Ama Pomaa

Writer || Engineer

[Ama Pomaa @iamapomaa]

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[The Cassava Express @cassavaexpress]

A 23-year-old Ghana Police Academy graduate Officer has reportedly been “standing by” for three weeks while the department finalizes the long-awaited 2026 edition of the Official Police Manual: Corruption Tactics & Best Practices.

[Akanfoɔ Abrabɔ @AkanfoAbrabo]

Funnily enough this and other similar phrases were a death sentence by default in Asante back in the day, but later under a reform to the legal system it could be appealed and instead punished with a fine in gold

[Manasseh Azure Awuni @Manasseh_Azure]

APPLICATION OPEN:

Apply for the 2026 edition of Manasseh and Friends Creative Writing Clinic here. The deadline is July 31st 2026

Click on the link to apply:
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[Edem Kojo, MASSCI 🤝 @_edemkojo]

So long as people exist in a place filth and waste will continue to build up.

The solution to addressing the filth problem of Accra and it's cascading effect is a functional waste management system not seasonal clean up exercises.

After today & tomorrow, what next?
Default?

[Nana Poku @asaberekwame]

Structural and political will can't be replaced by performative nonsense.. Citizens don't have to clean shit. What are the MMDCEs there for? Let the laws work and also pay cleaners and make sure they do their jobs

[smallie wey dey mighty @Britney_Tachie]

Our sanitation crisis will not disappear through clean-up exercises alone. If government does not invest in proper waste management, regulate single-use plastics, and build effective recycling systems, the problem will only get worse as our population grows. We need sustainable solutions, not “go and do clean up exercise”

[FAYALORRRD @faya_lorrrd]

Don't mistake visibility for effectiveness. Standing in the street for a few hours isn't the same as building systems that work all year round.

[The Cassava Express @cassavaexpress]

Ghana announced on Friday that its devastating flooding problem has been completely solved following a grueling two-day national cleanup exercise, with officials confirming that citizens will resume their traditional dumping practices first thing next week.

“This is the cleanest my gutter has been since 2019. I give it three days before it’s back to its natural habitat,” said a local resident while already eyeing a nearby pile of rubbish.

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, which deployed waste collection vehicles for the exercise, confirmed it stands ready to support future cleanups “whenever the government feels like declaring another national sanitation day.”

[CREATIVE WRITING NEWS @cwritingnews]

Enter the Open Arts Prize for Fiction 2026. Black and African writers can win $500 for unpublished fiction exploring the theme Inheritance.

Deadline: 31 July 2026

https://t.co/4pnEzuz8Yb

[maya @mayaviatwitta]

we’ll jump off that bridge when we get to it

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

African nations if the World Cup games only lasted 80 mins

[SEND GHANA @SEND_GHANA]

Ghana must introduce mandatory Front-of-Pack Warning Labels on foods high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats. These products are fueling rising cases of diabetes, kidney disease, and obesity.

[Timothy Selikem Korku Donkor @DonkorST]

All the problems you've identified are reducible to the faults of governments (past and present).

1. Poor sanitation systems compel people to litter. There are communities without public disposal sites and bins. You can walk 400 meters on the streets of Ghana, and you wouldn't find a single bin to dispose of the waste you accumulate through your daily activities.

2. Gutters are filled with sand and are choked with rubbish and stone.
The local government has the duty to ensure this doesn't happen. Yet, if you map an entire area, I dare say that 60% or more of the gutters are partly or wholly choked.

3. Litering laws are not being enforced. People openly throw rubbish in our marketplaces in the presence of police officers and the assembly task force, yet nothing is done about it. In certain cases, they demand bribes.

4. Roads are increasingly being constructed without drainage systems. How is water supposed to flow? Fly in the air?

5. People build on waterways. It is an illegality. Why did we allow them to put up those buildings? Ee have a task force at the assembly level that is paid to monitor physical development and demolish it immediately when it goes against town planning policies.

Read the Local Governance Act 2016, and see the immense power assemblies have to control physical development in an area.

Yet, all they do is receive bribes and issue permits.

IT IS THE GOVERNMENT THAT HAS FUNDAMENTALLY FAILED US.

IF HUMANS WERE SELF RIGHTEOUS, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR LAWS.

[OkitiLiterary @okitiliterary]

Do you have a poem to share?

Okiti Literary is still accepting poetry submissions for its next issue. Send in your work before July 31.

Submit via the link below:
https://t.co/1P5BaQMNra

#PoetrySubmission #OkitiLiterary #PoetryCommunity

[michelawrong @michelawrong]

African writers take note: the Miles Morland Scholarships for 2026 open for applications on July 1. https://t.co/5OMsBnK9iC

[GHANA FACTS & HISTORY @GhanaianMuseum]

In 1960, Ghanaians gathered at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, firing old muskets, beating drums, and raising banners to celebrate Ghana’s boycott of South African goods — a bold protest against apartheid and racial discrimination in South Africa, in solidarity with Black South Africans.

[🇬🇭 Mensa Otabil @MensaOtabil]

By God’s counsel, you shall walk securely, and by His grace you will fulfill His purpose for you life in Jesus' name. Amen.

#40DaysOfPower
#GW2206

[BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper]

midnight & indigo, the literary platform celebrating Black women’s voices across the diaspora, is open for short fiction, speculative fiction, and creative nonfiction submissions until June 30! 🖋️👩🏾‍💻 https://t.co/IhWihqQVX9