How can a Dagao behave like a British person - Bagbin blasts bicycle proposal

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Kwaku Tee 16 hours ago

8yrs of Mr Alban Sumana Bagbin's Ex- Gratia that he took and wasted on expensive cars could have put up a 25 units flats for civil servants posted to his Community. He has wasted it on MB cars he drove in Accra.

8yrs of Mr Alban Sumana Bagbin's Ex- Gratia that he took and wasted on expensive cars could have put up a 25 units flats for civil servants posted to his Community. He has wasted it on MB cars he drove in Accra.
Freewill 16 hours ago

I'm even lost at Mr speaker's argument. Like he gave reasons why Ghanaian MPs can't use bicycles i would understand him better than what he is saying.

I'm even lost at Mr speaker's argument. Like he gave reasons why Ghanaian MPs can't use bicycles i would understand him better than what he is saying.
Donboli 10 hours ago

We have something called Balls Riding your father horse. Nkrumah did ring bike,, he did.
Riding Bikes to work is want Bagbin people do, they walk to school, teachers riding along side the children.
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We have something called Balls Riding your father horse. Nkrumah did ring bike,, he did.
Riding Bikes to work is want Bagbin people do, they walk to school, teachers riding along side the children.
Bagbin know Big Men don't ride bicycles in the village. You are asking a chief to ride a bike. It is demeaning to his useless pride.
It is good for MPs to exercise and they should be biking to work if they can, it's good for the heart.
Why should anyone like speaking don't know he should be calling for more houses for MPs close to Parliament. If all MPs live riding distance to parliament, they will ride to work like UK MPs and Prime Minister.
It is because MPs ride to work, the distance.
Nothing to do with UK or it's MPs.
K 15 hours ago

Our streets should be designed well by Engineers who love this nation with shady trees and broad walkways. I bet a lot of people would love to ride bicycles and another more would walk
Why board a bus from Adenta to Madin ...
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Our streets should be designed well by Engineers who love this nation with shady trees and broad walkways. I bet a lot of people would love to ride bicycles and another more would walk
Why board a bus from Adenta to Madina f one is not in a hurry and could stroll under shade on paved walkways?
Blue Pen 11 hours ago

Oh @K Bro/Sis, you ideal prescription is so good. But you incredibly forgot about street hawkers and vendors who actually take over roads, let alone walkways. And you know that the law does not work properly in the Republic o ...
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Oh @K Bro/Sis, you ideal prescription is so good. But you incredibly forgot about street hawkers and vendors who actually take over roads, let alone walkways. And you know that the law does not work properly in the Republic of Ghana. Because if you enforce the law, come a December 7, 'we' shall show you the way out...
SAY DANKATI, NOT DAGAO 11 hours ago

We have known you since millennia as DANKATI so why the brofolisation here? Ga People accept Nkranfo and Ewes can’t change Ohwani. Please accept you’re Dankati and let’s park the V8s aside.

We have known you since millennia as DANKATI so why the brofolisation here? Ga People accept Nkranfo and Ewes can’t change Ohwani. Please accept you’re Dankati and let’s park the V8s aside.
Kelvin 10 hours ago

Honorable seriously you didn't make any sense to your defense. At least it's good to emulate good practices from others. Even those in far better economies chose to stay away from extravagant lifestyles so why can't you learn ...
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Honorable seriously you didn't make any sense to your defense. At least it's good to emulate good practices from others. Even those in far better economies chose to stay away from extravagant lifestyles so why can't you learn from them? Price of fuel would come down if mps and ministers start using bicycles.
Beloved Ghana 9 hours ago

If we are averse to foreign influences, good or even better, why have we adopted their parliamentary democracy that has made Bagbin a Speaker to enable him comment on the bicycle-riding proposal in the first place ?

If we are averse to foreign influences, good or even better, why have we adopted their parliamentary democracy that has made Bagbin a Speaker to enable him comment on the bicycle-riding proposal in the first place ?
So your dagao people ride in V8s and land cruiser? 16 hours ago

So disingenuous. We know your speciality is dog meat so where does luxury V8s fit into your dagao culture?

