AAMUSTED's management commences an inquiry into the demise of a student whose body ignited in flames
AAMUSTED's management commences an inquiry into the demise of a student whose body ignited in flames
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00:00 It's the first Sunday of the month. Hello, I am Beverly Broome with today's joy newsroom.
00:07 Our headlines this afternoon, management of a can take a PM Menkai University of skills
00:12 and training and entrepreneurial development in Kumasi to investigate circumstances leading
00:18 to the death of a student whose body caught fire during a hall procession at school.
00:26 And the Nigerian community in Ghana is asking for justice change and a brighter future for
00:31 their homeland Niger. Details of these, including a live update from the minister's press
00:39 briefing in this bulletin. Now, management of a can take a PM Menkai University of skills
00:48 training and entrepreneurial development in Kumasi has launched investigations into circumstances
00:54 leading to the death of a student whose body caught fire during a hall procession at school.
01:00 Prosper Wusu believed to be in his mid-twenties is reported to have died at the Okonkwo Nochi
01:05 Tietjen Hospital after sustaining severe wounds from the fire incident. He's said to have
01:11 been the chief priest of the Opukuware Hall at the university, who usually led traditional
01:16 rites of the hall. In a video shared on social media, the deceased was seen leading rituals
01:22 of the hall by a fireside together with other hall members during which his clothes caught
01:28 fire. Emmanuel Brightquake joins us via zoom for more details on this story. Emmanuel,
01:35 what else can you report? All right. So Beverly, what we understand is that the incident occurred
01:42 on August 25th. That was last week, Friday, when some members of the Opukuware Hall embarked
01:49 on a procession, a traditional hall procession. So normally they would, during these times,
01:56 they would conduct themselves, meet up and then line up in front of the campus and then
02:02 do whatever rituals they would want to do. So this person, Prosper Wusu, we understand
02:07 was the chief priest for Opukuware Hall. So he was leading this particular procession
02:12 around a fireside when his clothes, the cloth he was wearing caught fire and then his entire
02:19 body began also to be on fire. In the video, if you would see, he's trying to run around.
02:28 We understand he was trying to run around to get some help, an immediate source of water
02:33 or even an extinguisher to douse the fire. But unfortunately he couldn't find any on
02:40 the premises. So he was quickly rushed to the Konfanote Teaching Hospital where he is
02:44 said to have sustained some severe injuries to the mid and upper body. Some friends, we
02:51 are told, tried soliciting funds to support him whilst he was at the hospital. But unfortunately
02:57 he couldn't make it. They couldn't get enough to support him. So he died yesterday at the
03:05 Konfanote Hospital. So that's nearly a week after the incident happened. So far, we've
03:10 had the management of the university indicating that investigations are currently being conducted
03:18 to ascertain the truth or circumstances that led to this particular fire incident on campus.
03:25 They are however also cautioning the students on campus to desist from any actions or anything
03:31 that might predispose them to the risks of danger or anything at all. So currently that's
03:37 the situation here in Kumasi. And that's the response from the management of the Akenteng
03:42 Apiaminka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, BEBLI.
03:46 Right, Imano Obradku, thank you so much for your time. Now, the Nigerian community in
03:51 Ghana is asking for justice, change and a brighter future for their homeland, Niger.
03:57 They want the economic community of West African states to treat them fairly. Mohamed Nouroudine
04:02 has the story.
04:03 The Nigerian diaspora is raising its voice in unity and strength. They want justice for
04:17 the people of Niger and they are demanding change in a powerful display of solidarity.
04:24 Members of the Nigerian community in Ghana have come together with a resounding call
04:29 for justice and progress in their homeland. Abdurahim Harun speaks for the community.
04:35 We, the Nigerians living in Kumasi, in Ghana as a whole, are affirming our support to the
04:42 new government, for that matter, the military.
