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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 – 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 →

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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 →