Daily Heritage November 10

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017 

DAILY QUOTE 

The distance between 

insanity and genius is 

measured only by success 

— Bruce Feirstein 

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WORLD 

Zimbabwe renames 

airport 

after Robert Mugabe 

POLITICS 

GRA central to 

Ghana’s 

prospects – Prez 

Akufo-Addo 

BUSINESS 

PG.04 

EFG releases list of 

top 25 made-in- 

Ghana products 

SPORTS 

PG.11 

Para-athletics, 

para-power-lifting 

inaugurated in Accra 

PG.07 

PG.15 

Stop acting like 

‘all-knowing’ 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

FOUNDER AND 

Leader of the All 

People’s Congress 

(APC), Hassan 

Ayariga, has called 

on the Vice-President, 

Alhaji Dr Mahamudu 

Bawumia, to “stop acting as an 

all-knowing person” and focus 

on improving the economy of 

the country. 

According to him, the Vice- 

President has moved from a 

specialist in economics to an 

IT expert after his response to 

former President John Mahama’s 

comment on the Digital 

Property Addressing System 

(DPAS). 

The former President described 

the software as a “scam 

and ‘419”, indicating the system 

had caused a financial loss 

to the country. 

The Vice-President, in his 

response, said the former President’s 

comment was based on 

ignorance and an attempt to 

parrot propaganda. 

• Ayariga to Bawumia 

•Hassan Ayariga (M) addressing the press 

Speaking to the DAILY 

HERITAGE on the sidelines 

of a press conference held in 

Accra yesterday, Mr Ayariga expressed 

the view that the vicepresident’s 

response to the 

former President was “uncalled 

for”, saying, “He (Dr Bawumia) 

is getting the dose of the 

medicine he gave to the former 

President.” 

Mr Ayariga further argued 

that the government would 

have got the software at a 

cheaper price if they had done 

thorough study. 

“If a whole Vice-President 

spends $2.5 million on a digital 

addressing system which we 

can get for $10,000.00, then 

how can we call that person a 

serious vice-President? 

“I’m sorry for the Vice- 

President; I think he’s worse 

than an incompetent Vice- 

President. He should begin to 

understand that Ghana does 

not belong to one government, 

it belongs to Ghanaians,” he 

said. 

He further called on the 

Vice-President to be cautious 

in making some remarks, 

adding that, “he’s now on the 

hot seat and must think before 

giving some responses. 

“Mr Vice-President, you 

have to be serious because 

there are some people as young 

as you are who can perform 

better than you are doing now,” 

he told the paper. 

Akufo-Addo has failed 

Mr Ayariga described the 

10-month-old administration 

of President Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a failure 

and expressed disappointment 

about the performance 

of the government. 

According to him, “the 

President is in a rush to fulfil 

the promises he gave to 

Ghanaians prior to the 2016 

general election and that has 

caused his failure. 

“As a government, you have 

four years’ mandate to fulfil 

your promises. We have seen 

few of his implementations 

and while others think it is 

going on well, I think the President 

and his government have 

failed Ghanaians,” he told the 

press. 

APC dissolves executives 

The leadership of APC has 

officially dissolved all elective 

positions of the party with the 

exception of the General Secretary. 

However, members who 

are currently occupying any 

form of position at the party 

are now acting leaders with the 

party preparing for a National 

Delegates Conference next 

year. 

Explaining their decision to 

dissolve the executive body of 

the party to the press in Accra 

yesterday, Mr Ayariga said the 

party was formed in an election 

year and therefore the positions 

were not keenly 

contested.

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Fallout from Minority’s attacks on Energy Bond… 

Don’t drive 

away investors 

BY ROSEMOND 

BOATENG ADDAI 

rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

FIDELITY BANK 

Ghana, technical advisors 

to the government 

on the 

controversial Energy 

Bond, has expressed 

its dissatisfaction about some 

reports on the Bond. 

According to the bank, 

though they were not able to 

achieve their target of GH¢ 6 

billion, the programme had 

been successful. 

They, therefore, urged 

Ghanaians to be positive about 

the programme in order not to 

He said the sevenyear 

bond was oversubscribed 

at GH¢ 

2.529 billion above 

the target of GH 

¢2.4 billion at an 

interest of 19%. 

He added that the 

10-year bond 

closed with total 

bids of GH¢ 2.79 

billion relative to 

the target of GH¢ 

3.6 billion. 

• Fidelity Bank 

tells critics 

•Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister 

drive away investors. 

Addressing the media yesterday, 

the chairman of the bank, 

Mr Edward Effah, said they 

were able to achieve about 85% 

of their targeted revenue, 

which, according to him, could 

be described as a successful 

programme. 

He said the seven-year bond 

was oversubscribed at GH¢ 

2.529 billion above the target of 

GH ¢2.4 billion at an interest of 

19%. 

Addressing the 

media yesterday, 

the chairman of the 

bank, Mr Edward 

Effah, said they 

were able to 

achieve about 85% 

of their targeted 

revenue, which, according 

to him, 

could be described 

as a successful programme. 

He added that the 10-year 

bond closed with total bids of 

GH¢ 2.79 billion relative to the 

target of GH¢ 3.6 billion. 

Mr Effah further argued that 

the transaction had helped to 

transform the restructuring 

legacy non-performing loans 

within Ghana’s energy sector 

into listed securities, which provide 

investors with more liquid 

and tradable exposure. 

“We saw a significant increase 

in local investor participation 

in this issue. This is 

deemed as a remarkable development 

that signals local investor 

appetite for 

well-structured and tradable 

local instruments by a corporate,” 

he said. 

Minority on energy bond 

At a press conference on 

Wednesday, the Minority caucus 

in Parliament, led by former 

Deputy Finance Minister, 

Cassiel Ato Forson, said the issuance 

of the bond was in a 

terrible mess because the government 

allegedly cooked figures 

to outwit investors. 

The Minority said the bond 

issuance ought to have gone 

through Parliament for approval, 

and indicated that it 

would summon the Finance 

Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, 

before the House over the case 

of under-subscription of the 

government’s Energy Bond. 

According to Mr Forson, the 

Finance Minister had caused financial 

loss to the state to the 

tune of GH¢ 1.2 bn as a result 

of the under-subscription. 

Background 

Between 2010 and 2015, the 

country recorded a poor rainfall 

pattern, which resulted in a recalibration 

of Ghana’s power 

generation mix. 

In view of this, the government 

resolved to import crude 

oil and natural gas at world 

market prices to power thermal 

plants to generate more power. 

In a bid to address the challenges 

in the energy sector and 

help generate the needed fund 

for the repayment of the energy 

sector debt, the Government 

of Ghana promulgated 

the ESLA Act in 2015 to 

charge specific levies rather 

than utilise its fiscal space. 

On the back of the ESLA, 

the government, through the 

Ministry of Finance, invited 

proposals from local financial 

institutions to structure and securitise 

the Energy Debt Recovery 

Levy. 

The GH¢10 billion ESLA 

Bond programme allowed the 

issuance of bond up to GH¢ 6 

billion, given the existing model 

assumption on current cash 

flow projections.

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•Niels H hid behind a folder as he awaited 

sentence at his 2015 trial 

Germany serial killer: Niels Hoegl 'killed at least 100’ 

TOXICOLOGY TESTS suggest a 

German former nurse murdered at 

least 100 people at two hospitals 

where he worked, prosecutors say. 

Detectives believe Niels Hoegl, 

who is already serving a life sentence 

for two murders, systematically 

administered fatal doses of 

heart medication to people in his 

care. 

He wanted to impress colleagues 

by resuscitating them but 

many died. 

Fresh charges against him are 

expected next year. 

Hoegl is now said to have killed 

38 patients in Oldenburg and 62 in 

Delmenhorst, both in northern 

Germany, between 1999 and 2005. 

Investigators say he may have 

killed more but potential victims 

have been cremated. 

If found guilty of all the deaths, 

he would become one of Germany's 

worst post-war serial killers. 

The investigation into Hoegl 

was widened when he admitted 

killing up to 30 people during his 

2015 trial, when he was convicted 

of two murders, two attempted 

murders and harming patients. 

Investigators exhumed 130 former 

patients, looking for traces of 

medication that could have shut 

down their cardiovascular systems. 

BBC 



World news in 5 stories 

Trump China visit: US 

leader strikes warmer 

tone with Xi Jinping 

US PRESIDENT Donald 

Trump has lavished praise 

on Chinese leader Xi Jinping, 

a marked contrast to 

his previous criticism of 

China on the flashpoint issues 

of North Korea and 

trade. 

But he also urged Mr Xi 

to "work very hard" on persuading 

North Korea to denuclearise. 

On China's trade surplus, 

Mr Trump surprised many 

when he said he did "not 

blame China" for "taking advantage". 

