THE Wa police have arrested an alleged notorious armed robber who has been terrorising and robbing travellers in the Wa Municipality at dawn.
The suspect, Hamidu Issahaque alias Whiskey, 34, was said to have attacked his last victim in the early hours of last Wednesday, when the victim was standing on the shoulder of the road near the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) station waiting to board a taxi.
The Upper West Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Alex Bedie, who briefed the Daily Graphic, said Issahaque together with another accomplice at large, used an unregistered motorbike in their operations.
He said in the latest robbery, the suspect and his accomplice approached their victim and even before the victim could utter a word, he (Issahaque) gave the victim some slaps.
ACP Bedie said Issahaque immediately ordered the victim to surrender his mobile phone, money and other belongings but some police personnel who had laid ambush nearby quickly rushed to the aid of the victim and Issahaque was arrested in the process.
He added that the motorbike had also been impounded.
ACP Bedie said upon interrogation, Issahaque admitted being the brain behind four of such reported robberies in the municipality in the last few months.
He said when the suspect was searched, the police found a locally manufactured pistol and live cartridges on him.
The regional commander said following persistent complaints of robberies in the municipality, the police intensified their patrols in the night and also mounted surveillance in some of the spots suspected to be hideouts for criminals.
He said it was during the exercise that Issahaque was apprehended when he was in the process of robbing a traveller early Wednesday morning.
He said preliminary investigations by the police revealed that another robbery case involving the suspects was pending in a court in Wa.
According to him, after the criminals had been granted bail by the court, they went back to continue with their nefarious activities.
In a related development, ACP Bedie said the police had arrested another suspected armed robber, Unbulm Kuntuanaa, a 40-year-old farmer, who was suspected to have been robbing people in the Wa Municipality.
He said when his room was searched, the police found two single-barrelled guns, two locally manufactured pistols and a quantity of leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.
ACP Bedie said Kuntuanaa claimed ownership of one of the single-barrelled guns and the two pistols and said one of the guns belonged to his father, which he exchanged for a goat from someone he could not identify.
He said the two suspects were in custody pending further investigations.
Meanwhile, the Regional Crime Officer, DSP Wisdom Lawoe, has sent a strong warning to suspected criminals in the region to reform because the police were taking the war to them.
DSP Lawoe said the exercise was still ongoing and that the police would not live anything to chance until they were satisfied that the crime situation had reduced drastically.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
COLLABORATION BETWEEN ASSEMBLIES AND NGOS NECESSARY (PAGE 20, FEB 23, 2010)
THE Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, has called for effective collaboration between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the various district assemblies if the NGOs were to make their impact felt in society.
He said many of the district assemblies lacked resources and were overburdened and as such there was the need for NGOs operating in the respective districts to liaise with them in order to achieve the desired results.
Mr Khalid said this when the Country Director of Plan Ghana, an international child centred NGO, Mr Samuel Paulos, called on him at his office in Wa.
He commended Plan Ghana for supporting the development efforts of the region over the years and appealed to the organisation to possibly expand their scope of operation to cover more people, adding “Deprived communities are not only in the villages, but also in the urban centres.”
Mr Paulos, for his part, said his outfit was committed to its interventions and programmes and therefore needed the support of all stakeholders to make their programmes as effective as possible.
He also expressed appreciation to the RCC for its support over the years, and hinted that Plan Ghana would soon commission its new community radio station at Tumu, the Sissala East District capital.
He said many of the district assemblies lacked resources and were overburdened and as such there was the need for NGOs operating in the respective districts to liaise with them in order to achieve the desired results.
Mr Khalid said this when the Country Director of Plan Ghana, an international child centred NGO, Mr Samuel Paulos, called on him at his office in Wa.
He commended Plan Ghana for supporting the development efforts of the region over the years and appealed to the organisation to possibly expand their scope of operation to cover more people, adding “Deprived communities are not only in the villages, but also in the urban centres.”
Mr Paulos, for his part, said his outfit was committed to its interventions and programmes and therefore needed the support of all stakeholders to make their programmes as effective as possible.
He also expressed appreciation to the RCC for its support over the years, and hinted that Plan Ghana would soon commission its new community radio station at Tumu, the Sissala East District capital.
