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Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
The social vicissitudes of modernday life is simply unimaginable Where they involve children they have become a headache for families and child rights activists Clearly ours is a generation that has outstepped its bounds as far as concern and care for children are concerned Child injustices of all dimensions keep rearing their head in our ... Read more |
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Monday, November 16, 2009 |
Even old men will be boys from time to time for sheer sport or to give the ageing genes some spark and President Mills may well have very deliberately contrived the now famous ecomini thing he struggled with in his address to Parliament the other timeTo the bafflement of those watching his every move while murmuring there goes Professor Slo ... Read more |
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Friday, November 13, 2009 |
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By Vicky WirekoTrying to cope in a miserable weather of degrees centigrade at night time and if lucky some eleven degrees centigrade at day time the only cheerful thing one does look up to is taking a walk through the shopping malls Not only is it warm Almost all the shops are displaying some glitters of the Christmas season Passing throug ... Read more |
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Friday, November 13, 2009 |
The Directive Principles of State Policy contained in this Chapter shall guide all citizens Parliament the President the Judiciary the Council of State the Cabinet political parties and other bodies and persons in applying or interpreting this Constitution or any other law or in taking and implementing any policy decisions for the establish ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
The beginning of every national service year witnesses a frenzy of activity at the National Service SecretariatThe reason being that postings are taking place and parents and prospective national service persons apply all the tricks up their sleeves and pull all the strings available to them to get postings to areas that will make them comfort ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
The attempts to support and bring people up from the poverty ladder are commendable They come in very refreshing and leave you believing that there is hope for the future Life may never be fair but I believe fairness is always within our reach That is why I laud the drive of the Department of Social Welfare for the painstaking job they are ... Read more |
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 |
The Ghana Prisons records show that as of July the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons had exceeded its maximum capacity of inmates by over per cent to inmatesThe Akuse Prison with a maximum capacity of inmates had over Kumasi Central Prison with a maximum capacity of had over inmatesThis is the trend all o ... Read more |
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Saturday, October 24, 2009 |
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From a dietician through a taxi driver to the opposition political activist with a wideopen eye on President Millss almighty throne at the Osu Castle oil is perpetually terrible news Let us start with the dieticians galloping nightmare or rather the screaming medical news headline about oil that never ever gets writtenThe nation is swimm ... Read more |
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Thursday, July 09, 2009 |
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I could not help but marvel at the decision by the Police Force last week not to grant proopposition New Patriotic Party NPP elements the Alliance for Accountable Governance AFAG a permit to hold a public demonstration to among other things draw public attention to some of the hardships in the country today The reason from the Poli ... Read more |
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 |
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This article was first published by the Daily Graphic in March Our Chief Psychiatrist Dr Akwasi Osei recently confirmed what I had suspected all along Most of us about some per cent of the population are either psychologically unbalanced psychiatrically challenged or gone completely bananas and plantain piecesLooking arou ... Read more |
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Saturday, June 27, 2009 |
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This article was first published in the Daily Graphic on Tuesday th May Tema is the crystallisation of one of the dreams of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah the nations First President to transform a small fishing village into one of the busiest industrial and port cities on the continent To set in motion this ambitious project the stat ... Read more |
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 |
The peace process initiated by ECOWAS in some potentially volatile areas in the subregion seems to have yielded positive results with elections scheduled to be held in Guinea Bissau Guinea Conakry and Cote dIvoire Elections in Guinea Bissau are expected to be held next week while Guinea Conakry and Cote dIvoire will hold theirs later in t ... Read more |
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 |
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What began as one of those political intrigues came to an end after the Parliamentary Service Board PSB met and came to a conclusion That the former Speaker of Parliament Mr Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi Hughes should return all items that did not belong to him to where they belong It started when the former Speaker was accused of sweeping clean ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 |
Exactly years ago a group of revolutionary minded young officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces led by Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings seized the political reins of the country then under the Supreme Military Council SMC II to purge the society of social economic moral rot and decadence It was also intended by the regime to establi ... Read more |
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Friday, May 29, 2009 |
Some of us were very much relieved indeed very much satisfied when the Daily Graphic of Wednesday May reported that the Destination Inspection Companies DICs were to be probed And even more refreshing was the revelation that the National Security Secretariat itself would be in charge We were told that the probe among other t ... Read more |