So disingenuous. We know your speciality is dog meat so where does luxury V8s fit into your dagao culture?
Nii 15 hours ago

Are you talking about only Dog Meat? The guy and his colleagues also enjoyed other Expensive Meat @ KBTH. Those meats can be enjoyed in darkness Definitely you can only get those meats when driving expensive cars.

Are you talking about only Dog Meat? The guy and his colleagues also enjoyed other Expensive Meat @ KBTH. Those meats can be enjoyed in darkness Definitely you can only get those meats when driving expensive cars.

Prince 16 hours ago

U guys are saying now we can't compare ourselves to the white, just becos this comparism will go against your lavish lifestyle. U are quick to compare when it comes to issues that will let u guys gain. U will quickly come and ...
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U guys are saying now we can't compare ourselves to the white, just becos this comparism will go against your lavish lifestyle. U are quick to compare when it comes to issues that will let u guys gain. U will quickly come and tell us we need to benchmark ourselves to the best practices of the whites when u guys want to build big houses and the other things that u gain.

Shame on u guys
Richness19 16 hours ago

If you mistakenly teach a village man how to take a sachet of coffee, he will drink the whole pack in a day...

If you mistakenly teach a village man how to take a sachet of coffee, he will drink the whole pack in a day...
Patrick 15 hours ago

I urge all Ghanaians/Africans to watch the YouTube channel called "Bantucitydiaries" to understand what is wrong with us as Africans and why we are lagging behind other parts of the world. This channel could even serve as edu ...
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I urge all Ghanaians/Africans to watch the YouTube channel called "Bantucitydiaries" to understand what is wrong with us as Africans and why we are lagging behind other parts of the world. This channel could even serve as educational material in our schools and institutions of higher learning.
Asare 15 hours ago

@Patrick. Good submission. I have watched "Bantucitydiaries" on YouTube and I fully agree that it is a Masterpiece worth watching. "Bantucitydiaries" does not sugarcoat the realities in Africa.

@Patrick. Good submission. I have watched "Bantucitydiaries" on YouTube and I fully agree that it is a Masterpiece worth watching. "Bantucitydiaries" does not sugarcoat the realities in Africa.
Toghay 15 hours ago

Childish argument!

Childish argument!
Why you use items made by them 15 hours ago

Go and ride a donkey or a horse. Dont watch TV. Dont eat fast food. Dont use cell phones, etc.

Go and ride a donkey or a horse. Dont watch TV. Dont eat fast food. Dont use cell phones, etc.
Bk man 15 hours ago

Then Mr. Speaker let's leave their democracy for them and practice our own governance. Because it is british democracy that we are practicing. Let's is leave their everything for them , since you are a dagarti man.

Then Mr. Speaker let's leave their democracy for them and practice our own governance. Because it is british democracy that we are practicing. Let's is leave their everything for them , since you are a dagarti man.
Maga 15 hours ago

This man is a realist.He says things exactly how they are.

This man is a realist.He says things exactly how they are.
SORRY HE IS A FOOL 11 hours ago

These idiots in parliament are living in another world far removed from the ordinary man. Cocooned in luxury lifestyle, they lash out at any attempt to reduce their excesses. I wish for another coup to wipe all these people o ...
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These idiots in parliament are living in another world far removed from the ordinary man. Cocooned in luxury lifestyle, they lash out at any attempt to reduce their excesses. I wish for another coup to wipe all these people off the face of the earth. They go and take loans from bicycle riding whites to buy v8 petrol guzzling cars while our roads deteriorate every day. Oh Ghana, when is our Ibrahim Troare going to arrive!
Oga 15 hours ago

Dagao . You should be riding a horse

Dagao . You should be riding a horse

Charles 15 hours ago

No wonder our country is as it is when people like Bagbin are occupying position of authority.

