Daily Heritage November 8

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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 

DAILY QUOTE 

Real difficulties can be 

overcome; it is only the imaginary 

ones that are unconquerable 

--Theodore N. Vail 

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WORLD 

'Zuma tell-all' 

author 

receives death 

threats 

POLITICS 

Our promises 

weren’t mere 

campaign talk 

– Prez Akufo-Addo 

BUSINESS 

PG.04 

2018 budget to improve 

domestic 

revenue collection 

— Ofori-Atta 

SPORTS 

PG.11 

Haruna Futah to face 

Ethics Committee 

tomorrow 

PG.10 

PG.15 

Accident victims must 

benefit from NHIS — NRSC 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

Philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE BOARD 

Chairman of the 

National Road 

Safety Commission 

(NRSC), Rev. Ismaila 

Awudu, has 

said it is time accident victims 

rise up and demand from policy 

makers a quota of the National 

Health Insurance Scheme 

(NHIS) set aside to support victims 

of road accidents in the 

country. 

According to him, many people 

are left to die on the streets 

and accidents scenes because on 

many occasions, onlookers and 

volunteers who help carry victims 

to hospitals and health posts 

are asked for deposit before 

being attended to. 

Rev Ismaila described such attitude 

by some health professionals 

as bad and contributing to the 

plight of accident victims, adding 

that” it was time we all condemned 

such attitudes and put 

an end to the pains of victims.” 

He said though there is a 

quota set aside by the National 

Health Insurance Authority to 

•Rev Ismaila Awudu, head pastor of Yahweh Temple, East Legon branch of ICGC, 

presenting a cheque to Rev. Benedict Cyril Crabbe, founder of Impact Soul Missions at the church 

support road accident victims, 

the fund is not being utilised because 

either most people are not 

aware of it or claims are not 

being paid promptly by the Authority, 

hence the decision by 

some health institutions to demand 

deposit before commencing 

treatment. 

“In time of emergency, we 

must get our hospital authorities 

to be responsible, we must rise 

up and enforce the laws in making 

sure that the NHIS takes care 

of all emergency situations,” he 

stated. 

The NRSC boss made this 

statement last Sunday, November 

5, 2017, when he presented a 

cheque for GH 2,000.00 and a 

free will offering of GH 

1,000.00 from the Yahweh Temple, 

East Legon branch of the 

International Central Gospel 

Church, to Impact Souls Mission, 

an advocacy organisation 

aimed at providing support for 

accident victims. 

He said it saddened his heart 

to see that despite the effect of 

road accidents on the economy, 

multi-million companies, insurance 

companies and many others 

are not voluntarily financing road 

safety campaigns. 

“Fighting safety on our roads 

is not singular effort or limited to 

one institution but a concerted 

effort from the government, 

through private to multimillion 

companies, churches, individuals 

and foreign partners to help sustain 

the human force for development,” 

Rev Ismaila stated. 

The board chair added that it 

was time, as a country, Ghana revisited 

laws governing insurance 

and insurance claims, adding that 

though drivers and vehicle owners 

pay their insurance premium 

either as comprehensive or third 

party, when it comes to claims 

some companies fail to pay. 

He said on many occasions, 

officials of the Ghana Ambulance 

Service have had the cause 

to complain about the pain they 

go through in transporting accident 

victims to hospitals because 

other vehicles do not give them 

access to the road in emergency 

situations. 

“It has become more important 

to take a second look at 

planning and designing of our 

roads, and lighting, pay particular 

attention to road signs and also 

concentrate on retraining drivers 

on modern way of driving,” he 

stated. 

Rev Ismaila called on the general 

public to support campaigns 

by the NRSC and efforts by individuals 

to help reduce carnage 

on the road in the coming festivities 

and beyond.

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• Former President, John Dramani Mahama, 

Super OD and Mrs Queenstar Maame Pokuah 

Sawyer at Super OD’s home at Agona Swedru 

Avoid partisan politics 

NEWS DESK REPORT 

FORMER PRESIDENT 

John Dramani Mahama 

has said Ghanaians should 

avoid partisanship politics 

and embrace unity “for it 

is only unity that underlies 

sustainable development.” 

According to the former President 

“belonging to a political party is 

important because it is good for political 

choices but national development 

transcends party politics; go for 

unity and not partisanship,” he told a 

gathering who thronged the house of 

veteran actor, Super OD, following 

the former President’s visit. 

Former President Mahama visited 

the ailing ace actor and comedian 

Super OD of Osofo Dadzie fame at 

the actor’s Agona Swedru home. 

The visit, at the behest of Mr Mahama, 

was organised by the Central 

Regional Executive members of the 

National Democratic Congress 

• Mahama to Ghanaians 

(NDC) led by their chairman, Mr Allotey 

Jacobs, and took place immediately 

after the NDC unity walk held 

in Cape Coast last Sunday. 

Exchanging pleasantries with the 

82-year-old Super OD, otherwise 

known as Asonaba Kweku Darko, 

Mr Mahama told him, “I cannot 

come to Central Region and close to 

your home without visiting you, my 

old friend, to know at firsthand how 

you are faring.” 

Mr Mahama wished Super OD 

speedy recovery and thanked Super 

OD, his family and the gathering for 

the warm reception and also the Central 

Regional NDC executive for not 

disappointing him in terms of making 

it possible to visit OD. 

Super OD also thanked former 

Belonging to a 

political party is 

important because 

it is good 

for political 

choices but 

national development 

transcends 

party 

politics. 

President Mahama for the visit and 

an undisclosed amount he donated to 

him. 

“I’m very much grateful that people 

like you continue to have me in 

your mind. 

“There are three people in my life 

who I find most important. They are 

you President Mahama, Member of 

Parliament (MP) Maame Pokuah 

Sawyerr and Mr Kennedy Agyepong, 

Assin South MP. You people never 

stop giving me assistance in kind and 

in cash,” Super OD said. 

Super OD said former President 

Mahama is a good man and urged 

Ghanaians to support him if he decides 

to re-assume the presidency by 

contesting the 2020 elections. 

He reiterated the need for national 

unity for a prosperous Ghana. 

Those who accompanied former 

President Mahama to Super OD’s 

house included Mrs Pokuah Sawyerr, 

Nana Oye Lithur, the Minister for 

Gender, Children and Social Protection, 

actor Clement Bonney (aka Mr 

Beautiful), Mr Allotey Jacobs and 

other Central Regional NDC Executive 

members. 

I’m very much 

grateful that 

people like you 

continue to 

have me in 

your mind.

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• The carcass is believed to be that of a fin whale 

Whale carcass washes up on Donegal beach 

THE CARCASS of what is believed 

to be a rare fin whale has 

washed up on a beach on Arranmore 

Island, County Donegal. 

A member of the public reported 

seeing the 20ft (6m) creature's 

body splayed across rocks 

on Saturday night. 

The whale's dead body may 

have been floating in the waters 

off the island for weeks before 

becoming beached, said Arranmore 

Lifeboat's Nora Flanagan. 

Fin whales are listed as endangered 

by the International Union 

for Conservation of Nature. 

Ms Flanagan said the carcass 

had washed up in a "shaded cove 

on the eastern side of the island." 

"If there was a high tide in 

the right direction and with the 

right wind it could be taken back 

out to sea and drop to the bottom 

of the ocean." 

She said the public have been 

urged not to approach the carcass. 

Dave Wall of the Irish Whale 

and Dolphin Group said it appeared 

the whale had been dead 

for some time before being 

washed up on the shore. 

