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• Prof. Aaron
Mike Ocquaye,
Speaker of
Parliament
•There was a spontaneous
jubilation outside the courtroom
by the faction that won the case
• Mr Frank Adjei, Founder and
Executive Chairman of GNCLBBLOA
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FOREIGN
HEALTH
Zimbabwe government
rebukes
deputy minister
PG.04
Pay more attention
to pre-eclampsia in
pregnant women –
First Lady
ARTS
& ENT
SPORTS
Selassie Brown
to release
‘Woye Ohene’
PG.13
Quaye, Lamptey,
rematch set for
August 11
PG.07
PG.15
Fear grips
some football
managers
• Over Anas video
BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH
FOLLOWING the directive
of President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo to arrest
the president of the
Ghana Football Association
(GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi
for allegedly defrauding
under false pretence,
some football managers
have refused to speak on the
issue.
The DAILY HER-
ITAGE on Wednesday
called some officials of the
Ghana Football Association,
the Ghana League Clubs
Association and chairmen of
the some local club both in
the Premiership and Division
One, but it was one excuse
or the other.
The technical director of
the GFA, Mr Francis Oti-
Akenten when called categorically
said he would not
speak on the issue as he
does not want to involve
himself through comments.
According to him, he
prefers to stay away with
Anas' upcoming exposé to
be premiered on June 6,
2018 at the Accra International
Conference Centre.
Division One club
bankroller and president of
King Faisal, Alhaji Karim
Grunsah, who is an ardent
critic of Mr Nyantakyi, said
he was driving and so he
could not talk on the matter.
The president of
GHALCA and former chief
executive officer of
Ashantigold, Mr Cudjoe Fianoo,
who had earlier said
he was not sure of himself
being not on the tape because
he did not know the
scope of the investigations
and that he was scared,
could not be reached for
comments.
A text message was sent
to him and he was yet to respond
to it at the time of filing
the story.
President Nana Akufo-
Addo on Tuesday directed
the Criminal Investigations
Department of the police
service to arrest Mr Nyantakyi
for allegedly using his
name to defraud by false
pretences.
Nyantakyi is reportedly
caught on tape trying to solicit
funds using the name of
the President and the Vice
President of the country.
BY STEPHEN ODOI LARBI
MEMBERS OF Parliament
(MPs), on
Tuesday, May 22,
2018, had a shock
of their lives when
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and
Transgender (LGBT) groups in
Ghana stormed the legislature to
demand their so-called rights.
The LGBT group, the DAILY
HERITAGE newspaper understands,
have started lobbying some
MPs to speak on their behalf and
ensure that their rights and freedoms
are guaranteed in the laws of
Ghana.
The Ranking Member of the
Gender and Children Committee,
Laadi Ayii Ayamba, who broke the
story, told her colleague MPs that at
a forum which was attended by herself
and the Deputy Majority
Leader, Sarah Adwoa Safo, the
issue about LGBT came up for discussion
where their opinion was
sought about how they could help
fight for the rights of lesbians, gays,
bisexuals and transgender.
“I, in particular, made them understand
that for us we will be discussing
and take it up but they should come
Why lesbians
and gays stormed
Parliament
• Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye,
Speaker of Parliament
and sit in the public gallery and declare
that they are the gay people in
Ghana and also present the matter
to Mr. Speaker and hear what they
will say. Believe me or not, it brought
the discussion to an end. As for
Hon. Adwoa, she simply said my father
will slaughter me,” she noted.
Ms Ayamba, who is the
lawmaker for Pusiga, was
contributing to a joint statement
on external pressure
to legalize the practice of
homosexuality in Ghana
raised by the MP for Ho
West, Emmanuel Kwasi
Bedzrah, MP for Ledzokuku,
Dr. Bernard Okoe
Boye, and MP for Krachi
West, Helen Adjoa Ntoso.
‘Don’t legalise
homosexuality’
The MP for Ho West
and President of the Parliamentary
Christian Fellowship,
Mr Bedzrah, in his
statement, appealed to President
Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo not to allow
any form of pressure, from
either within or outside, to
cause him to introduce and
or sponsor a bill to Parliament
for the legalization of
homosexuality in Ghana since it is
alien to the values system of the citizenry.
“We urge His Excellency, the
President, to be resolute and reject in
whole all enticements, juicy promises
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Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute
Supreme Court declares
late Andani winner
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE PROTRACTED
Bimbilla chieftaincy
dispute between
Nakpa Naa Salifu
Dawuni and the Naa
Andani Dasana has been decided
by the Supreme Court by unanimously
declaring the late Paramount
Chief of the Nanumba
Traditional Area, Naa Andani, as
the rightful chief of the area.
The panel of five chaired by
Justice Julius Ansah dismissed in
its entirety the application by the
Salifu Dawuni lineage challenging
the legitimacy of Andani as the
rightful chief and affirmed the decision
of the Northern Regional
House of Chiefs and the National
House of Chiefs that declared
Naa Andani as the legitimate
chief of the area.
Naa Salifu Dawuni, a matrilineal
great-grandson to the Bimbila
skin lineage, first challenged the
legitimacy of the defendant, a patrilineal
grandson to the Bimbila
skin, before the Na-Yiri, overload
of Manprugu, but lost the case.
•There was a spontaneous jubilation outside the courtroom
by the faction that won the case
Subsequently, he appealed the ruling of the
Na-Yiri at the Regional and National Houses of
Chiefs and lost at both places. Not satisfied with
the ruling of the two houses of Chiefs, the petitioner
proceeded to the Supreme Court to seek
redress.
But in a unanimous decision yesterday, the
Supreme Court held that Naa Andani's lineage
is the legitimate lineage and “We therefore find
no merit in the appeal and it is dismissed in its
entirety,” the court held
The judgement, which was read by Mr Justice
Gabriel Pwamang, the most junior member
of the panel, had the support of Justice Anin
Yeboah, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie and Justice
Yaw Appau as other panel members.
Jubilation
There was wild jubilation by the winning side
on the premises of the apex court moments
after the judgement but its leadership had cautioned
members to jubilate in moderation since
they are one people.
Background
The Nanumba Traditional Council has two
main Gates, Bang-yili and Gbugma-yili, whose
representatives rotate their occupancy of the
throne.
The protracted chieftaincy dispute in the
area became more pronounced in 2003, after
the demise of the former Paramount Chief for
Not happy with
the National
House of Chiefs
decision, the Naa
Dawuni faction
marched to the
Supreme Court.
Nanung, Na Abarika, who belonged to the
Bang-yili gate.
A conflict ensued as to who was qualified
from the Gbugma-yili gate to succeed him.
While Naa Salifu Dawuni, now of blessed
memory, indicated that he was the rightful successor,
Naa Andani Dasana, also of blessed
memory now, claimed he was the one chosen to
occupy the throne.
This compelled the Judicial Committee of
the Northern Regional House of Chiefs to investigate
the matter.
The three-member committee chaired by
Yunyoo Rana Yamyia Tooka II, in March 2012,
unanimously declared Na Andani Dasana as the
substantive Paramount Chief for the Bimbilla
Traditional Area.
The verdict, however, did not go down well
with Naa Dawuni and his faction, leading to
their appeal at the National House of Chiefs.
The National House of Chiefs dismissed the
appeal.
Not happy with the National House of
Chiefs decision, the Naa Dawuni faction
marched to the Supreme Court.
Why lesbians and gays stormed Parliament
• READ FROM PAGE 2
and pressures from the West to
accept this dehumanizing practice,”
he noted.
In the view of Mr Bedzrah,
Ghanaian customs frown on gay
and lesbian engagements or practices,
noting that “traditionally,
people found to have engaged in
such practices are banished from
society. No religion in Ghana, be
it Christian, Islamic or Traditional,
condones the act. LGBT offends
the culture, morality and heritage
of the entire people and must not
be condoned”.
Same sex relationship
origin of HIV/AIDS
The lawmaker for Ledzokuku,
Dr Boye, said any effort in determining
the status of homosexuality
within the framework of legislation
should take serious consideration
of the health outcomes
that come with particular sexual
orientation practice since same
sex relationship brought about the
deadly HIV/AIDs to the world.
“A nation’s wealth is in its
health. Any practice that has established
undesirable health outcomes
equally has undesirable
economic outcomes for the nation.
Our sexual orientation as a
country t indicates our march towards
progress or our trip towards
tragedy,” he noted.

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• Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed comes
from the Oromo
ethnic group
Opposition leaders arrive in Ethiopia capital
SENIOR OFFICIALS of an
exiled Ethiopian opposition
party, the Oromo Democratic
Front or ODF, have arrived in
the capital Addis Ababa for
peace talks with the government.
The ODF formed five
years ago after its members
broke away from the Oromo
Liberation Front - which took
up arms against the government
in the 1970s.
The recently elected Prime
Minister, Abiy Ahmed, is an
Oromo - the largest ethnic
group in Ethiopia - and he
has called for reconciliation in
order to unite the country.
Any potential dialogue
with the OLF would be more
complicated as it has been defined
as a terrorist organisation.
BBC
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Zimbabwe government
rebukes deputy minister
ZIMBABWE'S GOV-
ERNMENT has
condemned Deputy
Finance Minister
Terence Mukupe for
reportedly saying the
army will not accept opposition
leader Nelson Chamisa as president.
Mr Mukupe's comments, if true,
were "reckless" and did not reflect
the position of the government,
ruling Zanu-PF party and the military,
actiing Minister for Information
Simon Khaya Moyo said in a
statement.
