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• Dr Akwasi Osei,
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• Mrs Georgina Osei, Assistant Headmistress of Asanteman SHS
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Senior high schools
can't observe social
distancing protocol
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE ASSISTANT
Headmistress in
charge of Domestic
activities at the
Asanteman Senior
High School (SHS) in Kumasi
has said observing the social
distancing protocol should students
return to school cannot
be guaranteed.
Mrs Georgina Osei said the
congestion at the various
schools as a result of the Free
SHS policy makes it difficult
• Asanteman SHS Asst head
should students return.
Mrs Osei, who made this
known to journalists during the
mass fumigation exercise being
carried out by Zoomlion
Ghama Limited and Ghana Education
Service in schools, said
Personal Protection Equipment
(PPE) had to be made available
to the students.
Asked if the schools were
ready to observe the social distancing
protocol, she said, "It
is clear, as for the schools, no
•Mrs Georgina Osei, Assistant Headmistress of Asanteman SHS
She, however,
gave the
assurance that all
safety measures
and protocols from
the World Health
Organisation and
the government
woukd be adhered
to accordingly.
headmaster can say
that social distancing
can be observed."
She, however,
gave the assurance
that all safety measures
and protocols
from the World
Health Organisation
and the government
woukd be adhered
to accordingly.
She suggested the increase in
infrastucture facilities to promote
the social distancing protocol.
Mrs Osei appealed to the
government and corporate institutions
to provide PPE to all
schools as part of the preparation
to resume.
PTA auditorium
abandoned
Touching on the need to decongest
school premises, she
said an auditorium which was
started to be used as a dining
hall by the Parents, Teachers
Association (PTA) had been
abandoned due to the free SHS
policy.
According to her, due to
the the directives that parents
shoud not contribute due to
the policy, not even the PTA
could ask for any contributions
and so for more than two years
the project had been at standstill.
The assistant headmistress
expressed gratitute to Zoomlion,
and GES for the exercise
after her school's dining hall,
dormitories, classroom blocks,
administration blocks, toilets
and and school environs were
fumigated.
More schools
to benefit
Corporate Affairs Management
of Jsopong Group of
companies, Mrs Sopia Nana
Lissah, said the exercse was
being carried together with certain
private entities.
According to her, after the
exercise in Kumasi, the team is
expected to carry out similar exercise
in other SHSs in other regions.
Over 134 public SHSs and
private SHS are to benefit from
the exercise.
• Nene Awule Kwame II, Chief of Miotso

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Fighting Covid-19:
Over 7000 mentally-ill
persons to get homes
NEWSDESK REPORT
THE MENTAL Health
Authority (MHA) is
liasing with the Ministry
of Gender, Children
and Social
Protection to rid the city of all
mentally-ill persons, give them custody,
treat them and also return
them to their various communities
in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the authority, there
are an estimated 1,600 mentally-ill
persons on the streets of Accra and
Tema with a nationwide population
of over 7,000 from a 2015 assessment
by the MHA.
The authority projects that the
number could be around 2,000 people
in Accra and Tema and 10, 000
nationwide because the assessment
was done five years ago.
The MHA says these persons
could be a storehouse for the
Covid-19 virus if pragmatic steps
are not taken immediately rid the
streets of them.
Speaking to Starr FM, the Chief
Executive Officer of the Mental
Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei
said “those who remain on the
streets could be a storehouse for
the virus and later they will come
back and reinfect all of us. So it’s
important that you give them attention.
“What it means is that you and
I, everybody, are potentially harbouring
the virus. We know that
now it can be in the air for a little
while, so everybody is a potential
carrier of the virus."
• Mental Health Authority, Gender
Ministry to their rescue
He went on that “so if you and I protect
ourselves with the masks, with all
these measures, with our hand-washing, so
we don’t get it, what about the other person
on the street who is not wearing the
mask, who is not protecting himself, who
is not washing the hand?t
“So, he can be a potential carrier and
when yours and mine are gone, and we are
healthy, we can be reinfected by them,” he
noted.
He explained that his office was discussing
with the Ministry of Gender to
take them from the streets in small numbers
at a time, bring them for treatment,
not just for custodial care and take them to
their homes.
