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Inside DEC 20, 2018 .qxp_Layout 1 12/20/18 8:02 PM Page 5 06 News DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018 Children key in tourism devt –Minister BY BENJAMIN TANDOH A S PART of efforts to improve sanitation in the country, the Kids in Tourism Club in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, and Qualiplast Ghana Limited has unveiled 50 kids sanitation ambassadors from 25 schools in Accra. The ambassadors would be tasked to promote good sanitation in schools and the community as well as to support sanitation programmes. Speaking at the event, Mrs Amy Frimpong, Chief Executive Officer, National Service, who represented the sector minister, lauded the organisers for their commitment in improving the sanitation of the country. According to her, children play a major role in the development of tourism in the country, arguing that, “though children are not the direct decision makers, they [children] have huge indirect influence on tourism.” She added that, the selection of the ambassadors was timely as it was in line with the President’s vision to make Accra one of the cleanest cities in Africa. “The tourism industry should be very attentive to children’ experiences with a proactive approach to the family in organising various activities which will promote great experiences,” she said. Mrs Frimpong urged the older •Members of Kids in Tourism Club generation to imbibe the values of their tradition into the younger ones. Speaking to the media, Mr Joseph Akl, Deputy Manager, Qualiplast Ghana Limited, reiterated the need for children to be included in the fight against poor sanitation. According to him, the future of the country is in the hands of today’s children, hence the need to give them the right training. “They [children] are the future. We need to invest our time and resources into them so that they know what to do from their early ages,” he said. Mr Akl called for an improvement in the technical aspect of waste management, stating that, the collection and recycling of waste in the country must be improved. He added that his outfit would support the ambassadors by providing logistics to help them in discharging their duties. On her part, the Founder and President of Kids in Tourism Club, Nana Akua Afriyie, was of the opinion that Ghana would not reap the benefit of tourism if the country is buried under filth. She expressed the view that it was time to focus on training the children in the quest to fight filth in the country. “Whatever the child learns now is what he or she will grow up with and so we should educate them now so that when they grow they won’t make the mistakes that some of us are making,” she said. The Kids In Tourism Club is a non-governmental organisation which seeks to bring schools in Ghana together to promote tourism by improving the sanitation of the environment. Integrity. Fairness. Service. DOMESTIC TAX REVENUE DIVISION QUARTERLY PAYMENT OF INCOME TAX FOURTH QUARTER 2018 The Ghana Revenue A uthority ( GRA) wishes to remind All Taxpayers, Companies, Entities, Individuals including Self-Employed Persons and Partnerships that the Fourth Quarter Income Ta x installment pa yment for 2 018 is due by 31st Dece mber, 2018. The fourth quarter installment payment must be settled on or be fore Monday, 31st December, 2018. Outstanding payments for all tax types must be Corporate Income Ta x (CIT) Personal Income Ta x (PIT) Value Added Ta x (VAT ) GETFund Levy National Health Insurance Withholding Taxes Stamp Duty Communications Service L evy (NHIL) Ta x paid by 31st December, 2018 to avoid the imposition of relevant interests and pena lties. As the year gets to a close, GRA will intensify compliance the public in this e xercise. activities to retrieve taxes due t he s tate. GRA expects the cooperation of Please note that failure to pay the outstanding t ax. Income Ta x on due date attracts an terest in of 125% of th e statutory rate compounded monthly on C OMMISSIONER- GEN ERAL Visit our website: www.gra.gov.gh # OurTaxesOurFuture
Inside DEC 20, 2018 .qxp_Layout 1 12/20/18 8:02 PM Page 6 Facts of good eating habits • Balance your foods To avoid getting too much of any nutrient, try to eat foods from all food groups in the healthy eating pyramid, including low glycemic-load carbohydrates, proteins, and healthy fats as well as good sources of vitamins and minerals. • Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables These are all an excellent source of fibre, healthy sugars, vitamins and minerals. Fibre is useful in keeping your cholesterol levels low and cleaning out the intestinal tract. Vitamins and minerals are required by the most basic of metabolic processes in the body. • Avoid eating fast foods They are loaded with salt, sugar and bad fats that have no nutritional value. While they may put an end to your hunger, they are of no benefit to your body. • Choose low fat foods The average diet contains more fat than our body requires. Opting for low fat options when available will help balance the foods that are higher in fats. WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018 &Env. Tramadol, codeine usage high among youth in U/W — NCCE THE UPPER West Regional Director of the National Commission for Civil Education (NCCE), Ms Patience Sally Kumah, has bemoaned the high level of indiscipline among the youth in relation to the wrong usage of drugs such as tramadol and codeine. She said the usage of these