Monday, 1st August, 2022

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The Prince of Wales

accepted a payment of

£1m from the family of

Osama Bin Laden, the

Sunday Times reports.

Prince Charles accepted the

money from two of Osama Bin

Laden's half-brothers in 2013, two

years after the al-Qaeda leader

was killed, it adds.

The Prince of Wales's Charitable

Fund (PWCF) received the

donation.

Clarence House said it had

been assured by PWCF that

"thorough due diligence" had

been conducted, and the decision

to accept the money lay with the

trustees.

"Any attempt to characterise

it otherwise is false," it told the

BBC

Ċlarence House also said it

disputed a number of points

made in the newspaper's article.

Bin Laden was disowned by

his family in 1994 and there is no

suggestion that his half-brothers

had links to his activities.

According to the report,

Prince Charles accepted the

money from Bakr Bin Laden,

who heads the wealthy Saudi

family, and Bakr's brother Shafiq,

following a meeting with Bakr at

Clarence House.

The heir to the throne took

the money despite objections

DAILY ANALYST Monday, 1st August, 2022

Tinubu understands

Nigerian youths – APC

Global News

Charles accepted £1m from

Bin Laden family - report

Osama Bin Laden was disowned by his family

en] has very unhappy history, the

sins of the father should not be

visited on the rest of the family,

which is an eminent one in the

region."

The source added that the

donation had been cleared by the

Foreign Office.

This is not the first time that

Prince Charles or his charity have

been scrutinised over its donations.

It was reported last month

that Prince Charles accepted a

suitcase containing a million

euros in cash from a former Qatari

prime minister - one of three

cash donations totalling around

£2.5m.

Clarence House said at the

time that donations from the

sheikh were passed immediately

to one of the prince's charities

and all the correct processes were

followed.

The Charity Commission later

decided against launching an

investigation into the donation.

In February, the Metropolitan

Police began an investigation

into claims the charity offered

honours help to a Saudi citizen.

Clarence House said the

prince had "no knowledge of the

alleged offer of honours or British

citizenship on the basis of donation

to his charities".

The ruling All Progressives

Congress has

drummed up support

for its presidential

candidate, Asiwaju Bola

Tinubu, saying he is a grassroots

politician who understands the

dreams and aspirations of Nigerian

youths.

The clarification was made by

the APC Deputy National Publicity

Secretary, Yakubu Ajaka, at a town

hall meeting with young Nigerians

in diaspora, Saturday night, in

London.

Ajaka’s claim is slightly in

contrast with the popular notion

held by political pundits that the

average Nigerian youth prefers

the candidate of the Labour

Party, Peter Obi, who they say has

a more robust youth-oriented

ideology.

But the APC deputy spokesman

believes otherwise, saying

the noise about Obi is limited to

the realm of social media.

He said, “I am convinced

beyond every reasonable doubt

that it is only Tinubu, who understands

the youths better, that can

give our youths and indeed, the

young men in the diaspora, the

opportunity to participate and

contribute to the rebirth of a new

Nigeria.

“He has the advantage of combining

both the legislative and

executive experiences for a more

united and prosperous Nigeria

which other candidates do not

have. As a governor in South West

Nigeria, Tinubu had equalled to

none and employed the services of

young Nigerians from other states

to serve in his cabinet.”

In a statement issued on

Sunday, Ajaka encouraged the

youths, especially those in Diaspora,

to work toward changing

the narratives of corruption and

doomsday slammed on Nigeria in

the interest of national unity and

speedy development.

This was as he stated that

with the 2023 general election

less than seven months away, the

real contenders would be separated

from the pretenders.

The statement partly read,

“We have several candidates contesting

the Presidency, however,

we have three strong frontline

candidates namely Asiwaju Bola

Tinubu of the APC, Atiku Abubakar

of the Peoples Democratic

Party and Peter Obi of the Labour

Party. They are referred to as

frontline candidates because of

their experience in the public

service having served as Vice

President and State Governors

from advisers at Clarence House

and PWCF, the Sunday Times reports,

citing multiple sources.

However, Sir Ian Cheshire,

chairman of PWCF, told the newspaper

that the 2013 donation was

agreed "carefully considered" by

the five trustees at the time.

"Due diligence was conducted,

with information sought from

a wide range of sources, including

government," Sir Ian added.

"The decision to accept the

donation was taken wholly by the

trustees. Any attempt to suggest

otherwise is misleading and

inaccurate."

The PWCF awards grants to

UK-registered non-profit organisations

to deliver projects in the

UK, Commonwealth and overseas.

Osama Bin Laden was top of

the US' "most wanted" list. He

is believed to have ordered the

terror attacks on New York and

Washington on 11 September

2001 - which killed almost 3,000

people - including 67 Britons.

He was killed by US forces in

2011.

A PWCF source told the BBC

that "though the name [Bin Ladgiving

them an edge over others.

The three candidates also have

the largest spread of political

structures and offices across the

country.

“As it is common with developing

democracies such as ours,

the selection of candidates for the

parties always comes with various

challenges, mostly bordering on

sentiments such as religion, ethnicity,

and geo-political arrangements.

The cry of marginalisation

has also become a common and

popular feature among politicians

and the electorate.

“These sentiments had been

into play all our political life for

quite a long time. Unfortunately,

we seem to throw away competence,

capacity, and qualification

to these sentiments. This is partly

responsible for our present predicament

with no benefit to even the

agitators of such sentiments.”

From now on the water from this shower at an

outdoor pool in Hanover will only be cold

The Taliban have in the past clashed with Iranian forces

Afghan-Iran border clash:

Taliban says one killed

Afghanistan's Taliban

forces have clashed

with Iranian border

guards on the frontier

between the two

countries.

The Afghan government says

one its officers was killed in Sunday's

fighting, which occurred in

the border area between Afghanistan's

Nimroz province and Iran's

Hirmand region.

Each country blamed the other

for the incident.

There have been several

clashes at the border since Taliban

militants took over Afghanistan a

year ago.

Iran has not recognised the

Taliban government in Kabul. The

exact circumstances of the latest

skirmish are unclear.

"We have one killed and one

wounded," Nimroz police spokesman

Bahram Haqmal told Reuters

news agency.

In Iran's Sistan va Baluchestan

province, Hirmand official

Maysam Barazandeh was quoted

by Fars news agency as saying

there had been no casualties on

the Iranian side.

Iran's Tasnim news agency

said the fighting broke out after

Taliban forces tried to raise their

flag "in an area which is not

Afghan territory", leading to an

exchange of gunfire lasting "several

minutes".

"Our forces gave the necessary

response," Mr Barazandeh said.

Last month Iran's foreign

ministry reported the death of an

Iranian border guard following

another incident in the same area.

DAILY ANALYST

Monday, 1st August, 2022 Page 3

President of the Ghana

Journalist Association,

(GJA), Albert Kwabena

Dwumfour, has bagged

his third 3rd Post

Graduate degree, Master of Arts

in Monitoring and Evaluation,

from the Ghana Institute

of Management and Public

Administration (GIMPA).

The 22nd congregation of

the school saw some prominent

Ghanaians Graduate from the

Institution. Amongst them is

Kwame A Plus, Abiba Sinare, etc.

Mr. Dwumfour first secured a

Post Graduate Diploma in Public

Administration in 2016/2017

from GIMPA, then later grabbed

a Masters of Art in International

Relations and Diplomacy in 2020,

also at GIMPA.

According to the GJA

President, it was tiring combining

school activities with his

campaign for the GJA President

seat but “I challenged myself

some 8 years ago to acquire an

academic improvement every

year, at least a certificate. It was

not easy due to the schedule

in the media work, but with

determination.”

“Gimpa goes through you, you

don’t grow through GIMPA,” he

said

He, therefore, urged

Journalists to go pursue further

academic goals “regardless

Govt bows to pressure

The deadline for the sim

card re-registration

exercise has been

extended to September

30, 2022, following

public outcry.

The deadline for the sim card

re-registration should have ended

yesterday, July 31, 2022, but due to

the delay in the issuance of the

Ghana card which is linked to the

sim card registration exercise,

many Ghanaians including

Civil Society called for further

extension while others propsed

the end of 2022 as the deadline.

However, at a press conference

in Accra yesterday, the Minister of

Communications, Ursula Owusu

Ekuful announced the good news.

She said, “Upon consultation

with the industry and in view

of the challenges enumerated

above, I have very reluctantly

decided to grant a conditional

extension. The programme will

be extended to 30th September

to end on the anniversary of its

commencement.”

“That will give us one full

year of SIM registration. It will

be reviewed at the end of this

month and any SIM that has

not been fully registered by the

end of August will be barred

from receiving certain services

of the busy schedule and

financial constraints to upgrade

themselves”

“We must be learned in all

areas. Let’s not only focus on

Journalism and communication.

We need knowledge in all angles

and this will guide our interviews

and reports perfectly”.

“It is very necessary to

upgrade ourselves. Welfare tops

my agenda. Capacity building is

the next on my heart and a leader

must lead by example and this

is what I’m doing ” – he advised

Journalists to prepare for the good

plans loading.

