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00:00 Thank you for staying with us on the AM show and we're pleased to bring you
00:04 former president of the GJA Afael Mone. He is our guest as we get into the
00:10 latest by way of the news and in the newspapers. But before we head to him let
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01:16 disease but bringing us to the start of the news review. A very good morning to
01:22 you. Good morning. It's good to have you. Tuesday is here again. So I want to
01:27 kick-start the conversation we're going to have. Yes, we're going to get into the
01:30 newspapers but two incidents in recent times. The Occupy Jolobi demonstration.
01:37 There was a police officer, you remember the Great Harcoura Police Command, who
01:44 when they were manhandling someone that they had dragged within the perimeter, a
01:50 cameraman hoisted the tripod and so caught shots and they threw water at the
01:58 camera. They basically, someone pointed to the camera, one police officer pointed to
02:02 the camera and another one threw a sachet of water at it. One development. I don't
02:09 know whether you followed our news a short while ago. Peter Asenu reporting
02:12 that incident. Again, police officers there, they see him filming. I mean he
02:19 kept saying I'm a journalist, I'm a journalist and he was literally attacked.
02:24 I don't know, this is becoming more and more rampant as though our work weren't
02:31 dangerous enough. It is actually incredibly dangerous what we do, putting
02:35 our necks on the line. But these instances with none other than the Ghana
02:40 Police Service being complicit, I'm getting very worried. As you said, our job
02:45 is risk-prone and not necessarily cash-rich. But this does not give anybody
02:54 or any institution their license, especially the police, to raffle journalists in their
03:01 line of duty. On the first incident, we were told that the police commander has
03:07 been queried. We are yet to know the outcome of the query. This incident maybe
03:13 is too fresh for the police to take action, but it is of urgent necessity for
03:20 the police administration to deal surgically with their own when they
03:26 flout the law, because they are not above the law. The maltreatment of one of your
03:35 journalists at the pinnacle of security at the police headquarters.
03:47 Do you know what's interesting? It's just yesterday that I was
03:51 speaking to one of our colleagues here, Maxwell Agbaba. You would often find him
03:56 on the ground at the Occupy Jolobi protest. He was there. He's a solid guy,
04:01 usually with such instances very spontaneous, very able to get to the
04:06 scoop and all of that. It's just yesterday or two days ago, something like
04:10 that, that I was interacting with him and we're talking about some of
04:13 these things and security. And our colleague's name came up, Latif.
04:17 So when I see instances like this, I just ask myself, what is going on and how
04:23 safe is it? Is it a crime to do what we do? Not at all. And why is the police ever so
04:27 aggressive when it comes to seeing anybody with a camera? But there is no
04:32 law, by the way, that of course you must use, you must apply common sense in
04:38 instances. But there is no law that forbids anyone from filming.
04:43 In fact, when you go to other jurisdictions, I remember on CNN
04:47 there was this major demonstration. The police were there, things were going on
04:51 and people were filming freely. Journalists were there filming. But you
04:57 come here and everything seems to be, I don't know, topsy-turvy. And the police
05:02 know how important the work of journalists is. We compliment what they
05:07 do, but we give them scoops to pursue some of the criminal incidents which
05:16 happen all over the country. So why would I expect the police to guard
05:21 generously the safety and security of journalists and not be the victims'
05:27 carpet in terms of their protection? So again, there are so many things on the
05:33 police advisory team. I believe this one is an incident which should act
05:37 expeditiously. And this just came to mind as well, right before we get
05:42 into the papers. You remember the Ashaiman beating incident, the military.
05:46 I know someone who had also, you know, in a vehicle. So a vehicle was passing when
05:52 some of it was happening. He tried filming. Unfortunately, they saw him,
05:56 dragged him out. To cut a long story short, his arm had to be put in a cast.
06:00 He had a broken arm. So by and by, the security arms or organizations
06:09 within the state, security agencies, seem to think, and I think that that is where
06:15 a lot of their minds ought to be disabused. They seem to think that if
06:19 they are doing something, no one has the right to, you know, film it or capture it.
06:25 But if you deem it wrong, why do it in the first place? And the police should also
06:30 realize, and I believe the government should also realize that this incident accounts for
06:35 the precipitous decline on our position on workplace freedom and justice.
