Wednesday, 14th September, 2022

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The quarter shekel coin, dated to 69 AD,

is one of only four of its kind known to exist

It took nearly 20 years of

dogged detective work and a

trail which crossed continents

before the case of the

missing $1m relic could be

closed.

"A cherished piece of history

[is] finally going home," said a US

official at a ceremony marking the

occasion.

Fast rising prices continued

to trouble the US economy

last month, though a drop

in petrol costs provided

some relief.

The annual inflation rate, the

pace at which prices rise, fell to

8.3% in August, the Labor Department

said.

That was down from 8.5% in

July, marking a second month of

decline.

But the costs of food, housing

and medical care continued to

surge, disappointing economists

expecting more widespread easing.

Shares in the US dropped

sharply following the release. The

Dow Jones was down more than

2.5% in mid-morning trade, while

the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell more

than 3%.

The report also renewed pressure

on US President Joe Biden,

whose approval ratings sank below

40% earlier this year, reflecting

concerns about the rising cost of

living.

While his ratings have recovered

slightly in recent weeks as

petrol prices have subsided, the

issue remains "a huge problem" for

the president and for the Democratic

party more broadly, said

pollster Chris Jackson.

"Americans have been telling

us for months now that it's the

number one concern they have

and rightly or wrongly they blame

whoever's running the country for

that," said Mr Jackson, senior vice

president at the Ipsos polling firm.

The next round of national

elections is scheduled for November,

a contest that will determine

whether Mr Biden's Democrats

maintain their slim control of

Congress.

For a president with approval

ratings like Mr Biden's to see his

party pick up seats in the midterms

would be unprecedented, Mr

Jackson said.

Kenny Shorne is among the

many Americans to have been

affected by inflation, which peaked

at 9.1% in June, the fastest pace

since the early 1980s.

The 23-year-old, who supports

himself with construction and

photography jobs, lives in New Jersey

with his family to try to keep

expenses down. He also recently

took a break from his master's

degree programme in communica-

That piece of history is a small

silver coin rich in symbolism,

minted during a Jewish revolt

nearly 2,000 years ago.

Looted in Israel in 2002, it was

eventually tracked down, seized

and is being returned to where it

came from.

The saga began when the

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA)

DAILY ANALYST Wednesday, 14th September, 2022

learned from informants that the

coin had been taken by Palestinians

from a hoard unearthed in the

Ella Valley, south of Jerusalem.

The IAA says it spent the next

decade and a half trying to locate

the coin, which passed through

illicit antiquities markets in Israel,

Jordan and the UK. It was eventually

exported to the US for sale at

an auction in Denver, Colorado, in

2017

Ṫhe IAA alerted US Homeland

Security Investigations (HSI),

which then took administrative

custody of the coin. The investigation

was passed to the Manhattan

District Attorney's Antiquities

Trafficking Unit (ATU), which

obtained a court order to repatriate

the coin based on information

from informants in five countries

along with help from authorities

in Europe and the Middle East.

US inflation remains high

despite lower petrol prices

tions, concerned about being able

to afford it as other costs climb.

He said high petrol prices

were among the items presenting

a problem, despite the fact that

they have come down in recent

weeks.

"Inflation makes it hard for

me to see a liveable future," he

said. "It really gets to me because I

don't know what the answer is."

The cost of groceries in the US

jumped 13.5% in the 12 months

to August, while housing costs

climbed 6.2% and medical care

rose 5.6%.

Energy costs - one of the big

drivers of inflation - also remain

far higher than a year ago, but

they have dropped sharply in the

past two months, falling more

than 10% from July to August, the

Labor Department said.

Overall the consumer price

index, which tracks goods and services

across the economy, was up

0.1% from July to August, as the

fall in petrol costs was offset by

increases in other areas.

While economists remain

concerned as prices outside of energy

continue to rise, the annual

number typically matters most

in terms of shaping people's perceptions,

said Betsey Stevenson,

professor of economics and public

policy at the University of Michigan,

who served in the White

House under former president

Barack Obama.

"It's really good news that

gas prices are coming down. it

gives people a little bit more room

in their budget, a little bit more

breathing room and I think it also

makes people feel a little bit better,"

she said.

But she added: "I don't think it

speaks to being out of the woods".

She expects inflation to remain

higher than the US central bank's

2% inflation target even at the end

of next year.

Like central banks in other

countries, including the UK, policymakers

at the Federal Reserve

have been raising interest rates

since March to tackle the problem.

By making borrowing more

expensive, the hikes are intended

to cool demand from households

and businesses, helping to reduce

some of the pressures pushing up

prices.

The Fed is widely expected to

announce another large increase

this month, a move analysts said

was all but confirmed by latest

report.

"Investors should brace themselves

for even higher rates than

they anticipated before today's

release," said Ronald Temple, managing

director, co-head of multi-asset

and head of US equity at Lazard

Asset Management.

"Despite the sharpest tightening

of monetary policy in decades,

the Fed still has more heavy lifting

ahead."

Joe Biden has called bringing down inflation his top priority

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Looted coin worth $1m returned

to Israel after years-long hunt

The coin was handed over on

Monday in a ceremony at the Manhattan

District Attorney's office

attended by US and Israeli officials,

including Israel's ambassador to

the UN Gilad Erdan.

"Today we join our partners to

return an incredibly rare piece of

Israel's history, the quarter shekel

coin, a symbol of independence

from the time of Roman presence

in what is now modern Israel,"

HSI agent Ricky J Patel told the

gathering.

The silver coin, embossed with

Jewish motifs, is one of only four

of its kind known to be in existence.

The IAA dated it to 69 AD -

the fourth year of the Great Revolt.

Switching from fossil fuels

to renewable energy could

save the world as much as

$12tn (£10.2tn) by 2050, an

Oxford University study

says.

The report said it was wrong

and pessimistic to claim that moving

quickly towards cleaner energy

sources was expensive.

Gas prices have soared on

mounting concerns over energy

supplies.

But the researchers say that

going green now makes economic

sense because of the falling cost of

renewables.

"Even if you're a climate denier,

you should be on board with what

we're advocating," Prof Doyne

Farmer from the Institute for New

Economic Thinking at the Oxford

Martin School told BBC News.

"Our central conclusion is that

we should go full speed ahead with

the green energy transition because

it's going to save us money,"

he said.

The report's findings are based

on looking at historic price data

for renewables and fossil fuels and

then modelling how they're likely

to change in the future.

The data for fossil fuels goes

from 2020 back more than 100

years and shows that after accounting

for inflation, and market

volatility, the price hasn't changed

much.

Renewables have only been

around for a few decades, so there's

less data. But in that time continual

improvements in technology

have meant the cost of solar and

wind power have fallen rapidly, at

a rate approaching 10% a year.

The report's expectation that

the price of renewables will continue

to fall is based on "probabilistic"

modelling, using data on how

The minting of a such a coin

was "in fact a declaration of independence

by the Jews in the land

of Israel, a statement against the

mighty empire that stood before

them", said Ilan Hadad of the IAA.

The Great Revolt saw a rebellion

by Jews in Judea against oppressive

rule by the Romans, who

had ended Jewish independence

there a century earlier.

The uprising culminated with

the Romans' destruction of Jerusalem

and the second Jewish temple

in 70 AD.

Estimates put the number of

Jews killed from hundreds of thousands

to more than a million.

Switching to renewable energy

could save trillions - study

The cost of green energy like wind and

solar has been falling for decades

massive investment and economies

of scale have made other

similar technologies cheaper.

"Our latest research shows

scaling-up key green technologies

will continue to drive their costs

down, and the faster we go, the

more we will save," says Dr Rupert

Way, the report's lead author from

the Smith School of Enterprise and

the Environment.

Wind and solar are already the

cheapest option for new power

projects, but questions remain

over how to best store power and

balance the grid when the changes

in the weather leads to fall in renewable

output.

Cost of net zero

Back in 2019 Philip Hammond,

then Chancellor of the Exchequer

wrote to the prime minister to say

that the cost of reaching net zero

greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

in the UK would be more than £1tn.

This report says the likely costs

have been over-estimated and have

deterred investment.

It also says predictions by the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) that the cost

of keeping global temperatures

rises under 2 degrees would correspond

to a loss of GDP by 2050 were

too pessimistic. The transition

to renewables was, it says, likely

to turn out to be a "net economic

benefit".

The research has been published

in the journal Joule and is

a collaboration between the Institute

for New Economic Thinking

at the Oxford Martin School, the

Oxford Martin Programme on the

Post-Carbon Transition, the Smith

School of Enterprise & Environment

at the University of Oxford,

and SoDa Labs at Monash University.

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“We’ll overcome current

economic challenges”

The President of the

Republic, Nana Addo

Dankwa Akufo-Addo,

has, once again,

assured the people of

Ghana that his government is

determined to bring relief to the

Ghanaian people, and return the

economy back to the high rates

of growth that characterised the

management of the economy in

the three (3) years preceding the

COVID outbreak in 2020.

According to President Akufo-

Addo, “in recent times, we have

been witnessing significant

difficulties in the management

of the national economy, largely

as a result of the impact of the

COVID-19 pandemic on the

global economy, which has been

exacerbated by the effects of the

Russian invasion of Ukraine.”

He stated, however, that “the

basic commitment to resolving

these challenges, within the

framework of due process and

democratic institutions, must

remain unshaken. And, I am

confident that, God-willing, we

will overcome these challenges.”

The President made this

known on Monday, 12th

September 2022, when he

delivered the keynote address at

SEC, EOCO expose 17

unlicensed entities

The Securities

and Exchange

Commission(SEC) in

collaboration with

the Economic and

Organised Crime Office (EOCO)

has exposed 17 entities operating

without licence.

This was after SEC and EOCO

embarked on joint investigations

into the activities of some entities

largely operating via online

channels.

According to SEC and EOCO,

“This was in accordance with

relevant provisions of Act 929 as

amended and Act 804, the SEC and

EOCO wish to inform the General

Public that, the underlisted

entities are not licensed by

the Securities and Exchange

Commission,” SEC stated.

