Thursday, July 15, 2010

President of Ghana for a day

One day would not be enough for me to make an impact. I'd need 3 months.
1. I'll review & publicize job descriptions for all the ministerial positions. (if we vote them in, we need to know what they are supposed to be doing)
2. I'd demand that all ministers, MPs, mayors & DCEs submit 5-year goals and their departments' plans to achieve them.
3. Set substantial monthly milestones of these plans, to be publicly reviewed.
4. I'd do something with the IRS but I still haven't figured that out yet. A way to keep state money for the state and not in individuals' bank accounts.

Based on the above, each GH citizen would have someone in charge of their welfare.
Before setting this rolling, I'd sit down with a few opposition leaders, notable GH scholars (non politicians like Kofi Annan), and have them share their thoughts on the roadmaps submitted.

"President" wouldn't really be a fitting title so I'd go with "Facilitator".


What would you do if you were President for a day?

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Since we are on the subject

Ghana really is a soccer powerhouse!
Black Stars have appeared in the African Cup of Nations 18 times and won 5 times. Egypt is the only one ahead of us and out of 22 appearances, they have 7 wins.
We tie Egypt with the most finals appearances - 8.

My point?
Soccer is one of the many things we do very well.
We've been dancing on the continent's floor for decades.
We've danced circles around the popular teams on the world's stage to our own amazement.
There is no better time than now, to support the talent we have and encourage them to get better.
We can own FIFA's World Cup tournament and make Ghana synonymous with soccer!

Next time I see a bunch of kids playing soccer without a real soccer ball, I'll get them one. One of them might be the next Robert Mensah, Aggrey Fynn, Razak, Kingson or Asamoah Gyan (with a different victory dance of course).


Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Cup_of_Nations#Most_championships_won

Friday, July 2, 2010

RESPECT DUE!

This squad came together as a team, worked very well together, trusted each other and made Africa proud.
Their high level of discipline was noted and that makes me proud of them.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present MY winners!!!

GOALKEEPERS
1 Daniel AGYEI
16 Stephen AHORLU
22 Richard KINGSON
DEFENDERS
2 Hans SARPEI
4 John PANTSIL
5 John MENSAH
7 Samuel INKOOM
8 Jonathan MENSAH
15 Isaac VORSAH
17 Ibrahim AYEW
19 Lee ADDY
MIDFIELDERS
6 Anthony ANNAN
9 Derek BOATENG
10 Stephen APPIAH
11 Sulley MUNTARI
13 Andre AYEW
21 Kwadwo ASAMOAH
FORWARDS
3 Asamoah GYAN
12 Prince TAGOE
14 Matthew AMOAH
18 Dominic ADIYIAH
20 Quincy OWUSU-ABEYIE
23 Kevin Prince BOATENG
COACH
Milovan RAJEVAC