He is in the Chinese capital 

as part of his five-nation 

tour of Asia. The two leaders 

held talks earlier on 

Thursday after a grand welcome 

for Mr Trump. 

China will further lower 

entry barriers in the banking, 

insurance, and finance sectors, 

and gradually reduce 

vehicle tariffs, the Chinese 

foreign ministry said. 

Deals worth $250bn 

(£190bn) have also been announced, 

although it is unclear 

how much of that 

figure includes past deals or 

potential future deals. 

But Secretary of State 

Rex Tillerson told journalists 

the deals were "pretty small" 

in terms of tackling the 

trade imbalance. BBC 

Zimbabwe renames airport 

after Robert Mugabe 

HARARE INTERNATIONAL 

Airport has been renamed after 

Zimbabwe's current President, 

Robert Mugabe. 

Transport Minister Joram 

Gumbo justified the decision on 

the grounds that Mr Mugabe was 

a "war hero" and "African icon". 

There is tension about who 

will succeed the man in power 

since 1980, with a number of 

key contenders removed from 

their posts. 

Mr Mugabe, 93, says he will 

stand for re-election next year. 

His wife Grace has been 

tipped to succeed him and is expected 

to be appointed vicepresident. 

Ronaldo airport and other 

places to fly with famous names 

When plans to rename the 

airport were announced in September, 

Zimbabwean journalist 

Elias Mambo suggested the president's 

ego was being “massaged". 

BBC 

•Mrs Grace Mugabe has been rumoured as a potential 

successor to her husband 

Cameroun issues arrest 

warrants for separatist leaders 

CAMEROONIAN 

AUTHORITIES 

have issued 15 international 

arrest warrants 

for leaders of 

an Anglophone separatist 

party, the Southern Cameroun 

National Council. 

It comes after at least two military 

police officers were killed at a 

security checkpoint earlier this week. 

Dozens were killed last month in 

a violent crackdown on protests 

Ex-parliament speaker Forcadell in court 

THE FORMER speaker of the Catalan 

parliament is appearing at Spain's 

Supreme Court over her role in the region's 

push for independence. 

Judges may decide to remand Carme 

Forcadell and five former lawmakers in 

custody on charges of sedition, rebellion 

and misuse of public funds. 

Eight sacked members of the Catalan 

government are already being held 

in detention in a parallel investigation. 

Spain's Constitutional Court ruled 

the Catalan bid for independence illegal. 

The country has been gripped by a 

crisis since a referendum on independence 

from Spain was held in Catalonia 

on 1 October in defiance of the central 

government in Madrid. 

After the Catalan parliament voted 

to declare independence on 27 October, 

against the mainly French-speaking 

government. 

Many English speakers accuse the 

Francophone majority of discrimination. 

They say they are often excluded 

from top civil service jobs, and that 

the French language and legal system 

have been imposed on them. 

The government denies the allegations 

and insists that it treats all 

citizens equally. 

The paper Le Jour, which is the 

•As speaker of the Catalan parliament, Carme Forcadell has been one of the most 

visible faces of the push for independence 

the Spanish government dissolved the 

parliament, sacked the Catalan leaders 

and called a snap election for 21 December. 

As Ms Forcadell entered court on 

Thursday she was jeered by supporters 

of Spanish unity. 

• Activists accuse 

the government of 

using excessive 

force to end 

protests 

leading French daily in the country, 

says that files have been prepared 

and submitted to international police 

with a view to extraditing Mr Tabe 

and his colleagues. 

The divisions in the central 

African state date back to the postcolonial 

settlement. 

Cameroun was colonised by Germany 

and then split into British and 

French areas after World War One. 

BBC 

She and her five colleagues were part 

of the body that organised the affairs of 

the Catalan parliament. 

Ms Forcadell has always maintained 

that holding discussions and votes in a 

democratically elected parliament is not 

a crime.



Our educational system too weak to detect dyslexia 

NANA ANSAH Kwao IV, the chief of 

Akwamu Adumasa, in an interview on 

‘Starr Chat’ hosted on Starr FM by Bola 

Ray, made a startling revelation which exposes 

the weaknesses in Ghana’s educational 

system. 

According to the chief, he was sacked 

from different schools because he had 

dyslexia, a condition defined by the British 

Dyslexia Association as “a learning difficulty 

that primarily affects the skills involved 

in accurate and fluent word reading 

and spelling” and is characterised by “difficulties 

in phonological awareness, verbal 

memory and verbal processing speed.” 

The condition made it difficult for him 

to express himself on paper. 

The chief said he was sacked from Jack 

N Jill, Martin De Porres, North Ridge 

School, Accra Academy and Mpraeso Secondary 

School among other schools because 

he found it extremely difficult to 

express himself on paper. 

“I struggled and I was kicked out of 

schools because I was dyslexic. I struggled 

before I could finish my ‘O’ Level. I can’t 

put the things I express on paper together 

and I didn’t realise I had dyslexia back 

then until I sent my son to school in the 

United Kingdom and he exhibited the 

same traits and the teachers informed me 

about it. 

“Back here in Ghana the schools 

couldn’t detect I was suffering from 

dyslexia, so I got kicked out of one school 

to another. I had serious dyslexia. I could 

only write in capital letters, my handwriting 

was bad. I really struggled,” he told 

Bola Ray on Wednesday. 

Nana Ansah Kwao‘s experience, without 

doubt, raises issues about our educational 

system and how we waste time on 

irrelevant things instead of mastering the 

art of detecting such conditions as 

dyslexia. 

In late 2002, a similar disturbing condition 

was detected during teaching practice 

at Adawso L/A Primary and Junior 

High School in the Akuapem North District, 

where some pupils could mention 

their names but could not write them. 

Others could not mention their names, 

but could write them when asked to do so. 

These and other rare conditions are 

prevalent in many schools, but teachers 

lack the requisite training and skills to detect 

and assist affected students. 

The DAILY HERITAGE thinks 

that the time has come for the Ghana Education 

Service to take a hard look at the 

educational system and fine-tune it to 

meet international standards so that the 

dreams of young people are not shattered 

because of one condition or another. 

Better late than never… 

Man, 78, marries 75-yr-old woman 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

AKORABO, a 

community near 

Suhum in the 

Eastern Region, 

was thrown into 

a state of excitement 

and merriment when a 78- 

year-old man defied all odds to 

marry another septuagenarian, a 

75-year-old woman, Madam 

Agnes Doe. 

The marriage ceremony between 

Mr Emmanuel Narh, 78, 

and his darling Agnes, 75, was 

officiated by Pastor Evans 

Annaba Mensah (Suhum Area 

Secretary) of the Church of 

Pentecost. 

The marriage caught the attention 

of many people in the 

area and so trooped to the 

church to witness it. 

Also present to grace the occasion 

were dignitaries of the 

Church of Pentecost such as 

Overseer Isaac Ampomah from 

Sumbrungu District and Samuel 

Kwamena Ako, Overseer from 

Sabonjida District in the Northern 

Region. 

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr 

Ako admonished couples to 

make conscious effort to know 

each other to enhance their marital 

life. 

He said marriage is a lifetime 

bond; therefore the youth must 

not rush into it, but should 

rather be patient to seek the face 

of God before going to the 

altar. 

Citing Mathew 16:13-16, 

which touches on how Jesus 

Christ, having spent some time 

with his disciples, wanted to 

know how much they had 

known him personally, Mr 

Akoto advised that couples 

should know each other very 

well before marriage. 

The Akorabo District Minister, 

Overseer Richmond Boakye, 

said marriage is an institution of 

God and must be dignified. 

He urged the congregation 

members who are yet to regularise 

their marriage to do so by 

paying the necessary dowries. 

•Mr and Mrs Narh


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KIDDIES Corner 

Short story for kids 

The Bone in Throat 

ONCE UPON 

a time, there 

was a lazy 

wolf living in 

a jungle. Near 

his house was 

a pond. Many animals came to 

the pond to drink water. The 

wolf was always in search of 

food. 

One day, he was sitting near 

the pond hoping to get something 

to eat when suddenly he 

spotted a dead bull. “Aha! What 

luck! Now I can eat all I want," 

he thought and his mouth 

started watering. 

When he began to eat the 

bull, a thought struck him. “If 

another beast comes this way, he 

will ask for a share. I had better 

eat fast." Grub! Grub! Grub! 

Grub1, he chewed, faster and 

faster. 

In his haste, a piece of bone 

got stuck in his throat. “Ohh! 

Errk!" cried the wolf. He tried to 

bring it out of his mouth. He 

tried to cough it out but in vain. 

Next, he tried to swallow it down 

but he failed. 

“Ooh, the bone in throat 

hurts. What shall I do now?" 

thought the wolf. Suddenly, he 

remembered that a crane lived 

on the nearby riverbank. 

The wolf went to the crane 

and pleaded, “My dear Crane! I 

have got a bone stuck in my 

throat. I will give you a present if 

you pull it out of my throat with 

your long beak." 

