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DAILY HERITAGE 

MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 

DAILY QUOTE 

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only fail if you do not mind failing 

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WORLD 

BUSINESS 

POLITICS 

Boris Johnson 

says UK was 

'over-optimistic' 

about Libya 

PG.04 

BoG warns public 

against dealing with 

Monidoubla 

PG.10 

Clear mess at Lands 

Commission 

– Prez charges new 

Board 

uniBank partners Ghana Oil, 

GSPA to promote Local Content 

BY DAILY HERITAGE REPORTER 

FRESH FROM being adjudged the 

Best Bank in Long Term Finance at 

the 16th Ghana Banking Awards, 

uniBank Ghana Limited has partnered 

the Ghana Oil and Gas Service 

Providers Association (GSPA) to 

mark 10 years of oil discovery in Ghana. 

The event, organised on the theme ‘10 

years of oil discovery in commercial quantities; 

the past, present and the way forward,’ is in 

conjunction with the oil service provider companies 

to discuss issues relating to promoting 

and ensuring local content emphasis in 

Ghana's oil production. 

Member of Parliament for Takoradi Constituency 

and Deputy Minister for Aviation, Mr 

Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, said the purpose 

and consequent benefit of oil discovery 

in Ghana would be defeated if critical attention 

is not given to promoting and ensuring 

local content. 

Mr Joseph Cudjoe, Deputy Minister of Energy, 

also emphasised the need for enactment 

and implementation of policies that will help 

Ghanaians to reap the desired benefits of the 

country's oil production. 

uniBank, an indigenous bank, supported 

the conference in its quest to signal oil service 

providers that indigenous companies are prepared 

to support and partner their undertakings. 

SPORTS 

ISSUE 

Vodafone supports 

pregnant women in E/R 

PG.11 

Golden Pedals in 

contention with 

15 countries in 

Ethiopia 

PG.15 

VODAFONE HAS received commendation for its free ultrasound scans for 

pregnant women in the Eastern Region. Pg 7 

Nana Boroo releases new single ‘Akiti’ 

VERSATILE MUSICIAN Nana Osei Bonsu, popular known in the music industry 

as ‘Nana Boroo’, has released a new single with titled ‘Akiti’. Pg 14 

• Deputy Minister of Energy, Joseph Cudjoe (2nd L) and other personalities at the function 

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 

“You've got to get up every morning with 

determination if you're going to go to bed 

with satisfaction." 

-George Lorimer 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THERE WAS drama in court on 

Friday when the Attorney General’s 

representatives and the Controller 

of the Ghana Immigration Service 

(GIS), Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi, 

clashed in court over why the residence 

permit of an Indian investor, 

currently in the country, Ashok 

Kumar Sivaram, had not been 

granted. 

Contrary to a claim by the Chief 

State Attorney, Jasmine Armah, that 

the applicant, Mr Sivaram, did not 

personally present himself to the 

GIS as one of the requirements for 

acquiring visa, the Director said he 

was present. 

GIS, AG clash 

• Over Indian investor’s permit 

When the court presided over by 

Justice Naa Adoley Azu demanded 

further explanation from the Attorney-General's 

representative ( representing 

the Director of Immigration 

and Minister of Interior) on the failure 

of the GIS to grant the applicant 

the permit per the order of the 

court, he said the applicant did not 

comply with the court order. 

According to her, the Indian 

businessman failed to show up on 

August 8, contrary to what his 

lawyers claimed that they reported 

to the GIS three consecutive times 

on the August 8. 

Mr Takyi, after being sworn in, 

was asked by the court, "Did he 

ever appear before you?” 

He responded, "Yes, he appeared”, 

thus contradicting the Attorney 

General’s representatives. 

Court order 

In its ruling, the court ordered 

the GIS to immediately hand the Indian 

businessman temporary residence/work 

permit for him to be 

able to allow him run his businesses 

in the country. 

This was after Gary Nimako, his 

lawyer, had accused the Immigration 

Service of feet dragging in 

complying with an earlier order, 

after the Indian returned to the 

country. 

Mr Sivaram was deported on the 

orders of the Interior Minister, Mr 

Ambrose Dery, on June 1, 2017. 

Lawyers for the businessman 

proceeded to court to challenge the 

deportation and won a judgment on 

July 31. The court said the Minister 

exceeded his jurisdiction when he 

accused and deported the businessman. 

Mr Sivaram returned to Ghana 

and proceeded to get a permit. 

Unfair tactics 

Lawyer Nimako told the court 

that when they applied for the visa, 

the GIS refused to accept the legal 

fees that accompanied it and so they 

filed for a mandamus application to 

compel the respondents to restore 

the applicant’s permit. 

He said, Mr Sivaram came to the 

Immigration Service at 6p.m. to 

process his application but his application 

fee written on a cheque was 

declined. 

Jobs galore 

FROM KWEKU BAAH- 

ACHEAMFOUR, C/R 

PRESIDENT NANA 

Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo has said 

his government’s flagship 

industrialisation 

initiative, the ‘onedistrict-one-factory’ 

policy, will 

bring prosperity to all Ghanaians. 

Speaking on Friday at the 

launch of the first factory under 

the programme at Ekumfi 

Otuam, the hometown of late 

President John Evans Atta Mills, 

President Akufo-Addo noted that 

the “time has come to bring 

prosperity to all.” 

Recalling the pledge, the President 

said “as has become the custom 

over the years, anytime I roll 

out policies and programmes it is 

met with the usual cynical and 

negative chants…’it cannot be 

done, he is lying, it is a vote buying 

gimmick, it is not possible’”. 

“One-district-one-factory was 

not spared either. The Ghanaian 

people, however, were discerning; 

they believed in the vision, they 

believed it could be done and the 

• As Prez launches one-district-onefactory 

in late Mills’ hometown 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo addressing the audience at the launch of the one-district-one factory policy 

culmination of that belief resulted 

in the decisive victory won 

by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) 

and my modest self in the elections 

of 2016,” he added. 

According to him, the government’s 

initiative is not about the 

NPP, neither is it about any other 

political party but the development 

of the country. 

He said since Guggisberg in 

1928, the country’s economy has 

remained structurally rigid, depending 

largely on export and 

primary commodities. 

“This is not right and should 

not and cannot continue,” he 

thundered, adding, “there cannot 

be any future prosperity for 

our people in the short, 

medium and long term if we 

continue to maintain economic 

struggles that are dependent on 

the production and exports of 

raw materials. 

“We must add value to these 

resources and we must industrialise,” 

he said. 

About 5,000 persons are expcted 

to be employed by the 

Ekumfi Fruit Processing factory 

following its completion.

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More bodies from Sierra Leone's deadly mudslide in Guinea 

NINE BODIES believed to 

be from last week's deadly 

mudslides and flooding in 

Sierra Leone have been recovered, 

floating in 

Guinea's territorial waters. 

The bodies, of five men 

and four women, were discovered 

floating on the 

banks of three seaports in 

Conakry, Guinea's capital, 

and one in a jetty in an area 

not far from the border 

with Sierra Leone. 

The Guinean maritime 

authorities and the local 

Red Cross have confirmed 

the recovery of the bodies, 

which have since been 

buried. 

•Floods in Freetown caused mudslides in which at least 

500 people died 



World news in 4 stories 

Tanzania gives UNHCR deadline to return Burundians who want to go home 

• Tanzania has a long history of hosting Burundian refugees 

THE TANZANIAN government 

has given the UN refugee agency, 

UNHCR, seven days to help repatriate 

those Burundian refugees who 

want to go home, or the Tanzanian 

authorities will do the job themselves. 

The UNHCR estimates that 

there are 240,000 Burundians in 

Tanzania who have fled the political 

turmoil, and some of them have 

registered for voluntary repatriation. 

Minister for Internal Affairs 

Mwigulu Nchemba issued the ultimatum 

on Thursday while on an official 

visit to Nduta refugee camp in 

Kigoma, western Tanzania. 

Mr Nchemba accused the 

UNHCR of delaying the return of 

the refugees. 

Over 8,000 refugees from the 

Nduta camp are reported to have 

registered themselves as willing to 

return to Burundi 

Mr Nchemba warned that if 

UNHCR did not immediately start 

returning the refugees the government 

would do so 

If you wont do that, I will ask my 

colleague, the minister of defence to 

give us military trucks to send these 

refugees.” 

The UNHCR says it wants to 

make sure that Burundi is safe 

enough for the refugees to return. 

The Tanzanian government's ultimatum 

comes only a month since 

the Burundian President Pierre 

Nkurunzinza visited Tanzania and 

called on Burundian refugees to go 

home as he assured them that the 

country was stable and safe. BBC 

Boris Johnson says UK was 

'over-optimistic' about Libya 

THE REMOVAL of 

Colonel Gaddafi in 

2011 has been a 

"tragedy so far" for 

the people of Libya, 

Foreign Secretary 

Boris Johnson has said. 

He told BBC Radio 4's Today 

programme that "we were way overoptimistic" 

about Libya's future, 

adding that the elections of 2014 

"made things worse". 

