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NO. 100647 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018 PRICE: GH¢2.00 DAILYHERITAGE.COM.GH •Mr Martin Alamisi Amidu, Special Prosecutor nominee •Tony Lithur, Lawyer • Mrs Kakra Duffuor-Nyarko •Flashback: Pupils writing on the floor visit us: @dailyheritagegh dailyheritage facebook.com/dailyheritage.com.gh GA-027-0054

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•Mr Martin

Alamisi Amidu,

Special Prosecutor

nominee

•Tony

Lithur,

Lawyer

• Mrs Kakra

Duffuor-Nyarko

•Flashback: Pupils

writing on the floor

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DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

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WORLD

ANC leaders expected

to ask President

Zuma to resign

POLITICS

Thumbay Group of

Dubai calls on

First Lady

BUSINESS

PG.04

Govt explores Asian

markets for sixth

Eurobond sale –

Govt sources

SPORTS

PG.11

Ghana Beach

Soccer is 10yrs

PG.10

PG.15

Daily Heritage

report gets results

BY PHILIP ANTOH

Philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh

FOLLOWING A front page

story published by the

DAILY HERITAGE on

February 2, 2018, captioned

‘Torture; Pupils Write Class

Test On The Floor At Tebu

Basic School’ in the Ga South Municipality

of the Greater Accra Region, the

Municipal Director of Education, Mrs

Felicia Okaine has donated eleven dual

desks to the school.

The donation is the third in series by

the education director in giving assistance

aimed at solving the furniture crisis

in the school.

Headteacher of Tebu M/A Basic

School, Mr Emmanuel Bagut, in an interview

with the DAILY HER-

ITAGE said the director visited the

school on Tuesday, February 6, four

days after the story broke to make the

donation. She assured them that the

government would soon furnish the

school with the needed furniture.

Mr Bagut said Mrs Okaine had really

helped the school after she personally

donated six round tables and 14 chairs

to the kindergarten department of the

• As Ga South Education

Director donates desks

to Tebu Basic School

school.

“I can say that as we speak, the

kindergarten is okay in terms of furniture

but the lower and upper primary, as

well as the Junior High School is still

•Flashback: Pupils writing on the floor

facing the challenge. One unique thing

is that the situation is not peculiar to the

school, the whole Circuit has similar

challenge,” Mr Bagut stated.

It would be recalled that on February

2, the DAILY HERITAGE carried a

front page publication about the plight

of pupils of Tebu M/A Basic School

where pupils had to go through daily

ordeal of sitting and writing on the

floor.

The school, with a population of

402, was compelled to manage only 20

desks, a situation the head teacher described

as very worrying.

I can say that as we

speak, the kindergarten

is okay in terms of furniture

but the lower and

upper primary, as well

as the Junior High

School is still facing the

challenge. One unique

thing is that the situation

is not peculiar to

the school, the whole

Circuit has similar challenge.

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DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

To accomplish great things, we

must not only act, but also dream,

not only plan, but also believe.

—Anatole France

•Dr Dominic Ayine, MP Bolga Central

•Mr Martin Alamisi Amidu,

Special Prosecutor nominee

• Tony Lithur , Lawyer

Amidu too old

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH

muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh

APRIVATE legal

practitioner, Mr

Tony Lithur has,

upon the instructions

of the

Member of Parliament

for Bolga Central, Dr

Dominic Ayine, filed a suit at the

Supreme Court challenging the

eligibility of Special Prosecutor

nominee, Mr Martin Amidu.

Dr Ayine, a former Deputy

Attorney General (AG) under

the erstwhile National Democratic

Congress administration in

his lawsuit contends that Mr

Amidu, 66 years of age, is too

old to hold public office, under

which the Special Prosecutor’s

office falls.

Mr Amidu, a former AG who

has earned himself the name

‘Citizen Vigilante’ for his public

fight against corruption, was

nominated by the President earlier

this year and is expected to

appear before the Appointments

Committee of Parliament today.

The applicant is not seeking

to injunct the process per his suit

at the apex court; he is rather

• To be Special Prosecutor

• Says MP who has dragged the

‘Citizen Vigilante’ to court

seeking among other things a

declaration that “by a true and

proper interpretation of Articles

190(1)(d), 199(1), 199(4), and 295

of the 1992 Constitution, the retirement

age of all holders of

public office created pursuant to

Article(1)(d) is 60 years, anyhow

not beyond (65).”

The 26-page document filed

at the registry of the apex court

further argued that, “any other

interpretation would result in an

unlawful amendment of Article

199 of the Constitution by legislation.”

According to him, sections of

the constitution states that “no

person above the age of 65 years

is eligible for employment in any

public office created under Article

190(1) (d).”

He is, thus, seeking a declaration

from the Supreme Court

that Mr Amidu, “is not qualified

or eligible to be nominated as the

Special Prosecutor under Section

13(3) of the Office of the Special

Prosecutor Act, 2018 (Act

959).

“A declaration that by true

and proper interpretation of article

190(1)(d), 199(1), 199(4) and

294 of the 1992 constitution, the

retirement age of pall holders of

public officers created pursuant

to 190(10d, is 60 years, anyhow

not beyond 65 years.”

The former deputy AG is also

seeking a declaration that “by a

true and proper interpretation of

articles of 190(1)(d), 199(4) of

the 1992 constitution, no person

above the age of 65 is eligible for

employment of any public office

created under article 190 (1)(d).”

He added that, “by reason of

his age, 66 years, Mr amidu is not

qualified or eligible to be nominated

as the Special Prosecutor

under section 13 article three of

the office of the Special Prosecutor,

Act, 2018 Act 959.

According to him, “by reason

of his age, 66 years, Mr Martin

Amidu is not qualified or eligible

to be approved by Parliament as

Special Prosecutor under section

13(3) of the office of the Special

Prosecutor Act, 2018, Act 959.

He contends that, “by reason

of his age, 66 years, Mr amidu is

not qualified or eligible to be appointed

by His Excellency the

President of the Republic as the

Special Prosecutor under secretion

13 (3) of the office of the

Special Prosecutor Act, 2018,

Act 959.”

He is further seeking a declaration

that any purported nomination

by the AG or approval by

Parliament of appointment by

his Excellency the President of

the Republic of Amidu as the

Special Prosecutor under section

13, 3 of the office of the Special

Prosecutor Act, 2018, Act 959 is

unconstitutional and therefore

null and void.

He prayed that, in the event,

“Amidu has already been vetted

and approved by Parliament and

or appointed by his Excellency

the President of the Republic as

the Special Prosecutor under section

13, 3 of the office of the

Special Prosecutor Act, 2018 Act

959 prior to the final determination

of his suit, an order annulling

such nomination

approval and appointment.”

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•Planes are grounded at the airport following the

discovery of the device

London City Airport shut as WW2 bomb found in Thames

LONDON CITY Airport has

been closed after a 500kg

World War Two bomb was

found nearby in the River

Thames.

The airport will be shut all

day and all flights cancelled, affecting

up to 16,000 passengers,

a spokeswoman said.

The bomb was found at

George V Dock on Sunday

during planned work at the east

London airport, police said.

Families in the area have

been evacuated with the exclusion

zone set to be widened

when specialists begin removing

the device.

The airport was shut at

22:00 GMT on Sunday. The

Met Police said it was working

with the Royal Navy to remove

the bomb.

A statement issued by the

Met said: "The timing of removal

is dependent on the

tides, however, at this stage we

estimate that the removal of

the device from location will be

completed by tomorrow morning.”

According to the airport's

website, a total of 261 arrivals

and departures had been scheduled

for Monday. BBC

DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

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World news in 4 stories

Trump warns Israel that settlements 'complicate' peace hopes

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump

has said Israeli settlements "complicate"

the peace process with

Palestinians and urged "care"

over the issue.

He also told an Israeli newspaper

that he did not believe the

Palestinians, and possibly Israel as

well, were ready to make peace.

President Trump angered

Palestinians in December when

he recognised Jerusalem as Israel's

capital.

He also threatened to withhold

aid unless Palestinians

agreed to talks.

The US leader's latest comments

came in an interview published

on Sunday with the

conservative newspaper Yisrael

Hayom.

Asked by editor-in-chief Boaz

Bismouth when the US would

present its peace plan, Mr Trump

said: "We will see what happens.

Right now the Palestinians are

not into making peace, they are

just not into it. Regarding Israel, I

am not certain it, too, is interested

in making peace so we will

just need to wait and see what

happens."

Asked whether Israeli settlements

would form part of the

peace plan, he said: "We will be

talking about settlements. The

settlements are something that

very much complicates and always

have complicated making

peace, so I think Israel has to be

very careful with the settlements.”

BBC

•President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

was strongly welcomed by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

ANC leaders expected to ask

President Zuma to resign

Leaders of South Africa's

governing ANC party

are meeting to decide the

future of President

Jacob Zuma.

The National Executive Committee

(NEC) is likely to ask him to

step down, says BBC Africa correspondent

Andrew Harding.

