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00:00 Well, thank you very much for staying with us.
00:01 Time now for the news review.
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01:38 and the start of the news review. Mr.
01:41 Money.
01:41 I go, yeah, weasel.
01:45 You, you.
01:47 Thanks for making it on the show.
01:49 And you're looking, you're looking fantastic.
01:52 This is a gift for my arsenal addicted son, Nana Money.
01:57 Did you say Arsenal addicted? Yes.
01:59 Oh, he's a fan of Arsenal fan.
02:00 Yes. The Gunners. The Gunners.
02:02 Yes.
02:02 Um.
02:04 Ah, is he watching?
02:08 Yes, he's watching. He's watching.
02:10 Yes, he's watching.
02:11 OK, so I'll reduce the mischief because what I wanted to say,
02:17 they are doing well, though they are doing much better than my Manchester United.
02:21 Yeah, Manchester is a disaster.
02:23 It's it's a deep, deep.
02:25 I don't know about that.
02:26 It's terrible right now.
02:28 But but you see, my only problem with Arsenal is they are like an elephant.
02:32 They'll climb atop the tree.
02:34 All right. But you know, the weight of an elephant.
02:36 So it is bound to.
02:40 And that's some degree of consistency.
02:43 Oh, but they have they are getting something right with the youngsters.
02:47 Youngsters. It's almost reminiscent of when Arsene Wenger
02:51 was was leading the team, the crop of young people who kept bringing.
02:55 And sometimes even when they bought, they would buy a player at very little cost.
02:59 But when they are moving the play out at a huge cost.
03:03 So that's that's something they are getting right.
03:04 If you look at Edin Ketia, I think he's got a hat trick.
03:07 Hat trick him over. A few days ago.
03:09 There's Bukayo Saka and even those who may be somewhat senior.
03:14 The Jesuses and others.
03:16 Yeah, they have a quite a blend going on.
03:18 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:19 Quite a team.
03:20 Anyway, Nana, I'll leave you to enjoy your Arsenal.
03:23 But as for winning that one, I don't know.
03:28 Anyway, so before we get into the papers.
03:31 Some interesting matters have happened.
03:34 I don't know which one you would like to touch on,
03:36 but in the midst of all of that, there's also the Ghana Journalist Awards
03:39 and Erastus Asare Adonko emerging, you know,
03:44 the best when it came to illegal mining and then the overall
03:48 best journalist of the year.
03:51 But what are your reflections?
03:52 We were talking about it before it happened, starting in the day and all of that.
03:56 What were your reflections on the day?
03:58 I mean, media awards, specifically the GJ awards, are the
04:03 pinnacle of the achievement in the media.
04:07 Every journalist and every person has a sense of achievement.
04:11 And the GJ awards are the pinnacle of such achievement.
04:14 And let me see the opportunity to sprinkle
04:19 a stardust of congratulations on all those who won awards.
04:23 On Sunday afternoon,
04:27 which extended to late evening
04:30 and the star of the evening and the man of the moment is Erastus.
04:37 And he is someone who gave up ownership of his life
04:44 in the pursuit of truth relative to the environmental plunder
04:49 of gigantic proportions
04:53 in our forests.
04:56 And he in doing his documentaries,
05:00 he signalised himself
05:02 as not only a professional journalist,
05:06 but as someone who exemplifies
05:12 the motto of this station,
05:15 multimedia, fearless and independent.
05:20 Incredible.
05:21 Incredible journalism.
05:23 So Erastus is a symbol of fearlessness.
05:28 Now, his fearless streak
05:30 is what literally risked his life in some instances.
05:35 To go to some of the mining sites and, you know, at a point on the back of threats
05:40 and all of that, that he was receiving from people in establishments.
05:43 You know, you're on a site doing certain things and you get a call.
05:48 Hey, this and that.
05:49 He shared all of those with us.
05:51 And his pain is the fact that he mentioned, I think he had been doing this.
05:56 It's been nine years. Nine years.
05:58 Nine years.
06:00 The question is, on the back of these nine years of exposing the rot,
06:04 of exposing illegal mining,
06:08 of exposing how some of the powers that be have their hands
06:12 and feet mired in illegal mining.
06:15 Why is there no action?
06:17 This is the question.
06:19 That's our pain.
06:20 It's our pain. It's our pain.
06:21 Because we don't do these documentaries for fun.
06:23 We do them so that action will be taken.
