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•Thatch structure put
up by the community
to serve as classroom
• President Nana Akufo-Akufo has pledged
to revamp the Railways Industry
•Joe
Ghartey,
Railways
Development
Minister
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FOREIGN
HEALTH
Former rebel
leader
goes on trial in
Uganda
PG.04
Let NACOB regulate
Tramadol
imports – Mental
Health Authority
PG.07
ARTS
& ENT
SPORTS
Make somebody’s
child your own
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GES posts 10 teachers to community
with no sch. building
BY ELIASU TANKO
THE GHANA Education Service
Directorate in the Northern Region
posted 10 teachers to
Kochim, a village in the Kumbungu
District, where there is no
school building.
The teachers have been in the community
for two years now, always riding from their
base in Tamale on motorbikes to sit idle behind
a thatch structure put up by desperate
parents as a learning centre to avoid zero interest
in education among children in the village.
The village of more than 700 residents
has remained isolated from electricity, water,
road and other basic amenities for decades,
leaving the poor farmers in unspeakable suffering.
Schoolchildren in the village attend school
in nearby communities only in dry seasons
and must be between six and 11 years before
being enrolled chiefly due to the absence of
school blocks.
The situation attracted the attention of an
Iranian aid agency, Annur Organisation for
Humanitarian Service, which was constructing
a mosque for the villagers, to build a twostructured
facility near the mosque to serve
as an Arabic learning centre.
The local education directorate, acting on
the advice of the district assembly, went
ahead to post 10 teachers to handle about
150 children after the centre was forcibly
turned into a school building.
The district education director, Hajia
Abiba Saaka, answering questions about the
education service policy of posting teachers,
said her outfit was not in charge of provision
of infrastructure.
“This is a
nationwide
issue; more to
the point, we are
not in charge of
infrastructure;
we are in charge
of supervision,”
she explained.
She said the directorate would cut down
the number of the teachers in the community
during next academic session if the situation
remained unchanged.
“This is beyond me,” Hajia Abiba stated.
“This is a nationwide issue; more to the
point, we are not in charge of infrastructure;
we are in charge of supervision,” she explained.
“So when the problem is resolved, definitely
we will have infrastructure there but for
now, this is what I’m planning to do”, the education
director noted.
Residents are now extending the facility
with an impoverished structure built with
sticks and grass and calling aid agencies to intervene.
Alhassan Issahaku, a teacher who has voluntarily
taught the school for more than three
years, said the children were learning under a
grass shade put up by a Christians in the area
before moving into the mosque built by the
Iranians.
“The government gave us teachers without
a structure so we the community members
decided to have a structure that would
help teachers to have the classes but it is not
enough. We have only two classes and the
children are more than 100. We just want to
manage and do the classes so that it can be
three or four, so I appeal to the government
and non-governmental organisations to come
and help us because children from six years
cannot go to school unless 11-years during
rainy season,” a resident stated.
• Thatch structure put
up by the community to
serve as classroom
Mumuni Yakubu, a member of a committee
in charge of education in the community,
also said parents were worried over the uncertainty
of their children’s future as more
and more generations multiply without formal
education.
He disclosed that the youth, especially female
teenagers, continued to leave the area
for towns and cities in search of improved
conditions. He said most of them eventually
return with pregnancies or serious health
complications, and therefore called for the
immediate construction of a school building
in the community.
According to Mumuni, the district assembly,
which is in charge of providing infrastructure,
said it had no funds to build a
school for the community.

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• President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Akufo
has pledged to revamp
the railways industry
Railways Minister
under fire
• Over Central
Railway Projects
BY FRANCISCA EMEFA ENCHILL
PRESSURE IS piling on
the government to
begin work on the Central
Railway Line,
which is considered to
be one of the most crucial projects
of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) government as it strives to
revive Ghana’s ailing railway industry.
The government earlier this
year shortlisted some nine firms
which submitted detailed Technical
and Financial proposals for
the development of the Central
Spine Railway Line from Kumasi
to Paga by the end of March, 2018
for further evaluation.
But, according to some stakeholders
in the railway sector, the
project appears to be “gathering
dust and dragging on unduly.
“The NPP government is currently
in its second year and not a
single railway line has been fully
developed, a situation which
many believe will affect the political
fortunes of the party in the
2020 elections,” a staff member of
the Ghana Railways Company
Limited, who did not want to be
named, told the DAILY HER-
ITAGE yesterday.
“The NPP
government is
currently in its
second year and
not a single
railway line has
been fully
developed, a
situation which
many believe will
affect the
political fortunes
of the party in
the 2020
elections.”
•Joe Ghartey, Railways
Development Minister
Background
The Ministry, headed by senior lawyer and
politician, Mr Joe Ghartey, is expected to partner
its implementing agencies to ensure the realisation
of the 595-km Greenfield Project, which
will be running from Kumasi. The project is to
develop a railway corridor between Kumasi and
Paga to improve rail and logistics infrastructure,
as part of an integrated transport network in
Ghana.
The project also seeks to improve rail transport
services for passenger and freight, thereby
reducing the cost of transportation, especially in
trade to and from the the hinterland and the
Northern regions of Ghana, as well as to Burkina
Faso and other Sahelian countries.
The project, which is also known in the
Ghana Railways Master Plan as ‘Central Spine
Expansion’, forms part of the development of
the railway network expansion programme in the
country.
The Minister earlier this year informed Parliament
that the government had already selected a
consortium of firms led by Messrs Vision Consult
Limited of Ghana in partnership with
Messrs Gauff Ingenieure of Germany and
Messrs ILF Consulting Engineers of Germany,
after which a contract was signed in December
2017.
Details from Ministry
Sources at the Ministry confirmed to the
DAILY HERITAGE that the Ministry of
Railway Development had signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with the China Civil Engineering
Construction Corporation to develop
the existing railway and construct new ones on
the basis of engineering, procurement and construction.
But, the concerned staff members told the
paper that they were worried about the seeming
non-action and called on the sector minister to
fast-track the implementation of the projects.
“Joe Ghartey has weeks, if not months, to
demonstrate his efficiency in the execution of
these projects else [he] risks being reshuffled by
the President, who is bent on fulfilling his manifesto
pledges, which include a massive revamping
of the country’s railway sector,” they stated.

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• Police aim their weapons at a man who was being searched
by other police officers following an explosion at nearby
police headquarters in Surabaya
Militant family uses child in suicide bomb attack on Indonesian police
A FAMILY of Islamist militants
in Indonesia carried an eightyear-old
into a suicide bomb attack
against police in Surabaya on
Monday, a day after another militant
family killed 13 people in suicide
attacks on three churches in
the same city.
The suicide bombers rode
two motorbikes up to a checkpoint
outside a police station and
blew themselves up, Tito Karnavian,
the police chief in Indonesia’s
second-largest city, told a
news conference.
He said the child survived the
explosion, and CCTV footage
showed a child stumbling around
in the aftermath.
Four officers and six civilians
were wounded in the attack, East
Java police spokesman Frans
Barung Mangera said.
President Joko Widodo
branded the attacks in Surabaya
the “act of cowards”, and
pledged to push through a new
anti-terrorism bill to combat Islamist
militant networks.After
some major successes tackling Islamist
militancy since 2001, there
has been a resurgence in recent
years, including in January 2016
when four suicide bombers and
gunmen attacked a shopping area
in central Jakarta. Reuters
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Former rebel leader
goes on trial in Uganda
Court proceedings
have begun in the
Ugandan capital
Kampala today
against the former
rebel leader Jamil
Mukulu, who is charged with rebellion
and aiding terrorism.