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
Sitting in a heavy traffic last week Monday this newspaper vendor seeking to sell his papers kept shouting what he probably thought was the best selling news of the day Obama is coming Indeed that was a lead headline everywhere you turned in the media The newspapers had it and the electronic media took it as one lead topic for review Y ... Read more |
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Monday, May 18, 2009 |
I believe that without the decisive leadership of the Convention Peoples Party CPP Ghana would not have won independence when she did The great support of the party also enabled Kwame Nkrumah to embark on a difficult but necessary social and economic programmes after independence Well may President Nkrumah therefore assert in his book ... Read more |
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 |
Authorities of the Ghana Education Service GES have called for an emergency national response to salvage the future of hundreds of schoolchildren who are increasingly being lured into the phenomenon of sakawa the Internet fraud that has gained notoriety in the country lately Among other interventions the authorities called on metropolita ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
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When in the Bannerman brothers with a vision and an abiding faith in themselves gave birth to a handwritten newspaper the Accra Herald in Ghana then Gold Coast the timing was perfect The period was the beginning of attempt to sow the seed of wicked oppressor colonial rule in our dear motherland There was therefore the urgent need to ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 |
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The nation has been alerted by the police high command that vehicles with tinted glasses will not be allowed to ply the roads and owners must remove them Recently the police mounted an operation on vehicles with tinted glasses asking every vehicle with tint whether from the factory or self made to remove them The reasons assigned for ... Read more |
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Friday, May 08, 2009 |
The wealth of a nation it is said is measured by the health of its people Therefore any nation that relegates the healthcare of its people to the background will be denied a healthy population to engage in productive ventures for its socioeconomic development As the world celebrates the World Veterinary Day it is appropriate to refle ... Read more |
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 |
Kaneshie is one of the prime suburbs of Accra It is the home of the largest market the Kaneshie Market Complex where almost every conceivable item from dawada to beef is sold Unfortunately this great area is earning a very bad image for itself because of very serious occurrences Many workers have lost valuable items from mobile pho ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 |
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Few institutions are more important to a democratic society than a free and independent media Such freedom requires the public elected officials and civic organizations to support truth fairness and balance in reporting and to insist that media outlets honour the principles that empower them Nicholas Johnson The question about ethics is ... Read more |
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Monday, April 27, 2009 |
There have been tribal rumblings of late I took them to be a passing phase But when a correspondent asked me to comment on the issue and gave examples throughout the country to justify his concern I became worried I have met a few men and women in high places who pontificate about national unity but whose idea of one nation is in belief and ... Read more |
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 |
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Life is diverse Human beings are diversethat is the natural way of things During my first visit to the United States in the s I witnessed an incident at a local park where an AfricanAmerican boy had been excluded from playing with his white counterparts and had run away in anger and humiliation It may have been a small insignifica ... Read more |
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Monday, March 16, 2009 |
In the letters page of the Daily Graphic last week a contributor complained about noise in Accra I have read a handful of similar complaints or contributions which often speak for hundreds who suffer in silence I am sure that many find the noise levels in our towns unbearable now and again But they do not complain because it is not worth th ... Read more |
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 |
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I have put my inquisitive cap on lately trying to look behind steel doors It does remind me of the period when one was growing up One dared not ask too many questions Growing old there is no one breathing over my freedom to search pry and know If those days were today it would have been beautifully captured as an infringement on ones huma ... Read more |
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009 |
On the eve of Christmas last year a section of the Judiciary led by His Lordship Justice Jones Dotse held a press conference at the newly constructed Appeal Court in Kumasi to explain last years decision by the courts to vary sentences and fines imposed on drivers found guilty of committing various forms of motor traffic offences in the country ... Read more |
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 |
The agony of defeat needs to be experienced to be fully appreciated But in all things it is a very miserable one So excruciating is the pain that to soothe it people always resort to explanations that end up accusing others After a typical football match the defeated team will leave the stadium cursing the match officials for biased offic ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 |
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Some of the allegations and rumours were not only wild but so weird that one could wonder if they originated from human minds There were rumours that there was to be a massive invasion of the country by foreigners to engage in the countrys electoral process The government apparently to prevent this ordered the closure of the country ... Read more |
