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• Mr Robert 

Akoto Amoafo, 

Director of 

Amnesty 

International 

• Joe Ghartey, 

Minister of Railways 

• The 

late 

Kofi 

Annan 

• The representative of the students, presenting a 

citation to Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, MP and Minister 

for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development 

•Ruth 

Quashie, 

Miss 

Universe 

2017 

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DAILY QUOTE 

Don't forget to tell yourself 

positive things daily! You 

must love yourself internally 

to glow externally. 

— Hannah Bronfman 

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ANNIVERSARIES 

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Land guards 

seize Ashalaja 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

RESIDENTS OF Atia Farms, a 

suburb of Ashalaja in the Ga 

South Municipality of the 

Greater Accra region have registered 

a strong protest against 

some land guards who are terrorising them 

over what they called “our own lands.” 

According to the residents, some of 

whom were clad in red arm bands, their 

lives are in danger and therefore government 

needs to come to their aid. 

The vice chairman of the Atia Farms 

Landlords Association, who is the 

spokesperson of the group, Mr Eugene 

Ayisi Fianko, said they bought the land 

from the chiefs of the community. 

“Some residents are paying GH¢ 

5,000.00 to buy the piece of land we have 

bought already. Others who are yet to develop 

their lands are being asked to quit or 

pay astronomical fees in order to own the 

same lands,” Eugene Ayisi Fianko told the 

media. 

“We are residents of Ashalaja, we 

bought our lands here and some of us have 

lived here for the past 30 years and beyond. 

But in the last four months, new faces have 

emerged claiming ownership of our lands. 

We also told them we own the lands and we 

• Residents beg govt for help 

• Mr Eugene Ayisi Fianko (M), addressing the press 

• Mr Eugene Ayisi Fianko (M), addressing the press 

“Some residents 

are paying GH¢ 

5,000.00 to buy the 

piece of land we 

have bought 

already. Others who 

are yet to develop 

their lands are 

being asked to quit 

or pay astronomical 

fees in order to own 

the same lands,” 

Eugene Ayisi Fianko 

told the media. 

are ready to prove to them that it is ours, 

but they wouldn’t take that. 

“Those we bought the lands from also 

said they do not know any second owner 

apart from us, but we are being terrorised 

and intimidated here. They are beating us; 

we are being chased out from our farms,” 

he stated. 

Mr Ayisi appealed to the government to 

come to their rescue because the residents 

there are all Ghanaians.

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Govt to demolish 

434 structures 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE DAILY HER- 

ITAGE has chanced 

upon a letter written by 

Amnesty International, 

Ghana to the Minister 

of Railways Development, Mr Joe 

Ghartey to immediately halt an 

impending demolition of some 

434 structures at Agbobloshie, 

near the Accra Brewery. 

The impending eviction exercise 

sanctioned by the Accra Metropolitan 

Assembly (AMA) will 

lead to the displacement of over 

1,000 residents. 

In a letter dated September 9, 

2018 signed by its Director, Mr 

Robert Akoto Amoafo, Amnesty 

International described the move 

as lacking due process backed by 

Ghanaian and international laws. 

According to him, “Amnesty International’s 

attention had been 

drawn to a notice of eviction 

pasted on the walls and shops in 

some parts of the Agbogbloshie 

Township near the Accra Brewery; 

the said notice was from the AMA 

dated August 15 of which it gave 

the residents/traders of the area a 

month ultimatum to vacate the 

marked area. 

• At Agbobloshie, 1,118 residents 

affected, Amnesty Intl criticises move 

• Mr Robert Akoto Amoafo, Director of Amnesty International 

“Our visit to and interactions 

with the residents of the 

area, the assemblyman, the 

Member of Parliament (MP) of 

the Odododiodoo Constituency, 

Mr Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, 

the AMA and the Deputy 

Minister of Railways Development, 

Mr Andy Appiah-Kubi 

confirmed the notice of eviction 

at Agbogbloshie.” 

The director said further 

checks revealed that the eviction 

would affect 1,118 residents. 

Mr Amoafo said lack of 

proper notice, insufficient communication, 

the absence of plans 

for compensation and relocation 

of residents not only fails to 

meet domestic and international 

standards for eviction, but also 

threatens to endanger an already 

vulnerable population. 

“We are, therefore, appealing 

to your good office that the 

scheduled eviction by your outfit 

as we have been told by the Cocoordinating 

Director at AMA, 

be either put on-hold or delayed 

until proper procedure allows for 

appropriate preparations to be 

made,” he stated in the petition. 

He added that “we are campaigning 

for a world where 

human rights are enjoyed by all 

as contained in the Universal 

Declaration of Human Rights 

and other international agreed 

human rights standards.” 

The human rights advocate 

said the group undertakes evidence-based 

research and action 

focused on preventing and ending 

grave abuses of the rights to 

physical and mental integrity, 

freedom of conscience and expression, 

and freedom from discrimination, 

“within the context 

of our work to promote and 

protect all human rights.” 

“We are hopeful that with 

this letter, you would halt the 

forced eviction and initiate consultative 

meetings with key stakeholders 

to find a more humane 

way of evicting the residents of 

the marked area for the planned 

development to take place in a 

more cordial environment,” he 

stated. 

The group copied a number 

of ministries and individuals 

such as Mr Samuel Atta Akyea 

(MP), Minister of Works and 

Housing, Mr Andy Appiah- 

Kubi, Deputy Minister of Railways 

Development, the Chief 

Executive Officer, Ghana Railways 

Development Authority, 

the Co-ordinating Director, 

Accra Metropolitan Assembly, 

the Mayor of Accra Metropolitan 

Assembly, Assemblyman of 

Korle-Dudor Electoral Area, MP 

for Odododiodoo Constituency, 

the community leaders, Agbogbloshie 

Community and the 

President, Slum Union of 

Ghana. 

Krowor MP schools 1,304 students 



THE SECOND Edition of the annual 

Pre-Senior High School (SHS) extra 

• At 2nd annual free Pre-SHS classes 

classes sponsored by the Krowor Constituency 

Member of Parliament (MP), 

Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye attracted a 

total of 1,304 participants, 454 more than 

the 850 who participated last year. 

The free one month exercise organised 

by the MP saw the participants (who were 

mainly awaiting their admission into the 

SHS) taken through an extensive classes 

on all four core subjects (English, Mathematics, 

Science and Social Studies), as 

well as guidance and counseling to propel 

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•US-led coalition forces are supporting the SDF offensive with 

air and artillery strikes 

US-backed force attacks last IS pocket in eastern Syria 

A US-backed militia alliance 

has begun what it 

says is the final stage of 

a campaign to clear the 

Islamic State (IS) group 

from north-eastern 

Syria. 

The Syrian Democratic 

Forces launched a 

ground offensive on 

Monday against jihadist 

militants around Hajin, a 

town in the Middle Euphrates 

River Valley. 

The international 

coalition backing the 

Kurdish and Arab fighters 

said they were expecting 

a "difficult 

fight". 

The US recently estimated 

that IS still had 

about 14,000 militants in 

Syria. 

Most are believed to 

be in an area stretching 

east from the Euphrates 

to the border with Iraq, 

about 25km (16 miles) 

away from Hajin, and in 

desert areas in the south 

and centre of the country, 

where the Syrian 

government is battling 

them. BBC 


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World news in 4 stories 

Ethiopia-Eritrea border 

reopens after 20 years 

ETHIOPIANS AND Eritreans 

have been celebrating 

as two key 

crossing points between 

the former enemies reopened 

more than 20 

years after a border war shut them. 

The leaders of the two nations 

witnessed the reopening at Burre 

giving landlocked Ethiopia access 

to the sea. 

Another border post, near the 

Ethiopian town of Zalambessa, 

also reopened. 

This is part of the ongoing rapprochement 

between Ethiopia and 

Eritrea, which began in July. 

It was then that Ethiopian 

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and 

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki 

signed a peace deal restoring diplomatic 

and trade relations. 

The reopening coincides with 

the Ethiopian New Year, adding to 

the festive atmosphere. 

The war, fought over the exact 

location of the boundary between 

Ethiopia and Eritrea, began in May 

1998 and left tens of thousands of 

people dead. 

It ended in 2000 with the signing 

of the Algiers agreement. But 

peace was never fully restored as 

Ethiopia refused to implement a 

ruling by a border commission established 

by the agreement. BBC 

• 821 million people globally were undernourished in 2017 

Global hunger 

increasing, UN warns 

•Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki (l) and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed 

met ahead of the reopening of the border 

THE NUMBER of people 

suffering from hunger has increased 

during the past three 

years, after years of decline, a 

UN report suggests. 