04:50 They are demanding the prosecution of the overthrown government and officials under
04:55 President Mohamed Nouroudine. The community also insists on the complete withdrawal of
05:01 the French army from Niger and the suspension of any contracts between the French government
05:06 and Niger.
05:07 We are demanding the immediate withdrawal of the French army and the prosecution of
05:13 the proposed government. The suspension of any contract between the Republic of France
05:22 and our dear country, Niger. We are asking His Excellency General Tsihani and his Prime
05:29 Minister Honorable Lamin Zein to look for new partners that can help us develop our
05:36 country.
05:37 They argue that under President Mohamed Nouroudine, some crucial services were not provided, particularly
05:44 security, especially for those in rural areas who face threats from suspected terrorist
05:50 groups.
05:51 The previous government is not supporting the citizens if you go to villages around
05:57 Niger. Jihadist people go there, kidnap, they kill them. The government does not intervene
06:06 in the process. So this could not happen. The citizens are very happy about it. Happy
06:14 about it in the sense that we want the new government to come out with its new clue.
06:22 The body we have is shared in the country.
06:26 They also raise concerns about the regional body ECOWAS accusing it of treating them unfairly.
06:32 ECOWAS is not being fair to us at all in the sense that if you look at what is happening
06:36 previously, what I said earlier, the Jihadist people in the Boko Haram people have been
06:42 going to villages, killing people, snatching their animals, all sorts of things. The previous
06:48 government does not show any concern about that. So this could not have happened. The
06:53 new military that is intervening, we are urging and we are giving him support to form his
07:01 cabinet so that everything will be stable in our country, so that everybody will have
07:05 his cake.
07:06 A report by Mohamed Nouroudine.
07:11 Now Director of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President Akwesi Iwa Abi-Biu says government
07:17 is committed to creating sustainable jobs and prosperity for all Ghanaians. He spoke
07:22 at the 2023 Ghana Corporate Brands Awards Night in Accra, where 49 corporate brands,
07:29 including five state institutions, were recognized for their contributions to government's digitalization
07:34 agenda.
07:35 Held under the theme "Digitizing Horizons, Celebrating Ghana's Corporate Brands and
07:41 Charting a Path to Technological Excellence", 49 corporate brands, including Ghana Post,
07:48 Volta River Authority, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority and the Greater Ghana
07:54 Regional Hospital received recognitions for their innovative use of technology in support
08:01 of the government's economic transformation agenda. Speaking at the awards, the Director
08:06 of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President Akwesi Iwa Abi-Biu stated that recognizing
08:13 the contributions of these brands is a part of the government's agenda to create sustainable
08:19 jobs through the use of technology.
08:21 Initiatives such as the One District One Country initiative underscore our commitment to job
08:28 creation and prosperity. Innovations such as the e-business registration system, paperless
08:35 port clearance system, digital addressing systems, mobile availability systems and the
08:43 national identification system collectively serve to reduce the cost of conducting business
08:50 within our nation and amplify operational efficiency. These initiatives encapsulate
08:58 the essence of our drive to unleash the entrepreneurial flair of our nation's business community,
09:07 catalyzing their potential to galvanize job creation and economic vibrancy. It is imperative
09:15 that these initiatives, like the Ghana Corporate Brand Award, are endorsed by the government
09:22 as they seamlessly align with our industrial transformation agenda.
09:28 Delivering the keynote address, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Nana
09:33 Aba Mpiamfo, mentioned that in alignment with the government initiatives, the University
09:38 of Ghana is fostering an innovative culture driven by technology.
