our members, we the Teachers Unions, do stand with our members and hereby declare a nationwide industrial action (Strike), effective today Friday, 25th September 2026, to press home our demands,” the statement said.

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The training, held on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the Stevens Hotel Conference Room in Ho, Volta Region, formed part of preparations for the nationwide rollout of Traffitech-GH on October 1, 2026.

It was the fifth and final session in a series of nationwide enforcement training programmes organised ahead of the commencement of the system.

The 45 participants included MTTD personnel from Ho as well as representatives from the Judicial Service, National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), National Insurance Commission (NIC) and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

Participants were introduced to the operations of the Traffitech-GH system and briefed on the new Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519), and the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 1153).

Key areas covered included automated road traffic offences and fines under Regulation 242, the implementation of the Traffitech-GH system and the process for contesting automated traffic offences.
The selected regional back-office team also received practical training in the use of the in-vehicle fixed camera and the handheld or tripod Lasercam4 speed camera.

As part of the preparations, the Volta Regional back office at the Regional MTTD Office in Ho has been equipped with the updated Traffitech-GH software to support the implementation of the system.

The Traffitech-GH system is expected to commence operations nationwide on October 1, 2026, under Regulation 242.

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According to the GBA, the incident occurred on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, when the MP, who is also a lawyer, was at the court premises to represent a client in his professional capacity.

In a statement dated September 24, the GBA said it had also taken note of videos circulating on social media showing another lawyer, Mr Enoch Anhwere Afoakwa, complaining that he had been assaulted by a woman who EOCO subsequently confirmed to be an officer of the agency.

The Association said although no individual was above the law, investigations or enforcement actions involving members of the legal profession, particularly while representing clients, must comply with constitutional safeguards and applicable legal procedures.

It warned that actions perceived as circumventing such safeguards could create the impression of intimidation and have a chilling effect on the legal profession.

Professional independence

The GBA stressed that lawyers played an important role in the administration of justice and the protection of citizens’ rights, adding that any action that appeared to interfere with their ability to perform their professional duties risked undermining confidence in the justice system and the rule of law.

The Association recalled comments made by its President at the 2025 Annual GBA Conference in Wa, where she raised concerns about incidents involving lawyers in the performance of their professional duties.

The GBA President had said lawyers should be free to defend clients of their choice without being subjected to heckling or other forms of obstruction, warning that such conduct could discourage lawyers from taking up pro bono cases.

The Association also cited remarks made by its President during its virtual Mid-Year Conference on June 5, 2026, concerning an earlier incident involving former GBA Vice President, Justice Minka Premo, and a female lawyer.

According to the GBA, the two lawyers had gone to the defence of a client at the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) but were arrested and detained overnight.

The Association said the female lawyer, who was a nursing mother, was separated from her baby and was initially unable to breastfeed the child.

Call for due process

Against the latest development, the GBA called on EOCO and other state institutions to ensure that actions taken in the discharge of their mandates were consistent with due process, fairness and respect for the rights of all persons involved.

It said the rule of law required not only that justice be done, but also that it be seen to be done.

The Association further stressed that the independence of the legal profession was a cornerstone of democratic societies and should be protected.

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Addressing world leaders in New York on Thursday, President Mahama said his administration’s ‘Resetting Ghana Agenda’ had produced what he described as a “dramatic economic turnaround” in less than two years.

“Indeed, some circles describe it as the ‘Ghanaian Miracle,” he told the Assembly.

According to the President, the government’s macroeconomic stabilisation measures had restored economic growth, significantly reduced inflation, stabilised the national currency and lowered the country’s public debt burden.

He said the recovery had been independently validated by multilateral financial institutions and international credit rating agencies, which, he said, affirmed Ghana’s movement from economic vulnerability towards recovery, resilience and growth.

However, President Mahama admitted that improvements in macroeconomic indicators must ultimately translate into better living conditions for ordinary Ghanaians.

