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•Mr Irbad Ibrahim,
Security analyst
•David Asante-
Apeatu, Inspector
General of Police
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WORLD
Apartheid-era flag:
Nelson Mandela
Foundation seeks
ban
POLITICS
Akufo-Addo visits
German Parliament
BUSINESS
PG.04
Vodafone has given
me a career in T-shirt
production - VIM
Beneficiary
SPORTS
PG.11
Great Olympics want
justice – PRO
PG.10
PG.15
NDC destroyed
my career
– Maame Dokono
IN
BY KOBINA WELSING
POPULAR
GHANAIAN
actress, Grace
Omaboe,
popularly
known as
Maame Dokono, has accused
the opposition National
Democratic
Congress (NDC) of deliberately
attempting to destroy
her business, as well as her career.
According to her, the NDC
wanted to kill her career because
of her unpopular decision to join
the New Patriotic Party after contesting
as a parliamentary candidate
for the Nyafuman
constituency in the Birim North
District on the ticket of the
NDC.
Miss Omaboe, who won a
case of negligence brought
against her orphanage for the
sodomy of a six-month-old baby,
in an interview on Starr Chat told
host Bola Ray that the whole incident
was orchestrated by the
NDC.
She also dismissed claims that
• Grace Omaboe,
veteran actress
she was running the orphanage
without a license.
“It was very political…I [had]
a license but I had not renewed it.
It was not illegal because I was
operating the orphanage and they
were bringing the children to me.
Why should they bring the children
to me if they knew it was illegal?
Most of the children were
even taken to orphanages that
were not registered.
“I had registered a Non-Governmental
Organisation and
every year I had to go and renew
it, that was what I knew and I decided
to use my house as a shelter.
It wasn’t even meant for children
alone, it was meant for
women and men who were
distressed…and the social
welfare knew about it and
OSU children’s home also
knew about it.”
Miss Omaboe, who
had become a household
name from acting, television
and radio programmes,
said movie
producers and directors
even failed to cast her in
movies because they were skeptical
people, especially NDC
members would buy the movies.
The multi-skilled 71-year-old
failed politician, however, said
she did not regret venturing into
politics.
According to Maame Dokono,
her passion to help the vulnerable
and poor was her motivation to
enter politics though she failed to
become a parliamentarian.
Peace and Love Orphanage
has now been converted into a
school still being operated by
Maame Dokono. She has six children
– one is a medical doctor in
the United States and another
works with the World Bank.
Probe recruitment
into security services
• Ayariga to Prez Akufo-Addo
BY BENJAMIN TANDOH
THE wake of frequent robbery
attacks in the country, the leader
and founder of All People’s Congress
(APC), Dr Hassan Ayariga,
has called on President Nana
Akufo-Addo to probe recruitment
of personnel into the security services.
According to Dr Ayariga, recruiting
party footsoldiers as part
of fulfilling promises to party
faithful had given way to incompetent
personnel being recruited into
the various security services.
Addressing the media at the
party’s office in Accra yesterday,
the former presidential candidate
of the People’s National Convention
attributed recent robbery attacks
to the poor performance of
the country’s economy.
“We should change the economic
situation in the country.
People are into this because they
are not working but must do something
to earn a living,” he said.
Corruption
On corruption, the founder of
the APC said the current government
had done little to fight corruption
in the country.
According to him, the current
report by Transparency International
which indicated that the government
had lost the fight against
corruption confirms his assertion.
Dr Ayariga further called for accountability
on the Ghana at 60
celebration before the mark of the
61st anniversary.
“We were previously told Corporate
Ghana was going to sponsor
the programme, surprisingly
state sponsorship occurred at our
blind side,” he stated.
He said Ghanaians had been
deprived of information about the
state of the economy and accused
the President of “shielding corrupt
government officials.”
“The President has become a
clearing agent for corrupt government
officials. It is no secret the
volume of corruption being covered
up in the current administration.
The lip service to fighting
corruption has been exposed by
Transparency International’s Corruption
Perception Index.
“Presidential staffers have been
given leeway and are mesmerising
state offices recklessly. Our Health
Insurance Scheme is collapsing
under the watch of extravagant
managers,” he claimed.
He further called on the need
for the citizenry to help fight corruption,
adding that, “the citizens
are encouraging corruption at the
highest level.
“The ministers do not earn
much but when you go to their office
you will find a lot of people
who want the minister to give them
something.
“With this, they are forced to
engage in corrupt acts to get more
money to settle the people. We
should all help fight corruption.
“Punishing corruption is a vital
component of any effective anticorruption
effort without fear or
favour. Monitor public and private
sector activities and their banking
activities including income flow of
all workers,” he told the press.

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People rarely succeed unless they
have fun in what they are doing.
—Dale Carnegie
Robbers
cause
shakeup
in Police
• Director General
Operations moved
BY BENJAMIN TANDOH
AS PART of efforts to
enhance security in the
country, the Inspector
General of Police,
David Asante Apeatu,
has made some changes
in the service.
Notable among those affected is
COP Dr George Akuffo Dampare, Director
General of Police Operations,
who has been reassigned to head the
Research and Planning Department.
A statement copied to the DAILY
HERITAGE revealed that the Eastern
regional commander, DCOP Simon
Afeku will replace COP Dampare at the
Police Operations department.
The shakeup in the service comes in
the wake of rising spate of robberies in
the country.
So far about 40 robbery cases have
been recorded since the beginning of
the year.
In the most recent attacks, one person
was killed and huge sums of
monies stolen after robbers struck in
Accra and Tema in broad daylight
within two days.
•David Asante-
Apeatu, Inspector
General of Police
On Thursday evening, a mobile
money vendor is reported to have been
stabbed at an area close to East Legon
while a woman was robbed of GH¢
9,000.00 after visiting a bank last Friday.
Above is a copy of the list of
changes:
•The Police have come under intense
criticism over general state of insecurity

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•Local officials say the man identified himself as German
Afghanistan arrests 'German Taliban fighter' in Helmand
AFGHAN SECURITY forces say
they have arrested a German man
in southern Helmand province
who has been a long-time military
adviser to the Taliban.
The man was captured with
other three other suspected militants
in a raid on a bomb-making
site in Gereshk district.
If confirmed, it would be a
rare case of a Westerner fighting
with insurgents in Afghanistan.
Large parts of Helmand are under
Taliban control.
Afghan officials believe the
man has been with the Taliban for
eight years. An army statement
said: "The German national calls
himself Abdul Wadood."
"The man has been moved to
Kandahar air base and he is now
in the custody of US forces," Maj
Abdul Qadir Bahdurzai of the
Afghan army's 215 Corps told
BBC Afghan.
"A man with a long beard,
wearing a black turban who identified
himself as a German citizen
and speaks German was taken
along with three other suspected
Taliban on Monday night in
Gereshk district of Helmand
province," a spokesman for the
provincial governor said. BBC
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World news in 4 stories
Apartheid-era flag:
Nelson Mandela
Foundation seeks ban
THE NELSON Mandela
Foundation has asked the
courts to ban "gratuitous
displays" of the apartheidera
South African flag.
The foundation argues public displays
of the flag amounts to "hate
speech, unfair discrimination and harassment".
The flag, it added, was a celebration
of the crime against humanity committed
by the white minority regime against
millions of South Africans.
But some have reacted angrily, saying
it would limit freedom of expression.
Find out what else is going on in
South Africa today
The foundation, which was set up to
continue the legacy of Mr Mandela following
his tenure as South Africa's first
black president, filed the application
with the Equality Court in Johannesburg
on Tuesday.
In a statement released the next day,
it revealed it had been prompted to act
after the flag was on show during the
"Black Monday" protests against white
farm murders last October.
During debates following the march,
the foundation said, it became clear
"some South Africans do not fully appreciate
that apartheid was a crime
against humanity... and that gratuitous
displays of apartheid symbols, such as
the old flag, are a celebration of that
crime and a humiliation of its victims".
