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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017
DAILY QUOTE
Courage is resistance to fear,
mastery of fear--not absence
of fear — Mark Twain
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WORLD
North Korean
defector found to
have 'enormous
parasites'
POLITICS
List: New
Municipalities,
Districts
BUSINESS
PG.04
GEDA supports
School for the Deaf
SPORTS
PG.12
GOC visits
OlympiAfrica project
in Togo
PG.10
PG.15
Stop this
filling station
NEWS DESK REPORT
• School owner begs NPA, EPA
•The filling station under construction
PROPRIETOR OF
Obek Preparatory
School at Manhean
Numotsen in
the Ga West District
of the
Greater Accra Region, Mr
Emmanuel Oduro, has, once
again, called on state regulatory
bodies — National Petroleum
Authority (NPA) and
Environmental Agency (EPA)
— to prevent management of
Glee Oil from constructing a
filling station right in front of
his school.
According to the proprietor
of Obek Preparatory
School, the location of the
new filling station would pose
danger not only to pupils,
teaching and non-teaching
staff of his school, but also to
residents whose residential facilities
are close to the intended
facility.
Mr Oduro was reacting to
a media publication recently
in which management of
Glee Oil is said to have allegedly
blamed Mr Oduro of
being behind the destruction
of their property on the said
land.
In the said publication, Mr
Oduro was accused of engaging
some youth in the area to
stop the the building of the
filling station.
“It is preposterous to make
this wild allegation. In fact, it
is not true that I engaged
some youth in Manhean to
destroy property on the said
land. And for the records, I
am not inciting the youth of
Manhean against Glee,” Mr
Oduro averred.
According to Mr Oduro,
his bone of contention was
that where the filling station
was being sited would endanger
the lives of both residents
and pupils.
“I am a peaceful person
and there is no way I will hire
so-called thugs to break the
wall of another person’s property,”
the proprietor noted.
Mr Oduro indicated that
he was confident the NPA
and EPA would act in the
greater good of the people of
Manhean.
“It is not true that I am a
card-bearing member of the
New Patriotic Party; we are
talking about a project which
may put the lives of both
pupils and residents at high
risk.
“I have said nowhere that I
will inform National Security
Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah,
to use his good offices to stop
the construction of the filling
station. All that I am saying is
that where the filling station is
being built will cause danger
to lives and property,” Mr
Oduro warned.
Mr Oduro, therefore,
said he would not sit on the
fence and allow a filling station
to be built right in front
of his school to put the lives
of the pupils at risk.

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017
•Some 30,000 residents have been
denied access to potable water
30,000 residents
denied access to water
BY KOJO ANSAH
DONKO-
RKROM,
THE capital
of Affram
Plains North
District in the
Eastern Region, has been hit
with severe water crisis following
the disconnection of
power supply to the Community
Water Supply System by
the Electricity Company of
Ghana (ECG).
The ECG disconnected the
only water supply facility in the
area three weeks ago over a
GH¢46, 000.00 debt.
The effect is that about
30,000 residents in communities
that depend on water supply
from Water Supply System
have been denied access to
potable water, compelling
them to depend on polluted
water sources.
Students of a Community
Day Senior High School in the
• As ECG cuts power to Water
Supply Facility at Donkorkrom
area have also been affected as
they struggle for water.
The District Assembly had
been compelled to rely on the
Ghana National Fire Service’
The ECG disconnected
the only
water supply facility
in the area
three weeks ago
over a GH¢46,
000.00 debt.
Water Tender to supply water
to the school and other sensitive
institutions.
Mr Samuel Kena, Affram
Plains North District Chief
Executive (DCE), told the
DAILY HERITAGE that
the water supply facility owed
ECG GH¢ 60, 000.00 before
he took office but managed to
help pay the debt.
However, according to the
DCE, the community water
supply facility had accrued
debts again to the tune of
about GH¢ 46, 000.00 due to
the frequent power outages in
the area which damaged one of
its equipment, making it impossible
to raise enough revenue
to pay an average of
GH¢ 13, 000 monthly.
According to the DCE, the
decision by ECG to disconnect
the facility was insensitive,
considering the failure by the
power distributor to agree to a
payment plan.
The District Assembly
had been compelled
to rely on
the Ghana National
Fire Service’ Water
Tender to supply
water to the school
and other sensitive
institutions.
•The ECG disconnected the
only water supply facility over
GH¢46,000 debt

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People for sale
'EIGHT HUNDRED,' says the
auctioneer. "900 ... 1,000 ... 1,100
..." Sold. For 1,200 Libyan dinars --
the equivalent of $800.
Not a used car, a piece of land,
or an item of furniture. Not "merchandise"
at all, but two human beings.
One of the unidentified men
being sold in the grainy cell phone
video obtained by CNN is Nigerian.
He appears to be in his twenties
and is wearing a pale shirt and
sweatpants.
He has been offered up for sale
as one of a group of "big strong
boys for farm work," according to
the auctioneer, who remains off
camera. Only his hand -- resting
proprietorially on the man's shoulder
-- is visible in the brief clip.
After the auction, we met two
of the men who had been sold.
They were so traumatized by what
they'd been through that they could
not speak, and so scared that they
were suspicious of everyone they
met.
Each year, tens of thousands of
people pour across Libya's borders.
They're refugees fleeing conflict or
economic migrants in search of
better opportunities in Europe.
Most have sold everything they
own to finance the journey through
Libya to the coast and the gateway
to the Mediterranean.
— CNN
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World news in 4 stories
North Korean defector
found to have
'enormous parasites'
•Senegal’s new airport
Senegal's new $575
million airport opens
THE LARGEST airport in Senegal
will open its doors on December
7, after more than a decade of
development and delays.
Blaise Diagne International
(AIBD) will have initial capacity
for three million passengers per
year, rising to 10 million per year,
making it one of the highest-capacity
airports in Africa.
Blaise Diagne will take over
services from Senegal's current
flagship airport Léopold Sédar
Senghor International in capital
city Dakar, which will cease operations.
The $575 million megaproject
is envisioned as the centerpiece of
an ambitious new development
program.
Breathing space
The new airport is based in
rural Diass, around 40 kilometers
east of Dakar.
The remote location offers
more space for the project than
the crowded capital, where the existing
airport has been affected by
heavy traffic congestion.
Blaise Diagne occupies a
4,500-hectare site compared with
800 hectares at Léopold Sédar
Senghor. The new airport also
boasts a larger terminal and runways
that can accommodate more
passengers and flights.
"The AIBD airport is definitely
a state-of-the-art infrastructure
project," says El Hadji Beye, a
civil engineer specializing in West
Africa. "The new facility's increased
size can accommodate
larger planes like the Airbus A380
and will handle much more air
traffic than before.
"The AIBD development
team expects Blaise Diagne to become
a primary hub of the West
Africa region and a "preferred
stopover point for air traffic in
Africa, Europe and the Americas."
— CNN
ANORTH Korean soldier
who was shot
while fleeing across
the border has an extremely
high level of
parasites in his intestines, his doctors
says.
The defector crossed the demilitarised
zone on Monday, but was
shot several times by North Korean
border guards.
Doctors say the patient is stable -
but "an enormous number" of
worms in his body are contaminating
his wounds and making his situation
worse.
His condition is thought to give a
rare insight into life in North Korea.
"I've never seen anything like this
in my 20 years as a physician," South
Korean doctor Lee Cook-jong told
journalists, explaining that the
longest worm removed from the patient's
intestines was 27cm (11in)
long.
