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FROM L-R: Mr Mic Yamoah (Secretary), Mr William Asiedu (ATWAG President), 

Nanabanyin Dadson, Veteran Arts Writer and Lecturer at AUCC, Mr Francis 

Doku (ATWAG Vice president) and Mustapha Attractive Inusah (Organiser) 

• Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI (L), Osu 

Mantse and Vice President-elect of Ga- 

Dangme International in US and Canada 

Chapter, Albert Nii-Okai Aryee 

• Nurideen 

Iddrisu, 

NDC 2020 

presidential 

hopeful 

Li Bin (middle) with some 

executive members 

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 

DAILY QUOTE 

In every day, there are 

1,440 minutes. That means 

we have 1,440 daily opportunities 

to make a positive 

impact. Les Brown 

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FOREIGN 

KIDDIES 

Exiled Ethiopian 

group 'ready to 

return home’ 

PG.04 

Money vs 

Family 

ARTS 

& ENT 

SPORTS 

I won’t collaborate 

with ‘Noisy’ Patapaa 

— Kuami Eugene 

PG.13 

Ronaldo, Messi rivalry 

keep fans watching 

W/Cup 

PG.07 

PG.15 

Don’t be in hurry 

to get rich 

PARAMOUNT CHIEF 

of Osu Traditional 

Area, Nii Okwei Kinka 

Dowuona VI, has advised 

the youth in Ga 

Dangme communities in the Grater 

Accra Region not be in a hurry to 

get rich at tender age since such 

move may sometimes lead them 

into temptation. 

“If you seek money and things 

you will not be innocent. You will 

be guilty of something. So do not 

get in a hurry to get money. Get in 

a hurry to learn skill training and go 

to school that may help you to be a 

responsible future leader,” he 

stated. 

Nii Dowuona who is also the 

President of Greater Regional 

House of Chiefs stressed on the 

need for the citizens of Ga State to 

embrace employable skills training 

and education being offered by the 

government. 

Nii Dowuona gave the advice to 

the youth when the Vice President-elect of 

Ga-Dangme International in the United 

States of America (USA) and Canada Chapter, 

Mr Albert Nii-Okai Aryee called on him 

at Osu Mantse Place in Accra yesterday. 

The visit afforded Nii-Okai Aryee, who 

doubles as the President of Ga-Dangme 

Foundation of Minnesota, USA the opportunity 

to brief Nii Dowuona on how the association 

intended to empower the youth in 

Ga-Dangme communities through education 

and skill training. 

Nii Dowuona indicated his commitment 

and preparedness to support Nii-Okai Aryee 

and the Ga-Dangme International in the USA 

and Canada Chapter to realise their vision to 

groom and nurture youth of the Ga-Dangme 

•Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, Osu Mantse 

and Vice President-elect of Ga-Dangme International 

in United States of America and 

Canada Chapter, Albert Nii-Okai Aryee 

communities. 

According to the chief, there were many 

employable opportunities available and asked 

the youth to take advantage of them. 

He said the project seeks to train the 

youth in vocational training among others, 

but the responses from the youth in the Ga 

State were not the best in achieving the objectives. 

He, therefore, asked parents in the Ga 

State to advise their wards to develop interest 

in education and skills training. 

He called on the youth to demonstrate 

their willingness to learn any trade, which will 

make them useful citizens. 

He urged the citizens of the Ga State to 

• Osu Mantse 

advises youth 

focus on the education of their children 

rather than engage in petty squabbles and litigation, 

which does not engender development. 

He said if the people do not stop the litigation, 

their children would be the losers 

since they would not enjoy any better future 

due to the absence of strong educational 

foundation by their forebears. 

He said communities in the Greater 

Accra Region needed development, but that 

had eluded them due to conflicts among 

some chiefs, adding that the monies used for 

litigation ought to be invested in the education 

of the youth for a brighter future. 

The chief said the Osu Traditional 

Council would ensure that parents enrolled 

their children in school and those who 

shirked that responsibility would be sanctioned. 

He warned people who were influenced 

by money to foment trouble to desist from 

the act so as to live as a united family to develop 

the area. 

For his part, Nii-Okai Aryee noted that 

three weeks ago they had a conference in 

Colombo and he was lucky to be elected the 

Vice President of the Ga-Dangme International 

in the USA and Canada Chapter to 

serve the association for two years. 

According to him, the theme for the conference 

was ‘entrusting future into the hands 

of the youth’ saying that the association was 

committed to youth empowerment through 

technical and vocational skills training and 

mentorship. 

“Ga-Dangme International in United 

States of America and Canada Chapter is 

committed towards empowering youth and 

facilitating their entry, growth and development 

through availing themselves to mentorship 

and training opportunities,” he noted. 

Obengfo CEO trial… 

Stacy named 

John Boadu 

as next of kin 

• Says lawyer 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

LAWYER FOR embattled Director of Obengfo 

Hospital, Dr Dominic Obeng-Andoh has told the 

Criminal Division of the Accra High Court that 

one John Boadu’s contact was provided as the next 

of kin by the late Stacy Offei Darko, deputy Chief 

Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship 

Innovation Programme who passed on at the 

Obengfo Hospital. 

In a rebuttal to a submission by a State Attorney, 

Mr Ashong Okai, who had opposed their bail 

application in court yesterday, Dr Emmanuel Morrison, 

lead lawyer for the applicant, said the claim 

that no family relative was contacted when Ms 

Darko passed away was false. 

He argued that, the state failed to properly address 

that particular issue that his client failed to 

contact any family member or relative before going 

ahead to embalm the body. 

He told the court that the late Offei Darko, 

who had been a client of the hospital since 2014, 

filled a form and provided “John Boadu’s name 

and contact as her next of kin.” 

Though the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Acting 

General Secretary, Mr John Boadu’s name has been 

mentioned as the one who drove the late Darko to 

the hospital, what the lawyer’s point in court failed 

to clarify was whether it was the NPP’s General 

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Policy makers enriching 

themselves 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

NATIONAL DEMO- 

CRATIC Congress 

(NDC) 2020 presidential 

hopeful, Nurideen Iddrisu 

has observed that 

over the years, government policies 

have only tended to enrich a few people 

and that must change to put the interests 

of the masses above the 

privileged class. 

According to the 43-year-old banker 

and businessman, Ghanaians are tired 

and indeed, frustrated by the inability 

of the leadership of successive governments 

to structure the economy in a 

way that will make the ordinary people 

prosper. 

“The lives of the policy makers are 

getting better at the expense of the nation. 

Many Ghanaians have been 

thrown into abject poverty and that 

must be reversed through the implementation 

of deliberate policies aimed 

at making Ghanaians rich,” he said. 

Mr Iddrisu made the comments in 

an interview with the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE on the sidelines of a Grand 

Iftar (The evening meal with which 

Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast 

at sunset) event he organised for his 

fellow Muslims at Nima in Accra on 

the eve of the Eid-Ul-Fitr festival. 

"Basically, what I have realised on our continent, 

country and communities is the lack of love 

for one another. Love for our nation is fading 

away. That is why we are struggling. Instead of 

embarking on policies that will help each other 

and the nation, the leadership of the country 

think about their families and themselves and that 

is greed," he pointed out. 

‘Pull him down syndrome’ 

He said another challenge facing the country 

is what he described as the “Pull him down syndrome. 

We are struggling because we want to pull 

each other down. 

“We prefer to give opportunities to foreigners 

at our own expense. I am not against foreigners 

but when you give 50% of the big contracts to 

foreigners, we must give 50% to the locals, but 

because of greed our leaders find a way to push 

foreigners up and pull fellow Ghanaians down. 

How many big businesses in Ghana belong to 

• Nurideen Iddrisu, NDC 2020 presidential hopeful 

• At expense of masses, says 

aspiring 2020 NDC flag bearer 

Ghanaians?” He queried 

He said when it comes to giving opportunities 

to the ordinary Ghanaian who is qualified, we 

will always find a million reasons why a Ghanaian 

is not preferred. "Let us move away from this and 

start preferring our own. Let us love our own. I 

am standing for President to empower the ordinary 

Ghanaian for greater socio-economic successes," 

he urged. 

Love is poverty alleviating tool 

The aspiring NDC Flag bearer noted that love 

is a tool for poverty alleviation saying that, "It is 

true love that will lead one to work hard and sincerely 

to meet the socio-economic needs of the 

people, particularly healthcare, housing and jobs 

rather than looking for contracts that would benefit 

oneself, friends and families at the expense of 

the nation.” 

He said when given the nod at the party and 

national elections, his government would have no 

room for greedy officials. "We will show love to 

the people and ensure that we succeed together 

as one people. Without this, we will suffer as a 

country," he stated. 

Why now? 

