Ghana is an apology of an independent state – Akosa

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Kalashnikov AK47 11 years ago

I ask the same questions everyday. Why did the divestiture people not include conditions for strategically important idustries to continue functioning after sell off? And in any case what did the purchasers buy them for?

I ask the same questions everyday. Why did the divestiture people not include conditions for strategically important idustries to continue functioning after sell off? And in any case what did the purchasers buy them for?
GHANAMAN 11 years ago

Sadly, the selling party(NPP) is waiting in line to take over from the confused and semi selling party(NDC).
i wish the CPP was more organised to restore the lost dignity.

Sadly, the selling party(NPP) is waiting in line to take over from the confused and semi selling party(NDC).
i wish the CPP was more organised to restore the lost dignity.
KB 11 years ago

What a dumb President!

What a dumb President!
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

Blame Francis Kofi Weah the dictator aka Kwame Nkrumah and not Maaame/Daaavi Ghana,Prof Akosa !

If that cunny dictator had set up strong institutions in the country and was accountable to the people of the land and had all ...
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Blame Francis Kofi Weah the dictator aka Kwame Nkrumah and not Maaame/Daaavi Ghana,Prof Akosa !

If that cunny dictator had set up strong institutions in the country and was accountable to the people of the land and had allowed democracy to function, we would have been miles ahead of our neighbours.

Turning Ghana into his personal property and a one-party state,gave birth to corruption which became an obsession for successive crooks who forced their way to power through foul means.

And 57 years of independence, we have a constitution that indemnifies brutal gangsters,professional stealers, terrorists and Woyomites, while cassava thieves get over 2 years jail terms.
Nana Ansah 11 years ago

Julor, why do you think Ghana is not dyfunctional? It is because of the strong institutions Nkrumah left behind. Otherwise things would have been gloomy than what we have now. It was because we had a good start but not manage ...
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Julor, why do you think Ghana is not dyfunctional? It is because of the strong institutions Nkrumah left behind. Otherwise things would have been gloomy than what we have now. It was because we had a good start but not managed well after the ill-fated feb 24th 1966 coup that we find ourselves in this mess. Nkrumah put in place institutions that still guard and guide us. From Bank of Ghana; Ghana coomercial bank, Ghana news agency, Police Academy, Military Academy, SIC....Nkrumah left behind good educational system and health facilities nation wide e.g. Ghana Medical school; nursing training at K'si KATH etc. We had a functioning justice system because of the Ghana law school he instituted at legon. Don't blame Nkrumah, blame those who arrested our economic and industrial development.
MENSAH 11 years ago

As touching education,health,industrialization,infrastructural services,nobody beats NKRUMAH,like you have stated perfectly here.
BUT THE GUY WAS LEFT WITH A WHOLE LOT,TO HAVE TURNED GHANA INTO "HEAVEN" ON EARTH,IF:
HE MIGH ...
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As touching education,health,industrialization,infrastructural services,nobody beats NKRUMAH,like you have stated perfectly here.
BUT THE GUY WAS LEFT WITH A WHOLE LOT,TO HAVE TURNED GHANA INTO "HEAVEN" ON EARTH,IF:
HE MIGHT HAVE PRACTISED DEMOCRACY,BUT NOT COMMUNISM,DICTATORSHIP,TOTALITARIAN,ONE PARTY STATE,AND NOT BEING SELFISH,SELF-CENTERED,AUTOCRATIC ETC.
Nkrumah was an eye opener(Kwame Nkrumah,show boy) but not mediocre,I admit that.
His only mistake was his disagreement with JB DANQUAH,BUSIA,etc,on difference in ideology,to commune together and plan the GHANA,WE WOULD HAVE ALL CHERISHED,THAN THAT OF TODAY.
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

Blame it on what and who ?

Blame the Ewe coup plotters(Kotoka,Harlley,Deku)and Afrifa, who deposed him,Nana Ansah ?

Did I hear you say that Nkrumah left behind strong institutions ?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa ...
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Blame it on what and who ?