09:42 I'm particularly intrigued about the theme for this occasion because we are also championing
09:50 the cause of technology at the University of Ghana. As a leading university in mentoring
09:56 exceptional corporate professionals, the University of Ghana under my leadership has championed
10:02 some strategic objectives with a mission to create a culture that promotes research, teaching
10:09 and learning, administrative processes and extension activities driven by technology
10:15 and anchored in humanism. And towards that direction, various initiatives are being pursued
10:22 to enhance stakeholder experience through digitalization. And the approach is anchored
10:29 on three-pronged technology-driven initiatives, which was actually launched last year in April
10:38 for the $7 billion project, which includes modernizing our classrooms for one student,
10:46 one laptop and hotspots comfort zone. The Chief Executive Officer of Maven Communications,
10:52 Organizers of the Awards, Seth Danso Osante, explained the rationale behind the awards.
10:58 After COVID, we realized that most organizations had their staff working from home. Most organizations
11:05 also jumped on to technology. And companies that utilize the technological space did marvelously
11:14 well and also saw improvements from workers that were working away from the office. They
11:21 saw a lot of improvements in their productivity. While the government is poised to build a
11:25 biometric national identity register, deploy a digital property addressing system and implement
11:32 a paperless bot system, corporate brands are equally not living in a stone and tend to
11:38 tap into these opportunities to ultimately trump the country's economy. Carlos Kalonis
11:44 reports for JOYNEWS.
11:49 Now a member of Parliament for Boko Central, Mahama Yarigan, is asking the Attorney General
11:54 to quicken the prosecution of Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold dealership firm, Men's
12:00 Gold Ghana Limited, Anapya Mensa. He says the AG has not demonstrated seriousness in
12:06 dealing with a matter that ought to be treated with urgency and seriousness. He's been speaking
12:11 on news analysis program, News File.
12:16 You have a constitution that says that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice should
12:25 be responsible for initiation and prosecution of all criminal crimes and that all criminal
12:35 prosecutions must be done in his name. And this is an Attorney General that is taking
12:46 three years, not one year, not two, three years to decipher what are the appropriate
13:01 charges. So it means that it is taking them three years to figure out that the 61 were
13:23 wrong and that it is this 39 that should be the proper charges. And it's taking them three
13:28 years to figure out that they had filed the matter in the wrong court and that it is the
13:33 high court that is the proper court. What are the evidence of incompetence?
13:38 Because you add money laundering charges, money laundering charges will have to go to
13:43 the high court rather than the circuit court. So that's a big twist.
13:47 It's taken three years for the Attorney General of Ghana and the Minister of Justice to figure
13:52 out that for a money laundering charge, you should go to the high court or that this fact
13:58 which clearly shows money laundering from the beginning. It is only after 30 years that
14:04 the Attorney General of Ghana is getting to know that he should add money laundering charges
14:09 and therefore he should go to the high court. Prosecutors amend charges all the time, but
14:14 what's the new under the new? And it is taking three years, three good years.
14:19 We are talking about the fate of 16,000 Ghanians whose tax money is what is used to buy the
14:31 luxury car that the Attorney General is driving and the comfortable office and his luxurious
14:39 travel expenses at the cost of the taxpayer. And these taxpayers have been defrauded by
14:46 number one and it's taken three years for this very competent attorney general.
14:51 These are taxpayers who were warned that they ignored the warnings even at times when the
14:55 state intervened, they were rather with the man against the state.
15:03 That is even worse because the state sat by the Bank of Ghana, the police, the security
15:11 services, the Attorney General, everybody sat idly by and allowed this man to defraud
15:19 citizens. Even if the people giving the money were participating in the conduct, they were
15:26 also committing a criminal offense and the state had responsibility.
15:32 Mahama Yariga is also berating the office of the special prosecutor for not complying
15:36 fully with its act in applying to the court for the confirmation of the seizure and freezing
15:42 of the accounts of the former minister for water resources and sanitation.
15:46 Cecilia Abinadapa.
15:47 I have read the press release of the special prosecutor. And I want to say that we are
15:59 not small children. Read his statement. What does he say in paragraph three?
16:08 While the office of special prosecutor respects the court's decision, it disagrees with the
16:13 decision of the court. First, the OSP believes that the court's computation of the time limitation
16:22 is with respect erroneous. That's actually the most critical paragraph in this statement.