06:40 But they put all these things together and then do the rankings. And then we see
06:46 ourselves, you know, moving backwards instead of forward. And it's affected our
06:52 image as a citizen of Paris Freedom.
06:55 Well, when you say a prayer, wherever you are, when you say a prayer, say a prayer
07:01 for a journalist in this country because it's...
07:04 We need journalists in this country.
07:05 The journalists. Well, especially those who have to go on the ground and do such
07:10 things. What we go through is not exactly the best. The Ghanaian Times
07:14 newspaper this morning, "At World Mental Health Day, MHA to red streets of mental
07:20 patients to restore dignity." There's also Theresa Kufuor, "Iti Mensa, pass on."
07:24 It was a double whammy, very sad weekend, wherever you lie on the political
07:28 spectrum, whether NPP or NDC. And Theresa Kufuor, we can't even play politics with
07:33 this. These two people were such fantastic people. Theresa Kufuor, very
07:39 soft-spoken, you know, saw her husband through his tenure. And then, of course,
07:46 the late Iti Mensa also is coming somewhere in South Africa. ECN's limited
07:51 voter registration exercise. That was yesterday. And there's a lot to talk
07:58 about there as well. "Abide by security arrangement. Police urge Minority Occupy
08:02 Bank of Ghana protesters." Here's another protest in the offing. And I am hoping
08:08 because now I want to err on the side of caution. I'm hoping the Ghana Police
08:12 Service, Dr. Georgia Kufu-Dampari, your Ghana Police Service, our Ghana Police
08:17 Service, will do things better. I get tired of, "Oh, this person has been
08:23 called in, reigned in, this person has been interdicted. Let's do the right
08:28 thing." Right? Interdiction, if someone has died, interdiction does nothing. Do you
08:31 remember the seven youth who were killed somewhere in the Ashanti region? That
08:36 story. No. There were claims of interdiction. Till today. And some compensation. You can't
08:41 compensate for human life. Not at all. You cannot put a price tag on human life.
08:46 Definitely not. But let's get into the stories. I'll do pages... Oh, and there's
08:50 this one. I should highlight it. "25 illegal minors jailed 200 years." Of course,
08:55 that is a sum total of the jail terms for all of them. I always get happy when
09:00 I see stuff like this. As few and far between as they are, because at least
09:06 that it means somewhere in our country, gallanty will be reduced, if not taken
09:14 out completely. So let's get to page 9 first.
09:20 "Siriza Kufu, ET Mensa, pass on." And a former First Lady and ET Mensa, a former
09:26 MP minister and currently member of the Council of State, have importantly passed
09:31 on. The death of Mrs. Kufu '87 and that of ET Mensa '77 were both made public
09:36 yesterday. The president has so far consoled former president John Ajekum
09:40 Kufu and his family over the passing of his wife. After expressing sympathy
09:43 yesterday to the Kufu family, President Kufu had to pay tribute to the
09:47 former First Lady. I've also read beautiful tributes from the lives of
09:51 Kwabena Eje Ejepong and he was pretty close to her being the press secretary
09:59 to former president Kufu at the time. And then let's go to page 13. It says, "At
10:10 World Mental Health, the MHA to rid streets of mental patients to restore
10:14 dignity. The Mental Health Authority will soon roll out strategies to keep
10:17 persons with mental health off the street in order to restore their dignity.
10:22 The CEO, Professor Pinaman Apau, therefore said it was necessary for all
10:26 stakeholders to support advocacy efforts and provide logistical support in
10:30 implementing this well-planned strategy. She was speaking at the launch of the
10:34 World Mental Health Day in Accra yesterday on the theme, "Mental health is
10:38 a universal human right." Mental health. Again, I'll come back to where we know
10:45 journalism and mental health, poor financial status of most journalists,
10:51 long hours of work for people like me, waking up incredibly early and
10:59 somersaulting if need be to ensure that everything happens. I mean, but mental
11:04 health is something that across the board many people take for granted.
11:07 Certainly, it's one area we need to sharpen our focus on as a nation and
11:13 it's, there's an indication that every person has a degree of mental illness,
11:20 but it varies from one person to another and it's a pity that this aspect of
11:29 mental health in general has been so neglected and the condition
11:36 and the mental hospitals speak volumes about the degree of neglect of this area
11:46 of health. And I want to start to say there are about 10,000, and this is a
11:54 staggering figure, as many as 10,000 mental patients roam our streets
12:01 throughout the country. We are told that 2,000, I cry when I see a figure of 2,000.
