When the Shoe is on the Other Leg

These boys must be made to know that they are arrogant, truant, indisciplined; they’ve let themselves down, they’ve let Ghana down, they’ve let their parents down…” I’m trying to quote as closely as possible the closing remarks of a certain…

Honouring Our Heroes-The Satellites Example

The cliché, ‘a nation which does not honour her heroes is not worth dying for’, I am sure cannot be lost on any of us. Let me say I admire the political courage of President Mills to honour the young…

Nonsense Galore

I had mentioned in an earlier article that Atta Mills will go down the political history of Ghana as one president who had instituted the highest number of committees and commissions. Most of them absolutely useless. I do commend him…

Letter from His Excellency, the President

Letter from the President   Prof. Evans Fiifi Atta Mills Office of the President Osu- Accra 28-08-09 To: Mr Courage Senanu Agboado Akatsi Dear Courage, I have painstakingly taken time out of my seemingly busy schedules to respond to your…

Same Old Stage, Same Script, Same Actors

I had my baptism of fire with Ghana politics in December 2000. I should say that was when my democratic balls came of full age. So I dared to put them on the line to campaign, like most Ghanaians, for…

Another Nonsense

So when would Ghanaian politicians learn any lessons? I am making a specific reference to the two main political parties- NDC and NPP. The December 2008 elections were generally acclaimed by the outside world as free and fair. Any time…

Untold Stories

THE UNTOLD STORIES  Too many things have been happening in quick succession in Ghana, in the last couple of days. They follow one another at such a vertiginous speed that I am at my wit’s end trying to piece them…

So Much Rot-Where Do We Go from Here?

SO MUCH ROT-WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?Living several nautical miles away from home, my heart beats every minute for what transpires daily in Ghana My-Happy-Home. My sure bet for information has always been www.myjoyonline.com. Let me pause for a…