BBC
•The flag is seen at some
events, like this protest in
2010
•It was Mr Putin's last speech before the election
Putin reveals Russia's
'invincible missile' in
pre-election speech
RUSSIA HAS developed a
new cruise missile that is invincible,
according to President
Vladimir Putin.
Mr Putin made the revelation
as he laid out his key
policies for a fourth presidential
term, ahead of an election
he is expected to win in 17
days' time.
He showcased a range of
new weapons, including a
missile that could "reach anywhere
in the world".
Using video presentations.
he said the missile could not
be stopped by the US shield
in Europe and Asia.
He highlighted two nuclear-capable
weapons - a
cruise missile and a submarine-launched
unmanned underwater
vehicle.
The warhead, he said, was
"a low-flying, difficult-to-spot
cruise missile with a nuclear
payload with a practically unlimited
range and an unpredictable
flight path, which can
bypass lines of interception
and is invincible in the face of
all existing and future systems
of both missile defence and
air defence."
Donald Tusk asking UK for 'better' Northern Ireland idea
DONALD TUSK is to ask
Theresa May for "a better idea that
would be as effective in preventing
a hard border" on the "Island of
Ireland".
The prime minister rejected the
EU's proposals on Northern Ireland
saying they would split the
UK in two.
But the European Council president
said one of the "possible
negative consequences" of the
kind of Brexit Mrs May wants
would be a hard border.
The two are to meet later ahead
of a big Brexit speech on Friday by
Mrs May.
Mrs May, due to chair a meeting
of the cabinet before her talks
with Mr Tusk, has already pledged
not to accept the draft withdrawal
treaty published on Wednesday by
the EU.
The UK and the EU both agree
on wanting to avoid a return to a
physical border - with border posts
and checks - in Northern Ireland.
The UK has suggested new IT
systems could be introduced to
avoid the need for physical border
checks but has yet to spell out how
this would work in practice.
But the draft EU treaty also includes
the option of a "common
regulatory area" after Brexit on the
island of Ireland - in effect keeping
Northern Ireland in a customs
union - if no other solution is
found.
Both the EU and the Irish government
say it is up to the UK to
come up with concrete alternatives
to what they describe as a "backstop"
option. BBC
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We should stop training students to answer exam questions
THE PRACTICE where students
are trained to only pass examinations
at the expense of total education
is gradually leading to the
churning out of graduates who are
just good at answering question papers,
but are brainless and unfit for
the job market.
Quality education involves the act
or process of imparting or acquiring
general knowledge, developing the
powers of reasoning and judgment,
and generally preparing oneself or
others intellectually for mature life.
Per the the Ghana Education
Service (GES) syllabus, teachers are
enjoined to train students to become
total beings after school.
The recommended textbooks
and relevant teaching and learning
materials are tailored towards
achieving the goal of producing
complete graduates.
Sadly, however, in their quest to
outwit each other and maximise
profit, some schools have developed
the strategy of recruiting teachers
who are masters of securing pass
questions and teaching students
how to answer them.
These profit-oriented schools are
even able to secure leaked papers
from governing examination bodies
to ensure that their students pass
with distinction.
In the end, the students pass their
exams and get juicy programmes to
offer at higher levels, but the result
is that they eventually turn out to be
just slow on the uptake.
Another backward practice,
which ought to stop, is the system
where teachers concentrate on
teaching students from prepared
question and answer books instead
of the GES approved textbooks.
There is nothing wrong with referring
to pass and probable questions,
but such materials are merely
to complement the text and other
books in the classroom.
The content of the text and
other relevant books must be
thoroughly thought before these
questions and answers pamphlets
are introduced.
The lazy approach to training
our wards is not helping anybody;
it is only producing half-baked
graduates who are limited in both
knowledge and skills. Some unfortunately
end up as miscreants
because of no jobs.
Ghana now leaking
bucket for arms
BY PHILIP ANTOH
Philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
ASECURITY ANA-
LYST and Peace
Ambassador, Mr
Irbad Ibrahim has
attributed the recent
spate of armed robberies
in parts of the country to
the failure of successive governments
to resolve the canker of unemployment.
According to him, many security
analysts and other educationists
have said time without number
that youth unemployment is a sitting
time bomb and “we are beginning
to feel the vestiges of that.”
He revealed that currently,
Ghana had become a leaking
bucket for proliferation of arms
where sophisticated weapons of
the highest order are transited to
other parts of Africa.
Mr Ibrahim added that in the
past, it was not common to see or
hear cell break or jail break but
• Says security analyst
•Mr Irbad Ibrahim, Security analyst
“today, people are holding AK47
machine guns to commit crime
and steal money in broad day
light.”
Mr Ibrahim said since 1992,
there hasn’t been any deliberate
sustainable national policy to create
jobs and tackle issues of youth
employment.
He said most of the jobs in the
country are created for political expediency
and the youth, who are
not faithful to that political party
or don’t belong to that party, are
excluded from being given jobs.
Mr Ibrahim said “as we speak,
there is so much frustration and
despondency within the Ghanaian
youth because they are angry, hungry
and are venting their spleen on
the system.
“If the youth have nothing to
eat, soon they will make an attempt
to ‘eat the rich’ because they think
they are the main sources of their
deprivation.
“What I know is that, the devil
always finds work for the idle
hands and I think we don’t need
the big grammar but action and
jobs,” he stated.
He added that the insecurity situation
in the country is as a result
of some security decisions taken
by the current government such as
the anti-galamsey fight.
“You don’t stop an age old
problem like this with ultimatum
or deadline,” he stated.
He said the use of soldiers to
chase illegal miners and deprive
them of their livelihood is certainly
responsible for the ‘abnormal’ security
situation in the country.
“What other signs or signals
are policy makers waiting for before
addressing the issues of youth
unemployment? To resolve this social
canker, there should be conscious
effort to tackle youth
unemployment on a large scale and
anti-galamsey because if the soldiers
push them in the Eastern Region,
Greater Accra will suffer,” he
stated.

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KIDDIES Corner
Short stories for kids
How the tortoise
got its scars
ONCE UPON
a time, there
was a wedding
in the sky.
The bride and
groom invited
all the animals in the whole land.
Those who had wings obviously
could fly and so would
have no problem attending but
those animals who lived on the
ground would have a few problems
getting there unless they
could persuade their flying
friends to take them on their
backs.
Mr Tortoise really wanted to
attend the wedding; he
loved parties, but he
had no idea how
to get there.
While he was
mulling over
this problem,
a vulture
landed
near him, looking
for crumbs
of food left behind
by other animals.
The tortoise called
out to the vulture, “Mr Vulture,
I wonder if you are planning
to attend the wedding next
week?” The vulture confirmed
that he had every intention of
being there, because there would
be a lot of free food! Then the
tortoise asked if Mr Vulture
would consider giving him a lift.
Vulture shook his head and said,
“That might be a bit difficult. I
can see, by looking at you, I can
see you are not very light, Mr
Tortoise. What would you be
prepared to give me in return, if
I should agree to your request?”
Now Tortoise had been saving
so he had a large pile of
cowries in his lair. So he promised
to pay vulture as many
cowries as he could carry. Vulture
agreed. So it came to pass
that on the day of the wedding,
Vulture came round to where
tortoise lived, and collected him.
Tortoise clung onto vulture’s
back, and they arrived at the
wedding in the sky without any
mishap.
After the wedding was a
splendid feast and there were
lots of different kinds of food
to cater
for
all tastes. Vulture
decided he would try some
porridge, never having tasted
this before, but found it very
difficult to eat this with his beak.
The porridge kept spilling, and
some spilled on tortoise. Tortoise
pretended to be very upset,
and vulture pacified him by saying
that he could keep his
cowries, and tortoise was very
happy with this solution. Now
he had got here completely free
of charge.
