Daily Heritage November 29

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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017 

DAILY QUOTE 

You measure the size of the 

accomplishment by the 

obstacles you had to overcome 

to reach your goals 

— Booker T. Washington 

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WORLD 

Kenyatta vows to overcome 

divisions 

POLITICS 

NDC will not scrap 

Free SHS — Mahama 

BUSINESS 

PG.04 

Italian PM arrives 

in Ghana for bilateral 

talks 

SPORTS 

PG.11 

Beach soccer 

is not dead 

— Ampofo-Ankrah 

PG.10 

PG.15 

Police, judges most 

corrupt in Ghana — CDD 

BY ROSEMOND B. ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

AFROBAROMETER, 

A pan-African, nonpartisan 

research network 

led by the 

Centre for Democratic 

Development 

(CDD) that conducts public attitude 

surveys, has stated in its current survey 

that about 64% of Ghanaians 

want corrupt officials prosecuted. 

Mr Daniel Armah-Attoh, Project 

Manager of Afrobarometer, Anglophone 

West Africa, presenting the 

latest findings on what citizens think 

about the fight against illegal mining, 

mob justice and political party 

vigilantism in Accra, said citizens 

want corrupt officials to return 

stolen funds, jailed when found 

guilty and publicly named and 

shamed. 

At the forum yesterday, Armah- 

Attoh said their findings showed 

that the police and the judges are 

perceived as most corrupt in both 

government and private-sector leadership. 

“But public approval of the government’s 

efforts to combat corruption 

has increased dramatically since 

2014, after more than a decade of 

decline,” the Project Manager stated. 

Breakdown of findings 

The release also revealed that 

about one-fifth (22%) favour government 

retrieval of stolen funds 

without prosecution, while one in 

10 (9%) would opt for prosecution 

without retrieval of stolen funds. 

•Mr Kenneth Ashigbey, CEO of Chamber of Telecommunications (L), Mr Emmanuel Sowatey, 

Security Analyst (M) and Justice Emile Shorts, former Commissioner of CHRAJ at the forum 

It further stated that six out of 

10 Ghanaians (59%) say ‘most’ or 

‘all’ police officials are corrupt, and 

substantial proportions say the same 

about judges and magistrates (38%), 

national government officials (35%), 

and other public leaders. Perceptions 

of corruption in the private 

sector are somewhat lower. 

The proportion of Ghanaians 

who think the government has performed 

“very well” or “fairly well” 

in fighting corruption more than 

doubled between 2014 and 2017, 

from 25% to 60%. After more than 

a decade of declining approval ratings, 

this puts popular approval near 

the 2002 high of 63 %. 

Mr Armah-Attoh explained that 

the purpose of the survey is to provide 

solid backing for government 

and reformers seeking to strengthen 

laws and their enforcement in the 

fight against corruption. 

He said “The findings are being 

released a few weeks after the passing 

of the Special Prosecutor’s Bill, 

which is expected to help the government 

effectively crack the whip 

of justice against corrupt public officers, 

political office holders, and 

accomplices.” 

Illegal mining 

The project manager also 

pointed out that three-fourths 

(74%) of Ghanaians say no citizen 

should be permitted to engage in illegal 

small-scale mining or “galamsey” 

for any reason while eight out 

of 10 Ghanaians (81%) approve of 

the government’s performance in 

clamping down on illegal small-scale 

mining. 

He said that “of “galamsey” and 

approval of the government’s handling 

of the fight against it is particularly 

strong among better-educated 

Ghanaians and among residents of 

the Central, Brong Ahafo, and 

Ashanti regions. Opposition to 

small-scale mining is weakest in the 

Upper East, Northern, and Upper 

West regions.” 

The release further revealed that 

eight out of 10 Ghanaians (80%) 

approve, including 52% who 

“strongly approve”, of the idea that 

the government should be responsible 

for providing alternative livelihoods 

for former “galamseyers.” 

He added that about two-thirds 

of citizens with no formal education 

oppose illegal mining (66%) and 

think the government is handling 

the issue effectively (67%), much 

larger proportions of better-educated 

citizens hold these views (71% 

to 81%) for no illegal mining and 

80% to 93% for positive rating of 

government effort). 

According to him, “Both rejection 

of “galamsey” and approval of 

government performance are somewhat 

stronger among urban residents 

than their rural counterparts. 

Moreover, there are clear differences 

by region. Rejection of illegal smallscale 

mining is strongest in Central 

(92%), Brong Ahafo (87%), and 

Ashanti (79%) regions, as is approval 

for the government’s performance 

(96%, 93%, and 90%, 

respectively).” 

But he said the Upper East Region 

stands out with the lowest popular 

rejection of “galamsey” (45%), 

followed by the Northern (56%) 

and Upper West (59%). 

The Project Manager, however, 

explained that these three regions 

also express some of the lowest levels 

of approval for the government’s 

handling of the problem. 

“They are “galamsey”-prone 

areas, making these findings something 

of a paradox compared to results 

in other noted “galamsey” 

regions such as Western, Ashanti, 

Brong Ahafo, Eastern, and Central,” 

he said. 

The release also stated that 

Greater Accra presents a break in 

the pattern, with strong rejection of 

illegal mining (76%) but comparatively 

weak approval of government 

performance (68%). 

Whereas a large majority of supporters 

of the ruling New Patriotic 

Party (NPP) (80%) opposed illegal 

small-scale mining, much lower percentages 

of National Democratic 

Congress(NDC) (64%) and other 

opposition parties (58%) share this 

position. 

Similarly, approval of the government’s 

performance is higher 

among NPP adherents (90%) than 

among NDC supporters (74%). 

Views on these questions differ only 

marginally by gender, age group, and 

employment status.

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Direct your 

anger at govt 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

AFIVE-MEM- 

BER panel of 

Supreme Court 

justices has rejected 

an order 

by the African 

Court for Human and People’s 

Rights (ACHPR) asking Ghana 

government to stop its 

processes aimed at retrieving 

GH¢51.2 million paid to businessman 

Alfred Agbesi Woyome 

as judgement debt 

pending its decision. 

According to the decision by 

the panel, there is no factual 

and legal basis for Ghana’s 

Supreme Court to share its 

powers and jurisdiction with 

any other court, and so it cannot 

be compelled to halt the 

ongoing proceedings. 

The court said it is not 

within its purview to direct or 

urge the government to enforce 

the orders by ACHPR, 

but that Woyome, if he so 

wishes, must direct his anger at 

the government as it is the government 

that has a treaty with 

the ACHPR. 

In a unanimous decision, the 

five member-panel said Woyome's 

application for stay of 

execution and proceedings had 

no merits and that its order that 

Woyome should pay the money 

must be obeyed. The court said 

any attempt to disobey it would 

constitute a high crime as stipulated 

by the 1992 Constitution. 

• Supreme Court tells Woyome, 

rejects African Court order 

Five wise men 

The panel was chaired 

by Justice Jones Victor 

Dotse and supported 

by Justice 

Anin Yeboah, 

Mrs Justice 

Vida Akoto 

Bamfo, Justice 

Alfred 

Anthony 

Benin and 

Justice Yaw 

Appau. 

Their ruling 

comes 

barely three 

days after the 

ACHPR ordered 

the government of 

Ghana to halt any 

move to retrieve the 

money until the determination 

of Woyome's appeal. 

The regional court based in 

Tanzania on November 24 ordered 

that the government 

should put on hold efforts to 

retrieve the money paid the 

businessman pending a determination 

of the substantive 

case he brought before the 

court. 

“The court finds that the 

issue situation raised in the 

present application is of extreme 

gravity and urgency on 

the basis that should the applicant’s 

property be attached and 

•Alfred Agbesi 

Woyome 

sold 

to recover the GH¢51, 283, 

480.59 the applicant would suffer 

irreparable harm if the application 

on the merits is 

decided in his favour [by the 

ACHPR]…” the 11-member 

panel said. 

Arrest of ruling 

dismissed 

In court yesterday, the panel 

of five was to rule on an earlier 

application by Mr Woyome on 

whether or not to stay proceedings 

pending the ACHPR ruling. 

But lawyers of the businessman 

led by Osafo 

Buabeng moved a fresh 

application praying 

the court to stop its 

ruling. 

This brought 

to two the number 

of motions 

the court was 

to determine. 

While the first 

motion aimed 

to stay the proceedings, 

the 

second was to arrest 

the ruling of 

the court on the 

motion for stay of 

execution. 

But the Deputy Attorney-General 

and Minister for 

Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, 

who led a team from the AG’s 

office, opposed the application, 

saying the Treaty setting up the 

African Court even though had 

been ratified by Ghana's Parliament, 

it had not been incorporated 

into Ghana's laws. 

Justice Yeboah, who delivered 

the decision of the Panel, 

said the businessman had failed 

to show any factual or legal 

basis for the court to hold on 

with its ruling. 

According to the decision by 

the five-member panel of justices, 

there’s no real factual and 

legal basis for Ghana’s Supreme 

Court to share its powers and 

jurisdiction with any other 

court, and so it cannot be compelled 

to halt the ongoing proceedings. 

