Opinion

The reason Ghanaians supported the ban on illegal mining were two (2). First was the devastating EFFECT of illegal mining on ancestral river bodies, and the second was the silent inner anger of seeing Chinese nationals in particular, “stealing” and polluting our ancestral rivers whilst people with power looked on. …

Medical Drones to Supply Blood and blood products / Essential Medical drugs My Take I will try to fashion my discussion around the 3-Delays concept of causes of maternal mortality ( Why pregnant women die!), it can be applied to all other group of patients / causes of mortalities. So …

From my salary, I pay about 15% as tax to the government monthly. When I make certain purchases, stay over in hotels, make flight bookings, shop for groceries, I still pay taxes – consumption tax, VAT, state tax… Most Nigerians I know pay tax. And we don’t even have a …

AFRICA CENTRE FOR HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS (ACH-PRA) was very much elated to hear Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamud Bawumia promised to introduce the use of trending technology (drones) in the delivery of health service in remote areas of Ghana. This is a clear indication that the Vice President …

I am writing this in grief because today is sad day for Ghana and Africa as a whole. It is a day ingenuity has become useless and senseless before the youth. I cry for mother Ghana. I cry for the generations unborn. Barely two years ago, I re-entered an institution …

In our series of letters from African writers, Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene says the government should ban funerals for people who fail to pay taxes.There is a saying, attributed to American founding father Benjamin Franklin, that there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes.Over here in Ghana, we …

Many — except some few editors, publishers, reporters and writers — understand the statement of Bill Gates: ‘‘If you are born poor it’s not your mistake, but if you die poor it is your mistake.’’ If you come from a stereotypical ancestral background or suffer from a stereotypical past it …

This short write up was triggered after pondering and reflecting on past history of supposed unfair treatments meted to northerners. This has now been established. I am forced to come out to express my unhappiness about how news items from the North are reported in the media.  It is an …

#Facebook post The Chief Editor of Savannah News writes in a Facebook post. Adentan Demo Should be Replicated Across Northern Ghana. People of Northern Ghana, have you seen what’s happening in Adentan? If we don’t come out in our numbers: the Tamale-Yendi, Chuchuliga, Tamale-Salaga, Wa-Tumu, Nandom-Hamile, Salaga-Kpandai, Yendi-Bimbilla, Gushegu-Karaga, Sawla-Tuna-Wa, …

Presidency? Parliament? Palaces? None of these places seem to contain Ghana’s hope. Because it appears that most of the occupants of these places of power, mostly, become so comfortable with the comfort in there that they forget to come out with innovative, sophisticated and phenomenal ideas that will serve as …