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•Johnson Asiedu Nketia (M), 

General Secretary of NDC 

flanked by Samuel Ofosu 

Ampofo (L), 1st Vice Chairman 

and Kofi Adams (R), Deputy 

General Secretary at the press 

conference 

•The Regent is very optimistic 

about the success of the project 

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WORLD 

Death toll in 

Rwanda refugee 

protests double 

POLITICS 

Treat African 

migrants humanely 

.• Akufo-Addo to 

German officials 

BUSINESS 

PG.04 

Jumia Ghana 

launches Mobile 

Week 

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SPORTS 

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Who is who? 

• As Ghana Premier 

League takes off on 

Sunday 

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Sustain Starr 

Woman Dream Edition 

Project- Dagbon Regent 

HIS MAJESTY 

Kampakuya- 

Naa Abdulai 

Yakubu Andani 

has charged the 

Starr Woman 

Dream Edition Project to ensure 

that the project is sustained to 

fully achieve its noble objective 

of empowering young women 

entrepreneurs with disabilities in 

the municipality. 

Receiving the Project Team 

led by EIB Network’s Group 

News Editor, Eyram Bashan at 

the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi, His 

Majesty Naa Abdulai Yakubu 

Andani lauded the Starr Woman 

Dream initiative as a much 

needed local intervention to address 

the vulnerability of young 

girls with disabilities in his kingdom. 

He bemoaned how a number 

of such ladies often become sexually 

exploited, leaving them further 

impoverished. 

The Regent is very optimistic 

about the success of the project 

but warned the team to stay for 

the long haul and ensure its lifespan 

is not threatened by any excuse 

of financial constraints. 

“Any objective to take our 

ladies off the streets begging to a 

position where they become financially 

independent is definitely 

a project we want to see 

succeed in Yendi, so make sure 

you don’t leave earlier than expected,”- 

he added. 

Eyram Bashan assured His 

Majesty of the team’s commitment 

to pursue the project’s goal 

at all costs. She disclosed that 

many institutions have already 

expressed interest in partnering 

the project expand its multiplier 

effect and sustainability. 

Starr Woman Dream Edition, 

a Starr Fm programme is a national 

advocacy project funded 

by Star Ghana - championing inclusive 

entrepreneurship drive focusing 

on young women 

entrepreneurs with disabilities. 

The project train is currently 

in the Yendi Municipality staging 

a grand stakeholder forum and 

entrepreneurship mentoring 

clinic to address limitations to 

entrepreneurship dreams of 

young people with disabilities. 

• The Regent is very optimistic about the success of the project 

•Dr Emmanuel Akwetey (R), Executive Director, Institute for Democratic 

Governance, Dr Eric Oduro Osae (L), Dean of Graduate Students and Research, 

Institute for Democratic Governance, at the event 

Majority of Ghanaians see govt 

officials as corrupt— CDD report 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

A RESEARCH conducted by the 

Center for Democratic Development 

(CDD) has indicated that 

most Ghanaians trust religious 

leaders to solve national issues than 

government officials and appointees. 

The research further pointed 

out that majority of Ghanaians feel 

government officials and appointees 

do no listen to the cry of 

the local, hence the lack of trust. 

They added that, majority of 

Ghanaians see government officials 

as corrupt and do not think 

they are the right people to solve 

societal issues. 

According to the research, 

“71% of Ghanaians never contacted 

government officials about 

problems or to offer opinion during 

the previous years.” 

During the release of the 

Ghana Afrobarometer Round 7 

findings on local government and 

the Election of Metropolitan, Municipal 

and District Chief Executives 

(MMDCEs), the institution 

revealed that majority of Ghanaians 

support the election of people 

for the position. 

“Almost seven in every 10 

Ghanaians (69%) say MMDCE positions 

should be made elective, including 

55% who agree very 

strongly with this view,” the research 

read. 

The research further highlighted 

that, “support for election 

of MMDCEs is strong across demographic 

groups, including supporters 

of both the New Patriotic 

Party and the National Democratic 

Congress.” 

“It is stronger among citizens 

with higher education than those 

with no formal education,” they argued. 

Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, Executive 

Director, Institute for Democratic 

Governance called for the 

need to include political parties at 

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People rarely succeed unless they 

have fun in what they are doing. 

—Dale Carnegie 

Majority of Ghanaians see govt officials as corrupt- CDD report 

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the local governance level. 

This, he explained, will be right 

and effective way of ensuring that 

development is spread across the 

country. 

“If we have a district where we 

have a member of the opposition 

occupying that position, he or she 

will make sure there’s development 

at that level so that they can use it 

for campaign during the next election 

period. 

“There will be the argument of 

sabotaging, but in that case it will affect 

the leaders where one will ask 

for accountability,” he said. 

Dr Eric Oduro Osae, Dean of 

Graduate Students and Research, Institute 

for Democratic Governance, 

urged Ghanaians to persistently hold 

people in office accountable for 

their actions. 

According to him, there should 

be frequent sensitisation programmes 

for the electorate about the 

jobs of local authorities. 

This, he argued, will equip them 

with the knowledge to hold the officials 

accountable and ensure good 

governance. 

Deputy Minister’s 

response 

Deputy Minister for Local Governance, 

Mr O. B. Amoah disclosed 

that the government had drawn a 

programme to ensure that they 

amend the constitution which will 

allow Ghanaians to elect MMDCEs 

by the end of the year. 

He added that they are on course 

to meet the requirements to achieve 

their target by the end of the year. 

“What is critical for us based on 

the finding is the fact that there is a 

constitutional requirement that at 

such referenda, 40% of voters 

should have turned out, and then 

75% of those who turn out should 

vote for that particular requirement, 

whether MMDCEs should be 

elected,” he said. 

On corruption, Mr Amoah said 

the government is constantly training 

local government officials to 

know what they are required to do 

under law. 

“Most of the people in the system 

don’t know what they’re required 

to do under the law. When an 

officer is not in the system again, 

you inform authorities so that he or 

she is not paid otherwise they become 

ghost workers which is against 

the law,” he told the press. 

NDC begs for RTI law 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

Philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE NATIONAL 

Democratic Congress 

(NDC) has described 

the appointment of 

Mr Martin A. B. K. 

Amidu as the first 

Special Prosecutor as a roadshow. 

According to the party, the appointment 

of Mr Amidu is meaningless 

until the passage into law of 

the Right to Information Bill (RTI) 

which will give the citizenry the 

power to demand information to 

be used to prosecute thieves caught 

up in any wrongdoing. 

Speaking at a packed press conference 

yesterday, the general secretary 

of the party, Mr Johnson 

Asiedu Nketia said “without the 

passage of the RTI bill, the work 

of the Special Prosecutor will be 

defective.” 

Mr Nketia, popularly known in 

political circles as General Mosquito, 

said for the work of the Special 

Prosecutor to be successful and 

meaningful, people must be able to 

walk to any government institution 

or agency to demand for information 

without any qualm and officials 

are also obliged to give out 

information. 

“But currently, as I speak to you 

now, the RTI bill has been withdrawn 

from Parliament and no one 

knows when it is going to be relayed. 

Does this give the impression 

that the Akufo-Addo 

government wants to fight corruption? 

What it is now is that the 

• To catch thieves, describes 

appointment of Amidu as a roadshow 

•Johnson Asiedu Nketia (M), General Secretary of NDC being flanked by Samuel Ofosu Ampofo (L), 

1st Vice Chairman and Kofi Adams (R), Deputy General Secretary at the press conference 

hands of the Special Prosecutor 

are tight and it is a lame excuse,” he 

stated. 

Drop in CPI report 

General Mosquito was speaking 

in relation to the 2017 Transparency 

International Corruption 

Perception Index (CPI) which 

scored Ghana 40% and 81st position, 

a drop of 11 points from the 

2016 score of 70th position and a 

percentage point of 43. 

He said all indications pointed 

to the fact that the Akufo-Addo led 

NPP government within a space of 

one year had failed to put in place 

the necessary measures to at least 

maintain the country’s position or 

even perform better. “This disastrous 

showing is the worst performance 

Ghana has chalked in the 

last six years or since 2012.” 

NPP responsible 

General Mosquito said instead 

of the NPP government accepting 

and working towards bettering the 

lots of the country to improve investor 

confidence, the government 

is rather blaming the previous government 

while records clearly 

show that out of the nine data 

sources used, only two or 22% 

were traceable to 2016. 

“The remaining seven items or 

88% emanated from 2017. This 

means that an overwhelming majority 

of data sources used in this 

survey were based on happenings 

in the first year of President 

Akufo-Addo’s government. So the 

assertion that the 2017 CPI corruption 

report was mostly the happening 

of the previous 

government was completely false,” 

he added. 

Corruption scandals 

The general secretary revealed 

that the Akufo-Addo led NPP government 

had lost the moral 

grounds in the fight against corruption 

because his government is 

too early to be tainted with too 

many corruption issues such as the 

BOST/ MOVINPINA scandal, the 

2.25 billion dollar Ken Bond, the 

GH¢ 22m worth of pre-mix fuel 

saga, cash-for-seat scandal and 

many others where the President 

had downplayed the effect of such 

all important corruption issues. 

“We are also aware that the 

Akufo-Addo government has become 

the butt of jokes and derision 

in both the foreign and local 

business community for the aggressive 

manner in which ministers’ 

demand and collect bribe or 

kickback from contractors and 

other service providers,” he 

stated. 

