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Ghana has no single founder - Prez Mahama

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  • NANA 11 years ago

    Every Ghanaian knows this already with exception of those idiotic NDC followers.By the way is Kwasi Pratt aware of this.

  • BONSO 11 years ago

    WHEN HE CAME FROM TIMBUCTU, YA NA MOSOMALAHI ANDANI OF GONJA ALSO FOUNDED GHANA ON TOP OF MAMPRUSSI AND GONJA WITH BATURE AS HIS LINQUIST

  • don`t care !!! 11 years ago

    it take many to bring up or train up a child,after the father & mother give birth 2 that child!

    & does not mean the child have many fathers & mothers or parents....

    Let`s be careful how we use our words 2 suit one parti ...
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  • HON SHAMO 11 years ago

    NKRUMAH WAS JUST AN INGRATES, WHO COULDNT EVEN PAID HIS REPATRITION TICKET TO GHANA, WHEN THEY PAID FOR HIM TO COME AND HELP IN THE STRUGLE , HE STAB AT THE BACK OF HIS SENIORS AND SORROUND HIMSELVE WITH ILLITERATE LABOURERS ...
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  • AKANLAND 11 years ago

    NKRUMAH DID NOT FOUNDER GHANA.HE NAMED IT GHANA

  • peace 11 years ago

    your mother regrets the day she gave birth to you. You and your like are rather the INGRATES.

  • AKANLAND 11 years ago

    JUST THINK FOR ONE SEC. CAN YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LOST?

  • AKANLAND 11 years ago

    NO HE DID NOT.HE MET GOLD COAST AND NAME IT GHANA

  • HON SHAMO 11 years ago

    WHAT THEY DONT KNOW IS ENGLISH IS ANOTHER MANs LANGUAGE SO YOU WHO CAN JUDGE ME FOR NOT SPEAKING IT?, NDC FOOLSOLDIERS? HAHAHAHA............ POUR AMELIORER VOTRE NIVEAU EN LAGUES, IL N'ES PAS NECCESSAIR DE RESTER SEULMENT DE ...
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  • KARI BANDA 11 years ago

    GHANA IS MADE UP OF 10 REGIONS, AND EVERY REGION CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT GHANA HAS BEEN TODAY. THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT MEANT. HE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT LEADERS. HE IS REFERRING TO THOSE WHO THINK GHANA IS MADE UP OF SOME TWO REGI ...
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  • KARI BANDA 11 years ago

    SHAMO I THINK THE NPP LOST IS GETTING TO YOUR HEAD NOW RIGHT? WHAT KIND OF FRENCH ARE YOU SPEAKING? BURKINA FASO FRENCH, SENEGAL FRENCH, OR IVORY COAST FRENCH? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT FRANCE FRENCH, I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A F ...
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  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    YOU LIIIIIIE !. LET HIM REPLY NOW GA FISHERMAN .

  • kampu 11 years ago

    You had the guts to call NDC illiterates when all you've written here is highly incomprehensible... .?? Hahahahaha...you need to enroll into a very good primary school ok...?? Odarbor....!!!!

  • Atopahene john mahama 11 years ago

    A person has to enroll in a primary school because he writes english with few writting errors, what a fool why not tell indians to speak good english since they are also an english colony? Shamo can write french, twi and deut ...
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  • KARI BANDA 11 years ago

    AS FOR THIS ONE, I SUPPORT YOU PRESIDENT KUFFUOR COULDN'T EVEN SPEAK ONE LINE OF CORRECT ENGLISH AND HE WAS THE PRESIDENT AND HAD GUYS LIKE YOU GLORYFYING HIM. HE WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE NATION WHEN IT CAME TO TALKING WIT ...
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  • paa k. London 11 years ago

    what r u trying to do? atopahene or whatever ur name is. u r very funny. do u think u r correcting ur mate the semi-literate shamo? then try to do it well next time. "writting" is not English so when shamo is looking for a gu ...
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  • Ekow Smith 11 years ago

    have you finished teaching your village jss? I am giving you a task, Go on mark Ghanaweb mistakes ok? We will hammer you fools even if in french! village Phd fool

