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ROAD T CONSTRUCTION COMPROMISES SECURITY OF KOTOKA AIRPORT AN INVESTIGATIVE DESK REPORT

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T a time when all countries are tightening security measures especially at their board-

ers and airports, construction of road on the portion of the airport by a Chinese construction firm to join the spintex road has exposed the tarmac and cargo planes parked to serious danger.

According to our infor-

mation, the construction of the road was awarded by the Department of Urban Roads under the Ministry of Roads and Highways.

In an interview with Director of Technical Services of the Ghana Airport Company, Continued on page 5

Looms At Musuku Bridge he Musuku Bridge which was established over decade ago by the former MP for Dome Kwabenya constituency, Professor Mike Oquaye to serve both commuters/ drivers within and outside the community has never gone through maintenance, it is now threatening the lives of residents.

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All Qualified SHS Graduates Must Be Admitted In Fairness OUR information suggest that about 409,000 Senior High School (SHS) graduates will be seeking admission to the universities and other tertiary institutions across the country this year and this unprecedented situation is causing apprehension among many parents and students.

YOUR Neighbourhood Community Newspaper has learnt that most parents fear their wards may not gain admission into the universities as a result of the double stream of students from SHS ‘3’ and ‘4’ candidates - who participated in the 2013 West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSSCE).

THERE has been some firm assurance, from the Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, that Heads of polytechnics have indicated they could double their intake by 100% whereas the various public universities have also assured they could increase their intake by between 15% - 60% this academic year.

YOUR Neighbourhood is aware that President John Dramani Mahama has met the authorities of public universities to come out with modalities to admit as many as possible SHS graduates.

OUR hope is that Heads of institu-

tions will not fail their promise in this double stream admission.

THE reality is that parents will not stop panicking over the expected huge number of students who graduated from Senior High School this year hoping to enter tertiary institutions unless they are well convinced.

OBVIOUSLY, there are many SHS graduates residing within Madina, Adenta, Dome/ Kwabenya and Legon and our concern is that these graduates will get admission into tertiary institutions and not add up to the already jobless youth creating menace in our society.

ALREADY the Chancellor for the Africa University College of Communications, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, is wondering why “government appears to be in a hurry” to get the tertiary institutions to absorb the over 400,000 students.

TO him, the government need to look for a long term solution to the crisis rather than making verbal appeals to the universities” to increase their intake.

YOUR Neighbourhood has much interest in the education of the youth in this country and we will be following up on this double stream admission at our tertiary institutions.

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Legon Road Project; My Encounter With Site Officer

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HAD a bizarre experience with a local administrator of the road project that is currently on going at Legon.

I was coming from the Max-Mart end of the road, very close to the Ghana Commercial Bank’s branch office. There was this site tractor equipment that was digging the sideways. Actually, there was no place reserved for pedestrian walk.

The middle area of road is at a structure stage making it very difficult for pedestrians to use the place. The closest alternative for people going to Mempeasem and the taxi rank is to walk through the project area. As I approached the place, the tractor was busily working.

The movement of tractor was fearful indeed. You would hold on briefly with your walk to ascertain what will happen next.

Surprisingly, the site officer around that particular project did not find anything wrong with it. They felt the work

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must progress and so did not find an alternative for other road users.

I walked so close to the tractor before the site officer directed me to use another part of the road. He was however, not distinct in his orders. It was on-the-spot instruction that could confuse anyone. It was an untimely move so I reacted: “you need to prepare a place for pedestrians.

Ideally, you need to create a temporal route for pedestrians. You cannot mix our activities with the on-going project, no, you cannot”- I said this.

Immediately, one of the officers responded from a far: “your mother, I suspect there’s something wrong with your mind, eeh? This is the kind of insult I received from him. In fact, I was hurt because I thought I made an interesting observation. It takes a good site officer to think about what the customer said and derive some sense out of it. But no, he did not. You can trust a local contractor to behave the way he did.

We don’t add value to our work and keep delivering projects with that same know-how. We are also not ready to learn and make corrections. Whilst I complained about their work, a pedestrian

came behind me and told the officer to ignore me. Can you imagine that? A comment that might benefit the two of us is being rubbished. I was very surprised. I do not really know the basis upon which he refuted my argument.

As I went on, I understood why there is a perception out there that; the white man is more intelligent than the black man. You can be certain that, if a foreign company was handling the project at that stage, they would make provision for pedestrians. It is a must they do it and they know that. That is the extent to which white people think. They think of always delivering a clinical job.

Alternatively the tractor work could be done at night to prevent any human accident so to say. People will be asleep by then and that will offer them the best time to do their work without any interference from the public.

Our project officers must be improving themselves every day and must learn new ways of handling projects. For a professional to insult the views of a potential customer is not the best.

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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

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EEP Vein Thrombosis or Phlebothrombosis is a blood clot which forms in the deep vein usually affecting large veins in the lower extremin ie the leg and thigh.

DVT’s are most common in adults over the age of 60 years but can also occur at any age.

When the blood clot forms, it could break off and move through the blood stream and this is called embolism.

An Embolus (which is a breakaway blood clot) can get lodged in the brain, lungs, heart or any other area leading to serious complications.

Blood clot usually forms when something slows or changes the flow of blood in the veins.

The risk factors for DVT’ would include the following: Confinement to bed -Family history of blood clots -fractures involving the pelvis and the

leg bones -external pressures on the veins eg pregnancy -Varicose veins -Obesity -Recent surgery involving the hip plus knee or gynaecological surgeries -Also too many blood cells being produced by the bone marrow causing blood to be thicker and slower than normal.