He added that for the first time 

in the history of the country, a 

President had appointed her own 

daughter to a government position 

and also a woman he had a 

child with as the Ambassador to 

the Czech Republic. “This is an 

addition to the army of cousins, 

nieces and other relatives in various 

positions in the public sector.” 

Commitment to 

fight corruption 

The NDC scribe said there was an 

urgent need by the NPP government 

to take up the fight against corruption 

seriously and not reduce it to the creation 

of the office of the Special 

Prosecutor. 

He, therefore, called on faithbased 

organisations, media and moral 

society to rise up and demand accountability 

from the NPP government 

the same way they demanded 

accountability under the previous 

government.

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•Landslides caused by the powerful quake are 

making it difficult for rescue teams to reach people 

Papua New Guinea earthquake: At least 14 killed amid landslides 

AT LEAST 14 people have 

died after a powerful earthquake 

caused landslides in a remote 

region of Papua New 

Guinea (PNG), officials say. 

A 7.5-magnitude quake rattled 

villages and a large gold 

mine in the country's Enga 

province on Monday morning. 

There are unconfirmed reports 

that the death toll could 

be as high as 30, with details of 

"extensive" damage emerging. 

The tremor caused Exxon- 

Mobil to shut its $19bn 

(€15bn) liquefied natural gas 

plant, PNG's biggest export 

earner. 

A number of buildings collapsed 

and roads were blocked 

by the landslides. Some phone 

lines were also cut, Reuters 

news agency reports. 

US seismologists said the 

initial quake struck 90 km (56 

miles) south of Porgera at 

about 03:45 local time on 

Monday (17:45 GMT on Sunday), 

with dozens of aftershocks, 

including a 5.7 quake 

on Tuesday afternoon. 

BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Syria conflict: Women 'sexually exploited in return for aid’ 

WOMEN IN Syria have been sexually 

exploited by men delivering 

aid on behalf of the United Nations 

(UN) and international charities, 

the BBC has learned. 

Aid workers said the men 

would trade food and lifts for sexual 

favours. 

UN agencies and charities said 

they had zero tolerance of exploitation 

and were not aware of 

any cases of abuse by partner organisations 

in the region. 

Aid workers told the BBC that 

the exploitation is so widespread 

that some Syrian women are refusing 

to go to distribution centres 

because people would assume they 

had offered their bodies for the aid 

they brought home. 

One worker claimed that some 

humanitarian agencies were turning 

a blind eye to the exploitation 

because using third parties and 

local officials was the only way of 

getting aid into dangerous parts of 

Syria that international staff could 

not access. 

The United Nations Population 

Fund conducted an assessment of 

gender based violence in the region 

last year and concluded that 

humanitarian assistance was being 

exchanged for sex in various governorates 

in Syria. 

The report, entitled "Voices from 

Syria 2018", said: "Examples were 

given of women or girls marrying 

officials for a short period of time 

for 'sexual services' in order to receive 

meals; distributors asking for 

telephone numbers of women and 

girls; giving them lifts to their houses 

'to take something in return' or obtaining 

distributions 'in exchange for 

a visit to her home' or 'in exchange 

for services, such as spending a 

night with them’." BBC 

•Millions of Syrians have been displaced by the civil war 

and require international aid 

Death toll in Rwanda 

refugee protests double 

THE NUMBER of 

refugees killed during 

protests against food 

cuts in Rwanda has 

risen to 11, the United 

Nation's refugee 

agency has said. 

The UNHCR said eight refugees 

from the Democratic Republic of 

Congo (DR Congo) in Karongi 

town, in the west, while another 

three died in Kiziba camp. 

Rwandan police said on Friday 

five people had died during Thursday's 

violence, which also left officers 

and aid workers injured. 

It is not entirely clear how the 

refugees died. 

The altercation came two days 

after thousands of people walked almost 

15km (10 miles) from the Kiziba 

refugee camps to the UNHCR 

offices, angry at a cut in food aid. 

The World Food Programme 

•Thousands of people took part in the largely peaceful protest 

(WFP) has been forced to cut the 

amount it gives refugees twice in the 

last six months. 

The first cut of 10% came in 

November, followed by 25% in January. 

The UNHCR said in a statement 

on Monday it plans to resume its activities 

in the camps, which is home 

to more than 17,000 people, today. 

BBC 

•Mohammad Yaqoob - his family members are 

among the villagers who have fled their homes 

The Kashmir villagers fleeing 

bullets from two nations 

MOHAMMAD YAQOOB, 50, 

barely escaped the bullets that 

landed inside his house in a village 

along the border in Indian-administered 

Kashmir. 

Mr Yaqoob and his family 

are among the hundreds of villagers 

who have fled their 

homes since India and Pakistan 

began exchanging heavy gunfire 

on 22 February, in what is 

being reported as an "escalation" 

of hostilities between the 

two countries. 

Both India and Pakistan 

claim Kashmir in its entirety 

but only control parts of it - 

the dispute has sparked two 

wars and a limited conflict between 

the nuclear-armed 

neighbours. 

Artillery duels were common 

along the 776km (482 

mile) stretch that is the Line of 

Control (LoC) until 2003 when 

the two sides agreed to a ceasefire. 

But there has been a steep 

rise in ceasefire violations since 

2013. 

"Everybody is terrified 

here. We are living under constant 

fear," said Mr Yaqoob, 

who currently lives in a relief 

camp set up by the local government 

in a school in the district 

headquarters, Uri. 

Residents of at least five 

border villages have been 

forced to leave their homes 

and seek refuge in the town 

which is surrounded on three 

sides by the border. 

It has faced the heaviest 

shelling so far, affecting more 

than 7,000 people, officials told 

the BBC. 

Some villagers told the 

BBC that the latest violation is 

the "worst" shelling they have 

experienced since 2003. BBC



Fake cables are cheap but can burn your house 

IT HAS become necessary for 

the government, through the 

Ghana Standards Authority 

(GSA), to halt the huge importation 

of sub-standard or fake 

electrical cables into the country. 

Some of the obvious features 

of fake electrical cables are substandard 

insulation, reduced insulation 

thickness, reduced 

diameter of copper conductor, 

shorter length per coil, fake labels, 

and fake packaging. 

Production of these bogus 

cables goes back to middle ages 

or medieval period, but their 

huge importation into the country 

has become a national crisis. 

Fake electrical cables abound 

on the Ghanaian market and are 

very cheap. China and Nigeria 

are known to be the destinations 

of these inferior products which 

keep causing havoc to thousands 

of users. 

Many infernos have been attributed 

to the use of fake electrical 

cables which easily catch 

fire at the least power fluctuation 

in homes. The cables are 

also responsible for the destruction 

of home appliances because 

of their quack nature. 

The local manufacturing industry 

is also being seriously affected 

by the influx of these 

products. Some manufactures 

are unable to break even because 

of these cheap, but substandard 

products. 

Since the practice is very old 

and will not die soon, the only 

way out is to contain the importation 

of these phony products 

into the country. 

The Ghana Electrical Traders 

Association and Ghana Union 

of Traders Association ought to 

up their game and impress upon 

the GSA to ban the importation 

of the fake cables. 

The laws must be strictly 

enforced and perpetrators 

punished to serve as deterrent 

to others. 

The public, on their part, 

must stop patronising fake 

electrical cables because they 

are cheap to help reduce fire 

outbreaks in the country and 

make the trade unattractive. 

Volta chief drags Oti Region 

Commission to court 

E- 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE HUMAN Rights 

Court in Accra has 

fixed March 20 to 

hear the suit filed 

against the Attorney 

General (AG), the 

Commission of Inquiry for the 

creation of new regions and the 

Minister for Regional Reorganisation, 

following a decision by the 

Commission to hold public hearings 

for the creation of a new region 

in only the northern part of 

the Volta Region. 

In court yesterday, when hearing 

was expected to commence, the 

AG’s department represented by 

Jonathan Acquah, a principal State 

Attorney told the court, presided 

over by Justice Gifty Agyei-Addo 

that they needed extension of time 

to file their affidavit in opposition. 

But, lawyer for the applicant, 

Albert Quashigah reminded the 

court that, the respondent had run 

out of time to file statement of 

case, let alone filing affidavit in opposition. 

The court, therefore granted the 

State the leave to file the statement 

of case and return to court on 

March 20, for hearing. 

Reliefs 

The Chief of Srogboe, Togbui 

Patamia IV in his suit is seeking 

among others a “declaration that 

the decision to hold public hearings 

for the creation of the new region 

in the Volta Region only in the 

Northern part infringes applicants’ 

fundamental human rights guaranteed 

under the constitution.” 

It is also seeking a “declaration 

that the exercise of second respondents’ 

discretion in selecting only 

venues in the North is arbitrary, 

bereft of candor and unreasonable, 

given the Commission’s terms of 

reference in clear violation of Article 

296 of the 1992 constitution.” 

He is also seeking among others 

“an order compelling the respondents 

herein to extend to the South 

of the Volta Region, public hearings 

into the matter of the creation 

of the new region in the Volta Region.” 

Commission of Inquiry 

President Nana Akufo-Addo set 

up a Commission of Enquiry in 

2017 to collate the views of various 

stakeholders and residents on the 

creation of new regions. 

The Commission, upon assumption 

of office toured the 

Volta, Western, Northern and the 

Brong Ahafo Regions, to solicit the 

views of residents on the creation 

of the new regions. 

A retired Justice of the 

Supreme Court, Justice Brobbey, 

led the committee of eight members 

to undertake the consultation 

process. 

The Commission has also engaged 

chiefs and opinion leaders 

from the Western, Volta, Northern 

and the Brong Ahafo Regions during 

its consultations. 

