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•Thousands of
Ghanaians
stormed AICC
yesterday to
watch ‘#Number
12’ video
•Kwasi Nyantakyi,
GFA President
•Johnson Asiedu
Nketia at the AICC
yesterday
•Alistair Nelson (middle),
Salifu Maase (R) and
Godwin Ako Gunn (L)
•Mrs
Eyram
Bashan
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peace deal' to end
Eritrea border war
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S/Court sets Oct. for
'Montie 3' pardon case
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
Should AG
provide dockets
to accused
persons?
• S/C to provide
blueprint today
HEARING OF the
case in which three
separate individuals
are challenging the
pardon of the
'Montie 3' by former President
John Dramani Mahama has suffered
a long adjournment following
the absence of three of the
seven-member panel.
Justice Yaw Appau, Justice A.
A. Benin and Justice Gabriel Pwamang
were all unavailable when
the case was called and the case
was adjourned to October 23, for
definite hearing.
The chairperson of the panel,
Justice Sophia Adenyira, said the
earliest date the panel could sit together
would be after the legal vacation.
The four members on the panel who
were present in court yesterday were the
chairperson, Justice Jones Dotse, Justice
Annin Yeboah and Justice Baffoe Bonnie.
The panel earlier adopted a joint
memorandum of issues filed by three
separate individuals who are challenging
the pardon of the ‘Montie 3’ by former
President Mahama.
This was after the apex court, on
March 20, directed the lawyers in the
case to consolidate the matter and file
their joint agreed issues.
The Justice Adenyira panel, after
adopting the joint memorandum of issues,
directed the parties to file their
legal arguments independently in 21
days.
The court said upon service and
should any of the parties need to reply,
they would be afforded the opportunity
to make oral submission in open court.
• Alistair Nelson (UP), Salifu Maase
(Down) and Godwin Ako Gunn (R)
Background
Three radio panellists - Alistair Nelson,
Godwin Ako Gunn and Salifu
Masse aka Mugabe, host of ‘Pampaso’
on Montie FM - were jailed four months
each for contempt in 2016 by the apex
court.
But a month later they were granted
presidential pardon. The applicants are,
thus, praying the court to render the action
null and void and of no effect.
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
A SEVEN-MEMBER panel of the Supreme
Court justices, presided over by Justice William
Atuguba, would deliver its judgement on whether
the Attorney-General’s Department is required by
law to provide documents to accused persons days
before court hearing.
The interpretation of Article 19(2) (e) and (g)
is a subject of controversy in the case in which the
former board chairman of the National Communications
Authority (NCA), Mr Eugene Baffoe
Bonnie, and four others are facing separate
charges of wilfully causing financial loss to the
state.
The accused persons, including Alhaji Salifu
Mimina Osman, Mr George Derrick Oppong, a
Director of Infralock Development Limited, Mr
William Tetteh Tevie, the former Director General
of NCA, and Nana Owusu Ensaw, a former
Board Member, are asking for the proper interpretation
of Article 19 (2) (e) and (g), which borders
on fair trial.
On Tuesday, April 24, the State, represented by
Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah
Dame, told the court that the State would rely entirely
on its statement in opposition to the application
as filed at the court by the defendants.
The lawyers for the five accused persons sepa-
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Nyantakyi must go
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THOUSANDS OF
Ghanaians yesterday
defied torrential rains
to watch the latest
undercover documentary
on crass corruption in football
administration in Ghana
cleverly put together by ace journalist
Anas Aremeyaw Anas, his
Tiger Eye PI and the British
Broadcasting Corporation.
In spite of the rains, Ghanaians
from all walks of life formed
a long queue at the Accra International
Conference Centre
(AICC) yesterday to have a personal
feel of the documentary
dubbed ‘#Number 12#.’
On more than one occasion,
there was stampede at the main
entrance of the AICC, which
gave security personnel a hectic
time to restore law and order.
So choked was the atmosphere
that while the first show was
being premiered, many had already
gathered for the second
one.
• Angry Ghanaians charge
• After watching ‘#Number
12’ documentary
Prior to the premiering, the ace investigative
journalist released excerpts of the
damning report, which he touted as a
piece that would change the very foundation
of football in the country.
Two excerpts have already been released
on social media, which allegedly
expose the Greater Accra regional chairman
of the Ghana Football Administration
(GFA), Eddie Doku, receiving a
whopping sum to allegedly influence the
•The crowd at the premiering
of Anas’ #Number12
selection of a player for the WAFU
games.
Another aspect of the video showed
GFA president, Kwasi Nyantakyi, allegedly
negotiating with ‘supposed’ investors
for money to get them deals.
Reaction from Ghanaians
Majority of Ghanaians who thronged
the venue told the DAILY HER-
ITAGE after watching the documentary
that Mr Nyantakyi ought to resign immediately.
One of the sports enthusiasts, who
watched the documentary, said “From
what I saw, I think Mr Nyantakyi must resign
to give way for the security agencies
to probe his case further.”
Another said “the best for Ghana
football is for the GFA president to go. If
he refuses to go, then FIFA must intervene
for investigations to continue.”
In the course of the premiering, many
Ghanaians took to social media to express
their anger at the alleged corrupt
activities by some officials in football administration
in the country.
Nyantakyi factor
Prior to yesterday’s screening, a fourminute
clip from the one-hour-thirtyminute
documentary was shown to the
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo by Anas.
Subsequently, the Presidency revealed
at a press conference that the clip showed
the GFA President using the offices of
President Akufo-Addo and his Vice, Dr
Mahamudu Bawumia, to extort money
from people.
The President urged the Criminal Investigations
Department of the Ghana
Police Service to invite Mr Nyantakyi for
questioning.
Mr Nyantakyi subsequently handed
himself to the police to assist with investigations
after a charge of defrauding by
false pretence was levelled against him.
Should AG provide dockets to accused persons?
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rately indicated to the court that they
also would rely on their statements of
case as duly filed on April 3.
The apex court panel, comprising
Justice Sophia Adenyira, Justice Julius
Ansah, Justice Jones Dotse, Justice
Annin Yeboah, Justice Sule
Gbadegbe and Justice Yaw Appau,
subsequently adjourned the matter to
today, June 7, to rule on it.
• S/C to provide blueprint today
Background
The former NCA Board Chairman,
Baffoe Bonnie, Director General
William Tetteh Tevie, and Nana
Owusu Enson and Alhaji Osman
Mimina, both board members, as
well as George Derrick Oppong,
have all pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
Moving their consolidated motion
at the High Court, the lawyers
said the matter, which borders on
constitutional interpretation, ought
to be referred to the Supreme Court
since the apex court had the original
jurisdiction to interpret issues bordering
on the constitution.
The court, presided over by Justice
Eric Kyei Baffour, granted the
motion and referred the matter for
the interpretation of article 19 (2) (e)
and (g).
He added that there was a rival interpretation
by the parties regarding
the constitutional provision and that
clearly indicated that there was a
need for the Supreme Court to give
its interpretation.
Subject matter
It was the case of the applicants
at the High Court that the court
should compel the Attorney General’s
Department to disclose to the
defence team all documents they intend
to rely on throughout the trial as
well as a comprehensive list of all
prosecution witnesses they intend to
call in support of their case.
Praying the court, they said the
refusal by the respondent to furnish
them with copies of documents and
other materials they wanted to rely
on in the trial constituted a violation
of the human rights of accused persons.
He prayed the court to order the
prosecution to furnish the applicants
with the list of witnesses and summary
of evidence of their testimonies
before witnesses would be
called.
Counsel also prayed the court to
declare that any document or material
evidence they attempted to tender
without giving them access three
clear days is inadmissible pursuant to
Article 19(2) (e) and (g).

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•Hassan Ngeze (left) pictured during his trial in 2003
Objections to the release of Rwanda genocide ‘mastermind'
THE RWANDAN government
is demanding a public
hearing before a journalist described
by one prosecutor as
the “mastermind" of the 1994
genocide be considered for
early release.
Hassan Ngeze, the editor of
an extremist Hutu magazine,
was originally jailed for life by
a judge in 2003, who told him
he had "poisoned the minds of
your readers" against Tutsis.
