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•John Boadu, 

acting general 

secretary, NPP 

•Ali Suraj, 

NPP Nasara 

Coordinator 

hopeful 

•Ms Anne Coolen (R), Country Director 

of Marie Stopes International, Mzvee 

(M), Mr Simon Cooke, Global Director 

of Marie Stopes International 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo (R) and 

Vice -President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia 

(M) at the 2018 May Day Celebration 

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CONTENT 

DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 

DAILY QUOTE 

In every day, there are 1,440 

minutes. That means we have 

1,440 daily opportunities to 

make a positive impact. 

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FOREIGN 

HEALTH 

Chad lawmakers 

approve boost to 

president's power 

PG.04 

Typhoid 

fever: the 

killer disease 

ARTS 

& ENT 

SPORTS 

My court case 

had no effect on 

my brand — 

Wisa Greid 

PG.14 

Dogboe is Ghana’s 

9th world boxing 

champion 

PG.07 

PG.15 

Movie House not 

welcomed in Suhyen 

— Suhyenhemaa 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

SUHYENHEMAA AND 

Mponuahemaa of the New 

Juaben Traditional Area, Nana 

Amoanimaa Kukudurofuo, has 

said the traditional area will not 

welcome projects undertaken by investors 

that will seek to destroy the moral fibre of 

her society. 

She mentioned projects such as the 

building of a Movie House which has a 

high propensity of luring the youth into 

sexual promiscuity and its attendant consequences 

such as teenage pregnancy and unsafe 

abortion, as unacceptable to those in 

the community. 

The Suhyenhemaa, however, said 

Suhyen is open to good investments. She 

encouraged investors to set up businesses 

to help boost the economic situation of the 

people and also create jobs for the youth. 

According to her, it is her aim to ensure 

that the youth in the area grow to be more 

responsible and not engage in drug abuse 

and other social vices. 

She advised parents to train their children 

in a God-fearing manner so that when 

they grow up they would not depart from 

it. 

She said “it is very worrying that young 

girls drop out of school due to pregnancy. I 

will set aside a day when resource persons 

will come to the area to speak to the youth 

and parents about family life and the danger 

and consequences of engaging in early 

sex. 

“Educating them about sex helps a lot 

as the teachers alone cannot do that. It is a 

shared responsibility. Parents should not be 

shy talking to their young girls and boys 

•Nana Amoanimaa Kukudurofuo 

about sex. That taboo of not talking about 

sex needs to be broken.” 

She warned parents, especially mothers, 

not to push their teenage girls to bring 

home money or borrow money from the 

girls because it pushes them to engage in 

sex. 

“I have set up a foundation called 

Kukudurofuo Youth Foundation where the 

youth are engaged in soap, ice cream, and 

garment making to be financially independent,” 

she said. 

The queen noted that acrimonies in the 

area had affected the development and 

progress of the people. She, therefore, encouraged 

the people to be united by putting 

all litigations behind them for the sake of 

peace and prosperity of the town. 

“We have been in isolation for a long 

time. It is time to bond with our neighbours. 

I know change is a gradual process; 

with time the fortune of the people will 

change when they embrace it,” she added. 

About her 

Nana Amoanimaa Kukudurofuo, born 

as Doreen Adjoa Amoanimaa Boamah at 

Asokore on November 28, 1977, began her 

education at Achimota School in Accra. 

She continued at Abuakwa State College 

for her form five and sixth form and 

passed with distinction. 

According to her, after her secondary 

school she decided to seek greener pastures 

abroad but her father, now of blessed 

memory, talked her out of it, so she proceeded 

to Ho Polytechnic, now Ho Technical 

University, to study marketing. 

“My reason for choosing Ho Polytechnic 

was to change my environment and also 

learn the diverse culture, which paid off for 

me,” she said. 

Nana Amoanimaa Kukudurofuo, who 

did her national service with Ghana Telecom, 

now Vodafone, said growing up she 

never anticipated that one day she would 

become a queen to her people. 

“All changed six years ago when my 

uncle, who is now the king, told me that the 

queen position is vacant so if I am interested 

I should let him know but I was 

pulling back because I thought I don’t have 

that zeal since there are other nieces 

around. 

“The nieces pulled back and with 

prayers and consultations with my pastors 

the way was paved for me to become the 

queen,” she said. 

Nana Amoanimaa Kukudurofuo advised 

queens to team up with their respective 

chiefs so that, together with their 

people, they give collective push to the de- 

Make safe abortion 

services accessible 

• Marie Stopes Director 

pleads with govt 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

THE GLOBAL Director of 

Marie Stopes International, 

Mr Simon Cooke, has called 

on the government to make 

services for safe abortion 

available and accessible to 

the youth in order to reduce 

maternal deaths. 

According to him, pregnant 

women engage in unsafe 

abortion because they 

do not get the right services, 

and lauded Ghana for its 

initiatives in curbing unsafe 

abortion. 

Speaking to the DAILY 

HERITAGE during his 

visit to Ghana, Mr Cooke 

said the issue of abortion 

could not be overlooked, 

hence the need to give quality 

service to ensure that 

lives are not lost. 

“If they don’t know 

where to get them, they will 

find other ways of getting 

abortion, which might be 

unsafe and they might hurt 

themselves. 

“If abortion is restricted 

or not available women will 

still seek it and will still take 

matters into their own 

hands, so the best thing is to 

make it properly regulated 

and accessible,” he stated. 

In view of this, Mr 

Cooke said Marie Stopes International 

had designed 

programmes to educate 

young women, especially 

adolescents, on sexual reproductive 

health. 

“We are trying to provide 

services at our centres and 

provide outreach programmes 

to poor and rural 

communities and social 

franchise which will be a 

booster,” he said. 

He added, “we will like 

to continue to expand that 

network to make sure that 

the services are available 

and accessible everywhere 

they need those services, 

and make sure young people 

and adolescents know what 

is available to them.” 

One of the programmes, 

he told the paper, was the 

‘Time to Talk’ campaign, 

which seeks to encourage 

young girls to ask some 

pressing questions on pregnancy 

and family planning. 

He stated that they had 

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Muslims in 

NPP angry 

• Over date for Nat’l Delegates Conference 

which coincides with Eid-ul-Fitr festival 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

SOME MUSLIMS in the governing 

New Patriotic Party 

(NPP) are disgusted by the decision 

of the party to set a date 

for its National Delegates 

Conference to coincide with the upcoming 

religious festival of Muslims, Eid-ul- 

Fitr. 

The Acting General Secretary of the 

NPP, at a press conference in Accra, 

stated that June 15-17 had been fixed for 

the national conference, the same period 

Sallah would be celebrated. 

Speaking to the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, a concerned Muslim and the 

Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, 

who is also vying for Nasara Coordinator, 

Ali Suraj, sought to calm the nerves 

•John Boadu, Acting 

General Secretary, NPP 

of the angry supporters, but said he also 

shared the concern of his Muslim brethren. 

“Eid-ul-Fitr in our part of the world is 

revered by Muslims and the two preceding 

days after the Sallah are days for merrymaking 

in all Islamic homes. Therefore if the date of 

the elections remains unchanged, it will deprive 

the Muslims in the party of enjoying the 

festival,” he stated. 

He said though the date was fixed by the 

National Executive Council long before the 

date for the Sallah celebration was known, it 

would be appropriate for the party to reconsider 

the date. 

According to him, “the date, if not 

changed, will affect the NPP.” 

Appeal for change of date 

He said “the General Secretary of our 

great party addressed the press and mentioned 

among other things the modalities and the 

date for the forthcoming national congress. 

“I find that the stipulated date will conflict 

with the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, which is very 

important to Muslims throughout the world 

and for that matter Muslims in the party, especially 

my Nasara coordinators and their 

deputies. 

“It is also worthy of note that Eid-ul Fitr 

day is a public holiday. It is for these reasons 

that in all humility, I am pleading with the 

leadership of our great party to listen to the 

voice of a humble Zongorian by reconsidering 

the date. I am very optimistic that the leadership 

would heed my request,” he said.. 

Welfare of Zongo community 

Touting the commitment of the NPP to 

the Muslim community, Mr Suraj said “the 

NPP, since its inception, has championed and 

continue to champion the welfare and development 

of the Zongo community and for that 

matter Islam and Muslims. 

“The many policies of the erstwhile Kufuor-led 

administration and Nana Akufo- 

Addo's government are all geared towards the 

development of Zongos. Mention can be 

made of the free maternal care, health insurance, 

Zongo Development Fund, Zongo Ministry 

and many others.” 

He added that “it is also on record that the 

NPP is the only political party which has given 

two Muslims the rare opportunity of serving 

as Vice President,” and that, “though the National 

Democratic Congress accrued more 

than double of our total votes from the 

Zongo communities, they have paid lip-service 

to the demands and concerns of the Zongo 

enclave.” 

Reaction 

The paper made attempts to get a reaction 

from the acting general secretary yesterday, but 

his telephone line was unreachable. 

The line of the Acting Chairman of the 

party, Mr Freddie Blay, went through but the 

paper was told he was addressing some delegates 

at the time and would be informed to return 

the call, but as at the time of going to 

press the call had not been returned. 

Make safe abortion services available and accessible 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

• Marie Stopes Director 

pleads with govt 

put in place an outreach team, 

who will go close to the people 

and listen to them in order to 

provide them with the right advice. 

Also speaking to the paper, 

Ms Anne Coleen, Country Director, 

Marie Stopes International, 

Ghana, expressed 

concern about the inadequate information 

on sexual reproductive 

health in the country. 

This, according to her, had 

led to misconceptions about 

family planning and some sexrelated 

issues. 

She, therefore, urged the 

Ghanaian youth, especially those 

in their adolescent age, to contact 

them for support concerning 

their sexual health. 

“We have a lot of volunteers 

in the communities who are 

trained to give the right message 

to the people that have the questions,” 

she told the paper. 

Singer MzVee, who has been 

appointed as the “Time to Talk” 

ambassador, in her interaction 

with some young 

ladies, urged them to take 

bold steps by asking the 

right questions about 

their sexual life. 

She added that Marie 

Stopes International is 

competent to help and 

provide the right service 

for them, hence the need 

to contact them. 

