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THE NDC’S BARBARISM RETURNS: UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF CHAIRMAN WONTUMI, A DANGEROUS ECHO OF THE NDC’S HISTORICAL MISTREATMENT OF ASHANTIS

William Yamoah, Director of Finance and Administration

In the heart of Ghana’s democracy, the Ashanti region has consistently upheld the values of freedom, justice, and political participation. Yet, we are confronted with a chilling reminder that the NDC have neither outgrown their disdain for Ashantis.

The unlawful detention of Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is not an isolated incident. It is part of a deeply troubling pattern that stretches back decades. This pattern has been historically woven by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) through intimidation, persecution, and calculated attempts to break the spirit of the Ashanti people, simply because they refuse to bow to NDC dominance.
Let the record reflect:

In 1992, when the NDC assumed power under the guise of democratic transition, it was the Ashanti Region that bore the brunt of electoral violence, vote suppression, and military harassment. Communities were invaded, and citizens were brutalized simply for showing loyalty to the NPP.

Economic sabotage and politically motivated harassment targeted several known Ashanti businessmen and women who supported the NPP in 1996. State institutions were weaponised to silence and impoverish the Ashantis and, by extension, the Akans.

Fast forward to 2008, the NDC, returning to power, resumed its subtle and overt tactics to marginalise the Ashanti Region, neglecting critical infrastructure, sidelining development, and targeting pro-NPP individuals for bureaucratic frustrations.

Now, in 2025, the script is disturbingly familiar.
The arbitrary and politically motivated detention of Chairman Wontumi is not just an attack on one man; it is an attack on the entire Ashanti people and its proud tradition of political freedom and loyalty to democratic values.

There is no convincingly legal basis to justify the Chairman Wontumi’s detention. The procedure has not been transparent. The result is a flagrant abuse of power and a clear attempt to provoke fear and suppress political momentum in a region the NDC has always sought to dominate through intimidation and harassment.

We must ask: Why is it always the Ashanti Region, the Ashantis, and the Akans that face this hostility when the NDC is in power? Is it because the region remains a stronghold of resistance against tyranny?

Is it because the people of Ashanti dare to vote for the NDC and speak freely? The history of the NDC indicates a profound animosity towards the Ashantis, and the recent detention demonstrates the persistence of long-standing customs.

Ghanaians must not sit idly. Civil society, the clergy, traditional leaders, and international observers must rise and condemn this political intimidation. Today it is the NPP Chairman in the Ashanti Region. Tomorrow, it could be any successful Ashanti businessperson.

Ashantis should not be intimidated. We respectfully call on His Royal Majesty to come to the rescue of his people from the barbaric leadership of the NDC.

We pray upon His Majesty to demand the immediate and unconditional release of Chairman Wontumi.
And to the NDC: history may have been forgiving, but the people have not forgotten. The Ashanti spirit cannot be caged, detained, or silenced. Not now. Not ever.

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Justin Kodua Frimpong (General Secretary, NPP) writes;

 

RE: FALSE CLAIMS LINKING ME TO CHARLES OPOKU’S STATEMENTS AGAINST HON. KEN OHENE AGYAPONG

My attention has been drawn to a graphic being circulated online, attempting to link me to the views and actions of Mr. Charles Opoku simply because of an old photograph. Let me state emphatically and for the record:

That, the photograph was taken in 2022, during the period I was campaigning to become the General Secretary of our party. Mr. Opoku, like many other party members and well-wishers, visited my office, and we took a picture, as is customary in politics and social interactions.

Lawyer Justin Frimpong Kodua, NPP General Secretary

To suggest that a photograph implies sanctioning or influence over someone’s actions is not only intellectually dishonest but a dangerous precedent that cheapens political discourse. If we begin to interpret every picture as a political endorsement or conspiracy, then nearly every personality in our party would be implicated in every action taken by anyone they’ve ever taken a photo with.

Let us rise above this kind of gutter politics. Our party is built on values, ideas, and service, not whisper campaigns, false associations, and fabricated tensions. I have not, and will never, encourage or condone attacks on any member of our party, including Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong.

ADVICE TO PARTY FAITHFUL AND MEDIA PLATFORMS
Let us focus on unity, maturity, and principled politics as we head into a crucial election season. I urge all party communicators and sympathizers to desist from divisive tactics and concentrate on the message of hope, development, and transformation that the NPP stands for.

Open Letter To National Chairman & General Secretary

Dear Sir,

Subject: Let’s build a Stronger Party Before electing a Flagbearer: Why NPP Must Reject Top-Down Flagbearer First Proposals.

As a committed member of the New Patriotic Party and in my capacity as Deputy Protocol Director, I strongly oppose the proposal suggesting that the NPP should elect its flagbearer first before electing other internal party positions. This idea not only contradicts our long-standing democratic traditions but also threatens to erode the very foundation upon which our party was built — the grassroots.