He said this principle was driving the government’s infrastructure and social programmes aimed at ensuring that the benefits of the economic recovery were reflected in communities across the country.

Big Push for infrastructure

President Mahama said the government was pursuing an aggressive national infrastructure programme under its Big Push Programme, targeting roads, digital connectivity, schools and health facilities.

The programme, he said, was intended not only to improve infrastructure, but also to bridge the rural-urban divide, unlock agricultural potential and expand access to basic services.

“This strategic investment is opening up the length and breadth of our country,” he told the Assembly.

The President said the infrastructure drive formed part of the government’s broader effort to make economic growth more inclusive and ensure that development was not concentrated in major urban centres.

24-Hour Economy

A major component of the economic strategy highlighted at the UN was the government’s 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme.

President Mahama said the programme, together with the soon-to-be-launched “New Ghana, New Economy” policy, was intended to transform Ghana into an industrial and high-productivity hub.

He said government was incentivising round-the-clock commercial operations while promoting value addition in agriculture and mining.

The objective, he said, was to create sustainable and dignified jobs, particularly for Ghana’s youth and women.

The President’s emphasis on value addition also formed part of his wider argument at the UN that African countries must retain more of the economic value generated from their natural resources.

Earlier in the address, he said Africa must move away from exporting raw materials while value addition and job creation occurred elsewhere.

“We will process our minerals at home, build local industries, create dignified jobs for our youth, and retain the value of our natural resources,” he said.

Growth must improve lives

President Mahama also linked the economic recovery to an expansion of social protection and healthcare.

He said the government had launched the Free Primary Health Care Programme, which he described as providing essential primary healthcare at community level at no cost.

He further highlighted the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, popularly known as MahamaCare, saying it was designed to support Ghanaians living with serious non-communicable diseases, including renal failure, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

The President argued that the ultimate test of economic policy was not simply the performance of macroeconomic indicators, but whether citizens experienced tangible improvements in their everyday lives.

“I have always believed that democracy must deliver tangible social benefits,” he said, arguing that citizens should experience democracy not only through elections, but through improved access to food, education, housing, healthcare and economic opportunity.

Call for African self-reliance

The economic portion of President Mahama’s address was also connected to his broader call for reform of the global economic system.

He criticised what he described as unfair global trade regimes, predatory resource extraction, discriminatory credit ratings, unsustainable debt burdens and the continued export of African raw materials without sufficient value addition.

He called for a global financial architecture that would enable developing economies to access affordable financing for human capital development and industrialisation.

For Ghana, the President said the domestic economic reset was intended to demonstrate that stronger governance, fiscal discipline and investment in productive sectors could underpin sustainable development.

His message to the international community was, therefore, twofold: Africa must demand a fairer global economic system, but African governments must also demonstrate transparency, accountability and prudent management of their own economies.

“African leadership must be transparent and accountable,” President Mahama said, stressing the need to ensure that public funds were used efficiently in the interest of citizens.

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It signals relief from a long-standing challenge and the prospect of a healthier and more dignified way of life.

The community’s struggle for reliable access to potable water has received a major boost following the completion and handing over of a Small-Town Water Supply System (STWSS) financed by the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation, in partnership with the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly (TNMA).

The facility, handed over on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 is expected to improve access to safe and reliable water for households and residents of Brahabobom, while reducing the burden associated with fetching water.

At the heart of the project is a 40,000-litre water storage system, supported by two mechanised boreholes and four standpipes.

Constructed at a cost of GH¢616,858.39, the system is designed to provide a sustainable source of clean water for drinking, cooking, sanitation and other domestic purposes.

For the Chief of Brahabobom, Nana Kwesi Ansah, the facility has arrived at a particularly important time for the community.”

Access to potable water has been a major challenge for our people, and this facility has come at a very important time,” he said.

According to him, the project would not only make water more accessible, but also contribute to improved health and hygiene among residents.

He expressed gratitude to the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation, the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly and other stakeholders whose collaboration made the project possible.

