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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
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WORLD
BUSINESS
POLITICS
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ISSUE
Hurricane Irma:
Quarter of Florida
Keys homes
‘destroyed'
PG.04
We’ll seal revenue
loopholes at GWCL
– Afenyo-Markin
PG.13
To single source or
sole source?
• Big question for
public sector, state
run institutions
PG.14
PG.15
Govt to prioritise occupational therapy
Kuami Eugene
tipped to win
2018 VGMAs’ New
Artiste of the Year
THE IMMEDIATE past Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS),
Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira has called on government to make occupational
therapy a priority in the country’s health sector. Pg 12
Emulate Bola Ray’s leadership skills
— Kufuor to youth
PRESIDENT JOHN Agyekum Kufuor has entreated Ghanaian youth to emulate
the leadership qualities of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Excellence
In Broadcasting Network, Mr Kwabena Anokye Adisi popularly called Bola
Ray. Pg15
Inflation
up to 12.3%
BY BENJAMIN TANDOH
THE CONSUMER Price
Index (CPI) which measures
the change over time in the
general price level of goods
and services that households
acquire for the purposes of
consumption in the month of August 2017
has increased to 12.3% as compared to the
month of July 2017.
Briefing the press in Accra, Mr Baah
Wadieh, the Acting Government Statistician
of the Ghana Statistical Service, said the
year-on-year inflation rate as measured by
CPI was 12.3% in August 2017, up by 0.4
percentage point from the 11.9% recorded
in July 2017.
According to him, the rate of inflation
for August 2017 is the percentage change in
CPI over the 12- month period, from August
2016 to August 2017.
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“The monthly change rate for August
2017 was -0.2% compared to the 0.7%
recorded for July 2017,” he explained.
For the food and non-alcoholic beverages
group, the Statistician pointed out that
the year -on -year inflation rate recorded
7.4%, representing 0.2 percentage point
higher than the rate recorded in July 2017.
"The main price drivers for the food inflation
rate were fish and sea food, 14.6%
and meat and meat products, 9.5%, and tea
and cocoa 7.8%,” he said.
For the non-food group, Mr Wadieh said
it recorded a year-on-year inflation rate of
14.7% in August 2017, compared to the
14.2% recorded for July 2017.
The Statistician explained that five subgroups
recorded year-on-year inflation rates
higher than the group's average rate of
14.7%.
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what you can do.
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food inflation rate were transport 22.3%,
recreation and culture 19.5%, furnishings,
household equipment and routine maintenance
19.0%, clothing and footwear
16.6%, miscellaneous goods and services
16.6%,” he stated.
Mr Wadieh pointed out that five regions,
Upper West, Greater Accra, Brong
Ahafo, Ashanti and Western Regions,
recorded inflation rates higher than the national
average of 12.1%. Upper East Region
recorded the lowest of 8.6%.
The Statistician also said in the month
of June 2017, the year-on-year inflation
rate for imported items recorded 14.1%,
which was 2.9 percentage points higher
than that of locally produced items of
11.2%.
• Baah Wadieh,
Acting Government
Statistician
Akufo-Addo creates shortage
of mattress, chop boxes
BY PHILIP ANTOH
Philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
PHOTOS: ABIGAIL ASARE
THE INTRODUC-
TION of free Senior
High School
(SHS) by the Nana
Akufo-Addo led
New Patriotic Party
(NPP) administration has created
shortage of educational materials
in some markets in Accra.
A tour by the DAILY HER-
ITAGE to some major markets
in the nation’s capital revealed
that student mattress, chop box,
trunks, bed sheets, pillows and
many other items were in short
supply.
This development has brought
a huge relief to traders who have
invested in educational materials.
During a visit to the Okaishie
and Makola markets in Accra yesterday,
the paper observed that
many people had queued to purchase
mattresses, chop boxes and
other educational materials for
use in school.
The markets were flooded
with students and parents carrying
trunks, chop boxes, mattresses,
pillows, rain coats,
mosquito nets, machetes, hoes
and mackintosh for covering the
mattresses.
A 65-year-old Latex Foam
•A queue to purchase mattresses,
chop boxes, others
mattress trader at Okaishie Metro
Lane, Ms Rose Kwakye, said in
her 26 years’ experience at the
market, this year is the only one
that she had recorded shortage in
the sale of student mattresses.
Ms Kwakye said “I took advantage
of the free SHS initiative
by the government to introduce
my ‘own one mattress one free
pillow’ campaign.
“As we speak, I am preparing
to go to the warehouse to order
students’ mattress because all the
two trucks I brought in yesterday
have been sold. Look at my shop,
the only thing left here is the high
density ones,” she stated.
Ms Kwakye said the prices of
the mattresses and other materials
had not changed since last
year, explaining that they ranged
from GH 45.00 to GH 85.00
per piece.
Another trader, Mr Kwasi
Owere, said the increase in sales
was a direct result of the introduction
of the free SHS, noting
that in the history of the market
“these few days have recorded
breaking sales.”
Mr Owere appealed to the
government to extend the date of
receiving first time students to
•It was survival of the fittest
for traders and students
allow them rake in more sales.
Others the paper saw making
huge takings were signwriters
who were busily writing students’
names on their chop boxes, mattresses,
trunks, mosquito nets and
buckets, among other things.
The presence of the news
team at the Okaishie Metro Lane
attracted many traders who
chanted free education and sang
songs to praise the NPP for introducing
the free SHS programme.
Background
It would be recalled that during
the 2008 electioneering,
the then
candidate Nana
Addo Dankwah
Akufo-Addo promised
Ghanaians he
would implement a
free SHS programme
and repeated the
same during the
2012 elections.
According to the
Ghana Education
Service, a total of
424,092, representing
92% of the total
registered candidates
for the Basic School
Certificate Examination
qualified for
placement this year.

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•The newly rescued Indian priest is on his way to meet Pope Francis
Indian priest freed by militants to meet Pope
AN INDIAN priest who was
freed after being abducted by militants
in Yemen is on his way to
meet Pope Francis in Vatican City.
Father Tom Uzhunnalil was
abducted in March 2016 while he
was working at a home for the elderly.
News of his release on Tuesday
has sparked celebrations in his
village in the southern Indian state
of Kerala.
A number of foreigners have
been kidnapped since the start of
the Yemeni civil war in 2015.
The Oman government helped
secure his release, its official news
agency reported.
The 58-year-old priest was kidnapped
when jihadist militants
raided his charity house in Aden.
The raid also killed 16 people, including
four Catholic nuns, who
were from the Missionaries of
Charity congregation, founded by
Mother Teresa.
Father Tom's release was welcomed
by his family, who had to
suffer through months of unverified
reporting that he had been executed.
Navitha Elizabeth Jose, a
cousin of Father Tom, described
the news as "a flood of joy for all
of us".BBC
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to miss UN General Assembly debate
MYANMAR'S DE facto leader
Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss a key
UN debate next week as criticism
grows of her handling of the
refugee crisis involving the Rohingya
Muslim minority.
Some 370,000 Rohingyas have
fled to Bangladesh since violence
began last month. Whole villages
have burned down.
The government has been accused
by the UN of ethnic cleansing.
Myanmar's military says it is
fighting Rohingya militants
and denies reports
that it is targeting civilians.
The Rohingya, a
mostly Muslim minority
in Buddhist-majority
Rakhine, have long experienced
persecution in
Myanmar, which says
they are illegal immigrants.
They have lived in
Myanmar, also known as
Burma, for generations
•Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the UN General Assembly last year
but are denied citizenship.
The UN Security Council
is due to meet on Wednesday
to discuss the crisis.
The organisation's refugee
agency says not enough aid is
getting through to the Rohingya
who have fled to
Bangladesh.
On visiting a camp, the
UNHCR's George William
Okoth-Obbo said there
needed to be a massive increase
in help. BBC
Hurricane Irma: Quarter of
Florida Keys homes ‘destroyed'
HURRICANE
IRMA evacuees
are returning to
scenes of devastation
in the Florida
Keys with reports
of a quarter of homes destroyed on
the low-lying islands.
The latest images show homes
torn apart after the storm pummelled
the region with winds of up
to 120mph (192km/h).
Search and rescue teams are
moving through the worst affected
areas with emergency supplies of
food and water.
US President Donald Trump
will visit Florida on Thursday to
view the damage caused as Irma
tore through the state.
