Oyoko | |
|---|---|
  Oyoko Location in Ghana | |
| Coordinates: 6°52′22″N1°23′14″W / 6.87278°N 1.38722°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Ashanti |
| District | Sekyere East |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Oyoko is a small town in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is in the Kumawu parliamentary constituency. Oyoko is near Effiduase, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Kumasi, the regional capital.
There are two notable places in the town. One is the Optical Technician Training Institute (OTTI), [1] which is the only school in Ghana for the training of opticians. The other notable place is the Westphalian Children's Village orphanage. [2] Its clinic specializes in treating various eye conditions.
Ophthalmology is a clinical and surgical specialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. A former term is oculism.
Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive eye care.
An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home, or the parent may simply be unwilling to care for the child. The legal responsibility for the support of abandoned children differs from country to country, and within countries. Government-run orphanages have been phased out in most developed countries during the latter half of the 20th century but continue to operate in many other regions internationally. It is now generally accepted that orphanages are detrimental to the emotional wellbeing of children, and government support goes instead towards supporting the family unit.
The Akan people are a Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. The Akan speak dialects within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family. Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Ashanti, Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, and Nzema, among others. The Akan subgroups all have cultural attributes in common; most notably the tracing of matrilineal descent in the inheritance of property, and for succession to high political office.
Koforidua, also popularly known as K-dua or Koftown and now Kofcity, is a city and the capital of Eastern Region in southern Ghana. Koforidua was founded in 1875 by migrants from Ashanti. It is also called New Juaben. The city has a settlement city proper population of 183,727 people as of 2010, Koforidua is an amalgamation of two Municipalities; New Juaben North and South. The city has a blend of colonial and modern architecture.
Dormaa Ahenkro is a city and also the capital of Dormaa Traditional Area Dormaa Municipal of the Bono Region, in Ghana. Dormaa Ahenkro has a historical reference for their brave warlords. Dormaa Ahenkro is the capital for the Dormaa traditional area and serves as the seat of the Paramount chief Oseadeeyo Nana Agyeman Badu II, Dormaa stool per the chieftancy act, Dormaa officially has to become paramouncy in 1935, successor of Nana Agyeman Badu I who sworn allegiance the British to be part of the western asante confederacy which was not necessarily to be part of any other paramountcy as purported or circulated around. The question is, how does Dormaa swear allegiance to someone he defeated 7 times? History has now become a popularity contest and who is loud can spread falsehood in Ghana today. The successor of Nana Agyemang Badu I did not rebel against any paramountcy per history asante only came together around 1701 AD and much younger than Dormaa which existed over two centuries before the formation of asanteman(the mergence of towns like Offinso, Kumawu, Mampong, kwaman etc.). Dormaa or no Dormaahene has sword oath of allegiance to another paramountcy. The Dormaahene, Nana Agyemang Badu II was restrained from attending the funeral of the Brekumhene, Nana Amankona Diawuo II through court order on Thursday, November 23, 2023. This court order was cooked during a funeral in the asante region and it's known that the national security led by Albert K Dapaah, chieftaincy minister Asamoah Boateng, chiefs in the asante region etc. ensured that the retrain order was fabricated to stop the Dormahene from displaying the true Bono and Dormaa culture so a certain outsider chief can act superior in town. Osaagyefo expressed disappointment in the court for exercising such restrain against him during his address to his subjects at his palace and gave the outsiders especially the kumasihene a piece of authentic history to understand how the kumasihene had to be escorted to kwaman now kumasi by his twin brother in Akwamu after running away from Denkyira for committing a crime.
Akwatia is the capital of Denkyembour, a district in the Eastern region of south Ghana and west of the Atewa Range in the Birim River basin. Akwatia or Akortia also means "He returned here or there" In the indigenous language formerly known as Oji-Ounji now called Anii. Akwatia has a 2013 settlement population of 23,766 people. Akwatia is the main center of diamond extraction in Ghana. The town is the center of the Denkyembour parliamentary constituency.
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Sekyere Afram Plains District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Sekyere East District, which was created from the former Sekyere District Council. Later, a large portion of the district was split off to create the 1st Sekyere Afram Plains District on 1 November 2007, with Kumawu as its capital town. However, on 28 June 2012, the Afram Plains area of the district was split off to create the new Sekyere Afram Plains District, with Dobrosno as its capital town; while the remaining part has since then been officially renamed as Sekyere Kumawu District, with Kumawu as its capital town. The district assembly is located in the eastern part of Ashanti Region and has Drobosno as its capital town.
Kokofu is a town in the Bekwai Municipal district, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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Sekyere Kumawu District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally it was part of the then-larger Sekyere East District, which was created from the former Sekyere District Council. Later, a large portion of the district was split off to create the 1st Sekyere Afram Plains District on 1 November 2007, with Kumawu as its capital town. However on 28 June 2012, the Afram Plains area of the district was split off to create the new Sekyere Afram Plains District, with Dobrosno as its capital town; while the remaining part has since then been officially renamed as Sekyere Kumawu District, with Kumawu as its capital town. The district assembly is located in the eastern part of Ashanti Region and has Kumawu as its capital town.
Philip Atta Basoah was a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Kumawu Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.
Bernard Nyarko, commonly known in show business as Bishop Bernard Nyarko, was a Ghanaian actor and comedian who recently became a full-time preacher. He was known for the Hero: Service to Humanity (2017) and Sidechic Gang (2018) movies.
Yaw Baah is a lawyer and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Kumawu constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th and 5th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.