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00:00 Hello, welcome to Joy News today here on myjoyonline.com.
00:05 My name is Carlos Kaloni.
00:07 Now in our headline, NPP presidential hopeful
00:09 and former energy minister, Buakhe Ejako,
00:12 dismisses media report, suggesting that he has stepped down.
00:15 For his close contender, Adainimo, we have more.
00:19 Meanwhile, party leadership in crunch meeting
00:28 to decide the fate of both candidates
00:30 in proceedings with their status in contesting
00:33 for the flag bearer's position of the party.
00:36 We are live at the party's headquarters.
00:38 Also, Bouguinabu authenticate leak tape,
00:47 allegedly detailing plot to oust IGP,
00:50 confirms two other police officers at the meeting
00:53 in his office at Osu.
00:54 We have details from parliament.
00:56 (upbeat music)
00:59 And 2023 edition of the biggest street art festival
01:05 in West Africa, Chaliwote, ends with multiple events
01:08 as thousands drove to the Black Star Square
01:11 to participate in the annual celebration of art and culture.
01:14 Details plus business, sports, world news,
01:21 and showbiz all in this hour.
01:23 Stay tuned.
01:26 (upbeat music)
01:28 My name is Carlos Keloni.
01:47 Now the camp of Buakhe Ejako is dismissing media reports,
01:50 suggesting that he has stepped down
01:52 for his close contender, Adainimo.
01:54 Both candidates earned the same vote
01:56 from the result of last Saturday's super delegate conference.
01:59 Now this leaves the party with six presidential hopeful
02:02 instead of the five they were expecting
02:04 at the end of the polls.
02:05 To determine the way forward on which of the two
02:08 take the fifth slot on the ballot sheet
02:10 for the party's upcoming conference,
02:12 the MPP is holding a crucial meeting
02:14 after the unexpected tie.
02:16 Meanwhile, proud to a decision from the party
02:18 on the prevailing development,
02:20 media report are suggesting Buakhe Ejako has stepped down
02:23 for Adainimo to take the fifth slot.
02:26 A statement from Buakhe Ejako's camp
02:28 has since dismissed the report.
02:30 Benjamin Achete is campaign spokesperson
02:32 for Buakhe Ejako.
02:34 He spoke with Samuel Kujo Brace a while ago.
02:37 (silence)
02:39 - Okay, so you can see the statement there.
02:58 It said disregard any false information.
03:00 I'm ready for the runoff.
03:03 My attention has been drawn to some false claims
03:06 and reports that I, Buakhe Ejako,
03:09 has withdrawn from the MPP presidential primaries.
03:13 I have not made any such pronouncement
03:16 with anyone or any media house.
03:19 I am ready for the upcoming runoff shuttle
03:23 for Saturday, September 2.
03:25 Let's not take you to the MPP headquarters in Andabraka
03:34 for an update on the meeting
03:35 to decide the fate of both Buakhe Ejako
03:37 and Adainimo contesting for the flag bearer ship.
03:41 Let's now listen to Bernard Achete.
03:46 - 200,000 votes at the grassroots.
03:51 And I'll tell you that less than 1,000 of 200,000
03:54 is not a good sample for you to use
03:58 this superdelegate election to judge that
04:01 your performance in the superdelegate election
04:03 will actually reflect in the November 4th election.
04:08 We still believe that the people who,
04:10 the party people are at the grassroots
04:13 and they are waiting for Honorable Buakhe Ejako
04:15 to come to them, to talk to them,
04:19 because he is a man who has always been giving party,
04:24 the MPP party, public policies to win elections.
04:29 So he knows what the ordinary Ghanaian wants
04:33 and he's ever ready to give to ordinary Ghanaian
04:35 to solve the ordinary Ghanaian problem.
04:38 What we are saying from the camp of Honorable Buakhe Ejako
04:41 is that we don't see anybody as the enemy.
04:43 We see poverty as the number one enemy in Ghana.
04:46 And that is what we are trying to eradicate
04:48 or at most reduce.
04:51 - Will you be surprised if your boss decides
04:56 to step down for Adainimo?
05:00 - Yes, I will be surprised
05:02 because of what we have discussed this morning,
05:04 but yet there is nothing impossible.
05:07 - Okay.
05:10 So once there is nothing impossible,
05:12 it means that your boss can decide
05:15 to step down for Adainimo and you won't be surprised?
05:17 - I said I will be surprised
05:20 considering our discussion this morning.
05:23 But like I said, there's going to be a meeting
05:26 between the two.