Kwabena Frimpong

• Undermining Grassroots Participation

The strength of the NPP lies in its vibrant and committed base, starting from the polling stations, through the electoral areas, constituencies, regions and National. Our traditional approach electing party officers from the bottom up ensures that the decision-making power begins with the grassroots. Electing a flagbearer first reverses this structure and effectively sidelines the voice of the grassroots, weakening the democratic spirit that weaken the NPP democratical principles of the party.

• Risk of Imposed Leadership

When a flagbearer is elected before the party’s base structures are fully formed or renewed, it opens the door for favoritism, manipulation, and potential imposition of preferred candidates on the rank-and-file.

This top-down method creates a power imbalance, where the chosen flagbearer may unduly influence the selection of party executives at all other levels whom are perceived his supporters eroding fairness and trust in the process.

All prospective aspirants perceived to be anti the Flagbearer would be sidelined in the internal election leading to more division in the party

• Conflicts of Interest and Internal Disunity

Historically, the NPP has avoided internal strife by allowing the party to rebuild its structures before choosing its Flagbearer. If we flip the order and select a flagbearer first, we risk deepening factionalism within the party, as aspirants may attempt to use their influence to install loyalists across various levels, rather than focusing on building a united and efficient party machinery.

• Institutional Precedent Matters

Our electoral tradition has always prioritized party organization before presidential ambitions. This structure is not only time-tested but also designed to produce a well-prepared, organized, and united front. Changing the process arbitrarily — particularly to favor a few individuals — could set a dangerous precedent where party rules are bent for political convenience.

• Organizational Efficiency and Mobilization

A solid and legitimate executive base across all levels is necessary to mobilize effectively for any national election. Without elected local and regional executives, a flagbearer will lack the full support structure needed to launch a cohesive and effective campaign. Electing executives first ensures the flagbearer inherits a functional and representative party ready for battle.

• Electing Party Executives before the Flagbearer would enhance check and balances

When the party executives are elected before the Flagbearer, there would be proper check and balances when setting up the National Campaign team and Manifesto committee to avoid a one sided team filled with only loyalists of the Flagbearer but a United campaign team even with members from the Flagbearers opposing teams members.

Finally, as a proud member and servant of this great party, I believe it is in the best interest of the NPP to uphold its tradition of bottom-up leadership selection which has been done from the formation of the party in 1992. We must resist attempts to centralize power and instead trust the structures that have guided us to four(4) presidential electoral victories time and time again. Let us continue to build the party from the grassroots which would be strong, united, and prepared for election 2028 before we choose our next Flagbearer, no one begins building a house by installing the roof before laying the foundation. To construct a solid house, you must start from the ground up not top down.

Thank You.

Kwabena Frimpong
Deputy Protocol Director, NPP

By Kwaku Amoh-Darteh, Esq.
May 7, 2025
In the heart of the Earth’s embrace, where ancient wisdom converges with untold potential, there lies a country that some might overlook—and yet, one that holds in its soil, air, and soul, the very answers to its own future. Ghana.

To the untrained eye, it may seem like another African country; to the discerning visionaries, however, it is a treasure chest, long ignored. And there stands a man—Kennedy Ohene Agyapong—whose entire being vibrates with the undeniable truth: Ghana is not poor. It is simply waiting to awaken. Waiting for those who dare to see its riches and its promise not as a question, but as an answer.

Kwaku Amoh-Darteh, Esq.                         Mr.Kennedy Ohene Agyapong

Like the Western Apache elders in Keith Basso’s Wisdom Sits in Places, Agyapong sees that wisdom is not abstract; it sits in the land, in the people, in every corner of the earth beneath his feet. Cocoa, cashew, sugarcane, cassava, rice, and palm nut—these aren’t just crops. They are potential. They are power. They are what Ghana holds within itself, what could catapult the country into the future.

But this is not just about planting seeds. This is about reimagining them. The true genius of Ken Agyapong’s vision lies in his understanding that value addition—transforming raw material into finished goods—will be the beating heart of Ghana’s economic renaissance. He doesn’t just want cocoa beans exported—he wants chocolate bars, he wants oils, he wants products that carry Ghanaian pride and prosperity from the soil to the shelves of the world.

But there’s more. Much more.

What if I told you that Ghana—this nation sitting on the edge of the Gulf of Guinea—is the closest landmass to the very center of the Earth? A place so powerful that the Prime Meridian passes through its shores in Tema. Did you know that Ghana is located a mere five degrees north of the Equator? A geographical advantage so profound, it could easily elevate Ghana from a developing country to a globally recognized hub of tourism, science, and innovation.

Ken Agyapong’s vision takes us here: “If Mount Everest can draw adventurers from across the world, why can’t the center of the Earth draw thinkers, dreamers, and travelers?” Imagine it—a monument in Tema, marking the convergence of the globe’s invisible lines, standing as a testament not only to Ghana’s geographical importance but as a place of global pilgrimage, a beacon of discovery.