According to the analysis, 

821 million people globally 

were undernourished in 2017 

- about one person in every 

nine. 

And nearly 151 million 

under-fives - 22% of the 

global total - have their 

growth stunted by poor nutrition. 

The authors say extreme 

climate events are partly to 

blame for the rise and call for 

urgent global action. 

The report, The State of 

Food Security and Nutrition 

in the World, also says difficulties 

accessing nutritious 

food is contributing to the 

growing problem of obesity 

in the world, with one in 

eight adults - more than 672 

million - being classified as 

obese. 

The authors note the frequency 

of extreme climate 

events - floods, heat, storms 

and droughts - has doubled 

since the early 1990s. BBC 

Migrant crisis: Scores drown off Libyan coast 

MORE THAN 100 migrants died 

in a shipwreck off the Libyan 

coastline earlier this month, an aid 

agency says. 

Two rubber boats set off on 1 

September but one of the vessels 

deflated and sank, Medecins Sans 

Frontieres (MSF) says. 

The 276 survivors were eventually 

taken to the Libyan port city 

of Khoms, around 100 km (62 

miles) to the south-east of the 

capital Tripoli. 

MSF says the group is now 

being held in "arbitrary detention". 

The survivors, including pregnant 

women, children and infants, 

have been treated by MSF for 

pneumonia or burns from leaked 

fuel. 

It appears to be the largest migrant 

death toll in the Mediterranean 

in several months. 

In early June, 112 people reportedly 

drowned after a boat 

sank off the Tunisian coast. Later 

the same month, the UNHCR 

said that 220 people had died in 

three separate incidents over the 

course of two days. 

Over 1,500 migrants have died 

while attempting to cross the 

Mediterranean so far this year, according 

to the International Organization 

for Migration (IOM). 

Many more have been rescued, 

although Italy, a primary destination 

for migrants travelling from 

Libya, has recently started to refuse 

entry to migrant ships. BBC 

• Over 1,500 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean 

so far this year



05 

Editorial 

Sick patients should not be in queue 

IT IS common to see critically 

ill persons in long queues waiting 

to be attended to in major 

hospitals in the country. 

The practice in some hospitals 

is that when patients are 

rushed there, the first port of 

call is the administrative section 

where the necessary cards are 

obtained before the commencement 

of treatment. 

Not long ago when there was 

cholera outbreak in Accra 

which claimed over 100 lives, it 

was observed that some patients 

kept too long in long 

queues before being attended 

to. 

The DAILY HER- 

ITAGE’S monitoring team 

observed at the Korle-Bu Polyclinic, 

for instance, that some 

patients had to wait for quite 

some time before being catered 

for. 

We understand that there is 

sometimes pressure on the 

medical personnel at the various 

health facilities, particularly during 

epidemic, but the best strategy 

in our view is to provide 

first aid service to the vulnerable 

and not leave them in long 

queues. 

Women, children and the critically 

ill, for example, should be 

given all the necessary attention 

when they are rushed to the 

hospital. 

There should also be adequate 

emergency preparedness 

at the various health facilities to 

contain emergency situations. 

Health personnel must also 

cultivate the habit of reading 

various treatment protocols to 

get aligned with fast changing 

treatment trends. 

Many a time some nurses prefer 

waiting for the doctor before 

a patient who is critical ill is attended 

to. 

Some deaths could be 

avoided if first aid treatment is 

administered to patients in 

emergency situations. 

Krowor MP schools 1,304 students 

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them for life at SHS. 

Mrs Quaye, who is also the Minister of 

Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, 

urged the students to stay away from the 

troubles associated with social media. 

“I urge you all to focus more on your 

books, stay away from social media. 

There are some of the things that you 

consume on social media that are not 

good enough for you. They are not good 

for your consumption. Some of the 

things you read from social media are intended 

to throw dust into your eyes and 

as a growing child; you don’t have to 

commit yourself to it. You don’t have to 

allow yourself to be deceived,” Mrs 

Quaye advised during the closing ceremony. 

Guidance and counseling 

Seasoned counselors who were engaged 

included Rev Stephen Asante from 

Perez Chapel at Dowenya and Mrs Monica 

Afokor Gbogbo, a deputy director of 

education among others. 

They were also taken through the reproductive 

health system and the dangers 

associated with adolescent age so that 

they would be able to deal with the challenges 

that come with it. 

• At 2nd annual free Pre-SHS classes 

Appreciation 

Mrs Quaye, while saluting the President, 

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 

for his vision in introducing free SHS 

paid tribute to the supervisor, the coordinators 

and the teaching and non- teaching 

staff who through their respective roles 

ensured a successful exercise. 

• A cross section of the students 

“I urge other MPs who are not doing 

same to emulate this example. I know 

that others are doing it but those who are 

not doing it yet, I urge them to take a cue 

from this and engage their students so 

that they do not travel long distances.” 

Mrs Monica Aforkor Gbogbo, a 

deputy director of education at Thomas 

Aquinas SHS who supervised the exercise, 

described it as tremendous. 

“I will urge them to be careful about 

the friends they make, so that they will be 

able to study and make something good 

from their study.” 

Citation 

The pupils in a citation during the 

closing ceremony described the first female 

MP for the constituency as a “caring 

mother” and commended her for giving 

them the platform to learn something 

new as they look ahead to climb the educational 

ladder. 

The citation in her honour acknowledged 

her for her contribution towards 

ensuring that children had quality education 

in the constituency. The pupils said 

they were impressed with the success of 

the exercise. 

While receiving her citation, the MP 

expressed satisfaction at the level of participation 

and appreciated the efforts of 

the pupils and teachers for making her 

flagship programme a success. 

The exercise, which took place at the 

Quaye Nungua Roman Catholic School, 

witnessed attendance not only from the 

constituency but participants from different 

constituencies including Ashaiman, 

Teshie, Osu, and Labadi. Some students 

also attended from Volta Region.


06 

BY ABUNDANT ROBERT K. 

AWOLUGUTU 

RELATIONSHIPS 

PLAY a crucial 

role in our daily 

life. Pay attention 

as the relationships 

you form 

can either make or mar life. 

You should make a conscious 

effort to form good relationships 

as they are a 

prerequisite to an exciting and 

successful life. Doing so comes 

with challenges. 

Here are relationship principles 

to guide you towards 

achieving the ultimate in lifepeace, 

happiness, success and 

fulfillment. 

Paul of Tarsus admonishes: 

“Let no corrupt word proceed 

out of your mouth, but what is 

good for necessary edification, 

that it may impart grace to the 

hearers.” (Ephesians 4:29). The 

words you speak have effectsgood 

or bad. Speak words that 

uplift people or you may be 

wasting your breath. 

Paul also talks about things 

that can spoil our relationship 

with people. These include bitterness, 

wrath, anger, clamor 

and evil speaking which we 

must do away with. These are 

negative traits that can destroy 

the good relationships we have 

with other people. 

We should rather be kind, 

tenderhearted, willing to forgive 

those who have wronged us. 

These qualities will help us establish 

and maintain good relationship 

with people we 

encounter. Even our enemies 

can change and become our 

friends. 

What is your most important 

Views DAILY 

consideration when entering 

into a relationship with another 

person? What are your motives 

for forming that relationship? 

Be reminded that when selfishness 

enters a relationship, it 

will not endure or last. Treat 

everybody you meet as more 

important than yourself. 

It is a mark of humility when 

you esteem others better than 

yourself. Most people will like 

to make friends with people 

who are humble and easily approachable. 

Don’t always look to your 

own interests but consider the 

interests of others. These are 

good leadership qualities on 

which relationships of all kind 

can thrive and flourish. 

Love is the building block 

for relationships. It is the glue 

that holds relationships together. 

When two people genuinely 

love each other, they do things 

HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 

Relational principles for a successful life 

•Abundant Robert K. Awolugutu, the writer 

Paul also talks about things that can spoil our relationship 

with people. These include bitterness, 

wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking which we 

must do away with. These are negative traits that 

can destroy the good relationships we have with 

other people. 

that reinforce the relationship. 

They make an effort to understand 

each other. 

Because of the love they 

have for each other, their communication 

hinges on the positive. 

Whenever there is friction, 

they look for a common ground 

and strike a compromise to resolve 

their misunderstandings 

amicably. 

They may embark on a journey 

towards success together. 

They offer support to each 

other. 

They always have encouraging 

words for each other. Love 

must be nurtured or like a 

flower it will wither and die. 

We must use love to conquer 

evil. Love is what helps people 

to build their life. This is true 

whether at the family level or 

people working together to 

meet their common aspirations.When 

love becomes the 

foundation for any relationship, 

sometimes great sacrifices have 

to be made to ensure that the 

relationship grows strong. 

