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• Brenda Aduna lost one 

teeth after suffering severe 

beating from her husband 

•The deceased 

•Gloria Akuffo, 

Attorney General 

• David Asante 

Apeatu, IGP 

• Mr Francis Asibi -Abu, 

Head of the Inter- 

Ministerial taskforce for 

small scale mining 

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Take Up Too Much Of 

Today. – Will Rogers 

CONTENT 

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April. 

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• Brenda Aduna lost one teeth after suffering 

severe beating from her husband 

Man beats 

wife to death 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE ADENTAN Divisional Police 

Command has held a 34-year-old 

Mawuli Armah for causing unlawful 

harm and murder following an assault 

on his 35-year-old wife, Belinda 

Aduna, leading to her death. 

According to ACP C. Kofie, the Divisional 

Commander, the suspect was arrested at Tsito, 

his hometown in the Volta Region, where he had 

travelled to after he had picked a fight with the 

wife. 

ACP Kofie said immediately after his arrest, 

he was put before Adentan Magistrate Court on 

January 31, 2018 and reminded in police custody 

to reappear on March 5. 

Narrating the incident to the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, the Divisional Crime Officer, DSP 

Akowuah, said the wife made complaints to the 

Adentan Domestic Violence and Victims Support 

Unit (DOVVSU) on January 14 that Mawuli 

(suspect) had assaulted her leading to the loss of 

one of her teeth, which had caused her to suffer 

headache. 

DSP Akowuah added that on January 16, the 

wife complained of severe headache and was 

rushed to the Pentecost Hospital at Madina but 

was pronounced dead on arrival. 

He said the police took up investigations into 

the matter and later collaborated with the police 

at Tsito, where the suspect was arrested on January 

24, brought to Accra, and put before court 

charged with causing unlawful harm and murder. 

The police said their initial investigations revealed 

that Mawuli had been assaulting his wife 

frequently and had many assault cases pending at 

the Adentan DOVVSU. 

DSP Akowuah said the body of the deceased 

was sent to the Police Hospital for autopsy and 

•The deceased 

the initial report said the cause of death was indeterminate. 

The autopsy report has therefore angered the 

family of the deceased, who claimed their relative 

may have died as a result of the assault 

meted out to her by the husband (suspect) few 

days before her death. 

Speaking to the paper in a tearful mood, the 

younger sister of the deceased, Ms Brenda 

Aduna, said their relative had two girls by the 

suspect before her untimely death, adding that 

the suspect started a fight with her wife where 

he wanted to use a pistol to hit her but “we intervened.” 

“In our quest to separate the fight, the pistol 

hit the windscreen of his car so Mawuli went to 

DOVVSU to report that I had broken his windscreen 

and I was given the option either to buy 

the broken windscreen or go to court and I accepted 

to pay,” Ms Aduna said.. 

Ms Adunah said on Thursday, January 18, 

2018, after returning from Adentan DOVVSU, 

the suspect locked the wife in their room and assaulted 

her,, leading to the loss of one of her 

teeth after which he travelled to his hometown 

the following day. 

“I received a call from my sister on Sunday 

evening complaining of severe headache but I 

couldn’t visit her that evening so I went to the 

house on Monday morning to take her to the 

hospital. While in the taxi to the hospital we had 

an accident on the way. 

“My sister’s husband has told me on many 

occasions if I don’t come for my sister I will 

only come and meet her corpse and truly he has 

done that,” she stated. 

The family has therefore rejected the autopsy 

report and has retrieved the body to the 37 Military 

Hospital for fresh autopsy to determine the 

cause of death but autopsy report at 37 confirmed 

the initial report at the Police Hospital. 

Inter-ministerial taskforce 

rescues Aminase forest 

• 13 Chinese arrested, 24 excavators confiscated 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE INTER-MINISTERIAL Taskforce 

for Small Scale Mining has rescued 

the Aminase Forest Reserve from 

total destruction through the activities 

of Chinese illegal miners, popularly 

known as galamsey, in the Upper 

Denkyira West District of the Central 

Region. 

The Chinese ‘galamseyers’ have 

succeeded in destroying more than 

24,000 acres of land and water bodies 

all in the names of engaging in illegal 

mining within a seven-year period and 

through the timely intervention of the 

taskforce, 13 illegal Chinese miners 

and their Ghanaian counterparts have 

been apprehended and 24 excavators 

consificated. 

Speaking to a cross-session of the 

media at Diaso in the Upper Denkyira 

West District on February 16, Mr 

Francis Asibi-Abu, head of the Interministerial 

Taskforce for Small Scale 

Mining, said the chiefs and people in 

the area woke up one day to see a convoy 

of excavators moving into to the 

reserve which their ancestors had protected 

with all their lives. 

Mr Asibi-Abu said reliable sources 

in the area told them that it was in the 

same area that the murder of Major 

Mahama took place. 

He said the 13 Chinese galamseyers 

that were arrested during the operations 

had been transported to the Immigration 

headquarters in Accra for 

deportation processes while the 24 excavators 

had been dumped at the operations 

headquarters at Obuasi and the 

Ghanaians have been granted police 

inquiry bail pending investigations. 

Mr Asibi-Abu expressed shock at 

the extent of devastation to the forest 

reserve but gave assurance of his outfit’s 

readiness to team up with the National 

Security outfit to arrest illegal 

gold miners together with government 

officials for investigations and possible 

prosecution. 

According to him, the action to arrest 

perpetrators would only serve as a 

deterrent to others who were involved 

in galamsey activities in other parts of 

the country. 

Mr Asibi-Abu said mining operation 

at the site was illegal because the 

owners, who are mainly Chinese, 

“have been operating without a licence 

but succeeded in destroying the forest 

with a prospecting licence the Canada 

and Ghana (C&G) Alaska Mining 

Company claims to have acquired.” 

He revealed that the Chinese illegal 

miners had caused great damage to the 

ecology of the land, degraded and depleted 

the forest reserves which have 

become a worry to the government. 

Confirming claims that C&G 

Alaska Mining Company Limited had 

been very instrumental in the illegal 

mining activities in the forest reserve, 

Mr Asibi-Abu said the company was 

behind the illegal activities in the forest 

and that of the Apraprama Forest 

Reserve. 

He said in view of the government’s 

determination to ensure an end 

to this anomaly, he and his team would 

continue to operate in the forest until 

every single illegal miner was brought 

to book. 

He, however, indicated that education 

and awareness had been created 

to ensure that people do not continue 

to settle in the abandoned mined areas 

for health reasons. 

According to him, the government 

has plans to reclaim the destroyed and 

abandoned lands, hence the operation 

continues to ensure that all such activities 

are stopped and perpetrators 

brought to book. 

Mr Asibi-Abu also revealed that 

when the exercise began, there were 

lots of restrictions to their operations 

and many forest guards were not allowed 

to enter some concession areas, 

which made it difficult for the team to 

clamp down on these illegal miners at 

the early stages of their activities. 

On whether C&G Alaska was operating 

with the requisite licence, Mr 

Asibi-Abu said, “What we know is that 

they have some licence for prospecting 

but it was not licence for mining. But 

we can all see for ourselves that this 

kind of prospecting is not prospecting.” 

A tour to Aminase Forest Reserve 

on Saturday, February 16, 2019, organised 

by taskforces of the Inter-Ministerial 

Committee Against Illegal 

Mining and Small Scale Miners Association 

revealed that the activities of the 

illegal Chinese gold miners had destroyed 

vast hectares of the Aminase 

forest reserve. 

During the tour of the forest, the 

taskforce demolished all wooden 

structures erected by these Chinese 

galamseyers in the forest which served 

as their places of abode.

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03 

Pocket money for prosecution saga 

Armed robbers freed 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

ADISTURBING development 

emerging from the corridors 

of the Ghana Police Service 

is that the peace officers are 

losing confidence in their 

own work following the continuous release 

of suspected criminals by various 

courts because “we do not have enough 

pocket money” to prosecute cases. 

The police prosecutors and investigators 

are worried that after working hard 

at their peril to arrest and arraign suspects, 

they are discharged on the technicality 

of want of prosecution. 

“We struggle to arrest armed robbers 

to the extent that sometimes our colleagues 

are killed in line of duty and 

when such a person is discharged on that 

technicality it demoralises us (police personnel),” 

a police prosecutor stated on 

condition of anonymity. 

“This directive of Disclosure of Documents 

introduced by the Chief Justice, 

which took effect from November 1, 2018, 

seems to have made the law flexible to 

the offender and some of the accused 

persons, when they are discharged, point 

fingers at us and sometimes warn us, because 

the person has been freed. Our 

pockets are also dry and nobody is giving 

us money to prosecute the cases.” 

Public confidence in police 

diminishing 

The prosecutors also lamented that their 

effort is being ridiculed by the public, who 

are “losing confidence in our system, and 

public confidence in the police is diminishing”. 

“If the public realises that the police 

have made arrests and the people are discharged, 

it makes them lose the trust in us. 

Some of these criminals are clever people 

and when they are discharged they go back 

and repeat similar acts and put the police in 

a more difficult position. 

“Some armed robbers have been discharged 

because the prosecution didn’t 

have money to file certain processes. We 

have evidence of the cases we bring to the 

court. At times when we arrest them at the 

police station level, they admit. They mention 

names of persons they work together 

with but when the police take the pain at 

their peril and arraign them, they are eventually 

discharged.” 

‘We’re fed up’ 

It would be recalled that on Thursday, 

February 14, 2019, the DAILY HER- 

ITAGE, carried a story on its front page 

with the banner headline ‘We’re Fed Up, 

Police Prosecutors Cry Out, Warned More 

Criminals Would Be Freed’, which highlighted 

the facts that prosecutors handling 

cases on behalf of the state use 

their own pocket money to prepare to 

prosecute. 

The prosecutors, who are tasked by the 

• David Asante Apeatu, IGP 

Attorney General’s Department to prosecute 

criminal offence on behalf of the 

State, said they were “frustrated” and “fed 

up” with the continuous use of their 

“pocket monies” to provide services to the 

State. 

It is their case that with the introduction 

of Discovery of Documents in November 

2018 as per Article 19(2) (e) (g) of the 1992 

Constitution, police prosecutors and State 

Attorneys are mandated to make available 

relevant documents they intend to rely on 

to prosecute accused persons. 

They said since the introduction of the 

procedure on November 1, 2018 they have 

made several copies of documents with 

their “own pocket monies” and averred 

that the instance where they did not have 

money, they asked for unnecessary adjournments, 

a development that forces the 

courts to discharge accused persons “for 

want of prosecution.” 