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa

acknowledged on Sunday that the

issue was causing "disunity and discord".

Mr Zuma, 75, faces a number of

corruption charges after nine years

in power.

There are 112 members of the

NEC, and many may want to share

their views during the meeting in

Pretoria - meaning it they may not

finish until late on Monday.

"We know you want closure," Mr

Ramaphosa said on Sunday, addressing

supporters who had gathered to

mark 100 years since the birth of

the country's first black president,

Nelson Mandela.

He told the crowd in Cape Town

that "our people want this matter to

be finalised" and that the African

National Congress (ANC) would

comply.

He acknowledged the ANC was

going through "a period of difficulty,

disunity and discord", and said

he was seeking "a new beginning".

He pledged to tackle the corruption

that has marred Mr Zuma's

time in office. BBC

•Many in the ANC hope that removing Mr Zuma will boost the party's chances in the 2019 elections

•Alexanda Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh were the last

two members of the cell at large

S Sudan opposition figure

sentenced to death

A FORMER opposition

party spokesman has been

sentenced to death for treason

by a court in South

Sudan.

James Gatdet Dak, of the

SPLA-IO, has been in detention

since November 2016

when he stated his party’s

support for the removal of

the UN’s peacekeeping force

commander in South Sudan

on Facebook.

The UN troops, led by a

Kenyan general, had been accused

of failing to protect

civilians during the war.

At the time, he was living

in Kenya, where he had been

granted refugee status. After

the post was published, he

was expelled from the country.

Back home in South

•James Gatdet Dak of the SPLA-IO

Sudan, he was brought before

a court and accused of treason,

among other charges.

Last month, his lawyers

said the trial was in violation

of a ceasefire agreement between

the government and

rebels, which states that all

political detainees should be

freed.

Despite repeated truces

between both warring parties,

South Sudan’s conflict has

continued.

Even fresh talks aimed at

bring peace to the country are

in jeopardy. This morning,

delegates representing the

rebels walked out of the discussions

taking place in

Ethiopia claiming government

forces attacked their

troops last night. BBC

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DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The other side of contraceptives

SEX AMONG teenagers has regrettably

become inevitable, particularly,

in second cycle and tertiary

institutions due to several factors

not excluding peer pressure.

While religion is playing a key role

to complement advocacy to ensure

abstinence, social pressure is pushing

our teenagers into very dangerous

life habits.

These days, it is common to find

students and pupils gleefully resorting

to the use of aphrodisiacs to

show their sexual prowess. Man

Woman, Chinese Spray and all kinds

of concoctions are being used as

sexual enhancers without recourse

to the potential side effects.

Some moralists had to succumb

to the call on the youth to resort to

the use of condoms to prevent diseases

and avoid unwanted pregnancies

because things were getting out

of hand.

The advent of contraceptives was

also meant to assist women take decisions

whether and when to conceive.

Experts posit that

contraceptives even go beyond a

woman’s decision to conceive or

not. They argue that the use of contraceptives

makes parents happier

and marriages last longer.

Naturally, hormone-based birth

control has some minor side effects

such as headache, dizziness, breast

tenderness, nausea, decreased libido

and mood swings among others.

However, doctors have assured that

contraceptives are safe if taken according

to prescriptions.

Sadly, that is not what is happening.

Some sexually active adolescents

are abusing all kinds of drugs

in the name of preventing pregnancy.

The famous Postinor 2 is now

daily pills for some teenagers in Senior

High Schools. Due to rampant

sex, these teens have resorted to taking

the pill on an almost daily basis

after each bout of sex.

But, experts have warned that the

misuse of the pills could create liver

problems and have suggested that

emergency contraceptive pills

should be used only twice in a year

or 10 times in one’s lifetime.

The DAILY HERITAGE

wants to stress that abuse of everything

is dangerous, most especially,

pills that have direct contact with

vital organs in a woman’s system.

We, thus, urge our teenagers to be

cautious about the use of contraceptives,

lest they develop complications

in future when they are

ready to conceive.

Don’t pay

increased fares

BY STEPHEN ODOI LARBI

THE GHANA

Private Road

Transport

Union

(GPRTU) of

the Trades

Union Congress (TUC) is

urging the public not to succumb

to any upward adjustment

of lorry fares since

they have not sanctioned

that.

Throughout last week, it

was reported that transport

fares had been increased as

a result of the continued

upward adjustment of petroleum

prices.

But, the GPRTU of

• GPRTU to passengers

• The GPRTU has an arrangenment with

the Transports Ministry to review fares

TUC and the Ghana Road

Transport Coordinating

Council in a joint statement

issued in Accra, Monday,

said such reports were false.

“We are alarmed by such

false information being

pelted round by some

groups of people who want

to bring the reputation of

the association into disrepute.

We want to assure the

general public that there is

no such increase and the information

should not be entertained.”

They added “we are by

this statement appealing to

our members to disregard

the information and comply

with the existing fares so as

to avoid any confrontation

with the traveling public.”

According to the transport

operators’ umbrella

group, they have an arrangement

with the Ministry of

Transport to review transport

fares periodically and

are currently in discussion

with the Ministry as to

whether there is the need to

increase transport fares or

not.

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Reflections on ‘Operation

Cow Leg’ and animal cruelty

BY NANA YAW OSEI

M

ANY GREAT

feats accomplished

in history

were the

outcome of either

political or economic integration.

For example, in reaction

to exigencies of the evolving

Cold War and Russians’ aggression

in Europe, the North Atlantic

Treaty Organisation was

formed in 1949.

Also, in response to the economic

challenges of West Africa,

the Economic Community of

West African States [ECOWAS]

Per Ghana’s constitution, anybody

born in Ghana before independence

and, regardless of his/her nationality is

a Ghanaian. This somewhat elucidates

why I think Fulani stereotype in Ghana

must stop! From my novice commonsensical

convictions,

‘Operation Cow

Leg’ is nothing otherwise

than an act

of animal cruelty.

What have cattle

got to do with constitutional

infringement?

Animal cruelty

refers to an overt

and deliberate act

of violence towards

animals. Killing of

animals in inhuman

manner is an example

of animal savagery.

Animals are

sentient creatures

and their lives cannot

be wasted in a

manner that ‘Operation

Cow Leg’

team killed cattle

belonging to the

nomadic herdsmen

at Agogo in

Ashanti Region of

the Republic of

Ghana. In the religion

of Islam, a

special prayer is said

before an animal is slaughtered.

Hare Krishnan example

In the Hare Krishnan faith, thereare

strong beliefs that eating meat is eating a

life created by Krishna (their God) and

thus, imperative need for members to

remain vegetarian. Far from dabbling in

animism, paganism and totemism as

derogatorily used to describe African

traditional religion, killing pregnant animals

could have spiritual implications

on the killer. Admittedly, some aspects

Animal cruelty

refers to an

overt and

deliberate act

of violence

towards

animals. Killing

of animals in

inhuman

manner is an

example of

animal

savagery

was formed in 1975 to commit to

bolstering economic development

through free movement of

people in the West African subregion.

Thus, diversity in integration

and development are bedfellows.

That is why I am grappling to

catch the drift of the opinion

that division could accelerate development

[highly debatable

though].

Ghana as a member of

ECOWAS is ruled by a constitution

framed and shrouded in puritan

egalitarian ideals [that all

men are created equal] and Albert

Venn Dicey- coined rule of

law.

of animism, paganism and

totemism are held by African traditional

believers. Nevertheless, paganism and

animism or totemism cannot suffice as

substitutes for African faith. Such claims

are borne out of ignorance

Anyhow, my late

paternal ground father

in my village,

who was a great

hunter, told me the

following anecdote.

He said a certain

hunter went on his

usual hunting mission.

This hunter

saw a female chimpanzee

on top of a

tree nursing the

young chimp. The

hunter was terrified

with the presence

of the animal and

decided to kill

them. All attempts

to kill the animal

and the young

chimp were unsuccessful

because the

gun did not even

trigger, let alone

shooting! The man

ended his hunting

expedition and

went home with a

belief, that pregnant/nursing

animals

are protected

by some spirits such as dwarfs and forest

monsters.

I know the story will sound weird

and superstitious to many readers because

it came from an African believer.

To those skeptics: “You shall not muzzle

an ox when it is treading out the

grain” (Deuteronomy 25:4). “If you

come across a bird's nest in any tree or

on the ground, with young ones or eggs

and the mother sitting on the young or

on the eggs, you shall not take the

mother with the young. You shall let the

• “Operation Cow Leg’ team killed cattle belonging to the nomadic

herdsmen at Agogo in Ashanti Region recently

mother

go, but the young you may take for

yourself, that it may go well with you,

and that you may live long.” (Deuteronomy

22:6-7).

Other examples

I am without a modicum of desire

to construct the niches of security in

Ghana, even so, I am humbly calling for

alternative interventions and operational

strategies, devoid of prejudice against

the Fulani to eradicate nomadic herdsmen

menace in the farming communities.