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Monday, December 29, 2008 |
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If any institution in this country is long overdue for rebranding it is the Ghana Police Service Certainly makeorbreak reforms are needed to restore the image of the police service to boost public confidence in it Clearly competing demands facing the police should prompt the police service to rethink how best to deliver effective polici ... Read more |
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Monday, December 29, 2008 |
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The strife is over the battle doneGhanaians often sing when they bury the deadBut is life really a battle And is the victors triumph won at death To many Ghanaians the elections were a definitive life and death struggle but there they part company with Christian teaching Election victory is to many not a commemoration of sp ... Read more |
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Monday, December 29, 2008 |
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The strife is over the battle done Ghanaians often sing when they bury the dead But is life really a battle And is the victors triumph won at death To many Ghanaians the elections were a definitive life and death struggle but there they part company with Christian teaching Election victory is to many not a commemoration of spiritua ... Read more |
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Monday, December 22, 2008 |
The elections were fun Politicians were entertaining even when serious The ordinary citizen became the centre of attraction It was promises galore and the verbal ingenuity of the Ghanaian flourished But pervading the election atmosphere was the grim realisation that a choice was being made to remove the great burden of living on the pe ... Read more |
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Thursday, December 18, 2008 |
In the buildup to the parliamentary and presidential elections in Ghana there have been persistent assertions in the media that the number of votes needed to determine a winner in a presidential election must be per cent plus one vote This assertion is totally wrong and it is the purpose of this paper to prove why it is a fallacy ... Read more |
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 |
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As a nationalist I have once again had the pleasant opportunity to give Ghana a big pat on the back and the thumbsup at the front Watching the electorate cast their votes on Sunday December through to the counting process and the declaration of results I was left with a feeling of pride as a Ghanaian living on a continent bedevilled with el ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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If as they say the voice of the people is the voice of God then the good Lord must have a rich sense of humour One look at some happenings in what would turn out to be the first of two rounds of the national elections and the point is amply made Talk of a national election variously billed as the last showdown with escalating stakes i ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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Ghanaians were heaping tonnes of praise on themselves The foreign observer missions were profuse in their commendation at the turn of events on Sunday December All were unanimous the presidential and parliamentary elections had been held in a peaceful atmosphere without any violence or intimidation and the outcome was free and ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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Ghanaians were heaping tonnes of praise on themselves The foreign observer missions were profuse in their commendation at the turn of events on Sunday December All were unanimous the presidential and parliamentary elections had been held in a peaceful atmosphere without any violence or intimidation and the outcome was free and fair Wh ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
A former Clerk of Parliament Mr Rex OwusuAnsah believes the era of a virtual rubberstamp parliament is over and that it is a clear indication of how far Ghanaians have progressed democratically He said from the present results of the parliamentary elections held on December there is no clear working majority a composition which w ... Read more |
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Monday, December 15, 2008 |
Many people were getting ready to celebrate Christmas in grand style They wanted to add victory at the polls to Christmas call it twoinone and celebrate it big time This was not to be By the command of Dr Kwadwo AfariGyan the Electoral Commissioner we have to go to the polls again on December And that will be after Christmas ... Read more |
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 |
Have you ever been refused a visa in your life Well you are not alone if you have Former US President Jimmy Carter and former UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan received a no visa slap from the Zimbabwean authorities a few weeks ago The refusal must have hit former President Jimmy Carter so hard that he is reported to have said ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
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The beginning of every academic year is a period of mental torture and physical agony to many parents and school authorities On the one side are desperate parents moving up and down looking for suitable scholls for their children Suitable schools here are the wellestablished ones with long records of good academic performance Sui ... Read more |
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Monday, December 08, 2008 |
By the time you read this the elections would be over and we may have an inkling of the results Whoever is elected leader should start working immediately Even if there is no outright winner and a runoff is pending the two contenders should start working now There is no time to waste Our leaders are serious and they should by now know who ... Read more |
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 |
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A lot of excitement is being brought into the Sunday December national elections Last week saw the presidential candidates racing up and down the country with more promises of heaven on earth Interesting headlines curious pronouncements and discussions have taken centre stage Meanwhile there is little business commercials on radio ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 |