  • Repugnant. 11 years ago

    Always the first to insult yet stupid. Whose errors are these? Atypical asante empty barrel, learn good English.
    NKRUMAH WAS JUST AN INGRATES,
    WHO COULDNT EVEN PAID HIS REPATRITION,
    STRUGLE, SORROUND HIMSELVE WITH ILLITERA ...
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  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    FOLLOW ME ALWAYS AND MARK MY ENGLISH MR TEACHER, YOU WILL HAVE MORE TO CORRECT SINCE I DONT HAVE ANY TIME TO GO OVER WHEN I TYPE,, TAKE MY ENGLISH WITH ERRORS OR LEAVE IT! STAY IN GHANA AND WASTE ALL YOUR TIME LEARNING ENGLIS ...
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  • SHAMO 11 years ago

    FOR YOU INTELLECTUALS ARE THOSE WHO CAN SPEAK ENGLISH

  • Repugnant. 11 years ago

    Grammatical errors are not typos, "WHO COULDNT PAID?" That's unforgivable and a sincere blemish on concrete intelligence! Your apology is accepted because, your ilk are going to be wrong whether some profound insight falls in ...
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  • NDC TRIBALIST 11 years ago

    HEI ABOKYI REPUGNANT, WILL GO ON MARKING PAPERS ON THE WEB RATHER THAN TELLING YOUR MAHAMA TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THEIR BASIC NEEDS ?
    YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DEVIATION NOW BUT I TELL YOU, WE ARE STILL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT ...
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  • NDC TRIBALIST 11 years ago

    DONT BE SILLY ! COME OUT OF THAT HOLE AND CHAT LIKE A MAN, COWARD NDC SUPPORTER

  • Nana Ansah 11 years ago

    It seems as though most of Ghanaian journalists are totally overwhelmed by simple English sentence and as such need weekly refresher course to enhance their English. It is an awful shame; some of these journalists understand ...
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  • JEFF 11 years ago

    THE UGCC MEMBERS YOU REFER TO AS "HIS SENIORS" WERE NOT SERIOUS IN FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE FOR GHANA. IT TURNED OUT THAT SOME OF THEM WERE ON THE PAYROLL OF THE BIG POWERS. SO, AS A VISIONARY, NKRUMAH SAW THAT THE ONLY WAY ...
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  • Nana Ansah 11 years ago

    That was short and concise. I am loving it. These UGCC faithfools are still wondering why Kwame Nkrumah eclipsed their club boys?! You have given them the straight forward answer. THE UGCC MEMBERS WERE NOT SERIOUS IN THE FIGH ...
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  • Boateng 11 years ago

    You are one of those that have made Nkrumah all the more popular and loved.

    When he could not tolorate the goofers, he formed his party and made things happen. The goofers hated his guts and his success and wanted to kil ...
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  • Kojo T 11 years ago

    NPP petitioned to stop independence. They even went to England to stop it. What are you talking about?

  • Pumpuni 11 years ago

    Populist Mahama. You 'don miss road'. The Nkrumaist are going to come after you.

  • HON SHAMO 11 years ago

    HE CAME FROM NOWHERE AND KILLED THOSE WHO STARTS OUR INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE! HE LIED TO HIS LABOURERS THAT THE BIG SIX DONT WANT INDEPENDENCE NOW BUT LATER! WHAT A LIAR, HOW THEN WOULD THEY START IF THEY DIDNT WANT IT? AND HOW ...
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  • Egya Blay 11 years ago

    Now enjoying social amenities.You deserve Dum-so Dum-so Mahama's policies.We never praise neither do we give credit where it is due and that's the bases of our backwardness.I won't be recognise if I did that so selfishness,co ...
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  • kampu 11 years ago

    Anorher "killer grammar"....hah aaahhh a.....speak english.!!!!.... Amonseee like that...

  • HON SHAMO 11 years ago

    FOLLOW FOLLOW HOPE YOU WELL UNDERSTOOD THE SACRED WORDS I GAVE YOU FOOLS THERE? THAT IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO ME! BUT IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THEN NEXT TIME I WILL WRITE IN FRA FRA OK? HAHAHAHA..! BECAUSE I WILL PUMP SENSE IN ...
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  • Atopahene John Mahama 11 years ago

    If the big 5 dont need independence how would they start it and later called for a force by iviting that dictator Nkrumah?

  • kampu 11 years ago

    You are lost in your own madness...!! Who told you Ghanas quest for freedom was started by the BIG SIX??? And who told you Dr Nkrumah was invited to Ghana by the BIG SIX...?? Amonseeee...!!! Follow tha illiterate wanker and ...
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  • JEFF 11 years ago

    NKRUMAH WAS I VISIONARY NOT AN OPPOTUNIST.HE WAS PROVED RIGHT THAT SOME UGCC MEN WERE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE DANQUAH & BUSIA FLEW TO LONDON TO ASK THE QUEEN TO ANNUL THE INDEPENDENCE.

