Okay, Chelsea, I was gonna let you pick this
one, because I have a few topics that I think
are fairly interesting, some of them negative,
some of them not, but I couldn't describe this
one in a way that you wouldn't pick this article.
So we're gonna read this one. Okay, so you're
not taking the choice away from me, you're just
choosing the one I would have already gone with.
Yes. Okay, that makes me feel better actually.
Yeah, so this comes from the Nigerian Tribune.
not a source that we've used before. I like where
it's going. Written by Adam Mossad Yaluwa on
June 16, 2025, article title, Ghana. reduce alcohol
prices or will shut down everywhere. Drunkard's
association warns government. I like that. The
Ghana Drunkard Association has issued a three
-week ultimatum to the government to reduce the
price of alcoholic beverages or face a massive
nationwide protest from its reported 16 .65 million
members. What's going on in Ghana? In a video
posted on X on Sunday, a man identified as Moses
Obuwa, believed to be the association's leader
or or a spokesperson, said the guy. They don't
know which. Okay. So the government must act
swiftly in response to the recent appreciation
of the Ghanaian CD, which he said should have
led to the reduction in alcohol prices. Quote,
to date, the prices of alcoholic drinks keep
going up. If you purchase alcohol, there is an
increment of about 15 % and this affects vendors.
I assume end quote, but it's not an end quote
because, but the next line starts with another
quote. Quote, we've learned that the CD has gained
some strength. and the price of some items has
been reduced. However, the cost of alcohol remains
high." The association's representative states.
He further appealed directly to authorities saying,
quote, we are therefore calling on President
John Dramani Mahama and his minister for trade
and industry to do something about prices. We
have given them a three week grace period to
meet us so we can deliberate on how to reduce
the prices of alcohol. We are not making this
call for only alcohol drinks, but for the non
-alcoholic ones as well. The warning follows
a remarkable rebound of the Ghanaian CD in 2025,
which has appreciated nearly 50 % against the
US dollar, making it the best performing currency
globally so far this year. Bloomberg data shows
the CD opened the year at about 15 cents per
dollar and now trades close to 10 cents per dollar.
The drunkard group argued that this currency
strength should translate to lower prices for
imported goods, including alcohol, something
that they say has not happened. That's the end
of the article. Okay, I have so many questions.
Number one, is the drunkard association a prestigious
association within Ghana? Like, is this something
you want on your resume? Well, I don't know.
But it says it has 16 .65 million members. That's
like everyone in Ghana, is it not? Well, it's
half. What's the population? It's 34 .6 million
people in Ghana, which is huge. So one in two
people, that is huge. But also it's on X. So
I think you got to give that a lot of they could
be lying vibes to it. OK. So I don't know for
sure. OK, I'll take that as sufficient. How do
I join? I think you just go on X. Second, do
I put this anywhere? Like my resume, my bio?
Do we put it on our podcast? We are... I don't
know if a podcast be associated with a drunkard
society. I think we might actually have to pay
for that, which I'm not willing to do. Oh, no,
no. Maybe we can talk to him and get an endorsement.
We draw the line at paying for anything. We have
always drawn the line at paying for things. Yes.
That actually should be the slogan right underneath
our title. It's very important. It's very important.
OK. You should all know this like right off the
bat. But yeah, I have a feeling somebody was
just on X and saw this and had to make an article
out of it. And it really seems that they just
quoted the comment made on X. But nonetheless,
I didn't think we could get past that title without
you saying we have to read this. Yep, you made
the right, and I feel less hurt about it that
you didn't give me a choice. So what was the
comment on X, do we know? Was it from the drunkards
society? I do not, because I do not have X. Neither
do I. I draw the line also there. A person who
called themselves the spokesperson and or president
of the Ghana drunkards association. What a beautiful
sentence that was. For those of you who don't
know too, Ghana is, if you look at Africa and
say it looks like a Triceratops, it's on the
base of the frill of the Triceratops head, right
next to the Ivory Coast or Côte d 'Arboire, and
between them and Togo. So I think it's doing
okay. It's a fairly big population, so I don't
know much about Ghana. I know it probably speaks
French. But its official language is English.
I did not know that. Based on this information,
half of it are involved in the drunkard society,
so I'm getting mixed signals. At least half.
But like I say, my question is, is it prestigious?
It might be a prestigious thing. Well, yeah,
and it's not only that, they're both organized
and active drunkards. Like they're outgoing,
they're organized. I love that. Many things that
I would not say about alcoholics in North America.
And calling themselves drunkards, it just seems
so much more light -hearted. And so I'm getting
the feeling that it's a good thing. And another
thing to add to our podcast is if we were to
have official titles for our roles in this podcast,
I feel that it would be exactly that. Folksperson
and or president. But TBA. Yeah, I mean, we're
still working on that. Could be both. Yeah, could
be both, could be neither. Oh, there is a huge
lake in Ghana. It is massive. Don't know what
it's called. Is that not ocean? Oh, there is.
Do you think they have dinosaurs in there? I
think they got beer in there. Oh, look, there's
a city called Ho right on the side of it. Anyhow,
you guys got 48 hours. You go look at Ghana.
Apparently you can look lots up because it's
official language is English. Look at that. So
yeah, we like you got 48 hours. Go have fun.
Bye. Bye.