An election year provides a platform for political parties and their leadership to engage the electorate in a conversation about the issues facing the nation and how they intend to govern

In case you have not been on the Ghanaian block and as a result have not tuned in to know what’s going on, I have news for you. The NPP, with its loud-mouthed and over confident leadership has been reeling under severe stress for the past two weeks

Time and again, the very word Africa rings with institutional failure,
ignorance, disease and p poverty. We are a continent with vast resources yet
with much poverty

When leaders speak to their citizenry or deliver addresses to their lawmakers, many have used those occasions to rise beyond partisan predispositions to demonstrate how deep they care about their countries and the welfare of their people

Two months after President John Evans Atta Mills was sworn into office in 2009, his National Democratic Party (NDC) started bleeding from incessant criticisms from its own members, notably, the party’s founder and former president, Efo Rawlings and the largest opposition party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP)

In his book, “The Voice of the People, Public Opinion and Democracy”, James S. Fishkin has this to say, “Ours is an era of stunted public discourse, where instant polls, 900 numbers, orchestrated petitions, and talk-show campaigning appear to have overwhelmed participatory democracy

Endorsed by 22 signatories resident in several countries, this letter was copied to many in the international community, including The President of the World Bank and the Chief Executive of the International Monetary Fund. Carrying their idiocy further, this group also served the Russian Kremlin, the Central Committee of the Chinese People’s Republic, the State Department of the United States of America, the President of the European Union, and the Secretary General of the United Nations. A glance at this list quickly tells me how uninformed these so-called Ghanaian residents in the diaspora are. I will return to this issue soon

Ghanaians are normally known to be very hospitable people. In fact this act of hospitality is even extended to peoples from other countries without consideration to religion, sex or creed. As a result, it has become a common feature for people to burst into the scenes in Ghana and overnight found acceptability in the eyes of Ghanaians

The Woyome fraud has opened a wide window through which we can peek into the web that makes it difficult for anybody to attempt fighting or eradicating corruption in Ghana. What is it about Woyome’s misconduct that will make anybody sympathize with him and create the impression that the official action being taken against him is bad or that he shouldn’t have been arrested at all?