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•Resident of Tsremati protesting on the road
Test students
for Covid-19
when schools
re-open
• Bono SHSs
Heads to govt
p3&6
Installation
of GA p2
Mantse
uncustomary
Says Abola Piam
Royal House
• The people
waiting for the
bus to convey
them to their
various
destination
• Some of the discharged people and their belongings
Jubilation galore at
Pentecost Isolation
p3
Centre
• As over 200 suspected
Covid-19 patients are discharged
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Installation of Ga
Mantse uncustomary
BY PRINCE ESSIEN
• Says Abola Piam Royal House
ONE OF the
Royal houses of
the Ga Paramount
Stool, the
Abola Royal
House, has described the recent
installation of King Dr
Kelvin Teiko Tackie Tsuru II
as Ga Mantse as uncustomary.
It is their contention that the
Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe Committee
formed by the Gborbu
Wulomo to investigate and come
out with a legitimate person has
no capacity to install a Ga Mantse.
They, therefore, described the
processes leading to the installation
of the new Ga Mantse as
"unacceptable and uncustomary."
Addressing a press conference
to set the records straight in
Accra, the Ga Abola Royal Stool
Dzasetse, Nii Okai Awua II, said
the Justice Crabbe committee's report
which the Kingmakers acted
on ought to have been put before
Parliament for debate or consideration
as was done in the Dagbon
Chieftaincy dispute.
According to him, at the time
of the setting up of the commission,
there were cases pending before
the Greater Accra Regional
House of Chiefs and the High
Court.
Nii Awua also averred that
since Boni Nii Tackie Adama
Latse was holding himself as Ga
Mantse with a gazette which has
not been nullified, any other installation
done for anyone to assume
the position of Ga Mantse
is null and void, adding that “it is
of no legal and customary consequence”.
He also pointed out that a
bench warrant for the arrest of
Boni Nii Adams Latse is still active
and the Court has not given
judgement and any action contrary
to what is happening in
Court is nothing but “contempt
of Court.”
• Some elders during the installation of Tackie Tsuru II
Nii Awua also averred that
since Boni Nii Tackie
Adama Latse was holding
himself as Ga Mantse with
a gazette which has not
been nullified, any other
installation done for anyone
to assume the position
of Ga Mantse is null
and void, adding that “it is
of no legal and customary
consequence”.
He said the
traditional
norms, rights,
practices, protocols,
usages and
procedures make
it suicidal for Dr
Teiko Tsuru to
be the Ga
Mantse.
2005 MoU
overlooked
He also explained
that in
March 29, 2005,
a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) which was signed by all
the royal gates to the effect of installing
a Ga Mantse was never
made available to the Justice
V.C.R.A.C. Crabe Commission.
According to that MoU, it was
agreed that “the customary
Mantse cloth from the last ruling
gate (Amugi We) shall be delivered
to the Elder and Representative
of Abola Piam We for the Ga
Mantse-elect according to the recognized
customary Rotation Succession.”
The MoU also indicated clearly
that Nii Tackie Tawiah II ruled
from 1944 – 1947, Nii Tackey
Kommey II took over as Ga
Mantse from 1948 – 1962 and Nii
Amugi II ruled from 1965 – 2004
and these three Kings were from
Teiko Tsuru We, Tackey Kommey
We and Nii Amugi We respectively.
“So all these three Royal Ruling
Houses had had their turns,
including Teiko Tsuru We where
Dr Kelvin Tackie hails from.
This is the turn of Abola Piam
We and nobody can revert that,”
he said.
He also stressed that installation
done last weekend was carried
out by illegitimate persons
who have no capacity to install a
Ga Mantse.
“Even the VCRAC Crabbe
Commission lacked the capacity
to choose and install a Ga Mantse,
let alone Gborbu Wulomo,” he
noted.
He, therefore, stated in authority
that “Dr Kelvin Tackie is not, I
repeat, not Ga Mantse and all
those who transact any business
with him in that capacity do so at
their own risk.”
He also stressed
that installation
done last weekend
was carried
out by illegitimate
persons who
have no capacity
to install a Ga
Mantse.
