The Danger Of Ethnocratic Democracy

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• AGYABA 12 years ago

  Well written. A thoughtful article. I hope they will listen.

  Well written. A thoughtful article. I hope they will listen.

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• Old Dirty Bastard 12 years ago

  Sophism is always pretending to be neutral. The problem in Ghana is the NPP being a party of Ashanti-Akyem plus their vassal tribes.
  
  NDC is a national party.

  Sophism is always pretending to be neutral. The problem in Ghana is the NPP being a party of Ashanti-Akyem plus their vassal tribes.
  
  NDC is a national party.

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• KOLA, LONDON PROPER 12 years ago

  'In this article, ethnicity is defined simply as a group of people closely related by their shared experiences such as language, common heritage, and common traditions'.
  
  Yaw Sophism or Philosophy, Ethnicity is not as you h ...
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  'In this article, ethnicity is defined simply as a group of people closely related by their shared experiences such as language, common heritage, and common traditions'.
  
  Yaw Sophism or Philosophy, Ethnicity is not as you have defined as 'shared experiences' rather it is 'shared values'.
  
  Values are not same as experiences as everyone has different experiences but same values.
  
  I suggest humbly you go back and revise.

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• Nuru deen 12 years ago

  Please, there is no ethnic group call northerner. Again, the Prez is not a mole Dagbani. It will be very good if you do a little more research before delving into such articles. There re so many ethnic groups in the north but ...
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  Please, there is no ethnic group call northerner. Again, the Prez is not a mole Dagbani. It will be very good if you do a little more research before delving into such articles. There re so many ethnic groups in the north but the people below the savanna belt ignorantly refer everybody from the north as one hence this conclusion. They do not undertsand each other language unlike the Akan. It is so painful that, you have greww from infancy to elitism and have not known these thing, therefore it will be very difficult for you to take the truth you have not heard of from your childhood.

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• AYISE 12 years ago

  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethni ...
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  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethnic group. The term ethnicity is fluid and broad.

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• KWEKU TWENEBOA 12 years ago

  Prez Mahama's appointments according to regions:
  1. UPPER EAST
  a)Mark WOYONGO(Nav'go central) Defence
  b)Mahama Ayariga(B'ku central) INFO
  c)Alhassan Azong(Bulsa south)OFF. OF PREZ.
  2. UPPER WEST
  a)Rashid PELPUO(WA centr ...
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  Prez Mahama's appointments according to regions:
  1. UPPER EAST
  a)Mark WOYONGO(Nav'go central) Defence
  b)Mahama Ayariga(B'ku central) INFO
  c)Alhassan Azong(Bulsa south)OFF. OF PREZ.
  2. UPPER WEST
  a)Rashid PELPUO(WA central)Off. of Prez
  b)Ben Kumbuor(Nandom)Parliamentay Affairs,
  c)Sulemana Amin(Sissala East)Roads &Highways
  d)Henry Seidu Danaa, Chieftaincy
  3. NORTHERN
  a)Iddi Fuseini(Tamale south) Lands
  b)Iddrisu Haruna(Tamale north) Trade
  c)Nayon Bilijo, Fisheries& Aquaculture
  d) Mohamed Lumina, Off. of Prez
  4. BRONG AHAFO
  a)Colins Dauda (Ahafo- Ano)Water, Works &Housing
  5. ASHANTI
  a)Oteng Adjei, Envir, Science& Inn.
  6. EASTERN
  a)Omane Boamah, Communication
  b)Nana Oye Lithur, Women &Social Prot.
  c)Seth Tekper, Finance & Econ. Plan.
  d)Eliz Ofosu-Agyare, Tourism
  7 WESTERN
  a)Emmanuel Kofi Buah(Ellembele) Energy & Petroleum
  b)Ofosu Oppong (Amenfi East)Local Gov't
  8 CENTRAL
  a) Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Education
  b)Hanna Serwa Tetteh(Awutu senya) Foreign Aff
  c)Kwesi Ahwoi, Interior
  d)Marietta Brew-Oppong, A-G
  e)Comfort Cudjoe Ghansah, Off. of Prez
  9) VOLTA
  a)Kofi Humado(Anlo) Agriculture
  b)Dzifa Ativor, Transport
  c)Fiifi Kwettey(Ketu south) Off. of Prez.
  10. GREATER ACCRA
  a)Mustapha Ahmed( Ayawaso west)OFF. OF PREZ
  b)Sherry Ayittey, Health
  c)Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, Youth & sports
  d)ashiettey Armah( osu klottey)Employment& Labour