05:27 So I want to know what will go on
05:30 and then we'll take it up from there.
05:31 Whatever happens, we will think of the betterment
05:34 of the party, the betterment of our candidates
05:38 like Honorable Ejako and of course, Honorable Adainimo.
05:42 - Meanwhile, disappointed MPP presidential hopeful
05:46 Kojo Poku says he is still a beacon of hope
05:49 and needs to step back and re-strategize
05:52 for the party's next elections.
05:53 He has also condemned the assault
05:55 on Northeast regional coordinator
05:57 during the MPP super delegate conference
05:59 he conducted last Saturday.
06:00 He spoke on AM show with Samuel Kojo Brace.
06:03 - It is an internal process, like I said,
06:06 and the internal delegates who are supposed
06:09 to basically tell me, Kojo Poku,
06:11 that look, we accept your message,
06:12 we want this kind of relationship,
06:14 we want to be with you and we want you to help us
06:17 when we are in need, clearly said that,
06:19 no, we don't need that.
06:20 We don't want that kind of politics.
06:22 We are happy with the politics that we have
06:24 and you coming in and telling us these things,
06:26 for me, we are not interested.
06:27 So I have to go back and strategize.
06:30 Maybe in my next rodeo in this thing,
06:32 I will be like everybody else,
06:34 basically don't pick calls and reject messages
06:37 and basically just get resources to deploy on the day.
06:40 I think that is what will help.
06:41 I couldn't go to Kumasi
06:43 because I was in the Western region
06:45 and maybe if I've gotten people in,
06:47 if I have been able to go to Kumasi
06:49 and basically, I would have basically
06:50 been a different story, but look.
06:55 - Now, still on the NPP super delegate conference,
06:58 all five shortlisted candidates
06:59 of the Neo-Patriotic Party flag bearership position
07:02 should reach a consensus for Dr. Mahamudu Baumea
07:06 to lead the party in the 2024 general election.
07:09 That's the view of Nana Ayiwofi,
07:11 a member of parliament for FIDRC Asokore
07:13 and Ashanti regional coordinator
07:15 of the Baumea campaign team.
07:17 He believes Dr. Baumea's massive victory
07:20 in all 17 polling stations,
07:22 especially in the Ashanti region,
07:24 is an indication of victory on November 4th.
07:27 There's more in the following report.
07:29 - At the end of polls in the Ashanti region,
07:32 Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Baumea swept 97 votes,
07:36 representing 82% of the total vote cast,
07:39 followed by Alan Tremateng, Kennedy Ejepon
07:42 and Uso Efreye Akuto.
07:44 Victory for the vice president in the Ashanti region
07:47 meant so much for his campaign team.
07:50 According to the DMB Ashanti regional campaign coordinator,
07:53 Nana Ayiwofi, the victory of the vice president
07:56 in the Ashanti region indicates that the region
07:59 does not vote on tribal lines.
08:01 - We are impressed.
08:02 Out of 10, we had 8.2.
08:05 Of the 10 people contesting,
08:07 about eight of them are related to Ashanti
08:09 and Ashanti did not vote on tribal lines.
08:11 Ashanti is the soul and spirit of the party.
08:13 The party has spoken and that is what will prevail
08:16 on the 4th of November.
08:17 We are so impressed and overwhelmed.
08:20 If the person from the north enjoys the homeboy effect,
08:23 we have no business in the other regions.
08:24 It is a fact.
08:26 - Nana Efreye wants all other candidates
08:28 to throw their support for Dr. Baoumia
08:30 to avoid wasting time on November 4th.
08:33 - Ashanti has demonstrated its support for Baoumia.
08:36 He is going to win.
08:37 So looking at three months into, six months into 2024,
08:42 for me, there must be a consensus.
08:44 It's not hard feeling.
08:45 The people of Ashanti has rejected tribalism.
08:49 And if you are going to vote,
08:51 you have to enjoy home state, homeboy effect.
08:54 There's no waste of time on the 4th of November.
08:56 We have to come together and support him
08:59 because whatever they do, he's going to win again.
09:01 And it will reflect across the regions.
09:03 There's no need to fight on this.
09:05 - Delegates from the Aswanse constituency
09:07 have also appealed to other contestants
09:10 to endorse Dr. Baoumia as flag bearer of the MPP
09:13 to fast track his campaign into the 2024 general election.
09:17 - It's an appeal to the rest of the contestants.
09:21 MPP is a very democratic party.
