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•Dr Matthew 

Opoku-Prempeh, 

Minister of 

Education 

•Bishop of the Northern Accra Diocese of the 

Methodist Church Ghana, Rt. Rev. Prof. 

Joseph Edusa-Eyison, congratulating Very 

Rev. Felix Tawiah Korankye Danquah while 

Mrs Korankye Danquah showing appreciation 

•Nii Lante Bannerman, Chairman of 

Premix Fuel Secretariat 

•The 800-seating capacity community centre 

•Mr Derek Ohene 

Assifo Bekoe 

• Mr Emmanuel Kofi 

Nti, Commissioner- 

General of GRA 

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DAILY QUOTE 

Don’t Let Yesterday 

Take Up Too Much Of 

Today. – Will Rogers 

CONTENT 

ANNIVERSARIES 

Good Friday — Friday, 19th April. 

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April. 

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Shake-up in Parliament 

BY KOBINA WELSING 

THERE HAS been a shakeup 

in the leadership of 

some Select Committees of 

Ghana’s Parliament. 

According to Starr News’ Parliamentary 

correspondent, Ibrahim Alhassan, 

the Chairman of the Subsidiary Legislation 

Committee and Bawku Central 

Member of Parliament (MP), Mahama 

Ayariga, and the Ranking 

Member of the Health Committee, 

Joseph Yieleh Chireh, have both been 

booted out as a result of the shake-up. 

Mr. Ayariga already serves in the 

ECOWAS Parliament and reports indicate 

that his absence is negatively affecting 

his work as the Chairman of the 

Subsidiary Legislation Committee. 

He has been replaced by a former 

Deputy Attorney General, Dr Dominic 

Ayine. 

Also Wa West MP, Joseph Yieleh 

Chireh, who is a member of the Pan- 

African Parliament, has been replaced 

with Juaboso MP, Kwabena Mintah 

Akandoh, as the Ranking Member of 

the Health Committee. 

• Ayariga, others removed 

from Select C’ttees 

From the majority side, Manhyia 

North MP, Collins Owusu Amankwah, 

replaces Yaw Frimpong Addo as the 

Chairman of the Government Assurances 

Committee. 

Mr. Ayariga already 

serves in the ECOWAS 

Parliament and reports 

indicate that his 

absence is negatively 

affecting his work as 

the Chairman of the 

Subsidiary Legislation 

Committee. 

•Mahama Ayariga, Bawku Central MP 

MP builds 800- 

seater community 

centre at Nyanor 

• CONTINUE ON PAGE 5 

THERE WAS wild jubilation 

by the chiefs and 

people of Nyanor, a- 

farming community in 

the Upper West Akim 

District of the Eastern 

Region, when the National 

Democratic Congress 

(NDC) Member of 

Parliament (MP) for the 

area, Mr Derek Ohene 

Assifo Bekoe, commissioned 

an 800-seating capacity 

ultra-modern 

community centre he had 

built for the chiefs and 

people in the area. 

The project, which 

cost over GH¢62,000.00 

and paid for from the 

coffers of the MP’s 

Common Fund, brings 

to four such social intervention 

infrastructure 

projects having been 

completed in the constituency 

by the MP. 

According to the MP, 

the project was in line of 

his commitment to rendering 

quality, reliable 

and pragmatic social intervention 

services to his 

constituents, adding that 

the community centre 

would help promote social 

activities. 

Mr Bekoe said he was 

conscious of the promises 

he made to the constituents 

before "my 

tenure of office as your 

MP and as you can see, I 

won't renege on them. I 

will continue to be selfless 

in my service to 

GRA boss, others not sacked 

BY PHILIP ANTOH 

philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

CONTRARY TO media reports that the 

Commission-General of the Ghana Revenue 

Authority (GRA), Mr Kofi Nti, has 

been sacked, the Commission has issued a 

statement to deny the report. 

According to the Assistant Commissioner 

in charge of Communication and 

Public Affairs, Mr Kwasi Bobie-Ansah, 

neither the Commissioner-General nor 

two of his commissioners have been 

cleared from office, adding that the publication 

has no factual contents. 

A five-paragraph statement issued by 

the Commission signed by Mr Bobie- 

Ansah said, “The attention of the Management 

of the Ghana Revenue Authority 

(GRA) has been drawn to a publication 

with a banner headline “Big Changes At 

•Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, 

Commissioner-General of GRA 

GRA, Commissioner-General, Two Commissioners 

Out.” 

According to the report, the publication 

sought to create the erroneous impression 

that the Commissioner-General 

and two of his Commissioners had been 

“cleared from office.” 

It said management of GRA “wishes 

to state that the publication does not reflect 

the situation on the ground. The 

publication has no factual basis because 

the Commissioner-General and all his 

Commissioners are still at post and carrying 

out their normal duties of ensuring the 

maximisation of revenue for national development. 

“Management of GRA wishes to advise 

the media that such misleading publications 

affect the morale of staff and have 

negative impact on revenue mobilisation. 

It is therefore important for the media to 

be circumspect in their report of such 

sensitive issues,” it stated. 

“We wish to emphasise that top management 

and staff of the Authority are focused 

on achieving the 2019 revenue 

target. Therefore, such publications which 

distract attention should be avoided.” 

“Management of GRA 

wishes to advise the 

media that such 

misleading publications 

affect the morale of staff 

and have negative impact 

on revenue mobilisation. 

It is therefore important 

for the media to be 

circumspect in their 

report of such sensitive 

issues,” it stated.

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Wahala for teachers 

BY MOHAMMED AWAL 

THE EDUCATION Minister, 

Dr Matthew Opoku- 

Prempeh, has said trained 

teachers who have passed 

their licensure examination 

after their national service would only 

be employed based on declared vacancies. 

“Those who passed the licensure 

exams at the end of their national service 

shall then apply to the Ghana Education 

Service for employment based 

on declared vacancies,” he stated. 

Dr Prempeh disclosed this in response 

to a parliamentary question 

filed by the lawmaker of Akatsi North, 

Peter Nortsu-Kotoe. 

Mr Nortsu-Kotoe was seeking to 

know from the Education Minister 

steps being taken by his ministry to absorb 

all privately trained teachers into 

the education sector as done by the 

Ministry of Health. 

• Employment after training 

not automatic, says govt 

• Dr Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, Minister of Education 

In a direct response to the 

question, Dr Prempeh admitted he 

did not know what pertains in the 

health sector, nevertheless, he 

went ahead to state that a total of 

14, 160 trained teachers from the 

Colleges of Education, both public 

and private, were posted by the 

Ghana Education Service (GES) 

in 2017. 

This was made up of 11, 733 

from the public colleges and 2,427 

from the private colleges. The private 

colleges involved were the 

Methodist College of Education, 

Akim Oda, 54, Jackson College of 

Education, Kumasi, 2084, Christ 

The Church College of Education, 

Kumasi, 46, and Cambridge 

College of Education, Kumasi, 

nine. 

The rest were St Ambrose College 

of Education, Dormaa 

(which has since been absorbed by 

the public education system), 31, 

Holy Spirit College of Education, 

Ho, 92, McCoy College of Education, 

Nadowli, 86 and SDA College 

of Education, 

Agona-Ashanti, 55. 

“Mr Speaker, this was the first 

time ever that graduates of private 

colleges of education were directly 

posted by GES,” he stated. 

The recent move, he said, followed 

a reminder to the GES of 

the National Service Act, which 

requires graduates of all tertiary 

institutions to undertake national 

service before seeking formal employment. 

“As a result,” he said, “all graduates 

of colleges of education, including 

those from public and 

private, were registered by the National 

Service Secretariat and in 

collaboration with the Ghana Education 

Service to undertake their 

national service, which they are 

currently undergoing.” 

MP builds 800-seater community centre at Nyanor 

• READ FROM PAGE 2 

you." 

"I will ensure that this constituency 

takes its place when it 

comes to development," the MP 

declared amidst thunderous applause 

from the constituents as 

he commissioned the community 

centre. 

The MP maintained his 

stance against political, social 

and cultural affiliation, explaining 

that his mandate was to serve 

all persons within his jurisdiction, 

irrespective of their political, 

social, cultural and religious 

inclinations. 

He disclosed that his decision 

to build a community centre 

was born out of the realisation 

that the 

community lacked a place 

to hold social events such 

as durbars, community 

meetings and funerals. 

According to him, such 

social events forge unity, 

togetherness and common 

purpose that feed into the 

development of communities. 

He noted that he was 

hopeful the centre would 

be used to maintain the 

unity and peace prevailing 

in the areas. 

The MP added that the 

centre would also serve as 

a shelter for all and sundry 

• The 800-seating capacity community centre 

when it rains or when 

the sun is high. 

He explained further 

that it would also relieve 

the people of the burden 

of hiring canopies 

for such events. 

The chiefs and people 

of Nyanor community 

commended the 

MP for his commitment 

to selfless service to 

them. 

"You are always 

there for us. Your commitment 

to duty and 

support for all manner 

of people, especially the 

vulnerable, is commendable,” 

they 

pointed out.

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•Abdelaziz Bouteflika, pictured here in 2017, has 

not spoken in public since 2014 

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika drops bid for fifth term 

ALGERIAN PRESIDENT 

Abdelaziz Bouteflika has postponed 

the April 18, presidential 

elections and said he will 

not seek a fifth term in office. 

President Bouteflika's candidacy 

had provoked mass 

protests across Algeria over the 

past few weeks. 

He has led Algeria for 20 

years but has been rarely seen 

in public since he suffered a 

stroke in 2013. 