Govt would chase 

Woyome 

The Deputy Attorney-General 

told the press that government 

would not cease attaching 

properties of the businessman. 

Mr Dame found the ruling 

by the African Court strange, as 

there was no opportunity by 

lawyers representing the state 

to present their side of the 

story prior to the ruling. 

“The ruling of the African 

Court came as a surprise to us; 

there was no hearing whatsoever 

and there was no notification 

to us on proceedings…we 

think that something went 

amiss and something fishy occurred,” 

he stated. 

Background 

Mr Woyome was paid the 

GHc 51 million after claiming 

he helped Ghana raise funds to 

construct stadia for the hosting 

of the 2008 African Cup of 

Nations. 

However, an Auditor General’s 

report released in 2010 

held that the amount was paid 

illegally to him. Subsequently, 

the Supreme Court in 2014 ordered 

Mr Woyome to pay back 

the money, after Martin Amidu, 

a private legal practitioner, challenged 

the legality of the payment.

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• Mayor Hollstein got emergency attention 

for his neck wound and is now back home 

German pro-refugee mayor Andreas Hollstein stabbed 

A MAYOR in western Germany has survived a knife 

attack amid suspicions of a link to his liberal immigration 

policy. 

Andreas Hollstein, conservative mayor of Altena, 

was stabbed in the neck in a kebab shop and had 

hospital treatment. 

The town in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is 

well known for having accepted more than its quota 

of migrants. 

"The security authorities believe that there was a 

political motive," said NRW premier Armin Laschet. 

The mayor is in Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU 

party. 

Witnesses quoted by German media said the assailant 

- now in custody - shouted criticism of the 

mayor's asylum policy during the attack on Monday 

night. 

In a tweet, Mrs Merkel condemned the attack (in 

German)"I am outraged by the knife attack on 

Mayor Andreas Hollstein, and very relieved that he is 

able to be back with his family. Thanks also to those 

who helped him," she said. 

The poor performance of her Christian Democrats 

in the September general election has been attributed 

largely to criticism of her liberal immigration 

policy, summed up by her motto "we can manage". 

She accepted more than a million asylum seekers 

- many of them Muslims - during Europe's 2015- 

2016 migrant crisis. BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa offers amnesty for funds stashed abroad 

ZIMBABWE'S NEW President 

Emmerson Mnangagwa 

has offered a 

three-month amnesty for 

individuals and companies 

to surrender public funds illegally 

stashed abroad. 

In a statement, he said 

the government will prosecute 

those who fail to comply 

when the amnesty ends 

in February. 

"Such malpractices constitute 

a very serious economic 

crime against the 

people of Zimbabwe," Mr 

Mnangagwa said. 

Since taking office last 

week, he has pledged to 

crack down on corruption. 

"Huge sums of money 

and other assets" have been 

"illegally externalised by certain 

individuals and corporates," 

the president said in 

a statement. 

"Those affected are thus 

encouraged to take advantage 

of the three-month 

moratorium to return the illegally 

externalised funds 

and assets in order to avoid 

the pain and ignominy of 

being visited by the long 

arm of the law," he added. 

The move to recoup lost 

public funds is seen as an 

attempt to boost Zimbabwe's 

ailing economy 

which is half the size it was 

at the turn of the millennium. 

The economy has struggled 

since land reforms 

were introduced in 2000. 

These reforms saw 

white-owned farms redistributed 

to landless black 

Zimbabweans - and those 

with good political connections 

- which led to sharp 

falls in production. BBC 

• Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged to crack down 

on corruption during his inauguration last week 

UHURU KENYATTA 

has vowed to overcome 

Kenya's divisions after 

being sworn in for a second 

term as president, 

at a ceremony boycotted by the opposition. 

Speaking after his inauguration in 

the capital Nairobi, he said he would 

try to incorporate some of the opposition's 

ideas "in the spirit of inclusivity". 

Two people died when police 

clashed with opposition supporters in 

the city. 

Opposition leader Raila Odinga announced 

plans to be sworn in himself 

as president next month. 

He boycotted last month's repeat 

election and has not recognised Mr 

Kenyatta's victory. 

Mr Kenyatta was officially reelected 

with 98% of the vote on 26 

October but just under 39% of voters 

turned out. 

The original election on 8 August 

was held again after being annulled by 

the Supreme Court on grounds of irregularities. 

Embarking on his second and last 

term in office, he promised to act as 

"the custodian of the dreams of all" 

Kenyans. 

Without specifying whether he 

would reach out to Mr Odinga, he said: 

•Uhuru Kenyatta is sworn in for a 

second term as Kenya's president 

Kenyatta vows to 

overcome divisions 

"We may have chosen different candidates 

and different visions, but each 

one of us voted for a better life. 

"To my competitors, and in the 

spirit of inclusivity, I will endeavour to 

incorporate some of their ideas. The 

election was not a contest between a 

good dream and a bad dream. It was a 

contest between two competing visions. 

"I will devote my time and energy 

to build bridges, to unite and bring 

prosperity to all Kenyans." 

Spectators inside Nairobi's Kasarani 

sports stadium were entertained by 

music and dance performances, while 

the military paraded. BBC 

'Many more' US troops in 

Syria and Iraq — report 

THE NUMBER of US 

troops in Syria and Iraq is significantly 

higher than acknowledged 

by Pentagon 

officials, a US defence department 

report shows. 

Officially there are 503 US 

troops in Syria and 5,262 in 

Iraq. 

However, the Pentagon’s 

quarterly report puts number 

of troops as 1,720 in Syria 

and 8,892 in Iraq. 

US soldiers are there as 

part of the fight against socalled 

Islamic State (IS) and 

include trainers, advisers and 

special forces. 

US Defence Secretary Jim 

Mattis said earlier this year 

that the number of troops 

operating in Iraq, Syria and 

Afghanistan would be reviewed. 

However, only the 

troop numbers for 

Afghanistan have been publicly 

revealed. 

Pentagon spokesman Rob 

Manning said on Monday that 

security concerns and political 

sensitivities prohibited full 

disclosure for the time being, 

but he pledged to be "as 

transparent as" possible. 

The US has had a troop 

presence in Iraq since the invasion 

of 2003, reaching 

168,000 at its peak in September 

2007. 

In Syria, the troops are 

largely stationed in the Kurdish-led 

region in northern 

Syria and helped Kurdish-led 

militias to recently capture 

Raqqa, the de facto capital of 

IS. 

Last week the Pentagon 

said it was reviewing "adjustments" 

in military support it 

gives to partners inside Syria. 

These include the Syrian Kurdish 

militia known as the 

Kurdish People's Protection 

Units (YPG). BBC 

• The number of US troops in Syria is three times higher 

than official counts, according to a Pentagon report



Fight against corruption eluding us? 

IT APPEARS the fight against corruption 

in this country is greatly becoming a mirage 

and gradually eluding the country. 

This is because, both public and private 

institutions that are known to be leading 

the fight against corruption are themselves 

seen as most corrupt institutions. 

Just yesterday, Afrobarometer, a pan- 

African, non-partisan research network led 

by the Centre for Democratic Development 

(CDD) which conducts public attitude 

surveys revealed that the Ghana 

Police Service and the Judicial Service are 

perceived as the most corrupt institutions 

in this country. 

Mr Daniel Armah-Attoh, Project Manager 

of Afrobarometer for Anglophone 

West Africa, said this during a presentation 

that the latest findings show citizens want 

all corrupt officials named, jailed and 

shamed. 

He said public approval of the government’s 

efforts to combat corruption has increased 

dramatically since 2014, after more 

than a decade of decline, but if the judges 

and police are named, it makes it worrying. 

Mr Armah-Attoh explained that the 

purpose of the survey is to provide solid 

backing for the government and reformers 

seeking to strengthen laws and their enforcement 

in the fight against corruption. 

If these revelations by the CDD are 

anything to go by, then we have a great 

cause for worry. When we have a problem 

we run to the police, who are the 

peace officers. If we want justice, we run 

to the court. 

Not too long ago, the Parliament of 

Ghana passed the Special Prosecutor’s 

Bill, which is expected to help government 

effectively crack the whip of justice 

against corrupt public officers, political 

office holders, and accomplices. 

It is undeniable that the citizenry 

highly expect the Special Prosecutor to 

come in and help punish corruption in a 

way that can deter people or reduce it 

drastically. This is because the public believes 

that justice is for sale in Ghana and 

that the marginalized or less privileged 

who obviously cannot buy it are always 

at disadvantage. 

It is, therefore, not surprising that 

some marginalised and vulnerable in society 

have now seen the media, the 

fourth estate of the realm, as the first 

port of call in terms of neutrality and in 

time of trouble. This development is sad 

and so policy makers and civil society 

groups must take up the fight against 

corruption to a height where those who 

engage in corrupt practices would suffer 

irreparable consequences while the 

country would triumph. 

We at the DAILY HERITAGE 

are alive to the cost of corruption on the 

country and how it undermines its 

progress and so want to call on both 

public and private institutions to help the 

government to sustain the fight against 

the canker called corruption. 

The paper wants to remind that the 

reason people take the law into their own 

hands is because of perceived corruption 

in the very institutions that ought to 

fight corruption – the police and the judiciary. 