"North Korea is a very poor
country and like any other poor
country it has serious health problems,"
Prof Andrei Lankov of
Kookmin University in Seoul told
the BBC.
"North Korea does not have the
resources to have a modern medical
system," he says. "Its doctors are relatively
poorly trained and have to
work with primitive equipment."
In 2015 South Korean researchers
studied the health records
• Parasites in the intestines
of North Korean defectors who had
visited a hospital in Cheonan between
2006 and 2014.
They found that they showed
higher rates of chronic hepatitis B,
chronic hepatitis C, tuberculosis and
parasite infections, compared to
South Koreans. BBC
Deadly Marburg virus outbreak declared in Uganda
AN OUTBREAK of contagious
and deadly Marburg virus disease in
the Kween district of eastern
Uganda was declared by the nation's
Ministry of Health on October 19.
Marburg virus disease, which
causes severe viral hemorrhagic
fever, ranks among the most virulent
pathogens known to infect humans,
according to the World
Health Organization.
As of Saturday, two confirmed
cases, one probable case and two
suspected cases have been reported
in the Kween district, on the border
with Kenya, Tarik Jašarević, a
spokesman for the WHO, wrote in
an email. The confirmed and probable
cases -- two brothers and a sister
-- have died.
The first case detected by the
Ministry of Health was a 50-yearold
woman who died at a health
center of fever, bleeding, vomiting
and diarrhea on October 11. One of
the woman's brothers died of similar
symptoms three weeks earlier
and was buried in a traditional ceremony.
A game hunter, the man lived
near a cave inhabited by Rousettus
bats, which are natural hosts of the
Marburg virus.
Laboratory tests at the Uganda
Virus Research Institute in Entebbe
confirmed that Marburg was the
cause of both deaths.
The WHO, which is working
with Ugandan health authorities to
contain the outbreak, has followed
up with 135 contacts of the patients,
Jašarević said. Some positive
news has come of these investigations:
Blood tests showed no infection
in two health care workers who
had previously been classified as
suspected cases.
Still, several hundred people may
have been exposed to the virus at
health facilities and at traditional
burial ceremonies in the Kween district,
according to the WHO.
"Marburg is a virus that is in the
same family as Ebola, and it basically
has very similar characteristics,"
said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a
spokesman for the Infectious Disease
Society of America. "So it
spreads in blood and body fluids
and thrives in areas in which people
are not able to do effective infection
control and take care of patients
with appropriate personal protection
equipment."
Although direct contact with the
blood, secretions or other bodily
fluids from infected people spreads
the disease, touching contaminated
surfaces and materials (such as
clothing or bedding) may also
spread the virus. CNN

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Ghana deserves to host 2018 Press Freedom Day
IT IS not for nothing that Ghana was
selected by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO) to host the
2018 World Press Freedom Day
(WPFD).
The WPFD, celebrated on May 3
each year, has been set aside to celebrate
and showcase the impact of
press freedom around the world.
Indeed, Ghana has over the years
demonstrated that she stands tall, not
just in Africa but the world over,
when it comes to press freedom.
Elsewhere, family members of
journalists are kidnapped and huge
ransoms demanded. In other instances,
journalists are brutally killed
for merely doing their job.
Recently in South Africa, Suna
Venter, a 32-year-old radio producer
who worked with the South African
Broadcasting Corporation, was subjected
to series of torture and inhumane
treatment until her untimely
demise.
Brake cables in her car were cut,
tyres slashed several times, and her
flat repeatedly burglarised; she was
shot in the face with a pellet gun and
even kidnapped and tied to a tree
among other barbaric treatments until
she died in June 2017.
In Ghana, however, though there
are excesses in media practice, such
attacks do not happen. Journalists operate
in a tolerant environment where
the courts are used for redress instead
of barbaric killing.
Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah,
Deputy Information Minister, who
received the mantle from UNESCO
on behalf of Ghana, assured the UN-
ESCO that the country was ready to
host the 2018 WPFD successfully.
“Ghana is excited to host this celebration
because press freedom is a
value that has contributed immensely
to the Ghanaian success story. Our
upholding of press freedom upon returning
to democratic rule is why
today we have over 300 very active
radio stations, over 15 television stations
and over 50 regular newspapers
on our stands.
“I can testify to how we have
utilised free press to improve on our
democracy, build strong public institutions,
improved education, healthcare,
infrastructure and the broader
economy. It is one of the reasons for
which Ghana has excelled.
“The torture, imprisonment and
sometimes murder of journalists are
backward acts; and must cease. So
much more can be achieved in governance,
in an economy and in quality
of life when the people and the media
are free. And using the Ghana story
as an example, we look forward to
showcasing this when you join us for
this celebration.”
Clearly, Ghana has done well so
far, but there is more room for improvement.
We ought to work even
harder to push for more professionalism
in the work of the media to
earn respect and confidence of the
public.
87 courts
sit today
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
• To begin hearing
of ADR cases
ATOTAL of 87
lower courts,
made up of 25
Circuit Courts
and 62 District
Courts, beginning
today, will devote a whole
week to settle cases through
the Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) system across the
country.
The ADR process had been
adopted by the Judicial Service
of Ghana as part of its adjudicating
process, dubbed ‘Courtconnected
ADR,’ with the concept
aimed at ensuring that access
to justice in Ghana was
made easier, cheaper, non-adversarial,
expeditious and flexible
to all, particularly the poor
and venerable.
Mr Alex Nartey, the ADR
National Coordinator, in a
statement issued and copied to
the DAILY HERITAG,
said “the legal year term’s ADR
Week takes place nationwide
from Monday, November 20,
to Friday, November 24, 2017.”
According to him, the Chief
Justice, in a policy directive on
court-connected ADR, had instituted
an ADR Week in every
legal year term, “firstly to give
parties the opportunity to settle
their cases through mediation
and secondly to run
programmes and activities to
create awareness on the availability
of ADR as a compliment
to the adjudication
process in the courts.”
The event, on the theme
‘Quality Justice: The role of
ADR’, is expected to begin
with the official opening of the
week with a press conference
at Court ‘1’ in Cape Coast in
the Central Region today.
The presiding judge, who is
in charge of ADR, would address
the press and would be
assisted by the national ADR
The focus,
according to
him, is to reduce
the
backlog of
cases at the
87 participating
courts
by 20%.
coordinator.
The focus, according to
him, is to reduce the backlog
of cases at the 87 participating
courts by 20%.
The general public, the Bar,
the media and disputants are
therefore encouraged to participate
fully and co-oporate with
the Judicial Service to make the
legal term’s ADR week successful.

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017
• If piousness in the church
auditorium is extended outside to
the home, workplace and elsewhere,
Ghana would see just a minimum of
corruption and other crimes
Christianity has become
unchristian of late, sad to say
BY NANA BRAM OKAI II
THANKS TO
modern technology
we can
now receive information
and
pictures from
all over the world about many,
many weird things so-called
men and women of God do
these days in the name of God
and in the name of Christianity.
Video clip
Last week, I received a video clip
of a church activity somewhere in
East or Central Africa where beer was
openly drunk by worshippers including
even children because the congregation
has been brainwashed into
believing that beer drives away evil
spirits. My goodness!
You can’t for a second fathom how
drinking of beer came to be part of
the worship of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Nowhere does the Bible say this and
yet this has become part of worship
by a church.