Four years later, the sentence
was reduced to 35 years -
and now he is being considered
for early release from his
prison in Mali by US Judge
Theodor Meron, who oversees
the relevant court.
But this has sparked outrage,
not just within Rwanda,
but among the lawyers who
originally put him behind bars,
according to the UK's
Guardian.
Simone Monasebian, one of
the prosecutors in the original
case, has written to the judge,
arguing the words used in his
publication "were more potent
and dangerous than any bullets
or machetes”.BBC
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Ethiopia 'accepts peace deal'
to end Eritrea border war
Ethiopia's governing
coalition has announced
it will fully accept
and implement
the peace deal that
ended its border war
with Eritrea.
It says it will accept the outcome
of a 2002 border commission
ruling, which awarded
disputed territories, including the
town of Badme, to Eritrea.
This will end a dispute with Eritrea
that sparked Africa's deadliest
border war in 1998.
Tens of thousands of people
were killed in two years of fighting.
The two sides have remained
on a war footing as Ethiopia had,
until now, refused to accept the
ruling of the border commission,
which was set up as part of a
peace deal.
As a result, Ethiopia had refused
to withdraw its troops out of
the disputed areas - leading Eritrea
to accuse Ethiopia of forcefully
occupying its territory.
"The Eritrean government
should take the same stand without
any prerequisite and accept our
call to bring back the long-lost
peace of the two brother nations
as it was before," the ruling
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary
Democratic Front (EPRDF) wrote
on Facebook.
Eritrea had refused to hold any
talks with Ethiopia until it agreed
unconditionally to the border commission's
findings.
Ethiopia's new Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed had promised to
make peace with the country's
northern neighbour after taking
power earlier this year.
BBC World Service Africa editor
Will Ross says if Ethiopia does
now remove soldiers from the disputed
land, it would show it is serious
about seeking peace. BBC
•Ethiopia had refused to remove its troops from the region around Badme, the
dusty market town at the centre of the dispute
Court blocks release of
Buhari's medical bill
•President Muhammadu
Buhari
A COURT in Nigeria has ruled
that President Muhammadu
Buhari, 75, does not have to
reveal the cost of the medical
treatment he received in the
UK last year.
A civil society group, Advocacy
for Societal Rights Advancement
and Development
Initiative, brought the court action
after the central bank refused
to disclose his medical
bill for his lengthy stay in the
UK.
But Judge John Tsoho said
the Freedom of Information
Act contained exemptions, including
in cases where individuals
had not consented to the
release of personal information,
AFP reports.
"There is no evidence of
the president having consented
to disclosure of personal information
relating to his health
and the information is certainly
not publicly available," the
judge was quoted as saying.
"On the whole, the applicants'
suit is not sustained and
it is struck out," the judge
added.
Mr Buhari made three medical
trips to the UK last year,
and one this year. He did not
disclose his illness, but said: "I
have never been so sick."
He seems to have recovered
since then, and is running for a
second four-year term in elections
due next year.
At the time, a leading
Nigerian doctor, Osahon
Enabulele, accused Mr Buhari
of reneging on a promise to
end "medical tourism" by seeking
treatment in the UK. BBC
Qatar Airways boss in 'heartfelt apology' for sexist remark
THE BOSS of Qatar Airways has
issued "heartfelt apologies for any
offence caused" for saying that a
woman could not do his job.
Akbar al-Baker said on Tuesday
that the airline had to be led by a
man "because it is a very challenging
position".
He later defended Qatar Airways'
record on gender diversity,
but that failed to quell growing
criticism.
In a statement on Wednesday,
Mr al-Baker said Qatar Airways
fully supported gender equality.
He said his comments on Tuesday
were "sensationalised by the
media... Qatar Airways is made
stronger by its female employees
for whom I hold nothing but the
highest regard."
The original remarks were
made at the annual conference in
Sydney of the aviation industry's
trade body, the International Air
Transport Association (IATA),
only six of whose 280 airline
members have female chief executives.
Gender imbalance in the industry
was a big theme of the conference,
where Mr al-Baker officially
took over as IATA's chairman.
Asked at a news conference on
Tuesday about female employment
among Middle East airlines and
whether his job could be done by a
woman, Mr al Baker said: "Of
course it has to be led by a man,
because it is a very challenging position".
BBC
•Akbar al-Baker

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05
Editorial
Nyantakyi must take a cue from Blatter’s resignation
IN 2015, the world was greeted with
the sudden and, indeed, shocking resignation
of Sepp Blatter, then president
of football’s world governing
body, Fédération Internationale de
Football Association (FIFA).
Mr Blatter’s resignation came just
days after being re-elected for a fifth
term. His election was characterised
by tautness amidst corruption allegations
against top officials of the federation.
It, therefore, did not come as a surprise
when he failed to clinch the
needed two-thirds to win convincingly.
The former FIFA president’s
fifth term was doomed from the on
set. The English Football Association
warned that he would not last due to
alleged corruption and cracks within
the governing body.
Though Russia and France
strongly supported Mr Blatter, a huge
opposition from England meant a
bleak future. Prior to his re-election,
FIFA was embroiled in high profile
corruption scandal which led to the
arrest of seven top officials in
Switzerland. In all, 14 people were indicted.
The investigation, which was undertaken
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
with support from the
authorities in Switzerland, had
spanned some 20 years before. And
though Mr Blatter was not indicted,
the yearning for him to step aside was
intense.
In doing the right thing, therefore,
Mr Blatter recognised during a press
conference to announce his exit that
his election did not seem to be supported
by all: “My mandate does not
appear to be supported by everybody,”
he stated.
The then 79-year-old Swiss called
an extraordinary FIFA congress to
elect a new president, which opened
a new chapter for football administration
in the world.
The President of the Ghana Football
Association, Mr Kwasi Nyantakyi,
has also been embroiled in
some controversies, which are under
investigations by the Criminal Investigations
Department of the Ghana
Police Service following an investigative
piece put together by Anas Aremeyaw
Anas’ Tiger Eye PI and the
BBC.
So far, public opinion is heavily
against Mr Nyantakyi though the allegations
of false pretence, among
other issues, are yet to be proven in a
court of law.
The DAILY HERITAGE,
therefore, thinks the honourable thing
to do in the midst of this brouhaha is
for Mr Nyantakyi to step aside, at
least, until the investigations are over.
NB: This editorial has been repeated
due to popular request.
50% MASLOC loans for women
must target women with disabilities
THE STARR Woman
Dream Edition Project
has hailed recent government
decision to
disburse 50% of the
Microfinance and Small Loans Centre
(MASLOC) loans to women as
part of the President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s goal of empowering
women economically.
The Starr Woman Dream Edition
Project believes this will massively
boost enterprises managed by
women across the country and reduce
household poverty, whose
brunt is often significantly borne by
women.
Starr Woman Dream Edition is,
therefore, urging the President to
go a step further to also target vulnerable
women such as women
with disabilities with a similar directive
to enhance the impact of this
gender empowerment strategy.
Project Lead, Eyram Bashan,
says in a release that, “In our advocacy
work for women with disabilities
[to receive] economic
empowerment, we have seen the
agonizing state of women with disabilities
- voiceless, faceless and
pushed underground to hide from
the stigma and abuse of citizens
• Starr Woman Project charges govt
they call family and neighbours.
“The bold few work tirelessly
to earn a living without
support in their difficult physiological
state; a helping hand in
the form of loans will be critical
to their survival and that is
what we keep preaching to
both state and non-state actors.
It’s a more dignifying way to
help than the tokenism approach
of charity.”
The Starr Woman Dream
Edition Project says it acknowledges
the teething challenges
that characterize the
disbursement of District Assemblies
Common Fund allocation
to persons with
disabilities (PWDs), hence the
MASLOC loans targeting
women with disabilities will
greatly reduce complications associated
with depending solely on the
erratic District Assembly Common
Fund to run their businesses profitably.
“MASLOC’s way of doing business
must equally be revised to be
• Mrs Eyram Bashan interacting with a disabled enterpreneur
more sensitive and cater for the
special needs of this group of
women. They must at all times,
through their business processes,
location and outreach, be reachable,
friendly and supportive in dealing
with enterprises owned by women
with disabilities,” Mrs Bashan said.
