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00:00 Thank you for saying welcome to the News Belt on the AM show.
00:03 Let's head into our first story now.
00:05 Day two of the 2024 budget debate
00:08 saw a member of parliament for Pando,
00:10 Dela Sowa going biblical,
00:12 just like finance minister Kenaforiata
00:14 when he presented the budget.
00:16 According to Dela Sowa,
00:17 this government and the finance minister
00:18 are attempting to use the name of God
00:21 to deceive citizens into voting for them.
00:24 The debate also saw members of parliament
00:26 on the ticket of the governing NPP tout
00:28 what they said was government's superior record
00:31 in the road sector.
00:32 There's more in this report.
00:34 - Because on communications, energy and roads,
00:41 works and housing, sanitation and the environment
00:44 and the NDC and NDP MPs have been going at each other.
00:48 NDC MP for Pando, Honorable Dela Sowa,
00:51 was quick to take on what he believes
00:53 is Kenaforiata and government's reference to the Bible
00:56 as a means to deceive the public.
00:58 - This government, they always quote scripture.
01:03 I'll quote one.
01:05 Bible says in Proverbs 29, verse two,
01:09 when the wicked rule, the people mourn.
01:14 (audience laughing)
01:15 They mourn.
01:16 When you call the name of God in faith,
01:20 God will make forces come together against you.
01:24 He said when the wicked rule, the people mourn.
01:28 There's mourning everywhere in the country.
01:30 Why?
01:31 Because wicked people are in rulership.
01:33 Look, I started to think that this government
01:37 wants to break the eggs.
01:39 It's scary.
01:40 It's like saying after all we've done,
01:43 the hopeless things we've done,
01:45 where we've taken Ghana to, we'll continue it.
01:49 Hey, what are you saying?
01:52 - We also heard from deputy majority leader,
01:54 Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who took on the NDC
01:57 and claims that the NDC are completely bad managers
02:01 of the economy and cannot afford to lecture the MPP
02:04 on how to govern.
02:05 - Today,
02:07 faulting ambitions
02:09 of the NDC minority
02:13 that failed this country.
02:16 At the time they left office,
02:19 all the economic indicators
02:23 were at an all time low.
02:27 In spite of all the challenges
02:30 that we are facing as a country,
02:32 this increasing budget has set down 3.5 billion cities
02:38 for the rural sector, for areas to contract us
02:43 and also complete ongoing road projects.
02:47 This is a positive news.
02:49 - His colleague, the deputy minority leader,
02:51 Emmanuel Amakofibwa, explained that this government
02:55 has been killing businesses.
02:57 He also took on what he believed was government's lethargy
03:00 in dealing with all the problems
03:02 that Ghanaians have been crying about
03:03 since the Azuma office in 2017.
03:06 - Are we not surprised that food inflation
03:09 is really off the roof?
03:12 It gets worse, Mr. Speaker.
03:14 If you look at the ease of doing business ranking,
03:19 Ghana, the darling boy of ease of doing business,
03:24 in 2012, we're seeking them out of 190 countries.
03:28 By 2020, we have moved to 118.
03:33 Mr. Speaker, and if you look at the criteria
03:37 for ease of doing business,
03:38 the reason we have done so badly,
03:41 it shows us why every business is collapsed.
03:45 Every indicator is really showing
03:49 that this government is simply not good for business.
03:52 - One big issue that has come up on the two of the debate
03:55 is who has constructed more roads.
03:57 We heard from chairman of the Roads and Transport Committee,
03:59 Kennedy Osienyako, who claimed that this government,
04:02 led by President Nkufuwado, has invested in road sector
04:06 more than any government in the history of this country.
04:09 - So far, within the 70 years that the Nkufuwado government
04:13 has been in power, how much the government have pumped
04:18 or invested into the sector?
04:20 It's about 16 billion.
04:22 This is the highest any government in our history
04:27 has ever made into the road sector, 16 billion.
