Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif

Prior to Dr Abrefa Busia becoming the president of the second republic of Ghana in 1969, he had written a number of books and articles chastising the previous administrations and in the same vein espousing what he perceived should be the underlying factors of a true democracy. Particularly, his book titled, "Africa In Search Of Democracy" originally published in 1967, Dr Busia argued that freedom of speech, movement, and the freedom of the media to function without any external interference were part of the basic necessities of a true democracy. With all these talk of setting the people free of the bondage they suffered at the time in the hands of his predecessors, the citizens of Ghana thought it wise of giving him the mandate to serve them as president for him to accomplish his talk in deed. But when Busia assumed office, he did exactly the opposites of what he spoke of while in opposition. Kwame Nkrumah definitely did same in terms of how he treated the media under his

What if black man was the one referred to as an European and the white man an African? We all descended from Adam and Eve, not so? Why so much discrepancy between the white man and the black man and why does the black man have to be mocked because of his colour? Increasingly, there are so many negative stereotypes about Africa for that matter Ghana that is becoming true or reality. The white man was not born with ingenuity and neither was the black man born otherwise but the reality today is that the white man is ahead of the black man in most if not all facets of life due to reasons that if the black man is willing to overcome, can do so and rise to greatness. The black man has been characterized as inimical to progress. To do things for collective growth, no, we would rather cheat the system for our singular good. For this reason, our leaders, especially politicians have become more corrupt or at least perceived as corrupt. In 2017, Ghana scored 40/100 ranking 81 out of 170 count

Is it anger, disgust, violence, frustration or just normal social behavior that leads people to openly spit in public? As much as I don’t want to kiss anyone in public, I don’t want to share anyone’s saliva. Normally we talk about indiscriminate disposal of waste ranging from plastic to polythene and so many others but we forget that as soon as saliva leaves the mouth and lands on the floor, it becomes waste because it turns to be a risk to human health. Now, indiscriminate spitting is as much a problem as all the other wastes mentioned. The worst part of open and indiscriminate spitting in public is when the spitter doesn’t rob off the spit from the floor. They leave it for anyone passing by to see the spit even though it is not a pleasant sight for the eye. I wonder if anyone who engages in indiscriminate spitting would perpetuate the act if they spent an hour or two in the Flagstaff house. Oh no! Wait! The place is too clean for that. This indicates how much the stinky environ

In a country where the media only move from one issue to another without actually following up the former to see justice done to them, leaders are given the opportunity to engage in what I call ‘prostitutional’ corruption. It is great that the media updates citizens on daily happenings, but it is even more imperative that the media ensures that citizens are served well by their leaders. ‘Prostitutional’ corruption in the context of this article means to explain the unending yet unpunished corruption that engulfs Ghanaian politicians. Just as a prostitute moves from one man to another every night, our leaders seem to move from one corrupt act to the other. How many leaders have actually been processed in court and sentenced to prison because of their corrupt acts but how many alleged corruption cases has this country seen? Why else would they perpetually perpetuate the act and defend themselves with such impunity? If the media was angry enough, if the media was severe enou

There is a popular joke that the name zebra crossing should be changed to human crossing because some drivers think the name suggests it is for zebras. Well, to all those drivers, I say, please, it is for human beings. In fact, zebra crossing is also known as pedestrian crossing but I wonder why pedestrian crossing is not as popular as zebra crossing is. Zebra crossing as is seen on the roads are there not for decorative purposes but for one of the most significant activities on the road, pedestrians crossing the road. But how many drivers know the essence of zebra crossing? And even those who know its significance clearly ignore it. The zebra or pedestrian crossing is put on the road to allow pedestrians to cross the road without any troubles from approaching vehicles. It is imperative to note that unless the vehicle has stepped on the pedestrian crossing, it must give way for the pedestrians to cross. Indeed, not just that but drivers are meant to stop for pedestrians to cross wh

No doubt farmers are one of the most important group of people this country has ever known. They not only contribute to what we consume on a daily basis but also hugely contribute to our export commodities. Agreed, there are small-scale farmers who only do hand to mouth kind of farming but there are also large scale farmers who not only feed themselves and their families but the entire nation. Both the small-scale farmer and the large-scale farmer are equally significant to this country. Tomorrow is farmers' day and we are all going to celebrate farmers and applaud them for their good and far more significant efforts to the growth of this country but is what they really need an applause and a pat on the back? I think they need more than just that. Agriculture, as has always been claimed, is the backbone of Ghana's economy. It contributes far more than most sectors and yet little attention is given to it. Granted that this government is trying to put some e