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•FLASHBACK: Some of the 

accused persons leaving the court 

•Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, 

Minister of Fisheries and 

Aquaculture Development 

• Gideon 

Nii Tettey 

Tetteh 

•Francis Abban (R), host of ‘Morning Starr’ on 

Starr FM, presenting a cheque to Dr Lawrence Siriboe, 

Director of the Cardiothoracic Centre 

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WORLD 

Sarkozy faces more 

questioning 

in Gaddafi funding 

POLITICS 

Minority fumes over 

establishment of US 

military base in Ghana 

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Developing courage 

and presentation 

skills in the youth 

SPORTS 

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Ghana to select 

handball team 

for Niger 2018 

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2018 is my action 

year – Krowor MP 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE MEMBER of Parliament 

(MP) for Krowor Constituency, 

who doubles as the Minister of 

Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, 

Mrs Elizabeth Afoley 

Quaye, has declared 2018 as “my action year” 

following the commencement of projects in 

the constituency. 

Mrs Quaye, the first female lawmaker in the 

history of the constituency, explained that the 

year 2017 was used to engage investors and 

lobby them for projects and that processes for 

the projects to be realised had been completed. 

In an interview with the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, Mrs Quaye announced the construction 

of an ice block factory at Nungua in 

the newest Krowor Municipality of the 

Greater Accra Region to inspire fishing activities 

in the area. 

According to her, the construction of the 

ice block factory this year would be supported 

by the Korea Overseas Fisheries Association 

and expressed the government’s commitment 

to growing the fishing industry. 

“We are starting this year. I call this year my 

action year. Last year we were getting the 

processes in place and we were trying to engage 

with investors and all that, so this year is 

our action year. Contracts have been awarded 

and contracts will be awarded for the construction 

of the projects to start. 

While borrowing the President Nana Addo 

• ACP Felix Fosu-Agyeman, the Kpeshie District Police Commander 

receiving a donation from Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, MP for Krowor 

and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s words “I’m in a hurry” 

to buttress her point, she said, “My President 

is in a hurry, and I cannot do less than that, 

but also be in a hurry.” 

All ready for ice block factory 

The Minister said, “I want to immediately 

tell the whole world and the people of Krowor 

that we are putting up an ice making factory in 

Krowor. This is happening now because all the 

materials needed for the construction of the 

facility are ready,” she said. 

According to the MP, the government has 

identified fish as a key commodity in the agriculture 

sector, and had taken steps to support 

women in the sector by providing them with 

improved fish-smoking ovens. 

“It is important for our waterbodies to be 

safe. Ghanaians must desist from desecrating 

the sea with plastic waste otherwise we will 

wake up one day to the painful realisation that 

the perceived bottomless monumental treasure 

is gone for good,” Mrs Afoley Quaye warned. 

She commended fishermen nationwide for 

their effort in providing the country with fish 

despite the challenges that the sector has encountered, 

particularly in relation to climate 

change. 

She, however, charged the fisher-folk to 

protect the ocean and other water bodies to 

ensure they reap better rewards from their 

trade. 

Plastic Waste Plant for Teshie- 

Nungua 

Mrs Quaye also told the paper that the 

Fisheries Ministry under the Alternative livelihood 

Programme for the close-season, “we 

are siting a plastic processing facility in this 

constituency, (Nungua), and we are siting another 

one at Teshie, so the fishermen themselves 

will go round and collect the plastic 

waste and process them so that is also going to 

be a way of managing the plastic waste.” 

Dredging 

Touching on how soon major drains in the 

constituency would be dredged and others 

constructed, Mrs Quaye said, “Immediately we 

will have to dredge them, we have to de-silt the 

drains to allow water to flow. 

According to her, “It is getting closer to the 

rainy season, so immediately we have to take 

out the plastics that have filled the drain to 

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We’re innocent 


muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.c 

om.gh 

ATEAM of five lawyers 

yesterday made their 

appearance at the 

Criminal Division of 

the Accra High Court 

to represent the 14 accused persons 

who have been charged for their respective 

roles in the murder of the 

ex-military officer, Major Maxwell 

Adams Mahama. 

Some of the accused persons, 

since they were committed for trial 

at the high court, have been struggling 

to engage the services of legal 

brains, forcing the commencement 

of their trial to be deferred twice. 

This even led to the trial judge, 

Justice Mariama Owusu, a Court of 

Appeal judge sitting with additional 

responsibility as a High Court judge 

to caution that should they appear 

yesterday without legal representation 

the trial would commence. 

However, in court yesterday, five 

lawyers made an appearance to 

cover all the accused persons whose 

• Maj. Mahama killers tell court, 

five lawyers to their defence 

respective pleas were taken and they 

all pleaded not guilty to their respective 

counts of abetment, conspiracy 

to commit murder and murder. 

The legal team comprises lawyer 

George Bernard Shaw, Augustines 

About, Augustine Gyamfi, Seidu 

Nasigri and lawyer Godwin Gyamfi. 

We’re innocent 

William Baah, the Assemblyman 

of Denkyira Obuasi, pleaded not 

•Flashback: The suspected killers 

guilty to his charge of abetment of 

murder, while the remaining 13, 

charged with conspiracy, also 

pleaded not guilty. 

They are Bernard Asamoah, Kofi 

Nyame, Akwasi Baah, Kwame 

Tuffour, Joseph Appiah Kubi, 

Michael Anim, Bismark Donkor, 

John Boasie, Akwasi Asante, Charles 

Quaining, Emmanuel Baidoo, Bismark 

Abanga and Kwadwo Animah. 

Asamoah, Nyame, Baah, Tuffour, 

Kubi, Anim, Donkor, Boasie, Asante 

and Quaining also pleaded not guilty 

to the charge of murder. 

The court presided over by 

Mariama Owusu, adjourned the 

matter to April 12, for a seven-member 

jury to be empanelled for the 

trial. 

State team 

The state was represented by Mrs 

Evelyn Keelson, Chief State Attorney, 

Frances Mullen Ansah, Principal 

State Attorney, Joshua Sackey, State 

Attorney and Enam Bro-Mensah, 

Assistant State Attorney. 

Govt disrespected 

Ghanaians — STRANEK 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

US military base saga 

THE STRATEGIC Thinkers Network 

(STRANEK) Africa, a policy think tank, has expressed 

its concern about the potential establishment 

of the United States (US) military base 

in the country. 

According to them, the government did not 

show respect to Ghanaians before going into 

agreement with their US counterpart. 

An official of STRANEK, Gideon Nii 

Tettey Tetteh, told the DAILY HERITAGE 

yesterday it would have been appropriate for the 

government to consult stakeholders in the security 

fraternity before coming up with the decision. 

He expressed the opinion that the establishment 

of the military base in the country would 

expose the country to terrorists, saying, “Ghana 

being a soft spot for terrorists cannot be excluded 

with regard to the agreement sent to 

Parliament.” 

“There is no term limit in the agreement, 

which means the US military base will be here 

till thy kingdom come. It’s only respectful that 

Ghanaians are told before the agreement is sent 

to Parliament because they gave the government 

the mandate to govern. 

“Parliament is just to rubber stamp the 

agreement. Government has majority in Parliament 

and whether good or bad they can pass it 

with their numbers,” adding that, “Stakeholders 

meetings or forum for discussions with people 

from all walks of life in Ghana is better grassroots 

orientation.” 

Mr Tettey further disclosed to the paper that 

they were in talks with authorities to stage a 

massive demonstration against the government 

if Parliament approves the establishment of the 

military base in the country. 

In their release copied to the DAILY 

HERITAGE earlier, STRANEK stated that 

“Ghana’s sovereignty cannot be bought with 

such a meagre amount in an agreement which 

has no termination point or limit of stay but 

litany of benefits to the US.” 

“This agreement, in addition, goes [beyond] 

Ghana’s Non-aligned diplomatic stance, which 

will go a long way to make Ghana’s partners uncomfortable,” 

he added. 

US denies claim 

Meanwhile the United States Embassy in 

Ghana has denied reports that the US government 

is planning to establish a military base in 

the country. . 

In a statement copied to the DAILY 

HERITAGE, the US explained that “The 

current Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) 

between the United States of America and the 

Republic of Ghana is approximately 20 years 

old. It does not cover the current range and volume 

of bilateral exercises and assistance.” 

“This year, the United States of America is 

investing over $20 million in training and equipment 

for the Ghanaian Armed Forces. Ghana is 

also once again preparing to train U.S forces – 

as it did in 2017. The United States and Ghana 

are planning joint security exercises in 2018, 

which requires access to Ghanaian bases by US 

participants and those from other nations when 

included,” the statement read. 

Background 

The government of Ghana has begun a 

process to grant the US military an unrestricted 

access to its military facilities. The agreement 

will permit the U.S. Military to use Ghana as a 

base for staging and deploying forces. 

According to the agreement, Ghana will 

provide unimpeded access to and use of agreed 

facilities and areas to the U.S. forces and contractors. 

It also allows U.S. forces and their contractors 

to undertake construction activities on 

and make alterations and improvements to 

agreed facilities and areas. 

The U.S. forces are also authorised to control 

entry to the facilities meant for the exclusive 

use of their forces.

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•The refugee camps offer those seeking sex 

easy access to children 

The Rohingya children trafficked for sex 

GIRLS IN their early teens are 

being trafficked into prostitution 

in Rohingya refugee camps 

in Bangladesh, a BBC News investigation 

has found. Foreigners 

seeking sex can easily gain 

access to children who have 

fled conflict in Myanmar and 

now face a new threat. 

"Women came with a van. 

They asked me, if I'd go with 

them." 

After accepting their help, 

she was bundled into a car, with 

the promise of safe passage to 

a new life. Instead she was 

taken to the nearest city, Cox's 

Bazar. 

"Not long after that they 

brought two boys to me. They 

showed me a knife and 

punched me in my tummy and 

beat me because I wasn't cooperating. 

Then the boys raped 

me. I wasn't willing to have sex 

but they kept going." 

