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EU targets Russian coal
and ships in new sanctions
The EU is proposing further
sanctions against
the Kremlin after
allegations of Russian
war crimes in Ukraine,
with EU ambassadors meeting
on Wednesday to decide what
steps to take.
European Commission
head Ursula von der Leyen said
planned measures included an
import ban on coal and a ban on
Russian ships and road operators.
The US is also planning more
sanctions.
And UK Foreign Secretary Liz
Truss is calling for a "tough new
wave" of sanctions from G7 and
Nato ministers.
She said her Japanese
counterpart had agreed the
international community had
to increase pressure on Russia's
Vladimir Putin "and his war machine
with further co-ordinated
sanctions".
EU officials had earlier
indicated the focus would be on
enforcing existing measures.
But revelations of atrocities,
with hundreds of bodies of civilians
found in towns abandoned
by Russian troops, have given
added impetus for new measures.
"The new sanctions will
probably be adopted tomorrow,"
French European Affairs Minister
Clément Beaune said on Tuesday.
Ms von der Leyen said the
proposals included:
• A ban on coal imports
worth €4bn a year, and a full ban
on four Russian banks including
Russia's second biggest bank
VTB
• A ban on Russian ships
entering EU ports (with some
exemptions) and on Russian
and Belarusian road transport
operators
• Bans on EU exports in
advanced semiconductors and
machinery worth €10bn and
other EU imports on wood and
cement, seafood and alcohol.
• Russian companies
would also be barred from
taking part in competing for
contracts across the EU.
The EU was also working on
other sanctions including on
imports of Russian oil, she said.
This is the fifth set of EU
sanctions so far. Earlier measures
have ranged from individuals
including Vladimir Putin
and hundreds of Russian MPs, to
the financial and energy sectors.
The 27 member states plan to
cut use of Russian gas by twothirds
by the end of this year
and then make Europe entirely
independent of Russian fossil
fuels by 2030.
There is an active debate in
Germany on imposing a total
embargo on Russian energy, but
the government warns it would
ute, each second thinking it
would be my turn to be taken
away and executed. Even after
being told to go, I feared it was a
trap," one man who witnessed
some executions was quoted as
saying.
"As I walked away, slowly,
I held my hand on my chest,
holding my breath, and waiting
for a bullet to pass through my
DAILY ANALYST Wednesday, 6th April, 2022
trigger a recession and mass unemployment
and for the moment
it has ruled it out. "If it would
stop the war, then we would do it
immediately," said Foreign Minister
Annalena Baerbock.
Germany relied on Russian
gas for 55% of its imports last
year, while for the EU as a whole
it was 40%.
Experts widely agree that
sanctions agreed by the West
until now are unprecedented
but Eddie Fishman rates them
at "seven or an eight of 10 in
intensity". He was a lead official
in the US State Department in
2014 when sanctions were drawn
up in response to Russia's illegal
annexation of Crimea in 2014.
"Oil remains the life-blood
of Russia's economy," he argues.
"Putin has made billions of
dollars since the war began and
Russia's oil sales remain very
strong."
The EU's latest proposals
tighten sanctions on four
Russian banks. Although major
Russian banks have been shut
out of the Swift financial messaging
system, two of the biggest
are not.
Again, it's energy-related.
Sberbank and Gazprombank
facilitate energy payments from
Europe to Russia.
Lithuania announced that
from the start of this month it
body," he added.
Mali's military admitted on
Saturday that it had killed more
than 200 militants in a "largescale"
assault on the "terrorist
fief" of Moura.
The West African nation's
junta denies that mercenaries
from Russia's Wagner group are
helping it fight the insurgents.
On Tuesday, Germany joined
the US, France and the European
Union to call for an independent
investigation, involving the UN
mission in the country, into
what happened in the village of
Moura, which is in Mali's central
Mopti region.
In its statement, HRW said
there had been a "deliberate
slaughter" of people detained.
"The Malian government
is responsible for this atrocity,
the worst in Mali in a decade,
whether carried about by Malian
forces or associated foreign
soldiers."
HRW described Moura as being
under the "quasi-control" of
al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
(Aqim).
It quoted a local as saying
that some of those killed "were
really jihadists, but many others
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Harrowing accounts
are emerging of
Malian troops and
suspected Russian
mercenaries
allegedly executing about 300
people in central Mali.
Residents told Human
Rights Watch (HRW) that the
killings took place during an
operation against militant
Islamists over four days in late
March.
Detained men were ordered
to walk in groups of up to 10, before
being summarily executed,
HRW said.
"I lived in terror, each minhad
put a stop to all Russian gas
imports.
"Look friends, you can do the
same," President Gitanis Nauseda
told his EU counterparts. It
had become possible through
investment in liquified natural
gas and electricity link infrastructure,
he explained.
But could the EU, as a whole,
really turn off the taps to Russian
energy?
There have been warnings of
factory closures, jobs losses and
plummeting public consent for
sanctions.
You would have to pray for
warm and windy weather, says
Jacob Kirkegaard of the German
Marshall Fund. Warm to lessen
the need for heating homes - and
windy to power Europe's electricity
generating turbines.
And while Mr Kirkegaard
agrees with German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz that a ban could trigger
a recession, he believes the
blow to Russia would be worse.
were killed simply because they
had been forced by the same
jihadists to cut their pants and
grow their beards".
Others said the killings
were ethnically based, with the
Fulani, largely Muslim semi-nomadic
herders known in Mali as
the Peulh, targeted.
What happened?
HRW said it had learned
from 19 witnesses, including
those from Moura and six other
villages, that soldiers arrived
by helicopter near the livestock
market on 27 March and
exchanged gunfire for some 15
minutes with about 30 Islamist
fighters.
"Traders at the market and
security sources said that several
Islamist fighters, a few civilians,
and two foreign soldiers
were killed during this and
another exchange of gunfire
that day," HRW reported.
Malian soldiers and more
than 100 members of a foreign
force - identified by several
sources as Russians - were then
deployed to Moura for an operation
that lasted for four days.
"After surrounding the area,
the soldiers patrolled through
"The Russian government
would, in my opinion, be compelled
to start printing large
amounts of new roubles with the
risk of inciting significant additional
inflation in Russia."
Beyond energy, sanctions
so far have hit Russia's tech,
aviation and finance sectors, as
well as its oligarchs - the wealthy
Russians who made their fortunes
under President Putin's
patronage.
But, as Ukraine's President
Volodymyr Zelensky reminded
Belgian lawmakers in an address
last week, there are other awkward
areas where business goes
on.
Rough diamonds are still
moving from Russia to Antwerp
and sea ports remain open to
Russian shipping.
So while trade ties between
the EU and Russia have been
seriously frayed, strained but
lucrative connections remain.
Mali troops and suspected Russian
fighters accused of massacre
town, executing several men as
they tried to flee, and detaining
hundreds of unarmed men
from the market and their
homes," HRW said.
"Over the four days, the
soldiers ordered the detained
men in groups of four, six, or
up to 10, to stand up and walk
for between several dozen and
several hundred metres. There,
the Malian and foreign soldiers
summarily executed them."
Mali has been battling a decade-long
insurgency that has
affected millions of people, and
has also engulfed out countries
in the region.
French troops have played a
major role in fighting the insurgents,
but in February President
Emmanuel Macron announced
their withdrawal.
It followed a breakdown in
relations with the military junta,
which has been accused of
increasingly turning to Russia
for aid to fight the militants.
Mali is a former French colony,
and maintained strong ties
with France after independence
in 1960.

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Muntaka clashes with Speaker
Minority Chief
Whip, Muntaka
Mubarak yesterday
forcefully resisted
the speaker’s
ruling on referring some
three members of Parliament
to the Privileges Committee for
absenting themselves from the
House for fifteen sitting days
without permission.
Former Kumbungu lawmaker,
Ras Mubarak petitioned
the Speaker to discipline these
lawmakers for absenting themselves
from Parliament without
permission.
In his petition, he said “It
has come to my notice through
parliament’s Hansard, and newspaper
and radio report that some
four Members of Parliament,
namely Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo,
MP for Dome-Kwabenya; Hon.
