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Workers behaving badly

A Public Agenda investigation into the attitudes of Ghanaian workers has revealed an appalling level of absenteeism and indolence among workers in public institutions. The investigation by Public Agenda also revealed that this behavior leads to low productivity and requires the immediate attention of the government.   Some workers come to the office as late as 12noon and leave the ...

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The two Western Regions

President of Ghana

The other day, one of the campaigners for the creation of a Western-North Region (which I would call, the Democratic Region of Tano) sucked me into the debate about the creation of additional regions in Ghana, particularly the Western-North region. He said, “Call your friend ….. to stop displaying his ignorance on factors that have made it necessary for the ...

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Africa’s struggle to stay afloat

patrice_lumumba

The more Africa strives for economic empowerment, economic independence and self-reliance, the more the global powers tighten their grip on the continent.  The ‘global coalitions’ now called Development Partners are mere fronts for western domination, who are not interested in genuine democratization and development. This is the new frontier in the struggle for African freedom.   2011 will go down ...

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Religious leaders must speak to propel national development

Pulpit

I sat in Church in the past two Sundays to a rare homily, a sermon that zoomed in on the wayward citizen. The Priest drilled down the message to the national reality. As a concerned citizen, contemplating on how best anyone can spur national development, I took particular interest in this Homily. The Priest quoted the readings from Kings, the ...

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Unanswered questions about the anti-galamsey war.

Anti galamsey

There is no gainsaying the fact that, the practice of illegal and ecologically destructive mining is not sustainable nor is it  in the national interest and  must therefore be discredited, abandoned and permanently. The launching by government of the war against illegal mining early this year came with a six-month long ban on illegal mining and suspension of mining activity ...

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Cholera Threat

cholera

  The cholera ‘outbreak’ is not a health issue or solely a health issue. It is a symptom of all that is wrong with us, as a people and as a nation. We should not even be referring to it as an ‘outbreak, because it is now a part of our annual calendar of events and occurrences. Indeed, a medical ...

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DEEPENING DEMOCRACY IN GHANA

Nana Addo

Ghana’s fourth republic has been thriving for 25 years now, which is more than the first Republic which lasted for 6 years and the second and third republics both of which survived less than three years. The fourth republic has also produced successive governments with two different political parties swapping places and five Presidents. That is unparalleled in our history ...

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‘Operation Vanguard’: Ghana is not at war

Dominic Nitiwul

Following the Government’s resolve to stamp out illegal mining, also known as ‘Galamsey’ it has launched “Operation Vanguard” (OV) to deal with the symptoms of the problem. As tempting as it may seem to support the Government on this, something tells me we could be headed in the wrong direction. Let us be clear that Ghana is not at war. ...

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Herbal medicine is big business

herbal medicine

Traditional remedies are loved by the people, championed by traders, and make millions for the government. But they can also kill. Here’s everything you need to know about Ghana’s herbal medicine industry. There are 600 herbal medicines registered for sale in Ghana, but regulators believe there are many more available. “I have four leading brands, but the one that moves ...

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What happened to the Constitutional Review?

Constitution-Review-Commission1

Ghana’s fourth republic came into being to succeed a long period of military regime. Transition from military regime to constitutionally elected government is totally different a normal succession of constitutionally elected governments following one another. The path to the fourth republic and its specifi-cities lie at the root of many of the problems the country goes through today. Thanks to ...

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