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• Hassan Ayariga, 

Leader of APC 

• David Asante- 

Apeatu, IGP 

•A pupil 

writing on 

her lap 

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 

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FOREIGN 

HEALTH 

Uganda imposes 

WhatsApp and 

Facebook tax 'to 

stop gossip’ 

PG.04 

Menstruation 

should not be a barrier 

to education – 

Education Minister 

ARTS 

& ENT 

SPORTS 

I want to be richer 

than …'Despite’ 

— Kwaku Manu 

PG.13 

17-year-old 

fencer knocks 

on Ghana’s door 

PG.07 

PG.15 

More revelations in 

Afoko murder trial 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE FORENSIC Toxichologist/Chemist 

of the Ghana 

Standards Authority, Mr Peter 

Quartey Papafio, has told the 

High Court in Accra that the 

alleged substance which was poured on the 

Upper East Regional Chairman of the New 

Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Mahama, was 

a killer substance. 

According to him, a test he conducted 

on the substance “confirmed it to be Sulfuric 

acid with a concentration of 16.89 

molar, which is a very strong acid with a 

purity of 90-95% and it is very corrosive 

and can cause severe injury when it comes 

into contact with the skin.” 

Led by Mr Matthew Amponsah, a Chief 

State Attorney, to give evidence as the 10th 

prosecution witness, Mr Papafio said all related 

materials it examined at the forensic 

department of the GSA had connection 

with the said acidic substance. 

Below were some of the questions and 

answers in court yesterday: 

Q. Briefly describe your duties at 

GSA to the court 

Witness: I perform post-mortem samples 

for the pathologists. I also receive and 

sample suspected narcotics from the security 

services. I write and type analytical report for 

analysis performed and I also tender exhibits 

and report at the law courts. 

Q. Tell the court what you know about 

this case 

•As Forensic Toxicologist 

gives evidence 

• Gregory Afoko, suspect 

Witness: 

On the morning of the May 28, 2015, I 

received some samples/exhibits from the CID 

Headquarters from an investigator named Augustus 

Nkrumah, with a rank as a Detective 

Chief Inspector. The exhibits were sealed with a 

Ghana Police Service seal and I was to perform 

examination on the exhibit and 

issue out a report based on the 

findings. After the samples were 

received, I went ahead and gave 

a full description of what was 

submitted and separate exhibits 

which the analyst designated as 

exhibits (A-H) after the exhibits 

were designated. I opened each 

exhibits, to find out what they 

were and I performed the 

analysis to determine their content 

and purpose. 

Q. After that what happened? 

Witness: After the inspection 

and analysis, I issued out a 

report from the findings and 

we turned the report to the investigator 

Q. Will you identify this 

as the report you sent to the 

police 

Witness: Yes my lord, this 

is the report I sent to the police. 

Q. Is this the original report? 

Witness: This is the original report. 

Q. Is it signed? 

Witness: It was signed by me and approved 

by Janet B Aidoo, the head of department, and 

then the letter head was signed by the director 

of testing, Mr Charles Amoako, for the Executive 

Director, Dr George B Crentsil (now retired). 

Q. W hat do you want to do with the documents? 

Witness: With the kind permission of the 

court, I will like to tender it in evidence. ( 

Lawyer Osafo Buabeng, leading the defence 

counsel, perused documents and handed them 

over to clerk and indicated he had no objection. 

The Court: The analytical report conducted 

by the GSA per the Prosecution Witness 10 is 

hereby admitted in evidence and marked exhibit 

E. 

Prosecution: With the kind permission, the 

witness will read the report to the court and the 

jury. 

Witness told the court that it received eight 

items on May 28 and performed the test on May 

29 and wrote the report on June 1. 

He told the court that he received a gallon 

containing a substance suspected to be acid,(Exhibit 

A), a carpet of pick up vehicle (Exhibit B), 

a pair of shoes of the deceased, a dress (Exhibit 

C), a piece of foam from the car seat sample 

(Exhibit D), a bag used to soak substance (Exhibit 

E), Voltic bottle (Exhibit F), a pair of 

track suit trousers belonging to Gregory Afoko 

(Exhibit G), a plastic cup used in pouring the 

acid (Exhibit H). 

Q. W hat did u do after that? 

Witness: After receiving the exhibits, I described 

what was written on each exhibit by the 

police. I then opened each of the exhibits to 

analyse or examine what was contained in each 

exhibit. 

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 03 

Ghana police in 

shady car deal 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

THE LEADER and 

Founder of All People’s 

Congress (APC), 

Mr Hassan Ayariga, 

is alleging that there 

is an ongoing corrupt activity 

within the Ghana Police Service. 

According to the APC man, 

some officers of the police service 

and officials in the Akufo- 

Addo-led administration have 

allegedly diverted money meant 

to procure vehicles for the service 

for their personal gains. 

At a press conference at the 

party headquarters in Accra yesterday, 

Mr Ayariga alleged (without 

providing evidence) that 

“2015 model Toyota police saloon 

vehicles are currently being converted 

into 2018 model vehicles in 

Dubai.” 

This, he indicated, would cost 

the country millions of dollars 

and was meant to create “price 

hike to fool us to dole out hefty 

sums into New Patriotic Party 

(NPP) pockets to enjoy free.” 

• Says Hassan Ayariga 

• But police deny allegation 

He called for a restructuring of the police 

service and suggested that personnel in 

the service should constantly go for 

screening. 

He further questioned the decision by 

past and current governments to acquire 

saloon cars for the police service in spite 

of the poor state of roads in the country, 

arguing that “the Police Service needs 

pick-ups to fight crimes. 

“When the police are strengthened, the 

country will move up and corruption will 

be less. The day that the policeman will 

not take bribe in this country will be the 

day I’ll hit my chest and say Ghana is on 

track,” he said. 

Touching on corruption in the Akufo- 

Addo led government, the former flagbearer 

of the People’s National Congress 

expressed disgust about the activities of 

the National Identification Authority 

(NIA). 

According to him, “there is something 

fishy happening at the NIA”, and called 

for the abrogation of the $1.2 billion contract 

to the NIA. 

“India recently did a similar registration 

of their 1.3 billion citizens with only $1.7 

billion, so how come it is costing Ghana 

• Hassan Ayariga, Leader of APC 

$1.2 billion to register only 27 million citizens? 

“In the erstwhile regime, the cost of acquiring 

a fast-tracked Ghanaian passport 

was GH¢ 100.00 and GH¢ 20.00 for a birth 

certificate. Today, per their budget we are 

paying GH¢ 200. 00 for an ordinary National 

Identification Card (ID). How ridiculous!” 

he added. 

Mr Ayariga further argued that “no country 

in the world pays that much for an ordinary 

ID card. Under the NPP government 

today, an ordinary Ghanaian ID card is 

more expensive than that of a Ghanaian 

passport and birth certificate put together. 

Interesting!” 

Police response 

However, the Director General Public 

Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP 

David Eklu, has rubbished the allegation by 

the leader of the APC. 

According to him, it would be absurd for 

the service to transport 

cars to Dubai for remodelling 

at a cost that will cripple 

them. 

Kennedy 

Agyapong/Anas saga 

Mr Ayariga has challenged 

the NPP to declare 

their stance on the current 

battle between the Member 

of Parliament for Assin 

North, Kennedy Agyapong, 

and ace investigative journalist, 

Anas Aremeyaw 

Anas. 

“I want to know. Is Mr 

Kennedy Agyepong fighting 

Anas as an individual not to 

premiere the video or it is a 

directive of the NPP?” he 

asked. 

He added that, “If President 

[Nana Addo Dankwa} 

Akufo-Addo thinks this is 

the way to fight corruption, 

then I am sorry he is rather endorsing corruption 

each day and his government smells 

of nothing but corruption, two years in government.” 

More revelations in Afoko murder trial 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

Q. Will you explain the 

method you used? 

Witness: Chemicals and Tritrimetrics 

Q. Can you explain those 

terms? 

Witness: Chemical is a regent 

and solution we use to identify the 

substance, then the Titrimetrics is 

the method used to quantify or ascertain 

the purity of the substance. 

Exhibit A, confirmed to be 

Suphoric Acid with a concentration 

• As Forensic Toxicologist 

gives evidence 

of 16.89 molar, is a very strong acid 

with a purity of 90-95% and it is 

very corrosive and can cause severe 

injury when it comes into contact 

with the skin. 

Q. Apart from causing severe 

injur y to the skin, can it cause 

death? 

Witness: Due to the corrosive 

nature of sulfuric acid, it can cause 

death upon contact. 