A BBC team alongside the 

Foundation Sentinel, a nonprofit 

group established to train 

and assist law enforcement 

agencies combating child exploitation, 

headed to 

Bangladesh to investigate the 

networks behind the trade we 

had heard so much about. BBC 


WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sarkozy faces more 

questioning 

in Gaddafi funding 

FRANCE’S NICOLAS 

Sarkozy faced a second 

day of questioning on 

Wednesday by investigators 

looking into allegations 

that his 2007 

election campaign had received funds 

from late Libyan leader Muammar 

Gaddafi. 

Sarkozy, president from 2007 to 

2012, was seen by a Reuters photographer 

leaving his home in Paris with 

his lawyer in a car, then entering the 

offices of investigators who had 

placed him in custody and started 

questioning him on Tuesday. 

That start of a second day of 

questioning was confirmed by a second 

source close to the inquiry who 

said the session started at 8 a.m. local 

time. 

Neither Sarkozy nor his lawyers 

have commented publicly about the 

latest development in an inquiry that 

began five years ago. But the 63-yearold 

has in the past called the allegations 

“grotesque” and a “manipulation”. 

The judicial inquiry began in 2013 

after the French news website Mediapart 

published assertions by a 

Franco-Lebanese businessman, Ziad 

Takieddine, that he had transferred 5 

million euros ($6 million) from 

Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief 

Abdullah Senussi to Sarkozy’s campaign 

chief. Reuters 

Congo govt to open talks about new mining code 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of 

Congo said it would open talks on 

Friday with mining companies 

about implementing some of the 

most contentious provisions in a 

new mining code that hikes taxes 

and royalties in the face of objections 

from industry. 

President Joseph Kabila signed 

the new code earlier this month, 

replacing the previous 2002 law. 

Foreign investors in Congo, which 

include Glencore, Randgold, 

China Molybdenum and Ivanhoe, 

•Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy enters his car as he leaves his house in Paris 

said it would scare off investment 

and violate existing agreements. 

In a meeting before he signed 

the code, Kabila assured the companies 

their concerns would be 

discussed in follow-up talks to 

draft regulations for the sector. 

Mines Minister Martin Kabwelulu 

told reporters on Wednesday 

that the talks with major 

companies present in Congo, 

which is Africa’s top copper producer 

and mines more than half 

the world’s cobalt, would begin on 

Friday at 0900 GMT. 

According to a work plan Kabwelulu 

sent to the companies, the 

negotiations will be divided into 

six “pillars” running from March 

16 to April 24, with a preliminary 

draft of the regulations to be completed 

by May 2. Government officials 

have already begun work on 

pillar 1. 

The regulations must be 

adopted by the government within 

90 days of the code’s signing - on 

June 7. Reuters 

World news in 4 stories 

•Some of the newly-released Dapchi schoolgirls are 

pictured in Jumbam village, Yobe State 

Militants free scores of 

abducted Nigerian 

schoolgirls 

ISLAMIST MILITANTS 

drove scores of kidnapped 

Nigerian schoolgirls back 

into the town where they had 

been captured a month ago 

and abruptly set them free 

on Wednesday. 

The captors gave no reason 

for their release, but 

Nigeria denied that a ransom 

had been paid. Several of the 

girls said some of their 

friends had died in captivity 

and one was still being held. 

The fighters from the 

Boko Haram group, some 

shouting ‘God is greatest’, 

drove the girls back into the 

northeast town of Dapchi in 

a line of trucks in the morning, 

dropped them off then 

left, witnesses told Reuters. 

“I don’t know why they 

brought us back but they 

said because we are children 

of Muslims,” one of the 

freed girls, Khadija Grema, 

told Reuters. 

Aliyu Maina, reunited 

with his 13-year-old daughter, 

said the fighters 

“stopped and blocked the 

road, they didn’t talk to anybody, 

they didn’t greet anybody.” 

“They said people should 

make space for people to 

recognize their children and 

I got my child.” Reuters 

•Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila addresses a news 

conference


YESTERDAY, THE Government of 

Ghana through the Ministry of Defence 

told us (Ghanaians) and the world at large 

that it cannot back out of the controversial 

military agreement with the United States of 

America. 

Despite public outcry and protests from 

the minority that government is selling our 

country’s sovereignty to the United States, 

government is saying we cannot back out of 

the said deal. 

So, in whose interest is this agreement 

going to serve? The government of the day? 

Or the minority in Parliament or the entire 

29 plus million Ghanaians? In his press conference 

yesterday, the Defence Minister, Dominic 

Nitiwul, said Ghana cannot back out 


Editorial 

Let do things the right way! 

of the agreement due to previous agreements 

signed between Ghana and US. 

“We have already signed a 1998 agreement, 

we have signed the 2015 agreement 

and we have already caught ourselves in this 

net and we cannot back out because this is 

just a combination of the two agreements,” 

the Bimbilla MP stated. 

According to him, the US is not setting 

up a military base in Ghana, but it is only a 

partnership between the two countries. 

“The United States has not requested, 

nor does it plan to establish a military base 

or bases in Ghana,” a statement by the US 

Embassy in Ghana. 

We at the DAILY HERITAGE believe 

that in politics there are positive measures 

that are used to provide checks and balances, 

especially in a democratic state like 

Ghana. 

We want to urge the lawmakers and the 

policy makers to be fair and firm with us as 

Ghanaians and be truthful to us at all times. 

Our leaders especially and all public-spirited 

Ghanaians owe our nation some level of responsibility 

and must at all times defend it 

against the oppressor. 

But, it appears that the system of 

Democracy we are practising here is all 

about blaming one party or another, leaving 

the subject matter unattended to. 

We want our policy makers to be proactive 

and demonstrate maturity and leadership. 

We want our parliamentarians to be 

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honest with us by giving us the best deals 

that would help us grow. 

Our lawmakers and government officials 

would be hailed best if, for instance, those 

in opposition will be bold and honest 

enough to tell us that deals by the opponents 

are best and need to be supported. 

In a similar way, should those in government 

come out to criticise their own policies 

and decisions they think would not help us 

a country, we will hail them. This is the kind 

of leadership we want, not the type that borders 

on jumping onto the bandwagon in 

which case those in leadership positions or 

their opponents are joined or supported by 

their followers no matter what. 

2018 is my action 

year — Krowor MP 

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• Francis Abban, host of the ‘Morning Starr’ (4th right), flanked by a team of on-air presenters 

and backroom staff to present the cheque to officials of the Centre 

Starr FM donates to 

Korle-Bu Cardio unit 

GHANA’S FASTEST- 

GROWING radio station, 

Starr 103.5FM, has donated 

GH¢69, 000 to the 

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital’s 

Cardiothoracic Centre. 

The amount was raised through the 

station’s Heartbeat Project launched in 

February, encouraging listeners and wellwishers 

to contribute to help patients with 

chronic heart diseases pay for heart surgeries. 

Listeners contributed via mobile 

money while others called in to the station’s 

programmes to pledge to a campaign 

which was originally meant to raise 

Gh¢50, 000 to support the Cardiothoracic 

Centre to save lives of persons with heartrelated 

diseases. 

After a successful month-long fund 

raising and awareness creation, the host of 

the ‘Morning Starr’, Francis Abban, led a 

team of on-air presenters and backroom 

staff to present the cheque to officials of 

the centre. 

The Director of the Cardiothoracic 

Centre, Dr. Lawrence Siriboe, who received 

the donation on behalf of the outfit, 

expressed gratitude to Starr 103.5FM 

for taking the initiative. 

“I wish to express the gratitude of the 

Centre and the numerous patients we have 

to Starr FM. You promised and you’ve 

more than delivered,” Dr Siriboe stated. 

He added: “We thank all those who 

donated and God replenish it. No amount 

is too small. I wish that people will continue 

to be benevolent and this shouldn’t 

be the end because on a daily basis we 

keep getting more patients.” 

About 80% of the heart cases reported 

at the Centre involve children 

protect the residents, at 

least. We have already written 

to the Urban Roads Department, 

so they have also 

come round to inspect the 

drain. What we have to do 

is to push for the construction 

of the storm drain immediately. 

“It is a project that I 

want to do this particular 

this. Last year we were able 

to capture it in our budget 

so it’s already there. What 

we have to do is to ensure 

that the contract is awarded 

for the construction,” she 

explained. 

While calling on the constituency 

to be all involving, 

she said, “Before the dredging 

is done for the construction 

to take place, we 

will engage with the residents 

to be part of it, educate 

them and let them 

know why they should not 

be dumping solid waste in 

the drain.” 

Sports complex 

Touching on the construction 

of a sports complex 

in the constituency, the 

MP said land for the construction 

had been secured 

and a sod-cutting ceremony 

would be performed to 

mark the commencement 

of the project immediately. 

The complex, she said, 

would be situated at the 

Nungua Royal Height 

School area, a development 

that has led to the MP donating 

bags of cement, 

gravels and trips of sand for 

the construction of a bridge 

for easy access to the demarcated 

area for the complex. 

"We are going to construct 

a Sports Complex at 

Nungua because we have 

had a lot of footballers 

here, we have had many 

athletes here, so what it 

means is that we have the 

talents here and we need to 

develop them. We don’t 

have a place for the youth 

to recognise as a playing 

centre so we are coming to 

build one," she earlier told 

the paper. 

Support Nungua 

police 

The MP, as part of her 

effort to strengthen the existing 

bond with the police, 

has donated 10 gold acrylic 

paint, five Azar paint filler, 

eight pieces of Leyland 

gross finish, 12 gallons of 

turpentine, a set of sand 

paper, a 43-inch LED television 

set and an undisclosed 

amount to the 

Kpeshie Divisional Police 

Command.


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Tool of success: 

Believe in yourself 

BY ABUNDANT ROBERT K. 

AWOLUGUTU 

“Believe in yourself, you are worthy 

and you are capable of success.” 

-Gin Ng Khin Wee 

THERE IS power in 

believing in oneself. 

When you believe in 

yourself it will empower 

you to take 

action towards success 

and live your dream life. 

Every successful person was 

once an amateur like me and you. 

The difference between a successful 

person and a non-successful 

person lies in their belief. 

A successful person has an upbeat 

attitude and work tirelessly to 

achieve their goals. They believe 

success is governed by timeless 

principles and that success leaves 

clues. They believe by applying 

success principles in any area of 

their life, they can attain success. 

They believe in having a positive 

mental attitude. With a wellcrafted 

strategy and hard work and 

discipline, they can turn their 

dreams into reality. 