Marijuana
There was another video clip
posted to me showing men and
women smoking marijuana as part of
worship of Jesus Christ. The stuff
was rolled into pipes and these lit
pipes were passed from one worshipper
to the other and puffed with glee.
What pricked me to write this
piece was the clip sent to me in which
the pastor and a lady member of the
church were having sex openly in a
pool of water surrounded by church
members who were urging them on,
shouting Jesus, Jesus, and filming the
act. What a shameful act in the name
of Jesus!
Craziest
I thought this was the craziest
thing that could ever happen in the
church of Christ and I thought I
should write against it. Jesus Christ
would never have sanctioned a man
and a woman making love in the full
glare of others knowing full well that
sex is a sacred thing created by God
for procreation.
Jesus Christ would also not have
sanctioned worshippers to smoke wee
to glorify him, never.
But don’t you remember our own
so-called Bishop Obinim who asked
his followers to bring their panties and
braziers to be used for rituals in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ?
Blimey!
Mary, Jesus and Genesis
This same Bishop Obinim says the
story of Jesus and his mother, Mary,
can be found in the Book of Genesis.
Such a person is a bishop and has a
large following which does what he
commands them to do even outlandish
things not pinned on Christian
principles because he himself cannot
read the Bible and understand it.
Upside down
The world has now been turned
upside down and we are seeing the
craziest things mentioned in the book
of Revelations as likely to happen getting
to the end of the world: men
marrying fellow men; women marrying
fellow women; men and women
sleeping with animals like dogs, goats
and horses; children rising up against
their parents and wars being waged
between nations, etc., etc.
Christianity has now been sent to
the dogs and most of us are doing unchristian
things in the name of Jesus
Christ. How sad!
The word ‘Christianity’ is self-explanatory—a
religion based on the
teachings of Jesus Christ as recorded
in the Bible. That is to say, a Christian
must necessarily be a scrupulous adherent
or follower of the teachings of
Jesus Christ and such a person must
subscribe to everything Jesus said or
taught. Anything short of this will
render a so-called Christian, unchristian.
Teachings
The art of teaching things about
Christ is what Christianity should be
about but this has been bastardised of
late making many people wonder what
is amiss with the teachings and philosophy
Jesus left behind to make the
world free from evil, greed, wickedness,
and all sorts of negative things.
Many people have formed their
own churches and are doing exactly
the opposite of the teachings of
Christ. Christ abhorred the use of the
church for commercial purposes but
in our day and age, the church is the
commercial house where the name of
Christ is used to fleece money from
gullible and unsuspecting church
members. It happens in all the
churches where money-grabbing from
the congregation for the personal use
of founders and pastors, has become
the order of the day instead of the
word of God.
Salvation
Salvation is supposed to be free
but it is now on sale. Nobody sees a
man or woman of God without parting
with a fortune and yet they never
shy away from doing that. One has to
register and take a card like it’s done in
the hospitals; then one is ushered in to
see the man or woman of God where
another payment is made, this time
more hefty than the cost of the card.
In doing the consultation, all sorts
of oil and water are up for sale which
one is compelled to buy for so-called
spiritual cleansing.
Consultation
So, before the consultation is over
one may have spent well over Ghc500.
Some so-called men and women of
God actually advertise openly on radio
and television what their consultation
fees are and the cost of holy oil and
water that are on offer.
These are not part of the teachings
of Christ. These are the work of the
devil. You will realize that sanctuaries
of fetish priests have become few
these days but the number of pastors
has grown in leaps and bounds. It is
suggested that all those magicians and
fetish priests who hitherto were consulting
as fetish priests have changed
into flaunting the Bible as their symbol
of authority but in reality doing
the same old devilish things. Many of
them cannot read the Bible and digest
its contents.
A typical example is Bishop
Obinim. The man has never been to
school. Such a person, how can he
speak about the teachings of Christ as
contained in the holy Bible?
Religious scene
A little over a decade and a half
ago, several men and women burst
onto the religious scene proclaiming
themselves apostles, prophets, reverend
ministers, bishops, etc., etc,
pretending to be doing the work of
God but in actual fact, duping people
in the name of God and His
son, Jesus Christ. Most of these socalled
men and women of God
hardly read the Bible and understand
its contents. No wonder they
have turned the Bible upside down
and are doing their own teachings
not recommended by Christ, the
Son of God.
We need to do away with these
charlatans who go about doing
weird things using the name of
God. We have to stop being gullible
and follow Jesus to the hilt. We can
read the Bible ourselves to know
what Christ wants us to do and not
wait on pastors who can hardly read
the Bible themselves to tell us devilish
things.
Christians must purge themselves
and do what is required of
them as instructed by Jesus and
recorded in the Bible, the Holy
Book of God.

Dealing
with
morning
sickness
Sniff a fresh scent
‘Morning sickness is often
smell-associated, a Survival
Guide for Pregnant Women
has said. "Estrogen is the hormone
that's responsible for the
sense of smell, and if you're a
high estrogen-hormone person
like when you're pregnant you
have the radar nose.
Speak up
You may be all about selfsufficiency
and powering
through your pregnancy, but
being vocal about your feelings
to those around you can help
alleviate morning sickness misery.
Track your nausea
Your queasiness may seem
to come and go as it pleases,
but by tuning into your body
and your surroundings, you
might find that your morning
sickness isn't so random.
Stay hydrated
It sounds like a no-brainer,
but getting your eight glasses a
day can feel like a monumental
effort when your stomach
won't keep anything down. Despite
that, it's essential to get
your liquids in because the
more dehydrated you become,
the more nauseated you'll become,
according to Greenfield.
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&Env.
Giving birth on due
date has less risks
STILLBIRTH
AND newborn
death risk
could be reduced
by offering
more
pregnant women the
chance to give birth on
their due date, experts believe.
Currently, women who
are overdue but well are
often given a couple of
extra weeks to see if labour
will happen spontaneously
before doctors intervene.
New research suggests bringing
forward induction to 40 weeks' gestation
may be a safer option for
mothers and babies.
The study, in PLOS Medicine,
included first-time mothers aged 35
and over.
This is a group that generally has
a higher risk of birth complications,
although the absolute risk for an individual
woman and her baby is still
small, say experts.
It is also a group that is growing
in number, with 14% of first-time
mothers in the UK now aged 35
and over. In 2015 in England and
Wales, almost 40,000 women aged
35 or over gave birth to their first
baby, according to the Office for
National Statistics.
Bringing on labour
Inductions are offered to avoid
the risks of prolonged pregnancy,
which can include stillbirth. In the
UK, about one in three labours
starts in this way.
Guidelines recommend inductions
are offered to pregnant
women between 41 and 42 weeks of
gestation, one to two weeks after
the due date.
But according to the new research,
one baby death might be
avoided for every 526 inductions of
labour if women over 35 were
helped to give birth on their due
date rather than a week or two after
it.
In the study of nearly 80,000
women in England, the rate of stillbirth
or death of a baby within
seven days of birth was eight per
10,000 pregnancies when induction
was carried out earlier, compared
with 26 per 10,000 when induction
was postponed (known as ‘expectant
management’) to allow more
time for labour to happen naturally.
By their calculations, the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine researchers said a
change in policy to inductions at 40
weeks could potentially save about
50 babies' lives a year in the
UK.
Why woman might
be induced
If she is overdue, waters
have broken and she or her
baby has a health problem.
It's a woman's choice
whether to have her labour
induced or not as most
women go into labour
naturally by 42 weeks
of pregnancy.
