The defeat suffered by National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the just-ended election was a humiliating one. It was an emphatic rejection of an eight-year legacy of two Presidents – Prof. John Evans Atta-Mills of blessed memory [January 2009 to July 2012] and John Dramani Mahama [July 2012 to date]. The incumbent party, with all its … Read more
MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Mahama isn’t the problem. Our hypocrisy is! ast weekend, President John Dramani Mahama stirred the dangerous beehive of ethnicity. And he got himself deadly verbal stings from across the country. Even people who have no right to open their mouths in this matter had their bite. It reminded me of Dr. Paa Bobo’s … Read more
The initial title of this article was, “Any idiot can borrow money and build projects.” I had to change it because those who might not read beyond the headline would, as usual, accuse me of insulting the President. But that is the essence of this article. And this is not an insult to the President. … Read more
Long before our wedding day, my bride asked me where I would take her for the honeymoon. It’s often a simple, inevitable, but tricky question. And it must be answered carefully, with utmost tactfulness. “Where do you want me to take you?” I asked. “Dubai,” she said and looked at my face as if in … Read more