Therefore these two institutions 

should put their act together and shatter 

the public perception about them by 

leading the war on corruption. 

I’ve not had erection 

for past year 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

A51-YEAR-OLD 

lotto writer, Emmanuel 

Nii 

Darku, who is 

standing accused 

for defiling a 13- 

year- old-girl at Mataheko, has 

told the Accra Circuit Court 

that he has not had an erection 

for the past year. 

While denying knowledge of 

having any sexual intercourse 

with the girl, he told the court 

that he is a BP patient and his 

manhood had not erected for 

the past year. 

But the prosecution told the 

court that on the day of the arrest, 

used condoms were retrieved 

from the box by Darku’s 

bed. 

Darku, also a driver, who has 

been charged with defiling an 

• 51-yr-old lotto writer accused of 

defiling 13-yr-old girl tells court 

underage girl contrary to section 

101(2) of the Criminal Offence 

Act of Ghana as 

amended by Act 554/98, 

pleaded not guilty. 

The court, presided over by 

Her Honour Mrs Abena Oppong 

Adjin-Doku, has ordered 

that a hospital test be conducted 

on him to ascertain 

whether his manhood was not 

functioning as he claimed. 

He has been granted bail in 

the sum of GH¢40, 000 with 

four sureties and is to reappear 

in court on December 19 with 

the hospital report. 

Brief facts 

The facts of the case as were 

presented to the court by DSP 

Abadam Lora Cletus were that 

the complainant, Mr Emmanuel 

Badu, is a pastor working at 

Nkawkaw while the girl is his 

daughter and pupil of Rev 

Thomas Clegg JHS at Kaneshie 

and living with her mother at 

Tweneboa Dansoman. 

The accused person, Emmanuel 

Nii Darku, is a driver 

and a lotto writer and also a resident 

of Mataheko. 

The prosecutor said Darku 

does his lotto work at 

Tweneboa Dansoman and 

knew the girl and her siblings 

who live in the same vicinity 

and started buying them icecream. 

According to the prosecution, 

the girl and her friend 

started visiting Darku at his 

house at Mataheko to help him 

with cleaning his house. 

DSP Cletus told the court 

that on September 21, 2017, 

Darku invited the girl to his 

house to collect a notebook and 

when the girl got to his room, 

Darku offered her a glass of 

water and after drinking the 

water she fell unconscious. 

According to the prosecution, 

the girl she said woke up 

later and saw herself naked on 

top of Darku’s bed, with 

whitish particles around her private 

parts and started crying. 

Darku, according to the 

prosecutor, pleaded with her 

not to disgrace him and gave 

her GH¢5.00 to buy the notebook. 

The girl, upon reaching 

home, became afraid to tell her 

mother what had happened to 

her and kept it to herself till 

November, 2017 when she attended 

church service and during 

preaching she said she could 

no longer contain the ordeal 

and informed her parents. 

Medical report 

According to the prosecutor, 

the matter was reported to 

Dansoman Domestic Violence 

and Victim Support Unit, 

where a medical form was issued 

to the parents for the girl 

to be sent to the Korle-Bu Polyclinic 

for examination. 

Per the medical officer’s report 

from the polyclinic, the 

perineum and labia look normal 

while the hymen is perforated 

with uneven edges and the effect 

is that the hymen was “non 

intact,” meaning the girl had experienced 

penetration. 

Darku was later arrested and 

in his cautioned statement 

stated that he knew the girl very 

well and had been buying icecream 

for her and her siblings. 

He added that the girl and her 

friend, whose name he could 

not mention, came and cleaned 

his room for him but denied 

having slept with her. 

•D


06 

THE ORGANISERS of 

the Starr Woman project 

say they are set to 

launch the next edition 

of the project on December 

5, 2017, in Accra. 

The new edition, which is 

dubbed ‘The Dream Edition’, is a 

three-year advocacy drive seeking to 

significantly rectify the profound 

disadvantages and challenges faced 

by women entrepreneurs with disability 

and to promote their participation 

in the economic spheres of 

this country. 

In a statement to the DAILY 

HERITAGE, the organisers explained 

that the latest edition will 

promote women entrepreneurs 

with disability to access equal opportunities 

and rights that enable 

them to realise their dreams of living 

a fulfilled life, becoming successful 

in business and reduce or 

eliminate poverty in their lives. 

“The project desires to ride on 

Government’s drive to boost entrepreneurship 

in the country by directing 

state actors’ attention to 

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Starr woman ‘Dream Edition’ 

to be launched on Dec 5 

marginalised groupings such as 

women with disabilities who might 

be much interested but may not 

fully benefit from these opportunities 

because of their location, 

gender, and physiology. 

“The goal is to ensure 

that the plight of such 

groupings is well articulated 

and known as well as considered 

and addressed so 

that they can access what is 

due them as bona fide citizens 

and under Ghana’s disability act 

(Act 715),” the organisers stated. 

Project focus 

The organisers say the project 

speaks to the government’s own commitment 

and programme to accelerate 

entrepreneurship, especially among 

the youth, and also support women 

empowerment through the implementation 

of affirmative action with significant 

promises to improve on the 

standard of living of persons with disability. 

They add that there is another 

huge relevance in the government’s 

continuing desire to alleviate poverty 

through various schemes. 

“In all of this, addressing the need 

of women and 

by extension that of women with disability 

and also those in these districts 

will be addressing economic empowerment, 

gender equity, social inclu- 

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sion, poverty reduction, and 

decentralising development. 

“By championing the cause of 

women entrepreneurs with disability, 

Starr Woman is addressing an overarching 

need to improve inclusion of all 

persons, especially women, and other 

marginalized groups like the disabled 

in the governance of the country,” 

“By championing the 

cause of women entrepreneurs 

with disability, 

Starr Woman 

is addressing an 

overarching need to 

improve inclusion of 

all persons, especially 

women, and 

other marginalized 

groups...” 

they said. 

The dream 

The organisers say the project’s 

target groups are young women with 

disabilities who are in self-employment 

as entrepreneurs or those aspiring 

to participate in it. They explain 


that these are just a few that make it 

into business given the high barriers 

to entry such as education, training, 

funding, social infrastructure, and 

stigmatization. They add that even 

for the few that dare to venture into 

business, there is limited or no support 

for them to expand or run their 

businesses profitably. 

The project, according to them, 

will work in six districts of three regions 

in the country, including the 

Northern Region. 

“We will identify young women 

entrepreneurs with disability between 

the age of 20 to 45 actively engaged in 

start-ups economic ventures or in the 

process of setting up their businesses 

in each of the selected districts, share 

in their trials and triumphs in a journey 

to help them actualise their business 

dreams,” they said. 

The organisers say they will work 

directly with over 50 direct beneficiaries 

in all three regions but indirectly 

engage over 1000 others as secondary 

beneficiaries across the country. 

They explain that the secondary 

beneficiaries will engage state and 

non-state actors at both local and national 

levels to address systemic challenges 

identified and promote 

equitable distribution and inclusion of 

interests of women entrepreneurs 

with disabilities in various activities. 

PARLIAMENT OF GHANA 

REQUEST FOR MEMORANDA 

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PARLIAMENT 

Pursuant to a directive by the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament to the Committee on Foreign Affairs to Investigate Allegations 

of III Treatment of Ghanaian Visa applicants by some Embassies and Diplomatic Missions in the country, the Committee 

is inviting Memoranda from the general public on the subject matter. 

The information may relate to a personal experience or on a matter within the personal knowledge of that member, including 

suggestions or recommendations towards improving the processes. 

All Memoranda should be addressed to the following not later than 1st December 2017: 

The Clerk 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

Parliament of Ghana 

Accra


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&Env. 

Students of Hygiene hit 

street to demand allowance 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com 

THE NATIONAL Association of Hygiene 

Students have embarked on 

peaceful demonstration to express 

their anger toward the ruling New Patriotic 

Party (NPP) over what they describe 

as the government’s refusal to restore their 

training allowance. 

They have therefore accused the President 

Akufo-Addo-led government of sidelining them 

by restoring allowances of nurses, midwives and 

allied health trainees without including them as 

promised in the 2016 campaign. 

According to the leadership of the group, the 

Presidency deliberately removed their names from 

the list of students to enjoy the restoration of allowance, 

hence their decision to hit the streets. 

In an earlier statement the association said “We 

have made comprehensive follow-ups to all the 

•Flashback: Students of schools of Hygiene marching for trainee allowance 

ministries as well as the Presidency for two weeks 

now but has yielded no result. 

“Therefore we have realised they have taken us 

for granted, that is why they have failed to respond 

to our petition. So we are demonstrating to persuade 

the Ministries to address our issue,” they 

stated. 

They have vowed to follow the demonstration 

up with a sit-down strike if the government fails 

to resolve the issue. 

“Therefore we have 

realised they have 

taken us for granted, 

that is why they have 

failed to respond to 

our petition...” 

Chinese tomato factory operating illegally 

DESPITE AN order from the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) 

for the relocation of the Happy Sunshine 

Factory, a Chinese tomato factory 

located at Kuntunse in the Ga 

West Municipality, the factory is back 

in operation in defiance of the authority 

of the state. 

