This Saturday on Newsfile, we step into a pivotal moment for Ghana’s democracy, education, and natural-resource governance. Three national flashpoints, all demanding clarity, accountability, and bold conversation.
First, the petitions are shaking the foundations of our constitutional order. Ten separate petitioners have invoked Article 146, asking President Mahama to remove the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng; the EC Chair, Jean Mensa; and two of her deputies.
The petitions now sit before the Chief Justice. So the big question is simple: What are the allegations, what does the law truly require, and what does this mean for institutional stability going into 2026?
Next, the WASSCE 2025 results, the worst performance in years. President Mahama says the rot didn’t start in SHS; it started in the neglect of basic education, broken capitation grants, poor early-grade learning, and systemic under-investment. So we ask: How did we get here, what does the data say, and what are the policy levers to reverse the slide?
And then, Ghana’s most controversial mineral agreement in a decade, the Lithium Deal. The 10% royalty clause has been flagged by the Majority as a violation of the mining law; the revised 5% royalty has been blasted by the Minority as a “national compromise.”
So the question becomes: Are we protecting the national interest or repeating the mistakes of the past in a booming green-energy economy?
Three stories. One country at a crossroads.
Join Samson Lardy Anyenini this Saturday at 9 a.m. on JoyNews and MyJoyOnline on Newsfile as we unpack the law, the politics, the data, and the economics with the experts, with the documents, and with the facts.
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