OBSERVER'S CORNER

It is yet another moment to give thanks and glory to the Almighty Yahweh for seeing Ghana through yet another elections without chaos and bad omen. Elections are made possible by campaigns altogether classified as politics. No matter what the case might be and will be in any social system even in the animals kingdom a level of political dispensation and interactions. As our elders say they youth are the future leaders pave way for this paper to be given a moment of showcase. Politics described by scholars is a way of winning and exercising political power gives room for all and sundry, most especially the youth to engage in it. Politics has been understood in our era and therefore gaining roots for them to make good and reasonable choices enough for their communities. Winning political power and exercising authority should not be the sole responsibility of the old but also the youth. This should not in any way that will bring the practice into the mud. Politics these

  themes It has been a long and hard fight by the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo. The journey began in the 4th republic era somewhere in 1992 when he won the parliamentary elections to represent the people of Abuakwa South Constituency. It has not been easy despite the notion that that constituency was the stronghold of the NPP. He had a strong conviction of leading the people of Ghana one day. For a person from the Kyeb i royal family and a member of the political family, it is no surprise to anybody that he shows zeal towards political leadership. Being nephew to the doyen of Ghanaian politics, Joseph Boakye Dankwa and son of William Akuffo who became a ceremonial president under the 2nd republic tells anyone the kind of family he comes from.  The struggle to the presidency by Akuffo-Addo started in 1996 when he contested primaries to lead his party against former president Flt Lt. John Jerry Rawlings but lost to former pr

I will continue to ask this questions, "are Ghanaians dumb?" This is in relations to our inability to ask our political figure what it takes to honor their promises Deep within me I know I will be to a political party with this post. During the 2008 elections, Late Professor Evans Atta-Mills made a promise to electorates pertaining to fuel prices and when he reduced it about 1% Ghanaians complained that he did not honour his campaign promise of reducing fuel prices drastically. It could be that that is his measurement. Here we are again in the middle of another promise or bunch of promises by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with their free education among others. Ghanaians again have not taken the pain to ask within which period will that promises be honored. I believe the other promises will also follow the same pattern if we had ask the politicians when those promises would be honored. Ghana is a country full of natural resources yet we have not been able to tap into

It is obvious and no two way about the fact that some people claim to be leftist with the socioeconomic principle of social democracy which is a blatant deceit from members of that clan or lineage.It has been a privilege to learn about the three different economic policies called capitalism,democratic socialism and social democracy. This in one way or the other has given me the insight to help me to choose from what is right and wrong and also knowing my left from right. Let us get ourselves into these economic policies or ideologies to juxtapose among them. Capitalism is the system where ownership of the mean of production is in the hands of private individuals who tend to exploit their fellow humans with the aim of making profit.   Social Democracy on the other hand presupposes that capitalism is the best and should be allowed to operate but rather a system should be created to task the private man to cater for the exploited. Under this system capitalism is allowed to op

After listening Hon. Moses Asaga the boss of the Ghana Petroleum Authority on 28th of May, 2015 on his take on the increase of petroleum prices it baffles my minds. when petroleum products were reduced at world market he did not reduce it in Ghana all because he claim we the the Bulk Distribution Companies (BDCs) but here is the case he has increased the price when it was increased at world market not the percentage it was initially. I want to believe he has no regard for the average Ghanaian citizen and when he he said Ghanaians are buying expensive cars from Europe. In this current power crisis when people are buying generators to supplement the crisis petroleum prices are being increased how do we manage this economy in the current brouhaha?

  Its been barely a three now that the mantle was given to Madugu to led the student body, many are those who complained about the akwaaba trip the Akosombo. I wasn't there yet those that made the trip couldn't hid their discomfort in how accommodation was arranged. Information reaching my desk indicates that many are those who made it without paying full or nothing at all. The feedback from the office of the SRC was so poor for one to wonder how someone will come from home with the intention that a friend will enter the bus and Hanover ticket to him or her? I can't think far about this. I pray it never happen again in any next organized trip. I never supported Madugu in the elections but comparing his administration to what I have witnessed he has done far better than his predecessors especially the during the era of "branded canopies" which are nowhere to be found on campus barely a year after unveiling.

We are all aware that as journalists as we are we should be objective in everything we do no matter what the situation will be. I was not surprised to hear such insults leveled against the flagbearer of the main opposition party in Ghana by a suspended constituency chairman of the party on Radio Gold's most listened programme, Alhaji and Alhaji. I was worried about the way and manner Alhaji Suhuyini sat as the host and allowed such utterances being leveled against against another all in the name of politics. How would a host sit and allow a panelist insult the dignity of another? Age is just a number and he, Nii Djabang Abbey to insult Nana Akuffo Addo is just uncultured on his part. I am very well convinced that the host allowed that because it was against his opposition party leader.  I was very much disappointed in Mr. Suhuyini to allow that on his show. The intelligence of a man to be addressed in such a devastated way should have prompted him to let the suspended chairm