Let us assume that nomadic

herdsmen have breached the laws of

Ghana. What then have their innocent

animals got to do with rule of law? The

killing of cattle belonging to the herdsmen

is very despicable. In some parts of

the globe animal welfare legislations

prohibit citizens from engaging in animal

cruelty. In United States of America,

the 1966 Animal Welfare Act is

enforced by United States Department

of Agriculture (USDA). In California

State, an individual can be convicted

into 12 months imprisonment and a

fine up to $ 20,000 for offences of animal

cruelty. In 2009, Canada introduced

code of practice for the care and handling

of dairy cattle.

Besides, in Egypt, anyone who intentionally

kills any domesticated animal

may be jailed. Animal cruelty offence is

punishable by law in Sweden. Animal

owners who intentionally kill their animals

in Sweden risk having their rights

to own animals revoked. There is a proposed

Universal Declaration on animal

welfare at the United Nation (UN) to

prevent cases of animal cruelty. As of

today, there is no clear-cut UN accord

frowning upon violence towards animals.

Predictably, the Fulani Association

of Ghana complaining at UN against

Ghana government (Source: peacefmonline.com,

January 20, 2018), is dead

on arrival. Nonetheless, whoever master-minded

mass killing of cattle as a so-

lu-

tion to Agogo crop farmers-nomadic

herdsmen conflict goofed, big time!

Ghana rather needs to introduce cattle

ranching laws or enforce the existing

laws. Sensitive cases like this must be

CONCLUSION

We need to encourage best cattle

rearing farming practices to revamp

livestock industry to balance the

country’s meat deficit. Ghana’s

Food and Agriculture Ministry reports

indicate that cattle is predominantly

reared by either Ghanaian

local farmers or Fulani herdsmen in

Ghana. Beef represents about 33%

of all locally produced meat in the

country. Cattle are kept for either

beef or milk. Three types of cattle

in Ghana are beef cattle, dairy cattle

and dual purpose cattle (Source:

MoFA, Ghana).

World Health Organisation

(WHO’s) findings indicate that an

average African consumes about

36kg of milk annually. This is far

below the WHO’s recommended

annual consumption of 200kg of

milk per person. Per UN trade

records, Ghana spent more than

$80 million importing milk and milk

products every year since 2011.

Thus, killing cattle equally does not

only risk endangering food security

in the country, but also imperil staggering

Ghana under a huge financial

burden. Needless to say, I do not

support the alleged atrocities committed

by the nomadic herdsmen at

Agogo. I am not unaware of reported

cases of militant nomadism

as in Northern Nigeria. All that I

am suggesting is that we must marshal

enough evidence to confirm

the belief that murder, bush rape

are truly perpetrated by the Fulani

nomadic herdsmen. What about the

tackled devoid of

emotions. Modern

cattle ranching best

practices workshop

should be organised

for the herdsmen

and cattle

owners.

The 2016

Human Development

Index report

by United Nations

Development Program

ranked Ghana

139 out of 188

countries. Food security

is an integral

part of human development

and

poverty reduction.

In 2015, Professor

Gabriel Ayum Teye

of University of

Development Studies

averred that 90% of meat products

consumed in Ghana were imported

from Burkina Faso and Europe. Certainly,

beef import cost a Ghanaian tax

payer huge sums of money.

murder and rape incidents reported

in other parts of Ghana? Are they

committed by nomadic herdsmen?

We must not hide behind the

Fulani stereotype and preach hate

against them. Our leaders must

avoid creating mess for the police

and the military. May the soul of the

security men who lost their lives

during ‘Operation Cow Leg’ rest in

peace! We must not pretend not to

know the real owners of the cattle

in Agogo. We have every right to

protect the lives and property at

Agogo, but mass killing of cattle is

very unfortunate. Let us look for

herdsmen who violate others’ rights

and punish them in accordance with

the law.

Let us not destroy cattle because

of nomadic activities or because

they belong to Fulani herdsmen.

Fulani herdsmen are our fellow

Africans. It is very unfair to discriminate

against them. Economic activities

are products of culture. Many

cultures mean more economic activities.

Cultural diversities come

with diverse experience and technologies.

Let us embrace multiculturalism

for development. Show

some love to Fulani minority in

Ghana! We can conceive of a future

without high-rises. But a humanity

without music and love is not just

inconceivable; it is impossible –

George Leonard. Arrest Fulani

herdsmen who are criminals only!

Say no to animal cruelty. God Bless

Our Homeland Ghana!

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Signs and symptoms of throat cancer

THROAT CANCER refers to

cancerous tumors that develop in

your throat (pharynx), voice box

(larynx) or tonsils.

Your throat is a muscular tube

that begins behind your nose and

ends in your neck. Throat cancer

most often begins in the flat cells

that line the inside of your

throat.

• A cough

• Changes in your voice, such

as hoarseness or not speaking

clearly.

• Difficulty swallowing.

• Ear pain.

•A lump or sore that doesn't

heal.

• A sore throat.

• Weight loss.

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DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

&Env.

Nine natural anti-inflammatory

foods needed in your diet

INFLAMMATION CAN be

a force for good, but it can

also be a force for bad. It’s a

natural process that your

body relies on in times of

need, but it can also leave

you in a severe amount of pain.

When inflammation spirals out

of control, it becomes chronic

and very painful. And once

chronic inflammation has set in, it

can be really hard to eliminate. It

can take a few weeks to go away,

but sometimes it can take a few

years. Not cool. And during that

time, it can cause a load of health

problems, from arthritis to diabetes.

The thing is that, like many

things that happen to our body,

inflammation can be avoided if

you eat the right things. If you fix

up your diet and avoid inflammation

causing foods, you can reduce

its symptoms and even

prevent it altogether. Let’s take a

look at the top 20 best anti-inflammatory

foods you should include

in your diet.

Avocados

Poster boy for fruit itself, the

colourful avocado is a super food

that’s rich in fibre, magnesium,

potassium, and good fats. If

you’re not sure what that means,

there are two types of fat: Good

and bad. The good ones are also

known as mono-unsaturated fats,

and they’re good for your heart.

Avocados also contain compounds

that can reduce your risk

of developing cancer. Be creative

with avocados. Include them in

your next salad, in scrambled

eggs, in a smoothie, or even try

them on a burger.

Ginger

Ginger is one heck of a super

food that comes stuffed with all

kinds of medicinal properties. If

you’re in time of need and need

to heal quickly, ginger should be

your new best friend.

Ginger’s potency is largely

down to its compounds called

•Ginger

gingerols (a

suitable name

if ever we

heard one!)

which are

anti-bacterial,

anti-disease,

antioxidant and

– critically – antiinflammatory.

According

to studies,

gingerols have been proven

to block numerous enzymes and

genes in your body that, if left

unchecked, can run riot and cause

inflammation.

Indeed, researchers have been

experimenting with rats to see if

ginger can calm arthritis by inhibiting

joint swelling. To get the

most out of ginger, you would

need to consume fresh

Mushrooms

Mushrooms are a funny old

thing. Their bulbous shape and

grimy colour palette doesn’t exactly

make them the fairest vegetable

in the land, but many

people absolutely love them. And

if you love them too, it’s time to

start eating even more of them

because they’re a marvelous antiinflammatory

food.

Mushrooms indeed have anticancer,

antioxidant and anti-viral

properties. They’re anti everything!

As well as this, they also

contain lots of potassium, copper

and iron. Mushrooms are super

versatile too, and they come in

•Avocados

various varieties.

So pick

your favourites and

get eating them.

Green tea

Love the taste or hate it, no

one can deny that green tea is one

of the healthiest things you can

drink. It’s been studied extensively,

and we can say with confidence

that it reduces your risk of

developing obesity, Alzheimer’s,

cancer, heart disease and other

nasties.

This is all down to it anti-inflammatory

and antioxidant

agents. In particular, green tea

contains a substance known as

EGCG which does a grand job of

inhibiting inflammation.

If you’re really not a fan of

green tea and are wincing at the

thought of having to drink it in

order to conquer inflammation,

why not try flavoured green tea

instead? The benefits are still the

same but the taste might be more

to your liking.

Salmon

Salmon is one of the healthiest

fish you can eat. In fact, it’s one of

the healthiest foods you can eat.

One of the reasons for this is that

salmon is rich in omega-3 fatty

acids. These are good fats that

provide anti-inflammatory benefits

for your body.

Moreover, salmon is also a

good source of poly-unsaturated

fats and provides your body with

•Mushrooms

DHA and EPA.

Cinnamon

Unlike green tea, we’re pretty

sure that almost everyone likes

cinnamon. Who can resist the

charms of a cinnamon bun or a

few sprinkles in our (green or otherwise)

tea? Cinnamon adds a perfectly

sweet taste to things but it’s

also highly beneficial for our

health. In fact, it’s one of the best

anti-inflammatory foods you can

eat. Who knew anti-inflammatory

foods tasted this good?