But lead researcher
Ms
Hannah
Knight said it
was too soon
to recommend
changing the current
guidelines as more studies are
needed first, although the findings
could help pregnant women make
informed choices about the timing
of their labour.
“There appears to be evidence
that bringing forward the offer of
induction to 40 weeks would be
beneficial. It should be something
that women and doctors discuss together.
“This study represents the
strongest evidence yet that
moving the
offer of induction forward to 40
weeks might reduce the risk of stillbirth
in this specific age group,
which we know face a greater risk
of stillbirth and neonatal death,”
she stated.
Prof Lesley Regan, from the
Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, said the implications
of a policy change would be
enormous
for both
the
• Giving birth on due
date has less risk
health service and women themselves.
Prof. Regan said further research
to determine the impact of
such a change in practice is needed.
“While induction is safe and
studies have shown no short-term
adverse impact on mother or baby,
induction of labour represents an
intervention, is associated with
costs to the service, and can be a
more prolonged process than spontaneous
labour.”
A recent study in the New England
Journal of Medicine found earlier
induction had no effect on the
chance of needing a caesarean delivery.
BBC
But according
to the new research,
one
baby death
might be
avoided for
every 526 inductions
of
labour if
women over 35
were helped to
give birth on
their due date
rather than a
week or two
after it.

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•Ridwan Karim
Dini-Osman
GHOne TV’s
Ridwan Karim
wins peace
reporting award
BY KENT MENSAH
AWARD-WINNING BROADCAST
journalist at GHone TV, Ridwan
Karim Dini-Osman, has been
adjudged the ‘Best African Journalist’
in Peace and Security reporting.
Dini-Osman has been
championing peace with his
reportage and quite instrumental in
security-related issues in the
Northern region of Ghana.
A visibly elated Dini-Osman
dedicated the continental award to
his mom and “ever-smart
cameraman, Mark Aduala”.
“I pray this recognition brings a
good omen of lasting peace to the
people of Bimbila,” the versatile
broadcast journalist stated after
receiving the award.
The award was organised by the
Dini-Osman has been
championing peace
with his reportage and
quite instrumental in
security-related issues
in the Northern Region
of Ghana.
African Media Initiative and the
African Union.
Ridwan’s Facebook timeline has
been flooded by congratulatory
messages from family and friends
including his employers GHone TV.
Chorkor-Alhaji drainage
system turns death trap
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
RESIDENTS OF Chorkor-
Alhaji in the Ablekuma
South Constituency in the
Greater Accra Region are
living in fear following the
abandoning of works on a drainage
system, which has rendered it a death
trap.
According to the residents, the aim of
the drainage system was to prevent
flooding by ensuring free flow of water
when it rains and also to prevent
indiscriminate dumping of garbage into
the gutter, but the drain is now a death
trap.
Residents told the DAILY
HERITAGE that some people use the
abandoned drainage system as a refuse
dumping site, while others also use it as a
place of convenience. The place also
serves as breeding ground for
mosquitoes.
Speaking to the paper, a resident, Ms
Aba Yaa, who had lived there for the
past 17 years, said erosion had caused the
drain to gradually eat into people’s
houses as any time it rained.
She added that any time it rained, the
whole area got flooded.
THE GHANA Police Service is to
embark on technological evolution
to transform the service into a
world class police entity using
modern technologies to fight
crime.
Policing worldwide is evolving
and technology plays a major part
in crime combat.
The use of biometrics for data
security and analysis of biological
traits such as fingerprints and
DNA, use of security cameras,
drones in the sky to
microcomputers in glasses for
security personnel, modern
handcuffs and sophisticated riot
control equipment are a few
technological tools used by
“We are currently battling malaria
and cholera as most residents share same
environment with the gutter, making it
impossible for us to stay outside for
long,” she stated.
advanced countries for effective
policing.
Ghana lags behind when it
comes to these technological tools
for fighting crime.
However, at a sensitisation
workshop in Koforidua organised
by the Ghana Police Service in
partnership with Hanna Seidel
Foundation, the Eastern Regional
Police Commander, DCOP Simon
Afeku, told the DAILY
HERITAGE that the use of
advanced technology is a key
component of the transformation
agenda of the service.
DCOP Afeku said the challenge
of inadequate police personnel in
most parts of the country was
being addressed to meet
international standards.
"The whole transformation
Ms Yaa indicated that the abandoned
drain, which had existed for the past 20
years, was very small and served as a
passage for running water, but the
current Member of Parliament (MP) for
Ghana Police Service goes hi-tech
BY KOJO ANSAH
• The drainage system has now become a death trap
process is underlined by
Information and Communications
Technology (ICT); it is ICT-based.
There is the need to drive towards
the 1:500 United Nations ratio
with respect to personnel,” he said.
The Ghana Police Service is
implementing a four-year
transformational agenda to
position the service among the 10
best police organisation in the
world.
The agenda is driven on four
thematic areas: reformation of
attitude of police personnel,
improving welfare, resourcing the
Police Service and tackling
terrorism, cyber and cross-border
crime.
Participants, drawn from across
the region, are expected to be
trainers of trainers.
the area, Mr Okoe Vanderpuije, before
the 2016 general election, decided to
construct the drain to prevent flooding.
She added that the project started a
few weeks to elections, but after the
• Participants after the training programme
elections,
it was abandoned.
“All efforts by residents, including
complaining to the assembly member for
the area and the MP to resolve the issues,
have yielded no results,” Ms Yaa stated.
Attempts by the DAILY
HERITAGE to speak to the MP for
the area, including phones calls and text
messages, yielded no results.
Forum to
engage govt on
church legal
processes on
Nov. 23
THE CLERGY, church
leaders, the government,
media, civil society
groups, academia and
other legal experts will
converge on Thursday,
November 23, 2019, to
engage the government
on church legal reforms
in Ghana.
The ‘Ekklesia
Roundtable Series -1’ is
an initiative of Kingdom
Equip Network (KEN)
and seeks to interrogate
and build consensus on
policy initiatives that
enhance the governance
of churches and the
nation.
Since preindependence
days,
churches in Ghana have
significantly contributed
to nation-building in
areas such as education,
health, and politics.
In view of this,
‘Ekklesia Roundtable
Series -1’ will clarify the
legal processes involved
in the establishment of
churches in Ghana;
establish the legal
regulations and
obligations binding
churches and church
leaders; interrogate and
enhance the role of
churches in Ghana; and
build a consensus on a
roadmap for possible
legal reform in the laws
which apply to churches.
As part of the
programme line-up, there
will be an opening
ceremony with a keynote
address by a
representative of the
Attorney General’s
Department and
presentations on various
thematic areas.
Also, ‘Ekklesia
Roundtable Series - 1’
will use the platform to
create a consultative
group to engage the
government on the
process of legal reforms
regarding churches in
Ghana.
Speakers to participate
in the ‘Ekklesia
Roundtable Series’ – 1
include Mr Joe Ghartey,
Minister of Railways;
Prof. Bondzie Simpson;
and Mr Ace Annan
Ankomah, a private legal
practitioner.
This roundtable event
will bring together about
120 guests representing
the church, government
institutions, professional
and civil society groups,
and academia.
KEN is a coalition of
individuals and
organisations seeking to
promote good
governance within and
among churches, parachurch
institutions and
the society as a whole.
