Adwoa Safo Delights Constituents With Mechanised Boreholes Updated: 07 -Oct- 2014

The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya , Sarah Adwoa Safo , has handed over five fully operationalised mechanised
boreholes to some identifiable groups and institutions within her constituency to end their difficulties in searching for potable water for domestic use . Among the groups and institutions are the Old
Ashongman D / A Primary School , Yam Market, Taifa Community Clinic , Agbogba Anglican Basic School and Dome Mosque .
Neighborhoods within which these groups and institutions are located are areas where cleanliness is an issue . Communities in the Dome- Kwabenya constituency have over the years faced lots of challenges in getting portable water for
domestic use as pipe- borne water runningthrough the area are unable to supply the needed quantity to the residents, living
majority of the population to wander about in search of the commodity . Residents not connected to the community
water system had to walk an hour distance to the nearest neighborhood where the commodity is available to buy . A bucket of water in such communities sells between Gp 70
and Gp80 . The situation even becomes worse during the dry season where a bucket of water is sold for GH ₵ 1 .00. The law maker in an interaction with journalists said her motivation in dolling out
the mechanised boreholes was to ensure cleanliness in her constituency, especially, where water was very scarce ..“ This is to ensure that my people, especially ,
the children are clean, they have good drinking water and are saved from this Ebola and Cholera epidemic . Children are my priority
– their education , their health and their livelihood . I believe the facilities are going to help the schools and entire community
because they wouldn’ t have to buy water anymore” , said Ms . Safo in a cheerful mood . She said five other neighbourhoods and
institutions were also in the pipeline to benefit from the mechanised borehole initiative. Each of the facility which comes with a polytank reservoir, the MP noted, cost GH₵ 25 ,000. 00.
Commenting on the initiative, a Headteacher of the Old Ashongman D /A Primary School ,
Vinolia Bediako Madogo, said the facility had come at the right time to save the school from the difficulties they go through when the commodity was in short supply . She said the school had over the years been dependent on irregular water supply from the Municipal Assembly at an average cost of GH
₵ 40. 00 per month to serve over 900 pupils. However, she argued that the gesture from the MP for the area would help save them some money and also improve on the sanitation situation in the area .
“ This is a blessing, ” noted Madam Madogo . A class four pupil of the Old Ashongman D / A Primary School , Hannah Abedu Fosu expressed her profound gratitude to Ms. Safo for her.kind gesture noting “the borehole will give us
potable water to drink and help us not to get cholera and Ebola. ”
Headteacher of the Agbogba Anglican Basic School , Mrs. Joana Adwoa Brukum, also commenting on the initiative lauded the MP
for bringing life to the school .
“ Water is life and he who brings water brings life . This borehole donated will go a long way to relieve us of the difficulties we encounter in getting water on daily basis . It will also improve on our sanitation issues in the school ,
especially , with the outbreak of cholera. We promise to take good care of the facility and use it for the purpose that it has been given” , she noted. Leaders of the Dome Market, Taifa Community
Clinic and the Yam Market all welcomed the gesture done them by the MP and promised to take good care of the facility .

Black Stars movie to star Ghanaian actor 12.10.2014

The Hollywood movie of the Blacks Stars' catastrophic World Cup will star a Ghanaian actor, not The Rock
One Ghanaian actor may be set for
Hollywood's limelight very soon, according to Darryl Wharton-Rigby, the writer of 'The Ghana Soccer Heist Movie'. Initially, it was thought that The Rock would be the movie's main character, when
Wharton-Rigby himself was quoted as having mentioned the famous actor and wrestler. Ghana's Black Stars made the news in Brazil when they had $3million in appearance fees airlifted to them before taking to the field against Portugal, amidst threats of boycotting the game altogether. Now the writer of the proposed Hollywood movie has told the BBC that he is looking to have the main character in the movie acted out by a Ghanaian. "I saw a story online about the money being
delivered to the Black Stars and posted it on my Facebook page", Wharton-Rigby said. "A friend of mine who is a director as well as
a producer and said let's do it. Let's do the Ghana Soccer Heist movie" What we wanted to do is focus on the guy who is has to deliver the money and what
happens to him when he's trying to deliver the money.....and what happens if he doesn't get it there in time." "It is probably going to be a bit more fictitious; because we don't want to get into trouble with FIFA, but the backdrop of the
story is fascinating." Concerning reports that The Rock would have
a leading role in the movie, he denied the claim. "Well, not The Rock. I actually want the hero
of the story to be a guy from Ghana. The hero should be a guy from the community who is entrusted with getting the money to the team." "The question is how does he get there? Who tries to stop him, and why do they try to stop him?" "Hopefully we can write a great script and get somebody who is attached to it. It is a great
story and I think audiences internationally will take to it."
Wharton-Rigby already has an image of the movie poster engraved in his mind. "Lots of money, soccer balls, a stadium and a guy on the run", he said.

Tell Ghanaians The Truth About Our Debts – Economist Date: 11 -Oct- 2014

An Economist , John Gatsi , has advised government to immediately respond to the
contradictory debt to GDP figures put out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Ghana .
According to him, failure to do so will pave the way for more conjecture “and that will actually
muddy the waters .” The IMF’s Deputy Director of Fiscal Affairs
Department of the IMF, Sanjeev Gupta on Tuesday disclosed that Ghana’s debt to GDP was 71% contrary to the 55% put out by the
government . A Member of Parliament’ s Finance Committee ,
Kwaku Kwarteng , told Citi News, the revelation indicates that the government is hiding the true state of the economy, adding that ,
government may have lied to the IMF in order to reduce the conditionalities which will accompany the IMF bailout. Ghana is scheduled to begin an IMF bailout programme in January 2015 to solve the challenges facing the economy. Industry players warned government to present
the true state of the economy to the IMF after a former Deputy Governor of the central bank
challenged the inflation and exchange rate figures put out by the central bank and the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) . But this revelation suggest that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’ s claims and the fears expressed by industry players may have been true.
Nonetheless , Mr . Gasti wants the central bank and the Finance Ministry to either confirm or deny the IMF’s figures . He said it is imperative they respond immediately because the credibility of the nation is at stake and so is the sovereign management of the economy. The Economist stressed that citizens have the right to know the truth because “ people are apprehensive about that and it is incumbent on them to come out .”
“ When they speak out , then we will be able to carry the analysis forward but I don’ t think we should trivialize the response of the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana . It is crucial so that we know the direction we are going," he added.