“We have estimated that for every one
person on the street if you want to
go and bring him to the hospital,
to attend to him, to keep him
there for about two months, a
rough estimate before he is well,
the money to buy his food to buy
medicines for him, to buy disinfectants
and eventually to take him
back to his community will cost
roughly about GH¢5, 000.00, ” he
noted.
“So we should not ignore or
neglect them; we should recognise
that they are a very crucial constituency
that needs attention,
otherwise when everything is settled
and done, they could be the
source of reinfecttion.”
In a follow-up interview with
Francis Abban on Morning Starr
Show, the Executive Director of
Mental Health Group Ghana, Mr
Yaro Peter, said the call by the
mental health authority is in the
right direction but it should have
• A mentally derialed person
• Dr Akwasi Osei, ECO of
Mental Health Authority
come earlier.
Mr Yaro said it was time society
considered the destitute and
the vulnerable as well as the
communities where these people
are found and provided for them
or protected them from the
deadly Covid-19, “if not, after
treating ourselves and overcoming
the virus, those mentally deranged
will bring the virus back
to society if we ignore them.”
He therefore called on the
various health workers in the
hospitals and various clinics to
prioritise the needs of the mentally
deranged persons.

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AH Hotel enjoys Zoomlion’s 50%
disinfection discount
AH HOTEL, a 75-
bedroom hotel
and conference facility
at American
House, Accra, has
benefited from
Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s
(ZGL’s) fifty per cent (50%) discount
offer for its disinfection
service to corporate Ghana in the
fight against the novel 2019 coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic.
Various departments of the
hotel have been disinfected, including
the parking lot, lobby,
restaurant, and Sunday Brunch
and conference rooms.
The rest are the boardroom,
kitchen, meeting rooms, executive
lounge and all the 75 guest rooms.
Briefing journalists after the
exercise by Zoomlion's, Manag-
•Officials of Zoomlion ready to disinfect AH Hotel
ing Director of AH Hotel, Ghana,
Eddy Khosa, explained that management
took the decision to disinfect
the facility in preparation to
open it for business.
He disclosed that the next
thing would be to assemble the inhouse
team to clean all the public
areas of the hotel.
This, he said, would be done to
make sure that “we set the place
up and deliver the state of readiness
for us to continue to deliver
excellent service for our regular
and new guests.”
According to him, the partial
lockdown has impacted adversely
the hospitability industry across
the country.
Some of the hotels, he said,
had to temporarily stop operations
in the wake of the lockdown.
He said during the partial lockdown,
management of the hotel
seized the opportunity to train
staff members to inculcate the
practice of all the safety protocols
meant to fight the COVID-19
pandemic.
“…and I am talking about
training our staff members not to
touch their faces without having
washed or sanitised their hands, in
wearing of nose masks, and more
importantly, observing social distancing.”
He announced that the hotel
would officially open to business
from Wednesday, April 22, 2020.
The Project Coordinator, Corporate
Social Responsibility, ZGL,
Lola Asiseh Ashitey, encouraged
corporate Ghana to take advantage
of her company’s 50% discount
on its disinfection services.
&Env.
Support adolescent girls
with sanitary pads
• Intelligent Lady Founder appeals to Ghanaians
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE INTELLI-
GENT Lady Network
has started a
project dubbed 'Pad
Her Up Campaign,'
aimed at soliciting
support from Ghanaians to buy
sanitary pad for adolescent girls in
deprived communities.
The network is seeking to reach
out to over 1000 adolescent girls in
deprived communities with sanitary
pads to ensure their safety
during menstrual periods.
Speaking to the DAILY
HERITAGE, the Founder and
Executive Director of The Intelligent
Lady Network, Mrs Princess
Sekyere Bih, said there was the
need for every adolescent girl to
have access to sanitary pads. However,
with the current Covid-19
•Mrs Princess Sekyere Bih, Founder and Executive Director
of The Intelligent Lady Network
crisis in Ghana, many had been deprived
of access.
Mrs Bih said the livelihoods and
daily sustenance of families who
mainly work in the informal sector
and in deprived communities had
been adversely affected by this situation,
hence the need for others
to render support.
