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• Queenstar Pokuah 

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Theodora Ansah 

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018 

DAILY QUOTE 

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small efforts, repeated 

day-in and day-out 

--Robert Collier 

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WORLD 

Trump stirs pot 

with Mueller 

interview offer 

POLITICS 

My husband doing 

very well – Samiraa 

BUSINESS 

PG.04 

GMA launches 2nd 

Ghana 

Beverage Awards, 

2017 

SPORTS 

PG.11 

I'm the most committed 

Black Stars player ever 

• Asamoah Gyan 

replies critics 

PG.10 

PG.15 

Pokuah Sawyerr 

rescues girl with 

slashed neck 

THE MEMBER of Parliament 

(MP) for Agona East 

constituency in the Central 

Region, Obaatanpa Queenstar 

Maame Pokuah 

Sawyerr, who is known for 

her generosity, has once again helped to 

save the life of an 18-year-old orphan, 

Theodora Ansah, whose neck and hand 

were slashed by her boyfriend during the 

Christmas festivities. 

The girl, who hails from Likpe, near 

Hohoe in the Volta Region, narrowly escaped 

death and was in critical condition 

at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, but 

her family members could not raise the 

needed money for her to undergo surgery. 

Through the onerous effort of Kasapa 

102.5 FM ,which led the charge to raise 

funds, the 18-year-old mother of two got 

support from the Honourable MP, Sisters 

of the Holy Family Catholic Church 

located at Mataheko and staff of Excellence 

in Broadcasting Network to undergo 

the surgery. 

The victim, after successfully undergoing 

treatment and being discharged, 

paid a ‘Thank You’ visit to the munificent 

MP at her residence in Accra on 

Monday, January 22, 2018. 

Welcoming the survivor, the MP advised 

young girls to be of good behaviour 

and avoid acts of fornication which 

are capable of cutting short their lifelong 

dreams and aspirations. 

She noted that empowering young 

girls to stand for their rights was something 

she was passionate about in her 

constituency and beyond. 

Background 

Theodora had her neck slashed by her 

• Queenstar Pokuah 

Sawyerr (L) with 

Theodora Ansah 

angry boyfriend, Raymond Boabey, a 

construction worker at Likpe Mate, a 

suburb of Hohoe, in the Volta Region. 

The victim, who is a mother of two, 

three-year-old and one-and-a -half-yearold 

daughter, however, escaped death 

from the near butchering incident.

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No masterpiece was ever created 

by a lazy artist 

—Anonymous 

Ghanaians angry 

BY ROSEMOND 

BOATENG ADDAI 

rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

THE DECISION by the 

Births and Deaths Registry 

to ban certain prefixes 

and suffixes 

deemed as titles and 

thus prevented from 

being registered as part of names on 

birth certificates has received a 

huge backlash from discerning 

Ghanaians. 

New and social media 

were yesterday awashed 

with harsh words, 

some of which are 

unprintable, against 

the Births and 

Deaths Registry 

and the Registrar, 

Mr John Agbeko, 

for spearheading 

what 

many described 

as a 'bad policy’ 

which seeks to 

force Ghanaians 

to name their children 

according to 

the dictates of the 

Registry. 

Reacting to the policy, 

seasoned radio and 

television presenters and 

panellists such as Prof. Kofi 

Agyekum, popularly known as 

Opanin Agyekum, of the University 

of Ghana, criticised the Registry 

and expressed wonder as to why the 

outfit should be the one to determine 

how Ghanaians name their 

children. 

Dr Nana Anima Wiafe-Akenten, a 

holder of PhD in Twi and lecturer at 

the University of Education, Winneba, 

in an interview with the 

DAILY HERITAGE yesterday, 

said Ghanaian names such as Nana, 

Nii and Togbe when attached to 

other names command respect for 

the bearers and also put a certain tra 

• Over ban on names such as 

Nana, Nii, Junior by Births 

and Deaths Registry 

• Mr John Agbeko, Registrar at 

the Births and Deaths Registry 

ditional obligation on them to show 

themselves responsible in the communities 

in which they live. 

She said such local names have 

strong effect on their bearers due to 

the meaning and reason behind the 

names. 

“The child is named after an elderly 

person who happens to be a 

chief or another prominent person 

who lived an exemplary life that they 

want that child to emulate or follow 

so they add Nana, Nii, Togbe or 

Maame to be part of the 

name for easy identification 

of the bearer or reference 

to the one the 

child was named 

after. 

“I was named 

after my grandmother, 

Nana 

Anima Wiafe- 

Akenten. That 

is her name so 

you can’t take 

out the Nana,” 

she noted. 

For his part, 

Mr Kwame Jantuah, 

a legal practitioner, 

said “we 

have been screaming 

for local content 

about our businesses 

and things we have 

been doing, but the key 

to local content is our local 

names. So if we’re going to 

give our children foreign names, 

where is our ethnicity?” he quipped. 

Background 

While trying to explain the ban on 

so-called title names in an exclusive 

interview with the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE on Wednesday, Mr Agbeko 

said Ghanaian names such as ‘Nana, 

Nii, Naa, and Togbe are mostly used 

as stool names and titles for leaders 

in the traditional setup. 

According to him, parents choose 

these names (titles) to honour relatives 

who have played vital roles in 

their lives and do not want their 

names to be missing from the family. 

Mr Agbeko suggested that such titles 

that the registry does not accept 

as part of names should only be used 

in the house and the community and 

not to add them to names for birth 

registration. 

“If we allow ourselves as a nation 

to give names the way we want because 

it is us who have got the child 

and will want to name the child the 

way we want, there will come a time 

that we will have wonderful names in 

Ghana. So it is just a control measure 

to make sure that there are moderating 

factors on us as citizens to direct 

how our naming should go. 

“Nobody is against a local name. 

The only difference is that if you 

come to me and say that I have a 

baby and I want to name this baby 

by giving a name like an example 

from where I come from, you have 

Dzigbordi which is Patience and also 

using Mabel and you want to make 

Dzigbordi the first name, by our operations 

we tell you this cannot occupy 

the first name but Dzigbordi 

can be the middle name to have 

Mabel Dzigbordi Agbeko,” he explained. 

He further explained that “if you 

still want the Dzigbordi, then you 

can leave the Mabel and we will use 

the Dzigbordi for you as a first name 

but because we are English-speaking 

people, if you take Mabel and Dzigbordi 

together I don’t know how it 

will look on paper if we do Dzigbordi 

Mabel Agbeko.”

Inside Jan 26, 2018 .qxp_Layout 1 1/25/18 8:39 PM Page 3 

•George Weah (right) has taken over from Ellen 

Johnson Sirleaf (left) 

Weah begins making changes in Liberia 

JUST DAYS into his presidency, 

former footballer 

George Weah has begun 

making changes to the way 

Liberia's government is 

run. 

Mr Weah has ordered 

all "autonomous agencies 

and public corporations of 

the government" to keep 

their operational expenses 

below $3,000 (£2,100). 

Any which wish to exceed 

the budget, "must 

seek approval from the Office 

of the President”, a 

statement on the Executive 

Mansion's website declared. 

It also allowed the relevant 

people in the agencies 

and corporations to sign 

off all "legitimate salaries 

and other benefits". 

Mr Weah took office on 

Monday with a vow to 

crack down on corruption. 

BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Trump stirs pot with 

Mueller interview offer 

Robert Mueller wants 

to talk to Donald 

Trump. The President 

wants to talk to the 

special counsel -- so 

it's a done deal right? 

Trump appeared on Wednesday 

to make a significant gesture by 

telling reporters that he wanted to 

testify to Mueller -- and was ready 

to do so under oath. 

His offer came a day after it 

emerged that the Mueller had requested 

an interview with the President 

as he apparently begins to wind 

up one branch of his investigation 

into whether Trump obstructed justice 

by firing FBI Director James 

Comey while he was probing alleged 

collusion between the Trump campaign 

and Russia during the 2016 

election. 

"I am looking forward to it, actually," 

Trump said, before offering a 

preview of what his testimony 

might look like. 

"Here is the story: There has 

been no collusion whatsoever. 

There is no obstruction whatsoever," 

Trump said. 

Taking a step further, on the second 

day in a row of blockbuster disclosures 

about the Mueller probe, 

Trump offered to do the interview 

under oath. 

On the face of it, his statement 

represented a significant breakthrough 

in the Russia investigation, 

since earlier this month Trump 

questioned why an interview would 

be needed because there had been 

"no collusion." 

But the timing of the comment, 

the circumstances of his legal team's 

ongoing negotiations with Mueller 

and the President's own record of 

reversing apparently adamant statements 

mean it should be treated 

with caution. 