Such comments “amount to direct
contempt” of President Emmerson
Mnangagwa and "imperil
national peace and stability", the
statement added.
Mr Mukupe was quoted by the
privately owned NewsDay website
dismissing Mr Chamisa, 40, as a
"child", adding the generals who
forced ex-President Robert Mugabe
to resign in November would not
hand power to him.
“How can we say, honestly, the
soldiers took the country, practically
snatched it from Mugabe, to come
and hand it over to Chamisa?
“This country, where it is now
and where it is coming from, needs
a grown up, a steady hand, a person
who can stabilise things,” he was
•Nelson Chamisa plans to contest the presidency for the first time
quoted as saying.
Mr Chamisa plans to run against
Mr Mnangagwa, 75, in elections due
later this year.
He sees himself as the successor
of veteran Movement for Democratic
Change leader Morgan
Tsvangirai, who died in February
aged 65.
His numerous attempts to dislodge
Mr Mugabe from power
failed. BBC
World news in 4 stories
Embattled South African
premier stands down
SOUTH AFRICA'S embattled
North West province
premier has stepped down
after allegations of corruption
in his administration led
to violent protests.
Supra Mahumapelo's resignation
was welcomed by Ace
Magashule - secretary-general
of the ruling African Nation
Congress (ANC) - who
praised it as a "selfless decision",
according to the party's
official Twitter account.
• Supra Mahumapelo
The government imposed
direct rule over North West
province earlier this month,
following the outbreak of violent
protests in April.
Clashes took place in the
area where protesters are demanding
jobs, housing and an
end to corruption.
Mr Mahumapelo's administration
has been accused of
corruption and the misuse of
state funds - accusations he
denies. BBC
Iran slams U.S. sanctions push, Syria rejects idea of Iranian withdrawal
IRAN ON Wednesday kept up
a drumbeat of opposition to
U.S. demands for sweeping
change in its foreign policy and
nuclear program, and Tehran’s
ally Damascus dismissed out of
hand a U.S. call for a withdrawal
of Iranian forces from Syria.
France, one of several European
powers dismayed by the
U.S. withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear
accord, said Washington’s
method of adding more sanctions
on Tehran would reinforce
the country’s dominant hardliners.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo on Monday threatened
Iran with “the strongest sanctions
in history” if it did not
curb its regional influence, accusing
Tehran of supporting
armed groups in countries such
as Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.
Pompeo was speaking two
weeks after President Donald
Trump pulled out of an international
nuclear deal with Iran
that had lifted sanctions on Iran
in exchange for curbs to its nuclear
program. European powers
see the accord as the best
chance of stopping Tehran acquiring
a nuclear weapon.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif said Pompeo
had repeated old
allegations against Tehran
“only with a stronger and more
indecent tone”.
“Mr Pompeo and other U.S.
officials in the current administration
are prisoners of their
wrong illusions, prisoners of
their past and have been taken
hostage by corrupt pressure
groups,” he told state television.
Reuters

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Editorial
Are we serious?
AT THE last count, common cholera
killed over a hundred of our citizens due
to the nasty nature of our environment
and the uncouth behaviour of our compatriots.
Filth in Accra and other parts of the
country remains a huge problem to
Ghana even with the advent of the Millennium
City project.
Just recently when it rained for just
about two hours, the city was exposed
again as many parts experienced flooding
due to choked gutters and scattered
garbage.
Hygiene is extremely important to
any civilised nation and therefore there
is the need to put premium on it.
But, that appears not to be the case as
Ghana’s only diploma-awarding hygiene
institution has been completely neglected
with graduates of the institution
being allowed to rot in their houses.
Not long ago we threw the spotlight
on the sad story of the school where the
authorities, after going through frustrations
for years, decided to convert the institution
into a day school.
According to the story, the intention
was to avert any disaster because the
school’s hostel was at the verge of total
collapse.
The facility, which was established
alongside the school before independence,
had not seen any major renovation
till 2010 when the hostel was awarded on
a contract but was abandoned along the
line, citing government’s failure to pay
for the first phase of work done.
“Per the current situation, we have no
other option than to turn the institution
into a day school where the students will
be coming from home because we cannot
risk their lives, while the few lecturers
have also been asked to seek
accommodation outside,” a source at the
school stated.
Reports are that graduates of the
three hygiene institutions in the country
suffer to get jobs.
Why should we allow graduates who
have acquired knowledge of hygiene
management to rot in the house while
we wallow in filth? This is not right.
Ghana is just not serious.
The Ministry of Health should act
quickly and get the hygiene institutions
in shape and make good use of the graduates
instead of wasting money and resources
when there is an avoidable
epidemic.
We'II pay GH¢100k
licence fees
GHANA NATIONAL
Chamber of Licensed
Banker to
Banker Lotto Operators
and Agents
(GNCLBBLOA) says it supports
demand for the lotto operating licence
fee of GH¢ 100.000.00 approved
by the Board of Directors
of National Lottery Authority
(NLA) to be paid by private lotto
operators.
Addressing a press conference
in Kumasi yesterday, the Founder
and Executive Chairman of GN-
CLBBLOA, Mr. Frank Adjei, noted
that the private lotto operators had
about 200 lotto agents, 170 lotto
sub-agents and over 150, 000 lotto
writers across Ghana.
This, according to him, is the
largest and strongest banker-tobanker
lotto group in Ghana.
Mr Adjei stated that he was the
first lotto operator in Ghana to pay
the GH¢ 100.000.00 to the NLA as
licence fees on March 15, 2018.
He pointed out that the Board
of NLA ordered the leaders for all
the various groups of banker-tobanker
lottery to submit their proposals
to the NLA for discussion in
order to finalize the licence fees for
the operators, agents and writers of
banker to banker lottery.
“Mr Frank Adjei was the only
lotto operator who suggested the
• Mr. Frank Adjei, Founder and Executive Chairman of
GNCLBBLOA, addressing the press conference in Kumasi
least amount of money (GHC 200,
000) as a nationwide licence fees for
Private Lotto Operators to the
Board of NLA.”
“Honestly speaking, the Lotto
Operators and Agents who are now
attacking Kofi Osei-Ameyaw over
the One Million Ghana Cedis are
not being truthful to themselves,
the media, Government and
Ghanaians in general because if
NLA has agreed to accept the GH¢
500,000 License Fees per Region as
[had been] suggested by these Lotto
Operators and Agents at the NLA
Board Meeting, then it means that
every Lotto Operator who want to
operate nationwide was supposed
to pay Five Million Ghana Cedis to
the NLA as License Fees,” he explained.
Instead of paying Five Million
Ghana Cedis as license fees to operate
the whole country, Mr. Adjei
• Private lotto
Operators assures NLA
noted that the NLA has drastically
reduced the licence fees to GH¢
100.000.00.
He said they were grateful to
Osei-Ameyaw and the Board of
NLA over this decision but some
people were rather destroying the
reputation of the NLA boss over
the One Million Ghana Cedis.
He commend Mr Osei-Ameyaw,
for taking pragmatic steps to register
and license the Operators,
Agents and Writers of Banker to
Banker Lottery under the Public-
Private Partnership in accordance
with the National Lotto Act, 2006
(Act 722).
Mr. Adjei asserted that they are
ever ready and very determined to
partner the National Lottery Authority
and every government to realize
the vision of creating jobs and
maximizing revenue for socio-economic
development.
He urged the Board of NLA to
address the following concerns in
order to strengthen the operations
and administration of the National
Lottery Authority:
He called on NLA to arrest
Nigerians, Chinese and other foreign
nationals who are operating
Lotto business in Ghana especially
the foreign nationals operating
Banker to Banker Lottery.
“We are urging the NLA and
Ghana Police Service to arrest and
prosecute Vitarex Odele (populary
Known as Olembe), a Nigerian who
is illegally operating Lotto Business
in the Brong-Ahafo Region. This is
highly unacceptable. No foreigner is
permitted to operate any form of
Lottery in Ghana under the National
Lotto Act, 2006 (Act 722).
“We are expecting the Board to
be proactive and come up with
measures, action plan and policies
towards arresting the recalcitrant
Ghanaian Lotto operators, agents
and writers, who are refusing to pay
the licence fees to the National Lottery
Authority.
He appealed to NLA to consider
drawing between 6:50p.m. to 7p.m.,
adding that, “This will enable more
people to stake Lotto from both the
Lotto Marketing Companies and
LMCB2B.”
He also urged the Board of
NLA to speed up the process of issuing
the LMCB2B Licence to Mr
Adjei as quickly as possible since he
had fully paid his licence fees of
one million Ghana cedis to the National
Lottery Authority on March
15, 2018.
He suggested that the Ministry
of Finance should empower Mr
Osei-Ameyaw to embark on nationwide
tour to clarify issues, doubts
and conspiracy theories against the
operations and management of the
Lotto business in Ghana.

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Investigative journalism
and Ghana’s democracy:
the empirical case of Anas
BY KABU NARTEY
FOR ALMOST 20 years
now, the democratic
foundations of this country
have been shaken to
the core.
The resilience and longevity of
political governance, accountability,
the protection of human rights and
democracy at large, have been tested
at least once every year through
works of ace investigative journalist,
Anas Aremeyaw Anas. Not forgetting
the likes of Manasseh Azure
among others.
From his days as a street hawker
to expose some corrupt police officers
who took bribe under the angry
sun ; from his undercover at the
high seas to unearth the inhuman
treatment of Ghanaians by a Korean
employer; the invasion of the territory
of Ghana by Ivorians in 2005;
the gory exposè on the use of maggots,
expired and infested flour at
the Eurofoods company; the demoralising
story of Ghanaian expatriate
prisoners in Thai prisons; to his
cleaner role during the undercover
on the Soja Bar Prostitution in September
2007; then to his biggest hit,
Ghana in the Eyes of God about
the corruption in the judiciary,
among others.