09:24 When we go to November 4th,
09:26 inshallah Dr. Mahmoud Baoumia is going to emerge victorious.
09:29 But in order to avoid the waste of time and resources,
09:34 I'm appealing to the rest of the other contestants
09:37 to rally behind him so that we can start our campaign
09:42 as early as possible,
09:43 because 2024 election is not an easy task.
09:47 - The party need to sit down and discuss and understand.
09:50 They can talk to them
09:52 and then they should also temper mercy with justice
09:55 and spare the party so that we're not going to waste
09:57 a lot of energy, a lot of resources.
10:00 We're going to destroy ourselves,
10:01 kill us as nation, policies of attack.
10:04 Just to score political point, this is clear evidence.
10:08 (speaking in foreign language)
10:10 - Reports in Fojo News.
10:11 (speaking in foreign language)
10:15 - Now the party's disciplinary committee
10:17 headed by the roads and highways minister,
10:19 Kwese Amwakwuata is set to get busy.
10:22 Five individuals, including presidential aspirant,
10:25 Kennedy Ejepon, are expected to appear before the committee
10:28 to answer questions for misconducting themselves
10:31 during the Just Enders super delegate conference.
10:33 Director of elections with the NPP,
10:35 Evans Ndemako says the guidelines set out by the party
10:39 before the Congress provide enough grounds
10:41 to sanction those in breach.
10:44 (speaking in foreign language)
10:48 - Now for the four persons plus, Kennedy Ejepon,
10:59 who have been referred to the disciplinary committee,
11:00 when are they expected to appear before the committee?
11:03 - Well, the party put together guidelines
11:09 and set the rules and regulations
11:12 to ensure compliance, to ensure free, fair,
11:16 and transparent conduct of the whole agency.
11:20 The party also put together the code of conduct committee.
11:23 And I thought that any party session,
11:29 who felt at ease, had the platform
11:33 to submit it for consent.
11:35 Well, in the midst of elections,
11:39 some levels of disagreement may occur.
11:44 The owners are still on the individual
11:48 to submit appropriate specifics for consideration.
11:52 What the party saw, the party ready to go into it
11:58 and find amicable solutions.
12:02 And it is the reason why the general secretary
12:05 is sending an invitation to these gentlemen
12:09 to appear before the disciplinary committee
12:12 for further investigation.
12:13 - Well, even before the committee begins sitting,
12:17 the youth organizer of the new patriotic party
12:20 in Ashanti region, Rafael Safo Patrick,
12:22 has denied report of showing his ballot
12:24 in casting his vote during the just-ended
12:27 Super Delegate Conference.
12:28 The alleged action, which is in contradiction
12:31 of electoral laws, resulted in misunderstandings
12:33 at the election grounds, as many called
12:36 for the nullification of the ballot.
12:38 Rafael Safo has since been invited by the party hierarchy
12:41 as they investigate mishaps of the election.
12:44 Nana Yaojima has more in the following report.
12:46 - The Ashanti regional youth organizer
12:52 is one of the five persons who have been invited
12:55 by the NPP leadership for breach of electoral rules.
12:58 On Saturday, Mr. Safo Patrick,
13:00 spotting a white shirt in casting his ballot,
13:03 raised his sheet in the air to the public.
13:06 Officials of the EC moved in to stop him
13:09 from putting it in the ballot box,
13:12 citing breach of secrecy code of election.
13:14 This led to a prolonged misunderstanding,
13:17 as Mr. Safo and some persons observed the ballot paper,
13:21 which was folded, did not reveal the ballot cast.
13:24 It was subsequently agreed the ballot is set aside.
13:34 Rafael Safo Patrick, a day after the incident,
13:37 released a statement supporting his stance.
13:41 It reads, "Respectfully, ignore the fake reportage.
13:45 "Raf didn't show an open ballot vote as being reported.
13:48 "This is a folded ballot paper ready to be dropped
13:51 "into the ballot box.
13:53 "It was a long ballot paper containing 10 aspirants folded,
13:56 "ready to be dropped into the ballot box.
13:59 "This is the evidence of what actually happened
14:01 "as captured by the cameras of the media."
14:04 Mr. Safo has openly declared support
14:06 and massively campaigned for Dr. Baumea.
14:08 Joy News engagement with supporters of the NPP
14:12 revealed they are divided over the action.
14:15 Here is Minister for Parliamentary Affairs,
14:18 Osseche Mensah-Bunsun.
14:20 - I was only here, so I'm not able to really comment on that.
14:23 The fact that the person shows his ballot
14:25 may amount to no breach, right?
