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00:00 Good afternoon, welcome to join us today. We're coming to you live from our studios in Kokumlemle.
00:04 We're on DTT because we're free to on DSTV channel 4 to 1 and GO! TV channel 1 to 5.
00:10 We are your home of independent, fearless and credible journalism.
00:14 Coming up this afternoon, Joy News investigations revealed that aside
00:19 from the increasing cost of treating water polluted by irresponsible mining,
00:23 Ghana water company's treatment process cannot remove poisonous heavy metals
00:28 from the water pump to the homes across the country.
00:30 More as the Ghana water company limited assures it will do its best to provide Ghanaians
00:38 with only wholesome water as experts warn of dire consequences
00:42 if illegal miners do not stop polluting the water bodies.
00:45 Also this afternoon, former president Mahama vows not to allow his appointees to lavish
00:52 on the NDC's regained power. We have more from his building Ghana tour in the Bono East region.
00:59 Plus in Parliament, NDC MP for Boko Centro Mahama Iyariga assumes finance minister
01:05 challenge in the legality of the Ghana Financial Stability Fund.
01:09 We have details of that relief being sought by the MP.
01:13 My name is Aishe Brime. We're also live on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram
01:18 and X on Joy News on TV. My personal handle is @bananaaishe. Do stay for details.
01:47 Mental scientists and public health experts are warning of the dire consequences
01:52 if the pollution of our water bodies are not stopped.
01:55 It follows Joy News' investigations which uncovered that aside the increasing cost
02:01 of treating water polluted by irresponsible mining, the Ghana water company's current
02:06 treatment process cannot remove poisonous heavy metals from water pump to homes across
02:12 the country. Tests conducted at the Ghana water company limited's Dabwase intake point
02:18 of the Prairie River confirms high levels of arsenic, lead and chromium.
02:23 Erasmus Asaridonko has been speaking to experts on whether the company's current treatment process
02:28 is capable of removing these poisonous metals. Here are essays of his latest documentary.
02:39 This is the Dabwase intake point where the Ghana water company limited pumps and treats
02:45 the Prairie for distribution to Takradi and parts of the central region.
02:50 I'm fetching a sample from what is being pumped from the Prairie River.
03:00 Samples fetched from the Prairie are the Dabwase headworks of the Ghana water company tested
03:07 positive for 0.288 mg/L of arsenic, 0.186 of chromium and 0.57 mg/L of lead all above the
03:20 safety levels for these poisonous metals. But can the Ghana water company's treatment
03:28 process eliminate the presence of poisonous heavy metals?
03:34 We took a trip to the materials engineering department of the college of engineering KNUST
03:41 to speak with engineer Dr. Benetta Kunsen. She has been researching into heavy metal removal
03:49 from water using nanotechnology, mineral waste reprocessing, minerals processing and waste
03:56 management. Some suspended solids have the ability to remove heavy metals. A typical example
04:04 is the iron oxide or iron oxide based materials. So for instance if you have magnetite, maghematite
04:14 which is more like an oxidized form of a magnetite, it has the ability to remove these.
04:21 So once these are the kind of suspended solids we have in the system, they would interact with
04:27 the heavy metals in there and would certainly have some or undertake or undergo some sort of
04:34 adsorption in the system. So when they remove the heavy metals and these suspended solids which are
04:41 iron oxides, then we were sure that some levels of heavy metals would have been removed.
04:49 But typically removing those ones doesn't clean water of heavy metals present. Currently what
04:58 Ghana water is doing doesn't take care of that. It takes care of bacteria, microbial
05:07 stuff in the water. But with respect to heavy metals, I can give you samples of water which
05:14 contain heavy metals. They may be as clear as you can imagine but then they would have
05:20 levels, high levels of heavy metals in them.
05:24 The Praha is polluted mainly by miners opening their residue into the river at Chufu Kototse,
05:34 Chufu Praso and Shantans sitting on the river. But district chief executive for Wassa East,
05:42 Emmanuel Boakye, told our team there are no resources to fight them.
