Posts Tagged ‘ Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe ’

Ghanaian Politics: Where is Your Basis of Comparison, Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe? – Asks Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Where is Your Basis of Comparison, Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe? – Asks Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

At the time of this writing (4/19/13), a prominent member of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and a former cabinet member of the
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Ghanaian Politics: Tell Us What You Own, Ablakwa! – Urges Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Tell Us What You Own, Ablakwa! – Urges Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Appearing before the parliamentary appointments committee recently, former Deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa huffed over the fact of him having been widely accused of using
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Ghana Health Sector: Our Frontline Citizens Must Be Respected – Argues Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghana Health Sector: Our Frontline Citizens Must Be Respected – Argues Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Morally speaking, I do not take kindly to the decision by members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to embark on an indefinite strike action,
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Ghanaian Politics: Afari-Gyan And His Reluctant Respondents – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Afari-Gyan And His Reluctant Respondents – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

It is obvious that going into the beginning of the Supreme Court deliberations over the Akufo-Addo/New Patriotic Party (NPP) petition challenging the political legitimacy of President John Dramani Mahama and, indeed, Election 2012 in general, the three major respondents in the case were woefully under-prepared. The three parties concerned are, of course, the President of
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Who Cares About Iran’s Fight with the West? – Asks Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Who Cares About Iran’s Fight with the West? – Asks Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

On April 16 and 17, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid an official visit to Ghana, supposedly in his capacity as Chairman of the decidedly effete
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Feature: Asantehene Leads the Way into Chieftaincy Modernization – Says Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Feature: Asantehene Leads the Way into Chieftaincy Modernization – Says Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

I knew it was just a matter of time before the chieftaincy institution was healthily and productively brought into alignment with modern Internet Communication Technology
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Ghanaian Politics:Solomon Nkansah is a Rotten Joke – argues Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics:Solomon Nkansah is a Rotten Joke – argues Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

He is the Deputy Propaganda Secretary for the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC), and so it is quite predictable that Mr. Solomon Nkansah should be attempting to deploy the jaded tactic of character assassination in a bid to quashing the presidential ambitions of Ghana’s main opposition leader, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is also a
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Feature: Laymen And Women Have a Right to be Properly Informed – argues Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

Feature: Laymen And Women Have a Right to be Properly Informed – argues Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jnr., Ph.D.

I don’t know what the author of the Daily Guide editorial captioned “When Laymen Explain Legalese,” which was posted to the Peacefmonline.com edition of April
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Ghanaian Politics: Obetsebi-Lamptey: Kwame Pianim Is Too Full Of His Own Self-Importance – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Obetsebi-Lamptey: Kwame Pianim Is Too Full Of His Own Self-Importance – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.

You see, when Mr. Kwame Pianim calls Nana Akufo-Addo and his executive associates of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) “intellectually and mentally lazy” politicos, he poignantly reminds me of the famous “Fore-Finger Philosophy” espoused by the Akan people of Ghana. Well, actually, it is a maxim; and it tersely goes as follows: “Whenever
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Ghanaian Politics: Poor Kwame Pianim!!! – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.

Ghanaian Politics: Poor Kwame Pianim!!! – By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.

Let’s get this straight, right off the bat: Mr. Kwame Pianim is a tragicomical political figure who insists and persists in pursuing the quixotic cause
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