Author: Krobea

I feel obliged to throw my hat into the ring of grading the Akufo-Addo government. I take on this task after carefully observing three other similar ratings, only one of which was based on any meaningful data. The scores, however, tell on both our expectations and how much we are willing to excuse Ghana’s current administration. The government led by son of a former ceremonial head of state under the Second Republic obviously deserves an A++ rating for turning the West African nation into a new haven where not much seems to be working. As promised during the electioneering, the…

Senegal captain Sadio Mane has beaten competition from Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez to be crowned the 2019 African Footballer of the Year. At an awards ceremony held in Egypt on Tuesday, January 7, the Senegalese was named as successor to his Liverpool FC mate Salah, who has won the award in the past two years. Despite losing the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, settling for Silver for the Teranga Lions, Mane helped his club to the 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League and the 2019 Super Cup as well as the FIFA Club World Cup. “I…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has congratulated the newly sworn in Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin Yeboah. Justice Anin Yeboah has been known by the football fraternity for his previous roles right from the chairmanship of the Disciplinary Committee of the Eastern Region FA to the chairmanship of the GFA’s Disciplinary and Appeals committees. “We are profoundly proud, but unsurprised by the achievements and the well-deserved elevation of Justice Anin Yeboah,” a statement from the country’s football-governing body said on Tuesday, a few hours after the Supreme Court judge was sworn in. New CJ takes office today According to the GFA,…

The Paramount Chief of Asokore Asante in the Ashanti Region, Nana Dr S.K.B Asante, has called for chiefs being given a representation in governance at the District Assembly level. According to him, government would need the help of traditional rulers to carry out successful developmental projects in the country. The lawyer, whose stool name is Nana Susubribri Krobea Asante, said multi-party system of governance should not be an impediment to development. Therefore, he called for a national development plan to guide politicians in order to, for instance, reduce the rate of dissolution of various boards of institutions when a new…

The Head of the Currency Processing Operations at the Bank of Ghana, Dominic Owusu, has disclosed that Bank of Ghana has no intention of setting up a printing facility to print Cedis anytime soon. “We don’t have the capacity and it is a very expensive venture,” he stated. He said the Bank of Ghana will “continue to leave that capital intensive, highly technologically advanced and sophisticated job to the experts for now”. Mr. Owusu’s comments follow growing concerns from the public for Bank of Ghana to consider printing the Cedi in the country. The concerns were renewed after the introduction…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the “never-ending” excuses adduced by the Akufo-Addo-led government in delaying the distribution of over 300 ambulances procured by tax-payers’ monies are not tenable. The largest opposition party says the only reason why the ambulances have not been distributed is for “cheap political gain”. In a statement issued on Tuesday, January 7 by its National Communications Officer, the NDC expressed concern as regards the delay in distributing the vehicles after President Nana Addo Dnakwa Akufo-Addo’s assurance to do so on Monday, January 6, 2020. “Even more bizarre are the new reasons given recently by the…

Pressure group OccupyGhana has called on the Auditor-General to open every sealed envelope containing declaration of assets and liabilities by public office holders. According to the group, the “secret” declaration is “unconstitutional”. These demands were made by a statement issued on Tuesday, January 7 to mark Constitution Day. OccupyGhana says one constitutional requirement that has suffered a lot of breach is Article 286 of the 1992 Constitution. It therefore called on the over 40,000 public office holders to comply forthwith. “The Constitution expressly and mandatorily requires that prescribed office holders must declare their assets and liabilities to the Auditor-General before…

The Executive Secretary of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Christian Addai-Poku, has expressed disagreement with Kwami Alorvi, a former National President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), over the latter’s views on the licensure examinations for teachers. “I am reacting first, because the content does not reflect the current realities and second, because I am made a reference point,” Mr Addai-Poku, who is also a former National President of NAGRAT, said in a statement. Mr Alorvi had written his piece titled ‘The Licensing of Teachers in Ghana: The Misunderstanding, the Misrepresentation, the Hypocrisy and Treachery’ to question the…

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed to Ghanaians to uphold the spirit of tolerance, national unity, peace, cohesion and patriotism going into this year’s general elections. In a statement issued to mark this year’s Constitution Day, the Commission said all well-meaning Ghanaians owe it as a duty to live up to “our rights and responsibilities as citizens; and strengthen our resolve to protect our national stability for posterity”. It is the second time the Day is being observed in Ghana. The Constitution Day was instituted to mark the sustenance of the Fourth Republic, which hits its 28th…

The National Ambulance Service and its Executive Director, Professor Ahmed Nuhu Zakaria, have been commended for pushing for a postponement of the commissioning of parked ambulances for Ghana’s 275 constituencies. After pressure was mounted on government to have the ambulances dispatched, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced at a meet-the-press session last year that the ambulances will be commissioned and distributed on Monday, January 6. But before a ceremony is held for the distribution, the Service had called for its postponement with the pretext that training of personnel including paramedics has not been completed while trackers have not been completely…