October 12

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•Dr Edward Kwarpong, Chief Executive 

Officer, Fair Wages and Salaries Commission 

•Koku 

Anyidoho 

• Anas Aremeyaw Anas 

• Kennedy 

Agyepong 

• Bishop Tackie 

Yarboi ordaining 

one of the new 

Ministers 

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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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BUSINESS 

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in Kenya bus crash 

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Anyidoho makes 

waves in NDC race 

MOST DELE- 

GATES of the 

main opposition 

National Democratic 

Congress 

(NDC) in the various constituencies 

in the country appeared to 

have fallen in love with the 

Deputy General Secretary of the 

party, Mr Koku Anyidoho, who is 

battling for the substantive General 

Secretary position. 

Some of the delegates who 

spoke to this paper said so far the 

message Mr Anyidoho, who is advocating 

party first, discipline and 

respect for party structures, is 

what the party in opposition 

needs to recapture power come 

2020. 

The delegates said they wondered 

why Mr Kofi Porturphy, 

National Chairman, Mr Kofi 

Adams, National Organiser and 

Mr Sidii Abubakar, National 

Youth Organiser, who all failed 

the party in the 2016 general election, 

had wisely refused to seek reelection 

but Mr Aseidu Nketiah, 

who was part of the failure, is 

seeking reelection. 

“Why is Asiedu Nketiah, the 

general secretary and chairman of 

the NDC 2016 campaign, seeking 

to remain in office after 13 long 

years of serving in that position 

and at the age of 61 and having 

presided over a monumental electoral 

defeat of a ruling party? We 

don't believe that his inordinate 

ambition is in the interest of the 

party”, some of the delegates said 

fuming. 

They angry delegates continued 

that since the failed NDC 

general secretary had refused to 

learn from the failed national 

chairman, national organiser and 

the national youth organiser to 

pave the way for fresh energy, 

ideas, dynamism and integrity to 

be brought to bear on the fortunes 

of the NDC in the 2020 

elections, he will be shown a red 

card during the national conference. 

They said Mr Anyidoho represents 

a new fearless face of the 

NDC as he is poised to make use 

of renewed energy and confidence 

of the followers that will 

prevail in the wake of his victory 

as the new general secretary of 

the NDC for election 2020. 

They said the man who served 

as the party’s Director of Communications 

while it was in opposition 

and at the Presidency later 

has the right qualities that would 

bring every party member on 

board to ensure massive victory 

come the 2020 general election. 

The delegates rubbished the 

stance of those arguing that Anyidoho 

is against former President 

John Mahama, stating that Mr 

Anyidoho had nothing against the 

return of Mr Mahama and that he 

“If Koku does 

his campaign 

well, knowing 

that Asiedu 

Nketiah also 

caused the 

defeat of the 

party, Koku 

could win...” 

would work hard to make sure Mr 

Mahama returns to the presidency 

as well. 

“Where was General Mosquito 

on the night of the election in 

2016 when the NPP's campaign 

chairman declared their results 

and victory for the NPP? Where 

was our bold and competent General 

Mosquito, who is supposedly 

a supporter of Mr Mahama?” 

some of them quizzed in anger. 

They furthered argued that Mr 

Anyidoho, who some loyalists of 

Mr 

Nketiah claim is anti-Mahama, 

was one of the few bold ones 

who showed up on that night to 

tell the NDC party followers that 

''We are in a comfortable lead'', “ 

in an effort to comfort NDC 

members and “to give us hope!” 

They noted that it was very 

ridiculous to reelect the run-away 

general secretary who finally 

showed his face during the day 

standing by Mr Mahama and 

wearing a base ball cap and turning 

round like the humiliating defeat 

was a joke. 

It would be recalled that the 

Editor-In-Chief of the Daily Dispatch 

newspaper and pollster, Ben 

Ephson Jnr, recently stated that 

he would not be surprised to see 

Deputy General Secretary of the 

opposition NDC, Anyidoho 

emerge winner over his boss 

Asiedu Nketiah in the upcoming 

NDC national elections. 

Mr Ephson said he believes 

Anyidoho could cause a surprise, 

if he should put his campaign 

message well, well enough to convince 

delegates on how he intends 

to strengthen the party going into 

the 2020 general election. 

“If Koku does his campaign 

well, knowing that Asiedu Nketiah 

also caused the defeat of the 

party, Koku could win and that 

will be a punishment for Asiedu 

Nketiah,” he said. 

• Mr Robert Akoto Amoafo, 

Director of AIG 

169 on 

death row 

• 65yr-old asthmatic 

patient also waiting 

to be killed 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage .com.gh 

YESTERDAY GHANA marked the 16th 

World Day Against Death Penalty, with a 

call on Ghanaians by Amnesty International, 

Ghana (AIG) to join the campaign 

to abolish death penalty because it is an inhuman 

treatment against mankind. 

This year’s event focused on raising 

awareness on the inhumane living conditions 

of people sentenced to death at the 

Nsawam Maximum Prisons. 

The World Coalition Against the Death 

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Fair Wages staff 

declare strike 

BY OSEI OWUSU AMANKWAAH 

• Over bad wages 

STAFF OF the Fair 

Wages and Salaries 

Commission are 

on a sit-down 

strike to protest 

their migration onto the single 

spine salary structure. 

The staff members of 

the agency are not happy 

with the little engagement 

leading to their migration 

onto the salary payment 

scheme. 

A source said the current 

package, which has been 

presented, will make them 

worse off. 

“We sit at the negotiation 

table for all professionals. 

We know what they are getting 

so why are we being 

given far less than what we 

give other professionals? 

“This package is not fair 

to us and management must 

respectfully take a second 

look at it,” the source said. 

•Dr Edward Kwarpong, Chief Executive Officer, 

Fair Wages and Salaries Commission 

They are therefore asking 

management to take a 

second look at their package 

or resort to the proposal 

from the 

Constitutional Review 

Committee White Paper 

which suggested that a 

body be set up to negotiate 

for workers to prevent any 

issue of conflict of interest. 

“We will go to work but 

we won’t engage in any 

meaningful activity until we 

hear something positive 

from management. We are 

not asking for too much. 

We want to be treated 

fairly,” the source added. 

The Managing Director 

of the Fair Wages and 

Salaries Commission, Dr 

Edward Kwarpong, has 

meanwhile told ‘Starr 

News’ the company’s Board 

would be meeting over the 

disturbing issue. 

“It is quite upsetting that 

we, who are granting condition 

of service for other institutions, 

do not have our 

own condition of service, 

which is quite disheartening,” 

a staff member said in 

an interview. 

The sit-down strike is 

expected to last for a week 

after which the next line of 

action will be announced by 

leaders of the workers if 

management does nothing 

about their concerns. 

Another staff member 

said, “when anyone hears 

that you are a worker of the 

Fair Wages and Salaries 

Commission, they expect 

that you should command 

some kind of prestige because 

you are the one that 

negotiates for others but 

that is not so. We are very 

demoralised. We are not 

happy and our commitment 

to work has dwindled.” 

The strike has disrupted 

activities at the Commission 

as staff do little or no work 

after reporting for work. 

169 on death row 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

Penalty reports that many testimonies 

document the inhumane 

living conditions that people sentenced 

to death endure. 

The report states that though 

people on death row are entitled to 

the same basic rights and treatment 

conditions as other categories of 

prisoners, as set out in the UN 

• 65yr-old asthmatic patient also waiting to be killed 

Standard Minimum Rules for the 

Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson 

Mandela rules), the situation is 

harsh and inhumane, adding to the 

mental stress of condemned prisoners. 

Speaking to the DAILY 

HERITAGE in Accra yesterday, 

the Director of AIG, Mr Robert 

Akoto Amoafo, said the situation 

for people on death row at 

Nsawam prisons is no different as 

cells built for 60 people now house 

163. 

Mr Amoafo said currently, 

Ghana has 169 people on the 

death row out of which 163 are 

males with six of them being females, 

including a-65-year old asthmatic 

patient, waiting for their fate. 

“But the good news is that 

since 1993, no government has assented 

to the execution of prisoners 

on death row but the sad thing 

is that what then is the law still 

doing in our books?” he questioned. 

Mr Amoafo said Amnesty International 

has listed Ghana as 

abolitionist nation by practice but 

judges still sentence people to 

death because the law still exists in 

the books. 

“What we are saying is that it is 

time for Ghana to abolish the law 

because taking one’s life because 

he/she killed a fellow does not 

give criminals the opportunity to 

reform and the conditions at 

Nsawam prisons for people on 

death row are not pleasing and do 

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'I'm the most bullied person in the world' 

•Melania Trump 

US FIRST Lady, Melania 

Trump has said she started her 

anti-cyberbullying campaign because 

she is ‘the most bullied 

person in the world.’ 