04:31 As you speak, Mr. Speaker, within 70 years,
04:35 the government has been able to expand our road network,
04:43 the size of our road network,
04:46 from the 78,402 kilometer that we met to 94,203.
04:51 - NPP MP for Domai East, Paul Chumberima,
04:58 also took on the NDC's attacks
05:00 on Vice President Mahmoud Bamiya,
05:02 and said nothing will stop the current vice president
05:06 from going on to become the next president of the republic.
05:10 - I bring my youth.
05:12 President of the region, Mr. Speaker,
05:14 I can confidently tell you that Nana Adedankuwado
05:18 will hand over to his excellency, Dr. Mahmoud Bamiya,
05:23 and he will continue the good work that we are doing.
05:25 And as I said, Mr. Speaker,
05:27 we are not going to say too soon,
05:29 but we can assure you that in heaven,
05:33 we'll remember you and remember our police.
05:35 - The budget debate will continue tomorrow, Thursday,
05:38 the 23rd of November, with a spotlight being shown
05:41 on education, health, unemployment, youth, sports,
05:45 tourism, culture, and chief tenancy.
05:47 Like we've told you, this debate is going to continue
05:50 until next week, Tuesday, when leadership on both sides
05:53 will be expected to wrap up.
05:55 Reporting for Join News, Kwikwa Sante,
05:58 Parliament House, Accra.
05:59 - Meanwhile, Speaker of Parliament, Albin Bagwin,
06:08 has summoned the ministers for national security
06:11 and interior to appear before the Defense
06:13 and Interior Committee of Parliament today
06:15 to brief the committee on actions being taken by government
06:18 to forestall a clash between the Mo and Wangara tribes
06:22 in the Kintampo North municipality.
06:24 - Minister for National Security,
06:32 the Minister for the Interior,
06:37 are the first authorities to come to this house
06:42 to brief the Committee on Defense and Interior.
06:48 This is an urgent matter that should be handled
06:55 with dispatch.
06:56 I think tomorrow should be okay for the two ministers
07:01 and their commanders to appear before the committee
07:06 early tomorrow morning by 9 a.m. to brief the committee.
07:11 It's an urgent matter.
07:14 The National Security Council,
07:20 through their regional office,
07:24 should immediately intervene
07:25 because the chief tenancy institution
07:29 is one of the cornerstones of the peace and security
07:34 of our country.
07:36 And we hold that institution dearly.
07:39 And we should do everything to prevent that institution
07:44 from falling into disarray.
07:47 But this, I think, is a simple matter.
07:51 The president of the Wangara community
07:55 is the president of the Wangara community in Ghana.
07:59 That is what the statement says.
08:03 Not just in the Kintampo traditional area, in Ghana.
08:08 And so they have a festival,
08:11 which is an annual festival they celebrate
08:14 called Kulubi Festival within the period.
08:18 The paramount chief of Mu,
08:25 and we know how key the Mu tribe is in Ghana,
08:31 even though a lot of them are rather in Cote d'Ivoire.
08:36 It's a very important tribe.
08:38 The paramount chief of the Mu
08:42 and the president of the Mu Traditional Council
08:46 is deciding to perform some rituals.
08:51 That one is not an annual festival
08:55 because that festival is the Benkadi.
09:00 The Benkadi Kulubi Festival.
09:03 And there's a period for celebration,
09:06 but it is just to perform some rituals.
09:10 It's a belief that if that is done,
09:15 some police could intervene to try to prevent accidents
09:21 and other criminal activities within the area.
09:26 So they don't have the same, to me, importance.
09:31 - In our next story,
09:42 the Ashanti Regional Juror Association
09:44 is asking Chief Justice Gertrude Tokonu
09:46 to follow through on her promise to intervene
09:49 in the payment of their 10-month salary arrears.
09:52 The group called off its strike
09:54 after a meeting with the Chief Justice in Kumasi.
09:57 Nwabuwachi Adam has the rest of the story.
09:59 - After a fruitful meeting with the Chief Justice
10:03 Gertrude Tokonu, the jurors in the Ashanti region,
10:07 specifically at the Kumasi High Court,
10:09 have resumed work.
