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If Mahama Is A Threat To Ghana’s Future, What Is Akufo-Addo?

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If Mahama is a threat to Ghana’s future, what is Akufo-Addo? Folks, you must have read the news report quoting the NPP’s Akufo-Addo as saying that “the continued stay in office of President Mahama poses the biggest threat to the future of Ghanaians present, and the generations unborn” (See http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Mahama-is-the-biggest-threat-to-Ghana-s-future-Akufo-Addo-474214 ). What an oxymoron? What … Read more

If Mahama Is A Threat To Ghanas Future, What Is Akufo-Addo?

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Folks, you must have read the news report quoting the NPP’s Akufo-Addo as saying that “the continued stay in office of President Mahama poses the biggest threat to the future of Ghanaians present, and the generations unborn” (See http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Mahama-is-the-biggest-threat-to-Ghana-s-future-Akufo-Addo-474214 ). What an oxymoron? What an idiotic utterance of the highest order? President Mahama isn’t that … Read more

Police Investigates NPP, NDC Clashes In Ajumako

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Police in the Central Region have commenced investigations into a clash between members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the opposition New Patriotic Party at Ajumako- Besease. The clash, which occurred on Saturday, led to one member of the NDC and two others from the NPP camp, sustaining severe injuries. The Ajumako District Police … Read more

If the Institute of Economic Affairs Wont Sell Akufo-Addo

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By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 Folks, we are of the opinion that a good politician should know how to ditch his opponents, especially when given a head-start advantage by institutions shaping the public discourse on general elections to self-project, to blow his own horn and be heard loud and clear … Read more

What Campaigning For Election 2016 Reveals (Part II)

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The intricacies of the campaigns themselves speak volumes, especially when we consider how localities are chosen for Akufo-Addo’s visits and the messages that he delivers there. So far, there is so much sentimentalism and recourse to rabble-rousing that don’t add any value to Akufo-Addo. Added to that pitfall is the unceasing emphasis placed on wild … Read more

This Bole Chief Foretells Doom For the NPP At Election 2016

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Folks, when I read the news report featuring Yipalawura Mahama Yahaya, a chief in the Bole Traditional Area, who claims that the father of the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mahamadu Bawumia betrayed President Mahama’s father, I laughed out really loud. I did so because I saw it as the harbinger of … Read more

This Bole Chief Foretells Doom For the NPP At 2016 Election

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This Bole chief foretells doom for the NPP at 2016 election By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Folks, when I read the news report featuring Yipalawura Mahama Yahaya, a chief in the Bole Traditional Area, who claims that the father of the running mate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mahamadu Bawumia betrayed President Mahama’s … Read more

No Dirty Politics With the Death of Atta Mills Will Win Votes For Dr. Nduom

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Folks, the sudden death of the dear Atta Mills in 2012 has fed into our kind of politics fr various reasons and purposes. Even before he passed on, his political opponents (and you should know who they are without my mentioning their names) had spread rumours that he was suffering from a debilitating throat cancer, … Read more

What Is Happening In the Camp of the Empty Braggarts?

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By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 Folks, at a time that one expects the NPP camp to be on its feet to campaign with cogent messages to win voter support, happenings indicate that the house in a shambles—of course, it has been messed up since Akufo-Addo took over from Kufuor. But … Read more

As the NDC Wins the Manifesto War

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Folks, there is every reason to believe that the announcement of the key elements of the NDC’s manifesto for Election 2016 has not only unnerved its political opponents but it has also proved that the party is doing serious business to improve governance. Like it or not, the four thematic areas of the manifesto, as … Read more

Nothing New Came From Dr. Bawumia’s Lecture

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Folks, the much-hyped public lecture by the NPP’s Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is over. Under the theme “The State of the Ghana (Should it not have been “the Ghanaian” instead?) Economy —A Foundation of Concrete or Straw?”, the lecture had been advertised as a ground-breaking one to prepare the minds of Ghanaians for Election 2016. And … Read more

Nothing New Came From Dr. Bawumias Lecture

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By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 Folks, the much-hyped public lecture by the NPP’s Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is over. Under the theme “The State of the Ghana (Should it not have been “the Ghanaian” instead?) Economy —A Foundation of Concrete or Straw?”, the lecture had been advertised as a ground-breaking one … Read more

The Lessons From Bawku and Beyond

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Folks, when the NPP’s Akufo-Addo recently took his electioneering campaign stumping to Northern Ghana, he made sulfurous speeches, ending up in giving us a new ridiculous refrain, “one village, one dam”. Such stumping was widely covered by the media and the NPP’s own communication directorate to create the impression that Northern Ghana had fallen for … Read more

Alan Kyerematen Can’t Win Votes For Akufo-Addo

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By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Folks, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen is a damaged politician by virtue of the internal wranglings within the NPP and his own lack of traction. He is not a politician, which he must acknowledge and look elsewhere to remain in the public sphere. Whether by design or accident, he has lost … Read more

Alan Kyerematen Cant Win Votes For Akufo-Addo

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By Dr. Michael J. K. Bokor Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 Folks, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen is a damaged politician by virtue of the internal wranglings within the NPP and his own lack of traction. He is not a politician, which he must acknowledge and look elsewhere to remain in the public sphere. Whether by design or … Read more

The NPP Under Akufo-Addo Is Its Own Enemy

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Folks, if public utterances coming from the NPP stables should be believed, then, they can lead us to only one firm conclusion that the NPP is damn unstable, porous, paranoid, and useless because of its own inherent weaknesses, not because of any outsider’s negative influence to tear it apart. We raise some of those utterances … Read more