Why are brilliant Ghanaian minds sweeping streets abroad? – Otumfuo questions youth exodus

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Yaw Wontumi 6 months ago

It is because the NPP under the useless old ofui perennial weed smoking ape akuffo addo messed up the country.
Gbemelawo.

It is because the NPP under the useless old ofui perennial weed smoking ape akuffo addo messed up the country.
Gbemelawo.
FRANKIE 6 months ago

Asantehene, what an obtuse question to ask!? Are you not one of the portals of leadership? Is your son not on his way out to the United States for college education? Will he come back? The answer is because all portals of lea ...
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Asantehene, what an obtuse question to ask!? Are you not one of the portals of leadership? Is your son not on his way out to the United States for college education? Will he come back? The answer is because all portals of leadership, including chieftaincy are corrupt, useless, clueless, inept, incompetent and bereft of ideas.
prophet mohammed was a sick dog 6 months ago

Qur'an. is toilet paper. Burn all mosques in Africa.

Qur'an. is toilet paper. Burn all mosques in Africa.
Our corrupt leaders loots more 6 months ago

So no money to creates jobs,the just hides the looted money in their houses or saved it outside instead of using that stolen money to creates jobs for people to get employed

So no money to creates jobs,the just hides the looted money in their houses or saved it outside instead of using that stolen money to creates jobs for people to get employed
Nana 6 months ago

@ FRANKIE
Did you FRANKIE and your tribe vote for Otumfuo to be King of the Asantes?Do you pay your taxes to Asantehene?Dan Abodakpi and late Victor Selormey who had chances to look after our resources have houses in Texas ...
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@ FRANKIE
Did you FRANKIE and your tribe vote for Otumfuo to be King of the Asantes?Do you pay your taxes to Asantehene?Dan Abodakpi and late Victor Selormey who had chances to look after our resources have houses in Texas and other places in USA.Their children live in those houses.Ayigbes at home are struggling to find their daily meals in Ghana.Why attack Otumfuo instead of the Ayigbe politicians who abused their positions?
Anas 6 months ago

Very intriguing, he is also part of the reasons he is seeking answers

Very intriguing, he is also part of the reasons he is seeking answers
Evans 6 months ago

You nailed it, Yaw!

You nailed it, Yaw!
Frank Agyena-Karikari 6 months ago

This is funny. Do you remember RETRENCHMENT in Ghana and who introduced it? If you don’t, let me tell you. It was Efo Jeremiah John Rawlings. That was the time that GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT started.
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This is funny. Do you remember RETRENCHMENT in Ghana and who introduced it? If you don’t, let me tell you. It was Efo Jeremiah John Rawlings. That was the time that GRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENT started.
Many of our youth do well academically but come out to join the UNEMPLOYMENT QUEUE. Very well educated young people are unemployed in Ghana. How do you expect them to make a family and survive? At some places in Canada and the USA, many people even have Double Jobs and are paid weekly. In Ghana, even skilled Professionals work for months and years without pay. How do you expect them to live in Ghana after school. Let the Developed West open their gates and you will find out if there will be any Ghanaians left in the country. We just have greedy Politicians and leaders who don’t care about how the people, especially the Youth will survive. I wish all the unemployed and the poorly paid Ghanaians can have a way to leave for the West and leave the country to the greedy Politicians and let us see what they can do in Ghana.
Steve 6 months ago

Great speech by the great king! I salute you. We were all student, the only thing we wanted was to go abroad, with no motivation to stay in our country and create anything. That's a mindset issue, which we all need to work co ...
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Great speech by the great king! I salute you. We were all student, the only thing we wanted was to go abroad, with no motivation to stay in our country and create anything. That's a mindset issue, which we all need to work collectively and change.
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Nana, with all due respect! 6 months ago

I think our chief had failed to direct the question to himself. To answer this doesn't require a rocket scientist. The answer rests with the chief. The youth are leaving because of poor leadership across all fabric, which he ...
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I think our chief had failed to direct the question to himself. To answer this doesn't require a rocket scientist. The answer rests with the chief. The youth are leaving because of poor leadership across all fabric, which he presides.
Yaw 6 months ago

