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'It's not a bread-and-butter issue' - Sekou Nkrumah on airport renaming debate

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  • Kojo 1 month ago

    Akpe na wo Sekou Nkruman, this renaming of everything in Ghana changes nothing about what is affecting us in Ghana.

  • Dr Mumbi Seraki 1 month ago

    Hello youth of Ghana..........You can take your own life with medicine............for instance 15 paracetamol at once........or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    The truth is one. The nation must be orchestrated and directed through truths. We live in an enlighten world and coups are not, never to be condoned. Set the right precedence. In civilized societies, persons who used slavery, ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    Jj Florence knew this thats why he himself never wanted to have any public institutions named after him he knew that this day will come n that people will look at the atrocities he committed, albeit justifiably. And have publ ...
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  • Leonard Leo 1 month ago

    Nkrumah had fallen into a dictators trap . Those dictators
    Rule until their deaths and hand over power to their sons.
    Civil war ensues . Look to the east , then west and north of Ghana. You’ll see . So to those who want ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    . Have you seen a dictator holding elections before? Nkrumah always held elections. No one could beat him. So they resorted to bombings n killings. Cabinet monisters were selling state secrets. That didn't work so they took C ...
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  • Kwabena Duku Damoah 1 month ago

    Who are you at all? where were you during such elections?How can a dictator hold free and fair elections?Please please ask right thinking Ghanaians who were alive by then.Ballot boxes were filled before they arrived at pollin ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    What is democracy you ask? When the people can exercise their right to vote. When there is economic and infrastructure prosperity. When your country is respected by your neighbors and globally. When your nation competes globa ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    If KOTOKA AND THE NLC HAD GHANA BEST INTEREST WOULD THEY ACCEPT BRIBES FROM CIA TO STAGE A COUP? WHO DID RAWLINGS ACCEPT BRIBES FROM TO STAGE A COUP? WHOM DID IBRAHIM TRAORE TAKE BRIBES FROM TO STAGE A COUP IN BURKINA? the an ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 1 month ago

    Kotoka was a hero to the Busia-Danquah Tradition of Bomb-throwing Terrorists whose bomb-throwing failed to get Nkrumah out of office but saw the coup as their only means of getting into power through the backdoor. The NPP is ...
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  • Ghanaman 1 month ago

    Ghanaians need to remember that renaming the airport comes at a cost. It is not just renaming a sign board. It will require a massive logistical overhaul that will cost millions of dollars, so we really need to decide whether ...
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  • Jumbo 1 month ago

    Your father has disowned you in his grave. What a disappointed sperm. Bread and butter indeed. Those you intended to appease were renaming almost everything when the economy was on intensive care unit. As if that was not enou ...
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  • they say they say 1 month ago

    He hates his own father, what good can come from him

  • SEKOU FRAFRA 1 month ago

    He is NOT Nkrumah's son, he is the son of Atia Frafra, the Flagstaff House garden-boy!

  • Kwabena Duku Damoah 1 month ago

    Simple because he has told the truth.There are still upright individuals among humanity worldwide.

  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    1. Dr Kwame Nkrumah was arrested and put into PRISON-He sacrificed his life for his country Ghana-Nkrumah-NEVER STOLE-DID NOT BUILD ONE ROOM FOR HIMSELF.
    2. NELSON MANDELA-was arrested and put into prison for 27 years-HE SAC ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    1. Dr Kwame Nkrumah was arrested and put into PRISON-He sacrificed his life for his country Ghana-Nkrumah-NEVER STOLE-DID NOT BUILD ONE ROOM FOR HIMSELF.
    2. NELSON MANDELA-was arrested and put into prison for 27 years-HE SAC ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    Kotoka TOOK CIA SPY BRIBES OF 10 MILLION US DOLLARS TO BETRAY MOTHER GHANA. KOTOKA MUST DIE BY FIRING SQUAD. A TRAITOR AND AN UNPATRIOTIC SELFISH MAN. KOTOKA HATED GHANA BECAUSE HE IS FROM THE TOGOLAND.
    Kotoka is a MURDERER ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    The White man and woman CAME TO AFRICA TO SCAM US, TO STEAL, TO DEPLETE OUR RESOURCES-MINERALS-HENCE GOLD COAST and THE SLAVE TRADE.
    The Whites or England left Ghana with NO EDUCATION FOR OUR MASSES AND MASSES OF OUR PEOPLE. ...
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  • abosam 1 month ago

