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•Edwin Ekow 

Blankson, Chief 

Fire Officer 

•Miss Universe Ghana '18 Akpene Diata 

Hoggar, (right) and others on the runway at 

the Fashion for Peace show in Paris, France 

•The late 

Major 

Mahama 

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DAILY QUOTE 

I am blessed to have so many 

great things in my life - family, 

friends and God. All will be 

in my thoughts daily 

— Lil' Kim. 

CONTENT 

ANNIVERSARIES 

Fri. Dec. 7 — Farmer’s Day 

Tues. Dec. 25 — Christmas 

Wed. Dec. 26 — Boxing Day 

DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 

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FOREIGN 

Ethiopia’s army 

firm ‘transported 

arms to Somalia’ 

PG.04 

ARTS 

& ENT 

The ‘Breda 

Birthday Jam’ 

on Nov 17 

PG.13 

BUSINESS 

MTN adjudged 

‘CSR Company 

of the Year’ 

SPORTS 

AFCON Qualifier: 

Black Stars train 

in Kenya 

PG.10 

PG.15 

Creation of new regions 

S/Court to rule 

on Nov. 28 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

“We submit that 

this is an 

unnecessary 

invitation to this 

court; it is not 

supported by our 

constitutional 

provisions or the 

jurisprudence of 

this court and 

we invite Your 

Lordships to 

decline this 

invitation...” 

ASEVEN-MEMBER 

Supreme Court 

panel has set 

Wednesday, November 

28, 2018, to deliver 

its ruling on the suit 

challenging the constitutionality of 

the government’s decision to create 

six new regions. 

The panel, chaired by Justice 

Sophia Adenyira, took the decision 

after all the parties in the case 

informed the apex court that they 

relied entirely on the written addresses 

filed at the court as directed. 

The application filed by Mayor 

Agbleze, Destiny Awlimey and 

Jean-Claude Amenyaoglo, is seeking 

the interpretation of Article 

5(4) of the 1992 Constitution, 

which states; “where a commission 

of inquiry appointed under 

clause (2) and (3) of this article 

finds that there is the need and a 

substantial demand for the creation, 

alteration or merger referred 

to in either of those clauses, it 

shall recommend to the President 

that a referendum be held, specifying 

the issues to be determined by 

the referendum and the places 

where the referendum should be 

held.” 

The response of the Electoral 

Commission to the initial application 

was that “what the plaintiffs 

in the case are asking the Supreme 

Court to do is to twist, alter and 

insert words into clear, precise and 

unambiguous provisions of the 

constitution so as to substitute 

their preferred recommendation 

for that of a constitutionally-mandated 

Commission that has exercised 

its powers and discretion 

within the confines of the law. 

“We submit that this is an unnecessary 

invitation to this court; 

it is not supported by our constitutional 

provisions or the jurisprudence 

of this court and we invite 

Your Lordships to decline this invitation. 

My Lords, we submit that 

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Inflation drops 

to 9.5% 

BY ROSEMOND 

BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

THE CONSUMER Price 

Index that measures the 

change over time in the general 

level of prices of goods 

and services that households 

acquire for the purpose of 

consumption in the month of 

October dropped to 9.5%. 

Mr Baah Wadieh, Acting 

Government Statistician, 

when briefing the press in 

Accra yesterday, explained that 

the year-on-year inflation went 

down by 0.3 percentage point 

from 9.8% recorded in September 

2018. 

According to him, the 

monthly change rate for October 

2018 was 0.7% compared 

to 0.0% recorded for September 

2018. 

For food and non-alcoholic 

beverages group, the Statistician 

said the year-on-year inflation 

rate recorded 8.9%. 

He said six sub-groups of 

the group recorded inflation 

rates higher than the group’s 

average rate of 8.9%. 

“ The main price drivers 

for the food inflation rate 

were coffee, tea and cocoa 

13.1%, fruits 11.4%, food and 

food products 10.5%, mineral 

water, soft drinks, fruit and 

vegetable juices 10.4%, meat 

and meat products 10.1% and 

vegetables 9.6%,” he explained. 

Mr Wadieh also explained 

that the non-food group 

recorded a year-on-year inflation 

rate of 9.8% in October 

2018, compared to the 10.3% 

recorded for September 2018. 

According to him, four 

sub-groups recorded year-onyear 

inflation rates higher than 

the group’s average rate of 

9.8%. 

He said “the main price 

drivers for the non-food inflation 

rate were transport 

13.9%, clothing and footwear 

13.4%, recreation and culture 

12.7% and furnishing, household 

equipment and routine 

maintenance 11.9%.” 

He stated that the October 

2018 rate of 9.5% was the 

lowest since January 2018. 

Five regions, Upper West, 

Brong Ahafo, Western, Northern 

and Ashanti, recorded inflation 

rates above the national 

average rate of 9.5%. 

Upper West Region 

recorded the highest year-onyear 

inflation rate of 11.6% 

followed by Brong Ahafo Region 

10.4%, while the Upper 

East Region recorded the lowest 

year-on-year inflation rate 

of 8.3% in October 2018.

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Dep. Chief Fire 

Officers trade blows 

NEWS DESK REPORT 

TWO DEPUTY 

Chief Fire Officers 

of the 

Ghana National 

Fire 

Service (GNFS) on Tuesday 

defied all security regulations 

and turned the 

premises of the headquarters 

of the service in Accra 

into a boxing arena to engage 

in open trading of 

blows in front of junior officers. 

One of the senior officers, 

Mr Ekow Yawson, 

sustained bite wounds in 

the right palm after an almost 

10 minutes trading of 

blows with his colleague, 

Mr Obeng Dankwa Dwamena. 

The two officers engaged 

in the fisticuffs over 

handover notes. 

• Over handover notes, one 

sustains bite wound in the palm 

•Edwin Ekow Blankson, Chief Fire Officer 

Meanwhile, the paper 

has gathered that the 

high command of the 

GNFS has set up a 

committee to look 

into the matter for 

the appropriate 

action(s). 

Why the fight 

Deputy Chief Fire Officer Yawson, 

who has only three months to go 

on retirement, was said to have been 

moved in a dramatic fashion from the 

Director of Safety position to Research 

and Information Technology 

in a recent reshuffle of personnel of 

the service. 

His position is now occupied by 

Mr Dwamena, who used to be the Director 

of Human Resource. 

Sources told the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE that Mr Yawson, who had 

prepared his handover notes, only 

needed his successor to sign a portion 

of the note for final submission, but 

there appeared to be confusion between 

the two officers over delays in 

the process, hence the open trading of 

blows. 

Police 

Checks by the paper indicated that 

the matter had been reported to the 

Cantonments Police Unit and a hospital 

form given to the complainant, Mr 

Yawson, for medical examination. 

Meanwhile, the paper has gathered 

that the high command of the GNFS 

has set up a committee to look into 

the matter for the appropriate 

action(s). 

Creation of new regions 

S/Court to rule on Nov. 28 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

on this point alone, this action ought to 

be dismissed with costs,” the address 

said. 

AG’s argument 

According to the Deputy Attorney 

General (AG), “the plaintiffs, through 

the invocation of this Court’s original jurisdiction, 

subtly seek a review of how 

the article commission set up by the 

President, as well as the EC, discharged 

the duties cast on it by the Constitution. 

“We submit that the duties of an article 

5 commission and the EC under article 

5 of the Constitution are not 

reviewable by any person or authority, 

save in the case of a violation of the law 

or Constitution. Where the Constitution 

has placed a duty on a person or authority, 

that duty must be performed. The 

performance of that duty is not questionable 

in the absence of an excess of 

the powers conferred by the Constitution 

or other forms of illegality committed 

by that person or authority. Plaintiffs 

have woefully failed to show any such 

unconstitutionality or illegality, and 

therefore the instant action ought to be 

dismissed.” 

He concluded that, “for failure to satisfy 

the essential requisites for an invocation 

of the Court’s original jurisdiction 

under articles 2(1) and 130(1), the instant 

action is devoid of a cause of action, 

and ought to be dismissed.” 

Earlier, the panel dismissed a contempt 

application initiated against the 

Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, and 

the Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, for 

going ahead with the limited voter registration 

exercise which took place between 

September 16 and 25, 2018, in the 

areas recommended by the Commission 

of Inquiry into the creation of new regions.

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•The outline of a housing settlement has been discovered 

Ancient Greek city Tenea found by archaeologists 

ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN 

Greece believe they have 

found the lost city of Tenea, 

thought to have been founded 

by captives of the legendary 

Trojan War. 

They said they had discovered 

the remains of a housing 

settlement, jewellery, coins 

and several burial sites in the 

southern Peloponnese area. 

Until now, archaeologists 

had a rough idea of where the 

city might have been located 

but had no tangible proof. 

The items date from 4th 

Century BC to Roman times. 

Excavation work around 

the modern-day village of 

Chiliomodi began in 2013, 

and "proof of the existence" 

of Tenea emerged in work 

carried out in September and 

early October this year, officials 

said. 

Carefully-constructed walls 

as well as clay, stone and marble 

floors were uncovered. 

Around 200 rare coins, including 

one designed to pay for 

the journey to an afterlife, 

were also found. BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Ethiopia’s army firm 

‘transported arms to Somalia’ 

ETHIOPIA’S MILITARY-RUN 

conglomerate Metals and Engineering 

Corporation (Metec) is a 

hot topic in the Horn of Africa 

nation after a TV documentary alleged 

it was involved in illegal arms 

trading. 

It was broadcast on state-run 

television ETV and other government-affiliated 

media just hours 

after the former head of the firm, 

Maj Gen Kinfe Dagnew, was arrested 

as he tried to flee to neighbouring 

Sudan. 

The documentary alleges that 

among other things, Metec was involved 

in transporting arms to Somalia. 

Suleiman Dedefo, Ethiopia’s 

former ambassador to Djibouti, 

told the programme that in 2016 

Metec allegedly purchased two old 

ships from Ethiopian Shipping 

Lines to demolish and use the 

parts as scrap metal, but instead 

renovated and used them to transport 

weapons and other contraband 

between Iran and Somalia. 

He said that he wrote letters to 

several government institutions including 

Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs 

Ministry, about the allegations, but 

received no response. His letter is 

circulating on social media. 

On Monday, Ethiopia’s Attorney 

General Berhanu Tsegaye announced 

that vast corruption had 

been unveiled at Metec after a fivemonth 

investigation. 

He said Metec had made foreign 

purchases, totalling $2bn 

(£1.5bn), without any bidding 

processes. BBC 

•Avigdor Lieberman said 

Israel was doing "serious 

damage to national 

security in the long term” 

Israel Defence Minister 

Lieberman resigns 

over Gaza ceasefire 

•Elections were last held 

•President •Prime Joseph Minister Kabila Abiy Ahmed was supposed has been behind to a 

•Some in Libya 80% four of victims years said their 

have stepped down nearly two years ago 

attacker was • armed Nancy ago 

whole series of reforms in the last seven months 

Pelosi- taking the House will help restore "checks and balances". 