As well as being anti-inflammatory,

cinnamon also has antioxidant,

anti-diabetic and antiseptic

agents. It’s also a good source of

calcium, iron, manganese, vitamin

E and vitamin K. As well as reducing

inflammation, cinnamon

can also reduce bad cholesterol

levels, and it also lowers your risk

of developing heart disease,

Alzheimer’s and cancer.

Tomatoes

OMG tomatoes are just pure

amaze. As luscious as lipstick, as

sweet as the sun, tomatoes are

super tasty, super versatile and

super healthy. They work well in

salads, soups, on pizzas, in sandwiches,

they work pretty much

everywhere!

They’re also fantastically antiinflammatory

and deserve to be

on this list as much as everything

else. Tomatoes are low in calories

and fat and contain absolutely no

cholesterol.

They’re a good source of manganese,

potassium, vitamin K and

A, and their antioxidant agents

fight the good fight against heart

disease, skin issues and cancer.

Cauliflower

Cauliflower always reminds us

of visiting grandma when we

were kids and her kitchen would

reek of steamed cauliflower. It’s

hardly the most pleasant of all

aromas, but cauliflower is fantastically

healthy for us and doesn’t

taste all that bad at all.

Thank to its omega-3 fatty

acids, phytonutrients and vitamin

K content, cauliflower is one of

the best anti-inflammatory foods

around. It also contains a good

amount of potassium, magnesium

and protein.

The things this cruciferous

vegetable does for our bodies?

Well, it boosts cardiovascular

health, brain functioning and it

lowers our blood pressure. Meanwhile,

its fibre content promotes

better digestion.

Red Peppers

Peppers in general are anti-inflammatory

and whether you go

for red, yellow or green you will

be getting some kind of benefit.

However, red peppers are the best

ones to go for because they have

more vitamin C than the rest.

This means they’re better at

tackling inflammation markers.

Red peppers also contain luteolin,

which has been proven to reduce

inflammation, as well as beta

carotene, which is another beneficial

anti-inflammatory agent.

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UN Secretary General’s

Envoy on Youth visits

Agbogbloshie

BY LOIS DOGBE, GIJ INTERN

AS PART of efforts to develop the

youth in Ghana, the United Nations

(UN) General Secretary’s Envoy on

Youth, Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake

has engaged the youth to solicit their

views on their needs.

During a one-day tour to engage

the youth at the Agbobloshie market,

Ms Wickramanayake had the privilege

to be guided by the United Nations

Population’s Fund representative, Mr

Niyi Ojuolape and Madame Doris

Mawuse Aglobitse, a communications

programme analyst, as well as

Madame Selina Owusu, a gender

programme analyst.

Ms Wickramanayake also paid a

courtesy call on the Canadian High

Commissioner to Ghana, Ms. Heather

Cameron and Mr Isaac Asiamah,

Minister for Youth and Sports.

The Envoy’s visit was in line with

the UN’s agenda in the 2030 roadmap

for Africa, which seeks to mobilise

and to realise potentials.

“I’m here to talk and listen to

young people, take ideas and seek for

solutions and to share with the UN

and the rest of the world, congrats for

the good work that you have being

doing, it’s truly an honour to be here,”

she stated.

The Minister of Youth and Sports

said “unemployment is a threat to

democracy, peace and stability and

that is why in Ghana whatever we do

is about targeting the youth and

unemployment to make sure that there

are programmes that could engage

them in society.

“I’m happy to know that our

young people are engaging in the

‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ initiative

because the land is there and is an

opportunity for us to secure jobs for

our people.

“As a Youth and Sports Ministry,

we are going to build 10 multipurpose

youth centres consisting of an

Information and Communications

Technology (ICT) unit, restaurant,

counseling centre, and multipurpose

sporting facilities, as a Minister for

Youth and Sports I assure you that

your future is being guaranteed.”

On his part, Mr Emmanuel Sin-

Nyet Asigri, Chief Executive Officer

of the National Youth Authority,

under the Ministry disclosed that,

there was a launch of the Digital

Market Programme targeting about

3,000 youth to ensure that “we have

youth who are well vested in ICT who

can develop their own programme and

brand their own businesses and

empower themselves,” he said.

Ms Wickramanayake, upon hearing

this, expressed enthusiasm to aid in

whatever way possible “Africa and

Ghana specifically, have energy and

potential and that opportunity needs

to be used as a positive tool in the

region at large , we hope to use each

other’s expertise to work together to

attain a greater goal,” she said.

Ms Wickramanayake, as part of her

tour visited the Agbogbloshie market,

specifically to see the needs of the

Kayayei’s in the market.

The Kayayei’s had one request to

be granted, the assurance that the

marginalised in society would be

attended to in cases of child marriage,

education, vocational skills and to

acknowledge them in all her

engagements in policy making.

Ms Wickramanayake, who was

touched, promised to keep the people

of Agbogbloshie in mind.

•Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake and Mr Isaac Asiamah, Minister for

Youth and Sports

Pupils carry bamboo to school

PUPILS OF Abertima D/A

Primary School in the

Upper Manya Krobo

District of the Eastern

Region have been asked to

bring bamboo and palm

fronds to school to renovate the

collapsing bamboo-made classrooms.

Announcing to the pupils at

Assembly when the DAILY

HERITAGE visited the school, a

teacher said, "class 3 to 6, you are

bringing bamboos to school. It should

be 12 inches.”

Abertima D/A Primary School,

located near the official residence of

the District Chief Executive for the

area, lacks adequate classroo m block.

The only two-classroom-unit block

in the school was constructed by Plan

International, Ghana for the

Kindergarten pupils.

Pupils of class one to six learn in

bamboo-made shed roofed with palm

fronds.

Teaching and learning is always

disrupted whenever it rains. During

raining season teaching becomes

impossible; also in the dry season, the

high temperatures cause the palm

ZONGO CHIEFS in Ghana have

appealed to the National House of

Chiefs to consider the inclusion of

representatives of Zongo Chiefs into

Regional and National House of

Chiefs.

The Paramount Chief and Leader

of all Zongo Chiefs in Ghana,

Maimartaba Sarkin Zongo Sultan

Alhaji Omar Farouk Saeed believes

their inclusion would help deepen

harmony in the country and bridge

communication gap.

“Zongo chiefs appeal now to the

President of the National House of

Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, to

consider, together with other chiefs,

to include Regional Zongo Chiefs

where they are not part of the

traditional chiefs, and at least give two

slots of Zongo representatives into

the National House of Chiefs.”

He said this in Koforidua on

Saturday during the 5th Annual

Conference of National Association

of Zongo Chiefs on the theme

‘Education, the Bedrock of Poverty

Alleviation in the Zongo

Communities.’

Maimartaba Saeed commended

President Nana Akufo-Addo for

fulfilling his promise by creating

Inner Cities and Zongo Development

Ministry. He, however, appealed to

government to include Zongo chiefs

on the Board of the newly

established Zongo Development

Fund.

He also appealed for more

political appointments from the

Zongo communities.

fronds roof to dry easily,

hence pupils are compelled to

bring palm fronds every two

weeks to roof the bamboomade

classrooms.

The dirty, worn out

uniform -looking pupils

reflect the dusty and dirty

environment in which

they access basic

education.

Inadequate teaching

and learning materials has

compounded the

challenges facing the

school.

Teachers in the school

were reluctant to grant

recorded interview for

fear of being victimised

by Ghana Education and

political heads in the

district, however they

expressed worry over the

condition the school

under anonymity.

A six-unit classroom

block started in 2016 had

stalled at foundation level

after the election.

Astroturf not a priority to Zongos-Zongo chiefs

BY KOJO ANSAH

• To renovate classroom

•Pupils of Abertima D/A Primary School

•Alhaji Abubakar Sadique Boniface (M), Minister of Inner Cities and Zongo Development

Also in

attendance

was the

Second Lady,

Mrs Samira

Bawumia and

Minister of

Inner Cities

and Zongo

Development,

Alhaji

Abubakar

Sadique

Boniface.

First

Speaker, Alhaji

Mahamadu

Dendey Maze

Waje IV -

Chief Zongo

of Cape said

the Zongo

communities

are lagging

due to misplaced priority.

He said the Zongo Ministry is

committing the same mistake with the

construction of astroturf in the

Zongos which is not a priority area

for Zongo communities.

However, the Minister of Inner

The state of

educational infrastructure at the basic

education level in the Upper Manya

Krobo District of the Eastern Region

continues to expose government’s

neglect of primary education.

Poor BECE performance

The bad state of schools in the

district is a manifestation of the poor

performance of students in Basic

Education Certificate Examination

(BECE).

The 2016/2017 data obtained in

the Upper Manya Krobo District

indicated that total population in basic

schools was 10,604.

Averagely, only one -third of

candidates who write BECE pass

every year.

In 2016/2017, out of the 786

candidates who wrote the BECE, only

275, 283 and 343 candidates passed

Mathematics, Science and English

respectively.