She added that every intervention
of state must aspire to reach all
persons in the target category as
that is Starr Woman Dream Edition’s
understanding of inclusive
development.
“State institutions implementing
pro-poor, pro-women, pro-business
and other interventions must be intentional
beyond rhetoric in
making these services reach all
bonafide Ghanaians. It’s a constitutional
right, upheld by the
SDGs and affirmed by our sitting
President. That must be the
true benchmark of evaluating
the impact or success of such
state efforts,” the Starr Woman
Dream Edition Project Lead
said.
The Starr Woman Dream
Edition Project is an initiative
of EIB NETWORK’s Starr FM
with grant support from Star
Ghana. The two-and-a-half
year project seeks to enhance
awareness of the systemic challenges
faced by women with
disabilities, and push for the full
implementation of the PWD
Act 715 and policies that will
economically empower women
with disabilities.
For further information on
Starr Woman Dream Edition
WhatsApp 0243823823 or
email eyram.bashan@starrfmonline.com

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HR Today: enriching the
on-boarding process
BY SHARLYN LAUBY/BRIGHT
AMPADU OKYERE
Tel. #: 0244204664 | Email Address:
hrtoday@gmail.com
THE ON-BOARD-
ING process really
tells the true story
of the organisation
to new recruits; it’s
a defining moment
where businesses must give a
good account of themselves. Remember
that first impressions
are always essential. New recruits
form their opinions of
their organisation during their
few weeks of joining the company
– everything possible must
be done to ensure a welcoming
atmosphere and a culture that
encourages a deep sense of belonging.
However, organisations are
understandably focused more on
employee retention. Turnover is
expensive, in terms of both hard
costs and impact on morale. Left
unchecked, turnover can quickly
become an epidemic. It only
makes sense that companies
want to find ways to keep
turnover under control.
On-boarding is a key factor
in employee-retention efforts,
according to 98 percent of C-
Suite executives. But this means
that organisations need to have
well-designed on-boarding programmes
to yield the retention
results they need. They should
start right from the beginning
with a comprehensive programme
that seeks to engage all
recruits into a working culture
that inspires growth.
Offer refreshers for promotions
and transfers – onboarding
isn’t only about an
individual’s knowledge of the
company. It’s also about how
well they know their work.
When employees change jobs
because they get a promotion or
transfer, they should receive
some kind of on-boarding.
Granted, it doesn’t need to be
the same programme that an
outside hire receives, but it
should help with the transition.
Provide on-boarding to
managers – managers are responsible
for 70 percent of variance
in employee engagement.
And most organisations don’t
have training programmes on
“How to Conduct on-boarding,”
so many managers learn
how to onboard employees
from the way they are onboarded.
New managers need
their own on-boarding programme,
beyond management
development, to learn how to
onboard their employees successfully.
Add a pre-boarding component
– one of the great tasks
that technology can do for us is
to send personalised, automated
messages to new hires. Organisations
can create a pre-hire
checklist of messaging to send
candidates. The checklist could
include a welcome video from
On-boarding is a
key factor in employee-retention
efforts, according
to 98 percent of
C-Suite executives.
But this
means that organisations
need
to have well-designed
on-boarding
programmes
to yield the retention
results they
need.
the Chief Executive Officer, introduction
to on-boarding buddies
and FAQs about the first
day and week. It helps the new
hire and adds a higher level of
service to on-boarding.
Distribute a map – during
orientation — a step itself in
the on-boarding process — new
hires should be provided with a
roadmap of what’s going to take
place during on-boarding. It lets
employees understand that the
process has been thought out,
and they can focus on their
immediate work. On-boarding
processes take time. In some
organisations, on-boarding can
take as long as a year. Providing
a roadmap helps employees
see the long-term plan.
Schedule o-boarding checkins
– because on-boarding
takes time and resources, it
only makes good business
sense to ensure that these
things are being used well. The
last thing any organisation
wants is to spend months and
money, only to have a new
hire leave within the first year.
Companies can get feedback
from employees through pulse
surveys, one-on-one check-in
sessions and focus groups.
Keep on-boarding content
current: – company policies
and procedures change all
the time. When changes are
made, organisations need to
•Bright Ampadu Okyere
The last thing any
organisation
wants is to spend
months and
money, only to
have a new hire
leave within the
first year. Companies
can get feedback
from
employees
through pulse
surveys, one-onone
check-in sessions
and focus
groups.
The usual exit notice
period served to current
employers also
offers the new employer
the opportunity
to prepare to
welcome new hires
– office set-up, ID
cards and everything
needed for the
commencement of
work must be ready
before their first day
at work. New hires
should be able to hit
the ground running
with no bottleneck.
ask themselves if the information
should be added to onboarding
and whether the
information should update the
existing on-boarding programme.
New hires should
never hear one piece of information
in orientation or onboarding,
then something
different when they’re at work in
their departments.
On-boarding programme set
new hires up for success by educating
them about the company,
the work and the employeevalue
proposition. The goal is to
give an employee the information
they need right before they
need it. This will allow the employee
to immediately apply the
information in the workplace
and also retain it. The on-boarding
period is not the time to ask
them to ask them to take pictures
for ID cards, signing of
offer letters amongst others.
The usual exit notice period
served to current employers also
offers the new employer the opportunity
to prepare to welcome
new hires – office set-up, ID
cards and everything needed for
the commencement of work
must be ready before their first
day at work. New hires should
be able to hit the ground running
with no bottleneck.
Today’s on-boarding programme
involves more than simply
a half- or full-day orientation
programme. It’s time to think
about on-boarding as a longterm
strategy responsible for educating
employees before the
first day and for months beyond.
The investment will result in
higher engagement and retention
— a win for everyone. Organisations
must invest in
technology so they can automate
most of the processes – this will
ensure efficiency and reduce the
time wasting. Always remember
that retention is better than recruitment.

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Ways of preventing wrinkles
• Stay hydrated
Good skin starts from within.
Stay hydrated with water, coconut
water and green tea (which
is full of antioxidants). Not only
is moisturising from within important
but water rids your body
of toxins.
• Eat lots of antioxidants
Free radicals (unstable molecules
that damage our skin – i.e.
pollution and toxins) hate antioxidants.
Vitamins A, C, & E, and
beta carotene are all antioxidants.
Here are some sources of antioxidants:
• Eat lots of saturated fat
Good saturated fats are an essential
part of a healthy diet and
healthy skin. Saturated fat makes
your skin more elastic and more
resistant to the oxidative damage
from the sun. Sources of saturated
fat include grass-fed butter
avocados and coconut oil.
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Prayer camps impeding fight
against HIV — AIDS Commission
THE GHANA Aids
Commission is
worried about the
activities of some
prayer camps and
healing centres in
the Eastern Region which have
become treatment centres for
persons living with HIV/AIDS.
According to the Commission,
some prayer camps have become
a place for treatment of patients
living with Aids and delivery centres
for pregnant women, a situation
the Commission says is
hindering the fight against HIV
in the region.
In an interview with ‘Citi
News’, a Technical Coordinator
with the Ghana Aids Commission
in the Eastern Region, Ms
Golda Asante, indicated that the
activities of the prayer centres
posed a significant challenge to
achieving the 2030 goal of ending
HIV Aids in Ghana.
“There was one prayer camp
that had 52 pregnant women
there, and we were told that that
was the least. Sometimes they can
get as many as 120. When you
look at the total number of pregnant
women who attend antenatal,
the number who test positive
and those who are enrolled in
treatment, you can see a gap,” she
said.
“Some of them instead of
going back to access the antiretroviral
treatment to prevent
their children from contracting
the virus will prefer going to the
•Ambassador Dr Mokowa Blay Adu-
Gyamfi, Director General of Ghana
AIDS Commission
prayer camps,” she said.
Last month, the Society for
AIDS in Africa stated that it was
critical to train the next generation
of researchers who would
contribute to tackling HIV/AIDs
and other diseases on the African
continent.
