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•The Deceased, Prince
Kwabena Kumi
•Matthew Opoku
Prempeh, Minister
of Education
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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018
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WORLD
TIN registration is
free – GRA
POLITICS
I didn’t reject
protection
VIEW
PG.10
NPP appointees
sleeping on the job
must wake up
SPORTS
PG.12
Liverpool
beat City
PG.06
PG.15
Tax Identification Number is
not anti-Christ — GRA boss
BY DAAKYEHENE OFOSU-
AGYEMANG
THE COMMIS-
SIONER-GEN-
ERAL of the Ghana
Revenue Authority
(GRA), Emmanuel
Kofi Nti, has said the Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN) has
no spiritual connotation with the
Anti-Christ.
The GRA has announced that
individuals without a TIN, effective
April 3, 2018, will not be allowed
to clear goods from the
port, acquire a driver’s licence,
open a bank account, get a passport,
transact business with the
government, or register a business.
But answering a question from
Kasapa FM’s Daakyehene Ofosu
Agyeman linking the mandatory
tax to Revelation 13:17 which says
“and that no man can buy or sell
except those who had the mark or
the name of the beast or the number
of his name”, Mr Nti said “the
TIN is not 666, it has nothing to
do with any spiritual nothing.”
The TIN, according to the
GRA, is aimed at uniquely identifying
potential taxpayers to broaden
the tax base.
The Authority has, in recent
times, announced that all Ghana-
“I think we must be
tax-compliance
because that is the
only way we can be
part of the state and
demand
development from
the government.
Everybody working
must make it a point
to pay their taxes.”
ians working must acquire a TIN
to fulfil the Revenue Administration
Act (RAA), 2016 (Act 915).
Some of the institutions that
will require TIN are the DVLA,
RGD, Passport Office, GRA,
Lands Commission, Law Courts,
Ministries, government departments,
agencies, metropolitan, municipal
and district assemblies.
Addressing journalists at a press
conference, the Commissioner-
General of the GRA warned that
institutions mandated to check the
TIN must do so before transacting
businesses with the public.
“One cannot transact business
with these institutions if one does
• Emmanuel Kofi Nti, Commissioner-General
of the Ghana Revenue Authority
not have the TIN. One cannot
clear goods from the ports, register
land documents with the Lands
Commission, obtain a Tax Clearance
certificate from the GRA,
open a bank account, register your
company, and obtain payments for
jobs or contracts done for government,”
he stressed.
He added that without the TIN,
a person cannot file a case at the
courts, bid for contracts from government
agencies, conduct business
with any ministry,
departments, and agencies, metropolitan,
municipal and district assemblies.
Mr Nti explained that this is to
help increase the number of people
currently issued with TIN, a
total of 1,090,338 people.
He disclosed that the GRA had
already held series of meetings
with the key institutions that must
help inspect the TIN to ensure the
smooth operations of the policy.
“These institutions have been
requested to modify their forms to
include a field for the provision of
TIN. Consequently, GRA expects
the institutions mentioned above
to demand the TIN of their clients
before transacting business with
them,” he said.
Sounding a word of caution,
Mr Nti stressed that refusal to inspect
the TIN would mean a
breach of the law, which will attract
the necessary consequences.
He explained that to get the
TIN, “one only needs to pick a
registration form from any GRA
Office, complete and attach the
necessary coloured photocopies of
a Driver’s licence, National Identification
Card, Voter’s Identification
Card, or a passport and submit at
no cost to the GRA.”
He stated that it is important
for Ghanaians to pay their taxes
since that is the only way the government
can redistribute wealth to
cover the poor and vulnerable in
the society.
“I think we must be tax-compliance
because that is the only way
we can be part of the state and demand
development from the government.
Everybody working must
make it a point to pay their taxes.”

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WASSCE in limbo?
NEWS DESK REPORT
THE NATIONAL Association
of Graduate Teachers (NA-
GRAT) has declared an indefinite
strike beginning yesterday
to protest against the government’s
continuous refusal to pay five years’
salary arrears owed its members.
The decision to declare the strike comes
a day after final year students in Senior
High Schools began writing the West
African Senior School Certificate Examinations
(WASSCE).
Addressing a press conference, the president
of the NAGRAT, Mr Eric Angel Carbonu,
while declaring the strike, explained
that despite countless pledges by the government
to prioritise the teacher educational
sector, no action has been taken on
• As NAGRAT declares strike
• Over 5yrs’ salary arrears
their salary arrears.
“Instead what are we seeing…maneuvering
and manipulation employed by the
Ministry of Finance and the government to
drag its feet and possibly refuse to pay the
arrears at all,” he said.
According to him, after persistent push
and with no positive result arriving, NA-
GRAT has no alternative but to advise itself
and that the “leadership of NAGRAT
do hereby on this day, Wednesday April 4,
2018, resolve that all NAGRAT members
at the pre-tertiary level should lay down
their tools and stay from work.”
Salaries of NAGRAT’s members have
been in arrears since 2013.
“Instead what are we seeing…maneuvering
and manipulation
employed by the
Ministry of Finance and
the government to drag its
feet and possibly refuse to
pay the arrears at all.”
• Matthew Opoku Prempeh,
Minister of Education
GJA Disowns ‘Journalists’
NEWS DESK REPORT
THE GHANA Journalists Association (GJA)
has distanced itself from some so-called
Ghanaian journalists who are being deported
from Australia, saying “it does not know the
identities of the so-called journalists.”
Over 50 Ghanaians purporting to be journalists
have been detained in Australia and are
being deported from that country.
They claimed they were in Australia to
cover the Commonwealth Games which
kicked off yesterday but Australian officials
were not convinced the so-called journalists
would return to Ghana after the Games and
detained them.
A statement issued and copied to the
DAILY HERITAGE which was signed by
GJA president, Mr Affail Monney, stated that
it did not know the identity of the so-called
journalists; neither was it aware of their mission
in Australia.
The statement added that, “although
Ghanaian journalists travelling outside the
country for official events are not obliged to
inform the GJA
about their assignments,
it is quite
strange that the
GJA is not aware of
the identity of the
deportees, including
the media institutions
they claim to
represent.”
The Sports Ministry
has also distanced
itself from
the so-called journalists,
stating that
it did not help in facilitating
their trip
outside the country.
• Affail Monney, GJA president
Below is the full statement
It has come to the notice of the National
Executive of the Ghana Journalists Association
(GJA) that about 50 people purporting to
be Ghanaian journalists are being deported
from Australia ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth
Games scheduled to begin in that
country today, April 4, 2018.
According to reports, the Australian authorities
were not convinced about the mission
of the purported journalists in that
country because although they claimed to be
journalists and had genuine visas, many of
them did not carry the recommended equipment
for the coverage of such a sporting
event.
The GJA wishes to put on record that it
does not know the identity of the so-called
journalists; neither is it aware of their mission
in Australia. Although Ghanaian journalists
travelling outside the country for official
events are not obliged to inform the GJA
about their assignments, it is quite strange that
the GJA is not aware of the identity of the deportees,
including the media institutions they
claim to represent.
The GJA notes that the deportation of the
alleged journalists from Australia has the tendency
to soil the image of Ghanaian journalists
in particular and Ghana as a whole. For
that reason, we call on the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the police and other relevant institutions
to thoroughly investigate the matter in
order to establish the true identity of the deportees
for the purposes of redeeming the
image of Ghana and Ghanaian journalists.