Exhibit B: Confirmed to contain 

residue of sulfuric acid 

Exhibit C: Confirmed to contain 

residues of sulfuric acid 

Exhibit D: Confirmed to contain 


Exhibit E: Confirmed to contain 


Exhibit F: Confirmed to contain 


Exhibit G: Confirmed to contain 

Trace of sulfuric acid 

Exhibit H: Contains residues of 

suphoric acid 

Q|: W hat is the difference between 

Residues and Trace: 

Witness: Residues are colour 

test and are more pronounced and 

potent. Traces you have to add 

more solvent to be able to identify 

it. 

Remarks/Recommendation 

Suphoric acid with the abovementioned 

concentration detected 

in the liquid substance of (exhibit 

A) is very corrosive and causes severe 

injury upon contact with the 

skin. All the exhibits had residues of 

suphoric acid and traced to the content 

of exhibit A. 

The deterioration of the pair of 

shoes and clothing is linked to the 

action of the concentrated suphoric 

acid due to its corrosive nature. 

The reserve sample was sealed 

and handed over to the case officer. 

Q: W hat was the colour of the 

sample or the confirmed acid you 

found in exhibit A, namely the 

white gallon? 

Witness: The content of exhibit 

A was a liquid substance with a 

brownish-black colour. 

Q. Now for how long have you 

worked at GSA? 

Witness: I have worked there 

for 12 years. 

To be continued

Inside June 1, 2018 .qxp_Layout 1 5/31/18 8:28 PM Page 3 

• They met in an apartment on New York's East Side 

Kim-Trump summit: Top officials meet to salvage summit 

THE RIGHT-hand man to North 

Korean leader Kim Jong-un has 

met US Secretary of State Mike 

Pompeo in New York to discuss a 

historic summit. 

Gen Kim Yong-chol dined 

with Mr Pompeo after flying in 

from China, and the two are due 

to meet again on Thursday. 

He is the most senior North 

Korean to visit the US in nearly 20 

years. 

US President Donald Trump 

told reporters he expects Gen 

Kim to come to Washington DC 

on Friday and deliver a letter from 

Kim Jong-un. 

The president said he "looks 

forward" to reading the letter, and 

that talks are going "very well" between 

the two sides. 

President Trump cancelled the 

12 June summit, but both sides 

have since made fresh efforts to 

revive the plan. 

Scheduled to happen in Singapore, 

the historic meeting between 

Mr Trump and Kim Jong-un 

would be the first between sitting 

US and North Korean leaders. 

BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Uganda imposes WhatsApp and 

Facebook tax 'to stop gossip’ 

UGANDA'S PAR- 

LIAMENT has 

passed a law to impose 

a controversial 

tax on people 

using social media 

platforms. 

It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05, 

£0.04] daily levy on people using 

internet messaging platforms like 

Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and 

Twitter. 

President Yoweri Museveni had 

pushed for the changes, arguing 

that social media encouraged gossip. 

The law should come into effect 

on 1 July but there remain doubts 

about how it will be implemented. 

The new Excise Duty (Amendment) 

Bill will also impose various 

other taxes, including a 1% levy on 

the total value of mobile money 

transactions - which civil society 

groups complain will affect poorer 

Ugandans who rarely use banking 

services. 

State Minister for Finance David 

Bahati told parliament that the tax 

increases were needed to help 

Uganda pay off its growing national 

debt. 

Experts and at least one major 

internet service provider have 

raised doubts about how a daily tax 

on social media will be implemented, 

the BBC's Catherine 

Byaruhanga reports from Uganda. 

The government is struggling to 

ensure all mobile phone SIM cards 

are properly registered. 

And of the 23.6 million mobile 

phone subscribers in the country, 

only 17 million use the internet, 

Reuters reports. BBC 

•President Museveni says there won't be a tax on internet data as it is useful for education 

•The minister says the performance was upsetting 

South Africa row over 

'naked' school choir 

SOUTH AFRICA'S education 

minister Angie Motshekga 

has condemned a 

school for allowing girls to 

expose their buttocks and 

breasts in a choir competition, 

saying it was undignified 

and promoted their "sexual 

objectification", the local 

Times Live news site reports. 

It is extremely disappointing 

to see that our educators 

have exposed young girls to 

this type of public displays of 

nudity. 

There is absolutely nothing 

wrong with being proud 

of your culture and heritage‚ 

but there was absolutely no 

need for these children to 

perform completely naked. 

That indignity goes against 

the values of our cultures. 

This is even more upsetting 

considering the increased 

sexual objectification of 

women and girls for the entertainment 

of men. We further 

apologise to the families 

of the young girls for the 

trauma and harm caused.” 

The choir master, however, 

defended the performance 

at a competition in 

Mthatha - the main town in 

the Xhosa heartland of Eastern 

Cape province - on Friday. 

The lead singers took off 

their traditional blankets 

(umbhaco) and danced with 

only small aprons (inkciyo) 

during a segment which focused 

on Xhosa tradition, the 

unnamed choir master was 

quoted by the Daily Dispatch 

newspaper as saying. BBC 

United Arab Emirates jails activist for 10 years 'for defaming nation’ 

A PROMINENT activist in 

the United Arab Emirates 

(UAE) has been sentenced to 

10 years in prison for "defaming" 

the country on social 

media. 

Ahmed Mansoor, a 48-yearold 

father of four, was arrested 

in March last year. 

Rights group had condemned 

his detention, saying 

that he was held in solitary 

confinement without a lawyer. 

He has also been fined one 

million dirhams ($272,000; 

£205,000) and will be placed 

under surveillance for three 

years after his release. 

Mansoor was cleared of cooperating 

with a terrorist organisation, 

but found guilty of 

using social media sites to 

"publish false information that 

damages the country's reputation" 

and to "spread hatred 

and sectarianism", local media 

reported on Wednesday. 

In 2011, he was one of five 

activists arrested after calling 

for political or economic reforms. 

All were later pardoned 

by authorities. 

Four years later, Mansoor 

received the Martin Ennals 

Award for Human Rights Defenders 

for what was cited as 

his work in raising concerns 

about arbitrary detention, torture 

and degrading treatment 

in the UAE, in the face of repeated 

intimidation and harassment. 

BBC 

•President Museveni says there won't be a tax on internet data as it is 

useful for education



05 

Editorial 

Medical and Dental Council has failed Ghanaians 

THE GHANA Medical and 

Dental Council has admitted that 

the embattled director of the 

Advanced Body Sculpt, known 

as Obengfo Hospital, Dr Dominic 

Obeng-Andoh, was not licensed 

to practise at the facility. 

According to the Registrar and 

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 

of the Medical and Dental 

Council, Dr Eli Atikpui, Dr 

Obeng-Andoh was not licensed 

to practise at the facility where 

Stacy Offei Darko, a Deputy 

Chief Executive Officer of the 

National Entrepreneurship Innovation 

Programme, met her 

untimely death. 

“We have made our position 

clear, Dr Obeng-Andoh has no 

valid licence," he told Joy News. 

“We cannot conclude that it is 

negligence at this point in time, 

but it sounds strange. The 

chronology of events described 

by the mother suggests something 

terrible happened, and not 

to the standards of a medical and 

health facility.” 

The Registrar also recounted 

that between 2012 and 2013, Dr 

Obeng-Andoh appeared before 

the Council, was found guilty of 

medical malpractice, and suspended 

for three years. 

Dr Atikpui also said though 

the facility was shut down on two 

occasions by the Council, the facility 

somehow still operated. 

“Why was an institution that 

was shut down by a regulator reopened 

without recourse to the 

provisions of the law?” the CEO 

quipped. 

The DAILY HERITAGE 

is disappointed in the Council 

for asking questions when it 

ought to be providing answers to 

why the facility, which was operated 

by someone without licence, 

was still in operation. 

If the Council had done its 

work well, Stacy would not have 

gone there for medical service in 

the first place. 

The Council should accept 

that it failed woefully because but 

for the untimely death of Stacy, 

the Advanced Body Sculpt 

would still have been in operation. 

The time to sit up is now. The 

Council should do its work well 

and close down all facilities that 

should not be in operation and 

not wait for ‘disaster’ before acting. 

Pupils write 

exam on laps 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

• At Obakrowa M/A Basic 

School due to lack of desks 

• A cross section of pupils in the classroom 

IN THEIR quest to catch up with the rest 

of their counterparts in the capital city 

and other parts of the country, pupils of 

Obakrowa M/A Basic School at Ashalaja 

in the Ga South Municipality in the 

Greater Accra Region have resorted to writing 

on their laps in the classroom. 

This is because the school lacks adequate 

furniture to serve the over 460 pupils in the 

institution. 

The learning condition is so bad as at least 

three pupils are made to share a single dual 

desk. 

The school, which was established in 1960, 

has a current population of 460 with only 40 

dual desks forcing teachers to ask parents to 

provide their pupils with dual desks on admission. 

Speaking to the DAILY HERITAGE, 

the head teacher of the school, Mr Alex 

Adzikunu, said the condition was affecting academic 

work because pupils who write on 

their laps were always slow. 