It will be Mr Trump's third trip
related to hurricanes in two weeks
and he will be joined this week by
his wife Melania, the first lady.
About 90,000 residents returning
to the Florida Keys and Miami
Beach have been warned that most
fuel stations remain closed and mobile
phone signals are patchy.
"Returning residents should consider
that there are limited services.
Most areas are still without power
and water," authorities in Monroe
Country said.
• Some of the trailer property in the Florida Keys were
completely torn apart
Irma is being linked to at least
18 deaths in the US since it struck
as a category four storm on Sunday,
including 12 in Florida.
Nearly 6.9 million homes were
left without power in Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Alabama.
Parts of the Florida Keys, the
low-lying islands which bore the
brunt of Hurricane Irma, have
since reopened.
But entry is being restricted to
residents and business owners as
work continues to clear roads and
check the state of bridges linking
the islands. BBC
• Brexit is "a very sad and tragic moment in our history"
EU: Juncker sees
window of
opportunity for reform
THE "WIND is back in Europe's
sails", European Commission
President
Jean-Claude Juncker has said
in his annual state of the
union address.
He told the European
Parliament there was a "window
of opportunity" to build
a stronger, more united
union - but it "wouldn't stay
open forever".
Mr Juncker said Europe's
economy was "bouncing
back" and the EU had to
move beyond Brexit.
He called for the union to
embrace reforms and forge
new trade deals.
Last year, the EU was
"battered and bruised by a
year that shook our very
foundation", Mr Juncker said
- facing the challenges of
Brexit, the migrant crisis and
the rise of populism.
In his speech of more
than an hour, during which
he switched from English to
French to German, Mr
Juncker said member states
"chose unity" and the union
was "slowly but surely gathering
momentum".
The speech was markedly
different from recent years,
says the BBC Europe correspondent
Damian Grammaticas.
Gone was the sense of
crises besetting the EU - instead
Mr Juncker mentioned
Brexit just once in an address
focused on a post-Brexit vision
for the EU. BBC

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Dr Albert Brown Gaisie has paid his dues
THE GHANA National Fire Service
(GNFS) has in recent times witnessed monumental
developments which have caught the
eye of many Ghanaians.
Many, including Ministers of State and the
international community have commended
Dr Albert Brown Gaisie, the outgone Chief
Fire Officer and his team for uplifting the
image of the service to its current enviable
state.
So far, the GNFS Medical Post located at
the Fire Academy and Training School has
been upgraded into to a medical centre to take
care of the immediate medical needs of Service
Personnel and their families in Accra and
Tema. This follows the successful conduct of
a free medical screening for a total of 500 operational
personnel from the Headquarters,
Greater Accra, Fire Academy and Training
School, and Tema Regions.
Again, the service successfully launched
the 2015 Bushfire Prevention Campaign at
Agona Nyakrom in the Central Region on
December 12, 2015. As a result of the launch,
the Service was able to train 1,000 fire volunteers
nationwide to help prevent bushfires in
the country.
The Command of the Service has also
embarked on an expansion policy to ensure
that at least there is fire cover for all districts
in the country. Since August 2015, a total of
20 fire stations have been commissioned in
various parts of the country.
The service has indicated that it intends to
open at least 10 more fire stations before the
end of the year.
The Community Fire Protection Unit has
yet again been established within the short
space of time that the new leadership took
over to provide regular and constant public
fire education in the communities to ensure
that domestic fires are reduced throughout
the country.
To encourage personnel of the Service to
put up their best, Command of the Service
has instituted Awards Schemes for personnel.
As a start, 48 personnel of the Service, both
active and retired, were citations, medals and
promotion in December, 2015. Also, retired
senior officers were awarded for their meritorious
and dedicated service to the GNFS and
to Ghana.
Some 142 officers from headquarters, Fire
Academy and Training School, Greater Accra,
and Tema Regions have also been awarded
with Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for serving
meritoriously for 10 years and above.
On women empowerment, the command
of the Service realising the need to encourage
and empower women to take up key positions
in the Service has appointed Regional Commanders
with others taking up Deputy Directors
and Deputy Regional Commanders
respectively.
For the first time in the Service, 40 female
firefighters have been trained to augment the
efforts of their male counterparts. These
ladies cannot only fight fires, but also effect
rescue of trapped people.
Home Fire Safety has not been left out.
The Command has instituted Home Safety
Certificate aimed at providing fire safety
equipment such as smoke detectors, fire
alarms and extinguishers to check fire outbreaks
in vulnerable residential places in
towns and cities in the country.
The provision of the equipment is based
on identification of hazards and risk categorisation.
This is aimed at curbing the high rate of
domestic fire incidents being recorded in the
country.
On mess kits, the GNFS can now boast
mess kit for its Command and Officers. This
was introduced at the 9th Directors and Regional
Fire Officers Conference held in Cape-
Coast in the Central Region. Since the
establishment of the Service in 1963, this is
the first time that the service has come out
with such a kit which is intended to ensure
that officers have official kit for mess activities.
It is the considered view of the DAILY
HERITAGE that to whom praise is due,
praise must be given. It is in this light that we
commend the former Chief Fire Officer for
uplifting the image of the service during his
tenure and wish him well as he takes a new
role in national security.
Govt collapsing banks
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE CHIEF Executive
Officer of the
Gold Coast Financial
Holdings, Mr
Kwame Ofori Asomaning,
has said the
government should be solely
blamed for the collapsed of
banks in the country.
According to him, individuals
source loans to fund government
contracts they have won, but the
government does not pay them
on time, leading to the borrowing
banks running at bankruptcy and
subsequently being shutdown.
In an interview with Akwasi
Nsiah, host of ‘Si Mi So’ on Kasapa
FM, Mr Asomaning said the
government’s inability to pay contractors
who have taken bank
loans to execute government contracts
is the main reasons most
smaller banks had folded up.
He said, “the government issues
contracts to contractors,
then contractors go to the banks
• Says Gold Coast Financial Holdings CEO
and source loans to finance the
contracts, when it gets to government’s
turn to honour the payment,
then government doesn’t
pay, sometimes it takes three, four
or five years and contracts are not
paid for.”
He explained further that
“every year Bank of Ghana
(BoG) would ask the banks to do
classicification, yet loans not paid
and services by banks within a
year are to be classified.”
Pay contracts
Mr Asomaning also told Akwasi
Nsiah that, “the government
should desist from treating banks
that way; “we have a lot of banks
in the country that have funded
government projects.
“It is good that they fund government
projects, but government
must pay. There are banks
which for years have government
contracts in their books, be it
road sector, GETFund, crude oil
•Kwame Ofori Asomaning, Chief
Executive Officer of the Gold
Coast Financial Holdings
and finished petroleum product,
and electricity. The government
doesn’t pay these contracts, but
individuals go to the banks and
borrow to fund these government
projects, but when it comes to
payment, government fails.
“So your bank capital is reducing
because the contract bank will
come to you at some point. These
are the attitudes that we need to
clean off. We need to change that
attitude. In other places the government
ought to pay within a
maximum period of three
months.”
Efficiency and quality
The CEO said, “It is only the
banks that can raise that amount
of money that could survive or
those who could poach the
smaller ones that would succeed.
Sometime I hear that the number
of banks in the country is necessary,
but it is not the number. It is
rather the efficiency and the quality
of banks that is necessary.”
While citing instances, he said,
every bank has its own constituency
and target group and
that when you look at “Barclays
BanK and Stanchart, their businesses
are different from GN
Bank, which goes to villages.”
Unemployment
He said when the big banks
swallowed the small ones, it did
not make them bigger, because
they ended up cutting down the
number of staff, thus rendering
people jobless and adding to
unemployment.
“It means those working
there and those getting a source
of funding will all go away so it
has a lot of implication we need
to think about. I ask what we
are trying to do. If a bank raises
the GH¢ 400m minimum capital
set and the government’s attitude
continued the way
government, it is treating the
banks, this GH¢ 400m would
not make any difference.

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Funds released to settle
GSFP debts — Otiko
BY ELSIE APPIAH-OSEI, GNA
MADAM OTIKO Afisa Djaba, the
Minister of Gender, Children and Social
Protection (MoGCSP), has disclosed that
the government has released an amount of
GH¢ 10,000,000.00 for the settlement of
outstanding debts of the Ghana School
Feeding Programme (GSFP).
However, the National Secretariat of
the GSFP is working on the reconciliation
of the transactions executed within the last
two academic terms between the GSFP
caterers, and MASLOC, suppliers of rice,
maize and catering equipment to caterers
on credit in the 2016/17 academic year.
