A?survey commissioned by IMANI Ghana has suggested that most Ghanaians are unhappy with high government spending. The respondents, numbering 10,020, from all the regional capitals, also largely answered ‘no’ to a question on whether the government should continue to spend heavily in spite of the country’s rising debt stock. Respondents from the Central Region were … Read more
The president of All Nigerian Community, (ANC) Ghana Moses Owharo has been suspended as a result of an accusation leveled against him of illegally depleting the bank account of the association through fraudulent means. The statement issued on the ANC Association Facebook page indicated that the fraud was perpetrated through altering the signatories to the … Read more
The customs of a people are usually a reflection of their past and of course, a strong indication of their likely future. Today, I would like to examine Ghana’s political focus in the context of the customs of its citizens. Chiefs are politicians in Ghana, despite the fact that they are not elected through universal … Read more
“United we stand, divided we fall”, has been an age-long adage applicable in all civilizations. Even animals are learning to be accommodating of their adversaries, as some social media pictures show. Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had the unity of not only Ghana but Africa at heart. His strategy was to achieve this with the YOUNG … Read more
Under Mahama honesty is on a long holiday I was not at the Sunyani Coronation Park for the Manifesto launch of President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress on Saturday. I was rather at the Victoria Park in Cape Coast, where the first game of football was pioneered in the then Gold Coast … Read more
I want to start off this article by making some disclaimers in order that I am guided in my submission. 1. I am not a technocrat 2. I have never pretended to be a technocrat 3. I am not pretending to be a technocrat and 4. I will not pretend to be one because I … Read more
What forces propel a young bright boy from a rural Ghanaian village to the heights of academia and global public service? How do we grow as our countries change? Who are our mentors and fellow travelers on the road of life? How do we negotiate the delicate balance between making a living and making a … Read more
What Africa needs is not development assistance from developed countries but “a fair chance” to trade with the rest of the world, the President of Ghana today told the United Nations General Assembly. “Africa does not need your sympathy or overseas development assistance,” said President John Dramani Mahama during the general debate. “Africa needs a … Read more
Ghanaian scholar Dr Godwin Etse Sikanku has launched a book on US President Barack Obama. Titled ‘The Afrocentric Obama and Lessons on Political Campaigning’, the book is touted as one of the few to have come out of mainland Africa addressing the identity of Barack Obama from an African point of view. Author Dr Sikanku, … Read more
Despite an unwavering rise in public debt and government’s difficulty to meet key statutory financial obligations, the Finance Minister has dispelled a widely held view that the economy is broke. Seth Terkper insists government’s tax revenue mobilization is progressing, suggesting that government’s borrowing spree is temporary. “The economy is not broke. We are even in … Read more
The Brong Ahafo and Upper East regions have emerged the regions with the best teacher punctuality at the pre-tertiary level in the country. Per a Ghana Education Service survey of 1,456 schools in 156 districts, the two regions recorded the lowest teacher absenteeism with just two per cent as against the national figure of seven … Read more
The NDC party launched its 2016 manifesto in Sunyani, last Saturday in the Brong Ahafo Region. When our team of fact-checkers subjected three claims made by Hon. Alban Bagbin to scrutiny, it was found that only one of them was entirely true. Below are the claims he made, the fact-checking verdicts and the basis for … Read more
The NDC party launched its 2016 manifesto in Sunyani, last Saturday in the Brong Ahafo Region. President John Dramani Mahama made some claims at that event. Two of such claims were fact-checked by our team of fact-checkers. Both claims were found to be half-truths. Below are the claims he made, the fact-checking verdicts and the … Read more
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has designed an early warning system to help alert communities in flood-prone areas using mediums such as mobile phone alerts. The initiative would ensure that flood-prone communities receive information on rain that has the potential to cause floods and adopt the required response. Torrential rains in 1968, 1995,1997, 1999, … Read more
NDC 2016 manifesto is a litany of promises never to be delivered. By Sydney Casely-Hayford Please do not read the NDC 2016 manifesto. It is a litany of promises never to be delivered. Rather, I urge you to go back and find the 2012 document they issued. Got it? Now read it in detail and … Read more
Information available to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Fact-checking team reveals that claims by Transport Minister on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) housing record are not true. Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey claims the NPP did not build “even a chamber and hall” and that “not even a single room was completed in eight years … Read more
Attorney-General (A-G), Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, is expected to explain a contentious clause in the Millennium Challenge Compact II agreement that could affect the function of the PURC. She must clarify if the tariff fixing function of the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) would be affected by the agreement. The controversial provision states that; “The Government … Read more
Please do not read the NDC 2016 manifesto. It is a litany of promises never to be delivered. Rather, I urge you to go back and find the 2012 document they issued. Got it? Now read it in detail and look around. Anything there seem familiar? Can you reconcile the crass dumping of words at … Read more
Ghana boxing legend Azumah Nelson believes the nation can only produce more world title prospects if government invests in amateur boxing. Ghana has been without a world champion over the last six years and recently failed at the Olympic Games in Rio after the nation’s sole representative Wahid Omar was defeated in the preliminaries by … Read more
In a recent interview with Kwame Legend of Y 97.9 FM’s RYse ‘N’ ShYne in Takoradi, Michael Takyi-Frimpong, now popular and controversially known as Lord Paper has revealed his real motive behind the most talked about music video this year as purely to make money on YouTube. “The intention actually was to make some money … Read more