Government is seeking to split 

the Northern, Western, Volta and 

the Brong-Ahafo Regions. 

However, some analysts, including 

chiefs have expressed their 

reservations about the move, arguing 

that it is merely for political advantage. 

But, the Minister of Regional 

Re-organisation, Dan Botwe, has 

dispelled such claims, saying the 

new regions would create economic 

opportunities for all. 

• Chief of Srogboe, Togbui Patamia the IV (L), the queen mother 

and their lawyer after the court sitting yesterday


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Ending sex 

trafficking in Ghana 


BY EBAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN 

TRAFFICKING STUDIES 

•CONTINUED FROM LAST EDITION 

2. Migrants 

CROSS BOARDER 

trafficking occurs in 

Ghana, and there is 

evidence of it happening 

especially for sexual 

exploitation of 

women and children. Young girls and 

women are trafficked from Nigeria, 

Cote D’lvoire, Togo, Benin etc. into 

Ghana. Through coercion and sometimes 

consent they engage in the business 

of sex trade. Many are spiritually 

manipulated into the trade. They are 

therefore, scared of escaping due to 

spiritual consequences as they have 

been conditioned to believe. 

3. Activities of Travel Recruitment 

Agencies 

For most women, cross country 

trafficking or illegal migrant smuggling 

is connected with fraudulent recruitment 

agencies, recruiting young females 

to Europe, America and the 

Arab world including Kuwait and 

Saudi Arabia to do non-existent jobs 

promised to them. Ghanaian women 

are trafficked to Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, 

Burkina Faso, the Gambia, South 

Africa, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Russia, 

France, the United Kingdom, Germany, 

and the United States for forced 

labour and sex trafficking. 

The supply chain of sex trafficking 

in Ghana 

The past decade has seen considerable 

increase in domestic and international 

trafficking of Ghanaian, 

Francophone and Nigerian women 

and children. Ghanaians have been 

trafficked to various parts of the world 

including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. A 

new emerging trend has seen the emergence 

of the trafficking of Ghanaian 

women to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to 

work as domestic servants and in some 

situations, promised non-existent blue 

and white collar jobs. In situations 

where Ghanaian migrants are unable 

to acquire jobs promised by travelling 

agencies, they are coerced into accepting 

sex trade as means of survival or 

paying for debts owed to travel agents 

and their new masters. This trend has 

led to some young Ghanaian ladies coerced 

into the act of sex trade. 

To understand and formulate the 

needed policies to arrest this situation, 

there is the need to understand the 

business perspective that informs the 

processes and business model used by 

traffickers. Trafficking can thus, be 

compared to international trade 

processes with the trafficked victims 

serving as “goods” which are bought, 

sold and made use of as commodities. 

The adoption of the term “goods” is 

for the understanding of the business 

model being used as in the case of international 

trade. 

However, unlike other commodities 

or cargo, human beings are more complex. 

This makes this business model a 

peculiar one. The need for care during 

the process of transporting them may 

not always be legal. Victims are often 

under coercion to function in a particular 

way, often being denied of any 

kind of choice or location and the 

mode of performing that function. 

Based on this assumption, the model 

to be used will illustrate business 

model behind trafficking. The model 

may not be perfect; however, it serves 

as lens for further understanding of 

how traffickers operate. 

Three major links are used; 

Supplier 

The traditional supplier is concerned 

with how to transport and 

bring the products to the market. So, 

like raw materials, these victims are located 

and extracted from their original 

location with the use of force. Several 

methods are used by traffickers in locating 

and recruiting victims. Recruitment 

agencies recruit friends and 

family members and “pimps” to recruit 

and sometimes via social media 

platforms. Victims are provided with 

travel documents and are then transported 

willingly or unwillingly via legal 

or illicit means. Transportation may include 

actors like corrupt border officials 

and criminal activities like 

irregular migrants (Richard, 2010). 

For instance, in Ghana, Travel Recruitment 

Agencies exploits unsuspecting 

vulnerable youth who are in 

desperate search of employment opportunities. 

They are provided with 

fraudulent recruitment documents 

•Police have been raiding and arresting human trafficking rings in Accra 

with the promise of good salaries and 

benefits. Many are transported to 

countries such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, 

Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Russia, 

etc. On arrival, promises made 

proved to be null and non-existent. 

Their documents are confiscated 

and they are coerced into domestic 

servitude which later evolves into sex 

trade and slavery like practices. Many 

of such scenarios have been published[3]. 

Assembly/Manufacturing; 

The next stage involves the manufacturing 

and assembling of goods 

which are prepared for commercial 

purposes. Similarly, victims of trafficking 

can be manipulated in order to 

make then functional as planned. The 

process attempts to guarantee the following: 

(1) the victims need to be able 

to perform their tasks; (2) Victims will 

not have to object or refuse the command 

of traffickers. Submission must 

be made possible to the highest degree. 

At this stage, traffickers use an assortment 

of threats, physical pressure and 

psychological pressure to dehumanise 

victims to keep them in check. With 

the objective of satisfying clients; traffickers 

and their business counterparts 

often employ different mechanisms to 

test their products and victims. Traffickers 

with the intention to sell victims 

may in the process exploit the 

victim for a while in the same way that 

his client may do. The analysis will 

therefore present concrete cases that 

reveal how the mechanisms work. 

Typical example is that of the character 

Amina as described by “Myjoyonline.com”, 

who was locked, stripped 

naked, and had his slave master did 

some incantations, sprinkled water on 

her and locked her inside a room. 

Amina did all the cleaning in every 

space within the five-storey building. 

She had her head smashed against the 

wall by her employer for 'offences' 

Trafficking in persons is a 

form of modern day slavery 

which deprives people of their 

fundamental human rights. Trafficking 

is a threat to society at 

large. Human trafficking has 

taken a multi-dimensional problem 

which is troubling the world. 

Human Trafficking for whatever 

purpose impacts negatively on the 

livelihood of society. Trafficking 

pose challenges to public health 

of victims; as they suffer various 

degrees of physical, psychological 

and sexual abuses. Sexual Transmitted 

Infections like HIV/AIDS 

undermines the Public Health of 

victims. Sex trafficking is inherently 

demeaning, harmful and indeed 

violates fundamental human 

rights of life, liberty, dignity and 

freedom. 

Ghana is largely affected by 

the pandemic violation of the 

rights of women. The passage of 

laws such as the recent human 

trafficking legislative Instrument 

and other policies on trafficking 

have all been targeted to the protection 

of women. However, the 

lack of co-operation and synergy 

between agencies who implement 

the law and the lack of expertise 

and the parochial approach in 

such as unsatisfactory cleaning. These 

actions were done to dehumanize and 

make her subdue to engaging clients 

arranged for her. 

Retailer/Service Provider; 

This stage is followed by the service 

of the retailer. Trafficked victims 

are offered up for use and exploitation. 

The retailer provides interactions that 

presents goods or offers a service for 

purchase by customers. Through the 

need to offer girls to the prospective 

customers, triggers the need for necessary 

marketing. Decisions are then 

made as to how to market the product 

and how to make contact with the customers. 

This may therefore involve 

trafficked victims to illicit businesses 

which employs domestic servants. Alternatively, 

traffickers must decide on 

how to market trafficked victims to 

clients who require the use of prostitutes 

and this is done through formal 

and informal communication channels. 

In the case of formal communication 

channels, travel recruitment agencies 

advertise for jobs abroad which may 

ultimately lead to sex trade. Example, 

recent happenings where university 

students and beauty pageants have 

been alleged to serve as escorts for 

high ranking officials. Also, involved 

are selected hotels and escorts agencies. 

These are the notable ways smart 

sex traffickers use in acquiring sex 

workers for their clients. 

Conclusion 

fighting human trafficking has led 

to the rise in cases of sex trafficking. 

Moreover, the lack of expertise; 

logistics and collaboration between 

the Ministry of Foreign 

Affairs and the Immigration Service 

in streamlining the activities of 

Travel Recruitment Agencies have 

facilitated the growth of sex trafficking. 

Ending human trafficking in 

both its causes and consequences 

should be a matter of urgency for 

the government of Ghana. Fostering 

partnership both local and 

international to bring about 

prompt prosecution and possible 

conviction to deter would be traffickers 

should be a top most aspiration 

of the government of 

Ghana. It is also imperative for 

the government and civil society 

organizations to rigorously campaign, 

educate and sensitize the 

public about the evils of sex trafficking. 

The government of 

Ghana should consider adopting 

the ‘Swedish Model’ (a ban on the 

purchase of sex) to arrest any future 

rise in the activities of sex 

trafficking and human trafficking 

in general.


How to get rid of catarrh 

• Take sips of warm water 

• Use a saline nasal rinse 

• Inhale steam 

• Try oil-pulling with coconut oil 

• Gargle with salt water 

• Ask a pharmacist about overthe-counter 

medications 

• See a doctor under certain conditions. 

• Rule out and treat underlying 

conditions 

• Ask your doctor about self-help 

techniques 



&Env. 

Sipping fruit teas 

damages teeth– Study 

INVESTIGATIONS CON- 

DUCTED by scientists 

have shown that sipping 

acidic drinks such as fruit 

teas and flavoured water 

can wear away teeth and 

damage the enamel. 

The King’s College London 

team found that drinking them 

between meals and savouring 

them for too long increases the 

risk of tooth erosion from acid. 

The research, in the British 

Dental Journal, looked at the 

diets of 300 people with severe 

erosive tooth wear. It said the 

problem was increasing as people 

snacked more. 