This is not some fleeting fantasy. This is a call to action—a reminder that Ghana’s potential isn’t something hidden far away. It is here, nestled in the geography and in the cultural heartbeat of the nation. Ken Agyapong’s focus isn’t just on the future; it’s on rediscovering and reclaiming what was always here, waiting to be recognized.

Yet, as Basso understood, wisdom does not merely sit in the land—it lives in the people. In the very hearts of Ghanaians, who have, for generations, endured and persevered through adversity. Ken Agyapong calls upon this spirit—the spirit of self-reliance, the spirit of innovation, and the spirit of pride. He asks the youth to return to the soil, not in defeat, but as creators of their own opportunities. To him, the true measure of patriotism isn’t just waving a flag; it is about transforming that land into a place where dreams are not only imagined but realized.

Through his ventures—business, education, and philanthropy—Ken Agyapong is proving this vision. He has never merely spoken of what Ghana can be—he has acted. He has built schools, created jobs, and invested in a future that places the power firmly in the hands of Ghanaians.

And so, it is with boldness and clarity that he says: the wisdom that guides us is not found in far-off places. It is found in us, in our will to act, to believe, to build. It sits in the people, in their resilience, in their ability to see beyond the immediate and into the long-term horizon.

In Ken Agyapong, Ghana has a leader who doesn’t just look at what is, but sees what could be. He doesn’t just hear the call of the future—he answers it, with every step he takes.

The question now is: are we ready to listen to the land, to the wisdom sitting in the people, to the promise of tomorrow?

Because when all is said and done, the greatest wisdom isn’t knowing what is already in front of us—it’s understanding the potential that lies waiting to be claimed.

And for Ghana, that moment is now.

The First Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana commenced on Tuesday, 7^th January 2025, and ended on Saturday, 29^th March 2025.

The House held Forty-Three (43) Sittings within eleven weeks, performing its deliberative, representational, oversight, and legislative functions, among others.

This Meeting of the First Session was quite long and characterised by many parliamentary-related activities. This article highlights some of the activities during the Meeting under review.

Presentation of Business

Some parliamentary Businesses were carried out, including the presentation of Papers, reading of Bills, presentation of Regulations, Constitutional and Legislative Instruments, referrals to Committees, reports from Committees of the House, Ministries, Departments, and other agencies.,

Rt.Hon.Alban K. S.Bagbin,Speaker                                  A File photo of Parliament

Bills

A total of 18Bills were presented to the House during the First Meeting, namely Electronic Transfer Levy (Repeal) Bill, 2025; Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2025;Revenue Administration (Amendment) Bill, 2025;Special Import Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Emissions Levy (Repeal) Bill, 2025; Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Earmarked Funds Capping and Realignment (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Ghana Gold Board Bill, 2025; Energy Sector Levy Bill, 2025;Ghana Gold Board Bill, 2025; Public Financial Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Minerals Income Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Petroleum Revenue Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Ghana Cocoa Board (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Public Procurement Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and the Appropriation Bill, 2025.  Out of the 18 Bills read, 16 were passed by the House during the Meeting. The passed Bills are the Electronic Transfer Levy (Repeal) Bill, 2025; Revenue Administration (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Emissions Levy (Repeal) Bill, 2025; Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Special Import Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Energy Sector Levy Bill, 2025;the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Earmarked Funds Capping and Realignment (Amendment) Bill, 2025;the Public Procurement Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Minerals Income Investment Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2025;the Petroleum Revenue Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Public Financial Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025;the Appropriation Bill, 2025; and the Ghana Gold Board Bill, 2025.

Regulations

OneRegulation, the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025, was presented to the House and referred to the Committee on Subsidiary Legislation.

Annual Reports

Four (4)Annual Reports from different Government agencies were presented to the House during this Meeting. They were Annual Reports on the Petroleum Funds for the 2024 Fiscal Year, the Collection and Utilisation of the African Union Import Levy for the 2024 Fiscal Year, the District Assemblies Common Fund for the year 2023, and the Staffing Position of the Office of the President for the Period 1^st January to 31^st December 2024.

 

Committee Reports

 

Seventy-two (72)Committee reports were submitted to the House by various Committees of the House for consideration and adoption. All the reports that were submitted were duly debatedand adopted by the House.

 

Auditor-General’s Report

The House considered one (1) Auditor-General’s Report. The report was on the Statements of Foreign Exchange Receipts and Payments of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for the half-year ended 30^th June 2024.

Leadership Reports

One report from Leadership on the Formula for the Composition of Parliamentary Delegations,and other Parliamentary Groups and Associations was presented to the House on Tuesday, 25^th March, 2025.