They believe when they take 

the right steps and give their all to 

whatever they are doing, they will 

eventually land in their success 

zone. 

They trust their instincts and 

allow their intuition to guide them 

every step of the way. They understand 

the power of belief, that it 

can produce miraculous results in 

their life. 

When you have a strong belief 

that you can succeed, it will help 

you to overcome every obstacle 

life throws at you. Theirs is to 

press on and not give up because 

of challenges and disappointments. 

They understand that mistakes 

are part of the process for getting 

to the top. When they make mistakes, 

they learn the lessons and 

get on with life. 

Mistakes are a signal that something 

went wrong and that you 

need to fine-tune your plan or restrategise. 

Instead of giving up, 

they look for a solution to the 

problem. 

When you believe in yourself 

and what you are capable of 

achieving, you will not allow anything 

to distract you. You will insulate 

yourself from the naysayers 

and dream stealers. 

Those who believe in themselves 

also believe they can make a 

meaningful contribution that can 

make the world a better place. 

They look at the problems of people 

and find a solution to them. 

This is what brings them a fortune. 

The question is: if you don’t 

believe in yourself , who else will? 

The non-successful persons do 

not believe they can succeed. They 

do not think they are worth much. 

They think and believe they do 

not deserve success. They believe 

people will not value what they 

have to offer. They allow people 

to dictate how they should live. 

Even if they could do something 

that would make them successful, 

they do not believe they 

can do it. 

Non-successful persons have 

limiting beliefs that hold them 

back from making progress and 

achieving their goals. Their disempowering 

beliefs keep them in 

their comfort zone. 

None of the rules of success 

will work if you do not believe in 

yourself. Your beliefs will determine 

the success you have in your 

life. 

Believing in oneself is necessary 

for the victorious life. It is a 

winning tool. 

It is your highway to a life of 

endless accomplishments and 

abundance. It is the number one 

secret of successful people. 

Yours in inspiration, 

ARK AWOLUGUTU 

Cell: 0208 455 296/0559 466 

048 

Email: awolugutu@yahoo.com 

Developing courage and presentation skills in the youth 

BY ANIS HAFFAR 

COURAGE WAS famously defined 

by the American writer and 

Nobel laureate, Ernest Hemingway 

(1899 – 1961), as “Grace under 

pressure”. That definition resonated 

with Dr Joyce Aryee’s remarks 

to pupils from Crimson 

Dawn Junior High School (of 

Akosombo) when she said, “We 

learn because we want to get to the 

knowledge about something; we 

need to analyse the knowledge; we 

need to think through the knowledge; 

we need to apply the knowledge, 

so if we want to have a 

changed mind that focuses on 

what is right we need courage”. 

Her assertion was most articulate, 

echoing tones from William 

Shakespeare: “screw your courage 

to the sticking-place, And we’ll not 

fail.” 

Never fear to 

stand alone 

Clearly one of the most gifted 

speakers in Ghana – and speaking 

right off the cuff – she stressed, 

“Learning is not just the way we 

have been doing it, and I am sure 

that after listening to Uncle Anis 

you recognize now that learning 

needs to take a different turn, 

right? Yes, we learn not because 

we just want to go and regurgitate 

information, to give back to the 

teacher everything they gave us; 

no, that is not learning.” 

Relating to pressures from the 

status quo, family – or peer pressure 

from friends – to stray off 

one’s defined course, she alluded 

to the biblical characters 

Esther and David, 

and said, “Never fear 

to stand alone if you 

believe you’re in the 

right path of success.” 

She continued, 

“We have to be determined 

and focused 

to be in the 

right path of success. 

We sense that there is 

something in us that we 

need to develop to be 

able to make a meaningful 

impact in our generation. In 

fact, all of us need to recognize 

that we need to add value to ourselves 

through the way we get educated. 

We learn to learn. You have 

to learn to learn; you know that?” 

And when is better to prepare 

young people for a brighter future 

than right from their childhood. 

And that is why it was so appropriate 

for the proprietor of Corricrech 

/ Crimson Dawn JHS, Mrs 

Corrine Sackey, to respond to the 

need through an Educamp retreat 

at the Pentecost Convention Centre, 

Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region 

(March 2-5, 2018) for her JHS students. 

The Educamp topics included 

“Emotional Intelligence for 

an enhanced self-confidence” and 

“Adolescent reproductive health”. 

My two presentations included 

•Joyce Aryee 

Presentation 

Skills as Learning Strategies 

and Career Planning. 

Presentation secrets 

Presentations have become the 

de facto tool of communication 

across disciplines and boundaries: 

It helps when you not only tell 

your story but show it as well. 

In any presentation the key is to 

adhere to the four criteria defined 

as follows: 1. The evidence of 

preparation through knowledge / 

mastery of subject to be delivered; 

2. Body language exuding confidence 

through poise and proper 

comportment; 3. Making eye contact 

with audience so that both 

speaker and listeners feel each 

other; and 4. The nature of the delivery 

must engage the audience’s 

interests at all times 

through speaker’s enthusiasm 

and subtle waves of 

fun. 

Once the criteria 

were established, the 

expectations were 

modelled through 

demonstrations or 

guided practices. 

Then, peer evaluation 

becomes appropriate 

through the 

scoring of group presentations 

along the following 

rubric: 4 points 

for very good; 3 points for 

good; 2 points for merely satisfactory; 

and 1 point for poor. 

It’s important that the pupils 

themselves own the contents, 

process, and give judgment without 

undue interference by adults. 

Career planning 

Some young people come to 

school with career interests, values, 

or convictions already in place. 

And for those who don’t, they 

need to be apprised of such possibilities. 

As Richard Branson of the 

Virgin Atlantic fame puts it, 

“Everyone has something valuable 

to bring to the table”. And one 

may add: if you are not at the 

table, you’re on the menu; that is 

to say, the world does not wait for 

people to be ready; and those that 

choose to stay passive do so at 

their own peril, to be unduly taken 

advantage of by others. 

Two tweets by Fred Swaniker 

of African Leadership University 

come to mind to help raise awareness. 

He said, “Start young and get 

lots of practice if you want to be 

an entrepreneur. Don’t dismiss the 

‘small’ projects you do today.” He 

added: “A moon-shot thinking 

refers to a big, bold audacious goal 

that is beyond most people’s imagination 

when it is conceived; it’s 

what Africa needs.” 

Steve Jobs 

Know that the job you do for a 

living is one thing; the work you 

were born to do is another thing. 

And that raises the question: What 

do you want to live for? The question 

prepares every potential entrepreneur 

to discern a greater and 

wider horizon as they begin to 

think of careers. 

As Steve Jobs put it, “You’ve 

got to find what you love. Your 

work is going to fill a large part of 

your life, and the only way to be 

truly satisfied is to do what you believe 

is great work. And the only 

way to do great work is to love 

what you do. If you haven’t found 

it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” 

My concluding advice to the 

youth: Be a brand; be the go-to 

person; be a lifelong learner; select 

mentors who fit your interests and 

develop your own unadulterated 

values.


Immediate first aid for burns 

Heat burns 

Smother any flames by covering 

them with a blanket or water. If your 

clothing catches fire, do not run; stop, 

drop, and roll on the ground to 

smother the flames. 

Cold temperature burns 

Try first aid measures to warm the 

areas. Small areas of your body (ears, 

face, nose, fingers, toes) that are really 

cold or frozen can be warmed by 

blowing warm air on them, tucking 

them inside your clothing or putting 

them in warm water. 

Liquid scald burns 

Run cool tap water over the burn 

for 10 to 20 minutes. Do not use ice. 

Electrical burns 

After the person has been separated 

from the electrical source, check 

for breathing and a heartbeat. If the 

person is not breathing or does not 

have a heartbeat, call. 

Chemical burns 

Natural foods such as chili peppers, 

which contain a substance irritating to 

the skin, can cause a burning sensation. 

When a chemical burn occurs, find out 

what chemical caused the burn. 



&Env. 

Expert hails drug stopping 

childbirth bleeding 

MS MILKA 

Dinev, Representative 

of the 

Reproductive 

Health Supplies 

Coalition 

(RHSC), has insisted that all actors 

in the reproductive and maternal 

health commodity supplies 

chain should accord the same attention 

and quality assurance bestowed 

on beverage beer to 

Oxytocin to save lives. 

Oxytocin is a first line drug 

used to curtail post-partum haemorrhage 

(PPH -Bleeding) during 

birth. Misoprostol, Ergometrine 

and Magnesium sulphate are 

other drugs used to stop excessive 

bleeding during childbirth. 

Ms Dinev, also Technical 

Leader of Maternal Health Supplies 

Caucus, said this at the training 

section of selected members 

of the African Health Journalists 

Association participating in the 

18th General Membership Meeting 

of the RHSC in Brussels, Belgium. 

She said “Like we cherish our 

beer fresh, Oxytocin is like beer, 

keep it safe at that preferred temperature 

so it does not lose its 

taste, which means a human life 

will be at stake, when the vaccine 

Globally, she said, maternal mortality rates 

have dropped by 43 per cent since 1990 

but in 2015 alone 300,000 women still 

died due to complications of pregnancy 

and childbirth or trying to give life. 

flats.” 

Globally, she said, maternal 

mortality rates have dropped by 

43 per cent since 1990 but in 

2015 alone 300,000 women still 

died due to complications of 

pregnancy and childbirth or trying 

to give life. 

Ms Dinev said 99 per cent of 

those deaths occurred due to developing 

business and most of 

those deaths were preventable. 

She said supply and cold-chain 

deficiencies like unavailable stock 

and counterfeit products whose 

quality had been compromised 

exposed pregnant women to unwarranted 

and needless deaths. 

According to the World Health 

Organisation, the standard temperature 

level at which Oxytocin 

should be stored, which is two to 

eight degree Celsius, had largely 

been violated, rendering the drug 

impotent at the point of use. 

She therefore called for quality 

life-saving medicines, policies, systems 

and programmes to ensure 

that quality essential maternal 

health medicines were available 

for every birth wherever that took 

place. 

Studies in 2015 have shown 

the ineffectiveness of the application 

of oxytocin in six regions by 

the Centre for Pharmaceutical 

Advancement and Training, 

which suggested stringent measures 

to reverse the trend. 