No new date for the election 

was set. A cabinet reshuffle 

will happen soon, a 

statement in Mr Bouteflika's 

name said. 

There was no suggestion in 

the announcement that the 

president intends to step down 

before a rescheduled election. 

Meanwhile, Algeria's Prime 

Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has 

announced his resignation and 

had been replaced by Interior 

Minister Noureddine Bedoui, 

who has been tasked with 

forming a new government, 

the official APS news agency 

reported. BBC 



Rwanda, Uganda 

ratchet up war of words 

ADIPLOMATIC 

ROW between 

Uganda's President 

Yoweri Museveni 

and his Rwandan 

counterpart Paul 

Kagame is showing little sign of 

abating. 

Over the weekend the two leaders 

- who have traded accusations 

of interfering in each other's affairs 

in a row which eventually led to the 

closure of their shared border - 

once more traded harsh words. 

The Rwandan leader accuses 

President Museveni of providing a 

haven for people opposed to President 

Kagame, a claim he denies. 

“When I hear somebody say no 

one can destabilise their country, I 

agree. No one should actually be 

destabilising that country but that 

country should not also be destabilising 

others,” President Kagame 

said in an apparent response to 

comments made by Mr Museveni. 

The Ugandan leader had earlier 

warned that anyone trying to destabilise 

his country would not succeed. 

“Uganda is stable. I have said 

before that those who try to destabilise 

our country do not know our 

capacity. It is big. Once we mobilise, 

you cannot survive if you are a 

trouble-maker," he said. 

In the past, the two leaders had 

been quick to downplay the tensions 

between their countries, often 

leaving any public row to their officials 

and supporters. 

But Mr Kagame appears to have 

seen them as a warning to him. 

He said he had given up "begging" 

Uganda to listen to his complaints 

about militant groups 

operating in Uganda and the mistreatment 

of Rwandan citizens. 

"You can shoot me with a gun 

and kill me. But there is one thing 

that is impossible; no one can bring 

me to my knees," Mr Kagame said. 

BBC 

•President Uhuru Kenyatta 

has repeatedly promised to 

curb corruption 

•Michael Flynn has admitted one count of lying to the 

• Liberia 

FBI 

is rich in mineral deposits - and full of illicit mines 

•Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (R) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame used to be close allies 

World news in 4 stories 

•MP or not, Kim Jong-un retains an iron grip over North Korea 

North Korea elections: Surprise as 

leader Kim Jong-un 'not on ballot’ 

NORTH KOREA'S election 

has resulted in the expected 

landslide win for its authoritarian 

leadership - but in a big first 

for the country, Kim Jong-un 

does not appear to have been 

on the ballot. 

If confirmed, it would be 

the first time a North Korean 

leader has not run for its rubberstamp 

parliament. 

The vote did see his sister, 

Kim Yo-jong, elected to the 

body, however. 

The leader's younger sibling 

has been gradually moving into 

a more influential role. 

North Korea's parliamentary 

election is used by Pyongyang 

to legitimise its rule, 

but is condemned internationally 

as a meaningless exercise. 

Each voting slip has only one 

state-approved candidate on it. 

State media announced the 

names of the 687 deputies 

elected to the Supreme People's 

Assembly (SPA) on Tuesday, 

but Mr Kim's name was not 

read out. 

Rachel Minyoung Lee, an 

analyst with North Korea specialist 

website NK News, told 

the BBC that his absence from 

the list does not suggest a 

weakening grip on power. 

"This could be part of 

North Korea's ongoing effort 

to be perceived as a 'normal 

state'," she said. "And in most 

democratic countries, the president 

doesn't concurrently have 

a seat in the parliament.”BBC 

Singapore, Australia, China, Indonesia ground Boeing's 737 MAX 8 as concerns mount 

SINGAPORE AND Australia 

suspended operations of all Boeing 

737 MAX aircraft in and out 

of their airports on Tuesday, and 

Indonesia and China grounded 

their fleets of the U.S. planemaker’s 

latest model after it suffered 

a second fatal crash in less 

than five months. 

The scare has wiped billions of 

dollars off the market value of the 

world’s biggest planemaker, as the 

Boeing Co share closed 5 percent 

down on Monday, having fallen by 

• Flight accidents are becoming a worry of late 

as much as 13.5 percent at one 

point. 

Nearly 40 percent of the in-service 

fleet of 371 Boeing 737 MAX 

jets globally is grounded, according 

to industry publication Flightglobal, 

including 97 jets in the 

biggest market, China. 

A day after an Ethiopian Airlines 

passenger jet plunged to the 

ground, killing all 157 people 

aboard, the United States stressed 

it was safe to fly the planes. 

But a statement issued by Singapore’s 

Civil Aviation Authority 

(CAAS) showed question-marks 

hanging over the aircraft after Sunday’s 

disaster could not be dispelled 

so fast. 

“During the temporary suspension, 

CAAS will gather more information 

and review the safety 

risk associated with the continued 

operation of the Boeing 737 MAX 

aircraft into and out of Singapore,” 

the regulator said in a statement. 

Reuters



05 

Editorial 

Divorce cases and role of clergy 

GHANA is officially a secular 

state and is thus neutral in 

matters of religion, supporting 

neither religion nor irreligion. 

What this means is that there 

is complete freedom of religion 

because many Ghanaians are 

deeply religious. 

Therefore, the clergy is the 

final place for respite for many 

congregants when things get 

out of hand in their homes. 

Ministers of the Gospel of 

Jesus Christ serve as servants 

of the Almighty God and 

intervene for the congregants 

in the spiritual realm. They also 

offer free counseling services, 

including marriage, to the 

congregants in times of 

trouble. 

However, the Ghana 

Statistical Service is reported to 

have indicated that about 

600,000 marriages contracted 

in the country in a year 

collapsed. The divorce cases are 

prevalent in churches. 

The trend is very worrying 

and requires increased efforts 

by Ministers of the Gospel 

who blessed the marriages in 

the first place. 

Sadly, there is fire in the 

church itself. Some criminals 

parading as men of God are 

muddying the waters for 

Christendom. 

They have hijacked almost all 

the digital channels and are 

busily deceiving people while 

the National Communications 

Authority looks on. 

The clergy must urgently rein 

in their ministers else the 

country loses its moral 

grounding. The resultant 

effects of increase in divorce 

cases are broken homes and 

social vices. 

We, therefore, should 

collectively assist in protecting 

the sanctity of the institution 

of marriage and enhance 

Christendom. 

Premix Fuel Secretariat 

makes GH¢7M profit 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh 

THE NATIONAL Premix 

Fuel Secretariat 

(NPFS), under the 

Ministry of Fisheries 

and Aquaculture Development, 

has realised an amount 

of GH¢7, 000,000.00 from 19 

landing beaches across the country 

for the first time in its history. 

This was after the secretariat, 

for the first time, enforced the provisions 

in its LI 2233 Clause 27 (2), 

which states that “each landing 

beach committee shall open a bank 

account for the fishing community 

into which 53% of the proceeds of 

margins from the sale of Premix 

fuel shall be paid.” 

But the Landing Beaches Committee 

(LBCs), “which hitherto 

could not account for any amount 

in their accounts, presently have 

been able to accumulate funds in 

their accounts for development 

projects in their communities.” 

This was captured in the National 

Premix Committee 2018 report 

prepared by the National 

•Nii Lante Bannerman, Chairman 

of Premix Fuel Secretariat 

Premix Fuel Committee in collaboration 

with the National Premix 

Fuel Secretariat, which said “The 

NPFS can proudly confirm that 

nationwide, there is over Seven 

Million Ghana Cedis 

(7,000,000.00) accumulated across 

various LBC accounts in a little 

over a year nationwide.” 

As a result, however, some 

LBCs have submitted proposals 

for the construction of ICT centres, 

libraries, fish markets, modern 

public toilets, and hostel facilities 

among other projects. 

Restructuring NPFS 

According to the report, as part 

of the efforts to restructure and 

enhance its corporate governance 

system, the NPFS has recognised 

the need to restructure its operations 

for improved efficiency. 

“In the year 2018, the NPFS 

developed Conditions of Service 

among other things to regulate the 

behaviour of staff, standardize disciplinary 

procedures, sanctions and 

reward systems to improve the 

professional behaviour of staff for 

effective and efficient performance. 

A new organogram to fit the 

present operations of NPFS was 

designed and staff roles realigned 

to fit organizational structure. 

“A new organizational logo was 

designed and approved by the 

NPFC. Subsequently, a workshop 

was organised for all staff where 

members were taken through training 

on work ethics and optimal 

performance,” the report captured. 

Below are examples of LBCs 

across the country with accumulated 

funds as at August 31, 

2018 for reference. 

DISTRICT FUNDS ACCUMULATED 

TEMA 308,700.74 

GA MASHIE 106,480.00 

CHORKOR 108,240.00 

ADA EAST 145,200.00 

NINGO PRAMPRAM 191,840.00 

ADA WEST 147,840.00 

KEEA 293,920.00 

CAPE COAST 140,800.00 

AAK 83,600.00 

MFANSTIMAN 223,520.00 

NZEMA EAST 183,920.00 

ELLEMBELLE 25,520.00 

JOMORO 325,600.00 

AHANTA WEST 233,200.00 

SHAMA 212,080.00 

SEKOND 275,440.00 

ANLO/KETA 180,400.00 

KETU SOUTH 159,280.00 

LAKE REGION 2,068,880.00


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Why we need our answer scripts 

BY DAVID ADU-TENKORANG 

Bra.kwameadu3@gmail.com 

A 

CADEMIC 

WORK, we say, is 

the only profession 

that has no closing 

time, nor starting 

time. It has no limits; 

and so long as one wants to, perhaps, 

satisfy his personal goals on 

this ladder, and probably put himself 

at a certain pedigree in the society, 

then one needs to sit with his 

inanimate friends for hours so as to 

grasp, reproduce and then pass tests 

in order to achieve such pedigree. 