He led the Allied Democratic
Front (ADF) forces, which operated
in the west of the country in the
90s and later pledged allegiance to
al-Qaeda
The charges against Mr Mukulu,
•Ugandan Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebel leader Jamil Mukulu pictured in 2015
together with 34 others, range from
launching a rebellion against the
Ugandan government, several
counts of terrorism, crimes against
humanity, aiding and abetting terrorism,
and murder.
In the 1990s and early 2000s his
ADF rebel forces conducted
many attacks on villages
and were responsible
for a violent incident at
Kichwamba Technical College
in 1998, where 80 students
were burnt alive.
Government military
pressure forced them to
flee into eastern DR Congo,
where they joined up with
local militia and renamed
themselves ADF-NALU.
Remnants of his forces
have more recently been accused
of being involved in
a string of murders of
Muslim clerics in various
parts of Uganda between
2013 and 2015, who the police
said had been killed for
daring to oppose his movement.
Mr Mukula was arrested
in Tanzania in early 2015
and extradited to Uganda.
• People stand outside the mosque after being asked to evacuate
on Sunday evening
Suspected bomb
found in attacked
SA mosque
SOUTH AFRICA'S elite police
squad are investigating a
possible explosive device left
in a mosque attacked by three
men last week.
Hawks spokesman Simphiwe
Mhlongo told Reuters
news agency the bomb squad
had been sent into the Imam
Hussain Mosque in Verulam,
a town north of Durban, on
Sunday evening.
The unit has not yet confirmed
whether or not it was
an explosive device.
However, Mr Mhlongo
did say the area had been
searched on Friday, with
nothing suspicious found.
The Hawks have been investigating
Thursday's fatal
attack at the mosque, which
left one man dead and two
with serious injures.
Several rooms were also
set alight during the attack.
There have been no arrests
so far, and the motive is
not clear, but Mr Mhlongo
told news agency AFP the attack
had "elements of extremism”.
BBC
One killed in Paris knife attack by man shouting 'Allahu akbar’
AN ASSAILANT shouting “Allahu
akbar” killed a passer-by
in a knife attack that also
wounded four others in the
heart of Paris late on Saturday
before he was shot dead by police,
French authorities said.
The country has been on
high alert amid a series of attacks,
commissioned or inspired
by the Islamic State
militant group, that has killed
more than 240 people since
2015.
France “will not yield an
inch to the enemies of freedom,”
President Emmanuel
Macron said after the attack,
praising officers for “neutralizing
the terrorist.”
The first call to police was
placed at 8:47 p.m. local time
(1847 GMT), officers were on
the scene within five minutes,
and the attacker was “neutralized”
within nine minutes of
that first call, Prime Minister
Edouard Philippe told reporters.
Police union representative
Rocco Contento told Reuters
that the assailant, after attacking
bystanders with a knife,
rushed at police shouting “I
will kill you, I will kill you!”
He was then shot by the officers.
The attack took place in the
heart of the French capital in a
district popular with tourists for
its many restaurants and cafes,
landmark retail stores, and the
Paris opera. reuters •Personnel are seen at the scene of a knife attack in Paris, France May 12, 2018
in this still image obtained from a video

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05
Editorial
Tramadol must be criminalised
AS THE abuse of Tramadol, a
known pain killer for extreme pain,
continues to destroy the youth,
there are increasing calls for drastic
measures to arrest the situation.
Latest is the call by the Mental
Health Authority and other stakeholders
in the health sector on Parliament
to urgently amend the
Narcotic Drug Law to make Tramadol
an illicit drug.
Dr Akwasi Osei, Chief Executive
Officer of the Authority, said
the law should also be amended to
impose stiffer punishment on importers
of the drug.
“It is important that as a society,
we pay particular attention to
young people because those who
indulge in these substances become
a threat to society.
“The relationship between
drugs and crime is well known and
it will not be surprising that armed
robbers will put themselves on
such drugs as Tramadol,” Dr Osei
noted in a statement released yesterday.
Tramadol, sold under the brand
name Ultram among others, is an
opioid pain medication used to
treat moderate to moderately severe
pain. When taken by mouth
in an immediate-release formulation,
the onset of pain relief usually
occurs within an hour.
When abused it acts like heroin,
a psychoactive substance with a
major effect on the mind. This is
the reason why the youth abuse it
for sexual and super-energy purposes.
But, the abuse can affect the
heart and cause heart failure as
well as difficulty in breathing and
eventually death.
In an interview on Joy FM recently,
a psychiatrist specialist, Dr
Yao Mfodwo, called on the Narcotics
Control Board (NACOB) to
curb the widespread abuse of the
drug.
“This is a narcotic…stop following
cannabis…stop wasting
our time…this is the real deal…
please NACOB, wake up,” he
stated.
Since desperate situations require
desperate measures, it is also
the considered view of the
DAILY HERITAGE that
criminalising Tramadol is the
surest way to put the reckless
abuse under control.
When people are arrested, prosecuted
and jailed, it would send a
strong signal to the rest of society.
Parliament should, thus, act to
save the youth who are messing
themselves up through Tramadol
abuse.
NDC unveils ‘Asamankese
Forces’ vigilante group
BY KOJO ANSAH
THE FORMATION of vigilante
groups seems to be
growing across the country,
especially among the two
major political parties - the
ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the
opposition National Democratic Congress
(NDC), despite concerns raised by the National
Peace Council, the clergy and civil
society groups over existence of such
groups.
Disapproval of vigilante groups became
a topical issue following acts of lawlessness
and vandalism unleashed on state institutions
and individuals by Invisible Forces
and Khandahar Boys attached to the NPP
after the party won power in 2016.
But, failure to disband the vigilante
groups gave impetus to the formation of
more of such groups.
The latest constituency to unveil a vigilante
group is the NDC branch in the
Lower West Akim constituency in the
Eastern Region.
The dreaded group, ‘Asamankese NDC
Forces,’ the DAILY HERITAGE has
“It is important
that as a
society, we pay
particular
attention to
young people
because those
who indulge in
these
substances
become a
threat to the
society.”
• Johnson Kwadwo Asiedu Nketiah, NDC General Secretary
gathered, is believed to possess magical
powers that shield members from gunshots
and knife attacks.
The group was first spotted during the
party's ‘Unity Walk’ in Somanya.
Speaking to the DAILY HERITAGE
at a press briefing to declare his intention
to contest the
Lower West
Akyem Constituency
organiser
position,
Aminu Issah,
alias ‘organiser
general’ said the
group is not to
foment trouble
like the Invisible
Forces but to
provide sense of
security to the
party and its supporters.
According to
him, most supporters
of the
party in the settler
communities were
intimidated by the
NPP with threats of
driving them away should they vote for
NDC, which prevented them from voting
in the 2016 election, therefore, the group
has been formed to provide a sense of security
for such people to enable them to
take part in the 2020 elections.

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HERITAGE TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018
‘Mothers are characterised
by some attributes’
BY DERBIE RAPHAEL
MY SHARP pen
has gone into
hiding for some
time now because
of the activation
of
examination mood in me as a student.