•Ms Anne Coolen (R), Country Director of Marie Stopes International, Ghana, 

Mzvee (M), Mr Simon Cooke, Global Director of Marie Stopes International

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• Cardinal George Pell has pleaded not guilty 

to charges of sexual assault 

Cardinal Pell ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges 

VATICAN TREASURER 

Cardinal George Pell will 

stand trial on historical sexual 

assault charges, a court has 

ruled. 

Cardinal Pell formally 

pleaded not guilty to the 

charges on Tuesday. He has 

consistently denied any 

wrongdoing. 

An Australian magistrate 

ruled on Tuesday that there 

was enough evidence for the 

case to proceed to a trial on 

some charges, but not on others. 

Cardinal Pell, 76, is Australia's 

most senior Catholic 

and one of the most powerful 

officials in the Vatican. 

He was given a large police 

guard as he entered the Melbourne 

Magistrates' Court in 

front of dozens of media representatives 

and members of 

the public. 

Cardinal Pell, who is considered 

the Church's thirdranked 

official, took a leave of 

absence from the Vatican last 

year to fight the charges in his 

home country. BBC 

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World news in 4 stories 

Armenia crisis: Opposition leader Pashinyan faces PM vote 

ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT is 

set to decide whether to back opposition 

leader Nikol Pashinyan as 

prime minister as his supporters 

rally in the capital. 

Mr Pashinyan, who has led 

weeks of anti-government protests 

that forced former Prime Minister 

Serzh Sargsyan to resign, is the 

only candidate. 

He warned MPs of a "political 

tsunami" if they did not back him. 

Armenia's ruling Republican 

Party said earlier it would not put 

up a candidate, in a bid to ease 

•Nikol Pashinyan has said he will rid Armenia of corruption 

tensions. 

But the protest leader said 

that there were moves aimed at 

halting his bid and he urged 

protesters to stay on the streets 

in the centre of Yerevan to prevent 

the Republican Party from 

"stealing the people's victory". 

Why Armenia's 'Velvet Revolution' 

won without a shot 

fired 

Mr Sargsyan, who had 

served 10 years as president, 

stepped down last month days 

after being sworn in as PM. He 

had been accused of trying to 

cling to power. 

All 47 opposition members of 

parliament have pledged to vote 

for Mr Pashinyan, but he will need 

votes from six Republican Party 

deputies to win the majority he 

needs in the 105-seat house. The 

Republican Party has dominated 

Armenian politics since 1999. 

Mr Pashinyan, who has said he 

will rid Armenia of corruption, 

poverty and nepotism, called on 

his supporters to rally as parliament 

convened. BBC 

Chad lawmakers 

approve boost to 

president's power 

CHAD'S PARLIA- 

MENT approved a 

new constitution 

on Monday expanding 

President 

Idriss Déby's powers 

and potentially allowing him to 

stay in office until 2033. 

The vote, which was boycotted 

by most opposition lawmakers, 

eliminates the post of prime minister. 

Critics say the move to a fully 

presidential system is aimed at entrenching 

Mr Déby's power. 

Another change is to the length 

of presidential mandates. 

The current term is five years 

long with no limits on re-election. 

The new constitution imposes a sixyear 

mandate, and re-instates a 

maximum limit of two terms which 

had been scrapped in a 2005 referendum. 

The changes will not be applied 

retroactively. This means President 

Déby could serve two terms after 

the next election in 2021, staying in 

post until 2033. 

The constitution now awaits 

President Déby signature for it to 

enter into force. 

Tensions are growing in Chad 

•Idriss Déby, 65, has led the oil-rich country since 1990 

after opposition groups boycotted a 

forum last month discussing the 

proposed changes. 

AFP also reports that two 

human rights activists who wanted 

to stage a sit-in in front of parliament 

yesterday ahead of the vote 

were arrested and later released. 

Tchindebbe Patalle, a spokesman 

for the National Union for Development 

and Renewal (UNDR) opposition 

party, is quoted by the 

news agency as saying all opposition 

groups had "wanted to demonstrate 

outside parliament to protest 

against the vote but the security 

forces are posted all around". 

Chad is ranked by Transparency 

International as one of the world's 

most corrupt nations. BBC 

•Burundi has been rocked by violence since President 

Nkurunziza won a controversial third term in 2015 

US condemns Burundi's 

'political violence' 

THE US has condemned Burundi 

for what it calls "numerous 

instances of 

violence" and "intimidation 

and harassment" against people 

opposed to a referendum 

which could extend the rule 

of President Pierre Nkurunziza. 

The US State Department 

said in a statement that the 

vote on 17 May could hurt 

Burundi's democratic institutions. 

It called on the government 

"to respect Burundi's 

international legal obligations 

regarding the rights to freedom 

of expression, peaceful 

assembly, and association". 

On Monday a court sentenced 

an official from the 

ruling party to three years in 

jail for encouraging people in 

his home village to throw 

anyone who opposed the referendum 

into a lake. 

Nearly 430,000 people, including 

opposition politicians, 

have fled Burundi since President 

Nkurunziza won a controversial 

third term in 2015. 

If the referendum vote 

goes in his favour it will allow 

him to rule until 2034. BBC



05 

Editorial 

Sanitation policies and govts 

CONTINUITY IN the politics of 

Ghana continues to be a major setback 

to the development of the 

country as governments come and 

go. 

Due to different ideologies, the 

two main political parties - the New 

Patriotic Party and National Democratic 

Congress - hardly agree on 

anything in the interest of the country. 

It would be recalled that under 

the erstwhile National Democratic 

Congress (NDC) administration, the 

then President John Dramani Mahama 

instituted a National Sanitation 

Day policy whereby a day was 

set aside in a month to clean various 

parts of the country. 

The exercise became so popular 

that it became compulsory in certain 

jurisdictions and residents dared not 

abstain from the exercise. However, 

since the new government took 

over, the policy has died a natural 

death and a new one born. 

President Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo not long ago launched 

a National Sanitation Campaign and 

pledged to ensure that it did not become 

a nine-day wonder. 

A National Sanitation Brigade has 

also been formed to enforce the 

sanitation regulations as happened 

under the infamous ‘Town Council 

Inspectors’ regime, where many residents 

were found wanting for not 

keeping their environment clean. 

The DAILY HERITAGE is 

disappointed that the current regime 

failed to build on the National Sanitation 

Day exercise by enhancing it. 

Nonetheless, we welcome the 

new policy because on the face of it, 

it sounds extremely promising and 

so we urge the implementing agencies 

not to disappoint the President. 

We also call on Ghanaians to 

change our attitude towards refuse 

disposal. This policy can only be 

successful if the nation does it together. 

It is our hope that this new 

policy will stand the test of time and 

not be subjected to needless political 

attack under a new administration. 

Single Spine 

to be reviewed 

PRESIDENT Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated 

that as his administration seeks 

to establish a world-class labour 

force comparable to any in the 

world, concerns of workers in the public 

sector over their remuneration must be addressed. 

It is for this reason that an Inter-Ministerial 

Committee has been established by 

the Ministries of Employment and Labour 

Relations and Finance to undertake the review 

of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP), 

and to make recommendations for implementation 

by the government. 

According to President Akufo-Addo, 

“having operated with the policy since its 

inception in 2010, it is time to institute this 

review. The team is expected to do a thorough 

review of both public and private 

sector pay policies, not only in Ghana, but 

also across the globe, to make informed 

recommendations for implementation.” 

The President continued, “productivity 

should be taken into consideration in the 

determination of remuneration for work 

done by employees in both the public and 

the private sectors. Whilst we seek to review 

the remuneration, I continue to count 

on you, Secretary General, to lead the campaign 

for a change in attitude to work and 

increase in productivity.” 

President Akufo-Addo made this 

• Says Prez Akufo-Addo 

• It was all joy at the 2018 May Day celebration 

known when he delivered a speech on 

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, on the occasion of 

May Day, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, 

in Kumasi. 

ECG concession 

Whilst applauding Organised Labour 

heartily for the calm industrial climate 

Ghana has enjoyed over the last 16 

months, President Akufo-Addo recounted 

one of the issues that took centre stage last 

year, which is the ECG Concession, and 

the fear of layoff of Ghanaian workers. 

“You will recall that in my address, I 

pledged that the terms of the agreement 

would be in Ghana’s interest. I am happy 

to report today the existence of an MOU 

between organized labour, the Ministry of 

Energy, and the Ministry of Employment 

and Labour Relations, which will ensure 

that no worker of ECG would be negatively 

affected or laid off as a result of the 

coming into effect of the ECG concession,” 

he said. 

Again, the President stressed that “majority 

of shares of the ECG concessionaire, 

that is 51%, after the signing of this 

agreement, are in the hands of Ghanaians.” 

Pensions 

On the matter of pensions, President 

Akufo-Addo stated that the Government, 

through the Ministries of Finance and Employment 

and Labour Relations, had, with 

the co-operation of the TUC, ensured the 

smooth transfer of GH¢ 3.1 billion of Tier 

2 pension funds into the custodial accounts 

of the pension schemes of labour unions, 

funds that had been outstanding for six 

years, and about which TUC had been 

loudly complaining. 

“Our concern has been to ensure that 

the Pension Funds are secured ahead of 

their retirement. Persons who have also 

been nominated to chair these Schemes are 

well equipped, and possess the necessary 

experience in the management of the affairs 

of the Schemes,” he said. 

Workers, the President indicated, could 

be assured that their contributions, and accompanying 

investment returns, are safe, 

and would be promptly disbursed as and 

when they retire from active service.


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Mahama is sabotaging 

fight against illegal mining 

BY DR KINGSLEY NYARKO, 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DI 

IT IS very sad, worrying and 

troubling when as a result 

of political power, politicians 

play to the gallery and 

act against the interest of 

the country. The above is 

exactly what former President 

Mahama and his National Democratic 

Congress (NDC) are noted 

for. 

At their ‘unity’ walk in Kumasi 

on Saturday, apart from his party 

members parading placards that 

clearly show his unwillingness to 

help the fight against illegal mining, 

he went as far as to discredit 

the efforts of both the government 

and the joint military and 

police taskforce mandated to ensure 

that the activities of illegal 

miners are brought to a halt. 