It was also not immediately clear 

if Trump's move was a coordinated 

strategy with his legal team, or a 

case of the President characteristically 

speaking off the cuff in a way 

that could give his lawyers fits. 

Of course, the President, in the 

belief that he is innocent and not at 

all threatened by the Mueller probe 

could simply be willing to testify 

under oath because he thinks it's the 

quickest way out from under the 

Russia cloud. 

It's possible Trump's move is a 

shrewd one. CNN 

•Robert Mueller and President Donald trump 

•Grace Mugabe's PhD has angered many 

Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis 

published finally 

ALMOST FOUR years after 

she submitted it, the PhD 

thesis of Zimbabwe's former 

First Lady Grace Mugabe has 

been released for all to see. 

The 226-page document, 

entitled The Changing Social 

Structures and Functions of 

the Family, was published on 

the University of Zimbabwe's 

website under Mrs 

Mugabe's maiden name. 

The degree has been controversial 

ever since it was 

awarded just months after 

Mrs Mugabe enrolled at university 

in 2014. 

Doctorates typically require 

years of full-time research. 

Earlier this month, a 

number of lecturers demanded 

the doctorate award 

be investigated, with the 

Zimbabwe Independent, a 

privately owned newspaper, 

quoting the academics' petition 

as saying they had no 

knowledge of her 2014 graduation 

until they heard media 

reports: 

"This was a shock to 

many members of the department 

as most members 

never [saw] or heard about 

the proposal, progress reports, 

thesis examiners and 

outcome of such a study by 

the candidate." 

Check back with Africa 

Live later for more analysis 

and reaction to the thesis. 

BBC 

Italy train crash: Three killed in derailment near Milan 

A PACKED commuter train has 

derailed near the northern Italian 

city of Milan, leaving at least three 

people dead and around 10 seriously 

injured. 

Several people were rescued 

from the wreckage of the carriages 

that derailed next to the Pioltello 

Limito station in the 

morning rush hour. 

A problem with a track point is 

being investigated as a possible 

cause, police say. 

Witnesses said the train trembled 

for a few minutes before the 

accident. 

The Trenord train, carrying 

some 100 people, was heading to 

Milan's Porta Garibaldi station 

from Cremona when it derailed at 

about 07:00 local time (06:00 

GMT). 

The train was travelling at normal 

speed when the accident happened, 

a spokesperson for 

Trenord told Reuters news agency. 

Services in the area were halted 

for hours. 

"A train can derail for only two 

reasons; either through a structural 

collapse of the track or a collapse 

of the train. This is the first 

thing that needs to be cleared up," 

said Raffaele Cattaneo, president 

of the regional council. BBC 

•Firefighters are battling to free passengers from the debris



Births and Deaths Registry ban on names useless 

THE REACTIONS to the DAILY 

HERITAGE’S publication yesterday 

under the banner headline ‘BIRTHS 

AND DEATHS REGISTRY BANS 

NAMES SUCH AS NANA, NAA, 

JUNIOR’ should be enough to compel 

the entity to forgo their policy that 

seeks to force Ghanaians to name 

their children according to the dictates 

of the Registry. 

Speaking exclusively to the 

DAILY HERITAGE on Wednesday, 

the Registrar of the Births and 

Deaths Registry, Mr John Agbeko, 

said Ghanaian names such as ‘Nana, 

Nii, Naa, Junior, Nhyira and Togbe 

are mostly used as stool names and titles 

for leaders in the traditional setup, 

and therefore cannot be part of 

names his outfit registers. 

“If we allow ourselves as a nation 

to give names the way we want because 

it is us who have got the child 

and will want to name the child the 

way we want, there will come a time 

that we will have wonderful names in 

Ghana. So it is just a control measure 

to make sure that there are moderating 

factors on us as citizens to direct 

how our naming should go. 

“Nobody is against a local name. 

The only difference is that if you 

come to me and say that I have a baby 

and I want to name this baby by giving 

a name like an example from 

where I come from, you have Dzigbordi 

which is Patience and also using 

Mabel and you want to make Dzigbordi 

the first name, by our operations 

we tell you this cannot occupy 

the first name but Dzigbordi can be 

in the middle name to have Mabel 

Dzigbordi Agbeko,” he explained. 

He further said “if you still want 

the Dzigbordi, then you can leave the 

Mabel and we will use the Dzigbordi 

for you as a first name but because we 

are English-speaking people, if you 

take Mabel and Dzigbordi together I 

don’t know how it will look on paper 

if we do Dzigbordi Mabel Agbeko.” 

However, many Ghanaians think 

the Registrar and the Registry cannot 

and should not tell anybody how to 

name his or her child, particularly 

when those prefixes and suffixes bear 

the Ghanaian heritage. 

Many Ghanaians on social media 

platforms such as Facebook and Twitter 

lashed out at the Registry over the 

ban and called for immediate scrapping 

of the useless policy. 

The DAILY HERITAGE 

equally thinks that the policy, indeed, 

portrays slavery mentality and should 

be scrapped for sanity to prevail. 

Persons with Disability walk long 

distances to access healthcare 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

MAJORITY OF 

People With 

Disabilities 

(PWDs) in the 

three northern 

regions are 

made to walk long distances to 

access healthcare, a research by 

the Hope for Future Generations 

has revealed. 

The research indicated that 

though the respondents were 

not concerned about the distance 

they had to cover, their 

worry was how to access health 

care in their community. 

The research, which was undertaken 

in collaboration with 

Excellence In Broadcasting 

(EIB) Network, further revealed 

that some of the utmost challenges 

of PWDs in the communities 

were funds to buy drugs, 

movement round the facility and 

the attitude of some of the 

health service providers. 

“Most of the respondents, 

representing 54%, have to go by 

foot to the health facility, a lot of 

them being physically challenged 

persons. Thirty one (31%) of 

the respondents who are not 

able to walk at all go by either a 

bicycle or tricycle. Only three of 

the respondents get to the health 

facility using a vehicle,” it stated. 

The research further mentioned 

that most of the PWDs 

spend more than two hours before 

they could get access to 

healthcare, indicating that some 

“could spend the whole day in 

the health facility without even 

accessing services, especially persons 

with hearing impairment.” 

It further revealed that 

PWDs are not given priority 

over other clients when they access 

healthcare services, adding 

that, “some of them indicated 

• Some disabled women 

interacting with the 

researchers 

you are likely to be given priority 

if you meet a very friendly 

health service provider who 

would help you through the 

process. 

“Fifty seven per cent (57%) 

of the respondents responded 

confirmed that there is affordability 

in accessing services due 

to the National Health Insurance 

covering most of the bills 

that they receieve.” 

However, others said not all 

medicines are covered by the 

health insurance and so when a 

patient receives a prescription 

such medicines, it becomes a 

challenge. 

The research was in line with 

EIB’s Starr Woman project, 

which aims at empowering 

women in the society. 

This year’s edition is dubbed, 

‘The Dream Edition’, which 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 the 

country. 

The dream 

The project’s target group 

is young women with disabilities 

in self-employment as entrepreneurs 

and targets six 

districts of three regions in 

the country, including the 

Northern Region.


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KIDDIES Corner 

• Compiled by LOIS DOGBE 

Short stories for kids 

WORD SEARCH PUZZLE 

Kweku Ananse 

and the Lion 

ONCE 

UPON a 

time, Kweku 

Ananse and 

his family 

together 

with all the animals in the forest 

were scared to come out of 

their houses because lion, the 

most powerful amongst them, 

had killed and eaten all animals 

that came his way. 

They were scared to go out 

in search of food, take a bath in 

the stream or even near the forest 

point to drink water. 

After starving themselves 

indoors for some time, they 

held a meeting and sent a delegation 

to lion’s house to make 

an appeal on everyone’s behalf. 

This annoyed lion very 

much and he replied that he 

would only starve to death if he 

stopped eating them. 

On that note the animals 

came to an agreement with the 

lion that each afternoon an animal 

would be brought to his 

house as a meal, since it was either 

they starved to death or 

get killed. 

From then on, a family gave 

out one member each day to 

lion. 

The day finally arrived for 

Ananse to give out a family 

member for lion’s meal. 

Shortly before noon, 

Ananse put his entire household 

to sleep and locked them 

up in a room. 

When the animals arrived at 

noon to take Ananse away, he 

pleaded with them to allow him 

to go alone. 

On his way, Ananse bought 

some fruits and went to sit by 

the forest pond to eat and then 

put the peels at a distance from 

where he was sitting and began 

thinking. 