“ We (GJA) have secured 20

scholarships with the Wisconsin

University College, a partnership

with the US Embassy in Ghana to

train Journalists, and many other

projects. We’ve hit the ground

running and we are going to see a

new GJA”.

Albert Kwabena Dwumfour

was also honored by GIMPA for

attaining one of the highest

positions in the Country, the GJA

President. He thanked GIMPA

Management for choosing to

honour him and believes this will

help encourage him to carry the

GJA to a new level.

“I am very honoured” – he said

including voice and data services,”

she said.

“The statistics indicate that

there was a 90% drop in SIM

reregistration, as soon as the first

deadline was extended on 21st

March. Until a week ago there

were no queues, people started

going to register when they

realised that the deadline was

imminent after going to sleep.”

Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful added,

“The mobile network operators,

NCA, and the NIA have all engaged

additional staff, procured the

necessary logistics, and are

incurring significant expenses to

conduct this exercise successfully,

any extension of the process

increases their cost.”

In a related development, the

Minister for Communications

disclosed that a self-service

sim reregistration app will be

launched tomorrow.

The app will help Ghanaians

re-register their sim cards in the

comfort of their homes without

going to centers of operators as is

the case currently.

The app will be available for

download on both android and IOS

after the launch.

The registration via the app

will cost GH¢5 .

in an interview with Atinka TV’s

Ebenezer Madugu on the sidelines

of the GIMPA Congregation.

The Rector of the Ghana

Institute of Management and

Public Administration, Professor

Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, who shared

his memories OF Mr. Dwumfour,

said the GJA will experience a

new facelift under Dwumfour’s

leadership.

“We are very happy that

you (Journalists) voted for him

(Dwumfour). We are grateful. This

shows the direction of GIMPA. I

remember him at the SRC level.

I remember he was a tough

man and we were also tough.

We worked together and that

helped us. We believe he will put

the same energy into the job for

development. Congratulations to

him.” – Prof. Kwaku Bonsu told

Ebenezer Madugu.

Ghanaian business mogul

who was the Guest of Honor of

the Third Session of the 22nd

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GJA Prez honoured by GIMPA

Congregation, Daniel McKorley,

an Alummi of GIMPA urged the

Congregants to be professional in

their dealings.

“To be ordinary is easy;

excellence requires commitment.

Ghana and the world await

you. You have a chance to show

$35 m Dome-Kitase road to

be completed in 24 months

The President of the

Republic, Nana Addo

Dankwa Akufo-Addo,

on Friday, 29th July

2022, cut the sod for

the construction of the Dome

to Kitase Road, which serves as

a vital link between the Greater

Accra and Eastern Regions.

Speaking at the sod-cutting

ceremony, President Akufo-Addo

noted that the construction of

this road has been the subject

of promises made by various

political parties and successive

Governments over the years.

“I am happy that it is under

the Presidency of Nana Addo

Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the

rehabilitation of the Dome to

Kitase Road is finally being

undertaken,” he said.

The twenty-three-kilometer

stretch of road connects the

Accra to Kumasi road to the

Accra-Aburi-Koforidua road, and

provides an alternate route to

road users between Accra and

Aburi. The road also provides

access to Ashesi University,

one of our nation’s foremost

Universities.

According to the President,

“the rehabilitation of the Dome-

Kitase Road is being funded

by the Government of Ghana

and the Kuwaiti Fund. The

works, estimated at thirty-five

million dollars ($35 million) and

Albert Kwabena Dwumfour being conferred

scheduled to be completed within

twenty-four (24) months from

today, are being undertaken by

M/S First Sky Construction Ltd,

one of the best road construction

companies in the country.”

President Akufo-Addo noted

that the Dome-Kitase project

and many other road projects

across the country are in line with

Government’s agenda to provide

good, quality road infrastructure

to help accelerate the socioeconomic

development of our

country.

The President indicated

that some of the road projects

completed throughout the

country his presidency includes

the construction of one hundred

kilometres of roads and auxiliary

infrastructure under the Kumasi

Inner Ring Road and adjacent

streets project. Under this project,

roads in Nyhiaeso, Bantama,

Oforikrom, Manhyia, Subin, Tafo

Pankrono, Asokwa, Suame and

Kwadaso have been constructed.

Other road projects include

the construction of twenty-two

kilometres of Cape Coast Inner

City Roads under the Sino Hydro

Project; the construction of ten

kilometres of Prestea and Heman

Inner City Roads under the Sino

Hydro Project; the completion

of the 56.4km Jasikan-Dodo-

Pepesu Road on the Eastern

Corridor, constructed under the

what you can do. There will be

opportunities to succeed and also

to fail. Accept both, for even in

failing we all learn. Question and

challenge everything that doesn’t

seem to be working. Bring your

energy, enthusiasm, and drive to

the world,” - McDan urged.

SinoHydro Project; and the thirtyone-kilometer

Agona Swedru to

Bawjiase Road, which has been

substantially completed by M/S

China Railway Wuju.

In addition to these, the

President stated that work is

ongoing on the second onehundred-kilometre

Kumasi Inner

City Roads Project, which is being

undertaken by M/S Sino Hydro,

and is currently ten percent (10%)

complete. The dualisation of

Tema- Aflao Road, including the

construction of interchanges at

Kpone, Savana, Dawhenya and

Prampram, is also ongoing.

The widening of Beach Road,

from Independence Square

to Tema, is also ongoing. Lot

1 of this project involves the

expansion of the Beach Road from

Independence Square to Nungua,

and is thirty-eight percent (38%)

complete. Lot 2, which is the

widening of the Beach Road

between Nungua and Tema,

including the construction of a

three-tier interchange at Nungua,

is 60% complete.

The upgrading of the

15.4-kilometre Ofankor to

Nsawam Road into a ten-lane

facility, including the erection

of interchanges at Amasaman,

Pobiman, Medie and Nsawam, has

just commenced.

“Asphaltic overlay works

throughout the country are

also ongoing. One thousand and

five kilometres (1,005kms) were

completed between 2017 and

2020, and seven hundred and

thirty-nine kilometres (739kms)

of asphaltic overlay have been

completed between 2021 and

now. Government’s target of

constructing, in this second

term, one thousand, five hundred

kilometres (1,500kms) of asphalt

overlay works is very much on

course,” he said.

The President urged the

Ministry of Roads and Highways

to put in place the necessary

traffic management measures to

reduce any inconvenience to the

public during the construction

period, and he urged further

the contractor, M/S First Sky

Construction Ltd., to ensure the

completion of the project on time

and on budget

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Court declares

Amanfrom Stool

owners of 48 villages!

The Court of Appeal in Accra has entered judgment in

favour of elders of Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool over the

custodian ownership of forty-eight (48) villages they

are laying claim to which are located in the Ga South

Municipality under the Ngleshie Alata Traditional

Council in James Town, Accra.

The appeal was described as a consolidated appeal against

Justice Amorin’s earlier judgment against Ngleshie Amanfrom

Stool dated October 8, 1984, as well as Justice Mensah-Datsa’s

judgment on June 12, 2018.

The judgment, delivered by the Justices of the Court of Appeal

in the persons of Justice G.S. Surbaareh, Justice Mrs. Merley

Wood and Justice J. Bartels Kwadwo, in the case with suit No H1/

47/2021, brought finality to the long unending zone division of

the land demarcation dispute between Odumpong Ofankor Stool

in the Central Region and James Town Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool

in the Greater Accra Region.

The case, which has travelled since 1972, was about 50 years

now. The claimants to the said villages included the elders of

James Town Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool, Papaase Stool, Odumpong

Ofankor Stool, Gomoa Fetteh Stool, Awutu Stool and Senya

Beraku.

Earlier, an Accra High Court declared a judgment against the

Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool over the ownership claim of the 48

villages in a case involving the elders of James Town Ngleshie

Amanfrom and Odumpong Ofankor that formed part of zone one

of the land demarcations between the two communities.

That judgment stipulated that Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool

Lands covered thirty-two (32) villages instead of its ownership

claim of 48 villages.

After that judgment, the elders of the James Town Ngleshie

Amanfrom became the only appellant against the judgment

declared by Justice Mensah-Datsa, dated June 12, 2018.

However, the other claimants such as Papaase Stool, Odumpong

Ofankor Stool, Gomoa Fetteh Stool, Awutu Stool and Senya

Beraku failed to join the appeal against the High Court judgment

of the two judges.

Luckily the three Justices of the Court of Appeal in the persons

of Justice G.S. Surbaareh, Justice Mrs. Merley Wood and Justice

J. Bartels Kwadwo, presided over the case in their agreement

on Saturday, July 7, 2022, and entered the judgment in favour of

Amanfrom Stool over the ownership of the 48 villages.

This means that the remaining sixteen villages which have

been removed from the 48 villages have now been added to 32

villages, making 48 villages claimed by the elders of the stool.

There was wild jubilation by members of the Ngleshie Amanfrom,

following the ruling.