• Nene Awule Kwame II, Chief of Miotso

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Jubilation galore at
Pentecost Isolation Centre
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
THERE WAS wild jubilation
in the form of singing and
dancing when over 200 suspected
Covid-19 patients at
Pentecost Isolation Centre at
Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region were
asked to go home yesterday.
This means that these people have
gone through all the three stages of testing
at the centre and all their tests have
proven negative.
Information gathered indicates that
the centre is made up of blocks A, B and
C. The first two blocks, A and B, house
confirmed Covid-19 patients while the
last block, C, houses suspected patients
whose first test proved negative but have
to await second and third tests.
“As it is now, all the patients at Block C
have been discharged by health professionals
at the centre for them to reunite
with their families because they have no
Covid-19,” a source told the DAILY
HERITAGE.
While some were singing and dancing
for being discharged, others in blocks A
and B, numbering over 500, were sighted
in a sorrowful mood because some of
them were yet to complete their treatment
and possible recovery from the disease.
The people who were released were
• As over 200 suspected Covid-19
patients are discharged
seen around midday parking their few
belongings and lining them on the floor
waiting for their names to be called so
they could leave.
At exactly 2:00p.m, the first batch left
the centre for their various homes on a
• Discharged suspected COVID 19 patients
Ghana Health Service buses being escorted
by the police and health professional
while the second batch left 20
minutes later in similar manner.
“One unique thing that took place was
that the discharged ‘patients’ were given
a certificate each to be shown or given to
their various workplaces indicating they
have no Covid-19; a Holy Bible with
Church of Pentecost inscriptio and a nose
mask,” the source stated.
Test students for Covid-19
when schools re-open
SOME HEADS of second cycle institutions
in the Bono Region have
proposed to the central government
to ensure that all students are tested
for the coronavirus (Covid-19) when
schools re-open.
In their opinion, such a move
would help those infected by the
• Bono SHSs Heads to govt
virus to be isolated and treated.
The heads of senior high schools
(SHSs) in the Bono Region made the
suggestion during a fumigation exercise
by Zoomlion Ghana Limited
(ZGL).
The exercise is a collaboration between
Ghana Education Service and
ZGL, and it is aimed at dealing with
bed-bugs infestation in the schools.
The eight-day exercise began on
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, and is expected
to cover about 64 SHSs in the
various districts across the region.
Some of the schools which were
covered on the first day were John
Bosco Vocational Technical, Notre
Dame SHS, Secret Heart SHS, Nsutre
Vocational Institute, Brekum Presbyterian
SHS and Brekum SHS.
Others were Methodist SHS, All
For Christ SHS, Wamanafo Senior
Technical High School, Mansen SHS,
ST. Augustine’s Senior High,
Berekum, Star Business SHS and
Gyinigyini SHS.
The second day (Wednesday, May
15, 2020) saw schools like Our Lady
of Providence, Drobo, Hidaaya Islamic,
Awasuman, and Nkrankwanta
Community SHSs.
In an interview with the media,
the Assistant Headmaster in charge of
Administration, Mansen SHS, Mr
Oppong Takyi, indicated that testing
students for Covid-19 and treatment
would allay fear and panic amongst
the student body in the various
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Withdraw 18% tax on electricity now
BY KOBINA WELSING
THE MINORITY in
Parliament is demanding
the immediate
withdrawal of
over 18% tax on
electricity as it warns
of dire consequences on domestic
consumers.
Their demand comes after the
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)
tasked the Electricity Company of
Ghana (ECG) to charge Value
Added Tax, (VAT) on domestic
consumers.
• Minority to govt
Until now, electricity for consumers
has been zero-rated for
VAT since 2001.
Addressing the media in Parliament,
the minority spokesperson
on Mines and Energy, Mr Adam
Mutawakilu, accused the President
of giving 50 perfect rebates to
consumers with one hand and taking
it back with another.
The Damango Member of Parliament
(MP) warned that both
consumers and ECG would be
worse-off with the move.
“That means that you will pay
more for electricity, it will deny
you the food that you buy because
you have to do your scale of
preference and consumers will be
burdened the more…so this 50%
was just to deceive Ghanaians, so
you gave it to Ghanaians with one
hand and then you take it with another
hand.”