Mr Adzikunu said Obakrowa M/A Basic 

School, which is made up of kindergarten, primary 

and junior high school, always falls on 

plastic chairs from Obakrowa Presbyterian 

Church of Ghana for their daily teaching and 

learning. 

He added that when a pupil goes for the 

plastic chair because of lack of desks, the 

pupil is compelled to put the book on his/her 

lap to write an exam or class text. 

“Because the few desks in the school are 

made to accommodate four pupils instead of 

two, when it comes to individual assessment it 

is very difficult to assess. Parents who cannot 

afford GH100.00 dual desk and GH 70.00 

mono-desk for their children are forced to 

look elsewhere,” Mr Adzikunu stated. 

The head teacher said most parents who 

could not bear the agony their children go 

through withdraw and enrol them elsewhere. 

Mr Adzikunu said the school had only 20 

desks until it received an extra 20 from the 

municipal education director, Mr Felicia Okai, 

sometime ago. 

He is, therefore, calling on corporate 

Ghana and philanthropists to assist the school 

with dual desks to ensure a conducive environment 

for teaching and learning. 

The learning 

condition is so bad 

as at least three 

pupils are made to 

share a single 

dual desk.


06 



KIDDIES Corner 

Short stories for kids 

The Four Codes 

thing because the person was every single subject taught and 

(cont’d from May 18) 

late or another was confidently sometimes had to correct a 

ASANTEWAA, dragging her feet and making teacher for imparting wrong 

KOBBY, Karim noise. Teachers came in to knowledge, she felt Kojokrom 

and herself teach with serious breath issues International School was way 

made up the and pupils answered teachers below the belt. 

Four Codes. A with no respect. To make matters 

worse, even in the presence decided to set the tables 

One Friday after school, she 

team she has 

leant on ever since her parents’ of the head teacher every Tom, straight with her parents. She 

“Shifting cultivation” plunged Dick and Harry walks about was going to ask them to send 

from good to worst. Four aimlessly while the head threatens 

to punish them. 

greater reputation or move to 

her to a boarding school with 

Codes were inseparable despite 

the changing scenes of Maya’s Kojokrom had issues according 

to the 12-year-old Miss in Accra. Whatever the case 

stay with an extended relation 

life. 

Her hatred for Kojokrom Prim and Proper, Maya. She was eventually going to be, she 

stemmed from the fact that the was not born to endure conditions 

in life when her parents To her, Kojokrom was far 

was having her way. 

inhabitants of the town acted 

pretty “uncouth” and it was were pretty successful in their away from civilization and not 

simply hard for her to fit in. endeavours. She was born to befitting a child of her calibre… 

to be continued 

Every day in school, somebody 

arrives chewing some- 

Although she topped 

enjoy life to its fullest. 

in 

TIME 

with 

AUNTIE AKUORKOR 

in the KITCHEN 

How to prepare gari fƆtƆ 

Note: To be supervised by parents in the kitchen 

All hands should be washed well 

Ingredients: 

• Gari 

• Onion 

• Tomatoes 

• Pepper 

• Vegetables 

• Corned beef 

• Eggs 

Method 

• Chop vegetables 

• Blend/chop tomatoes and onions 

• Blend pepper 

• Pour oil into saucepan 

• Put saucepan on fire 

• Add tomatoes, pepper and onions to oil 

• Stir to prevent burning 

• Add vegetables to sauce 

• Add corned beef to sauce and stir 

• Add salt to taste 

• Sprinkle a little water on gari to moist it up 

• Add gravy/stew to gari and mix well 

• Fry egg and serve with it 

Poems 

Betrayed By Me 

Mum told me behind the veil of childhood 

Laid the luxury of adulthood, 

An expanse of choices and a treasury 

of freedom with no limitations, 

An empire of abundance where 

my whims and caprices stand 

unchallenged. 

My teacher told me to focus on 

Making A’s, and not to blow my 

Intelligence away after frivolity and 

fun, 

Which will be in more glamorous 

packages and an even greater supply 

in the University. 

But here I am at 26, with nothing 

to be 

happy about, only regrets of 

pushing 

away my childhood, 

And not taking advantage of the 

exuberance my childhood days 

brought. 

Dear Children of the future, 

Savour the glorious moments of 

childhood 

Because nothing beats the 

innocence it brings. 

By Stanley Toddison 

Wise 

I thought it wise to let the world roll by 

Believing their wealth was mine 

I thought it wise to be the smart one 

Giving excuses so as not to run errands 

I thought it wise to quickly prompt others 

When they made mistakes in public 

I thought it wise to let his guilt wash all over him 

While I throw my hips about and walk away 

I thought it wise to grow in my own style 

Avoiding corrections and living my life. 

I thought it wise to just carry my errs and forgive no offender 

I thought it wise to live knowing that life had all that. 

While I thought life was ready to teach me that 

Hardwork breaks no bones 

Humility is one’s chance to greatness. 

By Sakaa Adjei-Anim


Common facts and figures of global suicide 

• Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase 

deficiency (also called G6PD Deficiency) 

is a genetic disorder that 

mainly affects red blood cells, which 

carry oxygen from the lungs to tissues 

throughout the body. A defect in an 

enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase 

causes red blood cells to 

break down prematurely (hemolysis). 

• This can cause haemolytic 

anaemia, which can lead to symptoms 

of paleness, yellowing of the skin and 

whites of the eyes (jaundice), dark 

urine, fatigue, shortness of breath, and 

a rapid heart rate. 

• Factors such as infections, certain 

drugs, or ingesting fava beans can increase 

the levels of reactive oxygen 

species, causing red blood cells to be 

destroyed faster than the body can replace 

them. A reduction in the amount 

of red blood cells causes the signs and 

symptoms of hemolytic anemia. 

• Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase 

deficiency is located on the X 

chromosome and tends to affect men 

more often than women. 



&Env. 

Menstruation should not be a barrier 

to education – Education Minister 

BY AFEDZI ABDULLAH 

STAKEHOLDERS IN 

education have been 

urged to work towards 

the elimination of cultural 

practices that restrict 

girls from 

attending school during their menstrual 

period. 

The Deputy Minister of Education 

in Change of General Education, 

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, 

who made the call, said menstruation, 

which is a natural occurrence 

to adolescent girls, must not be a 

barrier to their education. 

Dr Adutwum, has, therefore 

called on parents and guardians, 

teachers, traditional and religious 

leaders to engage in discussions on 

the matter to demystify the myths 

and taboos surrounding menstruation 

because it is not a curse but a 

sign of good reproductive health. 

These were contained in a 

speech read on his behalf by the 

Central Regional Director of the 

Ghana Education Service (GES), 

Mrs Sabina Jane-Obeng, at the 

commemoration of this year’s National 

Menstrual Hygiene Day at 

Breman Assikuma in the Central 

Region. 

The celebration was on the 

theme, ‘Empowering Women and 

Girls Through Menstrual Hygiene 

Management’. 

The day was used to raise 

awareness of the challenges 

women and girls worldwide faced 

during menstruation and highlighted 

solutions that addressed 

such challenges. 

Dr Adutwum mentioned that 

the silence on menstruation and 

the lack of access to sanitation facilities, 

as well as hygienic materials, 

directly affected women and 

adolescent girls’ self-esteem, 

health and education. 

He said it was imperative for 

•Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Deputy 

Minister of Education in change of 

General Education 

policy makers and all relevant 

stakeholders to increase investment 

in school WASH infrastructure 

and make sanitary pads 

affordable to girls and women to 

cater for their privacy and dignity. 

Zoomlion staff, families walk for health 

The minister expressed the 

commitment of the government 

to continuously collaborate 

with all relevant 

stakeholders to ensure that 

menstrual hygiene and health of 

women and girls were enhanced 

to contribute to improved 

learning and educational outcomes. 

The National Co-ordinator 

of the School Health Education 

Programme of the Ghana 

Education Service (GES), Nana 

Esi Inkoom, underscored the 

important roles of males to 

make it easier for women and 

girls to go through the period 

of menstruation with dignity. 

“We must desist from stigmatising 

and as men and boys, 

you must give your wives, sisters 

and mothers the maximum support. 

You should not let anything 

hinder girls when they are in their 

menstrual period,” she said. 

She called on corporate institutions 

to support programmes for 

improving menstrual hygiene. 

The Paramount Queen of 

Mankessim Traditional Area, Nana 

Ama Amissah, advised young girls 

to quickly inform their parents 

upon having their first menstruation 

instead of seeking advice 

from their peers. 

She called on the Government 

to provide fitting modern sanitary 

facilities in schools to promote 

proper hygienic practices because 

they were key to good menstrual 

health. 

Country Director of WaterAid, 

Mr George Kobina Yorke, said 

stakeholders must be worried 

about the cultural and social misconceptions 

about menstruation 

and work towards their elimination. 