10:11 According to the foreman of the Juror Association,
10:13 India...
10:14 Gertrude Tokonu, the jurors in the Ashanti region,
10:21 specifically at the Kumasi High Court,
10:23 have resumed work.
10:25 According to the foreman of the Juror Association
10:28 in the Ashanti region, Albert Aka,
10:30 the association is comfortable
10:31 with the work they've started.
10:33 - We are comfortable.
10:34 Even before CJ came here,
10:38 we went to Accra.
10:42 We took the opportunity to go to Accra to see her.
10:47 And unfortunately, the nature of her work,
10:50 we couldn't get access to her.
10:52 Then we came back.
10:53 So when all these things were happening,
10:57 we were looking up to him to come down to see her children.
11:02 And that's what exactly she did.
11:05 And as you said, when she came, he promised us.
11:08 So we are comfortable and we are even happy
11:12 that CJ, and it has never happened
11:15 in the history of jury system before,
11:19 when I joined, or even before,
11:21 that CJ came to meet a juror,
11:25 a session of the jurors.
11:27 You see, upon hearing that, they are hungry.
11:30 So that alone is a plus to CJ.
11:34 - Although they have resumed work,
11:36 Mr. Albert Aka says the jurors are expecting
11:39 the Chief Justice to follow up on their allowances
11:41 as promised.
11:43 - As CJ said, she'll make sure that
11:47 the arrears will be paid to jurors.
11:51 And it won't delay anymore.
11:53 And that's the assurance she gave.
11:57 So she pleaded with the jurors that we should
12:01 immediately resume work on Monday.
12:03 That was yesterday, Monday.
12:05 Then we came, but we have not yet
12:09 have any interaction with her again.
12:12 Yet we are planning as jurors to select few
12:17 to go and meet her in Accra.
12:20 So that other things related to the jurors
12:25 and the delay in the allowance
12:31 and other matters also will be addressed.
12:34 We should also give her the benefit of the doubt
12:37 that she promised to make sure that
12:40 the chunk allowances will be paid.
12:43 And furthermore, it will not delay again.
12:47 - After a fruitful meeting with the Chief Justice
12:50 on Friday, the jurors are yet to hear anything officially
12:54 from the administrator nor the Chief Justice.
12:57 They say they will continue to perform their duties
12:59 in various courtrooms.
13:01 From the Appeal Court Complex,
13:03 my name is Anabwachetangwa Iyadom.
13:04 - Now the combined effects of ambient air pollution
13:11 and household air pollution are associated
13:13 with 6.7 million premature deaths annually.
13:17 Household air pollution exposure leads
13:19 to non-communicable diseases, including stroke,
13:23 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer.
13:26 Fortunately, a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University
13:29 of Science and Technology has developed a device
13:32 to detect these gases.
13:35 On Tech Thursday, Lava Femmes Kwesi Debra speaks
13:38 with the developer Kwesi Egan
13:40 of the KNUSD Physics Department.
13:45 - So we actually saw that there was an increase
13:49 in some air pollutants, which was mainly
13:52 the particulate matter, 2.5 micron.
13:55 And with that, at the beginning of the year,
13:58 we had some news that the concentration
14:01 has really increased because of some movements
14:03 of air from the sub-Saharan area to the coastal areas.
14:08 So the concentration was quite dangerous for people.
14:12 But here lies the case that we didn't have
14:15 many monitors around, so we couldn't see
14:18 the maximum or how the effect was.
14:22 And we couldn't actually protect ourselves
14:24 from this particulate matter.
14:26 And mostly the sensors outside are expensive
14:29 and very difficult to work with.
14:31 So we just came up with the idea to make our own sensor,
14:34 which is cost-effective, and also maybe we can have
14:37 a wide network of it and monitor the air quality better.
14:40 It's actually an IoT device,
14:42 which is the Internet of Things.
14:43 So you have various sensors, which are being embedded
14:46 on a microcontroller to get the analog data
14:49 and which converts it to digital,
14:51 then we get the readings.
