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Friday, October 16, 2009 |
For as long as we are unable to import crude oil and get the Tema Oil Refinery in operation the supply of petroleum products would not be certainThere would be periodic shortages and it is imperative that government officials managing information in the fuel sector are prudent in the management of such informationSo far government has n ... Read more |
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Friday, August 21, 2009 |
Last week two news items with a common cord came into the public domain which once again raised serious concerns about our penal system and conditions in our prisonsIn an interview granted the Daily Graphic the DirectorGeneral of Prisons Mr William Kwadwo Asiedu painted a horrid picture of conditions in the countrys prison facilities ... Read more |
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Friday, August 21, 2009 |
There is no doubt that during the Kufuor administration public policy was geared towards empowering the private sector to serve as the engine of growth in spearheading national development and growth One of the moves was a deliberate attempt by the government never to crowd out the private sector from accessing financial resourcesHowev ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 |
Flashback BNI Has Power of ArrestIts in accordance with Security Agencies ActThursday May THE Bureau of National Investigations BNI has rejected the assertion that it has no power or authority to arrest any citizen when it becomes necessaryIt said Section of the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act Ac ... Read more |
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Monday, June 01, 2009 |
Many believe that educational standards have fallen and are falling There is therefore the urge to do something about education The decoration of senior secondary schooling was targeted for change by some and it became a major issue when government changed the duration from three competent years after a highly competent committee it had set up ha ... Read more |
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
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Hi There Nothing amazes me more in America than the sheer patriotism of its peopleWow I have always said that I have per cent Ghanaian blood running in my veins but when I look around me the most I can outwardly display of my patriotism is a large national flag that decorates the back of my car a small rectangular one that drapes dow ... Read more |
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Friday, July 11, 2008 |
Imagine breaking human bones and cracking skulls over the spoils of war even before the battle has begun Jomo Hey is there no contradiction there How could there be any spoils to fight over if a war has not started Ask the New Patriotic Party peopleLast week one of the most popular international news magazines covering Africa run a three ... Read more |
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Monday, July 07, 2008 |
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When Volta electricity failed and we had serious rationing of electricity we became imaginative about possible sources of energy The experts and dreamers expatiated on gas wind power solar energy tidal power and atomic energy A high powered committee was officially established to revisit the rejected Nkrumahs idea of atomic energy ... Read more |
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Friday, July 04, 2008 |
Yesterday President Kufuor handed out national awards to selected citizens of Osagyefoland and most incredibly there were enough of them to get around so that everyone in town got one except one blokemeI woke up this morning to find that I had grown red and pink whiskers where a mans moustache would normally be and it is all out of sheer ... Read more |
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
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The number of professional titles in communications that one sees all over and hears about these days is quite bafflingSuddenly there are spokespersons communications directors communications experts and communications and media consultants floating all over the place You only have to listen to them argue their points out ... Read more |
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |
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The good book tells us that where there is no vision the people perish It portrays the blessing of the spirit as the ability of the old men to dream dreams and the young men to see visions I venture to suggest that without leaders of vision to inspire the people the nation will face a bleak future Ghana has come this far because we had men ... Read more |
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Monday, June 23, 2008 |
The good book tells us that where there is no vision the people perish It portrays the blessing of the spirit as the ability of the old men to dream dreams and the young men to see visions I venture to suggest that without leaders of vision to inspire the people the nation will face a bleak future Ghana has come this far b ... Read more |
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Monday, June 16, 2008 |
The AttorneyGeneral and Minister of Justice was right when he urged Ghanaians to recognise that corruption could only be contained if we all got engaged in the fight against the canker which is the bane of unity and development His call is an opportunity to examine a serious national issue as we prepare to choose our next crop of rulers The ... Read more |
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 |
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If you ask me the highest honours I have ever come to was in May when JOY Online ran the Mother of the Millennium promotion My eldest son who resides in the US had seen the promotion online and so he decided to nominate me for the award without telling me Why did he nominate me Because he was convinced that I met all ... Read more |
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Friday, June 06, 2008 |
Advancement in science and technology and the liberalised regime of international trade are moving our world rapidly towards a global knowledgebased economyIn this new era knowledge information science and technology are replacing the traditional factors of production and economic development namely land and capital Some call this e ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