When asked why he had decided to join the 

NDC presidential race, Mr Iddrisu said Ghanaians 

are tired of the rhetoric of successive governments 

which are made up of the same faces 

over the last 40 years. Ghana needs a young, 

knowledgeable and vibrant thinker to empower 

them for the technology-driven world. 

"As a young businessman and banker, I am 

the right man at this point of our party's development 

to empower the grassroots and Ghanaians 

in general. I will work with the party’s structures 

and ensure that the members are happy to support 

the government at all times,” he said. 

He added that his business development 

background will guide him to create sustainable 

jobs for the people. “I have done that before and 

I am still creating jobs,” he stressed. 

There is frustration in 

the system 

He noted that currently there is frustration in 

the system as a result of the class society created 

by successive governments and he believes he is 

the right person to correct that. 

Bright chances 

"I am coming to correct the situation where 

there are opportunities but the indigenes are not 

getting them," he said and added that his chances 

at the party and national levels are very bright because 

he had combed through the entire country 

to present himself and his ideas to the people 

who were obviously convinced. 

"I have gone round the country, I have spoken 

with the grassroots and the elders and my 

chances are looking really good because they said 

they need a man who can empower them.” 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

Secretary that he was referring to. 

Obengfo CEO trial… 

Stacy named John Boadu as next of kin 

• Says lawyer 

June 27 for ruling 

The sitting judge, Justice Dorgu after hearing 

of the bail application for bail fixed Wednesday, 

June 27, 2018 for ruling. 

Another lawyer, Jonathan Dzaisu, for Dr 

Obeng-Andoh, and one of his cleaners Edward 

Amponsah, who are facing charge of murder and 

Personation respectively), said his clients were lawful 

and abiding citizens and that whenever they 

were invited they would make themselves available. 

According to him, when they were invited to 

appear before the police for questioning they 

obliged and made themselves available. 

He told the court that, Dr Obeng-Andoh is a 

qualified medical practitioner and had practiced 

for over 20 years, to the extent that he worked 

with Bartor Hospital and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital 

and “due to the success he had made, he has 

been able to set up a hospital for Ghanaians.” 

The lawyer further explained that, the late 

Stacy Darko had been a customer of the hospital 

since 2014 and after a successful procedure, she 

came back for another procedure in 2018 and it 

was after that procedure that she passed on. 

Over 100 employees to suffer 

To buttress his argument for bail, counsel told 

the court that all persons connected to the incident 

have been contacted by the police and all 

necessary documents important for investigations 

have been given to them. 

He also told the court that, autopsy has been 

conducted awaiting results and considering the ill 

health of accused, he should be granted bail and 

allowed to seek medical care. 

According to him, Dr Obeng-Andoh employs 

over 100 Ghanaians and his incarceration is creating 

a lot of hardship. 

On the second accused person, he said “we 

are saying that the second accused person was 

charged for perosnation, when we requested for 

bail at the District Court, the the judge said, the 

case of personation has not been described as a 

second degree felony and section 30 did not also 

proscribe any punishment, therefore he should be 

admitted to bail as well.” 

Opposition 

State Attorney, Ashong Okai while opposing 

the bail application said, “it is our view that the 

application is premature and we need to allow the 

police to finalise their investigations.” 

He told the court that, he may continue to 

commit more harm since the facility was still 

there, though under lock and that the atmosphere 

surrounding the case meant that he should be 

protected. 

He argued that, ill health was not a justification 

for bail or medical grounds should not be the 

basis for bail and humbly prayed for the bail application 

to be denied them.

Inside June 22, 2018 .qxp_Layout 1 6/21/18 8:40 PM Page 3 

•Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia PM 

Ethiopia PM sends Eritrean president 'grateful' video message 

ETHIOPIA'S PRIME minister 

has thanked Eritrean President 

Isaias Afewerki for accepting his 

olive branch, in a specially 

recorded message. 

Abiy Ahmed directly addressed 

his counterpart in the 

short film, made while he was 

visiting communities displaced by 

ethnic clashes in the south of the 

country. 

It comes after Mr Isaias said 

he would send a delegation to 

Ethiopia for talks aimed at ending 

their 16-year border dispute 

as both nations "relish peace and 

harmony". 

Mr Abiy even switched to 

Tigrinya to ensure Mr Isaias can 

understand him. 

“So that he can hear me, I 

want to say few words in his language,” 

he said. 

“Our brother President Isaias 

Afewerki, I would like to convey 

my gratitude for the new view 

you expressed today. 

“We will welcome the delegation 

you send not as guests but as 

Ethiopians, and I would like to 

inform you that I will receive 

them in my office and speak with 

them. Peace to the people of Eritrea 

and peace to the people of 

Ethiopia. BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Exiled Ethiopian group 

'ready to return home’ 

•Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in his video 

message to the Eritrean president 

The exiled Ethiopian 

opposition group, 

Ginbot 7, has declared 

its support 

for the reconciliation 

call by Prime 

Minister Abiy Ahmed. 

The Eritrea-based rebel group’s 

statement came shortly after Eritrean 

President Isaias Afeworki announced 

his intention to seek peace 

with Ethiopia on Wednesday. 

The two countries have been in 

a “no peace, no war” stand off for 

the past 17 years, following a 

bloody and inconclusive border war 

between them. 

Talking to BBC Amharic, a 

spokesman for the group Tadesse 

Biru said: ‘‘Armed struggle wasn’t 

in our best interest from the beginning; 

rather the un-enabling political 

environment in Ethiopia forced 

us to pursue insurgence. 

‘‘Ginbot 7 never fired a bullet 

and any that were fired were intended 

to defend ourselves, not to 

overthrow the government and take 

power.’’ 

The new Ethiopian Prime Minister 

Abiy, who took office in April, 

has promised to scrap the strategy 

the government has previously pursued 

against opposition forces. 

As a result, Mr Tadesse says 

Ginbot 7 will "return home if 

Abiy’s government continues its 

path of eliminating repressive laws 

and building democratic institutions". 

BBC 

Migrant children: US battle 

moves to Congress 

THE US political battle over 

migrant children separated 

from parents has shifted to 

Congress, after Donald 

Trump signed an order to 

halt the policy. 

The House of Representatives 

will vote on broader 

immigration bills that would 

fund President Trump's proposed 

border wall and reduce 

legal migration. 

But Democrats oppose 

the measures and it is uncertain 

they will pass. 

Mr Trump reversed his 

policy after an outcry at 

home and globally over the 

policy. 

The Republican president's 

executive order calls 

for the families to be detained 

together while their 

•President Donald Trump 

cases are considered. 

But the fate of families already 

separated by the policy 

is not clear. 

At least 2,300 children 

have been taken from more 

than 2,200 parents since 5 

May, according to US immigration 

officials. 

What is in the legislation? 

Mr Trump has previously 

said it was up to Congress to 

resolve the issue, in combination 

with tougher immigration 

regulations. 

One of the House bills is 

a compromise between conservatives 

and moderates. It 

includes funding for a border 

wall, along with a pathway to 

citizenship for the Dreamers 

- immigrants brought illegally 

into the US as children. BBC 

Cameroon violence 'caused by diaspora on social media’ 

•Violence between the government 

and Anglophone separatists 

escalated after protests in 2016 

CAMEROON'S PRIME minister 

has blamed "the diaspora... 

crouched in the shadows" for the 

violence which has engulfed parts 

of the country. 

Yang Philemon accused 

Cameroonians living overseas of 

using social media to "spread hate 

speech and terror" and to even 

"order murders". 

Social media have become the 

favourite ground for the sponsors 

of terrorism orchestrated by 

Cameroonians in the diaspora. 

Crouched in the shadows and hidden 

behind the keyboards of their 

computer and smartphones, these 

Cameroonians of the diaspora 

spread hate speech and terror and 

do not hesitate to order murders." 

Mr Philemon also said more 

than 80 members of the security 

forces have been killed during 

months of fighting with Anglophone 

separatists in the south-east 

and north-west of the country. 

Another 100-or-so civilians and 

state representatives have also 

been killed or kidnapped, he 

added. 

Mr Philemon went on to announce 

a new $220m (£167m) 

emergency humanitarian assistance 

plan for hundreds of thousands of 

civilians that the government says 

have been displaced by the fighting. 

The violence escalated in late 

2016, following a series of protests 

from Anglophone Cameroonians, 

who say they are discriminated 

against by the country's Francophone 

authorities. 

Amnesty International says the 

government has responded with 

"arbitrary arrests, torture, unlawful 

killings and destruction of property". 

BBC



05 

Editorial 

Chiefs must not engage in partisan politics 

THE 1992 Constitution of 

Ghana enjoins chiefs not to take 

part in active politics. And it was 

not for nothing that the framers 

of the constitution explicitly 

barred chiefs from dabbling in 

partisan politics. 

The institution that chiefs represent 

is a revered one. They are 

the custodians of traditional authority 

and ought to be the voice 

of their subjects irrespective of 

political affiliation. 

