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DAILY HERITAGE 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 

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ways that won't work. 

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90% of unsafe abortions occur 

in developing countries –WHO 

Private jets scandal, 

tax plan test 

Trump's brand 

PG.04 

Shell customers to 

win 6 taxis 

PG.13 

Ahafo chiefs, 

queens thank 

Prez Akufo 

-Addo for free SHS 

PG.14 

Kofi Egyir goes 

home tomorrow 

PG.15 

A NEW study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the 

Guttmacher Institute and published on September 28, 2017 indicates that between 

2010 and 2014, at least 25 million unsafe abortions representing 45% of 

all abortions occurred globally every year. Pg12 

Fuel prices: Workers likely to agitate for 

more salary – COPEC 

THE INCREASING fuel prices will push workers to ask for more salaries from 

the government within the next three months, the Executive Director of the 

Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana(COPEC), Mr Duncan Amoah, 

has predicted. Pg 6 

Govt chases 

64, 000 teachers 

• Over fake certificates 

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OVER 64, 000 Teachers in the 

country who are employed 

by the Ghana Education 

Service (GES) are expected 

to face a validation exercise 

within 88 days beginning 

October 1 for the GES to get rid of those 

who have presented fake certificates. 

Following claims that a number of teachers 

are working with fake certificates, the Audit 

Department and the Controller and Accountant 

General’s Department were tasked to validate 

their documents before payments of 

salaries made. 

But the process stalled last December and 

is expected to commence at the Ministry of 

Finance Conference room next month after 

the Audit Service and the Ministry of Finance 

had almost concluded on all modalities to reconvene 

for the validation exercise. 

The General Secretary of Ghana National 

Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr David 

Ofori Acheampong, made this known in an interview 

with the DAILY HERITAGE after 

the launch of the 2017 GNAT Week/World 

Teachers’ Day in Accra. 

“Yes, the validation exercise was suspended 

last year around December, but about two 

months ago we engaged the Ministry of Finance 

to reconvene for the exercise to begin. 

As at August, the Ministry of Finance has 

asked Audit Service, Fair Wages and Salary 

Commission and Ghana Education Service to 

work out and get the actual figures outstanding 

yet to be dealt with.” 

He added that, “the figures were close to 

about 64,000 and that 64, 000 is what they are 

going to work on. The information we received 

at the meeting with Audit Service is that 

they will need 88 days to do the validation and 

that is where we are now.” 

The Audit service, he said, “ has submitted 

its expenditure for the exercise to the Ministry 

of Finance and, yesterday (Wednesday), I had 

a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Finance 

and he confirms it has come and they 

are working on it to get the logistics for the 

team to start the validation exercise.” 

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It is better to fail in originality 

than to succeed in imitation. 

— Herman Melville 

Govt chases 64, 000 teachers •Over fake certificates 

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Interdicted heads 

unacceptable 

Concerning headmasters and 

headmistresses who have been interdicted, 

Mr Acheampong said the 

GES must come and ensure due 

process in their collective agreement 

in sanctioning teachers and described 

the recent interdiction of 

nine headmasters ans sacking of 

two others as “unacceptable.” 

“In the Ghana Education Service, 

we have district directorates, regional 

directorates and national 

headquarters. So if something is 

done at the district level, it is up to 

the district authorities to take the 

initiatives, so they will have to investigate 

and prefer charges as existed 

in the Code of Ethics and then the 

offending teachers are brought before 

the disciplinary committee to 

answer for the things that they have 

done wrong.” 

•Executives of GNAT at the launch 

He said “if they are found guilty 

and punishment prescribed against 

them, which is in our documents, 

and they are not satisfied, then they 

can appeal to the regional disciplinary 

committee. If the regional disciplinary 

committee confirms the 

punishment meted out, they can 

then appeal to the national disciplinary 

committee. 

“But these colleagues of ours 

didn’t get the opportunity of being 

brought before the disciplinary 

committee at the district level; neither 

did they have the opportunity 

at the regional level. What it meant 

was that their cases were heard at 

the national level and this is completely 

unacceptable. It is just like 

going to the law court and the case 

ought to be heard at the High Court 

but is determined at the Supreme 

Court.” 

Letter to GES Council 

He said though GNAT is not 

ready to condone any wrongdoing, 

they want them to be subjected to 

due process and have therefore written 

to the GES Council, the governing 

body of GES. 

“What we have done is that we 

have written a letter to the GES 

Council because that is the Governing 

Council of the GES asking them 

to call a meeting with us, anytime 

this week. We sent the letter to them 

last week and we gave them this 

week to call us, as we speak we have 

not received any response from 

them.” 

The Acting President of GNAT, 

Ms Philipa Larsen, launching the 

Week/ World Teachers’ Day on the 

theme, ‘Teaching in Freedom, Empowering 

Teachers,’ said the absorption 

of school fees and others by the 

government had come as a relief to 

parents and all stakeholders in education. 

Claims of rot at Flagstaff 

House gets murkier 

BY KOBINA WELSING 

THE DEPUTY Director-General 

of 

the Criminal Investigations 

Department 

(CID) of 

the Ghana Police Service, 

ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa 

Addo-Danquah, has accused 

popular and controversial 

musician 

Kwame A Plus of a deliberate 

attempt to destroy her 

reputation. 

According to her, an audio 

making rounds on social media 

that the report on the two 

Deputy Chiefs of Staff at the 

Flagstaff House over corruption 

allegations was cooked has been 

doctored by the musician. 

A-Plus had alleged that the 

two Deputy Chiefs of Staff – 

Asenso Boakye and Abu Jinapor 

– were engaged in thievery and 

corruption at the Flagstaff 

• As CID boss clashes with A-Plus 

•Deputy DG of the Police 

CID, ACP Maame Yaa 

Tiwaa Addo-Danquah 

House. 

President Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, who had vowed to 

subject all his appointees to strict 

corruption investigations, instructed 

the police CID to investigate 

the allegations levelled 

against the two Deputy Chiefs of 

•A-Plus 

Staff. 

A statement signed by COP 

Bright Oduro, Director General 

of CID of the Ghana Police 

Service, described as baseless and 

unsubstantiated allegations of 

thievery and corruption levelled 

against the duo, adding that their 

intervention in a Korle Bu Teaching 

Hospital deal “was transparent, 

born out of the protection 

of public interest and consistent 

with their duties as 

Chiefs of Staff.” 

But on Wednesday, September 

27, social media 

was awash with an audio 

conversation between A- 

Plus and a senior CID official 

which indicated that the 

police report was geared towards 

white- washing Abu Jinapor 

and Asenso Boakye. 

In the said tape, the senior police 

officer is heard telling A-Plus 

that “as for the corruption aspect 

of it, from what you said and 

what we’ve gone to confirm, you 

wouldn’t be too far from right to 

say that this is what happened, 

but we need to manage…the 

people are your people. We need 

to find the best way to ensure 

that Korle Bu works the way we 

all want it to work.” 

Speaking on Starr Midday 

News yeaterday, ACP Addo- 

Danquah confirmed to host 

Kweku Obeng Adjei that she had 

a 59-second phone conversation 

with A-Plus but never stated that 

the report was concocted to clear 

the two Deputy Chiefs of Staff. 

She claims that A-Plus had deliberately 

doctored their phone 

conversation to tarnish her hardwon 

reputation. 

“I feel pained by this calculated 

and dastardly attempt to soil 

my reputation and I condemn 

same in no terms. In spite of this 

to distract me from my work, I 

remain a committed police officer 

who will fight and expose crime 

wherever I find it and regardless 

of who is involved,” ACP Addo- 

Danquah earlier wrote in a statement 

to the media. 

A-Plus, in a media interview 

yesterday, dared ACP Addo-Danquah 

to arrest him if she had any 

evidence that he doctored the 

tape making rounds on social 

media.

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•David Davis and Michel Barnier on the state of talks 

David Davis claims 'decisive steps forward' in Brexit talks 

"DECISIVE STEPS forward" 

have been made in the latest 

round of UK-EU talks, Brexit 

Secretary David Davis has said. 

Mr Davis was speaking at 

the end of the first talks since 

Theresa May's speech in Italy 

last week, in which she said the 

UK wanted a two-year transition. 

But EU negotiator Michel 

Barnier said there were still "big 

gaps" between the sides on 

some of the withdrawal issues. 

The UK is keen to start talking 

about what kind of trading 

relationship it will have with the 

EU after Brexit, and the original 

aim had been to get the goahead 

for these discussions 

when EU leaders meet next 

month. 

