Aaya Moment

PUBLIC THOUGHTS A GYM INSTRUCTOR WRITES... Just before asking for money to clear medical bills. He said "so, you have nothing better to do with your life than operate a gym?". Most people haven't had the chance to get the exposure some of us have had so I didn't reply with a sarcastic comment because I knew he was speaking out of lack of knowledge . I gave him the money and fought the urge to tell him,  the venture you just disrespected is what just paid for your treatment. We live in a society where people don't believe in dreams and talents. For this reason, capable people do not support ventures that are not conventional. If you go asking for support, it better be about education, or money for marriage or your child's outdooring, medical bills. The such like. For these reasons, most young people go out looking for educational scholarships because thats the only form of support they will ever get. Most of them don't even know what to do with the

PUBLIC THOUGHTS Wa West records 361 teenage pregnancies in 9 months. Now let me break down the numbers for you: Everyday 1.32 school going children get pregnant everyday ie 4 school going children get pregnant every 3 days. According to the National Population and Housing census, the population of Wa West is 81,348. And averagely 55% of our population are under the ages of 24. So let’s do a very crude of unscientific maths, about 25% of the population should be between 10-19 years so the number of people between the ages of 10-19 is 20,337 and that of the girls within this range is 10,122. This means that 4% of girls in the Wa West district got pregnant in 9 months. This is where I throw in the hammer, our religious bodies are more interested in fighting CSE than teenage pregnancy in Ghana. Now, out of the 4%, many and various were impregnated by religious leaders and teachers. My dear friends, these are the hypocritical people fighting the CSE as if they are the holiest on t

EPISODE 01  THE SADDENED DAUGHTER Under the same title, I would be presenting my experiences in commercial vehicles. Not just in taxis but in buses, mini vans, and even flights.  I would also present from time to time, happenings right before and right after getting aboard, which demand sharing. I would also talk about some personal reflections during such times. In this first episode, I would talk about one of my experiences in a taxi from Agbogba to Madina junction, all suburbs of Accra in Ghana. It was on the 17 th day of August this year and I had to report to school on this same day so I was floating in my own thoughts. I boarded this taxi and after about 10 minutes’ drive, another woman came aboard the same taxi. She engaged in a conversation with the other passenger and the driver. As usual, I got busy on my phone since I am not a fun of conversation with random people in taxis. After a while, the woman had a phone call which caught my attention. I was not