WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.240 Okay, Chelsea, I was gonna let you pick this 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:06.179 one, because I have a few topics that I think 00:00:06.179 --> 00:00:07.960 are fairly interesting, some of them negative, 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:11.160 some of them not, but I couldn't describe this 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:13.480 one in a way that you wouldn't pick this article. 00:00:13.779 --> 00:00:16.559 So we're gonna read this one. Okay, so you're 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:19.120 not taking the choice away from me, you're just 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:21.359 choosing the one I would have already gone with. 00:00:21.500 --> 00:00:24.339 Yes. Okay, that makes me feel better actually. 00:00:24.780 --> 00:00:27.739 Yeah, so this comes from the Nigerian Tribune. 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:31.079 not a source that we've used before. I like where 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:34.780 it's going. Written by Adam Mossad Yaluwa on 00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:39.030 June 16, 2025, article title, Ghana. reduce alcohol 00:00:39.030 --> 00:00:41.969 prices or will shut down everywhere. Drunkard's 00:00:41.969 --> 00:00:44.649 association warns government. I like that. The 00:00:44.649 --> 00:00:47.429 Ghana Drunkard Association has issued a three 00:00:47.429 --> 00:00:49.609 -week ultimatum to the government to reduce the 00:00:49.609 --> 00:00:52.229 price of alcoholic beverages or face a massive 00:00:52.229 --> 00:00:56.929 nationwide protest from its reported 16 .65 million 00:00:56.929 --> 00:01:01.390 members. What's going on in Ghana? In a video 00:01:01.390 --> 00:01:04.530 posted on X on Sunday, a man identified as Moses 00:01:04.530 --> 00:01:07.230 Obuwa, believed to be the association's leader 00:01:07.230 --> 00:01:10.400 or or a spokesperson, said the guy. They don't 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:13.640 know which. Okay. So the government must act 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:16.140 swiftly in response to the recent appreciation 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:19.599 of the Ghanaian CD, which he said should have 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.099 led to the reduction in alcohol prices. Quote, 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.540 to date, the prices of alcoholic drinks keep 00:01:25.540 --> 00:01:28.260 going up. If you purchase alcohol, there is an 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:31.219 increment of about 15 % and this affects vendors. 00:01:31.459 --> 00:01:33.299 I assume end quote, but it's not an end quote 00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:35.400 because, but the next line starts with another 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:38.379 quote. Quote, we've learned that the CD has gained 00:01:38.379 --> 00:01:40.519 some strength. and the price of some items has 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:42.719 been reduced. However, the cost of alcohol remains 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.519 high." The association's representative states. 00:01:45.659 --> 00:01:48.000 He further appealed directly to authorities saying, 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.099 quote, we are therefore calling on President 00:01:50.099 --> 00:01:53.879 John Dramani Mahama and his minister for trade 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.700 and industry to do something about prices. We 00:01:56.700 --> 00:01:59.420 have given them a three week grace period to 00:01:59.420 --> 00:02:01.879 meet us so we can deliberate on how to reduce 00:02:01.879 --> 00:02:04.319 the prices of alcohol. We are not making this 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.879 call for only alcohol drinks, but for the non 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.099 -alcoholic ones as well. The warning follows 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:13.419 a remarkable rebound of the Ghanaian CD in 2025, 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:16.460 which has appreciated nearly 50 % against the 00:02:16.460 --> 00:02:18.560 US dollar, making it the best performing currency 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:21.460 globally so far this year. Bloomberg data shows 00:02:21.460 --> 00:02:24.300 the CD opened the year at about 15 cents per 00:02:24.300 --> 00:02:26.939 dollar and now trades close to 10 cents per dollar. 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:29.560 The drunkard group argued that this currency 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:31.759 strength should translate to lower prices for 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:34.039 imported goods, including alcohol, something 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:36.259 that they say has not happened. That's the end 00:02:36.259 --> 00:02:40.060 of the article. Okay, I have so many questions. 00:02:40.580 --> 00:02:44.620 Number one, is the drunkard association a prestigious 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:47.639 association within Ghana? Like, is this something 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:51.379 you want on your resume? Well, I don't know. 00:02:51.740 --> 00:02:56.219 But it says it has 16 .65 million members. That's 00:02:56.219 --> 00:02:58.759 like everyone in Ghana, is it not? Well, it's 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:00.939 half. What's the population? It's 34 .6 million 00:03:00.939 --> 00:03:03.599 people in Ghana, which is huge. So one in two 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:07.900 people, that is huge. But also it's on X. So 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:10.699 I think you got to give that a lot of they could 00:03:10.699 --> 00:03:14.699 be lying vibes to it. OK. So I don't know for 00:03:14.699 --> 00:03:19.020 sure. OK, I'll take that as sufficient. How do 00:03:19.020 --> 00:03:23.639 I join? I think you just go on X. Second, do 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:28.819 I put this anywhere? Like my resume, my bio? 