Ghana’s contentious presidential and parliamentarian elections on December 7 between the two dominant parties in the 4th Republic provided several firsts. Former president John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who was the first one-term president in Ghana’s 4th Republic, shocked both critics and observers with his almost 57% of the total valid […]
Dec 13 2024 | Posted in
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Ghanaians face a crucial moment in their nation’s history as they go to the polls to select a new government and a new parliament for the next four years on December 7 this year. The political climate is so taut and saturated with political rhetoric between the two main parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) […]
Nov 26 2024 | Posted in
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It is said that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. But the wealth of a nation depends on the investments of infrastructure and human resources that a government places on the health of the nation. Both complement one another to attain a Six Sigma status. But the health of a nation, and by extension […]
Aug 11 2024 | Posted in
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Some portions of Ghana’s 2012 Road Traffic Regulations Act were being considered for amendments. Spearheaded by the Ministry of Transport, the amendments to Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2180 sought to allow government ministers, members of Parliament, and justices of the Supreme Court to drive with sirens blaring and blazing and without regard to speed limit. We […]
Jul 21 2024 | Posted in
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The socioeconomic development of a country is anchored on the basic tenets of its culture. Once the tenets start to give way, the center cannot hold, and the country becomes an abracadabra of anything goes. Its people become lost for lack of cultural directions. Japan, China and a host of other countries have developed not […]
Apr 14 2024 | Posted in
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The layman on the street only sees rains, snow and sunshine. In Africa our diviners claim the hand of the divine is obvious in occurrences of violent storms and floods. Many see what they describe as the end times. 2023 is considered the warmest year so far. There have been floods in China, India, parts […]
Dec 12 2023 | Posted in
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The people of Kwahu are mourning their former Omanhene, Daasebre Akuamoah Boateng with a funeral at the Okwahu state capital, Abene. Kwahu is part of the Akan stock, and their funerals are essentially Akan. What one might see at the funeral at Abene might not be any different from what would occur elsewhere in Akan […]
Nov 30 2023 | Posted in
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Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) announced the victory of Vice President Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Bawumia in the primaries held Saturday, November 4, 2023. Bawumia won 118,210 votes representing 61.47 percent of the votes as against 71,996 (35.52 percent) of his closest rival, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong. The two other contestants Owusu Afriyie Akoto and Francis Addae Nimo […]
Nov 12 2023 | Posted in
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The thought of a dam spillage and/or breakage is not very comfortable: it could be rather ominous, threatening, worrying and menacing. And especially for those living in the water’s flow path the thought could be a warning most gloomy. The Volta River Authority, (VRA) managers of Ghana’s premier hydro-electric dam at Akosombo in the Eastern […]
Oct 29 2023 | Posted in
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In fifteen months, Ghana will be heading for general elections and the climate is lively with political activity. The government is under the weight of assessment and examination by both the opposition and supporters at the same time. Also in the works are the selective processes of choosing flag bearers and prospective members of parliament, […]
Sep 28 2023 | Posted in
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