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It's most inappropriate to allow it to stand.
Considered a hero by whom? The matemeho crowd? Get out of here with the nonsense. We do not consider him a hero and the name must go. This is not 1966.
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Which ever way you look at it neither Nkrumah nor Kotoka was a saint! Let's move on and develop this nation. Forget some of these trivial issues tackle corruption and move forward to progress and prosperity
Major General? Such a biscuit brains person is a Major General it's only in Ghana here mediocres and primitives given high ranks, Accra International Airport is the best.
Then we can also change Accra to Kru Town. Those supporting Nkrumah are predominantly aliens who sneaked into the country from outside. The same Northern-Ayigbe clowns and those who trace their ancestry to Mali, Niger, Chad, ...
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Hailed as Hero by who?? What a naro minded retd Army officer. And this man worked as officer at the office of chief of army staff? Don't forget that even 1000 people on the streets of Accra at given point is a huge crowd
Changing the name is needless. Let's retain it to remind us and our children that Ghanaians are very Dangerous ppl. One moment they are with you, the next time they betray you. Kotoka symbolises the nature of Ghanaians.Kotoka ...
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Adolf Hitler was considered a hero when he toppled the German government! And so were Benito Mussolini, Mobuto Sese Seko, Iddi Amin, the Akyempanzee in 2016, and Emperor Bokassa!
FSB Files have long contained information about Kwame Nkrumah as an agent of the British Colonial Government. He had initially been recruited in the UK and tasked to infiltrate the budding pro-Independence Movement. The Sovie ...
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It is both shocking and frightening to realize that people as naive as this Maj. Gen. Sam rose to the rank that he did and was lurking around in the senior corps of the army for all these years? What a shame!! His exposé doe ...
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Kwame Nkrumah is the biggest brand and the most Unique Selling Proposition the entire Africa has had. If we are changing the Kotoka International Airport for Africa and Ghana branding and advertising sake to attract a wider c ...
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No benji not as a hero by the matemaho crowd alone. I remember during his burisl the gbc newscaster read that ghana has never witnessed such a crowd previoudly snd was unlikely to witness such a crowd agsin for a very long t ...
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The name definitely has to go. Long overdue
Let those singing the hallelujah song make the 2,000,000 dollars available for the name change
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Considered a hero by who? How many percentage of Ghanaians Considered him a hero. What most illiterate in Ghana do not understand is that Ghana does not comprise Accra and Kumasi only. You can't use data from these MATEMEHO t ...
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GENERAL KOTOKA IS STILL A HERO...LET THE CPPISTS GO AND BURN THE GULF OF GUINEA...LET THEM CHANGE THE NAME...WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT CPMES BACK TO POWER, WE WILL ALSO RESTORE KOTOKA'S NAME TO THE AIRPORT....TWEAA.
It is sometime very sad and painful listening to people like this man who once upon the time were the decision makers of this country.
No wonder Ghana is as it is today
No any leader or government has been able to do what Nkrumah did
youre right no Ghanaian leader has yet to imprison his opponents without trial,so far so good
@ Chaff, Absolutely.....Busia did imprison more people though nobody tried to kill him. Nkrumah imprisoned terrorists and their masterminds.A fact without apology.
America still has prisoners in Guantanamo bay for over 25 y ...
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See this foolish old man. How many of those illiterate Ghanaians knew that their hero kotoka had accepted BRIBES from the Cia to effect the coup? How many? These illiterate, gullible Ghanaians were spoofed propaganda in the m ...
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Don't blame Kotoka blame Ashates who wanted Nkrumah removed or killed for the longest time before they dragged Gen Kotoka into that deal
That's his opinion. That name should have been changed long long ago. Whatever Oliver Cromwell did isn't our cup of hot chocolate.
Accra
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Airport.
@ Yaa, You have a point nut Oliver Cromwell did not take bribe from any foreign govt. Kotoka and co did to overthrow Nkrumah.
Now, read the speech Cromwell delivered to the corrupt English parliament over 400 years ago a ...
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Akwabaa sing should be removed if Ghanains want a change since the Airport is in Accra we use Obake and also removed Adowa dancing and replaced it with kpalongo dance
@Agbeli,what ever planet youlive on is ok but your wish will never,ever come through.
Akwaaba, will be there forever.
The airport was built with money earned from our vital export commodities such as Gold, Diamond, Mangane ...
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The celebrations that occurred after the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah was forced on the people and not out of genuine support for the coup. I remember days were declared by the architects of the coup for groups to go on demonst ...
