I put my bottom-dollar behind the creation of Oti Region By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. I was reticent about the creation of new regions in the country, but the regressive agitation by the Trokosi nationalist-sponsored Homeland Study Group (HSG) has convinced me that it is well-nigh time for the materially shortchanged Akan- and Guan-dominated … Read more
By: Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. When Dr. Stephen Opuni, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), had his assets frozen, recently, many were the voices that chalked the move to pure political partisanship. To such voices, it was only a matter of time before Dr. Opuni’s assets were de-frozen and … Read more
By: Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. The name Kumbungu, a township of some three communities in the Northern Region of Ghana, reminds me of the name of the legendary independent African Christian religious leader, Prophet Simon Kimbangu (1887-1951), who met with gross ill-treatment at the hands of the Belgian colonial authorities in present-day Democratic Republic … Read more
By: Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. In the wake of the upping of the number of his cabinet appointees and deputy appointees to 110, President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has come under widespread criticism, both from his usual political opponents and detractors, on the one hand, and ardent partisans and supporters and sympathizers alike. But what … Read more
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. It is quite obvious that had the leaders of the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) not been as vigilant as they had been in the 2016 general election and allowed the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) to steal its way back into the Jubilee-Flagstaff House, it definitely would have … Read more
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. It ought to be crystal clear to each and every Ghanaian of age that the Deputy General-Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Koku Anyidoho, may very well be the master-brain behind the Anlo-Ewe terrorist organization calling itself the Homeland Study Group that has been promoting … Read more
By: Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. What does the Arab-looking Mr. Joseph Yammin, and his phenotypical mien is contextually significant to underscore here, mean by his rather outrageous claim that President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, during his 60th Independence Anniversary speech, attempted to destroy the legacy of President Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first postcolonial leader, in favor … Read more
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. English Department, SUNY-Nassau Garden City, New York E-mail: okoampaahoofe@optimum.net It is becoming increasingly evident that unless the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) replaces its Parliamentary Minority Leader and former Labor and Employment Minister, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, the party is destined to remain in opposition for a long time … Read more
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. English Department, SUNY-Nassau Garden City, New York January 23, 2017 E-mail: okoampaahoofe@optimum.net The announcement that the Black Stars’ players have agreed with the Sports Minister-Designate, Mr. Isaac Asiamah, to slash their match-winning bonuses by 50-percent in their AFCON camp in Gabon, comes as one of wistful acceptance, if also … Read more
Long before the creation of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the widely acclaimed and prematurely glorified founder of the NDC, a career coup-plotter, had created another political machine with his clansmen and other opportunistic non-Ewe associates called the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC), a veritable military junta intended to radically and decisively suppress … Read more
Ghana’s election fever is typical of that of any constitutional democracy. It is inflected with allegations and counter-allegations by the two major players involved, namely, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). Here in the United States, the two major players are the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and … Read more
The other day, one of those Kpegah Boys who have sworn to move Heaven and Hell to ensure that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo never got elected President of Ghana in their lifetime, wrote to enquire why The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori-Panyin, II, had yet to make news headlines in the form of the issuance of … Read more
I have already answered Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe’s at once morbidly passionate and scandalous appeal to Ghanaian voters not to vote for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, but instead vote to retain the man who “tolerantly” lobbied the Atuguba-presided Supreme Court panel that adjudicated the 2012 presidential-election petition launched by the now-President-Elect Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (See “Don’t … Read more
In my most recent column last night, and one which hit the media websites and perhaps several newsstands, as well, this morning, I highlighted the need for one of our most respected and distinguished elderly statesmen and citizens to promptly and urgently speak to the need for the immediate abatement of rising tensions in the … Read more
It is quite certain that should the 2016 presidential election be stalemated or found to leave much to be desired in the books of the leaders of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), the last place on Earth that they would likely seek redress is the Wood Supreme Court (See “We’ll Prevent Another Presidential … Read more
Somebody from the camp of the rump-Convention People’s Party (r-CPP) did not do his/her homework well; which was why last month when they decided that they needed to select a running-mate to pair up with Mr. Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, the 2016 presidential candidate of the one political party that claims direct descent from Independent Ghana’s … Read more
Dr. Edward Omane-Boamah may not like to hear this, but for those of us believers in “Ghanaian Exceptionalism,” ranking Ghana 7th out of some 54 African countries in overall governance performance is no enviable place to be in (See “We Don’t Need Mo-Ibrahim to See Ghana is Rising – Omane-Boamah” MyJoyOnline.com / Ghanaweb.com 10/4/16). Now, … Read more
I have been following the recent rants of the Ghana-resident Nigerian publisher of the so-called Ovation Magazine ever since I became aware of Mr. Dele Momodu and his coffee-table tabloid a couple of months ago. Fundamentally speaking, I have absolutely no problem, whatsoever, with either the publisher’s editorial decisions or whom he decides to feature … Read more
Once awhile, I Google the names of some of our major Ghanaian leaders, past and present, to find out about an interesting piece or two that I could read in reasonable time, which often means about 30 minutes or less, to refresh my memory about one or two significant aspects of their lives and times … Read more
The granting of an enquiry bail, reportedly, by authorities of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) to the Northern Regional Chairman of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Daniel Bugri Naabu, constitutes a devious attempt by a highly politicized top-brass of the GPS not to frontally, fairly and professionally deal with a perennial problem … Read more