Ms Elizabeth Westley, Representative 

of International Consortium 

for Emergency 

Contraception said tender issues 

and supply chain failures had rendered 

medical products for reproductive 

and maternal health 

delivery ineffective. 

She urged the public sector 

and duty bearers to reprioritize 

the safety of reproductive and 

maternal health commodities to 

stop the many unwarranted 

deaths involving women and children. 

Ms Westley said since pharmacy 

shops and stores were the 

frontline facilities for the purchase 

of drugs and contraceptives, 

it behoved state apparatus 

to come to the protection of the 

people, stating, “Quality issues are 

explosive matters but must be 

dealt with”. 

She noted that counterfeit 

brands, including emergency contraceptive 

commodities, ostensibly 

from India and China, were 

flooding the markets without certification 

and had suspected inefficiency 

levels. 

Several studies are being undertaken, 

others on trial, for the 

efficient way of dealing with excessive 

bleeding by pregnant 

women while giving life and these 

were expected to ameliorate the 

situation globally, Ms Westley 

stated. 

Ghana ended the 2017 year 

with a maternal mortality rate of 

319 per 100,000 live births, according 

to the Ghana Health 

Service. GNA 

Fight against malaria 

New antibody to result in better prevention measures 

SCIENTISTS HAVE found a 

human antibody that prevented 

malaria infection in mice by binding 

a protein found in almost all 

the strains of the parasite worldwide. 

The human antibody was 

isolated from a protected subject 

who received an experimental vaccine 

containing whole, weakened 

malaria parasites (PfSPZ Vaccine- 

Sanaria). 

The paired findings - of both 

the antibody and the site it targets 

on the surface protein - could 

open new pathways to malaria 

prevention, researchers at the National 

Institutes of Health in the 

US have said. 

The study, published in the 

journal ‘Nature Medicine’, shows 

that the antibody, called CIS43, 

protects against malaria better 

than any antibody that had been 

described before. 

If shown to be effective in humans, 

the antibody could be given 

to people directly and potentially 

protect them from malaria for up 

to six months, said Marie Pancera 

from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research 

Center. 

Preventive malaria drugs available 

now must be taken daily, researchers 

said. What especially 

interests Pancera is whether researchers 

could use the unique 

binding site identified in the study, 

on the surface protein known as 

• Malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite and spread to humans 

through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito 

circumsporozoite protein, or CSP, 

to design a vaccine that could 

tickle the immune system to produce 

such antibodies. 

Malaria kills about 445,000 

people a year, mostly young children 

in sub-Saharan Africa, and 

sickens more than 200 million, researchers 

said. 

It is caused by the Plasmodium 

parasite and spread to humans 

through the bite of an infected 

Anopheles mosquito. About half 

the world’s population lives in 

areas that put them at risk of infection 

that places a huge social 

and economic burden on them. 

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News 

Let strengthen 

grass-roots base 

• Antwi-Boasiko to NDC 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE FORMER Eastern Regional 

Minister, Mr Antwi-Boasiko Sekyere, 

has stated that the only tool that can 

propel the National Democratic 

Congress (NDC) to victory come 

2020 is for the party to strengthen the 

grass-roots base. 

According to him, the NDC was 

formed at the grass roots and 

therefore will require the concerns 

and man power of the cadres to 

ensure effective mobilisation at all 

levels in ensuring that the party is well 

structured to wrest power from the 

ruling New Patroitic Party (NPP). 

Speaking to a group of NDC 

cadres in Accra, Mr Antwi-Boasiko 

said in the past, the party was noted 

for reorganisation at the local level 

but abandoned the skill in 2016 to the 

NPP who, after losing the 2012 

elections, adopted the NDC’s door-todoor 

campaign strategy. 

He added that per what the NPP 

did in 2016, “they are gradually 

building on the grass-roots support, 

winning almost all the urban centres 

and performed creditably well in 

some rural areas.” 

“The NDC could not believe the 

2016 elections results because it had 

virtually abandoned all the principles 

and ideals that made it a phenomenal 

and unbeatable natural party for 

government,” he stated. 

Mr Antwi-Boasiko admonished the 

cadres to be more vibrant at the 

grass roots in order to wrest power 

from the NPP. 

“Comrades, let me tell you that 

tactics without strategy is the noise 

before defeat,” he said. 

Elections are for the future and the 

past. There must be a compelling 

narrative of hope for the future if 

you want to carry the people with 

you, but not beating your chest 

recounting your past glory.” 

The NDC bigwig said instead of 

the party leadership to concentrate on 

the main reason why the party lost in 

2016, they were rather changing the 

reasons and “if we don’t know what 

led to our loss, how can we reorganise 

to win power come 2020?” 

He reminded the cadres of the 

main principles of NDC such as 

putting people before profit, and 

being a voice for the voiceless in 

society, adding that those who think 

that the party can win power without 

the founder’s input were living in 

oblivion or had lost touch with reality. 

“Comrades and friends of the 

NDC fraternity, let me end by 

admonishing all members of the 

noble party that we need credible 

leadership at all levels behind NDC 

core principle and values to prepare 

for that battle and the challenges 

ahead of 2020 elections,” he stated. 

Professor Kojo Gauvah, a senior 

lecturer at the University of Ghana, 

said it was time party executive 

differentiated between core leaders 

who have the party at heart and those 

who only use money to influence 

votes and afterwards go to sleep. 

He said as “we revitalise our party, 

we should look for leaders who have 

the zeal to fight for the values and 

principles handed over to the new 

generation by the old folks.” 

According to him, the party cannot 

throw away its values and principles 

and say they have a new NDC. If we 

do that we will be hanging ourselves.” 

• Mr Antwi-Boasiko Sekyere, former Eastern Regional Minister 

Court rules on Oti 

Region tomorrow 


muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE ATTORNEY 

General’s Department is 

seeking an early end to 

the application before 

the Human Right Court 

asking it to compel the 

Commission of Enquiry for the 

creation of new regions to extend its 

consultation to the southern part of 

the Volta Region. 

The suit filed by the Chief of 

Srogbe, Torgbi Kpatamia IV, and five 

others is also for the court to order the 

Commission to hold the hearings on 

whether a new region should be carved 

out of the present Volta Region after 

their concerns for hearing were 

ignored. 

The applicants contended that the 

manner in which the consultaition was 

done was prejudicial because it did not 

afford the residents of the southern 

part the opportunity to be heard. 

But, in court yesterday, the AG, 

MR ALEX Adenyo, the partnership 

facilitator of the Asuogyaman Cluster 

of projects for Compassion 

International, has urged the 

government and stakeholders to 

preserve the cultural heritage of 

Ghanaian societies for enhanced 

development. 

Speaking at the maiden cultural 

festival for some 3,700 children on 

the theme ‘Positive Christo-Cultural 

Beliefs: A firm Foundation for a Solid 

Christian Life’, Mr Adenyo said there 

would be no meaningful development 

should children and young people be 

kept away from the positive elements 

of their native culture and traditions. 

“Even though Compassion is 

purely a Christian organisation, we 

recognise the fact that there are some 

good cultural practices in our 

communities that need to be 

highlighted since they will support 

our effort of bringing up responsible 

Christian adults and influence the 

represented by Jonathan Acquah, 

argued that the application did not 

deserve to be heard, and prayed for it 

to be dismissed. 

Mr Acquah said the issues being 

raised were moot because the time set 

for hearings in the Volta Region had 

passed, adding that even though the 

application was filed on January 18, the 

AG received it on January 22, 2018, 

two clear days after the hearings were 

completed, a development he prayed 

the court not to entertain. 

The State Attorney, however, 

questioned the basis for the decision of 

the applicants to sue the Chairman of 

the Commission of Enquiry and the 

Minister for Regional Reorganization, 

arguing that Article 279 (2) of the 

1992 Constitution precludes 

Commissions of Enquiry from being 

sued for their work. 

"A sole commissioner or a member 

of a commission of inquiry shall not 

be liable to any action or suit in respect 

of any matter or thing done by him in 

the performance of his function as a 

commissioner or member," Mr Acquah 

Preserve Ghana’s heritage 

FROM ANTHONY AMOAH, 

APEGUSO (E/R) 

development of our country,” he 

said. 

Nana Ofori Nyarko II, the 

Adonten-Gyasehene of Akwamu 

Traditional Area, who chaired the 

function, lauded the organisation for 

their support and urged the 

DAILY HERITAGE, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Lawyer Quarshiga 

said even though 

persons unhappy 

with the findings of 

a Commission of 

Enquiry under 

Article 279 could 

appeal to the Court 

of Appeal, the 

findings of the 

Commission of 

Enquiry under 

Article 5 of the 

Constitution would 

be difficult to 

contest because it is 

not against anyone. 

• A group of children performing a traditional dance 

participants to strengthen their effort 

in promoting positive indigenous 

Ghanaian culture and traditions for 

development. 

Mr Thomas Nyarko Ampem, the 

Member of Parliament for 

Asuogyaman, who was the guest 

said. 

He further argued that the 

applicants had failed to make a case 

against the Minister for Regional 

Reorganization and so should not have 

sued him, but instead their concern 

was to be directed to the AG. 

Opposition 

While opposing the arguments of 

the AG, lawyer for the applicants, 

Albert Quarshiga, said their case was 

tied to the six-month mandate of the 

Commission, which is yet to expire. 

According to him, the excluded 

areas of the region could not be 

denied hearing simply because the five 

days the Commission has allocated for 

hearings in the region has elapsed. 

Lawyer Quarshiga says he is 

convinced hearings can still be held in 

the ignored parts of the Volta Region, 

emphasizing that the Commission 

could return to the region and hold the 

hearings if ordered by the court. 

He also contested the claim that the 

Constitution grants the Commission 

immunity from legal action, arguing 

speaker, said there was the need for 

citizens to complement the effort of 

the government in developing the 

that the Commission was set up under 

Article 5 and not 279 of the 1992 

Constitution. 

Lawyer Quarshiga said even though 

persons unhappy with the findings of 

a Commission of Enquiry under 

Article 279 could appeal to the Court 

of Appeal, the findings of the 

Commission of Enquiry under Article 

5 of the Constitution would be 

difficult to contest because it is not 

against anyone. 

