Opinions, Features, Ghana news - Prime News Ghanahttps://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion.feed2024-03-29T15:30:32+00:00Primenewsghana.comJoomla! - Open Source Content ManagementI am sceptical about govt's announced withdrawal of VAT on electricity - Stan Dogbe writes2024-02-05T08:59:32+00:002024-02-05T08:59:32+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/i-am-sceptical-about-govt-s-announced-withdrawal-of-vat-on-electricity-stan-dogbe-writes.htmlStan Dogbe<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2024/feb/05/stan_dogbe2.jpg" /></p><h2>The announcement by the pro-government media outlet, Asaase Radio, that the tax on electricity will be withdrawn should leave many Ghanaians like me sceptical about the government's sincerity.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/i-am-sceptical-about-govt-s-announced-withdrawal-of-vat-on-electricity-stan-dogbe-writes.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2024/feb/05/stan_dogbe2.jpg" /></p><h2>The announcement by the pro-government media outlet, Asaase Radio, that the tax on electricity will be withdrawn should leave many Ghanaians like me sceptical about the government's sincerity.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/i-am-sceptical-about-govt-s-announced-withdrawal-of-vat-on-electricity-stan-dogbe-writes.html">Read More ...</a></p>Togbe Afede XIV: Bank of Ghana has failed us2024-01-06T08:58:00+00:002024-01-06T08:58:00+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/togbe-afede-xiv-bank-of-ghana-has-failed-us.htmlprimenewsghana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2023/sept/06/Togbe-Afede-XIV.png" /></p><h2>It was interesting to hear Bank of Ghana (BOG) officials pat themselves on the back because year-on-year inflation had dropped to 26.4% in November 2023, from 35.2% in October 2023 and 54.1% in December 2022.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/togbe-afede-xiv-bank-of-ghana-has-failed-us.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2023/sept/06/Togbe-Afede-XIV.png" /></p><h2>It was interesting to hear Bank of Ghana (BOG) officials pat themselves on the back because year-on-year inflation had dropped to 26.4% in November 2023, from 35.2% in October 2023 and 54.1% in December 2022.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/togbe-afede-xiv-bank-of-ghana-has-failed-us.html">Read More ...</a></p>The taboo of ‘selling out’ for a better-paying job2022-11-22T13:04:26+00:002022-11-22T13:04:26+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/the-taboo-of-selling-out-for-a-better-paying-job.htmlprimenewsghana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2022/sept/02/dollar-notes-565x424.jpg" /></p><h2>These days, swapping a passion role for a less-interesting job with better pay and benefits could well make sense. Is it time to end the stigma of ‘selling your soul’?</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/the-taboo-of-selling-out-for-a-better-paying-job.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2022/sept/02/dollar-notes-565x424.jpg" /></p><h2>These days, swapping a passion role for a less-interesting job with better pay and benefits could well make sense. Is it time to end the stigma of ‘selling your soul’?</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/the-taboo-of-selling-out-for-a-better-paying-job.html">Read More ...</a></p>Opinion: 'GNPC boss accuses CSOs of indigestion from Fufu!' by Bright Simons2021-08-29T09:01:59+00:002021-08-29T09:01:59+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/opinion-gnpc-boss-accuses-csos-of-indigestion-from-fufu-by-bright-simons.htmlPrimenewsghana.com<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2021/aug/29/bright-simons_1.jpg" /></p><h2>Finally, the elusive Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has found time in his packed diary to engage the public about the controversy surrounding the biggest single transaction in the GNPC’s history.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/opinion-gnpc-boss-accuses-csos-of-indigestion-from-fufu-by-bright-simons.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2021/aug/29/bright-simons_1.jpg" /></p><h2>Finally, the elusive Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has found time in his packed diary to engage the public about the controversy surrounding the biggest single transaction in the GNPC’s history.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/opinion-gnpc-boss-accuses-csos-of-indigestion-from-fufu-by-bright-simons.html">Read More ...</a></p>Is independence of Auditor-General sacrosanct? - A critical review2020-09-10T17:58:58+00:002020-09-10T17:58:58+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/is-independence-of-auditor-general-sacrosanct-a-critical-review.htmlJustice Kofi Bimpeh<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/sept/10/Mr-Yaw-Daniel-Domelevoinset-addressing-the-participants.jpg" /></p><h2>The conflict and impasse of the A-G, the Chairman, and Board of Ghana Audit Service.