In a wide-ranging interview 

with ABC News, she also said 

she does not trust some people 

who have worked in the West 

Wing. 

And she said that women 

who allege sexual abuse must 

produce "really hard evidence". 

The interview was recorded 

on her trip last week across 

four African nations. 

Melania Trump visits Ghana 

slave fort. In pictures: Melania 

Trump's whistle-stop Africa 

tour 

"I could say that I'm the 

most bullied person on the 

world," the first lady said. 

"You're really the most bullied 

person in the world?" asked 

presenter Tom Llamas. 

"One of them - if you really 

see what people are saying 

about me," Mrs Trump said in 

the interview, which was 

recorded last week in Kenya 

and airs in full on Friday. BBC 


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World news in 4 stories 

Scottish couple named as Majorca flood victims 

A SCOTTISH couple have been 

named as victims of a flash flood 

in Majorca. 

Mr and Mrs Antony and Delia 

Green, from Moffat, were passengers 

in a taxi which was swallowed 

up when water surged into the 

area around the coastal resort of 

Sant Llorenc. 

The driver, Juan Sillero, was 

also killed. 

At least 12 people are now believed 

to have died after torrential 

rainstorms hit the area around 

Sant Llorenc des Cardassar on 

Tuesday night. The Foreign Office 

said it was supporting the couple's 

family. 

Tourists Tony and Delia Green, 

both in their seventies, were found 

by divers inside the vehicle in the 

early hours of yesterday morning. 

The taxi was submerged by the 

flood water in the resort town of 

S'illot. Friend Emilio Dicerbo said 

everyone in Moffat, where the 

couple lived for more than 10 

years, would be "devastated" by 

their deaths. BBC 

The taxi was submerged 

by the flood 

water in the resort 

town of S'illot. Friend 

Emilio Dicerbo said 

everyone in Moffat, 

where the couple 

lived for more than 

10 years, would be 

"devastated" by their 

deaths 

• Daniel Urresti was a government minister and presidential candidate 

•Antony Green and Delia Green 

At least 50 killed in 

Kenya bus crash 

AT LEAST 50 people, 

including seven 

children, were killed 

in a bus crash west 

of Nairobi, Kenya, 

on Wednesday, police 

said. 

The bus was traveling from the 

Kenyan capital to the port city of 

Kisumu when the driver lost control 

while going down a steep 

slope, authorities said. 

Kericho County Police Commander 

James Mugera told CNN 

that authorities believe the driver 

"lost control of his vehicle," in the 

predawn hours on the Kisumu -- 

Muhoroni highway in Fort Ternan, 

Kericho County, a region north 

west of Nairobi. 

President Uhuru Kenyatta 

posted a message on his Twitter 

page offering "heartfelt condolences 

to the families of fellow 

Kenyans who lost their lives in a 

tragic road accident at Fort Ternan 

in Kericho County this morning." 

He also wished a "quick recovery" 

for those who were injured in 

the crash. The injured were taken 

to local hospitals, the Kenyan Red 

Cross said. BBC 

•Mohammed Dewji, Africa’s youngest bilonaire 

Mohammed Dewji 

Africa's 'youngest billionaire' 

abducted in Tanzania 

•The mangled vehicle 

THE MAN said to be 

Africa's youngest billionaire 

has been kidnapped by 

masked gunmen in Tanzania's 

main city Dar es 

Salaam, police say. 

Mohammed Dewji, 43, 

was abducted outside a 

swanky hotel gym where he 

was going for his routine 

morning workout. 

Three people have been 

arrested in connection with 

the incident and two of the 

abductors were believed to 

be foreign nationals, police 

added. 

The motive for Mr 

Dewji's abduction is still unclear. 

Financial magazine 

Forbes puts his wealth at 

$1.5bn (£980m) and has described 

him as Tanzania's 

only billionaire. In a 2017 report, 

it said Mr Dewji was 

Africa's youngest billionaire. 

Mr Dewji is also a major 

sponsor of one of Tanzania's 

biggest football teams, 

Simba. 

He promised in 2016 to 

donate at least half his fortune 

to philanthropic causes, 

Forbes said. BBC



05 

Editorial 

Maintenance culture in Ghana too bad 

YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT Nana 

Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reiterated 

calls on Ghanaians to work together to 

improve maintenance culture in the 

country. 

The President’s call followed the 

collapse of the ceiling of an electronics 

hub in the Accra Mall. 

According to media reports, there 

was total chaos as customers were 

fleeing to safety when portions of the 

ceiling collapsed suddenly. 

Three Nigerians who were in the 

electronics shop sustained injuries and 

were rushed to the Mall’s clinic. 

In a media interview, a witness 

narrating what transpired said, “I came 

to shop inside the Mall. I saw the roof 

come down on a shop. There were two 

people inside the shop. When the roof 

came down, they were directly under it. 

Some people came around and helped 

the victims. From the way they were 

carried to the Mall’s clinic, it looked like 

they had minor injuries.” 

Later in an interview with Citi News, 

the Director of Geological Disasters at 

the National Disaster Management 

Organisation (NADMO), Mr Richard 

Amo Yartey, said “portions of the 

ceiling of the electronics hub collapsed. 

We’ve found out that three persons 

were injured. They are Nigerians, and 

are undergoing treatment at the Mall’s 

clinic. NADMO and the Ghana Police 

Service have cordoned off the 

electronics hub, whilst investigations to 

find the cause of the collapse 

continue.” 

Mr Yartey added that NADMO was 

conducting an assessment of the 

damage caused by the collapse. 

“NADMO will conduct an 

independent investigation but the 

owners of the premises will also have 

to conduct investigations to ascertain 

the cause. We are assessing the 

situation. After the assessment, we’ll 

hold a briefing session for the media. 

The whole area is cordoned off. We are 

restricting [people] from entering the 

area whilst the assessment is ongoing,” 

he assured. 

The incident at the Mall, indeed, 

exposed how bad our maintenance 

culture has been all this while. 

Most of our public buildings are just 

death traps because authorities who are 

supposed to ensure periodic scrutiny 

of such structures are literally asleep 

with no one caring a hoot about the 

state of most of our public buildings. 

While expressing gratitude to the 

Almighty for no life lost, the DAILY 

HERITAGE wishes to add our 

voice to that of the President who is 

calling on Ghanaians to take a hard 

look at our maintenance culture 

because that is the only way we can 

avert some of these avoidable 

accidents. 

Anas Number 12 suit: 

Court throws out 

Ken Agyepong 

169 on 

death row 

• 65yr-old asthmatic patient 

also waiting to be killed 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE GENERAL Jurisdiction of the 

Accra High Court, presided over by 

Justice Daniel Mensah, has dismissed 

an application by Assin Central 

Member of Parliament, 

Kennedy Agyepong, asking the court to strike out 

the defamation suit against him by ace investigative 

journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. 

Anas is seeking GH¢25 million from the 

politician but just before the substantive case 

could be heard, the maverick politician filed a writ 

asking the court to dismiss Anas’s application on 

grounds of violation of his constitutional human 

right. 

He was also seeking to dismiss Anas’s law suit 

on the basis that the writ was incompetent, that it 

did not disclose Anas’s address, that the address 

provided by Anas was not his address as he did 

not live there and finally that the writ breached 

his constitutional right as a person. 

But, the court, in its ruling yesterday while dismissing 

the writ, held that the writ filed by the ace 

investigative journalist did not in any way violate 

the constitutional right of Mr Agyepong as no 

relevant legal points had been raised to substantiate 

that claim. 

The court also declined Mr Agyepong’s claim 

that the wearing of a mask and the concealment 

of his (Anas’s) identity breached his constitutional 

rights under article 33 of the Constitution. 

Justice Mensah instead of striking out Anas’s 

case rather directed Anas to furnish Mr Agyepong 

with a more detailed address in 10 days as 

the current address provided was not sufficient. 

•Kennedy Agyepong 

The Court also directed Mr Agyepong to file 

his statement of defence to the substantive case 

within 14 days for a date to be fixed for hearing. 

‘I won’t go to court’ 

On July 31, when the court had fixed October 

11 for the ruling, the maverick politician threatened 

he would be forced to forgo court proceedings 

if Anas failed to remove his mask. 

According to him, the house address provided 

by Anas was inadequate and he did not believe 

that that was where Anas lived and that somebody 

who had covered his face and issued a writ 

against a defendant could not be entertained by 

any court. 

“Why does he cover his face and ridicule the 

court? It is a contempt of the judiciary; he has to 

show his face,” Mr Agyepong was quoted to have 

said. 

Aside accusing Anas of being corrupt and a 

nation wrecker who should be hanged, the outspoken 

businessman has also claimed that the celebrated 

journalist is a wife snatcher who had been 

having an affair with the widow of the late MP 

for Abuakwa North, JB Danquah. 

