In the enterprise of statecraft, we the ‘choosers’ and the leaders chosen have repeatedly disappointed Ghana. Until electors go beyond identity politics, and the elected become patriots, democracy will be nothing more than a 4 -yearly change of batons for sharing the spoils

Identity-based voting is the reason for political non-performance. Where parties know that their support is grounded in ethnicity, strongholds and unflinching voter loyalty, they have zero incentive to perform. Voters cannot support poor performance while complaining about it

The huge powers vested in the president shows that the framers of our constitution contemplated a philosopher king-wise, knowledgeable, altruistic, competent. For a fractious, acrimonious and self-seeking people we have been, this has proven to be a tragic miscalculation

The cycle & psyche of “winner takes all” increases the cost of electoral loss! It is the reason elections present deathly choices for candidates & followers. That threatens us all, and is the reason for a serious rethink of governance, nation building & elections.

Ghana’s courts have sided with the police on matters affecting the right to demonstrate. The courts have taken allegations of manpower shortfalls & security concerns on a face value without much factual basis evaluation. In essence “notice” has become “ permit”

The blind lady justice effigy symbolizes judicial neutrality. Yet it is strange that our Const. grants the SC power to punish for contempt to itself knowing that as an interested party, it cannot be detached in matters of contempt. 2024 Election-induced vituperation on my mind

Ghana is teetering on the brink of “trust bankruptcy”. From election to election, promises fail without apology, & the fruits of power are privatized to the benefit of loyalists —questioning the essence elections & the conferment of power! A window may be closing & quickly I fear

When elected leaders indulge in bad governance & misrule, they become destabilizing influences on the state. More dangerously, they expose the country to the brutalities of the masses and adventurers who lie in wait! Ghana should seize the moment in Dec. against closing window

From crippling public debt to painful budgets, Parliament is the missing link in the defense of citizen interests! Until electors pay equal attention to the election of MPs, & MPs see themselves as obligated to the state and not the party, good governance will continue to elude

Ghana’s constitution mandates the employers to pay “ realistic wages”to workers. Realistic wage is “living” not “ minimum” wage.

Ancient warfare depended on poisoning water sources as a way to defeat the enemy! In our days, we pollute water for gold! We continue drifting recklessly towards the ‘Midas’hopelessness!

How do we explain the abject failure of the police to enforce the laws against the pollution of water bodies? How do we rationalize the financing of our political actors by crooks behind the pollution of our water bodies and the creeping poisoning of us all? Has Ghana crossed

Constitutional duty requires that the Ghanaian loves & serves his country! But does Ghana love the Ghanaian?With rampant failure of governance, social services, minimal safety nets, politicization of identity and benefits, how do we secure the love for nation which is in danger

As the GBA elects new leadership, it needs to confront its own role in Ghana’s governance; To be active or docile? This has been its dilemma within the last 20 years. Yet the fact that it has confronted this question itself is puzzling given that it is the only private

When the award of contracts, appointments to public offices, & distribution of social benefits are predicated on the question, “ is he one of us?”, the neutral voter is truly the loser in all elections; Ignored & sidelined in between elections & only remembered for his vote!

As the campaigns heat up, the two leading candidates continue to defend their records! But are there failures to be acknowledged? It’s called “learning”—-Lessons learned. For candidates who can better demonstrate humility & policy repentance should in my view be better