Isaac Ato Mensah (Page 27)

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 7 August, 2018.   We are a blabbing nation; much ado and much a-say about nothing: rattle prattle it is called in America. Our leaders are ‘full of sound and fury signifying nothing’. Now for some evidence….. On Monday morning, Eezy FM, 107.5MHz, a radio station based here in Accra granted Nii Armah Addy, a lawyer, an interview on his book titled The Crucifixion of LI 1296. The host was Larry Benson. Let us paraphrase what Nii Armah Addy said… About 3,000 lawyers academically qualified and also qualified by all the requirements of LI 1296 are not able to practise inRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- August 6, 2018.   Boakye Agyarko, the minister for energy, has important sins laid bare before us; AMERI Energy deal, converting Tema Oil Refinery to a tank farm and many more. The one that killed me was, ‘MTN called me and said “We owe ECG GH¢35 million. We are trying to pay. We are waiting for wire instructions and we’ve been waiting for one month”. So I went to ECG and I asked them. What’s going on? And they said, “Oh that person who is supposed to issue the instructions has gone on leave.” ’ Here, Electricity Company of GhanaRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 4 August, 2018.   Many readers will remember an old time TV drama of the Adabraka Drama Troupe led by Ataa Mensah centred on the Gboya Company. The protagonist had recently established a coffin making business, hoping to get sales. All cash and much resources had gone into making the first three coffins. The number one client who walked in was a close relative, announcing the death of a common relative. And in Ghana this means you have to give out the coffin for free. The number two client who walked in was another relative announcing the death of aRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 3 August, 2018.   One day, the Lord and Master Jesus was leaving Bethany and saw a fig tree in the distance, the Bible tells us. He hoped to find some figs on the tree to pluck and eat but found none. ‘May no one ever eat fruit from you again,’ Jesus said in Mark 11:12-20. The Bible states that it wasn’t the season for figs. Theologians are still divided over the reaction of Jesus. Recently, the UK Information Commissioner’s inquiry into the Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed that Facebook had known that data belonging to its subscribers, had been takenRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 2 August, 2018.   One of my grandfather’s favourite phrases was, ‘Don’t be a Shylock!’ ‘The goal of public relations is to reconcile or adjust in the public interest those aspects of our personal and corporate behaviour which have a social significance,’ is one of the popular definitions of PR practitioners. This definition came in most handy yesterday when the Bank of Ghana revoked the licenses of five banks. They are Unibank, The Royal Bank Limited, BEIGE Bank, Sovereign Bank Limited and Construction Bank Limited. Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited, established by the Government of Ghana, has been granted a universalRead More →

The MISSION of Writers and Shakespeares Ghana Limited IS TO BE A MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL GUIDE to the BEST practice of public relations around the world.   The VISION of Writers and Shakespeares Ghana Limited IS TO SEE individuals and organisations communicate with clarity and precision towards fashioning A BETTER WORLD, BASED ON EQUALITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT beginning with Ghana.Read More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 31 July, 2018.   Branding Ghana remains a controversial subject. As a young lecturer back in 2011, I used to hold very active debates with my advertising students on the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) for Ghana. I disagreed with all their high hopes and believed our strongest point was to brand ourselves on peaceful elections. ‘Cocoa, Kente, festivals, gold, Mole National Park,’ were some of the responses shouted from the back of the class as I highlighted my presentation on the board to show that no matter how close the result, we all accepted it and cheered the winners. ‘Hospitality’Read More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 29 July, 2018. It’s that time of the month when employees expect their wages and salaries. In Ghana, formal sector employees receive their wages monthly. Many informal sector workers are paid daily- and they prefer it that way, no matter how small the amount. Many in the security services and pensioners are paid mid-month. This month’s salary expectations are somewhat heightened for at least four reasons. First, we had a full moon yesterday, so in a certain sense, the month has really reached full cycle. Second, July has five weeks instead of four weeks; many traditional calendars follow a twenty-eight-dayRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Tema- 26 July, 2018.   Tema Medical Journal (TMJ), a world-class peer reviewed research journal has been relaunched in Tema. At the meeting with the editorial committee on 25 July, during which the announcement was made, Dr Edward Narh, president of Narh-Bita College and medical director of Narh-Bita Hospital, said the reason for the relaunch was to make the TMJ owned and shared by more people. The TMJ accepts health-related articles on nursing, medicine, education, the environment, surgery, sports, health and social policy, transportation, architecture, human resource policies, and medical insurance among others. Every issue of the TMJ features an articleRead More →