Friday, 8th April, 2022

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DAILY ANALYST Friday, 8th April, 2022
Global News
Shanghai: Residents
'running out of food'
in Covid lockdown
Some residents under
lockdown in Shanghai
say they are running
out of food, amid the
city's biggest-ever Covid
outbreak.
Residents are confined to
their homes, banned from leaving
for even essential reasons
such as grocery shopping.
Nearly 20,000 cases were
reported on Thursday in China's
biggest city - another near-record
high.
Officials have admitted the
city is facing "difficulties" but say
they are trying to improve this.
But public anger is also being
stoked by other drastic measures
- such as the removal of children
from their parents if they test
positive.
Shanghai officials later responded
by allowing parents who
were also infected to accompany
their children to isolation
centres.
However, according to a
The trial in Turkey of 26
Saudi nationals accused
over the notorious murder
of dissident Jamal
Khashoggi in Istanbul
in 2018 has been halted.
A judge said the case would
now be handed over to Saudi
Arabia, which had refused to
extradite the suspects.
Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice
Cengiz, said she would fight on.
The Washington Post journalist
was killed inside the Saudi
consulate after being lured there.
His murder by Saudi agents
sparked worldwide outrage.
A Saudi court convicted eight
unnamed people over the murder
in 2019.
Thursday's ruling comes after
Turkey's justice minister agreed
to a prosecutor's request to stop
the trial on the grounds that it
was impeded by the absence of
the defendants. The prosecutor
Reuters report, there are still
complaints over children separated
from parents who were not
Covid-positive.
The city began another
round of mandatory mass testing
on Wednesday to identify
and isolate every case.
Shanghai residents who test
positive can't isolate in their
homes even if their conditions
are mild or asymptomatic.
They have to go to mandatory
quarantine facilities, which
critics say have become crowded
and have sub-par conditions.
Why is there a food shortage?
When Omicron first emerged
in Shanghai a month ago, the
city quarantined only certain
compounds. Then as the virus
spread officials last week implemented
a staggered lockdown
where the city was split into
two and each half had separate
measures.
On Monday the lockdown
was extended indefinitely to
cover the entire city of 25 million
people.
Strict rules mean most people
have to order in food and water
and wait for government dropoffs
of vegetables, meat and eggs.
But the lockdown extension
has overwhelmed delivery services,
grocery shop websites and
even the distribution of government
supplies.
Many delivery personnel
are also in locked-down areas,
leading to an overall decrease in
delivery capacity.
Locals in some areas of the
city say they've been completely
cut off.
"Please solve the problem of
insufficient delivery capacity as
soon as possible," one user wrote
on social media site Weibo in
response to city officials' video
message.
Another person wrote that it
was the "first time in my life that
I have gone hungry".
Khashoggi: Anger as Turkish
court halts murder trial
said Saudi judicial authorities
had promised to evaluate the
accusations against them.
The move however has been
lambasted as a whitewash by
human rights campaigners.
Amnesty International's Turkey
official Milena Buyum said
it was an "appalling and clearly
political decision".
Outside the court, Ms Cengiz,
Khashoggi's fiancee, told journalists
she would appeal, AFP news
agency reported.
The development comes as
Turkey seeks to repair its relations
with Saudi Arabia.
Ties between the two regional
powers deteriorated significantly
following the murder and led
to an unofficial Saudi boycott of
Turkish exports.
Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Salman, was last seen
entering the Saudi consulate in
Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by a team
of Saudi agents in Istanbul in 2018
Istanbul on 2 October 2018, where
he had gone to get papers needed
to marry his fiancee.
Then-UN special rapporteur
Agnes Callamard concluded that
he was "brutally slain" inside the
building by a 15-strong team of
Saudi agents sent from Riyadh,
and that his body was dismembered.
She made that judgement
after listening to purported audio
recordings of conversations inside
the consulate made by Turkish
intelligence.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan alleged that Khashoggi
was "killed in cold blood by a
death squad" sent from Riyadh,
and said it had "been established
that his murder was premeditated".
US intelligence agencies
concluded that the crown prince,
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, had
approved an operation to capture
or kill Khashoggi.
The prince denied playing any
role and Saudi prosecutors blamed
"rogue" agents.
A year after the killing, a Saudi
court found five people guilty
of directly participating in the
killing and handed them death
sentences that were later commuted
to 20-year prison terms,
while three others were jailed for
seven to 10 years for covering up
the crime.
Turkey rejected the outcome
as "scandalous" and for almost
two years a court in Istanbul had
been trying 26 Saudi officials
in absentia on charges of premeditated
murder or destroying
evidence.
The government has been under pressure to quickly
deliver food supplies to residents
Residents have also raised
other concerns about price
gouging, and how elderly or less
tech-savvy residents are surviving
Ċity officials acknowledged
the food struggles on Wednesday,
saying Shanghai had enough
supplies of rice, noodles, grain, oil
and meat but there were delays
in distributing them.
"It is true there are some difficulties
in ensuring the supply
of daily necessities," said Liu
Min, the deputy director of the
Shanghai Municipal Commission
of Commerce.
On Thursday, Shanghai's vice
mayor added the city would try to
re-open some wholesale markets
and food stores, and allow more
delivery personnel out of lockeddown
areas.
US Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi
has tested positive
for Covid-19, making
her the most senior
member of Congress so far to
report an infection.
The leading Democrat is asymptomatic,
her spokesman said
on Thursday.
Mrs Pelosi, 82, was seen
hugging former President Barack
Obama during his visit to the
White House on Tuesday and
standing close to President Joe
Biden.
According to the latest US
guidelines, quarantine is not
required after Covid-19 exposure
for those vaccinated.
Both Mr Biden and Mr Obama
have been vaccinated.
"The Speaker is fully vaccinated
and boosted, and is thankful
for the robust protection the vaccine
has provided," Mrs Pelosi's
spokesman Drew Hammill wrote
"We have been holding meetings
overnight to try and figure
out solutions," said Chen Tong.
China is one of the last remaining
nations still committed
to eradicating Covid, in contrast
to most of the world which is
trying to live with the virus in its
Omicron variation.
The country has successfully
enacted full lockdowns before -
endured by millions of people in
cities including Xi'an and Wuhan
- but Shanghai is its biggest city
and the case spread this time
is much higher than previous
outbreaks.
As one of the economic powerhouses
of China, Shanghai's
shutdown is also fuelling concerns
about the impact to China
and the world's economy.
Mrs Pelosi was seen in close quarters with a number of
high-profile Democrats, including President Joe Biden
US Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi
tests positive for Covid
on Twitter.
"The Speaker will quarantine
consistent with CDC guidance,
and encourages everyone to get
vaccinated, boosted and test
regularly".
The news of Mrs Pelosi's diagnosis
comes as the US approaches
1 million Covid-19 related deaths
since the start of the pandemic.
After a steep spike in infections
in December - fuelled by the
highly contagious Omicron variant
- Covid-19 cases and hospital
admissions have fallen precipitously
since mid-January.
But breakthrough infections
have hit a number of high-powered
Washington residents in
recent days, with vaccinated
leaders including Attorney General
Merrick Garland, Commerce
Secretary Gina Raimondo and
US Congressman Adam Schiff
announcing they had tested
positive.

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Friday, 8th April, 2022 Page 3
Frontpage Stories
The Supreme Court has
granted New Patriotic
Party (NPP) Bono East
Regional Chairman,
Kwame Baffoe, alias
Abronya DC, permission to serve
a writ on Minority Leader, Haruna
Iddrisu, and 8 other former
John Mahama appointees via
substituted service.
The vociferous NPP Chairman
went to the Supreme Court
last year, invoking its original
jurisdiction for the interpretation
of Article 98 of the 1992
Constitution.
The provision bars Members
of Parliament from holding any
other office of profit or emolument,
be it private or public, and
whether directly or indirectly,
unless with the permission of
Mr./Madam Speaker’s permission;
and on the grounds that
the conflict of interest concerns
are not triggered and that the
Former 2nd Lady
Hajia Ramatu
Mahama passes on
Former second lady of
Ghana, Hajia Ramatu
Aliu Mahama(neè Egala)
has passed on.
