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I always find it funny when footsoldiers cheer on arrests. It’s like they don’t understand that they are the ones who will always get arrested when power changes. Never the big men. Abronye said the Judge is a politician. He gets arrested. Afenyo-Markin doubled down, and said that the next judge is clearly at the service of the NDC. No arrests. Salam mustapha said he will weaponize young men, and Benjamin Gyewu-Appiah, a National Communications Team Member of the NPP said he will burn down NDC headquarters if another NPP member is arrested. No arrests. Abronye was never arrested when NPP was in power. And he said more nonsense then than he does now. Sir-Obama Pokuase and his lot did a lot cheering on power when it arrested people when the NPP was in power. Nothing he said when he was arrested now is any worse than people connected to the NDC will continue to say thereafter. I wished he will learn how these things work, and keep condemning it broadly based on principle. Kwabena Bobie Ansah suffered these arrests; and today he is a passionate advocate against them for anyone. That’s what true learning looks like. We can go 20 years of the NDC; and NDC supporters who say out of line things won’t be arrested. But let 1 NPP weakling say it. They will be arrested. And when power changes, we will see the same thing play out. You know why? Because there is no true law enforcement when it comes to speech prosecutions. It’s all politics. And if the Police were acting truly professionally, they would enforce the law dispassionately. You think Bawumia would be arrested for saying what Abronye or Sir Obama Pokuase said? Think again and think back on whether others affiliated to the NDC haven’t said similar or worse things. Power picks on the weak. And this is why i don’t wish it on my worse enemy. I will keep condemning speech prosecutions even for those who cheered my own abuses. Repeal section 208! That’s my principle. You can disagree with me; but it’s not a license to insult me. But even when you insult me; I won’t ask for your arrests. Because Free speech protects rude and insulting speech too; and even clearly hyperbolic or sarcastic language. And the best antidote to bad speech is more good speech not arrests. Good people should condemn the language and let’s move it on. You can’t police bad speech with arrests. You do so with more good speech. This is why I criticised @AfenyoMarkin - for saying that “"I don't know where or how the judge at Circuit Court 9 even passed his law exams”. I thought that was harsh. Not for saying the judge is doing a party bidding. Because i believe too that judges are sometimes influenced by politics; and we have to be frank about it. But no lawyer should tell another that “I don’t know how you passed law exams; much less a judge. But not once did I call for his arrest for that. Nor would I have supported it if he had been arrested. You all know, I would have been first to condemn it; as I did for Abronye. I would rather we criticised each other more for “bad speech”; than run to the police to teach someone where power lies. Shalom

"President Akufo-Addo, you cannot continue to oppress the people, criminalize speech when these matters are essentially civil in nature, if you feel offended by them." --From John Dramani Mahama's open letter to Akufo-Addo, February 11, 2022.

I have been following the ongoing debate around the renewal of Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine lease, and it is clear that much of the discussion has been driven more by sentiment than by facts. That said, the Government of Ghana must provide clear policy direction regarding the management of our natural resources. If the country is moving towards a model of resource nationalism, then that position should be stated clearly, along with the policies and frameworks required to achieve it. Investors need certainty and predictability. Resource nationalism should not become a conversation that only emerges when politically connected interests are involved. We should also be careful not to create unrealistic expectations in these discussions. We should not give the impression that Tarkwa will become Johannesburg simply because an indigenous company takes over the mine. That would only set our local companies up for failure under the weight of inflated public expectations.

News Alert!! Despite producing over half of the national gold output, the small-scale mining sector contributed under GHS 0.5 million in taxes.#GhanaMining #ASM #GhanaChamberOfMines

🚨 🎙️| Xabi Alonso: 🗣️ “I’m not blind. I know the agenda Chelsea face in England.” “People can say whatever they want, but facts don’t lie. Chelsea lost SEVEN domestic finals in recent years, yet won SIX finals in Europe. That tells you everything.” “In England, there’s always pressure, controversy, decisions… but in Europe Chelsea becomes a different animal. Why? Because outside England, they get the respect they deserve.” “I know what has happened to this club. I know the history, the politics, the criticism, the pressure. But I didn’t come here to complain I came here to change it.” “Chelsea belongs at the top of football again. And against all odds, before the end of next season, this club must win a major trophy again.”

That is the truest statement made in this entire conversation. The 1992 Constitution wasn't written to unleash the absolute potential of the Ghanaian people; it was engineered primarily to secure a peaceful transition from military rule to civil governance. To achieve that, the architects baked in systemic compromises that continue to choke the country's development today: -The Indemnity Clauses: Embedded in the Transitional Provisions, these safely shielded PNDC officials from any legal accountability or prosecution for actions taken during the revolutionary era. -Hyper-Executive Power: Article 78(1) forces the President to appoint the majority of ministers from Parliament, effectively turning the legislature into a rubber-stamp compliance arm of the executive and crippling the separation of powers. -The Appointment Monopoly: From the Electoral Commission and the Judiciary down to District Chief Executives (DCEs), the centralized power vested in a single office creates a winner-takes-all political system that breeds deep polarization and cronyism. It created a stable country, but it also codified a flawed political ruling class. The day Ghanaians look past the partisan banners and collectively demand an overhaul of the very framework governing them is the day real progress begins

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The classic entitlement strategy on full display: when they failed to deliver basic services, they try to regulate the volume of the complaints! Watching Abena Osei-Asare try to use 'parliamentary order' to gag Sam George for demanding accountability from poorly performing telcos is standard operating procedure for them. When the digital economy they bragged about behaves like dial-up internet from 1998, and the ground-level infrastructure is drowning in the slightest downpour, their only defense is to police the MPs tone. They don't want the network fixed, they don't want the roads fixed, and they certainly don't want the audit infractions fixed, they just want everyone to be extremely polite and quiet while the state apparatus crumbles. Sam George is right; you can't run a Ministry like an executive dictatorship and expect the people to sing lullabies to you at a PAC sitting!