The decision to impose VAT
on electricity for consumers
comes a month after the President
reduced electricity consumption
by 50% for commercial and domestic
consumers and free for
lifeline consumers.
“That means that you will pay more for
electricity, it will deny you the food that
you buy because you have to do your
scale of preference and consumers will
be burdened the more…so this 50%
was just to deceive Ghanaians, so you
gave it to Ghanaians with one hand and
then you take it with another hand.”
&Env.
Mahama donates PPE
to hospitals in Krobo area
BY KOBINA WELSING
THE FLAGBEARER of the opposition
National Democratic
Congress (NDC), Mr John Dramani
Mahama, has donated personal
protective equipment (PPE)
to health facilities in Yilo Krobo
and Lower Manya Krobo municipalities
in the Eastern Region.
The items include N95 nose
masks, hand sanitizers, Veronica
buckets, face masks, surgical
gloves, wash basins, waste bins,
liquid soaps and paper tissues.
A month ago, Mr Mahama
made similar donations of a number
of pairs of gumboots, disposable
coverall suits, medical
protective overall suits, goggles,
face masks, and hand sanitizers to
the Eastern Regional Hospital in
Koforidua and Hawa Memorial
Hospital at Akyem Osiem.
Presenting the items on behalf
of the NDC flag bearer to the
beneficiary health facilities - Somanya
Polyclinic, Somanya Health
and Disease Control Centre and
Atua Government Hospital
The NDC Parliamentary Candidate
for Yilo Krobo, Mr Albert
Nyakotey, backed by the incumbent
Member of Parliament, Mr
Magnus Kofi Amoatey, said the
donation by the former President
was part of his contribution to
•Some of the items donated
the fight against the novel coronavirus
in the country.
He said frontline health workers
in forefront of this fight
needed to be motivated to continuously
give their best to help contain
the disease, hence the
donation.
Receiving the items on behalf
the Atua Government Hospital,
which is a Covid-19 isolation and
treatment centre, the Head of
Pharmacy, Pharm. Bertha
Abakah, thanked the NDC Flag
bearer for the support.
Some few dozens of health
workers in Ghana have tested
positive for Covid-19.
Ghana’s novel coronavirus
cases have increased to 5,530 with
recoveries also rising to 674 as of
May 14,2020.
The cases have risen by 122
from the previous figure of 5,408
Thirteen out of 16 regions in
Ghana have recorded cases while
Savanna, Bono East and Ahafo
regions are yet to record cases.
Eastern Region case count still
stands at 99. Lower ManyaKrobo
municipality is the epicentre of
the disease in the region with over
70 confirmed cases recorded
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NEWS
BY NELSON KOFI AKATEY
THE GREATER Accra Sustainable
Sanitation And Livelihoods Improvement
Project (GASSLIP), under the
auspices of the Ministry of Sanitation
and Water Resources, has presented
30 Skip (waste containers) to the various
Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies
in the (GAMA) including
Tema.
The containers were presented to
the Assemblies to support them in
their waste collection and disposal towards
the achievement of the ‘Clean
Accra’ Project.
The Minister for Sanitation and
Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Abena
Dapaah who presented the items, said
the presentation of the waste containers
to the Assemblies had come at a
very important time “as we are almost
in the rainy season”.
She reiterated the vision of the
President Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo -Addo to make Accra a very
clean city and that the President
would not tolerate delinquency with
regard to sanitation issues.
Hon. Abena Dapaah thanked the
media for their great support in the
projecting clean-up exercises in Tema
and Accra during the lockdown period.
She said as a result of the exercises,
Accra and Tema did not experience
any flooding during the recent downpour.
She asked the media not to hesitate
to call on her at her office anytime
they had some enquiries to do or
an input to make, especially in the
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GASSLIP presents waste containers
to Assemblies in Greater Accra
•Hon Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister for Sanitation and Water
Resources (in red dress) inspecting the waste containers
area of sanitation
in the
Metropolis for
the development
of the
city.
She stated
that all the Regional
Ministers
had been
directed to undertake
massive
clean-up activities
in their respective regions during
the month to ensure cleanliness and
promote good health.
The minister asked the media to intensify
their public education with
regard to dumping of refuse into
waterways and gutters, especially during
this time that the rains had started..
She commended the media for
their hard work and urged them to
continue in that spirit.