12:06 2,000 can be found in a cryo-tubber. - And this is serious. - Our major cities.
12:10 Wherever you go, and sometimes like they say, to restore dignity. I don't
12:15 know how far this will go because there's often a lot of talk that
12:19 results in no action, but I saw one recently. You know some of them, you
12:25 would see them with practically no clothing, so they are exposed to everything.
12:30 What is supposed to be private is not private. Little children see them.
12:36 It's pathetic, but you see some of them scooping water from gutters and
12:44 sewers, drinking. I feel terrible when I see these. These are human beings.
12:49 They may have some challenges upstairs, but they are as human as the rest of us
12:55 and there's no reason they should be out there. And some of them even pose a
12:58 threat. I have seen some of them sometimes, about two or three times in
13:03 in recent months, where you see some of them holding a stick or a stone and you
13:09 are not even aware when your car is passing whether he will target you or
13:12 let you pass by. And some of them will be swinging the menacingly and they're on
13:16 the streets. If something happens, yet we are told we ought to pay more taxes
13:22 every now and then. Those are some of the things I want to see. If someone throws
13:26 something at you like that, that person is not guilty. In law, the person must
13:30 have that intent and then carry out the action. You can't really. The
13:35 person is clearly... so if the person does any damage to you, it's damage that is
13:42 irreparable. You can't do anything about it. The highest law of the land, our
13:45 Constitution, states in Article 15(1) that the dignity of all persons shall be
13:53 inviolable. And I mean this... Yeah, it's mentioned, it's a universal, it should be,
14:00 it is a universal human right. It is a universal human right. But is that the
14:05 case in Ghana? So regardless of their state of mental health, such persons ought
14:14 to have their dignity protected at all times. And dignity comes from the Latin word
14:19 "dedicus" meaning the richest ornament. So the most important ornament of a person is
14:25 not the Porsche car in which you ride or a palatial home in which you sleep, but
14:32 your dignity. So the dignity of all persons, including mental patients, should be
14:38 protected at all times. In fact, I think not even including, even more so for them
14:44 because of the stigma that's usually... and then what... I mean I've had so many
14:49 brushes with them and one thing I've noticed, sometimes people act very... for
14:54 example, they may go to someone wanting food or something. I've realized that for
14:59 most of them, there are instances where I have been somewhere, you see some of them
15:03 come and the reactions of some people, they react in a certain way to people
15:08 who are aggressive towards them. And if you are calm towards them, they also react in
15:13 a certain way. I have actually had opportunity where some have come at
15:17 some place I was buying food and I bought food for them and it's
15:21 interesting how they react. They are very human. They are human. They may have, you
15:28 know, some challenges but they are very human and sometimes we just... I feel so
15:32 sad sometimes when I see how some other people react to people with mental
15:36 health challenges. But this time around, the Mental Health Authority has assured the
15:41 nation that they put in place effective strategies to address this menace.
15:47 And let's hope and pray that it will be an empty rhetoric.
15:52 Anyway, so the EC has ended the limited voter registration exercise as well with
15:57 everything that has happened. I was watching this morning as one of those we
16:03 spoke to in the Bono East area was talking about the fact that because of
16:07 their live system or the... there's a word he used that I've forgotten...
16:13 online. So they can quickly make some, run some checks on some people who are
16:18 trying to double register or change their names and all of that. And that is
16:22 fantastic to sanitize the register. But there are the other problems of the
16:27 paucity of people who have actually registered. What more we could have
16:31 attained with this process? The cost factor that is being bandied about,
16:35 accusations of Parliament of not approving the CI for more funding and
16:39 also questions about the EC itself and how it's conducted this. What is
16:43 your take? I listened to Bosman, Dr. Bosman yesterday and he did
16:51 indicate that the EC was on the verge of exceeding their target.
16:59 And he also did explain that the
17:05 restriction of the registration to the registry centres was to protect the
17:11 integrity and credibility of the voters register. That is the rhetoric that has been
17:15 shared since day one. If you recall Dr. Serebo Akweku, also a member of
17:21 the Electoral Commission, had said that. But people have brought to the fore,
17:26 people from all walks of life. Sometimes I try to stay away from
17:30 the politicians on this. CSOs, well-meaning people, have said that
17:35 even if you are restricting it to the districts, and you know our numbers, next
17:40 year is an electoral year. You don't want to disenfranchise anybody. The
17:43 Constitution guarantees that right. No one should be disenfranchised.