Henry Quartey, MP for Ayawaso
Central; Hon. Ebenezer Kojo
Kum, MP for Ahanta West; and
Hon. Ken Ohene Agyapong, MP
for Assin Central have all absented
themselves from Parliament
for more than fifteen sittings of
a meeting of Parliament without
the permission of Mr. Speaker in
writing.
“In view of this reported
breach of the Constitutional
provision, I respectfully petition
your high office to direct
for their conduct to be referred
to the Privileges Committee for
consideration and necessary
action.”
In response, the Speaker
referred Adwoa Safo, Kennedy
Agyapong, and Henry Quartey
to the Privileges Committee as
stated by Ras Mubarak.
In the speaker’s ruling, he
quoted article 75 (2) of the Constitution
detailing the absenteeism
of Members of Parliament.
Per Article 97(1)(c) of the
1992 Constitution, a Member
of Parliament shall vacate his
seat “if he is absent, without
the permission in writing of
the Speaker, and he is unable
to offer a reasonable explanation
to the Parliamentary
Committee on Privileges from
fifteen sittings of a meeting of
Parliament during any period
that Parliament has been summoned
to meet and continues
to meet.”
When the issue was raised
in Parliament, Muntaka
Mubarak challenged the Speaker
on his ruling, saying if they
[MPs] allow it, it will become a
precedent in the House.
He further warned that all
of them (MPs) may be culprits
in future.
This resulted in the banter
between members and the
speaker
Supreme Court
unanimously dismisses Assin
North MP’s application
The Supreme Court has,
on Tuesday April 5,
unanimously dismissed
an application
filed by Assin North
Member of Parliament James
Gyakye Quayson.
Justice Jones Dotse reading
the ruling noted that the application
for review filed by the
Assin North MP lacks merit.
James Gyakye Quayson in his
application was urging the apex
court to set aside its March 8 ruling
that ordered the legislator to
file his defence in a case seeking
to stop him from performing
parliamentary duties.
The Supreme Court also set
April 13 to rule for the injunction
filed by private citizen Michael
Ankomah Nimfah to prevent
Assin North MP, James Gyakye
Quayson from performing parliamentary
duties.
Michael Ankomah Nimfah on
January 27, filed an interlocutory
injunction against him from
performing his parliamentary
duties after a high Court Judgment.
James Gyakye Quayson had
his seat declared vacant by Cape
Coast High Court following issue
of dual citizenship in July 28,
2021.
The Supreme Court panel of
seven presided over by Justice
Jones Victor Dotse with Justice
Agnes Dordzie, Justice Nene
Amegatcher, Justice Mariama
Owusu, Justice Gertrude Torkornoo,
Justice Henrietta Mensah
Bonsu and Justice Yonni Kulendi
fixed the date after hearing the
parties.
Earlier the Apex court had
dismissed a review of the application
blocking the hearing of
the injunction filed by Michael
Ankomah Nimfah.
Counsel for the MP led by
Tsatsu Tsikata withdrew the
motion on stay of proceedings
after which it was struck out by
the court.
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COA FS boss to lecture on
Global Peace & Leadership
The` President General
of the Center of Awareness
Global Peace Mission,
Professor Samuel
Ato Duncan is set to
deliver a fourth public lecture
on Peace and leadership.
The respected businessmen
will also use the occasion to
launch a five-year strategic plan.
The lecture, which will be
held at the University of Cape
Coast Auditorium on 10th April
2022 is under the theme, “Targeting
Leadership Across the
Globe to Achieve Global Peace”.
Professor Samuel Ato
Duncan, FCIDA is a native of
Winneba in the Central Region
of Ghana. He was born with
the mark of the crucifix on his
forehead on the 19th of February
1966. This made his parents believe
he would grow to join the
priesthood.
Samuel Ato Duncan had his
secondary school education at
the Takoradi Secondary School
and Ghana National College.
During this period, young Ato
as he was passionately called,
realized that there was potential
in him and that he had something
for this world but could
not determine what it was.
In the year 1987, he had the
scholarship to study medicine
in Russia but later deferred to
study “THE DIVINE LAW” (The
law out of which everything including
nature itself emanated).
He believes that “To every
problem, there is a solution.
Where a problem cannot be
solved, it means the requisite
knowledge out of which the
solution could be drawn has not
yet been acquired”.
He believes that the numerous
problems the world has no
answers to are due to the lack
of knowledge from which the
solutions could be drawn. E.g.
CURE FOR HIV/AIDS, CURE FOR
CANCERS, CURE FOR RENAL
DISEASES and many chronic
diseases and most importantly,
PEACE OF THE WORLD.
At the age of 22, young Ato
Duncan, as he was affectionately
called, began a praying and
fasting retreat from 29th July
to 31st July 1988 during which
he requested from God why he
was on Earth. He then realized
himself as a Messenger of God
Almighty in this present generation
with a great task – “PEACE
OF THE WORLD”. He was then
contemplating on how he could
acquire knowledge for this great
and glorious task which was his
passion and sole aim to achieve
in life – “Global Peace”.
He realized that, before
education started, KNOWLEDGE
existed long before creation.
He realized that he needed the
greatest knowledge and power
ever descended for this Great
Mission and that could only be
found in GOD ALMIGHTY. On the
13th of November, 1988 young
Ato Duncan denied himself of
all earthly pleasures. He gave
everything he had to friends and
entered the wilderness in search
of a cave to fast and pray for
the Divine Knowledge of GOD.
He finally landed on a hilltop
at Adanse Praso in the Ashanti
Region of Ghana.
Young Ato Duncan prayed
and fasted for forty days and forty
nights from 20th November
1988 to 29th December 1988 for
the Divine knowledge of GOD,
since no University in the world
has answers to the numerous
problems the world is encountering.
On the 22nd November
1988 around 1:00 am, a voice
came from the sky saying, ‘YOU
ARE THE CENTER OF AWARE-
NESS”. So “The Center of Awareness”
was a title given to Professor
Samuel Ato Duncan. He then
chose to name his organization
“The Center of Awareness Global
Peace Mission”.

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Mahama calls
for unity in NDC
The National Democratic Congress Chapter in the United
States of America (NDC-USA), led by the hard-working
Chairman, Maame Aba Dadzie, threw a rapturous
welcome for H.E. John Dramani Mahama, the former
President of the Republic of Ghana and Flagbearer of
the NDC during election 2020.
Among his entourage were Hon. Dr. Samuel Ofosu Ampofo-National
Chairman, Hon. Seth Terkper, former Finance
Minister, Cdr George Opera-Addo Esq- National Youth Organiser,
Hon. Alex Segbefia-Director of International Relations Directorate,
Dr. Callistus Mahama, and other senior party executives on
the grounds of Bentley University, Adamian Academic Centre
Former President Mahama and his entourage also met the
President of Bentley University, Dr. LaBrent Chrite, and his cabinet
members while touring their trade center. The historic encounter
was on the sidelines of the former president's keynote
address at the annual Africa Business Conference organised by
the Harvard Business School.
In his address to the party faithful, Mr. Mahama touched on
his concerns about the judicial decay engulfing the country under
the current administration with the many lopsided rulings
by the Supreme Court. He further suggested a critical need for
the Chief Justice to do a thorough judicial review to turn the
unfortunate tide.
He touched on the imploding economy that he attributed
to the current administration's 'irresponsible and reckless'
borrowing spree and management style. Among the areas he
cited included how the government collateralized GetFund, a
situation the younger generation would have to live with and
bear the financial implications.
Former President Mahama expressed his dissatisfaction
with the Akufo-Addo-led government.
He noted that the current government had abandoned the
projects his administration embarked on before the change of
government.
"This current government has abandoned the projects my
administration started before the change of the government.
They have mismanaged the economy, and we are all aware that
the dollar has exposed their incompetence as a government".
In answering questions from a New Yorker about why he
appears to be so quiet about insults by some Ghanaians, especially
Hon. Kennedy Adjapong, although his government has
done better in managing the economy of Ghana than almost
all his predecessors, Mr. Mahama smiled and cited two age-old
proverbs that 'you don't wrestle with a pig, for you will only
get dirty with mud"; if a madman takes your clothes while you
are bathing and you go after him, no one will be able to tell the
difference between the two of you."
In wrapping up, he urged unity among the party faithful
and the need for a collective effort in rescuing Ghana in 2024
from the current abysmal NPP government.
