Friday, 6th May, 2022

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DAILY ANALYST Friday, 6th May, 2022
Global News
Boris Johnson has promised
to work with other
countries to take on
"autocratic, coercive
powers", after signing
a defensive partnership with
Japan.
The prime minister met Japanese
counterpart Fumio Kishida
in Downing Street, where the two
The Covid pandemic has
caused the deaths of
nearly 15 million people
around the world, the
World Health Organization
(WHO) estimates.
That is 13% more deaths than
normally expected over two
years.
The WHO believes many
countries undercounted the
numbers who died from Covid -
only 5.4 million were reported.
In India, there were 4.7
million Covid deaths, it says - 10
times the official figures - and
almost a third of Covid deaths
globally.
The Indian government has
questioned the estimate, saying
it has "concerns" about the
methodology, but other studies
have come to similar conclusions
about the scale of deaths in the
country.
The measure used by the
WHO is called excess deaths -
how many more people died than
would normally be expected
based on mortality in the same
area before the pandemic hit.
These calculations also take
into account deaths which were
not directly because of Covid but
instead caused by its knock-on effects,
like people being unable to
access hospitals for the care they
needed. It also accounts for poor
record-keeping in some regions,
and sparse testing at the start of
the crisis.
But the WHO said the majority
of the extra 9.5 million deaths
seen above the 5.4 million Covid
deaths reported were thought to
be direct deaths caused by the
virus, rather than indirect deaths.
Speaking about the scale of
the figures, Dr Samira Asma, from
the WHO's data department, said
"It's a tragedy.
"It's a staggering number and
it's important for us to honour
the lives that are lost, and we
nations also announced joint
exercises and increased working
together for disaster relief.
The agreement is the first
of its kind between Japan and a
European country.
It comes after both PMs
condemned Russia's invasion of
Ukraine.
The agreement also follows
the UK government's defence
and foreign policy integrated
review, published last year, which
announced a "tilt" towards the
Indo-Pacific region.
The meeting between Mr
Kishida and Mr Johnson also
focused on how to exert pressure
on Russia and help allies become
less dependent on its oil and gas.
Mr Johnson said: "We in the
UK recognise that our security in
Europe is indivisible from the security,
our collective security, in
the Asia-Pacific, in the Indo-Pacific
region.
"And there is direct read
across from the actions of autocratic,
coercive powers in Europe,
Covid: World’s true pandemic death
toll nearly 15 million, says WHO
have to hold policymakers accountable,"
she said.
"If we don't count the dead,
we will miss the opportunity to
be better prepared for the next
time."
Alongside India, countries
with the highest total excess
deaths included Russia, Indonesia,
USA, Brazil, Mexico and Peru,
the WHO figures suggest. The
numbers for Russia are threeand-a-half
times the country's
recorded deaths.
The report also looks at the
rates of excess deaths relative to
each country's population size.
The UK's excess mortality rate -
like America, Spain and Germany
- was above the global average
during 2020 and 2021.
Countries with low excess
mortality rates included China,
which is still pursuing a policy
of "zero Covid" involving mass
testing and quarantines, Australia,
which imposed strict travel
restrictions to keep the virus out
of the country, Japan and Norway.
The academics who helped
compile the report admit their
estimates are more speculative
for countries in sub-Saharan Africa,
because there is little data on
deaths in the region. There were
no reliable statistics for 41 out of
54 countries in Africa.
Statistician Prof Jon Wakefield,
from Seattle's University
of Washington, helped the WHO
and told the BBC: "We urgently
need better data collection
systems.
"It is a disgrace that people
can be born and die - and we have
no record of their passing.
"So we really need to invest in
countries' registration systems
so we can get accurate and timely
data."
UK and Japan sign
military agreement
amid Russia concerns
to what may happen in east Asia.
And that's why we want to work
more closely together."
Oil and gas
Japan, a member of the G7
group of leading economies,
is part of the Western alliance
defending Ukraine and has condemned
the invasion, imposed
sanctions on Russia and sent
non-lethal military aid to Kyiv.
A Downing Street spokesperson
said: "Both leaders agreed
that Russia's barbaric invasion
marked the end of the post-Cold
War period and had major implications
for wider international
stability."
Addressing UK business leaders
at London's Guildhall ahead of
his meeting with Mr Johnson, Mr
Kishida said Japan would utilise
nuclear reactors to reduce its
As the Nigerian naira
continues to struggle
against the United
States dollar, the Vice
President, Yemi Osinbajo
has stepped up his game of
clinching the presidential ticket
of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) with the distribution of
$300 each to about 400 presidential
nomination delegates in
Adamawa and Taraba states.
The Vice President reportedly
switched from doling out money
in naira to hard currency in order
to stay on top of his game.
At a meeting held behind
closed doors in Jalingo, the
Taraba State capital and Yola, in
Adamawa State on Wednesday,
Osinbajo gave each delegate to
the APC National Convention US
$300
"I was handed an envelope
containing $300 shortly after
the Vice President left the hall,"
a delegate told SaharaReporters
while displaying the money.
dependence on Russian energy.
Mr Johnson said the UK and
Japan were "focused on driving
growth, creating highly skilled
jobs and ensuring we remain
technology superpowers".
He also announced that
former Business Secretary Greg
Clark, the Conservative MP for
Tunbridge Wells, as Britain's new
trade envoy to Japan.
During the meeting the
two leaders ate popcorn from
Fukushima, to mark the lifting
of restrictions on food products
from the Japanese region after
the 2011 nuclear disaster.
A flypast took place to mark
the visit of Mr Kishida - his first
to the UK since becoming prime
minister last October - and included
two Typhoon fighter jets
and the RAF Voyager Vespina.
Nigerian Vice President
gifts $300 each to over 400
APC delegates in Adamawa,
Taraba States
He was said to have pleaded
with the delegates to favour his
candidacy above all others in the
race, arguing that he has more
experience in governance at
home and on the international
stage than all his competitors.
SaharaReporters reported on
April 22, 2022, that some presidential
delegates of the ruling
All Progressives Congress in the
South-West on Friday went home
with N250,000 each after attending
a meeting with Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo in Ibadan,
Oyo State.
“This was what we were given
by Osinbajo today,” a delegate had
said while showing the money
packaged in an envelope.
A visibly elated VP was
accompanied to Muna Hotel in
Yola, the venue of the meeting by
some APC party senators, House
of Representatives members and
cronies of President Muhammadu
Buhari.

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Friday, 6th May, 2022 Page 3
Hearing suspended
Frontpage Stories
The case between the
state and the founder
of defunct Capital
Bank, Michael Ato
Essien yesterday took a
new twist.
This follows the suspension
of the hearing of the case by the
High Court as it waits for the
Court of Appeal to rule on an
earlier ruling.
Earlier, the trial court had
dismissed an application to suspend
the proceedings with regard
to a pending appeal against
its decision to admit unsigned
documents into evidence.
The Lawyer for William Ato
Essien, Baffuor Gyau Bonsu Ashia,
told the court that the processes
were filed on May 4, with
the expectation that the Court of
Appeal would hear the matter on
May 23, 2022.
However, in the wake of the
current development, the lawyer
asked the court to adjourn and
await the ruling of the court.
The trial judge, Justice Eric
Kyei Baffour (JA), said he did
not find any clear provisions in
the rules of the court whether
Work hard to
break the 8
The Deputy National
Women’s Organizer
of the New Patriotic
Party (NPP) Hajia
Sawudatu Saeed has
challenged women in the party
to work towards securing victory
for the party in the 2024 elections.
"To break the 8, which I am
fully committed to, we must
work hard together to touch
base with the grassroots and
be companions to all. We must
strive to improve the welfare
of the women by empowering
them to develop their skill sets
to take advantage of the numerous
opportunities created by the
Nana Addo led government"
In a statement issued and
signed by the aspiring National
Women’s Organizer of the NPP
to congratulate winners of the
nationwide constituency executives’
elections conducted by the
party, she called for concerted
effort and unity in the party.
"I respectfully urge you all,
in unity, to continue to play your
roles, more than ever before, to
support the Women’s wing.
For the past few weeks, I
have had the opportunity to
travel across the country, from
one region to another, one
constituency to another, and
witness, personally, the posing
challenges of our constituency
and polling station Women’s
Organizers
My heartfelt congratulations
to the Newly Elected constituency
Women’s Organizers in the
various constituencies. I humbly
entreat you all to always be
reminded of the confidence the
delegates have reposed in you
and use this opportunity to serve
in all humility and respect" she
submitted.
She commended the leadership
of the party. "Many thanks
to the leadership of the Party,
particularly to the elections
committees. Even though some
constituencies are yet to conduct
their elections, the various
Election Committees have done
a great job that needs to be commended.
