About 200 women at Asokore Mampong municipality of Ashanti Region have undergone free cervical cancer screening and health education .

The Exercise was organised by officials of the NO BUSINESS AS USUAL project partnered with doctors from komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

Speaking to a section of the media in an interview, Dr Abena Yawson ,obstetrician Gynaecologist at komfo Anokye Hospital stated emphatically that Cervical cancer is an infection which causes cancer cells to form in the cervix.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is the fourth most frequent cancers in the world and most common in Ghana.

An estimated number of 528,000 new cases from which 266,000 people died occurred in 2012 alone.

She disclosed that study report published in the Journal of Global Oncology suggests improvement in the application of preventive strategies could considerably reduce the burden of cervical cancer in Ghana.

Dr Abena Yawson said “It needs so much attention and since it’s preventable. It’s one of the biggest reasons to screen women and educate them on vaccination so they prevent the defection. It’s two years in running because cervical cancer is the most common gynaecological cancer as such it needs so much attention,” she said.

Dr Abena Yawson therefore encouraged women to go for regular screening and vaccination.

“Those who are not sexually active should go for a routine pap smear.
The good thing is that it can be detected at the early stages and interventions put in place to curtail the disease for those who are not sexually active yet, can go for vaccination,” she advised.

The former member of parliament for Manso Nkwanta constituency in the Ashanti region, Ms. Grace Addo has staged a possible comeback ahead of the NPP parliamentary primaries.

She said, her coming back was as a result of numerous calls from both delegates, party faithful and the constituents at large.

Due to this, the former Mp on Monday 27th January 2020 picked her nomination forms at the Party’s office in the Manso Nkwanta to confirmed her readiness to serve the good people in the constituency.

The Mp in an interview with choicenewsonline.news.blog said, she will win the primaries’ hands, without any difficulties or whatsoever.

The former Mp in 2015 lost the primaries to the incumbent Member of Parliament Mr. Albert Joseph Quarm with one vote margined.

After the slight defeat, she was comforted by the very delegates who voted against her third bid into August.

She was the only member of Parliament who had served the constituency for the two terms, NO Member of parliament had been able to secure the mandate of the delegates for the second term, but her good rapport with the constituents and the parties delegates gave her the nod to serve two terms, and was denied the chance to led the constituency for the third term.

Based on her rich experience and good rapport with the constituents, she believes her second coming is a done deal, and implore to rally behind her this time round to continue with what she left behind during her 8 years rule.

Hundreds of supporters of Dr. Francis Nana Yaw Boakye, a Parliamentary candidate aspirant for the Asokwa constituency have besieged the party’s constituency office to demanding for the opening of the office.

The angry supporters believe party leadership in the constituency are trying to prevent their candidate from picking up his nomination forms to contest the sitting Member of Parliament Hon. Patricia Appiagyei whom to them has not been performing ever since she became their M.P

Speaking in an interview with Choicenewsonline.news.blog, the supporters blamed the constituency Secretary John Asare Bediako as they believe he is deliberately playing a bias tactics to prevent Dr. Nana Yaw Boakye from contesting in the Asokwa constituency Parliamentary race.

As at 12:30 pm, the Asokwa NPP constituency office was still locked. The supporters say until party leadership opens up the place for their candidate to pick his forms, they are not leaving the place.

Honourable Joseph Albert Quarm , Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie west Constituency in the Ashanti Region on Monday submitted his document at the office of the ruling New Patriotic Party to seek for another mandate from the delegates.
The short and colourful event brought together some prominent peoples within the constituency which includes the constituency executives, Delegates and other party coordinators.
This is the Second time that the incumbent MP is seeking for another endorsement from the party delegates to lead the party.

Speaking to newsmen after the submission of the nomination papers, Hon Joseph Albert Quarm said as a member of Parliament for the good people of Amansie West District for the last four years I have done a lot for my people but that is not enough we still have a lot to do in order to make the district positively transformed.
He underscored that less than four years under his term in office he has able to touch every sectors of the district such us education, security, sanitation, human capitalism and all the other sectors. Stressing that one of the major challenge facing the people of Amansie West District is deplorable state of their road which according to him with less than four years he has been able to lobbied for more roads to see face lift.
On education, Hon Albert Quarm indicated that all the two Senior High Schools within his constituent has able to benefit from government intervention programs such us construction of classroom blocks and dormitories for all the schools while more schools in basic level have been enrolled in school feeding programs

He appealed to the party executives, polling agents and the people in the area to rally behind him and give him the nod since four more years for Nana four more year for Quarm for more development.

The MP, however warned his opponents who are yet to submit their forms to flee from any thing that can tarnish the party image.
He said he has done a lot of monumentum developmental projects under his watch as an MP for his constituents therefore he need another tenure in office to continued his good works.

He emphasized that a lot of developmental projects are under the pipe line and if given another mandates all these projects will become reality and this will improve the development of the constituency.In conclusion Hon Albert Quarm appealed to all the party delegates to give him another mandate to lead the constituency to the promise land.

Hon Joseph Albert Quarm Member of Manso Nkwanta Amansie West Constituency.

Honourable Joseph Albert Quarm , Member of Parliament (MP) for Manso Nkwanta in the Amansie west Constituency in the Ashanti Region on Monday filed his nomination papers at the office of the Constituency to contest under the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2020 elections.

This is the Second time the incumbent is standing as a Parliamentary Candidate under the ticket of the party.

Speaking to newsmen after the submission of the nomination papers, Hon Joseph Albert Quarm said, he is still confident and capable to contest the elections.

He appealed to the party executives, polling agents and the people in the area to rally behind him and give him the nod in the upcoming primaries of the party scheduled for April

The MP, however warned his opponents who are maligning him to change and conduct their campaigns without maliciously attacking their opponents.

He said he has done a lot of monumentum developmental projects under his watch as an MP for his constituents therefore he need another tenure in office to continued his good works.

Speaking to the section of media in an interview at the party’s constituency office today he emphasis that a lot of developmental projects are under way for his people in the constituency .

The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana is set to pick suppliers for the new voters’ registration kits to compile a new register.According to the EC, current kits are outdated and needed to embark on new registration to bring the commission to speed on the way forward ahead of the next election in December this year.

Speaking to media Democracy and monitored by choicenewsonline.news.blog ,the Director of Elections at the EC, Dr. Serebour Quacoo, says, the commission is in touch with four (4) companies to award the contract to provide the biometric machines for the exercise.“If you understand how we award a contract, we have already shortlisted four companies including two Ghanaian companies to select one who will supply us the kits”“Per our time table, the BVD machines must be ready by March, April 18 we start registration” he added“We have done all the analysis including risk analysis and it is positive for the commission to go for new biometric machines to conduct this year’s general elections”Dr. Serebour indicated that by June, 2020 it is the wish that the provisional new voters’ register will be out.The commission said the compilation of a new voters’ register and acquisition of Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) would only boost the credibility and integrity of the elections.Reacting to the meeting with the IPAC and Eminent Advisory Committee, he intimate d that the meeting cannot stop their mandated work to get a credible voters’ register for credible election.“We are only going to explain further to them where they do not understand” he saidHe therefore urged the good people of Ghana to trust the body who is in charge of the management of the Ghana’s electoral process and they would let this country down.

Source:choicenewsonline.news.blog