But Nana Ansah also recognised that the completion of the project marked the beginning of another responsibility, ensuring that the facility remained functional for years to come.

“As a community, we pledge to take ownership of the facility, use it responsibly and ensure that it is properly maintained for the benefit of present and future generations,” he said.

Project Manager, Sandra Deladem Woanyah, for her part stated that the implementation of the water project forms part of the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation’s broader efforts to support essential infrastructure and improve living conditions in its host communities.

The Brahabobom project also reflects the importance of partnerships between mining companies, local authorities and beneficiary communities in addressing basic social needs.

For the community, however, the statistics surrounding the project may matter less than the simple availability of water when it is needed.

A 40,000-litre storage facility, two mechanised boreholes and four standpipes have effectively transformed what was previously a major community challenge into an infrastructure that residents can now manage collectively.

The project also aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 3 on Good Health and Well-being, and SDG 11 on Sustainable Cities and Communities.

As the taps begin to serve households across Brahabobom, the real measure of the project’s success will ultimately be seen in the everyday lives of residents in cleaner homes, improved sanitation, reduced hardship and the assurance that access to safe water is no longer an uncertain part of daily life.

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The deceased, identified as Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, alias Forsher, 56; Emmanuel Boamah Gyebi, alias Begee, 38 and Felix Topman, alias Rasta, 29 have since been deposited at the Bekwai Municipal Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.

The three suspects were rushed to the Bekwai Municipal Hospital, but they were pronounced dead by the medical officer on arrival.

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command disclosed that upon intelligence Forsher and his gang were traced to Dousarp Hotel at Atwima Mim, near Knawel, on Tuesday September 22, 2026 at about 2 pm while preparing to commit another robbery.

During interrogation, the police said Forsher allegedly admitted involvement in several robbery incidents and killings and reportedly confessed to involvement in the killing of the Chief of Atwima Mim, who was allegedly killed in a bathroom some years ago, as well as the killing of the Chief of Atwima Koforidua.

According to the police, Forsher further admitted shooting DCOP/Rev./Dr./Nana Samuel Adane Ameyaw Nyamekye (Rtd) in the leg.

He also allegedly admitted involvement in the Mankranso robbery on August 7, 2026 at about 2:25 am and several roadblock robberies at Nkawie and surrounding areas.

The police said Forsher implicated Begee and Rasta as his accomplices.

A search conducted following their arrest led to the recovery of one pump-action gun, 12 rounds of BB cartridges and eight rounds of .32 Auto ammunition.

The suspects allegedly disclosed to the police that they were preparing to attack road users on the Anwiankwanta–Antoakrom Road that fateful night.

They also reportedly revealed that additional weapons had been concealed underground in a bush at Poano for use in the planned attack.

At about 7pm, the police team proceeded to the location with the suspects to retrieve the concealed weapons.

However, unidentified persons allegedly opened fire on the police from within the bush during search following which the three suspects also reportedly attempted to escape, forcing the police to return fire in self-defence.

All three suspects sustained gunshot wounds during the exchange. Chief Inspector Joseph Kwakye also sustained a minor injury and is receiving medical treatment.

The police said other suspected gunmen, believed to have sustained gunshot wounds, managed to escape into the bush.

A subsequent search of the area led to the recovery of one unmarked AK-47 assault rifle loaded with 16 rounds of 7.62x39mm ammunition.

The police also recovered two unmarked pump-action guns and 24 rounds of BB cartridges, concealed in a sack and hidden under a palm tree.

The Ashanti South Regional Police Command said investigations are ongoing, while efforts are being made to apprehend the suspected gunmen who escaped into the bush.

From Oswald P. Freiku, Bekwai

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Foods loaded with sugar, salt, unhealthy fats and calories are increasingly easy to find, aggressively marketed and becoming part of the everyday diet of Ghanaian families. This is no longer simply a question of individual choice. It is a question of the food environment in which Ghanaians, especially children, are growing up.