06:26 But it appears nothing is happening.
06:28 So this is not dumping our spirit.
06:30 We should continue pushing, untangling, exposing the rots in certain places,
06:36 holding the feet of public office holders to the fire of accountability.
06:41 This is what we have decided to do
06:45 in contribution to our natural progress in all dimensions.
06:50 And Erasmus, apart from his fearless streak,
06:54 he's also somebody who exemplifies distinctively distinct journalism.
07:04 In choosing the Journalist of the Year,
07:08 the panel doesn't only look at one piece of work.
07:12 It should be consistent.
07:15 So your work in general should ignite pride
07:19 in the entire profession.
07:21 So congratulations to the man of the moment.
07:24 And not just him, of course, we had eight winners on the day.
07:30 Among them, Radio Program of the Year, News File,
07:34 our very own Emma Davies, also getting the gong for
07:38 Business and Economics Reporting,
07:42 Ms. Anchor, among others, a plethora of winners in there.
07:46 And this is also an opportunity to salute all of those
07:50 under this umbrella who made us proud.
07:53 That's what we do here, like you said, independent, fearless, credible.
07:57 And we'll keep doing that.
07:59 We have Emmanuel Mpoma coming through with this.
08:02 Hello, good morning.
08:03 And good morning to you, too.
08:04 Dondo Sombari says, "Good morning.
08:06 I'm doing my monitoring from Wabuha.
08:08 Loud and clear there, bro."
08:10 Well, it's good to hear that we're loud and clear in Wabuha.
08:14 I hope Wabuha is cool this morning.
08:16 I don't know whether it's rained there as well.
08:18 But right before we get into the papers, a brief, brief, brief one.
08:20 My attention was just drawn.
08:22 I saw this on Joy News on Facebook.
08:25 You can get a lot of information from there.
08:29 In recent times, I've had to give him some flack.
08:32 I'm talking about the managing director of the ECG.
08:37 And he's had interviews with us.
08:40 And he says, "There's no doomsaw.
08:42 Even yesterday, I had doomsaw.
08:45 Even yesterday."
08:46 Well, Charlie, try and monitor some small NSMQ, you know, or fuel.
08:50 I don't know whether they were asking me to solve the problem of the day
08:54 with the power outage, because I couldn't solve that problem.
08:58 Have you experienced power outages?
08:59 Yesterday, by the way, by the time I got home and the lights went off,
09:04 I was told that was about the fifth time in a day the light had gone off.
09:09 And subsequently, while I was home, it kept going on and off
09:12 for about four times till it just remained.
09:15 And what are you doing to people's equipment?
09:18 Maybe he didn't have the right briefing.
09:21 And I believe he can't be everywhere.
09:25 So his men should brief him on challenges consumers of power face
09:33 in all parts of the country.
09:34 But I just wanted to find out, have you experienced that lately?
09:36 Power outage?
09:37 Yesterday, we had a sped doomsaw.
09:39 It's a regular occurrence in our Andhenta, Kumandus area.
09:43 But yesterday, yesterday, we had a regular power supply.
09:46 - Fortunate you. - Yeah.
09:48 All right, let's get into the papers now.
09:50 Lots to discuss.
09:52 The Daily Graphic, Praset Legon wins eighth National Science
09:54 and Maths Quiz.
09:55 And congratulations to the audacious.
09:58 You've done yourselves proud.
10:01 Someone this morning was accosting me,
10:04 and I told the person that NSMQ is not life,
10:08 but it's a great achievement.
10:10 And I think slowly, Praset is becoming the Real Madrid
10:15 of the National Science and Maths Quiz.
10:18 And this is an amazing feat.
10:20 I've been told of the sort of things they do right
10:24 when the students come in to ensure that they pick
10:27 the finest of the crop, the creme de la creme,
10:32 to represent them.
10:33 And they've proved their mettle one more time.
10:37 So you cannot but give credit where it is due.
10:40 And we salute the Audadier family for this great feat.
10:44 If you are a student of Praset and old student of Praset,
10:48 I think you ought to be proud.
10:49 But here's where I'll leave it off and add.
10:52 With all this science and math knowledge,
10:55 how are we, how are these students,
10:57 how are the creme of the crop able to make that actualize
11:01 our dreams as Ghanaians in technology,
11:04 in the sciences, in STEM, basically?
11:08 Those are the things we should say,
11:09 oh, this person competed for this school back then,
11:12 and look at him now.
