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•Dr Owusu 

Afriyie-Akoto, 

Agric Minister 

•Otiko 

Djaba, Gender, 

Children, and 

Social Protection, 

Minister 

• Some of the 

seized equipment 

•Some of the angry traders 

registering their protest against the 

armed soldiers 

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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018 

DAILY QUOTE 

The road to success and 

the road to failure are 

almost exactly the same 

—Colin R. Davis 

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WORLD 

Kenya allows 

opposition figures 

to fly to Zimbabwe 

POLITICS 

Demo suspended, 45 

detainees released 

BUSINESS 

PG.04 

MTN Ghana 

Foundation 

collects over 3,200 

pints of blood in ‘save 

a life’ campaign 

PG.10 

SPORTS 

PG.11 

Ghanaian 

athletes need to 

change mindset 

– Sports Pundit 

PG.15 

Govt to return Ibrahim Mahama’s 

seized mining equipment 

BY ISAAC BEDIAKO 

THE HEAVY mining equipment 

belonging to Exton 

Cubic Company Limited, 

owned by Ibrahim Mahama, 

which were impounded at 

Nyinahin, in the Atwima 

Mponua District of the Ashanti Region, 

under the instruction of Ashanti regional 

minister, Mr Simon Osei Mensah, will finally 

be released to the company this week, 

a source at the Attorney Generals Department 

has disclosed. 

The move has become necessary because 

the government is said to have accepted 

that it had no case against Engineers 

and Planners (E & P), hence had no right 

to seize their equipment. 

The DAILY HERITAGE gathered 

that any further delay in releasing the 

equipment would attract judgement debt. 

Further checks at the Ashanti Regional 

Coordinating Council have confirmed that 

the regional minister is in the known of the 

the directive yet to be communicated to 

him by the the Attorney Generals Department. 

The Minister is said to be waiting to receive 

official letter from the Attorney General’s 

office before the equipment would be 

returned to (E & P). 

The sophisticated equipment, which 

were kept by the Nyinahin District Police 

Command, were towed to the Nkawie District 

Police Headquarters, in the Atwima 

Nwabiagya District, for security and safety 

reasons. 

Seizure of the equipment became 

necessary after the Ashanti Regional 

Minister disclosed that Exton Cubic 

Company Limited had failed woefully 

to produce documents which permitted 

it to mine or prospect for bauxite in the 

Tano Offin Forest Reserve at Nyinahin 

at the time the government had banned 

illegal mining. 

• Some of the seized equipment 

Ultimatum 

The Atwima Mponua District Chief Executive 

(DCE), Mr Williams Darko, gave a 

24-hour ultimatum which elapsed on Friday 

August 11, 2017, to Exton Cubic Company 

Limited to remove its Mobile Houses from 

the Tano Offin forest. 

He said the district assembly would 

order national security and other appropriate 

security agencies in the country to remove 

the Mobile Houses from the forest 

reserve if its directive was not adhered to. 

Machines impounded 

The Atwima Mponua District Assembly 

impounded complex machines belonging 

to E& P in the first week of August 2017. 

The Ashanti Regional Minister and the 

DCE said they ordered for the machines to 

be impounded because they had no 

knowledge of the presence of the 

company and its activities in the area.

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To accomplish great things, we 

must not only act, but also dream, 

not only plan, but also believe. 

—Anatole France 

Otiko storms court 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE CRIMINAL Division of the 

Accra High Court has set March 

8, 2018, to deliver ruling on an application 

for stay of execution 

filed by Deputy Attorney General, 

Godfred Yeboah Dame, relating 

to the adoption of a child by a 

United States-based couple. 

This application became necessary 

after the court had dismissed 

a preliminary objection to the application 

of stay of execution by 

• Over child adoption saga, 

ruling on March 8 

Daniel Opare Asiedu, counsel for 

the couple. 

In February last year, Ethan 

Michael Ram and Hilary Holt 

Ram secured a ruling from the 

Koforidua Circuit Court for them 

to adopt the three-year-old child 

(name withheld). 

But, they were denied the opportunity 

by the Minister for Gender, 

Children and Social 

Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, to 

travel with the child to the United 

States of America because of a directive 

by the ministry, which 

placed a ban on the adoption in 

the country. 

The couple not satisfied with 

the decision, proceeded to the 

Accra High Court, presided over 

by Justice Justin Kofi Dorgu, 

which ordered the Gender Minister 

and the Director of Social 

Welfare to release the child to the 

new parents. 

The state refused to comply 

with the court’s ruling, stating that 

it intends to pray the court to set 

aside its ruling on the matter. This 

resulted in the lawyer for the USbased 

citizens suing Otiko Afisa 

Djaba and the Director of Social 

Welfare for contempt of court, 

which is yet to be determined in 

an Accra High Court. 

Stay of execution 

In court yesterday, Mr Dame, 

while moving the application for 

stay of execution, said the applicants 

failed to comply with the 

statutory preconditions necessary 

for the adoption process to be 

completed. 

According to him, the custodians 

of the authority of adoption 

are the Ministry of Gender, Children 

and Social Protection of 

which Ms Djaba is the Minister. 

But, Mr Opare Asiedu who vehemently 

opposed the application 

for stay of execution said, the application 

for stay of execution was 

frivolous, vexatious, unmeritorious 

and in bad faith. 

He averred that when a person 

is deemed to be in contempt of 

court, he must purge himself of 

the contempt before he can make 

any applications before it. 

Ruling of the stay of execution 

is expected on March 8, 2018. 

Vet doctors abandoned 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

THE ASSOCIATION 

of Junior Veterinary 

Surgeons (AJVS), 

Ghana, has given the 

government a 31-day 

ultimatum to resolve 

issues surrounding their employment 

and housemanship. 

According to the association, 

the government had abandoned 

veterinary doctors to their fate, a 

development they described as very 

unfair. 

In an interview with the 

DAILY HERITAGE, Dr Kwasi 

Agyei Sarfo said the practitioners 

had not been treated fairly, especially 

in terms of the housemanship 

programme. 

The housemanship, he explained, 

is a mandatory exercise for 

all graduated veterinary 

doctors before being accepted by 

the Veterinary Council of Ghana as 

competent to practice veterinary 

medicine in the country. 

He told the paper that the previous 

batch of graduates who undertook 

their housemanship two years 

ago were not offered appointment 

letters before they started. 

“After our housemanship, it 

took us close to two years for us to 

receive our salaries and after that I 

detected that there were something 

wrong. I realised that they had not 

paid our social security and taxes 

that they told us they had deducted 

• Some are dying from strange 

diseases, no housemanship, no jobs 

from our salaries,” he said. 

Also speaking to the paper, Dr 

Yehowada Akwesi, Secretary, 

AJVS, lamented about the level 

of attention that governments 

have given to the 

profession. 

She said the Veterinary 

Service holds the 

key to tackling some 

emerging human diseases, 

adding that, “it 

will be a misplaced priority 

for a country to 

approach health nonholistically 

by concentrating 

on human health 

services alone. 

“The condition of veterinary 

service in the country 

is very poor. Our work is 

not restricted to just dealing 

with animals but we take care of 

human health as well.” 

She bemoaned the poor facilities 

available for them at health centres, 

adding that, “we lack basic facilities 

and apparel to discharge our duties.” 

Strange disease and death 

He disclosed to the paper that 

the association lost one of its members 

when discharging his duties at 

•Dr Owusu 

Afriyie- Akoto, 

Agric Minister 

the zoo. He said the colleague was 

believed to have contracted the disease 

from one of the animals. 

“Just some weeks ago, a colleague, 

Dr Pius Benia, among the 

third batch of graduated veterinary 

doctors who are on their nondescript 

housemanship training, died 

of a mysterious disease. 

“History gathered from the case 

suggested that he fell ill after handling 

a bat at the Accra Zoological 

Garden and started 

showing unusual signs. 

Medical practitioners of 

the 37 Military 

Hospital quarantined 

him under medical 

care until his demise. 

We are yet to know 

the autopsy report 

though. Simple personal 

protective 

equipment are not 

available for public 

veterinarians in practice,” 

she said. 

Personnel 

The secretary expressed 

the view that the government 

was doing little to increase the 

number of veterinary officers in 

the country. 

According to her, health centres 

in the country were under staffed 

with veterinary officers, arguing 

that, “we need over 1,000 veterinary 

officers in our public health 

centres but we have only 49 officers.” 

She further expressed displeasure 

about the decision to call back 

about 20 retired veterinary officers 

at the expense of the young unemployed 

ones. 

Petition 

In order to make known their 

challenges, the association has petitioned 

the President, Parliament, 

and the Ministries of Agriculture 

and Health. 

In their petition, the association 

mentioned that “the housemanship 

training, which is supposed to be a 

mandatory exercise for all graduated 

veterinary doctors before 

being accepted by the Veterinary 

Council of Ghana as competent to 

practice veterinary medicine in the 

country, is in limbo. 

