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Papa où t’es? Où t’es? Où t’es? Pardon my French… pardon mon français’-soloconvos tiktok.

This is a very important video because it highlights the importance of French in West Africa. To begin, Ghana sits at the heart of a predominantly French-speaking sub-region.

We are a full member of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, a clear signal that French is central to our national agenda. Yet, a troubling disconnection persists.

Despite years of formal instruction, many Ghanaian students and even university graduates find it difficult to communicate beyond ‘Bonjour, ça va?’ or ‘Comment tu t’appelles?’.

For a long time, the explanation has been attributed on one hand to rote learning. We blamed an over-emphasis on memorisation at the expense of communication.

On the other hand, which is more anecdotal, many students by perception or verification, associated caning with the ‘professeurs de français’, eventually extinguishing their love for the language.

Well, maybe we could spare those teachers a bit because Ghana, for lack of inadequate teachers since time immemorial, helped itself out with those from nearby Francophone countries who came in with little English and many a time zero indigenous language background for purposes of alternance codique.

Could we completely chastise these facilitators when the genesis of the didactics of French as a foreign language stressed correcting the child with some strokes in the palm?

But that argument no longer fully holds. The truth is more complex and more uncomfortable.

It’s Not the Syllabus

The French language syllabus in Ghana has already undergone significant reforms. It now emphasises practical usage, communicative competence, and real-life interaction.

In principle, our students are expected not just to learn French, but to use it, to speak, to respond, and to negotiate meaning.

The senior high school graduate should be in the position to lead a francophone friend to a ‘waakye’ joint, mediate with the vendor for choices of egg, macaroni, salade, and fish.

The graduate of health information management will have no excuse not to understand and collect basic information from a confused francophone patient.

How about the one who specialised in the language? The ease of interaction and quick reflexes will suit them.

So, the question must be asked: If the curriculum has evolved, why are the outcomes lagging like a naïve child chasing the setting sun?

Have we modernized the syllabus on paper but left the actual classroom in a time capsule? Are we lacking the audio-visual tools and digital ‘scaffolds’ that make language acquisition meaningful?

Or is there a deeper challenge, a ‘complex educational dilemma’ that teachers must walk between following strict exam rules and fostering the emotional confidence a student needs to speak a new language?

The ‘Passive Learner’ and the Classroom Walls

Language does not thrive in isolation. We are currently witnessing what experts call the ‘Participation without proficiency dilemma.’

This occurs when a student possesses neatly arranged textbooks and an updated syllabus but lacks the ‘urgency’ or the environment to actually live the language.

When French is confined strictly to a 40-minute period with hundreds of students sitting rigidly in rows and columns, the obvious answers hit us right in the face. How many out of these two scores can be assigned to individuals to reflect?

How do we form groups for a collective knowledge construction to make them social organisms? Can we really tame interaction in a language classroom? It becomes a theoretical marathon rather than a functional tool.

If students cannot speak after years of study, we must stop blaming the ‘plan’ and start questioning how that plan is executed.

We need to move from seeing French instruction as a mere checklist of grammar rules and start seeing it as magic key to opening doors.

A student may spend hours conjugating verbs, but without ‘psychological safety’ the freedom to make mistakes and experiment without fear that is those structures remain locked in their head. Who is explaining to the ‘apprenant’ that it is very normal that her mother tongue has a greater influence on how she will sound in the foreign language she’s mastering?

We need to commend efforts and allay students’ fear of making errors and emphasise real life interaction.

After all, the learning of French no longer seeks phonetic perfection like methods that once forcefully refined learners into choristers adjusting their lips for musical harmony. We have modernized our goals, but have we modernised our support systems?

A Call to Action: Joining the Conversation

Addressing this linguistic gap is not just an academic concern; it is a strategic one. Language is access. It is mobility. It is participation. Without it, Ghana risks unintentional isolation within a region that is making headway without its star.

To bridge the gap, we need a collective shift:

To parents, you are the first influencers. Normalise exposure. Let the children hear French in the home through music, cartoons, and simple phrases. Make the language ‘sound’ like the tele novellas, the Kumkum bhagyas, the morning devotions, before it ‘looks’ like a school subject.

