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By Isaac Ato Mensah/Augustine Williams-Mensah Accra- 31 August, 2020 The recurrent trending problems involving our chiefs cannot pass without comment. Only a few weeks ago the Bantamahene of Asante was reported to have built a structure at the Racecourse area of Kumasi on a waterway – the city authorities had been unable to stop him. Last week, the Apedwahene of Akyem Abuakwa was reported to have attempted to takeover lands at Dome Faase in the Greater Accra Region, aided by soldiers. Victor Hugo, the French author tells us: “In the Middle Ages men had no great thought that they did not write down in stone”.Read More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Monday 17 August, 2020 The mudslinging from the ghanaian poliTRIKcians on social media platforms must cease now.  Let us remind ourselves of the golden rule here, to wit, “Do unto others what you will wish them to do unto you”.  Our poliTRIKcians are not fighting over justice, or principles; no, they are shooting down the only thing we have left – our dignity as human beings. Samuel N. Woode, my former lecturer at School of Administration, University of Ghana (now University of Ghana Business School), told an important story when he taught Ethics in Public Administration.  He explained that aRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Tuesday 4 August, 2020 The viral videos of persons being prevented from entering voter registration centres is yet another classic manifestation of persistent and dangerous retrogression in ghana. The President of the Republic of Ghana (POTROG) said in Kumasi over the weekend that he was “not aware”! Now that is certainly a stretch. The Fulani have traversed Ghanaian soil for decades, yet there has been no effort by our Parliament to discuss their citizenship and enrol their children – who in many cases are born in Ghana – into our Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) programme. Even whenRead More →