Blood is more likely to clot in someone who has certain conditions and disorders such as *Cancer *Certain autoimmune conditions eg system lupus *Cigarette smoking *Taking oestrogens or birth controlling pills * Also sitting for long periods when travelling can increase the risk of DVT DVT mainly affects the large veins in the lower leg and thigh and usually occurs on one side of the body.

The clot block the blood flow and

causes -Changes in skin colour (redness) -Leg pain especially around the calf -A rise in temperature around the affected area -Swelling of the foot, ankle or calf However, it has been said that DVT’s could be silent or symptom free and this could be found in two-thirds (2/3) of patients.

Diagnoses: A health professional will perform a physical exam and this will show a red, swollen and tender leg.

The usual diagnostic test which are done include the D-Dimer test or duppler ultrasound exam of the leg.

There are several other test which could be done to check if the patient has any increased chance of blood clotting eg a full blood count.

The treatment usually given is an anticoagulant (blood thinner); this would keep more blood clots from forming or old ones from getting bigger.

The drug cannot dissolve clots that

have already been formed.

Patient may also be given a pressure strocking to help improve blood flow in the legs and reduce the risk for complications from blood clots.

In some cases, the patients may require surgery where a filter is placed in the body’s largest veins to prevent blood clots from travelling to the lungs.

In many cases of DVT’s the clot would usually disappear without any problems and then may return in others.

The blood clot may break and travel to the lungs to cause pulmonary embulium which could be very fatal.

Finally, in order to prevent DVT, pressure stocking could be done as prescribed by a doctor.

Moving the legs often during long plane trips, car trips and other situations in which you are sitting or lying down for long periods of time could prevent DVT. Also, women on oestrogen and birth controls pills should avoid smoking.

Foods To Boost Your Sexual Health

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EXOLOGISTS, cardiologists, and psychologists agree: how much you consume has a huge impact on your sexual health.

Essentially, what is good for your heart is good for better sex.

1.Spinach and other green vegetables Spinach is a potent source of magnesium, which helps dilate blood vessels, according to Japanese researchers. Better blood flow to the genitals, as you’ve learned, creates greater arousal for men and women.

2.Unsweetened tea The antioxidant catechin found in tea promotes blood flow all over the body for sex power and brainpower; it enhances memory, mood, and focus. One particularly potent catechin, a compound called ECGC prevalent in green tea, is thought to increase fat burn.

3.Oranges Men who consume at least 200 milligrams of vitamin C a day improve their sperm counts and motility, according to research at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

4.Eggs Over easy, hard-boiled, or scrambled, eggs aren’t the most sensual food on the menu, but it’s hard to beat them for a fit and healthy body inside and out. Eggs are rich in vitamins B6 and B5, which help balance hormone levels and ease stress, and are important for a healthy libido. loss. Choose filet mignon or other deep red cuts with round or loin in the name, 5.Red wine because they are the leanest.

Sounds like the makings of a good time to us!

Italian researchers recently found that the anti7.Beans oxidants and alcohol in the wine may trigger the While they may not be the best choice production of nitric oxide in the blood, which helps for a side dish if you plan on sex for desartery walls to relax, increasing blood flow to the sert, building your meal plan around a genitals. Just limit yourselves to a glass or two. foundation of beans and legumes will More alcohol than that can put a damper on sexual ultimately pay off for you sexually. Many performance and lead to bed spins of a not-very- studies show that bean eaters are leaner sexy nature. and healthier than people who don’t eat beans.

6.Meat Beans is rich in potassium which regRed meat. Lean cuts are great sources of zinc, a ulates blood pressure and heart contracmineral that curbs production of a hormone called tions, something you’ll need as your heart prolactin, which at high levels can cause sexual starts racing when he does that special dysfunction. move that makes you melt.

Zinc is also a key muscle-building nutrient, and the high concentrations of conjugated linoleic ac8.Fatty fish ids (CLA) in beef, studies show, may spur weight Oily coldwater fish like salmon, mack-

erel, sardines, and tuna should figure heavily into your weekly meal rotation.

10.Oysters and other shellfish The omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA Raw oysters actually do have a confound in fish help to raise dopamine levels nection to sexual function. Oysters hold in the brain that trigger arousal. more zinc than most any other food, and it is believed that this mineral may en9.Oats hance libido by helping with testosterone Eating oats is one of the few natural production--higher levels of the hormone ways to boost testosterone in the blood- are linked to an increase in desire. stream. The male hormone plays a signifiZinc is also crucial to healthy sperm cant role in sex drive and orgasm strength production and blood circulation. Other in both men and women. Oats (as well as good sources of zinc are shrimp, red meat, seeds, ginseng, nuts, dairy, and green pumpkin seeds, poultry and pork, eggs, vegetables) contain L-arginine, an amino and dairy products. acid that enhances the effect nitric oxide has on reducing blood vessel stiffness.

11.Dark chocolate L-arginine has been used to treat erecDark chocolate contains a compound tile dysfunction. Like Viagra, it helps relax called phenyl ethylamine that releases the muscles around blood vessels in the penis. same endorphins triggered by sex, and inWhen they dilate, blood flow increases so creases the feelings of attraction between a man can maintain an erection. two people.

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Road Construction Compromises Security of Kotoka Airport Continued from page 1 Mr Mac Davids Torgbor Torto, he indicated that the area was scheduled for the construction of the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul, as well as the Fixed Based Operations sections of the airport.

He explained further that the company had also planned to use the area for the construction of a terminal for private jets but had been unruly taken over by the Department of Urban Roads.

Asked whether the National Security was aware of the construction at the airport security zone, Mr. Torgbor Torto confirmed that even though National Security was aware, no action has been taken yet.

