Opinion

Ghanaians at the mercy of ‘trotro’ drivers: implications for national security. Today I focus on the cabal of private entrepreneurs, who have seen a business opportunity in the government’s failure to offer efficient public transportation and have stepped in to milk the situation so dry. There is time to discuss …

KOFI BENTIL’S ESCAPE PLAN FOR BAWUMIA AND MATTERS ARISING Kofi Bentil,in a write-up this morning, attempts an elaborate but implausible extrication of his friend,Bawumia,from the catastrophic performance of the government of which he has been the poster boy in the last seven years. Among other astonishing claims, Kofi says that …

Why are Ghanaians volunteering to die? The day I saw my son’s nose discharging freely on a Saturday, I knew I had to act before it disrupted my Monday. As a single parent, the least disruption to my routine can throw my life out of balance and have my whole …

The Reemergence of Military Coups as Legal Assumption of State Power in Africa The above topic can be examined in terms of constitutionality and public interests by analysing the recent sporadic coups in Africa. In general a perspective, one can consider the justifications of military coups in respect to societal …

Neho! Ever since I came of age, one thing has always rubbed me the wrong way. The fact that Government forms ask for us to fill in “our hometown”. Every institution asks it. Even primary schools and universities. I have asked many Ghanaians what they think about it. Not many …

Dear NSS personnel, a few days from now, you’ll be relieved of your duties at your various places of service. Some of you(few) will be maintained to continue working as permanent or contract staff. Some of you(the majority) will be asked to go home after you serve the nation. For …

A defining moment in Ghana’s GMO journey beckons About five (5) months ago, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA), an authority under the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, published a notice inviting public comments on whether it should approve the country’s first genetically modified crop, the Pod Borer Resistant …

My selection of urgent expenditure cuts and concrete actions required in the face of an IMF bailout and crippling labour agitations: 1) Suspend the unconstitutional public funding of the US$400million National Cathedral project which government has so far diverted over GHS200million without parliamentary approval; 2) Renegotiate with owners of demolished …

Emmanuel Asakinaba Celebrates His Visually-Impaired Parents Who Have Been Married for 37 Years …………………………………………………………..………. Celebrating the 37th anniversary of a pace-setting marriage My parents are visually-impaired – blind in both eyes. They lost their sight as infants. My father lost his sight to measles. My Mum suffered the similar fate. …

Choose John Dramani Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama is everything a good leader is. He’s comparable to the finest leaders in advanced democracies and the legacies of his four-year mandate (2013 to 2017) bear ample testimony to this. It took me quite a long time to come to this …