The CJ’s directive, the source said, is 

that every police prosecutor, the judge or 

the magistrate, “before you commence 

prosecuting a criminal case, the prosecutors 

have to give you all statements of the witnesses.” 

Police, AG discussing modalities 

The Director-General of Public Affairs 

of the Ghana Police Service, ACP David 

Eklu, told the DAILY HERITAGE yesterday 

in a telephone interview that the 

matter had been discussed at management 

level and the Legal and Prosecuting Directorate 

had been tasked to come up with 

modalities for consideration. 

“That issue was discussed at management 

and the legal and prosecuting directorate 

was tasked to come out with various 

modalities to make it easier for those prosecutors 

to provide those documents to the 

other parties as per the Supreme Court decision. 

Asked if the modalities would include 

refunding the pocket monies to the prosecutors, 

ACP Eklu said “the possibilities include 

all those, but I don’t want to sound 

so certain that is what we are going to do, 

so I’m saying that we are looking at other 

modalities and all those are part of it (sic).” 

High Court affirms Mintah Ackaah 


muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE PROBIT Division of the 

Accra High Court has thrown out 

an interlocutory injunction filed 

by Adams Addy and one another 

seeking a stay of execution of a 

High Court judgment declaring 

Solomon Mintah Ackaah as the 

legitimate Head of the Akwanor 

Royal Family of Ashalaja. 

The court presided over by 

Justice Doris Bempong ruled 

that,” upon hearing the arguments 

of both counsel on the questions 

of stay of execution, the court 

• As substantive Head of Nii Akwanor 

Royal Family of Ashalaja 

• Akwanor Royal Family invites investors 

was not convinced that the applicants 

have demonstrated any exceptional 

circumstances 

warranting the grant and have not 

shown they would suffer hardship 

if the application was not 

granted.” 

The application for interlocutory 

injunction was struck out as 

withdrawn and costs of GHc1, 

000 awarded in favour of Mintah 

Ackaah. 

Solomon Mintah Ackaah is legitimate 

Head of Akwanor Family 

The court, prior to dismissing 

the stay of execution, had declared 

on December 5, 2018 that 

Ackaah is the substantive Head of 

the Akwanor Royal Family and 

not Adams Addy. 

The court also declared that 

any acts done by defendants in 

their alleged capacity as joint 

heads of family are null and void. 

Justice Mrs Bempong also ordered 

the defendants to relinquish 

any assets of the Akwanor Royal 

Family that had come to them by 

reason of their holding themselves 

out as joint family heads. 

The defendants, the court said, 

are “perpetually restrained from 

holding themselves out as heads 

of the Akwanor Royal Family. 

Costs of GH¢8, 000 was awarded 

against the defendants. 

Plaintiff ’s claims 

In April 2014, Solomon 

Mintah Ackaah imitated an action 

against the defendants, Adams 

Addy and one other, seeking a 

declaration that the plaintiff is the 

substantive head of the Akwanor 

Royal Family. 

He also asked the court to declare 

that the defendants are not 

the heads of the Akwanor Royal 

Family and further asked the 

court to declare that any act or 

acts done by the defendants in the 

purported capacity as joint heads 

or head of the Akwanor Royal 

Family is null and void. 

Counter-claims 

Defendants, in their counterclaims 

filed in February 2017, also 

sought a deceleration that the defendants 

have always been the 

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•Anil Ambani 

Billionaire Ambani risks jail over missed Ericsson payments 

INDIAN BILLIONAIRE businessman 

Anil Ambani is facing a 

prison sentence after a deal between 

his cash-strapped firm Reliance 

Communications (RCom) 

and telecoms giant Ericsson collapsed. 

Ericsson is owed 5.5bn rupees 

(£59.3m) by RCom under 

the terms of an agreement to 

manage and operate its network. 

RCom failed to comply with 

India's Supreme Court's order to 

pay the money by 15 December 

last year. 

Now the court says Mr Ambani 

will be jailed for three 

months unless he pays. 

It found him guilty of contempt, 

giving him another four 

weeks to pay or else go to prison. 

Both sides have said they respect 

the ruling. 

Ericsson signed the deal in 

2014 and began proceedings 

against RCom last year. 

The court also found Reliance 

Telecom chairman Satish Seth 

and Reliance Infratel chairperson 

Chhaya Virani breached the orders. 

BBC 



World news in 4 stories 

Nigeria election 2019: Who 

benefits from poll delay? 

Nigeria is to hold 

a delayed presidential 

election 

this Saturday 

after the initial 

vote was 

rescheduled in a dramatic 

overnight press conference, five 

hours before polls were due to 

have opened. 

The last-minute cancellation 

surprised the country and inconvenienced 

thousands of Nigerians 

who had travelled a long way to 

cast their votes. It has also cost the 

economy $1.5bn (£1.15bn), according 

to the Lagos Chamber of 

Commerce and Industry. 

The Independent National 

Electoral Commission (Inec) has 

given several reasons for the delay, 

including attempted sabotage and 

logistical issues such as bad 

weather and problems with delivering 

the ballot papers. 

The governing All Progressives 

Congress (APC) and its main challenger, 

the People's Democratic 

Party (PDP), have both condemned 

the postponement and accused 

each other of trying to 

manipulate the vote. 

In a statement issued on the 

day of the postponement, the 

APC alleged the PDP wanted to 

halt the momentum of its candidate, 

President Muhammadu 

Buhari. The PDP, whose presidential 

contender is Atiku Abubakar, 

on the other hand said Inec had 

delayed the election to create "the 

space to perfect their rigging 

plans". 

According to Idayat Hassan, 

from Abuja-based think tank, the 

Centre for Democracy and Development, 

the week-long extension 

is too brief to have a significant 

influence on the result of the presidential 

vote. BBC 

• Yang Fenglan's smuggling ring exported $2.5m-worth of tusks 

'Ivory Queen' sentenced 

to jail in Tanzania 

•President Joseph Kabila was supposed to 

•Michael Flynn has admitted one count of lying to the 

• Liberia 

FBI have is rich stepped in mineral down deposits nearly - two and full years of illicit ago mines 

• President Muhammadu Buhari (l) is expected to face a strong challenge from Atiku Abubakar (r) 

A TANZANIAN court 

has sentenced Yang 

Fenglan, a prominent 

Chinese businesswoman 

dubbed the "Ivory 

Queen", to 15 years in 

jail. 

She was accused of 

leading one of Africa's 

biggest ivory smuggling 

rings, illegally exporting 

more than $2.5m (£1.7m) 

worth of elephant tusks 

to East Asia. 

Fenglan, 69, denied the 

charges. 

She was arrested after 

a high-speed car chase in 

October 2015 and charged 

with ivory smuggling between 

2000 and 2014. 

Investigators say she 

was a key link between 

poachers in East Africa 

and buyers in China for 

more than a decade. 

The BBC's Humphrey 

Mgonja in Dar Es Salaam 

reports that the Tanzanian 

state is to repossess 

Fenglan's property to recover 

the proceeds from 

her businesses. BBC 

Catholic cardinals urge end of 'homosexual agenda’ 

TWO PROMINENT Roman 

Catholic Church cardinals have 

urged an end of what they call 

"the plague of the homosexual 

agenda", telling bishops to break 

their complicity over cases of sexual 

abuse. 

In an open letter, Cardinals 

Burke and Brandmüller say the 

Church has wrongly blamed the 

abuse of power by clergy as the 

main cause of the scandals. 

Instead, they say the cases involve 

priests who have "gone away 

from the truth of the Gospel". 

They also openly criticise the 

Pope. 

Stories of sexual abuse of minors 

have emerged across the 

world and the Church has been accused 

of covering up crimes committed 

by priests. 

Their letter comes on the eve 

of an extraordinary summit of 

bishops in Rome called by Pope 

Francis as an effort to deal with 

the scandals rocking the Church. 

Cardinals Raymond Burke, 

from the US, and Walter Brandmüller, 

from Germany, reject that 

the cases of abuse are a result of 

"clericalism" - a group of men 

abusing their power, and protecting 

each other. 

Their letter comes 

on the eve of an 

extraordinary 

summit of bishops 

in Rome 

called by Pope 

Francis as an effort 

to deal with 

the scandals rocking 

the Church. 

• Pope Francis has convened an extraordinary summit to 

discuss the scandals



05 

Editorial 

Let’s stop the discrimination against People Living with Vitiligo 

IT HAS become necessary to 

drum home yet again the need 

for people to desist from 

discriminating against Persons 

Living with Vitiligo. 

Vitiligo is a chronic skin 

condition characterised by 

portions of the skin losing 

their pigment. It occurs when 

skin pigment cells die or are 

unable to function. 

Aside cases of contact with 

certain chemicals, the cause of 

Vitiligo is unknown. Research 

suggests Vitiligo may arise 

from autoimmune, genetic, 

oxidative stress, neural, or viral 

causes. 

Vitiligo is typically classified 

into two main categories: 

segmental and non-segmental 

Vitiligo. Half of those affected 

show the disorder before age 

20, though most develop it 

before age 40. 

In fact the perception of a 

segment of society about 

persons with Vitiligo is more 

traumatising especially when 

the cause of it is not 

contagious but heredity. It 

causes a lot of emotional and 

psychological stress if people 

are abused. 

For instance, there are 

reported cases of some nurses 

who are facing verbal abuses 

because of their skin condition. 

We at the DAILY 

HERITAGE are of the view 

that as civilised as we are in the 

21st Century, we should not 

make any room for 

discrimination against persons 

with Vitiligo. 

We believe that for society to 

improve and develop, 

stigmatisation is one thing that 

must be eschewed. 

We, therefore, urge all to shy 

away from stigmatising against 

persons with Vitiligo. 

If we, as a nation, want to 

develop and build a society we 

all love, it is imperative to deal 

with this issue positively. 

High Court affirms Mintah Ackaah 

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heads or joint heads of the Nii Akwanor 

Royal Family and that the plaintiff should 

be restrained from styling or calling himself 

as the lawful head. 

The defendants also sought a declaration 

that the plaintiff, his agents, assigns 

and witnesses hail from Moree in the Central 

Region and therefore cannot be members 

of the Akwanor royal family. 

They also asked the court to declare 

that any land title document executed by 

the plaintiff and privies in relation to 

Ashalaja lands without lawful authority is 

null and void. 

They also asked for an order of perpetual 

injunction restraining the plaintiff, his 

agents, assigns and witnesses in the suit 

from entering, leasing, selling, assigning or 

in any way whatsoever dealing with lands. 