16:28 The OSP says three private residences associated with Miss Dapa over the course of two weeks.
16:37 The searches and discovery were ongoing during that period. There is little doubt that the
16:43 OSP filed its application within the statutory window. Once the search and discovery window
16:49 is conceded. You see, I am not a fan of Cecilia Dapa. I don't think what she has done is right.
16:58 We're not talking about how many properties you search, whether you say three, four, five,
17:04 whatever. When whether it took you one year to do your searches, it doesn't matter. The
17:09 specific date that you see this particular item. That is the date we are supposed to
17:17 start counting from. After seven days, if you haven't gone to court to confirm it, you
17:24 have breached section 32 of your own act. So you shouldn't try to throw dust into our
17:33 eyes. If you are negligent, admit that you are negligent. If you haven't performed your
17:38 task as expected of you, admit that you have not performed your task. The judges are there
17:43 to protect the rights of everybody. Just as to also ensure that you exercise your powers
17:48 properly. So did the special prosecutor run to court within seven days of seizing the
17:55 property or not? That's the crucial question that has to be answered by the special prosecutor.
18:01 If he did not, why didn't he? In the face of 32-2, which clearly says that for him to
18:08 continue to hold that asset, he must go and have it confirmed by a court. If he didn't
18:13 go, you can't be throwing dust into our eyes. Now, First National Vice President of the
18:21 Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union, Dr. Franklin Amatayama, is worried about attempts
18:27 by some colleagues in the medical space to redefine some bodies in the professions by
18:32 downgrading them in order to take up managerial roles of those associations. Dr. Amatayama
18:38 warns his association will strike if government does not address their concerns. Rafiq Salam
18:43 reports. Speaking on the margins of a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a multiple
18:51 post office complex for the Medical Laboratory Workers Union, Melpoo, First National Vice
18:56 President of Melpoo, MLS, Dr. Franklin Amatayama, expressed worry over what he called deliberate
19:05 attempt by the opposite numbers in the medical profession to redefine professional bodies
19:12 that have been created by law. At this day and age, you see people trying to encroach
19:18 and cross the professional barriers that have been created by law. We are not oblivious
19:23 of the machinations by medical doctors to redefine what we practice as medical laboratory
19:29 science using the semantics of nomenclature. As we speak, of course, when we started, just
19:36 a clinician, but today, specialists, professors in our rank and file. And so what we practice
19:42 uniquely as medical laboratory professional, we have capacity to develop same. Now to submit
19:49 same in forms of scholarship, to train medical doctors you could have trained as gynecologists,
19:55 you know, the space is wide, neurosurgeon, to say that you are training them again as
20:01 medical laboratory specialists, just by redefining something is not in the interest of the Ghanaian.
20:08 We have identified the laboratory space as a goldmine. And those who are seeking to come
20:14 in, do not have the service at heart. They are only targeting the goldmine, the money
20:19 aspect, the money area aspect of our work. And it is malicious to think that we can practice
20:26 on the bench, but we do not have managerial capabilities to lead and manage ourselves.
20:31 MLS Dr. Franklin Mati-Ema sounded the alarm bells of men who embarked on industrial strike
20:38 if they are not brought to the negotiation table. So let me send this signal to those
20:44 at the helm of affairs at parliament, that the malicious amendment that people are seeking
20:50 and trying to smuggle in by redefining the medical laboratory space is not in the interest
20:57 of the Ghanaian. And to arrest or to avert any labor unrest, it is proper that we are
21:03 brought to the table so that we can find a common ground in the interest of the Ghanaian.
21:09 A view equal shared by General Secretary of Melpoo, MLS Sefa Skofiakoto, and explained
21:17 further.