The seven entities are

PatronPay Ghana/PetronPay

Ghana, Cedi Network Ghana,

Bitcash Investment, Solmax

Group, Freedom Synergy, FxKash

this year’s Bar Conference of the

Ghana Bar Association.

Recounting the resolution,

decisive action and correct policy

that saw to Government winning

the war against COVID-19, he was

confident that “we will overcome

our current economic challenges

with the same mixture of

determination, energy and

appropriate policy.”

President Akufo-

Addo recounted how his

administration came into office

at the time of an ongoing IMFsupported

economic programme,

and was able not only to steer

the country successfully out

of the programme, but also to

build, in the three years of his

first mandate, one of the fastest

growing economies in the world

then, prior to the outbreak of

COVID-19, at an annual average

GDP growth rate of seven percent

(7%) in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

“We will do so again. In

fact, in the last quarter of 2021,

the recovery from COVID-19

appeared to be on course, when

our economy grew at seven

percent (7%), only for the Russian

invasion of Ukraine in the first

quarter of this year to exacerbate

our challenges. We will overcome

investment, Binomo Investment,

Hi Pay, Quick Earn, Lite Earn, and

Snap Finance.

Others are Faucet Wealth

Investment, Opay Investment,

Payme Financial Services, Passive

Income, Yvonne Hanson Deals,

and Alpha Pay.

SEC and EOCO advised the

General Public to be vigilant and

to desist from investing in all

unlicensed investment products.

“Capital Market Operators,

investors, and the General Public

should be assured that the SEC

in collaboration with all relevant

law enforcement agencies is

committed to ensuring the

rigorous enforcement of all the

securities laws for operators in

the Capital Market to promote an

orderly growth and development

of an efficient, fair, and

transparent securities market in

which investors and the integrity

of the market are protected,” SEC

and EOCO.

them,” he added.

Relief to Ghanaians

It will be recalled that at the

22nd General Assembly of the

Presbyterian Church, President

Akufo-Addo noted that the

approach to the IMF is a major

step, in the short-run, towards

the goal of bringing relief to the

Presbyterian Church.

“Other steps will be taken,

in particular, to deal with the

unacceptable depreciation of

the cedi. Reining in inflation,

by bringing down food prices,

is a major preoccupation of the

Government, and, hopefully, this

season’s emerging, successful

harvest will assist us in this

regard. Arrangements are being

made with market women,

the market queens of popular

parlance, to provide trucks to

evacuate food stuffs from rural

markets to urban centres to help

reduce food prices in the cities,”

the President said.

The Greater Accra

Regional Chairman

of the National

Democratic Congress

(NDC), Joseph Kobina

Ade Coker, who is seeking for

reelection, has called on the

delegates to vote massively

to retain the current crop

of national, regional and

constituency executives of the

NDC in the party's upcoming

executives’ election.

Speaking in an interview

with DAILY Analyst in his office

in Accra yesterday, Mr. Coker

stressed it was obvious the

current executives of the party

worked had for the party in the

2020 general election and that

"any mistake by the delegates

and members of the party to vote

them out current executives of

the party would spell doom for

the NDC in the 2024 poll.

"This is not a matter of

throwing the baby just out of

the water or changing your best

striker, or best goalkeeper!”

"So we are saying that the

teams that helped former

President Dramani Mahama to

win the 2020 general election

before it was stolen by the NPP

are alive and kicking so why do

you want to change them?. Our

delegates should better retain

them. So l am calling on the

delegates who would be voting

in the NDC executives’ election

this year to ensure they vote and

retain the 2020 general election

winning teams of the NDC," Mr.

Coker stressed.

According to him, it was

crucial for the delegates,

members, and supporters of the

NDC to look at former President

Dramani Mahama as what he

termed as the "bigger picture,"

within the NDC to vote him back

to lead the party to win political

power in the 2024 general

election.”

He called on the rank-andfile

of the NDC to rally behind

former President Dramani

Mahama to win back the

presidential seat in the 2024

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He continued, “We are

encouraging companies engaged

in the manufacture of inorganic

fertilisers to scale-up production

to reduce the impact of the

high cost and unavailability of

fertilisers, whist we advance

rapidly our plans to establish an

organic fertilizer plant in Ghana.”

In furtherance of this, the

President noted that the GH¢100

billion Ghana Cares “Obaatampa”

Programme, the programme for

post-COVID economic recovery

President Akufo -Addo

Retain current NDC

executives -Ade Coker

general election to enable him to

finish his unfinished projects and

programmes.

"If you look at the country now

every aspect of Ghanaian’s life

has been destroyed by the New

Patriotic Party government led

by President Nana Addo Dankwa

Akufo-Addo because of his

mismanagement of the economy,”

he stated.

The NDC guru cited the

soaring prices of water, electricity,

transportation, foodstuff, school

fees, accommodation, and high

level of youth unemployment,

saying that “we have realised

that this country was sinking and

going down very fast under the

leadership of President Akufo-

Addo."

"This country needs someone

to salvage us, we need someone

who has a good economic

management record," he said.

He mentioned that there is

clear evidence that Ghanaians

needed someone like former

President Dramani Mahama to

win back the presidential seat in

the 2024 general election and take

Ghanaians from the bad economic

management of the Akufo-Addo

administration.

He noted that former

and revitalisation, which is being

implemented, anchors bright

prospects for the medium-term.

“I continue to have an abiding

faith in God to help turn the

fortunes of our nation around,

especially with appropriate

policy, determination and hard

work on our part, and I urge all

of you gathered here to have that

same belief that the fortunes of

Ghana under the Presidency of

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

will be restored,” he added.

President Dramani Mahama’s

social and infrastructural

programmes were visible for

Ghanaians to see for themselves.

He mentioned that Mr.

Dramani Mahama built the

Greater Accra Regional Hospital

(formerly known as the Ridge

Hospital), University of Ghana,

Legon Hospital, Kwame

Nkrumah Interchange, Pokuase

Interchange, Kasoa Interchange,

and Hospitals in Ga West among

others, saying that the social

and infrastructure development

projects and programmes

initiated by Mr. Dramani Mahama

were scattered in the two hundred

and seventy-five administrative

districts in the sixteen regions of

the country.

He said every aspect of the

Ghanaian was improved during

the former President Dramani

Mahama-led NDC administration,

adding that former President

Dramani Mahama has done a lot

to develop the Ghanaian economy.

He described President Akufo-

Addo and his NPP officials as liars,

stressing that they came to lie and

deceive Ghanaians by painting

former President Dramani

Mahama as a non-performing and

bad leader.

oseph Kobina Ade Coker

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Oppong Nkrumah

clarifies Akufo-

Addo’s comment on

Aisha Huang’s exit

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong

Nkrumah has clarified President Akufo-Addo’s

comment about his uncertainty regarding

how ‘galamsey’ kingpin, Aisha Huang, exited

the country in 2018.

President Akufo-Addo in an interview on a Ho-based radio

station on Monday, as part of his tour of the Volta Region said

he is not sure about how Aisha Huang left the country.

“I’m not still sure whether she was in fact deported. Or

whether she fled the country the first time and has now come

back. There still seems to be some uncertainty about it.

“But whichever way it is, she’s become the sort of

nickname for all that galamsey represents”, the President

said

Ṗresident Akufo-Addo has since been severely criticised

for his comment which has been described, among others, as

a “mockery” of the security architecture.

But the Information Minister in an interview on

Newsnight on Joy FM, Tuesday, said the President’s comment

was a direct response to the particular question he was asked.

“The President was not speaking in a vacuum. There was

a question about deportation and the President proceeded

to respond that he is not too sure whether it is about

deportation or whether she fled but then the substantive

thing is this and then he proceeded to provide the substantive

answer.

“I have heard several commentators suggest that there

should have been more clarity in the President’s words

etc. I mean in a democracy I am sure that we can always

raise questions about the choice of words,” he explained on

Tuesday.

The Ofoase-Ayirebi MP also confirmed that Aisha Huang

exited the country on a repatriation notice.

“What is on the minds of many people is indeed, did this

person exit the Ghanaian jurisdiction? That is what is on the

minds of many people. That whether the instrument used was

repatriation or a deportation. Did she exit the jurisdiction?

“And I think the answer to that is yes, she exited the

jurisdiction on the wishes of the government and I have

sighted the repatriation notice and I have also sighted the

flight details that were used for that repatriation exercise,” he

added.

Meanwhile, Security Analyst, Dr. Ishmael Norman has

described the President’s comment as a mockery of the

national security architecture.

“It tells you that national security is wack in terms of

preparedness against potential threat at our borders and

as security people, we need to impress upon the President

that we need to know more. Because to tell you the truth,

they are making a mockery of the Ghana Army, the Police,

the Immigration, of Customs and all the security agencies

because of what the President just said today. No control

system is in place so people can come and go when they

want,” he said on Top Story, Tuesday.

Source: myjoyonline.com

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah

Mahama denies

ex-gratia claims

Former President John

Dramani Mahama has

rubbished claims by

the New Patriotic Party

Chairman for the Bono

Region, Kwame Baffoe Abronye,

that he has been paid millions as

ex-gratia.

According to him, what he

receives from the government

currently was his monthly pension,

adding that all other bills

the state must cater for had not

been attended to since he left

office in 2017.

He disclosed that he is not

fully benefiting from emoluments

he is entitled to as a

former Head of State.

Mr. Dramani Mahama was responding

to the recent claims by

Mr. Baffoe Abronye to the effect

that he has been paid millions in

lieu of ex-gratia payments.

He was speaking on TV3,

which was monitored by DAILY

Analyst.

He went on to underscore

that he was currently footing a

myriad of bills.

These, he said, included his

own light bills, fuel, office rent

and travel bills.

“I receive only my monthly

A

Member of the

National Democratic

Congress (NDC) legal

team, Lawyer Edudzi

Tamakloe, says former

President Mahama’s comment

on the Judiciary is not different

from an Afro-barometer report

by the Centre for Democratic

Development (CDD).