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/is-independence-of-auditor-general-sacrosanct-a-critical-review.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/sept/10/Mr-Yaw-Daniel-Domelevoinset-addressing-the-participants.jpg" /></p><h2>The conflict and impasse of the A-G, the Chairman, and Board of Ghana Audit Service.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/is-independence-of-auditor-general-sacrosanct-a-critical-review.html">Read More ...</a></p>Government must do more on masks2020-09-04T14:35:12+00:002020-09-04T14:35:12+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/government-must-do-more-on-masks.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/54772911_401.jpg" /></p><h2>In the President’s last but one COVID-19 address, he reported the startling finding in a Ghana Health Service (GHS) survey that 82 per cent of people in the sample had the ‘overall intention to use a mask’.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/government-must-do-more-on-masks.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/54772911_401.jpg" /></p><h2>In the President’s last but one COVID-19 address, he reported the startling finding in a Ghana Health Service (GHS) survey that 82 per cent of people in the sample had the ‘overall intention to use a mask’.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/government-must-do-more-on-masks.html">Read More ...</a></p>Alex Mould: ‘State capture’ raises its ugly head once again in Agyapa Royalties deal2020-08-31T07:48:10+00:002020-08-31T07:48:10+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/alex-mould-state-capture-raises-its-ugly-head-once-again-in-agyapa-royalties-deal.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/30/alex_mould-620x406.jpg" /></p><h2>The Agyapa/Asaase agreement – selling Ghana’s Gold Royalties to investors through an SPV – has created a hullabaloo and rightfully so.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/alex-mould-state-capture-raises-its-ugly-head-once-again-in-agyapa-royalties-deal.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/30/alex_mould-620x406.jpg" /></p><h2>The Agyapa/Asaase agreement – selling Ghana’s Gold Royalties to investors through an SPV – has created a hullabaloo and rightfully so.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/alex-mould-state-capture-raises-its-ugly-head-once-again-in-agyapa-royalties-deal.html">Read More ...</a></p>Imani Africa: Why CSOs oppose the ‘current’ Agyapa deal2020-08-29T10:39:29+00:002020-08-29T10:39:29+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/imani-africa-why-csos-oppose-the-current-agyapa-deal.htmlJustice Kofi Bimpeh<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/29/kenroad.png" /></p><h2>Summary</h2>
<h2>The timeline of 4 months to IPO is problematic unless the Government has surreptitiously filed for listing. To ensure favourable pricing of the offered securities, the timeline for listing any MIIF SPV on any international exchange should be extended to at least April 2021.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/imani-africa-why-csos-oppose-the-current-agyapa-deal.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/29/kenroad.png" /></p><h2>Summary</h2>
<h2>The timeline of 4 months to IPO is problematic unless the Government has surreptitiously filed for listing. To ensure favourable pricing of the offered securities, the timeline for listing any MIIF SPV on any international exchange should be extended to at least April 2021.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/imani-africa-why-csos-oppose-the-current-agyapa-deal.html">Read More ...</a></p>Too much freedom for the Judge and his judgement2020-08-02T13:33:16+00:002020-08-02T13:33:16+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/too-much-freedom-for-the-judge-and-his-judgement.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/01/619202021351-n6iul8w331-supreme-court-e1570621352471-739x430.jpg" /></p><h2>We’ve left judges and their judgements too idle and for a long time in Ghana. I remember Prof. Atuguba released a research about how supreme court judges decide political cases in Ghana and the judges were instantly up in arms against him and his research. It’s all because our judges have been left untouched for so long such that criticizing them in a research or publication is seen as a “sinâ€.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/too-much-freedom-for-the-judge-and-his-judgement.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/01/619202021351-n6iul8w331-supreme-court-e1570621352471-739x430.jpg" /></p><h2>We’ve left judges and their judgements too idle and for a long time in Ghana. I remember Prof. Atuguba released a research about how supreme court judges decide political cases in Ghana and the judges were instantly up in arms against him and his research. It’s all because our judges have been left untouched for so long such that criticizing them in a research or publication is seen as a “sinâ€.