Fruit squashes, cordials, fruit 

teas, diet drinks, sugared drinks 

and flavoured water are all acidic 

and could cause wear and tear to 

teeth, the researchers said. 

Dr Saoirse O’Toole, the lead 

study author, from King’s College 

London Dental Institute, 

said “if you drink things for long 

periods of time, greater than five 

minutes, or if you play with 

things in your mouth or if you 

nibble on fruit over a few minutes 

rather than eating them as a 

whole fruit, your teeth can be 

•Fruit drink 

damaged. 

“If you are going to have an 

apple as a snack at lunchtime, 

then try not to have anything 

acidic later on in the evening. If 

you are going to have a glass of 

wine in the evening, then don’t 

have your fruit tea in the morning. 

Just balance things in your 

diet.” 

The researchers found people 

who had drinks such as water 

with 

a 

slice of 

lemon or 

hot fruitflavoured 

teas 

twice a day between 

meals were more than 11 times 

more likely to have moderate or 

• Damaged teeth 

severe tooth erosion. But this figure 

was halved when the drinks 

were taken with meals. 

Sugar-free soft drinks were as 

erosive as sugar-sweetened ones, 

the report said. And vinegars and 

pickled products could also lead 

to tooth erosion. 

Dr Russ Ladwa, who 

chairs the British 

Dental Association’s 

health 

and science 

committee, 

said of 

acidic 

drinks: 

“Having 

them 

with a 

meal helps to 

minimise the 

damage because 

chewing meal food increases 

the production of saliva, 

which is alkaline and acts a 

buffer to dilute acidic foods and 

drinks. 

“We would promote the chilling 

of drinks, consuming them 

in one go – don’t sip over long 

periods – and limiting soft drinks 

to meal times,” Dr Ladwa stated. 

He added that consuming 

water, nutritious drinks such as 

milk and having neutralising 

food such as cheese after acidic 

food or drink was a good idea. 

Tooth erosion 

It is progressive loss of the 

hard substance of a tooth by 

chemical processes that do not 

involve bacterial action. The 

acidity of the food or drinks is 

critical rather than the sugar content 

(bacteria, along with sugar, 

cause tooth decay not erosion). 

Diet, lifestyle choices, the environment 

and in some cases 

medication can increase the risk. 

Using fluoride toothpastes or 

rinses and modifying your diet 

could reduce the risk of erosion. 

BBC 

Novsaic Expressions to host Africa Recycle Symposium and Fair 2018 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

NOVSAIC EXPRESSIONS is set 

to host this year’s African Recycle 

Symposium Stakeholder Breakfast 

meeting in eight African countries. 

According to the Chief Executive 

Officer of the organisation, 

Mrs Chineyenwa Okoro Onu, the 

fair will start in Ghana on March 

23, 2018 and will have countries 

like Nigeria, Ivory Coast Senegal, 

Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and 

South Africa to participate. 

The theme for the event is 

‘Why Waste When We Can Create 

$ Wealth’ and would feature five 

topics such as waste management, 

sanitation and hygiene, collaboration 

and like-mindedness, industry 

innovation and creative solutions 

and polices and investment. 

The symposium, which is a 

three-day programme, will have 

forums such as master classes, 

professional exhibition and various 

networking sessions. 

It will also focus on increasing 

complex issues for 

proper waste management in 

Africa. 

The event is opened to educators, 

community leaders, 

government officials, and research 

experts in waste management 

and eco-friendly 

initiatives. 

Others are policy makers, 

recycling professionals, business 

developers and international 

trade marketers to 

The theme for the event is 

‘Why Waste When We Can 

Create $ Wealth’ and would 

feature five topics such as 

waste management, sanitation 

and hygiene, collaboration 

and like-mindedness, 

industry innovation and creative 

solutions and polices 

and investment. 

come and share their knowledge 

on how best Africa 

could manage its waste. 

Speaking to the DAILY 

HERITAGE, Mrs 

Chineyenwa said they are 

calling on sponsors to come 

and apply where special 

events and custom packages 

are designed to meet sponsors’ 

goals. 

Sponsorship opportunities 

are available on a first 

come, first serve basis.

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DAILY HERITAGE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018 


Parents who 

neglect children 

risk jail term – 

DOVVSU Director 

THE NATIONAL Director at the 

Domestic Violence and Victims 

Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the 

Ghana Police Service, Chief 

Superintendent Owusua Kyeremeh 

says the Children’s Act, (ACT 560) of 

1998, stipulates that parents who 

shirk their responsibilities towards 

their children could be jailed at least 

three months. 

Speaking on ‘The Sonto Show’ 

with astute radio newscaster Akua 

Sonto on Agoo TV, Chief Supt. 

Owusua stated that the ACT enjoins 

parents to ensure the welfare of their 

children. 

She said that if a mother reports 

to DOVVSU that her children’s father 

is not taking care of the children, 

DOVVSU will file a case to the 

Family Tribunal (court), where the 

said father would be advised to 

ensure the wellbeing of the children. 

Parents risk jail term 

She added that if the said father 

fails to comply with the Family 

Tribunal’s order of providing for the 

children, DOVVSU will take the 

matter up to the criminal court, 

where the children’s father would be 

fined or jailed for not more than 12 

months, if found guilty of the 

offence (Clause 15 of ACT 560). 

Chief Supt. Owusua disclosed that 

fathers, who neglect their children, 

are top on DOVVSU’s data, hence 

entreated single mothers to report 

irresponsible fathers to their outfit for 

investigation and prosecution. 

She urged parents to respect 

children’s rights to education, medical 

attention, shelter and leisure among 

others. 

She said that if a 

mother reports to 

DOVVSU that her 

children’s father is 

not taking care of 

the children, 

DOVVSU will file a 

case to the Family 

Tribunal (court), 

where the said 

father would be 

advised to ensure 

the wellbeing of 

the children. 

•Chief Superintendent Owusua Kyeremeh, National Director, DOVVSU 

Human factor major cause of 

road accidents -Supt. Arthur 


philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE CHIEFS and people of Lartei, 

a community in the Nsawam 

Adoagyiri Municipality in the Eastern 

Region have vowed to beat and chase 

out any government official who will 

come to the town to collect property 

rate. 

According to the people, various 

governments have failed to provide 

them the basic necessity of life such 

as good access road, portable 

drinking water, healthcare and schools 

and, have therefore resolved to deal 

ruthlessly with any official who will 

visit the town in the name of the 

government. 

Lartei, a community at Nsawam 

on the Accra-Kumasi by-pass with a 

population of over 3,000 are living 

dangerously as pregnant women in 

the community cannot enjoy the 

normal nine months period of 

delivery because of the bad nature of 

THE EAST LEGON 

Police Commander, 

Superintend Cephas 

Arthur has called on 

drivers to stop blaming 

bad roads as cause of 

road crashes but rather be more 

mindful of the human factor which 

contributes the greatest percentage of 

road accidents in the country. 

According to him, over-speeding, 

overtaking at wrong places, disregard 

for road signs and driving under the 

influence of alcohol are all human 

factors that have the propensity to 

result in road accident. 

Supt Arthur made these revelations 

at the launch of the East Legon 

District Road Safety Campaign last 

Friday, February 23 at American 

House Lorry Park where he called on 

drivers in the area who disregard the 

50 kilometer per hour drive in town to 

put a stop to it before the law catches 

up with them. 

He said because many drivers 

ignore such regulations, it has resulted 

in the increase in the number of headon 

collisions, crashes into building and 

structures and pedestrian knockdowns. 

Speaking on the theme ‘Road 

Traffic Regulation: Your Sure Bet for 

Road Safety,’ the Commander said 

some drivers in the capital city drive 

vehicles they are not qualified to 

operate while others drive without the 

the road. Sometimes they give birth 

prematurely. 

Speaking to the DAILY 

HERITAGE, the Odikro of the 

town, Naa Hellen Amerley Lartei said 

pregnant women in the community 

and sick people are the most 

vulnerable because they have to board 

motorcycle on a rough road to 

Nsawam to access healthcare. 

A situation, Naa Lartei said had 

increased their chances of losing 

pregnancy. 

“We lost one of our brothers a 

week ago because there was no 

vehicle to transport him to the 

Nsawam Government Hospital 

because the road is very bad, so the 

time we got a vehicle, he had died on 

our way to the hospital. 

“Again our father also lost his life 

two years ago because he tried to use 

the railway to Nsawam because the 

road was not accessible and was hit 

by the train leading to his death,” she 

stated. 

Naa Lartei said the community 

had been deprived of basic necessities 

driving license, insurance or road 

worthiness certificates. 

Supt Arthur said the action is in 

line with the Inspector General’s 

transformational agenda of making 

the Ghana Police Service a world-class 

institution aimed at delivering the best 

of services to the people. 

“From today, you will see our 

such as toilet facility, school, source 

of drinking water and access road 

linking the by-pass to Nsawam. 

She stated that “year-in year-out, 

politicians come to give us empty 

promises of constructing our road to 

link the by-pass but end up deceiving 

us. What we are saying this time is 

that we are not going to allow any 

personnel all over in this jurisdiction 

managing traffic and checking drivers 

against the breach of the road traffic 

regulations. We entreat you to cooperate 

with us to reduce accidents 

and fatalities to the barest minimum,” 

he stated. 

Statistics 

Touching on road safety statistics 

politician to step foot in the town to 

campaign if they don’t construct an 

access road to link the Nsawam bypass.” 

