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•Nii Offei III,
Chief of
Koklobite
• National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osmanu Nuhu
Sharubutu and President Nana Akufo-Addo
• The Komenda
Sugar factory.
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My hands are clean
• Koklobite Mantse tells critics
"So we do not do
know where the
allegation of fraud
and illegality is
coming from. We
want to tell Mr
Daniel Nii Ardey
Nkpa Tagoe and his
followers to take a
second look at their
stance against us...”
• Nii Offei III, Chief of Koklobite
NII OFFEI III, the Chief
of Koklobite, has denied
media reports suggesting
that he is not a recognised
chief and the fact that he
has sold plots of land at Koklobite to
two land developers.
The chief of the fishing community
in the Ga South Municipality in the
Greater Accra Region asserted that the
allegations were a calculated attempt by
his accusers to discredit him, adding, "my
hands are clean."
Nii Offei called on Ghanaians to disregard
the accusations and treat them
with the deserving contempt.
He was reacting to the recent allegations
by the Nii Arday Nkpa family of
Koklobite that he was parading himself
as the chief of the Koklobite community
and defrauding with false pretence by
selling land belonging to the Nii Arday
Nkpa family.
The report indicated that Nii Offei is
not recognised as a chief as he has not
been traditionally and customarily installed
as the chief of Koklobite, stressing
that he (Nii Offei) did not have any
capacity and locus to sell lands at Koklobite
to anybody.
The report said the move by Nii Offei
to sell lands to unsuspecting Ghanaians
amounted to "complete fraud."
But in a quick rebuttal, Nii Offei described
the allegations levelled against
him as "completely baseless and unfounded,"
adding that they were calculated
attempts to soil his chieftaincy and
traditional reputation.
He pointed out that the sale of a
piece of land at Koklobite to two land
developers was legally and genuinely
done by the members of Koklobite Stool
Council with the knowledge of Nii
Arday Npka and Nii Offei families, the
two families who are owners of the Koklobite
lands.
"So we do not know where the allegation
of fraud and illegality is coming
from.
"We want to tell Mr Daniel Nii Arday
Nkpa Tagoe and his followers
to take a second
look at their stance against
us. Because we have done
what is legitimate and
proper to the Koklobite
Stool Council, which is a
legally constituted chieftaincy
body,” he stated.
Touching on the traditional
and historical antecedent
that led to his
installation as the chief of
the area, Nii Offei noted
that "I was legally and traditional
installed in 2015
by the principal kingmaker
of Koklobite, Nii Arday
Ansah II, with the support
of the credited kingmaker
of Plenor in Accra,
Nii Srasraku, to ascend
the throne to succeed my
father, Nii Offei II, who
died in 2010.”
According to Nii
Offei III, after his installation
he was officially inducted
into the fold of the Nglenshie
Alata Traditional Council by the then
Paramount chief of James Town,
Obrempong Nii Kojo Ababio, which
makes his position legitimate.

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Expose state
security threats
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh
PRESIDENT NANA Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo has
urged Ghanaians, especially
the Muslim community, to
be on the lookout for people
whose actions breach the security of
the nation.
According to the President, the territorial
integrity of the country is a
shared responsibility of both civilians
and the security agencies.
He said this when he joined the
National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osmanu
Nuhu Sharubutu, to celebrate
this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr festival at the
Independence Square on Friday.
He observed that the price of liberty
is eternal vigilance so a constant
lookout for deviants in the country
ought to be the responsibility of all
persons, including the Muslim community.
"I urge you to be on the lookout
for trouble makers and hate preachers
amongst us. The security agencies
will not hesitate to deal with those
who incite hate, not even if they do so
in the name of Islam or Christianity,"
the President stated.
Girl child education
Touching on education, the President
called on the Muslim community
in the country, especially the leadership,
to embrace one another irrespective
of their differences and take
advantage of the various educational
policies of the government and ensure
that the Muslim girl child is not
left out in the quest to educate the
youth of Ghana.
• President urges Muslims
Togetherness
According to him, when it comes to the
spirit of living together, "we are the envy of
many nations. Today, many Muslim homes
will play host to Christian neighbours and
friends, as we all eat and drink and share in
the glory of God. As a Christian President, I
have a Muslim as my Vice President.
"I have a Cabinet made up of Muslims
and Christians, and in which both Christian
and Muslim prayers are said at every meeting."
25 years of 4th Republic
President Akufo-Addo recounted that on
January 7, this year, "we celebrated 25 years
of the 4th Republic, the longest-lasting Republic
of our history, holding for the first
time in our national life on that day an official
inter-faith service of commemoration
and thanksgiving to God."
The president said, "Christian and Muslim
religious leaders came together to conduct
that service, in the presence of the four
living Presidents of the 4th Republic, which
I, daresay, was a beautiful moment for all
Ghanaians.
" Such arrangements are rare in many
countries around the world, and we ought to
be proud of ourselves for being capable of
doing such things. Even so, we must not be
complacent."
Welfare of Muslims
President Akufo-Addo said, “My government
remains committed to the welfare of
the Muslim community in Ghana.
"The Vice President, that worthy son of
Islam, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, continues
to engage with Muslim communities
around the country, so that we are constantly
keeping abreast of the challenges of
Muslim communities.”
He told the gathering that his Vice had
just completed his annual Ramadan tour,
"that brought him to many of the mosques
across all 10 regions of Ghana."
•National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu and President Nana Akufo-Addo
Inauguration of Zongo
Development Fund Board
"I promised you that I was going to set
up a Zongo Development Fund to help
cater for the development needs of the
Zongo communities, as we had promised in
the 2016 NPP manifesto," he said.
"I am happy to report that the Fund has
been set up, and, on Monday, 11th June, I
inaugurated its Board, under the chairmanship
of a distinguished Muslim, the Chief of
Nima, Alhaji Mohammed Farl, popularly
called Nii Futa.
"Already, the Minister responsible for
Zongo and Inner-City Development, the
hardworking Hon. Alhaji Boniface
Abubakar Siddique, Member of Parliament
for Madina, has been busy about his mission."
Chief Imam
The National Chief Imam, led the
prayers after which he delivered his sermon.
In his homily, the Chief Imam admonished
his fellow Muslims to continually fear
Allah and submit to Him.
He appealed to Muslims to remember
the auspicious nature of the occasion, and
the spiritual success
they had attained at
the end of 30 days of
fasting.
"The virtues you
have been able to embark
on must shine in
full glory and continue
to shine in the subsequent
months ahead
of us," the Chief
Imam said.
Sheik Dr
Sharubutu added that
"these virtues of nobility
and human dignity
have been made
abundantly clear in the
Holy Quran and the
hadith of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad
(S.A.W.) Therefore, do
not be unmindful of
them as you celebrate
with joy and happiness
the Eid-ul-Fitr
day."

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•Rachel Saunders,
63, and Rodney, 73
SA identifies second body of missing British horticulturalists
THE BODY of a British horticulturalist,
who was kidnapped with
her husband in a case with suspected
links to the Islamic State
group (IS), has been identified by
South African police.
Rachel Saunders, 63, and Rodney,
73, disappeared while looking
for rare seeds in KwaZulu-Natal
province in February.
Rodney Saunders' body was discovered
days later in a river in the
province and was positively identified
in April.
The Hawks gave no details of
where Rachel's body was located.
Suspects Fatima Patel, 27, and
Saffydeen Aslam del Vecchio, 38,
were arrested on 16 February.
They are alleged to have
hoisted an IS flag in the reserve
where the couple disappeared.
They remain in custody, along
with a third suspect, Malawian national
Ahmad Mussa, 36.
The fourth suspect, Themba
Xulu, 19, was found in possession
of the victims' mobile phones and
was arrested - he struck a plea bargain
and was given a suspended
three-year sentence. BBC
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World news in 3 stories
New York sues Trump Foundation
• Alleging 'extensive' lawbreaking
NEW YORK'S attorney
general
announced on
Thursday she
was suing the
Trump Foundation,
as well as Donald Trump and
his children, alleging "extensive
and persistent" lawbreaking.
Barbara Underwood said the
charitable foundation had engaged
in "unlawful political co-ordination"
designed to influence the
2016 election.
The lawsuit seeks to dissolve
the foundation, Ms Underwood
said.
The foundation denied the
charges, calling them politically
motivated.