She used the occasion to appeal to
Ghanaians to strictly observe the hygiene
protocols to combat the spread
of the corona virus pandemic.
•The waste containers acquired for
distribution to the Assemblies
The Chief Executive Officer of
the Adentan Municipal Assembly,
who is also the Dean of the Chief Executives
in GAMA, Hon. D. A. Nii
Noi Adamuah, received the donation
on behalf of the Chief Executives.
He thanked the Ministry,through
the GASSLIP, for the kind donation.
He said the items would go a long
way to support them in waste management
in the various municipalities.
He assured the sector Minister that
the items would be put to good use.
The total value of the containers
was GHc780,000, equivalent to
US$120,000.
They will be distributed to the Assemblies
in the GAMA and placed at
strategic locations within the city to
enhance waste collection and disposal.
The containers were funded by the
Government of Ghana and the
African Development Bank.
GASSLIP is funded by the African
Development Bank and it is one of
the two projects under the Ministry of
Sanitation and Water Resources.
Covid-19
Lockdown won’t work
– Health Minister
EITHER GENERAL or partial
lockdown does not seem to be in
the books of the government as
part of measures to fight the Covid-
19 pandemic, Health Minister, Mr
Kwaku Agyemang Manu has suggested.
According to him, the recent
partial lockdown of Greater Accra
and Greater Kumasi has taught the
government a lot of things per the
severe impact it had on the nation.
He further advised that all that
people have to do now is to learn to
live with the disease by following
the laid-down protocols.
Answering a question at yesterday’s
Ministry of Information press
briefing as to whether Obuasi would
be on lockdown due to the high
number of coronnavirus cases it has
recorded, Mr Manu said he did not
believe a lockdown would work any
longer.
He said “generally, a lockdown is
not something that we believe is
going to work any longer. Now we
have realized the lockdown taught
us a lot of things and the impact is
quite severe. So what we have to do
now is to learn to live with the disease.”
He, however, indicated that the
Director General of the Ghana
Health Service was in Obuasi with a
group of epidemiologists and until
they come back with their report,
“we must be very careful as to
whether we are talking about a lockdown
in Obuasi,” he said.
•KwakuAgyeman Manu, Health Minister
Covid-19
North Dayi Assembly distributes 10,000 nose
masks to residents
BY FAISEL ABDUL-IDDRISU
THE NORTH Dayi District Assembly
in the Volta Region has commenced
the mass distribution of a
total of 10,000 locally-manufactured
nose masks to some identifiable
groups and residents across the district.
The distribution exercise, which is
being led by the District Chief Executive,
Kudjoh Attah, has already covered
the Anfoega market, the Vakpo
and Anfoega lorry parks and Okada
boys, shop owners and some vulnerable
groups, including the disabled.
The distribution exercise, according
to the DCE, would cover all public
places within the district in a bid to
curb the spread of the deadly novel
coronavirus from entering the district.
He said, "This exercise is intended
to ensure strict enforcement and adherence
to the President's directive on
the wearing of nose masks at public
places. So we are doing this to ensure
that those who may not be able to
buy one for themselves can have this
to protect themselves."
He added that, "The virus is already
in Kpando, Hohoe and Ho and
these are places very close to us, so
it's our greatest responsibility to do
everything humanly possible to ensure
that it doesn't get to us," while
adding that, "we have already made
provisions for two isolation centres
•Mr Kudjoh Attah, MCE for North Dayi, distributing the nose mask
but it is our hope that we don't record
any positive case."
Since the outbreak and the subsequent
ban on social gatherings, the
Assembly, according the authorities,
has been very critical on the need for
residents to ensure adherence, especially
to the 'not more than 25 persons
burial' directive by the President.
Traders in the Anfoega market,
which is the only major market in the
district, have also been divided into
two groups; one of which has been
moved to a school park to ensure absolute
compliance with the social distancing
protocol in the market.
According to Mr. Attah, the Assembly's
constant consultation with
the various stakeholders ahead of the
enforcement of some these measures
has led to a huge success as far as
compliance is concerned.
"You would observe that there
seems to be some significant level of
compliance with the directives among
residents across the district but that
has only been possible due to the rigorous
consultation we had with all
stakeholders prior to the implementation
of these directives.