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The final lap in any distance event in athletics is the most crucial That is what determines victory or defeat Usually at the starters gun some as part of their strategy sprint into the lead and maintain the momentum to victory at the finishing line Not always does that strategy work to plan because some in their determination to keep ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 |
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Every year several Ghanaian citizens lose their lives trying to cross the sea and the desert to Europe in search of greener pastures Some of those who manage to succeed and land in Europe sometimes find they lack the requisite skills to find goodpaying jobs and end up being frustrated Much of this would have been averted if successive gove ... Read more |
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Monday, December 01, 2008 |
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Expectations lead to disappointment and many would be sad this time next week But apart from those who would lose the chance to be addressed as Honourable or Excellency what would the majority of the people forfeit whether the party they support wins or losesWhen you have seen a lot of what is happening you tend to be cynical And so ... Read more |
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Monday, December 01, 2008 |
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We make quite a gallant pair behind the battle lines of sharply dissenting opinions me and my PC I am in no mood for good grammar today Whenever I am consumed with passion over a nagging subject the keyboard usually becomes a blazing machine gun Ratatatatat Today is eerily different I am sitting behind the darned machine feeling inexpl ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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The sterling performance of an member voluntary medical team from Queen Elizabeth Teaching Hospital in Birmingham touched my heart two weeks ago The news about this feat at KorleBu Teaching Hospital has been the most refreshing for some weeks now as it broke the monotony of the politics of who is going to occupy the Golden Jubilee H ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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Everyone needs money to live on when they retire or can no longer work The reality however appears to be that few people spend time thinking about longterm savings for their days of retirement Another striking reality is that because more people are living longer the period of retirement could be as much as a quarter of ones lifespan W ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
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In this job there are certain areas I dread to go but when compelled by uncontrollable circumstances I do so with a lot of caution and great circumspection This is because whether we like it or not certain issues are realities of life that must be confronted no matter the dangers inherent in the attempt Take religion for example For ye ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
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In Ghana approximately two million out of the nations estimated million people are persons with disability The life and dignity of these persons with disability depend on policies and programmes put in place by government and related agencies The principal goal of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child UNCRC Ghanas ... Read more |
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Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
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As a professional relationship coach over the years I have listened as partners pour out their hearts to me justifying their position to the detriment of the relationship There are as many relationship issues as there are people However if I were going to make a list of the most frequent issues I would say that money inlaws sex control ... Read more |
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Friday, November 21, 2008 |
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Rig rig rig The controversial song of the season keeps playing at a progressively higher pitch Jomo and it is not about our oil rigs either It is about cheating and fraud in elections Dr Kwadwo AfariGyan vows he wont be the reason for any chaosThe doctor of letters was on television this week laying out a concrete mortar of moral ... Read more |
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Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
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Books are the most essential tool for transfer of learning Though books inspire and entertain the development of the readers personality is the most primary purpose of education which contributes profoundly to the development of any nation Though radio TV video the Internet and audiovisual aids play their supporting role in communicati ... Read more |
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Friday, November 14, 2008 |
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I recommend that you merely wink and grin to yourself with subdued mirth and not take what I write too seriously all the time although I must concede too that on those few occasions when I manage to hit the bulls eye on any matter it could pack quite an irritating stingSometimes I like to parade my ignorance for sheer plain old sport whic ... Read more |
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
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Crude oil prices fell four per cent below a barrel yesterday reversing some of the previous days steep surge after Barack Obamas victory in the US presidential election boosted the dollarUS crude fell to a barrel by GMT London Brent crude lost to Markets had rallied sharply on Tuesday partly on ... Read more |
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Monday, November 03, 2008 |
Promises are made readily when courting youth want their hearts desire Likewise politicians make comforting promises when they court us for votes It is normal But we should realise that it is during courtship that the promises can be examined and firmed After that it is too late We may then find ourselves asking as in Shakespeares sonnet ... Read more |