No wonder our country is as it is when people like Bagbin are occupying position of authority.
H. T. K. 15 hours ago

@Prince. You are on point. When it comes to salaries and other benefits, we compare, but when it comes to other matters that won't benefit them (the politicians), we are told to ignore.
We adopted the idea of not disciplin ...
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@Prince. You are on point. When it comes to salaries and other benefits, we compare, but when it comes to other matters that won't benefit them (the politicians), we are told to ignore.
We adopted the idea of not disciplining (including corporal punishment) basic and second cycle students from the West, it was never part of our culture, and now we all can see the level of violence within those institutions. Let’s do the analysis. After 2017(the time corporal punishment was abolished), has indiscipline within our basic to second cycle institutions decreased, has it remained the same, or it has increased? Certainly it has increased astronomically to a level that cannot be contained. Previously it was rare to hear that a police officer is going to arrest a student at the basic or second cycle institution, but now what do we see?
The idea of riding bicycles to work is not only done by MPs in the West, but also medical doctors, in Ghana, if you see a medical doctor riding bicycle to work, that will be the trend of the day. At times is pathetic to see the beggar trying to live a more luxurious life than the one he goes to beg from.
The president JDM is making a lot of effort to tackle none communicable diseases(NCDs), including hypertension, diabetes and the likes, which are so rampant in Ghana.
Look at most (if not all) of our MPs, the office is fully air-conditioned, the vehicle (V8) fully air-conditioned, the resident, you can't count the number of ACs, sedentary life everyday. Now how do you expect the president to achieve this objective of tackling NCDs.
There was this proposal that was made by the NPP government after winning the 2016 elections, that all government appointees, including MPs would be using Toyota corollas for their official duties, which was a step in the right direction by way of reducing public spending, and that the former president Akuffo Addo was using his private vehicle for official duties and we were all happy to hear that, little did we know that it was all lies and deceit. They later turned themselves into Lords, expecting those (the electorates) who gave them the power to worship them, then the exit was shown them.
There's one thing the politician has been missing, just do what those who give you the power want. Stop being arrogant, stop being extravagant and I tell you, any day, any time the ballot box is placed there for elections, is a landslide victory for you. No strenuous campaigning, whatsoever.
kelewele 15 hours ago

The most annoying and worst speaker of parliament Ghana has ever had!

The most annoying and worst speaker of parliament Ghana has ever had!
Don Diego De Azambujah 14 hours ago

Bagbin blows thousands of $$$ to travel abroad to seek medical health i guess its because he is dagao and a Ghanaian politrician . He dosent believe in gh health system like British politicians do in their country

Bagbin blows thousands of $$$ to travel abroad to seek medical health i guess its because he is dagao and a Ghanaian politrician . He dosent believe in gh health system like British politicians do in their country
KWASI IN EUROPE 14 hours ago

Are the teachers who taught you using V8?

Are the teachers who taught you using V8?
Atsu 14 hours ago

If the white man who manufactured these flashy cars you are enjoying uses bicycle to work you dargari suppose to walk bare footed tani aboa

If the white man who manufactured these flashy cars you are enjoying uses bicycle to work you dargari suppose to walk bare footed tani aboa
Dzool 14 hours ago

We have this joker as a speaker of parliament. I blame Akufo Addo's inept Npp they sat down in parliament as a majority and yet this comedian became speaker.

We have this joker as a speaker of parliament. I blame Akufo Addo's inept Npp they sat down in parliament as a majority and yet this comedian became speaker.
Abdul-Mumin 13 hours ago

Hon. Speaker, I'm one of your admirers but this observation,if it is true, of yours is not pleasing to me

BRITISH AND GHANAIANS ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. WE MUST SERVE HUMANITY HUMBLY.

DO YOU MEAN DAGAMBA DONT CHEERISH SI ...
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Hon. Speaker, I'm one of your admirers but this observation,if it is true, of yours is not pleasing to me

BRITISH AND GHANAIANS ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. WE MUST SERVE HUMANITY HUMBLY.

