Dozens of residents in the Cape Coast Metropolis have participated in a breast cancer awareness health walk to sensitise Ghanaians on the dangers of the disease.
 
Organised by the Breast Screening Services, an organisation made up of lecturers of the School of Medical Sciences (SMS), the walk was also to climax the month-long activities lined up to mark the breast cancer awareness month (October)
 
Amidst brass band music, the walk also brought together a cross-section of students from some second cycle institutions in the metropolis. The participants undertook the 16-kilometre walk from the Siwdu Park through some principal streets of Cape Coast and ended up at the Jubilee (Victoria) Park.
 
Speaking to journalists after the walk, a Senior lecturer at the SMS and a member of the Breast Screening Service, Dr. Akwesi Anyanful, said breast cancer was highly treatable and curable if diagnosed early.As a result, he entreated both men and women to take proactive measures to stay alive to support the development of the country.
 
After the breast screening exercise, which covered both young and adult females, Dr. Anyanful disclosed that 15 women were found to have lumps in their breast. Seven of the cases, he continued, had reached stage three, while the rest were stages one and two respectively.
 
The Senior lecturer observed that stage three of a lump indicated a critical state, whilst stages one and two had higher chances of survival. Nonetheless, Dr. Anyanful added that every stage demands attention and noted that those diagnosed with serious conditions had been referred to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for effective treatment. He advised men to encourage their wives to go for breast screening since early detection and treatment was important to the welfare of women and the society.
 
The Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Mrs. Thywill Kpe,pledged the support of the Department towards combating breast cancer among children of school-going age.
 She said breast cancer was curable with early detection and called for the concerted efforts by all stakeholders to  join forces to campaign against the disease in order to save precious lives.
 
She appealed to women to make themselves available all the time  for regular breast screening at reputable health facilities.

The University Catering Services Unit (UNICAT) Restaurant, has formally been inaugurated to provide catering services to the University Community and the general public.

UNICAT popularly known as (Bungalow 124) used to provide meals for official meetings and events of the University.  The new restaurant will serve both local and continental dishes as well as special meals on designated days. 

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, was happy that the restaurant has finally been opened to staff of the University and the general public. He said it was management’s agenda to expand the facility by completing the sheds under construction to make the place more attractive and lively.

Prof. Oduro called on workers at the facility to be professional in their duties. “We don’t want to come here and wait for an hour or more before food is served. You have to reduce waiting time to the barest minimum,” he cautioned.

The dignitaries and individuals present at the function had the opportunity to taste the variety of local and continental food on display.

The first Deputy Speaker, Hon. Joseph Osei Owusu, has expressed grave concern about the growing phenomenon of indiscipline among the Ghanaian populace despite several enactment of laws in the country. He decried the attitude of some drivers failure to observe road traffic regulations; public officials who indulged in corrupt practices;  politicians who engaged in acts of impunity;  security officials inability to enforce the laws; among many others, as some of the indiscipline in the country.

He said following the exponential growth in the faculties of law in the country, many heads of agency or department in the public sector were receiving legal education and wondered “why the laws of the country are so often observed in breach.” Hon. Owusu stated these remarks during a roll call ceremony organized by the Faculty of Law to formally induct 63 students into the Faculty. Accordingly, he admitted that,” It appears the increase in the number of people obtaining legal education is inversely proportional to the number of people applying the law to our everyday activities.” In his view, legal education and practice should generate in every law graduate, academic or professional “a gargantuan sum of loyalty to the law”, noting that “At least that is what my legal education and practice has generated in me. I cannot suffer a breach of the law without consequences through due process”.   Hon. Owusu, who is the Member of Parliament for Bekwai, suggested that legal education should, as part of its content, have courses and practices that deliver ethics and values which every law degree holder or professional lawyer should hold dear and be willing to die protecting. He underscored that law enforcement could increase the revenue stream of the national kitty and also reduce revenue losses, maintenance costs and many others.   He added that loyalty to the law as a value advertised by every law graduate would thrive on purposeful programmes carefully inculcated in students and, pointedly nurtured and mentored to grow as a tool of law enforcement right from the beginning of legal education. He admonished the law students that their loyalty to their training should not end with the oath of Junior Member, but they should remind themselves with every content of the oath. He charged the students to be guided by character, competence and care in all their endeavours. “By all means be competent at the law, study hard, get all the values but be fair and honest in all your dealings with all persons and finally empathize with all people especially the people who are weak and vulnerable,” he advised. For his part, the Dean of the Faculty, Mr. Kujo E. McDave, congratulated the new students on their admission and urged them to take their studies seriously. He told the fresh students that their training was, therefore, to prepare them in a comprehensive way to enable them to place the requisite value on their clients and all persons they would deal with.   Mr. McDave advised them to inculcate in themselves the nobility of rendering service to persons who may not be able to afford the prescribed professional fee. That, he noted, would ensure that their achievements as professional lawyers were not only just for their personal interest, but also to benefit the society at large. “So in your church, in your family, in your districts, in your interaction with humanity at large, endeavour to take up some cases that you will do free of charge: Pro bono cases”, he added. The ceremony- which saw His Lordship Justice George Koomson, Commercial Court, Accra, administer the oath to the students - was also used to reward deserving students on the Dean’s Honor list for their academic performance. The event was chaired by Prof. Francis Amuquandoh, the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.