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00:00 So welcome to the News Review segment on the AM show and thanks for joining us here and
00:06 allowing us into your space.
00:08 Joining us for the Review segment is the Executive Director for the Media Foundation for West
00:14 Africa, Suleymana Brahma.
00:16 Good morning to you, Chief, and thanks for joining us.
00:19 Good morning, and thank you for having me.
00:22 Great.
00:23 We have the Daily Graphic newspaper.
00:25 We have the Daily Guide newspaper.
00:27 We have the Finder, the Ghanian Publisher, and the Custodian.
00:32 Let's start from the Daily Graphic.
00:33 On the front page, no development plan, no budget, NDPC Director General to MDAs.
00:42 Ministry target 25% science enrollment this year.
00:47 West Africa security situation, coups set up, step up, terrorist act, and according
00:54 to a report, we'll get into that, where to protect democracy, NCC to Parliament, be relevant,
01:00 abreast of changing trends.
01:02 Narajo Hackman advises new lawyers.
01:05 Let's start from the coup situation in West Africa.
01:09 Now, the report, or the story written by Emmanuel Bonny says, "A media review of violence involving
01:15 African militant Islamist groups has observed spikes in violence and fatalities that coincide
01:21 with the military coups in those countries.
01:24 Data from the African Center for Strategic Studies indicate a surge in fatalities in
01:30 the Sahel and Somalia.
01:32 The Washington, D.C.-based academic institution within the U.S. Department of Defense said
01:37 fatalities linked to militant Islamist groups reached 22,288 over the past 12 months.
01:45 This represents a 48% increase from the same period last year that saw 15,024 fatalities.
01:55 This level of fatalities is about 2.5 times more than the pace experienced a decade ago
02:03 and higher than the record of 20,562 set in 2015, mostly driven by Boko Haram's lethal
02:10 use of violence."
02:13 The report, which was released recently, stated, "Now, I was asking myself, what could be the
02:21 contributing factor to this?"
02:25 Well, we find ourselves in a very, very unfortunate place now in our region and Africa generally.
02:36 And it appears that we are basically refusing to acknowledge the realities and to learn
02:44 from the past.
02:46 We have been in a situation of coup d'etats from 1960s all the way to the 1990s.
02:54 We had General Des, Colonel Dutt, Major General Dutt as heads of states across our countries
03:00 in the sub-region.
03:02 And then, you know, gradually we transitioned into democracy.
03:06 And it's been about 30 years now for some countries, 20, 20-something for others.
03:12 And all of a sudden, we find ourselves getting back to where we had come from.
03:16 And the question then is, what are the reasons?
03:21 And for me, the reasons are just not far-fetched.
03:24 It's only that our leaders are pretending not to know what the reasons are.
03:28 But if you have a youth bulge, as we do have in Africa and even in our country, where a
03:35 lot, thousands, if not millions of the young generation who are supposed to be working
03:41 are not working, and you find leaders, you know, grandmothers, grandfathers, fathers,
03:49 and mothers in leadership position stealing from the people in order to buy houses, multiple
03:55 houses in Accra, in order to buy multiple houses outside of Africa, then, I mean, to
04:01 expect that the young people whose future, you know, is being stolen away would just
04:06 keep quiet and sit down and watch what is happening is an unreal thing to expect.
04:13 And so it's all a question of bad leadership over the years.
04:16 And our leaders know.
04:17 If they don't know, then that's a surprise.
04:20 But you know, from all indications, what is happening is going to get us into more trouble.
04:27 But haven't young people been part of this process?
04:31 No, how many people?
04:33 How many young people?
04:34 I talk about Ghana.
04:35 We say, oh, over time, we've seen government appointing young people into political positions.
04:43 So ministers, deputy ministers, and so on.
04:46 But how many of the young people?
04:49 You know, just about maybe 0.01 percent.
04:52 And then they go in and they get inculcated, they get adulterated.
04:56 I mean, they basically are oriented to behave the same way as the elders who led the struggles.
05:04 And we were hoping that, well, with these people in charge, maybe things will be better.
05:08 But things have not gone the way we expect.
05:10 So for me, it's a question of bad leadership.
05:12 And that is why I expect that ECOWAS, the AU, the UN, and all these multilateral institutions
05:18 will begin to look at how do we even prevent more coup d'etats, rather than even getting
05:23 ourselves into trouble with invading one country here and there, and then realize another coup
05:28 d'etat here, and then the whole region is in turmoil.
