THE ART OF LEADERSHIP Idleness is a state of not working, not being active, not being employed and doing nothing. Idle people habitually do nothing and avoid work. Can you
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What Happened Growing up, aside from knowing my mother was not just called mama but also Mrs. English-first-name and Husband’s-last-name, it was important to know where I stayed (it is
President Ogwanfunu Is Clutching At Straws
I had the occasion to narrate in this very column a fatal incident I witnessed as a teenager. The horrific encounter scared me so much that I vowed never to
Trust Me, The Alternative Is Scary! (I)
There was absolutely nothing baffling when the vast majority of the NDC delegates overwhelmingly threw their support behind ex-President John Dramani Mahama in the NDC’s 2019 flagbearership race. We
A Lack Of Self-Respect (4)
Before I proceed, I need to reiterate these facts as true: Ghana is a developing country ‘…ing’ denotes an ongoing process Thus, Ghana is on a journey not at finality
African Leadership Magazine Unveils Winners
The editorial board of the African Leadership Magazine has unveiled the winners in the 17 categories of the African Business Leadership Awards 2020. The keenly contested awards attracted over 220,
Playing The Tribal Card – Whose Gain, Whose Loss?
“When two brothers are fighting, it is the foreigner who harvests their produce.” Chinua Achebe HATE SPEECH is an insulting or threatening speech or writing which expresses prejudice against
Letter To The Youth… What You Bring Keeps You In The Room
I share in Sam George’s position that “from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent must take it with force”.
When Children Wake Up Too
When I was a child, anytime any of the children in the compound house woke up at dawn and started making unnecessary noise, my father will angrily ask such a
How Mahama Allegedly Threw Away A Staggering $300m Through The Botched STX Deal
Sometime in 2009, we were told by the Mills/Mahama administration that the STX Housing deal was going to provide about 200,000 affordable housing units to the country’s security agencies at
A Leader Fights Greed
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INTRODUCTION I have avoided reading books written by my former colleagues reporting on their observations or experiences in the Governments I served with them lest some contents in the books
How The International Community Rated Akufo-Addo’s Three Years In Office
I cannot for the life of me comprehend how and why anyone calling him/her self a reflective thinker can proclaim that Ghana’s economy under former President Mahama (3.4% growth