In the course of cramming, one 

is expectant of flying colours. At 

this juncture, any form of unexpected 

result calls for some psychological 

battles of trying to ascertain 

why the opposite happened when 

the spirit, soul and body know that 

it did the right thing. 

For some years now, after rolling 

myself so deep into the academic 

fibre of this country, I am beginning 

to believe that our examination 

bodies are simply trying to downplay 

the intelligence, the emotions, 

the toiling efforts, and the physiological 

abilities of great minds in 

this country. 

In fact, I was flabbergasted 

when I learnt that a professor I 

knew way back on campus had very 

low grades during his undergraduate 

studies. He then decided to pursue 

his postgraduate degree in a foreign 

country, and his new university had 

to write to his home university to 

clarify issues as to why he graduated 

with such poor grades. The long 

and short of it is that during his 

postgraduate studies, he had wowed 

his new tutors. They marvelled at 

his level of intelligence. His level of 

intelligence was not a match for 

most of their brilliant students; 

meanwhile he graduated with third 

class. 

Just last week, out of two hundred 

and eighty-four (284) students 

who had gone through almost four 

years of law studies in our universities, 

passed all their university 

exams, surprisingly got sixty-four 

(64), representing 23%, to pass the 

General Legal Council exams. It 

that not amazing and insulting? Bear 

it in mind too that most of them 

had already completed their undergraduate 

programs before going to 

study law. So, what happened? 

It is on record that almost half 

of the finalists who sat for the 2018 

WASSCE failed woefully. The question 

then is, were those students 

•David Adu-Tenkorang 

using a syllabus different from that 

of WAEC? Are those students 

taught by the same teachers who 

graduated with certificates from our 

best teacher training institutions? 

Are the over 50% of students 

across the nation so dumb to the 

extent that they all made F9? I made 

an interesting observation that the 

district in which I reside has been 

the last for three consecutive years. 

However, a student who happens to 

have been part of these batches of 

WAEC acclaimed “failures” had 

first class, and even came out as the 

overall best student in the last graduation 

in one of our public universities. 

Isn’t it interesting that we begin 

to ask these examination or professional 

bodies a lot of questions? 

The long and short of it all is 

that I am calling on the examination 

bodies to peacefully hand in the answer 

scripts that they marked and 

the marking schemes back to the 

examinees. Yes! If they really believe 

that the results that they did 

publish are error-free and for that 

reason very credible, then they are 

to hand in the marked answer 

scripts and the marking schemes 

back to the examinees when the results 

are released. 

In fact, there is so much doubt 

of credibility when the results are 

released. How can astute students, 

who even graduated with first class, 

fail professional exams? Enough of 

the “methodologies of how to answer 

law questions and WASSCE 

questions.” Do the examiners find it 

really easy marking the WASSCE 

scripts? How can WAEC examiners 

mark the over three million answer 

booklets and then take them 

through all their herculean 

processes in just three months (June 

to August)? That does not tally. 

I believe our examination bodies 

should re-examine their 

processes in order not to sacrifice 

souls and render powerful brains 

useless and cause others to think 

that they are toying with the lives of 

intelligent citizens of our beloved 

country. 

As our noble president said, and 

it has been upheld by the luminary, 

particularly those in academia and 

technocrats that “resources do not 

develop nations, but rather great 

minds do”, our examination bodies 

should be careful in order not to 

cause great minds in this beautiful 

country of ours to wither. These examination 

bodies should not give 

cause to be seen as destroying lives 

and overly abusing their powers. 

Enough of that! 

After the marking of the scripts, 

let them hand in our answer scripts 

and marking scheme. We want to 

see our mistakes, and then prepare 

adequately to never commit such 

mistakes again in our subsequent 

exams. 

The writer is a teacher and a 

post-graduate degree holder fr om 

the Kwame Nkrumah University 

Science and Technolog y, Kumasi 

PARLIAMENT OF GHANA 

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Vodafone pays hospital bills for 108 patients 


philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh 

VODAFONE 

GHANA, a telecommunication 

service 

provider, through its 

annual Homecoming 

program, has in six years running 

settled the medical bills of 108 patients 

who were struggling to raise 

funds to pay their bills. 

The latest payment which 

forms part of the payments for the 

108 patients took place at Korle- 

Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. 

The event, which occurred on 

March 5, 2019, was a charitable 

deed done by the company to enable 

patients who had been detained 

for not being able to settle 

their bills to celebrate the independence 

holiday at home. 

In all, the company spent 

GH¢250, 000.00 on the hospital 

bills of patients detained at Korle 

Bu Teaching Hospital and other 

patients in various regional hospitals 

in the Central, Volta, Northern, 

Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo and 

Western regions. 

Speaking to the media shortly 

after the event, External Affairs 

Director at Vodafone Ghana, Mr 

Gayheart Mensah, said the gesture 

formed part of the Vodafone 

Health Initiative. 

Mr Mensah said the Health Initiative 

of Vodafone Ghana Foundation 

is aligned with the 

• Mr Gayheart Mensah (L), External Affairs Director at Vodafone Ghana, 

interacting with nurses and patients at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital 

Sustainable Development Goals, 

which calls for good healthcare for 

all and is meant to support the 

government in improving the 

healthcare of citizens. 

The Principal Nursing Officer 

in charge of the Neurosurgical 

Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching 

Hospital, Mrs Emelia K. Okai, on 

behalf of the patients at the Korle 

Bu Teaching Hospital, thanked 

Vodafone Foundation for their 

support. 

According to her, the Foundation, 

for years now, has been assisting 

patients who cannot pay their 

medical bills, for which they are 

grateful, but like Oliver Twist, Mrs 

Okai asked for more support in 

the future. 

White clay poses cancer risk — Researchers 

EDIBLE WHITE clay, 

known locally as 

‘hyire’, poses potential 

cancer risk. That is one 

of the outcomes of a 

study by scientists at 

the Kwame Nkrumah University 

of Science and Technology 

(KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana. 

The researchers found levels of 

heavy metals such as lead, over 

three times the required daily intake 

for a normal adult. 

The consumption of clay, especially 

among pregnant women and 

children, has been reported in several 

countries across continents, 

particularly in Africa. 

Studies have reported on countries 

such as Cameroun, Congo 

and Nigeria (in Africa), parts of 

India, China and the Philippines 

(in Asia) as well as those in the 

Americas. 

Many reasons, including nutritional, 

religious and cultural, have 

been linked to the habit. 

A 2013 study indicates 28 per 

cent of women of reproductive 

age in Ghana eat averagely 70 

grams of clay daily. 

White clay benefits are said to 

include the ability to absorb dietary 

and bacterial toxins associated 

with digestive tract 

disturbance. 

However, in 2014 researchers in 

Johannesburg, South Africa, found 

pregnant women who eat clay to 

be at risk of anaemia and other 

health conditions. 

For the study at KNUST, 30 

pieces of baked, ready -to -eat 

white clay samples were randomly 

obtained from 10 markets in the 

•White clay 

causes 

cancer 

Kumasi metropolis. 

The clay was found 

to contain essential nutrients 

such as potassium, 

iron, calcium and 

zinc. 

Toxic metals like lead 

and arsenic were also 

detected in the current 

study. 

The World Health 

Organization (WHO)- 

permitted maximum tolerable 

daily intake, 

which is estimated on 

the assumption that an 

Studies have reported 

on countries such as 

Cameroun, Congo 

and Nigeria (in 

Africa), parts of India, 

China and the Philippines 

(in Asia) as well 

as those in the Americas. 

adult who weighs 60 kg consumes 

70 g of white clay a day, indicated 

that the levels of lead and arsenic 

substances in the samples are 

far above the tolerable values 

set by the WHO. 

“The consumption of 

these clays by adults and children 

over a long time poses a 

potential health threat due to 

the likelihood of accumulating 

for a long period. 

“These high levels of toxic 

metals (lead and arsenic) render 

the clay unwholesome for 

human consumption,” observed 

Dr Marian Asantewah 

Nkansah, the lead scientist on 

the study at KNUST.

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• Dr Williams Anarfi Sarpong (R) in a chat with an Executive Member of Alleem Business 

Alleem Business appoints 

WASK CEO Ambassador 

THE ALLEEM Business Congress in the U.A.E 

has appointed Chief Executive Officer of the 

WASK Group of Companies, Dr Williams Anarfi 

Sarpong as its Brand Ambassador for 2019. 

Dr Sarpong popularly called Dr WASK 

received the ambassadorial appointment at the 

recently held 4th Annual Water and Energy week 

celebration in Dubai. 

Dr WASK will serve as the face and voice of 

Alleem Business Congress, build brand 

recognition, and successfully promote products 

and services in Africa. 

He will also communicate and engage partners 

in Africa in meaningful ways to increase the brand 

awareness and generate new opportunities for 

interested companies to be part of the subsequent 

congress. 

The event brought together over 300 

participants from about 35 different countries to 

share their views and experiences in their various 

fields of business. 

In attendance were government officials from 

around the world, stakeholders in the water and 

energy and academics. 

There were 14 speakers who did exclusive 

PowerPoint presentations on the water & energy 

situation in their various countries. 

•The cleared site 

Dr WASK, who was also a proposed speaker at the for the 

event, made a presentation on Sustainable SHS 

Livelihoods in Africa. 