They sought damages against the plaintiff 

for fraudulently self-styling himself as 

the lawful head and as such fraudulently 

granting interest in Ashalaja to third parties 

without authority. 

Photo-shopped evidence 

The court said even though the first defendant 

exhibited photo of the his appointment 

as head of family, there was no 

such evidence with regard to the second 

and the 1st defendant claimed the second 

defendant was appointed fews days after 

he the first defendant had been appointed. 

The judge, however, raised an issue 

with the exhibited photo, saying “in any 

case even with my untrained eye, the exhibit, 

that is photo, has been truly photoshopped.” 

The court said “there have been several 

• As substantive Head of Nii Akwanor 

Royal Family of Ashalaja 

• Akwanor Royal Family invites investors 

inconsistencies in the evidence of the defendants 

and their witness and it is the 

court’s view that they have not adduced 

sufficient and credible evidence to show 

that the plaintiff ’s appointment was fraudulent. 

As such the defendants’ counterclaim 

must fail. 

Akwanor Royal Family invites 

investors to Ashalaja 

The substantive 

head of Akwanor 

Royal 

Family, Mintah 

Ackaah, in an interview 

with the 

DAILY HER- 

ITAGE moments 

after the 

court decision 

appealed to businessmen 

who 

have purchased 

lands in the area 

for investments 

to feel free to develop 

them. 

He gave the 

assurance that investors 

and their 

businesses would 

be safe since the 

area currently 

The judge, 

however, raised an 

issue with the 

exhibited photo, 

saying “in any 

case even with my 

untrained eye, the 

exhibit, that is 

photo, has been 

truly photoshopped. 

boasts absolute peace and tranquillity. 

Mr Mintah Ackaah expressed the willingness 

of the family to release more lands 

to corporate bodies and individuals to invest 

in the area to prevent the youth from 

migrating to the urban towns to seek nonexisting 

jobs. 

He called for unity among all the people 

of Ashalaja, both natives and non-native 

residents, to facilitate 

the development 

of the 

town, saying “it is 

not in the best 

interest of anyone 

to do anything 

untoward 

to disturb the 

peace in our 

community as 

that would tarnish 

the image of 

the community 

and discourage 

others from coming 

to live or do 

business with 

us”. 

“The plaintiff 

on the other 

hand has discharged 

the burden 

placed on him to prove his case under 

the Evidence Act and has given enough 

credible evidence to succeed.” 

Akwanor Royal Family invites 

investors to Ashalaja 

The substantive head of Akwanor 

Royal Family Mintah Ackaah in an interview 

with the DAILY HERITAGE 

moments after the court decision appealed 

to businessmen who have purchased lands 

in the area for investments to feel free to 

develop them. 

He gave the assurance that investors 

and their businesses would be safe since 

the area currently boasts absolute peace 

and tranquillity. 

Mr Mintah Ackaah expressed the willingness 

of the family to release more lands 

to corporate bodies and individuals to invest 

in the area to prevent the youth from 

migrating to the urban towns to seek nonexisting 

jobs. 

He called for unity among all the people 

of Ashalaja, both natives and non-native 

residents, to facilitate the development of 

the town, saying “it is not in the best interest 

of anyone to do anything untoward to 

disturb the peace in our community as that 

would tarnish the image of the community 

and discourage others from coming to live 

or do business with us.”


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HR Today: Creating meaningful 

employee experience 

BY BRIGHTAMPADUOKYERE/ 

SRIDHARGANESH 

CONVERSA- 

TIONS 

OVER the 

years suggest 

that HR practitioners 

have 

become copiously clear that 

HR processes and practices in 

many organisations run rather 

independently. And while this 

sounds like a good thing, it’s 

not! Simply because this ‘independence’ 

can cause a significant 

disconnect. 

One classic example is that 

while the HR team handles recruitment, 

it is likely that they 

may not have evolved an effective 

on-boarding process that 

allows for a long-term connect 

on certain touchpoints with the 

employee, and the specific role 

they have been hired to perform. 

Similarly, HR may have an 

operational Performance Management 

system, however, if 

that has not been mapped to 

Career Development and 

Growth, it will not be effective 

or efficient. It may be reduced 

to the normal Key Performance 

Indicator (KPI) setting 

done year after year with no 

real value attached to it. 

The root cause of the problem 

appears to be that the company’s 

Mission and Purpose, in 

most cases, is not properly articulated. 

Even when they are, 

there are certain practices that 

need to be defined which will 

ensure that the Right Action 

flows through from the articulation. 

This is not always a topdown 

disconnect, it may be a 

general alignment problem that 

must be tackled once and for 

all. 

Leadership practices also 

sometimes reflect this disconnect. 

The HR specialisms are, 

in many organisations, structured 

in a way that the particular 

practice does not create 

experiences that have a single 

theme flowing through them. 

They are often, insulated from 

each other, with each holding 

on to their turf. Unfortunately, 

the “Employee Experience” 

suffers. 

These incongruent practices 

and programmes running on 

individual, stand-alone basis 

have led to employee experiences 

which are not in the first 

place very positive. And this is 

not because the programme is 

bad, but simply because they 

tend to generate varied experiences 

that do not build on each 

other. 

An employee may also find 

it most challenging in terms of 

the specific (from a particular 

practice) experience and the resultant 

meaning without being 

able to connect to the larger 

picture – a unified thread holding 

the ‘recruitment to retirement’ 

continuum. This leads to 

Similarly, HR may have an operational Performance Management 

system, however, if that has not been mapped to 

Career Development and Growth, it will not be effective or 

efficient. It may be reduced to the normal Key Performance 

Indicator (KPI) setting done year after year with no real 

value attached to it. 

• Bright Ampadu Okyere 

drop in engagement and productivity 

levels. 

The good news for all of us 

is that with technology, there is 

a great opportunity to integrate 

the business, technology and 

the employee to create a meaningful 

and holistic experience. 

Obviously, such integration will 

create an environment that 

aligns employee’s interest with 

business objectives. Corporate 

culture, values and philosophy 

can be smoothly imbedded into 

people. 

In the first place, technology 

has can a whole lot of applications 

either as Apps or through 

an integrated systems solution 

to improve and enhance employee 

experiences. They have 

the potential to inspire and engage. 

However, one must be 

wary of doing something with 

technology that is in a silo and 

not integrated. 

For example, often organization 

go for one solution, say 

PMS but then without an integrated 

L&D and Succession & 

Career Planning, such a proposition 

plays out the same way as 

a manual system-disparate and 

not connected. 

To consciously study and listen 

to, and learn what employees 

are doing every day and 

discover new ways to simplify 

work and improve productivity, 

performance, and engagement, 

are some of the key actions 

that we need to undertake to 

deliver the right “experiences”. 

The space and specialism of 

In the first place, 

technology has can 

a whole lot of applications 

either as 

Apps or through an 

integrated systems 

solution to improve 

and enhance employee 

experiences. 

They have the potential 

to inspire 

and engage. However, 

one must be 

wary of doing something 

with technology 

that is in a silo 

and not integrated. 

developing employee personas 

and using them to develop 

journey maps is a great first 

step! Integrated digital solutions 

that deliver on employee 

journeys will surely enhance the 

employee experience. Employee 

experience must be 

paramount to the business in 

ensuring a meaningful work environment. 

Source: BrightAmpaduOkyere/SridharGanesh 

Email Address: hrtoday@gmail.com 

To consciously study 

and listen to, and learn 

what employees are 

doing every day and 

discover new ways to 

simplify work and improve 

productivity, performance, 

and 

engagement, are some 

of the key actions that 

we need to undertake 

to deliver the right “experiences”.


How to clean your nails 

• Clean dirt from under your nails 

Use the tip of the nail pick on a pair of 

clippers, clean underneath your fingernails 

to remove dirt and other built-up 

grime. Do this in the bathroom, under 

good lighting, so you'll be able to see 

your nails clearly. In general, it's easier to 

clean the dirt from underneath your nails 

before you wash your hands instead of 

after. 

• Wash your hands 

Use a mild, natural soap and wash 

your hands under warm water. You don't 

need to focus on your nails specifically, 

just wash your hands. It's generally better 

to use mild soap and wash your hands 

more regularly. 

• Soak your nails in a bowl of 

warm, soapy water for about three 

minutes 

Submerge the very tips of your fingers, 

not your whole hands, under the 

water and let them soften slightly. Make 

sure the water isn't too lukewarm or 

scalding hot, but a comfortable temperature 

somewhere in between. Soaking 

nails help to make them softer and more 

pliable, making it much less likely that 

you'll chip or break a nail during the 

cleaning process. 



&Env. 

Health and safety requirements in public and 

private hospitals: Achimota hosp. in perspective 

AN INTERNATIONAL 

Labour Organisation 

(ILO) global statistical 

report says there are 

about 270 million occupational 

accidents as well 

as 160 million occupational diseases 

recorded every year, while around two 

million deaths occur every year through 

occupational accidents and diseases. 

It is morally, legally and economically 

right for employers to protect their employees, 

clients and all other people who 

are found in their place of work and/or 

are affected by their actions. 

It is equally the right and responsibility 

of every employee, visitor and all 

other people found in any workplace to 

co-operate with the employer to enable 

them to fulfil their obligations of ensuring 

standard workplace practices concerning 

health, safety, welfare, 

environment and security. This is in accordance 

with Article 16 of the ILO 

Convention and recommendations, 

among other issues of standards. 

Hospitals and other minor health institutions 

also form part of workplaces, 

and so, all persons found in these institutions, 

including employees, patients and 

their relatives who assist them to these 

facilities, visitors and service providers in 

these outfits are protected and for that 

matter safe in all their dealings. 

Health facilities are aimed at providing 

total health to all patients who call in 

for their services and also protect all persons 

found there, since they also form 

part of workplaces. However, the story is 

different with Ghana health facilities. It 

is common practice to count many hazards 

and risks in these institutions. 

Standard requirements at 

workplace 

It is good for health institutions to 

have trained wellbeing personnel to educate 

all health facility staff particularly on 

personal safety and security issues since 

their services form part of high risk occupations. 

Some of their hazards are violence 

and assault from patients or dead 

persons’ relatives, etc. 

They must also receive enough training 

on how to protect themselves and 

others from abduction since health facilities 

always have ” open door” policies. It 

is also good practice for permanent 

emergency service providers trained on 

apparel style, especially regarding foot 

wear, to reduce their high exposure to 

risks such as slips, trips and injuries due 

to the quick actions taken in relation to 

the aggressive nature of some emergency 

ill-health persons. Better and adequate 

patients handling equipment, such 

as slid sheets, transfer boards, wheelchairs, 

handling belts, and trolleys are 

also required for health service delivery. 