11:13 He is innovating.
11:15 He has created this thing.
11:16 He has done that thing.
11:17 Without that, my thinking.
11:20 - But what's your-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:22 I have two sons, and in fact, I'm a father of twins.
11:27 - Oh! (laughs)
11:29 - And my twins are 10 represent the Audadier.
11:32 - Right.
11:32 - And yesterday, the pain told me that,
11:35 apart from putting hard, extra hard work to excel,
11:40 they also invest in prayer.
11:43 So, yeah, so their preparation,
11:48 it is brought by tenacious prayers.
11:50 This crystallizes into their excellence
11:54 at quiz competitions.
11:57 So, maybe this audience can take a cue from Prisek.
12:01 - But yesterday, they were all praying.
12:05 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, they were.
12:06 - Atemata was praying, Owass was praying.
12:07 They were praying the rosary.
12:08 Owass was, you know.
12:10 So, they were all in that mood,
12:11 but I saw someone post something
12:14 that God can listen to only one school's prayers,
12:16 and I was laughing.
12:17 But only one will emerge.
12:19 - Yes, yes, certainly.
12:20 - Even when there's a tie, a tiebreaker will be brought in.
12:23 Someone must win, and someone must play second.
12:26 - And we must commend multimedia
12:28 for hyping this competition.
12:30 - Oh, yeah.
12:31 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:32 - It has to do with stuff like that, education.
12:34 You can trust us.
12:35 - Yes, yes, yes, yes.
12:36 - And now we see others trying to copy.
12:38 No problem, you can copy a little,
12:40 but we are in a comfortable league.
12:43 We are far ahead doing what we do.
12:45 So, once more, congratulations to Lagon Prasek.
12:48 We have to specify, because there are many Praseks.
12:50 - Yeah, yeah, Lagon Prasek, yeah.
12:52 - Lagon Prasek.
12:53 And interesting story there.
12:55 So, Selinam Kofi Morte,
12:57 he is one of the contestants for Prasek.
13:00 And his brother contested in 2019 for Prasek.
13:04 So, you see that it's been a bit of a family affair.
13:07 - Family, yeah.
13:08 - And they should be proud.
13:10 Mrs. Morte should be proud.
13:12 Other stories.
13:13 Stop capping, get fund.
13:14 Dr. Abe says, so in recent times,
13:16 he's gone hard against the Get Fund.
13:19 VRA ends spillage.
13:21 $450 million manganese refinery set for Nsuta Ayu.
13:26 I keep saying we hear all of these figures,
13:29 and we're doing this and lithium and that,
13:32 and then they'll tell you now we are signing deals
13:34 that are better.
13:35 But, Kakwesh, what's the percentage?
13:36 And you see, we do all of these things,
13:39 and what comes back to us?
13:41 But I'll get into the story.
13:42 Rather than just talk about it.
13:45 Trading inspectors commissioned to enforce standards,
13:48 and media role should go beyond rhetoric.
13:50 Easy chairperson.
13:51 You know, I listened to her at the GJA Awards,
13:53 and I was smiling, but I'll reserve my comments.
13:56 There are a number of things I could say to her as well,
14:00 but I'll reserve my comments on that,
14:02 and watch as she also does her work,
14:05 and see how diligently she does her work.
14:07 Because basically, ahead of election 2024,
14:10 I think the peace of our country,
14:13 to some extent, lies in her bosom.
14:16 And depending on what she does--
14:18 - Very largescent, very largescent.
14:21 - Anyway, so let's get into like two or so stories,
14:24 and then you can reflect on any of these.
14:27 Mining firm, a mining firm has firmed up a decision
14:29 to construct the country's first bauxite refinery
14:31 at Nsuta in the Western region.
14:33 Ghana Manganese Company Limited
14:34 is undertaking the $450 million project
14:37 in collaboration with its majority shareholder,
14:39 Tanyun Manganese Industry Group, a Chinese company.
14:44 Already feasibility studies have been completed,
14:46 paving the way for the first phase of the refinery project
14:49 to commence before the end of the year.
14:51 The vice president of TMI, Hsiu-Li Bing,
14:53 who disclosed this, said the greenfield project
14:55 was expected to be completed and operationalized
14:57 within 12 months.
14:59 I hope 12 months will be 12 months,
15:03 and we'll not do the same thing we've been doing
15:05 with other projects.
