THE VOICE OF REASON: The National Ticking Bomb: Teenage Alcoholism.

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Alcohol alcohol everywhere Lets go have a drinkThis is a wake up call Do you know what kind of liquor or alcohol your teenager drinks What is the legal alcohol drinking age in Ghana anyway If you dont know then I have some news for youYes our teenagers are drinking any thing that they can get their hands on but who is watc ... Read more

The voice of Reason: HOW SAFE ARE OUR BANKS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS?

Monday, November 09, 2009
The Security Officers At The Banks Entrances Who Are They ProtectingWHAT DO YOU THINK OF A PUBLIC SAFETY SECURITY SYSTEM which offers no protection for the people it is supposedly designed to protect What about the one that makes the enforcer vulnerable and a target of armed robbers vengeanceIf you do not see anything wrong wit ... Read more

The Abomination of the Anti-Obamazation Movement.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Obama or Mother Teresa What Do Americans WantIS OBAMA A MESSIAH an animal abuser a racist a communist a socialist and a Nazi and a liar PleazeBoy oh boy There is something peculiar I dont understand about people particularly Americans Do they want an ordinary human or a Mother Teresa look alike to b ... Read more

The Inquisitive Minds Want To Know: From Where Do Our Policy-makers Get Their Wacky Ideas?

Monday, September 14, 2009
FFROM WHERE DO our policymakers get their ideas inspirations and aspirations and why are they sleeping behind the WheelWhat and who influences their thinking and creative mindsNot to be nitpicky but shouldnt our policymakers and community leaders be up in arms with Agribusiness companies from China and the western world They are ver ... Read more

NDC And NPP: Can't You Get Along Over A Cold Star Beer And Banku At My Place?

Thursday, August 27, 2009
The National Jeopardy Tribalism and Political Fanaticism breed interparty riftOur fragile infant democracy and our quest for economic freedom are taking a wrong turn latelycourtesy of the bad blood between NDC and NPPThe political cage fight between NDC and NPP seems not to stop anytime soon because a knock out is nowhere in sight B ... Read more

“Just Shut The Hell Up; I Don't Owe Anyone A Thing” And The Debates Range On!

Monday, August 03, 2009
WHILE WERE WAITING patiently for the toxicology autopsy and coroners reports on Michael Jacksons death the debates about parental role personal irresponsibility selective memory the importance of nuclear family and overwidening of wellmeaning friends and identity crisis range onSo you try to trumpet that you pulled yourself up by ... Read more

Ban secondhand tyres

Thursday, July 23, 2009
Blame Our Shortcomings and Iniquities on Second Hand tyresBan all secondhand imported tyres while were wantonly consuming leadsaturated and toxic contaminated foods imported from abroadJust Weighing in on the import usedtyres banning debateTo the whiners at MTTU Ministry of Transportation and the Customs Excise and Prev ... Read more

The Reverse Exodus:The Ghanaians in the Diaspora Head Home.

Monday, July 20, 2009
Is the bad economy in our host Countries a blessing in disguiseAs their fate becomes increasingly uncertain a growing number of Ghanaian immigrants in the diaspora are packing up and heading to KotokaBut are our leaders culture of entitlement and the folks we left behind going to make the transition a smooth and pleasant one Or are we ... Read more

Don't believe the hype: “Boggers” Don't Count

Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Words have consequences And Dr Kennedy learned that in a hard way when he tried to inject a little politics into the Ghanaian immigrants socioeconomic issue And you would not believe the number of hits on the Ghanaian websites his comment generated Some of you reading this are probably some of the people who saturated the blogosphere with yo ... Read more

Don’t Believe The Hype: “Boggers” Don’t Count, And I Can Prove It!