He said it is not unusual for 

fin whales to be spotted off the 

coast of Ireland. BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

More oil cash needed in 

Nigeria's Delta to avert 

new conflict, says minister 

NIGERIA’S OIL minister will 

visit the Niger Delta this week 

in a bid to stave off a threat of 

more insurgent attacks in the 

area, and said that without more 

investment it would be a struggle 

to ease tensions and develop 

its main crude producing region. 

The Niger Delta Avengers, 

whose attacks on energy facilities 

in the region last year helped 

push Africa’s biggest economy 

into recession, said on Friday it 

had ended its ceasefire in its 

campaign for more of Nigeria’s 

oil earnings. 

“We’re constrained by cash,” 

Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the 

minister of state for petroleum, 

told Reuters in an interview on 

Monday when discussing efforts 

to develop the Delta. “We’ve 

scurried around for some 

money just to begin the 

process.” 

He said he would meet representatives 

of the militants and 

other stakeholders during a visit 

to the region on Nov. 9. 

Kachikwu said a return to violence 

by the militants would be 

“mutually destructive”, adding: 

“I am sure that like they did the 

last time, when they see a concrete 

action plan they would listen.” 

Reuters 

•Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum 

Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu 

'Zuma tell-all' author 

receives death threats 

THE AUTHOR of a 

controversial new 

book about President 

Jacob Zuma's alleged 

financial irregularities 

says he has received 

death threats. 

Jaques Pauw, investigative journalist 

and author of The President’s 

Keepers‚ says he was contacted on 

the telephone last night by an 

anonymous caller who told him: 

If you don’t stop writing about 

Jacob Zuma‚ you are going to be 

dead.” 

The author says it was the third 

death threat he has received since 

publishing his book. He told eNCA 

news how he is dealing with the 

threats: 

I was scared before the book got 

published… I've received death 

threats. I’m not overly concerned, 

but it is unnerving." 

Last week, South Africa's spy 

agency demanded the withdrawal of 

The President’s Keepers, saying it is 

"replete with inaccuracies" and contravenes 

the Intelligence Service 

Act. 

The State Security Agency 

threatened to go to court if NP 

publishers failed to withdraw the 

book, which alleges that Mr Zuma 

had for four months received a 

"salary" from a businessman 

- over and 

above his government-paid 

presidential 

salary - and had 

failed to declare it to 

the tax collection 

agency, the South 

African Revenue 

Services. 

After excerpts of 

the book were published 

in Sunday 

newspapers, Mr 

Zuma's spokesman 

issued a statement, 

denying any wrongdoing 

by the president 

and saying he 

was the victim of a 

"smear campaign". 

"The tax matters 

of the president are 

in order," the statement 

added. 

Pauw has since 

said he is prepared to 

seek punitive costs 

orders against that State Security 

Agency (SSA) if it approaches the 

courts for an interdict against him. 

The book has proven to be 

hugely popular, with News 24 reporting 

that the first print sold out 

on the day of the release and more 

are being printed. 

The author himself has even encouraged 

would-be readers who 

cannot afford to buy the book to 

enjoy PDF copies of his book circulating 

online: BBC 

Chinese fans prepare to welcome rich, powerful, 'free-spirit' Trump 

HE MAY be a divisive figure 

back home, but U.S. President 

Donald Trump will be landing in 

friendly territory when he arrives 

in Beijing on Wednesday, judging 

by Chinese social media. 

On platforms such as the 

Twitter-like Sina Weibo, Trump’s 

Chinese supporters, who admire 

his business success and a freewheeling 

style unconstrained by 

political correctness, are far 

more prominent than detractors. 

While no comprehensive survey 

has been done to assess the 

size and intensity of Trump’s 

popularity in China, several pundits 

suggest he has broad and 

vocal support. 

“Chinese people are impressed 

that he is extremely rich, 

he loves things splendid and 

magnificent, and he loves to 

show off. Not every billionaire is 

like that,” said Yin Hao, who 

translates American news and 

comedy clips for his nearly one 

million followers on Weibo. 

Yin said his translated 

Trump-related video clips sometimes 

attract thousands of comments, 

where some supporters 

engage in name-calling and invective 

in defending the president. 

”They will keep posting comments 

to defend Trump, mock 

his opponents under all news 

clips that involve Trump, and rebuke 

any comments that are not 

in favor of Trump,” Yin said. 

Reuters 

•President Donald Trump



Are we making progress in fight against Instant Justice? 

THE DISPLAY OF evil deed through 

meting out of instant justice to suspected 

thieves rears its ugly head every 

now and then. Instant justice, popularly 

known as mob action, is becoming 

too rampant in Ghana. 

Though the law is very explicit on 

the proper way of handling suspected 

thieves, some rascals in society take delight 

in meting out instant justice to 

people suspected of stealing one item 

or another. 

In some instances, innocent people 

are killed by these blood-thirsty 

Ghanaians who would not heed any 

caution to refrain from beating suspected 

thieves. 

Sometimes people are flogged to 

death, slashed with machetes, burnt 

with car tyres, beaten with blocks and 

stripped naked among other dastardly 

acts. 

And in most cases the perpetrators 

are left off the hook because nobody 

seeks justice for the victims. 

Some have defended instant justice 

by arguing that suspected thieves deserve 

to die because they would be let 

free by the police anyway if they were 

sent to the police station. 

That, in the view of the DAILY 

HERITAGE, is a mute argument 

laced with ignorance. Society is governed 

by laws; therefore the law enforcement 

agencies should be allowed 

to do their work, irrespective of their 

perceived challenges. 

Not long ago in Kumasi, a woman 

was stripped naked and kicked in the 

private parts for allegedly stealing GH¢ 

1, 500.00. 

The lawless act which was recorded 

on video went viral on social media, 

further demeaning womanhood. The 

suspect was beaten mercilessly until 

she lost consciousness. 

But months down the lane, checks 

by the paper revealed that no one has 

been jailed for engaging in that barbaric 

act. 

In the case of Major Maxwel Mahama, 

which occurred in the Central 

Region, all the key suspects are facing 

trial which, in the view of the paper, is 

good to serve as deterrent. However, 

in other cases such as the Kumasi incident, 

we think more needs to be 

done to ensure justice is delivered to 

victims of instant justice. 

Kwabena Agyepong 

sues Wontumi 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE SUS- 

PENDED General 

Secretary of 

the New Patriotic 

Party (NPP), Mr 

Kwabena Agyei 

Agyepong, has sued the 

Ashanti Regional chairman of 

the party, Mr Bernard Antwi 

Boasiako, over defamatory 

comments made against him. 

Mr Agyepong, in his statement 

of claim, is asking the 

High Court in Kumasi to make 

an order “compelling the NPP 

regional chairman to pay an 

amount of GH¢ 400,000.00 as 

punitive damages to the plaintiff 

as damages for the defamatory 

comments against the 

defendant.” 

In a copy of the writ in the 

possession of the DAILY 

HERITAGE, Mr Agyepong 

• Demands GH¢ 400k for defamation 

•Bernard Antwi Boasiako, 

NPP Ashanti regional 

chairman 

is asking the court to make a 

declaration directed at the first 

defendant “to immediately 

cause to be retracted the 

defamatory statement via 

Nhyira FM, a Kumasi-based 

radio station, the medium he 

used in making the comments. 

•Kwabena Agyepong 

Mr Agyepong is also asking 

for “An order of the court 

compelling the first defendant 

to write a letter personally addressed 

to the plaintiff admitting 

his comments were untrue 

and unfortunate and given his 

tacit commitment never again 

to spew such falsehood and 

scandalous defamatory remarks 

on the person of the plaintiff. 