Ananse was snapped out of 

his thought at the sound of the 

footsteps of the lion that was 

angrily coming to the pond. 

When the angry lion stood on 

the other side of the pond and 

saw Ananse, he asked him 

where he had been. 

Sadly, he replied that he 

bought fruits to give to the lion 

as a desert after the lion had 

eaten him, but another lion 

threatened 

him and took 

it from him. 

He also told 

the lion a lot 

of unpleasant 

things to stir 

up confusion. 

This really 

annoyed the 

lion and he 

asked Ananse 

where he 

could find 

the other 

lion. 

Ananse 

pointed to 

the pond at 

which he sat, 

when the lion 

saw his own 

reflection, he started insulting 

it. 

All the insults echoed back 

to him because the pond was 

deep. 

Then without thinking, the 

lion foolishly jumped into the 

pond to fight his enemy when 

Kweku Ananse deceitfully suggested 

that line of action. 

Ananse laughed at the wailing 

lion till no sound was heard 

from him. He quickly rushed 

home with good news of the 

drowning of the lion, which 

spread quickly through out the 

forest. 

The happy animals named 

Ananse as the wisest in the land 

and they all lived peacefully 

there forth. 

SPOKEN WORD 

OH GOD FORGIVE 

ME WHEN I WHINE 

TODAY IN a bus, I saw a girl 

With golden hair, 

I envied her, she seemed so gay, 

And I wished I were as fair 

When suddenly she rose to leave 

I saw her hobble down the aisle 

She had one leg and held a clutch 

As she passed, she smiled 

Oh God, forgive me when I whine 

I have two legs, the world is mine. 

I stopped to buy candy, 

The lad who sold it had such charm 

I talked to him, he seemed so glad 

And as I left, he said to me 

Thank you, you’ve been so kind 

You see, I am blind 

Oh god, forgive me when I whine 

I have two eyes, the world is mine 

As I passed I saw a boy with eyes of blue 

He sat, and watched the others play 

I stopped for a moment and said, 

“Won’t you join the others, dear?” 

He looked ahead without any word 

I knew he couldn’t hear 

Uh, God forgive me when I whine 

I have two eyes which can hear so clear 

The world is mine 

With legs to send me where I choose to go 

With eyes to see the sun rise and sunset glow 

With ears to hear what I know 

Oh God! Forgive me when I whine 

I have been blessed indeed, the world is mine.


Importance of Shea butter 

Moisturising 

The concentration of natural vitamins and 

fatty acids in Shea butter makes it incredibly 

nourishing and moisturizing for skin. It is 

often used to remedy dry skin and to help protect 

the skin’s natural oils. 

Reduces inflammation 

A 2010 study found that due to its cinnamic 

acid and other natural properties, Shea 

butter was anti-inflammatory. One compound 

in particular, lupeol cinnamate, was found to 

reduce skin inflammation and even potentially 

help avoid skin mutations. This also makes it 

beneficial for some people with acne. 

Skin smoothing 

Shea butter aids in the skin’s natural collagen 

production and contains oleic, stearic, 

palmitic and linolenic acids that protect and 

nourish the skin to prevent drying. With long 

term use, many people report skin softening 

and strengthening as well as wrinkle reduction. 



&Env. 

GMO foods safe to eat – GAEC 

ASENIOR Research 

Scientist 

at the Ghana 

Atomic Energy 

Commission, Dr 

Vivian Oduro, 

has said Ghanaians have no reason 

to be afraid of consuming 

Genetically Modified Organic 

(GMO) foods. 

Controversy around GMO’s 

has raged on since 2013 with 

groups, including Food Sovereignty 

Ghana, mounting serious 

campaigns against them. 

The Civil Society Group last 

year sued the government over 

plans to commercialise GMO 

Foods in the country. 

The group, in a fresh suit 

dated November 23, against the 

National Biosafety Committee 

and four others, was seeking 

declarations on whether required 

processes and laws had 

been adhered to in the ongoing 

plans to commercialise GMOs. 

According to court documents, 

the plaintiff was further 

seeking a declaration from the 

Human Rights Court on 

“whether or not the defendants 

have observed the critical domestic 

and international laws of 

risk assessment and management 

in relation to the release 

and commercialisation of Bt 

cowpea and Bt rice in the country.” 

However, speaking on the 

Starr FM, Dr Oduro said research 

has proven that GMOs 

are safe. 

World Health Organisation, 

Food and Agriculture Organisation 

and other relevant international 

bodies have come out 

with statements after 30 years 

of scientific research and over 

20 years of consumption of 

GMOs in various parts of the 

world to say that the safety of 

GM foods are safe as their conventional 

counterparts,” Dr 

Oduro told Starr FM. 

“..And so, there is no need 

to fear. A lot of the fears that 

are out there are based on people’s 

opinions and not based on 

real scientific facts. We the scientists 

are telling the public that 

we also consume the foods and 

we don’t want to die. So, if 

there is any health implication 

there, we would say so,” she 

added. 

• Doctors are needed in some parts of the country to save lives 

Cigarette a day increases heart disease and stroke risk 

SMOKERS NEED to quit cigarettes 

rather than cut back on them to significantly 

lower their risk of heart 

disease and stroke, a large Bristish 

Medical Journal (BMJ) study suggests. 

Researchers said people who 

smoked even one cigarette a day were 

still about 50% more likely to develop 

heart disease and 30% more 

likely to have a stroke than people 

who had never smoked. 

They said it showed there was no 

safe level of smoking for such diseases, 

but an expert said people who 

cut down were more likely to stop. 

Stop completely 

Cardiovascular disease, not cancer, 

is the greatest mortality risk for 

smoking, causing about 48% of 

smoking-related premature deaths. 

While the percentage of adults in 

the UK who smoked had been 

falling, the proportion of people who 

smoked one to five cigarettes a day 

had been raising steadily, researchers 

said. 

Their analysis of 141 studies, 

published in the BMJ, indicates a 20- 

a-day habit would cause seven heart 

attacks or strokes in a group of 100 

middle-aged people. 

But if they drastically cut back to 

one a day it would still cause three 

heart attacks, the research suggests. 

The researchers said men who 

smoked one cigarette a day had 

about a 48% higher risk of developing 

coronary heart disease 

and were 25% more 

likely to have a stroke 

than those who had 

never smoked. 

For women, it was 

higher as 57% for heart 

disease and 31% for 

stroke. 

The a senior lecturer 

of Cancer Institute at 

University College of 

London, Prof Allan 

Hackshaw, who led the 

study, told the BBC there had 

been a trend in quite a few 

countries for heavy smokers to cut 

down, thinking that was perfectly 

fine, which is the case for things like 

cancer. 

“But for these two common disorders, 

which they're probably more 

likely to get than cancer, it's not the 

•Cigarette smoking increases chances 

of heart disease and stroke 

case. They've got to stop completely.” 

The researchers said it might be 

expected that smoking fewer cigarettes 

would reduce harm in a proportionate 

way as had been shown in some 

studies with lung cancer. 

However, they found that men 

who smoked one cigarette per day 

had 46% of the excess risk of heart 

disease and 41% for stroke compared 

with those who smoked 20 cigarettes 

per day. 

For women it was 31% of 

the excess risk of heart disease 

and 34% for stroke. 

Prof Hackshaw said 

the increased risks of cardiovascular 

illness were 

over the course of a 

lifetime but damage 

could be done in just a 

few years of smoking. 

But he said the 

good news was that 

those who quit smoking 

could also quickly reduce 

their risk of cardiovascular 

disease. 

Cutting down not useless 

Paul Aveyard, professor of behavioural 

medicine at the University of 

Oxford, said the “well conducted 

study confirmed what epidemiologists 

had suspected - that light smoking 

created a "substantial risk for 

heart disease and stroke.” 

But he said it was wrong to conclude 

cutting down smoking was useless. 

“Those who try to cut down with 

the aid of nicotine, whether from 

nicotine replacement treatment or an 

e-cigarette, are more likely to stop 

eventually and thus really reduce their 

risks from smoking,” he said. 

Martin Dockrell, tobacco lead at 

Public Health England, said this 

study adds to the growing body of 

evidence which tells us that cutting 

down to just one cigarette a day still 

leaves a substantial risk of heart attack 

and stroke. The best and safest 

thing you can do is to quit completely 

for good.” 

Deborah Arnott, chief executive 

of health charity ASH, said, “It's addiction 

to nicotine that keeps people 

smoking but it's the tar in cigarette 

smoke that does the serious damage. 

“Vaping is much less harmful, but 

only if you quit smoking altogether.” 