14:53 So we have various sensors.
14:54 We have the DAS sensor, which is the PMS-503,
14:57 which measures the particulate matter, 2.5 microns,
15:01 1.0 and 10.0 microns.
15:05 We also have a temperature and humidity sensor there.
15:09 We have a pressure and altitude sensor.
15:11 We also have a gas sensor, which measures the CO,
15:14 CO2 and ammonium coming from the sensors on here.
15:18 So it could be in a way that with the API key,
15:21 anyone can access the data.
15:23 So we can create another app so that maybe people
15:26 in that area can see in real time the air quality there.
15:31 We also have some control parameters to control the LCD
15:35 and also other stuff.
15:37 So yeah, for controls to check on a map
15:39 where the device is and for the real time data,
15:43 the data is being stored on an IoT cloud.
15:45 So anyone with the API key can access it.
15:49 So we mainly made a comparative analysis
15:51 between a sensor at the meteorological department
15:55 here in KMUSD.
15:56 And it was from purple air, which was around $330.
16:01 So yeah, around 3,500 Ghana cities.
16:04 But even with this prototype, it was just 2,500 just
16:08 to build the prototype.
16:10 So it can be used in homes, offices.
16:12 We have quite a lot of cases where in KMUSD exam halls,
16:17 we have students collapsing on other stuff.
16:19 And maybe it might be from the particulate matter
16:21 concentration around.
16:23 It could be used in factories, hospitals, especially
16:26 hospitals, to check the concentration of these gases
16:30 and particulate matter to see if the patients are OK.
16:33 Reporter for Join News, Kosi Debra.
16:36 More than 1,800 lives have been lost to road accidents
16:40 this year.
16:41 That's according to data from the Kolibu Teaching Hospital.
16:44 Chief Executive Officer of Kolibu, Dr. Opoku Wariampoma
16:47 says six people die daily through road accidents.
16:51 And more than 20 people are rushed to the hospital
16:54 every week after road crashes.
16:58 Dr. Ampoma, Kolibu CEO, joined the National Road Safety
17:01 Authority, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly,
17:04 and Bloomberg Philanthropy to remember
17:07 victims of road crashes.
17:09 He said that despite the great effort by road safety
17:11 institutions to reduce crashes, many lives are still being lost.
17:17 Between the National Road Safety Authority, DVLA,
17:21 Motor Transport Division of the Police Service,
17:23 the Ambulance Services, the other collaborative agencies,
17:27 Health Assistance, and the Department of Transport,
17:30 there have been several educational campaigns.
17:33 However, we still have a high incidence
17:37 of road traffic accidents in this country.
17:39 And I believe that this is a cause for collective efforts.
17:42 Over the course of this year, we have
17:44 seen an average of between 20 to 40 road traffic accident
17:47 victims every single week.
17:48 With 1,839 people dead as a result of road accidents,
17:53 the Director for Planning and Programs
17:55 at the National Road Safety Authority
17:57 Martin Owusu-Avram poured out his heart.
18:00 So can we stop preaching safety?
18:04 No way.
18:06 As you live here, please join the advocacy.
18:11 Let's all be ambassadors and bring safety on our roads.
18:16 The unfortunate aspect of road traffic crashes
18:18 is that the victims, most of whom are not,
18:23 do not have access to the road.
18:26 Do not have access to quality health care.
18:32 I witnessed one accident where the victims were arranged
18:39 in a line on the floor whilst waiting to be taken care of.
18:44 The hospital exhausted its consumables
18:50 and it took the intervention of well-wishers
18:53 before they could attend it.
18:56 Can we continue like this?
18:59 Something must change.
19:01 As part of Remembrance Day today,
19:04 the National Road Safety Authority,
19:07 together with a number of stakeholders,
19:11 will be donating our widow's mites
19:15 to support a number of accident victims
19:19 and to discharge a number of them also from the hospital.
19:24 Thank you.
19:27 Some road accident victims shared stories
19:29 of how accidents affected them.
