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•Sophia Akuffo, 

Chief Justice 

• Michael Atta Frimpong, 

chairman of the Welfare 

Committee of the Accra CMB 

Station of GPRTU (in red) 

addressing the media 

•From (L-R) Amankwah Ampofo, veteran 

broadcaster, Rev Erasmus Amankwah 

Addo, president of Ghanadrive, Rev Cyril 

Benedict Crabbe, founder of AVS and 

Catharine Helmilteng, Manager of 

Greater Accra National Road Safety 

commission at the event 

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018 

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PG.04 

Venezuela crisis: UN 

says security forces 

killed hundreds 

ARTS 

& ENT 

SPORTS 

I bleach because I 

want to fit into Hollywood 

— Ella Mensah 

PG.13 

DPSI dominates 2018 

National Youth Chess 

championship 

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PG.15 

Stop taking 

Tramadol to drive 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

A ROAD Safety Advocate, Rev Charles 

Ntim, popularly known as Moses, has advised 

drivers in Ghana to stop driving 

under the influence of drugs such as Tramadol 

with the excuse that it prevents fatigue. 

Rev Ntim said because the Ghana Police 

Service had intensified regular alcohol 

checks on various roads, drivers had resorted 

to hard drugs such as Tramadol and 

marijuana, which are very difficult for law 

enforcement agencies to detect at first 

sight. 

He said this had increased the rate 

of road accidents in the country since 

the use of the drugs had negative effects 

on the body, which could cause 

fatal road crashes. 

Rev Ntim gave this advice last Friday, 

June 22, 2018, at the Kaneshie 

Lorry Park during the National All 

Drivers Prayer Summit organised by 

Accident Victim’s Support in Accra. 

He said the continuous use of a 

local snuff popularly known as ‘asira’ 

blocks the veins and could cause 

stroke and other attacks while driving. 

“I want to use this opportunity to 

appeal to all drivers in the country to 

desist from using hard drugs to drive 

because it can cause serious accident 

on the road,” he stated. 

In his sermon titled ‘Driver as a 

Leader,’ the president of Ghanadrive, 

Rev Erasmus Amankwah Addo, said 

every driver is a leader and therefore 

his/her deeds must bring inspiration 

• Safety advocate tells drivers 

to the people around him/her. 

Rev Addo said “with a driver as a leader, 

judgment must always be good so that it 

does not affect the people under your 

care.” 

He said 90% of accidents in the country 

are caused by human factors such as the 

driver being under the influence of alcohol 

or drugs, fatigue or speeding, a situation he 

described as rampant in the country. 

The founder of AVS, Rev Cyril Benedict 

Crabbe, said the programme aimed at 

creating awareness and for fundraising to 

support accident victims in various hospitals 

in the country. 

Rev Crabbe said the campaign to engage 

drivers in prayer to support accident victims 

would fully start from August and run 

till December, when the team would visit 

the Achimota Lorry Park, the 37 Lorry Station 

and finally end at Tema Station. 

He is, therefore, appealing to the government, 

philanthropists, corporate Ghana 

and individuals to help feed the over 45 accident 

victims currently under their care. 

• From (L-R) Amankwah Ampofo, veteran broadcaster, Rev Erasmus Amankwah Addo, 

president of Ghanadrive, Rev Cyril Benedict Crabbe, founder of AVS and Catharine 

Helmilteng, Manager of Greater Accra National Road Safety commission at the event 

Pregnant 

prisoner 

granted bail 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

ADJOA HELLEN Bimpong has 

spent three months in custody with 

her pregnancy after she was arrested 

and charged with conspiracy to commit 

murder. 

The 21-year-old is accused of conspiring 

with the husband to kill their 

two-year-old son who was born deformed. 

The woman, according to the facts, 

was arrested at Akroso by the Oda 

Police in February 2018 and charged 

with conspiracy to commit murder at 

the Oda Magistrate Court. 

She was admitted to the Nsawam 

Prison on March 10, 2018 and has 

since remained in custody without 

trial. 

The accused person, who applied 

for bail when the ‘Justice For All’ programme 

team stormed the Nsawam 

Prisons, was granted the bail. The 

team also granted bail to some remand 

prisoners. 

Miss Bimpong told the court that 

her case had been adjourned four 

times with the last court appearance 

date being March 27. 

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018 03 

Judges threaten 

Akufo-Addo 

BY JONATHAN ADJEI 

THE ASSOCIATION 

of Magistrates and 

Judges of Ghana has 

cautioned President 

Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo to immediately review 

the salaries of lower court 

judges or face their wrath. 

The judges have vowed to 

carry out their threat and embark 

on a strike early next 

month, if their demands are not 

met. 

According to the association, 

the president, who is also an astute 

lawyer, knows he must fix 

the situation as required by law. 

The Government has failed 

over the last four years to review 

the salaries of lower court 

judges despite several calls on it 

to do so, a situation they say was 

having dire effect on their lives. 

• Review our salaries or 

we embark on strike 

Speaking to the media, President of 

the Association, Justice Victor Ofoe, insisted 

it was not an absurdity for judges to 

embark on strike since it had been done in 

other African countries and, as a matter of 

fact, was not alien to them. 

“If the system for reviewing 

salaries appears to be breaking 

down, then our resolve not to go 

on strike should also break 

down. We’ve heard of strikes in Zambia, 

Tanzania and the rest. And they keep on 

pointing out that you people say judges 

don’t go on strike, but is it not strike that 

is being undertaken in Zambia and Tanzania? 

“What is so special with our stomach 

that if we are being cheated, we should 

say no strike and be going hungry? If 

Zambia and Tanzania can go on strike 

and be getting their results, the matter is a 

very simple one,” Justice Victor Ofoe 

said. 

• The judges have threatened to embark on a strike next month 

•Sophia Akuffo, 

Chief Justice 

Pregnant prisoner granted bail 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

The applicant explained that she had 

been cohabitating with Richard Arhinful 

and had two kids by him. 

She said one of the children was born 

sick and cried most of the time. She said 

on that fateful day, the child started crying 

and Richard beat the child to stop 

crying but Miss Bimpong intervened. 

She explained that later that morning, 

she was informed by Richard that the 

child was dead and he (Richard) 

threatened her not to say a word to 

family members about what had 

happened. 

The applicant said Richard and 

two others secretly buried the child 

without informing the police. 

She explained that she kept 

mute out of fear but informed her 

family three days later and that her 

uncle reported the incident to the 

police. The suspects were subsequently 

arrested. 

Ms Bimpong averred that three 

The accused person, 

who applied for bail 

when the ‘Justice For All’ 

programme team 

stormed the Nsawam 

Prisons, was granted the 

bail. The team also 

granted bail to some 

remand prisoners. 

others were granted bail while she 

was remanded, and explained that 

she had not been granted bail and so 

had remained on remand without 

trial. 

The court, presided over by Justice 

Clemence Honyenuga, a Court 

of Appeal judge, said the accused 

was granted bail on the grounds that 

she was heavily pregnant. 

The court said after delivery she 

should report to the police until the 

case is finally disposed off.

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•Cannabis leaves 

Japan: Cannabis plants found growing near MPs' offices 

CANNABIS PLANTS have 

been found growing in the 

grounds of a Japanese parliamentary 

building in Tokyo. 

The country has a strict notolerance 

policy towards drugs 

and possession of even a small 

amount of cannabis carries a jail 

term of up to five years. 

The four plants were removed 

after they were discovered 

by a visitor. It's not clear 

how they got there. 

A parliamentary official said 

cannabis seeds could be carried 

by the wind or in bird droppings. 

The building contains offices 

used by members of the upper 

house. 

"After we reported it to the 

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, 

two Tokyo officials visited," 

the parliamentary official 

told AFP news agency. 

There will be a follow-up 

visit to ensure the plants were 

completely uprooted and had 

not spread. BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Venezuela crisis: UN says 

security forces killed hundreds 

VENEZUELAN SE- 

CURITY forces have 

carried out hundreds 

of arbitrary killings 

under the guise of 

fighting crime, the UN 

says in a new report. 

The UN's human rights body 

says it has credible accounts of security 

forces raiding poor neighbourhoods 

and killing young men, 

often in their homes. 