She urged the vanquished
to remain steadfast "To our
sisters who could not win, be
strong. Allah may have another
opportunity for you. Losing your
position doesn’t mean losing
your place in the Women’s wing.
Once again congratulations to
my fellow patriots"
civil or criminal proceedings
that precluded the court from
proceeding with the trial since
an application for stay of proceedings
at the appellate court
could not operate as the stay of
proceedings itself.
Notwithstanding, his Lordship
exercised the court’s discretion
to temporarily suspend
the hearings.
The court has subsequently
adjourned to the 25th of May,
2022 to abide by the decision of
the Court of Appeal.
Corrupt people hate transparency
The Akufo-Addo government’s
infusion of
digitalization in the
provision of government
services as part
of the fight against corruption is
beginning to yield major results,
with even more interventions
planned to fight it even harder,
Vice President Mahamudu
Bawumia has stated.
The Vice President, who was
speaking at the 2022 edition of
the Annual Conference of the
Institute of Internal Auditors
(Ghana) in Accra on Thursday
5th May, 2022 emphasized
that Government is “very, very
committed” to the fight against
corruption, and will continue
to infuse digitalization into the
operations of state institutions
to ensure more transparency.
“Building strong institutions
means putting in place the
right systems and practices that
ensure transparency and brings
about efficiency. With this, although
corruption may remain
a chronic disease, transparency
will be its vaccine to reduce the
rate of spread. As the saying
goes, our biggest disease is corruption
and the vaccine is transparency.
Corrupt people hate
transparency,” he indicated.
Dr Bawumia explained that
in its quest to deal ruthlessly
with the menace of bribery and
corruption, Government has
since 2017 ensured the deployment
of technology and digitalization
with the twin aim
of ensuring easier, affordable
access, and as an anti-corruption
strategy.
“I would like to draw your
attention to where we are as a
country in our digitalisation
process. We have made tremendous
progress in building the
digital infrastructure that serves
as the bedrock for our digitalised
economy as part of the
paradigm shift in our economic
transformation.
“We approached the building
of this digital infrastructure on
the key pillars of standardising
individual identification using
the Ghana Card; solving the
address and property systems
using GhanaPostGPS; solving
under-banking and bringing
financial inclusion to most
people through a robust mobile
money and bank interoperability
and digital payment platform;
and integration of Government
Databases and digitising public
service delivery using the Ghana.gov
platform.”
Citing the massive improvements
in the revenues and
performance of Government
institutions that have embraced
digitization, Dr Bawumia said
“even more transparency” is
going to be infused in order
to “shine a light into the dark
recesses of corruption.”
“Already, we are seeing the
impacts of these initiatives
including efficient public service
delivery by all Ministries,
Departments, and Agencies on
the Ghana.gov portal, combatting
corruption by removing the
middle-man and “ghost names”
in many transactions, bringing
more Ghanaians into the formal
sector, and driving domestic
revenue mobilization, among
others.
“If you take the Passport
Office for instance, in 2017 there
were about 16,000 applications
for passports generating about
Ghs1m. But with the advent of
digitization, there were over
498,000 online applications in
2021, generating over Ghs56m.
Similar things are happening at
the DVLA, the ports, and other
institutions.
“Recently, due to the introduction
of e-tickets, we recorded
the highest gate proceeds from
a football match in Ghana. We
will continue to shine the light
of transparency in all aspects of
national life.”
The Vice President charged
Internal Auditors to play their
part in the fight against corruption,
given their key role in the
governance structure in institutions
both public and private.
“As internal auditors in
a digitalised economy, your
ability to provide independent
assurance that public sector
institutions’ risk management,
governance and internal control
processes are operating effectively
depends first and foremost
on your embracing and
adoption of digital technology.
It is critical for those responsible
for governance to embrace
digitalisation for survival and
growth.
“In tune with the mission
of the Institute of Internal Auditors,
the internal audit function
must be well-positioned to
help organisations accomplish
their objectives by providing
insight and foresight. This, must
be achieved by adopting the
systematic disciplined approach
to evaluate and improve the effectiveness
of risk management,
control and governance.”
The President of the Institute
of Internal Auditors, Mrs
Harriet Karikari, urged institutions
to invest in the continued
training of their internal audit
staff to improve their efficiency
and effectiveness in anticipating,
identifying and providing
remedies for any challenges.

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DAILY ANALYST Friday, 6th May, 2022
Akufo-Addo
petitioned over
Mpehuasem lands
Lawyers of the Spring Legal Consultancy, a legal firm
in Accra on behalf of the Nuumo Nmashie Family of
Teshie in the Greater Accra Region, have raised a red
flag over the intended move by the central government
through the Ministry of Lands and Natural
Resources over what they described as the compulsory acquisition
of vast lands belonging to the Nuumo Nmashie Family
of Teshie.
According to the lawyers, l members of Nuumo Nmashie
Family of Teshie have found it extremely difficult to understand
why the government forcibly wanted to take over their
ancestors’ land from them without negotiating any compensation
packages to them.
This, the lawyers stressed, has angered members of the
family to call on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
to urgently intervene in the matter by way of calling for the
immediate cessation of any further development of the land
by these persons to whom the government has unlawfully
released the lands.
These statements were contained in a strong-worded twopage
petition written by the lawyers of Spring Legal Consultancy
on behalf of the members of the family to President
Akufo-Addo.
Below is the petition
THE HONOURABLE MINISTER.
MINISTER OF LANDS & NATURAL RESOURCES, MINIS-
TRIES, ACCRA.
25TH APRIL 2022.
Dear Sir.
HUMBLE PETITION 'BY THE NUMO NMASHIE FAMILY
FOR THE RELEASE OF
59.324 ACRES OF LAND CLOSE TO THE ACCRA TRAINING
COLLEGE AT MPEHUASEM. ACCRA.
We write this petition as Lawyers for and on behalf of the
NIJMO NMASHIE FAMILY of Teshie. Accra.
Our Client informs us that its previous Lawyers by its letter
dated 18th July 2019 earlier on submitted a petition to your
office, then headed by your predecessor which unfortunately
is yet to be honored with a response.
Government being a continuum, we deem it in order to
remind you of the said petition, which for the avoidance of
doubt, we to a large extent repeat hereinafter.
It would be recalled that the Government of the Republic
of Ghana under Executive Instrument (E.I) No.72 (STATE
LANDS ACCRA MPEHUASEM-SITE FOR ACCRA TRAINING
INSTRUMENT, 1974) and 113 of 1977 compulsorily acquired
all that land owned by the Djrasee Family of La and Numo
Nmashie Family Of Teshie.
The Government of the Republic of Ghana however failed
to pay compensation to the Djrasee Family of La and Numo
Nmashie Family Of Teshie for their lands that were compulsorily
acquired.
By virtue of a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U)
dated 1 6th December 2008 made between the Government of
Cont’d on page 5
Tobinco's mom goes
home tomorrow
The burial service of
the Mother of Elder
Nana Amo Tobbin I,
Executive Chairman of
the Tobinco Group of
Companies, Deaconess Margaret
Badu Tobbin, will be held on
Saturday, May 7, 2022.
The memorial service be
held at the forecourt of the State
House from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
while the funeral rites will be
held at Awudua in Tarkwa at 1
pm the same day.
On Sunday, May 8, 2022, a
thanksgiving service will be
held at the Church of Pentecost,
Awudua-Tarkwa.
The final funeral rites will
also be held at the Community
Center at Awudua after the
Thanksgiving service at 10 a.m.
The attire for the programme
is black and white.
Deaconess Margaret Badu
Tobbin who was born in 1937
died on 24th, December 2021
after she took a short sickness at
age 84.
High-profile personalities
including politicians, respected
clergymen, corporate partners,
and celebrities are expected to
grace the occasion, which has
been termed the celebration of
the life of Deaconess Mrs. Margaret
Badu Tobbin
Deaconess Mrs. Margaret
Badu Tobbin was born in
Awudua near Tarkwa, in 1937 to
Papa Kwamena Essuman and
Maame Asekyi, of the Royal Family
at Asemankoma Kotokyere of
the Apinto Awudua Traditional
Area (both of blessed memory).
Her maiden name was
Margaret Essuman. She was the
tenth among eleven siblings. Her
mother died early while Ama
Badu was still an infant. Therefore,
her upbringing fell on her
father and senior sister Maame
Twenewa.
Ama Badu did not have formal
education. Her sister Maame
Twenewa was a successful trader.
She involved young Ama in
her trading. From her senior sister,
Ama Badu acquired the skills
and experience in doing business.