Blame the Ewe coup plotters(Kotoka,Harlley,Deku)and Afrifa, who deposed him,Nana Ansah ?

Did I hear you say that Nkrumah left behind strong institutions ?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa!

Anyways, can you tell me who Ghana's vice president was during Nkrumah's dictatorship ?

Can you tell this forum of a single report of the Auditor-General's department during Nkrumah's dictatorship, if it existed ?

Did Nkrumah respect our judiciary ?

Can you tell this forum which govt first sowed the seeds of corruption in Maaaame/Daaaavi Ghana ?

Please,you beneficiaries of dictatorship should not take all Ghanaians for foolsoldiers.
insight to the bone 11 years ago

Nobody can hide the light and true destiny of the great nation of Akan. they use all kinds of schemes and tricks to undermine or deny a proper standard to us but we shall never surrender. we shall change and adapt as like the ...
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Nobody can hide the light and true destiny of the great nation of Akan. they use all kinds of schemes and tricks to undermine or deny a proper standard to us but we shall never surrender. we shall change and adapt as like the Israelis we are the chosen people of God and he in his great design has made us diverse but unified in spirit. the ashantis like the tribe of Judah are and will remain an integral part of our being to to attack any one part we all end up feeling it sooner or later. they have succeed in turning some of our chiefs and kings against us and work for their evil ungodly agenda but we still see clearly . God has brought us into the 21st century and with that a new system of governance and state of mind based on democracy since it is HE alone who blesses the individuals with the gift of leadership wisdom and justice irrespective of status at birth. he has shown us the blue print of the way forward in the bible and other holy books and the time has come to free ourselves from this man made bondage called Ghana. just as in the Ukraine we must fight so the truth will come out , fear not the battle as they will crumble like the walls of Jericho . cast away our so called fake leaders and politicians who are nothing but cowards and like our enemies fear even their own shadows . yes God has put a million fears in their empty bodies as he who does not fear the Lord , the Lord will ensure all fears of the world will reside in him. They threaten us with superstition , juju and what have you and we say fuck you and go to hell as the divine power is with us . Yes all the tribes of Akan are fingers on the same hands and God has ordained we remain united so our strength and light will be visible throughout the whole world and universe , our time has come . everyday its becoming clearer and clearer to all children of Akan that we must prepare mentally for a battle of freedom . they come with tricks that say we must take a non Akan as our leader because its nice ? do they not think that out of 30 million Akans we can not find sensible down to earth leaders and warriors to lead our own people to our own destiny? a govt of the people and by the people is what the 21st century democracy is all about . let them continue to play with the consensus and other figures that justify their fantasy and enable them to marginalize the participation of the Akan majority in the Affairs of their own land , to marginalize us thus preventing us to afford a better standard for our people . The had of God has given them pestilence after pestilence but they refuse to let our people go , soon they will be swept away like chaff in the hurricane of fury . Long live the republic of Akan and don't you forget it as now the Fanti speakers, Twi speakers, Ashantis and other tribes of Akan are now one .
Nana Ansah 11 years ago

The list of institutions and factories Nkrumah left behind: You have the freedom to edit or amend it. Thanks!

Saltpond ceramic factory
Aboso Glass Factory
Kumasi leather Factory
Kumasi Jute Factory
Takoradi paper facto ...
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The list of institutions and factories Nkrumah left behind: You have the freedom to edit or amend it. Thanks!