Health professionals are reporting cases of obesity, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes among increasingly younger patients. While individual cases cannot automatically be attributed to diet, the emergence of these conditions among children and young adults demands a stronger national response to unhealthy dietary patterns.

What is particularly troubling is the ease with which children can access fried foods, sugary drinks, pastries, noodles and other highly processed products.

In some cases, such foods are sold within or around health facilities. That is difficult to reconcile with the country’s efforts to promote preventive healthcare. The irony is difficult to miss: while hospitals struggle to treat diet-related illnesses, unhealthy food choices are readily available at the very places where people go to seek treatment.

The Chronicle firmly believes Ghana is also witnessing a gradual shift in its food culture. Traditional foods such as yam, cocoyam, plantain, beans and locally prepared vegetable-based meals are increasingly competing with noodles, fried rice, chips, pizza, pastries, sugary drinks and other heavily processed alternatives, particularly in urban communities.

We are of the view that there is nothing wrong with eating such foods occasionally. The problem arises when convenience and aggressive marketing begin to displace nutritious foods and establish unhealthy dietary habits from childhood.

Parents and guardians have a responsibility, but government cannot simply place the burden on families. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service and other relevant institutions have a responsibility to create an environment in which consumers, particularly children, are adequately protected and properly informed.

The FDA already has extensive powers under the Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851). Its responsibilities include registering food products, licensing facilities, conducting market surveillance, testing regulated products, investigating complaints, monitoring advertisements and educating the public on the safe handling and use of regulated products.

The Authority has made important contributions to food safety in Ghana. But the existence of regulatory powers is not enough. Those powers must translate into visible and sustained surveillance, enforcement and public education.

A 2022 assessment of Ghana’s post-market surveillance system for pre-packaged foods in Greater Accra found the system useful and reported broad district coverage, but also identified weaknesses, including the absence of a data-validation process and incomplete use of surveillance information to assess manufacturer and importer compliance.

The Chronicle calls on the FDA and its partners to demonstrate that Ghana’s regulatory machinery is keeping pace with the rapidly changing food market.

And we must broaden the conversation beyond whether food is contaminated or expired. A product may comply with basic food-safety requirements and still contribute to unhealthy dietary patterns when consumed excessively because of its high levels of sugar, sodium or unhealthy fats.

This is why we are arguing that Ghana should give serious consideration to stronger Front-of-Pack Warning Food Labelling (FoPWL) for processed foods. Consumers should not need specialist nutritional knowledge to understand when a product contains excessive amounts of ingredients associated with diet-related health risks.

The authorities must also intensify public education. Ghanaians need practical information about the consequences of excessive consumption of sugar, sodium and unhealthy fats, as well as the nutritional benefits of affordable local foods.

Additionally, the Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI) and other research institutions should be brought into the campaign to generate stronger evidence on Ghana’s changing dietary patterns and the nutritional value of locally produced foods.

We cannot continue treating prevention as an afterthought. If Ghana waits until unhealthy diets produce an even heavier burden of preventable disease, the cost will be borne not only by individuals and families, but also by the National Health Insurance Scheme and the wider economy through increased healthcare expenditure and lost productivity.

The FDA must, therefore, strengthen post-market surveillance and enforcement. The Ministry of Health and GHS must intensify preventive-health education. Researchers must produce the evidence required to guide policy.

Schools and parents must also take responsibility for what children are taught and served.

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Somewhere in Ellembelle on the day of NkrumahFest 2026, someone hoisted the flag of Senegal. At a festival named after Kwame Nkrumah. At a festival held in the hometown of the man who led Ghana to independence and spent his life fighting for African sovereignty and dignity. The Senegalese flag. At NkrumahFest.

It is tempting to begin and end the story there — because the image says everything about the chaos and disorganisation that has come to define this event under its current political patron. But the flag was, in fact, the least of the embarrassments of NkrumahFest 2026. It was the symptom. The disease runs deeper.