Addressing journalists in his palace on Thursday, July 28,

2022, the gazetted Chief of Ngleshie Amanfrom Divisional Stool,

Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV, stated that Ngleshie Amanfrom lands

comprised all the pieces of land situated in the 48 villages which

shared boundaries with Odumpong Ofankor.

He pointed out that the elders of the stool have exercised

ownership rights over these lands for years.

He indicated that a closer look at the proceedings leading to

June 12, 2018, judgment will, however, show that this judgment

was a result of an order for retrial of an aspect of the dispute that

went before the Stool Lands Boundaries Settlement Commissioner,

resulting in the judgment of Commissioner Amorin on

October 9, 1984, which order was made when that judgment was

appealed before the Stool Lands Boundaries Appeal Tribunal.

He said the judgment was good news for the entire Ngleshie

Amanfrom family members, adding that, the era where nonfamily

members disposed of the family properties was now over.

Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV stated that the statement of claim by

their opponent from Odumpong Ofankor that the judgement declared

in favour of the Ngleshie Amanfrom Stool is a ruling was

not true, stressing that this is the final judgment being entered

in their favour by the three Justices.

"This is an era of a new dawn" and I call on all the citizens of

Ngleshie Amanfrom to come together and build a great dynasty.

…Our grandfathers fought for it, our fathers did, and now it is

our turn,” Nii Kwashie Gborlor IV stated.

Amanfrom Divisional Stool addressing the press conference

The Founder and President

of Save the Nation

for Future Leaders

(SNFL), Mr. Kwadwo

Atta Apeakorang, has

charged the Minority in Parliament

to apologise to the Military

High Command for what he

described as their unsavoury

criticism against the military.

This follows the recent

Minority’s press conference on

alleged maltreatment meted out

to galamsey operators by some

military personnel.

According to him, the Minority’s

criticism of the military

at the said press conference was

not only constructive but completely

unwarranted.

Consequently, he charged the

Minority to render an “unqualified

apology” to the Military

High Command, stressing that

such a move would repose the

trust and respect the good people

of Ghana have in them.

In an interview with the

DAILY Analyst, Mr. Apeakorang

condemned what he described as

inhumane treatment meted out

to those galamsey operators.

He said the military was

helping to clamp down on

galamsey which continues to

pollute Ghana's waters and environment.

He added that galamsey

activities were depriving the

country of virgin, arable lands.

The ripple effect, he said,

could lead to food shortage, loss

of jobs and an economy that will

heavily rely on foreign businesses.

He thus encouraged the military

to step up their efforts in

the fight against galamsey.

Rather than vilifying the military,

Mr. Apeakorang encouraged

the government to support the

military with the necessary

logistics to instill a high level of

respect and order in the citizenry.

"If our water bodies would be

protected at the expense of the

The Management of Bulk

Oil and Transportation

Company (BOST) has

urged the public to ignore

ill-informed allegations

of the Minority claiming

that the money being used for

the construction of a single unit

tower for BOST was inflated from

US$ 39 million to US$78 million.

The Minority in Parliament

called for an independent probe

into an alleged US$ 78 million

procurement scandal at the Bulk

Oil and Transportation Company

(BOST).

Speaking to the media in

Parliament today July 28, 2022,

the MP for Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency

and Ranking Member,

Mines and Energy Committee,

John Abdulai Jinapor mentioned

that a single unit tower that can

be constructed at US$ 39 million

has been inflated and approved

by the Public Procurement Authority

(PPA) at US$78 million.

He revealed that the project

is being supervised by the

Akufo-Addo government without

recourse to the law and respect

for the citizenry amidst the cur-

Minority urged to

apologise to military

life of a few evil people, it should

be encouraged for the sake of

posterity," Mr. Apeakorang emphasised.

The Minority in Parliament

during a press conference demanded

an independent probe

into allegations of torture meted

out to suspected illegal miners

arrested on the concession of

AngloGold Ashanti.

According to the Ranking

Member of the Mines and Energy

Committee, John Jinapor, the

military perpetrated the act that

left much to be desired.

Mr. John Jinapor, who addressed

the press in Parliament,

condemned what he called the

selective treatment of foreigners

as against Ghanaians in the fight

against illegal mining.

“Foreigners are always being

treated with kid gloves and

in some instances, the law is

compromised to favour these foreigners

when they fall foul of the

law. You will recall the infamous

incident involving a Chinese

rent economic hardships.

John Abdulai Jinapor added

that former Chief Executive Officer

at BOST, Kwame Awuah Darko

began the construction of the

twin tower office in 2015 to serve

as office accommodation and enhance

internally generated funds

at the company.

He claimed that the current

Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration

falsely accused Mr. Awuah

Galamsey Queen, Aisha Huang.

Rather than prosecuting her, the

state unilaterally discontinued

the case in court on a very flimsy

and baseless excuse.

“This clearly demonstrates

the double standards being

practiced by the Akufo-Addo

Bawumia-led government. The

Minority wishes to therefore

call on the government to as a

matter of urgency constitute an

impartial investigation into this

dastardly act, and whoever is

found culpable must face the full

rigours of the law.”

The incident saw young men

laying in the mud with some

gun-wielding men in military

uniform.

Meanwhile, Mr. Apeakorang

used this medium to appeal to

like-minded individuals who

have the sanctity of the environment

at heart to come on board

to champion a worthy cause. He

said interested individuals or

organisations can contact him on

024 422 2166.

BOST rubbishes

Minority’s $78m claims

Darko of inflating and padding

the contract and as a result, they

suspended the project.

The Minority argues that

although Mr. Awuah Darko was

cleared of any wrongdoing after a

probe by the Economic and Organized

Crime Office (EOCO), recent

developments and documents

available uncovered the scandal.

DAILY ANALYST


The town with the cleanest air in the world

In Svalbard, there's a village

where the atmosphere is

ultra-clean, Wi-Fi is banned,

and all buildings go unlocked

in case you need to

hide from polar bears – but as Anna

Filipova discovered, big changes

are in the air.

The air around me crackles

with diamond-like dust with every

breath. It is cold, but clear on this

mountainside, in the midst of what

is essentially an Arctic desert. The

extremely dry, freezing air almost

instantly turns the fog of moisture

from my mouth and nose into tiny,

sparkling crystals of ice.

I am standing just below the

peak of Zeppelinfjellet, a 556m

(1,824ft) mountain on the Brøggerhalvøya

peninsula of Spitsbergen

in Svalbard, the Norwegian

archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

Beneath me is the town of Ny-

Ålesund, a tiny settlement with a

population of 45 in the depths of

winter and up to 150 at the height

of the summer. It is the northernmost

permanent settlement in the

world, situated around 765 miles

(1,231km) from the North Pole.

With the mountain rising on

one side, and a fjord on the other,

it is a breathtakingly beautiful

place. It is perhaps also one of the

best places on the planet to take

a breath – situated far from major

sources of pollution in the almost

untouched Arctic environment, the

air here is some of the cleanest in

the world.

The town's residents are

largely scientists who come here

precisely for this reason. In 1989, a

research station was built on Zeppelinfjellet's

flanks at an altitude

of 472m (1,548ft) to help researchers

monitor atmospheric pollution.

More recently the Zeppelin Observatory,

as the research station is

called, has become a crucial site for

measuring greenhouse gas levels

that are driving climate change.

But there are also signs that

the air quality here may be changing.

Occasionally atmospheric

currents carry air from Europe

and North America to this part of

Svalbard, bringing pollution from

these regions with it. Not only are

researchers seeing levels of certain

pollutants increasing, there are

signs of new types of pollution

being carried on the wind that are

worrying scientists.

"The Zeppelin Observatory

is located in a remote and pristine

environment, far away from

major sources of pollution," says

Ove Hermansen, senior scientist

at the Zeppelin Observatory and

the Norwegian Institute for Air

Research. "If you can measure it

here, you know that it already has

a global prevalence. This is a good

location to study the changing

atmosphere."

The research at Ny-Ålesund is

a crucial part of an international

effort to map humanity's impact

on the atmosphere. The measurements

they take help to "to detect

the base line of pollution and calculate

the global trend over time”,

explains Hermansen.

Five days a week, an employee

from the Norwegian Polar Institute

makes an ascent by cable car to the

observatory, where they conduct

maintenance, take air samples and

change filters on the equipment.

Due to its remote location and

altitude above atmospheric layers

that can trap what little pollution

is produced locally from the

town, the Zeppelin Observatory is

the ideal place to help build up a

picture of what is happening in the

Earth's atmosphere. The sensors at

plastics in snow samples in remote

regions of the Arctic, suggesting

that they may have been transported

there by air. It has led the

researchers at Zeppelin to monitor

the atmosphere, and the snow falling

there, for microplastics.

"Very small microplastic

particles can travel considerable

distances by air, similar to other

particles that we already measure

at Zeppelin," says Dorte Herzke,

a senior researcher at Norwegian

Institute for Air Research. "What is

different for microplastics is that

they are completely manmade,

consist of very durable polymers

and contain a broad mixture of

chemicals, of which many are

toxic. We are worried that microplastic

particles are able to transport

chemicals to the Arctic that

otherwise would not be able to get

there, potentially causing harm on

the fragile ecosystems."