According to ex-President 

Mahama, “…it is true that if we 

don’t do something about it, it 

will destroy the environment. But 

we need to apply wisdom. Because 

we’ve chased young people 

involved in illegal small-scale 

mining with soldiers in the 

past in this country but it 

didn’t work.” He continued 

“But if we put a blanket ban 

and send soldiers after the 

young people that is not the 

way to go. As you stop illegal 

small-scale mining, at the 

same time you must put in 

place a livelihood package so 

that as you are displacing 

people from illegal mining, 

they have something to do… 

.But when there is nothing 

to do but you are just chasing 

them, shooting them, it 

is not the way to go.” 

From the above quotes, it 

is clear that the former President 

has admitted, though 

sadly that he did not apply 

wisdom when in May 2013 

he inaugurated a high-powered 

inter-ministerial committee, 

dubbed 

Anti-Galamsey Taskforce to find 

lasting solution to illicit mining 

once and for all. Good to know 

that you did not apply wisdom in 

your case, sir; but we want you to 

understand that President Nana 

•Former President John Dramani Mahama 

•Dr Kingsley Nyarko 

Akufo-Addo’s intervention was 

influenced and backed by wisdom. 

His inter- ministerial team 

headed by Prof. Frimpong 

Boateng was mandated not only 

to end the illegal mining menace, 

but it has a comprehensive intervention 

that also seeks to 

provide an alternative livelihood 

for the displaced miners, 

which they are feverishly working 

to achieve. 

What is even more troubling 

about the sad and disturbing 

comment by ex-President Mahama 

is that when on March 1, 

2014 he announced the second 

phase of the operation of the 

taskforce, he said they were 

going to introduce a livelihood 

package which was never done. 

For over two years no such 

package was rolled out by his 

administration; but today he is 

lecturing us on the need to provide 

such an intervention. 

We want to state emphatically 

that his advice is late; 

President Akufo-Addo is wise 

and knows that already and is 

doing that. When it comes to 

fighting illegal mining, former 

President Mahama was a miserable 

failure; in fact, he promoted 

it. 

His legacy was a deplorable 

and degraded environment, destruction 

of our water bodies 

and farmlands, school children 

dropping out of school to engage 

in illegal mining, needless 

and preventable deaths and loss 

of mineral revenue to the State, 

among others. 

We want to plead with all and 

sundry, especially small scale 

miners with genuine license to 

work to bear with the President 

and government as they work to 

make the environment conducive 

and friendly for all. When we 

lose the fight against illegal mining, 

we will lose our good intention 

of providing a better 

country for the current and future 

generations. 

That is why we need to make 

it clear to Ghanaians to be wary 

and worried about some politicians, 

mostly from the NDC 

who, as a result of desperation to 

capture political power, do not 

care a hoot about our lands being 

degraded as long as it will increase 

their political fortunes. 

We need also to understand 

that when this fight is lost, our 

future is lost, our hope is gone, 

and we shall become miserable 

and wretched. 

The negative consequences of 

illegal mining, apart from lost 

revenue to the State, include adverse 

health effects, school 

dropout, poor school performance, 

pollution of our water bodies, 

less crop yields, decrease 

revenue from agricultural exports, 

lack of portable drinking 

water, needless deaths, among 

others. 

In concluding, we would want 

to plead with former President 

Mahama to think more about 

Ghana than himself and his ambition 

to lead this country again. 

We expect him to be a bit patriotic 

and support the advancement, 

progress and development 

of the country. Ghana’s interest 

should be his major preoccupation 

and not the desperate and 

uncontrolled appetite to be president 

again. That desire is not patriotism, 

but parochial which has 

the potential of wasting the fortunes 

of this great nation of 

ours. The fight against illicit mining 

should be a collective responsibility. 

Signed 

Dr Kingsley Nyarko 

(Executive Director, Danquah 

Institute)


Facts about Cholera 

• Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal 

disease that can kill within hours if 

left untreated. 

• There are 100 000–120 000 

deaths due to cholera every year of 

which only a small proportion are 

reported to World Health Organisation. 

• Up to 80% of cases can be 

successfully treated with oral rehydration 

solution (ORS). 

• Typical at-risk areas of 

cholera include peri-urban slums 

with limited access to safe drinking 

water and lack of proper sanitation. 

• About 75% of people infected 

with Vibrio cholerae 1 or 

139 do not develop any symptoms. 

• Surveillance is paramount to 

identify vulnerable populations living 

in hotspots. 

• Safe and effective oral cholera 

vaccines are now part of the 

cholera control package. 

• Cholera is a preventable disease 

provided that safe water and 

proper sanitation are made available. 


DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 

&Env. 

Typhoid fever: the killer disease 

BY STEPHEN BENTI 

TYPHOID FEVER 

has been one of the 

infections that the 

Ministry of Health, 

in collaboration 

with the government, 

is fighting hard to eradicate 

permanently or, perhaps, reduce 

its impact on us as a country. 

The Ministry of Health and 

the government have been working 

assiduously to educate the 

general public on this deadly infection 

that is sending many children 

and even grownups into their 

graves earlier, yet it is still a challenge 

we, as a country, are struggling 

with. 

A research conducted by the 

Disease Control in 2015 showed 

that about 9.5% of the Ghanaian 

population are affected by Typhoid 

Fever. 

In 2016, another research conducted 

by this same group indicated 

that the outbreak of 

Typhoid Fever in the overcrowded 

cities such as Accra, Kumasi, 

Takoradi and the urban areas is as 

a result of filth and in rural areas 

that do not have pipe-borne water 

and boreholes but rely on the 

streams and river water, it has increased 

from 9.5% to 13.6%. Out 

of this about 0.9% do not make it 

to enjoy life. 

Typhoid Fever 

Typhoid Fever, also known as 

Enteric Fever, is a potentially fatal 

multisystem illness caused by salmonella 

serotype Salmonella 

typhi. This highly adapted humanspecific 

pathogen has evolved remarkable 

mechanisms for 

persistence in its host that help to 

ensure its survival and transmission. 

Typhoid fever is a major cause 

of illness and death in overcrowded 

and unsanitary urban 

conditions of Ghana and even 

Africa as a whole. To be more 

specific, Typhoid Fever is caused 

by contaminated food and water. 

A recent research conducted 

•Keeping the environment clean prevents typhoid fever 

across the country by the Kintampo 

Health College (Disease 

Control Students) late in 2017 indicated 

that about 5million people 

were infected with Typhoid Fever 

out of which about 60, 000 deaths 

were recorded. 

This happened as a result of so 

many reasons such as disposal of 

refuse into rivers and gutters, defaecation 

around river banks and 

running waters, failure to wash 

hands with soap, leaving food uncovered, 

eating of leftover foods 

which were not properly conserved. 

The above-mentioned reasons 

are mostly seen in the developing 

countries of which our mother 

Ghana cannot be left out. In my 

view, these are the main factors 

contributing to the increase of infections 

and deaths recorded 

every year. 

The graph below shows the increase 

in the percentage of the infection 

in the country and death 

rate from 2014 to 2017 according 

to the research by Kintampo 

Health College. 

From the above graph we 

clearly see that the percentage of 

the infection with its death rate 

has been increasing from the year 

2014 to 2017 from 3.1% infections 

with 0.3% deaths, to 4.2% 

with 0.9% deaths, 6.9% with 1.2% 

deaths and 11.4% with 1.7% 

deaths over the respective years. 

With these figures, one must not 

be told typhoid fever infection is 

on the rise. But sadly, the public 

has not been sensitized to this information 

well enough to caution 

them first-hand on the earliest 

signs and symptoms. 

When one ge- I 0-have liver, 

spleen bone marrow or even gall 

bladder infections. At this stage, 

the infected person begins to experience 

the symptoms of typhoid 

fever severely. 

Manifestation of 

typhoid fever 

The protean manifestation of 

typhoid fever makes the disease a 

true diagnostic challenge. The 

classic presentation includes fever, 

malaise, defuse abdominal pain 

and constipation. Untreated typhoid 

fever is a gruelling illness 

that may progress to delirium 

(confusion and hallucination), obtundation, 

intestinal haemorrhage, 

bowel perforation and death 

within one month of onset. Survivors 

may be left with long-term 

or permanent neuropsychiatric 

complications. 

To avoid the increasing rate of 

this pandemic infection causing 

the lives of many Ghanaians, the 

government must provide clean 

drinking water and proper sewage 

systems for rural and urban areas. 

Again, the Ministry of Health, 

in collaboration with the Ghana 

Health Service, should educate the 

general public on the following: 

Causes of typhoid fever 

The negative effects associated 

with defaecating around river 

banks, gutters and homes, the 

need for proper hand-washing before 

and after eating and also anytime 

one visits the toilet, how to 

prepare food under hygienic conditions 

and also proper preservation 

methods. I believe if these 

suggestions are implemented by 

the government, the Ministry of 

Health and the Ghana Health 

Service and well received by the 

public, typhoid fever will be a 

thing of the past. 

In 2016, another research conducted 

by this same group indicated 

that the outbreak of 

Typhoid Fever in the overcrowded 

cities such as Accra, Kumasi, 

Takoradi and the urban areas is 

as a result of filth and the rural 

areas that do not have pipe borne 

water and boreholes but rely on 

the streams and river water has 

increased from 9.5% to 13.6%. 

Out of this about 0.9% do not 

make it to enjoy life.

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Expert urges safety 

measures at workplaces 

PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com 

A HEALTH and safety expert and director 

of PB Protection Centre, Nana Philip 

Asante, has said Ghanaian leaders ought to 

think about the health, safety and welfare of 

workers to boost morale and enhance 

productivity in both the private and public 

sector. 

According to Nana Asante, many 

workers have no idea about good sitting 

posture at work and the use of office 

equipment (ergonomics) or have traffic 

wardens or marshals to assist employees on 

safe pedestrian crossing around their 

premises, leading to the death of many 

workers in the country. 

Speaking to the DAILY HERITAGE 

as the world marked this year’s World 

Occupational Health and Safety Awareness 

Day, which fell on April 28, 2018, he said 

global statistics from the International 

Labour Organisation indicate that 270 

million occupational accidents and 160 

million diseases are recorded each year. 

Nana Asante said around two million 

people die every year, resulting in 4% loss 

of world’s gross domestic product. 

He added that the report further 

indicated that around 355,000 work-related 

fatal accidents were recorded each year out 

of which half occurred in the agricultural 

sector. 

The expert said many employees in both 

public and private workplaces, including 

those in the kitchen and eating places, 

lacked the required health and safety 

training in their areas of service, adding 

that many of these workers such as 

journalists, caterers, paramedics, tax 

collectors, national standards enforcers, 

farmers and others, need appropriate 

personal protective equipment. 

