Opinion

Race of Hardship: The Disaster of Voting for Famous but Incompetent Political Leaders

October 5, 2023

Written By: JESLORD BRIGHT KOFI APPIAH The act of casting a vote in a democratic election is a powerful expression of civic duty and a fundamental right in many countries around the world. It is a way for citizens to shape the future of their nation and have a say in the policies and leadership […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Govt’s US$32.9m Investment In Atlantic Lithium Commendable, But Must Be Cautious – Mining Expert

September 8, 2023

GOVERNMENT’s US$32.9 MILLION INVESTMENT DECISION IN ATLANTIC LITHIUM COMMENDABLE, BUT MUST BE CAUTIOUS – MINING EXPERT I woke up to the news of Ghana’s Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF)’s decision to invest US$32.9 million in Atlantic Lithium and its Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio subsidiaries in Ghana to support the development of the Continue Reading

Opinion

Yaw Nsarkoh: The burden of charity…

June 14, 2023

As one of the few that went back to University Primary School (UPS), Legon, to become a teacher, I know that, largely, our parents kept that school going at very high-quality standards, through their meagre salaries. There were regular deductions at source (Finance Officer deducted straight from their salaries). People like Professor Ebenezer Laing used […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Applause For Dr. Prempeh For Keeping The Lights On During Festivities

January 2, 2023

Sections of Ghanaians have applauded the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh for his hard work that enabled the whole country to have electricity during the Yuletide. For the second time in a row, Ghanaians did not experience erratic power supply during the Christmas festivities. Just like last year, Dr. Prempeh and his team […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Oops; Napo Was Right On Some Kumasi Journos And Cash For Destructions

October 24, 2022

I have been following with keen interest political developments in the Ashanti Region and one thing that caught my attention was a reportage that the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh popularly called ‘Napo’ had said that some journalists in the region had been paid to denigrate the current government. Even before the minister, […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Bad Governance, Poor Leadership, Corruption InimicalTo Democracies

September 8, 2022

The Anchor is inclined to believing the Head of Mediation and Coordination of Regional Political Affairs of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. OnyinyeOnwuka, when she expressed worry and sadness about fast eroding trust in democratic principles, particularly, in the West Africa subcontinent. Interestingly, Dr Onwuka was addressing the opening ceremony of a two-day youth summit on Continue Reading

Opinion

Corruption Seems To Cast Us In Straight Jacket

September 6, 2022

The recent reports released from the offices of the country’s Auditor-General reveal appalling level of how Ghana has sunk so deep; in fact, too deep into a national self-worthlessness and soon could become, if already not, a laughing stock among comity of nations. The A-G report compiled over year 2021 did paint a gloomy picture, […]Continue Reading

NEWS Opinion

Justices Losing Usefulness of Being Democratic Salt?

September 1, 2022

A Judge could be likened to a “blind god” with whose white-cane they whip the thin air in search for the truth from nowhere but through multiple opposing mendacious professionals outwitting one another, in such art, as routine of irking a living. Judge, therefore, must, by close of the day, choose to add his/her own […]Continue Reading

Opinion

If Ever The OSP Have Free Hand To Operate

August 25, 2022

That The Anchor deciding to follow the recent controversial exploits of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in the matter of the Labianca Company Limited, not because of the value of the approximately a million Ghana cedis being recouped, but the vexed issue of ‘not the size of the dog in that fight but […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Odike incurs wrath of Manhyia Palace; whither erred he?

August 23, 2022

The drama behind the banishment process staged by almost all the chiefs under the Otumfuo Osei-Tutu II to officially declare Kwasi Addai ‘Odike’ persona-non-grata to the Manhyia palace has been traumatizing as it gets tongues wagging as to what must or must not be said in a democratic dispensation, and in frustrating search for solution […]Continue Reading