The ‘Ekklesia
Roundtable Series -
1’ is an initiative of
Kingdom Equip
Network (KEN) and
seeks to interrogate
and build consensus
on policy initiatives
that enhance the
governance of
churches and the
nation.

17TH
NOVEMBER
2017
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•A GEDA official handing over the items to the headmistress of the School for the Deaf, Madam
Trudy A Segbefia, in front of the school at Akuapem Mampong
GEDA supports
School for the Deaf
tion of a classroom. donates yearly but have decided
to give back to the so-
in order to serve them for a
the items delivered to them
BY ROSEMOND
BOATENG ADDAI
Items donated by the association
included electrical ciety twice every year. long period.
Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com
accessories, a mower, assorted
drinks, toiletries, grotions,
churches, organisa-
Segbefia, the headmistress of
He urged other institu-
Madam Trudy Akusika
GHANA
ELECTRI- ceries, sanitary pads, building tions and associations who the school, who received the
CAL Dealers
pens, pencils, a bag of rice, the school, orphanages and tion for their unconditional
materials, exercise books, have the means to support items, thanked the Associa-
Association maize, cooking oil, and bottled
water.
ple to come out in their these years.
other centres for needy peo-
love shown to them for all
(GEDA)
has donated items worth Mr Samuel Addo, the Executive
member of GEDA, during this Christmas festivmistress,
anytime the school
numbers to help, especially According to the head-
GH¢60,000.00 to the
Demonstration School for on behalf of the Association,
explained that the items He said “this is all about do not hesitate but come to
ity.
calls on the Association, they
the Deaf at Akuapem Mampong
in the Eastern Region, were selected based on the Christ, so when you eat at their aid.
as part of its long-term request from the school. home with your kids, remember
there are other kids been very supportive to the
“The Association has
commitment to helping to “This particular year we
develop the educational sector.
they specifically needed and help. Therefore each associa-
assist us even if we don’t call
came here to ask them what here who also need your school; the members always
The donation, which was we were given a list of tion can come in not only on them,” she said.
in response to a call made by things they need urgently because
the Association really abilities as well. We should pealed to the public to also
for the deaf but other dis-
Madam Segbefia ap-
the school to the association
towards the improvement of love and care for them,” he try and imitate Christ and extend their love to the
learning, is expected to assist explained.
give out this Christmas.” school and other institutions
the school in the construc-
According to the Executive
member, the association school to take proper care
Mr Addo cautioned the that need their love and help.
of
Vodafone announces Xmas promo
AS PART of efforts to continuously
appreciate its customers,
Vodafone Ghana has
announced a special Christmas
promotion to offer 30
days of unlimited internet,
fun-packed entertainment,
free shopping or fuel to its
Fixed Broadband customers.
Throughout the promotion,
customers who pay two
months of their fixed broadband
bundle in advance, between
now and December
31, will enjoy 30-day unlimited
internet browsing
and entertainment
while those
who pay
three
months or
more in
advance
will get
free shopping
or fuel
in addition.
Speaking on
the package, Mrs
•Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai,
Director of Consumer
Fixed Business at
Vodafone Ghana
Patricia Obo-Nai,
Director of Consumer
Fixed
Business at
Vodafone
Ghana, said
it is a great
time to reward
customers
for
their dedication
and
commitment
to the service.
“We really do
appreciate our customers;
this is why we are giving
them the chance to enjoy unlimited
browsing during this
festive season,” Mrs Obo-
Nai.
She stated that customers
on Vodafone One package
have not been left out of this
great offer, adding that from
November 25 to December
25, our valued Vodafone
One customers will automatically
enjoy the 30days’ unlimited
browsing.’’
B5 Plus wins ‘Best Metals
Firm of the Year’ award
BUSINESS NEWS DESK
STEEL AND iron manufacturing
giant, B5 Plus Ghana Company
Limited, has been adjudged the
best metals, building and construction
company of the year
2017 by the Association of
Ghana Industries (AGI).
The sixth AGI awards ceremony
was held on Friday, November
11, 2017, at the Banquet
Hall of State House, Accra, and
was attended by the President of
the Republic of Ghana, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and
captains of industry.
It was held on the theme:
‘Promoting Industry and Quality
Standards In Sixty Years of
Ghana's Economic Development.’
B5 Plus Limited beat several
other contenders to add the prestigious
award to its arsenal of
awards.
Commenting on the award,
Chairman of B5 Plus Ghana
Limited, Mukesh Thakwani,
explained that the
company felt really honoured
for the recognition
by AGI.
“We are honoured to
say that we were one of
the nominees for best company
of the year award
as well,” he said.
Mr Thakwani
dedicated
the
prestigious
award to
workers of
B5 Plus
Ghana
Limited,
without
whom
he said
"we can't
produce quality."
Asked what
he thought differentiated
B5
Plus from other
•Chairman of B5 Plus
Ghana Limited, Mukesh
Thakwani
players in the industry, he said attention
to quality and service had
been a major contributor to the
company's success over the years.
He noted “B5 Plus believes in
producing quality products at a
competitive rate," adding that "we
believe in giving services to people.”
To help meet the needs of
customers on a timely basis, the
Chairman said "we have branches
all over Ghana to ensure that customers
have the products on their
doorstep."
Also, he indicated that the
company had made several efforts
over the last 15 years of its
existence to support the needy
through its corporate social responsibility
initiatives.
One key aspect of its CSR activities,
he said, was in the area of
education, which he claimed has
led to the group setting up the
Delhi Public School International
(DPSI) Ghana to provide quality
and affordable tuition to learners
across West Africa.
On the future prospect of
B5 Plus Limited, Mr Thakwani
explained that 'one
stop shop for iron and
steel' company was making
plans to expand its operations
in Ghana by tapping
into the government's ‘one
district one factory’
initiative.

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Am still a socialist. I am a left-of-centre politician. I
believe that in Africa, if you see the poverty around
us, you can't afford to be anything
—Former President Mahama
See purpose
in your pain
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER and
founder of ‘The Feet of Grace Foundation,’
Dr Irene Titilola Olumese has
urged all not to give up even in the
face of challenges.
Dr Olumese, a bilateral amputee who
uses her story of God’s grace sustaining her
through the storm to inspire hope, said he
is in Ghana to encourage people to see purpose
in their pain.
Narrating her ordeal to the DAILY
HERITAGE, 14 years after she left
Ghana for further medical treatment, Dr
Olumese said her mission is to introduce
her book titled ‘Grace in The Storm, a Living
Proof ’ to Ghanaians for inspiration not
to give up in times of challenges.
She told the paper that the symptoms of
the disease which afflicted her leading to
her being amputated started in 1993 and in
1994 it was suspected she was suffering
from a life-threatening ailment. In 1998, she
said it was confirmed by doctors that she
indeed had a life-threatening disease.
The author of the ‘Grace in The Storm’
said she came to work in Ghana in 2001
with UNICEF as a Nutrition Specialist in
Tamale when her lungs collapsed in 2003.
She was sent to the 37 Military Hospital for
treatment.
Six weeks later, she was flown to Switzerland
for further medical aid because her
health condition kept deteriorating. She told
the paper that she underwent a second lung
operation in Switzerland and she decided to
stop working totally and stay in Switzerland
for her condition to be monitored by doctors.
Five weeks in comma
The founder of ‘Feet of Grace Foundation’
said, in 2007 she was told by her doctors
that her lungs could no longer hold
enough oxygen for her to breathe, meaning
she needed cans of oxygen to keep her
alive.
