Ashanti Kingdom could have easily been a country - Prof Ahwoi

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 3 days ago

##WHERE IS BAWUMIA!!! WHY LEAVE THE JOB OF OPPOSITION LEADERSHIP TO AFENYO MARKIN?????????
BAWUMIA MUST FLEX HIS MUSCLES!!! THE COUNTRY IS HEADING BACK TO THE AFRC/ PNDC STONE AGE NKWASEASEM. YOU ARE THE OPPOSITION LEADER, B ...
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##WHERE IS BAWUMIA!!! WHY LEAVE THE JOB OF OPPOSITION LEADERSHIP TO AFENYO MARKIN?????????
BAWUMIA MUST FLEX HIS MUSCLES!!! THE COUNTRY IS HEADING BACK TO THE AFRC/ PNDC STONE AGE NKWASEASEM. YOU ARE THE OPPOSITION LEADER, BE A MAN AND SHOW LEADERSHIP. RISE UP AND DEFEND THE COUNTRY. EMULATE THE BLACK LADY. KEMI BADENOCH, WHO IS LEADING THE OPPOSITION PARTY IN BRITAIN!! . YOU ARE SHOWING SIGNS IF BEING TOO WEAK!! THE ECONOMY IS IN DISARRAY!! WHERE ARE YOUR TOWN HALL LECTURES???????? WHY CANT YOU SET HARDER QUESTIONS FOR THESE NDC INCOMPETENT FOOLS TO ANSWER????
YOU ARE BECOMING TOO SOFT AND BECAUSE OF THIS, NDC IS MAKING SILLY ARRESTS. BAWUMIA, PLEASE RISE UP AND SAVE THE COUNTRY. GHANA IS BEING RIDICULED WORLDWIDE AS BEING UNCIVILIZED!! RISE UP BAWUMIA AND RESTORE OUR DIGNITY. SOME OF US ARE REALLY DETERMINED TO SPEAK UP AND DEFEND GHANA WITHOUT ENTERTAINING ANY FEAR, THREAT, OR ACTS OF SILLY INTIMIDATION FROM THESE NDC STONE AGE FOOLS!!
LONG LIVE ABRONYE!! LONG LIVE NPP!!!
FREE ABRONYE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reap what you sow 3 days ago

Although the Ghana boarders were drawn by the colonial powers, the examples of for USSR, Yugoslavia, Ukraine and others are impilically different circumstances

Although the Ghana boarders were drawn by the colonial powers, the examples of for USSR, Yugoslavia, Ukraine and others are impilically different circumstances
Adubofuo 3 days ago

Time will tell. There is no doubt that day will come when ASANTE shall declare INDEPENDENCE. Very soon.
Asanteman has been on the loosing end in this enterprise called Ghana. Asanteman contributes much but gets less in retur ...
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Time will tell. There is no doubt that day will come when ASANTE shall declare INDEPENDENCE. Very soon.
Asanteman has been on the loosing end in this enterprise called Ghana. Asanteman contributes much but gets less in return.
The Spear 2 days ago

Declare independence with what? A very poor and degraded Kumasi? Think of Kumasi when it used to be called Garden City? Or Ashanti will wait till its infrastructure is updated?

Charley, take your pill.

Declare independence with what? A very poor and degraded Kumasi? Think of Kumasi when it used to be called Garden City? Or Ashanti will wait till its infrastructure is updated?

Charley, take your pill.
Mandela 2 days ago

Fools Paradise. Ashanti is R 16, and will remain R 16.

Fools Paradise. Ashanti is R 16, and will remain R 16.
Oywaa. Riddle-Riddle 2 days ago

Let them go with their unique unruly idiosyncrasies. And create their own sea, as they always boast. There will be sanity and peace. I swear, how they will suffer to get visa into Ghana to fetch fresh water.

Let them go with their unique unruly idiosyncrasies. And create their own sea, as they always boast. There will be sanity and peace. I swear, how they will suffer to get visa into Ghana to fetch fresh water.
Mangana Yazo 2 days ago

Yes! Where brothers'-in-law can horrifyingly change guards, over wedded wives in classical cases of incest

Yes! Where brothers'-in-law can horrifyingly change guards, over wedded wives in classical cases of incest
Oyiwaa Riddle-Riddle 2 days ago

Thank you. In typical Chinese fashion too, we shall dash them with 1-Way Tickets, all non-Ashanti women already married to them eternally. For fresh air to prevail in abundance, in Ghana

Thank you. In typical Chinese fashion too, we shall dash them with 1-Way Tickets, all non-Ashanti women already married to them eternally. For fresh air to prevail in abundance, in Ghana
Ghanaba 2 days ago

Dreamer

Dreamer
Safohene Nana Obuo-Gyan 3 days ago

This is the very first time I've read something sensible from the "fufu ne abɛnkwan" professor and the Sefwi criminal indigene.

If the 'akpeteshi' and palm wine loving NDC professor throws away his medieval-oriented poli ...
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This is the very first time I've read something sensible from the "fufu ne abɛnkwan" professor and the Sefwi criminal indigene.

If the 'akpeteshi' and palm wine loving NDC professor throws away his medieval-oriented politics of mischief and political tomfoolery, he may begin to reason more like a normal human being than behaving in his usual political chicanery and diabolism.

OYOKOBA 2 days ago

Asante phobia and scaremongering has been the stock in trade of Kwamena Ahwoi. He has used this tactic to elicit policies designed to weaken Asanteman, albeit to make them dependent on the central government.

But the Asant ...
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Asante phobia and scaremongering has been the stock in trade of Kwamena Ahwoi. He has used this tactic to elicit policies designed to weaken Asanteman, albeit to make them dependent on the central government.

