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• Ken Ofor-Atta,
Finance Minister
• Mrs Elizabeth
Afoley Quaye,
Krowor MP
• Martin Amidu,
Special Prosecutor
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Martin Amidu faces
S/Court judgement
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE SUPREME
Court has set April
29, 2020 to deliver
its judgement in
the suit challenging
the eligibility of Martin Amidu
as the Special Prosecutor.
In December last year, the
court adjourned the case indefinitely
to allow for a re-panelling
of the bench hearing the case
following the retirement of two
of the judges.
In court yesterday, the Attorney
General, represented by
Deputy Attorney General Godfred
Yeboah Dame, and Tony
Lithur, counsel for the applicant,
had informed the court
that they had complied with the
filing orders of the court.
The seven member panel
presided over by Chief Justice
• Over age as Special Proscutor
• Martin Amidu, Special Prosecutor
Anin Yeboah subsequently
fixed April 29,
2020 to deliver its
judgement.
Subject matter
A former Deputy
Attorney General, Dr
Dominic Ayine, in a
suit, said Mr Amidu,
being 66 years, is too
old to hold public office,
and as such cannot
be the Special
Prosecutor.
The former
Deputy AG is seeking
a declaration that per
the interpretation of
Articles 190(1)(d),
199(1), 199(4), and
295 of the 1992 Constitution,
the retirement
age of all
holders of public offices
created pursuant to Article(1)(d),
is 60 years, hence Mr.
Amidu is not qualified or eligible
to be nominated as the Special
Prosecutor.
Dr. Dominic Ayine
filed the case in
February 2019.
He is seeking a declaration
from the Supreme Court that
Mr. Amidu, “is not qualified or
eligible to be nominated as the
Special Prosecutor under Section
13(3) of the Office of the
Special Prosecutor Act, 2018
(Act 959).”
He argued in his writ that
“any other interpretation would
result in an unlawful amendment
of Article 199 of the
Constitution by legislation.”
Previously, the apex court
had removed Martin Amidu's
name as defendant in Ayine
case
The court said Mr Amidu is
not a proper party to the case
as the position in question is
one which falls under Article
88 of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court said per
the constitution, the Attorney
General is required to represent
public officials sued as a result
of their office.
Afoley Quaye predicts getting 90% votes
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE MEMBER of Parliament for
the Krowor Constituency, Mrs Elizabeth
Afoley Quaye, has filed her candidature
to contest the upcoming
New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary
primaries scheduled for April,
2020.
Mrs Quaye, who is the incumbent
and first female MP for Krowor constituency,
says she is seeking more
years as a parliamentarian to enable
her add more development to what
she has already started.
Speaking to the DAILY HER-
ITAGE after filing her nominations
NPP primaries
• As she files nomination
• Mrs Elizabeth Afoley Quaye filing trail
in Accra on Feb 14, Mrs Quaye predicted
garnering 90% of the total
votes to be cast at the primaries which
she contests against Mr Eric Nii
Aryikwei Okine, a building contractor.
The filling ceremony was preceded
with wild jubilation by some of the
constituents, right from the MP’s office
at Buade, through some principal
streets of the Nungua township to the
party’s office at Nungua Channel 5.
The forms and cheques paying for
the filing were received by Mr Attah
Gyimah, the Krowor Constituency
Chairman and his team after appending
his signature to the forms.
Homage
The MP, who is also the Minister
in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Development, moments after filing
her nomination, paid homage to
the family house to invoke the spirit of
the late father to support her secondterm
bid.
Mrs Quaye urged all delegates to
continue to rally support for her after
being overwhelmed by the support
shown her during the run-up to the
filing.
The MP, who has earned the title
‘Mother-for-all’ from her constituents,
urged the delegates to vote massively
for her, and the President, Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo, again in the upcoming
general election.
Mr Quaye said the NPP government
is better placed to champion
more development in the constituency,
and that that aspiration
could materialize only if she and her
president remained in office for four
more years.

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2.25B Eurobond case
Ofori-Atta faces
judgement April 22
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
ASEVEN-MEMBER
panel of the Supreme
Court presided over by
Chief Justice Anin
Yeboah has fixed April
22, 2020 to deliver judgement in the
suit against the Finance Minister,
Ken Ofori Atta, for the issuance of a
2.25 billion Eurobond.
