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Ghana’s decentralization framework has consistently aimed at bringing governance closer to the people, however, one critical challenge hinders this ambition: the method of selecting Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs). Currently appointed by the President, MMDCEs have significant control…
The rate of youth unemployment in Ghana continues to rise as increasing numbers of young people graduate from universities yet remain jobless, even after completing their mandatory national service. This growing challenge has sparked widespread debate, with many advocating entrepreneurship…
In a previous article titled: Why is an Improving Ghanaian Economy not reflecting in the economic reality of the ordinary citizen?. I highlighted five (5) key factors why Ghana’s current improvement in economic indicators are not reflecting in the reality…
Ghana’s economic outlook has experienced significant turbulence in recent years particularly during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The combined effects of the global health crisis and the Russia-Ukraine War severely disrupted the country’s economy just like it occurred with many…
Promoting a healthy infrastructure maintenance culture in Ghana cannot rely on civic appeals alone. It must be anchored in law and more importantly in strict enforcement. Unfortunately, the challenge with Ghana’s legal system is not necessarily the absence of laws.…
Infrastructure development remains central to economic transformation in Ghana. Yet beyond the debate about building new roads, railways, hospitals, and factories lies a more fundamental crisis: Ghana’s poor maintenance culture. Generally for a country that still struggles with inadequate infrastructure,…
Ghana’s development challenge is no longer about a lack of ideas or plans. It is about a lack of authority behind those plans. For decades, successive governments have produced ambitious development frameworks, yet implementation remains inconsistent and vulnerable to political…
National development must be taken seriously in a lower-middle-income country like Ghana. Development cannot be episodic, partisan, or tied to electoral cycles. It must be continuous, deliberate, and nationally owned. Since 1992, Ghana has practiced democratic governance with notable success.…
In a previous article titled “Policy Implementation Failures in Africa – Politics; The Elephant in the Room”, I opined that, politics happen to be a key contributor to policy implementation failures in Africa, however, this position is not to undermine…