Later, they were all drinking
beer, and tortoise was getting a
little careless. He was drinking a
little more beer than usual at a
party, and he started swaying
about a bit. In the process, Tortoise
spilt some beer on vulture’s
head, and it was vulture’s turn to
be offended. Tortoise again offered
vulture as many cowries as
he could carry, but vulture just
sulked off; he was not really interested
in cowries. Soon it was
time for everybody to go home.
The birds started flying away, including
Mr Vulture.
“Mr Vulture, wait for me!”
called out Tortoise, but Vulture
ignored him and flew away.
None of the other birds
wanted to carry Tortoise;
“You’re too big
for my back!”
“You’re too
heavy for me!”
“You’re too
drunk, Mr Tortoise,
you’ll
only fall off!”
In the end,
Tortoise was
left all by himself,
and he realised
the only way to
get back to the ground
would be to jump, and fall all
the way down to earth.
He knew he could not stay
up there in the clouds! So he
jumped, hoping that his landing
would be soft, but he landed on
some hard ground, and his shell
broke into many pieces. In the
morning his nephew and nieces
came round, and stuck the
pieces together again, but now it
showed many scars and cracks.
And that is why every time you
see a tortoise you can still see
the scars on the back of his
shell.
Time with Auntie Akuorkor
in the kitchen
How to prepare Tuo-Zaafi
with 'Ayoyo' soup
Note: To be supervised by parents “Certainly! the kitchen: If they are
All hands should be washed well not taught at home, they
will get the wrong idea
from friends at school be-
Ingredients:
Ayoyo leaves
Salt
Meat
Pepper
Tomatoes
Tin tomatoes
Onions
Salt to taste
Palm oil
Salmon
Water
Corn flour
Ginger
Method:
Ayoyo soup
Wash ayoyo leaves thoroughly and cut them into tiny pieces while you
have put water on fire to boil.
Put chopped ayoyo leaves in boiling water and stir periodically. Then beat
or whisk it until it becomes slimy with bubbles. Remove from fire and set
aside.
Steam the meat with chopped onions and ground ginger
Then prepare your stew. When ready, you can pour the boiled ayoyo into
the stew and mix it up or leave it separately if you want.
Tuo zaafi
Put water on fire and bring to boil. Fetch some corn flour into a bowl,
add water, and mix until it is a bit watery and smooth.
Pour the mixture into boiling water and stir continuously with a wooden
spatula to avoid lumps. The mixture should be in the form of porridge.
Leave to boil for ten minutes.
Fetch some of the porridge into a bowl, add the corn flour to the remaining
porridge in the pot and stir continuously into a thick stuff without lumps.
Add the remaining porridge to the dough and stir gently until it is
cooked.
Serve, first by putting the tuo into a bowl, ladling some of the ayoyo into
the bowl before adding the stew to it.
CASA launches ‘Stop Sex Abuse in Schools’ campaign
COALITION AGAINST Sexual
Abuse (CASA) has launched its
campaign dubbed ‘Stop Sex
Abuse in Schools’ with ‘If You
See Something, Say Something,’
catchphrases to engage the public
to break silence about abuse
in schools.
The year-long campaign also
focuses on teachers who sexually
harass pupils to ensure that they
are sanctioned and their behaviour
condemned.
A release copied to the
DAILY HERITAGE stated that
the campaign brings together
girls, boys, women and men to
discuss how to avoid sexual
abuse by teachers.
The elements of this campaign
are see something, say
something, break your
silence; allegation must be followed
by fair and thorough investigation
without
intimidation; sanction teachers
who sexually abuse, harass, extort
sex in exchange for
grades; strengthen GES code
that condemns teachers who
sexually harass; stop them from
teaching, don’t just move them
to another school and sex offenders
registry with guilty
teachers names.
CASA’s campaign has a single
message “time’s up for teachers
who sexually harass, abuse, assault
or extort sex from students
in exchange for grades. Time’s
up for principals having sex with
students; This issue impacts the
quality of our education. That
makes it an issue for all who care
about education. Educators are
charged with providing a safe
environment for students; a
good education is one that is
free of sexual abuse.” it stated.
CASA’s campaign was
launched in partnership
with Drama Queens GH,
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5 basic facts about methamphetamine
• Street names
Methamphetamine is also known as meth,
crystal, chalk, and ice, etc. It is usually in the
form of a white, odourless, bitter-tasting crystalline
powder.
• Manufacturing meth
Meth unlike heroin, cocaine and marijuana is
not found in nature but is manufactured using
chemicals and ingredients found in legitimate
goods like over-the-counter cold medicines and
fertilisers
• Invention of meth
Meth was invented in 1887 when scientists
isolated ephedrine from a shrub- Ephedra sinica,
known to be used in Chinese medicines in the
past. Chemists manufactured methamphetamine
in 1919 by combining ephedrine with red phosphorous
and iodine.
• Not ‘instantly addictive’
Unlike the drugs heroin and cocaine meth is
not instantly addictive. This is a common misconception
among people but most users don’t
get addicted to it instantly. The treatment for
meth addiction is similar to other stimulants
though.
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&Env.
Methamphetamine
craze in West Africa
METHAM-
PHETAMINE
IS cheap and
easy to make,
once you’re
hooked to it, it
is often for life.
In its ‘crystal’ form, it can be
‘cooked’ up by pretty much anyone
from ingredients which are
reasonably easy to obtain.
While climate and growing
conditions tend to dictate where
narcotics like heroin and cocaine
can be produced, there are no
such constraints upon meth which
gives enterprising drug-pushers
from areas in which opium, coca,
and so forth do not grow a golden
opportunity to grab a slice of the
global drugs trade for themselves.
Reports indicate that some
West Africans are increasingly taking
up this opportunity, turning
drug barons as they produce meth
for smuggling abroad (mostly to
Asia).
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a pretty
powerful drug, which induces extreme
‘highs’ and euphoric states
in users. It’s easy to synthesise - although
deaths from meth-lab accidents
are not uncommon - and
is powerfully addictive.
Methamphetamine causes the
brain to release huge amounts of
‘pleasure chemical’ dopamine, and
then prevents the brain from reabsorbing
it for many hours. This
gives a lasting and euphoric ‘high.’
Methamphetamine was developed
early in the 20th century
from its parent drug, amphetamine
and was used originally in
nasal decongestants and bronchial
inhalers.
Like amphetamine, methamphetamine
causes increased activity
and talkativeness, decreased
appetite and a pleasurable sense of
well-being or euphoria.
However, methamphetamine
differs from amphetamine in that,
at comparable doses, much greater
amounts of the drug get into the
brain, making it a more potent
stimulant. It also has longer-lasting
and more harmful effects on
the central nervous system.
These characteristics make it a
drug with high potential for widespread
abuse.
Methamphetamine has been
classified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration as a
Schedule II stimulant, which
makes it legally available only
through a non refillable prescription.
Medically it may be indicated
for the treatment of attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder and
as a short-term component of
weight-loss treatments but these
uses are limited and it is rarely
prescribed; also, the prescribed
doses are far lower than those typically
abused.
However, it also starts to damage
the brain (while simultaneously
causing pretty awful effects
throughout the rest of the body)
and can reportedly cause almost
instant addiction.
This latter fact makes it
tremendously easy to create a
‘captive’ market for methamphetamine,
and makes it potentially a
very profitable substance.
• Methamphetamine is cheap and easy to make
Methamphetamine can very
swiftly devastate entire communities,
making it a very dangerous
drug indeed.
While some people have - with
a lot of effort - managed to get
clean from methamphetamine, it’s
by no means common to do so.
When your nation has a
methamphetamine problem, it
spells a lot of trouble as some
West African countries are sadly,
fast developing into something of
a methamphetamine phenomenon.
Global transit route
West Africa, including Ghana,
has long had a part to play in the
global drugs trade by being part of
a transit route which sees drugs
crossing continents. Loose border
controls and a lack of emphasis
upon drugs-based policing have
given traffickers ample opportunities
to use West Africa as a convenient
transit point.