His comments came after a twoday 

visit to Libya, where he urged 

rival parties to compromise and 

unite the country. 

Mr Johnson pledged £9m to help 

tackle people trafficking and terrorism. 

In a landmark meeting, Mr Johnson 

became the first senior Western 

politician to visit the Libyan military 

commander Field Marshal Khalifa 

Haftar on the ground at his home 

base near Benghazi. 

He said Field Marshal Khalifa 

Haftar, who controls eastern Libya, 

has pledged to give up military rule 

if he becomes the country's president. 

Mr Johnson said he pushed the 

point of political compromise to 

Libyan politicians. 

But he said he told Libyan politicians 

to learn from UK Prime Minister 

Theresa May's mistake - and 

not to hold an election before they 

were ready. 

Oliver Miles, the UK's former 

ambassador to Libya and deputy 

chairman of the Libyan British 

Business Council, said that Mr Johnson's 

visit was a "useful and good 

follow-up" to the French president's 

meeting during which Field Marshal 

Haftar and his rival, the UN-backed 

Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, 

agreed to a ceasefire. 

But he told the Today programme 

it was "misleading" to think 

of Libya as divided into two parties, 

adding that it is much more divided 

than that. BBC 

• Mr Johnson discussed Libya's future with Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who heads Libya's National Army 

•Ms Yingluck is the sister of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who 

fled Thailand in 2008 

Yingluck trial: Ex-PM 'flees 

Thailand' ahead of verdict 

FORMER THAI PM Yingluck 

Shinawatra has fled abroad, 

sources say, ahead of a verdict in 

her trial over a rice subsidy 

scheme. 

Sources in her party say she 

made the decision to leave unexpectedly, 

shortly before she was 

due to appear at the Supreme 

Court on negligence charges. 

Her lawyers told the court 

she had been unable to attend 

because she was ill. 

But when she failed to appear, 

the court issued an arrest 

warrant for her and confiscated 

her bail. 

Ms Yingluck has denied any 

wrongdoing in the scheme 

which cost Thailand billions of 

dollars. If found guilty at the 

end of her two-year trial, she 

could be jailed for up to 10 years 

and permanently banned from 

politics. 

Sources within Ms Yingluck's 

Puea Thai Party told Reuters 

that she had "definitely left Thailand" 

but did not give details of 

her whereabouts. 

Prime Minister Prayuth 

Chan-ocha, who heads Thailand's 

military government, said 

all routes out of the country 

were being closely monitored. 

"I just learned that she did 

not show up [at court]," he told 

reporters. "I have ordered border 

checkpoints to be stepped 

up." 

Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan 

initially said he had no information 

on Ms Yingluck's 

whereabouts but as he left a 

meeting in Bangkok he said: "It 

is possible that she has fled already." 

BBC


MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 

Nkrumah Circle interchange besieged again 

NOT LONG ago, the Accra 

Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) 

embarked on a decongestion exercise 

at the Kwame Kwame 

Nkrumah Circle Interchange, 

which led to the destruction of 

property belonging to the scores 

of hawkers and traders who ply 

their trade there. 

A taskforce of about 40 personnel 

drawn from the AMA and 

the police forcibly ejected the illegal 

occupants of the walkways 

and disrupted trading activities of 

the traders, many of whom were 

table-top business men and 

women. 

Prior to the exercise, the AMA 

had warned the traders to vacate 

the walkways and pavements 

around the overpass to decongest 

the area. 

But the warning went unheeded 

as trading activities kept 

booming in the affected areas 

when there were empty stores 

within the Odorna market that 

the traders could acquire and do 

business there. 

Giving the rationale for the exercise, 

the Public Relations Officer 

of the AMA, Numo Blafo III, 

told the media that the exercise 

was the beginning of efforts to 

achieve the government’s aim of 

making Accra the cleanest city in 

Africa. 

The DAILY HERITAGE 

at the time predicted that the 

traders would reassemble and 

come back to the pavements if 

the authorities fail to sustain the 

exercise with periodic checks. 

We suggested to the AMA to 

put measures in place to sustain 

the exercise by preventing a return 

of the traders. 

Months down the lane, some 

of the traders have regrouped 

and flooded the interchange 

again. 

As stated earlier, failure by 

the AMA to sustain any decongestion 

exercise will amount to 

waste of resources and time. 

We, thus, want to reiterate 

our call on the AMA to restrategise 

and decongest the 

area and sustain the exercise. 

Woman, 56, hit with club 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

Philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

ACRIMINAL Investigations 

Department 

(CID) 

officer at the 

Nsawam Police 

Station, Chief Inspector 

Addae, has been accused 

by a 56-year-old trader, Mrs 

Regina Afam, of failing to process 

an assault case against a 49-yearold 

mason, Mr William Tome, for 

court three weeks after she was 

assaulted. 

According to her, Inspector 

Addae has on many occasions 

failed to produce the suspect after 

granting him bail and arranging 

meetings between the two to determine 

the substance of the case. 

Speaking to the DAILY 

HERITAGE in an interview, 

the 56-year-old trader said after 

insisting on sending the case to 

court, the case has been dragging. 

Mrs Afam also told the paper 

that the Crime Officer at the station 

got to know of the case on 

August 23, 2017 three weeks after 

she reported it at the station. 

At the police station last 

Thursday, August 24, 2017, In- 

• Nsawam police accused of shielding suspect 

spector Addae told this reporter 

that Mr Tome would not be able 

to make it for a scheduled meeting 

because his wife was going for 

an X-ray at the Korle-Bu Teaching 

Hospital. 

Mrs Afam said on one of the 

occasions, she received a call from 

the CID that her landlord and the 

•Regina Afam, the victim 

suspect were at the police station 

pleading to settle the case at home 

to which he had consented. 

“I angrily came to the house 

and asked my landlord, but he denied 

so I took him to the police 

station but when we reached the 

police station, Inspector Addae 

said he (landlord) was not the one 

who came there with the suspect. 

“There was an earlier attempt 

by the chief of New Effutu, 

where we live, to take the case out 

of the police station for settlement 

but I refused it,” she stated. 

Narrating her ordeal to the 

DAILY HERITAGE, Mrs 

Afam said on July 30, at around 

7:00 p.m. she was returning from 

the market with her daughter and 

grandchild when they met the suspect 

and one of his friends. 

She said “the two men had interaction 

with my two-year-old 

grandchild so when we entered 

the house, I heard Mr Tome informing 

his wife that my grandchild 

behaved strangely, so his 

wife branded us as witches.” 

The woman said her daughter 

insulted them for calling them 

witches and this led to a fight between 

her and their 10-year-old 

boy. 

She added that when she intervened, 

Tome allegedly “slapped 

and hit me with a club which 

broke into two. This attracted 

shouts from onlookers, who came 

to my rescue.” 

Mrs Afam said she got dizzy 

and sustained bruises on her right 

jaw and was quickly rushed to the 

Nsawam Police Station and subsequently 

given hospital forms, 

which she took to the Nsawam 

Government Hospital for treatment. 

She added that ever since she 

returned the police forms and the 

X-ray results, the police had failed 

to produce the suspect or prepare 

the docket for his superior for advice.


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Clear your indebtedness with 

ECG first, ‘Mr’ Government 

BY NANA BRAM OKAE II 

THE BROUHAHA 

surrounding the 

issue as to whether 

the Electricity Company 

of Ghana 

needs a strategic 

partner or a complete take-over is 

quite needless if the proper things 

have been appropriately done in the 

first place. 

Owner of ECG 

Currently, the government of 

Ghana is the sole owner of ECG 

but I’m afraid the owner in this 

context is not living up to expectation. 

Thus, when government takes 

ECG to the cleaners and accuses it 

of all sorts of things including lacking 

funds for running the facility, 

mismanagement and incompetence, 

etc., etc, some of us find it difficult 

to understand what the government 

is up to. 

The government does not fulfill 

all of its financial obligations to 

ECG but it expects it to break even 

or even make profits and have 

money on its own for infrastructural 

development. This can’t be, 

given the inertia of government towards 

ECG. 

Recalcitrant debtor 

Government is the single largest 

recalcitrant debtor on the books of 

ECG. This is followed by companies 

and industries and finally, several 

private individuals who are into 

illegal connection. 

But, by and large it’s the ordinary 

man or woman in the street 

who pays for their electricity consumption. 

And particularly in this 

era of pre-paid metering you cannot 

have power if you don’t purchase 

for re-loading. 

When the ordinary man goes to 

purchase top-up credit, he pays for 

service charge, among other things; 

he also pays for public light; he, as 

well, pays for government levy before 

paying for the consumption itself. 

All of these go to boost the 

• Boakye Agyarko, Energy Minister 

cost of the individual user of electricity 

in Ghana. 

If workers of ECG were to be 

able to collect all that is owed them 

by the government of Ghana and 

the companies and industries, most 

of their financial problems will be 

solved but that is not the case. 

Grapevine 

The grapevine has it that some 

workers of ECG are in collusion 

with company owners who pay less 

for power consumed. And the difference 

is put into private pockets. 

