When it comes to what subjects I write on in my column, it is often as the spirit moves me, always with the understanding that I am not the type of person to write on Ian Smith and Rhodesia on the day that three former heads of state are executed in Ghana. Sometimes I do […]
Tag: Elizabeth Ohene
Anything for a choice school
I have, like so many other people, been listening to and have now watched the Fourth Estate documentary titled School Placement for Sale. It has taken my mind back to how it all started. I do so clearly remember the day we decided that something had to be done about the secondary school admission system. […]
Elizabeth Ohene Chairs SSNIT board
Journalist, politician and former Minister of State in the John Kufuor administration Elizabeth Akua Ohene has been appointed the chairperson of the board of directors of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Ms Ohene, during the first term administration of President Akufo-Addo, served as a speechwriter, contributing a great deal to most of the major speeches […]
Elizabeth Ohene edits Daily Graphic Thursday
A former Minister of State and Government Spokesperson, Ms Elizabeth Ohene, has advised the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and its brands to remain true to the values of independence, truth and accuracy. She said the Daily Graphic, the flagship of the company, should maintain its fairness and objectivity in order to sustain the public […]
Elizabeth Ohene writes: “I can breathe here”
Accounts of the tragic end of George Floyd on a street in Minneapolis, USA chime with memories for the doyenne of correspondents in Accra. It felt personal. As I watched the breath ebb out of George Floyd under the deliberate weight of the knee of the uniformed white police officer on his neck, I felt […]