As Ghana awaits yet another
shocker, dubbed Number 12, one
that would name some ‘bad guys’ in
the arena of politics and sports,
Ghanaians, media practitioners and
the entire media world needs to reflect
on the pivotal role of undercover
journalism, though, many
argue is unethical. Investigative journalism
has deepened constitutional
democracy in this country despite
the ethical dilemma that it puts reporters
in.
Investigative journalism has ensured
the protection of the fundamental
human rights of citizens
through the watch-dogging role; the
fight against all degrees of corruption,
as well as giving a fearful
facelift to the Fourth Estate of the
Realm, the profession.
For the purposes of this brief,
however, I shall define investigative
journalism in the eyes of my protagonist,
Anas who says…naming,
shaming and jailing (Undercover,
2015). The Investigative Reporters
and Editors on the other hand puts
it this way “In-depth, detailed, original
work through a reporter’s own
initiative.”
I summarise Ghana’s democracy
on the other hand in the words of
Barack Obama in his address to the
Parliament of Ghana in 2009 – “An
independent Press. A vibrant private
sector. A civil society. Those are the
things that give life to democracy.”
In extension, an open society where
the basic rights of citizens are upheld;
a transparent and accountable
system of rule and wise use of state
resources are critical areas of
democracy.
In the history of Ghana, the
former has greatly shaped the latter
in four basic ways:
Investigative journalism has better
equipped the Ghanaian media for
results
The freedom and independence
of the press guaranteed under chapter
12 of the 1992 Constitution have
been obeyed only on paper. Journalists
are still not free or independent
of the government and private manipulations.
Working conditions of
journalists still remain poor: a case
of the 59th anniversary parade of
Ghana (reporters bused into a truck
to cover the torching of the perpetual
flame by the president). Reporters
are still abused by public
officers in echelons of leadership: a
case of Yahaya Kwamoah of Radio
Ghana; among many abuses of disregard
for journalists across the
country.
This, coupled with the absence of
the Right to Information Bill, seems
to suggest to many media bullies
that the Ghanaian media since the
military regime has become dormant,
hence cannot bite in performing
or get daring in performing its
social responsibility functions. These
bullies argue that the media cannot
adopt surreptitious means of performing
its watchdog functions.
Now for instance, every student of
the Ghana Institute of Journalism is
jokingly tagged as Anas and on a
mission to expose the ‘bad guys’ in
society.
It has indeed made a profession
not a lazy one but a solution-driven
one, and this has propelled the development
of this country.
It has led the fight against
Corruption: A case of Chapter 24
of the Constitution
Investigative reporting is increasingly
important in mitigating corruption,
which is a major impediment to
developing democratic institutions
and laws (Sullivan, 2013).
Through the undercover of
Anas, corruption of varying magnitudes
spanning all areas of Ghana’s
socio-economic and political development
have had some public outrage,
judicial address, administrative
reforms and prosecutions. Anas’ expose,
passport scandal did not only
lead to the immediate adoption of
the biometric passport for Ghanaians
as a critical operational reform,
it also exposed the criminal doings
of passport officials in making passports
for non-citizens of this country.
Inside Ghana’s Madhouse 2010
helped to name, shame and jailed
some officials at the Accra Psychiatric
Hospital. Similar abuse of minors was
brought to book in his project Orphans
Home of Hell, an undercover in
Ghana’s biggest state-run orphanage.
Furthermore, over 100 members of
the Judicial Service, clerks, bailiffs;
about 34 judges and magistrates were
culprits in the biggest scandal, the Judicial
Scandal in September 2015.
Some excluded in the 34 were praised
for their incorruptible efforts in helping
administer quality justice for the
country. By this, enterprise reporting
doesn’t only name, shame and jail, but
also praises good deeds if need be.
Strong activism against
human rights abuses: A case of
Articles (12 – 30) of the constitution
Culture and Religion as a way of
•Anas Aremeyaw Anas' next expose' is
expected to be premiered in June
life of Ghanaians form a large part
of our lives in this part of the world.
The gross disrespect for human existence
is now gradually reducing despite
the recalcitrance of some
conservative cultural indulgers. The
social fabric of the nation hitherto
was plagued by many abuses.
Anas’ The Messiah of Mentukwa
told of the ordeal of some Christians
who fell victims of the ‘Jesus-is-coning-soon’
doctrine by one woman
called Helen Jesus Christ. These victims
followed this doctrine into solitary
confinement. This led to many
physical abuses and the denial of the
minors to school.
Moreover, child abuse and child
trafficking have had a bite from Anas’
project reporting. Fifteen kids enslaved
to one fake Imam were rescued in his
work titled Imam’s school of Shock,
2018
Anas at a point did not only report,
he stepped into the witness box to ensure
the jailing of the Dons who soled
humans in five African countries,
Ghana inclusive. Another investigative
venture lasted for over eight months.
The aim was to penetrate an international
trafficking ring. S even
girls were rescued to the glory of
democracy and human existence in
that raid.
The advocacy for true accountability;
equal resource allocation
& social justice:
Article 1 of the GJA Code of
Ethics advocates the right to true information
by citizens. Kovach and
Rosenstiel’s second element of journalism
states that the first loyalty of
the journalist is to none but the citizens.
The above ethos and standards
are further buttressed by the constitution
as argued earlier. But who
asks for the periodic reviews or audits
of public institutions; who calls
for the sensitive-but-relevant details
needed for public development that
is unlawfully hoarded? ; What comes
of the tax-payer’s money? How
much is being spent on their roads
and other social intervention programmes
etc?
Decentralisation is a pillar of
democracy and this demands the
equal allocation of state resources.
This is at the back of very deplorable
conditions of some rural
areas in the country. It is worth noting
that the efforts of civil societies
and other relevant partners in development
are dependent on the social
justice campaign by investigative
journalism.
These bodies, governments and
individuals use the data and findings
of this venture to provide help to
communities who need them. A
classic example was the steps taken
by the erstwhile Kufuor administration
to beef up security for Ghanaians
in “Walata” and “Saru” after
Anas filed a report titled the Bole
Rebel Raid in 2005. This story told
of how some inhabitants of the
northern corridor were suppressed
and abused by Ivorian invaders
Through enterprise journalism,
Ghana is not only aware of the
deep-seated corruption within sacrosanct
bodies like the Judiciary, we
have also learned that resources allocated
across the country to (for instance)
the Osu Orphanage Home,
the Accra Psychiatric hospital, the
Tema harbor are diverted into individuals’
pockets and accounts.
In conclusion, it goes without
saying that Ghana may be experiencing
over 25 years of constitutional
democracy. However, this story is
not complete without the role of the
investigative journalist. This profession
has helped shape the democratic
history of this country and it
shall continue to do so through the
courageous and faceless works of
Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the many
hard-working fellows in the profession.
Long live the profession.

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Importance of breastfeeding for mothers
A healthier baby
THE INCIDENCES of pneumonia,
colds and viruses are reduced among
breastfed babies. Gastrointestinal infections
like diarrhea which can be
devastating, especially in developing
countries are also less common.
Long-term
protection, too
Breastfeed your baby and you reduce
the risk of developing chronic
conditions, such as type I diabetes,
celiac disease and Crohn's disease.
Lower SIDS risk
Breastfeeding lowers your baby's
risk of sudden infant death syndrome
by about half.
Fewer problems with weight
It's more likely that neither of you
will become obese if you breastfeed
him.
A calorie incinerator
You may have heard that nursing
burns up to 500 calories a day. Breast
milk contains 20 calories per ounce
and if you feed your baby 20 ounces a
day, that's 400 calories you've swept
out of your body.
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Piles silent cause of road accidents
A CLERGY and medical doctor,
Archbishop Prof. Dr Asafo-
Agyei Anane Frempong, has
stated that haemorrhoid (piles,
locally known as kooko) is a
major source of road accidents.
The Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of the Asafo-Agyei
Hospital and the Archbishop of
Africa for the Rapha Faith International
Ministerial Network
(RFIMN), explains that because
piles (kooko) affects the anal
area, persons suffering from the
disease feel a severe discomfort
when they are seated in the driver’s
seat, distracting them and
hence causing accidents.
The CEO is, therefore, proposing
that authorities include
haemorrhoids screening in the
processes for acquiring a driver’s
licence, including driving tests,
as the surest way to reduce the
carnage on the roads.
Archbishop Prof. Dr Anane
Frempong, who was speaking in
an interview with the press, further
observed that people lack
knowledge of piles and so attribute
every health defect to it.
He said his call for including
piles screening in the processes
to acquire a driver’s licence was
meant to cause people to seek
early diagnosis and treatment.
Archbishop Prof. Dr Frempong
is the first Ghanaian doctor
to non-surgically treat piles
using a method called Ring
Haemorrhoidectomy after his
training at the Piles Specialist
Training Centre in Gujarat,
India.
His facility, the Asafo-Agyei
Hospital, located at Daaban, a
suburb of Kumasi, is thus
noted for the non-surgical treatment
of piles with its introduction
27 years ago.
People from different parts
of the world have contacted the
hospital for treatment as the facility
boasts the lowest recurrent
rate of the piles at about 7%
now compared to the 20% in
other parts of the world.
Archbishop Prof. Dr Frempong
has a foundation known
as the ‘Archbishop Asafo-Agyei
Foundation’, which is set up to
assist in providing quality
healthcare, education and missionary
services to persons in
deprived communities.
