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It is high time this old fox of an MP, Collins Dauda, disembroilled himself from his tribal dogmatism. Having gone to Parliament for many years, one would have expected that his advanced years could dictate to him to offload certain traits which are inimical to the peace and unity of the very people he has led over the years. This bigot of an MP still dwells, sadly, in the dark ages. He still rides to the top using ethnocentricism. Collins Dauda, in a speech, has appealed to the people of northern descent not to pitch camps with the NPP since the party doesn't like the progress of Northerners. Maybe the many MPs from the north on the ticket of the NPP are not true Northerners! I  am sure that Dr. Bawumia, the Vice President of the Republic, is from Nzema. The Hassan Tampulis, Awal Mohammeds, Amin Antahs are from the Ashanti Region! To him, the NDC is the party for the people of the north. Meanwhile, where he is an MP is not in the northern part of the country. Such a se...

Ms Elizabeth Ohene writes: Our public functions go on for too long. Okay, this is not exactly a new or particularly profound observation. Anybody who attends a public function in this country knows this, has complained about it and we live with it. This past week, I attended a number of public events and I have been thinking I would put my mind to finding ways in which we could save some time at these functions. I have no idea how we came by the practice of enumerating every identifiable group for mention in the greetings at the beginning of the speeches. Council of State members, honourable ministers, honourable members of Parliament, members of the diplomatic corps, traditional rulers, clergy, Niimei, Naamei, Nananom, Togbewo, Mamawo, fellow Ghanaians, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, and then All protocols observed. The next time the President of the Republic is giving a speech, just count the number of individuals and identifiable groups that he mentions at the start. It...

#TEAMO-BREMPONG2020 SAYS "THANK YOU" TO EVERYONE The Honourable Yaw Owusu Brempong, aspiring parliamentary candidate for the Asutifi South constituency wishes to extend his most gratifying thanks to everyone who joined with him, yesterday 22nd July 2019, in a spirit of oneness and sense of purpose , to pick his nomination forms. From the Electoral Area Coordinators, Zonal Executives and Polling Station Executives, down to zealous party faithfuls and others who thronged Hon. O-Brempong's residence in Hwidiem, trekked across town to our party office, and witnessed the picking of nomination forms, amidst the throb of drums and songs, Hon. O-Brempong says he is immensely thankful . Your presence and support have led him to acknowledge again how staunch your resolve to capture the parliamentary seat. It was gratifying to note that, the teeming crowd was not rented and it was comprised of delegates and voters from identifiable polling stations here in the Asutifi South co...

HON. YAW OWUSU BREMPONG DECLARES HIS INTENTION TO CONTEST THE NPP PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDACY OF THE ASUTIFI SOUTH CONSTITUENCY The honourable Yaw Owusu Brempong, a well-known patriot, patron and philanthropist here in the Ahafo Region, and native of Hwidiem in the Asutifi South constituency, has formally announced his intention to secure the parliamentary candidacy of the orphan Asutifi South constituency, on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Affectionately called Bra Yaw or Wofa Yaw, and widely known as Yaw Broni, the Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) has officially met with honourable members of the Asutifi South Constituency Executive Committee (CEC) to declare his intention to them. At the well-attended soiree with the executives, Hon. Yaw Broni, as custom required of any well-conceived undertaking, informed the officers that he was in the race to redeem the image of the party, and to give real parliamentary representati...