Information gathered shows the 

company is operating with the support 

of the Municipal Chief Executive 

for Ga West Municipality, Mr 

Clement Wilkinson, despite the 

order. 

This development, according to 

the EPA, is at odds with two previous 

orders asking the factory management 

to stop work. 

Speaking on CITIFM, Mr 

Wilkinson, who appeared to be defending 

the factory, said after the 

EPA’s initial action, “the head office 

gave the tomato factory some rules 

and regulations to follow, which have 

been adhered to. 

“I think after one week, the EPA 

was to come back and look at these 

things and if they are satisfied, then 

• With DCE’s backing despite EPA ban 

•The notice of closure posted on the main door of the company 

give them the go-ahead. That is what 

I know about it,” he stated. 

Mr Wilkinson, however, could 

not definitely state what exactly the 

EPA directed the factory to do after 

the supposed meeting when asked. 

He also refuted suggestions that 

the Assembly was interfering with 

the work of EPA, adding that the 

EPA should have ordered for its reopening. 

“My position is to solve the problem 

for the people and Happy Sunshine 

Company. I am not telling 

them to stay there, the EPA told 

them they should go back and do 

what they have told them,” Mr 

Wilkinson stressed. 

More concise EPA 

However, his comments are in direct 

contrast to the directive by the 

EPA, which was firm in its directive 

to the company. 

The agency first closed down 

Happy Sunshine Company following 

reports on the company’s illegal 

operations. 

It then directed the factory managed 

by Chinese expatriates to relocate 

from the area. 

The Principal Programmes Officer 

at the Accra Regional office of 

the EPA, Ms Sophia Vanderpuye, 

who confirmed the directive, said, It 

was made clear to management of 

the company that the site where they 

were operating is not appropriate for 

the kind of manufacturing activity. 

“We had got evidence of the 

thick smoke that emanates from 

their chimneys into the atmosphere 

and with the accompanying 

noise issues. Based on these, 

they were made to understand 

that the EPA cannot permit 

such an activity in a predominately 

residential area so they 

have to relocate,” she stated. 

Ms Vanderpuye said the authority 

ordered the company to 

find an appropriate location, 

most preferably an industrial 

area, where they could conveniently 

produce. 

The tomato factory, which belongs 

to some Chinese expatriates, 

was also fined GH¢15,000 by the 

EPA in August 2017, for operating illegally 

and ordered them to halt any 

form of production. 

However, the management of the 

factory has violated the order and resumed 

full production in November.

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Kokrobite chief 

fisherman hot 

BY BERNARD QUANSON 

Support pupils to pronounce 

words correctly 

• Tutor tells teachers 

PRINCIPAL kingmakers and elders of the 

Kokrobite community in the Ga South 

Municipality of the Greater Accra Region 

are boiling with rage at the chief fisherman 

of Kokrobite, Nii Adotei Akwei IV, and 

head of Arday Nkpa family, Nii Daniel 

Arday Tagoe of Kokrobite. 

The anger of the elders stems from 

alleged persistent meddling in the chieftaincy 

and traditional affairs of Kokrobite by 

Adotei Akwei and Mr Tagoe, which has 

created tension and confusion in the area. 

At a crowded press conference at 

Kokrobite last week, the kingmakers and 

elders issued a stern warning to Nii Akwei to 

stop the habit of continuously interfering in 

the chieftaincy and traditional affairs of the 

area. 

Flanked by the Principal elder, Nii 

Ahene, family head, Nii Martey Din, Nii 

Okyeame Apaa, Kingmaker, Nii Arday 

Ansah II and War commander, Nii Aba III, 

the chief of Kokrobite, Nii Ofei III, 

stressed that failure by Nii Akwei to adhere 

to the warning would incur their wrath. 

“We were ‘born and bred’ in the 

Kokrobite community under the Ngleshie 

Alata Traditional Area in James Town, Accra 

so no one should come from outside the 

town to tell us what pertains or history of 

the town,” they stressed. 

The warning by the kingmakers and 

elders to Adotei Akwei was in a reaction to 

what they described as “unguided and 

abusive” statement made by him (Adotei 

Akwei) to the effect that Nii Ofei is not the 

chief of Kokrobite. 

At a press conference last Tuesday, 

Adotei Akwei allegedly declared that Nii 

Ofei, who is parading himself as Kokrobite 

chief, is not the legitimate person to ascend 

the throne, adding that “no one has installed 

a chief in Kokrobite.” 

But in a sharp rebuttal, Nii Ofei 

rubbished the claims of Adotei Akwei and 

Mr Tagoe and described them as “trouble 

makers”. 

Nii Ofei stated categorically that the 

Arday Nkpa family of Kokrobite does not 

have capacity and the traditional authority to 

install the chief for Kokrobite. 

According to him, the traditional 

prerogative and privilege to lead the people 

is invested in the Nii Ofei family of 

Kokrobite. 

“I am the chief of Kokrobite community 

under the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area in 

James Town …so where was the Arday 

Nkpa family who is now challenging my 

chieftaincy status and trying to portray a 

picture that no one has been installed a chief 

here,” he noted. 

He pointed that Nii Ofei family is the 

one mandated to install a chief of 

Kokrobite and that has been duly done 

without question and sealed and approved 

by the Paramount Chief of Ngleshie Alata 

Traditional Area, Obrempong Nii Kojo 

Ababio V. 

“I want to put on record that 

Obrempong Kojo Ababio V endorsed and 

• Chief of Kokrobite, Nii Ofei II 

“We were ‘born and 

bred’ in the Kokrobite 

community under the 

Ngleshie Alata 

Traditional Area in 

James Town, Accra so 

no one should come 

from outside the town to 

tell us what pertains or 

history of the town” 

witnessed my position as chief just as his 

predecessors approved Krokrobite Chiefs 

who came before him,” Nii Ofei stressed. 

He, therefore, appealed to President 

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to call the 

members of the Nii Arday Nkapa family, 

headed by Nii Daniel Arday Tagoe, to order 

so as to avoid any bloodshed in the area. 

Meanwhile, in an interview with the 

paper, Mr Tagoe provided historical and 

documentary evidence and court judgments 

to back his claims that indeed Nii Ofei has 

never been nominated, elected, selected and 

installed as a chief of Kokrobite in 

accordance with the relevant traditions and 

customs by the elders of Nii Arday Nkpa 

Family. 

He indicated that Nii Ofei “has no right 

of claim to the Kokrobite Stool.” 

He further advised the general public to 

desist from doing business with such a 

person. 

The chief fisherman, however, told the 

media in a telephone interview that he never 

stated anywhere that Nii Ofei is not the 

Chief of Kokrobite and that he only wants 

to lead the fishermen well and not to meddle 

in chieftaincy matters of the town. 

BY ANTHONY KWEKU AMOAH 

MR ISHMAEL Godwin 

Archton-Tettey, the 

Head of Department 

of Languages at Akatsi 

College of Education, 

has urged teachers to teach pupils how 

to pronounce words correctly to 

improve reading skills. 

Speaking as a resource person at the 

third Spelling Bee and Reading festival 

of Compassion International for some 

300 children from 14 communities 

within the Tongu area, Mr Archton- 

Tettey said, “A wrong pronunciation 

and spelling of words negatively affects 

the child’s ability to read well. There is, 

therefore, the need for all of us, 

especially teachers, to help the child to 

THE MINISTRY of Interior has 

declared Friday, December 1, 2017, 

as a statutory public holiday and 

urged the general public to observe 

it as such. 

A statement signed by the sector 

minister, Mr Ambrose Dery, and 

copied to the DAILY 

HERITAGE indicated that the 

aforementioned date would be set 

aside as the National Farmers’ Day 

(NFD) to celebrate the 

contributions of the local farmers 

to the development of the country. 

This year’s celebration will be on 

the theme ‘Planting for Food and 

Jobs’, as the government plans to 

use agriculture as a tool to reduce 

unemployment in the country. 

At the launch of this year’s 

NFD, the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw 

Osafo-Maafo, expressed his 

displeasure about the budget 

allocation for the agriculture sector. 

According to the Senior 

Minister, Ghana’s economy depends 

heavily on the success of the 

agricultural sector, hence the need 

to invest heavily. 

• Officials at the high table with a crosssection 

of the pupils at the event 

Govt declares Friday public holiday 

• To celebrate farmers’ contributions to development 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

In view of this, the government 

has set up a committee comprising 

technical experts from relevant 

national organisations to re-model 

the celebration. 

He added that achieving 

sustainable food security in Ghana 

in respect of the increasing rate of 

growth in population and 

unemployment has posed great 

challenge to the country’s 

development. 

Mr Osafo-Maafo further 

explained that agricultural 

transformation is key to the 

transformational agenda, and added 

that the government would 

continue to provide a conducive 

environment and support to the 

farmers. 

