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• Residents have
been counting
their losses
• Many homes
have been
submerged due
to the Bagre
Dam spillage
• Ms Hajia
Alima Mahama
•Late
Joseph
Boakye
Danquah
-Adu
• Obrempong Wetse Kojo II, paramount chief of Ngleshie Alata, with Daniel Nii
Arde Tagoe (R), family head of Nii Ardenkpa family, and other kingmakers
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DAILY QUOTE
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positive things daily! You
must love yourself internally
to glow externally.
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Tension in
Krowor Assembly
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
• Ms Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister of Local
Government and Rural Development
TENSION IS gradually
brewing at the Krowor
Municipal Assembly,
one of the newly-created
Assemblies in the
Greater Accra Region, following the
sidelining and eventual deposing of
the Presiding Member in the performance
of key functions at the assembly.
The Municipal Coordinating Director
is said to have sidelined the
then Presiding Member (PM) by
chairing another inaugural meeting
of the Krowor Assembly, which had
already been inaugurated by the Minister
of Local Government and
Rural Development, Ms Hajia Alima
Mahama.
Speaking to the DAILY HER-
ITAGE, the now former PM of
the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal
Assembly, Mr David Annang Laryea,
popularly known as Nii Shipie, said
after the division of the Assembly into
Ledzokuku and Krowor Municipal Assemblies,
the sector minister on March
15, 2018 inaugurated the new assemblies
and asked everyone to hold on to
their positions at the new assemblies.
Mr Laryea said because his electoral
area falls under Krowor, he automatically
became the PM for the new assembly
but was shocked when a team
led by Mr Emmanuel Nortey called for
fresh election of the government appointees
and elected a new PM for the
municipality, thereby defiling the orders
of the sector minister.
According to Mr Laryea, what Mr
Nortey did was self-willed and grossly
unconstitutional, adding that the Local
Government Minister should immediately
intervene, order and restrain the
coordinating director from perpetuating
gross misconduct.
The former PM described the act as
unfair, adding that when the Ga Central
Assembly was divided,
the Municipal
Chief Executive
(MCE) moved to the
new Assembly without
any hitches and
performed his functions
as MCE. “Why
then must the PM of
Krowor re-contest an
election?”
Mr Laryea is,
therefore, appealing
to the minister to
quickly intervene and
order Mr Nortey to
allow both government
appointees and
PMs perform their
designated functions
so that peace would
prevail in the area.
He has therefore
sounded a note of
warning that if the
minister failed to intervene,
he would
place a permanent
injunction on the assembly and stop it
from operating.
Reaction
Mr Nortey has, however, refuted
the allegations and explained that what
happened was within the remit of the
law.
He said the case went to the High
Court and the court ruled in their
favour, hence the organisation of fresh
elections.
JB Danquah murder case:
Judge angry
• Over ‘delay tactics’
by AG’s department
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@daily
heritage.com.gh
THE ACCRA Central Court
Magistrate, Her Worship, Arit
Nsemoh, has issued a stern
warning to the Attorney General's
(AG’s) Department in
the case in which Daniel
Asiedu and Vincent Bosso are
being held for the death of
Abuakwa North Member of
Parliament, Joseph Boakye
Danquah-Adu.
While making an order for
the state attorney assigned to
the case to appear before it
on October 11, the court said
should the attorney fail to appear,
the court would take it
as "bad faith."
In court yesterday, when
the AG representatives were
expected for the committal
proceedings, they failed to
show up.
DSP George Amegah, the
prosecutor in the case, told
the court that the docket was
still being worked on by the
state attorney assigned to the
case. He, however, could not
tell the court the name of the
said attorney when asked.
Warning
Ms Nsemoh, infuriated by
the explanation, said the court
was made to believe that the
"impediment (delay) of the
case was not emanating from
the AG’s Department but the
pathologist report."
But "the report has been
dealt with and we are still
waiting," the court lamented.
The court, thus, made an
order for "whoever is working
on the case at the AG’s Department
to appear before the
court to tell me something,"
at the next adjourned date.
The Magistrate added that
"I want to see whoever is
working on the docket to tell
me the timelines....I cannot
keep adjourning the case; that
is not how I do my work."
The court instructed the
prosecutor to "inform them
(AG representatives) that if
they don’t come at the next
adjourned date, I will take it
as bad faith."
Where are your
lawyers?
According to the court,
the accused persons, though
told the court they had a
counsel, the court was yet to
know them.
The accused persons were,
thus, told by court to inform
their lawyers to be ready to be
in court at the next court date
and possibly partake in the
committal proceedings.
Self-confessed Asiedu,
alias Sex-Don Don, and
Bosso, alias Junior Agoogo,
are in custody for their alleged
respective roles in the death
of the legislator. The case has
been adjourned to October
11, 2018.

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Bagre dam disaster:
Declare state
of emergency
BY MOHAMMED AWAL
ASECURITY analyst,
Adam Bonah,
has called for the
immediate declaration
of a “state of
emergency” in the three northern
regions following the devastating
twin occurrences of the
spillage of the Bagre Dam and
weeks of torrential downpour
which have killed 18 people
with over 100,000 rendered
homeless.
The destruction from the
twin occurrences is out of control,
leaving regional authorities
overwhelmed and helpless.
“This thing has been going
on for how many weeks? The
state of emergency should have
been declared by now. Economic
Community of West
African States should have been
brought in because it has to do
with intra-Africa, where you
have water spillage from a
neighbouring country into another
neighbouring country
that has affected about 50, 000,”
said Bonah on the Morning
Starr programme on Accrabased
Starr FM yesterday.
He told Francis Abban, the
host of the ‘Morning Starr’,
that the response of the government
in dealing with the disaster
was “disgusting.”
• Security analyst tells govt
• Residents have been counting their losses
The Social Enterprise Development
Foundation of West
Africa (SEND) Ghana accused
the government of neglecting
the three northern regions in the
wake of the devastating twin occurrences.
“So far there has been no significant
response on the part of
the government. In some districts,
you had District Chief
Executives going round to assess
the situation but in terms
of response to actually send
reliefs to the community and
affected citizens, that really
hasn’t happened,” Mumuni Mohammed,
SEND Ghana’s team
leader for the Northern and
Upper East regions,
stated.
“Government’s
commitment
in this
regard has been
weak because this
has been with us
for ages. How
long can we continue
to deal with
the issue based
on kneejerk reaction?
The government
hasn’t
really demonstrated
any serious
commitment
to dealing with
this issue,” he added.
Food insecurity looms
Mr Mohammed continued
warning of a possible food
shortage in the three northern
regions following the disaster.
“This is an area all of us are
aware poverty levels are already
high and so what are we doing
to make sure that this doesn’t
worsen the situation? If we are
not careful, we are likely to witness
food insecurity as a result
of this. And this is something
that we have expected,” he
stated.
“Everybody along this
spillage way is now for himself
or herself. That’s lamentable,”
added the Member of Parliament
for Tamale Central, Inusah
Fuseini, when he commented on
the matter.
• The Bagre Dam spillage
has rendered over
100,000 homeless

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•Many families in rebel-held Yemen are reliant on food
handouts from aid groups
Yemen conflict: A million more children face famine, NGO warns
A FURTHER one million
children are at risk of
famine in Yemen, the charity
Save the Children has
warned.
Rising food prices and
the falling value of the
country's currency as a result
of a civil war are putting
more families at risk of
food insecurity.
But another threat
comes from fighting
around the key port city of
Hudaydah, which is the
principal lifeline for almost
two-thirds of the population.
Save the Children says a
total of 5.2 million children
now face famine.
Yemen has been devastated
by a conflict that escalated
in early 2015, when
the rebel Houthi movement
seized control of
much of the west of the
country and forced President
Abdrabbuh Mansour
Hadi to flee abroad.
Alarmed by the rise of
a group they saw as an
Iranian proxy, Saudi Arabia
and eight other Arab states
intervened in an attempt to
restore the government.
They have received logistical
and intelligence support
from the US, UK and
France. BBC
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World news in 4 stories
Liberia 'vanishing' cash:
Travel ban imposed
LIBERIA'S GOVERN-
MENT has banned 15 people,
including the son of
former President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, from leaving
the country while it investigates
the alleged disappearance of
tens of millions of dollars intended for
the central bank, the Ministry of Information
has said in a statement.
Border posts have been informed
that Charles Sirleaf, the deputy governor
of the central bank, and Milton Weeks,
the former governor of the bank, are
among those barred from travelling
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf handed power to George Weah in January
abroad, the statement added.
Mr Sirleaf and Mr Weeks have not
yet commented.