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Thank you. And ask this man how long it took the rented crowd to start regretting their actions and began to miss nkrumah
That was exactly what happened in Cape Coast. Teachers were forced to end classes that was already proceeding as any other day. It was rented demonstrators just like the so called vote buying or selling as is presently be ...
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you see why Ghana is underdeveloped,it is because they dont like the truth,when they see a bad leader, they will still praise him because of tribalism etc. It was a known fact that many people were happy with the coup,there w ...
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@Truth,nobody is denying the fact that the ignorant and gullible Ghanaians went on demonstration. Truth is: were they aware that the CIA or the American govt had paid some greedy and corrupt Ghanaians to make that useless co ...
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Adolf Hitler was considered a hero when he toppled the German government! And so was Benito Mussolini, Mobuto Sese Seko, Iddi Amin, the Akyempanzee in 2016, and Emperor Bokassa!
Nkrumah declared one party state snd needed to be removed. The PDA caused a lot if fear and panic even among family menbers.
Exactly Kwame, anyone who turns a country into one party state and bann other political parties should be removed from power. Kotoka and his men were heroes and are still heroes. If the NDC is serious, then JJ Rawlings must g ...
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All the bastards who took out Nkrumah are probably languishing in hell and their followers will join them when they die. There’s no justification to what kotoka did and many of us are surprised that some filthy rats are sti ...
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SENILE OLDMAN
And misguided if the truth be told!
Kotoka, as well as all the leaders who ignominiously took part in the February 24th 1966 coup were all moles of the CIA as official documents proved. Ghana was given to the neo colonialist, who went on to dismantle our progre ...
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Nkwaseasem, wat abt Rawlings park, june 4th and 31 dec celebrations?
Nonsense
It’s all kubala, kubala. Grand theatre in deception of the masses.
Hitler was a hero when he invaded Czechoslovakia
Hitler was a hero when he invaded Poland
Hitler was a hero when he invaded Austria
Hitler was a hero ...
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Thank you Major, now that we know the whole story of how HE betrayed his nation with the involvement of foreign governments, we have rebranded him a TRAITOR.
As a military man was his allegiance not to be the republic for ...
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Write your comment;Stop the nonesenses and stupid hatred to the past heroes. they deserve it. where were our lazy fathers n mothers .kwame is not alone, but with men women, and he later turn himself lion against ghanaians. hi ...
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Who told you that nonsense? If Kotoka was considered a hero why was there a counter coup that led to the death of Kotoka?
We now know a great deal more about the Kotoka Coup from the horses own mouth - The CIA. KOTOKA WAS A TRAITOR PAR EXCELLENCE. His name should be expunged from all honourable public records. THE AIRPORT SHOULD BE RENAMED AFTER ...
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Major General Sam whether Ghanaians jubilated or not the name changing will go ahead. Not all ghanaians jubilated and those who did so did it out of ignorance..Facts have come out concerning what took place behind the scenes, ...
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The greatest of the sins of the traitors of 24th February, 1966 was not allowing Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah to bring to fruition the intention to create an integrated aluminum industry after commissioning the Akosombo Dam in Jan ...
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Ghanaweb, let your page works because we are on your app to explain what we believe in,without we the contributors Ghanaweb is nothing
Nkrumah was a communist bastard. After gaining independence he was prepared to force down the throat of citizens communism which the people were not interested in. Who does that?? Wasn't that dictatorship?? Yes and he went ...
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@ALEHA
Please please Dr Kwame Nkrumah was NOT a Communist. Dr Kwame Nkrumah was NON ALIGNED and Ghana was a NON ALIGNED COUNTRY during Dr Kwame Nkrumah government. There are OVER 80 COUNTRIES WHO ARE NON ALIGNED AND GHANA ...
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This Maj-General sees a Criminal as a hero, and he puts it ‘ was considered a hero , be truthful to yourself and say I see it , Kotoka at last saw how foolish they had been for taking money from the CIA to remove Nkrumah so ...
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Shut up. Every coup has its supporters. Kotoka was regarded a hero mostly by the up supporters and not Ghana
The hero need to be seribrated
The New Generation of Ghanaians never heard of the Negatives Deeds of Nkrumah. They only hear of the Positive Side of him. Nkrumah did Good and Bad.
As Osagyefo KN noticed, the placards that were distributed to the so called demonstrators were mostly produced by CIA agents in the American embassy. The wording and spelling and type of English will give the CIA collabora ...