Out of 475 teachers teaching in

basic schools in the district, 365 are

trained.

Cities and Zongo Development

explained the importance of the

astroturf projects to the development

of Zongo communities.

The Second Speaker, Sheik Abdul

Moomeen Dalhu - Sarkin Zongo of

Tamale, who gave historical

antecedents of Zongo communities

said, Zongo communities have not

received their share of national

development over the years despite

their contribution to national

development.

“Zongo chiefs appeal now

to the President of the

National House of Chiefs,

Togbe Afede XIV, to consider,

together with other chiefs, to

include Regional Zongo

Chiefs where they are not

part of the traditional chiefs,

and at least give two slots of

Zongo representatives into

the National House of

Chiefs.”

•Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and wife, Samira

Samira was my

‘chief nurse’

while on medical

leave – Bawumia

BY KWADWO ANIM

VICE PRESIDENT of the

Republic, Dr Alhaji Mahamudu

Bawumia has showed love to

his wife, Samira Bawumia who

she partly credits for his speedy

recovery after he took ill

recently.

According to him, his wife

who was away with him on

medical leave in the United

Kingdom, played the role of a

‘chief nurse’ and ensured that

he strictly complied with

instructions given to him by his

doctors.

“I want to give thanks to my

lovely wife Samira, though there

were nurses, she was the chief

nurse and she seized all my

phones and made sure I was

resting and not trying to do

anything but rest. So I really

thank her so much, the doctor

said that, you said that the

battle is the Lord’s but today

the Lord has caught up with

you, you have to rest,” Dr

Bawumia told congregants at

the International Central

Gospel Church, Abossey Okai

on Sunday where he attended a

thanksgiving service to thank

God for healing him.

He told the gathering that he

was sure the Hand of God

healed him after he was taken ill

in Ghana a few weeks ago,

necessitating a two-week

medical leave to England.

The Vice President was full

of thanks to both the Christian

and Muslim Communities in

Ghana saying he believes that

he had a special visitation from

God as a result of the many

prayers offered for him and it is

the reason for his state of good

health today.

The Vice President left

Accra to London on January 19,

2018, on the advice of his

physician after being announced

sick. After announcing his

return to work in a Facebook

post on Friday aimed at

expressing his “sincere

gratitude” to Ghanaians for

their prayers and support while

away on medical leave, Dr

Bawumia joined the National

Chief Imam Sheikh Nuhu

Sharubutu to observe the

Friday prayers at the Central

Mosque at Abossey-Okai.

According to

him, his wife who

was away with

him on medical

leave in the

United Kingdom,

played the role of

a ‘chief nurse’

and ensured that

he strictly

complied with

instructions given

to him by his

doctors.

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Gov’t explores Asian markets for

sixth Eurobond sale – Govt sources

GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS will

meet investors in

Asia this week to

explore new

markets for a $1

billion Eurobond sale this year,

government sources said on Friday.

The major commodity exporter

is seeking favourable terms

for the bond, slated for April,

amid market uncertainty fuelled

by the likelihood of a United

States Federal Reserve hike that

could render sub-Saharan African

debt unattractive.

Finance Minister, Mr Ken

Ofori-Atta and a deputy central

bank governor will attempt to

woo investors in Singapore and

Hong Kong to the sale, which is

Ghana’s sixth. Previous debt was

sold mainly to investors in Europe

and the United States.

Analysts said Ghana’s move

was unlikely to yield results as

Asian markets target higher quality

credits such as those offered

by Gulf countries.

“It’s an odd choice and we

don’t see any interest from Asian

accounts in African bonds,” a

major Europe-based fund analyst

told Reuters. If the Ghanaians

succeeded, they would change the

dynamics of the African bond

market,” the analyst said.

Ghana, which exports cocoa,

gold and oil is in its final year of a

$918 million credit deal with the

International Monetary Fund to

narrow deficit, inflation and public

debt, which hit 68 percent of

GDP last year.

The government is yet to announce

lead advisors for the 2018

Eurobond sale, which it advertised

in this year’s budget. –

Reuters

Ghana, which exports

cocoa, gold

and oil is in its final

year of a $918 million

credit deal with

the International

Monetary Fund to

narrow deficit, inflation

and public debt,

which hit 68 percent

of GDP last year.

•Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance

NPA to review 15% petroleum tax after fuel demo

THE NATIONAL Petroleum

Authority (NPA) says prices of

petroleum products are likely to

go down in the coming days.

The Chief Executive Officer

of the NPA, Mr Hassan Tampuli

who hinted of the possible reduction

attributed this to the decline

in crude oil prices on the global

market last week.

The Chamber of Petroleum

Consumers, Ghana (COPEC-

Ghana) has threatened to engineer

a nationwide protest should

government fail to respond to

calls for reduction in the cost of

fuel within one week.

They made the pronouncement

last Wednesday after a

protest in the capital-Accra that

saw dozens, including the Industrial

and Commercial Workers

•Mr Hassan Tampuli, Chief Executive Officer of the NPA

Union and several

transport unions

across the country

demonstrating to express

their displeasure

with the fuel hikes.

The demonstration,

according to

COPEC-GH was to

force government to

reduce taxes on petroleum

products.

But Speaking on

Newsfile on Saturday,

the NPA Chief Executive

Officer said government

had

considered making

proposals to make the

Special Petroleum Tax

a specific amount instead

of a “percentage

of ex-depot price”, so it does not

trigger any future increases in

prices.

“One thing that we have all

agreed on is that instead of making

the Special Petroleum Tax a

percentage of ex-depot price, we

will rather make it a specific

amount so that it does not compound

any future increases in the

prices and it will also help government

to stabilise revenue when

prices go down,” he explained.

He added that the considerations

may happen in the next

pricing window indicating “as at

yesterday [last Friday], we have

been having meetings about when

to do it. We didn’t need [the

COPEC and ICU] demonstration

to even let us know that is what

we should do.”

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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced,

where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is

made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to

oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor

property will be safe — Frederick Douglass

Thumbay Group of Dubai

calls on First Lady

ON FRIDAY, February

9, 2018, the Thumbay

Group of Dubai

led by the

Founder/President,

Mr Thumbay Moideen, led a delegation

made up of Dr Vinod Abraham,

Director –External and Internal

Affairs of the Thumbay Group, the

Board Chairman of National Health

Insurance, Professor Yaw Adu-

Gyamfi and Madam Cecilia Dapaah,

the Minister for Aviation to call on

Her Excellency Mrs Rebecca Akufo-

Addo, following a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) signed with

the Ministries of Health and Education

for the establishment of a Medical

University and Teaching Hospital

in the Greater Accra Region, by the

Thumbay Group of Dubai.

Dr Abraham indicated that

the US$ 600 million ultra-modern

health project, will help to pioneer innovative

solutions to health delivery

in Ghana and beyond, particularly in

the West African sub-region.

He said that when completed, the

• Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo (M) with Thumbay Group delegation

university will be the “first of its kind

in the West African sub-region” and

will be a unique medical research and

innovation centre in West Africa offering

programmes including medicine,

dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and

physiotherapy.

He also noted that “the university

will not only cater for Ghanaian students

but also international students

and offer state of the art virtual patient

learning, advanced simulation

centre, among others, which will

transform medical education in the

country and in the region as a

whole.”

In addition to the university, Dr

Abraham said the Teaching Hospital

proposed would have 300 beds and

would be a tertiary care centre for

Ghanaians as well as those from the

sub-region. This, he noted will “help

position Ghana as a medical tourism

destination.”

He assured the First Lady that

the hospital would also provide cost

effective and affordable care to the

poor and needy as well as provide direct

employment to 2,500 Ghanaians

when both projects are completed.

The First Lady expressed her gratitude

to the Thumbay Group for

choosing Ghana for such an enormous

project and pledged her support

to see the project completed.

Thumbay Group is a diversified

international business conglomerate

with its headquarters in DIFC-

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The

Group is a pioneer in using innovation

to constantly find solutions to

health issues.

Realisation of the SDGS key to

Africa’s future — Prez Akufo-Addo

THE PRESIDENT of the Republic, Nana Addo

Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the realisation

of the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs) as an investment in

the future of the youth and children of the

African continent.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the 17

UN SDGs “present our generation with the great

opportunity to fight inequality on all fronts, wipe

out extreme poverty, tackle the issues of climate

change, and reverse the degradation and unsustainable

use of our environmental resources.”

It is for this reason that Ghana, the President

indicated, has taken up the challenge of the

SDGs.

“We have captured them in our Co-ordinated

Programme for Economic and Social Development

Policies, which was submitted to Parliament

last November, and we have set up a Governmental

Inter-Ministerial Committee to co-ordinate and

monitor the implementation of the SDGs,” the

President added.

President Akufo-Addo made this known on

Friday, February 9, 2018, when he delivered the

opening remarks at a public lecture addressed by

Queen Mathilde of Belgium, at the Great Hall of

the University of Ghana.