14:30 - But the EC said it's a breach to--
14:32 - You know what I'm saying? If a person shows his ballot,
14:35 what is the ballot?
14:37 The ballot is the paper on which you can print and vote,
14:41 right? If I show my ballot, what is a breach?
14:43 So merely showing a ballot may not amount to anything.
14:48 But if you cast it and show it,
14:52 it may not amount to a breach.
14:54 Maybe if you cast it, depending on the rules,
14:59 and show where you voted,
15:02 that may be trying to influence others, right?
15:05 That may be a breach.
15:07 I'm saying that I don't want to comment on it
15:08 because I'm not here.
15:10 I don't know exactly how it happened.
15:12 - Ashanti Regional NPP Chair, Bernard Nkibu Osiyako,
15:15 shared some interesting thoughts.
15:17 Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus' disciples, but he sinned.
15:28 (Judas speaking in foreign language)
15:32 To him, he only wanted to show allegiance.
15:56 (Judas speaking in foreign language)
16:00 Meanwhile, Anders believed the move by Mr. Safo
16:03 should not be encouraged.
16:05 Efe Akanchewa wants appropriate disciplinary action
16:08 meted to him.
16:09 - Because the moment that he showed the ballot paper,
16:14 I mean, it's against the rule.
16:15 Fine, whether he showed who he voted for or not,
16:19 the rule says, don't raise it.
16:21 Just vote, fold it, and put it in the ballot paper.
16:24 But here is the case, a whole youth organizer,
16:27 who, I mean, you should set a good example to the youth
16:32 because the act that he did is very childish
16:35 and to me, it's very shameful.
16:37 - Results declared by the electoral commission
16:40 show 118 votes cast out of the 119 eligible delegates.
16:45 MP for Atimangwa Major South, Emmanuel Anshin,
16:49 was exempted for showing up late at the police station.
16:53 (mouse clicking)
16:55 For JOY News, Nanael Jimah reporting.
16:58 - Now, former regional chairman of the NPP,
17:09 Bugri Nabu, has confirmed he was the one
17:12 with two other police in the late tape
17:14 in a plot to remove the IGP.
17:17 Mr. Nabu made this revelation at a committee
17:19 set up by parliament to investigate the tape.
17:22 We'll now take you to parliament to listen to,
17:24 accept of what he's been saying.
17:26 - So, kindly turn off your microphone.
17:33 So, with this information at the back of your mind,
17:38 if somebody says,
17:42 you have to change an IGP before elections outcomes,
17:51 outcomes are favorable to your party,
17:54 what view would you hold about that person?
17:57 - Mr. Chairman, this one I can't tell much
18:02 because it's the present power.
18:05 If appointed, he dismiss.
18:08 That was why when they came to tell me,
18:11 I find it necessary to ensure that I listen to them
18:18 and also carry their voice to the big man.
18:21 - Let me take you further to page 17.
18:31 No, 13 first.
18:41 And on page 13 of the transcript,
18:47 this is what transpired.
18:49 You have one of the officers say to you,
18:56 and I suppose he was referring to the IGP.
19:01 He says,
19:04 I don't know, I called him, I told him that I'm here.
19:09 Well, I don't know that part.
19:13 My fear that the elections,
19:17 how this man is going to help us.
19:20 He can't help us.
19:22 I'm quoting, he won't, he won't.
19:24 He wants to make sure that everything is fair.
19:28 Do this.
19:29 Aladji, we don't go to elections like that.
19:33 And then you say, no.
19:40 Then he repeated, we don't do elections like that at all.
19:43 Then you said no again.
19:46 Aladji, is there something wrong
19:56 when an officer, the police,
20:00 act fairly
20:07 to all parties in election situations?
20:11 They hold a balance.
20:13 If Mr. A acts in a manner that is
20:18 contrary to the law, the arrest,
20:21 it doesn't matter what your political color is.
20:23 If it's NBC, you flout the law, the arrest.
20:27 If it's MPP, you flout the law, the arrest.
20:29 Such fairness is not what is expected of our police.
20:33 You'd agree.
20:36 (man sighs)
20:38 Let me do my last questions.
20:43 And here.
20:45 One of the speakers also told me something
21:02 which is quite alarming.
21:03 Page 17.
21:04 And here, the speaker said to you, Chief,
21:12 that we should have selected some of our own people
21:21 to go there so that we work with the party.
21:25 They go over there, then they know how to do things.