Yet while these intrusions from

other parts of the world occasionally

come to taint the air in this

corner of the Arctic, it still remains

far removed from the worst of the

pollution humans release into

the atmosphere. There are other

places with air that could arguably

be cleaner – in 2020 researchers

discovered an extremely pristine

layer of air over the Southern

Ocean directly south of Australia.

Ny-Ålesund is, however, one of the

few such places that people can

actually visit and live for a time,

even if access is mainly limited to

research scientists.

Surprisingly, it wasn't always

this clean. Between 1916 and 1962,

it was a coal mining town, until an

explosion killed 21 miners, leading

to the town being evacuated and

the mine being shut down. Since

then it has been transformed into

a place where data is extracted

from the environment rather than

coal.

"Clean-ups have been carried

out regularly since the 1960s

when the mines were closed, but

there is unfortunately still some

pollution left both in the mining

area and in the city," says Hanne

Karin Tollan, a research adviser at

Ny-Ålesund base, which is operated

by a company owned by the

Norwegian ministry of climate

and environment called Kings Bay

AS. "Kings Bay, which operates the

entire settlement of Ny-Ålesund,

has conducted environmental

surveys to map pollution in the

ground in the period 2019-2022 to

uncover the extent and as a basis

for further clean-up measures. All

rubbish, waste and polluted soil is

sent to approved receptions on the

mainland Norway."

But while those working at Ny-

Ålesund spend much of their time

looking up to see what is in the

air above their heads, life on the

ground in the town is unusual. The

residents come from all over the

world including France, Germany,

Britain, Italy, Norway, Japan, South

Korea, and China, among others.

There are just two weekly

flights to the town from Longyearbyen,

Svalbard, which are offered

in a bone-rattling propeller plane.

The town itself is comprised

of about 30 cabin-like buildings

named after large global urban

centres: Amsterdam, London,

Mexico, Italy – to name a few. They

serve as a reminder of the need for

diplomatic relations in this place

far from the bustling crowds.

Other forms of connectivity,

however, are less immediately

available – all mobile phones and

Wi-Fi must be turned off. The

town is a radio-free zone in an

the observatory measure not only

greenhouse gases but chlorinated

gases such as CFCs, airborne heavy

metals, organophosphate pollutants

such as pesticides, and

pollution typically associated with

burning fossil fuels such as nitrogen

oxides, sulphur dioxide and

particulates such as soot.

The data they collect is then

added to measurements taken

elsewhere by an international network

of stations to build a global

"background" of atmospheric

gases, aerosols and particles in the

atmosphere, giving a benchmark

from which pollution is measured.

"The monitoring here at the

observatory covers a whole range

of issues," says Hermansen, who

has been working at the Zeppelin

Observatory for two decades. "Environmental

toxins are particularly

interesting for their biological

effects and the state of the Arctic

environment, while measurements

of greenhouse gases and aerosols

are especially important in a global

context for their impact on climate

change."

But the Zeppelin Observatory

can also provide an early warning

of changes that are taking place in

the atmosphere.

Recently researchers have

noticed growing levels of microplastics

in snow samples in remote

regions of the Arctic, suggesting

that they may have been transported

there by air

Levels of methane in the air

around Zeppelin, for example, have

been increasing since around 2005

and reached record levels in 2019.

There is now growing concern that

levels of human-caused methane

emissions are threatening

attempts to limit the amount of

global warming to a 1.5C temperature

rise.

Ten days after the Fukushima

nuclear power plant accident in

2011, radionuclides – produced by

the plant's fission reactor – were

detected in the atmosphere at Zeppelinfjellet.

It revealed that these

radioactive particles were being

carried thousands of miles through

the atmosphere in just a few days.

The researchers at Zeppelin

have also seen spikes in the levels

of sulfate, particulates and metals

such as nickel and vanadium in the

air around Ny-Ålesund during the

summer months due to growing

numbers of cruise ships visiting

the area.

They have also detected high

concentrations of "aged" particles

between March and May each year

as weather patterns carry pollution

from elsewhere in Europe and Asia.

As soot moves through the atmosphere,

for example, it undergoes

a chemical reaction that makes

the particles more reactive and

increases their toxicity. Industrial

smelters on the Kola peninsula

in Russia also produce occasional

spikes in metals like nickel, copper,

zinc and cobalt in the air when

the wind is blowing in the wrong

direction during the winter and

spring.

But it isn't always bad news.

They have also seen levels of heavy

metals such as lead and mercury

decreasing, largely due to tightening

rules on the burning of waste

and industry. Efforts to reduce the

use of organophosphate pesticides

– which can get into the air

when they are sprayed on fields –

have also brought about a gradual

decline in the amount of these

chemicals being detected in the

atmosphere around the Arctic.

More recently, researchers have

noticed growing levels of microattempt

to keep the airwaves in

the area as quiet as possible, and

special permission is required for

researchers who want to operate

any equipment that uses radio

transmissions.

Among those taking advantage

of the clear skies and radio-free

environment is the Norwegian

Mapping Authority, who have built

a 20m (65ft) radio observatory

there to help monitor the Earth's

movements and gravitational field.

Violent storms often rattle the

cabins of the town, and at night

the wind sneaks inside to steal

away residents' heat. During my

visits to the town, most evenings I

would wear all my outside clothes

– expedition jacket, trousers,

base-layer and mid-layer, topped

off with a blanket – when inside

the cabins.

Extreme weather is a hazard to

all those who live and work here.

The temperatures are often below

freezing and the coldest ever

recorded there was -37.2C (-35F) in

winter. In March this year – during

one of my own visits to Ny-Ålesund

– temperatures reached a

record high for the month at 5.5C

(42F). The previous record was

from 1976 at 5.0C (41F).

It is a stoic spirit that can

handle the remote access, raw

nature and harsh conditions along

with long periods of either darkness

or continuous sunlight. I was

at the science station during the

harshest time of the year, the dark

polar night season, when there is

24-hour darkness for months.

Getting around meant using

head-torches and moonlight. One

young Italian PhD student I met

walked alone through the black

wilderness with only 2-3m (3.5-

9.8ft) of visibility, facing strong

winds and snow, just so she could

change filters on some instruments.

But the dark also offers a fantastic

views of the Northern Lights

moving ghost-like across the sky

above the town.

The community have a rule

that no one can lock the doors of

any building in case a bear appears

inside the settlement and there is

an urgent need for refuge

There are other dangers

beyond the dark and the cold

for researchers venturing out at

this time of year. Svalbard is the

natural habitat of the polar bear

and over the years bears were

seen close to the settlement, even

passing through it. As a result,

the community have a rule that

no one can lock the doors of any

building in case a bear appears

inside the settlement and there is

an urgent need for refuge.

"You have to adapt and work

around the polar bears, not the

reverse," says Christelle Guesnon,

one of the researchers working at

the Zeppelin Observatory for the

Norwegian Polar Institute. "The

bears like to follow the river and

they often take the road between

the Ny-Ålesund settlement and

Zeppelin observatory. It happens

quite often that we are up at the

observatory and a polar bear is

passing by. We then wait until the

bear is gone."

After 16:30, the close of the

working day, the small community

tends to retreat indoors. Devoid

of instant communication and

mobile contact means relying

upon arrangements made earlier

in the day for any socialising. The

town's canteen is the only place

where people meet to spontaneously

socialise during lunch and

dinner hours, exchanging stories

about the Northern Lights and the

wildlife they encountered.

Many of those stories shared

bear witness to changes that are

happening in this remote Arctic

ecosystem. Leif-Arild Hahjem, who

has worked for many years in Ny-

Ålesund as engineer for Norwegian

Polar Institute, told me that he has

been in the area since 1984 and has

seen dramatic changes in the surrounding

landscape.

"The fjord next to the settlement

was frozen back then, you

could go with a snowmobile but

since 2006/7 it's no longer been

frozen," he says. "The settlement

is surrounded by many glaciers

which are all getting smaller and

most of that is due to increasing

temperatures."

Rune Jensen, head of Norwegian

Polar Institute in Ny-Ålesund,

adds, with some sorrow, that in the

1980s an area known as Blomstrandhalvoya

close to Ny-Ålesund

was still believed to be a peninsula,

but as the glacier has retreated

over the last decade or so, it has

become an island, cut off from the

mainland.

"Today, we do experience the

effects of a warmer Arctic in several

areas," he says. "For example,

the increased influx of warmer Atlantic

water that alters the entire

ecosystem in the fjord just outside

Ny-Ålesund. It affects even the polar

bears, which are forced to adapt

their diet. Previously they used to

catch ringed seals on the sea ice.

Now we see a great rise in number

of polar bears scavenging on eggs

from seabird nests and catching

seals from the land."

In the sky and landscape,

the residents of Ny-Ålesund are

witnessing the hallmarks of

our changing world writ-large.

