Prophecies about the end for certain individuals in Ghana in 2019, and also about the year probably being the end (apocalypse) for us all, rage on in January.
Tertiary education, especially university education, is the dream of many a person, and for nations, the role of university education in development cannot be overestimated.
Parent-teacher associations (PTAs) have become an integral part of schools to promote and build strong working relationships between teachers or schools and parents, aimed at enhancing the academic environment to improve learning outcomes.
One of the major setbacks to the country’s accelerated socio-economic development over the years has been the level of indiscipline in all facets of society.
At the onset of the 20th century, Ghana’s land area of 238,537m had a forest cover of 8.4 million hectares. But from that time to 1950, the country lost half of its forest cover, leaving only 4.2 hectares.
Since the “ill-fated” prophecies by Bishop Isaac Owusu Bempah that sent irate, rampaging youth vandalising the Odorkor branch of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, I have been musing about prophecies and the New Year.
Conflicts have existed in societies since the beginning of time, with some of them being resolved in time to make those societies better places to live.
It was crafted on an image of fiction that all was well with the country’s banking sector until 2017 when the current leadership of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) began a mission to rid the sector of weak and distressed banks.
The government has lifted the ban on small-scale mining operations that have, for several years, been a major cause of most of the negative environmental impacts in most mining communities.
One of the banes of human interactions in business and service provision is the attendant corrupt practices that have denied the country of the needed revenue over the years.
Around the world at the stroke of midnight yesterday there were fireworks and the sound of trumpets to symbolise victory, triumph and hope for the coming year, despite the challenges of the past year.
Communication is an essential function of government, as it helps build broad support and legitimacy for programmes, explain government stewardship and provide mechanisms to hold government accountable.
When they attain 60 years, Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributors are supposed to go on retirement, and until recently when the new Pension Act was promulgated, SSNIT was solely responsible for the payment of retirement benefits, both lump sum and pensioners’ monthly pay.
Many efforts have gone into finding an amicable settlement to the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis, especially after the death of Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II in 2012.
