Undoubtedly the hottest political commodity in the Country at the moment, National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi captured the attention of the entire UCC Campus when he embarked on his rebuilding tour.

Admired by comrades, and political neutrals for his oratory skills, Sammy Gyamfi, despite his political inexperience, is touted as the next big political colosus.

Having won the admiration of NDC Supporters recently when he publicly chastised the leadership of the minority caucus in Parliament.

In a bid to galvanize the Support base of the Party ahead of the 2024 electioneering campaign, Sammy Gyamfi visited the University of Cape Coast over the weekend to have a word with the NDC population.

See some pictures from the event below…..

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The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has in a statement commiserated with family of the ten-year old boy who was killed by two teenagers at Kasoa for ‘money ritual purposes’.

The statement called on President Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency speed up investigations into unsolved crimes in the country since he took over the wheels of power.

Read full statement below:

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ON THE MURDER OF YOUNG ISHMAEL MENSAH ABDALLAH AT KASOA.

It is with extreme shock and disbelief that the National Democratic Congress received news of the gruesome murder of a ten-year-old boy called Ishmael Mensah Abdallah at Kasoa in the Central Region by his own teenaged acquaintances for ritual purposes.

The Leadership, as well as the entire rank and file of the NDC, join the family and friends and, indeed, the entire nation, in mourning the loss of this young and promising boy much beloved by his family and community.

It is the expectation of the National Democratic Congress that the appropriate authorities will ensure that the bereaved family are comforted by the swiftness of the application of the law to punish the perpetrators and all who may be behind this dastardly murder.

The NDC has taken due notice of the fact that there appears to be a fashionable craze toward the acquisition of quick wealth by many of our countrymen and women and the youth in particular, without the attendant hard, morally sound and lawful means of obtaining same.

We deem this development as a dangerous trend that has to be condemned and discouraged by all and sundry.

It is a development which the NDC is unquestionably opposed to, or else we risk bequeathing to the youth, a practice and a lifestyle that cannot build this nation.

We further wish to draw the attention of the Akufo-Addo government to the plethora of crimes whose resolution has dragged on interminably, thus, encouraging the perpetuation of the culture of impunity.

We encourage the youth to look out for honest, hardworking, and accomplished persons as their role models.

Wealth which has been improperly obtained, should never be an attraction for the upcoming youth of this great nation.

In this regard, we call on the Akufo-Addo government to speed up investigations and crank the wheels of justice so that the country can rid itself of the odious reminder of this unfortunate event.

May the soul of young Ishmael Mensah Abdallah rest in peace.

ISSUED ON FRIDAY 9TH APRIL, 2021

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KAKRA ESSAMUAH

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

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10^th of April is celebrated as “World Homeopathy Day” to make the immense contribution of homeopathy to medicine, all around the world. This day is observed on the birth anniversary of the founder of homeopathy, Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann who was a German born in Paris on April 10, 1755.

Dr Hahnemann, a distinguished scientist and scholar discovered the way to heal through the use of homeopathy—and his discovery, as well as methods, continue to serve humanity as a plausible complementary or alternative medicine.

As a complementary or alternative medicine, homeopathy is different from treatments that are part of conventional western medicine in many ways. A central principle of the “treatment” is that “like cures like” – that a substance that causes certain symptoms can also help to remove it.

Just like many other branches of medicine, homeopathy has faced criticism in the past and continues to face the same today, however, its usage across the world is growing with prominent figures such as Queen Elizabeth II and her successor-Prince Charles being users and benefactors of this form of alternative medicine.

In 2007, Prince Charles wrote to the then-health secretary of the UK-Alan Johnson complaining that people were “suffering unnecessarily” as a result of the minister’s “anti-homeopathy campaign”. In his letter, Charles stated, inter lia, that homeopathy “offers an holistic, patient-centred, low-risk, low-cost, low-tech approach” and that “for all these reasons it must surely make abundant sense to safeguard the HHs [homeopathic hospitals] in the interests of the nation’s health.” 

In March 2020, it was reported that Queen Elizabeth, 94 years, continues to rely on homeopathy to keep her well during the coronavirus outbreak. The Queen’s mother, who lived to 101 was also said to be a fan of homeopathy.

If the royal family of Great Britain and over 100 million people in India solely depend on homeopathy for their medical care as well as over 100 million citizens of the European Union use homeopathic medicines, then surely its acceptance and growing popularity in Ghana was inevitable.

In celebrating homeopathy today, its journey and now prominence in Ghana is worthy of reminiscing. The early practitioners such as Dr Adu Boateng whose End Point Homeopathic Clinic is a front industry runner in Ghana faced several obstacles (from individual acceptance to regulatory issues) during the introduction of this form of alternative medicine to the mass market in Ghana over a decade ago.

“Of course, there were people practising homeopathy in Ghana before I entered into practice over 10 years ago with End Point Homeopathic Clinic. However, these pioneers where practising a bit of everything in the sector of alternative medicine. Most of them had herbal medicine as their main area but delved into homeopathy too,” Dr Adu Boateng in an interview stated.

He continued: “It was a relentless struggle those days and it seems because a sole homeopathic practice was not in existence, the necessary regulatory framework was not developed—so all these had to come into force gradually and instituted by the government for us to get to where we are today as a country that has somewhat widely accepted homeopathy.”

With 5 branches across Ghana, Dr Adu Boateng and his End Point Homeopathy Clinic have successfully trained several homeopaths who have also established their clinics in Ghana—furthering his ultimate desire to bring homeopathy to the front doors of millions of Ghanaians.  

Commenting on the growth and acceptance of homeopathy and the future of alternative medicine in Ghana, Dr Adu Boateng stated that “it is refreshing to see more practitioners of homeopathy providing quality healthcare services in Ghana—but what is even more gratifying is the fact that treatments are working and more people are relying and trusting this form of alternative medicine.”

However, he cautioned the general public against patronizing the practices of non-quality and unqualified practitioners—saying, there are a few people who as would be expected of any industry are doing anything and calling it homeopathy.

“When it comes to a person’s health, it cannot be played with, therefore, Ghanaians should make sure that they are only using well established and trustworthy homeopathic clinics to ensure that they receive the deserving healthcare,” Dr Boateng said.

In celebrating this year’s “World Homeopathy Day,” End Point Homeopathy Clinic is offering free prostate screening for men—and free fertility testing for women at all its branches across Ghana for the month of April.

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