The Odikro made these statements 

last Sunday, February 25, 2018 when 

the Lartei community embarked on a 

fundraising exercise to raise money to 

help construct access road. 

in the country, the Assistant Planning 

Officer of the National Road Safety 

Commission (NRSC), Mr Charles 

Oduro said every year at least 11,400 

road crashes are recorded from 

January to December with over 2,000 

deaths. He added that six people die 

of road accident every day. 

Mr Oduro revealed that the 

statistics point to the fact that saloon 

cars are leading the types of vehicles, 

followed by mini buses such as 207 

and TD vehicles, heavy duty buses, 

pickups and motorcycles. 

He said checks have also revealed 

that the Greater Accra Region is 

leading the rest of the regions in 

terms of the number of accidents, 

adding that pedestrian’s knock-downs 

are also on the increase. 

The NRSC boss attributed the 

situation to the loose nature of 

pedestrians crossing the road any how 

without recourse to the laws and the 

dangers associated with it. 

The station officer of East Legon, 

Chief Inspector Frank Nyarko said 

the Motor Traffic and Transport 

Department of the station had gone 

through orientation and modern ways 

of managing traffic akin to what 

pertains in the developed world. 

Pregnant women at Lartei don’t enjoy normal delivery 


philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

•Superintend Cephas Arthur, East Legon Police Commander 

•Mr Ishmael Ayitey (R) former AMA boss and Naa Hellen Amerley 

Lartei, Odikro of Lartei at the fundraising ceremony 

The assemblyman for the Bank 

Road Electoral Area, Mr Mustapha 

Sewor said they were looking forward 

to corporate organisations or 

individuals who would support the 

community to link it to the main 

Accra-Kumasi by-pass. 

Mr Sewor said because of the bad 

nature of the road and the lack of 

social amenities in the area, the 

community could not grow while 

those who had bought lands and had 

finished developing had abandoned 

them and living in different areas. 

The president of the Landlords 

Association of the area, Mr Cyrus 

Kwaku Zorre said the community is 

always cut-off completely whenever it 

rains where students and workers are 

unable go out because the two rivers 

on the road overflow its banks. 

He, therefore, called on corporate 

Ghana to support the community’s 

effort to solicit funds to develop the 

area. 

In all, an amount of GH¢5,700.00 

was realised at the fundraising to kickstart 

the project. 

Kenyan busted 

for drug 

trafficking worth 

$ 90,000 at KIA 

THE NARCOTICS Control 

Board (NACOB) has arrested 

a 26-years-old woman for 

allegedly trafficking substance 

suspected to be narcotics 

drugs into the country. 

The suspect, Ivy Mugure 

Daniel, was arrested on 

January 9, 2018 at the Kotoka 

International Airport (KIA) 

whilst undergoing arrival 

formalities. 

According to NACOB 

officers detailed at the 

Airport, Ms Daniel arrived at 

the Kotoka International 

Airport (KIA) on board 

Ethiopian Airline flight ET 

921. She was accosted by 

officers who asked for her 

check- in luggage. 

A search conducted in the 

luggage revealed a big parcel 

wrapped with a black 

polythene material containing 

•Ivy Mugure Daniel, the suspect 

an off-white powdery 

substance weighing 3 

kilogram. 

A test conducted by the 

Ghana Standards Authority 

on the substance proved 

positive to “speed ball”, a 

mixture of cocaine and heroin 

with an estimated street value 

of $ 90,000.00. 

The suspect admitted the 

offence and claimed 

ownership of the luggage but 

explained that one Benson her 

boyfriend in Kenya bought 

her the air ticket and gave her 

the travelling bag to pack her 

things and meet him in Ghana 

with the bag. 

She has subsequently been 

arraigned before court and 

placed in prison custody 

pending trial.


27TH 

FEBRUARY 

2018 

TUESDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.3600 4.5100 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

6.1200 

6.3100 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.4000 

5.5600 

10 

DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Corporate Executive Awards nominations released 

BY ANNETTE YEBOAH 

THE ENTREPRENEURS Foundation 

of Ghana (EFG) has released a 

list of nominations for the eight editions 

of the Ghana Entrepreneurs 

and Corporate Executive Awards 

scheduled for Saturday, April 28, 

2018 in Accra. 

A statement signed by Sam Ato 

Gaisie, the president of EFG and 

copied to the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE said the awards represented 

the benchmark of success for entrepreneurs, 

government officials, corporate 

executives, business executives 

and Chief Executive Officers in 

Ghana from different sectors. 

“The award is a flagship event of 

the EFG to honour, reward, inspire 

and recognise the most successful, 

hardworking and respectful entrepreneurs, 

government officials, corporate 

executives, business executives, 

who own or manage successful organisations 

in the private and public 

sector,” it stated. 

The award categories are Entrepreneur 

of the Year, Business Executive 

of the Year, Industrialist of the 

Year, Woman Entrepreneur of the 

Year, Young Entrepreneur of the 

Year, Group Chairman of the Year 

and Manufacturing Entrepreneur of 

the Year. 

Nominees for the entrepreneurs 

awards are Mr Daniel Awuah-Darko, 

the Executive Group Chairman of 

Vanguard Group; Mrs Yvonne 

Nduom, Senior Vice President, 

Groupe Nduom; Dr Daniel Mckorley, 

the Group Chairman of Mcdan 

Group of Companies; Mr Ghazi 

Azar, the Chairman and Managing 

Director (MD) of Azar Group. 

Others are Nana Appiah Mensah, 

the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 

of Zylofon Media/ Menzgold; Mr 

Harold Awuah-Darko, the Chairman 

of United Pension Trustees Limited/ 

Nationwide Medical Insurance; Mr 

David Osei Amankwah Jnr, the MD 

of David Walter Limited and Mr 

Gideon Akrofi Ayiku, CEO of Rehoboth 

Properties Limited. 

Dr Kwaku Oteng, the Executive 

Chairman of Angel Group of Companies; 

Dr Wisdom Amegbletor, the 

CEO of New Crystal Health Services 

Limited; Madam Jane Reason 

Ahadzie, the CEO of Stopover JRA 

Enterprise; Mr Jonathan Lamptey, 

the CEO of Comsys Ghana Limited/Telesol 

Limited have also been 

nominated. 

Also nominated for the entrepreneurs 

awards are Mr Nicholas Bortey, 

the CEO of Liranz IT Consulting 

Limited; Mr Omane Frimpong, the 

MD of Wilkins Engineering Limited; 

and Rev Dr Kwaku Frimpong, MD 

of Frimps Oil Company Limited. 

The rest are Mr Isaac Amoako- 

Mensah the CEO of Classic Amodel 

Ghana Limited; Madam Catherine 

Nana Esi Anowah Cofie, the CEO of 

Anowah Afrique Ltd and Dr Edem 

Bart Williams, CEO of Commerz 

Saving & Loans. 

Nominees for the Corporate Executive 

awards are Dr Kwabena Duffuor 

II, the CEO of UniBank Ghana 

Limited; Mrs Patience E. Akyianu, 

the MD of Barclays Bank of Ghana; 

Mr Solomon Lartey, the CEO of Activa 

International Insurance Limited 

and Mr Samuel Sakyi-Hyde, the CEO 

of uniCredit Ghana Limited. 

Others for this category are Mrs 

Abiola Bawuah, the CEO of United 

Bank for Africa; Madam Yolanda 

Zoleka Cuba, the CEO of Vodafone 

Ghana; Mrs Emelia Adjei Ohene- 

Kena, the MD of Royal Crown Packaging 

Limited and Dr Joshy Varkey, 

the MD of Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying 

Company Limited. 

Nominees for the Public Sector 

Awards include are Mrs Jemima 

Oware, the Registrar General of Registrar 

General's Department; Dr 

Nortey Kwashie Omaboe, the Executive 

Chairman of Ghana Community 

Network Services Limited; Mr Yofi 

Grant, the CEO of Ghana Investment 

Promotion Centre, Dr Felix 

Anyah, the CEO of Korle-Bu Teaching 

Hospital. 

Others are Mr Paul Asare Ansah, 

the Director General of Ghana Ports 

and Harbours Authority; Mr Alhassan 

Sulemana Tampuli, the CEO of 

National Petroleum Authority; Mr 

Stephen Amoah, the CEO of Microfinance 

and Small Loans Centre; Mr 

Joseph Kwabena Anokye, the Director 

General of National Communications 

Authority, and Mr Mustapha 

Ussif, the Executive Director of National 

Service Scheme. 

The Corporate Executive Award 

Categories would include Overall 

Best CEO of the Year, Best Insurance 

CEO of the Year, Woman CEO 

of the Year, Young CEO of the Year, 

Telecommunication CEO of the 

Year, Banking and Finance Services 

CEO of the Year, Oil & Gas Marketing 

Chief Executive, Agri-business 

Chief Executive, Healthcare Chief 

Executive among others. 

The statement indicated that the 

criteria for the award included an assessment 

of corporate spirit, financial 

performance and growth, vision 

and innovation, personal integrity 

and commitment, strategic marketing 

involvement and corporate social responsibility. 

The statement said distinguished 

lifetime Public Officer of the Year, 

Distinguished Public Officer of the 

Year and Minister of the Year will be 

announced at the awards ceremony. 

The statement said this year’s 

event would be held on the theme: 

“Enhancing Business Growth 

through Corporate Entrepreneurship 

Development” and would be under 

the patronage of President Nana 

Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. 

It further disclosed that the intention 

of the Awards was to give a worthy 

individual the recognition he/she 

deserved as well as to use their example 

to inspire government officials, 

corporate executives and business 

leaders to achieve similar success. 

