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02 CONTENT DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 DAILY QUOTE We become what we think about most of the time, and that's the strangest secret --Earl Nightingale ANNIVERSARIES 01 Dec, Farmers Day 25 Dec, Christmas Day 26 Dec, Boxing Day WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH Email: info@dailyheritage.com.gh Facebook: facebook.com/dailyheritagegh WORLD BUSINESS POLITICS SPORTS ISSUE Enough of oil - how about resource on the streets? Cameroun bans pro-independence rallies in Anglophone area PG.04 Jomoro approves 2018 composite budget PG.10 Don’t allow Appiah Stadium to cross-carpet – Odike to NPP PG.11 Footvolley Association of Ghana to be launched PG.15 ENOUGH OF the gushing and blushing over the Ghanaian victory in the maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and La Côte d’Ivoire. I have heard some talk of taking active steps to negotiate and delimit our boundaries with Togo and so on. Pg6 WVA, WMA call for eradication of rabies by 2030 TOTAL ELIMINATION of dog-transmitted human rabies by 2030 has been called for in a joint statement by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and World Medical Association (WMA). Pg7 Woyome back in court today BY MUNTALLA INUSAH muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh THE SUPREME Court will resume sitting today after three months legal vacation to continue the hearing on the oral examination of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome on how the judgement debtor intends to refund the GH¢ 51.2 Million he received from the State. On July 24, 2017, Mr Woyome appeared before the apex court for the first time and was grilled for many hours despite being sick and at a point required a break to take some medications. In court today, the oral examination to be conducted by the Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, is expected to centre on the owners of the Abelemkpe Published by: EIB Network / Heritage Communications Ltd. Managing Editor: William Asiedu: 0208156974 Editor: Kofi Enchill: 0265653335 ISSN: 0855-5230 7 VOL 7 Location: Kasapa FM building, Adabraka. Box AD 676, Adabraka, Accra, Ghana. Telephone: 020-8156974 026-5653335 Adverts/Mktg: Paul Ampong-Mensah 024-4360782 Fax: +233-0302-237156 Email: Dailyheritagegh@ gmail.com/heritagenewspaper@yahoo.co.uk www.dailyheritage.com.gh MONDAY RealFeel® 30° Precipitation 25% TUESDAY RealFeel® 30° Precipitation 25% WEDNESDAY RealFeel® 30° Precipitation 25% house which Mr Woyome said belongs to the junior brother. Lands Commission invited The Registrar of the Lands Commission is also expected to appear before the court presided over by Justice Benin to testify and to assist the court to know who owns the Abelemkpe house. The court, prior to adjourning the case to October 2, 2017, after the legal vacation, asked Woyome to apprise himself with all the documents regarding all the companies listed to fast- track the proceedings. The companies affected by the charge included Anator Holding Company Limited, AAW Management Consulting Services, Anator Construction Company Limited, Green Township Security Services Company Limited, Woyome Broth- • CONTINUE ON PAGE 3 RealFeel® 24° Precipitation 25% RealFeel® 24° Precipitation 25% RealFeel® 24° Precipitation 25% ACCRA www.accuweather.com
WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. — Herman Melville Woyome back in court today • READ FROM PAGE 2 ers International Limited, Stewise Anator Company Limited and Stewise Shipping Company Limited. Family house When it was suggested to him that he owned the Abelemkpe and Kokomlemle houses, he said “that is not correct,” saying “I own the Kokomlemle one with my family. You cannot say that for the Abelemkpe one.” •Alfred Agbesi Woyome Asked to tell the court under what circumstance he occupies the Abelemkpe house, he said, “It’s a family house? It's a family house owned by my junior brother. The house has been made available for use by the family for years now.” When counsel suggested to him that his testimony that the brother owns that house was false, he said “that's incorrect.” This resulted in the Deputy Attorney General saying to the court, “I will apply for court to ask him to provide the document for that. This is a debtor who, since 2014, has paid a paltry sum. It's crucial we know this.” The order was granted despite objections from Mr Ken Anku, counsel for Woyome. No business since 2011 At his first day in court, the judgement debtor told the court that he had not been able to engage in any business since 2011 when his legal ordeals with the State started. He said he lost all his businesses after his arrest in 2011 and spent all his time in court to the detriment of his businesses for the past seven years. When asked about the AAW Management Consulting Services, which, according to the Attorney General, was incorporated in 2016, Woyome said he was the director and though it was registered in 2016, he was still not able to do business. Contrary to the Attorney General’s claim that he wholly owned Anator Holdings Company Limited, Woyome said that was incorrect and that he is only a director and board chairman. Woyome also told the court that though counsel was showing a document from the Registrar General claiming that it was registered in 2014, there was a re-registration. 5,000 journalists, others to lose jobs BY BENJAMIN TANDOH MINORITY MEMBERS in Parliament are up in arms over the recent National Communications Authority (NCA) “deep regulatory sanctions” against 131 radio stations in the country. The NCA, in accordance with Sections 13 of the Electronic Communications Act 2009, has sanctioned 131 radio stations over various infractions. Some of the radio stations found wanting have been handed hefty fines ranging from GH¢ 50,000.00 to GH ¢61,000,000.00 depending on the nature of offence and duration. Reacting to the stern action taken by the NCA, the Minority in a statement signed by Alhaji A. B.A. Fuseini, Ranking Member, Communications Committee said the sanctions would lead to close to 5,000 workers in the • Over NCA action, says NDC inky fraternity losing their jobs. “It is our understanding that about 131 radio stations have either had their authorization revoked, which means they have been taken off air, or have been slapped with very draconian fines running into tens of millions of Ghana Cedis in some instances. Other kinds of sanctions have been applied in a variety of cases. “We are deeply troubled by this development which has grave implications for press freedom and media pluralism. These actions by the NCA threaten to roll back the gains made so far in entrenching a vibrant media culture. “The NCA does not appear to have considered the deleterious impact this will have on jobs in the sector. We estimate that close to 5,000 people working in the affected stations will be rendered jobless should the current action persist,” Mr Fuseini stated. The Minority said it recognises •Alhaji A. B.A. Fuseini, Minority Ranking Member, Communications Committee the NCA’s right to regulate the communications sector in a manner that ensures compliance with appropriate regulations, but said “we are alarmed by the sweeping and heavy-handed approach under the current exercise. “The situation where alleged breaches of regulations dating back several years are suddenly cited as basis for the near-summary closure of radio stations and humongous fines poses a mortal danger to the expansion of the frontiers of free expression. “Radio has become a foremost means of expression by large sections of our citizenry since the liberalization of the airwaves at the beginning of the current democratic dispensation. Entities operating within that space therefore ought to be acknowledged for their invaluable contributions to the growth of our democracy,” Alhaji Fuseini said. He suggested that the regulatory enforcement ought to be undertaken in “a manner that factors in the fragilities inherent in the operations of many radio stations. “The current revocation and sanctions regime appears to be monetizing the right to free expression and could be construed as an effort to exact retribution, particularly against stations that have traditionally been ideologically opposed to the current New Patriotic Party administration. “We are at a loss as to how millions of Ghana Cedis can be imposed as fines on radio stations, failing which their authorisation will be revoked only to have them sold to other entities for GH¢ 30,000. “This will only serve to worsen the precarious unemployment situation and add to the hardships Ghanaians are going through. In the light of the foregoing, we urge the NCA to, as a matter of urgency, suspend the on-going exercise and use dialogue and more flexible means to ensure compliance with relevant regulations. This, we believe, will avert a situation where monetary value is placed on the right to free expression with its attendant difficulties,” Alhaji Fuseini said.
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