He is further asking the 

court for “An order of the 

court compelling the first defendant 

to pay an amount of 

GH¢ 400, 000.00 as punitive 

and exemplary damages to the 

plaintiff as damages for the 

defamatory comments (he the 

defendant said about the plaintiff.” 

Mr Antwi Boasiako is reported 

to have said in an interview 

he had with the station 

that Mr Agyepong worked to 

ensure the defeat of the ruling 

party ahead of the 2016 polls. 

“Over my dead body; I will 

never allow Kwabena Agyepong 

to get reinstated as the 

NPP general secretary. This 

cannot happen…. last year by 

this time, some people were 

working very hard to see the 

NPP lose the elections, and 

Kwabena Agyepong was one of 

them,” Wontumi told journalists. 

Mr Agyepong and his 

lawyers took the decision after 

the defendant rubbished an earlier 

letter from Mr Agyepong’s 

lawyers demanding an apology 

for the comment. 

Over my dead 

body; I will never 

allow Kwabena 

Agyepong to get 

reinstated as 

the NPP general 

secretary.


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Leaders are masters 

at being unpredictable 

BY DAG HEWARD-MILLS 

one 

ex- 

THOUGH MOST 

snakes are harmless 

you can never tell 

what a snake is 

going to do. Will it 

strike? Will it run? 

Will it flee? Is it poisonous? Is it 

harmless? Is it dangerous? Can I 

kill it? Serpents are wise because 

they are unpredictable. 

Being unpredictable creates a 

sense of mystery. No one can tell 

what you are going to do next. 

When you are unpredictable, it is 

difficult for people to neutralize 

the anointing on your life through 

familiarity. 

Many pastors have the anointing 

on their lives cancelled by familiarity. 

Everyone knows what 

they are going to do next. Dear 

Pastor, defend yourself against familiarity 

by being unpredictable. 

Defend yourself against the bored 

yawns of your associates who 

have heard you preaching the 

same thing over and over again. 

Do the unexpected and you will 

create a fearsome reputation. No 

one will know what your next 

move is going to be. Both the 

Holy Spirit and Jesus are unpredictable 

in many of their operations. 

Jesus Christ and 

unpredictability 

Jesus Christ was unpredictable 

when he was invited to the feast. 

At one point everyone thought 

He would come. At another 

time He said He would not 

come. In the end, He went to 

the feast and ministered powerfully. 

Notice how Jesus was 

wise as a serpent using the key 

of unpredictability. 

Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles 

was at hand. His 

brethren therefore said unto 

him, Depart hence, and go into 

Judaea, that thy disciples also 

may see the works that thou 

doest. 

For there is no man that 

doeth anything in secret, and 

he himself seeketh to be 

known openly, if thou do these 

things, shew thyself to the 

world for neither did his 

brethren believe in him. 

Then Jesus said unto them, 

my time is not yet come: but 

your time is always ready. The 

world cannot hate you; but me 

it hateth, because I testify of it, 

that the works thereof are evil. 

Go ye up unto this feast: I go 

•Dag Heward-Mills 

not up yet unto this feast; for my 

time is not yet full come. 

When he had said these words 

unto them, he abode still in 

Galilee, but when his brethren 

were gone up, then went he also 

At times He only 

related with His 

disciples. At other 

times he moved 

around with the 

rich, famous and 

the corrupt. Everyone 

was shocked 

when He went to 

Zacchaeus’ 

house. Others 

were offended 

when He allowed 

Mary to wipe His 

feet with her hair. 

up unto the feast, not openly, but 

as it were in secret. 

John 7:2-10 

Jesus used the key of unpredictability 

in deciding where He 

would preach. 

People thought he 

would stay in town but 

He decided to go to 

the next village. 

And when they had 

found him, they said 

unto him, All men seek 

for thee. And he said 

unto them, Let us go 

into the next towns, 

that I may preach there 

also: for therefore 

came I forth. 

Mark 1:37-38 

Jesus used the key 

of unpredictability in 

preaching. 

Everyone thought 

He would say something 

nice to make 

even more crowds 

come. He suddenly 

told them to drink His 

blood and eat His flesh 

and the crowds left 

Him. And he said, 

therefore said I unto you, that no 

man can come unto me, except it 

were given unto him of my Father. 

From that time many of his 

disciples went back, and walked 

no more with him. 

John 6:65-66 


when He was at the 

peak of His ministry. 

Instead of continuing His ministry 

on earth, He decided to terminate 

it after three years and 

hand things over to the Comforter. 

Jesus used the key of 

unpredictability in His 

healing ministry. 

It was difficult to tell what 

strategy He was going to use to 

minister to the next sick person. 

Sometimes he would lay hands on 

them. On others he would spit 

into sand and apply the mixture to 

the sick part. At other times he 

would just speak. At times He 

would heal everybody and at other 

times He would heal only one person. 


in relation to eating and 

fasting. There were times every- 

pected He and His disciples to 

fast. But they would eat. He fasted 

so much at the beginning of His 

ministry that only Moses could be 

compared with Him. He ate so 

much at other times that He was 

criticised for being a glutton. 


in His relationships. 

At times He only related with 

His disciples. At other times he 

moved around with the rich, famous 

and the corrupt. Everyone 

was shocked when He went to 

Zacchaeus’ house. Others were 

offended when He allowed Mary 

to wipe His feet with her hair. 

A person who is born of the 

spirit will be as unpredictable and 

unreadable as the wind. This is 

bad news to his enemies! And 

every leader must overcome his 

enemies to forge ahead! 

The wind bloweth where it listeth, 

and thou hearest the sound 

thereof, but canst not tell whence 

it cometh, and whither it goeth: so 

is everyone that is born of the 

spirit. 

John 3:8 

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Steps in 

avoiding 

breast 

cancer 

• Limit alcohol 

The more alcohol you drink, the 

greater your risk of developing 

breast cancer. The general recommendation 

based on research on 

the effect of alcohol on breast 

cancer risk is to limit yourself to 

less than 1 drink per day as even 

small amounts increase risk. 

• Don't smoke 

Accumulating evidence suggests 

a link between smoking and 

breast cancer risk, particularly in 

premenopausal women. In addition, 

not smoking is one of the 

best things you can do for your 

overall health. 

• Control your weight 

Being overweight or obese increases 

the risk of breast cancer. 

This is especially true if obesity 

occurs later in life, particularly 

after menopause. 

• Breast-feed 

Breast-feeding might play a 

role in breast cancer prevention. 

The longer you breast-feed, the 

greater the protective effect. 



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‘A woman dies of breast 

cancer every 69 sec’ 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com 

THE EXECUTIVE 

Director of Cancer 

Health Foundation 

in Kumasi, Mrs 

Mary Agyapong, 

has indicated that 

there is the need to straighten the 

breast cancer awareness campaign 

for women to know the importance 

of going to hospital for 

breast cancer check up frequently. 

According to her, many people 

have the perception that there 

is no breast cancer vaccine, but 

Mrs Agyemang added that there 

is a breast cancer vaccines and expressed 

optimism that frequent 

check-ups will reduce the breast 

cancer death rate in the country.. 

“Every sixty - nine seconds, 

one woman dies of breast cancer 

in the global world, this indicates 

that people are losing their lives 

due to the perception that getting 

the disease is an automatic 

death,” she said. 

Mrs Agyapong, therefore, appealed 

to the government to expand 

the National Health 

Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to 

cover cancer cases because the 

costs of cancer vaccines are high. 

She issued a stern warning 

against smoking, which, according 

to her, is the major cause of 

cancer cases across the globe. 

Mrs Agyemang said smoking 

is harmful to health and that 

those who smoke cigarette, marijuana 

(wee) and cocaine are at 

risk to get cancer-related diseases. 