The leadership of NDC-USA led by Chairman Madam Maame
Aba Dadzie thanked Mr. Mahama and the delegation for honouring
the chapter with their visit. She pledged to strengthen the
pillars further and enhance the party's growth in the United
States in preparation for the general election in 2024.
The event was well attended by NDC USA branch members
from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Washington
DC Metro, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Indianapolis,
Chicago, Minnesota, Atlanta, North Carolina, Florida,
California, Arizona, Tennessee, Texas, and Alabama.
The event concluded with a standing ovation amidst drumming
and cheers for the former President.
Consequently, the party faithful called on former President
Mahama to lead the NDC back to power in 2024 to save "our dear
country Ghana from the untold hardships this current government
led by Nana Akufo-Addo-Bawumia is imposing on lives of
friends and families in the country."
Tidal waves victims hoot
Victims of the tidal
waves which swept
through Akplabanya
and Anyamam and
three other communities
in the West Ada District of
the Greater Accra Region were
reluctant in taking relief items
when officials from NADMO
visited them last Monday.
According to sources, most
of them hooted at the NADMO
officials, chanting they do not
need the relief items, but rather,
a permanent solution to their
problem.
On Saturday, April 2, 2022,
over a thousand (1000) residents
of Akplabanya and Anyamam
were rendered homeless following
torrential tidal waves that
hit the Eastern coastal lines.
Ferocious sea currents occasioned
by high tides broke into
homes destroying properties and
displacing residents.
Women and children in particular
could not find places to
sleep over the weekend and were
left at mercy of the weather.
Even though a few went to
seek refuge at some safe havens
including schools and church
premises, majority of the affected
were reluctant to relocate
in an anticipation of the tides
receding.
According to reports mon-
It was an emotional moment
at the Kumasi High
Court on Tuesday when
family members of the
missing staff of the Lands
Commission in Kumasi sat
through court proceedings for
the very first time.
Mother of Rhodaline
Amoah-Darko, Cecilia Obenewaa
Appiah, who could not control
her tears after the court proceedings
said, taking care of the
three children Rhodaline left
behind has been extremely difficult
as they keep asking about
their mother’s whereabouts.
She is thus calling on the
public to volunteer any information
that could lead to her
daughter’s whereabouts.
“It has not been easy at all
because the children keep asking
about the whereabouts of their
mother. I have not had it easy
these past months as I have had
to juggle between pretending everything
is alright for the sake of
my grandchildren and worrying
about my daughter.”
“I appreciate all the efforts
that have been made since her
disappearance. I encourage
members of the public to volunteer
any information that could
lead to my daughter’s whereabouts.”
itored on Atinka TV, when the
NADMO officials went to present
the items, most of the victims
were reluctant to take it.
He said most of the times,
the government brings them
relief items when such things
occur but the last time it happened,
the government promised
to do a sea defence wall but
nothing of the sort happened till
the recent tidal waves hit them.
He narrated that the waves
hit the people while some of
them were asleep, confirming
The court adjourned the case
to 12th April 2022, after the state
attorneys served the lawyers of
the accused persons with a new
document which they asked for
more time to peruse.
The case management
conference is expected to begin
that some buildings were swept
off and so inhabitants had to
move to different places which
were safer.
“Yesterday around 4 to 5
p.m., NADMO officials brought
in some relief items but when
they got there, the people were
hooting at them and they said
they are tired of rice, mosquito
sprays, cups, mattresses and the
rest. They said what they want
the government to do is to build
the sea defence wall to protect
them,” he said.
Mother of ‘missing’ Lands
during the next hearing, where
persons who will serve as
witnesses in the case would be
presented to the court.
Rhodaline Amoah-Darko has
been missing since 2nd September
2021, and her husband is
being tried as the main suspect.

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Wednesday, 6th April, 2022 Page 5
Perspective
Absa Bank MD Abena
Osei-Poku writes:
Growing up, the
issue of whether
leaders were
born or made
was such a raging
topic that it proved too
difficult to diffuse. I remember
hearing a rather funny
but poignant statement
from a well-known academic,
who said the person who
settles that debate must be
awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize.
I grew up the first
amongst four girls. It was a
relentless and never-ending
picture of love, collaboration
and resilience. I remember
vividly, as if it were
yesterday, my father telling
me to lead by example and
that my younger sisters
were looking up to me. He
was such a man of encouragement.
I didn’t realise
until much later that it was
the embryonic phase of my
leadership development.
I keep getting asked
countless times to describe
my appreciation of leadership
and how my own
experiences have taught
me about the concept and
its ramifications. In fact,
I recently joined a virtual
session organised by the
UK-Ghana Chamber of
Commerce (UKGCC) on
International Women’s Day
(IWD) to share my thoughts
and reflections as a Senior
Executive in one of Ghana’s
leading financial institutions.
It was a great session
and one that made me
reflect more deeply on how
my own journey has redefined
leadership for me.
Leadership has come to
mean so many things to
so many people. At what
stage in life can one confidently
lay claim to having
led successfully and what
tangibles can one exhibit to
reflect that? The way I see it,
and no matter the diversity
of attributions given to it,
leadership is about people.
When you are able to grasp
that, you put yourself on a
path to effective leadership
and playing a significant
role in winning and influencing
people.
“Uneasy lies the head
that wears the crown,” said
Shakespeare. Leadership is
not a rosy journey or position
to be in. However, when
you understand that it is
all about how to handle
people and not just about
being smart, everything
falls in place. A successful
leader demonstrates a lot
of emotional intelligence,
discernment, and engagement.
You need to embrace
the responsibility that
comes with being looked up
to and harness the skills of
identifying the strengths
and weakness of your
people to fit them in the
right roles. There was a time
in my career when my Line
Manager noticed my potential
and moved me into a
role to enhance my skillsset
and get me ready for the
next level. I had come back
from maternity leave at the
time and took it the wrong
way. My biases immediately
stood out distinctly and I
felt I was being sidelined
because I was female, but
my line manager was insistent.
Years later, I got my
epiphany and understood
the whole point of the exercise
– and I must say I have
never stopped being thankful
for it.
Eight years ago, I was
told blatantly that I’d never
make CEO by a Senior Group
Executive I respected. He
struck a mortal blow right
through my ambitions,
but I didn’t let that put me
down. I remember leaving
that meeting thinking, “If
someone’s going to give up,
that won’t be me.” I delved
deep into the recesses of my
being and never wavered
or despaired. I put my head
down and relentlessly got
to work to present a better
version of myself.
A good leader possesses
an uncanny amount of
humility and a willingness
to learn no matter the circumstance
or environment.
A leader also learns from
the people they lead. It is
absurd to think knowledge
resides in one head; in fact,
I think the greatest barrier
to knowledge is the presupposition
that we already
know it. I have always surrounded
myself with the
best of people, much better
than me.
In all my experiences,
the lessons and approaches
have been dynamic and
yet full of the same central
truths. Living in readiness
or in expectation of the
next opportunity fills you
with the energy and urge
to prepare, learn and know
more. The Romans had a
famous saying, “Victory
loves Preparation,” and they
could not have been so spot
on. The yearning for constant
reinvention and new
discoveries must encompass
any leader desiring to
make a mark in their sphere
of influence and beyond.
I have come to cultivate
a presence of mind in my
journey where I always look
for opportunities to make
the biggest difference –
whether at work, home or
in society. It is not about defining
a certain direction or
ascribing labels to the kind
of leadership we exhibit.
Anytime I have been asked
about my specific style
of leadership, I hesitate
because there is no one size
fits all. It takes a commitment
to hard work, learning
from mistakes, willingness
to always be a better version
of your previous day
and a lot of Grace!
It is a cliché that continues
to permeate the
corporate world with characteristic
vigour. However,
as I understand it, I do not
embrace the thought that
such a thing exists. As a
leader, you have to make
choices, you must be decisive.
It is not a knock on
your time management
skills, it is rather a call for a
strong and effective support
system.
I am blessed to have a
close-knit family. Throughout
my life and career, apart
from God’s grace, they have
been the backbone for my
success. We support each
other in every challenging
situation, through prayers,
encouragement, and unfettered
love and that’s priceless!
Leadership is a journey.