But the EU says those talks 

can only happen when there has 

been "sufficient progress" on 

three issues: the so-called divorce 

bill when the UK leaves, 

the rights for EU citizens in the 

UK and UK citizens in the EU 

and the Northern Ireland border. 

BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

DR Congo navy 'fights rebels on Lake Tanganyika’ 

THE DEMOCRATIC Republic 

of Congo's government 

has used naval boats to 

fight rebels on Lake Tanganyika 

in the east of the 

country, Reuters news agency 

is quoting sources as saying. 

There was heavy fighting 

near the lakeside city of Uvira, 

the sources told Reuters. 

The fighting between the 

Mai-Mai Yakutumba militia 

and Congolese government 

forces is reported to have broken 

out at the weekend on the 

outskirts of Uvira, which is 

close to the border with Burundi. 

"Since 5am (03:00 GMT) 

there has been an exchange of 

gunfire between the army and 

the Mai-Mai in Uvira," Lubungula 

Dem's M'Sato, a member 

of a peace-building advocacy 

group in Uvira, told Reuters. 

A local resident has confirmed 

the fighting to the 

BBC Great Lakes service. He 

said that helicopters of 

Congo's UN.peacekeeping 

mission, Monusco, are helping 

Congolese soldiers to fight the 

rebels who are reported to 

have captured some villages. 

The region is the world's 

biggest source of coltan, used 

in mobile phones and other 

electronic products. BBC 

•UN troops have been battling to maintain peace in DR Congo 

Three killed in Boko 

Haram raid in 

Borno, NE Nigeria 

ISLAMIST MILITANTS Boko 

Haram have killed three people 

and set fire to many 

homes in a raid that targeted 

rural communities in northeast 

Nigeria, a local official 

told AFP news agency. 

According to Modu Ganamani, 

an information officer for the 

Guzamala local government area in 

northern Borno state, the attack 

took place on Wednesday at about 

15:00 local time (1400 GMT) 

"Boko Haram insurgents came in 

large numbers in trucks and on motorcycles 

and attacked Goram and 

two neighbouring villages, Lingis 

and Ajidari," Mr Ganamani told 

AFP. 

"They killed three people and 

burned around 150 homes. They 

looted foodstores and set them on 

fire." 

AFP also says that on Wednesday, 

two people were killed when a 

convoy of vehicles hit landmines on 

the road from the Borno state capital 

Maiduguri to Dikwa, 90 km (55 

miles) away. BBC 

•Large parts of NE Nigeria have been affected by clashes between troops and Boko Haram militants 

•Donald Trump. 

Private jets scandal, tax plan 

test Trump's brand 

DONALD TRUMP'S self 

styling as the people's champion 

who would drain the Washington 

swamp got him to the 

White House. 

But now that unique brand 

is in for a stern test as the President 

is battered by controversies 

over wealthy cabinet 

members living high on the taxpayer 

dime and as he pushes a 

tax plan that Democrats are already 

billing as a massive giveaway 

to Trump's rich friends. 

Republicans have big plans 

for taxes -- and Rep. Kevin 

Brady is in the middle of it all 

Republicans have big plans 

for taxes -- and Rep. Kevin 

Brady is in the middle of it all 

Trump's transformation 

from a billionaire Manhattan 

real-estate magnate who jetted 

around in a private Boeing, into 

an advocate for the crushed 

dreams of middle class Americans 

in the globalized economy 

was one of the most audacious 

and successful aspects of his 

presidential campaign. 

His outsider screeds lambasting 

a Beltway establishment 

steeped in political corruption 

were a perfect fit for a time 

when many voters thought their 

politicians were getting fat on 

government salaries and Washington 

perks and getting nothing 

done. 

That's one reason why 

Health and Human Services 

Secretary Tom Price is now in 

deep trouble, amid a storm over 

his use of taxpayer dollars to finance 

flights on corporate jets - 

- even over short distances. 

CNN



Prof. J. H. Nketia deserved to be celebrated alive 

IMMEDIATE PAST President of the 

United States of America, Barack 

Obama once said “our nation owes a 

debt to its fallen heroes that we can 

never fully repay, but we can honour 

their sacrifice.” 

Legendary Abraham Lincoln also 

once said “a nation that does not honour 

its heroes will not long endure.” 

Appreciating the contributions of 

people who sacrifice a lot to build a nation 

is indeed a way of encouraging the 

younger generation to replicate same for 

nation building. 

It is more rewarding when patriots 

who have paid their dues are recognised 

and rewarded while alive. 

It is for this reason that the DAILY 

HERITAGE commends President 

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for 

paying glowing tribute to one of the nation’s 

proud sons, Emeritus Professor 

Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia. 

Speaking at an event to celebrate the 

academic life and achievements of Prof. 

Nketia at the Banquet Hall of the State 

House on Wednesday, President Akufo- 

Addo said “one runs out of adjectives 

trying to describe this noble Ghanaian. 

A few come readily to mind, though – 

composer, ethnomusicologist, writer, 

scholar, instrumentalist, and, above all, 

Ghanaian patriot. 

“Indeed, such has been his impact 

that today, his concept and interpretation 

of time and rhythmic patterns in 

Ghanaian, and other African folk music 

have become the standard for music 

scholars around the world, complementing 

that of another Ghanaian musical 

legend, Ephraim Amu, who, 

coincidentally, was his mentor. Such is 

the quality of the man we are celebrating 

today. 

“This celebration also affords us the 

opportunity to apply Emeritus Professor 

Nketia’s ideas to nation building. He 

has given us the gilded marbles, retrieved 

from the past, and it is our duty 

to incorporate them in the architecture 

of our culture and national identity, 

going forward.” 

These are indeed appropriate words 

to celebrate the nation’s heroes. 

DAILY HERITAGE urges civil society 

and corporate Ghana to continue 

partnering the government to honour 

people who have contributed immensely 

to the development of the 

country to inspire others to do same for 

nation building. 

4yr-old battles for 

life after dog bite 

BY KWAKU BAAH 

DOCTORS AT 

the Cape 

Coast Teaching 

Hospital 

are currently 

trying to save 

the life of a four-year-old girl 

after she got bitten by a dog six 

weeks ago at Adansi Swedru in 

the Central Region. 

The little girl (name withheld) 

went out to play with a 

puppy her father, Isaac Asare, 

had bought only for the puppy 

to bite her left cheek close to 

the eye. 

Her father, who had left for 

the farm, sent her to a nearby 

clinic on his return from the 

farm but the health centre administered 

only anti-tetanus injection 

on the child without 

anti-rabies prophylaxis as they 

did not have it. 

The little girl’s parents were 

• Dogs transmit rabies to 

humans when they bite them 

asked to come to the said clinic 

for review in two weeks, which 

they did. 

But six weeks after the 

episode, the girl started showing 

symptoms that appeared 

strange to the parents, forcing 

them to rush her to another 

hospital - Francis Xavier Hospital 

at Assin Fosu, where the 

child was subsequently rushed 

to the Cape Coast Teaching 

Hospital for treatment. 

The little girl, who for the 

past three days, had been on 

admission at Cape Coast Teaching 

Hospital, has been jerking, 

grinning and wagging her 

tongue. 

The sight of water irritates 

her and she only affords to 

mutter strange sounds. 

A medical officer at the 

Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, 

Dr Emmanuel Adeaba, said 

tests run on the girl indicated 

high viral and bacterial infections. 

He said the situation of the 

girl was critical as rabies cases 

are usually a matter of life and 

death with victims having 50% 

chance of surviving, especially 

when treatment is delayed. 

Her father, who had 

left for the farm, sent 

her to a nearby clinic 

on his return from 

the farm but the 

health centre administered 

only antitetanus 

injection on 

the child without antirabies 

prophylaxis as 

they did not have it.

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Let’s support free SHS 

to succeed — GES PRO 

FROM DANIEL SEVOR, 

AVE-DAKPA (V/R) 

ANTHONY KWAKU Amoah, 

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of 

the Ghana Education Service (GES), 

has urged the general public to 

support the government’s free Senior 

High School (SHS) programme to 

succeed. 

Speaking at a town-hall meeting, 

which was organised by the Akatsi 

North District Assembly recently, Mr 

Amoah said the programme would 

enable children to acquire SHS 

education, noting, “We have to 

support the government to run the 

free SHS programme. Most children 

are in school now due to this fee-free 

programme and we must support it 

to succeed. 

“There is no way that the free 

SHS programme can be successful 

without the support of all of us. 