“Two batches of veterinary 

house officers do not know their 

fate: the very first batch of locally 

trained veterinary doctors was only 

paid their housemanship salary by 

government in September 2017,” 

they mentioned. 

They continued, “the third 

batch do not know whether they 

are on housemanship training or 

not since they were only posted by 

the Veterinary Council to proceed 

on the training without offer letters 

of employment.” 

According to the association, “it 

will be a misplaced priority for a 

country to approach health 

non-holistically by concentrating on 

human health services alone, when 

the veterinary profession can 

be deployed as a primary point of 

preventive medicine.”

Inside February 21, 2018 .qxp_Layout 1 2/20/18 5:53 PM Page 3 

Post-Brexit UK won't be like Mad Max, says David Davis 

•Britain will not be plunged 

into a Mad Max-style 

BRITAIN WILL not be "plunged 

into a Mad Max-style world borrowed 

from dystopian fiction" after 

it leaves the European Union(EU), 

the Brexit secretary has said. 

David Davis said the United 

Kingdom(UK) wanted to lead a 

"global race to the top" in rights 

and standards not, as some feared, 

a "competitive race to the bottom". 

British business could "never be 

cheaper than China" and must 

focus instead on product and service 

quality. 

He also suggested a Brexit deal 

by the end of 2018 was "well on 

the cards". 

The Brexit secretary's address to 

Austrian business leaders in Vienna 

is the latest in a series of speeches 

the UK government is calling "the 

road to Brexit" as it faces demands 

to spell out details of the future 

partnership it wants with the EU. 

The UK says it wants to avoid 

obstacles to smooth trade with the 

EU although it is leaving the single 

market and the customs union 

when Brexit happens in March 

2019. BBC 



Kenya allows opposition 

figures to fly to Zimbabwe 

KENYAN OFFI- 

CIALS have allowed 

two opposition supporters 

to fly to Zimbabwe 

after detaining 

them at an airport 

overnight. 

Senator James Orengo and financier 

Jimi Wanjigi planned to attend 

opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's 

burial. 

But officials said the pair failed to 

present a court order overturning an 

existing suspension of their passports. 

Both men support Kenyan opposition 

leader Raila Odinga, who 

named himself "the people's president" 

last month. 

There is growing concern that the 

government is ignoring civil liberties 

in response to the mock inauguration 

of Mr Odinga 

Unlike Mr Orengo and Mr Wanjigi, 

Mr Odinga was allowed to fly to 

Zimbabwe, without any difficulties, 

•A funeral service was held for Tsvangirai in the Zimbabwean 

capital, Harare, on Monday 

for the burial of Mr Tsvangirai, his 

long-time friend. 

The Zimbabwean politician died 

of colon cancer on 14 February, and 

thousands of people are expected to 

attend his interment in his home village 

of Buhera. 

Kenyan immigration officials had 

held Mr Orengo and Mr Wanjigi at 

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport 

overnight on Monday after they 

failed to present a court order authorising 

them to fly. BBC 

World news in 4 stories 

•Children have been hurt in the latest bombing 

Mozambique rubbish dump 

collapse kills at least 17 people 

AT LEAST 17 people - including 

children - have been 

killed in Mozambique's capital, 

Maputo, and many more 

injured after a huge mound 

of rubbish collapsed, officials 

say. 

The pile of waste, some 

15m (49ft) high, gave way in 

heavy rains at 03:00 local 

time (01:00 GMT) on Monday. 

The dump is known to be 

home to some of the city's 

poorest residents, who build 

makeshift camps amid the 

rubbish. 

Five homes on the edge 

were also crushed in the disaster. 

Rescue workers are continuing 

to search for survivors. 

A spokesman for the 

emergency services, Leonilde 

Pelembe, warned it was likely 

there were more victims 

under the waste. 

"The information we received 

from local authorities 

is that the number of people 

living in those houses exceeds 

the number of deaths 

recorded," Mr Pelembe said. 

The Hulene district of 

Maputo is one of the most 

deprived parts of the capital. 

Many, including children, 

have little choice but to make 

their homes either on or next 

to the dump. 

The dump not only provides 

them with food but 

also goods to sell, our correspondent 

Jose Tembe explains. 

BBC 

Scores of civilians killed in Eastern Ghouta strikes 

BOMBARDMENTS BY Syrian 

government forces have 

killed at least 100 people including 

20 children in the 

rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area 

outside Damascus, rescue 

teams and monitors say. 

This would make Monday 

one of the deadliest days for 

the district since it came under 

siege in 2013. 

The Syria Civil Defence, 

also known as the White Helmets, 

said bombs were continuing 

to fall on Tuesday morning. 

Syrian forces stepped up an 

offensive to retake the area earlier 

this month. 

The Eastern Ghouta is the 

last major opposition enclave 

near the capital and is completely 

surrounded by areas 

under government control. 

Local Co-ordination Committees, 

an opposition activist 

network, reports that civilians 

have been killed and wounded 

in fresh air strikes on Douma, 

Misraba and al-Nashabiya. 

The White Helmets, a rescue 

group, said three people 

were killed in Misraba and four 

were killed in al-Marj on Tuesday. 

The UK-based monitoring 

group the Syrian Observatory 

for Human Rights (SOHR) and 

the White Helmets both said 

more than 100 people had died 

in bombing on Monday. BBC 

•Children have been hurt in the latest bombing


DAILY HERITAGE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018. 

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Editorial 

Campaign against illicit drugs must be intensified 

THE NARCOTICS Control 

Board has since 1992 collaborated 

with the International 

Community to fight drug 

menace in the country. 

Though efforts have been 

made to win the war against 

drugs, available information 

reveals that Ghana appears to 

be losing the fight against illicit 

drugs. 

World Drug Report 2014, 

for instance, paints a gloomy 

picture- Ghana was reported 

to have surpassed Jamaica in 

the usage of drugs. 

The report revealed that 

drug use continues to exact a 

significant toll, with valuable 

human lives and productive 

years of many persons being 

lost. 

An estimated 183,000 

(range: 95,000-226,000) drugrelated 

deaths were reported 

in 2012. That figure corresponds 

to a mortality rate of 

40.0 (range: 20.8-49.3) deaths 

per million among the population 

aged 15-64. 

Globally, it is estimated that 

in 2012, between 162 million 

and 324 million people, corresponding 

to between 3.5% 

and 7.0% of the world population 

aged 15-64, had used an 

illicit drug -mainly a substance 

belonging to the cannabis, 

opioid, cocaine or amphetamine-type 

stimulants group — 

at least once in the previous 

year. 

The indicators portend 

trouble, particularly, at a time 

when pupils in our schools are 

increasingly getting addicted 

to wee and other dangerous 

substances. 

We, therefore, need to scaleup 

the campaign, as well as enforce 

the drug laws to save 

millions of our youth who 

have been deceived into 

smoking marijuana and using 

other deadly drugs. 

Gbawe Kwatei Family breaks silence 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

Traders vs soldiers brouhaha… 

• Some of the angry traders registering their protest against the armed soldiers 

FOLLOWING THE battle between 

Mallam Market Traders 

Association and the Ministry of 

Sanitation and Water Resources 

over the ownership of a reclaimed 

portion of land at Mallam Market 

leading to the destruction of 185 bags of 

salt by armed soldiers last Thursday, the 

head of the Gbawe Kwatei Family and 

Dzasetse of Gbawe, Nii Adam Kwatei 

Quartey has broken his silence. 

According to him, the Mallam Market is 

occupied by only two people - the Mallam 

Market Traders Association and one Stanley 

Owusu. 

Nii Quartey said the Mallam Market 

Traders Association is the only legitimate 

occupant which has documents to prove 

ownership of the land and that the family 

had not met with any institution or ministry 

over change of ownership. 

He added that “as we speak; no institution, 

ministry or government agency has 

consulted the family for any portion of 

land or change of ownership of the reclaimed 

land at the Mallam Market.” 

Speaking to the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, the Dzasetse said, “nobody 

should disturb the market women,” because 

according to him the women have really 

suffered in reclaiming the land which 

was a waterlogged area. 

History of the 

Mallam Market 

Giving the history of the market, the 

head of family said the place was called 

Gbawe Clay Field in 1953 and was leased 

to Gold Coast Industrial Development Cooperation. 

The Dzasetse revealed that in 1994, 

Gbawe Family gave the 13.45 acres of land 

at Mallam Market to the market women led 

by late Lydia Looye Commey. The traders 

have since been paying royalties to the family. 

On the Ministry of Sanitation and 

“Even though we 

cannot fight the 

government, what 

we are asking is that 

they should follow 

due process of first 

calling on the owners 

of the land.” 

Water Resources taking ownership of the 

land, he said “we are not aware of any such 

transaction because no government can 

take possession of a land without first contacting 

the traditional rulers in the area. 