It is one of unmitigated
learning and investment.
I invested in my journey,
consciously or unconsciously,
by the choices I
made in building capacity,
taking risks, helping others,
fostering relationships,
pushing myself outside my
comfort zone and gaining
visibility. As a mentor once
told me, P = C x A2; where
Performance (P) equals
Capability (C) multiplied by
a double dose of Attitude (A).
The model highlights that
to maintain a high level of
performance, attitude is
everything! It was a lesson
that really struck a chord
and stuck with me.
Learn to embrace the
opportunities that come
your way, identify mentors
(in your sphere of influence
or the external environment)
and cultivate a habit
of voracious reading. Above
all, remember that success
in business (any kind of
business) is a team effort. It
is better to move together
and achieve more than to
move alone and achieve
little. Above all great grace
abounds!

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DAILY ANALYST Wednesday, 6th April, 2022
Haven International,
an autism training
and information
centre, has launched
this year’s Autism
Acceptance Month with a call on
Ghanaians to help promote the
inclusion of children with autism
in mainstream schools.
The theme for the launch is
“Inclusion Leads to Acceptance.”
The world has set aside
every April as the World Autism
Awareness Month.
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah,
the former Accra Metropolitan
Chief Executive who performed
the launch on behalf of the
board and patrons of Haven,
said: “Today, Haven is charting
a worthy cause that needs the
support of all so that one day
we will come to celebrate big
achievement.”
He said diverse assistance
would be required from all
Ghanaians as the whole month
of April has been packed with
a number of activities such as
professional development series
that involved the engagement
with teachers and parents to
undertake grooming exercise as
well as fun games.
He encouraged every citizen
The leadership of the
Ghana Private Road
Transport Union,
GPRTU, in another
meeting today, March
5, 2022, to deliberate on a
possible increment in transport
fares which will take effect from
Friday, April 8, 2022.
The Union earlier suspended
the 15 percent increase in
transportation fares hoping
the government will make a
substantial reduction in fuel
prices.
Speaking on Behind the
News, General Secretary of the
GPRTU, Godfred Abulbire said a
number of engagements with
the government have been
unsuccessful, hence the need for
the new fares.
He however said the
increment might be more than
the 15% communicated earlier,
as fuel prices keep rising. He
to be part of the programme,
especially families, to devote
time and play with their children
at the centre.
“For all that we are doing,
the intention or the objective is
to promote inclusivity of kids
who are on the autism spectrum
so that they would be accepted
in their homes, accepted in the
communities and would be
accepted and mainstreamed
in our normal schools that we
attend,” Mr Sowah said.
“I was touched when we
graduated two kids here. The
organisation that was put in
for the graduation of the two
kids was more than 1000 kids
graduating from a big school that
I cannot mention,” he stated.
He said there was the need
to educate and change society’s
mind-set against people or
kids who were on the autism
spectrum, who often became
subject of mockery in our
communities.
The former Chief Executive
commended Mrs Jennifer
Brock, a Co-founder of Haven
International, for her effort in
keeping the center running.
Mr Michael Langmer,
Assistant Director, Special
Education Coordinator of the
Tema Metro Education Office
said there was the need to
include children with autism in
the regular schooling and that
some prominently personalities
who were on autism spectrum
have achieved great height and
successes.
Mr Langmer called on
policymakers to provide facilities
to take care of children with
disabilities for them to achieve
their potential.
He appealed to parents
to accept their children with
autism, saying: “Let us see what
talents they have. Send them to
resource centres or include them
in our regular schools to help
them learn and achieve greater
height.”
Mrs Jennifer Brock, a Cofounder
of Haven International
in a welcoming address said the
center was established 10 years
ago to provide autism and other
intellectual disability services in
the country.
“We started off by bringing
resource persons from the US,
who provided training for our
teachers, healthcare providers,
and parents. They also spend
time at the center and welcome
children from all walks of life.
They also do assessment of the
children, diagnose them, and
recommend therapies,” she
stated.
Mrs Brock said: “Because we
know the earlier, we intervene
the better we have gotten really
good results and most of the kids
go back to mainstream school;
some do two days at the centre
and three days in mainstream.
“Those who are unable to gain
speech because typically most
of them were not verbal. They
Prepare for new
transport fares – GPRTU
spoke to Yvonne Atilego’s
announcement of a total of 15
pesewas reduction on some
build-up levies and taxes on
We Need to Promote Autism
Children Into Mainstream
Schooling – Adjei Sowah
fuel prices is not enough. He,
therefore, asked commuters
to prepare for the new fares to
avoid any misunderstandings.
stay with us and go on vocational
programmes, which is for young
adults. We had one graduation so
far; we graduated two girls from
the vocational programme and
we did a big ceremony because it
was a big achievement for us.”
The Co-founder said the
organization was looking forward
to the next 10 years where it
would introduce inclusive
education, adding that: “Because
in the real world we live with
Mr Israel Nii
Adjei Brown,
the Director
of Research
at Ministry
of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Development (MoFAD), has
urged fishers to desist and end
all forms of illegal fishing which
was driving the colapse of
country’s small pelagic fishery.
“Gone were the days where
fishers experienced bumper
harvest between July and
August, unfortunately, the
sitaution is not the same now
due to the illegalities on the sea”
Mr. Brown made this
known at the Regional Regatta
competition organised at
Winneba as part of the 7th
Meeting of OACPS Ministers
of Fisheries and Aquaculture
scheduled to take place in Accra,
from Tuesday April to Friday 08
this year.
The event was organized
by the Ghana National Canoe
Fishermen Council (GNCFC)
and the Ministry of Fisheries
and Aquaculture Development
(MoFAD) with funding from
the Environmental Justice
Foundation (EJF).
The Regatta was between
five artisanal fisher groups, and
won by God is good, followed
by Isaiah, Star 2, Agege Boys
number 2 and Morocco in
that respective order and was
awarded with cash prizes after
the competition.
each other, so we do not get our
kids isolated.
“It does not help them; it does
not help the parents; so, from
next term we will begin to run
more inclusive programmes. We
all know the stigma some parents
attached to kids who have
intellectual disability they don’t
want their children to go near
them, but we would try, because
that is the way to go; in fact, that
is government policy” she stated.
Let’s end illegal
fishing demining
Ghana’s pelagic fishery
The Director called on
artisanal fishers to comply
with the closed season to help
replenish the fish stocks adding
that artisanal fishers play
important role in the Ghana’s
economy and food value chain.
“ Ghana’s fisheries resources
are overexploited and a number
of management measures
are being rolled out to ensure
recovery of fish stocks” he added.
Mr Brown told that there was
an ongoing national campaign
against illegal and unregulated
fishing practices such as
transhipment at sea, popularly
called “Saiko” and needed
collaboration of all stakeholders
to reduce the canker to the
barest minimum.
The OACPS meeting provides
an opportunity for ministers,
policy makers, professionals
and practitioners from different
blocks (African, Caribbean
and Pacific) to exchange ideas,
knowledge, experiences, policies
and best practices for improved
fisheries.
For his part, Neenyi Kow
Bowie II, the Gyaasehen of
Woarabeba, a surburb of
Winneba called for unity
among the residents to help
develop the area since the major
employment was fishing.
“A lot can be achieved if the
major asafo companies come
together and work towards a
common goal” he said

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Wednesday, 6th April, 2022 Page 7
Torgbui Adzonugaga
Amenya Fiti V,
Paramount Chief of
Aflao Traditional Area
has urged Border
Security (BORSEC) officials to
always project the country’s
good image in the performance
of their duties.
That, he explained could be
done through diplomacy and
professionalism in their dealings
with people travelling in and out
of the country.
Torgbui Fiti made the
call when Mr Maxwell Koffie
Lugudor, Municipal Chief
Executive for Ketu South
led Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi,
Comptroller-General of the
Ghana Immigration Service (GIS)
together with his entourage
caledl on him.
The Comptroller-General
was in the Municipality to visit
the Aflao, Kpoglu and the Akanu
Borders to observe processes
there following the reopening
of land borders and to motivate
BORSEC officials to put up their
best to safeguard the country’s
eastern borders.