Wednesday, July 08, 2009
WORDS HAVE consequences And Dr Kennedy learned that in a hard way when he tried to inject a little politics into the Ghanaian immigrants socioeconomic issue And you would not believe the number of hits on the Ghanaian websites his comment generated Some of you reading this are probably some of the people who saturated the blogosphere with yo ... Read more

Jackson's death lesson to immigrant kids

Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The Ghanaian immigrants Kids and their Michael Jacksons syndromeBlame your parents for your shortcomings and IniquitiesRELAX THIS IS NOT an Offthe wall tribute or a thriller I have no interest in rubbernecking or trivializing Michael Jacksons deathpeople make mistakes However there are lessons to be learnt in every situat ... Read more

Feature: A case against “cellphoneholic” drivers

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
A Driving while Texting and Yakking Do You Know the CostUsing a handheld mobile phone while driving should be against the law in Ghana because texting and yakking drivers are killing us softlyCellphone technology is supposed to help us carry out the tasks of daily life instead of interfering with them and killing usDriving wh ... Read more

Too Much Reaping And Raping, Where is the Sowing?

Monday, June 22, 2009
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I do not understand in and about Ghana But this one is way beyond my comprehension How could the citizens of a country with limited ICT skills and lack of personal computers engage in cyber crime with international magnitude Wait I saw a hand raised back there What about the car loan for the MPs Pl ... Read more

Driving while Texting and Yakking----Do You Know the Cost?

Thursday, June 11, 2009
A Case Against Cellphoneholic DriversUsing a handheld mobile phone while driving should be against the law in Ghana because texting and yakking drivers are killing us softlyDriving while using a cell phone or texting messages is dangerous idea Even most auto insurance companies around the world are refusing to honor a claim if ... Read more

I Want My Kidney Back, If You Don’t Love Me Anymore.

Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Institution of marriage is one of the casualties of the recent economic meltdown What is the survival rate of marriages in this troubling time And can a broken marriage be patched with mathematical calculations In recession the material deprivation is not the only worry Some People have lost their social identity and social n ... Read more

The Latest Airport Security Apparatus Peers Under Your Clothes.

Thursday, April 16, 2009
FORGET THE LOST LUGGAGE lousy food and tight leg rooms We are all going to go through the whole body imager to show our nakedbodies in publicthanks to Al QaedaYou read it right The TSA Transportation Security Administration is going allout with the introduction of scannerswhole body imaging machinesthe kind that provide a ... Read more

How Vulnerable Are The Police and Prison Officers to Hepatitis B Infection?

Sunday, April 05, 2009
Lets stop the police bashing for now and instead focus on their healthHOW DO WE PROTECT THE POLICE AND PRISON officers from blood borne pathogens infectionsSerious health threats are inherent in policing and Correction professions The Police and Prison officers usually have contact with violent offenders part take in highris ... Read more

Breaking News: Ghana Has An Interim Female President!

Wednesday, April 01, 2009
President John Mills has been replaced by Mrs Agyeman Konadu RawlingsIs he a victim of tribal cleansingTHERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN the Presidency in Ghana today The news report has confirmed that President John Evans Atta Mills is going abroad to seek medical care and therefore he is on medical leave indefinitely He ha ... Read more

Gimme His Majesty, King Badu Bonsu’s Head Back.

Friday, March 27, 2009
Where is the beef No dividend from King Badu Bonsus brouhaha THE SAGA OF KING BADU BONSU can only be summed up as a head for head feud which left three people headless and ones offspring penniless Let the celebration beginThe media back home is filled with news report about the Ghanaian governments demand for t ... Read more

Excuse me Your Holiness! To Condom or Not to Condom? That is the Question.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Condoms Promote Sexual Promiscuity The Pope Stirred Up Controversy in AfricaWE HAVE GOT TO GIVE IT up to Pope Benedict XVI Indeed its good to be a Pope In the midst of world economic tsunami who else can tell Africans on their on soil to stop using condoms in this day and age when HIV is killing people every day Way to go ... Read more

MTTU: Attack the Real Problems and Not the Symptoms.

Sunday, March 22, 2009
Ban all second hand imported Tires while were wantonly consuming lead saturated and toxic contaminated foods imported from abroadJust Weighing in on the import used tires banning debateTO THE WHINERS at MTTU Ministry of Transportation and the Customs Excise and Preventive ServicesYep I said it this is ... Read more

Are the Ghanaian Immigrants Overworked, Overspent And Shopaholics?

Thursday, March 12, 2009
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY HAS GONE down the toilet How will that pose a threat to the Ghanaian Immigrants health spending habits and wellbeing And can all this bad really be good As jobs have disappeared our health emotional and psychological ailments have increased What could be worse than being jobless and having a foreclosure sig ... Read more

Cell Phone Technology a Choice for Ghana Police.