15:06 And I hope too that what we are hoping to gain from this
15:11 will not stop massaging.
15:12 Look at our oil.
15:13 Some of the places the oil revenue should go.
15:16 They are not going there,
15:17 and we're expending them on other things.
15:19 We can't simply follow rules in this country.
15:24 - So this underlines the need for the media
15:26 to sharpen our focus in that area,
15:29 making sure that the politicians
15:31 match their words with action.
15:33 - That's another story, yo.
15:36 That's one.
15:37 It's another story.
15:38 Let's get to page 13 now.
15:40 Stop capping, get fund.
15:41 And the government has been urged to end the capping
15:44 of the Ghana Education Trust Fund
15:45 to enable it to provide
15:46 the urgently needed school infrastructure
15:48 to accommodate the large number of students in the country.
15:51 The executive director of Ignite Media, Dr. Randy Abbe,
15:55 who made a strong case for a review
15:56 of the Ghana Education Trust Fund Act 2000,
15:58 that is Act 581, at the 92nd speech
16:01 and prize-giving day of Accra Academy School
16:03 in Accra the weekend,
16:04 challenged the government to review
16:06 the earmarked funds capping and realignment act 2017,
16:11 that is Act 947,
16:12 to stop the diversion of funds accrued for other uses
16:16 and fully restore the ability of Get Fund
16:18 to provide infrastructure in schools
16:19 at an accelerated rate.
16:21 Again, another instance where a broke government
16:25 always wants to dip its hands into coffers
16:27 where it shouldn't be dipping its hands
16:30 and diverting resources to do things for which,
16:33 so you know there's a Get Fund levy.
16:35 You go and make certain purchases, I pay the levy,
16:38 expecting that it will go into the students,
16:41 infrastructure and aiding students,
16:43 scholarships and all of that,
16:45 even the scholarships, look at what has happened
16:46 over the years.
16:47 People in power who have all the largess
16:50 still going to Harvard and the rest,
16:52 and it is that fund supporting them.
16:54 Can you imagine?
16:55 Can you imagine this?
16:56 - Lack of monetary on the part of media
17:00 to cause such breaches to fester.
17:04 - Well, we've exposed these, we've spoken about them.
17:11 - It's going to be exposed.
17:12 - Now the scholarship secretariat says
17:15 some of these things have been streamlined
17:18 and all of that,
17:18 but we still know some of the things that go on.
17:20 There are people that you need, what,
17:22 70,000 Ghana cities or whatever,
17:25 and they will, I mean, we've known these stories
17:27 and we keep hearing them.
17:29 The guruism and all of that, who allows it?
17:31 Who allows it?
17:34 VRA has ended its spillage.
17:37 It's embarking on some fumigation exercises.
17:40 And just to wrap with the daily graphics
17:43 so you can come in with other stories,
17:45 let me go to where the electoral commissioner is speaking.
17:49 Madam Jean Menta.
17:50 You know, when she became electoral commissioner,
17:52 I was the first person who interviewed her.
17:54 - Oh, interesting.
17:54 - Yes, yes, yes.
17:56 My morning radio days.
17:59 The very first person she granted a media interview.
18:04 Anyway, media roles should go beyond rhetoric.
18:06 EC chairperson.
18:07 Now the chairperson, Jean Menta,
18:09 has said the media's role towards ensuring peace
18:11 and security in the 2024 election
18:13 must go beyond mere rhetoric
18:14 to practice responsible journalism.
18:17 She has therefore charged media professionals
18:19 to take up their role as custodians of truth
18:21 by combating misinformation and disinformation
18:25 to help consolidate the country's democratic credentials.
18:29 She says, "Therefore, your commitment
18:32 to ensure the peace and security of our country
18:33 as we go to the polls in 2024
18:35 should go beyond mere rhetoric
18:37 to practicing responsible journalism.
18:40 The lessons of Rwanda are evident for all to see.
18:44 We are all aware of how the unchecked power of the media
18:47 contributed to a devastating genocide.
18:50 Disinformation and falsehood turned friends
18:52 and neighbors into enemies
18:53 and culminated in a dark chapter of human history."
18:57 I'll end it here.
18:58 But Madam Chairperson, respectfully,
19:00 some of the actions too of some people
19:03 could lead to that degeneration.
19:07 And you are in poor position.
19:09 So do what's right by the people
19:11 and ensure that we have free, fair, sustainable elections.