“About eight months ago, we were here with the National Security Coordinator, Col. Gbevlo Lartey, and some state security officials to assess the security threats of the encroachment but nothing has

been done since,” he said.

This was disclosed when the Parliamentary Select Committee on Roads and Transport paid a working visit to Ghana Airport Company as part of their oversight responsibilities.

The construction of the road has exposed the airport security zone to the extent that one can throw a stone from the construction side to hit any of the parked cargo planes.

From Your Neigbourhood ‘s observation any illegal substance can be smuggled to any of the cargo planes without going through the normal checks and scanning inside the airport building.

Apart from the road construction and its dire security implications, it also came to light the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and the Ghana Airport Company Ltd, are disputing over a portion of the land located near the

Kotoka International Airport (KIA).

The land under contention is a few meters away from the airport’s tarmac, and forms part of the boundary between the Ghana Airport Company and GAF. Both institutions claim to have legal rights to the area but are yet to hit the courtroom to battle for ownership.

According to officials of the Ghana Airport Company, the land is their legal property and has been earmarked for the construction of the Eastern Apron of KIA to enable the airport to contain more planes.

However, the GAF has prevented the company from gaining access to the area, claiming that, the airport authorities have no legal rights over the land.

After fruitless petitions to the Ministry of Transport for assistance, the Ghana Airport Company took the opportunity of the Committee’s visit to appeal to Parliament to

••A portion of the road being constructed by the Chinese firm intervene in the matter before it degenerates into a legal battle.

Members of the Committee, chaired by Michael Boampong, the NDC Member of Parlia-

ment for Bia were displeased with the developments at the airport and promised to assist the company to address the challenges.

According to Mr.

Legon Students In Limbo ….Over Extra Fees

BY SELORM ATUTORNU

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OUR Neighbourhood (YN) can confirm that some continuing students of Ghana’s Premier University, the University of Ghana Legon, are in a limbo over the extra fees they are being billed to enable the school accommodate the “double stream” of admitted students.

According to our information, the two causes of concern for some of these continuing students are the huge numbers that are billed to be admitted owing to the combination of two Senior High School batches and the extra Ghc 100.00 fee being charged on them to accommodate the freshers.

Some of the students who spoke to YN contend that the University might fail in its quest to

decongest the school after a seemingly successful beginning to that quest.

Charles Collins, a level 400 Bachelor of Arts/ Psychology student believes the University might be forced to take much more than it can bear which could eventually affect teaching, learning and general life on campus.

Charles notes that this would not augur well for the freshers since they would have to sacrifice a lot to go through the course on campus.

Sandra Ntim, a level 300 Bsc Physics student concurred by adding that the fees being charged by the school authorities was a knee-jerk reaction and would not be able to solve the challenge in the long term.

It would be recalled that the student leadership of the University of Ghana petitioned the Ministry of Education and other stakehold-

ers in the educational sector over a levy being charged by the school’s administration.

The University is charging Ghc100 per student as contribution for the completion of some abandoned projects in the school.

Some of the abandoned GET f und-sponsored projects on the Legon campus include the Ultra-modern Faculty of Arts building and the School of Health and Allied Sciences building. GETfund halted the projects due to financial constraints.

In an interview with the media, the Public Relations Officer of the Legon SRC, Mr. Mikdad Mohammed, indicated that the SRC remains adamant to their opposition on Physical Development Levy authorities are charging students.

He continued that the SRC is not against the timely completion of projects but students of the University were

Torto, the Ghana Airport Company would organise an Air Show next year and would need the land to construct its Eastern Apron for the show, adding

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••Eric Edem Agbana (Legon SRC President) already burdened with the high school fees prior to the introduction of the levy.

Meanwhile the SRC is proposing that the amount be spread over a period. The SRC further indicted school authorities of not considering broader stakeholder consultation before the introduction of the levy.

The SRC, led by

Mr. Eric Edem Agbana, has also petitioned the Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Parliamentary-Select Committee on Education, and the National Council on Tertiary Education (NCTE) to come to the rescue of students.

that, it will be difficult to organize the show if they do not construct the new apron to enable the airport contain more planes during the show.

HE Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is to regulate the sale of sperms and ovaries in the country.

This is to ensure that problems associated with the practice are minimised when they come up in future.

The sector minister, Nana Oye Lithur, who disclosed this in Accra at an advocacy forum on the 2013 budget, said the ministry was concerned about the rising incidence of people, mostly the youth, offering their sperms and ovaries in return for cash.

To that end, she said, the ministry was to initiate a national dialogue, between health professionals and civil society organisations to help come up with modalities on who could sell or buy sperms and ovaries, when they could be sold and how to protect the offspring of those transactions.

The forum, organised by the Institute of Financial and Economic Journalists (IFEJ), a grouping of financial reporters in the country, and Star Ghana, a multi-donor agency, is to help deepen citizens’ contributions concerning issues raised in the budget, while helping the media and the public in general to track government’s performance as far as policies outlined in the document are concerned.

Taking participants through some of the policies the ministry was undertaking, Nana Lithur said her outfit had observed with concern the rising incidence of young people selling their sperms and/or ovaries to specialised hospitals or individuals nationwide.

“These people just do it for the sake of money.

Continued on page 6

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6 Community News Legon-Madina Highway Commuters Cry For Street Lights

BY SELORM ATUTORNU

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VEN before the completion of the long overdue road construction from the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange through Legon-Madina-Adenta and Pantang, commuters along that stretch are calling on authorities to without delay erect street lights along the stretch.

Some drivers who ply that stretch told Your Neighbourhood (YN) that driving along the stretch at night is gradually becoming a nightmare.