“There is the need for us to conduct
proper and diligent reconciliations in order
to pay accurate amounts to the caterers,”
Madam Afisa Djaba stated on Wednesday
when she led a team to visit pupils of
South LA Estate Primary School in Accra
on their ‘My First Day At School’
programme.
She has therefore assured caterers under
the GSFP that: “Payments due them for
the second and third terms of the 2016/17
academic year will be honoured by the end
of September, 2017.”
‘My First Day At School’ was instituted
some few years ago by the Ghana
Education Service to enable government
functionaries and top education officers to
interact with pupils who are attending
school for the first time.
The total enrolment of the South La
Estate Primary School for the 2017/18
academic year is 720, and over 500 had
reported as at the time of the visit with the
kindergarten admitting 18 pupils and Class
one having 35 pupils.
Madam Afisa Djaba further urged
caterers and Metropolitan, Municipal and
District Assemblies to exercise restraint
and cooperate with the National Secretariat
of the GSFP to ensure the speedy
payment.
“We assure all stakeholders of the
government’s commitment to sustain the
programme and improve the quality
delivery of meals to beneficiary pupils.
“The School Feeding Programme is
going to be extended to over 5,000
schools, which will also be increased by 30
per cent. [The] Government has agreed to
increase the feeding amount from the
previous 80 pesewas to 85 pesewas for
quality meals to be served the
beneficiaries,” she said.
According to the Gender Minister, to
sustain the programme, home-grown rice
would be used this academic year,
explaining that “Rice will be supplied to
caterers in the various districts through the
Ministry. This is a facility aiming at
improving upon the quality delivery of
food served the pupils.”
Madam Afisa Djaba expressed the hope
that the programme would encourage the
pupils to stay in school and called on
teachers to be committed and show love to
the pupils.
The Gender Minister and her team,
including Dr Kwame Adu Nsiah, the
National Coordinator of the GSFP,
interacted with the pupils and advised
them to be disciplined, take their studies
seriously and explained to them how
important it was for the pupils to attend
school regularly.
Madam Mary Amasah, the
Headmistress of South LA Estate Primary,
lauded stakeholders for the School Feeding
Programme, which had helped to increase
enrolment and retention in basic schools.
She therefore appealed that the
programme be extended to the junior high
department of various public schools as
there were equally students in need at that
level as well.
•Oti Afisa Djaba interacting with pupils
Wood World provides free
UK education in Ghana
BY KOJO ANSAH
APPROXIMATELY
140 children in
Koforidua-Asokore in
the Eastern Region
are being provided
with free United
Kingdom (UK) standard of quality
education at Wood World Missions
School, the charity wing of the UKbased
Power Centre Church.
The maiden graduation of 28
KG2 pupils to class 1 was held last
weekend alongside the opening of a
fun and playing ground for the
pupils.
The school provides UK standard
education together with Information
and Communications Technology
skills and ability to invent and create
solutions to solve challenges of the
world after school.
Wood World Missions operates in
Ghana, Uganda, Malawi (8 schools),
Congo, Nigeria, South Africa and
other countries .In Ghana, the
Mission operates a school in
Akosombo and Asokore -Koforidua.
The founder and general overseer
of Wood World Missions and Power
Centre Church - UK, Bishop Dr
William Wood, in an interview, said
Wood World Missions Schools aim at
providing quality education according
THE NATIONAL Youth Organiser
of the ruling New Patriotic Party
(NPP), Sammy Awuku, has been
appointed the chair of the board of
directors for the Youth Employment
Agency.
The board, which will be
inaugurated tomorrow, Friday,
September 15, 2017, comprises
Awuku, Dr Kwame Amoako
Tuffour, Lawyer Bright Justin Kodua
Frimpong, the aActing Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the
agency, and Lawyer Bright Wireko
to international standard to the lessprivileged
in society.
"The most important thing is we
are bringing quality education to the
children, making sure that we have
quality teachers who are happy with
Brobbery, Deputy Minister of
Employment and Labour
Relations.
Other members include
Emmanuel Sin Nyet Asigri
(Acting CEO of the National
Youth Authority) and a
Forensic auditor, Mr James
Quarshie.
YEA was established under
the Youth Employment Act
2015 (Act 887) to empower
young people to contribute
meaningfully to the socioeconomic
and sustainable
development of the nation.
what they are doing and so on our
part we are doing what we can in
order to have children leaving school
with knowledge and skills.
“With time, we are going to
continue with secondary and
technical school to provide practical
skills for those who are good in
technically," he said.
According to Bishop Wood,
having worked in a law firm and
criminal court for 25 years as a
Sammy Awuku appointed YEA Board Chair
BY MOHAMMED AWAL
•Nana Prof. Sefa –Dei, Regent of Asokore Traditional Area cutting the tape to open
the Fun and Playing Ground
•Sammy Awuku, National Youth Organiser, NPP
lawyer and senior crime prosecutor in
UK, he decided to impact the lives of
the poor and less privileged
worldwide, hence the charity project.
Rev Mrs Mercy Wood said the
school would gradually be expanded
to provide the needed knowledge and
skills for needy.
She said education is crucial to
fighting poverty in Africa, hence the
numerous education projects on the
continent.
She urged parents to take
advantage of the school to educate
their children to become influential
people in future.
Chiefs commend
Wood World Missions
The Regent of Asokore
Traditional Area, Nana Prof. Sefa
Dei, commended Wood World
Missions for the continued support
to the community.
He recounted that 16 years ago,
Wood World Missions’ founders
visited the community and donated
computers and accessories, which
caused them to set up an
Information and Communications
Technology Training Centre. He said
over 150 youth had been trained in
both software and hardware
programmes.
Its objective is to support the
youth aged 15 to 35 through skills
training and internship modules to
transit from a situation of
unemployment to that of
employment.
To ensure sustainability, the
policy focus of YEA was changed
in 2009 from the traditional
modules which have pay roll
implications to the selfemployment
modules such as
Trades and Vocation modules
through public-private partnership
so as to reduce the burden on
payment of stipend under the Paid
Internship Module.
AU hails
Ghana’s free SHS
BY KENT MENSAH
THE AFRICAN Union (AU)
Commission has commended the
Government of Ghana for
implementing the free Senior
High School (SHS) policy,
indicating that it is a sure way of
ensuring the growth of the
country and Africa as a whole.
Ambassador Thomas Kwesi
Quartey, Deputy Chairperson,
African Union Commission, who
gave the commendation while
speaking at an UNCTADorganised
High Level Panel
Discussion in Geneva,
Switzerland, said the beginning
of free SHS in Ghana would give
greater impetus to the AU’s
agenda of having every African
child in school by the end of the
decade.
UNCTAD is the United
Nations body responsible for
development issues, particularly
international trade, as the main
driver of development.
“Africa has the largest number
of young people, and this
commission has as its theme
‘Education, Education,
Education.’ It is in that spirit that
I would like to commend the
Government of Ghana, at the
risk of sounding unduly
nationalist, that the SHS
programme, the free compulsory
secondary school programme
that they have introduced, is
really an idea whose time has
come, and Ghana is to be
commended for it,” Ambassador
Quartey declared.
The ambition of the African
Union, Mr Quartey said, is to
have every African child in
•Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey
school by the year 2020.
“We would like to have a
literate and a numerate Africa.
We want an Africa where
illiteracy is a thing of the past.
With a literate and numerate
Africa, the continent would be
ready now to imbibe technology,
apply science and technology,
and find solutions,” he said.
“Your Excellency, you and
Ghana are to be highly
commended,” the Deputy AU
Commissioner told Vice
President Dr Mahamudu
Bawumia at a UN panel
discussion.
The panel discussion,
organised by the United Nations
Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD), was
on the theme ‘Accelerating
Progress in Building Productive
Capacities in Least Developing
Countries and Other Vulnerable
Developing Economies’.
It brought together a team of
decision makers and world
leaders, including Dr Mukhisa
Kituyi, Secretary-General of
UNCTAD; Ms. Fekitamoeloa
Katoa ‘Utoikamanu, High-
Representative and Under-
Secretary-General for OHRLLS,
New York; and Ms. Hu Xiaolian,
Chairman, China-Exim Bank.
The rest were Dr Celestin
Monga, Vice-President and Chief
Economist, African
Development Bank, Abidjan; Mr
Hiroshi Kuniyoshi, Deputy
Director-General, UNIDO; Dr.