Message on the State of the Nation

On Thursday, 27^th February, 2025, and in accordance with article 67 of the 1992 Constitution and Standing Order 72 (1), the President of the Republic, H. E. John Dramani Mahama, presented to Parliament a Message on the State of the Nation. Members had the opportunity to make comments in support of the Message of the President.

Ministerial and other Appointments

During the First Meeting, the President nominated 56 persons for appointment as Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and Members of Cabinet. The Appointments Committee held public hearings to vet all the nominees, and they were approved by the House even though the Minority Caucus abstained from some of the approvals. During the public hearing of the Appointments Committee, there were a lot of misunderstandings that led to disruptions. The Rt. Hon. Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbinsuspended four (4) Members of Parliament for two weeks andset up a Committee to investigate the chaos during the vetting. The suspended MPs were the Majority Chief Whip and MP for South Dayi, Mr Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, the Minority Chief Whip and MP for Nsawam-Adoagyri, Mr Frank AnnohDompreh, the MP for Gushiegu, Mr Alhassan Tampuli Sulemana, and the MP for Weija-Gbawe, Mr Jerry Ahmed Shaib.

 

Presentation of Budget Statement and Economic Policy

In line with article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and section 21 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, presented the 2025 Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Tuesday, 11^th March 2025.

Members of Parliament from both Sides of the House took turns to comment on the Budget Statement and later passed the Appropriation Bill.

 

Motions

One Hundred and Thirty-four (134)Motions were moved and adopted by the House during the Meeting. The Motions were mainly on the following: Adoption of the Annual Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government for 2025, adoption of Committee reports on the 2024 Annual Budget Estimates, motions for Second and Third Reading of Bills, motion to adopt His Excellency the President’s nomination of Ministers and Deputy Ministers.

 

Questions

A total of fifty-two (52)questions were asked by Members of Parliament and answered by Ministers of State on the floor of the House. Hon Members were furtherallowed to ask supplementary questions relating to the subject matter.

 

Statements

Ninety-four (94) Statements were made by Ministers and Members of Parliament to commemorate important national and international events, draw the attention of the House to issues of public importance, and Government Policies.

 

Communication from the President

The House received a total of fourteen (14)Communications from the Office of the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama,during the Meeting.These communications were to inform the Rt Hon Speaker and the House of the absence of H. E. The President from the country, the nomination of Ministers and Deputy Ministers, and other appointments.

 

Committee Sittings

The House recordedseventy-three (73)Committee meetings. These meetings were held to consider Bills, vet ministerial nominees, consider budget estimates,and other issues of public concern.

 

Change in Leadership

On Thursday, 23^rd January 2025, the Rt Hon Speaker, pursuant to Order 67(1)(r), informed the House of a communication from the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), designating the following Hon Members to leadership positions on the Majority Front Bench in the Ninth Parliament. Hon. Mahama Ayariga, Majority Leader;Hon. George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, Deputy Majority Leader; Hon. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, Majority Chief Whip;Hon. Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, First Deputy Majority Whip; and Hon. Richard Acheampong, Second Deputy Majority Whip.

Similarly, there were changes in the Minority front bench, with the following Hon Members assuming leadership positions in the Ninth Parliament.  Hon. Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader;Hon. Patricia Appiagyei, Deputy Minority Leader; Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Minority Chief Whip;Hon. Habib Iddrisu, First Deputy Majority Whip; and Hon Jerry Ahmed Shaib, Second Deputy Majority Whip.

 

Adjournment

The Rt. Hon. Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Majority Leader,Mr Mahama Ayariga, and the Minority Leader, Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin made their closing remarks to thank the First and Second Deputy Speakers,MrBernardAhiafor and Mr Andrew Asiamah Amoako and Hon Members for working hard and contributing to the Business of the House during the Meeting.

Even though the First Meeting of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament was scheduled to adjournsine die on Friday, 28^th March 2025, the House was officially adjourned sine die by the Rt. Hon. Speaker on Saturday, 29^th March, 2025.

 

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PAA KWESI BAIDOO, MD

Directorate of Trauma and Orthopaedics

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Post Office Box 1934

Kumasi, Ghana

Email: pakvandal@gmail.com

Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo

CURRENT POSITIONS

Head of Directorate Feb 2023 – present

Directorate of Trauma and Orthopedics

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Ashanti Divisional Chairman. Feb 2020 – present

Ghana Medical Association

 

EDUCATION/ TRAINING

 

Buckle Fellowship 2024

Anterior Hip Foundation training in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) 2023

Institutions

Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute

St. Mary’s Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Mentor: Dror Paley, MD

Nemours Children hospital, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Mentor: Reid Nichols, MD

Children Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Civic center Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mentor: Christine Goodbody, MD

Shriners Children’s Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mentor: Sarah B. Nossov, MD

The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Mentor: John Herzenberg, MD and Shawn C. Standard, MD

Scottish Rite Children Hospital

Dallas, Texas, USA

Mentor: Elizabeth W. Hubbard, MD and John G. Birch, MD

Institute of Global Orthopedics and Traumatology (IGOT) Oct 2022

Surgical Management and Reconstruction Training (SMART) Course.