However, West Africans have
tended to have little to do with the
drugs trade, and internal drugs
problems have been low until recently.
Meth production
As the global value of
methamphetamine has skyrocketed;
West African criminals have
been quick to take advantage
using established drugs routes to
traffic their product as more and
more West Africans are taking to
meth labs in order to make their
fortunes.
The market for West African
methamphetamine tends to be
Asia, Japan in particular, and the
profit margins are vast. A kilo of
meth can cost a West African producer
$1,500 to make, but will sell
for $150,000 in Tokyo.
That’s enough money to tempt
anyone, especially when one considers
that producing meth does
not take a lot of time or effort.
Currently the main markets for
West African meth appear to be
abroad but the potential for an internal
market to develop out of
control (destroying many of West
Africa’s most vulnerable communities)
is huge.
Why West Africa?
West Africa is a tempting
prospect for many
meth producers due to a
number of factors; the
aforementioned presence
of established drugs
routes makes the stuff relatively
easy to traffic.
Again many West
African nations are rich in
isolated, unpatrolled areas
in which crystal meth can
be ‘cooked’ without interruption
from the authorities.
Thirdly, the past lack of
major drugs issues in West Africa
has resulted in police forces which
are unused and ill-equipped to
dealing with drugs issues. In this
latter aspect, at least, Ghana is trying
to take control.
Though it’s a very difficult
thing to do, Ghanaian authorities
have spoken of making a concerted
effort to improve the way
in which the nation deals with
drugs and drugs-related crime.
This acknowledgement that
there is a very serious problem is a
great step forward, which will
hopefully lead to positive action
and change in the future.
In the meantime, however, the
West African methamphetamine
trade goes from strength to
strength, causing great trauma and
heartache for the thousands of
unfortunate individuals who come
into contact with it.

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THE GHANA Coalition of Non-
Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
in Health has donated and installed
solar powered vaccine refrigerator at
the Bumpata Island CHPS compound
in the Affram Plains South district of
the Eastern Region.
The presentation was made by the
vice chairman of the coalition, Mr
Bright Amissah, accompanied by
other regional executives.
Bumpata Island, with population of
about 5,000, has until recently existed
without a health facility which
deprived residents, particularly
children and pregnant women access
to basic healthcare.
The community, feeling the brunt,
put up a facility which has been
granted a CHPS centre status by the
Ghana Health Service through the
effort of Divine Mother and Child
Foundation, an NGO which was
implementing immunisation project in
the deprived community.
A male nurse posted to the facility
is struggling to work because the
health facility lacks basic logistics to
function effectively. Also, the absence
of electricity in the community has
made it difficult for storage of some
essential drugs which are required to
be kept in refrigerator.
The DAILY HERITAGE
reported in 2017 that due to absence
of health facility in the area, pregnant
women had to depend on traditional
News
Coalition of NGOs in
Health donates solar
refrigerator to
Bumpata Island
BY KOJO ANSAH
birth attendants for delivery which
endangered lives of many pregnant
women who developed complications
during delivery and in some
circumstances led to deaths when
being ferried across the Affram River
to Kwahu Tafo or Abetifi.
The Affram Plains South District
Director of Health Services, Miss
Joana Amankwah, elated by the kind
gesture of the Coalition, stated that
the solar powered refrigerator would
help improve healthcare delivery,
particularly immunisation programmes
in communities on the Island.
A male
nurse posted to the
facility is struggling to
work because the
health facility lacks
basic logistics to
function effectively.
Also, the absence of
electricity in the
community has made
it difficult for storage
of some essential
drugs which are
required to be kept in
refrigerator.
•The solar refrigerator is
expected to enhance
operations at the CHPS
compound
EBAN CENTRE for
Human Trafficking Studies
(ECHTS) has condemned
the ‘sale of children’ in the
country.
A statement signed by Mr Rex
Osei Sarpong, Executive Director,
ECHTS, stated that the 2015
regulations against the ‘sale of
children’ provide specific guidance on
sentencing of culprits depending on
the circumstances.
He said “in general, the term is not
less than five years and not more than
25 years, but if a parent, guardian or
other person with parental
responsibilities facilitates or engages
in trafficking, they are liable to a fine
or a term of imprisonment of not
less than five years and not more than
10 years, or both. Also, the 1998
Children’s Act (Act 560), the 1960
Criminal Act (Act 29) and the 1960
Criminal Procedure Act (Act 30) exist
to help combat human trafficking.”
According to Mr Sarpong, human
trafficking is when someone stands to
gain from someone else’s exploitation.
“The actual act of exploitation
need not have occurred to be
considered trafficking; simply,
motivation or intent to exploit for
gain must be present. Act 694
specifies that when children are
trafficked, the consent of the child,
parents or guardian of the child
cannot be used as a defense in
prosecution under this Act, meaning
that for children, the consent of the
child, parent or guardian does not
justify the exploitation.”
For children, trafficking is defined
DAILY HERITAGE, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018
ECHTS condemns ‘sale of children’
BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI
Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com
•Kwame Asuah Takyi (3rd L),
Comptroller-General of
Immigration on the
inspection tour
by the action (i.e. recruit, transfer,
harbour or receipt) and purpose (i.e.
sexual exploitation or forced labour).
The national legislation is aligned with
international normative framework,”
he explained.
ECHTS revealed that in many
countries, backlogs in the courts with
over-burdened law enforcement
personnel delay prosecutions and slow
the delivery of justice.
“Significant delays in prosecution
can discourage victims from testifying
or pursuing a case, or may have the
practical result that the individual is
no longer in the country or available
to assist law enforcement or testify at
trial. Worse, these delays can allow
traffickers to continue exploiting,
threatening, or intimidating victims,
including survivors whose testimony
is necessary to achieve a conviction,”
it stated.
Immigration boss inspects new airport terminal
THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL
of Immigration (CGI), Mr Kwame
Asuah Takyi, has inspected ongoing
airport terminal ‘three project’ at the
Kotoka International Airport (KIA)
in Accra.
The CGI was accompanied by the
Deputy Comptroller-General incharge
of Finance and
Administration (DCG/F & A), Mrs
Judith Dzokoto-Lomoh and Deputy
Comptroller-General in-charge of
Command Post and Operations
(DCG/CP & OPS), Mr Laud
Afrifah.
The inspection afforded the CGI
and his entourage the opportunity to
acquaint themselves with the project
and ensure that immigration work
stations designed for the monitoring
“The actual act of
exploitation need not
have occurred to be
considered trafficking;
simply, motivation or
intent to exploit for gain
must be present. Act
694 specifies that when
children are trafficked,
the consent of the child,
parents or guardian of
the child cannot be
used as a defense in
prosecution under this
Act, meaning that for
children, the consent of
the child, parent or
guardian does not justify
the exploitation.”
and regulating the entry and exit of
travelers at the terminal when
completed were standard and met
desired expectations.
He was met on arrival at the
Airport by the KIA Commander,
Deputy Commissioner of
Immigration DCI Eric Afari and
some management members of the
Ghana Airport Company Limited.
The CGI and his entourage were
briefed on the progress of work and
conducted round the project by the
Supervising Architect of the project,
Mr Fernando Prieto. They were also
simulated on the arrival processes.
Some areas of the project visited
included the arrival and departure
halls, immigration booths and offices,
passenger detention cells, boarding
Recommendations
The group recommended that
specific protection mechanisms need
to be in place for victims who would
like to report human trafficking.
They explained that the use of
pro-active investigative techniques for
corruption within anti-trafficking
operations that have a large organised
crime element may help to remove
pressure from victims as the sole
source of information. Pro-active
investigation techniques should be
used to corroborate hints given by
victims.
“We call on the government to
increase funding for the Human
Trafficking Fund and the operators of
the fund should be creative in
developing other sources of
generating funds to sustain
government’s activities in combating
human trafficking,” ECHTS stated.
gates, business lounges and operation
center.