John 15:13 says, “Greater 

love has no one than this, than 

to lay down one’s life for his 

friends.” You may not literally 

die for a friend, but you can 

stand with him through thick 

and thin. You are prepared to 

save his life at the very peril of 

your own. 

Bible tells husbands to love 

their wives and not treat them 

harshly. 

Exercise great care in choosing 

whom to hang out with. 

Stay away from someone who 

talks too much; such a person 

cannot keep secrets. Prov.20:19 

counsels us: “He who goes 

about as a talebearer reveals secrets; 

therefore do not associate 

with one who flatters with his 

lips.” 

Be in the company of those 

who are wise, honest and have 

integrity. They should be able to 

uphold the truth at all times. 

These are the people who can 

help you in your success journey. 

A major cause of broken relationships 

is the blame game. 

Finger pointing and fault finding 

only magnify problems. It 

amounts to a refusal on our 

part to properly evaluate our 

own contribution to the conflict. 

We must accept responsibility 

and examine the issues properly 

and work towards changing 

what is destroying the relationship. 

This approach will help 

the relationship grow and develop 

to the benefit of all parties 

involved. 

Bible counsels us to live 

peaceably with all men. To be 

able to do so, one must be 

proactive in stopping conflicts 

from erupting or when they do 

occur manage them before they 

escalate. Sometimes a mediator 

who is very much respected by 

those in the conflict will help 

them resolve the issues. 

We should avoid the tendency 

to take vengeance. We 

should leave that to the Lord. 

There are virtues that are 

necessary for building healthy 

relationships-compassion, patience, 

kindness, gentleness, humility 

and bearing one another 

A major cause 

of broken relationships 

is the 

blame game. 

Finger pointing 

and fault finding 

only magnify 

problems. It 

amounts to a refusal 

on our 

part to properly 

evaluate our 

own contribution 

to the conflict. 

in brotherly affection. These 

qualities speak to the heart of 

daily living. 

A person who puts on these 

qualities will not find it difficult 

to build lasting relationships. 

To be compassionate is to be 

touched by the needs of others 

and the willingness to help 

them. 

To be patient is to be longtempered. 

Kindness is love in action. It 

is doing good to people. It includes 

being generous to others 

who may need our assistance. 

When you are gentle, there is 

modesty in your dressing, being 

polite, having good comportment 

and having decent manners 

and conduct. 

Humility is a godly character 

trait. Jesus left the heavens and 

came down to live among men 

on earth. 

Jesus had the above qualities 

making him our greatest example. 

These virtues made Jesus a 

relationship expert. We should 

pattern our life after his. 

Inconclusion it is difficult 

forming relationships, harder in 

maintaining them and easy to 

destroy. We can, however, make 

our relationships work to our 

benefit by applying the relationship 

principles described above. 

Yours in inspiration, 

ARK. 

Email: 

awolugutu@yahoo.com 

Cell: 0208 455 296; 0559 

466 048


Basic causes of bad breath 

Poor oral hygiene 

THE MOST common cause of bad 

breath is poor oral hygiene. Bacteria 

that build up on your teeth particularly 

between them as well as your tongue 

and gums, can produce unpleasant 

smelling gases. These bacteria are also 

responsible for gum disease and tooth 

decay. 

Food and drink 

Eating strongly flavoured foods 

such as garlic, onions and spices are 

likely to make your breath smell. 

Strong-smelling drinks, such as coffee 

and alcohol, can also cause bad breath. 

Bad breath caused by food and drink is 

usually temporary. It can be avoided by 

not eating or drinking these types of 

food and drink too often. 

Smoking 

Smoking is another cause of bad 

breath. As well as making your breath 

smell, smoking stains your teeth, irritates 

your gums, and reduces your 

sense of taste. It can also significantly 

affect the development of gum disease, 

another major cause of bad 

breath. Stopping smoking will lower 

your risk of gum disease and help prevent 

bad breath. 



&Env. 

MoH to consider 'intelligence 

gathering unit' to improve sector 

AS PART of efforts 

to sanitise the 

health sector, the 

Ministry of Health 

(MoH) is considering 

the establishment 

of a health 

intelligence-gathering unit to 

check malpractices in the sector. 

Personnel from the proposed 

unit would be responsible for 

monitoring activities of health 

workers in various health facilities 

and other institutions under the 

Ministry to weed out unscrupulous 

characters from the system. 

Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, 

the Minister for Health, who made 

the disclosure at the mid-year review 

of the Nursing and Midwifery 

Council (NMC) at Nsuta in 

the Sekyere Central District, said 

the move would eliminate various 

malfeasances and improve service 

delivery. 

This year’s annual mid-year review, 

which sought to take stock 

of the council’s operations, identify 

gaps and reposition itself as a 

more focused and vibrant regulatory 

body, was held under the 

theme: “Peak Performance II”. 

It was attended by representatives 

from all the 12 offices of the 

council across the 10 regions. 

The Minister said there is an 

urgent need for the Ministry and 

sector agencies to establish a client 

service unit and develop a client 

service charter to offer quality 

services to the people of Ghana. 

He said the Ministry was taking 

the needed steps to ensure that all 

agencies under the Ministry would 

provide paperless services in their 

financial transactions and electronic 

record management systems. 

Mr Agyemang-Manu said the 

Ministry in collaboration with 

other stakeholders was in the 

process of establishing a national 

•Some patients receiving treatment at the hospital 

emergency centre with a toll-free 

number that would coordinate the 

evacuation of patients in a professional 

manner. 

“This will be a platform which 

will help in tackling the no bed issues 

that has been a challenge in 

our various health facilities,” he 

said. 

He urged the management of 

the NMC to institute healthy, positive 

and productive structures 

about the future of staff 

and the organisation. 

Mr Felix Nyante, Registrar 

of the NMC, said the 

Council during the year 

under review has laid the 

foundation for a future of 

orderly, sustainable and evidence-based 

growth. 

He said the Council has 

undertaken an ambitious 

range of structural actions 

and decisions that were 

transforming its service delivery 

to clients. 

He reminded delegates 

of the need to set and 

achieve pace-setting goals to 

take the council to the next 

level of performance. 

“We must not forget 

about the essence of our existence 

which is to secure in the public interest 

the highest standards of 

training and practice of nursing 

and midwifery,” he said. 

Our customers are our ‘advertisers’-ASA boss 



THE AREA Manager of the 

Zenu Business Centre of ASA 

Savings and Loans Limited within 

the Accra East Region has said the 

role of their customers is like ‘advertisers’ 

who help them to promote 

their operations, the reason 

they also hold them in high esteem. 

According to him, the relationship, 

the corporation and the 

bond between ASA and its customers 

is the reason they have 

made gains and therefore reward 

them with medical screening. 

Mr Dennis Amofa Adarkwa, 

the Area Manager who made this 

known to the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE during a free medical 

screening at Zenu, a suburb of 

Ashaiman said for their customers 

to operate and do a good business, 

they needed to be healthy. 

According to him, their flexible 

terms is the main reason that get 

their customers attracted to them 

and the only way to reward them 

is to offer them free health screening. 

“We believe in the healthcare 

of our clients and to make sure 

that they (clients) are healthy all 

•Some customers being 

screened while others wait for 

their turn 

the time. This is 

the only way that 

our system of operation 

will be sustained. 

Today we 

are screening our 

staff and our customers 

of the branches 

here,” he stated. 

The branch manager of 

Zenu, Mrs Philomena Baidoo Wilson 

said the patience they have for 

their clients is the reason the financial 

institution is making gains 

and assured that they would continue 

to give their best to ensure 

that their respective branches attain 

the level of acceptance and 

contribute to the development of 

businesses in the 

country. 

Sleep more 

Dr Blewusi Akpaloo Wegbah, 

Practitioner at St. Mina’s Clinic 

who led a team of doctors to conduct 

the health screening exercise 

commended ASA for what she 

described as “a good and useful 

exercise.” 

He advised the customers to 

regularly go for checkups and 

make sure that they are healthy all 

the time, eat properly as well as 

take good care of themselves. He 

also urged Ghanaians to have 

enough rest in the form of sleep, 

adding that anyone who sleeps 

under eight hours is at risk. 

Over 200 customers of ASA 

Savings & Loans Limited, who 

went through the medical screening, 

were examined on blood pressure, 

hepatitis B, malaria, and 

sugar level and general screening. 

Some of the beneficiaries who 

interacted with the paper commended 

ASA for the opportunity 

given them to be examined.