The rule of law was "virtually absent" 

in the country, UN human 

rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein 

said. 

Venezuela has in the past dismissed 

human rights allegations as 

"lies". 

The country is going through a 

protracted political and economic 

crisis. 

Scores of protesters were killed 

in clashes during anti-government 

protests last year and the country is 

also experiencing hyperinflation and 

food shortages. 

President Nicolas Maduro was 

re-elected in May after the opposition 

boycotted the vote. 

The UN says the alleged extra-judicial 

killings were carried out by officers 

involved with the Operations 

for the Liberation of the People, ostensibly 

a crime reduction initiative. 

These officers may have killed 

more than 500 people between July 

2015 and March 2017 as a way to 

showcase crime reduction results, 

the UN says. They are alleged to 

have staged evidence to make it look 

like the victims died in an exchange 

of fire. 

The officers involved have immunity 

from prosecution and no 

one has been held accountable. 

BBC 

• Under the EU sanctions, arms exports to the Venezuelan security forces will no longer be allowed 

Italy migrant row: 

Malta urged to open 

ports to rescue ship 

ITALY HAS urged Malta to 

take in a migrant rescue 

ship, after earlier threatening 

to seize the vessel and arrest 

its crew. 

Italian authorities had 

said that two ships operated 

by the German migrant rescue 

group Mission Lifeline 

were "illegally" flying the 

Dutch flag. 

One of them, the Lifeline, 

is carrying 226 migrants 

rescued from the sea near 

the Libyan coast. 

Malta has not yet agreed 

to open its ports for the 

ship. 

"We have been in contact 

with Malta to offer support 

if humanitarian help is 

needed by the boat in the 

•The two ships work for the 

German NGO Mission Lifeline 

next few hours," an Italian 

government spokeswoman 

said on Friday. 

But Italy's interior minster, 

while backing the proposed 

journey to Malta, has 

maintained that the Lifeline 

should be seized and its 

crew arrested. 

He has also suggested 

the NGO's second ship, the 

Seefuchs, should also be impounded. 

Italy's new right-wing 

government has taken a 

harder stance on rescue 

ships bringing large numbers 

of migrants to Italy, which is 

often the nearest port for 

those rescued off coast of 

Libya. BBC 

Ethiopia's Ginbot 7 opposition movement suspends armed resistance 

AN ETHIOPIAN rebel group has 

suspended its armed resistance 

against the government. 

The Ginbot 7 movement said 

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's reforms 

had given them hope that 

"genuine democracy" may be "a 

real possibility". 

Earlier, the government said it 

had unblocked 264 websites and 

TV broadcasters. 

Mr Abiy has made numerous 

changes since coming to office in 

April, relaxing the state's previously 

tight grip on power. 

Ginbot 7, which is based in 

neighbouring Eritrea, had been 

designated a terrorist organisation 

by previous governments. 

Its secretary-general, Andargachew 

Tsege, was arrested in 

Yemen in 2014 after being sentenced 

to death in absentia in 2009 

for allegedly plotting a coup. 

The Ethiopian government 

pardoned Mr Tsege on 29 May 

and he has since returned to the 

UK, where his family lives. 

Mr Tsege recently told the BBC 

that his release came after Prime 

Minister Abiy had threatened to 

resign. BBC 

• The Ginbot 7 has been inspired by the reforms undertaken by the new 

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed 

Its secretarygeneral, 

Andargachew 

Tsege, 

was arrested in 

Yemen in 2014 

after being sentenced 

to death 

in absentia in 

2009 for allegedly 

plotting a 

coup.



05 

Editorial 

Govt must take a second look at Bonding laws 

THE GENERAL concept of 

bonding students is to ensure that 

the State does not waste resources 

to train the needed human resource 

only to lose it to the private sector 

or other agencies after the students 

have completed their programmes 

of study. 

In the teaching profession, for 

instance, students were made to 

sign bonds to serve for at least two 

years, depending on where one was 

posted. Failure to respect the bond 

agreement amounted to a blatant 

violation of the law. 

Many teachers were, thus, forced 

to serve the country before they 

could take a decision to even travel 

outside the country to seek greener 

pastures. 

The hallmark of the bonding 

system was that students were 

posted to where their services were 

needed and they had no other option 

than to undertake their national 

service there. 

However, a major flaw in implementing 

the bonding concept is creating 

huge challenges for graduates, 

particularly in the health sector. 

It is now commonplace for 

trained nurses and other health professionals 

to remain in the house 

for years without being posted 

when they have signed bond agreements 

with the government to serve 

the State for up to five years before 

they can be eligible to work elsewhere. 

The lame excuse from the responsible 

government agencies has 

always been lack of the needed capital 

to absorb the trained health professionals. 

This, for us, is not only 

highly unfair but shows our inability 

to think ahead of certain occurrences. 

The superlative practice is that 

the system should always be ready 

to absorb the number of trained 

people who have been supported financially 

by the State, at least for the 

bonding period. 

It is not the best to bond someone 

for five years and refuse to post 

the person. This is inhumane and 

must be looked at critically. 

If the State does not have the capacity 

to take in all trained nurses 

and other professionals, then it is 

incumbent on the supervising authorities 

to legally release them so 

that they could seek jobs elsewhere. 

Tension at CMB lorry station 

• Over impending ejection of 

transport operators, traders 

•Michael Atta Frimpong, chairman of the Welfare Committee of the 

Accra CMB Station of GPRTU (in red) addressing the media 

THE IMPENDING ejection of 

over a thousand transport operators 

and traders from the Accra 

CMB Railways Lorry Station by 

the Railways Corporation and 

some 13 private land developers has triggered 

anger and tension in the area. 

According to the frustrated transport operators 

and traders, the corporation and the private 

land developers, including Ofosu Ntim, Pioneer 

Merchant Company, First Eye Company, Wood 

Merchant Company and the Lord Cares Plaza, 

have marked their structures for demolition in 

the coming days. 

The development, they said, if not stopped 

by the government immediately, would have the 

tendency of destroying the sources of livelihood 

of the drivers, who ply 90 routes across 

nine regions in the country. 

Addressing a press conference in Accra over 

the weekend, the chairman of the Welfare 

Committee of the Accra CMB Station of the 

Ghana Private Road Transport Union 

(GPRTU), Mr Michael Atta Frimpong, stated 

that they were shocked to hear that the land on 

which they were operating had been sold by 

management of Railways Corporation to 13 

land developers without their knowledge. 

He said, “Our main worry also is that 

GPRTU of TUC and Ghana Railway Corporation 

are sister unions dealing in transportation. 

If there is a deal, we should have been the individuals 

to benefit because we are the occupants 

of the place and property.” 

According to him, the Railways Corporation 

should have engaged them on its intended sale 

of the property, considering the mutual agreement 

they have with the corporation and the allodia 

land owners, the Nii Ankrah family of 

Gbese in the Ga State. 

He lamented that their ejection from the 

land would greatly affect the operations of over 

one thousand drivers and many traders. 

The frustrating development has compelled 

the transport operators of the Accra CMB Railways 

Lorry Station to appeal to President Nana 

Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Minister 

of Railways Development, Mr Joe Ghartey, to 

intervene in order to allow the Railways Corporation 

and the 13 private developers to rescind 

their decisions to eject them from the land. 

He said: “We would like the President of the 

Republic of Ghana to intervene on our behalf 

as quickly as possible, to sustain an absolute 

peace to enable us to continue our businesses 

without any further hindrance. 

“At the end of it all we appeal to the government 

to provide concrete solution to our 

problem once and for all or we advise ourselves 

by resorting to any action that is backed by law 

of the land.” 

Mr Frimpong also expressed disappointment 

in the management of the Railways Corporation, 

who had rejected an initial proposal 

for the development of the land into an ultramodern 

lorry station facility, but went ahead to 

sell the same property to the 13 private land developers. 

“We have been trying to get in touch with 

the management to give a listening ear to the 

issue since 2008 but they refused to grand us 

audience,” he stated. 

He said the government must, as a matter of 

urgency, step in and take over the land, develop 

it into a more suitable lorry station facility 

which would help generate revenue for economic 

development. 