If this practice can be curtailed, so 

much the better. 

The bulk of the financial problems 

of ECG comes from government, 

the owner of the facility. 

You see, government is the 

largest user of power and it must 

be seen to be walking its talk by 

paying for what it uses when the 

bill is presented to it. 

Now, let’s look at government 

institutions that hardly pay for electricity 

used. The seat of government, 

Flagstaff House, must have 

electricity constantly, without a 

blink but does it in the same vein 

pay for the power used? Obviously 

not! This is an aberration. We 

should budget for this and pay the 

money to ECG to add to their 

funds for their operations. 

Ministries 

All the ministries at Osu and 

their branches at the regional and 

district capitals hardly pay electricity 

bills. What is worrying also is the 

fact that when officials have closed 

and gone home you will hear the 

buzzing sounds of air-conditioners 

when you pass by. You will also see 

ceiling fan blades rotating, meaning 

that they have not been put off. In 

several instances you will also see 

that office lights have not been 

switched off by those who should 

The government does not fulfill all of its financial obligations to ECG 

but it expects it to break even or even make profits and have money 

on its own for infrastructural development. This can’t be, given the 

inertia of government towards ECG. 

do that. 

Hospitals 

By the nature of their work all 

hospitals, particularly government 

hospitals, should have 24-hour 

power supply or we would have 

needless deaths on our hands every 

so often. Thus, whenever a hospital 

is disconnected for non-payment 

of bills by any hospital, instructions 

are given for re-connection immediately 

by politicians. This is to save 

lives, obviously. 

But has the politician ever 

thought that ECG needs funds to 

operate without which it will collapse? 

Who pays for the crude oil 

that the power producers require 

for their giant machines? Who pays 

for the liquefied natural gas that the 

gas turbines use in generating electricity? 

Where does money come 

from to pay salaries of workers of 

ECG but from consumers? 

Barracks 

All police barracks in the country 

are lit with power sold by ECG. 

Wives of officers and other ranks 

use fridges and freezers and even 

sell cold water. Who pays for their 

consumption of electricity? 

All prisons in the country and 

all prison barracks depend on the 

government to pay their bills for 

them. But does this happen? 

All military facilities look up to 

government to settle their electricity 

bills for them and if that doesn’t 

happen then it goes to swell the indebtedness 

of government on the 

books of ECG. Must this continue 

forever and ever? 

Universities 

Universities, senior high schools 

and all other government agencies 

rely on government to settle their 

electricity bills but I suspect this is 

not high on the agenda of the government, 

so these bills are hardly 

settled. You may even recall the incident 

at Koforidua Technical University 

sometime ago where the 

whole of the Registry was plunged 

into darkness over non-payment of 

electricity bills. It took the intervention 

of the government before reconnection 

was effected but that 

was even without paying for what 

was due. 

All these go to add to the indebtedness 

of government to 

ECG. My instincts tell me therefore 

that the financial problems of ECG 

can be solved if the government 

does something positive about what 

it owes the Company. 

Night markets 

Having said this, we also need to 

talk about the malfeasance that we 

can heap at the door-step of ECG. 

When you visit all the night 

markets at Odorkor, Kaneshie, 

Mamprobi, Osu, La, Teshie, Tema, 

Nkrumah Circle and all other night 

markets in the regions and districts, 

you will see bright light at every 

table, meaning that power is connected 

to all these corners. 

Who did the connection to all 

these traders? And who collects the 

money that is due? No doubt, all 

these are illegal connections for 

which reason all payments are also 

illegally directed to individual pockets. 

Meters 

Although pre-paid metering is 

on the rise, there are still several 

areas in the country that use postpaid 

meters. There is a big problem 

over these post-paid meters. 

In several instances, bills for 

households using post-paid meters 

never get to consumers promptly. 

There are stories of settlements 

which started receiving their bills 4 

years after completion of the project 

and this doesn’t augur well for 

the company, obviously. 

All these can happen because 

some workers of the company are 

not committed to their work and 

are never mindful of where the 

money for their salaries comes 

from. For them, the end of the 

month means salary payment 

whether they work or not. 

Management 

Management of ECG needs to 

sit up and check all these lapses 

coming from within. There is so 

much they can do to turn things 

around for themselves. Thereafter, 

we can take government on to play 

its part. 

If government doesn’t settle it’s 

indebtedness to ECG to wipe the 

slate clean first of all, whatever it 

does to the company, whether it’s 

partial take-over, or complete takeover, 

or strategic partnership, the 

huge indebtedness will still be there 

to cause problems for ECG. 

Come on government, do what 

is expected of you!


Health benefits 

of walking for 

middle-aged 

people 

Walking strengthens your heart 

Reduce your risk of heart disease 

and stroke by walking regularly. It’s 

great cardio exercise, lowering levels of 

LDL (bad) cholesterol while increasing 

levels of HDL (good) cholesterol 

Lowers disease risk 

A regular walking habit slashes the 

risk of type 2 diabetes by around 60% 

and you’re 20% less likely to develop 

cancer of the colon, breast or womb 

with an active hobby such as walking. 

Walking helps you lose weight 

You’ll burn around 75 calories simply 

by walking at 2mph for 30 minutes. 

Up your speed to 3mph and it’s 99 

calories, while 4mph is 150 calories 

(equivalent to three Jaffa cakes and a 

jam doughnut!). 

Its prevents dementia 

Older people who walk six miles or 

more per week are more likely to avoid 

brain shrinkage and preserve memory 

as the years pass. Since dementia affects 

one in 14 people over 65 and one 

in six over 80, we reckon that’s a pretty 

great idea. 

Tones up legs, bums and tums 

Give definition to calves, quads and 

hamstrings while lifting your glutes 

(bum muscles) with a good, regular 

walk. Add hill walking into the mix 

and it’s even more effective. Pay attention 

to your posture and you’ll also 

tone your abs and waist. 



&Env. 

Vodafone supports 

pregnant women in E/R 

VODAFONE HAS 

received commendation 

for its free ultrasound 

scans for 

pregnant women in 

the Eastern Region. 

The platform, which was in 

partnership with Divine Mother 

and Child (D-MAC) Foundation, 

has become integral in reducing 

maternal and child mortality for 

hundreds of residents in underprivileged 

communities in Ayensuano, 

Akyemansa, Suhum, 

Akwapim South and other areas. 

In a released copied to the 

DAILY HERITAGE, the Coordinator 

for the Eastern Regional 

Community-based Health Planning 

and Services, Mrs Augustina 

Nartey, praised Vodafone Foundation 

for making pregnancy scans 

easily accessible in the region. 

Mrs Nartey aid women in rural 

areas across Ghana often died due 

to the inaccessibility of ultrasound 

screenings in their communities. 

“Using the ultra sound facility 

has helped women track the 

progress and delivery dates of 

their babies in a rapid way and I 

want to thank Vodafone and Divine 

Mother for doing such a fantastic 

job,” she stated. 

Mrs Nartey said there have 

even been instances where some 

of the women were found with fibroid 

complications and were immediately 

given medical attention 

to save their lives. 

Ebenezer Amankwah, Corporate 

Relations Manager at Vodafone 

Ghana, said, “We are making 

this contribution to ease the burden 

of pregnant women who are 

denied such opportunities in their 

communities. Our mothers deserve 

better and we are proud to 

be at the forefront of this together 

with Divine Mother.” 

The free mobile ultrasound 

scan is part of plans by Vodafone 

Ghana Foundation to support the 

government in achieving the Millennium 

Development Goal of reducing 

the maternal mortality rate 

in the country. 

•Mrs Augustina Nartey, Coordinator for the Eastern Regional Community-based Health 

Planning and Services 

10 minutes’ walk daily reduces death 15% 

MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE are 

being urged to walk faster to help 

stay healthy, amid concern high 

levels of inactivity may be harming 

their health. 

Officials at the Public Health in 

England (PHE) said the amount 

of activity people did started to 

tail off from the age of 40. 

They are urging those between 

the ages of 40 and 60 to start 

doing regular brisk walks. Just 10 

minutes a day could have a major 

impact, reducing the risk of early 

death by 15%, they say. 

But PHE estimates four out of 

every 40- to 60-year-olds do not 

even manage a brisk 10-minute 

walk each month. 

To help the government agency 

in promoting a free app ‘Active 10’ 

which monitors the amount of 

brisk walking an individual does, it 

provides tips on how to incorporate 

more walking into the daily 

routine. 

PHE Deputy Medical Director, 

Dr Jenny Harries, said, “I know 

firsthand that juggling priorities of 

•Maureen has now started leading organised walks 

everyday life often means exercise 

takes a back seat. 

“But walking to the shops instead 

of driving, or going for a 

brisk 10-minute walk on your 

lunch break each day can add 

many healthy years to your life.” 

Ms Maureen Ejimofor, 44, 

started taking regular walks three 

years ago in a bid to improve her 

health. 

At the time, she weighed 18 

stone and wanted to make a 

change. Within seven months, she 

had lost nearly five stone. 