This was after the apex court had
refused an application from the
Commission on Human Rights and
Administrative Justice seeking leave
to amend their statement of case.
The panel, which includes Justice
Jones Dotse, Justice Sule
Gbadegbe, Justice Baffoe-Bonnie,
Justice Yaw Appau, Justice Gabriel
Pwamang, Justice Samuel Marfu-
Sau and Justice Prof Nii Ashie
Kotey, after hearing the parties, said
the application was irrelevant to the
case.
The application was therefore refused.
The Dynamic Youth Movement
of Ghana, a civil society organization,
dragged the Finance Minister,
CHRAJ and Attorney General to the
Supreme Court over CHRAJ’s investigations
into the $2.25 billion bond
issuance in March 2017. The movement
is demanding interpretation of
Articles 284 and 286 of the 1992
constitution and six other reliefs.
Reliefs
The movement is
seeking a declaration
that by going beyond
investigations to
make a pronouncement
(of guilt or
otherwise) on the 1st
Defendant (Minister)
in respect of the allegations
of breach of
conflict of interest,
the 2nd Defendant
(CHRAJ) has contravened
article 287 of
the 1992 constitution.
It said, “By interpretation
of Article
284 of the 1992
Constitution (as disclosed
in paragraph 3
on page 127 and
paragraph 3 on page
133 of the report),
the second defendant
has contravened Article
130 (1) (a) of
the 1992 Constitution.
“A declaration of
the failure of the 1st
• Ken Ofor-Atta, Finance Minister
The movement is seeking a declaration that by going
beyond investigations to make a pronouncement (of
guilt or otherwise) on the 1st Defendant (Minister) in
respect of the allegations of breach of conflict of
interest, the 2nd Defendant (CHRAJ) has
contravened article 287 of the 1992 constitution.
Defendant to declare his
shareholding interest in Data
Bank Financial Services Limited,
Data Bank Brokerage
Limited and Data Bank Financial
Holdings Limited to
the Auditor General before
talking office as Minister of
Finance, as found by the 2nd
Defendant on page 120 of
the report contravenes article
286(1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution;
It is also asking for “A declaration
that the occupation
by the 1st Defendant of the
office of a director in Ventures
and Acquisition Limited,
a private company, while in
office as the minister responsible
for finance without the
due permission of the Right
Honorable Speaker of Parliament
on the grounds stated
by the law, contravenes Articles
78(3) of the 1992 Constitution;
and
“A declaration that by issuing
or overseeing the issuance
of the said bonds to Templeton
without disclosing his relational
interest with a
director at Templeton,
one
Trevor G. Trefgarne,
the 1st
Defendant has
acted in contravention
of Article
284 of the
1992 Constitution
and any
other reliefs that
this honorable
court deems fit
under the circumstances.”

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Delta Air Lines unveils new partnership
with Virgin, Air France and KLM
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com
ANEW Transatlantic
Joint Venture (JV)
between Delta Air
Lines, and Virgin
Atlantic, Air
France and KLM
has been officially launched.
The expanded agreement covers
up to 341 peak daily Transatlantic
services across 110 nonstop
routes, and represents 23% of
total passenger and cargo Transatlantic
capacity.
The JV brings together existing
agreements between Air France,
KLM and Delta, and between Virgin
Atlantic and Delta.
Based on the partnership, frequent
flyer programme members
will be able to earn and use miles,
and enjoy elite benefits for flights
on any of the four airlines’ worldwide
operations, including a
Transatlantic trip, intra-Europe
hop, or domestic US journey.
A joint statement indicates that
•Mr Pakwo Shum, MD of Aviation Alliance, Delta Air Lines GSA
the new partnership provides customers
with more convenient
flight schedules and a shared goal
of ensuring a smooth and consistent
travel experience, whichever
airline people fly”, as well as enabling
“the flexibility to book
flights on any of the four carriers
through their respective mobile
apps, websites, or via travel
agents”.
The agreement will see the
launch of new codeshare services
going forward, as well as the alignment
of schedules to reduce connection
times. Customers will also
“soon” be able to check in and select
their seat through any of the
partner airline mobile apps or
websites.