In a statement, Ms Underwood
said Mr Trump had illegally instructed
the foundation to provide
support to his presidential campaign
by using the foundation's
name and funds it raised to promote
the campaign.
The petition also claims that
Mr Trump used charitable assets
to pay off legal obligations, to
promote his own businesses and
•Mr Trump's children, Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr were named in the lawsuit
to purchase personal items.
The attorney general is also
seeking to bar the president and
three of his adult children, Donald
Jr, Eric and Ivanka, from serving
on the board of any New Yorkbased
charity, "in light of misconduct
and total lack of oversight".
The president hit back at the
lawsuit on Twitter, saying that
"sleazy New York Democrats"
were "doing everything they can to
sue me". He vowed he would not
settle the case.
The lawsuit announced on
Thursday was the culmination of a
two-year investigation, which
began under the previous New
York attorney general, Eric
Schneiderman, Ms Underwood
said. Mr Schneiderman resigned
last month after several former
girlfriends accused him of
physical abuse.
New York is also seeking
$2.8 million of restitution, a 10-
year ban on Mr Trump serving
as a director of a non-profit in
the state, and similar one-year
bans for his children Donald Jr,
Eric, and Ivanka, who serve on
the foundation's board.
Eric Trump distanced himself
from his own charitable
foundation after the election,
the New York Times reported,
after it came under investigation
by the attorney general for allegedly
shifting its resources to
the Trump Organization.
The Trump Foundation lawsuit
adds to Mr Trump's legal
challenges, which include a
wide-ranging special counsel investigation
into alleged ties between
the Trump campaign and
Russia. Special Counsel Robert
Mueller has indicted several of Mr
Trump's associates and raided the
home and office of the president's
long-time lawyer and fixer,
Michael Cohen. BBC
Comey 'broke norms but not biased' — Agency watchdog report
A HIGHLY anticipated US Department
of Justice report accuses
ex-FBI director James
Comey of being "insubordinate",
but not politically biased
Inspector General Michael
Horowitz found Mr Comey
broke "dramatically from FBI
and department norms" in handling
a probe into Hillary Clinton's
emails.
The 500-page report examines
actions by top FBI and justice
department officials before
the 2016 election.
The former attorney general
and two FBI agents are also
heavily criticised.
The report found while Mr
Comey's actions were not the result
of political bias, "by departing
so clearly and dramatically
from FBI and department
norms, the decisions negatively
impacted the perception of the
FBI and the department as fair
administrators of justice".
The inspector general criticises
Mr Comey and other senior
officials for decisions made in
the lead-up to the US election in
2016.
The report found "a troubling
lack of any direct, substantive
communication" between Mr
Comey and former Attorney
General Loretta Lynch.
But the report also touched
on text messages exchanged between
two FBI officials who later
worked on Special Counsel
Robert Mueller's investigation
into alleged Russian meddling in
the 2016 US election.
Peter Strzok, who was Mr
Mueller's lead agent in Russian
inquiry, was having an affair with
Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer who
also temporarily worked on the
Mueller investigation.
When Ms Page asked if Mr
Trump would become president,
Mr Strzok responded: "No. No
he won't. We'll stop it."
Republicans have seized on
the messages to argue the FBI
was biased against President
Donald Trump.
Why was there a report?
In announcing the review in
January 2017, Mr Horowitz said
that there was overwhelming demand
from lawmakers, members
of the public, and "various organisations"
to investigate claims
of unprofessional behaviour on
the part of the justice department
and FBI employees.
President Donald Trump is
among the most vocal critics of
the FBI and the Department of
Justice, repeatedly accusing several
employees of being biased
against him. BBC
•Mr Comey has come under fire
from both Democrats and
Republicans

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DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018
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Editorial
All must be sanitation ambassadors
FOR THOSE who have been
victims of the dirty nature of
some parts of Accra, a call by
the Accra Metropolitan Assembly
(AMA) on all to play a
role in making Accra a clean
city would be very welcome.
Due to uncultured habits,
some parts of the capital get
very dirty so much so that
those places become the hub
of infestation and habitats for
the spread of contagious diseases.
During torrential rains, it is
common to find some ill-bred
women throwing piled-up
garbage into running waters.
This and many other bad
habits such as incriminate littering
of the streets are some
of the ways the city gets very
dirty.
Not too long ago, when
there was a cholera outbreak
in Accra, every Tom, Dick
and Harry was at risk because
the deadly disease is no respecter
of persons.
Though there have been series
of campaigns to rid the
city of filth, attitudes are not
changing.
It is for this reason that the
DAILY HERITAGE
agrees with the suggestion
that if habits are not changing,
then the environment
should be changed to make
people respond to it.
The paper supports the
AMA campaign and urges all
to be part of the move to
make it successful because as
stated earlier, when the dirty
environment leads to an epidemic,
all would be at risk.
Komenda Sugar
Factory decaying
BY KWAKU BAAH-
ACHEAMFOUR
THE PARAMOUNT
Chief of the
Komenda Traditional
Area in the Central
Region, Nana Kojo
Kru II, has expressed disappointment
at the continuous inactivity at
the Komenda Sugar factory.
He described the endless neglect
as distasteful and an affront to
the development of the country.
He explained that the factory,
which was expected to provide
thousands of jobs, both direct and
indirect, to the indigenes and other
Ghanaians, is wasting away due to
its inactivity culminating in machine
decay.
He indicated that a lot of the
farmers who had initially gone back
to crop production returned to
sugarcane growing in anticipation
of having a ready market for the
produce but had been left frustrated.
“We have written petitions and
have even gone to the Presidency
and the Ministry of Trade to meet
• Chief laments, describes
neglect as distasteful
all concerned and still nothing is
happening. We are very disappointed
as to what is happening,”
Nana Kru stated.
“If the new government thinks
certain things
went wrong in
the construction
process,
then they
should engage
the previous
administration
on it and let
the factory
work so that
the country
can get the
benefits that
would come
with the factory
as the
factory is
gradually getting
rotten
away. That is sad and unhealthy for
Ghana,” he added.
Touching on the issue of availability
of land to support the factory,
Nana Kru indicated that
there is enough land in the area to
support the factory.
“We met the government and
we were told to get in place 10,000
acres of land to begin the project
and we have got it and have even
told the government about it and
yet nothing is happening,” he said.
Private investors
A Deputy Minister of Trade
and Industry, Robert Ahomka-
Lindsay, revealed earlier this year
that the government intended to
leave both the running of the sugar
factory and the cultivation of sugarcane
to feed it in the hands of
private investors.
The decision, he said, was part
of the government’s agenda to revive
the $35-million Indian Exim
Bank facility that has been inactive
since it was unveiled in May 2016.
Mr Ahomka-Lindsey indicated
that the move was to ensure efficiency
at the factory as history over
the years had shown that such partnership
yielded better results compared
to when the government
solely ran such enterprises.
He said six companies had so
far expressed interest in the running
of the factory and that the
government was still considering
the various proposals and would
choose the best one that would
give the best of returns to the
country.
The factory, when fully operational,
could produce 97% of
Ghana’s sugar requirement, while
outgrower sugarcane farmers,
mostly in the Central and Western
regions, could also be gainfully employed.
•The Komenda Sugar factory.

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BY NANA BRAM OKAI II
IT SEEMS members of the erstwhile
Ghana Football Association
(GFA) are deaf and dumb;
they see nothing and they hear
nothing; they only listen to their
egos. But our elders say that if a
child fails to listen to advice he gets his
fingers burnt in the fire and this is exactly
what has happened to them.
I wrote somewhere in November,
2015, in this same column, titled,
‘Ghana Premier League in Limbo,’ advising
them to be wary of the dangers
ahead and do the right things. Football
in Ghana at all levels had taken a nosedive
and I was warning them to change
for the better. None of them, particularly,
the former President took any
heed but proceeded as before. I bring
you excerpts of what I wrote then in
2015:-
First excerpts
“What we see rather happening at
the moment is people paying cash to
see live matches involving teams in Europe
playing their respective leagues at
the expense of Ghana soccer. And
football lovers in Ghana are happy to
do that unashamedly; they do that with
glee.
“And interestingly, even children
know the names and faces of most of
the players plying their trade in the
English Premier League; the Italian
Serie A; the Spanish La Liga; the Portuguese
Primira Liga; the German
Boundesliga; the French Ligue 1; etc,
etc but they cannot mention a single
Ghanaian local star worthy of note. It’s
gone that bad, you know.”