Way forward 

Nana Asante said Ghana needs health, 

safety and welfare management systems in 

workplaces to prevent employees from pain 

and suffering. He said it was economically 

prudent and reasonable in terms of profit 

maximisation to protect all people at all 

times to avoid unnecessary spending. 

The effect 

The negative effects of health and safety 

avoidance, he added, led to injury, loss of 

life and diseases the result of which is 

negative impact on the country, dependents, 

families, friends, colleagues and many 

others. 

The health and safety campaigner said 

when institutions and organisations failed 

to implement health and safety 

management systems, they flout both 

national and international frameworks that 

govern these entities. 

Nana Asante said according to the 

Health and Safety Act, 1964, there should 

be health and safety systems to serve as risk 

control measures and incentives to 

employees at all workplaces. 

“It is the responsibility of the 

government to ensure that the safety of 

every Ghanaian is ensured much more than 

paying tax to the nation because health is 

worth. If we are injured, how can we work 

to create worth to pay our taxes? It is 

reasonably good for the citizens to rise up 

to demand the enhancement of our health 

and safety in our various workplaces,” he 

stated. 

“We the people of PB Protection Centre 

think there is no other appropriate time 

than now, because every accident is an 

unplanned event which may cause huge 

losses and irreparable damage, so we should 

act now.” 

•Nana Philip Asante, health and safety expert 

Nation Builders Corps launched 

PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 

launched the Nation Builders Corps 

(NABCO), which will employ, in this 

year alone, 100,000 young men and 

women to assist in the public sector 

service delivery needs of Ghana. 

According to President Akufo-Addo, 

“NABCO will be the vehicle to deliver 

100,000 jobs in seven prioritised areas, 

defined as the following modules: 

Educate Ghana; Heal Ghana; Feed 

Ghana; Revenue Ghana; Digitise Ghana; 

Enterprise Ghana; and Civic Ghana.” 

Explaining the rationale for the 

establishment of the Corps, President 

Akufo-Addo noted that the grim story 

of youth unemployment had been a 

tragic part of the lives of Ghanaians for 

far too long , worsened, in recent times, 

by the ban placed on public sector 

employment by the International 

Monetary Fund. 

That is why, according to the 

President, in the 2018 budget statement, 

“I gave an indication that a new 

employment scheme will be launched to 

tackle the issue of the growing numbers 

of graduates exiting our tertiary 

institutions with no job placements in 

sight.” 

Wisa convicted 


muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com 

TALENTED HIPLIFE 

artiste, Eugene Ashe, 

known in the music 

industry as Wisa Greid, 

has been sentenced to a 

fine of GH¢ 8,400.00 for 

gross indecency for exposing his 

manhood in public when performing 

on stage. 

Wisa, of the ‘Ekikimi’ fame, was 

arrested in December 2015 after videos 

of him displaying his manhood while 

performing at Citi FM’s ‘Decemba-2- 

Rememba’ Christmas Eve concert at 

the Accra International Conference 

Centre (AICC), went viral. 

He was charged with gross indecent 

exposure and found guilty after full 

trial. 

Fake manhood 

In a nearly-three-year trial, which 

was characterised with series of bench 

warrants, Wisa told the court that what 

he displayed on stage was a fake 

manhood, contrary to what was alleged. 

“On that night, I fixed a fake 

manhood which I was wearing under 

my boxer shorts. So during the 

performance, when I was almost done 

and about to leave the stage, while 

dancing with the dancer that I used, I 

NABCO’s central focus, the 

President said, would be to create 

employment avenues and opportunities 

for young people who hold diplomas or 

degrees from accredited tertiary 

institutions, adding that “NABCO will 

enhance the dignity and self-esteem of 

our graduates, and will also present them 

with the added benefit of efficiency and 

effectiveness in the delivery of some 

essential public services.” 

President Akufo-Addo said he was 

confident that by the time NABCO 

trainees exit the scheme, which is for a 

3-year period, “the requisite work 

readiness skills and experience, often 

deemed a barrier to their employment as 

fresh graduates, would have been 

resolved.” 

How to apply 

With module qualification and 

recruitment processes, and all the 

essential criteria, along with detailed 

information, all available on the website 

of NABCO (www.nabco.gov.gh), the 

President noted that the website is the 

only medium for receiving applications 

from graduates, as long as they are 

Ghanaian citizens, and have duly 

discharged their national service 

•Wisa Greid, being whisked away 

pulled out the fake penis that I was 

wearing under my boxer shorts from 

the front and that was it. I left the 

stage,” he recounted. 

Wisa, who issued a statement to 

apologise for his action, told the court 

he decided to apologise on radio and 

television because of the perception the 

incident had created in the public. 

Wisa subsequently tendered in 

obligations. 

“There are no charges or costs, and 

no paper application forms to fill. 

Everything is being done online, and on 

the website of NABCO. This will 

optimise efficiency in the processing of 

applications, as well as afford the 

opportunity for checking with other 

available national databases to prevent 

fraud,” he added. 

The President continued, “With the 

application processes closing on 1st 

June, 2018, it is expected that, by 1st 

July, selected applicants would become 

this country’s first NABCO trainees, 

who will receive training and will be 

deployed to commence their work by 1st 

August, 2018.” 

For the attainment of equity and 

fairness, the President noted that every 

constituency has a stated allocation out 

of the 100,000 placements, which has 

been worked out based on a weighting 

formula, thus, ensuring all 

constituencies, large or small, adequate 

representation. 

Remuneration 

With the ultimate aim being to help 

guarantee employability of these 

graduates, placements would last for a 

evidence the supposed fake penis 

strapped to a belt at the court as what 

he used on the night. 

Defence argument 

Jerry Avenorgbor, his lawyer, who 

questioned the authenticity of the 

video, which was shown in court, said it 

could have been doctored by someone 

to achieve a purpose. 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo speaking at the launch 

But, the court, presided over by Mrs 

Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku, found 

Wisa guilty of the charge proffered 

against him and convicted him 

accordingly. 

The court said although Wisa 

claimed he used a fake penis on stage, 

the video proved otherwise as there was 

no sign of a belt on his waist when he 

pulled out his manhood. 

The trial judge held that though 

Wisa tendered in the supposed fake 

penis he used on the night, he forgot to 

add pubic hair to it, contrary to what 

was available in the video. 

“I am convinced that the accused 

person (Wisa) used his God-given penis 

and not a fake penis as he wants the 

court to believe,” Mrs Adjin-Doku 

stated. 

In her sentencing, the judge took 

into consideration the fact that the 

accused did not show any remorse for 

his act since the beginning of the trial. 

She said he is a public figure and a 

lot of young people look up to him 

and, therefore, chose a fine over a 

custodial sentence – but risked going to 

jail for 24 months if he failed to pay 

the money. 

Lack of funds 

Moments after the sentencing, his 

lawyer prayed the court to defer the 

verdict since they had only GH¢ 

5,000.00 on them in court. 

The court obliged them, and granted 

a new bail of GH¢ 10,000.00 with one 

surety to be justified, but he was unable 

to get a surety and was subsequently 

handcuffed and taken away by the 

police. 

He has since paid the fine and so 

walks a free man. 

period of three years, earning NABCO 

trainees a stipend of 700 Ghana cedis 

every month. 

“This is a modest, but important 

beginning towards the restoration of 

their dignity. Beneficiaries will also 

receive continuous skills training, and 

retraining on the job, both to equip and 

guide their future career paths,” the 

President stated. 

He noted further that the security 

offered by this graduate employment 

scheme implies that graduates have 

sufficient time to make prudent choices 

on their future entry into the labour 

market, on potential interests of starting 

businesses and entrepreneurship, or even 

on definitive clarity on further learning 

options, guided by experiences and the 

benefit of exposure to the world of 

work. 

Non-graduates 

With regards to persons who do not 

have diplomas or degrees, the President 

indicated that NABCO is freeing up the 

Youth Employment Agency (YEA) of 

the burden of dealing with everything to 

do with employment amongst the youth, 

especially graduates. 

“NABCO is granting YEA extra 

absorptive capacity to concentrate on 

non-graduates. YEA will also recruit 

80,000 non-graduates this year, whilst 

NABCO commences recruitment of 

100,000 graduates,” he explained. 

President Akufo-Addo assured the 

public that his Government’s 

commitment to job creation would not 

end here, but would be accelerated 

through the implementation of our 

flagship programmes of ‘One District 

One Factory’, ‘One village One Dam’, 

and the programme for ‘Planting for 

Food and Jobs’. 

“We are also creating an enabling 

economic environment for the private 

sector to thrive, which will drive in 

investment, foreign and domestic, and, 

thereby, help create jobs,” he added. 

President Akufo-Addo urged 

graduates who qualify to enter this 

scheme to “own it and help something 

meaningful and fulfilling happen for 

yourself and for your country. Be proud 

to say ‘I am a Nation Builder’, and this 

country will be thankful to you too for 

rising up to the challenge.” 

African leaders must 

seek peace, prosperity 

— President Akufo-Addo 

PRESIDENT NANA Addo 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has 

urged the next generation of 

African leaders to seek peace 

and prosperity for the long 

suffering masses on the African 

continent. 

According to President 

Akufo-Addo, “If we are going 

to build prosperous countries, 

we should have peace, and 

those who would lead Africa 

must seek and cherish peace.” 

The President made this 

known on Saturday, 28 April, 

2018, when he delivered the 

keynote address at the 27th 

Africa Peace Leadership 

Awards, organised by the 

Centre for African Peace and 

Conflict Resolution of the 

California State University, 

Sacramento. 

With pervasive poverty 

being Africa’s biggest problem, 

and which is likely to pose 

Africa’s biggest security threat, 

President Akufo-Addo stated 

that Africa needs to have peace 

to deal with this debilitating 

problem. 

“As they say, “l’argentn’aime 

pas le bruit” (money does not 

like noise), and, indeed, we 

would all agree that where 

there is chaos, where there is 

noise, where there is unrest, 

you are not likely to find 

money or the widespread 

prosperity that will enable the 

longsuffering masses of 

Africans to live lives of 

dignity,” he said. 

