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serve the present age and a calling to fulfill and that is the calling that we are fulfilling today and that is why I make I keep on making that assertion that we have a duty a clarion call to | 11.84 | |
rally support behind Dr. A man when his name is mentioned, the only thing that you hear Ghanaians saying is he the man who promoted STEM education, is he the man who is seeking | 12.4 | |
rally support behind to ensure that we bring prosperity to the good people of Ghana. [Music] [Applause] | 12.44 | |
brother, a friend, a confidant. I mean, we did things together. I mean, uh the strategies that we use for the election | 11.52 | |
that you must not have problem with anybody and that's why for a very long time I hardly have problem with people uh because he said appreciate everybody listen to them take their views on board | 13.2 | |
if you can't assist don't harm that was money for you if you can't assist somebody don't create another difficulty for that person I mean so these are things that we should embide in our | 11.84 | |
it hit us that and that is why we are going in the to Koforidua because he was passionate about it. That very morning uh he he gave us a strategy. We had a meeting with him that very morning. They | 13.52 | |
would do in relation to the equity elections. If you are to not contest it would be a level of some level of disappointment to the memory of Dr. Manbama. Not certainly of course already | 13.52 | |
logical conclusion we will continue it we are still there for the family. We although naturally it's not going to be easier for them but we will continue to do whatever Obama was doing for them as their son and the children they still | 14.08 | |
news file that I I'm writing a paper. So the information that I have is a bit different from some of the points that are being put across | 13.52 | |
including by events. What is clear to me is that 14 minutes after the helicopter took off at 09twelve | 14 | |
um at any material time. The ETA or ETAA was 102 not 10:twelve. It should have taken the helicopter twelve sorry | 13.76 | |
fifteen minutes all things being well to have arrived at Abuasi. So when it went off radar, the air traffic controllers both at | 13.84 | |
nan and the 30 minutes is important because I saw that in the in the manual that we've all been reading today nan that govern nan then another 30 minutes 1 hour. So by 1twelve thereabout that was when | 14.4 | |
this helicoptercopter to have landed at Abuasi by so and so time. Do you have any wind of it? Can you if you like look for it? | 11.76 | |
so the general officer commanding in addition to deploying the forward operating base to look for the plane in and around Obuasi as a commanding officer of forward operating base to now | 11.84 | |
because of distance indeed compared to which took 3 days to find the crash site. This crash site was found the same day you and I were here when the coffins | 12.96 | |
arrived in the night of the six. nan Yeah. nan Unless maybe I'm confused again. You remember on news file I said look under this circumstance a second | 12.56 | |
which was positioned at Tamil to support operation Maburi that is Boko crisis um issues was directed or tasked to move to Kumasi | 14.24 | |
which sent investigation team on the same 6 of August was the one that returned with the coffins. However, given the time that it took from 14 in fact as I said the military got to the | 14.96 | |
the body parts, remember we are not talking about full bodies, we have been very diplomatic to say we have found bodies. But there were largely body parts that were being pulled from call it the slope | 14.64 | |
with them. So therefore when it became obvious that the site had been found, it was no longer necessary for the MI7 to fly into the air. | 13.12 | |
military ambulances, one of which I am told was recently directed to be sent to Kumasi by the CDS on his visit when the command said, "Oh, we don't have enough ambulances." So the | 14.08 | |
Indeed, the coffins that we saw in Ara were all arranged during the flight. The bodies were put in the coffins on the flight. The Ghana flags were draped or the coffins were draped with the Ghana | 14.8 | |
flags during the flight. So these are some of the circumstances. It is not very accurate that the search team didn't get there in good enough time. Indeed, we are thankful | 14.96 | |
military planned that it was necessary to leave an element whether a section two sections whatever the element is nan definite. Yeah. nan Yeah. Fortunately this site like when | 13.68 | |
then the following day went back because the security presence should also assist you know the investigation team to continue with the forensic | 12.88 | |
