[AEP]Egypt was the most popular Twitter hashtag in 2011, edging out other less revolutionary contenders like #JustinBeiber. 'The power of we' is the theme of today's Blog Action Day, and although 'beliebers' might not necessarily agree, there could hardly be a more powerful example of the power of we than the thousands of people brought together (often through social media) across the Middle East and North Africa to hold their governments to account and demand democratic change. My last post looked at Ghana's s

[AEP]The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will not extend the deadline for the submission of Presidential nomination forms by the political parties contesting the December general elections.

[AEP]Kwami Ahiabenu II, Team Leader of Penplusbytes which runs the African Elections Project talks to Dayo Olapode of the New York Times about how a nation can successfully run national elections.

[Public Agenda]In view of the health implications associated with not washing hands with soap which include severe diarrhoea, cholera and pneumonia, especially among school children, the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs Matilda Amissah-Arthur, has called on all Ghanaians to see sanitation and hygiene in their proper perspectives.

[Public Agenda]The last decade has seen the emergence of what has come to be known as resource nationalism, spreading like wild fire across resource-rich developing countries, particularly Latin America and Africa. Over the last five years the phenomenon has become even more intense, assuming the character of an economic revolution!

[Public Agenda]One is sometimes tempted to laugh off Ghana's vision towards a full middle-income country status considering that Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country is still treated in a manner that can best be described as ridiculous.

[Public Agenda]The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP) has met with private businesspersons to solicit their inputs for the 2013 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, Chief Director of the Ministry, Enoch H. Cobbinah, has disclosed. The engagement was under the aegis of the Tax Policy Unit of the Ministry, and constituted part of its pre-budget consultative meeting with stakeholders.

[Public Agenda]Sekondi -The Western Regional Director of Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Augustus Nii Lamptey Cleland, has cautioned students against using their youthful exuberance to cause mischief. He said instead of engaging in such unfruitful acts, the youth should visit libraries to read to improve upon their vocabulary, acquire new knowledge and widen their horizons.

[MFWA]Affiliates and supporters of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have once again been found to be the most abusive on radio during the monitoring of electoral campaign language by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) over the period, October 7 - 13, 2012. For eight (8) consecutive weeks (August 19 - October 13), individuals belonging to the NPP have been at the forefront in the use of indecent remarks on radio. This is unacceptable and it is unfortunate that the leadership of the NPP does

[Public Agenda]President John Dramani Mahama has been asked to institute an investigation into activities of the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) following reports of alleged irregularities in the construction of a gas processing plant in the Western Region.

[Public Agenda]Ghana's appreciable level of consciousness about Climate Change is a mark of progress but can be meaningful if the country can translate that consciousness into measures that seek to arrest the consequences of the negative effects of the menace, Hon. Sherry Ayittey, Minister for Environment Science and Technology has observed.

[Public Agenda]Ever since Nana Akufo-Addo announced his now well received and understood, election winning and agenda setting Free SHS Education Policy, which seeks to also prioritise the restructuring of Ghana's currently failed educational system, Ghanaians have been bombarded with all kinds of laughable resistance to the policy from the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

[Public Agenda]A survey has indicated that while oil-endowed regions in Ghana want the government to create funds dedicated to the regions to cater for their economic needs, a majority of Ghanaians do not agree to the establishment of such funds.

[Public Agenda]The fight against corruption calls for constant vigilance on the part of all duty bearers if the social and economic canker is to be at least minimised to tolerable levels if not completely rooted out from the Ghanaian society. It has been said times without number that the underdevelopment confronting many African countries is attributable to corruption in high places. Thus any move or attempt to ensure transparency in any state's undertaking is most welcomed.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Maxwell Atingane, has cautioned groups in the political parties who intend to snatch ballot boxes to refrain from such acts, because the boxes were not their properties.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]The flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, has stated unequivocally that she has no regrets leaving the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

[Ghanaian Chronicle]A National Service Personnel and seven others are standing trial at an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding eleven people of a total amount of GH¢119,700 under the pretext of securing them visas to travel abroad.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -The Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, has warned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) macho men to be extra careful in their dealings at the Suame Constituency and other parts of the Ashanti Region, else the blood they intend to draw on the election day would be deposited at their doorsteps.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -An emerging Macho Men for Good and Justice, a duly registered association of macho men established since January this year, has expressed its desire to partner the security agencies to monitor the December elections, in order to protect lives and ensure a peaceful and successful elections.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Kumasi -THE DISMISSED Presidential Candidate of the trouble-ridden United Front Party (UFP), Mr. Akwasi Addai, has finally given up any hope of reclaiming his position as the flagbearer of the party.