He indicated that the applicants 

were challenging the decision not to 

hold hearings close to them because 

that contravenes the law that set up the 

Commission, hence the Commission is 

being sued for breaching its own 

Constitutional Instrument. 

Concerning the minister, counsel 

admitted that they had no case against 

the Minister and as such would have 

no difficulty if that said about him was 

struck out. 

The court presided over by Justice 

Gifty Agyei-Addo would decide on the 

objection on March 23, 2018. 

• Govt urged 

• Mr Alex Adenyo addressing the 

gathering 

area and that, “No 

government can do it all 

alone. 

“We need the support of 

everybody to develop and we 

must always be proud of our 

culture and traditions else we 

are lost,” he stated. 

The children thrilled the 

audience with various cultural 

displays, including poetry 

recitals, drama, playing of 

talking drum, traditional 

drumming and dancing, and 

choral music. 

Compassion International, 

a Christian-based organisation 

with the mission of releasing 

children from poverty in 

Jesus’ name, operates in 14 

communities in the 

Asuogyaman area,namely 

Apeguso, Akosombo, 

Atimpoku, Asikuma, 

Akwamufie, Juapong, Kpong, 

Fintey, Labolabo, Gyakiti, 

Boso, South Senchi, Adjena and 

Mpakadan. 

Ghana hosts 

57th IFATCA 

BY RAMSON ACQUAH-HAYFORD 

GHANA IS the first country in 

West Africa to host the annual 

International Federation of Air 

Traffic Controllers Association 

(IFATCA) Conference. 

The conference, which began 

on Monday at Kempinski Gold 

Coast Hotel in Accra on the 

theme ‘Making the Future Ours’ , 

is expected to end on Friday, 

March 23, 2018. 

Mr Patrik Peters, who is the 

president and Chief Executive 

Officer of the association, in his 

opening remarks, said Ghana was 

chosen to host the conference 

because of the stability it had 

enjoyed for 26 years. 

According to him, the natural 

resources like cocoa, gold and the 

recent discovery of oil has 

formed the basis improving on its 

rising economy, hence the choice 

of Ghana as the venue. 

Mr Daniel Nartey, president of 

the Ghana Air Traffic Control 

Association, told the DAILY 

HERITAGE that the 

conference discussed the object 

and problems of Air Traffic 

Control worldwide. 

According to him, Ghana is 

not the only country facing this 

challenge so there was the need to 

garner and share our experiences 

to improve their profession. 

“This is primarily due to the 

dynamism the profession posses. 

It keeps on changing with 

technological advancements, 

environmental, social and 

economic issues. So the problems 

that occur somewhere which have 

been mastered we can also learn 

from,” he said. 

Mr Nartey indicated that as the 

theme of the forum suggested, it 

had become paramount for the 

association to look beyond what it 

had now and envisage the future 

because of the constant 

challenges emerging, and put the 

necessary measures in place to 

tackle them. 

• President Nana Akufo-Addo 

“This is primarily 

due to the 

dynamism the 

profession posses. 

It keeps on 

changing with 

technological 

advancements, 

environmental, 

social and 

economic issues. 

So the problems 

that occur 

somewhere which 

have been 

mastered we can 

also learn from,” 

he said.


21TH 

MARCH 

2018 

WEDNESDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.4144 4.4188 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

6.1343 

6.1408 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.4151 

5.4180 

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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

UCC student wins Guinness 

‘Piece of Ghana’ promo 

ASTUDENT of the 

University of Cape 

Coast (UCC) 

studying Business 

Management, Mr 

Collins Nkrumah 

Gyabeng, has emerged the second 

Ghanaian to be rewarded with a 

plot of land in the ongoing Guinness 

‘Win a Piece of Ghana’ promotion. 

This means following the second 

weekly draw, Mr Gyabeng is 

now a proud owner of a plot of 

land at the prestigious Appolonia 

City at Oyibi, near Dodowa in the 

Greater Accra Region, because of 

his patronage of Guinness. 

The ‘Win a Piece of Ghana’ 

promo, which was launched on 

March 1, 2018 seeks to reward 16 

loyal Guinness drinkers over a period 

of 16 weeks with plots of 

land at Appolonia City. 

During the presentation ceremony 

at the office of Guinness 

Ghana Breweries Limited in 

Accra, the Marketing Manager for 

•Mr Collins Nkrumah Gyabeng (L) second winner in 'Win a Piece of Ghana' 

promo with and official of Guinness 

Guinness, Mrs Lesego Lebogang 

Babe, said, “I am very elated that 

once again we have given another 

Ghanaian starting his adult life 

with a real taste of independence. 

This means a lot to us because we 

are giving them a head start to a 

great future with opportunity to 

own land. 

“Two weeks after the launch of 

this promo, I am very happy to announce 

that we have had over 

800,000 entries, which is a clear 

sign that this is a promotion that 

really resonates 

with 

Ghanaians.” 

She indicated 

that the 

promotion 

was 

the Guinness 

brand’s 

way of 

celebrating 

independence 

with 

Ghanaians 

and showing 

appreciation 

to 

its consumers for their loyalty to 

Guinness over the last 57 years. 

Receiving his prize, Mr 

Gyabeng expressed appreciation 

to Guinness for coming up with 

such an innovative campaign to 

empower Ghanaians. 

“I still cannot believe it. I am 

very excited and encouraged to 

complete my studies, graduate in 

2019 and take my time to plan 

what I want to do with my land. 

Thank you Guinness for this reward; 

indeed, I have been given 

the nod to be independent,” he 

said. 

There are still 14 plots of land 

left to be won during the promotion 

as well as the opportunity to 

win millions of instant prizes, including 

airtime and data. Guinness 

drinkers should look out for limited 

edition of the Ghanaian bottle 

in bars and in store and SMS the 

code under the crown to 2125 to 

stand a chance to win a prize in 

the promotion. 

“Guinness is a bold, distinctive 

beer that has been proudly brewed 

here in Ghana for over 57 years. 

It is an iconic beer that isn’t afraid 

to express itself, a beer that has the 

darkest liquid, but the brightest 

flavours,” a Guinness source said. 

Minister warns revenue collectors 

MRS ELIZABETH Sackey, Deputy 

Greater Accra Regional Minister, has 

warned revenue collectors to be transparent 

in the discharge of their duties, 

saying “staff caught in corrupt practices 

would be dealt with according to 

the law”. 

Mrs Sackey, therefore, implored the 

staff of revenue collecting agencies to 

serve as state financial watchdogs and 

report any wrongdoing or financial 

leakages to the respective authorities to 

ensure accountability as far as revenue 

mobilization was concerned. 

Warning 

The Deputy Minister gave the 

warning when she paid a working visit 

to the Ada East District Assembly to 

acquaint herself with their operations 

and chart the way forward in the development 

of the community. 

She noted that some of the financial 

leakages within the Assemblies 

could have been saved and used for 

important projects or pay contract staff 

but due to individuals’ parochial interest, 

the Assembly was denied those financial 

inflows. 

Mrs Sackey, therefore, tasked the 

Assemblies to adopt holistic anti-leakage 

mechanisms to ward off corruption 

and save the public purse from 

embezzlement, and urged the staff to 

unite and work as a team to uplift the 

image of the Ada East assembly. 

Focusing on the state of the Ada 

East District Assembly, the Deputy Regional 

Minister expressed concern 

about its deplorable state, and reminded 

them that it was their duty to 

initiate development before seeking 

government support. 

She said the government alone cannot 

spearhead development issues, especially 

at the local level and tasked the 

Assemblies to be pro-active and lead in 

basic projects which do not require 

heavy capital to transform the communities. 

She urged the staff to work diligently 

and think of the nation’s interest 

devoid of political affiliations to pave 

the way for development within the 

district. 

Recourse to time 

Mrs Sackey cautioned indisciplined 

staff who come to work at their own 

will without due recourse to time, stating 

that the Assembly would soon introduce 

a clock-in system to curtail 

that challenge to enhance productivity. 

According to the Deputy Minister,” 

encouraged the staff to think outside 

the box, be innovative and support 

plans or programmes of management. 

If you are productive, there is always 

work beyond your normal schedule, 

exploit these ventures. 

“Laziness does not build a nation, it 

retards personal growth and by extension 

that of a country. It is your responsibility 

to be proactive in the discharge 

of your work to ensure 

efficiency”. 

Impressed with level of 

sanitation 

She was, however, impressed about 

the level of sanitation in the communities 

and urged the authority to continue 

with the good works in 

improving sanitation. 

Mrs Sackey assured the Assembly 

of the commitment of the Government 

to ensure the completion of the 

ultra-modern Assembly office, which 

started nine years ago, and called for 

support from all to actualise the project. 

She said the government was in a 

hurry for development and that it was 

imperative for the Assembly to put in 

their best to ensure the success of all 

projects in the community. 

The Minister expressed worry 

about the high rate of HIV/AIDS in 

the area, urging the authority to intensify 

education on the disease and expect 

a decrease of the disease in the 

coming months. 

She inspected projects in the community 

such as CHPS Compound at 

Agorkpo and Teikpitikope, Police Station 

at Big Ada and the construction of 

a district assembly complex at Atortorkope. 

Ms Sarah Dugbakie Pobee, the District 

Chief Executive (DCE) of Ada 

East District Assembly, said the Assembly 

in 2017 recorded 59 per cent of 

its revenue target, and that she was optimistic 

of improving the target to 99 

per cent in 2018. 

She called for support from the 

government and corporate bodies to 

procure additional waste containers to 

improve sanitation in the jurisdiction 

of the Assembly. GNA



DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 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 

Minority fumes over establishment 

of US military base in Ghana 

THE MINORITY 

caucus in Parliament 

has learned 

with alarm, a decision 

by President 

Akufo-Addo 

to permit the establishment of a 

Military Base for the United 

States Armed Forces in Ghana 

and the subsequent invitation to 

Parliament to approve the 

agreement covering same. 