Now, it is a matter of the child being 

helped to study harder and being 

motivated to pass his or her 

examination so as to enjoy free, 

quality SHS education,” he added. 

Dr Prince Sodoke Amuzu, the 

District Chief Executive of Akatsi 

North, assured the participants of the 

resolve of the Akufo-Addo-led 

government to improve the living 

conditions of citizens through 

massive job creation and free access 

to quality education. 

In another development, Mr 

Amoah donated used clothes, school 

bags and pairs of shoes to pupils in 

some 21 schools in the Akatsi North 

District, including Ave-Afiadenyigba 

Islamic School, Ave-Afiadenyigba 

R/C, Ave-Afiadenyigba D/A, Ave- 

Hevi D/A, Ave-Metsrikasa D/A, 

Ave-Bame D/A, Ave-Wuata D/A, 

Ave-Havi D/A and Ave-Dzadzepe 

E/P. 

The others were Ave-Dakpa R/C 

Primary, Ave-Posmonu D/A, Elinam 

International, Ave-Kpeduhoe D/A, 

Ave-Amule D/A, Ave-Atanve D/A, 

Ave-Dzalele D/A, Ave-Kpegbadza 

Presbyterian, Avega D/A, Agormor 

D/A, Avevi D/A basic schools and 

Free-Star Academy. 

He urged the teachers at separate 

meetings to work hard as “knowledge 

givers and as counsellors of our 

pupils.” He also urged the pupils to 

be motivated by the free SHS 

programme to study hard. 

“There is no way 

that the free SHS 

programme can be 

successful without 

the support of all of 

us. Now, it is a 

matter of the child 

being helped to 

study harder and 

being motivated to 

pass his or her 

examination so as 

to enjoy free, quality 

SHS education,” he 

added. 

•Anthony Amoah, donating some items to pupils of Free-Star Academy 

Exploitation of solar thermal 

energy in Ghana begins 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

THE ECONOMIC 

Community of West 

African States 

(ECOWAS) Centre for 

Renewable Energy and 

Energy Efficiency 

(ECREE ) has begun processes to help 

Ghana exploit the abundant solar 

thermal energy potential for domestic 

and industrial use. 

Ghana’s geographic location 

provides strategic advantage to exploit 

the abundant solar energy resources to 

fix its energy needs. 

It is estimated that about 600,000 

people, mostly children, die annually in 

Africa due to inhalation of toxic fumes 

from firewood. 

But research has revealed that solar 

thermal energy has the potential to 

replace entirely the use of electricity, 

fossil resources or biomass energy to 

heat water in Africa due to the 

abundance of virtually uninterrupted 

sunshine in the sub-region. 

As a result, ECOWAS is 

BY BISMARK AFRIFA 

RESIDENTS OF Netlink Estates, 

near Jesus Living Testimony for 

Jesus Bible Ministry Church at 

Kokrobite, a suburb of Kasoa, have 

expressed frustration at the manner 

in which their lives are being 

tormented by sand winners. 

According to them, the activities 

of the sand winners have been 

endangering their lives in the area. 

In an interview with the DAILY 

HERITAGE, some of the 

residents said the activities of sand 

winners had left buildings in the area 

in pits. 

Mr Francis Hackman, a resident, 

said they are living in fear because of 

a possible collapse of the hills which 

have become death traps. 

He said similar situations once 

occurred at various parts of the 

country and people died when the 

unexpected happened. 

implementing a solar thermal capacity 

building and demonstration 

programme to achieve the goals of the 

sub-region on renewable energy and 

energy efficiency adopted by the 

ECOWAS Authority of Heads of 

State and Government in 2013, which 

ratified solar thermal as a least-cost 

sustainable energy technology and set 

specific targets for its use to meet 

sanitary and industrial hot water needs 

in the region. 

The exploitation and installation of 

thermal energy systems in Ghana will 

help heat water for domestic and 

commercial purposes, particularly in 

hospitals, schools, industries, hotels 

and homes, thereby reducing the stress 

on the national grid and fossil fuel 

base energy supply in Africa. 

Due to this, ECREE, in 

partnership with AEE- Institute for 

Sustainable Technologies (AEE- 

INTEC) and Koforidua Technical 

University, has started a three-day 

training of trainers’ workshop on 

solar thermal technology to facilitate 

the deployment and installation of the 

application across the country. 

Mr Hackman added that it would 

therefore be prudent for various 

district assemblies to wage a 

relentless war on the illegal sand 

winners to bring the situation under 

The exploitation 

and installation of 

thermal energy 

systems in Ghana 

will help heat 

water for domestic 

and commercial 

purposes, 

particularly in 

hospitals, schools, 

industries ,hotels 

and homes, 

thereby reducing 

the stress on the 

national grid and 

fossil fuel base 

energy supply in 

Africa. 

control. 

He said the community, over the 

past three months, had been turned 

into a sand winning spot by some 

individuals who have made sand 

The participants, mostly 

professionals from more than 30 

institutions, were taken through 

theoretical and practical framework 

of solar thermal energy systems, 

designing, building, installing and 

upgrading of solar thermal 

systems. 

At the opening ceremony of the 

workshop on Tuesday in 

Koforidua, Mr Joarel Barros, 

communication officer at ECREE, 

explained that through the Solar 

Thermal Capacity Building and 

Demonstration (SOLTrain West 

Africa) programme, factors such as 

low awareness, low political will, 

technological and capacity building 

barriers inhibiting the deployment 

of the solar thermal technology 

would be removed. 

He added that, "such capacity 

building initiatives are highly 

important if the ultimate purpose 

is to convert kilobytes of 

information into kilowatts of 

energy and let such energy 

transform people's lives for the 

better, as it empowers them socially 

Sand winning ‘swallows’ residents of Kokrobite 

• Activities of sand winners pose great danger to the lives of Kokrobite residents 

winning their source of livelihood, 

hence changing the usual formation 

of the surface of the land. 

Other residents who interacted 

with the paper said they do not 

and economically.” 

Mr Rudolf Moschik, a 

representative of AEE-INTEC, said 

with the exponential growth of the 

population in Africa, which is 

estimated to hit two billion in 2050, 

there is the urgent need to switch from 

the current dependence on fossilbased 

energy system to renewable and 

sustainable energy. 

The Vice Chancellor of Koforidua 

Technical University, Prof (Mrs) Smile 

Dzisi, stated that following the 

invitation and participation in 

ECREE’s four-year SOLTrain West 

Africa Project in 2015, the University 

has successfully implemented phase 

one of the project, which led to the 

production of a comprehensive 

country market report on solar 

thermal water heating and drying of 

agricultural products for Ghana. 

She added that implementation of 

phase two of the project covers 

monitoring of installed solar water 

heating system at some selected sites in 

Ghana and capacity building of 

professionals in solar thermal systems 

and applications. 

accept that sand winning as a source 

of livelihood because its impact is 

detrimental to the lives of people 

and the tranquility of the country. 

Party sympathisers are 

being pushed into 

national security 

• MP alleges 

BY NANA KWABENA AGYARE 

MEMBER OF Parliament (MP) 

for Buem Constituency in the 

Volta Region, Mr Daniel 

Ashiamah, has alleged that New 

Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters 

are being pushed into national 

security, a move he described as 

dangerous for the country. 

Speaking on Agoo TV’s 

‘Yensempa’ show hosted by 

Bonohene Baffour Awuah, Mr 

Ashiamah said the national 

security outfit is now divided into 

two because there are party 

national security officials 

operating in the service and there 

are the original national security 

officials who passed through the 

requisite procedures to be 

appointed into the service. 

“We have to plead with the 

government to provide 

identification for national security 

officials. Some of them do not 

have any identity card because 

they are party national security 

officials. We have the original 

national security officers but the 

political party ones have been 

mixed up with them,” he said. 

He explained that the 

influence of parties in the agency 

is not healthy for the country. 

According to him, some officials 

of the service cannot mention 

the names of their supervising 

officials when they are going to 

make arrests. 

•Daniel Ashiamah, MP, Buem 

“Most of them cannot 

mention the names of their 

superiors. All they say when you 

question them is, ‘my boss sent 

me’,” he added. 

Mr Ashiamah said national 

security officials should not be 

made to make arrests like that of 

Appiah Stadium because it is the 

duty of the Ghana Police Service 

to make arrests of such nature. 

According to the Buem MP, 

he was surprised that Appiah 

Stadium was arrested with 

handcuffs when all the national 

security could have done was 

invite him over to explain issues. 