Saltpond ceramic factory
Aboso Glass Factory
Kumasi leather Factory
Kumasi Jute Factory
Takoradi paper factory
Takoradi ship building yard
Chocolate factory for cocoa cream Sekondi/Takoradi adding value
Aluiminiun factory for utensils Sekondi/Takoradi
Pioneer Tobacco factory Takoradi; owned by BAT? Not so sure
Assembly plant for Long vehicles Albion Trucks Takoradi
Black star line; with over 14 fleet of ships Tema /Takoradi
Ghana Airways Accra; Accra Rome London West Africa
Real Republicans football club ;the first African team to beat real Madrid in the 60’s with Aggrey Fynn, Edward Acquah, Doddoo Ankrah, Addo Odametey and Baba Yara and company.
Tema Food complex
20 sq miles Tarkwa rubber plantation for tyres
Komenda sugar factory
Tema textiles factory
Akasanoma (Sanyo) TV, radio, fridge electrical appliances factory
Golden Tree factory,
Katamanto Gin Factory,
Nestle Ideal Milk Milo (Swiss)
Tema silos for Cocao storage for lean years
Accra silos for maize and other products storage for lean years
Tema Fishing Corporation and 24 trawlers
GNTC shopping centers at every corner all over Ghana.
GNTC motorcycle production and bicycle production.
Ghana House shopping mall Accra.
Multi stores, UTC, Kingsway foreign owned but thriving in Accra, Kumasi Takoradi in Mate Meho communist Ghana. We were watching in so called communist Ghana all the new Hollywood films at cinemas operated by Lebanese and Syrians.
Charllaram Indian; Glamour mall opposite Opera square
Nsawam canary and affiliate farms at Sekyikrom Nsawam and Suhum.
Pokuase poultry farm, Pine Apple farms
Over 30 large scale state farms supplying factories nation wide
Workers brigade factory for matraze, pillows etc
GNCC; road construction
Ghana Housing Corporation; low cost estate builders nationwide
Five state Hotels: Star, City, continental, Atlantic, Meridian
State House, Job 600 Black star square, Ring Road BLVD
Ministries premises
Tema shipyard and dry docks
Cape Coast University. Cape Coast cradle of Ghana education.
Kwame Nkrumah Univerversity of science and Tech
Kwabenya Atomic research institute.
Meat factory Pawahgla
Akosombo textiles
VRA and Valco
Ghana Navy and Air Force fleet of ships and planes included
Tema Township and industrial Base and Motroway
Korle Lagoon was dredge for recreation at the of coup
Accra International Airport built in conjunction with the second international trade fair at Labadi. The first was held on the grounds of the erstwhile farmers council premises Adabraka in 1963.
Uniliver detergents like surf Omo and bar key soap.(Swiss)
Ghana Publishing corporation.
Ghanaian Times press
State Transport Corporation
Ghana Railways Kotoku Huni Valley double track
Regional Omnibus in principal cities.
Star Beer Kumasi
Boys Company cadets school Kumasi
Ghana Telecommunications school
Ghana News Agency
Ghana Bank
Cedis and Pesewas currency 1965
Ghana Commercial Bank
Social security SSNIT
State Insurance Company SIC
Neoplan Bus assembly plant - Kaneshie and Dworwulu
East and west industrial areas
Ghana Military Academy Training School (MATS)
Ghana Nautical College
Ghana medical school
Ghana Law School
Radio external service….
And the list goes on and on and on………and you don’t stop. Nkrumah is the man to beat. Nkrumah Lives! Nkrumah never dies!
Nemi Kwesi Nemi 11 years ago

Nana Ansah, you just said it all. All these were left by Nkrumah during his "communist" era only to be left to die by the "capitalist"-minded people who overthrew him.

Whilst Nkrumah was building townships (Tema, Kwabenya, ...
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Nana Ansah, you just said it all. All these were left by Nkrumah during his "communist" era only to be left to die by the "capitalist"-minded people who overthrew him.

Whilst Nkrumah was building townships (Tema, Kwabenya, Akosombo VRA town and others) our capitalist minded people were stealing Ghana's resources to build their personal mansions, hotels and malls.

My heart really weeps.

Omanhene(U$A) 11 years ago

As hard as some of us try to be PROUD of being BLACK and strong, our own people have MESSED us up so bad that it is turning to be "being ashamed of being black." WHY & HOW? Look at the many things listed by one Nana Ansah as ...
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As hard as some of us try to be PROUD of being BLACK and strong, our own people have MESSED us up so bad that it is turning to be "being ashamed of being black." WHY & HOW? Look at the many things listed by one Nana Ansah as some of the things started by our first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Whether his list is correct or not and whether some of the projects never even got started before his untimely death, still it points all of us in the right direction to be self-sufficient and do for our damn selves.