19:16 We'll play our part.
19:19 You play yours.
19:20 That's it.
19:21 Any quick reflections?
19:23 - Just to brief up the statement by Madam Jimensa,
19:28 the Daily Guide is quoting her as saying
19:36 that the EC is not above criticism.
19:39 She ever said, "Institutions like the media."
19:45 - Yeah, she mentioned that.
19:48 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:49 - So that they too are not above--
19:50 - Above criticism.
19:51 - Criticism.
19:52 But to be honest with you,
19:53 sometimes they have sounded like that,
19:54 as though they were immune to criticism.
19:57 I don't know what your take is,
19:58 but there are certain times listening to them,
20:01 listening to the boss Manasari,
20:03 my own former lecturer, good friend,
20:05 Dr. Srebu Okweku, among others,
20:10 you get the impression as though they felt
20:12 they were in this ivory tower
20:14 and they couldn't be touched.
20:19 We saw that recently in all the talk
20:20 about the district level registrations and all of that.
20:25 I don't know what you're thinking.
20:26 - Sometimes they over-assert their independence.
20:30 And this comes across as an institution
20:34 which is immune to criticism.
20:38 Criticism, as I said, is a gift.
20:40 And we always ought to bear in mind,
20:45 keep at the, lodge at the back of a memory,
20:48 that perfection is an impossible goal
20:51 with every institution, every human institution.
20:54 So, it's your interest if people point out your imperfections
20:58 so as to help you to shape up in response
21:02 to the expectations of the public.
21:04 - While saying that, though, we must add
21:06 that there are two types of criticism,
21:08 constructive and destructive.
21:09 And indeed, sometimes the criticism is not constructive.
21:14 You can give them that.
21:17 Sometimes it is too, it is below the bar.
21:22 But there's also criticism
21:23 that sometimes feeds right into the fray
21:25 because when these CSOs and others speak,
21:27 when people in the media speak,
21:28 we're speaking so that things will be done
21:30 so that we don't end up, she was citing Rwanda,
21:32 so we don't end up in the mire or in the mud.
21:36 That's basically it.
21:38 Finally, Kenya to scrap visas for African visitors
21:41 by year end and Nigeria is doomed,
21:43 Artiku responds to court ruling.
21:45 You know the court has ruled on that matter
21:47 and Artiku says Nigeria is doomed.
21:51 That's what he says.
21:52 - And the court cited the law,
21:56 we said they failed to present their case
22:01 within the certain time frame
22:02 and regarding Aitinibu's certificate.
22:07 - Well, let's check out other papers.
22:12 - The MPP primaries,
22:17 the back and forth, the trade in accusations.
22:20 - That's the daily guide.
22:21 - The daily guide, daily guide, daily guide.
22:23 Daily guide is leading with the rebuttal
22:28 by Bamir Khan that they offered Ken Ojepong
22:33 $800 million to step down.
22:36 - $800 million?
22:37 - $800 million to step down.
22:40 And according to Ken,
22:42 the offer was made for him to step down
22:45 and so the Bamir Khan has come to rebut that accusation,
22:50 describing it as outlandish.
22:53 - But wait, if, if, if,
22:55 and these are things that of course ought to be checked out
22:58 because this is not the first time
22:59 that Ken Ojepong is saying something like this.
23:01 But you also ask yourself,
23:03 on the back of finding huge sums of money
23:05 in the houses of Mimbo Obedi,
23:09 Mimbo Obedi, what he has here.
23:12 If you know you are holding cash in your house,
23:14 that one, walla o walla.
23:16 I don't have foko in my house.
23:18 So if you come and search, you will not find anything.
23:22 The little I have, I keep in the bank,
23:23 which is what procedure we are all supposed to be following.
23:28 - But on the back of those huge stashes of cash
23:31 that we've seen in people's houses
23:34 and some reports about other people in power
23:36 also having said, you ask yourself,
23:39 if this were to be true,
23:42 would this be totally impossible?
23:47 And then it would also make you wonder,
23:49 we're getting how much from the IMF?
23:51 Three billion.
23:52 - Yeah, three billion.
23:52 - Maybe we don't need that money after all.
23:55 Maybe our politicians or some people
23:57 could have coughed up that money.
23:58 - Exactly, yes.
23:59 Because this practice of keeping license of money in homes
24:04 is all new.