He said the comments made 

by the National Democratic 

Congress serial caller did not 

deserve an arrest of that sort 

because there had been several 

instances where sympathisers of 

the NPP insulted former 

President John Mahama, but 

there were no arrests. 

The outspoken legislator 

called on the government to 

come up with new forms of 

identification for national security 

officials aside their normal 

identification cards. 

According to him, the 

growing number of people who 

claim to be national security 

personnel is alarming and if 

nothing is done to salvage the 

situation, someone may commit a 

crime of killing or injuring 

another person all in the name of 

being a national security official.


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It was the whole African 

continent that won at the ITLOS 

BY CAMERON DUODU 

GHANA AND Côte 

d'Ivoire have jointly 

agreed to abide by 

the decision of the 

International Tribunal 

for the Law of 

the Sea (ITLOS). The tribunal [had]on 

Saturday, September 23, 2017, unanimously 

held that Ghana has not violated 

the sovereign rights of the Ivory 

Coast [by carrying out] oil exploration 

activities [along the maritime boundary 

between the two countries]... At a 

joint press conference, the Attorney 

General of Ghana, Ms Gloria Afua 

Akuffo and the Ivory Coast's Minister 

of Petroleum, Energy and Development, 

Mr Thierry Tanoh, read out the 

following joint communique in English 

and French respectively: 

Maritime boundary 

“The Special Chamber of the International 

Tribunal of the Law of the 

Sea (ITLOS), constituted on 3rd December 

2014 to delimit the maritime 

boundary between the Ivory Coast 

and Ghana in the Atlantic Ocean, 

[has] just rendered its decision this 

Saturday 23rd September 2017 [in 

Hamburg, Germany]. Our two countries... 

are united in the expression of 

our gratitude to the Special Chamber. 

Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana accept the 

decision, in accordance with the 

Statute of ITLOS. The Ivory Coast 

and Ghana seize the opportunity to 

reiterate the mutual commitment of 

the two countries to abide by the 

terms of this decision from the Special 

Chamber and to fully collaborate 

[on] its implementation. The two 

countries affirm the strong will to 

work together to strengthen and intensify 

their brotherly relationships”. UN- 

QUOTE 

How abundantly 

good it is 

When I read the words above, a 

song I learnt in my Presbyterian Primary 

School immediately came to 

mind. Its words, translated from Twi 

to English, are: “How abundantly 

good it is, and how beautiful it also is, 

that brothers should dwell together in 

peace!” 

We used to sing this whenever we 

were about to engage in a competition 

between the school “sections” – Red, 

Gold, Blue and Green. The song was 

meant to remind us that despite the 

intensity of the competition, we 

should remain brotherly towards one 

another, no matter who won or lost. 

Indeed, it is of spectacular significance 

that Ghana and the Ivory Coast 

have reached an amicable settlement 

on an issue that could not only have 

ruined their diplomatic relations but 

caused them to deploy military forces 

against each other. For the dispute was 

not just about the maritime boundary 

as such but the OIL AND GAS that 

lie in presumably large deposits beneath 

the waters that constitute the 

maritime boundary. 

Oil exploration 

Ghana discovered oil and gas in 

commercial quantities in the disputed 

area in 2007. Shortly afterward, the 

Ivory Coast also staked a claim to portions 

of the area, west of Cape Three 

Points. 

These claims were renewed in 

2010, after Vanco, an oil exploration 

and production company operating in 

• Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo 

the Ivory Coast announced the discovery 

of oil in a nearby deep-water well 

called “Dzata-1” 

It was after this discovery that the 

Ivory Coast petitioned the United Nations, 

asking for the completion of the 

demarcation of its maritime boundary 

with Ghana. 

Ghana responded by setting up a 

“Ghana Boundary Commission”, 

which was charged with the responsibility 

of negotiating with the Ivory 

Coast towards finding a lasting solution 

to the boundary issue. 

However the negotiations 

bore no fruit, and Ghana 

then took the Ivory Coast to the International 

Tribunal for the Law of the 

Sea (ITLOS) and asked the Tribunal to 

adjudicate over the issue. 

ITLOS’s first ruling [in 2015] 

placed a moratorium on new projects 

(exploring and/or drilling for oil], with 

old projects continuing. This was after 

the Ivory Coast had requested preliminary 

measures ordering Ghana to suspend 

all activities on the disputed area 

until the definitive determination of 

the case. 

The dispute caused increasing unease 

in both countries, for oil can 

often be a dangerous trigger to political 

and even military hostility between 

neighbours. 

Even within a particular country, 

the presence of oil in one or more regions 

but not in others can create tensions 

that threaten the unity of the 

country concerned. A notorious case 

in point is Nigeria, where (in the eyes 

of many commentators) the Biafran 

civil war of 1967-70 was caused, in 

large part, by the presence of oil in the 

areas of Nigeria that got enmeshed in 

the conflict. 

Strong internal lobbies 

Usually, each party in a quarrel 

between neighbours over oil (and 

in some cases, water resources) 

• Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong 

proclaims that it would abide by the 

decision of any international arbitration 

process that is set in motion to 

find a peaceful solution to the dispute. 

But quite often, such professions of 

faith in arbitration hide an ugly reality 

– each side has strong internal lobbies 

which desire that force should be used 

to impose a solution! 

Here again, Nigeria provides a 

good example: sections of Nigerian 

public opinion are still opposed to the 

handing over, to neighbouring 

Cameroon by Nigeria, of the “Bakassi 

peninsular”, over which the two neighbours 

had 

been in dispute 

for quite 

some time. 

The International 

Court 

of Justice at 

the Hague 

ruled in 

Cameroon's 

favour in October 

2002, 

but that has 

not cut much 

ice with 

those Nigerians who believe that 

Bakassi should belong to Nigeria. 

Currently, areas of real or potential: 

conflict over borders in Africa include: 

the Ilemi Triangle between 

Sudan and Kenya; the Nadapal boundary 

between Kenya and South Sudan; 

Lake Malawi between Tanzania and 

Malawi; the Mingino Islands between 

Kenya and Uganda and the Badme 

territory dispute between Eritrea and 

Ethiopia;. 

Other areas of dispute are the Island 

of Mbanié between Gabon and 

Here again, Nigeria provides a good example: sections of Nigerian public opinion 

are still opposed to the handing over, to neighbouring Cameroon by Nigeria, 

of the “Bakassi peninsular”, over which the two neighbours had been in 

dispute for quite some time. The International Court of Justice at the Hague 

ruled in Cameroon's favour in October 2002, but that has not cut much ice 

with those Nigerians who believe that Bakassi should belong to Nigeria. 

Equatorial Guinea; the frontier between 

Burkina Faso and Niger; as well 

as on the Benin–Niger frontier. In 

North Africa, contested territory include 

Moroccan claims over [Spanish 

territories] Ceuta and Melilla and the 

long-lasting Morocco and Mauritania 

struggle against the Polisario Front. 

which also affects Libya and Algeria. 

In Southern Africa, Namibia and 

South Africa are in dispute over the 

Orange River; while there is also tension 

between Swaziland and South 

Africa over territory claimed by both; 

Namibian exploitation of the Okavango 

River has been a source of disagreement 

with Botswana; and 

unresolved boundaries are in dispute 

over portions of the Namibia, Zimbabwe 

and Zambia borders. 

Finally, in Central Africa, there are 

problems concerning the boundary in 

the Congo River between the Republic 

of Congo and the DRC; Uganda and 

the DRC continue to claim the 

Kwanza Island in Lake Albert for 

themselves, and areas on the Semliki 

River with hydrocarbon potential, are 

capable of bringing future trouble. 

In the light of all these disputes -- 

thankfully fairly well-contained for the 

moment by the African Union and the 

UN -- Ghana and the Ivory Coast deserve 

high praise for not only choosing 

the course of international 

arbitration but actually affirming – 

jointly – that they accept the result of 

the arbitration. Usually, such affirmations 

only pay lip service to international 

settlements. However, this one 

appears to be a real breakthrough that 

can serve as an example to the rest of 

Africa. 

Let us all heave a sigh of relief, 

then, and hail the two countries – as 

was done in Hamburg on 23 September 

2017. Yes, long live the brotherhood 

between Ghana and the Ivory 

Coast.


Key facts 

about 

abortion 

• From 2010 – 2014, an average 

of 56 million induced (safe and 

unsafe) abortions occurred worldwide 

each year. 

• There were 35 induced abortions 

per 1000 women aged between 

15 – 44. 