21:18 As a professional that has existed in this country for over 50 years, we have no condition
21:21 of service. And we have submitted proposals since December last year to date. Negotiation
21:26 has never taken place. And it took the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission a very long
21:32 time to sign rules of engagement. You had a lot of demands that when you submit a proposal,
21:37 within 14 days, there should be engagement. We have submitted a proposal from December,
21:43 followed up up to now. No negotiation has begun. So this is a warning or a signal to
21:48 the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to take note that heat is building up within
21:52 the rank and file of our profession. And if nothing is done immediately to engage the
21:57 union, we can let them take the law into their hands.
22:00 Turning to the construction of the multi-purpose regional office, Secretary-at-Arms, Afawosudha
22:04 Chaman of Melpoo, MLS, Boniface M.K. Zoyeri, expressed satisfaction over the feat achieved
22:12 by the union since its formation almost three years ago.
22:16 In fact, we are still there with some months to be three years. And yet, we have grown
22:23 mature enough to build a secretariat. You can be anything. But if you don't have a house,
22:34 which you turn a home from where you come from, you are always a stranger in your own
22:41 land. And so we think that having a secretariat is not just only going to benefit laboratory
22:48 professionals, but to benefit the community as well, the region and the nation at large.
22:56 The one and a half acre land for the construction of the regional secretariat was bought by
23:02 the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, GAMS, and ceded to Melpoo. MLS,
23:08 Gamile Ajiraku Emmanuel, is the Afawos Chairman of GAMS.
23:13 Let me seize the opportunity to also applaud the effort of all individuals who have invested
23:18 time and energy, as well as resources, to ensure that this project sees the light of
23:25 day. We pledge our solemn commitment to ensure that the project is completed in due course
23:32 marshalling the little efforts our mother could provide.
23:36 Our Afawos Regional Laboratory Scientists, MLS, Dr. Tony Bassana, commanded laboratory
23:42 scientists in the region for the key role they play in the lives of the people.
23:48 All scientists in the Upper West Region, be proud, be sincere, be grateful that the work
23:58 you do, we can't use words to describe them. So on behalf of leadership, I say, God bless
24:04 you.
24:05 Important Coldplay news. Rafik Salaam.
24:08 Now a majority of health professionals in Ghana are failing to conduct regular recalibration
24:18 of medical equipment for quality health care delivery. Public health experts argue the
24:23 non-compliance to the standard practice of fixing uncertainties in medical devices frequently
24:29 could be contributing to false diagnosis of diseases. The concern was expressed at a workshop
24:35 on health industry and regulatory affairs by the MasterCard Foundation in Kumasi. Here's
24:40 more in this report.
24:42 MasterCard Foundation, in partnership with the School of Public Health, KNUSD, is organizing
24:48 a week-long event on health care industry and regulatory affairs. The workshop targets
24:53 researchers and practitioners from varied sectors of the health industry. Speaking at
24:58 the event, a lecturer at the School of Public Health, KNUSD, Dr. Kofi Akohinimensa, observed
25:04 some challenges in the regulation of the pharmaceutical industry and the use of medical equipment.
25:10 He highlighted some practices by health professionals contributing to false diagnosis of diseases.