Kotoko and Hearts
“Kotoko, which used to be a force
to reckon with both in Ghana and in
Africa, is a pale shadow of itself and
could not even stand the wrath of
Kpando Heart of Lions recently. This
was not the case hitherto. Also, Accra
Hearts of Oak, which under the late
Coach Attuquayfio went into Africa
and made conquests, can no longer
smash Tunisia’s Esperance on their
way and suffered a 5-1 defeat recently
on home-and-away basis.
“It’s not surprising therefore that
our stadiums are always empty when
our local teams are playing. Very few
Ghanaians watch local matches these
days. The observation has been that
fans go to stadiums to watch their darling
players play and so they will not
go if they have no darling players to go
and watch, hence the empty seats at
the stadiums. What has happened to
our local league?
State of affairs
“Somebody or some group of people
must be responsible for this lackadaisical
state of affairs in Ghana
football. And if you ask me, I will put
the blame firmly on the doorsteps of
the GFA under the current leadership.
It wasn’t like this in the past.
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“The GFA is responsible for organizing
football at all levels in this
country, from the Colts level all the
way up to the Black Stars. They don’t
have to be physically present in all
cases but they have to put structures in
place so that things work out well.
“This is not the case, however.
The GFA is only interested in the senior
team, the Black Stars and funds accruing
therefrom and so very little
attention is paid to the junior teams,
particularly, the Colts who are supposed
to be the future stars. It’s for
this reason that for many Ghanaians
football means the Black Stars and the
Black Stars mean Ghana football. Too
bad!”
Headway
“But someone tells me that if we
are to make any headway in football
development and progression in this
country, we have to catch them young
at 13 or 14 and groom them to fill the
senior teams. This way, there will be
continuity and we are very likely to see
a huge change in the way football is organized
and played in this country.
“Frankly, I have not been personally
happy about the way GFA organizes
the game of football in this
country and I mince no words in saying
it. Everybody knows that no GFA
President has been in office longer
than the current President.”
Rot persists
Nothing significant happened after
I had written this article and the rot
kept on persisting. I made up my mind
not to write on football and football
administrators again but I couldn’t
hold back. You can’t sit aloof when
something nasty is taking place in your
neighbourhood. So, I wrote again
somewhere in June, 2017, in this column
titled, ‘GFA now wants to hire
paid officials to do the job,’ and I bring
you excerpts of that write-up as well:-
Albatross
“Frankly speaking, the GFA, under
its current dispensation, is a huge albatross
on the neck of most Ghanaians
and the earlier they leave the scene the
better it will be for themselves and
Ghana soccer as a whole.
“Interest in Ghanaian football has
so gone down the drain that most
Ghanaians cannot mention the names
of the players of Accra Hearts of
Oak; nor of Kotoko; nor of Ashgold
and several other teams that recently
came onto the scene.
“Instead, mention Chelsea and a
six year old Ghanaian boy can tell you
the names of all the players and even
the wives of those of them who are
married. They can do the same for
Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal,
Bayern Munich, Real Madrid,
Barcelona and all the European teams
in the various leagues.
Vote with feet
“Why is this so? The answer is obvious.
Ghanaians have voted with their
feet when it comes to football in this
country. At least, that is the position
now; it may change in the near future
HERITAGE MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018
I wrote three times about goings-on
in the GFA but to no avail
but for now this is what we have on
our hands.
“Ghanaians no longer go to our
national football stadia to watch our
local players in action but elect to go
to pay to watch European teams playing
and place a bet too on them. What
can be more appetizing than this to
them?
“And this is because our league is
not well planned and implemented.
Unlike other leagues which go the full
haul till end of May or thereabouts,
our league doesn’t start and end according
to the scheduled programme.
“Our league suffers from intermittent
suspensions, intermittent truncations,
unnecessary litigations and what
have you. So, before the league comes
to an end real interest in the Ghanaian
game has died off.”
League
“The 2016/2017 league in Ghana
came to a close in October 2017 when
others had completed theirs long before
in May and have started the
2017/2018 league in earnest. But, in
our case, the 2017/2018 league will
start in January 2018. Obviously, we
are sleeping on the job. And you don’t
want anybody to say something about
this? How?
“You can’t execute football administration
this way and expect good results.
Yet, there are examples
throughout the world to follow. Why
•Kwesi Nyantakyi
are we not following the good things
in the world concerning football?
Experts
“By agreeing to employ experts to
run Ghana football, the GFA is tacitly
admitting that it has come to the end
of the road and they need help from
those who can run the show better. I
have my doubts however, about this
proposition.”
To tell you the truth I’m not surprised
about what was captured by
Anas on the tape screened recently. It
shows you scenes of men and women
who have come to the end of the road
in their job and are therefore desirous
of hanging on through any means, fair
or foul. They should have gone long
“By agreeing to employ experts to run
Ghana football, the GFA is tacitly admitting
that it has come to the end of the road and
they need help from those who can run the
show better. I have my doubts however,
about this proposition.”
ago but for inordinate personal ambition.
But don’t go yet, I have excerpts
from my third article written around
June 6, 2016 titled, ‘Football League in
Disarray’ for you and here we go:-
“Once again, the news coming
from football circles is not so pleasant.
The premier league in Ghana has been
slapped with injunction, thereby putting
the start of the 2017/2018 league
in complete disarray.”
Leagues
“To start with, one wonders why a
league, like all other leagues elsewhere
in the world, that should have started
around September, 2017 and end in
the middle of June, 2018, should be so
ill-planned that it was scheduled to
start in January, 2018. At what point in
time then would this league end for the
2018/2019 programme to commence?
Your guess is as good as mine. There is
complete mess as far as football administration
in Ghana is concerned.
“We were all expecting the league
to start in January, 2018; at least that
was what they told us and we took it
coolly, in good faith. Come January,
2018 and we heard nothing from the
corridors of football administrators of
Ghana. Then came the bombshell on
February, 05, 2018 and it was that an
injunction had been slapped on the
GPL by an aggrieved party for which
reason the league can’t start for now.
Blimey!”
Fans and analysts
“Frankly speaking, to several football
fans and scores of football analysts
in Ghana, this is no news at all.
Several people have given up on
Ghana football so much so that, news
of this nature is no news to them at
all. They are not surprised.
“And it’s because the administrators
of football in this country have
run out of ideas and are not up to
scratch any longer; yet they won’t leave
the scene.”
President
“The current President has been in
office for years but within this period,
colts football has witnessed a deep
nose-dive and nobody will dispute this.
Women’s soccer is half-heartedly supported
as their coaches sometimes go
without their salaries for months. The
Black Stars too, the darling team of the
current leadership of GFA has also
not won any cup within this period although
they have come close on several
occasions. What does this tell us?”
Change
“This tells us that there must be
change in the leadership of the GFA
so others can also try their skills on the
job since wisdom doesn’t reside in the
heads of only one person or one
group of people. Maybe if we have a
change, the new chaps will succeed
where others have not succeeded or
even they may be lucky to win a cup
where others have not been so lucky to
win a trophy. There certainly must be a
change at the GFA set-up.”
Current leadership
“You may recall that the current
leadership of the GFA first came into
office in 2005, a year before the World
Cup in Germany and they were to
hold office for four years. In 2009, instead
of holding an election to renew
their mandate or to be kicked out,
something dramatic happened and
they stayed on and on.”
I did what I should do as a patriotic
citizen of this country and they wouldn’t
listen. So, I shed no tears for any of
them caught in the web.

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Facts of good eating habits
Balance your foods
TO AVOID getting too much of any
nutrient, try to eat foods from all food
groups in the healthy eating pyramid,
including low glycemic load carbohydrates,
proteins, and healthy fats as well
as good sources of vitamins and minerals.
Eat plenty of fruits and
vegetables
These are all an excellent source of
fiber, healthy sugars, vitamins and minerals.
Fiber is useful in keeping your
cholesterol levels low and cleaning out
the intestinal tract. Vitamins and minerals
are required by the most basic of
metabolic processes in the body
Avoid eating fast foods
They are loaded with salt, sugar and
bad fats that have no nutritional value.
While they may put an end to your
hunger, they are of no benefit to your
body.
Choose low fat foods
The average diet contains more fat
than our body requires. Opting for low
fat options when available will help balance
the foods that are higher in fats.