Look at him. So incompetent and corrupt he has to spend $1.4m to award himself to feel good. BBC even named him 50 cent for this madness.

Kufuor? Apuutorrr. He sold all these Cantonments lands to his family and friends for as low as Gh¢ 96.

As captured by A Rocha Ghana last week in the Akyem landscape where Atewa forest covers.

@AfricaFactsZone, Thank you for bringing this up. First, it's true I took back my ambulance & I have no apologies for that. Why did I do it? It's because they didn't vote for me. So did you expect me to walkaway with nothing? Galatians 6:7 A man reaps what he sows.

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In late 2025, GoldBod announced that its track-and-trace system would commence in the first quarter of 2026 and would eventually make it possible to trace every gram of gold to its source. In January 2026, it also announced a pilot traceability programme involving 600 small-scale mines as part of the broader rollout. However, by April 2026, GoldBod was still announcing the procurement process for the national traceability system. I have questions about what aspects of the system were actually rolled out in Q1 2026, what stage the pilot programme is currently at, and when the fully operational nationwide system is expected to be implemented. The government can not claim to be fighting galamsey when one of its institutions are buying illegally mined gold #StopGalamseyNow

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1. Let's talk about "Ghana taking control of its minerals". 2. But let's go beyond the usual katanomics and debate the HOW too. 3. There is a nationalist wave blowing all over the world. The terms may be fancy - "strategic autonomy," "geopolitical decoupling," "near-shoring", or "deglobalisation" - but same sentiment 4. "Economic nationalism" is sexy again. Why else would market-friendly Chile seek to nationalise its lithium? 5. But is the Ghana version really about "nationalism?" 6. Folks don't talk about ownership of banks & telcos anymore. Have the bruises of the last few decades made Ghanaians comfortable with "foreign banks" and "foreign telcos"? 7. There is talk of a "national airline" again, though. After two disastrous runs and a decade-long process that led nowhere. 8. Where I see absolute clarity is in the gold sector. Ghanaians want "Ghana to take control" of the country's gold mines. 9. There is a reason the focus is on gold. Discussions in Ghana are almost always about the VISIBLE. Gold is booming so time to cash in. The chattering elites rarely bother to look beneath the surface. 10. So, either they don't know or they have forgotten that there are other minerals in the country. 11. In the case of diamonds, Ghanaian elites have largely been in charge for at least 5 decades. The result is massive underinvestment and the collapse of the sector. 12. In the case of manganese, lithium, & bauxite, foreign control and lack of accountability have happened with the enthusiastic abetment of the elite. (Read some of the stuff I have written in the first comment.) 13. Everyone also conveniently forget that even for gold, we now have 50% of production in the hands of Ghanaians. Small-scale mining is restricted to Ghanaians. 14. So, if Ghana has not been able to use resources from mining to transform, the biggest reason must be because of POOR POLICY. End of story. 15. The recent attempt to paint the handover of mines to a few, highly connected, people as some kind of "resource nationalism" is just the standard katanomic shallowness. 16. Yes, ownership matters but "collective ownership" is not just about the nationality of a few individuals holding lease rights. It goes far beyond that. 17. Because, for all you know, such individuals can send most of the profits overseas and leave the wreckage behind for us: bank loan defaults, employee impoverishment, lack of R&D, environmental damage, and failure to grow reserves through exploration. 18. The world's most mineral-rich country per capita is Australia (with Russia, Canada, Saudi, & the US on its heels). If you analyse Australia's biggest mining projects over a two decade period, you will see that 85% - 90% are by foreign investors. 19. I also did the same for critical minerals in Europe's most mineral-rich countries (eg Germany, Sweden & Poland). Same thing. 20. Still, they ensure that the minerals BENEFIT the citizens. That is what ultimately collective ownership delivers.

I have seen this statement of his across numerous social media platforms. I do get his point. Exams are faced by law students everytime. However, for now he’s not a law student. He may advocate for them, yes but many law students especially LLB holders are facing a lot of uncertainties right now and they are legitimately scared of the expectation of entrance exams this year. Many law students suffered alot of mental health issues and depression concerning last year entrance exams and bar exams. Many students were denied being lawyers because they failed a single paper in the Bar exams. That’s enough to scare anyone. This year during the GSL mock exams, some Part 1 law students opted out when they realized it wasn’t a mandatory exam. This means when law students are giving the choice to decide whether or not they will exams, almost all will opt out. Some opted out because they were scared. Others felt they hadn’t learnt enough. Point is, law exams are not a joke. They are a life determination affair. Many people know me because I teach alot of students how to prepare adequately for exams and most of them don’t have issues with the knowledge, but the nervousness and anxiety causes a lot of damage. Therefore, it will be a sad outcome to keep on promising students that there won’t be any professional law entrance exams this year, and then they end up having to write it to gain entry to the Ghana school of law. That will be unjustified because those in authority can tell them this now and in advance so they prepare. In the end, you shouldn’t say; they aren’t supposed to be scared of the exam and should just write it. The destinies of many people have been affected by the Ghana school of law entrance exams. It’s not a mere paper to them. Repeated; If students write entrance exams to gain access to the Ghana School of Law this year, then your assurances to them failed. Many of them have high hopes. You know the truth and reality.