“Why, are they waiting to finish the work completely be-

••Palace Beauty Saloon at Kwabenya

‘You Need GHc10,000 To Establish Modern Salon’

BY ABIGAIL LARBI

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VISIT to Beauty Palace at Kwabenya reveals that, to establish a modern salon for hair dressing it will cost a young beautician not less than GHc 10,000.00 to attract customers.

Speaking to Madam Gertrude, the owner of the Palace Beauty salon at Kwabenya, she pointed out that depending on the location of the shop, Landlords are tempted to charge higher, stressing that renting of land ranges from GHc10, GHc 30 and GHc 60 or more.

According to her, the price of renting a piece of land at the roadside or along a busy road is much expensive and a container will cost you between GHc 800 and GHc 1,500 if it is not galvanised.

She maintained that the galvanised containers are over GHc 2,000.00 but because one is now starting a business, one is expected to buy the cheapest on the market.

She explained further that she rented the land for 10 cedis a month but the landlady has her given notice to increase the money from 10 cedis to 12 cedis per month.

The young hair dresser told YN that after one has been able to purchase the container, you are expected to roof it and do lining with modern T&J with tiles on the floor and that alone might cost you close to GHc 2,000.00.

Flaming your saloon gate with glass and mirror for your customers is almost GHc 1,000.00 and you are yet to buy your swivel chairs, ordinary plastic chairs, dryers and wigs to decorate your shop and this will also cost you

more than GHc 1,000.

She thinks it is very expensive to start decent and moderate business in Ghana because acquiring ECG meter alone for your shop will cost you almost GHc 500.00 which is too expensive.

She was of the view that once you are expected to buy credit from ECG, acquiring meter should have been one of the cheapest and flexible, if possible free so that the money can be deducted when you buy credit from ECG. To her that will even encourage more people to apply for ECG meter and it will even stop the recent fire disaster.

A visit to By His Grace Beauty Clinic at the Ashongman also revealed that to establish modern salon, one needs to prepare herself whiles in training school or serving as apprentice.

“My father was building a store in front of our house but he passed on leaving the building uncompleted. It was up to me to complete it but the money was a constraint and was in a state of dilemma whether to use the little money I have to complete the shop or use the money to buy the materials I will need in the shop”.

The owner of the shop noted that for two months after the death of her father she couldn’t decide whether to complete the project or to use the money for the equipments.

“An angel came and supported me to establish what you are seeing” she said.

She mentioned that as a hair dresser, you need hair dryers which are being sold for GH 200 –GHc 700, sink for watching of hair cost between 500 – 600 Ghana Cedis, Straitens cost between 50 – 200 Ghana cedis depending on the quality, and to her these prices are bound to go up in the next few months.

fore they mount street lights or what? ” an irate trotro driver questioned adding that the whole highway looks very dark and not conducive for night driving.

John Siaw, a banker and owner of SUV vehicle noted that lighting the stretch would improve visibility and consequently safety on the busy highway.

“The contractor has to make the safety of commuters top priority and since they have opened the road for usage, they must endeavour we stay safe on the road,” John Siaw remarked.

The Legon-Madina-Pantang section of the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange-Manfe road which was expected to be completed

by February this year is still yet

to be completed with finishing touches still in progress.

Meanwhile as work is almost complete, there are still visible signs of defaced road markings with some portions not having any at all.

This has given way for reckless drivers to drive on any part of the road regardless of where they are coming from.

The completion of the threelane dual carriageway being executed at a cost of $38.7 million is expected to reduce traffic congestion on the corridor but has been delayed because of some financial challenges.

The construction is being done by Sonitra and The China Water and Electronic Corporation (CWE).

Sale Of Sperm, Ovary To Be Regulated Continued from page 5

Of course, it’s legitimate, but there are implications too,” she said, signalling the need to regulate the practice to mitigate the negative impact that its spread could have on society and the children to be produced in particular.

The sale of fertilised sperms and ovaries is gradually picking up in the country, as more foreigners and indigenes, mostly those who cannot reproduce by themselves, resort to various ways of having children.

The situation is particularly widespread in the cities, especially Accra, where many young people are willing and eager to offer their sperms and ovaries in return for cash.

••Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection

Robbers Go On Rampage

…Target Fuel Stations Along Adenta-Aburi Highway STORY BY: SELORM ATUTORNU & LAWAL SAEED

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OUR Neighbourhood newspaper (YN) can authoritatively state that a particular gang of armed robbers have targeted all fuel stations along the Adenta-Aburi Highway.

The latest armed robbery took place at UBI fuel station located along the Pantang-Oyarifa stretch of that highway but for the timely intervention of the Adenta Police patrol team, they would have had all their possessions stolen.

This robbery, according to the Manager of the station, Mr. Isaac Cofie Quao, was not surprising because this was about the third robbery at a fuel station in the area since the beginning of the year.

The other two, according to him, was the Goil and Engen oil fuel stations.

A staff of the station, Bernice Adjara, recounting the incident to YN, disclosed that about 1:20 am, they heard a loud bang at the door whilst some of them were sleeping at the Fuel station premises and awoke, only to be told to open the door or be shot.

“We quickly opened the door in a frightened and frenzied mood and were met with demands for the sales of the day,” Adjara narrated.

She continued that most of the sales of the day was hidden in a safe which was under lock and key; the robbers numbering about four (4) quickly tied them down and searched them supposedly for the keys to the safe but when they realized they could not find it, collected all their personal money and

some belongings.

A staff by name Clara had her hand slit in the course of the search.

The robbers however had their adventure cut short due to the timely arrival of the Adenta Police Patrol team and took to their heels.