Ms Ejimofor joined a locally 

organised walking group in Kent 

and loved it so much she ended up 

becoming a walk leader in charge 

of taking groups of people out at 

the weekend. 

She has been using the ‘Active 

10’ app and encourages others to 

do the same, describing it as ‘really 

useful’ in persuading users to get a 

‘burst’ of brisk walking into their 

day. 

GPs are also being encouraged 

to get their patients walking faster 

- defined as a walk of at least 

3mph that leaves you breathing 

faster and increases your heart 

rate. 

Dr Zoe Williams, of the Royal 

College of GPs, said “Every GP 

should talk to their patients about 

the benefits of brisk walking and 

recommend the Active 10 app.” 

The PHE is focusing on those 

in middle age because of the drop 

in activity levels. 

It is recommended that people 

do 150 minutes of activity a week, 

but nearly half of those aged 40 to 

60 fail to achieve that and one in 

five does less than 30 minutes. 

While a daily 10-minute brisk 

walk will not get them to the recommended 

level, it will be enough 

to start making a difference to 

high blood pressure, diabetes, 

weight issues, depression and anxiety 

and musculoskeletal problems 

such as lower back pain. 

PHE also hopes by getting this 

age group active, it will have a 

knock-on effect among those who 

have children. BBC 

It is recommended 

that people do 150 

minutes of activity a 

week, but nearly half 

of those aged 40 to 

60 fail to achieve 

that and one in five 

does less than 30 

minutes.

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Fidelity Bank 

worker jailed 15yrs 

for robbery 



A 

VAULT Assistant at the Kaneshie branch of 

the Fidelity Bank, Osman Abdul Gafaru, has 

found himself at the wrong side of the law 

and been sentenced to 15 years in hard labour 

for robbery. 

Gafaru, 27, was arrested after he broke 

into the bank together with one Caesar 

currently at large and robbed it. 

He pleaded not guilty to all four charges 

pressed against him during the trial. 

He was charged with conspiracy to commit 

crime, attempt to commit crime, unlawful 

entry and causing unlawful damage to 

property contrary to section 172 of the 

Criminal Code ACT 29/60. 

The Circuit Court in Accra presided over 

by His Honour, Mr Aboagye Tandoh, in his 

ruling, said the prosecution had been able to 

prove beyond reasonable doubt that Gafaru 

was guilty. 

According to the judge, Gafaru’s assertion 

that he went to the bank on the said Sunday 

with Caesar, somebody he claimed he did not 

know, was a figment of imagination. 

He said the convict knew the workings of 

the bank and therefore intended to rob the 

complainant. 

On the count of conspiracy to commit 

crime, the court said the prosecution failed to 

prove the guilt of the accused and therefore 

acquitted and discharged him on count one. 

On the count of unlawful entry, the court 

said it was unlawful for the accused person to 

enter the bank without any permission and his 

intention was to rob and that Gafaru no doubt 

worked with the bank, but his presence [at the 

Bank on Sunday] was inconsistent with his 

duty at the bank at the time. 

Mr Tandoh said though he went there, it 

was without supervision from his superiors 

and unlawfully caused damage to the door 

locks valued at GH¢ 1, 000.00. 

The judge, while sentencing him, said the 

youth should be content with what they have 

and strive for what they want and not be 

swayed by friends. 

He ordered that the equipment retrieved 

from him should be destroyed three months 

after judgement. 

Brief facts 

Brief facts of the case as presented to the 

court by Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu were 

that the complainant, Bless Ayikoe, is a 

security officer working with Checks and Alert 

Security Services and resided at 

Laterbiokorshie, whilst Osman Abdul Gafaru 

is a Vault Assistant with Fedelity Bank, 

Kaneshie branch, and resides at Akweiteman. 

According to policeman, on January 20, 

2016, one Thomas Aboagye, also a security 

man of the same security company and a 

witness in the case, was on duty at the said 

bank from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

The prosecutor said he (Aboagye) was 

waiting for his colleague for the shift who had 

not reported after 6:00 p.m and therefore left 

the post to purchase food. 

According to him, in his absence, Gafaru 

and his accomplice, Caesar, now at large, came 

in at 7: 30 p.m, went for the keys and opened 

the gate. 

He entered the premises of the bank at 

Kaneshie and locked the main gate. 

He said the two, with the aid of a pinch 

bar and claw hummer, broke into the bank 

into the banking hall. 

The prosecutor said Gafaru was inside 

operating whilst Caesar was spying and the 

complainant upon his arrival, knocked several 

times, but his knock elicited no response. 

He then decided to climb into the yard but 

while entering the yard, Caesar attacked him 

with a military knife and stabbed him in his 

right palm and on his forehead. 

According to the 

judge, Gafaru’s 

assertion that he went 

to the bank on the 

said Sunday with 

Caesar, somebody he 

claimed he did not 

know was a figment of 

imagination. He said 

the convict knew the 

workings of the bank 

and therefore 

intended to rob the 

complainant. 

According to the prosecutor, the 

complainant started bleeding profusely and 

screamed for assistance and a group of young 

men came to his aid. 

Gafaru, he said, upon on hearing the 

screaming, tried to escape but he was 

apprehended by a mob while Caesar, his 

accomplice, managed to escape. 

He said when Gafaru was arrested, a bag 

found on him contained a pair of handcuffs, 

two masks, a twine, a claw hummer and a 

pinch bar. The items were brought to the 

Kaneshie Police Station, where the 

complainant made a report. 

The prosecutor said he was given a police 

medical form to attend hospital for treatment 

and admitted the offence in his caution 

statement and was charged with the offences 

after investigations. 

D-Day for Akua Donkor’s $30,000 robbers deferred 



JUDGEMENT FOR three persons 

standing trial for allegedly attacking 

and robbing the founder of the 

Ghana Freedom Party (GFP), 

Madam Akua Donkor, of a sum of 

$30, 000 and GH¢ 3,000.00 has been 

deferred to Tuesday, August 29. 

The court was expected to put 

finality to the eight months’ trial on 

Thursday following closing of their 

respective cases. 

When the case was called in a 

very heavily packed court, the 

presiding magistrate, His Honour, Mr 

Aboagye Tandoh, indicated that “we 

cannot take the judgement today, let’s 

come on Tuesday.” 

The three accused persons, 

Yakubu Yussif, a trader, Banabas 

Kayase, a driver, and Abdul Rasak 

Shaibu, a member of the Ghana 

Private Road Transport Union 

THE MINISTER of 

Sanitation and Water 

Resources, Mr Joseph 

Kofi Adda, has 

revealed that his 

ministry inherited an 

outstanding debt of GH¢ 

892,000,000 from the previous 

government owed to waste 

management companies. 

According to the minister, the 

debt accrued from the provision of 

fumigation services, compensation 

for Ghana Youth Employment and 

Entrepreneur Development 

Agencies employees and sanitation 

guards, provision of landfill 

management services, as well as 

debts arising out of contracts with 

the Ministry of Local Government 

and Rural Development and the 

Municipal, Metropolitan and 

District Assemblies. 

Mr Adda, at a press briefing in 

Accra on Friday, said the 

government had not only 

successfully negotiated the 

taskforce, have been accused of 

conspiracy and robbery but they 

denied the charges. 

Final day of argument 

At the final day of his crossexamination 

after he had put forth 

his defence, Abdul Rasak told the 

court that he gave the police $7,000 

during his arrest and not $4,900 as 

tendered in evidence to the court by 

the investigator. 

When he was cross-examined by 

Chief Inspector Duuti Tuarika to the 

effect that the police recovered 

$4,900 from him, Razak said, “I gave 

the police $7,000 when they arrested 

me and not $4,900.” 

He also told the court that 

prosecution’s claim that (Madam 

Akua Donkor ‘s) handbag containing 

her passport, voter’s ID cards and 

other documents were retrieved by 

the police in a nearby bush could not 

be true because he personally handed 

over the items to the police when 

settlement of the debts, but had 

also commenced payment and 

made resources available 

for the emergency 

evacuation of the 

heaps of refuse, 

especially in Accra 

and all regional 

capitals. 

“The 

Ministry of 

Finance has 

released funds 

for the 

immediate 

evacuation of 

waste. The 

evacuation will also 

bring in its wake the 

closure of illegal 

dumpsites dotted 

throughout the capital of 

Accra,” he revealed. 

The Minister pointed out that 

the Ministry of Finance has also 

released an amount of GH¢ 

50,000,000 to construct 15 minitransfer 

stations in addition to the 

evacuation start. 

search was conducted in his room. 

According to him, they took the 

complainant’s bag because they 

wanted to prevent her from leaving 

the country since she (Akua Donkor) 

had informed them that she was 

running away for her life, and that 

Policies 

The minister explained that 

besides applying the sector-wide 

approach to develop a 

comprehensive and integrated 

once New Patriotic 

Party (NPP) had won 

the 2016 general 

election, there was the 

likelihood that some 

NPP members would kill 

her. 