This statement comes

after the Attorney-General and

Minister for Justice, Godfred

Dame responded to former

President John Mahama’s recent

critique of the Judiciary.

The Former President

speaking at a gathering at the

NDC’s Lawyers’ Conference on

Sunday, August 28, said it will

take a new Chief Justice to

repair the ‘broken image’ of the

Judiciary.

According to him, the current

leadership of the Judiciary lacks

what it takes to redeem its

sunken image, hence the need for

a new Chief Justice.

Reacting to Mahama’s

comment, Mr. Godfred Yeboah

Dame said the former president

has developed the habit of

criticising the Judiciary

unnecessarily.

“Such conduct is clearly

deplorable, coming from one who

has occupied the highest office

of President and aspires again

to that office. At this moment, it

is important for all to note that

I express this sentiment not

because I stand in opposition to

Former President John Dramani Mahama

pension. Like President Kufuor or

President Rawlings was receiving

until he died. That is all I get.”

…I pay the electricity bill for

my house, for my office. I pay the

water bill for my house and office.

I live in my own accommodation

so the state does not pay me

anything for accommodation,” he

stated.

former President Mahama as a

politician”, Godfred Dame said.

Speaking on Accra-based

Atinka FM yesterday, lawyer

Edudzi Tamakloe, said the attack

on Mahama is unwarranted as

what he said had already been

said by others.

He revealed that an

Afrobarometer survey by

the Centre for Democratic

Development (CDD) indicated

that 85% of Ghanaians perceive

judges and magistrates as

corrupt.

According to the report, more

than eight out of 10 Ghanaians

say at least some judges and

magistrates are corrupt,

The former President made it

clear that he has not been given

an office by the state.

“I rent an office in East Cantonment,

I pay the rent myself, I

pay for my own fuel, and the state

doesn’t give me fuel. I pay my

own domestic staff, I pay my own

medical bills. I pay for my own air

tickets when I travel,” he said.

“CDD report backs Mahama’s

claims against judges”

including 40% who say almost all

court officials are corrupt.

“It’s either we do not like

to speak the truth or we are

interested in the person speaking

the truth. The Afro-barometer

survey by the Centre for

Democratic Development (CDD)

indicated that 85% of Ghanaians

perceive judges and magistrates

as corrupt. Kan Dapaah has

also made a similar comment.

How different is what John

Mahama said from that of the

CDD, is it because it is coming

from Mahama?,” Lawyer Edudzi

Tamakloe told Kaakyire Ofori

Ayim.

DAILY ANALYST


It is vital for young Africans

to have balanced

facts, including Colonisation.

In the wake of

Queen's Elizabeth death, I

notice misleading publications

from African media houses and

young Africans echoing lies and

fractional facts in anger. Human

beings must see truth as our best

friend, concurring or even above

intelligence and kindness. Our

common enemies are fear, greed,

and arrogance-- these three existed

in Africa and other places

way before Colonisation.

They are the roots of evil, but

the main branches are ignorance,

lies, and cruelty. Colonisation

of individuals and families

existed in Africa, but Colonisation

of countries is largely

by Westerners and Asians. All

evidence points to Africa as the

origin of humankind, thus good

and evil of humans likely started

in Africa, but our Children of

other races have become better

and worse than us? Let young

Africans choose the best and

partner up around the world.

Colonisation was a hard rescue

for Africans with advantages

and disadvantages, but are we

optimizing even the advantages?

Although financially deceptive,

Colonisation brought Africa

steps closer to unity, but many

refuse to see even the opportunity,

much more to push ahead.

Slavery started in Africa and was

much worse than Colonisation,

but all enslavement were not

equal; similarly, all Colonisation

were/are not equal and it

is vital to differentiate them,

without justifying the bad over

the worse. Our character in the

learning and working worlds

must be gauged and improved

to acceptable levels, not just

our fun character ... Remember

sex is just one big aspect of fun,

which can be play (ok/bad) or

worse than play...

I have repeatedly criticise the

English language, even though

it is my favourite language and

see it as huge blessing, waiting

to be improved. Languages

evolve or devolve within oral

level, then similarly when written.

English is no exception,

the writers of old and modern

English took English to a new

higher level, but that does not

mean squarely. The very word

'Colonisation' is actually closer

to the word clone than colon. We

colonise our clones may be right,

but we clonise our clones may be

closer to reality. We cannot say

all humans had children due to

fear and greed, but in all honesty

most humans sought children

(clones) due to fear and greed,

sometimes arrogantly, from

having to managing. Even such

individual Colonisation have

advantages and disadvantages;

so where family problems grow

big, an offspring may disown a

last name or even a language.

Colonising families is still in existence

in Africa, including small

Gambia. Sometimes they call a

whole family 'our slaves', but the

treatment is closer to Colonisation,

deceptive relationship with

zero or near zero force. Both are

sometimes happily together in

slave and master relationship...

Beside the questionable

social level in old Africa, the

pre colonisation Africa must be

honestly studied to understand

why God allowed Colonisation

as hard rescue. Africa, largely,

had very cruel Kings and under

resisting populace. Now we have

stupid than cruel leaders with

under resisting populace? Beside

cruelty, these African leaders

failed to significantly develop

learning and working aspects of

Africa. As little as writing, over

ninety percent of African languages

failed to evolve to poor or

good writing level. The cultures

revolve around fun or play and

abuse. A king that rules beyond

the Gambia once reportedly built

a house with four alive women

as pillars, built around them.

When my 'uneducated' mum

was narrating it to me, she said,

'it was good the whites came...'

My point is cruelty existed in Africa

and needed to be challenged

by Africans or others . When bad

whites have to confront worse

Africans, I will say be my guest,

but understand how to confront

the bad whites after?

Colonisation was done with

near zero resistance in most

part of Africa. The African Kings

were lured with gifts, then told

what they can no longer do. The

whites were the new looters,

sharing the loot with prominent

Africans. The children of the

Kings were offered learning opportunities

above others, while

slaves in America were denied

learning opportunities. In places

like the Gambia, some chiefs

were reluctant to send their children

to free school, many chiefs

sent others until they saw it was

beneficial, then they sent their

biological children. Some ordinary

parents allowed their children

to go to school, but lacked

the needed patience or changed

mind. The very person I am

named After is my grandfather,

Jarga Kebba Njie, and was said

to be an exceptional student, but

his father forced him out of free

school and the teachers appealed

to no avail. The little school

he got was enough for him to

be a highly successful peanut

trader, buying peanuts from the

largely zero schooled farmers

and selling to bigger traders and

international world. The colonisers

in a nutshell: 'We will loot

three million dollar worth of

gold from Ghana, million dollar

of sand from the Gambia, but we

will give back one or two million

worth to the Gambia as 'free

education'; we will determine

the price of peanuts then and

now, you get something and our

people can taste and research on

and beyond peanuts? Who forbid

you to research on peanuts+ or

force you to buy our value added

products? We will address one or

few cities as example, but how

many years before your liberators

do nationwide?

When God made man million+

years ago, some people

respected learning and learners

than others. When the God

of heavens and earth revealed

Learn( iqra) about 1500 years ago,

some people misinterpreted it

to mean learn only one religious

knowledge, but the root word of

iqra includes up to research. Reality

and common sense reveal

humans should learn to improve

themselves and avoid hurting

each other. That special book

called the Koran or Recitation

is also very balanced: it warned

us about hypocritical Christians,

but said other good things

about Christians, including

'they are lovers of knowledge'.

A great Muslim must ask why

such a verse and see it as challenge

to love knowledge more

than the best of Christians or at

least average Christians. Such

a verse also confirms not only

so called 'Islamic knowledge' is

knowledge to God or the Angels.

The misinterpretations by

some arrogant Arabs were sadly

unquestioned by Africans, so

when Timbooktu taught mainly

one religious knowledge, others

were respecting other aspects

of learning. Nas, the hip hop

artist, may not truly understood

Timbooktu or ever visited there,

but more important is how we

can have high end universities

all over Africa, through Black+

billionaires and millionaires. We

must learn from Cuba and seek

100% literacy, but we must start

and support higher end learning.

SARJO Manneh and Mo Sallah

can challenge other footballers

beyond Africans, Akon and Youssou

ndure can challenge singers,

LeBron James and Jay z, etc but

beyond their countries. A billionaire

like Oprah Winfrey sponsoring

a high school or even college

may be too low; we need many

high end universities in Africa,

or just say thanks to slavery?

'Lovers of Knowledge' means

they spend enough time and

money to get knowledge and reward

knowledgeable folks than

praise singers and questionable

marabouts and pastors. There

is some good in Religion, but

time must be balanced. When

you scan African satellite TV and

see mainly Christian channels,

the Arabs are on questionable

hadiths than Quaran, then few

African entertainment than

edutainment music channels, it

is almost scary, except it is better

than doing drugs.

Deception through culture,

Religion, or government are all

bad. Since our focus is Deception

around Colonisation, we must

narrow it due to limited knowledge

and to avoid a book like

article. We all agree, Colonisation

was largely financial Deception,

but the world is more than finance.

A country like the Gambia

happens to have near zero 'raw

materials ' to loot. The Gambia

Perspective

Balanced Facts Around Colonisation

and Way Forward for Africa

happens to be a unique country

in Africa and the world! People

may rightly talk about the Berlin

Conference, but the Gambia was

not discussed there. The Gambia

is the only country in the world

that was created to end slavery,

the worst human treatment. The

Portuguese came to the Gambia,

but felt like Bissau was better;

the French were in the Gambia

and Senegal, but when the best

of westerners wanted to end

slavery, Portugal was not cooperative

and taking slaves from

Bissau+. Since the French were

either cowards, not determined

enough, or lacked equipment

than Portugal or England, the

English carved out the Gambia

as the strategic point to confront

slave traders. Thus was

Gambia born. Forth Bullen of

Barra have the evidence for

Tourists who believes in facts

than the fiction of Roots, Kunta

Kinteh. I wish Gambians were

freedom oriented and champion

freedom around the world, but I

am one Gambian who thinks we

have a task greater than praising

the past achievements.