After three years of supplemental oxygen,
doctors informed her they had exhausted
all medical options and the only
option left was for her to undergo a lung
• Author & Amputee
shares touching story
with the Daily Heritage
transplant.
After the surgery, “I developed
some complications and had to
be in comma for about five
weeks, so in the process of the
complication, I had insufficient
blood supply to my
head and to my legs. My leg
died. So when I came out of
comma the doctors told me
that they would need to amputate
my hands and my legs
so that I could keep the
lungs otherwise the dead
tissue would continue to
climb up and would poison
the blood.”
Coughing
non-stop
for 20
years
Dr
Olumese
told the
•Dr Irene Titilola Olumese
paper that among her predicament was
a 20-year non-stop coughing 24
hours per day. She said the
grace of God gave her
reasons to have faith
and survive through the
storm.
I walk with ‘Feet
of Grace’
According to the mother
of two, ‘Feet of Grace’ an artificial
(prosthetic legs) is what
“I use to walk around, to go to
places to inspire hope and encourage
people who are going
through challenges and adversities
in life that there is
grace in every storm
of life.
“I have
formed a foundation
called ‘The
Feet of Grace
Foundation’ and
what we do
there is to raise
funds to buy
prosthetic legs
for amputees
who are living
in poor communities
and
who would
never be able to
afford such expensive
artificial
devices to walk
around.
“We have been
doing that for the
past three years and
we do our annual
charity walk globally
in different
•The legs before
amputation
cities
around the world.” She said.
Dr Olumese has had sessions in Accra,
Kumasi and Tamale where she inspired
people with her touching story.
Platinum Centre shows the way
While expressing concern about how unfriendly
both government and private institutions
were to amputees, Dr Olumese
singled out Platinum Centre for praises.
“The environment is not friendly in
Africa for amputees. It is difficult to enter
buildings. I am just coming from Platinum
Centre and it is the only place that has a
place for amputees. If you want to enter the
banks, there is nothing to hold onto to
climb the staircase.
“We have a mentality in our society that
handicapped people should just stay where
they are, but you can live a full life. Missing
limbs should not be a limitation to living life
to the fullest.” She stated.
Who is Dr Irene Olumese?
She worked as a Nutrition Specialist with
UNICEF for 15 years in three countries including
Ghana. For 20 years, she lived with
chronic respiratory and debilitating neuromuscular
disease, which resulted in bilateral
lung transplantation in April 2013.
Following a complication of the surgery,
she had bilateral mid-leg amputation in May
2013. She uses her story of God’s grace sustaining
her through the storm to inspire hope
and encourage people to see purpose in their
pain.
Irene as an inspirational speaker speaks
and writes to inspire hope. She lives in
Geneva with her husband and two sons.

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Politics
DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017
List: New
Municipalities,
Districts
IN ITS quest to
bring governance
closer to the citizenry,
government
has iniated the
process to create 38
new Metropolitan, Municipal
and District Assemblies
(MMDAs).
This brings the number
of MMDAs in Ghana
to 254 from the previous
216. Below is the the proposed
list:
List Of Municipalities
1. Ar- Local Government
(Oforikrom Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
2. Ar- Local Government
(Kwadaso Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
3. Ar- Local Government
(Old Tafo Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
4. Ar- Local Government
(Asokwa Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
5. Ar- Local Government
(Suame Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
6. Ar- Local Government
(Juaben Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
7. Ar-Local Government
(Ejisu Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
8. Ar-Local Government
(Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal
Assembly) (Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
9. Ba-Local Government
(Berekum East Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
10. Cr-Local Government
(Assin Fosu Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
11. Er-Local Government
(New Juaben South
Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument,
2017, L. I.
12. Er-Local
Government
(New Juaben
North Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument,
2017, L. I.
13. Er-Local
Government
(Birim Central
Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument,
2017, L. I.
14. Er-Local Government
(Abuakwa South Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
15. Er-Local Government
(Abuakwa North Municipal
Assembly) (Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
16. Er-Local Government
(Akwapim North Municipal
Assembly) (Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
17. Gar-Local Government
(Okaikwei Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
18. Gar-Local Government
(Ablekuma North Municipal
Assembly) (Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
19. Gar-Local Government
(Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
20. Gar-Local Government
(Ayawaso East Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
21. Gar-Local Government
(Ayawaso
North Municipal
Assembly) (Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
•Hajia Alima Mahama,
Minister for Local
Government
22. Gar-Local Government
(Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
23. Gar-Local Government
(Ga West Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
24. Gar-Local Government
(Ga North Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
25. Gar-Local Government
(Weija Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
26. Gar-Local Government
(Ga South Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
27.
Gar-Local
Government
(Tema West Municipal
Assembly) (Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
28. Gar-Local Government
(Krowor Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
29. Gar-Local Government
(Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
30. Nr-Local Government
(Savelugu Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
31. Uer-Local Government
(Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
32. Wr-Local Government
(Effia Kwesimintsim Municipal
Assembly) (Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
List Of Declared
Municipals
1. Decla-Ar- Local Government
(Asante Akim South Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
2. Decla-Ar-Local Government
(Ahafo Ano North Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
3. Decla-Ar-Local Government
(Kwabre East Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
4. Decla-Ba-Local Government
(Atebubu Amantin Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
5. Decla-Ba-Local
Government (Tano
North Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017,
L. I.
6. Decla-Ba-
Local Government
(Tano
Southmunicipal
Assembly)
(Establishment)
Instrument,
2017, L. I.
7. Decla-Ba-Local
Government Jaman
Southmunicipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
8. Decla-Er-Local Government
(Kwabibirem Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
9. Decla-Gar-Local Government
(Kpone Katamanso
Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
10. Decla-Nr-Local Government
(Sagnerigumunicipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
11. Decla-Nr-Local Government
(Nanumba North
Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
12. Decla-Nr-Local Government
(East Mamprusi Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
13. Decla-Nr-Local Government
(East Gonja Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
14. Decla-Nr-Local Government
(West Mamprusi Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
15. Decla-Nr-Local Government
(Gushiegu Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
16. Decla-Uwr-Local Government
(Jirapa Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
17. Decla-Uwr-Local Government
(Lawra Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
18. Decla-Uwr-Local Government
(Sissala Eastmunicipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
19. Decla-Vr-Local Government
(Krachi East Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
20. Decla-Vr-Local Government
(Ketu North Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
21. Decla-Vr-Local Government
(Nkwanta South Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
22. Decla-Wr-Local Government
(Bibiani-Anhiawso-
Bekwai Municipal
Assembly)(Establishment)
Instrument, 2017, L. I.
23. Decla-Wr-Local Government
(Jomoro Municipal
Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
24. Decla-Wr-Local Government
(Prestea Huni Valley
Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
25. Decla-Wr-Local Government
(Aowin Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
26. Decla-Wr-Local Government
(Wassa Amenfi West
Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
27. Decla-Wr-Local Government
(Wassa Amenfi East
Municipal Assembly)
(Establishment) Instrument,
2017, L. I.
• TO BE CONTINUE

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BY ABIGAIL ASARE
You can’t mention top
10 Ghanaian musicians
without me —Jupitar
GHANAIAN DANCEHALL
artiste Michael Okine, popularly
called Jupitar, has confidently
described himself as one
of the top 10 music stars in the
country at the moment.
According to him, there is
no way he will be counted out
of the country’s top 10 biggest
artistes.
Jupitar is the only Ghanaian
nominated in the upcoming
2017 Urban Music Awards
UK.