After a careful reading of the 

details of the agreement and the 

cabinet approval dated March 

12, 2018, we wish to make the 

following initial comments: 

1. We deplore the total secrecy 

that has shrouded the negotiations 

leading up to the 

drafting of this agreement. The 

Akufo-Addo government’s concealment 

of the agreement 

from the people of Ghana betrays 

a certain disregard for the 

sensibility of our people and their 

fierce defence of our sovereignty. 

2. The agreement has been 

drafted in a manner that does not 

state a termination point. In other 

words, it would exist in perpetuity. 

This therefore binds all successive 

governments and yet little or no 

input was sought from political 

stakeholders especially those with 

capacity to form government. 

3. Article 10 of the agreement 

confers exceptionally generous 

terms on the American side including 

sweeping tax exemptions 

on imports and exports of various 

categories of goods and services. 

We find it unacceptable that at a 

time when the Akufo Addo government 

continues to lament significant 

shortfalls in revenue and 

in the face of astronomical duty 

payments by Ghanaian importers, 

personnel of the Armed Forces of 

the wealthiest nation on earth 

• Haruna Idrisu, Minority Leader 

would be exempted from tax and 

levy payments and in such generous 

proportions. 

4. The agreement has been presented 

in a manner that conceals 

vital information which should be 

available to ensure informed debate 

on the subject. Whilst Article 

1(3) of the agreement mentions 

‘Annex A” as the part where information 

relating to “Agreed facilities 

and arrears” to be used for the 

purpose of establishing where the 

base can be found, no information 

is provided in the agreement about 

the said “Annex A” or the “Agreed 

Areas”. This omission greatly 

hampers a thorough study and review 

of the document. 

5. We find the non-availability 

of restraints on movements of 

United States Army personnel in 

Ghana as spelt out in Article 12 of 

the agreement, troubling, as it 

opens up the country in a manner 

that undermines both our sovereignty 

and security. 

6. The waiver of the 

requirement for the use of 

valid drivers’ licenses issued 

by appropriate 

Ghanaian authorities in 

Article 13 of the agreement, 

smacks off wanton 

disregard for Ghanaian 

law and seeks to impose 

American law on the 

We deplore the total secrecy that has shrouded the negotiations 

leading up to the drafting of this agreement. The 

Akufo Addo government’s concealment of the agreement 

from the people of Ghana betrays a certain disregard for 

the sensibility of our people and their fierce defence of our 

sovereignty. 

country. We are at a loss as to why 

US citizens in Ghana cannot comply 

with such a basic requirement? 

7. We are deeply concerned 

that provision is made in Article 

15 of the agreement for American 

Law once again to be imposed on 

Ghana in the settlement of claims 

arising out of the operations of 

the base including death, destruction 

of property or injury. This 

provision needlessly subjugates 

Ghana to the United States of 

America in an unacceptable way. 

8. There is a manifest lack of 

clarity on the nature of the dedicated 

runway which Article 5(1) 

commits the Government of 

Ghana to provide. We wish be apprised 

of the exact runway in 

question. 

9. Given our precarious economic 

circumstances, we find it 

unconscionable that Ghana would 

be made to assume responsibility 

including cost, for the provision 

of security for American Military 

personnel in Ghana as captured in 

Article 8 of the agreement. 

10. More fundamentally, we 

find it difficult to appreciate how 

• Samuel Okudzeto, Ranking Member, 

Foreign Affairs Committee 

the Akufo Addo government 

could enter into an agreement 

from which the country derives 

virtually nothing. We take note of 

claims by Defence Minister, Dominic 

Nitiwul, that an amount of 

US$ 20 million would be given to 

the Ghana Armed Forces as part 

of regular support. 

We fail to see how this amount 

can qualify as the direct benefit 

that we are deriving as a nation 

from this agreement which is so 

disproportionally skewed in favour 

of the United States of America. 

In any event, the quoted amount 

would be woefully inadequate to 

compensate for the huge sacrifices 

that Ghana is making under this 

agreement and the total surrender 

of our sovereignty. It further 

makes complete mockery of the 

much-vaunted “Ghana beyond 

Aid” slogan of President Akufo 

Addo. 

11. We condemn the offer of 

the use of a dedicated radio spectrum 

by the United States Forces 

free of charge, as captured in Article 

14 of the agreement. This is 

happening at a time when Ghanaian 

companies have either had 

their licenses revoked or been 

slapped with astronomical fines 

for alleged non-payment of spectrum 

fees. 

We wish to stress that the primary 

interest of any 

truly free State as 

Ghana, is the preservation 

of its sovereignty 

and the 

autonomy of its 

people. The proposed 

agreement 

denigrates both, as 

well as the authority 

of our government 

and laws. 

In light of the 

above, we demand 

an immediate withdrawal 

of the agreement 

from 

Parliament pending 

the holding of 

broad consultations 

and a thorough national 

discussion involving 

all relevant 

stakeholders. 

More importantly, 

the Akufo 

Addo government 

cannot disregard genuine concerns 

by Ghanaians that the siting of 

this base in Ghana and the presence 

of United States Armed 

Forces personnel, could make the 

nation a prime target for terrorists 

who have intensified their activities 

in the West African Sub-Region. 

In its current form, this agreement 

completely betrays the interest 

of Ghana. 

The statement was issued and 

signed by Mr Haruna Iddrisu MP 

and Minority Leader and Mr 

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (MP) 

and Ranking Member, Foreign Affairs 

Committee on Tuesday, 

March 20, 2018.


12 

DAILY 

Politics 


HERITAGE THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 

Ghana committed to CFTA’s 

success –Akufo-Addo 

BY WILBERFORCE ASARE 

THE PRESIDENT 

Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, has said 

Ghana is fully committed 

to the success 

of the Continental 

Free Trade Area (CFTA), after its 

formal launch in Kigali, Rwanda, at 

an Extraordinary Session of the Assembly 

of Heads of State and Government 

of the African Union (AU) 

yesterday. 

With the CFAT described as “the 

largest free trade area created since 

the formation of the World Trade 

Organisation”, President Akufo- 

Addo noted that Ghana has already 

indicated her readiness to host the 

CFTA secretariat in Accra. 

The coming into being of the 

CFTA, according to the President, is 

one of the most important decisions 

the AU will ever take. 

“Fifty-five years ago, the Organisation 

of African Unity was formed 

to spearhead the struggle for liberation 

and de-colonisation of our continent. 

Its triumph ushered us into 

the era of the AU, our continental 

body, which is now the champion of 

our collective interests in the global 

community,” he said. 

The President continued, “The 

time is now right that we demonstrate 

strong political will to make 

the African Union an economic and 

political success, and to make the 

project of integration real.” 

With Africa’s population set to 

reach some two billion people in 20 

years time, President Akufo-Addo 

noted that an African Common Market 

presents immense opportunities 

to bring prosperity to the continent 

with hard work, enterprise and creativity, 

hence, the importance of the 

success of the CFTA. 

“A working, common continental 

market has to be a very fundamental 

objective of all peoples and governments 

on the continent. Research 

has shown that countries or groups 

of countries with the largest share of 

world trade are located within regions 

with the highest levels of 

intra-regional trade. It is, thus, vital 

that the treaty works, and that the 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo 

CFTA becomes reality,” he said. 

An increase in trade, President 

Akufo-Addo explained, is 

the surest way to develop fruitful 

relations between African 

countries. 

“An increase in trade is the 

surest way to develop fruitful 

relations between our respective 

countries. It will mean a rapid 

increase in exchanges of our 

agricultural, financial, industrial, 

scientific and technological 

products, which would enhance 

dramatically our attainment of 

prosperity, and the prospects of 

employment for the broad 

masses of Africans, particularly 

our youth,” the President 

added. 

President Akufo-Addo appended 

his signature to the 

three legal instruments namely 

the agreement 

establishing the CFTA; the 

protocol on free movement of 

persons; and the Kigali declaration, 

which have brought the 

CFTA into being. 

Provide us with party office 

• Concerned Tarkwa NDC members yield 

CONCERNED PARTY supporters 

of the opposition National Democratic 

Congress (NDC) in the 

Tarkwa-Nsuaem constituency have 

charged the leadership of party to as 

a matter urgency, provide the party 

with an office. 

In a statement issued by the leadership 

of the concerned party members 

and copied to the DAILY 

HERITAGE indicated that the 

current constituency executives prior 

to their elections four years ago 

promised the party members of providing 

a well-furnished office but 

have failed to honour their pledge. 

“Isn't it embarrassing and failure 

on the part of leadership to find a 

great party like NDC in the whole of 

Tarkwa-Nsuaem just a year and a 

month in opposition without an office? 

If the current leadership of the 

party at the constituency level has 

forgotten about the promise they 

made to party prior to their election 

into leadership positions then, they 

should as a matter of urgency visit 

their archives. 

“Or perhaps, we humbly remind 

them that, they promised in their 

verbal manifesto to acquire ‘a befitting, 

well-furnished office for the 

party in the central business district 

of Tarkwa’ should they be elected as 

executives. 

“Almost four years down the line, 

“Almost four years down the line, after the people 

falling in love with their juicy promises and voting 

them into respective leadership positions, the inability 

to maintain the party office bequeathed unto them by 

the previous leadership, left the owner of that facility 

with no option than to eject the party from the office", 

the statement emphasised. 

after the people falling in love with 

their juicy promises and voting them 

into respective leadership positions, 

the inability to maintain the party office 

bequeathed unto them by the 

previous leadership, left the owner 

of that facility with no option than 

to eject the party from the office", 

the statement emphasised. 

The concerned members also revealed 

that the party has asked to 

leave the rented office and according 

to them, seeing this development as 

a total embarrassment to a great opposition 

party like the NDC. 

They also added that due to this 

situation, accessing basic information 

has become very difficult for 

them. 

Below is the full statement 

Grass-root members are not 

happy with Constituency Executives 

- Concerned party members 

We have observed with much astonishment 

the state in which our 

beloved party is, and the 

direction it is being headed to. Indeed, 

one would have expected to 

see more action-driven approach by 

a party in opposition looking forward 

to wrestling back power in a 

shortest possible time. However, it 

appears persons charged with leadership 

responsibilities to ensure the 

success of the goal above have 

rather developed a lackadaisical attitude 

and unconcerned about the 

state the party finds itself. 