The project when completed is
expected to cater for five million
passengers in a year and process
1,250 passengers per hour. It would
also have six boarding bridges, three
business lounges, and large retail area
among others.
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Surprises
expected at
upcoming Ho
NDC conference
FROM PATRICE SYLVESTER
SELORMEY- HO,
pselormey2015@gmail.com
THE UPCOMING Volta
Regional Conference of the
opposition National Democratic
Congress (NDC) promises to be
a ‘house cleaning’ exercise, with
many of the current executives
likely to lose their position to
new ones.
The conference date, which is
yet to be announced by the
National Executive Committee
of the party, could witness
massive shakeup in the regional
hierarchy from the chairmanship
down to the youth organiser
positions.
There are reports that new
candidates are fast gaining
grounds in the ongoing party
registration exercise.
Some of the likely faces set
to come on board include Tonny
Klutse, who is hotly chasing the
incumbent chairman Mr John
Kwadjo Gyapong out of office.
Mr Klutse, a prominent
contractor cum hotelier and the
Akatsi South Constituency
chairman, appears to be the
toast of party supporters,
especially footsoldiers as his
name features prominently in
text messages, random sampling
and phone-in-programmes
monitored by the DAILY
HERITAGE on 15 FM
stations across the region.
A reliable source told the
paper that Mr Klutse is one
person the party is banking its
hopes on to achieve the
ambitious 100% votes for the
party in the region.
During the 2016 election, the
NDC candidate, Mr Wisdom
Gidisu lost the Krachi East
constituency seat to the New
Patriotic Party’s Michael Gyato
due to internal wrangling.
Mr Klutse hails from Akatsi
in the Akatsi South District of
the Volta Region and enjoys
massive support from leading
party activists including Dr
Obed Asamoah, the former
speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon
Edward Doe Adjaho and
Ambassador Modestus Ahiable
to ensure the overthrow of the
incumbent chairman.
Another interesting angle to
the yet to come regional
conference of the party is the
active interest of former
Member of Parliament and
Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Z.
Y. Amenorwode, who is also
lacing his boots for the regional
chairman slot.
A lady who also appears to
be a hot cake for the NDC
regional chairmanship slot is
Madam Dzifa Attivor, the
beleaguered former Transport
Minister.
She is selfless and committed
to serving the party
wholeheartedly.
Another
interesting angle
to the yet to
come regional
conference of
the party is the
active interest of
former Member
of Parliament
and Regional
Minister, Mr
Joseph Z. Y.
Amenorwode,
who is also
lacing his boots
for the regional
chairman slot.

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2018
THURSDAY
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6.1000
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GBPGHS
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5.5600
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Vodafone has given me a career in T-shirt production - VIM Beneficiary
ONE OF the many beneficiaries
of Vodafone VIM, an initiative
that empowers the youth with
knowledge and skills has praised
Vodafone Ghana for the product
and advised the youth to take advantage
of this rare opportunity to
start a career.
Sharing his experience, Michael
Ameyaw said “I signed up to
Vodafone VIM because I wanted
to learn some handiworks that I
can do myself. I selected t-shirt
design and production, and tried
my possible best to do what they
taught me in the videos. I am so
happy I can do something on my
own and earn a living to cater for
myself and my family.
“I want to tell everyone who is
yet to sign-up to Vodafone VIM,
to do so quickly because there are
many benefits and opportunities
to help start and grow your business.’’
He added.
•Michael Ameyaw (L), Vodafone VIM beneficiary working on his t-shirt business
According to Vodafone management
customers who sign-on
to VIM receive weekly motivational
voice clips and a series of
educational and self-development
videos on seven main courses including
T-shirt printing, soap making,
beauty, fashion, baking, juice
making and décor.
It added that VIM is a promise
by Vodafone, to lead the way in responding
to the problems of underemployment
and
unemployment in Ghana. The
product thrives on using technology
to share and train the youth
on entrepreneurial and vocational
skills; whilst connecting them to
the things that matter most.
“The product also offers unequalled
minutes for calls to Vodafone
and other networks, in
addition to data for browsing the
internet. VIM is a unique loyalty
programme,” it added.
MTN Heroes of Change Season IV
completes vetting process
MTN GHANA
Foundation has
announced it received
over
1,000 entries for
Season IV of
MTN Heroes of Change.
The projects submitted have
been screened and pruned to 100
by a panel of judges. The 100
nominations were shortlisted by
the judges to 30 and this will be
shortlisted further to 10. Verification
of the projects and nominees
has just been completed.
The work of the 10 shortlisted
finalists will be filmed and broadcasted
as part of a 13-week TV series.
The Executive Secretary of the
MTN Ghana Foundation, Robert
Kuzoe, said “MTN Heroes of
Change is about celebratingordinary
people who by their efforts
MTN Heroes of
Change was first
launched in July 2013
with the aim of identifying
and recognizing
selfless people who
continue to sacrifice
their time and resources
to improve
their communities
and brighten lives.
There have been
three ultimate winners
since the project
was initiated.
and contributions are making extraordinary
contributions to improve
the lives of the vulnerable
in society. Through this initiative,
we also want to motivate and encourage
others to do same.”
He added that the criteria for
selection of the projects are based
on the following: the nominee
should be engaged in an education
project aimed at improving literacy
and enabling members of the
community to become agents of
social change whilst the nominee
for health is required to be devoted
to awareness creation and advocacy
for the eradication of any
identifiable health issue.
“On economic empowerment,
the nominee is required to be engaged
in a project aimed at building
the capacity of members of a
community in order for them to
become economically self-sufficient
whilst enhancing their
livelihoods,” he explained.
Mr Kuzoe revealed that at
the end of the 13 week TV series,
an awards event will be organised
during which the
ultimate winner will be announced.
Selected winners for
the categories of Health, Education
and Economic Empowerment
will be recognised with
cash prize of GH¢30,000 each
and a plaque. The grand award
of GH¢ 100,000.00 will be
given to the ultimate winner.
He also said Season IV of
MTN Heroes of Change will
also see the addition of a special
category which will reward
two personalities for their contribution
to society through
their social projects and charitable
causes.
He said “the special categories
are targeting media and entertainment
personalities. The winners
in this category will each also
receive special awards which will
be invested in any CSR project of
their choice.”
MTN Heroes of Change was
first launched in July 2013 with the
aim of identifying and recognizing
selfless people who continue to
sacrifice their time and resources
to improve their communities and
brighten lives. There have been
three ultimate winners since the
project was initiated.
MTN Heroes of Change has
won several awards. The project
was adjudged 2016 IPR Best Community
Relations Programme of
the Year and was also awarded
CSR Programme of the Year 2015
by the Head of State Awards
Scheme.

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Politics
“There are greater things to be achieved in
every new year, and each and everyone must
prepare themselves to be great, not by words of
the mouth, but by a lot of sacrifices.”
— Michael Bassey Johnson
Akufo-Addo visits
German Parliament
BY WILBERFORCE ASARE
PRESIDENT NANA
Akufo-Addo, as part of
his official working tour of
Germany, on Tuesday visited
the Landtag (State
Parliament) of the German
state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The President upon arrival was
taken on a tour of the inner chamber
of the Parliament House and given a
brief history of the building.
Landtag’s President, André Kuper
and other officials of the Parliament
held a closed door meeting with the
President and his entourage comprising
the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey; the Minister
for Environment, Science and
Technology, Prof. Dr Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng
and other senior officials
of the Presidency.
Landtag (State
Parliament) of North Rhine-
Westphalia
Officially opened on October 2,
1988, North Rhine-Westphalia’s Landtag
building is the first completely new
Parliament building to be built in the
history of the German Federal Republic.
It was the first time that a German
Parliament had designed its future
home itself and the first time that a
Parliament’s own view of itself had
been translated into architecture.