Narrating his side of the story, Mr. Isaac Cofies Quao continued that he had a distress call from one of his staff around 1:30 am on that fateful day and quickly gave the Adenta Police Commander a call to send his men to remedy the situation.

According to him, the timely arrival of the Police saved the situation but was quick to criticise the judgment of the police after letting one of the robbers escape after disguising himself as a security man.

Asked what measures were in place to forestall this from happening, Mr. Cofie Quao noted that he was fixing burglar proofs at the station together with safety alarms.

••Drivers filling their tanks at the Station a day after the robbery

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••Portion of the collapsed Musuku Bridge

Danger Looms At Musuku Bridge

BY ABIGAIL LARBI

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HE Musuku Bridge which was established over decade ago by the former MP for Dome Kwabenya conProfessor Mike

Oquaye to serve both commuters/ drivers within and outside the community has never gone through maintenance, it is now threatening the lives of residents.

Due to the bad nature of the bridge some drivers have stopped using the road because it is a now like death trap.

Residents say it is dangerous

using the bridge but it happens to be the only route they can use to their homes. The half collapsed bridge has now turned to be a playing and fishing ground for children.

According a resident who spoke to YN, a 5 year old boy nearly lost his life when he went fishing at the collapsed bridge. In the process of fishing, part of the bridge

broke and almost fell on him. It was a terrible incidence, the source stressed.

About 90% of the bridge has collapsed, leaving about just a portion of the bridge for commuters to use.

From our observation, it is dangerous when it rains because the water overflows into their homes, leaving them with no option than

to evacuate from their houses.

According to the residents the Assembly Member has assured them of expanding the gutter but for 6 months now, nothing has been down about it.

They are therefore appealing to the government to come to their aid especially in this rainy season.

The authorities should not wait until the worst happens.

Aglow Early Childhood Development Centre Holds 26th Graduation Ceremony

••Graduants of Aglow Early Childhood, Madina New Road

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HE Aglow Early Childhood Development Center has held its 26th graduation ceremony in Accra, under the theme “Rights of the Child, Key to National Development”.

The ceremony received supports from friends, family and well wishers from far and near, with spectacular performances

from the school’s cadet, plays group, choreography group and many more from pupils of age 2 to 4 years.

Speaking at the occasion, the Headmistress of the school, Mrs. Esther Apedo appealed on all parents to help in the upbringing of children, since the education of a child is a shared responsibility for both parents and teachers.

According to her, education is the best thing any parent can give his or her child, therefore parents must be concerned about their children’s education and fu-

ture at large, since children today are the foundation of what they will become tomorrow. “We must invest our time and talents in our children as they are the future leaders”.

She said in other to fulfill the biblical saying “train up a child the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it”, the Aglow school seeks to train little children for the future, laying positive emphasis on their moral, mental, spiritual and physical development. Children must be encouraged to achieve their

aim and build their confidence and develop them for the future through education with good foundation.

As part of the program, the newly built modern playground with sophisticated and colorful playing things such as a three in one slide, an eight seater swing and an eight seater merry go round were commissioned.

At 26 years, the Aglow Early Childhood Development Center can now boast of a newly tiled urinal for the kids, new ceiling fans, and the entire compound of the school has been paved with colorful bricks, making the environment attractive for the children.

The Headmistress also noted that, the school has now introduced a preliminary computer lessons to the Kindergarten one and two, which has resulted in great performances from the previous pupils who started the lesson and have now graduated in their various respective schools.

Awards were given to all forty one pupils who graduated; among them were twenty four boys and seventeen girls.

Among the great personalities who graced the occasion was the Managing Director of Star Life Assurance Company Ltd, Mr. George Kojo Addison, who called on parents, government and corporate bodies to invest in Information Communications Technology [ICT], since technology has now made it way in the world.

He also noted that anytime a parent or guardian looses hope give up on a child, it shuts down the entire future that particular child, and the society tends to suffer for the actions of the outcome of that child.

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Parents Urged To Set Good Examples

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HE Legon Branch Manager of Standard Chartered Bank, Mrs. Nana Yaa Akyaa Orraca Tetteh has urged parents to live an exemplary lives for their children to follow since most children look up to their parents as their role model.

According to her, behaviour of some parents do not give their children the confidence to talk openly about them especially among their peers in school.

She was of the view that attitudes of some parents does not even allow their own children to go near them or feel like engaging in any form of conversation with them. She added that sometimes a child gets scared when going home after school or even begin to feel uncomfortable when he or she get to know that it’s time for his or her parent to close from work.

“Sometimes in the presence of children, parents quarrel and use abusive words on each other, sometimes resulting in a fight. We must make our children feel proud of us, and learn to keep our children away from our problems” she noted.

Speaking at the 8th graduation ceremony and speech and price giving day of The Rainbow Pre – School in Accra, under the theme “our children our future leaders”, Mrs. Nana Yaa Akyaa Oraca Tetteh indicated that parents must learn to spend time with their children and develop a parents - children relationship.

“Gone are the days when children were nowhere found around adults. We must share the pain and joy of our children, and by so doing, we must establish a relationship that will

make our children trust us enough to open up and allow us in their lives” she said.

As children are the future leaders, parents have to help their children and empower them with the best knowledge, and also see them as investment, therefore they must be given the best education not only in school, but at home as well.

She however congratulated all the graduates and wish them farewell as they have embarked on the journey of becoming future leaders.

The ceremony saw exciting performances such as a choreography dance, a play, recitals, among others, all from the kindergarten and nursery 2 pupils.

In all, nine students graduated with two boys and seven girls. Awards such as best in handwriting and creativity, best in picture reading, best in comprehension and grammar, most improved student, well behaved, among others, were given to deserving students, including the overall best student which went to Allen Boakye, a graduate.