24:06 And this is akin to our politics
24:10 because in the moment you deposit license of money
24:15 in a bank, that will arouse a lot of suspicions
24:18 and the media can pick it up.
24:20 - Or should it?
24:21 It's all about how did you get this money?
24:23 That is what people are afraid of.
24:25 How did you get the money?
24:26 - Yeah, so to avoid this question,
24:28 you had it somewhere and releasing.
24:31 And we saw it with Obed Asamoah on the INF.
24:34 Yeah, Obed Asamoah was keeping license of money
24:37 under his bed and it came out,
24:40 that certain people were also feeding fat on that money.
24:42 And that's, so this is something.
24:45 - It's been a ritual.
24:46 - Yeah, it's a ritual.
24:46 It's a ritual.
24:47 It's a ritual.
24:48 So in other parties, it's whiter than white,
24:50 you know, purity when it comes to that practice.
24:54 - We've seen those who have kept money in their car boots
24:56 and all kinds of things.
24:59 - Their ceilings and I hear some have underground
25:01 compartments.
25:03 - So I hear some keep them in water tanks.
25:06 So some of the water tanks are not filled with water.
25:08 - Not for water, but for money.
25:10 - Why is someone shivering?
25:12 We just said water tanks, what's your problem?
25:14 (laughing)
25:16 Ah, well.
25:17 - Okay, so there's that story.
25:21 - Yeah.
25:21 - And the Baumea camp is saying,
25:22 they don't know anything about that.
25:23 - They don't know anything about it.
25:25 So the red shivdom happened on Saturday
25:27 and it's as clear as night following the day
25:32 that his SNSA, Dr. Baumea, we made the black bearer
25:38 and this is the final step to his presidency
25:41 and let's see what happens on 7th of December, 2024.
25:46 - Time will tell.
25:48 - Time will tell.
25:48 - Other stories?
25:49 - Other story, we have OSP clearing a Dubai
25:51 of Anas' corruption.
25:54 - And they closed that case.
25:55 - Yeah, they closed that case.
25:56 No, they said they can revisit the case.
25:58 - Yes, but for now.
25:59 - When, yeah, for now.
26:00 And when time demands.
26:02 And the explanation they offered was that
26:04 influence peddling is not an offence
26:08 under a criminal statute.
26:10 And even though they find him guilty of influence peddling,
26:14 but our laws have no provision to prosecuting.
26:19 So OSP is calling for the enactment of laws,
26:27 relevant laws, which make influence peddling an offence.
26:31 - But even without criminal proceedings against him,
26:34 and like we've said, it could be something
26:37 that in future comes up, the damage this does to you
26:40 in terms of the work you do,
26:42 it's like the former PPA boss, procurements,
26:46 you are gone.
26:47 - You are gone.
26:48 - What's his name?
26:49 Kwesi Nyantichi, football.
26:50 - Gone.
26:51 - You are gone.
26:52 Charles Edouard, him now, even if he's cleared in this,
26:57 in terms of the work he does, that's what happens.
27:01 Which is why all of us ought to be careful.
27:05 - All of us, yeah.
27:06 Especially the public obese holders.
27:07 The Guernsey Times has banned the statement
27:14 by the president that West African countries
27:19 should come together to fight terrorism.
27:24 - Recently we received over 100 vehicles from the EU
27:27 being seized, they were heading to Libya or something.
27:31 And they've been given to us to counter terrorism.
27:33 - Terrorism, yeah.
27:34 - We are not dealing with the conflagrations in Boku,
27:37 in other parts of the country, and even Garu,
27:41 what we saw recently.
27:43 They were shooting the national security officers.
27:46 They followed them to the police station
27:48 and per the reports, they were shooting
27:50 into the police station with a mind to kill.
27:53 Of course, the reaction was also not good.
27:55 The sort of beatings, this was inhuman.
27:58 This was, I mean, the lashing.
28:00 This was not even lashing, this was like flaying people.
28:03 You know, it was totally out of order.
28:06 But we have a serious threat on our hands
28:08 and we act as though we didn't,
28:10 because that's how insurgency creeps in.
28:12 And look at our porous borders.
28:16 - The ease with which people embrace violence
28:18 in this country, and I think we need to address it.
28:22 - And it's a concern to our national peace.
28:25 And we are dropping on the peace in this, in Africa.
28:29 - Oh, we've been dropping for a long time.
28:30 - Yeah, so we should watch it and apply the brakes
28:33 so that we secure this country
28:36 for the present and future generations.
