Author: johnmahama

A severe storm strikes, bringing with it torrential rains, deafening thunder, and blinding lightning. The downpour is wreaking havoc on the community, with roofs being ripped off houses, streets transforming into rivers, and worst of all, people losing their lives in the raging floodwaters. Yet another day, the sunrise brings a fleeting sense of serenity, offering a brief respite from the sweltering heat. However, this tranquility is short-lived, as the sun’s intense rays soon begin to scorch the skin, penetrating deep beneath the surface. This is the climate reality. In Ghana today, the rains are coming at unexpected periods, the…

Maria Johana Yuorpor, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, celebrated her birthday by holding a breakfast feast for intellectually-disabled residents at the Bahass Foundation, a mental home and rehabilitation centre in Wa in the Upper West Region. The feast, held on the morning of Wednesday, February 5, 2025, featured a buffet of assorted foods and beverages served to the inmates.In addition to the meal, Maria Johana donated essential items including ten gallons of liquid soap, one-and-a-half boxes of sanitary pads, a box of bathing soap, a box of washing soap, packs of toothbrushes and toothpaste, packs of toilet rolls, and several ablution…

The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has written a petition to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), seeking its clarification on the basis for which it claimed that the raid on the residence of former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, was staged. According to AFAG, the claim by the OSP is complex and brings about a lot of legal debates. “The OSP should clarify the basis for claiming that the raid on the residence of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was staged. Public interest, transparency, and accountability are crucial for maintaining public trust, particularly in high-profile cases,” the statement…

Fire has gutted a five bedroom house leaving the landlord and his wife hospitalised at the Catholic Saint Anne hospital in Damongo in the Savannah region. The incident occurred on Monday, February 10th, during the day while many occupants of the home had left for work, leaving behind the landlord who is bedridden and could barely move himself out from one of the rooms. Apart from the physical structure of the house, all other personal belongings like television sets, refrigerators, documents, food stuff, and clothes, among others, were all burnt into ashes. An eyewitness, Alhassan Mahama said his attention was…

A general consensus shows that majority of the Ghanaian public are committed to a reset agenda. Ghanaians right now have a high appetite for a thorough house-cleaning exercise that will on this occasion be able to treat and to cure this pandemicesque menace that has bedevilled ours shores since independence. I am referring to the almighty, satanic retrogressive phenomena, the canker called corruption .Those within the opposition party who have developed a habit of opposing positive changes may live to regret as they will find themselves in the wrong side of history. Today Ghanaians have acquired high appetite for good…

Neenyi Ghartey VII is Omanhene of the Effutu Traditional Area The Effutu Traditional Council has strongly condemned the vilification of Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, Member of Parliament of Effutu and Minority Leader in Parliament. The council’s condemnation comes after Afenyo-Markin was criticised for allegedly being given land by the Effutu Paramountcy for development.Neenyi Ghartey VII, Omanhene of the Effutu Traditional Area, expressed disappointment at the level of vilification Afenyo-Markin has faced, stating that it is malicious and based on falsehoods. He questioned why Afenyo-Markin, a son of the land, cannot be given land for development when people from other parts of…

The Central Regional Environmental Health Office has cautioned families who lose their relatives to cholera to bury them immediately to protect the community.The office cautioned that the bodies of cholera casualties were highly infectious and could lead to an epidemic if not handled properly.Mr Emmanuel Owusu Ashia, a Regional Environmental Health Officer in charge of Hygiene Promotion, entreated families to collaborate with environmental health officers to bury the deceased without delay.“When somebody dies of cholera, we shouldn’t wait for one or two weeks. They must be buried quickly.“When a family loses a relative through cholera, they should contact the environmental…

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), the leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs, from all 54 African countries, has signed a $6 million strategic partnership agreement with the UAE Office of Development Affairs and Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (an affiliate of Erth Zayed). This is to provide business training, mentorship, access to networks, and non-refundable $5,000 seed capital, to an additional 1,000 young African entrepreneurs. The agreement signed, at the World Governments Summit, by TEF Founder, Tony O. Elumelu, and the Director General of the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, Mohamed Haji Al Khoori, evidences both organisations’ shared…

As Ghana approached its presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7, 2024, the then-presidential candidate (now president-elect), H.E. John Dramani Mahama, released a document titled Mahama’s First 120 Days Social Contract with the People of Ghana. This document followed the publication of The Resetting Ghana: Jobs, Prosperity, and Accountability Manifesto of the NDC (2024). The ninth item in the twenty-six-point document focuses on education. It proposes convening a national consultative conference to build consensus on the necessary improvements to the sector. While this plan to engage in a national dialogue about education is refreshing, it is crucial to acknowledge that…

MAVIS AMEGAH, a Tax and Compliance Manager at Olam Agri Ghana Ltd., has been named a member of the Global Governing Council for the Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network.Additionally, she has also been appointed as the Director of Government Relations for the pro-women Network, expected to bring her vast wealth of experience and expertise in leadership to help the Network achieve its objectives.The Young African Women Congress (YAWC) Network is a fraternity of young women of African descent living in Africa and in the diaspora, who seek to be empowered and be themselves, change-makers for leadership and development on…