An ambulance project by constituency: the government will distribute 275 of them by August

General News of Monday, April 29, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-04-29

The government, through the Department of Special Development Initiatives, will deliver 275 ambulances this year to all ridings across the country as part of the ambulance by riding project.

Dr. Daniel Baffour-Awuah, the ministry's technical advisor, who announced the decision in Kumasi, said plans were well advanced for the purchase of ambulances.

Speaking on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Faculty of Law of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Baffour-Awuah said that in August this year year, ambulances should be distributed.

Ambulances will facilitate the return of complicated cases and the evacuation of accident victims, he said.

The theme of the celebration was "Law, Science and Technology in the 21st Century".

One million dollars

A million dollars per constituency promised by the government, Dr. Baffour-Awuah explained that it was for infrastructure development, adding that most constituencies had benefited from their share of the fund.

He said that so far, 560 small dams had been dug for the northern communities of the country and about 50 warehouses were also built under the initiative of a warehouse by district.

challenges

Mr. Baffour-Awuah said that one of the challenges facing the department was the legal acquisition of land for development purposes.

He said that at the beginning of the program, the communities voluntarily surrendered land for development projects in their areas. However, midway through the project, "people will come back to negotiate the land, which has generally delayed and affected the implementation of the projects. . "

Training

In a speech read on her behalf, the Chief Justice, Judge Sophia AB Akuffo, called for the training of judges and magistrates in the law of science and technology, in order to enable them to competently manage cases in these areas.

She said: "It is necessary to give judges and magistrates the means to competently manage the business arising from scientific and technological progress.

This is particularly true when some of these new developments are not regulated by domestic law. "

Speaking on the theme of the celebration, the CJ also insisted on the need to develop the law in order to catch up with technological progress.

She said the law must constantly evolve, catch up and "if possible, surpbad scientific and technological advances.

Faculty of Law

Lydia A. Akansah, Dean of the Faculty of Law, explained the brief history of the faculty. It was created in 2003 with 57 students, 12 speakers and 4 administrative staff.

She added that the students did not have a permanent reading room and had to be moved from one reading room to the next, depending on their availability.

The students, she said, have led the way and, over the years, have achieved trustworthy results and won awards at the bar. The university is proud of it.

Resource Center

As part of the anniversary celebration, the family of the late Mr. Thomas Asamoah Totoe, lawyer, created the Thomas Asamoah Totoe legal documentation center for the faculty.

It also marked the 10th anniversary of Mr. Totoe's death.

The library contains electronic journals, the world constitution, videoconferencing facilities and law journals.