25% of all pregnancies ended in 

an induced abortion. 

• The rate of abortions was 

higher in developing regions than 

in developed ones. 

• Around 25 million unsafe 

abortions were estimated to have 

taken place worldwide each year, 

almost all in developing countries. 

Among these, 8 million were carried 

out in the least- safe or dangerous 

conditions. 

• Over half of all estimated unsafe 

abortions globally were in Asia 

• Three out of four abortions 

that occurred in Africa and Latin 

America were unsafe. 

• The risk of dying from an unsafe 

abortion was highest in 

Africa. 

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90% of unsafe abortions occur 

in developing countries –WHO 

ANEW study conducted 

by the World 

Health Organisation 

(WHO) and the 

Guttmacher Institute 

and published on 

September 28, 2017 indicates that between 

2010 and 2014, at least 25 million 

unsafe abortions representing 

45% of all abortions occurred globally 

every year. 

The figure further indicates that 

majority of unsafe abortions, or 97%, 

occurred in developing countries in 

Africa, Asia and Latin America. 

According to a lead author of the 

study and a scientist in the WHO Department 

of Reproductive Health and 

Research, Dr Bela Ganatra, said increased 

efforts were needed, especially 

in developing regions, to ensure access 

to contraception and safe abortion are 

utilised. 

“When women and girls cannot 

access effective contraception and 

safe abortion services, there are serious 

consequences for their own health 

and that of their families. 

“This should not happen. But despite 

recent advances in technology 

and evidence, too many unsafe abortions 

still occur and too many women 

continue to suffer and die,” Dr Ganatra 

said. 

Classifying abortion safety 

The new Lancet study provides estimates 

on safe and unsafe abortions 

globally. For the first time, it includes 

sub-classifications within the unsafe 

abortion category as less safe or least 

safe. The distinction allows for a more 

nuanced understanding of the different 

circumstances of abortions 

among women who are unable to access 

safe abortions from a trained 

provider. 

When abortions are performed in 

accordance with WHO guidelines and 

standards, the risk of severe complications 

or death is negligible. Approximately 

55% of all abortions from 

2010 to 2014 were conducted safely, 

which means they were performed by 

a trained health worker using a WHOrecommended 

method appropriate to 

the pregnancy duration. 

Almost one-third, representing 

31% of abortions, were ‘less safe,’ 

meaning they were either performed 

by a trained provider using an unsafe 

or outdated method such as ‘sharp 

curettage’ or by an untrained person 

albeit using a safe method like misoprostol, 

a drug that can be used for 

many medical purposes, including to 

induce an abortion. 

About 14% were ‘least safe’ abortions 

provided by untrained persons 

using dangerous methods, such as introduction 

of foreign objects and use 

of herbal concoctions. Deaths from 

complications of unsafe abortion 

were high in regions where most abortions 

happened in the least safe circumstances. 

The report stated that complications 

from ‘least-safe’ abortions can 

include incomplete abortion, which is 

failure to remove all of the pregnancy 

tissue from the uterus, resulting in 

haemorrhage, vaginal, cervical and 

uterine injury and infections. 

•Baby in the mother’s womb 

Almost one-third, representing 31% of abortions, were ‘less safe,’ 

meaning they were either performed by a trained provider using an unsafe 

or outdated method such as ‘sharp curettage’ or by an untrained 

person albeit using a safe method like misoprostol, a drug that can be 

used for many medical purposes, including to induce an abortion. 

Restrictive laws 

The study also looks at the contexts 

that commonly result in women 

seeking unsafe abortions, including 

countries’ laws and policies on abortion, 

the financial cost of accessing 

safe abortion services, the availability 

of safe abortion services and trained 

health providers and societal attitudes 

toward 

abortion and gender equality. 

In countries where abortion is 

completely banned or permitted only 

to save the woman’s life or preserve 

her physical health, only ‘1 in 4’ abortions 

were safe; whereas in countries 

where abortion is legal on broader 

grounds, nearly ‘9 in 10’ abortions 

were done safely. This means restricting 

access to abortions does not reduce 

their numbers. 

Western perspective of abortion 

Most abortions that take place in 

Western and Northern Europe and 

North America are safe. These regions 

also have some of the lowest 

abortion rates. Most countries in these 

regions also have relatively permissive 

laws on abortion; high levels of contraceptive 

use, economic development, 

and gender equality; as well as 

high-quality health services – all factors 

that contribute to making abortion 

safer. 

“Like many other common medical 

procedures, abortion is very safe 

when done in accordance with recommended 

medical guidelines and that is 

important to bear in mind,” says Dr 

Gilda Sedgh, co-author of the study 

and principal research scientist of the 

Guttmacher Institute. 

“In the high-income countries of 

North America and Western and 

Northern Europe, where abortion is 

broadly legal and health systems are 

strong, the incidence of unsafe abortions 

is the lowest globally.” 

Among developing regions, the 

proportion of abortions that were 

safe in Eastern Asia (including China) 

was similar to developed regions. In 

South-Central Asia, however, less than 

one in two abortions were safe. Outside 

of Southern Africa, less than one 

in four abortions in Africa were safe. 

Of those unsafe abortions, the majority 

were characterised as “least safe.” 

In Latin America, only one in four 

abortions were safe, though 

the majority were categorized 

as “less safe,” as it is increasingly 

common for women in 

the region to obtain and selfadminister 

medicines like 

misoprostol outside of formal 

health systems. This means this 

region has seen fewer deaths 

and fewer severe complications 

from unsafe abortions. Nevertheless, 

this type of informal 

self-use of medication abortion 

that women have to resort 

to secretly does not meet 

WHO’s safe abortion standards. 

Preventing unsafe abortion 

Unsafe abortion occurs 

when a pregnancy is terminated 

either by persons lacking 

the necessary skills/information or in 

an environment that does not conform 

to minimal medical standards, or 

both. 

To prevent unintended pregnancies 

and unsafe abortions, countries 

must make supportive policies and financial 

commitments to provide comprehensive 

sexuality education; a wide 

range of contraceptive methods, including 

emergency contraception; accurate 

family planning counselling and 

access to safe, legal abortion. 

Provision of safe, legal abortion is 

essential to fulfilling the global commitment 

to the Sustainable Development 

Goal of universal access to 

sexual and reproductive health (target 

3.7). WHO provides global technical 

and policy guidance on the use of 

contraception to prevent unintended 

pregnancy, on safe abortion, and the 

treatment of complications from unsafe 

abortion? 

Earlier this year, WHO and the 

Population Division of the United 

Nations Department of Economic 

and Social Affairs launched a new, 

open-access database of laws, policies 

and health standards on abortion in 

countries worldwide. The database 

aims to promote greater transparency 

of abortion laws and policies, as well 

as to improve countries’ accountability 

for the protection of women and 

girls’ health and human rights.


28TH 

SEPTEMBER 

2017 

THURSDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.3996 4.4040 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

5.9117 

5.9185 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.1835 

5.1885 

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Shell customers to win 6 taxis 

AS PART of effort 

to reward its customers 

for their 

loyalty, Vivo Energy 

Ghana, marketers 

and 

distributors of Shell-branded 

products and lubricants, has 

launched a mega promo in Accra. 

Customers who buy at least 

GH¢60 worth of fuel at any Shell 

service station nationwide stand 

the chance of winning six brand 

new Hyundai Grand i10 taxis and 

about 75,000 prizes in the promo 

dubbed ‘Shell Filling No Ye Deep 

Taxi Bonanza’. 

There will be six bi-weekly 

draws which will each see one taxi 

and about 200 prizes being given 

away to lucky winners. Other 

prizes include one year’s worth of 

free fuel, six months’ free fuel, one 

month’s free fuel and one month’s 

worth of shopping vouchers. 

In a speech read on his behalf 

during the launch, the Managing 

Director of Vivo Energy Ghana, 

Mr Ebenezer Faulkner, reiterated 

Shell’s commitment to giving premium 

customer service whilst 

touting Shell FuelSave Super and 

Diesel, which have uniquely been 

designed to last longer at no extra 

cost. 

“I urge you all to switch to 

Shell FuelSave now and you will 

feel the savings in your pocket. 

That is why everyone is saying 

‘Shell FuelSave, ‘Feeling no ye 

deep’. Our prices are competitive 

and you get the right quantity for 

what you pay for at our Shell service 

stations nationwide. We also 

have a quality van that goes round 

our stations to check the quality of 

our Shell products,” he said. 