He blamed his idleness
at major concerts
and inconsistent radio
airplay to media bias,
accusing presenters
of not paying attention
to his songs.
In an interview
with Ricky
Rick on
Empire
FM’s Entertainment
Drive, Jupitar
described
himself eligible
to be listed
among Ghana’s
Top 10 current
musicians.
“As far as
I’m concerned
and
as far as
Ghana
music is
concerned,
I
keep saying
most of the media is very selective………..Jupitar
is not an
underground artiste here in
Ghana and to be honest with
you, when you’re mentioning
the top 10 Ghanaian artistes
currently, my name would be
somewhere there,” the vibrant
dancehall artiste stated.
He says he believes he is
better than some of the artistes
in the industry.
The 29-year-old ‘Enemies’
hit maker comes up
against other top African
opponents like Wizkid,
Mr Eazi, Tekno,
Tiwa Savage, Lorine
Chia, Vanessa
Mdee, Yemi
Alade, Casper Nyovest
and Sauti Sol for
the much-coveted
‘African
Artiste of
the Year’
award.
•Jupitar,
dancehall
artiste
Take hatred out of
photography industry
— TwinsDntBeg
BY ERICA ARTHUR
• TwinsDntBeg, celebrity
photographers
TWINSDNTBEG, a
group of twin photographers
and Chief Executive
Officers of
www.swagofafrica.news
website, has said the
Ghanaian photography industry is
suffering from hatred.
According to Emmanuel, their
proudest moment has always been
when they see their works on social
media and people mention “we are
always inspired by other people’s
work. We are versatile photographers;
we do events photography,
studio, high fashion and location
photography but most of the other
photographers limit themselves to a
particular kind of which we don’t
do and that is breeding the hatred.”
In an interview with DAILY
HERITAGE, they said, “Photography
in Ghana is now growing
compared to what obtained in previous
years and the hatred is obvious.
We have realised that some
people in the industry don’t see us
to be professional photographers
because we are versatile unlike most
of them who are limited to one type
of photography but it doesn’t
change our brand or our names, we
will continue to be TwinsDntBeg
and Swag of Africa.”
The two said they started as musician
but later stopped due to their
father’s position in the church.
They said due to their love for
the entertainment industry, after
quitting music, they decided to do
photography under the name
TwinDntBeg and form a company
which they named as Swag of Africa
to promote both Africa entertainment
industry and their brand.
They disclosed that they came
up with the name TwinsDntBeg
after a producer insulted them as
‘bathroom singers’ when they approached
him to help them with
their music.
The real names of the twins are
Samuel Appiah Gyan and Emmanuel
Appiah Gyan.
They said “we felt very bad and
rather encouraged ourselves to work
harder. Therefore we said to ourselves
that we are twins and we are
special, so we won’t beg anyone to
get to the top; we will rather work
hard. That is exactly what we have
done so far.”
Samuel studied Agriculture with a
major in Post-harvest Technology
while Emmanuel pursued Landscape
Management and Architecture,
both at Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology
in Kumasi.
The celebrity twins are currently
the photographers and the social
media handlers of the wife of the
Vice President of the Republic of
Ghana, Mrs Samira Bawumia.
They were the photographers of
this year’s Miss Malaika beauty pageant
and have won awards for their
works.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso pessimistic about Ghana’s Oscars soon
MOVIE PRODUCER and Chief Executive
Offer of Sparrow Productions,
Shirley Frimpong-Manso, is not
worried that Ghana failed to make it
to the 90th Academy Awards otherwise
known as the Oscars.
The Oscars, organised by Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
recognises excellence in
cinematic achievements in the American
film industry and beyond as assessed
by the Academy's voting
membership.
AMPAS approved a 14-member
committee to select a film to represent
Ghana at the 90th Oscars, which
will run in 2018.
Unfortunately, none of the entries
submitted was selected for the competition.
In an interview with JoyNews’
Maxwell Amoofia, she quizzed, “I am
not disappointed we didn’t make it to
the Oscars. Whoever thought we
were going to make it to the Oscars
in the first year?”
The award-winning producer
stressed that qualifying for the Oscars
will not take the efforts of an individual
or a selected few.
She added that various stakeholders,
including the government, will
need to come on board to ensure that
the country’s entries are formidable
and competitive enough.
“There are a lot of people who
have been trying to get into the Oscars…it
is really not as simple as you
have made a movie and it has to go,”
she said.
“The Oscars is not about Shirley
Frimpong-Manso. It is about
Ghana...if we are serious about going,
then we really need to prepare…It is
a lot of marketing, politics or propaganda,”
she continued.
The ‘Adams Apple’ movie producer
is pessimistic that Ghana will
make it to the Oscars in the near future.
“I won’t be disappointed if we
don’t make it in the next five years,”
she said.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso is set to
premiere her latest movie titled
‘Potato Potahto’ on November 30 at
the Silverbird Cinemas at the Accra
Mall and West Hills Mall.
‘Potato Potahto’ will also be premiered
in Nigeria as well as South
Africa. Myjoyonline.com

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Kwesé TV to
premiere TV
One content
Gilbert Boakye Nhyira, CEO
of Planet One Multimedia
Planet One, TV3
hold ‘Home
and Lifestyle’
Fair 2017
GHANA’S BIGGEST home and lifestyle
brands will from Friday, November 24, to
Sunday, November 26, gather for the
maiden edition of the Ghana Home and
Lifestyle Fair.
The event, which will hold at the
Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra, will see an
assembly of the best local and international
home and lifestyle products on display
over the three days.
Organisers, Planet One Multimedia, say
they are optimistic the event will live up to
its billing.
With support from the 20-year-old
media brand TV3, the Ghana Home and
Lifestyle Fair was informed by the need to
have a one-stop destination for everything
around domestic needs and wants.
Chief Executive Officer of Planet One
Multimedia, leading event organisers,
Gilbert Boakye Nhyira, said, “We look forward
to a good show. We have put in a lot
of work and we are hopeful that the exhibitors
and patrons alike will have a lot of
positives from this three-day event.
“What we are putting together is the
biggest super discounted fair ever to be
held locally. We wanted a platform for all
manufacturers, dealers, importers, suppliers
of electronic appliances and home decor
and accessories, lifestyle products; home
owners and related needs such as internet,
security and insurance.”
The Ghana Home and Lifestyle Fair
2017 is powered by Planet One Multimedia
and in partnership with TV3 and 3FM
(Media General), and supported by Golden
Tulip Hotel.
The event is free to the public.
DYNAMIC
PAN-
AFRICAN
satellite
TV network,
Kwesé, part of Econet
Media, has inked an exclusive
broadcast deal which
will see the addition of TV
One content to its programming.
With a brand promise to
represent the best of
African American culture
and entertainment – past,
present and future, TV One
content soon will be available
to Kwesé TV viewers
across the continent.
The addition of TV One
programming adds a broad
range of real-life and entertainment-focused
original
programming, classic series
and movies.
A statement from the
station said the addition of
TV One programming will
add more than 25 shows
and movies representing the
best in black culture and entertainment,
which will soon
be available to Kwesé TV
viewers
“We are always looking
for fresh, rich and entertaining
content to add to our
line-up, thus the addition of
TV One to our bouquet is
great feat,” says Econet
Media President and CEO,
Joseph Hundah.
Again he said, “The network’s
compelling and distinctive
programming will
help broaden and
strengthen the diversity of
our international content offering.
We are confident TV
One’s high-quality and wellrounded
content will captivate
viewers across the
continent.”