17:47 Indeed. So if this is going to be able to mop up or capture some
17:54 others, they're likely looking at the challenges people have gone through. And
17:58 people were missed through this window. People who had to travel because it's a
18:01 district office you have to go to, who had to travel many tens and hundreds of
18:06 kilometres and actually at a point simply gave up. Because you travel, you
18:12 don't get to register, you have to sleep over or go back and find money to come
18:18 the following day. All of those challenges were there. So as much as
18:24 possible, it makes sense, it's logical that even if you're targeting purely the
18:29 regions, the districts, within the districts, all of those who wish to
18:34 register, were they able to register? That's the question. And the
18:38 unintended consequence of restricting registration to the
18:42 registration centres is that it deepens the culture of monocracy. In the sense that
18:50 the resource deficient and financially disabled parties cannot mobilize
19:00 people to go and vote like NDC and MPP. So from the word go, the whole system
19:12 is skewed to MPP and NDC because they have the means to transport people, give
19:19 them money to go and register. CPP, PNC, Kuwaiti Unclear Party, they've all been
19:28 disadvantaged from the word go. And we ought to bear in mind, logistically, at the back of
19:36 our memory at all times, that the processes leading to the election are a
19:44 significant determinant of how free and transparent the election is. It's not only
19:51 what happens on voting day. So all the processes should pass the test of
19:56 transparency, fairness. So that at the end of the day, whoever wins and beats their
20:03 chest, that indeed they have won a credible contest. Thank you for those
20:10 interesting thoughts. Before you come in with the papers you have, Korea government
20:15 supports Ghana with 22 vehicles to host UN peacekeeping confab and that story
20:22 as well on the back page of the Ghanaian Times newspaper. You have the Daily Guide
20:27 on the front page. Daily Guide, Nana MPP Mon Theresa Okufuo, and your
20:38 introduction to Theresa, the colour of her voice. I like that, the colour of her voice.
20:44 Yes, and the British inflection on her voice. And her dignity. In fact, she's a
20:54 gem of a First Lady. And she, even in there, she's dignity personified, civility
21:04 epitomised, and humility exemplified. And she brought some dignity, some value to
21:12 that position. Since independence we've had between 13 and 14 First Ladies. And as in
21:18 lofty alps, there are some peaks which rise above others. And I can see, without
21:26 any fear of contradiction, that Sister Theresa will occupy a special place among
21:32 First Ladies in this country. Even in death, she stands shoulders and head and shoulders above.
21:40 I mean, we've had some pretty stellar First Ladies and continue to do so in
21:46 this Fourth Republic. But like you said, some will always stand, some will always
21:51 be primus into Paris, if you like. And you know, yesterday I was reading quite a
21:57 bit, just reflecting on some of the things, her contributions. And no one can
22:02 take away her contribution to our political life as a country, especially as
22:06 her husband became, you know, the second president of the Fourth Republic. It is
22:10 indeed a very sad development. And we pray for peace for her soul.
22:17 We lost another stalwart, E.T. Mendes. I honestly didn't see that coming. I
22:22 wasn't aware of his medical... I also wasn't aware. Because the last time I saw... I mean, you know,
22:27 Council of State, member of the Council of State. So he had had some... So unfortunate
22:31 that we've lost... He also paid his dues to... Oak trees. Yeah.
22:35 And he was the only sportsman in Ghana under him. Longer serving. Longer serving sportsman. And then this sister was. And under him, Ghana won some international games, yellow race and other. So E.T. Yawaduba. So we'll raise him, please. Maybe we can do the... And then the GALMC story you have referred to, we have done with our research. The electoral commission. And this
23:05 boy who predicated to... Alistair. Yes, Alistair. John Alistair. John was unemployed and John was
23:15 offered a job. And as the Bible says, the heart of man is desperately wicked.
23:20 Desperately wicked. And John, I don't know what entered his head. I
23:27 don't know how demonic was the attack. And John had to kill. He was assaulted with a
23:33 phone. With a phone. I mean, they give you a phone to do something. You bolt with it.