05:46 We tried as much as possible to get an outboard motor attached to the canoe so that we can track
05:55 those guys. But what we realised was that there are a lot of stones in the river. So you cannot
06:03 run through the river to that place. I think some time ago two military men died
06:11 on this river because of this mining in the river issue. So that has become a challenge to us.
06:21 And that's the main reason why we are unable to take them away from the river.
06:28 Listen to experts who are warning the country will be in danger if illegal mining is not dealt
06:38 with immediately. But it's also important to realise that prevention is better than cure.
06:47 We don't wait for the water to be poisoned before we start throwing our arms in the air.
06:54 The previous report said this is an issue but unfortunately they did not explore what is the
07:03 alternative. Because if most of the sachet water producers are using Ghana Water Company
07:11 water as their source before they create the sachets, we have no resource, we have nowhere to
07:19 go to. So we have to stop contamination of our water bodies. We need to test the wells and bore
07:26 holes, especially those in the mining areas, to see how far they are exceeding the limits.
07:34 And we need to raise awareness of the impacts of heavy metal pollution, especially in those
07:41 communities that are high in Ghanam Sea activity. We also have another source of lead and heavy
07:49 metals and that is from the processing of e-waste. I know government has tried to make some improved
07:56 measures to prevent this but we still do not appreciate the long-term impacts all of these
08:06 pollutants are having on our populations. In such a way we are mortgaging the future of our children
08:15 because of short-term greed and commercial gain. It's something that we need to address as soon
08:22 as possible and this is something that has to be done nationally. I don't think we should focus on
08:29 any one particular entry point into the system because we're also getting heavy metals and
08:37 pesticides through the consumption of food. We need to take a step back and have a holistic
08:44 solution on how do we reduce the amount of pollution that we are getting in our bodies.
09:02 But the problem which Professor Gordon mentioned is the cost involved in producing
09:08 balsam water is increasing and if the cost is going up, we already know the economic situation,
09:14 the cost of production goes higher, it has implications, especially for those in the lower
09:20 socioeconomic brackets. It has implications for the cost of doing business and so on and so forth.
09:27 So one may argue that the so-called gains from mining will be completely eroded by the costs
09:34 that would be incurred in trying to purify this water. To the solutions which you asked about,
09:44 Professor Gordon also mentioned again that we have some locally appropriate technologies to be able
09:51 to do this which can chelate some of these or try to use a layman's term to amass together some of
09:58 these heavy metals and take them out. Very simple, cheap. This is a time to explore some of these.
10:04 And then also the next step will be to equip the Ghana Water Company with the tools that are needed
10:12 should we exceed these thresholds to be able to remove these heavy metals. The wiser thing to do
10:19 will be primary prevention. Stop the water from getting polluted. This problem is not only in
10:26 Ghana. Even in the US, they've had serious problems with water flowing from taps which is contaminated
10:32 with heavy metals. They've had congenital anomalies and big problems, health issues with water that
10:39 has been contaminated. So far in Ghana, we've not had any water coming from our taps that has these
10:44 heavy metals. So what you're doing right now, Ayesha, is part of the solution. Start making noise now.
10:49 Because otherwise we have more energy in our future, big time, and it will not be worth it.
10:54 Meanwhile, the Ghana Water Company says it will ensure that only wholesome water will run through
11:02 our taps. Let's listen to its communications manager Stanley Marty.
11:07 [AUDIO OUT]
11:21 If we get to the point where we are unable to treat the water to meet the drinking standards,
11:28 we'll start the treatment plans now. OK, so Ghana will be rest assured. There's no way we'll pump
11:33 in unwholesome water for people to consume. Anytime we are unable to treat the water to that level,
11:40 we just shut it down. And this must be a caution to all of us. And then those who are involved in
11:45 the [INAUDIBLE] the few of them shouldn't put all of us into this mess. OK, we need water to consume
11:53 and to stay safe, stay healthy, so we can be productive for our nation. We can't allow a few
12:02 people to hurt all of us. Seriously, our policies, if we cannot meet the standards, we shut it down.