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News 

DAILY 

Double Track: confusion 

rocks Accra placement 

MASSIVE CONFUSION rocked the late 

placement into Senior High Schools 

(SHS) as hundreds of parents and 

guardians besieged the Independence 

Square to secure schools for their wards. 

Starr News’ Daniel Nii Lartey reported 

that the confused and frustrated parents 

and guardians were considering sending 

their wards to private schools should they 

fail to secure the schools. 

According to him, there was a huge 

presence of combined police and military 

personnel to ensure order. 

Sixty-seven thousand, three hundred 

eighty-two students, according to the 

Education Ministry have not been placed 

under the Computerised School Selection 

Placement System (CSSPS). 

The over 60, 000, students, the 

Education Ministry explained could not 

be placed because they could not be 

matched with any of their school choices. 

A total of 423,134 out of 490,514 

qualified candidates have, however, been 

placed. 

Meanwhile, the deputy Education 

Minister, Dr Yaw Adu Twum, assured 

that all students who passed would be 

placed. 

He told Starr News that efforts were 

underway to ensure that all the 67, 382 

students were placed 

In a separate development, several 

students who trooped the Northern 

Business School in Tamale in the 

Northern Region to register for the SHS 

double track system were turned away by 

authorities of the school. 

According to Starr FM’s Northern 

regional correspondent, Eliasu Tanko, the 

students who were turned away were 

those who did self-placement. 

Authorities at the school also 

complained that they had been given 

more students than they could admit. 

A parent who spoke to Starr News 

said he was told to go and complete the 

process on the internet before his son 

could be admitted into the school. Some 

other students who spoke to Starr News 

were worried that their children may not 

gain admission. 

Some 423,134 students who have 

successfully made it under the 2018 

CSSPS have been placed in various 

secondary schools. 

Over 400,000 students are expected to 

begin the double track system introduced 

by government. 

The system, which begins this 

September, will see one set of students in 

school while others are on vacation. 

The students have been put on green 

and gold tracks with the students on 

green expected to start school this month 

while those on gold tracks resume school 

in November. 

Reports across the country indicate 

that most students who are on the green 

track have been able to register 

successfully and are likely to start school 

by end of this week. 

•Some disappointed parents 

Some 423,134 

students who have 

successfully made 

it under the 2018 

CSSPS have been 

placed in various 

secondary schools. 

Over 400,000 

students are 

expected to begin 

the double track 

system introduced 

by government. 

HEARING OF the 

case in which the 

Founder of God’s 

Way International 

Church, Bishop 

Daniel Obinim and 

two others are standing trial for their 

respective roles in assaulting two 

teenagers is expected to resume today 

at the Gender and Violence based 

Circuit Court in Accra. 

At the last adjourned date, the 

court ordered Bishop Daniel Obinim 

to give samples of his signature for 

forensic examination, while the Police 

were also to make available Obinim’s 

signature on the Police statement 

tendered in court in order to ascertain 

whether he signed it or not. 

The order came after the court had 

commenced a mini trial following 

Bishop Obinim’s denial of the Police 

statement and signatures tendered in 

evidence during trial. 

Earlier, Bishop Obinim had told 

the court that he only gave one 

statement to the Police in Tema in an 

assault case in which he and two other 

pastors of his church had been 

accused of assaulting his two adopted 

children; a 14-year-old girl and a 16- 

year-old boy, who lived with him in 

the presence of his congregation. 

Bishop Obinim together with two 

of his pastors namely; Kingsley Baah 

and Solomon Abraham, who have 

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N1 Highway: Lapaz intersection to undergo safety enhancement works 

THE LAPAZ intersection of 

the N1 Highway is set to 

undergo some road safety 

enhancement works scheduled 

to begin from Monday 

September 17. 

The enhancement works, 

being supported by the Ghana 

Highway Authority (GHA), 

Department of Urban Roads 

(DUR) and Bloomberg 

Initiative for Global Road 

Safety (BIGRS) under their 

Partnership for Healthy Cities 

programme, is expected to be 

completed within 68 working 

days. 

The works include; 

increasing the pedestrian signal 

timing, lowering of kerbs at 

places where pedestrians cross, 

remarking of pedestrian 

crossings and other pavement 

markings, narrowing of lane 

widths, widening of the 

median refuge, replacing 

damaged signals and crash 

Bishop Obinim back in court today 



•The traffic section at Lapaz 

•Bishop Daniel Obinim 

been charged with abetment, are all 

before the court. 

They have pleaded not guilty to the 

charges and have been granted bail in 

the sum of GH¢10,000.00 with one 

surety each. 

barriers. 

“This intervention 

follows safety 

inspections carried out 

by the Accra 

Metropolitan Assembly 

and MRS on the highway 

as part of efforts to 

enhance pedestrian 

safety and improve 

safety of other road 

users at the intersection. 

“We urge all road 

users commuting 

through the Lapaz 

intersection on the N1 

highway and its 

immediate surroundings 

to bear with the 

authorities for any 

inconvenience this may 

cause, as we work to 

improve road safety at 

this intersection,” the 

AMA said in a statement 

dated Monday 

September 9. 

Background 

The prosecution narrated that the 

complainant, Irene Abochie-Nyahe, 

was a legal practitioner residing at 

Community 17, Lashibi. 

The prosecution said on August 17, 

2016, at about 1700 hours, the Accra 

Branch of the Church held a service, 

at which Bishop Obinim claimed he 

had a revelation from God that the 

two alleged victims were engaged in 

pre-marital sex and the 14-year old girl 

was pregnant. 

The prosecution said Obinim said 

the children were in the process of 

aborting the pregnancy, therefore, the 

Holy Spirit had directed him (Obinim) 

to chastise the teenagers in the 

presence of the congregation. 

According to the prosecution, in 

the full glare of the church, Obinim 

allegedly removed his belt and 

assaulted them. 

The prosecution said, in the 

process, his two pastors, Baah and 

Abraham, prevented the female victim 

from running away from the said 

punishment. 

The prosecution said the victim 

could not bear the pain, hence she 

sought refuge with Bishop Obinim’s 

wife, Mrs Florence Obinim, but her 

husband asked her to stay away. 

He said the assault only stopped 

after Obinim became content with the 

alleged punishment. 

2 Nigerians jailed 

10yrs for sex 

trafficking 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

The Koforidua Circuit Court 

“B” presided over by Her 

Honour Mercy Adei-Kotei 

has jailed two Nigerian sex 

traffickers operating in 

Asokore in the New Juaben 

North Municipality. 

The convicts, Gloria John 

and Rita Oba were found 

guilty of conspiracy to 

commit a crime of 

trafficking, human trafficking 

and use of trafficked victims. 

They have been slapped with 

a five-year jail term each to 

run concurrently. The court 

also ordered for their 

deportation after serving 

their sentences. 

The facts of the case were 

that the victims, Perpetual 

and Maurine both 19 and 20 

years of age respectively are 

siblings and unemployed 

secondary school graduates 

who hail from Urobo in the 

Delta State of Nigeria while 

the convicts are commercial 

sex workers. 

In August 2018, Gloria, a 

relative of the victims 

conspired with Rita and 

managed to traffic them to 

Ghana under the pretence of 

employing them in her shop. 

On arrival in Ghana, the 

convicts, however, recruited 

the victims into prostitution 

with a mutual agreement that 

Gloria will manage Perpetual 

and collect her proceeds 

whilst Rita also manages 

Maurine and collect her 

•Gloria John and Rita Oba 

proceeds. 

The victims, who were 

reluctant to engage in the 

illicit business, were asked by 

their traffickers to pay GH¢ 

50,000.00 each to gain their 

freedom. 

The convicts 

accommodated the victims at 

Omama Spot, a brothel in 

Asokere in the New Juaben 

North Municipality where 

they were given orientations 

on how to be seductive in 

order to attract customers. 

The victims operated at 

Total 2 and B-Foster areas in 

Koforidua township and in 

nine days they were forced to 

sleep with 13 men charging 

between GH¢ 10.00 to 

GH¢30.00. 

Detective Sergent 

Emmanuel Agbodzi, the 

CID officer, who 

investigated the case told the 

court that a total amount of 

GH¢1, 367 were actualised 

from the nine-day of 

operations. 

The victims, according to 

Sergent Agbodzi, on 

September 2 reported their 

ordeal to the Effiduase 

Police station leading to the 

arrest of the convicts. 

Meanwhile, the victims 

have been sheltered at an 

Orphanage Home in the 

region while efforts are being 

made to get assistance from 

the Nigeria High 

Commission in Ghana to 

repatriate them.