Emergency, equipment, training, information 

and control measures are important 

to both staff and other persons. 

General health facility conditions 

must always be safe enough to protect all 

persons and not just its staff. Among 

them ill-health persons, their relatives, 

visitors and any other persons such as 

service providers who come to the outfits. 

These persons should be provided 

with all the appropriate information required 

by them. 

•Mr Joshua 

Treatments Bortey, KROMA to ill-health 

persons MCE (in white) in hospital 

Ill-health and others persons should have suitable 

ground to walk with ease, access to 

hygienic toilets and urinals, the opportunity 

to both steps, ramps and escalator, if 

need be. They also need to receive every 

detailed information about their health 

conditions, further implications for their 

health, type of treatments required, personal 

medicament implications and personal 

consent. Since ill-health persons 

become vulnerable and fragile irrespective 

of one’s stature, it is always appropriate 

and obligatory for health facilities 

to have reasonably practicable infrastructure 

design, as well as easy and safe access 

that will meet the requirement of 

these clients. 

Again ill-health persons in any health 

facility have the right to be served with 

the food appropriate for their conditions 

and not otherwise. They have every right 

to ask any questions and must receive 

right answers without any intimidation. 

Intimidations in our health facilities 

nowadays have become common practice, 

especially within units such as emergency 

centres and maternity and labour 

wards. However, without ill-health persons 

health workers must stay home or 

change their profession, so it is good for 

health workers to treat their clients safely. 

When one is pregnant, for instance, she 

turns to be like a young person, and for 

that matter weak; likewise those at the 

delivery point who also become traumatized, 

so they have to be assisted for safe 

delivery without any physical or psychological 

injury to them. Also, they have to 

be treated well during these stages. 

This is very paramount because in 

any different workplaces ill-health persons, 

pregnant women and nursing 

mothers need to receive preferential 

treatments, so how much less their own 

legal service institutions? 

Required treatment of ill-health 

persons relatives, visitors and others 

It is always safe for anyone who assists 

or accompanies any ill-health person 

to be given all appropriate information, 

instructions and directions about medications 

and prescription conditions, and 

accept personal private information to 

the ill-health person, to help reduce the 

risks of post-health service prescriptions 

error to save lives. 

To help avoid or reduce basic and 

complex ill-health infections to ill-health 

persons’ relations and visitors via crosscontaminations 

of microorganisms, it 

will be very prudent for health facilities 

to have wellbeing personnel to also educate 

and advise these persons during visiting 

hours from ward to ward on 

potential way of disinfecting their bodies 

after providing services to their ill-health 

relatives. 

Other persons apart from aforementioned 

groups 

All other persons who visit health facilities 

for any other good purposes 

should be provided with all necessary 

wellbeing control measures to protect 

Food, fruits and general provision vendors within the facility’s vehicular 

park conduct all their businesses reasonably practicable by average health, 

safety and environment standards. Vehicular route to the facility is standard 

and the stationed taxi drivers within the facility conduct themselves well. 

them from any harm, since it is the duty 

of the management to do so. 

Assessments 

In Ghana, one can attest to the fact 

that many of these hazards and risks can 

be counted in most of our major and 

minor health facilities. However, little has 

been done to change or control these 

grave situations. However, a sampling 

survey conducted in Achimota Hospital 

has proven otherwise. 

Current health, safety, welfare, environment 

and security standards of 

Achimota Hosp. 

Achimota Hospital has been found 

to be providing good services and is 

being used as the case study for the discussion 

on assessment. A sampling survey 

recently conducted in above facility 

covered all the business service areas and 

findings proved greater improvements 

and achievements within workplace 

health, safety, welfare, environment and 

security matters. 

Other good service practices include 

better and multiple channels of information 

dissemination to patient and their 

relations regarding all the needed attention, 

consent seeking before any service 

provision to a patient, better human relations 

by nurses, paramedics, clerical staff, 

anesthetists, pharmacists, laboratory 

staff, kitchen staff and medical doctors. 

The facility has a healthy and attractive 

landscaping within its entire area 

with reasonable pedestrian walkways well 

designed. It also has enough consultation 

rooms with serious expert medical doctors 

to assist in reducing time spent with 

patients. Majority of the staff use safety 

belt when driving and the facility can 

also boast an emergency assembly point. 

General and medical waste management 

principles are applied safely in this 

facility via waste classification procedure 

of segregating hazardous from non-hazardous 

waste. Service personnel of Achimota 

Hospital mostly adopt the personal 

protective equipment donning rules to 

protect themselves and others from hazardous 

infections. Reasonable noise level 

within their proximity is achieved. 

Bad practices and challenges 

within Achimota Hospital 

Among unsafe practices and challenges 

in the facility are the absence of 

the long-awaited pedestrian footbridge 

across the major Achimota-Legon road, 

lack of permanent ambulance services to 

the hospital, ineffective of pedestrian 

gate usage, bad positioning of information 

desk to reduce main entrance space 

and bad nature of the route to transport 

patients on trolleys from the theatre to 

the main wards. 

Another critical challenge to Achimota 

and almost all the health facilities 

in Ghana is lack of safety personnel 

within these institutions to advise and 

guard both clients and employees on 

safety matters and also assist the vulnerable 

during an emergency. 

Conclusions 

It is reasonably and practicably good 

to always commend any health institution 

that promotes good working culture, 

especially in the areas mentioned to help 

motivate and also encourage others who 

fail to work within standards. To this 

end, the Medical Director, management, 

doctors, nurses and entire employees of 

Achimota Hospital need to be commended 

for such great achievements. 

The writer is a health, safety and environment 

expert and consultant

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News 

DAILY 

Supreme Ladies Club donates 

items to Korle Bu Children’s ward 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

THE SUPREME Ladies Club has donated items 

worth GH¢10,000.00 to the Children’s Ward at the 

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to support the 

department give better treatment to the children 

hospitalised. 

Hajia Muina Buari, president of the non-profit 

club, explained to the DAILY HERITAGE that 

they came to visit a patient at the ward and the 

poor condition of the ward gave them sleepless 

night so they decided to help by donating the items. 

The club gave wheelchairs, sanitary, hand 

sanitizers, toilet rolls, ward screens, trolleys, Blood 

Pressure apparatus, monitor, diapers and night 

gowns 

“Most of us are mothers so we became very 

worried since one can never tell when her child will 

be admitted to the ward. Therefore with the little 

we have we decided to help the ward in order for 

the administration to give excellent treatment to the 

children,” she added. 

She also said the club supports institutions as 

and when they are touched and as such was glad the 

members did not decline the decision but gave their 

AWW enquiry: 

full support to meet some of the needs of the 

hospital. 

The president, while donating the items, called 

on other institutions, clubs, churches and nongovernmental 

organisations which have the means 

to help people in need, especially innocent children 

whose parents cannot afford to pay for their 

treatment at the various hospitals in the country. 

Mrs Joyce Oppong-Ayisi, Head of Nursing at 

the Children’s Ward at the Korle Bu Teaching 

Hospital, who received the items, expressed 

gratitude to the Supreme Ladies Club for coming to 

the aid of the ward at a pressing moment. 

According to the head, the ladies came for a list 

of items needed at the ward so she gave them a list 

to choose from but to her surprise, the ladies 

bought most of the items. 

Mrs Oppong-Ayisi called on other stakeholder 

to help furnish the emergency extension room as 

the government could not do it alone. •The cleared site 

“We need chairs, tables or anything proposed mothers for canthe 

use to rest as they wait for their turn to be served. 

SHS 

A lot of people find it very difficult to pay their 

bills. Some people cannot afford to go through 

series of examination due to lack of funds so we 

need more people to come to their aid by donating 

and paying some of the bills for them,” she said. 

•Hajia Muina Buari, president of Supreme Ladies Club, presenting the items to 

Mrs Joyce Oppong-Ayisi, Head of Nursing, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital 

Akufo-Addo petitioned over 

Commission’s terms of reference 

TWO PRIVATE citizens of Ghana, Eric Nartey 

Yeboah and Yussif Ibrahim Bangsua have 

petitioned the President Nana Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo to extend the terms of reference of 

the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-elections 

commission of inquiry to include other previous 

by-elections in the county. 

In an 11 point petition presented to the 

President last Friday, the petitioners doubted the 

ability of the commission to nib elections violence 

in the bud given the terms of reference of the 

commission. 

The petitioners enumerated, Wulensi, Talensi, 

Akwatia and Atiwa by-elections as the foundation 

of by-elections violence in Ghana and they need to 

be part of the terms of reference of the 

commission in order to be able to deal with the 

root cause of by-elections violence in Ghana. 

The petitioners further stated that, the victims 

of the previous by-elections have been gravely 

discriminated against much as the perpetrators 

have also been endorsed. 

It is in the interest of the State, unity and peace 

to end all elections related violence and that’s why 

•Eric Nartey 

Yeboah and Yussif 

Ibrahim Bangsua 

setting up a commission of inquiry is critical in the 

circumstances but the limited nature of the terms 

of reference of the commission would leave the 

country more injured than healed. 

HERITAGE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

Court shoots down case against NPA 


muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com 

THE GENERAL 

Jurisdiction Division of 

the Accra High Court 

has shot down an 

interlocutory 

application filed by T. 

Tekpor Energy asking the court to 

quash the National Petroleum 

Authority’s (NPA) decision to revoke 

its licence. 

The company was earlier given a 

licence to operate a gas filling station 

and distribute same but safety 

concerns later prompted the NPA to 

revoke its licence. Not satisfied with 

the decision, T-Tekpor Energy filed 

an application in court asking that 

their operations be restored by NPA. 

But, the court presided over by 

Justice Kweku Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo 

ruled that a gas filling station situated 

between two schools, Tema 

International School and Tema Rich 

School, cannot be allowed to operate. 

The court was of the considered 

view that the safety of the over 800 

schoolchildren and the residents of 

Afariwaa, near Tema, was at risk. 

Justice Ackaah-Boafo ruled that NPA, 

as the authority body, acted rightfully 

since it would be blamed for any 

future disasters. 

The parties have been directed to 

go to the negotiating table and file 

their terms of agreement to the court 

on March 18. 

Applicant’s argument 

The company, which is located at 

Afariwa, near Tema, in November 27, 

2018 filed an interlocutory application 

asking the court to quash NPA 

suspension of its gas operation at the 

present location. 

The company, per the court 

documents, is located between two 

schools; Tema International School 

and Tema Rich School at Afariwaa 

Junction within the Ashaiman 

Municipal Assembly and the location 

raises safety concerns about the 

people in the area. 