The vision of the Foundation
is to impact lives and export
the treatment of piles
beyond the shores of Ghana
through medical tourism.
He is, therefore, calling for
partnership for the foundation
to help save people from the
piles.
•Prof. Dr Asafo-Agyei Anane Frempong
Pay more attention to pre-eclampsia in
pregnant women – First Lady
THE FIRST Lady, Mrs
Rebecca Akufo-Addo, on
Tuesday called for intensified
education on preeclampsia
and other
conditions that lead to
unacceptable deaths among pregnant
women.
Mrs Akufo-Addo said an increased
awareness and action on Pre-eclampsia,
a pregnancy related complication,
would ensure that the issues on the
condition were widely made known
among the citizens as a critical topical
health concern.
She was speaking at the launch of
World Pre-eclampsia Day held at the
Greater Accra Regional Hospital, on
the theme: “Be prepared before lightning
strikes”!
Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy complication
characterised by high blood
pressure and signs of damage to organs,
most often the liver and kidneys.
The complication usually set in
after 20 weeks of pregnancy in
women, whose blood pressure had
previously been normal and symptoms
include; stomach pain, nausea or
throwing up, swelling in hands or face,
severe headaches, seeing spots or other
vision changes and shortness of
breath in pregnant women.
Pre-eclampsia, however, sometimes
develops without any symptoms. “If
left untreated, preeclampsia could lead
to serious and even fatal complications
for both the pregnant woman and her
unborn baby.”
Expressing concern about the condition,
Mrs Akufo-Addo indicated that
in the Greater Accra and Central Regions
of Ghana, Preeclampsia was the
leading cause of maternal deaths.
Globally, “830 women die from
pregnancy and childbirths related
causes each day while preeclampsia
and eclampsia were the second cause
of deaths after post-delivery bleeding
in pregnant women.
Expressed worry
The First Lady expressed worry
that while these deaths were preventable,
yet essential medicines and tools
to treat the condition were often unavailable
in Ghana.
•Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, First Lady
She said health expert had indicated
that a woman was at a higher
risk, if she had a personal or family
history of pre-eclampsia or had
chronic hypertension, adding that the
risk was also higher with a first pregnancy
or if a woman was pregnant
with her second or third child with a
new partner.
“An obese woman, a woman carrying
two or more foetuses, or carrying
an in-vitro pregnancy, also had a
higher risk of getting pre-eclampsia,”
she mentioned.
Mrs Akufo-Addo said the day
placed a duty on all to intensify efforts
to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity,
by critically addressing both
preeclampsia and eclampsia.
She said it was critical that resources,
including essential medicines
to prevent and treat the condition
were increased while knowledge about
symptoms, prevention and treatment
were intensified to help save the lives
of mothers.
Seek ante-natal care
She advised pregnant women to
consistently seek ante-natal care and
entreated health workers, to intensify
the education on pre-eclampsia and
other conditions that lead to the current
unacceptable rate of maternal
deaths in Ghana.
The Chief Executive Officer of
the Greater Accra Regional Hospital,
Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo, said preeclampsia
was the leading condition
and cause of sickness and death of
women in the hospital and the country
at large adding that, out of the eight
thousand deliveries conducted at the
hospital annually, more than a 1,000
suffer pre-eclampsia.
He said statistics in the hospital indicated
that over the past ten years, the
prevalence rate for pre-eclampsia
stood at 11% on average with a case
fatality of about 1%.
Dr Srofenyo said such statistics underlined
the seriousness of the condition
and the need to adopt a concerted
approach at combating pre-eclampsia
at all level of the health delivery spectrum.
Mr Niyi Ojuolape, Country Director
of United Nations Fund for Population
Activities, expressed the commitment
of the organisation towards
helping Ghana end preventable maternal
deaths, to ensure that everything
that would jeopardise the health of
pregnant women and her unborn baby
was done away with.
He saluted health care professionals
who were in the forefront of the
health care system, caring for pregnant
women, and urged them to continue
to give accurate information on the
condition to women.
Oheneyere Gifty Anti, a gender
Advocate and TV Talk show host, advised
pregnant women to look out for
any changes in their bodies and also
seek answers from reliable sources
about any issues they had concerning
their pregnancies.
To help build awareness of preeclampsia
outside the United States,
the Preeclampsia Foundation partnered
other like-minded organisations
to sponsor the first-ever World
Preeclampsia Day on May 22, 2017.
There is currently a multiple global
advocacy involving professional and
health organisations in Australia,
Brazil, Ireland, the Netherlands, and
Norway among many others underway
to create awareness that would help
prevent or reduce preeclampsia among
pregnant women around the world.

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Prof. Adei, others salute
Berekusohene for
educational fund
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com
THE FORMER Rector of the Ghana
Institute of Management and Public
Administration, Prof. Stephen Adei, has
lauded and praised the effort of the
Berekusohene, Odeefo Oteng Korankye II,
for initiating an educational fund to
support school children in the Berekuso
Traditional Area.
The chief of Berekuso has, since the
launch of the ‘Oteng Korankye II
Educational Fund,’ last year supported over
11 students with all their needs to pursue
various courses in senior high schools.
At a ceremony to raise funds for the
Odeefo Oteng Korankye II Education
Fund at Berekuso in the Eastern Region,
Prof. Adei said the effort of the
Berekusohene to raise funds to support
•Odeefo Oteng Korankye II, (M) and his elders
and promote education in his area
deserved commendation.
A popular radio newscaster with the
Despite Group of Companies, Odi
Ahenkan Kwame Yeboah, also praised the
Berekuso chief for his role in transforming
education in the area.
He also commended him for releasing
lands for the establishment of one of the
country’s best tertiary institutions, Ashesi
University.
The target of the fundraiser was
GH¢200, 000 and there was all indications
that the target was met as the management
of Ashesi alone donated GH¢ 50, 000.00
to support the fund.
The Odeefo Oteng Korankye II
Education Fund is mainly meant to
support students from Berekuso and its
environs who come up with good grades in
the Basic Education Certificate
Examination.
•Professor Stephen Adei
Nungua in massive clean-up exercise
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com
THE OFFICE of the Gborbu Wulomo-
Shitse, the Overlord of the Gadamgme
State, in collaboration with the office of
the Krowor Member of Parliament (MP),
has organised a clean- up exercise to keep
the township clean and healthy as they
celebrate the Kplejoo Homowo Festival.
For the past weeks, the people of
Nungua have begun customary processes
towards the celebration of the Nungua
festival and cleaning the township was one
of the activities aimed at keeping the town
clean.
Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye , MP for
Krowor and Minister in charge Fisheries
and Aquaculture Development was present
for the clean-up exercise at which she
called for all to remain united and
collaborate to fight filth.
“Let’s all be united and stand to fight
against indiscriminate disposal of plastic
waste, which has become a thorny issue in
our country now. Let’s talk to those who
dispose of waste in the drains to desist
from that,” she advised.
FORMER PRESIDENT
Flight Lieutenant Jerry John
Rawlings has said former
Presidents John Agyekum
Kufuor and John Dramani
Mahama who ruled the
country after him were evil and
corrupt leaders.
According to him, former President
Kufuor is ‘evil’ and former President
Mahama is a ‘rogue’ who destroyed the
country.
He said, “I know with my integrity
when I die, I will go to heaven but
when I see these corrupt leaders, I will
ask permission from God and flog
them.
“If they don’t leave heaven for me,
I will go and leave the heavens and
join Satan in hell because I cannot stay
in the same place with them,” Mr
Rawlings stated.
Mr Rawlings made these statements
when the chiefs and people of Mepe
in the North Tongu Constituency in
the Volta Region paid a courtesy call
on him to officially invite him to the
final funeral rites of Mamaga Awusi
Sreku II, queen of the Mepe
Traditional Area.
He said former President Kufuor
Dustbins at vantage points
Touching on efforts being made to
came to sell some Ghanaian
companies to foreigners and awarded
himself with the Grand Order of The
Star and Eagles of Ghana.
eradicate the indiscriminate disposal of
rubbish into drains, the MP said one of the
Mr Rawlings said former President
Kufuor, during his time, also tried to
sideline Ewes in the military, adding
that it came to a time when the service
main aims of the newly-created Krowor
District Assembly is to clean the area.
was looking for senior officers and
were enlisting 40 in every region.
He said “when it got to Volta
Region they tried to substitute the
well-known names with their own
people, but when the list got to
Burma Camp they did the right
thing.”
He described former President
Mahama as a rogue who
superintended over corruption.
Mr Rawlings lamented that during
former President Mahama’s era, he
personally negotiated for a project to
be established at Vorlor in the North
Tongu area “but before I released,
some party executives had shared the
land among themselves.”
He said people from the Volta
Region have faithfully voted for the
National Democratic Congress on
many occasions but they have
nothing to be proud of because they
live in poverty coupled with bad road
network.
The chiefs and people of Mepe,
who were hosted by the Member of
Parliament for the North Tongu
Constituency, Mr Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa, said the late Mamaga Awusi
Sreku III was a great queen who
ruled for over 63 years and described
her as a big loss to the nation.
Mr Ablakwa said pre-burial rites
would start on Friday, August 17, with
interment on Saturday, August 18, at
the Presbyterian Church of Ghana,
“We will provide bins at all vantage
points to enable people to dump waste
products in. We are educating people on
the matter to let them know the
importance of keeping the surroundings
clean.
“In many cases, it brings about
outbreak of sicknesses like cholera. So we
are appealing to those who defaecate in the
open to put a stop to it. The insect vectors
feed on them and transmit the sickness
after they sit on our foods.”