Robert Wade, Professor, London
School of Economics and
Political Science; and Ghana’s
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu
Bawumia.

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The core principles of
manifestation Pt. 9
BY ABUNDANT ROBERT
AWOLUGUTU
THE CORE principles
of manifestation
are the power
tips that you have to
apply to bring massive
changes in your
life. Their application may not
necessarily bring you piles of
money; they will, however, help
you reach a point in your life you
will be comfortable with. I have
practiced them and they work.
Live each day as if it
were the last
We live in a busy, chaotic 21st
Century where reaching your goals
will require a lot of efforts. It is
important to plan and focus on
the future. Just as planning is important,
so is living-being fully
present.
Successful people live each day
as if it were their last and make
the most of each moment and so
should you. Plan your daily activities
so as to get more out of life.
Living each day as if it were the
last will help you become effective,
efficient and productive. This will
enhance your efforts to succeed
and achieve your goals faster.
Prevent the
green-eyed monster
If you want to be successful,
learn to appreciate and commend
those who are successful. Feeling
jealous of others will make you
lose happiness and self-respect. To
be jealous is to envy the success of
others. You don’t have to look at
things that way. Fact is there will
always be a few people more successful
than you. Instead of being
jealous, be inspired by their success
and be committed to your
own success journey.
At no point in time should you
feel that others’ success will decrease
your self-respect. Choose to
be happy even as others succeed.
Be courageous
You need a courageous attitude
in dealing with the challenges you
face in your success journey. If
you can’t step forward and think
out of the box, you will remain in
a rut and that will not be good for
you.
Every successful person has
braved the odds to reach their
goals; you cannot be an exception.
Don’t let your circumstances
frighten you into inaction. Keep
moving as the experiences you
gain will eventually help you reach
your desired destination in life. It
is always good to ask relevant
questions and learn from those
who have succeeded before you.
Remember that without courage
you will not be able to take action.
Avoid shortcuts
The one important lesson I
have learned is that there are no
quick fixes in life. They always lead
to imperfection and more troubles.
Some people who want instant
success have become victims of
scammers. They regret when they
lose money or their possessions.
Success is a gradual process, it requires
setting of goals, planning
how to achieve the goals and execution.
It requires hard work and a
lot of efforts. You also need to be
patient and persistent.
Shortcuts have brought untold
suffering to people. Don’t look for
quick fixes in life; in most cases
they do not work. Be wise and follow
the principles that govern success.
According to ZigZiglar, a
motivational expert, “There is no
elevator to success. You have to
take the stairs.”
It’s never too late
At a certain age, some people
look back at their lives and feel
sorry for themselves. They believe
it’s too late to make any positive
changes to their lives. They give
up on life and with it their dreams.
I am here to encourage you
that it is not too late for you to become
what you want to become.
It is my hope that the below
stories will inspire and encourage
you to take a second look at issues.
Harland Sanders, aka Colonel
Sanders is the man behind Kentucky
Fried Chicken. At age 62, he
franchised KFC in 1952 which he
later sold for $2 million, a huge
sum of money at the time. Prior
to creating this marvelous fast
food recipe, he did odd jobs such
as being a station gas operator and
railroad worker.
Vera Wang is one of the
world’s premier women designers.
For the greater part of her adult
life, she was a magazine editor for
17 years. At age 40, she resigned
to pursue her passion of design by
becoming an independent bridal
wear designer.
Julia Child was an American
chef, author and TV personality.
Her first cookbook was published
when she was 39. She made her
television debut in the French
Chef when she was 51.
Did any of the above say it was
too late for them? You surely need
a mental shift to change the situation
in your life.
Create an
inspirational room
In my private room, I have
pasted motivational quotes and inspirational
sayings of successful
people. I have included various citations,
awards and certificates as
well as other achievements of
mine. They serve as a constant reminder
of how far I have come in
life. They reinforce my belief
there is more I can offer the
world.
Quotes and wise sayings contain
the wisdom seeds of great
men and women. You can benefit
from these quotes by applying
them to your own life. You can
model your life after theirs to
achieve your life’s goals.
These things help me to start
my day on a sound footing and to
stay motivated. Give it a try and
you won’t regret. It is a secret that
can transform your life.
Write a letter to your
future self
You may not consider this to
be important, but it is. It is a vital
tool you can use to change your
life.
What will your future life look
like five years from now? What
kind of person do you want to become
five years from now? Whom
would you like to hang out with
when that time comes? What will
your financial status look like?
What things would you like to
manifest by that time?
You can start with one year
from now. Mark the date in your
calendar to open the letter you
write. Seal the letter you write and
keep it in a safe place.
Be the kind of person you
want to be who should open that
letter.
The letter you write should inspire
actions towards the achievement
of your goals. Remind
yourself that failure is not an option.
Be resolutely determined to
succeed. Let nothing stop you.
Treasure your past
misfortunes
Some people look at their past
misfortunes and lament. This is a
wrong attitude. Instead, treasure
your past misfortunes. Bruce Lee
once noted, “I treasure the memory
of past misfortunes. It has
added more to my bank of fortitude.”
Your past misfortunes
should guide your future actions,
giving you strength to navigate the
plateaus of life. Your past misfortunes
should set you on fire to
pursue your goals with vim and
vigor, going the extra mile without
giving up. You can truly draw fortitude
from your past woes and
troubles. When you treasure your
past tribulations and trials, they
can become vital tools for achieving
success in life.
Be current
It is a good thing to be well-informed
about current events, the
latest books and news that is
trending. Read the newspapers and
news magazines to tap ideas to develop
yourself. Successful people
and peak performers read at least
3-5 newspapers on a daily basis.
You need to focus on what is important.
You should keep a file in
which to keep newspaper clippings
of stories and articles that
are of interest and value to you.
Read them at your downtime.
It is knowledge that can empower
you to be effective and efficient.
You can get this knowledge
by reading good newspapers and
magazines.
Wishing you a fulfilling life.
Hakuna Matata! (It means No
Worries for the rest of your days).
To be continued.
Yours in inspiration,
Abundant Robert
Email:
awolugutu@yahoo.com
Cell: 0208 455 296

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Common
causes
of air
pollution
• Burning fossil fuels
The combustion of fossil fuels such
as petroleum, coal and other factory
combustibles releases sulfur dioxide into
the environment. Pollution emitting
from vehicles, including jeeps, trucks,
trains, cars, and airplanes makes the
matter worse.
• Certain agricultural activities
One of most common byproducts
of agriculture related activities is ammonia
which is extremely damaging for the
environment. Similarly, the use of pesticides,
insecticides, and fertilisers in agricultural
industry has played a big role in
making air pollution worse.
• Exhaust from manufacturing
industries
Manufacturing industries release
large amounts of hydrocarbons, carbon
monoxide, toxic chemicals, and organic
compounds that affect the quality of air.
Manufacturing industries are now everywhere
in the world, which is the reason
why every country is struggling with the
harmful effects of air pollution.
• Mining operations
Mining involves extracting minerals
below the earth with the help of large
equipment.
Dust and a variety of chemicals are
released during the mining operations.
Not only do mining operations contribute
to air pollution, they also deteriorate
the health of workers and those
who live close to those mining sites.
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Govt to prioritise occupational therapy
THE IMMEDIATE
past Director-General
of the Ghana
Health Service
(GHS), Dr
Ebenezer Appiah-
Denkyira has called on government
to make occupational
therapy a priority in the country’s
health sector.
Dr Appiah-Denkyira urged the
Ministry of Health (MoH) and
the GHS to place premium on
occupational therapy to improve
healthcare in the country.
He was speaking at the opening
session of the 10th Conference
of Occupational Therapists
Association Africa Regional
Group (OTARG) in Accra.
The three-day conference
which is on the theme; ‘Occupational
Therapist in Africa; Changing
Lives Positively’ brought
together occupational therapists
across the continent and other
parts of the world.
•Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira,
Director-General of the Ghana
Health Service
Dr Appiah-Denkyira said
there is the need to have a good
blend of predictable medical
practice with the services of occupational
therapists to enhance
the functionality of patients and
integrate persons with special
needs into society.
He made a passionate appeal
to the MoH to employ occupational
therapy professionals who
have completed their courses and
internships and are yet to be employed,
adding that, “there are
about 30 occupational therapists
who can be employed to begin
their professional services.”