“The distribution of agricultural 

machinery at subsidized prices to 

farmers, the recent 50% fertilizer 

and seed subsidy and the provision 

of input on credit under the 

‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ to 

farmers for the production of 

maize, rice, sorghum, soya bean, 

and vegetable in expanded 

programmes, the ‘One Village, One 

Dam’ project, the construction of 

warehouses in many districts, and 

the ‘One District, One Factory’ 

“It is important 

to make the 

farmer look 

good while we 

recognize their 

contribution to 

the development 

of the 

country” 

programme to foster agroprocessing 

are all aimed at 

encouraging our farmers to increase 

production and productivity in the 

agricultural sector,” he said. 

The Minister further called on 

corporate organizations to support 

agriculture in the country, saying, 

“It is important to make the farmer 

look good while we recognize their 

contribution to the development of 

the country.” 

About Farmers’ Day 

The National Farmers Day is 

commemorated each year on the 

first Friday of December to honour 

farmers (including poultry farmers) 

and fishermen in the country. 

The holiday is designed to pay 

respect to the importance of the 

farming and fishing industry in the 

socio-economic growth of Ghana. 

Activities on Farmers Day 

include a ‘National Farmers 

Forum with Award Winners’ meant 

to help the farmers network with 

the country’s leaders and experts. 

The subjects discussed there include 

technological advances in 

agriculture as well as suggestions 

for how the leaders of Ghana can 

help improve the industry. 

There is also an exhibition 

sponsored by various individuals 

and organisations that demonstrate 

developments in the industries. The 

exhibition is designed to generate 

more interest in technology in order 

to further modernise the agriculture 

industry in Ghana. 

learn to pronounce and to spell 

words correctly.” 

A Public Relations Officer of 

Ghana Education Service (GES), 

Mr Anthony Kweku Amoah, who 

chaired the function, thanked 

teachers for their hard work and 

urged parents and other 

stakeholders to intensify their 

support to children in school. 

Speaking on the theme, 

‘Shaping the Future Today 

Through Reading’, Madam 

Rosemond Nutifafa Adanuti, who 

is a teacher and counsellor, told 

parents to pay more attention to 

the education of their children for 

better life. 

The Partnership Facilitator of 

the Tongu Cluster of Projects of 

Compassion International, Mr 

Richard Baku, said his outfit had 

supported about 4,000 

underprivileged children in 

education since 2012 and that it 

needed the support of 

stakeholders to reach out to other 

needy children. 

Compassion International, a 

non-profit-making Christian-based 

organisation, has been operating in 

seven out of the 10 regions of 

Ghana, including Volta Region, to 

take children out of poverty and 

to use education to support them 

to be useful adults in the future. 

School bags, reading books and 

certificates were given to all the 

contestants and the winner 

communities took trophies. 

• Mr Ambrose 

Dery, Interior 

Minister 

• Social amenities are essential to the lives of people 

Adanse Apaja 

residents appeal 

for social amenities 

FROM WILLIAM 

OFORIAKWABOA, 

ADANSEAPAJA A/R 

THE RESIDENTS of 

Adanse Apaja in the 

Adanse Apaja West 

District of the Ashanti 

Region are appealing to 

the assembly and the 

District Chief 

Executive, as a matter of 

urgency, to come to their 

aid by providing adequate 

social amenities in the 

districts. 

In an interview, the 

residents said they lacked 

basic amenities such as 

road network, clean water, 

and schools, as well as 

pressing issues such as 

security in the area. 

According to the 

spokesperson, who also 

doubles as the assembly 

member for the area, Mr 

Kwabena Manu, they live 

in a deplorable situations 

which requires immediate 

attention from all 

stakeholders since the area 

has been neglected over 

the years. 

“With over 800 

residents, the town uses 

one ‘death trap’ public 

toilet which serves twelve 

(12) people at a time and 

both men and women ease 

themselves on one toilet 

facility, which is a deepest 

regret," he exclaimed. 

“With over 800 

residents, the 

town uses one 

‘death trap’ 

public 

toilet which 

serves twelve 

(12) people at a 

time and both 

men and women 

ease themselves 

on one toilet 

facility, which 

is a deepest 

regret" 

The assembly member 

stressed that “if the 

assembly fails to construct 

a mechanised water system 

to serve the teeming 

people in the area, they 

will face serious drought. 

Mr Manu said the 

population has increased 

and so there is an urgent 

need for extension of 

electricity to the electoral 

area, adding that most 

residents need electricity 

meters to connect their 

households to the national 

grid.


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2017 

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Author speaks at 21st 

MTN Breakfast meeting 

MTN, GHANA’S 

leading 

telecommunications 

company 

and Business 

World, Ghana’s foremost business 

magazine, yesterday announced 

that Jamil Qureshi, the 

author of the internationally acclaimed 

bestselling book ‘The 

Mind Coach: Be the person you 

want to be’ will be the keynote 

speaker at the 21st MTN Business 

World Executive Breakfast 

meeting. 

The event is scheduled to 

take place on December 8, 2017 

on the theme: ‘Creating a Business 

Culture of High Performance’. 

The world-renowned 

speaker on personal and business 

performance has knowledge 

in the area of optimising 

human potential and this comes 

from his experience of working 

with top performers in the 

world of sport and business, 

many of whom have been in 

the top 10 in the world in their 

chosen profession, and indeed 

in a few cases, the number one. 

He has also worked successfully 

with English Premiership 

football clubs, Formula 1 racing 

•Jamil Qureshi, author, internationally acclaimed 

bestselling book ‘The Mind Coach’ 

drivers, England cricketers, 

fighter pilots, and medical 

teams. 

His work with business leaders 

in many different countries 

has helped Executives and their 

teams to fulfil their potential by 

orchestrating change and performance 

programmes. 

He is one of the few external 

experts chosen to work with 

Astronauts on the NASA space 

programme. 

Speaking about the upcoming 

event, Mr Asher Khan, 

Chief Marketing Officer of 

MTN Ghana, said “we are excited 

that as a result of this 

partnership, our stakeholders, 

customers and the Business and 

sports community in Ghana 

will have the opportunity to tap 

great ideas from Jamil Qureshi, 

who has rich experience of 

working with top performers in 

the world of sport and business.” 

“We hope that this series 

with Jamil will enable businesses 

and individuals to fully 

“We hope that 

this series with 

Jamil will enable 

businesses 

and 

individuals to 

fully optimize 

human potential 

in their 

area of work 

and business” 

optimise human potential in 

their area of work and business,” 

he added. 

The Executive Breakfast series, 

which is in its sixth year, is 

the leading thought leadership 

and networking platform for 

the Ghanaian business executives 

and entrepreneurs attracting 

over 800 Executives 

annually. 

• Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni being 

welcomed to Ghana by Dr Bawumia 

Italian PM arrives in 

Ghana for bilateral talks 

ITALIAN PRIME Minister, 

Paolo Gentiloni, arrived in 

Ghana on Monday for a 

two-day official state visit. 

Welcoming him at the 

Kotoka International Airport 

on Monday evening, 

Ghana’s Vice President Dr 

Mahamudu Bawumia 

wished him a “fruitful visit 

to our dear country” and 

expressed the hope that his 

presence would help boost 

the relationship between the 

two countries. 

Gentiloni is expected to 

hold bilateral talks with 

President Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo as 

part of the visit, and interact 

with business establishments 

with Italian interest. 

The last time an Italian 

Prime Minister visited 

Ghana was in February 

2016 when then leader, 

Matteo Renzi, paid a courtesy 

call on John Dramani 

Mahama. 

Meanwhile, French President, 

Emmanuel Macron, 

will be in Ghana tomorrow, 

Thursday, November 30, 

for a day’s visit. He is on an 

Africa tour which began on 

Monday. 

He visited Burkina Faso 

and Côte d’Ivoire before 

coming to Ghana. He 

leaves the country today. 

Truck driver, civil engineer win taxis in ‘Shell Filling No Ye Deep’ promotion 

MR KWAME Dawu, a truck 

driver, and a civil engineer, 

Nicholas Selorm, emerge winners 

of brand new Hyundai Grand i10 

taxis in the third and fourth minidraws 

in the ongoing ‘Shell Filling 

No Ye Deep’ Taxi Bonanza. 

The Retail Manager of Vivo 

Energy Ghana, Mr Kwame Ackah, 

who represented the Managing 

Director, Mr Ebenezer Faulkner, 

encouraged all customers to continue 

to buy at least GH¢60 worth 

of fuel to stand a chance of winning 

any of the remaining two 

taxis in the promotion. 

Mr Dawu said “I never believed 

it was me. I initially thought 

it was one of those jokes from 

friends. So when I had the call, I 

didn’t take it seriously. However, I 

came to the venue on the set date 

for the presentation. 

“Upon approaching, I saw the 

car and a lot of people gathered 

before it dawned on me that truly, 

I had won a car. I am very grateful 

to Vivo Energy and the Shell promotion 

because, I will be counted 

as a car owner in my family,” said 

Dawu during the presentation. 

Jeffery Kwaku Manso, a trotro 

driver, and James Arkoful, a taxi 

driver, both won a one-year and 

six-month free fuel respectively in 

the third draw whilst Abdul 

Adam, an electrical engineer, won 

six-month free fuel in the fourth 

draw. 

In addition, over 500 people 

won amazing prizes including free 

shopping vouchers and Shell Helix 

lubricants in both draws. 