However, Mrs Sirleaf was quoted by
the Front Page Africa news site as saying
that the bank had given "full evidence
and clarification" to refute allegations
that the money had disappeared.
The government has ordered an investigation
into the alleged disappearance
of the newly printed bank notes
that had reportedly come from abroad
between November last year and August
this year.
"The government... takes the ongoing
investigation seriously because it has
national security implications," the statement
added.
The statement did not say how much
had allegedly gone missing. Some reports
put the number at around $60m
(£45.6m) and others at around $100m.
Mrs Sirleaf, a former Nobel Peace
Prize winner, stepped down as president
in January after her two terms ended.
She was succeeded by former football
star George Weah, following his
stunning victory in elections a month
earlier.
• The monarch of llara-Mokin, in red, is keen to stop the use of canes
during the festival
Nigeria king wants to stop
'flogging festival’
A FURTHER one million children
are at risk of famine in
Yemen, the charity Save the Children
has warned.
Rising food prices and the
falling value of the country's currency
as a result of a civil war are
putting more families at risk of
food insecurity
But another threat comes from
fighting around the key port city
of Hudaydah, which is the principal
lifeline for almost two-thirds
of the population.
Save the Children says a total
of 5.2 million children now face
famine.
Yemen has been devastated by
a conflict that escalated in early
2015, when the rebel Houthi
movement seized control of much
of the west of the country and
forced President Abdrabbuh Mansour
Hadi to flee abroad
Alarmed by the rise of a group
they saw as an Iranian proxy, Saudi
Arabia and eight other Arab states
intervened in an attempt to restore
the government. They have
received logistical and intelligence
support from the US, UK and
France.
At least 6,660 civilians have
been killed and 10,563 injured in
the conflict, according to the UN.
Thousands more civilians have
died from preventable causes, including
malnutrition, disease and
poor health. BBC
Storm Ali: Two killed as high winds batter UK
TWO PEOPLE have died, as
Storm Ali brings winds of up to
100mph to parts of the British
Isles.
A woman died after the caravan
she was in was blown off a
cliff in the Irish Republic, while in
Northern Ireland a man was killed
by a falling tree.
Another woman has been seriously
injured after a tree fell on a
car in Crewe, Cheshire.
Thousands of homes are without
power, lorries have overturned
and a cruise ship has
broken free from its moorings.
An amber warning, meaning
"be prepared", is in place for
Northern Ireland, Scotland and
northern England.
The weather warning - which
means lives could be at risk - is in
force until 17:00 BST.
Storm Ali is the UK's first
named storm of the season.
A man in his 20s was killed
and another in his 40s was injured,
after a tree fell on them at
the gates of Slieve Gullion Forest
Park, near Newry, County Armagh.
It is thought the men were
working on behalf of Northern
Ireland Water.
It is understood the woman
who was killed in County Galway
was a tourist in her 50s who had
been staying at a campsite in
Claddaghduff.
Cheshire Police said a woman
in Crewe was taken to hospital
with serious injuries after a tree
fell on a car on the A49. BBC
• This home-owner in Sandwell, West Midlands, had a lucky escape after a
tree was blown down

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05
IT IS trite knowledge that sycophants
are responsible for the collapse of
governments across the world, particularly
in Africa.
Mostly in Africa because many
people in our part of the world hate
to tell the truth because they don’t
want to offend their pay masters.
In Ghana today, the painful truth
is that times are hard - cost of living
is high, fuel prices are unbearable,
thousands are losing their jobs because
of so-called banking sector reforms,
cost of doing business is high,
utilities bills are choking among others.
It is, therefore, necessary that the
president is told this painful truth by
his own people so that efforts are
made to fix these challenges.
Editorial
Times are indeed hard
It is for this reason that the
DAILY HERITAGE commends
the Head of the Medical Laboratory
Department at the Kwame Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology
(KNUST), an avowed member
of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr
Otchere Addai Mensah for stating his
mind about the current state of the
country.
According to him, many Ghanaians
including himself are “very disappointed”
in President Nana
Akufo-Addo. “People didn’t expect
these things to happen.”
He, therefore, admonished the
Akufo-Addo led government to particularly
manage the expectations of
Ghanaians on his administration as
people are not happy at all.
Speaking on Kumasi-based Angel
FM on the seeming rising cost of living
in the country, the KNUST lecturer,
who last year declined an
appointment from President Akufo-
Addo to become the Chief Executive
Officer of the Ghana Standards Authority,
said he was not happy with
the output of the government, especially
when fuel and economic issues
come up.
“Kwame, this is not the expectation
of Ghanaians, people are not
happy, I am not happy. I am disappointed
and I’m saying it as it is. Our
expectations are from the kind of
things we were told before the elections.
“It will not augur well for the government
if things continue like this.
They need to fix the fuel price. They
need to find ways to manage our expectations.
If we don’t accept dissent
as a critical part of loyalty, leadership
will always hear what they want to
hear because people fear losing their
jobs or where they get their bread
and butter from. But the reality will
come to bear when the day of reckoning
dawns,” he stated.
Prof Ransford Gyampo of the
University of Ghana is also reported
to have said times are hard and urged
the government to do something
about it.
We share the sentiments of these
two academics and indeed those who
actually feel the pinch of the hardship
and urge the government to sit
up.
James Town Mantse
to establish varsity
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE NEWLY-INSTALLED
Paramount Chief of Ngleshie
Alata of James Town, Obrempong
Wetse Kojo II, has
promised to embark on a
number of development projects, including
establishing a university in the community
to improve education.
In his maiden address to the media on
Tuesday, Obrempong Kojo said as part of
his vision to educate his citizens, a James
Town basic school, a senior high school
(SHS), a university and a vocational training
centre would be established to ensure many
people in the area get access to education.
He said based on this, a scholarship
scheme would be established for citizens of
James Town to support students and pupils
willing to go to school, and a free compulsory
night classes organised to disengage
the teeming youth from indulging in immoral
activities.
The new Mantse commended the government
of the New Patriotic Party for the
smooth implementation of the free SHS
• Obrempong Wetse Kojo II, paramount chief of Ngleshie Alata with Daniel Nii Arde
Tagoe (R), family head of Nii Ardenkpa family and other kingmakers
programme.
Jobs
Obrempong Kojo said it was part of his
dream to establish a fishing school and a
fishing company to train the youth on
modern way of fishing, as well as construct
an ultramodern cold store to ensure that
the harvest of the fisher-folks would not
go to waste but would be accessible to the
general public.
“We will lead a team to organise a
weekly cleaning exercise at the beach where
working tools will be made available to
clean the community, develop it to a modern
recreational centre for tourists, as well
as develop the community in line with the
government’s vision of making Accra one
of the cleanest cities in Africa,” he stated.
The new chief pledged his support to
boast trade in the area by establishing a microfinance
company to offer low-interestrate
loans to traders and fishermen in the
community.
The Mantse added that as part of his vision,
a community centre would be built;
the existing abattoir would be developed
into a modern one with a restaurant, health
inspectorate department, a large meat marketing
shop and an ultramodern cold store
facility to boost the work of the abattoir.
He said as part of keeping the heritage
and the culture of the people of James
Town, a radio station would be established
to preach the rich culture of the people.
He added that a four-seater place of
convenience would be established in the
community freely for males and females
with additional four-shower bathhouses for
each of the seven divisions in the area that
make up the Ngleshie Alata to cater for residents
while a 48-seater place of convenience
to cater for tourists and other visitors
who tour the beach and the fishing community
would be built.
Obrempong Kojo used the occasion to
announce that the late James Town Mantse,
Obrempong Kojo Ababio V, would be
buried before the end of this year, adding
that preparations were ongoing.
The occasion was graced by the chiefs
and kingmakers of the Ngleshie Alata of
James Town and other supporters in the
area.

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HR Today: Who benefits
from office politics?
BY BRIGHT AMPADU OKYERE
POLITICS MAY be
seen as dirty in nature
but office politics has
become unavoidable.
Love it or hate it, office
politics is an inevitable
part of organisational life.
Many people associate political behavior
with backstabbing, talking
ill of a colleague, manipulation etc.
— but there is a productive side to
being politically savvy.
Being able to negotiate, influence,
engage, convince, communicate
and persuade others is how
things get done in organizations
— and how organizations decide
what’s worth doing at all. Developing
political skill reduces stress and
enhances performance, boost employee
morale, increases motivation,
reputation and career
progression at work. A 2008 survey
of 250 managers in the United
Kingdom revealed that 90% of
them believed that political skill is
required to succeed and to improve
one’s career prospects.
