One of the best educational institutions in Dansoman, Oddarene Christian School has celebrated their Traditional day on Tuesday 5th March 2024 as part of the Ghana month Celebration.

The program was organized to showcase, promote and display our rich culture and tradition as Ghanaians.

There were various cultural displays from all the students in Oddarene from creche to JHS with great educational poems and rhythm's.

Speaking at the program, Rev.Dr.Kweku Addo who double up as the director of the school and also NDC parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma West Constituency urged Ghanaians to have a cultural reforms about how we think and how dress as Ghanaians,

According to him, we should rather dress traditionally from Monday to Thursday and wear the office wear on Fridays, that will help sustain and promote our culture for the next generation,

Oddarene Christian School is undeniable one of the best Christian School in Ghana celebrated the school’s 40th founder’s day celebration last Friday and it was massive

The program had the head of Muslim community in Dansoman present as guest of honours as well as some parents were present to witness what their wards will be doing . 

Traditional day is a special day set aside once every year to showcase our rich culture from the Ethnic groups in Ghana. Teachers, as well as children, are cladded in their traditional regalia to demonstrate unity in diversity and also to inculcate in the student's pride in the varied culture and love for their motherland.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif, has claimed that Ghana is receiving great plaudits for their organisation of the ongoing 13^th African Games.

He made the revelation at a press briefing on Monday evening where he addressed issues emanating from the games.

“Every international official that we have engaged is applauding us for hosting spectacular games so far. So let’s all embrace and position Ghana as a sports destination," he said.

"There are a lot of positives that we can talk about. Let’s focus on them," he concluded by urging the media to focus on the positives.

Ghana has claimed four medals in the games so far, both coming on Sunday, when Winnifred Ntumi won a gold and two silver medals in the weightlifting, while Abeku Jackson added a silver in the swimming.

It moved the country into the top 10 in the medal table after seven days of competition.

But despite the minimal success in competition, the games have markedly been fraught with many problems.

Badminton player, Leslie Addo, revealed he and his teammates were transported to the competition on the bucket of a pick up truck, while another cyclist revealed he did not receive new equipment for competition, after his old bicycle broke down only a few minutes after the race start.

Ghana has invested $195 million on infrastructure to host the games, with another $47 million earmarked for operations during the competition which will run from March 8-23, 2024.

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The National Democratic party’s Ablekuma West Constituency executives and members have vowed to push their Candidate,  Rev. Dr. Kweku Addo to Parliament in the upcoming general election in December.

On Monday 12th February 2024, the executives of the ABWC held a stakeholders engagement to help set agenda for the upcoming election

The meeting was hosted by Otodjor ward, one of the hardworking ward of the NDC inthe Ablekuma West Constituency.

NDC parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma West Constituency Rev. Dr. Kweku Addo thanked all the guest speakers and NDC members for their support .

Rev. Dr. kweku Addo is ready to snatch away the seat from Hon. Ursula Owusu in the upcoming election and he is very determined to do that by supporting the youth and the people of Dansoman.

The meeting had Hon.Mustapha Gbande the National Deputy General Secretary of the NDC as the special guest speaker.

This stakeholder’s engagement was organized to motivate, counsel and guide NDC members to achieve the NDC agenda in 2024.

From Sammy Heywood okine

Mauritius rider Aleander Mayar finished ahead of Dilian Geary and Kudus Ghebremedlein of South Africa and Eritrea respectively to win the Men's Elite and Under 23 race on day two of the 13^th African Games Cycling.

The race took place at Ablekuma Olebu involving 96 cyclists who started the race, but only 56 finished, due to the average speed displayed.

The winner rode home in a time of 3hrs, 06mins 01 secs over a distance of 137.5 km. The entire average speed was 44.35km/hr.

Ghana’s Solomon Tagoe placed 31^st to make his country prone as the lone finisher of the Golden Pedals.

Cudjoe ended above three riders counting from the last cyclist to finish.

Other Ghanaians, Michael Naaba, Frank Akuffo, Prince Kudufia could not finish the race.

Cycling continues on Tuesday after a break on Monday with the criterum for both men and women.

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South Africa's Sprinter Hayley Preen sprang to an astonishing solo finish in a time of 2hrs,41mins,53secs to win Gold in the Women's Road Race event at Ablekuma Olebu.

The witty South African was closed followed by three other riders in same time ; Halbwachs Aurelie of Mauritius, Houli Nesrine of Algeria and Bamogo Awa from neighboring Burkina Faso.

Interestingly, Nigerian poster Lady and Paris bound import, Ukpeseraye Ese Lovina came through the sixth spot in same time.

The race was flagged by Confederation of Africa Cycling Secretary General, Mohammed Bashiru of Nigeria and that signalled the beginning of hostilities.

The first two laps was simply unpredictable as the expected break aways popped up mid way the Vicolis area.

At a point Mauritius dragged the entire bunch and was quickly overtaken by Rwanda.

By the sixth circuit, it was unpredictable who would dictate the pace. The bunch had torn into pieces terribly.

A close shave attack occured by the 6th lap between the Rwanda and South Africa, with the latter dictating the pace and dragging the retreating peloton.

It was obvious Ukpeseraye Ese Lovina of Nigeria was going to cause a stir in the pen ultimate lap until she was totally dropped in the final bend.

Then came South Africa's Sprinter Hayley Preen. She maintained her steady composure at the bend and ended her assignment with a blistering solo finish.