12:10 You want to make a date at 8.30 PM on the Join News Channel for part three of Poisoned for Gold.
12:27 Let's get on to other stories. Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin says there's a huge
12:32 disconnect between what members of Parliament earn and the financial expectations of their
12:38 constituents. Delivering a speech at the Speaker's Breakfast Forum with CSOs, Alban Bagbin claimed
12:44 despite receiving relatively low salaries compared to ministers, there's a significant financial
12:50 burden on MPs, including funding weddings, outdoorings, and other social events that are
12:56 not necessarily the responsibility of an MP. According to Alban Bagbin, this is leading to a
13:01 high attrition rate among MPs. He argues the race to enter Parliament has now become about who can
13:08 dole out more money and not who truly represents them on the floor. Parliamentary correspondent
13:14 Kwaku Asante was at this event. He joins us with more. Kwaku, there have been remarks on behalf of
13:19 the two leaders of the House. What have they been saying? Both leaders in
13:28 able to do their work. One significant thing that has come up is the need to
13:35 have offices in the constituencies. There are very few MPs who have that and
13:42 Parliament has been struggling.
13:48 There seems to be a challenge with connection with Kwaku Asante. We'll try and get Kwaku Asante
13:54 back to tell us more about this. Do we have Kwaku Asante back?
13:59 All right, we'll try and bring Kwaku Asante back. But first, let's look also at the leader and
14:08 founder of the All People's Party, Hazana Yerga, who has described the 2024 budget statement as
14:14 a strategic campaign budget for the ruling NPP. According to him, the budget is a means of
14:20 gathering enough resources for the government to campaign ahead of the 2024 general elections.
14:26 He spoke in an interview with my colleague Nana Bwachi Adam in Kumasi.
14:30 Take on the budget. I think that it's a budget prepared to get enough resources to campaign.
14:42 It is not a feasible budget. It's not a budget that all the things they've mentioned,
14:46 cutting down some taxes, thinking that they are going to get Lior Ghanians to do A, B and C.
14:53 Look at this budget. In the budget, they made mention they are going to bring cut down taxes on
15:01 what do you call it, electronic cards. Who is interested in electronic cards in this country?
15:10 Number one, whose idea it is to bring in electronic cards for us to cut down
15:15 duties on them, to take off duties on them and all taxes on them? What it means is that one of them
15:21 is bringing in those cards. And as a result, they want to make money. You cannot say that
15:28 you are cutting down on taxes on electronic cards when we have Kantanka that we can promote. But
15:35 Kantanka is paying taxes, but those coming with electronic cards are not paying taxes. Clearly,
15:41 there is some kind of gululu going on with this budget. And this budget cannot show the way
15:47 for Ghanians. It's only talking about we are going to do this, we are going to do that.
15:52 They have said this over the period. And they have not been able to fulfill one budget policy
15:58 they raised last year. So the Prime Minister should have come, when he came to the parliament,
16:03 he should have told us that they have completed A in their last budget, B in their last budget,
16:09 C in their last budget. And now they need more to raise the next budget. But they came without any,
16:16 I mean, any results of what they have completed. So clearly, my brother, if I ask you what this
16:23 budget is, this is called a campaign budget. It's a campaign budget.
16:31 Former President John Romani Mahama says modesty will be the guiding principle for his appointees
16:37 should the NDC regain power. According to him, the use of luxurious vehicles,
16:42 for instance, will not be allowed in his government. Mr. Mahama, who is touring
16:47 the Bono East region as part of his building Ghana tour, says his appointees
16:51 must be ready to submit to accountability.
16:56 And that I pledge to you that things will not be the same. It is not going to be business as usual.
17:03 I'm not going to be the one who tell you things I cannot do.
17:07 Anybody who comes to serve in our government must not be arrogant. Because you must be
17:15 accountable to the people. The people elected you to serve them, not to lord it over them.