She died at the Korlebu
Teaching Hospital earlier
this afternoon, Thursday, April 7.
Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama
was 70.
Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama,
was the wife of the late Vice
President of Ghana Alhaji Aliu
Mahama.
"It is with deep sorrow, I
announce the passing of my
beloved mom, the former Second
Lady of the Republic, Hajia Ramatu
Aliu Mahama(neè Egala).
She passed on peaceful in Accra
at the Korlebu Teaching Hospital
earlier this afternoon," Farouk
Aliu Mahama, MP for Yendi constituency
said in a statement.
The late Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama
"The family has lost a great
pillar. Burial and funeral rites
would be conducted in accordance
with Islamic traditions.
Further information will be provided
in due course," he added.
Hajia Ramatu Mahama was
the daughter of the late Imoro
Egala, a Minister for Trade and
Industry and first black Chairman
of COCOBOD, in the first
Republic and a long-standing political
stalwart in Ghana through
to the third Republic; doubling
as a founder of the PNP now PNC.
The late Hajia Ramatu Mahama
left behind four children,
namely; Salma Mahama, Farouk
Mahama, MP for Yendi, Fayad
Mahama, and Halim Mahama.
The late Hajia Ramatu Mahama,
would have turned 71 on
October 15, 2022.
Serve ‘double-salaried’ MPs
with writ via substituted service
– Supreme Court orders
MP’s core responsibilities are
not prejudiced.
Consequently, and on the
strength of Article 78(3) of the
Constitution, Abronya DC wants
the Supreme Court to direct or
compel the former Ministers/
Deputy Ministers within the
Mills-Mahama Administrations,
who were also elected Members
of Parliament between 2009 and
2016, to pay back to the Republic,
all double salaries received
within the period.
Article 78(3), in the spirit of
article 98, also bars Ministers
of State from holding any other
office of profit or emolument.
The 12 defendants in the
case are Minority Leader and
former Trade and Industry Min-
All set for COA FS boss’
lecture on Peace
All is set for the public
lecture on Peace and
Leadership to be delivered
by the Chief
Executive Officer of
COA Herbal Centre, Professor
Samuel Ato Duncan
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”.
Profile of Professor Samuel
Duncan:
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).
Background
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
ister, Haruna Iddrisu, Alhassan
Azong, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, Eric
Opoku, Abdul Rashid Hassan
Pelpuo, Emmanuel Armah Kofi
Buah, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye,
Mark Owen Woyongo,
Comfort Doyoe Ghanasah, and
Aquinas Tawiah Quansah.
The rests are the Controller
and Accountant General and the
Attorney General.
Lawyer for Abronya DC, Seth
Gyapong Oware, however, told
the single-judge Supreme Court
on Thursday that it has become
next to impossible to serve 9 out
of the 12 defendants in the case
with the writ invoking the original
jurisdiction of the Court,
and the applicant’s Statement of
Claims. He thus urged the Court
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
to allow them to serve the processes
via substituted service.
His Lordship Clemence
Honyenuga, while granting the
application, said “good and substantial
reasons have been urged
for the grant of the application.”
He ordered that copies of the
Writ Invoking the original jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court,
and Statement of Claims be
posted on the notice boards of
the Supreme Court, Parliament,
and the High Court at the Law
Court Complex, and for the same
to also be published in the “Daily
Guide” and “Daily Graphic”
Newspapers.
These publications are to last
for 14 days beginning from the
first day of their posting.
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”.
Professor Samuel Ato Duncan, COA FS boss

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DAILY ANALYST Friday, 8th April, 2022
NPP transforming
Ghana despite
current global
crisis – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has
reaffirmed the Akufo-Addo Government’s commitment
to its vision of transforming Ghana
despite the global economic challenges which have
wrought dire straits on the country’s fortunes.
Speaking at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Millennium
City, Kasoa, on Thursday, 7th April 2022 Dr Bawumia said the
Akufo-Addo Government has been focused on undertaking
major structural reforms in the Ghanaian economy by shifting
from a focus on the production of raw materials to value
addition, and by diversifying the economic fundamentals.
This, Dr. Bawumia said, is to address the urgent need to
change the structure of the Ghanaian economy and make it
responsive to the realities of the time, especially as the world
moves into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“Virtually every government in our history has noted
the need for Ghana to change the structure of the economy
through diversification and by shifting from the focus on the
production of raw materials to value addition. This is a key
pillar of Nana Akufo-Addo’s Ghana Beyond Aid agenda,” Dr
Bawumia emphasized.
The Vice President explained that to accomplish this,
Government has implemented a number of programmes that
continue to yield significant results, and has plans to implement
even more. Some of the programmes include Planting
for Food and Jobs to increase agricultural output for agro-processing
and food sufficiency, which has resulted in a significant
increase in food production;
The Tono dam and the Left and Right banks of the Kpong
dam have been rehabilitated to provide 13,190 hectares of
additional irrigable land for rice and vegetable cultivation. As
well, 80 warehouses have been constructed with a combined
storage capacity of 80,000 MT to provide storage and reduce
post-harvest losses.
“Reforms in the cocoa sector (including hand pollination
have resulted in the highest ever cocoa production (1,047,385
tonnes) recorded in Ghana during the 2020/2021 cocoa season.
This is very remarkable.”
The “One-District-One-Factory” policy has taken off with
a significant impact on the manufacturing sector, the Vice
President continued. 106 factories have been completed and
are operational, and 148 factories are under construction. This
represents the largest number of factories established under a
government program since independence.
“The facilitation of the growth of an Automotive Industry
is on course. Volkswagen, Suzuki, Sino Truck, Peugeot, Toyota,
and recently Nissan have all established assembly plants in
Ghana. KIA, Hyundai, and Renault are also on course to start
production in Ghana this year. Kantanka automobiles is also
benefiting from the same incentives that have attracted these
giants onto our shores.
True to its commitment to diversifying the economy and
value addition, the Government has started the process of
building the integrated bauxite and aluminum industry, the
Vice President pointed out.
“The partner for the project (Rocksure International), a
wholly-owned Ghanaian company, has been selected and
has already started work to develop the Nyinahin-Mpassaso
hills. The Minerals Resource Estimate to confirm the quantity
and quality of the bauxite will be undertaken this year after
which the refinery design will follow for the establishment
of the aluminum refinery. Ghana has waited for this since
independence and with visionary leadership, sound planning
and by the Grace of God it is finally happening,” Dr. Bawumia
indicated.
While celebrating these steps, Vice President Bawumia
vowed the Akufo-Addo government’s commitment to economic
reform, no matter how long it takes.
“Changing the structure of our economy through diversification
and value addition will not happen overnight. However,
it remains a major preoccupation of the government because
it is our pathway to reduce import dependency, expand the
economy, create jobs, increase exports, and support the value
of our currency.
“The data shows that despite all the challenges of the last
two years, even with COVID-19, the growth of the economy is
fundamentally stronger than it was in the 2013-2016 period,
and we will continue to do more,” he pledged.
Dumsor not coming back
The Energy Ministry
in a press release has
rejected claims by
former Minister of
Energy Dr. Kwabena
Donkor that the electricity crisis
popularly known as Dumsor will
return in Ghana if urgent steps
are not taken.
Dr. Donkor, a former Energy
Minister under President Mahama
made claims to the return
of dumsor on the back of what
he described as an “insignificant
addition to our generation
capacity.”
But the Ministry on behalf of
the Minister of Energy Dr. Matthew
Opoku Prempeh in a press
release by the Communications
and Public Affairs Unit, rejected
“the assertion by the former
Power Minister that there is a
risk of returning to ‘dumsor’ by
virtue of the state of generational
capacity.”
According to the Ministry, “in
line with our projected demand
and the prudent management
of the Energy sector, the Ministry
of Energy is confident that
there is no way that this country
will go back to the dark days of
‘dumsor’.