Isn't it embarrassing, and failure 

on the part of leadership, to find a 

great party like NDC in the whole of 

Tarkwa-Nsuaem just a year and a 

month in opposition without an office? 

If the current leadership of the 

party at the Constituency level has 

forgotten about the promise they 

made to party people prior to their 

election into leadership positions 

then, they should as a matter of urgency 

visit their archives. Or perhaps, 

we humbly remind them that, 

they promised in their verbal manifesto 

to acquire" a befitting, well-furnished 

office for the party in the 

central business district of Tarkwa” 

should they be elected as executives. 

Almost four years down the line, 

after party people falling in love with 

their juicy promises and voting them 

into respective leadership positions, 

the inability to maintain the party office 

bequeathed unto them by the 

previous leadership, left the owner 

of that facility with no option than 

to eject the party from the office. 

The party as we write is under reorganization 

with a nationwide registration 

of its members. "We have no 

party office" as said by the constituency 

chairman in one of the recent 

party meetings. Where to access 

basic information, with regards to 

the ongoing re-organization in the 

constituency has turned nightmare 

to us, and to all concerned party 

members, we believe. 

We, therefore, by this release, 

calling on leadership to as a matter 

urgency, secure a party office where 

members could go and transact 

party businesses on daily basis, especially 

in this hour of re-organization 

exercise. 

God bless Tarkwa-Nsuaem!

13 

WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

Freda 

Rhymz 

out with 

‘Jammin’ 

•Freda Rhymes, 

rapper 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

WINNER 

OF 

MTN 

Hit 

Maker 

Season 6 

and the newest member on the 

Black Avenue Muzik label, 

Freda Rhymes, born Freda 

Baffour Awuah, has dropped 

her first official single dubbed 

‘Jammin’. 

The new song was engineered 

by Harma Boi and produced 

by DJ Breezy xFantom. 

The artiste, who is currently 

signed to Black Avenue Muzik 

owned by Ghanaian business 

mogul Desmond Blackmore, 

known in showbiz as D-Black, 

is known to be a talented,creative 

rapper and songwriter. 

She is signed onto the label 

for five years and is currently 

the first and only female rapper 

on the label since her signing 

on Thursday, January 18, 

2018. 

According to the founder 

and Chief Executive Officer of 

the record label, the label sees 

to sign artistes with unique talents 

that correlate with showbiz 

understanding. 

In a WhatsApp interview 

with D-Black, he told the 

DAILY HERITAGE that “It 

is all dependent on the artiste 

to be honest. We want everyone 

signed to the label to be 

happy and comfortable living 

their dreams. If it ever gets to 

the point where an artiste is 

not happy anymore in the 

label, it is fine if they want to 

find happiness elsewhere. 

In September last year, D- 

Black named five artistes on 

the label in a press launch 

event hosted by KOD inside 

Oasis Pool and Shisha Lounge 

in Cantonments. The exceptional 

artistes who bring on 

board variety of music genres 

were Freda Rhym, ,Kobla Jnr, 

Dahlin Gage, Wisa Greid, 

Osayo, S3fa and Nina Ricchie. 

Freda was also featured on 

the recently released new single, 

‘Kokorkor’, featuring all 

the artistes on the label. Her 

songs are available on music 

platforms. 

•Samini 

Samini to 

headline Afrobeats 

Perth Festival 

SAMINI HAS gradually warmed himself to 

the elite of Ghanaian musicians with his 

world appeal. 

The world is yet to have more from the 

Ghanaian music legend as he is set to headline 

the first ever Afrobeats Perth Festival in 

Australia. 

The festival, a birth-child of Perfect Promotions 

AUS, is scheduled to celebrate the 

best in Afrobeats music and dance as a showcase 

to the world. Fifty thousand are expected 

at the festival. 

Saturday March 31 is set to be a long 

Easter weekend with excitement as Samini is 

poised on his mission to put Ghana music on 

the map like he has done throughout his 14- 

year long music career, winning Best African 

Act at the MOBO Awards, Best Performer at 

the MAMA’s, Best African Entertainer at 

IRAWMA Awards alongside an MTV European 

Music Awards nomination for Best 

African Act. 

Kaywa’s artistes drop group single 

ARTISTES UNDER the Highly 

Spiritual Music label have released 

their debut group single 

dubbed‘Something Spiritual.’ 

The song was produced by Samsney 

and comes with the announcement 

of five new signees joining 

Kurl Songx on Kaywa’s label. 

The artistes, Mr Drew, King 

Maaga, Krymi, Yaw Berk, the sexy 

Rashelle Blue and Kurl Songx, all 

had turns on the song. They all delivered 

the very best of vocal on 

the song, showing their versatility 

side. 

This first single as a group is 

paving the way for their individual 

artiste single projects, which are in 

the pipeline. 

The management has mentioned 

that the video of ‘Something Spiritual’, 

which was shot by Prince 

Dovlo, is set to follow up soon. 

•All six 

artistes on 

the song



I didn’t want 

any babymama 

drama 

— Stonebwoy 

GHANAIAN 

DANCEHALL 

artiste, Stonebwoy, 

says he decided 

to have a 

baby after marriage 

to avoid any baby-mama 

drama. 

He added that he wanted to be 

a responsible husband and father.“This 

is my first child. No 

baby-mama drama. I have to build 

my career besides my family, so 

this is me having to be a responsible 

father and a married man. It is 

well emulating to be a father and 

husband rather than being a baby 

daddy. This is worth emulating,” 

explained Stonebwoy to JOY 

NEWS’ MzGee. 

“I have always had it at the 

back of my mind to be able to 

build a family and grow it.” 

He also spoke about naming 

his daughter after his late mother. 

“Even if she were alive, I’d still 

have named my first daughter 

after her. For me, Catherine is 

back in my own hands, under my 

own care. Anything I wished to 

do for my mother, now I can do 

it.” 

•Stonebwoy 

and wife 

Trey Songz arrested on 

suspicion of domestic violence 

•Wizkid and R2bees 

in a music video 

I cannot sign R2bees –Wizkid 

NIGERIAN MUSIC superstar, Ayodeji 

Ibrahim Balogun, known as 

Wizkid in showbiz, has revealed that 

legendary Ghanaian music duo, 

R2bees were never signed to his 

world acclaimed record label, Starboy 

Entertainment, because of their 

status. 

According to the 'Ojuelegba' hit 

maker, the Ghanaian music superstars 

are too big to be signed to his 

record label. 

Speaking on a Nigerian radio station, 

Wizkid said; "It's a family 

thing. R2bees was never signed to 

Starboy. R2bees cannot be signed on 

Starboy. These are people who 

started music before I did. It’s a collaboration 

we did to put out music." 

Wizkid, who has been friends 

with the multiple award winning 

music duo for some time now, clarified 

the notion that R2bees were 

signed to his Starboy label, saying 

the affiliation was never contractual 

and was only born out of friendship 

and his love for R2bees and Ghana. 

Wizkid was a guest on Urban 96 

FM’s #UrbanClubMix, where he 

also spoke on his plans to get married. 

The award-winning musician said 

if all the women in his life decide to 

marry him, then maybe he will get 

married. 

He also spoke on how he would 

love to relocate to Ghana when he 

was much older. 

SINGER TREY Songz was arrested 

in Los Angeles last Monday 

on suspicion of felony 

domestic violence after a 

woman claimed he choked and 

punched her last month. 

The R&B star, whose real 

name is Tremaine Neverson, 

surrendered to LAPD at a station 

in Hollywood with his 

lawyer Shawn Holley, sources 

confirmed to the Daily News. 

The alleged victim, Andrea 

Buera, 27, has stated Neverson 

violently attacked her in a jealous 

rage during an after-party at 

this rental home during the 

NBA All-Star weekend. 

"He has been cooperating 

with law enforcement from the 

beginning and is confident when 

all is said and done, he will be 

vindicated," a source close to 

the singer told The News on 

Monday. 

Buera gave her account of 

the attack at a press conference 

last week with her lawyer Lisa 

Bloom being present. 

She said Neverson choked 

and punched her — and 

knocked her to the ground — 

because they previously dated 

and he did not like the fact she 

was speaking with one of his 

friends. 

"While I was on the ground, 

he continued punching me, and 

he did not stop until his security 

pulled him off me," Buera said. 

"People stood and watched, 

and some scurried away," she 

said. "When I called an Uber, he 

threw my phones over a cliff." 

Buera said she was terrified 

and suffered a concussion that 

led to migraines and vomiting. 

The Los Angeles County 

District Attorney has not yet received 

the case for review and 

has not filed any charges, the 

source close to the investigation 

said on Monday. 

Two weeks ago, a Los Angeles 

judge ordered Neverson to 

stay at least 100 yards away from 

Buera and not attempt to contact 

her. 

In her statement to the 

court, Buera said she was at 

Neverson's rental house on February 

17 when he began berating 

her. 

"You want to act like a 

whore and get with my boy?" 

Neverson allegedly asked, according 

to the petition filed 

March 6. 

Buera claims Neverson 

"charged" at her and began the 

assault. 

Neverson took to Twitter on 

Monday morning to defend his 

innocence. “For weeks my 

lawyers &Mgmt have asked me 

not to comment on this and I 

initially agreed but this morning 

I feel that my family, the women 

that raised me, my friends & 

fans, especially the youth, need 

to hear from me. I am being lied 

on and falsely accused for someone’s 

personal gain,” he wrote. 

“I won’t be speaking too 

much more on this but would 

like to thank you for all the 

prayers and support.” msn.com

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 

DAILY HERITAGE 

THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 

National Women’s 

League starts on April 7 

THE 2018 NA- 

TIONAL Women’s 

League will commence 

on Saturday, 

April 7, 2018, at all 

the accredited 

league centres across the country. 

The two-zone 16-club competition, 

which is in its sixth edition, 

will be completed within six 

weeks, according to the fixtures 

•The Ghana handball 

women’s team 

Ghana to select handball team for Niger 2018 

THE GHANA National Handball 

Association (GNHA) youth 

teams, the Under-18 and Under- 

20, have begun preparation at 

Accra Sports Stadium towards the 

International Handball Federation 

challenge trophy for Zone three 

released on Tuesday. 

The tight schedule for 

women’s football, which was to 

commence earlier, was delayed so 

those in charge of it say there will 

be no break for the teams after 

the first round. 

