Plantains resemble bananas botanically and nutritionally and are common staples in Ghanaian cuisine. They are decent sources of magnesium, potassium, vitamin A, and vitamin K and contain some vitamin C
President Ogwanfunu’s Hypocrisy Is Too Glaring!
ANYTIME I resolve to postpone any discussion concerning President Ogwanfunu in this column till the election year, the man does something that makes it difficult for me to keep
Passing The Buck Over Galamsey Simply Doesn’t Work
EVERYONE in Ghana knows that the answer to the galamsey problem is to end it once and for all. And indeed, several “operations” have been put into practice for that
Media Brutalities: A Hindrance To Media Development (1)
Some journalists being attacked on the job THE ABILITY of the media to function effectively as the fourth estate of the realm is dependent on the amount of cooperation it
All Hail Commissioner Seidu
“Customs Administrations worldwide, especially the developing countries are charged primarily with the responsibility of collecting and accounting for duties and taxes on imports, exports and local manufactures” Kofi Danquah: indirect
The Information Minister Has Awakened From His Slumber
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah GHANAIANS HAVE become tired of listening. They have closed their ears to all cacophonous noises and have deliberately refused to listen to politicians. In fact, they are
Children With Disability And Their Rights To Live: A Case In Abura Gyabankrom
OVER THE past decade, witchcraft accusations have increasingly targeted women and children. The link between children and mischievous spirits who can wreak havoc in a home is not new in
Surely, A Fool Repeats His Foolishness!
We live in the part of the world where people easily take offence anytime the word ‘foolish’ is used in describing their perceived folly, rightly or wrongly. But two of
How Christians Are Impacting Ghana’s Economic Management
A group of Christians praying GHANA IS blessed with rich natural resources of gold, oil, timber, diamond, manganese, bauxite with great human resources, yet Ghanaians are poor. The nation survives
Love, Sex & Money: The Correlation (1)
I once conducted a couple of research in which I asked respondents to share their opinions on the relationship between love, sex and money. The first question was whether a
Is Galamsey ‘A Flooded River That Has Burst Its Banks?’
THE President of the Republic has unequivocally condemned it. Not once, not twice, but times without measure. He’s called chiefs to his office and reasoned with them. (So admitted a
Child Marriage: The Unending Challenge Confronting Communities In Ghana
Child Marriage: The Unending Challenge Confronting Communities In Ghana BY Samira Larbie SEVEN YEARS ago, Imam Ismail Mumuni (not his real name) married off his 14-year-old daughter Hajara (not her
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FROM THE above quotation it is clear that right from the time our colonial masters appreciated the agricultural potential of our beloved country they started planning to exploit it by