17:22 And so one of the things we don't want to see in the next NDC government, we don't want to see
17:26 arrogance. The people are suffering. And so you must be modest. We don't want to see people
17:35 driving Rolls Royces and things when people cannot get food to eat. You must be modest
17:42 in how you live. You must be truthful. You must tell the people the truth.
17:48 And then finally, you must be prepared to be held to account. That is what leadership is about.
17:54 If a public trust is put in your hand, you must be ready to account to the people who put that trust
18:00 in your hand. And so when you are voted into office, or you're appointed as a minister,
18:06 or some public official, you've been given a public trust. And so the people can ask you to
18:12 account for what you've done. And if you haven't held that public trust, well, you can be sanctioned.
18:19 We must deal with corruption.
18:21 If people hide money under their beds,
18:26 when people are hungry, we must not attempt to clear them.
18:33 The president must not be a clearing agent.
18:37 If your appointees have done wrong, let the institutions deal with them.
18:42 So that it will be a deterrent and others will not do the same.
18:47 Mr. Muhammad says when voted into office, his government will restore the lost hope.
18:53 I know that most of you are disappointed. And I know that most of you have lost faith in our
19:01 democracy. In 1992, when President Rawlings signed the 1992 constitution, we were all happy. Because
19:09 we said democracy has come. We're going to see progress and development.
19:14 Unfortunately, many young people look at their lives today and say, I don't believe in this
19:19 democracy. I have no opportunities to improve myself. And so I don't even see the reason why
19:27 I should vote. There are many young people I talk to and say, I don't vote because I don't see the
19:32 need for it. But I beg you, don't lose hope in your country. Ghana has a bright future.
19:39 We can turn things around. We're going to lift Ghana and put her back on her feet.
19:44 And the only way we can do that is if you contribute your votes to the decision
19:50 that we're going to do in 2024. And so please keep hope alive. Don't lose hope in Ghana.
19:56 Ghana is a country that has great potential. And I can assure you that I will do my best
20:04 From Bono East, let's head to the central region where Infant Supreme School is now
20:10 courting the help of parents to bail them out of their power crisis after the government defaulted
20:16 on payments. Headmaster of the school, Ebenezer Kobuna Edo, in a speech at the school's speech
20:21 on prize-giving day, revealed the school is in distress and cannot afford to pay the school.
20:26 The school is in a state of crisis. The school is in a state of crisis.
20:30 The school is in a state of crisis. The school is in a state of crisis.
20:34 The school is in a state of crisis. The school is in a state of crisis.
20:37 He disclosed that out of 204,000 accumulated between January and October this year,
20:43 the government has only paid half with an outstanding amount of 115,000 Ghana citizens.
20:50 Listen.
20:50 We don't have enough punishment in the classrooms.
20:55 Currently, we need 250 unidesks to ensure that our students are well seated.
21:02 These students are used by teachers in the classrooms. It's not comfortable.
21:08 Headmaster of Infant Supreme School, Ebenezer Kobuna Edo, sharing some of the challenges the
21:12 school has been grappling with ranging from the payment of prepaid to the general issues
21:19 of infrastructure. He warned parents in the various houses of the students to lend their
21:24 support. High cost of electricity. We are unpaid. And we always struggle to purchase power.
21:32 This year alone, from January to October 31st, we have spent 204,000 cities unpaid. Fortunately,
21:45 the government has given us 89,000 Ghana cities, leaving 115,000 cities.
21:54 This is indeed very worrying and frustrating as a school.
22:00 Installation of solar panels on various blocks would be a better option for us. Meanwhile,
22:08 I wish upon all parents of those houses to support the purchase of power in these houses.
22:15 Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Right Reverend Dr. Paul Kobunabuafu
22:21 warned management of the school to continue to maintain the standards and the principles of the
22:25 school. But it will always be a standard here at all times. And the board would want to plead
22:34 with the management that our Christian values, our Christian principles are not left behind.
22:42 Even in this age where we seem to acquire knowledge at the expense of morality,
22:49 we pray that the infants will stand tall and churn out nature students who come out with a heart,
22:59 who come out with a love for nature, who come out with a love for humanity,
23:06 who come out with a love that is beyond the artificial intelligence.