I, on that note owe my cherish
readers an apology for such a
long silence.
It is factually accurate and incontestable
that every human was
born of a woman. Again, there is
no denying the fact that not all
women are mothers. Mothers are
characterised by some attributes
that no amount of words lace together
can exhaustively describe.
These attributes are not found in
every woman.
As a young man who has an insatiable
penchant to succeed, I
constantly remind myself of the
saying that he who fails to appreciate
will depreciate. It is in this regard
that I succinctly wove
together these words to add my
melodious voice to the numerous
titillating voices eulogising mothers
across the length and breadth
of this country and beyond in celebrating
their milestone.
This is a special day that my
prolific pen cannot remain hidden
and silent. It is a day that has all
the forces to smoke my pen out of
its resting place. The force is irresistible
hence the flow of my ink
on this day.
Mothers' day is a day set aside
like any other special day in the
year, to celebrate mothers in acknowledgement
of their invaluable
contributions to children's
lives. Mothers are indeed valuable
assets. Without them, the world
would be completely incomplete
and without form.
It is a fact beyond contest that
all mothers are women but not all
women are mothers. True mothers
are invariably distinguished by
their virtues which are rare in nonmothers.
Mothers have an unending and
unbounded love for children
whether biological or not. Ask
yourself whether you have this attribute
of a mother.
God has made mothers in a
special way. They have patience
that is uncommon in the lives of
•Every human was born of a woman
non-mothers. This is a verifiable
fact. They have the capacity to endure
all kinds of hardships in their
insatiable quest to performing
their motherly roles.
They show uncommon love to
children even if they (mothers) are
not shown love. They show unconditional
care to children in
general. They are not discriminatory
no matter the circumstances
surrounding them. This is unfathomable.
Mothers are God fearing,
humble, sober and charitable in
their lives.
From where I am coming, the
Upper West Region of Ghana,
mothers do everything possible
within their means to keep children
and their families happy. In
fact, they don't allow anything to
cloud this attribute of theirs. They
go every length to make children,
their husbands and society comfortable.
Mothers are so much committed
and dedicated in pursuing the
welfare of children in general.
Motherliness reflects in your
way of love, care, respect, patience
and humility towards
children, husbands, family
members and the society as a
whole. Your way of dressing as
well as your ability to unite and
maintain peace and happiness
in your family and society
makes you a mother. The definition
of a mother cannot be
complete without the mentioning
of your ability to forgive
and forget those who offend
you.
They become happy and excited in
the growth and successes of children
and their families.
I can vividly recall how my late
mother, may her soul rest in perfect
peace, used to treat me and
my friends. Indeed, she was a
mother, a mother for all children.
Hmmm, I missed your motherly
care and love mum.
The definition of mother transcends
women who have biological
children. A mother is not the
one who gives birth to children.
No! Rather, a mother is a woman
of substance not in terms of
riches but in accordance with our
cherished and enviable traditional
values and customs which are
characterized by love.
Motherliness reflects in your
way of love, care, respect, patience
and humility towards children,
husbands, family members and the
society as a whole. Your way of
dressing as well as your ability to
unite and maintain peace and happiness
in your family and society
makes you a mother. The definition
of a mother cannot be complete
without the mentioning of
your ability to forgive and forget
those who offend you.
Let me use this opportunity to
admonish all mothers to inculcate
their motherly care and love in all
children by seriously guarding
against the profanity that characterizes
the contemporary ways of
dressing, and disrespect among
most ladies and some gentlemen.
In all sincerity, we are fast losing
our most cherished,
beautiful and enviable
societal values and culture
to that of the western
cultures. Mothers
must therefore champion
the crusade of the
fast losing motherly
qualities among the potential
mothers. Most of
the potential mothers
have become "social
workers" and others take
delight in drinking and
smoking. It is so worrying
the alarming rate at
which our potential
mothers are messing up
all in the name of
modernity.
I want to conclude by
suggesting that mothers
use this special day of
theirs to educate, mentor
and sensitise, on the
need to be true mothers.
I mean mothers of substance.
This should be
manifested in their dressing, conversation,
relationship and behaviour
in their families, societies,
villages, towns and cities.
Mothers' day is a
day set aside like
any other special
day in the year, to
celebrate mothers
in acknowledgement
of their invaluable
contributions
to children's lives.
Mothers are indeed
valuable assets.
Without them, the
world would be
completely incomplete
and without
form.

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Four steps in avoiding breast cancer
Limit alcohol
THE MORE alcohol you drink,
the greater your risk of developing
breast cancer. The general recommendation
based on research on
the effect of alcohol on breast cancer
risk is to limit yourself to less
than 1 drink per day as even small
amounts increase risk.
Don't smoke
Accumulating evidence suggests
a link between smoking and
breast cancer risk, particularly in
premenopausal women. In addition,
not smoking is one of the
best things you can do for your
overall health.
Control your weight
Being overweight or obese increases
the risk of breast cancer.
This is especially true if obesity occurs
later in life, particularly after
menopause.
Breast-feed
Breast-feeding might play a role
in breast cancer prevention. The
longer you breast-feed, the greater
the protective effect.
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Let NACOB regulate Tramadol
imports – Mental Health Authority
THE MENTAL Health
Authority (MHA) wants
the Narcotics Control
Board (NACOB) to be allowed
to regulate the importation
of Tramadol
into Ghana.
According to the Authority, the Narcotic
Drugs Law must be amended by
Parliament to allow NACOB to play a
supervisory role of the drug.
“Tramadol is a prescription drug and
therefore licit, but the dosages we are
seeing and hearing of must make tramadol
necessarily come under the regulation
of NACOB in terms of what can be
allowed in the system.
“The Narcotic Drugs Law in Parliament
should be amended to include Tramadol
among the list of drugs to be
controlled by NACOB and to give stiffer
punishment to importers of illicit or unapproved
drugs, for in the long run, such
importers are killers,” the Authority said
in a statement signed by its Chief Executive,
Dr. Akwasi Osei and dated May 13,
2018.
The statement was issued after a
stakeholders’ meeting organised recently.
Tramadol is a pain relief drug, which,
according to medical experts, functions
like heroin and can cause psychotic problems
as well as damage vital organs in the
human body if abused.
Recent surveys have shown that the
drug is being abused by some youths as
well as some market women, drivers and
in some cases, students.
The MHA, in the statement, further
called for stiffer punishment for persons
who import such drugs into the country
since, to the Authority, “those who indulge
in these substances become a
threat to the society.
“The relationship between drugs and
crime is well known and it will not be
surprising that armed robbers will put
themselves on such drugs as Tramadol.”
The Food and Drugs Authority had
said it had tightened surveillance at the
country’s borders and also boosted public
education.
Below is the full statement from the
MHA:
Statement from a Stakeholders’
Meeting Organised by the Mental Health
Authority (MHA) on the Tramadol Menace
in Ghana
• Dr Akwasi Osei, Chief Executive of Mental Health Authority
Stakeholders at a meeting on the Tramadol
menace have observed with great
concern the disturbing news of Tramadol
abuse that has hit the country in
the last couple of months. As reported
in the media, this is an issue of the youth
and young men who are mostly affected.
Tramadol, or tramol, as some people
know it, is a prescription drug for treatment
purposes but its abuse can have serious
effects on the brain, the mind, the
heart, the respiratory or breathing system
and can even lead to coma and death.