“The Paramount Chief said
officers of the GIS especially, the
Agency mandated to regulate
and monitor entry and exit of
people through the country’s
frontiers ought to be mindful of
their critical roles of creating
the right impressions about
Ghana in the minds of visitors
as they served as first points of
contact and by their conducts
the country and its people would
be rated.”
He gave an instance,
where during one of his visits
to the USA, he was detained
and questioned at the airport
without suspecting anything
because of how tactical the
officials there went about the
process saying, “You’re doing
well but you must relook at your
approach.”
Torgbui Fiti called on the
Comptroller-General to provide
personnel with the right
logistics including motorbikes
and tents to facilitate their
work saying, most of the time,
“your men serve under harsh
conditions.”
He lauded the reopening of
the land borders and appealed
to the government for bilateral
negotiations to get Presidents
of neighbouring countries to
open their borders to enable
free movement of people to
neighbouring countries for trade
to restore livelihood of border
residents in particular.
Mr Takyi indicated that
negotiations were ongoing to
have Ghana’s neighbours to
open their side of the border
for free movement of citizens
in the region and disclosed that
government had devoted lots of
money into retooling all security
agencies to improve their work.
Citizens need skills,
confidence to hold public
officials accountable – NCCE
Ghana Airports Company MD’s dismissal
was within the law — Transport Minister
The termination of the
appointment of the
Managing Director
(MD) of the Ghana
Airports Company
Limited (GACL), Mr Yaw Kwakwa,
was within the labour laws of
the country, Mr Kwaku Ofori
Asiamah, Minister of Transport,
has told Parliament.
He said the termination of
appointment of persons holding
public offices was governed
by appropriate legislation and
persons holding offices in the
GACL were not exempted from
these legislations.
He added that Section 17 of
the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651)
had made provision for notice of
termination of appointments.
“Mr Speaker, guided by this
Act, the letter that I signed on
the 4th of February, 2022, was
issued without prejudices,” Mr
Asiamah stated on the floor of
Parliament in his response to a
question by Mr Kwame Governs
Agbodza, Member of Parliament
(MP) for Adaklu and Ranking
Member for Roads and Transport
Committee of Parliament.
The MP wanted to know
from the Minister of Transport
what necessitated a letter
dated 04/02/2022 signed by the
Minister to the Board Chairman
of GACL, calling for the
termination of the appointment
of the MD.
On what necessitated the
sacking of the MD, the Minister
maintained that his action was
within the ambit of the labour
laws of the country.
“I don’t think that I have
done anything ultra vires per
the laws of Labour Act and
Company’s Law”.
Mr Asiamah said that under
the labour laws, the employer
was not bound to give reasons
for the appointment of a person
or for the termination of a
person’s appointment.
Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the
Minority Leader, said the
circumstances leading to the
termination of the appointment
of the Managing Director of the
Ghana Airport Company was in
relation to some developments
at the Kotoka International
Airport between McDan Aviation
and the Ghana Airport Company,
and Mr Kwakwa insisting on
right thing being done.
“Does the Minister hold the
view that the Chief Executive
was dismissed as a victim of
political victimization?” Mr
Iddrisu asked.
In response, Mr Asiamah
said: “Mr Speaker, my good
friend, the Minority Leader
made the assertion that the
former MD suffered a political
victimization. Mr Speaker, I
reject it entirely.”
Mr Daniel Agbesi
Latsu, the
Kadjebi District
Director of
the National
Commission for Civic Education
(NCCE), has stressed the need
for Ghanaians to take civic
education seriously.
He said civic education
helped create an informed and
responsible citizenry that played
a pivotal role in enhancing
democratic governance.
Mr Latsu said citizens
needed skills and confidence
to voice their concerns to hold
public officials accountable and
responsible and responsive to
their needs.
He made these remarks at
a Civic Education programme
organised for students of Christ,
the Prince of Peace School at
Kadjebi in the Oti Region.
According to him, civic
education involved inculcating
in a person the ideals, principles,
practices, habits, skills, opinions,
attachments, tasks, values,
and virtues necessary for the
preservation and flourishing
of any society or a system of
governance.
The NCCE District Director
said there were three main
outcomes of any civic education
enterprise in support of
democratic governance
and named them as civic
knowledge, civic skills, and civic
dispositions.
He said civic education, be it
formal or informal, needed these
three products to thrive.
Mr Latsu also called on
the students to help educate
Ghanaians on the values,
principles, and objectives of the
1992 Constitution.
He said the Constitution
defined the structure, functions,
and the behaviours of all actors
in corporate Ghana.
Mr Latsu said this was
why every person living in
Ghana should understand and
be knowledgeable about the
provisions in the Constitution.
He underscored the need
of studying the Constitution,
saying understanding of the
Constitution enabled citizens
to know the rules, demands
and ethics of Democratic Party
politics.
The District Director said
adequate knowledge on the
Constitution would also enable
the electorate to participate fully
in the processes involved in the
governance of the country at all
levels.
Mr George Darko, a Social
Studies Teacher, thanked the
NCCE educational team for the
programme and called for more
of such engagement.

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Health
DAILY ANALYST Wednesday, 6th April, 2022
As part of activities
geared towards the
celebration of this
year’s World Malaria
Day, which will be
marked on Monday, April 25, Global
Pharmaceutical company, Bliss
GVS Pharma Ghana has extended
its donation of antimalarial drugs
to the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
The company over the weekend,
donated drugs worth GHC
30,000 to the hospital to help in
the fight against malaria.
Presenting the medicines on
behalf of the company, Medical
Representative for Bliss GVS Pharma
Ghana in Tamale, Mr. Seidu
Ibrahim Mumuni, reiterated the
company’s commitment in the
fight against malaria.
“Malaria has been crippling us
as a country and also in Africa so
we have been leading the initiative
to provide certain antimalarial
drugs particularly LONART
to combat and eradicate malaria
from Ghana and Africa at large”,
he said.
Mr. Ibrahim Mumuni further
explained that the donation is
also aimed at creating awareness
and empowering healthcare
providers to be able to reduce the
malaria burden in Ghana and
Africa.
He said Bliss GVS Pharma Ghana,
will continue the donations
in some selected regions in the
country as it had already begun
and added that the team will also
engage in community health
talks, to educate people on personal
hygiene and other preventive
measures against malaria.
“We are doing these donations
across the nation. Last week we
did the first donation at the Koforidua
Regional Hospital and we
are here at the Tamale Teaching
Hospital. We will be going to other
parts of the country to do similar
donations. It is our hope that
these donations will go a long way
to help the needy access healthcare.
The ‘Act for Africa’ campaign
is not only about donations.
We also include educating the
communities around us to create
health awareness”, Mr. Ibrahim
Tamale Teaching Hospital
Mumuni said.
Receiving the medicines on
behalf of the hospital, Dr. Adam
Atiku, of the Tamale Teaching
Hospital, appreciated the gesture
and commended Bliss GVS Pharma
Ghana for its instrumental
role in the health sector.
He indicated that malaria is
the leading cause of admissions
at the children’s ward and leading
cause of attendance at the hospital’s
poly clinic.
“The fight against malaria is
still very important to us and donations
such as these will help us.
People from the hinterlands come
here for malaria treatment but do
not have the resources to buy the
basic antimalarial drugs so donations
such as these will help us to
support them”, he said.
Dr. Atiku said the drugs will
also be used to treat children
who have malaria to reduce the
increasing mortality rates caused
by malaria.
Also expressing appreciation
for the donation, Director of Pharmacy
for the Tamale Teaching
Hospital, Dr. Salifu Alhassan Tiah,
disclosed that Malaria is among
the top ten leading causes of
deaths in the hospital and so such
donations would go a long way to
help the fight against the disease.
“I believe that this is not going
to be the end of it, we will expect
that we will keep this relationship
into the future so that together we
can all combat this monster called
Treat eye cancer in children through
early detection – Prof. Essuman
Professor Vera Adobea
Essuman, Eye Specialist
at the Korle Bu Teaching
Hospital is advocating
for prompt referral of
abnormal eye conditions to help
reduce the rate of children who
die of eye cancer (retinoblastoma)
in the country.
She said early detection of
the disease could save the lives
of children who die needlessly
because their parents failed
to send them to hospital early
enough for treatment.
Retinoblastoma is the
commonest eye cancer in children
for the first five years which
arises from the retina and causes
blindness and without treatment
could lead to death.