In this way, he said the purpose 

of the celebration of Menstrual 

Hygiene Day would become 

meaningful. 

HEALTH DESK REPORT 

Mrs Emma Akyea-Boakye, also es- 

She indicated that the health 

ZOOMLION GHANA Limited 

commemorated this year’s Africa 

Union day with a health walk from 

the Ayi Mensah toll booth to the Peduase 

Lodge in the Eastern Region to 

keep staff of the company and their 

families fit. 

The 13-kilometre walk had staff 

of Zoomlion and other subsidiary 

companies from the Jospong Group 

participating in it for good health. 

Ghana’s fitness ambassador, Miss 

Beatrice Afful (B-the Bully), while 

taking part in the walk, took the participants 

through some aerobics session 

to help reduce the risks of heart 

diseases, high blood pressure and 

type -2 diabetes. 

The Managing Director of 

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mrs Florence 

Larbi, in a short address, indicated 

Zoomlion’s commitment to 

keeping Africa clean, green and 

healthy. 

She added that Zoomlion, as one 

of Africa’s leading waste management 

company, says it believes that a 

united continent of Africa developing 

its own capacity to solve its own 

problems is the surest way to unearth 

• Staff of Zoomlion going through aerobics 

the huge prospects of the continent. 

She urged Ghanaians to adhere 

to environmental cleanliness and 

develop positive attitude of keeping 

the environment clean. 

The Corporate Affairs and Communications 

Director of Zoomlion, 

poused health benefits of health 

walks to the body and the need for 

the staff to gain the needed stamina 

to deliver on the mandate of making 

Ghana a clean country. 

needs of staff of Zoomlion was 

paramount, hence the organization of 

such events which bring together 

health officials to undertake routine 

health screening for the staff.

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We’ll not be intimidated 

by death threats — Anas 

BY KENT MENSAH 

ANAS AREMEYAW Anas has served 

notice to his detractors that his campaign 

against corruption would not cease, 

despite the litany of death threats he is 

receiving. 

The award-winning undercover 

journalist will on June 6 premiere a 

documentary on corruption in Ghana 

football, a piece he believes will shake 

the foundation of the beautiful game. 

The New Patriotic Party Member of 

Parliament for Assin Central, Mr 

Kennedy Agyapong, is on a crusade to 

reveal the identity of Anas because he is 

against his modus operandi while the 

Ghana Journalists Association is 

appealing to the Ghana Police Service to 

protect their member. 

“It has come to the attention of the 

Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) that 

internationally-acclaimed investigative 

journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has 

received many death threats following his 

latest investigative piece on the game of 

football in Ghana, which is scheduled to 

be premiered in Accra on Wednesday, 

June 6, and Thursday June 7, 2018. 

“According to sources close to the ace 

investigative journalist, apart from 

receiving messages containing threats of 

death, some unidentified persons have 

been tracking his office and other 

locations ostensibly to harm him,” the 

GJA said in a statement. 

Anas on Thursday tweeted: “We will 

not be intimidated. More strength and 

solidarity my brother,” after one of his 

strong advocates and a sports journalist 

of Atinka FM, Saddick Adams (Sports 

Obama), was trailed by two unknown 

assailants. 

Meanwhile, President Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reported the 

head of the Ghana Football Association, 

Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, to the police after 

viewing excerpts of the video yet-to-be 

released on June 6. 

Mr Nyantakyi is currently on a police 

enquiry bail, with the Deputy Minister of 

Roads, Anthony Karbo, also assisting 

with investigation as the football capo 

was captured allegedly using the 

president’s name to induce potential 

investors for money. 

“It has come to the 

attention of the Ghana 

Journalists Association 

(GJA) that internationallyacclaimed 

investigative 

journalist, Anas 

Aremeyaw Anas, has 

received many death 

threats following his 

latest investigative piece 

on the game of football 

in Ghana, which is 

scheduled to be 

premiered in Accra on 

Wednesday, June 6, and 

Thursday June 7, 2018. 

• Anas Aremeyaw Anas addressing students at a seminar 

WBAF High Commissioner visits Ghana 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

UNITED KINGDOM (UK)- 

BASED award-winning Ghanaian, 

who is a world leading relationship 

expert, speaker, mentor and 

entrepreneur, Tina Allton, has 

arrived in Ghana. 

Tina is the World Business 

Angels Forum High Commissioner 

(WBAF) to Ghana and Head of 

International Expansion and Chief 

Financial Officer of Empowering 

Billion Women By 2020 initiative. 

She is in Ghana to launch the 

Ghana Accelerator Entrepreneurial 

Incubator Programme in 

Accra aimed at economically 

empowering and mentoring 

hundreds of young ambitious 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

THE FAMOUS Fiber 

Optics inventor and 

world-leading 

nanotechnology 

expert, Dr Thomas 

Mensah, was 

welcomed by His Majesty, Otumfuo 

Osei Tutu II, to the Manhyia Palace 

in Kumasi, the capital of the 

Ashanti Region of Ghana. 

According to Dr Mensah, the 

two discussed industrialization 

strategy for Ghana and Ashanti 

Region in particular. Otumfuo, who 

is the Chancellor of the Kwame 

Nkrumah University of Science and 

Technology (KNUST), was pleased 

that Dr Mensah had launched the 

Silicon Valley of Ghana, at the Kofi 

Annan ICT Training Centre, which 

includes the four public universities 

in the country, KNUST, University 

of Ghana, University of Cape 

Coast and the University of 

Development Studies, Tamale. 

Dr Mensah indicated that the 

Vice Chancellor of KNUST is part 

of the governing board of the 

Silicon Valley of Ghana. 

He told the DAILY 

HERITAGE that “Google, a 

women in the country. 

Tina, a qualified educational 

psychologist with over 20 years’ 

experience in business, is an 

award-winning entrepreneur, 

mentor, international speaker and 

world-leading influencer and 

change maker renowned for 

teaching leadership skills, business 

growth, and global branding, 

especially to women-owned 

businesses across the globe. 

She has spoken on the same 

stages as Al-Pacino, Sylvester 

Stallone, Jermain Jackson, Jay 

Abrahams and Lady Michelle 

Mone. She’s been published as one 

of the 100 most-inspiring women 

in the world. 

Tina, along with her husband, 

has created UK’s number 

multi-billion dollar company, was 

founded by students at Stanford 

University based on their PhD 

theses. He added that Facebook, 

another world communication 

one multi-award winning private 

podiatry brand. The podiatry 

brand has won the best small- and 

medium-sized enterprise business 

for customer experience in 

London. 

She is the co-founder of 

Undefeated Organisation, an 

award-winning global not-forprofit 

organisation which provides 

education and raises awareness and 

strategies to countries to deal with 

the prevention of avoidable 

diabetes-related lower limb 

amputations currently happening 

once every 20 seconds 85% of 

which could be avoided. 

Her work has seen her take 

many stages in the United States 

of America, Bahamas, Europe, 

India and Africa. 

Otumfuo welcomes Ghanaian 

Fiber Optics Inventor 

•Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Dr Thomas Mensah 

giant, was founded at a Harvard 

University dormitory. 

“It is hoped that Silicon Valley 

of Ghana will bring innovation to 

Ghana. Among the innovations at 

Tina is co-founder of 

Undefeated 

Organisation, an awardwinning 

global not-forprofit 

organisation 

which provides 

education and raises 

awareness and 

strategies to countries 

to deal with the 

prevention of avoidable 

diabetes-related lower 

limb amputations 

currently happening 

once every 20 seconds 

of which 85% could be 

avoided. 

Silicon of Ghana is a telemedicine 

centre with nodes at the medical 

facilities in Ghana linking similar 

facilities in United States Mayo 

Clinic, United Kingdom, Germany 

and South Africa.” 

Dr Mensah, who also met with 

the Dean of Medical School at 

KNUST, the Registrar and the 

Dean of Technology Management 

Studies at KNUST, said the Silicon 

Valley of Ghana had attracted 

Executives of the Microsoft 

Corporation, Apple Computer, and 

the Boeing company, as well as 

United States of America’s 

Astronaut Bobby Satcher, an expert 

in telemedicine, to the governing 

Board of Directors. 

He added that Otumfuo was also 

briefed on the status of the major 

airport Aircraft Maintenance facility 

being planned for Kumasi for 

which he had donated 23,000 acres 

of land. 

“This facility, the first of its kind 

in West Africa, would be the West 

African hub for maintenance of all 

aircraft from the 15 ECOWAS 

countries. The Boeing Corporation 

would train Engineering graduates 

of KNUST and all the high school 

graduates in the country, to be 

aircraft engine mechanics and 

•Tina Allton, World Business Angels Forum 

High Commissioner to Ghana 

aviation servicing [people].” 

Dr Mensah said “the aircraft 

maintenance project will create 

300,000 to 400,000 jobs during 

design, construction, operation and 

maintenance in the country. 

