Apex College Students Tour Christiansborg Castle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CW0TBuUiW-iaywLAuYivQtnkJlHfUd69kQNtL8cniF8pdIZEVTh_kZKpG9NzGl0xCU6ViguOLvpXMgfW6IH6Se4-fG9fqpEHnDyKtspYG_Z8Dy9cdubj5UZgWuYvwChHe5shkAYIz_kS/s1600/CASTLE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="281" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_CW0TBuUiW-iaywLAuYivQtnkJlHfUd69kQNtL8cniF8pdIZEVTh_kZKpG9NzGl0xCU6ViguOLvpXMgfW6IH6Se4-fG9fqpEHnDyKtspYG_Z8Dy9cdubj5UZgWuYvwChHe5shkAYIz_kS/s320/CASTLE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">APEX COLLEGE STUDENTS TOUR CHRISTIANSBORG CASTLE</span></b><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">By Divine Sewornu Dzokoto<o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br /> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On Tuesday, 20^th February, 2018, a cross section of students from Apex College, in Accra, visited the Christiansborg Castle, in Osu. The students had just left the Legislature of Ghana where they had witnessed the approval by the house of the nomination of Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu as the nation’s very first Special Public Prosecutor.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The students were made to file in two lines through the once dreaded gates of Rawlings’ Castle, with remarkably, still beautiful surroundings of the over 300 years old pre-colonial architecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Their guide was a well-spoken lady, probably in her mid 20s. Dressed in a well tailored grey coloured straight dress, she took the students first to the very first section of the Castle, which was built in the 1600s. The land, which was acquired from the Ga Paramount Chief, Okaikoi, cost 3,200 gold florins. Standing in the Castle, surrounded by the students in a horse-shoe fashion, facing the Gulf of Guinea portion of the Atlantic Ocean, the guide spoke eloquently about the early beginnings of the construction of the Castle. She said the Danes were the first to build their Castle which they called the Christiansborg Castle after the then Danish king.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPzgaQUcf9hVQA44PUPNT4jZ1ySkB4nPrZj9mZPrQN8gc9eqaDcWfPkR3FtnYZ9D69T4CD8fvIcMh5LgUFtXAJQZn-DAuR5rdDDW0CcEVtQLeDpGE23AaX2HxY7ubeNiNseFF5uZZjBZD/s1600/apex+students.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiPzgaQUcf9hVQA44PUPNT4jZ1ySkB4nPrZj9mZPrQN8gc9eqaDcWfPkR3FtnYZ9D69T4CD8fvIcMh5LgUFtXAJQZn-DAuR5rdDDW0CcEVtQLeDpGE23AaX2HxY7ubeNiNseFF5uZZjBZD/s320/apex+students.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cross section of Apex students in a bus en-route to the Castle  </td></tr> </tbody></table> The students were schooled on how in 1679, the ownership of the Castle changed hands from the Danes to the Portuguese when the Governor was assassinated by the Fort’s Commander. After four years of occupancy and the absence of brisk business, the Portuguese resold the Castle to the Danes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br /> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Then they were taken to a gallery, where the pictures of illustrious Ghanaians adorned the walls and stands. The people in the gallery were exceptional in their various fields, including sports, fashion, politics, etc. There was an early morning storm which had overturned some of the exhibits, breaking some of the glass casings. A wide opened space took the students to a terrace overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. They observed the many rubber sachets that had collected into the Gulf of Guinea that morning, confirming signals that the non-biodegradable materials collecting into the Sea are a menace to the environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">From the picture gallery, the students were taken to a room that was once the office of the former president, Jerry John Rawlings. Though the office was empty, it depicted a sense of modesty and a serious approach to duty on the part of the former president when he was at the realm of affairs. By the time the former president’s office was constructed, the size of the Castle had increased almost four times, according to the guide. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The students learnt that in 1850, the Castle was sold to the British. The British had used it as a political post and the governors ruled from there until it was abandoned in 1890. In 1902, the Castle reverted to its use as the seat of colonial administration. After the attainment of independence, the then president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah continued expanding the Castle by the construction of other blocks. In all the Christiansborg Castle remained a beautiful piece of architecture spanning several centuries.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Outside again, the students were taken to the Castle gardens. A very beautiful, well kept garden. The garden used to be occupied by the local community but they were later driven away by the colonialists and since they did not want to engage in any further construction, it was decided that the place be used as a garden. The relics of the shrines of the local people are still visible.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikliN6vamsKn_UHPwILjrWsRk-pMpzC_HQAvi-4vnXErpP06mrWWwytsEjq09BdZYPDU6vNawmjrl71XrfRuHfp8lE8HnykXV_P1xmNr6OZn6YRm18PJxoIXYaG5A7bo_-vPLJBHCuQhWe/s1600/group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikliN6vamsKn_UHPwILjrWsRk-pMpzC_HQAvi-4vnXErpP06mrWWwytsEjq09BdZYPDU6vNawmjrl71XrfRuHfp8lE8HnykXV_P1xmNr6OZn6YRm18PJxoIXYaG5A7bo_-vPLJBHCuQhWe/s320/group.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group picture by students and tutors</td></tr> </tbody></table> The students then took group photographs in the garden, in front of the block that used to house Rawlings’ office and in the forecourt of the Castle. Then they walked in various small groups back to their bus which had been packed outside the gates of the Castle.<br /> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In all honesty, many of the students confirmed that the trip to the House of Legislature and the Christiansborg castle was a great one. They are slated to visit the Kakum National Park by the end of June.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <br /> <a href="http://www.virtualkollage.com/" target="_blank"><<Back to Home Page</a><br /> <a href="http://www.virtualkollage.com/p/list-of-subjects.html" target="_blank">Go to list of subjects>></a>