While the link between political
skill and career success is firmly
established, there is a problem: office
politics doesn’t work for
everyone in the same way. People
have misused office politics to
their personal advantage. In the
course of engaging in office politics,
it has caused huge reputational
damage to some employees
and in some instances caused them
their jobs.
Researchers have argued that
women often overlook the importance
of office politics and rely on
task accomplishment as the primary
means of advancing their careers.
Many women are reluctant
to engage with it, or even see it as
distasteful. Employees who cannot
engage in office politics are sometimes
called “politically naïve” for
avoiding politics. It comes at a
•Bright Ampadu Okyere
huge cost and is often seen as
emotionally draining. It is argued
that training and mentoring initiatives
are necessary to help employees
see the value in office politics
and learn to play the game. A level
playing field must also be provided
for everyone in the course of their
employment with any establishment.
Many people have rejected
leadership roles because of the
displeasure and the mature of office
politics.
Dominant groups in organisations
generally set the standards
for behavior within their workplaces,
and as men hold most leadership
positions today, it can be
argued that they set the norms for
political behavior at work. Mentoring
and networking are indeed critical
to developing political
understanding for all employees. It
seems even if women and minorities
groups engage in political behaviors,
they may not benefit from
them in the same way that men do
because of the level of influence
men have.
Office politics is described as
an informal system that keeps
power with those who have it and
can use it to their benefit. The
issue is not about lack of skills but
how it is played at all levels of the
business and its effect on people
and productivity over the period.
People who have not really mastered
the act of office politics have
seen less career progression.
As a result of how office politics
is conducted, the person engaging
in the behavior experiences
backlash and is always seen as
someway who talks his/her way to
the top. In most instances they are
seen to be those with excellent relationship
with people in authority
and can influence decision making.
Some rely on old school associations,
church and club affiliations
amongst others. Accepting the fact
that not everyone can be good at
office politics will mean that, there
Office politics is described as an informal system that keeps
power with those who have it and can use it to their benefit.
The issue is not about lack of skills but how it is played at all
levels of the business and its effect on people and productivity
over the period. People who have not really mastered the act
of office politics have seen less career progression.
should be some acceptable political
behavior in the office. This is
to make room for those who cannot
engage in office politics to be
seen and acknowledge by the system.
Organizations should be creating
environment that supports collaborative
efforts and teamwork.
Creating cooperation will allow
more people to thrive in their jobs.
Then again creating a culture of
equality will play a requisite role in
ensuring fairness amongst employees.
Making diversity a top leadership
priority would ensure
comfortability; it will generate innovation
at work.
It seems that creating work environments
that are less competitive
and more cooperative serves
to benefit everyone. Women have
suffered under the office politics
agenda; there are many wonderful
and excellent professional women
who could not rise to the top because
of the nature of office politics.
Issues as trivial as maternity
and childbirth related concerns
have been advanced to their disadvantage.
One barrier to creating a more
equitable system for everyone may
be the leaders in charge today.
These leaders not only set the political
norms but also help create
and maintain the political environment
that favors them at the disadvantage
of everyone else. Creating
cooperative work environment
rather than competitive environment
is one way to fix this, but
that can only be achieved if today’s
existing leaders are willing to give
up the game.
One key political skill is drawing
attention to your accomplishments;
every employee must learn
this act but be sure not to blow
achievements out of proportion.
Most people view organizational
politics as an expression of
masculine culture. This is so because
our culture has a way of undermining
women and their
achievements. Political employees
try to obtain functional benefits,
like access to lucrative relationships
and coalitions — for these
reasons they engage in political
tactics even though it may not
guarantee success.
Organizations may have to find
out if office politics is really an
outdated game that no one wants
to play. An effective performance
and talent management modules as
well as an effective succession
planning will reduce office politics.
We should be mindful that
many organizations would have
done better if not for office politics
that did not serve any purpose.
In most cases it created unnecessary
tension because the fallouts
were not managed well. This argument,
however, is built on the assumption
that people lack the
political skills needed to navigate
organizational life.
Source: Bright Ampadu
Okyere/ hbr.org | Tel. #:
0244204664 |hrtoday@gmail.com
One barrier to creating
a more equitable
system for
everyone may be
the leaders in
charge today. These
leaders not only set
the political norms
but also help create
and maintain the
political environment
that favors
them at the disadvantage
of everyone
else. Creating cooperative
work environment
rather than
competitive environment
is one way to
fix this, but that can
only be achieved if
today’s existing
leaders are willing
to give up the game.

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Ways of preventing wrinkles
Stay hydrated
Good skin starts from within. Stay
hydrated with water, coconut water
and green tea (which is full of antioxidants).
Not only does it moisture from
within but water also rids your body of
toxins.
Eat lots of antioxidants
Free radicals (unstable molecules
that damage our skin – i.e. pollution
and toxins) hate antioxidants. Vitamins
A, C, & E, and beta carotene are all antioxidants.
Here are some sources of
antioxidants:
Saturated fat
Good saturated fats are an essential
part of a healthy diet and healthy skin.
Saturated fat makes your skin more
elastic and more resistant to the oxidative
damage from the sun. Sources of
saturated fat include grass-fed butter,
avocados and coconut oil.
Use a nontoxic sunscreen
Toxins and free radicals are a big
source of wrinkles. And most commercial
sunscreens are full of toxins.
And there are lots of studies in
progress now to determine if they really
prevent skin cancer.
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&Env.
Self-inflicted seasonal
floods at Glefe
FlooGLEFE IS a fishing
community located between
a stretch of a lagoon
and the sea in the
Ablekuma West Municipality.
It stretches from
the south of Dansoman to the
sea.
The people who dwell there are
mostly fisher-folks and petty
traders.
The slum community has been
in the news every rainy season due
to flooding there. Upon a visit to
the area one would realise that the
seasonal flooding situation, although
natural, is largely induced
by human activities in the Glefe
township. These bad activities
stem from encroachment on the
land close to both the sea and the
•People living at Glefe lives in dirty environment
lenges in the national
capital, people
are still moving
in to erect structures
in the area regardless
of the
danger signs. Some
often destroy the
mangrove along the
lagoon to create
space for their
buildings. Meanwhile,
the vegetation
serves as a
natural barrier between
the water
bodies and the
mainland. These
developments have
reason why Glefe has always been
in the news anytime it rains cats
and dogs. Dumping of refuse into
the lagoon and activities of encroaches
have also affected saltmining
in the area. According to
the residents, the lagoon previously
produced many tons of salt,
but that has become history now
due to the lawless activities of
some people in the area.
Fishing in the community is as
well under threat since there have
been more empty bottles and sachets
caught up in the fishing nets
than fish from the lagoon in recent
times. But if fishing too
eventually fails the residents of
Glefe, then every other economic
lagoon; and poor sanitary conditions
in the area.
To start with, not even a single
resident in the area has adopted a
site plan for their buildings.
Houses built with both brick and
wood are interlocked in the
densely populated area. Most
structures have been built closer
to either the lagoon or the sea
with waters from both sources
making their way into these very
homes anytime there is a downpour.
Surprisingly, new structures
spring up in the same fashion always.
The community does not have
drains to contain the excess water
anytime it rains heavily or when
there is a rise in the tide in the lagoon.
As a result, the water becomes
stagnant and floods the
entire community, cutting out
every single route to the main road
linking the township. Transportation
and other economic activities
in the area then come to a standstill.
Even the schools are affected
by the flooding.
Glefe has also become notorious
for poor sanitation. Residents
dump refuse in the salt-producing
lagoon with impunity. Consequently,
there exists loads of refuse
lining the shores of the once
glamorous lagoon. They do not
spare the sea either as residents
dispose of refuse freely at the
beach. Meanwhile, all the refuse
dumped in these two water bodies,
including human excreta, eventually
finds its way back into the
homes of the residents during a
rise in tide in both water sources.
This, of course, has had health
implications for the residents over
the years.
Due to accommodation chal-
•Floods takes over homes •Swampy areas at Glefe
gone on under the nose of the authorities
but no action has been
taken against the offenders. Thus,
a quarter of the residents there are
sitting on the natural course of the
lagoon.
The absence of a proper layout
in the area, coupled with poor sanitary
conditions, has been the main
activity in the area will slow down
in addition to the seasonal floods.
This is why the Ablekuma West
Municipal Assembly must rise to
the occasion, firstly to prevent further
development of new structures
in the area and then tackle
the sanitation problem head on.

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ZOOMLION GHANA Limited has
presented waste management trucks
and other logistics worth millions of
cedis to the Tema West
Municipal Assembly in the Greater
Accra Region.
The items included five motor
tricycles, four trucks and roll on roll
off truck to help in the fight against
filth.
