EDITORIAL

On Sunday, Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson stood before an audience at the University of Ghana and articulated a truth that has been bubbling beneath the surface of our national consciousness for far too long. He acknowledged that…
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There is a particular kind of chill that runs down the spine when you read a story like the one that emerged from the Accra court this week. It is not just the horror of the crime itself as in the defilement of a nine-year-old girl, but the…
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The New Patriotic Party’s directive halting early parliamentary campaigning is not merely a procedural housekeeping measure. It is a decisive assertion of institutional authority at a moment when the Party can ill afford internal disorder.…
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A sitting Member of Parliament, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah of Manhyia South, nearly arrested unlawfully within the walls of the High Court in Accra. The arresting officer did not produce any identification when asked, reason for the arrest…
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Sometimes, the most profound political statements are not made in conference halls but in the quiet, unassuming moments that catch the establishment off guard. Last Saturday in Kumasi, one such statement was delivered with the force of a…
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There is a particular kind of cruelty reserved for women in public life, and Ghana has grown far too comfortable with it. The insults thrown at First Lady Lordina Mahama and former Second Lady Samira Bawumia are not new. What is new is…
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The Ministry of Education will sit down with the three teacher unions today. It is a meeting that should never have been necessary, and one whose outcome, if the government’s track record is any guide, will likely fall short of what Ghana’s…
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The New Patriotic Party's press statement, delivered at their headquarters in Accra yesterday, makes for grim reading. And whether you wear red, green, or no colour at all, one fact is difficult to swallow: in under eighteen months, this…
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The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has never been shy about passing the cost of fuel onto the commuting public. This week, its deputy public relations officer, Samuel Amoah, warned that transport fares could rise by 25% to 30%…
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Let's be honest with ourselves for a moment. When a child sits at home because there's no space in a school we told her she'd been placed in, that's not a statistic. That's a family in pain. That's a young girl watching her friends put on…
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