The GJA wishes to take this opportunity
to advise Ghanaian journalists travelling outside
the country for official assignments to
follow the requisite protocols of their host
countries and the event organisers in order to
avoid embarrassment. Furthermore, they may
seek the assistance of the GJA to facilitate
their assignments.

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HERITAGE THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018
Units
(kWh)
ELECTRICITY COMPANY OF GHANA
ELECTRICITY TARIFF RECKONER EFFECTIVE 15TH MARCH, 2018
Energy
Charge
Street
Light
RESIDENTIAL
Nat'al
Elect
Levy
Service
Charge
TOTAL
THIS
MONTH
Total
Subsidies
Net Charge
Energy
Charge
Street
Light
NON-RESIDENTIAL
Nat'al
Elect Levy
Service
Charge
VAT &
NHIL
TOTAL
THIS
MONTH
0 0.00 - - 2.13 2.13 - 2.13 0.00 - - 10.55 1.85 12.40
1 0.28 0.01 0.01 2.13 2.43 (0.87) 1.56 0.68 0.02 0.01 10.55 1.97 13.23
2 0.55 0.02 0.01 2.13 2.71 (0.89) 1.82 1.36 0.04 0.03 10.55 2.08 14.06
3 0.83 0.02 0.02 2.13 3.00 (0.90) 2.10 2.03 0.06 0.04 10.55 2.20 14.88
4 1.11 0.03 0.02 2.13 3.29 (0.92) 2.37 2.71 0.08 0.05 10.55 2.32 15.71
5 1.38 0.04 0.03 2.13 3.58 (0.93) 2.65 3.39 0.10 0.07 10.55 2.44 16.55
10 2.77 0.08 0.06 2.13 5.04 (1.02) 4.02 6.78 0.20 0.14 10.55 3.03 20.70
15 4.15 0.12 0.08 2.13 6.48 (1.10) 5.38 10.16 0.30 0.20 10.55 3.62 24.83
20 5.54 0.17 0.11 2.13 7.95 (1.18) 6.77 13.55 0.41 0.27 10.55 4.22 29.00
25 6.92 0.21 0.14 2.13 9.40 (1.26) 8.14 16.94 0.51 0.34 10.55 4.81 33.15
30 8.31 0.25 0.17 2.13 10.86 (1.34) 9.52 20.33 0.61 0.41 10.55 5.40 37.30
35 9.69 0.29 0.19 2.13 12.30 (1.42) 10.88 23.71 0.71 0.47 10.55 6.00 41.44
40 11.08 0.33 0.22 2.13 13.76 (1.51) 12.25 27.10 0.81 0.54 10.55 6.59 45.59
45 12.46 0.37 0.25 2.13 15.21 (1.59) 13.62 30.49 0.91 0.61 10.55 7.18 49.74
50 13.85 0.42 0.28 2.13 16.68 (1.67) 15.01 33.88 1.02 0.68 10.55 7.78 53.91
51 14.40 0.43 0.29 6.33 21.45 (0.86) 20.59 34.55 1.04 0.69 10.55 7.89 54.72
60 19.40 0.58 0.39 6.33 26.70 (1.23) 25.47 40.65 1.22 0.81 10.55 8.96 62.19
70 24.95 0.75 0.50 6.33 32.53 (1.64) 30.89 47.43 1.42 0.95 10.55 10.15 70.50
80 30.51 0.92 0.61 6.33 38.37 (2.05) 36.32 54.20 1.63 1.08 10.55 11.33 78.79
90 36.06 1.08 0.72 6.33 44.19 (2.47) 41.72 60.98 1.83 1.22 10.55 12.52 87.10
100 41.62 1.25 0.83 6.33 50.03 (2.88) 47.15 67.75 2.03 1.36 10.55 13.70 95.39
110 47.17 1.42 0.94 6.33 55.86 (3.29) 52.57 74.53 2.24 1.49 10.55 14.89 103.70
120 52.72 1.58 1.05 6.33 61.68 (3.71) 57.97 81.30 2.44 1.63 10.55 16.07 111.99
130 58.28 1.75 1.17 6.33 67.53 (4.12) 63.41 88.08 2.64 1.76 10.55 17.26 120.29
140 63.83 1.91 1.28 6.33 73.35 (4.53) 68.82 94.85 2.85 1.90 10.55 18.45 128.60
150 69.39 2.08 1.39 6.33 79.19 (4.95) 74.24 101.63 3.05 2.03 10.55 19.63 136.89
151 69.94 2.10 1.40 6.33 79.77 - 79.77 102.30 3.07 2.05 10.55 19.75 137.72
160 74.94 2.25 1.50 6.33 85.02 - 85.02 108.40 3.25 2.17 10.55 20.82 145.19
170 80.49 2.41 1.61 6.33 90.84 - 90.84 115.18 3.46 2.30 10.55 22.00 153.49
180 86.05 2.58 1.72 6.33 96.68 - 96.68 121.95 3.66 2.44 10.55 23.19 161.79
190 91.60 2.75 1.83 6.33 102.51 - 102.51 128.73 3.86 2.57 10.55 24.37 170.08
200 97.16 2.91 1.94 6.33 108.34 - 108.34 135.50 4.07 2.71 10.55 25.56 178.39
210 102.71 3.08 2.05 6.33 114.17 - 114.17 142.28 4.27 2.85 10.55 26.75 186.70
220 108.26 3.25 2.17 6.33 120.01 - 120.01 149.05 4.47 2.98 10.55 27.93 194.98
230 113.82 3.41 2.28 6.33 125.84 - 125.84 155.83 4.67 3.12 10.55 29.12 203.29
240 119.37 3.58 2.39 6.33 131.67 - 131.67 162.60 4.88 3.25 10.55 30.30 211.58
250 124.93 3.75 2.50 6.33 137.51 - 137.51 169.38 5.08 3.39 10.55 31.49 219.89
260 130.48 3.91 2.61 6.33 143.33 - 143.33 176.15 5.28 3.52 10.55 32.67 228.17
270 136.03 4.08 2.72 6.33 149.16 - 149.16 182.93 5.49 3.66 10.55 33.86 236.49
280 141.59 4.25 2.83 6.33 155.00 - 155.00 189.70 5.69 3.79 10.55 35.04 244.77
290 147.14 4.41 2.94 6.33 160.82 - 160.82 196.48 5.89 3.93 10.55 36.23 253.08
300 152.70 4.58 3.05 6.33 166.66 - 166.66 203.25 6.10 4.07 10.55 37.42 261.39
310 159.90 4.80 3.20 6.33 174.23 - 174.23 210.46 6.31 4.21 10.55 38.68 270.21
320 167.11 5.01 3.34 6.33 181.79 - 181.79 217.67 6.53 4.35 10.55 39.94 279.04
330 174.32 5.23 3.49 6.33 189.37 - 189.37 224.88 6.75 4.50 10.55 41.20 287.88
340 181.53 5.45 3.63 6.33 196.94 - 196.94 232.09 6.96 4.64 10.55 42.46 296.70
350 188.74 5.66 3.77 6.33 204.50 - 204.50 239.30 7.18 4.79 10.55 43.72 305.54
400 224.79 6.74 4.50 6.33 242.36 - 242.36 275.35 8.26 5.51 10.55 50.03 349.70
450 260.83 7.82 5.22 6.33 280.20 - 280.20 311.40 9.34 6.23 10.55 56.34 393.86
500 296.88 8.91 5.94 6.33 318.06 - 318.06 347.45 10.42 6.95 10.55 62.65 438.02
550 332.92 9.99 6.66 6.33 355.90 - 355.90 383.50 11.51 7.67 10.55 68.96 482.19
600 368.97 11.07 7.38 6.33 393.75 - 393.75 419.55 12.59 8.39 10.55 75.27 526.35
650 409.02 12.27 8.18 6.33 435.80 - 435.80 476.43 14.29 9.53 10.55 85.22 596.02
700 449.07 13.47 8.98 6.33 477.85 - 477.85 533.31 16.00 10.67 10.55 95.18 665.71
750 489.12 14.67 9.78 6.33 519.90 - 519.90 590.19 17.71 11.80 10.55 105.13 735.38
800 529.17 15.88 10.58 6.33 561.96 - 561.96 647.07 19.41 12.94 10.55 115.08 805.05
850 569.22 17.08 11.38 6.33 604.01 - 604.01 703.95 21.12 14.08 10.55 125.04 874.74
900 609.27 18.28 12.19 6.33 646.07 - 646.07 760.83 22.82 15.22 10.55 134.99 944.41
950 649.32 19.48 12.99 6.33 688.12 - 688.12 817.71 24.53 16.35 10.55 144.95 1,014.09
1000 689.37 20.68 13.79 6.33 730.17 - 730.17 874.59 26.24 17.49 10.55 154.90 1,083.77
1050 729.42 21.88 14.59 6.33 772.22 - 772.22 931.47 27.94 18.63 10.55 164.85 1,153.44
1100 769.47 23.08 15.39 6.33 814.27 - 814.27 988.35 29.65 19.77 10.55 174.81 1,223.13
1200 849.57 25.49 16.99 6.33 898.38 - 898.38 1,102.11 33.06 22.04 10.55 194.72 1,362.48
1300 929.67 27.89 18.59 6.33 982.48 - 982.48 1,215.87 36.48 24.32 10.55 214.62 1,501.84
1400 1,009.77 30.29 20.20 6.33 1,066.59 - 1,066.59 1,329.63 39.89 26.59 10.55 234.53 1,641.19