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• AYISE JAMES 12 years ago

  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethni ...
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  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethnic group. The term ethnicity is fluid and broad.

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• AYISE JAMES 12 years ago

  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethni ...
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  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethnic group. The term ethnicity is fluid and broad.

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• AYISE 12 years ago

  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethni ...
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  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethnic group. The term ethnicity is fluid and broad.

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• Gonjaboy 12 years ago

  This articles only shows how poor most of southerners know about their own country,Ghana.Just like most whites see Africa as a country,most southerners especially asantes see the north as one tribe.Can you imagine this;The As ...
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  This articles only shows how poor most of southerners know about their own country,Ghana.Just like most whites see Africa as a country,most southerners especially asantes see the north as one tribe.Can you imagine this;The Asante twi is just almost like Akyem twi,again they belong to the same mate meho party but all the same,the asante man will not like you to refer to him as akyem yet still, he wants say,the Gonja,the Dagomba,Grunshi,Konkomba,vagla etc to see themselves as belonging to the same tribe even though there's no resemblance whatsoever among the languages they speak.And this same asante or southerner will always be the first to accuse the whiteman of racism because he linked all Africans as one country.Double standard and ignorance at its best.The ignoramus and tribalists should know that up to date,John Mahama has only nominated one Gonja as a minister at the presidency.There is a tribe called Gonja which the prez belongs to and another called dagbani which Haruna Iddrisu for example belongs to.They don't resemble let alone be the same just like ewe and asante don't resemble apart from both being in the south.

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• SYDNEY 12 years ago

  very very very funny indeed,,,,,,ndc will not last irrespective of how much they hate akans bcos no party thrives on tribalism whilst BUSY STEALING AND LOOTING STATE COFFERS THRO FAKE J-DEBTS PAYMENTS WHILST THE MASSES SUFFER ...
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  very very very funny indeed,,,,,,ndc will not last irrespective of how much they hate akans bcos no party thrives on tribalism whilst BUSY STEALING AND LOOTING STATE COFFERS THRO FAKE J-DEBTS PAYMENTS WHILST THE MASSES SUFFER ESPECIALLY IN NDC STRONGHOLDS LIKE VOLTA REGION, UER, UWR, NR, AND CENTRAL REGION......very soon these voters will find out that the ndc is stabbing them in the back whilst lining their private pockets with the state wealth instead of using it to improve infrastructure in those poverty stricken areas of their strongholds......AND THAT IS THE TIME THE NDC WILL DIE LIKE A COCKROACH.....its a fact that the ndc thrives on antiakanism and this does not put bread on the table or put a cloth on voters back.....voters will soon wise up and the tribal politics will be a thing of the past AND IDEAS WILL BEGIN TO WIN ELECTIONS WHICH THE NDC LACKS SO MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO IDEAS......hahahahahahahaaa

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• AYISE 12 years ago

  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethni ...
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  I think you are confusing tribe with ethnicity. There is no tribe called Northerners, but there is an ethnic group called Northerners. Ethnicity is broader than tribe. Even a race or religious groups can be described as ethnic group. The term ethnicity is fluid and broad.

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• Kokoroko 12 years ago

  We condemn all forms of tribalism, regionalism, nepotism, cabalism and cronyism. We want probity, accountability and transparency in governance.

  We condemn all forms of tribalism, regionalism, nepotism, cabalism and cronyism. We want probity, accountability and transparency in governance.