NDC left GH¢ 892,000,000 waste 

management debt – Kofi Adda 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

•Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister 

of Sanitation and Water 

Resources 

•The three accused persons 

strategic plan with an Action Plan, 

the ministry has also been able to 

complete a draft policy paper for 

the approval of Cabinet to 

establish a National Sanitation 

Authority with a supporting 

sanitation fund to serve as a 

dedicated agency to 

regulate and lead the 

implementation of the 

sanitation policies, as well 

as provide reliable and 

regular funding to support 

effective service delivery. 

He said “the policy also 

makes provision for the 

establishment of a dedicated 

enforcement team under the 

authority to be called National 

Sanitation Brigade that would 

ensure compliance to laid-down 

laws and regulations.” 

Funds 

Mr Adda pointed out that the 

ministry has secured funds and is 

evaluating proposals to roll out the 

construction of household, 

institutional and market toilets to 

improve Ghana’s rating 

• Akua Donkor, founder 

of GFP 

internationally on improved 

sanitation. 

“Such funds would also be used 

to develop new sewage systems, as 

well as re-open old ones in addition 

to drilling more boreholes,” he said. 

He also said that the African 

Development Bank, Chinese Exim 

Bank, and the World Bank are 

among some of the sources of 

development financing secured to 

undertake these projects. 

Investors 

The Minister also said 

considering that waste is now 

regarded as a resource, the 

processing of waste into byproducts 

is high on the agenda of 

the government. 

“The ministry is currently in 

consultation with various investors 

to convert our waste into various 

value-added products such as 

energy, compost fertiliser and 

recycled plastics and paper. This will 

reduce the final residue of waste to 

a minimum level which would not 

require huge landfill sites into which 

to dispose it off,” he said. 

Background 

The prosecution said on the said 

day, Akua, together with Yusif and 

Kayase, were on board her vehicle – 

a Mitsubishi Pajero with registration 

number GT 6028-16 – from Taifa 

heading towards the Kotoka 

International Airport to catch a flight 

to the United States of America. 

“Akua decided to pass home and 

on reaching Sowutuom, immediately 

after the Agbeve Herbal Clinic area, 

Opoku Agyemang called Kayase on 

phone and asked where they have 

reached while Razak, Joe and Lion 

were waiting to execute their 

agenda,” Chief Supt. Tuaruka told 

the court. 

He said the three, armed with 

guns on board an unregistered 

motorbike, appeared behind the 

vehicle, and “as soon as Kayase 

spotted the armed men, he reduced 

the speed of the car, showing double 

hazard indicators that the 

complainant was in the car.” 

Kayase, according to the 

prosecutor, parked the vehicle and 

the armed men attacked the 

complainant with guns and took the 

monies and items and then dragged 

her from the vehicle and escaped 

with the booty. 

The prosecution said on 

December 31, last year, Razak was 

arrested when he was called by Yusif 

to come for his share of the booty. 

When Razak was searched, US$ 

4,900 was retrieved from him. 

He said upon interrogation Razak 

admitted the offence and mentioned 

Joe and Nuamah as his accomplices. 

He stated that after the operation, 

they shared the monies and threw the 

bag into a nearby bush at Anyaa. He 

later led the police to retrieve the bag. 

Opoku Agyemang, who was 

initially mentioned as one of the 

accused persons, has since been 

acquitted and discharged by the 

court. 

FOSDA urges 

ECOWAS, AU to 

intervene in 

Togo crisis 

THE FOUNDATION for 

Security and Development in 

Africa (FOSDA), a regional 

security Civil Society 

Organisation, is calling on 

ECOWAS and the African 

Union to intervene in the 

ongoing Togo political 

situation to prevent further 

crises. 

According to FOSDA, the 

situation in Togo was 

gradually escalating. 

"The loss of two lives on 

August 19 is enough for the 

regional bodies to move in 

and initiate a dialogue 

between the Government of 

Togo and the opposition," 

Ms Afi Yakubu, the Executive 

Director of FOSDA, who 

made the comments in an 

interview with the Ghana 

News Agency in Accra, said 

the Foundation was urging 

ECOWAS and the AU not to 

wait for another Burkina Faso 

to happen. 

"It has become obvious 

that the periodic 

demonstrations and agitation 

of the opposition is growing 

and gaining grounds. 

"It will be unfair and 

unfortunate to lose another 

life on this same ground 

when the indicators are 

glare," Ms Yakubu said.. 

According to the 

Foundation, both ECOWAS 

and the AU had the mandate 

to intervene and ensure that 

peace and stability was 

restored to the West African 

State. GNA


25TH 

AUGUST 2017 

FRIDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.3962 4.4006 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

5.6632 

5.6697 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.2157 

5.2203 

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

450MW Karpowership to 

improve power supply 

•Dr Ernest Addison, Governor of BoG 

BoG warns public against 

dealing with Monidoubla 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE BANK of 

Ghana has cautioned 

Ghanaians to stay 

away from depositing 

money with an 

online financial entity 

by name Monidoubla, which 

uses mobile money platforms as 

the means to receive the money. 

The central bank said that the 

entity’s operations are contrary to 

section 6(1) of the Banks and Specialised 

Deposit-taking Institutions 

Act, 2016 (Act 930), and also 

threatens the safety and soundness 

of the financial system.. 

A statement copied to the 

DAILY HERITAGE stated 

that from investigations, funds are 

being mobilised and paid to members 

of the Monidoubla ‘community’ 

via mobile money. 

The central bank warns the 

general public that Monidoubla is 

not licensed by the bank to engage 

in any form of deposit-taking 

business. 

It stated that “anyone who does 

business with Monidoubla does so 

at his or her own risk.” 

GHANA’S SECOND Karpowership 

with a 450-megawatt capacity 

has arrived in the country 

to help augment the country’s 

current energy supply. 

The new vessel, named 

Osman Khan, will replace the 

current 225 megawatts barge 

which was delivered in November 

2015 and docked at the 

Tema Fishing Harbour. 

The arrival of Karadeniz 

Powership Osman Khan is in 

consonance with the Power 

Purchase Agreement signed 

with the Electricity Company of 

Ghana (ECG) requiring Karpowership 

Ghana Company 

Limited to provide a total of 

450MW capacity and directly 

feed it into the national grid for 

10 years, a statement by Karpowership 

stated. 

“It is approximately 50m 

wide and 300m long, with dual 

fuel engines – utilizing low sulphuric 

HFO and NG fixed to 

function,” it explained. 

According to the statement, 

it will also be connected to the 

national grid, it will work alongside 

the barge for about a 

month, by which time the vessel 

might have been well stabilized 

before the 225mg barge is decommissioned 

and moved out 

of Ghana. 

It also stated that the operations 

of the 450 MW Osman 

Khan Karadeniz Powership is 

likely to have a significant contribution 

to Ghana’s electricity 

supply as the most reliable 

power plant in the country and 

create more employment opportunities. 

Former HFC Bank CEO sworn in as Minister in Trinidad & Tobago 

THE IMMEDIATE past CEO of 

HFC Bank, Mr Robert Le Hunte, has 

been sworn in as Senator and Minister 

of Public Utilities in The Republic 

of Trinidad and Tobago. 

Mr Le Hunte, whose swearing-in 

took place at the President’s House 

on Thursday, August 24, 2017, will be 

responsible for business of the government, 

including the administration 

of the departments under that ministry. 

Mr Le Hunte is a graduate of the 

University of Western Ontario, 

Canada, where he earned a degree in 

Economics, while he holds an MBA 

from the University of Manchester, 

UK and an MSc. in Accounting from 

the University of West Indies. 

He has been an Executive Director 

at HFC Bank Ghana Limited 

since April 2013 and its Executive Director 

of Risk Management until 

April 2015. 

He was also Managing Director 

from April 2015 to August 21, 2017. 

Mr Le Hunte is a former General 

Manager of Special Projects of Republic 

Bank Limited and Chief Executive 

Officer and Managing Director 

of Barbados National Bank Inc. 

He has held the position of Chief 

Executive Officer of Barbados National 

Bank and served as Director at 

Barbados National Bank Inc & Subsidiaries. 

He also functioned as a Director 

of National Enterprises Limited from 

June 1, 2012 to November 2013. 

He is a member of the Institute of 

Chartered Accountants of Trinidad 

and Tobago. 

•Mr Robert Le Hunte (L) signing the documents



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Politics 

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be 

angry with the right person and to the right degree and 

at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the 

right way - that is not within everybody's power and is 

not easy —Aristotle 

Clear mess at Lands Commission 

– Prez charges new Board 

THE PRESIDENT 

of the Republic, 

Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, has 

charged the newly 

constituted Board of 

the National Lands Commission 

to clear the mess at the Commission, 

and ensure that the process 

of acquisition and use of land is 

not cumbersome, and is governed 

by law. 

According to President Akufo- 

Addo, “on a daily basis, and I 

know I am not alone in making 

this observation, we hear of 

countless lamentations from many 

Ghanaians, who face great difficulty 

in trying to access services at 

the Lands Commission.” 