RCC WORRIED ABOUT SEWING SCHOOL UNIFORMS IN ACCRA (PAGE 20, FEB 23, 2010)
THE Upper West Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) has expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which contracts for the sewing of the free school uniforms were awarded in Accra.
It said there were equally good and qualified tailors and seamstresses in the region who could also do the job.
To this end, the Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, gave a hint that the RCC would forward a strongly worded memorandum to the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to impress upon them to revise the policy of always awarding contracts in Accra.
Addressing a meeting of the RCC in Wa, Mr Khalid said, “This country was supposed to be decentralised about 20 years ago and therefore the practice where things were done elsewhere for the beneficiaries to be at the receiving end was unacceptable.”
“We have good tailors and seamstresses here who can equally do this job to create employment opportunities for our people,” he said.
On the number of districts which are to benefit from the free school uniforms and why those districts were selected as deprived, the regional minister was again not happy that the selection was done in Accra.
The districts are Nadowli, Jirapa and the Lambussie-Karni.
The Upper West Region is to benefit from 1,149 school uniforms, with each of the three selected districts receiving 383 pieces.
Touching on some of the school infrastructural projects the region stood to benefit, Mr Khalid said funds had already been released by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) for the upgrading of facilities in a number of Senior High Schools (SHS) in the region, including the Kaleo SHS, Wa Senior High/Technical and a proposed new SHS in the Wa East District.
He added that a new library complex for the region was also in the offing.
For his part, the Regional Director of Education, Mr Fabian Belieb, catalogued a number of interventions his outfit was initiating to improve on the quality of education in the region.
He said the region needed more teachers in the areas of mathematics, science and those with knowledge in Kindergarten methodology to give the children a very good foundation.
Mr Belieb also stressed a need for district assemblies in the region to institute incentive packages for teachers to entice and retain them in their respective communities, stressing that the districts should take a serious view about the teachers awards scheme.
That, he said, was imperative because many of the districts were not attaching special importance to the exercise.
On the performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Mr Belieb expressed worry about the results of the last BECE in the region.
For that reason, he said henceforth, the office would institute a regional mock examination for all BECE candidates.
Mr Belieb also gave a hint of moves by his office to encourage reading and spelling among pupils and students, suggesting that Members of Parliament (MPs) must use part of their Common Fund to purchase reading materials for schools in their respective constituencies.
It said there were equally good and qualified tailors and seamstresses in the region who could also do the job.
To this end, the Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, gave a hint that the RCC would forward a strongly worded memorandum to the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to impress upon them to revise the policy of always awarding contracts in Accra.
Addressing a meeting of the RCC in Wa, Mr Khalid said, “This country was supposed to be decentralised about 20 years ago and therefore the practice where things were done elsewhere for the beneficiaries to be at the receiving end was unacceptable.”
“We have good tailors and seamstresses here who can equally do this job to create employment opportunities for our people,” he said.
On the number of districts which are to benefit from the free school uniforms and why those districts were selected as deprived, the regional minister was again not happy that the selection was done in Accra.
The districts are Nadowli, Jirapa and the Lambussie-Karni.
The Upper West Region is to benefit from 1,149 school uniforms, with each of the three selected districts receiving 383 pieces.
Touching on some of the school infrastructural projects the region stood to benefit, Mr Khalid said funds had already been released by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) for the upgrading of facilities in a number of Senior High Schools (SHS) in the region, including the Kaleo SHS, Wa Senior High/Technical and a proposed new SHS in the Wa East District.
He added that a new library complex for the region was also in the offing.
For his part, the Regional Director of Education, Mr Fabian Belieb, catalogued a number of interventions his outfit was initiating to improve on the quality of education in the region.
He said the region needed more teachers in the areas of mathematics, science and those with knowledge in Kindergarten methodology to give the children a very good foundation.
Mr Belieb also stressed a need for district assemblies in the region to institute incentive packages for teachers to entice and retain them in their respective communities, stressing that the districts should take a serious view about the teachers awards scheme.
That, he said, was imperative because many of the districts were not attaching special importance to the exercise.
On the performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), Mr Belieb expressed worry about the results of the last BECE in the region.
For that reason, he said henceforth, the office would institute a regional mock examination for all BECE candidates.