The crimes of the western

world post Colonisation is arguably

worse than during Colonisation,

except they have African

partners in both eras. Murdering

our best leaders and helping

our bad to worst leaders is not

minor. Like a good parent will

not prematurely release an offspring;

the west was suppose to

have a quota of over 50% literacy

before independence. Or set it

as conditions within xyz years,

through xyz of taxes and aids

must be dedicated to education.

When you contrast how

African Kings occasionally

conquered tribes to how Asians

did to each other, you will again

conclude Africans are almost

never best or worst, often in the

valley of WWbogBB. The Whites

coming here was much better

than allowing Asians against

us, especially then. The Loans

our leaders are taking must be

smartly invested in learning

than education, through compensating

achievements than research

funding. The sick mindset

our children 'cannot repay us' is

harming Africa at different levels,

including leaving them with

mismanaged loans as 'favor'.

Remember the God who allowed

lying whites to claim slavery as

'favor' is still alive and may allow

Angels to do worse to you, if you

refuse to repent. Let the African+

children take better route than

our ancestors , whites, and others.

God is not against Africans,

but let us never think that we

are above the universal laws.

It is very wrong to pay for

a crime you have not committed.

As much as I believe the

west still have terrible criminals

against Africa, I think good

whites exist and we must never

harm them in anyway, or become

like the bad whites. Needless

to beat on my Grandparents

for failing to invest in learning

or resisting bad Kings and bad

whites; if the average yearly

loot was one dollar per person

during colonial days, I think it

was much worse in the Jawara

days of the Gambia. Worse than

the looting, our education and

working standards went down,

except those who count quantity

of schools. Then comes Yahya

Cont’d on page 9

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Produce teachers to meet 21st

century learning demands

– Minister to Colleges of Education

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum,

the Minister of

Education, has

charged Governing

Councils of Colleges

of Education to produce

innovative teachers to meet 21st

century learning spaces.

He advised the Councils to

train a competitive workforce to

be fit for purpose and meet the

changing needs of education.

Dr Adutwum said this in

Accra at the inauguration of 16

Governing Councils of Colleges of

Education in Accra.

The Minister administered

the oath of office and oath of

secrecy to the Councils with

the mandate to proffer strategic

Mr Stanley Martey,

Communications

Manager,

Ghana Water

Company Limited

(GWCL), has refuted claims that

water from the Company is

contaminated.

He stressed that water

coming from the Company

met the best of international

standards and was treated

thoroughly and that if there was

any contamination, it would be

from the handling and storage

by end users and the channel

of water transmission and

distribution.

Mr Martey said this during

a panel discussion on the

sidelines of a multi-stakeholder

engagement on Ghana WASH

Week celebration.

The event, organised by the

Ghana Coalition of NGOs in the

Water and Sanitation, brought

together stakeholders in the

sector to discuss issues facing the

water and sanitation sector.

The event was on the theme,

“Urban Water Supply in Ghana –

Reflecting on the Past, Defining

the Future.”

Mr Martey said the Company

had over the years made a lot of

investments in water treatment

and accessibility through

adoption of technology and

changing transmissions and

direction in managing the affairs

of the Colleges.

He urged the Councils to

adhere to the tenets of the

oath and avoid divulging board

meetings to the public.

“You need to desist from

recording proceedings of

meetings and sending them to

others. You need to work in unity

and build a good reputation for

the Colleges,” he advised.

He said the country had

invested in STEM education and

had built six state-of-the art

science laboratories, stressing

that research revealed that 40 per

cent of jobs may not exist in the

next 10 years.

Dr Adutwum, who is also

GWCL refutes claims that

water from the Company

is contaminated

distribution channels.

On revenue mobilisation, the

GWCL Communications Manager

said they had put in place

measures to ensure that they

reduced the non-revenue water

losses from 42 per cent to 35 per

cent by 2025.

“A lot goes into reducing this

non-revenue water losses which

mostly occur as a result of illegal

and inappropriate connections.”

“We have adopted

digitilisation and technology in

most of our operations, which

we intend to use to meet some of

these challenges,” he added.

Mr Attah Arhin, Chairperson,

Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water

and Sanitation, urged the GWCL

to strengthen its regularisations

and partnerships to enhance

their service delivery.

He urged them to also

enhance engagement with the

public to address challenges endusers

faced in water supply.

The Ghana Water, Sanitation

and Hygiene (WASH) week

is celebrated annually by

stakeholders in the sector to

discuss issues affecting the

sector.

The theme for the week long

celebration is: “Pursuing Greater

Prioritisation and Behavioural

Change for Sustainable

Safe Drinking Water and

Environmental Sanitation.”

the Member of Parliament

for Bosomtwe, urged the

leadership of the Colleges to

create an empowered learning

environment for effective

teacher-student relationships

to build confidence and improve

academic excellence.

Dr Adutwum emphasised

the need for the trainees to

have a voice in the teaching

and learning environment by

meaningfully participating in the

discourse of teaching activities

and being empowered to ask

questions without intimidation.

“We need to train our

teacher trainees to go beyond

memorisation of lesson notes

and focus on being assertive

in creating modules for the

transformation of the country,”

he said.

He said the Colleges of

Education played a critical role

in the transformation of the

country’s educational system and

charged them to leave a legacy

by transforming the trainees

into productive and meaningful

members of society.

“Look at the unique selling

point of the Colleges. Focus on

The Minority in Parliament

Tuesday urged

the Ministry of Communication

and Digitalisation

and National

Communications Authority (NCA)

to work together to ensure that

Ghanaians do not suffer unduly

in the SIM reregistration exercise

due to the perceived competition

between them.

“The present level of competition

leaves much to be desired,”

Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority

Leader, said in Parliament.

“A return to the monopoly

days or any operation of pseudo-competitive

environment or

duopoly will be an unpardonable

indictment.”

Mr Iddrisu said Ghanaians

should not be punished with a

blockage of their SIM cards, especially

when a significant number

the activities of the institutions

and be interested in the

curriculum of the Colleges for

better improvement,” he said.

Dr Adutwum urged the

leadership of the Colleges

to avoid trivial issues like

prescribing uniforms for the

trainees and concentrate more

importantly on improving

learning outcomes in the

institutions.

Right Reverend Abraham

Kobina Ackah, the Chairman,

Wiawso College of Education,

commended President Nana

Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the

confidence reposed in them and

pledged their commitment to

work to achieve their mandates.

He assured the Minister that

he would uphold the mission and

vision of the Colleges and strive

for excellence.

The Board is made up of

representatives of the various

stakeholders, including the

had not been able to access the

national ID, the only medium for

registering, through no fault of

theirs.

Addressing the Press Corp

in Parliament, Mr Iddrisu said

the Ministry and the NCA were

ignoring the legitimate concerns

of Ghanaians, who were saying

they did not have the Ghana Card

to facilitate their SIM reregistration.

He said the government was

proceeding erroneously as if every

Ghanaian had the Ghana card,

adding: “This is simply not true,

it is not the case.”

“Digitalisation, Information

and Communication Technology

(ICT) are directly tied to key fundamental

rights including rights

to privacy and communication

as no person should be subjected

to interference with the privacy

Ghana Education Service, Alumni,

Ghana Tertiary Education

Commission, government

nominees, academic affairs,

National Teaching Council, and

Students’ Representative Council.

The Colleges are; Abetifi

College of Education, Ada

College of Education, Agogo

Presbyterian Women’s College

of Education, Akatsi College of

Education, Akrokerri College of

Education, Atebubu College of

Education, Bagabaga College of

Education, and Berekum College

of Education.

The rest are: Dambai College

of Education, Komenda College

of Education, Nusrat Jahan

Ahmadiyya College of Education,

Presbyterian College of

Education, Seventh-day Adventist

College in Agona-Ashanti and

Asokore, St Francis College of

Education, and Wiawso College of

Education.

Minority urges Ministry, NCA to

ensure smooth SIM reregistration

of his or her communication….”

he said.

The frustrations in the reregistration

exercise with telecom

companies through third-party

private entities as well as the NIA

having different mandates could

only be said to be “repressive”.

“Why is the Minister and the

Government for that matter not

acting with the same zeal and

alacrity to ensure that Ghanaians

achieve a successful transition

from analogue radio and television

to digital terrestrial radio

and television, since the switchover

deadline has long passed,”

he asked.

Mr Samuel Nartey George, the

Deputy Ranking Member on the

Communications Committee,

said the Minister had a responsibility

to the Ghanaian people to

ensure there was prudent use of

the taxpayer’s money.

“If she chooses to go ahead

with this illegality, there are

court procedures ahead. We will

fight it, we will stand with our

constituents,” he said.

Mr George, the Member of

Parliament of Ningo-Prampram,

urged the Communication Minister,

Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful,

not to roll the exercise with

sanctions but ensure the service

benefitted all.

He said the resort to (L.I 2111)

as the basis for the sole use of the

Ghana Card as an identification

document was untenable as the

Legislative Instrument did not

make it a sole identity but only

described it as principal document.

Wednesday, 14th September, 2022

DAILY ANALYST

Page 7

GBA calls for

stringent measures to

circumscribe corruption

Mr Yaw Acheampong

Boafo, the

President of the

Ghana Bar Association

(GBA),

said the recent Auditor General’s

Report is a sad commentary on

the state of corruption, plundering,

and mismanagement of the

public purse.

He, therefore, called on the

Government to continue to

implement deterring policies and

best practices to deal with corruption

in all forms.

He added his voice to calls

by civil society organisations on

the Auditor General to exercise

his constitutional powers to

issue surcharges and disallowances

against persons cited for

various financial irregularities in

the 2019, 2021, and 2020 reports,

which had gained approval from

the country’s apex court.