Now, no matter how much Africans "badmouth" Mr. BOBO (the White man), he did something good, though. “Where the hell did Dr. Nkrumah get all the money to start all these projects?” ANSWER: That was the money the White man left Ghana in 1957 before they left our shores. Note: Ghana's population at the time of Independence was around 6 million—most of the people were farmers, fishermen and petty traders; we didn't have any good tax base and didn't have many corporations paying taxes to the state. The World Bank and IMF were NOT well established then to loan Ghana billions of dollars. So, to be honest, the White man managed our economy then very well to amass that wealth to leave Nkrumah that much money. The Blackman would have left the country $0.00.

Then come 1957: Knock, knock, knock—Hi, come on in!! Then enters the wicked and corrupt BLACK MAN and hell broke loose and things started going downhill ever since—even with increases in revenues from cocoa, gold, other minerals, truckloads of loans from the World Bank, IMF, other nations, etc., etc., NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK and we're always BROKE!!!

After some years living abroad, Germany, Canada and mostly in the United States, I’ve seen and experienced how the White man takes care of their people, manage their economy and thus create a huge middle class (which spurs the economic engine), manage infrastructure, government agencies, education, etc., etc., etc., then you can easily conclude that the “black man has, indeed, wicked mind, is corrupt, selfish, incompetent, clueless, and unfit to govern even if all the money in the world is entrusted to his care—he will still mismanage it or squander it and turn around to ask for more—and that’s what we’re experiencing in Ghana and Africa as a whole!! So, Professor Akosa is correct in his assessment—everything is BLACK in Africa, nothing shines!!
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KB,LONDON. 11 years ago

Its so shameful it gives me headache just thinking about it. Just consider what the NDC has done to Ghana's Health Insurance, the School Feeding project and other similar achievements of the NPP. They are all collapsing under ...
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Its so shameful it gives me headache just thinking about it. Just consider what the NDC has done to Ghana's Health Insurance, the School Feeding project and other similar achievements of the NPP. They are all collapsing under the watch of the NDC.And yet the NDc has piled up debts for the period it has been in power. And what can they show for it? The guinea fowls flew away and the trees got scotched. GOD! what a bunch of dumbers!
Mensah 11 years ago

All those factories and industries were in operation during Busia's time. If you are looking for someone to blame for the theft of those factories, ask Rawlings, Ofui.

All those factories and industries were in operation during Busia's time. If you are looking for someone to blame for the theft of those factories, ask Rawlings, Ofui.
CARDINAL 11 years ago

Nkrumah is dead with his dictatorship nonsense. Most of the things you listed here, eg, Neoplan bus Assembly plant, GNTC, SAFEWAY etc were already here or after Nkrumah was removed.

It doesn't even matter whether he built ...
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Nkrumah is dead with his dictatorship nonsense. Most of the things you listed here, eg, Neoplan bus Assembly plant, GNTC, SAFEWAY etc were already here or after Nkrumah was removed.

It doesn't even matter whether he built million factories. The moment he declared himself President for life, he sealed his fate.
Ray 11 years ago

Only idiots like Cardinal and Jator Julor who were not even born when Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966 will display their ignorance on this forum.Blind and silly argument.Isn't it?

Only idiots like Cardinal and Jator Julor who were not even born when Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966 will display their ignorance on this forum.Blind and silly argument.Isn't it?
ELINAM 11 years ago

The man experienced all the good things Nkrumah put in place but hated the with a passion.
Why? I can not tell. His good education from it's foundation to the top had made him who he is today but that hate for a man who had ...
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The man experienced all the good things Nkrumah put in place but hated the with a passion.
Why? I can not tell. His good education from it's foundation to the top had made him who he is today but that hate for a man who had wanted the Black man to be free, but cut down by the anti-African forces who rather want our resources be their play thing instead of ours.
He refused to understand the profound meaning behind Nkrumah's vilification and demonisation.
Cardinal's hate for penniless Nkrumah is no where near that of the dog called Mobutu who worth $5 Billion. WHY UNCLE SARPONG?
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

Hide your oafish idiocy, looney !