Mr Faulkner encouraged all 

customers to take advantage of 

the promotion and fully participate 

in it to win any of the exciting 

prizes. 

• Mrs Mercy Amoah delivering a speech on behalf of the Managing 

Director of Vivo Energy Ghana to officially launch the promotion 

Explaining the mechanics of 

the promotion, the Marketing 

Manager of Vivo Energy Ghana, 

Mr Jerry Boachie-Danquah, emphasised 

the need for customers to 

buy the required amount in order 

to get a scratch card to qualify for 

the bi-weekly draw. 

“This is a very simple process. 

Customers who buy a minimum of 

GH¢60 worth of fuel can pick a 

scratch card to enter the draw and 

stand a chance of winning. They 

need to dial *714*8*, followed by 

the secret number on the scratch 

card, # and then SEND to enter.” 

The Field Sales Supervisor of 

Hyundai Motors & Investments 

Ghana Limited, Abdul Razak Mohammed, 

was also enthused about 

the partnership with Vivo Energy 

Ghana. 

He said the Hyundai Grand i10 

is designed to consume less fuel 

and therefore urged drivers to take 

advantage of the promotion to 

own one of the taxis. 

The ‘Shell Filling No Ye Deep 

Taxi Bonanza’ is being run in partnership 

with the National Lotteries 

Authority (NLA) on the Caritas 

platform and Hyundai World 

through Hyundai Motors & Investments 

Ghana Limited. 

This promotion brings to 13, 

the total number of cars given 

away by Vivo Energy Ghana since 

2015. 

Fuel prices: Workers likely to agitate for more salary – COPEC 

THE INCREASING fuel prices 

will push workers to ask for more 

salaries from the government 

within the next three months, the 

Executive Director of the Chamber 

of Petroleum Consumers 

of Ghana(COPEC), Mr Duncan 

Amoah, has predicted. 

According to him, until the 

government stabilises fuel prices 

for consumers, workers will be unable 

to cope with the hardships as 

a result of the high fuel cost. 

Speaking on Kasapa FM’s ‘Anopa 

Kasapa’ yesterday, Mr Amoah said 

“the very monies we’re seeking to 

collect, and the very monies we are 

seeking to do other things with, 

the people will go back for those 

monies from the same government. 

Unfortunately the poor in 

the middle who don’t have any 

work to do, or an employer to seek 

refuge in, or seek more monies 

from will suffer the most.” 

His comments come on the 

back of the government’s position 

that it cannot reduce taxes on petroleum 

products anymore. 

The Chief Executive Officer of 

the National Petroleum Authority 

Hassan Tampuli, at a press conference 

on Wednesday, gave reasons 

why the about 10 taxes and margins 

on fuel prices could not be 

waived, insisting the taxes are in 

the interest of consumers. 

“…When we hear calls for the 

government to remove those nuisance 

taxes, we’ve removed the 

nuisance taxes – these are taxes, 

levies and statutory margins that 

every responsible government will 

ensure that [ they] will remain in 

the price build-up to ensure efficiency, 

availability of products, 

quality of the products and to ensure 

that for every [petroleum] 

product that we consume within 

the country, taxes are paid on 

• Mr Duncan Amoah, Executive 

Director, COPEC 

every litre of the petroleum 

products.” 

But Mr Duncan 

Amoah has said there 

are clear things to be 

done and some mitigating 

measures applied by 

the government to 

hedge the increasing 

price of petrol. 

“Why is it that hurricane 

happened in the 

US but a litre of fuel in 

the US compared to 

that of what is sold here 

is higher than in the US? 

Those who were directly 

affected by the hurricane, 

where the disaster 

knocked down most of 

their refineries, have 

their fuel sold relatively 

cheaper than ours. 

“If you read the Energy 

Sector Levy Act, 

the second aspect is to be used to 

stabilise fuel prices for consumers. 

The monies were taken from the 

citizens, so in this difficult times 

after the hurricane crisis, you don’t 

wait for petrol prices to hit 20 

cedis. You’ll find a means of cushioning 

importers from what you 

collected as levies. 

“If we’d taken prudent measures, 

as the hurricane hit the US 

refineries, we would have positioned 

ourselves well for Tema Oil 

Refinery (TOR) to still work so 

that we won’t be in a fix to still be 

importing from the US. But because 

of bad leadership we find 

ourselves in a quagmire. 

“Today we even produce for 

export more than we consume in 

Ghana. If petrol price on the 

world market is going up, it should 

have been a positive effect for 

local market,” Mr Amoah said.


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Politics 

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have 

chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its 

foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are 

neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality 

— Desmond Tutu 

Ahafo chiefs, queens 

thank Prez Akufo 

-Addo for free SHS 

THE COUNCIL of 

chiefs and queens of 

Ahafo, in the Brong 

Ahafo Region, has 

expressed gratitude 

to the President of 

the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, for the implementation 

of policies aimed at improving 

the living standards of 

Ghanaians. 

According to the Omanhene of 

Yamfo Traditional Area, Nana 

Ansah Adu Baah, who is also 

chairman of the Ahafo Council of 

Chiefs, he told President Akufo- 

Addo that “we are equally delighted 

at the introduction of the 

free Senior High School initiative 

that has hit the spine of 

the entire nation.” 

He assured the 

President further 

that “we pledge 

to assist you to 

actualise this 

bold programme 

and 

make it a 

success for 

posterity.” 

The 

Ahafo council 

of chiefs 

were also 

“specifically 

grateful” to 

President Akufo- 

Addo and government 

for “choosing 

to launch the [programme 

for] Planting for 

Food and Jobs at Goaso.” 

With residents of the Ahafo 

engaged predominantly in farming, 

Nana Ansah Adu Baah told 

President Akufo-Addo that “we 

have seriously plunged into agriculture, 

given the conducive factors 

of production” which exist in 

the Ahafo areas. 

The Omanhene was confident 

that, through the programme, the 

country will record a bumper harvest, 

leading to an export of food 

staples from Ghana. 

The council of chiefs and 

queens of Ahafo made this known 

on Wednesday, 27th September, 

2017, when they paid a courtesy 

call on President Akufo-Addo to 

congratulate him on his victory in 

the 2016 elections, as well as to 

wish him good fortune during his 

tenure of office. 

Touching on the matter of the 

proposed Ahafo Region, Nana 

Baah told President Akufo-Addo 

that “the imminent creation of 

Ahafo Region will leave positive 

and indelible impressions about 

you. This will be for posterity. We 

trust the commitment and zeal 

you have exhibited so far in reshaping 

the destiny of Ghana.” 

On his part, President Akufo- 

Addo thanked the Ahafo council 

of chiefs for the courtesy of their 

visit and for wishing him well during 

his tenure of office. 

Citing the example of the 

United States of America, which 

began to transition to publicly 

funded 

• President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 

high 

school education in the mid-19th 

century, President Akufo-Addo indicated 

that this development set 

up America for 20th century success, 

creating a workforce fit for 

rapid economic development, 

which has inspired the emergence 

of the most powerful economy so 

far known to human history. 

“I want you to support and 

back me fully in the implementation 

of the free SHS policy. We 

are implementing this policy because 

we want to rapid progress of 

our country. So I am happy that 

you, the Ahafo Council of Chiefs, 

are in support of this programme,” 

he added. 

On the declining fortunes of 

agriculture inherited from the previous 

administration, President 

Akufo-Addo noted that such was 

the dire state of the country’s agriculture 

that the country had to resort 

to the importation of plantain 

from neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire. 

“It is for this reason that we instituted 

the Programme for Planting 

for Food and Jobs. This is just 

a pilot programme, beginning with 

just two hundred thousand farmers. 

I am hopeful that by the end 

of the four years, at least two and 

half million farmers would have 

been involved in the programme,” 

he assured. 

He continued, “we want to 

make food staples affordable in 

Ghana, and also export the surplus. 

This has been done before in 

Ghana and I am confident we can 

repeat this feat again. I need 

the support of all of you in 

combating the smuggling 

of inputs and fertiliser. 

Those engaged in these 

despicable acts only 

hurt our collective future.” 

On the proposed 

Ahafo Region, President 

Akufo-Addo 

noted that “it is long 

overdue.” 

He indicated that in 

the coming weeks, he 

will appoint a Commission 

of Inquiry to investigate 

the need for the creation 

of the Ahafo Region, and should 

the Commission be convinced 

that such a need pertains, it will 

recommend the places and issues 

for a referendum. 

