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  Over the weekend, Ada Gems Network (AGN) made a trip to the Ada West district, in the communities of Anyamam and Akplabanya respectively, to create awareness on breast cancer and empower young girls to take charge of their lives. These were done via house-to-house visits and community group discussions. All across the world, women in leadership positions are hampered by numerous obstacles, including pervasive and subtle or blatant attitudes and beliefs that women are unequal to men at home, work and in government. This event was held as part of activities toward the launch of Ada Development Network on 7th November 2020. The awareness creation campaign was marked with education on the need to accept persons with disorders, especially children, as part of the community, and self-check practices in order to detect early symptoms of breast cancer. Speaking to B&FT at the event, Executive President of the Ada Gems Network, Irene Amakie Sebbie said: “Many women with disorders...

  Initiating a social network amid a COVID pandemic may appear insensitive, but for the people in Ada State it is a way to own and bring economic development to an area that has not received much governmental support for many years. On November 7, 2020, Ada Development Network (ADN) will officially be launched in a move that sponsors of the Network believe will help to reshape the conversation and implementation of development projects at the community level. The programme, which will take place at the Tsarlekope Beach Resort, is on the theme ‘Unveilling the future of Ada; Rethink approaches and refocus strategies for community development’. ADN, a registered organisation, has taken years of planning and consulting to initiate, and its official launch is expected to help it better coordinate the activities of all fragmentated groups and development projects within the enclave of Ada state. “ADN seeks among many things to unite all fragmented groups of Ada for development; build the...