25:17 Most people, health care professionals, they are not even aware that for calibration of
25:21 devices we need to calibrate your devices regularly. Most of the times we buy BP apparatus,
25:27 we buy thermometers, we just start using them without any calibration. And sometimes, once
25:31 we do the initial calibration, instead of doing it as often as possible, normally we
25:36 don't do this calibration. So only God knows how many people have diagnosed them as being
25:40 hypertensive when they are not hypertensive, all because of issues surrounding these medical
25:45 devices. And that is why we want to work them through all these medical devices in terms
25:49 of calibrations and other things. So in this case we can build their capacity so once they
25:54 go back to their workplaces, you'll be certain that they are actually applying the knowledge
25:57 they acquired and they are actually going to do the right thing in order to improve
26:01 on health care delivery at the primary health care level. With the emergence of advanced
26:05 technology including artificial intelligence, Professor Anthony Kweku-Edusei, a facilitator
26:12 for the coursework, believes the training would abreast participants of current digital
26:17 health practices. There are some people here, there are medical doctors here, there are
26:22 physician assistants here, there are midwives here. So if you are talking about technology
26:27 and they get to know some in the area of health, what do you call it, delivery for instance,
26:35 for the midwife who is here and may not know about certain technologies or devices that
26:44 facilitate delivery. She will get to know and when she goes back she will maybe request
26:51 for some of those devices or listening to be procured for her use in the hospital and
26:56 it can reduce maternal mortality. The workshop brought together 30 participants from across
27:02 the country who are positive of grasping concepts in the coursework for application. I'm a student
27:08 in public health and there are lots of research going on but then it isn't applied. There
27:13 are also gaps that can be filled or that can be addressed when research is done when it
27:17 comes to these things. So taking this short course I want to collaborate with others,
27:24 the others who have come here, we are all from diverse backgrounds, so collaborate with
27:27 them to do more research to aid us in filling those gaps in the industry. What my expectations
27:34 are is to gain knowledge in regards to the application of these devices, how they are
27:39 being used, how they are being procured and how it affects or benefits the overall health
27:44 system. For JAW News, my name is Emmanuel Bright-Kweku. The Chief Executive Office of
27:53 the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwesia Jeman, says despite the hospitality sector's continued
27:59 vibrancy post-COVID, challenges persist. He affirms that the GTA is complementing measures
28:09 to ensure strict adherence to regulations and standards to boost the SAF sector. There's
28:14 more in the following report. Two out of every ten jobs in the country are created by the
28:25 hospitality sub-sector, making it the third largest contributor to Ghana's total productivity
28:32 as measured by the Gross Domestic Product GDP in 2022. This ranking follows cocoa, oil
28:40 and gas. However, speaking to journalists at the 8th anniversary celebration of the
28:46 Tank Palace Hotel in Accra, the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwesia Jeman, revealed that low
28:54 hotel occupancy and regulatory inconsistencies remain a challenge. Hotel occupancy is still
29:00 a bit low for most operators and that is a challenge. There are a lot of regulatory bodies
29:06 that deal with the sector and that is also a bit of a challenge. So if you look at a
29:11 typical hotel, you have the tourism authority, EPA, food and drugs authority, Gamro, so many
29:20 other agencies, assemblies, everybody coming for their pound of flesh. And sometimes that
29:26 creates a little bit of challenge for operators. It's not just about the number of levies and
29:31 fees that they pay, but also the fact that so many people are coming to them to regulate.
29:37 And so that is also an issue. And so we've been working with them. We've been working
29:41 with the Association of Hotels, the Ghana Hotels Association, the Progressive Hotels
29:46 Association on how we can address some of these challenges. One of them is how we can
29:51 harmonise the regulatory environment for them. Mr. Jeman further states that to enhance standards
29:57 in the sector, the GTA is implementing various measures, including mystery shopping. A combination
30:03 of things that we are trying to do to improve standards. Just about two years ago, we launched
30:09 a service charter which seeks to regulate the sector properly. We do service assessment.
30:19 Unfortunately, because we announce our service assessment periods, when a hotel knows that
30:26 the service assessors are coming, they all try to make sure that they put up a clean
30:31 face and a good face for the period. And so what we are planning to do is to do a lot
30:35 more mystery shopping, get our inspectors to go and announce to some of these facilities
30:40 and also to educate them. And so education is one of the things that we are also doing.