In another development, Delta
Air Lines Ghana has partnered
with the American Chamber of
Commerce (AmCham) Ghana, the
United States (U.S.) Commercial
Service, Devtraco Plus and Fidelity
Bank to host the Delta Business
Reception in Accra.
Present at the event was the
Country Manager for KLM, Mr
Dick van Nieuwenhuyzen.
The event’s market place theme
which was first of its kind allowed
attendees to ‘work the room’ and
interact with ease.
About 100 guests showed up
from different companies, including
CEOs and managers of companies
like Consolidated Shipping,
Energy Global, Petroleum Commission,
BOST, Webster University,
MODEC, McDan Shipping
Company and Intercon Security.
The board and Platinum members
of AmCham Ghana were also
in attendance.
The Managing Director of Aviation
Alliance, Delta Air Lines
GSA, Mr Pakwo Shum, welcomed
the guests and handed over to
Eloina Baddoo, the Sales Manager,
to brief guests about the aim of
the event and acknowledge Delta’s
partners.
The partners, AmCham, Fidelity
and Devtraco Plus, were all
allowed to address the guests.
The expanded
agreement covers
up to 341 peak daily
Transatlantic services
across 110 nonstop
routes, and
represents 23% of
total passenger and
cargo Transatlantic
capacity.
&Env.
Avoid foods that contain aflatoxins – NGO
THE EXECUTIVE
Director of the
African Cancer Organisation,
a nongovernmental
organization, Mr
Paul Opoku Agyemang, has advised
Ghanaians not to eat foods
contaminated with aflatoxins to
minimise their risks of getting cancer.
The more aflatoxins one consumes,
the higher their risk of getting
cancer, Mr Agyemang said at a
workshop for staff of the Ghana
News Agency in Accra.
The training was part of the organisation’s
series of sensitisation
programmes using data to promote
cancer prevention through
awareness creation and screening.
Scientists say aflatoxin is a
member of the toxin family produced
by some type of fungi that
are found on agricultural crops
such as poorly dried maize (corn),
groundnuts, cottonseed, and tree
•Maize is high in aflatoxins
nuts.
The main fungi that produce
aflatoxins are Aspergillus flavus
and Aspergillus parasiticus, which
are abundant in warm and humid
regions of the world.
The awareness creation, therefore,
seeks to help avoid exposure
to things that could cause cancer
as well as help early detection for
effective treatment.
He said foods that contained
aflatoxins causes liver cancer
which is infectious, contagious and
communicable.
The Executive Director explained
that cancers, which are
simply abnormal growth in various
parts of the body, are caused by
factors including those which are
biological, geographical, social, political
or cultural, saying that their
names were derived according to
where the growth would occur.
Mr Agyemang classified cancer
as chemical (exposure to unhealthy
diets, medical, nuclear), biological
(family, aging, childbearing) and
physical (consumption of alcohol,
drugs, tobacco) and carcinogens.
Mr Agyemang said people’s
lifestyles such as eating unhealthy
diets, alcohol consumption, drugs,
and intake of tobacco among others
had led to an increase in cancer
cases.
Mr Agyemang mentioned some
of the common cancers in Ghana
as breast, cervical, colon, rectum,
and ovarian, adding that more
people were dying from such cancers.
He attributed the deaths,
which were high in developing
countries to poverty.
He explained that due to urbanisation,
people have little time for
themselves, hence they relied
mostly on processed foods which
contained preservatives that increased
their risk of developing
the disease.
“They end up not eating well,
not being physically active and
above all put on weight,” he stated.
He noted that one-third of
cancers were curable if they were
reported on time whilst between
30 and 50 per cent could be
avoided with a healthy lifestyle.
He called for support to establish
a Ghana National Population-
Based Cancer Registry (GPCR) to
enhance control of the disease in
the country.
This he said was important as it
would abstract data on persons
with cancer in order to provide
complete, accurate and timely cancer
reports for interventional programmes.
The Administrative Manager of
the GNA, Mr Baffour, commended
the team for empowering
the staff with invaluable information,
adding that it would go a
long way to help them live healthy
lifestyles. GNA

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DAILY HERITAGE DIGITAL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Prez commissions business
resource Centre at Kadjebi
THE PRESIDENT,
Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-
Addo, on Sunday,
commissioned a
newly-constructed
Business Resource Centre (BRC)
at Kadjebi in the Akan Constituency,
in the Oti Region.
