Throwing Political Tantrums

#6.  Mismatched priorities?   Wait a minute. Is President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo trying to tell me that: In the country where children still attend school under trees, In a country that has an outdoor defecation ranking second to South Sudan, In a country where malaria is the leading killer of children under five, In […]

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#5. When the blood of the innocent cries out Is there anything worse than the heartrending cry of a mother mourning her six year old child? Is there anything worse than that sinking feeling in your gut that says ‘It could have been worse?’ Is there anything more depressing than the knowledge that the lives […]

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Throwing Political Tantrums

#3. God is a Ghanaian…….and other stories we comfort ourselves with when things get really bad Accra is a lovely city – I like the ramshackle mix of old and new, wealth and poverty, development and dilapidated. I’m not fond of the sky scrapers and towers of cement and glass that are springing up  because […]

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Throwing Political Tantrums

#4. Guess what? Discretion is STILL the better part of valour It’s been five days since the appointment’s committee bribery scandal broke and my mind is still reeling with questions that I wish Mahama Ayariga would answer. Dear Sir, So you went on Radio Gold and alleged that Boakye Agyarko channeled Ghc3,000 to each member […]

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