She told the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE in a telephone interview 

over the week that about eight 

million people globally die from 

cancer every year. 

Mrs Agyemang added that 

passive smokers of cigarettes and 

smoke from bushfires and excessive 

drinking of alcohol can also 

cause cancer-related sicknesses. 

She also revealed that more 

than 2000 women in Ghana get 

breast cancer and more than 1000 

of them lost their lives every year. 

Malaria breath test shows promise 

ACCORDING TO American 

scientists, people with malaria 

give off a distinctive ‘breathprint’ 

that could be used as a test 

for the disease. 

They had already tried out a 

crude prototype breathalyser in 

Africa, a tropical medicine conference 

heard. 

The test was reasonably good 

at detecting cases in children, but 

needs developing to become a 

routine device. 

One of the odours it sniffs 

out is identical to a natural smell 

that attracts insects that spread 

malaria. 

Researchers from Washington 

University in St Louis said pine 

trees and conifers emit these terpenes 

to summon mosquitoes 

and other pollinating insects 

They said they believe people 

with malaria who have this odour 

in their breath may also attract 

mosquitoes and infect more of 

the biting insects, which can then 

spread the disease to other people 

that they bite. 

The research, led by Prof. Audrey 

Odom John, and colleagues 

said although the test needs perfecting, 

it could offer a new cheap 

and easy way to help diagnose 

malaria. 

Distinct odour 

The prototype breath test detects 

six different odours or 

•A girl undertaking the breath test 

volatile organic compounds to 

spot cases of malaria. 

The researchers tried it on 

breath samples from 35 feverish 

children in Malawi, some with 

and some without malaria. It gave 

an accurate result in 29 of the 

children, meaning it had a success 

rate of 83%. 

“This is still too low for the 

test to be used routinely, but the 

researchers hope they can improve 

its reliability and develop it 

into an off-the-shelf product,” 

they say. 

The Washington University researchers 

revealed that simple, 

rapid blood tests for malaria are 

already available, but they have 

limits. Testing blood can be expensive 

and technically challenging 

in rural settings. 

A non-invasive method of detection 

that does not require 

blood samples or technical expertise 

could be of great benefit. 

Prof James Logan from the 

London School of Hygiene and 

Tropical Medicine said the rapid 

detection of asymptomatic 

malaria is a challenge for malaria 

control and will be essential as 

“we move towards achieving the 

goal of malaria elimination. A 

new diagnostic tool, based on the 

detection of volatiles associated 

with malaria infection, is exciting.” 

He said more work was now 

needed to see if it could be made 

into a reliable test. 

The findings are being presented 

at this year's annual meeting 

of the American Society of 

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 

BBC

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Take me to 

court if… 

• COCOBOD chair dares EOCO 

BY ROLAND B TAMAKLOE 

THE IMMEDIATE past board 

chairman of COCOBOD, Mr 

Daniel Ohene Agyekum, has dared 

the Economic and Organised 

Crime Office (EOCO) to haul him 

before court if they are certain that 

he engaged in any wrongful act. 

The under-fire former 

COCOBOD chairman, who seems 

surprised with such accusations, 

said he was waiting for EOCO to 

take him to court for Ghanaians to 

know the truth. 

Mr Agyekum, who made this 

known to Akwasi Nsiah, host of 

‘Si No Pi’ on KASAPA FM , said 

they were given all clearance by 

Parliament before going to borrow 

any amount from any foreign 

investor. 

According to him, the loans 

given to them by the foreign 

investors were not paid to 

COCOBOD directly, but rather to 

Ghana Commercial Bank 

International in London, which in 

turn transferred it to the Ghana 

Commercial Bank in Ghana. 

“How can you say we have 

spent the money we went to 

borrow? There is no way anybody 

can take $1.8 billion just to spend. 

Where would you hide with that 

amount of money?” he asked 

rhetorically. 

He stated that he regrets taking 

up the position of board chairman 

at COCOBOD because he did not 

expect to be treated badly after 

serving Ghana with a profound 

integrity. 

Mr Agyekum said he had only 

two big buildings to his name one 

of which he built in Kumasi on his 

return from Canada and another at 

Achimota in 1975 when he 

returned from Israel. 

According to him, EOCO froze 

and de-froze his accounts without 

his knowledge just to harass him, 

but he said God watches over him 

and knows the level of integrity he 

has served the country with. 

"Being a part of the national 

hockey team for 15 years and going 

on to win the African Cup in Cairo 

was my contribution to Ghana. I 

don't expect to be treated like a 

hero, but to be treated like a 

criminal is really sad." 

He further explained that he 

was not a spending officer or a 

signatory to any of the board’s 

accounts, and therefore he could 

not authorise payments or write 

cheques, but instead he authorised 

the award of contracts. 

He told the host that there was 

no form of payment of any kind 

which constituted wilfully causing 

financial loss to the state. 

•Daniel Ohene Agyekum, former COCOBOD board chair 

Pentecost University donates to orphans 

BY HAGAR DONKOR BOADI 

AS PART of the 

corporate social 

responsibility activities 

of Pentecost University 

College (PUC), its 

Arnan Hall Foundation 

has paid a visit to the Potters Village 

Palace, an orphanage at Dodowa in the 

Greater Accra Region to give them 

some food items and textbooks. 

The items included tubers of yam, 

rice, oil, tomato and soft drinks. 

Receiving the items, the founder of 

the orphanage, Madam Jane Irina Adu, 

thanked the students for their gesture 

and gave them a brief history of the 

Potters Village Orphanage. 

According to her, the orphanage 

was established purposely to cater for 

women who are victims of domestic 

violence because she had realised that 

women were being maltreated with no 

one coming to their aid. 

She, therefore, decided to create a 

shelter for these abused women and 

empower them after she had visited the 

United States of America few years 

back. 

“There are also victims of domestic 

violence in the States, but the only 

THE AWOAMEFIA of the Anlo 

state in the Volta Region, Togbi Sri 

III, has cautioned the government 

against plans to allegedly demarcate 

the Ketu Lagoon for prospective 

investors, a move he describes as “not 

proper” and one that may bring crisis. 

“Mr President, information 

reaching us currently is that the 

Minerals Commission is in the process 

of demarcating and allocating the 

Keta lagoon to potential investors 

without recourse to the traditional 

council,” he said. 

The Awoamefia stated this when 

he gave an address at a grand durbar 

climaxing the Hogbetsotso Za festival 

on Saturday at Anloga in the Volta 

Region. 

He continued that “we know the 

mineral wealth is vested in the central 

government. However, without 

meaningful dialogue with the 

indigenes conflict may arise, and we in 

Anlo would not like this to happen.” 

difference between their victims and 

ours is that justice is served on their 

behalf. Though I can’t do much, I 

decided to help in the best way I 

could,” she added. 

She advised the students to take the 

moral training given them by their 

parents and other elders in society 

seriousl;y. 

“I don’t care if you wear six-inch 

high heeled shoes and wear designer 

Togbi Sri appealed to the President 

to use his good offices to prevail on 

the Minerals Commission to do the 

proper thing in that regard. 

Challenges facing 

the Anlo State 

He commended the government 

for its policies and the commitment it 

had shown the people of Anlo, citing 

the Nursing and Midwifery Training 

College which was commissioned 

recently. 

He, however, highlighted some 

issues hindering the growth of the 

state. 

"The dredging of Keta Lagoon, we 

believe, will help preserve the integrity 

of the lagoon as well as improve on 

the aquaculture and fish production 

which is fast creating jobs for the 

teeming unemployed youth of Anlo,” 

he stated. 