“I assure you I will never be intimated by that. 

I will make sure the guy (Anas) takes off his 

mask else I will not come to court. I am giving 

you that assurance Anas is not above any laws of 

this country; if he doesn’t remove it, I will not sit 

in court and waste my time. 

“I want to tell everybody that guy (Anas) has 

to remove whatever mask he is wearing. We were 

at the General Legal Council, he covered his face. 

I am not a small boy to be treated like that. Anas 

will remove the thing or I will not sit in court. 

“Who am I going to deal with? Do you know 

Anas? So the guy (Anas) has to remove the mask. 

This is common sense that I am applying and I 

assure his lawyers that the guy is not above any 

law of this country. He has to remove his mask, 

if not, I will not come to court and waste my 

time. 

“Today is completely waste of time. He is sitting 

somewhere send some people to come and 

represent him because he is above the law. Is that 

what the constitution tells us? I am afraid but I 

will follow the procedure one by one but I assure 

his lawyer he cannot intimidate anybody. So Anas, 

he has to remove the mask to let me know who I 

am talking to. He was making baseless argument.” 

not meet international standard.” 

“The prisoners on death row are 

confined, depend on a daily fee of 

GH¢1.80 and their cells have been overpopulated, 

exposing them to all manner 

of inhumane treatment,” the AIG boss 

stated. 

He said it was time Ghana abolished 

the Criminal Offences Act that allows 

judges to pass death penalty judgement 

or the Supreme Court should make a 

pronouncement on death penalty. 

A senior Political Science Lecturer at 

the University of Ghana, Dr Kumi 

Ansah-Koi, said at an inter-tertiary debate 

organised by AIG at Legon last 

Wednesday, October 10, 2018, that 

Ghanaians take killing for granted. 

Dr Ansah-Koi said death penalty is a 

violation of human rights as it does not 

deter people from doing wrong or committing 

crime and therefore Ghana 

must take step to abolish it. 

He charged the students, AIG, 

human rights groups and Ghanaians in 

general to push for the abolition of the 

death penalty because the country had 

always been a leader in championing 

rights of people globally. 

The debate brought students from 

University of Ghana, University of 

Cape Coast, University of Education 

Winneba and Ghana Institute of Journalism 

to deliberate on issues bordering 

on the death penalty and strategise on 

how to lobby Ghanaians to push the 

government for the abolition of the 

death penalty.


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Piracy threatens Africa’s 

creative potential 

BY NII AMAH DAGADU 

AFRICA’S FAST- 

GROWING, dynamic 

and 

increasingly worldclass 

video entertainment 

industry 

has surged ahead in the last 

decade, driven by rapid economic 

growth and demand for the best 

local content. 

This flourishing sector has become 

critical to many of the continents’ 

largest economies in Nigeria 

the “Nollywood” is the second 

largest contributor to GDP. In 

2014, the Nigerian government released 

data for the first time showing 

Nollywood is a $3.3 billion 

sector. Countries likeKenya, Zambia 

and Angola are catching up as 

invests in local comedies, dramas 

film and reality shows witness a 

steady growth year on year. 

But this hugely important sector 

is under constant threat. Content 

piracy is becoming an 

increasingly serious problem, and 

experts across the continent have 

highlighted that it presents a major 

obstacle to the development of the 

creative industries in Africa, including 

the movie and entertainment 

industry. 

Content piracy occurs when 

someone other than the copyright 

holder copies the product and resells 

it for a fraction of the cost 

that the legitimate producer 

charges. It is often portrayed as a 

victimless crime, but that portrayal 

is false many of those viewing pirated 

content do not realise the impact 

they are having on film 

makers and the health of local 

economies. 

A conservative estimate for digital 

piracy affecting the Western 

movie industry (i.e. mostly Hollywood) 

globally is about US$22 billion 

annually. For Africa, which is 

•Kofi Adjorlolo, one of Ghana finest actors 

home to much smaller and more 

vulnerable film industries, piracy 

could mean that they never get off 

the ground at all. 

Technology is at the forefront 

of making entertainment more accessible 

for Africans, but it also 

brings new and often complex 

threats. As broadband internet becomes 

increasingly accessible for 

an estimated 1 billion African consumers, 

facilitating the move to 

IPTV, faster Internet speeds at 

lower prices have opened what 

content security firm Verimatrix 

calls a “Pandora’s Box for pirates.” 

Verimatrix says content redistribution 

is the new piracy, with redistribution 

a bigger part of the 

problem than the types of piracy 

we have seen in the last 10 years. 

Piracy takes many forms across 

Africa, including signal piracy, peer 

to peer file sharing, illegal streaming 

and bootleg DVDs. Pirates operating 

at a commercial level tend 

to use bit torrents to access content 

illegally. This is then sold to 

street distributors who offer content 

for sale on the 

street. The buyer 

will then share it 

with his or her 

friends, usually at 

no cost. Mobile 

apps, particularly 

on the Android 

platform are facilitating 

the rapid 

growth of stolen 

content. The trends 

in mobile content 

piracy across Asia, 

which has a head 

start technologically 

on Africa, indicate 

that the fight 

against piracy will 

need to be intensified 

if we are to 

protect local content, 

local TV channels 

and ensure that 

African markets benefit from their 

creative industries. 

Research from Irdeto earlier 

this year showed that peer-to-peer 

(P2P) piracy is the leading method 

of accessing movies and TV shows 

illegally. Their 

research also 

found that rapidly 

growing 

web video 

piracy is only 

exacerbating 

the global 

movie and TV 

piracy problem, 

rather than replacing 

P2P 

piracy. 

Piracy negatively 

affects 

every single 

person working 

in the entertainment 

and 

technology industries, 

and 

their supply 

chains. Piracy 

means there is less money to invest 

in new technology, developing 

music, artists, and movies. There is 

less work for developers, testers, 

sound engineers, videographers, 

actors, scriptwriters, musicians, assistants, 

set designers, security 

guards, stores, salespeople, website 

developers and every other type of 

person who goes into creating, 

packaging, advertising, distributing, 

supporting, promoting or reviewing 

these products and services. 

This includes the effect on artists 

and filmmakers’ rights and their 

payments. 

Piracy also has a detrimental effect 

on the economy, since generally 

those involved in piracy do not 

pay for goods or services they use, 

don’t pay taxes and don’t employ 

staff. The money that they make 

on the theft, since that is what 

piracy ultimately is, goes only to 

their pockets and not the rightful 

owners of the rights or materials. 

The fight back against piracy is 

well underway across the continent, 

but for Africa to triumph, 

this problem will need to be attacked 

from all angles. In August 

2018, two of the leaders in the 

African film and television industry 

South Africa and Nigeria discussed 

strengthening ties aimed at 

improving film classification and 

combating piracy of the two countries’ 

content. South Africa’s Film 

and Publication Board (FPB) said 

it was willing to work with Nigeria’s 

National Film and Video Censors 

Board (NFVCB) to curb 

piracy. 

The dialogue around piracy and 

the danger it presents to the continent’s 

creative industries needs to 

continue at the highest levels, and 

pay-TV providers, technology 

companies, content producers, regulators, 

lawmakers and police 

forces will need to work together 

closely to ensure a successful outcome. 

International law enforcement 

agencies will also be a critical 

part of the solution because some 

of the pirates operate through international 

networks, as piracy extends 

beyond Africa. 

•Patience Ozokwor and Majid Michel


Six foods that fight cancer 

• Folate-rich foods 

This B-complex vitamin can be 

found in many ‘good for you’ foods. 

Plus, manufacturers of cereals, pastas, 

and breads often fortify their products 

with folate. 

• Vitamin D 

This fat-soluble vitamin which 

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teeth and bones may also build protection 

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• Tea 

If you enjoy sipping tea, you’ll be 

happy to know that it appears promising 

against some forms of cancer. 

• Cruciferous Vegetables 

They may not have been your favorite 

as a kid, but cruciferous vegetables 

-- members of the cabbage family 

that include kale, turnip greens, 

cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and 

Brussels sprouts -- can help you ward 

off cancer. 

• Curcumin 

By sprinkling curcumin into your 

favorite dishes, you could be adding 

much more than a little zest to your 

meal -- you could add years to your 

life. 



&Env. 

Ghanaian scientist 

develops antibiotic 

AGHANAIAN 

pharmacist, Prof. 

Kwasi Adomako 

Ohemeng, has led 

an optimisation 

team to successfully 

develop Omadacycline, an antibiotic. 

He was recruited from a global 

pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers 

Squibb (BMS) to help the company 

fast-track the process of development. 

A statement issued and copied 

to GNA said Omadacycline was 

developed under US Patent number 

7,056,902 assigned to Paratek 

Pharmaceuticals, a US-based 

Biotech Company. 