For now, however, they can still

breathe deeply in the knowledge

that the air they are inhaling is a

rare and precious resource.

* Anna Filipova is an environmental

photographer and journalist

based in the Arctic. She can be

found tweeting at @Anna_Filip.

This story was reported with support

from the Judith Neilson Institute

for Journalism and Ideas.

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UN assures of committing

to achieving SDGs

The United Nations

system in Ghana has

says its commitment

to continue to support

efforts towards

achieving the Sustainable

Development Goals (SDGs).

Mr Charles Abani, the

UN Resident Coordinator in

Ghana, said the world body was

committed to leaving no one

behind and a Ghana Beyond Aid,

where the present generation

would benefit just as much as the

future generation.

A statement copied to the

Ghana News Agency said Mr

Abani, who was speaking at

Ghana’s Voluntary National

Review (VNR) Presentation on

the SDGs Implementation in

New York said the principle of

sustainable development, the

interconnection of economy,

society and environment,

remained the key element

underlying the work of the UN in

Ghana.

“The big question is how

is our work going to support

Ghana’s transformation in such a

way that the successes achieved

today benefit all Ghanaians

without compromising the

ability of future generations to

meet their own needs?”

Response

Reacting to this, BOST explained

that, it was currently

occupying rented premises and

in its view, securing the single

block at the $23.5million will help

to do away with the burden of the

rising cost of rent in the current

premises.

It said the tower blocks are

not the same in terms of the

facilities they harbor, adding

that the one BOST is acquiring is

customized to accommodate the

staff of the company based on the

corporate structure which existed

at the time of the contract.

It continued to explain that

the other block was intended

to be rented out to raise further

income for BOST.

“The two blocks per the valuer’s

report in 2020 cost $49.6million

and the simplistic arithmetic

of multiplying the original

contract cost of $39m submitted

to the PPA for ratification by 2 to

claim the blocks cost $78 million

is simply erroneous and mischievous.

These are the facts about the

BOST Head Office building which

started in 2016 and is yet to be

occupied by the company,” BOST

stated.

Meanwhile, it urged the

minority to at least seek a better

understanding and clarification

of issues before engaging the

press because, at some points in

time, failure to do due diligence

could result in embarrassment.

“It is the contract signed

He said the Agenda 2030

and its 17 goals, the yardstick by

which development progress

was measured, has given us

reason to pursue harder the goal

of achieving our development

agenda.

He said measuring progress

through regular and inclusive

reviews in preparation for the

VNR also offers a chance to

evaluate, assess and recalibrate.

Held annually in New York

during the annual session of the

High-Level Political Forum on

Sustainable Development, the

VNR provides an opportunity

for countries to share their

experiences implementing the

SDGs.

It also seeks to strengthen

Government’s policies and

institutions and to mobilise

multi-stakeholder support

and partnership for SDGs

implementation.

In July this year, 45 countries,

including Ghana, presented its

VNR in New York.

Led by Professor George

Gyan-Baffour, Chairman,

National Development

Planning Commission (NDPC),

Ghana’s VNR preparation was

consultative and participatory,

involving Government of

BOST rubbishes

Minority’s $78m claims

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without resort to due process

which by law was submitted for

ratification by the PPA before

any variation of the terms could

be attempted by the current

management. Money has time

value and what costs $39 million

in 2015 would most likely cost

something higher six years later.

These are fundamental principles

of finance which cannot be overlooked,”

its stated.

BOST added that its current

management used the Procurement

Law to correct the anomalies

of the processes and through

a transparent process decided to

acquire half of the twin-tower to

house their operations.

It said the fact that the contract

was under investigation by

EOCO and relevant authorities

did not allow them to enter into

negotiations with the contractor

early enough.

“With an independent valuer

involved, we believe the figures

arrived at were a true and fair reflection

of the current pricing of

the project and we are confident

that the decision is in the best

interest of the taxpayer.

BOST added that”We, therefore,

urge the public to ignore

the ill-informed allegations of

the minority and be assured

that BOST is safe and secure in

the hands of the current management.

The ever-loss-making

BOST is set to announce a huge

turnaround in the next couple of

weeks due to the diligence and

hard work of the current management.”

Ghana Ministries, Departments

and Agencies, Civil Society

Organizations (including

representation of youth, women,

children and persons living

with disabilities), the private

sector, UN Agencies and a host of

development partners.

Mr Abani said the UN in

Ghana actively supported the

2022 VNR process through

technical, coordination and

financial assistance.

He noted that the UN further

accompanied Ghana to the HLPF

to give support to its VNR Lab

held on the side of the HLPF to

facilitate experience sharing

and deliberate on opportunities

for mobilizing resources and

fostering partnerships to

accelerate implementation of the

SDGs as well as showcase how

Voluntary Local Reviews have

been used in the VNR processes.

He said the review showed

that Ghana had made some

gains since its last report in

2019 as shown during a virtual

exhibition supported by the UN

in Ghana.

He cited an increased

registration level of school

enrolment in kindergarten,

primary, and secondary schools

resulting in over 80 per cent

enrolment and gender parity

achieved as examples.

The Kwame Nkrumah

University of Science

and Technology

(KNUST) has signed

a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with the

Design and Technology Institute

(DTI), to engage students and

improve its competency-based

learning.

The agreement will provide

the University’s faculties with

accredited Precision Quality (PQ)

curriculum and also integrate

the PQ curriculum into KNUST’s

learning outcomes.

Professor Ellis Owusu-Dabo,

the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, KNUST,

at the signing ceremony in Kumasi,

indicated that although the

University was performing well

in some of the sustainable development

indicators there were

some lapses in entrepreneurships,

adding that, it appeared

students were not fit for purpose.

“When it comes to putting

students to test and weighing

the skill when they leave school,

something is gone amiss”.

“We as an institution, are

working closely with the Tertiary

Education Commission to review

the curriculum,” he disclosed,

adding that the move could grant

students a lot of entrepreneurship

training.

Prof. Owusu-Dabo mentioned

that the University had also

set up the Students’ Internship

Placement and Career Development

Centers to bridge the

He said the findings of this

2022 VNR clearly demonstrated

the need to redouble efforts in

order to bring about critical

socio-economic transformations

and fulfill the transformative

promise of the SDGs to, “leave no

one behind.”

Mr Abani said reviewing

and reflecting on the SDGs

implementation, consulting

various groups, stakeholders,

and partners in the process,

presented a window of

opportunity for further inclusive

engagement and investment to

build forward better towards

achieving self-reliance and the

SDGs.

“We commend the

Government and people of

Ghana for their resolve to pursue

a forward-looking approach

to implement and attain the

SDGs, despite the many global

challenges engulfing every aspect

of our development efforts,” Mr

Abani said.

He said the UN was

gap between certification and

practical skills acquisition to ensure

that students acquired the

requisite skills before completing

school.

He was positive that the partnership

with DTI would grant

additional skills acquisition.

The Pro-VC envisaged that

such collaborations could be

a potential for facilitating job

placement after school factoring

the skills students would acquire

during internships and field

studies.

“It is a model of quality incubator

and demonstration, the

partnership will add up to the

existing similar modules in the

University to be able to stem the

tide of the increasing unemployment,”

he observed.

He said the ramifications of

quality education should spiral

into the economy through the

demonstration of the skills of the

students they churn out.

Ms Constance Elizabeth

Swaniker, the Chief Executive Officer

of DTI, explaining the concepts

of the PQ curriculum said it

was about soft skills, which she

opined that it was more powerful

than hard skills.

The curriculum consist the

change to grow, integration,

people and team development,

health and safety in the workplace

and managing quality and

customer relations modules.

She indicated that the Institution,

aimed to bring industry

committed to supporting the

Government of Ghana and other

stakeholders in taking forward

the recommendations and

embedding the key learnings

and opportunities arising

from the 2022 VNR in our next

UN Sustainable Development

Cooperation Framework.

“Our collective vision is to

see a Ghana that is independent,

self-reliant, and resilient where

all Ghanaians have equal access

to basic services, their rights are

protected, and they enjoy a stake

in the country’s prosperity and

growth,” he said.

He said Ghana’s second VNR

presentation was an indication

of the country’s preparedness to

accelerate SDGs implementation.

“Now is the time for Ghana

to ‘lead from the front’ through

firm commitment and resources

to implement the emerging

recommendations from the

consultative process,” Mr Abani

added.

KNUST, DTI sign MoU to improve

competency-based learning

to the doorsteps of KNUST and all

other relevant technical universities.

The rapid growth and changing

trends in industry, she noted,

called for an urgent need to

bridge the gap between academia

and industry, urging institutions

to position themselves to embrace

new trends.

Ms Swaniker called on universities

to pay attention to transitioning

young people properly

into the world of work.

She said transitions to work

should begin from the first year

and that students should be

exposed to practicalities till they

complete in order to equip them

with adequate experience.

According to Ms. Swaniker,

the signing of the MoU formed

part of DTI’s collaborative strategy

to work with stakeholders to

“Transform youth TVET Livelihood

for Sustainable Jobs” Policy.