The President noted that he 

will be obliged to refer the matter 

to the Electoral Commission for a 

referendum to be held according 

to the recommendations of the 

Commission. A vote for reorganization 

will be carried, only if a 

minimum of 50 percent of affected 

registered voters vote, and 

of those voting, 80 percent vote in 

favour. 

To this end, President Akufo- 

Addo reminded the chiefs of the 

crucial role they have to play in 

the creation of the Ahafo Region 

in mobilising support from the 

people. 

Meet Matthew 

Mac-Kwame, 

aspiring GJA Vice 

President 

AN ASPIRING Vice Presidential 

candidate of the Ghana 

Journalists Association (GJA) is 

availing himself to be voted for 

and to serve the people with his 

commitment and institutional 

memory. 

He has been a member in 

good standing for over 32 years. 

He has been a National Executive 

Member for six years 

(1996-2002) and a Public Affairs 

Officer for six years (2003- 

2009). 

Specific roles at GJA 

He has represented the GJA 

as the Head of the Media subcommittee 

on the Nationwide 

Survey on Party Political Financing 

for the Centre for 

Democracy and Development 

since 2005, as a Member of the 

Coalition of Domestic Election 

Observers (2011 – To date). 

He has also represented GJA 

as Board Member of Copy 

Ghana (2010 – To date, formed 

the student Branch of GJA at 

GIJ in 2008, currently working 

on Bargaining Certificate for 

the GJA and Patron for 

GIJ/GJA , student chapter. 

Financial Support 

He has been lobbying for financial 

contribution from Copy 

Ghana to GJA from 2013 to 

date. 

Qualifications 

He holds Bachelor of Law 

(Honoure) LLB, Mountcrest 

University College (2015), Master 

of Arts in Journalism Studies, 

Cardiff, UK (2009) and 

Diploma in Journalism, Ghana 

Institute of Journalism (GIJ) 

(1985).

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Kofi Egyir goes 

home tomorrow 

BY CEDRIC K. AFEWU 

POPULAR ACTOR, 

Kofi Egyir Aidoo of 

‘Efiewura’ TV series, 

known in the movie 

industry as ‘Bro 

Kofi’, will be laid to 

rest on Saturday, September 30, 

2017, at Mankessim in the Central 

Region and his thanksgiving 

service held on Sunday, October 

1, at the Calvary Methodist 

Church at the same place. 

Aidoo was the Managing Director 

of Facets Advertising / 

Marketing Company and Chief 

Executive Officer of Golden 

Eye Pictures. He featured in television 

series ‘Efiewura’ and 

‘Waaye Dwe’. 

His widow, Madam Gifty 

Emefah Kumah, in an interview 

with The DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, paid a glorious tribute 

to her husband. 

She said: “Kofi is the 

most incredible person 

I have ever known. I 

discovered in the 

last awful days 

without my husband 

how many 

special friends he 

had made in the 

course of his 

work, and even 

strangers; people 

just loved spending 

time with him because 

he listened, debated, 

laughed joked and made 

people feel special in his presence. 

“All his friends have all been 

so upset but it’s been quite wonderful 

since Kofi passed away. I 

never really understood what he 

and the friends got out of con 

versations about who was 

baldest or fattest, who was better 

at acting and so on and so 

forth. However, after his passing 

I have come to understand what 

it was all about. 

“Indeed, Kofi was a good 

and loving husband and 

companion to me and a 

wonderful father to the 

children. In his unselfish 

way, he encouraged and 

supported me to work 

hard as he had done. As 

he was so much in the 

limelight, I did my very 

best to take care of the 

family not to put extra 

stress on him. He was 

such a great person in my 

life and that of the children as 

well. The family will forever 

miss him.“ 

Aidoo’s untimely death occurred 

on Thursday, June 29, 

2017, at the Korle-Bu Teaching 

Hospital in Accra. He died aged 

45 and left behind six children. 

Jennifer Lomotey’s song not offensive – Akumaa 

RADIO AND TV personality 

Joyce Akumaa Dongotey-Padi, 

popularly known as Akumaa 

Mama Zimbi, says as an indigenous 

Krobo. she finds nothing 

offensive about the song ‘Jennifer 

Lomotey’. 

Krobo citizens became angry 

over what they call a deliberate 

attempt by rapper Sarkodie to 

denigrate them and their women 

over a line he sang in the song titled 

“Jennifer Lomotey”, composed 

by one Kurl Songx , who 

featured Sarkodie. 

In the song, the award-winning 

rapper mentions Jennifer 

Lomotey, whom he says is a 

Krobo. According to Sarkodie, 

the Krobo lady was able to 

“ride” him well in bed because 

•Akumaa Mama Zimbi, 

host of ‘Odo Ahomaso’ 

•Kofi Egyir, 

actor 

Okomfo Anokye has cursed her 

with 'adwaman' (promiscuity). 

They also said they were at a 

loss as to how Sarkodie could 

stoop low to commercialise a 

“sensitive and fabricated lie, a 

stereotype and a myth” and 

profit from it at the expense of a 

tribe. 

The Krobo Advocacy and 

Heritage Association threatened 

legal action against the rapper 

and called on him to retract his 

lyric and apologise for it. However, 

speaking on ‘Entertainment 

Capital’ on Accra100.5FM, Akumaa 

said ‘Jennifer Lomotey’ was 

not offensive. 

“I was never ever offended; 

why should I be offended?” she 

quizzed in an interview with 

show host Bismark Boachie (DJ 

Premier). 

Asked if she saw the ‘offensive’ 

lyric as a compliment, the 

sex educator said: “Yes, because 

we don’t have a challenger. Do 

we have a challenger?” 

She continued, “Normally, 

humans waste our time on unnecessary 

things. We shouldn’t 

waste our time on this. Personally, 

I was not offended. I noticed 

my kinsmen took offence 

and complained. Some even 

sought my opinion but we don’t 

have any challenger. We are 

blessed with it, so for me, that’s 

ok because if I need Sarkodie, I 

can go to him and talk to him 

but I’m ok.” Classfmonline.com 

I’m not greedy 

– Obour 

THE PRESIDENT of the Musicians 

Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), Bice Osei 

Kuffour, has expressed dismay over the 

assertion he is stashing cash meant for 

musicians. 

Obour, as he is affectionately called 

in the showbiz circles, rubbished those 

deep-seated rumours painting him as a 

greedy person. 

According to him, his leadership 

style makes it difficult for some of his 

colleagues to comprehend his vision for 

the Union. 

The award-winning musician has 

been described as “a gold digger, incompetent 

and a disappointment to the 

youth” and been accused as being corrupt. 

“I’m not greedy,” Obour told 

‘Morning Starr’ host Francis Abban on 

Thursday. 

Obour has been accused of misapplying 

some GH¢2 million fund from 

government meant for musicians. 

He has dared his critics to substantiate 

their allegations. 

“It depends on how people see others. 

It looks as if it’s a canker to decide 

to lead in any form in this country,” 

Obour said. 

He added: “I put my career on the 

line to lead MUSIGA. My mom has 

been worried but it’s a decision I have 

made to lead. People are accusing me 

with no substance. People are just inciting 

others against me. I think we should 

do further probing into these allegations 

so we make objective comments.” 

Obour stressed he had discharged 

his duties well and would go back to his 

music career after his presidency, adding 

his legacy would exonerate him. 

•Bice Osei Kuffour, president 

of MUSIGA 

I never cheated on my wife – Chris Attoh 

ACTOR CHRIS Attoh has disclosed he never 

cheated on his wife during their two-year marriage. 

Asked by Bola Ray on ‘Starr Chat’ on 

Wednesday, September 27, if he cheated on his 

wife leading to the collapse of their marriage, 

Chris said: “I can gladly say that I never cheated 

on my wife …I didn’t find a reason to have 

cheated on my wife. I was occupied with so 

many things, work, production and all, and I 

have no reason to do that.” 

After months of speculation and denials, 

Chris admitted that his marriage to Damilola 

Adegbite had crashed. 

The actor who married on February 14, 

2015, had earlier made the revelation in an interview 

with Bellanaija. 

Chris, despite his divorce, described his wife 

as a wonderful woman and an amazing mother. 

“Despite our differences, Dami and I will always 

be friends. So, more than anything we will 

find ways to continue to make sure that Brian 

(their son) can still have a balanced upbringing 

filled with love and support. Both our families 

have been and are still very supportive in helping 

us take care of our son when we can’t be 

there due to work,” Chris said.