The Man Running the Show

NkrumahFest is funded, organised, and effectively controlled by the Honourable Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah — five-term MP for Ellembelle and Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in President Mahama’s government. He has been the patron of this festival for years, and he has used it generously to build his political profile in the constituency that has sent him to Parliament five times. None of that generosity is in question. What is in question is what he did with that platform in 2026.

He made the purported Awulae Blay IX — a man who claims to be the Paramount Chief of the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area but who is not gazetted, not recognised by the National House of Chiefs, and who is categorically disqualified under the customary law of the very Paramountcy he claims — the co-chair of NkrumahFest 2026. He seated this man above the President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs — the constitutional authority of the chieftaincy institution in this region — who was quietly relegated to the background.

Kwame Nkrumah spent his life ensuring that Ghana’s dignity would never be subordinated to the convenience of those in power. NkrumahFest 2026 subordinated his memory to the political agenda of a sitting Cabinet Minister.

Why the Purported Chief Has No Business Co-Chairing Anything

The purported Awulae Blay IX is the direct nephew of the gazetted Paramount Chief of the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area — the youngest son of the Paramount Chief’s Senior Sister. In the Eastern Nzema Paramountcy, succession rotates between three royal gates. The rule is ancient and clear: you cannot succeed a chief from the same gate as your own. He is from the same gate as his uncle. He cannot succeed him. His installation is not just unlawful under the Chieftaincy Act — it is invalid under the very custom of his own people.

The gazetted Paramount Chief — Awulae Amihere Kpanyinli III — survived an attempted assassination and was compelled into self-imposed security exile in the United States of America. He has now returned to Ghana. He is home. Yet his Royal Palace at Atuabo remains under occupation, the attempted assassination remains uninvestigated, and he is being treated as a nondescript — a person of no consequence — by Hon. Armah Kofi Buah and the Mahama administration. And while all of this is happening, the man responsible for the political patronage that made this situation possible was busy making his nephew the co-chair of NkrumahFest.

Two Standards, One Constitution

There is a man called Tumivolle King Kaku Aka III, the ungazetted Overlord of the Unitary State of Nzema (Eastern and Western Nzema), whose Palace is at Awiaso, Aiyinasi-Basake. He is not gazetted. Because he is not gazetted, the President does not visit him. State agencies do not pay courtesy calls on him when they come to the Nzema area. The constitutional position is applied consistently and correctly.

Yet the NDC National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia — who has been in Ghanaian politics long enough to know the Chieftaincy Act forwards and backwards — has paid multiple formal visits to the purported Awulae Blay IX. If the Constitution means what it says, this should not be happening. The same rule that governs Tumivolle King Kaku Aka III governs the purported Awulae Blay IX. There is no exception written for ministers’ preferred candidates.

Nkrumah’s Homeland Deserves Better

President Mahama has drawn a firm constitutional line in Bawku. He has made clear that chieftaincy order matters and that the State will enforce it. Eastern Nzema is watching. If the law is the law in Bawku, it must be the law in Nkrumah’s homeland. A festival in the name of Ghana’s greatest son should be a moment of national pride, constitutional integrity, and cultural dignity — not a political rally for an unlawful chieftaincy arrangement, complete with the wrong country’s flag flying overhead.

Kwame Nkrumah deserved better from NkrumahFest 2026. The people of Eastern Nzema deserve better. And the chieftaincy institution of Ghana — which Nkrumah himself recognised and protected in the Constitution — deserves better than to be used as a political instrument by those who have enough money to host a festival and enough connections to fill a programme with friendly faces.

The Senegalese flag has since come down. The constitutional violations displayed at NkrumahFest 2026 have not.

Written By Nana Annor Amihere II

* The author is the Mandimase (Overlord) of the Aiyinasi-Basake Stool Lands and Chief Adviser to the Secretariat of Awulae Amihere Kpanyinli III, Omanhene (Paramount Chief) of the Eastern Nzema Traditional Area, Ellembelle District, Western Region of Ghana. He is Immediate Past National President of the Ghana Institute of Safety and Environmental Professionals (GhISEP, 2016–2022) and Founder of the African Institute of Safety and Environmental Professionals (AfISEP).

