From Nkrumah to Rawlings: A history of Ghana’s four republics

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• Remove Kotoka's name from airport 1 year ago

  Ghana's main international airport must not be named after a coup maker. Kotoka was a coup maker, one of the organizers and active members of the group that overthrew Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah. He was killed at t ...
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  Ghana's main international airport must not be named after a coup maker. Kotoka was a coup maker, one of the organizers and active members of the group that overthrew Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah. He was killed at the airport when a counter-coup by Arthur, Yeboah and Poku failed. The counter coup was to bring Nkrumah back to power but it failed and during the fighting, Kotoka was killed at the airport. A coup maker should not be celebrated and the country's main airport named after him. The airport should rather be named Kwame Nkrumah International Airport or Accra International Airport. Kotoka's monument should be removed from the airport and relocated in his hometown.

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• KwameYaw 1 year ago

  You are not wiser than those who named the airport. We talk too much and think we know

  You are not wiser than those who named the airport. We talk too much and think we know

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• Abena DAPAAH is a THIEF 1 year ago

  LOOKING AT GHANA'S HISTORY, ONE REALIZES THAT WE HAVENT BEEN LUCKY WITH TRUE LEADERS AND MEN AND WOMEN PREPARED TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES. BESIDES KWAME NKRUMAH ( MAY HIS BLESSED SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE), GHANA HAS BEEN ...
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  LOOKING AT GHANA'S HISTORY, ONE REALIZES THAT WE HAVENT BEEN LUCKY WITH TRUE LEADERS AND MEN AND WOMEN PREPARED TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES. BESIDES KWAME NKRUMAH ( MAY HIS BLESSED SOUL REST IN ETERNAL PEACE), GHANA HAS BEEN MANAGED BY DUMMIES! WHEN ONE LOOKS AROUND, OUR PROGRESS HAS BEEN PAINFULLY SLOW. PEOPLE WE TRUSTED ONLY CAME TO ENRICH THEMSELVES. ACHEAMPONG RANKS NEXT TO NKRUMAH, MAHAMA FOLLOWS BUT THE REST HMMM I WILL FORGIVE LIMANN, NEVER GIVEN THE CHANCE. TAWLINGS COULD HAVE DONE BETTER BUT HE ALLOWED CROOKS INTO HIS FOLD. THE CURRENT ONE WE HAVE IS THE WORST OF THE WORST. IT AMAZES ME HOW GHANAIANS WERE HOODWINKED INTO VOTING FOR SUCH A TRASH! OUR PRAYER IS MAHAMA SHOULD TAKE THIS SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO SURROUND HIMSELF WITH TRUE HARDWORKIN PATRIOTS. ALL THE BLAH BLAH BLAH ABOUT 24/7 ECONOMY WILL ONLY WORK WHEN HE DEALS SERIOUSLY WITH CORRUPTION STARTING FROM POLITICIANS WHO BECAME RICH OVERNIGHT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE OF INTERGRITY WILL JOIN POLITICS NOT FOR QUICK MONEY. AKUFFO ADDO'S NAME SHOULD BE EXPUNGED FROM OUR HISTORY AS A LESSON FOR CROOKS WHO YEARN TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY. IT SHOULD BE A MISSION, FOR GHANA IS DYING FOR WANT OF TRUE QUALITY LEADERSHIP.

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• Kwame 1 year ago

  Our sages said that your rival cannot plait you a beautiful hair plait.
  Those imperialist quislings cannot uplift the economy of the Ghana.
  The brave presidents of Ghana were Kwame Nkrumah and Ignatius Acheampong.
  The bo ...
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  Our sages said that your rival cannot plait you a beautiful hair plait.
  Those imperialist quislings cannot uplift the economy of the Ghana.
  The brave presidents of Ghana were Kwame Nkrumah and Ignatius Acheampong.
  The both put the Ghanaian economy on a sound footing.

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