ISRAEL'S DEFENCE minister 

has resigned over the 

cabinet's decision to accept a 

ceasefire ending two days of 

fighting with Palestinian militants 

in Gaza. 

Avigdor Lieberman denounced 

the move as "surrendering 

to terror". 

He said his right-wing 

Yisrael Beiteinu party would 

leave the ruling coalition, 

which could lead to an early 

election. 

Eight people were killed 

on Monday and Tuesday as 

militants fired 460 rockets 

towards Israel and Israeli 

forces bombed 160 targets 

in Gaza. 

The ceasefire was largely 

holding on Wednesday and 

schools and businesses in 

southern Israel reopened 

after no rocket attacks were 

reported overnight. 

However, Israel's military 

said it had shot at and captured 

a Palestinian man who 

tried to breach the Israel- 

Gaza border fence while 

hurling grenades. 

Palestinian health officials 

later said a fisherman had 

been killed by Israeli fire in 

northern Gaza. The Israeli 

military said it was looking 

into the incident. BBC 

UK significantly closer to delivering Brexit, says May 

THE UK IS "significantly 

closer" to delivering on the 

result of the Brexit vote, 

Theresa May has told MPs. 

She faces a crunch cabinet 

meeting at 14:00 GMT as she 

tries to win colleagues' support 

for the draft withdrawal 

agreement. 

She told the Commons it 

would give the UK control of 

borders, laws and money - 

and also protect business and 

jobs. 

But Jeremy Corbyn said 

the UK would be stuck in an 

"indefinite half-way house 

without any real say" over the 

rules. 

Speaking at Prime Minister's 

Questions, the Labour 

leader said Mrs May was putting 

a "false choice" before 

Parliament between her 

"botched deal and no deal”. 

The BBC's Norman Smith 

said the prime minister would 

seek to head off the threat of 

any resignations by telling her 

cabinet ministers that while 

not perfect, the agreement 

was as good as it can get. 

Downing Street, he added, 

were pointing to what they 

view as significant wins, including 

no separate customs 

border for Northern Ireland 

and an arbitration mechanism 

to ensure the UK can exit the 

proposed "backstop" customs 

plan.



05 

AWCON 2018: 

Editorial 

Time to write the wrongs 

LAST MONTH, the Minister for 

Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac 

Asiamah, announced that the 

country was ready to host the 11th 

edition of the Africa Women Cup 

of Nations (AWCON) which begins 

this Saturday, November 17, and 

ends on December 1, 2018. 

Already, the tournament’s mascot, 

website and official song have been 

unveiled by the Local Organising 

Committee but the concern of 

many sports loving fans has been 

the low publicity ahead of the 

games. 

Mr Asiamah charged the Black 

Queens to ensure that Ghana “hosts 

and wins” the tournament. 

"It is now your turn to 

demonstrate your sense of 

patriotism by going all out to win 

gold. These are the virtues that must 

be displayed by the Queens to 

ensure that they win the 

competition,” he told the Black 

Queens. 

The minister also said everything 

had been put in place to motivate 

the players to win the trophy, and 

what was left was for the team to 

make Ghana proud. 

"This is the first time Ghana is 

hosting the tournament and we 

assure the world that it would be 

superb. We would also demonstrate 

to Africa the hospitality we are 

noted for," the Minister added. 

Ahead of the tournament, the 

government presented three vehicles 

to the Local Organising Committee 

to assist them in the performance of 

their duties, while the official song, 

composed by Wiyala, Grace Ashie 

and Akosua Agyapong, titled, 

"Champions: Proud of Our Own," 

has also been put together. 

The inference is that Ghana is 

ready for the tourney. 

Since the country’s football 

activities have been left hanging after 

Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ exposé, this 

tournament ought to be the 

platform to bring some fire back 

into Ghanaian football. 

This will be the first tournament 

the country is hosting after 

successfully staging the CAN 2008. 

The DAILY HERITAGE, 

thus, urges all to support the Black 

Queens to win the ultimate trophy. 

We must do this by thronging the 

Accra Sport Stadium to throw our 

weight behind our precious Queens. 

‘Agya Koo’ gives evidence 

in Major Mahama trial 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

KOJO NFUM, alias Agya Koo, a 

farmer who tried to be the Good 

Samaritan to help Major Maxwell 

Adams Mahama escape death, 

has begun testifying in court as 

the fourth Prosecution Witness (PW4) in the 

case. 

Agya Koo, who is also an Okada rider and 

fuel attendant, told the court that the military 

officer, prior to his death, was attacked with 

“sticks, blocks and also shot in the head despite 

begging them to free him.” 

Led by the Chief State Attorney, Mrs Evelyn 

Keelson, to give evidence at the Criminal 

Division of the Accra High Court, PW4 told 

the court that on May 29, 2017, upon his return 

from Nyinawuso to Nkwantanan, “the 

boys told me that a thief haa-+ been spotted 

at Denkyira Obuasi. 

“I rode my motorbike towards Denkyira 

Obuasi to monitor the situation. On my way, I 

met Major Maxwell Adams Mahama with two 

men following him,” he narrated. 

According to him, “the two were Yaw 

Amanquah and Tikwa. They were carrying 

guns and firing at him. When I met him 

(Major Mahama), he asked me to carry him 

away on my motorbike. Kwame Adjei was the 

one who had earlier wanted to pick him on his 

motorbike, but Amankwa said if he dared, he 

would shoot at him, so he got down and sat 

on my motorbike. 

“When Major Mahama sat on my motorbike 

and we were going, there was a gunshot 

and he fell down from my motorbike. Then he 

jumped into a tipper truck.” 

The witness told the court that Amankwah 

asked him to get down but he refused and he 

shot into the windscreen of the truck before 

Boah took the gun from Amankwah. 

Major Mahama fell immediately into a pit 

by the roadside. 

“I saw one Akwasi Asante; he also fired a 

gun at Captain Mahama, in his head. I saw 

•The late Major Maxwell Adams Mahama 

again one Abortion; he used stick and block to 

hit him. I also saw Daddy, he also hit him with 

a stick and block on the head. I saw Yaw 

Gardey, he also used a stick to hit captain Mahama.” 

With the exception of Yaw Gardey, who is 

on the run, he identified all the suspects in 

court. 

He continued: “I saw Daddy and Abortion 

hitting Capt. Mahama with blocks and sticks 

and then Akwesi Asante shooting him. I saw 

blood oozing out of the body of Captain Mahama 

and he started begging them to leave 

him. He died in the process and a police vehicle 

came and conveyed the body.” 

Cross-examination 

Under cross-examination from the defence 

team, particularly George Bernard Shaw, the 

witness rejected the suggestion that it was “illegal 

to operate an Okada business in the Republic 

of Ghana without licence.” 

When it was put to him, that “you have 

come to tell lies as a reward for you being left 

off the hook,” he declined that assertion. 

He told the court that when the incident 

happened, he fled Denkyira Obuasi to Takyiman, 

but was arrested by a police CID when 

he heard him talk to a friend on mobile 

phone. 

He said he was brought to Accra and made 

to write a statement. He also told the court 

that he was kept in a hotel room for two 

months and two weeks and was later discharged 

to become a prosecution witness in 

the matter. 

Lawyer Augustine Obour asked PW4 if he 

knew the number of people who killed the 

military officer, to which the witness said they 

were many, saying, “I am testifying to what I 

saw. There were a lot of people but what I saw 

is what I am testifying to.” 

The court, presided over by Justice 

Mariama Owusu, a Court of Appeal judge sitting 

with additional responsibility as a High 

Court judge, adjourned the matter to November 

19 for continuation of cross-examination 

by the defence team


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The power of imagination 

BY ABUNDANT ROBERT 

K. AWOLUGUTU 

With imagination 

we design 

our 

life, 

shape 

our world and ultimately our destiny. 

It is the quality of your 

mind that determines the level of 

your achievements. 

We can split imagination into 

two words- image and nation. 

Image refers to an idea, picture 

of something, an impression or 

type and nation, a sovereign 

state. 

Each one of us is unique; 

there is no one who has exactly 

the same fingerprints that you 

have. The mind is a powerful 

asset and it is available to all. 

The pictures your mind captures 

are a reflection of the important 

things God has 

deposited inside of you. They are 

things that you alone have seen 

and none other. 

When the picture or idea you 

have becomes your goal, a thing 

you have a burning desire to accomplish 

and you take daily action 

with intensity and 

consistency, it will eventually become 

a reality, a product or service 

you share with the world. We 

can say that imagination is a 

shadow of things to come. 

Everything you see around 

you, tangible or intangible first 

existed as a picture or idea in 

somebody’s mind before it became 

a reality and made visible to 

the world. The images we form 

become the precursors of the 

things we make. 

The Bible tells us that the 

world itself is a product of God’s 

imagination. Hebrews 11:3 says, 

“By faith we understand that the 

What the mind can conceive and believe and the heart desire, 

you can achieve -Norman Vincent Peale, American 

Minister and author. 

•Abundant Robert K. Awolugutu 

worlds were framed by the word 

of God, so that the things which 

are seen were not made of things 

which are visible.” 

First the worlds existed as pictures 

in God’s mind. They became 

a reality when God took 

action (he spoke and it happened). 

God has endowed us with the 

capacity to do exploits. We know 

this because he made us in his 

image. 

The shakers and movers of 

this world are those who are 

highly imaginative. They form 

quality pictures of their future 

life and take measures to make it 

happen. 

They use their creative minds 

to change the world and make it 

better for themselves and the 

human family in general. You too 

have the ability and the potential 

to change the world using the 

power of imagination. Think big. 

Take action and make things 

happen. 

Our thinking should go beyond 

meeting needs. Our imagination 

should focus on doing 

things that will outlive our life. 

When the picture or idea you have becomes your goal, a 

thing you have a burning desire to accomplish and you take 

daily action with intensity and consistency, it will eventually 

become a reality, a product or service you share with the 

world. We can say that imagination is a shadow of things to 

come. 

We should do things for 

which we shall be dearly loved 

and remembered. We should 

dedicate our life to doing things 

that bring glory to God. 

Sometimes many 

ideas pass through our 

minds every single second. 

It is important 

that we document these 

ideas so that they do 

not fizzle out of memory. 

Get a notepad or 

journal to document 

your ideas. Habakkuk 2: 

2-3 says, “And then 

God answered: write 

this. Write what you 

see. Write it out in 

block letters so that it 

can be read on the run. 

This vision message is a 

witness pointing to 

what’s coming. It aches 

for the coming-it can 

hardly wait! And it 

doesn’t lie. If it seems 

slow in coming, wait. 

It’s on its way. It will 

come right on time.” 

