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Disability in Ghana is stigmatized, and in some communities, based on the advice of the community witchdoctor, a child thought to be a spirit child is killed. [13] In the Kassena-Nankana District in Northern Ghana, Spirit children are referred to as chichuru or kinkiriko. [14] These children primarily come from poor, rural areas. [15]
Charles Osei Asibey is the President of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation. [4] Husseini Akueteh is the head referee of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation. [5] Ghana's National Sports Authority recognised the Ghana Armwrestling Federation as the 40th sporting federation to be solely responsible for the development and promotion of armwrestling in ...
It affiliated to the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC). [3] The largest union in the country, in the 1980s under L. G. K. Ocloo it became known for its opposition to the Provisional National Defence Council, and Ocloo was ultimately forced into exile. [4] In 1983, some union members split away, to form the Textile, Garment and Leather Employees ...
J.E. Hutton Mills was the secretary. Following the establishment of an African government under colonial rule in 1951, a Ghana branch of the British Medical Association was formed in January 1953. [5] This also had Nanka-Bruce as its first president. Both associations were merged to form the Ghana Medical Association on 4 January 1958.
The NRSC announced in 2010 that there were 19 fatalities per 10,000 vehicles in Ghana. Statistics showed that 43% of the fatalities involved pedestrians and 53% involved occupants of vehicles. 23% of all pedistrain fatalities involved children below the age of 16 years. The major cause of road accidents in Ghana is due to over speeding.
The T54 category is for wheelchair athletes with no leg function, but near full arm function and reasonable to normal trunk function. Typically this may be caused by a lower spinal cord injury or spinal cord birth defect.
Raphael Dwamena, a striker for the Ghana International football team, died at the age of 28 after collapsing during a match Saturday, the Ghana Football Association announced on its website.
Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Pistols Browning Hi-Power [1]: 9×19mm: Semi-automatic pistol Belgium Submachine guns Sten [2]: 9×19mm: Submachine gun United Kingdom Sterling [3]