PUBLIC ORDER VERSUS FREEDOM TO DEMONSTRATE

Police service hiding behind law to curtail civil freedoms The Committee forJoint Action (CJA) has given hint of their intention to organiza a massive demonstration at beggining of next months aginst the policies of the NPP government, whic the CJA claim is working aginst the general welfare of the citezenry. The CJA has been one of the civil society institutions that has been speaking up on policies and general issues that affect the voiceless Ghanaian.

Conspiracy against The vice President

How the NPP Swerved the Second most Powerful Man in the Land If you think things are smooth and straight i the Npp as they have been claiming ,revise your notes because events over the last couple of days has clearly betrayed how stormy the ride is going to be for the accolade of representing the NPP in 2008 for the presidential elections. The vice President has just found out that he needs not only to spend money and make more use of of the privileges of his high office but to use the raw power of his office. The vice president was invited to attend his vetting at the party office on Wednesday. The honourable Veep duly got there five minutes to the appointed time ( a rare occurrence) only to be kept waiting for over 30 Min's before being finally told that the vetting was not coming on after all. This led the visibly shaken and shocked Aliu to profusely declare his undying love for his party and Ghana (a strange response given the circumstances) . Now the whole situation has been made worse by the fact that 8 hours before the vetting a newspaper owned by one of the competing aspirants to the Npp presidential slot had published a story alleging that the vices president does not own a valid party card. Looking at the people making up the vetting committee you really wonder if such an embarrassment is simply an oversight or there is more to it that appears. People like Prof.Adjei Becquine who is the chairman of the council of state are supposed to kw and do better. I relay think the Veep must realised that the chickens have come home to roost. First of all he is not considered as a true party man and that the only reason why he became the vice president only on the fact that he is a northerner. Again there is a groundswell of bitterness among the other contestants over the fact that most of them have had to resign from their positions in order to contests while the vice president still enjoys all the benefits of his office and indeed use state accessories and logistics in his campaign. A lot is brewing in the belly of the elephant and watch out when it explodes....because it will surely be messy.

DESTROYING THE NEXT GENERATION

The Welfare implications of the Indiscriminate Decongestion Amid the euphoria and dizying money spinning stunts of the NPP presidential campaign the poor and deprived people of Ghana are discovering how wicked this government really is. On the morning friday 26th october the destruction trail of the government hit the petty traders Tema station. Everything was razed to the ground before they left. What is more crucial is the fact taht most of the petty traders are women who are the sole braed winners for their families and thse loss of thier livelihood will affect not only themslves but all their descendants. This will have massive welfare implications for their children.

Killing Our People for Profit

THE GOLDEN CURSE

How the people of Nzema were tortured by the police on behalf of Adamus Resources , Canadian Mining Company

It is really amazing how cruel some governments can be.you would not believe the extent to which some governments can go to protect and serve the vested interest of a particular powerful group.This Npp government has demonstrated beyond all reasonable doubt that its will do gruesome things to its own citizens to advance its crude property-owning democracy ideology. Over the last twenty years mining has brought untold hardship and misery to the people who are unfortunate enough to have minerals in their area. The majority of people living in these areas just like the rest of the country do not benefit from the reckless and environmentally destructive mining that takes place in such places. Previously many chiefs and community leaders lobbied hard to get mining operations located in in their areas to benefit from the industry.but increasingly communities in the mineral rich areas have rather organised themselves into social pressure groups that are actively campaigning to prevent the citing of mining operations in their communities. This is what the brave and progressive leaders and people of Anwia and Telekobo Bukazo in the Nzema District decided to fight against a couple of days back.A mining company which goes by the name of Adamus Resources embarked on a prospecting operation in the area.The people and their leaders decided to demonstrate against their operations and what befell them defies any logic. The police service which is paid for and maintained by the taxpayer to protect and guarantee the rights of the people were set on these well meaning Ghanaians who were only fighting for their legitimate cause of protecting their natural environment against abuse. When the police left over 30 of the citizens including nursing mothers and children ended up in the hospital.About 70 others were arrested and tortured. The government has been doing this for ages without any proper check on their evil and it is time for Ghanaian to draw line over the use of the police to abuse people whose only crime is to fight fro justice .This incident mirrors countless abuses meted out to people who dare to challenge the mining industry which is destroying livelihoods and the environment in Ghana.Since the 1980s we have progressively suffered more than benefit from the mining on our Fatherland. mining is killing our country and we must rise up and fight.

PERSECUTION OF TEACHERS In Ghana

There is a disturbing trend currently sweeping through the education sector in Ghana that threatens not only the teaching profession but also the hard won freedom of speech in Ghana as well. Teachers who dare to make true public statements about the teething problem associated with the New Educational Policy are being targeted for demotions threats and transfers. All this is happening without any concrete resistance from the institutions that are charged with safeguarding the freedom of Speech of all Ghanaians and the rights of teachers. I am urging all Ghanaians worth their citizenship to stand up to the increasingly politicized Ghana Education Service and the inept NPP Government.This Stupid government is taking advantage of the uncritical nature of the loudest Ghanaian public commentators to commiit some atrocious crimes. In two widely publicized cases a Headteachers inTema has been demoted and transferred to another school for saying on radio that there has not been a high enrolment rate since the beginning of the New Educational Reform as anticipated. The other case involves an educationist in the Accra Metro Educational Office who questioned the availability of enough resources to implement the educational Reforms.He was issued with an official query and a threat of a transfer. Ghanaians wake up and fight this injustice.

KWESI NDOUM KICK STARTS CPP PRESIDENTIAL BID

Yesterday the former minister of Public Sector Reforms Picked up his nomination forms to contest for the flagbearership of the Great Nkrumahist CPP party.Though it lacked the pomp and extravagant pageantry that accompanied the same process of the fabulously rich but ideologically inept NPP who are the ruling Government. This act will not make the headlines and grab the attention of the general public it is one of the acts that are coming together towards the full restoration of the credentials of the CPP as the most credible alternative for getting this country back on the track to development from where we left off between 1957-1966. Slowly but surely we the true sons and daughters of the authentic Nkrumaihist movement is rising up and organising towards building an efficient organisational machinery to become a great political and governance force once more. The opening up of the nomination process ,it is hoped will invigorate the grassroots party structures and drive the party to get the publicity needed to put the party in the public consciousness.It is reported that at least three very credible and nationally recognisable contestants will enter the fray. Being a realist , i don't expect that whoever wins the CPP primaries to go on and win the Presidential polls in 2008 but what this step will do is to make slow efforts to build the party slowly and gradually until we get to a point where we can challenge the other parties. Thus will not neither simple nor easy and will take a long time. This Process is a good sign of good things to come

INCREASES IN UTILITY BILLS

The NPP vampire government is at it again.This time it has hit where it will hurt the most. According to the Public Utilities Regulatories Committee (PURC) which presents itselt as an independent body but in reality under the thumb of the government, utility prices will increase by up to 40%. Considering the luxurious lifestyle and the corruption of our leaders i do not put it beyond them to implement such a murderuos increament