Eight Days More: Wondering Who To Vote For?
My colleagues and I have been traveling the campaign trail with Presidential candidates as well as by ourselves. We have…
Accra, A Millennium City; A City In Name Only
I wrote this piece two years ago. I cannot believe how little has changed. Had the Mayor done his job…
Is Hassan Ayariga, the PNC’s Game Face?
Hassan Ayariga, Presidential Candidate of the People's National Convention Let’s take a moment and collectively applaud the PNC's Presidential candidate…
Too Many Campaign Promises? Remember, Talk Is Cheap
When the campaign for the 2012 elections started with education as the central issue, I was delighted, Ghanaian politicians had…
Applause for Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings
Gender Advocates blame the absence of capable women in local politics on lack of resources and the insulting nature of…
Make these news conferences stop. They hurt.
Ridiculous promises are never in short supply at these conferences. Take Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Moses Asaga who…
Living in fear: The Naked Man, the Police and I
I always thought I didn’t startle easily but when I awoke three weeks ago to find a naked man crouching…
When Public Toilets Become Unprecedented Achievements
Last week, we were told by the Deputy Minister for Local Government that the NDC government had outperformed the NPP…
‘A Better Ghana’ Yet President travels Abroad For Routine Check-ups
They say “where there is mystery the mind goes to the darkest places,” so it was no surprise that President…
No Place for Ethnic Politics
Two years ago I was in Jos Plateau, Nigeria, when hundreds of people were killed, women and children were thrown…
Let’s hear it for the boys…
Kwame Nkrumah and the other founding members of the Oganisation of Africa Unity must be turning in their graves or…
Time to Shape Up the team, Sir
Dear President Mills, I was going to write you a really nice letter about how you need to stop telling…