•President Nana Akufo-Addo was taken on a tour of the inner chamber of the Parliament House
Parliament Square
In the competition to find a new
building for the Landtag, the politicians
who commissioned it had the
courage to award first prize to the design
by the architects Eller, Maier,
Moser, Walter and Partners. A monumental
style of building was not what
they had in mind; rather a building
which 18 million citizens could feel
was for them. Comparatively modest,
at 105 meters wide, 195 meters long
and 21 meters high, the Landtag building
is impressive primarily because of
its extravagant shape. Starting from
the ‘in the round’ seating arrangements
inside the plenary chamber, the
circle was developed as the fundamental
architectural principle, and right angles
were consciously avoided.
The circular plenary chamber was
made into the centre of the building,
laid out for a maximum of 300 people;
linked to it are the four rooms for the
parliamentary parties, also forming a
circle and with a lobby which can act
as a connecting or separating element.
This is also an outward way of emphasizing
the special status of the political
debate and of the political assessment
of objective facts, and at the same
time a way of underlining the nature
of the parliament as a meeting place.
The basis for political decisionmaking
is the detailed, factual debate
on each topic, which takes place in the
select committees. A total of 35 conference
rooms are available for the individual
committees and working
groups. Following the logical sequence,
these are located on the two
floors below the plenary chamber and
the parliamentary party rooms, thus
also supporting the political decisionmaking
process in architectural terms.
For the preparations which are
necessary, a total of 507 offices are
available to the members of parliament,
the party workers and the parliament
administration. The wings which
house the suites of offices are
arranged around the plenary chamber
and the parliamentary party rooms, are
sensitively designed and offset facing
one another, so that you have the feeling
of looking at what appear to be
arms in an embrace.
This is also the accommodation for
all the services which are vital for any
modern parliamentary operation, such
as printing, archiving, the library, IT
department, and for services without
which a building simply cannot be
used, such as the heating system, for
example, and the air-conditioning.
As a Parliament close to its citizens,
the Landtag building does not
have any physical delimitations; the
building is open to the public and is
therefore accessible to all. For that reason,
the zone around the Landtag
where demonstrations are not allowed
was also kept to modest dimensions.
This remarkable Landtag building,
however, came at a price: North
Rhine-Westphalia’s taxpayers had to
make 160 million Euro available for
the project. But the high degree of acceptance
with which it has been received
is proof that it has been money
well spent.
Punish looters in AG’s report – Corruption Watch
BY KENT MENSAH
CORRUPTION WATCH Ghana, an
anti-graft initiative, has called on all
relevant institutions to take immediate
steps to ensure persons indicted in the
2016 Auditor General’s Report are investigated
and punished if found
guilty.
In a letter signed by Dr Kojo Asante,
Project Manager of Corruption
Watch, the Movement urged the Attorney
General and Minister of Justice
(AG) to pursue all possible offences
and cases of fraud committed by public
servants and private individuals or
companies cited in the report.
A similar letter was written to the
Minister of Finance, urging him to exercise
his powers under Sections 96,
97 and 98 of Act 921, to punish all
those who have breached the law and
ensure such systemic failures do not
reoccur.
The group also wrote to Parliament
and the Public Accounts Committee
of Parliament (PAC), to ensure
all credible allegations of fraud identified
in the report are extensively investigated
and persons found culpable
prosecuted. Parliament was also tasked
to spearhead institutional reforms in
all Ministries, Departments and Agencies
to reduce – if not eliminate completely
– the financial malfeasance
cited in reports of the A-G, that are
submitted annually to the PAC.
The 2016 Auditor General’s report
submitted to Parliament in January, revealed
that a colossal amount of GH¢
5.4 billion was disallowed by the Auditor
General within the year under review
for reasons including the absence
of relevant documents, goods not
supplied, claims already paid for,
among other reasons. Corruption
Watch noted that the submission of
•Daniel Domelevo, Auditor General
such alarming reports to the PAC of
Parliament occurs every year.
They, however, bemoaned the fact
that the law is not enforced to punish
officials indicted in such reports, to
serve as a deterrent to the others. The
amount, according to the movement,
raises serious questions, not only
about public financial management
practices, but also about the scale of
possible financial malfeasance.
Corruption Watch Ghana is an initiative
of the Ghana Center for Democratic
Development (CDD-Ghana),
Joy FM, Ghana Integrity Initiative,
Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition,
Africa Center for International Law
and Accountability.
Its mission is to promote integrity
in public life by demanding and activating
the responsiveness and accountability
of all actors in the
anti-corruption space. It works to ensure
corruption cases are investigated,
suspects prosecuted and proceeds recovered.

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HERITAGE FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018
Heal wounds created during
constituency elections
BY KWADWO ANIM
ANATIONAL
chairman hopeful
of the governing
New Patriotic
Party (NPP), Alhaji
Abdul-Rahman
Abubakari aka Alhaji Short has
urged all winners in the just ended
NPP constituency elections held
across the country to take steps
towards healing all the wounds
that were created during the polls.
According to him, such a move
would be for the betterment of
the party as it would foster unity
and the cohesion needed to advance
the party’s course.
In a statement, Alhaji Short
who’s also the incumbent Upper
West Regional Chairman of the
NPP also called on the losers to
remain calm and committed to the
party’s course.
“I would like to call on all the
winners to take the necessary steps
towards healing all wounds that
were created in the process for the
betterment of our party.”
Below is the full statement:
CONGRATULATORY MES-
SAGE FROM ALHAJI ABDUL-
RAHMAN ABUBAKARI
(ALHAJI SHORT), UPPER
WEST NPP REGIONAL
CHAIRMAN AND NPP NA-
TIONAL CHAIRMAN ASPI-
RANT
Praises and thanks to the
Almighty Allah for a successful
constituency elections.
I would like to use this opportunity
to congratulate all the contestants
particularly the winners of
the just ended constituency executive
elections for your hard work
and commitment to democracy
and our beloved party, the NPP.
Your participation in the election
process demonstrated your
commitment to democracy and
the principles of our party. You all
have committed yourselves and resources
to the course of the NPP.
I would also like to express my
sincere gratitude to the delegates
•Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Abubakari, national
chairman hopeful, NPP
across all the constituencies in
Ghana for the peaceful manner
they conducted themselves
throughout the entire election period.
I would like to call on all the
• Alhaji Short to winners
winners to take the necessary steps
towards healing all wounds that
were created in the process for the
betterment of our party.
To those who were not successful,
this is the time to show
your commitment and loyalty to
the party. Remain calm and committed
to the course of our party
as you have always done and be reminded
there can only be one winner,
and in this case, you are all
winners.
Let me use this opportunity to
express my sincere and profound
condolence to the bereaved family
and loved ones of the late women
organizer of the Abura-Asebu-
Kwamankese constituency Madam
Elizabeth Gaisie who passed to
eternity shortly after winning her
election. May her soul rest in
Peace!!!
I will also humbly appeal to
party members to as a matter of
urgency and in the spirit of our
great tradition, resort to the party
structures for any grievances that
may have arisen before, during and
after this contest for proper redress
than resulting to taking the
laws into their own hands. As such
actions will be very unpatriotic and
alien to our great tradition.
Once again, congratulations.
Director wasn’t snubbed – State Protocol
BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG
STATE PROTOCOL has rejected
claims that its director, Ambassador
Ahmed Hassan
was snubbed at the United States
Governors’ Summit as President
Nana Akufo-Addo walked to the
podium to deliver his address.
A video of the episode has
gone viral on social media with
many Ghanaians berating the ambassador
for overreaching his
bounds.
But in a statement, the state
protocol said: “the suggestions
and interpretations given to this
video are misleading and completely
false. As part of the protocol
discussions prior to the
President’s speech, it was agreed
that Ambassador Hassan will accompany
the President on stage to
show the President his seat. That
is exactly what Ambassador Hassan
was doing and not reaching for
a handshake. A critical look at the
video will show that Ambassador
Hassan was pointing to the seat
where the President was supposed
to sit.”
