The recent intermittent power outages in Ho, other parts of Ghana, especially Kumasi, have once again reignited national concern over electricity reliability, popularly referred to as DUMSOR. While some in the NDC camp hurriedly downplay the scale of the problem, businesses, households, and everyday Ghanaians continue to feel the sting of recurring outages. These outages…
Ghana cannot stand idle while the very foundations of its democracy are under attack. The sustained harassment of Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo‑Markin is a direct assault on parliamentary integrity and the role of opposition in this republic. Attempts to remove him from the ECOWAS Parliament, coupled with repeated referrals to the Privileges Committee over legitimate…
Ghana’s much-needed industrial transformation is collapsing before our eyes, not because the idea was weak, but because the current NDC administration has quietly dismantled one of the country’s most promising economic engines, which is the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative. Instead of strengthening a productive national policy that created jobs and spread industrial growth,…
Ghana’s mineral sovereignty is under threat. What should be a transparent process for leveraging Ghana’s lithium, a critical mineral at the heart of the global green economy, has instead become a secretive negotiation table, restricted to elites with political connections, while ordinary Ghanaians and affected communities are kept in the dark. This is not governance;…
Ghana’s hard-won democracy is under a quiet but dangerous strain. Behind recent clashes over representation and institutions lies a greater threat, growing whispers and political manoeuvres that edge toward reinterpreting or amending the constitutional presidential term limits, potentially undermining the heart of Ghana’s democratic safeguard. This cannot, must not, and will not happen. Sovereignty belongs…
Ghana in 2025–2026 has witnessed a disgraceful collapse in basic public service delivery under President John Dramani Mahama’s administration, most glaringly exposed in the systemic failure to pay and regularize thousands of newly recruited teachers, the very professionals entrusted with shaping the nation’s future. This isn’t mere administrative drift; it’s a crisis of governance that…
On January 14, 2025, shocking images and reports emerged of a $600,000 (GH¢7.2 million) luxury vehicle, a customized Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 Xtreme Edition, reportedly linked to President John Dramani Mahama, at a public event, igniting blazing public outrage across Ghana. Ordinary citizens, struggling under high costs of living, unemployment, and economic hardship, were aghast…
Since its December 18, 2024, launch by President-Elect John Dramani Mahama with Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as Chairman, the National Democratic Congress’ Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) has been promoted as a flagship anti-corruption drive meant to recover misappropriated state assets and bring accountability to governance. But over one year into its existence, ORAL remains…
The ‘Nkoko Nkitinkiti’(small-chicks) policy touted by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a cornerstone of their agricultural strategy remains an idea without impact, a slogan without execution, and an embarrassment to policy coherence in Ghana today. Plainly put: the ordinary Ghanaian does not understand this policy because reality shows it has not been actualized in…
The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), established under the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140) to restore accountability and transform Ghana’s gold sector, is now at the centre of a scandal that threatens the very transparency and good governance the statute was designed to uphold. Section 42 of Act 1140 clearly mandates that GoldBod “shall…