Speaking to the issues, Mr.
Kwasi Obeng-Fosu the Public
Relations Officer of the ministry
stressed that as a nation
we should take prudent steps
so as to avoid the unnecessary
take-or-pay contracts that are
draining our coffers as a nation
all in the name of adding on to
The National Communication
Officer of the
National Democratic
Congress (NDC),
Sammy Gyamfi has
reiterated that the party will
cancel the E-levy policy if it wins
the 2024 general elections.
According to him, the tax
imposes hardship on citizens,
therefore the NDC will repeal it,
if it assumes the reins of power.
Speaking on Joy News on
Wednesday, Sammy Gyamfi
argued that, the government’s
decision to impose a 1.5% levy on
electronic transactions is unfair.
“The General Secretary of the
party has already said so. He’s
my boss. He’s the Chief Executive
Officer of the party, [and] he
has said so. And I believe that he
has the blessing of the leadership
of the party, and that is a
party position, that we do not
subscribe to the E-levy, and we
will not continue to take E-levy
from Ghanaians should power
change hands.
Because we need to bring
honesty to the politics we do in
this country. If the E-levy is bad
now, it cannot be good in 2025.
And I believe that the NDC will
stand by that position the General
Secretary has announced.
I’m even looking for a situation
where that will be captured
expressly in our 2024 manifesto”,
he stated.
In his view, E-levy is double
taxation which affects the medi-
Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
our generation mix.
“The claim by Dr. Donkor
that the NPP government has
not added 'significantly' to the
energy generation capacity cannot
be supported by the available
facts. Government is of the view
that, there must be a prudent
addition to the generation
capacity in order not to get the
country into over-capacity and
its associated issues, and that
the addition must
be premised on projected
demand.”
As we speak, the total generation
capacity added by this government
is 421MW. This brings
Ghana's total installed
capacity to 5358.50MW, against
um of payment.
He also reiterated that
concerned citizens should not
blame the NDC for the passage of
the Bill into law.
According to him, the Bill is
a tax initiative of the ruling New
Patriotic Party, stating that despite
the passage of the Bill, the
NDC will continue to employ all
avenues to fight the said passage.
Mr. Sammy Gyamfi made
these comments, as part of his
the backdrop of current peak
demand of 3,469MW which was
recorded on March 18, 2022. So
we are managing the situation
better. He added.
Mr. Obeng-Fosu also acknowledged
that due to minor
works, faults and natural
occurrences certain parts of the
nation are facing intermittent
outages. He used the opportunity
to assure all that ECG and GRIDco
are up to the task and fixing
these issues for all to continue to
enjoy stable and reliable power
for both domestic and industrial
use
Ẇriter's email koryekporfreeman@yahoo.com
NDC will cancel e-levy if it wins 2024
submissions on the “Review of
the first quarter of 2022”. In that
regard, he bemoaned the country’s
current debt profile and the
dwindling economic fortunes.
The NDC Communication
Officer reiterated that until President
Akufo-Addo and his appointees
are able to cut down on
their ‘reckless’ expenditure and
‘mismanagement’, the country’s
economic fortunes will remain
the same.
Sammy Gyamfi, National Communication Officer of NDC

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Friday, 8th April, 2022 Page 5
Perspective
Misconceptions About
Careers in the Tourism
and Hospitality Sector
The tourism and hospitality
sector is a
critical sector for the
economies of many
countries globally.
With the number of people
the industry employs and the
money visitors spend as they
go touring, economies stand
to gain more from investing in
the sector.
Despite the industry’s
contribution to global and
national economic growth,
it is not necessarily regarded
or respected much. In our
part of the world, careers in
the sector are seen as almost
nothing when compared to
other sought-after professions
which are regarded as more
prestigious.
Because of this indifference
towards the sector, not
much career counselling and
guidance is done to guide
individuals with an interest
in the industry and the various
misconceptions about the
industry also go a long way to
dissuade them from taking
this interest to another level.
Support is directed to careers
in STEM and careers in the
tourism sector are neglected
such that even very few universities
offer courses in Tourism
and Hospitality.
Even though we have the
potential to do so much more,
our attitude prevents us from
actually doing it. It can be
likened to discovering treasure
and just sitting on it; you don’t
get anything by not using it.
This doesn’t make the
industry attractive to others;
even those who have a
genuine interest in it shy away
because of the nonchalant attitude
exhibited in the country
when it comes to the industry.
It happens that even when it
comes to employing individuals
in the industry, preference
is given to foreign nationals
than our indigenous people
because we have neglected to
grow the human capital in the
industry.
In countries that value
the industry like Dubai, Cape
Verde, Mauritius, South Africa,
Namibia, Seychelles, etc. they
understand the importance of
tapping into it for economic
growth; they cherish the
industry and have put in extra
effort to develop and promote
it and they are massively reaping
the benefits that come
along with it This is an indicator
that, should the necessary
attention be paid to the industry,
more results would be
seen than what is being reaped
currently.
MISCONCEPTIONS PLAGU-
ING THE TOURISM & HOSPI-
TALITY SECTOR
• Tourism & Hospitality
is for women: Just as in
the previous years, the role
of an engineer was regarded
as a profession for males, the
tourism industry is also suffering
from a similar ideology;
it is an industry for women.
Even in the institutions that
offer courses in the sector, the
class consists predominantly
of females. However, this is
not true. The industry has a
place for everybody. In fact, it
has just as many males as it
does females. An example can
be made of Mr. Kojo Bentum
Williams who has made great
strides in the tourism sector.
He’s a tourism blogger,
publicist, and senior communication
expert at the World
Tourism Organization (UNW-
TO). He’s also the founder and
editor of Vogue Afrique Media
Limited, a pan African Travel
media company. Contrary to
popular belief in our country,
this is a clear example of a
male in tourism and hospitality
who is excelling.
• Tourism & Hospitality
workers are either uneducated
or academically poor:
Even though some roles in the
industry such as waitressing
do not require much formal
education, they require some
important skills to facilitate
interaction with customers.
Aside that, a lot of roles require
that you be well educated and
trained. Courses taken in the
field of tourism and hospitality
are just as brain involving
and tasking as other courses;
they are not pursuing tourism
and hospitality because they
are dumb. It is exciting and
informative to pursue a career
in the industry.
Low-level roles still require
training to ensure success.
Again, those hoping to start
their businesses in the sector
will need a significant amount
of training and knowledge to
ensure that their businesses
survive in the sector. Aviation
is one path individuals could
explore in the tourism & hospitality
industry.
It is very important in the
industry because it helps to
connect so many people to
their tourism destinations; it
is a tourism booster. Various
job opportunities available
in the industry include flight
attendant, pilot, air traffic
controller, aerospace engineer,
aviation manager, etc. The image
below shows more career
opportunities available in this
industrious sector:
This displays the industry
as a world of opportunities;
having a place for everyone.
• Jobs in the sector are
underpaid: Though entrylevel
positions may be paid
the minimum wage, mid-level
and executive roles offer very
competitive salaries. Like any
other industry, this one values
practical experience coupled
with a tertiary certificate;
they go hand in hand. For
this reason, schools should
ensure that tourism students
have a lot of practical experience
whether in the form of
a practical lab or an increase
in the number of internships
are supposed to do before
they graduate from school.
This would make them well
prepared and better suited
to thrive in the industry. The
industry provides an avenue
for you to climb up the ladder
in your career. As with other
industries, the higher you go,
the wider your exposure and
experience gained and the
more you earn.
• Tourism & Hospitality
is just about frontline service:
Aside the people we meet offering
frontline service, the
industry makes use of marketers,
consultants, accountants,
salespeople, educators, menu
advisors, etc. The sector does
not only comprise tour guides,
hotel front desk clerks, and
waiters. Such is the case in
hospitals; apart from doctors,
the hospital is an organization
that houses human resource
experts, accountants, etc. This
can be likened to the tourism
industry where many others
are working behind the scenes
to gel the whole industry together.