“Even if it is not possible to
give them immediate employment,
there should be a system in
place to create departments at the
various hospitals so they will get
value for their worth,” he said.
The President of OTARG
Ghana, Mr Peter Owusu Ndaa,
said the association would work
with government in key areas to
advance standard practices of occupational
therapy in the country,
especially with mental health persons
and persons with disability.
He said there was the need for
health institutions to develop
their curriculum to respond to
the needs of occupational therapy
in the country.
On his part, the Director of
the Institutional Care Division of
the GHS, Dr Samuel Kaba said
the service would take steps to
seek financial clearance to absorb
occupational therapy professionals
as there was the need for them
in the delivery of healthcare.
“As a country, we have no option
but to develop occupational
therapy and mainstream it into
our healthcare system in a manner
that will enhance the rehabilitation
of patients,” he said.
Occupational therapists are allied
health professionals who assist
dysfunctional people who,
due to natural congenital defects
in life, help their clients to be able
to carry out their day-to-day activities,
irrespective of the state of
disability or medical condition
they find themselves.
Impact of ozone exposure on respiratory mortality quantified
A NEW study has quantified the
global impact of long-term ozone exposure
on respiratory mortality.
The study published in the Journal
of Environmental Health Perspectives
by the Climate and Clean Air
Coalition and made available to the
DAILY HERITAGE said.
It finds that in 2010, long-term
outdoor exposure to ozone air pollution
contributed to about 1 million
premature respiratory deaths globally
or approximately one in five of all
respiratory deaths. This is substantially
larger than previous estimates.
Dr Chris Malley, lead author of
the study and researcher at Stockholm
Environment Institute at the University
of York said “this study highlights
thE exposure to ozone may make a
substantially greater contribution to
the global burden of disease than previously
thought."
Findings from this study were
based on results from a recent analysis
of the association of long-term ozone
exposure and respiratory mortality in
670,000 adults, with a substantially
larger number of included study participants
and observed deaths than an
earlier estimate, on which previous
global ozone health impacts calculations
have been based.
It said the largest contribution to
global ozone-attributable respiratory
deaths was from Asia, which accounted
for about 79% of the global
total.
India alone accounted for about
400,000 and China for about another
270,000. Africa, Europe and North
America each had between 50,000 and
60,000 ozone-attributable deaths, with
fewer in Latin America and Oceania.
“There is a degree of uncertainty
in these estimates because the concentration-response
function we used is
based on analysis from the United
States,” Dr Malley said.
“We don’t know whether the relationship
is the same in other regions,
such as in India and China, where the
prevalence of other risk factors for
respiratory diseases varies considerably.
We also estimated people’s ozone
exposure using a global atmospheric
chemistry transport model, which
means that we could not account for
differences in ozone exposure at small
geographic scales.”
It said the largest contribution to global ozone-attributable
respiratory deaths was from Asia, which accounted for
about 79% of the global total.India alone accounted for
about 400,000 and China for about another 270,000.
Africa, Europe and North America each had between
50,000 and 60,000 ozone-attributable deaths, with fewer
in Latin America and Oceania.
The analysis grew out of SEI’s Initiative
on Low Emission Development
Pathways, which includes the
development of a ‘benefits calculator’
to help policymakers and planners assess
the potential benefits of undertaking
measures that reduce air
pollution.
It noted SEI’s Initiative on Low
Emission Development Pathways is
contributing to the Climate and Clean
Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived
Climate Pollutants (CCAC), where
SEI is working with UN Environment
and other organisations to support
more than 20 developing countries in
Africa, Asia and Latin America in developing
plans to reduce emissions
leading to the formation of groundlevel
ozone.
“Our colleagues from countries
such as Ghana, Peru, Nigeria and
Bangladesh have highlighted the importance
of air pollution impacts on
health as a motivation for reducing
emissions,” said SEI’s Policy Director
Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna, co-author of
the study and a member of the CCAC
Scientific Advisory Panel.
“Knowing that reducing outdoor
air pollution including ozone, could
make an even larger contribution to
improving health, provides a compelling
new reason to invest in actions
reducing emissions.”
So, what can be done to reduce
ozone exposure? Given that many
people, particularly in the poorest and
most vulnerable populations cannot
easily relocate, the key is to address
the sources of pollution, Malley and
Kuylenstierna stressed.
It said Ozone is not directly emitted
but is formed in the atmosphere
from emissions of pollutants like nitrogen
oxides from vehicles, organic
compounds from solvent use, and
methane from agriculture. Once
formed, ozone can stay in the atmosphere
for a few weeks and travel long
distances from the emission sources,
across countries and continents.
“To reduce ozone pollution, you
need to control emissions of different
precursors from many different
sources,” Kuylenstierna said.
“This includes emissions from
road transport, household energy use,
as well as methane emissions from
agriculture. It is important to realise
that action needs to be taken on all
the major sources. The long-range
transport of ozone means that to reduce
ozone, action is needed on local,
national, regional and global scales.
That means that regional cooperation
often is needed to solve the problem,”
Kuylenstierna added.

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WEDNESDAY
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RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS
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We’ll seal revenue loopholes
at GWCL – Afenyo-Markins
BY BENJAMIN TANDOH
THE NEWLY appointed
board chairman
of the Ghana
Water Company
Limited (GWCL),
Mr Alexander
Afenyo-Markins has vowed to seal
every loophole in revenue collection
so as to generate enough
money for the company.
He said there will be reforms
on the organisational structure of
the company to reflect the new
dispensation.
Speaking at their inaugural ceremony,
Mr Afenyo-Markins said
they will work assiduously, leaving
no stone unturned to enhance the
company’s revenue collection
mechanism.
According to him, though the
task given them by the President is
huge, they will not let Ghanaians
down.
“The honour,
reputation, and usefulness
of GWCL
will materially depend
on the skill with
which my good self
and members of the
board manage the
company,” he said.
Other members of
the board are Dr Clifford
A. Braimah, Mr
Joseph Obeng-
Opoku, Mr Michael
Ayesu, and Mr Naaba
Sigri Gewong.
The rest are
Kwame Twumasi
Ampofo, Clement
Alosebuno Kaba, Dr
Forster Kum-
Ankama Sarpong,
and Madam Maria
Aba Lovelace Johnson.
•Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markins (middle, front role), Board Chairman, GWCL with some members of the Board during their inauguration
Airtel wins ‘Capacity Africa Awards’ as best CSR initiative
AIRTEL TRANSFORMA-
TIONAL Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) programme has
been adjudged the ‘Best Corporate
Social Responsibility Initiative’ at
the 2017 African Carrier Awards
which took place in Uganda’s capital
Kampala on September 5,
2017.
It picked the best CSR initiative
at the Capacity Africa Carrier
Awards 2017 for the second consecutive
year.
The Capacity Africa Carrier
Awards seeks to recognise telecom
companies in Africa with outstanding
performance in terms of
growth, innovation, CSR among
others.
The award recognises Airtel’s
exceptional and far-reaching efforts
to integrate sustainable corporate
social responsibility
initiatives which cover areas such
as education, health, and community
development.
The award is a clear affirmation
of the continuous effort of the
company in driving sustainable innovative
initiatives that distinguish
itself with its approach and contribution
to sustainable development.
Airtel received this award due
to its excellent and far-reaching efforts
to integrate sustainable corporate
social responsibility
initiatives across every sphere of
what they do, especially through
• Mrs Hannah Agbozo, Director of Legal
and Corporate Affairs at Airtel
the school adoption and
Evolve with STEM initiatives
and other employee driven
CSR initiatives.
Commenting on the recognition,
Director of Legal and
Corporate Affairs at Airtel,
Mrs Hannah Agbozo, said Airtel
is passionate about empowering
local communities
through our CSR and community
investment programmes.
“To be recognised for this
at the continental level as the
best in class in CSR is a great
honor and a motivator for us
to continue investing to improve
lives and drive positive
impact in our communities.
“This award is a result of the
ownership and commitment of
our employees to embrace and
volunteer in our CSR initiatives.
We dedicate it to all our employees
and our cherished customers.”
Mrs Agbozo said Airtel has
won multiple awards for its leadership
in driving sustainable corporate
social responsibility initiatives
including ‘best CSR initiative’ at
the Africa Carrier Awards 2016,
IPR best community relations programme
for three consecutive
years, Bharti change maker award
(gold) for two consecutive years
and best CSR company in education
at the 2015 Ghana CSR excellence
awards.