Mr Boafo said this during the

opening of the 2022 Annual General

Meeting of the Ghana Bar

Association in Ho, on the theme:

“Ghana’s Democracy under the

Two remanded over 86

sacks of narcotic drugs

The Circuit Court in Accra

has remanded two

persons who have been

arrested for possessing

86 sacks of narcotics

drugs (marijuana).

The two – Rashid Adamu, a

truck conductor, and Kwaku Amedo,

a truck loader were charged

with two offenses.

They have pleaded not guilty

to two counts of conspiracy to

commit crime to wit possessing

narcotics drugs and unlawful

possession of narcotics drugs.

The court presided over by

Her Honour Mrs. Rosemary Baah

Torsu remanded them to re-appear

on September 26, 2022.

A third accused person said to

be Kwaku Isaac is at large.

According to EIB Network’s

Court Correspondent Murtala

Inusah, the exhibits are now going

to be sent to the crime lab for

analytical examination.

Brief facts

The brief facts of the case as

narrated to the Court by Chief

Inspector Amoah Richard were

that, accused Rashid Adamu is a

truck conductor and resides in

Aflao while Kwaku Amedo is a

truck loader and resides in Aflao.

He said, on September 8, 2022

at about 1800 hours, the National

Intelligence Bureau (NIB) acting

on Intelligence that a group of

individuals is engaged in the

enterprise of transporting and

trading in substances suspected

to be narcotic drugs in the Ketu

South Municipality.

Chief Inspector Amoah said,

personnel of NIB subsequently

proceeded to Denu and arrested

Fourth Republic: Gains, Challenges

and Prospects.”

He noted that despite efforts

by successive governments to

fight corruption, scarce state

resources were being plundered

to the detriment of the masses,

a significant number of whom

were poor and struggling to earn

a decent living.

Equally threatening was

political violence, monetisation

of politics, and partisan polarisation,

which were affronts to the

consolidation of Ghana’s fledgling

democracy for a progressive

and fair society, he said.

Mr Boafo said the GBA expected

the government to take

effective and sustainable steps

to ensure a fair and equitable

development across all sectors of

the economy.

He identified the unbridled

utterances and use of intemperate

language in the media, especially

by some political actors, as

part of the existential threats to

the country’s democracy.

“The level of vitriol on comthe

said accused persons hidden

in the “man diesel” vehicle with

registration number AE556-12.

The vehicle he said was loaded

with 86 sacks of compressed

parcels suspected to be Indian

hemp at Denu Market.

According to the prosecutor,

during interrogation, the two

accused persons mentioned one

Kweku Isaac as the owner of the

said substance who contracted

them to offload same.

The said owner the prosecutor

said, bolted with the driver

during their arrest and that, “exhibits

to wit ‘man diesel’ truck

with the registration number AE-

556-12 is impounded whilst the

86- sacks of the said substance

are in the custody of the Bureau

for further forensic examination.

The prosecutor told the court

that, the Accused persons were

cautioned accordingly with the

offence and brought before this

honorable court.

Chief Inspector Amoah said

efforts are underway to arrest the

other accomplices as investigations

continue.

ment threads on social media at

times with tribal undertones is

quite alarming,” he said, noting

that much as freedom of expression

and pluralistic media were

guaranteed and protected under

the 1992 Constitution, those

rights carried a corresponding responsibility

and circumspection.

The GBA President, therefore,

called for more responsibility, decency,

restraint, and circumspection

on the airwaves with the

expectation that the talk-shops

would be for exchange of ideas

rather than avenues for anarchy,

confusion and violence.

“Media houses cannot hide

behind dishonest click baits to

tarnish the reputation of others

who hold positions they disagree

with,” he said, and urged the

hosts to review panelists on their

shows.

Mr Boafo expressed worry

over the reported incidents of

threats, violence and thuggery

visited on some media houses

in the discharge of their duties,

and appealed to the Ghana

Police Service and the Office of

Dr Ishmael Evan

Yamson, the first

President of the Governing

Council of the

Private Enterprise

Federation (PEF), has called on

the private sector to align and

engage the government on issues

of national development.

He said, “it is good for the

private sector to come together,

think together and act together

on measures that will address

the challenges confronting the

country.”

Dr Yamson made the call

during a ceremony to honour

him for his contribution to the

establishment of the Federation

in Accra.

In 1994, the Private Enterprise

Federation (then Foundation)

was incorporated as an

autonomous, non-profit-making

institution to unite the domestic

private sector to be able to exert

greater influence on national

policy initiatives for the creation

of an enabling environment in

which private sector businesses

can thrive.

He said when the private

sector was able to put its acts together

with a common and unified

front to inform programmes

and policies of the government,

it enabled the government to

listen.

The Economist said the

government alone could not

address or solve challenges but

would need partnership from

the private sector, explaining

that “we do not have that sense

of partnership anymore as a

country.”

Dr Yamson said the private

sector needed to go to the

government with constructive

criticism and dialogue for last-

Yaw Acheampong Boafo, President of GBA

the Attorney-General to swiftly

arrest, investigate and prosecute

such offenders.

“We are appalled by the

2022 edition of the World Press

Freedom Index as Ghana was

ranked 30 places lower than its

more recent position in the 2021

ranking.”

He urged the government to

continue to bridge the technology

gap within the justice delivery

system through the introduction

of the electronic court system,

among other things, and said the

increase in the number of courts

would enhance access to justice.

Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-

Yeboah, in an address read on his

behalf by Mr Justice Jones Dotse,

Justice of the Supreme Court,

Private sector players urged

to engage government

ing solutions.

“We do not want PEF to speak

to itself but rather, we want the

Federation to build a strong

coalition with its own ideas,

which should be shared with the

government,” he said.

He expressed the hope that

the government would continue

to listen and engage the private

sector in its activities.

The Federation, through its

President, Nana Osei-Bonsu,

described Dr Yamson as a trailblazer

and a player in the private

sector space.

A citation presented to him

reads: “Thanks to your efficient

and effective leadership, the

Federation is confidently poised

to ensure that the hopes of the

domestic private sector are met

to make it competitive and profitable

for enhanced economic

growth of Ghana.”

Nana said the story of PEF

could not be told without the

urged the Bar to begin to question

the delays in adjudication of

cases and come up with rules in

case management to stem time

wasting.

He urged the conference to

evolve time-tested reforms to

fast-track the adjudication of

civil and criminal cases, which

should be reflected in the communique’

after the weeklong

retreat.

The conference, which will

see a sod-cutting in Ho for the

first regional Bar Centre of the

Association, also features legal

outreach in selected schools,

medical screening at the Volta

Serene Hotel, and visit to tourist

sites in the Volta Region.

mention of Dr Yamson and

through his leadership, the

Federation was inaugurated on

January 25, 1995, with USAID offering

to sponsor its operations

for the first five years.

USAID supported PEF’s operations

for more than ten years,

making it possible for PEF to

exert its influence in policy formulation

and capacity building

for the enabling environment

for its members.

He said Dr Yamson, who was

the President for 10 plus years,

was instrumental in securing

the landed property for the Federation.

“Considering his impact in

manufacturing, telecoms, banking,

finance, education, health,

extractives, and the domestic

private sector, we think it would

be prudent to celebrate this

beautiful milestone with him,”

he said.

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AfriKids Ghana, a Child

Rights Organisation,

has launched a fiveyear

strategic plan

aimed at contributing

to achieving inclusive development

and growth of children in

Northern Ghana.

The initiative dubbed, “One

million smiles”, would focus on

building strong partnerships

among key stakeholders, to build

resilient and enabling communities

for the sustainable growth

and development of children in

320 communities in six districts

in the five regions of the North.

It would also empower communities

to protect and uphold

the rights of children against

harmful practices, provide access

to inclusive and quality education

and quality healthcare delivery,

to help the country’s efforts

Health

towards attaining the Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs).

The beneficiary districts include

Binduri and Builsa South in

the Upper East Region, Mamprugu-Moagduri

in the North-East

region, Lambussie-Karni in the

Upper West region, Gushegu

Municipal in the Northern region

and Sawla-Tuna-Kalba in the

Savannah Region.

Mr David Pwalua, the Country

Director, AfriKids Ghana, revealed

these at Bolgatanga during the

launch of the 20th anniversary of

the organisation.

He said despite the efforts

made towards achieving the

SDGs particularly goals three

and four which put emphasis on

access to quality education and

health, there were still huge gaps

and varied challenges confronting

the growth and development


Child Rights Organisation

launches five-year strategic plan

of children.

He said a baseline research

conducted by the organisation

and the works done in the past

revealed that many children

continued to experience violence

and difficulties in accessing quality

education and healthcare.

Mr Pwalua said despite the

target of meeting the demands

of the SDGs and Ghana being

the first Country in the Sub-region

to ratify the United Nations

Convention on the Right of the

Child, a lot was still required

from stakeholders to collectively

address the challenges facing

communities.

He said the strategic plan

aimed at ensuring that families

and young people had secured

livelihoods to meet the needs of

children, protect them against

exploitation and other harmful

practices.

“What is going to be different

is that we are going to constructively

build proper partnerships

to work together to undertake

projects to empower mothers

in particular because we believe

that when our women are

economically sound, they will be

able to take care of the children.”

He said due to the fundamental

issue of poverty, “we are not

able to prioritise our needs, so,

we have seen experienced people

having their girls drop out of

school to marry, people preferring

to educate the male children over

their daughters, withdrawing

children from school especially

during the rainy season to go take

of cattle or work but we believe

that the rights of the child must

be upheld.”

Mr Edward Azure, the Upper

East Regional Director, Ghana Education

Service, noted that apart

from the child protection component,

AfriKids had over the years

contributed immensely to the de-

velopment of education through

a number of interventions.

He called on all stakeholders

to support the implementation

of the project to ensure that

children were protected against

violence, while having quality

healthcare and education.

As a child protection organisation,

the AfriKids Ghana had

over the years worked to end the

killing of deformed children,

locally known as ‘spirit children’

and contributed to the elimination

of the practice of Female

Genital Mutilation in many

communities in the Upper East

Region.