The Company (Applicant) is in 

Court because the National 

Petroleum Authority (NPA) has by a 

letter dated November 7, 2018 

suspended its operation at the said 

location on the grounds that the 

Company’s operations pose a risk to 

two schools located within the 

proximity of its activities and the 

residents of the area. 

Mr Barfo-Bonney, lawyer for the 

applicant also contended that the 

decision of the Chief Executive 

Officer (CEO) of NPA was a 

unilateral and that since the NPA has 

a board, such directives ought to have 

come from the board and not the 

CEO. 

It also argued that the CEO’s 

letter contained no expert advice and 

that the applicant had operated for 

over 13 years at the site without any 

trouble and so there should not be 

any reason to warrant revocation of 

licence. 

Therefore, the court should quash 

the suspension of the licence. 

Respondent’s claims 

Counsel for NPA, Akoto Ampaw, 

in his argument, told the court that 

what applicant was seeking from the 

court was unknown, because they 

ought to have come for a judicial 

review instead of an interlocutory 

application. 

On the merits of the application, 

he further argued that the application 

was unfounded and misleading and 

therefore should not be entertained 

by the court since the law gives the 

NPA the authority to award and also 

revoke licences. 

On the argument that the NPA 

did not seek expert advice prior to 

revoking its licence, the counsel said 

NPA had the legal backgrounds to do 

what it had done and so do not need 

experts to act. 

Mr Akoto Ampaw further 

submitted that the NPA is vested 

with the requisite authority to act and 

therefore it does not require any 

expert body at all times in order to 

do its work or performs its functions. 

According to Learned Counsel to 

accede to the Applicant’s submission 

to appoint “experts” is to ask the 

NPA to go on a “wild goose chase” 

in the performance of its statutory 

functions 

He said it would be irresponsible 

for the NPA not to act until after 

disaster had happened. 

Akoto Ampaw also argued that T- 

Tekpor Energy had been advised to 

go and fill their gas cylinders at a 

different location and come and 

distribute at the present location but 

it refused. 

He explained that filling the 

cylinders at the present location put 

the over 800 school children in the 

area as well as residents at the risk 

and the damage will be higher than 

the economic gains of the applicant. 

Counsel, therefore, asked the 

court to affirm the suspension of T- 

Tekpor’s operations as directed by the 

CEO of NPA. 

By court 

The Court, presided over by 

Justice Kweku Ackaah-Boafo, in his 

ruling, said the applicant failed to 

show there was an irreparable damage 

of the operations for which reason 

the court ought to protect their 

interest and restrict NPA from acting. 

The court also ruled that the 

applicant could not lead any evidence 

to properly contest the affidavit in 

opposition and the respondent’s 

statement of case. 

Justice Ackaah-Boafo’s court also 

was of the considered view that the 

applicant did not show that the NPA 

violated its own mandate when it 

stopped applicant’s operations and 

that T-Turbo failed to demonstrate 

the hardship it would suffer. 

The court argued that it was rather 

the respondent that demonstrated it 

had the right to protect and the 

authority to prevent risk. It, therefore 

refused the application. 

“Based on all of the above and 

having regard to the competing 

claims of the parties and given the 

facts and the background of the case 

and on the balance of convenience, 

and basing myself on the rule as 

stated by the Supreme Court per 

Kpegah JSC in EKWAM v PIANIM 

SUPRA, having regards to the totality 

of the evidence so far filed in this 

case, I hold that based on the law on 

the grant or refusal of injunction as 

stated above that it shall not be just 

and/or convenient in terms of Order 

25 r 1(1) of CI 47or even if the 

Court was to invoke the inherent 

jurisdiction of the Court to consider 

this instant application. 

In the light of the foregoing 

reasons above, the application for an 

order “lifting suspension on 

operation of Gas Filling Station and 

Supply of Gas Products” is refused,” 

the court ruled 

Chief Justice warns lawyers over cut-and-paste documents 



THE CHIEF Justice (CJ), Sophia 

Akuffo, has issued a stern warning to 

lawyers and their clients to be wary of 

the cut-and-paste syndrome when 

initiating an action at the Supreme 

Court. 

The CJ said the apex court was being 

flooded with cut-and-paste writs, which 

is an unacceptable practice in court, a 

development she urged all lawyers to 

avoid. 

Justice Akuffo also cautioned 

applicants to read carefully the processes 

they are to be deposed to before the 

court before pending their signatures to 

them. 

The CJ sounded this caution when 

two Members of Parliament on the 

ticket of the National Democratic 

•Hassan Tampuli 

Congress (NDC), Benjamin Kpodo, MP 

for Ho Central, and Richard 

Quarshigah, MP for Keta, filed a writ 

against the finance minister claiming he 

was “manipulating funds set aside for 

district assemblies.” 

When the case was called, the sevenmember 

panel chaired by the CJ 

lamented that the processes before the 

apex court were poorly filed. 

Represented by a former Deputy 

Attorney-General, Dominic Ayine, who 

is also an NDC MP, the applicants 

prayed the court for an adjournment to 

correct those anomalies, a prayer which 

was granted. 

The court directed that they file the 

amended writ together with the affidavit 

within 48 hours at the court’s registry 

and return to court on Feb 28 for 

hearing. 

Background 

The two, through lawyer Dr 

Ayine, pointed out in the writ that 

there is a “subtler” attempt to 

reduce the allocation due to the 

District Assemblies. 

The writ mentions two laws – 

Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 

936) and section 7 of the 

Earmarked Funds Capping and 

Realignment Act – which redefines 

what Article 252 Clause 2 of the 

1992 constitution calls the ‘total 

revenue of Ghana’. 

In Section 126(2) of Act 936, 

the term is defined as “the revenues 

collected by, accruing to the central 

government but other than foreign 

loans, foreign grants, non-tax 

revenue paid into the 

Petroleum Holding Fund….” 

The plaintiffs maintain that 

Parliament’s definition of the term 

•Sophia Akuffo, Chief Justice 

is unconstitutional and at variance 

with the original intent of the drafters 

of the 1992 constitution. 

They offered in the writ a 

definition of total revenue as provided 

by the Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th 

edition, paragraph 319. 

“… a broad and general term, 

including all public monies which the 

state collects and receives, from 

whatever source and in whatever 

manner”. 

The NDC MPs argue that this 

definition makes petroleum revenues a 

part of the total revenue of 

Ghana. Ghana realised more than 

$191m from petroleum in the first half 

of 2017. 

The challenge by the NDC MPs is 

the second time the allocation of 5% 

of total revenue to the District 

Assemblies has proved contentious. 

•Mr Joshua Bortey, 

Municipal Chief Executive of 

KROMA supervising the 

exercise 

15-yr-old death 

trap at KROMA 

relocated 



A 15-YEAR-OLD 

Electricity Pole which has 

been mounted in the middle 

of the road connecting the 

Cactus Road to the Roof 

Top Chop Bar at Nungua in 

the newly-created Krowor 

Municipal Assembly 

(KROMA) has been 

removed to stem accidents 

on the road. 

The Municipal Chief 

Executive of KROMA, Mr 

Joshua Bortey, who assumed 

leadership of the assembly 

barely two months ago, led a 

team of engineers to the 

Mandela School to relocate 

the pole. 

It is reported that over 50 

cars have crashed into the 

pole, making it necessary for 

it to be removed to prevent 

any future crashes. 

Mr Bortey expressed 

happiness for the swift 

manner in which the pole 

was relocated and the fact 

that the relocation had 

happened within the short 

period of his administration 

as the MCE of the assembly. 

The Municipal 

Chief Executive of 

KROMA, Mr 

Joshua Bortey, 

who assumed 

leadership of the 

assembly barely 

two months ago, 

led a team of 

engineers to the 

Mandela School to 

relocate the pole.


20TH 

FEBRUARY, 

2019 

WEDNESDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.7871 4.7919 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

6.1380 

6.1461 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.4483 

5.4530 

10 



Producer Price Index 

rise to 3.4% January 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

PRODUCER PRICE Inflation 

(PPI) rate for January 

2019 was 3.4% PPI is the 

system that measures the 

average change over time 

in the prices received by 

domestic producers for the production 

of their goods and services over 

a period. 

Briefing the press on Wednesday 

in Accra, Mr David Kombat, Acting 

Government Statistician of the 

Ghana Statistical Service, explained 

that the rate represents a 1.0 percentage 

point decrease in producer inflation 

relative to the rate recorded in 

December 2018, which was 4.4%. 

"The month-on-month change in 

PPI between December 2018 and January 

2019 was 0.3%," he said. 

The Statistician said the producer 

price inflation in the mining and quarrying 

sub-sector increased by 0.4 percentage 

point over the December 

2018 rate of 8.5% to record 8.9% in 

January 2019. 

"The producer inflation for manufacturing, 

which constitutes more than 

two-thirds of the total industry, decreased 

by 1.5 percentage points to 

record 3.0%. The utilities sub-sector 

recorded the same inflation rate -0.1% 

as the rate for December 2018,” he 

said. 

For manufacturing, the Statistician 

said during the month of January 

2019, five out of the 16 major groups 

in the manufacturing sub-sector 

recorded inflation rates higher than 

the sector average of 3.0%., adding 

that “ manufacture of basic metals 

recorded the highest inflation rate of 

16.8%, while manufacture of machinery 

and equipment not else classified 

recorded 0.0%.” 

Mr Kombat pointed out that with 

respect to the monthly changes, mining 

and quarrying recorded the highest 

inflation rate of 4.6%, followed by 

the utilities sub-sector with 0.1%, with 

the manufacturing sub-sector recording 

the lowest inflation rate of -0.7%. 

He also explained that the producer 

inflation rate in the petroleum 

subsector was 29.0% in January 

2019. The rate declined consistently 

to record 15.9% in March 2018. 

Subsequently the rate increased to 

44.2% in June 2018, but decreased to 

31.1% in September 2018. It, however, 

resumed an upward trend to 

record 36.1% in October 2018. The 

rate then declined consistently to 

record 3.8% in January 2019. 

•Mr David Kombat, Acting Government Statistician, Ghana 

Statistical Service 

Vodafone Ghana appoints first Ghanaian CEO 

•Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai 

VODAFONE GHANA has appointed 

Mrs Patricia Obo-Nai as 

its new Chief Executive Officer 

(CEO) with effect from April 1, 

2019. 

Mrs Obo-Nai is a member of 

Vodafone Ghana’s Executive 

Committee and is the first Ghanaian 

to be appointed CEO of the 

company. 