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Politics
One cannot and must not try to erase the
past merely because it does not fit the
present — Golda Meir
To single source or sole source?
• Big question for public sector, state run institutions
BY PROFESSOR DOUGLAS BOATENG
WHILE THE use of competitive tendering
is the generally preferred option
for public sector sourcing, there
are instances where alternative methods
are required. Two such alternatives
are commonly known as single
sourcing and sole sourcing. In Ghana,
the two options are partially catered
for under Act 663 (S.40, S41) and in
the amended Public Procurement Act
914 (S.40).
Recently, there has been a lot of
debate surrounding the rather misguided
use and application of either
single sourcing or sole sourcing for
the acquisition of a need. The main
reason emanates from the Act which
describes the alternatives under S40
and S41 as single sourced procurement.
The confusion has been further
exacerbated by the unfortunate terminological
confusion and sometimes
the ill-advised use of the two distinct
nomenclatures interchangeably by
some past and present government
officials, public and civil servants,
procurement practitioners, commentators
and C-suite executives trying to
justify their reasons for either supporting
or denouncing sole or single
sourcing.
While both are part of strategic
sourcing, they are technically different
with distinct underlying principles, associated
risks, benefits and goals.
So, what is single sourcing?
Single sourcing occurs when an
organisation consciously selects a single
supplier from multiple options to
meet a need. In most cases the single
sourced supplier:- 1. Has a proven
track record, 2. Comparatively offers
the lowest possible cost without compromising
product quality and functional
requirement specifications, 3.
Has already proven itself in terms of
its customer service quality, 4. Is capable
of providing a fit for purpose
product, 5. Offers better value for
money, 6. Has an historic relationship
with the buyer, 7. Presents an opportunity
for potential technical transfer
and skills development, and 8. In a
developing economy context, the supplier
has the potential to contribute to
local empowerment, job creation and
economic development.
With single sourcing, public sector
organisations have options. If the organisation
has thoroughly done its research
before deciding to single
source, it is relatively easy to choose
the best alternative supplier from the
multiple options without necessarily
changing the product requirements.
Today, it is an accepted worldwide
fact that public sector organisations
• Sarah Adwoa Safo, MP for Dome Kwabenya
should not be overpaying for single
sourced products since they (as the
customer) have a relatively strong negotiating
power advantage over the
selected single sourced supplier. It is
for this reason that numerous companies
try to avoid being a single
sourced supplier of a need as they are
at a major disadvantage
during the
negotiations.
There is therefore
certainly no
justification – even
in a crisis – for the
sometimes-blatant
overpricing associated
with a single
sourced need. To
date, many public
sector organisations
with the right
functional custodians
have managed
(over a relatively
short space of
time), to reduce
single sourced
product value
chain costs by as
much as 23 percent
– making it
sometimes even
more beneficial than competitive tendering.
In most cases, the unit price
for a vertical specific single sourced
product (excluding logistical and
other related tariff costs) has not exceeded
six percent (6%) of the officially
listed price.
Single sourcing is often the acquisition
method of choice for emergency
situations (but often mistakenly
described as sole sourcing). It is also a
means for industrial mobilization and
development, value for money acquisition,
means to strengthen and capacitate
internal capabilities, revisit
functional and product requirement
specifications, etc.
In addition, it has proven to be an
effective tool for amongst others demand
consolidation and management
and transversal relationships. With the
right value adding professional in
charge of
Single sourced related
procedural workloads
also tend to be comparatively
low as communications,
performance
monitoring and evaluation
is limited to a solitary
supplier. There are
also opportunities for
transversal contracting,
collaborative product
requirements specification
development, and
joint needs based costing.
procurement,
the
benefits associated
with single
sourcing
can be
huge. It has
an immediate
and
long term
impact on
local businesses,
job
creation,
public and
private sector
spending,
industry
and society
as a whole.
For
governments,
some of the biggest proven
benefits are cash flow optimisation,
the potential to create a win-win collaborative
relationship with a specific
supplier, minimisation of over-pricing
as well as the achievement of real and
significant quantifiable value for
money benefits. With single sourcing
win–win relationship terms can either
be short, medium or long term and
can easily be exited.
Single sourced related procedural
workloads also tend to be comparatively
low as communications, performance
monitoring and evaluation
is limited to a solitary supplier. There
are also opportunities for transversal
contracting, collaborative product requirements
specification development,
and joint needs based costing.
Single sourcing is however not
without its risks. Firstly, if organisations
do not have the internal capabilities
to detail the requirements
specifications, continuously update associated
price indices and manage and
monitor the supplier relationship
terms, prices may unexpectedly and
significantly increase. Secondly, in periods
of tight supply, the buyer may
be placed at a disadvantage as they
will not be able to ask other suppliers
to accept orders. Thirdly, other suppliers
may lose interest in trying to
compete for the business if they see
that a singular source situation is
likely to persist.
Key to public sector organisations
harnessing the enormous benefits associated
with single sourcing is to
have the right procurement professional
in charge to constantly and
thoroughly do the fact finding to understand
the organisational needs,
critically co-examine and define their
functional requirements specifications
and constantly research and update
their multiple supplier product price
benchmark indexes.
To sum up, the application of single
sourcing in the public sector can
be enormously beneficial but must be
co-determined and carefully managed
by a qualified and strategically minded
procurement professional.
What about sole sourcing?
Unlike single sourcing, institutions
undertake sole sourcing when there is
only one known supplier that can satisfy
their need. With sole sourcing,
supply alternatives are non-existent at
the time of need unless an organisation
radically changes its requirements.
Sole sourcing relationships are
also mainly long term driven. Globally,
sole sourcing is hardly used in
emergency situations as the cost implications
in most cases far outweigh
the benefits.
Due to the uniqueness of the
product or service required, sole
sourcing gives the supplier major negotiating
power advantage over the
customer. This means that there is
often very little room for potential
price discounts, job creation and industrial
development.
There have nonetheless been instances
where sole sourcing has led to
the creation of industries and longterm
jobs by industrial conglomerates
in developing economies. However
these are very few and largely dependent
on amongst others:
1. local and regional demand for
the product, 2. local technical skills, 3.
the location of a raw material source,
4. institutional governance structures,
and 5. incentives from government.
Through product and functional
requirements specification, it is imperative
that public sector organisations
minimise the use of sole sourcing as
there is very limited room for negotiations
and value for money acquisitions.
In a nutshell, the application of
sole sourcing in the public sector can
be very costly even if co-determined
and carefully managed by a qualified
and strategically minded procurement
professional.
In summing up, single and sole
sourcing are two distinct acquisition
concepts. With the right intentions,
both can offer benefits which sometimes
can far exceed the advantages
associated with competitive tendering.
However, to show compliance with
the principles governing public procurement,
it is imperative that staterun
organisations justify either single
or sole sourcing as a method of acquisition.
The validation must indicate
in detail, the circumstances leading up
to the decision and selection of either
a single source supplier or a sole
sourced supplier, any product and
supplier alternatives considered, the
rationale for selecting the supplier and
how it was determined that the price
was fair and reasonable.
To ensure that each of these
strategic sourcing alternatives are
transparent and follow the correct
processes, procurement professionals
and decision makers involved in overseeing
public sector acquisition need
to be aware of the very specific differences
between the two alternatives
and design their requirements specifications
accordingly.

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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Kuami Eugene
tipped to win
2018 VGMAs’ New
Artiste of the Year
BY RAMSON ACQUAH-HAYFORD
ASECTION of industry
players and fans of the
2017 Vodafone Ghana-
Music Award (VGMAs)
Unsung Artiste of the
Year, Kuami Eugene has
tipped the young lad to bag the enviable
New Artiste of the Year award
at the 2018 VGMA.
This comes after Kuami’s hit
tracks such as ‘Boom Bang’,
‘Show Dem’, as well as a feature
on MzVee’s ‘Rewind’, are receiving
massive airplay and
admiration.
When queried by the
DAILY HER-
ITAGE on what
his thoughts were
on the subject, the
singer showed appreciation
for the
belief his fans has
in him and
added that “I
also feel that it is
not farfetched for
me to pick the
award considering
the hard
work and
dedication
I’ve put in
my music.”
He however
added that
though he does not
know who would be
nominated, he thinks
that all the new musicians are equally
doing well and merits a shot at the award.
He then talked about the release of
the visuals of his single ‘Angela’ which
was premiered on Live 91.9 FM yesterday.
