WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY

INTRODUCTION: Atsiakpo, a major threat to the lagoon A handful of people are wrecking unimaginable havoc on the Ada Songor Lagoon with associated devastating environmental consequences. The Lagoon produces a greater part of salt consumed in Ghana and in many Western African states including Togo. Small scale salt winners have long been engaged in a struggle to conserve and protect the lagoon as a collective ownership. A monument for Margaret On 17th May 1985 armed policemen acting in concert with a private company raided Bonikope, a community along the Songor Lagoon killing Margaret Kowornu, a pregnant woman in the process. Vacuum Salt Products Limited had alleged at the time that the inhabitants of the area had encroached on their portion of the lagoon allocated to them by the government. A monument has been erected in memory of Margaret. The locals explain that that monument serves as an embodiment of their collective aspirations and imbibes in them a zeal to f...

Rocky Dawuni By Duke Nii Amartey Tagoe 13/11/2015 Rocky Dawuni, the globally acclaimed international reggae maestro says the legacy of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is very well alive regardless of the numerous attempts to subdue and denigrate the role of Ghana’s first president in the African liberation struggle. He has also called for the return to the principles of self determination taught by Dr Kwame Nkrumah as the surest way to liberate Ghana and Africa from the forces of imperialism that continue to pillage the continents resources and leave behind jobless and homeless masses. “In my travels as an artists, I meet a lot of people and on my recent travel to Indonesia it became apparent that Indonesians recognize Kwame Nkrumah as an intimate friend of Sukano and their country and a tower on the side of all the down trodden masses of the world” the reggae artist said. He was speaking at an event organized to honour three distinguished Ghanaians who’ve contributed ...

INTRODUCTION: Doctors of the Ghana Medical Association working in public hospitals across the country are striking over what they call “poor working conditions”. Sick people and their relatives who turned up at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after 7 days of the strike have different stories to share. In a letter signed by Dr Kwabena Adusei Opoku, President of the Ghana Medical Association, to the Minister of Health, the striking doctors are demanding members of the Ghana Medical Association working for the Ministry of Health of Ghana must be entitled to 40% of their basic salaries as accommodation allowance per month. For what another doctor who has refused to join the strike is calling “an outrageous demand” the striking doctors say they must be entitled to 80, 90 and 100 gallons of petrol per month respectively based on the rank of the doctor. The doctors will not return to work unless they are given free post-graduate medical education, better retirement packages,...