FEATURE

In 1997, we set out to invest and develop “the People’s Bank”. After nine years of planning, preparation and interactions with the Bank of Ghana, First National Savings & Loans Company Limited was granted a license to open for business…
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must have had some good reasons for the appointments he made in his administration. While assembling his team, he certainly must have considered competence, experience and loyalty as his main…
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Ghana’s internal security is being dragged to a precipice, with a possible crash-landing, if nothing drastic is done about the issue of the uncontrolled proliferation of commercial motorcycle (Okada) in the country. Even though handlers…
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There is a saying that cleanliness is next to Godliness, but it is sad to notice that the people of Kumasi can no longer use this adage when they talk about their garden city. Our daily cleaning of our environment, proper disposal of refuse…
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Arguably, the most heartbreaking environmental scandal to have hit Ghana recently is the damning report on how “a massive institutionalized scheme of timber trafficking” enabled by an alleged high-level corruption and collusion has resulted…
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THE ELECTRICITY Company of Ghana (ECG) is struggling to generate the needed funds to support its operations, largely because a section of its customers are refusing to pay for the power they have consumed. This unfortunate development…
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Dear Mr President, Are we still counting down to the “cleanest city in Africa” by 2020 promise? Or was it one of the many promises to secure you the seat of the presidency? Well, you set out to establish a full Ministry of Sanitation,…
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Let me try and keep this post as real as possible. During my years at the BBC World Service, we would never do secret recordings of the guests on our programmes. Not only was it considered unethical, but the BBC always prides itself in…
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The last time I visited the Great Hall of the University of Ghana was in 2017. I was still the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and had been invited to be part of an international conference by the African…
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President Nana Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party government must, henceforth, be careful with the way they try to sign, terminate, renegotiate or review agreements, particularly in the energy sector. Very embarrassing developments…
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