Mr Belieb also gave a hint of moves by his office to encourage reading and spelling among pupils and students, suggesting that Members of Parliament (MPs) must use part of their Common Fund to purchase reading materials for schools in their respective constituencies.
NYEP LAUNCHES ICT MODULE IN WA (PAGE 20, FEB 23, 2010)
THE Information Communications Technology (ICT) module under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) has been launched in Wa, the Upper West Regional capital, with a call on the youth in the area to take advantage of the initiative to better their lot.
According to the Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, the programme was among other interventions initiated by the government to assist the beneficiaries to overcome their economic problems.
Launching the programme, the regional minister said the introduction of the ICT module sought to meet the hopes and aspirations of the nation's young people for them to be able to play their rightful roles in society.
He said the NYEP had so far employed 110,796 youth in the region, while over 800,000 youth had been registered nationwide, but were yet to be placed on the programme.
Mr Khalid said a total of 69,474 beneficiaries were currently on the programme's payroll.
He commended rLG communications, the organisation in charge of the ICT module, for its innovation and creativity which had led to the assembling of mobile telephones in the country.
The Deputy National Co-ordinator of the NYEP, Mr Ibrahim Alhassan, hinted that as part of efforts at promoting entrepreneurship among the youth in the country, a business proposal initiative would soon be implemented under the NYEP.
That, Mr Alhassan explained, would include selection of individual youth who would be trained and assisted with seed funds, logistics and also be mentored to set up their own businesses.
“A business development and advisory unit will also be commissioned as part of the NYEP so that any youth with the intention of setting up his or her own business could be assisted through counselling, support and mentoring,” he stated.
Mr Alhassan called on all stakeholders, including donor partners and NGOs to support the initiative.
The Project Co-ordinator of rLG Communications, Mr Fred Adetola, urged the beneficiaries to take the training seriously.
He was hopeful that the ICT project would soon expand and lead to the creation of many job opportunities for more young people across the country.
According to the Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, the programme was among other interventions initiated by the government to assist the beneficiaries to overcome their economic problems.
Launching the programme, the regional minister said the introduction of the ICT module sought to meet the hopes and aspirations of the nation's young people for them to be able to play their rightful roles in society.
He said the NYEP had so far employed 110,796 youth in the region, while over 800,000 youth had been registered nationwide, but were yet to be placed on the programme.
Mr Khalid said a total of 69,474 beneficiaries were currently on the programme's payroll.
He commended rLG communications, the organisation in charge of the ICT module, for its innovation and creativity which had led to the assembling of mobile telephones in the country.
The Deputy National Co-ordinator of the NYEP, Mr Ibrahim Alhassan, hinted that as part of efforts at promoting entrepreneurship among the youth in the country, a business proposal initiative would soon be implemented under the NYEP.
That, Mr Alhassan explained, would include selection of individual youth who would be trained and assisted with seed funds, logistics and also be mentored to set up their own businesses.
“A business development and advisory unit will also be commissioned as part of the NYEP so that any youth with the intention of setting up his or her own business could be assisted through counselling, support and mentoring,” he stated.
Mr Alhassan called on all stakeholders, including donor partners and NGOs to support the initiative.
The Project Co-ordinator of rLG Communications, Mr Fred Adetola, urged the beneficiaries to take the training seriously.
He was hopeful that the ICT project would soon expand and lead to the creation of many job opportunities for more young people across the country.
NADOWLI DISTRICT MAKES PROGRESS (PAGE 20, FEB 23, 2010)
THE Nadowli District in the Upper West Region has seen remarkable development in terms of provision of health and educational infrastructure as well as extension of water and other amenities to various communities within the district, barely a year after Mr Abu Kasangbata, the new District Chief Executive (DCE), took office.
The projects include construction of a mini office and store for the Ghana Education Service (GES) at the cost of GH¢17,004.56, which was also supported by the Member of Parliament (MP) of the area, construction of teachers quarters at Issa and Jolinyiri at the cost of GH¢42,049.01 and GH¢39, 457.64 respectively, construction of a number of Community Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds and ancillaries.
Others are construction of small towns water supply systems at the cost of GH¢664,000, among other projects, all at the total cost of GH¢1,182,102.05.
It is worth noting that as part of efforts at eliminating poverty and improving upon the quality of life of the people in the rural areas, measures were adopted by successive governments to increase rural productivity, employment and other benefits to uplift their living conditions.