“ Though we cannot fight the government, 

what we are asking is that they 

should follow due process of first calling 

on the owners of the land,” Nii Quartey 

stated. 

The Secretary to the Gbawe Family, Nii 

Afutu Quartey called on the market 

women to remain calm, adding that nobody 

can take the land forcefully from 

them since there were genuine documents 

covering the land. 

The leadership of the Mallam Traders 

Association is therefore calling on President 

Nana Akufo-Addo to immediately call 

the Minister of Sanitation and Resources, 

Mr Kofi Adda to order. 

Responding to the allegation, the Ministry 

of Sanitation and Water Resources 

stated on various media platforms that the 

government had secured the place for the 

construction of modern landfill site. 

It would be recalled that the DAILY 

HERITAGE published a front page 

story on Monday February 19, 2018 captioned 

‘Soldiers on Rampage at Mallam 

Market, Destroy 185 Bags of Salt and followed 

up on Tuesday with caption ‘Angry 

Traders Threaten Naked Demo, Over Destruction 

of 185 Bags of Salt by Armed 

Soldiers.’


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Too much peppering, too 

much sugaring: Dilemma 

of feminist activism 

BY SAMMY DARKO, JOURNALIST 

AND LAWYER 

THESE DAYS 

pepper and sugar 

connote more 

than just taste. It 

has found a place 

in Ghanaian gender 

discursive formation. The 

recent momentum in the feminist 

activism gained national attention 

when a group of young 

women calling themselves PepperDem 

Ministry stormed Social 

Media and lately on radio 

and television with sharp, cutting, 

and radical approach for 

gender equality and identity. 

One of their aims is to flip traditional 

gendered roles and 

narratives. 

This they do by ‘pouring 

pepper’ on toxic narratives that 

in their view perpetuate female 

subjugation. 

But the high-flying activism 

suffered a setback, so many 

people thought otherwise 

when a patron suggested cooking 

may amount to slavery. It 

has been canvassed the comment 

may have been taken out 

of context. 

With this labour was birthed 

a new group-SugarDem Ministry, 

the opposite of Pepper 

Dem. Convinced that the activism 

of Pepper will cause 

disharmony at home and in the 

society, this movement believes 

equality must be subjected to 

nature and biology. Their 

modus operandi is to ‘sugar’ 

men to get what they want. 

They intend to pour sugar on 

these narratives instead of 

pepper. 

This feminism casting in the 

Ghanaian media landscape appears 

like a reenactment of the 

gender struggle in the 70s and 

80s between Feminists (radical 

feminists properly so called) 

and Womanists. 

Feminism on the one hand 

refers to issues-based activism 

interested in destroying the patriarchal 

system of power that 

divides society on the basis of 

traditional gender roles. It 

If you take too much pepper, what will happen to you? 

Doctor: People tend to ‘run,’ get diarrhoea. 

And if you take too much sugar? 

Doctor : You put a lot of work on your pancreas. You are punishing 

your pancreas, you may get diabetics. 

often considers men as enemies 

of women. 

Eliminating male control 

and superiority entitlement is 

the only way to bring 

about equality and 

identity. For instance, 

why 

should a 

female 

carry 

the 

name 

of the 

father or 

husband, 

male entitlement 

over a female body, 

why must cooking be the 

preserve of women, why 

should male counterparts earn 

more than females? 

There are other forms of 

narratives that despise unmarried 

women/single women or 

women without children. The 

nuances in some of the narratives 

can be so subtle that it 

can easily be glossed over. 

For example, it is always the 

woman who is tagged as a 

prostitute or husband snatcher 

if seen in the company of a 

man who is not her husband. 

Many feminists do not subscribe 

to religious doctrines 

and teachings. For instance, 

many see the Bible as one instrument 

used to perpetuate 

female subjugation for centuries. 

Womanism, 

•Sammy Darko 

on the 

other hand, is a social framework 

that separates itself from 

feminism, celebrates womanhood 

and aims at achieving 

and maintaining an inclusive 

culture in all societies. Womanism 

recognises nature and biology 

as dictating the gender 

roles of men and women. 

Womanists are usually religious. 

For Christians or Muslims, 

they believe in the 

principle that the man is the 

head, the woman must submit 

to the man. Their creed reads 

in part; 

“We love men. We like being 

women. We love children. We 

like being mothers. We value 

life. We have faith in God and 

the Bible. We want families and 

harmonious relationships. We 

are not at war with our men 

seeking money, power and influence 

through confrontation.” 

In the 1960s and 1970s 

these two groups did have a go 

at each other. At a point the 

inter-group antagonism lent 

credence to the old adage that 

women are their own enemies. 

But this was the nuance; the 

feminists were mostly elite 

white women and the 

Womanists were 

mostly black 

women who 

faced oppression 

and discrimination 

at 

work compared 

to 

their white 

female colleagues. 

They rejected 

the 

treatment of 

black men as 

subordinates 

to white 

women. 

On Ghana’s social 

media landscape, 

this struggle 

appears to have reenacted 

itself. This time there 

are no white women but black 

women who subscribe to the 

ideals of feminism (Pepper- 

Dem) as against black women 

whose idles and approach 

matches that of Womanists or 

at best Liberal Feminists (SugarDem). 

There are still black 

men but the solidarity is with 

the men who have been 

sprayed with Pepper. 

The perception of many is 

that PepperDem is creating 

enmity between men and 

women, breeding women to be 

arrogant and controlling in the 

home, getting women to abandon 

their ‘call role and here the 

presumption is inclusive of 

cooking and taking care of the 

man as the head of the home.’ 

For the SugarDems, there’s 

too much pepper. Instead of 

pepper women should ‘sugar’ 

their men to get what they 

want. They accept the man has 

a special place at home and society 

as the head. 

There are certain roles only 

men can perform and that 

order must be respected and 

complimented by the woman. 

They see PepperDem as the 

over otherness of the female 

other. 

However, PepperDem may 

say, until there is enough pepper, 

‘the oppressor’ meaning 

the man is unwilling to simply 

let go the ego/superiority mentality. 

Truth be told rarely have I 

eaten a food that has both Pepper 

and Sugar, its either you 

want to pepper it or you want 

to add sugar. 

Eliminating male 

control and superiority 

entitlement 

is the only 

way to bring 

about equality 

and identity. For 

instance, why 

should a female 

carry the name 

of the father or 

husband, male 

entitlement over 

a female body, 

why must cooking 

be the preserve 

of women, 

why should male 

counterparts 

earn more than 

females?


Importance of breastfeeding 

• A healthier baby 

THE INCIDENCES of pneumonia, colds and 

viruses are reduced among breastfed babies. 

Gastrointestinal infections like diarrhea, which 

can be devastating, especially in developing 

countries, are also less common. 

• Long-term protection too 

Breastfeed your baby and you reduce the 

risk of developing chronic conditions, such as 

type I diabetes, celiac disease and Crohn's disease. 

• Stronger bones 

Women who breastfeed have lower risk of 

postmenopausal osteoporosis. When a woman 

is pregnant and lactating, her body absorbs calcium 

much more efficiently. So while some 

bones, particularly those in the spine and hips, 

may be a bit less dense at weaning, six months 

later, they are more dense than before pregnancy. 

• Lower SIDS risk 

Breastfeeding lowers your baby's risk of 

sudden infant death syndrome by about half. 

• Fewer problems with weight 

It's more likely that neither of you will become 

obese if you breastfeed him. 



&Env. 

Scientists take ‘first step’ 

towards biological test for autism 

SCIENTISTS HAVE taken the 

first step towards what they say 

could become a new blood and 

urine test for autism. 

Their study tested children 

with and without the condition 

and found higher levels of protein 

damage in those with the disorder. 

The researchers said the tests 

could lead ultimately to the earlier 

detection of the condition, which 

can be difficult to diagnose. But 

experts expressed caution, saying 

such a test was still a long way off. 

Protein damage 

Autism affects behaviour and 

particularly social interaction but 

it is difficult to spot and is not 

usually diagnosed before the age 

of two, and often much later. 

Currently, there are no biological 

tests that can spot the condition, 

which is diagnosed through 

behavioural assessments by clinicians. 

For this new study, published 

in the Molecular Autism journal, 

researchers looked for chemical 

differences in the blood and urine 

of 38 autistic children and 31 

children without the condition, all 

aged between five and 12. 

In those with autism they 

found higher levels of protein 

damage - particularly in the blood 

plasma - which they said were associated 

with ill health. 

Dr Naila Rabbani, from the 

University of Warwick, who led 

the study, told the BBC the tests 

could ultimately be used by doctors 

to diagnose autism earlier in 

childhood by detecting these 

markers. 

More tests required 

But she said the next step was 

to replicate the study's findings in 

other groups. 

She said: "We have the 

method, we have everything. All 

we need to do is repeat it. 

“I would really like to go forward 

with younger children, 

maybe two years, or even one year 

old. 