21:32 Here, I mean, it's clear he was saying
21:37 that the IGP had sent persons
21:44 who were not party people to the elections.
21:48 At a sin.
21:51 And that he ought to have sent party people
21:54 so that they work together with party.
21:57 Which of the officers said this?
21:59 Do you know his name?
22:00 Was it Asare or Mensah, COP Mensah?
22:03 - I suspect he knew of them, but I heard it.
22:07 That one is true.
22:08 But I don't know who he exactly said now.
22:11 But they said he sent only NBC people.
22:15 All the commissioners who were there were NBC.
22:19 None of our people were there.
22:21 And he make sure he sees our people, their guns.
22:25 And also, we arrest some of them.
22:30 And there were tension in our strong area.
22:33 - Chief, as a seasoned politician,
22:42 former regional chairman,
22:45 close confidant to the president,
22:47 you--
22:49 - No, no, no, he's not that sort.
22:52 - Oh, that is a confidant?
22:54 - Yes, of the president.
22:55 - Of the president.
22:56 - Yeah.
22:57 (laughing)
22:58 - Please, please, please.
23:00 (laughing)
23:03 - Well, very well.
23:05 Well, but he's a seasoned politician.
23:07 - Yes, he is.
23:08 - I know him.
23:09 He's forgotten about me.
23:10 I've acted as lawyer for him before in the past.
23:13 Yes.
23:14 - That's why--
23:15 - Now he remembers.
23:16 - My chiefs are angry with you.
23:18 (laughing)
23:20 - Chief for asking my former client questions.
23:25 - No, no, that initially--
23:27 - I saw him on the radio yesterday.
23:30 - Aha.
23:31 - Oh, I--
23:32 - Yes.
23:33 So let me tell you this simple complaint, see.
23:37 To be very fair to him, chief,
23:39 I never knew that you have a nice cane.
23:42 Yeah, but he's telling me that you know.
23:44 So you should have prompted a committee
23:46 that, oh, let's address him as chief.
23:48 Yeah, that's the only problem.
23:50 - Chief, accept my apologies.
23:52 I apologize for--
23:54 - I branded it for everybody.
23:54 - Yes, I should have made the disclosures much, much earlier.
23:59 Yes.
24:00 Yes, but chief, oh, I mean, I did a pro bono case for him.
24:05 He's my father, you know.
24:06 (laughing)
24:08 At the time, you know, he and the late Ndebure were very close
24:11 so I represented him upon the instructions
24:14 of the late Arambul Ndebure.
24:16 (laughing)
24:18 - Yes.
24:19 - Chief, I was a very seasoned politician and all that.
24:24 (laughing)
24:26 The question is here.
24:34 When you heard from the officers
24:39 that the commissioners who had been deployed
24:47 by the IGP to Assin were NDC,
24:53 did you do some consultations to establish the truth
24:58 or otherwise of what the officers had told you?
25:04 Remember you said a while ago that you, on some occasion,
25:10 had reason to confer with a member of the police council
25:15 to substantiate certain things.
25:22 - Some names, Akura, some names I know they are not NDC.
25:27 Some too I cannot talk.
25:30 I don't know their background or their politics.
25:33 - But chief, to conclude.
25:37 Chief, in the--
25:42 (silence)
25:45 - Now, away from parliament.
26:03 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Energy
26:05 and Natural Resources, Professor Elvis Asaribediako
26:08 is advocating a change in mindset and culture
26:12 among Africans to encourage innovations
26:14 to drive a sustainable development agenda.
26:17 Speaking at a science conference in Sunyane,
26:19 Professor Asaribediako said the act of frustrating
26:22 and targeting people as evil when they dare to move away
26:25 from the norm, especially in science and technology,
26:28 should end, else Africa will continue to play second fiddle
26:32 to the advanced countries.
26:34 Precious Semerval has more.
26:37 - The Made in International Science Conference
26:39 by the School of Sciences of the University of Energy
26:42 and Natural Resources in Sunyane was another theme,
26:45 advancing sustainable futures through science, technology
26:48 and health innovations, the role of the African scientist.
26:52 The conference brought together over 300 participants,
26:55 including students from across the world to share ideas
26:58 in research in the era of technology
27:01 to influence development.
27:03 Professor Samuel Fusu-Jesse is the dean
27:05 of the School of Sciences.
27:07 - Over the years, academia have been accused
27:09 that we conduct all the impartial research,
27:11 but when we are done, they go nowhere.