Nonsense!There us poor leadership everywhere! Do you think Trump is a good leader? Do you thing Kier Starmer is a good leader? I will put both in the Akuffo Addo , bracket, but slightly smarter! It's a mindset issue! A friend ...
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Nonsense!There us poor leadership everywhere! Do you think Trump is a good leader? Do you thing Kier Starmer is a good leader? I will put both in the Akuffo Addo , bracket, but slightly smarter! It's a mindset issue! A friend of mine read law,went to the UK and swept train stations for nearly 30 years, same back to Ghana when he finally smelt the coffee, got stroke and died in his misery! Meanwhile, his mates at the law schoolwho stayed are judges now! He's wasted his life. Life is not about material things onltly!
Wise king with wise words 6 months ago

He has said it all.. A word to the wise is enough. I have lived in UK for nearly 18yrs. I don't clean streets or anywhere and there is nothing wrong if that's what u doing at the moment, however we all abroad know it's better ...
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He has said it all.. A word to the wise is enough. I have lived in UK for nearly 18yrs. I don't clean streets or anywhere and there is nothing wrong if that's what u doing at the moment, however we all abroad know it's better made in Ghana than trying to manage made abroad. There is no peace of mind here. U are never a native here and always referred as foreigners. Ghana once u break through the wealth is not capped. It's a good fertile land. See how foreigners like labannes, China others are coming... There is something good at home. Wherever u find yourself make the most until something changes. Try your best. While there at home do make the most. Most of us here may prefer made up in Ghana.. We cant just get up and come where children are involved. You are there make the most. God bless everyone where u find yourself at this stage
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AeSop 6 months ago

1. Why are brilliant Ghanaian minds sweeping streets abroad? – Otumfuo questions youth exodus.

2. It's because of VERY BAD LEADERS LIKE YOU, KWAKU DUAH!

3. So stfu make me think!

1. Why are brilliant Ghanaian minds sweeping streets abroad? – Otumfuo questions youth exodus.

2. It's because of VERY BAD LEADERS LIKE YOU, KWAKU DUAH!

3. So stfu make me think!
HARD -Talk 6 months ago

„Low skill job“ is the the king ignorance, No!
it’s very embarrassing watching the Asante’s Ladies/Gentlemen fighting over „Aprapra“ cleaning job! in Germany!
Indeed most of them aren’t graduates but are from ...
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„Low skill job“ is the the king ignorance, No!
it’s very embarrassing watching the Asante’s Ladies/Gentlemen fighting over „Aprapra“ cleaning job! in Germany!
Indeed most of them aren’t graduates but are from the interior villages.
AKUFO ADDO AND NPP ARE THIEVES 6 months ago

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WHAT OF U URSELF? WERE U NOT DRIVING TAXI BEFORE U BECOME WHO U ARE TODAY? GO TO CANADA LETS SEE, OLD FOOOLS LEADING SHIT EATERS, KWASIAFOUR
Bitter truth 6 months ago

U must be an idiot, Akuffo Addo is not in power again, yet an idiot like u continue to blame him..now your Ndc lunatics are in power yet Ghanaian youths are still running away to foreign countries..tell your Ndc to fix the co ...
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U must be an idiot, Akuffo Addo is not in power again, yet an idiot like u continue to blame him..now your Ndc lunatics are in power yet Ghanaian youths are still running away to foreign countries..tell your Ndc to fix the country and the youths might have a reason to stay and contribute to the development of our nation..the rate at which Ghanaian youths are running away is very worrying..it’s like something is chasing them..blame your Mahama and Ndc and stop the stupidity of blaming nana Addo..Npp is no more in power..junkie
AGYAPONG ISSIFU MOHAMED OSEI KWAME FUSEINA ALIWA OPOKU GYIMA ACHEAPONG WALEWALE ZONGO 6 months ago

U ARE ALSO A THIEF, KWASIA BA. OPPOSITION FOR 80YRS BY THEN UR BONE IS ROTTEN, CRIMINALS RULED GHANA FOR 8YRS, WEE SMOKERS, OFUI, GO ND DRINK POISON IDIOT.

