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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 

DAILY QUOTE 

There are two types of people who will 

tell you that you cannot make a 

difference in this world: those who are 

afraid to try and those who are afraid 

you will succeed — Ray Goforth 

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WORLD 

BUSINESS 

Zimbabwe's 

Mugabe ‘under 

house arrest’ 

• After army 

takeover 

PG.04 

Ghana Statistical 

Service launches 

2017 African 

Statistics Day 

POLITICS 

SPORTS 

President Akufo- 

Addo leaves for 

Qatar 

PG.11 

We won't be 

complacent 

— Coach Basigi 

PG.07 

PG.15 

Gunshots 

fly in Kwahu 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

AT LEAST two 

people sustained 

gunshot 

wounds yesterday 

after a scuffle 

ensued 

between locals and guards of 

the Kwahumanhene’s palace. 

The scuffle is reported to 

have led to the damage of 

some items in the palace. 

The locals, from communities 

affected by the brunt of 

the Fulani menace, marched to 

the palace of Kwahumanhene 

in the Eastern Region to 

protest against intended plan 

by the Traditional Council to 

allocate fodder banks in the 

area to Fulani herders and their 

cattle. 

According to Agoo FM’s 

Ebenezer Kojo Nyavor, the locals 

rather want the Fulani nomads 

and their cattle sacked 

permanently from their lands. 

He said the angry locals had 

issued a three-day ultimatum to 

• Over Fulani 

nomads, 2 injured 

the government to dispatch 

military personnel to the area 

to drive away the herders and 

their cattle, else they would take 

the law into their own hands to 

•Two people sustained gunshot wounds after the scuffle 

launch deadly attacks on the 

herders still terrorising farmers 

on their farms. 

Renewed clashes in the area 

recently led to the death of 10 

persons, at least four persons 

have suffered gunshots wounds 

and 163 displaced in 12 communities, 

with schools and 

health facilities 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 Kwahu Cattle Ranching 

Control Committee has so far 

registered 24,377 cattle owned 

by 225 owners operating in the 

Kwahu Affram Plains Area. 

A committee has been 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 folder banks totalling 

2,269 acres at Wawase, Folie 

Folie, Amankwaa and Memfankye, 

where the cattle would 

be moved to while requiring 

government support to create 

six additional folder banks in 

the area. 

The Kwahumanhene, 

Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng 

II, called on the government to 

provide funding support to the 

Traditional Council to create 

more folder banks to relocate 

all cattle in the area to the 

folder banks to end the decadeold 

deadly clashes between Fulani 

nomads and farmers. 

However, residents of 

Hweehwe, Dwerebease, 

Obonyam, Atta ne Atta and 

other communities affected by 

the Fulani menace oppose the 

intended ranching programme 

by the Kwahu Traditional 

Council.

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Govt shocks NDC MPs 

with 100,000 jobs 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

AS PART of efforts 

to fix the 

canker of unemployment 

in the 

country, the government 

will 

soon roll out the Nation 

Builders Corps, which will 

focus on addressing the problem 

of graduate unemployment. 

The programme, which will 

be a major government initiative, 

is expected to hire 100,000 

graduates in 2018 who would 

be posted to various districts 

across the country. 

The announcement came 

days after the Minority in Parliament 

had predicted doom and 

insisted that the 2018 budget 

would rather impose hardships 

on Ghanaians. 

The positive implication is 

that every district is expected to 

provide jobs for 462 graduates 

under the Nation Builders 

Corps programme. 

The job of the 

Akufo-Addo government 

is to assist the 

people with the tools 

and the environment 

to go out there to 

work and earn a decent 

living and improve 

their lives. We 

plan on providing opportunity 

for as many 

Ghanaians as possible 

to initiate projects 

on their own 

• For graduates in 2018 

•From (L-R) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of Ghana, Ken Ofori-Atta, 

Finance Minister and Prof. Mike Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament 

Presenting the 2018 Budget 

Statement and Economic Policy 

of Government in Parliament 

yesterday, the Minister for Finance, 

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, said 

the government is committed 

to pursuing an agenda which 

will create jobs to improve the 

economy. 

“The job of the Akufo- 

Addo government is to assist 

the people with the tools and 

the environment to go out there 

to work and earn a decent living 

and improve their lives. We plan 

on providing opportunity for as 

many Ghanaians as possible to 

initiate projects on their own. 

“The government is committed 

to pursuing an agenda of 

inclusive growth by implementing 

strategies, policies, and programmes 

to grow and promote 

the creation of good jobs at a 

much faster pace than ever before,” 

the Minister said. 

According to the Minister, 

the objective of the programme 

would be to provide employment 

to unemployed graduates, 

improve skills and employability, 

improve public service delivery, 

as well as to improve 

government revenue mobilisation. 

“Under the Nation Builders 

Corps programme, graduates 

will be trained and equipped 

with the necessary work tools 

and deployed around the country 

to be engaged,” he said. 

13% utility bills reduction 

Beginning January 2018, 

electricity tariff for residential 

consumption will be reduced by 

13%, the minister further disclosed. 

The minister stated that the 

government had reviewed the 

tariff setting methodology and 

cost structure of power production 

and proposed the reduction 

to the Public Utilities 

Regulatory Commission. 

“On the basis of these interventions, 

if government recommendations 

to PURC are 

accepted, consumers will be expected 

to benefit from reductions 

in electricity tariffs,” he 

said. 

The reductions in electricity 

tariff as contained in the 2018 

budget are Residential – Up to 

13%, Non-Residential – 13%, 

Special Load Tariff- Low Voltage 

– 13% ,Special Load Tariff 

-Medium Voltage – 11%, Special 

Load Tariff -High Voltage 

On the basis of 

these interventions, 

if government recommendations 

to 

PURC are accepted, 

consumers will be 

expected to benefit 

from reductions in 

electricity tariffs,” 

he said. 

– 14%, High Voltage Mines – 

21%. 

Infrastructural 

Development 

In order to ensure infrastructural 

development, the government 

is set to introduce the 

Akufo-Addo Programme for 

Economic Transformation to 

accelerate investment in all sectors 

of the economy. 

In his address, Mr Ofori- 

Atta indicated that the programme 

“will modernise 

agriculture, improve production 

efficiency, achieve food security, 

and increase profitability for 

our farmers.” 

According to him, there 

would be significant investments 

in the road and rail sectors 

of the economy under the 

programme, which, he explained, 

would facilitate trade 

and the movement of goods 

and people in the country. 

He added that the government 

will enhance the role of 

the private sector in the provision 

of infrastructure through 

Public-Private Partnership 

(PPP), saying, “a new PPP bill 

has been prepared and submitted 

to Cabinet for approval and 

once passed by Parliament, it 

will be followed by the relevant 

regulations.” 

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• Police say a number of students have to be 

evacuated from the school 

California man kills wife before gun rampage 

A CALIFORNIA man killed his wife 

and hid her body in his home before 

he went on a gun rampage and fatally 

shot four people, police have said. 