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• Vodoo Xebieso 12 years ago

  That's indeed what Ghana needs to move forward as a nation. Without that, this country is doomed.

  That's indeed what Ghana needs to move forward as a nation. Without that, this country is doomed.

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• citizen 12 years ago

  A great article by the writer. I am a Northerner who was embarrased to see so many northern nominees for the new carbinet however, on a second thought I do agree with Mr. Mahama for his selection since the northerners have be ...
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  A great article by the writer. I am a Northerner who was embarrased to see so many northern nominees for the new carbinet however, on a second thought I do agree with Mr. Mahama for his selection since the northerners have been left out for too long. Besides, I believe that his action is deliberate to help all of us reflect deeply on this question of tribalism, regionalism, nepotism, cabalism and cronyism in our body polity. Mr. Mahama is simply making a statemen that what is good for the goose is equally good for the gander. I believe he has given all of us some food for thought. He will surely be more balanced during his second term, since he has come to set the standard for the country - he is certainly the pace setter for the true Ghana, watch out! let's just be patient with him.

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• Gonjaboy 12 years ago

  Point of correction:This article not this articles

  Point of correction:This article not this articles

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• BILLIE 12 years ago

  Could this be a danger of Ethnocentric Democracy? You be the judge.
  
  Ernest Owusu-Poku – (IGP-22 January 2001 – 21 July 2001)
  
  Nana Owusu-Nsiah – (IGP-22 July 2001 – March 23 2005)
  
  Patrick Kwateng Acheampong ...
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  Could this be a danger of Ethnocentric Democracy? You be the judge.
  
  Ernest Owusu-Poku – (IGP-22 January 2001 – 21 July 2001)
  
  Nana Owusu-Nsiah – (IGP-22 July 2001 – March 23 2005)
  
  Patrick Kwateng Acheampong – (IGP-25 March 2005 - 28 January 2009)
  
  Nana Boakye- (CEO-National Board for Small Scale Industries)
  
  Mr Osei Asamoah Owusu- Chairman,VRA.
  
  Mr. Alex Twumasi Boakye – Chief Director- Dept of Urban Roads.
  
  Mr. Kofi Asante- Frimpong- National Coordinator- CPRP.
  
  Captain Joe Boachie- Director- General- Ghana Civil Aviation Authority.
  
  Dr. Amoako Atta, Director,Centre for Bio-Diversity Utilization (CBUD.
  
  Nana Timoty Aye Kusi- MD, Produce Buying Company (PBC)
  
  Mr Osafo Sampong, Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP) .
  
  Dr. Osei Agyeman Bonsu, Greater Accra Regional Public Health Officer.
  
  Mrs Dinah Ayirebi, Greater Accra Regional Director, MOFA.
  
  Prof. Agyeman Badu-Akosa, Director General, Ghana Health Services, MOH.
  
  Mr. Francis Opoku, National Security Advisor Mr. Akwasi Acheampong, IGP
  
  Mr. Kofi Boakye, ACP, Greater Accra Regional Commander-Police Force.
  
  Dr. Kofi Kesse Manfo, Commissioner of Operations, Police Force.
  
  Mr. Wilson Kusi Atansah, Chairman, National Media Commission (NMC).
  
  Prof. George Gyan Baffour, DG, National Development Planning Commission.
  
  Mr. Stephen Akuoko, MD, Electricity Company of Ghana.
  
  Mr. Prof. Stephen Adai, Chairman, Board of Directors, GBC.
  
  Mr. E.A. Owusu, Judicial Secretary.
  
  Mr. Agyeman Duah, MD, Ghana Oil Company.
  
  Mr. David Asante- Apeatu, Director of Criminal Investigation Department .
  
  Mr. Emmanuel Agyarko, Chief Executive, Food and Drug Board, FDB.
  
  Nana Antwi Boasiako, Chairman, Board of Directors, Ghana Telecom.
  
  Mr. George Gyamfi-Osew, Deputy Director, Department of National Lotteries. DNL.
  
  Dr.Michael Yaw Boateng, Director, NVTI.
  
