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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Friday 31 July, 2020 Today is Eid Ul Adha – the willingness of prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail in obedience to God’s command. “Eid Mubarak” greetings to all Muslims and all people of goodwill. Today more than ever, we at writersghana.com have been receiving calls to stop writing because some people are being exposed. “It is better to obey God rather than men”; that is the clearest Eid message. In the Christian bible, there are several other references to obedience to God including when three young men refused to worship Baal in defiance of the orders ofRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Monday 27 July, 2020 The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) includes essays that involve a real world scenario, specifically, the newspaper extract of something some CEO has said. The candidate will then be required to give a critique of that quote, while suggesting what additional information will be needed to make the quote complete and solid. Watching Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s Minister for Finance, in that viral three-minute video extract of an interview he granted on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” programme on Friday after the mid-year budget review presentation, we are amazed by his blatant whataboutery on the Kroll scandal; Ken Ofori-AttaRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah/Augustine Williams-Mensah Accra – Tuesday 21 July, 2020 Last week, we pored over several prospective job applications for roles in some government institutions, run of course with taxpayers’ money but we decided against submitting the applications.   Many Ghanaians simply do not trust that they shall get a fair chance at being shortlisted even when they are qualified.  Several apologists of political patronage have suggested that those of us who offer robust written critiques of happenings in ghana, have “exposed” some appointees who “feel insulted” and those appointees will therefore block our appointment to any advertised position that requires merit and ability. ButRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Wednesday 15 July, 2020 During this ongoing voter registration exercise, the tendency to ask people to prove they are Ghanaian has become a contentious matter.  How do you get a Ghanaian or anybody for that matter “rusticated” from a society in which they legitimately belong? Dr. Kwadjo Afari-Djan, the former chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, always had a simple approach: “Fill a challenge form but the person in question must have the right to register and go away”.  The challenge form will end up in court where it is expected that they who allege “must prove”. The convention forRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MensahAccra – 9 July, 2020 Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka Napo, Ghana’s Minister for Education (MOE) is a Medical Doctor. Now, the last place you would expect to hear dodgy logic is from the MOE and certainly not from the presiding Minister. But all is lost since that is precisely what happened during Napo’s interview on Peace FM today 9 July thus giving any discerning listener a violent headache. Kwami Sefa Kayi, the host concluded from Napo’s own argument during the Twi interview: “So then some have said, we should close down the schools, what do you think about it?” Napo replied:Read More →

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By Isaac Ato MensahAccra – 9 July, 2020 The President of the Republic of Ghana – POTROG – is missing; he has been missing for at least 72 hours. We the people must hear and see our president; we cannot trust the photograph issued by Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Jubilee House, Accra; that photo could have been taken any day within the past 10 weeks. Besides we refuse to accept that our President will be seated at a table with used face masks lying on it. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister for Information recently issued a “STATEMENT” that said President Akufo-Addo wasRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MensahAccra – 6 July, 2020 Both Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (KSA) and former President Jerry Rawlings disappointed discerning listeners on “Sunday Night” on Asaase Radio 99.5MhZ with their interview broadcast on 5 July; it was an anticlimax. During his heydays anytime KSA came under fire for treating guests with kid gloves on his Front Page programme on Joy FM of Accra, he defended himself thus: “It is an interview”, suggesting that he had to allow his guest to speak, and not “interject”. Suffice it to say that explanation is untenable. Fast forward to Sunday and KSA’s nervous laughter while JJ offered fast and looseRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 5 July, 2020 Nana Bediatuo Asante, Secretary to the President, should refrain from further loose public banter with Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor-General. Bediatuo’s letter dated 3 July 2020 with reference OPS191/1/20/943 with the subject RE: ACCUMULATED ANNUAL LEAVE – MR. DANIEL YAW DOMELEVO is full of problems and noise. Let us review it methodically using our usual tools; facts, evidence and reason. First, paragraphs three and four of page one and paragraphs three and four of page three are ill informed. An employee’s conditions of service do not supersede the labour law. If an employee signs an agreementRead More →