The organogram shows the
various departments in a typical
4-star hotel. These departments
work together to ensure
that the hotel is functioning
as it is supposed to for optimum
customer satisfaction.
It shows the diverse group of
people from different backgrounds
coming together to
make up the industry. e.g., Engineers,
accountants, sales and
marketing personnel, logistics
personnel, etc.
• Tourism & Hospitality
only offer part-time work:
Depending on the area of interest,
there are full-time jobs
all year round for individuals.
During peak seasons, there is
an influx of tourists and this
may mean a busy time for the
industry and the creation of
some temporary jobs. This
could serve as a way for students
to gain experience in
the industry even before they
graduate from school. One
may also opt to work part-time
to complement their income.
Even though some people
work on shift, others work traditional
schedules. In Ghana,
December is usually the peak
season for the industry and
students in the industry may
choose to work temporarily
then.
• Tourism & Hospitality
has opportunities only in
hotels: The industry is large
and hotels are just a part.
There are a lot of avenues in
other areas such as restaurant
management, consulting,
spa and wellness, working
in airlines, casinos, public
relations, finance, real estate,
etc. Statistics show that
the number of international
tourists entering the African
continent every year increases
significantly and this signifies
an immense boost for the
sector. The industry has a large
umbrella under which everyone
can fit. Studying tourism
and hospitality does not limit
you to a career in hotels. Individuals
can decide to divert
to consultancy, banking, and
other industries as they wish.
Even though, the industry
is a booming one, the lack of
attention and the misconceptions
surrounding it dissuade
others actively from venturing
into it. It is quite a shame that
this very lucrative industry
is not given the attention it
deserves so more individuals
could pursue careers in it. But
then again, even the privateowned
businesses in the sector
are not receiving the required
support from the government
to enable them to survive the
hurdles of the economy. This
is another thing that puts
off those who would want to
invest their resources into the
sector. It is however important
that individuals who have an
interest in pursuing careers
in the field conduct proper
research before they make
decisions and not just rely on
hearsays from others who may
not know better. This would
aid carefully planning and
making decisions to tap into
this field of gold for maximum
benefits.
The writer is the Country
Rep for Swiss Education
Group and Lead Consultant at
iQ Mundo. She is a seasoned
and successful leader with
a track record of producing,
presenting and managing the
implementation of innovative
hospitality and tourism business
solutions and services in
Africa and across the world in
the past 15years.
You can contact the author
via info@iqmundo.com
Rosalin Abigail Kyere-Nartey

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DAILY ANALYST Friday, 8th April, 2022
The Government is
awaiting proceeds
from the controversial
Electronic Transfer
Levy (E-levy) to
facilitate the construction of the
Sea Defense Project in coastal
communities ravaged by the
Tidal Waves.
An amount of 10 million
Ghana cedis has been earmarked
from the E-levy for assessment
and construction works of the
Sea Defense Projects from Elo-bu
to Aflao.
The Communication
Director for National Disaster
Management Organization
(NADMO), George Ayesi in an
interview with Starr News said
the Organization is committed
to addressing the problems with
allocation from the E-levy.
“In the Ada and Sege areas,
Gov’t awaits E-levy cash
for Sea Defense Projects
– NADMO
they are calling for Sea Defense
Project to be constructed. In fact,
that was their major concern.
“As part of the E-levy
concession the government
made, they committed 10
million for assessing works to be
done along the coast from Elu-Bo
to Aflao and major construction
works will be done,” the NADMO
Communication Director
disclosed.
He continued “So the
government is committed, the
Minister for Works and Housing
has also reiterated that some
of the projects will be carried
out. The President said this in
the State of the Nation Address
(SONA) that some of those
projects will be carried out. We
pray that they will be part of
the priority projects that will be
executed by the government.”
Mr. Ayesi, however, added
that there are plans to relocate
victims of the Tidal Waves in Ada
and parts of the Volta Region.
“In Shama there have been
attempts to relocate the people
but with challenges. As of
Tuesday when we went there
and met them the people have
now accepted and are willing to
relocate once the site for them
is ready. So that is progressive
news. There as well we
distributed some relief items.
“The Volta Regional team
have been working in the Ketu
South area, we have got the data
and the rest. We are yet to get
some relief support to them,”
the Communication Director
added.
Wean yourselves
off drugs
– Young MPs sensitise students
Many Ghanaian lecturers not fit to teach; they’re
pupil teachers – Wisconsin Uni. Board Chair
The Board Chairman
of the Governing
Council of Wisconsin
International
University College
Noble Justice Isaac Duose has
said many lecturers in Ghana’s
tertiary institutions are not fit
to teach.
According to him, having a
mastery of specialist knowledge
does not mean the individual
has the techniques and
competence to effectively teach
at the tertiary level.
“What qualification do they
have to teach, they don’t have
any qualification They are pupil
teachers”.
The retired Appeals Court
Judge Justice Duose bemoaned
the practice over the years in
various Universities in the
country which people with
PhD and other post-graduate
degrees are recruited just to
teach without any post graduate
teaching qualification.
“You must have training in
education before you become a
teacher. What is happening in
this country recently, people
go to teacher training colleges
they graduate yet the ministry
wants them to go and take
license to teach, these are people
who went through a syllabus
designed to make them teachers
they were taught in the colleges
of education so when they are
coming out they are coming out
as teachers but we are asking
them to go and take licensing
in education to teach at the
primary schools and other levels
yet in the Universities where it
matters most the teachers are
not supposed to but they call
themselves university teachers”.
He said the situation in
Ghana is contrary to best
practices in most countries in
the world.
“If you go to America and
you want to teach, you have to
take a certificate in teaching
.My Daughter is a Lecturer in
a University, after her doctoral
degree she has to do nine
months in pedagogy that is
principal in education before
she took a license to teach in a
University that is people want to
go and teach because that have
been thought how to teach. In
our country just get PhD and
you are good to go, go and teach.
Ladies and Gentlemen, having
been involved in Education in
University level for a while, I
realized that a PhD is a research
degree, and when you research
,you have to go to industry with
the research not to go and teach
with the research ”
Justice Duose continued that
“But here ,our emphasis is to
go to do research and after you
have done the research you go
and teach with the research. Is
it a correct thing to do .At least
if you don’t know what to do
copy the people who are leading
,how much effort do you put into
taking post graduate diploma
in education or certificate in
education”.
He said this when speaking
as a distinguished chairman
at West Africa Heroes of
Distinction conference and
Awards held in Accra .
As part of Ghana’s tertiary
education reform,Ghana’s
government has proposed a
policy that mandates all tertiary
education institution lecturers
to possess a postgraduate
teaching certificate before they
are eligible to teach.
Ghana’s National Council
for Tertiary Education “argues
that having a mastery of
specialist knowledge does not
imply that a lecturer knows the
techniques needed to effectively
communicate that knowledge
to students. In other words, PhD
holders in particular fields of
knowledge are not necessarily
experts at teaching.”
However Justice Isaac Duose
believes ” the earlier we start
redesigning our systems to
fit purpose the better it will
be for us. Don’t mistake me
there are some teachers in
the Universities who are good
teachers either out of experience
or out of natural gift but it is not
the way to go”.
Noble Justice Isaac Duose
Mr Elvis Morris
Donkoh,
President, Young
Parliamentarians Forum, has
advised students of West Africa
Senior High School (WASS) to
focus on their studies and avoid
drugs.
Mr Donkoh, who is the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Abura Asebu Kwamankese, said
hard work and determination
defined success therefore
students must aim at these
values to make it in life and
avoid any persuasion to use
drugs to enhance learning.
Mr Donkoh made these
remarks when he led members
of the Young Parliamentarians
Forum on their first outreach
programme at WASS.
The purpose of the outreach
programme was to visit the
students and sensitise them
about the abuse of drugs and
encourage them to focus on
their academic work.
Mr Donkoh also commended
the school for being disciplined
for the last 20 years without any
negative misbehaviour from
the students to tarnish the high
Elvis Morris Donkoh, President,
Young Parliamentarians Forum
reputation of the school.
