Author: Dr Yaw Ohemeng

Are The NDC And John Mahama On A “Hari Kari” Trip?

Thursday, May 09, 2013
Hari-Kari is a corruption of the Japanese word Hara-Kari, which is an ancient form of ritual suicide that a defeated Samurai would use to restore his honour in death. In English usage, it has come to stand for the act of killing ones self or committing suicide. This word seems an apt descriptio ...

Did The 14,158,890 Voter Number Only Affect Turnout Percentage?

Thursday, April 25, 2013
One of the issues that came up during cross-examination of the Petitioners witness in chief by the Counsel for the EC was the total number of registered voters for the 2012 elections. It will be recalled that amongst the complaints of the Petitioners is the apparent existence of separate regist ...

Were The NDC And Mahama Shying Away From The Numbers That Matter?

Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Counsel for John Mahama has just brought to an end his long drawn out cross examination of the witness in chief for the Petitioners. It is very difficult to discern what the long drawn out and often boring cross-examination was meant to achieve. We have Petitioners who have presented a detailed ...

One million ‘unaccounted’ voters may hold the key to unravelling Election 2012

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
With the latest attempt by the EC to stall the NPP petition dismissed, all is set for the hearing of the substantive case from the 16th of April. The case of the petitioners, represented by Dr Bawumiahs affidavit, is clearly set out with objective evidence. I must admit that I am impressed by th ...

Ghana: Our Constitution And The Competence Of Our Leaders

Thursday, February 21, 2013
The multiplicity and magnitude of the problems currently facing Ghanaians in the areas of the economy, water supply, energy supply, health and education has prompted me to write this article with this curious heading. Our economy, from recent data, is suffering from the compounding effects of cu ...

Asiedu Nketia’s Rotten Oranges Analogy

Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Every court case has its sideshow and fanfare and no doubt the case brought by the NPP before the Supreme Court is no exception. Even though after each sitting, Lawyers on both sides brief the media in a largely professional manner, this has not stopped the party people from putting their own spin o ...

The NPP Petition Placed in Context

Monday, December 31, 2012
After some waiting, the much anticipated NPP petition to the Supreme Court to overturn the declaration of the 2012 Presidential Elections has been filed. So far the majority of comments, mostly from the NDC camp, have not addressed the veracity of the sample evidence presented to the public. They ra ...

Don’t gamble with your future: Vote out the Incompetent NDC Government!

Wednesday, December 05, 2012
In December 2008, in between the first and second rounds of voting, I wrote an article titled Fellow Ghanaians see the bigger picture. In that article I pleaded with Ghanaians to retain the then ruling NPP government. My plea was based on a number of reasons.First I thought then that Ghanaians ...

Can a man who breaks his marriage vows lead a nation?

Wednesday, November 28, 2012
NDC propagandists have spent the last four years trying to dig dirt on Nana Akufo Addo with the sole aim of impugning his integrity. The latest in that quest is the supposed omission from his CV that he once attended but did not complete Oxford University. If not for mischief making, no one expects ...

Free Secondary Education Secured My Future

Monday, November 26, 2012
Fee-Free Secondary Education Secured My FutureI am writing my personal story to help Ghanaians, who are going to the polls on 7th December, make up their minds. I am fully in support of the political parties who are proposing fee-free secondary education for Ghanaian children and I will tell my p ...

The Melcom Collapse: some steps that might help the investigations

Thursday, November 15, 2012
Since the collapse of the 5-storey building that used to house the Melcom superstore at Achimota, there have been numerous comments from groups and individuals. Some are professional observations and some are emotional responses to a national tragedy. As tragic as the situation is, it offers the opp ...

I would be a congregant if Nana Addo were to establish a church!

Saturday, November 03, 2012
The deputy Minister for Local Government, Mr Elvis Afiriyie Ankrah, is reported to have said on Radio Gold, a day after the IEA Presidential debate that Nana Akufo-Addo sounded more like a preacher or a motivational speaker. He probably meant this as a put down, but really if that is what President ...

Was President Mahama treated with Kid Gloves at the IEA Encounter?

Friday, October 19, 2012
Given the happenings of the last four years, under the current NDC administration, I was quite eager to listen to the IEA encounter with President Mahama. However, after the event, I was not sure whether the evening could have been better spent. I got the impression that none of those who questioned ...
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