11TH 

SEPTEMBER 

2018 

TUESDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.7163 4.7209 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

6.0628 

6.0706 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.4798 

5.4843 

10 



PIAC demands review of TEN 

Crude Oil Marketing Policy 

THE PUBLIC Interest and Accountability 

Committee (PIAC) has called for 

the establishment of an independent 

panel of experts to review the TEN 

crude oil marketing policy. 

It follows concerns raised over 

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s 

(GNPC) alleged under-pricing of 

crude leading to a 9 million dollar loss. 

The Finance Minister wrote to the 

company’s Chief Executive Officer demanding 

answers in July this year but 

according to the GNPC, no losses 

were made. 

PIAC in a statement is also demanding 

that the GNPC serves it document 

in relation to the purchase of a 

residential property in Takoradi worth 

over 7 million dollars. 

Below is the full statement 

by PIAC: 

PIAC TAKES INTEREST IN 

GNPC’s PROPERTY ACQUISI- 

TION IN TAKORADI ….Rallies 

Support for Finance Minister on TEN 

Crude Pricing. 

1. The Public Interest and Accountability 

Committee (PIAC) has 

taken notice of recent revelations in 

sections of the Ghanaian media regarding 

GNPC’s acquisition of a residential 

property in Takoradi from 

Global Haulage Company Limited 

(GHCL), a company in which the 

CEO of GNPC, Dr K.K. Sarpong is 

said to have interest. The Committee 

has also taken due notice of GNPC’s 

response to the allegation of conflict 

of interest, leveled against the Corporation’s 

CEO with respect to the transaction. 

2. PIAC is concerned about these 

developments, because GNPC is a recipient 

of petroleum revenues, and 

falls within the Committee’s oversight 

mandate as stipulated under Sect. 52 of 

the Petroleum Revenue Management 

Act (PRMA), 2011 (Act 815). 

3. Pursuant to the mandate to 

“conduct independent assessment of 

the management and use of petroleum 

revenues to assist Parliament and the 

Executive in the oversight and performance 

of related functions respectively”, 

as provided for in Section 52(c) 

of the PRMA, the Committee has 

written to GNPC to seek further clarifications 

of some of the issues that lie 

at the heart of the allegations. 

4. The responses and documentation 

provided by GNPC will enable 

PIAC come to an informed position 

on the matter. 

5. Meanwhile, in another matter related 

to the underpricing of Ghana’s 

crude oil from the TEN Field, PIAC 

wishes to commend the Minister of 

Finance for directing GNPC to take 

immediate steps to address the anomaly 

in the pricing of the crude oil to 

save the country from further revenue 

losses. The directive, said to be contained 

in a memo of July 2018 responds 

adequately to 

Recommendation 10 of PIAC’s 2017 

Annual Report (pg. 59). 

6. The PIAC report established 

that, in 2017, Ghana lifted four parcels 

of crude oil from the TEN Field. 

These were in March, June, October, 

and December. In all the four cases, 

the sales returns reported substantial 

price deviations from the Government’s 

bench mark price, Jubilee, and 

BRENT achieved prices. 

The March lifting from TEN for 

instance, had a negative price differential 

of almost US$5/bbl against Jubilee, 

and slightly over $2/bbl against 

BRENT. In October, the performance 

of the TEN crude was worse. It suffered 

a negative price differential of 

US$6/bbl against both Jubilee and 

BRENT. 

7. It is important to recognise that 

even a dollar price differential for a 

barrel of crude can amount to substantial 

losses. This is because a parcel 

of crude from our oil fields is usually 

around a million barrels. A dollar 

mark-down done fraudulently can 

therefore lead to a loss of a million 

dollars per lifting. 

8. PIAC in its 2017 Annual Report 

therefore recommended that GNPC 

took another look at its pricing and 

marketing policy for TEN crude, to 

eliminate the significant price difference 

with Jubilee crude. 

9. Given that, GNPC appears to 

contest this view, as evident in the Corporation’s 

response to the Minister’s 

directive, PIAC strongly recommends 

the establishment of an independent 

panel of experts with key representation 

from GNPC, MoF, BoG, PC, 

GRA, and PIAC, to review the TEN 

crude oil marketing policy, and to settle 

the matter. 

10. We take this opportunity to assure 

the general Ghanaian public that 

PIAC will not relent in its efforts at 

ensuring the most prudent, and efficient 

management and use of Ghana’s 

petroleum revenues, and will continue 

to count on the goodwill and co-operation 

of all stakeholders in this endeavour. 

Access Bank Introduces Remita Payroll Processing Solution 

CUSTOMERS AND 

non-customers of Access 

Bank can now say 

goodbye to the difficult 

and unending 

hours spent to process 

their payroll, payments, reporting and 

reconciliations with the introduction of 

Remita Payroll. 

This has been made possible 

through a strategic alliance between 

Access Bank, one of Ghana’s leading 

retail banks, and SystemSpecs, a pioneer 

software development company 

with a focus on Africa. 

Dubbed as Access Bank Remita 

Payroll, the new service is another industry 

first by Access Bank which provides 

organisations of all sizes with an 

extremely easy payroll processing and 

salary e-payment on a SINGLE platform. 

The service also makes it possible 

for customers to easily process all 

salary-related allowances and deductions 

as well as make automated remittances 

of funds and schedules for 

SSNIT contributions, Tax payments, 

and Union dues, among others. 

According to the Bank, one of the 

•Officials of Access Bank and SystemSpecs at the launch 

major advantages of the service, which 

is available online and on mobile, is its 

ability to fully eliminate the need for 

organisations to process payroll on one 

platform and then take the data to another 

platform to transfer salaries or 

send salary schedules to various banks. 

It further provides added security and 

significantly improves operational efficiency 

and effectiveness. 

At a ceremony to launch the service 

and sign the agreement between 

Access Bank and SystemSpecs, the 

Managing Director of Access Bank, 

Mr Kris Ifeanyi Njoku indicated that 

this integration with the Remita Payroll 

System forms part of the Bank’s longterm 

objective of meeting the needs of 

various organisations when it comes to 

payroll management. 

“Our objective is to always give our 

customers a banking experience 

backed by need-based solutions that 

are powered by robust technology. Our 

partnership with SystemSpecs represents 

this desire, which also brings us 

closer to achieving our strategic 

objective of becoming Africa’s 

gateway to the world. Access 

Bank Remita Payroll provides 

customers with so much convenience 

to manage all their 

monthly payroll processes on a 

single platform and frees them 

up to focus on their core operations,” 

Mr Njoku added. 

Speaking on the partnership 

with Access Bank and the benefits 

that the general public 

stands to gain, Demola Igbalajobi, 

Group Head, International 

Business at SystemSpecs 

said, “as technology providers, 

we are convinced that this partnership 

provides Access Bank’s customers 

and non-customers with new 

and exciting capability and flexibility 

for the management of payroll processing 

and payments at such a low 

cost. This aligns with our vision of becoming 

an institution of reference, especially 

in the provision of seamless 

technology solutions for payroll and 

payments management across Africa.” 

The introduction of the Remita 

Payroll is also in line with Access 

Bank’s five-year strategy, which is expected 

to accelerate the Bank’s growth 

and position it as a leading Bank across 

its various operating markets by 2022. 

The Bank’s strategy is underpinned 

by robust risk management together 

with high levels of automation, to enhance 

the compliance and risk functions 

and drive customer insights. 

It will also develop an integrated 

global franchise by strategically positioning 

itself in key African markets, 

enhancing collaboration in global financial 

gateways including London and 

New York, Asia and the Middle East, 

and strengthening its trade hubs in 

India, Dubai and China. 

This year the Bank unveiled its remittance 

payment platform ‘Access 

Africa’ across its operational countries 

to enable both customers and non-customers 

transfer money across Africa. 

Access Bank is one of the largest 

retail Banks in Ghana, operating in 

more than 53 locations spread across 

capital cities and key commercial centres 

in all the 10 regions of Ghana.



DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 11 

Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

8.36% agric growth in 2017 result 

of prudent policies –Akufo-Addo 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo 

THE PRESIDENT 

of the Republic, 

Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, has attributed 

the impressive 

8.36% growth 

witnessed in Ghana’s agricultural 

sector in 2017 to effective policy 

making and implementation by his 

government. 

According to President Akufo- 

Addo, “when you look at where 

we were, and what has happened 

since, it is largely because the policy 

has been properly aligned, in 

my view.” 

Speaking at the 2018 Africa 

Green Revolution Forum, a platform 

for global and African leaders 

to develop actionable plans 

that will move African agriculture 

forward, on Saturday, 8th September, 

2018, in Kigali, Rwanda, the 

President noted that between 

2014 and 2016, Ghanaian agriculture 

witnessed an average growth, 

over the period, of 2.5%. 

