YOUNG POSITIVIST

YOUNG POSITIVIST WRITES.    IS DEMONSTRATION THE LANGUAGE? Every democratic country has, as part of its regulation and to a larger extent constitution procedures, which stipulates the several means by which citizens show displeasure for a policy or against leaders in various rankings. A number of these means could be boycott by workers towards unconducive government initiatives, petitions among others through which citizens communicate their grievances. However, a majority of citizens subscribe to demonstration. In the history of Ghana, demonstrations have been the usual path. Even before independence, during the colonial period when citizens were fed up with treatment from the colonial government, they took to the street to demonstrate. Many times it turns out that government gives a listening ear to the citizens when demonstration is used. It is based on this interesting happening around us that has moved me into writing on the topic “is demonstration the language”? ...

YOUNG POSITIVIST WRITES.                                “The Survival of who you know”. Corruption by far has become a devil in most African countries, if not all. Most African writers in a bid to address this issue, often from a satirical perspective in their writings, are denied the serious urgency and attention it needs. A case is “The Beautyful ones are not yet born” by Ayi Kwei Armah a book that was written in the 1960s after post-colonial period. Several novels including ‘No longer at Ease’ by Chinua Achibe among others cannot be left out in anyway as they reveal the filth and rot in and around the continent. These authors indeed have painted an image of the sort of corruption we find ourselves in as a continent. It is because of this little or no attention given to such relentless efforts on the topic of corruption that has ignited my desire in writing this piece christened “the survival of wh...

 POSITIVIST Writes.  The white Elephant at the University of Ghana  The University of Ghana (UG) is the nation’s premier university and enviably one of the three Universities that was established in British West Africa in 1948. Formerly, UG was called the University College of the Gold Coast an affiliate college of the University of London which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees. The University was fully fleshed in 1961 and can currently boast of about 40,000 students. It is recalled that some few years ago, power crises bedevilled Ghana. The incessant power fluctuations dubbed ¬“Dumsor” literary translated as “light off and on” was a destructive daily occurrence thus subject to national discussions on several fronts. Dumsor under the administration of then President John Dramani Mahama was wild not to suggest that Ghana had not experienced power crises in some administration past. The concern is predominantly on the recurrence and frequency o...

YOUNG POSITIVIST Writes  Political Vigilantism, who takes the blame? The security of every country is very paramount. It is of no surprise that developed countries do spend a lot of money on their security agencies. The likes of United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany and others pay particular attention to their security agencies. They put the necessary resources for their survival. Those countries who won the two world wars did so because of their vibrant and robust security system. Off late the issue of political vigilantism has been a matter of concern to many people. In this regard the question is being asked as who is to blame for these crises? It is the motive of every political party to win election. They make sure their plans are well executed. It is very imperative that these political parties be given the maximum security that they need for peaceful campaigns. The issue of political vigilantism seems to gain a lot of roots in Ghanaian politics. V...

YOUNG POSITIVIST writes. Why is parliament not serving the interest of the people? In every democratic country, in as much as the executive is powerful the legislature is also important. One cannot deny the tedious work  parliamentarians all over the world do. Recently the banking sector in our country had been facing a lot of challenges which has led to the collapse of seven indigenous banks. This really called for public attention as most people hallucinated  about it. Parliament also waded into this conversation. The finance committee of parliament came out that they were going to probe the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of these collapsed banks and others from the Bank of Ghana (BoG). What really surprised me was that they were going to do this probe in-camera. Why were they not making it known to the public? This is something many people still do not understand. In a country having a population of about twenty-seven million, not everyone would be able to...

YOUNG POSITIVIST WRITES  Why waste Taxpayers money on a National Cathedral? Majority of Ghanaians believe in God and strongly uphold their biblical teachings but this in any way does not suggest Ghana is a religious biased country because several other religious sects are also present here.  Additionally, all these religious sects play a vital role in a bid to sustain the peace we enjoy as Ghanaians. So the question is why construct a national cathedral for Christians only? What about our Muslim brothers and sisters? What about the traditionalists? Do we really need this? Is it a well thought move? Is it of priority or a move just to win the joy of the masses? On 6th March, 2017, the then newly sworn in President of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo announced that there was going to be a construction of a 5000-seater national cathedral and situated at Ridge in Accra. This news was met with several criticism from some section of the public. 5000-seater...

YOUNG POSITIVIST Writes.                  CHALE WOTE FESTIVAL The Ghanaian culture by all standard is one which is envied by the masses. The African culture affords its people with numerous benefits with the predominant being the provision of a platform for uniting several persons in a integrated manner. The Chale wote Street Festival is obviously such of a kind celebrated in the country. Chale wote Street Festival is a festival celebrated by artists, dancers, musicians and the general populace on the street of James town in Accra-Ghana. Though not a long celebrated festival it has survived the stance of eight years now. Its observance and commemoration continues each year. This year, the Chale wote festival spanned from 20th August to 26th August 2018. At its commencement, fewer numbers could be spotted at the location from Monday to Thursday with the number more than doubled entering Saturday and Sunday. Intuitively, the rise i...

YOUNG POSITIVIST writes  IN  THE WAKE OF THE BANKING CRISES .  The financial institution within a country is indeed the resilient force that builds an economy. It is therefore imperative that a close supervisory and control system is devised in a bid to check these institutions else we face a mess. Here in Ghana, about a year ago news broke concerning the collapse of two giant Ghanaian banks namely Capital and UT bank. Little did we know that there were more surprises in subsequent days. Following the non-performance of these banks at the earlier stated period, the governor of the central bank Dr. Ernest Addison announced the takeover of the two indigenous banks in the country with its purchase and assumption role charged to the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB). According to the governor, ‘UT Bank and Capital Bank were deeply insolvent’. What this imply is that their liabilities exceeded their assets, putting them in a position not to be able to meet their obligation...

YOUNG POSITIVIST writes. DO NOT BOW TO THE PRESSURE OF FIFA The past few months have been challenging for the Ghana football Association. The expose’ by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas premiered on the 6th and 7th of June 2018 dubbed ‘number 12' revealed a lot of rots in in our football circle. The expose' to a larger extent provided the empirical evidence to critics who opined that the association mandated to oversee football in the country was engulfed in outright rot of corruption. This rather unfortunate revelation made Ghanaians to loose interest in Ghana football with little or none following updates of even the Ghana Black Stars. Against this backdrop, the government of Ghana  ultimately halted all football activities in the country. Meanwhile, a recent document from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) copied to the government demands a rescission of decision within a two week ultimatum period. However, some facts have t...

YOUNG POSITIVIST writes. Leaders, Plan for University as well! “Education is the key to development” is a very common quote you are likely to find every Ghanaian rattle. Undeniably, this quote is indeed a true statement. More so the development of every country rests on the presence of an effective educational structure. Let’s now turn our attention to education in Ghana especially SHS education. Free senior high school education is a blessing to the country most especially for those who never dreamt of pursuing SHS education. This initiative saw many brilliant but needy JHS levers continuing their education, a dream fulfilled. Most Ghanaians and parents have praised the government for this bold and costly initiative. However, in as much as government is paying attention to Secondary Education, I think it is time for attention to be geared towards university education and adequate plans initiated to absorb these students. As expected from our “able politicians” numerous pl...