Politics is described by some as 

dirty. Dirty in the sense that it 

could get very personal. A man of 

great integrity could be denigrated 

viciously based on lies by a political 

opponent to score cheap political 

points. 

Chiefs, are therefore, barred 

from taking part in active politics 

to preserve their image and that 

of the chieftaincy institution. 

However, some chiefs throw 

caution to the wind and violate 

the constitution with impunity. 

It would be recalled that prior 

to the December 7, 2016 elections, 

a number of chiefs declared 

support for one candidate or the 

other. Some actually mounted 

campaign platforms to declare 

support for their preferred presidential 

candidate. 

The chief of Akyem Abekwaase 

in the Eastern Region, 

Nana Akroma Akyeampong II, 

was one such chief who declared 

support for then President John 

Mahama. 

The trend has not changed. 

Some chiefs have in recent times 

been making partisan statements 

in support of the New Patriotic 

Party administration. 

The argument is that chiefs 

who want to engage in partisan 

politics should abdicate their 

stools before doing so. 

The DAILY HERITAGE 

urges our venerable chiefs not to 

engage in partisan politics. 

We think the ramifications 

could be very bad. In fact, any 

subject who holds contrary political 

opinion could take on any 

chief for endorsing a politician. 

Our chiefs should, therefore, 

be committed to preserving the 

sanctity of the chieftaincy institution 

by refraining from partisan 

politics. 

Jobs galore as Blockchain 

Technology lands in Ghana 

•Li Bin (middle) with some executive members 

ANEW technology that seeks to 

develop solutions to challenges 

facing nations, the Blockchain 

Technology, according to Mr Li 

Bin, an associate partner of 

Chief Blockchain Union in China is a technology 

that guarantees digital trust which can be 

applied to address the challenges at different 

sections of the country’s supply chain system. 

Mr Li Bin, who was speaking to a section of 

the Ghanaian media in Accra, said Blockchain 

Technology is a decentralised, distributed storage 

database system that allows people to write 

entries into a record of information, where a 

community of users could control how the 

record of information is amended and updated. 

He said Blockchain technology will increase 

jobs and impact standard of living and government 

revenue positively. 

According to him, Blockchain technology is 

fast taking over businesses and sectors relevant 

for growth and development. He explained 

that the financial sector, health, agriculture, 

commerce, real estate sectors among others 

could hook onto the Blockchain technology to 

speed up their day to day business transactions. 

Mr Li Bin also enumerated that trust was a 

risk judgement between different parties, and 

in the digital world, determining trust often 

boiled down to proving identity and proving 

authorisation and that Blockchain had passed 

the trust test since it provides a powerful ownership 

tool that fulfills authentication requirements 

of data. 

He said since it is a storage and distribution 

network, it reduces the risk of centralised corruption 

or failures and the issue of hacking is 

ruled out completely. 

He also explained that the root cause of 

risk in businesses, especially in the banking sector 

is that all data are stored by the intermediary 

agency. 

“There is a way to avoid these risks. With 

the Blockchain Technology the intermediary 

storage is secure, so if it is stored data separately, 

then this can effectively solve this problem. 

This technology has also gradually gained 

attention from the banking and financial industries 

due to its safety and convenient.” 

He also said the Blockchain technology is 

becoming the trend of doing business the easiest 

way explaining that “For example, we may 

copy a piece of music for you. We can copy a 

movie from someone else’s computer. And 

something of value like money is no way to 

replicate on the internet. If it can be simply 

copied, then the social economy will be in disorder.” 

He said: “Even when we both don’t know 

each other, I am in Ghana and you are in 

China. If I want to transfer money at this time, 

you can tell me your address directly and I can 

transfer it to you, and you can do it without 

the assistance of a third party intermediary.” 

Mr Li Bin revealed that the Chief 

Blockchain Union which is in China had begun 

expanding its frontiers into Africa and currently 

in Ghana hoping to cover Nigeria, Zimbabwe, 

Uganda, Kenya and the whole of 

Africa in the next three years. 

Speaking on some benefits of Blockchain 

Technology for industries and businesses, 

Joseph Kalib also Chief Bloackchain Union 

partner, noted that the technology was the easiest 

way to do business so far and builds trust 

and remove intermediaries in businesses. 

According to him, there is speed, flexibility 

and mobility as far as the use of the technology 

in money transfers whilst boosting investments 

in Africa. 

Joseph Kalib also explained that transactions 

on Blockchain would be reshaped and 

completed like traditional credits from centralised 

institutions.


06 



KIDDIES Corner 

Short stories for kids 

Money vs Family 

RAMA’S FAMILY is 

very big. Rama is a 

hard worker and he is 

the sole bread winner 

of the family. He has 

three kids, two sons 

and a daughter. He lives along with 

father and mother. Rama used to 

work too hard to feed his family. 

He works for more than 16 

hours a day. The kids cannot see him 

as he will leave home early in the 

morning before they wake-up and 

reach home around midnight when 

kids would sleep every day. The entire 

family eagerly waits to spend 

quality time with him and the kids 

miss him so much. 

The children were too curious 

about Sundays as his father would 

spend the entire day with them. Unfortunately, 

to meet the increasing 

household expenses and educational 

expenses, Rama took a weekend job 

to work even on Sundays. The kids 

were very shattered and even Rama’s 

wife and parents too! 

The typical routine continued for 

several weeks and year passed. All 

the hard work of Rama earned a lot 

of benefits and he was offered promotion 

with attractive increment. 

The family moved to a new 

house, got better clothes and ate 

healthy foods. However, as usual, 

Rama continues to earn more and 

more money. One day his wife asked 

him ‘why are you running for 

money? We can be happy with what 

we have now.’ 

Rama replied, ‘I want to give the 

best available in the world to all of 

you and want you to stay happy always.’ 

Two years passed and Rama 

hardly spent time with his family. 

The children yearned to have their 

father at home. Meanwhile, the sincere 

efforts of Rama reaped him a 

fortune. He was offered partnership 

and share in profits. He continued to 

earn more and more wealth. 

Now, Rama’s family is one of the 

richest families in the city. They have 

all the facilities and luxuries. Still, 

Rama’s children strove to meet their 

father as he was hardly seen at 

home. 

His children turned teens and 

they are no more kids. Now, Rama 

earned enough wealth to provide a 

luxurious life to his next five generations. 

Rama’s family went to their 

beach house to spend their vacation. 

His daughter asked, ‘Dad will you 

please spend one day at home and 

stay with us here?’ 

Rama replied, ‘Yes darling, tomorrow 

for sure, I will join you for 

the lunch and be with you all for 

next few days. I’m tired of work and 

need refreshment!’ 

The entire family became very 

happy. 

Unfortunately, the next day, none 

in Rama’s family were alive as they 

were washed out in Tsunami! 

Rama was too busy even to hear 

the news about Tsunami. When he 

tried to reach his beach house, he 

saw sea and water everywhere and 

screamed for his family, He could 

not even find the dead bodies of his 

family. 

He can never have them again, 

cannot even see them and even by 

paying millions he cannot get them 

back to life! 

He remembered his wife’s words, 

‘Why are you running for money? 

We can be happy with what we have 

now.’ 

Money can’t buy everything! 

TIME 

with 

AUNTIE AKUORKOR 

in the KITCHEN 

How to prepare gari fƆtƆ 

To be supervised by parents in the kitchen 

All hands should be washed well 

Ingredients: 

• Gari 

• Onion 

• Tomatoes 

• Pepper 

• Corned beef 

• Eggs 

Method: 

• Get your fire ready 

• Pour oil into the cooking saucepan 

• Chop vegetables 

• Add tomatoes, pepper and onions to oil 

• Stir to prevent burning 

• Add remaining 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 of childhood 

moments 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 

Hard work breaks no bones 

Humility is one’s chance to 

greatness. 

By Sakaa Adjei- Anim


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Ghana declared trachoma free by WHO 

GHANA HAS been 

adjudged the first 

country in the 

World Health Organisation's 

(WHO) African 

Region to achieve the milestone of 

elimination of trachoma. 

WHO has, therefore, commended 

Ghana for having eliminated 

trachoma as a public health 

problem, two decades after the 

World Health Assembly resolved to 

tackle the leading infectious cause of 

blindness. 

The announcement comes the 

day after a commitment from Pfizer, 

the manufacturer of Zithromax 

(azithromycin) to extend their donation 

programme for the antibiotic 

until 2025, if required, to finish the 

task of global trachoma elimination. 

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 

said “It’s been 20 years since the 

global health community committed 

to eliminating trachoma worldwide." 

“Although there’s more work to 

do elsewhere, the validation of elimination 

in Ghana allows another 

previously heavily-endemic country 

to celebrate significant success.” 

Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, 

Minister of Health said “This success 

is a result of a tremendous 

amount of hard work by thousands 

of health, education and development 

workers to improve the lives 

of individuals with trachoma and 

their families.” 

“The Government of Ghana is 

enormously grateful to its staff and 

to the many partners that have 

joined forces with us to eliminate 

trachoma and the cycle of poverty it 

triggers.” 

Lessons from Ghana 

The global trachoma community 

learnt a lot from Ghana’s experience. 

Innovations pioneered there 

include; the use of height-based 

dosing for azithromycin; systematic 

active case-searches for trichiasis involving 

door-to-door, communityby-community 

fieldwork; and, 

intensive counselling of patients 

found to have trichiasis with an 

offer of immediate surgery, which 

produced considerable improvement 

in surgical uptake. 

“Success in Ghana is a result of 

the strong leadership at all levels, 

implementation of the full SAFE 

strategy right from the outset, 

strong collaboration between Ghana 

Health Service and its many partners, 

and integration at lower levels 

of programme delivery, including; 

community ownership,” said Dr 

Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional 

Director for Africa. 

“Hearty congratulations are deserved 

for this achievement.” 

Trachoma was identified in the 

1950s as the most important cause 

of blindness in Ghana. By the 

1990s, the disease was known to 

persist as a significant public health 

problem in the Northern and Upper 

West Regions. 

There were about 2.8 million 

people at risk of trachomatous 

blindness nationally, with an estimated 

13 000 people suffering from 

trichiasis. 

Elimination plan 

In 2000, the Ministry of Health 

and Ghana Health Service set up a 

national Trachoma Elimination Programme. 

Ghana’s Trachoma Elimination 

Programme implemented the 

WHO-recommended elimination 

strategy, SAFE, which comprises 

Surgery for trichiasis, Antibiotics to 

clear infection, Facial cleanliness, 

and Environmental improvement to 

reduce transmission. 

Trichiasis surgery was provided 

at no cost, a critical Ghana Health 

Service decision reflecting the 

socio-economic disadvantage of 

people with trichiasis and the impact 

of the condition on future earning 

potential. 

Azithromycin, donated by Pfizer 

through the International Trachoma 

Initiative, was distributed with support 

from FHI 360 (using funds 

from the United States Agency for 

International Development), The 

Carter Center, Sightsavers and other 

organisations. 

Facial cleanliness was promoted 

through community events, dramas, 

the school health education programme, 

radio messages and radio 

clubs. Environmental improvement 

was coordinated by Ghana’s Community 

Water and Sanitation 

Agency. 

Trachoma, a devastating eye disease 

caused by infection with the 

bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is 

spread through contact with infective 

eye or nose discharges, either 

directly from person to person, or 

mediated by flies. 

Active (inflammatory) trachoma 

occurs as a result of infection, and 

is common among preschool-aged 

children. 

Man/woman ration 

Women are blinded up to four 

times as often as men, mainly due to 

their close contact with infected 

children and transmission is associated 

with poor sanitation and hygiene, 

which increase the availability 

of eye discharges and encourage the 

breeding of flies. 

In 1996, WHO launched the 

WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination 

of Trachoma by the year 

2020 (GET2020). 

With other partners in the Alliance, 

WHO supported country implementation 

of the safe strategy 

and strengthening of national capacity 

through epidemiological assessment, 

monitoring, surveillance, 

project evaluation and resource mobilisation. 

Elimination of trachoma 

is inexpensive, simple and extremely 

cost effective, yielding a high rate of 

net economic return. 

Govt urged to invest in sickle cell screening of newborns 

BY HEALTH&ENVIRONMENT DESK 

THE AMERICAN Society of Hematology 

(ASH) is leading a campaign to 

fight sickle cell disease in Africa and 

has called on governments, particularly 

in sub-Saharan Africa, to invest in 

newborn screening of the disease. 

During a webinar to mark this 

year’s Sickle Cell Awareness Day on 

Tuesday, June 19, President of the 

ASH, Dr Alexis Thompson, said the 

disease remains a major killer of infants 

and children in the developing 

world, particularly in sub-Saharan 

Africa. 

Sickle cell is an inherited, chronic 

disorder which can cause severe pain, 

stroke, organ failure, and other complications, 

including death. 

This year, approximately 300,000 

babies around the world will be born 

with sickle cell disease. 

In West Africa, the World Health 

Organisation has estimated that between 

5 to 16% of newborns die before 

age five. 

Also, in Ghana and other sub-Saharan 

African countries, an estimated 50 

to 90% of infants born with the disease 

will die before their fifth birthday. 

The United Nations has designated 

sickle cell as a global public health 

problem. 

Dr Thompson said while simple 

public health measures have improved 

life expectancy of children born with 

the disease in the United States, elsewhere 

in Africa, the disease continues 

to be a major global public health 

issue. 

Dr Kwaku Ohene-Frempong of 

the Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana 

said although Nigeria has the greatest 

burden of sickle cell in the world, with 

an estimated 15,000 babies are born 

every year with the disease, the statistics 

for Ghana is not any better. 

Speaking at the webinar on Ghana’s 

progress with infant screening for the 

disease, Dr Ohene-Frempong said: 

“Ghana established newborn screening 

•Fighting sickle cell from infancy is the best form of controlling the disease 

as a pilot programme in 1995, but we 

are able to check only about 4% of the 

babies born in Ghana because of government 

resources and the inability to 

scale up the screening.” 

He also mentioned the lack of data 

on sickle cell among infants as a major 

disincentive to draw government attention 

to the disease that worsens infant 

mortality in the country. 

“In Ghana, we’ve seen that simple 

public health measures, especially newborn 

screening, help children lead 

more normal lives. In the first 10 years 

of newborn screening, we made dramatic 

improvements in reducing sickle 

cell-related childhood mortality,” said 

Dr Ohene-Frempong. 

What is newborn screening 

The screening looks for developmental, 

genetic, and metabolic disorders 

in the newborn baby to enable 

steps to be taken before symptoms of 

the disease develop. 

Although the disease is rare, it can 

be treated if caught early. 

The types of newborn screening 

tests that are done vary from state to 

state. 

In addition to blood tests, screening 

for hearing loss and for critical 

congenital heart disease (CCHD) is 

recommended for all newborns. 

How the test is performed 

Screenings are done using the following 

methods 

Blood tests 

A few drops of blood are taken 

from the baby's heel. The blood is sent 

to a lab for analysis. 

Hearing test 

A health care provider will place a 

tiny earpiece or microphone in the infant's 

ear. Another method uses electrodes 

that are put on the baby's head 

while the baby is quiet or asleep. 

CCHD screen 

A provider will place a small soft 

sensor on the baby's skin and attach it 

to a machine called an oximeter for a 

few minutes. The oximeter will measure 

the baby's oxygen levels in the 

hand and foot.

spread_June 22, 2018.qxp_SHOWBIZ TEMP 6/21/18 8:40 PM Page 1 

THE MINISTER for Regional 

Reorganisation and Development, Mr Dan 

Kwaku Botwe, has urged the media to 

minimise bad press which he says has the 

potential of affecting investor confidence 

and rather project positive issues and 

support government's development 

agenda. 

According to the Minister, who is also 

Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere 

constituency, though the media could not 

be forced to suppress negative press, it was 

important for the media to be cognisant of 

the effects of such publications on the 

development of the country. 

He said though many journalists find it 

difficult to associate with government’s 

development agenda for fear of being 

tagged as doing the bidding of a political 

party, it was important that journalists 

defuse that notion and support 

government’s development agenda. 

"If government has a programme on 

One-District-One Factory, it should not be 

seen as a partisan programme,” he noted. 

Mr Botwe said this when speaking at 

the maiden Eastern Regional Ghana 

Journalists Association (GJA) Awards 

which was on the theme, ‘Repositioning 

the Eastern Region for Investment and job 

creation: role of the media.’ 

He lauded the agenda set by the GJA 

aimed at helping in the creation of jobs. 

He pledged to organise Eastern Region 

MPs’ caucus to have a retreat with the 

media to find ways of achieving the set 

goal. 

On her part, the Vice Chancellor of the 

Koforidua Technical University (KTU), 

Professor Mrs Smile Afua Gavua Dzisi, 

called for a paradigm shift in reporting by 

News 

DAILY 

Minimise bad press and 

support govt’s agenda 

• Dan Botwe to media 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

focusing on issues that would 

engineer economic development, promote 

local industries, support Small and Media 

Enterprises and ultimately make the region 

attractive for investors, instead of the usual 

sensationalism, fanning political 

altercations and negative publicity from the 

region. 

The regional chairman of the GJA, 

Maxwell Kudekor called on journalists in 

the region to focus on development 

journalism why keeping an eye on their 

gate-keeping role. 

A total of eight journalists and two 

media houses, Eastern FM and FAWE FM, 

in the region were awarded at the 

ceremony. 