She later exhibited these
skills in her own businesses. Her
first business was hawking in
the trains from Prestea to Tarkwa
and back. Her wares included,
bread, biscuits, toffees, chewing
gums, soft drinks, etc.
Ama Badu was very humble,
generous, and accommodating,
right from her youth. These nice
traits grew and became more
prominent in her adulthood.
She was a confident and affable
person, who did not hesitate to
speak her mind yet, she was very
respectful and exhibited love
all around her. She was a great
help to many of her siblings and
relatives.
Badu’s first experience with
marriage was not successful, she
had three children, two boys,
and one girl by that marriage. In
the year 1963, she got married
to a young scholarly gentleman
by the name of Mr. Charles Amo
Tobbin of Awudua, who was
working with the State Construction
Corporation (SCC), in
Accra. Their marriage was blessed
with eight children, five boys,
and three girls. Two are currently
deceased.
To support her husband in
the upbringing and education of
her eleven children, Mrs. Margaret
Badu Tobbin started selling
plantain at the Malam Atta Market
in Accra New Town. She
later went into selling
clothes and children’s wares at
Makola Market in central Accra,
and in the evenings Mrs. Margaret
Tobbin operated a tea spot
in front of their rented house at
Racco down, Accra New Town.
Later they moved to their
own house at Anyaa, a suburb of
Accra. There Mrs. Margaret Tobbin
rekindled her business talents,
took advantage of her new
environment, and established
many businesses. Some of the
enterprises she operated include,
a bakery, a cement store, a cold
store, and the hiring of plastic
chairs and canopies. She also engaged
in transport business with
three passenger trucks.
Notwithstanding all the
above commercial engagements,
Mrs. Margaret Tobbin did not
relent on her duties at home as a
wife and a mother.
Prior to her marriage, Mrs.
Margaret Badu Tobbin was a
Methodist at Awudua. But later
converted to the Pentecostal
faith and joined the Church of
Pentecost. She attended church
regularly with her husband, at
the Church of Pentecost; Accra
New Town Assembly. She was
baptized in the year 1963. Mrs.
Tobbin, was a member of both
the witness and the Women
Movements.
She was called to the office
of a Deaconess in Accra Central
District at Dr. Thomas Wyatt
Assembly by Pastor Parker of
blessed memory in 1992. She
was later transferred to join her
husband who was the Presiding
Elder at Avernor Assembly, a
suburb of Accra. Together, Mrs.
Margaret Badu Tobbin and her
husband Elder Charles Amo
Tobbin; served as officers of the
church for thirty (30) years.
As a Presiding Elder and his
wife, a Deaconess; they were
transferred from: “Dr. Thomas
Wyatt Memorial, Accra New
Town Assembly to serve in the
following Assemblies: Avernor
(15 years); Alajo (5 years); and
Merry Vilas (5 years). Out of the
thirty years, she supported her
husband Elder Charles Tobbin’s
ministry as a Presiding Elder for
25 consecutive years in 3 Assemblies.
In 2001, her husband Elder
Charles Tobbin was retired from
active service and they were
finally transferred to Anyaa
Assembly, New Awoshie District.
Deaconess Margaret Tobbin
continued services at Anyaa
Assembly, now Mount Olivet as
a Deaconess of the church. After
forty (40) years of marriage, their
marriage was blessed in the year
2003 by Apostle Alexander
Nana Yaw Kumi-Labi,
then-District Pastor of the
church of Pentecost, at the
Mount Olivet Assembly, New
Awoshie District.
Deaconess Margaret Tobbin
served in all the above assemblies
wholeheartedly with love,
kindness, humility, and a sense
of purpose in the fear of God.
She retired from the deaconess
service in 2017. Even after her
retirement, Mrs. Tobbin did not
rest from service to God and humanity.
She joined the Church of
Pentecost Retired Officers Prayer
Fellowship and became an
executive member of this prayer
fellowship till she fell sick and
could not actively participate in
their meetings.
In her old age, the Lord sustained
Aunty Badu Tobbin and
delivered her from ailments that
could have ended her life much
earlier. In His own time, after
she fell ill for a short while, the
good
Lord called her to Himself in
glory, on the 24th of December
2021.

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Friday, 6th May, 2022 Page 5
Perspective
Why act surprised; Our
culture nurtures corrupt leaders
– Bright Anderson writes
Amongst the many,
if not the most
insidious, poisonous,
pervasive and
chronic diseases our
country and continent (Africa)
are bedevilled with which have
wreaked havoc on almost all
ramifications of our lives is
LEADERSHIP CRISIS.
Often, when this topic is
raised, political correctness and
its habitual and predictable occurrence
make the topic trivial.
Yet that appearance of triviality
is deceptive and detrimental
to the sustainability of a stable
society and humanity. It goes
further to unravel the tyranny
and futility of the political
culture and environment, which
brutalizes the general welfare of
our society.
Do you know that you are
very corrupt? Yes, you!!!!
You are a very hypocrite!!!
Yes, you!!!
You have been brought up
to be corrupt, you have been
trained to be a hypocrite, and
yet you have the unmitigated
temerity to call someone corrupt?—-
such an act of hypocrisy!!!.
There have been several
times when a leadership crisis
has played plunged our country
into a great quagmire which has
cost us more than necessary to
extricate ourselves, causing the
disintegration of civility and
safety.
Akufo-Addo petitioned
over Mpehuasem lands
Cont’d from page 4
the Republic of Ghana and the
Djrasee Family of La and Numo
Nmashie Family of Teshie and
Supplementary Agreement to
Agreement On The Revision Of
State
Paltncrs: R.A. Aglagoll. A.N.K
Acquired/Occupied Lands In
The Greater Accra Region dated
16th December 2008, the Government
amongst other things
agreed to release of part of the
lands acquired under E.1 72.
That it was a term of the said
(M.O.U) dated 16th December
2008 that the lands to be released
which is described in the
3d Schedule measuring 59.989
Hectares WOUId be free from
all encumbrances. (Attached for
ease of reference is a copy of the
M.O.U).
Consequent upon the M.O.U
dated 16th December 2008 the
Africans, in this case, Ghanaians
are very good at pointing
fingers and calling leaders and
people corrupt except themselves.
We sit on platforms
to address the symptoms of
leadership crisis yet are afraid
to engage with the very cause of
such chronic disease.
Well, you can sit in your
comfort zone and call people
out at all times but until you
find yourself in the corridors of
power and influence and in possession
of wealth to fund your
temptations, don’t rant about
your morals and principles —(
words to my sub-personality).
Now, let me prove to you why
our society has built you to be
corrupt!!!
Let me help you unravel
why and how your parents
have trained you to be a corrupt
leader.
Has it ever occurred to you
why Africa (Ghana) has had
many heads of state yet few
leaders? — confused huh
Have you ever thought of
why we always complain of
corruption and still we seem to
have not been able to solve such
an issue?
Have you thoroughly analysed
our culture and its relationship
to leadership?
Let me make these bold
claims of truth:
1. Our leaders are corrupt because
our society built them so.
2. Ghana does not have lead-
Government of the Republic of
Ghana released and returned the
excess lands described in the
3rd Schedule measuring 59.989
Hectares to our Client and Djrasee
Family Of La.
(Please find attached a
copy of site plan of the area of
release).
The said release was duly
recognized by publication in the
newspapers, communication of
the Lands Commission to persons
attempting to register their
title to lands within the release,
and a Memorandum from the
Regional Lands Officer to Heads-
LRD. SMD.
(Attached our copies of the
said documents).
We are informed by our
Client that the majority of the
said 59.989 Hectares released to
it has been encroached upon.
occupied by third parties and
same encumbered, resulting in
ers, it has heads of state and
colonial masters
3. Our culture uproots and
retard development and plant
corruption
4. We can not fix corruption
and leadership problems until
we are bold, intentional and
sincere enough to fix the sick
traditional culture of our various
societies.
Until we man up enough
to address such a fundamental
cause of the problems emanating
from the leadership crisis,
we have no business dreaming
about building a better Ghana.
So the question is, as complex
as the problems of leadership
in our country and continent
appear, “should the system
and the people at the helm of
affairs be solely blamed”?
Let’s give this question an
in-depth dissection and also
draw from the idea of Dr Jordan
B Peterson.
If society is corrupt, but not
the individuals within it, then
where did the corruption originate?
How is it propagated? It is
a one-sided, deeply ideological
theory.
Even more problematic is
the insistence logically stemming
from this presumption of
social corruption that all individual
problems, no matter how
rare, must be solved by cultural
restructuring, no matter how
radical.
Our society faces the innumerous
legal suits pending in
court, either commenced by our
Client or against our Client.