But the Asante spirit is indomitable, energetic, entrenched, and unshakable. Enterprise is the creed of Asante. Loyalty to the Asantehene and the Golden Stool is complete. You can’t bend the arc of history and destiny.

This baseless hate-baiting of Asante will not stand. Why would Asante breakaway from Ghana when the tapestry of history goes to show the objective of their empire building adventures was to arrive at the same goal as the British, which is to build the state entity under one flag and integrated authority. Ghana today is essentially the same nation state Asante was on the path of building. Of course certain structures would have been different. For instance, Kumasi, rather than Accra would have been the seat of government. All would have been swearing oath of allegiance to the Golden Stool and the Asantehene etc. These minor differences don’t diminish the fact that Asante and the British were on the same track to create the geopolitical entity called Ghana today. Why would Asante now withdraw when their dream state enterprise was hurried along by the British?

Kwamena Ahwoi and people like him have benefited immensely from Asante and yet turn around to badmouth them behind closed doors. His type and politics is the reason Ghana’s growth is stunted, stagnant and disjointed. His politics has been to checkmate Ashanti. Their growth and development. He is the reason we don’t vote to elect our own District Assemblies members and chief executives/mayors on a party ticket. So we end up with MMDCE’s whose loyalty is to the appointing authority instead of the people they superintend over. Much of our stunted growth and development at the local and district level can be placed at the feet of Kwamena Ahwoi. What a miserable old chap.
Outstanding 1 day ago

Prof! An outstandingly brave AGENDA. An AGENDA too well overdue. The responses, are the Askings, as expressed, for quick attention. Respected Prof, you have recorded a VOICE! A MUST, FOR HISTORY BOOKS.

Prof! An outstandingly brave AGENDA. An AGENDA too well overdue. The responses, are the Askings, as expressed, for quick attention. Respected Prof, you have recorded a VOICE! A MUST, FOR HISTORY BOOKS.
That is African leaders for you 3 days ago

We prefer natural decentralisation and prosperity than colonial centralised structure which is taking us nowhere except poverty.

We prefer natural decentralisation and prosperity than colonial centralised structure which is taking us nowhere except poverty.
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Pelicles 3 days ago

Professor Ahwoi, what are you up to? Decentralization is the fastest way to develop a nation. Nigeria is a federal state and are they tearing themselves part, and why do you think the Ashantis would destroy the unity we are c ...
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Professor Ahwoi, what are you up to? Decentralization is the fastest way to develop a nation. Nigeria is a federal state and are they tearing themselves part, and why do you think the Ashantis would destroy the unity we are currently enjoying?
OYOKOBA 2 days ago

For years, a certain brand of politics has relied on stoking fear about Asanteman—whipping up suspicion, peddling half-truths, and quietly pushing policies meant to weaken the region while making it dependent on the centre. ...
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For years, a certain brand of politics has relied on stoking fear about Asanteman—whipping up suspicion, peddling half-truths, and quietly pushing policies meant to weaken the region while making it dependent on the centre. At the heart of this approach has been Kwamena Ahwoi. Time and again, the tactic has been the same: paint Asante as a threat, then use that manufactured anxiety to justify centralizing control.

But here’s what that narrative always misses. The Asante spirit is not brittle. It is deeply rooted, enterprising, and fiercely loyal—to the Asantehene, to the Golden Stool, and to a centuries-old tradition of self-reliance. It cannot be wished away by scaremongering.

And the irony is sharp. Let’s take a clear-eyed look at history. Asante’s imperial project was, at its core, a state-building enterprise. The great Asante expansion was aimed at consolidating peoples, territories, and trade under one flag and one integrated authority. That objective—creating a cohesive geopolitical entity—was not far removed from what the British colonial project ultimately accomplished. Yes, the structures would have been different: the capital would likely be Kumasi, not Accra, and allegiance would be sworn to the Golden Stool. But those are details of architecture, not destination. The fundamental drive was toward the same unified nation state we call Ghana today. So why, then, would Asante now wish to break away from a country that essentially fulfilled—hurried along by colonial history—the very dream their forebears pursued?

Kwamena Ahwoi and those who share his playbook have benefited handsomely from the talent, resources, and resilience of Asante. Yet behind closed doors, the disparaging whispers continue. This is not just ingratitude; it is a political strategy that has come at a steep cost to Ghana’s development. The obsession with “checkmating” Ashanti—curbing its growth, diluting its voice—has given us a suffocating centralization. It is a major reason we still do not elect our own District Assembly members, chief executives, and mayors on a party ticket. Instead, we have MMDCEs whose primary loyalty tilts upward to the appointing authority, not downward to the communities they serve. Much of the stagnation and disjointed progress at the local level can be traced right back to this mindset—a mindset embodied and defended for decades by Kwamena Ahwoi.

Fear-driven politics may win short-term battles, but it cannot bend the arc of history. The Asante spirit remains unshakable, and Ghana’s full potential will only be unlocked when we retire the old, tired game of division for good.
kuuro 3 days ago

Why this old fool is bringing these issues up at this time, these are the old people in leadership position who wanna divide the country before they die, this matter he is raising now can create serious problems for the c ...
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Why this old fool is bringing these issues up at this time, these are the old people in leadership position who wanna divide the country before they die, this matter he is raising now can create serious problems for the country if some hooligans Ashantis rise to demand for the separation of their kingdom, someone must tell this old fool not to divide our beloved country before he dies, if he is about to die he must just go in peace and live us alone,
john 3 days ago

i hope no the idiots who have always doubted the potential and strength of the Asantes are now learning the hard way.I keep saying that if the government does not develop asante,we may have one asantehene one day who will dec ...
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i hope no the idiots who have always doubted the potential and strength of the Asantes are now learning the hard way.I keep saying that if the government does not develop asante,we may have one asantehene one day who will decide to move away from this Ghana and go to its former state as a nation and there is nothing any one can do. You now realise that Asante ye oman.I hope the minority groups now know their level.No tribe should ever compare itself to the asantes going forward.
Adubofuo 3 days ago

PIAAWWW!!!