A serious person 

will write down the vision 

and come up with 

a blueprint, strategy or 

plan as to how to make 

that vision a reality. You 

cannot fight a war and 

win without strategic 

thinking. 

There are always 

many options available but there 

is one that works and you look to 

find it. Believe that it is possible 

for you. Carry out your plan 

aided by the flames of ambition, 

determination and commitment. 

What is the one thing that 

you’ve always wanted to do? 

What business do you want to 

start? What book do you want to 

write? What do you want to do 

with your life? 

You will need to plan and 

count the cost. No one starts a 

project without counting the 

cost. 

In Luke 14: 28-30 the word of 

God says, “Is there anyone here 

who, planning to build a new 

house, doesn’t first sit down and 

figure the cost so you’ll know if 

you can complete it? If you only 

get the foundation laid and then 

run out of money, you are going 

to look pretty foolish. Everyone 

passing by will poke fun at you: 

He started something he couldn’t 

finish.” 

What’s the point in starting a 

project you cannot finish? You 

will be ridiculed by others and 

that will not be good. 

Risk taking is an integral part 

of one’s life journey. There is risk 

attached to every success. 

Risk takers become high 

achievers and make history.Those 

who remain in their comfort 

zones become low or nonachievers. 

You cannot make a mark in 

this world if you are not prepared 

to take dangerous risks. 

You must overcome the mountains 

in your life to make any successful 

achievement. 

Conquer your fears and step 

out to do what needs to be done 

to reach your goals and live out 

your dreams. 

Always remember this: Success=dream 

+ Action +faith 

In conclusion, never underestimate 

the power of imagination. 

It is imagination that rules the 

world. 

With imagination we shape 

our destiny and change the 

world. You are a world changer! 

Go on and be it. 

Yours in inspiration, 

ARK AWOLUGUTU 

Email: 

awolugutu@yahoo.com 

Cell: 0559 466 048 

Get a notepad or 

journal to document 

your ideas. 

Habakkuk 2: 2-3 

says, “And then God 

answered: write this. 

Write what you see. 

Write it out in block 

letters so that it can 

be read on the run. 

This vision message 

is a witness pointing 

to what’s coming. It 

aches for the coming-it 

can hardly 

wait! And it doesn’t 

lie. If it seems slow 

in coming, wait. It’s 

on its way. It will 

come right on time.”


Health benefits of peanut oil 

Cholesterol levels 

Unlike many other vegetable oils, 

peanut oil is actually free of any cholesterol, 

which is one of the major 

contributing factors to complicated 

heart conditions such as atherosclerosis, 

which is basically clogging of 

the arteries. 

Heart health 

Peanut oil contains monounsaturated 

fatty acids, like oleic acid, which 

increase the levels of ‘good cholesterol’ 

in the blood. 

Cancer prevention 

Peanut oil also has high levels of 

polyphenol antioxidants, 

including resveratrol. This compound 

works to eliminate free radicals, 

which are the dangerous byproducts 

of cellular metabolism that are responsible 

for a huge range of diseases 

in the body, including cancer. 

Blood pressure 

Resveratrol has another important 

function in the body. It interacts 

with various hormones in the body 

that affect blood vessels, like angiotensin, 

which constricts vessels 

and arteries. 



&Env. 

Zoomlion and AMA partner Cape 

Town to achieve clean Accra 

BY ZOOMLION GHAN 

ZOOMLION GHANA 

Limited and the Accra 

Metropolitan Assembly 

(AMA) have collaborated 

with the City of 

Cape Town in South 

Africa to be able to feed into President 

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s 

mantra of making Accra one of the 

cleanest cities in the sub-region. 

This effort by the two organisations 

having great interest in waste 

management in Accra appears to be 

drumming home the good old saying 

of ‘Together we stand/build’ for them 

to adopt best practices in relation to 

the President’s ambition. Kudos to the 

AMA and Zoomlion Ghana Limited, 

and more especially to the City of 

Cape Town. 

What Ghanaians should now be 

trusting the two entities to do is that 

they will work together to take Ghana, 

especially Accra, from its current state 

of waste spots to a better destination 

like the City of Cape Town that will 

reflect the President’s stance of making 

Accra the cleanest city of the 

whole of West Africa, and anything 

less than that collaborative drive by 

them will be disingenuous to the people 

of Ghana. 

AMA and Zoomlion visit 

Cape Town 

A team of eleven (11) waste management 

practitioners from the AMA 

and Zoomlion visited the highly-respected 

South African richly developed 

city (Cape Town) to understudy 

their Integrated Waste Management 

System (IWMS) to be able to apply 

their seeming successful modern technologies 

and approaches to addressing 

the waste challenges of Ghana’s capital 

city, Accra, which is contemporarily 

known as the gate way to West Africa. 

It is obvious that as the gateway to the 

sub-region, it must incontestably be 

clean, neat and beautiful to address the 

needs of tourists. 

The City of Cape Town has developed 

state-of- the-art integrated waste 

management systems which have 

largely addressed waste management 

issues in Cape Town and its environs. 

Three waste management facilities 

at Bellville, Kraaifontein and Vissershock 

have widely handled the waste 

challenges in the city of Cape Town, 

admirably said some residents of the 

city. 

A task force of 33 members of the 

law enforcement unit under the city 

authority is responsible for arresting, 

charging and ensuring statutory laws 

are strictly abided by. The citizenry are 

abundantly aware of their duty to dispose 

all kinds of waste at these facilities 

or use the container/bin system 

and that is what has contributed to 

making the city a tourism centre 

among other enviable sites such as the 

Table Mountain, Waterfront Mall, the 

Red Bus ride, which gives one the opportunity 

to see the city from many 

positions, and the Long Street 

among others. 

At the Bellville Landfill and 

Waste Management Facility, which 

occupies a 73 hectare of land, 

there are units of the landfill section 

where solid waste is collected 

and compacted immediately in 

order not for the landfill to be 

overwhelmed by waste, a Garden 

Waste Section where unwanted flowers 

and trees felled from the city are 

brought and disposed of and later 

chopped into pieces by private contractors 

and eventually used in producing 

compost fertilizer for sale. Also is 

the Builders Rubbles’ Section, where 

broken walls and unwanted bricks are 

brought and offloaded and fragmented 

into fine sand for construction 

of low cost houses and the less graded 

ones used for compacting the landfill. 

At the same facility is the Liquid 

Waste Facility, where the treated leach 

water is used to water the landfill 

roads to calm the evident dust on dry 

days. These are all efforts to reduce, 

recycle and re-use what is being sent 

to the final disposal site, a practice 

Zoomlion is also known for already in 

Ghana. 

Bellville South Landfill 

Bellville South Landfill, which collects 

in excess of 40,000 tons of waste 

in a month, is due for closure for landfill 

purposes by city authorities but will 

remain a transfer station where waste 

will now be received and transferred 

to a proposed regional landfill site. In 

South Africa, before an area can be allowed 

to operate as a landfill it must 

be completely fenced unlike what is 

currently practised in Ghana. 

Unlike Ghana where waste is transported 

by trucks and motorized tricycles, 

the City of Cape Town has 

advanced by using trains to transport 

their waste to final disposal sites, a 

practice Ghana will need to emulate to 

reduce traffic on the roads in terms of 

haulage. 

The Kraaifontein Integrated Waste 

Management Facility (KIWMF), on 

the other hand, was designed to receive 

and transfer the waste load in 

western Cape Town. The facility is the 

first integrated 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo 

waste 

management 

facility of its kind in South Africa. As 

a broad integrated waste management 

facility, KIWMF encompasses a transfer 

station, drop-off facility, container 

handling area, a chipping area for the 

processing of green waste (garden 

waste), hazardous materials holding 

area for small quantities received at the 

drop-off, e-waste and oil holding containers 

for oil waste. 

Facility managers say the compaction 

hall is used for compacting 

waste into containers and a dual 

weighbridge system with two incoming 

and two outgoing weighbridges. 

That integrated attitude, having all activities 

of waste-handling on-site, is 

what makes the facility unique. Almost 

half of the waste that is received at 

the site is sorted and sold off to private 

recycling contractors. 

Management says the city authorities 

have an entrenched position to 

keep the city clean. Therefore dumping 

appropriately at the landfill or 

transfer stations is free, which incentivizes 

citizens to dump at the facilities 

in order not to fall prey to the everwatching 

men and camera law enforcement 

authorities. 

Replicating waste taskforce 

What Ghana needs to do in this direction 

is to replicate the Waste Taskforce 

units, which have been started by 

AMA and the Kumasi Metropolitan 

Assembly to all Metropolitan, Municipal 

and District Assemblies (MMDAs), 

and empower them to arrest, charge, 

fine and prosecute using the sanitation 

courts. The Ministry of Justice and 

Attorney General should also expand 

the Sanitation Court system to all regions 

and MMDAs to address the 

sanitation issues in Ghana. 

Vissershok Waste Management 

Facility, on the 

other hand, combines 

both solid and liquid 

waste management 

whereby there is the liquid 

waste management 

facility and an engineered 

landfill receiving 

waste material such as 

tetra pak, builder's rubble, 

garage waste, motor 

oil, clean garden waste, 

paper and cardboard, cans 

and metal, glass bottles, 

polystyrene, plastic and low to 

medium hazardous waste. This 

facility however does not receive e- 

waste. The facility which is engineered 

and projected to serve as a regional 

landfill site to the city of Cape Town, 

beginning this year, is multipurpose 

and has the capacity to run for many 

years. 

City authorities say their waste 

management style is geared towards 

minimizing waste from homes, offices 

and facilities that are meant for the 

final disposal site and indeed it does 

reduce waste by 30%, a mechanism 

that is hugely laudable and beneficial 

to the people. 

The most critical lessons learnt in 

this collaboration that the Government 

of Ghana (GoG) will need to 

consider greatly is the fact that in 

Cape Town the political will to fight 

waste is very evident and high in that 

waste management infrastructure is 

largely the problem of government 

and not in the hands of the private 

sector like in Ghana where efforts to 

address the waste management problems 

is in the hands of the private sector. 

Of all the waste management 

efforts made such as the Accra Compost 

and Recycling Plant the Kumasi 

Compost and Recycling Plant, which 

is 85% complete, the Accra Sewerage 

System and the plastic recycling plants 

such as Universal Plastics Processing 

and Recycling and YEECO Plastics, 

are initiated and owned by the private 

sector, precisely the Jospong Groups 

of Companies. 

In Cape Town, for instance, is the 

Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management 

Facility, which is a waste 

transfer facility. KIWMF is solely 

owned by the government and patronised 

by the private contractors on contract 

basis but the case is different in 

Ghana as the only two transfer stations 

at Teshie and Achimota, both in 

Accra, are owned by the Jospong 

Groups of Companies, owners of 

Zoomlion Ghana Ltd, Ghana’s waste 

management experts and leaders. 