On day one, presentations and deliberations 

centered on different aspects of water and energy; 

stimulated meaningful debate on challenges in 

handling water and energy and diverse ways for 

solving the menace. 

Day two was allocated for the Excellence 

Award Night during which the Alleem Business 

Congress honoured few partners and sponsors for 

being part of their success story. 

Dr WASK being the only black speaker was 

accompanied by some executives of the WASK 

Group of Companies. They are Mr Williams 

Benjamin Anarfi, Mr Benjamin Nana Adomako 

Kufour, Mr. Benjamin Amusah and Ms. Joyce 

Benewaa. 

Berekuso celebrates 

Ohum festival after 8yrs’ dispute 

THE CHIEFS and people of Berekuso in the Eastern 

Region have celebrated their annual Ohum Festival 

amidst drumming, dancing and the firing of muskets. 

The festival was put on hold for eight years due to 

chieftaincy disputes in the town. 

As a result of amicable settlements between all 

factions, the festival, which was celebrated peacefully, 

under the theme: ‘Unity and Peace for Development’, 

drew a large crowd from all walks of life including 

foreigners. 

The festival is an occasion that brings to the fore, 

political, social and religious ways of life. It is a time 

when the chiefs within the traditional area reaffirm 

their loyalty to the Twafo Stool, thereby, strengthening 

the bond that binds them together. 

The chiefs and the people used the occasion to 

settle disputes and differences that tended to 

undermine the unity of the area, and also afforded the 

people the opportunity to go back to their root and 

be rejuvenated for the years ahead. 

Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, Minister for Roads and 

Highways in an address read on his behalf said, 

government had secured a 24 million-dollar Kuwaiti 

fund for the rehabilitation of roads in the area. 

He said plans were also far advanced for the 

government to upgrade all the senior high schools in 

the community. 

Mr Amoako-Atta commended the people for the 

peaceful celebration of the festival and expressed the 

hope that this would bring development into the area. 

Mr Samuel Ayitey, Deputy Eastern Regional 

Minister urged them to do away with chieftaincy 

disputes to ensure the rapid development of the area. 

He urged them to use the occasion to champion 

the cause of peace and unity. 

Mr Frank Aidoo, Akuapem South District Chief 

Executive appealed to parents to take active interest in 

•Odeefuo Oteng Korankye II, 

Berekusohene sits in state 

the education of their wards to enable them grow to 

become useful citizens. 

Odeefuo Oteng Korankye II, Chief of the town 

appealed to the government to construct the 

Kwabenya-Kitase road, which had become a source of 

worry to motorists and pedestrians and also provide 

the town with a senior-high school and a market to 

make life comfortable for the people. 

He commended the government and the sons and 

daughters of Dagbon for their peaceful role in the 

enskinment of the new overlord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa 

Abukari Mahama II and was of the hope that the 

enskinment would bring development into the area. 

Amnesty Intl Ghana organises 

‘Balance for Better’ dialogue 

• Calls for priority for women’s issues 


philip.antoh@dailyheritage 

THE DEAN of Faculty of 

Law at the University of 

Professional Studies, Accra 

(UPSA), Prof Kwame 

Frimpong, has said there is 

the need for Ghanaians to 

give priority to woman and celebrate 

their right because they form an integral 

part of society. 

According to him, Ghanaian women 

form a greater fraction of the 

development and the struggle for 

advancement in life, hence the need for 

attention and protection of their civic 

right. 

Prof Frimpong made these 

statements last Friday, March 8, 2018 at 

UPSA during a joint stakeholder’s 

dialogue organised by Amnesty 

International, Ghana with support from 

Human Rights Advocacy Centre on 

International Women’s Day held in 

Accra. 

The event drew scores of women 

from all over the country to dialogue on 

issues relating to their plights, bringing 

them to the attention of the general 

public and mounting pressure on policy 

makers to respond to their needs. 

Delivering his address dubbed ‘Public 

Dialogue on Ghana's Gender Balance on 

2019 International Women's Day,’ Prof 

Frimpong, called on Ghanaians, 

especially policy makers to give priority 

to women issues to equip them 

financially. 

“If you understand that the woman 

is the same as a man, and is a human 

being then there’s no need for us to talk 

about gender discrimination. We don’t 

need to have separate rights for others or 

deny others of equal rights,” he stated. 

International Women’s Day, is a day 

set aside to celebrate women across the 

globe, highlight on issues of women and 

also used to accelerate gender parity. 

This year’s celebration was on the theme 

‘Balance for Better’ which resonates with 

goal 5 of the Sustainable Development 

Goals stressing on Gender Equality and 

the need to end all forms of 

discrimination against women and girls. 

According to the campaigns and 

fundraising 

coordinator 

at Amnesty 

International, 

Ghana, Mr Samuel 

Komla Agbotsey, the reason for 

organising the event at the UPSA 

campus was to give the students the 

opportunity to have a feel of human 

rights and add to their theoretical bank 

of knowledge. 

In her solidarity message, the 

Executive Director of Human Rights 

Advocacy Centre, Ms Cynthia Nimo- 

Ampredu appealed to President Nana 

Akufo-Addo to ensure that appropriate 

measures are taken to holistically address 

issues of women empowerment. 

“We call on His Excellency, who is 

also an internationally recognised gender 

champion and his government to 

prioritise women empowerment,” she 

noted. 

She called on the government to 

effect the amendment of labour Act 

2003 to increase maternity leave 

from three to months so as to 

promote job security for 

women as well as take 

radical steps to see the 

passage of the 

Property Rights of 

Spouses and the 

Intestate Succession 

and Affirmative 

Action Bills. 

The staunch 

women’s rights 

advocate also demanded 

that the government takes 

deliberate steps to increase 

women’s representation in 

Parliament to at least 30% and to 

address the systemic challenges 

experienced in the implementation of 

the domestic violence act. 

The three-hour programme also 

witnessed a panel discussion which 

brought together members drawn from 

government, civil society groups, gender 

activists, academia and Amnesty 

International Ghana to deliberate on key 

issues affecting women. 

Dr Maame Gyenkye –Jandoh, Senior 

LEKMED marks 6th KG march past at KROMA 

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH 

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com 

THE LEDZOKUKU-KROWOR 

Municipal Education Directorate 

(LEKMED) has held its sixth 

kindergarten march past as a 

prelude to commemorate the 62nd 

Independence Day Celebration, on 

the theme ‘Celebrating Peace and 

Unity.’ 

The sixth event, which was the 

first of its kind at Nungua under 

the newly-created Krowor 

Municipal Assembly (KROMA), 

attracted 18 kindergarten schools in 

the municipality. 

Mrs Gloria Naa-Ahinee Clerk, 

the Municipal Director at the 

Ghana Education Service while 

addressing the gathering urged 

parents to enrol their kids in school. 

According to her, with the right 

•Panelists at a discussion session 

Inset: Prof Kwame Frimpong delivering his 

address 

•KG pupils waiting for their 

turn to do the march past 

foundation, children would grow to 

become great achievers adding that 

the purpose of the KG march past 

is also to instil some nationalism 

into the children and also attract 

children who are home to be in 

school. 

She however commended the 

teachers at the pre-school level 

within the municipality for their 

commitment and hard 

work urge parents to 

support the course. 

In a statement delivered 

on his behalf, the 

Municipal Chief Executive 

of KROMA, Mr Joshua 

Bortey, said the assembly 

with do whatever possible 

in pushing education to the 

level of acceptance. 

On her part, the Early 

Childhood Coordinator at 

LEKMED Ms Abena 

Owusuaa Amo Yeboah 

expressed satisfaction at 

the level of attendance but 

also said the heavy 

downpour took the shine 

away from the March pass. 

The march past which was later 

called off commenced with 

traditional, Islam, and Christian 

prayers led by pupils from LEKMA 

Lecturer and Head of Political Science 

Department of the University of Ghana, 

Legon led participants through an 

overview of Ghana’s journey in ensuring 

Gender Balance, while the Former 

Minister of Gender, Children and Social 

Protection, Nana Oye Lithur gave an 

overview of Gender and Human Rights 

and how its understanding could help 

promote Gender Balance for a better 

society. 

The Deputy Board Secretary of 

Amnesty International Ghana, Maame 

Akosua Asare, presenting on the topic 

‘Balancing for Better: The Role Of 

Young People In A Fast-Changing 

World,’ charged the youth to help 

empower themselves in order to change 

the negative mindsets people have about 

them. 

On her part, the former Minister of 

Gender, Children and Social Protection 

called on all and sundry to make 

deliberate and conscious effort to change 

the gender narrative to remove barriers 

to women’s empowerment where ever 

they find ourselves. 

“I believe when we do this, we can 

fast-track the change that we all desire,” 

she posited. 

A curtain was drawn on the event 

after social interactions and networking 

session which witnessed various 

insightful questions, comments and 

contributions from participants all geared 

towards trouble shooting and professing 

solutions on how to deal with women’s 

issues. 

1&2 Primary KG, St. Augustine’s 

Basic KG, and the United Church 

Prep. KG. 

The dignitaries gathered at the 

event were treated to a variety of 

cultural performances which 

includes poetry and dance by pupils 

from Precious Savior Academy and 

Wingston International School KG. 

Participating schools 

Participating schools were St. 

Peters Anglican Pre-School, 

Nungua LEKMA ‘7’ KG, Nungua 

Ebenezer Methodist KG, Quaye 

Nungua Roman Catholic KG, 

Wingston International School. KG, 

and Nungua Central KG. 

The rest are, LEKMA 1&2 

Primary KG, United Church Prep 

KG, St. Augustine’s Basic KG, 

Precious Savior Academy, Nungua 

Methodist ‘1’ Basic, and Nungua 

LEKMA ‘1,2 and 7’ KG. 