The group’s newly-elected
president, Professor John Idoko,
commended all HIV and AIDS
advocacy groups across the continent
for collectively attaining a
remarkable feat in the fight.
Prof. Idoko, however, noted
that in the last decade, new diseases
like Ebola and Lassa fever
threaten to militate against the
fight.
In January this year, the
Ghana AIDS Commission
(GAC) announced that there was
still no known cure or vaccine for
HIV and AIDS currently and advised
persons living with HIV to
stick strictly to the anti-retroviral
medication to stay healthy.
The Director-General of the
Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr
Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, who
refuted the claims of herbal cure
for HIV at a media briefing in
Accra, said these claims should
be ignored.
“If you think herbal medicines
are good for you, have them as
supplements like you take vitamins.
Please tell everybody who
is living with the virus never to
neglect to take the antiretroviral
medication in addition to the
therapy.”
Job strain could be harming your heart
INDIVIDUALS WITH high-strain
jobs are more likely to develop atrial
fibrillation, which is a common heartbeat
disorder that can significantly raise
the risk of stroke.
People who have high-stress jobs
such as assembly line workers may be
more likely to develop A-fib.
This was the conclusion of a new
Swedish study on work stress, now
published in the European Journal of
Preventive Cardiology.
The researchers define ‘high-strain
jobs’ as those that are ‘psychologically
demanding’ but give job-holders little
control ‘over the work situation.’
Examples include bus driving, nursing
and working on assembly lines.
Previous studies have linked work
stress to coronary heart disease but
whether there is also a link to atrial fibrillation
(A-fib) is less clear.
Preventing A-fib
According to first study author
Eleanor I. Fransson, who is an associate
professor of epidemiology at
Jönköping University in Sweden, “A-fib
is a common condition with serious
consequences and therefore it is of
major public health importance to find
ways of preventing it.”
A-fib affects millions of people in
the United States. It occurs when the
upper two chambers of the heart (the
atria) beat abnormally and disrupt
blood flow to the lower two chambers
(the ventricles).
The condition, which can be temporary
or permanent, raises the risk of
stroke. A person with A-fib has a four
to five times higher risk of having a
stroke than a person without it.
A study found a 30% higher risk of
A-fib among those scoring high on a
clinical test for depression and taking
antidepressants
As well as irregular heartbeat, individuals
with A-fib might also experience:
chest pain, palpitations (a
fluttering or pounding sensation in the
heart), shortness of breath, feeling
lightheaded, and "extreme fatigue."
However, some people with A-fib
may have no symptoms and not even
realize that they have it.
High death rate
Each year in the U.S., A-fib is responsible
for over 750,000 hospital admissions
and contributes to 130,000
deaths. Deaths in which A-fib is a contributory
or primary cause have been
increasing for the past 20 years.
The costs associated with A-fib are
substantial. Overall, the burden in the
U.S. amounts to $6 billion per year.
The average annual medical bill for
treating an individual with A-fib is
$8,705 higher than for those without it.
Demands-control model
To assess work stress, Prof. Fransson
and team used a measure of job
strain that is based on the job demands-control
model. It is one of the
‘most widely studied’ models of work
stress.
It is based on the idea that the effect
of job demands on the strain that
people experience is ‘buffered’ by the
amount of control that they have over
their work.
For their study, the researchers used
a Swedish questionnaire based on the
model. It comprises five items on job
demands and six on control.
The questions ask, for example,
whether the individual; has ‘to work
very hard or very fast,’ experiences
conflicting demands in the job, has
enough time to complete tasks, has to
complete lots of repetitive tasks and is
able to decide which tasks to do and
how to do them.
Link between job strain
and A-fib
The researchers used data on
13,200 individuals who constituted a
‘representative sample of the working
population’ of Sweden. They were recruited
in 2006, 2008, and 2010 to take
part of the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational
Survey of Health.
None of the participants had A-fib
or a history of the disorder when they
joined the study. Neither did they have
a history of heart failure or heart attack.
They were all employed, and they
all completed a battery of questionnaires
when they entered the study.
These were sent out by post and included
the usual demographic questions
plus others about health, lifestyle,
and work.
The study followed the group for a
median of 5.7 years. Using national
registers, the researchers identified 145
cases of A-fib during this period.
The risk stayed the same when the
team further adjusted the results to
take into account the effect of exercise,
smoking, blood pressure and body
mass index (BMI).
Pattern 'consistent' with
other data
The researchers carried out a further
analysis in which the SLOSH data
were pooled with data from two other
similar studies. This found that job
strain was linked to a 37% higher risk
of A-fib.
‘Across studies,’ states Prof. Fransson,
‘there was a consistent pattern of
work stress being a risk factor for atrial
fibrillation.’
She urges employees who feel
stressed due to work and experience
palpitations or any other symptom of
A-fib to see their doctor and talk to
their boss about improving their situation.
“Work stress should be considered
a modifiable risk factor for preventing
atrial fibrillation and coronary heart
disease,” Prof. Fransson. Medical
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DAILY
GhISEP expresses worry
over outcome of Ahafo
Mines disaster report
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE GHANA Institute of Safety and
Environmental Professionals (GhISEP)
has expressed shock over the outcome of
investigations into the multiple fatalities
that occurred at Newmont Ghana Gold
Limited (Ahafo Mine) on April 7, 2018,
where six people died and four others
sustained various degrees of injuries.
A release issued on June 5 signed by
the National President of GhISEP, Nana
Annor Amihere II, said though the
release fell short of outlining the failures
or disclosing the causes that were
established through the investigation, it
went ahead to explain the
recommendations which were mainly
fines, some of which had no basis in
laws.
“It must be clearly stated that as a
professional body that stands for health,
safety and environment, we are happy
about the way the Ministry of Lands and
Mines, Mr Peter Amewu, handled the
incident and the seriousness the minister
in particular attached to the incident,” he
said.
Nana Amihere commended the
minister for visiting the scene of the
accident and showing compassion to the
bereaved families.
“Nevertheless, we are scandalised by
the hefty USD 2.7 million illegal fines the
minister has imposed in addition to the
legal fines prescribed by the investigative
report,” he stated.
Nana Amihere said almost every
mining company in Ghana is OHSAS
18001-certified, and complied with
several voluntarily crafted codes,
including International Cyanide Code.
“Inspectors of mines visit mines
almost every month to check compliance
with the regulations and standards.
“We have seen several disasters in
this country, including gas station fires
and explosions; and continual road
crashes that result in many needless
deaths. In a case in point is the MMT
bus crash that occurred at Kintampo in
February 2016, where we had over 71
fatalities in a singular incident.”
To date, “we have no public
information whether or not the victims
are even adequately compensated. But in
this case, the companies involved have
gone ahead to set up a foundation for
the victims’ families.
“We think, as unfortunate as the
incident was, Newmont deserves
commendation for how they have
managed the incident and the affected
families.”
•Nana Annor Amihere, President of GhISEP
THE MINORITY in Parliament has
raised alarm over Ghana’s growing debt
stock, which, they claim, if not
managed properly, could send the
country back to HIPC.
According to them, the debt
situation was pushing Ghana to a level
that could best be classified as debtdistressed
state.
“When you have a one-off GDP
boom as a result of oil and hide behind
it to say the economy is doing well, it is
a mistake,” the Minority said through
their spokesperson, Mr Cassel Ato
Forson
Mr Ato Forson, the Ranking
Member on the Finance Committee,
raised the alarm when he spoke to the
media in Parliament after the report of
the Finance Committee on the annual
public debt for 2017 financial year was
presented to the House.
Mr Forson also stated that the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) administration
inherited a debt of GH¢ 122.3 billion
as at 31st December, 2016, and that by
December 31, 2017 the country’s debt
stock had increased to GH¢ 142.6
THE CHIEF Executive
Officer (CEO) of the
National Petroleum
Authority (NPA), Mr
Hassan S. Tampuli,
has said the Cylinder
Recirculation Model (CRM), if fully
operated, would make consumers
access LPG at as low as GH
10.00.
Mr Tampuli said the product
would be common such that any
amount a consumer presents at the
exchange collection point should be
able to buy the product, adding that
LPG is measured in kilogrammes
and bought with different sizes of
cylinders.