“Today we released the music video for
my new single ‘Angela’. It depicts the situation
where one is in love with a person
but due to certain standards like
money, fame position etc he or
she cannot be with them yet
they would go the ends of the
world to make their lover
happy.”
Kuami showed his profound
gratitude to his fans
and promised to deliver
good music.
The Lynx Entertainment
signee says
he has a song with
Medikal and Jupitar
which would be released
soon. He also
added that there
would be a concert
titled ‘Fadama
Boy’ to hit the
streets of
Fadama, Accra
where he grew up.
An album is also
expected to come
from his camp later
on in the year.
•Kuami
Eugene
•(2nd right) Former President John Agyekum
Kufuor in a handshake with Bola Ray, CEO of
EIB Network and staff of EIB Network
Emulate Bola Ray’s
leadership skills
— Kufuor to youth
PRESIDENT JOHN Agyekum
Kufuor has entreated Ghanaian
youth to emulate the leadership
qualities of the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of Excellence In
Broadcasting Network, Mr
Kwabena Anokye Adisi popularly
called Bola Ray.
According to him, it’s prudent
the youth emulate Bola Ray’s leadership
skills to fine-tune their future
careers.
He believes climbing the
achievement ladder requires determination
and focused minds. The
former President commended Bola
Ray for his leadership skills.
“If you were not important, I’m
sure the scholar wouldn’t have
taken time to research and write
about you so you have achieved a
lot already within 40 years. How
many
Ghanaians
by that age
have done
anything
about themselves in terms of writing
a book or getting people to
write about them, so you have
done well,” Mr Kufuor said.
This was made known when
Bola Ray paid a courtesy call on
him to formally invite him to his
biography book launch on Thursday,
September 21, 2017 at the
Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra
dubbed ‘It is Possible’.
“And I like the title, ‘It is Possible’,
truly with imagination, selfconfidence
which is critical for
achievement, and also the ambition
to want to do things not only for
yourself but for society, to see people
happy and that is what you
have aimed for, I want to congratulate
you and anytime I hear of you,
I’m happy,” he stated.
Van Vicker shares new photo of family
ACTOR VAN Vicker on
Tuesday shared an adorable
photo of himself with his
beautiful wife and three children
on his Instagram page.
The actor who never stops
showing off his family was
seen laying in bed with his
wife and three children.
“I woke up this morning
burdened with the need to
say, ‘we all need family in our
lives.No one is an island,”
Van said in the caption.
He continued, “there’s
nothing more divine than a
family that loves, protects and
stands up for each other.
Bond with family today and
they will drop everything just
to be there for you in times of
adverse circumstances. Love
transcends all. #ygf.”
Van and Adjoa have been
together for 23 years (13 years
as a married couple).
•Van Vicker with
his wife and
children

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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
GH Heritage Month Series
Was Nkrumah
indeed a hero?
CONTINUE FROM PAGE 7
one citizens who, in emergencies,were called upon to
exercise arbitrary authority over the natives.”
Another major determinant of the journey to
freedom was the formation of the West African
Conference in 1917, which later became the West African
Congress in 1920. It was formed by J. E. Casely-Hayford,
who hitherto, had accepted the certainty of colonial
domination. The aim of the congress was to invite the
West African colonies under the British to demand “selfdetermination”
and “no taxation without representation.”
Three of their most significant demands are that: selfgovernment
should be implemented to enable peoples of
African descent to participate in the government of their
own country, elective franchise should be granted, and
the system of nomination to the Legislative Council
should be abolished because it is undemocratic (Ofosu-
Appiah, 1974). Although, the congress disintegrated
eventually, it should be stated emphatically that its
formation and aims were very critical in the geopolitics at
that time and contributed to the fight for freedom.
Again, the vibrancy of the media in the 1930s was a
crucial landmark towards our attainment of
independence. Upon returning from Britain after
obtaining his B. A. Honours in Philosophy, LL. B, and
Ph. D in Law and the Philosophy of the Mind, Dr. J. B.
Danquah, established the first daily paper in the country
in the 1900s. The paper was established in 1931 and was
called the Times of West Africa. Due to the quality
content of the paper, it was widely read across the
colony, especially in Nigeria and Sierra Leone. By 1933,
there were three papers in the country—The Times, The
Spectator and The Gold Coast Independent. These
papers provided the platform for intellectual discussions
in the colony, and contributed to national consciousness
or awakening among the people, especially the
intelligentsia.
The vibrancy of the media within the period led to
K. A. B. Jones Quartey referring to that era as “The
stormy Thirties of Gold Coast Journalism.” It must be
noted that it was through the efforts of the journalists
that enabled the people to demand that a delegation of
chiefs and the people be sent to protest at the colonial
office in London over the Criminal Code (Amendment)
Ordinance, popularly referred to as the Sedition Bill, and
the Water Works Ordinance of 1934. Dr. J. B. Danquah
led the delegation as the secretary, and apart from the
two demands stated above, they also, among others,
wanted an increase in the number of Africans on the
Legislative Council, the election of the provincial council
members for the Eastern Province by the Whole
Provincial Council, and non-chiefs becoming provincial
members. Sadly, only the last request was granted.
The Idea to form a political party was conceived by J.
B. Danquah and Mr. George Alfred Grant, who was a
wealthy businessman living in Sekondi. In February 1947,
J. B. Danquah visited him to pay his respects whilst
attending High Court. Mr. Grant was not happy about
the socio-economic problems at the time. This
interaction led to a meeting among Dr. Danquah, Mr. F.
Awoonor-Williams, Mr. R. S. Blay, and Mr. Grant. It was
at this meeting that Mr. Grant revealed that he had had
discussions with the leadership of the Aborigines Rights
However, on
August 4, 1947,
the United Gold
Coast Convention
was finally adopted
as the name of the
party. This day,
unarguably,
represents the most
important step
towards the
attainment of
independence in the
Gold Coast.
Protection Society—Mr. W. E. G. Sekyi, Mr.
George Moore, and Mr. R. S. Wood, about
the formation of a national movement. At
the meeting held at Saltpond in April 1947, it
was agreed that the Gold Coast People’s
Party would be formed at Saltpond in
August 1947.
However, on August 4, 1947, the United
Gold Coast Convention was finally adopted
as the name of the party. This day,
unarguably, represents the most important
step towards the attainment of
independence in the Gold Coast. At the
inauguration, Mr. Grant was elected the
chairman for the occasion, and Dr. J. B.
Danquah delivered the inaugural address.
The address was so potent to the extent that
it was able to create a national awareness,
and a soul, yearning for freedom. After the
speech, which was greeted with applause,
Mrs. J. B. Eyeson mounted the podium and
indicated, “Dr. Danquah, we had in the past
given enthusiastic support to the cause of
the Church. Today it is the cause of the
nation. Women of the country are behind
you.” (Ofosu-Appiah, 1974, p.52, 53).
It must be said without any equivocation
that the advent of the UGCC prepared the
grounds for our independence. As the first
political party in the country, their intentions
and subsequent activities brought the
attainment of independence within reach. It
was the executive committee of the UGCC,
upon the recommendation of Mr. Arko-
Adjei, that invitated Kwame Nkrumah to
become the secretary of the convention. He
arrived in the country on 10th December,
1947.
After the 1948 riots—that led to the
death of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Atipoe,
and Private Odartey Lamptey, J. B. Danquah,
a member of the executive committee of the
UGCC, wrote a long telegraph message to
the Secretary of State for the colonies in the
United Kingdom demanding the recall of
Governor Creasy, the dispatch of a special
Commissioner, the establishment of an
interim government to be run by the UGCC,
and a Constituent Assembly. Although, the
objective of the Convention was the
attainment of self-rule in the shortest
possible time, it was steadily moving in that
direction until Kwame Nkrumah broke away
to form the Convention People’s Party —
which formed the government when
independence was attained on 6th March,
1957.
From the above, it is clear that the
independence struggle was both a process
and struggle; it took patriotic Ghanaians to
fight to win us the battle of freedom from
colonial domination. Those persons who led
the charge, especially the leadership of the
UGCC deserve our commendation and
respect. But for patriots like Mr. Alfred
Grant and Dr. J. B. Danquah, who came
together to form a political movement to
salvage the country from economic
quagmire, and push for her eventual
independence, and their invitation of Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah to be part of the
preparation towards independence, probably,
6th March 6, 1957
wouldn’t have become a
reality.