“It is for these reasons that traders
in the Anfoega market are able to
move to the new space when the Assembly
decided to move part of the
market to the other end to ensure the
social distancing protocol," he stated.
He urged residents to continue to
remain calm but vigilant and critical
of the safety measures in ensuring
that the district is free from the novel
coronavirus pandemic.
The district assembly has so far
distributed over 200 Veronica buckets
and hand sanitizers to offices and
public places in the district to ensure
regular hand washing.

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Editorial
Law on careless driving must be reformed
ONE WONDERS when road accidents
would not be too much of a
bother in the country, not because
they would not happen, but because
they would happen purely for technical
causes that were beyond detection.
The DAILY HERITAGE is saying
this because most of the accidents
people suffer in the country
come as a result of human errors
that mostly could be avoided. For instance,
speeding and wrongful overtaking
are typical examples of
human errors that can completely be
avoided.
It beats the imagination of rightthinking
people why a driver should
assume that his counterpart coming
from the opposite direction would
definitely do some defensive driving
if he misbehaves. Sometimes
some drivers do wrong overtaking
and force drivers from the opposite
direction to save the situation.
Sometime ago the observation
was that commercial drivers were
mostly the offenders. Currently that
observation never holds because
drivers of V8 vehicles and other
4WD vehicles, and tipper truck drivers
are the worst offenders. Drivers
of these vehicles exploit the speed,
the size, strength and even ownership
to bulldoze their way to the hurt
of other road users.
This said, speeding and wrong
overtaking could be blamed for most
accidents. The accident near
Komenda this week that has so far
claimed 35lives, according to sources
came as a result of wrong overtaking.
Drivers continue to kill innocent
people, nation builders who were
playing various roles to help build
the nation. Reports about the
Komenda accident says the drivers
of the two vehicles involved in the
accident died. Sad.
Sometimes some reckless drivers
are able to save their lives and at
times come out of accidents unscathed
while they kill others or
maim others for life and their punishments
are usually fines. Can’t the
nation change or amend the laws on
driving?
The DAILY HERITAGE believes
that since drivers of today
have decided to focus only on the
money they would make and so are
fond of speeding and wrongful
overtaking, the country should have
laws that can charge drivers with
manslaughter and other crimes that
attract serious sentences without parole.
Even certain technical faults
should be punished if they are found
to have been ignored by the drivers.
Also, there must be police officers
stationed at stations where passengers
pick vehicles for long or out-oftown
journeys, and they should tell
the passengers what the law expects
the drivers to do on the road while
passengers are given the right to report
reckless drivers to the police
once two or more of them can bear
Test students for Covid-19
when schools re-open
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SHSHs across the country.
He described the fumigation exercise
as ‘timely’, adding that it would
help a great deal to rid the schools of
bed-bugs and their attendant health
implications.
According to him, his school has
had to battle with bed-bugs over the
past years, albeit with little success.
“In our effort to deal with the
bugs, the school sometimes engaged
people to spray its facilities. Unfortunately,
this does not last long as in
some cases just after two weeks of
the exercise we are caught up again
having to battle with bed-bugs,” the
head of Mansen SHS said.
Against this backdrop, Mr Takyi
commended Zoomlion and GES for
the initiative.
He, however, made a fervent appeal
for the exercise to be conducted
frequently.
“I thank GES and Zoomlion for
this exercise… and I am hopeful that
it will bring the bed-bugs infestation
in the schools under control and also
kill other harmful insects which
sometimes find their way to the
school compound,” he expressed.
“What is more” with the fumigation
of the school was that teaching
and learning would be conducted in a
conducive environment when the
school re-opened.
For his part, the Headmaster of
Wamanafo Secondary Technical High
School, Thomas Asante Armstrong,
shared the suggestion of testing students
when schools re-opened, but
focused his remarks on serious infrastructure
lack in his school.
He lamented that his school could
not even boast a staff common room
for the tutors, revealing that “my
teachers have been sitting under a
tree and using the place as a staff
common room.”