For these reasons, more districts were carved out of some old districts in order to facilitate the development process of the communities under them.
That led to the creation of many districts, one of which is the Nadowli District Assembly.
The District capital, Nadowli, which is about 40 kilometres away from the Upper West Regional capital, Wa, is bounded in the north by the Jirapa District and the south by the Wa Municipality.
On the eastern side of the district is the Sissala East District with fellow West African neighbour, Burkina Faso, to its west.
According to the 2000 Population and Housing Census, the Nadowli District had a population of 82,716, but the current population of the district is estimated to be around 94,671.
The district has two major ethnic groups, namely the Dagaabas and the Sissalas, most of whom are Christians of Catholic denomination. There are also some Moslems and a few African traditional believers.
Despite the religious differences of the people in the district, religious tolerance prevails among the people, thereby sustaining the peace in the area.
The district lies in the Guinea Savannah woodland and it is dominated by subsistence agriculture and petty trading. It also has economic trees ranging from baobab, kapok, mango and dawadawa, which have over the years, served as the sources of income for many households in the district, particularly women. These trees also provide employment for the people.
The district experiences more rains between May and September, but the rains peak around August. On the other hand, there is virtually no rain between October and March each year, giving way to the harsh Harmattan winds which hamper production of food, thereby worsening food security situation in the district.
The new DCE, Mr Abu Kasangbata, has since his assumption of office in 2009, taken steps to tackle the problems systematically.
He told the Daily Graphic that he would initiate moves to at least increase the number of dams and dug-outs in the district in order to improve upon the food situation, halt the rampant migration of the youth to the southern Ghana and also to support irrigation to make agriculture more attractive to the people.
Mr Kasangbata said ever since the area gained the status of a district, the people had changed the style of constructing houses by putting up sandcrete block buildings.
On tourism, he expressed regret that even though the district abounded in more tourist sites, many of them were yet to be developed to attract more tourists to increase the revenue base of the assembly.
He, therefore, gave an assurance that he would work very hard to ensure the development of the sites.
Mr Kasangbata mentioned some of the tourist sites as the cluster of anthills known as the Balata Anthills at Bayero, near Nanville, the Sankana Rocks and Slave Caves, the Crocodile Pond at Papu, the bone setting clinic at Duong and the Porcupine Sanctuary at Guri, near Sombo.
Considering the location of the district and its border with neighbouring Burkina Faso, the DCE said the district was threatened by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and cattle rustlers who migrated to and from the district to the neighbouring country.
The DCE described the annual burning of bushes, indiscriminate felling of trees for fuel wood, charcoal and other purposes, as well as poor animal husbandry practices which had affected the vegetation cover as some of the challenges he intended to confront.
The latter, according to the DCE, had led to soil erosion with its resultant depletion of the fertility of the soil. Construction of roads, sand and gravel weaning, coupled with inappropriate farming practices such as shifting cultivation, land rotation, and slash and burn have all contributed to the degrading nature of the Nadowli environment.
According to the DCE, issues bordering on environmental degradation were dear to his heart.
For that reason, he said he would liaise with the appropriate agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve upon the existing conditions.
The projects include construction of a mini office and store for the Ghana Education Service (GES) at the cost of GH¢17,004.56, which was also supported by the Member of Parliament (MP) of the area, construction of teachers quarters at Issa and Jolinyiri at the cost of GH¢42,049.01 and GH¢39, 457.64 respectively, construction of a number of Community Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds and ancillaries.
Others are construction of small towns water supply systems at the cost of GH¢664,000, among other projects, all at the total cost of GH¢1,182,102.05.
It is worth noting that as part of efforts at eliminating poverty and improving upon the quality of life of the people in the rural areas, measures were adopted by successive governments to increase rural productivity, employment and other benefits to uplift their living conditions.
For these reasons, more districts were carved out of some old districts in order to facilitate the development process of the communities under them.
That led to the creation of many districts, one of which is the Nadowli District Assembly.
The District capital, Nadowli, which is about 40 kilometres away from the Upper West Regional capital, Wa, is bounded in the north by the Jirapa District and the south by the Wa Municipality.
On the eastern side of the district is the Sissala East District with fellow West African neighbour, Burkina Faso, to its west.