30:45 Currently we have embarked on some training programmes. Currently we are running one for
30:50 front desk people on how they can really be hospitable when they are meeting guests. We
30:56 are also doing some language training on Francophone. Meanwhile, the general manager of Tang Palace
31:01 Hotel, Sajid Khan, expresses optimism about the sector's future, despite the challenges
31:07 posed by COVID-19. These last eight years were bad because of almost three years to
31:14 five years were affected because of COVID. But we are seeing a very bright future for
31:20 the tourism and for hospitality industry in the coming eight years. Despite all these
31:25 issues or challenges we are facing, at least within eight years, you will see eight new
31:32 branded hotels will be coming in. And I see this competition very positively. Miss Tourism
31:38 Ghana 2022, Cristobal Insura Ejipon, urges graduates to explore opportunities in the
31:44 sector as a means to address the high levels of graduate unemployment in the country. Tourism
31:50 has a lot of aspects. So it's not just about travelling. You have like sports, we have
31:54 food, we have beach, we have a whole lot. So it's just ideal that the youth people who
32:00 are unemployed, you have your degrees, you find the hand skills, you look at these different
32:05 aspects when it comes to tourism. If you think you are very good at cooking, do something
32:10 when it comes to food tourism. If you think you have the hospitality, venture into hoteliers
32:17 and servant people. So it's just how you have to look at your own skills and then look at
32:23 the opportunities, little opportunities around. That is where I think your money is going
32:27 to come from. As the third quarter of this year draws to a close, it is expected that
32:32 more co-working spaces will be provided for enhanced and comforting experience for Ghairst.
32:39 Carlos Kalonis reports for JOYNEWS.
32:47 Now the challenges posed by climate change and decreasing arable lands have inspired
32:51 the need for the use of sustainable machinery to increase farming efficiency and productivity.
32:58 In the fourth edition of the Energy Commission's Senior High School's Renewable Energy Challenge,
33:03 Sugakope SHS and Kwabre SHS won the northern and southern zones respectively for their
33:09 inventions to improve sustainable agricultural practices. They progressed to the national
33:15 challenge with four more schools later in October. Clinton Yabua has more in the following
33:20 report.
33:22 The Senior High School's Renewable Energy Resources Challenge is under the Energy Commission's
33:27 mandate to promote the use of renewable energy. The challenge aims to develop the research
33:32 skills of senior high school students and promote technological innovation in renewable
33:36 energy and energy efficiency. The challenge aims to promote the efficient use of renewable
33:41 energy resources through public education, training and regulation of entrepreneurs in
33:46 the sector. The 14th edition was themed Mechanized Small-Scale Agriculture Using Renewable Energy
33:52 Technologies. Sugakope SHS beat seven schools with their invention of a multi-purpose farm
33:58 vehicle for sowing, harrowing and spraying to win the southern zone competition. Kwabre
34:03 SHS with their invention of solar-powered mechanized knapsack sprayer also beat seven
34:08 schools to win the northern zone competition.
34:11 "Families today, everyone complain about using the cutlass and then the hoe. So we
34:18 have to bring their interest into the sector. That is why we developed our five-in-one mechanized
34:23 agriculture. Therefore, with this machine, you just press a button and something happens
34:28 in the farm. So there's no manual work with our machine. So you just relax and then operate."
34:34 "When you look at the small-scale as compared to the commercial agriculture or the large-scale
34:39 agriculture, you see that small-scale mostly depend on the master sprayer or the manual
34:44 work, which doesn't have so many effects on the planted land. So our team sat down
34:51 and we used renewable energy technologies so that we can mechanize that knapsack sprayer
34:57 for you to operate on the farm, to make the farm timeless and also easy for the planter
35:03 to operate."
35:04 Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Williams Amankra, is pleased the challenge will help
35:10 improve the agricultural activities of the country.
35:13 "Since when did we get cocoa? How many years now? Over a hundred years. The old system
35:20 from the tree to the bargain of the cocoa. One of the problems that we have is post-harvest
35:29 loss. You know Babadie? Chupuo. They don't take us anywhere. The little thing that they
35:38 learn, let us domesticate it. Let us use our hand in producing them. Now I've seen mechanized
35:45 agriculture at small scale there. It's a nice program. Please, let us give it the knowledge
35:52 that it deserves."