Government to create enabling 

environment 

What is needed in this respect 

would be that government will further 

create a more enabling environment 

and provide full corperation and support 

for the private sector to take the 

country to paradise in terms of waste 

management 

The other lesson is the South 

African Government’s commitment to 

vote funds for waste management activities. 

Will the Ghana government 

exercise the same commitment in delivering 

on even its annual plans and 

budgets to develop one modern engineered 

landfill and a transfer station in 

each of the 10 regions to ease the 

waste problems? This is the conundrum 

at hand in Ghana. The kind of 

landfills in the regional capitals leaves 

much to be desired, talk least of what 

is at the district levels, which are better 

described as dumping sites. 

It was, however, unfortunate some 

residents in the city this writer interacted 

with in Cape Town do not have 

express idea about how waste is managed 

and even who manages it but 

knows that it is an offence to litter or 

dump haphazardly, which is a plus to 

the law enforcement unit of the city’s 

waste management department. 

It, therefore, presupposes that city 

authorities would have to intensify 

public education to create more awareness 

as to how waste is managed and 

reorient citizens of their mandate on 

waste management in Cape Town, an 

effort that Ghana will need badly too. 

Team members especially admired 

the manner in which waste is sectionalized 

at the facilities and how serious 

the city authorities see waste management 

and the security adherence at the 

facility. The waste practitioners say the 

waste reduction rate at 30% by the 

CCT is commendable. Ghana will 

need to step up efforts towards a similar 

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Ghana spends 

GH¢26.5b annually on 

employee illness in 

health sector –GMA 

achieve Universal Health Coverage and 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

Vision as spelt out in the Astana Declaration 

of 2018 hinges largely on a healthy and wellmotivated 

workforce . 

THE GHANA Medical Association (GMA) 

has estimated that Ghana loses at least 

It, therefore, called on the Ministry of 

GH¢26.5 billion annually on employee illness Health, and for that matter government, to 

in relation to productivity cost in the health ensure that "human resource analysis is done 

sector alone due to poor physical 

with an information system so developed to 

environment in most health facilities, track worker availability and distribution in 

excessive workload and pressure, as well as the health facilities, advertising and managing 

financial stress which affects the health and the recruitment process". 

well-being of health sector workers. 

Also it wants the development and 

At a presser held in Koforidua last Sunday immediate implementation of a deprived 

by GMA to end its 60th Anniversary and area incentives scheme which includes salaryrelated 

motivations and opportunity for 

2018 Annual General Conference, President 

of GMA, Dr Frank Ankobea, noted that career upgrade and promotions for health 

,"Health workers in Ghana are constantly workers who accept posting to deprived 

faced with work overload and pressure and areas. 

as result of that they pay little attention to The GMA also believes that workload 

their diet and do not get enough exercise, stress could be addressed if health facilities 

rest and sleep. 

are furnished with equipment and logistics to 

All these increase risk for both acute and reduce the use of manpower in most cases. 

chronic communicable and noncommunicable 

diseases such as cancer, staff accommodation challenges must be 

It also believe that health infrastructure and 

cardiac conditions, MSD (Mascular Skeletal addressed to provide sound mind for staff. 

Disorders) and pain syndromes." 

On the human resource deficit of 1:8000 

"Given an estimated number of 109,425 doctor -patient ratio, which is far above 

employees in the health sector, a daily WHO standard of at most 1:5000, worsening 

average wage of GH¢49 and average of five pressure on doctors. 

days’ sick off per year (MOH WISN 

The GMA takes very serious view of this 

study,2013), it is extrapolated that at least the development and will like to state that the 

health sector is likely to lose GH¢26.5 billion citing of lack of financial clearance as the 

•Prince Akpah (2nd l) with some reason of the for non-posting students of medical 

to employee illness per year in terms of 

productivity cost" the GMA president said. 

According to the GMA, Ghana's ability to 

doctors/dentists by the Ministry of Health is 

unacceptable". 

•Mrs Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye, Fisheries Minister and 

Christopher Lamora, Chargé •Dr d’Affaires Frank Ankobea, of the US president, Embassy GMA 

Mighty Construction 

furnishes MTTD office 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

AS PART of its 

Corporate Social 

Responsibility, 

Management and staff 

of Mighty 

Construction 

Company on Wednesday, November 

7, 2018, presented office equipment 

to the office of th Motor Transport 

and Traffic Division (MTTD) of the 

Ghana Police Service in Koforidua in 

the Eastern Region. 

The items donated to the MTTD 

office include four office tables, five 

office chairs, a fridge, eight sets of 

curtains, an air conditioner and a set 

of stuffing chairs, whose cost totalled 

GH¢ 21,000. 

The Managing Director of the 

company, Mr. Emmanuel Offei- 

Awuku, who made the donation on 

behalf of the company, commended 

the police for their support in 

clamping down on crime in various 

areas in the region and the country as 

a whole. 

According to Mr. Offei-Awuku, 

the donation was part of the 

company’s Corporate Social 

Responsibility, and that their 

donation fulfilled a request from the 

MTTD office to support the office in 

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Stop allocating NHIA funds to MPs, others - GMA 

BY KOJO ANSAH 

THE GHANA Medical Association 

(GMA) has called on the 

Government to supend all 

allocations from the National 

Health Insurance Authority 

(NHIA) Funds to ancillary 

programs, including allocation to 

Members of Parliament. 

"Government should suspend 

using NHIA funds for other 

purposes, " the GMA said. 

Addressing the media in 

Koforidua on Sunday to round off 

its 60th Anniversary and 2018 

Annual General Conference, 

President of GMA, Dr.Frank 

Ankobea, stated that the Asociation 

was mindful of the various 

challenges facing the financing of 

healthcare in Ghana and their 

impact on health service delivery 

and so wanted the government to 

take pragmatic measures to ensure 

that the NHIS, which is the biggest 

social intervention in the country 

providing affordable healthcare to 

all Ghanaians, would not collapse. 

The Association has therefore 

recommended to government 

to additionally ensure that “Health 

Service providers and the NHIA 

improve gatekeeping roles to 

prevent double claims payment for 

undelivered services and overinvoicing." 

Also, the GMA said it wanted 

improvement in the funding 

models, claims submissions and 

processing by electronic means, 

internal audit system, and 

punishment for offenders, corrupt 

staff members and service 

providers. 

In addition, GMA has opined 

that "NHIA should take the 

necessary steps to fix right and 

realistic tarrifs , urging the 

government to take immediate 

steps to ensure direct transfers of 

National Health Insurance Levy 

(NHIL) to NHIL account at Bank 

of Ghana and abort the current 

practice of paying the NHIL into 

the Consolidated Account. 

GMA also has recommended to 

•Officials of MTTD and Mighty Construction 

•Dr Frank Ankobea, 

president, and some 

members of GMA 

the government to "explore 

additional funding sources, which 

include the use of heritage taxes 

from natural resources, tourism and 

taxes on goods and services to 

bridge the funding gap in 

executing their work diligently. 

Speaking to the media after the 

donation, Mr. Offei-Awuku pleaded 

with the Police Administration in the 

country to be more vigilant on 

healthcare financing, and finally , 

"as matter of urgency, review its 

policy of monopolising the 

purchase of core drugs by health 

facilities from Central and Regional 

Medical stores as this has resulted 

persons who want to 

commit crimes, especially 

within populated areas in 

the country, assuring the 

Administration that the 

company would continue to 

support the Police Service 

as and when the need would 

arise. 

The Managing Director 

said the gesture from the 

company would go a long 

way to assist the police 

service to combat crime in 

the region. According him, 

that was not the first time 

and would not be the last 

time his company shall 

render such a gesture to the 

Ghana Police Service once 

he had come to understand 

that the service needed 

more support. 

The Regional MTTD 

commander, Chief 

Superintendent Prince Jude 

Cobbinah, with joy, received the 

donation and expressed the profound 

gratitude of the MTTD office to the 

Managing Director and his company 

in acute shortage of some 

essential medicines in health 

facilities across the country". 

GMA has meanwhile 

described as unacceptable the 

government’s failure to 

employ newly-trained and 

qualified medical doctors 

and dentists, despite the 

disproportion in the doctorto-patient 

ratio. 

"It is worrying that newlyqualified 

medical doctors 

/dentists as well as those 

who have completed 

housemanship over several 

months are currently staying 

at home unemployed, wasting 

away to the detriment of 

health care delivery in the 

country. 

“The GMA takes very 

serious view of this 

development and will like to state 

that the citing of lack of financial 

clearance as the reason for nonposting 

of medical doctors/dentists 

by the Ministry of Health is 

unacceptable," the GMA said.. 

for the kind gesture, saying the 

donation would be used for the 

intended purpose. 

The Superintendent of Police 

used the opportunity to call on 

corporate organizations, other 

institutions and philanthropists to 

emulate what Mr Offei-Awuku and 

his company had done. 

Mighty Construction Company 

Mr. Awuku said Mighty 

Construction Company is a 

construction firm whose contracting 

model is mainly based on 

Engineering, Procurement and 

Construction Management. 

According to him, the company 

believes in the future and prosperity 

of the country so it commits itself to 

a higher order of professionalism and 

character. 

The company, which has a good 

project history in the country, is 

currently constructing a multipurpose 

sports stadium in the Eastern 

Regional capital, Koforidua, and that 

the company’s construction services 

include building, road rehabilitation, 

bridge and industrial constructions 

and general civil works. 

2019 Budget will 

bring relief to 

Ghanaians – Kofi 

Ameyaw 

BY NANA KWABENA AGYARE 

A MEMBER of the 

communications team for the 

New Patriotic Party, Kofi 

Ameyaw, has urged Ghanaians 

to remain calm, assuring them 

that the 2019 budget to be 

read today, Thursday, will 

bring hope and relief to their 

suffering. 

He stated the 2019 budget 

would be a true reflection of 

what the Nana Akufo-Addoled 

administration promised 

Ghanaians ahead of the 2016 

general election because this 

would be the first time that 

the budget wouyld not be 

under the restrictions of the 

International Monetary Fund 

(IMF). 

"This budget will be a 

reflection of Nana Addo's 

policies and programmes 

because it won't come under 

the restrictions of the IMF." 

"Meaning we are going to 

have a rare impact of the 

President's well thought-out 

budget based on his 

assessment of the country," 

he said. 

He added this would afford 

the government the 

opportunity to channel funds 

into the various sectors of the 

economy that need to be 

attended to, thus improving 

on the quality of life of 

Ghanaians. 

Speaking on ‘Yensempa’ 

which airs on Agoo TV, Mr. 

Ameyaw said should this 

budget fail to bring relief and 

improvement in the lives of 

the citizenry, then Ghanaians 

could say the NPP 

government has failed them. 

“Beyond this budget, if we 

don’t see any significant 

improvement with regard to 

our economic fortunes, then 

there would be hard times 

ahead,” Ameyaw said. 