What do you know about Ghana before and after Nkrumah's dictatorship ?

Do I need to tell you ignorant son of a motherless bug-donkey that the Gold Coast was the richest country in sub-s ...
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Hide your oafish idiocy, looney !

What do you know about Ghana before and after Nkrumah's dictatorship ?

Do I need to tell you ignorant son of a motherless bug-donkey that the Gold Coast was the richest country in sub-sahara Africa before Nkrumah turned it into the most indebted country in West Africa before he was overthrown ?

Do I need to tell you that it was Nkrumah and his CPP that introduced corruption onto the shores of Ghana ?

Will you hide your oafish idiocy and ignorance before I go off on you?
Dombo Alhaji 11 years ago

IUt was not Nkrumah that declared himself life President but h3e was endorsed by Parliament.
Some of you do not know the history of Ghana.
Is he Nkrumakh that printed the Ghana gazette and endorsed himself a life OPresident ...
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IUt was not Nkrumah that declared himself life President but h3e was endorsed by Parliament.
Some of you do not know the history of Ghana.
Is he Nkrumakh that printed the Ghana gazette and endorsed himself a life OPresident.
If Nkrumah were to be alive Ghana would have been better than what it is now .
Iwas a witness when all the nonsense against Nkrumah was going on. Tribal sentiments and what nots contributed to his overthrow but if Kwame were to be here when Kotoka and his traitors moved south bound to take the =Flagstaff house that day it would have nbeen a good show of civilian leadershiop against dictatorial tribal mentatality after all where arte those who coined the overthrow.They all died unnatural death .
Remove Kotoka's statue from the Airport and the curse will be rtemoved from Ghana.
Kotoka who could not even inspirre any body with his twisted mouth speech is dead and gone forever but Nkrumah lives for ever" Foreward ever backward never"
ELINAM 11 years ago

I do have few friends white but we debate stuff and make it clear why we should be left alone and they totally agreed with me, but it seems Cardinal wants to overzealously impress his white friends.
The cold war is over and ...
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I do have few friends white but we debate stuff and make it clear why we should be left alone and they totally agreed with me, but it seems Cardinal wants to overzealously impress his white friends.
The cold war is over and shouldn't have been even fought.
And Walmart and the world economy is in better shape because of China.
Repugnant. 11 years ago

Please stay far away from him, because his ignorance does not admit accusation. Where as a triple idiot shall remain always in his hellish perdition. leave him alone to his figment.

The CIA does not need a fool whose corr ...
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Please stay far away from him, because his ignorance does not admit accusation. Where as a triple idiot shall remain always in his hellish perdition. leave him alone to his figment.

The CIA does not need a fool whose correctness of truth can be subordinated to a childish desire with no laudable purpose for the welfare and credit of society. Thanks

OMANBA 11 years ago

So you want us to embellish the subversive and neo-colonialist activities of professor okafodidi Busia,J.B Danquah and Obetsebi Lamptey who allied themselves with neo-colonialists America and its western allies to subvert th ...
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So you want us to embellish the subversive and neo-colonialist activities of professor okafodidi Busia,J.B Danquah and Obetsebi Lamptey who allied themselves with neo-colonialists America and its western allies to subvert the independence and progress of Ghana?What Osagyefo did for Ghana is there for all to see.No leader has equalled what he did for Ghana and Africa.Osagyefo's'dictatorship' brought progress to Ghana and pride to black people all over the world.The 'democrats' Busia,Danqah etc were just willing slaves of the imperialists.
Lewis Amoako 11 years ago

This is guy is too naive,idiotic AND NOT WELL-INFORMED.He does't know what he WRITES.He spews nonsense like CARDINAL.I HOPE HE IS NOT THE SAME PERSON.

This is guy is too naive,idiotic AND NOT WELL-INFORMED.He does't know what he WRITES.He spews nonsense like CARDINAL.I HOPE HE IS NOT THE SAME PERSON.
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

Who owns this stray dog-molesting,ignorant quarter-twit, half-living in the slough of despair ?

