My Ghana Electronic Desk

By Edmund Smith-Asante The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Prof. Kwame Karikari, has stated that one of the gaps in Ghana’s democracy is its weakness at the grassroots level.

By Edmund Smith-Asante A Deputy chief manager representing the director of Banking at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Wednesday told the Judgement Debt Commission that there was no  “special judgement debt account” at the BoG.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Ghana's inability to develop at the pace the countries with which it gained independence are developing has been blamed on outdated portions of its 1992 Constitution.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Dr Yao Graham (left) in a chat with the Country Director of the UNDP, Mr Dominic Sam (middle), and Dr Joseph Atta-Mensah after the opening of the colloquium. An official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Mr Joseph Atta-Mensah, has stressed the need for cohesion between the African Union (AU) and all regional blocs to make integration possible.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Two speakers at a three-day colloquium on Africa’s economic integration in Accra have expressed their optimism that the continent can achieve its desire of using a common currency but it is dependent on several factors.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Deputy Commissioner, Large Tax Office (LTO), Mr Kaleo Rogation Adams with GRA lawyer A construction company, Carl Plotner (CP), which later became Construction Pioneers (CP), did not fulfil any of its tax obligations to the country from 1991 to 2001.

By Edmund Smith-Asante The National Chairman of the Association of Road Contractors (ASROC) Ghana, Mr Joseph Ebo Hewton, says the businesses of many contractors are collapsing, while others have abandoned their sites or are working at a slow pace, as a result of the delay in payment for works executed for as long as 12 to 16 months.

By Edmund Smith-Asante A joint military and civilian campaign on how to deal with the scourge of malaria in West Africa opened in Accra on May 13.

By Edmund Smith-Asante A visit to the dentist is not what many people like to do, unless they have a dental problem that needs to be solved.

By Edmund Smith-Asante African leaders have taken the flak for their delay in responding appropriately to the abduction of the 276 schoolgirls by Islamic insurgents, Boko Haram, on April 14, 2014. Specifically, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been accused of waiting for three weeks before speaking about the abduction.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Handwritten passports will no more be valid for travel from November 2015. This is due to a directive from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to all member countries to phase them out by the said date. Member countries have therefore begun taking steps to ensure those passports are not used by their citizens by the November 2015 deadline.

By Edmund Smith-Asante There was deafening silence around the Ablekuma Nsumfa area, which is usually agog with live praise music accompanied by instruments from churches in the area on Sunday morning. This was the situation except for some muted congregational responses and sporadic clapping.