Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021b

DAILY ANALYST
Wednesday, 22nd September, 2021 Page 7
Danfa residents mad at NDC MP
Story: George Obeng
A
group calling itself
the Concerned
Residents of Danfa
in the Greater
Accra Region have
registered their displeasure at
their Member of Parliament’s
(MP’s) inability to have their
roads fixed after making all
manner of promises in the 2020
As of the close of
August 2021, aYo
Intermediaries Ghana
has paid over GH¢6.2
million in benefits to
over 21,000 customers who made
claims from their aYo “Recharge
with Care’ (RwC) and aYo ‘Send
with Care’ (SwC) policies.
aYo is an MTN Ghana mobile
micro insurance subsidiary
that provides affordable Life and
Hospital insurance policies. As of
August 2021, the company had a
customer base of about 6.3 million
subscribers.
TechGh24 can confirm that as
of August 31, 2021, aYo had paid
22,041 claims to both Recharge
with Care and Send with Care
policyholders, with 89% being
hospital admission claims while
remaining 11% was death claims.
Out of the number of claims
paid for, 21,834 were under ‘Recharge
with Care’ while some 207
were under ‘Send with Care.
In terms of value, ‘Recharge
with Care’ paid out about GH¢6.15
million, while ‘Send with Care’
has paid out over GH¢82,000.
election.
According to the group,
the MP, on the ticket of the
opposition National Democratic
Congress (NDC), has reneged
on his promises to have the
dilapidated roads leading from
Ayimensah-Danfa-Armahia
areas in the La-Nkwantanag
municipality fixed as promised.
‘We have been expecting the
current National Democratic
MTN aYo Insurance
pays out over GH¢6M
...to over 21,000 customers
Last year, aYo doubled customer
benefits under its Recharge
with Care policy. Benefits
for customers on hospital admission
under RwC was doubled
from GH¢50 a day to GH¢100,
while the benefit in the event of
death went up from GH¢3,000
to GH¢6,000 per customer. That
accounts for the huge settlement
payments under the RwC policy.
aYo Ghana further increased Hospital
admission benefit to GH¢120
per day, this year.
TechGh24 gathered that
the highest single claim settlements
were GH¢6,000 paid to a
‘Recharge with Care’ customer,
while that for a single ‘Send with
Care’ customer stood at GH¢3,920
which was hospital admission
claim.
aYo insurance cover is
currently for 30 days and it is
renewable. The more a customer
recharges airtime on their MTN
number, the more they accumulate
higher benefit.
Premiums
Premium for RwC is automatically
deducted from subscriber’s
...over bad roads
Congress’ Member of Parliament
for Madina Constituency Mr.
Francis Xavier Sosu, to continue
from where Ahaji Boniface left,
but so far, nothing has been done
‘We are aware of the
steps taken by the former
Member of Parliament for
the Madina constituency and
first Minister for the defunct
Ministry of Inner-City and
Zongo Development under the
leadership of President Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Alhaji
Abubakar Saddique Boniface,
got the roads in the areas
reconstructed.
In fact, Alhaji Boniface
during his time as MP, had the
local chiefs and dignitaries visit
the roads and announced the
presence of the contractor on
site
Ṡpeaking at a press
conference organised in Accra
recently, the President of the
group, George Bossman, said the
Roads and Highways Minister,
Kwesi Amoako Atta, recently
airtime in bits anytime they recharge
their airtime until a total
of GH¢4.00 or GH¢6 is paid for the
month. That for SwC is paid when
one sends mobile money. The information
on that is available on
*170#, and select Send with Care.
Also, customers have the
flexibility to boost their cover
by buying cover manually using
the MyBoost Menu option on the
USSD or aYo App, app.ayo4.com
and paying from their airtime
wallet.
Claims
To make a claim, one can file
for claims on the mobile phone
by dialing *296#, and valid claims
are paid immediately to your
Mobile Money wallet as soon as
claim document is validated.
For MyHospital claims,
you need to submit a hospital
discharge letter, excuse duty or
itemized medical bill; and for
MyLife claim, the customer must
show proof of death – i.e. death
certificate, medical certificate
of cause of death, burial permit
or letter from a local chief or
religious leader confirming the
death of the deceased person.
The backing documents can
be submitted via WhatsApp number
0555948648 or app.ayo4u.com
or at any MTN Service Centre.
MTN customers who wish
to sign-up to aYo Recharge with
Care insurance policy, should
simply dial *296# on your phone
and follow the prompts. You can
also sign-up via app.ayo4u.com.
Registration is free.
aYo Ghana currently has a
staff strength of about 700.
Sanlam
Meanwhile, the MTN Group
recently signed a partnership
agreement with South African-based
insurance giant, Sanlam
Group to establish InsurTech
alliance and sell insurance
policies in Africa leveraging on
technology. It is still not clear
what that means for aYo Ghana.—Tech24
assured Ghanaians of raising
the levels of roads construction
to about 75 per cent by the close
of the year which was quite
laudable.
‘It is gratifying to observe
the relief such level of road
construction has brought to the
masses, especially drivers of all
shades, across the length and
breadth of the country.
He explained that besides
reducing the considerable
man-hours, drivers use to carry
passengers to and from their
destinations, it will also bring
about some improvement in the
wear and tear of vehicles at large.
‘We want to, first of all,
acknowledge efforts by the
current government to build
roads throughout the country
ever since it came to power.
…Suffice it to say that
the country has witnessed
unprecedented road
construction over the past few
years since the New Patriotic
Party assumed power,’ the group
Chereponi:
Twelve persons have
been arrested in
Chereponi in connection
with the disturbances
that met the
nomination of Zuwera Mada
Nashiru as the area’s District
Chief Executive on September
19, 2021.
The 12 were picked up by police
early on Tuesday, September
21, 2021, and paraded at the regional
police station in Nalerigu.
The police, led by the regional
commander and three senior
officers, raided the homes of the
suspects and arrested them.
Some residents were opposed
to the nomination of Zuwera
Mada Nashiru and vandalised
property in the district.
Though police say calm has
contested.
‘As for the economic benefits,
we cannot easily quantify them,’
he added.
He noted that all said and
done, it cannot be denied
that the Ayimensah – Danfa –
Amrahia road definitely stands
to benefit from the government’s
efforts on road construction.
However, the current state
of the road networks in the area
has become very deplorable and
unmotorable due to the recent
spate of rainfalls.
At nights, for instance, the
road is virtually a death trap
with its lack of street lights.
…Unfortunately, since the
elections were over, we haven’t
seen any further actions.
He maintained that it was in
the light of the foregone that ‘as
residents, we are appealing to
the government to come to our
aid by at least undertaking some
repairs on the road pending
reconstruction.
“As concerned citizens of the
areas aforementioned would be
very grateful if this appeal would
be given a positive hearing.”
12 arrested
...after disturbances
over DCE nomination
returned to the area, there was
evidence that residents are still
agitated.
Some youth in Chereponi had
thronged the residence of the
man they preferred to have been
nominated as DCE, S. K. Orlando.
But they dispersed soon after
because of a downpour.
The Chereponi District Police
Command had invited the
Chereponi New Patriotic Party
Constituency Chairman, Aliu
Sulemana and some of the youth
leaders, after the disturbances.
And after the discussion, the
Chairman of the youth leaders
realized the need to keep the
peace and abide by the advice of
the police not to proceed with
the demonstration.—Citifmonline.com