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Saturday, November 01, 2008 |
I am at the moment looking through my old photo album I am holding this nearly faded passport size photograph of myself as a young man I had this picture taken in triplicate two of which were fixed to my Personal File when I was employed as a management trainee after going through interview that included personality profiling and psychometric te ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
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With just days to go to the general election the wish of every Ghanaian the preaching on all platforms in all homes and at all workplaces are the famous fiveletter word PEACE which has gradually gained prominence in our vocabulary todayIf I owned a radio station for hours a day and for the next few weeks my number one song for my ... Read more |
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Monday, October 27, 2008 |
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Liza visited a pharmacy and made a health complaint After asking a few questions the pharmacist gave her a bottle containing medicine and said to her Follow the label instructions accordingly Liza returned to the pharmacy three days later and the following conversation ensuedLiza Good morning sir Theres still no improvement in ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
Some time ago when Mr Peter Nanfuri was the InspectorGeneral of Police a directive was issued banning the use of tinted windows by motorists with a warning of dire consequences if that directive was floutedSome quickly responded by removing the tinted films on their windows Others did not At the end of the day those who respected the ... Read more |
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Monday, October 20, 2008 |
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A company identifies or singles out groups of customers for its products and directs some or all of its marketing activities at themIt develops and maintains a marketing mix consisting of a product a distribution system promotion and price that effectively meet customers needs People have given different kinds of definitions to the wo ... Read more |
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Monday, October 20, 2008 |
This is a question which should occupy Ghanas political parties at this crucial time in our history How independent is the small country of Ghana in the global village And can we really determine our future How far are the promises of the parties and politicians mere wishes Scott Thompson in his book Ghanas Foreign Policy written in ... Read more |
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Monday, October 13, 2008 |
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As in many democratic countries election campaigns do not change the minds of many who vote according to party affiliation But even some of these party stalwarts sometimes employ tactical voting to deny their party a comfortable majority This is done to register dissatisfaction with a policy they strongly oppose as happened to the British ... Read more |
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Sunday, October 12, 2008 |
Lest I am accused of trumpeting a certain sociopolitical ideology that no longer seems to be in active vogue in our part of the world where the international Monetary Fund IMF and the World Bank are the joint kings that rule our lives let me say that I am only a layman trying to put some meaning on what is happening around us You tune your ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 |
It was indeed a gloomy Wednesday a couple of weeks ago with the sundown announcement by an Accrabased private radio station of the passing away of one of the nations cultured gentlemen One of the most precious gems I have ever come across filled with so much humility yet wielding so much power as the Minister of Finance and Economic Planni ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 |
I had the privilege last year to be at a conference in Gabon which was attended by medical researchers from many African and other countries Many topics were discussed and it was interesting to be reminded of the fact that in African countries we have so many challenges in common not only as far as diseases such as Malaria tuberculosis and ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 |
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Ghanaians are funloving people It is no exaggeration that visitors to this country depart with fond memories of a people who do not allow the hardships of this world to extinguish in them their spirit to celebrate Not even death That is why funerals are gradually taking the form of festivals and are being euphemistically described as cele ... Read more |
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Monday, October 06, 2008 |
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The birth of the African Caribbean and Pacific Organisation known as the ACP was a triumph of Ghanaian diplomacy The loss of purpose of the ACP should therefore be of concern to Ghanaians It should at least enable us to assess our strengths and weaknesses and help us to move forward with confidence But we should first know what ha ... Read more |
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Monday, October 06, 2008 |
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I have followed with keen interest the news of a commercial oil find in Ghana and the optimism that it has engendered in the country There is a welcome buoyancy in the mood of many Ghanaians as they look forward to being an oilproducing country There are many people and institutions that deserve credit for the oil find members of sta ... Read more |
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Saturday, October 04, 2008 |
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For some strange reasons my email messages were not getting delivered and were not returned either I fretted all week As a word of comfort a friend said that nobody would notice the absence of My blog if it did not appear for that week I guessed what he was hinting at and I quickly replied that sometimes I did get rejoinders Still no ... Read more |
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Friday, October 03, 2008 |
