The disqualification of the presidential candidates of some 12 splinter political parties – as of this writing, the number had inched up to 13 – with barely two months to the December 7 general election, ought to stand at all costs. No court should step in to reverse the decision of the Electoral Commission’s Chair … Read more
An Accra High court will today hear an interlocutory injunction case filed against government’s plans of ceding some of the operations of the electricity company of Ghana to a private entity. A group calling itself the coalition against the concession of ECG which filed the case argues the move will not be in the best … Read more
Majority Leader, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has assured that the Legislature is more determined to pass the Right To Information (RTI) Bill, 2015 into law before the dissolution of the 6th Parliament by end of October, 2016. Bagbin who is also the Leader of Government Business gave the assurance when presenting the Business Statement … Read more
The discourse around access to information has often focused on how it helps in the fight against corruption and in enhancing citizens’ capacity to exercise other rights. A lot has been said about how the lack of information impedes citizens’ ability to assess the decisions of their leaders, and even to make informed choices about … Read more
Not long ago, the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Keeson-Osei, was oscillating between the idea of electorates voting without going through the biometric verification on the Election Day and voters being verified biometrically before casting their votes on the Election Day. However, today, Tuesday 11 October 2016, I have read on Ghanaweb.com a … Read more
Eritrea is the African Cuba with the similarities between the two small, revolutionary, socialist countries almost to many to list. To start with Cuba is the only country in Latin America to come to power by the armed struggle just as Eritrea is the only country in Africa to come to power at the barrel … Read more
Police Superintendent Isaac Amekudzi of Agona Odobeng in the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa District of the Central Region has revealed that persons who will refuse to vote in the forthcoming general elections may be arrested. According to him, it is a constitutional provision enshrined in the country’s law books and that persons who have their names … Read more
Amidst the heated political atmosphere in the country currently, actor Majid Michel has said most of our leaders are “professional manipulators”. According to his recent post on social media, it takes more than just winning a election to be a leader. While some of his fellow celebrities are taking advantage of the political season by … Read more
The Convention People’s Party will outdoor its running mate for the 2016 elections, Nana Gabby Nsiah-Nketiah today, Thursday October 6 ahead of the general elections slated for December 7. The nomination of the veteran politician and businessman was greeted with hue and cry among the CPP youth front as they argued the nominee is not … Read more
In a heartfelt message on social media, Majid Michel, a respected Ghanaian actor has said most of our leaders are professional manipulators. In an era where most celebrities have decided to throw their weights behind politicians and political parties, the actor seemed not ready for such moves. In his Facebook lecture on leadership, he said; … Read more
The flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has a great chance of beating his competitors to win the 2016 presidential election, vice-presidential nominee of the party Nana Gabby Nsiah Nketiah has said. “Ivor has a chance of winning this election but we have not fielded enough [parliamentary] candidates. But for … Read more
Members of the Bench and the Bar, have been urged to uphold the integrity and discipline of their profession so as to ensure a better judicial system for the country. Reverend Professor Andrews Seth Ayettey, retired Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, delivering a sermon at a special church service for the opening of … Read more
Feature: Our public advocates and intellectuals failing this country! The title of this piece, and the subject for today inferentially, came to me when I was listening to morning radio discussions on vexing public issues last Wednesday. I was struck by the deliberate ignorance of a majority of our public advocates and intellectuals on the … Read more
Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood has told lawyers not to see their profession as a gold mine but rather one that requires them to shun greed and avarice. Mrs Wood said measuring professional success in monetary, material terms as well as the trappings of wealth and power would rather blind them and throw them overboard … Read more
Our public advocates and public intellectuals failing this country! By Colin Essamuah The title of this piece, and the subject for today inferentially, came to me when I was listening to morning radio discussions on vexing public issues last Wednesday. I was struck by the deliberate ignorance of a majority of our public advocates and … Read more
Imagining the imagination Picturing the pictorials And videoing the videos of the glorious past I am torn apart yet More drifted away as though This parcel never had begotten My country, O Nigeria! How are you, my motherland? Have you not writhed in pain In labour and care for me For these great creatures Influencing … Read more
By Nana Yaw Osei The joy of many Ghanaians across political divide knew no bounds when Mr. John Dramani Mahama was selected as a vice presidential candidate of the then candidate: Professor John Evans Atta Mills of President Rawlings’ fashioned National Democratic Congress (NDC) in April 2008. As an astute politician and a member of … Read more
Vietnamese investors, currently on a one-week working visit to Ghana, are seeking to establish joint ventures with Ghanaian partners in the production of tilapia, cashew and rice. At a Ghana-Vietnam Business Forum held in Accra, on Tuesday, Dao Manh Duc, who is the second Head of Trade, Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in … Read more
Alex Nartey National President of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has said the judges in the various courts in the country scare staff of the association. He stated that the staff have developed some fear for the judges which undermines the confidence of the workforce. “We need to instill confidence in the … Read more
‘Skirt and Blouse’ – Why win the battle and lose the war? This will not be the first. We have won a few important battles in the past but we lost the wars same day. It’s almost an accepted pattern in these parts–that the winner of a democratic election must fight another battle to affirm … Read more