The Awoamefia added that the 

exploration and drilling in the Keta 

Basin, the perennial flooding and sea 

defence challenges that affect their 

coasts from Huvenor through 

Agorkevi to Atsketsi, and the road 

from Aflao to Ho are all projects that 

need the attention of the government. 

Hogbetsotso festival 

The Hogbetsotso festival 

(pronounced Hogbechocho) is 

celebrated by the chiefs and people of 

Anloga in the Volta Region. 

clothes and 

perfumes; if you 

visit this place and 

misbehave I can 

send you and your 

items of donation 

away. I’m more 

concerned with your 

behaviour and 

attitude as students, 

because I always 

want to impact on 

the life of every 

individual who visits 

this place,” she 

Celebrated on the first Saturday of 

the month of November every year, 

the festival is used by the Anlos to 

commemorate the exodus and the 

bravery of their traditional rulers, 

who, through endurance and sacrifice, 

delivered them from the despot King 

Agorkoli. 

This year’s celebration was on the 

added. 

The vice-president of the 

foundation, Miss Edith Afram, told the 

DAILY HERITAGE newspaper that 

they started the foundation to help put 

smiles on the faces of the needy so that 

they would also feel loved and part of 

society. 

“We want to leave a mark in the 

lives of these people. This may even be 

a motivation for them to work hard to 

be great people in society and that’s 

what we are more interested in,” she 

said. 

Some of the students of the PUC 

told the newspaper how excited 

they were to be part of the trip. 

“I am really happy that I came 

on this trip. Back in my country, I 

always hear that people are poor 

but coming to see it for myself, I 

have actually been able to do 

something to help and this gives 

me great joy,” Dorcas Ebale, one 

of the students from Congo told 

the newspaper. 

The orphans were very excited 

as the tertiary students had fun 

with them. They played games 

like musical chairs, rap battle and 

dance battle. The event was 

crowned with a party where the 

children danced and made merry 

with their visitors. 

Keta Lagoon allocation may breed conflict – Togbui Sri III 

BY RAMSON ACQUAH-HAYFORD 

•The president of Arnan Hall, 

Augustine Aggrey, presenting the 

items to one of the caretakers of the 

orphanage 

•PUC students, orphans and their caretakers 

• The Hogbetsotso festival is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Anloga 

theme ‘Re-branding our historical and 

tourist sites for development.’ 

The chief entreated the youth to 

distance themselves from cybercrime, 

armed robbery and prostitution during 

the festive season so as to make 

themselves useful to the state of Anlo. 

•Aisha Huang 

Aisha Huang’s 

judge goes for 

cybercrime training 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

CRIMINAL PROCEEDING at 

the Criminal Division of the Accra 

High Court, where galamsey 

suspect Aisha Huang and four 

others are facing trial has been 

adjourned to November 22 because 

the trial judge, Justice Charles Ekow 

Baidoo, together with other judges, 

are undergoing training in how to 

curb cybercrime. 

At the last court sitting, the 

prosecution, led by Director of 

Public Prosecution, Mrs Yvonne 

Atakorah Obuobisa, tendered in a 

tape containing video evidence of 

the accused person engaging in 

illegal mining. 

Aisha, together with four other 

Chinese nationals – Gao Jin Cheng, 

45, Lu Qi Ju ,39, Haibin Gao, 26, 

and Zhang Zhipeng, 23, have been 

charged with disobedience of 

directive given under the 

Immigration Act 2000 (Act 573). 

Speaking through a Ghanaian 

Chinese interpreter, Mrs Esther 

Annor Addo, lawyer for the 

accused persons denied any 

wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty 

to all charges. 

Strong defence 

On Wednesday, October 25, 

when the prosecution had indicated 

that the tape containing video 

evidence was going to be played in 

open court, Daniel Awuku, defence 

counsel, opposed vehemently to the 

decision by the prosecution, arguing 

that it would infringe on the right 

of the accused persons. 

But the Presiding judge, after 

listening to the parties, overruled 

that objection and allowed the tape 

to be played. The tape was 

subsequently admitted in evidence. 

Charges 

Miss Huang has been charged 

with undertaking small-scale mining 

operations, contrary to Section 99 

(1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 

2006 (Act 703), and providing mine 

support services without valid 

registration with the Minerals 

Commission, contrary to Section 59 

and 99 (2) of the Minerals and 

Mining Act. 

She has also been charged with 

illegal employment of foreign 

nationals, contrary to Section 24 of 

the Immigration Act, 200 (Act 573) 

and Regulation 18(1) of the Ghana 

Immigration Regulations, 2001 

(L.I.1691). 

The four other Chinese 

nationals – Gao Jin Cheng, Lu Qi 

Ju, Haibin Gao and Zhang Zhipeng 

– have been charged with 

disobedience of directive given 

under the Immigration Act 2000 

(Act 573). 

Evidence in-chief 

An officer of the Ghana 

Immigration Service, ASP Reuben 

Ransford Aborabora, of the Service 

Enforcement Unit, while being led 

in evidence by the Director Public 

Prosecution, said he led a group of 

six servicemen to effect the arrest 

of the alleged Chinese illegal 

miners. 

According to him, as part of 

their work, they checked the validity 

of permits issued by the service 

and therefore they were mandated 

to visit dwelling places and homes 

of expatriates under their 

jurisdiction. 

He said upon reaching there, 

they saw the foreigners and some 

Africans but immediately those 

people saw them (the officers) they 

took to their heels, prompting the 

others to also run but the officers 

managed to apprehend some of 

them and brought them to Obuasi.


7TH 

NOVEMBER 

2017 

TUESDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.3856 4.3900 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

5.7508 

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GBPGHS 

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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

2018 budget to improve domestic 

revenue collection — Ofori-Atta 

THE FINANCE 

Minister, Ken 

Ofori-Atta, has 

stated that the 2018 

budget, which will 

be presented in 

Parliament later this month, will 

use innovative ways to improve 

domestic revenue collection for 

economic development. 

This follows calls from the Institute 

of Fiscal Studies, urging 

the government to use the 2018 

budget to improve tax collection 

by broadening the tax base. 

Speaking at the 38th Annual 

Technical Conference in Accra, 

Ken Ofori-Atta, stated that it is 

important to improve tax collection 

since Ghana’s tax to GDP 

ratio is below what is required for 

economic development. 

He hinted that improving domestic 

revenue is one of the critical 

areas that the budget will address. 

“We are in the middle of our 

tax budget season and the budget 

will be read on November 15th 

and the challenges are obvious to 

us in terms of where we are as a 

nation,” he observed. 

“Currently, tax to GDP is 

about 16 per cent, which is much 

lower in terms of where we are 

as a nation, which is much lower 

than it should be since we should 

be looking at about 22 to 25 per 

cent and that poses a challenge,” 

he said. 

Giving some figures, Mr. 

Ofori-Atta pointed out that the 

tax compliance among the informal 

sector is too low despite the 

greater number of economic activities 

generated in that sector 

compared to the formal. 

This, he said, had put the tax 

• 

Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister 

JUMIA Party launched in Ghana 

burden on a few workers in the 

formal sector, affecting government’s 

revenue projections. 

“We have a situation where 

about 4 million people in the informal 

sector and about 1.1 million 

[in formal] are paying taxes 

of about 3.5 billion”. 

GRA targets 40bn 

domestic revenue 

Meanwhile, the Ghana Revenue 

Authority (GRA) has hinted 

that it may target over 

GH¢40-billion revenue generation 

in the 2018 budget to boost 

the government revenue base. 

