Book Launch – Notes from the Public Square by Dr. John Osae-Kwapong
The second president of Ghana’s 4th Republic, John Agyekum Kufuor, was in office from January 7, 2001 to January 7, 2009. His government implemented several policies and programs in attempts to address important public problems when he took office. The overarching question of this book is simple— given all the efforts of his government, what […]
Afrobarometer’s Gyimah-Boadi named one of “100 Most Influential Africans”
Afrobarometer co-founder and board chair E Gyimah-Boadi has been named one of New African’s “100 Most Influential Africans of 2021.” The magazine cites Gyimah-Boadi as an “opinion shaper” for his leadership in building the non-partisan survey research network Afrobarometer into the go-to source for reliable data on African experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life. Since […]
District League Table: 7 Assemblies lead pack
Seven municipal and district assemblies (MDAs) have been ranked as the most well-endowed local assemblies in terms of access to education, health, water, sanitation and other development variables. The rest of the development indices are information and communication technology (ICT) and governance based on which the 260 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) were assessed […]
Build consensus to effectively exercise your mandates- 7 CSOs to Parliament
A group of seven Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has taken the initiative to urge Parliamentarians both the Majority and Minority to engage and build consensus in order to effectively exercise their mandate as expected of them by the citizenry. In a press release issued and signed by the seven CSOs explained how Ghana Parliamentary Monitoring […]
Conduct of MPs Affecting Public Confidence in Parliament – GPMON
The Ghana Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (GPMON) has observed with grave concern the current disturbances within the Parliament of Ghana in the past few weeks. The contentions and disturbing incidents concern the Motion to approve the Budget and Economic Policy of Government for the year 2022, the interpretation of Article 104 and Order 109 regarding […]
E-Levy: CDD boss exposes government over fears of an IMF bailout
Executive Director of the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Prof Henry Kwasi Prempeh, has explained that the government is doing all it can to avoid a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) so as to be able to spend without discipline. Prof Prempeh’s comment comes at a time Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah’s […]
Standoff in Parliament a failure of leadership – Agyeman-Duah
A former Senior Governance Adviser at the United Nations, Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah says the ongoing impasse between the Majority and Minority in Parliament over the 2022 Budget is preventable. Speaking to Francis Abban on Morning Starr Thursday, Prof. Agyeman-Duah stated that the current composition of Parliament should inform the government on how to deal with […]
CDD-Ghana moves to enhance Ghana’s border security
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has officially released its border security project report which aims at gathering information on security in communities close to the various borders. In August 2021, CDD-Ghana deployed trained local volunteers to some selected border districts across Ghana to monitor and report on issues related to border security. The […]
Security awareness among border residents below average – Report
A Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) report on Border Community Monitoring has indicated that the level of security awareness among residents of border communities is largely below average. “More specifically, the level of security awareness was rated as ‘good or very good’ among 46% of residents of border communities and rated as either ‘very poor’, ‘poor’ […]
Options for Confronting the Adult Social Care Conundrum
“Hard as it is to acknowledge, Smitty’s reaction to death was pretty typical. It hurts too much to see a stranger die, let alone someone you love and respect. Most folks would prefer just to ride away, leave the dead to do their dying, and only afterwards think on the good times.” C.A. Tedeschi In […]