Asante is ready and making preparations to break away. The true sons and daughters of Asanteman should prepare and be ready for that when Asanteman finally declares independence. We are ready to sacrifice a mill ...
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PIAAWWW!!!

Asante is ready and making preparations to break away. The true sons and daughters of Asanteman should prepare and be ready for that when Asanteman finally declares independence. We are ready to sacrifice a million people to make the true wish of all patriotic Asantes stand.

Our enemies and anti Asantes should be very happy when we finally break away. They should not worry about how we will survive, they should worry about their own children and regions.

ASANTE INDEPENDENCE NOW!!!
Bakogone Tiblisi Honest VIEWS undualized intercity roads 3 days ago

OK. Independence as you wish.
Wait. 1 sec.
Would you build China greate wall to separate from former ghana and put border post around the wall, region by region.
Cut own passport
Cut own money
Create own parliament
Ne ...
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OK. Independence as you wish.
Wait. 1 sec.
Would you build China greate wall to separate from former ghana and put border post around the wall, region by region.
Cut own passport
Cut own money
Create own parliament
New police
New army
New embassies
Build new govt agencies
Build more schools, clinics etc
New homes for returnees

Good lucky to you

Adubofuo 2 days ago

GO AND READ ABOUT VATICAN IN ITALY. THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ALL THERE.

GO AND READ ABOUT VATICAN IN ITALY. THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ALL THERE.
Agyengo. 2 days ago

Read about kingdom of Eswathini formally known as Swaziland and Kingdom of Lesotho and you will understand what Ashanti can do. Ashantes have their own traditional parliament at Manhyia if you care to know. Have their own tra ...
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Read about kingdom of Eswathini formally known as Swaziland and Kingdom of Lesotho and you will understand what Ashanti can do. Ashantes have their own traditional parliament at Manhyia if you care to know. Have their own traditional judiciary at various towns headed by the chiefs of and their councils if you care to know
Bakogone Tiblisi Honest VIEWS undualized intercity roads 2 days ago

Clarify the following questions also:

How about electricity?
How would you get import for factories, since you'renow landlocked?
Won't former ghana charge you high rates for usingthe ports?

Clarify the following questions also:

How about electricity?
How would you get import for factories, since you'renow landlocked?
Won't former ghana charge you high rates for usingthe ports?
Opon owusu 2 days ago

Some countries are landlocked...

Some countries are landlocked...
Popee 3 days ago

Ashantis will surely separate themselves from Ghana it's doesn't matter how long it will take, majority of Ashantis support that idea, they are just waiting for their leaders to make the move.

Ashantis will surely separate themselves from Ghana it's doesn't matter how long it will take, majority of Ashantis support that idea, they are just waiting for their leaders to make the move.
Nii Odenke 3 days ago

Get ready to be kicked out of Accra soon as you guy become independent.
Fools.
You get the lion share of the national cake but you are still not satisfied.
Buluuiaa

Get ready to be kicked out of Accra soon as you guy become independent.
Fools.
You get the lion share of the national cake but you are still not satisfied.
Buluuiaa
Adubofuo 3 days ago

KICKED OUT OF ACCRA??? HAHAHAHAHA YOU MADE ME LAUGH!! LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THAT DAY FINALLY COMES.

AKANS AND FOR THAT MATTER ASANTES DO NOT GLORIFY THEMSELVES IN ABROAD NOT TO TALK OF ACCRA. THE ONLY PLACE ...
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KICKED OUT OF ACCRA??? HAHAHAHAHA YOU MADE ME LAUGH!! LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THAT DAY FINALLY COMES.

AKANS AND FOR THAT MATTER ASANTES DO NOT GLORIFY THEMSELVES IN ABROAD NOT TO TALK OF ACCRA. THE ONLY PLACE WE CALL HOME ARE OUR AKAN LANDS. SO GETTING OUT OF POLLUTED AND CONGESTED ACCRA WONT BE A PROBLEM FOR US AT ALL. HAHAHAHAHA

BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE, EVERY ASANTE PERSON WILL MAKE SURE HE SELLS HIS OR HER PROPERTIES TO NIGERIANS OR LEBANESE. NEVER WILL IT GO TO LAZY AND DIRTY GAS. ANY PROPERTY THAT WE CANNOT SELL OR CARRY WITH US, WE WILL SET DYNAMITES AND EXPLOSIVES IN THEM, AND BLAST THEM TO THE GROUND. WE WILL LEVEL IT TO THE GROUND AND LEAVE ACCRA LIKE A DESERT.

AFTER ALL AKANS DEVELOPED ACCRA. DONT WORRY WE HAVE THE GOD GIVEN CAPACITY TO BUILD EVERYTHING BACK AGAIN IN OUR HOMELANDS. WE WILL NOT LEAVE A PIN FOR YOU IDIOTS CALLED GAS.