The processes of procuring 

land, and registering land titles, the 

President said, are fraught with so 

much bureaucracy and so much 

corruption. 

He noted that, for example, to 

conduct a simple search of the details 

of a parcel of land, before 

making final payment to the owners, 

is a process that takes weeks, 

and, if you are not lucky, months. 

•President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 

“Even at that, one would have 

to part with some amount of 

money before the search is conducted 

at the Lands Commission. 

After receiving the details of the 

search, and satisfying oneself 

about the genuineness or otherwise 

of the land, then comes another 

nightmare – registration of 

the land title,” the President said. 

He continued, “We have heard 

on several occasions about mysterious 

disappearances of indentures 

and other land title 

documents from the Lands Commission, 

only for them to be replaced 

with documents belonging 

to others. If you are lucky enough 

to have your documents remaining 

intact at the Commission, registering 

a piece of land can take years.” 

President Akufo-Addo made 

this known on Thursday, August 

24, 2017, when the inaugurated 

the newly Board of the National 

Lands Commission. 

“Indeed, it appears that, for the 

right amount of money, any transaction, 

legal or illegal, can be procured 

at the Lands Commission. 

It is deeply regrettable that the 

very problems that led to the establishment 

of the Lands Commission 

and the implementation 

of a land administration reform 

programme, through the Land 

Administration Projects, still persist,” 

he said. 

This, he stressed, is not right, 

and this has to end. 

The President told the Board 

that the Ghanaian people were 

dissatisfied with the direction in 

which this country was headed, 

and, thus, voted to change course 

and give them a Ghana where systems 

work, and where shady acts, 

such as those taking place at the 

Lands Commission, are curtailed. 

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administration of lands 

President Akufo-Addo charged 

the Board to implement the policies 

contained in the NPP’s 2016 

Manifesto, aimed at streamlining 

the administration of lands in our 

country. 

Amongst others, the President 

charged the board to speed up 

land services and enhance the accuracy 

of land certificates and 

records by investing in turning the 

Lands Commission into a true 

digital organization, to reduce the 

need for clerical or administrative 

paper shuffling and to free professional 

staff to focus on technical, 

policy and strategic land administration 

issues, where required. 

He also charged the Board to 

also ensure that turnaround time 

for land registration is reduced to 

30 working days, and fully decentralise 

the Lands Commission and 

land services to the district level, 

so as to help reduce the cost of 

land services, by making such 

services accessible electronically 

and at the district levels. 

President Akufo-Addo also the 

Commission to release publicly 

held lands for productive uses, explaining 

that freeing up surplus 

and underutilized lands, held by 

public departments for housing 

and commercial developments, 

will boost economic development 

and reduce the housing deficit. 

“This is a heavy charge I give 

to you, members of the newly 

constituted Board of the National 

Lands Commission, and it is my 

hope and expectation that you will 

ensure the full and speedy implementation 

of these initiatives. 

Your selection, as members of 

the Lands Commission, was made 

to bring your rich experience and 

expertise to good and beneficial 

use for the effective administration 

of lands, and, ultimately, to 

the benefit of the Ghanaian people,” 

he stressed. 

Describing the task ahead as a 

daunting one, President Akufo- 

Addo assured the board that “you 

have my full support to undertake 

all the measures and reforms required 

to enable you succeed. I 

will ensure that the Minister for 

Lands and Natural Resources and 

the Minister for Monitoring and 

Evaluation work closely with you 

so that we all remain on the right 

track.” 

An efficient system of lands 

administration, he added, “is critical 

to our rapid social and economic 

development, for it is an 

important ingredient in a successful 

programme of industrial and 

agricultural transformation on 

which we are embarked.” 

Help build our capacities in Public Procurement – Adwoa Safo to CIPS 

BY STEPHEN ODOI-LARBI 

THE MINISTER of State 

in charge of Public Procurement, 

Sarah Adwoa Safo, 

has made a passionate appeal 

to the Chartered Institute 

of Procurement and 

Supply (CIPS) to help build 

the capacities of Ghanaian 

players who are directly involved 

in the procurement 

process of the country. 

She believes that assistance 

from the UK based 

procurement and supply 

management firm will add 

impetus to President Nana 

Addo Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo’s commitment to 

fighting corruption. 

• Adwoa Safo (4th L) with officials from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply 

“Issues of procurement 

are very dear to the President. 

He wants us to find a 

way to reduce if not totally 

eliminated, all the human 

face in the procurement 

transaction. Therefore, on 

behalf of the President and 

the good people of Ghana, 

I am appealing to your good 

office to assist us to build 

on our capacities in that sector,” 

she noted when interacting 

with officials from 

CIPS who paid a courtesy 

call on her at her office in 

Accra last Wednesday. 

The CIPS officials were 

led by their Director, Duncan 

Brock. 

The procurement lawyer 

reiterated that when practitioners 

of the procurement 

system are regularly given 

training to update their 

knowledge in modern trends 

of the procurement system, 

they will not have any excuse 

to flout the regulations 

and the practices. 

“Regular training on best 

procurement practices will 

help upgrade the knowledge 

of our professionals on the 

field and also minimise corruption 

in the system if not 

totally eliminated,” she 

noted. 

CIPS’ visit to the Public 

Procurement Minister was 

to inform her about their 

preparedness to establish a 

training center in Ghana 

that will enable them to train 

all players engaged in the 

purchasing and supply chain 

management to become 

professionals in their field. 

Duncan Brock on his 

part promised to assist train 

Ghanaian procurement 

practitioners to make them 

expert on the field.


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HERITAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 

Kasapa FM pays bill 

of ‘burnt baby’ 

detained by KATH 

BY FRANCISCA EMEFA ENCHILL 

KASAPA 102.5 

FM on Friday 

paid the medical 

bill of a-one-andhalf-year-old 

boy, 

Stephen Otchere, 

who was admitted, treated and 

discharged from the Okomfo 

Anokye Teaching Hospital 

(KATH) but detained over failure 

to pay his medical bill. 

The child was admitted to the 

Burns and Intensive Care Unit of 

the hospital on July 8, 2017 and 

was discharged from it on August 

16, 2017 but detained afterwards 

after his mother disclosed her inability 

to pay GH¢ 10,181.00 

medical bill given her by KATH. 

The mother of the boy, Agnes 

Nkrumah, who is a single parent, 

reached out to EIB Network’s 

Kumasi-based Abusua Fm for assistance. 

Kasapa FM 102.5 FM 

in Accra was informed about the 

plea of the woman and it began 

an aggressive fundraising exercise 

to assist the woman. 

Spearheaded on the morning 

show hosted by Fiifi Banson, 

funds were raised from cherished 

listeners of the station, other EIB 

units and philanthropists. 

The station managed to raise 

GH¢ 11,500 within 24 hours to 

defray the cost and gave the difference 

to the mother for the 

boy’s upkeep. 

The fundraising formed part 

of Kasapa FM’s Corporate Social 

Responsibility. 

In an interview with Kasapa 

FM’s Business Manager, Mr 

Patrick Amaning Appiah, he disclosed 

that it is the desire of the 

company to help genuine and 

needy people in society. 

“We are not God so we can’t 

help everybody in Ghana but we 

will ensure that we do the little 

within our means to help people 

genuinely in need. 

“We thank all Ghanaians who, 

despite the short notice, rushed 

to the aid of Kasapa FM and 

baby boy Stephen. We just want 

•Mother and son 

all donors, including those 

who don’t want their names mentioned, 

to know KASAPA FM 

and EIB Network really appreciate 

their support. God bless them 

and replenish all they have lost.” 

Background 

The boy got burnt after a pot 

of hot water which was boiling 

on a coal pot poured on him 

when his mother mistakenly left 

him briefly to pick something indoors. 

She returned to find the boy in 

pain and unconscious and had to 

rush him to KATH for medical 

attention. 

Many of those who donated 

did not want their names to be 

mentioned but we produce below 

the list of kind hearted organisations 

and individual Ghanaians 

who contributed to the success of 

the project: 

1. Kaspa FM 

2. Chris Cornelia School, 

Tesano 

3. Daily Heritage Newspaper 

4. Willie Hay Consult 

5. Asante Rabbi Ventures 

6. Atta Sarto Unit Takoradi 

7. Bambino Special 

8. Charles Amponsah 

9. Erasmus Samuel TeiLangler 

10. Uncle Joe 

11. Richard Okyere 

12. John Sena 

13. Eunice Adzakpo 

14. Charles Amoah 

15. Hon. Fuseini Issah 

16. George Oti Bonsu 

17. Michael Mensah 

18. Andel Fiagbor 

19. Mark Adjei Sowah 

20. Fredrick Rockson 

21. Samuel Kotor 

22. Debora Ameko 

23. Edward Yaw Owiredu 

24. Basty Samuel K. Appiah 

25. Daniel Lartey 

26. Anie Isaac Awuku 

27. Abraham Apayaa 

28. Michael Tetteh Sackey 

29. Vivian Kissiwaa 

• Mr. Fiifi Banson (R) of Kasapa FM and others 

after presenting the cash to the mother of the 

‘burnt’ boy 

30. Theophilus Amponsah 

31. Mr. Dan Afari Yeboah 

32. Osofo Agyenim Boateng 

33. Naomi Sottie 

34. Abraham Nii Adjei Banfro 

35. Matias Doe Ahotor 

36. Rita Dzukey 

37. Janet Boatemaa 

38. Antwi Prince 

39. Mr. Bmpoe Addo 

40. Anyagri Paul Dontus 

41. Ankofi Prosper 

42. Freeman 

43. Abigail Attobra 

44. David Nkrumah 

45. Ebenezer Donkor 

46. Charles Kwaku 

47. Clifford Ayisi Larbi 

48. Linda Kuma 

49. Isaac Ofori 

50. Richard Ofori 

51. Benjamin Nyarko 

52. Alfred Luwato 

53. EmacoImen 

54. Isaac Coffie Current 

55. Georgina Davies 

56. Yohane Amekuaji 

57. Paula Quist 

58. Silas Awotwe 

59. 