By the petition dated 18th
July 2019, our Client notified
your office of a parcel of land lying
close to the Training College
which covers an approximate
area of 59 acres said land has
been lying undeveloped for a
long time. In accordance with
the said Petition, our client
requested the release of the said
parcel of land to them.
Our Client intimates to us
that, recently, it has noticed the
development of the said land by
private persons and for purposes
contrary to the acquisition of
the said land.
Further that, the release of
the land to third parties contrary
to the purposes for which
the land was acquired without
granting the first option to the
allodial owners is in breach of
the laws of Ghana.
creasing call to deconstruct its
stabilizing traditions to include
smaller and smaller members of
people who do not or will not fit
into the categories upon which
even out perceptions are based.
This is not a good thing.
Each person’s private
trouble cannot be solved by a
social revolution, because revolutions
are destabilising and
dangerous. We have learned to
live together and organize our
complex societies slowly and
incrementally over vast periods
and we do not understand with
sufficient exactitude why what
we are doing works.
Thus, altering our ways of
social being carelessly in the
name of some ideological shibboleth
( diversity springs to
mind ) is likely to produce far
more trouble than good, given
the suffering that even small
revolutions generally produce.
However, there is a gentle
way to go about solving this
problem, but before that, we
have to ask the right questions
to find the right answers.
So, is our problem the
system or the culture? Or the
people in charge of building the
system?
In pursuit of answers let us
analyse these situations.
When was the last time you
questioned and criticized your
leader to his face?
What sought of relationships
exist between the people
By this letter, we have our
Client's instruction to humbly
petition your office once again
for the following: • A request for
the release Of the said parcel of
land being developed by private
persons contrary to the purposes
for which th e said land
was acquired and the M.O.U
dated 16TH December 2008. and
without
2granting first option to our
Client to reacquire the Idnd as
provided for in Article 20(6) Of
the 1992 Constitution.
• Immediate cessation of
any further development-of-the
land by these persons to whom
the government has unlawfully
released the lands.
We hope that our Client's
humble petition would meet
your kind consideration and
attention.
cc:
1THE PRESIDENT
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
2. THE EXECUTIVE SEC-
RETARY
LANDS COMMISSION CAN-
TONMENTS ACCRA.
3THE HEAD OF FAMILY
NUMO NMASHIE FAMILY TESH-
IE, ACCRA.
and their leaders?
Right from the home, children
are taught to be corrupt,
and in this case corrupt leaders.
Any chronic liar discovered lies
when he or she was a child.
In our traditional homes, the
father who is the head ( leader)
of the house makes the final
decision, gets the best services,
gets served first and no child
dares question him on any
father-made decision even when
the life of the child is at the centre
of the decision.
When the child goes to high
school, he or she realizes that
the prefects in the school are
treated differently, they enjoy
special services which clearly
shows how the privileges of being
a leader play louder than the
responsibilities of being a leader.
Even when a father offends
a child, the child is forced to
apologise to the father. Mothers
sometimes instruct children to
lie about her ( the mother) or
another person.— that is corruption
being inculcated in the
child.
Generally, from our various
households, we are trained to
fear leaders, become corrupt and
resist responsibilities. These
characters which are acquired
by the child unconsciously stay
with the child throughout his
lifetime and become difficult
to break. Characters acquired
unconsciously are more serious
than characters acquired
consciously.
Our various student-leaders
are trained to lord over the
students.
Why then, do we seem surprised
when there is enormous
corruption at the national level?
The corruption at the national
level is practically the
amplification and manifestation
of the corruption at the basic
level.
We are one way or the other,
brought up to be unconsciously
corrupt.
Why is it that a rich minister
will still get a brand new V8
vehicle while there are no classroom
blocks for children to sit
in and study? Because our style
of leadership makes privileges
louder than responsibilities.
Practically we are trading
the future of such children for
unnecessary comfort for already
rich leaders.
Why is it that national
leaders get healthcare services
abroad instead of using the local
hospitals? So if the local hospitals
are not good enough for the
leaders, is it good enough for the
citizens?
Why do we always shield
and protect our leaders from the
problems they are supposed to
solve?
Could it be a deliberate move
to make things this way?
Is it because our leaders
have invested in sick Ghana and
therefore preventing Ghana to
get well so that they don’t lose
their investment?
Great leaders sacrifice everything
to become who they
needed to become in line with
the kind of leaders the society or
community or country needed
and wanted the most.
If Ghana wants to get great
leaders in the future, then, there
is a need to go back and change
how leaders are trained.

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DAILY ANALYST Friday, 6th May, 2022
Achieving a Ghana
without child labour
by 2025 is possible
if all stakeholders
intensify efforts to
end the menace, Mr Andrews
Addoquaye Tagoe, the Deputy
A
former Finance
Minister says
government
suppressing and
silencing critical
voices who are capable of
contributing to the country’s
socio-economic growth
discourse, accounts for the
current economic woes.
According to Prof. Kwesi
Botchwey, the voices of experts
have been tagged so that such
people are unable to participate
in the country’s economic
governance.
Speaking to JoyNews on the
sidelines of the launch of the
University of Cape Coast School
of Economics Development
Fund, Prof Botchwey said he
would have handled matters
differently if he were in charge
of the country’s finances and
not foisting policies like e-levy
on the masses who are already
suffering.
He admonished government
to shun its arrogant posture,
cut its expenditure and, more
importantly, deal with the
wastage that continues to
deplete the country’s resources.
He recounted some
difficulties he faced when he
was Finance Minister and the
pushback he suffered when
they wanted to introduce VAT.
Prof Botchwey said he had
to withdraw it and waited until
people were better prepared
and understood the essence
of the tax before VAT was reintroduced.
“I knew that, as a country,
we were going to have a
Value Added Tax (VAT), but
I withdrew it and made
sure that the sales tax was
vigorously implemented. So,
in politics, we just don’t run
things down people’s throats,
especially where the majority
in Parliament is so thin,” he
stated.
General Secretary, General
Agriculture Workers’ Union
(GAWU), has said.
“A Ghana without child
labour is possible; no child
should be left behind as the SDG-
8 is telling us, so the country
must recognise that we have a
responsibility towards our own
children,” he said.
Though Ghana had made
giant strides in curbing the
menace the situation seemed
to be pervasive in key areas
including the agricultural sector
with majority of trafficked
children forced into labour or
voluntarily opted for it, he said.
Mr Tagoe, in an interview
with the Ghana News Agency
on Tuesday, said 70 per cent of
children found labouring in the
agricultural sector were found
on Lake Volta and other fishing
communities.
“The place where childlabour
is more pronounced
in Ghana is the fishing sector
on Lake Volta, where you have
dangerous and dirty things
happening to them.”
Blame country’s woes on arrogance,
silencing of critical voices –Kwesi Botchwey
But Prof. Botchwey stated
that unless the arrogance and
the pretence that only a group
of people can resolve everything
are discarded, the country will
go nowhere.
“I think it’s not good for
the country that everything
should be seen in party political
colours. I think there’s a good
deal to be said about lowering
the temperature in the country.
There should be a show of some
humility.”
He further said it’s
aggravating when people
are constantly faced with
some arrogant dismissal
of everything being said,
depending upon who is saying
it.
According to him, such a
posture doesn’t make any sense
and should be discarded.
“We need to bridge this gap
and create an environment
where sensible debates can be
held. Especially when the lines
are so thin in Parliament, you
don’t say, ‘We are in power, we
will do it whether you like it or
not.”
It is time to show humility,
shun arrogance because the
numbers don’t show that we are
doing great,” he added.
He wants space to be
created so decent and sensible
conversation can be had.
There’s absolutely no
point in juggling with figures,
reclassifying numbers below
the line and above the line, and
all that to create the erroneous
impression that things are well.
On the e-levy, he said no
responsible person can suggest
that the government shouldn’t
have any taxes, but he believes
the groundswell of anxiety is
a sign of the difficult times
the country finds itself in and
the government should have
listened to the people.
He stated, “Some concerns
Let’s build a Ghana without
child labour – GAWU
have been expressed about the
e-levy, for instance, about its
regressivity, and it’s important
that those concerns are
addressed in the interest of all
of us.”
The former Finance
Minister further suggested
that instead of the government
imposing more taxes on the
people, it’s more important
to plug the loopholes in the
implementation of the existing
regulations and taxes.
He said the Auditor-General
has spoken about the colossal
losses the country keeps
recording, and it would be very
significant for the people to
learn that efforts are being
made to deal with government
expenditures.
“This is to assure people
that government is sensitive.