    ls this man truly the son of the great man ? he never speaks sense

  • SEKOU FRAFRA 1 month ago

    He is NOT Nkrumah's son, he is the son of Atia Frafra, the Flagstaff House garden-boy

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  • Kofi uk 1 month ago

    Is this guy really a son of Nkrumah, I doubt, because what ever he does is totally unacceptable and unacceptable

  • Amenyo 1 month ago

    Sekou is not mentally stable and shouldn't be taken serious. By the way, government business has not stop because of renaming. Governance is a multi task business and always on the move.

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    Fool. Sekou is asking you or those responsible for the name change a question. He didnt want to sound myopic so you realise he didnt even mention his father's name. Why are you changing the name because fircdecades no one saw ...
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  • Kuzkuz 1 month ago

    great,Ghanains in general are petty and have low IQs so they wont understand the wise man sekou

  • Bortey 1 month ago

    I'm sure Sekou will have staged a coup d'etat for his farther if he was of age at that time. The guy not normal

  • Osei mensah bonsu 1 month ago

    Sekou has a mental problem. This has been diagnosed since 2009 when he was booted out of office as CEO of youth employment.

  • Sir Agogo 1 month ago

    My question is, this guy call sekou , is he truly the biological son of the great Dr NKRUMAH ? Because sekou clearly has left his maturity behind !!! . Moron

  • Samia Nkrumah 1 month ago

    He smoke fuuuu. Kwasea. I am sure this fool wants some bread and butter to chew. Give him Egyptian date to eat. He is mad

  • Mort 1 month ago

    He doesn’t even resemble Osagyefo, unlike the late Dr Francis Nkrumah.

  • Truth 1 month ago

    Have all those small boys condemning Sekou lost their senses? He is portraying the circumstances that led his father's overthrow and you are insulting him. Do you like one party state? If Mahama says right now that he has pro ...
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  • Game Changer +447935009178 1 month ago

    Man shall not live by bread alone. This guy is a mental case!

  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    1. Dr Kwame Nkrumah was arrested and put into PRISON-He sacrificed his life for his country Ghana-Nkrumah-NEVER STOLE-DID NOT BUILD ONE ROOM FOR HIMSELF.
    2. NELSON MANDELA-was arrested and put into prison for 27 years-HE SAC ...
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  • Aleha 1 month ago

    Movitor

  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    Kotoka TOOK CIA SPY BRIBES OF 10 MILLION US DOLLARS TO BETRAY MOTHER GHANA. KOTOKA MUST DIE BY FIRING SQUAD. A TRAITOR AND AN UNPATRIOTIC SELFISH MAN. KOTOKA HATED GHANA BECAUSE HE IS FROM THE TOGOLAND.
    Kotoka is a MURDERER ...
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  • Musa 1 month ago

    Sekou u can name ur son after kotoka but we right thinking Ghanaians don’t need any name of such traitor and selfish intent.

  • Atsemei 1 month ago

    You cannot love Kwame Nkrumah more than his own son.Mind you,the man Nkrumah cannot be exonerated from atrocities during his reign..Do you know the number of Ghanaians he dispatched i.to the next world? The son has objectivel ...
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  • Osei Bonsu 1 month ago

    This guy is a sell out. How did such a useless child come from the lioens of Nkrumah?

