Should govt go ahead with the GT sale?

The Sale of GT to Vodafone has been halted by parliament following immense public criticism of the deal.
Government explains that GT is in need of massive investment and better management to save it from collapse while critics insist it can raise the needed investment from the Ghana stock exchange or a consortium of banks and [...]

July 19, 2008 | Read the story »

Selling Ghana Telecom – Selling our eggs

I heard of this sale of GT about three months ago when a source at the finance ministry hinted me that government was gradually finding itself in a tough spot and might resort to some “interesting” measures to salvage its economic fortunes.
At that time, cabinet was just considering the effects of the rising crude [...]

July 19, 2008 | Read the story »

Will the NPP’s Large Crowds translate into votes?

The sizeable turnout of the NPP rally held at Kasoa recently has drawn a lot of comments from across the Political divide. Party functionaries say the large crowd made up of party supporters who voluntarily attended the rally, is a sign of the NPPs strength in numbers ahead of the December Polls.
 
But former Party General [...]

July 14, 2008 | Read the story »

Ghanaian Government blows more than $1.4m on gold medals..One

One More reason Why Foreign Aid stinks…
Ghanaian Government blows more than $1.4m on gold medals..
Only in Africa will prominence be placed on luxurious items as
Presidential Jets, palaces, gold-plated cars and medallions for
officialdom at the expense of public infrastructure and open sewers that
spread disease.
To think that gold medals for supposedly national heroes (when in actual
fact, the [...]

July 14, 2008 | Read the story »

Is the military justified in “disciplining” recalcitrant drivers?

 
Some recalcitrant commercial drivers over the week were subjected to dehumanizing roles at the 37 military morgue.
The military guards arrested the drivers and their mates for allegedly committing motor traffic offences and sent them to the morgue at 37 where they were made to undergo some disciplinary measures.
 These commercial drivers described as recalcitrant by the [...]

July 10, 2008 | Read the story »