•Nana Agyei Donkor, development chief of 

Gomoa Buduatta community 

MP charges 

Gomoa Buduatta 

chiefs to focus on 

development 

MEMBER OF Parliament 

(MP) for Gomoa East 

Constituency in the Central 

Region, Mr Kojo Asemani 

has indicated his readiness to 

work with the various chiefs 

and traditional office holders, 

particularly the development 

Chief (Nkosoohene) for 

Gomoa Buduatta community, 

Nana Agyei Donkor to 

quicken the pace of socioeconomic 

development and 

growth in the area. 

For this plan to become 

successful, the law 

maker called for unity among 

chiefs and people of Gomoa 

Buduatta community for 

massive development, adding 

that ‘let us work together as 

one people to help promote 

sanitation, education, security 

and health." 

He added that his outfit 

would work hand in hand 

with Nana Agyei Donkor and 

the people to see to the 

wellbeing of the people at 

Gomoa Buduatta. 

Mr Asemani made the 

statement when he joined the 

chiefs and people of the area 

to celebrate this year's 

annual Akwambo festival 

of the people Gomoa 

Buduatta. 

On his part, Nana Agyei 

Donkor I charged indigenes 

of Buduatta and Ghana as a 

whole to work towards 

peace, unity, togetherness in 

order to promote socioeconomic 

growth and 

development. 

According to the chief 

who doubles as the Chief 

Executive Officer of Alpha 

Investment and properties, 

the Gomoa Buduatta 

community lacks social and 

infrastructure developments, 

therefore would do his 

possible best to promote 

development in the area. 

"I will work with my 

people and stakeholders to fix 

the falling standard of 

education, because education 

in my community is one of 

my top-most priorities at such 

I have established 

Nkosoohene Educational 

Fund to sponsor brilliant 

children in society," he noted.


12TH 

MARCH, 

2019 

TUESDAY 

CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING 

US Dollar USDGHS 4.7871 4.7919 

RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 

6.1380 

6.1461 

Euro 

GBPGHS 

5.4483 

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10 



SG Ghana shares group’s 

strategy for growth in Africa 

• Details what the group offers Ghana 

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI 

Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com 

SOCIETE GENERALE 

Ghana, a subsidiary of Societe 

Generale Group, has engaged 

with key stakeholders, from 

both the private and public 

sectors in Ghana. 

The business fourm’s objective was to 

discuss how the bank could support the 

country’s agenda for development. 

The event, on the theme ‘Grow with 

Africa’, saw all the experts of the company 

in global finance; markets; transaction 

and payment services; and structured 

finance interact with some government 

ministries, agencies, regulators and customers 

on natural resources; structured 

finance and asset financing; positive impact 

finance; trade finance and cash management; 

and capital markets. 

The seminar was followed by workshops 

at which the various experts from 

the company had more intimate discussions 

with selected stakeholders. 

The main objective of the program 

was to foster development of the 

economies and populations through 

multi-dimensional support for Small and 

Medium Enterprises (SMEs), infrastructure 

financing, innovative financing solutions 

and financial inclusion. 

According to Societe Generale, one of 

the initiatives is the creation of SME centers 

across Africa to provide resources 

for business development. 

Mr Alexander Maymat, Head of 

Africa, Mediterranean Basin & Overseas 

Region for Societe Generale Group, explained 

that the creation of the centres 

came in addition to the bank’s decision to 

increase access to credit to support 

SMEs, which are the cornerstone of 

African economies. 

He said infrastructure financing is another 

key aspect of development in 

Africa, especially in energy, transport, 

water and waste management, and even 

the development of smart cities. 

He added that the company had plans 

to double its workforce dedicated to 

structured financing by the end of 2019 

and increase its financial commitment related 

to structured finance in Africa by 

20% over the next three years. 

•Mr Robert Ahomka-Lindsey (L), Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr 

Alexander Maymat, Head of Africa, Mediterranean Basin & Overseas 

Region for Societe Generale Group, and Mr Hakim Ouzzani, Managing 

Director, Societe Generale Ghana, seated at the commissioning of the SG 

Home of Business 

“Societe Generale’s experience in 

Ghana is an exciting one; the country is 

developing fast and so are the needs of 

our clients. Clients are finding in Ghana 

their own way to consume banking products 

and services, and we believe that our 

unique positioning, which combines 

knowledge of the local economies and 

the expertise of an international banking 

group, is the key to support the country’s 

development,” Mr Maymat said. 

He also pointed out that on promoting 

development through financial inclusion, 

the objective is born out of the 

strong conviction that there is a real need 

for alternative banking models to accelerate 

financial inclusion across Africa. 

He said “80% of the African population 

remains unbanked and microfinance 

remains crucial to integrating this section 

of the population that has not accessed 

the traditional banking system. In this 

vein, new distribution models that use 

mobile devices are a more practical approach 

to servicing this unbanked population.” 

Mr Hakim Ouzzani, Managing Director, 

Societe Generale Ghana, explained 

that under innovative financing, and with 

a special emphasis on agricultural industries 

and energy partnerships, the bank 

was planning to provide access to a range 

of banking and non-banking services that 

are healthcare, education, advisory and 

many more to one million farmers over 

the next five years. 

“This target is being made possible by 

YUP, the bank’s online mobile money 

platform that brings finance to the 

doorstep of everyone,” he added. 

He also said Societe Generale’s desire 

to contribute to sustainable development 

in Africa is also driven by the initiatives of 

the bank’s corporate foundation for solidarity. 

He said “the foundation has already 

supported close to 100 projects promoting 

professional integration in 14 African 

countries, and the budget it dedicates to 

projects in Africa will be considerably increased 

over the coming years.” 

The management also commissioned 

a business centre known as ‘SG Home of 

Business’ at the Osu branch in Accra. 

Mr Robert Ahomka-Lindsey, Deputy 

Minister of Trade and Industry, said the 

SG Home of Business would help businesses 

in the country to stand on their 

feet through the advisory role that would 

be played by the bank since the government 

does not have the finances to support 

all of them.. 

“If our strategy of government is in 

industrial transformation of companies 

and as a case if 90% of all businesses in 

Ghana are micro- and small-scale businesses, 

then we know they have employed 

85% of our people in the country and it 

means that in order to transform our 

economy we must transform our SMEs 

and one of our key need of SMEs is finances 

so this place is directly one of the 

places,” he said. 

Taxify now Bolt 

TAXIFY, THE leading single app and is currently 

working on ex- 

European on-demand 

transportation platform, panding the scooter 

is changing its name to sharing service across a 

Bolt and introducing a number of European 

new logo. 

cities. 

The update brings Mr Uche Okafor, 

the brand identity in Regional Manager for 

line with the company’s West Africa, Bolt, explained 

that “while 

broader vision of transportation 

that has already 

expanded from our mission, we’ve also 

we’ve made progress on 

ride-hailing, with cars started to outgrow parts 

and motorbikes, to of our brand, including 

scooter sharing. the name. Given our 

In a release, Mr ambition to solve transportation 

problems on 

Markus Villig, CEO and 

co-founder of Bolt, an increasingly broader 

speaking on why the scale, we want the brand 

company chose to make •Mr Christian to reflect Chammas, the company’s 

CEO, Vivo Energy 

the change, said, “Taxify 

was launched five years 

ago with a mission to 

make urban transportation 

more convenient 

and affordable. Our 

first product was a taxi 

dispatch solution that 

gave the company its 

original name.” 

The Estonian-born 

tech company has 

evolved in leaps and 

bounds since its inception 

to now serve 25 

million customers in 

over 30 countries globally, 

making it a leader 

in Europe and Africa. 

It was also the first 

company to bring ridehailing 

and scooter 

sharing together in one 

future rather than the 

past. 

“Our new name, 

Bolt, stands for fast, effortless 

movement – exactly 

what the 

experience of getting 

around in a city should 

be, be it by car, scooter 

or public transport. It 

also underscores our 

belief that the future of 

transportation will be 

electric.” 

The new brand will 

be gradually rolled out 

across Bolt’s global markets 

in the coming 

weeks. Bolt users will 

not need to take any action 

as the app will update 

automatically.



DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 11 

Politics 

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about 

anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for 

yourself —Henry James 

NDC’s Dr Kwabena Adjei passes on 

AFORMER National 

Chairman of the opposition 

National 

Democratic Congress 

(NDC), Dr Kwabena 

Adjei, has passes on. 

He died Tuesday morning at the 

Greater Accra Regional Hospital, formerly 

Ridge hospital, a highly placed 

source at the party confirmed to the 

media. 

The politician who was the chairman 

when the NDC won power in 

2008 had been battling with a protracted 

sickness first reported in the 

media in August 2015. 

He died three days after marking 

his 76th birthday on March 9, 2019. 

Dr Adjei graduated with a PhD 

(Research Methods and Statistics in 

Psychology) from the University of 

Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K in 

1973. 

He ventured into politics in 1978, 

getting elected as a Council Mmember 

of the Jasikan District Council in the 

Volta region. 

The Psychology lecturer’s political 

decline began after 2014 after he lost 

his National Chairmanship post to 

• Dr Kwabena Adjei, 

a former NDC National 

Chairman 

Kofi Portuphy. 

It ended his bid for a third tenure 

after first winning the position in 2005 

while the party was in opposition. He 

was re-elected in 2009. 

Dr Kwabena Adjei popularly called 

‘Wayo Wayo’ is remembered for his 

controversial August 2010 comment ‘ 

there are many ways of killing a cat.’ 