Furthermore, he disclosed that his
school was grappling with the issue
of congestion. This, he noted, was
“In our effort to deal with the bugs, the school sometimes
engaged people to spray its facilities. Unfortunately,
this does not last long as in some cases just
after two weeks of the exercise we are caught up again
having to battle with bed-bugs,” the head of Mansen
SHS said.
widespread in the classrooms and in
the few dormitories that they have.
He, therefore, appealed to the
Ministry of Education to come to
their aid.
The Headmaster of St Augustine’s
SHS, Berekum, Reverend Father
Hubert Asante, was full of
praise for GES and Zoomlion.
He called for the fumigation exercise
to be done at least every three
months, insisting that would deal effectively
with the bed-bug infestations
in the schools across the
country.
The exercise saw classrooms, dining
halls, dormitories, student mattresses,
administration blocks, sick
bays, staff members’ bungalows and
other places of the various schools
fumigated.
It would be recalled that the Minister
of Education, Dr Matthew
Opoku Prempeh, in April this year
launched a nationwide exercise to fumigate
and disinfect all SHSs in the
country in a bid to prevent the spread
of the deadly coronavirus and also
deal with bed-bugs infestation.

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DAILY HERITAGE MAY 14, 2020
Govt blowing millions to revive
Airbus scandal – ASEPA
THE ALLIANCE for
Social Equity and
Public Accountability
(ASEPA) has accused
the
government of
spending taxpayer’s money to revive
the Airbus scandal in an attempt
to smear former President
John Mahama.
According to ASEPA, people
close to President Nana Akufo-
Addo are the main architects of
the plot to sustain issues about
Airbus in both international and
local media.
In a statement, ASEPA said:
“Yes, folks, your Government is
spending millions of your taxes to
attempt to influence newspapers
and online portals in Europe to
revive Airbus DPA to smear its
political opponent, Mr John Mahama.”
“Unfortunately for the government,
several of the most reputable
media outlets in Europe
have declined to swallow the bait
based on what they describe as serious
privacy concerns (which was
very prime in the Airbus investigations
in the UK.)
A close relative of President
Nana Akufo-Addo is the Chief
Architect of this Airbus revival
agenda and has control of a huge
slush fund containing millions of
dollars to achieve the objective.”
The statement signed by the
Executive Director of the group,
Mr Mensah Thompson, claimed:
“The Special Prosecutor’s Office
is the conduit through which this
smear campaign is being coordinated.
It will be recalled that pressure
from the Presidency was
brought to bear
on the Office
of the Special
Prosecutor to
publish the biodata
of some
foreign nationals
and invite
them to his office
for questioning(even
though he
knows that was
practically impossible)
just to
incite more international
attention
on the
case amidst serious
privacy issues
which, we believe, can later
have serious consequences for us
as a country if these foreign nationals
decide to seek legal redress
for that reckless action by the Special
Prosecutor.”
“Was this reprieve granted the
Special Prosecutor in order to influence
his subsequent conduct?”
“Recently there have been
many behind-the-scenes movements
aimed at putting pressure
on the Special Prosecutor to
achieve parochial political interests.
There are many questions
begging for answers. For instance,
why was there an almost complete
change in the panel in the course
of the trial with the newly-appointed
Chief Justice installing
himself as the head of the panel?
Why was there a surprise adjournment
two weeks ago when the
court was about to give its ruling?
And what was the subject of the
closed-door discussion between
the President and Martin Amidu
before the Supreme Court verdict
was given?”
The ASEPA said they were
raising such questions to prompt
the public to the fact that the government
wasting public funds on a
case that would end nowhere.
Mugeez’s signee Tecknikal drops second single
EARL OWUSU ANSAH,
known in the music scene
as Tecknikal, a young
Columbus, Ohio-based
Ghanaian artist signed
unto Mugeez’s Extrial
music label is out with his second
song ‘Chan Chan Lady’
‘Chan Chan Lady’ is scheduled to
be released today, Friday, May 15,
2020, under Extrial Music after his
first one, ‘Fantasy’
According to him, ‘Chan Chan
Lady’ is a romantic and catchy
Afrobeats song produced by iPappi,
known for his production of Stonebwoy’s
‘Ololo’.
