Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif

Just a few questions, please. So, in whose interest do politicians take decisions? When parliamentarians sit in the chamber of parliament to execute their mandates, do they have the ordinary man in mind? When the president is appending his signature to anything, in whose interest does he do it? The judiciary arm of government, in whose interest do they work? Do all of these people perform their functions at the expense of the ordinary Ghanaian or for his benefits? Do they perform their duties with the next election first or last on their agenda? Does the politician fight for the ordinary man to not be disenfranchised to ensure human rights and freedoms are ensured or just for their parochial interest of winning political power? Last but not least, in whose interest does the electorate queue come rain or shine to cast their ballots every four years? We live in a country where everything politics is just black and white. There is no middle ground.  Everything any government does is...

The month of July will forever remain in the minds of  Ghanaians. It has invariably left an indelible mark on our history. Ghana was thrown into a sudden turbulence on July 24, 2012, when for the first time we lost a sitting presiden t.  As usual, when the inevitability of death caught up with His Excellency John Evans Atta Mills, it was shocking to everyone because even though we never see death coming, this was totally unexpected and very much a big blow to the country. The whole of Ghana mourned like we never had and never will again. As the custom of Ghana demands, we don’t speak ill of the dead and so all manner of people from all walks of life said all kinds of good and sober words about the former president.    The Late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills Per the demands of the 1992 constitution of Ghana, the then Vice President of the land was sworn in as president. After His Excellency John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as president, he chose the then governor...

One of the requirements to graduating successfully in my school is to have a three month internship in any media institution to acquire practical knowledge of all the theories you’ve been taught. And so I’m now doing my internship at a radio station in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana, Sunyani. I have been here for almost a month now. And boy, the experience! My encounter with a number of the journalists at my place of internship has taught me a lot of things. One of the lessons is how we respond to our environment. Different people of different mindsets will respond to the same environment differently. The station that I’m with deals mostly in local content and by local content, I mean its restricted area of the Brong Ahafo region. It deals in national issues though it localizes it to maintain their objective of promoting local content. The general manager of the station by all standards I will say is a very knowledgeable and experienced man. He speaks highly of his ...

                             In the eyes of the public lies the judgement of many an individual. The public is the biggest critique of human actions and inactions. Their judgements transcend the ruling of a supreme court of any stature. Once the public takes a stand or position on an issue, it builds pressure on the head of the individual or group of individuals so much so that it becomes reality even if their assertion is not entirely the case. The public opinion sometimes defines reality. It can make or unmake an individual. It is said that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Who are the people? It is, of course, the public. It's in this vein that the public has the sole power to elect public officials like politicians. Without the public, politicians are nothing. Considering the above is what makes some actions and inactions of some p...

I  watched as the rain washed a chunk of rubbish into the various gutters along the roads in Assin Fosu, a town in the central region. In fact, I was saddened by the scene. How on earth would someone eat from a rubber and drop the rubber anywhere he or she is sitting or standing? People sit in their stores, buy food, eat them from rubbers and throw the rubbers into the gutters in front of them. How is it that we dirty our environment without even considering the consequences of it? Do we ever realise that the numerous diseases ranging from malaria to typhoid we suffer from on a daily basis is as a result of the way a manner we dirty  our environment? We blame Assembly members, Zoomlion, Town Council and the various agencies who are supposed to be in charge of helping keep our communities clean for shirking responsibilities and letting us to stay in filth. Have we ever sat back and thought of our own actions and inactions that render the environment dirty? We do all kinds of t...

Dear Mr President, You contested for Ghana's presidential race for two consecutive times before finally you were given the nod on the third time. Finally, Ghanaians gave you our trust, hope, confidence. We put our country’s fate in your hands. You see, the only thing you rode on to become the president of this country is our hope, our desperation to test whether or not you would do anything different from what most of your predecessors did. So far so good, you are towing the same line. Truth is I do not think you have done anything different to excite us, Ghanaians. Kojo Yankson of multimedia fame once said on the AM Show on Joynews TV that sword cutting should not be covered by the media. When the president travels to do anything else other than commission anything into use in the country, it should not be picked by the media. We are losing faith in you, Nana. You are cutting too many swords without accomplishing many of those projects. We need to see projects getting completed...

Conscience!! You watch as your fellow brothers rot away while you enjoy You buy luxurious cars You build numerous luxurious houses Your fellow human beings suffer Do you have a conscience Police officers, you take bribes You stand on the roads and shirk your major responsibilities while you engage in corruption You pretend to be checking licenses while you take one cedi from them You watch on while rickety vehicles kill people on our roads Are you proud of what you are doing? Why did you become a police officer in the first place? You are disgracing the uniform and the profession Do you have conscience? Politicians, are you proud of your actions? The executive, the judiciary, the legislature Do you even know your duties? Do you have the fear of God in you? Do you even see our deplorable roads and our poor standard of living? The ordinary man who gave you power suffer while you enjoy the fruits of their labour What the hell is wrong with you? Do you have any conscien...