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The only time I ever listen to the radio is when I am driving Because of this I tend to be very selective about what I listen to In the morning it is always a newspaper review of some kind but in the afternoon it becomes more difficult I dont like football I dont listen to music I switch off all adverts especially when the ... Read more |
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Friday, October 03, 2008 |
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Jomo are you familiar with the admonition derived from a weird blend of philosophical counsel and traditional logic which says when you cannot obtain what you want be content with what is available and when things go haywire in your scheme of things just console yourself that matters could have been worseThe last thing I want Jomo is to ... Read more |
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008 |
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A few publications I have come across lately particularly on science and research seem to be taking us on a merrygoround sometimes getting you confused in the process If you are familiar with those play stuff that one finds in amusement parks they are fun and relaxing to sit on them even as an adult but you get uncomfortable and dizzy ... Read more |
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Monday, September 29, 2008 |
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Many are not happy with the products of our schools and colleges We therefore come out with proposals to improve the education system Sometimes the suggestions could be clearer For example many have advocated moral education in schools But it is not clear whether that means religious instruction or something more The other day ... Read more |
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
Any Chief Executive appearing before his or her shareholders to render account is always proud to list the significant achievements of the corporation for the year under reviewSometimes the shareholders also take the microphone to commend or condemn based on how well their investments have been taken care of by the trustees As a share ... Read more |
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
Ghanaians want free and fair elections That is what it should be All the political parties say they want peaceful elections I believe them But come the day after the elections and a Presidential Candidate wins by a few thousands votes and tensions will rise to boiling point Why The Chairman of the Electoral Commission has told us that the ... Read more |
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
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When last year an American molecular biologist James Dewey Watson tried to connect race with development or underdevelopment the reaction of Blacks was predictableInstead of reflecting soberly and pondering over what could have made them the poorest everywhere they found themselves on the globe they cast racial invectives at the Nobel ... Read more |
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
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What does it mean to ask consent for a medical or surgical procedure I remember over years ago being a medical student in the labour ward when a woman needed a caesarean section because her labour was not progressing well the nurse would go up to the woman and say Maame we are going to operate you Do you agree or not or worse still ... Read more |
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Saturday, September 20, 2008 |
Genuine seekers of a peaceful election can use my machine It runs on a fuel mix of fairness justice truthfulness integrity and a total commitment to democratic practice and behaviour If you turn it on with the key of sincerity after fuelling up it worksWhat do you call a sheet of A paper folded in two with an executive chief managin ... Read more |
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Friday, September 19, 2008 |
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What do you call a sheet of A paper folded in two with an executive chief managing editors imprint at the bottom of the back page which is populated with stale bits and pieces downloaded from Internet blogs and websites with crumbs of domestic political gossip and propaganda added for good measure A newspaperFantastic Jomo Absolutel ... Read more |
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
Over the past couple of years a world food crisis has emerged The price of food worldwide has increased dramatically threatening the welfare of millions who are struggling to afford basic sustenance Since the world price of soybeans has risen by per cent maize by per cent wheat by per cent and rice by an astounding ... Read more |
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Thursday, September 18, 2008 |
LADIES and gentlemen with another round of resounding clap lets welcome her back on stage says the MC Give him a clap you can do better another MC pleadsI expect a clap for that one an MC demands Why must Ghanaians be told implored coaxed to clap and clap and clap again at functions Does it say anything about us Is there ... Read more |
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 |
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If there is anything that as Ghanaians we pay less attention to it is detail as well as personal securityIn the midst of all the various forms of crime and the get rich by all means craze which is leading to all manner of misdeeds in our society we seem not to be taking seriously that which goes on around us and which particularly ... Read more |
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Monday, September 15, 2008 |
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Receiving money from the government and quasigovernment sources in Ghana has always been seen as a difficult task especially when it comes to EndofService benefits Many workers and their dependants dread this period of their lives and wish it never comes Talk to beneficiaries of Cap and the Social Security and National Insu ... Read more |
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Monday, September 08, 2008 |
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In July the Department of Political Science of the University of Ghana organised a seminar on Political Parties and Democracy in the Fourth Republic Among those who presented papers was Prof K G Folson who submitted among other things that to deepen and strengthen democracy under the Fourth Republic the political parties will ... Read more |