“‘Chan Chan Lady’ was greatly inspired
by the Highlife genre, which
originates from Ghana,” Tecknikal
said, and added that he wanted to pay
tribute to his roots, and he has most
definitely done this with this wonderful
song ‘Chan Chan Lady’ which is
Tecknikal’s first single in 2020.
The video was shot and directed
by David Duncan, who worked with
artistes such as La Même, Joey B and
Mugeez of R2bees.
Release day for the visuals is Sunday,
May 17, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. Ghana
time.
Tecknikal came to Ghana to shoot
the video, which was edited by
Damola Ajanaku of Victorious Films.
•Earl Owusu Ansah
“I definitely wanted the video to
be shot in Ghana, the birthplace of
Highlife music. I left Ghana when I
was 15 but it will always be my home.
Most of my musical inspiration roots
in Ghana,” explains Tecknikal.
About Tecknikal
Tecknikal was born in Kumasi on
September 16, 1997. He was raised
with his two brothers by their grandparents
at Famesua in the Ashanti Region,
after his parents, Freda Osei
Bonsu and Kwame Owusu Ansah divorced.
Tecknikal and his brothers
were with their grandparents until he
turned 15 and in 2013 he travelled
with his brothers to live with their
mother in the USA.
He attended kindergarten at the
Schooling Stars Academy, completed
preparatory school at M. A. Bediako
Adventist Preparatory school and JHS
at Adventist Junior High School in
Amakom, all in the Ashanti region of
Ghana.
Tecknikal had his second cycled
education at the Kumasi Anglican
Senior High School from SHS 1 to the
second term of SHS 2. He continued
his high school education at the Westerville
South High School, Columbus,
Ohio, and graduated in 2016.
He went to Columbus State College
for a semester, he said, and “this
time I was also working on my music
so eventually, I took a break from college
to focus on music full time.”
Technikal, technically started his
music journey in 2016, where he
dropped the ‘Styla season’ album, the
‘Guapanese’ mixtape, an EP dubbed
‘Dedication’ and some good amount
of singles, “which are all available on
most streaming platforms under his
stage name Tecknikal.
It’s safe to say I have over 30
songs out online. I have worked with
numerous producers but noticeably
Oge Beats and DCQ beats.”
Tecknikal belongs to the group
that supports 100% authentic music,
especially to the class that is not limited
by music genres, he can be called
a multi-genre artiste because he likes
to experiment a lot and is always ready
to showcase his versatility on different
sounds.
The young artiste aspires to be the
one to change the phase of Afrobeat
worldwide. He takes inspiration from
legends such as Sarkodie, R2bees,
Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and more.
“I would want to continue their
good works and put a magnifying
glass on the map of Ghana for the
whole world to see how exceptional
and influential we are to modern
music, especially Afrobeat. Before I
decided to pick up the pen to write a
song, I remember one of my biggest
inspirations being Sarkodie.
I admired how he made being a
rapper look like the coolest job on
earth. From the way he shot his
videos to how he dressed made me
want to be like him. R2bees were also
part of my early inspirations to pursue
music.
Both Mugeez and Paedae (Omar
Sterling) had and still do have my respect
for how they could give us a
mixture of melodious songs and hardhitting
punchlines. Kanye West is also
someone who inspires me a lot. From
his life to his music to how he runs his
business, I relate to him in the sense
that he was constantly underestimated
by people and somehow he always
pulls through. I think he has one of
the most inspiring stories in music history.”

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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020
Porto demoted me to second team without
any clear explanation - Majeed Waris
F
C PORTO AT-
TACKER Abdul Majeed
Waris has shed
light on his frustrating
spell at the club ahead
of a loan move to
French side Strasbourg in January.
After spending the 2018-19
season on loan at Nantes, the
striker endured a tough start to
the 2019-20 campaign back at
Porto as he was demoted to the
Dragons' second team for the first
half of the new term.
"After my season in Nantes - I
had a very good season there, then
I went back to Porto and there
were some issues that had nothing
to do with me. I was hoping to
fight for a position in Portugal and
then because of the issues – I didn’t
have a clear explanation about
what I had done – they said I had
to train with the B team without
any clear explanation," Waris explained
to Get Football News
France.
"So I said 'Ok, I have a contract
with them and I have to respect
that' but I tried to approach
people to get a clear explanation
and they didn’t give me one. So I
said 'Ok, no problem' and I
started training with the team.