Saturday, March 07, 2009
Using the cheapest and latest technology at our disposal to fight crime in Ghana is long overdueThe internet cell phone and modern day technology have revolutionized society such that anybody can access instant and unfiltered information These sources of information have in addition given the ordinary citizens the chance to become ha ... Read more

The Female Wombs for Rent: Only Females with High IQ And Beauty Need To Apply

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Outsourcing takes on a new twist Single men and their partners are hiring egg donors providing sperm and paying surrogates mothers to give birth to their desired offspringSO YOU KNOW ALL THERE is to know about outsourcing right Think again A new word has been added to the outsourcing vocabulary Outsourcing is no long ... Read more

The Globalization of the U.S Financial Nightmare and Its Effects on Ghana and Ghanaians At Home and Abroad.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The moaning groaning and crying are not going to stop any time soonthanks to the Wall Streets meltdown and the US hostile Immigration laws But any lesson learned yetA STORY IS TOLD THAT KWAME ANTWI a year old Ghanaian illegal immigrant who used to send money home generously to a fault to pay for his ne ... Read more

What Are the Long-term Ramifications of Genetically Engineered Food on Ghanaian Consumers?

Friday, October 10, 2008
Is our health care system ready to handle the falloutWOULD YOU LIKE your light soup laced with antibiotics saturated goat meat or fish What about your banku laced with engineered microorganisms You can giggle if you want at that but Im not making this up Neither is this a science fiction Its real and its coming to a resta ... Read more

Maternal Mortality: A deadly Public Health Issue, Affecting our Young women.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008
The statistic is very alarming According to a news report on Ghanaweb DrAlexis NangBeifubah the Upper West Regional Health Director said as many as women died during child birth in the region alone last year Other stories had it that every day three in ten women die during child birth than any other minor disease in Ghana That ... Read more

Shouldn’t The Ghanaian Immigrants’ Kids Be Bilinguals?

Wednesday, October 01, 2008
First we took on Anglicized names as means of fittingin But does having a Ghanaian name or visiting home frequently make us culturally fluent Ghanaians Does going to the stereotypical Ghanaian parties replete with Ofori Amponsah music or Ghanaian latest Hip Life music make you a culturally Ghanaian in the diaspora even if you and ... Read more

Who is policing the Ghana Police Service? And, when is its Leadership going to wake up?

Sunday, July 06, 2008
YOU HEAR THEM all the time The negative stories about the Ghana Police abound Tons of cocaine got missing in no less a fortified place than the exhibit store of the CID Headquarters a police officer got busted with drugs police shot unconnected suspects some of them minors The IGP should be fired There is no end in sight What is going o ... Read more

Excuse me, Mr. President: Please don’t underestimate the Ghanaians’ intelligence.

Monday, June 30, 2008
Whats the meaning and the purpose of the National Awards anyway THE FORTHCOMING OF THE National Awards event wont happen until Julyst but judging by the buzz controversies and insults surrounding it the Public will not pay much attention to its significance importance and ramifications The center of gravity of the National Aw ... Read more

Gossiping; A Threat to National Growth and Productivity?

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
With oil prices in the stratosphere the world economy in the doldrums and the stock markets desperately trying to exhale right off the bat no one will toot for me for writing about gossiping in this day and age But Im getting a little tick off about the degree of which we spend our time on gossiping in GhanaWith the pressures of life ... Read more

Do South Africans Have ‘Xenophobia’ and Amnesia?

Monday, May 26, 2008
South Africans economy turns south and its hospitality goes sour does Ghana learn any lessonBURIED INSIDE the news papers across the US was a noteworthy article about humans ungratefulness in the highest proportion Its a classic example of humanitys ability to store a good deed in the sand to ensure that the wind blows it aw ... Read more

The Ghanaian Immigrants’ Retirement Dilemma:

Saturday, May 17, 2008
To Retire in Ghana or not to retire in Ghana Thats the questionBut Can We Count On our Kids for our SurvivalAdvice Think about Ghana when you still have productive time left and factorize your vitality longevity mortality and your childrens role in your old age But please try to live life before you dieANYTIME I V ... Read more

Human Organs for Spare Parts, I Beg your Pardon! Not in Ghana.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008
What a different world What is normal for us might seem absurd to others Our environments determine our perceptions and distortions This much is known Extraordinary issues in Ghana are less than ordinary elsewhereONE DAY over a cold Star beer I had a discussion about life in America with some friends in Ghana Our discussion was ... Read more

WANT ATTENTION? MASSAGE YOUR ARTHRITIC EGO WITH BIG WORDS AND BIG PHRASES.