drugs could be detrimental to the health of users when they are taken by way of self-medication. The NCCE boss could not provide figures to proof her case but said last year, the Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service complained about the abuse of tramadol and codeine among pupils at both basic and senior high school levels in the region. Ms Kumah said many pupils ignorantly believed that the two drugs could enhance their learning capabilities, but did not know that the abuse of the drugs was rather harmful to their health and learning capabilities. According to medical experts, excessive intake of tramadol or codeine could cause infertility, impotence, sexual problems, and shallow breathing and distort menstrual cycles among others. She raised this concern at the 2018 Regional Project Citizen •Patience Sally Kumah, Upper West Director, NCCE Showcase Competition at Saint Francis Girls Senior High School at Jirapa. The European Union sponsored the project, which gave the youth insight into Public Accountability with focus on anticorruption, rule of law and accountability. The aim was to help contribute to a reduction in corruption and improve accountability and compliance with the rule of law to promote good governance in Ghana. Ms Kumah urged members of the NCCE Project Citizen Showcase Competitions as well as other students to educate their social groups and classmates on the need to stay away from the abuse of tramadol and all other drugs that were dangerous to their health. A Deputy Director in charge of Operations at the headquarters of the NCCE, Mrs Gladys Osman, said empowering the youth in civic education was crucial to Ghana’s democratic development. She said fighting corruption and uprooting same was a collective responsibility, and that the youth constituted an important and influential group that could make great strides when engaged in the anti-corruption drive. Mrs Osman urged members of the Project to serve as anti-corruption ambassadors wherever they would find themselves, and also endeavour to imbibe anti-corruption values such as patriotism, honesty and integrity in the people. “The NCCE believes that the youth can make a difference in the fight against corruption as they bring on-board new attitudes to the achievement of a corruption-free society by holding duty bearers and public officers accountable,” she noted. The Project Citizen is an interdisciplinary programme that applies learning to real world issues which identify strategic ways of solving problems. Six senior high schools, namely Saint Francis Girls, St. Francis Xavier Seminary, Lawra, Nandom, Queen of Peace and Daffiama Senior High schools, participated in the competition. St. Francis Xavier Seminary won the competition. Gently stroking babies 'provides pain relief' – Research GENTLY STROKING a baby reduces activity in their brain associated with painful experiences, a study has found. The study, by University of Oxford and Liverpool John Moores University, monitored the brain activity of 32 babies while they had blood tests. Half were stroked with a soft brush beforehand and they showed 40% less pain activity in their brain. Author Rebeccah Slater said “touch seems to have analgesic potential without the risk of side-effects.” The study found that the optimal pain-reducing stroking speed was about 3cm (1in) per second. "Parents intuitively stroke their babies at this optimal velocity," said Prof Slater. "If we can better understand the neurobiological underpinnings of techniques like infant massage, we can improve the advice we give to parents on how to comfort their babies." That speed of stroking activates a class of sensory neurons in the skin called C-tactile afferents, which have been previously been shown to reduce pain in adults. But it had been unclear whether babies had the same response or whether it developed over time. "There was evidence to suggest that C-tactile afferents can be activated in babies and that slow, gentle touch can evoke changes in brain activity in infants," said Prof Slater. Prof Slater said the study, published in Current Biology, could explain anecdotal evidence of the soothing power of touch-based practices such as infant massage and kangaroo care, where premature babies are held against the skin to encourage parent-infant bonding and possibly reduce pain. "Previous work has shown that touch may increase parental bonding, decrease stress for both the parents and the baby, and reduce the length of hospital stay," said Prof Slater. The study authors now plan to repeat their experiment in premature babies, whose sensory pathways are still developing. Caroline Lee-Davey, chief executive at the premature and sick baby charity Bliss welcomed the research. "We already know that positive touch - such as skin-to-skin care - makes a real difference directly to babies in neonatal care and also helps parents to bond with their baby. "This new research suggests that parental touch could also help to alleviate pain in infants and Bliss is delighted to be funding Oxford University to do more research specifically on reducing pain in premature babies through the use of parental touch, from the new year. “Many people do not realise just how many medical procedures a baby in neonatal care goes through during their hospital stay. “Anything that can reduce a baby's discomfort is a huge step forward in this underfunded area of research.”
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