"But I had a lot of good options
as well. I was supposed to
sign with Alaves and there were a
lot of issues around that as well
and it didn’t happen.
"So I said 'Ok, in football these
kinds of things happen sometimes'.
So I kept working very
hard and didn’t say anything. I’m
someone who likes to let my hard
work speak louder than my words
so I kept working very hard.
"During my time with the B
team, a lot of my friends and my
coaches were saying you’re too
good to be here, you have to move
on.
"Sometimes things change, so I
had to just keep working really
hard until this January came and
Abdul Majeed Waris
I’m here now and it’s in the past
now."
So did Waris ever find out the
reason for his first-team sideline at
Porto?
"I think it was an internal thing
between them and my agent but I
don’t know exactly what was happening
– I’m not someone who
wants to get involved with the
agency work," he said.
"With the agency work, there’s
no honesty there and I didn’t want
to be part of something like this.
"If I want to be around football,
I’d rather prefer to work with
kids than be at the top even
though there’s a lot of money involved
– there’s no honesty and
people are not straight with their
decisions."
The 28-year-old also threw
light on his failed move to Spanish
sides Deportivo Alaves and
Leganes last summer, forcing him
to remain at Porto for the first
half of the season.
"Yeah, I actually went there
[Alaves], I did the medical and I
was waiting to see what would
happen and it didn’t happen at the
end. So these are some of the
things I mean, I didn’t know exactly
what was happening."
Waris netted twice in seven
league matches for new club Strasbourg
before the season was
forced to an abrupt end by the
coronavirus pandemic.
It's impossible for current Hearts
coach to emulate Attuquayefio's
achievement - Amankwa Mireku
FORMER HEARTS of Oak
skipper Amankwah Mireku has
expressed the belief that it will
be impossible for coach Edward
Nii Odoom to emulate the late
Jones Attuquayefio's success at
the club.
Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
led the Phobians to two major
African titles -- the 2000 CAF
Champions League and maiden
CAF Confederation Cup in
2004.
The 70-year-old was named
African Coach of the Year in
2000, having lost only once
throughout the entire Champions
League.
The Accra-based side paid
tribute to late coach Attuquayefio
on Monday, to mark
the fifth anniversary of his demise.
Amankwah Mireku, who
played and captained the team
under Attuquayefio, says the
club's current coach cannot emulate
the success of Attuquayefio.
"Yes in Football coaches are
important but for me, Football is
all about players; players make
coaches not coaches making
• Former Hearts of Oak skipper Amankwah Mireku
players, so you look at the calibre
of players Attuquayefio worked
with and now the players coach
Odoom is working with. It
makes it impossible," he told
Oyerepa FM.
"To ask coach Odoom to emulate
the late Cecil Jones Attuquayefio
in winning laurels will
be impossible, it will be a herculean
task for me.
"Winning the league has even
become a problem but we won it
six times. With this crop of players,
it’s impossible. It's not about
coach Odoom but the quality of
players," he concluded.
Hearts of Oak have not won
any major trophy in over a
decade since winning their 20th
league title in 2009.
I pay my players according to
their qualities - Alhaji Gruzah
FOUNDER AND OWNER of
Ghana Premier League side King
Faisal Babes, Alhaji Karim
Gruzah, has revealed that the
Ghana Football Association
(GFA) has a minimum wage for
players in the top-tier league.
In an interview with Franklin
Oteng-Appau Papin on Wednesday,
May 13, Alhaji Gruzah said
he paid some of his players less
than the GH¢600 while others
receive more depending on each
player’s quality.
This comes in the wake of a
statement by former Ghana goalkeeper
Abukari Damba on the
Kofi Amoah’s
parting message to
football people
need for the FA to structure a
minimum wage policy for
Ghanaian players.
Alhaji Gruzah told the host
of Onua Agoro Fie on Onua TV
that the GFA’s minimum wage of
GH¢600 for players is in the
statutes.
According to the veteran
football administrator, some receive
less while others receive
more.
The difference in payment, he
argued, was based on the performance
of players and it was
so because players were registered
based on their quality.
• Owner of King Faisal FC, Alhaji Abdul Karim Gruzah