Opinion

The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Parliament House, Osu Accra. 2nd March 2022. Dear Mr. Speaker, PETITION TO ENFORCE ARTICLE 97(1)C OF 1992 CONSTITUTION: I write to petition your high office to respectfully enforce the provisions of article 97(1)c of the 1992 constitution of Ghana and parliament’s Standing Order number …

WHY THE E-LEVY NEEDS TO BE AMENDED As a good corporate citizen, I support the E-levy and all other gov’t efforts to raise funds to develop our dear country. I however sincerely think that the e-levy in it’s current rate, form, and shape is impracticable and is not likely to …

The smartest family in Britain are Africans with Nigerian decent. The Imafidon family. Their father, Prof Imafidon is an international scholar and education consultant. He emigrated from Edo State, Nigeria to London over 35 years ago. He described his philosophy for raising kids thus: “If you really want a child …

An Open Letter to the Finance Minister, Dear Sir, 1. As you prepare to read the budget for 2022, I respectfully urge you not to do any such presentation without factoring the poor Conditions of Service of University Teachers. One of the abused refrain used in countering our demands this …

There is no ‘insecurity’ in Nigeria Nigeria has recently been voted for as one of the safest countries in the world to live in. It has a zero-crime rate and you’re a lot safer walking the streets of Lagos than you are in London or New York. This of course, …

Abandoned e-blocks Saga: The Bitter Truth! The NPP government’s strategy for expanding secondary education is based on the already existing 70% boarding and 30% day strategy where it is largely expanding infrastructure in already existing schools, majority boarding. Prior to its exit from government, the NDC had a vision to …

JEWELRY OR NO JEWELRY! Do you put on earrings; ring; necklace; etc? Good; BE MODEST! Do not underlook or regard them that do not put on jewelry as low and lay or attach no stigma toward them. Just as everybody has the right to spend their monies as they please, …

Mensah Thompson of ASEPA writes… ASEPA’s OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE ANTI-LGBTQ BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT 1. The anti-lgbtq bill currently before Parliament has generated a lot of controversies. 2.Last week some eminent Professors and Influential persons came out strongly to oppose the bill citing various reasons including the violation of the …

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO May I duly welcome you home after landing in Accra at 1:41am this dawn aboard your now famous LX-DIO Boeing 737-900ER BBJ3 charter jet. As all Ghanaians are, I am also absolutely grateful to the Almighty for journey mercies. I note …

The new breed of femme fatales is young, pretty – and they can kill you! The on-going case of Chidinma Ojukwu has gripped – and shocked – the nation and the one question everybody is asking is why did a young lady like her kill a grown man. The answer …