U ARE ALSO A THIEF, KWASIA BA. OPPOSITION FOR 80YRS BY THEN UR BONE IS ROTTEN, CRIMINALS RULED GHANA FOR 8YRS, WEE SMOKERS, OFUI, GO ND DRINK POISON IDIOT.
Akwasi 6 months ago

Well, if a student acquires a degree in astronomy it's obviously difficult to find job here at home and abroad. The best thing to do is to sweep the streets abroad, not at home.

Well, if a student acquires a degree in astronomy it's obviously difficult to find job here at home and abroad. The best thing to do is to sweep the streets abroad, not at home.

Akajatayogogo 6 months ago

Useless question

Useless question
KANKAN NYAME 6 months ago

NANA they have no option than to sweep streets to make ends meet.. lol

NANA they have no option than to sweep streets to make ends meet.. lol
Asem 6 months ago

Nana creat jobs only for Asantes so they will not travel to abroad to sweep on streets of foreign countries.

Nana creat jobs only for Asantes so they will not travel to abroad to sweep on streets of foreign countries.
Johnny Blaze 6 months ago

Because they weren’t privileged like you.

Because they weren’t privileged like you.
Ked 6 months ago

Lucky Dube give the answer to the king question many years back in his song entitled "To or not to be"

Lucky Dube give the answer to the king question many years back in his song entitled "To or not to be"
Yaw 6 months ago

when 419 guys are making good money, whiles graduate are paid low salary what do you think will happened?

when 419 guys are making good money, whiles graduate are paid low salary what do you think will happened?
Bitter truth 6 months ago

God bless the Asantehene…this is a thought provoking question that every good leader should be asking and having solutions..Ghanaian youth are running away from Ghana too much and it’s a very dangerous trend for the devel ...
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God bless the Asantehene…this is a thought provoking question that every good leader should be asking and having solutions..Ghanaian youth are running away from Ghana too much and it’s a very dangerous trend for the development of Ghana..most of them are going to do menial dirty jobs which they will never do in Ghana..there are 3 factors 1. Poor and failed leadership 2. Poor and failed leadership in Ghana since independence and # 3 is ignorance of majority of Ghanaians...just last week I saw some Ghanaians in some foreign country, Charlie these Ghanaians were looking dirty, dusty and helpless..I was driving around town when I saw them, hmm the way I felt so bad, they couldn’t even afford to buy food to eat because they have spent all their money on agent fees and they don’t even know where to sleep..after having some conversation with them, I realize the money they spent in traveling could have easily changed their life’s in Ghana..I was there for vacation but these guys came just to do good delivery..so I asked them can’t u do food delivery in Ghana? So u paid an agent more than 60,000 cedis to travel and be doing good deliveries..I think sometimes ignorance is a big factor and the desperation to travel is very worrying..It’s a very worrying trend and I wonder why this current govt is not talking about it..if u have a country and all your youths are running away to foreign country, it’s likely your country cannot develop..the youths is the future of Ghana, so if all of them wants to run away, then there is no future..this is a thought provoking questions that should be discussed in parliament
Agya Yaw 6 months ago

Nana Ayekoo you have said it all now it's up to the youth to take up the mantle and at the same time our leaders are to be blamed because they don't support the youth with resources we need change of mindset to move the Natio ...
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Nana Ayekoo you have said it all now it's up to the youth to take up the mantle and at the same time our leaders are to be blamed because they don't support the youth with resources we need change of mindset to move the Nation forward
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WISDOM 6 months ago