Simon Clark, director of the 

smokers' group Forest, said discouraging 

people from cutting down 

smoking could be "counter-productive".

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DAILY HERITAGE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018 


Forum on ending 

child marriage 

held in Accra 

BY LOIS DOGBE - INTERN GIJ 

THE MEDIA Communication 

Advocacy Network, under the 

auspices of the United Nations 

Population Fund (UNPF) and the 

United Nations Children Emergency 

Fund has organised a media 

orientation programme to accelerate 

action to end child marriage in the 

country. 

The orientation spearheaded by 

Mrs Selina Owusu, a gender 

programme analyst of the UNPF, was 

to find lasting solution to harmful 

practices and violation of human 

rights that affect girls and their rights 

to education which often lead to 

social isolation and violence. 

Mrs Owusu, while addressing the 

gathering explained that child 

marriage occurs when both parties in 

a union are under the age of 18. 

”Every year in developing 

countries, more than 13.5 million girls 

are married before the age of 18 and 

4.4 million of them are married 

before the age of 15,” she stated. 

Challenges 

She said despite collaborations 

between the Government of Ghana 

and non-governmental organisations, 

funding for services does not trickle 

down at the district level, which meant 

dependence on external funding. 

Media and traditional 

leaders 

She said collaboration with the 

media and traditional rulers at national 

and sub-national levels were critical 

and far reaching. 

“We invited you all media 

personalities here for the orientation 

to build more focus on gender related 

issues and to enforce public 

advocacy,” Mrs Owusu stated. 

Achievements 

Since UNPF’s establishment in 

2016/2017, its achievement through 

the media and traditional leaders had 

been tremendous, but more public 

advocacy is being demanded to give 

priority to young children who fall 

victim to such unpardonable acts. 

Some achievements that could be 

boldly claimed are; 

• Delay in marriages and 

pregnancies in some parts of the 

country. 

• Reduced school drop-outs. 

• Reduced sexual and gender-based 

violence. 

• Creating an enabling environment 

to uphold girls’ right and entitlements. 

• Enhancing girls’ autonomy, social 

network and participation. 

• Improve sexual and reproductive 

health knowledge and practices 

(including family planning). 

• Supporting governments and civil 

society to reach the most marginalised 

adolescent girls, especially those at risk 

of and affected by child marriage. 

She said 

despite 

collaborations 

between the 

Government of 

Ghana and nongovernmental 

organisations, 

funding for 

services does 

not trickle down 

at the district 

level, which 

meant 

dependence on 

external funding. 

The orientation spearheaded by Mrs Selina 

Owusu, a gender programme analyst of the UNPF, 

was to find lasting solution to harmful practices and 

violation of human rights that affect girls and their 

rights to education which often lead to social 

isolation and violence. 

Ghana is blessed to have 

Akufo-Addo – Dele Momodou 

BY MOHAMMED AWAL 

THE PUBLISHER of 

Ovation Magazine, Chief 

Dele Momodou, has 

said Ghana is blessed to 

have President Nana 

Addo Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo as her leader. 

Speaking on Wednesday on Starr 

Chat, the renowned publisher said 

despite his opposition to Mr Akufo- 

Addo during the 2016 electioneering, 

he admires his acumen. 

“When God has put someone in 

authority, you must respect him 

[because] it is not easy to be president 

of any country,” he told Starr Chat 

host Bola Ray, adding, “and Ghana is 

blessed to have leaders like Nana 

Akufo-Addo and all the others before 

him.” 

Describing Akufo-Addo’s speech 

during the visit of French President, 

Emmanuel Macron, to Ghana last year 

as apt, Chief Momodou said: “There’s 

something I like about leadership, I 

love intellectual leaders.” 

“In fact, the speech Nana [Akufo- 

Addo] made when the French 

President [Emmanuel Macron] came 

to Ghana; it went viral and I was one 

THE NARCOTICS Control Board 

(NACOB) has impounded a Kia truck 

full of dried leaves suspected to be 

cannabis at Buokono, near Asesewa in 

the Upper Manya Krobo District of 

the Eastern Region. 

NACOB, in the latter part of 

2017, had a tip-off that a boat from 

Dzemeni in the Volta Region had 

been loaded with cannabis and had 

unloaded its cargo onto a truck at a 

village near Asesewa with the final 

destination of the cargo being 

Ashaiman in the Greater Accra 

Region. 

NACOB, in collaboration with the 

District Police Command at Asesewa, 

intercepted the said truck with 

registration number ER 105-13 and 

arrested the driver, one Stephen 

Narteh Sangmortey, while his 

accomplice fled upon sensing danger 

when security officers stopped their 

vehicle for checks. 

During a search conducted on the 

•Chief Dele Momodou, Publisher of Ovation Magazine 

of those people who promoted it,” he 

disclosed. 

Not surprised 

Mahama lost 

Chief Momodou , who is widely 

known to be an ardent supporter of 

President John Mahama, told Bola Ray 

he was not surprised Mr Mahama lost 

the 2016 elections to President Akufo- 

Addo. 

truck sacks filled with dried leaves 

suspected to be cannabis were found 

packed in the bucket of the truck and 

covered with a tarpaulin. 

In all, 124 sacks, all containing 

dried leaves suspected to be cannabis 

sativa (weed), were retrieved from the 

truck. 

These comprised 72 sacks of 

compressed dried leaves and 52 sacks 

of uncompressed dried leaves, all 

suspected to be cannabis. The 72 

sacks of compressed dried leaves 

were further found to contain 4,326 

slabs of compressed cannabis. 

The estimated gross weight of the 

seized cannabis is 5 tonnes, with 

street value of approximately half a 

million Ghana cedis. 

The purported owner of the 

consignment is one Nicholas Lartey 

(aka Nharyo), who is currently at 

large. The driver of the truck was put 

before court and subsequently 

remanded in prison custody. 

Akufo-Addo garnered 5, 716, 609 

votes, representing 53.84 per cent of 

the total votes, to snatch the 

presidency from Mahama, who 

secured 4,713,277 votes, representing 

44.40 per cent. 

The National Democratic Congress 

also lost more than 40 parliamentary 

seats to the NPP, which gave the latter 

majority in Parliament. Akufo-Addo 

won the election after two failed bids. 

“NACOB wishes to assure the 

public of its continuous commitment 

to curbing the illicit drug trade. 

Chief Momodou said despite 

openly declaring his support for 

Mahama in that year’s election, he 

knew deep down that retaining the 

power would be a herculean task. 

“Because there were a lot of 

similarities to [Goodluck] Jonathan in 

Nigeria,” he told Bola Ray when asked 

if he had seen Mahama’s defeat 

coming in 2016. 

He continued: “The easiest way to 

get rid of a government is to accuse it 

of corruption and most people that is 

what they want to hear. Whether it is 

true or not people just want to hear. 

And it is in the character of politics 

that you must damage your opponent 

and damage him beyond repair.” 

My support unflinching 

despite staring defeat 

Enumerating what he thinks was 

Mahama’s shortcomings during the 

electioneering, Chief Momodou said, 

“He was too busy concentrating on 

his project. That was one problem. 

The second one was that Mahama 

could not really be bothered about 

what people said about him. That’s 

why he used to say ‘I’m a dead goat.’ 

He couldn’t be bothered. He was not 

afraid.” 

According to him, Mr Mahama 

took several bold decisions during his 

The public is therefore encouraged 

to voluntarily provide information 

leading to the arrest of persons 

reign and “he paid the price for taking 

those bold decisions. 

“So you saw the defeat coming, 

staring him in the face,” chipped in 

Bola Ray. “Oh! It was a tough battle 

for him,” he replied. 

Asked why he was still glued to the 

Mahama ticket despite him knowing 

the obvious, he reiterated that, “In life, 

you don’t say that because you are 

going to be defeated you’ll just sit 

down at home and do nothing. 

“For him, it was a great experience 

and I’m so proud of him for bowing 

out gracefully despite a lot of pressure 

on him not go,” he said. 

Mahama wants 

Ghana to succeed 

Mr Mahama, according to Chief 

Momodou, is not a sour loser and that 

his love for Ghana outweighs his 

political ambition. 

That, he said, evidently manifested 

itself in his early concession of defeat, 

adding, despite being in opposition he 

does not wish for Akufo-Addo to fail. 

“He is a totally cosmopolitan 

human being,” said Chief Momodou, 

stressing, “as a matter of fact, I know 

that if he is called upon at any time to 

give good and useful ideas to this 

government, he would.” 