According to him, the 

Government has, since 

assuming power, laid the 

various foundations to ensure 

that the ordinary Ghanaian 

sees an improvement in their 

lives. 

•Osabarima Professor 

Opare Addo 

•Kofi Ameyaw, member of NPP communication team


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2018 

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GLiPGOA demands 

Atomic gas 

explosion report 

MTN adjudged ‘CSR 

Company of the Year’ 

MTN Ghana Foundation 

has been adjudged 

the ‘CSR 

Company of the 

Year 2018’ at the 

eighth Ghana CSR 

Excellence Awards (GHACEA). 

At the same event, MTN Ghana 

Foundation also won the ‘CSR Telecom 

of the Year’ and ‘CSR Award for 

Health’, making it a total of three 

awards on the night for the company. 

The awards were in recognition of 

the transformational CSR initiatives 

that had been implemented by MTN 

Ghana to promote social change and 

positively impact lives in the country. 

The ceremony, which was organized 

by the Centre for CSR, West 

Africa, is the only CSR Award 

scheme that is focused solely on how 

businesses respond to their internal 

and external stakeholders, the environment 

and society at large. 

Commenting on the awards, Mrs 

Pala Asiedu Ofori, Acting Corporate 

Service Executive of MTN Ghana, 

said, “I am excited that the Foundation 

has received these awards. The 

awards attest to the fact that the investments 

being made by MTN 

Ghana Foundation are indeed impacting 

communities across 

Ghana.MTN Ghana Foundation will 

continue to brighten the lives of the 

people within our communities 

through the implementation of sustainable 

projects.” 

Mrs Asiedu Ofori dedicated the 

awards to Board members of the 

MTN Ghana Foundation, Management 

and staff of MTN, and also to 

all MTN Foundation beneficiaries 

across the country. 

Since its establishment in 2007, 

the MTN Ghana Foundation has invested 

in and implemented over 142 

major projects in the areas of education, 

health and economic empowerment, 

which are impacting an 

estimated four million directly and indirectly. 

In all, the MTN Ghana 

Foundation has instituted 80 educational 

projects, 52 health projects and 

10 economic empowerment projects 

at total cost of 32 million. 

This year, the MTN Ghana Foundation 

has commissioned a 40-bed 

maternity-block for the Tema General 

Hospital, It also offered scholarships 

to 100 tertiary students under 

the Bright Scholarship Scheme. 

•MTN management at the awards ceremony 

The MTN Ghana Foundation has 

been recognized by many organisations 

for its contributions to sustainable 

and impactful projects across 

Ghana. The Foundation received the 

overall CSR Company of the Year 

2015 and 2016 bestowed on them by 

GHACEA. 

The MTN Ghana Foundation also 

won awards such as 2016 IPR Best 

Community Relations Programme of 

the Year and CSR Program of the 

Year 2015 given by the Head of State 

Awards (HoSA) Scheme. 

The eighth GHACEA was organized 

by the Centre for CSR, West 

Africa in collaboration with the Association 

of Ghana Industries and with 

support from the Ministry of Business 

Development, Ministry of Trade 

and Industry, Japan International Cooperation 

Agency and Plan International. 

The GHACEA seeks to promote 

the culture of social responsibility 

and sustainability among corporate 

organizations, practitioners and their 

stakeholders, including society at 

large. The GHACEA pushes organizations 

to invest in socially beneficial 

projects and initiatives. 

THE GHANA Liquefied 

Petroleum Gas Operators 

Association (GLiPGOA) 

has stated that the authorities 

have failed to 

produce a fire report to 

key stakeholders to know 

the exact cause of the 

Atomic gas explosions in 

Accra on October 7, 

2017. 

According to the 

group, it has taken steps 

to act on its own investigation 

into the accident 

to help get recommendations 

to be applied to 

avoid future occurrence. 

In a statement copied 

to the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, GLiPGOA 

stated that the National 

Petroleum Authority 

(NPA) is to be held responsible 

if bulk road vehicles 

are involved in any 

fire incident because they 

are inspected and licensed 

for a fee by them. 

“None of these accidents 

happened while the 

stations were performing 

their core activity of refilling 

cylinders and auto 

vehicles. In fact, there is 

no record of any station 

ever exploding on account 

of this core activity; 

never, although in the 

past concerns have been 

expressed about conditions 

under which some 

stations operate,” it explained. 

The association added 

that the concerns have 

been responded to by significantly 

improved standards 

at their refilling 

plants. 

GLiPGOA, after their 

investigations, recommended 

that going forward; 

stations should 

procure electric discharge 

pumps to ensure incident-free 

LPG transfers. 

The association stated 

clearly its opposition to 

the CRM implementation 

as not being the panacea 

to public and facility 

safety problems. 

According to them, “ 

it will not achieve the 

government’s national 

LPG promotion policy 

objective of 50% penetration 

by 2030 and also 

that the policy is discriminatory 

and infringes on 

our human rights as indigenous 

Ghanaians who 

have equal opportunity to 

invest in a legitimate business.” 

GLiPGOA stated 

their commitment to the 

Sustainable Energy for 

All (SE4ALL) goals of 

reducing Household Air 

Pollution (HAP - that is 

causing the deaths of 

several thousands of 

Ghanaians each year) and 

arresting the rapid rate of 

deforestation with its associated 

climate change 

impacts. 

“We are all aware that 

safety is a shared responsibility 

that is why the 

LPG operators do their 

best on safety standards 

at the stations. Public 

safety cuts across [the] 

board, it is not limited to 

the LPG Industry alone. 

Nine months into this 

year, more than one 

thousand seven hundred 

(1,700) people had died 

on account of road accidents,” 

they said.



DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 11 

Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

Ghana, Qatar Sign 5 agreements 

THE GOVERN- 

MENTS of the Republic 

of Ghana and 

State of Qatar have 

signed five Memoranda 

of Understanding 

(MoU) for the 

establishment of partnerships between 

the two countries. 

This signing ceremony took 

place on Tuesday, November 13, 

2018, when the President of the 

Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, paid a day’s official 

visit to Qatar, where he held bilateral 

talks with the Emir, Sheikh 

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. 

The first MoU signed was the 

“agreement on for the avoidance 

of Double Taxation and the prevention 

of Fiscal Evasion with respect 

to taxes on income.” 

This agreement would help to 

alleviate territorial double taxation 

of the same income by the two 

countries. The agreement was 

signed on behalf of the Govern- 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo holding bilateral 

talks with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani 

•Prof. Newman 

Kusi, Executive 

Director, IFS 

ment of Ghana by the Minister 

for Foreign Affairs, 

Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, 

and, on behalf of 

Qatar, by Mr Ali Shareef 

Alamadi, Minister for Finance. 

The next MoU was on 

“The Regulation of Manpower 

Employment in the 

State of Qatar”, signed, on 

behalf of Ghana, by the 

Minister for Foreign Affairs, 

Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, 

and, on behalf of 

Qatar, by Mr Uposif Bin 

Mohammed Al Othman, 

Minister for Administrative 

Development and Labour 

and Social Affairs. 

The third and fourth 

MoUs signed were “Abolishing 

Visa Requirements for 

the holders of diplomatic 

and special passports”, and 

the “Establishment of consultations 

on issues of mutual 

interest between the Government 

of the State of Qatar and 

the Government of the Republic 

of Ghana.” These were both 

signed, on behalf of Ghana, by 

Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs., 

on behalf of Qatar, by Mr 

Sultan Bin Saad Al Muraikhi, Minister 

of State for Foreign Affairs. 

The “Memorandum of Understanding 

between Qatar Chamber 

and Ghana National Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry” was the 

last to be signed. This was done by 

Nana Dr Appiagyei Dankwoso I, 

President of the Ghana National 

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 

and Shaikh Khalifa Bin Jassim 

Bin Mohammed Al Thani, 

Chairman of the Qatar Chamber. 

President Akufo-Addo and 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al 

Thani also pledged to deepen the 

ties of co-operation and bonds of 

friendship that exist between the 

two countries for the mutual benefit 

of their peoples. 

You are governing Ghana well – Emir of Qatar to President Akufo-Addo 

THE EMIR of Qatar, Sheikh 

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has 

praised the President of the Republic, 

Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo, for his leadership 

over the last 22 months, stating 

that “you are governing Ghana 

well.” 

According to Sheikh Tamim 

bin Hamad Al Thani, the fundamentals 

of the Ghanaian economy, 

coupled with the prevailing social 

indicators, points to a “good example” 

worthy of emulation by 

others on the continent. 

The Emir of Qatar made this 

known on Tuesday, 13thNovember, 

2018, when President Akufo- 

Addo paid a day’s reciprocal 

official visit to Qatar, at the invitation 

of the Emir. 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al 

Thani, in his remarks, applauded 

the conducive investment and 

business climate being established 

in Ghana, and was hopeful of 

forging a strong relationship with 

Ghana, adding that “there are lots 

of opportunities that we can do 

together.” 

Already, he indicated that the 

State of Qatar was readying the 

Qatar Investment Authority, the 

state-owned holding company that 

specializes in domestic and foreign 

investment, to explore opportunities 

in the areas of energy, tourism, 

agriculture, security, education, and 

infrastructural development in 

Ghana. 

With the state of insecurity in 

the Sahel, in West Africa, being of 

major concern to the world, the 

Emir stated that military assistance 

from Qatar, to help fight the 

scourge of terrorism in countries 

like Burkina Faso and Mali, was in 

the offing, and assured Ghana of 

•President Nana Akufo-Addo exchanging 

pleasantries with Qatari officials 

Qatar’s support in helping to equip 

Ghana’s security apparatus to deal 

with the menace. 

On his part, President Akufo- 

Addo thanked Sheikh Tamim bin 

Hamad Al Thani for the invitation 

to visit Qatar. 

The President noted that 

Ghana, as a sovereign country, will 

not be dissuaded by anyone from 

pursuing a relationship with Qatar, 

adding that “we are determined to 

have a good relationship with 

Qatar, we value the relationship, 

and we will continue with it.” 

As alluded to by the Emir of 

Qatar, President Akufo-Addo 

noted that the preoccupation of 

his government, since assuming 

office in January 2017, has been to 

build a strong economy which will 

give investors, domestic and foreign, 

the confidence to invest in 

Ghana, and, thereby, deliver improved 

standards of living for the 

Ghanaian people. 

His Government, as a result, he 

said, is embarking on an aggressive 

public private partnership programme 

to attract investment in 

the development of the country’s 

infrastructure. 

President Akufo-Addo was 

hopeful that with solid participation 

from the Qatari Government 

and its private sector, Ghana can 

develop a modern railway network 

with strong production centre linkages 

that will connect the country 

to Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, and 

to Togo. 

