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By Isaac Ato MensahAccra – Monday 21 September, 2020 Reading the transcript of the “Fellow Ghanaians” address “No. 17”, delivered Sunday makes one see clearly that our society is run largely on presumption, anecdote and superstition. It is obvious that when you have jettisoned scientific methodology, but active Coronavirus cases have gone down, then only Providence has spared this nation, not withstanding the effusions of POTROG and his advisors. If you drink Mahogany juice regularly in ghana for one year with the aim of preventing malaria, and you do not contract malaria, it does not necessarily mean that Mahogany juice prevents malaria. Period. And anyoneRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MensahAccra – Wednesday 16 September, 2020 Sheikh Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the minister for Zongo Affairs and Inner City Development, misled the general public about Dumsor and the ghanaian health system on Monday while addressing an NPP press conference. He stated that Ghanaians will not enjoy constant electricity supply if John Dramani Mahama wins the polls in December. He praised the drone delivery service as the panacea to our moribund health system. Sheikh Abdul-Hamid, a deputy campaign manager for the NPP said: “Here are the statistics for how many hours the lights were off in 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2015, there wereRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MensahAccra – Saturday 5 September, 2020 On Friday evening, the President granted an interview to Oman FM 107.1MhZ of Accra during which he was given an opportunity to tell us that he has now become “aware” of the things he had on earlier occasions denied awareness of. Towards the end, the host also gave the President a chance to take credit for his COVID-19 efforts. He spoke about a solid team he had put in place: he mentioned “a deputy Director-General of WHO” whom he had enrolled, he mentioned “Dr. Okoe Boye” a deputy minister for health he had enrolled along theRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Friday 4 September, 2020 The article “All knowing neutrals” published 2 September 2020 on graphic.com.gh, a media house where Ms. Elizabeth Ohene, the celebrated journalist, recently returned as “guest editor” exposes the typically poor nature of our public discourse in ghana. What we need in any fair minded and useful rebuttal is a point by point analysis of the offending document and a lucid presentation of the contradicting facts, evidence and reason. To not provide such but instead level counter accusations is not helpful; frankly, it mimics a retort from a quarrelsome less than well schooled relative seated in myRead More →