NACOB impounds 5 tonnes of cannabis worth half a million cedis 

•The impounded Kia truck full of dried leaves 

suspected to be 

indulging in 

nefarious activities, 

especially in 

narcotics related 

acts. 

NACOB, as 

part of its 

strategies to 

intensify the 

advocacy campaign 

against drug abuse 

and trafficking, is 

calling on the 

youth to refrain 

from engaging in 

acts that would 

jeopardize their 

future,” NACOB 

stated in a release 

signed by Nana 

Osei Nkwantabisa, 

Communications and Media Relations 

Officer, and copied the DAILY 

HERITAGE yesterday. 

Dsane Foundation 

gives schools 

educational 

materials 

BY MOHAMMED AWAL 

A GHANAIAN registered 

non-governmental 

organisation, Dsane 

Foundation, in collaboration 

with De Harlekijn and De 

Zevensprong, has donated 

educational materials to some 

basic schools across the 

country. 

They are Rokai Memorial 

Academy, Teshie-Accra in the 

Great Accra; Assin Adubiase 

Methodist Basic School in the 

Central; and Kwahu-Mpraeso 

Presby Basic School in the 

Eastern regions respectively. 

The items, which included 

furniture for teachers and 

pupils, computers, white 

boards, dustbins, plastic draws 

and bars, and playing toys and 

worth GH¢ 60, 000.00 were 

presented at separate events at 

the various schools on 

Monday, January 22 and 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018. 

Presenting the items to the 

schools, Nii Nmai Dsane, 

founder of the Dsane 

Foundation, indicated that his 

desire to contribute to the 

development of the country 

was what motivated him and 

his wife, Lawrencia Dsane, to 

mobilise the items with 

support of friends and family. 

He charged the teachers to 

ensure that the items were well 

maintained while being put to 

proper use, noting that it was 

only by that that he and his 

collaborators would be 

encouraged to do more. 

The Member of Parliament 

for Ledzokuku-Krowor 

constituency, Dr Nii Okoe 

Boye, the Municipal Chief 

Executive, Naa Adjeley Twum- 

Gyamrah and Director of 

Education, Gloria Naa Ahinee 

Clark, who attended the Teshie 

event, all expressed their 

appreciation for the gesture 

and assured the public that 

they would supervise the 

proper use of the items at the 

school. 

The District Chief 

Executive for Assin South, Mr 

Derrick Owosu Ambrose, who 

graced the Assin Adubiase 

Methodist school event, 

acknowledged that the items 

would go a long way to help 

improve teaching and learning 

in the school. 

He called on all past 

students and well-to-do 

individuals who hail from the 

area to come and support the 

school, which will be 

celebrating its 111th 

anniversary his year. 

At Mpraeso, the 

headmistress of the school, 

Madam Rebecca Anokye, 

described the donation of the 

computers as an answer to 

their prayer. 

According to her, the 

number of computers the 

school had for the teaching of 

the Information and 

Communications Technology 

subject was woefully 

inadequate, thus the donation 

was a “timely intervention” 

that was going to boost the 

teaching and learning of the 

subject to a “very large extent.” 

•Items such as furniture for teachers and pupils, computers, 

white boards, and dustbins were donated to the schools


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GMA launches 2nd Ghana 

Beverage Awards, 2017 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com 

GLOBAL MEDIA 

Alliance (GMA), 

organiser of the 

Ghana Beverage 

Awards, has 

launched the 

2017 edition of the awards. 

Two additional categories to 

honor more players in the beverage 

industry were announced at 

the launch. 

The new categories, Socially 

Responsible Beverage Company 

of the Year, and New Beverage of 

the Year, have been introduced to 

challenge industry players to excel 

beyond operations in Ghana. 

The Chief Executive Officer 

(CEO) of GMA, Mr Ernest 

Boateng, said the New Year 

brought with it greater opportunities 

for beverage companies to 

thrive beyond their previous successes. 

“As a company, we are confident 

that the industry players who 

have kept us refreshed for many 

years will continue to challenge 

themselves to churn out (sic) the 

best beverage brands not just to 

meet international standards but 

to beat them as well,” Mr Boateng 

stated. 

The CEO of the Ghana 

Tourism Authority, Mr Akwasi 

Agyeman, emphasized his organization’s 

support to activities that 

seek to promote the name of 

Ghana on the international market. 

“The Ghana Tourism Authority 

will support this initiative as 

part of promoting Ghanaian 

goods and services. In fact, these 

efforts are part of the bigger vision 

of His Excellency Nana 

Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to see 

a more self-reliant Ghana moving 

beyond aid. 

“We are hopeful that the 

startup companies in this space 

will also be encouraged to excel 

with the introduction of the 

Ghana Beverages Awards (GBA),” 

Mr Agyeman said. 

He further commended the 

beverage industry players for their 

work and expressed the hope in 

their excellence beyond Ghana. 

•Mr Ernest Boateng, CEO of 

Global Media Alliance 

“Beverages are the biggest in 

production when we consider 

made-in Ghana goods. You have 

refreshed us, entertained us, and 

kept the Ghanaian heritage, given 

us jobs and a sense of hope that 

Ghana can drive her economy. 

Should your efforts be replicated 

in every endeavour, Ghana too 

can make it. I am hopeful that our 

beverages will be enjoyed not only 

in Ghana but across the world and 

respected for their quality,” he 

added. 

Various categories 

The following displays the various 

award categories such as 

product specific, general categories 

and included categories. 

Product specific 

This category has to do with 

such awards as Spirit of the Year, 

Beer of the Year, Bitters of the 

Year, Water of the Year, 

Ciders/RTD of the Year, CSD of 

the Year, Cocoa/Chocolate/Diary 

Drink of the Year, Energy Drink 

of the Year and Fruit Juice of the 

Year. 

General categories 

As the name implies, the General 

categories encompass awards 

relate to all other aspects of activities 

in the industry, such as the 

Manufacturer of the Year, Product 

of the Year, Socially Responsible 

Company of the Year and 

New Beverage of the Year. 

The GBA was first launched in 

2016 with the objective of honouring 

the diligent beverage producers 

of this country as well as 

to create a platform for stakeholders 

in the industry to interact with 

each other for their collective 

good. 

Beverage giants, including Kasapreko 

Company Limited, Guinness 

Ghana Brewery Limited, 

Blow Chem Industries (producers 

of Bel Aqua Mineral Water), Special 

Ice Company Limited,Blues 

Skies Ghana, TT Brothers Company 

Limited (producers of Uncle 

T wine), GIHOC Distilleries (producers 

of Castle Bridge)and 

Twellium Industrial Company 

Limited (producers of Rush Energy 

Drink) participated in the 

maiden edition last year. 

The Food and Beverage Association 

of Ghana, Food Research 

Institute under Centre for Scientific 

and industrial Research 

(CSIR) and the Ghana Tourism 

Authority (GTA) are the organis- 

Ghana’s Goldsmith industry collapsing 

BY OSEI OWUSU AMANKWAAH 

GHANA’S GOLDSMITH industry is 

on the brink of collapse due to the 

ban on small-scale mining by the government 

as a way of ending illegal 

mining in the country. 

The sector, which used to employ 

thousands of workers, is now employing 

less than a thousand workers due 

to its inability to get raw materials for 

its operations. 

According to the Federation of 

Gold Jewelers Association, they depend 

mainly on small-scale miners for 

their raw materials, hence the need for 

the government to intervene. 

The October 2017 timeline given 

by the government to lift the ban on 

small-scale mining was extended by 

three months, prompting protest by 

the Small-scale Miners Association. 

The Association made this known 

in Accra at a Third World Network’s 

roundtable with journalists and stakeholders 

on the role of artisanal and 

small-scale mining on the Ghanaian 

economy. 

The Chairman of the Federation, 

Shallovern Srodah, told Starr 

Business that his members were the 

most affected. 

“We in the jewelry industry have 

been affected most. Eighty percent of 

the gold we use come from this smallscare 

mining. The multilateral companies 

do not give us the gold. When 

they get the gold they take it outside,” 

Srodah said. 

He added that most of his members 

had resorted 

to 

other 

artisanal 

jobs to survive, saying, “When you 

go to the Volta Region and 

other regions, because they 

do not have the gold to 

work with, most of 

our workers have 

tuned into carpenters, 

fishermen, 

etc.” 

He warned 

that if nothing 

was done soonest, 

the industry 

would collapse, 

costing the country 

millions of Ghana 

cedis. 

The Federation further 

pleaded with the government 

to allow and ensure 

big mining companies feed them 

with raw material to sustain their business. 