1500 1,089.87 32.70 21.80 6.33 1,150.70 - 1,150.70 1,443.39 43.30 28.87 10.55 254.44 1,780.55
2000 1,490.37 44.71 29.81 6.33 1,571.22 - 1,571.22 2,012.19 60.37 40.24 10.55 353.98 2,477.33
2500 1,890.87 56.73 37.82 6.33 1,991.75 - 1,991.75 2,580.99 77.43 51.62 10.55 453.52 3,174.11
3000 2,291.37 68.74 45.83 6.33 2,412.27 - 2,412.27 3,149.79 94.49 63.00 10.55 553.06 3,870.89
3500 2,691.87 80.76 53.84 6.33 2,832.80 - 2,832.80 3,718.59 111.56 74.37 10.55 652.60 4,567.67
4000 3,092.37 92.77 61.85 6.33 3,253.32 - 3,253.32 4,287.39 128.62 85.75 10.55 752.14 5,264.45
4500 3,492.87 104.79 69.86 6.33 3,673.85 - 3,673.85 4,856.19 145.69 97.12 10.55 851.68 5,961.23
5000 3,893.37 116.80 77.87 6.33 4,094.37 - 4,094.37 5,424.99 162.75 108.50 10.55 951.22 6,658.01
10000 7,898.37 236.95 157.97 6.33 8,299.62 - 8,299.62 11,112.99 333.39 222.26 10.55 1,946.62 13,625.81
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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2018
05
Editorial
Aeronautics engineer Kumi needs justice
It is all over the media that the lifeless
body of a young aeronautics engineer
working with the African World Airlines
has been found in the vicinity of a police
checkpoint at Akyem Akroso, a
town along the road from Agona Swedru
to Akyem Oda. The information is
that Prince Kwabena Kumi was stopped
by the police manning the checkpoint
on March 31, 2018 for drunk-driving
while on his way from Accra to Asuboa,
his hometown, to celebrate Easter with
his family.
According to the family, when Kumi
did not arrive home as expected they
became worried and started searching
for him. His body was found in a bush
near the police barrier three days later
and that it bore marks of assault and
bullet wounds. They add that Kumi’s car
was later found parked at the Akyem
Akroso police station with food items
apparently meant for the mother being
intact in the car. It is even said his mobile
phone was also secure. The family
say they suspect murder.
Meanwhile a group using the hash
tag #JUSTICE4KUMI is asking why
the police would ask a drunk man to
leave their checkpoint for wherever
without an escort after they had impounded
his car for a driving offence.
The group is also asking why the police
did not contact Kumi’s family or detain
him.
Happily, it is reported that a team of
police investigators from the Eastern
Region, the region in which the incident
occurred, has commenced investigations
into circumstances that led to the
death of the young engineer.
Most of the time when such incidents
happen, loved ones would naturally
be emotional to the extent that they
can make certain statements or take actions
that undermine investigations.
This is a complex case because the
police are suspected of complicity but
the DAILY HERITAGE is happy that
investigations have swiftly been commenced
and appeals to the investigators
to take into account all questions raised
by the family and those behind the
#JUSTICE4KUMI. This is not to tell
the investigators what to do but it is an
attempt to appeal to them to satisfy all
those interested in the case.
The DAILY HERITAGE agrees in
no uncertain terms that the investigators
would acquit themselves professionally,
having in mind that surely ‘Kumi needs
justice’ and so whoever is caught in their
web of the investigations would be
brought to book.
Engineer found dead
Family demands justice
BY KOJO ANSAH
INVESTIGATIONS ARE underway
to unravel how a 34-year-old engineer
with Africa World Airlines was
mysteriously killed on Good Friday
at Akyem Akroso in the Eastern Region.
The deceased was en route from Accra
to Akyem Asuboa on Saturday to celebrate
the Easter with his family.
The family said there were marks of assault
on the body at the time of its discovery
and wants the police to investigate and
come out with the truth. The body was
conveyed to the morgue by the police
pending further investigations.
According to the family, they believe
Prince Kwabena Kumi was brutalized to
death by the police, an accusation the police
deny.
A cousin of the deceased, Gideon Saka,
told Francis Abban on the ‘Morning Starr’
on Accra-based Starr FM on Wednesday
that the family would take legal action if
the police do not give them tangible explanation
of the cause of Kumi’s death.
“We saw the car of my cousin at the
Akroso Police Station. They seized the car
with the reason that he was drunk. We
searched for him and found him killed on
the road stretch from Akroso Police Station.
“His phone was still in the car. If you
check the vehicle now, it’s been washed and
does not look like a travelling vehicle. If he
•The Deceased, Prince
Kwabena Kumi
is drunk and you have impounded his car,
find ways and means to get him home, for
now I know my cousin is with the police.
Any policeman you meet at the station says
he was not around because the issue happened
in the evening,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional Police
Command says the matter will be investigated
thoroughly to uncover the circumstances
surrounding the death.
“All I know is the gentleman was found
dead in the bush. When a person is found
driving drunk, the vehicle is supposed to be
impounded and the person detained and
then a statement would be taken from him.
“It’s unfortunate such a brilliant person
•Prince
Kwabena
Kumi (R)
has died under
such circumstances but I can assure the family
that professional investigations will be
done and the culprits will be punished,”
ASP Ebenezer Tetteh told ‘Morning Starr’.
Kumi was a graduate of the Shenyany
Aerospace University in China.

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NPP appointees sleeping
on the job must wake up
BY NANA BRAM OKAE II
IT’S A PITY that as many of us watch
from the political sidelines, we observe
several avoidable errors being committed
by appointees of this government
and this does not augur well for President
Akufo Addo.