KUTU ACHEAMPONG HAD THE ANSWER
Kutu Acheampong saw it and took the needed action: OPERATION FEED YOURSELF.
1. We must eat grown-in-Ghana foods
2. We must wear made-in-Ghana clothes
3. We must use made-in-Ghana building ma ...
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KUTU ACHEAMPONG HAD THE ANSWER
Kutu Acheampong saw it and took the needed action: OPERATION FEED YOURSELF.
1. We must eat grown-in-Ghana foods
2. We must wear made-in-Ghana clothes
3. We must use made-in-Ghana building materials
4. We must develop and utilize our local technical/ technological expertise
5. Import only when absolutely necessary
We need to capture the commanding heights of our economy. Every local human brain and hand must be put to effective use. That grows the economy, enhances productivity and increases total production and absorbs the employable labor force. EVERY GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE OPERATION FEED YOURSELF AN IMPARATIVE FOR THE GHANA ECONOMY.
Bastie the emperor of Kumasi 6 months ago

This guy is truly a nuisance

This guy is truly a nuisance
Bastie the emperor of Kumasi 6 months ago

Fa wo Gyimie kɔ do. Would you take care of your so called subjects in Ghana ? If they return to the stinky city of yours ?

Weren’t you stealing in Canada ?

Fa wo Gyimie kɔ do. Would you take care of your so called subjects in Ghana ? If they return to the stinky city of yours ?

Weren’t you stealing in Canada ?
Serengati 6 months ago

Some of those sweeping the streets abroad make more money than the doctors you have in Ghana. When you politicians fix Ghana we won't be leaving Ghana.

Some of those sweeping the streets abroad make more money than the doctors you have in Ghana. When you politicians fix Ghana we won't be leaving Ghana.
Serengati 6 months ago

Ghanaians are leaving Ghana because our leaders are useless. The country is for the dogs !

Ghanaians are leaving Ghana because our leaders are useless. The country is for the dogs !
Serengati 6 months ago

You are walking around with Gold on your head and feet, but your people are suffering and you don't see it. Because you are sitting on money.

You are walking around with Gold on your head and feet, but your people are suffering and you don't see it. Because you are sitting on money.
Kofi Asare 6 months ago

The devil Rawlings projected his failure over the country for 19 years and the rest is history.

The devil Rawlings projected his failure over the country for 19 years and the rest is history.
JULOR CAESAR 6 months ago

Questioning the exodus? Did you not do the same when you left Ghana for Canada?

Questioning the exodus? Did you not do the same when you left Ghana for Canada?
Same shit 6 months ago

Unfortunately many people of your tribesmen doing low class jobs abroad but you guys claim that you are superior to anyone in Ghana.

Unfortunately many people of your tribesmen doing low class jobs abroad but you guys claim that you are superior to anyone in Ghana.
Mus 6 months ago

Because they want their children to attend the same schools the rich and powerful send their kids. Since they don’t have political affiliation, they need to work harder in countries that rewards their labor.
Our parents ma ...
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Because they want their children to attend the same schools the rich and powerful send their kids. Since they don’t have political affiliation, they need to work harder in countries that rewards their labor.
Our parents made us who we are, but can we give our kids the same?
Kwasi Appau 6 months ago

This a question he should be asking the people who are supposed to be laying the foundation the youth to succeed in life instead of embezzling all the money

This a question he should be asking the people who are supposed to be laying the foundation the youth to succeed in life instead of embezzling all the money
All intellectuals will leave 6 months ago

No job after graduated or unless our corrupt leaders takes bribes before or to whom you know so a better you go Europe to clean shits and get money

No job after graduated or unless our corrupt leaders takes bribes before or to whom you know so a better you go Europe to clean shits and get money
The young do not want to sacrifice 6 months ago

Blame the communist minded youth who believe that their home government should give them everything for free and when they are denied this rush abroad only to realize that over there there is nothing free and are therefore fo ...
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Blame the communist minded youth who believe that their home government should give them everything for free and when they are denied this rush abroad only to realize that over there there is nothing free and are therefore forced into menial jobs just to stay alive.
Concern 6 months ago

You know the problem. Do not pretend you do not know.

You know the problem. Do not pretend you do not know.
Kk 6 months ago

Otumfour we are just looking for business capital to return home and set up our own business. That's all , nothing else because home sweet home

Otumfour we are just looking for business capital to return home and set up our own business. That's all , nothing else because home sweet home

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