To our teachers, embrace the communicative intent already embedded in your syllabus. Create classrooms that are safe spaces for ‘imperfect’ French, leveraging the art of teaching within you. Focus on engagement and the ‘Why’ of learning as much as the content.

And to our policymakers, documentation is not implementation. Match curriculum reforms with real-world resources, continuous professional development that does not replicate language classrooms elsewhere but rather those right here, and monitoring mechanisms that prioritize oral fluency over written test scores.

To us as a society, we must normalise French in our media, our markets, and our youth culture. The engagement we have with our smartphones, akin to the peace Ghana enjoys, has equally important content in French available on our favorite social media platforms.

Entertainment, fashion, sports, culinary arts, etc. For nomophobia without purpose is equivalent to annihilation. Let’s stop treating it as a foreign ‘requirement’ and start embracing it as part of our West African identity.

The message from that TikTok video is clear: French is not waiting to be discovered, it is already here, already dominant, and already shaping the opportunities across our borders.

French is already speaking all around us, it is in our trade, at our borders, and in our regional boardrooms.

One might not believe that the Kente and fugu weavers, as well as the ‘chawchaw’ fabricator can achieve substantial gains if they record themselves and achieve viral reach and articulate ‘ce boubou est bon marché, ceci est d’une qualité rare, ça vous donne une allure de prince’. The real question is no longer whether we can hear it, but whether Ghana is finally ready to respond.

‘French is no longer knocking at Ghana’s door; it is already speaking in the four walls of our rooms. The real question is whether we are ready to participate in this evolving dialogue.’

Spartan Ives Limited, operators of renowned Polo Beach Club in Accra, has filed an application for injunction seeking to restrain the management of Labadi Beach Hotel from going ahead to demolish the structures of the Club, as threatened by Richard Jakpa, the Director of Special Operations at the National Security Secretariat.

The two entities have been locked in a legal battle initiated by Labadi Beach Hotel for a piece of land at the beachfront, and the matter is currently pending before a High Court in Accra.

While the parties are yet to file their respective witness statements and other processes as directed by the trial court, the Club in an affidavit in support of the application avers that the Hotel has secured the assistance of Jakpa who has threatened to demolish Polo Beach Club.

According to the application, Jakpa informed the operators of the Club that Labadi Beach Hotel wants Polo Beach Club demolished because the entire Labadi Beachfront lands fall within an Executive Instrument (EI) and, therefore, owned by the Government of Ghana.

The Hotel also claims that the entire Labadi Beachfront lands constitute a buffer zone between the water body (the sea) and not for putting up structures/buildings, and that the Polo Beach Club was built on the beachfront without a building permit.

Polo Beach Club vehemently denies all these allegations, pointing out that Labadi Beach Hotel itself has allegedly leased or rented adjoining beachfront space from the La Stool over several years and made payments to the La Stool, including payments as recently as 2023.

The application argues that it is incomprehensible for the Hotel to now contend that the entire beachfront is government land falling under EI 10 while simultaneously dealing with and paying the La Stool for beachfront occupation.

Polo Beach Club is asking the court to urgently grant an injunction restraining Labadi Beach Hotel, its agents and assigns as well as Jakpa and any other person authorised by him from taking any steps to demolish or interfere with the Club, as such an action will render the substantive matter before the court nugatory.

Threats

The affidavit in support avers that the instant application for injunction is necessitated by threats from Jakpa, who allegedly informed the officials of Polo Beach Club, including its lawyer, that Labadi Beach Hotel wanted the Club demolished and that the decision was ‘non-negotiable and irreversible.’

It states that despite being informed that the land dispute was already before a court, Jakpa, according to court documents, rejected the suggestion that the parties should allow the court to determine the issue and indicated that the demolition would proceed based on his own research.

‘That Mr. Jakpa made it clear that the decision to embark on the demolition exercise requested by the Respondent and the Hotel was non-negotiable and irreversible and encouraged cooperation as any attempt to oppose the exercise or to be combative will result in demolition of the Polo Beach Club without any recourse to Applicant.’

The Hotel has subsequently appointed a consultant to enter the Polo Beach Club and conduct a valuation for purposes of determining a proposed ‘small compensation,’ which Jakpa pointed out that he would be able to secure for the management of the Club from the Hotel as a result of the demolition.