She said "the focus of most
parents in such communities is to
provide daily food for the family
so needs such as sanitary pads for
the adolescent girl is not given
much attention or made a priority.
"As a result, girls are forced to
use unhealthy materials and traditional
unconventional tools during
their menstruation periods, which
has serious health implications,
hence the “Pad Her Up Campaign."
The Executive Director is,
therefore, appealing to organisations,
philanthropists, and individuals
to support the project in order
to reach out to millions of adolescent
girls across the country.
History of Intelligent Lady
The Intelligent Lady Network is
a women empowerment brand
which seeks to inspire and equip
women to discover and fulfil their
potential in life through storytelling,
trainings, workshops and
seminars.
"We have three main mediums
by which we tell the stories of
great and accomplished women.
The Intelligent Lady Magazine,
The Intelligent Lady Dialogue
(monthly network meeting) and
The Intelligent Lady TV Series,
where we profile and share stories
of successful women who have
overcome their fears and challenges
through their wisdom, boldness
and persistence have changed
laws, unfavourable policies and demeaning
structures and in so doing
have positively affected lives and
changed destinies."

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Lifting lockdown is recipe for disaster
• Marrer CEO expresses worry as Dr Okoe Boye allays fears
THE CHIEF Executive
Officer (CEO)
of Marrer Ghana
Limited and Susatgad
Boat Building
and Fishing Industries,
Mr Novihoho Afaglo, has
stated that the President's decision
to lift the partial lockdown in
Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi
is a recipe for disaster.
According to Mr Afaglo, Ghana
went to partial lockdown when the
country had 141confirmed cases
of Covid-19 and asked why the
movement ban should be lifted
when the nation had recorded
1042 confirmed cases with nine
deaths.
He described the President's
decision of lifting the partial lockdown
as a hasty one even though
"we all know the pressure the system
was giving him."
In an interview, Mr Afaglo
asked, "Are we not better off
keeping ourselves at home safely,
knowing this war against the
deadly Covid-19 would soon be a
thing of the past rather than to
allow self-control amid the freedom
to go about our normal activities
and end up contracting this
virus when cure isn’t guaranteed?"
The CEO said it was not the
time for the sitting government to
feel pressured by the opposition
but rather take the best decision in
critical times like this.
Meanwhile, the newly-appointed
Deputy Minister of
Health, Dr Okoe Boye, has allayed
any fear or panic, stressing that the
President's decision to lift the
•Mr Novihoho Afaglo, CEO of Marrer
Ghana Limited and Susatgad Boat
Building and Fishing Industries
lockdown was based on scientific
evidence.
Speaking in Twi on Oman
FM's Boiling Point programme,
he said ," those worried
about or critising the
lifting of lockdown are just
comparing what's happening
at places like the US, Italy and
the UK to suggest what
should happen in Ghana."
He said there are internationally-acclaimed
Ghanaian
healthcare experts who are
providing guidance to inform
the President's decisions on
the handling the Covid 19 issues.
Using scientific proofs of
how to analyse matters of
spread of diseases, he mentioned
that while fighting the
Coronavirus in the country, the experts
took the opportunity to
analyse the situation to isolate the
hot spots and see the rate of infection
or spread and realised, for example,
that based on the figures,
the country was safe with the 1042
cases and nine deaths though even
one life lost is a painful loss to the
nation.
Dr Okoe Boye said, "For the
over 900 cases under care now,
only four are critical and even of
that figure, only one is on a ventilator.
The others have very minimal
risks."
The deputy minister, however,
"lifting the lockdown doesn't mean
the coronavirus is gone, everyone
should continue to observe the
protocols like washing of hands
and social distancing while we go
about our normal life."
Man jailed 20 years for
defiling 13-yr-old
stepdaughter
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE CIRCUIT Court in Accra
presided over by Her Honour
Mrs Christiana Cann has sentenced
a mason to 20 years'
hard labour for defiling his 13-
year-old step-daughter.
Eric Kofitse pleaded guilty
for defilement and was convicted
on his own plea by the
Gender-based Circuit Court.
Chief Inspector Kofi Atimbire,
the prosecutor in the case,
while presenting the brief facts
to the court, said the wecomplainant
is a driver, while the
accused is a mason.