The President also reiterated 

the presence of several other projects 

in the areas of roads, water, 

housing, transport, industry, manufacturing, 

agriculture, petroleum 

and gas, and the exploitation of 

Ghana’s mineral wealth which are 

being structured to attract private 

sector financing. 

He was, thus, hopeful that the 

respective visits to Ghana and 

Qatar by himself and Sheikh 

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will 

mark the beginning of a fruitful 

and productive relationship between 

the two countries, which 

will inure to the benefit of their 

peoples.


12 

DAILY 

Statement: 

Politics 


HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 

Ghana set to lose over $2b 

• If MPS GAPOHA Port Expansion Deal is not reviewed 

IN 2015, the Board and Management 

of Ghana Ports and 

Harbors Authority (GPHA) 

took the decision to build another 

terminal at Tema harbour. 

The decision had been taken because 

of the need for a new automated 

terminal that increased the 

volume and efficiency of operations 

at the harbour. 

Its successful completion was to 

make Tema a competitive global shipping 

hub. Not only was this necessitated 

by the global trend towards 

automation and competition but also 

the growth in population, increased 

economic activity and the corresponding 

lifestyle choices of Ghanaians as 

a result of economic growth. 

The original plan by GPHA 

sought to put the expansion project 

through a competitive tendering 

process. Two projects were advertised-one 

for the construction of the 

terminal and the other for the operations 

once the terminal was completed. 

This decision had been 

unanimously taken by the board and 

management as it safeguarded 

GPHA’s economic interest and guaranteed 

a speedy completion of the 

project. 

Over 56 entities expressed interest 

of which 20 were shortlisted. The 

likes of VanOord, Jan de Null, 

Boskalis, Besix, CHEC China Harbour 

and Jay Cashman(USA) expressed 

interest. Another 15 bids 

were received for the operation of 

the new terminal. Bids from these 

global companies underscored the 

high interest the project had generated 

across the globe. 

Interestingly, no bids were received 

from Meridian Port Services 

(MPS), a consortium formed in 2003 

consisting of Meridian Port Holdings 

(MPH) and GPHA, APMT and Bollare, 

the companies that make up 

MPH however registered their interest 

as separate entities for the Terminal 

Operations Tender. 

Midway through the terminal operations 

tender, the National Democratic 

Congress (NDC) government 

under former President John Mahama 

issued a presidential fiat halting 

the entire process. Apart from the 

fact that this directive grossly 

breached the Public Procurement 

Rules, it also severely impeded the 

ability of GPHA to freely and competitively 

negotiate in the interest of 

Ghanaians. This ultimately set the 

stage for a badly negotiated contract 

that mortgaged the economic interest 

of Ghanaians to MPS and its foreign 

shareholders for a generation. 

To emphasize the seriousness of 

this capitulation we discuss two main 

points: first, under the Investment 

Protection Regime of the agreement 

(clause 3.3), GPHA is precluded from 

initiating, developing or authorizing 

the development or operation of any 

other container terminal within the 

Tema Port and within a radius of 20 

nautical miles. The Danquah Institute 

•Former President John 

Mahama 

is arguing that, this clause fetters the 

ability of GPHA to carry out its 

mandate as required under section 5 

of PNDCL 160, to inter alia, “maintain 

the port facilities, extend, and enlarge 

facilities as the authority sees fit, 

and regulate the use of a port and of 

port facilities”. Clause 3.3 of the 

DoA therefore is inconsistent with 

the general duty imposed on GPHA 

not to contract out of its statutory 

mandate under PNDCL 160. 

Second, in view of the fact that 

container business attracted nearly 

$97.24 million in 2017 it is baffling to 

say the least how any well-meaning 

negotiator will agree to fundamentally 

cede the main source of revenue of 

GHPA to MPS at first asking. 

The above notwithstanding, by 

November 2015, the 2004 

contract(MPS2) between GPHA and 

MPS had been amended giving full 

rights for both the construction and 

operation of the new terminal to 

MPS. A critical look at the DoA establishing 

(MPS3) does not only expose 

the effects of the lack of a 

competitive tendering process but 

possess an existential threat to 

GPHA as we know it. Let us be 

under no illusion, the consequences 

of the MPS3 contract as it stands on 

GPHA, the numerous private stevedoring 

companies and Ghanaians in 

general will be economically dire. 

Let’s critically review these facts. If 

the MPS3 agreement is implemented 

in its current form 

GPHA and Ghanaians for the 

matter will lose 72% of the $109 million 

revenue GPHA made in 2017(expected 

annual revenue drops to 

$30million*) over the life of the contract 

GPHA stands to lose in excess 

of $2billion. 

At least 1400 Ghanaians permanently 

employed by GPHA between 

Tema and Takoradi will lose their 

jobs by 2020. This figure does not 

take into account temporary/casual 

workers who work for GPHA or the 

employees of the many private stevedoring 

companies that depend on 

GPHA for business. 

Volume of containers handled by 

GPHA and other licensed container 

handling companies will decline by at 

least 60%! 

Container stevedoring revenue 

will decline from $10.688 million to 

us4.21 (representing a decline of - 

60.54%) 

Container shore handling revenue 

will decline from $38.75 million to 

$17 million (representing a decline of 

56%) 

Royalties revenue on mps operations 

will decline from •Steven $24.12 E. Hendrix, million 

to $6.57 million (-73.67% USAID/Ghana decline) Acting 

Terminal area rent Mission revenue Director from 

mps terminal will decline from 

$826,000 to nil (-100%/zero) 

berth occupancy revenue from 

mps terminal will decline from $1.915 

million to nil (-100% /zero) 

Port dues revenue on mps container 

operations will decline from 

$29 million to 2.9 million (representing 

a decline of 90%) 

More worryingly, mps under the 

terms of the new contract is free to 

add additional tariffs, *and may 

ADAG 074 

charge for new services, * on top of 

the GPHA approved tariffs without 

consulting GPHA. this will likely lead 

to increases in the price of everyday 

consumer and other goods that 

Ghanaians depend on 

As an economic and democratic 

example in Africa, Ghana is and has 

always been a great hub for foreign 

investment and business. Ghanaians 

continue to actively seek partners 

who identify with the great business 

and investment potential this country 

has to offer. But this drive for investments 

in our bid to modernize our 

infrastructure, create jobs and improve 

the standards of living of our 

people should not mean we negotiate 

badly against the interest of the state 

and the people of Ghana. In fact, in 

the past when such bad agreements 

have been exposed, some have argued 

that although the terms of investment 

might be unfavorable to Ghanaians, 

the need to protect our image as 

a friendly investment destination in 

Africa and the alternative of no investments 

should tamper our critique 

of such one-sided agreements. 

Although the above binary is 

Ghana Revenue Authority 

Integrity. Fairness. Service. 

DOMESTIC TAX REVENUE DIVISION 

false, the later seems to have underpinned 

years of unfair investment 

practices, provided cover for some 

corrupt officials and perpetuated stale 

colonial-era narratives that have 

sought economic dominance and 

subjugation of indigenous investment 

initiatives. 

The Danquah Institute (DI) is 

therefore calling for a better understanding 

of our strengths, appreciation 

of our resources as a nation and 

an open and transparent approach to 

investment and negotiation practices. 

This will help us negotiate balanced, 

fair and economically beneficial 

agreements that improve the lives of 

all Ghanaians. 

It is against this backdrop that all 

the parties to the MPS3 agreement 

should •Kojo sit Oppong and re-examine Nkrumah, the terms 

of Minister the contract of Information 

to ensure it is fair and 

economical beneficial to all the parties 

involved. In the event that the 

parties involved are unable to agree 

new terms within 60 days, the Danquah 

Institute will take legal action in 

the public interest. Nobody should 

underestimate our resolve to see this 

contract renegotiated. 

PAYMENT OF WITHHOLDING TAXES 

– OCTOBER, 2018 

ALL WITHHOLDING TAX AGENTS 

TO NOTE 

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) wishes to remind all withholding tax agents 

including VAT Withholding Agents appointed by the Commissioner-General that 

withholding taxes must be paid to the Domestic Tax Revenue Division (DTRD) of 

the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) by the 15 th of every month. 

Withholding taxes including withholding on VAT deducted from: 

Suppliers operating the VAT Standard Rate Scheme (17.5%) 

 

 

 

 

employment, 

payment for the supply or use of goods, 

payment for the supply of any works 

payment for the supply of services and all other withheld taxes for October, 

2018 are due by 15 th November, 2018. 

Pay all withheld taxes on due dates. 

All payments should be made with an 

accompanying schedule, in both hard and soft copies, indicating gross amount, the 

tax deducted and name(s) of taxpayer(s) from whom the taxes were withheld. VAT 

withholding agents must submit the VAT withholding Returns. 

Please note that failure to pay tax on due date attracts an interest of 125% of the 

statutory rate, compounded monthly on the outstanding tax. 

#OurTaxesOurFuture 

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WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 

The ‘Breda 

Birthday Jam’ 

on Nov 17 

Preachers' ‘OnPointChallenge’ 

dance goes wild 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

PREACHERS, A Ghanaian multiple-award-winning 

urban gospel 

trio made up of three members, 

namely Obed Psych, Emani Beats 

and Edmund Baidoo, few weeks 

ago dropped an Afrobeat single 

dubbed ‘On Point’. 

The new single has stirred up a 

dance challenge which has been 

hastagged #OnPointChallenge. 

Some of the dancers’ groups that 

have exhibited incredible dance 

moves so far include Hubes Dukes, 

Majik, Jims N Dims from Kenya, 

•Preacher’s urban gospel artiste 

Levite Generation of Central University 

College, Yung & Saved of 

Lighthouse Chapel. 

Speaking to the trio, they said a 

dance challenge was not something 

they planned but they are excited 

to see the impact the song is making. 

"We are planning the music 

video for the song so the winners 

of the challenge will be featured in 

it" Obed Psych, lead singer of 

Preachers disclosed. 

Since 2009, as pacesetters of the 

urban gospel movement in Ghana, 

they have toured locally and internationally 

to preach the word of 

God through their music. 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

POPULAR GHANA- 

IAN media entrepreneur 

and 

artiste-cum-actor, 

Jason Osman EL- 

Agha, known in showbiz as 

Jason El- A, will be celebrating 

his birthday in grand style with a 

jam at Osu at Oasis on Saturday, 

November 17. 

According to the manager of 

the artiste, Nana Dope, this jam 

is especially dedicated to all his 

fans whom he calls ‘Bredas’and 

loved ones. He confirmed that 

the party which is being put together 

by the team would see a 

lot of celebrity friends like 

Medikal, Kelvynboy, Eddie 

Khae, Sista Afia, and Sefa to 

join Jason have a proper jam 

with his fans. 

He told the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE that “Jason’s fans have 

played a major role in his career, 

during his down moments, the 

fans showed him too much love. 