The three year partnership
will see in excess TV
One’s most popular titles
and series, including ‘When
Love Kills: The Falicia
Blakely Story’, ‘Love Under
New Management: The
Mikki Howard Story’, ‘The
Black List’ and sitcoms
‘Born Again Virgin’ and
‘Love That Girl’.
“We thank Kwesé for its
partnership and commitment
to offering their consumers
an opportunity to
experience the best in
African American culture
and entertainment,” says
Michelle Rice, TV One’s Interim
General Manager and
EVP, Content Distribution
and Marketing.
“We are delighted that
Kwesé TV viewers will now
have access to TV One’s robust
slate of informative
and entertaining original
programming created with
the urban audience in
mind.” He added.
Kwesé TV’s satellite service
is currently available in
Ghana, Zambia, Rwanda,
Lesotho, Botswana, Kenya,
Nigeria and Uganda with
plans to expand the network
across the continent.
Serena Williams marries Alexis Ohanian in star-studded bash
• Alexis Ohanian and
Serena Williams
(pictured in May)
SERENA WILLIAMS, 36,
and husband Alexis Ohanian,
34, have tied the knot
after announcing their engagement
in December
2016, sources tell People.
The ceremony comes
just 11 weeks after the couple
welcomed their baby
girl, Alexis Olympia Ohanian
Jr., on September 1,
2017 — almost two years
after they began dating in
2015.
Ohanian, the co-funder
of Reddit, and Williams,
one of the greatest tennis
stars on the planet, wed at
the Contemporary Arts
Center in New Orleans in
front of a slew of celebrity
guests, including Beyoncé,
Kim Kardashian, Eva Longoria
and husband José
Bastón, and fellow tennis
star Caroline Wozniacki
and her new fiancé, NBA
player David Lee.
The nuptials happened
a day after the couple took
part in a star-studded rehearsal
dinner at celebrity
chef Emeril Lagasse‘s
restaurant Meril onWednesday
night.
Longoria, supermodel
Selita Ebanks, Colton
Haynes and Cynthia Erivo
were among the guests at
the glitzy dinner.
Rumblings of a Big
Easy wedding started in
October, when reports surfaced
that the two had
taken a brief trip to New
Orleans to scope out potential
venues (with their
Yorkshire Terrier, Chip, in
tow).
On Thursday, crews
were seen tending to chic
floral arrangements and
making other preparations
under white tents.
Earlier this month, the
tennis legend celebrated
her upcoming marriage
with an ultra-swanky girls’
weekend in New York City
alongside sister Venus
Williams, close friends La
La Anthony, Ciara and
other pals.
Hosted at the opulent
Baccarat Hotel & Residences,
the luxurious weekend
included five-star spa
treatments, trapeze’ing, tea
brunches, and dancing out
on the town.
The nuptials also come
shortly after Williams made
her first red carpet appearance
following baby
Alexis’s birth — at the
‘Glamour Women of the
Year’ awards in New York
City on Nov. 13. The new
mom wore Versace as she
presented pal Gigi Hadid
with the Supernova Award.
Shortly before the wedding,
Williams’ longtime
coach, Patrick
Mouratoglou, wished the
pair a “very happy wedding”
on Instagram.
PEOPLE

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Sports
DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2017
Budget cut will not
affect us — GCF
BY ROLAND B. TAMAKLOE
THE COMMUNICA-
TIONS Director of the
Ghana Cycling Federation
(GCF), Mr Dennis
Moore, has said that his
federation is okay with the
budget cut for sports next year and that
they would not be affected.
He told the DAILY HERITAGE
in an interview in Accra last Friday that
before the budget would be read by Mr
Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance,
at the Parliament House last
Wednesday, the federation had prepared
for any change next year.
Following Wednesday’s reading of
the 2018 Budget and Financial Statement,
it has emerged that the budgetary
allocation for the Ministry of Youth
and Sports for the 2018 year has been
cut by 30% and as such the ministry
would have GHS¢ 32, 799, 500.00 to
work with for all activities and programmes.
Mr Moore said though they get support
from the government and ministry,
they always braced themselves for whatever
change in the government budget
so they were not worried at all.
He continued that GCF is content
with whatever help they got from the
government and it was up to the executive
members of the federation to step
out and raise funds to help the group
achieve their aims because they cannot
rely solely on the government to provide
all their needs.
“We have presented our budget to
the sports ministry and are awaiting the
funds allocated to us. We are also in
talks with our partners and sponsors to
help us raise funds to augment the
monies the Ministry would give to us
for our activities next year,” the Communications
Director said.
He said Cowbell, a dairy food manufacturer,
is one of their long-standing
sources of funds, and said other companies
were coming on board to help
raise funds for the federation.
We are ready for
the GPL – Ameyaw
• The Ghanaian
delegation in Togo
GOC visits OlympiAfrica project in Togo
FROM SAMMY HEYWOOD OKINE,
LOME, TOGO
THE PRESIDENT of the Ghana
Olympic Committee (GOC), Ben
Nunoo Mensah, on Thursday led a
high powered delegation of GOC
executives to pay a working visit to
the OlympiAfrica project in Kegue,
Lome.
Alassane Diake, Director of
OlympiAfrica, who invited the
GOC members, welcomed the delegation
to the Eda Oba Hotel, where
he promised to support Ghana to
build their project at Amasaman,
near Accra.
He led the GOC team to tour the
large facility, which has an Astro turf
pitch and 200-metre oval six-lane
tracks.
He assured the GOC of further
assistance from other sponsors and
investors.
Other facilities at the five-hectare
plot are a multi-purpose court for
handball, volleyball, basketball and
grounds for wrestling in the sand
and jumping events.
The Director of the Lome facility,
Philippe Thon, said the entire
project cost $700,000 with the backing
of other companies, and they are
very transparent and accountable to
the International Olympic Committee
IOC.
Director of the Ghana facility,
Mr Emmanuel Olla Williams, said
the GOC was willing and ready to
learn from their Togolese counterparts
and improve.
He gave assurance that when the
Amasaman project, which is three
hectares, comes up, it would be
properly maintained.
“Getting this project at
Amasaman done is going to be a
legacy and the chiefs and people of
Amasaman are going to produce
some of the nation’s best athletes
because the project would be operated
professionally,” said Paul
Atchoe Vice President of the GOC.
Other members of the GOC delegation
were Nana Mankattah, executive
member and Mr Olla Williams,
the director who is also sports organizer
and businessman.
FROM THE SPORTS DESK
THE PRESIDENT of
Techiman Eleven Wonders,
Nana Ameyaw, has declared
his team’s readiness to compete
with various Ghana
Premier League (GPL) clubs
in the upcoming football
season.
The newly promoted side
secured qualification to next
season’s GPL when they
toppled all in the Zone One
of the 2016/17 GN Divison
One League.
According to the highly
astute football administrator,
they are well prepared for
the upcoming football season
as they will augment
their squad with quality and
experienced players.
“We have thoroughly prepared
for the next season’s
league. We have already defeated
some of the Premier
League big boys in last season’s
FA cup.
“So we’re ever ready to
compete with the big team
in the league and we will
make some quality recruitment
to augment our squad
for the upcoming season,”
he told Akyeaa FM.
Eleven Wonders are expected
to partake in the offseason
G8 tournament
scheduled from the January
6-22, 2018.
• Nana Ameyaw, the
president of Techiman
Eleven Wonders