Nii Okpleh Dzalesane, the Oblantah
Mantse (Youth Chief of Nungua), said the
aim of the exercise was to make the
environment clean ahead of the Homowo
festival.
He said the office of the Gborbu
Wulomo would continue to liaise with the
office of the MP to make the clean-up
exercise periodical in the area apart from
the national sanitation day.
Nii Ayi Isaac, the Ghana Private Roads
and Transport Union boss at Nungua, Mr
Josuha Bortey, personal aide of the MP, Mr
Samuel Nii Noi Tetteh, Martin Bortey and
Madam Eunice, the leader of the Nungua
Market Women Association, were all
present at the exercise.
Kufuor evil, Mahama a rogue —JJ
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
• As Kplejoo Homowo festival gathers momentum
•The moment of the clean-up exercise
•Former President Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings
Mepe and thanksgiving service on
August 19 in the same church.
He said, “I
know with my
integrity when I
die, I will go to
heaven but when
I see these
corrupt leaders, I
will ask
permission from
God and flog
them.
“If they don’t
leave heaven for
me, I will go and
leave the heavens
and join Satan in
hell because I
cannot stay in the
same place with
them,” Mr
Rawlings stated.
Rawlings, wife to attend
funeral of Mepe queen
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
FORMER PRESIDENT
Jerry John Rawlings and
former First Lady, Mrs
Konadu Agyemang
Rawlings, will on Saturday,
August 18, 2018, attend the
final rites for the funeral of
the queen of Mepe
Traditional Area in the
North Tongu District of the
Volta Region, Mamaga
Awusi Sreku III.
Mamaga Sreku, who
reigned for 63 years and was
a close confidant of the
Rawlingses, died in
November 2017.
Mr Rawlings made this
declaration when a 15-
member delegation from the
Mepe Traditional Council
paid a courtesy call on him
at his Ridge residence in
Accra on Tuesday, May 21,
2018.
The delegation, which
was led by the paramount
queen of Mafi Traditional
Area, Mamaga Sename II
and supported by the
Member of Parliament (MP)
for North Tongu
Constituency, Mr Samuel
Okudzeto Ablakwa, was to
officially inform Mr
Rawlings and his wife about
Mamaga Sreku’s final
funeral rites.
Addressing the
delegation, Mr Rawlings
expressed shock about the
demise of the queen of
Mepe and stated that “a hero
has fallen”.
“I want to assure you that
my wife and I will join you
the chiefs and people of
Mepe that day to give our
last respects to Mamaga
Sreku because she was really
a queen with a track record
of nurturing and growing
people,” Mr Rawlings stated.
He said all traditional
office holders in the Volta
Region who had played
significant roles in ensuring
that the region and the state
got what was due it would
be remembered and
honoured accordingly during
their reign.
In her response, the
queen of Mafi Traditional
Area, Mamaga Sename II,
and the family thanked Mr
Rawlings for confirming to
be present at the funeral and
assured him that the offices
of President Nana Akufo-
Addo, former President John
Dramani Mahama and
former President John
Agyekum Kufuor would also
be notified.
Meanwhile, the Mepe
Traditional Council has set
Friday, August 17, to Sunday,
August 19, 2018, as the
period for the final funeral
rites of Mamaga Sreku.
Briefing journalists on
the arrangements of the
final funeral rites,
spokesperson for Tosu-
Kporsue family from Adzigo
Divisional Clan of Mepe, Mr
Doe Ambrose Gidi, said the
funeral is opened to the
public, but urged strict
adherence to the
arrangements.
Mr Gidi explained that
“there will be firing of
muskets in the streets, the
executioners will also be
around to display, and the
chiefs as well would also be
paraded.”
He revealed that wake
would start on Friday,
August 17, at the late queen’s
palace with the burial service
at Mepe Presbyterian Church
on Sunday August 18, 2018.
In connection with the
funeral, a ban had been
placed on all funerals from
August 17-18, 2018.
•Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, addressing a
delegation of chiefs and people of Mepe Traditional
Area

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CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING
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RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS
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Producer Price Inflation rises to 6.4% in April
BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI
Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com
THE PRODUCER
Price Index (PPI)
that measures the
average change over
time in the prices received
by domestic
producers for the production of
their goods and service for the
month of April 2018 recorded inflation
rate of 6.4%.
Briefing the press, the Deputy
Government Statistician, Mr Baah
Wadieh, explained that the rate
represents a 2.7 percentage points
increase in producer inflation relative
to the rate recorded in March
2018 (3.7%).
For mining and quarrying subsector,
he explained it increased by
4.5 percentage point over the
March 2018 rate of 5.8% to
record 10.3% in April 2018.
He added that manufacturing,
which constitutes more than twothirds
of total industry, increased
by 3.0 percentage points to record
7.2% followed by the utilities subsector,
which recorded inflation of
-0.3 % in April 2018, indicating a
decrease of 0.3 percentage point
relative to the rate recorded in
March 2018 of -0.6%.
The Statistician explained that
“with respect to the monthly
changes, manufacturing recorded
the highest inflation rate of 1.2%
followed by mining and quarrying
sub-sector with 0.7 percent. The
utilities sub-sector recorded the
lowest year-on-year change.
Mr Wadieh said the producer
inflation rate in the petroleum
sub-sector was -1.2% in April
2017. The rate further declined to
–4.5 % in May 2017.
•Mr. Baah Wadieh, Deputy Government Statistician
He added that manufacturing,
which constitutes
more than two-thirds of
total industry, increased
by 3.0 percentage
points to record 7.2%
followed by the utilities
sub-sector, which
recorded inflation of -
0.3 % in April 2018, indicating
a decrease of
0.3 percentage point
relative to the rate
recorded in March 2018
of -0.6%.
31-year civil servant wins MTN two-bedroom apartment
BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI
Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com
A 31-YEAR-OLD civil servant,
Samuel Obeng Amoako, has won
a two-bedroom apartment worth
$93,000 at DevTraco Court in
Tema for emerging the ultimate
winner of the MTN ‘Taking
Over’ promo.
Mr Maxwell Arthur, Senior
Specialist at the Consumer Segment
at MTN, explained that in
all, over 51 customers in the
promo were awarded for the
month of March and April.
According to him, the winners
were vetted by KPMG, an international
audit firm.
Mr Arthur explained the company
had invested millions in the
lives of their customers to appreciate
them by organising activities
that would impact their lives.
He added that customers in
the promo took away 20 brand
new Hyundai cars,
GH¢560,000.00 through Mobile
Money (MoMo), 500 4G compatible
handsets, including iPhone 8,
Samsung 8 and one million
worth of airtime.
Mr Amoako, in an interview
with the DAILY HER-
ITAGE, thanked MTN for organising
the promo because it has
helped him to become a house
owner within a few months.
According to him, he got motivated
when his friend won in
one of MTN promos and so decided
to participate in the justended
promo.
“I only entered the promo to
see how it works and here I am,
having won a house. I will rent it
out to make a lot of investments
and urge others who do not believe
in these promos to take a
bold step because they never
know their fate,” he said.
Some of the winners are
Lawer Gabriel-Amoatey, who
drove home a brand new
Hyundai Sonata; Mustapha
Ahmed Toufiq and Bright
Ankrah Twumasi had Hyundai
Elantra each; Joyce Tutu a
Hyundai Accent; with Justina
Sarfo, Bernard Adu-Tutu and
Daniel Addo given Hyundai i10
each.
Jonathan Adjetey Sowah and
nine others received MoMo cash
of GH¢5, 000.00 each; Joseph
Kudzo Hato and five others also
received a MoMo cash of GH
¢2,000.00 each; Salia Mumuni Belali
and Christopher Mensah also
won GH¢1,000.00 each; with
Akua Amoakoa Quainoo and
four others receiving a Samsung
S8 phone each.
Other winners were Kwabena
Adjei Manu and 17 others, who
went home with Huawei Y5
handset each, with Emmanuel
Mensah and three others receiving
an iPhone 8 each.
•Mr Samuel Obeng Amoako, Ultimate winner of MTN ‘Taking Over’, being presented
with his dummy key from an MTN Ghana official

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Politics
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about
anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for
yourself —Henry James
My party right or wrong - excessive
partisanship is killing us in Ghana
BY KOFI AMENYO
IF THIS were all just a game,
we would laugh over it. But
in our country, excessive
partisanship has become a
life and death thing for some
people. This is our idea of
democracy: you shall not see a single
good thing right with your opponents
and you shall see nothing
that can be wrong with your own
party. But all our politicians are
cut from the same cloth – the
same Ghanaian society. They have
the same ambitions and pursue
similar personal goals.
Most Ghanaians are not card
carrying members of any party.
This does not mean they do not
sympathise with one party. The
true non-partisan voter is rare. It
is just human nature to align oneself
to one party.
In Ghana, the largest force
driving many people to align
themselves one way or the other is
not ideological. It is tribal or what
a voter perceives he or she can
personally gain from supporting
one party rather than the other.
For the party hierarchy, stalwarts,
cadres and the so-called
foot soldiers the stakes are really
not about Ghana but about their
personal private gains. For many,
political office is a salvation as
they will be nothing without it in
their ordinary lives.
There are three principal reasons
anybody enters politics in
Ghana: personal financial gain,
lust for power, and the desire for
the prestige associated with power.
Of course, on the stump, they say
something else. Yes, every Ghanaian
will want to see the country
developed. But selfless service to
nation very rarely comes before
personal gains.