It took 17years between discovery, 

clinical test and approvals to 

get the product finally approved. 

The US Food and Drugs Administration 

(FDA) has granted 

approval for the use of Omadacycline 

for the treatment of adults 

with community-acquired bacterial 

pneumonia and acute skin and 

skin structure infections. 

The once daily Intravenous 

(IV) and oral antibiotic is a modern 

tetracycline that has the activity 

against broad spectrum of 

bacteria, including drug-resistant 

strains of gram positive and gram 

negative bacteria. 

Omadacycline is the first-inclass 

aminomethylcycline, which 

can overcome antibiotic-resistant 

bacteria in two main ways, by ribosomal 

protection and efinx group. 

The once daily intravenous (IV) 

and oral antibiotic is a product assigned 

to Paratek. It offers clinicians 

the opportunity to treat 

patients intravenously and the 

transition to oral administration, 

which can reduce hospitalization 

and cost associated with hospital 

admission. 

The FDA decision to approve 

the drug for the approved indications 

was based on a multiple clinical 

trials that assessed the efficacy 

•Prof. Kwasi Adomako Ohemeng, 

Ghanaian Pharmacist 

and safety of the drug in a total of 

three (3) phase trails that evaluated 

the drug in 2150 participants. 

Omadacycline is also being 

evaluated for the treatment of urinary 

tract infections. 

Born in Oyoko in the Eastern 

Region, Prof Ohemeng is an industrial 

pharmacist, a product of 

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science 

and Technology, who graduated 

in 1978. 

He obtained his PhD in Medicinal 

Chemistry in 1984 from the 

Duquesne University Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania. He was awarded the 

Burroughs Wellcome Fellowship to 

undertake a post-Doctoral appointment 

in the University of North 

Carolina. 

He has over 30 years’ experience 

working with several major drug 

manufacturing companies in the US, 

rising to the position of Principal 

Pharmaceutical Scientist at Johnson 

and Johnson, then to a group leader 

at Bristol Myers and Squibb. 

He was recruited by Paratek 

Pharmaceuticals, Boston USA, as 

the Executive Director of Medicinal 

Chemistry, where he successfully 

helped the discovery of three molecules, 

including Omadacycline. 

He returned to Ghana in 2006 

and founded Equatorial Healthcare 

Services Ltd with the main objective 

of producing products for the prevention 

and treatment of Tropical 

African Diseases. His areas of focus 

are Healthcare, Agriculture and Cosmetics. 

He has currently produced full 

range hospital disinfectants. His organisation 

is the only Ghanaian local 

manufacturing company producing 

organic Pyrethrin-based agro-chemicals 

and cosmetics suited for the 

African. 

He has over fifty (50) patents and 

eighty five (85) scientific publications. 

Currently the Dean of the 

School of Pharmacy of Central University 

College, Prof Ohemeng is 

married to Mrs Abena Konadu 

Ohemeng and has three children 

by her. GNA 

THE GHANA Centre for Democratic 

Development (CDD-Ghana) wants Parliament 

to fast-track the passage of a 

Legislative Instrument (LI) to give backing 

to the Mental Health Act passed in 

2012. 

CDD-Ghana also admonished the 

government to put in more resources to 

ensure the full implementation of the 

Act. This was contained in a statement 

issued by the Centre on Wednesday, October 

10, to mark World Mental Health 

Day today. 

“Six years after the Mental Health 

Act, 2012 (Act 846) was passed, the absence 

of a Legislative Instrument (LI) to 

ensure effective implementation of the 

Act remains a challenge. This, coupled 

with insufficient resources allocated to 

mental healthcare, inadequate number of 

mental health professionals, cultural and 

traditional factors that impede the efficient 

delivery of mental health care, total 

disregard for the dignity and fundamental 

human rights of mental health patients 

and absence of a governing board 

for the Mental Health Authority, should 

be matters of grave concern not only to 

the government, but to citizens as well.” 

CDD said the day presented the government 

the opportunity to put in place 

systems to ensure the quality of mental 

healthcare to Ghanaians. 

• World Mental Health Day 

CDD urges Parliament to pass Mental Health LI 

“This day presents a unique opportunity 

for the government and all stakeholders 

to reflect and take steps to 

improve upon the existing structures to 

provide adequate support systems which 

would aid the delivery of quality mental 

health care to all citizens.” 

Read CDD’s full statement: 

Pass Legislative Instrument and 

Commit Resources to Ensure Full Implementation 

of the Mental Health Act 

(Act 846) – CDD-Ghana 

Today, Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 

is being commemorated as World Mental 

Health Day and the Ghana Centre for 

Democratic Development (CDD- 

Ghana) on this occasion would like to 

congratulate all mental health practitioners, 

the Mental Health Authority and all 

those who have contributed in diverse 

ways to ensure that the country’s mental 

health system is running amidst all the 

challenges. 

The World Health Organisation lists 

depression, excessive use of alcohol, 

drug abuse, stress and anxiety as some of 

the leading causes of mental illness. 

The Organization again indicates that 

half of all mental illness begins by the 

age of 14 and has, therefore, highlighted 

the need to help young people build 

mental resilience from an early age to enable 

them to cope with challenges of 

today’s world. With about 57% of 

Ghana’s population under the age of 25, 

the focus on the youth in this year’s 

Mental Health Day celebration, which is 

on the theme ‘Young People and Mental 

Health in a Changing World’ is thus 

timely. Particularly so, as concerns have 

arisen over the past few months regarding 

the rise in abuse of alcohol, hard 

drugs, and painkillers, specifically tramadol, 

among the youth in Ghana. 

In the face of the overwhelming 

number of youth without employment, 

coupled with harsh economic conditions, 

which form part of the triggers of youth 

vulnerability to mental distress, it is important 

to safeguard the future of our 

country by protecting the mental health 

of the youth to enable them to contribute 

meaningfully to the socio-economic 

development of Ghana as they 

make up a greater percentage of the 

country’s workforce. 

Six years after the Mental Health Act, 

2012 (Act 846) was passed, the absence 

of a Legislative Instrument (LI) to ensure 

effective implementation of the Act 

remains a challenge. This, coupled with 

insufficient resources allocated to mental 

health care, inadequate number of mental 

health professionals, cultural and traditional 

factors that impede the efficient 

delivery of mental health care, total disregard 

for the dignity and fundamental 

human rights of mental health patients 

and the absence of a governing board 

for the Mental Health Authority should 

be matters of grave concern not only to 

the government but to citizens as well. 

CDD-Ghana is thus, adding its voice 

to call for more attention to be paid to 

mental health in Ghana. The following 

needs to be done and done urgently: 

i. A Legislative Instrument (LI) 

should be presented to Parliament as 

soon as the House resumes sitting to ensure 

full operationalisation of the Mental 

Health Act, 2012 (Act 846). 

ii. The government must provide adequate 

resources to all mental health centres 

across the country. With the 2019 

budget expected to read in November, 

the Ministry of Finance should make 

sufficient provision for frontline mental 

health agencies 

iii. Set up a Mental Health Fund 

iv. Appoint a governing board for the 

Mental Health Authority, as well as provide 

the Authority with the needed resources 

to operate 

v. A collaboration between the government 

institutions responsible for this 

sector, non-state actors, including Civil 

Society Organisations and the media, to 

educate the public on mental health issues 

vi. Increase the number of mental 

health workers through better remuneration 

and education 

vii. Double up job creation efforts to 

curb growing youth unemployment in 

order to reduce mental health triggers 

This day presents a unique opportunity 

for the government and all stakeholders 

to reflect and take steps to 

improve upon the existing structures to 

provide adequate support systems which 

would aid the delivery of quality mental 

health care to all citizens.

spread_Oct 12, 2018.qxp_SHOWBIZ TEMP 10/11/18 9:12 PM Page 1 

PROFESSOR EDMUND Nminyem 

Delle has declared his intention to contest 

the flagbearership (flagship) position of 

the Convention People’s Party (CPP) when 

nominations are opened. 

Prof. Delle in an interview with the 

DAILY HERITAGE indicated that the 

time had come for the CPP to be 

rebranded and therefore called on all 

splinter pro-Nkrumah groups to 

reconsider uniting to wrestle power form 

the two major political parties, National 

Democratic Congress (NDC) and New 

Patriotic Party (NPP). 

He said the CPP would certainly rise 

again. Prof. Delle, who is the national 

chairman of the CPP, reiterated the need 

for full participation of the youth in 

activities of the party, adding that “he has 

a lot of confidence in them (youth).” 

The national chairman called for media 

support as was done to the NDC and 

NPP so that the CPP’s activities and 

programmes would be heard loud and 

clear. 

