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H.L.D District:DCE Breaks Ground for Construction of Nurses' Quarters*

 **DCE Breaks Ground for Construction of Nurses' Quarters** The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District, Nana Kwaku Abban, together with Mr. Lawrence Kwabena Agyinsam, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate, has broken ground for the construction of a three-unit, self-contained nurses' quarters at the Wawase Health Centre. The ceremony was attended by several dignitaries, including Hon. Nana Kwaku Abban (DCE), Asante Adjei Hapoleon (Presiding Member), Hon. Patrick Boadu (Majority Leader), Hon. Christopher Ampofo (Representative of Mr. Agyinsam), Joseph Dadzie (District Engineer), Samuel K. Kwofie (District Internal Auditor), Gifty Ayimwa Yeboah (Senior District Budget Analyst), Christal Appiah Kubi (District Procurement Officer), traditional leaders of the Wawase community, and community members. In his address, the DCE emphasized the importance of the project, noting that both Mr. Lawrence Kwabena Agyinsam and the District Assembl

Fight against Galamsey on River Pra: 4 Arrested, changfan machines, boats destroyed

  Four persons were arrested in an exercise by the Twifo Atti Mokwa District Assembly in the Central Region in collaboration with its police command and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to clamp down on illegal mining activities on the River Pra at Twifo Praso last Tuesday.  The team, led by the police and the District Chief Executive, Robert Agyemang Nyantakyi, burnt five changfan machines, five boats and seized other mining equipment being used by illegal miners on the River Pra. Impact This was in response to the devastating effects of their activities on the River Pra and the environment. Last week, a two-and-a-half-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, tragically lost their lives after falling into an abandoned galamsey pit full of water. The incident occurred at Mokwa, a farming community near Twifo Praso. The incident, according to residents, was one of several in recent years caused by uncovered galamsey pits in the district. The impact of the illegal mining ac