Those who make a lot of noise
for one party are often people
who stand to gain personally when
the party they are rooting for
comes to power. Each party has a
core group of non-flexible voters
who are unconvinced by any
propaganda from the other side.
They expect to get jobs and
money when their party comes to
power.
To be sure, the egoism of
politicians is a worldwide thing.
Even in Europe, politicians no
longer put what is right on top of
their agendas. They now think first
of what will benefit their personal
political careers. The welfare of
the people comes second. Even
the social democrats - a political
tradition built on the sweat of
labour, follow this trend.
The long period in which we
have enjoyed truly elective politics
(more than 20 years) has entrenched
the phenomenon of politics
as a career. Today, there are
many young men and women in
parliament who have done no
other work than that of politics.
They entered politics directly from
school. In the past, coups cut
down political careers. Today, it is
possible that some politicians can
be in parliament for 30 or 40 years
(like in the United States congress)
and politics will ever be the only
work they know. It is a very lucrative
profession! That is why it attracts
all sorts of unsavoury
characters.
Our bright and young who
could be doing well in business,
industry or technology if the
economy were good, now turn to
politics – or date rich married
men.
Today, we are witnessing the
politicization of everything in our
society. There are no longer professional
ambassadors. All of
them are party hacks who get appointed
as rewards for their loyalty
to the party. Yes, every country
does this but we carry it to its
most negative ends. We have built
a system driven on favours and
personal connections.
The renaming of the Flagstaff
House is a purely partisan act. The
National Democratic Congress
vows to rename it when they
come to power. Partisanship determines
many things in Ghana now
– board memberships, chairmanships,
professorships of state institutions,
etc. The civil service,
which should be above politics,
has been thoroughly politicized.
Even our history is being brazenly
re-written to reflect partisan and
tribal colours.
We have a government whose
policy actions are mainly geared at
winning the next elections. It is always
in campaign mode. The free
senior high school, a fine policy in
principle, was implemented in a
hurry mainly to win a political
point.
There are now three major polarizations
in our country: between
the two major parties, between the
rich and the poor and, unfortunately,
the one always lurking in
the background between the dominant
Akans and the larger group
of non-Akan Ghanaians.
One of the things which make
the fight so bitter is the antiquated
first past the post winner takes all
electoral system we inherited from
the British. This brings about a
win-at-all-costs mentality. Even
narrow losers of elections are left
completely without any rewards
unless they can align themselves
with the winners to benefit from
the spoils system we have created.
What shall we do? We need a
new constitution that will reduce
the powers of the president especially
in making appointments.
There should be a constitutional
limit on the size of the executive.
We need to reinforce civil service
rules to make the service completely
apolitical. Heads of parastatals
must have fixed-term
contracts that cannot be terminated
by a change of government.
Excessive executive power may
slide into presidential dictatorship
hiding under the garb of democracy.
This tendency is exacerbated
by the predisposition of our people
to give ‘fanfoo’ respect to
those in authority for personal
gains. This kind of imperial presidency
is dangerous since our institutions
are not strong enough to
check any excesses.
We should consider a one-time
presidency. Anyone who fails to
get re-elected on the trot should
not have another chance later on.
In other countries, such a practice
is followed by convention. In our
country we have to make a rule to
force people to observe it. With
such a rule in place, Mahama will
not now be scheming to be president
again. He is suffering from
that African malaise of hanging
on to power which was also exhibited
by Akufo-Addo in his persistent
quest to become president.
They tell us that the “teeming supporters”
want them to stand again.
And so what? As if there is a
shortage of people wanting to rule
us.
We should also consider an
upper age limit of 70 for political
offices including the presidency itself!
An elected office holder can
be in office beyond 70 only if he
was elected before he reached 70.
If the pension age in our country
is 60, it is unfair to have politicians
staying in power beyond 73.
The most daring reform we
can make is to introduce some
form of proportional representation
beginning with lower levels of
government. This will be difficult
for us to do but it may reduce the
power of the two major political
parties as it brings other actors
into the fray. This may stop the
emasculation of third parties. I
hope that District Chief Executive
in the next elections would be
elected and not appointed as the
president promised.
We should all realise that governance
is an intricate thing. It is
far easier to be outside and criticise
than be in the seat and take
the decisions yourself. For instance,
many economic decisions
are “leaps in the dark” with success
depending on unforeseen circumstances
in the future. Even the
best policy at the time it is started
may fail during implementation.
There is nothing partisan about
some of these things. Fortunately,
many Ghanaians know this and
will not allow themselves to be
swayed by propaganda. That is
why the efforts of those bland fanatics
trying to force a unified narrative
of the development process
on us will fail. Saying only my
party can deliver Ghana from its
woes is just crude propaganda. It
is also intellectually sterile.
In times of crises, great nations
put partisan interests aside and
form a national consensus around
the major problems of the day.
The extreme form of this is the
formation of a national government
to meet the challenge. It
seems our country is neither a
great nation nor one facing any
crisis. That is why we continue
with the same old ways and hope
to get different results.

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DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 11
Politics
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about
anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for
yourself —Henry James
My party right or wrong - excessive
partisanship is killing us in Ghana
BY KOFI AMENYO
IF THIS were all just a game,
we would laugh over it. But
in our country, excessive
partisanship has become a
life and death thing for some
people. This is our idea of
democracy: you shall not see a single
good thing right with your opponents
and you shall see nothing
that can be wrong with your own
party. But all our politicians are
cut from the same cloth – the
same Ghanaian society. They have
the same ambitions and pursue
similar personal goals.
Most Ghanaians are not card
carrying members of any party.
This does not mean they do not
sympathise with one party. The
true non-partisan voter is rare. It
is just human nature to align oneself
to one party.
In Ghana, the largest force
driving many people to align
themselves one way or the other is
not ideological. It is tribal or what
a voter perceives he or she can
personally gain from supporting
one party rather than the other.
For the party hierarchy, stalwarts,
cadres and the so-called
foot soldiers the stakes are really
not about Ghana but about their
personal private gains. For many,
political office is a salvation as
they will be nothing without it in
their ordinary lives.
There are three principal reasons
anybody enters politics in
Ghana: personal financial gain,
lust for power, and the desire for
the prestige associated with power.
Of course, on the stump, they say
something else. Yes, every Ghanaian
will want to see the country
developed. But selfless service to
nation very rarely comes before
personal gains.
Those who make a lot of noise
for one party are often people
who stand to gain personally when
the party they are rooting for
comes to power. Each party has a
core group of non-flexible voters
who are unconvinced by any
propaganda from the other side.
They expect to get jobs and
money when their party comes to
power.
To be sure, the egoism of
politicians is a worldwide thing.
Even in Europe, politicians no
longer put what is right on top of
their agendas. They now think first
of what will benefit their personal
political careers. The welfare of
the people comes second. Even
the social democrats - a political
tradition built on the sweat of
labour, follow this trend.
The long period in which we
have enjoyed truly elective politics
(more than 20 years) has entrenched
the phenomenon of politics
as a career. Today, there are
many young men and women in
parliament who have done no
other work than that of politics.
They entered politics directly from
school. In the past, coups cut
down political careers. Today, it is
possible that some politicians can
be in parliament for 30 or 40 years
(like in the United States congress)
and politics will ever be the only
work they know. It is a very lucrative
profession! That is why it attracts
all sorts of unsavoury
characters.
Our bright and young who
could be doing well in business,
industry or technology if the
economy were good, now turn to
politics – or date rich married
men.
Today, we are witnessing the
politicization of everything in our
society. There are no longer professional
ambassadors. All of
them are party hacks who get appointed
as rewards for their loyalty
to the party. Yes, every country
does this but we carry it to its
most negative ends. We have built
a system driven on favours and
personal connections.
The renaming of the Flagstaff
House is a purely partisan act. The
National Democratic Congress
vows to rename it when they
come to power. Partisanship determines
many things in Ghana now
– board memberships, chairmanships,
professorships of state institutions,
etc. The civil service,
which should be above politics,
has been thoroughly politicized.
Even our history is being brazenly
re-written to reflect partisan and
tribal colours.
We have a government whose
policy actions are mainly geared at
winning the next elections. It is always
in campaign mode. The free
senior high school, a fine policy in
principle, was implemented in a
hurry mainly to win a political
point.
There are now three major polarizations
in our country: between
the two major parties, between the
rich and the poor and, unfortunately,
the one always lurking in
the background between the dominant
Akans and the larger group
of non-Akan Ghanaians.
One of the things which make
the fight so bitter is the antiquated
first past the post winner takes all
electoral system we inherited from
the British. This brings about a
win-at-all-costs mentality. Even
narrow losers of elections are left
completely without any rewards
unless they can align themselves
with the winners to benefit from
the spoils system we have created.
What shall we do? We need a
new constitution that will reduce
the powers of the president especially
in making appointments.
There should be a constitutional
limit on the size of the executive.
We need to reinforce civil service
rules to make the service completely
apolitical. Heads of parastatals
must have fixed-term
contracts that cannot be terminated
by a change of government.
Excessive executive power may
slide into presidential dictatorship
hiding under the garb of democracy.
This tendency is exacerbated
by the predisposition of our people
to give ‘fanfoo’ respect to
those in authority for personal
gains. This kind of imperial presidency
is dangerous since our institutions
are not strong enough to
check any excesses.
We should consider a one-time
presidency. Anyone who fails to
get re-elected on the trot should
not have another chance later on.
In other countries, such a practice
is followed by convention. In our
country we have to make a rule to
force people to observe it. With
such a rule in place, Mahama will
not now be scheming to be president
again. He is suffering from
that African malaise of hanging
on to power which was also exhibited
by Akufo-Addo in his persistent
quest to become president.