The Business Resource Centre
is mandated to promote and support
the national industrialisation
agenda of the Akufo-Addo government,
and will serve as a onestop-shop
for business
development and investment in
the constituency.
It will also serve as information
repositories, which will provide
a full range of world-class
business development services to
potential and existing entrepreneurs
at Effiduase Asokore, particularly
those linked to the 1D1F
initiative. Already, 67 BRCs
are being constructed across the
country, and are at various stages
of completion, at an estimated
cost of $8.58 million, covering the
cost of infrastructure and equipment.
Thirty-seven of the BRCs have
been completed, whilst contracts
are currently being awarded for
the commencement of construction
of the remaining 30.
It will be recalled that in November
last year, the Minister for
Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen,
indicated that “the BRCs
will offer support services to contribute
to the One-District-One
Factory initiative, including adopting
a more transformative approach
to strategically integrating
rural informal smallholder raw
material supply base into corporate
entities along various commodity
value chains that have
been identified to be relevant to
the 1D1F projects.”
The Minister for Trade added
that "it would also serve as the intermediaries
to facilitate the organisation
and establishment of
the relationship between various
actors in these value chains.”
With all
districts in
the country
going to be
beneficiaries
of the
newly-constructed
and
equipped
BRCs, Mr
Kyerematen
stressed that
“Ghanaians
will begin to
understand
that this
government
is serious
about developing
the
private sector
at the
district level
to help us
address this challenge of unemployment.”
The operations of the BRCs
will be regulated by the National
Board for Small-Scale Industries.
The 37 districts and municipalities
where the BRCs have been constructed
are: Ahafo Ano South
West, Asante Akim Central Municipal,
Atwima Nwabiagya Municipal,
Obuasi Municipal, Sekyere
•The newly-commissioned
Business Resource Centre
East District, Sekyere South, Ejisu
Municipal in the Ashanti Region;
Asunafo North Municipal, Atebubu-Amantin
Municipal, Dormaa
Central Municipal, Tano
South Municipal, and Techiman
Municipal in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Others are Agona West Municipal,
Assin Fosu Municipal,
Awutu Senya District, and
Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem
Municipal of the Central Region;
Asuogyaman District, East Akim
Municipal and Kwaebibirem Municipal
of the Eastern Region; and
Ada East District, and Weija
Gbawe Municipal in the Greater
Accra Region.
The rest are Sagnarigu Municipal,
West Gonja District, Yendi
Municipal in the Northern Region;
Bawku Municipal, Builsa
North District and Bolgatanga in
the Upper East Region; Jirapa
Municipal, Sissala East Municipal,
Wa Municipal in the Upper West
Region; Hohoe Municipal, Kadjebi
District, South Dayi District,
South Tongu District in the Volta;
and Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal,
Shama District, and Tarkwa
Nsuaem Municipal in the Western
Region.
Tension mounts in Dormaa
East Constituency
• As Polling Station Executives accuse MP
of attempts to divert MASLOC funds
SOME NEW Patriotic Party
(NPP) polling station executives
in the Dormaa East Constituency
in the Bono Region
have accused their sitting Member
of Parliament, William Sabi,
of attempts to divert funds allocated
to them by the Micro and
Small Loan Centre (MASLOC)
and share with his family and
friends.
Some of the polling station
executives who spoke with this
reporter on condition of
anonymity said MASLOC had
allocated a sum of
GHc400,000.00 to the constituency
to be shared among
the polling station executives of
the party.
According to them, each
qualified person is expected to
get GHC1,000.00 to invest in
their existing businesses.
They stated that instead of
the MP lobbying for the distribution
of the forms to the qualified
persons in order to access
the funds, he distributed them
to family and friends and polling
station executives who are loyal
to him and ready to vote for him
in the upcoming parliamentary
primaries
They indicated that some of
the polling station executives
had already benefitted from the
MASLOC funds that were distributed
recently and had not
been able to fully pay and thus
not qualified to access the current
one.
The MP is alleged to have
told those who are presently not
qualified to give the forms to
their relatives to fill on their behalf
so that they could access
the funds.