Providing specialized training in soft tissue techniques for Orthopedic surgeons.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

San Francisco, California, United States of America

2022 SIGN fracture international conference and bioskills training Oct 2022

SIGN fracture and bioskills HQ, Washington, United State of America

Postgraduate Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Jan 2019- Apr 2019

University of Thessaly Medical School, Larissa, Greece

An European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)

Health Administration and Management Program Jul 2018 -Aug 2018

Ghana Institute Of Management And Public Administration (GIMPA)

Faculty Education Program, Kigali, Rwanda. Aug 2017- Oct 2017

British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) Apr 2018

The School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

21st principles of foot and ankle surgery course for higher surgical

trainees and consultants (overseas)

Senior Resident, Orthopedics Jan 2013 – Oct 2016

West African College of Surgeons

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Senior Resident, Orthopedics

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons Jan 2013- Mar 2016

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Dissertation: Outcome of management of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu

Teaching Hospital.

Senior Resident on Rotation Apr 2015- Jun 2015

FOCOS Orthopedics and Spine Hospital, Pantang Accra

International Fellow in Orthopedics Jun 2012- Dec 2012

Department of Orthopedics

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, United States of America

General Surgery Residency 2007- 2010

West African College of Surgeons

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi

General Surgery Residency 2007- 2010

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi

MBChB 2002-2005

Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology

School of Medical Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Human Biology 1999-2002

Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology

School of Medical Sciences

WORK HISTORY

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana 2005-2007, 2007-2011, 2017-Current

Housemanship, Residency, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

School of Medicine and Dentistry 2020 – date

Department of Surgery

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece Jan 2019 – Apr 2019

Department of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Trauma

Arthroscopy Fellowship

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana Jan 2013 – Jan 2017

Senior Residency Orthopaedic and Trauma

FOCOS Orthopaedic Center Mar 2015 -July 2015

Orthopaedic and Spine Rotation

University of Utah Orthopedic Center, USA Mar 2012-Dec 2012

Orthopaedic Residency Rotation

Sunyani Regional Hospital, Ghana Mar 2010-May 2010

General Surgery Residency Rotation

Yendi District Hospital Feb 2006, Oct 2010, Dec 2010

Northern Region, Ghana

Nandom District Hospital Aug 2008

Upper West, Ghana

St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Assin Fosu Oct 2007

Central Region, Ghana

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Pediatric travel fellowship (One of three global recipient of the award; trained in a

number of prestigious medical institutions in the United States of America). Limb

Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) , 2023.

• The Best Paper, 2019 International Trauma Care Forum Orthopaedic Trauma Association

Annual Conference Denver, Colorado, USA

• Best International Paper, 2012 Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

• Bronze medalist, Handball, West African Universities Games, 2003
• Silver medalist, Handball, Ghana Universities Sports Association Games, 2002
• Gold medalist, Rugby 2000

 

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reviewer African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021 – 2022
• Adhoc Reviewer BMC Pediatrics 2021
• Reviewer Postgraduate Medical Journal, Ghana 2020
• Editor, The Mediscope Journal (School of Medical Sciences, KNUST) 2000-2002

SERVICE

• Electoral Commissioner (AIESEC-KNUST) 2001-2002
• Internal Examiner

Emergency medicine fellowship examination (OSCE) 2017

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra

 

FACULTY MEMBER

 

• Regional faculty: Muhimbili Trauma Institute (MOI) Jun 2023

Dar es Salaam, Trauma Course in partnership with Institute of Global

Orthopedics (IGOT) and SIGN

• Regional faculty: AOA Courses Apr 2023

Basic Principles of Fracture Management

• Rwamagana, Rwanda Faculty Jul 2022

SIGN/IGOT tibia plafond fracture webinar

• Faculty, SIGN/IGOT tibia plafond fracture webinar. Jul 2022

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Member of Council Feb 2020 – present

Ghana Medical Association

Member of the Negotiations Committee. Mar 2022 – present

Ghana Medical Association

National Executive Council member Ghana Medical Association Feb 2020 – present

Ashanti Divisional Chairman, Ghana Medical Association Feb 2020 – present

Faculty member, AO Foundation/AO Alliance Foundation 2017- present

Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) USA 2018- present

Ghana Medical Association 2005- Current

Ghana Medical and Dental Council 2005- Current

AO Trauma 2011- Current

Chief Resident, Orthopedic Unit, KBTH, 2015

Vice President, Junior Doctors Association, KATH 2008 – 2009

Vice-President, Medical Students’ Association 2002 – 2003

 

PEER- REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Hammond B, Abu KA, Anyittey-Kokor D, Baidoo PK, Leat M, Awoonor-Wiliams R,

Konadu-Yeboah D, Wilson AA, Vormawor KK, Bukari MIS, Twumasi-Baah Jnr K,

Amamoo J, Opuni GYF, Shiako JT, Akomea G, Determinants of Utilization of Prostheses

and orthoses following lower limb amputation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review,

Journal of Orthopaedic Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100528.