The crane took pity on the 

wolf. He asked the wolf to look 

up with his mouth open. The 

crane then put its head into the 

wolf ’s mouth and pulled out the 

bone. 

“Oh! What a relief!" the wolf 

sighed. 

“Now, where is my present?" 

asked the crane. 

“What present?" the wolf 

replied, pretending not to have 

given the crane any promise. 

“You said that you would give 

me a present if I remove the 

bone from your throat," said the 

crane humbly. 

“Hah! Is it not a present that 

you put your head into my 

mouth and got out alive? I could 

have easily crushed your head 

while your beak was inside my 

mouth," said the ungrateful wolf 

and went away. 

The crane felt helpless and 

decided not to help any ungrateful 

creature in the future. 

In his haste, a 

piece of bone got 

stuck in his throat. 

“Ohh! Errk!" cried 

the wolf. He tried 

to bring it out of 

his mouth. He 

tried to cough it 

out but in vain. 

Next, he tried to 

swallow it down 

but he failed. 

Time with 

Auntie Akuorkor in the kitchen 

How to fry chips 

Note: To be supervised by parents in the kitchen 

All hands should be washed well 

• All-purpose flour 

• Salt 

• Baking powder 

• White pepper 

• Nutmeg 

• Butter 

• Garlic cloves minced 

• Onion 

• Egg 

• Milk 

• Sugar 

• Oil 

Instructions 

1. Mix the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, nutmeg and 

white pepper - using a mixer or hand 

2. Add the butter to the flour and mix well until the butter is well mixed 

with the flour. 

3. Add minced garlic, onions, milk and egg to the mixture. Keep mixing 

until it forms a sticky dough ball 

4. Put the dough ball onto a floured surface and knead, adding some 

flour to the dough as needed, until the dough is smooth, elastic, and even in 

colour and no longer sticky. 

5. Divide dough in half. On a floured board, roll each half about 1/6 

inches thick. 

6. Pour oil in sauce pan and put on fire 

7. Drop the shaped dough in oil to fry till golden brown 

8. Remove chips and drain excess oil. 

9. Let chips cool and serve with chilled drink or beverage 

NEWS 

Prof Puplampu inducted as Vice-Chancellor of Central University 

PROF BILL Buenar Puplampu has 

been inducted into office as the 

Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Central 

University (CU). 

He becomes the fourth Chief 

Executive Officer and 2nd Vice 

Chancellor of the University since 

its establishment 19 years ago. He 

takes over from Prof Kwesi 

Yankah, who resigned his position 

to take up appointment as Minister 

of State in Charge of Tertiary Education. 

Until his appointment, Prof Puplampu 

was the Pro-Vice Chancellor 

of Central University. 

Rev. Dr Mensa Otabil, Chancellor 

of the University who chaired 

the induction, charged the new 

Vice Chancellor to pursue and 

champion the Christian agenda by 

inculcating ethical values in the 

products of the University while 

working at making Central University 

a citadel of knowledge and development 

in a society which increasingly 

commodifies knowledge. 

“As you assume the reigns of 

leadership, we believe that you will 

champion the distinctly Christian 

agenda and nature of this institution, 

an experiment we have been 

working at but not fully achieved as 

yet. We hope that you will try to answer 

the difficult but critical questions 

of how we can become and 

remain a Christian University,” he 

said. 

The Chancellor further advised 

the new Vice-Chancellor to uphold 

the academic integrity of the University. 

“As you continue with your 

work, remember that the knowledge 

creating function of the University 

must not be pursued to the 

detriment of other priorities, and 

that balance and sagacity are critical 

for the success of the academic enterprise 

like our own,” he noted. 

Dr Otabil paid glowing tributes 

to the pioneering leaders of the 

University for their devotion and 

selfless service. 

“Slowly but surely, we are establishing 

a tradition of continuity and 

order as we work to become a 

world class institution of learning 

with great culture. 

“Central University has been 

greatly blessed over the years in the 

sense that God has sovereignly orchestrated 

the appointment of the 

right leader at each of the University’s 

various stages of growth,” he 

said. 

The induction, held at the 

Miotso campus of the University, 

was attended by the Pro Vice- 

Chancellor, Rev. Dr Joyce Aryee, 

Stephen Asamoah Boateng, some 

current and former Vice-Chancellors 

of Universities in Ghana, and 

the Presbytery of the International 

Central Gospel Church (ICGC). 

Hundreds of students and wellwishers 

were also present at the 

campus to witness the occasion. 

Handing over the baton of office 

to the new VC, the immediate 

past Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Yankah 

expressed his commitment to support 

the University at all times. He 

was grateful to the University 

Council, staff and students for the 

opportunity to serve as Vice-Chancellor. 

“Central University introduced 

me to private sector and faith-based 

University administration. CU 

opened up to me the opportunities 

that currently drive my professional 

life and I am grateful, ” he said. 

Prof Puplampu bemoaned the 

near absence of policy direction regarding 

the development of appropriate 

human capital, and higher 

education needs of the country 

going into the future. 

“Ghana seems to have moved 

through a variety of reforms, experiments 

and explosion in a deregulated 

educational space. We have a 

situation where we are over-producing 

certain types of skills (leading 

to unemployment of graduates) 

and grossly under producing others. 

“It is perhaps an indictment of 

our educational policy,” he said and 

stressed that any higher education 

reform, regulatory realignments, 

and accreditation options must be a 

deliberate intervention in a futuristic 

direction for our human capital 

agenda. 

The new Vice-Chancellor also 

queried the basis of the accreditation 

of the over 50 private universities; 

each of which was doing the 

same set of programmes and also 

the basis for accrediting foreign 

universities to offer similar programmes 

in an already overstretched 

environment.


Natural steps 

to lower 

sugar levels 

in the body 

• Exercise regularly 

• Control your carb intake 

• Increase your fiber intake 

• Drink water and stay 

hydrated 

• Implement portion control 

• Control stress levels 

• Monitor your blood 

sugar levels 

• Get enough quality 

sleep 

• Eat foods rich in 

chromium and magnesium 



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2Billion people are obese 

THE AUTHORS of 

the 2017 Global 

Nutrition Report 

released last week 

has said almost 

every country in the 

world now faces a serious nutrition-related 

challenge, whether 

stemming from under-nutrition or 

obesity. 

The report found that overweight 

and obesity are on the rise 

in almost every country, with 2 

billion of the world’s 7 billion 

people now overweight or obese 

and less than the 1% chance of 

meeting the global target of halting 

the rise in obesity and diabetes 

by 2025. 

It further stated that at least 41 

million children under five are 

overweight with the problem affecting 

high and lower income 

countries such as in Africa and 

Asia. 

At least 10 million children in 

Africa are now classified as overweight 

with one-third of North 

American men representing 

(33%) and women (34%) are 

obese. 

The 2017 Global Nutrition 

Report said rates of under-nutrition 

in children are decreasing 

with recent gains in some countries. 

“But global progress is not fast 

enough to meet internationally 

agreed nutrition goals, including 

the Sustainable Development 

Goals (SDG) target 2.2 to end all 

forms of malnutrition by 2030.” 

In all the 140 countries studied, 

the report found ‘significant 

burdens’ of three important 

forms of malnutrition used as an 

indicators of broader trends: 

1) Childhood stunting, children 

too short for their age due 

to lack of nutrients, suffering irreversible 

damage to brain capacity; 

2) Anaemia in women of reproductive 

age, a serious condition 

that can have long-term 

health impacts for mother and 

child; and 

3) Overweight adult women, a 

rising concern as women are disproportionately 

affected by the 

global obesity epidemic. 

The report found out that the 

vast majority (representing 88%) 

of countries studied face a serious 

burden of two or three of these 

forms of malnutrition and highlighted 

the damaging impact this 

burden is having on broader 

global development efforts. 

A Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition 

Report’s Independent Expert 

Group and Director of the 

Centre for Food Policy at City, 

University of London, Professor 

Corinna Hawkes said the world 

cannot afford not to act on nutrition 

or risk putting the brakes on 

human development as a whole. 

“We will not achieve any of 

the Global Goals for Sustainable 

Development (SDGs) by the 

2030 deadline unless there is a 

critical step change in our response 

to malnutrition in all its 

forms. Equally, we need action 

throughout the goals to tackle the 

many causes of malnutrition,” 

Prof. Hawkes 

The Global Nutrition Report 

2017 calls for nutrition to be 

placed at the heart of efforts to 

end poverty, fight disease, raise 

educational standards and tackle 

•Two billion of the world’s seven billion people are obese or overweight 

climate change. 

