My attention has been drawn to a letter by one Dr Robert Owusu-Gyeki, self-described as an economist/banker, supposedly responding to the issues I raised in my letter of January 29, 2019, headlined ‘CONCEALMENT AND MANIPULATION OF ECONOMIC DATA,’ and addressed to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison.
On December 19, 2018, the people of Sudan hit the streets to protest against high rise of bread and fuel prices but the demonstrators quickly turned their attention to other issues and are now demanding the resignation of President Omar Hasan al-Bashir.
I keenly monitored many basic and second cycle school teachers’ reactions to the recent directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) on the ban on corporal punishment.
Although the presentation of the Constitutional instruments (CIs) that gave meaning to the creation of the North East and the Savannah regions was hugely welcomed by the people, the choice of capitals — Nalerigu for the North East and Damango for the Savannah — elicited contrasting reactions, some of them violent.
The story of the five-year-old boy whose hand had to be amputated because his stepmother inflicted machete wounds on it and left it to decay without seeking medical attention is really a sad one.
Culture plays a big role in what we feel, how we identify these feelings and what we do to deal with our emotions. So, those raised in more “macho” cultures may be more likely to suppress emotions like sadness or fear.
In secondary school at Opoku Ware School in Kumasi, whenever I was asked where I lived and I said ‘Tarkwa’, it elicited wry smiles and comments either about the town’s gold mines or its railway station.
In the aftermath of the shameful unleashing of political thugs on some voters at La Bawaleshie in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-election of January 31, 2019, the Minister of Communications, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, sought to play down the need for any investigation at all into the matter.
A vibrant Tourism sector is an indicator of a healthy economy. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC ) calculates that the contribution of tourism to Ghana’s economy is 7.2% of GDP which is below the global average of 9.5% compared to Kenya’s 12% .
Dear Mr. Isaac Adongo, I have read your letter to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, which has been widely circulated on social media, with a high degree of righteous indignation.
The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori Atta, in his November 2018 budget presentation announced the impending merger of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), and Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), into what he called the National Institute of Communication and Media Arts.
“Work and pay” is a descriptive terminology of Ghanaians that refers to a contractual relationship between a driver, who drives a vehicle with an intent to buy it, and that of the vehicle owner, who is also desirous of selling his vehicle.
One may be right to deduce that when the headquarters of the national Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD) in Accra is cast off, then those in the regions would be in a devastating state or become non-existent. This assumption for the Central Region is true!
The recent referendum for the creation of the Western North, Oti, Ahafo, Bono East, Savannah and North East regions supervised by the Electoral Commission recorded a total of 4,175 rejected ballots.