2. Ativor V, Konadu-Yeboah D, O’Marr J, Brown K, Rodarte P, Kumah R, Quartey R,

Awariyah D, Konadu P, Baidoo PK, Okike K, Morshed S, Shearer D, Roberts H.

Predictors of quality of life, economic impact, and loss to follow-up after open tibial shaft

fractures in Ghana. OTA Int. 2024 Jul 12;7(3):e340. doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000340.

PMID: 39006124; PMCID: PMC11239167.

3. Abu, K.A., Hammond, B., Bukari, M.I.S., Vormawor, K.K. ,Awoonor-Williams, R.,

Anyitey-Kokor, D., Baidoo, P.K. and Konadu-Yeboah, D. Functional Outcomes of Adult

Tibia Shaft Fractures Treated with Solid Intramedullary Nails versus Hollow Nails: A

Systematic Review. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 14,149-172. 2024.

https://doi.org/10.4236/ojo.2024.143016

 

4. Kang MJ, Kwesi Sakyi Ngissah R, Bo-Ib Buunaaim AD, Baidoo R, Odei-Ansong F, Wordui

T, Adjepong-Tandoh EK, Baidoo PK, Aggrey-Orleans JEK. The need for hands-on training

and supervision for entry-level physicians in a country with low surgical staffing density: a

nationwide survey in Ghana. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Nov 29;23(1):904. doi: 10.1186/s12909-

023-04880-3. PMID: 38031085; PMCID: PMC10687912.

5. Boakye FN, Vowotor RK, Awoonor-Williams R, Baidoo PK, Bandoh D, Abdullah HD.

Spinal arteriovenous malformation: A case report and review of literature. J West Afr. Coll

Surg 2022;12:88-90

6. Baidoo, P.K., Twumasi-Baah Jnr, K., Anning A., Assim, A. O., Ayodeji. E. K., Gudugbe, S.

Treatment of Pipkin type I fracture using safe surgical hip dislocation: A case report. Clinical

Case Reports. 2021;e04147.

7. Baidoo, P. K., Odei, J. B,. Ansu, V,. Segbefia, M., Holdbrook-Smith, H., (2021). Predictors

of hip fracture mortality in Ghana: a single-center prospective study. Achives of

Osteoporosis 16, 35 (2021).

 

8. Baidoo, P. K., Kumah-Ametepey, R., Segbefia, M., Buunaaim, A. D. B. (2021). Treatment

and outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

OTA International: June 202, Volume 4 – Issue 2 – p e124.

9. Delays in hospital admissions in patients with fractures across 18 low-income and middleincome

countries (INORMUS): a prospective observational study

Panthea Pouramin , Chuan Silvia Li , Jason W Busse , Sheila Sprague , P J

Devereaux , Jagnoor Jagnoor , Rebecca Ivers , Mohit Bhandari , INORMUS investigators

 

(Paa Kwesi Baidoo, investigator)

Lancet Glob Health. 2020 May;8(5):e711-e720.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30067-X.

10. International Orthopaedic Multicenter Study in Fracture Care: Coordinating a Large-Scale

Multicenter Global Prospective Cohort Study Sprague, Sheila PhD*,†; McKay, Paula BSc‡;

Li, Chuan Silvia BSc‡; Ivers, Rebecca PhD§; Moroz, Paul J. MDǁ,¶; Jagnoor, Jagnoor PhD**;

Bhandari, Mohit MD, PhD*,†; Miclau, Theodore MD††, on behalf of the INORMUS

Investigators (Paa Kwesi Baidoo, investigator) Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma: October

2018 – Volume 32 – Issue – p S58-S63

doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001287

11. Baidoo, P.K., Ocloo, A., Ansu, V., & Baidoo, J.N. (2018). Impact of battery-powered

orthopedic drills on the practice of orthopedic surgery in a resource limited country.

International Surgery Journal, 5(3), 954-958.

 

12. Baidoo, P. K., Baddoo, D., Ocloo, A., Agbley, D., Lartey, S., & Baddoo, N. A. (2018).

Tuberculous tenosynovitis of the flexor tendons of the wrist: a case report. BMC research

notes, 11(1), 1-5.

13. Baidoo, P. K., Ocloo, A., & Ansu, V. (2018) The pattern of hip fractures over a ten-year

period in a major referral center in Ghana. Post Graduate Medical Journal of Ghana, volume

7. No. 2, pages 98-104
8. Baidoo, P.K., Adegah, B. (2017) Delayed diagnosis of traumatic posterior hip dislocation in

a 6-year-old girl with 6 years follow up: a case report. International Surgery Journal. 4(10),

3511-3514.