27:14 So the idea is that because this conference
27:16 is going global, bits and pieces of reports
27:21 and presentation that will be picked up there
27:23 will be applied by people from different categories
27:27 of research data.
27:28 So at our conference, we are expecting that
27:31 the research output that we have gathered,
27:32 we will share and we take input from colleagues.
27:35 - Professor Akbar Saeed of Wilfred Laurier University
27:38 in Canada told Joy News that African scientists
27:42 have to partner with African entrepreneurs
27:45 to promote their innovations and make them sustainable
27:48 to solve African problems.
27:49 - We're innovating within the African context.
27:52 So bringing solutions to African problems,
27:56 as opposed to relying on others outside of Africa
27:59 to bring those solutions.
28:01 So what I would say is that bringing those solutions
28:05 and innovations, but at the same time,
28:07 partnering with others, especially African entrepreneurs,
28:13 to promote those innovations and make them more sustainable.
28:18 It's a sustaining innovation is all about
28:21 partner engagement and making those innovations
28:25 something that are inclusive and working with communities
28:29 and working with stakeholders to try to bring
28:32 those solutions to the people.
28:34 But the people have to be involved as well.
28:36 - In his address, the Vice Chancellor of UNE,
28:38 Professor Elvis Asarebedi-Akun expressed worry
28:42 about behaviors that discourages innovations
28:45 and the desire to act differently in Africa.
28:48 He called for a change in mindset to inspire people
28:51 to dare to improve situations.
28:53 - A new person going to join a new institution
28:56 and you want to bring a new idea.
28:58 Instead of being receptive to new ideas,
29:00 hey, that is how it is done.
29:03 It's how it is.
29:04 You understand, this concept is really not helping
29:08 because there's some people, when it happens like that,
29:11 whatever idea that they have, they've been suppressed.
29:14 They will not even come out.
29:15 Some are even fear for their life.
29:18 So if you are not encouraged to do more,
29:21 how can the nation develop?
29:23 If you go to a full of professors, the same thing is there.
29:26 So even it tells you that the education
29:29 is not even changing our perception.
29:31 So it means that something must be done.
29:33 Other than that, we won't get any pressure.
29:35 Same of a joy news.
29:37 (speaking in foreign language)
29:40 - We took a short break, we'll return with business.
29:42 - Hi, good afternoon.
29:49 Welcome to business.
29:49 My name is Darrell Kwau,
29:51 Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority,
29:53 Reverend Amisha Da'ousou Amwa.
29:55 It's appealing to taxpayers to be transparent
29:57 in their tax obligations in order to qualify
30:00 for some refund at the end of the year.
30:02 According to him, many people qualify for annual refunds
30:05 of a percentage on their tax payments,
30:07 but unable to reclaim due to the inability
30:10 to file the right taxes.
30:12 He explains.
30:12 - Tax refund is very, very effective.
30:15 And many institutions and enterprises
30:19 are constantly getting refunds in millions.
30:23 The challenge we have is for people understanding
30:26 that refund comes from filing.
30:28 So if you are not filing,
30:31 then you will not be able to know that you have overpaid
30:34 or you are underpaid.
30:35 And therefore, that is why I'm saying
30:37 that the mandatory filing and mandatory filing
30:40 of all taxes is very, very important,
30:42 because it is through that,
30:44 take for example, the individuals.
30:46 Many of us, our companies deduct our PAYE.
30:50 And we don't file, we don't indicate
30:53 that we have aged parents, which gives you a relief.
30:58 You have a relief that you get
30:59 if you have children in school.
31:01 We don't indicate it.
31:03 And therefore, you would have two aged parents alive
31:06 who are paying the same tax as the one whose parents,
31:10 for me to say, has passed away.
31:14 But under normal circumstances,
31:16 if you are taking care of aged parents,
31:19 there are reliefs that you must get.
31:21 But if you don't file, there's no way of me knowing
31:23 that your parents are alive and you are taking care of them.
31:26 - Is this relief really working?
31:28 - If you file, you will get the reliefs.
31:30 I sign almost every day money for,
31:34 and the tax law allows that for every tax that we collect,
31:39 6% of the tax is set aside for refunds.
31:43 And so that money is always accumulated there,
31:46 6% of every tax you pay is not sent to the consumer refund,
31:50 it's sent into a refund account.
31:52 It's available to refund to anybody who has a refund.
31:56 So the important thing I want to carry
31:57 across the Ghanaians is that,
31:58 take up the habit of filing your tax.
32:03 If you file your tax,
32:05 whatever refund that you need to get,
32:07 you'll be able to get it from GERA.
