The force and brutality with which the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), then under the leadership of Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, employed to drive traders off the streets and to eject some slum dwellers incurred the wrath of the people and others who depended on them for survival, resulting in the massive defeat of the National Democratic … Read more
A Local Government Expert, Issaka Amon Kotei has questioned the practicality of President Akufo-Addo’s proposed Ministry for Inner City and Zongo Development. According to him, Minister designate Alhaji Abubakar Saddique is still struggling to explain his job description to Ghanaians. The President created the Ministry for Inner City and Zongo Development, which he said will … Read more
Plans by the government to create new regions should not be seen as an ethnocentric move by the government, Issaka Amon Kotei, a local government expert, has said. His call follows pressure group Concerned Volta Youth fierce rejection of moves by the Akufo-Addo-led government to split the Volta Region into two because, in its view, … Read more
As Independence Day drew near, the need for a coat of arms distinct from that o the imperial power – Great britain, became acutely felt. To give a distinctive local flavor to the work, a Ghanaian working with the Government Printer was asked to put up a sletch for consideartion. For his motives, Mr. Amon … Read more