“Then the next step will be to 

validate in a larger cohort. Then 

the tests will be ready for screening.” 

Dr Rabbani added that she 

hoped the tests could also eventually 

reveal some of the factors 

that cause autism and improve its 

diagnosis. 

Autism 

More men are diagnosed with 

autism than women - estimates 

vary from twice to 16 times as 

many 

The number of diagnosed 

cases has increased during the 

past 20 years, reportedly because 

of more accurate diagnoses 

Autism doesn't just affect children 

- autistic children grow up to 

be autistic adults. You can't always 

tell if someone is autistic. There is 

no cure, but a range of interventions 

are available 

Far too early 

However, other researchers expressed 

caution about the study. 

Dr James Cusack, director of 

science at the UK autism research 

charity Autistica, said: "This study 

may give us clues about why autistic 

people are different but it does 

not provide a new method for diagnosis. 

It is far too early for that. 

"We don't know whether this 

technique can tell the difference 

between autism, ADHD, anxiety 

or other similar conditions. The 

study also only looked at a small 

group of people. 

"The best way to diagnose 

autism is still through clinical interview 

and observation." 

Dr Max Davie, from the Royal 

College of Paediatrics and Child 

Health, said it was a promising 

area of research but it was a "very 

long way indeed from a test for 

autism". 

"While we applaud the arrival 

of this interesting area of research, 

it is important that it is 

not adopted with too much enthusiasm 

- if applied to a large 

population it will produce large 

numbers of 'false positives', causing 

huge worry and potential 

harm to children and families." 

BBC 

Each Ghanaian ate 

143 eggs last year –Research 

BY OSEI OWUSU AMANKWAA 

EGG CONSUMP- 

TION seems to be 

on the ascendency as 

a new survey has revealed 

that the about 

27 million Ghanaians 

consumed 143 eggs each last 

year. 

This is according to a recent 

survey by Amplifies Ghana, an 

institution committed to promoting 

the consumption of 

eggs. 

The figure is an astronomical 

increase from a Food and Agriculture 

Organisation survey 

which showed that each Ghanaian 

eats less than 20 eggs annually. 

The development has been 

attributed to the many interventions 

that were instituted by various 

bodies to promote egg 

consumption. 

The Ghana National Association 

of Poultry Farmers revealed 

last year that over 10% of eggs 

produced annually are disposed 

of due to the low patronage of 

the product. 

The Technical Specialist at 

Amplifies Ghana, Comfort 

Acheampong told Starr Business’ 

Osei Owusu Amankwaah 

that at the end of last year, the 

data changed. 

“With the production and 

sale of eggs; for years now, till 

last year, before the Christmas, 

there has always been egg glut, 

farmers are not able to sell their 

eggs; they pour it away; they destroy 

them and so on. But last 

year and so far this month, there 

has never been an egg glut. 

There is always shortage in the 

system,” Madam Acheampong 

said. 

She added that, there is a lot 

of sensitisation ongoing to improve 

the number of egg eaters. 

The sensitisation campaign 

ongoing is focusing on traditional 

leaders to be change makers 

in the society. 

Ghana produces 1.5 million 

eggs daily. This, the Ghana National 

Association of Poultry 

Farmers says, is sufficient to 

meet consumption needs. 

It has been proven that the 

Cholesterol in egg is positive for 

the human anatomy. 

•Eggs are good source of nutrition

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DAILY HERITAGE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018 


43% of Ghanaian 

adults obese or 

overweight 

BY KWABIA OWUSU-MENSAH-GNA 

FORTY-THREE PER CENT of 

Ghanaian adults are either 

overweight or obese, a joint study 

conducted by two universities – 

Kwame Nkrumah University of 

Science and Technology (KNUST) 

and the University of Western Cape 

in South Africa, has concluded. 

It said women were found to have 

the highest prevalence rate and the 

condition was also common among 

school-age children. 

According to the findings, the 

situation in the urban areas was twice 

that of the rural communities. 

Dr Reginald A. Annan, Senior 

Lecturer at Department of 

Biochemistry of the KNUST and 

Principal Investigator on the project, 

announced this at a collaborative 

workshop on researching obesogenic 

food environment, its drivers and 

potential policy levels in Ghana and 

South Africa, held in Kumasi. 

The International Development 

Research Centre (IDRC) provided 

funding for the study, the goal of 

which was to identify the links 

between dietary patterns, food 

environment, value chains and policy 

in the two countries. 

He said changes in the food 

environment were the main factor 

contributing to the alarming rate in 

obesity, hypertension and diabetes. 

He indicated that changes in 

dietary practices, less physical activity, 

increasing calories were the drivers of 

these diseases. 

Dr Annan underlined the need for 

concerted effort by all to address the 

problem. 

Emeritus Professor David Sanders 

of the Western Cape University, said 

non-communicable diseases were 

responsible for about 70 per cent 

annual global deaths, majority of 

them people, between the ages of 30 

and 69 years. 

He pointed out that nutrition was 

a key social intervention for good 

health, adding that, 45 per cent of 

global neonatal deaths were 

associated with malnutrition. 

Prof Sanders said food security 

was not only about the availability of 

enough food, but nutritious and safer 

food as well. 

Mr Oji Samuel Oti, Senior 

Programmes Specialist of IDRC said 

the task was to help modify food 

systems to ensure the production of 

safer food in order to reduce the 

spread of non-communicable 

diseases. 

The International 

Development 

Research Centre 

(IDRC) provided 

funding for the 

study, the goal of 

which was to 

identify the links 

between dietary 

patterns, food 

environment, value 

chains and policy 

in the two 

countries. 

Emeritus Professor David Sanders of the 

Western Cape University, said non-communicable 

diseases were responsible for about 70 per cent 

annual global deaths, majority of them people, 

between the ages of 30 and 69 years. 

EIB’s Kwame Adinkra supports 

Kumasi Children’s Village 


HOST OF Excellence in 

Broadcasting Network’s (EIB’s) 

Abusua FM Morning Show, Mr 

Kwame Adinkra has donated goods 

worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to 

the Kumasi SOS Children’s Village. 

The donation, according to Mr 

Adinkra, who is also the Chief 

Executive Officer of Apotiti Consult 

based in the Ashanti Region, was part 

of his commitment towards putting 

smiles on the faces of the poor 

children in the Village. 

The items donated to the inmates 

of the village included 10 bags of rice, 

two bags of maize, toiletries, two 

cartons of milk, boxes of washing 

power, a Polytank which takes 10,000 

gallons of water and a cash amount of 

2,000 Ghana Cedis. 

Addressing the media after the 

donation, the King Morning Show 

host in Kumasi called on Ghanaians to 

support the running of various 

orphanages in the country. 

“We decided to visit the village and 

express our love and compassion to 

the under privileged. This SOS 

Children Village is faced with a lot of 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

AROCHA GHANA, an 

environmental organisation, together 

with its partners such as USAID, 

United States Embassy and Wildlife 

Division of the Forestry Commission 

of Ghana on Saturday February 17, 

2018 marked World Pangolins Day in 

the Eastern Region. 

Commemoration of the day took 

place at Nsutem and Bonsu stretch 

of the Accra to Kumasi Highway 

simultaneously to create awareness on 

the importance of Pangolins and the 

need for their conservation. 

The organisers offered 

opportunity to pupils from various 

schools to actively participate in the 

awareness exercise. 

The Eastern Regional Manager of 

AROCHA Ghana, Mr Emmanuel 

Ackom said out of the eight species 

of pangolins worldwide, three could 

be found in Ghana but endangered 

now due to poaching and 

unsustainable harvesting, as well as 

destruction of forest reserves. 

He said pangolins are very 

•Kwame Adinkra (in white), making a presentation to the Children’s Village 

AROCHA, USAID mark World Pangolins Day 

important because they burrow the 

soil which improves nutrient quality 

of the soil and aids decomposition. 

Additionally, they provide a healthy 

substitute for flush vegetation to 

•The occasion was used to raise awareness on Pangolins 

grow. 

Mr Ackom therefore called for 

intensified sensitisation and 

enforcement to protect the 

endangered pangolins in Ghana. 

challenges; therefore it’s important 

to support them with the little that 

we have. As you can see this village 

looks very beautiful with nice 

structures but trust me, they are 

faced with a lot of challenges on 

day-to-day running of the village, 

therefore I will like to call on 

cooperate organisations to come to 

the aid of the village,’’ he stressed. 

Management of the facility who 

were amazed by the donation 

commended Mr Adinkra for 

putting smiles on the faces of the 

children in the village on the 

occasion of Valentine’s Day. 

“We were aware of Kwame’s 

coming to the home, but we least 

expected a lot of goodies from 

him. We are very grateful to him 

and all the people who supported 

him and us in this way. When you 

come to our village you will think 

we don’t lack anything, but all the 

beautiful things you see here are all 

donated by individuals and 

corporate organisations. 

