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GHANA’S DEMOCRACY; A GULVANIZED DICTATORSHIP Over the years many have painted Ghana’s democracy with flamboyant colors. BBC report describes Ghana has “genuine democracy where people are aware of their rights and actively tried to find out what their politicians are up to”. The international community has often lauded Ghana as a beacon of peace and stability as if that is not enough the U.S. president Barack Obama called Ghana a "model for democracy" in Africa. One this score l asks what kind of spectacles does these international bodies wears to assess Ghana’s democracy. This quickly reminds me of what Ghana’s veteran journalist, the late Komla Dumor says no foreigner can tell the true story of African. In this light, I say it unequivocally that, Ghana’s democracy is a galvanized autocracy. One will wonder to ask, what l mean by GHANA’S DEMOCRACY; A GALVANIZED AUTHOCRACY. This means that, Ghana has all the features and structures of a democratic state but practice ...

LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN GHANA. ( A REVIEW ON Crisis of Leadership in Ghana’ by Professor Ashitey ) Leadership refers to the process of leading others roars the attainment of set goals. The article “Leadership Crisis  in Ghana” by Professor G.A Ashitey  seeks to explore how educated sons and daughters of this country  who the state use its resources to finance their education in abroad, with the intent of coming back to ameliorate the nation have failed the nation in that regard. Astheauthor explains how “founding fathers placed a great premium on education…. The justification for that exercise was that, the new nation-Ghana needed leaders who would feed herpeople and free them from ignorance and disease.” Unfortunately, these educated individual have played an instrumental role in siphoning the resources of Ghana. Prof G. A Ashitey’s article could be said to be a mirror, which reflect how our scholars have disappointed not only Ghana but Africa as a whole. As the ...