According to the prosecutor,
the complainant is a driver and
lives at Dansoman in Accra
whilst the accused is a mason
and lives at Christian Village
nesr Achimota, also in Accra
Chief Insp. Atimbire said
the girl (victim) is a 13 years old
and class four pupil.
The prosecutor told the
court that the girl lives with the
mother and the accused person,
who is the stepfather.
He said since 2019, the accused
person had been having
sex with the victim anytime the
mother left home to trade.
"The accused person", he
said, "then threatened her not
to tell anyone about it else he
would stab her to death in the
night when she was asleep.
According to the prosecutor,
"Initially, the girl could not tell
anyone for fear of being killed
by the accused person.
"When this continued for
sometime, she managed to inform
the mother on three occasions
but she (mother) told the
daughter she would talk to the
husband to stop it.
He told the court that during
the early part of March
2020, the accused again had sex
with the victim who reported it
again to the mother.
"The mother got worried
and sent the girl (victim) to her
cousin in Nsawam. The victim,
who could not stand the persistent
sexual attacks from her
stepfather, had to run to her biological
father at Dansoman.
"The victim later fell sick
while with her father and was
taken to the hospital where
medical examination on April
17, 2020 proved she was seven
weeks pregnant."
It was then she told the father
what she went through
while she was staying with her
mother.
A complaint was lodged
with the Achimota police station
and accused was arrested.
Accused admitted the offence
in his caution statement
and was subsequently charged
and put before the court.
• Covid-19:
Court fines six Nigerians GH₡86,400.00
• For throwing birthday party during lockdown
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE CIRCUIT Court in Accra has
sentenced six young men to a fine of
GHc86, 400.
According to the Teshie police,
they had information that some people
had thrown a birthday party during
the lockdown period, an act that
violated the restriction orders the
President of the country had given
under an Executive Instrument.
Therefore, the police proceeded to
the public and found about 50 at the
party.
The report said upon seeing the
police the people started running
away but the six young men were arrested.
The accused persons pleaded
guilty to the offence and were convicted
on their own plea to a fine of
GHc14, 400 each in default of which
they will each spend five years in prisons.
The accused persons, after pleading
guilty, asked the court to temper
justice with mercy.
But the prosecution, led by Chief
Inspector Guiliver Tenkorang, said
the accused persons deserved hefty
punishment to serve as a deterrent to
others.
He said the accused persons knew
the consequences of what they did
and also knew what was happening in
the country for which the restriction
had been imposed by the President --
to curb Covid-19.
DAILY HERITAGE's Court
Correspondent Muntalla Inusah, reports
that all the accused persons
went down on their knees for
clemency but they were whisked away
by the police.
The accused persons are Amadi
Mine, Aboy-Iyen Precious, Marshal
Ovieshare, Godsway Fejiro, Eliot
Sharker and David Amos.
Brief facts
The brief facts of the case as presented
to the court by Chief Inspector
Guiliver Tenkorang were that, the
complainants were police officers stationed
at the Teshie Police Station,
while the accused persons were
Amadi Mine, an aluminium worker,
Aboy-Iyen, Precious, a mechanic,
Marshal Ovieghare, a barber,
Godsway Fegiro, a student, Elliot
Sharker and, David Amos , both unemployed
and that all of them were
residents at Nungua.
According to the police prosecutor,
"on April 18, 2020 at about
3p.m., the Teshie police had information
to the effect that the accused
persons were having a party at the
First Junction at Teshie, thereby violating
the imposition of the restriction
on movement and the restriction
on public gathering."
The prosecutor said the police
proceeded to the said location and
saw the accused persons numbering
about 50 having a birthday party celebration.
The persons, on seeing police approaching,
quickly took to their heels,
but they were given a hot chase and
the now accused persons, including
one John Quayson, a driver, who was
conveying them from the scene with
his taxi-cab, were arrested.
During investigations they all admitted
the offences and were charged.
However, the driver was not in
court

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DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020
Editorial
When can our schools be safe for reopening?
THE ASSERTION by the Assistant
Headmistress in charge of Domestica
activities at the Asanteman Senior
High School (SHS) in Kumasi that
observing the social distancing protocol
in the face of Covid 19 cannot be
guaranteed by any school is a serious
matter that should be given the necessary
attention.