Sunday, May 04, 2008
They remained sanguinea tapestry of various a smorgasbord of the truncated version of What Very Impressive Is that jibberjabber stock of vocabulary really important to get the readers attention Only when one is doing the Crossword PuzzleTHESE DAYS reading articles on the net requires a good dictionary ... Read more

DRIVER’S COMPARTMENT TURNS INTO MINIATURE JAMBOREE STUDIO?

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Lets mambo in my carMY FIRST CAR had cassette player and I thought that was the hippest I talked about it to everyone as the gadget spoke for itself with its high quality sound Do we have a car on this planet with cassette deck player I dont think so If car manufactures had their way they would turn drivers compartment into a lu ... Read more

The devaluation of our democracy: Thinking beyond 2008

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
No smear or dirty campaign Please Ghanaians frustrated by mounting evidence of political innuendoes inept and slow pace of a real change in their lives are in search of array of political heroes with a noseto the grindstone noexcuseswillbeaccepted kind of people to make radical changes to the economy and ultimately to the constituti ... Read more

You “Party Animals”, let’s celebrate the Malaria Day with a Vision.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS went by with fanfare And it has been a year since we celebrated the Ghana The next big occasion is Christmas which is many months down the road But we dont have to wait that long There is one around the corner April th is observed as Africa Malaria Day but please dont call out from work yet Its n ... Read more

Ghana, An E-waste Junkyard?

Tuesday, April 08, 2008
What do we do with tons of Ewaste in our midstEric is a second year student at the University of Ghana Legon He is saving for a laptop computer and has the desire to buy an IPod He says his cell phone is old fashioned so he needs a smart phone a euphemism for a device loaded with an Mp camera video camcorder radio and GPS capabil ... Read more

Ghanaian Consumers Need Value, Not just Low Price.

Friday, April 04, 2008
Can we build a Hospitality Industry without customer serviceThis is Ghana we dont do that said by a friendIf you like to get into restaurant business in Ghana I can almost guarantee your success The fact is there is nothing like customer care at best anything goes Were used to inefficiencies in delivering goods and services ... Read more

PROTECTING OUR WATER BODIES AND RIVERS, IS A GOOD INVESTMENT WE CAN AFFORD.

Thursday, March 27, 2008
WATER WATER everywhere but not a drop to drinkTHERE IS A PRICE for everything we do or refuse to do In this case what we refuse to do is the cause of most if not all of our problemsThere are two basic choices of actions in any human endeavor One is proactive which puts you on offensive Proactive somehow gives one a lot of levera ... Read more

Craving for real heroes and heroines: where did they go?

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Who are the contemporary Ghanaian heroes and heroines Bomoso is a small town in the kwaebibrim district Dont look for it on the Ghana map because you cant find Its a home of kwmae Nti alias lightningwho returned from Germany with a white girl friend and an enviable reputation for distributing a highly intense slap to anyone who ... Read more

THE DEVALUATION OF OUR DEMOCRACY: THINKING BEYOND 2008.

Monday, March 17, 2008
IN SEARCH OF POLITICAL HEROES AND HEROINES WITH RADICAL CHANGESNo smear or dirty campaign PleaseThe Ghanaians frustrated by mounting evidence of political innuendoes inept and slow pace of a real change in their lives are in search of array of political heroes with a noseto the grindstone noexcuseswillbeaccepted kind of p ... Read more

AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS 2008, THE LESSONS LEARNED: RE-INVESTING FOOT BALL “ENERGIES”

Monday, March 10, 2008
Now that the soccer hoopla has waned down lets invest our time and energy into launching PublicSpirited Awareness Campaign to wage battles against corruption in government and other social vices that eating so deep into the marrow of the GhanaianAfter the flagwaving crowdcheering and the band playing moments theres the need to use th ... Read more

HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR “EMOTIONAL ACCOUNT IN GHANA?”