Let’s not zero in on the e-levy
alone. The most important
thing happening in the country
right now is that the public
debt is unsustainable. We need
to restore our credibility in the
market so that we can access it
when we need to, “he averred.
The Sustainable
Development Goal (SDG) Eight
demands that countries meet
the target of eliminating the
worst forms of child labour, and
by 2025 end it in all forms.
“The Ghana Living Standard
Survey (GLSS) in 2014 said 21.8
per cent of children were in a
form of child labour and one
out of every five children was in
child labour,” Mr Tagoe said.
Also in 2021, the
International Labour
Organisation and United Nations
Children’s Fund estimated that
about 160 million children were
in child labour with more than
half the number in Africa.
Mr Tagoe said Government,
institutions and agencies,
assemblies, community leaders,
parents and guardians ought
to expedite actions on policies,
commitments and engagements
to achieve the SDG-8.
He said GAWU had rolled
out modules to ensure that all
agricultural enterprises across
Market women
and traders
occupying
streets and
pedestrian
walkways in the Central
Business District (CBD) of Accra
have been given a one-week
ultimatum to leave the streets
into the markets.
The Mayor of Accra, Elizabeth
Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey, ordered
the traders to vacate the streets
on Wednesday, 4 May 2022, when
she embarked on a citywide tour
to inspect sanitation conditions
as well as areas earmarked for
decongestion exercises in the
metropolis.
The Mayor of Accra who was
accompanied by the Presiding
Member of the AMA and a
National Association of Local
Authorities of Ghana (NALAG)
Presidential hopeful, Alfred
Adjei, Metro Coordinating
Director, Dr. Ahmed Rufai
Ibrahim, and members of the
task force visited the Electricity
Company of Ghana (ECG) section
the country were child labourfree
zones and had collaborated
with farmers and community
leaders to promote that.
The practice was prevalent
in the informal sector and
having worked in cocoa, rice, and
fishing communities amongst
others, there had been adequate
social protection shelters
and therefore, called on the
Government to increase the
shelter, Mr Tagoe said.
“Child labour successful
programme is hinged on the
districts. The district in their
medium term planning must
have a portion for child labour
and forced labour, this means
they would put a budget on it.
So the assemblies have a role to
play.”
He said GAWU had been
able to rescue more than 5,000
children from child labour and
urged parents, especially those
in the agricultural sector, to
endeavour to put their children
in school.
Vacate streets, pavements
in one week or we prosecute
you – AMA boss to traders
of the Independence Avenue
through the Ghana School of
law to the Kojo Thompson Road
in front of the Makola mall and
finally to the Kinbu road.
She explained that the
purpose of the exercise was to
ensure a sustained sanitation
drive within the areas and
the free flow of vehicular and
human traffic.
“We have been lenient
enough with you all, your grace
period has come to an end, we
are hence giving you a week
to move from the streets and
pavements else, be ready to face
the law... When we come after
the stipulated period, anybody
found culpable will be dealt with
and brought to book,” she stated.
“When I met with the queen
mothers of the markets, they
told me the majority of you have
spaces in the market but some
of you have proven stubborn
and have moved to the streets
and pavements to sell all in the
pursuit for customers which is
not good,” she added.

DAILY ANALYST
Friday, 6th May, 2022 Page 7
Value the work of the National
Fire Service
The Ghana National Fire
Service has called on
the media to intensify
education on the roles
of the service in saving
lives and property.
Western Regional
Commander, Assistant Chief
Fire Officer (ACFO1) Frederick
Ohemeng, argued that personnel
of the service had sacrificed and
deserved the maximum support
of the public.
He made the call at the
celebration of the fourth
International Fire Fighters Day
held at the Regional Command
at Fijai near Sekondi.
As part of the event, Assistant
Divisional Officer (ADO)11
Reverend Andzie Quaicoo and
ADO11 Musah Alhassan, led the
personnel to pray for the Chief
Fire Officer, fire fighters who
had lost their lives and Ghana
Household Manufacturing
Company (GHUMCO) fire
fighters who fell victims in gas
explosion in Takoradi a few years
back.
ACFO Ohemeng led other
officers to lay memorial coins at
the cenotaph in remembrance of
the gallant fighters.
He urged the media to
highlight the immeasurable
contributions of the personnel
in appreciation for their support
and values.
Condemning the several
mob attacks on fire fighters,
he stressed that they must be
eschewed, stressing, “it would
only take education, awareness
creation and knowledge in the
public sphere to end it.”
He recalled that fire men
in the Region had equally
fought in explosions and fire
outbreaks including that of
GHUMCO in Takoradi, Appiatse
in the Prestea- Huni Valley
Municipality and Asemase in the
Shama District.
“In this part of the world,
our work seemed to be less
recognised with attacks
and even destruction of our
property, but we shall never be
discouraged as greater love has
no one than this: that we lay our
lives of such people in times of
distress,” the Fire Commander
added.
He added: “we don’t deserve
hooting, insults and other
abuses, but rather social support,
respect and above all recognition
for the important roles we play
in society”.
He said, the Command would
continue to dedicate their lives
to communities in diverse
ways to be able to achieve the
overriding objective of saving
lives and properties.
The international Fire
Fighters Day, originally
celebrated on January 4, each
year, was switched to May 4, to
fall in line with Saint Florian,
the patriot saint of firefighters
of the then Roman Empire, who
also lost his life in the line of
duty in 300AD.
The day was inspired by the
sacrifices of five gallant fire
fighters in Victoria in Australia
who tragically died while
fighting a bush fire in December
2,1988.
Free SHS: Prof Aryeetey
outlines 5 reasons quality
of Ghana's public school
system is declining
Parliament to review appointments
of MPs as heads of institutions
Mr Alban Bagnin,
Speaker of
Parliament, has
announced plans
of reviewing
various rules in Parliament
to impede the Executive
from appointing Members of
Parliament as heads of state
institutions.
The Speaker lamented that
the lawmakers appointed to
head institutions were unable
to discharge their legislative
functions.
“Don’t allow money and
political patronage to take over
your minds. That is one thing we
intend to fight within these
two and a half years. So that
by the time we get to 2025, it
would be a different ball game.
“The governing party
always has a lot of Members in
Parliament brought through
political patronage,” Mr
Bagbin said when he swore-in
seven new executives of the
Parliamentary Press Corps in
Accra.
The seven-member
Parliamentary Press Corps
executives are Mr Simon
Agianab, Dean; Mr Stephen
Odoi-Larbi, Vice-Dean;
Mr Kwaku Sakyi-Danso,
Secretary; Mr Francis Ekow
Annan, Deputy Secretary; Ms
Yesmeen Abubakar Tetteh,
Treasurer; Ms Deborah
Dzievenu, Deputy Treasurer
and Mr Ibrahim Alhassan,
Organising Secretary.
They were led by the Speaker
to take their oath of office.
They are being made board
chairs, CEO of some institutions,
and Members of Parliament. So,
how can you come and criticise
the same thing you are involved
in? he quizzed.
Mr Bagbin also announced
plans to review the Standing
Orders of Parliament to suit
the current hung Parliament,
which he admitted was posing a
challenge to proceedings.
He said: “Because of the
new structure we have today,
which you refer to as the
hung Parliament, the rules we
have now are structured for a
majoritarian Parliament, which
we do not have now. We are
trying to tweak the rules a bit
to incorporate some rules that
can help us manage a situation
like this. It has been difficult to
manage this, Parliament.”
The eighth Parliament, since
its commencement in 2021,
has witnessed chaotic scenes
due to its hung nature as both
the Majority and Minority
have 137 members each, with
one Independent Member of
Parliament.
Mr Bagbin in his quest to
leave a legacy after his tenure,
said a review needed to be
carried out on the Standing
Orders of the House to prevent
such chaotic scenes and smooth
decision-making.
On February 25, 2022, the
Parliamentary Press Corps
held an election to elect new
members to steer the affairs of
the group in Parliament House
for the next three years.
A
former Vice-
Chancellor of the
University of Ghana,
Prof Ernest Aryeetey,
has outlined five
reasons for the decline in the
quality of Ghana's public school
system.
According to him, Ghana's
public school system has been
affected over the years even
prior to the introduction of the
Free SHS policy but he believes
the policy has worsened the
situation.
At a forum organised by
policy think tank, Centre
for Social Justice (CSJ), Prof
Aryeetey said the Free SHS
policy, which is government's
flagship public education
programme, needs crucial
review to live up to its purpose.