Mrs Betty Krosbi-Mensah,
MP Afram Plains North and
Vice President of the Forum,
encouraged the female students
study hard and aspire to high
positions of responsibility.
Other young MPs who
interacted with the students
included Mr Thomas Ampem
Nyarko, MP Asuogyaman; Mr
Yves Hanson Nortey, MP Tema
Central; Mr Davis Opoku Ansah,
Mpraeso and Mr Frederick Yaw
Ahenkwah, MP Jaman North.
The young Parliamentarians
touched on various aspects of
Parliamentary work within the
Eighth Parliament and issues
relating to Government business,
stressing that Parliament
existed to make laws and
perform oversight responsibility
of the Executive.
The students asked questions
about the work of MPs.
Dr Mrs Shine Ofori,
Headmistress of WASS, thanked
the MPs for their visit and
words of encouragement to the
students.
The MPs presented mineral
water and assorted drinks to the
school.

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Friday, 8th April, 2022 Page 7
Economist Prof Stephen
Adei has said Ghana
is currently going
through an economic
crisis partly because
the Akufo-Addo-led government
used GH¢21 billion to collapse
some nine banks and other
financial institutions.
Some nine local banks, 23
savings & loans companies,
347 microfinance institutions,
39 finance houses and 53 fund
Prof. Stephen Adei
management companies
have been closed down since
2017 under President Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in
a financial sector clean-up
exercise.
Two banks, UT Bank and
Capital Bank, were first taken
over by GCB Bank in a purchase
and assumption agreement.
Seven others, the Sovereign
Bank, The Beige Bank, Premium
Bank, The Royal Bank, Heritage
Using GH¢21 billion to collapse 9
banks partly to blame for Ghana's
economic crisis – Prof. Adei
Bank, Construction Bank and
UniBank, had their licences
revoked and placed under the
Consolidated Bank Ghana.
As a result of the banking
sector reforms, the Bank of
Baroda willingly folded up and
exited.
Also, six banks merged. First
Atlantic Merchant Bank Limited
and Energy Commercial Bank
merged into one; OmniBank
Ghana Limited and Bank Sahel
Sahara Ghana merged, and First
National Bank and GHL Bank
Limited also merged.
Ghana now has 23 functional
universal banks in the country.
Speaking to Kwame Obeng
Sarkodie on Accra100.5FM’s
morning show Ghana Yenson
about the current economic
crisis in Ghana, the former
Chairman of the National
Development Planning
Commission (NDPC), said: “The
truth is that times are hard
because inflation is 15%, the
price of petrol has doubled, and
the cedi has depreciated”.
In his view, “half of the fault
is not from the government
while the other half is the fault
of the government.
For instance, he said, the
Russian-Ukraine war and
COVID-19 pandemic cannot be
blamed on the government since
it had no control over them.
On the other hand, the
former Rector of the Ghana
Institute of Management and
Public Administration (GIMPA)
said: “What the government
can be faulted for is that they
wanted to do so many things at
the same time when they first
came into power and, so, they
borrowed so much”.
“So, the huge debt is killing
us now, especially when the
borrowing has not yielded any
fruits yet,” he noted.
Secondly, Prof Adei added:
“In my opinion, the manner
in which they collapsed some
banks and financial institutions
with GH¢21 billion is partly
responsible for the country’s
economic crisis”.
Thirdly, he said the size of
the government and the public
sector wage bill have also not
helped the situation.
He, however, noted: “I believe
if they commit to the things
they have promised to do, things
will start getting better by the
end of the year”.
Majority afraid their MPs will be
removed if reports on absentee MPs
are voted on in parliament – Okudzeto
Member of
Parliament for
North Tongu,
Okudzeto
Ablakwa,
has reacted to the position
of the Majority Caucus that
the Privileges Committee of
Parliament should have the final
say on the faith of the three MPs
referred to it.
According to him, the
Majority Caucus is pushing for
that because they are afraid the
MPs will be removed if the entire
House decides on their faith via
a vote.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
said that the Standing Orders of
Parliament stated clearly that
committees of the House cannot
make the final decision on issues
referred to them.
“… well for that portion that
the matter should not come back
to parliament, I disagree. All
committees of parliament are
acting on delegated authority -
all committees. I’m not aware of
any committee, be it a standing
committee, select committee, or
ad hoc committee that carries
out their mandates and does not
report to the plenary for a final
decision, for a final vote, there is
no committee, there is no such
precedent.
“I do not know what our
colleagues are so scared of that
they do not want these matters
brought to the floor. Is it because
at the privileges committee
they have a one-man majority
and everybody is intact on their
side and that is why there are
trying to circumvent procedures
which are expressly stated,” the
MP said in a JoyNews interview
monitored by GhanaWeb.
He added that “because when
it (reports) comes to the house,
they know they begin with a
deficit of one, the Hon Adwoa
Sarfo is not around. It is also not
clear that those on who we are
going to pass judgement can
participate in the vote if there
has to be a vote. And so, they see
that they will be disadvantaged
by 3 at the minimum and that is
why are afraid for that report to
be brought to plenary.”
Some members of the
majority caucus of parliament,
including the Majority Leader,
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu,
have stated that the Privileges
Committee should decide
whether the seat of MPs referred
to them for being absent for 15
consecutive sittings, should be
declared vacant or not.
The Privileges Committee
is made up of 31 MPs with 16 of
them from the Majority Caucus
and 15 from the Minority Caucus.
Speaker Alban Bagbin
referred three New Patriotic
Party (NPP) MPs – Dome
Kwabenya MP, Sarah Adwoa
Safo; Assin Central MP, Kennedy
Agyapong; and Ayawaso Central
MP, Henry Quartey – to the
Privileges Committee of the
House after he was petitioned
by former MP, Ras Mubarak, to
remove the MPs for absenting
themselves for more than 15
consecutive sittings.
MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
Stop buying hot
food in plastics
– Minister warns Ghanaians
The Minister of
Environment, Science,
Technology and
Innovation Dr Kwaku
Afriyie has called on
Ghanaians to stop purchasing
food wrapped in plastic in order
to avoid the risk it poses to one’s
health.
The Minister also wants laws
to be put in place banning the
use of plastics for selling food
across the country.
Speaking at the national
launch of the Plastic Waste
Management Campaign held in
Abetifi, Eastern Region, under
the theme: “Plastic is a Resource,
Not a Waste: Pushing the
Agenda of a Circular Economy’
to encourage recycling and safer
reuse of plastic while providing
jobs,” Dr Afriyie stressed on
the risks posed to persons who
consume food from plastics.
He said: “The binding
substance sometimes leaches
into our body and destroys the
internal functions. As a doctor,
I know that. If you are a female,
the plastic chemical composite
shape is the same structure as
part of your hormones and it can
disrupt your menstrual cycle
and cause problems.
“If you are a male, it can
also enter the system and
interfere with Spermatogenesis.
Because it is chronic in nature,
it happens small, small, so you
might not appreciate it.”
He continued that: “Pass
laws to prevent Kenkey users
from using plastic to wrap
Kenkey before boiling. Stop
buying if hot food is in plastic.
“All the women wrapping
plastic over corn dough before
cooking; put a stop to it.”
The minister also
emphasised the benefits of
recycling plastic waste as a
nation.
“Plastic recycling reduces
trash in the ocean, it creates new
jobs, especially for the informal
sector, provides income and
prevents global warming,”

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The media has been
urged to focus on limitations
that inhibit
persons with disability
from reaching
their full potentials by helping
in removing those limitations
through their reportage and
advocacy.
“The way we treat persons
with disabilities and mental
health conditions disempower
them and needs a relook,” Dr
Elizabeth Agbeto Zotorvie, Programme
Manager, Ghana Blind
Health
Dr. Elizabeth Agbeto Zotorvie
Union has said.
“Such persons rather need
our support and love, and not
our pity and sympathy, she said.
