Category: Social Reality

Social issues

COVID-19, a Myth?

We saw the visible anger with which Mad Ursula Owusu ordered the closure of the MTN offices in Dansoman, for ignoring social distancing protocols… We saw the dispatch with which the pastor and his elders of a church were picked…

More Power, Less Sense

Truth is this, we cannot stop talking about this. The floods and filth in Accra. We’ve been at it for many years. We have talked a lot and acted very little. Our president, H.E. Nana Addo  Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stoked…

They have priorities; we have Black Stars

Not too long ago, the government and people of Kenya made a huge stride towards achieving energy sufficiency. Kenya is now the world’s number 7 highest producer of Geothermal power as they commissioned a 140MW Geothermal plant; another milestone in…

Useless Musings

I spent a considerable amount of time observing my two new co-tenants. They have been busy all morning , trying to put in shape their new apartment. A couple had moved out of it a week earlier . We hadn’t…

Toyota is Watching

Toyota is Watching Before yesterday, the last time I drove myself from Accra to Kumasi was almost a year ago. I decided to do it again yesterday, all by myself. It was quite eventful. I was unable to take note…

Building A Nation, One Family at A Time; The HODA Example

So at the invitation of my wife, I attended and sat through the 6th annual thanksgiving service of HODA (House of Duffour & Associates) Holdings, at the Accra International Conference Center today. The main auditorium was almost full by the…

Love Letter to My MP

Hello my dearly beloved Member of Parliament. It’s been almost a year since some of us saw you in our constituency. You would recall, the last we saw of you was when the parliamentary results were being declared at the…

When the Teacher’s Reward Goes to Heaven

I resigned from the Ghana Education Service in 2008 at the rank of Principal Superintendent. I have been in the service for a cumulative period of 10 years; having spent the first four of those 10 years in a small…