An Engineer by profession, she 

comes into her new role with 22 

years of experience in Information 

Technology (IT) and extensive 

commercial experience in the 

telecommunications industry. 

She joined Vodafone Ghana as 

Chief Technology Officer and a 

member of the Executive Committee 

in January 2011,andled the 

company’s Consumer Business 

Unit, having worked for 14 years 

with Millicom Ghana Limited, operators 

of Tigo, 

Mrs Obo-Nai holds a Bachelor’s 

degree in Electrical Engineering 

from the Kwame Nkrumah 

University of Science and Technology 

(KNUST), an Executive 

MBA in Project Management 

from the University of Ghana, 

Legon, an Executive Education 

qualification from Insead, France 

and also from the Kellogg 

School of Management, 

USA. 

She is a member of the 

Ghana Institution of Engineers, 

(GHIE) and a passionate 

lover of movies. 

Until her appointment, 

Mrs Obo-Nai was the Director 

of Fixed Business 

and Customer Operations 

of Vodafone Ghana, and 

commenting on her appointment, 

she said; “I am 

looking forward to taking 

up my new role and leading 

the company in the next 

phase of its development. 

“My focus will be to 

continue to push the 

boundaries of innovation 

and position Vodafone as a 

key challenger in the market. 

Together with the outstanding 

staff we have at Vodafone Ghana, 

I am confident that the company 

will remain a strong competitor in 

the industry here in Ghana.” 

Her appointment follows the 

return of Ms Yolanda Cuba, the 

current CEO, to Vodacom Group 

in South Africa in April, after successfully 

serving her three-year 

tenure in Ghana. 

During this period, Ms Cuba 

concluded the acquisition of 4G 

spectrum, the restructuring of the 

company’s balance sheet and 

drove enhanced commercial performance 

in the market. Vodafone 

Ghana’s shareholder relationships 

also benefited from her guidance. 

During her reign, Vodafone 

maintained network superiority 

and introduced a number of innovative 

products, including the 

launch of the first ever Fibre services 

To The Home (FTTH) in 

Ghana, “Ekikimi”, 10x and initiatives 

like Express WiFi with Facebook 

to improve connectivity for 

all. 

Ms Cuba ensured a highly engaged 

customer base to keep 

Vodafone as the number two mobile 

operator in Ghana by revenue 

share, even after the merger of 

two operators in the market. 

Operationally, she led significant 

growth in key revenue lines 

as well as improved operating efficiency 

and profitability for the 

business through her focus on operational 

effectiveness. Her passion 

for inclusiveness and a 

purpose-led organisation under 

the banner of ‘Igniting Ghana’s 

digital revolution’ gained wide 

recognition as evidenced by the 

numerous awards to the business 

during her tenure. 

Ms Cuba said, “I congratulate 

Patricia on her new appointment. 

I believe that Vodafone is well positioned 

and will continue to prosper 

under Patricia’s leadership. 

The adoption of 4G technology 

will bring new services to customers 

and propel the company 

to the next level. I have enjoyed 

my tenure in Ghana and I wish 

Patricia and the team great success.”



DAILY HERITAGE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 11 

Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

Tunisia Prez receives 

Ghana’s Foreign Minister 

GHANA’S MINIS- 

TER for Foreign 

Affairs and Regional 

Integration, 

Hon. 

Shirley Ayorkor 

Botchwey has called on H.E. Beji 

Ciad Essebssi, President of the 

Republic of Tunisia, as part of her 

two-day historic visit to the 

Northern African country. 

The Minister’s meeting with the 

Tunisian leader on Tuesday February 

19th, 2019, highlighted the 

longstanding relations between 

Ghana and Tunisia, the lull in active 

engagement over the last 40 

years and the commitment of the 

two countries to enhance relations, 

as evidenced by the recent business 

delegation to Ghana and the 

signing of three basic agreements 

for cooperation. 

President Essebssi recalled the 

last visit to Tunisia by Dr Kwame 

Nkrumah in 1964 and urged the 

enhancement of relations as existed 

enduring the era of the first 

two presidents. 

The President also reiterated 

Tunisia's eagerness to advance bilateral 

cooperation and to intensify 

the coordination of multilateral 

visits and consultations on issues 

of concern to the future of the 

two countries and the African 

continent. 

•H.E. Beji Ciad Essebssi and Ghana’s Minister for Foreign 

Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey 

In response, Hon Botchwey 

stressed the importance of her 

visit to Tunisia, saying it would undoubtedly 

contribute to the establishment 

of a unique and distinct 

future relationship, particularly in 

the economic and commercial 

areas under the framework of the 

economic community of West 

African States, of which Tunisia is 

now a member. 

The Ghanaian Minister for 

Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration 

also met with Omar El 

Behi, Minister for Trade and Slim 

Feriani, Minister of Industry and 

SMEs, touting Ghana’s achievements 

in the sectors as well as 

measures to expand across the 

African continent using the country’s 

industrialization agenda. 

Hon. Botchwey also stressed 

the importance of supporting the 

exchange of visits within the business 

community in the two countries 

and stimulate the private 

sector to further engage in trade 

and investment support, while exploring 

new areas of partnership 

including health tourism. 

Addressing the Ghanaian delegation, 

Tunisia’s Trade and Industry 

Ministers were optimistic, 

Africa is a choice for Tunisia to increase 

trade and boost exports, indicating 

their country’s readiness 

to explore all opportunities in 

order to break through the Ghanaian 

market. 

Omar El Behi announced the 

opening of a Tunisian Trade Bureau 

in Ghana to facilitate and enhance 

work in the sector for 

mutual benefits. 

AWW Commission receives petition to invite Mahama 

BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG 

ONE DAWDA Eric, has petitioned 

the Commission probing the Ayawaso 

violence to invite former President 

John Mahama to give testimony before 

the Commission. 

According to him, the former 

President has in his possession useful 

videos of the attacks at polling stations 

during the by-election. 

“Sir, Ex-president Mahama on the 

13th day of February gathered some 

foreign diplomats and made an audio 

visual presentation to them by way of 

cataloging what characterised the just 

ended by-election. In his presentation, 

he adduced video evidence to support 

his claim and pointed out to these 

diplomats that, those who were deployed 

that very day were actually not 

security men but members believed to 

associated with the Invincible Forces 

(militia group). 

“He further corroborated his evidence 

with a video of men dressed in 

a security uniform who were dancing 

at funeral grounds and alleged that, 

those were the people who were deployed 

on the Election Day to unleash 

violence on innocent Ghanaians,” he 

wrote in his petition to the commission. 

He further noted the former President’s 

public commentary makes him 

an interested party who should be invited 

by the commission. 

Below are details of the petition: 

A PETITION FOR THE INVI- 

TATION OF EX-PRESIDENT MA- 

HAMA TO GIVE HIS 

TESTIMONY WITH REGARD TO 

HIS PUBLIC COMMENTARY ON 

THE AWW BY- ELECTION INCI- 

DENT 

I am a Ghanaian citizen who lives 

in Sefwi Wiawso. The work of the 

commission of inquiry is of an utmost 

importance in unraveling the 

mysteries that surrounded the just 

ended by- election at Ayawaso West 

Wuogon. As a citizen of the Republic 

of Ghana, it is my duty to assist the 

commission in any other form to get 

to the core of this disturbing issue 

which is currently before this commission 

pursuant to article 278 of the 

1992 constitution of the Republic of 

Ghana. 

Sir, Ex-president Mahama on the 

13th day of February gathered some 

foreign diplomats and made an audio 

visual presentation to them by way of 

cataloging what characterized the just 

ended by-election. In his presentation, 

he adduced video evidence to support 

his claim and pointed out to these 

diplomats that, those who were deployed 

that very day were actually not 

security men but members believed to 

associated with the Invincible Forces 

(militia group). He further corroborated 

his evidence with a video of 

men dressed in a security uniform 

who were dancing at a funeral 

grounds and alleged that, those were 

the people who were deployed 

on the Election Day to unleash 

violence on innocent Ghanaians. 

His public commentary by 

extension makes ex-president 

Mahama an interested party 

who should be invited before 

the commission to submit same 

evidence he presented to the 

diplomats before the commission. 

I have in my possession one 

of his interviews on the AWW 

by election with Citi TV after 

his engagement with the foreign 

diplomats and I am willing to 

adduce same to the commission 

when the need arises. 

I am verily aware and believe 

same to be truth that, his invitation 

would help the commission 

to get to the logical conclusion 

of the subject matter once and for all. 

Thank You 

Yours in service for God and 

country 

Dawda Eric 

….Signed……


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‘Ghana beyond Aid’: Govt to lay 

document before Parliament 

BY WILBERFORCE ASARE 

PRESIDENT NANA 

Addo Dankwa Akufo- 

Addo has revealed 

that a strategic document 

prepared and 

presented to him by 

the ‘Ghana beyond Aid’ Charter 

Committee will be laid before Parliament 

soon. 

Addressing the committee after 

they presented the strategic document 

as well as a two-paged Charter 

to him at the Jubilee House, 

President Akufo-Addo said, as 

quickly as possible he would want 

Parliament to have access to the 

document, discuss it thoroughly 

and approve it to give same a national 

appeal in order to make its 

content a guiding light for all state 

actors. 

“I have had the opportunity to 

read the document and it provides 

also very clear guidelines and a 

roadmap for how we are to go 

about things in Ghana and to go 

about things in a collective sense.” 

The President added that he 

was, “so happy that very important 

parts of the Ghanaian polity, 

trades unions, business groups, academia, 

young people, members 

of the Executive, have all come 

together to fashion this consensual 

document.” 

He further observed, “I don’t 

know whether it will be appropriate 

for me on Thursday as I deliver 

the ‘State of the Nation’ 

message, to leave a copy with Mr 

Speaker, but clearly if it is not 

done on Thursday, it will be done 

as soon as possible so that Parliament 

becomes formally seized of 

the document.” 

“It is important that Parliament, 

which is the main deliberating 

chamber of our country, is 

seized of it and also sees it as a 

document that is going to guide 

all the work of institutions of our 

State; Executive, Legislature, Judiciary, 

across board, social institutions 

as well as public ones,” the 

President said. 

• President Nana Akufo-Addo (R) and Yaw Osafo Maafo, Senior Minister 

Motivation for Setting 

up the Charter Committee 

Amongst other things, the 

President indicated that there are 

two essential reasons behind the 

‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda. The 

first is to institute the “consciousness 

that every Ghanaian needs to 

have, in that no one is going to 

come from anywhere to develop 

Ghana for them other than 

Ghanaians themselves”. 