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    A fool like you calling someones son useless? And what have you achieved in life for you to call.l.anyone useless? All because of small.data you get nti you think you can tall anyhow? You are cursing yourself but.your stupid ...
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  • Charles 1 month ago

    A very rational, logical and intellectual guy who does not allow emotions to steer his thoughts. Here instead, he takes decisions based on a critical analysis of the issue(s) at stake. I salute you Sekou.

  • Augustina Quayson 1 month ago

    Please Sekou Toure Nkrumah, the airport was built by President Nkrumah .Please it is an abomination of the highest order for the airport to be renamed after Kotoka who overthrew President Nkrumah .President Nkrumah ...
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  • Leonard Leo 1 month ago

    Nkrumah was a dictatorship. In time a civil war would have
    Ensued . Look to the east west and north of Ghana . Cameroon etc

  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    Smh...

  • Tootemin 1 month ago

    But for the bravery of the man Kotoka Ghana will be like atheistic communist China now. Kotoka is a huge hero for many God fearing people and all freedom lovers.Kwame Nkrumah’s ideology of ‘ Nkrumaism’ was nothing but ...
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  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    Tootemin

    Are-you-jealous-OF-CHINA?-China-is-a-$20-TRILLION-SUPERPOWER.
    Kotoka TOOK CIA SPY BRIBES OF 10 MILLION US DOLLARS TO BETRAY MOTHER GHANA. KOTOKA MUST DIE BY FIRING SQUAD. A TRAITOR AND AN UNPATRIOTIC SELFISH MAN. ...
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  • ST GHFUO: Ghana, cleanliness is Godliness 1 month ago

    Fool. China don't have elections but they have economic n infrastructure superiority right now. Nkrumah had elections n no one could beat him so his haters sided with Cia to bring him down. When nlc took over you saw what Gha ...
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  • Fairman 1 month ago

    Where is China now?

  • K Poku-London-UK 1 month ago

    The White man and woman CAME TO AFRICA TO SCAM US, TO STEAL, TO DEPLETE OUR RESOURCES-MINERALS-HENCE GOLD COAST and THE SLAVE TRADE.
    The Whites or England left Ghana with NO EDUCATION FOR OUR MASSES AND MASSES OF OUR PEOPLE. ...
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  • Sultan 1 month ago

    Sekou,you right on point....changing kotoka would not bring food to the table of any Ghanaian or either bring portable water to our house, this sermon to the NDC.

  • my eyes everywhere. 1 month ago

    Great Sekou Nkrumah.

  • Alex 1 month ago

    Sekou is being pragmatic. Whether it is Kotoka Airport or Acheampong Airport does not raise the poor living standards of most of us.

  • Maameô 1 month ago

    This Egyptian should give us a break! Hates his dad to death
    Wonder why!

  • Duke 1 month ago

    You are not serious Sekou Nkrumah

  • Sage 1 month ago

    Wise Son

  • JJ KUFFOUR AKUFO ADDO 1 month ago

    Sekou would have been part of those who overthrown his father if he was older. I'm disgusted. What a son to have

  • Kwame Angel 1 month ago

    You can't honor the perpetrator and his victim, especially at the same time and place. Political wounds, whose wounds, NLC? And who says everything has to be about bread and butter? Are Ghanaians so hungry that everything has ...
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  • Truth 1 month ago

    I salute you Sekou. Such intellectual discourse is what we need to build the country, not sycophancy. Let us try as much as possible to call a spade, a spade and stop shielding these greedy and self-seeking politicians to tak ...
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  • Rocky 1 month ago

    The name change of the nation’s international airport will bring closure to the darkest era in the history of Ghana. Kotoka was a traitor, Western puppet and ruthless murderer. A nation in its right mind should not honor or ...
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  • Opoku Mensah 1 month ago

    Bastard!

  • kk 1 month ago

    sekou has spoken so intelligently. reading the comments here, I wonder, these paid NDC footsoldiers patrolling these forums, are you people normal at all? like are you guys mentally retarded or something? what is wrong with w ...
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  • Opoku 1 month ago

    The name changing is unnecessary . Mr president u see how this has brought too much confusion in the country. Please stop the name changing period.