Thursday, March 06, 2008
Another score for the visionary minds The Ghanaweb is something we can write home aboutAnd where were the votehungry politicians and selfanointed crusade leaders when we needed them Money is the root of all evils Those who believe in this unprogressive thought only use it as a tool to win more mobrowa soulsWe sometimes ... Read more

ARE THERE ANY CORRELATIONS BEWTEEN RELIGIOSITY AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF A COUNTRY?

Thursday, February 28, 2008
The poorer a nation the more religious it becomes The more religious one becomes the poorer one is By the way how true is this assertionMuch is known about our plight and socioeconomic situation Note I didnt say anything about spirituality because one can be spiritual without necessarily being religious According to a global surve ... Read more

IN MEMORY OF THE MUSICAL LEGEND, A SMALL TRIBUTE TO LUCKY DUBE (THE “SONG BIRD”)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Nobody can stop reggae because its strong Lucky Dube left a permanent change in my life with his song Going back to my root few years ago Its a shame I never had the chance to buy him a cold star beer or attend one of his highoctane concert performances One may ask why am I now paying my tribute Folks I do so now because it is qu ... Read more

One man’s bushmeat is another man’s calamity.

Saturday, December 15, 2007
The US custom agents are cracking down on bushmeat distribution and consumptionAfricans are so possessive of their bushmeat as theyre with their spouses So if you want to ignite communal warfare then mess with their bushmeat History has it that in the olden days a mans qualification to marry depended on his ability to supply his would b ... Read more

VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT, CAN GHANA OWN PART OF THIS GOLD MINE?

Monday, December 10, 2007
This is one of the solutions to our soaring unemployment and underemployment ratesGlobalization has increased the demand for offshore outsourcing services such as bank credit cards health insurance processing and other backroom administrative chores The beneficiaries are the third world countries like India South Africa and Eastern Europe ... Read more

TIME TO EXHALE, THE PRESIDENT IS SAVED BY INSECURITY APPARATUS.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
CONGRAT MRPRESIDENT ON YOUR NEW LEASE ON LIFEIT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE Inflate the balloons uncorked the champagnes Lets celebrate the Presidents new lease on life Thanks to our Presidents insecurity apparatus sarcasm intendedThis much is known our President was involved in a motor accident and he was saved by good Sa ... Read more

THE LAND OF DISCONTENT: ARE THINGS FALLING APART?

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
HOW OPTIMISTIC OR PESSIMISTIC ARE YOU ABOUT LIFE IN GHANAALL OUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ARE STORES OF LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT WE GO THROUGH AT ONE TIME OR THE OTHER THESE EXPERIENCES ARE REFLECTIONS OF THE VOLUME OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT WE BUILD AS WE GROW ALONG LIFE THAT CONSCIOUSNESS WAS AND IS THE PRODUCT OF WHAT EVER WE BELIEVE TO BE ... Read more

IT’S NOT A JOKE: THE NEED FOR BLIND OFFICERS IN GHANA POLICE SERVICE.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE BLIND POLICE OFFICERS HAVE UNIQUE GIFTS TO FIGHT CRIMESFor surveillance and forensic purposes Ghana Police Service needs blind police officers in its rank and file to enable it to fight crimes effectively Those in the law enforcement and crime fighting businesses know that ninetyfive percent of crimes commi ... Read more

GENEROSITY ABOUND –HOW DOES ONE PRACTICE IT?

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
What difference can my contribution make You might be tempted to askIN A POVERTYSTRICKEN society such as ours it is a big burden to extend magnanimity to fellow Ghanaian as the attempt is as if one is asks to carry the needs of the entire society on his or her head The begging list does not end Once you volunteer to pay for ... Read more

NEW JERSEY HOSTS OSAFO-MAAFO,”THE RAIN MAKER”

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
A mechanical engineer might not appear to have much in common with politics especially our egocentric cutthroat noholdsbarred brand which is practiced in Ghana But Hon Yaw Osafo Maafopopularly known as Oyeadieyie a skilled engineer and a presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party NPP is a politician with different make Perhaps ... Read more

Can Ghana Develop Its Intellectual Capital?