    IF YOU TRAVE ...
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  • AKAN 11 years ago

    BIG MOUTH FOR NOTHING!

  • Ewusi 11 years ago

    Nkrumah was invited to join the struggle how could be the founder.Nkrumah like Rawlings and Paa Kwesi Nduom was opportunist.

  • Kiddo 11 years ago

    Leadership is what Ghana is lacking after the big six, our leaders now and before lack, both committed and visionary only their greedy pockets.

  • BONSO 11 years ago

    YES. HE IS THE DOGGONE WHO HAS FOUNDED MODERN GHANA WITH HIS DISCIPLES INCLUDING THIS NEW PRESIDENT JOHN OBAMA MAHAMA OF BOLE BAMBOI...BRUKUTU HENE

    STAND FORWARD...JJRAWLINGS WHO FAILED HIS O LEVELS AT ACHIMOTA
    WHO WAS H ...
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  • Ataa Nii, Freetown 11 years ago

    These men played their role in most selfless ways. Their toils were not in vain. So John IV, go ahead and chop your chop: na u turn dis.

  • HON SHAMO 11 years ago

    HAHAHAHA YOUR FOUNDER OF MORDERN GHANA CALL YOUR STUPID NDC GOVR GREEDY BASTARDS HAHAHAHAHAHA! SO YOU SEE YOUR MAAMA IS A STUPID BASTARD

  • Krammers 11 years ago

    Inspirational....admittedly apologetic!

  • kobi 11 years ago

    fatass for better for dick

  • Yaw 11 years ago

    Your President talks too much and anyone who talks a lot is a liar. Anyway he has numerous wifes and that could make him expet in lying.

  • zorro 11 years ago

    stupied muslim

  • KARI BANDA 11 years ago

    YES HE SHARES DRUG WITH NANA ADDO. YOU WANT TO KEEP HIM QUIET? NO, YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED. MILLS WAS QUIET AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM? YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR WAY WITH THIS ONE.
    AND PLEASE, IT IS NOT ANYONE WHO TALKS TOO MUCH TH ...
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  • Joe ballack UK 11 years ago

    Because your dada not part of the big six and you enjoyed free education with Ghana money

  • The same 11 years ago

    This people will never learn. After the insults and filty words like ''kill Ewes and Gas'' which resulted in the downfall of the OSONO KOKOROKO. you don't want to accept defeat and turn away from your evil deeds. All you are ...
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  • WOYOME CHOP GH,MONEY FREE 11 years ago

    MAHAMA IS DIRTY AND CORRUPT,MAHAMA STOLE GHANA GOLD TO IRAN,CRIMINAL,MAHAMA KILLED MILLS FOR POWER,WOMANIZER SLEEPING TO MORE SCHOOL GIRLS,MAHAMA GAY FRIEND SOLOMON IN USA HMMMMMMMM,NSEM PII OOOOOO OMAN GHANA

  • Joe ballack UK 11 years ago

    There used o be big gap between northern and southern Ghana,northern never fought or Ghana

  • KING. From LONDON 11 years ago

    Everything is robbish for Ghana is still in bondage.

  • Segoe 11 years ago

    Look at that nonsense coming from that Pepeni.

  • AKAN 11 years ago

    WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS AAT ALL, THIS PEPENI?

  • Kwame 11 years ago

    Patriotism means one must love his fatherland and other tribes around him, defend himself and other tribes from foreign invaders.
    When it comes to patriotism the deeds and starring the British honest nest by my great grandf ...
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  • Mark Doe 11 years ago

    The fact is that Dr Kwame Nkrumah of blessed memory did his best for Ghana and AFRICA but also failed grossly in many ways that is why today no matter how hard people push to erase the memory of those who challenged Kwame Nkr ...
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  • AKAN 11 years ago

    TANI ABOA, GO HOME TO YOUR MAMA I KONJALAND!

  • KOMOO FRANCE. 11 years ago

    Nkrumah was brought down in 1947 by the UGCC leaders as a secretarywhen they had started the ind. struggle.

  • JOEDUSU@yahoo.com 11 years ago

    AS IF HE DID EVERYTHING AND NO ONE ELSE DID SOMETHING. A MOVEMENT HAD ALREADY STARTED AND HE WAS INVITED TO JOIN. NOW HE BECOMES THE FOUNDER OF THAT MOVEMENT, HA! KEEP TELLING LIES TO KIDS. WHEN THEY GROW UP THEY WILL FIND OU ...
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  • money 11 years ago

    what movement was it until Nkrumah pushed it ahead.