According to Mr Frimpong, the government’s 

vision of achieving ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ 

could be realised if right taxes and revenue are 

generated, hence facilities such as lorry stations 

which contribute enough towards the nation’s 

socio-economic and infrastructural development 

must not be left undeveloped. 

He expressed the belief that the Akufo- 

Addo-led government is a listening government 

and so would not close its eyes to the development 

and allow over two million people to suffer, 

hence the affected drivers and traders 

expected the President’s swift intervention to 

save the situation. 

Meanwhile, the private land developers have 

confirmed to a cross-section of journalists that 

they have bought the land from the Railways 

Corporation.


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HERITAGE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018 

I have slept with 24 

men so far—Actress 

BY NANA BRAM OKAE II 

A 

YOUNG lady is 

reported to have 

confessed that 

she had slept 

with 24 men so 

far in her career 

as an actress and these include 

veteran actors like Waakye and 

Fred Amugi. 

Reaction 

My first reaction to this negative 

piece of news was that 

women hardly ever talk about 

the number of men they have 

slept with publicly since it 

sounds shameful and it shows 

them as wayward; so why did she 

do that? Rather it’s men who 

boast about their so-called 

prowess in sleeping with as many 

women as possible although this 

is vanity and completely unnecessary. 

According to social media reports 

where the original news 

came from, when Waakye was 

contacted on this issue, he denied 

ever knowing the lady in 

question let alone going to the 

extent of sleeping with her in a 

hotel room. We have not heard 

from Fred Amugi yet, the other 

actor she mentioned in her narration, 

on this issue, and it’s 

likely he is treating it with contempt 

because he was 

contacted as well. 

29-year-old 

Come to think of it, 

I’m not sure why a 29- 

year-old lady will go public 

and declare the number 

of men she has succeeded 

in ‘massaging’ in bed so 

far. What for? What is the 

reason for her going public 

on this? And what will 

she gain by doing that? 

I suspect by going 

public on this issue she 

wants to sell herself as a 

daring prostitute who is 

ready for any good customer, 

a person who can 

sponsor her and get sexual 

favours in return. Apparently, 

this is how she 

has been operating to survive, 

according to her own 

statement—she gives herself 

to the men while she 

gives them sex in exchange 

and it doesn’t matter 

their age or 

background; once you can throw 

in a few Cedis at her, she will 

‘register’ you, so it seems. 

Reprehensible 

I find this attitude to life very 

reprehensible. Even if you are 

doing this to survive in these turbulent 

times, do you have to tell 

the whole world about it, the 

way she has boldly spoken about 

it on social media? There are 

several women who do this kind 

of thing on the quiet for survival 

and never broadcast it, so why 

do this, Madam Actress? Or it’s a 

matter of conscience pricking 

you? 

I have noticed though that 

such silly info and pictures are 

uploaded on social media these 

days for the consumption of the 

general public. An actress is 

pregnant and a picture or pictures 

of her protruding belly are 

shown on social media for reasons 

I find it very hard to 

fathom. 

What does a picture of a 

pregnant actress mean to the 

man or woman on social media? 

Nothing, absolutely nothing and 

yet this is the trend these days. 

Afia Schwarz 

It seems Ghanaians are 

blindly following what happens 

in the Western 

media where they have 

vey little to report on, so 

they go into people’s private 

lives and report on 

things that are deeply private 

to the people involved. 

A pregnancy, in my 

opinion, is private to the 

person who is pregnant 

and not the general public. 

After all, she caused 

the pregnancy behind 

closed doors or in a secluded 

area, not in public. 

You will also recollect that 

Afia Schwarz was shown naked 

in bed with a man (not her husband) 

and I find it hard to understand 

the rationale behind uploading 

those pictures. Was it 

just to embarrass her or what? 

And that is her private life; who 

she sleeps with! You may have 

noticed that she is unfazed by 

that incident and life goes on as 

usual as far as she is concerned; 

she cares less by 

those pictures. 

It seems Ghanaians are 

blindly following what happens 

in the Western media 

where they have vey little to 

report on, so they go into 

people’s private lives and report 

on things that are 

deeply private to the people 

involved. A pregnancy, in 

my opinion, is private to the 

person who is pregnant and 

not the general public. After 

all, she caused the pregnancy 

behind closed doors 

or in a secluded area, not in 

public. 

In the same vein the 

number of men or women a 

person has slept with is his 

or her own private affair and 

must not be made public for 

any reason. 

Our values 

•Rosemond Brown, actress 

Our media men and 

women are deviating from 

our values and they must 

watch it. Private and personal 

issues must remain as such. 

You will also recollect Maame 

Dokono confessing a few weeks 

ago that David Dontoh was her 

boyfriend once upon a time and 

I was beside myself with disbelief 

when I heard that. 

Maame Dokono 

Why should Maame Dokono 

say that at this point in time and 

for what reason or reasons? 

Doesn’t she know that this can 

ruin the marriage of David Dontoh 

if he is happily married? She 

may not care because she is not 

married but she should care for 

David Dontoh. 

Social media is awash with 

nude or semi-nude pictures and 

this is in violation of our traditional 

values. Can we be discreet 

about these personal matters, 

media men and women? 

Social media 

An actor is shown holding 

the breast of an actress and is 

portrayed as trendy. What is 

trendy about this? Or imagine 

Psalm Adjeteyfio saying on social 

media that his manhood has 

shrunk as a result of an ailment 

that afflicted him recently. 

Who cares if your manhood 

has shrunk? It’s your personal 

predicament and it must remain 

as such and not made public. But 

editors of social media think 

otherwise. 

I think the time has come for 

the Ghana Institute of Journalism 

or in this particular case, the 

Editors Guild, if they still exist, 

to whip their men and women 

into line, to let discretion weigh 

over indiscretion. It’s becoming 

too nasty. 

What is private and personal 

must be treated as such and not 

put out for public consumption. 

When this is done, decency will 

once more reign supreme in our 

daily lives. 

Mobile phone 

The use of the mobile phone 

to disseminate information is 

here with us but it’s not an opportunity 

for young women and 

men to use it for negative things 

about themselves. 

The woman confessing that 

she has slept with 24 men so far 

has her own personal problem 

which must be restricted to her 

person and not made public. I 

don’t think anybody is interested 

in her sexual deeds and misdeeds. 

There is also another actress 

featured on social media who 

says that her policy is to date a 

man at a time for two years after 

which there must be a change. 

Mind-set 

Such a negative mind-set is 

given prominence on social 

media and I wonder why this is 

so. This is her personal mind-set 

and must remain as such and not 

publicized to ‘infect’ up-andcoming 

youngsters. 

If a woman decides to change 

her boy friend every two years it 

means marriage is not in her dictionary 

for which reason she 

must not be given prominence 

on social media in any way. 

To sum up, I am urging that 

we should be careful about the 

way we put out personal issues 

on social media as news. Personal 

info must remain personal 

and not public. Our editors must 

be discreet in weeding out things 

that they bring out as news while 

they are mindful of our traditional 

values and norms. 

Have a good day.


How to keep a flat belly 

Make time for cardio 

IF YOU want to burn the most belly 

fat, a Duke University study confirms 

that aerobic exercise is the most effective 

in burning that deep, visceral belly 

fat. In fact, aerobic training burns 67% 

more calories than resistance training 

or a combination of the two, according 

to the study. 

Talk and walk 

Instead of catching up with friends 

over food and drinks, suggest a reunion 

on the move you're likely to 

work out 104% harder if you have an 

exercise buddy. Suggest a weekly walkand-talk 

session, form a friendly fitness 

club, or try a new class at the gym together. 

Get on the wagon 

That glass of wine with every meal 

may be part of the reason your jeans 

are too tight. Alcohol intake is known 

to raise cortisol levels, sending fat 

straight to your belly. 

Paddle off your belly 

Kayaking is an exhilarating, abcrunching 

workout. Constant paddling 

requires lots of twisting and tightness 

from your abs for long periods of 

time. 



&Env. 

FDA warns of counterfeit 

Coaterm, Zentel 

drugs in Ghana 

HEALTH&ENVIRONMENT DESK 

THE FOOD and 

Drugs Authority 

(FDA) has warned 

against counterfeit dewormer 

and malaria 

drugs on the Ghanaian 

market. 