He urged all loyal CPP activists to go 

in for their party card to show which 

constituency and polling station they 

belong to. 

He condemned the display of wealth 

by the ruling NPP while the ordinary 

person on the street is suffering. 

“People are disenchanted, CPP is there 

to make a change, now, time is ripe for 

Ghanaians to find substitute to the two 

major political parties.” He noted. 

He commended former President John 

Mahama for his visionary leadership and 

his belief in infrastructural development 

which is the human being. 

News 

DAILY 

Edmund Delle to contest 

2020 Prez election 

FROM PATRICE SYLVESTER 

SELORMEY, HO 

patriceselormey@yahoo.com 

The CPP national chairman called for a 

fight against illiteracy and poverty and not 

chieftaincy and land disputes. 

Prof Delle emphasised the need for 

governments to take care of the citizenry 

and build a solid foundation for 

generations yet unborn. 

On the recent outburst by the Speaker 

of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Ocquaye 

that independence was not declared at the 

Old Polo grounds but in Old Parliament 

House, Prof. Delle said it was sad that 

such an intellectual would distort history. 

‘He is making mockery of history; I 

don’t know whether he was rewriting 

history,” he stated. 

He said the CPP 

would certainly rise 

again. Prof. Delle, 

who is the national 

chairman of the CPP, 

reiterated the need 

for full participation 

of the youth in 

activities of the 

party, adding that 

“he has a lot of 

confidence in them 

(youth).” 

•Professor Edmund Nminyem Delle, CPP chairman 

THE VOLTA Regional 

Minister, Dr Archibald 

Yaw Letsa has stated 

that the creation of the 

Oti Region out of the 

Volta Region is on 

course, therefore there was the need 

for chiefs and opinion leaders to 

continue to dialogue with their 

subjects. 

The regional minister said this at a 

sod-cutting ceremony at Nkonya- 

Ahenkro in the Biakoye District of 

the Volta Region for the construction 

of a two-storey District Assembly 

Complex building. 

He urged the people to maintain 

the existing peace in the area, adding 

that the district is good potential for 

agriculture and aqua-culture which 

investors are interested in. 

The assembly complex building 

would cost the tax payer GH¢2.4 

million and would be financed from 

the District Assemblies Common 

Fund. 

The Assemlby complex would be 

constructed by Tsar Logistic Limited, 

an Accra based construction firm 

within eight months depending on 

availability of funds. 

The Regional Minister appealed to 

Nkonya citizens to support the 

contractor to enable him complete 

work on schedule. 

The District Chief Executive 

(DCE), Madam Comfort A. Attah 

noted that out of the 25 Assemblies in 

the region, Biakoye is one of the 

assemblies that do not have a befitting 

office complex and it was for this 

HERITAGE, FRIDAY OCTOBER 12, 2018 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Ghana commits to ‘Free Together’ initiative 

GHANA HAS signed on to 

the ‘Free-Together’ (Libres 

Ensemble) framework agreements 

of Organisation Internationale de La 

Francophonie (OIF), re-affirming 

the country’s interest in the initiative 

aimed at sensitizing the youth on 

violent radicalism and the 

proliferation of terrorist acts across 

the globe. 

The agreement was signed with 

the OIF by the Minister for Foreign 

Affairs and Regional Integration, 

Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. The 

government of Ghana is expected to 

include the protocols in the 

framework of the country’s national 

actions and policies in favour of its 

youth. 

The historic agreement was 

reached on Tuesday October 9, 2018 

at the Francophonie Village, Opera 

Pavillion in the Armenian capital 

Yerevan. 

The “Free Together” framework 

Nkonya-Ahenkro gets 

GH¢2.4m Assembly complex 

FROM PATRICE SYLVESTER 

SELORMEY, HO 

patriceselormey@yahoo.com 

•Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration 

signing the agreement 

•Nana Otubia addressing the Press Conference 

reason that it had 

come as a sigh of 

relief to them. 

She expressed 

her utmost 

appreciation to 

the chiefs for 

releasing 38 acres 

of land to the 

Assembly for the 

purpose and 

was launched in 

March 2016 for 

young 

Francophones 

and calls for the 

promotion of 

dialogue between 

cultures on living 

together, taking 

concrete actions 

of peace and the 

promotion of 

freedom, in an 

effort to prevent 

the risk of 

political, 

ideological, 

social and 

religious 

radicalisation 

leading to 

violence. 

The 

framework also 

commits to the 

other future developmental 

projects. 

The Biakoye District 

Assembly was established in 

2007 and is currently housed in 

a vocational school with few 

rooms which has been 

partitioned with plywood to 

create offices for staff. 

The offices are inadequate to 

accommodate the central 

administration staff left alone 

promotion of free expression, free 

initiative and the participation of 

civil society, particularly the young 

people and women in the 

management of public affairs. 

The Hon. Minister indicated 

Ghana is committed to ensuring that 

good practices and information on 

the implementation processes are 

shared within the Francophone 

network for the prevention of 

violent radicalization. 

Other signatories included Mali, 

Burkina Faso and Niger. It is 

expected that the OIF will expand 

throughout the Francophonie. 

The move brings to five the 

number of African states which have 

committed themselves to the service 

of the emergence of a free 

generation together. Benin had 

signed a similar agreement in 

December 2017. 

•Dr Archibald Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, breaking the ground 

for the construction of the Assembly complex 

other decentralised departments. 

Resistance 

Meanwhile, there was a tango and 

agitation by Nkonya Ahenkro citizens 

over the site of the project. 

At a press conference, Nana 

Otubia, Paramount Queen of Nkonya 

Traditional area vehemently opposed 

the site for the project located at 

Nkonya –Kadjebi, saying that 

Ahenkro released land free for the 

construction 

of the 

complex and 

saw no reason 

why the 

assembly 

should go 

ahead to 

purchase a 

land at 

Kadjebi for 

the project. 

Meanwhile, 

an injunction 

has been 

placed on the 

construction 

of the 

assembly 

complex by a 

Hohoe High 

Court. 

UN message on 

Intl Day of The 

Girl Child 

TODAY (October 11, 

2018), 600 million 

adolescent girls are 

preparing to enter a world 

of work transformed by 

innovation and automation. 

They are the largest 

generation in history and a 

vast source of ideas and 

solutions for all career 

fields. Yet far too often, 

girls are not given the space 

and opportunities they need 

to achieve their full 

potential. 

Multiple barriers include 

systematic discrimination, 

biases and lack of training. 

We need concerted efforts 

to overcome the obstacles 

that mean that, for example, 

women make up less than 

30 per cent of graduates in 

information and 

communications technology 

and occupy less than 30 per 

cent of research and 

development jobs 

worldwide Negative gender 

stereotypes related to girls’ 

education in science, 

technology, engineering and 

mathematics begin as early 

as primary school, and have 

the devastating effect of 

making them doubt their 

own potential. 

Although the number of 

girls attending school is the 

highest ever, many are still 

not getting the skills 

necessary for lifelong 

success. Moreover, it is 

estimated that five years 

from now, over one-third of 

the abilities considered 

important in today’s 

workforce will have 

changed. 

We need to equip girls 

with transferable and 

lifelong skills such as critical 

thinking, creativity and 

digital awareness. Having 

role models will also be 

critical, especially in the 

sciences and other fields 

where the presence of 

women is sparse. 

To help empower young 

people, I recently launched 

Youth2030, a strategy that 

aims to work with them, 

understand their needs and 

help put their ideas into 

action. On this 

International Day of the 

Girl, let us recommit to 

supporting every girl to 

develop her skills, enter the 

workforce on equal terms 

and reach her full potential. 

They are the 

largest generation in 

history and a vast 

source of ideas and 

solutions for all 

career fields. Yet far 

too often, girls are 

not given the space 

and opportunities 

they need to achieve 

their full potential. 

•UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Photo 

Credit: UN


11TH 

OCTOBER 

2018 

THURSDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.7934 4.7982 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

6.2659 

6.2741 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.5236 

5.5279 

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GUTA accepts CTN Policy 

• After rejecting it over poor communication 

GHANA UNION of Traders 

Association (GUTA), Greater 

Accra Region has stated that 

some traders have accepted the 

Cargo Tracking Note (CTN), 

which was introduced by the 

government and Customs Division 

(GRA) after traders rejected 

it due to lack of communication 

from the government. 

According to Mr Emmanuel 

Nana Opoku Acheampong, 

Deputy General Secretary, 

GUTA, Greater Accra Region, in 

a press release, the government 

and Customs Division (GRA) 

had reviewed the CTN policy for 

the betterment of importers and 

traders. 

“The new-reviewed CTN is 

not applicable to importers and 

traders whose capacity is between 

one to three Teus per month, 

which is equivalent to 18 to 40 

feet high queue containers within 

a year and also 36- and 20-feet 

containers within a year for each 

trader or importers,” he said. 