The frequent reports led to the MHA
to organise a stakeholder meeting on
Thursday, May 10, 2018 aimed at arresting
this developing canker.
Tramadol is a synthetic opioid which
acts very much like heroin, a psychoactive
substance, with a major effect on the
mind.
The youth abuse it for sexual and energy
purposes and often it is added to
some drinks or beverages to give a
heightened ‘feeling high’ sensation and
pleasure. As the drug is used the brain
tells the user that he needs more and
then without it one cannot perform his
normal functions, then he is addicted or
dependent.
Dangers of addiction include overdose
and coma or death. It also affects
the heart and can give heart failure, likewise
affecting the respiratory system to
create breathing problems and eventually
death.
Unscrupulous importers
Unscrupulous importers import
those tablets of unauthorised high doses,
sometimes five times the normal dose
and therein lies the danger.
It is important that as a society, we
pay particular attention to young people
because those who indulge in these substances
become a threat to the society.
The relationship between drugs and
crime is well known and it will not be
surprising that armed robbers will put
themselves on such drugs as tramadol.
At the stakeholder meeting it became
obvious that we need to tackle the issue
of opioid abuse holistically as a national
agenda. The stakeholders noted and recommended
where necessary, that:
The role of regulatory bodies like to
Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and
Pharmacy Council cannot be over-emphasized
in regulating the availability and
sale of such substances. These institutions
must be adequately resourced to
carry out this regulatory function.
Narcotics Control Board is the statutory
body to regulate the availability of
illicit narcotic drugs. Tramadol is a prescription
drug and therefore licit, but the
dosages we are seeing and hearing of
must make Tramadol necessarily come
under the regulation of NACOB in
terms of what can be allowed in the system.
It is hereby recommended that
NACOB continues its vigilance to seize
such drugs with strengths more than approved
for treatment purposes.
Institutions with the mandate to control
the importation of these drugs, particularly
at the borders, should be
strengthened and their mandates well enforced.
In this regard, FDA, NACOB
and Pharmacy Council must have full access
to the containers that carry these
drugs at the ports for them to be sure
that the drugs are within prescription
levels and this can only be with the cooperation
of the Customs at the borders.
Narcotic Drug Law
The Narcotic Drug Law in Parliament
should be amended to include tramadol
among the list of drugs to be
controlled by NACOB and to give stiffer
punishment to importers of illicit or unapproved
drugs, for in the long run such
importers are killers.
There is the need for scientific data
base to establish the magnitude of the
problem, in terms of the drug use and its
effects. It is recommended that all health
facilities should include an enquiry on
the use of tramadol in the battery of
questions to their patients, especially the
youth, by which we can establish the size
of the problem, among other approaches.
There should be more public education
and media sensitisation on the dangers
of drugs generally, and opioids in
particular, to stem the tide of drug
abuse. Institutions responsible for this
education, like the Mental Health Authority,
School Health Programmes, Demand
Reduction Department of
NACOB, should be adequately resourced
to embark on this mandate of theirs.
Abuse of, and addiction to, some
prescription opioids like pentazocine is
often by health personnel and is often iatrogenic,
that is, induced in the course of
treatment. It is therefore strongly recommended
that doctors and nurses should
not be in a hurry to ‘kill’ the least pain in
their clients.
One should always judge the merits
of treating the pain against the risk of
addiction to the painkiller, and in that
case many instances of pethidine and
sosegun abuse would be reduced, especially
in surgical cases.
Controlled and not
controlled medicine
For now FDA classifies medicines
into Controlled and not Controlled. It is
recommended that we go further to use
the full scheduling system where drugs
are in Schedules I-VI. For instance,
Schedule VI could be Over The Counter
Drug (OTC), where one does not require
prescription to buy because there is no
risk of abuse and dependence; Schedule
V would be where a prescription, not
necessarily from a doctor, is required, because
of a little danger of abuse; Schedule
IV where a doctor’s prescription is
required for obvious reasons of abuse
and some low addiction potential; Schedule
III where a doctor’s prescription is
needed and there is a moderate potential
for abuse and addiction; Schedule II
where there is a high potential of abuse
and addiction and one requires specially
trained doctors, that is not any doctor at
all; and Schedule I where there is the
greatest potential of abuse and addiction
and there is no medicinal or treatment
value for the drug, for example Heroin,
LSD and Marijuana.
Of course with the scheduling there
must be a mechanism to enforce, and
not the situation where one can virtually
buy every medicine in the open.
There is the need to set up treatment
and rehabilitation centres for persons
who are dependent on drugs, and train
all doctors to be able to handle initial
phases of drug abuse even before referral.
That also means the agencies responsible
for this training, the Mental Health
Authority and NACOB, must be adequately
resourced.
Researchers are invited to enter the
area of researching on epidemiology of
substance use, particularly opioids. Currently
there is very little research in this
area. Policy makers need data to inform
decisions.
The government must give adequate
attention to drug abuse. In the US the
government has recognised opioid crisis
as a national public health emergency.
We certainly would not want to wait till
we get there and we have the choice now.
Agencies mentioned with any roles to
play must be adequately resourced and
strengthened. The Boards of the
NACOB and the Mental Health Authority
must be constituted at the minimum
for them to support or approve major
policy decisions of their agencies.
Implementation of these action
points requires a well-coordinated, multiagency
approach to tackle the issue of
tramadol and opioid abuse among the
youth.
Stakeholders present at the meeting
included; Mental Health Authority, Food
and Drugs Authority, Narcotics Control
Board, Ministry of Health and Ghana
Health Services.
Others are Private Mental Health
Practitioners, Mental Health Consultants,
Ghana Education Service, NGOs and
the Media.
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Nkawkaw: hunter
kills snail searcher
BY KOJO ANSAH
THE POLICE at Nkawkaw in the
Eastern Region have begun
investigations into the circumstances
surrounding the death of a 23-year-old
who was allegedly shot dead by a hunter.
Kofi Samson was last seen at his
Tenkyemso residence, near Akoasi after
he went in search for snails on
Wednesday, May 9, 2018.
Residents after a search spotted the
deceased laying dead with gunshot
wounds on his chest the following day.
Police reports suggest that an empty
BB cartridge was found at the crime
scene.
Meanwhile, police have detained a 45-
year-old man identified as Richard
Adjatey who turned himself in as the
one who shot the victim.
The lifeless body of the deceased has
since been deposited at the Holy Family
Hospital for autopsy.
Graduates without certificate
unable to apply for NaBCo
BY KWAKU BAAH ACHEAMFOUR
THE REGISTRAR of Cape Coast
Technical University (CCTU), Mr Magnus
Bentil is appealing to students who have
graduated from the institution but are yet
to receive their certificates to exercise a bit
more restraint as plans are far advanced to
get them ready.
The registrar revealed the delay in the
issuance of the certificate was not from
the CCTU but the certificate awarding
body, National Board of Business and
Technical.
This assurance by the registrar follows
concerns raised by some graduates of the
CCTU who are not able to register for the
government’s NaBCo programme due to
failure to provide their certificates to
validate the registration process.
The graduates say they fear losing the
opportunity to register for the NaBCo
programme due to uncertainties that
hover around the actual time their
certificates would be ready.