Jumia Ghana launches Mobile Week 

BY KWAME LEH 

JUMIA GHANA has reiterated 

its resolve to spearhead 

the integration of e-commerce 

in Ghana. This was 

made known at a press conference 

to launch the mobile 

week in Accra on Mon 

day. 

Mr Joseph Owusu Badu, head 

of marketing at Jumia who addressed 

the media, said they are 

launching the mobile week to release 

the biggest mobile phone sale 

in the country. 

According to him, the launch is 

in line with their aim of integrating 

e-commerce into the Ghanaian 

economy. 

“We are going to run the 

biggest mobile phone sale in 

Ghana starting March 19 to 25, 

2018. We will be selling phones 

and tablets as low as 80% discount 

off the devices and accessories,” 

he said. 

Mr Badu urged all to take advantage 

of it since it’s the best 

time to get the best phone at the 

best prices and added that Jumia 

assures quality and perfect after 

sales service. 

Brands supporting the mobile 

week are Huawei, Samsung, 

Techno, Nokia, OPPO, Cubot, 

Fero, Motorola, MI, Leagoo, Wiko, 

Qualcomm and Infinix. 

In an interview with the 

DAILY HERITAGE, Mr Badu 

said their aim of spearheading the 

•Mr. Joseph Owusu Badu, head of Marketing 

at Jumia addressing the gathering 

integration of e-commerce into 

the Ghanaian economy has encountered 

some challenges. 

He said “one of the challenges 

we are facing is with delivery. In 

Ghana, someone can tell you he’s 

at Abelenkpe, but as to how to locate 

the precise property to deliver 

the product is very difficult.” 

He praised the digital addressing 

system and expressed hope 

that it would help solve the problem 

of getting goods delivered. 

“Using the Ghana post addressing 

system has really been beneficial 

because now a single dispatch 

rider is able to make about eight 

deliveries as compared to three 

when the system was not in use,” 

he said.



DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018 11 

Politics 

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such 

thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty 

without freedom of speech. Benjamin Franklin 

Mahama to play 

key role in Sierra 

Leone elections 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo 

Treat African 

migrants 

humanely 

.• Akufo-Addo to German officials 

FORMER PRESIDENT 

John Dramani Mahama yesterday 

left Accra for Freetown, 

Sierra Leone, where he 

would be leading a number of 

meetings aimed at ensuring a 

peaceful election and its aftermath 

in the West African 

Country. Sierra Leone will go 

to the polls on March 7, with 

16 political parties contesting 

the presidential election. 

Recognised as a leading 

voice for the consolidation of 

democracy and improving 

electoral activities across the 

continent, President Mahama, 

at the invitation of the Political 

Parties Registration Commission 

(PPRC) of Sierra 

Leone, will “lead the discussions 

in a closed-door highlevel 

breakfast meeting 

between the presidential candidates 

and their running 

mates, commissioners of the 

PPRC, electoral officials, police 

chief, paramount chiefs 

and eminent persons.” 

According to the PPRC, 

President Mahama as an exemplary 

leader who is held in 

very high regard in Sierra 

Leone “will explore with the 

aspirants, their aspirations, 

challenges and fears ahead of 

the election, as well as encourage 

them to subscribe to 

the Peace Pledge.” 

As part of his activities, 

the former President of 

Ghana will also preside over 

the signing of a Peace Pledge 

by the presidential candidates 

today, hold talks with President 

Ernest Bai Koroma and 

hold separate meetings with 

the candidates, the Electoral 

Commission, Police Chief 

and Sierra Leone’s Donor 

Partners. President Mahama 

will meanwhile also lead the 

Commonwealth Observer 

Group to the Sierra Leone 

election. 

According to the PPRC, 

President Mahama as 

an exemplary leader 

who is held in very high 

regard in Sierra Leone 

“will explore with the 

aspirants, their aspirations, 

challenges and 

fears ahead of the 

election, as well as encourage 

them to subscribe 

to the Peace 

Pledge.” 

BY WILBERFORCE ASARE 

PRESIDENT 

NANA Addo 

Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo has charged 

authorities in Germany 

to as a matter 

of importance treat African 

migrants humanely even if they 

breach German laws. 

Delivering the keynote address 

at the 5th German- 

African Economic Forum, 

under the theme ‘African Markets, 

Potentials and Opportunities 

for German Businesses,’ in 

Dortmund, Germany, Mr 

Akufo-Addo said the terrible 

economies of Africa are the 

very reasons why young 

Africans are embarking on dangerous 

trips to better their lot 

in Europe. 

However, the migration 

challenge on the continent is 

no reason for the West to manhandle 

such young and daring 

Africans. 

In his speech, President 

Akufo-Addo emphasised that 

African countries would not 

meet the needs of its peoples if 

it continues to produce raw 

materials for the use of the rest 

of the world. 

He added that the time is 

now for the African continent 

to industrialise to manufacture 

end user products for the rest 

of the world. 

•Former President John Dramani Mahama


12 

DAILY 

Politics 


HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018 

Wiafe-Amoako 

elected NPP 

chairman in Toronto 

BY KENT MENSAH 

DR FRANCIS 

Wiafe-Amoako 

was elected chairman 

of the 

Toronto chapter 

of the New Patriotic 

Party (NPP) over the weekend. 

He won a landslide victory, 

comfortably beating Kwaku 

Gyetua in an election which initially 

was thought to be a stiff 

competition between both men. A 

third contender Macdonald Agbenyo 

stepped down just before 

the election. 

Dr Wiafe-Amoako polled 34 

out of the valid 39 votes cast, leaving 

Gyetua with only five votes. 

Gyetua congratulated Wiafe- 

Amoako for winning the position 

and pledged his support and commitment 

to his leadership. He said 

he was available to help in any capacity 

to make the NPP and President 

Nana Akufo-Addo’s vision 

for the country succeed. 

Dr Wiafe-Amoako thanked his 

main contender Gyetua for the 

competition and promised to make 

the chapter relevant in national 

•(R-L) - Dr Francis Wiafe-Amoako, chairman-elect NPP, Toronto, Nana Yaw Ameh, 

Samuel Ofosu Ware, Samuel Asirifi 

discourse. “I want to make this 

chapter very vibrant and make sure 

we are heard both in national and 

international conversations,” he 

said. 

He also said he wants to help 

members, most of whom have 

business ideas and want to establish 

businesses back home to do so 

taking advantage of the Diaspora 

office at the presidency. “There are 

a lot of members who have business 

ideas and want to help back 

home. I will help them take advantage 

of the numerous policies of 

the President to make sure that 

happens smoothly,” he added. 

Francis Dwomoh, who was the 

lone contender for the position of 

vice chairman, polled 38 of the 

‘Yes’ votes against only one ‘No’ 

vote. Samuel Nana Yaw Ameh, the 

incumbent organiser, polled 37 

‘Yes’ votes against two ‘No’ votes. 

Samuel Asirifi also won the position 

of organiser as the sole candidate 

polling 36 ‘Yes’ votes 

against three ‘No’ votes. Samuel 

Ofosu Ware also polled 35 ‘Yes’ 

votes against four no votes to retain 

his position as treasurer. He 

stood unopposed. 

Outgoing chairman, Chris 

Acheampong said he believes the 

new team will take the chapter to a 

new level. “I have confidence in 

the new team and I believe they 

will achieve a lot for the party in 

the next four years,” he said. 

Acheampong also charged the 

new executives to embark on 

membership drive and whip up interest 

for older members whose 

interests have waned over the last 

few years. 

The election was held in a 

peaceful atmosphere in sharp contrast 

to the acrimony that characterised 

the election four years ago. 

Four years ago, the election was 

fraught with so much controversy 

that it nearly resulted in the split of 

the party. Acting General Secretary, 

Mr John Boadu stepped in to 

mediate and helped with a road 

map to peace. 

This in large contributed to the 

smooth running of the election. 

Dr Wiafe-Amoako, a political 

science professor at the University 

of Toronto promised to provide a 

new kind of leadership that will attract 

everybody to come on board. 

The new executives will be 

sworn in office on March 25. 

Source: Eddie Ameh, Toronto 

Ghana committed to fight against terrorism 

PRESIDENT NANA Addo 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed 

Ghana’s commitment to 

stand with the United States of 

America to fight terrorism and 

promote human rights across the 

globe. 

“We stand shoulder to shoulder 

with the United States in the 

rejection of terrorism as a legitimate 

means of resolving political 

issues’” he said when he delivered 

the keynote address at the 2018 

Winter Meeting of the National 

Governors Association (NGA), in 

Washington DC, United States of 

America on Sunday. 

The NGA is the bipartisan organisation 

of the nation’s governors. 

Through NGA, governors 

share best practices, speak with a 

collective voice on national policy 

and develop innovative solutions 

that improve state government 

.Prez Akufo-Addo 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo 

and support the principles of federalism. 

President Akufo-Addo who 

was appreciative of the role the 

US was playing in fight against terrorism, 

said Ghana would play its 

part to discourage violence in 

every form, to reduce its impact 

on economic growth of nations. 

“We appreciate the courageous 

commitments and the lead role 

being played in the fight against 

terrorism by the United States in 

several parts of the world, including 

the Sahel region of West 

Africa. 

“We stand shoulder to shoulder 

with the United States in attempting 

to develop our 

economies to provide opportunities 

for its citizens to fulfill their 

aspirations, especially the youth. 