Secondly, the President noted 

that, “The document is also going 

to be a guide as to how we go 

about applying the slogan [Ghana 

Beyond Aid] for it to become 

meaningful in the lives of the 

thirty million Ghanaians in Ghana 

and those outside Ghana.” 

Chairman of the Committee 

The Senior Minister and Chairman 

of the Committee, Yaw 

Osafo Maafo addressing the President 

before presenting the strategic 

document said, members of 

the committee have invested a 

great deal into the whole concept 

of the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ to develop 

the document as well as the 

Charter. 

“We also decided, as a buy in 

of the whole country, this document 

must be presented before 

Parliament so that we discuss it in 

detail and seek the opinion and 

views of all the country’s representatives 

in Parliament,” the Senior 

Minister said. 

Members of the Committee 

Yaw Osafo Maafo, the Senior 

Minister, is the Chairman of the 

‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ Charter 

Committee; Ken Ofori Atta, Minister 

for Finance; Ignatius Baffour 

Awuah, Employment and Labour 

Minister; Professor Gyan Baffour, 

Minister for Planning; Hajia Alima 

Mahama, Minister for Local Government 

and Rural Development 

are amongst the Ministers of State 

who are on the Committee. 

Dr Anthony Yaw Baah and 

Mrs Philomena Sampson, both of 

the Trade Unions Congress; 

David Ofori Acheampong, Ghana 

National Association of Teachers; 

Nana Osei Bonsu and Kwaku 

Agyemang Duah, both of the Private 

Enterprises Federation; Dr. 

Yaw Adu Gyamfi, Association of 

Ghana Industries are also members 

of the Committee from industry. 

The Secretary to the Committee 

is Dr Eric Yeboah of the Office 

of the Senior Minister and a 

Senior Policy Advisor at the Ministry 

of Finance, Dr Yaw Ansu, is 

an alternative member of the 

Committee. 

NDC shooting: My hands are clean – Yamin 

BY KWADWO ANIM 

FORMER ASHANTI Regional 

Secretary of the NDC, Joseph 

Yamin has denied his involvement 

in the murder of Wasiu 

Iddrisu. 

The deceased was shot multiple 

times Monday afternoon 

at the party regional secretariat 

following bloody clashes that 

ensued between two alleged 

factions. 

Another victim, identified as 

Abdul Rahman, who was also 

shot by the gun-wielding thugs, 

is nursing serious wounds at 

the KATH. 

An ongoing meeting between 

some top party executives 

was consequently put on 

hold following the ensuing 

melee. 

Four suspects have been 

identified by police and are 

being pursued. 

Speaking to newsmen after 

honouring an invitation by the 

Ashanti Regional Police, Mr 

Yamin said he would be exonerated. 

He questioned the motive 

behind some faceless individuals 

in the party who want to 

tarnish his image, adding that 

such agenda will not hold. 

Meanwhile, Police say investigations 

are ongoing to arrest 

the suspects. 

•Kwame Nkrumah 

• Joseph Yamin, former Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NDC 

He questioned 

the motive behind 

some 

faceless individuals 

in the 

party who want 

to tarnish his 

image, adding 

that such 

agenda will not 

hold.

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• Akuapim Poloo 

Akuapim Poloo 

warned by Chief 

THE APESEMAKA- 

HENE of Mampong 

Akuapem, Nana Yirenkyi I, 

has warned actress and 

video vixen Rosemond 

Brown, known in showbiz 

as Akuapem,Poloo, to desist 

from using the name 

‘Akuapem’ as her brand if 

she will not refrain from indulging 

in her ‘nude’ and 

‘dirty’ lifestyles. 

Nana Yirenkyi was reacting 

to Akuapem Poloo’s 

recent photo shoot, in 

which the social media star 

went almost naked. 

According to the chief, 

Akuapem Poloo is a disgrace 

to herself, family, society 

in which she lives and 

the nation at large and he 

(Nana Yirenkyi) would not 

allow her to drag the 

‘Akuapem’ image in the 

mud. 

He said, “Everyone 

knows how we Akuapems 

are. We are decent. And for 

her to call herself Akuapem 

Poloo to be living such a 

life is a total disaster and 

bad for our young ones to 

emulate. We want people 

who will be role models for 

our youth but not those 

who will go naked in public.” 

“This is her last warning,” 

he said, and threatened 

to take her to court if 

she continues to use the 

name “because we don’t 

know her to be coming 

from here. Which part of 

Akuapem is she from?” 

Nana Yirenkyi, however, 

added that she can choose 

to do whatever she likes 

with her life without using 

the name ‘Akuapem’. 

Ivolu Intl gives 500 

children NHIS registration 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

IVOLU INTERNATIONAL, a 

charitable organisation, has successfully 

registered 500 juveniles 

in Ga Mashie with the National 

Health Insurance Scheme as 

part of their pilot project. 

The exercise came with a health 

screening, which benefited children 

and some young adults. 

“It was a successful programme 

and we were able to register many 

children just as we promised. We 

thank the Ga Mantse (King Tackie 

TeikoTsuru II), and the entire Ga 

Mashie community for helping us execute 

this successfully; they were very 

responsive,” Gaska, one of the members 

of Ivolu, said. 

And we pray The Lord helps us to 

do more. The numbers were quite 

huge so some couldn’t finish the registration 

process but have been given forms 

to get themselves fully registered under the 

National Health Insurance Scheme at the 

nearest health post with all expenses 

catered for by us. We spent the whole day 

here and after the exercise we fed them as 

well as serenade them with some good 

music”, Gaska, one of the Team folks of 

Ivolu intimated. 

The health screening was done for 

malaria and hypertension; and the team 

also did de-worming of children. The 

team include three doctors, four nurses 

and a pharmacist, who were volunteers that 

supported the exercise. 

The Ivolu Team visited King Teiko 

Tsuru earlier in December 2018 to announce 

the project, which was well received 

and well patronized on January 26, 

2019. 

IVOLU is a voluntary organization 

founded in 2016. Its formation was inspired 

by works done by its founders 

with various non-profit and philanthropic 

organizations over the years. 

Ivolu’s objective is to create the 

spirit of volunteerism across all walks 

of life without barriers such race, gender, 

age, and geographical location. As 

part of its objectives, they aim at providing 

charitable services to our communities 

and beyond, providing help 

in its various forms, shelter/facilities 

to underprivileged individuals and 

communities, mentorship and guidance 

to individuals, contributing towards 

the development and 

maintenance of underprivileged communities 

and many more. 

Currently, Jamestown (Ga Mashie) 

serves as a tourist attraction and a 

venue for the annual Chale Wote 

Street Art Festival that brings together 

people from not just all over the 

country but all over the world. But in recent 

times, Jamestown has become one of 

the very poorest suburbs within Ghana’s 

capital city, Accra, which, Ivolu says, calls 

for help in diverse ways.

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Dope Concept, 

KNUST SRC to host 

Shatta Wale, Jason 

EL-A, others on 

‘Bloom Night’ 

•Shatta 

Wale 


DOPE CONCEPT, in 

collaboration with the 

Student Representative 

Council (SRC) of the 

Kwame Nkrumah University 

of Science and Technology 

(KNUST), present the ‘Bloom Night’ 

which will be held on Saturday 23, 

2019, at the Parade Grounds. 

The event, which is a musical 

night, will have its headlining artiste to 

be Shatta Wale with supporting 

artistes like Jason EL-A, Quamina MP, 

Titan, Kofi Mole, Tulenkey, Eddie 

Kay and a host of other great artistes. 

Speaking to the Chief Executive 

Officer of Dope Concept, Nana 

Dope, the event is part of a couple of 

events to celebrate the 56th SRC 

Week of the School. 

He said “it is a free event and also 

a platform for young musicians to be 

recognized. The show will start at 9: 

00p.m. on Saturday.” 

•Jason 

El A 

FreQuency’s 'Bills' reveals real 

life experience for most guys 

Osayo exhibits talent on ‘Let me’ 

BUDDING ARTISTE Samuel 

Nana Kwame Odame Ampofo, 

with the stage name FreQuency, 

has released a new solo titled 

‘Bills’, which is a new project 

under Mr Eazi’s #emPawa100 

initiative. 

FreQuency received nationwide 

applause from music lovers 

after he chipped in Sarkodie’s 

‘Biibi Ba’ song in the latter part 

of 2018 together with several 

other upcoming artistes. 

After spending time on stage 

with the king of rap music in 

Ghana, Sarkodie, at the 2018 

Rapperholic, blessing patrons 

with soulful vibes and incredible 

stagecraft, he had music lovers 

endorsing his abilities and lauding 

his talent. 

Fans who have anticipated 

his latest crooner will be happy 

because his 2019 campaign has 

just begun. FreQuency has just 

released his newest single ‘Bills.’ 

‘Bills’, as it is titled, speaks 

about a young man who met a 

beautiful lady on social media. 

Through interactions, they 

scheduled to meet for the first 

time and surprisingly, the lady 

came with nine friends to the 

restaurant they had planned to 

hang out at. 

Apart from ‘Bills’, Fre- 

Quency has released ‘Welcome 

to Ghana’, a song that talks 

about the daily life of a typical 

Ghanaian. He also recently released 

‘Gold’, in which Fre- 

Quency stated that his aim as a 

rapper is to make sure his songs 

are on the playlist of Jermaine 

Lamarr Cole, known professionally 

as J. Cole, who is an American 

rapper, singer, songwriter 

and record producer. 

•Osayo 


BLACK AVENUE Musik’s 

soulful singer Osayo has 

served his fans with a deep 

feeling of his talent in his 

new song ‘Let Me’. 

The artiste said that,“I 

draw my inspiration from 

past experiences either from 

myself or my friends due to 

my empathetic nature. The 

title is inspired by wanting 

your loved ones to simply 

allow you to love them unconditionally. 

“I don’t like to restrict 

myself when it comes to 

music but to narrow it down, 

I would say I am an afrobeats 

and RnB artist. I have a wide 

collection of songs. I released 

two songs prior to my 

being signed by BAM, which 

are ‘You can get it’ produced 

by Benjamin and ‘Only 

Human’ produced by Timomatic. 

The last two records I 

made under BAM are titled 

‘Me&you’ and my most recent 

release a few weeks ago, 

‘Let Me’, were both produced 

by our in-house producer 

Ronyturnmeup.” 

According to Osayo , ‘Let 

Me’ was produced by Ronyturnmeup 

and mixed by Redemption 

Beatz . The song, 

which is a love song, is a 

mixture of afrobeats and 

soul RNB music with the duration 

of 2 minutes and 44 

seconds. 