The application points out that the Club fears that refusal to cooperate with the valuation could provoke an immediate demolition by the ‘unpredictable Mr. Jakpa,’ noting that the court’s intervention is necessary to ensure that a party does not obtain, through administrative action, the very relief it is asking the court to grant after trial.

Lawful Ownership

Polo Beach Club has demonstrated its lawful ownership of the disputed land, pointing out that it has a 20-year lease from the La Stool, made substantial payments toward that lease as well as obtained building and operating permits from the La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Assembly.

It also argues that Polo Beach Club has a market value of approximately GHS41.3 million, with a forced-sale value of approximately GHS30.975 million.

It also employs more than 100 people and has become a significant tourism and events venue attracting international visitors and celebrities to Ghana.

The Club also points out that it has developed and protected portions of the beachfront, including substantial works intended to address tidal flooding.

It further contends that Labadi Beach Hotel was fully aware of, and even participated in, the development of the Polo Beach Club, with the former and current Managing Directors of the Hotel allegedly visiting the construction site, as well as the then Director-General of SSNIT during the construction process in connection with an earlier proposed joint venture.

The Club also argues that the Hotel cannot use an assertion of government ownership as a basis for demolishing its structure and then take the land for its own expansion.

It also argues that none of Jakpa’s stated reasons establishes a lawful basis for Labadi Beach Hotel to take possession of the disputed land or demolish the Polo Beach Club’s structures.

The Club is therefore urging the court to grant the injunction, as it is necessary to protect the sanctity of the pending trial and preserve the court’s jurisdiction and the integrity of the pending proceedings.

Legendary Ghanaian highlife musician and dancer Slim Buster has named rapper Tic Tac as the artiste he enjoyed working with most during his career.

According to Slim Buster, Tic Tac’s determination and stubbornness made their creative partnership interesting and productive.

He said he enjoyed working with artistes who were willing to push themselves to get the best results.

‘I would say it was Tic Tac because he’s a stubborn boy, and I love people like that to work with,’ Slim Buster said.

He recalled their work on the popular song ‘Masan Aba’, revealing that Tic Tac had to record his rap more than 50 times before Slim Buster was satisfied.

‘When we were doing Masan Aba, we did that rap over 50 times. Because what I was looking for, I couldn’t get. He got so angry with me,’ he recalled.

Slim Buster explained that he was only demanding repeated takes because he knew exactly how he wanted the song to sound.

‘I’m the producer and I know what I’m looking for. Once I get that rap, straight away,’ he said.

Despite the frustration during the recording session, Tic Tac eventually delivered the performance Slim Buster wanted.

‘So the very last one he did was top-notch, and I was like, ‘This is what I was looking for,” he added.

Slim Buster said the experience reflected the level of commitment he expected when producing his music, noting that he was involved in writing, composing, recording and producing his own songs.

The 6th edition of the Ghana Tertiary Excellence Awards (GTEA) brought together students, industry players, entertainment personalities, educators, campus ambassadors and distinguished guests for a memorable night dedicated to recognising and inspiring young people.

One of the biggest highlights of GTEA 2026 was the presence of Grammy-nominated global icon and ‘Voice of Africa,’ Rocky Dawuni, who graced the occasion as Special Guest of Honour.

His presence brought an important international dimension to the celebration and further demonstrated the growing relevance of GTEA as a platform for young people. Rocky Dawuni did not only attend the event; he took time to speak to and encourage the students.

The event also welcomed Ghanaian living legend Dela Botri, who shared valuable advice and words of encouragement with the students. His contribution further reinforced the importance of developing one’s talent, believing in oneself and using one’s abilities to create a positive impact.

According to the CEO of GTEA, Destiny Riverson Bentil, the presence of these distinguished personalities made GTEA 2026 much more than an awards ceremony. ‘It became a platform for mentorship, inspiration, networking, youth empowerment and the celebration of student achievement. We like to express our deepest appreciation to everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s edition,’ he said.

Destiny Riverson Bentil also extended a heartfelt appreciation to the Acting President, Reverend Awini Williams, for his leadership, support and contribution to the success of GTEA 2026 and the Campus Ambassadors, whose dedication, hard work and commitment across various tertiary institutions played a significant role in making the 2026 edition successful.