He said it in response to the serial 

losses the NDC government under 

late President Mills suffered in court. 

1978/1979: Elected Council Member: 

Jasikan District Council, Jasikan, 

Volta, Region, Ghana. 

1979-1981: Parliamentary Candidate 

Biakoye for the Popular Front 

Party 

1986-1987: PNDC Deputy Secretary 

(Deputy Minister of State) for the 

Volta Region, Republic Of Ghana. 

1987-1992: PNDC Deputy Secretary 

(Deputy Minister of State) for Industries, 

Science & Technology, 

Republic Of Ghana. 

1998/1992: Member Of Committee 

Of Secretaries (The PNDC Cabinet), 

1992: Key Member since the 

founding of the National Democratic 

Congress (NDC) in 1992. 

1993/1996: Member of Parliament 

(MP) for the Biakoye Constituency, 

Parliament of the 4th Republic Of 

Ghana. 

1993/1994: First Deputy Majority 

Chief Whip: Parliament of the 4th 

Republic of Ghana. 

1994: Majority Chief Whip: Parliament 

of the 4th Republic of Ghana 

1994: Deputy Minister for Lands 

& Forestry: Republic Of Ghana. 

1994/1996: Minister for Lands & 

Forestry: Republic Of Ghana. 


(MP) for the Biakoye, Parliament of 

the 4th Republic of Ghana. 

1997/1998: Cabinet Minister for 

Lands & Forestry, Republic of Ghana. 

1998: Cabinet Minister for Food & 

Agriculture, Republic of Ghana. 

1998/2000: Leader of The House 

(Majority Leader): Parliament of 4th 

Republic of Ghana. 

1998/2000: Minister for Parliamentary 

Affairs, Forth Republic of 

Ghana 

Chairman of Business Committee, 

Parliament of the 4th Republic of 

Ghana. 

Member of Select Committee, Parliament 

of the 4th Republic of 

Ghana. 


(MP) for the Biakoye Constituency, 

Parliament Of The Fourth Republic 

of Ghana. 

Member of Finance Committee, 

Parliament, Republic of the 4th Republic 

of Ghana 

Member of Health Committee, 

Parliament of the 4th Republic of 

Ghana. 

2005: National Chairman of the 

National Democratic Congress 

(NDC) 

2009: Chairman of Ghana Education 

Trust Fund (GETFund). 

PARLIAMENT OF GHANA 

• Former President John Mahama 

ANNOUNCEMENT 

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

by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana for Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial appointments. The Appointments Committee of Parliament 

would consequently, hold Public Hearings to consider the nominations. 

The nominees are as follows: 

i) Mrs. Evelyn Arna Kumi-Richardson 

ii) Hon. Kofi Amoakohene, MP 

iii) Hon. Salifu Adam Braimah, MP 

iv) Hon. Solomon Namliit Boar, MP 

v) Hon. Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, MP 

vi) Hon Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, MP 

vii) Mr. Kwasi Owusu Yeboah 

viii) Hon.SiakaStevens,MP 

ix) Hon. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere, MP 

x) Mr. Samuel Yeyu Tika 

xi) Mr. Tahiru Tia Ahmed 

xii) Hon. John Benam 

xiii) Hon. Alex Tetteh, MP 

xiv) Mr.JohnsonAvuletey 

xv) Hon. Barbara Oteng Gyasi, MP xvi) Dr.HafizBinSalih 

xvii) Hon. Naana Eyiah, MP 

xviii) Hon. Alex Kodwo Korn Abban, MP xix) Hon.YawAfful,MP 

Minister for Bono Region 

Minister for Bono East Region Minister for Savannah Region Minister for North 

East Region Minister for Western North Region Minister for Western Region 

Minister for Oti Region DeputyMinisterforBonoRegion Deputy Minister for 

Ahafo Region Deputy Minister for Savannah region 

Deputy Minister for North East Region Deputy Minister for Northern Region 

Deputy Minister for Western North Region DeputyMinisterforVoltaRegion Minister 

for Tourism, Arts &Culture MinisterforUpperWestRegion Deputy Minister 

for Lands & Natural Resources 

Deputy Minister for Health DeputyMinisterforAviation 

The Committee hereby invites written Memoranda on the nominees from the general public. The Memoranda should reach the address below 

not later than Wednesday, 13th March, 2019. 

THE CLERK 

APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE 

PARLIAMENT HOUSE ACCRA 

Attendance at the Public Hearings shall be strictly by invitation.


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HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 

Methodist Church inaugurates Kwabenya 

Circuit, inducts Supt. Minister 

BY BENJAMIN TANDOH 

THE BISHOP of the 

Northern Accra Diocese 

of the 

Methodist Church 

Ghana, Rt. Rev. Prof. 

Joseph Edusa-Eyison, 

has urged Ghanaian youth to 

focus on living a chaste life. 

This, he indicated, was one of 

the surest ways to end the problem 

of political vigilantism currently facing 

the country, adding that, it will 

be appropriate for the youth to consult 

the elderly, or the church, in the 

case of Christians, before they take 

certain decisions in their lives. 

Speaking to the press at a ceremony 

to inaugurate the Kwabenya 

Circuit of the Methodist Church, 

and the induction of the Superintendent 

Minister of the Circuit at 

the Mount Sinai Methodist Church, 

Atomic, Kwabenya, Accra, Rt. Rev. 

Prof. Edusa-Eyison stressed that 

there was the need for the youth in 

the country to be educated properly 

to appreciate the good things in life. 

“As a youth, especially the Christians, 

you must try and live your life 

as a good Christian. If you are in 

school concentrate on your studies 

and do well, and if you are working 

then concentrate on the work that 

God has given to you. Try and do 

well so that you will not put yourself 

into this political vigilantism”. 

“The people who encourage 

them to engage in these acts, where 

are their children? The youth must 

take cues from this,” he said. 

On how the church could help 

the youth to live an improved Christian 

life, Rt. Rev. Prof. Edusa-Eyison 

was of the opinion that the church 

must continue to educate the youth 

on the importance of living a worthy 

Christian life. 

He said, “We need to help them 

to appreciate how far they’ve come 

and help them to realise the qualities, 

gifts and talents that God has 

blessed them with.” 

He stated that, the Methodist 

Church of Ghana is focused on 

helping the youth of the country, 

and indicated that, “we acknowledge 

the status of the youth.” 

Touching on the inauguration of 

the Kwabenya Circuit, Rt. Rev. Prof. 

Edusa-Eyison said the initiative will 

help the church to spread its duties 

to help the growth of Christianity in 

the communities in particular and 

the country as a whole. 

“We like to always encourage 

people to live in unity and love one 

•Bishop of the Northern Accra Diocese of the Methodist Church Ghana, Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Edusa-Eyison, congratulating Very 

another, because these are things 

that, when you are not careful, 

would be lost on the people,” he explained. 

The Presiding Bishop of the 

Methodist Church Ghana, The Most 

Rev. Dr Paul K. Boafo, congratulated 

the leaders and members of 

the new Circuit and charged them to 

sustain the zeal to do the will and 

work of God at all times. 

“Let not your enthusiasm for the 

work of God end with the inauguration 

of the Circuit, but be renewed 

every day so that the Lord will add 

to your numbers daily”, he said. 

“Go all out to the communities 

and call the wanderers home to 

Christ Jesus. Remember, you have 

no business whatsoever but to win 

souls,” he reminded the congregation. 

For his part, the newly inducted 

Superintendent Minister of the 

Kwabenya Circuit, The Very Rev. 

Felix Tawiah Korankye Danquah 

called on members of the Circuit to 

help him and the church as a whole 

to discharge their duties to the glory 

of God and the benefit of humanity. 

According to him, his pre-pastoral 

training has equipped him for 

the task ahead, and added that, “As a 

Methodist, you have to go through a 

lot. So before you are selected and 

inducted as a Superintendent Minister, 

you must have gone through the 

mill.” 

The Member of Parliament for 

Dome-Kwabenya, Ms Sarah Adwoa 

Sarfo, who was a special guest at the 

ceremony, expressed her gratitude to 

the Methodist Church for its decision 

to make the Kwabenya section, 

a Circuit. 

She called on members of the 

Rev. Felix Tawiah Korankye Danquah while Mrs Korankye Danquah showing appreciation 

Methodist Church and Christians in 

general to pray for the President and 

his government for the wisdom and 

strength to develop the country. 

“If we don’t 

rely on God for 

directions to execute 

our duties, it 

will be difficult 

for us [government]. 

She presented 

a gift to the Circuit 

saying, “We 

bring this offering 

to ask for God’s 

grace upon the 

President, Nana 

Addo Dankwa 

Akufo-Addo and 

his government”. 

The ceremony 

attracted many 

senior Ministers 

of the Methodist 

Church Ghana, 

politicians and 

other dignitaries. 

About 

Kwabenya Circuit 

The decision 

to carve 

Kwabenya Circuit 

out of the Dzorwulu 

Circuit was 

confirmed in 

2018 and the approval 

was given 

during the 10th 

Biennial/ 48 Annual 

Conference 

of the Methodist 

Church in 

Sekondi. 

The Circuit is 

made up of the 

Kwabenya Hills Nursery Society, Ascension 

Methodist Church, Grace 

Methodist Church, Victory 

Methodist Church, and the 

Narhman Methodist Society, with 

Mount Sinai Society as the Circuit 

Head.

13 

WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019 

Rob Photography 

advises youth to 

pursue careers 

B4Bonah part 

ways with Mim 

Life records 

BY COBBY SACKITEY 

•B4Bonah 

BUDDING GHANAIAN rapper, Fredrick 

Amoako Bonah, known by his stage 

name B4Bonah has parted ways with his long 

time record label, MiM Life Records. 