05:31 I don't think that we have to go that route.
05:33 Let's deal with the question of youth unemployment, bad governance, corruption.
05:39 You know, that is giving people no hope.
05:41 And people are beginning to ask, what is the democracy we're talking about?
05:45 Is it the one that we basically go into elections, elect some people to come and loot our resources
05:50 and leave us in our poverty?
05:52 I don't think that that is what people would appreciate as democracy.
05:56 Democracy should be a system of governance that benefits everyone.
06:00 And I believe if we get ourselves onto that path, then we would be gradually getting ourselves
06:06 from the troubles that we are in now.
06:09 But how do we really deal with the leadership challenge confronting Africa?
06:14 When we've seen young people go in there and not making that expected impact that all
06:22 of us were wishing for?
06:24 Well, first of all, it's a question of whether the young people we talk about who get in
06:30 or who are appointed are given responsibilities that enable them to really perform.
06:36 Second is the fact that if you take Ghana, for example, we run a constitution that, look,
06:41 everyone is at the beck and call of the president.
06:44 We've had situations where individuals who would want to stand up to the president gets
06:52 fired.
06:53 We have a situation where if you take Domo Lebo, for example, who was basically saying,
06:57 look, the right things must happen.
06:59 We cannot have people abusing our resources and then going scot-free.
07:03 In the end, what happened?
07:04 The leadership of our country decided to find a new date of birth for him.
07:09 And on the basis of that said, you have even retired.
07:11 We've created a new date of birth for you, and you have to go on retirement.
07:15 He was forced out of his office and then new locks put in the office and so on and so forth.
07:20 So I mean, until we have that individual president who is committed and really want things to
07:29 go the way they should go, there's little that these young people who get appointed
07:33 can do.
07:34 And I'm not talking just about Ghana.
07:35 Whether it is Cote d'Ivoire, where President Watara has had to abuse the constitution to
07:40 continue to stay in power.
07:42 Or you're talking about Senegal, where President Makhisa has decided to basically become autocratic,
07:49 ban opposition party, arrest opposition leader, arrest activists and so on.
07:55 Or you're talking about Benin, where civic space has completely been shut down.
08:02 People cannot express themselves in the name of a president who is delivering development.
08:07 Or in Togo, where since independence, a father and son have been in charge of the country
08:15 for over 50 years now.
08:17 And we still call that democracy.
08:18 I think we need to talk to each other, say the truth to each other.
08:23 And that's the only way we can get out of this situation.
08:26 But the Togo example then brings in another question.
08:30 When the former Nasim Nasimuye came to power, he was a young man, wasn't he?
08:36 And we expected things to be different.
08:38 It hasn't gone that way.
08:39 And so I ask, how well prepared are the youth of Africa to exhibit a different kind of leadership
08:48 from the old ones, or I mean, quote, OGs we see exhibited today?
08:54 Well, I mean, that's really a fundamental question.
09:01 So if you were to take Ghana and those of us who are maybe under 50, and we know them
09:11 in politics, I don't want to mention names.
09:13 And you ask yourself, if any of these folks were to be made president tomorrow, would
09:18 things change?
09:19 And my answer, I'll be quite pessimistic in my response.
09:25 Because we have a situation where it's almost like everyone is feeling the way to go is
09:30 to loot money, make a lot of money.
09:33 And with that, you can be in power forever.
09:35 And so even the young ones, when they get the opportunity, they are also looting.
09:40 Unfortunately, our religious entities are not helping.
09:43 And you have pastors and imams who perhaps are even amassing wealth as much as the politicians
09:53 that we are complaining about, and therefore are not showing examples.
09:57 Their values are being basically bastardized.
10:03 And so we are in a dire situation.
10:06 We need a revamping of values, revamping of ethics.
10:10 And it all starts with maybe an ethical leader one day, having an ethical leader who says,
10:17 look, enough is enough.
10:19 We must begin to reform our situation.
10:21 Things must be done right.
10:22 Let's build a future for this country.
10:25 I want to lead in such a way that when I leave, 10 years, 15 years, people will remember me.
10:30 When I even die, people will remember me.
10:33 But that is not the kind of leadership that we are having.