Akiyana features Kelvyn Boy on ‘Nobody Bad’ 


AKIYANA JUST, a Ghanaian female 

dancehall artiste, has brought life back to 

the dancehall scene with her saucy femininity. 

Ghana’s dancehall scene for a long time 

now has been starved with active females. 

Akiyana, born Angela Akiyana Kweku, 

says she would not leave that space empty at 

all. She steps on the scene to officially announce 

herself with hot new single with 

Bhim Nation’s very own prolific singer, 

Kelvyn Boy. 

Titled ‘Nobody Bad’, the song was produced 

by the award winning producer and 

sound engineer, Possi Gee. 

Possi Gee is known to have produced 

chart topping records for Sarkodie, R2Bees, 

Teephlow and a tall list of other Ghanaian 

artistes. 

‘Nobody Bad’ is tipped to create similar 

huge influence just as any of his previous 

productions. 

•Akiyana

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15 

Ozil's future is 

'in his hands' — 

Arsenal Manager 

ARSENAL MANAGER 

Unai Emery has said 

"the key is in Mesut 

Ozil's hands" as the 

midfielder tries to regain 

his first-team place. 

Ozil, 30, is the Gunners' highestpaid 

player, having signed a £350,000- 

a-week contract in 2018, but has 

started only 13 of 26 league games 

this season. 

"He needs to be consistent in 

training and for matches, without injury 

or being sick. Without that we 

can see the best Mesut with us," Unai 

Emery said. 

Ozil has played 216 times for Arsenal 

since joining from Real Madrid for 

a then club-record £42m in 2013. 

But he has started only one game 

since Boxing Day, with injuries and 

"tactical reasons" given as explanations 

for the German's absence during 

the campaign. 

Last month, Emery defended his 

decision to leave Ozil out of the starting 

line-up and in December said the 

midfielder still had a future at the 

club. 

The Gunners trail Bate Borisov 1- 

0 from the first leg of their Europa 

League last-32 tie and speaking before 

Thursday's second leg, Emery said: 

"The key is in his hands and he is 

working very well this week." 

• Mesut 

Ozil 

CAF CC: 

ASANTE KOTOKO coach 

Charles Kwabla Akonnor has 

named his 18-man squad 

for the CAF Confederation 

Cup game against Nkana 

FC in Zambia. 

The team left Ghana 

yesterday for Kitwe for the 

third round of games in 

Group C. 

Kotoko travel to Zambia 

without influential 

midfielder Richard Senanu, 

who suffered an injury in 

the team’s 2-1 win over 

Zesco United Wednesday, 

last week. 

But the hard-working 

midfielder will be replaced 

by new signing Habib Mohammed. 

Kotoko name 18-man 

squad for Nkana FC clash 

Ahead of Sunday’s game, all 

four teams in the group are tied on 

same points and any result apart 

from defeat will be a positive one 

for the Porcupine Warriors. 

Below is the list of the 18- 

man squad for the Nkana game 

GOALKEEPERS: Felix 

Annan, Muntari Tagoe 

DEFENDERS: Amos 

Frimpong ,Augustine 

Sefa,Wahab Adams,Agyemang 

Badu,Abdul Ganiu,Habib Mohammed, 

MIDFIELDERS: Kwame 

Bonsu,Umar Bashiru,Stephen 

Nyarko,Jordan Opoku, Martin 

Antwi 

FORWARDS: Abdul 

Fatau,Songne Yacouba,Naby 

Keita,Emmanuel 

Gyamfi,Maxwell Baako 

Source:asantekotokosc 

Parliament orders NC to apologise to clubs 

GHANA’S PARLIAMENTARY Select 

Committee for Sports and Culture has 

ordered the Ghana FA Normalization 

Committee to swiftly apologise to Premier 

League clubs for describing them 

as being ‘greedy, selfish and braggadocios.’ 

In a meeting with the Parliamentary 

Select Committee on Tuesday, the Normalization 

Committee members, with 

their tails between their legs, were 

scolded and made to understand that 

their posture against the clubs has been 

overly unprofessional and insulting. 

The Parliamentary Select Committee 

reprimanded the committee members 

and ordered them to swiftly 

render a remorseful apology to the 

clubs for their unguarded statement 

which the Select Committee describes 

• C.K 

Akonno 

as ‘insults’. 

In a media interview, Alex Kofi 

Agyekum, Chairman of the Parliamentary 

Select Committee on Youth, 

Sports and Culture, admitted that the 

statement of the NC to the clubs was 

unfortunate, revealing that they have 

been directed to apologise to the clubs. 

“Yes we have asked the Normalization 

Committee to apologize to the 

Premier League clubs for the insults,” 

he said. 

“If you’re dealing with someone, no 

matter the provocation, once you have 

agreed to work, you can’t be insulting 

people. We made them to understand 

that going forward, you can’t be throwing 

insults and calling them names like 

greedy, braggadocio and selfish. 

“So the Normalization Committee 

will come out to apologize,” he assured. 

Mr Agyekum also revealed that the 

NC ignorantly and unjustifiably lifted 

their description of the clubs from the 

Anas Exposé, which is aggressively 

being contested in court. 

“According to the Normalization 

Committee, these words were used in 

the Anas video as captions. But we told 

them that they can’t use them in the 

context in which those words used 

were totally different. They must do 

the right thing,” he revealed. 

The NC was expected to issue a 

statement apologising to the clubs by 

close of work yesterday, Wednesday, as 

the Parliamentary Select Committee 

looks to settle the matter amicably. 

Source: wires 

2019 AFCON: 

Egypt choose six venues for finals 

EGYPT WILL use the Cairo International 

Stadium, a military 

venue on the outskirts of the capital, 

plus the controversial Port 

Said Stadium among the six venues 

across five cities for this year’s 

Africa Cup of Nations. 

The venues for the new-look 

24-team tournament were decided 

by the Egypt Football Association 

(EFA), who have also named 

Alexandria, Ismailia and Suez. 

“We had initially proposed 

eight sites for the tournament but 

after an inspection by a Caf [Confederation 

of African Football] 

delegation, we chose only six,” 

EFA spokesman Ahmed Megahed 

said. 

The Cairo International Stadium 

has remained largely unused 

since the Arab Spring and the 

subsequent restriction on attendance 

at football in Egypt. 

But the iconic Cairo venue, 

which can hold up to 75 000 spectators 

and generate an intimidating 

atmosphere, is due to make a 

return, having been the site of 

three previous Nations Cup finals 

in 1974, 1986 and 2006 and numerous 

African Champions 

League deciders. 

The Port Said 

Stadium achieved infamy in 2012 

when more than 70 people died 

in Egypt’s worst sporting disaster 

after rioting at a league game between 

hosts Al Masry and Al 

Ahly. 

The stadium was renovated 

after the disaster and Al Masry 

were only allowed to return there 

last year. 

The Air Force Stadium in 

Cairo replaces Al Salam Stadium, 

which had been originally proposed 

but is being used to host 

matches of two Cairo clubs – 

Ahly and El Entag Al Harby. 

With the local league only due 

to finish in the weeks before the 

Nations Cup kicks off on 21 

June, there will be no time to 

spruce up that stadium for the 

tournament, Megahed explained. 

“It was decided then to replace 

it with the Air Force Stadium, 

which is also called the June 30 

Stadium,” he said. 

The Alexandria 

Stadium and Ismailia 

Stadium both return as venues 

after also serving in 2006. The 

Suez Sports Stadium has a capacity 

of 27 000. 

The organisers are yet to give 

details about which venue will 

host the semi-finals and final. 

Those are expected to be finalised 

before the 12 April draw in Cairo. 

The Confederation of African 

Football chose Egypt in early January 

to take over as host of the 

2019 finals from Cameroon. 

2019 Africa Cup of Nations 

Stadiums: 

Cairo International Stadium 

Air Force Stadium 

Port Said Stadium 

Ismailia Stadium 

Suez Sport Stadium 

Alexandria Stadium 

Source: BBC


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•Hon Mohammed Adjei Sowah (l), Dr J.S Agyepong and Mr 

Ishmael Ayitey at the high table 

•Mr Ishmael Ayitey 

•Hon Mohammed Adjei Sowah 

•Dr J.S Agyepong interacting with the media 

New street sweepers 

will not put 

sanitation workers 

out of business 

— Dr Agyepong 

The sod cutting moment 

BY RAMSON ACQUAH- 

HAYFORD 

THE EXECUTIVE 

Chairman of the 

Jospong Group of 

Companies, of 

which Zoomlion is 

a member, Dr Joseph Siaw 

Agyepong, has said that the 

introduction of ten new 

mechanized sweepers into the 

country by Zoomlion will only 

help enhance the duties of 

sanitation workers rather than 

make them jobless. 

According to him, some 

labourers deployed on streets 

have on a number of occasions 

been hit by vehicles and got 

maimed in their line of duty. 

“It has therefore been my 

motivation to reduce the risk our 

country folks go through every 

day by introducing these stateof-the-art 

modern mechanical 

sweepers, comparable to those 

found in any advanced country 

of the world” 

“So this innovation is not to 

take away jobs from these hardworking 

Ghanaians but will 

support them to do their work 

better; it would rather add to 

their numbers in the long run.” 

He made this known 

yesterday during a sod-cutting 

ceremony at the forecourt of the 

State House, Accra, to unveil ten 

mechanized street sweepers. 

Present on the occasion was 

the Greater Accra Regional 

Minister, Ishmael Ayitey, who 

was the keynote speaker for the 

event. 

In his speech, he alluded to 

government’s commitment to 

make Accra the cleanest city in 

Africa, and said that was the 

reason the President had created 

a whole ministry to focus on 

sanitation thereby indicating its 

readiness to work with any 

private sector entity with 

laudable initiatives. 

He added that “Increasing the 

solid waste infrastructure is one 

of the priority focus of every 

assembly.” 

“It is the belief of the 

various MMDAs [Metropolitan, 

Municipal and District 

Assemblies] to look at waste 

management in a more holistic 

manner along the entire value 

chain of collecting, transporting, 

disposal and treatment.” 

Ing Anthony Mensah, 

Director of Sanitation at 

Ministry of Sanitation Works 

and Housing, also gave a speech 

on behalf of the Minsiter, Hajia 

Alima Mahama. 

He highlighted some benefits 

of the sweepers, stating “Some 

of the benefits of these multipurpose 

sweepers include 

automatically sweeping, 

scrubbing and dumping of 

refuse with the help of an 

embedded water tank that helps 

recover debris, clears stagnant 

water et al.” 

The ceremony was graced by 

various government officials and 

traditional leaders. 

The trucks on display

FEBRUARY 21

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