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL drives prosperity in every country A cursory look at Japan Israe China and South Korea confirms the assertion that the best resource any country needs in the st century is qualitative human resource Have these countries any significant mineral timber and cocoa and fertile land Not much isnt it Now lets do the math ... Read more

CAN GHANA EVER DEVELOP ITS INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL?

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Intellectual capital drives prosperity in every country A cursory Look at Japan Israel China and South Korea confirms the assertion that the best resource any country needs in the st century is qualitative human resource Have these countries any significant mineral timber and cocoa and fertile land Not much isnt itNow lets do the mat ... Read more

LET’S MANAGE OUR PRISON SYSTEM WHILE WE HAVE TIME.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Do we really know the recidivism rate of our prisoners in your prison custodyI know there are a lot of people who share the philosophy of idealists because they will always want to do things differently Indeed I share the views of this philosophical school of thought because the idealist is thinking differently of how the world can be made a ... Read more

THE MADE-IN-CHINA AND LOCAL DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS ARE KILLING US SOFTLY.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Whose responsibility is it to protect Ghanaians from counterfeit drugs chemical saturated defective goods and contaminated foods The made in China products are not the only ones which are making the Ghanaian consumers sick but some products from our neighbors and those produced locally are no exceptions Some of our chop bars restaurant ... Read more

NPP AND NDC: FOES OR FRIENDS?

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
FOR THE SAKE OF PROGRESS AND MOTHER GHANA CAN WE ALL GET ALONGDO YOU REMEMBER the feud between President Bush of United States of America and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela If not where the hell have you been They have the ego you could even haul around on a truck and ride around on a major highway If you listen to these leaders you woul ... Read more

THE CULTURE OF POOR CUSOMER SERVICE IN GHANA, THE WAY FORWARD

Monday, November 05, 2007
Customer Service Whats that Im too busy texting on my new phone to serve youExcept those who donate blood voluntarily one is either selling a service or a product for a living Politicians bankers clerks messengers bus conductors mortuary attendant ticket agents market women and everyone who provides a trade or service has ... Read more

THE ERRONOUS IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE “BURGER”

Monday, November 05, 2007
WHAT DO BURGERS WANT NOTHING THEY JUST WANT TO BE ACCEPTED AND TREATED JUST AS THE HOME FOLKSHow best do we manage our folks who have traveled outside the country who of course are usually known as burgers I would like to provide some few clues on how to relate and win the confidence of our folks out there Trivial as this issue may appear ... Read more

GENEROSITY ABOUND –HOW DOES ONE PRACTICE IT?

Friday, October 05, 2007
What difference can my contribution make You might be tempted to askIN A POVERTYSTRICKEN society such as ours it is a big burden to extend magnanimity to fellow Ghanaian as the attempt is as if one is asks to carry the needs of the entire society on his or her head The begging list does not end Once you volunteer to pay for a poor ... Read more

POOR READING HABIT, THE ENEMY OF OUR CIVILIZATION.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Napoleon Hill once wrote in his The Master Key to Riches book ones reading program should be as carefully planned as his her daily diet for that too is food without it one cannot mentally developedAh Reading All right in times like these where flood has taken over major part of the Northern Ghana a write up on reading may n ... Read more

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX:WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT?

Thursday, May 31, 2007
The rain is gone so we should be able to see clearly now A friend of mine once said Progress is impossible without change and change is not possible without the ability to see ahead of ones time YOU DO NOT have to be a pilot to understand and appreciate the power of Navigational System These days most new cars are equipped with Nav ... Read more

IDENTITY CRISIS—THE DILEMMA OF GHANAIAN IMMIGRANTS.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Torn between cultures and continents our children do not really know where they belong and dont appreciate the sacrifice their parents made for them WITH THE STRESSfilled busy hectic tough tiring demanding mindnumbing energysapping interruptedsleeping environment our minds are somehow constantly go back and forth to reca ... Read more

A DAYLIGHT ROBBERY IN PARLIAMENT:

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Million for Parliamentary Services whilst the lights are offThe two Magic Words which can change Ghana If OnlyANYTIME one reads an article about our MPs and other appointed or elected officials one is tempted to mandate a test to determine their level of empathy patriotism and concern for the ordinary people they claimed to ser ... Read more

THE HOUSE OF EXILE: WHO IS A BURGER?