“There was a time we proposed to 

the government that the gold that they 

give to these multilateral company, 

even if they give 00.5 per cent to the 

jewelry industry, we will survive,” 

Sroda said. 

The move will be one that will give 

meaning to the government’s agenda 

of adding value to raw material. 

Meanwhile the General Secretary 

of the Ghana National Association of 

Small-Scale Miners, Godwin Armah, 

says the ban is also taking a huge toll 

on other sectors of the economy. 

Many of the towns hosting smallscaling 

mining activities are dying, 

leading to increase in rural-urban migration.



DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018 11 

Politics 

“There are greater things to be achieved in 

every new year, and each and everyone must 

prepare themselves to be great, not by words of 

the mouth, but by a lot of sacrifices.” 

— Michael Bassey Johnson 

My husband doing very well – Samiraa 

BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG 

•Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and wife, Samira 

HAJIA SAMIRA 

Bawumia, wife of 

Vice President 

Dr Mahamudu 

Bawumia says her 

husband is doing 

very well. 

Dr Bawumia is currently in the 

United Kingdom (UK) on medical 

leave after he was announced sick 

by the government last Friday. 

Some Ghanaians have called 

on the government to provide details 

on the exact situation with 

the second gentlemen. 

In a Tweet on Thursday, the 

Second Lady, who is in the UK 

with her husband said: “My Husband 

Bawumia and I are grateful 

to all Ghanaians and well wishers 

from across the world for the 

prayers, support and best wishes. 

He’s doing very well and we thank 

Allah for His grace. He looks forward 

to returning to work soon.” 

Information Minister 

Mustapha Hamid had earlier said: 

“You are aware that the Vice President 

of the Republic, Alhaji Dr 

Mahamudu Bawumia is currently 

on medical leave in London. We 

wish to report that he is doing 

very well. The Chief of Staff and 

other senior government officials 

have been talking to him. God 

willing, he will be back home 

shortly to resume his duties.” 

Mahama reacts to Free 

SHS sabotage story 

THE OFFICE of former 

President John Dramani 

Mahama has reacted to 

media reports that the former 

President had contracted 

a magazine, the 

AfricaWatch to publish 

damaging reports about the 

Free Senior High School 

(SHS) policy. 

In a statement signed by 

Joyce Bawah Mogtari, Special 

Aide to former President 

Mahama dated 

Thursday, January 25, 2018 

and copied the DAILY 

HERITAGE, the former 

President said “the claim, 

which had been attributed 

to the Ministry of Education, 

had been reproduced 

by some online news portals, 

in yet another sponsored 

attempt by 

Government to use false 

and malicious publications 

to bring the name of the 

former President into disrepute.” 

The statement further 

noted that the former President 

wishes to place on 

record the following: 

1. Neither President 

John Mahama nor his office 

has, any, interest in or 

working relationship with 

the AfricaWatch Magazine. 

2. We have not seen or 

been offered an advance 

copy of the said publication 

to know what they 

have even written about the 

government’s Free SHS 

Policy. 

3. The claims by the two 

government sponsored 

tabloids and the alleged 

Ministry of Education 

statement are nothing but 

part of the usual set of lies 

conveniently being told to 

sway the attention and interest 

of the Ghanaian people 

from the dangerous 

developments of corruption, 

insecurity, hardships 

and poor governance by 

President Nana Akufo- 

Addo. 

4. President Mahama 

holds the enviable record as 

a Ghanaian leader who has 

done more to broaden the 

frontiers of SHS education 

than many before him. He 

began with the implementation 

of the Progressively 

Free SHS, implemented the 

Secondary Education Improvement 

Programme 

(SEIP), built Community 

Day Senior High Schoolsthe 

largest addition to our 

school stock since independence, 

expanded infrastructure 

in hundreds of 

existing Senior High 

Schools among other interventions. 

5. Like most Ghanaians, 

Mr Mahama is deeply concerned 

about the horrible 

conditions under which 

SHS students are living and 

studying, out of which 

deaths have been recorded. 

6. The Former President’s 

suggestion and advice 

to Government has 

been a call for a National 

Stakeholders Dialogue to 

chart a better and befitting 

way forward. 

7. President Akufo- 

Addo should heed that call, 

instead of orchestrating attacks 

based on lies and 

pedestrian propaganda. 

This Office would also like 

to point out that it has 

noted a pattern of spreading 

ridiculous untruths and 

a general smear campaign 

by assigns of government 

intended to malign the former 

President to satisfy an 

obvious political motive. 

We condemn this approach 

and demand an immediate 

end to it. The media must 

also know that deliberately 

spreading such concocted 

falsehood and helping promote 

smear campaigns 

against the former President 

is worsening the dent 

and the characterisation of 

the Ghanaian media as unprofessional 

and partisan. 

We encourage the Ghanaian 

public to continue to 

demand from the Akufo- 

Addo government, an improvement 

from the poor 

governance it is serving this 

country. 

ADAG 074 

Ghana Revenue Authority 

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The Monster of Smartphone Technology 

SOURCE: NANOFIX IT INTERNATIONAL 

THE GENERA- 

TION of the 21st 

century has undergone 

various facets 

of technological revolution 

and advancements, 

since the invention of the 

worldwide web to the transition of 

landline communication to mobile 

communications, a consequence of 

which has impacted on a boom in 

global commerce and trade, facilitating 

business interaction amongst 

nations from the Americas to the 

last man in Timbuktu. Such is what 

could be seen as a celestial blessing 

to consumers and beneficiaries of 

smartphone technology. 

Every year, Hi-Tech companies 

continue to bombard the market 

through elaborate advertising 

strategies, showcasing different 

mobile phone designs with variably 

improved features to bait the consumers 

into buying what could be 

seen as efficient, modern and 

trending gadget to behold, without 

much disclosure of the many con- 

malignant brain tumors, like 

gliomas as well as benign tumors 

and acoustic neuromas (tumors in 

the cells of nerves responsible for 

hearing). Such studies have been 

carried out in various forms such 

as case-controlled study, which 

compares the use of cell phone 

with people suffering from these 

cited a study in the Netherlands, 

where 31 healthy females were exposed 

to 3G mobile phone use for 

15 minutes and their 

Electroencephalogram 

(EEG) was measured. It 

discovered a cortical reactivity 

increase as soon 

as radiation was detected 

by the brain. 

pace of technological advancement. 

The use of mobile phones is 

replacing many ancient ways of 

human lifestyle. The global financial 

space is using smartphones as 

a tool for banking transactions, 

payments and receipt. The surge in 

App development and software 

programing of businesses, our 

smartphones are now the power 

tool to executing many functions 

in our daily activities and therefore 

its importance cannot be disregarded. 

Its use has come to stay regardless 

of the negatives 

associated with radiation emission. 

Governments and businesses 

should rather invest in finding 

ways of reducing the impact, if not 

eradicate it. More education should 

be given to mobile phone users to 

understand the health implication 

of the radiation. Radiofrequency in 

mobile phones is a good servant 

but and monster to health. It is on 

through Nano technology has unearthed 

this major discovery of a 

rare product onto the market. A 

company in Ghana, it is leading an 

anti-radiation campaigner, to save 

cell phone users from the consequential 

monster effect of radiation 

exposure, the first of its kind 

in Ghana. The Nanofixtit liquid 

application requires just a single 

drop on the mobile phone, 

smeared and spread on the screen 

and back cover of the gadget. This 

is guaranteed to protect the user 

up to 24 months .There are 3 

major benefits derived from the 

liquid. 

Radiation protection and redirection 

to a maximum of 85% of 

radiation emission from the smartphone. 

This will protect the hearing 

nerves of the ear and brain 

cells from cancer. 

Enhanced screen resolution and 

camera for perfect picture quality. 

Radiation effect 

on fertility 

On the list of items 

with negative impact on 

our environment, mobile 

phone radiation is in the 

‘Hall of Fame’ of toxins 

that affect our planet. 

Studies have shown that 

radiation emission affects 

the sperm of 

cerns raised in the last decade by 

scientist and researchers on the 

negative impact of radiofrequency 

electromagnetic radiation exposure 

and absorbed in to the body of 

users. 

Globally, it is estimated that 5 

billion mobile phones are in circulation, 

averagely emitting between 

30,000 Hz to 300 Billion Hz. Electromagnetic 

fields in the radiofrequency 

is what allows mobile 

communication to be possible. 

Gadgets like Microwave, radio 

transmissions, televisions are some 

of the inventions benefiting from 

electromagnetism. Unfortunately, 

these benefits cannot negate the 

health concerns associated with 

human exposure to radiation emissions 

from mobile smartphones. 