According to him, the only way
Ghana could save the environment
from global warming and ensure
safety at homes and workplaces is to
ensure at least 50% penetration of
access to LPG gas usage across the
country.
This, Mr Tampuli said, would
ensure that many Ghanaians moved
from the current usage of wood
billion.
He said the amount excluded the
recently issued energy sector bond of
GH¢ 4.7 billion as well as UT and
Capital bank bond of GH¢ 2.3 billion.
He said within the past 12 months
the NPP administration added GH¢ 28
billion to the country’s debt stock and
fuel, which is having adverse effect
on the environment and increase the
LPG penetration of current 23%
before 2030.
Speaking at a media encounter to
educate journalists on the effect of
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Minority raises alarm over Ghana’s growing debt
BY CHRISTOPHER ARKO, GNA
stated that despite the government’s
increasing debt, they had nothing
tangible to show for the expenditure.
He said the government must invest
the borrowing into concrete projects
that could repay for itself.
“If you go out there and borrow for
consumption, the multiplier effect is
the project to Ghanaians, the CEO
said the CRM would not cause any
job loss in the process and allayed
fears from players in the industry
that the system is aimed at
collapsing their business.
zero,” he said.
Mr Ato Forson also
expressed concern about the
government announcing new
policies, which were not
backed by revenue and that in
the long term, it was likely to
increase the debt of the
country.
He said over GH¢ 5 billion
out of the $2.25 billion (GH¢
9.3 billion), which the Minister
of Finance announced was
going to be used for debt reprofiling
was not used for its
intended purpose and urged
the various state-owned
enterprises (SOEs) to be
responsive and responsible to
repay their debts to the state.
He said the government
secured about GH¢10 billion
loans for the SOEs and for
now their debt service was
overdue for most of them but
they were not paying back.
“The SOEs, the way they are going,
are also going to drag the nation into
the debt distress situation,” he added.
Mr Fuseini Issah, Member of the
Finance Committee, in his reaction,
debunked the claims of the Minority
saying the economy was now in a better
LPG will be common
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
•Cassel Ato Forson, ranking member, finance committee
• Under Cylinder Recirculation Model
•Mr Hassan Tampuli, NPA, CEO
Mr Tampuli said players in the
industry such as the current gas
filling stations have to emerge or be
converted into an exchange
collection point, where consumers
would go and exchange their empty
cylinders for already filled gas.
Why the model
Mr Tampuli said the nation
adopted the model to help save the
numerous fire incidents and the
number of deaths associated with
the old system, which is gradually
being used in most African
countries.
“It will interest you to know that
while filling a gas cylinder for
consumers, others around are seen
busily speaking or drafting text
messages on phone at the same
point.
“While cylinders are to be 85%
full with the remaining 15% for
containing the heat, at certain gas
filling stations, ignorantly both
attendants and consumers pay extra
money to make the cylinder full,” he
stated.
In a presentation, the Chief
Inspector in charge of Health,
Safety and Environment of the
shape than in 2016.
He said all the indices in the
economy pointed to a better trajectory
due the sound macro-economic policies
put in place by the government.
He said in 2017, the government
focused on five cardinal areas -- revenue
management, expenditure management,
the wage bill, and the debt situation --
and also introduced the capping law,
which helped to sustain the economy
last year.
Mr Issah also stated that the NPP
administration inherited an economy
with a debt of over GH¢122 billion and
the debts were growing at 36 per cent.
He said, however, that in 2017, the
country’s debts grew by only 13 per
cent, showing marked improvement
over 2016.
He said the addition to current
stock of debt was GH¢ 20.2 billion, not
the GH¢ 28 billion the minority would
want the world to believe.
Mr Issah also stated the NPP
government had been able to manage
the country’s debt much better than the
previous administration and also
refuted the Minority’s claim that the
country was heading back to HIPC,
saying the current government had
been able to manage the debt situation
on more sustainable basis.
NPA, Mrs Esther Anku, said the
local usage of LPG in 2017 dropped
from 39% in 2016 to 24% while
imports increased from 61% in 2016
to 74% in 2017, a situation she
attributed to the low performance of
the local distributors, Tema Oil
Refinery and Ghana Gas.
Mr Anku said the new model would
help increase the annual consumption
rate of 358, 931mt achieved in 2017 to a
higher feat and create lots of
employment for the teeming youth.
She added that under the new model,
eight bottling plants would be
established across the country to ensure
that the three northern regions, which
have only 3% consumption rate,
increase their LPG consumption.
Explaining the production chain,
the chief inspector said “the new
model will involve an LPG Bulk
Distribution Company (BDC),
whose priority will be to either
import or buy the product from
local refineries/gas processing plants
into their bulk storage facility.
“The BDC will then sell the bulk
LPG to the LPG Bottling
processing plants who will be
responsible for procuring, branding,
and maintaining the cylinders,” he
said.
BOST MD sacked,
Mensah Okley takes over
BY KOBINA WELSING
THE MANAGING Director of
the Bulk Oil and Storage
Transport (BOST), Alfred Obeng
Boateng, has been sacked by
President Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo.
A letter signed by the Secretary
to the President, Nana Bediatuo
Asante, said Mr Obeng’s dismissal
is “part of restructuring of parastatal
companies and agencies,
[hence] the president has decided
to terminate the appointment of
Mr Alfred Obeng as the
Managing Director of BOST and
to appoint Mr. George Mensah
Okley as the New MD.”
Mr Obeng last year came
under intense pressure to resign
following the exposé that BOST
had sold 5 million litres of
contaminated fuel to two
unlicensed companies, Zup Oil
and Movenpiina Oil.
But he was cleared by the
Bureau of National Investigations
(BNI) and the National Security
of any wrongdoing in the sale of
the contaminated fuel to
Movenpiina after a probe.
His dismissal comes moments
after the Chief Executive Officer
of the Ghana Export Promotion
Authority, Gifty Klenam, and the
Managing Director of the Ghana
Ports and Harbours
Authority, Paul Ansah, were
sacked by the President.
More CEOs are likely to be
sacked in the coming days
according to sources. The Akufo-
Addo government is afflicted
with persistent clashes between
CEOs and board members.
Last month, CEO of the
Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing
Company Frances Essiam was
engaged in an open spat with her
board, accusing them of witchhunting.
Mr Obeng last
year came under
intense pressure to
resign following the
exposé that BOST
had sold 5 million
liters of
contaminated fuel
to two unlicensed
companies, Zup Oil
and Movenpiina Oil.
•Alfred Obeng Boateng, Managing Director of the
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Insurers Association
initiates moves to
enhance self-regulation
THE GHANA
Insurers Association
(GIA) has
begun rolling
out some
measures to make insurance
more attractive.
The insurance sector is
currently battling low penetration
due to challenges
such as delay in processing
and receiving claims.
The level of insurance
penetration currently stands
at two percent.
To reverse the trend, the
Association has re-launched
an electronic bureau to receive
complaints from
clients to enhance its work.
Speaking to ‘Starr Business’
after relaunching the
electronic bureau at a recent
event, President of the
Ghana Insurers Association,
Aretha Duku, observed that
any industry that is expected
to be maturing must be able
to self-regulate.
“This is the beginning of
self-regulation,” she asserted
in reference to the relaunched
electronic bureau.
The bureau, according to
her, will unburden the Commissioner
of the National
Insurance Commission
(NIC) in dealing with challenges
facing the industry’s
growth.
“We are not saying that
you can’t go to the Commission
(NIC) if you so desired.
But what we are saying is
that come to the industry association
first as it is your
first port of call and if we
•Madam Aretha Duku, President of the Ghana Insurers Association
fail, then you can go [elsewhere],”
she explained.
Meanwhile, the NIC is
considering increasing the
minimum capital requirement
in the sector, per
media reports. The new capital
requirement will be
pegged at around
GH¢50million.
Currently, insurance companies
are required to have
GH¢15million before they
can do business in the country.
Analysts fear the development
could lead to the folding
up or mergers in the
sector.
But speaking to ‘Starr
Business’, the
Commissioner
of Insurance,
Justice Yaw
Ofori, said any
increment
would be in the
interest of local
insurance firms.