This comes after minor misunderstanding 

between the artiste and management of the 

record label. What the misunderstanding entails 

is really not clear but our sources tell us 

B4Bonah is no longer willing to work with 

the record label. 

Speaking to host DJ Nyaami on WE 

DEY VIBE on SVTV Africa, manager for 

B4Bonah, Eric Asmah, aka Hulk, disclosed 

that there was no bad blood between the 

artiste and management. 

"As I am talking to you now, B4Bonah is 

no longer under Mim Life Records. Oh there 

is no bad blood between management and 

the artiste, it's just a minor misunderstanding 

and it's unfortunate we have to part ways 

with him." 

Hulk added that, "We didn't sack him. 

B4Bonah, after returning from The UK, decided 

not to work with us again after five 

years of signing him, and because we're family, 

we can't prevent him from going. We wish 

him the best in all his endeavours." 

B4Bonah in 2014 signed a 5-year contract 

with Mim Life Records, which is expected to 

end sometime this year. 

The rapper, under MiM Life Records, associated 

himself with some top-notch 

artistes in Ghana such Sarkodie, M.anifest, 

and Dr. Cryme. 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

ROB PHOTOGRA- 

PHY, known in real life 

as Robert Augustus 

Abban, has advised 

young men and women 

to pursue careers they love and put 

in all the efforts to prove themselves 

experts in their chosen fields. 

In an online interview with the 

DAILY HERITAGE, he continued 

that since it is difficult for 

any government across the globe to 

provide jobs for the teeming youth, 

the youth should choose careers so 

they can save themselves and their 

governments the worries associated 

with unemployment. 

Rob, who has become a household 

name and one of the most 

sought-after photographers in recent 

times following his biggest 

breakthrough as one of the official 

photographers at Ghana Music 

Awards UK, Ghana FIFA Awards 

2018, Rapperholic and Bhimnation 

Concert 2018, Kaya Tour, 3 Music 

Awards and AFRIMA Awards, said 

“as young people, we need the 

combination of good education and 

skills relevant in today’s world in order 

to be able to enjoy the comforts of 

life”. 

Now in The Netherlands for what 

he calls “a special project”, Photography 

asked the youth “to work for 

money rather than being obsessed 

with the mentality of making money 

through unacceptable means”. 

•Robert Augustus 

Abban 

Early Life: 

Abban, whose traditional name is 

Nana Kow Dadzie, was born on 

March 29, 1989 at Saltpond in the 

Central Region, Ghana. He had his 

basic school education at the SS Peter 

and Paul Anglican and later to 

Mfantsiman Basic DA School. Rob 

and his four siblings found themselves 

in a family of academics where their 

great grandfather is world renowned 

mathematician, Professor Francis Ampenyin 

Allotey, now of blessed memory. 

The thought of pursuing photography 

made him to enrol at Zepto Professional 

Training Institute, Accra – 

Ghana, where he studied it full time 

with high level of focus and determination. 

Upon graduation he started 

practising his trade and through hard 

work he has become the professional 

photographer he is known for today. 

Career 

He has established Rob Multimedia 

in Accra to provide professional photography 

services at such events as 

wedding and engagements, on the 

fields of blogging, tourism and journalism. 

Rob says some people do not make 

the attempt to try anything new despite 

the abundance of opportunities 

out there let alone doing it for free. He 

said he did his internship at Solid Multimedia, 

where he was made to file a 

vacant position as the acting head of 

media. He said he 

gained some experience 

and was later 

engaged in active 

service with award 

winning E - Jam 

Records in 2011 as 

the head of media 

promotion, where 

he promoted the 

likes of Sarkodie, D 

Cryme, Chemphe 

and Eno Barony 

when they were 

signed under the 

label. 

He said working 

with Dr. Osei 

Kwame Despite, 

Chief Executive Officer 

of Despite 

Group of Company, 

on his birthday donations 

as the official 

photographer 

added a significant 

value to his credibility 

and personality in 

general and shot him 

to the corporate 

world as a professional 

photographer. 

Goals 

Rob says aside personal gratification, 

he plies his trade in line with the 

tenets of his profession focusing on 

the biggest goal of putting Ghana on 

the world market. 

Brand Association 

He says his profession has opened 

doors of opportunity for him to work 

with Ghana Music Awards, Ghana and 

UK, S-Concert, Ashaiman to the 

World, Empire Entertainment, Bhimnation, 

Sarknation and other such 

events as the official photographer. 

Award nomination 

Ghana Event Awards - Best Event 

Photographer, 2018 (Nominee) 

MiPROMO Awards -Most Influential 

Media Personality, 2018 (Nominee).

14 



Africa Digital Awards launched 

BY ERICA ARTHUR 

AFRICA DIGITAL Awards (ADA), 

organized by Third Eye Media, 

launched the Ghana edition of the 

awards in collaboration with Stanbic 

Bank’s Business Incubator at 

Stanbic Heights, Airport, Accra, on Friday, March 

8, 2019. 

The scheme seeks to award and recognize any 

individual or company that uses the digital space 

to impact the society. 

According to the founder and Chief Executive 

Officer of ADA, Foster Kofi Sam, the 

awards scheme targets persons and companies in 

the media, telecom, finance and e-commerce 

platforms. 

He added that, “There will be a couple of 

events and activities that we will organize to celebrate 

and recognize digital players in Ghana that 

are leveraging digital innovations and inventions 

to impact society positively. There will be a Digital 

Summit and a corporate e-sports event among 

other activities before the main awards” 

Mr Sam also said Africa’s Digital Space is all 

about collaborations and through the awards they 

seek to push for the Free Trade continental 

agreement with governments and the private sector 

to make Africa a full-blown digital economy. 

“The awards, through strategic partners, 

would also train about one million youth in various 

digital skills and about 500,000 women in 

Digital Finance to make them employable as well 

• Dr Thomas Mensah (L), Chairman of the event, Foster Sam, (M), CEO of Africa Digital 

Awards, Mr Emmauel Gamor with other dignitaries at the event 

as use technologies in transacting business,” he 

said. 

Foster Awintiti Akugri, who is part of the 

awards jury and also a representative of Stanbic 

Bank’s business incubator, said supporting Africa 

Digital Awards is part of the Bank’s plans to 

push for a bigger digital transformation for its 

customers in various African countries and they 

look forward to great event in June and called for 

corporate Ghana to support this initiative. 

Dr Thomas Mensah, who was the chairman 

for the Launch, said the Awards would travel to 

countries like Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, 

Rwanda, South Africa and other Africa countries 

before the Pan African event in an African city. 

The launch saw personalities from companies 

like Total Ghana Limited; Stanbic Bank, Ghana; 

Immigration Service; and Chanzo Capital. The 

category that intrigued lot of patrons at the 

launch was the category to recognize, reward and 

celebrate the use of the digital system in governance 

in Ghana. 

ADA has seven technology experts who are: 

Dr Thomas Owusu Mensah, world renowned 

Fibre Optics inventor, Foster Awintiti Akugri, 

Business Incubation, Stanbic Bank; Alice K Mensah, 

George Kwabena Appiah, Regina Honu, 

Emmanuel Gamor, CEO of KANEA; and 

Manny Bortey 

The categories for the awards include: 

1. Best News Portal 

2. Best Use of Social Media 

3. Online Editor of the Year 

4. Entertainment Site of the Year 

5. Digital Artiste of the Year 

6. Best Digital Bank 

7. Fintech Innovation of the Year 

8. Most Outstanding Digital Financial Services 

9. Best Banking App for Ghana 

10. Best Telecom in Customer Service 

11. Telecom of the Year 

12. Best Digital Education Platform 

13. Ecommerce Platform of the Year 

14. Social Media Personality 

15. Most Innovative AgriTech App 

16. Best Use of Digital for Travel and 

Tourism 

17. Best Innovation for Health 

18. Best e-governance platform 

The Africa Digital Awards Ghana edition is 

slated for June 27 – 29, 2019 with activities such 

as Ghana’s first Digital Summit, Corporate e- 

league and the Awards Night. 

#Rexonacolourthon: 

R2bees, iPhone DJ, 

others thrill thousands 

at maiden edition 

RAMSON ACQUAH- 

HAYFORD 

THE maiden edition of #RexonaColourthon 

took off last 

Saturday at the University of 

Ghana’s Africa Union Hall otherwise 

known as Pentagon. 

The event involved thousands 

of students walking from 

the Pentagon hostel to the 

Evandy Hostel and back. 

“As the world is speeding up, 

we are slowing down. Most 

people find themselves sitting 

most of the day. As a brand, we 

want people to break out of 

sedentary lifestyles and get 

moving. We believe the more 

you move, the more you live.” 

said Vanessa Kavi. “The walk is 

to get Ghanaians to live happier 

and healthier lives, whilst using 

Rexona to stay confident 

throughout their daily activities.” 

Rexona propagates movement 

and assures everyone of 

staying fresh no matter how 

much they move. And the usage 

of colour is the celebration of 

our assortment of variants we 

offer, she added. 

On Saturday, March 2, participants 

in the first edition 

#RexonaColourthon, apart 

from walking, engaged in vigorous 

aerobics, health talk and 

Giant Bull riding among others. 

Multiple award-winning duo, 

R2bees, budding rapper CJ Biggerman, 

iPhone DJ and DJ 

Neizer took the audience spellbound 

treating the participants 

to back to back music 

The RexonaColourthon train 

is expected to make stops at the 

Kwame Nkrumah University of 

Science and Technology – 

KNUST and the University of 

Cape Coast in coming months. 