Indeed, in 2014, Ghana’s agriculture 

grew at 4.65%, 2.78% in 

2015 and 2.95% in 2016. 

President Akufo-Addo explained 

that this situation meant 

that Ghana’s population growth of 

3% per annum was outstrippinggrowth 

in agriculture, resulting, 

therefore, in deepening poverty 

and increased rural-urban migration, 

with its attendant social and 

economic pressures. 

Again, with the value of food 

imports into Ghana increasing 

from $344 million in 2007 to 

GH¢2.2 billion in 2016, the President 

stated that “the same amount 

of money we earned from cocoa 

in 2016, i.e. GH¢2.2 billion, was 

being used to pay for food imports. 

When that happens, you 

know it is as a result of policy failure.” 

He told the gathering, which 

had the President of Rwanda, His 

Excellency Mr. Paul Kagame, 

Deputy President of Kenya, His 

Excellency Mr. William Ruto, and 

the Prime Minister of Gabon, 

Emmanuel Issoze-Ngodet, as part 

of a panel, that “what we decided 

to do to revive Ghanaian agriculture 

was to devise a programme, 

which we call Planting for Food 

and Jobs.” 

The programme for Planting 

for Food and Jobs, he added, is 

anchored on five main pillars. 

These are the provision of improved 

seeds, the supply of fertilizers, 

the provision of dedicated 

extension services, a marketing 

strategy and the use of e-Agriculture. 

Additionally, financial instruments 

such as the Bank of 

Ghana’s “Ghana Incentive Based 

Risk Sharing Agricultural Lending 

scheme”, with a fund of some 

GH¢500 million the President explained, 

is targeted at reducing 

risks of investments and promoting 

agriculture financing. 

The result of these polices, the 

President stressed, has had a dramatic 

impact on the food crop 

yields. 

He indicated that there was an 

increase in the production of 

maize, from 1.9 metric tons per 

hectare in 2016, to 3 metric tons 

per hectare in 2017; an increase in 

the production of rice, from 2.7 

metric tons per hectare in 2016, to 

4 metric tons per hectare in 2017; 

an increase in the production of 

soya, from 1.2 metric tons per 

hectare in 2016, to 2.5 metric tons 

per hectare in 2017; and an increase 

in the production of 

sorghum, from 0.8 metric tons per 

hectare in 2016 to 1.8 metric tons 

per hectare in 2017. 

“The end result has been a significant 

increase in agricultural 

output and productivity in 2017, 

our first year in office. 8.36% was 

our growth rate in agriculture. For 

me, the first and most obvious 

area of success has been policy 

making and implementation,” he 

added. 

Thousands pay last respect to Kofi Annan 

THE MOOD at the Accra International 

Conference Centre was 

one of sadness as thousands of 

people thronged the venue to pay 

last respects to the distinguished 

son of the land, the late Kofi 

Annan. 

Staff of United Nations (UN) 

agencies in Ghana and prominent 

individuals and general public 

took advantage of the opportunity 

available to honour him for 

the last time as he takes his final 

journey home. 

Most people commended him 

for his contribution to the world 

and for putting Ghana and Africa 

on the map. 

Kofi Annan's Casket 

closed 

Mourners who trooped to the 

venue were, however, disappointed 

over their inability to see 

the body of the former UN Secretary-General. 

The casket remains closed and 

enveloped with the national flag 

colours as well-wishers file pass 

the body. 

Clarifying the "confusion" in 

the minds of people over the development, 

Deputy Information 

Minister, Pius Hadzide indicated 

that the decision to cover the 

mortal remains of Kofi Annan 

was to signify his modest lifestyle. 

“There are high-profile funerals 

that I’ve attended that I’ve 

seen the casket covered even in 

this country and, so, it’s not a 

major problem; the important 

thing is that you see the family sitting 

in state, and, so, the man Kofi 

Annan himself is a modest person, 

and, so, he doesn’t want a lot 

of flamboyance around the funeral 

with a lot of frills. 

“Yes, this is a state funeral, we 

admit, but even as we give him a 

befitting state funeral, we think 

that it is still important that we respect 

his wishes of keeping it a little 

modest, a little soft and so far, 

it’s been very good... We all know 

the kind of person Mr Kofi 

•Late Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General 

Annan [was] and I think that the 

way it has been arranged is just 

perfect. In any case, the casket is 

wrapped in the national flag, and, 

so, that is what is critical to us and 

maybe it is the design that makes 

it difficult for you to want to open 

it up and so on and so forth,” he 

highlighted. 

The three-day state mourning 

of the late diplomat began yesterday 

with the venue open to the 

general public. 

Wednesday September 12 will 

see dignitaries including recognised 

groups, chiefs, Members of 

Parliament and Ministers of State; 

world leaders pay their last respects 

to the former UN boss. 

A burial service will be held on 

Thursday, September 13 at the 

Accra International Conference 

Centre. 

This will be followed by a private 

burial at the new military 

cemetery with full military honours 

and a 17-gun salute.


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DAILY 

Politics 



NDC race: I’ve not endorsed 

any candidate – Rawlings 

•Jerry John Rawlings, former President of Ghana 

FORMER PRESIDENT 

Jerry John Rawlings has dismissed 

reports that he has 

endorsed some candidates 

campaigning for the National 

Democratic Congress 

(NDC) flagbearership slot. 

“The founder of the 

NDC wishes to make it 

clear that he has not endorsed 

any individual or 

group vying for roles in the 

party,” the office of the former 

President stated Tuesday 

in a statement. 

“He reiterates that the 

consultative process which 

was initiated by the Council 

of Elders will not be stampeded. 

This should allow 

the party to pave way for 

the emergence of true and 

committed patriots, whose 

object and focus is to re-establish 

the noble 

core of our tradition 

and values,” 

the statement issued 

by Kobina 

Andoh Amoakwa, 

Communications 

Directorate added. 

The statement 

further charged the 

media to “crosscheck 

information 

concerning the former 

President before 

publication to 

avoid the dissemination 

of false and 

propaganda related 

material, especially 

during the campaign 

for national 

office holders in 

the NDC.” 

“The founder of 

the NDC wishes to 

make it clear that 

he has not endorsed 

any individual 

or group 

vying for roles in 

the party,” the office 

of the former 

President stated 

Tuesday in a statement. 

Adwoa Safo, Akufo-Addo 

grab Procurement Award 

THE EFFORTS of 

Nana Addo 

Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo and the Minister 

of State in 

Charge of Public 

Procurement, Ms Sarah Adwoa 

Safo, towards transforming the 

procurement sector, have been 

recognised with the two leaders 

receiving honours at the maiden 

Ghana Procurement and Supply 

Chain Awards 2018. 

While the President, Akufo- 

Addo picked the Outstanding 

Change Leadership Award, Ms 

Safo received the prestigious Sustainable 

Procurement Transformation 

Award. 

The award for the President 

was received on his behalf by 

Hon. Safo who is also the deputy 

Majority Leader, Parliament of 

Ghana. 

The Awards Night which was 

organized by Instinct Wave at the 

plush Movenpick Hotel in Accra, 

Friday, September 7, 2018, also 

had some individuals and institutions 

that have distinguished 

themselves in the procurement 

sector being honoured. 

Addressing the gathering as 

the Guest of honour, Ms Safo revealed 

that professionals in the 

procurement business, both public 

and private, would soon be 

measured to determine the level 

of their performance in the field 

•Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo receiving her award 

in which find themselves in. 

To roll out this activity, she 

said a Professional Ethics and 

Standards Committee has been 

set up by her Ministry to properly 

draft a comprehensive document 

on the acceptable ethics and standards 

to guide the players in the 

procurement business. 

“These standards would be 

the basis for benchmarking 

the performance of all 

Procurement practitioners 

in this country”, she 

noted. 

Commenting further, 

Ms Safo spelt out the mandate 

of her Ministry and 

distinguished it from that 

of the Public Procurement 

Authority (PPA) to address 

concerns raised by a cross 

section of the public that 

the roles of the two public 

institutions conflict. 

“Our role does not 

conflict at all with that of 

the PPA. Our mandate is 

to develop new policies 

and assist government set 

the proper strategies in 

procurement to enhance 

the implementation of the 

Procurement Act, 2003 

(Act 663) as amended”, 

she explained. 

She thanked organisers 

of the event for coming 

out with such an initiative 

to recognise the efforts of 

individuals and institutions that 

are doing their best to transform 

the procurement sector.