“We are
looking at so
many things; we
don’t want to
close down local
insurance companies
and we
want to be very
careful we don’t
open it up to
only foreign insurers
else the
local insurers
cannot compete,”
he stated.
The Commission,
he said,
is working assiduously
to ensure
local
insurers can
build capacity
“so that they
can absorb
much insurance
instead of sending
them outside
the
country.”
“So, we are trying to
strike a balance…but whatever
we do we want to have
empirical basis for any minimum
capital adjustment. We
just don’t want to come out
and say this is the new minimum
capital requirement.
There should be some empirical
reasoning,” he stated.
GPHA, Export
Promotion
bosses sacked
THE CHIEF Executive
Officer (CEO) of
the Ghana Export Promotion
Authority,
Gifty Klenam, and the
Managing Director of
the Ghana Ports and
Harbours Authority
(GPHA) have been
sacked
The move is seen as
part of efforts by President
Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo
to rid government
agencies of what
seems to be a cycle of
boardroom wrangling
between chief executives
of state agencies
and their boards.
The removal of the
GPHA boss, Paul
Ansah, comes in the
wake of a standoff between
workers of the
state company and the
board chairman, Peter
Mac Manu.
Mr Mac Manu, who
has been accused of
nepotism and self-serving
award of contract
by the staff, has threatened
to sue if the
workers do not retract
and apologise for the
accusations levelled
against him.
The Akufo-Addo
government is afflicted
with persistent clashes
between CEOs and
board members. Last
month, the CEO of
the Ghana Cylinder
Manufacturing Company,
Frances Essiam,
was engaged in an
open spat with her
board, accusing them
of witch-hunting.
“For all the things
that he [board chairman]
said, I will take
the appropriate means
administratively, legally
to seek redress and repair
my image.
“The law will take
its course…and trust
me, the law will take its
course because I am
talking as a woman
whose reputation is
being wounded,” she
told Starr News
A decision by the
board to have her step
aside was reversed by
the head of the State
Enterprise Commission,
Stephen Asamoah
Boateng.
The Akufo-Addo
government is
afflicted with
persistent
clashes between
CEOs and
board members.
Last month, the
CEO of the
Ghana Cylinder
Manufacturing
Company,
Frances Essiam,
was engaged in
an open spat
with her board,
accusing them
of witch-hunting.

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Politics
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about
anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for
yourself —Henry James
Mahama to take legal action over
$8m funding claim
BY KOBINA WELSING
FORMER PRESIDENT
John Dramani Mahama
has threatened to take
legal action against
media houses claiming
that he received an
amount of $8 million from some
investor-friends of embattled
President of the Ghana Football
Association, Mr Kwasi Nyantakyi
ahead of the 2016 elections.
According to media reports,
Mr Nyantakyi who is facing
charges of fraudulently using
President Akufo-Addo’s name to
swindle some investors stated in
his caution statement on May 23
that an amount of $8 million was
given to Mr Mahama and the National
Democratic Congress ahead
of the 2016 elections.
The former President in a
tweet Tuesday described as “propaganda”
media reports that he
•Former President John Dramani Mahama
benefited from the supposed donations
by investor-friend of Mr
Nyantakyi.
In a tweet Mr Mahama said:
“Over the years people fought and
in some cases paid the ultimate
price for the freedoms we enjoy
today. When a supposedly respected
media house like Multimedia
allows itself to be used for
political propaganda, it besmirches
our common honour and the sacrifices
we’ve made as a people.”
Speaking on Starr Today Tuesday,
spokesperson to the former
President, Joyce Bawa Mogtari
said the former president is consulting
his lawyers and a decision
would be taken soon.
According to her, the publication
is a diversionary tactic aimed
to take the minds of Ghanaians
off the numerous scandals that
have rocked the New Patriotic
Party administration over the last
16 months.
“It is a mere fabrication, it is
totally false and I expected the
Multimedia to have taken steps to
verify this…the level of corruption
in the country now is unprecedented…and
that is why they
are using their allies in the
media…it is most unfortunate that
the media that he [Mahama]
fought so hard to protect…will be
used in such a reprehensible way
against him.
“The lawyers are looking at the
situation and a decision will be
taken soon,” the former deputy
Transport Minister said.
Bawumia never begged for funds in China – Amb. Horace Ankrah
BY KWADWO ANIM
FORMER GHANA’S deputy
Ambassador to China during the
John Mahama administration,
Ambassador Horace Nii Ankrah
has denied media reports that
Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu
Bawumia led a team of
New Patriotic Party (NPP) members
to beg for campaign funds in
China ahead of the 2016 general
election.
Newspapers affiliated to the
then governing National Democratic
Congress (NDC) reported
that the NPP took their begging
bowl to China for some foreign
cash to support its 2016 presidential
and parliamentary electioneering
campaign.
According to the reports, interestingly,
despite stern warnings
in the 1992 Constitution, as well
as the Political Parties Law; Act
574 of 2000, against non-Ghanaians
funding political parties,
many Chinese nationals were at
the event donating to the
NPP and receiving gifts
of appreciation from Dr
Mahamudu Bawumia,
who led the delegation to
the Asian country.
The blatant disregard,
according to media reports,
followed news that
the NPP coffers, had
been drained by especially,
its flagbearer, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo, for his expensive
travels abroad, while
other expenditures made
by Freddie Blay and
Kwabena Abankwa
Yeboah acting National
Chairman and National
Treasurer respectively,
could not be accounted
for.
But, speaking to host
Akwasi Nsiah on Si Mi
So on Kasapa FM, Ambassador
Horace Nii
Ankrah stated that his independent
investigation
•Ambassador Horace Nii Ankrah, former Ghana’s
Deputy Ambassador to China
revealed that Dr
Bawumia rather
gave out a gift.
“I never heard
nor saw Bawumia
begging for money
in China, what I
realised from my
small investigation
was that on that
particular occasion
Bawumia and his
team rather presented
gifts to the
Chinese and not
that they were begging.
You could
see clearly from
the pictures that
Bawumia was not
begging. I’m not
sure they flouted
any law.
“If they begged
for money for
their campaign I’m
sure they would
have done it behind
closed doors
and not as open as it was witnessed.
Politicians and political
parties always seek funding for
their activities and so if Bawumia
were to solicit for funds it wouldn’t
have been new. But no serious
politician will seek financial support
in such open manner.”
“I never heard nor
saw Bawumia begging
for money in
China, what I realised
from my small investigation
was that on
that particular occasion
Bawumia and
his team rather presented
gifts to the
Chinese and not that
they were begging.

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Nana B as youth org. will be
weakest link – NDC youth org.
BY KWADWO ANIM
NATIONAL
YOUTH Organiser
of the
opposition National
Democratic
Congress
(NDC), Mr Seidi Abubakar believes
the governing New Patriotic
Party (NPP) will do its self a great
disservice by electing Henry Nana
Boakye aka Nana B as the national
youth organizer, whom he says
will be the weakest link.
According to him, Nana B
knows next to nothing about party
organisation, adding that his assessment
of the other aspirants including
Kamal Deen and Dominic
Eduah shows that the two are
miles ahead of Nana B.
Pollster Ben Ephson has
said Mr Boakye may not have a
chance against his main contender,
Dominic Eduah, in the national
youth organiser race as a result of
the party’s decision not to expand
the Electoral College.
“He’s a likeable aspirant and
has massive appeal on social media
and all that but I tell you the effect
of the Electoral College will hit
him hard. He’ll be disfavoured by
the NPP’s decision not to open up
the Electoral College.” he told
Kasapa Fm.
•Henry Nana Boakye, NPP National Youth Organiser hopeful
However, Mr Ephson also believed
that in the case where current
national Nasara
Coordinator, Kamal–Deen Abdulai
pulls out from the national
youth organiser race, Nana B
could scale up his votes with
Kamal Deen’s followers.
The national
youth organiser
race
promises
to be a
very interesting
one
with the
candidates
trying very
hard to
outdo
each other.
The elections
are
scheduled
to take
place in
June,
2018.