African leaders, the 

President noted, must “have 

more self-confidence and 

accept that we shall never reach 

the level of development we 

aspire to by relying on aid or 

external assistance, no matter 

how generous. It is a mindset 

that I wish us to discard, a 

mindset of dependency and 

living on handouts; it is 

unhealthy both for the giver 

and for the recipient.” 

He explained that the next 

generation of African leaders 

would have to understand that 

they could not draw up their 

national budgets, with the 

expectation that a percentage 

of revenue would be coming 

from donor nations. 

“They have to appreciate, 

and work with the reality that 

properly harnessed and 

efficiently and honestly 

managed, there are abundant 

resources on the continent to 

finance its own development,” 

the President noted.


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2018 

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Fuel prices would be stable 

only if NPA intervenes - IES 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

THE INSTITUTE 

for Energy Security 

(IES) has projected 

that fuel 

prices would be 

stable on the local 

market only if the National Petroleum 

Authority (NPA) decides 

to apply the Price 

Stabilisaion and Recovery (PSR) 

Levy mechanism for the second 

consecutive pricing-window. 

A statement signed by Mr 

Richmond Rockson, Principal 

Analyst, IES, explained that the 

NPA’s intervention with the PSR 

Levy, and competition amongst 

Oil Marketing Companies 

(OMCs) came to the rescue of 

petroleum consumers, forestalling 

a price increment of up 

to 2.5% as projected by IES. 

The analyst shared that the 

prices of both Gasoline and 

Gasoil scaled up on the international 

fuel market. Brent crude 

experienced a significant surge in 

price, and as the Ghanaian Cedi 

recorded a marginal gain against 

the U.S. Dollar, fuel imports 

looked good over the last two 

weeks; although with low strategic 

reserves. 

He said “OMCs that increased 

prices within the period 

had to revert to old prices to be 

able to compete for market 

share. As a result, Gasoline and 

Gasoil continue to be traded at 

GH¢ 4.57 and GH¢ 4.56 respectively 

on national average 

terms.” 

World Oil Market 

Prices 

He also pointed out that 

Brent crude price continued to 

incline on the global market, 

with prices within the last 14days 

averaging $73.01 per barrel, as 

wave of global economic growth 

continue to drive up the demand 

of oil, and U.S. production experiences 

a slack over last year. 

Mr Rockson added that Standard 

and Poor’s Global Platts 

benchmark showed an upward 

price adjustment for both Gasoline 

and Gas oil, with Gasoline 

averaging $694.93 per metric 

tonne (price change of 1.93%) 

and Gas oil recording a significant 

price increase of 4.55% as 

it closed trading at $644.57 per 

metric tonne over the last two 

weeks. 

Local Forex and Fuel 

Stock 

He also stated that over the 

last 14 days, the Ghana Cedi 

gained a marginal value against 

the U.S. Dollar, with the local 

currency trading at an average of 

GH¢ 4.50, an appreciation of 

1.09% compared to the previous 

average of GH¢ 4.55. 

He said “from April 16, 2018 

to date, total petroleum imports 

stand at 135,294 metric tonne; 

100,994 metric tonnes of Gasoline, 

9000 metric tonnes of Gas 

oil, 13,500 metric tonnes of Jet 

Fuel (ATK) and 11,800 metric 

tonnes of Butane (LPG).” 

For the second consecutive 

pricing-window, the analyst 

pointed out that Zen Petroleum, 

Benab Oil, Pacific, Lucky Oil 

and Frimps Oil continued to sell 

the least-priced Gasoline and 

Gas oil on the local fuel market 

as revealed by IES Market- 

Scan,” he explained. 

Savannah Paints promotes 

products at Kasoa 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

SOME MANAGEMENT and staff of 

Savannah Paints, a local paint productions 

company, as part of the Corporate 

Social Responsibility of the company, 

have painted the office of Awutu Senya 

East Municipal Assembly at Kasoa in the 

Central Region. 

Mr Alexander McCarthy, Sales Representative 

at Savanna Paints, in an interview 

with the DAILY HERITAGE, 

said though the product had been in the 

market for more than years, they decided 

to embark on a brand awareness exercise 

in order to interact with their customers 

and sell the brand to prospective clients. 

“We chose Kasoa today because we 

believe it is a big market, it is our prayer 

that the people here will patronize our 

products. We will also do the same 

across the 10 regions in the country,” Mr 

McCarthy said. 

According to him, the exercise also 

forms part of efforts to reassure customers 

of quality product and affordable 

price which could last up to 10 years before 

fading. 

“The brand has not changed; what 

we have done is to increase the quality of 

our products. We want our customers to 

know that quality is one thing we don’t 

compromise on and so once you use Savannah 

Paints you are assured of value 

for money,” Mr McCarthy explained. 

The Municipal Chief Executive for 

Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly, 

Mr Michael Yaw Essuman Mensah, said 

he is impressed with the gesture of Savanna 

Paints and urged other corporate 

entities to follow their footsteps to help 

in the development of the community in 

which they work. 

“It is something I want to encourage 

because it will generate revenue for the 

assembly. Kasoa is the fastest developing 

community in West Africa so if you want 

to sell building materials, then it is the 

place to come to,” he noted. 

The campaign began with a float 

from Kaneshie in Accra and ended at 

Kasoa in the Central region. 

•Officials of Savannah Paints (R) presenting a gift to Mr Michael Essuman 

Mensah (3rd L), MCE of Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly 

MTN Ghana holds ethics and fraud awareness workshop 

THE AUDITOR General, Mr Daniel 

Yao Domelevo, has indicated that on 

issues of corruption and fraud, preventive 

measures are better than corrective 

measures. 

He made this statement when he 

addressed vendors and suppliers at the 

maiden MTN Ethics & Fraud Awareness 

Workshop held in Accra. 

Mr Domelevo, who was the first 

among a number of speakers who addressed 

participants in the workshop, 

also outlined some key measures to 

prevent fraud. 

A few of the measures include 

being forthright with rules on fraud, 

implementing rules which has become 

the bane of the country, regular procurement 

audits, continuous training 

of staff and putting in place viable 

mechanisms for whistle blowing. 

•Mr Daniel Yao Domelevo, Auditor General 

He also called on the private sector 

to support the public sector to enhance 

its operations. 

He said, “The private sector is 

mostly referred to as the engine of 

economic growth but we should remember 

the engine cannot operate 

without fuel. The public sector is 

therefore the fuel which propels the 

engine to work.” 

“I will therefore call on MTN to dialogue 

the public sector to design solutions 

that will help curb fraud and 

reduce corruption,” he added. 

The General Manager for MTN 

Business Risk Management, Didier 

Sala-Diakanda, said, “From its inception, 

MTN has taken the issue of 

ethics very seriously and over the years 

we have put in a lot of measures to ensure 

that Integrity is upheld in business 

amongst all staff and at all levels. 

“We have therefore put in place the 

required policies, guidelines and committees 

and staff have constantly been 

informed and educated on these policies. 

This year, we have decided to extend 

the education to you our valued 

suppliers. 

“As the saying goes, it takes two to 

tango and even as we work hard to enforce 

our policies internally, we need 

to also work with you, our external 

partners, to ensure the process is fully 

completed.” 

Mr Joseph Dogbe, Seniorr Manager, 

IT Audit, and Mr Patrick Afari 

Snr., Manager Procurement, took turns 

to educate participants in MTN’s 

Ethics and Fraud management procedures 

and Procurement Processes respectively. 

Mr Stanley Anum from PwC took 

participants through the Red Flags of 

Procurement Fraud. Participants were 

also taken through the process of 

pledging their commitment to abide by 

the Ethics and policies of MTN annually 

to guarantee continuous business 

with MTN. 

The MTN Ethics and Fraud 

Awareness workshop has been instituted 

as an annual event to continually 

sensitize vendors and suppliers to the 

Ethics and Code of Conduct and to 

heighten their awareness of fraud. The 

workshop is a practical and effective 

initiative to equip vendors and suppliers 

in building a frontline defence system 

against fraud. 

MTN operates with five corporate 

values, namely: Leadership, Innovation, 

Relationship, Integrity and Can – 

Do spirit or attitude.



DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 11 

Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

NPP sets rules for Natl. 

Delegates Conference 


muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE LEADERSHIP of 

the ruling New Patriotic 

Party (NPP) has set up 

the ground rules for its 

National Delegates’ 

Conference scheduled 

for June 15-17, 2018. 

The party has, thus, entreated all 

prospective candidates vying for national 

positions scheduled for Koforidua 

in the Eastern Region to 

respect the rules of engagement. 

The Acting General Secretary of 

the party, Mr John Boadu, also warned 

prospective candidates who may be 

aggrieved during the vetting to exhaust 

all internal channels. 

He warned that anybody who goes 

to court without fulfilling the internal 

rules would be barred from the party. 

Below is the full statement: 

We have invited you here primarily 

to spell out the guidelines for the conduct 

of the party’s forthcoming National 

Annual Delegates Conference 

scheduled to come off in Koforidua, 

the Eastern Regional Capital from 

15th to 17th June, 2018. The conference 

shall, among other things, elect 

National Officers who would steer the 

affairs of the party for the next four 

years. This National Annual Delegates 

Conference is being held pursuant 

to Article 10(2) & (3) of the 

Party’s Constitution, which provides 

that the National Annual 

Delegates Conference be held at 

least four (4) weeks after the last 

Regional Annual Delegates Conference. 

But before we let you into the 

details of the National Delegates 

Conference, the party wishes to 

use this opportunity to join the rest 

of the country to commend Isaac 

Dogbe on his latest victory which 

makes him Ghana's youngest ever 

boxing champion after knocking out 

Jessie Magdaleno in Philadelphia on 

Sunday morning, making him the new 

WBO super bantamweight/junior 

featherweight titleholder. We encourage 

other Ghanaian boxers to take a 

cue from his legendary resilience and 

win more international laurels for 

country. 

Response to former president 

Mahama and Asiedu Nketiah 

The party again wishes to use this 

opportunity to respond to some comments 

made by ex-president John Mahama 

and Asiedu Nketiah over the 

week during their so called Unity Walk 

in Kumasi. The former President for 

instance, is on record to have 

slammed President Akufo-Addo and 

his government for waging a war 

against illegal mining and its debilitating 

effects on lives and the environment 

particularly our water 

bodies and forest reserves. 