The birth of UGCC
is significant in our lives
even today. It offers us
the opportunity to live
their dream—a dream of
selflessness, patriotism,
respect for the rule of
law and personal
liberties, freedom of
speech and association,
self-determination, and
love for our country.
On the occasion of
the 70th year anniversary
of the UGCC, I join the
numerous patriots of our
time to applaud their
memories, and never
dying souls. God bless
Ghana!
Source: Dr Kingsley
Nyarko, Executive
Director, Danquah
Institute (DI), Senior
Lectur er, University of
Ghana
BY PROF. AGYEMAN BADU AKOSA,
AVOWED NKRUMAIST
• Dr K.A Busia
REHABILITATION
OF OSAGYEFO DR
KWAME NKRUMAH
IS INCOMPLETE
GHANA'S DAY of shame, February 24, 1966, was
followed by an avalanche of well-orchestrated falsehoods to
attempt to justify the dastardly deed and demean the
independence of the nation. The struggle was pivoted on the
declaration of positive action which gave Ghanaians the
opportunity to show their abhorrence for the system of
colonialism.
That was the point of separation between those who
were prepared to stand up to be counted and those whose
brief was incremental participation in the governance by the
Governor and his cohort of collaborators and compradors.
Falsehoods
The falsehoods included Nkrumah taking gold bars to
Egypt for Madam Fathia, looting the nation's coffers,
• Dr Kwame Nkrumah excited at a CPP event
consulting 'Kankan Nyame' and the practice of occultism,
killing Ghanaians and throwing them to the lions in the
Flagstaff House zoo and so many others.
The reality of the situation was that there were no gold
bars in Egypt and poor Madam Fathia struggled beyond
recognition in her life thereafter. It is public knowledge now
that Nkrumah died with not even a plot of land to his name.
It is worth mentioning that the land on which the Peduase
Lodge is built was a gift to him and members of the
Convention People's Party contributed to the start of the
building for him but he characteristically was to give the
building to the state as Ghana's Camp David.
The fertile figment of his detractors' imagination
conjured many images of Nkrumah that was to make many
Ghanaians form a damaging impression of the man who
liberated them. The Ghanatta cartoon series were to cast a
very critical and psychologically damaging picture of
Nkrumah and yet he was a disciple of theology and a
practising human-centered individual who cared for
Ghanaians beyond measure.
His government's chief pride was the welfare of the
people and at every turn he told Ghanaians he would work
hard to abolish poverty, ignorance and disease. 'Kankan
Nyame' existed as a fetish shrine in Guinea but Nkrumah did
not consult it.
It is, however, a shame that Ghanatta has died not
apologising to the country for misleading Ghanaians.
Recognition and rehabilitation
In 2007, when Ghana hosted the AU and chose not to
have any campaign for the position of continental unity, His
Excellency Alpha Konare, Chairman of the AU, clearly stated
that Africa had not begun to honour Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
The establishment of the Founder's Day holiday in
Ghana and the continent-wide recognition has been
heartwarming and a good redeeming start.
Nkrumah staked his leadership on achieving the unity of
Africa and everything on achieving the unity of Africa and
everything he predicted would happen if we failed to unite
has come to pass. Africa, with 60 per cent of the world's
natural resources, controls only about one per cent of the
world' money.
The Statistics continue to be gloomy and yet the rich
nations continue to exploit our lack of unity to plunder our
resources under the guise of the latter day neo-colonialism
and imperialism agenda called globalization. The celebration
of the centenary of his birth was cleverly divided into three
by the Centenary Planning Committee made up of upright
Nkrumaist eminent men and women who believed in the
ideals of Nkrumah.
The birthday cluster in September 2009, the
independence cluster in March 2010 and the African Union
(AU) cluster in May 2010. The divisions recognised the man
and his achievements.
The high level participation of the
African Union in the AU cluster in May
2010 was commendable. The celebrations
have gone a long way to correct a great
wrong and rehabilitate Nkrumah in the
public domain. Many who did not know
him or of him have now heard about the
man. Many who knew him but had
forgotten have been reminded and even
those who knew and had heard but did
not wish to acknowledge have been reeducated.
The colloquium organized as
part of the AU cluster with speakers
from Ghana, the rest of Africa and
Ghana's eleventh region, the Diaspora,
demonstrated the man as an academic,
philosopher par excellence, original
thinker, emancipator of the black race
and a man who could be bound by the
history of time.
His ideas are even more relevant in
Ghana and Africa today than probably
during the period under his leadership.
The re-naming of Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology
(KNUST) must also be commended. It is
interesting to note that the old students
of Nsein Secondary School want the
school name to revert to Kwame
Nkrumah Secondary School.
The University of Cape Coast has
instituted Kwame Nkrumah Memorial
Lectures, which straddles his birth date.
The 2010 lectures began from Monday, September 20, for
three days ending on Wednesday, September 22, 2010.
KNUST unveiled Dr Nkrumah’s statues to his everlasting
memory. The University of Ghana has invested the Kwame
Nkrumah Chair of African Studies and the Academy of Arts
and Science organizers an annual Founder's Day week, which
includes the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lecture and the
author delivered the centenary year lecture on 'Ghana the
house Nkrumah built'. Incidentally, for those who do not
know, the Academy was founded by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
What does the University of Education, Winneba, University
of Development Studies, Tamale and the University of
Mines and Technology, Tarkwa intend to do for the memory
of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, since all their antecedent
institutions were established by him. What has the Ghana
Institute of Management and Public Administration done or
intend to do?
This institute was also established by Osagyefo Dr.
Kwame Nkrumah. Then there are the many other
organizations such as Bank of Ghana, which has created the
new Ghana two Cedis to immortalize him but what about
State Insurance Company. Social Security and National
Insurance Trust, Ghana Commercial Bank, Agricultural
Development Bank, National Investment Bank, Telecom.
Ghana Post, COCOBOD, Produce Buying Agency, Cocoa
Processing Company, Ghana Ports and Harbour authority,
Dry Docks, GOIL, BOST and all the many organisations he
founded which have provided many jobs for people some of
whom do not even believe he is worth the recognition.
All these organisations must come together to set up the
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Fund that can support the many
needy but brilliant children through junior high and senior
high schools and also through university. It can be done and
we look forward to hearing the announcement.
President John Evans Atta Mills demonstrated his
Nkrumaist credentials by the bold decision to create the
Founder's Day and also celebrate the centenary of his birth.
However, the continued glorification of the man paid by
the Central Intelligence Agency of United States of America
and M16 of Britain to overthrow the democratically elected
Government of Ghana and halt Ghana and Africa's forward
match leaves a lot to be desired and cannot be condoned.
Why on earth have successive governments of this country
shied away from taking the bold decision to change the name
of the international airport?
There was no way the Busia government was going to do
anything about it. As accomplices to the coup d'etat and
political advisor to the Military government of the National
Liberation Council, they were at home.
Surprisingly the Acheampong military government, who,
we are told, were sympathetic to Nkrumah, did not do it
either. Maybe their military instinct took the better part of
them. The part that baffles me more than any other is why
the Limann government did not change the name of the
main entry into Ghana.. I do not think they needed more
than twenty four hours to effect that change.
Twenty seven months later, the soldiers were out of
government but the name of Ghana's only international
airport continues to bear the name of the usurper Kotoka. It
did not surprise me that the Kufuor government did not do
anything about it. It was, however, represented by the
Deputy Attorney General at the unveiling of the statue of
Kotoka at Atimpoku to add further insult to Ghana's already
festering injury.
They [those opposed to Nkrumah] revel in it and
unashamedly as a tradition that demonstrates their
generational hatred for Dr Kwame Nkrumah in so many
ways. Our democracy has come to stay and our democratic
credentials are enviable. The smooth transition from one
political party to another has very well been received by the
world at large.
We therefore cannot continue to revere people who took
the people of this country to ransom and brought an end to
self-determination, self-reliance and pan-Africanism and the
fight for continental unity but deepened our dependency.
The rehabilitation of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is
surely incomplete with our airport remaining Kotoka
International Airport .
Even if Ghana chooses not to name the airport after
Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, it must be named Accra
International Airport. The country must not give any
comfort to those who, through the barrel of the gun, have
held this country and all in it hostage; promised liberation,
redemption and revolutionary heroics all to no avail. We
must march forward recognizing those who genuinely
sacrificed to get us free. Freedom!