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Wisdom Peter Awuku PhD writes:

Constitution Review Committee (Commission) vrs Constitutional Review Committee.

I’m not an English scholar! My area of specialisation is Communication and a student of Research.
Take a look at this.

Both "constitution review" and "constitutional review" are grammatically correct, but they are often used in different legal and political contexts.

1. Constitutional Review (Most Common in Law)
This is the standard term used in legal theory and international law. It refers to the power of a court or specialized body to evaluate whether laws, legal acts, or government actions conform to the constitution.

Usage: "The Supreme Court exercises constitutional review to strike down unlawful legislation".
Grammar: "Constitutional" is an adjective modifying the noun "review".

2. Constitution Review (Common for Reform)
This term is frequently used as a compound noun, particularly when referring to a specific administrative or political process intended to amend or reform a country's founding document.

Usage: Often appears in the titles of official bodies, such as the Constitution Review Commission.
Grammar: "Constitution" acts as a noun adjunct (a noun acting as an adjective) to specify the subject of the review.

Summary Table
Term Primary Meaning Typical Context
Constitutional Review Evaluating the constitutionality of laws. Courts, Judicial Review, Legal Theory.

Constitution Review A process to change or update the constitution itself. Commissions, Amendments, Political Reform.

Recommendation: For 2025 legal writing, use "constitutional review" when discussing the judicial interpretation of laws. Use "constitution review" if referring to a specific committee tasked with amending a national document.
So, the work of Prof. H.K Prempeh is known as Constitution Review Committee (CRC).

My colleague journalists, radio commentators and political ‘communicators’, over to you.

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My theoretical model of localized trilingualism can solve the signboard language problem in Ghana.

According to my model, developed many years ago, we must respect local or indigenous languages while promoting regional lingua francas and international languages.

If we follow my model we can always have English, Akan, and the main indigenous language of the area where the signboard is located. So if a sigboard is in my hometown of Jirapa we must have Dagaare, Akan and English; if in Bolga, then Gurune, Akan, and English; in Tamale it should be Dagbane, Akan and English.

In Ho, it would be Ewe, Akan, and English. In Accra, it would Ga, Akan and English.

Some people may be wondering why Akan should be on signboards in all non-Akan areas.

That's because we need to be realistic and know that Akan has become our DE FACTO national language. Akan in all its variations is spoken in most parts of Ghana, more than any other Ghanaian language. It is not our DE JURE national language yet. If Ghana survives as a country for another 50 years again, Akan will emerge as our national language.

It is time to be realistic with our language policies.......

The model of "localized trilingualism" in Ghana was developed by Adams Bodomo in his 1995 article "On Language and Development in Africa: The Case of Ghana". This model proposes harnessing Ghana's multilingual resources for socio-cultural, economic, and technological development in the 21st century.
Key aspects of Bodomo's model:
Focus on Development: The core idea is to use the country's many languages for accelerated and sustainable national development.
Harnessing Multilingual Resources: The model aims to leverage the existing linguistic diversity rather than treating it as a problem.
Context-Specific Application: The term "localized" suggests that the implementation of trilingualism (a three-language approach) would be tailored to the specific contexts within Ghana.
Context within Ghana:
Historical Language Policies: Ghana has a history of shifting language policies in education, moving from metropolitan languages to the use of local Ghanaian languages and then back to English, especially after independence.
Multilingual Environment: Ghana is a highly multilingual country, with over 80 languages spoken, making language management and policy a critical issue for education and development.
Precursors to the Model: While Bodomo developed the specific model, earlier work by Kropp-Dakubu, Dolphyne, and Duthie had also analyzed Ghana's complex language situation, with Bodomo later providing a more comprehensive view.
On Language and Development in Africa: The Case of Ghana
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