Ama Takyiwa Ampadu Nyarko and 

David Kodjo, both of Ghanaian Times 

received the Best Health and Rural 

reporter respectively while Gilbert 

Frimpong of the Daily Statesman was 

adjudged the Best Environmental Reporter 

of the year. 

Sylvanus Gatorwu of Healthylifegh.com 

and Kwadwo Amoako Gyampa of Good 

Life FM were also recognised for emerging 

the best in HIV Response Reporting. 

For business reporting category, 

Candida Dery of GBC Sunrise FM was 

adjudged winner while Ebenezer Ayeh of 

UTV emerged best Road Safety Reporter. 

Kwadwo Amoako Gyampah again received 

the best Indigenous Newscaster prize. 

All the award winners received a plaque 

and a certificate each as their prizes but the 

best business reporter was given an HP 

laptop donated by Association of Ghana 

Industries (AGI). 

The event was sponsored by Newmont 

Golden Ridge Limited (Akyem Mines), the 

Ghana Free Zones Authority, the Ghana 

Aids Commission and the AGI. 

•Affail Monney, GJA President presenting an award to one of the winners 

THE 14TH 

Congregation of 

Koforidua Technical 

University (KTU), 

scheduled to take 

place on June 23, 

2018, may not take place due to 

agitation by hundreds of students 

who have been excluded from the 

final graduation list released on 

Monday June 18, 2018. 

The affected students, who have 

not been provided tangible reasons 

why they cannot graduate on 

Saturday, are threatening to secure 

court injunction to halt the entire 

ceremony. 

"It has come to our notice (KTU 

2014 -2017 batch) that the 

management of Koforidua 

Technical University has decided 

not to graduate all mature students 

and conditional students after 

fulfilling their part of agreement as 

stated in the admission forms. 

"We don't understand this 

decision by the management of 

Koforidua Technical University and 

THE PRINCIPAL suspect in the 

trial for the murder of the Member 

of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa 

North, J. B. Danquah-Adu, is 

mentally unstable, a defense lawyer 

claims. 

Daniel Asiedu on Wednesday 

told an Accra District Court that he 

and the other suspect were 

contracted by some members of 

the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to 

kill the lawmaker. 

Nicknamed ‘Sexy Dondon,’ 

Asiedu told the court, presided over 

by Her Worship, Arit Nsemoh that 

his “contractors” told him to indict 

certain persons in the National 

Democratic Congress (NDC) 

instead of the NPP. 

Asiedu in a 20-minute 

confession told the court that his 

contractors who are members of 

the ruling party told him to accuse 

the NDC of the crime after he had 

carried it out. 

we need immediate response from 

them to clarify this matter. Failure 

to have a better response from the 

management will lead to further 

actions." 

According to the students, failure 

He also indicated to the court 

that after he committed the crime, 

his arrest by the Police was staged 

just to cover up for his actual 

privies. Another twist to the 

confession was that, the first 

accused person told the court that 

at the appropriate time, he would 

mention the names of the persons 

who contracted him to commit the 

crime of murder. 

The second accused person, 

Vincent Bosso, after the confession 

of the first accused person took his 

turn. He told the court that now 

that the first accused person had 

confessed, he ought to be released 

from custody because he knew 

nothing about the entire case. His 

involvement in the ongoing 

committal proceedings was a breach 

of his fundamental human rights, 

the second accused told the court. 

However, the lawyer defending 

the duo Yaw Obuor has said his 

lead client has mental illness, hence 

such startling revelations. 

“I’ve said it that he has a mental 

problem,” Mr Obuor stressed in an 

HERITAGE, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Disqualified KTU students threaten 

to place injunction on graduation 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

to graduate them would have 

negative impact on plans to upgrade 

academically and apply for job 

opportunities. 

The DAILY HERITAGE has 

gathered that the new Council 

interview with Accra-based Joy FM. 

It would be recalled that in 

March 2016 the counsel requested 

for a mental examination of his 

client after his first conference with 

him, but the court declined. 

Asiedu was arrested in 2016 after 

he was alleged to have stabbed the 

late MP with a knife leading to his 

death at his residence in Accra. The 

Chairman for the University, Prof. 

Obeng Apori took the decision over 

a reason not yet known to the 

media. 

Meanwhile, information on the 

website of the university on 

JB murder: suspect mentally ill – Lawyer 

BY KENT MENSAH 

•Main entrance of Koforidua Technical University 

•The J. B. Danquah-Adu 

lawmaker was killed on February 9, 

2016 in his room at his Shiashie 

residence. 

Background 

The facts, as presented by the 

prosecution, are that on February 8, 

2016, Asiedu and Bosso decided to 

embark on a robbery operation at 

Shiashie, a suburb of East Legon, 

where the MP resided. 

Asiedu selected the MP’s house, 

but Bosso disagreed and decided to 

abandon the robbery operation. 

About 11:40 p.m., the MP 

arrived home and went to bed in a 

room located on the first floor of 

his house. 

About 1 a.m. that same night, 

Asiedu, armed with a catapult, a 

cutter and a sharp knife went to the 

legislator’s house. He entered the 

house by scaling the wall on the 

blind side of a security man who 

was fast asleep. 

On entering the house, Asiedu 

climbed onto a porch on the top 

floor with a ladder and entered the 

MP’s bedroom through a window. 

Monday has given details about the 

upcoming ceremony:"At an 

emergency council meeting of the 

Koforidua Technical University held 

on 30th May, 2018, it was agreed to 

hold two congregations as specified 

below: 

"On Saturday, 23rd June, 2018 a 

congregation should be held to 

graduate Higher National Diploma 

students whose names have been 

published on the university’s 

website. In addition, all Bachelor of 

Technology (B.Tech) students who 

completed at the end of 2016/2017 

academic year would be 

graduated," while " a second 

congregation would be held at a 

date to be decided by the Council 

for HND students, who will not be 

graduated on Saturday, 23rd June, 

2018.” 

The statement added that 

graduands who wished to be 

presented at the congregation were 

to register at the Students’ Services 

Department on or before 

Wednesday, 20th June, 2018. 

While Asiedu was searching the 

room, the MP woke up and held 

him. There ensued a struggle, 

during which Asiedu stabbed the 

MP in the right chest above the 

breast. Asiedu also sustained various 

injuries in his palm and chest. 

The legislator fell by his bed, 

bleeding profusely, after which 

Asiedu stabbed him several times 

on the right chest and neck. 

On realising that the MP was 

dying, Asiedu left the room and 

took with him three iPhones. 

Meanwhile, the struggle between 

the MP and Asiedu drew the 

attention of the security man in the 

house who alerted others in the 

neighbourhood. 

Asiedu, however, managed to 

descend; he jumped over the 

electric fencing on the walls of the 

house into an adjoining house and 

escaped. 

Asiedu then took the phones to 

a phone repairer to decode them, 

but the repairer saw bloodstains and 

the pictures of the MP on the 

phones and alerted the police. 

Mahama’s handlers 

blocked me 

• Fibre Optics Inventor 

BY KENT MENSAH 

A RENOWNED Ghanaian- 

American chemical engineer and 

inventor, Dr Thomas Mensah says 

people around former President 

John Mahama blocked an 

opportunity for him to share his 

vision of development with him, 

when he was still President of 

Ghana. 

According to him, he had 

taken a United States astronaut 

with him to meet Mr Mahama, 

who was on a visit to the United 

States, but the handlers of the 

then President just allowed a fiveminute 

engagement time with the 

leader. 

Speaking to Bola Ray on Starr 

Chat Wednesday, Dr Mensah who 

developed fibre optics said the 

situation was significantly different 

with Nana Akufo-Addo, who was 

then opposition leader. He noted 

Akufo-Addo, now president, had 

a two-hour conversation with him 

over his plans for development in 

the technology world. 

“I had a five-minute 

conversation with Mahama but I 

had a two-hour conversation with 

Nana Akufo-Addo. I brought an 

Astronaut with me to meet 

Mahama but the people around 

him didn’t allow it. They didn’t 

allow me to have a lengthy 

conversation with him. It was just 

a handshake and that was it, about 

five minutes,” he told Bola Ray. 

The inventor who has 16 

patents to his name said he is 

committed to developing a Silicon 

Valley in Ghana and has 

commenced the move with an 

outfit at the Kofi Annan Centre in 

Accra. 

” I have already started the 

Silicon Valley in Ghana. I didn’t 

want the various universities to 

accuse me of bias so I established 

it at a neutral ground, the Kofi 

Annan Centre. We mean what we 

are saying and Ghanaians will 

soon see what we want to do. 

I want to develop an aircraft 

maintenance facility in this 

country. When we have it in 

Ghana, many airlines will come 

here and that will boost tourism 

because tourists will come around 

in their numbers,” he noted. 

