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| In the image is Issah Salifu and one of the drones in operation in Ghana |
A
“drone” has attacked and caused severe injuries to 28 years old Issah Salifu, a
bartender at the Asabea Spot at Kokomlemle in Accra.
The
accident occurred Sunday afternoon on the Hearts Lane adjacent the Old Press
Centre in what eyewitnesses described as a frightening incident.
According
to Issah, he was walking on the Hearts Lane when he was struck heavily at the
back by what he called a “small helicopter”. He fell to the ground and
swellings started forming around his face and the limbs.
Issah
was immediately rushed to the Cocoa Clinic at Kaneshie but was later referred
to the Korle Bu Teaching hospital where doctors subjected him to bouts of
injections and a prescription of what he described as expensive medicines.
The
owner of the drone whose name has only been given as ‘Sam’ is alleged to have
told neighbors around the Hearts Lane, that he is a staff of the Brazilian
construction company Queiroz Galvao currently constructing the magnificent
overpass at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
According
to ‘Sam’ he was mandated by the company to put the drone in flight to take
pictures of the overpass at a certain distance in the sky, but lost control of
the drone a few minutes after it went into flight.
Doctors
also prescribed Naklofen duo 75 mg, Salicyclic Acid Ointment and Rubaxin
Tablets for Issah.
Naklofen
is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with analgesic and antipyretic
action. It is used for the treatment of all rheumatic diseases and for the
alleviation of different types of pain and other pain syndromes in injuries and
after other surgical procedures in the kidneys.
“Sometimes
when I wake up in the morning I feel a very sharp pain in the area around my
backbone and I have difficulties standing for long hours. I hope that my pain
will go away after I complete my medication” Issah told this reporter.
In
North America and in other parts of Europe, where there is the increasing use
of the drone, there are guidelines that demand that drones must stay less than 400
feet above the ground and steering a drone over someone's house could be
considered a trespassing violation.
A
drone can also be used for wide ranging activities including espionage and
other activities. In Ghana, it is
beginning to manifest that there isn’t any special regulation for the use of
the drone in spite of an upsurge in the use of the unmanned aerial vehicle. A
lot more must be done to put in place the necessary legal framework that governs
the use of such aerial vehicles to check against abuse.
Editorial
Very Strange
Many
strange things are happening in Ghana and sometimes one wonders if they are not
being deliberately orchestrated to embarrass the Mahama administration.
On
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 the “Ghanaian Times” reported that a Ghana government
delegation is being dispatched to the Crans Montana Forum in Dakhla, Morocco.
The
report claimed that the forum is being held under the patronage of His Majesty
King Mohamed VI of Morocco and that it “is in line with Morroco’s commitment
towards promoting regional integration through effective socioeconomic
co-operation among African States”.
The
declared aim of the Forum must be very strange indeed, considering the fact
that Morocco has withdrawn from the African Union.
How
can a country which refuses to
participate in the work of the African Union be interested in the integration
of African States?
More importantly, Dakhla is in occupied
Western Sahara which Ghana has recognised as a state and has accorded it full diplomatic status.
What
will the presence of a Ghana government delegation at such a forum mean?
Wouldn’t it undermine Ghana’s commitment to the principle of self-determination
for the people of Western Sahara?
In
any case all major international organisations, including the African Union
have protested against the hosting of the Forum in Dakhla.
Ghana
ought to be consistent and end all the strange happenings which portray the
country in very bad light
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