The ‘Shell Filling No Ye Deep 

Taxi Bonanza’ is being run in partnership 

with the National Lotteries 

Authority (NLA) on the 

Caritas platform and Hyundai 

World by Hyundai Motors & Investments 

Ghana Limited. 

• Mr Kwame Dawu, ultimate winner being carried away by the crowd after 

receiving his keys from Mr Kwame Ackah, retail manager of Vivo Energy Ghana 

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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 

Investing in Ghana 

is safe — First Lady 

BY RICHARD DANKWA DARKO 

FIRST LADY Mrs Rebecca 

Akufo-Addo has 

assured Chinese investors 

at a conference 

to promote trade relations 

between Ghana and China in 

Hunan in the Changsha Province 

of China that their investments in 

Ghana will always be safe. 

Addressing the “2017 Ghana- 

Hunan Economic and Trade Conference” 

hosted by the China 

Council for the Promotion of International 

Trade (CCPIT), the 

First Lady touted Ghana’s credentials 

as a safe and profitable place 

for Chinese investors. 

She stated that Ghana is ‘globally 

acknowledged democracy’ 

which has changed governments 

successfully since 1992 ‘without 

causing any dislocations to the political, 

economic or social systems 

of the country’ therefore ‘all in- 

vestors are assured of a stable and peaceful 

country to invest in.’ 

Mrs Akufo-Addo added that Ghana has 

“an assertive parliament, an independent judiciary 

and a vibrant media” and these are 

“safeguards against unpredictable actions of 

• Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady 

any one person or government and further 

serves as security for the protection of investment.” 

The First Lady noted that Ghana as the 

second largest ECOWAS economy with a 

total market of about 500 million people is 

strategically placed to open up new 

and additional markets to boost 

their investment. 

She further said “Ghana’s acclaimed 

educational system has ensured 

that the majority of its work 

force has the needed skills that industry 

requires or where those skills 

do not exist, the workers could be 

easily trained to become productive.” 

Investor incentives 

The First Lady also indicated 

Ghana has a generous investor incentive 

through the Ghana Investment 

Promotion Centre (GIPC), 

free zones enterprise and other institutions 

adding that “regardless of 

where the investment was, the government 

had instituted a number of 

generous incentives for the investor 

depending on the activity or the location 

of the investment to ensure 

that their investment thrived.” 

Listing some of the investment 

opportunities in Ghana, she said 

agriculture and agro processing was 

an area that was ripe for investment. 

She added other priority areas 

such as energy sector especially renewable 

as well as infrastructure 

sector such as roads, railways, ports, 

airports, public housing and real estate 

development, manufacturing 

and industry, mining industrial, salt, 

gold, bauxite and iron ore and 

tourism, ICT and in the financial 

services sector especially equity financing. 

Development 

programmes 

The Deputy Head of Macroeconomic 

Research Unit, Ministry 

of Finance, Dr Millicent DeGraft- 

Johnson who spoke on the governments 

short to medium-term 

development programme said it 

was aimed at providing opportunities 

for growth and job creation 

through the private sector, and had 

developed concrete reform actions 

to tackle key challenges to private 

investment such as ensuring macroeconomic 

stability and debt sustainability, 

improving the ease of doing 

business and enhancing access to 

affordable and long-term financing 

and de-risking instruments. 

Ghana’s Ambassador to China, 

Mr Edward Boateng in a remark 

said the summit will go a long way 

to deepen the relationship between 

Ghana and China as well as facilitate 

investment into the One-District-One-Factory 

(1D1F) initiative. 

The First Lady later witnessed 

the signing of a cooperation agreement 

on Economy and Trade between 

CCPIT Hunan and the AGI 

and an Agricultural Cooperation 

Project between the CRI and the 

Hunan Hybrid-rice Research Center. 

NDC will not scrap Free SHS — Mahama 

FORMER PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama 

has rejected media reports suggesting that 

the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will 

reverse the Free SHS policy if it returns to office 

in the future. 

Mr Mahama said the NDC, however, believes 

that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) 

current implementation of the programme was 

rushed, hence the numerous challenges it is 

being confronted with. 

In a Facebook post yesterday, the former 

President said many people in the governing 

(NPP) as well as civil society believe the current 

challenges of the programme could have been 

avoided if the government had taken time to 

broadly consult with the various stakeholders 

before rolling it out. 

“A more carefully considered plan of implementation 

adopted by broad stakeholder consultation 

would have resulted in clear policies 

and guidelines, which would have avoided the 

current challenges plaguing the programme and 

putting our students in an uncompromised situation. 

“This view is not mine only. Many in the 

NPP and non-partisan civil society hold the 

same opinion. It is not too late to hold a national 

stakeholders forum on the Free SHS Programme 

in order to carry the whole nation 

along,” he stated. 

National dialogue 

Speaking at Tarkwa in the Western Region 

• John Dramani Mahama, 

Former President 

during the recently organised NDC’s Unity 

Walk, Mr Mahama urged the government to 

start a national dialogue and set up a stakeholder 

conference on the Free SHS policy to 

save the programme. 

“…for just the first year and we are seeing 

such problems, then it means these problems 

are going to be multiplied by three in the coming 

years,” the former President warned. 

“A more carefully considered 

plan of implementation 

adopted by broad 

stakeholder consultation 

would have resulted in 

clear policies and guidelines, 

which would have 

avoided the current challenges 

plaguing the programme 

and putting our 

students in an uncompromised 

situation” 

‘Free SHS law important 

A Senior Law lecturer at the University of 

Ghana Law School, Dr Raymond Atuguba, has 

asked the Akufo-Addo government to pass a 

legislation making the Free Senior High School 

policy binding on future administrations. 

He has expressed fears that if such legislation 

is not passed, the policy may collapse as it 

could be abandoned by a different political 

party that assumes power. 

Below is the full Facebook post 

of President Mahama 

NDC WILL NOT REVERSE FREE SHS 

There are no “naysayers” when it comes to 

free SHS. After all, it was recognized and enshrined 

in our constitution by the ordinary people 

of this nation who gathered at the 

Consultative Assembly and drew up the 1992 

constitution. 

Disagreement over the programme is about 

the optimal pace of implementation. A more 

carefully considered plan of implementation 

adopted by broad stakeholder consultation 

would have resulted in clear policies and guidelines, 

which would have avoided the current 

challenges plaguing the programme and putting 

our students in harm’s way. 

This view is not mine only. Many in the 

NPP and non-partisan civil society hold the 

same opinion. It is not too late to hold a national 

stakeholders forum on the Free SHS Programme 

in order to carry the whole nation 

along. The current legacy-seeking and ad hoc 

manner of implementation will multiply the 

current implementational problems over the 

next 3 years. 

The false publication by a newspaper that 

the NDC will reverse free SHS is most laughable, 

false and diversionary. 

Free SHS is constitutional, it must be implemented, 

but it must be implemented properly 

according to a clear plan that carries all stakeholders 

along.


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HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017 

Anti-Galamsey Nursery 

launched At Minti 

NEWS DESK REPORT 

ASEEDLING nursery 

has been set up at 

Minti in the Bosome 

Freho District of the 

Ashanti Region to 

feed the Rejuvenation of Galamsey 

Sites Project being undertaken by 

Partners of Nature Africa (PONA), 

a non-governmental organisation 

(NGO). 

The nursery, set up under the 

auspices of Dadease Hene, Nana 

Twum Barima Appau II, in partnership 

with PONA, has been launched 

at a colorful ceremony at Minti. 

The ceremony was attended by 

the Member of Parliament for Bosome 

Freho, Madam Grace Dei, the 

Environmental Protection Authority 

Director for the area, Mr Prempeh 

Adarkwa Yiadom, the Bekwai Municipal 

Director of the Forestry 

Commission, Mr George Agbenowoshi, 

District Police Commander 

for Bosome Freho, Mr 

Dennis Boateng, the Patron for the 

Small Scale Miners Association of 

Ghana, M.E.K. Agyemang and 

Nana Nti Karikari, who stood in for 

the Traditional Council. 

Addressing the gathering, Nana 

Twum Barima Appau II, Dadease 

Hene, disclosed that his partnership 

with PONA was motivated by a 

concern for the environment that 

has been damaged by activities of illegal 

miners. 

“I decided to engage them to set 

up this nursery to help restore the 

environment and give back life to 

the earth so my people can live 

• Officials after the launch of the programme 

healthily,” he said. 

Nana Appau expressed his consent 

to any organization that is willing 

to join in the exercise, pledging 

to do whatever is within his powers 

to ensure its success. 

The Bekwai Municipal Director 

of the Forestry Commission, Mr 

George Agbenowoshi, said the 

Commission would support the 

project with seedling to be planted 

in reclaimed areas, just as has been 

done to other organisation. 

Forster Amofah, Director of 

Operations of PONA, stated that 

the nursery would produce over 

100,000 seedlings to serve as a 

seedling bank for the area. 

“We have decided to raise rubber 

seedlings in collaboration with 

Fredko Consult Ltd due to its economic 

benefits and viability,” he 

said. 

He called for support from all 

stakeholders to ensure that the mess 

caused by Galamsey operatives is 

cleared for the people to enjoy their 

God-given environment. 