According to him, 

he had taken a 

United States 

astronaut with him 

to meet Mr Mahama, 

who was on a visit to 

the United States, 

but the handlers of 

the then President 

just allowed a fiveminute 

engagement 

time with the leader. 

•Dr Thomas Mensah, Fibre Optics Inventor


21TH 

JUNE 

2018 

FRIDAY 

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RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

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GBPGHS 

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Students urged to choose relevant 

and impactful careers in future 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

MTN GHANA 

has ended its 

global Career 

Day nationwide 

by creating a 

platform for 

young people to see what the future 

job market may look like and 

empower them with tools and 

ideas that would prepare them for 

the future. 

In all, four Senior High 

Schools (SHSs) participated in the 

career empowerment programme 

in Accra yesterday. 

The schools were Osu Salem 

SHS, Accra High School, 

Ashaiman SHS and Kinbu SHS. 

According to the company, the 

career day formed part of their efforts 

to support the empowerment 

of young people in the 

markets in which they operate. 

Mr Samuel Koranteng, Acting 

Corporate Services Executive, said 

they were committed to digital innovation 

and were aware of the 

ways that technological advancements 

had influenced traditional 

notions of the workplace and created 

new opportunities in the digital 

economy. 

He said “The Y’ello Career 

Day marks the end of a successful 

three weeks of staff volunteerism 

across the MTN footprint, with a 

mission to bridge the digital divide 

and train the future workforce, future 

employers and leaders in the 

regions where MTN has a presence.” 

“Today offers a unique opportunity 

for our participants from 

our SHSs to make decisions on 

their career path,” he added. 

Mr Koranteng pointed out that 

this year’s theme ‘Creating a 

brighter future’ will help guide 

young people to choose careers 

that would be relevant and impactful 

to society. 

“We believe that through the 

event, we can equip our participants 

with adequate information 

on the changing dynamics of 

today’s job market. Students will, 

therefore, be empowered enough 

to choose careers that are relevant,” 

he opined. 

He said “The Y’ello 

Career Day marks 

the end of a successful 

three weeks of 

staff volunteerism 

across the MTN footprint, 

with a mission 

to bridge the digital 

divide and train the 

future workforce, future 

employers and 

leaders in the regions 

where MTN 

has a presence.” 

•Time for interaction 

Cabinet approves proposed takeover of ECG by Meralco 

CABINET HAS approved the 

proposed takeover of Electricity 

Company of Ghana (ECG) by 

Meralco Consortium. 

This should pave the way for 

Parliament to scrutinise documents 

covering the planned 

takeover. 

Chief Executive Officer of 

Millennium Development Authority 

(MiDA), Benjamin Martin 

Esson told Joy Business at the 

launch of the Ghana Power Compact 

Internship and Mentoring 

programme that all the necessary 

work had been done for parliament’s 

consideration. 

“It is gone past Cabinet, we 

don’t know the outcome of Parliament 

but I know Cabinet had a 

good look at it and they were 

comfortable with it,” he said. 

•Cabinet has approved the takeover of ECG 

Mr Esson explained 

the processes 

involved in the ECG 

privatisation: “You 

will need an additional 

seven months to discuss 

a lot of related issues. 

The basic 

agreements have been 

discussed and negotiated 

and everybody is 

comfortable. 

“But it is like having 

now been given 

keys to a house and 

have some work to do 

together before you 

hand over the keys to 

the person who is 

going to be the next 

tenant,” he said. 

Under this compact, 

six projects would be implemented 

to address the root causes 

of the unavailability and unreliability 

of power in Ghana which are 

ECG Financial and Operational 

Turnaround Project, NEDCo Financial 

and Operational Turnaround 

Project, Regulatory 

Strengthening and Capacity Building 

Project, and Access Project. 

Others include Power Generation 

Sector Improvement Project 

and Energy Efficiency, and Demand 

Side Management Project. 

In order to attract more women 

into the power sector, MiDA has 

launched the first ever Ghana 

Power compact internship and 

mentorship programme for 

women in Science, Technology, 

Engineering and Mathematics.



DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 11 

Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

NDC didn’t sanction Desoso’s 

apology to Rawlings – Asiedu Nketia 

BY KWADWO ANIM 

THE GENERAL 

Secretary of the opposition 

National 

Democratic Congress 

(NDC), Mr 

Johnson Asiedu 

Nketia has said the party did not 

sanction the recent apology rendered 

to the party’s founder and 

former President J. J. Rawlings by 

National Vice Chairperson, Anita 

Desoso. 

Madam Desoso at the commemoration 

of the June 4 Upraising 

in Accra, went on her knees 

pleading with Rawlings to forgive 

the sins of the party. 

President Rawlings’ grip of the 

NDC began chipping away in the 

aftermath of his presidency in 

2000, totally losing control of the 

party during the Presidency of 

John Mahama, where junior officials 

of the government openly rebuked 

him for criticising the 

government. 

Worried by the seeming friction 

between the founder and the 

party, Desooso said “let’s respect 

and love those who have sacrificed 

for us. Let’s respect and sacrifice 

for those who have helped 

us 

“Now to my father – Founder, 

I know your children we have 

erred, and I also know that you 

•Anita Desoso begging former President Jerry John Rawlings 

are a human being and you have 

also done something; maybe it is 

not right. 

“And I was so happy when I 

heard you say that; when you 

brought that statement out, rendering 

an apology – you are a 

hero. You are a hero. This shows 

that what you have taught me is 

still within me. If you are a leader, 

be prepared to say that I am sorry. 

If you are a child, be prepared to 

say that daddy I’m sorry. So, I will 

take this opportunity on behalf of 

the party to kneel down before my 

dad – please forgive us. Let us 

come together to build this country,” 

an emotional De-Sosoo 

pleaded with the former president. 

However, Asiedu Nketia aka 

General Mosquito has stated that 

Anita Desoso had no business 

apologising on behalf of the 

party. 

“I’m talking to you as Chief 

Executive of the party and the 

person who keeps records of the 

decisions of the party and I’m 

telling you that we never at any 

point discussed the possibility or 

anything about approaching 

founder and apologising for anything. 

“And as we speak now nobody 

knows the offence for which 

Anita was apologising, and after 

she said it we brought her to a 

meeting trying to find out what 

offence she was referring to, she 

couldn’t answer. And so we considered 

it to be her personal issue 

with the founder,” He told Joy 

News. 

Abuakwa youth demand names of JB Danquah’s killers 

BY KOBINA WELSING 

J. B. Danquah Adu 

CONSTITUENTS OF the murdered 

Abuakwa North Member 

of Parliament (MP) J. B. Danquah 

Adu are asking the Police 

Criminal Investigations Department 

(CID) to immediately 

question elements within the 

New Patriotic Party who allegedly 

masterminded the murder 

of their MP. 

Their demand comes after 

revelations by the prime suspect 

that he was hired by some persons 

within the governing party 

to kill the MP. 

Daniel Asiedu in a 20-minute 

confession told the court that 

his contractors who are members 

of the ruling party told him 

to accuse the National Democratic 

Congress of the crime 

after he had carried it out. 

Additionally, he indicated to 

the court that after he committed 

the crime, his arrest by the 

Police was staged just to cover 

up for his actual privies. 

Another twist to the confession 

was that, the first accused 

person told the court that at the 

appropriate time, he would mention 

the names of the persons 

who contracted him to commit 

the crime of murder. 

Spokesperson for the group 

calling itself the Abuakwa Youth 

for Justice, Nana Sei in an interview 

with Starr News said the 

suspect must be probed further 

to verify his claims. 

“From the horses own 

mouth, he has said he was hired 

by some people and they have 

disappointed him, the promises 

they gave him, they haven’t fulfilled 

their part. 

“They [CID] should handle 

him in a very nice way so that 

everybody behind the murder of 

the late MP would be known so 

that everyone would know that 

justice has been served.” 

Meanwhile, the second accused 

person, Vincent Bosso, 

after the confession of the first 

accused person told the court 

that now that the first accused 

person had confessed, he ought 

to be released from custody because 

he knew nothing about 

the entire case. 

His involvement in the ongoing 

committal proceedings was a 

breach of his fundamental 

human rights, the second accused 

told the court.


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HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 

Sir John honoured 

for role in fight 

against 

unemployment 

FROM FORESTRY COMMISSION 

THE CHIEF Executive Officer 

(CEO) of the Forestry 

Commission of Ghana, 

Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, 

popularly known as Sir 

John, has been honored for 

his exemplary leadership and innovate 

ideas that help solve climate change and 

also for the creation of jobs for young 

Ghanaians. 

Presenting the award to Mr Owusu 

Afriyie, Dr Ken Giami, publisher and 

CEO of African Leadership Magazine, 

noted that the creation of over 15,000 

jobs for, primarily, persons with no higher 

form of education, to the reforestation 

programme, which seeks to help fight 

global warming, was commendable. 