They tell us that the “teeming supporters”
want them to stand again.
And so what? As if there is a
shortage of people wanting to rule
us.
We should also consider an
upper age limit of 70 for political
offices including the presidency itself!
An elected office holder can
be in office beyond 70 only if he
was elected before he reached 70.
If the pension age in our country
is 60, it is unfair to have politicians
staying in power beyond 73.
The most daring reform we
can make is to introduce some
form of proportional representation
beginning with lower levels of
government. This will be difficult
for us to do but it may reduce the
power of the two major political
parties as it brings other actors
into the fray. This may stop the
emasculation of third parties. I
hope that District Chief Executive
in the next elections would be
elected and not appointed as the
president promised.
We should all realise that governance
is an intricate thing. It is
far easier to be outside and criticise
than be in the seat and take
the decisions yourself. For instance,
many economic decisions
are “leaps in the dark” with success
depending on unforeseen circumstances
in the future. Even the
best policy at the time it is started
may fail during implementation.
There is nothing partisan about
some of these things. Fortunately,
many Ghanaians know this and
will not allow themselves to be
swayed by propaganda. That is
why the efforts of those bland fanatics
trying to force a unified narrative
of the development process
on us will fail. Saying only my
party can deliver Ghana from its
woes is just crude propaganda. It
is also intellectually sterile.
In times of crises, great nations
put partisan interests aside and
form a national consensus around
the major problems of the day.
The extreme form of this is the
formation of a national government
to meet the challenge. It
seems our country is neither a
great nation nor one facing any
crisis. That is why we continue
with the same old ways and hope
to get different results.

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Stop giving old men’s
roles to young actors
— Paa George
VETERAN GHANAIAN actor,
George Appiah Kubi, popularly known
as Paa George, has advised Ghanaian
producers to consider emulating the
Nigerian film industry when it comes
to old men’s roles in movies.
The 81-year-old actor, is not particularly
enthused about some Kumawood
producers who choose young and upcoming
actors over ‘experienced’ old
actors in the industry for old people’s
roles.
He made the point on the sidelines
of the final funeral rites of late actor,
Asonaba Kweku Darko, popularly
known as ‘Super OD’ in Agona
Abodom last weekend.
“You only become an
adult if you want. Nigerian
producers don’t recruit
young guys for old men
roles. They use their old experienced
actors. Here,
young guys dye their hairs
the colour white and they
are good to go…” he
lamented.
He noted that these
same young guys charge
higher than the old guys so
producers should focus on
people like him if they want
“experienced” old-aged actors
in their movies.
“The young men charge
a lot of money; it’s some of
the producers who have
made these things a habit.
It’s really disturbing and
painful. We the old men
need to be featured in movies. The
Nigerians are not neglecting theirs. We
should do the same…” he advocated.
Adomonline.com.
“You only become an
adult if you want.
Nigerian producers
don’t recruit young
guys for old men roles.”
•Paa George,
actor
Selassie Brown
to release
‘Woye Ohene’
BY ERICA ARTHUR
BUDDING GHANAIAN
gospel artiste, Selassie
Brown, is set to release her
maiden single, ‘Woye
Ohene’, in June year (2018).
According to the artiste, she has
been singing in the choir since childhood
and ‘Woye Ohene’ is her first
commercial song.
She said choosing a gospel genre
was in line with her adherence to the
calling of God, adding, “I am doing
gospel because I love God and He is
the centre of everything. My songs
should be noted for its great lyrics that
solely talk about the love of God.”
Speaking to the DAILY HER-
• Selassie
Brown
ITAGE, she said he would begin a
four-day tour in Senegal and Gambia
on Friday from May 25 to May 29.
The artiste, who is passionate about
winning souls into the body of Christ
through music, has promised to serve
her fans with anointing tunes.
Ms Brown, who worships at Charis
Impact Ministry at Awoshie in Accra,
started leading the choir in the church
at the young age of eight. She has
since that time been singing positive
songs that impact the soul and gladden
the heart.
She sings all the genres in gospel
music that her audience identify with
at any point in time. Over the years Selassie’s
art has won her many followers
and admirers and earned her invitations
to perform in many churches and
at various functions.
Only God can make you
famous — Akosua Adjepong
A VETERAN musician and TV personality,
Akosua Adjepong, has advised
her co-actresses not to give in to
demands of men for exchanging sex
for fame.
According to the energetic dancer,
if you are talented, there will be no
need to sell your body because, “only
God can make you famous.”
In an interview with Adom TV’s
Sister Sandy, she said, “You don’t need
to go naked to prove your talent. It is
only God that can make you famous.
We can use my career as an example.
Now they want the money and a lot
are greedy wanting to lead the competition.
Don’t let someone sleep with
you for a position. Go through the
hard way…”
She gave the advice at the final funeral
rites of late actor, Asonaba
Kweku Darko, popularly known as
‘Super OD’, at Agona Abodom in the
Central Region last Saturday.
Akosua Agyapong urged her fans
to look out for her next album
dubbed, ‘Ye Wani na Gye Wani’.
•Akosua
Adjepong,
musician

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Having a hit song doesn’t make you
an influential artiste — Sarkodie
AWARD-WINNING
GHANAIAN rapper
Sarkodie, real name
Michael Owusu Addo,
has said getting hit songs
cannot make an artiste influential.
He made this assertion at a brief
ceremony on Monday, May 21, 2018
held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra
to unveil the 2018 All Africa Music
Awards (AFRIMA) annual calendar of
programmes.
According to the hip hop recording
artiste, the fact that a musician is able
to get so many hit songs will not necessarily
lead to loyal fans.
He advised artistes to channel the
focus in building a strong and aggressive
followers who are determined on
making the brand a force to be reckoned
with in the industry.
Sarkodie narrated an experience he
had had with several radio presenters
during his radio tour to promote his
last album ‘Highest’.
•Sarkodie,
rapper
The Black Entertainment Television
(BET) award-winner disclosed that he was
amazed at the suggestions from the presenters
claiming because he was known
for hit songs he should focus on giving his
fans the commercial songs but he explained
he “feeds his music to the people
who really like Sarkodie and listen to
Sarkodie”.
“Hit song is very easy but that doesn’t
mean you have a stand in the industry. Hit
songs are the ones to save certain people
like we’ve thousands of hit songs from
one person but the person still don’t command
the numbers now.
“So that means the focus should be on
building that deep love for your brand
from the people. How you’re going to do
it depends on the individual strategy. For
me, that is why people don’t understand
my last album ‘Highest’, which has so
many hip hop songs and the radio had a
lot of problem talking about it that I need
to hit because I’m making a commercial
song.
“I understand their plea; that is why I did a
‘Painkiller’, a verse on Shey Shey song, and a
no-kissing verse which will still keep Sarkodie
going.
“But what I have to do is to feed the people
who really like Sarkodie or listen to
Sarkodie and that is my numbers. That is why
I’m proud to say that every 25th December,
I’ve a sold-out concert at the Accra International
Centre and it’s just because of the love
being built to the people.
“My little advice to every artistes is to
focus on what the people feel about you and
just give it to them, give it to them, give it to
them because I rap in Twi and for people to
play your songs outside Ghana is just because
of the numbers I have and the people that
believe in me.
“BET told me straight in my face that they
gave me the award because of the attitude of
my fans. They are very aggressive and they
called the BET office to ask if Sarkodie is
bringing the award back home and that is
how they care,”Sarkodie said at the AFRIMA
event.
Boris Kodjoe now Film
Ambassador for Ghana
HOLLYWOOD ACTOR Boris Kodjoe has
been officially unveiled as Film Ambassador
for Ghana by the Minister for Tourism, Arts
and Culture, Madam Catherine Afeku.
Unveiling Kodjoe as Ghana’s Film Ambassador
to the press at a meeting in her
office, the minister, after eulogising
the celebrated actor for
being a brand and icon,
asked the actor to take
up the mantle as
Ghana’s Film Ambassador.
Without hesitation,
Kodjoe accepted
the
appointment by indicating
that, “I’m
honoured to be the
ambassador for my
nation, but to
achieve results it must
be a team effort by
working together.”
Meanwhile, on Tuesday
he described President Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as a
true leader.
•Boris
Kodjoe,
Hollywood
actor
The Austrian-born actor of German and
Ghanaian descent wrote on his Facebook
wall that, “A true leader empowers his people
to realise their potential in the collective
pursuit of a worthy goal. Thank you
@nakufoaddo for your generosity and guidance
and kudos to the amazing team of dedicated
ministers and directors who work diligently
each day to generate sustainable economic
impact and push for gender equality
across the continent. Thank you for the
warm welcome. I'm inspired.”
Having his full name as
Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-
Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe,
Kodjoe is
known for his
roles as Kelby
in the 2002
film ‘Brown
Sugar’, the
sportscourier
agent
Damon
Carter on
the Showtime
drama
series ‘Soul
Food’ and was
a recurring character
on FOX’s
‘The Last Man on
Earth’.
He currently co-stars on BET’s
‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ and on the
CBS medical drama ‘Code Black’.
Kodjoe was born in Vienna, Austria, the
son of Ursula, a German psychologist of
partial Jewish descent, and Eric Kodjoe, a
Ghanaian physician who is of Krobo descent.
Okyeame Kwame to raise
GH¢1m to support John
Agyekum Kufuor Foundation
MULTIPLE AWARD-WIN-
NING Ghanaian music tycoon
and family-oriented personality,
Okyeame Kwame, has vowed to
support the foundation of
Ghana’s former head of
state, John Agyekum Kufuor.