Speaking to Starr News, Mr Bentil said
there was no justification to blame the
CCTU for the delay in issuing the
certificates.
Mr Bentil explained that there are
alternative documents available for
graduates who wish to apply for the
NaBCo programme which can equally
serve the purpose of their certificates and
therefore urged the graduates to access
these documents from the school for any
transaction that may so require their
certificates.
Over 50% of pupils
can’t read – UNICEF
BY MIRIAM HAYFORD
THE UNITED Nations
Children Education
Fund (UNICEF) has
painted a gloomy picture
of the country’s basic
educational sub-sector.
According to the organisation, just
about 40% of basic school pupils are
able to read and understand as well as
solve basic numeracy problems.
Speaking to Starr News, Social
Policy Specialist with UNICEF, Mr
Charles Dzradosi attributed the
problem to the lack of needed
investments in basic education.
According to him, government’s
Free SHS policy will fail if the
foundation continues to deteriorate.
“About 123,000 kids are right now
known to be out of school,” Mr
•Pupils sitting on the floor
Dzradosi said.
“They are not in school at all and
those that are in school a huge chunk
of them are not learning well enough
either through poor teaching, learning
materials because of that they are
missing out on the actual outcomes
for why they are in school. So if we
do not address the fundamental or
that basic, children will grow up into
basic and Senior High School (SHS)
without even knowing how to do
proper calculation in Maths or write
English.
“The recent education assessment
report for basic schools indicated only
about 40% of pupils are able to do
their Maths and English well. So if we
have such statistics what kind of
people are you pushing into free
SHS,” Mr Dzradosi lamented.
He further called on the
government to pay urgent attention to
quality at the basic education level.
I’ve divine bond of
friendship with
Mahama –
Amissah-Arthur
BY MAXWELL
OKAMAFO ADDO
THE IMMEDIATE past
Vice President of the
Republic of Ghana, Kwesi
Bekoe Amissah-Arthur
Arthur has sharply denied
stories making the rounds
to the effect that former
President Mahama
rendered him ‘useless’.
According to him, this
can only be a figment of
someone’s imagination and
should be treated with the
contempt it deserves.”
In reacting to the fake
story, he said, “I have never
had a telephone (or any)
conversation remotely
resembling what has been
written,” noting that there
is a divine bond of
friendship and
understanding between
themselves.
The story which was
carried by Otec Fm has
been widely circulated on
social and traditional media
in an unfair attempt to
impugn the credibility of
the respectable former
Vice and to create a wedge
between him and his
former boss.
According to the story,
Mr Amissah-Arthur is on
record to have said that
Mahama rendered him
ineffective and that his role
was not defined and that
someone else was virtually
made the Veep.
The story went further
to suggest that he was
relegated to the
background and was made
redundant.
As far as Mr Amissah –
Arthur is concerned they
have a harmonious
working relationship till
date and they are best of
friends. And have a divine
bond of friendship and
understanding between
themselves and the NDC.
He said “John Mahama
saw a tested and loyal Vice
President, and maintained
him as his running mate
for the presidential election
in 2016. Someone he trusts
absolutely, completely.”
The story which
was carried by Otec
Fm has been widely
circulated on social
and traditional
media in an unfair
attempt to impugn
the credibility of the
respectable former
Vice and to create a
wedge between him
and his former boss.
•The ford vehicle which mangled in the accident
12 killed on ‘Ebony’s’ road
•The entrance of the Cape Coast Technical University
BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG
AT LEAST 12 people have been
confirmed dead in an accident
at Akwatiakrom on the Kumasi-
Sunyani highway in the Ashanti
Region.
The midnight incident happened
few kilometers from the spot where
dancehall artist Ebony lost her life.
The accident occurred between a
ford minibus registered AS 7257-15
and a Benz cargo truck with
registration number GR 2624-14
heading to Dormaa Ahenkro from
Kumasi.
The two vehicles had a head-on
collision leading to the death of the
passengers mostly in the ford vehicle.
The driver of the ford also died in the
crash.
Police in the Ashanti Region have
confirmed the incident and begun
investigations.
•Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and John Dramani
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Start-ups to enjoy a 3-year
tax holiday – Awal Mohammed
PATRICIA AMA BONSU
START-UPS and entrepreneurs
operating in the country
will soon breathe a sigh
of relief with the coming in
of a three-year tax holiday.
This initiative, according to the
Business Development Minister, Awal
Mohammed, forms part of the government’s
agenda, to support entrepreneurs
create jobs to help reduce the
unemployment rate.
Challenges that continue to plague
entrepreneurs include lack of access to
credits, access to markets, and the
stressful bureaucratic business registration
processes among others.
Speaking with Ultimate Business
after meeting with entrepreneurs in
Kumasi, the Minister explained that
with the tax holiday, entrepreneurs
“can plough back their profits to expand”.
“We think that start-ups need some
space to grow. The essence of all these
is to create jobs for our people and improve
livelihoods. We want to encourage
that when start-ups take off, for
the first three years, they need not pay
taxes.
“They will plough back their profits,
they expand their business and they
can employ people. We’ll also help
them with markets because there’s no
point having a business that you cannot
sell,” he said.
He continued that “another policy
that we want to look at is that 10 per
cent of public-funded projects or businesses
should go to start-ups and that
already give them the market to grow.
It is not yet a policy but something that
we’re pursuing.”
The Business Development Minister
also said that government would
from July this year begin disbursing
some $10 million to some young entrepreneurs
who have undergone training
to create businesses.
He further made special mention of
the contribution of women and persons
living with disability to the business
community, thus equally
•Awal Mohammed, Business Development Minister
supporting their businesses to grow
faster.
“We’ve trained close to 10,000
young people across the country and
out of them we are going to select 700
and give them money. The President
has already ceded $10 million and that
money will go to support young people
in various professions. In July/August
we will start disbursing this money.”
“Women constitute 52 per cent of
this country and are very good business
people. You cannot grow an economy
without women participation and
so this year we’re going to support at
least 1,000 women; we’ll train them
and fund them to do business.”
“When we do that, they can expand,
employ and improve the lives of
people. The President wants to make
sure that Ghana grows inclusively to
make Ghana a business environment
for Africa.”
The Kumasi Entrepreneurs Meet-
Up was organized by the Kumasi Hive
in collaboration with the Konrad Adenaeur
Stiftung, the Ministry of Business
Development and the Delegation
of German Industry and Commerce in
Ghana.
It was held on the theme: ‘Enhancing
Ghana’s Entrepreneurs and Startups;
Elements of a Future
Strategy/Policy by the Ghanaian Government’.
In attendance were start-ups who
are in technology, food and agriculture,
energy, health, clothing, communication,
and education among others.
Trade Ministry inaugurates 12-member c’ttee to vet seized textiles
A TWELVE-MEMBER vetting
committee has been inaugurated
by the Trade and Industry Ministry
to facilitate the work of the
Anti-Textile Piracy Taskforce.
The committee, among other
things, is expected to determine
whether all textiles confiscated by
the taskforce are pirated or not.
The move comes barely a
month after the textile workers
union hit the streets to demonstrate
against the influx of fake
textiles unto the market.
The textile industry, which
used to employ about 27,000
workers in the 70’s, now employs
less than 3,000 as a result of the
collapse of textile firms.