ANYTHING BUILD WITH AKAN MONEY ON ACCRA LAND WILL BE DESTROYED. THEN YOU LAZY IDIOTS CAN BUILD YOUR ACCRA BACK. ONYAAYE GBEMI!!
Ahene 2 days ago

I laugh saa aaaaa, it's sad Gas still don't know they are squarters with some parading themselves as 'His Royal Majesty'. You are settlers from Ile Ife Nigeria. The Akuapems hosted you and now you want to claim land like Libe ...
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I laugh saa aaaaa, it's sad Gas still don't know they are squarters with some parading themselves as 'His Royal Majesty'. You are settlers from Ile Ife Nigeria. The Akuapems hosted you and now you want to claim land like Liberians at Buduburam.
nii ga 2 days ago

@ NII ODENKE BUT WHY ARE YOU FOOLS WORRIED
ALMIGHTY ASHANTE BREAKING OFF FROM YOU
LOW LIFES? I THOUGHT IT IS GOOD
NEWS TO REJOICE OVER YOUR TORMENTOR
LEAVING THE SHITHOLE...NKWASIAFUOR

@ NII ODENKE BUT WHY ARE YOU FOOLS WORRIED
ALMIGHTY ASHANTE BREAKING OFF FROM YOU
LOW LIFES? I THOUGHT IT IS GOOD
NEWS TO REJOICE OVER YOUR TORMENTOR
LEAVING THE SHITHOLE...NKWASIAFUOR
ARE YOU GAS GHANAIANS? - Omanba 1 day ago

Are you Gas ghanaians? Go back to your dirty Yorubaland. Look at how dirty and stinky James town is. And Lavender city is just near James Town.

Are you Gas ghanaians? Go back to your dirty Yorubaland. Look at how dirty and stinky James town is. And Lavender city is just near James Town.

Okukuseke wofa 1 day ago

Then after that what next?

Then after that what next?
Kofi Jesus, 3 days ago

Most non Akans believe that Ashantis is the Ghana's biggest problem, so they should declare their independence and let us see Ghana will become American.

Most non Akans believe that Ashantis is the Ghana's biggest problem, so they should declare their independence and let us see Ghana will become American.
SOS 2 days ago

The people of Ashanti were a blessing to Ghana and remain so today.

With a history of imperial power, the fear of Ashanti (a region curved out by colonialism) remain unfounded - except inthe heads of those who pander belie ...
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The people of Ashanti were a blessing to Ghana and remain so today.

With a history of imperial power, the fear of Ashanti (a region curved out by colonialism) remain unfounded - except inthe heads of those who pander believes.

Ashanti is a believe which shall grow stronger because the colonial construct we call Ghana today has come to the end of it's natural lifecycle - a Non-Tribal regions of Ashanti, Volta, Greater Accra, Central, etc. are a natural outputs of the current - because they are evolving in that direction by themselves already.

Our simple task is to legislate and give them advance governance systems. And we have to start by making tribalism and cessesion reasonable offences at all levels.

The rest is dialogue. (SOS).
Kwame 2 days ago

Prof. Ahwoi, my Vandal friend, you are forgetting the march of history. Prior to 1699 - 1700 CE, there was no Ashanti Empire but there were powerful states like Akwamu and Denkyera. These states are no longer so powerful. If ...
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Prof. Ahwoi, my Vandal friend, you are forgetting the march of history. Prior to 1699 - 1700 CE, there was no Ashanti Empire but there were powerful states like Akwamu and Denkyera. These states are no longer so powerful. If colonialism had not come and frozen the status quo, we might be in a far different geopolitical world now.
The breakup of Yugoslavia and the USSR were not from internal sources. They were external
Agyengo. 2 days ago

So ask yourself, what happened to Denkyira. Simply put they were defeated by the Ashantes. That is why Ashantes became conquerers and whoever they defeated was not treated as outcast but was integrated into the Ashanti kingdo ...
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So ask yourself, what happened to Denkyira. Simply put they were defeated by the Ashantes. That is why Ashantes became conquerers and whoever they defeated was not treated as outcast but was integrated into the Ashanti kingdom making it powerful with more territories
SOS 2 days ago

Professor Ahwoi is speaking from the past - the reason is that Ghana is stuck!

1. The country is too big and growing too fast to remain a Unitary-Centralised entity. Technically speaking, it is becoming ungovernable by its ...
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Professor Ahwoi is speaking from the past - the reason is that Ghana is stuck!

1. The country is too big and growing too fast to remain a Unitary-Centralised entity. Technically speaking, it is becoming ungovernable by itself.

2. The Unitary-Centralised state has bogged dowb the nation since colonial times while multi-cultural and multi-lingual regions have been created over time - these are enough.

Ghana does not have to follow a traditional federal system or devolved model as in developed countries. It can create it's own regionalised-state system to relieve the load on central government. And no social group can secede because of resource challenges.

And the fear of Ashanti is neocolonial scaremongering. With a thoughtful regionalisation based on dialogue Ghana will emerge as a great nation on it's way to advancement for the sake of its people. Forward. (Samuel Ofori-Sey).
SOS 2 days ago

Our current concept of a decentralised state points us to tribalised regions - that is a result of neo(colonial) upbringing!

We have to dialogue to replace the colonial model/ideology of a tribalised-region with diverse on ...
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Our current concept of a decentralised state points us to tribalised regions - that is a result of neo(colonial) upbringing!

We have to dialogue to replace the colonial model/ideology of a tribalised-region with diverse ones modelled on how the most advanced societies evolved.

Professor Ahwoi himself states correctly that Ghana (and almost all nations on earth) are social constructs - what I see is that that construct has come to the end of it's lifecycle so let's boldly replace it. Where I agree with the professor is on time-frame and processes based on cool-headedness and DIALOGUE with all sections of the society including security services.

A new non-tribalised/regionalised Ghana is the best option to advance the nation. The current Unitary-Centralised feeds on/from colonialism and has to go - neocolonialism has to end!

