{"id":272740,"date":"2011-01-04T13:38:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44618"},"modified":"2011-01-04T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T13:38:27","slug":"beauty-queens-bukom-banku-engage-night-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/04\/beauty-queens-bukom-banku-engage-night-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty Queens &amp; Bukom Banku Engage Night Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_44619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44619\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-44619\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/04\/beauty-queens-bukom-banku-engage-night-police\/bukom-banku\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44619\" title=\"Bukom Banku\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Bukom-Banku.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bukom Banku<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSaturday 8th January 2011 will see an  array of stars coming together for a charity event in aid of Orphanage  International Ministry and the Bukom Youth Foundation.<br \/>\nAhead of  the event at the New Living Room Sports Lounge in East Legon, boxer  turned poet Braimah Kamoko aka Bukom Banku and the marketing manager of  Voltic Ghana Ltd Ama Armah on Christmas day joined forces with two  recently crowned African beauty queens to ensure that Christmas was a  truly special occasion for scores of Ghanaian policemen and women on  night patrol.<br \/>\nIt had previously never happened until Christmas  2010 and no wonder it will forever be remembered as a special day by  hard working night patrol and road vehicle check-point police officers  in the Ghanaian capital Accra.<br \/>\nTwenty-one-year-old medical  student Miss Shirley Nwangere, who was crowned Miss ECOWAS 2010 in  November and 22-year old Business student Ramatu Sidic; the winner of  Miss Ecowas Ghana, spent a few hours on the road as they presented the  officers with assorted Christmas goody bags and solidarity messages.<br \/>\nThe  two ladies were joined by the energetic Marketing manager of Voltic,  Ama Armah with boxes of Voltic Mineral water courteously dispatched by  the larger than life boxer turned poet Bukom Banku.<br \/>\nIt was  quite obvious that most of the policemen who were presented with a  Christmas gift were pleasantly stunned, others simply could not believe  what they were seeing whilst onlookers, drivers and pedestrians gazed  and admired from a distance. The message of peace was the overriding  theme of the exercise.<br \/>\nMadam Tachie-Menson the Associate Director  of 702 Productions, organizers of the Miss Ecowas pageant, explained  that it intended to promote the ECOWAS agenda of ensuring peace among  member States. &#8220;The Peace Pageant has been designed and positioned as a  pageant that will promote peace and the youth agenda of the ECOWAS  Commission.&#8221;<br \/>\nAsked why they were embarking on the Christmas night  hand-outs? Miss Ecowas Shirley Nwangere said &#8220;If we did not have peace  and security, we could not possibly go about our normal daily duties let  alone go out at night to enjoy the festive season so we must show  appreciation to these men and women.&#8221;<br \/>\nFrom Tudu in central Accra,  through Kaneshie, up to the Spintex road, this was the night when two  of Ghana&#8217;s most high profile beauty Queens gave up their holidays to  tour the capital and distribute gifts to on duty security personnel of  the Ghana Police Service.<br \/>\nMs. Armah of Voltic Ghana added \u201cWe  must all try to cultivate a culture of respect for our policemen because  they also make sacrifices to ensure that people and property are  secured as well as maintain law and order.\u201d<br \/>\nBehind the beautiful  faces and smiles are two very focused and dedicated personalities.  Shirley Nwangeri for example won her crown after a keenly contested  event at the Miatta Conference Center in the Sierra Leonean capital of  Freetown. The Optometry student, who was chosen out of 28 contestants  from Nigeria, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Togo, Senegal, Cote  D&#8217;Ivoire, Guinea and the other ECOWAS countries, is set to embark on a  peace initiative in the sub-region.<br \/>\nTwenty-two-year old Ramatu  Sidic on the other hand clinched a treble of prizes on her way to  claiming the title as Miss Ecowas Ghana.<br \/>\nThe student of the  Institution of Professional Studies (IPS) beat 13 other opponents as she  won the overall best costume and dance, as well as the ultimate Miss  ECOWAS Ghana 2010 crown.<br \/>\nThe &#8220;night shift&#8221; Christmas  presentations is the first of it\u2019s kind in Ghana and has been warmly  received by the Ghana Police Service. The exercise was a joint  collaborative initiative by Oxigen World, Dream Beckon and the  organisers of Miss Ecowas Pageant 702 Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 8th January 2011 will see an array of stars coming together for a charity event in aid of Orphanage International Ministry and the Bukom Youth Foundation. 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