32:09 - Now, as part of efforts to offer diversity
32:14 and value addition, advertising giant DDP Outdoor
32:17 has rebranded to DDP with a vision
32:19 to create value for global brands.
32:21 The company hopes to expand its operations
32:23 to the African continent,
32:24 offering cutting edge advertising services to its clients.
32:28 Here's more in this report.
32:29 - Formerly known as DDP Outdoor,
32:33 the leading advertising firm has rebranded to DDP
32:37 with the tagline, expect more.
32:39 The move is part of efforts to expand the operations
32:42 of the company to serve diverse needs of clients
32:46 and solidify their market dominance.
32:49 The exercise, which coincided
32:51 with the company's 50th anniversary,
32:53 will see the introduction of various innovations tailored
32:57 to ensure customer satisfaction.
32:59 Speaking at a staff deba to commemorate
33:02 its Jubilee anniversary,
33:03 Chief Executive Officer of the group,
33:06 Norbert Rufu, had this to say.
33:08 - Over the past 50 years,
33:11 we've been known for out of home advertising.
33:14 But actually, when you look back in our history,
33:16 you realize that it's a time
33:18 where we're doing a lot in terms of building exhibitions.
33:23 We're doing a lot in terms of point of sale materials,
33:26 but we have moved and innovated beyond that.
33:29 And what we now see from the next coming years,
33:32 we are going to do in terms of in-store advertising.
33:36 We're getting into below the line marketing.
33:39 In other words, we are making DDP
33:41 into a 360 advertising company.
33:44 Our vision is to be the marketing communications experts,
33:48 elevating brands and creating value for our stakeholders.
33:53 So with that, we are not limiting it to Ghana,
33:56 actually expanding it into Africa.
33:59 - The board chair of the group, Nenya Ejebe,
34:02 stated that the new birth of DDP
34:05 will ensure excellence in innovation.
34:08 - I think the whole tagline
34:09 and the rebranding to expect more,
34:12 I think we realize that, yes, out of home,
34:15 outdoor has a role to play in the media mix of big brands,
34:19 but we also need to play in other spaces
34:22 below the line and elsewhere.
34:25 So yeah, we're being open-minded about where to look next
34:30 and want to continue to be an innovative company
34:33 working with key brands in the country.
34:36 - Nenya Ejebe eulogizes the founder of the group,
34:39 the late Togo Mensah.
34:41 - He's a pioneer, no question.
34:43 He's the founding president of AAG.
34:47 And yeah, I think he's well-known.
34:49 He was well-known in the country
34:50 and actually across the continent and even beyond.
34:53 There's an international association
34:56 of outdoor operators globally.
34:58 DDP is a member and Mr. T has been a pioneer
35:02 and a thought leader in our industry,
35:05 not even just in outdoor,
35:06 but in all advertising spaces in Ghana.
35:08 It's all about quality of service, timeliness,
35:13 attention to detail and excellence.
35:17 As I mentioned in my speech,
35:18 our founder was all about those values
35:20 and that's what we try to (indistinct)
35:23 - And that's business, what's this up next?
35:29 - Hello, good afternoon.
35:36 Welcome to Showbiz here on Joy News
35:38 and our season three of the much anticipated TV reality show
35:43 on Joy Prime, Lucky Trip is here.
35:45 Celebrities get to pick up their fans randomly
35:49 at vantage points to have a close up
35:53 and fan field conversations with them.
35:55 Buckle up, there's more in this report.
35:58 - Hello.
36:01 - Imagine your cherished idol
36:03 becoming your personal chauffeur,
36:05 driving you to your chosen destination,
36:08 a distant dream for most,
36:10 but Sacrifilms is weaving this fantasy into reality,
36:13 granting many the experience of a lifetime.
36:16 - Hello, my name is Adjuti Anand.
36:20 - My name is Buster Simons.
36:22 - What's up guys, this is D Black, the Ghana boy.
36:24 - This is Ghana man.
36:25 - My name is Dividoto.
36:26 - My name is Giovanni Kellogg.
36:27 - Hello, my name is Nash Shokho.
36:29 - My name is Obiang Ponsa.
36:30 - Hey people, my name is Foster Romanes.
36:32 - What's up everybody, this is Trigmatic.
36:34 - The third edition of the favorite celebrity ride show
36:37 with Ghanaian celebrities dubbed Lucky Trip
36:40 is back with more exciting and thrilling episodes.
36:43 Managing director of Sacrifilms, Mensah Mowli explained.