FDA says the malaria drug, 

Coartem 20/120, and Zentel tablets 

and dewormer were detected in the 

Ashanti and Eastern regions during 

their surveillance in those areas. 

According to a statement signed 

by the Chief Executive Officer of 

FDA, Mrs Delese A. A. Darko, the 

pack of the Zentel tablets bear inscriptions 

in Arabic. 

“The Food and Drugs Authority 

(FDA) has detected, through its market 

surveillance activity of sampling 

and testing medicines using Truscan 

RM analyzer, the presence of falsified 

Coartem 20/120 and Zentel tablets 

in circulation in the Ghanaian market,” 

the statement said. 

FDA therefore directed its Pharmacovigilance 

department to detain 

the products immediately they found 

them anywhere in the country. 

“In view of the probability of 

the…products finding their way into 

your facilities, you are to check for 

the presence or availability of these 

products in your facility, detain and 

report to the FDA immediately. 

Please note that the falsified Zentel 

has NAFDAC registration number 

and an Arabic writing on the pack,” 

the statement added. 

90,000 packs of fake abortion 

drugs destroyed 

FDA has in the past destroyed 

some unwholesome products that 

found their way into Ghana. 

In 2017, FDA destroyed about 

90,000 packs of fake abortion drugs 

imported into the country. 

According to the FDA, the drugs 

Misoprostol and Mifeprostol were 

part of a shipment of about 90,000 

packets brought into the country with 

the assistance of Nigerian and Swiss 

drug dealers. 

Ofankor Health Centre to 

open in August 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE MEMBER of Parliament for 

Trobu Constituency in the newlycreated 

Ga North Municipality, Mr 

Moses Anim, has hinted that the 

newly-built Ofankor Health Centre 

would be opened to the public by 

August this year. 

According to Mr Anim, the 

pieces of equipment needed to be 

installed to make the facility operational 

are currently going through 

the procurement process. 

“We want to start in a more standard 

manner but in a small way while 

we wait on the Ministry of Health to 

come procure the full complement 

equipment for that hospital,” Anim 

told JOY FM Morning Show. 

The Ofankor Health Centre, located 

about two kilometres off the 

Ofankor barrier on the Achimota- 

Nsawam highway, was built as a social 

project following the 

construction of the 15-kilometre 

Pokuase-Awoshie highway. 

It is expected to serve residents 

of Asofa, Ofankor, Omanjo, Dwenewoho, 

Mensah Addo, Parts of 

Sowutuom and some other communities 

within the Ga West Municipality. 

Funding for the project was procured 

from the African Development 

Bank through the Urban Roads 

Department of Ministry of Roads, 

under the administration of former 

President John Agyekum Kufuor. 

• MP hints 

The physical structure was completed 

in 2016 and handed over to 

the Urban Roads Department but 

equipment to make it operational as 

a medical facility is yet to be procured 

by the Health Ministry. 

Residents say they continue to 

travel long distances to Amasaman, 

where the nearest government health 

facility is located, to access healthcare. 

“Two months ago, we saw people 

weeding the lawns, which gave us the 

impression that the government was 

coming to open it soon but we’ve 

heard nothing since,” a resident said. 

Meanwhile, miscreants have taken 

advantage of the apparent delay in 

getting the facility functional to steal 

at least three air conditioners. 

But the MP, who is also Deputy 

Majority Chief Whip, “blamed the 

delay on budget overrun and as a result 

they only put up the structure 

without equipping it. And the Municipal 

Assembly is unable to provide 

funding for the procurement of 

the needed equipment,” he added. 

He said through his initiative and 

with the help of some citizens from 

the area, they have been items such 

as beds and some furniture, adding 

that soon the facility would be 

opened to provide some basic 

healthcare to the residents while they 

wait for the Health Ministry to do 

the necessary procurements to make 

it fully operational. 

•The abandoned health centre INSET: Moses Anim, 

MP for Trobu Constituency

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

expert, Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso, has 

cautioned the government to oppose the 

coercion from the United States of 

America (USA) to sanction the 

deportation of some Ghanaians from 

America. 

The USA government is threatening 

to impose visa restrictions on Ghanaian 

citizens over the government’s failure to 

issue documents for their deportation. 

According to the US government, the 

West African nation had not been 

proactive in issuing travel documents to 

Ghanaians awaiting deportation in the 

USA, hence the threat. 

“In December 2016, the U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) identified Ghana as being at risk 

of non-compliance on removals of those 

under deportation orders. Since then, the 

US government has repeatedly engaged 

the Government of Ghana in both 

Washington, D.C., and Accra and has 

urged the government to abide by its 

international obligations and issue the 

necessary travel documents so that 

Ghanaians under deportation orders may 

depart the United States on commercial 

flights. 

“If Ghana fails to comply with 

international obligations regarding the 

issuance of travel documents, the United 

States may be forced to begin 

implementing visa restrictions on Ghana, 

in accordance with U.S. law,” the US 

Embassy in Accra said in a statement last 

Wednesday. 

The Minority in Parliament and the 

Foreign Affairs Committee have 

questioned the justification of the visa 

restriction threat from the US. 

But, International Relations expert, 

News 

DAILY 

Visa ban: US coercion 

bad – Antwi Danso 

BY KOBINA WELSING 

Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso, in an 

interview with ‘Starr News’ on Starr FM, 

said the government must engage the US 

government to resolve the impasse 

amicably. 

“I do not think that the US is right in 

that kind of coercion because Ghana is a 

very friendly country. We could jaw-jaw 

and think about what to do with any 

other person whom they want to deport, 

which is their right anyway but just as 

the Ambassador in the US has noted… 

the point is this, when the Ghanaians 

entered the US, they entered into a 

contract with the US government. 

“It is only when there is a breach of 

that contract that they can be deported 

so our Ambassador is saying, ‘how do I 

know they are Ghanaians at all, why 

don’t they have document? So we don’t 

have to be coerced. I think we should 

continue to be jaw-jawing and this 

coercion is just bad.” 

“If Ghana fails to 

comply with 

international 

obligations regarding 

the issuance of travel 

documents, the United 

States may be forced 

to begin implementing 

visa restrictions on 

Ghana, in accordance 

with U.S. law,” the US 

Embassy in Accra said 

in a statement last 

Wednesday. 

•Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso, International Relations Expert 

• US-military base saga 

ASINGLE Supreme 

Court judge, Justice 

Gabriel Pwamang, 

has ordered the 

Attorney General’s 

(AG) Department to 

file their written statement of case 

within seven days in a suit 

challenging Ghana’s military cooperation 

agreement with the 

United States of America (USA). 

The applicant, Yaw Brogya 

Gyenfi, the Ashanti Regional Youth 

Organiser of the National 

Democratic Congress (NDC), is 

praying the apex court to declare as 

unconstitutional the agreement 

reached by Ghana and United 

States. 

Per the agreement, the US 

military and civilian personnel are 

GENDER MINISTER Otiko 

Afisa Djaba has urged young 

Ghanaian women to share 

domestic chores with their 

husbands. 

In most Ghanaian homes, it is 

almost obligatory for women to 

do the cooking and other chores 

even if they do same or similar 

corporate jobs with their 

husbands. 

The practice has been 

condemned by modern-day 

gender activists even though 

proponents argue it is part of the 

Ghanaian culture. 

Addressing a group of young 

women at the launch of an 

internship and mentoring 

programme under the auspices of 

the Millennium Development 

Authority in Accra, the former 

Women’s Organiser of the ruling 

party, the New Patriot Party, said 

parents must encourage their 

children to share jobs at home. 

“For you to have time to 

pursue your ambitions and 

dreams and get to the next level 

just like the boy child, you must 

have time for your studies and 

that means household chores 

must be shared. The time has 

come for parents to educate their 

children to share household 

chores,” she said. 

She further stressed: “My 

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AG ordered to file 

statement in 7 days 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com 

allowed access to certain facilities in 

Ghana and provide them privileges, 

exemptions and immunities 

equivalent to those accorded to the 

administrative and technical staff of 

Diplomatic Missions under the 

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic 

Relations of April 18, 1961. 

In return, Ghana is also expected 

to benefit from an aid package in 

excess of $20 million from the USA 

in the areas of training and grants 

to the police and military. 