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 

Ghana Events Awards 

2018 — Full list of winners 

NER 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

THE SECOND edition 

of the Ghana Events 

Awards was held on 

Friday, September 7 at 

Suzuki CFAO, Airport, 

Accra to recognise and acknowledge 

event organising outfits in Ghana. 

The Ghana Events Awards 2018 

was graced by industry personalities 

such as KKD, KOD, IBK, Sammy 

Flex, Afia Schwarzenegger, Regina 

Van Helvert, Abeiku Santana, Akumaa 

Mama Zimbi and a host of 

others. 

Artistes who performed at the 

night were B Ryt, Krymi, Yaw Berk, 

Drew, Efe Keys, and Nenesenor. 

The event was hosted by Mc 

Bobby and Eli Kharis. 

The award scheme, which aims at 

raising the standards for better event 

organisation in the country, rewarded 

15 entities for their immense 

contribution to the advancement of 

event organising in Ghana. 

Below is the full list of winners. 

Best Emerging Event 

Ghana CEO Summit – WINNER 

Best Event Setup 

Glitz Style Awards – WINNER 

Best Event Company 

Event Factory – WINNER 

Best Event Photography 

Swag Of Africa – WINNER 

Best Male MC 

Giovani Caleb – WINNER 

Best Event Sponsor 

Kasapreko Company Limited – WIN- 

Best International Events 

GUBA Awards – WINNER 

Best Event Blog 

Nkonkonsa.Com – WINNER 

Best CSR Event/Activity 

Walk With Lexis – WINNER 

Best Events DJ 

Dj Vyrusky – WINNER 

Ghana’s Favorite Event 

Ashiaman To The World Concert – 

WINNER 

Best Corporate Event 

Africa Dialogues – WINNER 

Regional Events 

Tamale Fashion Week – WINNER 

Best Female MC 

Karley Mettle Addo – WINNER 

Event Of The Year 

Ghana Meets Naija – WINNER 

Zylofon launches Zylofon view to sell Ghanaian movies 

IN ITS bid to help promote local content 

locally and internationally, Zylofon 

Arts Fund (ZAF) has launched an 

online cinema platform, Zylofon 

View, to help push that agenda. 

The platform, according to ZAF, 

will be an avenue for people to watch 

and buy movies from Ghana. Movies 

will also be premiered on the platform. 

Speaking at the launch at the Zylofon 

Media headquarters in Accra last 

Friday, Frank Kwabena Owusu, the 

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the 

Zylofon Arts Fund encouraged movie 

producers to team up with Zylofon 

View to market their products. 

He urged them to submit their 

works to the fund for examination 

and possible uploading onto the Zylofon 

View platform. 

“All film producers who have current 

movies that have not been placed 

online yet, and have appeal and commercial 

viability can submit their 

works to Zylofon Arts Fund for 

scrutiny and uploads onto the platform.” 

According to Mr Owusu, the platform 

is “a pay per view App where 

the payment mode could be via 

VisaCard, MasterCard, Stripe, PayPal 

and MTN Mobile Money.” 

The platform can be accessed via 

Zylofonview.com on computers and 

mobile devices. 

The launch was attended by some 

media personalities and some entertainment 

personalities including Bob 

Smith Jnr, Socrate Sarfo, Eddie 

Nartey, BenedictaGafah, Naa 

Ashorkor, AkorfaEdjeani Asiedu, Augustine 

Abbey (Idikoko) and 

AbeikuSagoe. 

•Zylofon View launched to sell Ghanaian movies globally

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DAILY 



•Patapaa 

•Some winners on the night 

•DKB, 

Comedian 

•Its time 

to MC 

Khemikal, Gordons, 

others shine at 

Glo Laffta fest 

•The audience appreciated the individual skills 

•Basketmouth, 

Comedian 

TELECOMMUNICA- 

TIONS OPERA- 

TOR, Glo Mobile, on 

Sunday pulled off a 

hugely successful second 

run of its flagship comedy 

show, Laffta fest at the Fantasy 

Dome in Accra over the weekend. 

True to its billing, the event 

pulled thousands of Glo subscribers 

and revellers in Accra, 

who thronged the Dome to savour 

a night of exquisitely packaged 

witticism and pun from a rich cast 

of comedians. 

Seasoned comedians Basketmouth, 

Khemikal, Salvador, Senator, 

Foster Romanus, Dan D 

Humorous, DKB and Gordons 

were queued in on stage to do 

what they do best, and delivered to 

an indulgent audience, far more 

laughter and amusement than anybody 

had expected. 

The night began with performances 

from upcoming comedians, 

who showed some very good skills 

under the klieg lights. These rising 

acts included MJ, Comedian Waris 

and Comic Emma. The audience 

appreciated their individual skills. 

First to perform among the 

major acts was Khemikal. Though 

diminutive in frame, he captivated 

the audience with some good sets 

of jokes from his rich repertoire 

and succeeded to get the audience 

reeling and yearning for more. 

Khemikal earned the confidence 

and plaudits of all with his flawless 

delivery and original jokes too. 

Many felt the future of comedy in 

Ghana belonged to him. 

Ugandan Salvador cracked 

more ribs with his jokes, some of 

which the audience won't forget in 

a hurry. Many at the event won't 

forget his joke on event posters 

listing performing artistes and ending 

the list with "others". He made 

those in the "others" list the butt 

of some good jokes. 

Senator and Dan D Humorous 

gave a good account of themselves 

and justified why Glo included 

them on the historic show 

in Ghana. Both comedians, who 

were participating in the 

Glo Laffta fest for the first time in 

Ghana, were simply delightful. 

The audience did not fail to appreciate 

them for their exemplary performance. 

DKB, Ghana’s biggest stand-up 

comedian, also performed at the 

big show, although he will soon 

have to contend with the likes of 

Khemikal for Ghanaians’ attention 

as the biggest comedian in the 

land. 

Basketmouth was a mix of 

himself – hilarious – as well as a 

‘preacher’. He preached carefulness 

in matters of relationship 

with the opposite sex. But that was 

the best the preacher in him could 

do. He went ahead to stoke the fire 

of laughter. His every minute was 

appreciated by the crowd as he 

continually cracked them up. 

The Bishop of Osusu Ministry, 

Gordons, was the last on the bill 

and did his very best to get the audience 

to have value for sparing 

time to be at the very entertaining 

event. 

With the second outing of the 

Glo Laffta fest just out of the way, 

all is now set for the fourth event, 

the Glo Mega Music and the last 

event which are expected to hold 

on Saturday, September 22 and 

Saturday, October 20 respectively. 

A statement from Glo enjoined 

the good people of Accra not to 

miss the last two events as they 

would be biggest music shows ever 

witnessed in the country. 

Already, artistes have been 

lined up for the Saturday, September 

22 event. They include Stonebwoy, 

Wizkid, Yemi Alade, Tekno, 

among others. 

•Gordons, 

Comedian 

•Senator, 

Comedian 

• The VIPS 

were there

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 


15 

I don’t owe Derek Boateng 

a penny — Paintsil 



FORMER BLACK Stars defender John 

Paintsil has rejected claims he is indebted to 

ex-teammate, Derek Boateng to the tune of 

$20,000. 

Boateng, the retired midfielder, has sued 

Paintsil in bid to retrieve the cash which the 

latter purportedly borrowed from him while 

at the national team camp during the South 

Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup. 

In a writ, Boateng is demanding the 

$20,000 plus interest at commercial bank 

rate from the date the defendant collected 

the money till date of final payment. 

Also, the former Fulham and Getafe star 

is asking the defendant to cover his legal 

• Derek 

Boateng and 

John Pantsil 

fees and cost. 

But, reacting to the suit first published 

by the DAILY HERITAGE on Monday 

September 10, Paintsil said: “I have received 

summons from court over the said issue 

and I have discussed the matter with my 

lawyer to take the necessary legal actions. 

All I can say is that I don’t owe Derek. 

“I don’t owe him a penny, but since the 

matter is now in court I will talk less about 

it and leave it to the judiciary to decide 

whether I owe him or not. Well, you know 

that the matter is in court and when an 

issue is in court you don't talk about it." 

Confirming that he had been served to 

respond to the charges in court, Paintsil 

added "to be honest I don't owe Derek, I 

will leave it to the court to decide." 

The two are expected to appear before 

the court today. 

Play me on the left 

— Ayew to Cocu 

GHANA INTERNATIONAL Andre 

Ayew has reportedly had a meeting 

with Fernabahce manager Philip Cocu 

concerning a disagreement over his 

playing position. 

According to the former Swansea 

City man, he can offer more to the 

team if he is deployed on the lefthand 

side of midfield, telling Turkish 

newspaper Yeni Yüzy?l Gazetesi, “I 

think I use my talents better on the 

left.” 