“Due to this great change and 

concessions by President Nana 

Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s 

government, traders and importers 

within Greater Accra Region 

and Ghanaians should 

support the CTN policy.” 

Mr Acheampong urged 

GUTA Greater Accra Region to 

put all differences aside and welcome 

the policy in good faith 

since the government is ready to 

listen to them. 

He said, “I wish to throw a 

sign of caution to the Ghana Institute 

of Fright- Forwarders 

(GIFF) to desist from sabotaging 

the CTN policy by introducing 

politics and reading different 

meanings into its implementation, 

because CTN dealt directly 

with importers and traders, not 

intermediaries.” 

•Mr Emmanuel Nana Opoku Acheampong, Deputy General Secretary, 

GUTA, Greater Accra Region 

Vivo Energy promo to give out 

seven taxis, 100 motorbikes 

VIVO ENERGY 

Ghana is rewarding 

its cherished customers 

with seven 

brand new Hyundai 

Grand i10 taxis, 100 

motorbikes, and other amazing 

prizes for their loyalty in a megapromo 

dubbed ‘Shell Filling No 

Y3 Deep Promo Reloaded.’ 

The promotion, which runs 

until December 23, 2018, will see 

one branded taxi and other amazing 

prizes given away in each biweekly 

draw to customers who 

buy at least GH¢80.00 worth of 

fuel at any Shell service station nationwide. 

There will be six biweekly 

draws and over100, 000 prizes, including 

six to one month’s free 

fuel, one month worth of shopping 

vouchers and free instant airtime 

given to winners. 

Explaining the mechanics of 

the promotion during its launch, 

Mr Jerry Boachie-Danquah, Marketing 

Manager of Vivo Energy 

Ghana, said customers on all networks 

should buy GH¢80.00 

worth of fuel to pick a scratch 

card and dial to enter the biweekly 

draws. 

“Dial *714*40# Send, enter the 

secret code, and press send for 

free to enter the biweekly draws. 

These same customers also stand 

•Displayed Taxis and motorbikes 

the chance of winning an airtime 

of GH¢5.00 or GH¢2.00 instantly,” 

he emphasized. 

Mr Ebenezer Faulkner, Managing 

Director of Vivo Energy 

Ghana, in his speech, encouraged 

all motorists to take advantage of 

the promotion to own a taxi, motorcycle 

or win any of the amazing 

prizes at stake. 

“You may have been driving 

somebody’s taxi all these years and 

you want to own a taxi. This promotion 

is your opportunity to own 

a taxi and do the sales for yourself. 

You may be a private motorist 

who pays a taxi driver to pick up 

your children from school every 

day at a fee. Shell is giving you an 

opportunity to own a taxi and save 

the monthly fee,” he said. 

Mr Faulkner also reminded 

commercial drivers and private 

motorists to continue to opt for 

Shell Fuel Save Super and Diesel, 

which are designed to last longer 

at no extra cost, rather than regular 

super and diesel on the market. 

Last year, Vivo Energy Ghana 

gave six brand new Hyundai 

Grand i10 taxis and other prizes in 

a similar promo ‘Shell Filling No 

Y3 Deep Taxi Bonanza’ to motorists. 

Currently, the company is 

also running another campaign, 

‘Chairman Baako p3’, aimed at celebrating 

and appreciating hardworking 

taxi and trotro drivers. 

The ‘Shell Filling No Y3 Deep 

Promo Reloaded’ is being run in 

partnership with the National Lotteries 

Authority (NLA) on the Caritas 

platform and Hyundai World 

by Hyundai Motors & Investments 

Ghana Limited.



DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 11 

News 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

Ordination is not funfair but work of God 

• Bishop Tackie Yarboi to newly ordained Rev Ministers 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE FOUNDER 

and General Overseer 

of Victory 

Bible Church International, 

Bishop N. 

A. Tackie Yarboi has 

called on church leaders not to see 

ordination as a funfair but a serious 

work for God. 

According to him, the demand 

for leadership is on the ascendency 

and more so when the need 

for guidance and fatherhood is in 

great demand. 

Bishop Yarboi made this call 

during the church’s Distinct B ordination 

service (Dominion Sanctuary) 

in Accra where a total of 90 

of its church members were ordained 

in positions of reverend 

ministers, lay pastors, deacons and 

deaconesses. 

“Leadership does not only help 

in achieving predetermined objectives 

but creates an environment 

that is serene and decorous. No 

other time has there been the need 

for leaders than this time. Our 

world is making an urgent request 

for Godly leadership because 

these leaders have the wherewithal 

to navigate through the milestones 

of life,” he noted. 

According to him, “the scripture 

has conspicuously outlined 

certain leadership capacities and 

simultaneously defined their functions. 

Our congregating this auspicious 

afternoon is to usher some 

of our brethren whom the clerical 

leadership of Victory Bible 

Church International has handpicked 

to steer affairs in their varied 

designated offices.” 

Rev Ministers 

Ministers ordained were 

Ofosu-Agyeman Boakye, Pastor 

Joshua Dampson, David Fiifi 

Avornyo, George Boadi-Boateng, 

Jones Aruna Nelson, Rev 

Ebenezer Spio-Garbrah, Lady 

Shirley Afreh Ampratwum and 

Elizabeth Ama Asamoah. 

The rest are lady Pastor Janet 

Lartey, Lady Pastor Sarah Naa 

Torshie Abertey, Pastor Gyan Esmond, 

Lady Pastor Ninette Hayibor, 

Mrs Gifty Elizabeth Owusu 

Ampah, Lady 

Pastor Monica 

Akpene Awuku 

Amoako, Lady 

Pastor Genevieve 

Adjei Asamoah 

and Pastor 

Stephen 

Asamoah. 

•A cross sectionof the ordainees 

• The ordainees displaying their certificates 

• Ordainee receiving her certificate 

• One of them being ordained


12 

DAILY 

Politics 


HERITAGE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 

Open letter to Chief of Staff 

BY SAMUEL OKUDZETO ABLAKWA 

DEAR MADAM, 

I convey to you 

warm compliments 

from the 

Minority in Parliament. 

Respectfully, 

on the 21st of June, 

2018, you communicated under 

your name and signature to all 

Sector Ministers and Deputies, 

Regional Ministers and Deputies 

(MMDCEs) and Heads of Government 

Agencies informing them 

of a Presidential directive to temporarily 

suspend all foreign travels. 

In the referenced communication, 

only the Honourable Minister 

for Foreign Affairs and 

Regional Integration was exempted. 

As you will recall, the 

document in issue was made public 

and it is fair to admit that it did 

attract considerable media attention 

and enormous national interest. 

Speaking on the matter to the 

press; both your Deputy, Mr 

Samuel Abu Jinapor and former 

Information Minister, Dr 

Mustapha Abdul-Hamid 

vouched for the authenticity 

of the document which 

was at the time in wide circulation. 

They both attempted 

to offer some clarity and 

assured the nation that 

"soon" new guidelines 

covering future foreign 

travels will be developed 

as Government strives to 

cut expenditure and keep 

Ministers and other appointees 

focused on domestic 

duties. 

This open letter is addressed 

to your high office 

in utmost good faith and 

in the spirit of Good 

Governance requesting 

that you provide an update 

to Ghanaians on this ban, 

four months on. This update, if 

provided, apart from helping build 

confidence in our governance 

processes so that matters of this 

nature are not thought of as propaganda 

stunts, it will also enable 

those of us in the Legislature adequately 

discharge our constitutionally 

mandated oversight 

•Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP, North Tongu 

[Ranking Member, Foreign Affairs Committee of 

Parliament]) 

obligations. 

It is worth the reminder about 

how a similar ban on the purchase 

of new vehicles by Ministries, Departments 

and Agencies dated 

March 21st, 2017 which was also 

signed by your good self and 

made public has seen no public reversal 

19 months on and yet evidence 

abounds on the 

purchase of fleets of 

new vehicles right from 

the Presidency to Ministries, 

Departments and 

Agencies. 

Respectfully, this tendency 

to go public with 

bans of all sorts and remain 

silent thereafter 

hoping all Ghanaians 

will forget and move on 

does not promote trust 

in public officers neither 

does it create a good 

image for Government. 

It also destroys our 

quest for accountable 

governance. 

In the index case of 

the ban on travels; it's 

been four long months 

since this matter became 

the subject of national interest. 

Ghanaians deserve to know: 

1) Is the ban still in force? 

2) If not, when was it lifted? 

3) If still in force, when will it 

be lifted? 

4) Are the promised new 

guidelines ready? 

5) What is contained in the 

new guidelines? 

6) Considering that Government 

officials including your 

deputy, assured of considerable 

savings to the State, in all humility, 

can the tax payer be kindly informed 

how much Government 

has saved in specific terms? 