‘Congratulations to all the GTEA 2026 winners. The success of GTEA 2026 is a reflection of what can be achieved when individuals and organisations come together to support and celebrate the potential of Ghana’s youth. As the curtains close on the 6th edition, the Ghana Tertiary Excellence Awards remains committed to its mission of identifying, celebrating and empowering outstanding young people across Ghana’s tertiary institutions,’ he added.

Musicians, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy, have clashed on social media after Sarkodie criticised fans for creating rivalry among artistes.

The issue began after Sarkodie advised musicians not to let fans push them into unnecessary fights with other artistes.

In a post on X, Sarkodie said some fans attack other artistes to make their favourite artistes look better.

‘To the artistes: just because a fan sh**s on another brand to elevate you doesn’t mean they love you more. Be careful about entertaining that energy,’ he wrote.

Stonebwoy appeared to take offence at the post and responded with several concerns about his relationship with Sarkodie.

He accused Sarkodie of failing to congratulate him after his OVO Arena Wembley concert in London, despite personally calling Sarkodie after his Royal Albert Hall show to congratulate him.

Stonebwoy also claimed that some of Sarkodie’s social media posts were directed at him.

Sarkodie, however, denied the allegation and asked Stonebwoy why he had connected the posts to himself.

‘The first thing I asked you when we got on that call, and I still want to ask, is ‘What is your problem?” Sarkodie said.

He insisted that he had never made a social media post to attack or mock Stonebwoy.

Sarkodie also said he would not have personally invited Stonebwoy to perform at his Royal Albert Hall show if he had a problem with him.

‘If I had any issues with you, I wouldn’t have been the one to pick up the phone, call you, and invite you to my RAH show,’ he said.

The disagreement later became bigger, with Stonebwoy making more allegations against Sarkodie during a social media live session. He accused the rapper of disrespect, hypocrisy and betrayal.

Sarkodie’s manager, Angel Town, also joined the discussion after Stonebwoy mentioned him in relation to the 2025 BHIMFest.

Angel Town shared screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation with Stonebwoy’s manager, Chief Stylzz, and said he wanted to correct the record.

‘Just state facts… don’t lie on my name,’ Angel Town said.

The exchange has generated strong reactions from fans, with many calling on the two musicians to resolve their differences.

Sarkodie and Stonebwoy are among Ghana’s biggest music stars and have worked together on several occasions.

The Minority in Parliament has questioned the reported GHS49 million expenditure incurred by the government in evacuating Ghanaians from South Africa, demanding documentary evidence to reconcile the various figures associated with the exercise.

The Minority said although it supported the government’s decision to bring home Ghanaians whose lives and livelihoods were at risk, the financial account of the operation must be supported by detailed records to enable Parliament and the public to verify the expenditure.

Addressing a press conference in Parliament yesterday, the Deputy Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Nana Ayeh Asafo-Adjei, said the Minority was not alleging fraud but was seeking clarification on discrepancies in the government’s accounts.

He said the Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, had disclosed on September 7 that 1,964 Ghanaians were evacuated at a total cost of GHS49,000,721.76.

According to the figures disclosed by the government, GHS38,000,335.512 was spent on chartered flights, commercial air tickets, ground transportation, feeding, hotel accommodation, medical care and hospitalisation.

Another GHS10,000,802 was spent on reintegration and transportation allowances, with each evacuee receiving GHS5,000 for reintegration and GHS500 for transportation.

The government also reported that GHS84,274 was spent on repatriating two mortal remains, while Engineers and Planners (E and P) contributed GHS60 million towards the exercise.

Mr. Asafo-Adjei said the Minority welcomed the minister’s disclosure but maintained that the headline figures alone were insufficient to establish a complete public account.

He said the Minority’s concerns centred on the need to reconcile the passenger records with the payment records and establish how the final figure of 1,964 evacuees was arrived at.

Mr. Asafo-Adjei, who is also the MP for Bosome-Freho, noted that the GHS10,000,802 paid as reintegration and transportation allowances, when divided by the GHS5,500 package given to each evacuee, produced exactly 1,964 beneficiaries.

He said that created two records which should correspond: a travel ledger showing the people actually evacuated and a payment ledger showing those who received the GHS5,500 package.