The Commissioner General 

of the Ghana Revenue Authority 

(GRA), Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, 

stated that the authority intended 

to improve its operations to meet 

the target. 

AFRICA’S LEADING online food 

delivery service, Jumia Food, in partnership 

with Pernod Ricard, has announced 

the launch of Jumia Party, 

an alcoholic beverage e-commerce 

platform. 

Jumia Party provides a platform 

for quality beverages and delivery experts 

to offer an excellent experience 

and service. 

Pernod Ricard is a French producer 

of distilled beverages that also 

owns a wide variety of international 

beverage brands. 

As part of the company’s strategy 

which targets a global digital transformation 

to bridge the gap between the 

consumer and the business, Jumia 

Party has been born after a year of 

research, development and testing. 

Through Jumia Party, the company is 

using the digital space to interact directly 

with consumers and provide 

them new consumption experiences. 

Managing Director for Jumia 

Food Ghana, Terry Afram, said, 

“The 

Jumia group strives to be innovative 

in creating value for its customers 

and this is one of the ways through 

which we can reach that goal. We 

look forward to creating more value 

to satisfy customer needs over the 

longer term”. 

To place an order on Jumia Party, 

you are simply required to log in and 

confirm 

the legal drinking age of 18 

years; select preferred products; add 

the purchases to the cart; and confirm 

delivery location on checkout. 

Users have the option of paying 

cash or payment via mobile money 

service. Jumia Party is also giving customers 

offers on selected brands and 

surprise 

gifts during the festive season. 

‘’Running out of drinks or planning 

a last minute party can sometimes 

be very frustrating and 

challenging. With this new innovation, 

customers are guaranteed a wide 

range of quality and affordable 

drinks which can be delivered within 

an hour on their doorstep. With all 

the stress people go through daily, 

having a platform that allows you the 

convenience of ordering your drinks 

online is just what many have been 

waiting for,’’ said Dilys Opoku 

Akyeampong, Marketing Manager of 

Jumia Food, Ghana. 

About Jumia Party 

Jumia Party (https:// 

party.jumia.com.gh) is part of 

Jumia Food that will help customers 

buy alcoholic drinks online 

in Ghana. 

Jumia Party is the ultimate alcohol 

and spirit drinks delivery 

service enabling you to order your alcoholic 

drinks online with little to no 

stress and get it delivered on your 

doorstep within one hour. 

The Jumia Party menu includes 

Whiskey, Vodka, Champagne, Gin, 

Tequila, Rum, Cognac, Liquor, Wine, 

Beer, and Mixers.



DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 11 

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 

Our promises weren’t mere 

campaign talk – Prez Akufo-Addo 

THE PRESIDENT 

of the Republic, 

Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo, says giving 

Ghana good governance 

means his administration 

had begun to fulfil the pledges 

made to Ghanaians, in the run up 

to the December 2016 elections. 

According to President 

Akufo-Addo, over the last 11 

months, the period of his government’s 

stay in office, “we have 

proven that they were not mere 

rhetoric or campaign talk, and 

neither were they meant to deceive 

the people of Ghana into 

voting for us, nor to score cheap 

political points.” 

The President stated that the 

campaign pledges were made because 

“we believe they represent 

effective vehicles for the rapid 

development of our country. By 

all accounts, the fulfilment of 

these pledges is being felt in all 

parts of our country, and in your 

respective jurisdictions.” 

President Akufo-Addo made 

this known on Monday, November 

6, 2017, when he addressed a 

meeting of the National House 

of Chiefs in Kumasi. 

The President told the Paramount 

Chiefs and Queen Mothers 

gathered that his 

government has been 

working on the fundamentals 

of the economy, and 

open up opportunities for 

all citizens. 

This, he said, has resulted 

in the growing stability 

of the 

macro-economy and the 

cedi, as government has 

moved quickly to restore 

fiscal discipline by passing 

a budget, the Asempa 

Budget that will bring 

down the deficit, by the 

end of the year, to 6.3%, 

from 9.4% in 2016. 

“The economy has responded 

positively to this, 

interest rates on the money 

markets have declined, the 

exchange rate is more stable, 

inflation, which stood 

at 15.4% in December 

2016, is on the decline, 

and, in September 2017, 

stood at 12.2%, and economic 

growth picked up in the first half 

of the year, and is projected to 

end at 7.6%, up from the 3.6% 

“The economy has responded 

positively to 

this, interest rates on 

the money markets 

have declined, the exchange 

rate is more 

stable, inflation, which 

stood at 15.4% in December 

2016, is on the 

decline, and, in September 

2017, stood at 

12.2%, and economic 

growth picked up in the 

first half of the year, 

and is projected to end 

at 7.6%, up from the 

3.6% we inherited, 

which was the lowest in 

over 20 years,” he 

added. 

• President Nana Akufo-Addo delivering his remarks 

we inherited, which was the lowest 

in over 20 years,” he added. 

The benchmark 91-day Treasury 

Bill (T-bill) rate, which was 

was 22.8 percent in January 

last year, has narrowed to 

13.2% percent in October 

2017. 

An improved macro-economy, 

the President added, is a 

fundamental requirement for 

stimulating the investments 

needed for the significant expansion 

and growth of the 

national economy, and the 

generation of wealth and jobs. 

The President added that 

the commencement of the 

free Senior High School policy 

has guaranteed a minimum 

of secondary education for all 

of Ghana’s children with the 

judicious application of the 

country’s resources heralding 

the revival of the National 

Health Insurance Scheme. 

President Akufo-Addo 

added that the abolition of a 

number of nuisance taxes 

which were stifling the 

growth of the private sector 

and the creation of jobs, and 

the introduction of a number of 

policies aimed at formalising the 

structure of the Ghanaian economy, 

such as the National Identification 

Card; the National 

Digital Property Addressing System; 

the e-registration system to 

enhance business registration 

processes; the paperless system at 

the Tema port, have all been implemented. 

On the creation of jobs, the 

President noted that he was well 

aware that the success or otherwise 

of his administration will be 

judged largely by job creation. 

It is for this reason that his 

government has outlined a number 

of policies such as the Programme 

for Planting for Food 

and Jobs, 1-District-1-Factory, 

the National Entrepreneurship 

and Innovations Plan, the reintroduction 

of the Mass Cocoa 

Spraying Exercise and re-afforestation 

programmes, amongst 

others, to help create jobs for our 

youth. 

“The Youth Employment 

Agency is poised to employ some 

60,000 youth. Extension officers, 

health professionals and teachers 

are now being employed 

again to provide much 

needed support for our agricultural, 

health and education 

sectors,” he added. 

To the National House of 

Chiefs, President Akufo- 

Addo recalled that, in the 

2016 Manifesto of the New 

Patriotic Party, a pledge was 

made to increase the monthly 

allowances paid to chiefs, and 

the quarterly budgetary support 

to the traditional councils 

and houses of chiefs. 

“The allowances for Paramount 

Chiefs and Queen 

Mothers of the National and 

Regional Houses of Chiefs 

have been increased by 

100%, and payments by 

Government are up to date. 

As I speak, the 4th Quarter 

allowances are being 

processed. Quarterly budgetary 

support to traditional 

councils and houses of chiefs 

has also been increased by 

nearly 60%,” he added. 

President Akufo-Addo 

stressed that “we are doing 

all of this because we want to 

build a Ghana, which looks to the 

use of its own resources and 

their proper management as the 

way to engineer social and economic 

growth in our country.” 

The President 

added that the 

commencement of 

the free Senior 

High School policy 

has guaranteed a 

minimum of secondary 

education 

for all of Ghana’s 

children with the 

judicious application 

of the country’s 

resources 

heralding the revival 

of the National 

Health 

Insurance 

Scheme.


