Last week, in the words of the English poet William Wordsworth, one of ‘Nature's inscrutable workmanships,' took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority Act, 1999 (Act 569) brought into being the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), which was a renaming of Vehicle Examination & Licensing Division (VELD) of the Ministry of Transport.
A Song of Praise in 1 Chronicles 16:31, “Give thanks to the Lord, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done....”
The late Mr. Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie would vividly sing the above song of praise on any good day and quote copiously from the Bible at the least opportunity.
WE ARE A FAR BETTER NATION AND PEOPLE THAN THIS, GHANA....SO WHY HAVE WE SET OUR HOUSES, FAMILIES, CHILDREN, RELATIONS, FRIENDS, PEOPLE, ANIMALS, 'GODS', RELIGIONS AGAINST EACH OTHER IN PUBLIC .....
The issue of galamsey (small-scale illegal mining) is not refractory. Indeed, the Akufo-Addo government has managed able to place the seeming intractable issue within a project management perspective, coming out with the Multi-Sectoral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP) — which remains a concept — with its associated Project Appraisal and Implementation Project (PAID) for implementation.
If I come across to colleagues as someone who has a near obsession with checking the meaning and use of words, I guess the October 1989 experience has something to do with that.
The Christian Church evokes a lot of passion, some utterly misplaced. Over the years, the Church has demonstrated magnetic attraction for passionately spiritual congregants, yet it has suffered bouts of biting controversies.
Today is the last day of my 10-day quarantine in London which is a requirement of all travelers arriving from Amber countries of which Ghana is one. Passengers from Amber countries quarantine at home while those from Red countries self-isolate in hotels at their own expense.
Growing up, the saying, “When crossing the road, look left, right and left again, before you cross,“ was the road Bible. I remember my father teaching me and my siblings. I remember him taking us through the routine in the neighborhood where we lived.
As a general rule, I am a firm believer in the Akan proverb which when literally translated into English says ‘if you are dead, get used to your grave’.
The ‘people’, the keyword embedded in the concept of democracy, is what makes the practice of such governance system difficult though it is regarded the world over as the best form of government and also cherished by varied societies all over the world.