According to the 2000 Population and Housing Census, the Nadowli District had a population of 82,716, but the current population of the district is estimated to be around 94,671.
The district has two major ethnic groups, namely the Dagaabas and the Sissalas, most of whom are Christians of Catholic denomination. There are also some Moslems and a few African traditional believers.
Despite the religious differences of the people in the district, religious tolerance prevails among the people, thereby sustaining the peace in the area.
The district lies in the Guinea Savannah woodland and it is dominated by subsistence agriculture and petty trading. It also has economic trees ranging from baobab, kapok, mango and dawadawa, which have over the years, served as the sources of income for many households in the district, particularly women. These trees also provide employment for the people.
The district experiences more rains between May and September, but the rains peak around August. On the other hand, there is virtually no rain between October and March each year, giving way to the harsh Harmattan winds which hamper production of food, thereby worsening food security situation in the district.
The new DCE, Mr Abu Kasangbata, has since his assumption of office in 2009, taken steps to tackle the problems systematically.
He told the Daily Graphic that he would initiate moves to at least increase the number of dams and dug-outs in the district in order to improve upon the food situation, halt the rampant migration of the youth to the southern Ghana and also to support irrigation to make agriculture more attractive to the people.
Mr Kasangbata said ever since the area gained the status of a district, the people had changed the style of constructing houses by putting up sandcrete block buildings.
On tourism, he expressed regret that even though the district abounded in more tourist sites, many of them were yet to be developed to attract more tourists to increase the revenue base of the assembly.
He, therefore, gave an assurance that he would work very hard to ensure the development of the sites.
Mr Kasangbata mentioned some of the tourist sites as the cluster of anthills known as the Balata Anthills at Bayero, near Nanville, the Sankana Rocks and Slave Caves, the Crocodile Pond at Papu, the bone setting clinic at Duong and the Porcupine Sanctuary at Guri, near Sombo.
Considering the location of the district and its border with neighbouring Burkina Faso, the DCE said the district was threatened by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and cattle rustlers who migrated to and from the district to the neighbouring country.
The DCE described the annual burning of bushes, indiscriminate felling of trees for fuel wood, charcoal and other purposes, as well as poor animal husbandry practices which had affected the vegetation cover as some of the challenges he intended to confront.
The latter, according to the DCE, had led to soil erosion with its resultant depletion of the fertility of the soil. Construction of roads, sand and gravel weaning, coupled with inappropriate farming practices such as shifting cultivation, land rotation, and slash and burn have all contributed to the degrading nature of the Nadowli environment.
According to the DCE, issues bordering on environmental degradation were dear to his heart.
For that reason, he said he would liaise with the appropriate agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve upon the existing conditions.
ROAD TOLL INCREASES AND THEIR IMPACT ON ROAD MAINTAINENCE (PAGE 34, FEB 11, 2010)
THE Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District Assembly in the Northern Region has created the women and children’s subcommittee as a step towards giving more attention to women and children’s issues.
In line with its commitment to educate communities in the district on issues of women and children’s rights, the subcommittee has held a forum in 15 communities to sensitise women to their rights.
These include, Kalba, Konfusi, Nasoyiri, Blema, Tuna and Gindabo.
The secretary of the sub-committee, Madam Abudu Fati, who addressed the fora, mentioned the 1992 Constitution, which guarantees every citizen fundamental human rights, whether the person is a man, woman or a child and also protects women and children against discriminatory practices.
She entreated parents to be mindful of the rights of children, particularly the rights of the child to education, food, health, clothing and shelter and cautioned them against meting out corporal punishment to children or forcing them into marriage.
Throwing more light on the essence of the creation of the sub-committee, Madam Fati explained that the creation of the women and children subcommittee of the assembly was the first of its kind in the country.
She said considering the fact that women in the north were relegated to the background in terms of decision-making, members of the assembly through the co-oeration of the gender desk thought it wise to have such a committee to champion the cause of women and children.
“It would also open the doors for them to build their capacities”, she added, stressing, “The committee is to push the needs and problems confronting our women and children forward so that their voices would be heard”.
She said the main objective of the subcommittee was to tackle the issue of child migration from the north to the southern part of the country, as well as the problem of child abuse.