19:32 On the 5th of March, I went to Somu.
19:35 That's where my mum is.
19:37 I was about to get married.
19:39 So we went for counselling.
19:41 On our way back to Accra, we were in an accident.
19:45 They took us to the Somu Government Hospital
19:48 and they took us to the VDMC.
19:52 I spent almost three months in the hospital.
19:54 I got my insurance, I'm still in the healing process.
20:00 Thank you.
20:00 The event organised was not only to remember road crash victims,
20:04 but also to donate money to some victims
20:07 at the Kolebu Accident Ward.
20:09 Now to cap off the news,
20:17 as Black Friday, the shopping bonanza, approaches,
20:20 ensuring your safety amidst the frenzy of deals and discounts
20:24 has become paramount.
20:25 Let's tell you how to shop smart and stay safe
20:28 during this highly anticipated retail rush.
20:31 Caleb Ziblim and Ethan Lye now report.
20:36 In today's interconnected world,
20:39 accessing goods and services is just a click away.
20:42 As we approach this year's end,
20:44 the online shopping spree is on
20:47 and folks everywhere are scouting the web
20:50 for those irresistible deals.
20:52 Major retailers are dropping prices
20:55 by up to 50% on various items,
20:58 making it the perfect time to snag some steals.
21:01 But in the midst of this shopping frenzy,
21:04 scammers are also out in full force.
21:08 You spot a great deal online, make the purchase, pay,
21:12 but the package never arrives.
21:14 This could mean you've fallen for one of the common scamming schemes.
21:18 So she paid and she never, like, had or got the item
21:22 and the person changed the handle.
21:25 You couldn't find the person.
21:27 Ruth's sister was a victim.
21:29 To the vendor, she was like, "You pay before you deliver."
21:32 My sister was like, "Oh, OK, no problem."
21:34 So she paid and she never, like, had or got the item
21:38 and the person changed the handle.
21:42 You couldn't find the person,
21:43 the contact wasn't going through, everything.
21:46 Like, full scam.
21:48 Others pay for something online
21:50 and end up receiving either a counterfeit version
21:53 or an entirely different item altogether.
21:56 Kwiku knows this all too well.
21:58 When it came, the sizes wasn't the actual sizes I ordered.
22:03 Because online, if you don't make your ID,
22:07 it will be a child scam.
22:12 So if you know somebody,
22:16 if you know somebody,
22:19 say, make a risk,
22:21 then buy from someone I don't know,
22:23 that's how you know who gets it.
22:25 I'm a guy, man.
22:27 Young guy, man.
22:29 Others would rather order products from international partners
22:33 than order them locally for fear of being scammed.
22:36 It was OK, but I think my first time was AliExpress.
22:41 I've not tried Ghana online or something before,
22:43 but what I did was an international thing, so it was OK.
22:47 The tracking was only, I think,
22:50 safety something, I think.
22:53 From January to October alone,
22:55 more than 300 cases of online fraud
22:58 involving almost one million Ghana CDs
23:01 have been reported to the Cyber Security Authority.
23:04 With Black Friday starting November 24,
23:07 these are expected to go up.
23:09 So if you look at last year,
23:11 around the end of October,
23:12 we had around 159 cases of online fraud.
23:17 But this year, we had 320.
23:20 It's practically a double of that number.
23:24 Stephen Kudu is an officer with the Cyber Security Authority.
23:28 He elaborates on the common schemes used by fraudsters.
23:32 A very common one is the bit about seeing an advertisement
23:36 of an online shop or a supposed online shop
23:38 on platforms like Instagram or Facebook.
23:43 And typically, when you engage, they'll tell you,
23:45 "OK, this product that you want to buy costs so and so.
23:49 Please send the payment to a certain Momo number."
23:53 The payment is done, and then dead leave never happens.
23:57 Another approach...
24:00 Well, that is how we cap off the news.
24:03 As you shop, beware.
24:05 Stay with us, though.
24:06 We'll be back with a news review shortly.
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