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
BEHIND THE PAIN DISAPPOINTMENT AND FRUSTRATION PART OF YOU IS STILL IN GHANAONCE A GHANAIAN boards a plane he or she automatically acquires an identifiable and enviable status known as a Burgera nice euphemism for an outsider a traitor and an opportunist He or she is thenceforth a marked person and while in Ghana the ... Read more

BLAME MY WIFE, THE BABY AINT MINE: THE DNA TEST.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
The DNA test results are in but theyre not good Youre not the biological fatherA MODERNDAY science can unearth families longburied secrets and deepens anger and mistrust In Ghana mens infidelity is somehow accepted as a social norm whilst womens infidelity is seen as a taboo with scornful stigma The emergence of DNA test w ... Read more

WE MADE THE NEWS….

Friday, April 06, 2007
WHOOPEE LETS CELEBRATEITS NOT COMMON to see the good news from Africa in the western media So when news from Africa made it in The New York Times it calls for celebration because that is not a small accomplishmentGhana just celebrated its th independence and the New York Times only showed a picture of the celebration and nothin ... Read more

Some Straight Talk About Ghanaian Gays----

Monday, April 02, 2007
Its the act but not the tendency which is causing the uneasiness among Ghanaians Were not homophobiasIM A gungho proponent of freedom of choice and all other human rights And I have tried not to get entangled in the controversial homosexual debate because there are many many important issues to tackle in Ghana But I have been ... Read more

THE DEATH OF GHANA POSTAL SERVICE.

Thursday, March 29, 2007
The introduction of the cell phones and the internet is making the Postal Service very irrelevantso they think Are we developing IT at the expense of PTAfter so many months without any rainfall in most part of Ghana the raining season finally just started but Im not happy Im not happy because when it rains the lobby of the post offic ... Read more

We Need Political Prototype born-again People for Campaign 2008---

Friday, March 23, 2007
Here are the Campaign Strategy Freebies for DummiesDo you think selling is something the insurance agents and the used car sales people do Think again In this turbulent political world its said The only people who arent in the selling business are the blood donors The rest of us are selling services ideas products image vi ... Read more

The Broken Promises and shattered dreams: Is the nation's future hooked on crack- cocaine?

Monday, February 26, 2007
Surprise Surprise Drugs are everywhere but our Mps were on strike and the Narcotic Control Board is sleeping Who is leading the fightFAR BE it from me to get in the middle of a political mud wrestling match between NPP and NDC Its a food fight which doesnt benefit anyone other than the selfish partys interest But would anybody mind ... Read more

The Two Nations, (the super-rich and abject poor) separate and unequal

Thursday, February 08, 2007
Misplaced priorities and our Achilles heelGhana is a divided society with a major social disparities Pretending it is one country is a disservice to the poverty ridden majority which has more than its share of malnutrition and debilitating diseases Every countrys socioeconomic stability depends on the growth and ... Read more

From Poverty to Prosperity.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Property registration is imperativeTrust and integrity are what they have as collateral A rich man in my village said this as he was dispensing loans with hands shake agreement That was These days giving out loans on integrity and trust are risky to say the least Normal people will not do thatnot even wit ... Read more

WHO ARE YOU? Follow your dreams and keep them alive.

Monday, November 20, 2006
Here are some trivial questions for youWho are you and how pregnant are you with your imaginations Need a hint No its not your credentials Im sure by now you are tempted to tell me what you do for a living But your calling vocation or purpose in life makes you who you are When you know your calling you do it with pa ... Read more

The paradox of the Brain Drain: A blessing in disguise?

Saturday, November 18, 2006
Ghanas power and strength cannot base on its dependence on remittances from abroad but on its human resources However its human resources need to be developed in order to support the country Until that time I think its better a Brain Drain than a Brain in the Drain because idle hands make for angry PeopleQuick name on ... Read more

Things fall apart: NPP chewed up its Political Capital and it’s no longer at ease.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Npp is mutually assured of its Political holocaustIts an eyepopping and jawdropping experience to watch how fast the NPPs political capital which was acquired right after the election is completely being used up and how gradually its destroying itself from inside outHere is why The failure of the NPP government to cle ... Read more

No shortage of Diasporian churches: They’re cashing in on the wounded souls.