Speaking on Hello FM, Mr
Abubakar stated that Nana B is an
indecisive person who cannot lead
the NPP to victory in the 2020
elections.
“If he really meant well for the
national youth wing of the NPP,
he wouldn’t have gone for appointment
as the Deputy National
Service Coordinator. That in itself
is a work that demands a lot,
you’re dealing with over 70,000
Ghanaian youth who are going on
deployment for their National
Service.
“After taking that job, you said
you’re moving to take over the job
of the national youth organiser of
the NPP, a national youth leader
needs 100% time for the rank and
file of the party, you’ll be solving
one problem after another, even
24 hours is not enough time for a
national youth leader.
“Again, ask him if he’s not
preparing to be a Member of Parliament
after being the national
youth leader? Nana B doesn’t
know what he wants, he’s like
somebody who says he’s going to
marry and when he sees a slim
lady today he says he’ll marry her,
tomorrow when he sees a fat lady
he says he wants to marry her. He
wants leadership but he’s not certain
what he wants. I pray he
emerges the winner because he’ll
be the weakest link.”
NPP must stop ‘imposing’ Mahama on NDC- Moshake
BY STEPHEN ASHITEY ADJEI
STEPHEN ASHITEY Adjei,
Tema East executive member of
the National Democratic Congress
(NDC) has urged members
of the New Patriotic Party to
allow them to choose their Presidential
candidate and stop ‘imposing’
former President Mahama on
them.
“You see, in the past, when
some of us revealed that the New
Patriotic Party (NPP) is on a mission
to use reverse-psychology to
make Mahama run for the flagbearership
so that they can easily
beat him in 2020 if he wins, people
did not take us serious. This
order from the NPP Constituency
Chairman, as shocking as it is, is
part of the agenda to force Mahama
into the race.
“But I can promise the NPP
that whether Mahama runs or not,
their plans will never succeed, the
NDC will elect somebody else
that will lead us to beat the NPP
in 2020.”
Mr Ashitey-Adjei who was
speaking in an interview with the
Ghana News Agency on
the prospects of the NDC
in 2020 elections said although
there were calls
from different candidates,
the NDC would be the
final decider in their congress.
Mr Dennis Amfo-
Sefah, NPP Tema West
Constituency, a couple of
weeks ago shockingly ‘ordered’
the former President
John Dramani
Mahama, to lead the opposition
NDC into the 2020
elections for them to have
a leeway in the election.
Earlier on, Mr Bernard
Antwi-Bosiako, Ashanti
Regional Chairman of the
NPP also said the NPP
would bring back the former
President John Dramani
Mahama in the 2020 polls.
Mr Ashitey-Adjei who is also
known as Moshake said that by
calling on the former President to
stand for selection was an infringement
upon the liberties of
the NDC members to make an informed
choice.
According to him, the grounds
were rather fertile for the Second
Deputy Speaker of Parliament,
Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin
to lead the NDC into 2020
and not former President Mahama.
Moshake said the NPP preferred
candidature because
it would be easy
for the NPP to win in
2020 against the NDC if
Mahama was the party’s
flagbearer.
He said Mr Amfo-
Sefah also known as
Nana Boakye’s order resounded
an earlier declaration
by the Ashanti
regional Chairman of
the ruling NPP, Bernard
Antwi Boasiako, alias
Wontumi, to the effect
that the NPP will force
Mahama to run in 2020.
Moshake and other
NDC members had
been revealing that the
calls from within the
NPP on Mr. Mahama to
run, was part of a strategy
to use reverse-psychology
to make him rescind his
earlier decision not to run for
President again, this according to
him, was because the NPP believed
Mahama, with all the baggage
from his earlier four year
administration would be easier to
beat.
“The NPP must stop trying to
impose Mahama on the NDC
through monkey tricks. There are
many people who have put themselves
out to run for the flagbearership
and why is it that it is only
Mahama that they are trying to influence
into running?”
Moshake dared the ruling party
to stop its antics and wait for any
candidate that the NDC would
produce for 2020 if the NPP really
had the courage and track
record to face worthy opposition.
The Tema East NDC executive
member reiterated that the trick
that the NPP was trying to use to
get Mahama to lead the NDC was
aimed at continuing the manipulations
that the ruling party had
subjected Mahama to, while he
was President.
“The NPP know that Mr
Alban Bagbin would be very difficult
to beat so they are trying to
shepherd Mahama into the flagbearership
again, but we promise
them that they will never hold the
NDC to ransom through Mahama
again. Bagbin is leading us into
2020.” GNA

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• Kobla Jnr
artiste
Come and experience
me — Kobla Jnr
BY ERICA ARTHUR
BUZZING BLACK Avenue
Muzik (BAM) artiste, Kobla
Jnr, is welcoming all music
lovers to his first ever live
band show, dubbed ‘The
Kobla Jnr Experience’, to come and experience
his act.
According to the artiste, he is set to
showcase his amazing vocal talent and
live band performance prowess with
Safoa Band and share the stage with
other great songsters such as his label
mates Sefa and Dahlin Gage.
Speaking with DAILY HER-
ITAGE, Kobla Jnr said, “The Kobla
Jnr Experience is my own show where I
am privileged to exhibit my live band
skills to the world. Live band is my
thing even before joining BAM, I aspired
to host my own live band and am
grateful it has come to pass with support
from BAM. I am entreating all
music lovers to be present on Thursday
[today] to experience my performance
and is not just an average live show but
a ‘free for all’ musical lovers, with free
cocktails for ladies.”
“However, a lucky lady will be selected
for an all-expense-paid date with
me at any location of her choice,” he
added
Artistes to perform alongside
Koblah are SuzzBlaq, Stylin and BHIM
nation signee, Kelvyn Boy.Kobla Jnr,
together with a surprise guest performance
that no one would want to miss.
'The Kobla Jnr Experience' live band
show is a highlight for music and entertainment
lovers this week and it promises
good music and entertainment in a
unique and serene environment. This
show is also sponsored by Live FM,
YFM, LiveWire Events and Black Avenue
Muzik.
The show, scheduled to take place
today , comes off at the Oasis Pool and
Shisha Lounge, Cantonments, Accra.
I am a version of Tupac — Osayo
BY ERICA ARTHUR
PROMISING GHANAIAN
RNB artiste and Black Avenue
Music signee, Michael Tetteh
Osayo Donkor, known
in showbiz as Osayo,
says he thinks of himself
as a version of the
American rapper and
actor Tupac Amaru
Shakur, also known by
his stage names Tupac,
2Pac and Makaveli.
According to Osayo,
who used to go by the
name Tey Orion, Tupac
was everyone and no
one at the same time;
he was so many different
people yet staying
true to his own identity
at the same time according
to those who
knew him.
Speaking to the
DAILY HER-
ITAGE, he explained
that the rapper, who
sold over 75 million
records worldwide,
making him one of the
best-selling music
artistes of all time, is his
inspiration.
He said, “I think of myself
as a version of Tupac. He
loved everyone and was very
passionate about everything he
did. He poured his heart and
soul into his craft. If you ask
• Osayo,
artiste
anyone who knew about Tupac
Shakur, you get different answers
about his character and
personality, not in a bad way
but he was just "everyman"
and that’s what I believe I embody
as well...eventually the
world will get to know
Osayo.”
Osayo, who has
been in the music scene
for five years, said
music has always been
part of his life since
childhood.
“My mother loves
to sing as well; she says
she sang to me every
day while I was in her
womb so I just came
out like that. I used to
sing in the shower a lot
and I guess the
acoustics in there made
me better.”
The BAM signee
Osayo has released his
debut single under the
label titled ‘Me & You’,
which he said is part of
his EP which he would
drop later in the year.
The song was produced
by Rony Turn
Me Up and the video
shot by Prince Dovlo.
• Fancy Gadam
I hold no grudge against
Patapaa — Fancy Gadam
PRIDE OF the North, Fancy
Gadam, a musician born Mujahid
Ahmed Bello, says he holds no
grudge against ‘One Corner’ hit
maker Patapaa.
He said contrary to reports that
there is bad blood between them,
he says he is cool with the Agona
Swedru-based singer.