And because of this, they can 

never be forgotten.The night is 

going to be an amazing one with 

lots of surprises, so everyone 

should come through Oasis 

(Just beside Club Onyx) on the 

November 17 at 8:00p.m.” 

Jason El –A is currently the 

host of ‘Musicbox’ on 

4syteTvV, the brand influencer 

for Origin and adidas. He has 

songs like ‘Feelings’, ‘No symphathy’, 

‘Things’ featuring, 

Kwesi Arthur, and ‘Obaa Sima’, 

which are doing very well ever 

since he released them. 

The young champ, who is a 

Ghana-born Arabian is arguably 

one of the best male TV presenters 

in the country as he has 

gained a lot of recognition over 

the years for his very simple and 

interesting presentation 

skills.This has made him earn 

nominations at the Radio and 

Television personality awards 

and other prestigious awards. 

•Jason 

Osman EL- 

Agha. Photo 

credit: 

Smithimaging 

We don’t need censorship; it stifles creativity – Rex Omar 

VETERAN MUSICIAN Rex Omar 

has kicked against any attempt to 

censor songs •Nenesenor in Ghana. 

According to him, any attempt 

to check and control the lyrics of 

songs in the name of curbing profanity 

will kill creativity. 

Contributing to the issue of profanity 

on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz 

FM with Andy Dosty, the ‘Abiba’ 

hit maker said he had always held a 

different opinion whenever people 

talk about such things. 

“What is profanity”, he asked, 

and noted that songs that people 

perceive to be profane are songs 

about life and things that are happening 

in society. 

“Social songs are social songs, 

political songs are political songs, 

lifestyle songs are lifestyle songs,” 

so, “sensual songs are sensual 

songs,” Rex Omar stressed. 

He noted that people are sometimes 

“judgmental”, forgetting that 

things are not like they were 30 

years ago. “The kids are more experienced,” 

the musician said. 

Rex Omar noted attractions between 

male and female are natural 

and therefore, “let’s not use profanity 

for a song,” because “it is not 

right.” 

The veteran musician, who doubles 

as the Chairman of the Ghana 

Music Rights Organisation 

(GHAMRO), kicked against any attempt 

to implement a censorship 

policy. 

According to him, “creativity is a 

thing of the minds so you cannot 

sensor the creativity of the mind.” 

The GHAMRO Chair cited, for 

example, that when he listens to 

A.B. Crentsil’s ‘Moses’, which at a 

point was banned because of its alleged 

profanity, he listens to the creativity 

of the song while someone 

else will see the song from a different 

perspective. 

Rex Omar, buttressing his point, 

explained that to some people, 

some words in songs are classy 

while others will see those same 

words are “distasteful”. 

“We don’t have any [Censorship] 

Board like that and we don’t need 

any board like that...it kills creativity...censorship 

will stifle creativity,” 

he said. 

The veteran musician stressed 

that controlling musicians’ lyrics or 

content will even infringe on their 

rights.

14 



Boomplay, Universal Music 

Group announce distribution 

partnership for Africa 

BOOMPLAY, A music-streaming 

and download service organisation, 

and Universal Music Group 

(UMG), the world leader in 

music-based entertainment, have 

announced the signing of a landmark licensing 

agreement covering multiple markets 

within Africa. 

UMG is the first major music company to 

license its catalog to Boomplay, which has 

quickly established itself as the most popular 

streaming service in Africa. Under the terms 

of the multi-year agreement, which takes effect 

immediately, Boomplay will distribute 

music from UMG’s world-renowned labels 

through its streaming and download platform 

in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, 

Uganda and Zambia. 

Boomplay currently provides more than 

two million songs and thousands of music 

videos to more than 36 million users, with 

nearly two million new users added each 

month. 

Users will now have access to UMG’s extensive 

catalog of both local and global 

recording artists, including Eminem, Tekno, 

Post Malone, Nicki Minaj, Lady Zamar, Lil 

Wayne, Bob Marley, Brenda Fassie, Wurld, 

J.Cole, Dr. Tumi, Nasty C, 6lack, Diana Ross, 

Hugh Masekela, Jon Bellion, Larry Gaaga, 

Tamia, Maroon 5, Aka &Anatii, TJAN, Jah- 

Prayzah, NonsoBassey, Mafikizolo, Cina Soul, 

Ella Mai,and Mr. Eazi. 

Earlier this year, UMG announced the 

launch of Universal Music Nigeria, a new division 

within Western Africa, to provide 

artistes with comprehensive opportunities 

throughout the region and to provide pan- 

African talent the best possible launch pad 

for wider international success. 

UMG is accelerating the company’s focus 

on growing the entire African music ecosystem, 

including recorded music, music publishing, 

production, live events, brand 

partnerships and merchandising efforts. 

Making the announcement, Universal 

Music Group Executive Vice-President, Market 

Development Adam Granite, said, “We’re 

looking forward to working with Boomplay 

as we provide our African artistes a range of 

creative, marketing and promotional resources 

to accelerate their careers within this 

vibrant and growing music market. 

“This agreement will help UMG artistes 

to reach new audiences, whilst boosting the 

African streaming experience to benefit both 

music fans, artists and songwriters.” 

The EzegozieEze Jr., General Manager, 

Universal Music Nigeria, said, “This partnership 

extends our reach and makes our 

artistes’ music accessible to millions of 

African music lovers. We are delighted to be 

the first global music company to partner 

with Boomplay and look forward to bringing 

the extraordinary creativity of our artistes to 

as many Africans users as possible.” 

Also commenting, Boomplay’s CEO, Joe 

He, said Boomplay would continue to forge 

partnerships that enrich the digital ecosystem 

and connect music lovers with their favourite 

songs anytime and anywhere. 

“Boomplay is determined to continue 

meeting the music passion point of Africans, 

especially Boomplay users, in a legitimate 

way, and teaming up with a major music company 

in the global music industry like Universal 

Music Group offers yet another 

significant opportunity for us to do so,” he 

said. 

The Boomplay App, which is currently 

only available to Android users, is scheduled 

for release via iOS in the coming weeks. In 

addition, new Boomplay users will be able to 

obtain a free one-month subscription when 

they opt in for a monthly auto-renewable 

subscription plan. 

Boomplay is a music streaming and download 

service owned by Transsnet Music 

Limited. Boomplay houses millions of 

songs and videos, connecting music 

lovers with their favourite songs anytime, 

anywhere. Boomplay currently 

has over 36 million users, out of which, 

over 10 million are from Google Play 

store, and the rest from global pre-installation 

on TECNO, Infinix and Itel 

devices. 

The service is currently available for 

Web and Android use. The app, which 

won the Best African App at the 2017 

Apps Africa Awards, allows its users to 

stream and download their favourite songs 

and videos, as well as subscribe to a plan in 

order to save music for offline play. Over the 

years, different payment platforms have been 

introduced and music lovers are able to pay 

for music via mobile money, bank cards or 

Boomcoin cards. Boomplay aims to build the 

largest and most sustainable digital music 

ecosystem. 

UMG is the world leader in music-based 

entertainment, with a broad array of businesses 

engaged in recorded music, music 

publishing, merchandising and audiovisual 

content in more than 60 countries. 

Featuring the most comprehensive catalog 

of recordings and songs across every musical 

genre, UMG identifies and develops artistes 

and produces and distributes the most critically-acclaimed 

and commercially-successful 

music in the world. 

Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, 

UMG fosters the development 

of services, platforms and business 

models in order to broaden artistic and commercial 

opportunities for our artistes and create 

new experiences for fans. 

Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company. 

Former President Kufour honours young enterpreneur 

FORMER PRESIDENT John 

Agyekum Kufuor has honoured one 

of Ghana’s fast-rising Chief Executive 

Officer (CEO), Dr William 

Anarfi Sarpong, popularly called Dr 

WASK, on the occasion of the celebration 

of the birthday of Dr 

WASK. 

A beautifully-framed picture of 

the former President and Dr WASK 

was presented on Mr Kufuor’s behalf 

at a birthday and honorary dinner 

held at the residence of Dr WASK. 

Former President Kufuor has 

been more than a Godfather to the 

young CEO for many years. 

The birthday dinner brought together 

a number of dignitaries from 

all spheres of life. 

Some dignitaries spotted at the 

ceremony were a son of former 

President Kufuor, Edward Kufuor, 

Majid Michel, Timothy Bentum, Mr 

Martin Ofori, CEO of Crystal Capital 

and Mr Benjamin Amusah, Director 

of WASK group, 

The rest were Dominic Pawinski, 

CEO, Circle Link; Dr James Dakyi 

Clayman, Gynecologist - LEKMA 

Hospital, Joseph Mfransi-Essien, 

CEO - Afiezewah Style Homes; and 

Conrad Kakraba, GTV News. 

The young, vibrant, energetic 

and enterprising business 

grandee is the Pioneer Leader 

for Vida Divina, a company 

which produces health and wellbeing 

products. 

The ever pleasant-looking 

CEO is often described as ‘one 

who can even sell a condom to 

a Pope’ due to his excellent 

skills in network marketing. 

Also described as a fast-rising 

star of Africa, Dr. WASK 

believes in youth empowerment 

and often holds a number of 

training workshops to empower 

young men and women on how 

to excel in network marketing. 

The voguish CEO also has a 

very soft spot for the needy and 

so on Saturday, November 3, 

2018, launched the Wask Family 

Foundation at the company’s office 

at Spintex in Accra. 

The foundation aims at alleviating 

poverty and creating a sense 

of belonging amongst the less-privileged 

in society. 

The foundation’s first philanthropic 

activity began by way of 

feeding over 500 children at James 

Town on the day of the launch. 

•Edward Kufuor (R) presenting 

the framed picture to Dr 

William Anarfi Sarpong 

Dr WASK is also the Founder 

and President of WASK Group, one 

of the fastest-growing business 

groups in Ghana. 

He also has a rich and enviable 

experience in strategic innovation, 

business strategy and indepth expertise 

in SME advisory service, project 

financing and development. 

Again, he is the founder and 

CEO of TRAMO Ghana, a company 

which specializes in waste management 

(Recycling), CircleLink 

Innovation and WASK Health Services. 

Dr WASK has also 

bagged a number of awards 

such as the ‘Innovator 

Award 2013’; ‘KNUST 

Vice Chancellor’s Award’; 

‘The Entrepreneurship 

Award’ at the IPMATIC 

African Awards 2014 and 

the ‘Best Global Business 

Growth Influencer’ at the 

World Changers Summit in 

Dubai. 

He also spearheaded the 

United States Peace Corps 

stars project in Kumasi. 

He holds satisfactory 

certification from the College 

of Health Sciences at 

the Kwame Nkrumah University 

of Science and 

Technology. 

In addition to his credit, 

he has a Professional Certificate 

in Corporate and 

Strategic Management. 

DR WASK is also an Honorary 

Professor of the Academic Union, 

Oxford UK, an international academic 

association of over 200 University 

Chancellors, Scientists and 

Researchers.