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GHS receives medication
for umbilical cord care
BY CHRISTABEL ADDO
THE GHANA Health
Service (GHS) has
received a donation
of ten thousand
tubes of
CHLORXY-G gel,
amounting to GH¢100,000.00, to
help promote its policy change in
umbilical cord care in newborns.
The donation by the Drugfield
Pharmaceuticals Limited, manufacturers
of Chlorhexidine Digluconate
7.1% gel, was in support of
the quest of Ministry of Health
and GHS to improve neonatal
healthcare to reduce morbidity and
mortality.
Dr Patrick Aboagye, the Director
of Family Health of the GHS,
receiving the medications at a short
ceremony in Accra last Wednesday,
thanked the company for its partnership
drive in the efforts towards
the reduction of neonatal infections
and deaths.
He said the policy decision by
the Ministry and GHS to gradually
replace the use of Methylated spirit
with the CHLORXY-G gel in cord
care was in line with the World
Health Organisation’s new recommendation
issued in 2014.
He stated that neonatal mortality
constituted a high proportion of
global infant deaths, accounting for
an annual three million newborn
deaths globally, with approximately
13 per cent of these resulting from
infections.
Recent data in Ghana attested
to the fact that the primary cause
of newborn deaths was infections,
accounting for 31 per cent,
preterm birth complications 29%,
and intra-partum-related events
and 27% of neonatal mortality respectively.
The donation by
the Drugfield
Pharmaceuticals
Limited, manufacturers
of
Chlorhexidine
Digluconate
7.1% gel, was in
support of the
quest of Ministry
of Health and
GHS to improve
neonatal healthcare
to reduce
morbidity and
mortality.
Dr Aboagye explained that the
freshly-cut umbilical cord was a
common entry point for invasive
bacteria that caused newborn sepsis
and death, as they rapidly occupied
the moist cord stump and
have direct access to the bloodstream
through the umbilical vessels
that remained opened for the
first few days after birth.
He warned mothers and caregivers
to desist from the use of
harmful substances as a dressing
for the umbilical cord as the practice
led to infection, with potential
spread to the surrounding tissues
and blood stream.
Dr Aboagye said the Chlorhexidine
Digluconate 7.1% gel
(CHLORXY-G gel) would urgently
be used alongside Methylated
spirit, until effective education was
given to mothers and care givers,
especially through the antenatal
clinics, to ensure the effective and
efficient management of umbilical
cord and save newborn lives.
Mr Akande Olusola, the Marketing
Director of Drugfield Pharmaceuticals
Limited, who
presented the medication, said it
had been clinically tested and
proven to be very safe for use in
newborns.
He said the medication was affordable,
and provided a lasting
and residual antiseptic protection
to the umbilical cord that lasted for
over 24 hours, hence its once-daily
application.
Dr Aboagye said the
CHLORXY-G gel has a broad
spectrum of antibacterial and antifungal
actions providing protection
from infection, adding that the donation
was expected to go a long
way to promote adherence to the
new policy and further reduce
neonatal morbidity and mortality in
Ghana.
Toll-free lines can solve ‘no bed syndrome’ — MP
THE MEMBER of Parliament (MP)
for Ledzokuku Constituency, Dr
Bernard Okoe Boye, has called for effective
monitoring of health facilities
to enable the public to access emergency
health services.
He made the call following the demise
of a 70-year old man, Mr Prince
Anthony Opoku Acheampong, in his
car at the LEKMA Hospital at Teshie
after being turned away by seven hospitals
for lack of beds.
Dr Okoe Boye, in whose constituency
the man died, told journalists
during an inspection of work on a
7.5-kilometre road at Teshie on Tuesday
that toll-free numbers would create
linkage among health facilities and
enable individuals with emergency
health conditions to be connected to
health facilities for treatment.
The medical practitioner said he
had been championing in Parliament
the establishment of toll-free numbers
by the Health Ministry, expressing
the belief it would yield the
needed result.
‘‘We need toll free numbers
similar to that of the Fire Service,
the Police Service, the Ambulance
Service and the rest so that if
anyone needs emergency health
service, he or she can call, especially
when the person has been
turned away by a health facility so
that this no-bed syndrome will
stop,’’ he suggested.
Dr Okoe Boye described the
death of Acheampon as unfortunate,
noting that it was high time
health workers put up ‘‘good attitude’’
in order to stop such needless
deaths.
He said the bad attitudes of
some health workers had created
a bad image for those working in
the various health facilities and it
was about time the Health Ministry
ensured effective monitoring
to bring perpetrators to book.
Commenting on the work on the
road stretching from the Kofi Annan
Peacekeeping Centre to the main
Spintex Road Junction that had stalled
•Dr Bernard Okoe Boye
for almost two years, Dr Okoe Boye
commended the government for the
determination to complete the project.
He said the road served
about one million residents
in the eastern part of Accra
and connected four constituencies
and a referral
hospital, LEKMA Hospital.
The MP said he would
continue monitoring the
construction work and make
sure that the contractor was
paid on time to avert any delays.
The 7.5-kilometre dual
carriage road has stalled for
almost two years due to nonpayment
of the contractor
by the previous government.
The current government
has paid GH¢16 million out
of the GH¢35 million outstanding
debts owed the
contractor, Malin Investment
Company Limited.
The contract for the road project
was signed between the contractor
and the government on July 5, 2015,
and work began on July 7, at the cost
of GH¢62 million, and was expected
to be completed within 24 months.
However, work on the project
stalled in 2017 due to non-payment of
work done by the contractor by the
previous administration.
The Minister, who was there to inspect
the progress of work, assured
the contractor that regular payment
would be made, in order for him to
complete the work on schedule and
charged the contractor to re-mobilise
and resume work latest on Monday,
June 18, to complete one carriageway
of the road in the next couple of
months.
He noted that the stretch was one
of the strategic road networks the
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led
government had set out to complete
within the stipulated duration as part
of efforts to enhance socio-economic
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THE HIGH Court in Accra, presided
over by Justice Kofi Dorgu, has
adjourned hearing of the bail
application before it by lawyers of the
embattled Director of Obengfo
Hospital, Dominic Obeng Andoh and
Edward Amponsah to June 21.
The two accused persons, who are
currently in police custody for the
murder of the Deputy Director of the
National Entrepreneurship Innovation
Programme, Stacy Offei Darko, were
earlier refused bail by the Accra
Magistrate Court.
In court on Thursday, Jonathan
Dzaisu, one of the lawyers of the
accused persons were unable to move
their application as expected because
the Attorney General’s Department
was not served with the processes.
According to the court records, the
Attorney General's Department was
only served with the notice for hearing
the morning before the parties arrived
in court, with State Attorney Francis
Mullen Ansah, particularly surprised to
hear the case called in court.
Brief facts
The brief facts as were presented in
court by DSP Stephen Kwame Adjei
said the complainant, Dr Eli Atidpui, is
a Medical Director and the Registrar of
Medical and Dental Council, Accra.
According to him, Dr Obeng-
Andoh is also a medical practitioner
and medical director of Obengfo
Hospital, a private medical facility at
Weija-Accra.
DSP Adjei told the court that
during the month of July 2015, the
Medical and Dental Council, during a
routine monitoring exercise, received
information that the accused person
had failed to renew his annual
registration to practise as a doctor and
operate a private health facility since
2013, but continued to practise in his
Obengfo Hospital.
The Medical and Dental Council
reported the matter to the police for
investigation.
He told the court that on December
28, 2016, the police went to Obengfo
Hospital to affect his arrest, but met
him in the process of performing
certain medical procedures on a
witness in the case.
He said further investigations
revealed that Dr Obeng-Andoh had
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also failed to license his health facility
which he was operating as required by
law.
He recounted that Dr Obeng-
Andoh was charged with the offences
to appear before the court on February
6, 2017, but he petitioned the Director
General of Criminal Investigations
Department (CID) on February 7,
2017 requesting for a review of the
investigation conducted by the police
CID based on which he was charged
and was to appear before the court.
DSP Adjei said the court process
was temporarily put on hold and the
case docket forwarded to the Attorney
General’s office for their perusal and
expert advice.
In a letter numbered
GR/PD/31/18 dated May 18, 2018,
the Attorney General’s office advised
that all charges earlier on preferred
against the accused be maintained and
he be arraigned before the court. He
was consequently warned to appear
before this honourable court.