7) What has been the general 

impact assessment of the ban? 

With all due respect, it is imperative 

to point out that we seek to 

continue in the spirit of public engagement 

on this matter as initiated 

by your government when 

your signed memorandum was 

made public and formed the basis 

for extensive commentary by numerous 

Government officials. 

It is within this context that we 

have elected to utilise an open letter 

approach which we believe will 

enhance the quality of transparency 

and accountability we all 

yearn for. With the raison d'être of 

building public trust in our public 

officers and democratic institutions, 

I humbly look forward to 

your response in good time. 

Kindly accept my very best 

wishes. 

PARLIAMENT OF GHANA 

ANNOUNCEMENT 

Pursuant to Order 172 (3) of the Standing Orders of Parliament, the general public is hereby notified that the under-listed persons 

have been nominated by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana for Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial appointments. 

Consequently, the Appointments Committee of Parliament has scheduled to hold Public Hearing to consider the nominations on 

Friday, 26th and Monday, 29th October, 2018. 

The Programme for the Public Hearing is as follows: 

Friday, 26th October, 2018 

1. Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, MP - Minister designate for Information 

2. Hon. Cynthia Morrison, MP - Minister designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection 

3. Hon. Evans Opoku Bobie, MP - Minister designated for the Brong Ahafo Region 

Monday, 29th October, 2018 

1. Ms. Paulina Tangoba Abayage - Minister designate for Upper East Region 

2. Hon. Martin Oti Gyarko, MP - Deputy Minister designate for the Brong Ahafo Region 

3. Mr. Samuel Nuertey Ayertey - Deputy Minister designate for Eastern Region

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Beauty Queen 

enters music arena 

with ‘No Parking’ 

BELVY NAA Teide Ofori has 

many beauty pageant titles, 

which she could easily use to 

open so many doors for herself 

and others but the ever-smiling 

beauty queen has set out to add another 

title to her name. This time, it is in the arena 

of music. 

She was Miss Tourism Ghana 2014, 

Ghana’s Most Beautiful 2016 runner-up, 

2017 Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International 

runner-up and currently the 

reigning Miss Earth Ghana 2018. 

Musically speaking, Naa Belvy, as she 

wants to be known and called, has made 

history as the first Ghanaian top class reigning 

beauty queen to launch a professional 

music career, with the release of three singles 

at a go.“ 

I am also happy to announce the birth 

of my musical career with the release of my 

first Extended Play (EP) made up of three 

powerful songs, ‘Kiss Me’, ‘Mi Ke Bo’ and 

‘No Parking’”, Naa Belvy said. She says that 

“women should not always wait for men to 

‘con’ us and ‘drop’ us when they choose. 

This is because the first step to equality 

is for women to be able to choose their 

men and tell them how they feel.“So the 

song, ‘Kiss Me’ represents a woman inviting 

her man to love her and kiss her, telling him 

in a manner that a confident man would tell 

a woman.” In ‘Mi K3 Bo’ (Me and you), 

Naa Belvy states that she finds her man’s 

love sweet, so she wants to remind him that 

she wants to be with him wherever he goes. 

And in the third track, ‘No Parking’ she 

states emphatically that when men start 

mistreating women, or even before they 

start showing signs, the women should be 

bold to tell them because “We hate no parking!"Naa 

Belvy says she loves afro pop and 

afro jazz and listening closely to her three 

singles, one is in no doubt that she is very 

versatile and can produce hit songs in various 

genres when she chooses. 

Watching her perform at a few private 

events, one would find it quite obvious that 

her strengths lie in her uniquely powerful 

voice, strong but classy personality and effortless 

ability to stage live performances 

with energy and finesse. She says she takes a 

lot of inspiration from Beyonce, Erykah 

Badu, the late Awura Ama Badu and many 

other Ghanaian artistes. 

Naa Belvy left Accra last Sunday to represent 

Ghana at the ongoing 2018 Miss 

Earth beauty pageant in the Mall of Asia 

Arena in Pasay City, Philippines, from October 

6 to November 3. 

The beauty queen-cum-singer, who is a 

product of Tema Secondary School and the 

Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), asked 

all Ghanaians to support her to bring home 

the Miss Earth crown and also patronise 

her first Extended Play (EP) release, to encourage 

her to dish out more sweet tracks 

and albums. 

The EP, titled ‘No Parking’, was released 

under the Eko Music label. The title track 

featuring Trigmatic and ‘Mi K3 Bo’ were 

produced by Simple Beats. What appears to 

be the fans’ favourite, ‘Kiss Me, featuring 

Wutah Afriyie, was produced by Jaywander.According 

to the management of Eko 

Music, Naa Belvy will be back soon from 

the 2018 Miss Earth pageant to mount 

event stages and rock the nation with her 

enthralling songs and thrilling performances. 

The Miss Earth pageant is an international 

environmental event that utilises the 

beauty pageant industry as an effective tool 

to promote environmental awareness. 

Because many people admire and aspire 

to be beauty queens, Carousel Productions, 

Inc., the organisers, say they believe that 

beauty queens would be good and effective 

advocates of worthy causes that impact 

positively on the environment. 

Candidates and winners are expected to 

actively promote and get involved in the 

preservation of the environment and the 

protection of Mother Earth. 

Before she left for the Philippines on 

Sunday, Naa Belvy told the press, “I love 

pageants and music and I am excited to be 

doing both at this time in my life. I am 

going to represent Ghana well in the Miss 

Earth pageant and learn more to be able to 

mobilise the youth to contribute more to 

the national efforts to deal with climate 

change”. 

The bold, beautiful, intelligent, versatile 

and sexy beauty queen/singer said, “I encourage 

the media to do better in the climate 

change conversation to get all 

Ghanaians involved in the drive to save the 

earth from environmental degradation. I 

will take up a project on ocean cleanliness 

when I return to Ghana after the Miss 

Earth pageant”. 

I’m scared of marriage — Efya 

SONGSTRESS EFYA has 

warned people within her circles 

not to pressure her over marriage. 

She said she would not allow 

herself to be pushed into marriage 

or to start a family. 

“When I get to when I’m 

ready to do those things, I’ll do 

them. If you pressure me I’ll 

stop picking up your phone calls 

and I’ll block you,”she told Giovani 

and Berla Mundi on the 

‘Starr Drive’. 

“They (family) don’t bring it 

to me because I told them a long 

time ago not to pressure me to 

have kids, or to get married, 

none of those things,” she 

added. 

When asked if she is scared 

of divorce, she said, “I’m not 

scared of divorce, I’m scared of 

the whole process of marriage. 

Right now in our generation, 

there is no fear for loyalty, there 

is no honesty. Everybody is lying 

to each other, there is no commitment”. 

“Mental illness is on the rise, 

depression is on the rise. Let’s 

tell each other how we feel so 

that we can actually be free,” 

Efya stressed. 

The songstress was recently 

adjudged ‘Women of the Year’ in 

music by Glitz Magazine. 

Efya is set to hold an awareness 

walk and breast cancer 

screening on October 20. 

•Ama Petal

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I am the new challenge 

in music — Bandybwoy 

•Bandybwoy 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

VERSATILE GHANAIAN 

artiste Bandybwoy has said 

that he is currently the new 

challenge in the Ghanaian 

music scene. 

According to the artiste,who is 

known for genres like Afrobeat,and 

Reggae-Dancehall, he sees no artiste fit 

enough to challenge his craft and talent. 

He told the DAILY HERITAGE 

that, “When I say I see nobody in this 

industry, it becomes a war, which makes 

me a challenge or threat to Sarkodie, 

Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale, and others because 

my aim is up in their daily activities.” 

The artiste, whose dream was to become 

a pilot and yet had the passion for 

music, started music while schooling at 

the Armed Forces Secondary Technical 

School, Burma Camp. 

“My Music started from the roots of 

reggae, switched to the roots of Ghanaian 

traditional hi-life, then to Afrobeat, 

then least to the very core of the reggae-dancehall 

and soul music.” 

Bandybwoy has worked with many 

sound engineers like Bigman, Hubert, 

Bigpapa, Robby Beat, B2, BigTime, Article 

Wan, Gugu, Jamal Beat, Rebo, 

Jusino and many others and have songs 

like ‘Gbangban’ , ‘Go Down’, ‘Hitmaker’ 

ft Nii Funny, and his latest single 

‘Amen’, which is making lots of airwaves. 

He says he is inspired musically by 

his experiences from the underground 

music world, “where the tussle and hustle 

alone have made me strong enough 

to challenge the scene in any part of the 

world I go. 

“Reward is a part of music and is to 

strengthen the artist’s spirit to produce 

more good music but I need the love 

of the world to be on the Grammy’s, 

sign big deals and put Africa on the 

map of good stuffs.” 