The date for the grand finale 

between winners of the respective 

zones was, however, not confirmed 

in the release by the 

Women’s League Board. 

Ampem Darkoa Ladies go into 

the season as defending champions. 

Teams 

Northern Zone: 

Ashtown Ladies FC, Prisons 

Ladies FC, Pearl Pia 

Ladies FC, Fabulous Ladies 

FC, Supreme Ladies FC, 

at Niamey in Niger later this year. 

Aside Ghana, other countries 

taking part in the tournaments include 

Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, 

Nigeria, Liberia and La Cote d’ 

Ivoire. 

Mr George Bankole, the technical 

director of GNHA youth 

teams, has invited 44 players to 

participate in the preparation , explaining 

that 20 are from the 

Under-18 youth team while the 

remaining 24 players are from the 

Under-20 team. 

Northern Ladies FC, Ampem 

Darkoa and Kumasi Sports 

Academy. 

Southern Zone: 

Hasaacas Ladies, Halifax 

Ladies FC, Immigration 

Ladies, Sea Lions Ladies, Ladystrikers, 

Samaria Ladies, Police 

Ladies and Soccer 

Intellectuals. 

The three-day non- residential 

camping in Accra will enable the 

players to engage in a justify-yourinclusion 

which the coach would 

use to select the best players for 

the upcoming tournament in 

Niger. 

Azumah Nelson 

‘Fight Night 5 

Round 2’ returns 

HEMANN PROMOTIONS presents 

Azumah Nelson ‘Fight Night 5 

Round 2’ on Saturday, March 24, 

2018, at the Bukom Boxing Arena 

in Accra headlined by the WBA 

Pan-African super featherweight 

championship between Bright 

'Checker' Ayala of Ghana (14-0, 9 

KOs) and Ghana-based Nigerian 

Wahab 'Seunzy' Oluwaseun (15-0, 

10 KOs). 

The co-main fight is between 

two undefeated boxers, both former 

gold medallists with the Black 

Bombers, Emmanuel 'Mayweather' 

Martey (12-0, 9 KOs) and Emmanuel 

'Horse Power' Anim (13-0, 

11 Kos) and at stake for grabs is 

the Ghana super middleweight belt. 

There is also a Commonwealth title 

eliminator. 

The third bout is a Ghana super 

lightweight championship which 

sees the undefeated title holder, 

Nathaniel Kpakpo 'Punisher' Allotey 

(11-0, 8 KOs) taking on the 

Ashaiman-based Abraham 'Ebo 

Electric' Afful (8-3-1, 8 KOs) whilst 

Felix 'Alvaro' Ajom (8-1-1, 5 KOs) 

fights against the fearless Michael 

'One Bullet' Ansah (7-3, 6 KOs) in 

an interim Ghana super featherweight 

championship that could set 

the Bukom Boxing Arena on fire. 

Finally, highly rated youngster, 

Wasiru 'Dzata Bi' Mohammed (6-0, 

6 KOs) faces an expected tough test 

of his credentials from Ezekiel 'Excavator' 

Annan (7-3, 6 KOs) in a 

super featherweight catchweight 

contest scheduled for six rounds. 

Azumah Nelson Fight Night 5 

was originally scheduled for December 

9 last year but was rained 

off after only two fights. However, 

keen to whet fight the appetite of 

the fans, Hemann Promotions has 

ensured the fights between Wahab 

and Ayala, as well as Martey versus 

Anim, will still come off, for which 

all roads lead to the Bukom Boxing 

Arena in Ghana’s capital on Saturday. 

Happy Man Bitters ends romance with Kotoko 

THE MANAGEMENT and 

Board of Charger Limited, 

producers of Happy Man Bitters, 

have severed their contractual 

agreement between Happy 

Man and the National Circles 

Council (NCC) of Kumasi Asante 

Kotoko. 

A release copied to the 

DAILY HERITAGE by the 

board chairman of Charger 

Limited, Mr Emmanuel Bortey 

Borketey, said the decision was 

reached after board members 

of the company and its management 

team met on Tuesday, 

March 20, 2018, to terminate 

the agreement. 

Charger Limited had agreed 

with the management body of 

the NCC in November 2017 to 

be its title sponsor for two 

years. 

However, the contractual 

agreement has created an impasse 

between the management 

of the club and the NCC. 

“After a careful consideration 

by the Board and Management 

of Charger Limited, 

producers of Happy Man Bitters 

that has the welfare of Kumasi 

Asante Kotoko at heart, a 

decision has been reached to 

abruptly terminate the contract 

with the NCC. 

“Although we are hurt by 

this move, the decision to terminate 

was reached to provide 

the NCC and the Management 

of the club the opportunity to 

iron out their differences to ensure 

there is unity for the 

growth of the pride of Asante 

Region, Kumasi Asante Kotoko,” 

Mr Borketey said. 

According to him, Charger 

Limited is ever ready to sign 

another deal with the club and 

its supporters wing if the management 

of the club and the 

supporters of the club settle 

their differences and approach 

the company for any partnership 

in the future. 

He continued that the company 

would continue to do its 

best to help the growth of the 

sports in Ghana. 

•Some Kumasi Asante Kotoko supporters


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MzVee, Marie Stopes launch 

‘Time to Talk’ Campaign 

BY RAMSON ACQUAH-HAYFORD 

hayfordramson@gmail.com 

SENSATIONAL dancehall 

artiste, MzVee has been 

appointed ambassador for 

Marie Stopes International, a 

global organisation that 

provides contraceptive and 

sexual reproductive health services. 

She was presented with an “ambassadorial 

T-shirt” at a short ceremony at the 

organisation’s headquarters at Tesano in 

Accra to mark the beginning of her 

assignment. 

As an ambassador, MzVee also known 

as Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda, is expected to 

help Marie Stopes to offer accurate advice, 

information and support to girls and 

women who are faced with issues related 

to pregnancy and sexual reproductive 

health in general. This will be done 

under a campaign dubbed “Time to 

Talk”. 

MzVee told the DAILY 

HERITAGE shortly after 

receiving her “ambassadorial T- 

shirt” that she accepted the 

appointment because she wants to 

help to educate women and the 

many young girls growing up in all 

parts of the country and also learn 

at first hand, some of the 

difficulties that the people faced in 

respect of sexual reproductive 

health and unsafe abortion in 

particular. 

She added that during her recent 

High School Tour that took her to parts 

of the Northern Region, she observed that 

many of the teenagers in the area had 

different negative perceptions about some of 

the changes that puberty brought to their 

bodies, which girls in the urban areas found 

to be normal. 

“For instance, when we went to Tumu to 

talk to some of the girls about the menstrual 

cycle, most of them had various 

misconceptions about the cycle; they either 

found it an abomination or found it 

uncomfortable to be around boys when they 

were bleeding,” MzVee said. 

These, she said, were some of the 

experiences that encouraged her to partner 

Marie Stopes to save girls and women from 

all the negative things associated with sexual 

reproductive health, particularly unsafe 

abortion. 

MzVee admonished pregnant girls and 

women to not engage in drug and alcohol 

….to promote sexual 

reproductive health 

abuse during and after pregnancy as that 

could have negative repercussions on their 

born and unborn children. 

Time to Talk Campaign 

Maries Stopes is an International 

NGO headquartered in 

the UK. In Ghana it 

• MzVee (left) receiving a T-shirt from Ms Anne 

Coolen, Country Director of Marie Stopes Intl. 

Ghana, to signify the beginning of her 

ambassadorial assignment 

operates as Marie Stopes International 

Ghana. The NGO has been working in 

Ghana since 2006, providing family planning 

and sexual reproductive health services to 

help more than 115,000 women each 

year to choose when they want to 

have children. 

Its focus is on providing all 

clients with a comfortable and 

reassuring experience wherever 

and whenever they visit. The 

organisation also adopts the 

Marie Stopes International 

approach of reaching 

women and men who 

cannot afford or 

access services. 

Marie Stopes 

Ghana will today, 

Thursday, March 

22, 2018 

commence a 

campaign dubbed 

TIME TO TALK. 

The rationale for 

the campaign is 

centred on the fact 

that women in 

Ghana are not 

getting accurate 

advice, information 

and support when 

faced with issues 

related to pregnancy. 

Many women aren’t 

even aware of the 

• MzVee interacting with 

Ms Elizabeth Amissah, Centre Manager at 

Marie Stopes clinic, Kokomlemle and Mr 

Osman Seidu, Regional Manager, South East 

services that are legally available to them. 

Pregnancy and unsafe abortion 

For instance, just 3% of pregnant women 

and 6% of women seeking an abortion are 

aware of the legal status of abortion in 

Ghana. 

When women don’t have the information 

that they need to deal with an issue around 

pregnancy, the consequences can be 

devastating. 

Thousands of women die from unsafe 

abortion every year and thousands more face 

serious injury because they didn’t know that 

there is a safe, legal alternative. 

Unsafe abortion is one of the top causes 

of maternal deaths in Ghana. 

“We see the horrific results of unsafe 

abortions in our clinics across Ghana every 

single day. We believe that knowledge is 

power, so we’ve launched this national 

campaign, called Time to talk, to help women 

to get the information they need when it 

comes to pregnancy issues,” an official of 

Marie Stopes pointed out. 

The campaign is aimed at any woman or 

girl who is facing a pregnancy issue and 

wants to get information, advice or support. 

“Whether you’re pregnant and want to 

talk through all the options or you want to 

avoid getting pregnant in the first place, we’ll 

be able to give you information and 

support,” the officer said. 

About Marie Stopes 

Marie Stopes International is a global 

organisation with 12,000 team members working 

in 37 countries to deliver quality services. 

Starting from one single clinic in London, the 

organisation has grown from one clinic in 

Central London to become one of the world’s 

largest providers of high quality, affordable 

contraception and safe abortion services. 

Over the last 40 years, 

they have touched the 

lives of more than 120 

million women and 

girls, giving them the 

power to take control 

of their future. Today, 

there are 214 million 

women who want to use 

contraception but 

cannot and that number 

continues to grow. 

It is the outfit’s aim 

to provide services to 

214 million women in 

developing countries 

who do not have 

access to 

contraception.

MARCH 22

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