Forward.
SOS 2 days ago

Our current concept of a decentralised state points us to tribalised regions - that is a result of neo(colonial) upbringing!

We have to dialogue to replace the colonial model/ideology of a tribalised-region with diverse on ...
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Our current concept of a decentralised state points us to tribalised regions - that is a result of neo(colonial) upbringing!

We have to dialogue to replace the colonial model/ideology of a tribalised-region with diverse ones modelled on how the most advanced societies evolved.

Professor Ahwoi himself states correctly that Ghana (and almost all nations on earth) are social constructs - what I see is that that construct has come to the end of it's lifecycle so let's boldly replace it. Where I agree with the professor is on time-frame and processes based on cool-headedness and DIALOGUE with all sections of the society including security services.

A new non-tribalised/regionalised Ghana is the best option to advance the nation. The current Unitary-Centralised feeds on/from colonialism and has to go - neocolonialism has to end!

Forward.
Ewvevi 2 days ago

Another useless ugly bat meat eating fool. He's saying this because he doesn't look any different from those ugly forest monkeys. The asantehene can't do FOKO. Get that straight into your stupid head.

Another useless ugly bat meat eating fool. He's saying this because he doesn't look any different from those ugly forest monkeys. The asantehene can't do FOKO. Get that straight into your stupid head.
Steiner 2 days ago

Forest monkeys?What are you,a shrine dwelling baboon?

Forest monkeys?What are you,a shrine dwelling baboon?
nii ga 2 days ago

@ EWVEVI...THE TROKOSI DOGS ARE WORRIED
ALMIGHTY ASHANTES ARE BREAKING AWAY FROM
THIS MEDIOCRE LOW LIFE FOOLS....I THOUGHT
WE ARE GHANAS PROBLEM? YOU FOOLS SHOULD BE
REJOICING THAT YOUR TORMENTOR IS BREAKING
AWAY FROM ...
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@ EWVEVI...THE TROKOSI DOGS ARE WORRIED
ALMIGHTY ASHANTES ARE BREAKING AWAY FROM
THIS MEDIOCRE LOW LIFE FOOLS....I THOUGHT
WE ARE GHANAS PROBLEM? YOU FOOLS SHOULD BE
REJOICING THAT YOUR TORMENTOR IS BREAKING
AWAY FROM YOU DOGS BUT YOU ARE RATHER MAD
YOU SEE HOW POWERFUL ASHANTES ARE?
THE DAY ASHANTES BREAKS OFF, WILL BE THE END
OF GHANA...ODWAN
SOS 2 days ago

All nations are advanced by leaders within a process that sideline bigots and tribalists!

And that time has come upon Ghana to advance (and not just develop) because the natural lifecycle of a colonial Ghana is over - soci ...
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All nations are advanced by leaders within a process that sideline bigots and tribalists!

And that time has come upon Ghana to advance (and not just develop) because the natural lifecycle of a colonial Ghana is over - social integration shall accelerate contrary to what some believe and a sense of a unified nation shall intensify in the younger generation to the surprise of their parents.

The fear of a new regionalised Ghana which is not based on tribalism and bigotry is already here (and if in doubt, enquire from the upcoming generation and observe their culture).

The role of the older generation in this evolution will be guidance and cultural transition devoid of the hatred which has been rendered obsolete in time.

No one can stop the tide of time. "All things shall pass away in in their place there shall be new things" - this is our time to leave a better Ghana behind for our descendants.
SOS 2 days ago

Where Professor Ahwoi is right - too advance, the number of regions in a country has to be optimal - not too many (3-5 million people per region)

Creating more regions renders governance difficult and a negative developme ...
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Where Professor Ahwoi is right - too advance, the number of regions in a country has to be optimal - not too many (3-5 million people per region)

Creating more regions renders governance difficult and a negative development.

If re-merger cannot be achieved now then regionalised non-tribal governance models have to be created in accordance with the main cultures of current regions to halt the total takeover by external entities to slow down and reverse neocolonialism - this is urgent.
RUBBISH 2 days ago

Nonsense TALK.

Nonsense TALK.
A LAND-LOCKED NATION? 2 days ago

A land-locked "kingdom"?

A land-locked "kingdom"?
Agyengo. 2 days ago

You are just Naive. Period!!!!

You are just Naive. Period!!!!
nii ga 2 days ago

KWASIA SWITZERLAND IS LAND LOCKED

KWASIA SWITZERLAND IS LAND LOCKED
Let My People Go~ Kabakaba 2 days ago

Like Swaziland and others, who run royal independent democratic kingdoms, yet enclaved. They can do it! In their 'Superior' domain. Deep in their minds, all Ghanaian non-ashantis are inferior. Let them go! For go, they mu ...
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Like Swaziland and others, who run royal independent democratic kingdoms, yet enclaved. They can do it! In their 'Superior' domain. Deep in their minds, all Ghanaian non-ashantis are inferior. Let them go! For go, they must!
Let My People Go~ Kabakaba 1 day ago

I beleive Eswatini is another one as such. They have outstanding bilateral relations with Taiwan. Let them go in peace. Period; FullStop; End of Story

I beleive Eswatini is another one as such. They have outstanding bilateral relations with Taiwan. Let them go in peace. Period; FullStop; End of Story
Yaw 2 days ago

Ashanti people must move away from Ghana and create state

Ashanti people must move away from Ghana and create state
Mandela 2 days ago

Ashanti Kingdom is only possible in the Sahara Desert. The Republic of Ghana is untouchable. Illiterate forest fools, keep on dreaming.