She was speaking at a training
workshop organised for
some media personnel and civil
society actors in Accra.
Hope for Future Generations
(HFFG) and the PsykForum, both
non-governmental organisations,
organised the training
as part of the “Ghana Somubi
Dwumadie” (GSD), a project
geared towards training criti-
DAILY ANALYST Friday, 8th April, 2022
Help promote positive
disability and mental health
language – Media urged
cal stakeholders on disability
to promote the use of positive
non-discriminatory language in
media programmes across four
regions.
The GSD, a four-year programme,
is being funded by the
UK Government through UKAid.
The intervention is expected
to reduce negative and discriminatory
attitudes, behaviours
and norms faced by people with
disabilities in Ghana, including
people with mental health
conditions.
The purpose of the training
was to seek to increase the use
of positive disability language in
media discourses on disability
and mental health conditions,
while promoting non-discriminatory
language in all media
programmes and publications, as
well as citing positive examples
of such persons living normal
lives.
The two organisations, as a
consortium, are implementing
the Social Behaviour Change
Communication (SBCC) and stigma
reduction for mental health
and disability inclusion in 18
districts in four regions, namely,
Greater Accra, Central, Savannah
and North East under the project.
Maame Serwaa Gyamfi, Monitoring
and Evaluation officer
for the project at HFFG, said the
focus was on the promotion of
positive culture, language, and
law enforcement regarding persons
with disabilities and mental
health.
“We also want explore how
the law is backing the rights of
people with disabilities.”
She mentioned the targeted
population as including religious
persons, education sector, civil
society organisations, persons
with disabilities and the media.
The implementation of the
project stated in April 2021 aiming
to reduce the negative and
discriminatory attitudes towards
people with disabilities and mental
health.
Ms Gyamfi said advocates
would be trained to carry out
messages of positive culture for
persons with disabilities.
Ms Nancy Ansah, Director of
Programmes, HFFG, said there
was the need for people in the
communities to support the
call of promoting the rights of
persons with disabilities.
She encouraged persons
with disabilities including those
with mental health conditions
to continue to insist on their
rights and demand for all social
amenities that would ease their
movement and make their lives
comfortable.
She said the media whose
activities influence the culture
of society should endeavour to
promote the positives of the persons
with disabilities and ensure
that they were structured within
the systems of the society.
Ms Ansah said under the
project, all major stakeholders
including community and
religious leaders, the media,
and other opinion leaders were
being engaged and sensitised
on avoiding discrimination and
stigmatisation of persons with
disabilities and mental health.
“We shouldn’t tag persons
with disabilities and forming
a culture of neglect towards
them,” she said.
COVID-19 was declared
a global pandemic
by the World Health
Organization (WHO)
in March 2020. Since
then, the pandemic has caused
significant impact on health
systems around the world,
disrupting all aspects of human
life including the delivery of
routine health services.
As part of Ghana’s recovery
efforts, it has therefore become
necessary to support the
continuity of essential health
services to address health issues
like malaria, AIDS, tuberculosis,
and Neglected Tropical Diseases
(NTDs). This is to facilitate the
achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) 3 on
Good Health and Wellbeing by
2030.
In this regard, the United
Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) in
partnership with the Ministry
of Health and the Ghana Health
Service, with funding from
the Government of Japan, has
been implementing a series of
interventions to strengthen
health systems at the community
level for improved health
outcomes.
The project dubbed:
‘Strengthening Community
Health System to Support the
Continuity of Essential Services
for the Vulnerable during and
post COVID-19 Pandemic’ is
strengthening the capacity of
health facilities and Community-
Based Health Planning and
Services (CHPS) in underserved
urban communities to provide
health services.
To underscore the importance
Building strong community health
system to leave no one behind
from the project, with Chorkor
Chemuena receiving a fully
equipped CHPS compound and
Anyaa receiving a patient care
block in Anyaa Polyclinic, whilst
the other zones have received
over 60 essential medical and
operational equipment including
weighing and height scale,
adult and pediatric stethoscope,
digital blood pressure apparatus,
refrigerator thermometer,
motorbikes and tricycles, and
tablets.
To facilitate effective health
surveillance in the era of COVID,
especially at the borders of Ghana,
the project is also providing
mobile laboratories at Aflao,
Elubo, Kotoka International
Airport, and Paga points of entries
of CHPS in healthcare delivery,
it is worth repeating the
profound words of the Deputy
Resident Representative of
UNDP in Ghana, Sukhrob
Khoshmukhamedov, when he
said “for us to achieve universal
health coverage and SDG 3, we
must bring healthcare services
to the doorstep of communities.
This is a pragmatic strategy that
can promote access and equity in
health service provision”.
Speaking at the handing over
ceremony of a fully equipped
CHPS facility at Chorkor
Chemuena as part of the project,
the Japanese Ambassador
to Ghana, H.E. MOCHIZUKI
Hisanobu highlighted the need
for sustainable healthcare
initiatives to overcome health
challenges.
“COVID-19 has placed a
heavy burden on health systems
and consequently affected the
delivery of essential health
services. We must strengthen
health systems by building the
capacity of health facilities to
respond to health emergencies”,
added H.E. MOCHIZUKI
Hisanobu.
This project is significant in
several ways. It is bringing health
service delivery to the doorsteps
of the most vulnerable in society
and helping to ensure that no
one is left behind. Moreover, it
is simultaneously enhancing
the capacities of community
health systems, communities,
vulnerable groups such as
women, children, persons living
with HIV, persons living with
non-communicable diseases and
slum dwellers for the uptake of
health services during and post
COVID-19 pandemic.
Moreover, thanks to the
project interventions, 100
community health management
committee members, community
health volunteers and
community health officers in the
Ga Central Municipality and the
Accra Metropolis in the Greater
Accra Region of Ghana have
gained the requisite knowledge
and skills to strengthen essential
health service provision.
In addition, through series of
engagements with community
members, over 200 community
leaders, including women
leaders are now aware of the
available services within their
communities and are poised
to support other community
members to take full advantage.
“I am particularly very happy
for the pregnant women and
children in this community.
Previously we used to struggle
to go to Korle Bu Polyclinic, but
now with this CHPS compound,
pregnant women will not have
to struggle to access quality
healthcare”, noted Naa Adokor
Gyamfi, Queen Mother of
Chorkor.
Indeed, 22 CHPS zones in
Accra Metropolis and Ga Central
Municipality are benefitting
to strengthen case detection and
management for COVID-19 and
future public health emergencies.
It is worth noting that if the
pandemic has taught the world
any lesson, it is that leaving
others behind in the access to
quality healthcare services is a
potent threat to the health of all.
This is better summarized in the
powerful words of the Deputy
Secretary-General of the United
Nations, Amina Mohammed,
when she stated, “No one will
ever be truly safe until everyone
is safe.”
Therefore, the time to build
strong community health
systems that truly work for all is
now or never.

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Friday, 8th April, 2022 Page 9
Opinion
Gambling With Food Security
Pharaoh had a
weird dream and
wanted someone
to translate the
dream to him. All
the wise men and magicians
in Egypt could not
translate the dream until
someone introduced Joseph
to the Pharaoh.
In short, Joseph told the
king that the dream meant
there will be seven years of
abundance of food in the
land of Egypt to be followed
by another seven years of
lean season.
He told the king that
there will be famine in the
land of Egypt, so there was
the need to gather and store
grains during these seven
years of bounty, when famine
did strike, there will be
enough food for the people.
Pharaoh bought the idea
which saved Egyptians and
other nations.
Pharaoh's dream and the
translation of the dream by
Joseph is relevant today as
it was in those days. Nobody
can convince me that
maize is not the staple food
of Ghana. Just mention any
food which is highly patronised
by a cross section
of the people of Ghana and
you cannot end without
mentioning maize.
Ga Kenkey, Fante Kenkey,
Fomfom, Tuozaafi, Hausa
Koko, Mmore Koko, Banku,
Pakapaka, Etsew, Adibi,
Nkyewie, Anasodwe, Nkyekeraa,
Akpele, Laale, etc.
are all made from maize.