Last week a young handsome boy of about five years died of rabies at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital KATH This young boy following his natural developmental playful instinct went to a neighbours house to play He was unprovokedly bitten on the hand by the neighbours dog He quickly ran home to inform his auntie who approached th ... Read more |
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 |
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Whatever career you may choose for yourself doctor journalist lawyer politician engineer accountant priest teacher let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it Become a dedicated fighter for civil rightsMake it a central part of your life It will make you a better professional It will enrich your spirit as nothing e ... Read more |
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Monday, April 07, 2008 |
Most of us believe that democracy is a good thing Some of us will fight for its maintenance The current conventional wisdom is that democracy is the best system of government and enables the people to participate in their governance But how do the people participate in government To many the democratic right is exercised and the duty d ... Read more |
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
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The ace novelistpoet Thomas Hardy once hinted at the voiceless ghost inferring that many accomplished people having already honoured their duties to society slacken exhaust their inspiration in some way or at least firmly stop thinkingNot Dr Francis L Bartels In his younger years he served in various capacities First the il ... Read more |
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008 |
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It is common to hear adults addressing toddlers as their wives in our society We have however come to accept this as normal without raising questions as to the psychological effect of these actions on the psyche of children especially young girls Some mothers refer to their daughters as wives of adults they respect praying that these l ... Read more |
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Friday, March 14, 2008 |
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I do not know where or when this picture was taken It is that of a beggar standing on a street curb with a large sign that reads Need some money for beer and a busty hooker That may be on the extreme fringes of the absurd when it comes to a poor mans priorities but what about this other one Jomo A diabetic has just en ... Read more |
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Friday, March 07, 2008 |
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The story goes Jomo that technologists from many countries around the world once congregated at a technology fair and took turns to showcase their respective countries achievements in technology The first chap is a Jap He gets onto his feet and announces that Japan is so technologically advanced that if the country were to hold a natio ... Read more |
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 |
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Generally in Ghana we try to bury the past so that we may have peace To find out what really happened is to unearth unpleasant events which are best forgotten Thus when a dispute or quarrel is brought before the elders the aim is not primarily to identify the guilty party but to restore peace A successful resolution of the matte ... Read more |
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 |
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A minute animated movie about the February Crossroads shooting will be launched on Thursday February to mark the th anniversary of the incident in which three Ghanaian exservice men were gunned down by the British colonial police in AccraWe have launched a project to revisit some important events in Ghanas history and ... Read more |
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Monday, February 25, 2008 |
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The recent outbreak of postelection violence in Kenya in which about people were reported dead while several others got injured and properties destroyed brought to the fore the problem of electionrelated violence in Africa particularly its destructive side effects on the social political and economic development of the affected states ... Read more |
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Monday, January 14, 2008 |
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Many of our religious leaders have called for the reintroduction of religious and moral instruction in schools It is their answer to what appears to be the moral decadence of society But what sort of religious instruction do they envisage And will the leaders of even the various Christian churches agree And what about children of othe ... Read more |
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Monday, August 15, 2005 |
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One of the newest lessons Ive learnt this week is that any media person who intends to touch Kufuor or any Kufuor familys property should be adequately skilled to do so with one good shot Ol boy Kwesi Pratt has recently drawn attention to the usefulness of single shots especially when they are strategically delivered Before anyone can s ... Read more |
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Monday, July 18, 2005 |
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Ghana is poor It has not always been poorIt need not be poorIts poverty stems from years of cerebral neglect It now thrives on expectation of manna from heaven It feeds on foreign alms This induces chronic poverty which destroys self confidenceselfreliance and selfesteemThis chronic malaise promotes begging which accepts pover ... Read more |
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Tuesday, September 07, 2004 |
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My favourite magazine in England was the New Statesman and Nation now the Statesman It had a hilarious column This England I have therefore thought of writing an article with the caption This GhanaBut This Ghanaian would not mean much to many Ghanaians and would not attract their attention I thought of This England at all if I e ... Read more |
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Tuesday, July 27, 2004 |
Everywhere one goes in Accra kiosks blazon their wares roads are choked with traders the young worm their way through traffic to sell their chains and vans scream their goods to disturb our peace We are a nation of shopkeepers Perhaps we learnt the trade from the English described by Napoleon as a nation of shopkeepers But the British led th ... Read more |
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