In his speech, Master Boakye thanked the management of the Rainbow Pre – School for the good training and attributed his success to his parents.

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PRICE GIVING DAY IN PHOTOS Theme: Our Children Our Future Leaders

10 Your Opinion You are more than what you think you are!!!

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WILL start with a story told of a hunter who went on hunting expedition and found an eaglet (young eagle) and carried it home and made it to stay and feed with his chickens. This eaglet had stayed with the chickens until it had become accustomed with the way fowls (chickens) behave and put on the characteristics of fowls or chickens. One day a visitor of the hunter recognized the growing eaglet and noticed it was not a chicken and hence decided to help this eaglet fly since it had never flown in life; for it did not grow wings before it was brought home but more importantly, it had not seen the chickens fly hence perhaps never tried to fly so thought it was impossible. So this visitor friend of the hunter picked the eaglet and threw it into the air but it just flapped its wings like a fowl and fell to the ground. The visitor knowing very well that eagles soar, was determined to make this eaglet fly/soar, then threw again the eaglet into the air but the ‘chicken-eaglet’ repeated the same behaviour. This visitor knowing what an eagle is capable of doing decided not to relent until he ensured that this eaglet started to soar and so decided to climb a tall tree with this eaglet and then threw it into the air and the eaglet seeing that it might die should it fall to the ground, now flapped the wings and off it goes soaring. It soared and never returned.

This story is analogous to most Ghanaians. It may not be true with other nationalities but this is true to Ghanaian because I am a Ghanaian who has lived in Ghana all my life thus far. There are so many people who are ‘eagles’ but are ignorant and hence continuing to see themselves as ‘chickens’ hence feeding and doing everything like chickens do even though they have the capacity of the “eagle’ right within them. All I am saying is that, there are a lot of Ghanaians who are languishing

as employees who should have been employers paying the wages of thousands of people. Many potentials are left dormant which will eventually be sent to the grave with absolutely no impact on the world, if not unearthed.

Many people have written off their future in the name of job security that they remain where they are working until the time of retirement or premature death. To put this in a statement I would simply say “Most employers have turned employees or most employees ought to be employers” hence “An Eagle who thinks is a Chicken”.

It is not uncommon to see people combing every nook and cranny looking for job and return home with tears that there are no jobs. Whereas those who have secured one keep on agitating for better services hence embark on industrial actions to draw the attention of their employers, those who cannot complain have to keep quiet with whatever they receive as salaries or wages and suffer with it. I am happy they only agitate for better services but not the BEST. They couldn’t or cannot agitate for the best because they are aware that it is impossible to get the best from someone else no matter how good the remuneration looks. Do not argue this out, rather give a thought to it: do you think you will ever get more out of a business than the owner of the business – it is practically impossible? This is in consonance with what the Bible says in Songs of Solomon 8:11&12 that the employer (owner) gets five (5) times more than the employee (keeper) (paraphrased). If you try getting more than your employer, you will end up stealing So what am I trying to put across? Am I by this suggesting that you cannot get the best or the maximum level from being an employee? The answer is Yes! However, is it possible to get the maximum best at all in this world? Yes! If so am I insinuating that, we should not work for anybody, ABSOLUTELY NO! If this is the case, where is the best and how and when can I get?

This article aims at unleashing where to get the best; however the how and the when of it will be disclosed in the next edition? I would like to advise you at this point to drop all prejudice in order to read this article objectively otherwise I doubt if you will get the optimum of this article that is if you will get anything at all.

Now the best you have been attending school for or working hard for all these while to get is not with any external being, that best lies right within you, yes your very self, just that you have refused or unable to perceive it. The best you can get in this world is that you give to yourself. Nobody can give you enough except you. Think critically, nobody can give you more than what they have. Meaning before somebody can give you GH¢5000.00 as salary, you should know that they make more than that amount per month and can always make more than that. Unless you are your own ‘boss’, you will continue to live below the best until you

EXPERIENCE Is The Best Teacher

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HERE are those who search God in the quiet places -- no churches, no public displays of piety, no dramatic or

flamboyant rituals.

They may be found standing in humble awe before a sunset, or weeping quietly at the beauty of a Bach concerto, or filled with an overflowing of pure love at the sight of an infant in the arms of its mother.

You may meet them visiting the elderly, comforting the lonely, feeding the hungry, and caring for the sick.

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extinct. So am I in anyway saying that nobody should work for others and we should be our own bosses? No, not by any means do, I mean so because if there are no employees, employers will be unemployed. This sounds paradoxical but you will soon understand. Employer means, the one who employs and if there is nobody to employ how you do employ and become an employer?

Being an employee is good but it is not the best hence we should not remain an employee for perpetuity. I know that, it is difficult to get something started and it is no different of being your own boss but it is still possible.

I would like to advise here that, being an employee is not the best state for self-actualization, rather it is the first stepping stone to catapult you to the highest height.

Therefore do not lay embargo on yourself at that point, rather look within yourself and locate that potential that can have such significant impact on the world.

I am not saying that it is that easy, the challenges that stir you in the face when you dare this are enormous but the greatest of all these challenges is your mind and if you overcome this, absolutely nothing else can stop you.

If you can convince yourself (mind) that you can get the best in this world then you can do it. I believe challenges are necessary in order to get the best in the world. With the analogy of the eaglet, unless it was faced with the challenge of death, it could not fly. Therefore, do not see any form of challenge or problem (as most people call it) as barrier to getting the best rather see and use them as the required opportunity to the next level.

It is all about self-discoveries, those who do ‘the extraordinary’ are mere human beings like you therefore, pay more attention to your strengths and let the weaknesses pass by. It is possible to get the best in the world but that best you have been looking is right within you, just let it flow out of you: it is all about self-discovery.