"We believe that's probably what 

started this whole event," Tehama 

County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston 

told reporters on Wednesday. 

Kevin Janson Neal, 43, fired into 

an elementary school in Rancho 

Tehama, but was stopped from entering 

by teachers. 

His wife's body was found hidden 

under floorboards, police say. 

"This individual was literally 

going up and down the road and 

shooting at random structures," the 

assistant sheriff said. 

"So it is possible that you may 

have a neighbour or somebody that 

could be injured or hurt that we are 

not aware of," he added, calling on 

residents to check on their neighbours. 

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World news in 4 stories 

Zimbabwe's Mugabe 

‘under house arrest’ 

Greece deadly floods 

hit Mandra, Nea 

Peramos, Megara 

FLASH FLOODS caused by 

heavy overnight rain have killed 

at least 14 people and caused 

destruction in central Greece. 

The industrial towns of 

Mandra, Nea Peramos and 

Megara, west of the capital 

Athens, were the most affected. 

Many of the dead were elderly 

people whose bodies were 

found inside their homes, reports 

say. Fast-flowing torrents 

of red mud flooded roads. 

• The scenes after the floods 

"Everything is lost. The disaster 

is biblical," Mandra Mayor 

Yianna Krikouki told state 

broadcaster ERT. 

At least 13 people have been 

taken to hospital, and some are 

still missing. 

Prime Minister Alexis 

Tsipras has expressed his condolences. 

Heavy rain has hit 

parts of Greece for about a 

week. Reuters 

ZIMBABWE'S MILI- 

TARY has placed 

President Robert Mugabe 

under house arrest 

in the capital 

Harare, South African President 

Jacob Zuma has stated. 

Mr Mugabe told Mr Zuma in a 

phone call that he was fine, the 

South African leader's office said. 

Troops were patrolling the capital, 

Harare, after they seized state 

TV and said they were targeting 

‘criminals.’ 

The move may be a bid to replace 

Mr Mugabe with his sacked 

deputy, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa, 

BBC correspondents said. 

Mr Mnangagwa's dismissal last 

week left Mr Mugabe's wife Grace 

as the president's likely successor. 

Mr Mugabe, 93, has dominated 

the country's political scene since 

it gained independence from the 

UK in 1980. 

How the drama unfolded 

After days of tension and rumour, 

soldiers seized the state 

broadcaster ZBC late on Tuesday. 

A Zimbabwean army officer, 

Major General Sibusiso Moyo, 

went on air and denied there was a 

• After army takeover 

• President Robert Mugabe 

coup, 

but said the military was targeting 

"criminals" around President Mugabe. 

Maj Gen Moyo also said Mr 

Mugabe and 

his family were 

"safe and 

sound and their 

security is guaranteed". 

It is 

not clear who is 

leading the military 

action. 

Since then 

military vehicles 

have been out 

on the streets of 

Harare, while 

gunfire had 

been heard 

from northern 

suburbs where 

Mr Mugabe and 

a number of 

government officials 

live. 

President 

Zuma spoke to 

President Robert Mugabe earlier 

yesterday who indicated that he 

was confined to his home but said 

that he was fine." BBC 

Saudis detaining Lebanon PM 

Hariri — President Aoun 

LEBANON'S PRESI- 

DENT, Michel Aoun, has 

for the first time publicly accused 

Saudi Arabia of detaining 

its prime minister, 

who resigned unexpectedly 

during a visit to Riyadh on 

November 4. 

Aoun Saad Hariri's continued 

detention it was a 

breach of his human rights. 

He added that he considered 

it an "act of aggression" 

against Lebanon. 

For his part, Mr Hariri 

once again insisted on Twitter 

that he would soon return 

to Lebanon and that he 

was fine. 

French President Emmanuel 

Macron later "invited" 

Mr Hariri and his family 

to France, after speaking 

by telephone to the prime 

minister and Saudi Crown 

Prince Mohammed bin 

Salman, the Elysee Palace 

said in a statement. EPA 

• Mr Saad Hariri



Providing 100,000 jobs should not be just mere talk 

YESTERDAY, THE Minister of Finance, 

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, presented the 2018 

Budget and Economic Policy of the government 

to Parliament amidst the usual 

booing and jeering from both sides of the 

House. 

The presentation of the budget, which 

is a constitutional mandate, has over the 

years entrenched the nation’s democracy 

and given businesses and the ordinary 

man the opportunity to understand government’s 

policy direction to also plan for 

the future. 

Addressing Parliament, Mr Ofori-Atta 

touched on various aspects of the economy, 

including job creation, education, 

agriculture, industry, energy, sports and 

health among other issues. 

One key area the Minister touched on 

was unemployment—the cause of it and 

the way to fix it—because hundreds and 

thousands of Ghanaians have been consigned 

to their homes due to joblessness. 

On specific strategies to create jobs for 

the teeming unemployed youth in the 

country, the Minister announced government’s 

plan to set up a Nation Builders 

Corps (NBC) to provide 100, 000 jobs to 

graduates through various districts across 

the country. 

He said the NBC would be housed 

under the Office of the President as a 

special initiative. 

“Mr Speaker, the NBC programme 

will hire 100,000 graduates in 2018 to be 

posted to various districts across the 

country. On average, under this programme 

every district should be able to 

provide jobs for 462 graduates. 

“Mr Speaker, the most critical economic 

problem of our time is youth unemployment, 

and in particular graduate 

unemployment. Available data from the 

Institute of Statistics, Social and Economic 

Research in March 2017 revealed 

that only 10% of graduates find jobs after 

their national service and it can take up to 

10 years for a large number of graduates 

to secure employment. 

“This is due to varied challenges that 

range from the lack of employable skills, 

unavailability of funding capital for entrepreneurship, 

as well as low capacity of 

industry to absorb the huge numbers. We 

must reverse this trend.” 

The DAILY HERITAGE agrees 

with the Minister on the brilliant diagnosis 

of the unemployment situation in the 

country. In fact, Mr Ofori-Atta is not the 

first person to aptly put the cause of joblessness 

among graduates in perspective; 

leading members of past governments 

have done so before. 

But the country is where we are because 

it has all been sweet talk, talk and 

talk. 

It is our hope that this time, the current 

regime will make do its promise and 

create the 100,000 jobs to absorb the 

frustrated graduates languishing in 

homes. 

Fake clearing 

agent jailed 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

AFAKE clearing 

agent at the Tema 

Harbour, Mr Alex 

Ankomah, has 

been sentenced to 

18 months’ imprisonment 

by the Circuit Court in 

Accra for defrauding two traders 

of an amount of GH¢118, 

000.00. 

The court, presided over by 

Mr Aboagye Tandoh, in sentencing 

the convict also ordered him 

to pay GH¢9 600.00 in default of 

which he will serve an additional 

two years in jail. 