Mrs Georgina Osei says there is
congestion in the various schools as a
result of the Free SHS policy that
makes it difficult to get the space for
students to practise social distancing.
Mrs Osei, therefore, suggested
that to protect students, they should
be provided Personal Protection
Equipment (PPE) and also facilities ,
obviously classrooms, dormitories
and dining halls, should be increased.
The DAILY HERITAGE cannot
agree with Mrs Osei more.
However, her two suggestions are
capital-intensive. Besides, even
though we need less time to provide
the PPE, how many pieces could be
given to a student and for use over
which period? Will it be disposable
or reusable? Also, even if what she is
calling for are provided, how could
the students be effectively supervised
in the dormitories? How long will it
take to provide the physical school facilities
to make social distancing easier?
These and other questions are
prompting all the stakeholders in education
to see the best way to ensure
that students are safe and protected
from the coronavirus.
For the meantime, we should we
should agree with Ms Osei that it is
not safe to reopen the schools until
the appropriate safety measures are
put in place for both students and
teachers.
It is public knowledge that the
government is consulting the experts
to see the way forward
In the meantime the Ghana Education
Service (GES) is running
classes on television for school children,
but are they sure every schoolchild
is benefiting?
The best way should have been online
classes that can be played back at
any time so that children who missed
the lessons for various reasons such
as power cut and problems with internet
connectivity can play back the
lessons at their convenience.
Besides, those who do not have
computers can fall on others for help.
The DAILY HERITAGE
would like to suggest that since there
could be occurrences that can disrupt
various activities as the emergence of
Covid-19 has shown, the GES and
other stakeholders in education
should think of better ways of getting
the education system running in the
face of disasters such as epidemics
and pandemics without compromising
quality. For instance, we can forget
about which schools children
attend and run classes for them in
schools close to where they live and
reduce their numbers and also run a
number of streams, both in our bid
to ensure social distancing.
This way, we could also make use
of the teachers who are idle for no
fault of theirs and so would be paid
no matter what.
After all, during the long vacation
in normal times, some teachers organise
classes for students from different
schools. Therefore, our
suggestion cannot be completely
novel.
All is not lost. We can make
amends for the better.
However, our schools should remain
closed till the safety of the students,
teachers and non-teaching staff
can be ensured.
Family of passenger killed
over social distancing calls
for justice, support
BY KOJO ANSAH, KOFORIDUA
THE FAMILY of a 30-
year-old man, Kwasi
Ameley, killed by a
driver over argument
on social distancing
breaches in his vehicle, is calling for
justice.
The driver, Appau Ato, also 30,
and his mate picked a quarrel with
the Ameley and his brother who
joined the vehicle on the Suhum-
Koforidua road after the brothers
complained that the driver had
overloaded his vehicle contrary to
the social distancing directive .
This created heated argument in
the vehicle between passengers on
the other side and the accused
driver and mate .
Upon reaching Akwadum
roundabout, Ameley
and his brother angrily
alighted and slammed the
door of the vehicle while
casting insinuations. Besides,
they refused to pay
the fare because they
claimed they had not
reached their destination.
This angered the driver
and his mate to physically
attack the two brothers.
As part of the attack,
the mate allegedly handed a
knife to the driver, who
stabbed the Ameley multiple
times to death.
As part of the
attack, the
mate allegedly
handed a knife
to the driver,
who stabbed
the Ameley
multiple times
to deat
His brother also suffered multiple
knife injuries but is currently
being treated at the Eastern Regional
Hospital in Koforidua.
The Koforidua District Magistrate
Court "B", presided over by
His Worship Eric Daning, on
Thursday remanded the driver.
The driver has been provisionally
charged with murder and expected
to reappear before the
court in two weeks.
The bereaved family told Starr
News they wanted the police to
release the body for burial without
autopsy .
"We want justice to prevail.
When the incident occurred, the
youth in this community mobilized
in an attempt to attack the
family house of the suspect driver
but I restrained them, so we want
justice. Also the family want the police
to release the body for burial.
We don't want them to cut the
body for any autopsy. It is against
the belief of the family," Akonde
Lanbante Issah, Assembly member
for the area, said on behalf of
family.