Thursday, October 19, 2006
The spirit word and material mixIn the age of wounded souls and the quest for answers to emotional baggage theres no shortage of mindless Diasporian churches which are using shaky theology for financial gain Warning Yes I know what Im about to say is not written in stonesor the gospel truth I feel sure ... Read more

How Prepared Are we, For Nature’s Attacks?

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Where is our Disaster Emergency Management Administration DEMA when our floodgate and the levees open Thanks to Al Qaedas ability to take the whole world hostage and the drug scandal in Ghana which are making everything else a secondary matterWith the emergence of manmade and natures disasters like Hurricane tsuna ... Read more

A politician’s Last day on earth….

Monday, October 02, 2006
Something to PonderI have some questions for our Politicians These questions have nothing to do with the scandals or Mr from Grace to Grass Amoateng They are not even about the bad publicity surrounding him Quick If you as a politician had just one day to spend on this earth what would you do to make your mark on the Ghanai ... Read more

Ghana sits on a major fuel discovery: The biodiesel oil is here.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Hooray Uncork the champagne and inflate the balloons the party is on Ghana just found green oil field which can produce oil within three years Producing oil from palm trees is a prayer answered But lets see if the government would take advantage of that Ghana could literally produce diesel ... Read more

A junk-culture diet is being over-consumed------

Friday, September 15, 2006
the importation of the modern day technologies alternative lifestyles and a junksaturated culture have changed the way we behave and have thrown Ghanas etiquettes and culture out of the windowThe Americans have their junk food and Ghanaians have their junk culture diet When I was growing up in the seventies second h ... Read more

Leadership and socio- economic empowerment’s skills can be taught...

Sunday, September 10, 2006
Theres a need for a National Self Empowerment Training AcademyThe American first billionaire Andrew Carnegie said the Universal Principles of Success could be taught and learned just as any other collection of mechanical skillsWith the cultural of dependency selfinflicted social wounds and the legacie ... Read more

All Elected & appointed officials must pass a test ....

Wednesday, November 02, 2005
to determine their level of Common Sense and empathy Abusuafuo these days the political bureaucrats weather vane on top of the Castle is spinning fast like a moving car And its spitting wacky ideas faster than ever But everything coming from there has been carefully choreographed to avoid detection What happened to the POSIT ... Read more

New Year’s Resolution is abound: A Nation full of Dreamers.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Want to hear stories Ask a Ghanaian whether hisher new years resolution was fulfilled Almost every person in Ghana has tales of fabulous new years resolution he set but couldnt fellow Jack two years ago I wanted to stop drinking but Ill do that this year This year Ill quit smoking before Christmas Ill work on my marriage thi ... Read more

A Letter to our Parliamentarians.

Monday, January 10, 2005
Dear Honorable MPs I just finished reading an article on the Ghanaweb about you and Im already thinking about reincarnation Im thinking in my next life I want to be a politician Im not kidding Well hopefully this letter will find you in good spirit because youre getting ready for your inaugural ball celebration ... Read more

I also have a dream for Ghana

Friday, December 24, 2004
I have a dream that one day Ghana would be able to find its bearings on the worlds scene But for that to happen Ghanaian religious groupsespecially the churcheswill have to play their meaningful roles seriously Its a well know fact that instilling values in people and group cohesiveness in most cultures fall upon the shoulders of ... Read more

A Letter to the President.

Monday, December 13, 2004
Dear President Kuffour I would like to congratulate you for wining the election And I would like to express appreciation for given Ghanaians a very peaceful four good yrs Well we have never met But Im compelled to write to you directly because I strongly believe that you want to make a difference especially with your focus on tra ... Read more

Tears of Sons and Daughters of Ghana!

Thursday, June 26, 2003
Why are the Ghanaian youth lamenting all over Why are we shedding tears everyday Why are we suffering in foreign lands Is it because our leaders are refusing to think After reading so many pieces from the Ghanaian press on the Ghana Airways debacle the alarming unemployment and underemployment rates of our youth and the MPs des ... Read more

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