Presenting the equipment to the
Assembly , the General Manager of
Zoomlion Ghana Limited in the
Tema Metropolis, Mr Seth Appiah
Ocran, hinted that, their partnership
with the various Metropolitan,
Municipal and District Assemblies
(MMDAS) is to help solve the
sanitation problems in the various
Assemblies .
He later promised to ensure that, all
the MMDA'S under his preview would
be at the top in the fight against
sanitation.
Mr Ocran also stated that,
Zoomlion, Tema and its subsidiary,
Mendian Waste Management have also
initiated a programme dubbed ‘one
house one bin’ in which a bin is given
to each house in all the franchise
areas.
He said "we are going to digitise
our bins by placing Radio Frequency
Identification stickers on the bins to
enable us know where all our bins
are located for easy collection.”
He, therefore, urged the
assembly to enforce their by-laws to
ensure that every house gets a bin to
prevent dumping of refuse
indiscriminately and also address the
menace of motor kings who collect
waste and dump them along the
motorway.
Mrs Adwoa Amoako, the
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE),
while receiving the logistics on behalf
of the assembly, said the donation was
timely and would aid the activities of
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the ‘Clean Ghana Campaign’ and the
global Sustainable Development Goal
6 of ensuring universal access to
basic sanitation services.
She commended the company for
partnering with the assembly to
fight the sanitation menace in the
municipality.
The MCE pledged to
collaborate with
Zoomlion Ghana Limited and other
service providers to ensure the
equipment are put to good use to
ensure the ‘Clean Ghana Campaign’ is
successful in the municipality.
The MCE later presented 250
pieces of streetlights across the
municipality to ensure some level of
security within the
various communities.
She said this was in line with the
government’s government’s
commitment to ensure that it delivered
its mandate including providing
security to the people.
Presenting the
equipment to the
Assembly , the General
Manager of Zoomlion
Ghana Limited in the
Tema Metropolis, Mr
Seth Appiah Ocran,
hinted that, their
partnership with the
various Metropolitan,
Municipal and District
Assemblies (MMDAS) is
to help solve the
sanitation problems in
the various Assemblies
NPP to lose Greater Accra
BY BENJAMIN TANDOH
THE NUMO Nmashie Family of
La, Osu, and Teshie in the Greater
Accra Region has threatened to
vote massively against the ruling
New Patriotic Party (NPP) if the
government fails to intervene and
rescue their lands.
The family, which supervises
about 72 towns and villages in the
region, called on the government
to direct the Lands Commission to
plot their land after the
commission failed to comply with
the judgement from the Supreme
Court in 2005.
According to the family, the
court, in an Order of Mandamus
THE CHIEF of Berekuso,
Odeefoo Oteng Korankye
II, has called on parents to
support teachers in his
community to ensure that
they give their best for the
children there to excel while they all make
the effort to improve education in the
area.
For the second time in a row since his
educational fund, dubbed ‘Odeefoo Oteng
Korankye Educational Fund’, was
launched, students who excelled in the
Basic Education Certificate Examination
have been rewarded for further studies at
the Senior High School (SHS).
Odeefoo Korankye, in an interview
with the DAILY HERITAGE after a
short ceremony to present educational
material, cash and other goodies to some
11 best students within his jurisdiction to
benefit from the fund, he urged the
beneficiaries to be “the light of the of
Berekuso”.
“While we have money in our account
we have to support the children. The first
batch the foundation supported last year
are performing well at their various
schools and it has posed a challenge to
those who sat for the examination this
year.
“As a result, of that seriousness, some
of the schools in this area managed to
score 100% in the BECE. Therefore, we
considered all the schools and we picked
their best students. We are impressed with
those who excelled and we are here to
motivate them,” he stated
He added that not only the student but
“Our teachers too we motivated them;
some of them for further training in India.
It is our mission to support both students
and teachers to learn and benefit from the
government’s free SHS policy.
Support double track system
Touching on the Double Track system
currently introduced in some senior high
schools, Odeefoo Korankye urged
Ghanaians to support the government in
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11 grab Berekusohene’s
SHS scholarship
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
Number Misc: 1323/2001, ordered
the Lands Commission to plot the
family land.
Speaking at a press conference
in Accra, Dr Anko Ankrah, the
Chairman of the Nuumo Nmashie
Family Properties (NNFP) said “we
own 72 towns and villages, and that
means we control more than 70%
of Greater Accra voting
population.
“All we are asking the
government to do is to ensure that
the Lands Commission plots our
land for us, otherwise we assure
them that their guess is as good as
ours,” Dr Akrah told the press.
He added that, the family will
take another legal action against the
commission after they failed to
meet the three-day ultimatum
which ended on September 19,
2018.
He added that, they would cite
the commission for contempt if it
fails to meet their deadline, and
added that, “The Lands
Commission has blatantly refused
to let justice prevail.”
This, they said, had led to
encroachment on the family lands
to the detriment of family
members. He however assured that,
“we are not going to fight anybody
on the land.”
Dr Ankrah told the DAILY
HERITAGE after the press
conference that “we have the
judgment against them (Lands
Commission), and we also have the
mandamus compelling them to plot
•Berekusohene, Odeefoo Oteng Korankye II, (in Kente), dignitaries and the beneficiaries of the Odeefoo
Oteng Korankyi Educational Fund scholarship
implementing this policy since it gives
opportunity to every child to attend
school.
“What I want to tell Ghanaians is that
we should support the government’s
double track system. This policy has
brought change; many people will go to
school and while a lot more have passed
the BECE, the challenge is the
infrastructure in the schools so the
government has to improvise for everyone
to get its share so we all have to support.
“For us at Berekuso, we will engage the
• If govt fails to rescue land for us- Numo Nmashie Family
•Dr Anko Ankrah (3rd Left), Chairman, NNFP, with some elders of the family
children who are in the Gold track, while
waiting for their turn. When our students
return home from school we don’t leave
them to idle, we engage them in classes to
prevent them from truancy and teenage
pregnancy. We will use our churches and
old schools to support and we all need to
take advantage and benefit from it,” the
chief said.
Take your studies seriously
Mrs Edna Swaniker, Managing Director
of Mount Pleasant English Medium
School; Jo Addy, the Program
Development Manager of the Design and
Technology Institute; Naa Ashiokor Oba
Ni Ehi I, the Osu Noyaa Manye; and Nana
Akua Asamoahbea I, Bretuo Tufuhemaa
(of Aburi) all took respective turns to
advise the students to take advantage of
the opportunity given them to study
seriously.
According to them, the students should
take their lessons seriously because “what
the chief is doing is not being done many
people, so you are not going to school to
play; take your lessons seriously. The life is
in your hands. Odeefoo Korankye is also
giving you free tuition so if you go, don’t
join bad companies.”
Beneficiaries
The 11 beneficiaries were presented
with trunks, books, buckets, calculators,
mattresses, mops, pillows, napkins and a
cash of GH¢ 750.00 each. The gesture was
estimated at GH¢ 15, 400.00 while for
every term the Fund gives every
beneficiary GH¢ 750.00 as pocket money.
The beneficiaries are Mariam Appiah,
the overall best student from Fidelity
School; Samuel Wilson from Adenkrebi
Basic School was the second best student
and Adenkrebi Basic school was adjudged
the overall best school with 100% score
from the BECE.
Others are Joshua Agyeman and
Sandra Yeboah, both from Adusa Basic
School; Vida A Dede,( Ayim Basic
School), James Attah, (Berekuso), Isaac K
Yeboah, Philip G Ekow, Prince Yemo,
Larbi R Awuku and Gyasi S Kwame, all
from Adenkrebi.
Driver’s mate
drowns at mass
baptism
BY KOJO ANSAH
A MAN identified as
Abraham Danso has drowned
at Mangoase in the
Asuogyaman District of the
Eastern Region during a mass
baptism exercise in a river by
a church from Argomanya.
The body of the deceased
was retrieved after four hours
of search. The body has been
deposited at the VRA
Hospital Morgue.
According to the Public
Relations Officer of the
Asuogyaman District Office
of the National Disaster
Organisation, Lilian Okai ,
during the baptism procedure
by the church at about 11 am,
the deceased, who is a driver’s
mate, decided to swim but
was nowhere to be found
after hours forcing his driver
to raise an alarm.
The name of the church is
yet to be disclosed.
In a related development, a
54-year-old fisherman at
Bumpata in the Affram Plains
and they dragged their feet for
five years and then we cited
them for contempt.
“After that they went to court
to plead because they were being
sentenced to six months
imprisonment,” he said.
He added that, “Thereafter,
they deleted my name and also
ignored to plot for my family
[who owns] 1,500 acres of land
and they are alleging that my
documents have been mislaid by
them.”