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:33.099 Do we put it on our podcast? We are... I don't 00:03:33.099 --> 00:03:35.080 know if a podcast be associated with a drunkard 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.840 society. I think we might actually have to pay 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.599 for that, which I'm not willing to do. Oh, no, 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:42.379 no. Maybe we can talk to him and get an endorsement. 00:03:42.379 --> 00:03:45.340 We draw the line at paying for anything. We have 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:48.280 always drawn the line at paying for things. Yes. 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:50.620 That actually should be the slogan right underneath 00:03:50.620 --> 00:03:56.939 our title. It's very important. It's very important. 00:03:57.319 --> 00:03:59.259 OK. You should all know this like right off the 00:03:59.259 --> 00:04:01.979 bat. But yeah, I have a feeling somebody was 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:04.400 just on X and saw this and had to make an article 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:06.599 out of it. And it really seems that they just 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:09.860 quoted the comment made on X. But nonetheless, 00:04:09.860 --> 00:04:12.000 I didn't think we could get past that title without 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.099 you saying we have to read this. Yep, you made 00:04:15.099 --> 00:04:17.639 the right, and I feel less hurt about it that 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.819 you didn't give me a choice. So what was the 00:04:19.819 --> 00:04:22.360 comment on X, do we know? Was it from the drunkards 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:24.939 society? I do not, because I do not have X. Neither 00:04:24.939 --> 00:04:27.699 do I. I draw the line also there. A person who 00:04:27.699 --> 00:04:30.639 called themselves the spokesperson and or president 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:38.100 of the Ghana drunkards association. What a beautiful 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:40.019 sentence that was. For those of you who don't 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:43.120 know too, Ghana is, if you look at Africa and 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:45.759 say it looks like a Triceratops, it's on the 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:49.699 base of the frill of the Triceratops head, right 00:04:49.699 --> 00:04:53.500 next to the Ivory Coast or Côte d 'Arboire, and 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:56.759 between them and Togo. So I think it's doing 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:00.860 okay. It's a fairly big population, so I don't 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:02.920 know much about Ghana. I know it probably speaks 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:05.129 French. But its official language is English. 00:05:05.370 --> 00:05:08.509 I did not know that. Based on this information, 00:05:08.769 --> 00:05:11.850 half of it are involved in the drunkard society, 00:05:11.949 --> 00:05:13.350 so I'm getting mixed signals. At least half. 00:05:14.410 --> 00:05:18.389 But like I say, my question is, is it prestigious? 00:05:18.509 --> 00:05:20.769 It might be a prestigious thing. Well, yeah, 00:05:20.769 --> 00:05:23.490 and it's not only that, they're both organized 00:05:23.490 --> 00:05:26.829 and active drunkards. Like they're outgoing, 00:05:26.970 --> 00:05:29.490 they're organized. I love that. Many things that 00:05:29.490 --> 00:05:32.910 I would not say about alcoholics in North America. 00:05:33.180 --> 00:05:35.819 And calling themselves drunkards, it just seems 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:39.220 so much more light -hearted. And so I'm getting 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:42.540 the feeling that it's a good thing. And another 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:45.439 thing to add to our podcast is if we were to 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.779 have official titles for our roles in this podcast, 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:53.000 I feel that it would be exactly that. Folksperson 00:05:53.000 --> 00:06:00.019 and or president. But TBA. Yeah, I mean, we're 00:06:00.019 --> 00:06:02.540 still working on that. Could be both. Yeah, could 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:05.379 be both, could be neither. Oh, there is a huge 00:06:05.379 --> 00:06:08.519 lake in Ghana. It is massive. Don't know what 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:11.240 it's called. Is that not ocean? Oh, there is. 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:13.459 Do you think they have dinosaurs in there? I 00:06:13.459 --> 00:06:16.160 think they got beer in there. Oh, look, there's 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:19.360 a city called Ho right on the side of it. Anyhow, 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.620 you guys got 48 hours. You go look at Ghana. 00:06:21.819 --> 00:06:23.860 Apparently you can look lots up because it's 00:06:23.860 --> 00:06:26.300 official language is English. Look at that. So 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:28.899 yeah, we like you got 48 hours. Go have fun. 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:30.139 Bye. Bye.