Two Cameroonians jailed in Ghana for stealing

 A Ghanaian Circuit Court in the city of Kumasi has sentenced two Cameroonian Nationals to three years imprisonment each with hard labour for stealing scratch cards and assorted mobile phones all valued at GHC28,337.00, belonging to MTN, Ghana.

The Convicts known in Court documents as Emmanuel Akohni Chinwe, 25 and Jonathan Fomusah Ndifor, 22, both unemployed, who arrived in the country this April, denied the charges of unlawful entry, stealing and causing damage.

Prosecution told the Court, presided over by Madam Comfort Tasiame that, the two, taking advantage of the absence of a security man, broke into the mobile communication offices at Susuanso in Kumasi, in the night of May 11, this year, and stole the cash, assorted mobile phones and scratch cards.

Chinwe and Ndifor settled at Kotei Deduako in Kumasi and were arrested by the police on intelligence on May 22, after the case was reported.

During Police investigations, a search was conducted at their residence and a quantity of the scratch cards, three Samsung mobile phones and two power banks, all the properties of MTN Ghana, were found in their possession.

In their caution statement, Chinwe and Ndifor admitted the offences and they were charged.

CBC Health Services Graduates Three Specialists from its PAACS, CIMS programs

CBC Health Services Graduates Three Specialists from its PAACS, CIMS programs

Three specialists on June 20, 2015 at the Mbingo Baptist Hospital, MBH, Chapel graduated from the CBC Health Services’ Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) and Christian Internal Medicine Specialization (CIMS) training programmes. The specialists are expected to serve CBC Health Services ever increasing patients.

Dr. Mwenyemali Benjamin Tony from Congo and Dr. Evaristus Etape Njume from Cameroon graduated from PAACS as general surgeons while Dr. Tumi Divine Bahtila from Cameroon is a certified internist. Beginning this year, the accrediting institution, Loma Linda Univeristy in the United States of America now cosigns the Diplomas of the PAACS and CIMS graduates.

Addressing all who turned out to witness the graduation ceremony, the Executive President of the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC), Rev. Ncham Godwill, said that the future of medicine lies in specialization.

Rev. Ncham rejoiced that the graduation of the three new doctors from PAACS and CIMS is helping the CBC to go a step further in the realization of its goal to have specialized hospitals that partner with the government to bring quality health care closer to the population.

In his commencement address, Dr. Philip Fischer, Professor of Pediatrics preached compassion and selflessness, citing the example of Dr. Salia Martin who recently died fighting Ebola in Liberia.

The medic exhorted the PAACS and CIMS specialists to exercise humility and go to God for healing because they are inadequate. The result of their participation, Dr. Fischer said, will be the spread of the kingdom of God.

In a Charge to the graduates, Dr. Jason Axt reminded them of the natural gifts they have been blessed with and encouraged them to use these gifts to help others. “To whom much is given, much is expected,” he stated.

He described the graduates as sharp, intelligent minds with the ability to understand complex problems. Dr. Jason Axt, therefore, charged the trio to show faithfulness to their patients even though they cannot possibly treat all. 

On her part the fourth Deputy Mayor of Belo Council, Mrs.Chia Janet Fien said she was happy to see specialist doctors trained every year in her municipality. She regretted that with the slow nature of decentralisation in Cameroon, councils like hers are still unable to sponsor hospitals and health centres.

The CBC Director of Health Services, Prof. Tih Pius Muffih said the fifth batch of PAACS and the fourth batch of CIMS trained specialists have come with a renewed sense of optimism and hoped that the Pan-African institution can train more specialists, provide a modern laboratory and resourceful library that will promote research in the sub-region and in Africa as a whole. He said he does not doubt the quality of the graduates passed out from the programmes.

On his part, the Board Chair of the CBC Health Services Dr. Wefuan Jonah appreciated the board members and the dedicated people who have made the PAACS and CIMS dream come true.

In their response the three graduates expressed gratitude to their families, MBH family, the CBC Health Services and their tutors who supported them during their training, lauding the merits of a training that is built on apprenticeship as 70 per cent of their tuition took place in the theatre.