The said land, he further
explained was earmarked for the
construction of a diary factory
which was expected to be the
second largest of its kind in
Africa.
South District, Kwaku
Odoom has also drowned in
the Affram River.
The body of the deceased
was retrieved from the shore
on Monday after two days
search by local fishermen
proved futile.
According to the
Public Relations
Officer of the
Asuogyaman District
Office of the National
Disaster Organisation,
Lilian Okai , during the
baptism procedure by
the church at about
11 am, the deceased,
who is a driver’s mate,
decided to swim but
was nowhere to be
found after hours
forcing his driver to
raise an alarm.

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Vivo Energy to operate in
23 African countries
VIVO ENERGY Plc, distributor
of petroleum
products, has announced
its agreement
with Engen Holdings
(Pty) Limited (“Engen”
or “EHL”) to restructure the acquisition
of Engen International Holdings
(Mauritius) Limited (“EIHL”) by Vivo
Energy’s subsidiary, Vivo Energy Investments
B.V.
The restructured transaction is
now unconditional, aside from customary
closing conditions, including
material adverse change clauses.
Vivo says all required regulatory
and competition authorities’ approvals
have been received for the transfer of
Engen’s international operations in
nine sub-Saharan countries.
By the restructured agreement,
first announced on December, 4 2017,
the acquisition will proceed in all the
countries other than the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
At this stage Engen says it is continuing
its discussions with the Government
of the Democratic Republic
of Congo regarding the transfer of
the subsidiary holding Engen’s DRCrelated
interests, while Vivo Energy
continues to evaluate the potential acquisition
and negotiations with Engen.
The restructured transaction,
scheduled to complete on March 1,
next year, will add operations in eight
new countries and over 225 Engenbranded
service stations to Vivo Energy’s
network, taking its total
presence to over 2,000 service stations,
across 23 African markets.
According to officials of Vivo, the
new markets for Vivo Energy are
Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Reunion,
Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and
Zimbabwe, and that Engen’s Kenya
operation (where Vivo Energy already
operates) is the ninth country included
in the transaction.
As per the agreement on December
4, 2017and as a result of the restructure
of the transaction,
consideration in respect of the transfer
of EIHL is US$203.9 million,
comprising an issue by Vivo Energy of
63.2 million new shares valued at Vivo
Energy’s IPO Offer Price of 165
pence per share and US$62.1 million
in cash, resulting in EHL holding a
circa 5.0% shareholding in Vivo Energy.
The cash element of the consideration
will be funded by a drawdown
on Vivo Energy’s multi-currency facility,
established in May 2018.
A release from Vivo states that for
the year ended December 31, 2017,
unaudited management adjusted
EBITDA for the nine entities involved
in the acquisition on March 1, 2019
was approximately US$33 million, out
of which US$26 million is attributable,
with attributable net cash on hand of
approximately US$48 million.
Officials say Vivo Energy’s belief
in the potential of the businesses
being transferred and the objective to
achieve double digit volume and
EBITDA growth rates over the
medium term, set out as part of the
IPO prospectus, remains unchanged.
The release says Vivo Energy will
provide updated guidance for the nine
Engen countries to the market, reflecting
the changes to the transaction,
with the 2018 full year results announcement
in March 2019, following
completion of the transaction.
It adds that Engen Holdings (Pty)
Limited retains its interest in Engen
Petroleum Limited (its South Africa
business and refinery) and Engen’s
businesses in Mauritius, Botswana,
Ghana, Namibia, Swaziland and
Lesotho, which are not part of the
transaction.
Mr Christian Chammas, Chief Executive
Officer, Vivo Energy, said,
“Today’s announcement opens an important
new chapter for Vivo Energy
and we look forward to welcoming
around 350 new employees, adding
eight new countries to our network,
and increasing our target market by
nearly 150 million people to around
35% of the African population. Importantly,
our existing business remains
on track to achieve our full year
guidance and we continue to invest in
and grow our existing operations.
“In Vivo Energy’s first seven years
we invested to grow our business, increasing
our network and adding new
and refurbished shops and quick service
restaurant offers. We have an opportunity
to replicate this successful
business model to drive growth and
profitability in our new markets and
look forward to updating the market
in the New Year on the scale of the
opportunity ahead of us. We must
seize this in order to deliver value for
our shareholders, and move closer to
achieving our goal of becoming
Africa’s most respected energy business.”
Mr Yusa Hassan, Managing Director
and CEO of Engen, commented
that “Engen is pleased with this transaction,
which will enable the parties to
proceed to completion on March 1,
2019. It aligns with our growth aspirations
in Africa. We look forward to becoming
a Vivo Energy shareholder,
and adding another strong and well respected
brand to the Vivo Energy
group.”
Nissan to establish assembling plant in Ghana
•Government is expected to conclude talkes with Nissan to establish
assembly plant in Ghana
GOVERNMENT IS expecting to
conclude talks with Japanese car
maker Nissan to establish an assembling
plant in the country, the
Trade and Industry Minister, Alan
Kyerematen, has disclosed.
According to him, the country’s
announcement of its zeal to play a
significant role in the automotive
industry has attracted a number of
offers from players in the industry
across the world.
“Major companies basically,
more or less, are putting more
pressure on us to get started…
Nissan is far advanced in terms of
discussions,” the trade minister
made this known during the
Ghana Industrial Summit and Exhibition
organised by the Association
of Ghana Industries.
Mr Kyerematen added: “These
are all opportunities for the private
sector to engage with potential investors.
And it is our hope that you
find partners to grow your sector.”
The announcement of Nissan
planning to establish base in
Ghana comes on the back of similar
announcements by VW and
Sinotruk. In late August, German
Chancellor Angela Merkel announced
that VW, the German car
maker, is set to establish an assembling
plant in Ghana.
Addressing a joint press conference
with President Akufo-Addo,
at the foyer of the Jubilee House,
Chancellor Merkel said her administration
had watched keenly the
decision of the Akufo-Addo administration
to propel Ghana beyond
aid.
She said her country is poised
to collaborate with Ghana to make
available to Ghana the best practices
that have helped Germany to
industrialize.
She said the assembling would
create a considerable number of
jobs for Ghanaians in the car manufacturing
sector.
Contributing to the development,
President Akufo-Addo said
the Ghanaian economy is delighted
to welcome the VW vehicle plant
into the country.
He pledged that the government
would give the investor community
of Germany every
necessary assistance that they
would require.
Meanwhile, Sinotruk International,
China’s first heavy-duty
truck manufacturer, has signed an
agreement with the Government
of Ghana to establish an assembly
plant in Ghana, to serve both
Ghanaian and West African markets.
The assembly plant in Ghana,
when established, will initially have
the capacity to assemble some
1,500 trucks per year for sale in
Ghana and the rest of West Africa.

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Politics
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about
anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for
yourself —Henry James
Remembering a global luminary:
Kwame Nkrumah revisited
BY KOAME ADONLE MIEZA
koameagendaa@gmail.com/ka
m.egya@yahoo.co.uk
ACTION WITHOUT
thought is empty.
Thought without action
is blind. Revolutions
are brought about by
men, by men who think
as men of action and act as men of
thought.
It is clear that we find an African
solution to our problems and that this
can only be found in African unity. Divided
we are weak; United, Africa
could become one of the greatest
forces for good in the world – Kwame
Nkrumah.
Francis Nwiaa Kofi Nkrumah [popularly
known as Kwame Nkrumah] was
born to Kofi Ngonloma and Elizabeth
Nyaniba on Saturday, September 21,
1909, in Nkroful, the current administrative
capital of Ellembelle District in
the Western Region.
Kwame Nkrumah commenced his
early education at the Roman Catholic
Elementary School in Awiane [Half-
Assini], now the administrative capital
of Jomoro Municipality in the Western
Region, where his father, Kofi
Ngonloma, operated as a goldsmith.
He proved to be an adept student. At
the age of sixteen years, Kwame
Nkrumah became a student –teacher at
the same institution he started his academic
life. In 1927, whilst on an educational
tour, Kwame Nkrumah was
identified by the Rev. Alec Garden
Fraser, Principal of the Government
Training College in Accra for advanced
studies. Later the Government Training
College amalgamated with the Prince
of Wales College at Achimota in Accra
which meant Kwame Nkrumah had to
pursue and complete his studies at the
Achimota College.
At Achimota College, Dr. Kwegyir
Aggrey introduced Kwame Nkrumah
to the ideas of Marcus Garvey and Dr.