The convict is said to be a fake 

clearing manager at Tema Harbour 

and had defrauded two fishmongers, 

Esinam Akushieka 

Modzaka and Diana Persia 

Quashie, of a total of 

GH¢118, 000.00. 

This was after he, together 

with one Peter Ankomah, who 

has since passed on, took 

GH¢ 47, 500.00 and GH¢ 71, 

000.00 respectively from the 

women on the pretext of supplying 

them with one 40-footer container 

of mackerel. 

But after persistent demand 

for a refund of the money, the 

•Prison terms constitute one of 

the ways to punish criminals 

fake clearing agents went into hiding 

and refused to meet the two 

women. Alex was later arrested 

after the issue was reported to the 

police. 

Brief facts 

The brief facts as presented to 

the court were that complainants, 

Esinam Akushieka Modzaka and 

Diana Persia Quashie, are traders 

at Tema Fishing Harbour, and in 

February 2013, Alex and Peter approached 

them that they had six 

containers of fish at Tema Harbour 

for sale and that four had already 

been bought and the 

remaining two were with them. 

Alex and Peter showed a carton 

of the fish to Miss Modzaka 

and Miss Quashie and the two 

traders became convinced. 

The traders became convinced 

and so the two men succeeded in 

collecting separate amounts of 

GH¢ 47, 500.00 and GH¢ 71, 

000.00 from Miss Modzaka and 

Miss Quashie respectively. 

Then the men promised to deliver 

the fish to the two women 

within three days of receipt of 

the moneys but they reneged on 

their promise. 

After persistent demand for refund 

of the moneys, Alex brought 

in another carton as a sample of 

what he was to supply to them. 

However, the complainants’ 

own investigations had revealed 

that the two men were not importers 

of fish and as such reported 

the case to the police.


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Letter from Africa: 

Parenting culture clash 

BY ELIZABETH OHENE 

AS PART of series of 

letters from African 

journalists, Elizabeth 

Ohene looks at how 

parenting styles in 

Ghana compares to those in the 

United States (US). 

I have been conducting my 

own totally unscientific survey of 

the difference between children 

brought up in Ghana and those 

brought up in the US. 

If you asked me which children 

are the better behaved, American 

or Ghanaian, I would have no hesitation 

in opting for the Ghanaian 

ones. 

I suppose there would be no 

surprise in such an answer. 

I am an old Ghanaian woman 

and my definition of a well-behaved 

child is probably weighted 

towards one that is liberal with 

pleasantries: "Please", "sir", 

"madam", "thank you", and knows 

it is unacceptable to address someone 

older in a "naked", unadorned 

manner - to borrow a touch of 

Ghanaian English. 

In other words, it is a sign of 

bad upbringing to call an elder 

person without a title, as in calling 

me Elizabeth without "Auntie", or 

"Da", or "Madam" or "Miss" or 

whatever title comes to mind. 

A child brought up in the US 

would call me Elizabeth and a 

child brought up in Ghana would 

find a title to add to the Elizabeth. 

In my part of the world, children 

speak and behave, or are expected 

to behave, differently from 

grown-ups. 

Admittedly this is a culturally 

biased perception, but there is 

•Elizabeth Ohene's grandmother felt children 

should not be in a hurry to grow up 

nothing new in that. 

Now if you asked me which 

children are the happier lot, American 

or Ghanaian, I would probably 

say the Ghanaian ones. 

However, I now hesitate about 

this conclusion after I was recently 

told that many Ghanaian children 

now believe happiness is measured 

by how many times their parents 

buy them Kentucky Fried 

Chicken. 

I have to add that the KFC 

fast-food chain made an entry into 

Ghana about two years ago. 

On that basis, of course, the 

American children must be miles 

ahead of the Ghanaian children in 

the happiness league. 

Does acknowledging your 

child's opinion help to build their 

confidence? 

I have tried to check on my 

"Yes Auntie Elizabeth" child and 

compare them to the "Yes Elizabeth" 

child in later life to see if 

being brought up to say "Auntie", 

• Ghanaian children tend not to address 

adults by just their first names 

A child 

brought 

up in the 

US would 

call me 

Elizabeth 

and a child 

brought up in 

Ghana would 

find a title to 

add to the 

Elizabeth. 

•Does acknowledging your child's 

opinion help to build their confidence? 

"Sir" or "Madam" makes any difference 

in their lives. 

I confess the results are mixed 

and I am therefore beginning to 

think my judgement on a child 

being well brought up does not affect 

that child's performance in 

later life. 

There are some unadorned 

"Elizabeth" callers that seem to be 

doing as well and sometimes even 

better than some of the "Auntie 

Elizabeth" callers. 

Controlling parents 

It is predictable therefore that I 

was excited but not quite sure 

what to make of the recent survey 

done by an American university on 

the parenting of adolescent children 

in Ghana and the US. 

In the study, by Clark University, 

across two cultures, it was 

found that "when parents acknowledge 

the perspectives of 

their adolescent children and encourage 

them to express themselves, 

the young people have a 

stronger sense of self-worth, intrinsic 

motivation, and engagement 

and there is less depression". 

The teenagers answered questions 

about the extent to which 

their parents acknowledged their 

point of view and allowed them to 

make decisions, have choices, and 

express their opinions. 

Questionnaires also assessed 

the extent to which adolescents 

perceived their parents as controlling 

their behaviour, as well as 

their academic motivation, sense 

of self-worth, level of depression 

and perception of themselves as 

independent from their parents 

or as a unit with their parents. 

Something tells me these 

are words, which when 

stripped of the fancy 

cloak of academic verbiage, 

mean allowing 

children to behave like 

grown-ups. 

Elizabeth Ohene's 

grandmother felt children 

should not be in a 

hurry to grow up 

The study also found 

that allowing adolescents 

to make decisions and have 

choices was associated with 

positive outcomes only in the 

US. 

In other words, the Ghanaian 

parents tended to believe that they 

should make the big decisions for 

their children. 

I am not at all sure whether a 

child having to say "please", 

"thank you", "sir", "madam" or 

curtseying and bowing to greet an 

elder person count as not allowing 

children to make decisions, but I 

do know that over here in Ghana, 

we do like to have some distinction 

between grown-ups and children. 

As my sainted grandmother of 

old used to say, "You will have a 

lot of time to be a grown-up, there 

is no need to hurry your childhood." 

In other words, you will have a 

lot of time to make decisions, 

some of which will be disastrous; 

enjoy the period in which your 

parents are making the decisions 

for you. 

At least you would have someone 

to blame.


Health benefits of Avacado 

Healthy for the heart 

Avocados contain 25 milligrams 

per ounce of a natural 

plant sterol called beta-sitosterol. 

Regular consumption of betasitosterol 

and other plant sterols 

has been found to help maintain 

healthy cholesterol levels. 