A Bloomberg Distinguished 

Professor of Global Food and 

Agriculture Policy and Ethics at 

Johns Hopkins University and 

Global Nutrition Report Co 

Chair, Ms Jessica Fanzo, said “we 

know that a wellnourished 

child is 

one third more 

likely to escape 

poverty. They will 

learn better in 

school, be healthier 

and grow into 

productive contributors 

to their 

economies.” 

“Good nutrition 

provides the 

brainpower, the 

‘grey matter infrastructure’ 

to build 

the economies of 

the future,” Prof 

Fanzo stated. 

Co-Chair of 

the Global Nutrition 

Report’s Independent Expert 

Group and Senior Advisor, Institute 

of Nutrition, Mahidol University, 

Thailand, Prof. Emorn 

Udomkesmalee, said it is not just 

about more money – although 

“We will not 

achieve any of the 

Global Goals for 

Sustainable Development 

(SDGs) by 

the 2030 deadline 

unless there is a 

critical step 

change in our response 

to malnutrition 

in all its 

forms.” 

that is important – it is also about 

breaking down silos and addressing 

malnutrition in a more joinedup 

way alongside all the other 

drivers of development. 

“There’s a powerful multiplier 

effect here that we have to harness,” 

the professor 

said. 

It added that 

155 million underfives 

are stunted; 

Africa is the only 

region where absolute 

numbers 

are rising, due to 

population 

growth, with 52 

million children 

worldwide defined 

as wasted, meaning 

they do not 

weigh enough for 

their height. 

Rising rates of 

anaemia in 

women of reproductive 

age are 

also cited as a concern with almost 

one in three women affected 

worldwide and no country 

on track to meet global targets. 

“Historically, maternal anaemia 

and child under-nutrition have 

been seen as separate problems to 

obesity and non-communicable 

diseases. The reality is they are intimately 

connected and driven by 

inequalities everywhere in the 

world. That’s why governments 

and their partners need to tackle 

them holistically, not as distinct 

problems,” Ms Fanzo said. 

Donor funding for nutrition 

rose by just 2% in 2015, to 

US$867 million, representing a 

slight fall in the overall percentage 

of global aid. The report says 

funding needs to be ‘turbo 

charged’ and calls for a tripling of 

global investments in nutrition, to 

$70bn over 10 years to tackle 

childhood stunting, wasting and 

anaemia and to increase breastfeeding 

rates. 

“Crucially, donors are only 

spending 0.01%t of official development 

assistance on diet related 

non-communicable diseases, a 

‘disturbingly low’ level,” the report 

added. 

Pledges to invest in nutrition 

must be ‘concrete’ and ‘acted 

upon’, not ‘empty rhetoric’, the 

report said. 

Of the 203 commitments 

made at the Nutrition for Growth 

Summit in 2013 those most likely 

to be classified as ‘on course’ are 

the UN agencies’ at 86 per cent, 

followed by ‘other organisations’ 

at 75% and NGO policy commitments 

at 73%. 

The coming weeks provide an 

opportunity for renewed action 

and pledges, as part of the United 

Nations Decade of Action on 

Nutrition (2016-2026). These include 

the Global Nutrition Summit 

in Milan on November 4 and 

the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) 

Global Gathering in Abidjan, 

Cote d’Ivoire from November 7- 

9. 

The report found there is a 

critical need for better data on nutrition 

- many countries do not 

have enough data to track the nutrition 

targets they signed up to 

and to identify who is being left 

behind.

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THE KWAHU Cattle Ranching 

Control Committee has so far 

registered 24,377 cattle owned by 225 

difrerent owners operating in the 

Kwahu Affram Plains Area. 

The committee was set up by the 

Kwahu Traditional Council to 

spearhead a ranching programme to 

help find lasting solution to the 

perennial deadly clashes between 

Fulani nomads and farmers in the 

area. 

The committee has identified four 

fodder banks on a total land area of 

2,269 acres at Wawase, Folie Folie, 

Amankwaa and Memfankye, where the 

cattle will be moved. The committee 

also wants the government to support 

the creation of six additional fodder 

banks in the area. 

Addressing the Eastern Regional 

Security Council (REGSEC) at the 

Abene Chief Palace, Project Manager 

of the Committee, Zeinu Baba, said 

the cattle population is envisaged to 

increase as many are yet to register 

while those who registered underdeclared 

for fear of being taxed but 

with awareness of the motive, most 

cattle owners are willing to register. 

The Kwahumanhene, Daasebre 

Akuamoah Agyapong II, called on 

the government to provide funding 

support to the Traditional Council to 

create more fodder banks to relocate 

all cattle in the area to the fodder 

banks to end the over a decade-old 

News 

Fulani herdsmen menace… 

Kwahu T/Council 

registers 24,377 cattle 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

deadly clashes between Fulani nomads 

and farmers. 

The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr 

Eric Kwakye Darfuor, said the 

government had commissioned 

National Ranching Project Committee 

membership drawn from stakeholder 

groups, including the Ministries of 

Food and Agriculture, Interior, 

Foreign Affairs and Regional 

Integration, and Inner City and Zongo 

Development; National Security; 

professionals in the cattle industry; 

and the Ghana National Association 

of Cattle Farmers, to come up with a 

national policy that will remedy the 

menace. 

REGSEC has meanwhile asked 

inhabitants of the affected 

communities to remain calm as 

security is intensified in their 

communities and called on all who 

have deserted their homes to return. 

At a stakeholders meeting held at 

the Kwahu East District Assembly, the 

farmers blamed the police in the area 

for failure to arrest nomads who 

destroy their acres of farm, which 

emboldens the herdsmen to engage in 

more atrocities. 

The renewed clashes in the area led 

to the death of 10 people. At least 

four have suffered gunshot wounds 

and 163 displaced in 12 communities. 

Schools and health facilities have also 

been closed down. 

No arrest has been made so far, 

but 85 police personnel have since 

been dispatched to the affected 

communities to restore law and order. 

THE AKYEM Maase 

Methodist Junior High 

School (JHS) in the East 

Akyem Municipality of 

the Eastern Region has 

been closed down 

temporarily following an attack on one 

of the teachers. 

The teacher, Patrick Brako, was 

attacked in the staff common room by 

his assailant identified as Kwasi John, 

who broke into the staff common 

room to inflict machete wounds on the 

forehead of the teacher. 

The situation would have been 

deadly but for the swift rescue by 

colleague teachers. 

The cause of the attack has not 

been established yet, but sources 

believe it may have a link to 

disagreement over electricity bill. 

The victim lodged a complaint at 

the police station, where a medical 

form was issued. The victim was 

subsequently treated and discharged. 

A teacher in the school, in an 

interview, said some residents in the 

community are notorious for attacks on 

teachers. 

He said just this year a man stormed 

Maase Presbyterian School to whip a 

female teacher with cane because the 

teacher had punished his child. 

He said the case was reported to the 

police and the accused was fined. 

The teachers say they feel unsafe to 

be in school following the latest 

incident, hence the closure. 

Police sources confirming the 

incident said, “As I speak with you 

now, all the teachers are with me here 

(police station); some are going to 

provide evidence to the police, so we 

cannot keep the pupils in the school. I 

know that a similar incident has also 

happened in this same community.” 

Meanwhile, the Circuit Supervisor, 

Mr K. Akoto has visited the school to 

commiserate with the teachers to 

ensure that justice is served. 

Meanwhile the accused, Kwasi John, 

was yesterday remanded in prison 

custody at Koforidua by the Akyem 

Tafo District Magisrate’s Court, where 

he had pleaded not guilty to the charge 

of causing harm. 

John will reappear in court on 

November 23, 2017. 


Akyem Maase Methodist JHS 

shut down 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

• After attack on teacher 

•Patrick Brako, the teacher who was attacked 


GIPS launches 

code of ethics 

and conduct 

THE GHANA Institute of 

Procurement and Supply 

(GIPS) has launched a Code of 

Ethics and Conduct document 

for procurement professionals 

and practitioners to keep 

members in check. 

Speaking at the launch, the 

president of GIPS, Mr Collins 

Agyemang Sarpong, disclosed 

that the code was necessitated 

to ensure that malpractices in 

relation to procurement issues 

were eliminated. 

This, he said, would help 

ensure accountability and 

credibility during procurement, 

particularly in the government 

sector where the State had 

recorded many losses due to 

procurement lapses. 

Many people, according to 

him, take advantage of the 

system when they are in charge 

of procurement. 

“Mother Ghana lost over 

GH¢ 100 million through 

various Metropolitan, Municipal 

and District Assemblies’ 

unethical procurement practices 

in 2015,” he said. 

According to him, the code 

would serve as a self-regulatory 

framework which members 

would strictly adhere to, to help 

achieve strategic growth of 

corporate organisations and the 

country’s economy. 

He said the document was 

anchored on four main pillars 

to, among other things, create 

the right environment to ensure 

competitiveness and value for 

money. 