To many appointees, it is business as
usual as they go about their official duties as
if nothing is at stake. After all, many of them
did not actively take part in the vigorous,
electrifying campaign that the President undertook
before winning the election in 2016.
Many of them have been plucked, so to
speak, from where they were perching, to
enjoy the spoils of war.
Nana Addo’s appointees
Let me say emphatically that no appointee
of Nana Addo should think for one moment
that it’s impossible to wipe out the 1,500.000
votes garnered by him in the 2016 election
for which reason they can mess about and
expect the people to vote for them again
• President Nana Akufo-Addo
overwhelmingly as they did in 2016.
Performance
It will not happen that way; it’s your
performance collectively as a government
that will send you back into government
and not slogans. After all, it’s
the same Ghanaian voters who decided
in 2012 for Mahama, who also decided
for Akufo Addo in 2016 and who will
again decide in 2020. And if your performance
is not appreciated by them
they will not vote for you.
The grapevine has it that inflating of
prices of goods and services in government
offices and agencies, is as vibrant
as during the time of the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) and that the socalled
leakages in that front are still
there.
This is because these appointees are
of the mistaken belief that victory for
the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the
2020 general election is a fore-gone
event for which reason they can take
things for granted.
I tell such people that they are wrong;
terribly wrong for holding such views. They
must rather sit up and work for the satisfaction
of the Ghanaian voter, particularly the
self-employed and shed the lackadaisical approach
to work.
Fumigation
Take for instance the issue about payment
for fumigation at the ports that was being
forcibly pushed down the throats of importers.
Importers, especially the traders,
were protesting that it wasn’t a good policy
to implement. Besides, it was going to put
another layer of cost to doing business by
importers at the ports.
Yet, government appointees insisted that
it should be implemented. While insisting on
implementing it, did they take the views of
importers and other stakeholders into consideration
or they were simply being
adamant? Did they also take into consideration
the negative effect such a policy would
have on the government of Nana Akufo
Addo?
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PARLIAMENT OF GHANA
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
REQUEST FOR MEMORANDA ON THE
RIGHT TO INFORMATION BILL, 2018
The general public is hereby informed that the Right to Information Bill, 2018 has been laid in Parliament and referred to the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary
Affairs for consideration and report.
The Committee hereby request for Memoranda from the general public in respect of the above-mentioned Bill.
The Memoranda must reach the Committee not later than Friday, 13th April, 2018 through the address below:
THE CLERK TO HTHE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL,
LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF PARLIAMENT
OSU-ACCRA
Copies of the Bill can be accessed from the website of Parliament of Ghana (www.parliament.gh).
For further enquiries, please contact the Clerk via telephone numbers 0244926911/0545660105 or email address:
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Key facts about global sanitation
• 663 million people, one
in 10, lack access to safe
water.
• 2.4 billion people, one
in three, lack access to a toilet.
• Twice the population of
the United States lives without
access to safe water.
• A third of the global
population lives without access
to a toilet.
• More people have a mobile
phone than a toilet.
• The water crisis is the
number one global risk based
on impact to society (as a
measure of devastation), as
announced by the World
Economic Forum in January
2015.
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Why rubbing your eyes is
making you look old and tired
YOU’RE EX-
HAUSTED after a
long day at work.
You find yourself
slumped in your
chair, head in your
hands, when your hands slowly
begin to creep toward your eyes.
Next thing you know, you’re giving
your eyes a good rub — and
for some reason, you start to feel
better.
Turns out, while it might feel
pretty damn good, it might not be
the best thing for you. While giving
your eyes a quick occasional
rub to relieve a brief itch is likely
harmless, if you’re going to town
rubbing them, you could be damaging
your vision and making
yourself look older.
Why does it feel so
damn good to rub your
eyes in the first place?
Typically, we feel the urge to
rub our eyes when they’re itching
or irritated—or simply because
we’re feeling stressed, says Anupama
B. Horne, M.D., chief for
comprehensive ophthalmology at
“Rubbing stimulates
tear production,
which can help moisturize
dry or tired
eyes, and remove
any irritating particles,”
says Horne. “It
can also initiate the
oculocardiac reflex,
in which pressure on
the eyeball causes a
slowing of the heart
rate and leads to a
feeling of stress reduction.”
the Duke Eye Center.
“Rubbing stimulates tear
production, which can help
moisturize dry or tired eyes, and
remove any irritating particles,”
says Horne. “It can also initiate
the oculocardiac reflex, in
which pressure on the eyeball
causes a slowing of the heart
rate and leads to a feeling of
stress reduction.”
That’s why you tend to feel
better soon after a quick rub —
slowing down your heart rate
calms you down.
That said, rubbing too hard
and too often can damage your
eyes and the surrounding structures,
explains Dr. Horne. If
any dust, eyelashes, or foreign
particles are on the surface of
•Flashback: A woman rubbing the eyes
your eye, rubbing can lead to
scratches on your cornea. A
scratched cornea can hurt like
hell. It feels like there’s something
stuck in your eye that won’t come
out, and often comes with tearing,
redness, and sensitivity to the light
as well.
Another issue with rubbing?
You can break the blood vessels
on the whites of your eyes, making
them look bloodshot. In addition,
rubbing can make the skin
around your eyes darker — and
bloodshot eyes with dark circles
can make you look haggard and
old beyond your years.
Can rubbing your eyes hurt
your vision, too?“On a deeper
level, in some genetically or otherwise
predisposed patients, excessive
rubbing of itchy eyes can
cause progressive thinning and
shape change of the cornea,
known as keratoconus,” says Dr.
Horne.
Keratoconus can significantly
decrease your vision. If that happens,
you may even need surgery
to improve it.
So how do you know if you’re
rubbing too much? Take note of
whether this eye rubbing is a habit
for you. Are you rubbing your
eyes every day? Every hour? If
you wear contacts, beware rubbing
with them in: you can move
the contacts around and end up
scratching your cornea with the
contact.
People who have had LASIK
surgery are also at a higher risk of
infection from rubbing
their eyes.
“LASIK procedures
create a flap in the outer
layers of the cornea, under
which laser is administered
to correct vision,” says Dr.
Horne. “It is possible that
if eyes are rubbed too hard
following LASIK this
could cause complications
with the flap leading to
corneal injury.”
Bottom line: Mom was
right. If your eyes are
bothering you, try some lubricating
eye drops instead.
And if you’re rubbing to
relieve stress, try this
stress-reducing breathing
technique instead to calm
down. Source: menshealth
“LASIK procedures
create a
flap in the outer
layers of the
cornea, under
which laser is administered
to correct
vision,” says
Dr. Horne. “It is
possible that if
eyes are rubbed
to hard following
LASIK that this
could cause
complications
with the flap
leading corneal
injury.”

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I’ll fulfil all my
promises
– Akufo-Addo
BY KOBINA WELSING
PRESIDENT NANA Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo has stated that he will
fulfil all his promises before his fouryear
mandate ends in 2020.
According to Akufo-Addo, most of
the promises he made to Ghanaians
have been fulfilled and that the rest
will follow soon.
“I told the good people of Ghana
that I am up to the task of running
the country. I have fulfilled a number
of campaign promises. I know we
have a lot to do. It is a four-year
mandate and by the time my four
years will be over, I would have
fulfilled all my promises.