But, in the suit, Mr Gyenfi said 

the agreement was invalid because 

the President of Ghana failed to 

execute the agreement as prescribed 

by Article 75 of the 1992 

Constitution before sending it to 

Parliament for ratification. 

The Principal State Attorney, 

who represented the AG, filed an 

application for extension of time to 

enable the AG to file her response, 

and his request was granted. 

In a related development, the 

court has indefinitely adjourned a 

similar suit filed by Member of 

Parliament for Builsa South, Dr 

Clement Apaak, who is challenging 

the agreement. This was because Dr 

Apaak had not been notified of the 

last hearing. 

Share domestic chores with your husbands 

BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG 

•Miss Gloria Akuffo, Attorney-General and Minister for Justice 

• Otiko urges women 

•Otiko Afisa Djaba, Gender Minister 

But, in the suit, Mr 

Gyenfi said the agreement 

was invalid because the 

President of Ghana failed 

to execute the agreement 

as prescribed by Article 

75 of the 1992 

Constitution before 

sending it to Parliament 

for ratification. 

daughter is a student of Oil and 

Gas and I don’t expect her to 

come back from work late and be 

cooking while her husband is in 

the hall watching television. I 

have invested a lot of money in 

her education and so in terms of 

equity we must share the 

household chores. We are equal 

stakeholders.” 

The issue of domestic chores 

and how they must be performed 

is a controversial subject as most 

Ghanaian homes orient children 

to believe the female should be in 

charge of the home duties. 

The practice is, however, 

waning due to education and 

infiltration of Western culture, 

where duty sharing is encouraged. 

NADMO’s inadequate 

funding affecting its 

effectiveness 

– Sam George 

BY ELIKEM PRINCE AKOENYENU 

MEMBER OF Parliament for 

Ningo-Prampram constituency, 

Samuel Nartey George, has said 

lack of adequate funding for the 

National Disaster Management 

Organisation (NADMO) is 

adversely affecting the work of the 

state agency. 

According to him, NADMO, 

which is one of the most poorlyfinanced 

organisations in Ghana, is 

handicapped in responding 

effectively whenever there are 

natural disasters. 

“NADMO is one of the most 

poorly funded organisations, 

NADMO is always owing. This 

organisation is constantly owing its 

suppliers. It is embarrassing. I sat 

on ‘Good Morning Ghana’, hosted 

by Randy Abbey six weeks ago 

with the Deputy Minister for 

Works and Housing and we raised 

the issue of flooding. He gave a 

spirited defence from a political 

perspective but I could understand 

his difficulty, because I have 

worked as a civil servant in the 

Ministry of Works and Housing 

before. 

“He kept talking about the fact 

that drainage contracts were being 

awarded, mentioning figures here 

and there and his explanations 

were not valid enough,” he said on 

Morning Starr on Starr FM Friday. 

He added that in other 

countries such organisations are 

the most well-funded because they 

know how relevant they are in 

their country and compared the 

USA’s Federal Emergency 

Management Authority (FEMA) to 

Ghana’s NADMO and claimed 

both perform the same function. 

“The state of NADMO has 

nothing to do with the New 

Patriotic Party; I’m not being 

political here because it was the 

same under the National 

Democratic Congress. If we have 

any other party to come into 

government, it will be the same 

thing unless we change,” he said. 

“He kept talking 

about the fact that 

drainage contracts 

were being awarded, 

mentioning figures 

here and there and 

his explanations 

were not valid 

enough.” He said on 

Morning Starr on 

Starr FM Friday. 

•Samuel Nartey George, MP Ningo-Prampram


22TH 

JUNE 

2018 

FRIDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.4697 4.4742 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

5.9246 

5.9310 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.1993 

5.2040 

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We are ready for 

consolidation - SG MD 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

SOCIETE GENERALE 

Ghana has hinted that it 

is prepared to meet the 

new minimum capital 

requirement by the 

Bank of Ghana. 

The outgoing Managing Director 

(MD) of the bank, Mr Sionle 

Yeo, explained that the requirement 

was important in order to 

make them stronger and be able to 

finance legal transactions of the 

bank. 

According to him, the bank is 

ready to be part of a consolidation 

as the bank has gained the permission 

at the group level. 

“Should there be any opportunity 

that we deem good for us, so 

clearly, not only would we meet 

the minimum capital required on 

our own but also we are ready to 

be a player of a consolidation 

should we have any significant opportunity,” 

he explained. 

Mr Yeo, outlining some of the 

bank’s success at a Business Cocktail 

organised by the bank, said 

2017 was a good year as it showed 

the success of the transformational 

strategy designed in 2015 

and implemented in 2016. 

He said “in 2017 our gross loan 

book grew by over 42% for both 

retail and corporate, translating 

into steady market share gains 

from 3% in 2016 to over 4% in 

2017.” 

He added that the bank had 

contributed towards the development 

in the country, as their key 

objective as a bank is to ensure the 

growth and sustainability of smallscale 

enterprises and corporate 

clients that would propel the economy 

of Ghana to greater heights. 

Mr Hakim Ouzzani, the incoming 

MD of the bank, in his remarks, 

said from his experience in 

the banking sector he could see 

•Mr Sionle Yeo, outgoing MD, SG Ghana 

emerging competitions 

within the 

Ghanaian banking 

industry. 

He, however, 

said, “The competition 

should move 

to a culture where 

banks effectively 

reach out to the 

clients and the 

general public to 

mobilize deposits 

and provide financial 

support for 

businesses, particularly 

corporate 

clients and SMEs.” 

According to 

the in-coming 

MD, the bank will 

follow practices 

that will promote 

efficient market 

penetration in 

order to increase 

their market share 

within the Ghanaian banking industry. 

He assured the staff that staff 

welfare and human development 

would be very high on his agenda 

because the staff and clients are 

assets of the bank. 

Mr Alexander Matmat, Director 

of International Banking of 

Africa, Mediterranean Basin and 

Overseas of SG Group, Paris, 

stated that as a true development 

of the Government of Ghana, SG 

Paris and SG Ghana had financed 

quite a number of projects for the 

government in the various sectors 

of the economy to the tune of 

US$653 million from 2008 to 

2018. 

He said “this excludes the SG 

Group’s participation in the cocoa 

syndication from1997 to date and 

financing of Parliamentary and 

Council of State car loans as well 

as the financing of the government’s 

‘One District, One factory’ 

policy.” 

We lied against Mac Manu – GPHA Staff 

STAFF OF the Ghana Ports and 

Harbours Authority (GPHA) have 

backtracked on their allegations 

against their board chairman, Mr 

Peter Mac Manu, and his family. 

According to the staff, all the 

wild allegations they made against 

Mr Manu and his wife, in particular, 

concerning contract grabbing 

at the Authority are false and so 

withdraw them. 

The staff, among a litany of allegations, 

said Mr Manu’s wife had 

been rewarded with a juicy ticketing 

contract and charging the Authority 

cut-throat prices. 

Mr Manu described those allegations 

as “bogus lies” and held a 

counter press conference to rubbish 

the claims. 

“Some facts have come to our 

notice, which, on hindsight, we 

would not have brought into the 

public domain against Mr Peter 

• Peter Mac Manu, Board 

Chairman, GPHA 

Mac Manu and his family at our 

press conference. 

“We therefore withdraw the allegations 

against Mr Peter Mac 

Manu and in particular, his wife 

and sons, and unreservedly apologize 

to them,” the senior and junior 

staff union apologised at a 

press conference on Friday, June 

22, 2018. 

Below is their full 

statement: 

On the 24th of May 2018, we 

invited you to our press conference 

held at the Junior Staff Club 

House in Takoradi. 

At the press conference, we levelled 

allegations against Mr Peter 

Mac Manu, Chairman of the 

Board of Directors of GPHA, and 

some members of his family. 

We of the Union want to put it 

on record that we did not call the 

press conference and level the allegations 

against the Chairman out 

of malice. 

As a Union and social partner 

with a common objective of working 

together with management towards 

achieving the objectives of 

GPHA, we had some serious concerns 

about the happenings in 

GPHA, which we were not happy 

about. After the press conference, 

it has come to our notice that we 

did not engage management the 

more as we should have done before 

holding the press conference. 

Some facts have come to our 

notice, which, on hindsight, we 

would not have brought into the 

public domain against Mr Peter 

Mac Menu and his family at our 

press conference. 