We stand ready to renew and 

deepen our relations with the 

United States of America for the 

prosperity and progress of our 

two peoples,” he said. 

President Akufo-Addo is the 

first African leader to address the 

NGA meeting. 

He used the opportunity to call 

for increased investment and trade 

with African economies, insisting 

that this would serve as the impetus 

for re-shaping the continent 

and charting a new path of 

growth and development in freedom, 

which would lift the long 

suffering African masses out of 

poverty into the realms of prosperity 

and dignified existence. 

He noted that the mindset of 

dependency “is unhealthy both for 

the giver and for the receiver,” 

stating “We do not want to be 

pawns or victims. It is time to 

build economies that are not dependent 

on aid or handouts.”

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

RKY releases 

single ‘Do Mi Saa’ 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

ITALIAN –GHANAIAN 

singer, Romeo Kwame 

Yeboah, popularly known as 

RKY, has heaped praises on 

Ghanaian highlife singers, 

Kojo Antwi and Kwabena 

Kwabena. 

According to the actor 

cum singer, most of their 

songs address some challenges 

of life and speak directly 

to its audience. 

During the release of his 

single track ‘Do Mi Saa’ in 

Accra, RKY pleaded with 

Ghanaians to continue loving 

him and accept his 

music. 

He added that he had 

not totally abandoned his 

movie career, but is chasing 

his dream of becoming a 

top musician. 

“The movie industry is 

doing well and growing 

gradually, but music is my 

dream and passion and that’s 

why I’ve switched my attention 

to the music,” he told 

the press. 

About his new track, 

RKY explained that he is 

sending a message to the 

world through music, adding 

that, his music seeks to address 

some challenges in society. 

“This track talks about 

love. It tries to explain that 

no matter the condition of 

the person, it is good to love 

the person. 

“It also tries to motivate 

us to be positive. If someone 

has betrayed you before 

it does not mean you 

shouldn’t love someone 

again, we need to be positive,” 

he explained. 

Though he insisted that 

he is an RnB singer, RKY 

told the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE that, he is a versatile 

musician and can adapt 

to the latest trends. 

“Being versatile to me 

means to be able to do variety 

and not to copy what the 

people are doing. I don’t 

want to do what other people 

are doing because I want 

to standout,” he told the 

paper. 

On the song ‘Do Me 

Saa’, RKY featured rapper 

Yaa Pono, who he described 

as “a good friend and a business 

minded artiste.” 

The Chief Executive of 

Big Family Production, 

Dmenz, told the DAILY 

HERITAGE that they 

were fascinated by the talent 

of RKY, hence their decision 

to sign him on the 

record label. 

“He’s not only a good 

actor but a good singer as 

well. We were with him on 

set and after production he 

came to us and started 

singing. 

“From there we realised 

that he has an untapped talent 

which we have to show 

to the world. We want 

Ghanaians to listen to him 

and judge for themselves.” 

He disclosed that measures 

had been put in place 

for their client to release single 

tracks every month till 

November. 

•RKY 

•Bola Ray 

Bola Ray to dine with 

100 Ghanaian artistes 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

THE CHIEF Executive 

Officer 

(CEO) of Excellence 

in Broadcasting 

Network 

(EIB), Mr 

Nathaniel Kwabena Anokye 

Adisi, popularly known as Bola 

Ray has revealed that he will 

celebrate his 41st birthday with 

top hundred Ghanaian artistes. 

Speaking as the guest on the 

ninth edition of L.E.A.D Series 

hosted by Jay Foley, Bola Ray, 

upon a request from Rapper 

EL to help unify Ghanaian musicians, 

said “I will call on 100 

top Ghanaian artistes on my 

birthday which falls on Thursday, 

March 1, to have a discussion 

with all of them in order 

to help move the music industry 

to the peak.” 

According to the CEO of 

EIB Network, this will be his 

contribution to promote talents 

in the country. He also encouraged 

the youth to be innovative, 

pray consistently and work 

hard in order not to solely depend 

on the government for 

employment. 

Bola Ray, who wanted to 

read law when growing up, also 

told the audience at the event 

to aspire to be themselves and 

should be inspired by others. 

He said “everyone is unique, 

don’t aspire to be Bola Ray but 

be inspired by what I do. There 

is only one Bola Ray and one 

you, don’t copy, be you. The 

Bola Ray you are aspiring to be 

wants you to be more than 

me.” 

At the event, he also encouraged 

Ghanaians to patronise 

and consume what is 

produced in the country in 

order to boost the economy. 

He revealed that 80% of his 

suits are made by a Ghanaian 

brand. He advised young entrepreneurs 

to be committed 

in their endeavours 

and also have a better 

way to present their 

products to consumers. 

Speaking to the 

DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, he said, he is 

inspired by his mother, 

and is very grateful for the 

tremendous opportunity given 

him at EIB, and also support 

from Dr Kwesi Yankah, Kwesi 

Twum of Multimedia and a few 

others. He also doffed his hat 

to his wife, Mrs Dorcas 

Anokye Adisi and appreciated 

the staff of EIB, Empire and 

Ghanaians in general. 

L.E.A.D SERIES is an educative 

and career-driven event 

to honour and recognise 

outstanding 

personalities who 

are helping to impact 

lives and making a difference. 

The 9th edition 

of the L.E.A.D 

Series was held at Capitol 

Café at Labone on 

February 25. 

My life is nobody’s business — Efia Odo 

GHANAIAN ACTRESS Andrea 

Owusu known in showbiz as Efia 

Odo has stated that she will make 

her personal life public if she 

wishes to. 

Speaking on Celebrity Ride on 

Zionfelix show, the actress said 

her rumoured beef with actress 

and movie producer Yvonne Nelson 

is false and that she had 

never had any issue with her. She 

added that her absence in the season 

three of Yvonne Nelson’s 

‘Heels and Sneakers’ movie that 

also fueled their supposed fight 

was due to the fact that she was 

out of the country at the time of 

the shooting. 

The ‘She Prayed’ actress further 

asked why Ghanaians would 

think she has an issue with 

Yvonne Nelson just because their 

pictures are missing on her Instagram 

page and she did not also 

feature in the season three of 

‘Heels and Sneakers’ produced 

the YN Production boss. 

Peeved Odo continued to ask: 

“even if we have an issue, what is 

your business in it?” 

When Zionfelix, host of the 

Celebrity Ride show queried her 

if she would agree that Yvonne 

Nelson made her popular 

through her movies, she quickly 

trashed the assertion. 

According to Odo, she had 

featured in many movies before 

starring in ‘Heels and Sneakers’ 

so there was no way Yvonne Nelson 

could be praised for her current 

stardom. 

The controversial actress who 

said on the show that she left 

Ghana to America at age five 

mentioning movies she shot before 

working on Yvonne Nelson’s 

set named ‘She Prayed’ produced 

by Eddie Watson, ‘What My Wife 

Doesn’t Know,’ ‘Royal Diadem’ 

and many others. 

She asked her fans to enjoy 

her works as a creative person 

and ignore those poking their 

noses into her private affairs. 

•Efia Odo



Fella Makafui 

named 

ambassador 

for Airee pads 

GHANAIAN 

ACTRESS Fella 

Makafui has 

been named the 

Brand Ambassador 

for sanitary 

product, Airee pads. 

Makafui shared the news with 

her followers on Instagram writing 

she is “Highly honored” to 

be the ambassador for the brand. 

She added that her “strength, 

successfulness and vibrancy that 

shows in my character” draws a 

direct association to the product 

she is representing. There is no 

word on the duration of the 

contract. 

Fella Makafui gained mainstream 

attention as an actress for 

her role in Television series ‘You 

Only Live Once’ (YOLO.) 

She played the role of Serwaa, 

a bread seller in the series created 

by Ivan Quarshigah. He is 

the same brain behind Television 

Series ‘Things We Do For Love’ 

which was popular in the late 90s 

and early 2000s. 

Makafui won Most Promising 

Actress at the 2016 Golden 

Movie Awards and 2016 City 

People Entertainment Awards. 

She also owns an ushering 

agency and a wine company. 

•Fella Makafui 

Shatta Wale cannot take 

jabs- Mark Okraku-Mantey 

DANCEHALL ARTISTE Shatta 

Wale hates to be at the receiving end 

of ‘jabs’ but he loves dishing it out, 

says Mark Okraku-Mantey, the president 

of the Creative Arts Council. 

He is of the opinion that Wale 

doesn’t have a thick skin as he 

claims to deal with unfavorable comments 

from critics. 

Okraku-Mantey was speaking on 

Joy Fm about claims by 

some Ghanaian 

artistes that the 

media only likes 

to highlight 

what they call 

‘negative 

stuff.’ 

“Have 

you noticed 

that 

Shatta 

Wale cannot 

take 

jabs but he 

thinks he is 

free to throw? 

Have you noticed 

that? I don’t 

know if you’ve seen 

•Mark 

Okraku- 

Mantey 

his reaction to jabs…You live in a 

glass house and you decide to throw 

stones,” said Okraku Mantey to Naa 

Ashorkor, host of Showbiz A-Z. 

“Peter Tosh said that you won’t 

plant pepper and reap cassava. For 

me, every step that he is taking will 

give him a total. The total will come 

one day…I can only pity him because 

where I can from you don’t insult 

an adult. If he decides to 

insult me, it is his right, it 

is his prerogative.” 

A number of 

artistes and 

music industry 

personalities 

including 

Okraku- 

Mantey, Tic 

Tac, Wizkid, 

Timaya, Patoranking, 

and founder 

of Charterhouse 

Ghana, 

Iyiola Ayoade 

have been at the receiving 

end of insults 

from Wale. 

