A 25-year-old mechanic has committed suicide at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.

The deceased, Kwame Abdallah, was seen on Friday morning, December 30, 2022, hanging on a tree with a rope tied around his neck.

Neighbours of the deceased told Kasapa News’ Yaw Boagyan that they noticed a slight change in his behavior last week but he didn’t appear like someone who was battling any huge problem that could cause him to take his life.

Others said they were with him throughout last week but he didn’t complain about anything bothering him, hence his death has come as a shock to them.

The case was reported to the Kasoa Police after which police personnel went to the scene and conveyed the body to the morgue.

The family of the deceased is yet to be identified and informed as he had no immediate relatives in the town he lived.

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Asiedu Nketia, has advised the government to create jobs for the youth rather than investing in riot-control gear for the Police. 

According to him, it is prudent to give the youth jobs to enhance their livelihoods, which would deter them from engaging in demonstrations. 

He was speaking at a graduation ceremony at Anfoega for some 80 females who trained in fashion designing and beautician courses, with sponsorship from the North Dayi Member of Parliament, Joycelyn Tetteh. 

Mr Nketia said the country’s biggest problem has been youth unemployment which had become so alarming resulting in security threats.

“If you are in a country and more of your people are jobless, you cannot sustain any democracy. You can not continue to sustain peace in that country.

“And that is why I believe strongly that instead of spending more money on buying riot gear for the Police to foil demonstrations, it is better to find jobs for the youth so that when they are engaged, they will not find the need to demonstrate,” said Mr Nketia. 

He, therefore, lauded Madam Tetteh’s initiative to equip the youth in her constituency with skills to enable them to engage in economic activities to support the livelihoods of their families. 

He also counselled other Members of Parliament to emulate the gesture in creating jobs while they perform their primary duty of making laws to govern the state. 

Madam Tetteh explained that she implemented the initiative to contribute to the development of women in the constituency by empowering them economically. 

She said the skill development programme would be expanded to cover males in the coming years, aimed at propelling human resource development at North Dayi. 

She added that the trainees have been provided with all requisite logistics to enable them to set up in the eight shops that have been rented for them.

“We will monitor them for five months to know if they are doing well or not, then we will advise ourselves on the way forward,” he explained. 

The Paramount Chief of Anfoega, Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, stressed that the Volta Region remains part of Ghana hence, deserves equal attention from any government. 

He said people from the region would contribute their quota to the progress and development of the country and assured that traditional rulers in the region would continue to play their roles and guard the peace, stability and growth of Ghana jealously.

Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, who is also the President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, expressed optimism the current hardship would be a thing of the past and invited all “to put their shoulders to the wheel” and work towards the progress of the country. 

By Nelson Ayivor   

Tadzewu (VR), Dec. 31, GNA-Reverend Nyeenyami Etsey Wovenu, the High Priest and Chairman of the governing council of the Church of Apostles Revelation Society (ARS) has advised Christians to shy away from occultism and other forms of idolatry and hold fast to the tenets of their faith as taught by the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Rev. Wovenu gave the advice in a sermon to climax the week-long annual convention of the Church at New Tadzewu in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta region.  

According to the clergyman, most Christians have now strayed from the teachings of Christ and the Bible and are venturing into fetishism and occultism, which are against the Christian doctrine, principles, and faith.  

“The almighty God is capable of solving all our problems – why then do many Christians these days stray from the path of righteousness and seek solutions to their problems in shrines and other ungodly places as if our heavenly father is now powerless to protect his children,” he wondered.  

Rev. Wovenu observed that the youth of today in their burning desire to get rich quick were resorting to occultic practices, which are responsible for the many youthful and untimely deaths being witnessed across the country in recent times.  

To this end, the ARS leader admonished the youth to be content with their lot and refrain from acts that would result in their sudden demise with many of them not being able to reach their full potentials to impact society.  

He condemned the phenomenon, where television channels were allowed to air content, which encouraged money rituals and called on the National Media Commission (NMC) and other relevant authorities to enact laws to regulate such programming including sanctions to sanitise the airwaves.  

The annual convention, which also marked the 83rd anniversary of the Founding of the ARS Church, came off from December 24 to 30, 2022.   

It brought together thousands of Church members from across the globe and was on the theme “No King is saved by the multitude of an army- A mighty man is not delivered by great strength” as stated in the book of Psalms chapter 33: 16-19.  

GNA 

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