  Mr. Edward Dua Agyeman, Auditor- General.
  
  Mr. Kwasi Abeasi, Chief Executive, Ghana Investment Promotion Council.
  
  Mr. Marwell Kusi-Mensah, MD, Ghana Consolidated Diamonds, (GCL).
  
  Mr. John Boakye Addae, MD, Export Development and Investment Fund.
  
  Mr. Patrick Kwabena Ampewuah, Deputy Director, CID, Accra.
  
  Mr. John Prempeh, Controller General, Accountant General Department.
  
  Mr. Paul Koranteng, Chairman, Agricultural Development Bank.
  
  Mr. Ben Owusu-Mensah, DG, GPHA, Tema.
  
  Mr. Solomon Nti, Deputy Superintendent, Traffic, Accra Central, MTTU.
  
  Mr. Akwasi Osei, DG, SSNIT Mr. George Osei-Tutu Darwah, Director, MDPI.
  
  Mr. Kwame Sarpong, Chief Executive, COCOBOD.
  
  Prof. Kwabena Frimpong, Chief Executive, Korle-Bu Hospital.
  
  Dr. Anthony Akoto-Osei, Deputy Minister, MFEP.
  
  Mr. Akwasi Osei-Adjei, Deputy Minister, MOFA.
  
  Rev. Ama Afo Blay, DG, Ghana Education Service.
  
  Mrs Janet Opoku-Acheampong, Commissioner, IRS.
  
  Mr. Kwame Damuah Agyeman, Chief Director, Electoral Commission. EC.
  
  Ms. Lydia Osei, DDG, Ghana Education Service, GES, Accra.
  
  Mr. S.K. Appiah, AG.Chief Executive, COCBOD.
  
  Mr. Isaac Mensah Ofori, Chairman, SIC Board .
  
  Mr. David Apeatu Director, CID.
  
  Mr. J.B. Amofah, Director, BNI.
  
  Mr. Francis Opoku, National Security Advisor.
  
  Mr. Ben Owusu Mensah, Director-General, GPHA.
  
  Mr. Joe Osei Wusu, Chief Executive, DVLA. Col. Isaac K.Akuoku, Executive Secretary, Narcotics Board.
  
  Mrs. Gifty Anim-Butwe, Commissioner, Human Resources, Police Force.
  
  Mr. Bright Oduro, Accra Regional Police Crime Officer.
  
  Mrs Elizabeth Adjei, Director of Immigration.
  
  Mr. David Ofori-Adjei, Dircetor, Noguchi Memorial Institute, Legon.
  
  Mr. Philip Oduro Yaw Amoako, Director, Geological Survey Department.
  
  Mr. Grace Bediako, Government Statistician.
  
  Mr. William Kwadwo Asiedu, DG, Ghana Prisons Service.

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• mensah abrampa 12 years ago

  Whilst there are many problems confronting many ghanaians I believe tribalism is at the root of it all. Generally speaking, the larger tribes feel superior whilst the minority tribes' feelings of insecurity make them to cales ...
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  Whilst there are many problems confronting many ghanaians I believe tribalism is at the root of it all. Generally speaking, the larger tribes feel superior whilst the minority tribes' feelings of insecurity make them to calesce and cling together. They only feel secure among their own kind because the reality in Ghana is job acquisition and security may depend on tribal background or political party affiliation rather than on your qualifications and competence. Since we are all created equal with the same unalienable rights to life, liberty,and pursuit of happiness the legislative branch of government need to enact anti-discrimination laws that will protect all minorities and not just tribal minorities.
  I'm sure most ghanaians will readily endorse a constitution that guarantees equal rights, equal opportunities,and equal justice to all ghanaians regardless of tribe, sexual orientation, gender, religion,etc.
  Again we'll do well as a nation if we'll recognize hardwork, achievement and success instead of the prevailing tradition of putting square pegs in round holes because the job applicant's "uncle" belongs to the "do you know who I am" influence peddlers and wire-pullers.

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