Thankfully, wherever you
plant maize in Ghana, it
does well.
In the early seventies,
when General Acheampong
was the Head of State of
Ghana, he introduced the
Operation Feed Yourself
programme which led to
bumper harvest of maize
and other food crops in the
country. When Acheampong
over threw he government
of Professor Busia, he
told the world that Ghana
will not pay any debt owed
to countries (Yentua Regime).
When things started
to get bad for the country,
bread became a luxury
because the country could
not get foreign currency
to import wheat, which is
the raw material of bread.
The ingenuity of Ghanaian
bakers was brought to bear
when they started to produce
cornbread.
No wonder the sages say
necessity is the mother of
invention. The cornbread
caught on so well with
the people that gradually
Ghanaians came to eat
more cornbread than wheat
bread. In fact, many Ghanaians
could not differentiate
between cornbread and
brown bread which was
made from wheat.
Cornbread was heavier
and thicker and more
delicious than wheat bread,
and Ghanaians gradually
became hooked to it. Boarding
schools also patronised
the cornbread. Instead of
concentrating on the production
of cornbread to safe
scarce foreign exchange,
Ghana resorted to the importation
of wheat when
things started to get better,
economically. We missed an
opportunity to make cornbread
a national delicacy
and a staple diet.
I am recounting this history
because of what is happening
in Ukraine. Russia
and Ukraine are the world's
leading producers of wheat.
Because of the war and
the numerous sanctions
slapped on the face of
Russia, wheat has become
scarce and costly. We have
to rethink and go back to
the days of cornbread.
Remember I wrote in
this column some time
ago that when a dog loses
one leg, it changes its way
of walking and running. If
we start eating cornbread,
maize farmers will profit
and the youth will be
attracted to maize farming
instead of going to the big
cities to find none existing
menial jobs.
We always talk of food
buffer zones whiles silos lie
empty in all the maize producing
areas. At Nkoranza
in the Bono East region, we
have silos that can contain
six thousand metric
tons of maize. Similar silos
are located in Techiman,
Kintampo, Atebubu and
some towns in the Ahafo
and Ashanti regions, as well
as maize producing areas in
the Northern Regions.
Since the Ghana Food
Distribution Cooperation,
the managers of the silos
became defunct, no government
ever tried to make
good use of these silos.
If Egypt could store
grains for future consumption,
I see no reason why
we cannot find a strategic
investor to take up the job
of buying and storing our
maize in time of bumper
harvest. The 1983 famine
nearly brought the country
on her kneels simply
because we failed to think
ahead.
Even the ant which
saves food for the rainy day
was wiser than us. When
we came face to face with
the devastating famine
of 1983, we had to import
yellow corn from the US
to survive when we could
have stored maize for many
years like the US did. After
the famine, we went back
to sleep as we continued to
produce, eat the products
and refuse to store some for
tomorrow.
Now that climate change
is knocking on our doors,
we must be proactive before
we are taken unaware.
Niger is not a maize producing
country but they eat
maize-based food than us.
To make the best out of the
worse situation that they
have found themselves,
they buy maize from Ghana
and other countries in West
Africa and store them for
the future.
In fact, Niger has the
largest maize market in the
West Africa sub region even
though they don't produce
maize. We don't think
ahead as a nation.
Between 1973 and 1974,
fishermen along our coasts
experienced a never to be
forgotten bumper catch of
herrings and other species
of fishes. Fishermen always
returned from their fishing
expeditions with boatloads
of fishes. Because we
had very few cold stores in
those days, fishmongers
became tied of smoking
the fishes, which forced the
fisher folks to sail back to
high sea to jettison their
catch for lack of space to
store them.
In less than one year,
the fish stock in our sea
mysteriously depleted and
fishermen returned from
their fishing expedition
with empty boats. That was
when Ghanaians started to
eat a type of tasteless fish
called 'Ewura Efua', which
also got depleted in the sea
in no time. It was like going
from boom to bust. We never
learnt a lesson from that
tragedy which opened our
underbelly.
The Minister of Food
and Agriculture must form
a team of experts to brainstorm
on how to save the
situation of storage. We
must not wait for a catastrophe
to strike before
we start complaining and
apportioning blames.
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah established
the University of
Science and Technology for
a reason. Today, KNUST cannot
even invent a technology
which can help store
plantain for a year without
going rotten. Science and
Technology have given way
to Law faculties and faculty
of “Dondology.”
We must revisit the
blueprint of the university
like the way Mr. Agyekum
Kufuor did with the blueprint
which was drawn
more than one hundred
years ago to construct the
Bui Dam. Successful leaders
think ahead.
Planting for Food and
Jobs, yes, but saving food
for the rainy day should be
at the center stage. Is my
very good friend Owusu Afriyie
Akoto listening to this
Earth Angel Gabriel who is
delivering the message of
salvation from the firmament?
A word to the wise is in
the North!!! Don't laugh because
I am serious and agitated.
A physician specialist
once told me that a stick of
cigar a day releases tension
and makes one feel good.
Imagine what I am doing
today on my maize farm as
I light up my Havana. Who
say man no dey?
Ericbawah2022@Gmail.
com
From Eric Bawah

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Human Resource Director for
Vodafone Ghana, Hannah
Ashiokai Akrong
Business
Human Resource
Director for
Vodafone Ghana,
Hannah Ashiokai
Akrong, has
highlighted some initiatives
that Vodafone has put in place to
support the youth and help build
their portfolios.
In an interview with Rev.
Erskine on YFM’s Y-Leaderboard
Series, Hannah Ashiokai,
explained that Vodafone believes
in the youth because of their
innovative and great ideas for
the organization.
“We have different
programmes. Apart from our
graduate training programme,
we have internships,
apprenticeships, our female
engineering scholars’
DAILY ANALYST Friday, 8th April, 2022
Vodafone prioritises
advancement of the
Youth —HR Director
programme and many others.
We have a screening process
because a lot of people apply for
these roles”, she said.
“For our graduate training
programmes for instance, we
have about twelve slots and
usually get about two thousand
applicants annually. By the time
we finish screening, we get the
number we’re looking for. The
screening doesn’t focus on work
experience because at that time,
people are just getting out of
school.”
‘…With your potential, we
look at mental agility which
talks about how quick you are to
pick new things, how confident
you are, how you can express
yourself, put your ideas together
and present it to a team to
convince them that this is the
data and this is how it’s going to
work?” she expressed.
The HR expert also
mentioned that having past
leadership experiences from
school or through voluntary
opportunities is also good,
hence, it is a plus for applicants
who do have that experience.
You Must Make Yourself Visible to Make an Impact
– Antoinette Kwofie, CFO MTN Ghana Urges Women
The Chief Finance
Officer for MTN Ghana,
Antoinette Kwofie,
has urged women
who aspire to take up
leadership positions to make
themselves visible in order to
make an impact in society. This,
she believes, will help bridge the
gender gap and promote gender
equality.
Antoinette was speaking
at the 2022 ‘Ring the Bell for
Gender Equality’ program
organized by the Ghana Stock
Exchange in partnership with
the International Finance
Corporation (IFC). She was
among a five-member panelist
who spoke on the theme “Gender
Equality Today for a Sustainable
Tomorrow.”
Sharing her experience as a
woman in Finance, Antoinette
said in the world of Finance,
women are viewed as the
exception rather than the norm.
She said until she got into the
corporate world, she did not
know that the expectations of
women were different because
she grew up in a home of five
girls and everything got done
by them. She said, “We did
everything and nothing came
to a standstill because we are
women”. As a result, she said she
is very passionate to create a role
model for the next generation
of women to know that they are
enough to make things happen
and also conscientize them to
know that as women, they do not
have to be men in order to thrive.
Explaining what gender
equality means to her, Antoinette
said, “Gender Equality means
the world deciding to pick-up
a box with two hands which
is better rather than trying to
struggle to pick it up with one
hand”. Speaking on the necessity
to take other women along,
Antoinette said she believes that
every woman should be able
to see beyond themselves. “If
you can’t see it, you can’t be it.