He said, “The Lamik 

Corporation, which just finished 

building the Dakar Airport in 

Senegal, and is building the world’s 

largest airport in Istanbul, is the 

developer of the Kumasi Airport 

and Otumfuo is behind this project 

that could bring jobs and industries 

to the Region.” 

He said he and Otumfuo 

discussed the New Eastern Line 

High Speed from Tema to Kumasi 

with seven tations at Tema, Accra, 

Kyebi, Kumasi, Bonkara, Tamale 

and Paga. 

Dr Mensah said he was pleased 

with the Railway Ministry since it 

had issued request for quotations 

after contractors had been selected. 

“The Airport Maintenance 

facility is very competitive since 

other countries, including Nigeria 

and Ivory Coast, also want this 

West African hub and the Ministry 

of Aviation must move quickly on 

this project so that Ghana does not 

lose ground,” he added. 

Kete Krachi: 

10 die in boat 

accident 

BY MIRIAM HAYFORD 

AT LEAST 10 people have 

lost their lives after a boat 

travelling from Kete Krachi 

to Sipom, an island 

community in the Volta 

Region, capsised. 

Four survivors are 

currently receiving treatment 

at the Kete Krachi 

Government Hospital. 

The incident, according 

to a local reporter, Michael 

Birikorang, occurred on 

Wednesday afternoon when 

the boat carrying over 20 

passengers, mainly traders, 

hit a log in the river and 

immediately capsised in the 

process. 

“The incident happened 

around 1:45p.m. on 

Wednesday when a boat 

carrying over 20 traders who 

had come to trade at 

Okpalima and were 

returning hit a stump in the 

water, causing water to enter 

the boat, leading to the 

sinking of the boat,” 

Birikorang told ‘Starr News’. 

Relatives have since 

identified the 10 bodies. 

The owner of the boat, 

Akwasi Aweyeh, who also 

lost his daughter as a result, 

has been arrested by the 

police to assist with 

investigation. 

The incident, 

according to a 

local reporter, 

Michael Birikorang, 

occurred on 

Wednesday 

afternoon when 

the boat carrying 

over 20 

passengers, 

mainly traders, hit 

a log in the river 

and immediately 

capsised in the 

process. 

“The incident happened around 1:45p.m. on 

Wednesday when a boat carrying over 20 traders who had 

come to trade at Okpalima and were returning hit a stump 

in the water, causing water to enter the boat, leading to the 

sinking of the boat,” Birikorang told ‘Starr News’. 

•The boat carrying over 20 passengers hit 

a log and capsised


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MAY 

2018 

THURSDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.4204 4.4248 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

5.8827 

5.8903 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

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5.1656 

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Hasten NTS processes to 

avoid ban on intl market 

BY RAMSON ACQUAH-HAYFORD 

THE GHANA Roots 

Crops and Tubers 

Exporters' Union 

(GROCTEU) has 

admonished the 

government and all 

stakeholders to hasten the 

processes involved in the implementation 

of the National Traceability 

System(NTS) to avoid a ban 

on yams from Ghana to the international 

market. 

According to Mr Sarkodie 

Osei, president of GROCTEU, 

the association is aware of the immense 

work the government and 

its donors were doing to implement 

the NTS, but their concern 

is the pace at which the work is 

being executed. 

Speaking at a stakeholders 

workshop on Wednesday at the 

Science and Technology Policy 

Research Institute (STEPRI) 

•Members of GROCTEU after the conference. 

Accra, the president elaborated 

that "We need to act with greater 

alacrity before we are hit with a 

ban on our produce on the international 

market just because they 

are not traceable." 

He hinted that food safety 

• GROCTEU tells govt 

alerts from the United Kingdom's 

Health and Safety Authorities and 

the European Union indicated 

high residual levels of agro-chemicals 

in yam from Ghana, and that 

all these were indicators that called 

for expeditious action by all stakeholders 

in Ghana. 

"In view of the huge potential 

that export of root and crops 

could offer our economy, it is imperative 

for the Ministry of Food 

and Agriculture (MoFA) and the 

Ministry of Trade and Industry, 

and their relevant departments 

and agencies to increase their synergies 

and see to the establishment 

of a national traceability system," 

Mr Sarkodie told the DAILY 

HERITAGE in an interview. 

Speaking on how far the programme 

had come since it was initiated 

in 2016, he said important 

strides had been achieved yet it 

was left with fine-tuning the manual 

systems of the policy and 

move on to acquiring a smooth 

and efficient software for the 

traceability system. 

Background 

The Ghana Root and Tubers 

Exporters Union (GROCTEU) 

have raised concerns about the 

continuous absence of a national 

traceability system for yams from 

Ghana. 

The system, the union explained, 

would allow supply chain 

actors and regulatory authorities 

to identify the source of a food 

safety or quality problem and initiate 

procedures to remedy it. 

In a statement copied to 

the DAILY HERITAGE, 

GROCTEU described the traceability 

system as an information 

system necessary to provide the 

history of a product or a process 

from origin to point of final consumption. 

The seminar, which was organised 

by the GROCTEU with support 

from the BUSAC Fund, was 

on the theme ‘Advocacy for the 

expeditious completion and operationlisation 

of a National Traceability 

System for Roots crops and 

tubers in Ghana: Required Legislative 

Instrument to fully Operationalise 

the Health Professions 

Regulatory Act”. 

Access Bank introduces ‘Access Africa’ money transfer service 

ACCESS BANK has launched a 

new money transfer service 

known as ‘Access Africa’ to remove 

boundaries across Africa 

with the ease and convenience of 

moving funds around. 

The new service allows both 

customers and non-customers of 

the Bank to transfer money using 

Ghana’s local currency, Cedis or 

US Dollars to any of the countries 

where Access Bank has presence 

across the continent, including 

Nigeria, Democratic Republic of 

Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, 

The Gambia and Zambia. 

Introducing this new service, 

the Executive Director for Business 

Development at Access Bank 

Ghana, Mr Ifeanyi Njoku indicated 

that the Bank was continuously 

pursuing its retail banking 

strategy by enhancing the efficiency 

of its electronic banking 

services. 

He said, “Hitherto, you could 

only send or receive money to and 

from Nigeria with our cross-border 

money transfer service. However, 

this is now a thing of the 

past, as we have now upgraded 

our platform to serve millions in 

Ghana and across the continent.” 

Mr Njoku also mentioned that 

the new ‘Access Africa’ service will 

eliminate the risk of carrying cash, 

as well as promote the cashless 

policy, as users will be able to send 

money to several destinations in 

few minutes at any Access Bank’s 

branch locations. 

He conclusively said, “We are 

rigorously working to create a 

seamless system for business 

•Ifeanyi Njoku, Executive 

Director for Business 

Development at Access Bank 

transactions irrespective of your 

location in Africa, to make banking 

services affordable, secure and 

convenient for everyone. Soon, 

this service will be extended to 

other locations within and outside 

Africa.” 

Last year, Access Bank unveiled 

its new five-year strategy which is 

expected to accelerate the Bank’s 

growth and position it as a leading 

bank across its various operating 

markets by 2022. To achieve this, 

the Bank hopes to leverage on a 

Universal Payments gateway to 

dominate international trade and 

inter-African payments. 

The Bank’s strategy will be underpinned 

by robust risk management 

together with high levels of 

automations, to enhance the compliance 

and risk functions and 

drive customer insights. It will also 

develop an integrated global franchise 

by strategically positioning itself 

in key African markets, 

enhancing collaboration in global 

financial gateways, including London 

and New York, Asia and the 

Middle East, and strengthening its 

trade hubs in India, Dubai and 

China. 

Access Bank Group is made up 

of eight African markets spanning 

sub-Saharan Africa’s three monetary 

zones, the Far East, Middle 

East, Asia and the United Kingdom. 

The Bank will continue to invest 

in its operations and is poised 

to become the world’s most respected 

African bank.



DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 11 

Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

Ghana Card is a shambolic 

project- STRANEK 

THE STRATEGIC 

Thinkers Network- 

Africa (STRANEK) 

says it has looked 

into the Ghana 

Card being issued 

by the National Identification Authority 

(NIA) including the operations 

and systems being used and 

is of the candid view that it is simply 

a shambolic project. 

Below are the views of 

STRANEK on the Ghana Card: 

STRANEK has fastidiously 

looked into the Ghana Card being 

issued by the National Identification 

Authority (NIA) including 

the operations and systems being 

used and we are of the candid 

view that it is simply a shambolic 

project. Reasons for our view on 

this project are as follows. First 

and foremost, the cost of the 

project is way too high if we compare 

same projects with other 

countries. 

Nigeria, with a population of 

approximately 160 million, spent 

$87 million on the same project. 