W. E. B. Du Bois. Kwame Nkrumah
later admitted that of all the literature
he studied, the book that did more
than any other to fire his enthusiasm
was Philosophy And Opinions of Marcus
Garvey, an influence which gave
him a great exposure to his political career,
a career which would place him
among a pantheon of global iconic figures
such as Alexander the Great of
Greece, Peter the Great of Russia,
George Washington of the United
States of America, Otto von Bismarck
of Germany, Lee Kuan Yuan of Singapore,
Napoléon Bonaparte of France,
etc.
•Kwame Nkrumah
Special dates in Kwame
Nkrumah’s life
1930: He was awarded a Teacher’s
Certificate from the Prince of Wales
College, Achimota
1931: He became a tutor at the
Roman Catholic school in Edina
[Elmina] and later became a Tutor at
another Catholic Educational Institution
in Axim.
1932: He took up a teaching appoint
at the Roman Catholic Seminary
at Amissano in Elmina.
1935: He gained admission to Lincoln
University, Pennsylvania, USA.
1939: He was awarded with a Bachelor
of Arts in Economics and Sociology.
1942: He was once more awarded
with a Bachelor of Arts in Theology at
Lincoln University
1943: He further pursued a Master
of Science in Education and a Master
of Art programme in Philosophy and
completed these programmes in 1945.
1945: He was adjudged the Most
Outstanding Professor of the Year by
the Lincolnian.
1945: He left the USA for the UK
with the sole aim of reading Law and
to complete his thesis for a Doctoral
Degree.
In the UK [London] Kwame
Nkrumah came into contact with
George Padmore. Nkrumah and Padmore
were subsequently appointed as
joint Political Secretaries to aid in the
promotion and organization of the
Sixth Pan African Congress in Manchester,
UK
1947: On the counsel of Dr.
Ebenezer Ako Adjei, George Alfred
Kaku Nwonda Ekyi Grant provided
passage money of one hundred pound
sterling to Kwame Nkrumah to return
to the Gold Coast to take up an appointment
as the General Secretary of
the United Gold Coast Convention
[UGCC].
1948: Kwame Nkrumah together
with five other Central Committee
Members of the United Gold Coast
Convention [UGCC] was arrested and
detained following the Riots and Disturbances
of February 28. They later
came to known and referred to as the
big six.
1949: Kwame Nkrumah broke
away from the UGCC and formed the
Convention People’s Party [CPP] on
June 12.
1950: On January 8, Kwame
Nkrumah declared Positive Action, the
corollary was that he was arrested and
detained by the British administrators
in the Gold Coast.
1951: Kwame Nkrumah contested
and won an Election whilst in prison
with a vote of 22,780 from a total ballot
cast of 23,122 to win the Accra
Central Seat, now known as the
Odododiodioo Constituency in the
Greater Accra Region. He was subsequently
released from prison to become
the Leader of Government Business.
1956: Kwame Nkrumah contested
and won an Election on the ticket of
the Convention People’s Party [CPP]
that led to the Gold Coast’s political
liberation.
1957: On March 6, Kwame
Nkrumah declared the then Gold
Coast as an independent state with the
new nomenclature Ghana. Kwame
Nkrumah was hailed as Osagyefo
which literally means the redeemer.
1958: Kwame Nkrumah got married
to Helena Ritz Fathia, a relative of
President Gamal Abdel Nasser of
Egypt. The union was blessed with
three children namely Gorke, Samia
Yaaba [2016 CPP Parliamentary Candidate
of Jomoro Constituency] and
Sekou.
1959: In November, the All-African
Trade Union Federation met to co-ordinate
the African Labour Movement.
1960: On July 1, Kwame
Nkrumah declared Ghana as a Republic.
1961: Kwame Nkrumah extended
the Ghana-Guinea Union of 1958 to
include Mali under the Presidency of
Modibo Keita to become Ghana-
Guinea-Mali Union.
1962: There was an assassination attempt
on the life of Kwame Nkrumah
at Kulungugu in the Northern Region
of Ghana.
1963: Kwame Nkrumah’s Organisation
of African Unity [OAU] now
African Union [AU] was inaugurated
with a conference attended by thirtytwo
[32] independent African countries
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s National
capital city.
1964: With the other political parties
disbanded by Parliament except the
CPP, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah became the
Life President and the CPP was to be
the only political force in Ghana.
1966: On February 24, Kwame
Nkrumah was ousted in a joint military
and police coup d’état whilst on a trip
to Hanoi in North Vietnam. He stayed
in Conakry, the Guinean National Capital
city as Co-President with President
Sekou Toure.
1972: On April 27, Kwame
Nkrumah passed away in Bucharest the
Romanian National Capital at the age
of Sixty-two [62].
1972: On May 13 and 14, Sekou
Toure and Guinea organized an elaborate
Final Funeral Rites in Conakry for
a comrade, an educationist, a liberator,
a writer, a philosopher, a socialist, a
motivational speaker, the visionary, a
true Pan Africanist, an astute politician
and a legendary statesman, the late
Kwame Nkrumah.
1972: On July 7, upon an appeal
from General Ignatius kutu Acheampong,
Kwame Nkrumah’s mortal remains
was flown to Ghana and
re-interred in Nkroful, the Original
birthplace of Osagyefo Kwame
Nkrumah at the very spot he was born.
1992: On July 1, under the leadership
of Flt. Lt. John Jeremiah Rawlings,
Kwame Nkrumah’s body was
re-interred at the very scene where he
declared Ghana as an emancipated
country at the current Kwame
Nkrumah Memorial Park in the National
Capital of Ghana, Accra.
In his lifetime, Dr. Kwame
Nkrumah authored so many literature
and the collections include the following;
1947: Towards Colonial Freedom
1957: Ghana: The Autobiography
of Kwame Nkrumah
1963: Africa Must Unite
1963: African Personality
1965: Neo-Colonialism: The Last
Stage of Imperialism
1967: Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah
1967: Challenge of the Congo
1967: African Socialism Revisited
1968: Dark Days in Ghana
1968: Handbook of Revolutionary
Warfare
1970: Consciencism: Philosophy
and ideology for De-Colonization
1970: Rhodesia File
1970: Class Struggle in Africa
1973: The Struggle Continues
1973: I speak of Freedom
1973: Revolutionary Path
As the First Ghanaian President,
Kwame Nkrumah chalked extraordinary
successes in infrastructural projects
and his accomplishments are
monumental and most of these projects
include:
Tema Township/Metropolis
Tema Motorway
Tema Harbour
Akosombo Dam
Peduase Lodge (Presidential Retreat)
Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
(KATH)
Adomi Bridge
University of Cape Coast
Asuatuare Sugar Factory
Kumasi Shoe Factory, etc.
A number of Universities around
the World decorated Kwame Nkrumah
with honorary doctorate degrees and
some of them include Lincoln University
[USA], Moscow State University
[Russia], Cairo University [Egypt], Jagellonian
University in Krakow [Poland]
and Humboldt University, in Berlin,
[Germany].
In 2009, His Excellency Professor
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills of blessed
memory declared September 21, the
100th anniversary of Kwame
Nkrumah’s birth to be the Founder’s
Day, and was to be observed as a statutory
holiday to commemorate the life,
works and legacy Kwame Nkrumah.
Kwame Nkrumah has perfectly immortalized
his name in gold in the political
compendium of the World.
Kwame Nkrumah is undoubtedly, a
reputable institution; the present and
future leaders must always strive to
learn from and aspire to be. Indeed the
World must eternally be grateful to the
words, works and worth of Kwame
Nkrumah.
Happy Birthday to you, Osagyefo
Dr Francis Nwia Kwame Nkrumah!!!!
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HERITAGE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Ashanti NPP serial
callers suspend strike
BY ISAAC BEDIAKO JUSTICE
SERIAL CALLERS of
the New Patriotic Party
(NPP) in the Ashanti
Region have called off
their strike.
The strike, which saw members
of the group staying away from
defending the governing party on
radio and television, lasted for one
week.
The decision was taken after
the group met the leadership of
the party including the Ashanti regional
founding founders, council
of elders, national youth organiser,
Nana Boakye and representative of
Vice President Dr Mahamudu
Bawumia, Dr Gideon Boako.
This was announced by the executives
of the group at a Press
•Flashback: The serial callers registering their protest
Conference
held
at Ashtown
Abyss
Park on
Wednesday.
The
group
made up
of 64
members,
for years,
have dedicated
their
lives and
resources
to defending
the
party
while in
opposition
and in
government since 1992.
However, this long-time bond
between the party and its serial
callers in the Ashanti region is
falling apart due to the ruling government’s
failure to secure them
jobs as promised by leader of the
ruling party while in opposition.