The President, who is the co-Chair of the

Group of Advocates of Eminent Personalities of

the SDGs, noted that the Group of Advocates,

which includes Queen Mathilde, has the duty to

promote the universal character of the SDGs, the

engagement of new stakeholders in the implementation

and financing of the global goals, encourage

partnership with civil society and the

private sector, and to share knowledge and best

practices necessary to support accelerated implementation

of the goals.

•President Nana Akufo-Addo in a tete-atete

with Queen Mathilde of Belgium

“We must succeed in removing millions of

people out of poverty, protect our planet, and

provide hope of a secured future to the teeming

youth in the world who have the greatest stake in

the SDGs. And this is exactly what I am firmly

committed to championing, as Co-Chair of the

Advocates,” the President stated.

With Africa at a critical stage in its development,

he noted that the realisation of the SDGs

could mark a major turning point for the continent.

“With some 75 percent of

the world’s poor living in

Africa, poverty eradication remains

an enormous challenge.

But we have a great opportunity,

with the SDGs, to reverse

that, and, with smart policies,

make considerable inroads in

eradicating poverty, and bringing

prosperity and increased

human development to the

continent,” he added.

Achieving SDGs

Achieving the SDGs, President

Akufo-Addo said, “we will

take bold ambition in thought and actions, creativity,

innovation, hard work, and, most critically,

connecting to the positive and abundant energies

of the youth.

“The story of Africa’s hitherto inability to develop

is primarily the story of our damaging colonial

heritage and bad governance. We must make

governance and our governance systems work for

the eradication of poverty and the creation of

prosperity and wealth. And, as we embark on this

path, we must commit to building accountable and

transparent institutions,” he stated.

The President added, “we cannot grow out of

poverty and achieve the SDGs through charity

and the benevolence of others. If we are going to

succeed to move Africa Beyond Aid, this cannot

be a mere slogan. It will take adopting more effective

and appropriate development models, doing

business differently, and making the tough choices

necessary to accelerate inclusive growth in the

economy.”

President Akufo-Addo reiterated his belief

that a key accelerator to achieving the goals is a

strong and vibrant private sector, which has the

space to grow, flourish and unleash the entrepreneurial

talents of the people.

As the African Union’s Gender Champion, he

added that “for our continent to achieve the

SDGs and capture totally our grandeur, we must

succeed in fully unleashing the potential of

Africa’s women. This is an absolute priority for

me, as it should be for one privileged to be labelled

the African Union Gender Champion.”

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I’ve nothing

to lose —

Martin Amidu

MARTIN AMIDU says

he is looking forward

to his vetting on

February 13, 2018 as

Ghana’s first Special

Prosecutor nominee. However, he said

whatever the outcome – approval or

disapproval by Parliament – he has

“nothing personally to win or lose.”

The Appointments Committee of

Parliament has fixed Tuesday, February

13, 2018 to vet President Akufo-Addo’s

nominee to occupy the Office of the

Special Prosecutor to deal with issues of

corruption in the public sector.

Ahead of his vetting, the former

Attorney General said in a statement

that: “One thing I know from the

outpouring of support for the

President’s nomination of my humble

self as the Special Public Prosecutor is

that if the President’s wishes were put

to a national referendum, all the 275

constituencies of the country will

return an overwhelmingly positive

endorsement for his choice.

“But the Office of the Special

Public Prosecutor Act (Act 959) gives

the power of approval to the

Parliament and it is important that

everyone complies with the Act and the

instructions issued by the Committee

for the public hearing.

“Only two outcomes are possible

after the public hearing – to approve or

disapprove the President’s nominee.

Whatever the outcome, I will have

nothing personally to win or lose. I

accordingly urge every Ghanaian unable

to attend the hearing personally to stay

calm and await the outcome. I will

forever remain grateful for the

outpouring of support

across the country on the

occasion of the

President’s

announcement of my

nomination for approval

as Special Prosecutor.”

Below is the full

statement on his

website:

THE NOMINEE

FOR SPECIAL

PROSECUTOR IS

SORRY THAT ONLY

A LIMITED

NUMBER OF

PEOPLE CAN BE

INVITED TO THE

PUBLIC HEARING

As the days to the

public hearing of my

nomination approval by

the Appointments

Committee of Parliament on 13th

February 2018 as the Special Public

Prosecutor approaches, I have been

inundated with endless calls from

chiefs, friends and well-wishers from all

over the country wishing to attend my

nomination approval hearing.

Unfortunately, the letter written

from the Parliamentary Service inviting

me “to appear before the Committee at

its public hearing on Tuesday, 13th

February, 2018 at 10:00 am in

Committee Rooms 1-3, New

Parliamentary Office Complex,

Parliament House, Accra” with an

attached Notes for Nominees, which

limits the number of “supporters of

the Nominee that will be allowed at the

venue for the Public Hearing.”

Consequently, only a limited number

of invitation cards were given to me for

the purpose which I have already

distributed on a first call basis whether

or not I knew the caller personally. The

notes also prohibit drummers and

dancers from entering the venue for the

public hearing.

Accordingly, I wish to appeal to all

Ghanaians who would have wished to

attend the public hearing of my

nomination approval in person whom I

have been unable to send or give an

invitation card, to instead participate in

my nomination hearing by viewing the

event on television should it be telecast

live or replayed after the public hearing.

This will enable me to comply with the

Notes for Nominees attached to my

invitation for the public hearing. I am

sorry I have no control over the

number of well-wishers or spectators

allowed to personally attend such public

•President Nana Akufo-Addo (R) interacting

with the Vice President and Martin Amidu

nomination hearings. I hope the

members of the public who have

contacted me for invitation cards will

forgive my inability to invite more than

the permissible number allowed me.

One thing I know from the

outpouring of support for the

President’s nomination of my humble

self as the Special Public Prosecutor is

that if the President’s wishes were put

to a national referendum, all the 275

constituencies of the country will

return an overwhelmingly positive

endorsement for his choice. But the

Office of the Special Public Prosecutor

Act (Act 959) gives the power of

approval to the Parliament and it is

important that everyone complies with

the Act and the instructions issued by

the Committee for the public hearing.

Only two outcomes are possible after

the public hearing – to approve or

disapprove the President’s nominee.

Whatever the outcome, I will have

nothing personally to win or lose. I

accordingly urge every Ghanaian unable

to attend the hearing personally to stay

calm and await the outcome. I will

forever remain grateful for the

outpouring of support across the

country on the occasion of the

President’s announcement of my

nomination for approval as Special

Prosecutor.

Martin A. B. K. Amidu

February 11, 2018

• Nana B and President

Nana Akufo-Addo

Opinion: Nana B

is capable and

will deliver

BY RAPHAEL KUMAH ABOLASOM

HE OCCUPIED no official

party position, yet his name,

Henry Nana Boakye, a.k.a Nana

B, became a household name,

particularly in the run-up to

election 2016 as a result of his

pro-activeness.

Point is, if an “office-less”

party man was able to project

the interest of the party to the

extent that he was seen and

being heard (when we needed a

voice the most) much more than

his competitors who were and

are still party officials, then it

tells you the kind of leadership

the youth wing will have if he

becomes the next National

Youth Organiser; a proactively

vibrant one! He’s like the rock of

Gibraltar, bold, firm, charismatic

and not a pushover!

Without any shred of doubt,

Nana B is committed to his resolve

to make sure the toil of

hardworking youth is not forgotten.

He maintains that if

there are political gains, there’s

every need to ensure, it trickles

down to the ordinary voter, to

the ordinary young men and

women who devoted their time,

energy and scarce resources to

spearhead an agenda that

brought a total liberation of the

Ghanaian people from the economic

mismanagement, crass incompetence

and grotesque

nepotism of the erstwhile National

Democratic Congress

government.

Nana B has chosen to honour

hard work, promote servitude

to party and encourage loyalty

by proposing to create a

welfare fund when he becomes

the next National Youth Organiser

of the New Patriotic Party

(NPP). This fund is aimed at

supporting party men and

women, who in the course of

their service to the party, encounter

challenges of various

forms. He acknowledges that, a

nation that does not honour its

heroes has set for itself a path to

auto-destruction.

In choosing who becomes

our next youth leader, never at

any point in time must we forget

this; the NPP has a battle not

within the NPP, but outside the

NPP. Defending the interest of

the party through strategic communication

is non-negotiable.

Effective Organisation and mobilisation

of the youth front for

various party activities is key.

Empowering the youth wing

through various capacity building

and personal development

opportunities is an area we

mustn’t toy with. Building a reliable

data base for the youth

wing is a necessity in tracking

the needs, challenges and

progress of the youth!

These are the many but few

qualities and policies Nana B intends

to bring on board when he

gets the nod to lead the youth

front of our party. Let’s give him

the chance, he will deliver! Boys

go chop, girls for chop!