We therefore withdraw the allegations 

against Mr Peter Mac 

Manu and in particular, his wife 

and sons, and unreservedly apologize 

to them. 

Nevertheless, we, as a union, 

with a role to protect public interest 

will not shirk our responsibility 

as watchdogs-of-accountability in 

the governance of public institutions. 

We think there must be 

peace and solidarity with our social 

partners at the workplace to 

achieve our goals. 

We are sorry for the embarrassment 

and inconvenience our press 

conference might have caused Mr 

Peter Mac Manu and members of 

his family and once again we apologize 

unreservedly. Thank You for 

having time to attend this press 

conference. 

Signed 

Benjamin Narh, Secretary 

Henry Papa Oppong 

Keku Armuzuah 

Maxwell Kudjoe 

Senior and Junior Staff of 

Local Unions of Ghana Ports and 

Harbour Authority of Tema and 

Takoradi



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Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

Cedi depreciation: Bawumia, 

IGP must resign – Sam George 

BY ALEX SEMORDZI 

MEMBER OF 

Parliament 

for Ningo- 

Prampram, 

Sam Nartey 

George has 

called for the heads of the Vice 

President, Dr Mahamudu 

Bawumia and the Inspector 

General of Police (IGP), 

David Asante-Apeatu to roll, 

for failing to deliver on the 

promise of stabilising the cedi 

against the dollar. 

“As a matter of principle, 

Dr Bawumia and the IGP must 

•Sam Nartey George, MP Ningo-Prampram 

step down because the Cedi 

has broken jail.” He was speaking 

on Starr Fm`s morning 

show Morning Starr with host 

Francis Abban. 

According to him, the fast 

nature of the depreciation of 

the cedi was a clear indication 

of a failed government. He 

said he recalled Dr Bawumia 

made an emphatic statement 

with regards to stabilising the 

cedi by way of arrest. 

“Dr Bawumia told us that 

he has arrested the cedi and 

locked it and had given the 

keys to the IGP, meaning the 

cedi was now in the custody of 

the police, but what are we seeing 

now, the 

cedi has jail 

break.” 

The former 

presidential 

staffer 

laid the blame 

of the current 

cedi depreciation 

right at the 

doorstep of 

the vice President, 

accusing 

him of 

not being 

truthful to 

the people of 

Ghana and 

also failing to apologise for 

same in the manner in which 

the Ghanaian currency was losing 

value. 

Although the government 

has maintained that it had put 

in place robust measures to 

halt the free fall of the cedi in 

the coming weeks, Sam George 

pooh-poohed those measures 

saying it’s just “talk shop.” 

The current rate of the cedi 

depreciation has sparked debate 

between the government 

and the major opposition party, 

the National Democratic Congress 

with both parties always 

playing politics with the issue. 

Integrity. Fairness. Service. 

DOMESTIC TAX REVENUE DIVISION 

QUARTERLY 

PAYMENT 

OF INCOME TAX 

SECOND QUARTER 2018 

The Commissioner 

General 

of the Ghana 

Revenue 

Authority 

( GRA) wishes 

to 

remind 

all 

Ta axpayers, Com panies, 

Entities, 

Individuals 

including 

Self 

Employed 

P 

ersons 

and 

Partnerships 

that 

the Second 

Quarter 

Income 

Ta 

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payment 

for 

2018 

is due 

by 

30th June, 

2018. 

The 

second 

2018. 

quarter 

instalment 

payment 

must 

be settled 

on or b efore 

Saturday, 

30th June, 

Please 

note 

that 

failure 

to pay 

Income 

Ta x on due 

date 

attracts 

an interest 

of 125% of the 

statutory 

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compounded 

monthly 

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NPP Loyal Ladies interact with 

NPP branches abroad 

THE LEADER of the 

Loyal Ladies group of 

the New Patriotic Party 

(NPP), Ms. Perpetual 

Lomokie-Akwanda, says 

the passing of the Representation 

of the People’s Amendment 

Law (ROPAL) by the Parliament 

of Ghana, has created a new avenue 

for organisation and mobilisation of 

voters in the diaspora towards the 

2020 elections. 

She observed that the prevailing 

political dynamics point to a future 

where national elections would be decided, 

in part, by the turnover of votes 

from Ghanaians living in the diaspora. 

Ms. Lomokie-Akwanda made these 

remarks at the swearing-in ceremony 

of newly elected officers of the NPP- 

USA Baltimore chapter, as part of her 

recent tour of the United States of 

America (USA). 

She applauded the vision by President 

Nana Akufo-Addo to open an 

office at the Jubilee House, to coordinate 

and harmonise activities of 

Ghanaians in the diaspora in line with 

the implementation of the ROPAL 

that seeks inclusion of all Ghanaians 

living abroad in the electoral political 

processes that take place in Ghana. 

The Loyal Ladies leader entreated 

the newly elected executives of the 

NPP-USA Baltimore chapter to work 

harder to spread the manifesto of the 

NPP and to recruit new members to 

join the party. 

The President of the newly-elected 

Executive Committee of the Maryland 

chapter of the NPP, Prof Austin 

Nathan, assured the party of the full 

commitment of the NPP-USA Baltimore 

chapter in organising and raising 

funds to enable the NPP to retain 

power in 2020. 

•NPP Loyal Ladies with executives of NPP-USA Baltimore chapter 

Prof Nathan urged the Ghanaian 

diaspora community to take full advantage 

of the political opportunity 

opened by the NPP government 

under the ROPAL to have their voices 

heard in national elections. 

Dr Tina Abrefa-Gyan, Vice Chairman 

for NPP USA entreated the 

branch to refocus on the mobilisation 

of members and fundraising to support 

the NPP in Ghana. 

Ms. Lomokie-Akwanda also paid a 

courtesy call on Ghana's Ambassador 

to the USA, Dr Barfour Adjei-Barwuah 

in Washington DC. 

She commended the Ambassador 

for projecting a positive image for the 

NPP government and Ghana as a 

whole, by providing diplomatic and 

professional services to all Ghanaians 

resident in the USA. Ambassador 

Adjei Bawuah thanked Ms. Lomokie 

and her group for their humanitarian 

work, especially in the areas of health 

outreach to deprived villages in 

Ghana. 

Ms. Lomokie-Akwanda met and 

interacted with NPP branches in 

Maryland, New York, Colorado, Illinois, 

Virginia and Washington DC as 

part of a collaborative effort between 

the NPP USA and NPP Loyal Ladies 

to help in mobilising young women in 

Ghana for a resounding victory in 

election 2020. 

A number of Ladies belonging to 

the NPP Loyal Ladies group have already 

visited the USA as part of this 

collaborative effort with another batch 

due to visit later on in the year for a 

training programme. 

In Europe, Ms. Lomokie-Akwanda 

interacted with young Ghanaian 

women in Switzerland and France. 

She explained the vision behind the 

formation of the Loyal Ladies group 

and called for their support in expanding 

the outreach programmes of the 

group. 

She also paid a call on Ghana’s 

Ambassador to Switzerland H.E. 

Ramses Joseph Cleland. The NPP 

Loyal Ladies currently have six overseas 

branches. 

Open Atta Mills Library now or we demonstrate – CCYA 

A GROUP calling itself Cape Coast 

Youth Development Association 

(CCYA) has threatened to hit the 

streets with a massive demonstration if 

the Atta Mills Library is not opened 

before the anniversary of his death on 

24th July. 

In a statement released, the group 

argues that the 6th commemoration of 

the former President’s death will be 

meaningless if an edifice built to honour 

his memory remains closed since 

its construction. 

“Last year, the library was opened, 

and just after the celebration of the 

anniversary it was closed again, seriously 

they are taking the people of 

Cape Coast for granted. Therefore as a 

sign of seriousness we want the place 

opened by the end of the month. 

“We should remember that the 

man was a president of this great nation, 

and we see it as a disgrace to the 

nation; therefore we want the place 

opened, to redeem the name of 

‘Asomdwe hene’ late President John 

Evans Fiifi Atta Mills.” 