This compelled the group to
hold a dramatic news conference
in Kumasi to air their concerns to
the party leadership demanding
the removal of the Ashanti regional
minister who they alleged
was sabotaging the work of the
president by failing to resource
them to preach and defend the
good work of the ruling party.
The party’s communicators during
the press briefing burnt all
their mobile phones which they
used to defend the ruling government
both on television and radio
talk shows.
PARLIAMENT OF GHANA
RECALL OF PARLIAMENT
IN EXERCISE OF THE POWER CONFERRED ON THE SPEAKER BY ORDER 42(30 OF THE STAND-
ING ORDERS OF THE PARLIAMENT FOF GHAANA, I, RIGHT HONORABLE PROFESSOR AARON
MICHAEL OQUAYE, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT, DO HEREBY DIRECT THAT PARLIAMENT SHALL,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, BE RECALLED FROM RECESS TO SIT FROM
MONDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2018 TO FRIDAY, THE 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2018, AT
TEN O’CLOCK IN THE FORENOON EACH, AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE, ACCRA, TO CONSIDER, AMONG
OTHERS, SOME URGENT PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
DATED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT, ACCRA, GAHAN, THIS 14TH DAY OF
SEPTEMBER 2018.
RT. HON. PROF. AARON MICHAEL OQUAYE
(SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT)

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Jason EL –A earns
nomination in
2018 RTP awards
• Jason
EL-A
BY ERICA ARTHUR
GHANAIAN
TV/RADIO personality
cum artiste,
Jason Osman EL-
Agha, known in the
entertainment scene as Jason EL-
A, has earned a nomination in
this year’s Radio and Television
Personality ( RTP) Awards.
Jason is nominated in the category
dubbed ‘TV Male Entertainment
Show Host of the Year
20017/2018’. He is in this category
with Official Kwame of TV3
(3Music Network); Abeiku Santana
– UTV; Brown Berry – TV7
(Zeex Music TV); Kpakpo
Maxwell Justice (KMJ) – Joy
Prime; and Giovanni Caleb –
GhOne TV.
The artiste-cum-media entrepreneur,
in an interview with the
DAILY HERITAGE, said he
was grateful to the organisers of
the scheme and his fans for their
immerse support for his brand
and career.
Jason, who has had three consistent
nominations in this award
scheme, said, “I thank my fans for
their support. This is our nomination
and I entreat everyone to support
me with a vote to win this
category.”
He added that “I was nominated
two ago years; last year and
this year too, which means my
hard work is being recognized by
industry players and it encourages
me to work harder.”
He recently released video of
his new song ‘Obaa Sima’.
The award is scheduled to take
place on Saturday, October 6,
2018, AICC, Accra.
Nana Yaa drops ‘woman power’ video
•Regina
VanHelvert,
Host of the
programme
Live FM’s season 3 ‘Girl
Code’ starts Sept. 27
THE FIRST edition of the third
season of women empowerment
initiative, ‘Girl Code’, will start at
the University of Ghana, Legon.
The first of a series of campus
tours over the next 12 months will
be held at the forecourt of the Jubilee
Hall of the nation’s premier
tertiary institution on Thursday,
September 27, 2018 at 6p.m.
Organizers say they are “taking
things up a notch” in igniting “the
dreams of young ladies in tertiary
institutions” by “giving practical
knowledge based on experiences
of our speakers.”
A student each from the 10
universities to be toured would win
a prize start-up package, including
airtime from LIVE 91.9 FM and
products from sponsors.
‘Girl Code’ is a tertiary tour focused
on inspiring young ladies
through conversations that cut
across education, relationships,
health, spirituality and career development.
The theme for Girl Code season
three is “Igniting Dreams.”
‘Girl Code’ is sponsored by BF
Suma, and powered by LIVE 91.9
FM, Your Music PlayStation.
• Nana
Yaa
FEMALE SONGSTRESS and vocal
bird, Nana Yaa, known in real life as
Nathalie Mensah, has officially released
the visuals to her 2018 banger
‘Woman Power.’
The ‘Woman Power’ visual, which
was directed by Rex, portrays every
powerful sense of a woman. In the
video, very muscular men treat Nana
Yaa, who is representing all women,
as a queen.
In talking about the video, Nana
Yaa noted that she really enjoyed
shooting this video, whose scenes
are so charming.
According to her, the team and
her chose the artistic expression
‘Woman’s Power.’
“I hope women and the general
public appreciate how we celebrated
women in this new video,” she said.
Nana Yaa said the video had to
come out right, which was the reason
for its delay, and appologised to all
the fans that kept asking for the visuals.
“I know you guys will love this
video; forgive me for the delay but
watch it, enjoy and don’t forget to
share it with everyone,” she said..

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•Patapaa
Glo Mega show on Saturday: Stonebwoy,
Wizkid, others to shut down Accra
• Wizkid
THE FOURTH episode in the Glo
Mega Shows, scheduled for Saturday,
September 22, is billed to be a
full house of highly sought after
mega stars slated for the event.
Already, eight A-class performing
artistes have been confirmed
for the mega music
showdown, which holds at the
Fantasy Dome on Saturday.
On top of the pack of
musical heavyweights are
dancehall maestro, Emmanuel
Andrews Samini,
dancehall master, Stonebwoy
and world famous
music icon, Wizkid. These
stars will be joined by the
delectable Yemi Alade, Tekno,
Ghana’s own diva, MzVee, Kofi Kinaata
and Tanzania’s finest voice,
Diamond Platnumz.
This exceptional blend of performers
has been predicted to literally
‘shut down’ the city of Accra
on Saturday, September 22.
Wizkid is an internationally acclaimed
song writer and singer and
continues to enjoy a successful run
across the world, basking in the
adulation of music lovers wherever
he steps.
Samini, is a rare bundle of talent,
master of a sonorous mixt of highlife,
dancehall, reggae and hip-hop.
He has a huge following across
Ghana and beyond. On the other
hand, Livingstone Etse Satekla,
popularly known as Stonebwoy, is a
highly priced award clinching afropop,
dancehall and reggae artiste
from Ghana whose fame transcends
the country’s frontiers.
Vera Hamenoo-Kpeda, known
to millions by her stage name,
MzVee, is another afro-pop, dancehall
and R&B performer. She released
a single, Come and See My
Moda, featuring Nigerian awardwinning
songstress, Yemi Alade,
who, incidentally, is also billed for
• CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
Kasapa FM storms Tema
tomorrow for ‘Hi-Life
Bash and Grills’
• Holds ‘Old scul special
night on Saturday’
REMEMBER THE KAS-
APA PORK SHOW
• Kwame
PARTY AND GRILLS?
Bee
Oh!!!! Yes it went down
well in grand style....Thank
you Tema and Ghana for
your love and loyalty.
We are coming again
Tema.
It's the Kasapa Hi-Life
Bash and Grills coming up
on 21st of September
2018.
Performing on the
nights are the evergreen
Hi-life Superstar, Pozo
Hayes and the sensational
hi-life music general, Kofi
Bee.
MCee's on the night are IBK,
Kwame Bee and Gattuso.
DJ'S on turn table for the night are
DJ Mono and DJ Lastkobo with guest
DJ's coming through DJ rampage and
DJ BAT.
Remember Friday is a Holiday and
we will start it big and very early with
different fun activities so save the date
and don't be left out.
There will be lots to eat and drink.
There will also be all kinds of grills
available to satisfy your appetite.
On Saturday we will bring to you Old
Scul special night, come with a friend, a
partner and a love one lets party hard.
• DJ BAT
• DJ RAMPAGE
• Gattuso
• IBK
• DJ Mono
• DJ Lastkobo

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Golden Boy Razak
declares himself ‘best
man’ for Kotoko job
RENOWNED AND celebrated
coach, Abdul
Razak Abdul Karim,
otherwise known as
Golden Boy, has elected
himself for the vacant Asante Kotoko
coach position.
The 1978 African Footballer of
the Year has described himself as the
best man for the job.
Asante Kotoko are on the market
shopping for a new coach after Paa
Kwesi Fabin resigned last week.
“I’m always ready for Kotoko.
No one has contacted me yet. But
my doors are always open. If they
want me they know where to find
me,” Razak told FootballmadeinGhana.
“I’m the best man for the job. Going
“I’m always ready for
Kotoko. No one has
contacted me yet. But
my doors are always
open. If they want me
they know where to find
me,” Razak told Football
madeinGhana.
round and trying different coaches will not
help the club. I know the in and out of the
club. I know what they want. I won’t say a
lot about it. They know what I can do.”
Razak led Kotoko to win the Ghana
Premier League in 2003.
History:
He played several clubs in the 1970s
and 1980s, notably the local club Asante
Kotoko and the New York Cosmos in
the defunct North American Soccer
League (NASL).