15. International Orthopaedic Multicentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care

Protocol for a Large Prospective Observational Study

INORMUS Investigators (Paa Kwesi Baidoo, investigator)

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma: October 2015 – Volume 29 – Issue – p S2-S6

doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000404

16. Kaiser, S. P., Holland, T., Baidoo, P. K., Coughlin, R. C., Konadu, P., Awariyah, D., &

Kumah-Ametepey, R. A. (2014). An observational cohort study of the adoption of elastic

stable intramedullary nailing for the treatment of pediatric femur fractures in Kumasi, Ghana.

World Journal of Surgery, 38(11), 2818-2824.

17. Gyedu, A., Damah, M., Baidoo, P.K., & Yorke, J. (2010) Congenital transmesenteric defect

causing bowel strangulation in an adult. Hernia, 14(6), 643-645.

 

PODIUM PRESENTATIONS

1. Predictors of hip fracture mortality in Ghana: A single center prospective study.2019.

International Trauma Care Forum. Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual meeting

Denver, Colorado, USA. September 2019.

2. The pattern of hip fractures over a ten-year period in a major referral center in Ghana.

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida. October, 2019.

3. Pattern of hip fractures over a ten-year period in a major referral center in Ghana.

West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting.

Banjul, The Gambia. February 2018.

4. Impact of battery-powered orthopedic drills on the practice of orthopedic surgery in a

resource limited country. West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference and

Scientific Meeting. Banjul, The Gambia. February 2018.

5. Treatment and outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu Teaching

hospital. West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting.

Banjul, The Gambia. February 2018.

6. Treatment and outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu Teaching

Hospital. AO Alliance pediatric fracture solutions sponsored session. Medical knowledge

fiesta. Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra-Ghana. 2017.

7. An Observational Cohort Study of the Adoption of Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for

the Treatment of Pediatric Femur Fractures in Kumasi, Ghana .West African college of

Surgeons Annual Meeting, Kumasi-Ghana. February 2014.

8. An Observational Cohort Study of the Adoption of Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for

the Treatment of Pediatric Femur Fractures in Kumasi, Ghana. Orthopedic Trauma

Association Annual Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. October 2012.

9. International Collaborations, Experience from Ghana. Orthopedic Trauma Association

Annual Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. October 2012.

10. Collaboration between University of Utah and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital,

A Resident’s perspective. Final year Class, University of Utah Medical School. 2012.

RESEARCH IN-PREPARATION

1. Effect of time to surgery on outcome of geriatric hip fractures in Korle Bu Teaching

Hospital.

2. Outcome of slipped capital femoral epiphysis management in Korle Bu Teaching

Hospital.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Sep 2019

Denver, Colorado, USA

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2018

Orlando, Florida, USA

The British Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) Apr 2018

Principles of foot and ankle surgery course

The Medical School, University of Zambia, Lusaka

West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference Feb 2018-Mar 2018

and Scientific Meeting

Banjul, The Gambia.

Faculty Education Program (FEP) Oct 2017

AO Foundation/AO Alliance Foundation program

Kigali, Rwanda

The 57th Annual Scientific Conference of the West African Feb 2017- Mar 2017

College of Surgeons

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2014

Tampa, Florida, USA

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2013

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2012

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

The Flap Course Sep 2012

University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, USA

The SIGN NAIL Course Dec 2012

Richland, Washington State, U.S.A

AO TRAUMA Dec 2011

Principles Of Operative Fracture Management

Davos, Switzerland

The Surgeon as a Leader Oct 2011

American College of Surgeons 97th Annual Conference

San Francisco, U.S.A

 

REFERENCES

Mr. Henry Holdbrook-Smith, FRCS, FWACS

Former Chief Executive Officer, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Email : hahsmith1@gmail.com

Tel: +233 24 250 1371

Dr. Michael Segbefia, FWACS

Paediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Email; msegbefia@yahoo.com

Tel: +233 27 742 8092

 

The spoken words of a poor person should be devoid of arrogance, and the spoken words of a rich/wealthy person should be devoid of pride.

The poor should demonstrate humility in his/her submissions, and the rich/wealthy should demonstrate meekness & tolerance in his/her responses.

Both the rich and poor have the right to speak but their respective utterances should be seasoned with salt and guided by responsibility.

The weak should respect the strong, and the strong should protect the weak.

 

Dr.Razak KoJo Opoku

The young person should honour the elderly, and the elderly should appreciate the young person.

The wife should submit to the husband, and the husband should love the wife.

The subordinate should protect the interest of the Boss, and the Boss should elevate the subordinate.

It is as simple as that.

To protect the public image of our NPP, let’s avoid needless accusations and counter-responses.