According to Prof. Essuman,
the survival rate of children with
that condition was low because
most parents sought medical
attention at later stages when
nothing could be done to save the
eye and sometimes the lives of
such children.
She was speaking at a training
programme for some community
health nurses and midwives in
Kumasi on early detection of
retinoblastoma and other eye
conditions in children as part of
a project aimed at prevention,
protection and treatment of eye
cancer in children.
Dubbed, “National Eye
Screening Project”, it sought to
equip the nurses and midwives
at the community level to detect
and refer eye conditions for early
treatment with the overall goal of
preventing eye cancer in children.
As part of the project, all
beneficiary nurses and midwives
would be provided with a device
known as arclight to examine the
eyes of children at their facilities
and refer those with abnormal
conditions.
The project, which was
targeting about 500 nurses and
midwives across the country
was being funded by Rotary
International through the Rotary
Club of Detmold-Blomberg and
Rotary Club of Accra- La East.
It was a collaboration between
the Ghana Health Service (GHS),
University of Ghana Medical
School, World Health Organisation
(WHO) and World Child Cancer
(WCC).
Prof. Essuman said eye cancer
in children apart from causing
blindness could also kill the child
if not detected early.
She said in developed
countries, hardly would three
out of 100 children with
retinoblastoma die, but in the
case of developing countries, the
survival rate was very low.
She disclosed that a recent
national survey to look at the
situation in Ghana revealed
that 60 cases averagely among
newborns across the country were
detected annually.
Most cases, she noted, were
often presented late such that by
the time they got to the hospital,
the eyes were in a state that could
not be saved.
“Sometimes it goes beyond the
eyes to the extent that you cannot
save the lives of the children,” she
said
Ṡhe urged parents to send
children to the hospital as soon
as they detect any abnormality
in the eyes of their children,
especially those under five years,
adding that all eye conditions
were treatable as long as they are
detected early.
malaria”, he said.
Health Talk
Bliss GVS Pharma Ghana also
continued its visit to the Nurses
and Midwives Training College in
Tamale, where the company donated
antimalarial drugs and other
medicines worth GHC 8,000.
After the donation, Medical
Representative for Bliss GVS Pharma
Ghana in Tamale, Mr. Seidu
Ibrahim Mumuni advised the students
to visit the hospital and get
tested for malaria whenever they
show symptoms of malaria.
He discouraged them from
Mr Emmanuel
Frimpong,
Executive
Secretary,
Ghana Tourism
Federation (GHATOF) is optimistic
Ghana will generate huge revenue
from Agenda 111 through medical
tourism to support the economy.
He said “if the Agenda 111
is achieved, it will increase the
number of health facilities in the
country, and this will give the
tourism sector the opportunity to
promote medical tourism which
is a phenomenon that recently
has generated huge revenues
for countries that are taking
advantage of it.”
Mr Frimpong, reacting to
the State of the Nations Address
delivered by President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo, noted that
no country in the West African
Sub Region had taken advantage
of medical tourism and so Ghana
could set the pace through the
Agenda 111.
Agenda 111 is a project by the
government involving designing,
procurement, construction,
equipping and commissioning
of 101 district hospitals, seven
regional hospitals, two psychiatric
hospitals and the redevelopment
of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.
He said the construction of
Creative Arts Senior High School,
at Kwadaso, if done properly,
should be able to impact on the
sector positively, saying “we
cannot have a tourism sector that
is buzzing and growing without
the Creative Arts.
self-medicating and described the
act as very dangerous.
For her part, Madam Angakumpo
Dorithy Talata, Staff
Secretary Nurses and Midwives
Training College also educated
the students on personal hygiene
and advised them to bathe at least
twice a day, drink more water and
eat healthy to keep their immune
systems strong always.
She also called for future
collaborations between the school
and Bliss GVS Pharma Ghana
towards the common goal of eradicating
malaria.
Medical Tourism to
generate revenue for
Agenda 111 – GHATOF
Mr Frimpong said the Creative
Arts was central to tourism
and played an integral role in
everything done within the sector
and cited the success of the “Year
of Return.”
“If the school is completed
it will help train interested
students who will come out as
professionals to support the
sector. It will also help create
jobs and generate revenue for the
country.”
He said the upgrading
and equipping of the TVET
institutions was also another
laudable initiative by the
government to help meet the
skill needs of the tourism and
hospitality sector.
“One major challenge of the
tourism and hospitality sector
is having the right people at the
right places. And in this sector
most people begin from the
scratch, very much unscaled and
unfortunately there is no clear
pathway to career development.
So, if these institutions are
equipped, we will be able to churn
out skilled personnel who will
help the sector.”
“We need to believe in Ghana
and be inspired by Ghana. We
all have a role to play, and no
individual person can help the
country bounce back. So as a
sector, a federation and private
sector, we have confidence in the
country and believe that if we do
the right thing, we will be able to
come out stronger than before,”
he said.

DAILY ANALYST
Wednesday, 6th April, 2022 Page 9
Opinion
The story of a famous drug lord
Pablo Escobar was born
in 1949. The son of a
teacher and a peasant;
his life of crime
began early. While
he was still in school he stole
tombstones and sold them to
smugglers from Panama.
In the early 1970s, he entered
the cocaine trade. His
ambition and ruthlessness in
the cocaine trade would make
him one of the wealthiest, most
powerful, and most violent
criminals of all time.
Under his leadership, large
amounts of coca paste were
purchased in Bolivia and Peru,
processed, and sent to the United
States. Escobar collaborated
with five or six other illegal
entrepreneurs from the Medellin
area, forming the infamous
Medellin Cartel.
He eventually controlled
over 80% of the cocaine shipped
to the U.S. He was named one
of the ten richest people on
earth by Fortune and Forbes
magazines. But his rise to
infamy cost the lives of three
Colombian presidential candidates,
an attorney general, a
justice minister, more than 200
judges, dozens of journalists,
and over 1,000 police officers.
Escobar’s ruthlessness was
legendary.
His rise was opposed by
many honest politicians, judges,
and policemen, who did not
like the growing influence of
this street thug.
Escobar had a way of dealing
with his enemies: he called
it “plata o plomo,” literally,
silver or lead.
Usually, if a politician,
judge, or policeman got in his
way, he would first attempt to
bribe them, and if that didn’t
work, he would order them
killed, occasionally including
their family in the hit. The
exact number of honest men
and women killed by Escobar is
unknown, but it definitely goes
well into the hundreds and perhaps
into the thousands.
Even being important or
high-profile did not protect you
from Escobar if he wanted you
out of the way.
He ordered the assassination
of presidential candidates
and was even rumoured to be
behind the 1985 attack on the
Supreme Court, carried out
by April 19, an insurrectionist
movement in which several
Supreme Court Justices were
killed.
On November 27, 1989, Escobar’s
Medellín cartel planted
a bomb on Avianca flight 203,
killing 110 people. The target, a
presidential candidate, was not
actually on board. In addition
to these high-profile assassinations,
Escobar and his organisation
were responsible for
the deaths of countless magistrates,
journalists, policemen
and even criminals inside his
own organisation.
By the mid- 1980s, Pablo
Escobar was one of the most
powerful men in the world.
Forbes magazine listed him as
the seventh-richest man on the
globe.
His empire included an
army of soldiers and criminals,
a private zoo, mansions, and
apartments all over Colombia,
private airstrips and planes for
drug transport, and personal
wealth reported to be in the
neighborhood of $24 billion. He
could order the murder of anyone,
anywhere, any time.
In 1991, due to increasing
pressure to extradite Escobar,
the Colombian government and
Escobar’s lawyers came up with
an interesting arrangement:
Escobar would turn himself in
and serve a five-year jail term.
In return, he would build
his own prison and would not
be extradited to the United
States or anywhere else. The
prison, La Catedral, was an
elegant fortress that featured
a Jacuzzi, a waterfall, a full bar,
and a soccer field. In addition,
Escobar had negotiated the
right to select his own 'guards'.
He ran his empire from inside
La Catedral, giving orders
by telephone. There were no
other prisoners in La Catedral.
Today, La Catedral is in ruins,
hacked to pieces by treasure
hunters looking for hidden
Escobar loot.