He also sought to incite 

illegal miners against 

the government, 

suggesting that 

that if he became 

president tomorrow, 

he 

wouldn’t 

clamp down 

on their activities 

and 

that, he 

would protect 

their interest. 

How 

incredulous! 

We, in the 

NPP, have always 

known 

that the former 

president is such a 

desperate politician 

who would do anything 

for political 

power but what 

we did not 

know is 

that, 

• Former President John Mahama 

his 

desperation 

has 

reached this outlandish 

extent. His comment is by far, 

the most opportunistic and reckless 

comment to have been made by any 

former Ghanaian leader. We condemn 

this recklessness in no uncertain terms 

and call on him to do the honourable 

thing. 

The NPP also calls on all well 

meaning Ghanaians particularly the 

Media Coalition Against illegal mining 

to join the party in condemning with 

all vehemence, this unfortunate comment 

from John Mahama which seeks 

to erode all the gains that the nation 

had 

• John Boadu, Acting General Secretary 

made in the 

fight against 

the galamsey 

menace on 

the altar of 

political 

expediency. 

It is 

most 

reprehensible, 

disgusting, 

repugnant 

and unbecoming 

of a 

statesman. 

John Mahama 

should be the 

last person to 

comment on issues 

of illegal mining having 

had the rare opportunity to 

govern this country for 8 years 

and doing absolutely nothing to fight 

the menace of illegal mining which 

was destroying the very fabric of the 

Ghanaian society. 

Fortunately, we now have a caring 

president in Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo who did not only ban illegal 

mining in order to salvage this 

country and save innocent lives, but 

has also come out with an elaborate 

policy document detailing how to permanently 

address the menace including 

the provision of alternative source 

of livelihood for persons hitherto involved 

in illegal mining. Government’s 

holistic approach to fighting the 

galamsey menace has not only received 

national applause from all 

well meaning Ghanaians but 

has also been hailed by the 

international community. 

We are however not 

surprise about the 

conduct of the former 

president because 

that is his 

stock in trade. 

With such desperation 

from 

him, it wouldn’t 

be surprising if, 

tomorrow, we 

hear him blaming 

President 

Akufo-Addo for 

the woes of prisoners 

and telling 

for them he would 

ensure their release 

if they voted for. 

This is certainly not 

how we build a nation. 

On Asiedu Nketiah, 

who also spoke at the event, 

where he stated categorically 

that the Nana-Addo led NPP government 

had legalised homosexuality, 

allowing for same sex marriage in the 

country, the party would ordinarily 

not respond to a character like Asiedu 

Nketiah who has reduced an otherwise 

serious business of politics to 

comic relief. But we are minded to respond 

to him because of the position 

he holds unfortunately. In doing so, 

we wholly associate ourselves with the 

befitting response he got from the 

Communications Directorate of the 

Office of the President in a statement 

issued same day. 

The statement reads in part, 

“Speaking at the NDC's health/unity 

walk, on Saturday, 28th April, 2018, in 

Kumasi, the NDC General Secretary 

is reported to have stated that "Nana 

Addo says men will marry men, and 

women will marry women." This is 

nothing but a baseless and vile fabrication, 

by no less a person than the 

General Secretary of the leading opposition 

party in Ghana. For the 

avoidance of doubt, President Akufo- 

Addo has NEVER stated anywhere 

that, under his presidency, "men will 

marry men, and women will marry 

women". 

Indeed, the President remains focused 

on delivering on his mandate, 

and improving on the quality of lives 

of the Ghanaian people. It will NOT 

be under his Presidency that same-sex 

marriage will be legalized in Ghana. 

We will neither ask for an apology or 

retraction from the NDC General 

Secretary, who, obviously, is still stuck 

in the age of the politics of lies, deceit 

and propaganda, which was rejected 

decisively by discerning Ghanaians in 

the 2016 general elections. We will 

rather appeal to Ghanaians to, once 

again, ignore the falsehoods of the 

NDC, and urge Mr. Asiedu Nketiah to 

concentrate his energies on uniting his 

divided and discredited party.” There 

can’t be a better response to Asiedu 

Nketiah's lies. 

Overview of regional annual 

Delegates 

Conferences 

The party, as would know, has successfully 

held Regional Annual Delegates 

Conferences to inter alia, elect 

regional executives in all the ten regions 

of the country between April 

21, to 24, 2018 except for that of 

Northern Region which was delayed 

for a week. This was to allow for the 

remaining constituencies in the 

Northern Region that had not held 

their constituency delegates conference 

to do so. Eventually, the Northern 

Regional Annual Delegates 

Conference came off on Saturday, 

April 28. 

On the national scale, it is gratifying 

to note that, out of the 275 constituencies 

in the country, the NPP 

has been able to successfully hold 

Constituency Annual Delegates Conferences 

in 271 constituencies constituting 

98.5%. 

Having said that, the party wishes 

to use this opportunity to acknowledge 

the maturity with which members 

of our great party and all 

stakeholders approached the conduct 

of these annual delegates’ conferences 

which started from the polling station 

level to electoral area to constituency 

and now, regional level. The conferences, 

as all would attest to, were 

largely successful. 

The party also commends the efforts 

of the 4-man committee comprising 

Sammy Awuku (chairman of 

the committee), Evans Nimako (secretary 

of the committee) Bob Agbontor 

(member) and Gary Nimako, which 

was constituted by the national steering 

committee to help in the resolution 

of the issues in all outstanding 

constituencies. 

Again, the party wishes to use this 

opportunity to congratulate all the 

elected regional executives on their 

hard fought victory while commending 

the unsuccessful candidates for 

the productive competition and wishing 

them a better luck next time. We 

say, a big congratulation especially to 

the newly elected regional chairpersons 

comprising Anthony Namoo 

(Upper East), Thomas Adu Appiah 

• Continue on page 12


12 

DAILY 


HERITAGE TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 

NPP sets rules for Natl. 

Delegates Conference 

• Continued from page 11 

(Brong Ahafo), Bernard Antwi Bosiako 

(Ashanti), Kingston Kissi 

Akomeng (Eastern), Makafui Kofi 

Woanyah (Volta) Robert Kutin Jnr. 

(Central), Mohammed Bantima Samba 

(Northern), Divine Otoo Agorhoom 

(Greater Accra), Francis Ndede Siah 

(Western) and their competent teams. 

The party reminds them of their primary 

mandate of working assiduously 

to deliver VICTORY 2020 for the 

party especially in their respective regions 

and the nation at large. 

National annual Delegates 

Conference 

As noted, the National Annual 

Delegates Conference is being held 

pursuant to Article 10(2) & (3) of the 

party constitution which provides that, 

“The National Annual Delegates shall 

meet at least four (4) weeks after the 

last Regional Annual Delegates Conference”. 

The conference, according 

to this provision, shall be attended by 

the following delegates: 

a. Members of the National Council 

b. Members of the National Executive 

Committee 

c. All members of the Regional 

Executive Committee 

d. All members of the Constituency 

Executive Committee 

e. Fifteen (15) members of the National 

Council of Elders 

f. Twelve (12) delegates from every 

external branch as defined under Article 

8 (2) of the Party’s Constitution 

g. One (1) TESCON member, (i.e. 

the president or his/her designated 

representative) from each of the recognized 

tertiary institution in the 

Country. 

h. Fifteen (15) Patrons elected 

from among themselves 

i. Founding Members across the 

Country who are signatories to the 

registration documents of the Party at 

the Electoral Commission. 

j. All NPP Members of Parliament 

in the Region; and, 

k. All Party Members who are Ministers, 

Deputy Ministers, Metropolitan, 

Municipal and District Chief Executives 

(MMDCEs) 

Also, per the constitution of our 

party, the presence of at least onethird 

(1/3) of the delegates to the National 

Annual Delegates Conference 

shall be necessary to constitute a quorum 

for the conference. 

Election guidelines for elections 

1. There shall be constituted, a National 

Elections Committee (NEC), 

which shall see to the conduct the National 

Officers’ Elections to be held 

from June 15 to June 17, 2018 as a 

venue determined by the party’s National 

Executive Committee. 

2. The National Elections Committee 

(NEC) shall be composed of 5 

members constituted as follows: 

a. Three (3) persons appointed by 

the National Executive Committee, 

one of whom shall be designated as 

the Chairperson. 

b. One (1) Representative of the 

National Council of Elders; 

c. The Director of Research & 

Elections (Ag.) as Secretary to the 

Committee. 

3. The 5 members who have been 

so appointed to constitute the National 

Elections Committee are: 

a) Reverend Asante Antwi (Chairman 

– appointed by National Executive 

Committee) 

b) Hackman Owusu Agyemang 

(appointed by National Executive 

Committee) 

c) Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekufful (appointed 

by National Executive Committee) 

d) Madam Agness Okudzeto (appointed 

by the National Council of 

Elders) 

e) Evans Nimako (Secretary – Acting 

Director of Research and Elections) 

4. A member of the National Elections 

Committee shall not be eligible 

to contest for any position in the National 

Elections. 

5. The National Elections Committee 

shall be responsible for the vetting 

of all prospective candidates. 

6. Nomination shall be open from 

Thursday May 3 to Thursday May 10, 

2018 

7. The Application Forms shall be 

accurately filled and submitted to the 

National Elections Committee not 

later than Tuesday May 15, 2018. 

8. Vetting shall be held from 

Thursday May 17 to Thursday May 24, 

2018. 

9. Vetting report shall be released 

not later than Monday, May 28, 2018. 

10. An applicant who is dissatisfied 

with the Vetting processes may 

appeal to the National Council of Elders 

within 3 Days for immediate redress 

and the decision of the National 

Council of Elders shall be final. 

11. For the avoidance of doubt, 

no Applicant shall proceed to court in 

respect of any matter touching on this 

election until he/she has exhausted the 

internal party mechanism for resolving 

disputes in accordance with Article 4 

(6) of the Party’s Constitution. 

12. Any prospective candidate who 

violates Regulation 11 and for that 

matter Article 4 of the party constitution 

shall be barred from contesting 

for any position in the national elections. 

13. Any delegate, who wishes to 

appoint a proxy, shall apply to the National 

Elections Committee at least 

one (1) week before the National Annual 

Delegates Conference for confirmation. 

14. Only delegates to the Annual 

Delegates Conference shall have the 

right to vote by proxy. 