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Monday, September 08, 2008 |
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In the great speech about his dream Martin Luther King asked Americans not to take the tranquillising drug of gradualism Now he said is the time to make real the powers of democracy Today Ghana is praised for practising democracy and we are all keen on electing a democratic government by the democratic process next December But i ... Read more |
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008 |
The Daily Graphics report of a poor annual fish harvest this season and the papers subsequent interviews with key players in the industry on the problem of the socalled pair trawling as one of the leading causes of the depletion of fish stocks in Ghanas waters is an example of good development journalism from an investigative perspective ... Read more |
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Monday, September 01, 2008 |
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Professorship is generally considered the pinnacle of the academic hierarchy Yet in the last two weeks two eminent internationally known Ghanaian Professors have described their early academic achievements as average or below averageIn the book Fighting Armed Robbery in Ghana Professor Ken Attafuah describes his own extremely humble acad ... Read more |
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Friday, August 29, 2008 |
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In the Hausa vocabulary of pharmacology hanakwana refers to amphetamines A Hausaspeaking haulage truck driver acquaintance of mine says he eats cups full of the pills for an aftersnack dissert when he is on the highwayIt is dangerous madness Jomo When the hana kwana has worn off the drivers alertness and reflexes fall lower than ... Read more |
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
By the end of a typical business day in Accra Ghanas capital tons of waste is generated mostly from the plastic sachets that held drinking water at the beginning of the day A large fraction of this waste ends up on the streets and in the gutters creating huge sanitation problems The cost of cleaning up the city of waste is growing ... Read more |
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Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
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Wars can be unpredictable and messy to say the least The causes may be politics economics or security More often the intent is egodriven to conquer plunder and claim territories from weaker enclaves for the conquerors purposes The Source Record of the Great War World War I states the war could no more have been avoided than an ... Read more |
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
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I have completely given up on giving money to beggars whether on the street in traffic or even on the church premises where begging is now becoming a fashionBeggars have now assumed all forms of pretences as their new strategy to squeeze money out of people Many of those begging today have become professionals of sorts in the act using ta ... Read more |
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Sunday, August 24, 2008 |
Politics has borrowed a lot of concepts from other activities Music dance and even soccer have lent themselves to imitation Combined with slogans they form the spirit of Ghanaian politics and produce a swarm effect on the crowd Look at the way the New Patriotic Party NPP supporters dance at their rallies They stretch both arms in fr ... Read more |
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Friday, August 22, 2008 |
A Compatriot who has not made a single news headline for as long as any celebrity tracker in town can remember suddenly received a massive overdose of media publicity this week thanks to fate circumstance and something else I am still trying to put a finger onMedia obsession with this individual was so allconsuming you could have sworn th ... Read more |
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Monday, August 18, 2008 |
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The effects of globalisation on the economies of developing countries have been recognised and many organisations have called for the containment of those which impede real progress What is not generally appreciated is that many in the developing world are being robbed of minds of their own There is a tendency to consider our cultures ... Read more |
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Friday, August 15, 2008 |
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Occasionally the odd journalist makes the news for a change There was the story this week about a news reporter in Tamale who scurried about in the metropolis all smeared with goat blood reportedly scooped from a downtown abattoir and doing the kangaroo dance Absolutely wacky JomoThe kangaroo dance is an election campaign caper which th ... Read more |
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 |
Discussions on the sale of per cent shares of one of the countrys most revered assets Ghana Telecom GT rage on even as Parliament is debating the issueThe government insists on disposing majority of its stake to a foreign company Vodafone but the opposition parties and many civil society groups continue to kick against the deal wh ... Read more |
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
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Politics in the management of development cannot be wished away But if it is to be creative politics must be the servant of social sympathies It must be an instrument for purposeful social change rather than a ticket to power and privilege or another lucrative profession South CommissionThe common saying is that politics is a dirty bu ... Read more |
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Monday, August 11, 2008 |
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The late Prof J A K Quartey and I formed the Descartes Club when we were junior masters at Achimota College some years ago We wanted to continue the tradition that education was much more than accumulation of facts in the head to disgorge later to pass examinations We were brought up to revere the great men and women who produce ... Read more |
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