23:12 Emuba 93 and head of the medical intensive care unit at the Kolibu Teaching Hospital,
23:17 Dr. Yaw Oforieje, want the educational system to be more inclined towards technology
23:23 so the country's industrialization drive could be supported.
23:26 We must move beyond short-term fixes and embrace a holistic approach that equips
23:33 our students with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate our ever-evolving digital landscape.
23:42 It is imperative that we introduce digital technology at the early stages of education
23:51 during the formative years of our children when their cerebral capacity has no limits.
23:57 It is not enough to simply introduce technology in our classrooms. We must empower our educators
24:06 with the tools and training necessary to maximize its potential.
24:12 The Mfantepem School has been holding its 147th anniversary that got many all students
24:19 and the various stakeholders of the school joined them to take stock of the activities
24:23 of the school in the course of time. Reporting for Joy News, Richard Kwejinyakon.
24:29 We can now go back to our earlier story where Speaker of Parliament Albon Bagby says there's
24:44 a huge disconnect between what MPs earn and the financial expectations of their constituents.
24:50 Delivering a speech at the Speaker's Breakfast Forum with CSOs, Albon Bagby claimed despite
24:56 receiving relatively low salaries compared to ministers, there's a significant financial
25:01 burden on MPs, including funding weddings, outdoorings and other social events that are
25:06 not necessarily the responsibility of an MP. According to Albon Bagby, this is leading to
25:12 a higher attrition rate among MPs. He argues the race to enter Parliament has now become about who
25:18 can dole out more money and not who truly represents the people on the floor.
25:24 Parliamentary correspondent Kwikwa Sante joins us. Kwikwa, there have been remarks also
25:28 on behalf of the two leaders of the House. What have they been saying?
25:39 A lot of MPs do not have offices in their constituencies. It means that they would have to
25:43 use their old houses or certain personal revenue to be able to do that. There's a speech that was
25:49 read on behalf of both leaders by Manolama Okipuwa on behalf of the minority leader,
25:54 as well as Mubia Seram Alassan on behalf of the majority leader. The strength and importance
25:58 of getting these constituencies occupied. We also have been hearing from Kathleen Abbey,
26:03 the boss of the National Committee on Constituency Education, NCCE. It seems sort of like the
26:08 speech coming directly to the seat of claim. MPs are not paid so well but are expected to do so
26:14 much. He says that MPs go to the council and campaign using the same tools. They go to
26:18 Adora and pay money. When you become MPs, you are expected to carry through the same way you
26:25 used to campaign. That cannot really be a function of the low salary of MPs.
26:29 So other serious things have also been sharing their views about the 30 years
26:34 of parliamentary democracy. We've been practicing in the country over the last 10 years.
26:37 Whilst many of our leaders we have done a lot in the country, they are doing the same thing.
26:44 We'll definitely get Kwiku back on the line to get a clearer explanation of what he's saying.
26:56 We'll also try and get him on the member of parliament for Boko Central who has filed
27:03 a petition and sued the finance minister Ken Oforiata, challenging the legality of the
27:10 establishment of the Ghana Financial Stability Fund. Maa Mayariga argues that the fund was
27:15 established without parliamentary approval in violation of the constitution of Ghana. When we
27:21 get Kwiku Asante on, he'll be telling us more about the claims and also the release that he's
27:27 seeking. Let's get on to another story because the ruling MPP has fired four of its members for
27:36 publicly endorsing an independent candidate other than its flag bearer, Mahama Dubaomia. The four,
27:43 namely Hopsana Doye, Yao Boabian Samwanano Hininto and Boniface Abubakar Sadiq, are said to have
27:50 breached the party's constitution. There's a statement that was released this morning
27:56 and signed by the general secretary of the party, Justin Kodya. I'll be sharing
28:02 that statement with you shortly. But the statement is entreating other members to take
28:08 note and focus on activities that will help the party win the 2024 elections.
28:14 Let's take a break on Joy News today when we return, there's more.