“I am not one of the politicians
who promises and fails to deliver. I
will deliver on all my promises,” the
President told the Adanwomase Kente
Weavers and Sellers Association
during a courtesy call at the Jubilee
House in Accra.
The President has already fulfilled
his pledge to make Senior High
School Education free. Allowances for
teachers and nurses have also been
restored as promised by him during
the 2016 electioneering.
Also several taxes have been cut or
abolished by the president while
•President Nana Akufo-Addo
electricity tariff have been reduced by
the government.
However, several promises made
by Akufo-Addo are yet to take off.
The popular ‘One district, one factory’
and the ‘One village one dam’ are yet
to take off.
“I told the good
people of Ghana
that I am up to the
task of running the
country. I have
fulfilled a number of
campaign promises.
I know we have a lot
to do. It is a four
year mandate and
by the time my four
years will be over, I
would have fulfilled
all my promises.
Believe in potential
• Fibre Optics expert urges Ghanaians
BY ERICA ARTHUR
AFIBRE optics inventor
and nanotechnology
expert, Dr Thomas
Mensah, has urged
Ghanaian citizens to
exhibit the ‘Can Do
Spirit’ to be able to meet recent and
future challenges.
Dr Mensah, while addressing the
108th edition of the Speech and Prizegiving
Day of Adisadel College (his
alma mater) recently in Cape Coast,
said believing in one’s potential is a key
factor in achieving life goals.
According to him, “having the ‘can
do spirit’ exhibited by astronauts, and
great achievers in many fields of
endeavours is something which is
taught at Adisadel for us to excel in all
major disciplines, including Science,
Engineering, Law, Medicine,
Government, Languages and Liberal
Arts.”
He cited his own story of being
SENIOR PASTOR of Victory
Bible Church International
(Excellence Sanctuary) at Odorkor,
Rev Frederick K Asamoah, has
said the church is not a welfare
society as Christians perceive it it
to be.
The pastor, who is also a
lawyer, told Akua Sonto, the host
of ‘The Sonto Show’ on Agoo TV
that, “Some members will always
come to the church for assistance
but truth is, the Church is not a
Welfare Society to be helping
members who are in need of
money”
“Some Christians don’t like
giving offering at church yet will
run to the church for assistance,
which is very appalling,” he added.
Lawyer Asamoah, also a senior
lecturer at the Central University
one of the four fiber optic inventors
that have created the platform that
makes the modern global internet and
cell phone transmission work. He
added that had made it possible for
technology leaders like Bill Gates of
Microsoft to declare he wanted a
computer in every home.
Vision
Dr Mensah, whose vision is to have
every home accessible to the Internet
globally, stated emphatically that over
one billion people in the world have
access to the Internet and that had
been made possible by some of his
inventions, including Ultra High
Strength Optical Fibers used in
submarine cables.
The inventor says over 90 % of
Google data and 90% of Facebook
data, including emails, pictures and
YouTube videos are transmitted over
the submarine cable.
He said the ‘Can Do Spirit’ from
Adisadel is expressed in its motto ‘Vel
Primus Velcum Primus’ (Either the
First or with the First) and appealed to
the school authorities that they must
use it as the internal moral compass to
guide all future endeavours by
graduates of Adisadel College.
Who were there?
Personalities on the Adisadel dais
included Anglican Bishop Rt. Reverend
Victor Reginald Atta-Baffoe, Chairman
of the Board of Adisadel College; Mr
Kojo Yanka, President of Adisadel Old
Boys Association, Mr William Kusi-
Yeboah, Headmaster, and Kwamena
Duncan, the Central Regional Minster.
Exceptional students were awarded
prizes in various subjects.
A residence built by Dr Mensah’s
year group for Adisadel Teachers,
dubbed the Matchbox-House, was
commissioned, with Dr Mensah
helping to cut the ribbon and unveiling
a special plaque with his name and
those of his year group embossed on
it.
As the author of four books on
Innovation, namely Fiber Optics
Engineering (1997), Superconductor
Engineering (1992), His
Autobiography –The Right Stuff
Comes in Black Too (2013) and an
international textbook -
Nanotechnology Commercialization -
and holder of seven patents awarded
in the span of six years on Fiber
Optics alone, he said there was the
need for the Ghana Government to
develop High Speed trains to link
southern Ghana to the north to drive
industrialization, create jobs and
achieve technological advancements in
Ghana.
On the Friday before the speech
and prize-giving day, Dr Mensah joined
his year Group at a special reception
where they reminisced events at
Adisadel College almost 50 years ago.
For instance, Dr Mensah went to
see his dormitory and his bunker bed
at Knight House, in front of which he
took some pictures and proceeded to
visit the Dining
Hall, where as
the
Entertainment
Prefect, he gave
announcements
during meals.
Dr Mensah
has committed
to develop a
multimedia
laboratory for
Adisadel College
equipped with
computers and
Virtual Reality
Goggles and
other such
equipment for
studies in
Artificial
Intelligence (AI),
Virtual and
Augmented
Reality.
Church is not a welfare society – Rev Asamoah
BY COBBY SACKITEY
•Senior Pastor Frederick Asamoah right speaking to Akua Sonto, the host of the Sonto Show on Agoo TV
•Dr Thomas Mensah, Fibre Optics Inventor (left) flanged by other
dignitaries at the event
College, added that many
Christians have poverty mentality
and until they changed their
mindset, Christians would forever
remain poor.
“Christians pray and pray till
they get exhausted, expecting
some miracle from God but that is
not the right way because God
that doesn’t work that way.”
Pastor Asamoah stated that
there is a principle that every
Christian or person has to follow,
which is working hard to make
earns meet.
He therefore urged Christians
to work hard and desist from
laziness in order for them to be
wealthy.
“The Sonto Show, a forum for
discussing social, health and real
life issues, is aired every Sunday
from 5:00p.m. on Agoo TV.
Pastor Asamoah
stated that, there is
a principle that every
Christian or person
has to follow that is
by working hard to
make earns meet.
He therefore urged
Christians to work
hard and desists
from laziness in
order for them to be
wealthy.

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2018
WEDNESDAY
CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING
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RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS
6.1200
6.3100
Euro
GBPGHS
5.4000
5.5600
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TIN registration is free – GRA
BY BENJAMIN TANDOH
THE GHANA Revenue
Authority
(GRA) has indicted
that it will punish its
staff members who
try to extort money
from the public before registering
them for the Tax Identification
Number (TIN).
The authority has, therefore,
urged the general public to report
staff members that violate the directives
to it for further action to
be taken.
Speaking to the press in Accra,
Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the Commissioner
General of GRA, reiterated
the need for Ghanaians to
obtain their TIN numbers, insisting
that it should be done at no cost to
the taxpayer.
“One only needs to pick a registration
form from any GRA Office,
complete and attach the necessary
coloured photocopies of
identification cards and submit at
no cost to the applicant,” he said.
He added that the authority had
contacted various stakeholders to
ensure the smooth operation of
the policy.
He added that the TIN would
ease the difficulties in transacting
business, saying, “a person shall
show the TIN in any claim, declaration,
notice, return, statement or
other document used for the purpose
of a tax law.”
Mr Nti said other services
which the TIN was needed to access
included obtaining a certificate
to commence business at the Registrar
General’s Department or any
District Assembly office; receiving
any payment from the Controller
and Accountant General or a District
Assembly in respect of a contract
for the supply of any goods
or provisions of any services.
Over 1 million registered
for TIN
He further mentioned that the
GRA would enforce the laws regarding
the TIN to the letter,
adding that the authority had already
issued about 1,090,338 TINs.