35:54 Director of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency at the Energy Commission, Dr. Kufie Jakun,
35:59 said the schools will be supported to patent their technologies for commercialization.
36:04 "The Energy Commission will take the additional steps of ensuring that the school also have
36:11 the patent right to that technology. Yes, because once we succeed in bringing those
36:17 projects to commercial status and is able to catch the market, I mean the end result
36:24 will be revenue. We want to make impact, change the landscape of the senior high schools when
36:31 it comes to revenue mobilization."
36:34 Sugakope SHS, Yasantua Girls SHS and Infantsepim SHS from the Southern Zone will join Kwabri
36:41 SHS, Toma SHS and Sewa Kese Girls SHS from the Northern at the grand finale of the Challenge
36:48 in October. From the 16th region, 125 schools participated in the Renewable Energy Challenge.
36:54 Reporting for JOY News, Clinton Yeboah.
36:59 Now, Chief Executive Officer of Cherryfield Montessori School, Magdalene Jiffa Adzanu
37:04 is worried that the current economic hardship has forced some parents in Ghana to shirk
37:09 their role in raising the future generation. She is asking parents to support teachers
37:17 and other guidance to effectively train the kids.
37:27 Joyful song, celebrating a decade of selfless service to teaching and nurturing both young
37:33 and old. This milestone of Cherryfield Montessori School gives joy to teachers, students and
37:39 parents. As part of activities to mark this year's anniversary, management of the Montessori
37:44 School organized a fun and games activity aimed at revitalizing body, mind, soul for
37:51 the years ahead. Jiffa Adzanu is CEO of the Cherryfield Montessori School.
37:57 It's a big milestone that we have chalked and it is just appropriate that we organize
38:04 some few activities to mark the 10th anniversary. So this is one of the activities that we are
38:11 organizing to mark the 10th anniversary, that is sports and games. So basically we are organizing
38:18 this thing to exercise ourselves and to mark the 10th anniversary of Cherryfield Montessori
38:22 School.
38:23 As an early education specialist, Jiffa Adzanu says she has observed with worry the tendency
38:32 by most Ghanaian parents to shirk their parental responsibility in raising the future generation
38:38 of a country with hope that only teachers or foster parents will be responsible.
38:43 Parenting in Ghana now has become very difficult because of the economic hardship in the country.
38:53 But notwithstanding that, we should also have time for our children because they are the
39:01 future leaders and if something goes wrong, the future will also go wrong. So we should
39:08 try as much as possible to balance our work with our children and then we have time for
39:18 them. We should once in a while see, I mean take their bags, check what exactly is in
39:25 the bag, what they watch on their phones. We are in a digital world now and it's scary.
39:32 It's very scary. If our children are watching some things, you become so worried. So we
39:40 should try and make sure that we guide them in the gadgets they use. Either than that,
39:47 we won't be training or we will just be like pay and rent. We are just paying and we are
39:55 renting. But we aren't parents as in parent.
39:58 In spite of this, Jiffa and her team at the Sherryfield Montessori School have pledged
40:03 to play their part in churning out excellent educational products to score their goal.
40:24 Let's cross over now to the Minister of Information where the Deputy Minister is addressing the press.
40:31 Deputy Minister for Information, members of the Governing Board of the Cyber Security
40:37 Authority, Director General of the Cyber Security Authority, representatives from the Joint
40:45 Cyber Security Committee, the representatives from Huawei, the Chief Executive Officer of
40:52 the Government of the United States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Government
40:54 of the United States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Government of the United States,
40:55 and the Chief Executive Officer of the Government of the United States, and the Chief Executive
40:56 Officer of the Government of the United States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Government
40:57 of the United States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Government of the United States,
40:58 and the Chief Executive Officer of the Government of the United States, and the Chief Executive
40:59 Officer of the Government of the United States, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Government
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