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Even a coup leder like j j was allowed to be came president what of Kotoka
BRILLIANT MAJOR GENERAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT IS ABSOLUTELY , POSITIVELY FACT KWAME NKRUMAH WAS A SELFISH , BULLY AND WICKED PRESIDENT . HE CONSTRUCTED NSAWAM PRISONS JUST TO PUT HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS WITHOUT TRIA ...
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Another fool that glorifies coups. How can we honour a traitor who threw Ghana back to the middle ages. This General is mad
Old man, your thoughts have betrayed you and you're no patriot. It does appear now, judging by your logic, that some people who were lined up at the beach and dispatched to kingdom come truly deserved what they got.
As for ...
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Kotoka was nothing but a coward, bribe taker, traitor and sell-out. No coward is a hero. A coward cannot be a hero.
Please the Airport was built by President Nkrumah
Please it is an abomination of the highest order for the airport built by President Nkrumah to be named after Kotoka who overthrew President Nkrumah. Please the airp ...
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Who would not consider anyone who toppled Nkrumah a traitor? Kotoka was not a hero. He was a traitor. People who celebrated in 1966 later regretted their actions and wished the Osagyefo had not been overthrown. Subsequent lea ...
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Tweakai, look at you.
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Major Gen. You have said it all.
People of 70 years and above can tell the true story of Ghana under Nkrumah's governance.
How many in Ghana's parliament today have witnessed the governance of Nkrumah?
Let alone attest to ...
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SAY IT LOUD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAJOR GENERAL KOTOKA IS GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAY IT LOUD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SELFISH AND WICKED KWAME NKRUMAH WAS AN EVIL AND INWARD LOOKING PR ...
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Look at a fool like the so-called Majority leader, Ayariga saying that he wasn't around the time Nkrumah was president, but he is so sure to condemn Kotoka as a traitor.
Ghanaians who were around during Nkrumah's presidenc ...
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he is still a HERO. the airport will still be the same. both guys are not SAINTS.
The only justified coupe ever happened in Ghana was the one that kicked Dr. Nkrumah from power. My only problem is that the coupe did not happened early enough.
Why not changing the name Ghana to Kwame Nkrumah just to suit his admirers? We have some people who think that they were around when world was being created so they have answers to all.
Change the name Ghana to Kwame Nkru ...
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With all the good things Gen Acheampong did for Ghana, which National facility is named after him?
Kotoka doesn't deserve it as well.
Is this the General Sam also a CIA asset?
Am 72yrs old, from what I saw and heard Gen Kotoka is a hero. My parents were illiterate farmers yet they were very critical of Nkrumah. On the day of the coup, the news was welcomed with happiness. Majority of Ghanaians were ...
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Hon. Ayariga, l asked. Is this renaming timely? Or inopportune? Aren't other policies more top on the drawing boards? Than this egg-delicate matter? Don't drive the Ship into troubled waters ooo, Ayariga
2000,000 dollars to pay for a name change can build many JSS decent schools why waste such money to satisfied some few ignorant Ghanaians
We all know that Kotoka was a traitor who for the sake of a few dollars in his pocket, overthrew Kwame Nkrumah, the greatest African. Kotoka was a TRAITOR.tHOSE WHO JUBILLATED DID SO OUT OF IGNORANCE. NOW WE ALL KNOW BETTER
Yes he was a traitor in the same way as damiba.
Kotoka was NEVER A HERO.A REAL HERO DO NOT TAKE BRIBES FOR THEIR ACTIONS. HEROES ARE SELFLESS LEADERS. KOTOKA WAS A TRAITOR AND AN UNPATRIOTIC EWE WHO TOOK THE CIA BRIBES OF $10 MILLION US DOLLARS EACH TO BETRAY MOTHER GHANA. ...
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Kotoka was NEVER A HERO.A REAL HERO DO NOT TAKE BRIBES FOR THEIR ACTIONS. HEROES ARE SELFLESS LEADERS. KOTOKA WAS A TRAITOR AND AN UNPATRIOTIC EWE WHO TOOK THE CIA BRIBES OF $10 MILLION US DOLLARS EACH TO BETRAY MOTHER GHANA. ...
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Ayariga, every country has its own history. History unique to its twists and turns. I will offer you a quick-fix advice. To solve this your cobweb puzzle you hastily bubbled. Listen Ayariga: London has 2 Main airports. Hea ...
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**fast & quick** for typo correction