India with a population of approximately 

1.2 billion spent $1.5 

billion. Unfortunately, Ghana with 

a population of approximately 28 

million, is spending $1.2 billion. 

This is a non-judicious and wasteful 

way of spending the tax payer’s 

money. 

Secondly, the NIA boasts of 

added-on features on the Ghana 

Card such as having all information 

of the person on the card as 

compared to the other countries 

who are experienced in this project. 

STRANEK-AFRICA is of 

the view that this is needless since 

we believe the card should be a 

“key” to the reference database of 

the owner of the card. Biological 

information of a person on his or 

her Ghana card like an information 

on a pen drive, creates room 

for security issues and allows 

fraudsters, hackers and if you like 

rogues to take advantage of the 

loopholes in the system. 

Rhetorically, who in this world 

carries all his information on a 

pen drive and takes it everywhere 

he goes? That is to us, a lazy-man 

approach with regards to identification 

on a national scale. We 

opine that, all the card should 

•Prof. Kenneth Attafuah, NIA Boss 

have is a primary reference number 

that can be referenced on various 

government databases such as 

the police service, the immigration 

service, the Ghana Revenue Authority 

among other agencies. 

Countries like the United States of 

America and United Kingdom 

have similar identity cards hence 

the barcode on the card is enough 

to release your information from 

the database of the state. These 

countries are not putting all information 

of a person on a card to 

safeguard their security. 

That is not the case for Ghana 

with this lazy-man approach with 

regards to the project. We can 

confidently say that one of the 

causes of the premature technical 

hitches being faced on the first 

day of issuing the cards could be 

traced to the attempt to heavily 

load all information of a person 

on a card. In short, a specific reference 

number is all that the card 

should have which can pull out 

the information of a cardholder 

from the database of various government 

agencies. 

Thirdly, the tax revenue as a 

percentage of Gross Domestic 

Product in Ghana as compared to 

India and Nigeria indicates how 

wasteful and misplaced government 

is with regards to how tax 

revenue is spent. India, with a 

population of 1.2 billion has tax 

revenue as 17.7 % of GDP 

whereas Nigeria with a population 

of approximately 160 million has 

tax revenue as 6.1% of GDP. 

Ghana, with a population of approximately 

28 million has tax 

revenue as 20.8 % of GDP and 

yet government is not setting its 

priorities right when roads, hospitals, 

schools, allowances, salaries 

among others are pending to be 

solved. Ghana Card is necessary 

for tax purposes and ID referencing. 

It will also be useful for banks 

with regards to services they render 

to their customers among others 

but the way and manner in 

which it is being operated makes it 

shambolic, an anti-protection of 

the public purse and the added 

value of those features claimed by 

NIA as compared to other countries 

is zilch. To recapitulate, we 

ask Government to call for a review 

of the contract and everything 

that comes with it. We are all 

involved in building our motherland. 

Signed: Nii Tettey Tetteh 

Executive Director 

Put politics aside and open UGMC – Elias Sory to govt 

BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG 

A FORMER director general of 

the Ghana Health Service, Dr 

Elias Sory has called on the government 

to put aside politics and 

open the fully furnished, but 

closed University of Ghana Medical 

Centre (UGMC). 

According to him, the hospital 

was constructed with public funds 

and therefore no political party 

can lay claim to it. 

The $217 million UGMC 

which was constructed by the Mahama 

administration has remained 

closed since its completion over a 

year ago. A tussle between the 

University Authorities and the 

Ministry of Health over who has 

the right to manage the facility has 

protracted the opening of the facility. 

On Wednesday a student, who 

is on a campaign to get the facility 

•The University of Ghana Medical Centre 

opened, was detained by the Korle 

Bu Police after he brandished a 

placard with the inscription 

#OpenUGMC before the First 

Lady as she delivered a speech at 

the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. 

Speaking to Francis Abban on 

the Morning Starr Thursday, Dr 

Sory appealed to the health and 

education ministries to find a solution 

to the impasse and open the 

facility. 

“There were meetings that the 

university participated with the 

ministry. From the discussions at 

the meetings, it came out clear that 

it would be better if there was collaboration. 

There has always been 

a problem when it comes to the 

collaboration between the Ministry 

of Education and Ministry of 

Health. 

“The construction of the 

UGMC started under the New Patriotic 

Party and was completed 

under the National Democratic 

Congress government and so politics 

shouldn’t affect operations. 

The money used in the construction 

of the facility belongs to 

Ghanaians and not a particular 

political party, let’s put politics 

aside and get the hospital operate 

to serve the people,” he said. 

The 650-bed facility is the first 

of its kind in West Africa and second 

to only few hospitals in South 

Africa. The ultra-modern hospital 

was conceptualised and began 

under the Late President John 

Evans Atta-Mills. The Government 

secured a loan facility from 

Harpo Alim Bank of Israel for the 

project.


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DAILY 

Politics 


HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 

It’s time to produce mining inputs 

locally – Prez Akufo-Addo 

THE PRESIDENT of 

the Republic, Nana 

Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, says 

the time had come 

for mining companies 

operating in Ghana to begin 

producing locally many of the inputs 

they import. 

According to President Akufo- 

Addo, a large amount of spending 

by mining companies leaks from 

the domestic economy through the 

importation of several tools and 

equipment, which Ghana has the 

capacity to produce. 

“It is time to reverse this trend. 

Ghanaian entrepreneurs must be 

encouraged to work with the Ministry 

of Trade and Industry and the 

Chamber to identify opportunities 

in the value chain, where indigenous 

companies can manufacture 

these products locally,” he said. 

He continued, “I know that 

mining inputs, such as caustic soda, 

activated carbon and grinding 

media, can be produced locally if 

businesses produce at competitive 

prices, in the needed quantities and 

the right quality. The readily available 

raw materials for some of the 

inputs mean that there is great potential 

for interested investors.” 

The mining sector, the President 

stressed, ought to be a captive market 

for Government’s one-Districtone-Factory 

initiative, and would 

help address the unemployment 

problem that has blighted Ghana 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo 

nation for so long. 

President Akufo-Addo made 

this known when he delivered the 

keynote address at the 2018 West 

Africa Mining and Power Conference 

and Exhibition at the Accra 

International Conference, on 

Wednesday, May 30, 2018. 

With the mining extractive sector 

no longer a large employer of 

labour due to the improvement in 

the deployment of technology and 

innovation, President Akufo-Addo 

stressed that job creation must be 

stimulated in an integrated manner 

through the value chain of the extractives 

sector. 

The extractives sector, particularly 

mining, he stressed, can help 

rapidly to grow Ghana’s manufacturing 

sector. 

“Government is empowering 

the private sector to create jobs and 

wealth by working closely with industry 

and academia to equip young 

professionals with the skills required 

to operate competitively in 

the sector. We are establishing a 

new paradigm of an integrated 

mining industry to propel local 

manufacturing,” he said. 

The value chain of mining, 

President Akufo-Addo stressed, has 

huge potential for job-creation, and 

government intends to tap into it to 

develop our economy. 

“We cannot, and should not 

continue to be merely exporters of 

raw materials to other countries. I 

call on all players in the sector to 

work with us to deepen the integration 

of the mining sector with the 

non-mineral sectors of the economy,” 

he added. 

National Assay 

Programme 

On the need to remove all 

doubts and set everybody’s mind at 

ease regarding the volume and 

value of gold legitimately exported 

by the sector, particularly by gold 

producing members of the Chamber, 

President Akufo-Addo indicated 

that he was looking forward 

to the implementation of the National 

Assay Programme. 

He commended the “Chamber 

and the mining companies for the 

decision to work with the Precious 

Minerals Marketing Company 

(PMMC), which has been appointed 

as the national assayer, to 

assay all bullion being exported out 

of the country for both small scale 

and large-scale mining companies.” 

Though the PMMC does not 

presently have the requisite technology 

to be fully operational, the 

President stated that the company 

now has a strong incentive to build 

their capacity and transform their 

operations. 

“I am confident they will do so 

expeditiously,” he added. 

Touching on streamlining the 

small-scale mining sector, President 

Akufo-Addo noted that the Minister 

of Lands and Natural Resources, 

John Peter Amewu, has 

worked on the Multi-Sectoral Mining 

Integrated Project to provide 

the needed framework to streamline 

small scale mining, and provide 

avenues for alternative employment 

for the galamseyers. 

Electing MMDCEs will reduce winner-takes-all syndrome – Local Govt Minister 

BY KWADWO ANIM 

MINISTER OF Local Government 

and Rural Development, 

Hajia Alima Mahama has stated 

categorically that electing Metropolitan, 

Municipal and District 

Chief Executives (MMDCEs) 

on partisan basis is likely to reduce 

winner-takes-all syndrome 

in Ghana politics. 