The Deputy Trade Minister,
Carlos Ahenkorah, told ‘Starr
•Textile products
Business’ on
Starr 103.5
FM that the
vetting committee
was
critical to the
fight against
pirated textiles
on the
market.
“When
the taskforce
arrests the
textile material,
a committee
needs
to identify
whether the
materials are
pirated,
counterfeited
or uncustomed,” he stated.
“So what we did with this new
task force that was formed…
we gave them a term of reference
that included issuing or issuance
of detention receipt when they
seize anything.”
He explained that within 14
days the owner of the cloth that
was seized would be expected to
appear before the vetting committee
with the detention receipt to
determine whether the seizure was
right or wrong.
“We don’t want to do things to
disenfranchise anybody because
we are all Ghanaians and we all
have a right to live, right to trade
and a right to [do] business,” he
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anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for
yourself —Henry James
We will create assets
from oil revenue – Prez
BY JONATHAN ADJEI
THE PRESIDENT
of the Republic,
Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, says
his government will
use oil revenues to
create assets for the country, and
not waste it on consumption.
According to President Akufo-
Addo, as a relatively new entrant
in the league of oil-producing
countries, Ghana is not going to
treat her oil like she had done with
gold, and allow it to be exported
in its raw material form as crude.
Ghana’s oil, President Akufo-
Addo explained, presents the
country with the perfect opportunity
to transform the structure of
Ghanaian economy through industrialisation
and value-added
commercial activities.
“Our oilfields provide us with
the perfect opportunity to create a
petrochemical industry in Ghana.
We have begun the processes leading
to the setting up of a gas feedstock
industrial estate in the
Western Region of the country,”
he said.
The President indicated further
that “we intend to convert our
petrochemicals into hundreds of
industrial and consumer products
produced in Ghana, including
plastics, paints, rubber, fertilisers,
detergents, dyes, textiles, solvents
and, hopefully, bitumen for road
construction.”
President Akufo-Addo was
convinced that from the petroleum,
the country could get the
preservatives to can food produced
in Ghana, with the synthetic
by-product from petroleum
serving as raw material for the
manufacturing of different types
of garments and footwear.
The President made this
known on Saturday, May 12, 2018,
when he delivered a speech at the
London Business School’s Africa
Summit, on the theme ‘Scaling for
Impact – the Important Role of
Industrialisation.’
In his remarks, the President
indicated that unless Ghana industrialises
with the goal of adding
value to her primary products, the
country could not create the necessary
numbers of good-paying
jobs that will enhance the living
• President Nana Akufo-Addo speaks at LBS
standards of the mass of the
Ghanaian people.
“Raw material producing
economies do not create prosperity
for the masses. The way to that
goal, the goal of ensuring access
to prosperity, is value addition activities
in a transformed and a diversified
modern economy, with a
modernised agriculture. In other
words, the industrial development
of our economy, which takes on
board the aid of digital technology,”
he added.
Importance of
Education
Industrialisation, the President
said, can only be successful with a
workforce that is equipped and
skilled, and can compete effectively
on the global market.
Any country that aims to transform
itself into a modern productive
player in the global
marketplace must get its educational
policies right, adding that
the countries that have made rapid
progress around the world put education
at the heart of their development.
Citing the example of the
United States of America’s transitioning
to publicly funded high
school education in the mid-19th
century, President Akufo-Addo
stated that the experiment paid
off, and America set herself up
for 20th century success, creating
a workforce fit for rapid economic
development, which has inspired
the emergence of the most powerful
economy so far known to
human history.
“Indeed, other nations, who
began their lives as independent
states at the same time as we did,
like Singapore, Malaysia and
Korea, have emulated a similar
model, and have also achieved
great economic success. In fact, in
their case, they followed Japan’s
excellent example,” he said.
Through the policy of Free
Senior High School education introduced
in September 2017, President
Akufo-Addo told the
gathering that 90,000 more students
gained access to Senior
High School in 2017, than they
did in 2016.
“We are of the firm conviction
also, that we shall be able to transform
Ghana’s economy and reduce
unemployment, when we pay
attention to technical and vocational
training. That is where the
skills needed for the modern
economy can be developed,” the
President added.
Ghana, President Akufo-Addo
stated, has the opportunity to become
a regional centre for light
manufacturing for a market of
some 350 million people in the
ECOWAS Community, projected
to reach 500 million by 2030, “by
weaving together our numerous
natural resources, like food produce,
bauxite, iron ore, oil and gas,
with our talents and energy, to
turn our nation into an economic
powerhouse in West Africa, generating
full employment for our
teeming youth.”
My wife is competent for First Lady job – Alabi
BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
Congress (NDC) Presidential
hopeful, Prof Joshua Alabi has
praised his wife’s competencies
which he believes makes her an eligible
First Lady of Ghana.
According to him, Prof. Mrs
Goski Alabi has very impressive academic
and other experiences
which will make her a good partner
if he assumes the presidency.
• Prof. Goski Alabi is the wife of
professor Joshua Alabi
“My wife is also a university
professor, very learned
and experienced. She has
given addresses on various
platforms both on the local
and international levels. I
think my wife has what it
takes to be a First Lady,” the
First Vice Chancellor of the
University of Professional
Studies (UPSA) told Francis
Abban on the Morning Starr
Monday.
Professor Alabi also extolled
his moral virtues saying he
has never cheated on his wife
whom he has been married for 20
years.
“I have been married for the
past 20 years. I have two kids. I am
a very loving father and my wife
and children tell me that all the
time. I will not like to cheat on my
wife and she knows I will not cheat
on her,” he stated.
The former Greater Accra regional
minister who is likely to face
competition from former President
John Mahama and former Trades
Minister, Mr Spio Garbrah for the
NDC ticket said he is not going to
use money to induce delegates of
the NDC.
“When you talk of blueprints,
you are talking about a detailed
plan. It will be worked out between
myself and the NDC party. I have
a general plan which will work. My
team and I do not buy votes. When
you buy votes, you won’t be able to
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Too many Akans vying for NPP
positions – Nana Akomea
UR
BY MIRIAM HAYFORD
FORMER COMMU-
NICATIONS Director
of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP)
and Managing Director
of the State Transport
Company (STC), Nana
Akomea has said his refusal to
pick nomination forms to contest
for the Vice Chairmanship position
in the party is because of
what he terms as the undiversified
nature of the national leadership
race.
In a Facebook post, he expressed
fears that the party could
end up electing only Akans as national
executives to the neglect of
other ethnic groups.
The party in time past has
been tagged as an Akan party despite
efforts made by its leadership
to dissociate itself from the
tag.
Nana Akomea, who was
tipped to run for one of the national
positions, let down his supporters
after he failed to pick his
nomination forms, instead calling
for diversification in the party.
Below is the full statement
from Nana Akomea:
“In the last couple of months
leading up to the NPP national
executive elections, I have been
accosted by various groups in the
NPP to urge me and pledge support
for me to contest for for one
or the other national executive
positions. Delegations have come
from Ashanti, Eastern and Western
regions had come to my office
to urge me on. Several
WhatsApp groups have been
formed by like-minded individuals
to promote my contest.
• Nana Akomea, Managing Director, STC
Several individuals and key
party leaders have also spoken to
me about offering myself for a
national position. Research conducted
by the Danquah Institute
found l was the clear overwhelming
favourite for one of the key
executive positions.