Izwe Savings & Loans

Supports Chiraa Hospital

with medical equipment

Visually impaired students

receive financial support

A

total of 28 visually

impaired pupils

and students in the

Northern region have

received financial

support to cater for some of their

educational needs as well as help

to transport them back to school.

Each of them received an

amount of GHc250.00.

Due to the lack of a school

for the blind or an integrated

school in the region to admit

them, the beneficiaries face the

daunting task of travelling to Wa

in the Upper West region every

term to attend the Wa School

for the Blind to acquire formal

education.

This places enormous

financial challenges on their

parents, who already find it

difficult to adequately cater for

their educational needs hence

the decision by the Centre for

Active Learning and Integrated

Development (CALID), a nongovernment

organisation, with

support from Vibrant Village

Foundation, to extend the

financial support to them.

Mr Mohammed Awal Sumani

Bapio, Executive Director

of CALID, speaking at the

Disability Centre in Tamale to

present the financial package

to the beneficiaries, said it

was to alleviate some of their

challenges.

He said: “We worked with

the Ghana Blind Union over a

year ago on a health project, and

we realised that they also have

key challenges in the area of

education as well.

“They do not have school

in the region for their visually

impaired children. The children

travel to Wa every term to attend

school. They also do not learn

or read during vacation because

they do not have brail” hence our

support.

Mr Bapio appealed to the

Government to build a school for

the blind in Tamale to cater for

blind students in the region such

that they would not have to be

travelling to and from Wa every

term.

He also called on government

and other stakeholders to

support in brail to enable the

beneficiaries read and learn

whilst on vacation in the region.

He commended parents

of the beneficiaries for their

commitment to send their

visually impaired children to

school saying their efforts must

be emulated especially when

there were other parents, who

decided to hide their special

needs children.

Madam Hanifa Fuseini,

Northern Regional Assessment

Officer in-charge of Intellectual

Disability, Northern Regional

Directorate of Education,

expressed hope that the Ghana

Education Service would soon

designate a school in Tamale for

inclusive education to admit

blind students in the region.

Mr Imoro Mohammed,

Northern Regional Secretary,

Ghana Blind Union, said

hundreds of visually impaired

children in the region could not

afford formal education because

their parents did not have the

means to send them to the Wa

School for the Blind.

Mr Yakubu Haruna, a

smallholder farmer from

Lamashegu, a suburb of Tamale,

whose two children, a 15-year-old

form one girl, and a 10-year-old

class two boy, were part of the

beneficiaries, said the financial

support from CALID was a great

relief to him.

Mr Haruna said he was

wondering how to afford his

children’s transport fares and

other items to enable them to go

back to school adding “So, I am

very grateful for the support from

CALID.”

Madam Sumaya Fuseini,

a resident of Sognayili in the

Sagnarigu Municipality, whose

10-year-old daughter was a

beneficiary, also expressed

gratitude to CALID for the

support, which would go a long

way to lessen the burden on her.

Izwe Savings and Loans

has presented hospital

equipment to the maternity

ward of the Chiraa hospital

in the Sunyani West

Municipality of the Bono Region.

Chiraa is a heavily populated

community which shares

boundaries with four districts in

three regions of Ghana. The only

health center in the community,

upgraded to a hospital last year,

also serves as a referral point to

over a dozen communities.

For years, the Chiraa Hospital

has lacked facilities for quality

healthcare. The situation has

affected the work of doctors and

nurses as well as quality of care

provided to patients, especially at

the maternity ward.

As part of Izwe’s Corporate

Social responsibility initiative, the

institution has donated hospital

equipment to improve healthcare

delivery at the hospital. The

donated items included an

autoclave (a machine for

sterilizing medical equipment),

medical screens, metal cabinets,

office desk and chairs, curtains

and bedsheets with pillowcases.

The company also painted the

maternity block.

Hospital Administrator Mabel

Tweneboah stated: “It’s going

to help us a lot. Being the only

government hospital on the

Sunyani-Techiman stretch, most

referrals from other districts for

healthcare delivery are directed to

this facility.”

While thanking Izwe

for their support, the Chiraa

hospital administrator also

appealed to other organizations

and individuals to emulate the

gesture of Izwe Savings and Loans

for effective healthcare delivery

at the Chiraa hospital.

“We are grateful and

appreciate what Izwe has

been able to provide for us. We

will put them to good use. We

thank them very much for this

beautiful presentation,” Madam

Tweneboah added.

About Izwe Savings and Loans

In the last 10 years, Izwe

Savings and Loans has been

committed to delivering bespoke

financial solutions to its clients.

At the core of its mandate is

improving lives and delivering

social upliftment in Ghana while

generating solid financial returns

through innovative financial

solutions and services

Izwe is a subsidiary of Izwe

Africa which was originally

founded in South Africa in

2004 with its headquarters in

Mauritius and subsidiaries in

Kenya and Zambia. Izwe has, for

the last 10 years, worked towards

uplifting people for the greater

good of the country.

This year, Izwe has dedicated

GHS150m to support Small &

Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and

ready to scale up where needed.

If you are an SME in need of

financial assistance, text SME to

4993 and let’s talk business.

DAILY ANALYST


Cont’d from page 5

Jammeh, another hard rescue

against Gambians and possible

testimony of reincarnated Cruel

African King and under resisting

populace? Jammeh was not just

cruel, but he was a hypocritical

coward who enjoyed marijuana

and feared legalising it. Despite

his occasional political rages

against the west, he licked their

ass when a drug shipment was

caught in Gambian waters and

he was among the suspects.

He worsen the Gambian law

to include seizing compounds

were marijuana was found,

while he was using marijuana,

according to many folks, including

Jamaican musicians who

wrongly praised him and claim

to smoked with him. President

Adama Barrow lacks respect

for truth and yet to understand

the dangers of oppressing the

minority on personal rights.

Although less personally corrupt

as Jammeh, he simply does

not seem to have the courage to

crackdown on corruption. We

need culture of cameras, people

must stop stealing time through

late, absence, and idle at work

time. We pay taxes for work to be

done, not simple attendance and

bad work. We need thinkers in

government, but also how to help

thinkers outside government. He

may arrogantly say, he greedily

sold Land to success, and blind

to the land reforms we need for

humanity over business.

Loving knowledge is good,

but how truthful and kind are

the Christians, whites, and xyz?

Keep trading blames, but we

must know the race is not who is

much worse, but who wants to be

the best, squarely.

All of Africa should choose

English as first language, but

develop it to be much better than

present English, then name it .

This does not mean making it

more 'African', but making it

simpler, more consistent, and

more stranger friendly. It may

require doubling or tripling the

vowels, harder start and smooth

ride after. This means even the

British will learn ours. As a lover

of languages and knowing many

western and African languages,

I fairly know the weakness and

strength of the languages I know

or functional in. First, it is very

important to know it is in our

best earthly interest to have

one primary world and African

language. English is already the

number one language, but if we

can improve it, then why not? If

the rest of the world choose our

English, Uk+ will subdue, otherwise

we will have a simpler English

for our people and a much

smaller percentage of Africans

will learn the present English,

French, Portuguese, etc. I do not

recommend the route of taking

one African language to develop

it, because English took lot from

African languages and we should

be global, not just African. We

should develop African languages

to written level, but not

separately as we are doing. Those

languages should still be secondary

to our new English. Beside

our interest, the past shows the

French and Portuguese were

much more brutal in Colonisation,

so largely abandon their

languages. Rwanda ditch French

and prospered. Guinea and Mali

do not have the courage to ditch

French, partly because Present

English is hard, except French is

harder. Our New English can be

learned in six months, by average

adults. I am highly functional

in French, fairly functional in

Spanish and Portuguese. So I

don't hate these languages and

not calling for total banning, but

switching the primary language.

The leaders of these countries

know very well that higher learning

demands English in our age,

so delaying English Learning is

self delaying, especially against

the poor. Haiti should ditch both

voodoo and French, learn from

Rwanda.

It can be a gradual switch

and do not wait for grants from

u.s , UK, or Australia. The English

speaking Africans should help

any African country willing to

switch. The Language does not

belong to the queen or new king,

and we can use it to raise their

conscience. Let the African union

or a billionaire take enough of

my type, pay minimally until we

prove our worth or work deserve

big bonuses. We can certainly

produce a much better English,

but the task will continue on all

of us. How is our character on

Showlove Trinity is more important

than any language? May

God bless Showlove Trinity: Let's

learn, let's work, let's have fun.

By Jarga Kebba Gigo

An Activist and Transformer

Optional note:

First, there are terrible

Africans who are on illusions

or use fractional facts to mislead

the kids. For example, one

Gambian singer sang a song that

claims, 'the whites fooled our

grandparents until some speak

English, some French, etc ' The

reality is Africans were much

more divided on languages and

Colonisation brought us closer.

I am a mixed tribe, and on one

side, I am arguably from the

largest African tribe, the Fulani.

Whereas many Americans

think Swahili is the number one

African Tribe, I think the Fulanis

are number one. Even if we were

to take the Fulani as primary

African language, can we even

agree we should modify it like

we are planning on English? The

different type of Fulanis exist,

from Cameron, Nigeria, Senegal,

to Guinea. Twenty years ago,

there was no well known written

Fulani dictionary. Knowing the

top three African languages does

not guarantee you communicating

with 25% of Africans, but

knowing just English and French

can break language barriers with

over 25% of Africans. A bad song

like the one I mentioned builds

a bad mindset on teenagers+ ,

they reluctantly learn and thus

poorly learn. They avoid speaking

English in the offices, until they

become president or senior officer

then the errors become intolerable.

We know English people

make mistakes at NewYork

Times level, we make mistakes

in our local languages, but we

must differentiate tolerable from

intolerable, efforts from enough

efforts , etc.