DSP Adjei told the
court that, during
the month of July
2015, the Medical
and Dental Council
during a routine
monitoring exercise
received information
that the accused
person had failed to
renew his annual
registration to
practice as a doctor
and operate a
private health facility
since 2013, but
continued to
practice in his
Obenfo Hospital.
MR ISAAC
Swatson, an
officer at the
Computerised
School Selection
and Placement
System (CSSPS) under the Ghana
Education Service (GES), has said
the essence of the government,
through the Ministry of Education,
having a new policy of placing
children in senior high schools
formulated is to improve the
system.
Speaking recently at a workshop
for education directors and officers
on the operations of the CSSPS and
key guidelines for placing children
in senior high and technical schools,
Mr Swatson disclosed that, among
other guidelines, children will select
five schools and that, “children can
choose only one school in Category
A, two schools in Category B, four
schools in Category C, a
compulsory one school in Category
D and a maximum of five schools
in Category E.
“The categorisation of schools is
necessary to avoid the situation
where some schools are
oversubscribed as some other
SECURITY ANALYST Dr Kwesi
Aning has described as disturbing the
decision by the government to exclude
the Narcotics Control Board
(NACOB) and National Security from
inspection agencies at the ports.
Vice President Dr Mahamudu
Bawumia made the announcement last
Wednesday as part of what he said
were efforts to reform the paperless
ports system.
Per the reforms, the Food and
Drugs Authority, Customs Division of
the Ghana Revenue Authority and the
Ghana Standards Authority are to be
in charge of routine checks at the
ports.
Announcing the reforms last
Wednesday at the 2018 Accra Mall
Mobex Technology Expo, Dr
schools struggle to have their
vacancies for students filled. Let me
also inform you that there will not
be any placement for re-entry
candidates or children that
completed their junior high schools
in the previous years. They will have
to write the private Basic Education
Certificate Examinations (BECE)
and get qualified to be placed,” he
added.
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New SHS placement policy is
to improve system — CSSPS
FROM ISSAHAKU
MOHAMMED, TAMALE
Alhaji Mohammed Haroon
Cambodia, the Northern Regional
Director of Education, who chaired
the workshop, gave the assurance
that his outfit would do all within
its means to ensure that this year’s
school placement by the CSSPS
would be very successful.
Mr Anthony Kwaku Amoah, a
public relations officer of the
Ghana Education Service, who was
also a resource person at the
workshop, urged the participants to
read and be abreast of the new
guidelines so as to effectively
disseminate the policy issues to
parents, children and the public.
“Let us take our time to read the
policy document well so that we can
tell parents, children and other
members of the general public what
the policy issues are and what is
Excluding NACOB from port checks is disturbing – Aning
BY KOBINA WELSING
•A district director of education asking a question at the workshop
•Dr Kwesi Aning, security analyst
Bawumia
stated that the reforms had become
necessary because some persons
within the import and export
ecosystem, including Customs officials,
were still influencing it through
various human interventions to enrich
themselves at the expense of the State.
“It is clear that notwithstanding the
new systems that have been
implemented, there are concerted
efforts to circumvent the paperless
system by both customs officials and
supposedly national security
operatives.
“I understand that some officials
at the port are demanding documents
from importers for stamping. This is
ridiculous and should not happen
under the new paperless regime,” he
said.
The reforms will take effect from
July 1, 2018, declared the Vice
expected of us in making this year’s
school placement one of the best, if
not the best, in the history of
CSSPS.”
Started in 2005, the CSSPS,
which is a secretariat of the
Secondary Education Division of
GES, places qualified candidates of
BECE in public senior high,
technical and vocational schools in
the country.
President
at the Expo on the theme: ‘Enhancing
Economic Prosperity through Retail
Technology and Financial Innovation.’
Speaking on the ‘Morning Starr’
programme on Starr FM Thursday, the
Director of the Faculty of Academic
Affairs & Research at the Kofi Annan
International Peacekeeping Training
Centre said the decision to exclude
NACOB and National Security sends a
disturbing signal about Ghana’s
commitment to security.
“Taking National Security and
NACOB out raises a lot of red flags
and sends a rather bad signal to our
partners in the world of the container
control programme…it might be
appropriate to go back to the drawing
board and look at the institution that
does the checks.”
Govt increases
student loans by 50%
BY KENT MENSAH
THE GOVERNMENT, through
the Ministry of Education, has
increased the financial allocations
to students enrolled on the
Student Loan Trust Fund
programme by 50%.
This is in fulfilment of the
New Patriotic Party (NPP)
Manifesto promise made in the
lead-up to the 2016 elections.
The then opposition NPP said:
“We will also abolish the payment
of utility bills by students. We will
also increase the amount of loans
under the Student Loan Scheme
and restructure to streamline its
administration to enhance
recovery of the loans.”
“The NPP will place emphasis
on the continuous linkage of
academia with industry and the
world of work to ensure
curriculum relevance, thereby
reducing graduate unemployment,”
it added.
A statement signed by the
Head of Public Relations at the
Ministry, Vincent Asafuah,
confirming the increase indicated
that an amount of GH¢
38,441,088.00 has been disbursed
as full payment to the National
Commission for Tertiary
Education for onward payment to
Principals Conference in respect
of the Colleges of Education
feeding, of which the Students
Loan Trust Fund is part.
The Chief Executive Director
of the Fund, Nana Agyei Yeboah,
said the government was
committed to ensuring that
hindrances to quality education
were alienated.
“Hitherto, the minimum
amount given to beneficiaries was
GH¢ 1,000.00 and it was capped at
GH¢ 2,000.00, which was directly
linked to needs assessment.
Government has subsequently
increased the minimum amount to
GH¢ 1,500.00 and maximum
GH¢3, 000,” he said.
The then
opposition NPP
said: “We will also
abolish the
payment of utility
bills by students.
We will also
increase the
amount of loans
under the Student
Loan Scheme and
restructure to
streamline its
administration to
enhance recovery
of the loans.”
•Nana Agyei Yeboah, Chief Executive Director
of the Student Loan Fund

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JUNE
2018
THURSDAY
CURRENCY PARIS CODE BUYING SELLING
US Dollar USDGHS 4.4457 4.4501
RATES Pound Sterling GBPGHS
5.9635
5.9703
Euro
GBPGHS
5.2440
5.2477
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Inflation rises slightly to 9.8%
BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI
rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com
THE CONSUMER
Price Index (CPI),
which measures the
change over time in
the general price
level of goods and
services that households acquire
for the purposes of consumption
in the month of May 2018, has increased
to 9.8% as compared to
that of the month of April 2018 at
9.6%.
Briefing the press in Accra, Mr
Baah Wadieh, the Acting Government
Statistician of the Ghana Statistical
Service, said the
year-on-year inflation rate, as
measured by CPI, was 9.8% over
the one year period, from May
2017 to May 2018.
He explained that the May 2018
rate of 9.8% was the second lowest
since January 2013 and the first
lowest rate was in April 2018 at
9.6%.
According to him, the rate of
inflation for May 2018 is the percentage
change in CPI over the 12-
month period, from May 2017 to
May 2018.
•Baah Wadieh, Acting Government Statistician
“This means that the general
price level went up by 1.0% between
April 2018 and May 2018;
the monthly change rate recorded
for April 2018 was 0.9%,” he explained
For the food and non-alcoholic
beverages group, the Statistician
pointed out that the year-on-year
inflation rate recorded 7.6%, as
compared with 7.4% recorded in
April 2018.
“The price drivers for the food
inflation rate were coffee, tea and
cocoa (10.8%); fruits (9.9%), mineral
water, soft drinks, fruit and
vegetable juices (9.3%); food
products not else classified (9.3%);
meat and meat products (9.1%);
vegetables (8.1%); and oils and
fats (8.0%),” he said.
For the non-food group, Mr
Wadieh said it recorded a year-onyear
inflation rate of 10.9% in almost
one-and-a-half times that of
the food at 7.6%.
He said “the main price drivers
for the non-food inflation rate
were clothing and footwear
(17.2%); recreation and culture
(14.2%); furnishing, household
equipment and routine maintenance
(14.0%); and miscellaneous
goods and services (12.8%).
Mr Wadieh pointed out that five
regions -- Upper West, Brong
Ahafo, Northern, Western and
Ashanti -- recorded inflation rates
higher than the national average of
9.8%.