The women's Road Race set up the pace in this year's Africa Games hosted by Ghana with 50 riders in contention.

16 Cyclists abrogated the Race including all the Ghanaians, Erica sedzro, Abigail Tetteh, Marjorie Quaye and Agana Rebecca.

The event enters into yet another unmissable day tomorrow as the men's Road Race takes center stage. A crucial 160km clearance is in the offing as the cream de la cream of African Riders are on standby for the action.

By Dennis Kweku Moore

Top Ghanaian swimmer Abeiku Jackson is happy Ghana is hosting the 13^th African Games for the first time and has top facilities like the Borteyman Sports Complex’s Aquatic Centre.

The aquatic centre at the newly built Borteyman Complex is hosting the swimming competition at the 12th African Games taking place in Ghana such as cycling and athletics.

The multi-sport competition runs from March 8 to March 23 with African athletes competing in various disciplines including those that serve as qualifiers to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

In an interview after winning Ghana’s first gold medal in swimming, Jackson said he is happy such a facility has been provided for the present and future generation.

“It’s a standard Olympic pool. It’s a great pool, I’m happy to have a pool like this in Ghana not only for me but also for the kids that are upcoming for them to also practice and train day in day out, getting the advantages of equipment which will achieve greater dreams for them in the next African Games or the next Olympic Games.”

Abeiku Jackson won silver in the 50 Metre Men’s Butterfly event in 24.42secs at the 13th African Games.

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Ghana's  lone ranger at the 2024 Olympic Games Qualifiers in Italy, Theophilus Kpakpo Allotey aka Theo Lopez failed to realise his dream as he lost to his Korean opponent  Inkyu Kim on a  2-3 split decision

He thus failed a quarterfinals place, hence out of the competition at the ongoing WQT Boxing Road to

@Paris2024 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.

According to the Ghana Boxing Federation President, Mr. Ben Quartey, the tournament was very tough as the Asian countries presented very tough boxers.

The final Olympic Qualifier for Boxing would be in Thailand.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Mr. Isaac Amponsah, Vice President of the Ghana Karate Do Federation believes Ghanaian karatekas can excel if they are given the opportunity to compete in more international competitions.

Speaking to Yours Truly at the Ga Mashie Hall during the 13th African Games, he noted that Ghana has qualified athletes, but they are not polished because of lack of experience and exposure in the game.

He said the answer is simple, and that the government must invest in the so called lesser known or least financed sports.

According to Mr. Amponsah Ghana Karate Do Federation finds it very difficult to organize just one national championship in a year while others participate in ten or more events so they become used to everything in the sport.

The fifth dan black belt holder said the sport is moving fast and the north Africans are dominating because they are always engaged and their rewards are enticing and good to motivate athletes to keep on fighting.

He appealed to companies in Ghana to support the Ghana Karate Do Federation to organize more local championship and sponsor them to engage in international events.

He commended the Ghana Karate Do Federation and the current athletes for their devotion and love for the sport.

He expressed that Karate Do has made him what he is today and his whole family are involved in Karate Do because it id is a way of life that makes one very disciplined and comport themselves well.

He congratulated the north Africans from Egypt, especially who are very serious and won the gold medals. He also hailed Senegal and Congo for reaching the medal zone.

"Ghana can also make it if our government, the Ministry of Youth and Sports support us" he said.

The Karate Do expert who started doing the sport in the early 1980s stressed that the sport is an ancient activity by the Japanese, but now there are many organizations that organise competitions., however Ghana is affiliated to the World Karate Federation (WKF) and African Karate Federation.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana’s Winnifred Ntumi has won Team Ghana’s first medal by winning silver in the women’s 46kg snatch in weightlifting, clean and jerk as well as the total score. In all, she got two silver medals and one gold.

Winnifred is one of Ghana medal hopes after claiming the nation’s first ware at the last Games in Morocco in 2019.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

… Wrestlers Eliminated At 13^th African Games

The swimming competition at the ongoing African Games in Accra concluded with Ghana narrowly missing out on medals, while all Ghanaian wrestlers were eliminated from the tournament.

At the Borteyman Sports Complex, Ghana's swimming efforts yielded two fourth-place finishes in the men’s 100m freestyle and the 4x100m mixed relay freestyle events. Stacey Harry of Ghana secured fourth place in the men's 100m butterfly final, falling short of a podium finish.

South Africa's Clayton Jimmie claimed gold in dominant fashion, followed by Namibia's Alexander Skinner and Egypt's Abdalla Nasr in second and third place respectively.

Despite the near misses, Ghana's swimming team coach, Pavel Kutashev, expressed satisfaction with his team's performance, stating, "It was a good day. It wasn’t perfect, when you consider we had two 4th places, but a good day overall." He praised the athletes' effort and determination.

In wrestling, Team Ghana faced disappointment as all Ghanaian wrestlers were ousted on the first day of competition. Mugis Salifu suffered a swift defeat in the men’s greco 77kg category, lasting less than 2 minutes in the first round against Kenyan opponent Mathonya Mathayo.

Badminton also brought disappointment for Ghana, with the men’s doubles team of Leslie Addo and Ebenezer Korampong exiting in the quarterfinals after a defeat to South Africa's Jarred Elliott and Robert Summers. Ghana's mixed doubles and women’s doubles teams failed to progress beyond the Round 16 stage.

Additionally, Ghana was unable to advance in any singles events, with no Ghanaian athletes progressing beyond the Round 16.

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