“Ours is to take good care of 

the facilities. I will want to use this 

opportunity to invite cooperate 

Ghana to come to our aid and 

support the daily up keep of the 

village,’’ he appealed. 

He expressed worry that there is 

illegal harvesting of wild animals 

including pangolins in the Atiwa 

Forest Reserve which are paraded for 

sale at the Atiwa stretch of the Accra 

to Kumasi Highway in the full glare 

of law enforcement agencies. 

He said this was emboldening 

hunters and poachers, as well as 

traders to illegally engage in wildlife 

business in the country. 

Wildlife Division to arrest culprits 

The Wildlife Division of the 

Forestry Commission, however, 

assured that it would clamp down on 

wildlife traffickers, particularly 

traffickers of pangolins. 

Mr Joseph Yaw Oppong, Public 

Relations Manager of the Wildlife 

Division of Ghana said it was 

liaising with other law enforcement 

agencies to arrest illegal hunters and 

poachers depleting wildlife resources 

including endangered pangolin 

species in the country. 

Govt must 

regulate 

one-man church 

operation in 

Ghana - Odike 


LEADER AND founder of 

the United Progressive Party 

(UPP), Mr Akwasi Addai, also 

known as ‘Odike’ wants 

government to redraw licenses 

of one-man churches across 

the country and re-register 

them to operate under strict 

government supervision which 

should include payment of 

taxes since their operations are 

purely business. 

According to the Kumasibased 

businessman cum 

politician, the founders of 

churches through false 

teachings are amassing wealth 

at the expense of the 

vulnerable in their 

congregations. 

“In Ghana churches are 

springing up like mushrooms; 

this is because a lot of people 

believe through church 

operations they can amass 

wealth. I believe that most 

teachings from some of the 

one-man churches are not in 

consonance with the scriptures; 

therefore I think the time has 

come for the government to 

crack the whip on them to 

ensure there’s sanity in the way 

some one-man churches 

operate in the country,’’ he 

said. 

“This is my advice to the 

government; no church should 

be registered without initial 

membership of hundred. This 

I think will totally check oneman 

church business in the 

country to promote 

accountability in churches,’’ he 

stressed. 

Again, he suggested that 

churches should be formed to 

have a national character to 

control decency just like the 

political parties. 

“I think the churches 

should have a national 

character just like the political 

parties, meaning they should 

have representatives across the 

10 regions of the country. The 

beliefs of the church should 

also be stated in written form 

to ensure checks and balances 

in their operations before their 

licences are released to them,’’ 

he told ULTIMATE FM’S 

Isaac Bediako. 

•Mr Akwasi Addai, also known as ‘Odike’


20TH 

FEBRUARY 

2018 

TUESDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.3600 4.5000 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

6.0500 

6.2000 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.3800 

5.5500 

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MTN Ghana Foundation 

collects over 3,200 pints of 

blood in ‘save a life’ campaign 

MTN GHANA 

Foundation has 

successfully held 

the 7th edition 

of its annual 

Valentine’s Day 

Blood donation exercise with a 

massive turn out. At the end of the 

exercise, 3,294 pints of blood was 

realised, exceeding its target of 2, 

750 pints. 

This year’s blood donation exercise 

formed part of the activities 

marking the 10th Anniversary of 

MTN Ghana Foundation and had 

16 bleeding centres in all 10 regions 

of Ghana. The annual exercise 

gives staff of MTN and the 

general public the opportunity to 

help stock various blood banks 

across the country and to show 

love on Valentine’s Day by donating 

a pint of blood. 

The blood collected went directly 

to the National Blood Service, 

37 Military Hospital, Ridge 

Hospital and the respective hospitals 

in the 10 regions of Ghana. 

The number of pints collected 

from the regions are: 

Greater Accra Region 249 

Ashanti Region 318 

Eastern Region 200 

Western Region 296 

Central Region 251 

Volta Region 170 

Brong Ahafo Region 425 

Upper East Region 492 

Upper West Region 290 

Northern Region 603 

TOTAL 3294 

Commenting on the exercise, 

the acting Corporate Services Executive 

of MTN Ghana, Mrs Pala 

Asiedu Ofori, expressed her gratitude 

to all the volunteers for their 

generosity. She said “the overwhelming 

success of the 7th edition 

of Save a Life is as result of 

the commitment of blood donors. 

MTN is happy about the turn out 

during this year’s blood donation 

exercise. 

“The result is overwhelming 

and as a socially responsible organization, 

we are working to raise 

•MTN staff volunteer donating blood in Wa 

awareness, increase the numbers 

and help reduce the over reliance 

on the family replacement system,” 

she added. 

The MTN Ghana Foundation 

instituted the annual blood donation 

exercise, dubbed ‘Save a Life’ 

campaign in 2011 to support the 

restocking of blood at select blood 

banks. The program was initiated 

by MTN Ghana Foundation and 

staff of MTN as part of the company’s 

corporate social investments 

activities. From 2011 to 2017 

MTN had collected 6,226 pints 

pints of blood. This year’s exercise 

brings the total number of blood 

collected to 9,520. The blood donation 

exercise was also initiated as 

part of MTN’s interest in health issues 

in general. 

In recognition for its efforts, 

the MTN Ghana Foundation was 

adjudged the highest corporate 

blood donor in 2013, second highest 

corporate donor in 2014 and 

one of the highest corporate 

donors in 2015. 

•The Commission has served notice it will increase local 

content requirement for foreign companies 

Petroleum Commission to up 

local content requirement 

in oil & gas sector 

THE PETROLEUM Commission 

has served notice it will by 

the end of the year increase the 

local content requirement for 

foreign companies operating in 

the oil and gas sector. 

The move follows the Public 

Accounts Committee’s (PAC) 

call on the Commission last 

month to expedite action on developing 

the required local technical 

skills that would enable the 

country take control of the production 

and management of its 

oil resources. 

Contained in the audit report 

of the Auditor General on 

the implementation of local 

content in the oil and gas space 

of Ghana, PAC also advised the 

Commission to support local 

firms to raise capital to enable 

them increase their shareholding 

in future oil blocks. 

In November, 2013, LI2204 

was promulgated to inter alia 

promote maximisation of valueaddition 

and job creation 

through the use of local expertise, 

goods and services business, 

financing in the petroleum industry 

value chain and their retention 

in Ghana. The Local 

Content Committee established 

by the Board of the Commission 

is required to oversee the 

implementation of LI2204. 

Currently, there are a number 

of services which have been 

reserved for locals under the act 

that established the commission. 

But many local firms are 

unable to meet the requirements. 

Speaking at the first local 

content procurement conference 

in Accra, the Chief Executive 

Officer of the Commission 

Egbert Fabille Jnr hinted that 

the local content requirement 

will be upped to ensure Ghanaians 

are playing critical role in 

the production and management 

of the country’s oil and 

gas resources. 

Also, he warned that the 

Commission will not approve 

petroleum contracts that do not 

fulfill the three months’ mandatory 

notice ahead of its implementation. 

“From April 1, anybody in 

the upstream sector who has 

any contract of a hundred thousand 

dollars and above to give 

up, will have to submit that contract 

to the Petroleum Commission 

at least two months before 

the award of the contract so 

that we will get to know what is 

involved and will alert all those 

companies that could put in 

bids to do so; the time for short 

term and knee-jerk approaches 

is over,” he said. 

Touching on the Mr Faibille 

said, “the Conference is in fulfillment 

of the commitment of 

the Board and management of 

the Commission to ensure 

transparency in the upstream oil 

and gas tender process and promote 

participation of indigenous 

Ghanaian companies in 

the provision of goods and 

services in the sector.”

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Heritage 

Politics 

Dialogue on Togo impasse: 

Demo suspended, 45 

detainees released 

THE TOGOLESE 

Government and the 

Coalition of 14 Opposition 

political parties 

have agreed to implement 

a number of measures aimed 

at building trust and confidence 

amongst the political actors in Togo. 

This was contained in a communiqué 

issued on Monday, 19th February, 

2019, at the end of the first 

dialogue meeting held between the 

parties. The meeting, which was facilitated 

by the President of the Republic, 

Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, is aimed at finding a 

lasting solution to the political impasse 

in Togo. 

As part of measures aimed at 

“appeasement and confidence building”, 

President Akufo-Addo, as captured 

by the communiqué, conveyed 

a number of decisions taken by his 

Togolese counterpart, President 

Faure Gnassingbe, to that end. 

This included the signing of a 

presidential pardon, dated 19th February, 

2018, for the release of fortyfive 

(45) out of the ninety-two (92) 

• The Togolese Government and the Coalition have agreed to implement a number of measures 

persons detained in the country’s 

prisons as a result of their involvement 

in the demonstrations. 

“The case of the seven (7) persons 

who were imprisoned as a result 

of the 2013/2014 market fire 

riots would be brought before the 

Court to consider an application for 

bail by Wednesday, 21st February, 

2018,” the Communiqué said. 