Great for vision 

Avocados contain lutein and 

zeaxanthin, two phytochemicals 

that are especially concentrated in 

the tissues in the eyes, where they 

provide antioxidant protection to 

help minimize damage, including 

that from ultraviolet light. 

Osteoporosis prevention 

Half of an avocado provides 

approximately 25% of the dailyrecommended 

intake for vitamin 

K, a nutrient that is often overlooked, 

but which is essential for 

bone health. 

Healthy babies 

Folate is also extremely important 

for a healthy pregnancy, with 

adequate intake reducing the risk 

of miscarriage and neural tube 

defects. 



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World Diabetes Day 

Women are 

at higher risk 

WORLD DIA- 

BETES experts 

have said Asians 

and Africans, especially 

women, 

and further those in the reproductive 

age group fall in the high risk category. 

Every year, November 14 is observed 

as World Diabetes Day, a campaign 

focused on spreading awareness 

about a condition which affects an estimated 

371 million people globally. 

What makes women even more 

vulnerable are gender roles and power 

dynamics which impact how they access 

healthcare services and their attitudes 

towards the condition. 

According to the International Diabetes 

Federation, there are over 199 

million women with diabetes at present 

around the world, a statistic 

which is expected to rise to 313 

million by 2040. 

Additionally, for 

women, diabetes is the 

ninth leading cause of 

death around the world, 

causing 2.1 million deaths 

annually. 

The campaign this year 

seeks to "promote the importance 

of affordable and equitable 

access for all women at 

risk or living with diabetes, to 

the essential diabetes medicines 

and technologies, self-management 

education and information 

they require, to achieve optimal diabetes 

outcomes and strengthen 

their capacity to prevent type 2 

diabetes.” 

What makes 

women even 

more vulnerable 

are gender 

roles and 

power dynamics 

which impact 

how they 

access healthcare 

services 

and their attitudes 

towards 

the condition. 

•Patient checking 

for sugar level 

Who can get diabetes 

Anyone with a family history of 

the condition or leading a sedentary 

lifestyle is at risk. 

Why women are at 

a higher risk 

A diabetologist with Fortis Hospitals 

in Bengaluru, Dr Sanjay 

Reddy, explains women go through 

several phases during their lifetimes, 

from puberty to childbirth to 

menopause. Combined with other 

factors, women tend to gain weight 

after each of these phases. 

Dr Reddy said this weight gain 

keeps on adding over the years, simultaneously 

increasing their Body 

Mass Index (BMI). 

“This is unlike in the case of 

men where the weight gain is constant 

and this gain contributes to an 

increased risk of diabetes. 

He added that women suffering 

from Polycystic Ovary 

Syndrome (PCOS) and pregnant 

women are also more 

prone to getting diabetes. 

What is gestational 

diabetes 

This condition affects 

women, without diabetes, 

and causes them to develop 

high blood sugar levels during 

their pregnancy. 

A Consultant of Diabetes 

and Endocrinology at Manipal 

Hospitals, Dr Karthik Prabhakar, 

said more 

women today are delaying their 

pregnancies late into their 20s and 

30s, a time when a high risk of diabetes 

already exists. And due to hormonal 

changes during pregnancy, 

plus other factors such as obesity, 

PCOS, Pre-diabetes or a history of 

diabetes, they get gestational diabetes." 

Though a temporary condition 

which goes away after childbirth, it 

can affect both the mother and child 

if not controlled properly. 

"Gestational diabetes is an even 

bigger problem than diabetes. In 

80% of cases, it goes away after delivery, 

and then people tend to look 

away. This could later turn into 

proper diabetes in the next 10 years 

(if they follow an unhealthy 

lifestyle)," he adds. 

Treatment 

“If you have diabetes, you can 

live well with diabetes. It is not a disease; 

it is a disorder. The idea is not 

to become a patient,” Dr Reddy 

said. 

Diabetics need to be careful not 

to get complications related to the 

condition. 

“As the condition affects several 

body parts, including eyes, kidneys, 

heart and nerves, we don't want any 

of these to be affected. You need to 

keep your blood glucose level very 

much under control, HbA1c level 

less than 7, blood pressure around 

138, cholesterol under control, not 

gain weight and be physically active. 

Take medicines and monitor your 

diabetes regularly, and check 

that you don't have complications," 

he adds. 

Prevention 

While family history and genetics 

cannot be changed, Dr 

Karthik stressed that changes in 

lifestyle can go a long way in diabetes 

prevention. 

Some steps include eating a balanced 

diet, exercising, getting adequate 

sleep, avoiding stress, 

maintaining a healthy BMI and regular 

blood tests for those with a family 

history of diabetes. 

Eating healthy 

“What is important is the 

right food in the right quantity. 

Quantity can be decided based 

on BMI, age, physical activity 

etc,” Dr Karthik stated. 

He advises people to consume 

carbohydrates with fibres 

instead of refined carbs. 

"Eat unpolished rice over 

polished rice, brown over white, 

wheat also has more fibre. So 

does ragi and millets. Our bodies 

need around 50% carbohydrates 

and it should come from 

carbs that have fibres," he says. 

Proteins (20-30%) can be 

got from animal sources such as 

eggs, milk meat, or vegetarian 

options like sprouts and pulses. 

The remaining consists of 

'healthy' fats that are high in 

monounsaturated fatty acids 

(MUFA) and polyunsaturated 

fatty acids (PUFA). 

“The remaining can be fibre, 

fruits and vegetables. Ensure 

you drink at least 3 litres of 

water every day. A balanced diet 

should be a mixture of different 

elements; one doesn't have to 

eat the same food every day. 

There are options. And one can 

always take advice from a nutritionist,” 

he said. — BBC

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HEALTH WORKERS in Ghana have 

lashed out at successive governments 

over their failure to properly equip 

facilities to reduce maternal and child 

mortality. 

Despite several interventions like 

the free maternal health, about 25% 

of women still do not have access to 

health facilities. The institutional 

maternal mortality hovers around 151 

per 100 live births. 

This trend has been attributed 

generally to difficulties in accessing 

health facilities and gaps in the 

creation of awareness on antennal 

services among others. But the Head 

of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the 

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Ali 

Samba, said maternal health 

campaigns would continue to fail if 

facilities are not well equipped. 

“You see, we all are talking very 

nicely, they should come and deliver, 

they should come and do this, but the 

institutional delays and resources are 

poor. And until we resource the 

institutions, then telling them to come 

and deliver and things we won’t 

achieve anything,” Samba stressed. 

He added: “There are little things 

that we can do, but if you are 

clinicians you see that people just talk, 

it’s all talk and funfair.” 

Expressing frustration at the 

factors that contribute to maternal 

mortality, Dr Samba revealed the 

health professionals suffer sleepless 

nights as a result of the deaths. 

News 

Equip facilities to 

curb child mortality 

– Health workers 

BY ABENA OWUSU NYAMEKYE 

• Patients in a health facility 

“As a head of department, when 

you listen to the audit of maternal 

deaths, you go home and cannot 

sleep. It’s not about campaigns; we 

need the resources to work.” 