According to him, Upper West
Region recorded the highest yearon-year
inflation rate of 12.0%,
followed by Brong Ahafo Region
11.0%, while the Upper East Region
recorded the lowest year-onyear
inflation of 8.4% in May
2018.
The Statistician also said the inflation
rate for imported items was
12.4% in May 2018 compared with
12.0% recorded in April 2018.
He explained that the inflation
rate for locally produced items was
8.7% in May 2018 as compared
with 8.5% recorded in April 2018.
EDITOR’S NOTE:
We mistakenly published 10.6%
as May 2018 inflation instead of
9.8% in our Thursday June 14 edition.
We sincerely apologise for
the error.
Local content in Ghana's Oil and Gas gets impetus in Scotland
FROM EMMANUEL OHENE
DJAN, SCOTLAND
OVER 40 Ghanaian Oil and Gas
companies registered with the Petroleum
Commission have been
exposed to the latest technologies
in their industries at the ongoing
Oil and Gas trade mission in Aberdeen,
Scotland.
The Chief Executive Officer
of the Commission, Egbert
Faibile Jnr, told the media that the
indigenous companies were being
exposed to these opportunities to
make them more competitive, effective
and efficient.
Mr Faibile added that the latest
technology will also protect
their equipment, safe-guard the
environment and protect the lives
of people who live in and around
their areas of operation.
The Europe and Africa Regional
Manager for OSE Global
Asset Integrity Management Solutions
and Services, George Byers,
said it was important to introduce
these technologies to Ghanaian
companies due to the numerous
opportunities available to International
Oil Companies (IOCs).
Mr Byers said the latest technologies
further reduced risk and
maximised their returns on investment.
The maiden trade mission,
which has been put together by
Ghana's Upstream regulator (Petroleum
Commission) , UK-
Ghana Chamber of Commerce
and the Scottish Development International,
is aimed at positioning
Ghanaian Oil &Gas
companies for better opportunities
in the upstream sector.
The Commission has
grouped the participating
Ghanaian companies into
three, to embark on a one-onone
networking directly with
the international oil companies.
Some of the companies visited
were JBS, People Factor
Consultant, and Technano.
Ghana's Deputy Minister of
Energy responsible for Petroleum,
Dr Mohammed Amin
Adam, is leading the trade mission,
supported by other senior
government officials.
The Europe and
Africa Regional Manager
for OSE Global
Asset Integrity Management
Solutions
and Services, George
Byers, said it was important
to introduce
these technologies to
Ghanaian companies
due to the numerous
opportunities available
to International
Oil Companies (IOCs).

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Politics
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about
anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for
yourself —Henry James
Develop plan for self-sufficient Ghana
• Akufo-Addo to GBA Charter C’ttee
BY WILBERFORCE ASARE
PRESIDENT NANA
Akufo-Addo has
charged a thirteenmember
committee responsible
for
developing a ‘Ghana
Beyond Aid’ Charter to ensure that
they will develop a policy document
that will put Ghana on a path
to financial self sufficiency.
Addressing the committee after
its inauguration at a ceremony at
the Jubilee House, President
Akufo-Addo said it cannot be right
that after 60 years of Ghana’s independence,
virtually all of the
country’s capital budget is supported
by foreign entities and nations.
This state of affairs, he said,
can never get Ghanaians to the
place where we can confidently say
that we are able to take care of
ourselves and stand on our own
two feet.
Motivation for setting
up the Charter Committee
Amongst other things, the President
indicated that there are three
main reasons that motivated the
decision to set up the Charter
Committee. The three thematic
•President Nana Akufo-Addo speaks at the launch of the 2018 Ghana
Agriculture Census
reasons he said are firstly, the fact
that Ghana should be in a position
by now to fund its own projects
and programmes.
Secondly, Ghana should be able
to decide what are her priorities
and not depend on the instructions
of others. The last reason according
to the President is really
about our self worth as a people
and our sense of dignity and pride.
On the issue of equal representation
on the Committee, President
Akufo-Addo urged the current
members to consider roping in
some young people in society unto
the committee in consultation with
him. The President observed that
since the work of the committee is
about future generations, he
thought it wise to suggest that
some form of youthful representation
on the committee would be a
wise thing to do.
Chairman of the
Committee
The Senior Minister and Chairman
of the Committee in a response
to the charge of the
President, said ‘Ghana Beyond
Aid’ cannot only be talked about
but that he and his committee will
make sure that they develop a
comprehensive charter that will
propel Ghana to the place the
President envisages.
He added that the idea of debating
the charter in Parliament is
a very important step that will
make the charter a non political
document but rather a national
charter. He also predicted that the
charter is likely to be perhaps the
President’s main legacy to Ghana
when it is implemented.
Members of the
Committee
Yaw Osafo Marfo, the Senior
Minister, is the Chairman of the
Ghana Beyond Aid Charter Committee;
Ken Ofori Atta, Minister
for Finance; Ignatius Baffour
Awuah, Employment and Labour
Minister; Professor Gyan Baffour,
Minister for Planning; Hajia Alima
Mahama, Minister for Local Government
and Rural Development
are amongst the Ministers of State
who are on the Committee.
Dr Anthony Yaw Baah and Mrs
Philomena Sampson, both of the
Trade Unions Congress; David
Ofori Acheampong, Ghana National
Association of Teachers;
Nana Osei Bonsu and Kwaku
Agyemang Duah, both of the Private
Enterprises Federation; Dr
Yaw Adu Gyamfi, Association of
Ghana Industries are also members
of the Committee from industry.
The Secretary to the Committee
is Dr Eric Yeboah of the office
of the Senior Minister and a Senior
Policy Advisor at the Ministry
of Finance, Dr Yaw Ansu, is an alternative
member of the Committee.
The President observed
that since the
work of the committee
is about future
generations, he
thought it wise to
suggest that some
form of youthful representation
on the
committee would be
a wise thing to do.
NDC’s ‘Unity Walks’ useless –Amb. Osei
BY KWADWO ANIM
FORMER GHANA’S Consul to the
United Arab Emirates under former
President John Mahama, Ambassador
Daniel Osei has described the
‘Unity Walks’ embarked on by the
opposition National Democratic
Congress (NDC) as a useless exercise
in terms of electoral value.
According to him, the ‘Unity
Walks’ only serve as fanfare for
party supporters to have fun.
The walk has been a key feature
of the opposition party’s itinerary to
strengthen the bonds between the
party hierarchy and the grassroots
after it suffered a humiliating defeat
by then opposition New Patriotic
Party (NPP) in the 2016 general
election.
The ‘Unity Walks’ have been
held in all the 10 regional capitals of
the country with the last edition
being held in the Volta Region on
Saturday June 10, 2018.
Some party executives and ex-
President John Mahama have been
addressing the gatherings. It is seen
as one of the main activities to help
reorganise the NDC and unify the
grassroots of the party to help it recapture
power in 2020.
But, speaking to host Kweku
Owusu Adjei on Anopa Kasapa on
Kasapa FM Thursday, Ambassador
Osei stated that it was sad that resources
and energies were spent in
an unproductive exercise which had
senior party members participating,
adding that it appears the NDC has
not learnt its lesson from the defeat
suffered in the last general elections.
“The NDC unity walks have absolutely
been useless in terms of
electoral value but in terms of energy
yes, it’s been helpful because
people attended and danced during
the event. In terms of electoral
•NDC faithful during a recent ‘Unity Walk’
value, how many people did we register
or identify, what was the message.
President Mahama who led
the walks whenever he mounted the
stage to address the crowd never
had a good message that resonated
with party members, indeed there
was no organized message and it
became a generic exercise and a fanfare.
“The 10 percent of floating voters
we need to win the election
whom we lost in the last election
don’t enjoy these fanfares, the doves
for Mahama, antics from actor John
Dumelo is not something that gets
their attention. And so in effect the
NDC ‘Unity Walks’ is meaningless
in my judgment.”

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Govt can’t locate $178m Kelni
GVG docs – Franklin Cudjoe
PRESIDENT OF
Think Tank, IMANI
Africa, Franklin Cudjoe
has alleged that
government cannot
locate documents
covering the $178 million Kelni
GVG contract.
According to Mr Cudjoe, in a
response to a request for documents
covering the controversial
deal, the Communications Ministry
said “Please we have been
‘searching’ for the documents
since we received your letter
dated May 31, 2018. When we
find them, we will send them to
you.”