The sector Minister speaking 

at the sensitisation workshop 

with MMDCEs and key stakeholders 

held in the Ashanti Regional 

Capital, Kumasi said a 

sitting president could have a 

number of MMDCEs from the 

opposition parties which will 

help reduce the winner-takes-all 

syndrome. 

•Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local Government and Rural 

Development 

According to the sector Minister, 

security of tenure would be 

provided for the MMDCEs 

since once elected, they could 

not be sacked by the President 

and they are also very certain to 

have in the minimum four year 

term just like Members of Parliament. 

The sector Minister added 

that the process has therefore 

been initiated to bring about the 

necessary constitutional, legal, 

policy and institutional changes 

to ensure that MMDCEs were 

elected on partisan basis. 

“An elected MMDCE would 

have the confidence and security 

of tenure necessary to insist on 

medium to long-term local development 

when this is sought 

to be sacrificed by the centre for 

short-term and parochial interests,” 

the sector Minister said. 

She added that electing 

MMDCEs will build consensus 

on how to deepen local democracy 

and good governance and 

create the platform for competent 

persons to stand for elections 

as MMDCE. 

According to the sector Minister, 

security of tenure would 

be provided for the MMDCEs 

since once elected, they 

could not be sacked by the 

President and they are also 

very certain to have in the 

minimum four year term just 

like Members of Parliament.

13 

WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 

I want to be richer 

than …'Despite’ 

— Kwaku Manu 

KUMAWOOD ACTOR, 

Kwaku Manu has said he 

is not competing with 

any actor or actress in 

life. 

According to him, his dream is to 

become a millionaire and therefore he 

looks up to Chief Executive Officers 

and Directors of Companies rather 

than his colleague actors and actresses. 

The outspoken actor, who was 

speaking to Delay (Deloris Frimpong- 

Manso) on the ‘Delay Show’, indicated 

that his dream has made him divert a 

little bit from movies and is now concentrating 

on his businesses. 

The actor indicated that people 

who take acting as a full time career 

mostly end up as paupers who beg for 

money before they can provide themselves 

with a three square meal. 

On his school, which he complained 

people were taking their kids 

away, Kwaku Manu indicated that 

things have stabilised for now and that 

the school has One hundred and fifty 

pupils. 

•Kwaku 

Manu, actor 

‘Cwesi Oteng not a 

greedy gospel artiste’ 

•Cwesi Oteng, 

gospel musician 

THE MANAGEMENT of Gospel 

artiste Cwesi Oteng has responded 

to some comments by his former 

manager describing some gospel 

artistes as greedy as reckless and inaccurate. 

In a statement, the new management 

of the ‘God Dey Bless Me’ hit 

maker said, “Kwesi Ernest’s statements 

implying that Cwesi Oteng 

left BBnZ Live after they made him 

successful is a false narrative, an indictment 

on the many years of hard 

work by Oteng, his internal management 

team, singers and band 

from 2008 to 2013 that contributed 

to his rise to the limelight. 

Ernest’s statements also cast a 

shadow on God’s providence, to 

which Oteng always ascribes the 

greatest credit.” 

Below is the full statement 

signed by the Management Kwesi 

Oteng Productions & Hermon Music: 

RE: Some Ghanaian Artistes Too 

Greedy 

We would like to bring to your notice 

the rather false, inaccurate and reckless 

comments reported to have been made 

by Kwesi Ernest, CEO of Media Excel 

Productions. 

These comments are in relation to 

our artiste, Cwesi Oteng, in an article titled 

‘Some Ghanaian Artistes Too 

Greedy’. The article was first published 

by www.showbiz.com.gh, and subsequently 

on other news portals and social 

media. 

It was our hope that an artiste manager 

like Kwesi Ernest would seek to 

promote progressive values of the 

Gospel and Christian faith, and not parade 

falsehood that creates disunity and 

alludes to non-existent feuds. Kwesi 

Ernest, instead, chose a calculated 

smear campaign to tarnish Cwesi 

Oteng’s image, relationship with BBnZ 

Live – his former management label, to 

justify the loss of an artiste on his label. 

The premise on which BBnZ Live 

approached Cwesi Oteng in 2013 with a 

3-year management deal was Cwesi’s 

outstanding resume of having braved 

the odds to emerge on the contemporary 

gospel scene with an endearing 

music brand, that impacted 

the mainstream music circuit. 

This is because Cwesi 

Oteng released and garnered 

local and international plaudits 

with fan favourites such as 

‘Okurayen’ (2009), ‘But for 

Your Mercy’ (2010), God Dey 

Bless Me’ (2012) and the 

VGMA-winning ‘Mercy Project’ 

album, prior to joining 

BBnZ Live in 2013. This is the 

fact and correct sequence of 

his ministry or music career. 

Therefore, Kwesi Ernest’s 

statements implying that Cwesi 

Oteng left BBnZ Live after 

they made him successful is a 

false narrative, an indictment 

on the many years of hard 

work by Cwesi Oteng, his internal 

management team, singers 

and band from 2008 to 2013 

that contributed to his rise to the limelight. 

Kwesi Ernest’s statements also 

cast a shadow on God’s providence, to 

which Cwesi Oteng always ascribes the 

greatest credit. 

Cwesi Oteng has always been and 

will always be grateful to BBnZ Live for 

their contributions to his career and 

ministry, from 2013 till the end of contract 

tenure in 2016. However, the truth 

must be established and the sequence of 

events properly noted. We encourage 

the public to treat the comments by 

Kwesi Ernest concerning our artiste – 

Cwesi Oteng, with utmost contempt. 

Don’t blame 

politicians for your 

woes — Shatta Wale 

CHARLES NII Armah 

Mensah, better known as 

Shatta Wale, has urged the 

youth to work hard to attain 

greatness instead of 

blaming politicians for 

their woes. 

According to the self-acclaimed 

dancehall king, 

everything is possible 

when you have self-belief 

and put your mind to it. 

He said it was about 

time the Ghanaian youth 

had a positive mindset and 

belief in themselves. 

The “’Kakai’ hit maker 

hared the the conversation 

as a post on his Facebook 

wall. 

He added, “My dream 

is to see the Ghanaian 

youth make his own 

money …politician 

no do 

nothing my 

guy.” 

“The 

youth of 

Ghana 

must grow 

up and 

learn how 

to utilize this 

peaceful place 

(Ghana) God 

has given us or else 

the Government of Ghana 

will never take anything we 

do serious. 

“I am also a proud 

Ghanaian who has that 

same blood you have running 

in you but I have been 

able to support the government 

of this country 

whether past or present by 

exporting Ghana 

goods..Let’s stop the “I 

know I know” syndrome 

and let’s think like developers 

developing a nation… 

Ghana!!! 

“We are playing too 

much and our leaders are 

watching.They will pay attention 

to us when we also 

help build Ghana, which is 

also their agenda 

!!! Wise up,” 

he wrote. 

•Shatta 

Wale, dancehall 

musician


14 


Any man who doesn’t 

know Jesus lacks 

real love — Majid 

As May 25 marked the Africa 

Day - a day set aside by the 

African Union (AU) to commemorate 

the establishment 

of the Organisation of 

African Unity (OAU) and its 

successor, the African Union 

- organisers of the AU Arts 

Festival, an event that seeks 

to use arts as a tool for 

African development, will 

hold its maiden edition of the 

event at the Golden Tulip 

Hotel in Accra today. 

According to organisers, 

since this year’s Africa Day 

was celebrated on the theme: 

‘Winning the Fight against 

Corruption: A Sustainable 

Path to Africa’s Transformation’, 

our leaders should be 

relentless in the fight against 

corruption. 

In a release copied to the 

DAILY HERITAGE, the 

planning committee of the 

festival stated that “As we celebrate 

African Unity, we have 

to remember the sacrifices of 

our forebears and work together 

to find solutions to the 

myriad of problems confronting 

our continent” 

“The vision of our forefathers 

was ensuring that the 

continent will grow to have 

one strong voice, politically, 

economically and socially but 

these have eluded us because 

of bad governance and corruption. 

As we are all aware, 

the bane of Africa's development 

is corruption. As we 

commemorate the sacrifices 

of our forebears, let us be 

mindful of the threat of corruption 

to our development.” 

The committee further 

noted that as Africans, we 

• Former 

President, John 

Agyekum Kufuor 

Maiden AU 

Arts Festival 

comes off today 

can only achieve economic 

freedom and improve the 

livelihood of our people if 

resources earmarked for projects 

were put to use without 

any diversion. 

“We want to also commend 

bodies such as the 

ECOWAS, and the United 

Nations for the roles they 

have played in working to 

stall conflicts, which has improved 

the stability rate in 

Africa. We say ayekoo!!” they 

said. 

Touching on today's 

event, the committee said beginning 

this year, the AU Arts 

Foundation will use the creative 

arts to empower the 

youth for accelerated development. 

They say they believe 

that arts and culture are 

appropriate mechanisms to 

integrate our youth in all 

facets of our national development. 

