The Ghanaian Politics And Politics Of The Ghanaian Government

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Ghanaian politics have had a tumultuous history since they became independent of the United Kingdom in 1957. The first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, who brought about Ghanaian independence, began to pass laws that were not in the best interest of the people of Ghana, outlawing strikes, turning the police force into his private guard, and detaining political opponents. One such act was the referendum that Nkrumah proposed, and that passed with a blatantly rigged 99.1% percent, that turned Nkrumah’s own party, the CCP (Convention People’s Party), into the only legal party and made Nkrumah president for life, transforming Ghana into a dictatorship. In 1966, while he was out of the country, Nkrumah’s regime was thrown out of government in a military coup. Between 1966 and 1981 Ghana was subject to several military coups, switches between civilian and military governments, and the continued banning and unbanning of political parties. The last coup, and the end of this period of unrest, came in 1981 with the PNDC (Provisional National Defense Council, led by Jerry John Rawlings. The PNDC, who re-outlawed political parties, would act as government, with moderate objection from certain sectors of the Ghanaian people, for the next 11 years. This was until 1992, when pressure from sources both local and abroad caused the PNDC to step down from their position and allow for the creation of a parliament and restoring multi-party politics. Rawlings was elected president and would be again in 1996. The current government consists of a power sharing system that was instigated in the 1992 constitution that brought about its creation. Power is shared between the president, the parliament, a council of state, whose role is to advise the presid...

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...hnological endeavors. Their mission statement is “The MEST exists to establish a strong national scientific and technological base for accelerated sustainable development of the country to enhance the quality of life for all” (Government of Ghana, 2013). Ghana has an active space program with both the Ghana Space Agency and the Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre (GSSTC) overseeing management. A satellite that will track weather predictions, mineral resources, and national security is expected to launch from Ghana in 2015 (VOA News, 2013). One massive technological project that Ghana has undertaken is HOPE City. HOPE stands for Home, Office, People, Environment, and is expected to be completed in 2016 (Viva Africa, 2013). When completed, the complex will have the tallest tower in Africa and will serve as an information technologies and communications facility.

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