Opinions of Tuesday, 26 July 2005

Columnist: Poku, Kojo

Ghana - A Banana Republic

President Kufuor appoints Regional Ministers
Kufuor appoints Mayors of Cities (Accra & Kumasi)
Kufuor appoints MCEs/DCEs (don?t buy the notion of ?nominate?)
Decentrlization? No Way!


Kufuor appoints CHARJ boss
Kufuor appoints SFO boss
Kufuor appoints Attorney general
Kufuor appoints Appeal Court Judges
Kufuor appoints Supreme Court Judges
Independence of the Judiciary? Big Joke

Kufuor appoints Chief of Defence Staff
Kufuor appoints Chief of Naval Staff
Kufuor appoints Chief of Air Staff
Kufuor appoints Chief of Army Staff
Kufuor appoints Prisons Service boss
Kufuor appoints Police Service boss
Kufuor appoints National Fire Service boss
Kufuor appoints Immigration Service boss
Politicized Military? You got it right

Kufuor appoints the Daily Graphic Editor
Kufuor appoints the Ghanaian Times Editor
Kufuor appoints the Ghana News Agency
Kufuor appoints the Ghana Broadcasting Corperation boss
Media is government controlled? ..and Kufuor wants to keep it that way

Kufuor appoints CEOs of companies (VRA, Ghana Airways, Ghana Water Company. Electricity Company, Tema Oil Refinery, Ghana National Petroleum Company)
Kufuor appoints boards of corporate organizations
Kufuor appoints Ghana Investment Promotion Centre boss
Kufuor appoints State Enterprises Commission boss
Kufuor appoints Civil Service boss
Kufuor appoints Internal Revenue Service boss
Govt controls business & jobs, so, we?ll all be at it?s mercy!

Kufuor appoints the Football Association Boss
Kufuor appoints the Olympic Committee Boss
Kufuor appoints the National Sports Council Even sports is not free of politics
Is Ghana a Banana Republic?



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