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Folks, if public utterances coming from the NPP stables should be believed, then, they can lead us to only one firm conclusion that the NPP is damn unstable, porous, paranoid, and useless because of its own inherent weaknesses, not because of any outsider’s negative influence to tear it apart. We raise some of those utterances from two angles to support our conclusion.

It’s Ninety-Nine (99) days to elections or should I say 4 months to elections and some are worried about the absence of manifestos by at least the two leading parties.

On the 27th day of July 2016, Ghana recorded another event which is believed to have already cemented its place in the annals of Ghana’s politics. With partisan and intellectual discourse blended together, many believes the action of the president to pardon the Montie3 would have an effect on him and his government as Ghana prepares for yet another historic election.

Dear Manasseh Azure,

I will do the usual Ghanaian thing by apologising first to you, knowing perhaps you are still enjoying your honeymoon days with Serwaa, then still go ahead and crave for your attention. And I believe on this very occasion, you will also feign 'OK' with my seemingly obstruction and at least lend me your ears for some few minutes.

When President Mahama covertly collaborated with Mr. Anas Aremeyaw Anas and the latter’s Tiger-Eye PI team to expose payola-indulging magistrates and superior court judges, some of the snared judges who were dismissed from the bench by the Chief Justice, working in concert with the Judicial Council, or some such branch of the judicial system, were allowed to keep their retirement benefits and other perks because, as Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood told the nation, these forensically proven corrupt judges had shown “remorse.”

According to historical records, it is common knowledge that the South-Eastern Coastal area of present-day Ghana, from Anlo through Tongu, up to Peki and Awudome, were part of the Eastern Province of the Gold Coast, way back in the year 1850.

Before we start talking about anything today let’s think about samples of the following quotes for a minute: “Look, you are peddling Third World politics here in America; These politicians ought to know that we’re not a Third World country; We’re not gonna let anyone turns our nation [U.S.] into a Third World country; I tell you what, this is Third World demagoguery but American people are smart enough to see the deceit behind it; It’s shameful that our water supply and railway systems look like a Third World country now and our policymakers appear clueless…”

I was really taken aback when I perused through some of the comments posted by the discussants on my previous periodical, captioned: ‘Mahama: A competent dictator is better than an incompetent and corrupt leader’ (See: ghanaweb.com; modernghana.com, 26/08/2016).

Oh heck, let me dive right into it : We’re all sick in the head in one way or another but we don‘t know it. I’ll tell you why in a minute!. While having a frank and open discussion with a group of bright and dedicated people on the topic of how to make Ghana great and more equitable place for all; especially the youth, an interesting and unspoken points were brought up:‘ How much is enough and how many Ghanaians are literally and figuratively mentally sick?’.

“Like I said in my election manifesto—why don’t they legalise the whole thing and let people like me work?” (Cynthia Payne).

It is becoming a phenomenon in Ghana for people to disregard their families and practise the western lifestyle, just because they are dissatisfied with their family status or have been offended in a way. Thus, they sometimes think they must live alone. 

Amnon and TamarIn the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.

In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.2 Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.

At the mention that the EC is going to rely on professionals (i.e. lawyers, accountants, etc) to collate results at the collation centers in the upcoming general elections, the NDC have started shivering. An Akan proverb says, "atwamene biara suro ayayanda", to wit, every executioner dreads sleeping in supine position.

Rogue variously describes “a man who is dishonest or immoral, a man who causes trouble in a playful way, a scoundrel, a mischievous person and a horse inclined to shirk or misbehave”. Observing the man over the years; his political rhetoric, reading his book my First Coup D’etat, his public policy choices, strategy and the numerous alleged corrupt practices against his administration, one increasingly gets convinced, president Mahama fits the description.

Folks, we have every reason to take on the leaders of the NDC as far as certain happenings that don't augur well for the party in many parts of the country are concerned. Let's face facts and bold to poke Asiedu Nketiah, Kofi Portuphy, Kofi Adams, Koku Anyidoho, and all others constantly in the news as if they are all the NDC needs to survive in the rough waters of Ghanaian politics.

The interaction between artisanal (small scale) mining and agriculture in Africa still needs to be carefully considered by policy makers to ensure that people's livelihoods and countries' export revenues aren't threatened. It's also important that the relationship between the two sectors is optimised to mutual benefit.

As a matter of fact, it is neither an insult to suggest that an individual has no competence to hold a position nor slanderous to assert that a person is Devoid of the qualities requisite for effective conduct of a position.

On the day that the Montie Three propaganda shills for President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime were sprung out of the Nsawam Medium-Security Prison, otherwise known as the Kwame Nkrumah Reformatory College, having done an insulting one month of their 4-month sentence by the Supreme Court, the trio’s lawyer, Mr. Edudzi Kudzo Tameklo told a news conference that Messrs. Salifu Maase (aka Mugabe), Alistair Tairo Nelson and Godwin Ako Gunn would now be training their blubber mouths on the three-time presidential candidate of the country’s main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) – (See “Montie FM’s Mugabe to Turn Heat on Akufo-Addo” 3News.com / Ghanaweb.com 8/27/16).