It seeks to enable some 30

million young people, particularly

women, access dignified and

fulfilling work opportunities by

2030.

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security.

Mr James Heappey, the

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The Ghana Statistical

Service has described

as worrying the

growing consumption

of sachet water as its

previous studies reveal significant

faecal contamination in a

number of the packaged water

on the market.

The Service indicates that

consumption of sachet water by

households in Ghana has quadrupled

in the last decade, from

9% to 37.4%.

However, its multiple indicator

cluster survey in 2017 revealed

that 34.1% of households

had their sachet water contaminated

with an appreciable

amount of Escherichia Coli.

In 2010, pipe-borne water

Health

was pegged as the main water

drinking source in most homes

in Ghana.

But, the figure is reported to

have reduced from 46.5% to 31.7%

over the last decade with sachet

water becoming the preferred

source of drinking water.

According to the 2021 Population

and Housing Census, about

37% of the 8.3 million households

in Ghana consume packaged-sachet

water as their main source

of drinking water.

The figure represents a quadruple

increase from 9% in 2010.

The consumption of sachet

water is said to be prevalent

in urban areas (72%) with five

regions cumulatively recording

higher rates than the national


Sachet water, Ghana’s main

source of drinking water:

A threat to public health

percentage points.

Greater Accra region recorded

the highest (70.7%) use of

sachet water for drinking while

the North-East region was the

lowest (1.8%).

However, the Ghana Statistical

Service is worried the figure

poses a public health threat as

a number of water sources for

packaged water production have

been found to contain faecal

matter.

Assistant Chief Statistician

with the Ghana Statistical

Service, Dr. Peter Takyi Peprah,

was speaking at a stakeholder

engagement in the Water, Sanitation

and Hygiene Sector.

“We need to pay attention

to those who are in the production

of sachet water. In 2017, a

multiple indicator cluster survey

was conducted which we didn’t

just collect information about

the source of drinking water but

we tested the quality of these

drinking water sources for a

household. We realized 34.1% of

household drinking water sources

have faecal contamination.

Faecal contamination simply

means we have toilet in our wa-

ter,” he said.

The engagement in Kumasi

was to keep stakeholders in the

WASH sector abreast of the findings

from the census to inform

policy.

Dr. Takyi Peprah is therefore

calling for thorough examination

of produced sachet water on the

Ghanaian market.

“The Food and Drugs Authority

must embark on thorough

monitoring and supervision of

the production of these sachet

water. They should try their

best to test on regular basis the

sources of water in the production

of these waters. So that in

case the water is contaminated

they can advise them to change

the source of water or close that

company. They always say the

water source is either spring

water or underground water.

Looking at the number of people

drinking sachet water it can

pose a public threat,” he suggested.

MP commissions Adaklu

Hlihave nurses’ quarters

PURC supports 2 health facilities

As part of activities

to mark its 25th

anniversary, later

this year, the Public

Utilities Regulatory

Commission (PURC) yesterday

presented hospital consumables

to two health facilities.

They were the Tetteh

Quarshie Memorial Hospital in

the Akuapim North District in

the Eastern region, and the Shai-

Osudoku District Hospital, in the

Greater Accra region.

The consumables included

compressor nebulisers, noncontact

infrared thermometers,

catheters, gloves, face masks,

mops, detergents, toiletries,

syringes and needles.

Mrs Nancy Atiemo, Legal

Director, PURC, presenting

the donation, said that the

commission in celebrating its

anniversary was focused on

fulfilling its corporate social

responsibilities (CSR).

“The commission’s mandate

is to protect the interests

of utility companies and

consumers. And we feel that

concentrating on CSRs at this

timewill show the consumer

side of what we do,” she added.

For that reason, Mrs Atiemo

said the PURC was providing

mechanised bore holes to

educational institutions,

consumables and some

fittings to hospitals to show

appreciation for the support

that they provided to the

communities.

She said that the

presentation to the hospitals

particularly was to enhance

quality health care delivery in

the districts.

Speaking on the

announcement of the tariff

review, the PURC legal director

indicated that the commission

always held the interests of both

utilities and consumers in “very

fair and fine balance.”

“So people should know that

the commission will work in

their best interest,” Mrs Atiemo

added.

The Director of the Shai-

Osudoku District Hospital, Dr

Kennedy Brightson, commended

the PURC for extending its kind

gesture to the hospital.

“You don’t only regulate

but you augment and you have

augmented our activities by

providing these items,” he noted.

Dr Brightson emphasised

that the nebulisers provided

by the commission would help

the hospital’s asthmatic centre

at its emergency unit which

“takes continuous care of our

asthmatics.”

The Head of Administration

at the Tetteh Quarshie

Memorial Hospital, Maxwell

Larbi, expressed the hospital’s

gratitude to the PURC, and

assured that the items would be

used for their intended purposes

in order to enhance health care

delivery.

He indicated that the

presentation signalled the

beginning of a partnership

between the hospital and

the commission, adding that

the doors of the hospital

were always opened to the

commission.

Mr Kwame

Agbodza, Member

of Parliament

for Adaklu has

assured that all

Community Health Planning

Services (CHPS) zones in the

district would be provided with

nurses’ quarters.

He said this would enable

nurses and other health workers

posted to such facilities who

were commuting from Ho and

elsewhere to stay and work in

the communities.

Mr Agbodza gave

the assurance when he

commissioned a two-unit nurses’

quarters for Adaklu Hlihave CHPS

zone in the Adaklu district.

The project, which cost

GH¢229,000 was financed with

his share of the MP Common

Fund.

Mr Agbodza, therefore,

entreated traditional authorities

in the district to make land

available for not only the nurses’

quarters but also for the future

extension of the CHPS zones.

He noted that the nurses’

quarters would help separate

clinical areas from non-clinical

areas and make the work of the

nurses easy.

The MP praised health

workers, who were working

in the remotest areas of the

district and called on the people

to appreciate their services and

motivate them.

He noted that the water

problem facing the area would

be a thing of the past, when the

five-district water project being

undertaken by the government

was completed.

He called on citizens of the

area to join hands to help solve

the problems of Adaklu.

Mr Agbodza encouraged

the people to play their roles

effectively and efficiently in

educating their children and not

to look up to the government for

everything.

He pledged to donate a

delivery bed to the facility.

Madam Josephine Kpedekpo,

Adaklu District Chief Executive

said the health of the people

was dear to the President and

called on the people to shed

their political colour and work

together with the government

to improve all health facilities in

the district.

She appealed to the

Community Health

Management Committee

to develop the culture of

maintenance to prolong the

lifespan of the facility.

Mr. Charles Azagba, Adaklu

District Health Director of

Health Services said from six

health facilities in 2012, the

district now has 17 health

facilities adding that the 18th

one at Adaklu Dave would be

commissioned soon.

Madam Akpene Akpalu, nurse

in charge of the facility noted

that most pregnant women felt

reluctant to use the facility and

said it was imperative of them

to attend antenatal clinic always

so that they could detect any

danger bigns early.

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Opinion

The passive-aggressive

colleagues who poison

workplaces

Whether on

email or face

to face, subtle

digs are all

over the workplace.

This insidious behaviour

spares no-one – and it can grind

down workers.

Subtle digs veiled as compliments.

Deliberately withholding

information. Refusing to cooperate

with the rest of the team. The

list of small passive-aggressive

behaviours Catherine says she

faced from a senior colleague

in her role as an office administrator

for a large US publishing

house built up slowly over

several years.

“I felt like I was being subtly

manipulated and controlled,”

says Catherine, who now works

an author and life coach. “It was

very frustrating, and made me

feel powerless.”

She says her colleague’s

remarks would also impact the

rest of the office, creating an

atmosphere of hostility and

resentment. It was only when

she began noting down the

behaviours in a personal journal

that Catherine, a mother of

three, could see just how toxic

it was. It “helped me to see that

my colleague's behaviour was

actually not normal – and it

helped me to reflect on what was

happening – and to start to take

back control of the situation.”

Troublingly, many workers

report passive-aggressive

behaviour like this is endemic

in the workplace. A small May

2022 survey by Boston-based

language-tutoring service Preply

showed 20% of the 1,200 American

respondents said their

colleagues are the people in

their lives most likely to exhibit

passive-aggressive behaviour

– more than either friends or

family. Seventy-three percent

said they had to handle passive-aggressive

comments of one

form or another at work – 52% on

a weekly basis.

Though it can be subtler

and harder to detect than overt

aggression or abuse, passive-aggressive

behaviour in the workplace

can be just as harmful,

both to those on the receiving

end and broader company culture.

No workplace is safe from

these insidious behaviours – but

workers can take steps to fend

off their impacts.

‘Playing dumb, stalling or

misrepresentation’

There’s a wide spectrum of

passive-aggressive behaviours,

explains Wladislaw Rivkin, an

associate professor in organisational

behaviour at Trinity Business

School, Dublin. They could

include a colleague playing

dumb, stalling an important task

deliberately or misrepresenting

the true version of events to

make their co-worker appear at

fault. They might also seek to

undermine others’ expertise or

confidence with sly digs. That’s

why phrases like, ‘you’re too

sensitive’, and ‘no offence, but…’

were among those ranked the

most passive-aggressive by US

workers in the same Preply poll.