The statement continued, “Other 

prisoners in detention, as a result of 

their involvement in the demonstrations, 

would have their cases examined 

by the Togolese Judiciary to 

determine their fate after going into 

the merits of their individual cases.” 

Additionally, “both Parties also 

agreed to a suspension of demonstrations, 

pending the outcome of 

the dialogue.” 

An issue that was raised by the 

Coalition of 14 Opposition Parties, 

on the return to the plenary, was the 

need for the state to hold on to 

planned local and parliamentary 

elections, and referendum until the 

dialogue had considered and taken 

decisions on the Electoral and Institutional 

Reforms contained in the 

Rules of Procedure. 

The meeting also examined issues 

related to the proposed return 

to the 1992 Constitution and various 

interventions were made on both 

sides. 

Present at the meeting were the 

Members of the Ghanaian Facilitation 

Team; Representatives of the 

Togolese Government; Representatives 

of the Union for the Republic 

(UNIR) Party; Representatives of 

the Coalition of 14 Opposition Parties; 

Members of Parliament; Diplomatic 

Corps; United Nations 

Permanent Representatives; Civil 

Society; andTraditional and Religious 

leadership. 

It was agreed that the next meeting 

of the dialogue would be held 

on Friday, 23rd February, 2018. 

Source: Flagstaff House 

CPP commends Ghana for mediation efforts in Togo 

THE CONVENTION Peoples’ Party (CPP) 

on Monday commended President Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo for providing sub-regional 

leadership to mediate in the protracted 

social-political unrest in Togo. 

President Nana Akufo-Addo is in Togo to 

hold talks with all relevant stakeholders including; 

President Faure Gnassingbe, leaders of the 

main Opposition Political Parties in the ongoing 

crisis in that country. 

Professor Edmund Nminyem Delle, CPP 

Chairman and Leader told the Ghana News 

Agency in an interview that the crisis in Togo 

was a ticking time bomb, “if ECOWAS and for 

that matter Ghana fail to intervene, it will explode 

to disrupt the relative political stability the 

sub-region is experiencing.” 

Togo, in recent times, has witnessed a series 

of protests by opposition parties who are calling 

for a return to the country's constitution, which 

imposes limits on presidential terms. 

Prof. Delle in August 2017, appealed to the 

International Community to pay attention to 

developments in Togo, stressing that, “It could 

have been worse and could get worse if the international 

community fails to immediately intervene.” 

The CPP Chairman while, commending 

Ghana and President Akufo-Addo for the mediation 

efforts, renewed the call to ECOWAS, 

African Union and the International Community 

to assist Togo to resolve its impending political 

upheaval. 

The CPP Leader suggested the creation of 

a platform for all Political Leaders, Civil Society 

Organisations, Media, Religious, and Traditional 

Leaders as well as democratic stakeholders 

in Togo to dialogue. 

Prof. Delle noted that even though demonstrations 

formed part of a political weapon in a 

democratic process, “democratic forces must 

avoid unbridled protest and violent pronouncements 

which most often ignites hostilities leading 

to the loss of precious lives, destruction of 

• Prof. Edmund Nminyem Delle, 

CPP national chairman 

property and general insecurity. 

“We must reduce the tendency of using violent 

means to resolve political problems or the 

heavy arm of the State security to deal with political 

opponents and suppress divergent views 

in a democratic environment.” 

The CPP Chairman also appealed to President 

Gnassingbe and the leader of the main opposition 

Mr Tikpi Atchadam of the PNP party 

to work together for the interest of Togolese 

and strengthen Togolese democratic development. 

Thousands of Togolese nationals since last 

August organised demonstrations in cities 

around the world including; north of the capital 

Lome, where it turned deadly after clashes with 

security forces. 

The demonstrations tagged: “Anti-Gnassingbe 

Dynasty Protests,” was organised by the 

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DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018. 

Brotherly kindness is 

important for a leader 

BY DAG HEWARD-MILLS 

BROTHERLY 

LOVE is the 

love that a 

person has 

for a brother. 

A leader is usually in 

diverse relationships 

that affect different 

aspects of his work. 

Brotherly love is the 

strong affection for 

another person that 

rises out of kinship and 

personal relationships. 

Things you should 

know about brotherly 

love: 

The trait of brotherly 

love makes you humbly 

put others before you. 

This is humility and 

before honour is 

humility. 

Be kindly affectioned one to another 

with brotherly love; in honour preferring 

one another; 

Romans 12:10 

Brotherly love is needed to 

prevent strife between close 

relations. 

And Abram said unto Lot, let there 

be no strife, I pray thee, between me and 

thee, and between my herdsmen and thy 

herdsmen; for we be brethren. Genesis 

13:8 

The personal trait of brotherly 

love causes you to sacrifice yourself 

for others. Brotherly love causes 

you to lay down your love for the 

brethren. People who are sacrificial 

and lay themselves down for others 

are often productive. 

Hereby perceive we the love of 

God, because he laid down his life 

for us: and we ought to lay down 

• Bishop Dag 

Heward-Mills 

our lives for the brethren. 1 John 

3:16 

The Mouse, the Chicken, the 

Pig and the Cow 

The chicken, the pig and the 

cow did not have brotherly love for 

their fellow farm animals and paid a 

high price for it. 

One day, the farm mouse 

looked through the crack in the 

wall to see the farmer and his wife 

open a package. What food might 

this contain?” the mouse wondered. 

He was devastated to discover it 

was a mousetrap. Retreating to the 

farmyard, the mouse proclaimed 

the warning. 

He rushed to the chicken and 

told him, “There is a mousetrap in 

the house! There is a mousetrap in 

the house!” 

The chicken clucked and 

scratched, raised her head and said, 

“Mr Mouse, what is the meaning of 

this frenzied outburst? You are 

talking too much and disturbing 

our children. We have a job to do 

“Mr Mouse, what is 

the meaning of this 

frenzied outburst? 

You are talking too 

much and disturbing 

our children. We 

have a job to do on 

this farm.” 

on this farm. Honestly, I cannot be 

bothered by a mousetrap. A 

mousetrap is no reason for you to 

disturb the neighbourhood. 

The mouse turned to the pig, 

“There is a mousetrap in the house! 

There is a mousetrap in the house!” 

The pig sympathised, but said, “I 

am so very sorry, Mr Mouse, but 

there is nothing anyone can do 

about it. If you were to eat more 

and grow bigger you would not be 

worried about mousetraps. Anyway, 

be assured that you are in my 

prayers.” 

The mouse then turned to the 

cow and said, “There is a 

mousetrap in the house!” The cow 

said, “Mr Mouse, pull yourself 

together! Just be careful when you 

are walking around and everything 

will be alright. A mousetrap is not 

dangerous!” 

So, the mouse returned to the 

house, head down and dejected, to 

face the farmer’s mousetrap alone. 

None of the other animals had 

understood his dilemma. None of 

them really cared. 

That very night a sound was 

heard throughout the house – like 

the sound of a mousetrap catching 

its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed 

to see what was caught. In the 

darkness, she did not see it was a 

venomous snake whose tail the trap 

had caught. 

The snake lunged out and bit 

the farmer’s wife. The farmer 

rushed her to the hospital where 

she was treated for snakebite. After 

three days in the hospital, the 

farmer’s wife returned home with a 

persisting fever. 

Everyone knew that the 

treatment for fever was fresh 

chicken soup. The farmer took a 

decision to give his wife the fresh 

chicken soup that she needed. He 

caught the chicken, killed it and 

made fresh soup for his wife. 

The sickness continued, so 

friends and neighbours came to sit 

with her around the clock. To feed 

them, the farmer decided to serve 

the guests with pork chops, pork 

stew, spare ribs and some bacon 

and sausages. The pig was quickly 

summoned, slaughtered and 

converted into these delicacies. In 

spite of the special treatment and 

care that the farmer’s wife received, 

she did not get any better and 

eventually died. 

Many people came for her 

funeral. The farmer was not 

expecting so many guests and had 

to suddenly cater for hundreds of 

mourners. His relatives asked him 

to serve the guests with beef stew, 

steak, khebab and some meatballs. 

They said to him, “You will be able 

to buy another cow after the 

funeral.” 

Under pressure from his family, 

he took the decision to slaughter 

his cow and serve his funeral 

guests. The mouse looked upon it 

all from his crack in the wall with 

great sadness. Indeed, the chicken, 

the pig and the cow never thought 

that the arrival of the mousetrap to 

the farm would one day affect them 

all. 

Brotherly love shows concern 

for others. Brotherly love is when 

you feel the effect of something 

that affects your brother. When you 

have brotherly love you quickly 

recognise that your brother’s 

problem is actually your problem. 

A leader needs wisdom and 

maturity to realize how another 

person’s problem eventually affects 

him. 

