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Inside Jan 25, 2018 .qxp_Layout 1 1/24/18 9:09 PM Page 3 •In December four women close to the Casalesi clan boss were arrested in Naples Tanzania detains 'drinking and kissing pastor’ POLICE IN Tanzania have detained a controversial selfproclaimed prophet after a video of him emerged dancing with bottles of beer and declaring that the Bible allows drinking and fornication. A medical check-up showed that 44-year-old Onesmo Machibya, commonly known as Prophet Tito, was mentally ill, said Gilles Muroto, the police commander in the capital, Dodoma. Mr Machibya or his representatives have not yet commented. The viral footage also shows the self-styled prophet dancing and kissing his wife and a maid, saying it is OK to sleep with maids. Police accused him of handing out leaflets in various entertainment venues and bars in Dodoma, and promoting beliefs that contradict Tanzanian culture and ethics. BBC DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH World news in 5 stories Obasanjo tells President Buhari to retire FORMER NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari against seeking re-election next year. Mr Obasanjo supported Mr Buhari's election in 2015 but now he says the President should retire because of age and ill health. In an open letter, Mr Obasanjo says he is disappointed in Mr Buhari, particularly because of what he calls his poor handling of Nigeria's economy, the largest in Africa. He adds that the resident does not have a good understanding of Nigeria's social and economic dynamics and that the country needs a younger leader. Mr Buhari has not publicly responded to Mr Obasanjo, who wrote a similar letter to then President Goodluck Jonathan, urging him not to run in 2015. Many observers say Mr Buhari, 74, is likely to seek a second term but so far he has not said he would do so. Mr Obasanjo ruled Nigeria twice, in the 1970s as a military ruler and from 1999 to 2007 as a civilian president, but failed in what many believed was an attempt to change the constitution to enable him to seek a third term in office. BBC •President Trump allegedly described African states as "shitholes" Trump to meet Kagame at Davos •President Buhari has not said if he will seek a second term UNITED STATES (US) PRESIDENT Donald Trump will meet Rwanda's President Paul Kagame at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos - the only African leader he is billed to meet, according to a schedule released by National Security Advisor H.R. Mc- Master. The meeting, scheduled for Friday, comes amid a political backlash against Mr Trump who allegedly described African states as "shitholes" at a closed door meeting to discuss immigration policy - an allegation he denied. Mr Trump's meeting with Mr Kagame - the current chairman of the African Union - would seek to "reaffirm the US-Africa relationship, and discuss shared priorities, including trade and security." The African Union has called on Trump to apologise for his "contemptuous remarks." Mr Trump is also expected to meet with the United Kingdom Theresa May and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu at Davos. “In all his meetings, the President hopes to increase economic opportunities for the American people,” Mr McMaster said. BBC Face of 9,000 year-old teen girl recreated THIS IS what Dawn may have looked like when she was alive, 9,000 years ago. The face of a girl, thought to be aged between 15 and 18, has been recreated by scientists based on remains found in a cave in Greece in 1993. The silicone model was created using CT scans and 3D printing technology. She was named Avgi, Greek for Dawn, because she lived in the Mesolithic period in about 7,000 BC, considered by some to be the dawn of civilisation. According to researchers at the University of Athens, her remains suggest that: she had a protruding jaw, which could have been caused by chewing on animal skin to make it into soft leather. Dawn suffered from anaemia, lack of vitamins and possibly scurvy. She could have struggled to move because of hip and joint problems, which could have contributed to her death. Her bones indicated she was 15 when she died, but the teeth suggested she was 18. Other features like skin and eye colour were inferred based on general population traits in the area. As for her apparently angry look, orthodontics professor Manolis Papagrikorakis told Reuters news agency: "It's not possible for her not to be angry during such an era.” Her remains were found in Theopetra Cave, in the central Greek region of Thessaly, where objects from Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods have also been discovered. The reconstruction work involved an international team and a Swedish laboratory specialising in human reconstructions. The face is on display at the Acropolis Museum in Athens. BBC •The angry face of Dawn is on display at the Acropolis Museum in Athens
WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018 A case for mental health patients IT IS trite knowledge that mental health service in Ghana is very appalling and urgently requires total overhauling. In fact, almost all mental health facilities have major problems that are as old as the institutions themselves. Not long ago, the DAILY HER- ITAGE carried on its front page the plight of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to draw stakeholders’ attention for the needed assistance. On a visit to the hospital learnt some of the wards leaked badly whenever it rained. The state of the washrooms for the staff and inmates was an eyesore. They smelt badly and produced a choking stench in the area. The other psychiatric hospitals equally have major challenges that affect provision of mental health service. For instance, the Pantang Hospital is bereft of even medicines to administer to the patients. This, in the view of the paper is very disappointing because the state actors have failed to adequately resource such facilities. It is sad to note that mental patients are not even on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to reduce the burden on the managers of psychiatric hospitals in the country. This should not be allowed to continue. It is for this reason that we support the call by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Nsiah Asare (GHS) for a vibrant media advocacy for sustainable financing to support psychiatric hospitals in the country. He is calling for the registration of mental health patients onto the NHIS since it is the standard way of taking care of mental health patients in advanced countries. Speaking at a sensitisation workshop organised by the Mental Health Authority for journalists in Kumasi, Dr Nsiah said “if you ask me I think that the only way out is if mental health services are also catered for by the National Health Insurance. It can be done. Anybody who walks into a psychiatric hospital whether he has health insurance or not, should be registered. I don’t believe in any service which is paid for. Somebody has to pay for it. The only sustainable way anywhere in the world is through health insurance. So this is what we shall be advocating and we need your support.” We fully support the call by Dr Nsiah and urge him to lead the charge since he is in a better position to transform mental health in the country. Abbeyman chiefs disown bomb suspect BY PHILIP ANTOH Philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh THE CHIEF and people of Abbeyman in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region have stated categorically that Abdul Karim, one of the three suspects apprehended by the Odorkor Police in connection with a case involving grenades (bombs) is not a residents of Abbeyman. According to the chiefs, Karim, who is now with the police, does not live or resides in the area but identified as one of the land guards who constantly terrorise land developers in the area. Speaking to the DAILY • Jacob Nii Boabeng, Abbeyman Family head (3rd R) and other sub-chiefs HERITAGE, the head of the Abbeyman Family, Jacob Nii Boabeng, said the suspect was one of the trouble makers in the area since there has been many reports about his activities in the area but his checks revealed that Karim came to cause trouble with his gang and then ran to Agape. Nii Boabeng refuted claims that sought to link Karim to Abbeyman, adding that in the just-ended presidential meet-the-press series, a journalist asked the President about insecurity in the country and concluded that one of the suspects arrested in connection with possession of grenades was from Abbeyman. Nii Boabeng said from the police’s own source, Karim was arrested at his hideout at Ablekuma Agape and not Abbeyman, adding that the journalist who linked the suspect to Abbeyman has deceived the whole nation. “Let me put it on record that until his arrest last Monday, January 15, we thought he lived in our community because of the constant report that he and his gang had been terrorising residents in the area,” he stated. The family head added that the people of Abbeyman had resolved to end land guard activities in the area because according to him, criminals always engage themselves, thereby terrorising innocent victims. Nii Boabeng is therefore calling on President Akufo- Addo to extend the ‘One District One Factory’ project to the area because the chiefs had allocated five acres of land for any government project in the community.
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