What unites all these different

examples, though, is that

these behaviours allow a colleague

to demonstrate hostility

toward another without having

to resort to the type of open aggression

that would immediately

land them in hot water, explains

Rivkin.

It's for that reason it’s so

common in the workplace, he

explains, where people are expected

to behave professionally

and courteously, or risk losing

their jobs. “Such behaviours reflect

a way to display opposition,

discontent and aggression without

defying social norms. Such

behaviours leave the aggressor

in relative safety as compared to

acts of active aggression, as they

can more easily deny that the

aggression happened.”

There isn’t one definitive

type of person or role more likely

to act passive aggressively. But

there are certain personality

traits that make a person more

likely to resort to this sort of

behaviour, he adds. One example

is Machiavellianism, in which

someone regularly uses cunning

and manipulation to get ahead.

There are also those who simply

struggle to communicate their

emotions in a healthier way, and

default to passive aggression for

lack of a better alternative.

The way in which a workplace

environment is run can

also affect how likely workers

are to resort to passive-aggressive

behaviours, adds

Sankalp Chaturvedi, professor

of organisational behaviour and

leadership at Imperial College

Business School, London. For

example, if employees feel their

needs are being regularly ignored

by management teams, it

can breed the sort of frustration

that drives them to find ways

to subtly act out. The same goes

for workplaces that pile on a lot

of pressure, or those who leave

workers feeling confused about

their role or the overall power

dynamics.

Happy hours, team meetings,

lunch table… you name it, I have

lost count on how many times

he'd provoke people at meetings

or even emails and group chats

– Maria

Whatever the reason, though,

the impact of this behaviour on

both individuals at the receiving

end and workplace culture as a

whole can be significant.

Maria, who previously

worked in customer services,

says constant abuse from her

passive-aggressive boss caused

her to quit the Portuguese

company to take care of her

mental health. “I left utterly

demoralised, feeling insecure

about myself on many levels,”

she says. She felt nothing was off

limits for his spiteful comments

disguised as jokes, with both

Maria and her team members

subject to taunts about their appearance,

sexuality and personal

lives. “Happy hours, team meetings,

lunch table… you name it,

I have lost count on how many

times he'd provoke people at

meetings or even emails and

group chats,” she says.

Research shows employees

who have to handle passive-aggressive

behaviour regularly

suffer from burnout, stress and

poorer levels of wellbeing, motivation

and job satisfaction, says

Chaturvedi. “These behaviours

often involve negative emotions,

which may spill over from one

employee to another, and create

a negative environment for all.

At a company level, these passive-aggressive

behaviours have

negative effects on the company

productivity, co-workers'

behaviour and in cumulatively

workplace culture.”

Evidence-first

Damaging as it can be for

both staff and companies,

passive-aggressive behaviour

can also be incredibly tricky to

manage. Sly comments can be

easy to deny or simply passed

off as a misunderstood joke, for

example.

“Passive-aggressive behaviour

can be difficult for

organisations to address, because

it’s often very subtle and

indirect in nature,” says Amanda

Augustine, a New York-based

careers expert at resume-writing

service TopCV. “It’s fairly easy for

someone exhibiting passive-aggressive

behaviour to deny any

bad intentions behind their

actions or try to manipulate the

situation by claiming to be the

‘victim’ rather than the aggressor.”

Passive aggression will

always be in the workplace – but

experts say there are ways to

temper the effects of these toxic

colleagues.

Often, passive-aggressive

colleagues are seeking to quietly

antagonise their colleagues to

get a reaction, says Augustine.

To respond, the “best course

of action is to control your

emotions and force yourself to

remain calm, regardless of what

your colleague says or does.

While this is easier said than

done, denying your colleague

the reaction they crave will help

you put an end to their passive

aggression”.

If that doesn’t work, it might

be necessary to alert someone in

the company to their behaviour.

Workers always have the option

to directly discuss the behaviour

with the person themselves but,

given that passive-aggressive

colleagues are often masterminds

at subtle manipulation in

the workplace, that might not

feel like the right route. Instead,

it can be helpful to arrange a

shared meeting with a manager

to address the issue – something

some workers may feel

safer doing. “In such situations,

it is important to have clear

evidence of the behaviour that

occurred,” suggests Rivkin, to

avoid outright denials. He adds

it can be helpful to outline in

writing specific examples of

passive-aggressive behaviour in

advance, and detail their impact

on both yourself and your team

members.

It's also incumbent on companies

to get out ahead of the

passive aggression that poisons

workplaces, before colleagues

find themselves in uncomfortable

– even toxic – situations.

Chaturvedi says employers need

to equip team leaders with the

skills they need to detect and

deal with passive-aggressive

behaviour. “These leaders need

to be trained to notice subtle

emotional cues and observe

patterns in these behaviours.”

He adds that in many cases,

companies fail to provide this

sort of in-depth management

training, which creates the risk

they won’t be able to spot or

handle reported cases.

Too often, that leaves the

task of handling a passive-aggressive

colleague to the employee,

forcing them to choose

between braving a potentially

awkward confrontation or a

toxic office environment.

For Catherine, transforming

her own behaviour – changing

her communication to be more

assertive and direct – helped

mitigate her colleague’s damage.

For Maria, however, the solution

wasn’t quite as tidy; not

only did she end up leaving her

company, but she also reports

lingering effects from the toxic

environment. Now having taken

some time away from work to

work on her mental health after

the experience, Maria says she’s

tentatively looking for another

job. “It has been hard to step into

the market again, but I have to

stay positive.”

Page 10

Business


Chartered Institute of Bankers

Ghana gets new Governing Council

The Minister Of

Education Dr Yaw Osei

Adutwum Seventh

From Left With

The New Cib Ghana

Governing Council

The Minister of Education,

Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has

sworn into office the new

Governing Council of the

Chartered Institute of Bankers,

Ghana (CIBG) with a call to

build a globally competitive and

robust banking sector.

To achieve this, he noted

that stakeholders within the

sector should be focused on

implementing best global

practices and prudent strategies.

“You need to put in place

prudent strategies and measures

to make you competitive not

just in Africa but the other parts

of the world by adopting global

best practices,” he said.

Dr. Adutwum urged the new

council to invest in human

capital as it contributes largely

to the progress and development

of the sector and country as a

whole while urging bankers in

the country to offer the best they

could to improve the quality of

banking.

“You are being ushered into

an office to help shape the future

of banking in the country. The

capacity of the banker would

determine where we should

go. The development of that

capacity is in your hands. The

development of the human

capital is very crucial in the

development of this country.

You cannot improve the quality

of service if those at the helm

of affairs do not have the right

capacity,” he said.

Head of the Council,

Benjamin Kwabla Amenumey,

who is also the new President,

in his acceptance speech, lauded

President Nana Addo Dankwa

Akufo-Addo for the trust reposed

in them to serve the Institute.

He stated that the CIBG has

been strategically positioned

to provide the much-needed

support to the financial service

sector, especially the banking

industry to contend with the

multiple challenges occasioned

by regulation, competition,

disruptive models and

technologies as well as the skill

sets and competencies required

by practitioners to deliver the

required results by banks.

He said the inauguration

would enhance the Institute’s

mandate to promote the

study of banking and regulate

the practices of the banking

profession in Ghana and beyond

as mandated by the Chartered

Institute of Bankers Ghana Act,

2019 (Act 991).

Mr Amenumey assured

the government that the new

council was determined to

continue to develop ethical and

professional bankers to support

the growth of the banking sector.

He explained that all of the

council members would bring

their diverse expertise in the

sector to bear in order to forge

ahead and build on the noble

achievements and legacies of

their predecessors by pursuing

initiatives that will propel the

institute to even greater heights.

On her part, Director

in charge of General

Administration at the Education

Ministry, Mrs Catherine Appiah-

Pinkrah said as the professional

body for the sector there is a

need to ensure that they help

develop the competencies and

qualifications of its members

so as to offer efficient and

competitive service to the

customers constantly changing

needs.

CIB’s newly sworn-in

Governing council

The newly sworn-in

Governing council of the

Chartered Institute of Bankers,

Ghana is headed by Benjamin

Kwabla Amenumey, FCIB,

President; Mr. Samuel Manu

Asiama, FCIB, Vice-President;

Mr. Charles Ofori-Acquah, FCIB,

Chief Executive Officer. The

members are Mrs. Thelma Eileen

Randolph-Akushie, ACIB; Dr. Eric

Nkansah, ACIB; Mr. John Awuah;

Bishop Patricia Sappor, FCIB; Dr.

Abena Pokuah Ackah FCIB; Dr.

Mrs. Akorfa Ahiafor, FCIB; Mr.

Sina Kamagate, ACIB; and Mr.

Sampson Akligoh.