Dr Samba was speaking at a panel 

discussion at this year’s campaign of 

accelerated reduction in maternal 

mortality in Africa (CARMMA). 

Deputy Health Minister Tina 

Mensah tasked health professionals to 

ensure appropriate supervision of 

health workers whose actions may 

contribute to maternal mortality. 

Mrs Mensah revealed that though 

the country had made significant 

improvement in reducing maternal 

mortality much was still needed to be 

done to reduce the rate to the barest 

minimum. 

She reiterated the government’s 

commitment to ensure the needed 

resources are provided at the various 

facilities to drastically reduce maternal 

and infant mortality rate in the 

country. 

Established in 2009, CARMMA is 

an initiative by the African Union 

Commission and seeks to encourage 

member states to promote the 

implementation of the Maputo Plan 

of Action – put in place viable policy 

framework for the reduction in 

maternal, newborn and child mortality 

and morbidity. 

The objective of CARMMA is to 

expand the availability and use of 

universally accessible quality health 

services, including those related to 

sexual and reproductive health that are 

critical for the reduction in maternal 

mortality. 

A 

WORKSHOP on investigative 

journalism has opened in Takoradi 

with a call on journalists to report 

accurately on issues of migration. 

The workshop, on the theme 

‘Support to Free Movement of Persons 

and Migration in West Africa,’ is being 

attended by more than 20 journalists 

drawn from both the private and 

public media. 

Organised by Media Response 

Communication Without Borders with 

support from European Union and 

Economic Community of West 

African States Community (ECOWAS) 

Commission, the workshop seeks to 

equip journalists with skills to advocate 

the rights and responsibilities of 

citizens on issues of migration. 

It is also to increase their 

knowledge on regional integration and 

international migration as well as create 

a network of journalists to work on the 

promotion of safer inter-regional 

migration. 

The journalists would be taken 

through topics such as Human 

Trafficking and Child Rights, 

ECOWAS Protocols and Dangers of 

Irregular Migration. 

Dr Kwaku Afriyie, the Western 

Regional Minister, in a speech read on 

his behalf, gave the assurance that the 

Government would continue to 

support the Ghanaian media to enable 

them to conduct investigations on all 

aspects of social life. 

He said the region, with its 

numerous natural resources, including 

oil and gas, was prone to migration 

issues and urged journalists to critically 

report on migration and human 

trafficking. 

Mr Moses Dotsey Aklorbotor, the 

Western Regional Chairman of the 

Ghana Journalists Association, 

commended Media Response for the 

workshop, which he noted would 

adequately resource journalists to 

conduct investigative journalism. 

He called on the management of 

the various media houses to pay their 

journalists well and shift from general 

to specialised reporting. 

Mr Aklorbotor noted that the 

current situation where journalists were 

made to cover all programmes, from 

agriculture to sports, was not the best 

since it did not allow journalists to 

master subject areas effectively. 

He stressed the need for media 

houses to always endeavour to 

maintain journalists who attended such 

specialised training workshops to 

enable them to develop the requisite 


Report accurately on issues of migration 

BY JUSTINA PAAGA 

skills in writing good stories. 

Mr Samuel Dodoo, the Executive 

Director of Media Response, noted 

that the media in Ghana had a critical 

role to play in the promotion of safe 

and secure inter-regional migration. 

He said the inability of Ghanaian 

journalists to adequately cover and 

accurately report on migration had 

resulted in the gradual erosion of 

public confidence in their ability to 

provide trusted information and 

knowledge necessary for promoting 

migrants’ rights and safer migration 

practices. 

"The lack of adequate knowledge 

and understanding of national, and 

international frameworks for migration 

among frontline journalists and field 

correspondents, coupled with negative 

Drivers urged to be 

vigilant during Xmas 

BY BERNARD QUANSON 

THE WORLD head of the Seventh 

Day Congregation of Theocracy 

Church, Apostle Kadmiel 

Agbalenyo, has noted that as the 

year draws to a close this December, 

commercial drivers and drivers in general need to 

be extra-careful on the road. 

He also advised those involved in petrol 

filling station and gas businesses to be careful 

and avoid siting such facilities in populated areas. 

In an interview with the DAILY 

HERITAGE in Accra, Apostle Agbalenyo 

noted that it is when the year is drawing to a 

close that calamities such as fire outbreaks and 

lorry accidents occur and blood is shed 

indiscriminately. 

He said such calamities could be averted if 

men of God would stay holy, fast and pray 

fervently against accidents. 

Apostle Agbalenyo called on opinion leaders 

• Apostle Kadmiel Agbalenyo, Head of the Seventh 

Day Congregation of Theocracy 

• The journalists would be taken through topics such as Human Trafficking and Child Rights, ECOWAS 

Protocols and Dangers of Irregular Migration 

Apostle Agbalenyo 

called on the 

country’s 

politicians and 

their numerous 

followers not to 

politicise disasters 

but unite to fight 

calamities that 

afflict the country. 

perceptions of migration among the 

populace, are some of the weaknesses 

that underline these challenges," Mr 

Dodoo said. 

There were solidarity messages from 

the Ghana Police Service, Ghana 

Immigration Service, Ghana News 

Agency, Information Services 

Department and the Ghana 

Independent Broadcasters Association. 

and stakeholders to support in various ways 

possible to avoid end-of-year accidents, 

adding that Charismas Day was a day 

instituted for the sun god and not the actual 

birthday of Jesus Christ, the saviour of the 

world, so there must be more prayers before, 

and after the Christmas festivities to avoid 

fatal accidents. 

Apostle Agbalenyo called on the 

country’s politicians and their numerous 

followers not to politicise disasters but unite 

to fight calamities that afflict the country. 

He said Christmas Day is not the day of 

the birth of Jesus but rather a day to 

celebrate the sun god so in the 

contemporary world, on a day like that 

Christians need to pray fervently for God to 

protect mankind from Satan and damnation. 

He said once “we are alive, humans have 

the chance to repent to be followers of God 

but after death there is no more opportunity 

to repent, hence the need to repent early to 

avoid the bad effect of procrastination.” 


N/R: Gunshots 

in Yunyoo over 

new district 

BY ELIASU TANKO 

GUNSHOTS RANG 

continuously at two villages in 

the Yunyoo constituency of the 

Northern Region, police sources 

and residents have confirmed to 

‘Starr News’ on Accra-based 

Starr FM. 

Unknown armed men last 

Wednesday fired sporadically at 

Nawango and Yunyoo while the 

villagers were still asleep. No 

casualties have so far been 

recorded. 

Sources say police are 

patrolling the communities. 

It is still unclear what 

triggered the exchanges but a 

former assembly member for 

Namong, James Kwaku Yeboah, 

said he believes the shooting is 

linked to the ongoing confusion 

over where to site the capital of 

the yet-to-be-created district. 