The dignitaries at the ceremony 

joined hands to plant commemorative 

trees to mark the launch of the 

nursery. 

“I decided to engage 

them to 

set up this nursery 

to help restore 

the 

environment 

and give back 

life to the earth 

so my people 

can live healthily,” 

he said. 

Libya slave market 

THE HOST of Peace FM's morning show 

‘Kokrokoo’, Mr Kwami Sefa Kayi, has called on 

the African Union to immediately deal with ongoing 

slave trade in Libya. 

According to him, such barbaric acts should 

not be countenanced in this modern era. 

"Who's the highest bidder? 800 Dinar! 1,000 

Dinar! 1,100 Dinar! In the end, the winning bid 

is 1,200 Libyan Dinar — the equivalent of $800 

(€680). A done deal; however, this isn't just any 

auction for a car or a piece of art. What's being 

sold here is a group of frightened young men 

from sub-Saharan Africa". That was how the 

USA Today, the internationally distributed 

American daily and the third-most-circulated 

newspaper, captured the story on its portal. 

CNN, on the other hand, reported 

that hundreds of African refugees and migrants 

passing through Libya are being bought and 

sold in modern-day slave markets. 

According to reports, the trade works by 

preying on tens of thousands of vulnerable 

people who risk everything to get to Libya's 

coast and then across the Mediterranean into 

Europe - a route that’s been described as the 

deadliest route on earth. 

Journalists working for CNN discovered 

several such slave markets in the country's interior, 

proving what experts had feared for a long 

time: migrants trying to reach Europe via Libya 

continue to be subject to abuse. 

• African Union must act now 

• Sefa Kayi charges 

“...slavery has no 

place in our world 

and these actions 

are among the 

most egregious 

abuses of human 

rights and may 

amount to crimes 

against humanity.” 

• Kwami Sefa Kayi 

“They [the refugees] are from several 

African countries and they say they have fled 

war, poverty and unemployment in their countries. 

They have taken a tough journey through 

the desert and they have paid people smugglers 

to get to Libya to try to cross the Mediterranean 

to Europe. 

U.N. Secretary-General Mr Antonio Guterres, 

in an address in New York last Monday, appealed 

to the Libyan leadership to investigate 

these cases and bring those responsible for the 

slave trade to justice. 

“...slavery has no place in our world and 

these actions are among the most egregious 

abuses of human rights and may amount to 

crimes against humanity,” he added. 

Sefa Kayi, who was moderating Tuesday's 

edition of the ‘Kokrokoo’ show, appeared 

stunned by pictures that have emerged so far 

and queried ‘where is the African Union (AU).’ 

“…there is a slave migrant. We can’t just 

keep talking without any action. AU should do 

something pragmatic now” he charged; a view 

largely shared by panel members on the show 

that included Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National 

Vice-Chairman of the opposition National 

Democratic Congress (NDC) and Mr Henry 

Kwabena Kokofu, former NPP Member of 

Parliament for Bantama in the Ahanti Region. 

Meanwhile, checks by Peacefmonline.com 

indicate that the issue of the slave trade in Libya 

has been added to the agenda of this week’s AU 

meeting in Ivory Coast.

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BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

Mr Eazi donates 

GH¢10,000 to 

accident victim 

AFROBEATS 

ARTISTE 

Mr Eazi has 

donated 

GH¢10,000 

cash to a sixyear-old 

accident victim, 

Peter Mensah. The donation 

was made to his family 

after news reports that the 

family needs financial help. 

Mensah was knocked 

down by a car on July 12, 

2017 at Offinso-Sanproso 

in the Ashanti Region 

whilst crossing the road 

after he was sacked for 

owning printing fee of 

GH¢2.20. 

The driver of the KIA 

truck sped off after knocking 

down the boy but was 

later arrested by the 

Offinso Police. 

Mensah was rushed to 

the Okomfo Anokye 

Teaching Hospital for treatment. 

His legs had to be 

amputated to save his life. 

He is expected to pay 

GH¢40,000 before he could 

be discharged from the 

hospital tomorrow,Thursday, 

November 30. 

Mr Eazi is a Nigerian 

Afrobeats artiste born 

Oluwatosin Oluwole 

Ajibade. 

He was born in Port 

Harcourt, Nigeria, and received 

his elementary and 

secondary education in 

Lagos, Nigeria. 

Eazi holds a degree in 

Ghana misses out at Miss Universe 2017 

MISS UNIVERSE Ghana 

2017 was among the 92 finalists 

at this year’s global pageant 

held at The AXIS at 

Planet Hollywood in Las 

Vegas on Sunday, November 

26, 2017. 

A 22-year-old South 

African, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, 

emerged the ultimate 

winner. 

South Africa won the 

crown for the first time in almost 

40 years and replaces 

France’s Iris Mittenaere, who 

won the crown last year. 

The crown is South 

Africa’s second after Margaret 

•Mr Eazi 

Gardiner won it in 1978. 

Colombia’s Laura Gonzalez 

and Jamaica’s Davina Bennet 

came second and third 

respectively. 

Steve Harvey returned as 

the show’s host despite 

botching the 2015 Miss Universe 

crowning. 

Mechanical Engineering 

from the Kwame Nkrumah 

University of Science and 

Technology, Kumasi, 

Ghana and and an MSc degree 

in Engineering/Management 

from the Coventry 

University. 

He gained mainstream 

attention in Ghana with his 

song ‘Bankulize, produced 

by DJ Juls, and has collaborated 

with the likes of 

Sarkodie, Pappy Kojo and 

Efya. 

His other hits include 

‘Skin Tight’, ‘Anointing’, 

‘HollUp’ and ‘Shitor’. 

Eazi was excluded 

from the 2016 Ghana 

Music Awards even 

though he had a good 

year. Organizers of the 

award scheme claimed 

he could not be nominated 

because he is not a 

Ghanaian. 

He was awarded the 

WAMVA Special Recognition 

Award by WatsUp 

TV in the same year, 

and currently signed to 

the WizKid’s StarBoy 

Worldwide label. 

Eazi won the 

Prestigious Next 

Rated Act at the 

2016 Headies, and 

Best New Artiste of 

the Year at the Inaugural 

Soundcity 

MVP Awards/Festival 

2016. 

On Sunday, he poked fun 

at his mistake throughout the 

night. Three days after people 

in the US celebrated Thanksgiving, 

Harvey told the audience 

he was “grateful for the 

Oscars,” referring to the bestpicture 

flub at this year’s 

Academy Awards. 

Exquisite 

Magazine 

unveils Ghanaian 

as 2017 

influencer 

THE EXQUISITE Magazine, creator of the 

prestigious ELOY Awards, has unveiled the 

cover for the 2017 edition of the magazine 

and it features influential 

women making an impact in Nigeria. 

The ladies who were selected 

due to their achievements in their 

different fields include leading 

Ghanaian media personality and 

the new Head of digital media 

and partnerships at Forbes 

Africa, Lagos, Peace Hyde, 

Tiwa Onasanya, Founder 

of the ELOY Awards, 

Joke Silva, a leading 

Nigerian actress, director, 

and businesswoman, 

and Lanre 

Da Silva Ajayi 

(LDA) Award-winning 

International 

Designer and the 

founder of the 

Eponymous design 

label. 

They cover the 

96th issue of the 

magazine, 

which is a special 

issue celebrating 

the 

9th edition 

of the 

prestigious 

ELOY 

awards 

on the 

theme 

‘Year of Inspiration’. 

•Peace Hyde 

Head of digital 

media and 

partnerships at 

Forbes Africa



•Nii Ayi Tagoe, DJ 

DJs battle at 

‘S Concert’ 

GHANA’S 

BIGGEST 

Disc Jockeys 

are lining up 

this Friday, 

November 30, 

for the 2017 S Concert powered 

by Starr 103.5 FM. 

In a release to the DAILY 

HERITAGE said Grandmaster 

Nii (Nii Ayi Tagoe), 

Vyrusky, Masta Jay, Mono DJ 

Lord, Kastro, and others will 

take to the stage at the Accra 

Sports Stadium (GA-111-8662) 

to treat patrons to a night’s 

dose of rich jockeying skills. 

This year’s S Concert has 

some of Ghana’s most successful 

mainstream artistes on the 

bill. Shatta Wale, Samini, 

Stonebwoy, Ebony, and Kidi 

among over 50 others will take 

turns to perform. 

The S Concert has been organized 

annually since its birth 

in 2014 by the EIB Networkowned 

Starr 103.5 FM, and has 

arguably become Ghana’s 

biggest concert with its A-List 

and budding artistes. 

The 2017 S Concert is 

Kasoa-based musician accuses Patapaa 

BY BERNARD QUANSON 

A KASOA-Based journalist, 

comedian and a musician, 

Omni Assor, has accused Patapaa, 

the ‘One Corner’ hit 

maker, of an attempt to steal 

his yet-to released ‘hot song 

‘Tokrom.’ 

Assor threw the challenge 

over the weekend at a press 

conference held at Kasoa in the 

Central Region to make it clear 

to the world about. 