Ashanti Kingdom is only possible in the Sahara Desert. The Republic of Ghana is untouchable. Illiterate forest fools, keep on dreaming.
Nipa Dasani 2 days ago

The banana republic you call Ghana is not inseparable get real

The banana republic you call Ghana is not inseparable get real
nii ga 2 days ago

HAHAHAHAH NOW YOU LOWLIFE ANIMALS ARE SHITTING IN YOUR
PANTS THE DAY ALMIGHTY ASHANTE BREAK AWAY WILL BE THE
END OF GHANA...KWASIA

HAHAHAHAH NOW YOU LOWLIFE ANIMALS ARE SHITTING IN YOUR
PANTS THE DAY ALMIGHTY ASHANTE BREAK AWAY WILL BE THE
END OF GHANA...KWASIA
AKUA POBEE 2 days ago

KWAMENA AHWOI IS A TOO KNOWN OVERRATED PROFESSOR. ONE OF THE FANTE ACADEMIC IMPERIALISTS WHO TRIED TO SUPPRESS SMALLER AKAN TRIBES IN CENTRAL REGION BY STEALING THEIR LANDS FOR FANTES WHEN HE WAS THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNM ...
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KWAMENA AHWOI IS A TOO KNOWN OVERRATED PROFESSOR. ONE OF THE FANTE ACADEMIC IMPERIALISTS WHO TRIED TO SUPPRESS SMALLER AKAN TRIBES IN CENTRAL REGION BY STEALING THEIR LANDS FOR FANTES WHEN HE WAS THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. KWAMENA AHWOI LACKS BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MODERN SOCIETIES HAVE EVOLVED ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH TRANSITIONED FROM CENTRALIZED RULE AND CENTRAL PLANNING SUCH AS CHINA AND RUSSIA. THE KEY HAS BEEN DECENTRALIZATION AND THE USE OF DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYORS. THIS IS HAPPENENING ALL AROUND THE WORLD FROM CHINA WITH ITS ELECTED VILLAGE MAYORS, RUSSIA WITH ITS ELECTED MAYORS, INDIA, ALMOST ALL OF EUROPE AND NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH KOREA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND OTHER NUMEROUS COUNTRIES. WHAT GHANA NEEDS NOW ARE DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYORS RUNNING LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND GIVEN CERTAIN CLEAR BOUNDARIES OF RESPONSIBILITIES, KWAMENA AHWOI DOES NOT WANT CHANGE FROM HIS OUTMODED TRIBALISM-INSPIRED DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES WHERE CURRENTLY ALMOST HALF OF ALL APPOINTED MAYORS IN THE AKAN AREAS ARE NOT AKANS BUT EWES AND NORTHERNERS IMPOSED ON AKANS WITHOUT THE CORRESPONDING SCHEME EFFECTED IN NON-AKAN AREAS AS WAS DONE BY ACHEAMPONG AND KWAME NKRUMAH. ASANTES DO NOT NEED TO BE A STATE. ASANTES NOW HAVE THEIR OWN WRITTEN LANGUAGE (ASANTE TWI), EXTENSIVELY DOMINATE THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN ACCRA, DOMINATE GHANAIAN STATE POSITIONS EVERY EIGHT YEARS WHEN NPP IS IN POWER. MUCH OF THE CURRENT WEALTJ CREATED IN GHANA ARE NOT IN ASANTE AREAS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE OIL AND MOST OF THE COCOA PRODUCED ARE CURRENTLY IN REGIONS SUCH AS WESTERN AND WEST NORTH REGIONS. DECENTRALIZATION IS NOW MORE URGENT AS THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION APPROACHES 35 MILLION IN 2027, THE COUNTRY'S 70TH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
KWAME MUMUNI 2 days ago

I AGREE WITH YOU AKUA POBEE. KWAMENA AHWOI'S IDEAS ARE OUTDATED LIKE MANY IDEAS FROM THE PNDC ERA. GHANA NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVE DECENTRALIZATION WITH DIRECTLY-ELECTED MAYORS. ASK THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED AND LIVED EXTENSIVELY ARO ...
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I AGREE WITH YOU AKUA POBEE. KWAMENA AHWOI'S IDEAS ARE OUTDATED LIKE MANY IDEAS FROM THE PNDC ERA. GHANA NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVE DECENTRALIZATION WITH DIRECTLY-ELECTED MAYORS. ASK THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED AND LIVED EXTENSIVELY AROUND THE WORLD WHY DECENTRALIZATION WORKS SO WELL AND NOT KWAMENA AHWOI, A MEMBER OF THE ILLUMINATI.
Nana Safro 2 days ago

The Gentleman is finally telling the true to the Nation State of Ghana. The PNDC/NDC era has really damage lives of the Ashanti people. They have been abused and used with no developments in the Region. Their infrastructure u ...
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The Gentleman is finally telling the true to the Nation State of Ghana. The PNDC/NDC era has really damage lives of the Ashanti people. They have been abused and used with no developments in the Region. Their infrastructure up to date is substandard. They do not have hosptal for children in Kumasi. The Government has stopped the constuction work on tne maternity ward and the open market for the people in Kumasi. It is extremely bad for what various governments has done to the Asantes in Ghana. The people has been abused and rape by the Nation State of Ghana and a better day will come. As the beautiful ones are yet to be born.
Be concerned with the structural weaknesses in the decentralisation 2 days ago

The MMDA's he created have become the weakest chain in the governance system and toothless. All the environmental sanitation issues lies at the door step of a weak functioning bearucratic system with capacity to enforce decen ...
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The MMDA's he created have become the weakest chain in the governance system and toothless. All the environmental sanitation issues lies at the door step of a weak functioning bearucratic system with capacity to enforce decentralised spatial development planning in the MMDA. In about a decade the whole of Ghana woll become one shanti slum connecting Accra to Kasoa to Winneba to be one big metro filled with rubbish, no roads l, no light with harphazard planning. When you ftive through rural Ghana which Assembly is enforcing planning . All the townsand villages have become one big slum. And it is very scary. This is what the professor must be concerned not a renewed Ashanti empire. He has forgotten the Ashanti confederation itself is also hanging on a thin thread as many independent states were losely bound by oaths and not by conquest. Adanse, Asante Akyem etc .
SOS 2 days ago

1. The MMDA' is a State-District (districtisation) process which entrenches the authoritarian nature of a Unitary-Centralised state (neocolonialism).