I would like to make a modest proposal GT should take over Vodafone and not the other way round Given the heat that the proposed sale of per cent of Ghana Government shares in GT to Vodafone has generated in the country my modest proposal may strike some as utterly preposterous if not bearing a distinct whiff of insanityLet me sta ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
Welcome to the Volta Barracks Ghana The Home of the Ancient Order of Field Artillerists We are proud members of the Historical Brotherhood of Stone hurlers Archers Catapulters Rocketeers Now referred to as GUNNERSWith these impressive valiant and proud words the visitor is welcomed to the Volta Barracks Ho in the Volta RegionThis ... Read more |
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Monday, May 19, 2008 |
Our leaders and commentators have rightly called attention to the growingm shortage of food in the global village We cannot completely insulate ourselves from the hurricanes which rage around but we need not be prostrated by every draught There should be no serious food shortage in Ghana provided we act wisely Unfortunately many of us focus ... Read more |
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
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I wonder why the search for a DirectorGeneral DG for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR should go for a second round of advertisement If the speculation that nobody applied for the first round of advertisement is true then it deserves to be discussed Is it because the qualifications for a DG are too high that ... Read more |
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Monday, February 25, 2008 |
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Life is not worth living without some excitement now and again We overdid the Bush visit But we need to celebrate something Despite the progress we have made life remains unnecessarily trying in richly endowed Ghana If a visit by the President of the most powerful state on earth will change it why not welcome the visit with fanfare ... Read more |
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Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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Dear EditorI have over the years observed a practice that I strongly believe is pure waste of resources and taxpayers money There is an ongoing practice whereby anytime thePresident of Ghana is leaving the shores of Ghana to travel abroad the state apparatus is mobilised to see him off at the airport The same process is repe ... Read more |
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Friday, February 22, 2008 |
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Treasury of Motivational Quotes by a Ghanaian journalist chronicles Ghanas historical landscape and jubilee story in vivid colours through an array of distinguished voicesAfrican Statesmen World leaders and other international dignitaries of divergentcallings comment candidly on African u ... Read more |
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 |
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February every year is International Mother Tongue Day The day was declared by UNESCO in to be celebrated worldwide The mother tongue is so important in the upbringing and development of the child that the day was instituted in recognition of its value and for the promotion of its usage as an instrument for transmitting culture in the so ... Read more |
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Saturday, February 16, 2008 |
My obsession with the power of words is indescribably passionate and total Jomo and I am often extremely delighted when I am able to subdue them in their wild flight through thought and make them communicate what I really think and feel with crystal clarityIt was unfortunately tough luck for me this week as I tried with considerable difficul ... Read more |
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
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Do you know that a nation without a culture is like a man without a soul And a man without a soul is as good as a stillborn baby And a stillborn baby is that entity which could not take in the first breath of life at birth That the first breath of life is the soul which is part of the Almighty Creator Himself without which ... Read more |
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
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As the clock ticks towards the kickoff of the th Africa Cup of Nations dubbed Ghana the storm of euphoria for the tournament is building up rapidly However in the midst of the excitement and anxiety life must continue and the future of Africa must be protectedThe attention of Africa and the whole world would be focused on Ghana i ... Read more |
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
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The Squirrel prayed God you know I am not lazy but I am hungry because it has been raining cats and dogs for several days Let the weather permit me to go out today to find some food for my family But God when I am out let no cat dog eagle or hawk snatch me to feed her babies withThe eagle and the hawk prayed God please deliver ... Read more |
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 |
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God created the Sudan then he started to laugh It is a proverb that the Sudanese often quote with a touch of humour The economic difficulties the political uncertainties and all types of obstacles do not spare this country which stretches over a huge territory irrigated only by the majestic Nile and its tributariesIt is however in thi ... Read more |
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
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The pipeline which transports fuel from the Takoradi Port to the Western Regional depot of the Tema Oil Refinery TOR in Takoradi is under siege by unscrupulous individuals in the SekondiTakoradi metropolisThese individuals siphon the fuel by using saw blade to cut the pipe connecting the port and the TOR depot in TakoradiDaily Grap ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |
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Between Faith and History A Biography of JA Kufuor pp hardcover Foreword by Ali A Mazrui AUTHOR Ivor AgyemanDuah PUBLISHER African World Press New Jerseywwwafricanworldcom PRICE REVIEWER Colin Essamuah Mr Ivor AgyemanDah has with this book established himself as the official biographer of President Kufuor ... Read more |
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