Benjamin Abugri Azumah 

60. Vida Nyarko 

61. Kennedy Acheampong 

62. Agbeve 

63. Emmanuel KwesiTetteh 

64. Samuel Bampoe 

65. Lydia Dawood 

66. Francis Kwesi Nyame 

67. SabinaTandoh 

68. Osofo Agyenim’s member 

69. Portia Offeibea Okyere 

70. Kwame motor rewinding 

shop 

71. Elizabeth Tamakloe and 

Agnes Nyarko 

72. Emmanuel Addico 

73. Amoyaw David Kwame 

74. Dora Ampong 

75. William Attamah 

76. Michael Davi 

77. Joseph Mbimadong 

78. Stanley Toughson Salvivor 

79. Kuma Dora Korantema 

80. Selina Agei 

81. Kwame Areeba 

82. Bright Mawutor 

83. Joyce Dissah

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2017 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

The Garden: 

It is possible 

– the Bola Ray story 

EVERYONE 

HAS a story 

to tell. The 

narrative 

might differ 

but each of 

us has a story to tell. 

There is a saying that “If 

you don’t like what you 

read, write your own 

story.” 

You see, the quality of 

history is in its records, 

meaning the ability to 

make history relies heavily 

on record keeping. 

When we share our stories, 

we do not only offer 

an integral part of ourselves 

but we also touch 

the lives of others in that 

our stories/testimonies 

can serve as life lessons. 

Our stories pave the 

way for those following 

our path and they certainly 

serve as inspiration 

to those who look up to 

us. The value of each life 

is valued by the impact it 

has on the lives of others, 

especially those 

around us and so, it is 

wisdom and also bravery 

to take up such a momentum 

of living a 

legacy. 

Mr Nathan Kwabena 

Anokye Adisi does precisely 

that. The 40-yearold 

uses his real life 

character, Bola Ray, to let 

us in and shares his story 

with us in a memoir/biography 

– ‘It Is Possible, 

the Bola Ray Story’. 

Bola Ray’s story is one 

that will resonate with 

many in our communities. 

It is a story of hope, 

faith and love. It is an authentic 

story with real life 

instances, rich with experience 

both good and not 

so pleasant and the climax 

of the story is the 

results and outcome of 

those experiences. 

Bola’s story teaches us 

patience, perseverance, 

determination and hard 

work. He is a man with a 

big smile, a big heart and 

a big vision. 

He has been involved 

in various projects to 

serve his community and 

the world at large. As we 

speak many destinies are 

connected to him as he 

leads multitudes of employees 

under his banner, 

employees who make a 

livelihood for themselves 

and their families. 

This is just to mention 

a few, which reminds me 

of the saying, “The development 

of one man is 

the development of a nation.” 

Now this time 

around, he brings us a 

book. A famous author 

once said “books are a 

treasure and the knowledge 

we find within is 

priceless and eternal.” 

‘It is possible; the 

Bola Ray Story’ is one 

such gem. Look out for it 

this September, 2017. 

Black man, we are 

proud of you. We recognise 

the burden and the 

mandate and so we celebrate 

your milestones. We 

need more stories like 

Bola Ray’s. Our young 

ones need these so let’s 

have an agenda and let’s 

pursue it steadfastly; 

never giving up for it is 

possible! So says the Bola 

Ray story. 

GHAMRO to institute 

insurance policy 

for musicians 

THE GHANA Music 

Rights Organization 

(GHAMRO) has begun 

processes to roll out a 

comprehensive welfare and 

insurance policy for musicians. 

This follows recent 

cases of poor health and 

living conditions of some 

veterans in the music industry. 

Some entertainment analysts 

blame the dire conditions 

of some artists on 

lapses in the current welfare 

system being operated 

by music unions. 

First vice president of 

Musicians Union of 

Ghana (MUSIGA) and 

board member of 

GHAMRO, Bessa Simons, 

told the host of ‘Morning 

Starr’ on Starr FM, Francis 

Abban, that the new 

policy will improve the fortunes 

of musicians. 

“Now we have a new 

welfare system for 

GHAMRO that is going to 

help any songwriter, any 

artiste who writes music, 

and that is a welfare that 

has insurance for medicals, 

be it in a private or government 

hospital. And also 

when you have a funeral, 

your child, mother or your 

father, it is going to be 

catered for as well as a life 

insurance which will be 

launched very soon.” 

Meanwhile, veteran musician 

Amandzeba Brew is 

urging music unions to 

push for more air-play of 

Ghanaian music in order 

to increase the revenue of 

artistes. 

•Bessa Simons, vice 

president of MUSIGA and 

Board member of GHAMRO 

A strong woman accepts compliments 

and criticisms – Hajia4Real 

•Hajia4Real 

SOCIALITE AND stylist 

for dancehall artiste 

Shatta Wale, Mona 

Montage Faiz, popularly 

known as Hajia4Real, 

has advised women not 

to just accept compliments 

but should also 

be open for criticisms 

anytime they come. 

According to her, 

strong women are those 

who accept criticisms 

and compliments rather 

than been one-sided in 

their lives, adding that 

“it takes both the sun 

and rain for a flower to 

grow,” she wrote on her 

Instagram handle. 

The mother of one 

became famous on Instagram 

for her pictures 

and the beauty she possesses. 

She has taken 

advantage of her popularity 

on social media to 

build herself into an influential 

brand in 

Ghana’s showbiz industry. 

She recently launched 

her line of beauty products 

under the brand 

name ‘4 Real Beauty’. 

The 4real Beauty products 

comprises eyelashes, 

nails and 

lipsticks. 

A



Our quality keeps dropping 

•Forcing many to watch 

telenovelas – pundits on ‘Cheers’ 

THE FIGHT to control 

the influx of telenovelas 

flooding most Ghanaian 

screens seems to 

yield no results. 

Host of 

‘Cheers‘ on 

GHone TV, Nana 

Aba Anamoah, on 

Saturday hosted 

four popular persons 

in the Ghanaian 

entertainment landscape 

to discuss reasons 

why sections of the public 

over the years have grown more 

interest in the English Premier 

League than the Ghanaian Premier 

League. 

But in the course of the discussion, 

movie producer, Kafui 

Danku, sports journalist Sammy 

Bartels, singer Becca and musician 

Kojo Rana diverted abruptly 

to talk about reasons why telenovelas 

have taken centre stage of 

the Ghanaian movie industry. 

Giving accounts of how past 

locally produced television series 

and movies were fascinating to 

watch even though telenovelas 

were shown on most television 

networks, the pundits said the 

Ghanaian masses enjoyed the television 

series of old because 

they 

were topnotch 

and gave the telenovelas a 

strong competition. 

Citing examples like local television 

series ‘Inspector Bediako’, 

‘Things We Do for Love’, 

‘Osafo Dadzie’, ‘Thursday Theatre’, 

‘Ultimate Paradise’, and 

‘Taxi Driver’ as against the foreign 

telenovelas or movies like 

‘Oshin’, ‘Acapulco Bay’, ‘Ezara’, 

‘Journey to the West’, the 

‘Cheers’ guests disclosed that 

quality in the locally produced 

movies and series keeps dropping. 

According to them, the foreign 

telenovelas have taken over 

the local movie market because 

they have improved on their 

works. 

“Nature hates 

vacuum… 

Local people 

should have 

seen that 

there’s a 

market for 

these telenovelas. 

Let’s start 

churning 

(sic) out 

high quality 

production. You 

(local producers) 

went to sleep and allowed 

the people to occupy the 

space and people developed a 

taste for the telenovelas,” Bartels 

said. 

Nana Aba expressed the view 

that the quality of local productions 

kept retrogressing because 

producers are not investing 

much in their industry. 

“I blame the people in the industry, 

because they need to rise 

up and compete strongly with 

their foreign counterparts and 

not their own colleagues in the 

same industry,” she said. 

Nana Boroo releases 

new single ‘Akiti’ 

BY CEDRIC K. AFEWU 

VERSATILE MU- 

SICIAN Nana 

Osei Bonsu, popular 

known in the 

music industry as 

‘Nana Boroo’, has 

released a new single with titled 

‘Akiti’. 