The Commissioner General,
however, debunked claims expressed
by some individuals and
businesses that failure to get a TIN
by March this year would deny
them the opportunity to do so
later.
He said the registration for the
TIN would not be closed at GRA
offices after the deadline – only
that those who do not have the
TIN would no longer have access
to some public services beginning
April 1, 2018.
“Beginning April 1, 2018, a person
cannot open a bank account,
file a case in court, acquire a passport
or obtain a driving licence
without the TIN,” he explained.
He added that “without it, a
person cannot register a vehicle,
clear goods in commercial quantities
from the ports or register any
title to land or any document affecting
land either”.
Resource mobilisation key to ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ – Bawumia
BY WILBERFORCE ASARE
GOVERNMENT’S DESIRE and ability
to mobilise and maximise domestic revenue
is an integral part of President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision
of a ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’, Vice President
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated.
He says the government is, therefore,
putting in place the necessary blocks,
such as the issuance of a national ID
Card, a National Digital Property Addressing
System, and the use of a Tax
Identification Number to access key
services, to broaden the tax base and reduce
the tax burden on the estimated
1.2million taxpayers supporting a population
of about 27 million.
The Vice President yesterday reiterated
at an ongoing Conference in Accra
on ‘Moving Ghana Beyond Aid – Revenue
Mobilization’ the Government’s
commitment to develop Ghana using domestic
revenues and ingenuity.
The Conference, organised by the
Africa Centre For Economic Transformation
in collaboration with Ministry of
Finance and the International Monetary
Fund, is being attended by countries
which have signed on to the G20-Compact
With Africa (CWA), including
Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Guinea, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal,
Togo and Tunisia.
Outlining a number of measures
the government was implementing to
strengthen the economy and boost
domestic revenue growth, Vice President
Bawumia said President Akufo-
Addo’s vision of Moving Ghana
beyond aid was not mere rhetoric but
a reflection of the reality, as aid and
donor fatigue grew.
“Judging from our history and
our vision for the future, there is no
doubt that we need to rethink how
we develop as a country. It has become
obvious that we need to be
more efficient and effective in managing
our resources to ensure rapid
economic growth and transformation.
“Going beyond aid is an inevitable
conversation, and we can
choose to confront it now or postpone
it at our peril.
“In fact, a greater illusion is for
us to think that we can continue to
build schools to educate our children,
provide adequate health services for a
healthy Ghana, provide safe and adequate
water, provide sanitation services for a
clean Ghana, provide law and order for a
good society, on the inexhaustible charity
of donor projects,” Dr Bawumia said.
One of the key pillars of the vision
of moving Ghana beyond aid, Vice President
Bawumia reiterated, was to enhance
•Vice President Dr Mahamudu
Bawumia
domestic revenue, while pursuing a more
transparent, prudent and accountable use
and management of public resources.
“For now, ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ is
resting on five pillars: First, and most obvious,
is to enhance domestic revenue
mobilization. And we must do so in ways
that do not undermine productive activities,
or distort private incentives for
work.
“Second is to encourage higher private
savings as a source of loanable
funds to support domestic credit and
capital market, and expand financial
inclusion.
“Third is to pursue a more transparent,
prudent and accountable use
and management of public resources.
“Fourth is to leverage our resources
that are buried deep in the
ground for development in more innovative
ways than the conventional
model of royalty and tax regimes.
“Fifth is innovative mobilization
and use of external resources in the
emerging development finance landscape.”
Vice President Bawumia urged
conference attendees to come up
with new ideas and new and better
ways of improving revenue collection.
“How can technology help? How
do we minimize human interface and
the risk of collusive behaviour in
avoiding and evading taxes? I will encourage
resource persons and participants
to help us address these challenges.
“Let me assure you that we are committed
to implementing policies and operational
steps that will put us on a sound
footing to mobilize the required revenue
for sustainable development.”
Focus of the Conference
The two-day conference will provide
Compact With Africa (CWA) countries a
common platform for knowledge sharing
and peer-to-peer learning on revenue
mobilization as well as ways to overcome
aid dependence, ease financing constraints,
and enhance growth prospects.
All key elements to achieve prosperity
without jeopardizing debt sustainability
will also be considered.
Additionally, the conference will also
help CWA countries deal with institutional
and political constraints in revenue
mobilization, improving tax compliance,
and alleviating base erosion and profit
shifting by multinational companies.
It will focus on common domestic
revenue mobilization (DRM) challenges
and propose short and medium-term
growth-friendly revenue-enhancing solutions.
About the Compact
The CWA was initiated by the German
Presidency in the Finance Track, endorsed
by the G-20 Finance Ministers
and Central Bank Governors in Baden-
Baden in March, 2017, to promote private
investment in Africa, including
infrastructure.
The CWA initiative aims to attract
private investment to the CWA countries
by ensuring macroeconomic stability. Investment-friendly
tax systems will help
maintain fiscal discipline, while providing
adequate financing for governments’ development
needs.

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Past NDC government
Interestingly enough, this fumigation
idea was broached by the previous
NDC government but they shelved it
because they knew the populace would
not take kindly to it. Why then would a
government for the people, by the
people, exemplified in the NPP go
back to the shelf and bring it to the
fore? That is sleeping on the job and a
lazy way of doing things!
One finds it hard to understand
why NPP officials should do this. So, if
the presidency had not waded into this
and ordered its suspension there would
have been unnecessary tussle between
importers who vowed not to pay and
Customs officials set to demand their
pound of flesh. What is this?
Towing fees
You may recollect a similar thing
occurring concerning the mandatory
payment of towing fees by vehicle
owners in 2017. A smart businessman
had gone into agreement with the previous
NDC government to be given
the sole right to tow vehicles involved
in accidents and to make the deal very
lucrative, every vehicle owner should
pay in advance, the cost of towing.
The past NDC government refused
to implement this law knowing full
well the implication this would have on
the citizenry. NPP appointees took
over and the first thing they would do
was to attempt to implement this policy.
What was at the back of their
minds in attempting to implement this
policy which is anti-people? To destroy
Nana Addo’s government or what?
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NPP appointees sleeping on the job must wake up
Hullabaloo
Recently, there has been hullabaloo
about the Right To Information Bill
(RTI) and this is completely unnecessary
if there had been proper co-ordination
between Parliament and the Executive.
The President of the republic said
on March 6 that the RTI would be
passed before Parliament rose on Friday,
23 March, 2018. Everybody was
happy about this.
The Vice-President also, while addressing
a group of Norwegian investors
in Accra, buttressed the point
that RTI had been okayed by cabinet
and it would be laid and passed by Parliament
on or before Friday, 23, March.
First, there weren’t enough copies of the bill to go
round all parliamentarians and the Minority
protested over this. The protest was shoved aside because
they were told the bill was being laid under a
certificate of urgency. But even, if it was under a certificate
of urgency what exactly prevented those in
charge from printing enough copies to go round
every parliamentarian? There was a problem, certainly,
with government appointees over this!
RTI
This is not the case however, judging
from what we hear from the
grapevine. The RTI is far from being
laid and passed by Parliament until end
of June or thereabouts.
Mind you, this is not the first time
we have had lack of co-ordination between
the Executive and Parliament. It
happened when the Bill for the setting
up of the Office of the Special Prosecutor
was about to be laid for the first
time.