The opportunities we dismissed

is sadly hitting us. We

were not the only countries colonised,

but some countries refuse

to repeat or worsen the crimes

of the Colonisers on their own

people. Learning others language

is not a crime, especially if it may

help you. Excuses like is not my

mother tongue will be gauged

against others' efforts. Even if

your parents did not take you to

school, it is vital to learn English

from a fellow Gambian, Ghanian,

etc before you think about

luck in Europe. Don't learn few

words and claim enough, read,

speak, and write! Everyday. Pay

few hundreds/thousands to your

teachers or how can you claim

appreciation or lover of knowledge...

When I was in Montreal

Canada, my room-mates were

Senegalese doing Masters and

PhD, but they struggle because

many of their books and special

papers were only in English. It

is cruel for Macky Sall or xyz to

know this fact, have an English

teacher for his kids, but the poor

Senegalese will focus on imposed

French until they need highest

learning... Beside Montreal,

when I was in Vancouver , I saw

people from Brazil and other

countries paying thousands of

dollars to learn English; flight,

rent, and other expenses and

they may or may not say 'it's not

my mother tongue '. If there is

one good thing about Colonisation,

then language is likely it. I

can write to educate Ghanians+

of multiple tribes, write for children

of ex slaves to know work

denial over marijuana is very

wrong and contribute to gangs,

and eventually prejudice against

all blacks? Without English, how

would you have learned from

Nelson Mandela in his language?

It is no exaggeration when

I claim we can have new better

English that people can learn

much quicker. The French people

spoke five hundred years ago,

Quebec French, and modern

Paris French are not just different,

but one is easier than the

other. Similarly is English, and

Spanish was modernised. I reluctantly

learned French in school;

gladly learned it for over a year

in Quebec , Canada ; then I tried

Spanish and within two weeks, I

was reading Spanish better than

French. The power of consistency

was at play, Spanish reading is

by far much more consistent

than English and French. Once

we develop our new English and

the Chinese find it much more

easier and the need to trade with

Africa, others will embrace it and

even English people will learn it

than they learn present African

languages. It is not easy to know

the difficulties or problems of

your own language until you are

exposed to something better

as contrast, so our appreciation

to the English should include

improving it. Get a team of

multilingual African+ and let's

produce the new language of the

world, which will not be very far

from present English or hard to

switch from.

Arabic language is consistent

in reading to some degree, but it

focuses on beauty than functionality,

and that is problematic

towards non Arabs. Due to the

fact that a big percentage of

Africans are Muslims, it is vital

to also make changes to how

present Arab is written to help

our fellow Africans learn Quaran

quicker. The changes on this

are much more minor , but the

teaching methods can change

drastically. Anyone with strong

English should be able to read

and understand the Quaran in

Arabic within six months. Memorising

it will also be quicker,

but depends on other factors.

Achieving this will put a dent

on groups like bokoharam, it

will literally close many abusive

Koranic schools, and it will free

the people through time, to learn

other things. I already have the

formulas to do it, but it requires

time and money. You need a team

who are good in both Arabic

Koran and English, share the formulas

or guides, work separately

and then together to produce an

awesome final product that will

transform how we learn Quaran.

OIC is coming to the Gambia, but

they may not trust a marijuana

guy to lead such a project. So let's

work hard and invest our own

money as charity on modern

'free a neck.'

Whereas the Koran claims

'Christians are lovers of knowledge'

and that was not just true,

but still true; the English from

UK, Canada, Australia, and u.s

spend significantly on research

and development, partnering

with them cannot be compared

with partnering with France,

Portugal, Spain, or Saudi Arabia

that fails to respect ch.103. If

we do it rightly, God will see us

through. Which individual or

group will take the 'lover of truth

or the whole peaceful Trinity

prize? Hope God will give us

perfect marijuana or something

better. It was largely Christians

and whites who lied Marijuana

has no medicinal value? Then another

group of largely Christians

and whites who said the laws

disproportionately hurt blacks

and donated to NormL than

blacks... So shame on the African

leaders who still criminalise

cannabis, they were/are with bad

Opinion

Balanced Facts Around Colonisation

and Way Forward for Africa

Biden? When you take marijuana

you know door and wind-door is

oral English in the cold and functionality,

but when you drink

alcohol you write window...

Optional note 2:

We must not allow our young

ones to carry illusions that may

negatively impact their learning

or working character, or sin

against others. Not only do we

have a problem of tribalism, we

are increasingly seeing racist

thoughts than actions among

blacks. When barely working

blacks claim Arabs and whites

are not hard working , it is based

on very faulty calculations. It

is fairly easy to see countless

lazy folks in any race or gender,

but the fruits are big evidence

against Africa in respect to learning

and working character. You

cannot tell me the 5 to 15 % of

blacks built the Arab and white

worlds through force or other

means, but we refuse to help

ourselves, especially in Africa . A

big percentage of whites never

owned slaves and history is not

very clear how governments

directly used slaves. The early

part of the transatlantic slavery

was labor oriented, so it is

literally impossible for about 5%

of a populace to build the rest

through physical work. Later,

they saw blacks were mentally

capable and the mental contribution

of few blacks actually out

valued the physical contribution

of slaves. For example, it was a

black man who discovered the

importance of crop rotation and

that helped way beyond America,

including whites.

Traffic lights and many

other things were discovered

by blacks, and many of them

were hardly well compensated.

When the African child is taught

crop rotation in school, he may

wrongly think thanks to whites

or Gardening is for the poor.

Blacks may be more physically

fit, but not necessarily the most

hard working people on earth.

Similarly, blacks immensely contributed

to the mental Evolution

of humankind, but largely outside

Africa. This simply means

Africa must open doors for our

young ones to research and find

ways of generous compensation

of our trying and great minds.

Availability is crucial than affordability,

and there are many

simple and inexpensive things

that are simply not available in

many parts of Africa. We need

big research-oriented stores and

phone numbers to call and order

if we need something that is

not available. Not everyone have

families in the west or Asia, who

may even not be helpful enough

sometimes. The time and money

you spend on learning shows

how much you value learning;

the money you reserve to help

people gain employment is about

gratitude, but you must first

appreciate employers without

worshipping them.

Jarga kebba Gigo, © 2022

Page 10

Ghana’s leading mobile

microinsurance

company, aYo

Intermediaries Ghana

picked two top awards

at the recently held Ghana

Insurance Awards 2022, stamping

its authority on the country’s

microinsurance space.

aYo Ghana, a subsidiary

of MTN Ghana, walked away

with the plaques for the Mobile

Insurance Leadership Award and

the Best Growing Intermediary

Firm of the Year award. The

company won those two out of

four nominations for the night.

aYo’s two range of policies –

Recharge with Care (RwC) and

Send with Care (SwC) tower above

other products in the mobilebased

microinsurance space,

and they are driving insurance

penetration up significantly,

particularly among the informal

sector.

The company recently

Business

aYo Ghana picks

two laurels at Ghana

Insurance Awards 2022

marked its fifth year in the

Ghanaian market, churning out

some very impressive numbers

in terms of subscribers, as well

as volumes and value of claims

settled so far.

But it has since improved

on those numbers. Currently

its customer base stands at 8.74

million plus, comprising of about

7.3 million Recharge with Care

customers and about 1.5 million

Send with Care customers.

Year to date, aYo has paid out

about GHS10.56 million in claims

to over 32,524 policyholders and

beneficiaries.

aYo in partnership with

MTN provides microinsurance

solutions which leverage on

technology to give all MTN

subscribers and Ghanaians

(particularly, low-middle income

and informal sector workers

who are most vulnerable to risk/

daily eventualities) relevant,

affordable, accessible and easy-


to-use insurance.

Products

As stated above, aYo has two

main lines of products – Recharge

with Care and Send with Care.

Recharge with Care (RwC)

gives the policyholder up to

GHs120 per night as hospital

cover upon admission to

support admission bills, and

up to GHs6,000 as life cover in

the unfortunate passing of the

policyholder or a registered

family member who is an

additional life on the policy for

free. All at costs the policyholder

only Ghs6 per month via airtime

deduction.

To access RwC, one simply

needs to dial *296# and sign up.

Send with Care, leverages on

MTN mobile money and gives

the policyholder up to GHS30,000

Hospital and Life insurance

cover benefits whiles the receiver

of the MoMo also receives up

to GHs3,000 Life cover in the

unfortunate passing of the

sender.

SwC can be found on the

regular MTN MoMo short code,

*170#; select option 1 (transfer

money), select option 3 (Send

with Care) and follow the prompt.

When one opts for SwC, 5%

of the amount he or she send

at any time, will be deducted as

premium from the wallet.

RwC Annual Cover

Meanwhile, as part of its

fifth years anniversary, aYo has

introduced a new feature to

Recharge with Care (RwC) policy,

dubbed RwC Annual Cover, which

enables RwC policyholders get

12 months cover of GHs6,000

life and GHs120 Hospitalization

benefit, at a one-time premium of

GHs130 annually.

In addition, policyholders

get to earn 10% cash-back if

no claims occur within the 12

months cover period.

The Recharge with Care

Annual Cover feature is based on

user feedback and lessons gained

since the launch of RwC in April

2018.

Aside the benefits mentioned,

RwC Annual Cover gives

customers the opportunity to

avoid missing some monthly

premiums, so they have the

peace of mind knowing they are

covered for the whole year in case

of any eventuality.

The company pointed out the

there are No E-Levy charges on

premiums paid.

For further enquiries, one can

find aYo on Facebook, Twitter

and Instagram with the name

aYo Ghana, or reach them on

WhatsApp number 0596918235,

or request a call back on 296 for

information on their products

and services, or call 100 on MTN.

Customers can also dial

*296#, select option 1(continue),

then option 8 (more info), then 6

(more), 4 (request call back).

Govt Commends

Vodafone Ghana For

Supporting Youth

The Deputy Minister

of Communications

and Digitalisation,

Honourable Ama

Pomaa Boateng,

has lauded Vodafone Ghana

for supporting the youth in

developing core digital skills that

add value to their careers and

ventures.

