The government, through the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) sought to increase access to secondary school education by expanding facilities, with emphasis on day schools.
After losing more than 14 per cent of its value to the United States (US) dollar between January 1 and March 15 this year, the cedi is rewriting its own story against the world’s most used currency.
Soon it was my turn and I had to be taken through the same procedure. Fortunately for me, though I did not have to remove my footwear – I was in my trainers and I was also not frisked.
Reviewer: Nii Addokwwei Moffatt Author: Elizabeth Dwamena-Asare Illustrator: Thomas Dodoo Publisher: Divinity Graphics
This week, I went to review a book for children and especially for parents, who I want to encourage to begin buying books for their children on their special days such as birthdays and when they have achieved new heights in their various endeavours.
Every time I picture the multitude waving palm branches, as will be commemorated tomorrow (Palm Sunday) worldwide; and when I visualise them spreading their garments for the Teacher to ride his colt on, I see two groups.
Diligence of a currency is a learnable skill that combines creative persistence, a smart-working effect rightly planned and rightly performed in a timely, efficient and effective manner.
His shrill whistle sounded in quick, short waves. As the whistling sound pierced the air, the calm water in the dam turned into ripples and two giant crocodiles glided towards us.
Corruption here, corruption there, corruption everywhere. A practice that has become ubiquitous in all sectors in Ghana and Africa. It is a canker that is eating the development of society and making people miserable. To address this canker, a small group of committed people led by Dr Patrick Awuah (AW) started a crusade 20 years ago to bring about an unprecedented change in Africa, which affirms Margaret Mead’s assertion that “never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world”.
In March 2022, the Supreme Court struck down Order 109 (3) of the Standing Orders of Parliament as being unconstitutional. The Justice Abdulai v The Attorney-General decision drew a lot of reaction. The “controversial E-Levy” was at the heart of it all – if deputy speakers could cast their votes while presiding in the absence of the Speaker, some argued, then the Standing Orders, which provided otherwise, had effectively been “disrespected” by the Court. Some sought to remind the Supreme Court that “Parliament is a master of its own rules.”
I have suffered a lot of pain in life; much of it has been emotional. I have often thought that the pain I have felt over the years is the fault of people, as it so appears.
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) sat in Ghana from March 21 to April 1, 2022 to hear cases pending before the court as part of its external court session. The CCJ started the external court session in 2007, and it allows the court to move from its base in Abuja, Nigeria, to any territory of the 15 Member States to adjudicate on cases. The Daily Graphic’s Senior Court Reporter, Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson (EEH), had the privilege of interviewing the President of the CCJ, Justice Edward Amoako Asante (JEAA).
Far from being cowards, Ghanaians keep their comments to themselves about, or in the presence of, certain kinds of people in certain kinds of situations.
For professional journalists or writers such as Elizabeth Ohene, Ajoa Yeboah-Afari and Nana Kwasi Gyan Apenteng, as well as amateur hobbyists like me, feedback is always necessary for improvement.
Today, April 8, marks the birthday of Kofi Annan, arguably the greatest among all United Nations Secretary Generals, and also the world’s foremost diplomat of all time.