28:23 Hello, welcome to the business segment with me, Emma Davis.
28:26 Ghana will record an average inflation of 18% by the end of 2024. That's according to the forecast
28:36 by the Economist Intelligence Unit. This was captured in its updated Africa Outlook report.
28:42 Here's more. This will be a significant fall from the average of about 38% in 2023,
28:51 according to the UK-based firm, Ghana's average inflation in 2024 will place it eighth in Africa,
28:59 but lower than Nigeria. It said inflationary pressures are expected to ease from the more
29:04 elevated levels recorded in 2023 for all but a small handful of African countries,
29:10 including Seychelles and Sudan. It added that an easing of consumer price pressures
29:16 will be a welcome relief for policymakers and households. However, inflation will run strong
29:22 into 2024 and remain a central story for several large economies, including Angola, Egypt and Ghana.
29:29 Now, Anglo-Gorda Shanti Oboasi Mine is investing in educational development
29:38 within its catchments by creating a rich pool of human resources for the mine's sustainability
29:44 and other services necessary for development. The company has cut sword for the construction
29:49 of an examination printing center for the Oboasi municipality aimed at improving academic
29:55 performance. The company believes the availability of a well-educated workforce
30:01 would ensure sustainability of the mining industry. There's more in this report.
30:05 After its revitalization in 2019, the Anglo-Gorda Shanti Oboasi Mine has committed to boosting the
30:14 economy of the mining community across diverse sectors, including education.
30:18 Under its 10-year socio-economic development plan, the mine has carried out numerous community
30:25 development. The latest is the construction of the examination printing center for the Oboasi
30:30 municipality. The 2.4 million project, expected to be completed in four months, will be the sole
30:36 exams paper production hub for the municipality. Jacob Edmond-Akwa, a senior manager for project
30:43 service and business developments at AGE. "We are helping as part of our 10-year socio-economic
30:49 development plan. We are helping education in the municipality, includes a lot of things that
30:55 we've started already. We are building a robotics center for the Oboasi secondary technical school,
31:01 for example. We are also training teachers in many leadership programs. So far we've trained
31:08 about 525 teachers. We also provide learning materials. We've provided about 30,000
31:16 learning materials for the various schools in the municipality." In the preceding year,
31:23 the Oboasi municipality accumulated 94% pass rate for the standard basic examinations, BEC.
31:30 Municipal Director of Education Alfred Coombson is optimistic the new facility
31:34 would shoot up the performance. "I wouldn't say we were facing much challenge because parents
31:39 in Oboasi municipality now take this opportunity to appreciate the effort they are putting in.
31:44 When it comes to examination, parents from time to time help the schools. I'm going to say parents,
31:50 the parent organization, they help the schools to print questions for their awards. So now that
31:55 the printing center is in, it is going to actually save parents the cost of printing examination."
32:01 "What should we expect from results at this kind of test?" "Yes, already Oboasi municipality has
32:07 been churning out good results in examination. As it stands now, as of 2022, our BEC performance
32:14 pass rate was 94%. Now with this machine in place, we expect nothing less than 100%."
32:20 The company also cuts off for the construction of a 3.5 million Ghana Cedis chips compound
32:27 at Epitikoko community which is to be completed in seven months.
32:31 For JOY News, my name is Emmanuel Brightquick.
32:34 That's all for business. My name is Emma Dias. For more business news,
32:43 do log on to myjoyonline.com. Up next is sports. Do stay.
32:47 You're still watching JN Today and it's time for sports. My name is Harold Mbarek. Now the Ghana
32:57 Police Service has begun a search for individuals who attacked head coach of Nsantriman Maxwell
33:03 Konedu during the game against Boforka Tunnel on Sunday. Konedu was physically assaulted and
33:08 eventually hospitalized at the Sunyane Regional Hospital where he is expected to stay for a
33:13 minimum of two days. The Ghana FA has also issued a temporary ban on Boforka Tunnel from using the
33:19 Coronation Park as their home venue with immediate effect.