2. What is needed for managing a bloated nation approaching 50 million ...
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1. The MMDA' is a State-District (districtisation) process which entrenches the authoritarian nature of a Unitary-Centralised state (neocolonialism).

2. What is needed for managing a bloated nation approaching 50 million citizens is a non-tribalised state-substate architecture similar to what most advanced nations employ. These have full regional-governments and sub-state parliaments with their elected leader (some call it a mayor).

PS: it is this substate nature of the region which reduces the load on the centralised state ans makes it leaner and more efficient. Those who are afraid of this change should note that the current system is struggling to function as governance structures because it has no legislative abilities lower down. There should be no rush but the process should start now because the weight of the nation is getting too heavy.

It's a no-brainer.
Catekastyle 2 days ago

What stopped the Ashanti region to become a country ?
A country inside a country ?
Ghana is not Gambia ore Senegal.

What stopped the Ashanti region to become a country ?
A country inside a country ?
Ghana is not Gambia ore Senegal.
Ricardo 2 days ago

Well, Mr Ahwoi has made very brilliant and compelling argument. The government must tread cautiously regarding the decentralization structures, so as not provoke the Ashanti Kingdom. As he said, so far we’ve had peaceful Ki ...
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Well, Mr Ahwoi has made very brilliant and compelling argument. The government must tread cautiously regarding the decentralization structures, so as not provoke the Ashanti Kingdom. As he said, so far we’ve had peaceful Kings and some chiefs who want peace. However, if God forbid, and we happen to have an arrogant and no nonsense King in future who might not tolerate the current noise and divisiveness, the peace we enjoy today, might come to halt.
Ahene 2 days ago

Facts are sacred but opinions are free and that's the truth Kwamena has spelt out. This continuous disdain of the Ashantis by the minority Ewe must be looked at seriously....so should Ashantis protect their sovereignty

Facts are sacred but opinions are free and that's the truth Kwamena has spelt out. This continuous disdain of the Ashantis by the minority Ewe must be looked at seriously....so should Ashantis protect their sovereignty
Abrefa 2 days ago

@Ahene. We Ashantis envy the Ewes because they are highly educated and good looking people.

@Ahene. We Ashantis envy the Ewes because they are highly educated and good looking people.
EWES ARE PROFESSIONAL SMUGGLERS- Omanba 1 day ago

Ewes highly educated and goodlooking? I just cannot help laughing.Ewes are the most backward,lazy people in Ghana. All they know is smuggling. They are professional smugglers.Because of juju when they come to live in other ar ...
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Ewes highly educated and goodlooking? I just cannot help laughing.Ewes are the most backward,lazy people in Ghana. All they know is smuggling. They are professional smugglers.Because of juju when they come to live in other areas of Ghana they are afraid to go back to the Volta Region. In Kumasi there is a whole suburb called Anloga. They have their chief who swear oath of allegiance to Asantehene.
The Spear 2 days ago

Why do you guys worry your heads with so much nonsense? It is on Ghanaweb that there's this perception about Ewes hating Asantes. In reality, they do not. The opposite is the case. You in the Ashanti Region look down on them, ...
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Why do you guys worry your heads with so much nonsense? It is on Ghanaweb that there's this perception about Ewes hating Asantes. In reality, they do not. The opposite is the case. You in the Ashanti Region look down on them, the same way you look down on people from the North, or the Bonos, the Gas and even the Fantes.

Do you know there are so many Ashantis in the Volta, born and raised by people who migrated from the Ashanti Region long ago? About a week ago, I gave a little hint of that here, mentioning certain prominent Asante names you can find in the Region.

I don't see the reasoning behind liar Ahwoi talking about this, probably because he has nothing to do and running short of ideas.
Nipa Dasani 2 days ago

I could probably count the number of asantes in the volta region with my fingertips. Not even enough to compare to the amount of ayigbes in the adanse province alone.

I could probably count the number of asantes in the volta region with my fingertips. Not even enough to compare to the amount of ayigbes in the adanse province alone.
The Spear 1 day ago

Agreeing/acknowledging that there are Asantes in the Volta Region enjoying peace however, is already enough.

Agreeing/acknowledging that there are Asantes in the Volta Region enjoying peace however, is already enough.
Kofi 2 days ago

Go ahead and create your landlocked country and we will also go ahead and close our airspace for any aircraft to land in your country. Don't forget that you don't have access to the sea for import and export of goods. Geograp ...
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Go ahead and create your landlocked country and we will also go ahead and close our airspace for any aircraft to land in your country. Don't forget that you don't have access to the sea for import and export of goods. Geography is not on your side.
nii ga 2 days ago

KWASIA I THOUGHT YOU FOOLS WILL BE
HAPPY TO HEAR ALMIGHTY ASHANTES LEAVING
THIS SHITHOLE UNION...BUT YOU ARE WORRIED
AND SHITTING IN YOUR PANTS

KWASIA I THOUGHT YOU FOOLS WILL BE
HAPPY TO HEAR ALMIGHTY ASHANTES LEAVING
THIS SHITHOLE UNION...BUT YOU ARE WORRIED
AND SHITTING IN YOUR PANTS
Yaw Bee 2 days ago

Ok we hear you professor. OTUMFOUR, over to you. Amoatia, S3 woate. Gathering Mantse, oyiwala dooooonnnn!!!!!