Since I have started with a story, let me also end with a story. There was a lion who happen to find himself among a flock of sheep and has been in fellowship with them hence sees himself as one of them. Anytime, they went out and met other lions, the sheep took to their heels and ran for their dear lives and so did this ‘sheep-lion’. This happened until, one day the ‘sheep-lion’ with other sheep went to drink water and the ‘sheep-lion’ saw his image in the water and discovered that he looks like those lions that he joined the sheep to ran from, he then decided not to flee from the lion on their next encounter rather joined the lions and began to behave like them hence left the company of the sheep. Until you know what you can do, you will keep on struggling to ‘manage’ and seeing opportunities as threats, meanwhile the best is available right within you.

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My Quiet God The greatest among them may give away what they own in the name of compassion and goodness, while never once uttering the word “God” out loud. Or they may do no more than offer a smile or a hand to someone in need, or quietly bow their heads at a moment of beauty that passes through their lives, and say a simple prayer of gratitude to the spirit that has created us all.

They are the lovers of the quiet God, the believers in the small graces of ordinary life.

Theirs is not the grand way, the way of the mystic or the preacher or the zealot or the saint.

Some would say that theirs is not a way at all.

All they know for certain is that life has beauty and a joy that transcends all the darkness that surrounds us, that something ineffable lives beyond the ordinary affairs of the day, and that without this mystery our lives would not be

worth living.

I honor those who search for the quiet God, who seek the spirit in the small moments of our everyday life.

It is a celebration of the ordinary, a reminder that when all else is stripped away, a life lived with love is ENOUGH.

••Writer: Enyonam Adzo Tsekpo

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Police Clean Madina Gutters

STORY: EMMANUEL KUNTU ESHUN

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ADINA is one of the fastest growing towns in greater Accra.

It’s however saddled with sanitation problems.

Filth in Madina seems to be natural phe-

nomenon and the inhabitants of Madina litters the streets and gutters most of the time.

Gutters in Madina are filled and chocked to the brim; this is due to lack of education.

Yungfaize an event house in Madina which organizes event in order to advocate for a clean environment brought together Zoomlion and the Madina police

service to cleanup choked gutter. The Commander of Accra North divisional police headquarters, Chief Supt. Owusu Bempah contributed with an advice for residence to develop the habit of keeping their surrounding clean in Oder not to experience Malaria and epidemic of cholera.

He also congratulated the organizers for allowing the police service to show their concern in the nation sanitation.

Kwabenya Installs New Gyasehene and Mankralo after 25 years

Adenta MP supports Moslems

BY ABIGAIL LARBI

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OR about 25 years, t h e Kwabenya Community has only Queen mother Naa Korko Dugbatey II. She indicated that, the community has been “naked” for far too long hence the decision to do the installation.

According to the Queen mother, this is to bring the people together to build Kwabenya for a better tomorrow. Since she can now work in the company of her elders.

The Mankralo Nii Ofoli known in private life as Ibrahim Tetteh Ofoli a transporter.

After swearing him in, the Mankralow revealed that, since his father died, the Kwabenya community has grown backwards due to lack of proper leadership but promised to restore the dig-

••MP for Adenta, Emmanuel Ashie Moore

T ••From left Gyasehene Nii Abiashie II and Mankralow Nii Ofoli nity that, is not for far too long.

On the other hand, the Gyasehene Nii Abiashie II also known as in his private life as Prosper Anyee, a

staff of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission and former Assembly Member for Kwabenya, stated that Kwabenya community lacks social amenities because

there was no proper leadership but now that, the leadership of the community is restored, they will work together for the community.

Meanwhile, the newly installed leaders have called on the government and other groups to come on board to help built the society.

HE Member of Parliament for Adenta, Emmanuel Ashie Moore, has donated food items to support Moslem communities in Ashaley Botwe in the eve of Ramadan.

The items worth several Cedis include bags of rice, cooking oil, Indomie noodles, bags of mineral waters and sugar.

Hon. Ashie Moore stated that his kind gesture to the Moslems is in appreciation of their spiritual service they render to the country during their fasting period as they intercede through prayer for the

peace and development of Ghana.

According to the MP, he has been doing this for the past two years even before he became the MP for Adenta and he is committed to sustain this gesture for years.

The beneficiaries who were very excited about the items expressed their gratitude to the MP and promised to give him all the support to make his tenure successful.

He later advised the Zongo youth not to allow themselves to be used by unscrupulous persons, but rather channel their energies to building their communities and the country as a whole.

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“Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.

Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God” – Romans 6:12-13.

Introduction HERE is no such thing as a “private or white” sin. Have you ever convinced yourself that a certain kind of sin was OK as long as no one knew about it? Resolve in your heart to obey God in the future – even when no one is looking.

All addictions begin in the same way: a person decides to dabble in something. That initial experience creates a desire for more, which over time leads to a sense of powerlessness before the substance or behavior. Sin operates in much the same way. It attacks the will and the soul, here and there, until we are deadened to its impact on our loves. Sin, like an addiction, becomes a power that seeks to dominate our lives.

In this passage, Paul encourages us to offer our bodies and ourselves to God, as though they were actual sacrifices given up for His purposes. Are you willing to sacrifice yourself to a loving God in order to escape the destructive power of sin?

give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God. Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

Freedom to Obey God Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now Sin’s Power Is Broken you must give yourselves to be slaves to Well then, should we keep on sin- righteous living so that you will become ning so that God can show us more holy. and more of His wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, When you were slaves to sin, you how can we continue to live in it? Or were free from the obligation to do have you forgotten that when we were right. And what was the result? You are joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, now ashamed of the things you used we joined Him in his death? For we to do, things that end in eternal doom. died and were buried with Christ by But now you are free from the power baptism. And just as Christ was raised of sin and have become slaves of God. from the dead by the glorious power of Now you do those things that lead to the Father, now we also may live new holiness and result in eternal life. For lives. the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Since we have been united with Jesus our Lord – Romans 6:1-23.