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BY ABIGAIL ASARE

Ebony wanted me to

settle her $100,000 exit

and termination clause

• Nana Appiah Mensah clarifies Tweet

BY RAMSON

ACQUAH-HAYFORD

hayfordramson@gmail.com

NANA AP-

PIAH Mensah

(NAM), Chief

Executive Officer

and

founder of

Zylofon Media, who came

under severe backlash from the

public on his Tweet commemorating

Ebony, has explained his

post on Zylofon FM.

In an interview with Sammy

Flex on the Showbiz Agenda,

the businessman stated that his

message was just a tribute to

the deceased nothing more

nothing less.

“I do not see anything

wrong with the post, I was only

recounting the details of our

meeting because those were her

exact words and I quoted her

verbatim.”

Mr Mensah expressed shock

at the feedback and stated that

while the only thing people

could talk about after the incident

was poor road system and

other spiritualities, he decided

to come from a different perspective.

“I said we should pay attention

to our female artistes in the

last part of my message. It has

always been my conviction that

there has to be some advantage

for them since it is a male dominated

industry.

“This was the main subject

matter of my tribute that is exactly

what I wanted to project

which is why that part was in

caps.”

Concerning the issue of

Ebony wanting a bailout and

reports of him arranging a

meeting without the knowledge

of her manager, NAM revealed

that the people behind such assertions

are doing so “intentionally”

and that it

is“far-fetched”.

“I'm also hearing things

about me wanting to sow where

I have not reaped. The person

himself [Bullet, Ebony’s manager]

had said on your platform

[Zylofon FM] and it is in the

public domain that if there was

an offer and the money was

good he would give her up.

“So if my sister Ebony

comes to me and says that bro I

need to satisfy an exit and termination

clause in our contract

so help me pay 100,000 dollars

to Ruff Town Records and I

can afford it, what is the big

deal about that?” he asked.

Background

NAM said Ebony pleaded

with him to pay her manager

•Nana Appiah

Mensah

off in order to ‘free’ her.

According to him, he had

met up with Ebony and had

agreed on terms of contract

with Ebony and was on the

verge of signing her until her

demise.

He this on Twitter and while

eulogising the artiste said, “we

had a fruitful meeting and

reached an agreement just last

Tuesday.

“I hope you’re free now and

finds absolute peace in the

bosom of the almighty God.

Let’s pay critical attention to

our female artists,” the big time

Showbiz mogul said.

Ebony and other two others

- her bodyguard and personal

assistant lost their lives on Friday

through a motor accident

on the Sunyani-Kumasi road at

the Mankranso stretch.

•Mrs Theresa Ayoade, Chief

Executive Officer of

CharterHouse

2018 VGMAs

slated for April 14

CHARTERHOUSE

GHANA, organisers of

the annual Ghana Music

Awards, has announced

the official date for the

2018 Vodafone Ghana

Music Awards.

The main awards

night has been scheduled

to take place on Saturday,

April 14, 2018 at the

Accra International Conference

Centre.

The theme for the

19th edition of the event

is ‘Our Music Beyond

Borders.’ Organizers say

the intent is to help promote

Ghanaian artistes

and music beyond the

Ghanaian and African

market.

Prior to the main

awards night, there will

be a nominees’ jam on

March 24, 2018 at Cape

Coast, and a music seminar

on April 12, 2018 at

the Movenpick Hotel.

Ghana Music Awards

Festival is the biggest

event on the Ghanaian

music calendar.

It is powered by CharterHouse

in partnership

with the Musicians

Union of Ghana and

under the auspices of

the Ministry of Tourism,

Culture and Creative

Arts and sponsored by

Vodafone Ghana.

It seeks to honour

artistes and stakeholders

in the Ghanaian music

industry who have released

works that generated

the most public excitement

within the year

under review, and also

reward veteran artistes

who have blazed the trail

in the music industry.

A total of 709 nominations

were received for

the scheme, about 72%

were received online.

Singer Joe Mettle, currently

holds the ultimate

title of Artist of the

Year, something widely

believed to be snatched

by dancehall singer

Ebony, who was reported

dead last night in

an accident on the Sunyani

– Kumasi road.

FlowKing Stone drops tribute song on Ebony

BY ERICA ARTHUR

FLOWKING STONE has released a tribute

song to the late Ebony Reigns.

The rapper rides on the instrumental of the

dancehall artiste’s popular ‘Maame Hwe’ expressing

his condolences to the bereaved family

and the music industry.

Flowking recounts meeting Ebony once

where they discussed possibilities of collaborating

on a song. He further called on authorities

to pay attention to the nature of Ghana’s

roads to avert further occurrences.

Ebony, real name Priscilla Opoku-

Kwarteng, was returning from Sunyani in the

Brong Ahafo Region when the Jeep she was

travelling in crashed into a VIP bus on Thursday

evening, according to police.

Ebony was travelling with three other people,

and two of them have also been confirmed

dead. The two include a young lady,

Ebony’s assistant, and a man in military uniform

believed to be a soldier.

She produced hits songs like ‘Dancefloor,’

‘Kupe,’ ‘Hustle,’ ‘Maame Hwe,’ ‘Date Ur Fada’

‘Poison’ and her latest gospel ‘Aseda’.

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DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Berla Mundi, Nana Aba Anamoah,

Baisiwa, Emmaline Datey,

others make most influential list

WOMANRISING, A

flagship network of The

African Network of Entrepreneurs

(TANOE)

has announced its annual

list of Ghana’s Most Influential

Women for the

year 2017.

Curated by TANOE Research,

the list was instituted to

celebrate and acknowledge

women who are breaking

grounds, blazing trails, shattering

glass ceilings and taking

tougher roles.

It also seeks to continually

put spotlight on outstanding

and positively influential

Ghanaian women, and also

empowers girls and women.

It cuts across 10 sectors including

Media, Politics, Business,

Religion, Academia,

Music, Film, Health, Fashion

and Leadership.

Below is the full list

arranged in alphabetical order:

1. Acheampong, Rebecca

Akosua (Becca) || Musician

2. Acher, Barbara Ayisi

(Hon) || Deputy Education

Minister

3. Addardey, Berla (Mundi)

|| GhOne TV

4. Addo, Nana Akua ||

Model

5. Afeku, Catherine (Hon)

|| Tourusm& Creative Arts

Minister

6. Afoley Quaye,

Elizabeth Naa

(Hon) || Fisheries

and Aquaculture

Development

Minister

7. Agyare-Honu,

Regina || Soronko

Solutions

8. Agyekum,

Beryl || Echohouse

Ghana

9. Akofio-Sowah,

Estelle || CSquared

10. Akuffo,

Anita || Fashion

GH TV Host

11. Akuffo, Gloria

Afua (Hon) ||

Attorney-General and

Minister of Justice

12. Akuffo, Sophia

(Her LadyShip) || Chief

Justice

13. Akufo Addo, Rebecca

(H.E.) || First Lady

14. Akyianu, Patience

|| Barclays Bank

15. Amoateng, Stacy

|| Restoration TV

Show Host

16. Anamoah, Nana Aba ||

TV Host

17. Anim-Wright, G. Koryoe

(Dr.) || AUUC President

18. Anti, Gifty (Oheneyeri

|| The StandPoint TV Show

Host

19. Appiah- Oppong, Marrietta

Brew (Hon) || Former

Minister

20. Appiah, Jackie || Actress

21. Aryee, Caritas ||

Tatas& Friends

22. Aryee, Joyce (Dr) ||

Salt and Light Ministries

23. Asante, Juliet || Blackstar

International Film Festival

24. Awindor, Jane (Efya) ||

Musician

25. Ayoade, Theresa ||

Charterhouse

26. AyorkorBotchwey,

Shirley (Hon) || Foreign Affairs

Minister

27. Baneseh, Mabel Aku ||

Daily Graphic

28. Bawumia, Samira (H.E)

|| Second Lady

•Berla Mundi

29. Bedwei, Ayesha ||

PWC Partner

30. Bedwei, Farida || Logiciel

Ghana

31. Bingley, Gifty ||

AirtelTigo

32. Blessing, Joyce || Musician

33. Brigidi, B. Abena ||

Nimed Capital

34. Brobbey, Emelia || Actress

35. Cobbah, Esther ||

Stratcomm Africa

36. Cofie, Ethel || Women

in Tech Africa

37. Danku, Kafui || Actress

38. Dankwa, Edith || Business

and Financial Times

39. Dapaah, Cecilia Abena

(Hon) || Aviation Minister

40. Darko-Opoku, Obuobia

|| Public Speaker

41. Dartey, Emmanline ||

EIB Network

42. Djaba, OtikoAfisa

(Hon) || Gender Children and

Social Protection Minister

43. Dongotey-Padi, Joyce

Akumaa (AkumaaZimbi)

|| Multimedia

44. Dosoo, Dzibordi

|| Allure

Africa Group

45.