The deputy minister made

the commendation during her

opening remarks at the Vodafone

Skills Fair held on 1st September,

2022.

She added that she was

especially impressed with

Vodafone’s support for the

government’s agenda of driving

digital growth among the youth.

According to her, Vodafone

Ghana has shown this

commitment over the years by

partnering with her ministry to

embark on various initiatives

such as the Girls in ICT

programme, the Tertiary Digital

Innovation programme, and

others.

While applauding Vodafone

for hosting the skills fair,

she urged the youth to take

advantage of the platform to gain

digital skills that will prepare

them for future challenges.

“We thank you, Vodafone

Ghana, for your support over the

years. We encourage you, the

youth, to take up this space. Pay

attention, ask questions, and be

relevant. Thank you, Vodafone

Ghana, for supporting our youth,

making them digital citizens, and

making them secure online,” she

added.

The Vodafone skills fair

is a flagship corporate social

responsibility programme

championed by Vodafone. It

creates a platform for young

Ghanaians to connect with

experienced professionals who

have built enviable careers in

their respective fields.

Jeremy Awori Appointed

CEO for Ecobank Group

Ecobank Transnational

Incorporated (ETI),

the parent company

of the Ecobank Group,

has announced the

appointment of Jeremy Awori

as new Group Chief Executive

Officer.

He will succeed the current

CEO, Ade Ayeyemi, who is to retire

soon from the Group.

A statement from ETI said

Adeyemi is retiring because he is

turning 60 soon and his successor

was named by the Board ahead of

the exact retirement date, which

will be announced later.

Ecobank Group Chairman,

Alain Nkontchou thanked Ade for

his immense contribution during

his seven years Ecobank Group

CEO.

He said “Ade can be rightly

proud of his success in leading

the implementation of the

Roadmap to Leadership strategy,

navigating Ecobank through

challenges, seizing opportunities,

and positioning Ecobank for

sustainable long-term growth.

Ade’s deep knowledge, unrivalled

vision, commitment and infinite

passion made all the difference.

It has been a real pleasure

working with him. I count on his

continuous support to ensure a

smooth transition as we onboard

Jeremy Awori as the new Group

CEO.”

The Board Chair described

Ade Ayeyemi

Jeremy Awori as a highly

respected leader in the banking

industry with significant

achievements in his previous

capacities, adding that the Board

of Directors strongly believes

that his drive and strong focus

on results will be vital in steering

the Group in its next phase.

Ade Ayeyemi expressed

his deep gratitude for the

opportunity to lead the

Ecobank Group and stated: “It

is a privilege to lead an amazing

team of Ecobankers in bringing

the Ecobank Group back to

growth and continuing to realise

our commendable pan-African

mandate.” He also expressed

his commitment to a smooth

transition and onboarding of his

successor.

The incoming Group CEO,

Jeremy Awori, responding

to the announcement of his

appointment said: “It is a great

honour to be appointed Ecobank

Group’s Chief Executive Officer.

I look forward to consolidating

the transformation of Ecobank,

a truly pan-African institution

full of talented people, while

innovating to create value for

all Ecobank’s stakeholders. I am

humbled by the opportunity to

contribute to the continent’s

economic development and

financial integration with

Ecobank Group”

Jeremy Awori is joining

Ecobank Group following a

25-year-long career in the

banking industry, with almost a

decade leading Absa Bank Kenya

Plc as the CEO & Managing

Director.

Before joining Absa, Jeremy

held multiple leadership roles at

Standard Chartered Bank across

the Middle-East and Africa. He

brings a wealth of experience,

skills, and industry know-how to

the Ecobank Group.

DAILY ANALYST


Sports

Anthony Joshua 'accepts

Tyson Fury's terms' for all-

British December fight

Graham Potter:

Challenge of being

Chelsea manager 'too

big to turn down'

Graham Potter has said

the challenge of being

Chelsea manager was

"too big to turn down".

Potter, 47, left

Brighton to take over at Stamford

Bridge after the Blues sacked

Thomas Tuchel.

His first game in charge will

be a home Champions League

group game against Red Bull

Salzburg on Wednesday.

"You have to look at the tradition,

the quality, size and ambition

of the club here," said Potter,

who signed a five-year deal with

the Blues.

"It's a completely different

challenge from the one I had at

Brighton.

"I had three fantastic years

there, but I'm very thankful to

the owners here for putting their

trust in me."

He added: "My main job is to

help the guys that are here, help

them improve and put a team on

the pitch that the supporters are

proud of.

"We want to create our own

team, our own identity so that

it's recognisable. We'll fight every

day for it."

Chelsea sacked Tuchel the day

after defeat by Dinamo Zagreb in

their opening Champions League

group game, and face a Red Bull

Salzburg side who drew with

AC Milan in their first Group E

match.

Asked if he had ever attended

a Champions League match,

Potter said: "Off the top of my

head, I don't think I have - but

it's a good time for me to get into

the dugout.

"My experiences in the Champions

League are just at supporter

level.

"But obviously I've experienced

the Europa League

with Ostersund, winning at

Galatasaray and getting through

the group stage.

"Wherever we would start it

would be a heck of an introduction,

wherever we start it's going

to be brilliant, so why not start

here?"

Potter was appointed a day

after the departure of Tuchel and

on the same day as the death of

Queen Elizabeth II was announced.

Football paused last weekend

as a mark of respect following the

Queen's death, meaning Chelsea's

match against Fulham was

postponed.

The home game against Red

Bull Salzburg is taking place,

but the Premier League match

against Liverpool on Sunday has

also been called off "due to events

surrounding the Queen's funeral"

on Monday, 19 September.

The international break

comes after this weekend's

games, meaning Potter's first

top-flight match will be at Crystal

Palace on Saturday, 1 October.

"We quickly had to make a

decision," said Potter about his

appointment. "There were a lot of

talks and it was very intense.

"I got a nice feeling for the

owners on a human level. They

are good people. Very intelligent

people with an understanding of

what they want to achieve.

"They've thought in the long

term, they have a plan so that

was exciting.

"The challenge was too big to

turn down. It felt right for me.

"I'll always be respectful and

thankful for Brighton & Hove

Albion, but this is an amazing

football club and an amazing

challenge for us."

Boehly on Tuchel and Chelsea

plans

Meanwhile, Chelsea chairman

Todd Boehly says he is considering

a multi-club model as a way

to develop young players.

The new co-owner cited Manchester

City, who own several

teams worldwide and the Red

Bull teams at Leipzig and Salzburg,

as successful models.

Speaking at the SALT conference

in New York, Boehly spoke

about sacked manager Thomas

Tuchel for the first time, saying

the German didn't have "a shared

vision for the future".

"We have talked about having

a multi-club model, I would love

to continue to build out the footprint,"

Boehly said.

"One of the challenges at

Chelsea is that when you have

18, 19, 20-year old superstars, you

loan them to other clubs but you

put their development in someone

else's hands.

"I think our goal is to make

sure that we can show pathways

to young superstars to get on the

Chelsea pitch while getting them

real game time. And to me the

way to do that is through another

club somewhere in a really competitive

league in Europe."

Anthony Joshua

has accepted

WBC champion

Tyson Fury's

terms for an all-

British heavyweight fight on

3 December and is "awaiting

a response", his management

company has said.

Joshua, 32, was sent an offer

by Team Fury, suggesting a 60-40

purse split to the champion and

a December fight date.

The fight was agreed on

Friday but the announcement

was delayed because of the death

of the Queen last Thursday.

Initial terms have been

agreed but Joshua is yet to sign a

contract.

I won't tell Vinicius Jr to

calm down - Ancelotti

Real Madrid manager

Carlo Ancelotti

says he will not tell

Vinicius Jr to tone

down his style of play

after incidents in La Liga at the

weekend.

The forward argued with

Real Mallorca players and their

In a statement posted

on Twitter and shared by

Joshua, 258MGT said: "258 and

Matchroom Boxing can confirm,

on behalf of Anthony Joshua, that

we accepted all terms presented

to us by Fury's team for a fight."

Fury, 34, had said he was

retiring after beating Dillian

Whyte in April, and reiterated

that claim last month, before

challenging former world

champion Joshua in a video

posted on social media.

Joshua was beaten by

Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk in

their rematch in Saudi Arabia

last month, his third defeat in his

past five bouts.

There is a rematch clause with

coach Javier Aguirre during a 4-1

win for Madrid.

Ancelotti could be seen telling

the Brazilian to calm down, but

played down the issue before

the Champions League match at

home to RB Leipzig.

"I see a great player

demonstrating his talent - that's

a 50-50 split if Joshua beats Fury,

but the venue for the December

fight, should it go ahead, is yet to

be confirmed.

Cardiff's Principality Stadium

has been mooted, while Saudi

Arabia or another country in the

Middle East could also host it.

There are still hurdles to

overcome before the fight is

finalised, with both fighters

signed to rival promoters and

broadcasters, although twotime

champion Joshua this

week entered the WBC rankings

in sixth position in another

significant development.

A boxer must be ranked in the

top 15 by all governing bodies to

challenge for a world title.

it," Ancelotti said.

"I'm not deaf and I'm not

stupid, I can hear what is being

said but this isn't a topic for us or

for Vinicius. He has extraordinary

quality and it's normal that

opponents try to stop him in his

tracks and the rules of the game

are there to protect all players,

not just Vinicius."

Vinicius, 22, has scored in

his past five matches in all

competitions, and Madrid are

in good form heading into the

Leipzig game.

The reigning European

champions have won all five of

their domestic fixtures to lead

La Liga, and won 3-0 at Celtic last

week in their opening Group F

game.

Leipzig endured a humbling

4-1 home defeat by Shakhtar

Donetsk on the same night,

which led to coach Domenico

Tedesco being sacked the next

day

Ḣowever, they have made

a flying start to life under

successor Marco Rose, who

oversaw a 3-0 win over Borussia

Dortmund in the Bundesliga

on Saturday in his first game in

charge

Wednesday, 14th September, 2022

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