It would also ensure fair and 

transparent outcomes for all 

procurement processes, 

adherence to the effective 

operation and application of 

organisations, as well as client’s 

procurement policies and 

operating procedures, while 

preventing financial loss to the 

State and businesses. 

Mr Sarpong said the 

document was developed to 

help all procurement and supply 

professionals and practitioners 

in both public and private 

entities to live and maintain a 

high standard of integrity and 

probity to the benefit of their 

organisations and the nation at 

large. 

GIPS, he said, expects all 

members and practitioners to 

act responsibly and within 

authority to use the whistle 

blowing mechanism, comply 

with laws and regulations, reject 

bribery, corruption and financial 

loss to the state, and treat 

suppliers, contractors and 

consultants fairly. 

Men of God converge in K’dua for 2017 Ephpatha convention 

•Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II, the Kwahumanhene 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

SOME MEN of God in Ghana and others from 

abroad have started trooping in to Koforidua, the 

Eastern regional capital, for the 2017 Ephpatha, an 

annual interdenominational programme hosted by 

Prophet Albert Asihene Arjarquah, founder of 

PAAM Ministry. 

This year's programme started on Monday 

November 6, 2017 and will end on November 26. 

The men of God include Prophet Samuel 

Addison, Bishop Ampiah Kwofie, Rev Dr Kwadwo 

Bempah, Bishop Samuel Osei Tutu and Apostle 

John Ojelede from Germany. 

The annual programme, graced by prophets and 

teachers of the gospel, provides sacred grounds for 

believers to have supernatural encounter with God 

for miracles. 

Past events recorded thousands of participants, 

including politicians, musicians, and actors and 

He said success 

could not be 

achieved without 

God; therefore as 

everyone strived to 

be successful in life, 

there was the need 

to be God-fearing for 

“the fear of God is 

the beginning of 

wisdom and seeking 

the kingdom of God 

is the beginning of 

success.” 

ended with testimonies of financial 

breakthrough, healings and spiritual 

impartation. 

As part of activities ahead of the main 

event, Prophet Arjarquah led PAAM Ministry 

to embark on several programmes, including 

street evangelism and health walk. 

Prophet Arjarquah called on Christians to 

be prayerful, seek the favour and wisdom of 

God and work hard to survive the fluctuating 

economic conditions of the world. 

He said success could not be achieved 

without God; therefore as everyone strived to 

be successful in life, there was the need to be 

God-fearing for “the fear of God is the 

beginning of wisdom and seeking the kingdom 

of God is the beginning of success.” 

Prophet Arjarquah called on all to 

participate in the ongoing Ephpatha 

programme. 

• Prophet Albert Asihene Arjarquah, founder of PAAM Ministry


9TH 

NOVEMBER 

2017 

THURSDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.3903 4.3947 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

5.7535 

5.7610 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.1069 

5.1114 

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

EFG releases list of top 25 

made-in-Ghana products 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

TO COMMEMO- 

RATE the World 

Quality Day, Entrepreneurs 

Foundation 

of Ghana 

(EFG), organisers 

of ‘Made in Ghana’ Awards and 

Business Quality Awards, has released 

a list of top 25 award-winning 

best quality made-in-Ghana 

products. 

The Chief Executive Officer 

of EFG, Mr Sam Ato Gaisie, told 

the DAILY HERITAGE in 

Accra yesterday that the top 25 

best quality ‘Made in Ghana’ 

products initiative is established 

with the aim of promoting the 

use of quality products and adoption 

of effective quality management 

methodologies by Ghanaian 

enterprises in improving 

industrial competitiveness. 

He said the concept of 

World Quality Day was 

first introduced by United 

Nations in the year 1990 

to increase awareness of 

the important role that 

the quality plays in securing 

the nations’ prosperity. 

“World Quality Day is 

celebrated every year 

around the world in November. 

The day was designed 

to increase 

worldwide awareness of 

the important contribution 

that quality makes towards 

both organisational 

and national growth. 

World Quality Day is a 

perfect way to get people 

•Chief Executive Officer of EFG, 

Mr Sam Ato Gaisie 

talking about quality, and the 

value it adds to the business,” he 

said. 

Mr Gaisie said EFG conducted 

a survey to ask Ghanaian 

consumers for their opinion on 

which best award-winning quality 

made-in-Ghana products are 

winning their hearts, minds and 

most importantly wallets. 

“The non-ranking list shows 

not just products which have 

name recognition, but which 

ones are truly resonating in the 

marketplace,” he stated. 

The official products listed 

are in alphabetical order. This 

initiative will be an annual compilation 

of the top 25 best quality 

made-in-Ghana products in 

the country to commemorate 

world quality day. 

The 25 best quality made-in- 

Ghana products are: Artilin 3A 

Mate Insecticide and Acaricide 

Paint, Beatex Old Soldier Mosquito 

Coil, Chocho Herbal Fresh 

Soap, Duraplast Watertank, Everpack 

Toilet Roll, Fan Ice Cream, 

Ghandour Princess Cocoa Butter 

and GTP Wax Print. 

Others are GIHOC Mandingo 

Bitters, Interplast PVC Pressure 

Pipe, KANE-EM Pet Bottle, Kasapreko 

Alomo Bitters, Latex 

Foam Orthopaedic Mattress, M & 

G Zintab 10 & 20 mg, Malta 

Guinness, Margins ID Security 

Cards, Medi Moses Prostacure 

and Mohinani Poly Tank. 

The rest are Neat Fufu Powder, 

Nestle Milo, Qualiplast Waste 

Bins, Unilever OMO washing 

powder, Samba Shito, Special Ice 

Mineral Water and Taabea Herbal 

Mixture. 

MTN Ghana Foundation supports Assistive Technology Unit 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

MTN FOUNDATION Ghana has 

commissioned the Assistive Technology 

Unit (ATU) at the University of 

Ghana to create the opportunity for 

students with various challenges to 

study with ease. 

The project, which cost GH¢ 

217,000, consists of one prodigy 

desktop, one Sara scanner, one projector, 

one projector screen, three 

handheld magnifiers, one SMA for 

jaws, three external hard drives, one 

Braille printer, five laptops, one 

LaserJet and 15 computers. 

Mr Samuel Koranteng, Acting 

Corporate Service Executive of 

MTN Ghana Foundation, at the ceremony 

held in University of Ghana, 

Legon, said as an organisation with 

the vision to lead the delivery of a 

bold new digital world, MTN understands 

it has a role to play in empowering 

members of the community to 

enjoy the benefit of the digital world. 

“It is in line with this that the 

MTN Ghana Foundation responded 

to a request by the University of 

Ghana to help set up an ATU. The 

MTN Ghana Foundation is excited to 

create the opportunity for students 

with various challenges to study with 

ease.” 

According to Mr Koranteng, he 

hopes that the facility would promote 

independence for the over 2000 students 

with special needs and also decrease 

their quest for special 

assistance in pursing their studies. 

He also said the ceremony signifies 

a mark of strong will, determination 

and commitment to creating a 

brighter world and making lives a 

whole lot brighter. 

A representative of the University 

of Ghana said MTN Foundation's acceptance 

of the school's request and 

subsequent delivery of the items 

came to them with great joy. 

"They have demonstrated through 

this noble deed that they share with 

us a common dream of providing a 

level playing field for all persons with 

•Some of the students trying their 

hands on the computers 

a special focus on persons with special 

needs," he said. 

He added that the university, since 

its inception, had seen the abilities 

that students with special needs possess 

and the need to avail to them 

various opportunities for capacity 

building, hence its determination to 

place at their disposal all that was re 

quired to enable them to achieve 

their bet possible. 

Bismark Donkor, a Level 400 student, 

told the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE that he was very glad that 

MTN had come to rescue them because 

he found it difficult to read his 

books because of the font size but “ 

I can read everything without calling 

on my colleagues to assist me. I am 

glad that our needs have been solved. 

Daakyehene Gerald, another 

Level 400 student, also told the 

DAILY HERITAGE that he felt 

secured of passing his final paper 

because he and others like him 

had gone through a lot of 

challenges before getting to 

the final year. 

“We thank MTN for 

supporting us and urge 

other institutions that have 

the means to support us to 

come to our aid to help us 

and the University, since the 

university cannot do it alone,” 

he said.



DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 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 

GRA central to Ghana’s 

prospects – Prez Akufo-Addo 

THE PRESIDENT 

of the Republic, 

Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo, has stated 

that his government’s 

vision of building a progressive 

and prosperous Ghana 

depends very much on the work 

being undertaken by the Ghana 

Revenue Authority (GRA). 

According to President 

Akufo-Addo, GRA is “a central 

part of whether or not we are 

going to succeed as a nation. 

When we speak about wanting to 

build a Ghana beyond aid, what 

we are saying is that we should 

become, like all the progressive 

countries in the world, a country 

that depends on its own resources 

to buttress its own development, 

and not a country going 

around cap in hand begging for 

this or that.” 