investigation. However, on news file, I mentioned nan at the time that national security appeared to me and still appears to me to have played a key role. nan Yeah. | 12.96 | |
nan Even if you withdrew the military, even if an assumption that you withdrew them and there were national security elements in and around the area, let's say under the circumstance, it was | 13.84 | |
okay. But ideally you should have had armed personnel nan and I can confirm that there was national security operatives there. A lot of them in fact they they were led by the deputy Ashanti regional national security coordinator himself who was on | 13.12 | |
office um it's not long I want to read it out to you the office of the presidential envoy for interfaith and ecominical relations office of the president Jubilee house and the | 14.32 | |
statement is dated the 10th of August 2025 and it is going to it is directed to all ecumenical heads and it says dear esteemed leaders in Christ headed | 14.24 | |
strengthening spiritual partners partnership for national direction and healing. Greetings of peace and grace from the office of the presidential envoy for interfaith and economical relations. On | 13.76 | |
indispensable. As part of strengthening national coordination on spiritual matters, especially in these times of uncertainty and complexity, we kindly encourage you those of you | 14.16 | |
escalation. This is in the spirit of responsibility, discernment, and stewardship over the nation's destiny. Furthermore, in the light of the tragic accident that occurred recently, which claimed lives | 13.52 | |
necessary regulation by some government someday. And I think the onus is on government. Certainly government has a responsibility also to protect the citizenry and and all of that. But I have to say this personally as a as a | 14.24 | |
if we can use the influence of our faith and go back to the tenets of the teachings of Christ. I was as was modeled by the early Christians and the | 11.68 | |
the core tenant of the teachings of Christ. And that is why in Acts chapter 11 you see very clearly verse 26 the people just saw the the disciples and they said these people look like people | 13.52 | |
are being with Christ. Why? Because they saw the life of Christ in them. And for the first time the word Christian was coined out because they saw the life of Christ in them. Unfortunately, can we say that about unfortunately even some of our pastors or or or clergy today? | 14.16 | |
The answer is no. And um I'm not calling anybody out, but I'm sure that sometimes you see some of the videos and some of the stuff that comes out in the media, people insulting people lambasting, using unprintable words in beggars | 12.08 | |
know how to receive guidance from men of God. But when you have this ugly competition out here in Ghana, when God speaks to the prophets on 31st night on the 31st of night, God speaks to all the | 14.48 | |
brother um Samson you you did mention it rightly that what uh the presidential envoy for interfaith and ecumenical relations is trying to say is not a | 12.8 | |
disregard what they say. People have their different faith. People will key to different things. But I feel that it is about time that we bring sanity into the system. And I tell you this | 12.64 | |
tell the person because what we are doing at some point I'm I'm going to be very honest with you and I'm talking as someone who is uh very reflective in my practice. I think a lot of our people don't reflect. We're not reflective | 13.04 | |
the kind of pants people are wearing. How does that add to national development? How does that add value to the life of the person? So, so you you clearly admit that there are things you clearly admit that there's a lot of confusion in this, right? The way they | 13.6 | |
It was a 12 member board. before I went to what we call AOSP, Army Officer Selection Board, before I got my approval to go and study at San before I earned the rank equivalent or whatever of a cutting what we call ourselves, pad. | 14.24 | |
I'm not NBC, I'm not MP. I think we should commend this initiative by the presidential envoy for interfaith and ecumenical relation is a very powerful thing and | 13.04 | |
commend the president for allowing this discourse to start happening >> and if at some point please sir if at some point we can have this discourse and then we begin to interrogate our | 12.72 | |
practice reflect on it I'm sure that you have men of God even starting to call for eliminating Thank you. Thank you. | 11.28 | |
late Mr. Edward Wami Omani and Madame Leticia Asante Kofi hailed from Koforidua Eugasi and Oman | 14.8 | |
baptized at St. George's Catholic Church in Koforidua. His early life was shaped by discipline, humility | 12.08 | |