He commended the Forestry Commission 

for their continuous effort to create 

the business link between Africa and the 

United Kingdom. 

The Africa Summit, held at the London 

Hilton, Park Lane, was under the 

theme ‘Jobs made in Africa: Creating a 

world of opportunities for the continent’s 

young people.’ 

The gathering aimed to help shape discussions 

on Africa’s entrepreneurship and 

job prospects for the next 10 years and 

also expose delegates to bold ideas and 

initiatives that had worked. 

Ministers of State and top business 

personalities from across the African continent 

were present. 

They included Hon. N. K. Bah, Minister 

for Tourism in the Gambia, Hon. 

Amadou Kone, Minister of Transport 

Cote d'Ivoire and Mr Peter Cole Chiori, 

CEO of Ocean Glory Commodities Ltd. 

Other recipients of the Awards included 

a Presidential Hopeful of Nigeria 

and Chairman of BenTV UK, Mr Alistair 

Soyode and Ms Leelai Kpukuyou, CEO 

of Mini Enterprise Inc. Liberia, who contributed 

immensely to the fight against 

Ebola in Liberia. 

•Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission of Ghana 

Google’s 1st Artificial Intelligence 

Research Centre to be opened in 

Ghana – Bawumia 

BY JONATHAN ADJEI 

GLOBAL INFORMA- 

TION Technology giant, 

Google, will later this year 

open its first African Artificial 

Intelligence Research 

Centre in Ghana, Vice President 

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, 

has announced. 

Delivering the special 

guest of honour’s address at 

the 2018 African Transformation 

Forum (ATF), 2nd 

Edition, organised by the 

African Center for Economic 

Transformation 

(ACET) at the Movenpick 

Ambassador Hotel, Vice 

President Bawumia said 

Google’s Artificial Intelligence 

Research Centre 

would work with local universities 

and research institutions 

to discover the 

potential uses of Artificial 

Intelligence in Africa. 

Artificial Intelligence 

Artificial Intelligence is 

intelligence demonstrated by 

machines, in contrast to the 

natural intelligence displayed 

by humans and other animals. 

Artificial Intelligence is 

therefore considered as the 

theory and development of 

computer systems which are 

able to perform tasks normally 

requiring human intelligence, 

such as visual 

perception, speech recognition, 

decision-making, and 

•Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President 

translation between languages. 

ACET Founder 

The Founder and President 

of ACET, K. Y. 

Amoako in his welcome address 

stated that transformational 

leadership in Africa 

was a prerequisite for 

Africa’s ability to accomplish 

any meaningful development 

on the continent. He announced 

the formation of 

an African Transformation 

Panel which would be 

chaired by the former President 

of Liberia, Ellen Johnson 

Sirleaf. 

The panel would be responsible 

for giving direction 

to drive economic 

transformation in Africa. 

Most of the work of the 

panel would focus on youth 

education, technology and 

innovation, transformational 

leadership, climate and energy 

and regional integration 

in Africa. 

ATF 2018 

ATF 2018 is a dialogue 

for action on the development 

of Africa. It offers an 

unparalleled opportunity for 

the private sector and other 

non-state actors to get engaged 

and help shape the 

course of economic transformation 

in Africa. The 

forum would also take stock 

of progress made in the 

Pan-African Coalition for 

Transformation (PACT). 

Launched at ATF 2016, 

PACT is a mechanism for 

high-level government, private 

sector and civil society 

stakeholders to collaborate 

across sectors and borders to 

speed up implementation of 

transformative policies and 

reforms. 

The conference also allowed 

attendees to contribute 

directly to the 

formation of action plans 

for several PACT thematic 

chapters, including those focused 

on resource mobilisation, 

manufacturing, 

agriculture, extractives and 

skills development. 

Who attended the 

ATF 2018? 

Four Heads of State, fifteen 

Ministers of State from 

across Africa, over 50 highlevel 

government officials, 

some seventy CEOs and 

leaders from businesses 

across the private sector, 

heads of international foundations, 

development agencies 

and civil society 

organisations participated in 

the forum. 

Additionally, experts and 

entrepreneurs from a crosssection 

of industries, including 

finance, agriculture, 

infrastructure, extractives 

and manufacturing and journalists 

from global and 

African media, including 

print, digital, radio and television 

also participated in 

the forum.

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 

BY ABIGAIL ASARE 

• FROM L-R: Mr Mic Yamoah (Secretary), Mr William Asiedu (ATWAG President), 

Nanabanyin Dadson, Veteran Arts Writer and Lecturer at AUCC, Mr Francis Doku (ATWAG 

Vice president) and Mustapha Attractive Inusah (Organiser) 

ATWAG to 

empower 

members 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

THE ARTS and 

Tourism Writers 

Association of 

Ghana (ATWAG) 

is set to host series 

of training programmes to 

empower its members to improve 

their gate-keeping and 

agenda setting efforts. 

The capacity building move 

is critical in view of the national 

drive to position arts 

and tourism as key drivers for 

socio-economic development. 

According to the president 

of the association, Mr William 

Asiedu, the programmes will 

also help arts and tourism 

writers to upgrade their 

knowledge of the elements of 

journalism to enrich their 

work online and offline. 

The president gave the hint 

when executives of ATWAG 

called on Veteran Arts Writer 

and Lecturer, Nanabanyin 

Dadson at the Africa University 

College of Communication 

(AUCC) to discuss how 

he could host the association’s 

members to series of training 

programmes to help improve 

their output. 

Mr Asiedu gave the assurance 

that the education programmes 

will begin soon, after 

the “necessary groundwork 

has been done”. 

Nanabayin Dadson, who is 

a former Editor of the 

Graphic Showbiz and currently 

the Head of Journalism 

at the AUCC agreed to organize 

workshops and other training 

programmes for ATWAG 

saying, the initiative should be 

geared towards educating writers 

to be creative. 

He was also optimistic that 

his collaboration with the association 

will help the members 

to fully apply the ethics, 

elements and professional 

skills in journalism to what 

they communicate. 

The lecturer observed that 

many writers thought more 

about content than style, saying 

“Arts writing should not 

only be about critiques but 

also about writing in a way 

that can help news consumers 

to connect with 

artists/artistes.” 

Mr Dadson said, “We are 

in the speed era but journalists 

should take their time to apply 

the news elements to make 

their stories complete.” 

The Vice president of 

ATWAG, Mr Francis Doku 

observed that many writers fail 

to apply the elements of journalism, 

which include verification 

of information and 

balance in news writing due to 

the desire to be the first to 

break the news, especially online. 

Other executive members 

who were present at the meeting 

were Mr Mic Yamoah 

(Secretary) and Mustapha Attractive 

Inusah (Organiser). 

The association presented a 

citation to Mr Dadson as a 

token of their appreciation for 

honouring their invitation to 

its inauguration and induction 

of executive officers on March 

2, 2018. 

I won’t collaborate 

with ‘Noisy’ Patapaa 

— Kuami Eugene 

BUDDING HIGHLIFE musician 

Kuami Eugene has served notice he 

will never collaborate with hiplife 

sensation Patapaa because he is 

noisy. 

Rumors were rife that 

the ‘Angela’ 

singer and the 

‘One Corner’ hitmaker 

had 

agreed on a 

deal, but 

speaking to 

Regina Van- 

Helvet on 

RythmzLive 

on Tuesday, 

he said he 

turned Patapaa 

down when he requested 

for a joint 

work. 

“Patapaa said he needs 

me on a song, he’s calling me for a 

feature and said I no, because I’m 

not ready.” 

Asked if Ghanaians would have 

Keep your 

relationships 

private — 

Princess 

Shyngle 

GHANA-BASED GAM- 

BIAN actress, Princess 

Shyngle has advised her colleagues 

against flaunting of 

partners in public on social 

media. 

According to the ‘Why 

Should I Get Married’ actress, 

most of her colleagues 

expose their relationship in public 

and when the worse happens and 

it’s being discussed they get 

angry. 

But in a post on her Instagram 

handle, Shyngle wrote, 

“Date, in private. Love, in private. 

Be happy, in private. Live, 

in private. That way, you can 

take your losses, in private. 

Maintain, in private. Rebuild 

yourself, in private.” 

•Kuami Eugene, 

singer 

to wait for collaboration from them 

in the future, he answered, “People 

shouldn’t wait. It’s never going to 

happen, Patapaa’s kind of songs are 

not me, he makes too much 

noise.” 

Eugene is a 

Ghanaian singer 

and songwriter. 

He is signed 

to the record 

label Lynx 

Entertainment 

and is 

best known 

for his single 

‘Angela’. 

Eugene 

has written and 

produced for a 

number of awardwinning 

Ghanaian musicians 

including 

MzVee, Becca and Adina and featured 

on hit singles with DJ Vyrusky, 

Shatta Wale and Ko-Jo Cue. 