The President explained that 

Ghana should become a “country 

of dignity and pride that is 

able to finance its own development. 

And, if we are going to be 

able to do that, you are at the cutting 

edge. If you succeed, Ghana 

succeeds. If you fail, we will fail.” 

President Akufo-Addo made 

this known on Wednesday, November 

8, 2017, when he visited 

the Tema Harbour to interact 

with officials of the GRA, as well 

as apprise himself of the work 

being undertaken at the harbour. 

He told the officials of GRA 

that “the work my government is 

doing depends so much on you. 

If you are able to meet our revenue 

targets, it will then mean 

that we would be able to finance 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo exchanging pleasantries with officials of the GRA 

the expenditures we would need 

in our social sectors, for our education, 

for our housing, for our 

health, amongst others.” 

President Akufo-Addo added 

further that “we would then be 

able to invest in those parts of 

the economy that we would need 

to invest in to grow our economy, 

industry, trade and agriculture.” 

He said “it is not by accident 

that we were the first of the black 

nations on the continent to become 

free from European colonialism. 

It is because generations 

of Ghanaians had fought and 

worked and mobilised to bring us 

to where we are today. We have a 

very proud past. But what will 

make that proud past count is if 

we have a prosperous and rich 

future.” 

It is for this reason the President 

encouraged the GRA officials 

to bear in mind that “the 

time has come for us not to 

‘chop’ Ghana small, but to make 

Ghana great. If that is where all 

of us are, we are going to build a 

Ghana that is going to be the 

wonder of this world. The world 

will then see that there are 

Africans capable of doing it.” 

President Akufo-Addo, thus 

urged the GRA to be “sincere, 

active collaborators, co-operating 

to build the Ghana of our 

dreams. My part is to try to help 

define and design the policy. But 

you are the people responsible 

for executing it. If the execution 

is solid, Ghana is solid.” 

Tema Port 

Expansion Project 

Prior to visiting the Tema 

Harbour, the President visited the 

site of the Tema Port expansion 

project, where he reiterated the 

commitment of his government 

towards the rapid development of 

the country, which will put 

Ghana onto the path of progress 

and prosperity, during his tenure 

of office. 

The Tema Port expansion, 

which is a $1.5 billion project, 

will improve Ghana’s trade competiveness, 

facilitate trade growth 

and improve revenue mobilisation. 

The project will also allow 

the Tema Port to accommodate 

some of the world’s largest container 

ships, and improve cargo 

handling services and capacity. 

Describing the project as an 

exciting development in Ghana, 

President Akufo-Addo stressed 

that “we just have to wish that 

everything goes well, so you can 

meet the contractual deadlines. It 

is extremely important for the development 

of Ghana that such a 

development should take place. 

As you know, we are committed 

to a very rapid development of 

our country, especially its industrial 

and agricultural sectors.” 

The rapid development of the 

country, according to the President, 

requires the necessary support 

infrastructure. 

“This (Tema Port) is one of 

them, which will ensure that we 

will have in our country a 1st 

class port, modern and capable 

of receiving the biggest vessels in 

the world, and allowing us to accelerate 

the pace of our development 

and of our exchanges,” he 

said 

President Akufo-Addo assured 

the partners of the project 

of government’s support to assist 

them in fulfilling their contractual 

obligations in bringing the project 

online. 

“It is a massive undertaking. 

Some of our neighbours are also 

undertaking important port developments 

in Cote d’Ivoire and 

in Lome, Togo. I have seen the 

Lome facility myself, but I am 

sure they will not be superior to 

what we will have in Ghana,” a 

confident President Akufo-Addo 

added. 

Environmental Uni. Saga: I erred – Ablakwa 

BY MOHAMMED AWAL 

FORMER DEPUTY Education 

Minister in charge of tertiary education, 

under the erstwhile Mahama 

administration, Mr Samuel 

Okudzeto Ablakwa has conceded 

he erred in suggesting that 

the supposed new location for 

the campus for the University of 

Environmental and Sustainable 

Development – Bunso is at 

Kyebi. 

The North Tongu legislator 

alleging the relocation move said: 

“The programme, which Parliament 

had already approved, was 

that there will be two main campuses, 

the Somanya campus and 

the Donkorkrom campus in the 

Affram Plains area. 

“The information I have, 

which is unimpeachable, credible, 

is that this government has 

changed the second campus 

from Donkorkrom in Afram 

Plains to Bunso in Kyebi, and 

that is why they did not want to 

answer the question. The facility 

that this house approved in 2016 

has to do with funding for two 

campuses, there is reasonable 

proximity.” 

But after the Ministry of Education 

debunked his claims as 

‘preposterous’ Mr Ablakwa told 

Francis Abban on Morning Starr 

that his ‘Bunso in Kyebi’ claim 

was an error. 

“It was a mistake on my part 

and you noticed that in my subsequent 

statement which I issued 

yesterday [Wednesday] I corrected 

it. I said Bunso in the 

Abuakwa South Constituency. So 

that’s my error. 

“The statement I wanted to 

make was that Bunso is in the 

Akyem area not Bunso in Kyebi. 

It was a clear mistake on my part 

and I apologise for that.” 

•Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, former 

deputy Minister of Education


12 

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Politics 


HERITAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2017 

Adongo unfit to question Bawumia’s 

economics expertise – Dr Boako 

BY KWADWO ANIM 

DR GIDEON 

BOAKO, Economic 

Adviser 

to Vice President 

of Ghana, 

has launched a 

scathing attack on Member of 

Parliament (MP) for Bolga Central, 

Mr Albert Adongo describing 

him as someone who knows 

next to nothing in economics and 

as such unfit to question the Vice 

President’s economics prowess. 

The MP has attributed the 

under subscription of the $2.5 

billion energy bond to Vice President 

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s 

lack of understanding of basic 

economics. 

Government failed to meet its 

target for the first tranche of the 

bond after a second attempt. 

Managers of the Energy Sector 

Levies Act who have been 

given the mandate by government 

to issue the bond were 

seeking to raise GH¢ 6 billion 

under the two separate bonds. 

But it accrued a total of GH¢ 4.6 

billion after it closed the auction 

last Friday. 

The seven-year bond received 

the targeted GH¢ 2.4 billion 

while the 10-year bond accrued 

about GH¢ 2.2 billion, below the 

target of GH¢ 3.6 billion. 

The managers also accepted 

an interest rate of 19.5% for the 

10-year bond. Proceeds of the 

bond are to be used to clear 

debts in the energy sector, which 

as at December 2016, was $2.5 

billion. 

Hon. Adongo said the under 

subscription of the $2.5 billion 

bond had blemished the economic 

credentials of vice President 

Dr Bawumia. 

“This government is so ignorant 

and arrogant and the level of 

arrogance is so amazing especially 

when Dr Bawumia can 

speak so eloquently and confuse 

everybody. But the reality is that 

he propounds nothing other than 

empty economic theories,” said 

the Bolga Central legislator. 

He continued: “He is the head 

of the economic management 

team. He is the one who was 

leading this process. In fact, the 

Ministry of Finance is the biggest 

economic Ministry under him 

and at the end this is where he 

ended us. All the plenty big 

talk…the big English of Dr 

Bawumia, now the very simple 

things he cannot do. He is straying 

into things…those he has 

learnt for 20 years he can’t do 

The managers also accepted an interest rate of 19.5% 

for the 10-year bond. Proceeds of the bond are to be 

used to clear debts in the energy sector, which as at December 

2016, was $2.5 billion. 

them and those he has never 

learnt they are the ones he is now 

doing [the digital addressing system].” 

But speaking to Fiifi Banson 

on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 

FM yesterday, Dr Boako said he 

feels ashamed when he hears the 

loquacious MP [Adongo] publicly 

advancing such empty economic 

arguments when he knows next 

to nothing in economics. 

“Sometimes I feel sad for the 

Minority when they openly display 

such crass ignorance without 

shame. You don’t make infantile 

economic arguments in an attempt 

to discredit the Vice President 

simply because Dr Kwesi 

Botchway report says he caused 

the NDC’s defeat in the 2016 

election. Even if they understand 

what they’re saying and had facts 

to back their assertions I 

wouldn’t have had any problems 

with them.” 

He continued: “Somebody like 

Hon. Adongo, he’s now doing his 

MBA and not even in Economics, 

Hon. Ato Forson he’s not 

even done with his Master’s thesis 

and they have the effrontery to 

question Dr Bawumia’s knowledge 

in economics, he being 

someone who has done his first 

degree, Masters, PhD in Economic 

and has risen to become 

the Deputy Governor of the 

Bank of Ghana and has also 

taught in universities 

abroad. Adongo and his colleagues 

sound pathetic when they 

openly display their ignorance.” 

Dr Boako fumed. 

