Editorials
ENOUGH OF THIS LAWLESSNESS!
Thursday August 06, 2009
Some supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Bibiani were reported to have stormed offices within the District Assembly buildings on Tuesday, ordered out employees of some state institutions and locked the doors with padlocks. The affected employees belonged to the Information Services Department, National Disaster...read more
3-YEAR SHS: MATTERS ARISING
Wednesday August 05, 2009
Government has decided: second cycle education will last three years, instead of four. The Minister of Education who announced this on Monday, told the Times that the decision followed the acceptance by the government of recommendations of the National Educational Forum held in May this year. The Ghanaian Times was not surprised by the...read more
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LOOSEN OUR BELTS? (2)
Tuesday August 04, 2009
We are revisiting Vice President John Mahama’s plea with Ghanaians to tighten their belt and bear with government as it takes measures to place the economy on a sound footing. We do so not as rabble rousers, but to remind our politicians about the ‘Social Contract’ between the government and the governed, The ‘Social...read more
THE WAR ON FAKE GOODS
Friday July 31, 2009
WITHIN the last few weeks, the Ghanaian Times, has had cause to comment on the way some state institutions charged with certain responsibilities discharge those duties. We wonder, whether those employed and paid by the tax-payer to man the institutions, do so with the national interest at heart or what goes into their private pockets is what...read more
THE PUBLIC HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM
Thursday July 30, 2009
THE Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Elias Sory, definitely qualifies as one of the very few Ghanaians, who have the courage, to speak on wrongs going on in their own profession. Ever since his appointment, Dr Sory has been outspoken on certain critical issues affecting the medical profession and has minced no words in...read more
ENFORCE AKUAFO CHEQUE SYSTEM
Monday July 27, 2009
WHEN the Cocoa Akuafo Cheque System was first introduced, it faced a number of challenges that made it look unattractive to cocoa farmers. There were reports of no cash at the banks, to meet the demands of the farmers. This resulted in long queues at the banks, to the extent that farmers had to spend days before being served. The...read more
WHEN MONEY GOES UNUSED
Saturday July 25, 2009
THE National Accountant of the World Bank assisted Community-Based Rural Development Programme (CBRDP) is reported to have revealed that funds meant for the rehabilitation of roads, schools and other public structures by the 2007 floods in the three northern regions are still lodged in the accounts of some of the District Assemblies....read more
GA MANTSE, OTUMFUO SHOW THE WAY
Friday July 24, 2009
THE Ghanaian Times cannot recall the last time an Asantehene and a Ga Mantse met one-on-one to discuss matters of national interest, apart from perhaps meetings of the National House of Chiefs. So when the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Tawiah III and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II met quite recently in London and held talks on national issues,...read more
THE CASE OF PRIVATE LOTTERY
Thursday July 23, 2009
THE Supreme Court yesterday put to rest the long legal battle that had ranged between the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and the Ghana Lottery Operators Association (GLOA). The court upheld the claim by the NLA, that under the existing laws, the GLOA had no right to do the sort of business it was doing. The NLA, drawing its strength from...read more
FIGHTING CORRUPTION: INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE PRO-ACTIVE
Tuesday July 21, 2009
GHANAIANS woke up yesterday morning, to be hit in the face, by the revelation that through various acts of alleged malfeasance perpetrated at the Ministry of Information and National Orientation, the state has lost millions of Ghana cedis. The revelation was contained in an audit report on the management of funds at the ministry for the...read more