When nominations opened
last week, I declined to pick
forms. What is emerging is that
this particular election may present
the NPP with the most undiversified
national leadership, as almost
all the elected positions may
be filled from the Akan subgroup.
Every effort must be made to
ensure that some of these positions
have elected members from
outside the Akan sub-group.
It is to be part of this effort
that l have declined to contest for
the Vice Chairmanship position.
It is my great hope that the three
Vice Chairmanship positions will
afford the election of other members
from outside the Akan sub
group.
I remain thankful to all the
groups and individuals who have
looked forward to my contest and
who will be disappointed now. I
assure them it is for the greater
good of the party.
The NPP remains the best political
party to take this country to
the “promised land”.
God bless us all.
When nominations
opened last week, I
declined to pick
forms. What is emerging
is that this particular
election may
present the NPP with
the most undiversified
national leadership,
as almost all the
elected positions may
be filled from the
Akan sub-group.
1D1F: I doubt if Akufo-Addo can put up 200 factories – Jinapor
BY STEPHEN ODOI LARBI
A SENIOR lecturer at the University
of Education, Winneba
(UEW), Dr Ahmed Jinapor, says
he will find it extremely difficult to
believe if the President Akufo-
Addo-led administration will
achieve its set targets for the One-
District-One-Factory flagship project
by the year 2020.
He is of the firm belief that the
government would not be able to
even build 200 factories by the
close of the year 2020.
“I don’t want to sound cynical
but I doubt if this administration
will be able to put up 200 factories
by 2020 by the definition of a factory,”
he noted.
The government under the
leadership of President Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo intends
to set up a factory in each of
the 216 districts of the country.
But since assuming office in
January 2017, not a single factory
has been put up, making the government’s
dream of realising 54
factories each year within the fouryear
mandate impossible.
In August 2017, President
Akufo-Addo at the launch of the
Ekumfi Fruits and Juices Limited
in the Central Region, unequivocally,
stated that 21 factories will be
ready for take-off by end of 2017.
But that target was ignored with
the National Coordinator of the
One-District-One-Factory Program,
Gifty Ohene Konadu, stating
that they prefer to pursue
quality instead of quantity.
Interacting with TV 3, Saturday,
May 12, 2018, over the US$ 400
million Chinese facility which was
announced by the Vice-President
• Dr Ahmed Jinapor, senior lecturer,
University of Education, Winneba
to have been secured by
the country to kick start
22 factories, Mr Jinapor
said the slow pace at the
which government had
started executing the
One-District-One-Factory
agenda makes it very
difficult to achieve the
target it has set for itself
by the close of 2020.
The project, he noted,
is one of the major
headaches of the President
considering the resources
involved in
making it a reality.
Nevertheless, he
urged the government
not to bother itself to
build more factories
some of which will not
be economically viable to
repay the loan facility it
was used to set up.
“You don’t need 200 factories
at all costs. We cannot put up a
factory that cannot work.
Komenda Sugar Factory should be
an example to guide them [Government].
Where are the raw materials?
How competitive are these
factories going to be? What are
they going to produce and how
much does it cost to import oil
from China?
“What is the cost benefit analysis
of this agenda? So, it is not just
that. Where are the businesses that
we started under the Presidential
Special Initiative under President
Kufuor? So, we got to do it well. If
Ghana has even five factories that
are very viable that will take us
away from the importation of oil,
rice sugar among others, I think it
is something that is worth pursuing,”
he stressed.

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Some artistes are too established for
regional awards – Kofi Kinaata
FORMER HIGH Grade Family artiste,
Kofi Kinaata’ says some Ghanaian
artistes are above nominations in Regional
Award schemes.
The ‘Play’ hit maker, who won the
‘Artiste of the Year’ award at the justended
Western Regional Awards, called
on organizers of such award scheme to
focus their nominations on upcoming
musicians within the jurisdiction of the
scheme.
“Some of us have already made it,
hence we do not need to be nominated
for such schemes. Established artistes
should be honoured and not awarded
alongside upcoming artistes,” he said.
The acclaimed Fante rap king says it
is unfair for up-and-coming artistes to
be nominated in the same category as
renowned artistes, since they stand a little
or no chance of winning against such
doyens.
According to Kinata, he will definitely
win all awards for which he is nominated
in the Western Region Awards.
He added that though he appreciates
the nomination as well as the award, he
is encouraging organizers to exclude
him, in order to pave the way for upand-coming
artistes.
•Kofi
Kinaata
Make somebody’s
child your own
— Gifty Anti
•Gifty Anti
with her
baby girl
BY ABIGAIL ASARE
OHENEYER
E ANTI,
broadcaster,
with her
daughter,
Nyame Animuonyam Afia
Asaa Afrakoma Sintim-Misa
ACE BROADCASTER,
presenter and women’s advocate,
Oheneyere Gifty Naana
Afia Dansoa Anti (Awo
Dansoa), has advised her fellow
women who are praying
for the fruit of the womb
not to give up but to reach
out for an adoption if the
need arises.
Awo Dansoa recounted
her ordeal due to her inability
to conceive because she
had gone through a fibroid
surgery.
Speaking to Kafui Dey
on ‘GH Today’ aired on
GHone TV, she said, “I
didn’t think it will happen. I
had always wanted a child, I
had tried before, it didn’t
happen, so for me, it is well
with my soul, I had accepted.”
According to the proud
mother of one, she would
have adopted a child, if she
could not have given birth.
“My husband and I had a
long conversation about the
possibility of pregnancy before
we married and he was
content with the fact that we
may never have children. I
guess it was not that difficult
for him because he has other
children.
“If you don’t have your
biological child, it is not the
end of the world. Make
somebody’s child your own.
Give and when you least expect,
the reward would come
in such a way that you would
be blown away,” the affable
presenter said.
Oheneyere Gifty got
married on October 15, 2015
at age 45 to Nana Ansah
Kwao IV, Chief of Adumasa
in the Eastern Region, and
gave birth to daughter
Nyame Animuonyam on Friday,
August 11, 2017.
She is the Chief Executive
Officer of GDA Concepts
Ltd (producers of ‘The
Standpoint’ TV programme)
by default ; host of her own
show, ‘The Standpoint’ TV
programme by choice; and
president and founder of the
Girl in Need Foundation
(GiNF) by calling.
Worlasi out with
‘Booze High’ video
RAPPER WORLASI is out
with an animated video for his
new song ‘Booze High’ off his
‘Outlane’ EP.
On this EP, Worlasi challenges
himself even more by
stepping out of his comfort
zone to experiment with different
music forms by collaborating
with multiple producers,
something he has kept to the
very minimum.
He held a preview session
on Saturday, May 12, to unveil
the video to media personnel.
During the listening session,
Worlasi explained the concept
for ‘Booze High’.
The animated video depicts
various physical, spiritual, and
emotional challenges that humans
are faced with on daily
basis and empowers one to defy
the odds by
taking a
breather from
life even in
critical moments.
The animation
was done
by Peter Poka
and the song
sung by Juls.
Worlasi has
worked with
top Ghanaian
artistes such as
Sarkodie and
M.anifest, to
mention just
the two.
His versatility
enables him
to switch from
singing to rapping
in English,
Ewe, Fante, Ga and Pidgin.
His songs are famous for their
refreshing and inspiring lyrics –
a mixture of soul and hip-hop
blended with African flavour.