‘We are not saying today that the two ledgers are different. We are saying government should produce them so the country can establish that they are the same,’ he said.

The Deputy Ranking Member also raised concerns about the figures for the first phase of the evacuation, saying information from different sources did not currently reconcile.

He cited South African Border Management Authority records which indicated that 322 passengers boarded the Saturday charter and 340 boarded the Sunday charter.

He said Ghana’s contemporary public account subsequently put the first-phase arrivals at 297, 340 and 342, totalling 979, while the Foreign Affairs Minister later described the same first phase as involving 926 people.

He, therefore, demanded an authoritative passenger manifest to establish the actual number of people evacuated during the first phase.

The Minority also questioned the absence of a batch-by-batch account of the second phase, which was conducted mainly through commercial flights.

Mr. Asafo-Adjei said the government had announced that the second phase began on July 26, with 180 people arriving by July 28, 2026 and more than 600 having been returned by August 12, 2026.

He said the government had also described 87 returnees as the 11th batch under the second phase by August 17, 2026, but had not provided a comprehensive schedule showing the dates, airlines, passenger numbers, ticket costs and payment arrangements for the various batches.

He cited the August 14 Air Tanzania flight, which reportedly carried 50 returnees, as a specific transaction for which the government should provide the booking and payment records.

The Minority wants to know who issued the tickets, who received the payment, who paid the invoice and the total cost of the movement.

It also demanded details of the reported GHS60 million contribution from Engineers and Planners, including the specific passenger batches, invoices, airlines and expenditure categories covered by the contribution.

On procurement, Mr. Asafo-Adjei said the emergency nature of the evacuation did not remove the need for proper documentation.

He said emergency procurement could justify speed or exceptional procedures where permitted by law, but there should still be approval trails, supplier identities, contracts or booking records, invoices and evidence of payment.

The Minority further called for an operational breakdown of the GHS38 million expenditure into flight tickets, ground operations, feeding, accommodation, medical care and hospitalisation.

It also wants government to provide records showing the amount of contingency funding authorised and released and how that funding reconciles with the reported government contribution to the exercise.

Mr. Asafo-Adjei said the Minority had already submitted a Right To Information (RTI) request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking documents relating to the evacuation, expenditure, funding authorisation, private contributions, flights, procurement and reintegration.

He said the subsequent disclosure by the minister did not replace or withdraw the earlier RTI request.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns about the politicisation of boards and chief executive appointments at the country’s State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), saying it remains highly political and centralised in the Presidency despite efforts to establish a more structured and merit-based system.

According to the IMF Technical Assistance Report, boards of major SOEs are largely dominated by political appointees, with board chairs frequently being ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs) or prominent party officials.

The report cited the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), which its 10-member board is chaired by the National Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, as an example.

It also noted that the board of the Volta River Authority (VRA) included prominent politicians alongside technocrats and a traditional leader.

The IMF said the situation represented a significant departure from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines, which caution against active politicians serving on SOE boards and emphasise independent and professional majorities.

The report said Ghana was formally developing a more structured, merit-based nomination framework for SOE boards and chief executive officers, but the framework was still at an early stage of implementation.

It said the framework required the government, through the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), to identify, vet and shortlist candidates for board and chief executive positions, establish a pool of potential directors and define due processes for removals based on Cabinet-approved benchmarks.

The framework also requires mandatory corporate governance training for newly appointed SOE board members, with additional training based on the outcomes of annual board evaluations.

However, the IMF said in practice, chief executive appointments remained largely political, with SOE boards playing only a limited role in the selection process.

It said chief executives or managing directors were typically appointed by the President, often in consultation with the relevant minister, rather than being selected through a competitive process and appointed by the respective SOE boards.

The report said the arrangement weakened the accountability link between board oversight and management performance.

‘Boards can influence CEO tenures informally but are not the ultimate decision-makers,’ the IMF said, adding that the arrangement could discourage boards from robustly challenging management.

It said the situation could also incentivise chief executives to respond more to political principals than to their boards.

The IMF further observed that formal and transparent procedures for selecting and appointing SOE board members and chief executives remained insufficiently articulated and institutionalised.

It said appointments at some entities were not guided by clear merit-based criteria, competency profiles or standardised vetting procedures, thereby increasing the risk of politicisation and weakening accountability.