109 1D, 1F proposals ready for implementation – Akufo-Addo 

BY WILBERFORCE ASARE 

Develop objective 

framework for 

assessing MPs 

— Osei-Owusu 

SOME ONE hundred and nine 

proposals are currently ready for 

implementation in line with government’s 

agenda to build a factory 

in each of the 216 districts 

in the country, that’s according 

to President Nana Akufo-Addo. 

The One District, One Factory 

project is one of the major 

promises made by President 

Akufo-Addo’s camp during the 

2016 electioneering campaign. 

The President announced the 

proposals when he addressed a 

durbar of chiefs and people of 

the Kpone Katamanso Traditional 

Area. 

The durbar was held at the 

Kpone Methodist School Park as 

part of the President’s 

threeday 

tour of 

the Greater 

Accra Region. 

The President 

added that the 

motive of government 

in the 

1D1F policy is to 

generate jobs for the 

youth. 

Paperless System at the Ports 

President Akufo-Addo earlier 

on his tour visited the Long 

Room of the Ghana Ports and 

Harbours Authority and the 

Ghana Revenue Authority to see 

for himself the Nature of work 

there. 

To that end, the President 

said the paperless 

system introduced by his 

government contrary to complaints 

by some elements within 

the Ports and Harbours, is doing 

well and helping to transform 

the imports and export sector of 

the economy. 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo

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BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

Efya influenced 

my song –Biokez 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

NIGERIAN 

BORN Ghanabased 

afro pop 

artiste and songwriter, 

Biokez, 

has named one of 

Ghana’s sensational 

singers, Efya, as the 

lady who he sung 

about in his new 

single ‘Marry 

You’. 

Biokez, 

known in real 

life as Ebosa 

Kingsley, started 

music at an early 

age in Nigeria, 

where he had his education, 

graduated from 

Delta State Polytechnic with 

HND in Computer Science. 

Born on March 3, 1990, he 

started commercialising his art after 

he was discovered by his manager 

at a church programme in Ghana, 

where everyone was thrilled by his 

performance. 

Biokez is currently under the 

management of Mogul music. 

The 27-year-old afro pop artiste, 

in an interview with DAILY 

HERITAGE, disclosed 

that his 

new single was 

solely influenced 

by 

Efya. 

“I had 

Efya in 

mind 

when I 

was 

writing 

‘Marry 

you’. I 

think I can 

•Efya 

marry someone 

like her; she 

inspired my song.” 

Biokez, who is known 

for his afro-centric fashion sense, is 

seriously in a strong relationship 

with his career. He sings in English, 

Twi and Igbo. 

The artiste 

revealed that he 

is not into music 

to compete. 

“The music space 

is too big to occupy 

anyone. All artistes have their 

audience and as a new artiste, I 

look forward to bringing my own 

style to attract my own audience. 

I am unique and not competing 

for space,” he said. 

The musician, declaring his 

stand on homosexuality, said, 

“Gayism is evil and I don’t support 

it. Why would I prefer a 

hard rock to a soft body? 

The artiste disclosed that he is 

inspired by two musicians in the 

world, who are America rapper 

Jay Z because he wants to be a 

‘mogul’ and Fela Kuti from Nigeria 

because he wants to be a legend. 

His music is inspired by his environment. 

Biokez’s official song ‘Marry 

you’ is out on online music portals 

and on his social media. 

•Biokez 

•Mayorkun 

will perform 

tonight 

Miss Nigeria Ghana 

pageant comes off today 

MISS NIGERIA Ghana 

(MNG), a pageant designed 

for Nigerian ladies who are 

18 and above schooling or 

living in Ghana, will happen 

at the main auditorium of 

the National Theatre, Accra 

tonight. 

Organisers of the event 

stated in a release copied to 

the DAILY HERITAGE 

said that, the pageant is 

aimed at organising the 

young beauties towards a 

new order of projecting 

Nigeria’s image in Ghana 

and creating a platform for 

general entertainment. 

“The pageant promotes 

Nigerian rich cultural dexterity 

and diversity in Ghana 

and serves as a unifying tool 

for Nigerians and Ghanaians,” 

they added. 

Fast-rising Nigerian 

artiste and ‘Mama’ crooner, 

Mayorkun, known in real 

life as Adewale Mayowa 

Emmanuel, is billed to 

headline tonight’s event. 

The winner of the pageant 

embarks on a one-year 

community engagement 

service; the previous winners 

concentrated on breast 

cancer awareness campaign 

targeting all regions of 

Ghana, in a show of appreciation 

and a way of giving 

back to the very accommodating 

host nation, Ghana. 

The winner gets a brandnew 

car, and over 

GH¢30,000.00 worth of 

prizes will be shared among 

the finalists.



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All Africa Music Awards 

2017 Live on GOtv: 

Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, R2bees, etal, nominated 

•R2bees 

THIS WEEKEND on 

GOtv, music fans can 

follow the 2017 All 

Africa Music Awards 

(AFRIMA) live on the 

special pop-up channel 

129. This year’s event hosted in Lagos 

will attract an A-list of celebrities 

from across Africa. In partnership 

with the African Union Commission, 

AFRIMA is aimed at celebrating the 

rich musical heritage of the African 

continent. 

According to GOtv Ghana, General 

Manager, Kingsley Afful, “we are 

launching this special pop-up channel 

for just this weekend to air the 

AFRIMA’s. The channel will open on 

Friday at 9p.m. at the AFRIMA Music 

Village, an evening of a non-stop 

music festival of live performances 

from the African stars and nominees.” 

GOtv subscribers, on GOtv Plus, 

can watch live on channel 129 the 

crème de la crème of African pop 

music converge at the Eko Hotel 

&Suites for a night of music, awards 

and performances for main awards 

event. 

Ghanaian musical duo R2bees 

have been nominated in two categories 

as the Dark Suburb amongst 

other African acts. 

Ghanaian artistes nominated: 

Best Female Artiste West Africa 

- Becca – ‘Na Wash’ featuring Patoranking. 

Best Male Artiste West Africa - 

Sarkodie – ‘Pain Killer’ 

African Fans Favourite - Ebony 

– ‘Poison’ featuring Gatdoe 

Album of the Year - Dark Suburb 

– ‘The Start Looks Like The End’ 

Best African Collaboration - 

Becca – ‘Na Wash’ featuring Patoranking 


R2bees – ‘Tonight’ featuring Wizkid 


Fuse ODG – ‘Diary’ featuring Tiwa 

Savage 

Best African Group - R2bees – 

‘Tonight’ featuring Wizkid 

Best African Artiste - Jazz Khalisax 

– ‘New day’ 

Best African Artiste/Group 

Reggae/Dancehall - Shatta Wale – 

‘Taking Over’ 

Best African Artiste/Group 

Reggae/Dance Hall - Jah Phinga – 

‘One World One People’ featuring 

Henry 

Best Artiste African Rock - Dark 

Suburb – ‘Terms’ 

Other African talents which made 

the AFRIMA 2017 Nominees List include: 

Mr Eazi (Nigeria); Mi Casa 

(South Africa); Psquare (Nigeria); 

AKA (South Africa); Diamond Platnumz 

(Tanzania); Victoria Kimani 

(Kenya) and Yemi Alade (Nigeria), 

and Adekunle Gold(Nigeria). 

The 2017 AFRIMA’s will be held 

from November 10 to 12 featuring a 

rich programme of events such as the 

Africa Music Business Roundtable 

(November 10), the AFRIMA Music 

Village (November 10) and the Main 

Awards Ceremony (November 12); a 

glittery, star-studded and world-class 

event with live performances. 

All the events at AFRIMA 2017 

would be broadcast live across Africa 

all weekend on DSTV. 

New on DSTV this November 

IT IS a brand new month, with 

new and thrilling shows to look 

forward to on DSTV. 

And while some of our 

favourites continue with intriguing 

plotlines, The Fixer, on Mondays 

at 6p.m. on Vuzu AMP, we 

are excited for the return of old 

favourites, seeing what rapper 50 

Cent has lined up and saying 

goodbye to one of our favourite 

shows, Fashion Police. 

There are some shows being 

put in the November diary as follows: 

•50 Central 

Rapper 50 Cent is on BET 

with his comedy showcase. Featuring 

sketches, hidden camera 

pranks and musical performances, 

50 Central is one show you 

do not want to miss. 

And we can not wait to see the 

episode of 50 Central, where 

South African comedian Loyiso 

Gola makes his appearance. 

Stream: 50 Central on BET, 

Fridays from November 3 at 

7:30pm. 

•Loving 

Based on a documentary, 

‘Loving’ tells us the story of Mildred 

and Richard Loving, an interracial 

couple whose marriage 

went against the laws during the 

1960s. 

Ethiopian actress Ruth Negga 

received her first Academy Award 

nomination for Best Actress as 

Mildred. 