10:35 And unfortunately, we've not had that kind of leadership for some time now.
10:39 We can only hope for the better then.
10:41 Well, to page 13 now, and it says no development plan, no budget.
10:48 That's the NDPC Director General to MMDAs.
10:51 Now, the story written by Timothy Nengbe says ministries, departments, and agencies that
10:56 have failed to submit their plan of activities and interventions to the National Development
11:00 Planning Commission will not be allocated any budget henceforth.
11:05 The Director General of the NDPC, Dr. Kojo Mensa Abrampa, issued the quote, "No development
11:11 plan, no budget," unquote, directive at a high level stakeholders workshop on statistical
11:16 data collection management in Accra last Thursday.
11:20 The directive follows the failure of 12 out of the 46 MMDAs to present their development
11:26 plans detailing project and interventions to the NDPC as required by law.
11:31 Although he did not provide the names of the defaulting MDAs for administrative reasons,
11:36 he said the report had been forwarded to the Office of the Chief of Staff for action.
11:40 Dr. Mensa Abrampa said the NDPC was clothed with the mandate to approve MDAs development
11:46 plans before a budget was allocated.
11:50 I'm sure this is the way to go about this, but how effective will this be?
11:56 Well, certainly it's the way to go.
12:02 But if that has been the principle and the policy, then the question to ask is those
12:09 who have failed to do comply, what are the sanctions?
12:14 Is it basically about saying, "Oh, well, no plan, no budget," and then that's it?
12:19 And why is it that we don't even know the names?
12:22 Why should it be a secret that we wouldn't know that, "Oh, it is this ministry or this
12:26 department or this agency that hasn't complied with the fundamental thing about submitting
12:33 your plan?"
12:35 And then basically on the basis of the plan, a budget being allocated.
12:39 So some of these things is about institutions demonstrating that they are appearing to be
12:46 working.
12:47 And it's also for our media.
12:50 It's not enough to basically just report, "This person says that no plan, no budget."
12:56 Now let's go beyond that.
12:57 Who are the...
12:58 What are these institutions that have not submitted their plans?
13:04 And what are the sanctions?
13:05 Over the years, has it happened?
13:08 Is it the first time it has happened?
13:09 For me, these are the things that we should be doing as the media rather than, "Oh, the
13:14 NDPC says no budget, no plan, no budget," and then we just report it and then it gets
13:19 highlighted and all of that.
13:21 I don't think that it really...
13:24 We need to go beyond these things.
13:26 Okay.
13:27 So you are expecting a penal regime rather than to say, "I mean, if you don't bring it,
13:34 you're not going to get your budget released."
13:37 Exactly.
13:38 And as I said, on the part of the media, I think the questions to ask would have been,
13:45 "Okay, okay, if this is what they are saying, let's look at last year.
13:48 What was the record?
13:49 Let's look at the previous year.
13:50 What was the record?"
13:51 So why is the NDPC itself not doing what it has to do?
13:54 Whether it's about some sanctions being imposed, have we had a situation where an entity hasn't
14:01 submitted a development plan and therefore no budget?
14:04 I think that has not been the case.
14:06 Why so?
14:07 Why is the NDPC itself not working?
14:08 I think these are the critical questions that we need the media to bring out rather than
14:13 basically reporting what some CEO has said.
14:17 All right.
14:18 Let's do the daily guide now.
14:20 It says, "Nana gives 2.5 million to young entrepreneurs.
14:23 Baumea is a religious unifier, presbyter, moderator, strive for excellence, law student,
14:30 good, Akosha Meno visits GAA chiefs, Ghanaian PhD Arabic scholar returns home."
14:37 Now let's start with the story on page three.
14:42 It's written by Charles Tetsi Bwedu, presidential correspondent.
14:46 It says, "President Akofo Addo last Friday gave out an amount of 2.5 million to some
14:52 30 young entrepreneurs to push their businesses.
14:55 This was when he presented awards to winners of the season four edition of the presidential
15:00 pitch meant to provide financial support for young Ghanaian entrepreneurs between the ages
15:04 of 18 to 40.
15:06 Caleb Eddem Mante Orelu Interactives received 150,000 citizens in excess of 50,000 from
15:14 what the winner of the third edition of the program received last year.
15:18 In addition to that, President Akofo Addo made a personal donation of 50,000 making
15:23 a total of 200,000 citizens.