33:32 For more, we've got more for you at 2pm on Sports Today. My name is Harold Mbarek
33:36 and World News is up next.
33:38 Time now for showbiz. Airband Gospel musician Scott Evans on Saturday at Aliza Hotel in Therma
33:50 held the maiden edition of his concert Grace's Luxury which gathered a lot of
33:55 airband gospel musicians on one stage. My colleague I.B was there and has more in this report.
34:00 Press music, emoji music, Kweisi Oting, Lali and Lola, Kingskid and a host of others were the
34:13 performers who got on stage at the Grace is Luxury concert at Aliza Hotel in Therma, an event by
34:20 gospel musician Scott Evans.
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35:21 After getting off stage, these were their honest opinion of how they saw the whole concert.
35:38 Grace's Luxury, man, I just expected a demonstration of God's grace through the
35:43 diverse gifts that are arrayed on the show tonight and I've seen a magnificent performance.
35:50 It's a good feeling, something new. I love it. I love what Scott is doing.
35:55 Everybody reacted wonderfully. We're in a place where you can feel the spirit.
35:59 You can feel that everybody came here to celebrate Jesus and it was just wonderful on stage.
36:03 Scott even brought up his A game, his team and I want to say kudos to them for an amazing job.
36:08 This is great.
36:09 Scott Evans believes that urban gospel is the new thing and everybody should fall in line with it
36:15 because it has come here to stay.
36:17 The whole idea is to make sure that Afro gospel music or urban gospel music stick
36:21 to the young people of this generation. This is the culture that I stand for,
36:25 for young people of this generation to enjoy music, be it Afro, be it I'm a piano, be it hip
36:30 hop, R&B, but still have the content of the message of God and I wanted to prove that tonight.
36:36 That is why I intentionally put all these guys on who solely came to do gospel song that has Afro beat,
36:43 that have hip hop, have R&B and dance.
36:45 Episode six of the most entertaining and educative game show on Joy Prime,
36:58 Step Up with Syntex Tank last Sunday, saw two ladies from University of Ghana
37:03 representing Volta Hall and two gentlemen from University of Cape Coast representing Valko Hall,
37:09 mounting the stage one after the other to answer questions with hopes of walking away
37:14 with cash and amazing prizes from sponsors. At the end of the episode, Selassie from Valko Hall
37:20 made the only contestants to make it to the intermediary stage of the show, earning him 500
37:26 cities. Unfortunately, the rest of the three contestants weren't able to make it to the
37:31 intermediary stage, leaving them with no cash. Here's what you missed.
37:35 Complete the title of the popular Ghanaian movie Harvest at, is it, let's see the possible answers.
37:48 Is it church, farm, 1770. I know this movie, so I know you're wrong and it breaks my heart
37:58 because the answer is actually what 17. Give it up for her.
38:04 My man, it is my honor to ask you to step up. Give it up for him.
38:23 I'll go with politics. You're very sure? Yeah. Okay, deriving from a Hindu phrase meaning learned one,
38:29 which English word describes a broadcaster, commentator or writer who specializes in
38:34 analyzing politics? Computer, please reveal the answer.
38:38 Thank you very much for playing. You still get to walk away with 500 Ghana cities cash.
38:50 Music and let's see the first question. To which music group or duo did singer
38:56 Ifea belong before going solo? Give it up for her.
39:03 You want to go for science? Yeah. You want to go for science? Yes. All right, let us see the first question.
39:14 Which is the largest organ in the human body? Is it a blood, skin, bones or things?
39:20 Computer, please reveal the answer. You're wrong. Shall we see the last? I was right.
39:27 And as I wrap up the bulletin this afternoon, my name is Ayeshe Brime. Log on to myjoenline.com.
39:39 There's more of the news and updates of all the developing stories over there. You find stories
39:44 including NPP Saks, Opsana Doye, Boabenga Samwa, others for campaigning for Alan Tremontine.
39:54 There's more of the stories when you get there.
39:56 My name is Ayeshe Brime. Do enjoy the rest of our programs.
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