Issued By: Razak Kojo Opoku (PhD)

 

1) Prof Mike Oquaye’s Committee has presented its Report to the National Council of NPP, and made recommendations on account of its interactions with the Party at the grassroot and other levels. The purpose of the entire exercise was to identify what were the causes; and what and who were responsible for the causes of the disastrous performance of the Party;

2)The whats and the whos were to help us uncover the wounds, dress the open wounds, bind and heal, no matter how painful. This second stage was intended to lead us into proposals, ie, recommendations, to avoid the pitfalls of yesterday and move on as one army, poised to conquer;

3)Prof Oquaye is an Akufo-Addo-like old warrior trusted to show solidarity where and when it mattered. Others weren’t enthused, and requested him to step aside. The old boy was determined to function, not without suspicions, though;

4)Sub-Committees of the parent committee fanned out to the various regions to gather raw information from Party officers in the various Constituencies. The main Cttee thereafter came together to meet the former President, HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. They were blunt with him: 70% of all the respondents put the blame of the Party’s abysmal performance on Nana Akufo Addo. Before the group left him, he pleaded that that part should not appear in the final Report. Lo and behold! That portion did not find space in the final Oquaye-led Report;

5)The usual suspect, the ubiquitous Gabby Otchere Darko was sent on another errand: to request Prof Oquaye not to apportion blame to anyone in the Report as that, in Gabby and his superiors’ view, might further divide the party up. In other words, if commissions or commissions that led to the Party’s failure were attributable to–
i, Party Officers at National, Regional, or whatever level;
ii, the former President or any specific member of his Government;
iii, the Presidential Candidate, or any of his assigns;
iv, the Running Mate;
v, the erstwhile Presidential Candidate hopefuls some of whom used very offensive, vile and divisive language against the former President, the then Government, and the Presidential Candidate and his family,
those names should not be mentioned in the Report. Prof Oquaye’s response to the directive was immediate: “Yours Obedient Servant”. “Your word is my bond” Truly those names supplied by the respondents have all been taken off the final Report!!

6) Whilst all these were happening backstage, there was a spirited attempt to get self-same Prof Oquaye, a priest of the Baptist Church to shift a great deal of the blame to Bawumia who Akufo Addo has now told bluntly that he is not going to support again. Oquaye was to confront Bawumia on the chieftaincy in Bawku, and when that happened, Bawumia was to respond simply that it was a national security issue to which he would not talk. After that engagement with the Committee, Oquaye was to provide for it in the Report.
Bawumia was candid and blunt on the subject matter at Rock City when he addressed the MPs: he had no knowledge about the entry into Bawku of his clansman, who claims the skin of Bawku. Akufo Addo’s plaintive response when it came to his turn was that the Bawku matter is classified national security issue and until it is declassified, he cannot speak to it. The courage of Bawumia instantly killed that plot to hang the crisis on the neck of Dr Bawumia. What an anchor he has in Allah!

7)The multi-million question is, apart from deleting the per centages of respondents who attributed the collosal loss of the Party to various factors and persons; and also taking out the names of the people that the respondents said should be held accountable for the loss of the Party in the December 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, which Professor Oquaye has dutifully done, what is the material difference between the Oquaye Report which covered the entire nation and the Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu Report which covered only the Ashanti Region?? Nothing whatsoever!! So those who were sponsored to attack Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu and the proactive Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Party, Chairman Wontumi, should bow down their heads in shame. Good thinking, Chairman Wontumi. Truth, like cork, that is suppressed under water shall always prevail. Kudos to the Ashanti Team that did such yeoman’s job in record time.

8)And please, Professor Oquaye, having done that huge surgery on the Report, how are you helping the Party to confront the reality and frontally deal with the issues identified? How does your Report reflect the responses of the respondents having taken the names they supplied out? Doesn’t it now turn out as a doctored Report with the huge surgery done, Prof, to suit the whims and caprices of some people?
Lead kindly light, NPP will and must resurrect.Source:Akwasi Odame Jnr,USA

 

Obidombie Kwabena Asamoah, former Deputy CEO of MASLOC, has proven to be more than a leader—he’s a visionary. From actively supporting TESCON during his time in office to initiating the Coalition of First-Time Voters and Free SHS campaigns, he has worked tirelessly to project the achievements of the NPP and elevate youth involvement in politics.

Obidombie Kwabena Asamoah

He didn’t just support from afar—he mentored, empowered, and created countless opportunities for TESCON members across the country. Even in opposition, his energy hasn’t wavered. He continues to rejuvenate TESCON, build strategic platforms, and ensure that the youth voice remains strong in the party’s future.

To Obidombie, your sacrifices and dedication have not gone unnoticed. TESCON is proud to call you one of its own. Ayekoo!

Obidombie Kwabena Asamoah-TESCONIANS salute you!! 🫡