Radio effect on brain 

Epidemiological studies, researching 

into the relationship of 

smartphone use and the risk of 

types of 

tumor and 

people without 

them. Another 

study of 

a large group 

over a long 

and steady 

period of 

time and the 

impact of radiofrequency energy 

to the brain, indicate serious damaging 

effects of heat generated by 

these devices into the body. 

So the critical question all mobile 

phone users should be asking 

at this point, is, are the use of mobile 

phones harmful to our health? 

A response to this question could 

be found in the World Health Organization 

report in July, 23, 2015, 

“classifies cell phones radiation as 

a ‘possible carcinogen’ due to an 

increased risk of brain cancer from 

long term use and heavy use of 

cell phones”. This report further 

males. Research has proven the 

case of low sperm count in men, 

especially those who put phones in 

their pockets or waists area. This 

position causes an electromagnetic 

communication with the male testicles, 

consequent to which the quality 

of sperm over a period is 

damaged. In a report published by 

Stanford University in 2012, Ken 

Ferguson discovered that 15% of 

married couples suffer infertility of 

which 50% of the case has a connection 

to do mobile phone radiation 

exposure. 

Our world is moving at a fast 

the back of these challenging 

health implication why a company 

like Nano fixit Ghana is in the 

right direction in the introduction 

of the ‘Nanofixit’ product range to 

protect users and must be supported 

by mobile phone users, 

businesses and non-governmental 

organization to give more focus in 

this direction to save lives and expand 

research into producing more 

of such products. 

Killing the 

radiation monster 

Modern scientific research 

Screen protector against 

cracked screens. The end of an era 

to buying bulky screen covers to 

cover your phone. Just a liquid applicator 

reinforces the screen. 

Be careful what you as a case 

cover from your mobile phone. 

Many case covers reduces mobile 

phone signals reduces battery life 

span, thereby increasing the emissions 

of radiation to your body 

Turn on airplane mode of your 

phone when not in use, especially 

during bed time hours. Keep mobile 

handset away from head and 

body. 

Whenever you make a phone 

call, wait for the call-connect before 

placing handset to your ear. 

Mobile phone emits more radiation 

when ringing and waiting to 

connect. 

Children should only be allowed 

to use cell phone for emergencies. 

This protects children of 

early negative effects of radiation 

and effects of mobile use.

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2018 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

No telenovelas 

on Tourism Ministry’s 

TV – Minister 

BY RAMSON 

ACQUAH-HAYFORD 

THE PUBLIC 

Relations Officer 

of the 

Ministry of 

Tourism, Arts 

and Culture, 

Mr Alhassan Abubakar 

Sadiq, has assured Ghanaians 

that the Ministry’s soon-tobe-opened 

television (TV) 

station will be dedicated to 

100% Ghanaian content 

with no inclusion of foreign 

materials. 

“The Ministry will give 

the platform to music, 

movies and other contents 

that is not usually shown on 

our traditional stations, primarily 

due to the ‘payola’ 

that has taken over our 

media space,” he indicated to 

the DAILY HERITAGE 

in an interview yesterday. 

He hinted that even 

though the Ministry had not 

made plans to acquire a radio 

station licence, it had not 

ruled out the establishment 

of a radio station. 

The PRO expressed the 

strong conviction that the 

TV project will materialize 

within the year but did not 

give a specific date. 

Background 

The Minister of Tourism, 

Arts and Culture, Mrs 

Catherine Abelema Afeku, 

has revealed that the Ministry 

is set to launch its TV 

station. 

In an interview with Citi 

Showbiz at a symposium organised 

during the Black Star 

International Film Festival at 

the African Regent Hotel on 

Monday, the sector minister, 

said the station would help 

to re-orient Ghanaians with 

a new sense of national 

pride in their heritage, culture, 

and way of life. 

“We have a lot of creative 

content and we are competing 

with foreign countries 

which are saturating our 

media platform. So nine 

months ago I came up with a 

concept that we need an outlet 

for our creative art people,” 

she stated. 

“It didn’t come easy but 

we have finally got our licence. 

This will give a platform 

to our festivals, the 

music, and the shows that 

never get airtime. That is 

what the TV is all about,” 

Madam Afeku added. 

•Mrs Catherine 

Afeku, Minister of 

Tourism Arts and 

Culture 

AWARD-WINNING 

Ghanaian sound engineer 

and producer, Kaywa, 

CEO of the Highly Spiritual 

Music, a record label 

based in Tema, has unveiled 

five new artistes 

signed under his label. 

Kaywa, who has produced 

countless number 

of hit songs for many 

artistes in and out of 

Ghana, is about to 

change the music sound 

in Africa with his new 

artistes. 

•Kaywa (M) with his 

artistes 

Kaywa signs 5 artistes to record label 

Known to be the main 

man behind the ‘Jennifer 

Lomotey’ hit by Kurl 

Songx, Kaywa is hoping 

to create monster hits 

with these talents and 

build a well-grounded 

super talent outfit strong 

enough to represent the 

continent Africa on any 

world stage. 

“I carefully selected 

these talents; I selected 

most of the artistes from 

the MTN Hit Maker 

competition. In all I have 

four male artistes and one 

female” – Kaywa said. 

The leader of the 

highly spiritual music 

label, in talking about the 

artistes on the label, listed 

names like ‘Mr. Drew’, 

Krymi, King Maaga , Yaw 

Berk and the sexy 

Rashelle Blue. 

“The artistes on the 

label will release a song 

together and then later individual 

songs will follow,” 

– Kaywa hinted. 

“Welcome the new era 

of good music from all 

genres; welcome the boys 

and the amazing girl 

from the Highly Spiritual 

music label,” he said.. 

Kofi Kinaata leaves 

Samini’s High 

Grade Family label 

RAPPER KOFI Kinaata is no longer signed to 

Samini’s High Grade Family. 

The ‘Confession’ crooner has decided to move 

on after his five-year contract with the artiste and 

talent management firm owned by Samini the musician 

ended this month. 

He said a decision on the next phase of his career 

would be announced at the end of this month. 

Kinaata spoke to the Folks at 233times.com 

about the decision and memories with Samini’s imprint. 

“The relationship I have with every member of 

High Grade Family and the challenge to always do 

your best grew me. From Samini to Tony Pun to 

every member of the High Grade family, I learnt a 

lot and I am forever indebted,” says Kinaata. 

“There are a lot to learn at High Grade Family 

and our relationship is great so I will make the announcement 

to my fans by the end of this month if 

I will be there or not but whatever the decision is, 

our relationship is still strong. I will announce to 

my fans and everyone my final decision by the end 

of January. We have a very great relationship and I 

won’t mind signing on to High Grade Family 

again.”



Highlife legend 

George Darko 

in police grip 

HIGHLIFE LEG- 

END and a subchief 

of 

Akuapem Akropong 

in the Eastern 

Region, 

George Darko, and one other 

sub-chief, Asonahene Kwasi Omenako, 

were picked up in a dawn 

swoop by the police and personnel 

from the National Security 

from the Akropong Palace, Starrfmonline.com 

has gathered. 

It was unclear the cause of the 

arrest but the two were at the 

Eastern Regional Police Command 

at Koforidua, a palace 

source confirmed to StarrFMonline.com 

Wednesday. 

Mr Darko, whose stool name is 

Tufohene Nana Yaw Ampem 

Darko, was picked up while sleeping 

at the disputed palace. 

There is a long-standing dispute 

over the rightful claimant to 

the Akropong stool. The impasse 

has often led to clashes between 

youth groups in the area who 

have declared support for different 

factions claiming the stool. 

About George Darko 

George Darko is a Ghanaian 

highlife musician, who introduced 

the Burger-highlife genre with his 

first hit “Akoo Tse Brofo” (Parrots 

speak English), which was 

very popular in the early 1980s. 

Son of a paramount chief, he 

was educated at the Presbyterian 

School at Akropong. After playing 

for an army band entertaining 

troops in the Middle East, Darko 

returned to Ghana and formed 

the Golden Stool Band. 

In the late 1970s the band 

moved to Germany, where Darko 

went solo and formed the Bus 

•George Darko 

Stop Band in 1982. Returning to 

Akropong in 1988, he was made 

Tufuhene of Akropong-Akuapim 

in 1991. 

In January 2010, he demanded 

and received apologies from a 

newspaper which had reported 

sex allegations against him. 

•Lil Jon, Rapper 

Lil Jon cuts 

sod for second 

school in Ghana 

RAPPER LIL Jon has been using his star power and 

wealth to help children in underdeveloped countries gain 

access to proper education. 