IMANI Africa has been championing
for the cancellation of
the Kelni GVG deal which is in
line with the Communication
Service Tax (Amendment) Act,
2013, Act 864.
Government was last week
sued to halt the implementation
of the controversial deal aimed at
real time traffic monitoring and
stopping SIM box fraud.
Two citizens - Sara Asafu-Adjaye
and Maximus Amertogoh
want the respondents – the Minister
of Communications, the National
Communications Authority,
the Ghana Revenue Authority, the
Attorney General and the Ghana
Chamber of Telecommunications
including the telecommunications
networks – to cease any action on
the Common Platform until the
case is determined.
They are praying the court for
“an order of interlocutory injunction
restraining the respondents,
whether, by themselves, their servants,
workmen, hirelings, agents,
privies or any persons claiming
•Franklin Cudjoe, President, IMANI Africa
under or through them, whosoever
described from implementing
and operationalising the
Common Platform until the final
determination of this suit.”
The applicants believe the “intended
implementation of the
Common Platform
Constitutes a real
threat to the enjoyment
of their fundamental
human
rights to privacy
and for which reason
on 8th June
2018, applicants
commence an action
against the respondents
for the
reliefs endorsed
therein.”
They added:
“Instead of connecting
to only the
billing node as stipulated
in Act 864,
the connections will
be made to all the
physical network
nodes.”
They argued that
the connection is
“in breach of Act
864 and ultimately the applicant’s
fundamental human right to privacy
of their correspondence and
communication as protected by
article 18(2) of the constitution.”
Reverse heartbreaking suspension of presidential staffer – Kwaku Asare
BY KENT MENSAH
A LAWYER and Accounting Professor,
Stephen Kwaku Asare is
unhappy with the chief of staff ’s
decision to suspend a presidential
staffer over a Facebook comment,
describing the development as “a
sad spectacle.”
Dr Louise Carol Serwaa
Donkor is serving a 30-day suspension
following controversial comments
about foot soldiers. In a
response to a post about not dealing
with foot soldiers, Dr Donkor
wrote “You shouldn’t”, and encouraged
her friend who posted it
that: “You can’t reason with them.”
“It’s like tribalist,” she added.
Following a public uproar over
her assertion, she rendered an
apology, but the presidency has
reprimanded her.
Reacting to the development at
the presidency, Prof. Asare said the
actions of the chief of staff
“would not have happened ever
under the military days and that I
could never have contemplated
could happen under the Presidency
• Mrs Frema Osei Opare, Chief of Staff
of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-
Addo.”
He added in a Facebook post:
“It takes a lot to break my spirit
but this abuse of power to humiliate
a staffer to satisfy unknown
foot soldiers has broken me.”
The Chief of Staff, Mrs Frema
Osei Opare has ordered the suspended
staff to “render in writing
an unconditional apology and
commit to good behavior.”
Earlier, an influential figure in
the New Patriotic Party, Mr Gabby
Otchere-Darko reacting to the
story said: “I hold no brief for a
young woman who owes her appointment
to an election victory
won largely by those who in various
ways did the legwork and/or
heavy lifting to make it happen and
yet decided to diss them.
“She showed gross political immaturity
(in fact, stupidity) by denigrating
party foot soldiers the way
she did – totally unprovoked by
them. She has apologised. I suspect
this week has been one of her
worst, if not the worst, in her entire
young life.
“I hope so! Hey guys! Move on!
Surely, you can’t care much about a
lady who chose to merely gargle
from the fountain of political wisdom
to hate her that much. She
cannot be worth your precious
emotions until she learns how to
drink from that fountain. Move on!
Show you have better things to
focus on. If you do go to Church
today and perchance ask for forgiveness,
I hope you expect the
Almighty to be merciful. How
much more you! Show strength,
people.”
“She showed gross
political immaturity
(in fact, stupidity) by
denigrating party
foot soldiers the way
she did – totally unprovoked
by them.
She has apologised.
I suspect this week
has been one of her
worst, if not the
worst, in her entire
young life.”

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Inculcate culture in your
music — Blakk Rasta
-HAYFORD
l.com
• Blakk
Rasta
BY ABIGAIL ASARE
ABUBAKAR
AHMED, known
in showbiz circles
as Blakk Rasta,
has advised ‘Total
Cheat’ hit maker, Fancy
Gadam, to add cultural practices
to his music to attain international
recognition.
According to Blakk Rasta,
Mujahid Ahmed Bello, aka
Fancy Gadam, needs to learn
more and incorporate aspects
of the culture of the northern
part of Ghana into his music.
In an interview with SVTV
AFRICA, Blakk Rasta said, “I
am not raising myself above
Fancy but I’m just suggesting
to him that he has to learn
more. Ghanaian music is not
travelling because we are too
comfortable with the ‘charity
begins at home and ends at
home’ mentality.”
He continued to bitterly
state that other African countries
are chosen over Ghana in
the ‘Grammys because they incorporate
their cultures into
their music.
Fancy Gadam is a Dagbani
afro pop, reggae and dancehall
musician. In 2017, he won the
‘New Artiste of the Year’ at the
Vodafone Musician Awards
(VGMA). In 2018, his song
‘Total Cheat’ won the ‘Song of
the Year’ at the VGMA and
also won ‘Hiplife Artiste of the
Year.’
• Fancy
Gadam
I’ll not collaborate with
Sarkodie — Flowking Stone
BY ELIKEM PRINCE
AKOENYENU
HIPLIFE ARTISTE, Flowking
Stone, has said that his
previous collaboration with
Ghana’s most celebrated rapper,
Sarkodie, brought a lot of
controversies between fans of
both parties.
After the ‘Fire Burn
Dem’ remix, on which he featured
Sarkodie , several arguments
arose a few of which
ended up in fans from both
sides stabbing one another.
According to him, the
song brought about a
very big feud as to
which rapper is
better than the
other and the
arguments
among their
fans ended
up in fights.
Therefore,
he cannot
solely decide
to make a collaboration
with
Sarkodie till the
dispute between
both fans are settled
and his (Flowking
Stone’s) fans in
particular give him the goahead.
“Through the comments
the fans will make about things
like this involving this misunderstanding
will make me
know if the fans are now comfortable
with me collaborating
with Sarkodie again or not.
And I also want to tell the fans
that me collaborating with
Sarkodie is nothing but love.
We all enjoyed it, so I think it’s
something we should be happy
about,” he said on Zylofon
FM.
Flowking Stone is currently
promoting his song titled ‘One
Love’ featuring singer
Adina.
•Flowking
Stone,
rapper
I am used to insults and
negative stories — Delay
TELEVISION PERSONALITY
Deloris Frimpong Manso, known
in showbiz as Delay, has said that
her success in the creative arts industry
is owed to the fact that she
does not make negativity get to
her.
“As for hearsay,
bloggers putting
out negative
stories, the insults
etc, I am used to
it. The reason is
that it comes with
the job I do;
controversy is in
the nature of
creativity, if it
matters, and it
will generate
controversies.
•Delay
In her opening remarks during
Sunday’s show where she interviewed
highlife artiste, Kumi Guitar,
Delay made it clear she is used
to insults and not scared by any
controversies.
“As for hearsay, bloggers putting
out negative stories, the insults
etc, I am used to it. The reason
is that it comes with the job I
do; controversy is in the nature of
creativity, if it matters, and it will
generate controversies.
“And I like controversies because
the more controversial it
gets, the more interesting it gets. I
am not scared of
controversies at all.
Sister Afia Delay, I
have the courage
to face it and I’m
swift enough to go
through them as
well,” she said.
It’s no surprise
for Delay to say
this because she is
one personality
who has endured a
lot of negativity in
our showbiz industry.
She has seen it
all, from criticisms
about her shows,
public breakups
with her friends
(Afia Schwarzenegger,
Tornado, Vicky
Zugah), insults and
accusations from
guests to other controversies
but according
to her, she
is unmoved by it all.

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Ghana film
industry to
honour 10
veterans
BY ERICA ARTHUR
TEN VETERAN filmmakers
and actors will
be honoured during
this year’s Ghana International
Film Week
celebration launched on Thursday,
June 14, 2018, at Maxlot Hotel,
Accra by MKON Media, an events
and film production company and
a group of industry stakeholders.