Razak also played for clubs in
the UAE, Egypt and Ivory Coast, and
was ranked by the Confederation of
African Football (CAF) in 2007 as one
of the confederation's 30 best footballers
of the previous 50 years.
The Ghana legend, who was also
voted as the Africa Footballer of the
Year in 1978, has coached clubs in Mali,
Sudan, Qatar and North Africa.
• ‘Golden Boy’
Abdul Razak
Glo Mega show on Saturday: Stonebwoy,
Wizkid, others to shut down Accra
• CONTINUE FROM PAGE 14
the event on Saturday. Tekno
had also featured in the
maiden musical outing of the
Glo Mega Shows in Accra last
month.
This Saturday’s event is
the fourth in the five-episode
mega shows which Glo Mobile
is hosting in Ghana. The
first event, a comedy show
dubbed Laffta fest, was held
on Sunday, August 12, while
the second episode, Mega
Music, followed on Saturday,
August 25. The third event,
also a comedy show, was held
on Sunday, September 9. All
the events are being held by
Glo Mobile for the benefit of
its subscribers in Ghana.
Glo’s Head of Business,
Mr Uche Ojo, disclosed that
the company designed the
music and comedy events to
“appreciate our teeming supporters
in Ghana. We are also
using the events to welcome
new subscribers to join the
network and experience
the best of services,
especially data,
from Glo, the grandmasters
of Data in
Ghana”.
He disclosed that
the response of subscribers
during the
past three events have
been tremendously encouraging
and promised
that this will
“galvanize Glo to continue
to do the best to
offer excellent services
to our growing subscribers
across
Ghana”.
To attend this
music event, Glo subscribers
can
dial *5301# to opt in
and use a minimum
GHc20 for voice or GHc30 for
both voice and data on their
Glo line in 30 days before the
event. With this, the subscriber
gets an invitation from
Glo through SMS and confirmation
calls. Those who already
qualified to attend last
comedy show are also qualified
to attend this music
event.
For those who are not yet
on the Glo network, they can
purchase a pre-bundled SIM
for GHc30 with 3.2GB data
that can be used anytime, register
and get an invite. Such
persons can get their tickets at
select locations across Accra
such as 37 Max Mart, Accra
•Samini (L) with
Stonebwoy
Mall Silverbird Cinema, West
Hills Mall Silverbird Cinema,
Airport Shell, Shell Dansoman,
Baatsona Total, SMICE
Phone Shop at Kotoka International
Airport and at Junction
Mall at Nungua.

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Miss Universe Ghana ’18
to promote Ghana’s culture,
tourism in Thailand
MALZ PROMOTIONS,
organisers of the Miss
Universe Ghana 2018
pageant held at the Labadi
Beach Hotel on Saturday,
have pledged their full support for the new
queen, Akpene Diata Hoggar, to effectively
promote Ghana’s culture and tourism at
this year’s international event slated for
Bangkok, Thailand, in December.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)of
MALZ Promotions, Mrs Menaye Donkor
Muntari, told the DAILY HERITAGE
that her company recognized tourism as a
very important development tool “and one
of the best places to promote Ghana’s
tourism and culture is the Miss Universe
International pageant, which is the biggest
beauty event in the world”.
“Our queen will be a worthy tourism
ambassador at the show, which will be
broadcast live. She will send the message
out to the people around the world to visit
Ghana and see the exotic tourism products
we have to offer and also enjoy our culture
and the proverbial Ghana hospitality,” she
pointed out.
Akpene, who is a model, blogger and
entrepreneur, was on Saturday, September
15, 2018, crowned winner of the 2018
Miss Universe Ghana contest held at the
plush Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, in an
atmosphere of pure colour and splendour.
The newly-crowned beauty queen, who
is also a Management Information Systems
(MIS) graduate, beat nine other beauties in
what was described largely as a highly
competitive event, to pick the coveted title
and the sole ticket to represent Ghana at
this year’s Miss Universe international
pageant.
She also received a brand new car from
4FK Motorsport, which is owned by
Ghanaian international soccer star, Sulley
Muntari, in addition to booking a place in a
five-week leadership programme with
YALI (Young African Leadership Initiative.
Akpene has also earned a one-year
contract with the Lab Modelling Agency in
Milan, Italy; a one-year contract as the Face
of So Aesthetic; a one-year supply of GTP
(Woodin) fabrics; a one-year supply of So
Aesthetics make-up; and a six-month
internship programme with the Multimedia
Group.
She will further enjoy six months’
publicity and a spread in the Glam
Magazine, GH¢10,000 worth of shoes
from Shoe Zone and one year’s Hair
Services & Spa treatment by First Choice
Beauty Salon.
Besides the training programmes, the
first and second runners-up will each
receive six months’ supply of GTP
(Woodin) fabrics plus So Aesthetics
makeup products
• The new queen, Akpene Diata Hoggar (m) flanked by the two Runners-up
The tall and cordial model, who
represented the Brong Ahafo Region in the
middle belt of Ghana, excellently
promoted the tourism sites and cultural
heritage of the region, attracting
thunderous applause from the obviously
impressed audience.
Akpene excitedly expressed her
gratitude to MALZ Promotions for their
professionalism, and graciously
congratulated the other contestants on the
healthy competition.
Vanessa Tekor Akuetteh, a budding
paralegal and model, who represented the
Western Region, was voted the first
runner-up, while Sylvia Naa Morkor
Commodore, a second-year
Business Administration
undergraduate, who
represented the Upper West
Region, picked the second
runner-up prize.
All the contestants put
up great performances in
the various segments of the
competition, promoting the
culture and tourism
products of Ghana while
displaying their individual
talents in singing, dancing
and the like.
Sporting some intricate
designs cut and stitched by
some of Ghana’s talented
designers, the contestants
displayed great sense of
fashion, intelligence and
eloquence as they answered
questions from the judges
testing their knowledge
about various issues in
society, after which five
were shortlisted to vie for
the crown.
The all-round great
performances by the
contestants made it quite difficult for the
five judges to decide the top three from the
best five contestants. Indeed, for the first
time in the history of the Miss Universe
Ghana pageant, there was a tie, which
meant that instead of choosing the
ultimate winner from the best three
finalists, she was picked from four.
The judges on the night were Sean Guy,
a Lifestyle coach; Yvonne Nelson, actress
and entrepreneur; Manuela Osk, a former
Miss Universe Iceland; Shirley Frimpong-
Manso, Movie Director/Producer; and
Emmanuel Kojo Jones-Mensah, a real
estate developer.
The other contestants were Michealina
Akpene Diata Hoggar,
Miss Universe 2018, in
her traditional wear
Mary Stampoulous Dankwa, Ashanti
Region; Pascalina Nuamah Yeboah, Central
Region; Daisy Obeng Nkansah, Eastern
Region; Gifty Nyamekye Quansah, Greater
Accra Region; Anita Sampana, Northern
Region; Naa Yemotiokor Odoi, Upper East
Region and Regina Afiba Dadzie, who
represented the Volta Region.
The audience, made up of the cremede-la-crème
of the country, were serenaded
by top Ghanaian musicians, Adina and
King Promise, while they enjoyed some
fine champagne and a three-course plated
meal.
The Noryam Dance Group spiced up
the event with some sprightly traditional
drumming and dancing that gave the show
an authentic Ghanaian touch.
The contestants were clothed by some
of the finest designers in the country,
including C’est Dora, Quophi Akotuah,
Yartel Gh, Saa Dia, and Nhyira.
The event was organized by MALZ
Promotions, owned by Menaye Donkor
Muntari, who is also the Ghana Country
Director for Miss Universe.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and
Creative Arts, Mrs Catherine Afeku, the
CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Mr
Akwasi Agyemang, a former Minister of
Finance, Dr Kwesi Botchwey, and many
Ghanaian personalities graced the event,
which was beamed live on Joy Prime TV, a
media sponsor of the pageant.
The main sponsors were Princess Paa,
Devtraco Plus, Labadi Beach Hotel, 4FK
Motorsport, SHEY by Menaye, Woodin
and Belaire champagne.
Supporting sponsors, So
Aesthetic, First Choice Beauty and
Salon, Quophi Akotuah, Kelvin
Vincent, Cest Dora, Yartel Gh, Body
by guy, Aha intimate, Yunizah,
Claron health, Shoe Zone Gh, Black
ride, Clean Eats Ghana, Silver
Refined Foods, Bino Juice, Star
Crystals, Top Core Security,
Tremghana, Tasty Treats, Purple
Trends, Red Butterfly Sports Bar and
Red Chili.
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