Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif

One of the things I like about you, President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo is how you pronounce the word ‘economy’. But it looks to me like your management skills of the Ghanaian economy isn't as sweet as you pronounce it. Nana, I am a student of the Ghana Institute of Journalism but I stay at Awoshie and go to school every day because the school doesn't provide accommodation for its students which in itself is a worry but I will talk to you about that later although I’m sure you’re already aware of that abhorring condition. Barely 4 months ago when the university academic year ended, I was paying a transportation fee of GH¢2.10 from Awoshie to circle but I felt it was quite okay. Fast forward to now when I have to pay GH¢2.50 before I can get to circle in a rickety old trotro vehicle which could easily get me tetanus. The worst thing about all of this is the deplorable roads that connect parts of the city like Awoshie and Circle. The roads are so bad that there are no p

History doesn’t just happen. It’s the actions and inactions of certain individuals that are recorded as history. If Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had sat back and folded his arms and made excuses of how it was impossible for Ghana to achieve independence, he wouldn’t be remembered this much. Even if he would be remembered for something he may have done, history wouldn’t be this favourable to him. Unless there is a specific clause in Ghana’s 1992 constitution that prevents a one term former president from contesting for elections again, I don’t see why Former President John Dramani Mahama can’t have a comeback in the 2020 elections.  I must admit that unless Ghanaians have lost faith in President Akuffo Addo, how will John Mahama unseat him. Well, he probably believes that if it was possible for Nana Addo to unseat him as a sitting president, then the same thing can happen to Nana Addo. Well, everything has its ups and downs. If John Mahama is able to win power in 2020, he will go down