15:25 He designed an application which is an interactive and immersive application of a petroleum drilling
15:31 rig simulator that teaches postgraduate and undergraduate engineering students practical
15:37 operations of a drilling rig.
15:40 The second position went to Besmak Etona Mingsa, a young entrepreneur who uses fish for food
15:47 seasoning without any additives, also known as Momoni cube."
15:52 Well, I believe that encouraging our young entrepreneurs is something good, but having
16:01 had this for four years running, what do you make of the impact?
16:07 Well, maybe it is something that we have to look into.
16:11 I think it's a great initiative.
16:14 Maybe we should even be doing more.
16:16 2.5 million Ghana cities is quite an amount, but in the context of what we are looking
16:24 at, that is really insignificant.
16:28 We would want to see a lot of resources going into this.
16:35 We've had the, it's called the NEIP.
16:38 Yeah, you're talking about NEIP, that's it?
16:43 Yes.
16:44 We've had that, that we would expect to see more support for young entrepreneurs, but
16:51 over the years, the question you ask is what is impact?
16:54 And I'm unable to respond to that because I haven't read any report about an evaluation
17:01 or an impact assessment of the resources that have been given out so far.
17:06 So it's something that we need to look into.
17:09 Again, I call on to the media to say over the last three, four years, this program has
17:14 been run.
17:15 Let's find out the beneficiaries and what they are up to, how far have they come and
17:20 what kind of support do they need going forward?
17:22 Otherwise, I think that this youth entrepreneurship initiative is a fantastic thing.
17:27 We just need to run it in a way that over the next five years or so, we will begin to
17:33 see giants emerge from these initial supports that are being offered to these young people.
17:41 All right.
17:42 But for the young people themselves, how can we take advantage of some of these opportunities
17:49 and to improve our ideas or even increase the production that we're involved in, those
17:56 who are winning this sort of initiatives?
17:59 Well, I think it is really about we are setting ourselves, and I'm talking about young people
18:08 here, setting ourselves and understanding the context that we find ourselves in and
18:16 realizing that the way to go is basically doing things by ourselves and imbibing the
18:24 right values, ethical values, honesty, sincerity, accountability, transparency.
18:31 Whether we are into our own businesses or we find ourselves in the public sector, these
18:35 are values that would enable us to go far.
18:38 And so for me, these are critical things.
18:42 Whenever I get an opportunity to talk to colleagues or young people, I tell them, look, imbibe
18:48 these values of hard work, integrity, honesty, and you would go far.
18:53 And so for beneficiaries and those who are still striving to benefit from opportunities
18:57 like this, I think that would be my message to them.
19:01 And those are the values that would enable all of us to go far.
19:05 Now on page nine of the same paper, The Daily Guide, a story by Ernest Kofi Edu says Ghana
19:10 to post trade surplus according to Fitch.
19:14 Ghana will post its first positive current account balances in 20 years, this year after
19:18 experiencing a deficit of 2.1% of GDP in 2022, ratings agency Fitch Solutions has stated.
19:25 The UK-based company said the country's balance of payment will turn positive again in 2023
19:31 with a surplus of 1.3% of GDP, explaining that the expected reversal in the capital
19:37 and finance account for the year is driven by IMF disbursement of $600 million each under
19:43 the extended credit facility.
19:45 Quote, "The trade surplus will remain large by historical standards in H223 as import
19:51 will contract more sharply than export due to weak domestic demand."
19:56 Unquote.
19:57 The rating agency indicated.
19:59 I mean, we've all been battling with how poor our economy has done.
20:04 Hearing this, what does it mean to you?
20:08 Well, it's positive news and I'm not surprised.
20:12 I certainly expect that with the IMF now in charge of our economy, after our own people
20:17 have run it into a ditch, I really expect that we would see positive developments.
20:22 Over the period, we've seen some level of stability of our local currency, for example.
20:29 And certainly that is because IMF folks are in town.
20:33 You go to the Ministry of Finance and we are told they are even people, they're hands holding
20:39 our people to try and improve our economy.
20:42 And so I'm not surprised, as I said, with IMF in charge now, one can be a little bit
20:49 hopeful except that the conditionalities sometimes also make life so difficult for the ordinary
20:54 person.
20:55 In terms of the numbers and indicators, certainly with the IMF in charge and not our people
21:03 that we had elected to be in charge, I suppose to see some positive developments in terms
21:09 of the figures.