The 28-year-old began his career 

playing on the left-hand side of midfield 

for Marseille and even the national 

team but has slowly transitioned 

to a more central or right-sided role 

over the 

•Dede Ayew has told his 

manager that he can offer 

more to the team if played 

on the left-hand side 

years – something he isn’t comfortable 

with. 

Ayew has started 3 out of 5 games 

for Fernabahce this season on the 

right side of midfield, as manager 

Philip Cocu prefers inverted wingers, 

with Ayew’s former Marseille teammate 

Mathieu Valbuena preferred on 

the left. 

That system seems not to be reaping 

results, as the Turkish giants have 

lost three of their opening four league 

games and find themselves in 13th 

place on the league log. 

Ayew has scored one goal this season 

for Fernabahce – his only goal 

this calendar year. 

• Isaac Asiamah, Minister of Sports 

FIFA/CAF 

Normalisation 

Committee to be 

revealed today 

THE FIFA/CAF Normalisation 

Committee which 

is set to run Ghana Football 

for the next six 

months will be named 

today, September 12. 

The team, which will be made up of 

a minimum of five members or maximum 

seven, is expected to initiate reforms 

for Ghana Football, as well as 

ensure an election is held for a new administration. 

FIFA member, Amaju Pinnick of 

Nigeria and others are expected to arrive 

in the country today to continue 

the process of reviving Ghana Football. 

Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah has 

revealed members of the FIFA Normalisation 

Committee would be announced 

on Wednesday. 

According to Mr Asiamah, a delegation 

would arrive in the country to 

conclude the process of putting together 

a formidable team to run the 

affairs of football on an interim basis. 

“A team from both CAF and FIFA 

will be arriving in the country for us to 

continue our delegation and dialogue. 

On Wednesday, there is going to be a 

full meeting with the team, comprising 

of one member from FIFA, the acting 

1st CAF Vice President who happens 

to be the Nigeria FA President will 

also accompany the team,” he said. 

“The team from CAF and FIFA 

will be here next week for us to put up 

the team of Normalisation. As I said, 

very capable, competent and patriotic 

Ghanaians who would come and see 

football.” 

The world football governing body, 

announced last month, that it has appointed 

a Normalisation Committee to 

run the affairs of the Ghana Football 

Association (GFA). 

The decision was arrived at after a 

meeting between FIFA and Government 

of Ghana officials together with 

the head of the FIFA/CAF liaison 

team for the GFA concerning the situation 

of the GFA, and taking into consideration 

the subsequent withdrawal 

by Ghana authorities of the petition to 

liquidate the GFA. Source: Starr 

Sports

12/09/2018 

WEDNESDAY. DAILY HERITAGE 

Email: info@dailyheritage.com.gh 

• Who wears the crown? 

Labadi Beach Hotel 

hosts Miss Universe 

Saturday, Sept 15 

AFTER weeks of grills and 

drills from the scouting 

judges; exciting mini contests 

and painful evictions, the 

crowning moment for Miss 

Universe Ghana 2018 is set for Saturday, 

September 15, at what promises to be a 

swanky event slated for the five-star Labadi 

Beach Hotel in Accra. 

Ten lucky and pretty belles selected 

from a large bevy of beauties who 

registered for this year’s contest will walk, 

talk and do all they can to get positive ticks 

from the judges at Saturday ’s grand finale. 

The 10, who will be representing the 10 

regions of Ghana will be expected to 

display a high level of intelligence and 

eloquence. They must also show that they 

are well-mannered and cultured at every 

stage of the contest. 

According to the organisers, the 

qualities that they have tried over the past 

weeks to instill in the contestants will be on 

full display, come Saturday, 

Though all 10 contestants have proven 

throughout the competition to be 

intelligent, physically fit and strikingly 

beautiful, only one will be crowned at the 

show, which starts at 7pm prompt. 

Talented young artiste, King Promise is 

on the bill and has promised patrons 

nothing but a spirited performance, while 

captivating singer, Adina Thembi pledges to 

add more sugar to the potpourri of hit 

songs lined up to spice up the night. 

Ashanti Region: Michealina Mary 

Stampoulous Dankwa will represent the 

Ashanti Region. She is 20 years old and a 

level 400 student of Gh Media School. “I 

love cooking, reading and music. 

My concept of beauty goes beyond 

one’s outward and physical appearance. The 

inner being is very important to me,” she 

said. 

Brong Ahafo Region: Akpene Diata 

Hoggar is a model, blogger and 

entrepreneur. She aspires to 

become a global change agent. 

“I’m a firm believer in the youth 

as a catalyst for economic 

growth”. “Beauty represents 

diversity, confidence in one’s 

capabilities and a passion to 

serve through leadership,” she 

stressed. 

Central Region: Pascalina 

Nuamah Yeboah is 24 years, and 

holds a Diploma in Basic 

Education (French option) from 

Mount Mary College of 

Education. 

Pascalina loves swimming, 

listening to music, watching 

movies and volunteering to 

teach children during her free 

time. For her, “Beauty is what 

comes from within. Beauty is 

patience, beauty is tolerance, 

beauty gives hope to others and 

beauty puts smiles on the faces 

of others”. 

Eastern Region: Daisy 

Obeng Nkansah, 24, holds a 

Bachelor’s degree in Economics 

from KNUST. Her interests are 

reading, writing, exploring new, 

creative, inspiring and educative 

ventures, and surfing the 

internet. Her idea of beauty is people's 

inherent ability to leave a positive mark in 

the lives of other people they contact in 

their daily lives, not only with a pretty face 

and smile, but a great and lingering 

personality as well. 

Greater Accra Region: Gifty 

Nyamekye Quansah, says she is a tenacious 

woman with a big heart and loving 

personality. “It is my dream to be the next 

Miss Universe Ghana Queen to make my 

country proud on the international 

• Ruth Quashie, Miss Universe 2017 

— Who takes over from her? 

platform. I want to be a Management 

Consultant in the near future. I am inspired 

and motivated by the hardwork and 

dedication of the ant despite its stature and 

life conditions. I don’t believe in luck I 

believe in hard work”. She said she believes 

that beauty is an abstract and physical 

appreciation of God’s art which is usually 

highlighted by a moral test. 

Northern Region: Anita Sampana, 25, 

a university graduate with Bachelor of 

Science degree in Human Biology. “I love 

to give and help find solutions to problems. 

I am a good team leader and team player.” 

“Beauty to me is a personality. I think it is a 

personality because it is a perceptual 

experience of pleasure and satisfaction. 

Although the outward look makes a 

percentage of beauty, it also encompasses 

attitude, intelligence and demeanour. 

Beauty knows no race nor status”. 

Upper East Region: Naa Yemotiokor 

Odoi is a 23 year old past student of the 

School of Social work. She describes 

herself as a philanthropist and hopes to 

reach out to vulnerable people across the 

world. 

“Beauty is not only a definition of 

curves covered in good skin or complexion 

but also intelligence with a heart to 

empathise with others and also help solve 

problems in society”. 

Upper West Region: Silvia Naa 

Morkor Commodore is a second year 

Radford University College student 

studying Business Administration. She 

loves research and aspires to inspire young 

ladies to be the best they can ever be. “For 

me, beauty transcends physical qualities. It 

is a combination of qualities both 

internally and externally that reveals a sense 

of inner joy and happiness.” 

Volta Region: Regina Afiba Dadzie, 

21, is a former student of Alliance 

Française and is currently the Human 

Resource Officer for the Models Artistic 

Alliance Organisation. “Beauty is based on 

intelligence, grace, politeness, charisma, 

intergrity, elegance and physical 

attractiveness” 

Western Region: Vanesa Tekor 

Akuetteh is a budding paralegal, a model 

and a "highlight enthusiast". 

“I consider myself to be an outspoken 

young woman and very optimistic. My 

perception of beauty is a unique feeling 

that we can inspire in others or even in 

ourselves and that others can inspire in 

us”. 

Sponsors of the 2018 Miss Universe 

event include, Joy Prime, Ghandour 

Cosmetics, Devtraco Plus, Labadi Beach 

Hotel, Shey by Menaye, Body by Guy, 

Claron Health, Woodin Fashion and So 

Aesthetics. Others are First Choice Salon, 

Aha Intimates, Shoezonegh, 

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@officialkelvincent @silverrefinedfoods 

@redchilligh 

@binosjuice @cleaneatsgh @tremghana 

@purple_trendz_gh @yunizaah 

@tasty_treats_catering, @redbutterflysportsbar 

@theblackridegh and Top Core Security.a 

It will be live on Joy Prime TV.

September 12

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