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Quake Edition FEB 92.qxp_Layout 1 6/15/17 9:38 PM Page 7 15TH JUNE 2017 THURSDAY CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING US Dollar USDGHS 4.3373 4.3417 RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS 5.5322 5.5391 Euro GBPGHS 4.8384 4.8432 10 DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2017 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH GH¢50m fraud: Publish YEA report • Minority to YEA management THE MINORITY in Parliament has challenged management of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) to publish the report alleging fraud in the scheme. The YEA had earlier confirmed that it had deleted 16,839 names from its payroll. The Agency said it took the decision after its internal audit showed that thousands of beneficiaries of YEA were being fraudulently paid. The agency stated that the rot amounted to over GH¢50 million. According to the Acting Chief Executive of the YEA, Justine Kodua Frimpong, it initiated investigations into the payroll of YEA after it noticed some discrepancies in the report handed to it by the managers under the previous administration. But in a press briefing addressed on Thursday by the minority spokesperson on Youth, Sports and Culture, Kobla Woyome, the minority accused the government of witch hunting, vilification and intimidation. According to them, the computerized system put in place by the previous management cannot be manipulated for fraudulent activities, hence the allegation by the new management that the fraud occurred under the erstwhile government is questionable. The minority added that for the avoidance of doubt each of the beneficiaries of YEA is biometrically registered, which makes it easy to identify them. “We are challenging the leadership to produce the names, E- zwich numbers, modules, youth employment numbers, regions and districts for the said ghost names for the public to check if beneficiaries cannot be traced to the four cycles of the YEA. The minority are further challenging management to publish the said audit report of the internal audit agency it keeps referring to, together with the written responses of staff members who were cited or implicated in the report. “We are challenging the leadership to produce the names, E-zwich numbers, modules, youth employment numbers, regions and districts for the said ghost names for the public to check if beneficiaries cannot be traced to the four cycles of the YEA.” Vodafone’s Instant Schools to provide free education VODAFONE HAS announced that estimated five million children are expected to benefit from Vodafone’s ‘Instant Schools’ project, an online educational platform which addresses the perennial problem of inadequate teaching materials, textbooks and other assessment information in many schools in Africa. Vodafone, through its Group Foundation, announced yesterday that the project, launched earlier this year, is currently active in five countries in the sub-region, including Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and DR Congo, and is already making an impact. Andrew Dunnett, Vodafone Foundation Director, said: “From refugee camps to remote parts of Africa with few schools, connectivity gives children the opportunity for a better future. Instant Schools for Africa has the potential to transform the lives of millions of children excluded from education, giving them free access to the same materials used by children in developed markets to help them achieve their ambitions.” He added that developed in conjunction with Learning Equality, a not-for-profit provider of open-source education, Instant Schools offers global and local educational resources, including subjects such as Maths and Science, providing millions of children and young people with access to education materials, from primary through to advance high school level at no charge to Vodafone users. Mr Dunnett explained that sub- Saharan Africa has the lowest rate of primary school enrolment globally, with 34 million of the 57 million out-of-school primary age children living in the region. •Vodafone staff supervising some pupils on the online educational platform “Cultural norms and remote communities have resulted in outof-school rates for primary and secondary school being significantly higher for girls in sub-Saharan Africa. According to UN- ESCO UIS, 15 million girls of primary school age will never get the chance to learn to read or write in primary school compared with 10 million boys. Nine million of these girls live in sub-Saharan Africa. In this region, the under-five mortality rate is nearly twice as high for mothers with no education as for those who have completed secondary school,” he pointed out. The announcement comes as the Vodafone Foundation has published its Connected Education report, which found that the online educational resources made available through the Instant Schools For Africa programme could benefit more than 50 million children across Africa, India and Egypt by 2025, as the Vodafone Foundation increases its focus on these activities.