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/too-much-freedom-for-the-judge-and-his-judgement.html">Read More ...</a></p>What Ghana’s first woman vice-presidential candidate of a major party offers2020-07-19T13:19:26+00:002020-07-19T13:19:26+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/what-ghana-s-first-woman-vice-presidential-candidate-of-a-major-party-offers.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/19/file-20200715-37-swxgew.jpg" /></p><h2>Ghana has a reputation as one of the more established democracies in sub-Saharan Africa.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/what-ghana-s-first-woman-vice-presidential-candidate-of-a-major-party-offers.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/19/file-20200715-37-swxgew.jpg" /></p><h2>Ghana has a reputation as one of the more established democracies in sub-Saharan Africa.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/what-ghana-s-first-woman-vice-presidential-candidate-of-a-major-party-offers.html">Read More ...</a></p> H Kwasi Prempeh writes: The brouhaha surrounding Ghana's birth certificate2020-07-19T13:04:50+00:002020-07-19T13:04:50+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/h-kwasi-prempeh-writes-the-brouhaha-surrounding-ghana-s-birth-certificate.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/19/Births-and-Deaths-e1571757066237.jpg" /></p><h2>One of the important principles of constitutional adjudication is judicial restraint. And one of the important lessons in judicial restraint is that, in deciding a case and writing a judgement, a judge or court need say no more than is necessary to decide the matter before it.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/h-kwasi-prempeh-writes-the-brouhaha-surrounding-ghana-s-birth-certificate.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/19/Births-and-Deaths-e1571757066237.jpg" /></p><h2>One of the important principles of constitutional adjudication is judicial restraint. And one of the important lessons in judicial restraint is that, in deciding a case and writing a judgement, a judge or court need say no more than is necessary to decide the matter before it.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/h-kwasi-prempeh-writes-the-brouhaha-surrounding-ghana-s-birth-certificate.html">Read More ...</a></p>THE TRUTH, ACCORDING TO FLT. LT. RAWLINGS2020-07-15T09:32:46+00:002020-07-15T09:32:46+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/the-truth-according-to-flt-lt-rawlings.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/15/download_-_2020-07-15T093152930.jpg" /></p><h2>If there are any three words that Flt. Lt. Rawlings has made into a flag, with which he has been wrapping himself in the past twenty years or so, they are “probityâ€, “accountability†and “truthâ€. He tells everyone that the motivating factors behind the 31 December 1981 coup, (which he also calls, “the spirit of June 4â€), was the pursuit of “probity†and “accountabilityâ€.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/the-truth-according-to-flt-lt-rawlings.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/jun/15/download_-_2020-07-15T093152930.jpg" /></p><h2>If there are any three words that Flt. Lt. Rawlings has made into a flag, with which he has been wrapping himself in the past twenty years or so, they are “probityâ€, “accountability†and “truthâ€. He tells everyone that the motivating factors behind the 31 December 1981 coup, (which he also calls, “the spirit of June 4â€), was the pursuit of “probity†and “accountabilityâ€.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/the-truth-according-to-flt-lt-rawlings.html">Read More ...</a></p>Creative arts in Ghana, a free-for-nothing industry?2020-06-06T09:10:34+00:002020-06-06T09:10:34+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/creative-arts-in-ghana-a-free-for-nothing-industry.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/01/arts.jpg" /></p><h2>Imagine a football game without rules and regulations: no referee, no assistant referees, and no fourth official to enforce the laws of the game.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/creative-arts-in-ghana-a-free-for-nothing-industry.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/01/arts.jpg" /></p><h2>Imagine a football game without rules and regulations: no referee, no assistant referees, and no fourth official to enforce the laws of the game.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/creative-arts-in-ghana-a-free-for-nothing-industry.html">Read More ...</a></p>Let’s demand system change now2020-06-18T12:44:25+00:002020-06-18T12:44:25+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/raymond-ablorh-writes-let-s-demand-system-change-now.htmlJustice Kofi Bimpeh<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/01/Ghanas-political-parties.jpg" /></p><h2>By this time in the year 2000, John Kufuor led NPP were campaigning with Positive Change and “hwe wo asetena mu na tu aba paâ€. Newly established Peace FM and the media, in general, were also blowing the “wind of changeâ€.