12 

DAILY 

Politics 


HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 

MFWA trains 40 citizen 

journalists on governance 

•Participants with trainers after the training in Wa 

FORTY YOUNG and 

vibrant community citizens 

from four Metropolitan, 

Municipal and 

District Assemblies in 

Ghana have received 

training on how to actively participate 

in governance processes at 

the local level through the effective 

use of the media and other 

governance dialogue platforms. 

The participants included staff 

of Civil Society Organisations, 

senior high school graduates, university 

graduates, teachers, and 

some administrative staff of 

media houses drawn from the 

Tema Metropolitan in the Greater 

Accra region, Wa Municipal in the 

Upper West region, Twifo Ati- 

Mokwa in the Central, and Ellembelle 

District in the Western 

region. They received in-depth 

knowledge on the concept of citizen 

journalism, ethics of citizen 

journalism, communicating more 

effectively and basic writing skills. 

Participants were also assisted 

to create Blogs, Facebook and 

Twitter accounts and how to effectively 

utilise them to participate 

in governance processes and demand 

accountability in the management 

and utilisation of public 

resources in their local assemblies. 

The training, which was organised 

by the Media Foundation for 

West Africa (MFWA), formed 

part of activities under the project: 

“Promoting Citizens’ Participation 

in Local Governance 

through Increased Access to Information”. 

The MFWA’s Access 

to Information Project seeks to 

promote accountability, transparency 

and inclusive governance. 

It is currently being implemented 

in partnership with DW 

Akadamie in four pilot districts 

across the country. 

“I never knew I could contribute 

to my community by being 

a citizen journalist. With this 

training, I am going to be an active 

citizen in the community by 

highlighting and sharing the development 

challenges in Tema on 

the blog and twitter accounts 

which I created during the workshop. 

This I am confident will 

reach the rest of the world, hopefully, 

someone will come to our 

aid” – Richard Martey. 

Another trainee who is a children’s 

rights advocate indicated 

how the training will enhance her 

work. 

“Being an advocate for children’s 

rights, I believe that the 

skills I have acquired will help me 

to highlight the challenges facing 

school children in the Wa Municipality,” 

said Monica Tungbani. 

The MFWA’s Access to Information 

Project involves town hall 

meetings, comprehensive capacity 

building programmes for assembly 

officials and journalists of 

local radio stations based in the 

target districts as well as support 

for media programme production 

on community development and 

governance issues. 

Other activities under the project 

include the production of policy 

briefs highlighting community 

development and governance 

challenges in the target districts. 

•A cross section of participants at the workshop in Tema

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

‘KOK’ album 

launch illuminates 

K’dua 

•Koo Ntakra 

on stage 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

KOFORIDUA WAS 

charged over the weekend 

when rapper Koo 

Ntakra officially 

launched his second 

studio album titled 

‘KOK’ in the Eastern Region capital 

Koforidua. 

The ‘King of Kofcity’ crooner, together 

with some big shots in the 

music industry, including Yaa Pono 

and D Cryme, 

brought the 

streets of Koforidua 

Old Estate 

in the 

popular Dadi’s 

Bar enclave to a 

standstill for over 

six hours of nonstop 

musical experience. 

Other acts like 

rapper Eno, rising 

dancehall diva 

Renner, Piease, 

Danso Abiam, 

Tee Ryme, Amerado, 

and Talanku, amongst over 20 

others drawn from the Eastern, Central 

and Greater Accra regions also 

graced the stage to celebrate with 

their brother. 

Koo Ntakra performed all of his 

17 songs that make up the ‘KOK’ 

album, as well performed together on 

the same stage songs like ‘Stronger’ 

with Kay Spunky, ‘Had I known’ with 

D Cryme and ‘Girls’ with Yaa Pono 

for the first time to the admiration of 

•Eno 

performing 

the over 5,000 gathered at the open 

venue. 

The manager of the artistes, in an 

interview with DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, disclosed that, “just an hour 

to the start of the event, the heavens 

opened heavily for almost 45minutes 

but the rains could not deter the anxious 

Koforidua crowd, who had 

waited all these years to celebrate with 

•Yaa Pono and 

D Cryme on 

stage 

the Eastern Music Artist and Rapper 

of the Year winner. It was a successful 

event” 

The manager, who calls himself 

Paapa, said Koo Ntakra’s ‘KOK’ 

album went online exclusively on the 

same night on the Aftown music app 

for purchase, streaming and download 

and would be made available worldwide 

across most music digital shops 

by Ignite Creatives in the coming 

week. 

Yes, I’m gay 

•Nigeria's 

Bobrisky admits 

NIGERIAN ‘MALE barbie’, 

Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, 

popularly known as 

Bobrisky, has opened up on 

his sexuality. 

The internet personality, 

who has on many times denied 

being gay although 

agreed he is in a relationship 

with an influential 

male politician, has admitted 

that he is gay. 

Bobrisky revealed this 

on his Instagram page 

while chiding his critics. 

He wrote, “All this house 

boys and girls coming to 

drop comments on page, 

are you all stupid? 

“Do you think your hate 

•Okuneye Idris 

Olarenwaju 

comments can change me? 

Why are you trying so hard 

to get my attention? Go and 

find something meaningful 

to do with your life. Just this 

morning I have made up to 

750, 000. Hustle still continue. 

You are here wasting 

your Mb on someone else’s 

lifestyle. 

‘’If all your insult bothered 

me I should have 

stopped posting here. Yes, 

am gay, I will go to hell fire, 

thanks. Please what next? 

I’m tired of the same 

words, I want to hear something 

new, cheers!” Dailypost.ng 

Repair our bad roads with tithe and offerings 

NOLLYWOOD VETERAN 

actress, Shan George, has 

lashed out at Nigerian pastors 

over the Sunday offerings and 

tithes they receive. 

According to her, pastors 

should use Sunday offerings 

and tithes to repair bad roads, 

• Shan George to Pastors 

instead of using it to buy private 

jets and flashy cars. Here’s 

what she wrote: 

“Dear Nigeria Pastors, I beg 

you in the name of God this 

beautiful Sunday. I’m on my 

knees, I know you must have 

collected a lot of tithes and offerings 

this Sunday. Please help 

us repair our roads instead of 

using the money to buy private 

jets and big cars. You and your 

family fly over us in your private 

jets, while we perish down 

here. So many people have died 

here. Please is it a crime or a sin 

if you help?” Nigeriafilms 

•Shan George, 

Nollywood actress



Anita is new 

face of ‘Tales 

from the 

Powder Room’ 

STARR FM’S 

Anita Erskine 

takes over as new 

host of ‘Tales 

from the Powder 

Room, a flagship 

programme on GHone TV. 

The one-hour show 

brings to the fore issues that 

viewers can relate to, often 

giving them the platform to 

make contributions and 

share personal experiences 

•Anita Erskine is 

the new host 

with marriage counsellors 

on hand to give advice on 

such issues. 

The show also brings together 

popular celebrities 

and well known people in 

the industry to share their 

relationship views and give 

relationship tips to their 

fans and viewers. 

‘Tales from the Powder 

Room’ airs on GHone TV 

every Wednesday at 9 p.m. 

Sarkodie, others celebrate Sammy Forson 

HUNDREDS OF people joined 

Sammy Forson to celebrate 14 

years as a radio and television 

presenter, and also as an artiste 

manager at the Badu Lounge, 

Labone, Accra over the weekend. 

Sarkodie, King Promise, 

B4Bonah, DKB, Nana Yaa, Jacinta, 

Jason El Agha, Sheldon, 

and DJ Mic Smith were some of 

the popular figures who joined 

Forson to celebrate him for a 

distinguished career. 

