Eric Atta-Sonno
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.
Being a committed Christian, I have for the better part of my adult life been inspired by the philosophy, ‘Omnibus Omnia Factus Sum’, a Latin phrase adopted from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians 9:22 where he wrote that he became all things to all men that he might save some by all means.
I have therefore, utilized all manner of approaches to help influence positive change in the attitude and orientation of our people for the overall purpose of nation building. To this, I welcome you to my blog. Enjoy my take on issues espoused through the scripts as well as my brief thoughts on issues as they play out daily and news stories on various endeavors that I may play a part in.
Feed back is always critical for improvement and I would thus appeal to you to always leave a note after reading any piece on this blog.
Welcome and enjoy browsing the pages.
Eric Atta-Sonno
FOR HOW LONG SHALL WE CONTINUE TO BE DEFRAUDED?
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...
GETTING IT RIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL
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...
HOW THE NPP HELPED IN ELECTING AN ‘NDC SPEAKER’
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...
ABUSE AND IMPUNITY IN THE USE OF STATE POWER
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...
HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION (WHETHER REAL OR PERCEIVED)
In his inauguration address delivered on January 7, 2017, President Akufo-Addo pledged to protect the public purse. He declared, “We must restore integrity in public life. State coffers are not spoils for the party...
THE ELECTION WHO’S LOSS BY NPP WAS SALVAGED BY NDC (PART 2) (THE...
The period immediately preceding the assumption of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President was one of excitement. It was very reminiscent to that of the election of President John Kufuor when Ghanaians could not...
THE ELECTION WHO’S LOSS BY NPP WAS SALVAGED BY NDC (PART 1)
The 2020 General Elections was one that was heavily contested partly as a result of the outcome of the 2012 Presidential Election Petition which had led the Law Lords to declare that elections are...
BACK TO BASICS
I took this picture (of a portion of the La township) after voting as I drove through the La-Dade-Kotopon constituency last Monday. Just like hundreds of other constituencies, the voters here queued to cast...
GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER START
So eventually the process ended and the Electoral Commission declared for us a President-Elect, one who will be sworn in on 7th of January 2021. H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the man!
Having observed...
WHILE WE WAIT
As the dust begins to settle on the 2020 General Elections, I have made some observations that I wish to share as follows:
1. Quite a significant percentage of Ghanaians were not enthused about some...