E-levy: Review tax to 0.75%

– PwC to government

Accounting and

auditing firm, PwC,

has reminded the

government to

review the rate for

the Electronic Transaction Levy

(E-levy) to not more than 0.75%.

It also wants the

implementation of the levy to be

reviewed.

This according to the

firm, is due to the downward

adjustment of the e-levy revenue

target by over 91%, from 6.9

billion to 0.6 billion.

“The downward revision

of the e-levy revenue target by

over 91% (from 6.9 billion to

0.6 billion) indicates the need

for a review of the policy and

its implementation. We wish to

remind government of our call

for the e-levy rate to not exceed

the rates typically charged by

resident platform operators of

not more than 0.75%.”

In its commentary on the

2022 Mid-Year Budget, PwC said

while the benefit of increased

global oil prices has helped to

support the budget in the short

term, the fundamental and

perennial challenge around

revenue mobilisation, and the

need to significantly improve

the country’s tax to Gross

Domestic Product (GDP) ratio

persists and still needs to be

confronted.

“This, in our view, continues

to be the driver for the

additional revenue measures,

which government has indicated

it will pursue in the second half

of 2022”.

The previous revenue and

grants target of GH100.5

billion for 2022 has been revised

to GH96.8 billion, a 3.7%

reduction. This still translates

into a growth target of 37%

relative to the 2021 performance

(GH70.9 billion).

PwC said the revised target is

expected to be achieved mainly

as a result of the windfall in

revenue from oil production and

exports, a result of increased

global oil prices. This it believes

will help to significantly offset

shortfalls from other revenue

sources, particularly tax

revenues.

It is also expected to

enhance government’s fiscal

consolidation programme.

Given that government’s

engagement with the

International Monetary Fund

has only just commenced, PwC,

said it is too early to expect a

detailed plan for the recovery

of the economy in the medium

term.

“It is therefore not

surprising that the mid-year

review does not provide such

a plan; however, the review

makes it clear that any eventual

agreement with the IMF will

be based on an Enhanced

Domestic programme that will

complement the previously

announced Ghana COVID-19

Alleviation and Revitalisation

of Enterprises Support (CARES)

“Obaatan Pa” programme”.

Cedi depreciation pushes

Ghana’s debt high

Ghana’s total debt stood at

GH393.5 billion, representing

78.3% of GDP as of 30th June,

2022, with about 51.7% of this

position being financed by

external debt.

Despite the country’s debt

stock in dollar terms reducing by

7.2% from $58.6 billion as of June

2021 to US$54.4 billion as of June

2022, PwC said the significant

depreciation of the cedi by

about 16% over the period has

contributed significantly to the

rising debt position.

Overall, PwC said the midyear

review indicates clearly

where the current challenges lie

for the Ghanaian economy.

“These are not new

challenges – revenue generation

continues to require additional

impetus as does an overall

rebalancing of our expenditure

prolife, which has resulted in

the current debt burden. For

2022, thanks mainly to increased

global oil prices, the measures

and revised budgets outlined

in the mid-year review look

achievable.”

“The real question is what

the medium to long term plan

is to deal with the fundamental

challenges we need to confront.

The Ghana CARES programme

sets out government’s plan

for the transformation of

the economy. An Enhanced

Domestic Programme, which

we understand that government

is currently developing, will

complement the Ghana CARES

Programme. These will form

the basis of discussion and

ultimately, agreement with the

IMF on a medium-term road

map and the IMF’s support to

Ghana’s economy”, it added.

“While we await the details

of the plan and the outcome

of discussions with the IMF,

we encourage government

to maintain its resolve on

the implementation of the

expenditure cuts that it

has identified and to the

implementations of the revenue

measures that have been

approved as part of the 2022

Budget”, it concluded.

DAILY ANALYST


Sports

Mikel Arteta has

hinted that

there could be

more signings

to come at

Arsenal before the summer

transfer window closes, with

the Gunners still in the market

for reinforcements as speculation

continues to link them

with Leicester midfielder Youri

Tielemans. The man in charge

at Emirates Stadium is giving

little away when it comes to

the identity of potential targets,

but he is hoping for more

movement.

Premier League clubs have

until September 1 to complete

their recruitment business in

2022, with Arsenal having already

wrapped up deals for the

likes of Fabio Vieira, Gabriel Jesus

and Oleksandr Zinchenko.

Will there be more signings

at Arsenal?

Arteta, who has also welcomed

USMNT goalkeeper Matt

Turner and promising Brazilian

forward Marquinhos into

his ranks, has said of further

deals: “We are still hoping to

do something else if the market

allows.

“You have seen some

movement in the last few days

as well.

“We want to get the perfect

balance and the plan we wanted

from the beginning. Whether

we accomplish that or not

Youri Tielemans

Arteta transfer hint

amid Arsenal link to

Tielemans

is another story, but I’m happy

with where we are now.”

Arsenal fans trying not to

get carried away after their

pre-season form pic.twitter.

com/ONf6E0pANv

— GOAL (@goal) July 30,

2022

Will Arsenal be moving

more players out?

While continuing to scour

the market for potential additions,

there could be more

outgoings in north London

over the coming weeks.

Nuno Tavares has become

the latest to depart, as he links

up with Marseille on a season-long

loan, with Arteta confident

that an agreement there

will benefit all concerned.

He has said: “For Nuno’s

development, I think it’s going

to be really important.

“Obviously, we have recruited

Oleks in that position and

we have Kieran [Tierney] as

well, which is two really strong

players in that position, and

we believe that Nuno’s best

solution was to do that.”

Arsenal will be kicking off

the 2022-23 Premier League

campaign away at Crystal Palace

on Friday, with a productive

pre-season that included

a 4-0 victory over Chelsea in

the Florida Cup wrapped up on

home soil against Sevilla with

a 6-0 win in the Emirates Cup

that saw Jesus net a hat-trick.

The CEO of Ghana

Athletics Mr. Bawah

Fuseini has quashed

fears that the

national sprint team

would be under par at the 2022

Commonwealth Games in

Birmingham.

Speaking to GOC

Communications upon his

arrival in the UK, Mr. Fuseini

said that there is no cause for

alarm.

“The fact of the matter is

that all sprinters originally

submitted by Ghana Athletics

to the GOC for approval

remain in place for the

Commonwealth Games”.

He reiterated that nothing

has changed and that there

will be a

total of 14 athletes

competing in seven different

events with the majority

taking part in the sprints.

“This was the plan per

all necessary information

available to us ahead of the

deadline for submissions so we

remain very strong and very

focused ahead of the Games

with our team”

The opening ceremony

of the 2022 Commonwealth

Games is set to commence on

Thursday 28th July at 7pm BST

local (British Summer) time.

Below is the list of Team

Ghana (Athletics)

*MEN*

More than

600 athletes

participated in

the first intercity

marathon

in the Ghanaian capital of

Accra Saturday to herald the

2022 Homowo celebrations,

a festival that marks the

beginning of food harvest

among the native Ga ethnic

group of Accra.

Both male and female

participants from Ghana,

Togo, Nigeria, Kenya, China,

and some other countries and

regions joined the race.

Kenyan athlete Martin

Ghana Sprint Team

Remains Unchanged For

Commonwealth Games

– Bawah Fuseini

•Benjamin Kwaku Azamati –

100m, 200m, 4x100m relay

•Sean Safo Antwi – 100m,

200m, 4x100m relay

•Isaac Botsio – 4x100m relay

•Barnabas Agerh – 4x100m

relay

•Alex Amankwa – 800m

William Amponsah 5000m

Joseph Paul Amoah 200m

and 4x100m

*WOMEN*

•Mary Boakye – 4x100m

relay

inter-city marathon

Tirop Kimurgor won the men’s

gold, while Sakat Lariba from

Ghana won in the women’s

division.

Kimurgor told Xinhua he

was happy to have participated

and won the ultimate prize

at stake in the inter-city

marathon.

“I trained hard for this

event, and thankfully I won. I

am ready to participate in any

other marathon in the future,”

the Kenyan athlete added.

An athlete crosses the

finish line in the first intercity

marathon in Accra, Ghana,

on July 30, 2022. (Photo by

•Latifa Ali – 4x100m relay

•Halutie Hor – 4x100m relay

•Gifty Oku Kwakyewaa –

4x100m relay

•Deborah Acquah – long

jump & 4x100m relay

•Abigail Kwarteng – High

Jump

•Rose Amonimaa Yeboah –

High Jump

*#TeamGhana*

*#Birmingham 2022*

*#Commonwealth Games*

*GOC Communications*

Seth/Xinhua)Henry Senyo

Penni, general manager of

the marathon’s organizer

Medivents Consult, said the

purpose of organizing the

competition was to help

unearth talents and develop the

sport in Ghana.

“When we keep promoting

this event, we would help

develop many talents for

Ghana and Africa. I encourage

the youth of Ghana and Africa

to take to sports because

it promotes development,

promotes tourism, and

engenders peaceful

coexistence,” Penni said.

Monday, 1st August, 2022

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