You have to be more visible. You
can’t be invisible if you want to
make an impact, your visibility
has to create the right impact”,
Antoinette reiterated.
Antoinette committed to
creating space to talk about
issues that pertains to women
in a professional environment,
undertake mentoring, coaching,
putting in place intentional
policies and measures that can
be measured along. She is of the
belief that “what doesn’t get
measured, doesn’t get performed.
Antoinette Kwofie, CFO MTN Ghana
Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr. John Kumah
A
Deputy Minister of
Finance, Dr. John
Kumah, has said that
the macroeconomic
environment is
meant to be an enabler, but the
Ghanaian economy is not yet
there but on the path.
He noted that the
government is reducing the
deficit, revising expenditure
targets by 30% for discretionary
expenses, and has placed a
moratorium on the importation
Government is reducing
fiscal deficit – John Kumah
of vehicles, among others.
He noted that last year GRA
met its revenue target with
excesses and this is expected
for the 2022 fiscal year also.
However, external factors like
COVID-19, the Russian-Ukraine
crisis, and other external factors
have adversely affected the
economy.
He also noted that the Fiscal
Responsibility Act is very good
in guiding and monitoring the
government.
Speaking about the policy
rate and other macroeconomic
variables during the IMANI-GIZ
Reform Dialogue on Ghana’s
Macroeconomic Environment,
John Kumah who is also a
lawmaker for Ejisu also noted
that the Bank of Ghana through
its monetary policy tools has
been implementing policies to
address the economic problems.
He noted that government has
to do more with regard to the
efficiency of its expenditures.
Recently Finance Minister,
Ken Ofori-Atta announced
some measures to deal with
the economic challenges facing
Ghana.
Mr. Ofori-Atta announced
on Thursday, March 24 that
with immediate effect, the
government had imposed a
complete moratorium on the
purchase of imported vehicles
for the rest of the year.
This affected all new orders,
especially 4-wheel drives, he
said.
“With immediate effect,
Government has imposed a
complete moratorium on the
purchase of imported vehicles
for the rest of the year. This will
affect all new orders, especially
4-wheel drives. We will ensure
that the overall effect is to
reduce total vehicle purchases
by the public sector by at least 50
percent for the period,” he said.
“Again, with immediate
effect Government has imposed
a moratorium on all foreign
travels, except pre-approved
critical/statutory travels;
Government will conclude ongoing
measures to eliminate
“ghost” workers from the
Government payroll by end of
December 2022;
“Discretionary spending is to
be further cut by an additional
10%. The Ministry of Finance is
currently meeting with MDAs to
review their spending plans for
the rest of the three (3) quarters
to achieve the discretionary
expenditure cuts; ii. these times
call for very efficient use of
energy resources.
“In line with this, there
will be a 50% cut in fuel
coupon allocations for all
political appointees and Heads
of government institutions,
including SOEs, effective 1st
April 2022,” he added.

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Friday, 8th April, 2022 Page 11
Sports
Portuguese side
Sporting Club have
announced the signing
of Ghana international
Abdul Fatawu
Issahaku.
The winger, who turned 18
in March, joins the Lions in a
five-year deal with a staggering
release clause of €60 million.
Signed from Ghanaian lower
division side Steadfast, the
teenager had a short loan spell
with local Premier League outfit
Dreams before leaving for
Portugal in February to commence
training with Sporting
ahead of his 18th birthday.
“Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, 18,
is a reinforcement for Sporting
Clube de Portugal,” Sporting
have announced on their official
website.
“The footballer from Ghana
has signed for five seasons
and has a release clause of 60
million euros, having been
presented this Wednesday at
the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy
in Alcochete.
“After making the transfer
to the emblem of Alvalade
official, Fatawu posed for the
usual photographs, with the
presence of Frederico Varandas,
president of the Board of Directors,
and spoke to the Sporting
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Issahaku:
Sporting Club
announce deal
with Ghana
prodigy
CP media.”
Issahaku made his senior
Ghana debut last year at just 17
when he was handed a surprise
start in a 2022 World Cup qualifier
against Zimbabwe.
Recently, he featured for
the Black Stars at the Africa
Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon
and started in both legs
as Ghana edged Nigeria in the
World Cup play-offs earlier this
month.
"I'm very happy to be here,
it's fantastic. They welcomed
me very well," Issahaku added.
"There are many differences
between the football I was
playing [in Ghana] and Sporting
CP [and] it will make me
grow more. Everyone [here] has
helped me, telling me what I
have to do.
"Ghanaians believe in me
and I had opportunities very
early. They made my dream
possible and without that, I
don't think I would be here.”
Last year, Issahaku, who
was adjudged Best Player at the
2021 Africa U20 Cup of Nations
tournament where Ghana won
gold, came close to agreeing on
a deal with German side Bayer
Leverkusen, but it fell through
at the last hour.
Songo slams GFA over
Hudson-Odoi chase
Ghanaian Sports
journalist, Patrick
Osei Agyemang
alias Countryman
Songo has
opposed the Ghana Football
Association(GFA)'s decision to
lure British-born Ghanaian,
Callum Hudson Odoi to play for
the Black Stars.
Songo believes the Chelsea
winger does not merit the Black
Stars call-up because he lacks
playing time for the English
Premier League side.
According to Songo, the Black
Stars technical handlers should
call players who are playing
actively and duly merits the
invite to the FIFA World Cup in
Qatar.
The Black Stars qualified for
the 2022 FIFA World Cup after
seeing off Nigeria in the playoff
round.
Following the qualification,
the FA have begun discussions
to convince top-performing
Ghanaian players born abroad
to represent Ghana at the World
Cup, which includes Odoi.
Courtois: Why Mendy
shouldn’t be blamed
Real Madrid goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois
has defended Chelsea
goalkeeper Edouard
Mendy for his costly
mistake in Los Blancos' 3-1 win
in the Champions League on
Wednesday night.
The Senegal international's
weak pass moments after the
break was intercepted by Karim
Benzema who kept his cool to
score his third of the game at
Stamford Bridge.
The result also means the English
charges have a mountain to
climb in the second leg that will
be played at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Courtois believes the Lion
of Teranga should not be blamed
for the mistake that helped
Benzema complete his second
hat-trick in his last two matches
in the competition.
"The problem if you make a
bad pass as a goalkeeper is that
there’s no one behind, they steal
the ball and score. He shouldn’t
be blamed, but a mistake by a
goalkeeper is talked about a lot,"
the 29-year-old Belgium international
said as quoted by The
Chelsea Chronicle.
However, former Blues attacker
Joe Cole pointed at Mendy
and Antonio Rudiger for criticism
after the Spanish heavyweights
scored their third goal.
"The next goal in the tie is
crucial. It’s a huge ask to go to
Spain and overturn a 3-1 deficit,"
Cole told BT Sport.
"[Thomas] Tuchel changed it
The Chelsea star is eligible
to play for the Black Stars
despite appearing three times
for England- all under age 20 not
appearing in a tournament.
at half-time, went to a back four
and looked a lot brighter and
sharper. One thing you can’t account
for is individual mistakes.
Rudiger and Mendy got it wrong.
"Benzema, outstanding and
gives them a good advantage
next week. The tie isn’t over
though."
The Blues have now conceded
seven goals in their last
two games in all competitions,
scoring two in the process.
Chelsea winger, Callum Hudson Odoi
Hudson Odoi is reported
to have secured his Ghanaian
passport which fuels his possible
nationality switch.
On Saturday, after the international
break, they fell 4-1 to
Brentford at Stamford Bridge.
Despite scoring first courtesy
of Rudiger, the Bees struck back
through Vitaly Janelt - who
scored a brace, as well as Christian
Eriksen and Yoane Wissa.
This weekend, they have
another tricky fixture, away to
Southampton whereby another
loss will pile pressure on the players
as well as the technical bench.
Mendy