He said the police 

commander called to inform 

him about their intelligence and 

he also later received a call from 

the community reporting the 

random firing. 

Mr Yeboah appealed to 

authorities to quickly intervene 

to arrest the confusion from 

further escalations. 

He said politicians would 

find it difficult to resolve the 

matter at their level. 

Three communities have 

been lobbying for the capital of 

the new district,Yunyoo District, 

which the NPP government 

promised to carve out from the 

Bunkprugu/Yunyoo District. 

Majority of the Konkombas 

want the capital to be sited on a 

Konkomba land while the 

minority Mamprusis who are 

the land owners demand it to be 

brought to Yunyoo, the 

constituency capital. 

Tensions have been 

simmering over the confusion 

and intensified when President 

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo, during his recent visit to 

the area, announced the 

creation of two districts in the 

region – Yunyoo and Nanton. 

It is still unclear 

what triggered the 

exchanges but a 

former assembly 

member for 

Namong, James 

Kwaku Yeboah, said 

he believes the 

shooting is linked to 

the ongoing 

confusion... 

• Sources say the Police are patrolling the community


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NOVEMBER 

2017 

TUESDAY 

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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Ambassador hosts 

‘Diplomacy Meets 

Business Series’ today 

• Mr Baah Wadieh, Ag Government Statistician (5th R), with some management members of GSS 

GSS launches 

2017 African 

Statistics Day 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

THE GHANA Statistical Service 

(GSS) has launched this year’s 

2017 African Statistics Day to 

raise public awareness of the 

importance of statistics in all aspects 

of social and economic life. 

Mr Baah Wadieh, Acting Government 

Statistician, said at the launch in Makola 

Market yesterday that the day would provide 

an opportunity to advocate major statistical 

operations, including censuses and surveys. 

“The theme for this year’s celebration is 

‘Better lives with better economic statistics’ 

and focuses on the critical role economic 

statistics play in economic governance that 

leads to durable growth, and linking economic 

growth with better lives and better 

economic status for all citizens of Africa,” 

he explained. 

According to the Statistician, availability 

and appropriate use of good economic statistics 

can translate into better lives for people 

through providing evidence as a basis 

for policy and decision-making by nation, or 

by firms, households and citizens. 

He said “statistics provide information 

for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting 

on progress in meeting goals and targets of 

the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 

as well as basis for effective economic governance 

to promote the welfare of a nation.” 

He added that the achievement of 

SDGs, which are packed with tremendous 

promises of better quality of life for all, is 

to be owned, especially by African countries, 

where poverty continues to strike the 

life of large groups of people. 

Mr Wadieh pointed out that the importance 

of statistics in understanding and 

using economic information for planning 

and policy design cannot be overstressed. 

“All key macroeconomic variables such 

as national accounts, savings and investment, 

employment, interest rates, inflation 

as well as microeconomic indicators such as 

poverty, inequality, and social outcome indicators 

are based on statistics,” he said. 

Data statistics 

The Statistician explained that trade statistics 

data provide information on the volume 

and value of goods and services that 

move in and out of the country and thus 

the direction of trade. 

He said that industrial statistics provide 

useful information on the industrial sector, 

while price statistics are used for the computation 

of Consumers Price Index and inflation 

rate, which are used by the Bank of 

Ghana in the formulation of monetary policy 

rate; the commercial banks for fixing interest 

rates; employers for the determination 

of wages and salaries and market women in 

fixing the prices of their commodities. 

Dr Albert Luguterah, General Secretary, 

Ghana Statistical Association, said using statistics 

enable one to know the sectoral composition 

of and trends in the economy and 

therefore policies for growth and transformation 

can be designed. 

He added that agricultural statistics provide 

input and output information in agriculture, 

including crop production, livestock 

products, forestry and fishery products, land 

use, agricultural machinery, water use, fertilizers 

and pesticides. 

“The development of agricultural statistics 

is key to monitoring poverty reduction, 

food security, environmental sustainability, 

and improving the livelihood of citizens,” 

he said. 

THE HUNGARIAN Ambassador 

to Ghana, His Excellency 

András Szabós, will 

interact with a cross-section of 

Ghanaian entrepreneurs, 

startup companies, business 

owners and professionals at 

the second edition of the 

‘Diplomacy Meets Business 

Series (DBMS)’ scheduled to 

come off today at the Hungarian 

Embassy in Accra. 

Organisers have stated in 

a press release copied to the 

DAILY HERITAGE that 

“The seminar would be 

geared towards unveiling opportunities 

available for partnerships 

and investments 

between Ghanaian and Hungarian 

businesses.” 

“It would create a platform 

for Ghanaian business and entrepreneurs 

to expand their network 

and broaden their scope 

of operations by taking advantage 

of programmes and opportunities 

offered by the 

diplomatic missions in Ghana 

through their tenets of Economic 

Diplomacy,” it added. 

The initiative, according to 

organisers, would bridge the 

gap and bring the diplomatic 

community closer to start-up 

companies, entrepreneurs and 

business executives in Ghana to 

share ideas and identify areas of 

possible collaboration and assistance 

to boost the reach, operations, 

and successes of 

entrepreneurship and the private 

sector in Ghana. 

“The Hungarian economy is 

currently in a very robust shape 

based on the country’s expansionary 

fiscal policy, substantial 

monetary stimulus and inflows 

of European Union investment 

funds. These factors have 

pushed the Hungarian economy 

into a higher gear in the first 

two quarters of this year, and its 

annual Gross Domestic Product 

growth is on track to almost 

double the growth rate observed 

in 2016,” the release 

stated. 

Ambassador Szabós said 

Budapest, the Hungarian capital 

is now acknowledged as a prime 

• H.E. 

András 

Szabós, 

Hungarian 

Ambassador 

to Ghana 

hub for start-ups, investors and 

incubators in the Central and 

Eastern European region. 

The release said Mr Szabós 

would lead discussions on the 

business and entrepreneurship 

climate in Hungary, its growing 

business sectors and how entrepreneurs 

and businesses in 

Ghana can be connected to 

their counterparts in Hungary 

to expand their reach and network. 

The statement disclosed 

that the Ambassador would 

touch on programmes and support 

offered by the Embassy 

and the Hungarian government 

to businesses and individuals 

hoping to tap into the Hungarian 

market and economy, and 

exchange programmes for entrepreneurs, 

among others. 

The second edition of the 

DBMS will be hosted at the 

Embassy of Hungary to create 

an opportunity for one-on-one 

conversation and networking 

with officials of the Embassy 

on all issues relating to the subject 

matter for the meeting. 

The DBMS is an initiative 

of the International Perspective 

for Policy & Governance, a foreign 

affairs and international relations 

think tank. The 

programme is strictly by invitation 

and also open to those 

who will able to register to participate 

in it.



DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 11 

Politics 

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because 

those who mind don't matter, and those who 

matter don't mind” ― Bernard M. Baruch 

Prez Akufo- 

Addo leaves 

for Qatar 

THE PRESIDENT of the Republic, 

Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on 

Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 

for a three-day official visit to 

Qatar. 

Whilst there, President Akufo-Addo, as 

co-Chair of the Group of Advocates of 

Eminent Persons of the United Nations 

Sustainable Development Goals, will attend 

the World Innovation Summit for 

Education (WISE), and deliver the 

keynote address on the theme ‘Asset over 

Burden – Education for Refugee Youth.’ 

During his visit, the President will hold 

During his visit, the President 

will hold bilateral 

talks with the Emir of 

Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin 

Hamad Al Thani, on ways 

to deepen and 

strengthen the ties... 

bilateral talks with the Emir of 

Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al 

Thani, on ways to deepen and 

strengthen the ties of co-operation 

that exist between the two countries 

for the mutual benefit of their two 

peoples. 

President Akufo-Addo will return 

to Ghana on Friday, November 17, 

2017, and in his absence, the Vice 

President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu 

Bawumia, shall, in accordance with 

Article 60(8) of the Constitution, act 

in his stead. 

• President 

Nana Akufo- 

Addo 

NDC dares govt to prosecute public officials 

• NDC chairman, 

Kofi Portuphy 

“With the passage 

of the Special 

Prosecutor’s bill, 

we in the NDC expect 

the government 

to prosecute 

alleged corrupt officers 

who served 

under the previous 

NDC government.” 

BY DENNIS PEPRAH 

MR KWADWO Takyi Arhin, the 

Brong-Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser 

of the National Democratic 

Congress (NDC) on Wednesday 

dared government to prosecute 

public officers who served under 

the NDC government and deemed 

to have been corrupt. 

“With the passage of the Special 

Prosecutor’s bill, we in the NDC 

expect the government to prosecute 

alleged corrupt officers who 

served under the previous NDC 

government,” he said. 

Parliament on Tuesday passed 

the Special Prosecutor's Bill which 

gives the government the power 

appoint an independent prosecutor 

and more importantly allocate resources 

for the office. 

The independent prosecutor 

would be tasked to prosecute alleged 

corrupt past and present public 

officers. 

But, in an interview with the 

Ghana News Agency in Sunyani, 

Mr Arhin said until corrupt officials 

were prosecuted, the government 

had no justification to level charges 

of corruption against any NDC 

past official. 

He indicated that the past government 

laid a solid economic 

foundation for the country to 

progress, and asked the New Patriotic 

Party government to concentrate 

and build on the foundation 

for accelerated national development. 

Mr Arhin, who is a Football Administrator, 

observed that majority 

of Ghanaians expected a lot from 

the government in the areas of job 

creation and poverty reduction, and 

challenged the government to stop 

the political rhetoric and devise realistic 

strategies of creating jobs.

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Politics 

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

Da’ Hammer to produce joint 

album for Sarkodie, Obrafour 

•Film crew of ‘Whatsup 

Online Web Series’ on set 

Ghanaian 

filmmakers 

go online 

BY RAMSON 

ACQUAH-HAYFORD 

THE POWER of the 

internet and social 

media has brought a 

revolution in the 

work of various disciplines 

and professions 

and filmmakers are not 

lagging behind. It is for this reason 

that some young Ghanaian 

filmmakers have resorted to harnessing 

the power of YouTube, 

an online video streaming platform, 

to broadcast their work, a 

mini-series titled ‘Whatsup Online 

Web Series.’ 

“As time ages, there are 

changes that arise but not all 

these changes are necessarily bad; 

the internet revolution is here and 

we have to embrace it. In recent 

times young people have built careers 

on YouTube and other social 

media platforms. This, to a 

large extent, shows us the power 

social media wields and we are 

ready to use it to our advantage,” 

Horla Manuvor, creator of the 

show, stated in an interview with 

the DAILY HERITAGE. 

According to him ‘Whatsup 

Web series’ tells the story of three 

young gentlemen - Abu Amoako, 

Kweku Dawey and Chris Agboka 

-¬ and their adventures as students 

who are on a self-discovery 

journey, exploring their curiosity 

about the opposite sex and the 

scope of their talents. 

“The series is created with the 

intention of educating young 

people. It is tailored to have an 

appeal to tertiary students since it 

mostly tackles subjects they can 

relate to. People from different 

backgrounds normally find themselves 

in a common background 

and since they usually want to 

have a sense of belonging, sometimes 

they succumb to peer pressure. 

These are some of the 

issues we seek to address in our 

film,” Mr Manuvor cited. 

He concluded that the web series 

has seen two successful seasons 

completed and is ready to 

release the third season. The first 

season was able to feature legendary 

actors like Adjetey Annan, 

popularly known as ‘Pusher’, and 

Paulina Oduro and there are plans 

of bringing more of them on 

board in the third season. 

People with tattoo are uncultured — Tima 

GHANAIANS WHO have tattoos 

will definitely not be happy 

with ‘Kumkum Bagya’ host, 

Cynthia Tima Yeboah, after 

watching her on Celebrity Ride 

With Zionfelix show because 

she has spoken strongly against 

individuals who have inked images 

on their body. 

The host of popular telenovela 

show, ‘KumKum Bagya’ believes 

persons who have tattoos 

on their body are not cultured. 

The voice-over artiste added 

that she also has a perception 

that individuals who have tattoo 

are not serious. 

Talking about the negative 

effects celebrities are likely to 

face after writing on their skin, 

the actress opined that brands 

do not want to associate with 

such individuals because customers 

hate tattoo and that will 

make the stars lose endorsement 

deals from giant companies. 

After bombarding people 

with tattoos, Tima Kumkum, as 

she is popularly known, started 

lashing at people who drink and 

smoke. 

The mother of two stated 

emphatically that she has issue 

with people who smoke. She 

quickly added that she sees people 

who inhale and exhale the 

smoke of tobacco or a drug as 

“bad”. 

ICONIC PRODUCER 

Da’ Hammer of The 

Last Two has hinted of 

a joint album for 

Ghanaian topnotch rappers, 

Obrafour and 

Sarkodie. 

The two award-winning 

rap artistes have 

agreed to work on a 

project with Da’ Hammer 

as the producer. 

Sarkodie and 

Obrafour have been on 

a number of collaborations 

on which both 

demonstrated their distinctive 

lyrical prowess 

and subsequently became 

hits. 

The lists include 

‘Hiplife’ (2009), ‘Life’ 

(2010), ‘Saa Okodie’ 

(2012), ‘Elijah’ (2014) 

Most gospel musicians’ 

are ‘hypocrites’ – Bulldog 

THE CHIEF Executive 

Officer of BullHaus Entertainment, 

Lawrence 

Nana Asiamah Hanson, 

known in 

showbiz as Bulldog, 

has said 

that most of 

Ghanaian 

gospel musicians 

are ‘hypocrites’. 