Quake Edition FEB 92.qxp_Layout 1 6/15/17 9:38 PM Page 8 WWW.DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH DAILY HERITAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2017 11 NEWS Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step — Lao Tzu Seek God before marriage • Philanthropist to Ghanaians BY MAVIS PAINTSIL MRS PATIENCE Tenkorang, a philanthropist in Takoradi in the Western Region, has urged Ghanaians to ask God for His direction for their lives before they enter into marriage. Speaking in an interview with the DAILY HERITAGE from her base in Takoradi through the telephone, Mrs Tenkorang said if the Lord leads them into marriage there is no way there would be divorce or cracks in the marriage. According to her, separation in marriage has led to children turning out to be vagabonds who become burden to society. She said it is society that suffers most when these children turn out to be criminals. Mrs Tenkorang made this statement when she paid a visit to a homeless 17-year-old pregnant girl who also has a one-year-old toddler and sleeps on the street of •The one-year-old todler sleeps on the street Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange in Accra. Mrs Tenkorang, who has taken it upon herself to support the needy in the country as part of her contribution to the development of the nation, gives widows GH¢ 400.00 to GH¢ 500.00 as start-up capital to start any business of their choice. “I feel very sad when I see potential and prominent children who have resorted to becoming street children begging for alms before they get something to eat,” she said. “When women are moved from extreme poverty to incomegenerating activities; it will help decrease population growth,” she stated. She advised individuals not to discriminate against poor people in society but extend a helping hand to them. In an interview with the DAILY HERITAGE, she said, she had assisted 300 needy people comprising widows and orphans across the country. She said she had also paid for the school fees of 20 orphans with some of them currently in apprenticeship. She said it was the responsibility of Christians to assist people in distress. According to her, she started helping vulnerable people years ago and is yet to open a centre and start operation in Accra. “When people are empowered they are better prepared to take advantage of opportunities and become agents of change,” she said. In an interview with the DAILY HERITAGE, Mrs Tenkorang said when Ghanaians start to take care of the poor they would be blessed. Appeal Mrs Tenkorang appealed to public spirited-individuals and organisations to assist her with school bags, textbooks, school uniforms, mattresses, footwear, pencils, erasers, old chairs and educational materials, as well as money to meet their educational needs. Savelegu: Gunshots as youth clash with police; three injured BY KOBINA WELSING THREE PEOPLE were severely injured after the youth of Savelegu in the Northern Region violently locked up the Assembly Office in the area. Starr News’ Northern regional correspondent, Eliasu Tanko said several gunshots were fired by the Police to disperse the irate youth who were bent on preventing the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hajia Aishetu Seidu from starting work. A police officer, who refused to come out from the building, was locked up inside the Assembly Office until police and a military reinforcement arrived. The angry youth, however, say they are ready to do everything possible including dying to ensure that the MCE is changed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo. The action of the angry youth comes after soldiers on Wednesday •The scene after the Assembly office was locked escorted and inducted the MCE into office. It was her first time in office two months after her overwhelming endorsement. She was blocked by the youth from gaining access after they intensified protest for a replacement. Hajia Seidu officially took over from the municipal coordinating director on Wednesday, June 14 at a short ceremony under heightened security. The Regional Security Council on Wednesday, in a show of force sanctioned the deployment of dozens of anti-gear wearing soldiers to force the MCE into her office to fully assume duty as head of the municipal assembly. The action of the council followed a third demonstration staged by the youth against the MCE after two initial protests failed to intimidate assembly members to reject her. However, the move enraged the protesters who resolved to besiege and lock up the office despite the presence of the combative military force. Speaking to Starr News, leader of the youth, Zakaria Karim said after the late night meeting they agreed to drive out all workers from the facility at 8 am yesterday morning and close it down until the President heeds to their request. The action by the youth has raised security concerns in the region. Political tensions have escalated in the municipality since the appointment of Hajia Seidu. The youth have roundly rejected her and held series of rampaging protests despite an unprecedented approval by the assembly members.
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