FEATURE

Unlike our fellow Africans on the north of the Sahara whose economy is relatively heavily reliant on oil prices, the conflict in Ukraine might not hit us that hard. But with our current economic woes and our dependence on Russia for some…
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It is only in a sick country where grand corruption is normalised that people caught stealing are free to walk the streets and possibly dissipate the stolen money or conceal it over a year after they were caught. In August 2019, a…
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One of the major ways governments generate revenue is through taxation. These revenues generated are used to provide essential public services for the benefit of the citizens. The concept of taxation is in two main forms. These are…
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The Constitution in article 286 prohibits illicit or unexplained wealth by public officers. It commands forfeiture and confiscation of such assets which cannot be traced to ones’ income, gift, loan, inheritance or other reasonably…
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The first time I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian, I laughed and said to myself, “the eminent economist has probably never met a Ghanaian in his life!” My reaction was tongue in cheek, however, since Professor Sen’s main…
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The fight to retain the Ghanaian child in school in the pre-tertiary sector has brought dozens of education intervention policies into fruition. These encapsulate free compulsory universal basic education, free school feeding programme,…
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Afram Plains is located in the North-eastern part of Ghana, with 2 political districts: Tease and Donkorkrom. Afram Plains is blessed with beautiful vegetation, forest and a stretch of river, which allows a considerable number of…
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We all start life as kids. If there is one thing about kids that is outstanding, it would be their resolve to make mistakes. Children are curious creatures. They love to experiment and to learn new things. They would bother you with…
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As long as human interactions exist, disputes will remain inevitable. Long before Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms were formally recognised as a means of settling differences, parties to disputes resolved matters by some form…
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Background I am not a fan of the Military. I was born in 1979 at a time when Ghana was under Millitary rule and most of my childhood days were under Military rule until 1992 when Ghana returned to Constitutional rule. Since I began my…
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