Fancy Gadam beat Patapaa,
Ebony, Kidi, Kuami Eugene,
Shatta Wale, Joe Mettle, Captain
Planet, Magnom, King Promise
and Sarkodie to win the ‘Popular
Song of the Year’ award.
An angry Patapaa stormed out
of the auditorium of the Conference
Centre after losing out, expressing
his dissatisfaction in an
interview with Hitz FM’s MzGee.
He also alleged that Fancy
Gadam only won the award because
he paid organizers of the
awards, Charterhouse Productions.
This did not go down well with
the ‘Total Cheat’ hit maker, who
told ‘Joy News’ he won on merit,
urging all artistes to work harder
to win awards.
Reiterating his stance, Fancy
Gadam told Doreen Avio he held
no grudge against Patapaa and
would not be surprised if the
Agon Swedru-based artiste joins
him on stage one of these days.

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• Kate
Spade
Fashion World mourns Kate Spade
THE COUNCIL of Fashion Designers
of America has paid tribute
to Kate Spade, who died on Tuesday,
calling her “a great talent who
had an immeasurable impact on
American fashion.”
Spade, a handbag and fashion designer,
was found dead in her New
York home.
Police said they were investigating
her death, at 55, as an apparent
suicide.
Spade’s family said in a statement
that they were “devastated by today’s
tragedy” and would “miss her terribly.”
They asked for privacy.
The designer is survived by her
husband, Andy Spade, and their
teenage daughter, Frances Beatrix.
Spade, a former editor of fashion
magazine Mademoiselle, created a
fashion sensation in the 1990s with
her line of handbags, and built an
accessories empire that grew to hundreds
of shops internationally.
“Kate Spade had an enviable gift
for understanding exactly what
women the world over wanted to
carry,” Anna Wintour, the editor-inchief
of Vogue, said in a statement.
Police said the designer’s housekeeper
found her unresponsive on
Tuesday at her Park Avenue apartment
in Manhattan.
The New York police department
chief of detectives, Dermot
Shea, said a note had been found at
the scene but he declined to reveal
its contents. He said the evidence at
her home pointed to “a tragic suicide.”
The New York Police Department
confirmed Spade’s death under
her birth name, Katherine Noel
Brosnahan. BBC
Kwesi Arthur
gets BET
nomination
•Mercy Johnson
‘GRIND DAY’ remix crooner
and budding hip-hop artiste,
Kwesi Arthur, has been nominated
as Viewer’s Choice ‘Best
New International Act’ for
the 2018 Black Entertainment
Television (BET) Awards.
Arthur was nominated
alongside South African
recording artiste Sjava and
Nigerian songstress Niniola.
Arthur has become a
household name in the
Ghanaian music industry for
his hit songs, particularly ‘Anthem’,
and ‘Grind Day
Remix’.
His ‘Grind Day’ remix
song got him the ‘Hip-hop
Song of the Year’ at the 2018
Vodafone Ghana Music
Awards.
Arthur has become a
household name in the
Ghanaian music industry
for his hit songs,
particularly ‘Anthem’, and
‘Grind Day Remix’.
Mercy Johnson
gets employed
by Sierra-Leone
President
•Kwesi
Arthur
THE NEWLY-
ELECTED President
of Sierra
Leone, Julius
Maada Bio, has employed
Nollywood actress Mercy
Johnson to work for the Sierra
Leonean government.
She has been hired to help
promote girl child education in
Sierra Leone as they are set to
raise the literacy level of the female
child in the country.
The actress was seen in one
of the schools in the country, St
Joseph Convent Secondary
School, Sierra Leone where she
had a discussion with the girls to
let them know education is important.
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Great Corinthians FC, FC
Barca Kids are champions
BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH
GHANAIAN JUVENILE club,
FC Barca, was last Sunday
crowned the champions of the
maiden edition of the Under-13
Youthage Cup juvenile tournament held at
Afaada in Bawjiase district in the Central
Region.
FC Barca showed and proved their
worth for the ultimate prize as they beat
other seven clubs in the round robin
games.
The three-day tournament saw the
Barca Kids beat their arch-rivals Dansoman
Barcelona 1-0, Power Stars 5-1 respectively
in the group stages.
In the Semifinal match, Barca Kids saw
off a stiff competition from host Team
Youthage Sports Academy 3-1 and in the
grand finales humbled the star-studded
Coach Rashid Salifu’s Great Corinthians 2-
0.
In the Under-16 category, Great
Corinthians FC emerged out as winners.
The organiser of the tournament, Mr
Cobby Jonah, told the DAILY HER-
ITAGE that the reason for the successful
•FC Barca is winners of
the Under-13 category
• Great Corinthians FC
event is all attributed to YAHWEH-
YASHA HA MASHIACH. (Jesus Christ
the Messiah).
According to him, God has been his
help in ages past and still is his hope for
many years to come.
Below are the awards winnings
Youthage Cup:
OVERALL BEST PLAYER (U-16)
Emmanuel Fobi-Great Corinthians FC
OVERALL BEST PLAYER (U-13)
Naphtalin Agbedzi – Great Corinthians FC
OVERALL TOP SCORER (U-16)
Michael Antwi (5goals) -Fortune SC
OVERALL TOP SCORER (U-13)
Samuel Eninful (5goals) – FC Barca
Kids
OVERALL MVP (U-16)
Emmanuel Fobi-Great Corinthians FC
OVERALL MVP (U-13)
Kwasi O. Kwakye – Power Community
SC
OVERALL BEST COACH (U-16)
Rashid Salifu-Great Corinthians FC
OVERALL BEST COACH (U-13)
Felix Ampah – Fc Barca Kids
OVERALL BEST GOALKEEPER (U-
16)
Barnabas Tampugre-Fortune SC
OVERALL BEST GOALKEEPER (U-
13)
Bismark Okyere – FC Barca Kids
Persib Bandung
ends Essien’s
contract
INDONESIA CLUB Persib Bandung has
parted ways with Ghana midfielder Michael
Essien.
Persib announce there will not be a renewal
of the player’s contract which officially
comes to and end after one and a half
season with the Club.
According to Club President PT UN,
Glenn Sugita, both Essien and his outfit
met and agreed to end their relationship.
“We both appreciate the regulations that
have been made by PT Indonesia New
League, Essien also very understand it.In
essence, we parted goodbye,” said Glenn.
“His dedication, loyalty, cheerfulness and
professionalism demonstrated by Essien
have been very appreciated, hopefully the
PERSIB players who have been with him,
and the players at Go-Jek League 1 can take
a lot of lessons from Essien’s existence all
these years,” Glenn explained.
Essien joined Persib as a free agent after
leaving Greek Club Panathiniakos who
failed to comply by the deal signed with the
player.
Essien contributed five goals last season
for Persib in the Indonesian top-flight.
In May 2017, the head coach of Persib
Bandung Djadjang Nurdjaman revealed that
Michael Essien was struggling to adapt to
Indonesia football.
• Michael,
Essien
MTN FA Cup
Hearts to visit Beberto FC in quest to redeem image
2017 FA Cup finalists
Hearts of Oak will travel to
the Volta Region to face
lower-tier side Beberto FC
in the MTN FA Cup round
of 32 at the Agbozume
Park.
After a winless streak in
the last 4 Premier League
games, the Phobians will
hope to redeem their image
in the game against the Sogakofe-based
club.
The Rainbow club are
without a win in the Zylofone
Cash Premier League
since beating Asante Kotoko
in week 11, a development
the fans, players as
well as the management are
not happy with.
Hearts are currently in
11th position on the league
table with 17 points, 3
points above relegation.
The 10-time FA Cup
winners snatched a 1-0 victory
over Young Wise in the
round of 64 with striker
Joseph Eso getting the only
goal for the Phobians to
progress to this stage of the
competition.
Beberto FC eliminated
Kpando-based Heart of
Lions in the round of 64
with a 4-3 scoreline through
penalties, after a goalless
draw game.
Hearts are the most successful
club in the history of
the FA Cup competition
with 10 titles.
The next round of the
MTN FA Cup matches will
be played on the weekend of
Friday, June 8, 2018 to Sunday,
June 10, 2018.
• Hearts of Oak

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