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Sports 

DAILY HERITAGE 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 

15 

AFCON Qualifier: 

Black Stars train 

in Kenya 

FIFA U-17 WWC: Ghana 

hammer host Uruguay 5-0 

GHANA SCORED two goals 

in the first half en route to a 5- 

0 victory over hosts Uruguay 

on the opening day at the FIFA 

U-17 Women’s World Cup 

2018, with captain Mukarama 

Abdulai claiming a hat-trick in 

the Group A contest. 

Despite a partisan Uruguay 

crowd spurring on the hosts at 

the Estadio Charrua, it was the 

impressive Ghanaians that controlled 

the early stages of the 

contest, with Animah Grace 

given a clear sight of goal but 

striking wide of the target just 

six minutes in. 

It was a sign of things to 

come, as the Black Maidens 

claimed a firm grip on proceedings 

with two goals in five firsthalf 

minutes. They opened the 

scoring when an unmarked Fuseina 

Mumuni took a pass from 

Abdulai and converted it with a 

simple turn and finish. The 

West Africans quickly doubled 

their advantage, as Grace’s fine 

•Millot Pokuaa 

cross from the left found Abdulai 

to head home at the far 

post. 

It was a challenging opening 

period for La Celeste, who 

needed to replace injured goalkeeper 

Jennifer Sosa with 

Agustina Caraballo in one of 

two substitutions that Uruguay 

made before half-time. 

Caraballo was called on to 

keep her side in the match early 

in the second half, as she denied 

a breaking Abdulai a goal 

at close range before team-mate 

Juliana Viera had to clear another 

Abdulai effort off the 

Uruguay goalline. 

A third goal would arrive on 

66 minutes, as Millot Pokuaa 

broke in and finished with 

aplomb before Abdulai completed 

her hat-trick with two 

late goals in a fine Ghanaian 

performance in Montevideo. 

The ‘Player of the match’ 

was Ghanaian Mukarama Abdulai. 

THE BLACK Stars 

started their training 

yesterday in Kenya 

with 10 players reporting 

to 

camp ahead of their 2019 Africa 

Cup of Nations qualifier against 

Ethiopia. 

The team was expected to 

start training on Tuesday night but 

with just half of the squad invited, 

so coach Kwesi Appiah could not 

have his training session. 

Ghana will play as guests to the 

Walias of Ethiopia at the Addis 

Ababa Stadium on Sunday, November 

18, in the sixth game of 

Group F. 

All 20-invited players called up 

for the 

match, with 

exception of 

Kwadwo 

Asamoah, 

who has 

been excused 

for injury, 

will converge 

in Kenya before 

leaving 

for Addis 

Ababa for 

the games on 

Sunday. 

Coach 

Appiah and 

his two assistants, 

Ibrahim 

Tanko and 

Maxwell 

•Black Stars team 

Konadu, technical coordinator 

Stephen Appiah, goalkeepers 

trainer Richard Kingston and the 

other members left Accra for 

Kenya on Monday evening, arriving 

in Kenya later than expected. 

Below is the squad list: 

Goalkeepers: 

Richard Ofori (Martizburg, 

South Africa) Lawrence Ati 

(Sochaux, France). 

Defenders: 

Harrison Afful (Columbus 

Crew, USA) John Boye (FC Metz, 

France) Lumor Agbenyenu (Sporting 

CP, Portugal) Andy Yiadom 

(Reading Football Club, England) 

Jonathan Mensah (Columbus 

Crew, USA) Kassim Nuhu (TSG 

Hoffenheim, Germany). 

Midfielders: 

Andre Ayew (Fenerbahce, 

Turkey) Mubarak Wakaso (Alaves, 

Spain) Afriyie Acquah 

(Empoli,Italy) Christian Atsu 

(Newcastle, England) Nana Ampomah 

(Waasland-Beveren, Belgium) 

Thomas Partey (Atlético 

Madrid) Majeed Ashimeru (St. 

Gallen, Switzerland). 

Forwards: 

Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace, 

England) Asamoah Gyan (Kayserispor, 

Turkey) Majeed Waris 

(FC Nantes, France) Emmanuel 

Boateng (Levante, Spain). 

10 More talents join Maltavator Challenge Season 2 finale in Takoradi 

•Some of the recruits 

A NERVE-RACKING competition at 

the Police Reserve Park in Takoradi last 

Saturday has produced 10 more contestants 

in the ongoing Maltavator Challenge 

Season 2. 

This brings to 20 the total number of 

challengers recruited so far to compete in 

the grand finale of the Maltavator Challenge 

Season 2 in Accra in January 2019. 

Out of the 150 competitors who registered 

for the Takoradi challenge, 40 

made it through to the elimination stage, 

out of which10 finalists were selected 

following a rigorous obstacle course. 

The contestants wove through cones, 

took high knee runs through tyres, made 

low crawls, jumped hurdles, balanced run 

on a log, flipped tyres among others to 

reach the finish line. 

The winner of the Takoradi Challenge, 

James Eddie Bamfo, who failed to 

make the cut in Accra and so tried his 

luck in Takoradi, said he felt more motivated 

now to go for the top prize. 

“Every beginning has an end and 

every good beginning has a good end. I 

believe I will make it to the Finals in 

South Africa and bring home the ultimate,” 

he said. 

The Brands Manager for Malta Guinness, 

Roland Ofori, was thrilled at the 

level of participation and determination 

from the Takoradi contestants and expressed 

the hope that Ghana could go on 

to win the $20,000 at stake in the Africa 

challenge in South Africa. 

“The Maltavator Challenge has been 

set up to test the resilience, agility and energy 

of our consumers, and with the level 

of determination and commitment I 

have seen in Accra and Takoradi, I have 

no doubt we will bring home the ultimate,” 

Ofori said. 

The next stop for the competition, 

which is organized by the leading malt 

beverage, Malta Guinness, will be at the 

Opoku Ware Senior High School 

(OWASS) in Kumasi on November 17. 

Ten more hopefuls will be recruited and 

this will be followed by a final stop at the 

Kaladan Park in Tamale on November 

24. 

The 40 top contestants will now compete 

for one of the six available slots in 

the grand finale to represent Ghana in 

South Africa. Ghana’s six representatives 

will battle other competitors from Nigeria, 

Cameroun, Kenya, Ethiopia and Cote 

d’Ivoire for the $20,000 prize money.

15/11/2018 

THURSDAY. DAILY HERITAGE 

Email: info@dailyheritage.com.gh 

Miss Universe, 

others model 

for peace 

EVEN BEFORE she hits 

the stage at the 2018 Miss 

Universe International 

pageant in Bangkok, 

Thailand in December, 

Miss Universe Ghana ’18, Akpene 

Diata Hoggar, has started making 

waves on the global stage. 

She displayed her impeccable 

modelling skills on the runway at the 

Fashion for Peace show held in the 

French capital, Paris, on Tuesday, 

November 13, drawing rave reviews 

from guests at the event and fans on 

social media. 

“She walks excellently!” “Go 

queen,” “She had the best walk. 

Diata making us proud” – these 

were some of the comments that 

her fans poured on the Miss 

Universe Ghana Organisation 

Instagram page, where videos and 

photographs of the show were 

posted. 

Miss Hoggar, who modelled in 

designs cut and stitched by Ghana’s 

rising fashion star, Duaba Serwa, 

and Senegalese in-demand designer, 

Sophie Zinga, shared the runway 

with other models from around the 

world. 

The fashion show formed part of 

activities marking the official launch 

of a 100-million Euro project 

known as the Impact Fund for 

Africa (IFFA), a new investment 

fund supporting African creative 

talents working in the fashion and 

life-class industries. 

The Fund was launched in 

France during the Paris Peace 

Forum, an initiative by French 

President Emmanuel Macron, 

attracting over 84 Heads of State, 

the United Nations Secretary-General 

and many dignitaries. 

The fund will address the 

investments needed to leverage the 

power of the creative and cultural 

industries to expand the social capital 

of sub-Saharan African countries and 

thus contribute to the United Nations 

Sustainable Development Goals, as well 

as promote inclusive growth in these 

economies. 

• Miss Universe Ghana '18 Akpene Diata Hoggar, (right) and others on the 

runway at the Fashion for Peace show in Paris, France. 

The IFFA is under the auspices of 

the Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI), 

African Fashion Fund (AFF) and the 

European Commission (EC). 

The Impact Fund for Africa (IFFA) 

will be managed by Roberta Annan 

Capital Partners (RACP) with members 

from the EFI serving as non-executive 

board members and managing the 

sustainability committee, which will 

contribute to the mobilisation of 

private capital for the financing of 

investments in support of the African 

creative and life-class industry. 

Ms. Roberta Annan is the Managing 

Partner of Roberta Annan Capital 

Partners, and Founder of the African 

Fashion Fund (AFF). 

For over 10 years, the Ethical 

Fashion Initiative (EFI) has invested in 

refining production systems that enable 

production with community groups of 

micro-entrepreneurs in target countries 

working in the luxury and life-class 

sectors supporting international 

companies such as Vivienne 

Westwood and Stella McCartney to 

source high-quality and ethicallyproduced 

artisanal goods from some 

of the developing world’s most 

difficult environments. 

The African designers selected to 

present their works at the Fashion 

for Peace show included Duaba 

Serwa, a contemporary Ghanaian 

fashion brand founded in 2011. The 

brand has been featured on CNN, 

Forbes, Vogue Italia and Deutsch 

Welle. 

The other Ghanaian brand was 

Chocolate by Kwaku Bediako. 

Chocolate draws inspiration from 

the rich Ghanaian culture, life-class, 

taste and preferences. The Chocolate 

brand has grown rapidly in these 

past few years due to detailing and 

the passion to become the best 

custom-made menswear fashion 

brand in Ghana 

The third was Senegalese fashion 

label, Sophie Zinga, which is a 

socially-conscious women’s wear 

brand featuring hand-woven 

Senegalese cloths and semi-precious 

stones. 

Also on display were SHE-Y, a 

Menaye skincare products by former 

Miss Universe Ghana and 

international model, Menaye Donkor 

Muntari, who is also the Country 

Director for Miss Universe Ghana. 

In another development, Miss 

Universe Ghana ’18, Hoggar, has 

donated food, clothes and other 

items to the Accra Psychiatrist 

Hospital and also led the finalists of 

this year’s Miss Universe Ghana 

pageant to hold a charity event, the 

Pink Car Wash, to raise funds for 

breast cancer survivors. 

An amount of GH¢ 5,000.00 raised 

from the programme, was donated to 

the Peace and Love Hospital (Spintex 

Branch). 

The event was organised by Malz 

Promotions in collaboration with 

Belaire, She-y by Menaye, Print Field, 

Cahaya Lounge and Grill, Topp Core 

Security and Joy Prime.

November 15

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