{"60":"2020-08-03","61":{"first":"Albert","last":"Quashigah"},"62":"aquashigah@law.gwu.edu","63":"179-702-0244","64":{"street":"Fairview Guest House street","street2":"Taifa ","city":"Accra","state":"Acc","zip":"+233","country":"Ghana "},"191":"SJD Corp","66":"The financial crises in Ghana's Energy sector poses an existence  question for the sector. A collapse of the sector due to debts will affect industry and business. Ghana has grappled with the problem for years but the threat has not abated. Corporate Governance failure appears to be the underlying cause of the major financial challenges. The utilities in the sector are state owned and their  managements are appointed by the president who has a huge political  constituency to please. Needless subsidies and bad investment decisions are due to corporate governance failure. Political interference has created its unending financial challenges. It is being argued, that the corporate Governance principles which apply to the private sector can be applied to the public sector to achieve the same results. Corporate and business law major is believed will afford an opportunity to explore corporations, the legal framework for their existence and how, the law can be used to attain good Corporate Governance in public or state owned utilities in Ghana. This way, government will influence less or not at all, and the financial position of the utilities will improve because the utilities will have the opportunity to operate commercially while still delivering a public service in a market in which the utilities are generally monopoly. Ghana's energy sector debts must not only be paid but must never in the future be accumulated , and this major (Corporate and Business Law) provides the opportunity to make far reaching recommendations. ","67":"Delaware Law's  Corporate and Business Law major is for me the best I could find for the research I want to embark on. Before applying for SJD degree,  I read about schools on the US news ranking. None offered to me the directness that, Delaware promised in its showing on its site. Its Corporate and Business Law SJD, is directly targeted. \r\nApart from its decent placement on the US news ranking, the school's environment and the  opportunities for practical learning,  is tops.  ","68":"The George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C. \r\n","69":"I am currently full-time law lecturer of Constitutional Law, Energy Law and Media Law in one of Ghana's respectable state owned universities.\r\nMy ambition, after SJD, is to continue to teach either in my current university or in any part of the world where the opportunity presents itself so long as I continue to contribute to advancing knowledge. ","70":"As the first Research Officer of the Department of Public Relations in the University where I currently  teach, I provided regular platform for lecturers to present research work they were working on. Through these exercises, the realization to publish was awakened in Faculty, and interest was generated in that direction. \r\nA former vice-chancellor recognizing commitment to duty appointed me to the Faculty of Law Establishment Committee. The result is that, in 2015 my university set up a world class Law school where I am currently not only, the Faculty of Law's appointed patron of the Law Students Union but also a lecturer in Constitutional Law.  \r\nIn 2004, I became the first news anchor of Citi fm's Mid-day news. Citi fm is one of Ghana's leading radio stations and my performance in that role increased the listenership of the station.  Subsequently other talents were brought up by me and when I needed to move on, the feared vacuum of my absence was not created. \r\nQuite apart from being tasked by Management to set up, and actually setting up student leadership\/administration in the Faculty of Law where I currently teach, I am currently the host of \"Analyses\" a top rated radio talk show on one of Ghana's finest radio stations, Star FM.  It is a three and half-hour show which is meant for experts and civil society groups to converge on matters of national interest. \r\nBeing selected as the first Host of the show from outside full-time employees of the station is a vote of confidence in me. The opportunity to influence my communities again is amazing. \r\nI am willing to provide some evidence of being host of \"Analyses\". ","72":"Albert Quashigah "}