by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Jan 11, 2021 | Scripts
Power, it is said abhors vacuum and in all political power arrangements, it is critical that political vacuum is avoided as much as possible. If what was exhibited by our Members of Parliament last Thursday dawn in the Chamber with all the ancillary events is anything...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Jan 8, 2021 | Scripts
I spent a greater portion of the night of 6th January 2021 observing the nine-hour proceedings as the nation’s House of Parliament got itself ready to elect a Speaker and Deputies as well as have the 8th Parliament inaugurated. Having come from the background of a...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Dec 24, 2020 | Scripts
I vividly remember how the Ghana government led by President John Agyekum Kufuor behaved in the run-up to the 2008 General Elections. The government had done so much with respect to the economy, putting in place social interventionist policies, etc and thus believed...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Dec 19, 2020 | Scripts
In his inauguration address delivered on January 7, 2017, President Akufo-Addo pledged to protect the public purse. He declared, “We must restore integrity in public life. State coffers are not spoils for the party that wins an election, but resources for the...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Dec 17, 2020 | Scripts
The period immediately preceding the assumption of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President was one of excitement. It was very reminiscent to that of the election of President John Kufuor when Ghanaians could not believe that after a nineteen year-reign of the PNDC...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Dec 15, 2020 | Scripts
The 2020 General Elections was one that was heavily contested partly as a result of the outcome of the 2012 Presidential Election Petition which had led the Law Lords to declare that elections are won or lost at the polling station. With that firmly at the back of the...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Dec 11, 2020 | Scripts
I took this picture (of a portion of the La township) after voting as I drove through the La-Dade-Kotopon constituency last Monday. Just like hundreds of other constituencies, the voters here queued to cast ballots so they can enjoy the very basic essentials of life....
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Dec 11, 2020 | Scripts
So eventually the process ended and the Electoral Commission declared for us a President-Elect, one who will be sworn in on 7th of January 2021. H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is the man! Having observed the entire process and gone through the results, I am of the...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Dec 11, 2020 | Scripts
As the dust begins to settle on the 2020 General Elections, I have made some observations that I wish to share as follows: 1. Quite a significant percentage of Ghanaians were not enthused about some of the policies or behaviour of the NPP in government. 2. But this...
by Engr Eric Atta-Sonno | Nov 23, 2020 | Scripts
For the last few years, our media landscape has been inundated by a cacophony of noises with regards to various infrastructural projects and who is supposed to be the rightful claimant for such projects. I have attempted to toss the matter up in my mind on a number of...