About AU Arts 

Festival 

The maiden AU Arts Festival 

comes off from Friday, 

June 1, to Sunday, June 3, 

2018, at the Golden Tulip 

Hotel, Accra. 

The event is happening on 

the theme, ‘Leadership; 

Africa through arts, celebrating 

President John Agyekum 

Kufour, 2nd President of the 

4th Republic.’ 

The festival, organized by 

Malaika Media Network, OK 

Communications and the 

John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation, 

would be used to raise 

funds in support of the Kufour 

Centre for Leadership 

and Governance. 

GHANAIAN 

ACTOR, Majid 

Michel, has cautioned 

women on the type 

of men they choose 

to date or marry. 

In a recent post on Instagram, 

the award-winning actor said men 

who do not know Jesus Christ lack 

real love, and thus would not have 

good relationship with their 

women. 

“Ladies, hear this, if a man is 

not following God he’s not fit to 

lead. If he doesn’t have a relationship 

with Jesus, he won’t know how 

to have a relationship with you. If 

he doesn’t know Jesus, he doesn’t 

know real love,” he wrote. 

According to Citi News, the 

‘Crime to Christ’ actor few years 

ago announced his calling by God 

and how he had changed from certain 

things he used to do in the 

past. 

He has been preaching on social 

media and some religious platforms 

even though he has refused to be 

referred to as a man of God. 

Majid has, therefore, 

said he now 

serves God but not 

man. 

“Am I now trying 

to win the 

favour and approval 

of men or 

that of God, or am 

I seeking to please 

someone? If I were 

still trying to be 

popular with men, 

I would not be a 

bond-servant of 

Christ,” he once 

wrote on his Instagram 

page. 

He is one of 

the founders of 

Actors, Presenters, 

Professionals and 

Musicians for 

Christ (APPMC), 

which also includes 

colleague 

actors Timothy Bentum and Pascal 

Amanfo. 

They have been seen on the 

I underwent anal surgery for fistula 

— President of Nigeria actors guild 

PRESIDENT OF Actors 

Guild of Nigeria (AGN), 

Emeka Rollas, has addressed 

speculations suggesting he is 

gay following his anal surgeries. 

There were rumours 

after the AGN president underwent 

two anal surgeries 

outside Nigeria that he was 

practising homosexuality. 

However, in an interview 

with Daily Post, Rollas 

stated that he enjoys having 

sex with his wife who has 

seven children for him. 

He explained that he had 

anal surgery after detection 

of ‘anal fistula’ and had to 

be operated on in India. 

Rollas said, “Let me address 

the sexuality issues I 

heard some time ago. The 

ignorance level of some 

people caused this as 

some of them failed to 

check up the name of 

my ailment. 

“First of all, I had anal 

fistula which is a skin problem 

that can happen to any 

parts of your body and 

needs to be cut off through 

surgery. 

“I had the first 

anal surgery in 

2012 after I 

suffered from 

haemorrhoid, 

and someone 

told me to 

take herbs 

to cure it 

which 

later made 

it worse and 

made me fly 

to India for 

surgery. 

“But four years later, I 

had a relapse but this time I 

chose to go to America to 

have the second surgery. 

Most people 

talking 

about 

me 

• Majid 

Michel, actor 

streets and at church programmes 

preaching the gospel and delivering 

people of evil spirits and problems. 

did not know what happened 

because when they 

heard about anal surgery, 

they started questioning if I 

was gay. 

On why he did not address 

the public on the 

issue, Rollas said, “I did not 

address the issue of my sexuality 

earlier because it 

would have run into a case 

of Daddy Freeze and the 

Pentecostal church. 

“For crying out loud, I 

have seven kids with my 

wife.Iif I can have sex with 

my wife and have children, 

why would I be looking the 

other way. 

“Some of these things 

come and as a celebrity if 

you keep responding to such 

rumours, you are wasting 

your time.” 

Dailypost.ng 

• Emeka Rollas

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 

DAILY HERITAGE 

FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2018 

15 

17-year-old 

fencer knocks 

on Ghana’s door 

BY SPORTS DESK 

MARTA OKINE, a 17- 

year-old fencer, is the 

latest sports talent 

who wishes to represent 

Ghana at the 

next Olympic Games in 2020. 

Now seventh best in Europe in the 

Cadets Division, Marta, who was born 

in Poland, wants to switch nationality 

to represent Ghana in the lesserknown 

sport in Ghana. 

Rated as one of the stars of the future, 

she has taken up the challenge to 

be rated among the best in the world, 

and her parents are putting in every 

effort for her to don the colours of 

Ghana. 

According to her father, since 2016 

they have been discussing with Ghana 

Fencing official about his daughter to 

represent Ghana in fencing. 

He said they contacted the president 

of Ghana Fencing, and are still 

planning to meet before she went to 

last year’s World championship in 

Germany 

According to Mr Wojtek Okine, 

“My daugther now is in Polish Federation 

and she was 7th last year in European 

championship cadets, while their 

team got bronze medal in the same 

tournament and now she is a regular 

in the national team”. 

Zidane steps down as 

Real Madrid coach 

ZINEDINE ZIDANE says 

he is stepping down as Real 

Madrid boss, five days after 

leading them to a third 

straight Champions League 

triumph, claiming the club 

needs "a different voice". 

Zidane told a news conference 

that "everything 

changes" and "that's why I 

took this decision". 

He leaves having guided 

the Spanish club to three 

successive Champions 

League titles and one La 

Liga success since taking 

over in January 2016. 

"I love this club," he 

added. 

"What I think is that this 

team needs to continue winning 

but I think it needs a 

change, a different voice, 

another methodology. And 

that's why I took this decision." 

Zidane, 45, took over 

after Rafael Benitez was 

sacked and was in charge 

for 149 games. He steered 

Real to 104 wins and 29 

draws, had 69.8% win rate, 

and won nine trophies. 

He said in February that 

he would walk away if he 

felt "there is nothing more 

to give". 

However, the timing of 

his announcement still came 

as a shock just days after 

Real beat Liverpool 3-1 in 

the Champions League 

final. 

"It's a strange moment 

to do so, I know, but an important 

one too," he added 

on Thursday. "I had to do 

this for everyone." 

Real are looking for their 

fourth manager in five years. 

Tottenham boss Mauricio 

Pochettino has been 

linked with Real in the past. 

The Argentine signed a new 

five-year contract at Spurs 

last week. 

Juventus boss Massimiliano 

Allegri could also come 

into the frame, while Arsene 

Wenger wants to carry on in 

management after leaving 

Arsenal after 22 years in 

charge. 

Italian Maurizio Sarri, 

most recently of Napoli, is 

also available. 

The decision on who will 

next manage Real will be 

made by club president Florentino 

Perez. 

He accompanied Zidane 

at the news conference and 

said he wanted to keep the 

France 1998 World Cup winner. 

"This was a totally unexpected 

decision. Zidane informed 

me of his choice 

yesterday," added Perez. 

Zindane's exit comes 

after Gareth Bale and Cristiano 

Ronaldo revealed they 

were contemplating their futures 

at the club. — BBC 

Footballers to entice scouts 

at maiden ‘Youthage Cup’ 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

FOOTBALLERS AROUND and 

within the Greater Accra and the 

Central regions will be given the 

opportunity to woo football agents 

and scouts from Europe with their 

skills and talents at a three-day juvenile 

football cup at Ofada Town 

Park at Bawjiase from [today] Friday, 

June 1, 2018 to Sunday, June 3, 

2018. 

The competition, dubbed 

‘Youthage Cup’- 2018, is organised 

by a sports firm based in Accra, 

Youthage Strategic Organisation, is 

the maiden edition and according 

to management, they have planned 

to make it an annual affair. 

The Chief Executive Officer of 

the organisation, Mr Cobby Jonah, 

told the DAILY HERITAGE in 

Accra on Wednesday that the objective 

of the competition is to 

bring competitiveness into the juvenile 

football in the country. 

According to him, there are no 

competition at the juvenile level 

and nothing much was happening, 

so studying the situation, he and 

his management decided to put up 

such a competition for both the 

players and teams to have some 

competitiveness. 

“The competition is there to 

give them the hope and zeal for 

something big in the future. Having 

the competitiveness natures at 

the juvenile level will help bring 

out the best in them,” he said. 

Mr Jonah stated that the competition 

is strictly for team and 

players or footballers under the age 

13 and 16 respectively. 

He said both the under-13 and 

the under-16 age categories have 

• Mr Cobby Jonah, Chief Executive 

Officer of the organisation 

eight teams each that would be put 

into two groups in a round-robin 

encounters before the semi-finals. 

He continued that two teams 

from each of the group will qualify 

to play in the semi-finals through 

to the finale on Sunday, where the 

winner will lift the trophy and a 

certificate.

June 1

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