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/raymond-ablorh-writes-let-s-demand-system-change-now.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/01/Ghanas-political-parties.jpg" /></p><h2>By this time in the year 2000, John Kufuor led NPP were campaigning with Positive Change and “hwe wo asetena mu na tu aba paâ€. Newly established Peace FM and the media, in general, were also blowing the “wind of changeâ€.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/raymond-ablorh-writes-let-s-demand-system-change-now.html">Read More ...</a></p>If your mask cannot heal COVID-19, don’t put your brand on it!2020-05-07T18:46:19+00:002020-05-07T18:46:19+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/if-your-mask-cannot-heal-covid-19-don-t-put-your-brand-on-it.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/17/surgical-masks.jpg" /></p><h2>The "No mask, no entry" policy is in full force around Ghana, and I can tell from all the visible shop decals that property owners are enforcing it to the letter. But a mask is a mask and a mask, branded or not.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/if-your-mask-cannot-heal-covid-19-don-t-put-your-brand-on-it.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/17/surgical-masks.jpg" /></p><h2>The "No mask, no entry" policy is in full force around Ghana, and I can tell from all the visible shop decals that property owners are enforcing it to the letter. But a mask is a mask and a mask, branded or not.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/if-your-mask-cannot-heal-covid-19-don-t-put-your-brand-on-it.html">Read More ...</a></p>A virus in the President's speech?2020-04-28T13:41:38+00:002020-04-28T13:41:38+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/a-virus-in-the-president-s-speech.htmlMutala Yakubu<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/06/Akufo-Addo-750x375.jpg" /></p><h2>Covid-19 pandemic is still on the rise since its outbreak in China which has gone a long way to hit countries worldwide.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/a-virus-in-the-president-s-speech.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/06/Akufo-Addo-750x375.jpg" /></p><h2>Covid-19 pandemic is still on the rise since its outbreak in China which has gone a long way to hit countries worldwide.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/a-virus-in-the-president-s-speech.html">Read More ...</a></p>Manasseh Azure writes: What Paul Adom Otchere did to me - a $100,000 lie2020-04-17T12:48:18+00:002020-04-17T12:48:18+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/manasseh-azure-writes-what-paul-adom-otchere-did-to-me-a-100-000-lie.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/mar/17/board-member-4__ScaleWidthWzg0N10.jpg" /></p><h2>Paul Adom Otchere is trending again. Some people are upset at his treatment of the MP for Klottey Korle Constituency, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, on his show yesterday.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/manasseh-azure-writes-what-paul-adom-otchere-did-to-me-a-100-000-lie.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/mar/17/board-member-4__ScaleWidthWzg0N10.jpg" /></p><h2>Paul Adom Otchere is trending again. Some people are upset at his treatment of the MP for Klottey Korle Constituency, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings, on his show yesterday.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/manasseh-azure-writes-what-paul-adom-otchere-did-to-me-a-100-000-lie.html">Read More ...</a></p>Bright Simons writes: Is open data the enemy in Ghana’s COVID-19 fight?2020-04-27T13:08:07+00:002020-04-27T13:08:07+00:00https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/bright-simons-writes-is-open-data-the-enemy-in-ghana-s-covid-19-fight.htmlPrimeNewsGhana<p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/27/Bright_Simons.jpg" /></p><h2>On April 11, 2020, I wrote a blogpost warning that if the government of Ghana fails to get its data management under control, it will start to lose public trust, regardless of how well the actual management of the COVID-19 outbreak itself was going.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/bright-simons-writes-is-open-data-the-enemy-in-ghana-s-covid-19-fight.html">Read More ...</a></p><p><img src="https://www.primenewsghana.com/images/2020/april/27/Bright_Simons.jpg" /></p><h2>On April 11, 2020, I wrote a blogpost warning that if the government of Ghana fails to get its data management under control, it will start to lose public trust, regardless of how well the actual management of the COVID-19 outbreak itself was going.</h2>
<p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.primenewsghana.com/opinion/bright-simons-writes-is-open-data-the-enemy-in-ghana-s-covid-19-fight.html">Read More ...</a></p>