The conduct of the MP is
said to have generated tension
in the community among party
faithful, which could escalate if
steps are not taken to curb it.
“He is trying to use the
MASLOC funds to make some
political gains but this will not
work. We are vigilant in this
constituency and will resist any
attempt by Honourable Sabi to
divert the MASLOC funds,” one
of the aggrieved polling station
executives stated angrily.
Police arrest 2nd suspect in
community nurse’s murder
THE ASHANTI Regional Police
Command has arrested one more
suspect in the alleged murder of
Ruth Ama Eshun, a community
nurse with the Sewua- Ayoum
Health Centre in the Bosomtwe
District of the Ashanti Region.
The first suspect, Dominic
Fosu, 35, was arrested on February
5, 2020 at Sewua Aboaso after
a Samsung mobile phone belonging
to him was retrieved at the
scene of the crime.
The police, in a statement
signed by the Deputy Regional
Commander, Mr David Agyemang
Adjem, said on Thursday,
February 13, 2020, acting on information,
they arrested second
suspect Kofi Garba, alias Amanya
Attiuwenti, 37, a mason apprentice,
to assist in the investigation
into the death of Ruth.
“He is also in custody helping
police in the investigation and he
will be put before court,” he said.
The command assures the bereaved
family and the general public
that it will do everything
possible within the laws of our
land to get the perpetrators to
•Ruth Eshun was a nurse at Sewua Health Centre
face the full rigours of the law.
They, therefore, appealed to
the public, especially anyone with
information on the perpetrators,
to volunteer same to the command.
The commander also cautioned
the media to be circumspect
in the reportage of such
cases in order not to jeopardize
police investigations.
The command assures
the bereaved family and
the general public that it
will do everything possible
within the laws of our
land to get the perpetrators
to face the full
rigours of the law.

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Editorial
Can Accra be Africa’s cleanest city?
POLITICS is synonymous with
promises and so it would be the
strangest thing to occur when
anyone seeking political office
would not give even one.
In the run-up to elections
politicians give promise to their
constituents and during their
reign as the president, ministers,
Members of Parliament, District
Chief Executives and even
Assembly members, they
continue to give promises.
The problem is that some of
the promises are so doubtful
that until they come to pass,
most people, including even
some party members, do not
believe them except that they
may not come out publicly to
say so.
An example of such promises
is the one given by President
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo that he would make Accra
the cleanest city in Africa.
Without doubt, the President
had all the good intentions
behind this promise but the
truth is that he failed to consider
the most important factors that
could make his promise come
true ---- Ghanaians and their
attitude towards environmental
cleanliness and the attitude of
the agencies to support him
realize his promise.
The President has, no doubt,
provided some logistics for the
work towards achieving results.
The DAILY HERITAGE
has a witness in at least the pickup
vehicles provided the Accra
Metropolitan Authority for the
“Clean Accra’ project but work
done is zero.
Almost every part of the
Accra metropolis is dirty. As for
gutters or drains, they must not
be discussed because the sight
of them kills appetite. For
instance, the gutter running
from Nima through Paloma area
to wherever is an eyesore. And
the Paloma area is barely a
kilometre from the President’s
house, near the Nima Police
Station.
The DAILY HERITAGE
wishes to prompt the President
that he should do something by
way of enforcement of
regulations or laws for
environmental cleanliness,
otherwise that promise would
fail in which case the insanitary
conditions of would have
worsened.
Non-payment of electricity
bills to be criminalised
BY KOJO ANSAH
THE ELECTRICITY Company
of Ghana (ECG) has
hinted that it is lobbying Parliament
to pass a law that will
criminalise nonpayment of
electricity bills.
Ghana has about 85% electricity penetration
rate but the non-payment of electricity
bills by consumers continues to
suffocate the power distributor, hence the
move to pass a law to make non-payment
of electricity bills illegal and liable for prosecution.
As it stands now, ECG has no law backing
it to prosecute consumers who fail to
pay bills so the extreme action the company
could apply is to disconnect power to
the consumer. But, this method has not
been very effective over the years for the
company to recoup its debts.