CPP commends Ghana for mediation efforts in Togo 

• READ FROM PAGE 11 

opposition Pan African National Party 

(PNP) simultaneously in Accra, Libreville, 

New York, and Berlin demanding the reinstatement 

of the Togolese 1992 Constitution 

which limits the term limit of the President. 

The 1992 Constitution of Togo, which 

stipulates a two five-year term limit for a 

President was set aside by the Togolese Parliament 

to allow President Gnassingbe to 

contest Election for the third term in 2015. 

Besides the reinstatement of the constitution, 

the leader of the PNP party Mr Tikpi 

Atchadam told the media that they want to 

immediately end the Gnassingbe dynasty, 

which hadruled Togo for 50 years “from father 

to son. It’s like a family property and we 

are ready to resist that this time”. 

President Faure Gnassingbe has been in 

power since the death of his father Gnassingbe 

Eyadema in 2005 who ruled for 38 

years. — GNA

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018 

BY 

I prefer older women 

to young girls—KiDi 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

I feel uncomfortable 

in church—Delay 

RADIO AND TV personality, 

Deloris Frimpong 

Manso, also 

known as Delay, has disclosed 

that she sometimes 

feels 

uncomfortable when she attends 

church service. 

According to her, most church 

members pre-judge celebrities and 

make them look like absolute sinners 

whose past deeds are unpardonable. 

Sharing her recent experience at her 

church, the host of Delay show recalled 

how a colleague church member 

constantly stared at her. 

“Celebrities find it difficult to serve 

God because they feel so uncomfortable 

due to how church members stare 

at them. They make it seem as if 

you’re ‘Satan’. They gaze at you and 

judge you in their minds,” she stated. 

Delay noted that most celebrities 

find it difficult to be punctual at 

•Deloris Frimpong Manso 

church services because many see 

them as being outcast. She made this 

comment with regards to how a section 

of the public and some men of 

God doubt how spiritual most celebrities 

are. 

She said this on her recent interview 

with Kidi of Lynx Entertainment 

fame. 

“Ebony’s sudden demise should always 

remind us to work on our salvation 

because once we have money and 

fame the life we live today isn’t ours. 

So we should remember that where 

we fall shouldn’t be our end but rather 

get up and work out our salvation and 

seek the face of God. 

“At times in church, I just turn and 

make eye contact with people who 

constantly stare at me with strange 

look as if I’m ‘delay’ the devil. If 

you’re not strong in the faith as a 

celebrity, you’ll stop going to church.” 

Delay added. 

DENNIS NANA Dwamena, 

popularly known as 

KiDi, has said that he likes 

to date older women than 

his age mates. 

The Lynx Entertainment 

signed artiste, made this revelation 

in an interview with 

Delay on the Delay Show last 

Sunday. 

According to him, the 

older women do not stress 

their partners and act maturely 

when there are issues 

to be resolved. He stated 

that he finds it effortless 

around the older women 

who are mostly straight forward 

than most young girls. 

He said “to be very honest, 

sometimes the maturity 

older women show is very 

attractive. The things older 

women will do is far better 

than people you’re of the 

same age with. The younger 

ones will only stress you.” 

KiDi admitted that that 

age variation in this regard is 

no problem to him at 

all.When asked about the 

number of ladies he had 

dated, he was swift to say he 

had dated four women, 

adding that the last girlfriend 

he had was 25 years 

and they dated for just two 

weeks. 

•KiDi artiste 

•A scene in 

the video 

KoJo Cue, Shaker out 

with ‘Up and Awake’ video 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

BBNZ RECORD mates KoJo 

Cue and Shaker have recently released 

the official visuals for their 

hit single titled ‘Up and Awake’. 

‘Up And Awake’ features 

‘Grind Dey’ hit maker Kwesi 

Arthur. The film talks about 

Ghana during the colonial days 

which is a great concept brought 

back by the duo fused with such 

an inspiring song. 

The video was directed by Esianyo 

Kumodzi and is available on 

all internet platforms.



Mzvee performs 

at NFF awards 

in Nigeria 

AFRO-DANCE- 

HALL 

ARTISTE 

Mzvee was the 

toast of the 

several patrons 

who thronged the Grand Ballroom 

of the Eko Hotels and 

Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos 

on Monday for the maiden edition 

of the 2018 Aiteo/Nigeria 

Football Federation awards. 

The versatile act performed 

her smash hit ‘Rewind’ and was 

joined by Nigerian dancehall 

act Patoranking to perform 

their collaboration ‘Sing My 

Name’ on the night. 

Other performers on the 

night were Tiwa Savage, Simi, 

Kiss Daniel, Reekado Banks, 

and Falz. 

Present at the awards were 

NFF President Amaju Pinnick, 

First Vice President Seyi Akinwunmi, 

FIFA President Gianni 

Infantino, FIFA Secretary 

General Fatma Samoura, CAF 

President Ahmad Ahmad and 

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi 

Ambode. 

Born Vera Hamenoo- 

Kpeda, the natural girl is popular 

for many hits including 

‘Bokor Bokor,’ ‘Abofra’ and 

‘Hold Me Now.’ 

She has worked with top 

colleagues such as Stonebwoy, 

Shatta Wale, Richie Mensah, 

Efya, Didier Awadi, Pappy 

Kojo, and MI Abaga. 

MzVee is also a two-time 

BET honouree and is recipient 

of several other laurels including 

VGMA awards for Unsung 

Artiste of the Year (2014), Best 

New Artist of The Year 

(2015), Best Female Vocalist of 

the Year (2016), GMH Best 

Female Artist Honour (2016) 

and a host of others. 

Jay Z spent close to $100,000 in one night for friend’s birthday party 

ONE OF the many perks of 

being one of the wealthiest 

entertainers on the planet is 

the ability to buy drinks for 

your friends. A lot of drinks. 

Just ask Jay Z, whose $91,000 

bar tab was leaked on social 

media, Monday. 

According to Page Six, Jay 

Z was out on Sunday, celebrating 

the birthday of Juan 

‘OG’ Perez, president of Roc 

Nation Sports, with an intimate 

group of executives 

from the company. 

The night kicked off at 

Zuma restaurant in midtown 

Manhattan, where Hov 

treated the group to $13,000 

worth of food and booze. 

The next stop was Harlem’s 

Made In Mexico where they 

sipped on D’Ussé cognac, 

which cost them a paltry 

$9,000. The group had their 

•MzVee and 

Patoranking 

•Jay Z and the bill 

night cap at a neighboring 

club called Playroom, where 

Hov decided to crank things 

up a notch. 

Jay and his group of five 

spent serious dough on 40 

bottles of Jay’s Ace of Spades 

champagne. While that’s certainly 

too much bubbly for 

five people, some patrons 

claim they saw Jay personally 

handing out bottles to nearby 

tables. A server at Playroom 

captured the sky-high bill and 

posted it on Snapchat. The 

damage? $80,035, with an 

$11,000 tip. Pocket change for 

the man who owns this 

house. 

If you’ve been following 

Hov’s exploits over the years, 

you know he’s no stranger to 

shelling out racks on racks to 

celebrate big. 

Back in 2011, People.com 

reported that Jay Z spent upwards 

of $250,000 at his 

‘Watch the Throne’ release 

party inside Miami’s 

Fontainebleau. complex.com 

DStv brings 

customers 

the 2018 

Brit Awards 

on BBC Brit 

Channel 120 

IF YOU are a fan of the 

British Music Charts, DStv has 

just the right stuff for you! It’s 

that time of the year when 

music fans celebrate and honour 

the best musos making 

their mark and climbing their 

way up on the Brits’ playlist. 

BBC Brit (DStv Channel 

120) will be giving viewers a 

front row view of the 38th Brit 

Awards to be screened on 

Wednesday 21 February at 

8pm, from the O2 Arena in 

London. 

The awards, which will be 

hosted by multi award-winning 

comedian Jack Whitehall, will 

feature a stellar line-up of performances 

including Ed 

Sheeran and DuaLipa who are 

both nominated British album 

of the year, Rita Ora, Sam 

Smith and Justin Timberlake. 

Some of the universally 

adored names nominated in 

various categories include One 

Direction members Harry 

Styles, Liam Payne and former 

member Zayne ft Taylor Swift 

(British Video of the Year), DJ 

Khaled, Drake and Kendrick 

Lamar (International Male 

Solo Artist), DuaLipa, Jessie 

Ware and Kate Tempest 

(British Female Solo Artist). 

Do tune in to see who walks 

away a winner!

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 


Five things 

Kotoko should do 

to win in Congo 

EMMANUEL ASANTE ATTAKORA 

•Ghana Amputee team 

Ghana Amputee Football team will be in Mexico 

HERITAGE SPORTS DESK 

THE GHANA Amputee Football 

Association has indicated the 

country’s intention to participate 

in this year’s Amputee Football 

World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico. 