countless young Ghanaians. His work in medicine reflected his compassion. From volunteering after the tragic | 14.48 | |
May 9th Accra Sports Stadium disaster to leading national immunization campaigns and serving patients at the 107 military | 14.56 | |
His free laptop project brought technology to thousands of teachers and learners during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. | 14.4 | |
His decisive leadership safeguarded our nation. Internationally, he represented Ghana with honor, addressing | 14.72 | |
and contributing to global climate change and public health strategies. Politically he was a strategist as the first combined director of | 14.88 | |
In 2025, he was appointed Minister of Defense where he worked tirelessly to improve the welfare of military personnel and | 14.48 | |
I mean the views are pretty unfortunate. One has to question the basis upon which they are saying that this whole proceeding was politically motivated. Uh it is opposition to these proceedings and | 13.84 | |
and he as a former deputy attorney general is fully aware that aspects of article 146 were invoked for the removal of the then chairperson of the letter commission >> at the time I believe he was either | 14.56 | |
secretary attorney general or was an influential figure in the government and the party at the time we didn't hear it he did not attribute political motivation for the use of article four for the purpose of removing. So why then | 13.92 | |
and that is going to be our focus tonight on PM Express. What do we know so far in terms of the numbers? We have been doing the checks and so far what we can tell you on authority is that at | 12.72 | |
with the needed documentation to prove her use of professor as part of her names and also title. They've been fighting back in terms of head lawyers and I spoke about nine at least nine | 14.16 | |
is who's at the audit service audit service board member also affected I'll jump to Richard Cudjoe NDC's central regional chair also affected uh by this latest clamping down and the latest | 13.52 | |
professor and they have been writing to GTEC. We've been we'll be digesting the issues when my guest joins me. But let's go ahead with the analysis and it's important to put across the role of GTEC | 13.28 | |
mandates or roles that they expected to pay play. First one is advisory coordinating is very important. And the third one for me is so so important regulation that is one of the rules of GTEC in | 14.48 | |
actually give you that sort of accreditation or give you that go the green light to possibly go ahead not just I mean titles we've seen the audit the auditor general's report also pointing out some courses and programs | 14.24 | |
even at the various universities the premier university of Ghana some time ago was in the news when we saw I mean some information or some news on it on in the auditor general report about some courses that according to the gtech were | 14.08 | |
also important to look at how I mean GTEC the regulation and the the regular use of our educational titles we are looking at um I mean the GTEC mandates and title as far as titles is concerned | 13.28 | |
lecturer right from assistant lecturer where do you move to you move to become become a lecturer then move to the level of a senior lecture of course according to what we've been gathering from the various universities public universities | 13.68 | |
that we have in the country then after you get that senior lecturer I mean uh title or level or rank you can then decide to look at associates uh professor what we usually call as prof | 13.76 | |
attaining this academic uh you know level I mean but it's also important to to put across uh GT's new board many are asking well especially um looking at the fact that if you look at the nine | 12.88 | |
general has a fixed term of 4 years to actually complete. And so therefore what focus this evening is that big question. quite the fast in terms of the war | 12.72 | |
against fake academic credentials. This is PM Express. [Music] [Applause] [Music] | 14.64 | |
the innocent children. We'll do a state funeral on Friday the 15th for all of them. | 13.36 | |
And at the funeral, we will announce some programs for creating a fund that will assist with the education of their | 12.32 | |
my joynews.com. Also on Xaris on YouTube and of course on Facebook. Well, this afternoon, press revelation on the military helicopter crash are emerging as Kumasi's mayor says victims found | 12.64 | |
contacts on the ground about London's fault just moments before the disaster. The period that we were having difficulty in London. They were trying to communicate with those that they could reach. All this happened just | 14.16 | |