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GH Heritage 

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Thus, Flagstaff House sits on the site of a building that was 

used by Ghana’s first President, after the facility had been used 

as the residence of the Inspector General of the Gold Coast 

Constabulary in the colonial days before Ghana gained 

independence in 1957. The previous seat of government of 

Ghana was the Osu Castle. 

High demand for ‘Fathia Fata 

Nkrumah’ Kente 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

PHOTOS BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

KENTE, AN interwoven cloth strips made of silk and 

cotton fabrics, is one of Ghana’s rich cultural assets. Mostly 

worn by chiefs and other traditional leaders, the cloth has been 

widely accepted by all, especially on occasions that are meant to 

portray the Ghanaian tradition or heritage. 

Coming in different shades of colour and designs, Kente 

has now developed to be the country’s valuable cloth for all 

occasions for majority of Ghanaians. 

Every Kente cloth comes with its own name which is 

backed by a rich historical reason. The names are based on the 

designs of the cloths. For instance, we have Adwinasa, 

Akyempem and Fathia Fata Nkrumah. 

Was Nkrumah indeed a hero? 

COMPILED BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

The debate as to whether Nkrumah alone is the Founder of 

Ghana or others should share that acclaim would persist since 

individuals and certain groups who matter in our public 

political discourse present various perspectives. Without taking 

sides the DAILY HERITAGE brings to the public two 

articles by two men whose political knowledge cannot be 

discounted. These are Dr Kingsley Nyarko, Executive Director, 

Danquah Institute (DI), and Senior Lecturer, University of 

Ghana; and By Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa, 

Avowed Nkrumaist 

BY DR KINGSLEY NYARKO, EXECUTIVE 

DIRECTOR, DI, SENIOR LECTURER, UG 

THE INDEPENDENCE of Ghana appeared to be a 

mirage until the United Gold Coast Convention was 

birthed on August 4, 1947 at Saltpond; thankfully, its 

formation became the springboard towards our 

attainment of Statehood. The independence of 

Ghana was not realized on a silver platter. As a matter 

of fact, it took years of struggle, pain, 

disappointment, betrayal, and even deaths before we 

were able to gain freedom from our colonial 

overlords—the British. The patriots who sacrificed 

their energy, resources, and lives deserve 

commendation, and must be celebrated. 

Nkrumah writes to Dr Busia 

My Dear Kofi: 

I have just heard on the air that your government 

which came to power barely three years ago has been 

toppled by the Ghana Army. It is rather significant 

that most of the evils of which my government and I 

were accused and which were the main reasons for 

the overthrow of my administration were apparently 

the same reasons that motivated the army takeover of 

your regime. 

I am sure that you now realise that those who criticise other 

people without bothering to assign good reasons for their 

criticisms eventually end up as victims of their own 

circumstances. 

You will also appreciate the fact that those who sow a wind 

reap a 

Is August 4 Founders’ Day justifiable? 

BY DR KINGSLEY NYARKO 

DR KINGSLEY Nyarko, the Executive Director, Danquah 

Institute (DI) and Senior Lecturer of the University of Ghana 

recently delivered a speech at the university on the topic: ‘The 

Advent of UGCC and the Independence of Ghana: 

Examining their Relevance in our Contemporary Society.’ 

The speech was meant to refresh the minds of those who 

already know of the struggle towards independence and also to 

inform those who lack a good knowledge of the struggle for 

them to appreciate the fact that various actions took place on 

the way to independence and that some were precursors to 

others and that various people played prominent roles that 

collectively helped to achieve the country’s freedom from the 

British colonists. 

The DAILY HERITAGE brings to its cherished readers 

the speech: 

We are not gathered here at this hour to show the 

superiority of one nationalist over the other; neither are we 

here to belittle the contributions of any personality towards the 

emancipation and development of our motherland. 

Dr Nkrumah in the eyes of his 

daughter 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

PHOTOS: BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

MADAM SAMIA Yaba Nkrumah, the daughter of Ghana’s 

THE POLITICAL history of 

Ghana cannot be told 

without reference to the seat 

of government, popularly 

known as the Flagstaff 

House, once christened 

the Golden Jubilee House by 

the 2001 – 2009 New 

Patriotic Party (NPP) 

first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, has called on the youth 

of the country to study and read the exact words of his father 

in order to understand his policies and ideologies. 

Madam Nkrumah spoke to the DAILY HERITAGE as 

part of the GH Heritage Month which seeks to bolster interest 

in Ghana’s rich heritage. 

GH Heritage’s time with Nana Nketsia V 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

AS PART of the GH Heritage Month Series it embarked 

upon from the beginning of this month, Excellence In 

Broadcasting (EIB) Network, led by the DAILY 

HERITAGE newspaper, yesterday organised a Forum 

dubbed ‘Time With Nana Kobina Nketsia V’ and on the theme 

‘Changing Face of Ghana’s Heritage.’ 

The event, which took place at the La Palm Royal Beach 

Hotel in Accra, had Nana Nketsia, the Omanhen of Essikado 

Traditional Area in the Western Region and history lecturer at 

the University of Cape Coast, as the keynote speaker. 

Since the event fell on September 21, the date of birth of 

the first President of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, it was also 

referred to as a ‘Founder’s Day Celebration’ programme. 

Good old Ghana moments 

AS GH Heritage month enters its final week, the editorial 

team wishes to express its profound gratitude to the hundreds 

of readers who have sent scintillating archival messages to 

support the GH Heritage month series. 

The team is indeed overwhelmed by the beautiful 

memorable pictures that aptly capture our Heritage as a people 

and tell the story about where we have come from and where 

we are going. 

In today’s edition, we share with our readers some 

interesting pictures that tell the story about Good old Ghana 

moments sent to us by Jedidiah Akoi-Jackson, a resident of 

Nungua Kantamanto Princess House Number 2. 

Where was the media in 

independence struggle? 

THE DUTY of journalists is to educate, inform and 

entertain the public through the use of radio, television, 

newspapers and lately superhighway Information 

Communication Technological means such as internet, 

facebook, WhatsApp and others. 

The journalists among others also 

provide liberty to the people 

through their activities because they 

expose and oppose arbitrary rule. 

The media have played an 

important role in the governance of 

Ghana since the colonial era. Being 

the Fourth Estate of the Realm in 

terms of the country’s governance 

system, it has continued to play its 

immense role to date. 

The media during the colonial 

period always acted as the 

mouthpiece for the people. They 

ensured that what the people of the 

then Gold Coast wanted was 

communicated to their colonial 

governors. 

GH Bank notes, then 

and now 

There is no doubt that certain 

things came to be associated with 

the portion of the earth we now 

call Ghana as a result of colonialism. One of such things has 

to do with the concept of currency, which is the system of 

money used in a country in the forms of notes and coins. We 

should note that our forebears knew the concept of money. 

In colonial days our country used the British pounds and 

shillings. Later, the country had its own pounds and shillings 

and few years after it attained republican status on July 1, 1960, 

our first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, introduced pesewas 

and the cedi, which is the corrupted or anglicized version of 

side, the local name for cowrie, which was used as money in 

parts of Africa and Asia in the past. The cedi and have 

remained Ghana’s currency ever since under both civilian and 

military administrations until President John Agyekum Kufuor 

(2001 – 2009) changed the existing notes and coins as had been 

the case under various administrations but called his Ghana 

cedis and the pesewas Ghana pesewas. 

Does the Ghanaian press fulfil its 

mandate? 

BY KWEKU GYASI ESSEL 

SINCE THE emergence of modernity nations have found 

the media an inseparable part of their progress or development 

because of its roles of informing, educating and entertaining 

the public. These roles are prominently expressed in political 

discourse, national identity, and popular culture. Traditionally, 

when we talk about the media, we are considering journalists 

and the newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations 

they work for. However, the advent of the internet has brought 

in its trail the online media. 

The media is described as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, 

which relates to the idea that the media is equally important in 

public life as the aristocracy (the people considered to be in the 

highest class of society because of their power, money and 

wealth, who include politicians and members of the judiciary), 

the Church and the ordinary people or the masses, who form 

the three traditional estates of society. 

Available records have it that the news media in Ghana, the 

then Gold Coast, emerged in the nineteenth century and gave 

voice to popular campaigns for independence, national unity, 

development, and democracy throughout the twentieth century. 

And we can agree that the media today is also playing its role in 

nation building and that it must be monitored and put right 

when it goes ‘wayward’. 

We are once again grateful to our readers and all those who 

have helped to make the ‘GH Heritage Month’ a success.

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