In a statement issued by the 

General Secretary of the Association, 

Theodore Mawuli Viwotor, 

in Accra, the Association disclosed 

that, “we have received an 

official invitation from the host 

nation and the World Amputee 

Football Federation (WAFF), to 

be part of the 24 nations competing 

for the coveted cup and 

we are ready to participate in the 

Mundial.” 

The Association revealed that 

it had already started fund-raising 

activities to rake in enough 

money to emplane the players 

and officials to Mexico and back 

in October. 

“We have embarked on several 

fund-raising activities initiated 

by Reverend Richard Nii 

Amartey Adesah, Chairman of 

the Association, and soon the 

fruits would start showing. We 

have the One Ghanaian, One 

Ghana Cedi project and we have 

also contacted some corporate 

bodies and the response is very 

positive,” the statement clarified. 

The Association made it clear 

that, it was conscious of the difficulties 

the state faces in funding 

such events and has decided to 

raise funds to support whatever 

would come from government. 

Ghana is one of the 24 nations 

to take part in this year’s 

world cup scheduled to take 

place in Guadalajara, Mexico 

from October 24 to November 

5, 2018. 

Connoisseurs of the game tip 

Ghana to make significant impact 

with its record as the nation 

with the highest number of professionals 

in amputee football. 

Thirteen Ghanaians are currently 

playing in the Turkish Amputee 

Football Premier and Division 

One Leagues. 

Ghana’s national team, the 

Black Challenge, holds the record 

as the first African Champions 

and the first nation in the world 

to transfer players professionally. 

It is expected that, with the 

local league beginning this year, 

the nation has the greatest 

prospects of winning the world 

cup if all the right measures are 

put in place. 

The Association is, therefore, 

appealing to all Ghanaians and 

the corporate world to support 

the team to make history at the 

World Cup, in addition to its enviable 

record in the game. 

Ghanaian athletes need to 

change mindset – Sports Pundit 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

SPORTS PUNDIT, 

Mr Isaac Mensah has 

urged Ghanaian athletes 

to change their 

mindset in order to 

get all the needed 

help to excel in their fields. 

Mr Mensah said this to the 

DAILY HERITAGE in 

Accra on Saturday when the executives 

of World Amateur 

Body Building Association 

(WABBA) met to engage some 

athletes of the sport at the 

Bonds Square Gymnasium at 

Adentan Barrier in Accra. 

Mr Mensah, who is also the 

patron of the association, said 

most Ghanaian athletes had 

failed to sell their image as a 

brand to both the Ghanaian 

and international 

markets. 

According to 

him, they 

should start 

visualising 

themselves 

and begin to 

break the 

code of just 

limiting themselves 

and being 

afraid of change 

and take advantage of 

every little opportunity that 

they chance upon. 

“Ghanaian athletes should 

start to set vision for themselves 

and executive them. They 

must also take advantage of the 

social media by posting their 

images there. Someone 

out there would be 

interested and 

make them 

brand ambassadors. 

“They 

should 

not rely 

on the 

federations 

they are in 

to do for 

them, they must 

take it upon themselves 

and do it,” he said. 

The patron called on the 

athletes to go by the code of 

conduct of the association in 

order to present themselves 

well both locally and internationally. 

•Mr Isaac Mensah, 

Sports pundict 

President of WABBA, Mr 

Victor Baiden added that the 

athletes must help themselves 

first before they would get the 

support they need. 

According to him, “it is true 

that there are numerous challenges 

facing the Ghanaian athletes, 

but in the first place what 

has the athlete done to appeal 

for that help?” 

The president further said 

WABBA will make sure that 

they brand and take the athletes 

through some orientations to 

boost their confidence. 

WABBA will on Saturday, 

March 3, 2018 commence community 

auditions as they look to 

identify potential athletes who 

would compete at the regional 

and district levels. 

CONGOLESE CLUB Athlétique Renaissance 

Aiglon Brazzaville (CARA) will today 

host Asante Kotoko in the second leg in the 

preliminary round of the Confederation of 

African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup 

in Congo. 

Kotoko beat CARA by a lone goal, in the 

first leg at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in a 

game that saw referee Falou Kane awarding 

five penalties. 

Many have warned and advised Kumasi 

Asante Kotoko ahead of the match and 

GNA Sports takes a look at five important 

things the Porcupine Warriors should take 

into account, as they embark on a journey to 

silent CARA in their own back yard. 

Kotoko should be ready for intimidation 

from CARA before the match. 

CARA came to Ghana and didn’t look 

like a side that was to be pushed aside as they 

exhibited gross disrespect in Kumasi before 

the game by urinating on the playing pitch, 

before training a day before the game. 

And they losing by a goal and knowing 

that they have a good chance of qualifying to 

the next round of the competition, would 

subject Kotoko to all forms of intimidation 

right from arrival to the start of the match. 

Kotoko shouldn’t expect a fair officiating; 

having been awarded four penalties in the 

first leg encounter, Kotoko should expect 

that referee Martin Mokete from Lesotho, 

who has been assigned to handle the return 

leg, would have a lot of pressure on him to 

either award a penalty or have some decisions 

go in favour of CARA to help them 

kick the Porcupine Warriors out of the competition. 

With this in mind, they must go into the 

game with their own referee by being extra 

cautions and playing according to the whistle. 

Anything short of this would see them 

smiling on the wrong side of their faces. 

No need for defensive play. It would be 

absolutely needless for Kotoko to enter the 

game with a defensive mindset. Though they 

have a one goal advantage to themselves, 

there would be no need to play defensive as 

an away goal would go a long way to help 

them advance to the next stage of the competition. 

Any attempt to play a defensive game 

would see them bear undue pressure from 

the home and are capable of crumbling 

under the intense pressure. 

Players must take chances. The first leg 

saw Kotoko squandering some descent scoring 

chances, including three penalties, the 

second leg provides them the opportunity to 

make amends and take their chances as they 

come. 

Playing away from home in such a crucial 

game, gives no room for being wasteful or 

they would pay dearly for that and therefore 

the likes of Sadick Adams, Yakubu Mohamed 

and Baba Mahama as well as captain 

Amos Frimpong must utilise any chance that 

comes their way no matter the situation.

Sports 


21/02/2018 

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Harry Kane: 

Tottenham ‘turn 

down’ £177m 

Real Madrid bid 

TOTTENHAM 

HAVE 

reportedly 

turned down a 

€200million 

(£177m) bid for 

Harry Kane. 

Real Madrid have put the 

England international at the 

top of their shopping list 

after he hit more goals than 

any other player in Europe in 

2017. 

Kane found the back of 

the net 56 times - twice more 

than Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. 

And the 24-year-old has 

continued his rich vein of 

form after the turn of the 

year which has kept him on 

Los Blancos’ radar. 

El Chiringuito TV 

journalist Eduardo Inda has 

claimed that Real have 

launched their first bid for the 

striker. 

But Tottenham chairman 

Daniel Levy has immediately 

turned it down and insist he 

wants to keep Kane. 

Inda claims that Real 

offered €175m (£155m) up 

front with €25m (£22m) in 

added bonuses. 

The deal would make the 

forward the second most 

expensive signing of all time. 

But Levy is driving a hard 

bargain, just as he did when 

Gareth Bale moved to the 

Bernabeu for a then-worldrecord 

fee of £85m in 2013. 

Real’s main striker Karim 

Benzema has only scored 

three league goals all season. 

The La Liga champions are 

expected to let the 

Frenchman go in the summer. 

And Kane is seen as the 

perfect replacement, but he 

will be difficult to prise away 

from north London. 

Express.co.uk 

• Harry Kane 

Arsenal Board ready to 

support Wenger’s future decision 

•Isaac Drogba (L) 

Drogba's son joins Guingamp 

DROGBA SENIOR scored 24 

goals in 50 appearances for 

Guingamp, now his 17-year-old 

son will try and follow in his 

footsteps. 

Isaac, who also plays as a 

striker and has spent time at 

Chelsea's academy, will join up 

with the club's U19s as he bids to 

break into the senior squad. 

His father, Didier, enjoyed an 

immensely successful time at the 

Ligue 1 club before moving to 

Marseille then Chelsea. Drogba 

scored 164 goals in 381 

appearances for the Blues. 

"Couldn't be more proud of 

you Isaac Drogba," the 39-year-old 

wrote on Instagram. FFT 

ARSENAL’S BOARD has 

agreed not to move against 

manager Arsene Wenger at 

the end of this season. 

It's been suggested 

Wenger will be asked to 

leave half-way through his 

two-year contract this 

summer after another 

underwhelming Premier 

League campaign. 

However, on the eve of 

their Carabao Cup final 

clash with Manchester City, 

Le 10 Sport says Arsenal’s 

directors will stand by 

Wenger. 

The only way the two 

parties will split is if Wenger 

chooses to walk away at the 

end of this season. 

The Frenchman's future 

will be left to him, with 

Arsenal board members 

agreeing not to demand he 

leaves - no matter where 

they finish the campaign. 

TF 

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•Arsene 

wenger

February 21

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