28:38 So back to another story.
28:42 It's an underscored crucial need for West African country
28:47 to collaborate in dealing with the raging menace
28:51 of terrorism.
28:52 So we are, no country is free as far as terrorism is concerned.
28:57 So it's an interest of all West African countries
29:01 to come together, you know, pull in one direction,
29:06 you know, synergize efforts to ensure
29:10 that we contain the threats of violence.
29:15 And the daily breadth of violence
29:21 really break.
29:22 - So they break newspaper.
29:23 - They break the newspaper.
29:25 I was leading with Tim Bumya,
29:28 disputing Ken's allegation that as much as $800 million
29:35 was offered to Ken to step down.
29:40 Lots of operators are saying no to $300 million
29:45 to national--
29:49 - National Lottery Authority.
29:50 - Lottery Authority and all that.
29:53 And Parliament is resuming sitting today.
29:58 I believe they have a lot on the table
30:00 and we expect our MPs, you know, to hurry up
30:05 and do justice to the professional metal.
30:07 And people expect them to justify their election
30:11 to Parliament.
30:13 And there are so many issues which are competing
30:16 for national attention.
30:17 - And the currents.
30:18 - Yeah, yeah, and the currents.
30:19 And we also expect the budget to be read
30:22 in the course of this sitting.
30:25 And expectations are that businesses will be spared
30:29 the--
30:30 - Further taxes.
30:32 - Further taxes.
30:33 - In fact, the Economy Times repeats that 2023 budget,
30:36 major stakeholders want tax reforms.
30:39 But before I get into that, there's a story right there.
30:41 I want you to briefly take it.
30:42 Tanzanian students taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza named.
30:46 Now we know their names.
30:47 Who are they?
30:49 - We are told that two Tanzanian students
30:51 have been taken hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
30:54 And their names are Joshua Loytu-Molel
30:58 and Clemens Phyllis Ntanga.
31:01 They were in Israel as part of an agricultural
31:03 internship program.
31:05 And this is so, so sad.
31:08 - You know, Israel is one of those countries
31:11 that many countries, even Ghana,
31:12 look up to in terms of agri-tech and other things.
31:17 So they were there trying to acquire knowledge.
31:20 And unfortunately, this has happened.
31:21 - We pray that they get the--
31:23 - We pray they get it.
31:24 - Yeah, the security.
31:25 - Just to wrap the conversation,
31:26 the Finder newspaper.
31:28 I'm deeply honored Erastus Asare-Donko
31:31 pictured here with his awards.
31:34 And you can check out the story on page eight.
31:36 The others are stories we've seen apart from
31:38 Dr. Friaco took cautions against manipulation
31:41 and favoritism ahead of November the fourth.
31:44 The back page of the Daily Graphic, I forgot to do this.
31:46 Engineers and planners begins dredging
31:48 in Mepe and Aveyime.
31:51 And just to wrap up with economy times,
31:53 2023 budget, major stakeholders want tax reforms.
31:57 Major players within the Ghanaian economy
31:58 are calling for several tax reforms
32:00 to help keep the private sector active
32:02 to contribute progressively to the economic expansion
32:06 and job creation.
32:07 I'm talking about GUTA.
32:09 They are talking about the COVID-19 levy,
32:11 the special import levy in the yet to be read 2024 budget.
32:16 And Ghana to end 2023 with 99% debt to GDP ratio.
32:21 That's according to Fitch.
32:23 99% debt to GDP ratio.
32:26 - I love me.
32:27 - That's it.
32:28 Maybe Adrian will know.
32:31 Ibrahim Biligo says, "Great job, joinees."
32:33 Well, thank you for watching.
32:34 Any final thoughts as we go?
32:36 - And once again, let me take the opportunity
32:38 to sprinkle sadness of commendation on Erastus.
32:43 He's made us proud and his pace to do this job
32:48 or journalism, according to Gabriel Marquez,
32:51 is the best profession in the world.
32:53 So Erastus, even though it doesn't pay,
32:57 and we are now the source of the whole nation
33:00 for your excellence, continue to do a good job
33:04 and be an example of distinctively distilled journalism.
33:08 - Thank you so much.
33:09 I feel money.
33:10 You said something.
33:11 It doesn't pay.
33:12 (laughing)
33:14 I feel money is former president
33:17 of the Ghana Journalists Association.
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