The aggrieved Assor recounted 

that he composed the 

song in question known as 

‘Tokrom’, and when he was 

about to put the music on the 

social media , Copyright Office 

notified them that the said 

music was already on the social 

media. 

He noted that based on the 

information from Copyright, 

• Of trying to 

steal his song 

his team started to investigate 

to find out who put the song 

on the social media and it was 

indentifed that it was team Patapaa. 

“What we are saying is that 

it is illegal for him to have done 

that because it is not his original 

work, but went ahead and 

branded it as his new release,” 

he stated 

The artiste said not long 

ago, Lil Win allegedly did the 

same thing to Patapaa, which 

displeased him but he is now 

doing same to Assor. 

When asked about the 

meaning of ‘Tokrom,’ he said, 

it means one may be born from 

a humble home, poor home or 

at a far away village but God 

•Omni Assor, Kasoa-based 

musician 

sponsored by Storm Energy 

Drink, Accra City Hotel, Express 

Savings and Loans, 

Ghana Post GPS, Hubtel, and 

Cosmopolitan Health Insurance. 

VIP tickets are selling for 10 

Cedis via 713*7510# across all 

mobile telephony networks. 

can bring one out of such unpopular 

and poor places to become 

great and famous in 

future. 

The Manager of Assor, 

Abrantie Frank, said they had 

interaction with team Patapaa 

on radio, where he denied putting 

the music on social media 

but later called on them to 

meet for a settlement of the 

issue. 

Abrantie Frank, however, 

noted that the suggestion did 

not go down well with him because 

“Patapaa earlier said he is 

not the one who put it on social 

media.” 

He added that Patapaa had 

been given a five-day ultimatum 

to come out on the issue 

openly else an appropriate action 

would be taken against 

him at the right time. 

Mariah Carey 

postpones 

Christmas tour 

over Health issues 

MARIAH CAREY is 

not yet healthy 

enough to embark on 

her Christmas 

tour.The singer announced 

Friday that 

she’s cancelled three 

more concerts on her 

All I Want for Christmas 

Is You Tour over 

ongoing health concerns. 

Just last week, 

Carey pulled the plug 

on her first several 

shows because of an 

upper respiratory infection. 

Originally scheduled 

for a Nov. 17 

kickoff, Carey will 

now officially take the 

stage Dec. 2 in New 

York City. 

She shared on social 

media, “I hope 

everyone had a wonderful 

Thanksgiving 

with loved ones; it’s 

certainly nice to remember 

what we are 

grateful for! Like 

most, I’m thankful for 

my overall health… 

for which I need a bit 

more time to get 

right. Doctors have 

ordered a few extra 

days of rest before I 

can finally fly to New 

York and take the 

stage for my Christmas 

Tour.” 

Carey continued, 

“While this news disappoints 

me to share, 

I am grateful to be on 

the mend and for the 

support from all of 

you – it means the 

world to me! See you 

from the stage soo 

darlings! , Mariah.” 

Refunds will be 

available to those who 

purchased tickets for 

Carey’s shows on 

Nov. 27, 28 and Dec. 

1. Mariah’s Christmas 

Tour will include 

three performances 

at the Beacon Theatre 

in the Big 

Apple, followed by 

stops in Paris, Manchester 

and London, 

and conclude with a 

five-show run in Las 

Vegas. 

Over the Thanksgiving 

holiday, Carey 

admitted to feeling 

“under the weather” 

but said she was celebrating 

with family 

and friends. Meanwhile, 

ex Nick Cannon 

took their twins, 

Monroe and Moroccan, 

to a charity 

event benefiting the 

homeless in Los Angeles. 

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Beach soccer is not 

dead — Ampofo-Ankrah 

BY ANNETTE .S. YEBOAH & 

ROLAND B. TAMAKLOE 

THE PRESIDENT of the 

Ghana Beach Soccer Association 

(GBSA), Mr Yaw Ampofo 

Ankrah, has said that 

beach soccer in the country 

is not dead. 

According to him, though 

no activities have taken place 

for some time, that does not 

mean that beach soccer has 

collapsed. 

He said there would not 

be a rush to begin a beach 

soccer league which would 

not be able to sustain, but 

rather things would be done 

on a professional or semiprofessional 

level to gradually 

help beach soccer grow. 

Mr Ampofo-Ankrah said 

the authorities of the association 

took a decision to set 

up a committee to scout for 

potential beach soccer arenas 

in the Volta, Western, Central 

and the Greater Accra regions 

for the national championship 

to be launched in 

2018. 

“The beach sports arena, 

which is expected to be put 

up in 2018, would not cater 

for just beach football but all 

types of beach sports, 

namely beach wrestling, 

beach tennis, beach volley 

ball and other beach sports 

and even be used as a 

grounds for entertainment,” 

he said. 

The beach soccer 

president further 

stated that the executives 

were in discussions 

with the unions 

in Uganda and Kenya, 

and West African 

Beach Soccer Union, 

whose headquarters 

is in Lagos, Nigeria. 

“The project is 

a long-term [one] 

and it is not about 

how fast we can 

put things together 

but rather how 

long we can sustain 

it. Slow pace 

might be frustrating 

but it is in the 

positive direction. 

“We have documented 

copies of the 

reviews on why beach 

soccer has failed in the 

country so copies would be 

sent to the Ghana Football 

Association, Ministry of 

Youth and Sports, National 

Sports Authority and the 

Ghana Olympic Committee 

in the coming days,” he said. 

Mr Ampofo-Ankrah said 

he was very hopeful that 

Ghana would participate in 

the first beach sports festival 

to be held in Bahamas in 

2018. 

“We need to put in preparations 

in order to get it 

right. We do not have a 

beach soccer arena and do 

not have qualified beach soccer 

coaches and referees who 

can take charge of Confederation 

of African Football 

Beach Soccer Championships 

or the Beach Soccer 

World Cup. 

“We aim to unearth talents 

to give them a platform 

to show what they can do 

and also educate people on 

beach sanitation,” Mr Ampofo-Ankrah 

said. 

•Yaw Ampofo-Ankrah, 

president of GBSA 

WBA to organise 

inter-community 

basketball 

BY ANNETTE .S. YEBOAH 

WESTERN 

BASKET- 

BALL Association 

(WBA) 

will on Saturday, 

December 

23, 2017, organise an 

Inter-community Basketball Game at 

the Takoradi Technical University 

Basketball Court. 

Mr Nasiru Aboney, who is the 

Head of Communications for WBA, 

told the DAILY HERITAGE 

yesterday from Takoradi that 

the game forms part of preparation 

to usher in the maiden 

Western Region Basketball 

League in January 2018. 

Aside the preparation to the 

league, the head of communications 

also said it would also serve as a practical 

ground for officials known as referees 

who will officiate the game in 

December. 

On Friday, September 29, 2017, 

the WBA held an officiating course 

and they were tutored by Ghana Basketball 

Association Vice President and 

FIBA Technical Delegate Ayambire 

Idrrisu Gamelmis, popularly known as 

Coach Iddi. 

Twelve officials participated in the 

course that comprises theory and a 

practical sections and will have the 

opportunity to put what they learnt in 

September in practice on December 

23. 

According to Aboney, the basketball 

league was to commence before 

the training workshop but due to the 

lack of officials in the region the authorities 

of the WBA were forced to 

postpone the league to have the training 

first. 

He further told the DAILY 

HERITAGE that interested communities 

or clubs who want to take 

part in the one-day games would have 

to pay GH¢100.00 as appearance fee. 

Mr Aboney said the participants 

would be given medals and certificates. 

According to him, it is the vision 

and mission of WBA to be rated 

among the world class association and 

very committed to working and caring 

for people, including transforming 

and reforming society in the context 

of engaging people in their passion 

for basketball. 

Kotoko mgt distances itself from 

Happy Man, Circles partnership 

SPORTS DESK 

REPORT 

THE HEAD of 

Communications of 

Asante Kotoko, Mr 

Obed Acheampong, 

has said that the management 

of the club is not 

a party to the agreement 

signed by the National 

Circles Council (NCC) 

and Charger Limited, producers 

of Happy Man Bitters. 

In a press release 

copied to DAILY HER- 

ITAGE in Accra, Mr 

Acheampong said the 

management had not consented 

to the use of the 

official logo of the club in 

endorsing the product 

Happy Man Bitters either. 

According to him, 

management has given assurance 

of its continuous 

efforts to seek avenues to 

bolster the financial base 

of the club and that to 

achieve that, they will do 

everything to protect the 

image of the Kotoko 

brand and in due time the 

general public will duly be 

notified. 

In a related development, 

the lawyer of Asante 

Kotoko, Mr Yaw 

Acheampong Boafo, has 

said that the supporters 

should not forget that 

their headline sponsor, 

MTN, also deals with the 

NCC. 

According to him, Dr 

Kwame Kyei, who is the 

Chief Executive Officer 

of the Porcupine Warriors, 

has told the supporters 

every partnership 

deal should be through 

the management. 

“I do not think that 

Kotoko can associate itself 

with alcohol. This is 

something I and Dr 

Kwame Kyei have told the 

supporters leadership because 

they have no right 

and if they want to partner 

any company,” Mr 

Boafo said.

Daily Heritage November 29

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