before the crash. And of course, Mr. Zuba also known as Zuba will join me live as we try to explore what happened on the day as she strongly rejected claims of a delayed rescue and shared onto stories from the | 14.88 | |
amendment to extend the president term limit from 2 to three. A move that could allow a president to serve up to 12 years. We are live on the grounds with the very latest. These and many more coming your way in today's edition of the pause | 13.52 | |
brought to you by defense drill cores defense drill brief easy feel better. I'm Elton Globe. We'll return with you with various matters. | 8.44 | |
and of course Alhaji. We'll take you live to the Tamale for the very latest on that matter. Now let's start from the accident scene and Kumasi's mayor Richard Omanim is strongly pushing back against claims that rescue teams | 13.28 | |
delayed reaching the helicopter crash site and also failed to follow emergency response protocols. Now the August 6 crash killed all eight on board including the defense and environment ministers. A government board of inquiry | 13.12 | |
It should have taken the heli 12 sorry 15 minutes all things being well to have arrived at Abuasi. So when it went off radar, | 13.6 | |
they had not heard from the plane and the 30 minutes is important because I saw that in the in the manual that we've all been reading today that governs another 30 minutes 1 hour. | 11.44 | |
air force called central command and ask them or told them that we're expecting this helicopter to have landed at Obasi | 12.16 | |
pilot the co-pilot and so and so forth when the flight was was in motion. Did we did we actually um think of that? So if you reduce the argument or the | 14.24 | |
where some drivers may have some latent condition like hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy and so and so forth and be driving and so some of these things get themselves involved in accident and we think that is probably the fault of the | 14.4 | |
not called the expert that were called were those who were involved in probably um looking at the how the the plane was assembled or whatever or how the disaster I mean occurred. as a as a forensic pathologist like you rightly | 14.88 | |
said, if I had been or anybody has been at the accident scene or the disaster scene, even the the the the way the the the victims were lying on the floor will | 12.08 | |
actually took I mean off from this is where the helicopter left on its way to Abuasi. So this is the air force base in Ara where the Z9 helicopter left to | 14 | |
Abuasi. We understand that the estimated time for the entire journey was around 50 minutes. So when it left Ara around 9:12 a.m. was expected to land at somewhere at the L clay sport stadium. | 13.68 | |
our calculation is about 1,000 ft tall, the highest point you can find on that stretch. Now, this 1,000 ft, let me bring it home. You know the football um you know pole, right? That's about 8 ft, | 12.56 | |
why it took them about 2 hours to move from here to the crash point and fact as you can see the whole place is green showing you that this is a forest zone whether it's semideidious or decidious forest this is a forest zones we understand there are cocoa farms there | 14.88 | |
So the the the scenario is that if there was a problem and the pilot had to do an emergency landing, it possibly would have done it here. But the visualization we are getting shows shows you that it moved from a | 13.92 | |
try and do a 3D analysis. The MI moves from Tamil was stationed here to support the Boku conflict. Moved to Kumasi to help with the search operation and we understand the time they got there the | 13.12 | |
locals have already been able to assist the rescue team to find the place. Then there was another aircraft, a transport aircraft that moved from Greater Accra uh to Kumasi. That was a transport I | 13.36 | |
made public if it were made public at all. But when this happened, remember government was in the process of launching something relating to illegal mining. So the Ashanti regional minister, the KM mayor, all of them were at Abasia waiting for the other | 14.24 | |
entourage from Accra to come but that was not that could not materialize because of what happened last Wednesday. Let me bring in the mayor of Kumasi, Richard Fury Jiman, uh who is disputing | 14.08 | |
to the crash and I saw you in in one of the videos with the Asanti regional minister trying to make your way to the to the site. if you can walk us through what happened when you got a call and then events leading to getting to the | 14.24 | |
Kumasi and then if there's something that has to be attended to we all cannot attend it. So he asked me to stay behind and I did. So I when the call came I | 11.44 |
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