By Alex Asabre, Chairman, GDM The University of Ghana, Legon, a couple of weeks of ago, honoured about sixteen Ghanaians for their various contributions towards the growth of the country, and the University in particular. One of the distinguished beneficiaries of the awards was former President John Agyekum Kufuor, who was Ghana’s second President under [...]
Paul Frimpong, University of Ghana Africa is touted as the continent of opportunities, where there are numerous resources available for economic growth and transformation. Resources of Africa span from minerals such as gold, diamond, bauxite, ore and currently the increasing discovery of oil in large quantities in countries across the continent; cocoa, soya, millet, [...]
Ebo Quansah in Accra A Methodist Priest made my day yesterday, when I arrived at the office in the mid-morning. Rt. Rev. Stephen R. Bosumtwe-Ayensu, Bishop of the Obuasi Diocese of the Methodist Church, is inviting all Ghanaians to ask President John Dramani Mahama to tell the people, who chopped the flesh that has left [...]
Prior to the implementation of the single spine, health workers were on a salary scale called Health Sector Salary scale (HSS). When doctors were migrated onto the single spine, the basic salary on the single spine was lower. Now the pension deduction is made solely on the basic salary and it is against international labour [...]
Sydney Casely-Hayford, sydney@bizghana.com I posted a very historical “Lest We Forget” piece on my Blog this week, written by a very good friend Kwasi Gyan Appenteng. Down memory lane to 1983, he strolls through time with palpitating nostalgia that hit hard and made me reminisce about times gone by, when revolution meant violence and student [...]
Ebo Quansah in Accra The other day when I heard Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, lead counsel for the National Democratic Congress in the ongoing election petition, make a comment on honesty or lack of it at the Supreme Court I pictured hapless Mr. Baah-Boakye in my mind’s eye. A former employee of the Ministry of Foreign [...]
By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D There is something in New York City baseball parlance called a “Bronx Cheer.” Of course, The Bronx is one of the five boroughs or city districts that make up the New York Metropolis. A “Bronx Cheer” is a boo or the shaming of a baseball player who provokes the displeasure [...]
By Adzokpe, Jonathan There have been many proponents who have argued that Ghana’s educational system needs reforms. One of recent comments was made by Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, who’s now the President of the Dominion University and a one-time Minister of Education. I believe these commentaries are all targeted at making the graduates being churned out [...]
Ebo Quansah in Accra I have been away for a while. I took part of my annual leave and did report back to the Captain’s Bridge on Tuesday, April 23. I then went under the weather. As I write, I am struggling to recover. But, when duty calls, one ought to oblige, which is why [...]
Sydney Casely-Hayford, sydney@bizghana.com My early morning dare to the Ghana Water Company has become a ritual. I turn on the tap, wait and listen to the rushing sound of air, sputtering, stuttering, pushing and fizzing as if water will follow through. I watch the pathetic attempts, my expectant face screwed up in disgust, one part [...]