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Ghana: The NPP’s defeat: How religion did it (Part I)

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Do you recall what happened when rumours circulated that Akufo-Addo had pissed on a mosque in the Tamale area when he visited the palace of the local chief to seek his blessing for his bid … read more »

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Ghana: What Is Mahama Hiding?

Sarpong, Justice Answer YES Or No, Mr Temporary President Did President Mills set up an investigative committee to investigate you for inflating prices on the contracts you signed in the name of Ghana? YES or NO? Sarpong, Justice President Mahama … read more »

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Who killed Ghana’s President Mills?

Kwesi Pratt and Okudzeto Ablakwa cannot escape blame. You may call me whatever name you like. But I still remain the person God created me to be. I am the conscience and eye of the people. I have been vindicated … read more »

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Ghana President Mills’ Independence Day Speech

A national parade of school children and contingents of security personnel was today held at the Independence Square in Accra and addressed by President John Evans Atta Mills. President Mills, who arrived at the parade grounds in the company of … read more »

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Reflecting Ghana @ 55

It is time for Ghana to be the destination of the world. Being the gateway to Africa is not enough! Ghana attained 50 years in 2007. This jubilee was commemorated to champion African excellence with three main objectives – independence … read more »

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When both the horse and its rider are mad…

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 It is often said that revolutions end up eating their own children. How true! Never before have we been told, though, that the children of revolutions also end up eating their own children. That is what … read more »

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The Pharisees of Ghana politics are at it again

  I am in the mood to poke an expensive fun at those in the NPP who are hopping about condemning President Mills and wringing their hands in desperation that Election 2012 is taking too long to dawn for them … read more »

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US Dept of State / Press Availability with Ghana President John Atta Mills

WASHINGTON, January 30, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Press Availability William J. Burns Deputy Secretary Accra, Ghana January 26, 2012 Deputy Secretary Burns: I am delighted to be here in Ghana, delighted to be able to convey to you the … read more »

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If President Mills must resign because of corruption…

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Over the past few days, opponents of the NDC grouped under the banner of the NPP seem to have rediscovered themselves and are doing what they know best—intensifying their condemnation of President Mills for mere … read more »

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Ghana: President Mills is not our problem

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor There seems to be a calculated attempt by some people to cause mischief, which will not help us solve our national problems. We must be bold enough to take on such people. The ratcheting up … read more »

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In Ghana politics, hard words toughen skins

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor It is common knowledge that Ghanaian politics is heavily infested with insults, especially following the proliferation of the mass media and prevalence of the somehow unfettered exercise of the freedom of expression engendered by our … read more »

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Does President Mills have advisors at all?

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor More often than not, some government functionaries and NDC fanatics have glibly said that President Mills will win the 2012 elections. Some have been impudent enough to say that he will do so “hands-down.” Whenever … read more »

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Eating a humble pie is not the answer, President Mills!

President Mills says he is ready to eat a humble pie. Trust the Ghanaian politician to seek refuge in stale metaphors as a face-saving manouevre to escape blame. Certainly, his plate of pies is full to the brim, the failed … read more »

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Pirates now call themselves “businessmen”

The ongoing controversy over the huge sum of money paid by the state (through the Mills-led government) to businessman and NDC financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, is a clear demonstration of the criminal laxity that persists in our country to facilitate … read more »

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Nana Akufo-Addo and his “All piss be piss”

News reports that the NPP’s Nana Akufo-Addo desecrated a mosque in Damongo by urinating on its walls during his recent visit to the area came as no surprise to some of us. The persistent recourse to insults and plain calumny … read more »

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If Rawlings won’t campaign for President Mills…

The NDC’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah, is reported to have expressed sentiments that I share, even if he has turned round to deny what was attributed to him. No one should beg Rawlings and his wife to campaign for the … read more »

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No one builds a house for the weaver bird!!

The resurgence of controversy over the resettlement of Ghana’s former Presidents is unnecessary. In sum, of all the problems facing this country, that of resettling the former Presidents is the least important. It is not worth anybody’s attention at all … read more »

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Ghana: Doctors don’t eat the Hippocratic Oath

The strike action by doctors and housemen at the country’s health institutions (hospitals, polyclinics, and clinics) is many days old now without any sign of being called off. If anything at all, indications are clear that it will persist till … read more »

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