Ok we hear you professor. OTUMFOUR, over to you. Amoatia, S3 woate. Gathering Mantse, oyiwala dooooonnnn!!!!!
Kas 2 days ago

Professor Ahwoi.again. He tried to destroy Rawlings with his unessasry pronouncements and writings.he failed because the NDC leadership and many Ghanaians didn't buy ir. Now Professor is more relevant in this morden Ghana and ...
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Professor Ahwoi.again. He tried to destroy Rawlings with his unessasry pronouncements and writings.he failed because the NDC leadership and many Ghanaians didn't buy ir. Now Professor is more relevant in this morden Ghana and world, so he taps on history of precolonia days to deceive and divide Ghana's unity.as he tried to divide NDC by attacking the founder Rawlings.
The Devil's Advocate 2 days ago

Please Prof Do-Little,what is all this uncalled for nonsense about? Are you here to build a nation or destroy Ghana?
Why don't you go back to sleep instead of spewing inane nation-wrecking musings.

Please Prof Do-Little,what is all this uncalled for nonsense about? Are you here to build a nation or destroy Ghana?
Why don't you go back to sleep instead of spewing inane nation-wrecking musings.
Koo, Germany 2 days ago

@Prof Ahwoi: please, if you as a Prof, don't have any thing sensible to say, just keep quiet. You are an idiot to incite division into us peaceful Ghanaians. Why should you bring the USSR & YUGOS into this? This is what you & ...
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@Prof Ahwoi: please, if you as a Prof, don't have any thing sensible to say, just keep quiet. You are an idiot to incite division into us peaceful Ghanaians. Why should you bring the USSR & YUGOS into this? This is what you & your brothers-- the Ahwois did to Rawlings. Rawlings came after the Generals in the Army who had misused our money and not the civilians. It was you the Ahwois who gave Rawlings that BAD advice to go after innocent Ghanains which has resulted hatred among Rawlings & his family that now his children are hated everywhere. Even in Parliament. Look at you calling yourself a professor. A Prof. my foot. A very foolish old man trying to plant division in the country. Koo-- ( anane/adjei Germany)
Mandela 2 days ago

What is this fool talking about? Traitors of the Republic of Ghana. Ashanti is Region No 16. Nothing more. Kwaku Duah can never create a Kingdom. We will not allow the weak President to betray the Republic.

What is this fool talking about? Traitors of the Republic of Ghana. Ashanti is Region No 16. Nothing more. Kwaku Duah can never create a Kingdom. We will not allow the weak President to betray the Republic.
Kabakaba 2 days ago

Soon after their independence, Ghana will declare Aliens Compliance Order within 90 Days. For 90 days full implementation

Soon after their independence, Ghana will declare Aliens Compliance Order within 90 Days. For 90 days full implementation
Anna 2 days ago

Please can you even prove you are asante. According to otumfour they had to bring northerners to impregnate their women so they could get tall and handsome people in ashanti.

Please can you even prove you are asante. According to otumfour they had to bring northerners to impregnate their women so they could get tall and handsome people in ashanti.
Nipa Dasani 2 days ago

Hey dumbass, Ahwoi is a Sefwi and the brains behind the local government system that exists in Ghana today. Also a dɔnkɔ becoming a partner for a widow who lost her previous husband in war had nothing to do with height or l ...
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Hey dumbass, Ahwoi is a Sefwi and the brains behind the local government system that exists in Ghana today. Also a dɔnkɔ becoming a partner for a widow who lost her previous husband in war had nothing to do with height or looks.
AMARIYA 2 days ago

Thank you Prof.
Let the Ashanti haters know that. Ghanaian unity have been possible due to the unselfish nature of Ashantis and wise leadership of the traditional kings. Federalism at independence could have led up the brea ...
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Thank you Prof.
Let the Ashanti haters know that. Ghanaian unity have been possible due to the unselfish nature of Ashantis and wise leadership of the traditional kings. Federalism at independence could have led up the breakup of Ghana.
Joe Public 2 days ago

Matemeho people.

Matemeho people.
Signs of Early Beginnings 1 day ago

Forthwith, Black Stars matches must be played in Accra Sports Stadium. No more Kumasi. That stadium must be renamed. It is their choice, perhaps Wontumi stadium. We means business. Ghana deserves better.

Forthwith, Black Stars matches must be played in Accra Sports Stadium. No more Kumasi. That stadium must be renamed. It is their choice, perhaps Wontumi stadium. We means business. Ghana deserves better.
THEY WANTED ASHANTI REGION TO SECEDE- ghanawatch 1 day ago

Professor Ahwoi should have boldly told Ghanaians that the Matemeho(seperatist) movement of Busia, Nana Sir Agyemang Prempeh the second Asantehene and his chief linquist Baffuor Osei Yaw Akoto advocated for the secession of t ...
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Professor Ahwoi should have boldly told Ghanaians that the Matemeho(seperatist) movement of Busia, Nana Sir Agyemang Prempeh the second Asantehene and his chief linquist Baffuor Osei Yaw Akoto advocated for the secession of the Ashanti Region from Ghana.
They were not prepared to let the Ashanti Region be part of Ghana under a Kwame Nkrumah government.
Nkrumah's determination to preserve the unity of Ghana stopped this diabolical move to balkanise Ghana from materialising.

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