Below is the full statement by the 

group: 

OPEN ATTA MILLS LIBRARY 

NOW OR WE DEMONSTRATE – 

CCYDA 

We the members, of the Cape 

Coast Youth Development Association, 

a non-partisan association, that 

sees to the development of Cape 

Coast youth, are calling on the government 

and local authorities to ensure 

that, the Atta Mills Memorial Library 

is opened to the public before celebration 

of the 6th anniversary of the former 

President is organised or we 

demonstrate. 

We don’t see the reason why the 

6th anniversary will be celebrated, 

when a memorial library constructed 

in his honour has been locked since its 

construction. 

This action has become necessary 

since both the National Democratic 

Congress government and the New 

Patriotic Party government have all refused 

to take bold steps to ensure that 

the library is opened. 

•The Atta Mills library 

Very soon, Ogua Fetu Afahye will 

be celebrated and this will bring lots of 

tourists to Cape Coast who after visiting 

the castle will like to pass by the library, 

which is just opposite the Castle, 

we are therefore calling on Authorities 

to open the Library before Oguaa 

Afahye is celebrated else we will 

demonstrate. 

We can’t sit idle and watch this 

beautiful edifice go to waste especially 

as it is situated closer to the sea. 

Great fisher folks before the construction 

use to mend their nets at the 

place, before they agreed to moved 

away because they taught the place was 

going to be used for a profitable venture 

which can equally benefit the development 

of Cape Coast as a whole, 

but what do we see now? A white elephant. 

We are calling on government to as 

a matter of urgency open the edifice 

else we will demonstrate. Last year, the 

library was opened, and just after the 

celebration of the anniversary it was 

closed again, seriously they are taking 

the people of Cape Coast for granted. 

Therefore as a sign of seriousness we 

want the place opened by the end of 

the month. 

We should remember that the man 

was a president of this great nation, 

and we see it as a disgrace to the nation 

therefore we want the place 

opened, to redeem the name of 

‘Asomdwe hene’ late President John 

Evans Fiifi Atta Mills. Thank you 

Signed 

Kwabena Spio-Garbrah 

Deputy Chairman 

Cape Coast Development Youth 

Association

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Pay attention 

to the lyrics in 

your songs — 

Okraku Mantey 

GHANAIAN MUSIC producer, Mark 

Okraku Mantey, has urged musicians in the 

country to pay attention to lyrics in their 

songs. 

According to him, even though he pays less 

attention to lyrics due to his production line of 

work, he still thinks lyrics form part of the 

reason a song will endure in the industry or 

expire. 

Mr Okraku Mantey, who is also the president 

of the Creative Arts Council, made this 

comment in an interview with Andy Dosty on 

Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM. 

“Lyrics matter and are very important. I listen 

to lyrics and make sure it hits your soul. 

We must appreciate people who write deeply. 

Unfortunately, in our award schemes we don’t 

put spotlight on that…,” he said. 

“Personally, I do not listen to lyrics because 

of my production side. My interest is the mixing 

and value. If it’s commerce, I make sure it 

becomes a hit. If you take junk in terms of 

lyrics it shows. How you’re nurtured shows the 

kind of person you are just as music. The 

songs you listen to make you who you are….” 

He said of the musicians that “Those who 

understand the language, lyrics matter to them 

[even though] people do things for talk abilities 

and get the hits. That’s the intent…” he 

told Dosty. 

•Mark Okraku Mantey, president of 

the Creative Arts Council 

•Boicalis, 

musician 

Boicalis 

releases 

‘Agro’ 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

BUDDING GHANAIAN 

musician, Calistus Albert 

Nana Ampadu, known in 

showbiz as Boicalis, has 

dropped his latest single 

dubbed ‘Agro’. 

The song, ‘Agro’, a Twi word which 

is translated in English as ‘play’, features 

Kirani Ayat. It was produced by 

Telz, a Nigeria producer, with its video 

directed by Del Nana Brew. 

In an interview with the DAILY 

HERITAGE, the artiste, who doubles 

as a songwriter, explained that 

‘Agro’ is a love song in which he was 

calling on her girl to come over so 

they could have fun. 

The artiste, who has been doing 

music for eleven years, said his songwriting 

skills is inspired by BukBak 

and Castro, who, according to him, 

wrote their songs in a story form. 

He also said he is influenced by 

both Bisa K’Dei and Kidi because 

they do great songs, adding that he 

had come to the music scene to add 

more ‘sauce’ to the industry. 

Boicalis has songs like ‘Bend Over’, 

‘Dat Thing’ and currently ‘Agro.’ 

‘Identity’ to shake Alliance Française 

THE ALLIANCE Française in Accra will 

on Wednesday, June 27, host ‘Identity’, a 

contemporary dance performance by the 

Socharart Ensemble, which is based in 

Accra. 

The organisers said, “With subtle and 

swift movements alongside an informative 

scenography, the production 

evokes the deeper symbolism of 

this identity, which unfolds in a dramatic 

way as the piece progresses. 

The dancers, without doubt, will grab 

the attention of the audience as they 

move in unison and separately.” 

A release copied to the DAILY 

HERITAGE said there would be 

choreography by Julius Quansah, and 

the piece centres on the challenges 

and conditions that placed him on a 

trajectory of locating his identity in 

the world of dance while revealing 

the process of self-discovery as he 

moves deeper and deeper into the 

dance circuit. 

Educated at the University of 

Ghana (Legon), Quansah has performed 

with several groups in Ghana, including 

Ntentan Dance Company, Noyam 

African Dance Institute, Yaqale Art Alliance, 

Centre for National Culture Group and 

Ijovudu Dance International. 

Quansah, who is also a teacher/costume 

designer, has been involved in a number of 

local and international workshops and 

worked extensively with foreign-based choreographers 

and groups while teaching various 

forms of traditional Ghanaian dances. 

•Some dancers exhibiting their skills

14 

DAILY 



I bleach because I want 

to fit into Hollywood 

— Ella Mensah 

•Ella Mensah, actress 

NIGERIA-BASED 

GHANAIAN actress, 

Ella Mensah, has attributed 

her decision 

to bleach to her desire 

to gain success in the movie industry, 

especially in Nollywood 

According to her, movie producers 

and directors prefer giving roles to 

light-skin actresses to the detriment of 

talented dark-skin actresses. 

“If you are a dark-skin person, 

your talent alone is not going to push 

you up because a producer once told 

me that I have the height, the body 

and that I am pretty, but that the tone 

of my skin was dark and that if they 

put light on it, it doesn’t look attractive,’’ 

she explained in an interview 

with Sammy Flex on Zylofon FM in 

Accra. 

She noted that being fair is her decision 

and that is to enable her to gain 

acceptability in the movie industry 

and to allow her to fit in, adding ‘’I 

thought about it and it is my own skin 

and thank God I am not going to hurt 

or kill anybody. So I did it because I 

love it and also partly because of my 

job,’’ she opined. 

Falling short of mentioning how 

much she spent on bleaching every 

month, the actress revealed that she 

got her bleaching tablets from the 

United States of America. 

Ella, who describes her acting career 

in Nigeria as being hugely successful, 

noted that dark-skin actresses 

had the huge task of going through 

very tough times and usually had to 

go the extra mile in order to succeed 

and gain acceptance. 

“My decision to tone came in 

when I decided to act fully in Nigeria 

because I didn’t want a situation 

whereby in my own country (Ghana) I 

didn’t get all the opportunities I 

needed. I tried, I pushed hard, and 

there are so many people I fell on to 

help me make it in Ghana but they refused. 

Today they are nowhere near 

me and that is karma,” she argued to 

justify why she has been bleaching. 

Mynews.com 

Nayas apologises to Multimedia Group 

KUMAWOOD ACTRESS, 

Gladys Mensah Boaku, popularly 

known as Nayas 1, has rendered 

an unqualified apology to the 

Multimedia Group Limited for assaulting 

her ‘lover’ in one of their 

studios. 

The angry lady stormed 

Adom FM to beat gospel musician 

Ernest Opoku with a cane 

hidden in her dress after their love 

affair went bad. 

This incident happened immediately 

after Opoku finished a live 

Artistes managers do all the 

donkey jobs — Kwasi Ernest 

GOSPEL ARTISTE 

manager Kwasi Ernest 

has said it is unfortunate 

most artistes’ managers 

are not regarded as the 

persons behind the successful 

transition of 

artistes from being unknown 

stars to popular 

artistes. 