  • Sankofa 11 years ago

    You need a history lesson, Joe Dusu.

    The United Gold Coast Convention wanted self-government in the shortest possible now. It brought Nkrumah over to be its general secretary. Nkrumah advocated self-government now.

    This ...
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  • ALFA 11 years ago

    MR PRESIDENT, PLEASE, LET PEOPLE LIKE KWESI PRATT KNOW THIS FOR ONCE.NO ONE PERSON CAN FOUND A NATION.PEOPLE STRUGGLED,GOT MAIMED, AND EVEN DIED LONG BEFORE 6 MARCH, 1957 ALL WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING A PEOPLE FREE.MUCH AS ...
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  • Alex 11 years ago

    You have said the truth and NDC should listen.

  • Adjei 11 years ago

    President Mahama never used your mate mehu language that Ghana has no single founder. Correct that heading.

  • alfred 11 years ago

    how could Nkrumah's fare be paid for, to join an already ongoing independence process and then become the founder of the independent state.Danqua,Grant,Ako Adjei,Obetsebi & CO peace be unto their names.,

  • Chief amankwa 11 years ago

    Ok

  • Chief amankwa 11 years ago

    Ok.
    After 5yrs in the hot seat mahama is a failure.

  • NANAKATA 11 years ago

    WE CREDIT LEADERS WITH SUCCESS AND BLAME THEM WHEN THEY FAIL.
    IT IS THAT SIMPLE.
    KWAME NKRUMAH WAS THE LEADER,HE GETS THE ACCOLADE.
    WHEN THOSE SOLDIERS OVERTHREW THE GOVERNMENT,KWAME NKRUMAH WAS THE TARGET.
    THE MAN HAD TH ...
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  • ZIPLOC 11 years ago

    Mahama you must do the right thing by stepping down. You stole the peoples mandate and no longer respected.

  • Amina 11 years ago

    MORE GREASE TO ELBOW I PRAY THAT GOD GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH, GRACE AND THE WISDOM TO SUCCEED IN YOUR PRESIDENCY.

  • Gawuga 11 years ago

    This is the wisest speach ever.

  • Gawuga 11 years ago

    The best Wise speach ever by Mahama

  • Gawuga 11 years ago

    Silly Ghanaians have very short memory. Slavely by your own people is even worse than white slavery.

  • anayomi 11 years ago

    NKRUMA IS AND WAS GHANA SINGLE FOUNDER
    AND WE ALL KNOW IT SO PLEASE STOP YOUR NONSENSE

  • yaw boakye 11 years ago

    Do you want to play down the Founder's Day celebration instituted by Prof Mills? Watch your speeches for eyes are watching. We in central region are watching you if you want to down play legacy of Mills. You like long speeche ...
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  • MAHAMA MORE CORRUPT NOW 11 years ago

    MAHAMA IS EXTREMELY INCOMPETENT,SINKING GHANA,HE CAN DO THE JOB,ONLY KILLD MILLS FOR POWER,JUST TO STOLE OUR MONEY WITH WOYOME,HATS ALL,NOTHING MORE,

  • Repugnant. 11 years ago

    Nkrumah was recommended and enjoined upon like Moses to come and provide leadership which was sorely missing in the UGCC. THE OVERWEIGHT AND FATTY, jb danquah was too arrogant, overbearing and useless beyound the abuakwa stat ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Mr. President, are we really free?

  • money 11 years ago

    the big 6 (barring Nkrumah) were all clowns. They only got labelled the "big" 6 because they were arrested together. Nkrumah is Ghana's Moses. point blank period

  • lydia usa 11 years ago

    look at this shameless presi thieves
    ndc thieves

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE 11 years ago

    NKRUMAH WAS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN DOWNFALL. AT THE HEAT OF THE COLD WAR, HE WAS FOUND FLIRTING WITH THE EAST. ALSO HE DECLARED HIMSELF A LIFE PRESIDENT OF GHANA, THEREFORE A DICTATOR, AND SENT MANY OPPONENTS TO PRISON WITH ...
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  • MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

    Instead of harping on this "Ghana has no single founder" every Independence Day, why not use the day to celebrate the lives and achievements of ALL THE BIG SIX and Ghanaians who dedicated their lives to build our nation socia ...
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