The contestant: 

15. A prospective aspirant must be 

an active and known member of the 

Party in good standing for at least five 

(5) years. Good standing is demonstrated 

by active participation in 

•Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary, NDC 

Party’s activities and abiding by the 

Constitution and Rules and Regulations 

of the Party. 

16. A prospective aspirant shall be 

a registered voter and shall prove with 

his or her Biometric ID card issued by 

the Electoral Commission of Ghana. 

17. A prospective aspirant for any 

of the National officer’s position shall 

be nominated by one (1) member of 

the National Council of Elders and 

seconded by ten (10) registered members 

of the party who are known and 

active and reside in the 10 Regions 

across the country, all of whom shall 

be in good standing. 

18. ONLY prospective aspirants 

are entitled to purchase Application 

Form from the National Elections 

Committee. 

19. A prospective aspirant shall pay 

a non-refundable application fees as 

follows; 

a. National Chairperson - Ten 

Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 

10,000.00) 

b. Vice Chairperson - Eight Thousand 

Ghana Cedis (GHC 8,000.00) 

c. General Secretary - Six Thousand 


d. All other positions apart from 

the Special Organs - Five Thousand 


e. Special Organs i.e. Youth, 

Women and Nasara - Three Thousand 

Ghana Cedis (GHC 3,000.00). 

20. Application Forms shall be 

purchased at the NPP Headquarters, 

Asylum Down within working hours. 

21. Prospective aspirants shall 

NOT be denied access to procure the 

Application Form within the working 

hours. 

22. Three (3) passports sized photographs 

shall accompany each Application 

Form. 

23. The Election shall be conducted 

by the Electoral Commission 

of Ghana and supported by the National 

Elections Committee. 

24. All Officers shall hold office 

for four (4) years and may seek re-election. 

25. The delegates to the conference 

shall vote with their party Membership 

Identity (ID) Cards but where same is 

unavailable, the National Voter’s ID 

card may be admitted by the National 

Elections Committee for the purpose 

of voting. 

26. The positions to be contested 

for are; 

i. National Chairperson 

ii. National First Vice Chairperson 

iii. National Second Vice Chairperson 

iv. National Third Vice Chairperson 

v. General Secretary 

vi. National Treasurer 

vii. National Organiser 

viii. National Women Organiser 

ix. National Youth Organizer, and, 

x. National Nasara Coordinator 

27. For the avoidance of doubt, 

Article 10 (F)(6)(1) of the party constitution 

provides that, “there shall be 

three (3) National Vice Chairpersons 

ranked first, second and third according 

to the number of votes received at 

the election at the National Annual 

Delegates Conference”. 

Delegates for the election 

1. The Youth Wing (National 

Youth Organiser): 

a. National Youth Organizer and 

the 2 Deputies. 

b. All Regional Youth Organizers 

and Deputies. 

c. All Constituency Youth Organizers 

and Deputies. 

d. One (1) TESCON member 

from each of the recognized tertiary 

institution in the Country. For the 

avoidance of doubt, TESCON President 

shall represent their Institutions. 

e. All NPP Members of Parliament 

below 40years. 

f. All Party Members who are Ministers, 

Deputy Ministers, Metropolitan, 

Municipal and District Chief Executives 

(MMDCEs) who are below 

40years. 

g. All External Branch Youth Organizers 

h. All former National Youth Organizers 

and the Deputies provided 

they are not more than 40 years. 

2. The Women Wing (National 

Women Organiser): 

a. National Women Organizer and 

the 2 Deputies. 

b. All Regional Women Organizers 

and Deputies. 

c. All Constituency Women Organizers 

and Deputies. 

d. One (1) TESCON Women 

Commissioner from each of the recognized 

tertiary institution in the 

Country. 

e. All NPP female Members of 

Parliament. 

f. All External Branch Women Organizers. 

g. All female Ministers, Deputy 

Ministers, Metropolitan, Municipal and 

District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) 

who are members of the NPP. 

h. All former National Women organizers 

and Deputies 

3. The Nasara wing 

a. National Nasara Coordinator. 

b. All Regional Nasara Coordinators. 

c. All Constituency Nasara Coordinators 

and Deputies 

d. All External Branch Nasara Coordinators. 

e. All Nasara Coordinators in each 

of the accredited TESCON Institutions 

in the Country. 

f. All former National Nasara Coordinators. 

Conclusion 

The party wishes to appeal to all 

stakeholders particularly the prospective 

candidates for the various national 

executive positions in the upcoming 

impending National Annual Delegates 

Conference and their supporters to respect 

the rules of engagement and 

conduct this exercise with the necessary 

candour. Let us all commit ourselves 

to ensuing an incidence-free 

primaries for the love of our great 

party. We wish all the aspiring candidates 

the very best of luck in the elections. 

Let us remain united and committed 

to the call of our party and government 

at all times. It has always been 

said that the NPP is the pacesetter and 

best example of democratic values for 

other political parties in the country 

and on the continent of Africa and we 

don’t intend to lose this enviable 

recognition. Let it therefore be said 

that the NPP has done it once again. 

Let it be said that we came out of the 

2018 primaries as a much stronger 

party.

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

My court case had no effect 

on my brand — Wisa Greid 

•Wisa 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

BLACK AVENUE 

Musik (BAM) 

signee, Eugene 

Ashie, known in 

showbiz as Wisa 

Greid, has said his experience 

at the Citi FM ‘Decemba 

2 Rememba’ concert 

in 2015, which landed him in 

court, had in no way affected 

his brand as an artiste. 

The ‘Ekiki Mi’ hit maker, 

who has been standing trial 

since 2016 for allegedly showing 

off his manhood during a 

performance on stage at the 

Accra International Conference 

Centre (AICC), told the 

DAILY HERITAGE that 

the issue in court was having 

no negative effect on his 

brand and that he still gets 

gigs to perform at events 

under his new management, 

BAM, owned by D-Black. 

He said “There is no way 

my case in court has affected 

my career; I still perform at 

events. The reason why people 

haven’t heard of any new 

song from my camp is that I 

am working on a new album 

which I will be releasing 

soon. But currently I have released 

a new song titled 

‘Mama K3 Dada’.” 

According to the artiste, 

his new song has been 

crafted in a manner that will 

instantly grab attention 

“while moving you off your 

feet”. 

The song produced by DJ 

Breezy is a reminiscent of 

some childhood experiences, 

when children characterised 

themselves as mothers and 

fathers while playing. “I wonder 

which child didn’t play 

the ‘Mama K3 Dada’ role.” 

Wisa also cautioned the 

youth to stay away from hard 

drugs like Tramadol, which is 

capable of destroying their 

dreams and vision. 

He said, “Personally, I do 

not know anyone who uses 

Tramadol but my advice to 

those using it is that they 

should refrain from the use 

before it gets out of hand.” 

‘Mama k3 Dada’ is available 

on all music platforms 

online. 

Shatta Wale, Samini, Stonebwoy, 

others for Ghana DJ Awards 2018 

•Mr Eazi 

SHATTA WALE, Samini, 

Stonebwoy and other 

artistes are nominees for the 

2018 Ghana DJ Awards, and 

one of the artistes will be 

expected to win the coveted 

‘DJ Song of the Year’. The 

event comes off this Saturday, 

May 5, at the Accra International 

Conference 

Centre at 7p.m. 

The ‘DJ Song of 

the Year’ award goes 

to an artiste whose 

song is voted for 

by over 200 radio 

station, night club, 

mobile and general 

event DJs as the 

most 

•Samini 

played songs during their set 

in the year under review. 

The artistes who were 

nominated in the category 

are Kidi – Odo; Shatta Wale 

– Taking Over; Captain 

Planet – 

• Shatta 

Wale 

•Stonebwoy 

Obi Agye Obi Girl; Kuami 

Eugene – Angela; Samini – 

My Own; Ebony – Maame 

Hwe; Wutah – Bronya; 

Stonebwoy – My Name; and 

Patapaa – One Corner. 

After Shatta Wale had 

won the award two consecutive 

times, last year, Y FM’s 

DJ Vision lifted the award 

for his extremely widespread 

song ‘Grind’, 

which was heard most 

at nightclubs, on radio, 

at parties and on the 

streets in Ghana. 

This year the competition 

is even keener 

as a result of major 

promotion by all the 

artistes in the DJ Song 

Category. So the 

big questions 

remains 

‘Who wins 

the DJ 

Song of 

the Year 

at the 

Ghana 

DJ 

Awards 

2018?’ 

I'm not romantically involved 

with Fella — Mr Eazi 

NIGERIAN SINGER, Mr Eazi, has denied 

having a romantic relationship with 

Yolo actress Fella Makafui before meeting 

his girlfriend Temi. 

“I’m not involved with Fella romantically. 

I’ve never been,” Mr Eazi said as a 

reply to a question posed by Delay, a 

broadcaster. 

The 'Skin Tight' hit maker further denied 

dating a popular Ghanaian star as 

rumoured, adding that he is a reserved 

person. 

“Me I just dey live my life, very reserved,” 

he added. 

Speaking on the Delay Show, Mr Eazi 

said he only associates with women he 

can connect with. 

“Before Temi my ex-girlfriend was 

from Eritrea, East Africa, before her my 

girlfriend was Nigerian, a nice Igbo girl, 

before then when I was in school I was 

involved with a Ghanaian girl,” he explained. 

Born Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, 

the ‘Pour Me Water’ hit maker on January 

22, 2017, shared a photo of the 

‘Yolo’ actress Makafui with the words 

“Sometimes I wake up and think to myself 

why is Makafui so beautiful? Like 

she is soo fine! God really is Great 

TBH!!”. 

His post courted lots of conversations 

on social media. 

Mr Eazi’s mainstream attention in 

Ghana was with the song ‘Bankulize' 

produced by DJ Juls and has collaborated 

with the likes of Sarkodie, Pappy 

Kojo, and Efya. 

His other hits include ‘Skin Tight’, 

‘Anointing’, ‘Holl Up’ and ‘Shitor’. 

Mr Eazi was excluded from the 2016 

Ghana Music Awards because he is not 

Ghanaian per the definition of the award 

scheme.

14 

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Be humble 

to succeed 

in ministry 

• Elder Mireku to 

Gospel artistes 

•Davido 

Davido 

dedicates 

‘Assurance’ 

to Chioma 

•Chioma 

POPULAR 

NIGERIA 

artiste Davido 

has come out 

with ‘Assurance’, 

which is reportedly 

dedicated to Davido’s 

longtime girlfriend 

Chioma. 