DO YOU MEAN DAGAMBA DONT CHEERISH SIMPLY AND COST-EFFECTIVE LIFESTYLES?
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Truth 12 hours ago

Massa! What they are saying is we don't have value from our parliament and MPs. Let's see better parliamentary process and stop sometimes infantile behaviours

Massa! What they are saying is we don't have value from our parliament and MPs. Let's see better parliamentary process and stop sometimes infantile behaviours

Ben 11 hours ago

Ah! See this oo. Ah well, over to you the great people of Ghana. How pathetic can this speaker of parliament be? This is a very sad day to be a Ghanaian. I am shocked but not surprised coming from this current speaker.

Ah! See this oo. Ah well, over to you the great people of Ghana. How pathetic can this speaker of parliament be? This is a very sad day to be a Ghanaian. I am shocked but not surprised coming from this current speaker.
VINCENT 10 hours ago

The Ex,gratia 's MPs and V8s and other goodies various speakers enjoys can solves many of our challenges in health and education sectors. One v8 prce can build my village school .Laws enacted mostly benefit the bourgeoisie ...
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The Ex,gratia 's MPs and V8s and other goodies various speakers enjoys can solves many of our challenges in health and education sectors. One v8 prce can build my village school .Laws enacted mostly benefit the bourgeoisie.
Papillon 10 hours ago

The blackman is cursed with misplaced priorities syndrome.

The blackman is cursed with misplaced priorities syndrome.
Tintempa 10 hours ago

Honestly if you want a car and can't afford it you have no business in Parliament no wonder our country is in such a state after so many years of buying cars for them what is there to show disappointments and suffering

Honestly if you want a car and can't afford it you have no business in Parliament no wonder our country is in such a state after so many years of buying cars for them what is there to show disappointments and suffering
Kwaata 10 hours ago

When did you start using v8’s? not until you became a
politician?
Personally l wish there someone like Burkina guy to take over

from this people behaving like Arabian Kings

When did you start using v8’s? not until you became a
politician?
Personally l wish there someone like Burkina guy to take over

from this people behaving like Arabian Kings
BLACK MOSES (USA) 9 hours ago

NOW HONOURABLE SPEAKER IS CRYING FOUL. YOU DONT WANT US TO COMPARE OUR PARLIAMENTARIANS TO THOSE IN UK BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BUT YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW THEIR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AND THEIR SYSTEM OF TAXATION, ...
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NOW HONOURABLE SPEAKER IS CRYING FOUL. YOU DONT WANT US TO COMPARE OUR PARLIAMENTARIANS TO THOSE IN UK BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BUT YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW THEIR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AND THEIR SYSTEM OF TAXATION, IS IT FAIR MR HONOURABLE.? YES IT IS TRUE YOU CAN RIDE BICYCLES TO PARLIAMENT FROM YOUR RESIDENCE DUE TO THE NATURE OF OUR ROAD CONSTRUCTION NETWORKS. AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT OUR ROAD NETWORKS SINCE YOU ASSUMED OFFICE.? ROADS IN GHANA GETS DETERIORATED BEFORE IT IS COMMISSIONED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED ABOUT THIS.?
Prayer 9 hours ago

Mr Bagbin,this is animal farm logic.four legs good,two legs bad! You who can't even make bicycle tires rather ride V8s and the ones manufacturing the V8s go to work with bicycles.the cheek of it! What insulting mockery is thi ...
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Mr Bagbin,this is animal farm logic.four legs good,two legs bad! You who can't even make bicycle tires rather ride V8s and the ones manufacturing the V8s go to work with bicycles.the cheek of it! What insulting mockery is this,amanfour? And in 2028,they will still come back to tell us to vote for them?
Gyasi 9 hours ago

And who says Dagaos are accustomed to V 8. If you want to be a proper Dagao then ride on a Donkey, or motorbike.

And who says Dagaos are accustomed to V 8. If you want to be a proper Dagao then ride on a Donkey, or motorbike.
Totoni 9 hours ago

Look at this imbecile talking absolute rubbish? Do the Dagaaba people manufacture their own V8s. How can a V8 be a symbol of a blackman’s identity when the Blackman is incapable of manufacturing even a common toothbrush. Th ...
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Look at this imbecile talking absolute rubbish? Do the Dagaaba people manufacture their own V8s. How can a V8 be a symbol of a blackman’s identity when the Blackman is incapable of manufacturing even a common toothbrush. The Brits manufacture their own bicycles. Don’t you think you are an irredeemable idiot Mr. Speaker?
Jibril 9 hours ago

Stupidity at its zenith!!!