A resource person, Mr Issahaku Lonsina, said children must be allowed to make choices and take part in decisions that affect them. This, he said, would make them have a feel of self-recognition and freedom.
Mr Lonsina also stressed the need for households to include both women and children in family decision-making and recognise them as partners in development.
The Chairperson of the sub-committee, Madam Winifred Duordah, charged parents to take full responsibility for the upbringing of their children, saying “education is the best legacy any parent could bequeath to the child”.
She also urged parents to send their children to school, since it was the only means to develop the child.
In line with its commitment to educate communities in the district on issues of women and children’s rights, the subcommittee has held a forum in 15 communities to sensitise women to their rights.
These include, Kalba, Konfusi, Nasoyiri, Blema, Tuna and Gindabo.
The secretary of the sub-committee, Madam Abudu Fati, who addressed the fora, mentioned the 1992 Constitution, which guarantees every citizen fundamental human rights, whether the person is a man, woman or a child and also protects women and children against discriminatory practices.
She entreated parents to be mindful of the rights of children, particularly the rights of the child to education, food, health, clothing and shelter and cautioned them against meting out corporal punishment to children or forcing them into marriage.
Throwing more light on the essence of the creation of the sub-committee, Madam Fati explained that the creation of the women and children subcommittee of the assembly was the first of its kind in the country.
She said considering the fact that women in the north were relegated to the background in terms of decision-making, members of the assembly through the co-oeration of the gender desk thought it wise to have such a committee to champion the cause of women and children.
“It would also open the doors for them to build their capacities”, she added, stressing, “The committee is to push the needs and problems confronting our women and children forward so that their voices would be heard”.
She said the main objective of the subcommittee was to tackle the issue of child migration from the north to the southern part of the country, as well as the problem of child abuse.
A resource person, Mr Issahaku Lonsina, said children must be allowed to make choices and take part in decisions that affect them. This, he said, would make them have a feel of self-recognition and freedom.
Mr Lonsina also stressed the need for households to include both women and children in family decision-making and recognise them as partners in development.
The Chairperson of the sub-committee, Madam Winifred Duordah, charged parents to take full responsibility for the upbringing of their children, saying “education is the best legacy any parent could bequeath to the child”.
She also urged parents to send their children to school, since it was the only means to develop the child.
ALL STARS, KOTOKO SHARE HONOURS (BACK PAGE, FEB 8, 2010)
Wa All Stars for the third time running failed to beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko at home since joining the Premier League.
In a game which saw both teams trying to out-play each other, both teams played with sheer bravado and determination.
They were, however, lucky when a close range shot from the foot of All Stars Ebenezer Adjei in the 83rd minute hit the wood works denying the homesters their first victory over the Kumasi lads.
After taking the game to the visitors right from the blast of Koforidua-based refree Vincent Otoo’s whistle, Wa All Stars nearly got their first goal in the 29th minute when a Nathaniel Asamoah’s header missed the post narrowly.
This awakened the visitors who organised themselves very well in defence and matched the homesters in all departments of the game.
When played resumed in the second half, Kotoko lifted their game and kept the pressure on the homesters but were unlucky when Daniel Nii Baah’s volley was beautifully parried away by David Dadzie in post for All Stars.
After a few exchanges All Stars took charge of the game and mounted incessant raids in their opponents area much to the admiration of the ecstatic home fans who thronged the stadium in their numbers for the first time in many months.
In a game which saw both teams trying to out-play each other, both teams played with sheer bravado and determination.
They were, however, lucky when a close range shot from the foot of All Stars Ebenezer Adjei in the 83rd minute hit the wood works denying the homesters their first victory over the Kumasi lads.
After taking the game to the visitors right from the blast of Koforidua-based refree Vincent Otoo’s whistle, Wa All Stars nearly got their first goal in the 29th minute when a Nathaniel Asamoah’s header missed the post narrowly.
This awakened the visitors who organised themselves very well in defence and matched the homesters in all departments of the game.
When played resumed in the second half, Kotoko lifted their game and kept the pressure on the homesters but were unlucky when Daniel Nii Baah’s volley was beautifully parried away by David Dadzie in post for All Stars.
After a few exchanges All Stars took charge of the game and mounted incessant raids in their opponents area much to the admiration of the ecstatic home fans who thronged the stadium in their numbers for the first time in many months.
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