The elite foundation of
Ghana’s former head of state is
appropriately on a mission to
raise GH¢80 million for the establishment
of a leadership centre
in the nation; and as part of
being a member of the team for
the said task, Okyeame Kwame
has, by his own free-will and accord,
vowed to raise a whooping
GH¢1Million to assist the ‘John
Agyekum Kufuor’ Foundation.
Okyeame Kwame’s pledge
was noticed through a current
post he made on Twitter, unveiling
himself as a member of the
team, gearing up to raise
GH¢80million for the leadership
centre in Ghana.
The musician, in his tweet,
disclosed that he would raise the
GH¢1million through arts, for
which he was asking for extra
ideas from his fans through social
media.
“I have been asked by The
John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation
to be part of a team to raise
80 million cedis for a leadership
centre. I wish to raise I mill
through Arts .Any Ideas ?”
In accordance with
Okyeame’s supportive Tweet
above, a three-day event has
been officially slated for June 1
•John Agyekum Kufuor, a former
President of Ghana, interacting
with Okyeame Kwame, a musician
to June 3 at the Golden Tulip
Hotel in Accra to raise funds
through arts to build the ‘John
Agyekum Kufuor’ Foundation’s
leadership centre in Ghana.
The event will be graced by
the presence of Ex-President
John Agyekum Kufuor, who
will prominently sign many auctioned
pieces of art. Ghana’s
Speaker of Parliament, Prof.
Aaron Mike Ocquaye, is the special
guest of honour.
The theme for the festival
launch and arts exhibition is
‘Leadership; Africa through
Arts: celebrating President John
Agyekum Kufuor’.
The art exhibition scheduled
to ensue as detailed above is incredibly
powered by Malaika
Media and marketed by the
Prestige OK Communications.
On July 28, Okyeame
Kwame shall embark on Hepatitis
B ‘Anti Stigma’ Walk
from Ayi Mensah to Paduase
Lodge.

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THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018
15
Investigations into
Nyantakyi’s case begin
• Mr Kwabena Yeboah, president of
Sports Writers Association of Ghana
Only a miracle will
save Nyantakyi —
Kwabena Yeboah
“ONLY A miracle will save Kwesi Nyantakyi,
President of the Ghana Football Football
(GFA) from the allegation of defrauding
under false pretence,” says veteran sports journalist
and president of Sports Writers Association
of Ghana (SWAG), Mr Kwabena Yeboah.
Speaking on JOY FM, Yeboah stated that
critics seem to be happy about the situation
because it is believed that Nyantakyi is arrogant
and power-drunk.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo, on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, lodged a
complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department
(CID) accusing the GFA capo of defrauding
by false pretence.
Nyantakyi is said to have taken money from
some people with the promise that he would
grant them access to the Presidency.
He is said to have been captured in an upcoming
exposé by investigative journalist,
Anas Aremeyaw Anas, titled ‘Number 12’.
Nyantakyi has been president of the
Ghanaian Football Association for 13 years.
On Thursday, May 17, 2018, Abdul Malik
Kwaku Baako Jnr, Editor-in-Chief of the New
Crusading Guide newspaper, disclosed that a
prominent lawyer tried to bribe investigate
journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Anas’s new work, ‘Number 12’, is said to be
an exposé about the corruption at the GFA.
“Look, this one, this GFA one, there was
an attempt to bribe him, OK, There was an attempt
because there is a lawyer – and I’m
sorry I won’t mention his name, of course, he
may know it’s him, maybe he is watching us –
who is close to Anas and who knew that this
job was going on, and I think he went and did
some ‘Okro mouth’, so, somebody now tries
to give him money to go and give to
Anas,” stated Baako on Metro TV’s Good
Morning Ghana programme on Thursday, May
17, 2018.
“The lawyer took the money and was
scared to go and deliver it to Anas. So, eventually,
he [lawyer] had to go back to the man and
say: ‘[I couldn’t deliver the bribe], take it’. But
of course, we have found out. He’s a lawyer,
very good lawyer, prominent lawyer.”
The documentary will be premiered at
the Accra International Conference Centre on
Wednesday, June 6, 2018.
BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH
THE PRESI-
DENT of the
Ghana Football
Association
(GFA), Kwesi
Nyantakyi, yesterday handed
himself to the Criminal Investigations
Department
(CID) of the Ghana Police
Service after he arrived from
Morocco to assist investigations
into an alleged fraudulent
case reported against
him by President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Officers of the Airport
offices of the CID whisked
Mr Nyantakyi away from
their station to the Police
Headquarters over alleged
acts of bribery and influence
peddling using President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo’s name fraudulently.
In a yet-to-be released
Anas Aremeyaw Anas
video on Ghana football,
Mr Nyantakyi is captured
allegedly demanding
whopping sums of money
from potential investors
to facilitate their meeting
with the President, his
vice and other senior government
officials.
The video will be released
on June 6, 2018 yet
President Akufo-Addo
on Tuesday directed the
CID to take up the matter
on prima facie basis
as the alleged actions are
criminal.
The police have assured
the public that due
processes would be followed
in the investigation
and that “any
person with relevant information
may submit it
to the Police CID Headquarters.”
Quaye, Lamptey, rematch set for August 11
THE MUCH-ANTICI-
PATED rematch between
Sheriff Quaye
and Benjamin Lamptey
will come off on August
11 at the Bukom
Boxing Arena.
The duo fought for
the National Lightweight
Championship
two years ago, but
Quaye toppled Lamptey
by winning via split decision.
In the said fight,
Lamptey dropped
Quaye in round four
with a straight right, but
•Kwesi Nyantakyi, the president of GFA and the
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
the latter did not despair
as he warmed
himself into the fight
and claimed the win he
was looking for at the
end of the clash.
After the fight,
Lamptey said he was
not happy, claiming he
was robbed.
And after series of
discussions, the two will
return to the ring again
to test their fists.
The upcoming clash
is one of the fights put
together by Cabic Promotions.
• The upcoming clash is one of the fights put
together by Cabic Promotions.

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• Photo file: Former FIFA president Joseph Blatter (L)
interacting with former UEFA president, Michel Platini,
during the 64th FIFA congress in Sao Paulo in Brazil
Platini can still be FIFA president — Blatter
DISGRACED FORMER FIFA
president, Sepp Blatter, told
L'Equipe that Michel Platini can
bounce back from his ban from
football to take charge of the
governing body.
Platini's suspension and president
Gianni Infantino's term both end next
year, and Blatter, 82, says he believes
the former France boss can still achieve
his ambition of taking FIFA's top job.
"He can always come back. He's 20
years younger than me," Blatter said.
"When you've been president of the
most important confederation, you can
also lead FIFA."
Platini, 62, was president of UEFA
for the preceding eight years and had
been tipped to succeed Blatter when he
stepped down after 17 years in 2015.
Both, however, became embroiled
in controversy over a payment of
nearly €2 million by Blatter to Platini,
being banned from all football activities
for eight years.
FIFA's appeals body cut 24 months
off their suspensions, and Platini then
took his case to the Court of
Arbitration for Sport, which slashed
another two years off his ban.
Platini was forced to abandon his
bid for the FIFA presidency in 2016,
with the post won by Infantino, a
former UEFA colleague.
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I don't have
Barcelona DNA
— Casemiro
•Real Madrid president Florentino
Perez not contemplating Cristiano
Ronaldo departure
IN THE lead-up to the
Champions League final on
Saturday, Real Madrid's Casemiro
responded to some comments
ex-Barcelona star, Xavi
Hernandez, made about him a
few months ago.
Taking advantage of his
media obligations, the Brazilian
went on record to clear the air.
"He can say anything he
wants to, but I've been here
[Real Madrid] for four years and
played in four Champions
League finals," Casemiro said.
"I couldn't sign for Barcelona,
I don't have their footballing
DNA like Xavi says.
"I'm with
Madrid until
the end."
In an indepth
interview
with El Pais in
January, Xavi
had talked
about some of
the stylistic
differences
between the
two Spanish
football giants.
"At
Barcelona we
understand
football as a
time-space
concept," he
explained.
"Busquets,
Messi and Iniesta are masters of
this.
"They always know what to
do when they are alone or
surrounded.
"There are midfielders like
Casemiro that don't understand
this, but at the same time,
Busquets can't cover like
Casemiro.
"He's incredibly fast, but he
has a difficult time with
everything else because he hasn't
worked on it.
"He has other skills and is
more of a defensive player."
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• Real Madrid's
Casemiro
I don't need
Florentino as
my best friend
— Ronaldo
REAL MADRID ace player Cristiano
Ronaldo has stated that he does not need
to be the best friend of club president
Florentino Perez to get good treatment
from him.
"Florentino gives me and others affection, I can
also be more flexible and affectionate, [but] I do not
have to be the president's best friend, he treats me
well."
The player was speaking to El Chiringuito de
Jugones three days ago about the future concerning
his career when he said that in response to a question
posed by the media outlet.
The Portugal captain, when asked about
retirement plans, said he would play into his 40s.
"I said I'm going to retire at 41. I'm 33 years old
biologically," laughed Ronaldo.
"The future is Saturday's game, you have to play,
win and enter the history, it's the most important
thing. The present is now."
On his relationship with his teammates, Ronaldo
stated: "I have never said that I did not have affection;
I feel that the players have a great affection for me.
There are things that you can control and not others.
“Teammates, because they know what I am, they
give me affection at all times and there are things that
you cannot control, in a general way I am very
affectionate for Madrid." TF