Since when has the Dagao been associated with a car? Even the bicycle you are refusing, which is a cherished means of transport among the Daagaba, is not their invention. They got the technology ...
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Stupidity at its zenith!!!

Since when has the Dagao been associated with a car? Even the bicycle you are refusing, which is a cherished means of transport among the Daagaba, is not their invention. They got the technology and learned to use it from the British. Very senile argument indeed.
Emmanuel Osei Boakye 8 hours ago

The government must not buy vehicles for MPs. In UK the MPs buy their own vehicles from their salaries. Only cabinet ministers use official vehicles and they are used for government business not for private business.
Ghanaia ...
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The government must not buy vehicles for MPs. In UK the MPs buy their own vehicles from their salaries. Only cabinet ministers use official vehicles and they are used for government business not for private business.
Ghanaian MPs must purchase their own cars with their own money. Period
Koti 8 hours ago

Totally irrelevant.

Totally irrelevant.
Dagartim 7 hours ago

@ Nii , does KBTH sell a special expensive meat to the Dagaaba people? What is it? Is it dead people’s flesh? Do we have cannibals living with us in Ghana? Educate us please.

@ Nii , does KBTH sell a special expensive meat to the Dagaaba people? What is it? Is it dead people’s flesh? Do we have cannibals living with us in Ghana? Educate us please.
Joe Boy 7 hours ago

If a Dagao can't behave like a British then stop using cars because cars are not manufactured by Dagao

If a Dagao can't behave like a British then stop using cars because cars are not manufactured by Dagao
Akonta 6 hours ago

For the speaker your ancestors during the colonial period were using bicycles so why are MPs not using them

For the speaker your ancestors during the colonial period were using bicycles so why are MPs not using them
Nsia 6 hours ago

I think Ghanaians should vote for Alban Bagbin as the "Biggest Idiot Of The Year". The fool sits in a parliament which is a British contribution to Ghana,had all his education based on everything that the British built in Gh ...
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I think Ghanaians should vote for Alban Bagbin as the "Biggest Idiot Of The Year". The fool sits in a parliament which is a British contribution to Ghana,had all his education based on everything that the British built in Ghana. Yet, when it comes to prudence and modesty, the plonker from Dagao, whose ancestors saw the first bicycle,car,lorry,train etc with the help of the British needs an extravagance in poor Ghana than the British. Frankly, who needs a fool when we have Alan Bagbin on display!
It's not about origin or where you come from 6 hours ago

The UK us far a better country than Ghana because the leaders live by example. And not expend public funds on luxury cars.

The UK us far a better country than Ghana because the leaders live by example. And not expend public funds on luxury cars.
Jay Swiss 3 hours ago

Yes, you don’t need bicycles but you need cars, ok means of transportation. Mr. Speaker, how many vehicles are seized daily at our ports? Why can’t you parliamentarians utilize this by using the already seized vehicles to ...
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Yes, you don’t need bicycles but you need cars, ok means of transportation. Mr. Speaker, how many vehicles are seized daily at our ports? Why can’t you parliamentarians utilize this by using the already seized vehicles to reduce cost? Or simple, a motorcycle plus 3000$ for each parliamentarian! This money covers your transportation costs for the whole term you serve in parliament. You can decide to add something on top of the 3000$ offered to buy a preferable vehicle. This is fair to a statesman.
koo 1 hour ago

stupid statements from this Speaker. These people really take Ghanaians for fools.
If you think the work is too difficult, why don't you leave it. Is someone forcing you to become an MP? it's called service. if you can't ser ...
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stupid statements from this Speaker. These people really take Ghanaians for fools.
If you think the work is too difficult, why don't you leave it. Is someone forcing you to become an MP? it's called service. if you can't serve, leave for someone who can serve to come and serve.

You people should wait and see.

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