Stonebwoy not leaving Zylofon—Bulldog 

HEAD OF Artiste and Repertoire 

at Zylofon Media, Bulldog 

has denied rumours that 

Dancehall Act Stonebwoy 

has plans of leaving 

Zylofon Media. 

Rumours are rife of 

the dancehall act leaving 

his record label 

barely a year after he 

was signed. 

The BET Award 

Winner is rumoured 

to be displeased at the 

signing of his arch-rival, 

Shatta Wale, on the same 

record label. 

It has also been alleged 

that Zylofon Media was not 

happy with the level of apathy 

the musician had shown towards 

hyping the brand. 

However, Bulldog stated 

emphatically “I’ve seen the stories 

myself but there is no 

truth in them.” 

He added “I hire and also 

look after these artistes. If 

there’s anything termination, I 

would know about it. But as I 

speak there is nothing on my 

desk like that.” 

Following the signing of 

•Stonebwoy 

the ‘freedom’ hitmaker, Shatta 

Wale, many were worried that 

the move would either generate 

tension between and Stonebwoy 

or kill the seeming beef 

between the two. 

At his signing, few weeks 

ago, Shatta Wale fueled the rivalry 

fire when he said: “Right 

now, you hear say people dey 

think; so what you go do 

Stonebwoy?’. You see Stonebwoy, 

for here [Zylofon] he be 

my brother [but] for town he 

be my enemy,” which generated 

loud cheers from 

the fans. 

Stonebwoy on the 

‘You seywetin’ on Hitz 

FM, last week, was 

asked by Prince 

Tsegah what he felt 

about the new addition 

to the Zylofon 

Media. He responded: 

“I don’t know anything 

about that”, suggesting 

the Bhim Nation leader 

had unresolved issues he was 

not willing to discuss. 

However, Bulldog, who is a 

former manager of Shatta 

Wale, insists there is absolute 

calm in the camp of the budding 

media house. 

“I know for a fact that we 

don’t have issues with him 

[Stonebwoy], everything is running 

smoothly…we met as a 

team on Thursday,[without 

Stonebwoy, who is out of the 

country] it’s healthy, we’re all 

moving on,” he stated.

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 

DAILY HERITAGE 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018 

•Aduana Stars, last season’s 

Premier League champions 

Who is who? 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

THE MUCH anticipated 

2017/2018 

Ghana Premier 

League season is expected 

to commence 

at all eight league centres 

across the country this weekend 

with Aduana Stars opening their 

title defence against Liberty Professionals 

at the Nana Agyemang Badu 

Park in the Brong Ahafo Region. 

Aduana, like the remaining 15 

participating clubs, are putting 

themselves in shape to whip up enthusiasm 

for their supporting fans 

by way of making a winning start to 

the new season. 

Football pundits have expressed 

mixed reactions as to whether 

reigning champions Aduana Stars 

still has the magic power to retain 

the title they are about to defend, 

especially with their busy CAF 

Champions League assignment. 

Discussions are also centered on 

which three clubs among the 16 

participating teams would be relegated 

at the end of the season, and, 

whether Asante Kotoko and Accra 

• As Ghana Premier League 

takes off on Sunday 

•Dreams FC, a strong contender for this 

season’s Premier League 

Hearts of Oak are still to be considered 

as title contenders. 

Beginning on Sunday, Asante 

Kotoko will travel to Sogakope in 

the Volta Region to face West 

Africa Football Academy (WAFA) 

on Artificial Turf. Kotoko, after 

sacking Coach Steven Pollack appointed 

former Black Starlets 

trainer Paa Kwesi Fabin and he is 

expected to make a flying start at 

Sogokope, a fortress ground for 

WAFA. 

The Porcupine Warriors could 

not recover from the accident they 

had last season, but managed to 

claim the MTN FA Cup at the expense 

of their bitterest rivals, 

Hearts of Oak. 

Their poor showing has been attributed 

to their strikers after their 

exit from the Confederation Cup, 

the continent’s second most prestigious 

club competition against 

CARA of Congo. 

At the Dawu Stadium, in the 

Eastern Region, Dreams FC who 

have shown a lot of promise in the 

transfer window would dream to 

make a flying start, when they host 

Elimina Sharks. The newly promoted 

club are probably showing 

flashes that could see them become 

surprise title winners, if their off 

season hypes are anything to go by. 

It was therefore not surprising 

when the Dawu-based club’s Chief 

Executive Officer, Mr Kurt Okraku 

assured that they were confident of 

winning the title in the shortest possible 

time. 

Accra Hearts of Oak, fresh from 

sacking their Scottish coach Frank 

Elliot Nuttal, would hope for a 

bright fortune as they adapt to life 

at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium in 

the Central Region for their home 

matches. 

The Phobians will open their 

season away to debutants Eleven 

Wonders. They are entering into the 

season without most of last season’s 

top players following their 

contract expiration. 

The rainbow-coloured club 

though lost the final of the MTN 

FA Cup to Kotoko, managed to win 

the Ghana @60 anniversary club. 

Ashanti Gold will play Wa All 

Stars while Medeama take on 

Karela FC. International Allies play 

Bechem United while Dwarfs take 

on Berekum Chelsea in Cape Coast.

Sports 


28/02/2018 

WEDNESDAY. DAILY HERITAGE 

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Twitter:#heritage_daily 

I’ve proven myself— Lukaku 

ROMELU LUKAKU has rejected 

criticism he is a flat-track bully, 

claiming: “I have proved myself.” 

Lukaku’s strike against Chelsea 

in Manchester United’s 2-1 win 

on Sunday was his first this 

season against a top-six rival, even 

though he has netted 22 times. 

The £75million Belgium 

striker is irritated by this criticism 

and feels he deserves more 

respect for his goalscoring feats. 

“Year in, year out people 

expect 20 goals from me,” he 

said. “I’ve been doing it for 10 

years straight so I think I’ve 

proved myself. 

“You expect a bit more 

respect, but it’s the situation we’re 

in. I don’t listen to it. I just want 

to improve and show the people 

what I can do on the pitch.” 

Lukaku has 13 goals in 27 

Premier League games for United 

and feels his critics are ignoring 

his record. 

“That’s the situation around 

me,” he said. “I just need to keep 

working hard. I think I’ve got a 

nice record. 

“I’ve scored a lot this season 

and I just want to keep going. I 

know that I can improve and I 

want to improve and really work 

hard. mirror.co.uk 

•Lukaku 

‘My relationship with 

Bradley was unique’ 

FORMER SUNDER 

LAND 

striker Jermain 

Defoe says it was 

humbling to receive 

an award for the 

support he gave to his special 

friend Bradley Lowery. 

The footballer was honoured 

with the North East Personality 

of the Year trophy - an 

accolade given in association 

with the Sir Bobby Robson 

Foundation to someone who 

has used their position in 

football to benefit the wider 

community. 

The player's relationship 

with six-year-old Bradley 

caught the hearts of the nation 

and helped raise awareness of 

neuroblastoma, a rare type of 

cancer which affects less than 

100 children in the UK each 

year. 

The youngster was 

diagnosed with the disease at 

just 18-months-old and last 

year his mum, Gemma, shared 

the devastating news that the 

cancer was terminal. Bradley 

passed away in July surrounded 

by his family and friends. 

Throughout the last year of 

his life, a special friendship 

developed between the brave 

boy and Defoe, who was in 

turn 

supported by 

Sunderland and 

team-mates 

including 

Sebastian Larsson, 

Vito Mannone and 

captain John O'Shea. 

In March 2016, 

Defoe was called up 

for England and Lowery 

was by his side as they 

proudly led the team out 

at Wembley. 

Now with AFC 

Bournemouth, Jermain 

returned to the North 

East to spend time with 

Bradley at his County 

Durham home just 

before he died. 

At the North East 

Football Writers' 

Association's annual awards 

night at Ramside Hall Hotel on 

Sunday, the player said the 

trophy was special for him. 

He added: 'When I first 

heard about it, you can 

imagine it was a really nice 

feeling. 

'Compared to getting 

accolades in football and 

stuff like that, something 

like this is a real special 

one. 

'To be honest, you 

•The pair 

became close 

at Sunderland 

and the 

relationship 

captured the 

hearts of the 

nation 

never really expect to get 

any sort of award or 

anything like that. Mine 

and Bradley's relationship 

was a special one, a unique 

relationship, maybe 

something that the football 

world has not really seen 

before, not to that sort of 

extent anyway. 

'It's a proud 

moment, a real 

humbling 

moment.' 

He said he 

most remembered 

Bradley's energy, 

his 'beautiful smile' 

and how positive he 

was for a young lad. 

He added: 'People 

talk about having a 

presence when you walk 

into a room. For some 

reason, Bradley had that at the 

age of six. He was a special 

child and there are so many 

great memories in my head of 

Bradley. Those memories will 

stay with me for the rest of my 

life.' 

Bradley's mum Gemma said 

she was 'over the moon and 

very proud' that Jermain was 

receiving the award. 

She added: 'He didn't have 

to do what he did for Bradley 

but he wanted to do it. I know 

that if you ask him, he doesn't 

need an award for his 

friendship but it's nice that he's 

being recognised. 

'Jermain is the main patron 

of our foundation and he's 

always there when we need 

him. He's very involved. 

'Bradley and Jermain were 

best friends. He absolutely 

loved Bradley and Bradley 

loved him - it was a true 

friendship.' Dailymail

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