23:39 And then everything else that followed. Taking all those sums of cash from her
23:44 account. And upon all that, killing the person. Killing the person. That's a
23:52 wickedness. And that's sad. And he's so young and handsome. But he's dealing with a lot
24:03 of... I believe the law will take its course. But this should serve as a
24:07 warning, as a lesson to young ones, all of us. I like this French lawyer,
24:16 prominent French lawyer, who says, "I learn little from good examples, but more from
24:20 bad examples which serve as daily lessons." So these bad examples should serve as a
24:25 fountain of lesson for the young, for those who are unemployed. If someone extends a
24:32 hand of generosity, please, never turn your back. Never to the extent of
24:39 killing the one who offered you employment. Because often we'll
24:44 draw the line and say that our administrations, in and out, have not done
24:48 enough when it comes to employability. So that people will have ample
24:52 opportunity. But then when someone gives you an opportunity like this,
24:56 receptionist, it may not be the best. But I think the negative example, as
25:00 well, of some of our leaders, contribute to actions like this. Because you meet a
25:05 lot of young people who think they want to ride in that flashy car, own this and
25:10 that, at the snap of... it's like a genie. "Hey, hey genie, out of the bottle. My first
25:16 wish, my second wish, my third wish." It doesn't work like that. But a lot of
25:20 people out there seem to think if our leaders can live these lavish lives, and
25:26 some of them practically haven't done anything in life, some of them are
25:30 more bright. They just went straight into politics and they can live like this.
25:34 People... and I'm saying this because I speak to young people. And sometimes
25:38 consciously or unconsciously, these are some of the things that slip out. And
25:41 then you realize they think, you know, it's simple. It should be easy for me to
25:45 ride in a V8, to build a magnificent house, to have all the cash to spend and
25:53 all of that. It doesn't help some of the recent happenings that have come to
25:56 light. I'll not cite them, but we all know. Which create the impression that a
26:00 certain small section of politically exposed society has so much and the rest
26:06 do not have. So some people have all these mindsets and before you realize
26:10 they get swayed by the devil and get involved in the past. And we ought to palm into their heads that
26:16 life is not a race. If you look at some of the rich men and women we have in
26:24 this country at the moment, I mentioned despite he was selling cassettes at
26:29 Kansai Matu, McDann, my good friend, was a tractor mate.
26:35 Kennedy Epong, the presidential aspirant, was a street hawker, was in
26:41 Adesanya College. And these are people who made it through the hard way.
26:46 That sort of thinking is in very short supply nowadays. I can tell you that
26:52 for a fact. I interact with a lot of young people on a daily basis. From
26:56 church to, well, different institutions to all manner of places. Sometimes I would
27:02 even go somewhere eating with somebody and I would just speak to a person or two,
27:07 a waiter or sometimes just I'm curious like that. And some of the things people
27:10 say. And one of the things that in recent times have become very disturbed about
27:15 the propensity, the desire of a lot of these young people. Speak to about 10
27:20 young people, 8 point something or 9. You kind of have 8 point something in
27:24 human beings. But about 8 or 9 of them want to leave the country.
27:28 Sure. It's sad. It is sad. Number one, they cannot find them because of
27:37 job opportunities. Because of the job opportunities are miniscule. That is a fact.
27:42 That is to show the thousands of students we train at our universities every year.
27:48 And only a minus proportion of them get employed. The rest are made to struggle.
27:57 And we know in an economy which is buffeted with vitally bitter,
28:07 cause of living crisis, vitally bitter. And I'd say go and survive.
28:12 And the survival instincts can sort of push us to a criminal high. But God forbid
28:18 so we should double our steps, double our moves, do more to ensure that we rope in
28:25 as many as possible into the employment bracket. Whilst also preaching to the youth
28:31 that you know, it's not easy everywhere. And that's something, give it a license.
28:38 No, there's no justification. Not at all. But as we conclude on this, I remember
28:44 a quote, I don't remember who said it, but this is not the end of the road for Alistair.
28:51 As much as he's done, he's committed something this heinous. Remember Paul?
28:56 Paul, yes.
28:57 And some say he became Paul. He never became Paul. He was Roman and Jewish at the same time.
29:04 So Saul didn't become Paul. He was both at the same time. He would go here and say,
29:09 "I'm a Roman," when it suited him. He would go there and say, "I am Hebrew,"
29:12 when it suited him. But he oversaw the killing of Stephen. So in a way, he was a murderer.
29:19 Yeah, he was a murderer.
