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DAILY ANALYST Monday, 30th May, 2022
Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana)
will hold its fourth
Annual General Meeting
(AGM) on Monday 30th
May 2022. The virtual
meeting will be streamed live
from the Company’s Head office
at MTN House, Independence
Avenue from 11AM GMT.
The agenda for the AGM
will include the approval of the
Audited Financial Statements for
the year ended 31st December,
2021; declaration of a final
dividend for the year ended 31st
December, 2021, appointment
of an Executive Director,
authorization of the Directors
to fix the remuneration of the
Auditor for the year 2022, and
approval of Director’s fees for the
financial year 2022.
Shareholders can participate
in the virtual meeting via www.
MTN Ghana holds 4th AGM
meeting virtually today
mtnghagm.com from 11:00AM
GMT on 30th May 2022.This link
will be free for all shareholders
on MTN’s network. MTN will
reimburse shareholders on
MTN’s network who are charged
unintentionally. Alternatively,
Shareholders who do not have
smart phones may participate
in the AGM by (i) dialing
+233244300025; (ii) entering
the access code 8000; and
(iii) entering the conference
pin number 056789. A unique
token number will be sent to
Shareholders by email and/or SMS
from the 23rd May 2022, to grant
access to the AGM. Registration
for the AGM will start at 10.00AM.
A Shareholder may appoint
a proxy to attend virtually and
vote on their behalf. Such a proxy
need not be a Shareholder of the
Company. A copy of the Proxy
Form may be downloaded from
www.mtnghagm.com completed,
signed and sent via email only to
info@csd.com.gh.
In order for Shareholders to
review the 2021 Audited Financial
Statements before the AGM, a
copy has been uploaded online
and can be found in the Annual
Report Brochure by visiting www.
mtnghagm.com. Shareholders are
encouraged to send in questions
in advance of the AGM by
emailing them to info@csd.com.
gh. Answers to questions will be
provided at the AGM.
Dr. Ishmael Yamson, Board
Chairman of Scancom PLC
thanked all shareholders for
their support and confidence in
the business since becoming a
part of the company through the
purchase of shares. He urged all
shareholders to take advantage of
the Virtual AGM and participate.
Dr. Yamson also encouraged
shareholders to read the financial
statements and endeavor to make
their contributions to further
the growth of the business and
increase shareholder value.
Voting during the AGM will
be done electronically by dialing
USSD code *899*0#. However,
Shareholders who do not submit
proxy forms prior to the meeting,
may vote using their unique token
number.
Scancom Plc (MTN Ghana)
held its first AGM in May 2019
after it listed on the Ghana Stock
Exchange (GSE) on 5 September
2018 with the largest number
of Ghanaian shareholdings
of any listed company on the
GSE at 127,826. By raising GHS
1,146,589,464.75 from 128,152
applicants, the Offer made history
as the largest primary share
offer in the history of the Ghana
Stock Exchange. It enabled many
Ghanaians from all walks of life
to own a share in one of Ghana’s
largest, most visible and wellrespected
companies.
Shareholders are reminded to
connect to the virtual AGM using
their MTN registered numbers
to enjoy a free link to the AGM
meeting.
For more information on the
MTN Virtual AGM, shareholders
may contact info@csd.com.gh or
call 0302 906 576 or 0303 972 254.
Prompt justice delivery is key to
ending mob justice – Nana Kofi Tandoh
Nana Kofi Tandoh, the
Abusuapanyin of the
Butre Stool in the
Western Region, says
avenues for seeking
justice and prompt justice
delivery is key to ending mob
justice and other entrenched
traditional means of dealing with
offenders in local communities.
He bemoaned the receipt of
unapproved fees by some law
enforcers and wondered whether
the justice delivery system was
only for the rich in society.
Abusuapanyin Tandoh,
therefore, expressed
appreciation to the HURDS
Foundation for enlightening
communities on systems such
as the Legal Aid, Social Welfare,
Commission on Human Rights
and Administrative Justice
(CHRAJ) and non-governmental
organisations offering free
advisory services and promoted
Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR).