Meanwhile, the organisers say
they are yet to make the names of
the honorees public but gave the
assurance they would be personalities
whose works had impacted society
immensely.
According to them, the week
celebration would be used as a
forum to address problems facing
the film industry.
The theme for the Ghana International
Film Week, which is
The theme for the Ghana
International Film Week,
which is scheduled for
June 23- 30, 2018, is
‘Rebuilding our Industry’,
and it is expected to help
bring together the
stakeholders and
government institutions
responsible for the
industry, to find solutions
towards rebuilding the
Ghanaian film industry.
scheduled for June 23- 30, 2018, is
‘Rebuilding our Industry’, and it is
expected to help bring together
the stakeholders and government
institutions responsible for the industry,
to find solutions towards
rebuilding the Ghanaian film industry.
Activities of the event include
a three-day intensive workshop
and training for the industry players
in Tamale, Kumasi, Takoradi
and Accra, which starts from June
23 and happens simultaneously
with cleanup exercises, health
screening and the blood donation
exercises.
There will also be an open
forum with the sector Minister on
June 25 and the organisers say
veteran filmmakers and actors will
be honoured on June 30, 2018.
According to one of the organisers,
Ola Micheal, “The honour is
not based on votes or any form of
nominations. It is
about your work
and achievement as
a film maker or
actor”.
Leaders and
stakeholders of the
industry will be
having discussions
with government
and private institutions
in a three
days’ conference at
the Accra Tourism
Information Centre
conference
room from June
26- 28, 2018.
The purpose of
the conference is
targeted at finding
solutions to the
problems of the
industry, drafting
policies for the
film industry, unifying
the stakeholders’
front and
positioning the industry
for reactivation.
Asamoah Gyan to release ‘Sugar’
MUSIC LOVERS will
soon be enjoying a new
song from Ghanaian
footballer, Asamoah
Gyan.
According to citinewsroom.com,
the Black
Stars Captain has hinted
of a release of a new single
titled ‘Sugar’ after a
taking a break from
music for four years.
Asamoah Gyan has
been absent from the
music scene since the
MADAM CATHERINE Afeku, the Minister
for Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture, has
openly chosen award-winning actor Van
Vicker as her favourite actor over his Ghanaian
counterpart John Dumelo.
Her choice of Vicker is as a result of
those who are much closer to her and those
she usually travel with.
“Van Vicker any day,
hey, Van, we going to
Volta Region with you.
I’m picking those that I
travel with,” she said.
She made this revelation
in an interview with
Bola Ray on ‘Starr Chat’, a
show aired on Starr FM
on Wednesdays.
When Bola Ray presented
names of characters
in two’s, which she
had to choose from, some
of the personalities or
celebrities she chose were
Vicker over Dumelo,
Agya Koo over Lilwin,
and Jackie Appiah over
Nadia Buari.
According to the
Evalue Jomoro-Gwira
Member of Parliament,
mysterious disappearance
of his friend Castro
the Destroyer.
His performance of
‘Dirty Enemies’ with
Stonebwoy at the 2018
Ghana Meets Naija concert
was the first in his
four-year hiatus.
At the concert,
Asamoah Gyan told TV3
that all was set for the release
of his new single.
“As I talk to you now,
I am about to release a
• Asamoah Gyan,
Captain of the Black
Stars of Ghana
new single, the title is
‘Sugar’. Watch out for it.
It is a love song about
trying to talk to a girl,
and it is a banger, so
everybody should expect
it,” the Black Stars captain
said.
“We are trying; you
know music is my second
hobby. I’m not a musician
so I have taken it as
a hobby. Sometimes, I try
to do something and
people love it.”
I chose Van over Dumelo
— Tourism Minister
her choice of Van Vicker over Dumelo is
never politically motivated but rather the
friendship that exists between herself and
Vicker.
She, however, stated that John Dumelo, as
an actor, is well gifted and talented at what he
does and she also has a good relationship with
him.
•Madam Catherine Afeku, Minister
of Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture

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How clean is the cleaner?
Why govt is
incompetent
to clean the FA
BY MICHAEL ASARE BOADU
Empire FM (EIB Network)
IHAVE read carefully the loud applause
from the public towards the
government’s decision to completely
crash down the structure of
the Ghana Football Association
(GFA) and give birth to a new body to
run football in the country.
This development has arisen following
the damning revelations in a documentary
put together by private
scrutineer Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
The documentary, titled ‘Number 12:
When Greed and Misconduct become
the Norm’, captures some top football
officials engaged in acts of corruption
which have dire consequences for the
game of football.
Assuming the GFA is as fraudulent
and corrupt as many want us to believe,
I honestly think the government alone is
not competent enough to be the sole
party to do the house-cleaning job.
Reasons
Several corruption allegations have
been made against this current government
which they have failed to deal
with entirely and/or convincingly.
The current government has engaged
in deals/acts/practices that have
sparked controversy nationwide.
Notable amongst them are the
‘Kelni GVG deal’, the ‘Seat for Cash
Saga’, and the ‘US Military base
brouhaha’.
More so, this New Patriotic Party
government, prior to the 2016 general
election, made several promises on
how to expedite action in bringing to
an end the ‘Alfred Woyome saga’.
Fast forward to now
and the promises look
far from reality
Another reason I earnestly doubt
the competence of the government to
tackle this matter in the best possible
Till date nothing
concrete has come out
to accurately tell
Ghanaians who caused
what as well as suggest
the best practice(s) to
adopt to avoid such
occurrences in the
future.
manner has to do with the attitude of
previous and the current governments
towards reforming the sports sector
after occurrences of corrupt acts in the
past.
Under this current government, we
have already witnessed the Gold Coast
Commonwealth Games visa fiasco.
The development brought shame to
the country globally as a number of persons
were detained for posing as journalists.
Eventually some key government officials,
specifically the suspended Deputy
Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Pious
Enam Hadzide, and the suspended Acting
Director General of the National
Sports Authority, Mr Robert Sarfo Mensah,
were alleged to have been involved
in the incidents related to Gold Coast.
The matter was
eventually referred to the
CID for investigations
Till date nothing concrete has come
out to accurately tell Ghanaians who
caused what as well as suggest the best
practice(s) to adopt to avoid such occurrences
in the future.
Strangely, after weeks of agitations,
the media has quieted over the Australia
visa debacle and equally this same government
has gone numb over the issue.
How confident should one remain,
that the eagerness to address the current
• Dr Kofi Amoah leads five-member
government committee to manage football
matter involving the GFA won't suffer
such a consequence?
Well, as an optimist, I
must remain anticipative
However, the air of optimism is poisoned
by the effusion of a catalogue of
previous instances, where governments
have failed to implement amply recommendations
by committees set up to
look at happenings in our sports which
reek of corruption.
In 1999, President Jerry John Rawlings-led
National Democratic Congress
government set up a player transfer
commission of inquiry headed by Justice
Sulley Gbadebge to investigate allegations
of fraudulent and corrupt acts involving
transfer of Ghanaian footballers
abroad.
Some of the affected players were
Richard Kingson, Simon Addo, Robert
Boateng, Baba Armando, John Richard
Ackon and Michael Coffie.
Several top football officials, namely
Mr Joseph Ade Coker (then GFA Vice
Chairman), Nana Sam Brew Butler
(then GFA Chairman), Mr George Adusei
Poku, popularly known as Georgido,
Harry Zakour, Kwabena Agyapong
(then GFA Executive Council Member)
and Mr Jones Abu Alhassan (then GFA
Executive Council Member) were culpably
involved.
Nana Sam Brew Butler was found
culpable of committing the offences of
Perjury and Deceit of Public Officer.
Several recommendations were made
and yet not even 40% of them have
been fully implemented.
In 2001, after Ghana's worst ever
football disaster (May 9 Stadium Disaster),
a Commission of Inquiry was set
up to investigate happenings.
The Okudzeto Commission was set
up by then President John Agyekum
Kufuor to look into
the disaster. The
Chairman of the
commission was
Lawyer Sam
Okudzeto. Other
members of the
commission were
Professor George K.
Ofosu Amaah, Professor
Agyeman
Badu Akosa, Professor
Akua Kuenyehia,
and Mr. Ken Bediako,
a veteran sports
journalist.
The commission,
among other things,
recommended the
prosecution of six
police officers,
which a government
White paper upheld.
• TO BE CONTINUED

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