36:48 - We wanted to bridge the gap between what we see on TV
36:52 from the celebrities and what they really need, right?
36:56 So we wanted to put them into a box,
36:59 if I can call it like that,
37:00 where they get to ask questions
37:03 and then they get to get close,
37:06 applause with their celebrities.
37:08 - Celebrities get to pick up their fans
37:10 randomly at vantage point
37:12 to have close up and fan filled conversations with them.
37:15 - Yes, I mean, if Busha were to drive me,
37:17 I'm sure he would go like, you know,
37:21 take a look at you, man.
37:23 - Come on, come on.
37:24 (cheering)
37:26 - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
37:29 (laughing)
37:31 - Go, go, go, go, go.
37:32 Go there, say, "Okay, we are down, we are down."
37:34 (cheering)
37:37 - While on the trip,
37:40 fans and influencers discuss health and behavioral issues
37:44 as well as interventions.
37:46 - Ghana, everyone is a doctor.
37:47 Do you get what I mean?
37:48 It's like, no, but for real though,
37:51 you know, like it's been raining a lot lately.
37:53 So, I mean, chances are it could be malaria.
37:57 - Sacrofilms is doing this with many partners.
38:00 For the Ghana Health Service,
38:02 the show is an innovative way to reach more people,
38:05 especially the youth.
38:06 Mabel Enim is Deputy Director
38:09 of the Health Promotion Division at the Ghana Health Service.
38:12 - Partnering with the Sacrofilms makes it so fun.
38:16 And when you look at the whole concept,
38:18 it is learning through entertainment.
38:21 As a service, it's a very good opportunity for us.
38:24 And also targeting the youth.
38:25 At the end of the day, it helps the service
38:27 to achieve its target of getting people
38:29 to uptake healthy behaviors.
38:31 - Another key partner,
38:33 accelerating social and behavior change activity
38:36 hopes the discussions will influence others positively.
38:39 Joshua Kwiku-Ofori is their Chief of Party.
38:42 - So for us, this is key.
38:45 And we believe to reach out to the youth,
38:47 there's a need to entertain at the same time educate.
38:51 The youth normally don't want to feel they are being lectured
38:55 but through entertainment, they pick up the message
38:58 and hopefully we change behaviors.
39:00 (silence)
39:02 - We're from Lucky Trip.
39:08 It was a week long festival
39:10 that featured a meditative procession
39:12 through the streets of Osu,
39:14 screening of movies, displays of artwork, drama,
39:18 and more.
39:19 The climax of the 2023 edition
39:22 of the Chalewati Street Arts Festival
39:25 at the weekend saw thousands of Ghanaians troop
39:29 to the Black Star Square and Osu to participate
39:32 in the West Africa's biggest celebration
39:35 of arts and culture.
39:37 Maxwell, I will rehearse more in this report.
39:39 (singing)
39:42 - It is close to midnight
39:47 and beneath the moonless African sky,
39:50 thousands of festival goers are still gathered
39:53 at iconic Black Star Square.
39:55 The intoxicating rhythms of Amandzeban
39:58 and that bruised high life music fill the air.
40:01 (singing)
40:03 King Aisoba is on stage,
40:20 adding a unique flavor to the musical concert.
40:24 (singing)
40:26 - They love you.
40:28 You go make 'em people want to see you.
40:32 Brother, they can see you.
40:35 The whole world.
40:36 The whole world.
40:41 - There were more performances after him.
40:46 (singing)
40:49 (singing)
40:51 (singing)
40:53 (singing)
40:56 (singing)
40:58 (singing)
41:25 - The festivities continue.
41:26 Less than 100 meters away,
41:28 Joy FM's DJ Black is on the 10 tables,
41:31 treating patrons to some good music.
41:34 Hosting alongside him is Lexus Bill.
41:37 The two electrify the crowd.
41:39 (singing)
41:41 - Well, if you missed out on this year's
41:53 Chalewati Street Arts Festival,
41:55 you can join us probably next time,
41:58 next year for even more thrilling edition.
42:01 That'll be all for showbiz here on Joy News Today.
42:04 Over to you, Carlos.
42:06 - Thank you so much, Becky.
42:07 For more news, log on to myjoyonline.com.
42:11 (dramatic music)
42:13 In a short while, we'll be taking you
42:33 to the MPP headquarters for some updates
42:35 on the meeting ongoing there.
42:37 My name is Carlos Kaloni.
42:38 Thank you so much for watching.
42:40 Marketplace is up next.
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