Bandybwoy says he is influenced 

by Bob Marley, Culture, Jay 

Z and other legends and good 

composers to serve Ghanaians 

and the world with good tunes. 

He advised his fans that, “Life 

is not there forever so always try 

have a good name which is better to be 

talked about even when you are gone 

and that will be a legacy of your hard 

work. Then you love and fear God”. 

•Mr Kwabena Prah Junior, ‘The Don Dada, host of Accra FM Morning Show 

‘The Don Dada’ joins Accra FM 

A RENOWNED Kumasi-based broadcast 

journalist, Mr Kwabena Prah Junior, also 

known in the media circles as ‘The Don 

Dada’, finally settles with Accra FM, a station 

owned by Class Media Group (CMG), 

a media firm in the country. 

The management of CMG say they 

deem it fit to opt for one of the finest 

Morning Show anchors from Ghana’s second 

capital, Kumasi. 

The Don Dada came to replace the former 

host of ‘Ghana Yensom’ on Accra 

FM, Chief Jerry Forson, who has moved 

on from the fastest-known breakfast show 

in the capital city. 

The Don Dada is poised to move the 

station to higher heights and to fulfil the 

core vision of the management to become 

a media giant in Africa. 

The management found that the experienced 

impeccable Twi and English-speaking 

Prah Jr. has got all it takes to make the 

dream come true. 

The Don Dada is not new in the media 

landscape as his rich experience emanates 

from Radio Mercury, Kessewaa Radio, Fox 

FM,Otec FM, Nananom FM and Boss FM, all 

in Kumasi. 

From the scratch since he took over the 

seat from Chief Jerry Forson (CJ), he has 

shown that despite the task in the capital 

city is herculean, he is ready and versatile 

enough in the media circles. 

Known in private life as Mr Prah Junior, 

The Don Dada is a responsible man, married 

and has two boys. 

Ponobiom grabs 

awards during tour 

BY RAMSON ACQUAH-HAYFORD 

THE 2018 Ghana Music Awards UK, 

which was held at Gaumont Palace 

(Dominion Centre) last Saturday, saw 

ace rapper Ponobiom sweep three 

awards --- Best Collaboration, Best 

Hiplife Artiste and Best Rapper. 

The rapper, who was already on an 

Europe tour, made a stop in the United 

Kingdom to give attendants a riveting 

performance on the night. 

According to his management, the 

rapper will make another stop in Manchester 

and continue the tour to Germany 

and Italy later. 

“We are very grateful to the organisers 

of the Ghana Music Awards UK for 

recognizing our efforts. We know there 

is more work to be done so we would 

not relent on our efforts to sing songs 

from our motherland to the outside 

world,” Frank, a frontman of Ponobiom’s 

management team, told the 

DAILY HERITAGE. 

Elaborating on the tour, Frank stated 

that the team had been touring different 

parts of the world for the past few 

months and that there were more territories 

to be conquered. 

He said Ponobiom would be playing 

on different platforms – shows, clubs, 

and the like, adding that radio and TV 

interviews and artiste collaborations 

were part of the whole package. 

The Ghana Music Awards UK 

(GMUK) is an awards scheme that 

seeks to recognize the achievements of 

Ghanaian musicians in Ghana and the 

UK. The night witnessed performances 

from King Promise, Patapaa, Kakie and 

others. 

•Ponobiom

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15 

J A Kufour Cup: 

AshGold 

to replace 

Hearts of Oak 

ASHANTIGOLD ARE 

reportedly being considered 

as next option to take on 

Asante Kotoko after Hearts 

of Oak pulled out. 

The Miners will replace 

the Phobians over lack of 

agreement. The maiden edition 

of the John Agyekum 

Kufuor Cup match is to celebrate 

the 80th birthday of 

the former President and 

was launched two months 

ago in Accra. 

Asante Kotoko will now 

face their Regional rivals 

Ashanti Gold on Sunday, 

October 28, at the Baba 

Yara Stadium in Kumasi. 

This charity match being 

organized by Primeval 

Media under the auspices of 

the John Agyekum Kufuor 

(JAK) Foundation aim to 

raise funds in the region of 

GH¢80 million cedis for the 

various developments and 

leadership projects under 

the foundation. 

The Miners and Kotoko 

have a score to settle after a 

tense 5-5 aggregate outcome 

of the two-legged 

friendly games back in September. 

• Flashback: 

Dogboe to defend title against Navarrete 

GHANA’S WBO world super 

bantamweight champion, Isaac 

“Royal Storm” Dogboe, is billed to 

defend his strap against Mexican 

fighter, Emanuel Navarrete at the 

Madison Square Gardens in New 

York on December 8. 

The camp of Dogboe have remained 

tight-lipped on the next 

opponent but, the 24-year-old 

Ghanaian world champions has 

landed another opportunity to defend 

his belt against the Mexican 

opponent. 

Team Dogboe are scheduled to 

hold a press conference on Friday 

at which the opponent would be 

disclosed which definitely would be 

the 23-year-old Mexican with an 

impressive ring record. 

The fight is expected to be on 

the Vasyl Lomachenko-Jose Pedraza 

December 8 card which 

would be the Ghanaian's return for 

the first time in four months since 

destroying Japan’s Hidenori Otake 

in the first round on August 25 in 

Glandale, Arizona. 

The Ghanaian 

has been in 

splendid 

form since 

knocking 

out Cesar 

Juarez in 

January 

2018 to 

win the 

WBO interim 

super 

bantamweight 

title 

at the Bukom 

Boxing Arena before 

• Isaac 

“Royal 

Storm” 

Dogboe 

going on to snatch the world 

title with an emphatic eleventh 

round victory over Jessie Magdaleno 

in April in Philadephia. 

Though undefeated, Dogboe 

(20-0, 14 KOs) is on a five-winning 

knockout streak which includes 

win over Julian Evaristo Aristule, 

Javier Nicolas Chacon and Hidenori 

Otake in his last outing. 

Dogboe's opponent, 

Navarrete (25-1, 22 

KOs), is in splendid 

form and has won 

his last eight 

bouts through 

knockouts and 

will be hoping 

to give the 

Ghanaian a 

tough contest. 

The Mexican's 

last defeat 

was in 2012 when 

he fought Daniel 

Argueta in his sixth 

professional fight before 

going on to win his last 20 fights to 

land his maiden shot at a world 

title against champion Dogboe. 

It will be his chance to dethrone 

a well composed and determined 

Ghanaian world champion in Dogboe 

who has been praised for his 

tremendous impact in the sport recently. 

Monaco sack manager Jardim 

with club struggling in Ligue 1 

MONACO HAVE sacked manager 

Leonardo Jardim with the club 

third from bottom of France's Ligue 

1. 

The news potentially opens the 

way for Thierry Henry to become 

the French club's next boss after 

their former striker was linked with 

the role. 

Former France and Arsenal star 

Henry, 41, began his career at 

Monaco and helped them win Ligue 

1 in 1997. Portuguese boss Jardim 

was appointed in 2014 and led the 

club to the French title in 2017, their 

first since 2000. 

The 44-year-old also guided 

Monaco to the Champions League 

semi-finals in 2016-17 and helped develop 

players such as forward Kylian 

Mbappe, now at Paris St-Germain. 

"I'm grateful and proud to have 

been Monaco coach for more than 

four years. I've always given my very 

best and worked with passion. We 

achieved some great victories together 

and I'll always keep those 

memories," Jardim said in a club 

statement. 

Monaco chief executive Vadim 

Vasilyev added: "I want to thank 

Leonardo with deepest respect for all 

the work he has done. His time here 

will remain as one of the most beautiful 

pages in the history of the club. 

Leonardo will still be part of the 

Monaco family." 

• Leonardo Jardim 

•Accra Sports 

Stadium pitch 

Accra Sports Stadium pitch ready for AWCON 2018 

THE ACCRA Sports Stadium 

pitch is ready for the 

Africa Women Cup of Nations 

to be hosted in the country. 

The stadium, which is 

being renovated for the competition 

is almost done but the 

playing surface is 100% completed 

for the games. 

The other venue for the 

tournament, the Cape Coast 

stadium is also in great shape 

for the 11th edition of the 

Women's Cup of nations. 

Ghana is hosting seven 

other countries from November 

17 to December first for 

Africa's Women's biggest football 

event. 

The team has been preparing 

for the tournament at the 

Ghanaman Soccer Center of 

Excellence after ending their 

nationwide tour. 

The Black Queens also 

played a couple of low key 

friendlies and are expected to 

engage in an international 

friendly before the competition 

starts next month. 

The winner of the tournament 

together with the second 

and third place teams will 

qualify for the Women's World 

Cup in France next year.

October 12

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