June 2019

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 28 June, 2019 The most complete health facility within the Ministries in Accra has no water! The CLOGSAG Polyclinic, dedicated to Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana, is open to all and sundry; it has a dispensary, pharmacy, lab and consulting rooms. “Good morning. Why is the water not flowing?” I asked a male records staff. “And there’s no water?” came the reply. It was a shock. But it turned out that after interviewing five nurses at a table and two others in a lengthier conversation, the refrain was the same. “Are you saying there is noRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 26 June, 2019 Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, in a Facebook post published on 23 June, 2019, slammed critics of the government for their commentary. “These influencers I refer to are usually highly educated, intelligent, eloquent and highly opinionated with a strong following to feed their egos. I’ve observed them keenly for a while. You go back and follow their posts. You know them too,” he posted. “In sum, they choose to mainly highlight things that make you feel sorry for yourself for being Ghanaian. They will share reports that are negative on Ghana, comment on how bad things are orRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 24 June, 2019 The letter Prof Afful-Broni, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education (UEW) wrote to “dismiss” Prof Augustine Nwagbara – referred to by many on social media as that “Nigerian professor inciting Nigerians against Ghanaians”- is exactly why Prof Nwagbara said that ghana university education is poor. Reverend Father Prof. Anthony Afful-Broni’s letter ruined my weekend. But he is not alone; all the administrative staff who typed that letter, edited it and approved it, including that so-called “Special Committee set up to investigate uncomplimentary remarks made by” Prof Nwagbara need to undergo mandatory hours of trainingRead More →

We publish this rejoinder without comment and we promise not to comment for another THREE YEARS. April 23 2019 Mr Isaac Ato Mensah writersghana.com Accra Dear Mr Isaac Ato Mensah Re: OLD STUDENTS AHOY; PART 1 (PRESEC NEEDS AN E-LIBRARY, OLA-HO NEEDS WATER). We wish to react to a section of your article on writersghana.com with the above subject and published on April 22 2019. In the said article, Mr Richard Agyepong is quoted as saying “the 91 Group for example started a gym and when their job for hosting the speech day was over, they abandoned the project” The above quote is wholly untrue.Read More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 20 June, 2019 Recent research conducted by the Political Science Department (PSD) of the University of Ghana (UG) has cast a pall over the university, and shown us again why Ghana is on the wrong path. “The studies in Political Science adopts Mixed Method Methodology that is the use of qualitative and quantitative through concurrent and transformative approaches,” the PSD researchers stated in a 51-page PowerPoint presentation available online. And perhaps this approach satisfies the funding budget of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), the NGO that collaborated with the PSD and most probably financed the research. The medium of announcing theRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 17 June, 2019 Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s finance minister travelled to Israel to misinform the whole world, dent Ghana’s foreign policy and make provocative religious declarations while addressing the Israeli parliament. We hope he did not do all of this on tax payers’ money. To set the record straight, Ghana’s constitution makes it clear in the preamble that in the name of the Almighty God we adopt this constitution unto ourselves to build a secular state in pursuit of probity, accountability, freedom and justice. Has he not read it or he has read it and does not understand it? GhanaRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 15 June, 2019 It is simply beautiful when a musical arrangement is such that at a point the voice is muted, the instruments take over, and travels on its own course. This allows the singer to also take in the music – and reflect. That is the feeling we have today when we reflect on trending news. However, words of wisdom are still spoken from Africa to the whole world. Such eloquent messages resonate with all reflective individuals and engender hope that all is not lost. For Africans, these orations should encourage us to retrieve and understand our placeRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 10 June, 2019 POTROG’s assertion of 30 percent women representation in his cabinet and their role in politics has led to uncomplimentary remarks; he is in the midst of a firestorm. Representation is a serious global problem, and societies that understand the lost cultural and social capital in underrepresentation will attempt to methodically correct their mistakes and do the right thing. One way of curing underrepresentation is to let data analysis direct us towards certain targets. In that regard, the Ghana Population and Housing Census is a useful guide. Speaking of women’s representation – fair representation generally – theRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Koforidua – 7 June, 2019 The eleven girls from Methodist Girls Secondary School (MEGHIS), Mamfe-Akwapim, who won this year’s robotics Game competition in the USA have emphasized the need for regular learning to ensure success. There are seven competitions/events at the Robofest including Game, Roboarts, Roboparade, Exhibition and BottleSumo. The MEGHIS students came first in Game, a contest designed to “Accomplish robotics missions using fully autonomous robots. Robofest Game especially puts math skills to the test,” read a statement on robofest.net. Teams compete at three levels; junior (grades 5-8), senior (grades 9-12), and college. At the Kotoka Airport in Accra onRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Koforidua – 5 June, 2019 The letter written by Dr Eric Yeboah, Secretary of the Ghana Beyond Aid (GBA) Committee to Richmond Bansah, the alleged designer of the cover pages of their Charter and Strategy Document, has reached the public domain. The letter reveals a lot about how this nation is being governed. It was problematic to hear in the news that a letter had been written to Richmond Bansah – in person – to respond to queries and apologise. But discovering the letter itself has been even more shocking. If the purported letter is fake, we have not heard aRead More →