Presenting findings by the
African Research Universities
Alliance (ARUA), in his capacity
as General Secretary, Prof
Aryeetey revealed that the poor
performance of Ghana's public
school system is generally
attributed to the following:
1. Inadequate investment
in schools reflected by poor
infrastructure, facilities and
equipment;
2. Inadequate teacher
preparation, often attributed to
poor motivation and low morale;
3. Inadequate time spent in
school;
4. Schools focus on getting
students to pass examinations
mainly, so no broad education
and critical thinking;
5. System of governance of
public schools does not provide
much incentive for schools to
want to excel.
Commenting on the problem
with the governance of public
schools, he said currently, boards
of the schools have no say in the
running of their schools.
"The school boards don't
run the school. They don't take
any important decisions. All the
important decisions are taken
by the Ministry of Education and
the Ghana Education Service,"
he said.
The forum, which is CSJ's
10th Leadership Dialogue Series,
was on the topic, "Ghana's
Education System: Current and
Future Aspirations." To deal
with the problem of inadequate
investments, which he said was
one of the major setbacks, Prof
Aryeetey recommended that
the government adopts a Public
Private Partnership (PPP).
According to him, the
government cannot sustain
the current arrangement to
build the infrastructure for the
thousands of public schools
across the country singlehandedly.
Participants of the virtual
forum included a free SHS
graduate, parents, and teachers.
They all gave a critical
assessment of the free SHS
system and called on the
government to heed to the
numerous suggestions to review
the policy.

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Health
DAILY ANALYST Friday, 6th May, 2022
Stop selling eggs with
cracks to customers
...GSA, GNECS tell egg sellers
Story: Freeman Koryekpor
Awlesu And Prosper
Kwaku Selassy Agbitor,
Back From Tema
Ghana Standard
Authority (GSA) and
Ghana National Egg
Campaign Secretariat
(GNECS) have advised
egg sellers to desist from selling
eggs with cracks (leaker eggs) to
the public because it is dangerous
for human consumption.
The Standards Officer at the
Ghana Standard Authority, Mr.
Samuel Kwatia, who offered the
advice at a sensitisation programme
organised by GNECS for
stakeholders and dealers in the
egg industry in Tema yesterday
stated that edible eggs must be
clean from visible cracks and
other contaminated substances.
The engagement of the stakesholders
in the egg industry
covers a variety of issues ranging
from how to handle eggs to the
transportation of eggs to the
point of sale.
The exercise, which came off
on Wednesday, May 5, 2022, saw
officials from both the Ghana
Standard Authority and the
Ghana Health Service educate
participants on a broad spectrum
of issues in relation to best
practices of handling, transporting
and safe keeping of eggs.
Making a presentation at the
event, Mr. Kwatia underscored
the urgent need for stakeholders
to pay particular attention to the
grading of eggs.
According to him, edible
eggs in shell from any poultry
domesticated, fit for human
consumption and use in food
and non food industries should
be practically normal with an
oval shape.
He added that edible eggs
must be free from faecal matter
and odour.
"Incubated eggs are not edible
for consumption since they
can harbour bacteria, fungal rots
and eggs contaminated with
faecal matter therefore such
eggs must not be consumed as
they can be harmful to human
health," he warned.
He said it was incumbent on
egg sellers to abide by all standards
set by the Ghana Standards
Authority to help save lives of
people who consume their eggs.
The feedback received from
the egg sellers, he noted, was so
impressive particularly the issue
of leaker eggs (eggs with cracks)
which he indicated must be disposed
of as early as possible.
He bemoaned the practice
of disposing of of leaker eggs by
sellers to Indomine sellers which
he said was not wholesome for
consumption and hence must
desist from the practice.
For her part, the Nutritionist
from the Ghana Health Service
(GHS), Ms. Mirabel Asomboya, debunked
the wildly held assertion
that consuming eggs could cause
obesity.
She however, said the white
membrane of eggs rather helps
in the formation of the brain
particularly in children.
The nutritionist further
added that consuming eggs
could help in reducing weight
therefore would be the best diet
for those willing to shed some
calories.
She has some good news for
couples as she revealed that eggs
were good sources of boosting
libidos of men.
On her part, the Coordinator
of GNECS, Madam Comfort
Kyerewa Acheampong, responding
to calls from egg sellers
for the prices to be looked at,
explained that the cost of feeding,
watering, medication and
keeping the poultry birds have
seen a sharp rise.
She however, called on the
sellers to bear with them as they
work on ways to get the price
regulated.
She said egg could serve as
a whole meal therefore, at least
a day would suffice, adding that
incorporating eggs in ones meals
would be helpful and healthy.
Vodafone Ghana Foundation holds free health screening
for 2 Orphanages to marks International Health
As part of efforts to
commemorate this
year’s International
Health Month,
Vodafone Ghana
Foundation through its monthly
Birthday Stars initiative has
organised free health screening
exercise, STEM training and
instant school for Nyame Nsa
and Haven of Hope foster homes
in the Eastern Region.
The program was in
partnership with World Vision
International, Erith Health
Services, MDS Lancet, Vodafone
Healthline Doctors and public
figures including musicians;
Okyeame Kwame, and Cwesi
Oteng, Alfred Ocansey from
TV3, and Dr. Angela Dwamena-
Aboagye of Ark Foundation.
Speaking on the initiative,
Rev. Amaris Nana Perbi, the
Lead of the Vodafone Ghana
Foundation, said his outfit was
happy to organise this program
to engage and excite the
children.
“We are very excited to
bring together two different
orphanages, Nyame Nsa and
Haven of Hope as part of our
April Birthday Stars activities.
Apart from Hepatitis screening
and other clinical screening
activities, we excited them with
games such as egg and spoon,
basketball, football and others.
We also had a mentorship
program and STEM training for
them. We thank our partners,
Erith for bringing so many
books for the kids, World Vision
International for donating
3,500 pieces of lab cloths, and
MDS Lancet and Doctors from
Vodafone Healthline for the
screening exercises for all these
children”.
On his part, Samuel Danquah,
Deputy Administrator, Project
Nyame Nsa, thanked Vodafone
Ghana Foundation for the
program.
“Project Nyame Nsa is a
nonprofit organization dedicated
to expressing the love of God to
orphans and highly vulnerable
children particularly in Ghana
and Zambia, Africa. We believe
that children belong in families
and our vision is to raise future
leaders and instill hope back into
the hopeless. We believe that
changing the world starts with
changing the life of one. And we
are so grateful to Vodafone Ghana
Foundation for these impactful
activities. The children are
so happy meeting all these
celebrities and learning different
and new things”.
Also commenting on the
program, Alfred Ocansey added,
“I think it is amazing for
Vodafone Ghana Foundation to
bring all these people together
to inspire these orphans. It is
the best way of spreading love.
On behalf of the public figures
invited, we say thank you to
Vodafone Foundation for making
us part of this impact”.

DAILY ANALYST
Friday, 6th May, 2022 Page 9
Ghana’s High Urban Class Sizes
and the Pedagogical Approaches of
the Standard-Based Curriculum
Ghana’s High Urban
Class Sizes And
The Pedagogical
Approaches Of The
Standard-Based
Curriculum
The year 2019 ushered
in a new academic dawn in
Ghana’s basic education with
the introduction of a standard-Based
Curriculum to
replace the nation’s longstanding
Objective-Based
Curriculum that was based
on preparing learners to pass
examinations to one based on
the acquisition of 21st Century
skills1. Pursuant to the
Ministry of Education (MoE)
endorsement of a quality
learning experience for all,
the Standard-Based Curriculum
rightly focuses on learning,
and learning progression,
using recommended participatory
and creative pedagogies2.
The success or otherwise
of an effective StandardBased
Curriculum implementation
rests on three critical
determinants; availability
of teaching and learning
resources, acquisition and
adoption of the recommended
pedagogic skills and a
recommended class size. This
Policy Brief focuses on the
implications of pedagogic
skills and large class sizes on
the effective implementation
of Ghana’s Standard-Based
Curriculum, while recommending
policy measures to
reduce class sizes in urban
Ghana.
As indicated, the recommended
pedagogical
approach stipulated by the
National Council for Curriculum
and Assessment (NaCCA)
for effective implementation
of the Standard-Based Curriculum
includes Social Constructivist;
Learning-centred
teaching; Teaching-centred
schools; Inclusion; Scaffolding;
and Differentiation.
These approaches are critical
to the attainment of the six
essential core competencies
(Communication and collaboration;
critical thinking and
problem solving; creativity
and innovation; cultural
identity and global citizenship;
leadership and personal
development and digital literacy).
The MoE through the
$ 218 million Ghana Accountably
and Learning Outcomes
Project (GALOP) is building
the capacity of teachers in
the adoption of creative and
participatory pedagogies to
facilitate the effective implementation
of the Standard-Based
Curriculum.
According to the Ministry,
all teachers have been engaged
and continue to participate
in various pedagogical
skills development interventions.