Dowuona-

Hammond,

Betty Baisiwa || GhOne TV

46. Dumas, Joselyn ||

Actress

47. Duncan, Ama || Fabulous

Women’s Network

48. Edjeani-Afenu, Constance

Ama Emefa || Ghana

Armed Forces

49. Ekuful, Ursula (Hon) ||

Communications Minister

50. Erskine-Amaizo,

Anita || Starr FM

51. Esua-Mensah, Pearl ||

Media General Ltd

52. Forson, Lydia || Actress

53. Frimpong-Manso

Shirley || Sparrow Productions

54. Frimpong-Manso, Deloris

|| Excellencia Ghana

Limited

55. Gadzekpo, Audrey

(Prof.) | University of Ghana

56. Hagan, Ellen ||

L’AINE Services

57. Hamenoo-Kpeda, Vera

(MzVee) || Musician

58. Hyde, Peace || Forbe

Africa

59. Ibrahim, Juliet || Actress

60. Kasser-Tee, Clara Beeri

|| Lecturer & Lawyer

61. Konadu, Nana Akosua

|| The Hard Truth TV Show

Host

62. Lartey, Amma ||

•Nana Aba

Anamoah

Reach for Change

63. Lithur, Nana Oye (Hon)

|| Former Minister

64. Lumor, Claudia ||

Glitz Africa

65. Mahama, HajiaAlima

(Hon) || Local Government

Minister

66. Makafui, Fella || Actress

67. Marfo, Ethel || Junior

Shapers Africa

68. McBrown, Nana Ama

|| Actress

69. Mensa, Jean || IEA

70. Mensa-Bonsu, Henrietta

(Prof) || University of Ghana.

71. Mensah-Doku, Naa

Ashorkor || Multimedia

72. Mogtari, Joyce Bawah

(Hon) || H.E. John Mahama’s

Spokesperson

73. Montia, Hamamat ||

Model

74. Nelson, Yvonne || Actress

75. Nettey, Mansa || Standard

Chartered Bank Ghana

76. Noella, Wiyaala || Musician

77. Ocran, Comfort ||

•Baisiwa

Bank of Ghana Board Member

78. Opoku-Ware, Lesley

(H.E.) || Petronia City Board

Chair

79. Osei Tutu, Julia

80. Osei, Charlotte ||

Electoral Commission Chairperson

81. Osei, Gifty || Musician

82. Osei-Opare, Frema ||

Chief of Staff, Government of

Ghana

83. Otabil, Joy

84. Oteng-Mensah, Francisca

|| MP

85. Pobee, Martha (H.E) ||

UN

86. Pokua, Afia || Adom

FM Radio Host

87. Quartey-Papafio, Kate

|| Reroy Cables Limited

88. Quist, Lucy || Airtel

Ghana Former CEO

89. Rawlings, Nana Konadu

Agyeman (H.E.) || Former

First Lady

90. Rawlings, Zanetor (Dr)

|| KorleKlottey MP

91. Saforo, Jessice Opare ||

Citi FM Radio Host

92. Sampson, Caroline || Y

FM/Kwese TV Host

93. Sappor, Patricia ||

Chartered Institute of Bankers

94. Sarfo, Sarah Adwoa ||

MP

95. Simpson, Mabel ||

Msimps

96. Whitaker Duncan

Williams, Rosa || Whitaker

Group President

97. Wiafe Addai, Beatrice

(Dr) || Breast Cancer Advocate

98. Wood, Georgina

Theodora (Her Ladyship) ||

Former Chief Justice

99. Zakariah, AbibataShanniMahama

|| MASLOC

100. Zuh, Zynell

|| Actress

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Sports

DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Ghana Beach

Soccer is 10yrs

FROM GHANA BEACH

SOCCER ASSOCIATION

THE PRESI-

DENT of the

Ghana Beach

Soccer Association,

Mr Yaw

Ampofo Ankrah

believes that after a decade of

experimental development, the

time is right for a total overhaul

and rebranding of beach soccer

in Ghana.

The man, who is widely acknowledged

as the founding father

of beach soccer along with

Albert Frimpong who is the

founder and Chief Executive

Officer of Skate Soccer and

media guru Sammy Heywood

Okine, have been at the helm of

affairs for a decade amidst challenges,

hurdles, and relative successes.

In his estimation, Mr

Ankrah believes that out of the

decade, only five years were

used to progressively advance

through marketing and branding.

"It's not about making excuses

but the fact remains that

we had no textbook or template

to guide us in our formative

days and so it was trial and

error from day one.

"It has been a blessing in

disguise over the past few years

because we've had more disappointments,

failures and setbacks

than successes but these

very setbacks have allowed us

to appreciate what works and

what does not and will be used

as a guide for any future beach

•Flashback: Ghana Vs

Morocco clash

soccer management to advance

the growth and development of

the sport."

Former player and now

manager of Layoca Beach Soccer

Club, Nii Laryea Bonnie,

shares the view that the sport is

about to finally take off and explode

because the lessons of

past disappointments would

serve as a major guide.

There are significant positives

to celebrate about beach

soccer in Ghana.

Record-setting teams like

triple league champions Keta

Sunset and one time winners

Mighty Havedzi blazed the trail

from the Volta Region.

Greater Accra has produced

clubs like Sea Lions, Layoca,

Wuo Gbee, Gulf Powers and

Dansoman Beach Soccer Club.

Other names that have become

household names in

beach soccer include Osu Dolphins,

Ada Assurance, Chorkor

Blue Whales, Golden Eagles

and Teshie United BSC, as well

as Nima Beach Soccer Club.

Ironically, the football-dominated

Ghanaian media is yet to

fully embrace the energy demanding

sport or critically assess

the impact the sport has

made over such an explosive

period.

For example, during the

2014 season, Beach Soccer was

able to run a double-tier league

of 20 teams making it the first

of its kind on the Africa continent.

Due to lack of sponsorship,

logistics and general technical

resources, the league was reset

down to 10 teams with clubs

hailing from the Western, Central,

Volta and Greater Accra

regions of Ghana.

Meanwhile, a sports marketing

consultant, Mr Frederick

Amoah has advised beach soccer

team owners to set up their

clubs on professional models to

meet the challenges of sport

management and business.

It is no secret that Mr

Ankrah is currently in talks with

the Ghana Football Association

(GFA) on potential partnership

and affiliation as encouraged by

Confederation of Africa Football

leading to the accelerated

growth of the sport on the domestic

front, across the African

continent and eventually a

strong African presence beyond

the continent.

Ghana Beach Soccer is likely

to go to Congress before

March by which time the GFA

would have outlined the wider

context for the development of

the game.

Meanwhile, the ‘Ghana

Beach Soccer @10’ anniversary

programme, is also expected to

roll out where clubs would be

given the opportunity to present

their internal set up-structures

which would create an

enabling environment for more

funding, infrastructure and general

support to boost the sport.

Nigeria to host

African Fencing

Championships

THE INTERNATIONAL Fencing

Federation (FIE) has awarded Nigeria

the hosting right for the 2018

Junior/Cadet African Fencing

Championships.

The event, which will take place

from February 26 to March 5 at the

Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the

Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos,

has been endorsed by Lagos State,

with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

scheduled to attend the ceremony

along the FIE President, Alisher Usmanov,

who is Russia’s richest man

and a major shareholder in Arsenal

Football Club.

President of the Nigeria Fencing

Federation, Adeyinka Samuel said

this was the first time Nigeria would

host any international event in the

sport, adding that the country beat

Tunisia and Algeria to the hosting

right.

The J/C AFC is an internationally

recognised and FIE-approved

tournament that provides a platform

for fencers across Africa’s 31 registered

nations to compete for world

ranking points leading to the 2018

World Championships in Verona,

Italy and the 2020 Olympics Games

in Tokyo, Japan.

Other international dignitaries

are also expected at the championship,

which is expected to attract

over 150 fencers from about 25

African countries.

Samuel, a former top 100-ranked

fencer, lauded Governor Ambode for

the support to host the event, pointing

out that it would boost tourism

and other businesses in the state.

Polo lambasts Kotoko’s wastefulness in CARA win

FORMER BLACK Stars

player Mohammed Ahmed

Polo has lambasted Asante

Kotoko for their profligacy in

their slender win over CARA

Brazzaville in the first leg of

the preliminary stage of the

CAF Confederation Cup on

Sunday.

The Baba Yara Sports Stadium

was dead silence in the

aftermath of Asante Kotoko

1-0 victory against Congolese

outfit CARA Brazzaville in the

first leg encounter of the

opening day of this year's

CAF's second-tier club competition

after the Ghana FA

Cup holder's squandered three

penalties in the game.

During an interview with

Happy FM, Mohammed Polo,

who experienced numerous

high-octane clashes against the

Porcupine Warriors during his

time with the club's sworn adversaries,

Hearts of Oak, reiterated

his grievance over the

chances missed and claimed

that it could haunt them in the

return encounter.

"Kotoko won't have it easy

in Congo. I doubt if they'll be

able to handle the home support

Cara will get," Mohammed

Polo told Happy FM.

"Missing three penalty

kicks clearly shows the technical

problem Kotoko is facing.

Kotoko’s performance was

nothing to write home about.

"Coach should concentrate

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