Participants can visit www.RexonaColour 

thon.com to participate. 

Maybelline New York announces DJ 

Cuppy as Ghana’s ambassador 

MAYBELLINE NEW YORK, the 

world’s leading cosmetics brand, is excited 

to announce Florence Ifeoluwa 

Otedola, famously known as DJ Cuppy, 

as ‘MAYBELLINE IT GIRL’ for 

Ghana and for Nigeria. 

An international DJ, musician 

and philanthropist 

with a rapidly increasing 

fan base, Cuppy is well 

known around the 

continent and recognized 

for her 

skills on the 

turntable, her philanthropic 

work and 

warm personality. 

“As a young 

African female, [I see 

that] it is an honour for 

me to be able to represent 

and join the Maybelline New 

York family! As (sic) a teenager, 

Maybelline was my first ever makeup 

purchase,” said Cuppy. 

“It is exciting to be a voice for not 

only myself but for every other young 

girl who wants to feel appreciated and 

valued in their various communities. We 

are strong, beautiful and capable of exceeding 

expectations and that to me is 

what Maybelline stands for. I could not 

be prouder to represent them and make 

it happen.” 

Cuppy joins an impressive lineup of 

international ‘IT GIRLS’ who have 

helped shape the identity of the iconic 

Maybelline New York brand. 

“Cuppy embodies the determination, 

passion and dream of making it 

happen in New York City,” said 

Sekou Coulibaly, Managing 

Director, 

L’Oréal West 

Africa. 

Born in 

Lagos, 

Nigeria in 

1992, 

Cuppy’s 

musical 

endeavours 

began at a 

young age. 

By the time 

she turned 18, 

whilst attaining a 

•DJ 

Cuppy 

BSc Economics at Kings 

College London, she was already producing 

her own tracks and DJing around 

the world. To this date, Cuppy’s DJ skills 

have taken her to over 30 countries and 

has allowed her to perform for Presidential 

inaugurations, including one in 

Ghana. 

Cuppy’s open-format DJ style and 

unlimited genre catalogue takes audiences 

on an exuberant journey. She is 

praised for her ability to seamlessly fuse 

global tunes, relating with any diverse 

crowd. With her lovable personality and 

undeniable hard work ethic, she has 

quickly risen and continues her pop-cultured 

supreme lead role as an international 

pan-African brand. In 2015, 

Cuppy embarked on an eight-country 

tour of Africa called ‘Cuppy Takes 

Africa’, now a TV show on FOX. 

In 2017, she released her hit debut 

single, ‘Green Light’, which won the 

hearts of Cuppy fans around the world. 

2018 saw Cuppy follow up with ‘Vybe’, 

‘Currency’ and ‘Werk’. In 2018, Cuppy 

established her own foundation, Cuppy 

Foundation, which makes education accessible 

to those less able to afford it. 

Cuppy has worked with some of the 

biggest and most exciting international 

organizations and publications and is 

well known for her charitable and philanthropic 

efforts. 

This partnership seeks to foster inclusiveness 

and empower all to make it 

happen. 

Maybelline New York launched in 

Ghana in 2015 and in Nigeria in 2013, 

taking West Africa as the fastest-growing 

makeup brand in sub Saharan Africa. 

In 2018, Maybelline New York in 

Ghana was named the Makeup Brand of 

Year during the annual Ghana Makeup 

Awards. In Nigeria, the brand continues 

to activate consumers through experiential 

activations. The brand continues to 

inspire urban women in West Africa to 

beauty and takes trends from the catwalk 

to the sidewalk.

DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH 

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15 

Louis van Gaal 

retires at 67 

FORMER MAN- 

CHESTER United 

manager Louis van 

Gaal has retired 

from football, with 

England striker Marcus 

Rashford among those to 

pay him tribute. 

The Dutchman, 67, 

handed an 18-year-old Rashford 

his professional debut 

for United in February 2016. 

Van Gaal's successful 

managerial career included a 

Champions League win with 

Ajax, as well as league titles 

with Barcelona and Bayern 

Munich. 

"I am a pensioner now. I 

have no ambition to be a 

technical director or a TV 

pundit. My 

wife Truus 

gave up her job 

for me 22 years 

ago and followed 

me when 

I went abroad. 

I told her I 

would quit as a 

coach when I 

turned 55, but 

instead kept 

going until I 

was 65. 

"She is entitled 

to have a 

life with me 

outside of 

football. I can 

say she is very 

happy. I think I 

could have worked as a technical 

director." 

During his first coaching 

job with Ajax, Van Gaal 

added three Eredivisie titles, 

the Uefa Cup, Uefa Super 

Cup, Intercontinental Cup 

and a Dutch Cup to his 

Champions League success 

in 1995. 

He also won the Super 

Cup with Barcelona, along 

with two La Liga titles and 

the Copa del Rey, before collecting 

another Eredivisie 

with AZ and the German 

league-and-cup double with 

Bayern Munich. 

Van Gaal had two spells 

as manager of the Netherlands, 

guiding them to third 

•Louis van 

Gaal 

place at the 2014 World Cup. 

His final managerial job 

came at Manchester United, 

winning the FA Cup in 2016 

before being sacked. 

Several United players 

paid their own tributes. 

"Thank you for opening 

the door and trusting in me. 

Enjoy retirement boss," said 

Rashford on Twitter. 

Manchester United teammate 

Anthony Martial said: 

"Thanks for everything 

coach!! It was an honour to 

learn from you!" 

And Chris Smalling 

added: "Enjoy your retirement 

boss." 

Wimbledon’s Kwesi Appiah 

happy with Black Stars return 

AFC WIMBLEDON striker, 

Kwesi Appiah, has reiterated he is 

"honoured" to be back to the 

Black Stars after being out of the 

team for four years. 

The 28-year-old has been included 

in Coach Kwesi Appiah’s 

24-man squad for the final Africa 

Cup of Nations qualifier against 

Kenya in Accra on March 23. 

Appiah was invited into the 

team by former Ghana coach 

Avram Grant for the 2015 Afcon, 

where he excelled at the tournament 

after making four appearances 

and scoring a goal as Ghana 

finished second. 

However, the former Crystal 

Palace forward has since then been 

overlooked largely due to recurring 

injuries but Coach Appiah has 

handed him invitation to justify his 

form against Kenya as he prepares 

to name a fearsome team capable 

of winning the 2019 AFCON in 

Egypt in June this year. 

•AFC Wimbledon striker, 

Kwesi Appiah 

Sogne Yacouba gets 

maiden national 

team call-up 

ASANTE KOTOKO 

striker Songne Yacouba 

has been handed his 

debut call-up by the 

head coach of Burkina 

Faso ahead of their 

2019 Africa Cup of Nations 

qualifier against 

Mauritania. 

The energetic forward 

earned the invitation 

following his 

sparkling performance 

at the Ghana Premier 

League side since joining 

them in 2018. 

Burkina Faso will 

face Mauritania in their 

last Group game in the 

2019 Africa Cup of Nations 

qualifiers. 

Yacouba will not be 

part of the Asante Kotoko 

team that will face 

Zesco United in Zambia 

due to suspension. 

He becomes the 

fourth Asante Kotoko 

player to earn a national 

team call-up for the 

2019 AFCON qualifiers 

after Kwame Bonsu, 

Amos Frimpong and 

Felix Annan. 

Yacouba has netted 

two goals with two assists 

in his nine appearances 

for Asante 

Kotoko in their CAF 

Confederation Cup 

campaign. 

Meteors’ coach invites 10 foreign-based 

players ahead of qualifier against Gabon 

HEAD COACH of the Black 

Meteors, Ibrahim Tanko, is reported 

to have invited 10 foreign-based 

players to 

strengthen his team ahead of 

their 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of 

Nations against Gabon. 

Ghana will host West 

African counterparts Guinea in 

the first leg of the qualifiers at 

the Accra Sports Stadium on 

Saturday, March 23. 

Last month, coach Tanko 

commenced preparations at 

the Ghanaman Soccer Centre 

of Excellence ahead of the 

crucial clash with 24 localbased 

players. 

According to media reports, 

the former deputy FC Koln 

trainer has included 10 foreignbased 

players to bolster the 

squad for the match. 

The reports indicate that 

Yaw Yeboah, who was a key 

cog for the side in the victory 

against Togo in first round of 

the qualifiers, has been called 

up. 

St Gallen duo Majeed 

Ashimeru and Musah Nuhu 

have also been handed call-ups 

following their swashbuckling 

performances in the Swiss 

Super League. 

The invited players are expected 

to touch down in the 

country between March 15 and 

18. 

Check the full list of the 

10 invited players below: 

Benjamin Tetteh (Sparta 

Prague, Czech Republic), Isaac 

Twum (IK Start, Norway), 

Kwabena Owusu (Salamanca 

CF, Spain), Musah Nuhu (FC 

St. Gallen, Switzerland), Majeed 

Ashimeru (FC St. Gallen, 

Switzerland), Kingsley Fobi 

(UD Ibiza, Spain), Yaw Yeboah 

(CD Numancia, Spain), Joseph 

Paintsil (KRC Genk, Belgium), 

Gideon Mensah (SK Sturm 

Graz, Austria) and Osman 

Bukari (AS Trencin, Slovakia). 

This year's edition of the 

U23 Africa Nations Cup will 

be staged from November 5 – 

22, 2019 in Egypt. 

The tournament will determine 

which three African 

teams will compete at the 2020 

Summer Olympics men's football 

tournament in Tokyo. 

•Black Meteors 

Coach Ibrahim 

Tanko

MARCH 13, 2019

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