The song is produced by 

one of Ghana’s popular producers, 

Street Beat, who has 

produced hit songs such 

Sarkodie’s ‘Adonai’. 

‘Akiti’ is a street expression 

in Ghana that means ‘small’ or 

‘short’ and usually employed 

when a short or smallish person 

perceived to be younger, 

less wise, intelligent or skilful 

says or does something 

thought to be precocious or 

above his/her age or abilities. 

Nana Boroo lyrically employs 

that metaphor to narrate 

•Becca, 

musician 

a story of a small and cute girl 

whom he thought was innocent 

but ended up surprising 

him on the dance floor. 

In an interview with the 

DAILY HERITAGE newspaper, 

the ‘Aha ye de’ hit maker 

said “this is just about me appreciating 

slim women. Ghanaians 

know me as always talking 

about big women, so I decided 

to do something for the small 

women to enjoy as well.” 

Nana Boroo has been absent 

from the music scene for 

some time now after his song 

‘Koto fa’, which features Castro 

De Destoyer and gained a 

lot of airplay. 

After ‘Koto Fa’, Nana 

Boroo has consistently released 

singles such as ‘Latest 

Me’ and ‘Big Mama’. 

“Akiti’ promises to be yet 

another exciting song from 

me,” he said. 

•Kafui Danku, 

actress 

•Nana Boroo, 

musician 

Leila Djansi listed among top 

US female film directors 

GHANAIAN FILMMAKER, 

Leila Djansi, has been listed 

among the top female directors 

of colour by BlackcinemaDB, 

the Online Database of African- 

American Films & Documentaries. 

The list puts her in the company 

of Angela Basset, Regina 

King, Naomi Kawase and others. 

Based in Los Angeles, 

BlackCinemadb.com is an online 

movie database and entertainment 

website for fans of films 

and storytelling based on 

themes related to the African- 

American experience. 

Their mission is to help promote 

the works of black directors, 

writers, actors, producers 

and technical crew while providing 

the most current and 

thought-provoking commentary 

regarding films with themes regarding 

the black race. 

Leila Afua Djansi is an American 

and Ghanaian filmmaker 

who started her film career in 

the Ghana. 

She took a job with Socrates 

Safo’s Movie Africa Productions, 

where she worked as a 

writer/line producer. Whilst 

with the company, she wrote 

Ghana’s first gay/lesbian rights 

screenplay, ‘The Sisterhood’, the 

film that included the late 

Ghanaian screen goddess Suzzy 

Williams. 

Djansi worked with the stateowned 

Gama Film Company, 

where she wrote and produced 

‘Legacy of love’. 

In the United States, she established 

Turning Point Pictures, 

an independent 

production company geared towards 

social issue films. 

Djansi was awarded a 2009 

‘World Fest Platinum Award’ for 

the film ‘Grass Between My 

•Leila Djansi, 

filmaker 

Lips’, a story of female circumcision 

and early marriage, set in 

a northern Ghana village. 

In 2010, her debut feature, ‘I 

Sing of a Well’ was nominated 

for 11 African Movie Academy 

Awards. The film won three 

awards: ‘Best Sound’, ‘Best Costume’ 

and the ‘Jury Special 

Award’ for ‘Over-All Best Film’. 

In 2011, Djansi was presented 

with the BAFTA/LA Pan 

African Film Festival Choice 

Award for the film ‘I Sing of a 

Well’. 

Djansi’s 2011 film ‘Sinking 

Sands’ received 10 African 

Movie Academy Award nominations, 

with Ama K. Abebrese 

winning the ‘Best Actress 

Award’ and Djansi earning the 

‘Best Original Screenplay 

Award’. 

At the first Ghana Movie 

Awards in 2011, Djansi’s ‘Sinking 

Sands’ received awards for 

‘Best Art Direction’, ‘Best Costume’, 

‘Best West African Film’ 

and ‘Best Picture’. ‘Sinking 

Sands’ was nominated in 14 categories. 

Djansi third directorial effort 

in ‘Ties That Bind’ received a 

Black Reel Awards Nomination 

in 2012. The film also won the 

‘Best Diaspora Film’ at the 2012 

San Diego Black Film Festival. 

In 2016, Djansi directed ‘Like 

Cotton Twines’ an exploration 

of the practice of Trokosi in 

Ghana. The film was nominated 

for ‘Best World Fiction Film’ at 

the Los Angeles Film Festival. 

Djansi’s work and contribution 

to the Ghana film industry 

has been recognised by 

UNiFEM Ghana, The African 

Women Development Fund, 

The Ghana Musicians Association 

and other social issueminded 

communities.

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 

DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 28,2017 

Golden Pedals in 

contention with 15 

countries in Ethiopia 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

THE NA- 

TIONAL cycling 

team of 

Ghana, the 

Golden Pedals, 

is in Ethiopia 

to participate in an eight-day 

tour du Ethiopia from today, 

August 28, 2017 to September 

3, 2017. 

The team, which departed 

the country yesterday, had 

the communications director 

of Ghana Cycling Federation, 

Mr Dennis K. Moore, 

as the leader of the delegation. 

In all six cyclists and three 

officials, including Mr 

Moore, made the trip. 

Mr Moore, before the 

team’s departure at the Kotoka 

International Airport, 

said the tour formed part of 

the team’s preparation towards 

the Gold Coast Commonwealth 

Games in 2018, 

which will take place in Australia. 

He expressed the hope 

that the team would put up 

an excellent performance by 

beating the 15 countries participating 

in the event the 

same way as they exhibited 

in La Cote d’ Ivoire in July 

this year. 

The six cyclists who 

made the trip are Abdulmumin 

Abdulrazak, the team’s 

captain from Vital Cycling 

•The cyclists who made the trip to Ethoipia 

Club, Kumasi; Anthony 

Dankwa Boafo and Kusi 

Clement from Riverpark Cycling 

Club, Sunyani, Brong 

Ahafo Region; Abdul Rahman 

from City Migro Cycling 

Club; Abdulrazak 

Umar from Die Hard Cycling 

Club; and Frank David 

Awuku Akuffo from Velo 

Stars Cycling Club, all of 

Accra. 

The other officials joining 

Mr Moore are Daniel Amo, 

the head coach, and Rudolf 

Mensah, the team’s mechanic. 

The captain of the team 

said he was sure that they 

would not return to the 

country on September 3, 

2017 without a silver ware 

and that the team was highly 

motivated to excel in 

Ethiopia. 

Man Ghana 2017 to be staged at Osu Presby Hall 

Kotoko’s 

Yakubu branded 

unproductive 


SUPPORTERS OF Asante Kotoko 

have branded Yakubu Mohammed 

as a lazy and unproductive striker 

who has refused to sparkle in the ongoing 

Ghana Premier League. 

The supporters, however, have 

appealed to their head coach, Steven 

Pollack, to always play Abass Mohammed 

ahead of Yakubu because 

the latter is better. 

The beef of the supporters is that 

the player could not even get a shot 

on target and so to them he is a 

waste to the team and must be offloaded 

next season. 

“Yakubu’s performances against 

Salamina and WAFA were below 

standard and there was no reason 

the coach Pollack should have kept 

him for 90 minutes on the pitch. 

“His business on the field was 

just roaming in the matches,” they 

told the DAILY HERITAGE in 

Accra. 

Kotoko strikers have failed to 

shine this season so it has prompted 

the management of the club to go to 

Burkina Faso to shop for a prolific 

striker to bang in the goals for them. 

The Porcupine Warriors last week 

agreed personal terms with Burkina 

Faso’s midfielder Youssuf Kabore. 

Kabore is not new to the Ghanaian 

football terrain. He has featured 

for Inter Allies two seasons ago before 

he went back to his native land 

to play for Salitas. 


THE GHANA Bodybuilding 

and Fitness Association 

(GBFA) has said that this 

year’s Man Ghana 2017, 

which will take place on September 

23 at the Osu Presbyterian 

Hall, will serve as a 

qualification event for the 

athletes. 

According to the association’s 

Public Relations Officer, 

Mr Wallace Worlanyo, the 

night’s events will serve as a 

qualification for being selected 

as one of the country’s 

athletes to represent it in all 

international competitions in 

2018. 

He cautioned that any athlete 

who failed to participate 

•Ghanaian Bodybuilders at the Arnold Classic in 

South Africa in May this year 

in this year’s Man Ghana 

championship would not be 

guaranteed a nomination to 

represent Ghana in any future 

event around the world. 

“Except in the situation 

where the athlete is not able 

to compete due to illness or 

injury and a letter is sent to 

the association to prove the 

athlete’s health condition,” he 

said. 

He added that upon receiving 

the letter, the association 

would also conduct its 

investigation to ascertain the 

true health condition of that 

athlete. 

He, therefore, urged all 

registered body builders in 

the country to be part of the 

event after it had been suspended 

for 10 years. 

•Yakubu 

Mohammed 

Kotoko

Daily Heritage August 28

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