Editor’s note: Views expressed in this article do not represent that of The Chronicle

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In July 2024, the founder of the NGO, Dr. Kelli Ducloux, inaugurated a mechanized borehole at Achiase Wansamere, also in the Atwima Mponua district.

Last Tuesday, Dr Kelli in the company of her local associate, Madam Sutherland Adwoa Dawn, handed over a mechanised borehole SOTA International funded at the cost of GHc48,000 to the chiefs and elders, School Management committee, Parent Teacher Association, headteacher and staff of the Kwanfinfi Basic School, amid pomp and pageantry.

Dr. Kelli Ducloux said she was thrilled to have been able to fulfil the vision of providing clean potable drinking water to improve the lives of school children and families in the Ashanti region. She also presented GHc6,000 raised by her friends back home in the US to procure school uniforms for 49 pupils of the school.

Madam Adwoa Dawn, Executive Director of Bridge-To-Africa Connection (BTAC), and a coordinator of SOTA projects in Ghana, said she was encouraged by the fact that the African American community in the diaspora is ready to help with the growth and development of children in Ghana and Africa.

She promised to liaise with the Circle of Friends of BTAC to support the rehabilitation of the school buildings found in a dilapidated condition. Nana Frimpong and Nana Abena Serwaa, regent and Queen mother of the community respectively presented foodstuffs, fruits and a ram in appreciation of the gesture by SOTA International.

Mr. Frederick Antwi, Head teacher of the school received the cash donation of GHc6,000 on behalf of the school. Headteacher Antwi assured that water the project would be maintained to serve its purpose.

Sheikh Yussif Abubakar, Chairman of the school’s PTA thanked the donor and friends for the timely support. He noted that the gesture would go a long way to promote quality education through improved sanitation and help transform lives.

The Lake Bosomtwe District got its share of the boreholes from SOTA International when Dr. Kelli Ducloux also commissioned and handed over a mechanised borehole each to the Osei Adutwum Senior High School at Jachie and Sewua D/A 2 Primary school on Wednesday.  Both the Jachie and Sewua projects cost GH¢96,000.

From Oswald P. Freiku, Kwanfinfi 

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He commended President John Dramani Mahama and the sector minister for ensuring that the District Assemblies Common Fund is always available to the assemblies for development projects. He said the Apatrapa Health Centre would be upgraded and completed with a fence wall and pavement.

He stated that he would ensure that every electoral area lacking a health facility gets one to improve total healthcare delivery in the municipality. He said all legacy projects in the municipality, including schools, ICT centres and healthcare projects started by the previous government, would be completed.

The MCE advised nurses to demonstrate good attitude, respect and humility towards patients and authorities who visit the facility and not to shun patients who seek healthcare.

The Municipal Health Director, Ms. Grace Billi Kampitib, commended the MCE for the project aimed at improving healthcare delivery in the municipality. She described the initiative as a move away from hospitals to bring healthcare delivery closer to community members and households.

According to her, the project complements free primary healthcare to ensure that every Ghanaian has access to healthcare, and to ensure that patients with communicable diseases who cannot attend hospitals are taken care of. She said the facility would handle maternal health, family planning, blood pressure and other related ailments and appealed to stakeholders to support and protect the workers at the facility.

The Queen Mother of Nyankyerenease, Nana Yaa Adutwumwaah II, commended the Assembly for bringing healthcare closer to residents. She said the community lacks many development projects, especially roads, and pleaded with the NDC government to continue its good works to ensure that the community gets its fair share of the national cake.

The Nkosuohene of Nyankyerenease, Nana Adu-Gyamfi Kumanini I, pleaded with the MCE and the Municipal Health Director to intensify the free health insurance scheme to promote healthcare delivery for the needy and less privileged in the community.

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