Everyone knew that Escobar
was still running his operation
from La Catedral, but in July
1992, it came out that he had
ordered some disloyal underlings
brought to his “prison,”
where they were tortured and
killed.
This was too much for even
the Colombian government,
and plans were made to transfer
him to a normal prison.
Fearing he could be extradited,
Escobar escaped and went into
hiding.
A massive manhunt was
organised, with help from the
United States Government.
By late 1992, there were two
organisations searching for
him: the Search Bloc, a special,
US-trained Colombian task
force, and 'Los Pepes,' a shadowy
organisation of Escobar’s
enemies, made up of family
members of his victims and
financed by Escobar’s main
business rival, the Cali Cartel.
On December 2, 1993,
Colombian security forces
using US technology located
Escobar hiding in a home in a
middle-class section of Medellín.
The Search Bloc moved
in, triangulating his position,
and attempted to bring him
into custody. Escobar fought
back, however, and there was a
shootout.
He was eventually gunned
down as he attempted to
escape on the rooftop. He had
been shot in the torso and
leg, but a serious wound was
found in his ear, leading many
to believe that he committed
suicide, and many others to believe
that one of the Colombian
policemen had executed him.
With Escobar gone, the
Medellín Cartel quickly lost
power to its ruthless rival, the
Cali Cartel, which remained
dominant until the Colombian
government shut it down in
the mid-1990s.
Escobar is still remembered
by the poor of Medellín as a
benefactor.
He has been the subject
of numerous books, movies,
and websites, and fascination
continues with this master
criminal, who once ruled one of
the greatest crime empires in
history.
By Anthony Obeng Afrane
Why Africa is poor in the midst of plenty?
When it comes
to the endowment
of natural
resources, nature
was not stingy with Africa.
We have oil, diamonds, gold,
uranium, copper, platinum,
timber, bauxite and numerous
other resources far too many to
mention.
For example the proposed
Grand Inga Dam over River
Congo in DR Congo has the potential
to produce 40,000 MW
of electricity that can power
the whole of Africa. The project
which is estimated to cost
$100 billion, and if completed
would be the world's largest
hydroelectric plant is more
than twice the power generation
of the Three Gorges Dam
in China.
In spite of all these wealth
and resources, Africa is wallowing
in abject poverty, and
as much as I agree that some
of the causes of this unfortunate
situation is the making of
Africans themselves through
corruption and other vices,
much of the blame must be
put at the doorsteps of some
western countries, and I will
explain.
Apart from the Slave Trade
and Colonization, the relationship
between the west and
Africa has been primarily one
of exploitation. International
trading agreements with Africa
have been unfair to African
countries. These agreements
have been overly influenced
by western big businesses.
Such unfair agreements and
relationships have allowed
individual African officials to
get rich while the region sells
itself cheaply and develops no
infrastructure. The global market
also sets a price on most
of Africa’s exports and so the
higher production cost cannot
be recouped.
One will ask why the West
is interested in doing this to
Africa; there is a saying that
the fight for survival justify
swindle and theft because in
self defense, anything goes.
And it is believed that the
West is doing all those things
because they will collapse if
Africa develops since most
Western countries do not have
natural resources and depend
on raw materials from Africa
for survival.
It is believed that it is for
these reasons why the West
has an interest in African
countries trying hard to develop.
For instance declassified
CIA documents provide compelling
evidence that the US
government had a hand in the
overthrow of President Kwame
Nkrumah in 1966.
According to the documents,
on March 11, 1965,
almost a year before the coup,
William P. Mahoney, the U.S.
ambassador to Ghana, participated
in a candid discussion
in Washington, D.C., with CIA
Director John A. McCone and
the deputy chief of the CIA's
Africa division.
According to the record of
their meeting (Document 251),
topic one was the "Coup d'etat
plot, Ghana." Mahoney was
satisfied that popular opinion
was running strongly against
Nkrumah and the economy of
the country was in a precarious
state, and was convinced that
the coup d'etat, being planned
by Acting Police Commissioner
Harlley and Generals Otu and
Ankrah, would take place.
By Anthony Obeng Afrane

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The World Bank on
Monday, April 4,
2022, released GH¢42
million through the
Ghana Productive
Safety Net Project 2 (GPSNP 2),
to support the Government of
Ghana (GoG) to pay two cycles of
arrears—75th and 76th cycles—of
the Livelihood Empowerment
Against Poverty (LEAP) for
344,000 beneficiary households.
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World Bank supports Ghana with GH¢42M
The ongoing global economic
challenges, which have been
worsened by the COVID-19
pandemic, have increased the
economic strain domestically,
leading to progressive delays in
LEAP payments. This has in turn
impacted LEAP beneficiaries,
notably the poor and vulnerable,
who naturally suffer the most in
Ghana.
“We are happy to support in
the interest of beneficiaries to
assist the government [of Ghana]
with the LEAP payments to avoid
eroding gains made over the
years and safeguard beneficiary
households’ wellbeing and
their resilience to shocks. These
payments will be completed in
April 2022 and will help cushion
GoG in the interim as efforts are
made to identify and provide
sustainable, and reliable funding
for the LEAP program and social
protection interventions, in
general,” said Pierre Laporte,
World Bank Country Director for
Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The LEAP program is one
of the Government of Ghana’s
flagship social protection
programs, initiated in 2008.
The program seeks to
smoothen consumption
of targeted extreme poor
households, specifically focusing
on the poor within the following
categories: orphans and
vulnerable children, the elderly
(65 years and above) severely
disabled, and pregnant women
or mothers with children under
one year.
The program also aims to
increase access to basic social
services like healthcare through
the enrolment on the National
Health Insurance Scheme, as
well as boost human capital
by encouraging beneficiary
households to enroll their
school-going aged children in
school.
Per the GPSNP 2 program
design, beneficiary households
receive cash grants through
electronic payments every two
months. The cash benefit sizes
differ, depending on how many
persons in the household are
considered eligible to receive the
grant.
The benefit ranges from
GH¢32 to GH¢53 per eligible
beneficiary, per month. Over the
years, the Government of Ghana
has progressively increased the
program’s beneficiary reach from
1,645 beneficiary households in a
few districts at initiation in 2008,
to a current reach of 344,023
beneficiary households in all
districts across the country.
Additionally, Government has
demonstrated its commitment
to the program’s implementation
by progressively increasing its
contribution to the program. It is
currently funding approximately
80 percent of the total funding of
the program, with development
partners’ support comprising the
remaining 20 percent.
Particularly within global
economic downturns, such as
the current one on the back of
the COVID-19 pandemic, it will
be important for the Government
to identify ring-fenced funding
to ensure regular payments of
social welfare programs. The
World Bank remains committed
to working with the Government
of Ghana, through both technical
and financial support, in its
agenda to support the poor
and vulnerable populations,
through needed social assistance
programming.
The European
Commissioner
for International
Partnerships, Ms.
Jutta Urpilainen, and
the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken
Ofori-Atta, officially launched
the Multiannual Indicative
Programme for Ghana for 2021-
2027 on Thursday, March 31, 2022.
The ceremony took place
during the Commissioner’s visit
to Ghana on 30 and 31 March.
A representative from
the Ministry of Agriculture,
Ambassadors of the EU Member
States and Switzerland, and the
Regional Director of the EIB was
also in attendance.
This new programming
falls under the EU’s new Global
Europe financing instrument
and will provide €203 million for
the period of 2021-24 to support
the following three priorities:
– Green growth for jobs;
– Smart and sustainable
cities;
– Good governance and
security.
These priorities, she said,
were jointly determined with
Team Europe partners and
in close consultation with
Ghanaian authorities, civil
society, and other relevant
stakeholders.
“Ghana is a strategic partner
for the EU in West Africa, as
an economic powerhouse and
an anchor of stability in the
region. The EU sees concrete
opportunities to deepen our
partnership by working together
on Ghana’s green and digital
transition, security situation,
and at the multilateral level by
promoting our common values,”
said Commissioner Urpilainen.”
“The EU Global Gateway
strategy will serve as one of the
frameworks for our partnership
with Ghana, with the aim to
boost smart, clean, and secure
connections and to provide the
quality investment needed in
Africa,” she added.
