THE PANAMA PAPERS AND A COUNTRY SUFFERING FROM ACUTE LETHARGY BY KWESI BAAKO

Once again, that lackluster response that greets almost every important issue that is not directly ‘bread and butter’ showed its face when the ‘Panama Papers’ surfaced this week.

Ghanaians once again reacted as if it was just another ordinary story. I do not blame us entirely, after all, hadn’t John Addo Kufour, eldest son of Ghana’s former President John Agyekum Kufour been in the news in the not so distant past for activities that at best slightly embarrassed his father, the then President of Ghana? So why should there be a loud “wow” over a case of corruption concerning someone who had been in and out of a high profile corruption case.

BREAKING: NIGERIANS, OTHER AU COUNTRIES TO OBTAIN VISAS TO BE ALLOWED ENTRY TO GHANA

Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, declared that Nigerians and citizens of other African countries must apply for visas as from July this year, before they will be allowed entry to Ghana.