21:10 Yes.
21:11 All right.
21:12 Now, the final newspaper now, OSP makes strikes and I'm sure they wanted to say stride and
21:18 like you say, Jabin, 186 killed in July road crashes, an increase of 30 percent put pressure
21:26 on Jantar in Niger to comply with diplomacy upon crommissaires.
21:30 Dr. Baumea is a unifying force for Muslims and Christians, presbyter moderator.
21:35 The government pay first to billions of this coupons on newborns, which will mature tomorrow.
21:41 Let's start from page four.
21:44 It says two years after being sworn into office, the special prosecutor, Kisiel Jabin, has
21:49 showed a number of successes since replacing his predecessor, Martin Amidu.
21:55 These include establishment of an administrative and operational system.
21:59 This has involved moving the office from a three bedroom house to a 10 story building
22:05 and retrofitting the empty 10 story structure into a fitting office.
22:10 The OSP has also moved from zero permanent staff to 249 in September.
22:16 They have also improved citizens engagement through the establishment of a functioning
22:20 website and multiple social media handles and instituted a toll free line for the filing
22:27 of complaint.
22:30 You are very vocal in the establishment of this special prosecutor's office.
22:36 Do you feel same that Kisiel Jabin is really chalking some strides?
22:45 So the office of the special prosecutor, the establishment of the office has been for some
22:51 time now.
22:54 Unruhbu Martin Amidu was the first OSP.
22:58 There were challenges and all.
23:01 At that time we were told the new office complex was under construction and all of that.
23:09 I really don't see moving from a three bedroom house to a 10 bedroom house as an achievement
23:15 by Kisiel Jabin, my good brother and good friend.
23:20 This is a government institution, government put up a structure and then you move in.
23:27 I don't think that is really the achievement.
23:29 And of course the measurement of the impact of the OSF is not about the size of the office,
23:34 the city.
23:35 It is about the extent to which corruption and corruption related offenses are dealt
23:41 with.
23:42 Over time we've seen a number of cases come up.
23:45 We've seen a number of actions being taken by the office of the special prosecutor.
23:50 That is certainly heartwarming and we look forward to seeing a lot more.
23:56 I however want to question because I over the last few months have seen a pattern that
24:01 appears to suggest that there is some public relations work that is intended to be done
24:07 or that is being done to shore up whatever is being done by the OSP.
24:13 Do you see on social media pictures and other infographs being thrown out about the achievements
24:25 so far, what has been done, number of cases, number of staff, number of that.
24:29 I think the office needs to be very careful about the path that it wants to take.
24:34 If it has been advised that, oh look, let's do a lot of PR and get a lot of public support,
24:39 get ourselves into the public domain and so on, a time may come they may regret that.
24:44 I think given the nature of the office, what is important is let the work be done and let
24:51 people begin to applaud the work that is being done.
24:54 If the OSP is prosecuting someone in court or a matter has come up like the Sicilia Adapa
25:00 incident and we are told the OSP has picked up, placed him under arrest.
25:06 The husband was placed under arrest, accounts have been frozen.
25:12 These actions when they are communicated, we would all begin to follow what is being
25:16 done and appreciate the work that is being done.
25:18 Rather than that intentional thing that is being done, oh let's push it, let's showcase
25:24 what is being achieved and all of that.
25:26 A time may come that will backfire.
25:28 I think they need to be very careful about that.
25:30 Okay, so they should hold on a bit on the PR.
25:35 Yeah, I think it should slow down on the PR.
25:37 Okay, alright then.
25:39 Now 186 killed in July road crashes, an increase of 30%.
25:43 Data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit indicate that road crash death told for
25:49 July 2023 increased by 30.07% as compared to July 2022.
25:55 A total of 186 persons were recorded to have died through road crashes in July 2023 whereas
26:00 143 persons died in July 2022.
26:04 Cumulatively, 1,443 commuters were killed in road traffic crashes between January and
26:10 July 2023.
26:11 A road traffic crash and casualty situation report released by National Road Safety Authority
26:18 showed that 149 of the dead were males, whilst 37 were females.
26:24 A total of 1,328 persons got injured with 213 pedestrians knocked down.
26:32 We've done all the education we can.