Speaking on 

Daybreak Hitz 

on Hitz FM, the 

former manager of 

Shatta Wale asserted 

that a larger crop of 

the gospel musicians refrain 

from speaking their 

minds to better the 

country, hence soaked in 

‘hypocrisy’. 

He says he believes 

gospel musicians across 

the country portray the 

‘holier-than-thou’ attitude, 

hence leaving the 

secular musicians to address 

matters that affect 

the society. 

“Most of them 

(gospel musicians) are 

like us in the secular 

business - hypocrites. 

They can’t speak their 

•(L-R) Da’ Hammer of The Last Two interacting 

with Sarkodie and Obrafour 

•Bulldog 

minds. 

They have never used 

their music to influence 

us positively…” he told 

host Andy Dosty. 

He continued that, 

“There are a lot of 

things going on in this 

country that I feel they 

should be able to sing, 

preach about and be 

controversial about. 

From politics to sports 

or whatever, but they do 

nothing. It’s the secular 

music guys who tend to 

and ‘Always on my 

Mind’ (2015). 

According to Hammer, 

he is on a studio 

tour discovering new 

sound kits and bringing 

himself up to speed on 

new techniques. 

Hammer anticipates 

the release of this historic 

joint album in 

March 2018. 

come out sometimes to 

speak about the ills in 

society…” he maintained. 

In spite of this, 

Bulldog advised 

various gospel 

artistes to review 

and understand 

the 

showbiz industry 

as a business 

entity with lot of 

controversial 

concerns. 

“Jesus was a 

controversial character, 

he defied all odds. 

They have got it wrong. 

Christianity is a huge 

and radical business and 

if you can’t be radical 

you should forget it. 

They use the word of 

God to intimidate and 

be timid…” he said. 

“If they want to be 

controversial doing 

gospel music, they 

should actually preach, 

push and fight for the 

agenda of the word. 

People died for it. Jesus 

Christ died for it…” he 

maintained.


DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 


We won't be complacent 

— Coach Basigi 

BY ROLAND .B. TAMAKLOE 

HEAD COACH of the 

Black Princesses, Yusif 

Basigi, has said his 

team are leaving Ghana 

for Kenya to honour a 

second leg match 

against the Harambee Starlets and that 

they would do everything in their power 

to beat the Kenyans despite the superior 

goal advantage of the Princesses. 

He stated that the players attach seriousness 

to the game and so are taking 

nothing for granted even though the 

Black Princesses hold a commanding 

lead over their opponents. 

The Princesses are going into the 

game with a 5-0 goal advantage over the 

Kenyans in the qualifiers for the 2018 

World Cup to be held in France. 

He told the DAILY HERITAGE 

in an interview at Prampram on Tuesday 

that the team understood what had 

to be done to get them to France next 

year. 

Kulchirie Rafia Alhassan, an attacker 

for the team, said the atmosphere in 

camp was very positive as the team remained 

focused ahead of the second leg 

and had already disregarded any 

thoughts of them holding a commanding 

lead over their Kenyans. 

She said training had been very good 

and that they were being pushed really 

hard to raise their endurance level due 

to the dry atmosphere they expect in 

Kenya. 

“Even though some players were carrying 

little knocks, the medical team are 

doing their best to get the players back 

on their feet,” she said. 

Priscilla Adobea, Princesses’ leading 

attacker, also added that though their 

Kenyan counterparts are quick on the 

ball, she believes with their preparations 

they would secure victory in Kenya. 

She expressed the hope that her 

goal-scoring form that helped her bag 

four goals against them in the first leg in 

Ghana would be seen in Kenya. 

The Black Princesses are expected to 

leave the country today for Kenya and 

honour the match on sunday. 

• Coach Yusif 

Basigi 

Great Ambition to organise 

‘justify your inclusion’ 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

•The squad of 

Great Ambition FC 

THE GREAT Ambition Football 

Club at Kaneshie in Accra will organise 

a special justification exercise to 

attract new players for the coming 

season. 

The programme, meant for young 

players aged 16 to 19 years, comes off 

at the Kaneshie/Bubuashie Bishop 

School Park from Monday, November 

20, 2017, and ends on Friday, November 

24, 2017, in the morning at 

8:00a.m. 

According to Reginald Agyeman 

Prempeh, a member of the media 

and communications staff of the 

club, this is an opportunity for players 

who dream of playing in Ghana for 

experience, and later move out to bigger 

clubs in Europe or America. 

He said Great Ambition FC has a 

unique policy of grooming young talents 

and use their contacts with top 

international football agents and 

scouts to help them get clubs abroad. 

He said Ghana’s unfortunate exit 

from the FIFA World Cup would affect 

the development of young players, 

but he said he was happy for the 

Black Starlets, the national juvenile 

team, who went to the World Under- 

17 and reached the quarter finals in 

India last month. 

According to him, the raw talents 

in Ghana need to be groomed to become 

real super stars and that is what 

Great Ambition FC wants to do. 

Ghana to host 

world title fight 

on Jan. 6 

AFTER NEARLY 30 

years, Ghana is about to 

host another world championship 

fight for the first 

time since December of 

1988, when Azumah Nelson 

defended his WBC 

super featherweight title 

against Sidnei Dal Rovere 

in the country. 

Ghanaian boxer ‘Royal 

Storm’ Dogboe will be 

stepping into the ring with 

a world title of one of the 

major sanctioning organizations 

on the line. 

Dogboe (17-0, 11 KOs) 

will take on tough Mexican 

contender Cesar 

Juarez (20-5, 15 KOs) of 

Mexico in what is arguably 

the most significant fight 

ever to be hosted in 

Ghana on January 6, 2018. 

The Dogboe-Juarez 

fight will be for the WBO 

interim junior featherweight 

title, a belt currently 

held by Jesse 

Magdaleno. 

However, after Magdaleno 

was injured while 

training for his fight with 

Juarez, the WBO ordered 

an interim title fight to be 

held between the next two 

available contenders - 

Juarez and Dogboe (Marlon 

Tapales was unavailable). 

Although the fight initially 

looked like it would 

end up in Mexico, Rising 

Star Africa Promotions 

won the purse bid and finalised 

the fight to take 

place on January 6, 2018 at 

the Bukom Boxing Arena. 

“All we have been praying 

for is a world title and 

finally I have been given 

that opportunity,” Dogboe 

said of his upcoming fight 

with Juarez during the 

WBO Congress aboard 

the Norwegian Sky cruise 

ship. 

Dogboe’s last victory, a 

dominant sixth round 

TKO over Argentina’s 

Javier Chacon in a fight 

for the WBO International 

title, took place in 

the same arena and there 

is little question that the 

gritty Mexican will be in a 

hostile territory once he 

steps into the ring at the 

Bukom Boxing Arena in 

Accra.

Daily Heritage November 16

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