He is also a figure-painting
artist. Some of his greatest hits
include ‘Too Naughty’, ‘Nuse’,
‘One Life’, ‘Nukata’ and ‘You
Saw Me’.
Worlasi’s musical career can
be traced back to his first breakthrough
single, ‘Ay3 Adz3’,
which saw him rise to fame.
The eccentric Worlasi represented
Ghana at Coke Studio
Africa in 2017. He is currently
under the management of MK
Content, a talent management
company with focus on talent
representation as well as film
and television package development.
•Worlasi

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•John Dumelo,
has tied the
knot with his
girlfriend, Gifty
Mawunya
Nkornua
Dumelo weds
Mawunya
GHANAIAN
ACTOR and
politician,
John
Dumelo, tied
the knot with his girlfriend,
Gifty Mawunya Nkornua, a
graduate of the University
of Ghana, at a private ceremony
last Saturday, May
13.
The event, which was
limited to a few friends and
family of the couple, was
held at Spintex in Accra.
The two kept their relationship
secret before the
wedding.
Some celebrities seen at
the wedding were Nollywood
actor Ramsey
Nouah, Prince David Osei,
Fiifi Coleman and Yvonne
Nelson. Other stars included
Edem, Nadia Buari,
Jackie Appiah, and Coded
of 4×4 fame.
Mawunya is a relative of
actress Selassie Ibrahim
and a close friend to actress
Nadia Buari, who is
suspected to have been the
link person between the
two love birds.
• Jewel Ackah
Jewel Ackah to be buried August 4
LATE GHANAIAN musician, Jewel
Ackah, will be buried on August 4,
2018, the family announced at the
one week observance.
According to the family, a wake
and thanksgiving service will be held
on August 3 and 5 respectively.
Many sympathisers, friends and
family converged at the Sakasaka
Park near the Community Two Police
Station to show their respects to
the legend.
Former President John Mahama
on Saturday joined the family and
MUSIGA at the traditional one week
observance of the death of the musician
in Tema. He donated an
amount of GHC12,000 to the family
in support of the funeral..
Also in attendance were political
figures mostly from the National
Democratic Congress (NDC).
Among them were the party’s
Greater Accra Regional Chairman,
Mr Joseph Ade Coker, Yaw
Boateng-Djan, a former National
Organiser, Anita De Sosoo and Emmanuel
Armah Kofi Buah, MP for
Ellembele constituency.
Ackah, who composed the National
Democratic Congress (NDC)
anthem, died Friday, April 27, at his
home.
He was known to have been battling
stroke and other sicknesses for
about a decade.

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It feels great to
score a hat-trick
against Barcelona
— Boateng
Ghana’s
Duke Micah
to fight on
June 9
GHANAIAN FOR-
WARD Emmanuel
Boateng is ecstatic
to be the first
Ghanaian to score a
hat-trick against Spanish giants
Barcelona.
The 21-year-old scored his first
career hat-trick for Levante as they
ended Barcelona's unbeaten run in
the La Liga. Boateng stole the
headlines with his performance
and by so doing he also becomes
the first Ghanaian to score against
Real Madrid and the Catalans in
the same season.
"Preparations for this match
was very good because we had won
four games in a row and with such
form, we knew we could win even
though Barcelona is a big club," he
told Oyerepa FM.
"As a striker what matters is to
score and that was my prayer before
the game but I never thought
of scoring 3 so all the glory to God,
I was very happy."
"It feels very great
to be the first
Ghanaian to score
a hat-trick against
Barcelona, a
privilege I thank
God for and
Ghanaians for the
support."
"I didn't know what to do after
realizing I had scored 3 against
Barcelona, I felt ecstatic and so
happy, as young as I am and
this is my first hat-trick in professional
football. "
"It feels very great to be the
first Ghanaian to score a hattrick
against Barcelona, a privilege
I thank God for and
Ghanaians for the support."
"My secret is prayers and
hard work. Coutinho told me
in Portuguese that I should
continue with what I am doing
and that will take me to places.
He asked me to believe in myself."
"I am looking forward to
perform better than this in the
national team, I have received
an invitation for the two
friendlies, it's an honour to
wear the national colours and
so I will do my possible best
for Ghana".
Boateng has been invited to
the senior national team and will be
expected to make his debut against
Japan and Iceland.
GHANA’S DUKE Micah will return to
the ring on June 9 in Brooklyn against
yet to be named opponent in the coming
days.
The former Olympian was billed to
fight last month against former World
title contender Yoann Boyeaux but was
called off after the latter failed to make
the weight.
The bout will become Micah’s second
defense of his WBC international
super bantamweight title.
The 26-year-old pugilist, won majority
decision against Jose Santos Gonzalez
in the first defense of his belt last
November.
He won the belt in March 2017 when
he stopped Mexico’s Jonathan Aguilar in
round five at the Bukom Boxing Arena
in Accra, Ghana.
• Emmanuel Boateng
against Barcelona

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Williams
can win
French Open
• Says coach Mouratoglou
SERENA
WILLIAMS can
win the French
Open even though
she "came back
too early" after giving birth,
says her coach Patrick
Mouratoglou.
The 23-time Grand Slam
champion has not played a
match on clay since reaching
the final at Roland Garros in
2016.
Williams, 36, withdrew
from tournaments in Madrid
and Rome this month,
casting doubt over her
participation at the French
Open, which begins on 27
May.
"She is working extremely
hard; she is improving in all
the areas fast. I am very
satisfied and confident that
she will be ready for Roland
Garros."
Williams returned to the
WTA Tour in March, six
months after giving birth, but
has struggled to find top
form.
She reached the third
round at Indian Wells, where
she was beaten by sister
Venus, before falling in the
first round of the Miami
Open to Japan's Naomi
Osaka.
Mouratoglou says the goal
is for Williams to get "even
stronger than before",
although he admits she was
"far from being 100%" on
her comeback.
"Serena clearly came back
too early," he said. "She was
not ready yet but needed to
feel the competition, so she
decided to play.
"It was a good experience
as she realised all the work
that needed to be done in
order for her to be really
ready."
• Serena
Williams
I’m staying at Juventus — Allegri
• Allegri has won the Italian league and Cup double in
each of his four seasons in charge of Juventus
"It's not an issue of
decisions on the
future, it's about
planning what the
future of Juventus will
be, because once
we've finished
celebrating, we have
to sit around a table
with clear heads,"
added Allegri.
JUVENTUS MANAGER
Massimiliano Allegri has played down
reports that he is to leave the Italian
club.
The Italian has been repeatedly
linked with replacing Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger, who is leaving the
Gunners after almost 22 years in
charge.
"If they don't fire me, then I think
I'm staying at Juventus next year too,"
said Allegri.
The 50-year-old was speaking after
a 0-0 draw against Roma sealed a
seventh successive league title for
Juve.
Allegri, who also achieved his
fourth league and Cup double in as
many seasons with the club, has also
been touted as a possible replacement
for compatriot Antonio Conte at
Chelsea.
However, Chelsea and Arsenal
finished fifth and sixth respectively in
the Premier League and failed to
qualify for the Champions League.
"It's not an issue of decisions on
the future, it's about planning what
the future of Juventus will be,
because once we've finished
celebrating, we have to sit around a
table with clear heads," added Allegri.
"When the next season begins, we
all start from zero points and must
continue proving we are competitive."