‘Assurance’, which 

might be off Davido’s 

debut album which premieres 

soon, is also dedicated 

to guys out there 

who really love and care 

about their women. 

The song was produced 

by Speroachbeatz. 

ACE GOSPEL musician, 

Elder Dr Kwasi Mireku, popularly 

known as Elder 

Mireku, has advised contemporary 

gospel musicians to be 

humble and live holy and 

righteous lives in order to 

excel in the music ministry. 

Elder Mireku gave the advice 

when he joined a gospel 

musician, Brother Emmanuel 

Arthur, in a praise and worship 

programme christened 

‘Altar Experience Season 2’ at 

the Dr. Thomas Wyatt Memorial 

Temple in the La area 

of the Church of Pentecost 

on Saturday, April 28, 2018. 

He charged gospel singers 

to set themselves apart to be 

used by God. 

He assured them that they 

would see the provision of 

God in their respective ministries 

irrespective of the 

challenges they may face in 

the ministry, using himself as 

a living testimony of God’s 

faithfulness to His children. 

Other seasoned and Spiritfilled 

gospel musicians who 

ministered at the programme 

included Bra 

Kwaku, Eunice 

Coffie, 

Mark Glover 

Vigbedor, 

Paa Sammy, 

Alexandra 

Aboagye, 

Esther 

Addo, O. B. 

Nartey of 

Vision 1 

Live Worship 

fame, 

and Emmanuel 

Moore. 

Eternal 

Praise Minstrels, 

the 

host Choir 

of Dr. 

Thomas 

Wyatt Assembly, 

also ministered Spiritfilled 

songs at the event. 

Brother Thomas Wiredu 

used his God-given gift in 

using the scriptures to shower 

appellations on God to inspire 

the gathering. 

In attendance were Pastor 

Isaac Osei (La Area Youth 

Pastor and Caprice Worship 

Centre Resident Pastor), Pastor 

Fred Antwi (Kokomlemle 

District Minister) and Pastor 

Ron Lutendo (a South 

African Pastor). 

The well-attended programme 

also saw the host 

Pastor, George Ankamah 

(Accra Newtown District 

Minister) and Elder Samuel 

Amo Tobin (Dr. Wyatt Assembly 

Presiding Elder) in attendance. 

The ‘Altar Experience’ is a 

vision by Brother Arthur, a 

contemporary gospel musician, 

which started in 2017. 

It is aimed at gathering 

some Spirit-filled and seasoned 

gospel singers to lead 

God’s flock to the altar using 

praise and worship to encounter 

and experience God. 

•Elder 

Mireku

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 


15 

Dormaahene to 

grace SWAG Awards 

Dogboe is Ghana’s 9th 

world boxing champion 

GHANA’S ISAAC Dogboe, aka 

‘The Royal Storm’, made Ghana 

and Africa proud by knock outing 

Mexico’s Jessie Magdaleno in 

Round 11to win the World Boxing 

Orgnisation (WBO) Super Bantamweight 

title in Philadelphia, the 

United States of America (USA), 

on Saturday, April 28, 2018. 

He now becomes the 

ninth Ghanaian world boxing 

champion after D. K. Poison, 

Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, 

Nana Yaw Konadu, Alfred Kotey, 

Joseph Agbeko, Joshua Clottey and 

Emmanuel Tagoe. 

According to the congratulatory 

message from the Online, Sports 

Journalists Union of Ghana is elated 

that Dogboe is one of the nominees 

for ‘Boxer of the Year’ at the 

43rd awards coming up this Friday 

and this victory against Magdaleno 

puts him in contention for the prestigious 

SWAG Sports Personality. 

Dogboe was given a 

special award at the 

42nd Sports Writers 

Association of Ghana 

(SWAG) Awards for 2016 

and his current feat is 

an icing on the cake that 

would make this year’s 

ceremony very grand. 

Dogboe was given a special award 

at the 42nd Sports Writers Association 

of Ghana (SWAG) Awards for 

2016 and his current feat is an icing 

on the cake that would make this 

year’s ceremony very grand. 

SWAG is also glad that Team 

Dogboe was not complacent, but 

“went, saw and conquered” the 

Mexican champion with 25 wins 

and 18 knockouts with a knockout 

to make the work of the ring officials 

easy. 

Dogboe now has the WBO 

World/ Interim/Africa/Pacific 

Unified titles and the WBC Youth 

title belt. 

The 2012 Olympian is now a 

matured professional with an unblemished 

unbeaten record of 19 

fights and 19 wins. 

His father, Mr Paul Dogboe, 

was honoured by ‘SWAG as 

Coach of the Year 2016’, and has 

also proved to be a worthy trainer 

with potential to do more. 

The Ghana Boxing Authority, 

Boxing Writers Association of 

Ghana, Friends of Boxing, and the 

Ghana Boxing Supporters Union 

have congratulated team Dogboe on 

making Ghana and Africa proud. 

OSAGYEFO OSEAD- 

EYO Agyemang Badu II, 

the Paramount Chief of 

Dormaa Traditional Area, 

would be the special guest 

of honour at the 43rd edition 

of the Sports Writers 

Association of Ghana 

(SWAG) Awards Night. 

The awards night, slated 

for Friday, May 4, at the 

Accra International Conference 

Centre, would gather 

the crème de la crème in 

Ghana Sports to reward deserving 

sportsmen and 

women. 

A statement from the 

secretariat of SWAG signed 

by the general secretary, Mr 

William Ezah, said the 

owner and patron of reigning 

Premier 

League 

Champions, Aduana Stars, 

would join over 800 guests, 

made up of sportsmen and 

women, administrators and 

well-wishers and the Association 

to celebrate the 

award winners. 

The longest existing 

sports awards in the country 

is expected to attract to 

celebrate sporting excellence 

and help honour 

Ghanaian sports heroes in 

2017. 

The SWAG Awards is 

the longest running sports 

event in Ghana and will 

confer honours on over 30 

sportsmen and sportswomen, 

as well as corporate 

institutions for their 

role in the development 

and promotion of sports in 

Ghana. — 

SWAG 

• Osagyefo 

Oseadeyo 

Agyemang 

Badu II, 

Vodafone 61st Asantehene Open 

Championship tees off May 30 

• Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, His Royal 

Majesty of the Ashanti Kingdo, with Mrs 

Yolanda Cuba, CEO of Vodafone 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

THE VODAFONE 61stAsantehene 

Open Golf Championship 

is set to tee-off on 

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at 

the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi. 

The event, which is the official open 

golf tournament of His Royal Majesty, 

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is considered one 

of the unique golf championships in the 

country and the West African sub-region. 

Vodafone Ghana, the title sponsor of 

the prestigious tournament, says the Asantehene 

Open is directly in line with its capabilities 

as an innovative brand and is 

committed to making it the perfect platform 

for building lasting business relationships. 

Vodafone’s Enterprise Unit signed a five-year 

sponsorship deal with the organisers of the 

tournament (Royal Golf Club, Kumasi) last 

year, following one of the most successfully 

staged events in the history of the competition. 

The Asantehene is expected to perform the 

ceremonial tee-off at this year’s event, which 

will be graced by many dignitaries, including 

government officials, corporate executives, businessmen 

and businesswomen, as well as professional 

and amateur golfers from across the 

country and the sub-region. 

Furthermore, Vodafone has indicated its 

readiness to reinforce its commitment to Asanteman 

with a host of activities throughout the 

entire month of May. 

The company has unveiled a list of programmes, 

including health screening, digital educational 

awareness, SME clinics, Enterprise customer 

visits and a Royal Dinner, in a comprehensive 

dedication to the kingdom. 

The Chief Executive of Vodafone Ghana, 

Mrs Yolanda Cuba, said the Asantehene Golf 

Open is the only tournament of its kind in the 

country and the sub-region and “we are excited 

to be a part of it.” 

“Our involvement last year brought a renewed 

sense of awareness across the entire region 

and this year will be an even better 

experience. We remain committed to the advancement 

and progress of Asanteman and we 

look forward to using this platform to continue 

building strong and lasting relationships with 

our customers.” 

The tournament will tee-off on Wednesday 

May 30, 2018 and end on Sunday, June 03, 2018.


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• Okogyeman Ankomah Basapon, Suhyenhene and 

Mponuahene of the New Juabeng Traditional Area, 

exchanging pleasantries with an invited chief 

• Nana Amoanimaa 

Kukudurofuo Suhyenhemaa 

and Mponuahemaa of New 

Juabeng Traditional Area 

• Some chiefs at the durbar 


Kukudurofuo’s husband 

and younger sister 

Faustina Nkrumah 

• Nana Amoanimaa Kukudurofuo being carried in the 

palanquin to the durbar ground 

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Kukudurofuo with her husband 

• Nana Obiri Yeboah Asiamah, 

Akwamuhene, Suhyen 

PHOTOS BY 

RAMSON .A. 

HAYFORD 

Nana 

Amoanimaa 

Kukudurofuo 

Suhyen 

installs 

queen 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

THE 

CHIEFS, 

elders 

and 

people 

of Suhyen in the 

New Juabeng 

Traditional Area 

in the Eastern 

Region have held 

a grand durbar 

to introduce Adwoa 

Amoanima Doreen 

Boamah as Suhyenhemaa 

and Mponuahemaa 

under the stool name 

'Nana Amoanimaa 

Kukudurofuo.’ 

Adjoa Amoanimaa 

Doreen, 42, a mother of 

one, works with 

Vodafone Ghana. 

Okogyeman 

Ankomah Basapon, 

Suhyenhene and 

Mponuahene of the 

New Juabeng Traditional 

Area, in conferring the 

honour on Adwoa 

Amoanimaa Doreen, 

indicated that the title is 

unique and singularly 

connected to the Ashanti 

Kingdom. 

He urged her to be 

humble and serve her 

people with love, doing 

everything pertaining to 

the welfare of the 

community. 

“We the citizens, 

having carefully followed 

your track records over a 

period, are mindful that 

you are more than 

qualified to assume this 

title to bring 

transformation to the 

people through unity,” 

Okogyeman Basapon 

stated. 

• Nana Yaa Daani Queen of 

New Juabeng Traditional Area 


Kukudurofuo 

• Nana Amoanimaa Kukudurofuo 

delivering her maiden speech

May 2

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