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My dear friend, "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live." – George Bernard Shaw. Over the last couple of years, I’ve dedicated a bit of my time to join the struggle of helping to raise the younger generation. This has been to ensure that they are well positioned to take over the reins of this country and improve on its lot.
In the last couple of months, a number of agitations have bedevilled this country with regards a number of issues. They have included among others appointment of ministers from Parliament, nomination and approval of ministers of state, equitable allocation of State resources, ex-gratis for Article 71 office holders, the status of First and Second Ladies, etc.
Agitation for the review...
Back at school, one of my Quantity Surveying Lecturers remarked that, anytime a government provided infrastructure in Africa, anytime State authorities provided freebies, anytime State entities provided services, the motivation underlying the provision was most likely the inherent benefit to be derived by the entity and not necessarily the service or infrastructure being provided. Many years down the line,...
Power, it is said abhors vacuum and in all political power arrangements, it is critical that political vacuum is avoided as much as possible.
If what was exhibited by our Members of Parliament last Thursday dawn in the Chamber with all the ancillary events is anything to go by, then our governance experts need to immediately set in motion systems...
I spent a greater portion of the night of 6th January 2021 observing the nine-hour proceedings as the nation’s House of Parliament got itself ready to elect a Speaker and Deputies as well as have the 8th Parliament inaugurated.
Having come from the background of a general election that had witnessed a majority of either imposed candidates losing their bid...
I vividly remember how the Ghana government led by President John Agyekum Kufuor behaved in the run-up to the 2008 General Elections. The government had done so much with respect to the economy, putting in place social interventionist policies, etc and thus believed that there was no way the party was going to lose power in the medium term....
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