29:21 Look at what God used him to do. I was just about to mention David. So it's not the
29:27 end of the road for him. No one should write him off. You never know. Sometimes it takes
29:33 some of these things for God to actually bring someone out and use them. And that quote,
29:38 it says, "Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
29:42 Future.
29:43 So the saint had his own evils. He has a past. And the sinner as well has a future, the propensity,
29:53 the possibility of doing better. So we hope that God's grace catches up with him.
29:58 This will not spell the end of his life. He will learn some bitter lessons. I believe
30:04 this will bring a turning around in the abusive society.
30:09 Let's check out the next paper you have.
30:11 The Chronicle and the Majority Leader Preaching Against Tribal Politics. And Al-Khutu has
30:31 a message, presidential aspirant Dr. Ouswe Mfriya-Khutu has a message for MPP, delegate
30:40 MPP party as a whole, that the desire to break the eight year cycle of governance will not
30:49 be a cakewalk. He cited a number of factors, the state of the economy, the rate of unemployment,
31:01 and a polarisation in the MPP party. He's underlined the need to resolve all these issues
31:08 in order to enhance the chances of the party to break the eight. And you see MPP clashes
31:14 are like a classical...
31:16 I like the way you put it, El Classico.
31:19 Remadid.
31:20 Barcelona.
31:21 Barcelona. The form guy does not matter. But at the same time...
31:27 Or maybe Kota Koyen-Hartz.
31:28 Kota Koyen-Hartz. So it's possible to break the eight, but it won't be easy in the present
31:34 circumstances.
31:35 Well, just for me, I always say that it's about deliverables. In the end, the people
31:42 want certain things. And once they are delivered, I feel you don't need a soothsayer to come
31:49 and tell them that, "Sine echo," and lean towards this. Unfortunately, party in, party
31:55 out. They are failing, especially the youth. That is one of my foremost concerns. And the
32:00 agent. Look at what is happening now with the dialysis flip-flopping. We are doing it,
32:04 we are not doing it. I always say, the CEO spoke to me on the show, this show. The PRO
32:10 had spoken to us already. I'm asking, these must go through parliamentary approval. Is
32:16 it possible, without all deliberations being made, for a department to put up a notice
32:22 and for people to actually start making the payments, price differentials and all of that?
32:28 If that indeed happened on the blind side of the CEO, then I don't know what kind of
32:32 institution is being run. But hey, that's me and this is Ganesh.
32:37 We're told that the price tag was not authorized. And the SETA ministry summoned the Kolebu
32:49 Health authorities to explain, only for the same hospital to slap this hike on patients.
32:58 And we are told that 14 have lost their lives under terrible circumstances. And this is
33:05 an indictment on our sense of sensitivity and responsibility. Because as an agency,
33:10 we have a responsibility to ensure that our people stay in health and deliver.
33:17 The former president has been talking about this. It's here in the Finder newspaper,
33:20 so I'll just rehash it. Exempt medication and dialysis kits from taxes and duties. That's
33:24 according to Mahama. The story of Dr. Ifriye Akoto is also here. Winner of flag bearer
33:29 race has a lot of work to do, you don't say. And then Educhum, the education minister,
33:35 migrates education online. What's this to online? Migrates education online, starting
33:40 with 30 schools and tablets for each student. He's been doing some interesting things recently.
33:45 I think it's worthy of commendation. And the approach to STEM as well is something
33:51 that we ought to... I think he personally has been supporting, is it engineering students
33:56 or something in his constituency? That is also worth commendation. We really have to
34:01 go, but this keeps me, I just want you in a few seconds to, the third force, Alan Trebating
34:06 and his movement, the Monarch Butterfly. Do you think it's feasible at this point in time?
34:10 Is it the best time for this? The answer is an emphatic no.
34:14 Yeah.
34:15 All right. Would you mind in a few seconds elaborating why?
34:21 Because his local president will not support the emergence of a third force at this time.
34:28 And I don't see how a butterfly can...
34:35 Can it fly above the umbrella and can it crash the elephant? That's the question.
34:44 A butterfly.
34:45 A butterfly.
34:46 But you never know.
34:47 We are told a butterfly has a short lifespan.
34:51 Big things come in small packages.
34:52 Let's pray.
34:53 Let's see how it goes. Afi Olmode is former president of the Ghana Journalist Association.
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