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“A day of reckoning awaits” – Afenyo-Markin warns GOLDBOD officials
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has warned that officials responsible for the management of the Ghana Gold Board (GOLDBOD) will eventually be held accountable over reported losses linked to the Bank of Ghana’s Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP). Speaking to journalists on Tuesday (18 August) the Effu...
Scrap MPs’ Common Fund share; give it to Assembly members — Adjei Darko
Former Local Government and Rural Development Minister Kwadwo Adjei Darko has called for a major review of Ghana’s local governance system, including the removal of Members of Parliament from benefiting from the District Assemblies Common Fund. Adjei Darko said the portion of the Common Fund currently allocated to MPs...
The Inconvenient Truth: Not everything called governance is the same thing
Governance has become one of those fashionable words that appears almost everywhere, rather like a favourite spice added to every dish whether or not the recipe called for it. Governments promise it, companies advertise it, and boards claim to practise it, while traditional authorities embody forms of it that predate t...
Opinion: The relevance of the national security strategy of Ghana for good governance, peace and national stability
National security has evolved beyond the traditional protection of state sovereignty to encompass governance, human security, sustainable development, and institutional resilience. Ghana’s National Security Strategy (NSS), launched in 2020, reflects this broader understanding by providing a comprehensive framework for...
Dr Kofi Apesemaka writes: What NPP delegates are really saying
I recently read a post by Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, Member of Parliament and one of the prominent generals of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s successful January 2026 presidential primary campaign. In the contest for Ashanti Regional Chairman, Dr Ayew Afriye openly supported Dr Henry Kokofu against the established favourite, Odeneho K...
Ghana’s strong GDP growth masked decades-long productivity decline – Maxwel Opoku-Afari
Ghana’s celebrated economic growth in the decade preceding its debt crisis concealed a more troubling reality: the economy was expanding without undergoing the productivity and structural transformation required to sustain rising debt, according to a new study by former First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. M...
IMF debt assessments failed to fully capture Ghana’s mounting crisis risks – Maxwell Opoku-Afari
Ghana’s descent into debt distress in 2022 was preceded by years of warning signs that were visible but were not sufficiently reflected in assessments of how quickly the economy could tip into crisis, a new policy paper by former First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has argued. The study...
Governed differently: The political economy of state absence in Africa
The phrase "ungoverned spaces" has become a bureaucratic reflex. From the Sahel to the Horn, from the Lake Chad Basin to eastern Congo, policymakers and security analysts deploy it to describe territories where the formal state appears to have evaporated. The diagnosis is seductive in its simplicity: where the state is...
Constitution review will improve governance – Prof Kwasi Prempeh
Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Chairman of the 2025 Constitution Review Committee (CRC), has justified the ongoing review of the 1992 Constitution, saying it would strengthen governance and improve efficiency.
“GoldBod ‘stole’ Bawumia’s idea but botching it” – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has dismissed claims that it is opposed to the creation of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), saying its criticism is not of the idea itself, but of what it describes as the governing NDC’s incompetent and opaque implementation of a policy lifted from the NPP’s 2024 manifesto. “The impression is...
Kintampo South MP advocates proportional representation to promote gender equity in governance
The Member of Parliament for Kintampo South, Felicia Adjei, has called for a national conversation on adopting Proportional Representation (PR) in Ghana’s electoral system, arguing that the model could significantly improve gender equity and inclusiveness in governance.
Well-structured governance institutions improve efficiency and strengthen democracy – Kufuor
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has emphasised that properly structured governance institutions are key to delivering efficient public service and strengthening democracy.