However, the outcomes
of these pedagogical capacity
building interventions
for teachers are likely to be
constrained by the large class
sizes in most urban schools,
taking into cognisance the
MoE’s suggested class size
of 35 for primary and 25 for
Junior High School (JHS).
The MoE reports a Pupil-Teacher
Ratio (PTR) of 26
(primary) and 12 (JHS) suggesting
Ghana’s primary and
Junior High Schools (JHS)
have one teacher handling
between 12 and 26 pupils in
a class. However, in many
urban municipalities, there
is no significant correlation
between the PTR data and
class sizes. For instance, the
average basic school class
size in Greater Accra region
is 50 pupils, with schools like
AdMA Model Basic School
(Adentan), Oyibi Presby
Primary (Kpone Katamanso)
and Umraniya Islamic Basic
School (Ga South) recording
between 80 to 100 pupils in a
class. This situation is a result
of the lack of adequate classrooms
in urban areas amidst
a regional teacher surplus.
Table 1 presents selected
municipalities in Greater
Accra with large class sizes.
The Kpone Katamanso
Municipal leads the Primary
category with an average of
60 students per class whiles
Weija Gbawe Municipal tops
the JHS category with an average
of 76 students per class,
even though PTRs are low
and within the recommended
targets.
The implication of such
crowded classrooms will be
the Standard-Based Curriculum,
being implemented
with an old and ineffective
talk-chalk, teacher centred
pedagogical approach.
Table 1: Average class sizes
and PTRs in selected urban
municipalities in Greater
Accra Region.
District Primary Class Size
Primary PTR JHS Class Size
JHS PTR Weija Gbawe 61 38
72 19 Adentan 65 25 60 13 Ga
West 62 28 69 14 Kpone Katamanso
71 25 68 18 Ga North 61
22 66 12
Source: EMIS, 2019/20
The status quo is the result
of declining investments
in basic education infrastructure
against an ever-growing
youthful population.
There has been a gradual
decline in basic education’s
share of the education sector
expenditure from 55.7% in
2008 to 40% in 2020.
The Ghana Education
Trust Fund (GETFund) and
the District Assemblies
Common Fund (DACF), used
in financing basic education
infrastructure have been
depleted with the capping
and securitization of portions
of the former, and liquidity
issues causing delayed and
inadequate release of the
latter.
Even though the MoE
secured a $1.5 billion loan to
expand education infrastructure
in 2019, which occasioned
the securitization of
the GETFund, the focus has
been on expanding secondary
school infrastructure, in line
with the highest political priority
accorded the free Senior
High School policy.
Opinion
Population growth versus
schools’ growth
Ghana’s population is
youthful, with about 42
percent aged between 0 and
14 years. Between 2010 and
2021, while the population of
Greater Accra grew by about
36% (from 4.01 10million to
5.45 million11), there was only
an 11% increase in the number
of public basic schools in
the Region.
In a fast-growing lower
middle-class municipality
like Adentan where the
population increased from
78,000 to 111,000 between
2010 and 202112, the number
of public primary schools has
only increased by 4% in the
past ten years. Obviously, the
growth in Greater Accra’s urban
population has outpaced
its growth in public basic
schools over time, causing
pressure and overcrowding in
the few available classrooms.
Quality learning outcomes
can only emerge from the
effective implementation of
Ghana’s StandardBased Curriculum.
However, its effective
implementation depends
on the provision of teaching
and learning resources, the
development and adoption
of participatory and creative
pedagogic skills, and most
importantly the existence of
recommended class sizes that
supports participatory and
creative teaching and learning.
In the short term, thousands
of new classrooms are
required to reduce the large
class sizes experienced in
Ghana’s urban basic schools.
The MoE must be intentional
in reducing class sizes in
urban schools by rolling out
a deliberate programme to
build more classrooms in
overcrowded schools.
In the medium term,
there is the need for an
infrastructure policy that
approaches school expansion
by relying on existing and
projected class sizes and the
need to reduce the distance
commuted to school. Further,
in addition to PTR, class sizes
must inform policy planning.
Financing is key to implementing
a responsive
infrastructure plan. The MoE
and the Parliamentary Select
Committee on Education
must engage the Ministry
of Finance on amending the
Earmarked Funds capping
and Realignment Act, 2017
(Act 947) to exempt GETFund,
thereby freeing resources for
basic education infrastructure
expansion.
In addition, the payment
of DACF arrears and timely
release of ensuing tranches
must be prioritized, as Ghana
embarks on its journey to
fiscal recovery. Releasing the
DACF timely will ensure the
completion of some abandoned
school projects.
Finally, to enable quality
measurement and monitoring
for accountability,
EMIS data must capture new
classrooms added in existing
schools different from new
schools constructed.
The author, Kofi Asare is
the Executive Director of Africa
Education Watch. He has
two decades of experience
working with governments,
local and international organizations,
private sector in
education and skills policy
advocacy and research across
Africa. Email: kasare@eduwatch.info

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The President of the
Ghana National
Association of Poultry
Farmers, Victor
Oppong Adjei, has
disclosed that some members
are leaving the business due to
the high cost of feed.
According to the National
Chairman, those selling their
birds with the intention to
quit have been incurring losses
and cannot afford to feed the
animals.
“A lot of farmers have sold
their birds and they have made
up their minds not to pick
any new birds anymore due to
losses…according to them, it is
better to exit the venture than
to invest and continuously lose
out”, he said.
Speaking on Angel FM’s
Anopa Bofo Morning Show
on Wednesday, May 4, Mr.
Oppong Adjei attributed the
losses to hike in the essential
components of poultry feed
which consists of maize, soya
beans and wheat brand.
Lamenting the hike in feed
prices, he said that the price
Business
Poultry farmers exiting
business due to high cost
of feed
A
2022 Regional
Economic Outlook
Report from the
International
Monetary Fund (IMF)
has shown that Ghana will be
ranked the 12th fastest growing
economy in sub-Saharan Africa.
On the West African
front, Ghana and Cape Verde
economies were the 6th growing
economies on the continent.
Per the report filed by
myjoyonline.com the local
economy will witness a 5.2
percent growth by the end of
this year.
In the chart sighted by
GhanaWeb, Niger was ranked the
first with a GDP of 6.9 percent
This was followed by South
Sudan, DR Congo, Rwanda,
Mauritius, Equatorial Guinea,
of a 50 Kilogram of maize has
gone up from GH¢55 in 2020 to
GH¢180 in 2022 which signifies a
277 percentage increment. Soya
beans has jumped from GH¢150
to GH¢305 [over 200%] and wheat
brand from GH¢20 to GH¢53 [over
250%].
“Feed prices have gone up
and poultry farmers are just
labouring in vain everyday.
I know a farmer who loses
GH¢1,000 daily…he feeds 8,000
birds with a ton of feed”, he told
host, Kofi Adoma Nwanwani.
Victor Oppong Adjei also
explained that the increase in
egg prices is due to the high
costs in feeding the birds.
The Association of Poultry
Farmers earlier announced that
prices of eggs will shoot up after
Muslims finish marking the
Ramadan month.
Leadership of the Association
proposed that the small sizes
will go up from GH¢23 to GH¢30
per crate, while the unsorted
will increase from GH¢25 to
GH¢32 per crate.
“I know a farmer who feeds
his 8,000 birds with a ton of feed
Ghana's economy to become 12th
fastest growing in sub-Saharan
Africa for 2022 - Report
Cote D'Ivoire, Benin, Kenya,
Gambia, Togo, and Cape Verde.
The 5.2 percent expected
expansion in the economy this
year will be slightly lower than
the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth rate recorded in
2021.
It will be recalled that
the IMF in 2021 projected an
economic growth rate of 4.2
percent, but per the Ghana
Statistical Service, the economy
recorded a 5.4 percent growth.
"In 2023, the IMF forecasts a
growth rate of 5.1%, which will
place the country in the 21st
position in the league of African
economies. This is due to the
expected strong growth rate
by most African economies,"
myjoyonline.com reported.
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so if you have more birds you
divide and subtract and know
what the birds will eat. What we
have realised is that when we
sell the eggs, we do not generate
enough revenue to cater for
the feed costs and that implies
losses to the farmers.”
Mr. Adjei added that “another
farmer at Dormaa who has
300,000 birds is now left with
60,000 and even with that
feeding them is a problem.”
The Food and Drugs
Authority (FDA) has
indicated that while it
takes steps to facilitate
trade, it was expected
that stakeholders also position
themselves to comply with
the Public Health Act and the
Authority’s guidelines regarding
the registration and importation
or exportation of regulated
products.