There were musical performances 

by the artistes, and also 

messages of well-wishes for the 

host of ‘Lifestyle Café’, Live 

FM‘s Mid-morning show. 

The event was supported by 

Live FM, GHone TV, Event 

Guide, Evolve By Sammy Forson 

and GirlPlay. 

Forson started in the industry 

as an IT technician to playing 

graveyard shifts on Garden City 

Radio in Kumasi. He has 

worked with Citi FM, YFM, and 

currently Live FM, hosting 

prime time shows. 

• Jason El Agha (R) 

interacting with 

DJ Mic Smith 

• Sammy Forson 

(R) with OJ Black 

He has contributed significantly 

to the growth of Ghanaian 

music, and the craft of a 

number of Ghanaian artistes, 

including Sarkodie. 

Forson is a product of Swedru 

Secondary School, RA- 

BODEF, Ghana Institute of 

• DKB, comedian 

Journalism, and Chartered Institute 

of Marketing (Ghana). 

He is the owner of Aspire 

Entertainment GH (artiste management), 

and Passion & Dream 

Ltd (weight loss and fitness 

company). 

The Kardashians don’t want me in their lives — Caitlyn Jenner 

TRANSGENDER CAITLYN 

Jenner has shared her heartbreak 

as she says she no longer speaks 

to the Kardashians. 

Interacting with students at 

Cambridge, the transgender said 

Kim Kardashian had not spoken 

to her in a year, and admitted 

feeling ‘bashed up‘ following the 

feud. 

“They don’t want me in their 

lives, they bashed me pretty 

badly. It’s devastating when your 

kids do that. It really hurt,” she 

said. 

Despite the heart-ache, she 

said she remained very close 

with the Jenner side of her family, 

confessing: “My children are 

my life.” 

Discussing her trans-experiences 

while still married to Kris, 

she also revealed her then wife 

was aware of her secret life. 

She said: “As far as Kris, 

when I met her, I had to be honest. 

She was aware of it at the 

beginning, but she put some restrictions 

on it. 

“I had my own little getaways 

where I could go be myself. 

She knew about it, but I just 

didn’t do anything around her. 

“As far as us going our separate 

directions, it wasn’t about 

trans issues at all. It just didn’t 

work like it use to work.”

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 


•Professor 

Joseph Kwesi 

Mintah, former 

coach of Ebusua 

Dwarfs 

NSC to host 

introductory 

soccer 

coaching course 

Haruna Futah to face Ethics 

Committee tomorrow 

AS PART of its mandate to train the 

technical human resource for sports 

development, the National Sports 

College (NSC) is set to run a weeklong 

intensive introductory soccer 

coaching course. 

The course, being the third in the 

year, will run from Sunday, November 

19, 2017, till Sunday, November 

26, 2017 at the NSC, Winneba in the 

Central Region. 

It is opened to the general public 

and is aimed at training skilled persons 

to acquire the requisite knowledge 

in soccer coaching so as to 

prepare and nurture young and upcoming 

soccer talents. 

Resource persons for the course 

are Coach Anthony Edusei; Coach 

Oti Akenten, Technical Director for 

the Ghana Football Association;, 

Mas-Ud Didi Dramani, Head Coach 

of the Black Queens; and Professor 

Joseph Mintah, Head Coach of the 

Black Queens. 

•Aziz Haruna Futah has been 

summoned to face GFA Ethics 

Committee tomorrow 

FORMER 

HEARTS of Oak 

Management 

member, Abdul 

Aziz Haruna 

Futah, has been 

summoned to 

face GFA Ethics 

Committee by 

Thursday. 

According to 

Starr Sports 

sources, the vociferous 

Hearts fan 

is facing the 

Ethics Committee 

for making 

unsubstantiated 

allegations 

against some 

club officials for 

indulging in betting 

during the 

just-ended Ghana 

league season. 

Futah fingered 

Operations Manager 

of the club, 

Joshua Acquah, 

as the lead to the 

syndicate which 

had pre-determined 

most of 

the club’s scorelines 

in his allegations 

on various media 

platforms last 

month. 

This led to the 

arrest of Acquah 

for questioning 

by the Nima Police 

over the betting 

scandal and 

his involvement. 

Acquah latter 

resigned from 

Hearts for investigations 

to go 

the full throttle. 

Apart from 

Futah other 

renowned football 

administrators 

will appear on 

Thursday at 

2p.m. 

Ghana fail in 

FIBA 3x3 Africa 

Cup 2017 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

GHANA 

FAILED to 

shine at the justended 

FIBA 3x3 

Africa Cup 2017 

held in Lome, 

Togo, and had to returned home 

with only a participating certificate. 

The three-day tournament, 

which began on Friday, November 

3, 2017, and ended on Sunday, 

November 5, 2017, saw 

Mali’s women and Nigeria’s men 

win the first-ever edition of the 

FIBA 3x3 Africa Cup. 

In the competition, which is 

inspired by several forms of 

street ball played worldwide and 

considered as the world’s number 

one urban team sport, two teams 

of three players each face off on 

one half of the basketball court. 

There were 12 teams in the 

male category and 10 in the female 

one. 

Ghana, whose performance 

could not match up to their 

counterparts, placed ninth and 

sixth respectively in the men’s 

and women’s categories at the 

Stade Omnisport Eyadema de 

Lomé. 

Coach James Ocloo told the 

DAILY HERITAGE in 

Accra upon their return from 

Togo on Monday evening that 

though he was not happy with 

the position of his side in the 

competition, he was impressed 

with the spirited performance 

they put up. 

According to him, many 

things were against them as in 

the case of materials they needed 

to enhance their preparation and 

performance, which were limited. 

He said their jerseys never 

came so they wore a yellowcoloured 

jerseys which were not 

allowed for the competition and 

so had to go to the market to 

purchase a set of black-coloured 

T-shirts to be used as their home 

and away jerseys. 

“In international competitions, 

the participating teams 

must send two 

sets of jerseys 

made 

in dark and 

bright 

colours 

but our 

case was 

different. 

“The players 

could 

not 

•Mauritania women basketball 

player in her national 

colours jersey 

•The Ghana male basketball 

team in T-shirt in Togo 

change their jerseys as they had 

to resort to the only jerseys 

throughout the three-day tourney,” 

he said. 

He said the competition had 

been an eye opener for the players 

and would in the next completion 

put in much preparation. 

“When other countries were 

neatly and nicely dressed in their 

track suits in their countries’ 

colours, Ghana looked dejected 

in a mere T-shirt. We were prevented 

from using the yellow T- 

shirt the team wanted to use as 

our away jersey and had to fall on 

the black T-shirt throughout our 

games,” he said. 

Ghana’s men lost 15-20 to 

Togo and 14-18 to Benin. 

Out of four games that the 

Ghanaian women played, they 

won two games against The 

Gambia 17-8 and Niger 15-13. 

Uganda beat Ghana 21-8 

while La Cote d’ Ivoire 

whipped Ghana 17-12. 

The final standings 

of the FIBA 3x3 

Africa Cup 2017 in 

the female category 

have Mali in the first 

position followed by 

Nigeria, Uganda, 

Cote d'Ivoire, 

Egypt, Ghana, 

Togo, Niger, Mauritania 

and The Gambia 

in that order. 

The men’s final standing 

are Nigeria on top followed 

by Cote d'Ivoire, 

Madagascar, Egypt, Togo, 

Mali, Benin, Uganda, 

Ghana, Mauritania, Niger 

and The Gambia.

Daily Heritage November 8

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