How The Ndc Is Undermining Ghana's EconomyFriday, April 23, 2010
Ghanas economy, like many others, depends heavily on foreign investments. That is why former President Kufuor invested significant resources and time in promoting Ghanas economy to foreign investors. Mr. Kufuor and his Ministers worked assiduously to present Ghana as the Gateway to West Afric ... |
Mental Health Bill Ought To Be Considered By Parliament…as It Will Be Of Essence To The Whole NationWednesday, April 21, 2010
Till date, people with mental disabilities have not yet known their fate, as the decision by Parliament to make them feel welcome and safe in their own country is still being delayed. It is assumed by many people that these mentally disordered people need no attention, but ought to be kept in a plac ... |
Rejoinder: The Swing Voter:Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Floats like the butterfly, stings like a bee I write in response to Gabby Asare Otchere Darkos simplified analysis in his article published extensively in the media last week. The article in my view fails to address the very issue it sought to address, that is the unscientific claim of attracting f ... |
The End Of The Third World?Monday, April 19, 2010
Continued from Friday, April 16, 2010 The World Bank pioneered currency swaps, and uses swaps to protect against foreign exchange and interest rate risk. Our loans offer hedging opportunities to protect borrowers from foreign exchange or interest rate risk and even other risks such as droughts and ... |
Npp Must Re-elect Nana Addo - SuperiorThursday, April 15, 2010
A leading member of the United Kingdom branch of the New Patriotic Party NPP, Iddrisu Musah Superior has called on the delegates of the party who would be voting to elect a flag bearer of the party in August this year to vote for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to ensure victory for the party in the 2 ... |
Tuobodom Crisis; A Conflict Between Tradition And ModernityThursday, April 15, 2010
With reference to recent the incidence at Tuobodom that resulted in the deaths of three persons and injuries to several others, which culminated in certain pronouncements made by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, that have also generated a lot of controversies among Ghanaians, kindly give me som ... |
Movie Industry And Media: Instruments Of Moral Corruption In GhanaWednesday, April 14, 2010
Technology, modernity and democracy are gradually killing morality. People of today, including future leaders, are gradually losing their sense of dignity through obscene materials. Institutions of entertainment and sources of information to the public are regularly turning into instruments of moral ... |
The Swing Voter: Floats Like A Butterfly, Stings Like A BeeTuesday, April 13, 2010
The battle lines have been drawn by Alan Kyerematen, who kicked off his campaign last week. He states the obvious by urging his partys delegates to vote for a presidential candidate who can attract floating votes. And, naturally, he sees himself as the floating voters favourite candidate. In t ... |
The Case Against Higher Utility TariffsFriday, April 09, 2010
As the government drops hints of an impending hike in utility tariffs by as much as 100.0 in the case of electricity, it is only proper that we evaluate the relationship between past tariff hikes and the quality of service delivery afterwards. We may then decide whether the impending hikes are wo ... |
Npp, Leave Kufuor Alone And Defeat The Blame GameThursday, April 08, 2010
Just take a deep breath and exhale slowly, said a veteran politician in the wake of a presidential defeat. Forget about the finger-pointing, and start figuring out the way to a future that makes us relevant not just to our traditional constituency but to independents and independent-thinking NPP ... |
Government Fumbling With Our Oil Money Already? (final)Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Continued from Tuesday, April 6, 2010 In that sense, we can be reasonably assured that computing an average price for oil over 5 years is far from reckless, and provided the right calculations are performed on the historical data the emergent figure is likely to prove useful. 60 is thus a sound e ... |
Violence Against Women Still Rampant In The Northern Region Of GhanaWednesday, April 07, 2010
Why wont men ever allow women to be? Why wont men allow women to enjoy the solitude and happiness they are entitled to in this world? Everyday campaigns against violence against women send messages across the country, but men, who are the very culprits, turn a deaf ear to it. Is it a crime to be a ... |
Government Fumbling With Our Oil Money Already?Tuesday, April 06, 2010
We have to commend Governments recent efforts to loosen up a bit over the now contentious issue of Ghanas predicted oil revenues. The question is whether its opening up enough. A couple of days ago, the Ministry of Finances Resource Tax Advisor, Dr. Amoako Tuffuor, granted an interview to Jo ... |
Addressing Ghana's Housing & Job Creation Challenge (final)Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Continued from Thursday, April 1, 2010 But the real source of value is neither the money, nor the raw materials, nor the products produced from them, but mankinds ability to figure out the nature of the universe, and to intervene to create what had not existed previously. Human creativity is ... |
Addressing Ghana's Housing & Job Creation ChallengeThursday, April 01, 2010
A lot of discussion has taken place concerning the housing deal the Government of Ghana signed with the STX Group of South Korea in early March. Reports indicate the deal involves building 200,000 housing units in Ghana by 2015, at a cost of 10 billion, forty percent of the units allocated to secur ... |
Social Justice Smoking And Excessive Drinking: A Stumbling Block To Human Health And National DevelopmentWednesday, March 31, 2010
Smoking of tobacco and excessive drinking of alcohol have been one of the worse causes of mortality in the world today. The effects of smoking and the drinking of alcohol on people and the future of the world has resulted into many non governmental organisations NGOs, religious groups, governmenta ... |
Here I Come, O Lord …my Spiritual Journey To Mecca For HajjFriday, March 26, 2010
THE HAJJ pilgrimage experience is so transcendental and so sublime, so profound and so enthralling, so euphoric and, to some extent, so confounding that it defies ordinary human verbal expression. This is the conclusion I inevitably reached, having had the blessed opportunity, together with my w ... |
All In The Name Of Politics...Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Pardon my bluntness: I hate politics. I mean the Nigerian variant of it. I have always believed, based on my observations, that politics is the biggest obstacle to our development. By politics, I do not mean the science of government or the administration of public affairs, as political scie ... |
Showdown Over Healthcare ReformFriday, February 26, 2010
A few weeks ago, you could almost hear it echoing through the halls of the White House: We were this close. Barack Obama, the US president, has for years talked about the need for health insurance reform. He campaigned on the issue and spent his first year in office focusing on what is his top dom ... |
Environment, Development And AfricaFriday, February 19, 2010
As European nations adjust their internal and external policies regarding energy, the environment, and economic development to accommodate the needs and desires of the new European Union, there is a great opportunity to ensure that the new policies will be beneficial to the developing world, and in ... |
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