•Princess Shyngle, actress



Elder Mireku to celebrate 40th 

anni. with three concerts 

THREE GOSPEL concerts 

are being put together 

to celebrate 

gospel legend Elder 

Emmanuel Kwasi 

Mireku for his 40th anniversary 

in music ministry. 

At the launch of the anniversary 

held on June 20, 2018, the manager of 

the Elder Mireku, Peter Tekper announced 

that there shall be concerts in 

three regions as part of the activities 

for the celebration. 

He said the first concert will take 

place on 3rd August, 2018 at the Jackson 

Park in Koforidua where Elder 

Mireku lives. 

From there, there shall be another 

one in Kumasi on 14th September, 

2018. 

He will wrap it up at the Black Star 

Square in Accra on November 9, 2018. 

The launch, which was held at the 

MJ Grand Hotel at East Legon in 

Accra, had the media, musicians, family 

of Elder Mireku and the clergy in 

attendance. 

Some musicians present were Rev. 

Mensah Bonsu, Ohemaa Mercy, Uncle 

Ato, Mary Ghansah and Georgia Agyei 

among others. 

Elder Mireku, who was thankful to 

God for sustaining his music ministry 

for 40 years, also said his brand was 

still solid and that he would still project 

the work of God through music. 

He has more than 40 volumes (albums) 

of songs and has contributed 

immensely to the gospel music industry. 

His songs are popular in almost 

every church in Ghana – most of 

which have been sampled by other 

•Elder Mireku (M) at the launch of his 40th anniversary in music 

artistes without permission. 

The Pentecost Elder has influenced 

the style of music of musicians like 

Kwaku Gyasi, Frank Asomadu and 

many others. 

He has songs such as ‘Aduru Wo 

So’, ‘Adom Aye Wonsa Ma’, 

‘Maranatha’ and ‘Wose Ayeyi’. 

Citinewsroom.com 

Stop spreading 

rumours about my death 

— Psalm Adjeteyfio 

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson 

confirm engagement 

AMERICAN COMEDIAN Peter 

Michael Davidson has confirmed 

he is engaged to Ariana Grande- 

Butera, who is also an American 

actress, saying "I feel like I won a 

contest." 

The couple started dating in 

May and there was speculation earlier 

this month they were planning 

to get married. 

Speaking on ‘The Tonight 

Show’ with Jimmy Fallon, Pete - 

best known for his role on United 

States comedy show SNL - confirmed 

they were engaged, adding, 

"It's lit." 

He said one fan even came up 

to him and said, "You gave me 

hope." 

It's the first time either of the 

pair has spoken publicly about their 

engagement - although Ariana appeared 

to confirm the news earlier 

•Ariana Grande-Butera with boyfriend Peter Michael Davidson 

this month when replying to fans 

on social media. 

On ‘The Tonight Show’, Jimmy 

Fallon jokingly told Pete that he 

"didn't have to get engaged to Ariana 

Grande to come on our show." 

Pete, who performs on sketch 

show Saturday Night Live, replied, 

"But I did though. I feel like I won 

a contest. So sick." 

When asked how he was handling 

it all, the comedian said it was 

"lit" and joked that men were walking 

past him and tipping their hat 

as a sign of respect. 

"Some dude came up to me and 

was like, 'Yo man, you gave me 

hope'. I didn't know I was that 

ugly." 

On Saturday, Pete shared a 

photo on Instagram which appeared 

to show Ariana wearing an 

engagement ring. 

It included the caption, "You 

know what you'd dream it be like? 

It's better than that.” 

The couple have both recently 

came out of other relationships. 

Ariana was dating rapper Mac 

Miller, while Pete was in a relationship 

with Cazzie David, whose dad 

is comedian Larry David. 

The singer recently spoke about 

her recently-ended relationship 

with Mac Miller, calling it "toxic". 

"I am not a babysitter or a 

mother and no woman should feel 

that they need to be," she said. 

Ariana also got a tattoo of a bee 

a year on from the terror attack at 

the Manchester Arena where 22 

people died at her concert last year. 

The singer says she has PTSD 

from the attack, and doesn't think 

she'll ever be able to talk about the 

event without crying. BBC 

GHANAIAN ACTOR, Psalm Adjeteyfio, 

popularly known as T T, 

has pleaded with rumour mongers 

to spare him. 

T T, who became famous following 

his appearance in the Taxi 

Driver TV series, said he is always 

shocked to hear about some people 

spreading rumours of his death on 

social media. 

According to him, it is very sad 

because it has happened multiple 

times. 

“I was shocked when people said 

I had passed away. I do not know 

who is spreading 

that falsehood. 

I don’t 

know if the 

person hates 

me. I have 

been off 

screens due 

to illness. I 

couldn’t 

breathe and 

talk well,” he 

told Moses 

Aluebase (DJ 

Alligator) on 

Storm FM’s 

Mid-Morning 

show in 

Sunyani. 

After he 

was diagnosed with an enlarged 

heart, which is now leading to 

swollen feet, the veteran actor disclosed 

that though, people are trying 

to help, it is not enough to cater 

for his medical bills. 

T T, who has been off the 

screens for some time, said he tried 

doing some little work that won’t 

take much of his time before his ailment 

became serious. 

He shot down reports that his 

wife left him following his sickness. 

“My wife left me before I fell 

sick, my children have always been 

on my side,” T T stated. 

•Psalm Adjeteyfio, 

actor

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Sports 


Ronaldo, Messi rivalry keep 

fans watching W/Cup 

BY ANNETTE S. YEBOAH 

FOOTBALL FANS from Kumasi 

in the Ashanti Region have given 

reasons why they watch the 2018 

FIFA World Cup currently underway 

in Russia. 

According to a cross-section of football 

fans, the rivalry between the two world best 

players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi is 

the reason they are glued to their television 

sets. 

Ronaldo has proved to be different after 

scoring four goals in two matches. He scored a 

hat-trick against Spain in the opening game 

and on Wednesday he scored a header 

goal against Morocco. 

He now holds a record for scoring 

more goals than any other European 

player in history. 

The fans who have been caught up 

in the euphoria of the tournament are 

expecting that the two big names in 

football do not bow out from the tournament 

early in order to keep them 

glued to their television and radio sets 

to watch or listen for the sake of argument. 

Mr Sasu Danquah from EIB Network’s 

Ultimate fm in Kumasi told the 

DAILY HERITAGE that though 

Ghana did not make it to the world’s 

prestigious game in Russia it had not affected 

the support base because of the 

Ronaldo and Messi rivalry that had 

raised the expectation high. 

The Black Stars of Ghana failed to 

book a place at the ongoing 2018 FIFA World 

Cup being staged in Eastern Europe, Russia, 

from June 14 to July 15, 2018. 

GeoPoll 

In May this year, a survey conducted by 

GeoPoll, in Accra said Ghanaians would not 

be left out as they are the largest number in 

Africa to watch the matches on television. 

The survey which was conducted in six nations 

including, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, 

South Africa, Senegal and Ghana saw that 

Ghanaian men come close to the top of the 

World Cup knowledge score, with 80% of 

Ghanaian men able to identify correctly which 

month the FIFA World Cup would start, 

closely following was Tanzania, which ranked 

•Lionel Messi of Argentina 

the highest at 82%. 

The survey said 99% of Ghanaian men will 

be following the contest as Ghana is a FIFAcommitted 

nation. 

• Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal 

Fatau Dauda tips Nigeria to qualify for Round 16 

GHANA GOALKEEPER Fatau Dauda has 

predicted that Nigeria will progress into the 

round of 16 from Group D at this year’s 

FIFA World Cup in Russia. 

The Nigeria based shot stopper is optimistic 

that the West African nation has all 

what it takes to bounce back from their first 

defeat against Croatia to progress to the 

knockout stage of the Mundial. 

Nigeria are in the World Cup Group D 

with Argentina, Iceland and Croatia. 

The Super Eagles were defeated in their 

opening fixture against Croatia 2-0, Mario 

Mandzukic’s 32nd-minute header from a 

Luka Modric corner was deflected into his 

own net by Oghenekaro Etebo and Luka 

Modric secured the win from the penalty 

spot 19 minutes from time after William 

Troost-Ekong fouled Mario Mandzukic in 

the penalty box. 

Nigeria now face a herculean task to advance 

beyond the first round in Russia but 

the goalkeeper is optimistic about the 

chances of the three -time African champions 

looking at the array of talents in their 

squad. 

“I know a lot of people tip Nigeria to do 

well because of the players at their disposal. 

Most of their players play for top teams in 

Europe and they play regularly for their 

teams. 

“I know Nigeria will do well in the World 

Cup. Now they’ve lost their first game and I 

know they will bounce back in the second 

match (against Iceland),” he said. 

A well-organised Iceland team held Argentina 

to a 1-1 draw in their opening game. 

• The Super Eagles

June 22

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