Letter To Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe
Hi Sir, Let me congratulate you on your impressive accomplishment over the years. My first time of making an attempt to travel to United States of America revealed the household name “Nyaho” to...
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A Layman’s Post-Mortem
In my layman’s view, I have few personal points I will love to share with readers why the New Democratic Congress will be addressed as an opposition party, in less than 48 hours from now. The NDC...
Why Ghanaians Chose Nana Addo As The Best Man To Lead The Nation And Not John Mahama
I would like to begin this paper with a brief background history of both Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, the president elect of the Republic and President John Dramani Mahama, the outgoing president....
Mahama’s 2017 State of the Nation Address
Allow me to begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Afihyiapa. This hall that exists within these walls is a place where I have always felt at home. It was in this august house, as an MP for...
Mahama’s 2017 State of the Nation Address
Allow me to begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Afihyiapa. This hall that exists within these walls is a place where I have always felt at home. It was in this august house, as an MP for...
Mahama’s Final State of the Nation Address [Full Text]
President John Mahama today , January 5, 2017, delivered his Final State of the Nation Address today to usher in the end of the life of the sixth Parliament of the fourth Republic, which would...
Mahama’s Last State Of The Nation Address
Your Excellency the Vice President, Right Honourable Speaker, Your Ladyship the Chief Justice Honourable Members of Parliament Mr. Speaker, Allow me to begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year....
IMF Programme Must Be Continued – Mahama
President John Mahama has urged the incoming administration to continue with Ghana’s Extended Credit Facility arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) until the end of this year....
Monkey Dey Work, Amissah Attas Dey Chop!
By Prof. Lungu Update: Best of Prof Lungu (BofPL)first published 18 July 2015 "...While in Cape Coast, outgoing NDC vice president Amissah Arthur said they were unable to go out after the defeat of...
Rawlings’s Next Coup D’état Is Likely To Depose Nketsia Et Al
“Most people are yet to recover from the traumatic shock of the December 7th election results. “But I will have to state that if we turn our backs to our history us a party, we cannot escape the...
Pause Infrastructural Developments – Ayikoi Otoo To Akufo-Addo
The incoming Akufo-Addo government has been advised by a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to halt all infrastructural projects in order to advance other developmental reforms. Nii...
The Ivory Coast Antagonises The U.S. At A Critical Time
The Ivory Coast government has just thumbed its nose at the efforts by the U. S. to expand its role in assisting in the development of the Ivory Coast infrastructure. Over the last several years the...
BDCs Says Government Debt Rises To US$384 Million
Ghana's domestic oil importers said on Friday they may take legal action against the government to recover interest on an outstanding debt of $384 million that presents an early headache for the...
Neo-Colonialism, Economic Sovereignty and the Imperatives of Socialist Development
Over the last several years along the Indian Ocean coast in East Africa substantial finds of oil and natural gas resources have been under development. A British exploration corporation, Tullow Oil...
Monkey Dey Work, AMissah Attas Dey Chop!
UPDATE "...While in Cape Coast, outgoing NDC vice president Amissah Arthur said they were unable to go out after the defeat of the NDC at the polls, saying, 'A lot of NDC supporters have locked...
Currencies Crushed In 2016
2016 has been a roller coaster of a year, and currency markets are no exception. A few countries have fared well, but others have seen the value of their currencies fall dramatically. Here’s a list...
An Open Letter To President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
I am writing you this letter to congratulate you on your historic and epic victory and to thank you for the monumental effort you have put in in order to wrestle the country out of the grips of John...
West Africa Is No Longer Country For Old Dictators
“The Accidental Ecowas & AU Citizen”: Gambian Crisis: West Africa is No longer Country for Old Dictators E. K.Bensah Jr Whatever was going to happen in the leafy suburbs of Abuja on the eve of...
These Currencies Got Crushed In 2016
A few countries have fared well, but others have seen the value of their currencies fall dramatically. Egypt took the radical decision to let its currency float freely in November. The move was part...
Some of Africa’s Currencies Struggled In 2016
From a fall in Zambia’s Kwacha blamed on halted mining production to a plummet of Nigeria’s naira due to a chronic currency shortage, various African countries saw the value of their currencies...