At the annual media encounter in Koforidua
instituted by ECG, the Eastern Regional
Manager of ECG, Ing Michael Baah,
explained that the majority of electricity
consumers are on credit meters. According
to him, “Prepaid is quite expensive. If you
• ECG tells Ghanaians
send prepaid to our rural areas, there is no
way you can recoup the capital”.
“So we are now lobbying Parliament to
pass a law making non-payment of
electricity a crime as it’s happening
in Francophone
countries. In Ivory
Coast, you dare not renege
on your responsibility
to pay bills. If
you do that they
will arrest you.
When you go to
Togo the same
thing; if you don’t
pay electricity they
will arrest and you
will pay penalty and
interest. We are lobbying
Parliament to pass a
similar law”.
Ing. Baah expressed sadness
that the company had been unable to
break even due to non-payment of power
consumed, making it difficult to have
strong financial muscles to operate with
optimum efficiency.
He said the overall effect was that
the government had to continuously
invest in the
company huge sums
of money which
could have been
used in other
sectors.
He, therefore,
appealed
to the
media to
partner ECG
to educate the
public on the
need to pay
their bills on
time.
Influx of “political
meters” during an election
year
Responding to a question posed by
EIB-Network’s Eastern Regional Correspondent,
Kojo Ansah, who sought to find
out measures adopted by the company to
prevent the influx of illegal meters during
this election year, the Public Relations Officer
of ECG-Eastern Region,,Mary Eshun-
Oppong, said the company had detected
some of these meters in circulation in parts
of the region but said management had engaged
the political leaders in the region on
the need to acquire meters through ECG
for their constituents.
She said the illegal meters cause revenue
losses to the company.
Illegal connection
The company said a total amount of
GH¢949,000.00 being the cost of
1,196,681kwh power stolen through illegal
connections in the region in 2019 had been
retrieved.
It said the amount represents penalties
and surcharges slapped on customers who
were caught using electricity illegally.
The practice is prevalent among hotel
operators, restaurants owners, cold store
operators, drinking pubs owners, individuals
and some media houses.
The types of illegal connections detected
included meter tampering, meter bypass,
illegal self-reconnection and illegal
direct connection.
A total of 4,014 meters were detected to
have been illegally connected out of which
16 were unauthorised service connection,
two illegal direct connection, 29 meters
tampered, 176 faulty meters and 111 meters
on wrong tariff class.”

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Politics
DAILY HERITAGE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Mahama begins ‘Speak Out’
tour across Ghana
THE FLAG-
BEARER of the
National Democratic
Congress,
John Dramani
Mahama, is set
to begin a three-day working
visit to the Western North Region,
which will include an interaction
with a wide section of
people from across the region.
The tour is dubbed ‘Speak
Out.’
In a statement, the party
said: “The ‘Speak Out with
John Mahama’ will take place in
all 16 regions of the country
and serve as an opportunity for
the NDC leader to meet, interact
and listen directly to the
people of Ghana.
Among other things, the
‘Speak Out’ initiative will enable
him to better appreciate
the people’s personal desires
and expectations, the needs
of their communities and
what they consider should
be the priorities of government
towards improving
their standard of living and
enhance social infrastructure”.
Accompanying Mr Mahama
will be the party’s
Manifesto Committee members,
who will also take advantage
of the tour to listen
to the grass-roots views and
incorporate them into the
party’s 2020 Manifesto.
The Western North tour
begins on Tuesday, February
18, 2020 and ends on Thursday,
February 20, 2020.
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Beniton, Stonebwoy create
history with ‘Struggles’ video
BENITON, ‘aka’ Jack
Frostt, has caught the
attention of Ghanaian
music lovers for putting
Stonebwoy on
the hit record “Struggles”.
“Struggles” coincidentally got
released within a very ‘challenging’
moment for Stonebwoy in May
2019 amidst the skirmishes between
him and Shatta Wale during
the Vodafone Ghana Music
Awards 2019 (the 20th edition).
Though the song was in no way
linked to the incident, the lyrics of
the song by both Beniton and
Stonebwoy perfectly accentuate
how humans need to be cautious
and wary of situations when trials
and tribulations befall us.
Beniton, in his own narrative as
a Jamaican with Ghanaian and
Nigerian ancestry, however, likens
the song to the struggles the Black
community face worldwide and
those they had to go through during
the gory ages of slave trade by
which millions of West Africans
were brought to the western world
to be exploited.
