Entrepreneurs diary

By Joseph Osei. It becomes a nerve-racking condition when the police who are theoretical to protect citizens, use their uniform to extort daunt and infringe on the rights of the citizens. My heart goes out to many innocent people in prison because they couldn’t pay for justice which must be free for all. An innocent man who was drawn in an India hemp case because he did not pay 1500 cedis bribe demanded by the police in Adiembra in the Ashanti Region, has finally been released by the Kumasi circuit court 3. The police led by the inspector in an attempt to cover their evil deeds, implicating the accused Ernest Asare, with the drug after i reported the case to the Deputy police regional Commander about how the guy was arrested and been in the cells for 6 days without trial or bail. The police who arrested him confirmed to the family and i on phone that they didn't found any drug on him but as their custom demands, he must pay prior to his release. The police statement to t...

“It happened within our house, our family and within our community so I have witnessed it several times. And when that type of child dies, they don’t use a proper thing to carry him for the burial, they will take a rough mat and put the child there and hold it just like anything and go and throw it away. They normally don’t take the baby to the hill alive. They will use something like a stone, stick, or a cutlass to hit the child and kill him” The spirit child phenomenon started in some part of the upper east region in the northern part of Ghana, in 1975, is a culture practice whereby children born with disabilities or whose birth coincide with a tragic incident in the family, such as the loss of a parent. The practice is common in sirigu in the Kassena Nankana West district of the upper east region; it takes about 45 minutes to drive from Bolgatanga to Sirigu Such babies are called spirit children and are thought to be bad omen. For the community, is considered blasphem...

By JOSEPH OSEI Witchcraft, superstition or reality? Is gradually becoming a scourge and a business. There are no efforts by government and society to control and restrain the activities of some self-styl ed traditional priestesses who claim they can detect and exorcize witches and wizards from society. The number of such priestesses, known in the Frafra community as Tigaris, is increasing by the minute and they are causing more harm than good. The priestesses have been forcing some poisonous substances down the throats of alleged witches and wizards in an aggressive bid to tap confessions from them. In many cases, their victims rather have died than uttering any true confessions after taking poisonous concoctions. The priestesses are also said to have been demanding a fine of four hundred Ghana cedis (GH¢400), a cow, a sheep and a carton of gin from every accused person. Many of these self-styled witch Hunters practice of exorcism by the priestesses was nothing more than...

I have been watching with keen interest the saga surrounding Jake’s house – the GaDangme propaganda, the political twist and the arrogance of foot soldiers – and I have been sad, very sad. I am sad because, in civilized society, it is the law and the law alone that is our guide, so that weak men and finite mortals with hands and feet of clay do not take advantage of their fellowmen. I am sad, too, because in our religious and traditional institutions, we are further guided by deep values and spiritual laws. In both of these instances, Nii Lante is committing a serious and dangerous mistake. One: in spitting upon the Supreme Court ruling, he may be serving the short-term interests of his political patrons; in the long run, however, he might find himself a scapegoat – another Ga scapegoat, just like Josiah Aryeh. Nii Lante, no doubt, is a young and promising politician; but he has overshot himself. To begin with, in the constituency such as the one in which he is cont...

By Joseph osei “It happened within our house, our family and within our community so I have witnessed it several times. And when that type of child dies, they don’t use a proper thing to carry him for the burial, they will take a rough mat and put the child there and hold it just like anything and go and throw it away. They normally don’t take the baby to the hill alive. They will use something like a stone, stick, or a cutlass to hit the child and kill him” The spirit child phenomenon and the catholic side of life The spirit child phenomenon started in some part of the upper east region in the northern part of Ghana, in 1975, is a culture practice whereby children born with disabilities or whose birth coincide with a tragic incident in the family, such as the loss of a parent. “To witness the birth of a child is the best opportunity to experience.”- paul cavel   The practice is common in sirigu in the Kassena Nankana West district of the upper east regio...