Find below the full statement:
Our attention has been drawn
to a video circulating on social
media purporting that the Director
of State Protocol, Ambassador
Ahmed Hassan, was denied a
handshake by Governor Brian
Sandoval of Nevada, and further
that Governor Sandoval instructed
Ambassador Hassan to resume his
seat in the audience, at the National
Governors Association
Winter Meeting over the weekend.
The suggestions and interpretations
given to this video are misleading
and completely false. As
•Ambassador Ahmed Hassan(L) and Governor Brian Sandoval of Nevada
part of the protocol discussions
prior to the President’s speech, it
was agreed that Ambassador Hassan
will accompany the President
on stage to show the President his
seat. That is exactly what Ambassador
Hassan was doing and not
reaching for a handshake. A critical
look at the video will show that
Ambassador Hassan was pointing
to the seat where the President
was supposed to sit.
After the President shook the
hands of Governor Sandoval,
there was a debate as to whether
the President should sit or go
straight away to deliver his keynote
address. What ensued was Governor
Sandoval pointing to the
podium for the President to deliver
the speech because they were
running behind schedule whilst
Ambassador pointed to the seat of
the President because that was the
agreement at the pre-event protocol
discussion. The Governor was
not directing Ambassador Hassan
to resume his seat.
Ambassador Hassan is a well
accomplished and meticulous
diplomat, who is well versed in
protocol. We, therefore, entreat
the public to disregard the false
suggestion being peddled as a result
of a skewed interpretation of
what transpired in the video.
Thank you.
Signed:
Joseph Adjei-Banin
Assistant to Director of
State Protocol

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BY ABIGAIL ASARE
Netseba fashion
nominated for
Fashion Ghana Awards
BY ERICA ARTHUR
GHANA’S BEST
fashion brand, Netseba
Fashion, has
earned nomination
for ‘Best New Designer’
in this year’s
Fashion Ghana Award.
The award, which is presented by
FashionGhana.com, is scheduled for
March 31 to April 1, 2018 at
Province Events Center, Labadi.
Speaking to Aba Netseba
Hayfron, the Chief Executive Officer
Netseba fashion, she said she earned
the nomination due to her hard work
and contribution in the fashion industry.
According to her, she was selected
to represent the entire fashion industry
in Ghana with 10 other countries
in the world at this year’s Festival International
de la Mode au Togo
(FIMO228) which was held in Lome,
Togo, on February 20 – 25, where
she revealed her new collection ‘Genesis’.
The designer, who has been in the
fashion industry for 10 years, is entreating
Ghanaians to help her win
the category she has been nominated
for by voting via www.AccraFashion-
Week .org/vote. The voting starts
from March 5 to March 19, 2018.
•Aba Netseba Hayfron, the Chief
Executive Officer, Netseba fashion,
NDC chairman Porturphy was my
boyfriend on stage – Maame Dokono
BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG
VETERAN ACTRESS Grace
Omaboe popularly known as
Maame Dokono has revealed
that the national chairman of
the National Democratic Congress
(NDC), Mr Kofi Portuphy
and former head of the
National Health Insurance
Scheme, Mr Sylvester Mensah
were her acting colleagues
when she was honing her skills
in the industry.
According to Omaboe, Mr
Porturphy was her close friend
until he started gaining prominence
in politics.
“We started acting with
people like Kofi Porturphy and
Sylvester Mensah. Kofi and I
were very close friends. He
often acted as my boyfriend on
stage. We separated when Kofi
started becoming a big man in
politics. We used to be very
good friends, our group was
known as talent.
“I was to meet Kofi Porturphy
at his office some time
back…I couldn’t see him because
of how some of the staff
looked at me and the remarks
they made,” she told Bola Ray
on Starr Chat Wednesday.
Maame Dokono also bemoaned
the closure of her Orphanage
under the NDC.
“It was very political…I
[had] a license but I had not
renewed it. It was not illegal
because I was operating the orphanage
and they were bringing
the children to me. Why
should they bring the children
to me if they knew it was illegal,
most of the children were
even taken to orphanages that
were not registered.
“I had registered an NGO
and every year I had to go and
renew it, that is what I knew
and I decided to use my house
as a shelter. It wasn’t even
meant for children alone, it was
meant for women and men
who were distressed…and the
social welfare knew about it
and OSU children’s home also
knew about it,” she stated.
Zynnel Zuh to clear her closet for charity
BY ERICA ARTHUR
GHANAIAN ACTRESS and
movie producer, Zynnel Zuh
Lydia is set to clear her closet for
charity.
The actress announced on her
instagram page her intention to
clear her closet in an event
tagged ‘Fashion Cares Closet
Clear Out’ which date would be
announced soon.
The actress, whose sense of
style, has motivated many fashion
lovers would give out loads
from her closet to her fans and
anyone who wants to get one of
her exquisite dresses.
The instagram post has generated
lots of discussions on the
page and her fans indicating how
eager they were to own a piece
of her dress.
•Zynnel Zuh
Lydia, producer
and actress
Kanayo O. Kanayo celebrates Birthday in tears
NIGERIAN ACTOR and Nollywood
icon, Kanayo O. Kanayo was +1 yesterday,
but the actor decided to celebrate
by mourning the newly adopted
Dapchi school girls.
Unlike other celebrities, the actor
seems so concerned with the current
crisis befalling his darling country.
The actor took to instagram to
voice his pains.
“Greetings my dear friends and
proximate people, it’s my birthday
today. To God be all the Glory. All
through my life, I have never hidden
my hatred for oppression against the
•Kanayo O.
Kanayo
less- privileged.
“My system refuses to
come to terms with seeing
a person being maltreated.
These days’ stories abound
of mothers treating other
people’s children under
their care with so much
wickedness such as inflicting
hot knife burns on
them.
“I just can’t take it. I
can severe a relationship
and I have severed relationships
on this basis. It’s almost
two weeks since about 107 girls
of the Dapchi community in Yobe
State were abducted. I have had sleepless
nights because they will be and
are maltreated. I just can’t take it.
“I salute our gallant Armed Forces
for their efforts in the past and implore
them to comb all the nooks and
crannies to rescue these innocent
daughters of ours. Their hope is that
their country will come to their rescue,
we must not fail them. Nothing
to me will be a better birthday present
than this.
“To the citizenry, please say a word
of prayer, to their parents, my heart
goes out to you.” He wrote.”
Anayo Modestus Onyekwere (popularly
known as Kanayo O. Kanayo,
born March 1, 1962 in Mbaise, Imo
State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian actor. In
2006 he won the African Movie Academy
Award for Best Actor in a Leading
Role.
In 1992, Kanayo made his debut
film appearance in the film Living in
Bondage. Kanayo has starred in over
100 films.
He is also a brand ambassador for
GLO. He stares in the telecommunication
comic television series titled
‘Professor Johnbull,’ where he plays
the role of the Professor himself.

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018
I dated David
Dontoh for protection
– Maame Dokono
BY ERICA ARTHUR
MultiChoice and Africa
Magic announce 2018
AMVCAS for Sept. 2018
FOLLOWING
MONTHS of
speculation and
anticipation,
Africa Magic in
association with
MultiChoice, are proud to
announce the call to entry
for the 2018 edition of the
Africa Magic Viewers’
Choice Awards (AMVCAs),
the prestigious initiative that
honours film and TV talent
across the continent. Billed
to hold on the 1st of September
2018, this year’s edition
of the AMVCAs is
proudly sponsored by
Konga and supported by
Nokia and Heritage Bank.
The AMVCAs were created
to celebrate the contribution
of African
filmmakers, actors and technicians
in the success of the
continent’s film and television
industry and with the
success of the previous five
editions, preparations are in
top gear for the 2018 edition.
Entries for the AMV-
CAs open on the 1st of
March and close on the 30th
of April, 2018.
Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu,
•Cecil Sunkwa Mills,
GM, MultiChoice
Director for M-Net West
Africa, said: “Nearly one
year after the last AMVCAs,
we are pleased to announce
the call to entry for 2018
edition of the Awards. The
African movie and television
industry is brimming with
exciting talent, and at Africa
Magic we contribute to the
industry by not only giving
these talents the platform to
showcase their skills and
passion, but by celebrating
their achievements whilst
also encouraging them to
continue honing their craft.”
The AMVCAs celebrate
filmmakers in different categories
ranging from acting
and directing to scriptwriting
and cinematography.
This year, a number of
awards in different categories
will be presented
ranging from acting and directing
to scriptwriting and
cinematography.
Other categories will include:
short film or online
video, soundtrack, costume
designing, sound and lighting
amongst others. For
2018 there are 27 categories
in all, with 7 open to viewer
voting and 20 decided by
the respected AMVCA
panel of judges.
Cecil Sunkwa Mills, General
Manager, MultiChoice
Ghana, expressed his delight
at the return of the Africa
Magic Viewers’ Choice
Awards, saying: “Entertainment
is a powerful way to
tell our stories; the
AMVCA’s brings the African
Film industry together
around shared passions, and
connect us to new realities.
As a video entertainment
company, and our role is to
enrich lives and rewarding
the creative industry players
for their works cannot be
overemphasised.”
Entry for the AMVCAs
is free and the closing date
for submissions is the 30th
of April 2018. Films, madefor-television
movies or television
series previously
entered into or nominated
for an award, or awarded a
prize in another film and television
competition are eligible
to be entered for the
AMVCAs, and all films,
made-for-television movies
or television series are eligible
for entry to the AMVCA
if they are broadcast or publicly
screened during the period
of October 1st, 2016 to
March 31st, 2018.
Please see entry guidelines
below:
GUILDLINES:
STEP 1
Prepare a 2 to 3 minute
long show reel for your online
submission.
STEP 2
Log on to www.africamagic.tv
and navigate to the
submission page.
STEP 3
Fill out the submission
forms and upload the clip.
A unique reference number
will be allocated to
each completed online
submission
Depending on their location,
participants should
send their entries to either
of the following addresses,
quoting their unique reference
number.
POPULAR GHANAIAN actress, Grace
Omaboe, popularly known as Maame
Dokono has revealed that she was in a relationship
with Veteran actor David Dontoh
for protection.
According to the 71-year-old actress,
she was in a relationship for five years
with the veteran actor because she needed
protection from men who were worrying
her at her prime.
Speaking to Bola Ray on Starr Chat on
Wednesday she said “I was very beautiful,
men used to bow in front me after a show
they used to worry me, so David as my
boyfriend protected me from these men.”
She added that she gained the name
‘Maame Dokono’ due to a role she played
in one of the movies which also starred
David Dontoh as ‘Ghana man’.
Grace Omaboe, who had become a
household name from acting, television
and radio programmes, also said she was
denied access to meet the Minister at the
Creative Arts Ministry when she was
going to present an idea.
She said “I went there, I climbed long
stairs just to wait for long hours at the reception
and what they tell me is the minister
isn’t available.”
The legend also advised the young industry
players to invest in other businesses
so that they don’t end up begging
in their old age like some of the veteran
actors and actresses are doing.
She told the host that she single-handedly
raised her six children who are based
abroad with one being a medical doctor
and another with the World Bank. She has
three houses and her Peace and Love Orphanage
which has now been converted
into a school.
•Grace Omaboe,
Veteran actress

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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018
Ghana to engage
Nigeria in
netball friendly
BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH
THE NETBALL Association of
Ghana (NAG) will on Saturday, March
17, 2018 host their Nigerian counterparts
in an international friendly
match at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The friendly match forms part of
activities to commemorate Ghana’s
celebration of her 61st Independence
Day anniversary.
The President of NAG, Rev. Emmanuel
Nikoi said the game is also a
return leg of a similar match played in
October last year to mark Nigeria’s
Independence Day.
He said that Ghana won the first
leg 44-16 and hopes to repeat a similar
score line so as to affirm their authority
over the Nigerians, who are expected
to arrive on Friday, March 16,
2018.
Rev. Nikoi said his federation
would also organise the maiden
Aboakyir Netball Festival in Winneba
on May 2, 2018 and later move to Ho
for the Keep Fit Netball Festival in
July.
Ghana netball is not ranked in the
current world ranking of netball by
the International Netball Federation
(INF), but the association is hoping
that after participating in some INF
recognised championships, they
would bounce back to the world ladder.
He mentioned that Ghana would
participate in Africa seniors’ netball
championship to be held in August in
Lusaka, Zambia.
He said the championship is a
ranking tournament and serves as
qualification to the World Seniors’
Netball Championship to be held next
year.
There are six Africa countries in
the ranking: South Africa (5th),
Malawi (6th), Uganda (13th), Zambia
(15th), Zimbabwe (17th) and Botswana
(18th).
•Rev. Emmanuel Nikoi,
president of NAG,
•Some players of Accra
Great Olympics
Great Olympics
want justice – PRO
BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH
THE PUBLIC
Relations Officer
of Accra
Great Olympics,
Saint Osei has
said the reason
for placing injunction on the
commencement of the
2017/2018 Ghana Premier
League (GPL) is that they
want justice from the Ghana
Football Association (GFA).
He told the DAILY
HERITAGE in Accra on
Wednesday that all they want
is for the GFA to show them
respect, noting that they could
have used 30 minutes to resolve
the matter and the case
would not have been stretched
this far.
According to him, some of
the football pundits and the
media should not blame them
but blame the GFA as they
have failed to do their job
properly.
“All we are doing is to
bring sanity into the legal system
of the GFA. All we are
seeking from the GFA is a fair
hearing in a disciplinary case
against Bechem United over
an issue of an unqualified
player. On Thursday, March
15, 2018 we will go to court.
Accra Great Olympics are not
being selfish,” he stated.
The PRO said the GFA
had shown incompetence in
handling the case from last
year October.
Accra Great Olympics on
Tuesday placed another injunction
on the commencement
of the 2017/18 GPL
which was scheduled to kick
off this weekend.
The league has been postponed
indefinitely by the Premier
League Board and the
first hearing of the case has
been set for March 15, 2018.
Rugby Africa Bronze Cup is a national event – Herbert Mensah
BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH
THE PRESIDENT of the
Ghana Rugby Football Union,
Mr Herbert Mensah, has said
that the upcoming Rugby
Africa Bronze Cup scheduled
for May 2018 is a national
event and not just a rugby
event.
In a video message from his
home to the DAILY HER-
ITAGE in Accra on Wednesday,
Mr Mensah said the
hosting of the Bronze Cup in
Ghana would be very massive.
Ghana will host three African
countries-Lesotho, Mauritius
and Rwanda in three months
time.
“The amounts involved are
massive, and there are some
parties who are up-and-standing
and who are supporting the
event. I thank them,” Mr Mensah
said.
•Mr Herbert Mensah, president, Ghana
Rugby Football Union
Mr Mensah has in the past
been critical of the lack of
support from the Ghana sporting
bodies to support not only
Ghana rugby, but all minority
sports.
The amount needed to host
the Bronze Cup in Ghana, an
honour that was bestowed on
Ghana for the second year in a
row, runs into tens of thousands
of dollars.
He is, thus, appealing to all
to help to make Ghanaians
proud of one of their best performing
national sports.
Ghana Rugby had a memorable
year in 2017 when it won
the Rugby Afrique Regional
Challenge between Ghana,
Benin and Togo in May 2017.
They also became the full
members of World Rugby and
also got ranked on the Rugby
Afrique Men’s Sevens table for
the first time in its history in
Kampala last year.
Ghana rugby got promoted
to the Rugby Afrique Bronze
Cup Division in November
2017 and has been awarded the
hosting rights of the Rugby
Africa Bronze Cup in May
2018.