It is important in ensuring a
win-win situation where the FDA
as a regulatory institution was not
only concerned with regulation
but trade facilitation as well,
and the trading community was
not only concerned with trade
facilitation but protection of
public health as well.
Madam Akua Amartey, FDA
Deputy Chief Executive Officer,
Technical Operation this at a
day’s forum organized by the
Ghana Shipper’s Authority (GSA)
in partnership with the FDA to
sensitize shippers on ways to
address import permit application
challenges as part of efforts to
tackle the growing Non-Tariff
Barriers (NTBs) and support trade
facilitation.
The forum was on the theme:
“The Role of FDA – Addressing
Import Permit Application
Challenges To Facilitate Trade.”
Madam Amartey said having
already engaged stakeholders
through a session, the FDA
commenced the enforcement of
the prohibition of the importation
of unregistered regulated
products, popularly known as ‘No
Registration, No Importation’.
She said the forum was to
allow the Authority to inform
the stakeholders on how the
enforcement has fared during
the one-year implementation,
and address the challenges
while bringing to their attention
new structures put in place to
facilitate trade and to further
improve the ease of doing
business with the FDA.
She said the new structures,
which mainly bordered on
making registration and permit
issuance a lot easier to comply
with, were intended to increase
compliance and, in the final
analyses, help to better protect
the health and safety of the
Ghanaian consumer, which
The poultry industry suffered
a major setback at the beginning
of the year due to the outbreak
of bird flu in selected regions.
included everyone.
Touching on the Non-Tariff
Barriers (NTBs), Mr. Charles
Darling Sey, GSA Tema Branch
Manager said the United
Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD),
estimated that such NTBs, were at
least three times more restrictive
than regular customs duties.
He added a UNCTAD report,
also suggested that African
countries could gain US$ 20
billion in Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) growth, by tackling such
barriers at the continental level.
“Ghana and for that matter,
shippers cannot allow simple
processing of FDA permits to add
on to the NTBs which may have
the potential to prevent the hardworking
importers or exporters
from meeting deadlines of cargo
delivery due to simple processing
of registration and permit
acquisition at the FDA,”
He also noted that the
Authority is collaborating
with allied institutions and
stakeholders to address shipperrelated
issues to enhance
Ghana’s trade facilitation effort
to take advantage of the African
Continental Free Trade Agreement
(AfCFTA).
Mr. Sey said the GSA, has
a mandate to ensure the safe
delivery of cargo, resolution of
recurrent shipment problems, and
ensure that charges paid at the
Ports were commensurate with
the services rendered.
He added that the GSA has
In the Bono Region, over 9,000
birds were lost to the disease
while over 10,000 birds were
destroyed in Western Region.
FDA task trade facilitators to
comply with the Public Health Act
collaborated with private and
public organizations to undertake
advocacy for shippers in Ghana
about port, air, and inland
transport to ensure safe, reliable,
seamless, and cost-effective
delivery of cargo.
He said GSA regularly confers
with its primary stakeholders
across the country to access
firsthand information on traderelated
issues to find practical
ways to meet their needs through
various means such as regular
sensitization and education
programs.
The Tema GSA Branch
Manager noted that one of such
collaborations was the one-day
sensitization programme, which
was born out of the GSA’s regular
engagements with stakeholders
to identify shipment-related
challenges to make timely
interventions towards their
resolution.
He said the FDA needed to be
supported to execute its mandate,
which included enforcing
standards for food, drugs,
cosmetics, household chemicals,
medical supplies, biological
products, tobacco, and substances
of abuse to protect imports and
exports.
Mr. Sey encouraged shippers
to know the FDA requirements to
expedite clearing and forwarding
processes at the Ports, adding that
the GSA believed that the time to
raise awareness of the need for
the FDA permit was now.

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Friday, 6th May, 2022 Page 11
Sports
Former Black Stars captain,
Asamoah Gyan has
narrated the genesis of
his famous nickname
“Baby Jet”.
All though the name Asamoah
Gyan resonates among
Ghanaians and fans around
the world, the name “Baby Jet”
somewhat describes the myth
and legendary status of Ghana’s
all-time leading goal poacher.
The excerpt first published
by Joy Sports highlights the story
of how the name came about.
“Another big platform for
football in the school system
was the annual Milo Football
Tournament. It’s a major grassroots
platform and anybody
aiming for big things looked
forward to doing well in it. I remember
the Milo games because
I won the goal king award in
the national event in Kumasi, in
addition to other trophies. Aside
the Milo Tournament, I was also
selected to play in the Ghana Academicals
in 2001. The Academicals
were like a selection of the
best footballers in second cycle
institutions. What I remember
about this experience was how,
in particular, my taking of penalties
improved.
What was my game like at
this point? Well, I was 17 now,
and a fast, prolific goalscorer.
Due to my pace, I eventually
became affectionately known as
Baby Jet.
LeGyandary:
Asamoah Gyan tells
the story of how he
got the nickname
“Baby Jet”
The origin of the name Baby
Jet is a very interesting one.
Growing up, I had a very soft
face. The kind most people call a
‘baby face’. I was very cute physically
too and so most people
called me ‘Baby’. Everyone in the
neighbourhood preferred that
name and I guess it stuck for a
very long while. The ‘Jet’ came
from my speed. I was small but
fast. My pace was blistering on
the pitch and this gave me a lot
of advantage in playing against
the bigger boys in the neighbourhood.
The nickname was publicised
by my good friend Dan Kwaku
Yeboah, a popular Ghanaian
sports journalist. He told me
he witnessed my pace during a
match, and he simply just coined
the name from the ‘Baby’ everyone
called me and the speed he
saw on the field. So, he almost always
called me Baby Jet anytime
we met. And then I made my
debut for Ghana against Somalia
in that entertaining game in
2003. After the match, the name
had made rounds all over. I later
realised Dan Kwaku Yeboah had
made so much noise about the
name when I came on. He literally
had made the name public,
and it stuck because it actually
was the easiest way of describing
me, the Baby Jet; young and
smallish with that baby face
coupled with the speed of a Jet.”
Salah: We have a score
to settle with Madrid
Liverpool star Mohamed
Salah is looking
forward to the chance
to set the record
straight against Real
Madrid in their upcoming
Champions League final
rematch.
Salah and the Reds booked
their place in the decider on
Tuesday with a 3-2 victory over
Villarreal.
They then watched on as
Madrid came back from two
goals down to vanquish City,
setting up a repeat of last year's
quarter-final as well as the
controversial 2018 final.
What did Salah say?
"We have a score to settle,"
Salah vowed on Instagram in
a post published seconds after
Madrid sealed their spot in the
final.
What happened in Liverpool
and Madrid's recent history?
Last year, Liverpool fell 3-1 on
aggregate to Real Madrid in the
Champions League quarter-final.
But memories also linger
from the 2017-18 final, which
pitted Liverpool against the
Merengue, who were then
gunning for a third straight
Champions League title.
Jojo Wollacott's best goalkeeper
award was for propaganda
Ace broadcast
journalist, Dan
Kweku Yeboah
has pooh-poohed
Jojo Wollacott’s
award as the best goalkeeper
in the English League Two as a
propagandist stunt.
Dan Kweku Yeboah who was
speaking about the approach
used in player call ups to the
national team was baffled that
Ghana relies on a goalkeeper
from the 4th division of the
English league.
“So is there not any
goalkeeper in the local league
who is not good to the extent
that we have to go abroad to get
a Ghanaian goalkeeper,” Dan
Kweku Yeboah stated.
According to him, the recent
award handed to Jojo Wollacott
was a publicity stunt and should
not be used as the standard for
the selection of the goalkeeper.
In his estimation, the EFL
Two only awarded Jojo Wollacott
just to compensate for his
achievement in the Black Stars
qualification to the 2022 World
Cup.
“I recently heard a
propaganda that he was awarded
the best goalkeeper, apuuu, a
team that is in the 4th Division
and was also 10th, oh my God!!!,”
he said.
The much-anticipated duel
between forward aces Salah
and Cristiano Ronaldo fell flat,
however, as the Egyptian suffered
a freak injury early on.
Salah was hauled down by
Madrid defender Sergio Ramos
and landed awkwardly, suffering
a dislocated shoulder which
brought his final to an end after
just 30 minutes.
In his absence Liverpool
proved no match for Madrid, who
prevailed thanks to two goals
from Gareth Bale and another
through Karim Benzema to
prevail 3-1.
And while Ramos may have
left the Santiago Bernabeu for
Paris Saint-Germain, Salah is
clearly keen to redress that
disappointment and lead
Liverpool to another Champions
League success, having won
the title the following year at
Tottenham's expense.