The Public Relations Officer of
the Eastern Regional Police Command,
DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, said
the autopsy was needed to ensure
that justice was served.
A sister to the deceased, Cynthia
Ameley, appealed to the government
to support the family to take
care of the widow and only child of
the deceased.

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COA FS rejects FDA contaminated claims
NEWS DESK REPORT
PRODUCERS OF immune
booster drug COA FS,
Centre of Awareness
Global Peace Mission,
have rejected claims by the
Food and Drugs Authority
(FDA) that the product is contaminated.
According to the manufacturers, a
new laboratory test at the Cape Coast
Teaching Hospital has proven that
claims by the FDA about the drug are
inaccurate.
In a statement, the manufacturers
said: “We, therefore, find the Press
Statement from the FDA that they detected
a microbial contamination in
COA FS as a surprise. The self-preserving
nature of COA FS is the reason
why we have never received any of
the adverse drug reactions enumerated
in the FDA Statement over the period.
"Contrary to the claims in the Press
Statement, the evidence rather indicates
that people with weakened immune
systems and or kidney
malfunctions, rather got better after
taking COA FS. We find it unfortunate
that the FDA seeks to associate the alleged
contamination in COA FS to
kidney failure.
"A thorough search through scientific
literature shows that it is a particular
strain of E. Coli that causes kidney
problem, but the FDA has not provided
any data to prove that this particular
strain has been found in COA
FS”.
Below is the full statement
PRODUCT RECALL – COA FS
We write in relation to the Press
Statement issued by the Food and
Drug Authority “FDA”, Ghana dated
on the 18th April 2020, which is circulating
in the media under the above
subject.
We wish to state that COA FS is
produced by a unique biotransformation
and extraction technique at high
temperature and pressure for which
reason the product is as clear as water
but highly aromatic.
The active ingredients in COA FS
as revealed by independent scientific
investigations using GCMS and LCMS
conducted in Kwazulu Natal University
of South Africa, and recently by
the Ghana Standards Authority indicates
a wide range of bioactive compounds
ranging from anti-cancer, antibacterial,
anti -fungal and anti-viral
properties.
Other compounds with immune
stimulating activities have been found
in COA FS. These compounds are
mainly triterpenes and other essential
oils. It is for this reason that in the
manufacture of COA FS, preservatives
are not added. COA FS does not contain
any artificial preservatives due to
the broad range of anti-microbial activities
mentioned above.
Further, it has been subjected to
annual review and certification by the
FDA under prescribed regulatory standards,
the last approval having been
given by the FDA to cover the year
2020. We are proud to say that COA
FS, since its registration by the FDA in
2016 has passed all microbial tests.
This anti-microbial activity has been
experimentally confirmed.
We therefore find the Press Statement
from the FDA that they detected
a microbial contamination in COA FS
as a surprise. The self-preserving nature
of COA FS is the reason why we
have never received any of the adverse
drug reactions enumerated in the FDA
Statement over the period. Contrary
to the claims in the Press Statement,
the evidence rather indicates that people
with weakened immune systems
and or kidney malfunctions, rather got
better after taking COA FS. We find it
unfortunate that the FDA seeks to associate
the alleged contamination in
COA FS to kidney failure. A thorough
search through scientific literature
shows that it is a particular strain of E.
Coli that causes kidney problem, but
the FDA has not provided any data to
prove that this particular strain has
been found in COA FS.
We wish to inform the public that
the FDA on the 9th of April 2020
drew our attention to the supposed
contamination and directed us to issue
a withdrawal notice, which we did as
law abiding citizens, in spite of our
doubts of the claim Subsequently, we
ran a microbial test for the identified
samples with batch numbers
CFS00003 and CFS00004 on our reference
samples from the microbiology
laboratory of the Cape Coast Teaching
Hospital. The result of the microbial
test does not disclose contamination
by Yeast, Mould and E-Coli as indicated
in the FDA press statement.
We are currently conducting similar
tests on the above batches in other independent
laboratories. We expect the
results soon. The outcome will also be
communicated to the general public. It
therefore cannot be the case that COA
FS produced by the COA Herbal Center
are contaminated.
