YOUNG POSITIVIST

YOUNG POSITIVIST writes. A gallant has indeed fallen . Ghanaians on black Friday, the 29th June, 2018 woke up to welcome the untimely and unexpected demise of the former vice president of the land H.E Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur. Reports gathered confirmed that the former veep collapsed during the early hours of 6am at the Air Force Gym in Accra during a usual workout. Apparently, he was quickly rushed to the 37 Military Hospitals where he was pronounced dead. His Excellency Amissah-Arthur born on April 29, 1951 was an economist, academic and politician as well as the fifth vice president of Ghana during the Mahama led administration. Hitherto, he was the governor of bank of Ghana from 2009 – 2012 until he was appointed as the vice president by President Mahama a week after Mahama himself was sworn in. The president H.E Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo could not help but share in the grief of Ghanaians over the loss. He took to his facebook page saying “I have learnt with shock and great ...

YOUNG POSITIVIST WRITES . WHAT NEXT AFTER THE EXPOSE`?   It is a fundamental duty expected of responsible Journalists to serve residents of a country with happenings within the country therein.  Precisely, the role of journalist cannot be downplayed so far as effective democracy is concerned. Journalists in all jurisdiction undertake three distinctive role which are; Educating the citizens about government policies and other relevant issues, keeping them updated on current happenings and ultimately to entertain the public. On this note allow me space to add my voice to the ongoing contentious revelation by ace journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. To begin, many proponents have criticized the Journalist’s method claiming his approach is not the best. Well, this reaffirms the popular analogy of opinion likened to a nose. Obviously, these people have one. Nonetheless, my worry is simple and straight forward. What happens to the story at hand after the journalist reports? Unquestion...

YOUNG POSITIVIST Writes. IT WILL BE IDEAL TO DISSOLVE THE GFA NOW. Ghanaians on 6th June, 2018 gathered at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) to view a documentary by ace controversial journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas tagged ‘number 12’. This obviously led to the video becoming popular and everyone wanting to have a view of it. Meanwhile, the great turnout can be attributed to the invitation by government demanding GFA president Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi to appear before the Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police service  for further investigation. The faithful day arrived and the auditorium was filled to capacity even before the scheduled time. Human traffic was common at the frontage of AICC even though there was a down-pour during the hours of the première. In this write-up, I address the question why it will be ideal for the government to dissolve the Ghana Football Association. Member of Parliament for Asin Central Honorable Kennedy Agyapong’s personalit...