The HURDS Foundation,
local partners to Commonwealth
Human Rights Initiatives,
has embarked on a series of
education in some communities
in the Western Region to
sensitise them on the Ghana Case
Tracking System (CTS), and the
ADR Act, under the USAID Justice
Sector Support Project.
“When I realised that my
niece’s boyfriend was not ready
to perform any marital rites
after five children, I took him
to the police but the matter
ended nowhere…now I know of
the right institutions to go to,”
Abusuapanyin Tandoh said.
Three communities – Manso,
Butre and Sopomu Dunkwa –
have benefited from the Access to
Justice Education programme.
The CTS linked all
stakeholders in the justice
delivery system into a platform
for tracing progress of cases
and ensure speedy trial to halt
congestion at the courts.
The ADR, on the other hand,
encourages home or scientifically
grown approaches to settling
disputes without the formal
court system.
Ms Fidelia Owusu Konadu
Sam, a Principal Investigator
with CHRAJ, explained how the
Commission used mediation,
arbitration, and other forms of
dispute resolution to settle cases
and encouraged the communities
to patronise their services in
their quest for justice.
The Commission was
established by the CHRAJ Act,
456 in July 1993 to handle Human
Rights, Administrative Justice
and anti-corruption cases.
It also ensures the
enforcement of rights,
investigates fundamental human
rights violations and resolves
cases through mediation and
negotiation.
Ms Sam said some cases
that one could report to the
Commission included corrupt
parctices, non-maintenance
of children and spouse, unfair
treatment, intestate, harassment,
domestic violence, property
related issues, and gender-based
violence.
Others are discrimination,
victimisation, poor service
delivery, abuse of power,
unlawful detention, bribery,
embezzlement, conflict of
interest and breach of code of
conduct for public officials.
Ms Eva Ankrah, the Executive
Director, HURDS Foundation,
said more than 10 communities
have been targeted to receive
education on ADR and the Case
Tracking System to empower
local communities to seek justice.
She encouraged families
not to shield domestic violence
issues to avoid disastrous
consequences.
Madam Elizabeth Baafo, a
women’s group leader, described
the education as timely as it
would help the women address
community issues such as
teenage pregnancies, defilement
and rape, and economic rights
abuses.
We need modern security
gadgets for improved
border security
– GIS Commander
Superintendent
Mohammed Khaleed,
the Sampa Border
Commander of the Ghana
Immigration Service
(GIS) has appealed for operational
logistics to improve patrols on the
Ghana-Ivory Coast border in the
Jaman North District of the Bono
Region.
Supt. Khaleed made the appeal
in an interview with the Ghana
News Agency (GNA) when Madam
Justina Owusu-Banahene, the
Bono Regional Minister visited
and interacted with the GIS
officers at Sampa, a border town.
As part of her visit to the
District, the Regional Minister
was at the border Command to
assess the preparedness of the GIS
in ensuring security in the wake
of terrorism and extremist attack
in parts of Africa.
Supt. Khaleed said the
Command lacked modern
security equipment and gadgets
to enhance surveillance in
the border communities and
unapproved routes in the district.
He said there were about 48
unapproved routes in the area,
saying the 138 personnel of the
command required motorbikes
to intensify patrols and facilitate
effective operations.
That notwithstanding, Supt.
Khaleed explained the Command
had enhanced its profiling
systems and upscale patrols
along the borders and added that
motorbikes were needed urgently.
He said the Command
required more metal detectors
to check criminal activities
and unlawful importation of
explosives and guns through the
borders.
Supt. Khaleed also
expressed concern about poor
telecommunication networks in
the area, and appealed for more
‘Gota’ to enable personnel to easily
transmit security information to
the GIS headquarters in Accra.
On her part, Madam Owusu-
Banahene commended the
GIS personnel for their spirit
of patriotism, and promised to
ensure that their concerns were
addressed to improve border
security in the area.