Him in his death, we will also be raised to life as He was. We know that our old Life in the Spirit sinful selves were crucified with Christ So now there is no condemnation so that sin might lose its power in our for those who belong to Christ Jesus. lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For And because you belong to Him, the when we died with Christ we were set power of the life-giving Spirit has freed free from the power of sin. And since you from the power of sin that leads to we died with Christ, we know we will death. The Law of Moses was unable to also live with Him. We are sure of save us because of the weakness of our this because Christ was raised from sinful nature. So God did what the law the dead, and He will never die again. could not do. He sent His own Son in Death no longer has any power over a body like the bodies we sinners have.

Him. When He died, He died once to And in that body God declared an end break the power of sin. But now that He to sin’s control over us by giving His lives, He lives for the glory of God. So Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did you also should consider yourselves to this so that the just requirement of the be dead to the power of sin and alive to law would be fully satisfied for us, who God through Christ Jesus. no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit.

Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Do Those who are dominated by the not let any part of your body become an sinful nature think about sinful things, instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, but those who are controlled by the Holy

Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death.

But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to Him at all.)

And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. But if you live by its dictates, you will die.

But if through the power of the Spirit Nothing Can Separate Us from you put to death the deeds of your sin- God’s Love ful nature, you will live. For all who are What shall we say about such wonled by the Spirit of God are children of derful things as these? If God is for us, God. who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave So you have not received a spirit him up for us all, won’t he also give us that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, everything else? Who dares accuse us you received God’s Spirit when he ad- whom God has chosen for His own? No opted you as his own children. Now we one—for God himself has given us right call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit standing with himself. 34 Who then joins with our spirit to affirm that we will condemn us? No one—for Christ are God’s children. And since we are Jesus died for us and was raised to life his children, we are his heirs. In fact, to- for us, and he is sitting in the place of gether with Christ we are heirs of God’s honor at God’s right hand, pleading for glory. But if we are to share his glory, we us. must also share his suffering.

Can anything ever separate us from The Future Glory Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer Yet what we suffer now is nothing loves us if we have trouble or calamity, compared to the glory he will reveal or are persecuted, or hungry, or destito us later. For all creation is waiting tute, or in danger, or threatened with eagerly for that future day when God death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your will reveal who his children really are. sake we are killed every day; we are beAgainst its will, all creation was sub- ing slaughtered like sheep.” No, despite jected to God’s curse. But with eager all these things, overwhelming victory hope, the creation looks forward to the is ours through Christ, who loved us. day when it will join God’s children in And I am convinced that nothing glorious freedom from death and de- can ever separate us from God’s love. cay. For we know that all creation has Neither death nor life, neither angels been groaning as in the pains of child- nor demons, neither our fears for today birth right up to the present time. And nor our worries about tomorrow—not we believers also groan, even though even the powers of hell can separate us we have the Holy Spirit within us as from God’s love. No power in the sky a foretaste of future glory, for we long above or in the earth below—indeed, for our bodies to be released from sin nothing in all creation will ever be able and suffering. We, too, wait with eager to separate us from the love of God that hope for the day when God will give us is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord – our full rights as his adopted children, Romans 8:1-39. including the new bodies he has promCulled from the Touch Point Bible.

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ised us. We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it.

But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groaning’s that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.

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Gaming Centres Inundate Madina-Adenta Locality STORY: SELORM ATUTORNU

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CURSORY tour by Your Neighbourhood newspaper (YN) sports desk has revealed that the Legon-Madina-Adenta area has been flooded with dozens of sports betting and game centres.

Notable sports centres which have become the pick of most sports loving fans are Safari cash online prepaid gaming centre around the Madina Ritz junction, Supabet, at the Madina Zongo junction, Solidere Ghana Premier betting centre, located adjacent the Madina Melcom, Rasco hotel football spot at the Madina Zongo junction among a host of others.

YN discovered that these betting and gaming centres among its host of activities show live football matches, especially English Pre-

miership matches at a fee.

Some other centres ‘kill two birds with one stone’ by engaging in match betting with the winning bets taking home handsome monetary rewards for their efforts.

YN sports desk can confirm that the business has caught on so well that many sports and gaming centeres have sprang up in the locality just within a space of six months since the beginning of this year.

Some sports enthusiasts who spoke to YN claim they patronise the services of these centeres because it serves as a form of engaging in one’s desired recreation and at the same time make money out of it.

An avid football enthusiast by name Yaw Ntim told YN that “I must confess I am spending a lot of my money at these centeres but my brother, it is worth it…it is better than going to the bar

and spend my money to get drunk; I have fun and for all you know I might make money out of the fun.”

The youth are also not left out of the fun as some of these centeres have Play station equip-

ment as well as other virtual sporting equipment.

A staff of one of these centeres however confided in YN that a source of worry was how this gaming industry would be regulated.

“Which Ministry, agency or department is it going to be under, is it National Lotteries Authority (NLA), Ministry of Youth and Sports or what; I must admit it’s a relatively new and fledgling industry in

the country which must be given particular attention to,” the staff claimed adding that “in other countries where I have visited, the industry is well regulated and fetches a lot for the government.”

With the government seeking divergent methods of taxing, this staff believes the gaming and betting center is clearly an untapped resource which should be considered.

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