Apex College Students Tour Christiansborg Castle

APEX COLLEGE STUDENTS TOUR CHRISTIANSBORG CASTLE By Divine Sewornu Dzokoto On Tuesday, 20 th February, 2018, a cross section of stud...

Apex College observes parliamentary proceedings as the house approves Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu as the Special Public Prosecutor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiOkPoe7ce5Kcts1bayXy6SgGn7mwIniE8Th001Hi798qHGPwLa8PTDYlR5hlNa4a_jTEFrYc6dk7ldS-LV6ALhAzpOezhNlDJXLQvvqufm6gl0Prnv3yTlcGcpfWEVhskHmwMQfpVCak/s1600/images+of+parl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="336" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiOkPoe7ce5Kcts1bayXy6SgGn7mwIniE8Th001Hi798qHGPwLa8PTDYlR5hlNa4a_jTEFrYc6dk7ldS-LV6ALhAzpOezhNlDJXLQvvqufm6gl0Prnv3yTlcGcpfWEVhskHmwMQfpVCak/s400/images+of+parl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222;"><b>APEX COLLEGE OBSERVES PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS AS THE HOUSE APPROVES MARTIN AMIDU AS THE SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><b>By Divine Sewornu Dzokoto</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a bid to give a concrete meaning to the things that the teachers of government as a subject do in their classrooms, the General Arts students of Apex College were taken to the public gallery of Ghana’s Parliament House to observe proceedings in the house of Ghana’s Legislature.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222;">At the time of the visit of the students from the beautiful suburb of Mataheko, in Accra, the house was scheduled to debate and approve the nomination of Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu as Special Public Prosecutor, who was nominated by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222;">With other schools such as, the Future Generation Educational Center from Tema, Ghana’s major Port City, the Pentecostal Preparatory School from Takoradi, in the Western Region, Kaneshie Secondary Technical School in Kaneshie and the Sacred Heart Technical Institute in James Town, perched in the Public Gallery, the motion was moved to abridge the time for the debate on the report of the Appointments Committee on the nomination of Mr. Martin Amidu as the Special Public Prosecutor.</span></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDRb7n04r2haiB5QM4xnRm-UDORD0CNjv0f0x8pRIJdoEKo65MSHODPN7-36kVMmNTNvz9Rr_bfR9eswuAm3nN4Z2wuWCLrtqjvr3Wt9ezpFeZOG9k7hEr9mROa7Xs8UR5gwLn3oHJDjO/s1600/apex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1428" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDRb7n04r2haiB5QM4xnRm-UDORD0CNjv0f0x8pRIJdoEKo65MSHODPN7-36kVMmNTNvz9Rr_bfR9eswuAm3nN4Z2wuWCLrtqjvr3Wt9ezpFeZOG9k7hEr9mROa7Xs8UR5gwLn3oHJDjO/s320/apex.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some students of Apex College </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #222222;">After the move to abridge the time was done, the beautiful Parliament House, with all its beauty and glamour went alive with motions and points of order. There were hecklings from both sides of the political divide as members attracted the attention of the Speaker of Parliament.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #262626;">There were attempts from the minority in parliament to prevent the debate of the report of the Appointments Committee but this was unsuccessful. Dr. Dominic Ayine, a Deputy Ranking member on Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, who had filed a suit in court against the appointment of Martin Amidu because he was over aged, wanted the proceedings halted pending the determination of the legal matter in court. This was unsuccessful because, in the words of the Speaker, there was not enough evidence before him to make any determinations in favour of Dr. Ayine.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background: white; color: #262626;">After this, the Speaker of Parliament called for the report of the Appointments Committee to be debated. Ordinary members from both sides were given five minutes to speak and the leadership was given ten minutes to speak. After the debate, the house approved the president’s nomination of Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu as the Special Public Prosecutor. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #262626;">In spite of this parliamentary approval, Mr. Amidu must await the return of the president from the Republic of Togo, where he has gone to hold talks with feuding parties in that countries protracted political crisis, to append his signature to the bill before he can hit the ground running.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.virtualkollage.com/" target="_blank"><<Back to Home Page</a><br /> <a href="http://www.virtualkollage.com/p/list-of-subjects.html" target="_blank">Go to the of other subjects>></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.25pt; margin-bottom: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br />

Apex College observes parliamentary proceedings as the house approves Mr. Martin Alamisi Amidu as the Special Public Prosecutor

APEX COLLEGE OBSERVES PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS AS THE HOUSE APPROVES MARTIN AMIDU AS THE SPECIAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. By Divine Sewor...