Stream: ‘Loving’, Sunday, November 

5, at 6:30p.m. on M-Net 

Movies Premiere. 

•Madiba 

The Discovery 

Channel is 

bringing us a 

six-part series 

on the life of 

former South 

African statesman, 

Nelson 

Mandela. 

Madiba 

stars an all-star 

cast, including 

Laurence Fishburne 

as Mandela, 

Terry 

Pheto as Winnie 

Madikizela- 

Mandela, 

Hlomla Dandala as Govan Mbeki 

and Orlando Jones as Oliver 

Tambo. 

Watch: Madiba from Monday, 

November 6, at 7:30p.m. on Discovery 

Channel. 

•Wags LA 

The drama continues in the 

City of Angels, with the season 

three premiere of Wags LA. 

With new WAGS 

and trade announcements, 

we 

are in for an exciting 

journey with Dominique, 

Olivia, Sasha, Autumn, 

Michelle and Nicole. 

Stream: WAGS LA season 3, 

Mondays at on E! 

2017 MTV Europe Music 

Awards 

MTV promises an entertaining 

evening, when Rita Ora hosts 

the annual music award show. 

Taking place in London, some of 

music's biggest stars will perform, 

including Rita Ora, Travis 

Scott and French Montana. 

And with Babes Wodumo, C4 

Pedro, Davido, Nasty C, 

Nyashinski and Wizkid nominated, 

it is anyone’s guess who 

will win the Best African Act 

award. 

Watch: 2017 MTV EMAs at 

7p.m on MTV, Sunday, November 

12. 

•Patti La Belle’s Place 

In November, Americans celebrate 

Thanksgiving, and legendary 

R’n’B singer Patti La 

Belle’s branded sweet potato pie 

is sure to be on the menu. 

On Food 

Network, we 

get to see 

Patti’s star 

power in the 

kitchen as she 

entertains her 

showbiz 

friends and 

treats them 

with her home 

cooked food. 

Stream: 

Step into the 

kitchen with 

Patti, when 

Patti LaBelle’s 

Place premieres 

on 

Food Network, 

Thursday, 16 November at 

6pm. 

•Queen of Katwe 

Lupita N’yongo and David 

Oyelowo lend their star power to 

this powerful story, set in 

Uganda’s biggest slum, Katwe. 

Based on true events, see how 

a young girl’s life changes when 

she is introduced to chess. 

Watch: Queen of Katwe premieres 

on Vuzu AMP, Friday, November 

17 at 7:30p.m. 

•Face Value 

BET continues the fun and 

games with Deon Cole and 

Tiffany Haddish, where it’s all 

about reading a book by its cover. 

With teams being led by 

celebrity captains, Face Value 

breaks down stereotypes and exposes 

prejudices. 

Stream: Face Value premieres 

Friday, November 17 at 4:35p.m 

on BET. 

•Fashion Police 

The curtain is coming down 

on a fashion classic. Celebrating 

seven years of laughter and outrageous 

moments, the hosts of 

Fashion Police will say goodbye 

for the last time. 

Stream: Fashion Police on 

Wednesday, November 22 at 6p.m 

on E! 

•Black-ish 

The Johnsons are back! With a 

new addition (Devante) to the 

family and their first born Zoe 

going off to college, we can not 

wait to see how Dre and Rainbow 

deal with all the changes. 

Stream: Black-ish season four 

from Thursday, November 23 at 

5p.m on Vuzu AMP. 

Stay connected to DSTV and 

enjoy all of this wonderful programming 

and more.

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Sports 


Para-athletics, 

para-power-lifting 

inaugurated in Accra 

BY ROLAND B. TAMAKLOE 

THE NA- 

TIONAL Paralympic 

Committee 

(NPC) president, 

Mr 

Bishop Adja Cofie, has inaugurated 

para-athletics and 

para-power-lifting and also 

swore in 12 executives to run 

its affairs till 2021. The inauguration 

took place at the 

Accra Sports Stadium yester- 

• A para-power-lifter athlete demonstrating the craft to the executives at the inauguration 

day. 

Para- athletes had seven 

members headed by Dr 

Isaac Ankomah, while parapower-lifters 

have Mr Sampson 

Dean as their president. 

At the inauguration, Mr 

Cofie said despite the sport 

gaining a lot of attention, it 

still lacked the necessary attention 

and support from 

the government for paraathletes 

to thrive and compete 

in international 

competition around the 

world. 

Para-sports, which started 

in Ghana in 1990, according 

to Mr Cofie, would bring to 

the fore games such as wheel 

chair basketball and parabadminton 

among others. 

Mr Sampson Dean, the 

newly elected president for 

para-power lifting, said that 

his target was to form a formidable 

team to qualify and 

participate in the 2020 Para 

Olympics. 

A member of the Parawheelchair 

team, Mr Ralph 

Nkegbe, said para-sport is an 

expensive sport and the 

team would require a sum of 

$5000-$7000 to get a racing 

chair. 

The Deputy Minister of 

Youth and Sports, Mr Pious 

Enam Hadzide, wished them 

all the best in their four-year 

term of office and congratulated 

the new executiveson 

serving Ghana through parasports. 

He said that the government 

was putting together 

structures to train more 

coaches for para-sports. 

Coach Yakubu 

glad about Cape 

Coast Stadium for 

Stars match 

COACH ALI Yakubu, Chief Executive Officer 

of Ali Royals Surfing and Soccer Foundation 

based in Cape Coast, is happy that the 

Black Stars are playing their FIFA World Cup 

Qualifier against Egypt at the new stadium in 

the Central Regional capital. 

According to Coach Yakubu, who has 

deep interest in unearthing and grooming 

young footballers with the support of other 

non-governmental agencies, hosting the Black 

Stars in Cape Coast has brought a new wind 

of soccer fever in the ancient town with every 

football fan wishing to see some international 

stars with their naked eyes for the first time. 

He wished the Black Stars well and prayed 

that they would prove that in spite of losing 

the chance to go to their fourth World Cup in 

a row, Ghana football is still competitive and 

the best in Africa. 

According to him, it is motivating and inspiring 

that after the local Black Stars of 

Ghana have hosted and won the Fox Sports 

WAFU Cup, their senior colleagues may also 

be lucky to win against Egypt. 

He noted that a win by Ghana is also 

going to award the team points in the FIFA 

rankings. 

Yakubu said his mission of unearthing and 

developing talents is on course and so had 

started surfing lessons at Kormantse, near 

Saltpong, since May 2017 and the kids and 

youth were much happy to see surfing back. 

“We really need sponsorship or partnership 

to improve our soccer, surfing and swimming 

lessons with some of underprivileged 

children and youth in Ghana,” he said. 

He has eyes for football talents and some 

of his players were declared best under the 

Aspire Dreams Football project. 

Yakubu also has the belief in attracting the 

young sportsmen and women through the 

power of sports for education, and he has 

helped many children to love going to school. 

He said the Black Stars could win the next 

African Cup of Nations if the people of 

Ghana come together to support the team, 

and shy away from politics. 

PFF prepares for African Kickboxing Championship 

THE PRO Fighting Factory (PFF) 

Ghana is preparing feverishly ahead 

of next month’s African Kickboxing 

Championship in Morocco. 

Lawrence Nyanyo Nmai, 

Ghana’s world-known WBC Muay 

Thai and World Martial Arts 86kg 

kickboxing champion, has donated 

kits to be used by the team which is 

a national select side going to represent 

Ghana in December. 

Nmai, who is based in Switzerland, 

has presented equipment made 

up of track suits, boots, gloves, 

mouth and head guards to the team. 

The presentation took place at 

the Accra Sports Stadium on 

Wednesday, where the President of 

Ghana Kickboxing Association 

• The athletes with officials 

(GKA), Nii Adotey Dzata 1, aka 

Joseph Mingle, received the items 

and commended Nmai for his sole 

efforts and contributions to the 

sport. 

He urged corporate Ghana to 

support Kickboxing because it has 

taken some people out of the 

streets, who are now doing sports 

and wish to compete for international 

honours. 

The six athletes going to represent 

the nation are very popular and 

experienced fighters who have won 

many international and local bouts. 

They include Isaac Commey – 

65.5kg, Francis Dodoo – 68.5kg, 

Daniel Boateng – 55.5kg, Euro 

Jonathan – 80.5kg, Ebenezer Adjei 

– 75.5kg and Stephen Bruce – 

60.5kg. 

The officials accompanying the 

squad are Nii Adotey Dzata, the 

president of GKA; Isaac Doku 

coach; Amanor Michael, assistant 

Coach; and Nii Yemoh-Yemoson, 

team manager. 

Isaac Commey, who recently 

won an international MMA bout in 

Ghana against British-born Theo 

Nelson, said the team had prepared 

very well and were hungry for competition. 

“We promised never to let the 

nation down, we are going for gold 

medal,” he said.

Daily Heritage November 10

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