  • JULOR CAESAR 1 month ago

    Why now, you ask? It's taken this long because previous administrations were too timid to do the right by renaming that airport. The NLC junta was the gang of coup-makers who named that airport in honour of one of fellow coup ...
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  • Nkrumah the unrepentant communist 1 month ago

    @ K Poku, nobody is jealous of atheists in China with their oppressive communist government. China a superpower? Who said? With their junk weapons? Dream on man.

  • Asante 1 month ago

    No wonder he wasn’t able to get an inch to his father’s popularity,he’s so dumb and doesn’t even know the importance of preserving his own father’s legacy

  • Truth 1 month ago

    a fool like you. If your father is a thief, does it mean you should also go and steal to get into jail? Enroll in the free SHS and get educated. You are a fool too much

  • Gh 1 month ago

    Dinning with your father's traitors, wicked child

  • ASTERSABOUND 1 month ago

    This Egyptian boy is not the Osagyefo's son!

  • JN 1 month ago

    Stop giving this man a platform to continue spreading his gibberish

  • MO KWAME NKRUMAH NO 1 month ago

    Ghana economic issues are hurriedly being addressed by NDC under the able leadership of president Mahama, so also Kotoka airport name is rapidly in the process to change to Accra international Airport, Kotoka overthrew Dr Nkr ...
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  • ghanaba 1 month ago

    Master your father will be very sorry for you.no wonder you are no more respected in the country. this shows that you are among the "TRAITORS OF YOUR FATHER" how can you be saying all these things? you are very useless fello ...
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  • Nkwantabisa 1 month ago

    Why wise and intelligent people, I mean people with wisdom like Nkrumah, has to forth a stupid, idiot and a foolish son?
    I just cann't think far, how can Nkrumah produce such an idiot?
    Just listening to his submissons bring ...
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  • Fairman 1 month ago

    If Nkrumah were to be alive this guy would have been disowned as a son.
    I trust the stipend, which predictably could be very irregular these days for obvious reasons, and activated concurrently, has so much influenced the wa ...
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  • Kakey 1 month ago

    Seakou, you are sensible paaaaaa. God bless you for your tzke on this issue. May God Grant you more wisdom than those who suporting this nonsense

  • Dr. Sekou 1 month ago

    I like him for his objectivity
    He has been objective a lot of times.

  • Kayeh 1 month ago

    That is wisdom by the son of the Great Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

  • John 1 month ago

    AS FOR YOU SEKOU YOU ARE DONE .

  • Kwabena Amoako. 1 month ago

    You have spoken well big brother Sekou.

  • Nuumo 1 month ago

    In fact, this guy is a disgrace.
    Is he really the son of the greatman?
    So, to you everything about money, food and drink, thus that means that you have no principles?
    Rest well our hero, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

  • Toda 1 month ago

    But China is a one party state but its economy and development achievements is the envy of USA and the so called democratic countries. They have more food to eat and better housing etc than democracy without using Africans a ...
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  • Yaw Nkansah 1 month ago

    You are very wise person.

  • Bayo Kwame 1 month ago

    Fellow Ghanaians Mr Sékou is right. We should focus on development.How to bring unemployed to lower stage. Think the future of our children, the youths. Drugs and criminality have taken over the country.This are the pertinen ...
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  • Newself 1 month ago

    Why bring CIA into this? Kotoka was Ghanaian. CIA were doing their work for their country. Kotoka should have defended Ghana and Nkrumah but he rather chose to commit treason. If Singaporean officers had yielded to CIA's infi ...
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  • Abi 1 month ago

    KOTOKA’S SOLDIERS SHOULD HAVE SHOT SEKOU.
    God spare us of this deranged creature that Osagyefo had the misfortune of bringing into the world.

    Imagine that the unruly soldiers terrorized Sekou the baby, his siblings an ...
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