From Where I come

I believe strongly that there is nobody born to play, in this world-stage, such roles as murderer or prostitute or armed robber or suicide bomber. Situations, people and more often than not the people themselves by their choices make them(selves) into these kinds of people society abhors.  To think that the perpetrators of these inhuman vices - boko haram, al shabab or angry unempoyed South Africans - were once little boys and girls, fills my heart with immerse  sadness. I have found myself asking such rhetorics as ,was there no exemplary adult they could have fashioned their lives after? If their parents were irresponsible or died somehow, was there no elder sibling, or extended family, especially as Ghana is largely an extended family system? What about a  next door neighbour that could offer them some guidance, counseling or discipline?  Take a look around. Your little brother or sister has the potential of becoming a murderer or a high class prostitute, and th...

Dear Mr. President, Help! I'm on the verge of cheating on my wife. I only met this other lady two days ago and yet she has provoked me to consider breaking my vows to my wife of 27 years. Sir, this new lady is called Kigali. She has caused me so much unrest, since I first set eyes on her, with the feeling she stirs in my heart. I had promised to love my wife to the end but I don't know what to do with these new feelings. Kigali plays with my heart like the keys in Timi Dakolo's song, Medince .      I should know better -  Papa told me to never look at another man's wife more than twice -  but here I sit looking at Kigali's pictures for the 100th time in two days. And guess what? I want more! I think of the horror Kigali went through 24 years ago and I look at her beauty today and my heart smiles with so much hope. And then I think of my wife and I get so angry it makes me tremble. Mr. President, please tell my love, I was but a boy when I re...

A S A CITIZEN, WHAT SHOULD GHANA FOCUS ON TO ACHIEVE ITS DEVELPOMENT GOALS IN THE NEXT 60 YEARS? W hen I first read this question, I  wonder ed   where the  other countries that gained independence a round the same times as Ghana   stood  now after 60 years.  Are   they  still   called  developing countr ies ?  Our elders  say  that water that  stays too long in a pot stinks and that is why  Ghana   must focus on education   to achieve  development  by 207 7 .  Ghana  pushed the  Univer sal Primary Education goal  in the  MDG’s   so much that FCUBE (Free Compulsory Universal Basic Edu cation) became a household name .  Afterwards t he S D G’ s set o ut by the United Nations in 2015   also  had Quality Education as one of the goals . These two global goals  had education as one of  the focus.  A number of people would  agree ...