“I’m all about helping children,” he said. “Children are 

our future and every child deserves to have an environment 

where they can learn and flourish and gain knowledge,” 

Lil Jon told CNN exclusively. 

A school in the country he helped fund in partnership 

with the charity Pencils of Promise broke ground last 

month in Ghana. 

Mafi Atitekpo DA Primary School will enroll 313 children. 

It is the second of two schools in the village of Mafi 

Atitekpo in Ghana, according to the charity. 

The first, called Abomayaw D.A. Kindergarten, opened 

last October. 

Lil Jon donated $70,000 to help get the two schools off 

the ground. Pencils of Promise was founded by Adam 

Braun, the brother of music manager Scooter Braun, who 

famously launched the careers of Justin Bieber and Ariana 

Grande. The organization’s mission is to provide educational 

tools for kids around the world. 

Lil Jon first visited Ghana in October last year, and 

what he saw on that trip inspired him to pitch in and help. 

“When I saw the conditions where these children were 

trying to learn, in one community they had a big mango 

tree and two classes were sitting under the mango tree and 

that’s not a condition conducive for learning,” he said. 

“Kids are going to get distracted, plus it’s extremely 

hot. It compelled me to want to do more.” 

Jon, who has a son in college at New York University, 

says that being a father influenced his decision to help. 

“Children shouldn’t have to suffer for any reason,” he 

said. “One of these kids could grow up to be a scientist, a 

lawyer, an astronaut, the president of their country. I could 

create an environment where all these things could happen.” 

Jon came to fame as a rapper and a DJ best known for 

hits like “Get Low,” “Snap Yo Fingers” and “Turn Down 

For What.” 

He won a Grammy in 2005 for best rap collaboration 

for the hit song “Yeah!” by Usher and featuring Ludacris. 

CNN 

Ghanaian actress stars in Netflix Drama Series 

NETFLIX HAS dropped the first 

full trailer for the police shooting 

drama series, Seven Seconds, led by 

British-Ghanaian actress Clare-Hope 

Ashitey, Regina King and Russell 

Hornsby. 

You’ll remember rising British actress 

Ashitey from another police 

shooting drama, the event series 

Shots Fired. Other main cast members 

are Beau Knapp, Michael 

Mosely, David Lyons and Raul 

Castillo. 

From the creator and executive 

producer of The Killing, Veema Sad, 

here’s its description: “In an instant, 

life is forever changed for Brenton 

Butler and his family. After a white 

cop accidentally hits and critically injures 

a black teenager, a northeastern 

city explodes with racial tensions, an 

attempted cover-up and its aftermath, 

and the trial of the century.” 

Ashitey is K.J. Harper, an assistant 

prosecutor in New Jersey caught 

up in the tragic case. 

King plays Latrice Butler, who is 

described as a devout churchgoer 

and a proud wife, mother and firsttime 

homeowner who is shaken to 

her core when she learns that her 15- 

year-old son has been involved an incident. 

When she learns that there’s 

more to her son than she and her 

husband were aware of, Latrice is 

rocked by the power of her anger at 

her son’s predicament — an anger 

that will change her life and her relationship 

with her husband. 

Hornsby is playing Isaiah Butler, 

and Momoh is playing Isaiah’s 

brother, who comes home from a 

tour in Afghanistan just in time to 

support the family. Castillo is Felix 

Osorio (a cop working on the Narcotics 

squad in Jersey City), respectively. 

The series will be released on 

February 23.

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 

•Asamoah Gyan in the captain’s 

hand band, celebrates a goal with his 

team mates in the national team 


I'm the most committed 

Thomas 

Abbey joins 

Ismaily SC 

FORMER HEARTS of Oak captain, 

Thomas Abbey, has joined Egyptian side 

Ismaily SC. 

Abbey’s contract with Hearts ran out at 

the end of last season and was in talks 

with the club for a possible renewal before 

Ismaily came calling. 

Abbey had been linked with a host of 

clubs and went on a two-week trial with 

South African giants Ajax Cape Town last 

month after he attained floating status but 

failed to land a deal. 

The 24-year old was Hearts top scorer 

last season with 13 goals, and was also on 

target in their MTN FA Cup final defeat 

against rivals Kotoko. The Egyptian club 

announced the deal on their official page 

on Wednesday night. Citifmonline 

Black Stars player ever 

BLACK STARS 

captain 

Asamoah Gyan 

has claimed that 

he is the most 

committed 

Ghanaian player to have 

donned the national team jersey. 

Gyan has been in the news 

lately following Prince 

Tagoe's assertion that the 

Kayserispor forward should 

not have been handed the 

Black Stars armband ahead of 

other senior members of the 

team such as Sulley Muntari 

• Asamoah Gyan 

replies critics 

and Michael Essien. 

The former Sunderland 

poacher had then been attacked 

by popular TV presenter, 

Nana Aba Anamoah on 

GH ONE TV that he should 

be replaced by Andre Ayew 

as the leader of the team. 

However, Gyan has not 

taken kindly to the criticisms 

by both personalities as he 

claims that no player in the 

history of Ghana football is 

much more committed to the 

national team cause than he. 

"Which player has been 

very dedicated than me in the 

history of Ghana football, 

tell me? Gyan quizzed on his 

Instagram page. 

"Which player has more 

caps for Ghana than me; I'm 

32 years and still playing but 

if maybe there are some obstacles 

on my way that doesn't 

mean I'm done. Fine, fair 

enough, we have a short career 

and I can decide to end 

my football career right now 

because nobody needs to play 

forever." 

Gyan became Ghana's alltime 

top scorer with 50 goals 

to his credit when he scored 

in the Black Stars 5-0 walloping 

of the Walias of Ethiopia 

last year June. Ghanasoccernet 

•Thomas Abbey 

Winful Cobbina fails medical 

•Winful Cobbina 

HEARTS OF Oak midfielder 

Winful Cobbina's purported 

move to Danish side Viborg 

FF dramatically collapsed last 

Wednesday after a medical, 

GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively 

report. 

The silky midfielder had 

flown out to Denmark fortnight 

ago to begin trial with 

the Danish second-tier side 

with the aim of sealing a permanent 

move. 

Cobbina impressed during 

the trial and was due to sign a 

permanent deal which was reported 

to be around €75,000 

subject to a medical. 

However, information 

reaching Ghana's leading 

football website, GHANAsoccernet.com, 

indicates that the 

medical took longer than normal 

to conduct and when the 

results came back, Viborg decided 

they had no other option 

than to pull the plug on 

the move. 

The 26-year-old is expected 

to touch down in the 

country on Saturday (tomorrow) 

to join his Hearts of 

Oak team-mates in camp as 

they prepare for the forthcoming 

StarTime-GFA Gala, 

where they have been drawn 

against city rivals Accra Great 

Olympics. 

He scored four goals and 

provided eight assists in 15 

appearances for the Phobians 

as they finished third on the 

league standings last term.

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Neymar to take a cut on wages 

NEYMAR IS 

ready to take a 

significant pay 

cut in order to 

seal a dream 

move back 

to Spain with Real Madrid, 

according to a new report. 

French newspaper L'Equipe 

claim the PSG star is already 

looking to leave the club, 

despite joining in a world record 

£198million move from 

Barcelona less than six months 

ago. 

And such is Neymar's desire 

to pull on the famous white 

shirt. He is willing to drop his 

• To seal transfer to Real Madrid 

demands to fit in with the salary 

structure at the Bernabeu. 

The Brazilian currently earns 

around £33m a year in Paris, 

making him the second best 

paid player in the world behind 

former team-mate Lionel Messi 

(£44m). 

Cristiano Ronaldo pockets 

£18.5m every 12 months at 

Real, meaning Neymar would 

likely have to accept a serious 

reduction in his wages. 

However, according to 

L'Equipe, that is something the 

25-year-old is open to - 

providing he receives a hefty 

signing-on fee when he puts 

pen to paper. 

It is also claimed that Real 

Madrid president Florentino 

Perez is willing to include 

Ronaldo as part of huge deal 

for Neymar this summer. 

The Spanish giants expect 

the former Barca forward to 

cost the equivalent of £218m, 

with the inclusion of Ronaldo 

making up a sizable chunk of 

the fee. 

Alternatively, should Ronaldo 

make an emotional return to 

Manchester United at the end of 

the season, Real will invest the 

money they receive in a cash 

deal for Neymar. 

Asked about a move for the 

former Santos star last week, 

Real boss Zinedine Zidane said: 

“Neymar? I'm not talking about 

players who aren't mine. 

“Having said that, he's very 

important and loved by all of 

football. He's a great player.” 

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