Bill
First, there weren’t enough copies
of the bill to go round all parliamentarians
and the Minority protested over
this. The protest was shoved aside because
they were told the bill was being
laid under a certificate of urgency. But
even, if it was under a certificate of urgency
what exactly prevented those in
charge from printing enough copies to
go round every parliamentarian? There
was a problem, certainly, with government
appointees over this!
Dr Dominick Ayine then told the
people of Ghana during a panel discussion
that when the bill was sent to
the relevant Committee and the Attorney-General
was invited to go and
throw more light on certain aspects of
it she was absent on the scheduled
date. Neither did she ask her deputies
to represent her. Here again, no proper
co-ordination between Parliament and
the Executive!
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Wider consultation
Next, we were told that wider
stake-holder consultation was necessary
before re-laying of it. Then you
may ask: Why was the wider-consultation
not made before the bill was
rushed to parliament in the first place?
Some appointees were sleeping on the
job!
As a result of all these, the passage
of the Bill into law for the Office of
the Special Prosecutor took much
longer time to materialize than previously
thought.
There are several avoidable mistakes
by appointees of this government
which space will not allow me to
list one after the other. These mistakes
make some of us jittery; Nana Addo
must succeed!
We will therefore advise that it’s not
every decision that should be taken to
Flagstaff House for final determination
by government. You, the appointee
should ask yourself: (1) Is the
decision I’m about to take inure to the
benefit of the people of Ghana? (2)
Will the President be happy about my
conduct? (3) Will it add to the burden
of impoverished Ghanaians who are
already suffering or not?
A word to the wise is enough.
PARLIAMENT OF GHANA
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE APPOINTMENT
OF AN AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE ACCOUNTS OF
THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
The above-mentioned Ad Hoc Committee was constituted by Parliament on 6th October, 2017 to recommend to
Parliament the appointment of an Auditor to audit the accounts of the Office of the Auditor General.
The committee hereby requests all audit forms interested in being appointed to audit the accounts of the Office
of the Auditor General to sumit their applications to the Ad Hoc Committee via:
THE CLERK
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF AN AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE
ACCOUNTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
FINANCE COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT GROUND FLOOR, SPEAKER’S BLOCK
PARLIAMENT HOUSE
ACCRA
TEL: + 233 244742004
Each Application must include both technical and financial proposals and must be submitted not later than 13TH
APRIL, 2018.

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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
•Eric Opoku, MP for Asunafo North
I didn’t reject protection
• Eric Opoku fires back
BY MOHAMMED AWAL
THE MEMBER of Parliament
(MP) for Asunafo North, Eric
Opoku, has denied ever rejecting
an arrangement by the Brong
Ahafo Regional Police Command
to provide him extra security after
his residence was attacked during
Christmas of 2017.
The Regional Police Command
explained that the legislator was to
be blamed for the attack he suffered
a few days ago.
According to the police command,
Mr Opoku, who was the
Regional Minister in the erstwhile
Mahama administration rejected
arrangements to provide him extra
security after an earlier attack on
his residence.
“We gave him three armed men
and he declined. So it was not that
we are not giving him security,” the
Brong Ahafo Regional Police Public
Relations Officer (PRO), Chief
Inspector Augustine Oppong, told
Starr News’ Kweku Obeng Adjei.
Mr Opoku, in his reaction,
lashed out at the Regional Police
Command for lying.
“The District Commander is
being economical with the truth,”
he stated in a ‘Starr News’ interview,
explaining that he personally
requested for a security beef-up
before leaving Accra for his constituency
[Asunafo South] and that
he was offered five-man police
protection.
“[But] when the…team got to
the town…NPP boys attacked
them, seized their vehicles and
they had to run for their lives and
no action was taken again,” he
said.
“The police never showed up
again after that incident. So when
he [Brong Ahafo Regional Police
PRO, Chief Inspector Oppong]
talked about Eric Opoku rejecting
security, what type of security is he
talking about?
“ We expect them, as police officers,
to exhibit the highest degree
of professionalism. So I cannot
understand how a police officer, a
District Commander of Police, will
create a situation that never existed.
So if I don’t need the security,
why then do I call to tell you
that I was coming to the constituency?”
Attack
Some unknown assailants on
Sunday dawn attacked Mr Opoku
at his residence at Sankore in the
Brong-Ahafo Region.
The attackers, believed to be
sympathisers of the New Patriotic
Party (NPP), also attacked and injured
three other persons, all members
of the National Democratic
Congress, in their various homes
that same night.
The incident happened at about
2:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 1, 2018,
making it the second time such an
incident has happened in Mr
Opoku’s house.
The names of the three injured
persons have been given as
Thomas Amponsah, Adams Seidu,
alias Red, and Apostle Timothy.
The police command has since
arrested two people in connection
with the attack.
NDC condemns
attack on MP
NEWS DESK REPORT
THE NATIONAL Democratic
Congress (NDC) has condemned
the police for engaging in a blame
game over an attack on its Member
of Parliament (MP) for Asonafo
South, Eric Opoku.
Mr Opoku was attacked by unknown
assailants last Sunday dawn
at his residence at Sankore in the
Brong-Ahafo Region. The incident
happened at about 2:00 a.m on
Sunday, April 1, 2018, making it
the second time such an incident
has happened in Mr Opoku’s
house.
“Whilst condemning this
heinous attack, we wish to urge
the Ghana Police Service to approach
this case with all the seriousness
and the professionalism it
can command in order to help redeem
its rather sinking image
under this NPP administration,”
the largest opposition party said in
a statement.
The police commander in the
area had stated the lawmaker could
partly be blamed for this latest attack
on him since he refused police
protection.
“We gave him three armed
men and he declined… he declined.
So it was not that we are
not giving him security,” the Brong
Ahafo Regional Police PRO, Chief
Inspector Augustine Oppong, told
Starr News’ Kweku Obeng Adjei.
The MP has refuted the claim
of the police, saying “The District
Commander is being economical
with the truth.”
The General Secretary of the
NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah,
said the development is worrying.
The regrettable attempt by an
officer of the Ghana Police Service
to engage in “Victim blaming”
by alleging publicly that Hon. Eric
Opoku denied himself police protection,
however, gives us a deep
cause to worry about official complicity
in the matter. We hope we
are wrong in this belief,” he said.
He served notice that officials
of the NDC would embark
on a fact-finding mission to the
town to ascertain the truth.
“Meanwhile, the
party has constituted
a
high
powered delegation ready to move
to Sankore to visit the victims, and
ascertain the facts of the incident
as soon as the necessary security
clearances are obtained.
“We wish to take this opportunity
to express our deepest sympathy
and solidarity to our Hon
member of Parliament, all the victims
and their families, urging
them to exercise maximum restraint
in this difficult times, with
the assurance that they can count
on the support of the National
Democratic Congress to see to it
that they obtain justice in this matter,”
Mr. Nketiah said.
“We also wish to remind the
NPP government, for the
umpteenth time, about its cardinal
responsibility to keep Ghana, all it
citizens and their property safe at
all times and without any form of
discrimination, be it ethnic, political,
gender or religious.
“Information reaching us indicate
that the situation in Sankore
remains volatile and has the potential
to escalate, unless a quick and
decisive action is taken to apprehend
the perpetrators and bring
them to book. We hope Ghanaians
can count on the Ghana Police
Service and the NPP Government
to deliver on their respective mandates
of eliminating impunity and
restoring law and order in our dear
country.”
•Johnson Asiedu Nketiah

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Heritage
Arts&Ent.
Bullet signs new artiste
after Ebony Reigns
ARTISTE MANAGER, Bullet,
known in private life as Ricky Osei
Agyemang, seems to have found a replacement
for the late Ebony Reigns.