26:35 We've engaged on all the campaigns trying to reduce this but it looks like we are still
26:41 not getting anywhere.
26:43 What is lacking in all of those educations and what ought to be done for us to achieve
26:47 the desired goals?
26:48 It's a sad situation and I believe we still have to do more public education.
26:57 It comes down to the indiscipline on the road and this is about individual driver indiscipline
27:04 to a large extent.
27:07 If you are tired, rest.
27:08 If you are sleepy, rest.
27:10 You know, don't over speed.
27:13 And yet you still have people doing all this.
27:16 You have arrests being made all the time and the situation remains the same.
27:21 I think it comes down to first of all driver indiscipline.
27:25 We all need to be disciplined.
27:27 The second point is law enforcement.
27:29 You know, we need to really get to the point where our entity officials who are doing a
27:34 great job would move away from, you know, what we all know.
27:39 I see they arrest you, you are a traffic offender, road traffic offender and you part with something
27:46 and then you are allowed to move.
27:48 We cannot deceive ourselves that it is still not happening.
27:51 Even though we are seeing improvements over the years, these are things that are still
27:56 happening.
27:57 And so it's about self-discipline, that's number one, amongst our drivers and our road
28:01 users and number two is about law enforcement.
28:05 We have to enforce the law, you know, to the full effect.
28:09 Other than that, we can complain about our roads but strangely it appears that these
28:15 accidents happen on even some of the better roads.
28:18 Accra, Takradi, Akra, Kumasi, yes, some portions have problems, you know, Kumasi, Techima,
28:26 Kumasi, Kintampo.
28:28 These are not roads that you would say are really in terrible shape.
28:33 So it appears that the roads that are even better begins to be the ones that are, you
28:38 know, having difficulties.
28:39 Taking a lot of lives.
28:41 And it comes down to self-discipline and road traffic law enforcement.
28:47 All right, let's do the Ghanian publisher now.
28:52 Strive for Excellence, Anadro Hackman, charges law graduate, Baumya in a big lead ahead of
28:57 Saturday's post.
28:59 Upon Kroma Speaks to media, CSOs on Niger.
29:02 Tomahine Lord, Government for Project Completed in Mbono and Operation Double Signs Enrollment
29:07 in the Offering from the Ministry of Education.
29:12 Now latest post conducted by Outcomes International, Ghana and Centre for Sustainable African Development
29:20 Initiatives, UK, has projected a win for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Baumya in the impending
29:26 special delegate elections of the new patriotic party with 72.6%.
29:32 A special delegate based survey saw Alan Tremontine with 7.7%, Kennedy Japone III with 4.3%, Kwame
29:40 Njapone IV with 1.8 and Dr. Oswa Kutufe with 0.6% trailing Dr. Baumya.
29:48 Ahead of this post, do you have any expectations?
29:52 No, absolutely.
29:53 I think that Dr. Baumya certainly is a fantastic guy.
29:59 But the reality is that the system has also been orchestrated in his favor.
30:04 There's no doubt about that.
30:05 Talk to every government official, talk to the regional chairman, regional secretaries
30:10 and so on.
30:12 And it's obvious that the government machinery is basically backing Dr. Baumya.
30:18 I have said that if Dr. Baumya gets less than 80%, in fact 85% of this superdelegates votes,
30:29 that will be quite a tricky one for him in the main primaries.
30:34 Because this is basically regional chairman, regional secretaries, parliamentarians, ministers
30:43 and so on.
30:44 And all these people appear to have been whipped in line.
30:48 And my expectation would be that Dr. Baumya gets even close to 90%.
30:52 If he doesn't do that, then it's going to be a very, very dicey one for him in the main
31:00 primaries of the party.
31:02 And so, I mean, these polls that are coming up, I don't think it is something that is
31:07 surprising.
31:08 You don't need polls to tell you that for the superdelegates, Dr. Baumya is going to
31:11 win.
31:12 And that is partly because, as I said, people have been whipped in line to support him.
31:17 Okay.
31:18 All right.
31:19 I'm grateful to you, Sir, for joining us this morning.
31:20 You have a fantastic day.
31:22 Thank you very much.
31:23 Have a great day too.
31:24 Suleymane Abrahama is the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa.
31:29 And that was our news show segment.
31:31 APNEST is spot, but we do have a lot for you to stay with us.
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34:30 Well, we'll take a quick break.
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