We therefore wish to assure our
Distributors, Agents, Clients and the
general public that we will not rest on
our oars until all due processes are exhausted.
We therefore assure the general
public that in as much as we disagree
with the FDA, we are committed to
working with them as the regulator to
address any concerns they may have.
It is in the spirit of growing together
in a turbulent industry as ours,
that we will urge all our media partners
not to hesitate in asking much needed
questions to freely educate all and
sundry to clear all doubts in the minds
of right thinking people. Our doors
shall remain open to see all test results
and relevant correspondence to ensure
transparency and investor confidence.
ISSUED BY THE CENTER
OF AWARENESS (COA)
HERBAL CENTER, WU-
SORKROM, CAPE COAST
Entrepreneur Takyiwaa-Mensah publishes young people's guide
BY ERICA ARTHUR
BRITISH-BORN
GHANAIAN,
founder and Chief Executive
Officer (CEO)
of both Sixth Sense, a
brand management
company and Sai Wine Café, a wine
bar in Accra, Ghana, Ms Nadia
Takyiwaa-Mensah, is out with her
first self-published book, ‘How to
Get Ahead in Ghana.’
The new book discusses 10 simple
steps to help young people, particularly
the Ghanaians among them,
realize and tap into the power within
them to be the best version of
themselves.
According to the author and
CEO, her move to Ghana in 2010
with her 4-month-old son was ordained
by God.
She said prior to her move, she
had only visited Ghana for a maximum
of two weeks at the ages of
13, 18 and 24.
Speaking about her book, In a
phone interview with the DAILY
HERITAGE, she said, ‘the book sets
to encourage Ghanaians to embark
on a journey of self-discovery allowing
them to be the change they want
to see in the world, moving them
away from blaming the government,
family, their circumstances and situations
for their lack but rather looking
within for the solution.
She says her "book is a 10-step,
self-help, motivational book written
for Ghanaians by a Ghanaian."
"We have to note that understanding
the need to be the change
that we want to see in the world becomes
the greatest breakthrough for
us as humanity.”
On January 1, 2020, the entrepreneur
and CEO of Pan-African brand
management @ssmanifesto and
Ghana’s only wine café @saiwinecafe,
published the book 'How
to Get Ahead in Ghana'
Nadia established a marketing
agency named Sixth Sense and was
successful in winning their first account
with Vodafone Ghana after
two months of being in operation.
This win and successful execution
was the beginning of Sixth
Sense winning accounts with leading
multinational brands, including Sage,
Merck Pharmaceutical, Viber, WorldRemit,
Prudential Bank and many
more over the years.
In 2012, Nadia expanded to establish
an operational office in
Lagos, Nigeria where the agency was
successful in winning accounts with
the likes of IFC, and MSD Pharmaceutical..
By 2018, Nadia had further expanded
the agency to eight other
countries and was fortunate to win
accounts with brands including
Estée Lauder, and Standard Chartered
Bank.
•Ms Nadia Takyiwaa-Mensah
Nadia is presently in the process
of leading the Sixth Sense team in
The UK to provide leading brands
with marketing services for them to
engage with black consumers in the
UK.
Throughout the years of its development,
Sixth Sense has picked
up an award and in 2016, Nadia was
awarded 'Women Entrepreneur of
the Year' in Ghana.
Nadia said in November 2014,
she had another spiritual calling
whilst on holiday in the USA and by
April 2015, she had opened Sai -
West Africa’s first wine café, serving
over 30 wine varieties from over 100
brands produced in both old and
new world wine-producing countries,
paired with food.
Over the years Sai Wine Café has
become a home away from home for
residents of Accra and tourists and
this year Sai Wine Café is celebrating
its five years by moving to a new location
within Accra.
Ms. Takyiwaa-Mensah is also the
Executive Secretary of Ghana-Nigeria
Business Council and board
member of Ahaspora Professionals
Network.
She has been featured in many interviews,
university talks, event panels
and of late seminars as she shares
her experience, knowledge, and wisdom
in all things God, purpose, culture,
business, entrepreneurship,
leadership, marketing, motherhood,
and wine, being a diasporan.
Nadia has recently started writing
a blog documenting of her journey
thus far.