“It’s been 400 years since the
first African was brought to North
America, South America, Jamaica,
and the Caribbean etc,” he said.
With conversations not limited
to just slave trade or black exploitation,
Beniton, however, sees a very
strong force and power in all those
‘struggling’ situations faced by his
ancestors while juxtaposing it to
Marcus Garvey’s black revolution.
In the Spirit of the
#YearOfReturn, Beniton came to
Ghana in December 2019 and shot
the video at the Cape Coast slave
castle as a symbolic statement in
reference to historic site where all
the slave history can be traced to
keenly.
He shot the video for the song
there — one which has never happened
in the history of Ghanaian
music videos of that magnitude.
This song video in itself is a very
historic one taking into review the
lyrics and the visuals, which even
explain it more and highlight the
meaning deeper than just an ordinary
song or video to watch for excitement.
‘Struggles’ video reveals to the
In the Spirit of the
#YearOfReturn,
Beniton came to
Ghana in December
2019 and shot the
video at the Cape
Coast slave castle
as a symbolic statement
in reference to
historic site where
all the slave history
can be traced to
keenly.
bigger audience the historic, yet
colourful nature of the African and
how Africans have managed to
come out of their struggles and
still striving to be better.
Some parts of the video were
shot on location in Accra with
Stonebwoy. The video was directed
by Slingshot HD, a Ghanaian
music video director based in
Accra.
•Beniton

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Things not gone
as planned
•Samuel Inkoom
GHANA INTERNA-
TIONAL Samuel
Inkoom has admitted
that his career has not
exactly gone as he had
hoped but adds he is determined to
make the most of what is left of it.
The former Under-20 World Cup
winner last week joined his 11th professional
club as he looks to revive
his career at Georgian top side FC
Samtredia.
The 30-year-old, who left Bulgarian
club FK Dunav last week, joins
the 2016 Georgian champions on a
• Inkoom reflects
on fading career
deal until the end of the season.
After a topsy-turvy career that
has taken him from his native Ghana
to Bulgaria via Switzerland, France,
United States, Portugal and Turkey,
Inkoom seeks to resurrect his career
FC Samtredia.
"I like everything here and hopefully
it is the next step to something
positive. I have played in different
countries, even though things have
not really gone as planned I hope to
give my best to Samtredia."
Capped 46 times by Ghana, the
much travelled Inkoom has also
played for clubs in Ukraine and
Greece.
Baba Yara closure:
Kotoko considering Cape
Coast, Len Clay stadiums
THE MANAGEMENT of Kumasi Asante
Kotoko is set to meet to deliberate on
the venue for their home matches following
the closure of the Baba Yara Sports
Stadium.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports
on Monday, February 17, announced a
temporary closure of the stadium to
allow for renovation works ahead of
Ghana’s 63rd Independence Day anniversary
celebrations.
The Ministry in the statement also
said that the stadium will remain closed
for football and athletics activities for
further renovation works as the stadium
has deteriorated to a level that require
immediate fix.
A source close to Kotoko told
ghanaweb.com that they are considering
the Cape Coast and Obuasi stadiums
as the home ground for their
remaining home matches.
The source disclosed that they were
not taken aback by the decision as the
Ministry and NSA has in previous discussions
informed them of their intentions
to lock down the stadium.
It said management will take into
consideration a lot of factors before
•Kotoko have drawn two of their last three home matches
deciding on a venue.
The source also failed to rule out the
use of the Konongo Park albeit an admission
that works will have to be done on the
facility.
It is believed that certain figures in the
club are hugely disappointed
with the development as it comes
right after their three-match ban where
they were forced to play behind closed
doors.
A fans’ riot at the Baba Yara Stadium
in week 3 of the GPL led to the imposition
of a 3-game behind closed doors ban
on Kotoko.
According to their coach, Maxwell
Konadu, the absence of the fans hugely
affected the players who could only win
one of the three matches.
Kotoko’s next home game is against
Bechem United.
The source
disclosed that they
were not taken
aback by the
decision as the
Ministry and NSA
has in previous
discussions
informed them of
their intentions to
lock down the
stadium.