Our democracy is not for sale
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 12:56 pm at 12:56 pmThe reported poor attendance of the National Delegates Congress of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) held in Kumasi over the weekend, has once again raised questions about the registration of political parties in the country by the Electoral Commission.
The last two years has witnessed the mushrooming of political parties in the country, but hardly [...]
In the matter of the SFO report, Nduom and CPP…
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 10:21 am at 10:21 am Last week, a member of the Convention People’s Party’s Council of Elders, one Lucy Enin, who said she was one of the first female Members of Parliament in the first Republic, at a press briefing, took on both the leadership and the rank and file of the Party.
She derided the party’s leadership for [...]
Get back to drawing board, NPP
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 3:35 pm at 3:35 pmA statement from the presidency some two weeks ago suggested that the President will honour some 150 individual Ghanaians for their meritorious services to the country on July 1st 2008, the day Ghana attained absolute freedom from the stranglehold of the British Crown.
One of the personalities to be awarded is Professor Atta Mills, the [...]
Election 2008: The Home Stretch
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 5:51 pm at 5:51 pmGhanaians are expected again this year to vote in a landmark polls December 7 to renew our commitment in democracy.
Interestingly, the political field is awash with a lot of excitement because for once in the history of the 4th Republic, the build up to the December 7 showdown is keenly witnessing the resurgent [...]
Will Edumadze ever change?
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 2:03 pm at 2:03 pmFor some years now The Chronicle has been reporting on the bad conduct of Mr. Isaac Eduasor Edumadze, a former Central Regional Minister. Ever since Edumadze sprang into the Ghanaian political scene, there have been several negative reports about the way he conducts himself, especially in public.
Despite his appalling conduct, President Kufuor kept him in [...]
The abortive ‘Ndu-Ma-rriage’
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 10:06 am at 10:06 amIt was almost 12 midnight and the clouds had opened above the plush Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra. But no amount of rain could wash away the tears of the two protagonists who had brokered the midnight alliance deal.
It was prolonged tears of joy for Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, representing the Convention People’s Party (CPP) [...]
Let The Prices Go Down
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 12:40 pm at 12:40 pmWhen prices are fixed, the chances of their reverting to what they were previously is highly unlikely.
Many Ghanaians are beginning to wonder whether President John Agyekum Kufuor’s economic intervention would be adhered to by his compatriots, especially importers, who have been directed to change prices to reflect the tax reduction and abolition.
That the interest of [...]
A Presidential Succour
Posted by Samuel Ampah on 6:11 pm at 6:11 pmThe much-touted Presidential intervention to mitigate the harsh effects of the petroleum and food price hikes has finally come, an action we consider timely and auspicious.
It is expected that within the shortest possible time, the effects of the pruned taxes and the abolition of others would alter the lot of many Ghanaians who have suffered [...]
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