On Tuesday, he introduced a new
artiste to his followers on Facebook
with the caption: “Wendy Shay…anticipate
Ruff Town to the world.”
He was quick, however, to rein in
comments that the new act was a replacement
for the late
‘Sponsor’ artiste.
“She is not
here to replace
my queen,
Ebony Reigns, as
being speculated.
Ebony Reigns is
irreplaceable!”
Ebony died
after she was involved
in a gory accident on
the Kumasi-Sunyani road on
February 8, 2018 when
she was returning to Accra
from Sunyani.
Her friend, FrankyKuri,
and a soldier, AtsuVondee,
who is said to be her bodyguard
on board a Jeep from
Sunyani, also died in the
head-on collision with a VIP
bus heading towards Sunyani
from Kumasi.
Her funeral was held
at the forecourt of the
State House on Saturday,
March 24, 2018 and
she was later buried at
the Osu Cemetery the
same day.
• Wendy
Shay
Tic features Kidi
on‘Pene Mame’
BY ERICA ARTHUR
GHANAIAN POPU-
LAR artiste Tic, formerly
known as Tic Tac,
has featured Kidi of
Lynx Entertainment
fame on his new classic
song,’Pene Ma Me’.
The song released
yesterday was produced
by Kidi at the Lynx studios.
It urges those in relationships
to always
ensure their partners are
satisfied and comfortable,
meaning more
money, more love and
appreciation.
That, according to
Tic and Kidi, will make
one’s partner be faithful
and continue to stay in
the relationship for long.
The multiple-award winner
says he believes that
partners must always
come to a positive conclusion
even in their disagreement.
‘The who you know
syndrome’ is killing
talents – Model
• Peninnah Akosua Takyi
Yeboah, Model
BY ERICA ARTHUR
PENINNAH AKOSUA
Takyi Yeboah, known in
the fashion industry as
Penny, has said ‘the who
you know syndrome’ is
gradually killing dreams and talents
in the country.
According to her, most of the
young ones may be very good but
since they know nobody in the industry
of their choice, they are sometimes
disappointed and end up
indulging in some negative practices
to get favour from bosses for jobs.
“The industry isn't an easy one, I
must say; it has its biases which you
will have to deal with. I learn each
and every day as a model because
every day has its package. Being a
model in Ghana demands lots of
strength and perseverance without
which you can't survive. It’s all about
who you know sometimes,” she explained.
She told the DAILY HER-
ITAGE in an interview that “Modelling
was like a calling it happened
after I won ‘Face of Methodist University
College’.
“I was fortunate to be discovered
by the Chief Executive Officer of
DSG model agency, Dionne Slash
Gavin, who was our groomer. He
saw potential in me so scouted me
and the journey began, though my
journey has not been easy its rewards
have been life-changing.”
The model and beauty queen,
who has represented Ghana in various
countries, comes from a family
of five and has had few nominations
both in Ghana and on the international
scenes like the (Afroma
Awards, Ghana Tertiary Awards,
Ghana Female Tertiary Awards etc.)
as ‘Upcoming Model’ and ‘Model of
the Year’ respectively.
Penny, who is currently the face
and brand ambassador for Netseba
Fashion, also explained that she
would work hard in order not to render
useless the sweats that have contributed
to her success.
She added that she is targeting no
one in the modelling industry for “I
see only me in the industry...I am in
no competition at all with
anyone...It’s all about me, the Darkhorse.
I look up to God and my able
boss who guides me well.”
Touching on the modelling industry
in the country, she advised that
the industry should focus more on
talent rather than allowing the ‘who
you know’ rule and Ghana will be a
better place.
The young Penny has so far made
trips to attend the Sao Tome fashion
week, the MASA in Cote d’Ivoire,
the Miss Multinational in India and
the Miss Globe World in Albania.
She has a degree in Psychology
from the Methodist University College
in Ghana and is a native of Dormaa
Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo
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Champions League Quarter-finals
• Mohamed Sallah leads
Liverpool celebration
Liverpool beat City
LIVERPOOL TOOK a firm grip
on their Champions League quarter-final
as they tore Manchester
City apart with a three-goal burst
from Jurgen Klopp's side in the
first 31 minutes at Anfield.
City's only Premier League defeat as they
move to the brink of the title had been a 4-3
loss at Anfield in January - and they were
made to suffer once more in the face of Liverpool's
pressing aggression and potent attack.
Mohamed Salah pounced in the area to
score his 38th goal of the season after 12
minutes and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain doubled
their lead eight minutes later when he
unleashed a fierce shot past Ederson from 20
yards.
And the third goal that gives Liverpool
such a commanding advantage to take to Etihad
Stadium next Tuesday came just after
the half-hour when Sadio Mane rose to
head home Salah's cross.
Liverpool, potentially crucially,
emerged from the second half without
conceding an away goal, although an injury
that forced Salah off would be a
concern.
Anfield was at its most hostile - but
there were unsavoury incidents before
kick-off when fans outside the ground attacked
the Manchester City team coach
on his way into the stadium, prompting
an "unreserved" apology from Liverpool
and an investigation from Merseyside Police.
Klopp outflanks
Guardiola again
Guardiola has now lost seven of his 13
meetings with Klopp. Liverpool manager
Jurgen Klopp had the better of his head-tohead
meetings with Pep Guardiola before
this game with six wins from 12 games - and
he outmanoeuvred his illustrious counterpart
once more here.
Klopp took this game, if not the entire
tie, out of Guardiola's reach by sticking
strictly to his instincts and the fiercely intense
pressing style that so unsettled City in their
only league defeat of the season.
Liverpool, in Klopp's trademark style,
never took a backward step and have uncovered
an approach that rattles City in a manner
that has escaped pretty much all of
Guardiola's opponents in this stellar season
for his side.
They never allowed City to relax into their
passing style, with the likes of David Silva in
particular simply not afforded the time and
space that has seen teams picked apart in
• Roberto Firmino has had a hand in 11 goals in the
Champions League this season (7 goals, 4 assists), a
haul only Cristiano Ronaldo can better (17)
their runaway league campaign.
And Klopp also has the attacking
weapons that make Liverpool a team to fear
in the shape of the potent triumvirate of
Salah, Mane and the underrated Brazilian
Roberto Firmino, a trio good enough to expose
City's defensive flaws.
It was Firmino who picked City apart for
the opening goal for Salah, while the Egyptian
turned a provider for Mane's header to
put Liverpool three up before half-time.
Guardiola, meanwhile, had a rare night
when his tactics went awry and his team selection
was questionable.
Aymeric Laporte's selection on the left
side of City's defence against Salah was always
heavily laden with risk and so it proved
as he struggled desperately to contain a series
of Liverpool raids down his flank. He may
have played with comfort
against Everton's limp attack on Saturday but
this was a different league.
Most contentious of all was the exclusion
of Raheem Sterling, in such wonderful form,
to accommodate Ilkay Gundogan in midfield.
Sterling has suffered on previous visits to
Anfield since his £49m move from Liverpool,
becoming a target for sustained abuse
from his former supporters.
Guardiola perhaps had that in mind when
he made this surprise choice but City were
left looking unbalanced. Gundogan, a fine
player, was peripheral and it was no surprise
when he was eventually replaced by Sterling.
This was not a good night for Manchester
City or Guardiola. They will need a faultless
one next Tuesday. — BBC
• Klopp celebrated the win passionately
but said after the final whistle
that it is "only half-time" in the tie