The Media Excel 

boss claimed during his 

over eight years of managing 

artistes, he had realised 

that the laborious 

part of the job was 

mostly done by the 

managers yet their 

works were not appreciated 

by the artistes when 

their career blossomed. 

Speaking on the 

‘Christian Entertainment 

Review’ show on Faith 

TV, Ernest disclosed 

that in order not to hold 

the musician’s brand in 

low esteem for failing to 

perform at an event, the 

manager is forced to 

shield his artiste. 

“When an artiste becomes 

successful, the 

transition from an unknown 

artiste to a popular 

artiste is like World 

War 2 because at that 

point the artiste, who 

used to call you and give 

you appellations, now 

change such that you the 

manager becomes the 

one worshipping the 

artiste. 

“You can charge for 

a show as a manager and 

the artiste will refuse to 

perform and it gets too 

worrying that you have 

to beg the artiste to perform 

at the event. If 

worship programme on Adom 

FM. 

Management of the Multimedia 

Group filed a case with the 

Nima Police on Monday and 

Nayas was charged with unlawful 

entry on Tuesday, May 14, 2018. 

Though investigation into case 

is pending, the actress has admitted 

her action was born out of 

the pain she was going through. 

“I did not plan to disgrace 

Multimedia but the conduct of 

Ernest Opoku triggered my action. 

I have regretted my action 

and I plead with Multimedia to 

forgive me,” she stated in an interview 

on Kofi TV,” she said. 

The movie producer also said 

Opoku and her had settled their 

differences and agreed to remain 

friends. 

Nayas added that she had 

learnt a bitter lesson from her bad 

relationship with the gospel musician 

and would not repeat such 

mistakes in the future. 

you’re not careful as a 

manager, you’ll end up 

being sued by event organizers 

since your 

artiste failed to show up 

at the event. 

“It’s unfortunate as a 

manager, you can’t bring 

your artiste’s name into 

disrepute for failing to 

show up at an event he 

or she was billed to perform. 

You have to protect 

your artiste. 

“We, as managers, do 

all the donkey jobs and 

we commit mistakes because 

our system of 

managing an artiste is 

not like the major record 

labels that have all the 

systems in place,” Kwasi 

Ernest said on Faith TV. 

NKZ Music signs Afia 

Schwarzenegger 

•Afia 

Schwarzennger, 

comedienne 

GHANAIAN COMEDIENNE and 

TV host, Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa, 

popularly known as Afia Schwarzennger, 

has been signed to NKZ 

Music, home of one of Ghana’s 

most consistent hit makers, Nana 

Yaw Maradonna, well known as 

Guru. 

He made this in an interview with 

Ohemaa Woyeje on Adom FM’s 

‘Work and Happiness’ programme. 

According to Guru, aside music, 

he seeks to tap into other areas that 

he believes would fetch him more 

money. 

Signing Afia to the label, according 

to Guru, would “boost her comedy 

career.” 

He added that another reason for 

signing Afia was that she has great 

potential as a comedian. 

“Afia is a comedian and we are 

business-minded people. We tap into 

ideas and we are looking forward to 

boost her comedy career. She has 

been signed. I’ve known Afia for a 

long time…” he said. 

Guru is currently promoting his 

song dubbed ‘Bad Guys’. 

“It’s been about 8years since I 

jumped on a song with Obrafour… 

,” he to Ohemaa Woyeje, adding that 

he had featured Obrafour on his upcoming 

album. 

• M.anifest(R) endorsing Herman Suede during the premiere

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 


15 

•Barcelona star 

Luis Suarez (L) 

with Lionel Messi 

Suarez told he 

can leave Barca 

BARCELONA STAR Luis Suarez 

has reportedly been told he can 

leave the club much to the anger 

of Lionel Messi. 

Barcelona star Suarez was nearly replaced 

earlier this summer, with the club pursuing a 

deal for Antoine Griezmann. 

However, that transfer collapsed and 

Suarez, who is currently on international 

duty with Uruguay at the World Cup, looked 

set to remain first choice. 

Yet a huge report from Spanish publication 

El Gol Digital claim the former Liverpool 

star has been told he can leave the club 

and Messi is far from happy about it. 

Barcelona chiefs reportedly think Suarez 

has achieved all there is to achieve in Catalonia. 

And with the 31-year-old approaching the 

twilight years of his career, they are keen to 

recoup as much money as possible. 

Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu 

supposedly is hoping Suarez blossoms at the 

World Cup so his price tag rises. 

EL Gol Digital says Messi is crushed by 

the decision, though, given his close relationship 

with Suarez. 

He is even reportedly trying to tell the 

Barcelona directors to keep his friend for 

one more season. 

But what happens remains to be seen. 

Many feel he will end up staying at the 

Nou Camp yet if Barcelona receive a suitable 

offer, it appears they will be happy to accept 

that. 

News of a possible Suarez exit surfaced 

in April, when football insider, the Secret 

Footballer, tipped him to be shown the door. 

“A former teammate and I have been 

talking for a while about Luis Suarez,” he 

tweeted. 

“Has certainly lost something and we 

both feel he won’t be at Barcelona much 

longer. 

“Question is who replaces him and where 

does he go? Back to Liverpool?” 

express.co.uk 

DPSI dominates 2018 National Youth Chess championship 

BY SPORTS DESK 

DELHI PUBLIC School International 

(DPSI) dominated the 2018 

National Youth Chess championship 

by clinching two gold, one silver 

and two bronze medals in a keen 

contest recently held in Accra. 

The competition, which was 

organized by the Ghana Chess Association 

(GCA), took place at the 

Delhi Public School International 

(DPSI) auditorium and witnessed 

various schools competing in five 

different age categories. 

This year's championship attracted 

a lot of enthusiasm and experienced 

a massive impact after 

recording 100 players from schools 

and Chess clubs across the country. 

The hosts dominated the championship 

by winning lots of trophies 

in all the five categories of 

the Championship. 

The under-10 category saw Rohit 

Godhwani of DPSI walking home 

with the Gold trophy, with Josiah Cox 

from Sprinforth Community School 

(SCS) and Kimathi Kuenyehia from 

Lincoln Community School (LCS) 

sneaking away with Silver and Bronze 

•Participants with the awards 

respectively. The ‘Best Girl’ in this 

category went to Aarna Bhavesh Tailor 

of DPSI. 

In the under-12 category, it was 

Alexis Rusquest from Lycée Français 

d'Accra who trolled away with the 

Gold trophy, leaving Rohan Sharma 

of Ghana International School (GIS) 

and Joshan Shunjay of DPSI with Silver 

and Bronze respectively. 

The ‘Best Girl’ for this category 

went to Millicent Sah of Maxflower 

Preparatory School (MPS). 

Chorkor Basic International (CBI) 

made a mark at the 

under-14 category after 

John Allotey snatched the 

Gold trophy with Plyush 

Keshan of DPSI and 

Shabd Mathur of GIS 

picking Silver and 

Bronze. 

Again DPSI won the 

best girl through Gaargi 

Behaveshkumar. 

The masters of the 

day, DPSI, won their second 

Gold in the competition 

at the under-16 

category, with Larry 

Vandyke ensuring a good 

job done for the host. 

Isaac Norvi and Daniel 

Otoo of CBI clinched 

the Silver and Bronze respectively for 

the Accra-based school. 

The anticipated under-18 category 

lived up to expectation as the keenlycontested 

battle witnessed Rohan 

Karamchandani and Naren Varyani, 

both from GIS, winning the gold and 

silver respectively while Malav Ashwin 

Daftary of DPSI walked home 

with a Bronze trophy. 

In the Special Category, Dave 

Quansah (5years) from Jack and Jill 

International School emerged as the 

‘Youngest Boy’ while Falak Thawani 

(seven-year-old) of DPSI won the 

‘Youngest Girl’ award in the tournament. 

The Brilliancy game award of the 

tournament went to Tian Jie Gao of 

GIS. 

The President of the GCA, Mr 

Philip Ameku, acknowledged the level 

of interest in the game and rendered 

thanks to the Chairman of B5, Mr 

Mukesh Thakwani, for his support 

towards the success of the tournament.

Sports 

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