European Union, Ghana launch
€203M joint programme
Programming
The Multiannual Indicative
Programme takes the form
of Joint Programming for
Ghana 2021-2027. This has
been developed with Team
Europe partners, namely the
Czech Republic, Denmark,
France, Germany, Hungary, the
Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland,
and the European Investment
Bank.
The document has been
prepared in close consultation
with Ghanaian authorities, civil
society organisations, including
women and youth organisations,
local authorities, private sector
representatives, the UN, and
other partners.
The strategic goal of the
Joint Programming in Ghana
is to support Ghana’s economic
transformation agenda,
boost strategic sustainable
investments, decent job creation,
and private sector development.
The EU Partners jointly
commit to support the following
priority areas: Green growth
for jobs, smart and sustainable
cities and good governance and
security.
For its part, the EU will
provide funding amounting
to €203 million for the period
2021-24 to reinforce the
EU-Ghana partnership and
advance common interests. The
allocation for 2024-2027 will be
determined following a review
by the EU.
The Global Gateway is the
new EU strategy to boost smart,
clean, and secure links in digital,
energy, and transport, and
strengthen health, education,
and research systems across
the world. It aims to promote
sustainable and trusted
connections that work for people
and the planet, to tackle the
most pressing global challenges,
from climate change and
protecting the environment,
to improving health security
and boosting competitiveness
and global supply chains.
Global Gateway aims to
mobilise up to €300 billion in
investments between 2021 and
2027 to support a lasting global
recovery, taking into account
partners needs and the EU’s own
interests.
The strategic goal of the
Joint Programming in Ghana
is to support Ghana’s economic
transformation agenda,
boost strategic sustainable
investments, decent job creation,
and private sector development.
The EU Partners jointly
commit to support the following
priority areas: Green growth
for jobs, smart and sustainable
cities and good governance and
security.
For its part, the EU will
provide funding amounting
to €203 million for the period
2021-24 to reinforce the
EU-Ghana partnership and
advance common interests. The
allocation for 2024-2027 will be
determined following a review
by the EU.
The Global Gateway is the
new EU strategy to boost smart,
clean, and secure links in digital,
energy, and transport, and
strengthen health, education,
and research systems across
the world. It aims to promote
sustainable and trusted
connections that work for people
and the planet, to tackle the
most pressing global challenges,
from climate change and
protecting the environment,
to improving health security
and boosting competitiveness
and global supply chains.
Global Gateway aims to
mobilise up to €300 billion in
investments between 2021 and
2027 to support a lasting global
recovery, taking into account
partners needs and the EU’s own
interests.
The EU is already active
in some above-mentioned
priorities, through the following
ongoing projects:
– European Union
Agriculture Programme in
Ghana (EU-GAP): In partnership
with the Ministry of Finance
and under the guidance of the
Ministry of Food and Agriculture,
the EU supports EUR 132 million
to the agriculture sector in the
Upper West, Savannah, and
North East Regions. EU-GAP
aims to increase agricultural
productivity, protect natural
resources, and improve access
to markets, infrastructure, and
capital for smallholder farmers.
– EU support to Kumasi
Metropolitan Assembly
(KMA): Through the Holistic
Reinforcement for Sustainable
Development (HORESD) project,
the EU has provided a grant of
EUR 2.5million to the KMA to
help manage solid waste and
improve service delivery in the
metropolis. The project also
includes the establishment of a
Sustainable
Entrepreneurship School,
to support entrepreneurs in
Kumasi in developing green
jobs and finding new ways of
converting waste to energy.
– EIB support to Kpong Dam:
Co-funded by the European
Investment Bank (EUR 12.5
million) and the French
Development Agency (AFD,
EUR 50 million), the Kpong
Dam facilities were restored
and upgraded in 2019 to reduce
the risk of mechanical failures.
Kpong was opened in 1982 and is
the second-largest hydroelectric
dam built in Ghana, which
provides about 12% of the
country’s electricity production.

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Sports
Mbappe: If I had
decided my PSG
future, I would
have said so!
After being involved
in five goals against
Lorient on Sunday,
Paris Saint-Germain
forward
Kylian Mbappe has insisted his
mind is not made up regarding
his future at the club.
While it was widely assumed
he would leave this
summer for Real Madrid after
pushing for a move last year,
he's now assured PSG fans that
they may yet be able to watch
him beyond 2022.
Mbappe said he would
announce his final decision
publicly when he is ready to
do so.
What has been said?
"If I had made my decision,
I would have said so," Mbappe
told Amazon Prime. "I don't
have to answer to anyone. If I
had made the decision, I would
have taken responsibility. The
good and the bad things, I have
always assumed them by the
way.
"I don't have to hide, I
didn't kill anyone. I just want
to make the best decision I can.
"I'm still thinking about it.
Because there are new elements,
new parameters. I want
to make the right choice. I
know that for people, it takes a
little while."
Later, he added to reporters:
"Is staying at PSG is possible?
Yes of course."
The bigger picture
It's been a difficult year for
everyone at PSG, as rumours
of Mbappe's departure have
loomed amid a campaign in
which the club are already out
of the Champions League.
The arrival of Lionel Messi
has not had the immediate
impact many at the club had
hoped, although Sunday's 5-1
victory over Lorient provided a
look at the squad's capabilities
when Mbappe, Messi and Neymar
on the top of their games.
Because of PSG's struggles,
further doubt about Mbappe's
willingness to remain with the
team has emerged.
However, he enters the final
stretch of the season still not
ready to declare his time in
France over.
Good news for Ghana as
Hudson-Odoi acquires
Ghanaian passport
Ghana's hope of
having Chelsea star
Callum Hudson-Odoi
represent the country
could become a reality
after the player completed the
processes to acquire a Ghanaian
passport recently.
The UEFA Champions
League winner is reported to
have completed the process of
acquiring his Ghanaian passport
which is an important step in
switching nationalities.
According to the reports,
Hudson-Odoi finalized the
process during his last visit to
Ghana in February.
Sports Journalist Saddick
Adams who broke the news
stated that the former Board
Chairman of the National
Sports Authority, Kwadwo Baah
Agyeman confirmed to him
that Callum Hudson-Odoi was
assisted to complete processes
to acquire his Ghanaian passport
during his last visit to the
country.
Despite playing for England’s
national team on three
occasions, Hudson-Odoi is still
eligible to play for the Black
Alban Bagbin about
Kwesi Nyantakyi
The Speaker of Parliament,
Alban Bagbin
has revealed that FIFA
Executives spoke highly
of Kwesi Nyantakyi’s
qualities and lamented his ban
from football activities.
Kwesi Nyantakyi, the former
Ghana Football Association president
was banned for life in 2018
by the FIFA’s Ethics Committee
following an Anas Aremeyaw
Anas documentary into football
corruption.
Speaking on football-related
matters in Parliament, Alban
Bagbin stated that some FIFA Executives
questioned him on why
Kwesi Nyantakyi was exposed in
such a manner.
Bagbin said, “When I met
the Executives of FIFA and said
I was the Speaker of Parliament
of Ghana, they said what happened?
Why did you people do
that?
“He was a dynamic addition.
The value that he carried at their
meetings. He was highly respected,
he was very influential
and Ghana football was up there.
We thought we were handling
Nyantakyi but we didn’t know
we were handling the whole of
Ghana.”
According to Bagbin, Senegal
Stars per the new FIFA rules on
players switching nationalities.
Hudson-Odoi would be
eligible to play for the Black Stars
if he does not honour any Three
Lions call-up by November 2022
when he would be free to switch
nationalities to another country.
The 21-year-old attacker has
represented England at all youth
levels, from U16 to U21, and made
was able to achieve its recent
feat in Africa as a result of the
FIFA General Secretary, Fatma
Samoura who is a Senegalese.
“Senegal is up there because
the Secretary-General of FIFA
is a beautiful young lady from
his first senior international
appearance in 2019.
The Chelsea star has been
tight-lipped over his decision
to either represent Ghana or
England in the future.
Ghana would play at the 2022
World Cup in Qatar where they
have been placed in Group H
alongside Portugal, Uruguay, and
Korean Republic
there who is doing very well.
Please leaders do not stand alone,
they stand for something that is
symbolic to the country. Criticise
us but don’t break their hands or
legs,” he stated.