According to the report, such weaknesses could undermine the effectiveness of SOE boards, dilute fiduciary responsibility and adversely affect the performance of state-owned enterprises.

It said strengthening the appointment processes in line with international good practice was therefore necessary.

The IMF also said that although the ultimate authority to appoint SOE board members and executives rested with the President, the absence of clear and transparent selection procedures could undermine the President’s ability to identify and appoint the best talent for the positions.

It further raised concerns about limited public disclosure of the criteria used for appointments and the outcomes of board evaluations.

The report said this contrasted with OECD guidelines and international best practice, under which ownership entities typically publish competency frameworks for directors, use open or professional search processes and disclose the skills composition of boards.

The IMF acknowledged recent reforms by SIGA to introduce greater structure and capacity into the appointment process, including the development of a pool of directors, governance training and annual board evaluations.

It, however, said SIGA continued to face difficulties in finding enough suitably skilled and experienced candidates, particularly in technical sectors.

The IMF urged the government to encourage SOE board members to undertake structured training programmes in corporate governance and board effectiveness to strengthen oversight, improve decision-making and support better financial performance.

Ghanaian-born saxophonist-singer Inusa Dawuda, also known as the ‘Black Pharaoh’, has teamed up with duo Erman and Evren to deliver an irresistible feel-good anthem that captures the spirit of sunshine, celebration and cultural unity.

Fusing infectious Afro House rhythms, soulful saxophone melodies, and captivating oriental influences, the new single is a vibrant celebration of rhythm, culture and good vibes.

‘Adamin Dibisin’, meaning ‘You are the man’, is more than just a song, it’s an actual vibe. The infectious groove, smooth saxophone riffs, and danceable rhythms invite listeners to let loose, embrace the moment and celebrate life without boundaries.

The release is accompanied by an official music video that brings the track’s vibrant energy and cross-cultural spirit to life.

A crossover singer-songwriter and saxophonist, Inusa Dawuda has built a global reputation through his versatility and captivating stage presence. His soulful saxophone performance adds a warm, uplifting touch to ‘Adamin Dibisin’, creating the perfect soundtrack for beach parties, sunset sessions, rooftop gatherings and feel-good moments. Blending Afro-inspired percussion with melodic electronic production and live instrumentation, ‘Adamin Dibisin’ is an international anthem that connects people through music, movement and positive energy.

Children, some of them as young as six or so, active in an illegal mining site in a viral video has had people expressing concern about how far the subject has degenerated.

While the video was shared on social media, some television stations played it and triggered expressions of disgust, as some said the parents should not have subtly introduced the kids to the practice.

It is difficult to tell whether the kids knew what they were doing as showed on the video.

It could show that they were only mimicking what their parents were doing nearby. Be it as it may, their exposure to the chemicals used by the illegal miners should be a matter of worry to community watchers.

The kids, as the video captured it, were performing the standard drill of fetching the gold-bearing grains of the sand and putting same on a sieve where it would be rid of gold grains as part of the process.

Adults were busy nearby as the kids performed on a small scale what their parents were doing.

The kids will grow up mastering the art of destroying the environment, which is what illegal mining does to the communities’ river bodies and forests.

FIRE HAS gutted a town hall trading facility in the mining town of Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region, destroying scores of shops and items that were stored in them.

The inferno, according to numerous eyewitnesses’ reports, started around 11 p.m. on Saturday when the shop owners had closed from work and deserted the building.

The exact cause of the inferno was not immediately known, but it’s reported to have spread at a lightning speed, consuming shops and items that were in them.

The blaze was said to have caused extensive damage to the huge town hall trading facility before spreading to about 30 containers.

The Obuasi Municipal Director of National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Perpetual Koomson, stated that no casualties were recorded.

‘The dangerous fire has made the town hall structure very weak now, so have to demolish it as soon as possible to help prevent another disaster at the scene,’ she said.

Meanwhile, some residents of Obuasi who witnessed the fire outbreak have showered praises on the firefighters. ‘Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service who rushed to the scene deserve commendations for their great work to quench the fire,’ some of the people disclosed.

According to them, getting access to the fire scene was difficult, as several shops had blocked the road, but the firefighters still managed to stop the blazing fire.