Ghana needs African Democracy embedded with cultural values-Local Governance Expert

A Local Governance Expert, Dr. Eric Oduro-Osae, has advocated an African type of democracy, embracing traditional values and customs, with traditional rulers playing prominent roles in its implementation. Dr. Oduro-Osae, also the Dean of Studies and Research at the Institute of Local Government Studies, said the current democratic system adopted “blindly” from the Western world […]

Twenty-five years of Ghana’s Fourth Republican Constitutional Dispensation in perspective

Ghana returned to constitutional rule and multi-party democracy after a topsy-turvy eight military regimes from 1966 to 1982 without any clear sense of direction for her political and socio-economic development. Therefore, the 1992 Constitution, which came into effect on January 7, 1993, provided the nation a sovereign document and clear direction for organising a democratic […]

Constitution Day is an opportunity to introspect -Information Minister

The Minister for Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has explained that, commemoration of the Constitution Day offers Ghanaians an opportunity to introspect constitutional progress in Ghana. Recounting the eras when Ghanaians were ruled by arbitrariness and oppression, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said the ‘Constitution Day’ has become necessary for Ghanaians to continuously be reminded on how far […]

Update on Banking Sector Reforms -January 2019

The Bank of Ghana as part of its comprehensive reform agenda, with the objective of cleaning up the sector and strengthening the regulatory and supervisory framework for a more resilient banking sector, licences of seven (7) insolvent banks were revoked over the last sixteen months. Steps were taken to ensure that they exited the market […]