Who owns this stray dog-molesting,ignorant quarter-twit, half-living in the slough of despair ?
Repugnant. 11 years ago

They definitely miss Nkrumah, because since his absence every one who was deemed a fit, has been totally insufficient. Yet the sky was the limit, when he was around, even God is witness to this.

They definitely miss Nkrumah, because since his absence every one who was deemed a fit, has been totally insufficient. Yet the sky was the limit, when he was around, even God is witness to this.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES...

NKRUMAH... 9 years
JJ... 20 years
Kuffour... 8 year
Mills/Mahama... 5 years

By the way, did you add all the GET secondary boarding schools

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES...

NKRUMAH... 9 years
JJ... 20 years
Kuffour... 8 year
Mills/Mahama... 5 years

By the way, did you add all the GET secondary boarding schools
LUCK 11 years ago

WE ENJOYED GHANA AS A TRULY INDEPENDENT COUNTRY DURING THE PERIOD 6 MARCH 1957 TO 23 FEBRUARY 1966. THIS WAS THE PERIOD OF "FREE AND QUALITY EDUCATION";AT THE UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS STUDYING SCIENCE WERE AWARDED SPECIAL MONETAR ...
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WE ENJOYED GHANA AS A TRULY INDEPENDENT COUNTRY DURING THE PERIOD 6 MARCH 1957 TO 23 FEBRUARY 1966. THIS WAS THE PERIOD OF "FREE AND QUALITY EDUCATION";AT THE UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS STUDYING SCIENCE WERE AWARDED SPECIAL MONETARY INCENTIVES. THIS WAS THE PERIOD OF "FREE MEDICAL CARE". THIS WAS THE PERIOD OF "VIRTUAL FULL EMPLOYMENT" IN GHANA. AS SOON AS WE COMPLETE OUR COURSE, THE JOB WAS WAITING FOR OUR TAKING.IT WAS THE PEIOD OF "WORK AND HAPPINESS" WHEN GHANA WAS MOVING "FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER". THIS WAS THE PERIOD WHEN GHANAIANS WERE HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM GLOBALLY AND WE WERE PROUD TO BE GHANAIANS.

WE DEARLY MISS NKRUMAH. WE SHALL WORSHIP NKRUMAH TILL DEATH.
TETTEH 11 years ago

A pre-fabricated factory was in the process of being set up in Accra with Russian help when the coup was staged and leading to abandonment.

Also there were a number of state-owned bakeries set up which produced the delicio ...
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A pre-fabricated factory was in the process of being set up in Accra with Russian help when the coup was staged and leading to abandonment.

Also there were a number of state-owned bakeries set up which produced the delicious "Russian" bread (wheat and corn flour mix).

Let's not go any further because I feel like crying for our tragic loss.
JH New York 11 years ago

Akasanoma (Phillips)
Ghana Sanyo (Sanyo Corp.Japan)
Steel Works, Tema
Boatyard,Tema
Alu Works,Tema (Aluminum roofing Sheets).
Paint Division,Tema(Gihoc)
GTP Textiles,Tema
Chinese Textiles,Tema
Juapong Textiles, Juapon ...
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Akasanoma (Phillips)
Ghana Sanyo (Sanyo Corp.Japan)
Steel Works, Tema
Boatyard,Tema
Alu Works,Tema (Aluminum roofing Sheets).
Paint Division,Tema(Gihoc)
GTP Textiles,Tema
Chinese Textiles,Tema
Juapong Textiles, Juapong
Chocolate Factory,Tema
Kade Match Factory, Kade
GIHOC Pharmaceutical,Accra
Metal Works,(nails,office clips and pins) -Accra
GIHOC Brick & Tiles,Accra
Medical Supplies (national),Tema
Tema Development Corp.(TEC) Tema
Kanda Estate,Accra
Osu Estates,Accra
La Borne Estates ,Accra
Yaniba Estates,Accra
Continent Estates,Accra
Roman Ridge Estate,Accra
Airport Residential,Accra
Burma Camp Estates(inside the Camp),Accra
West Africa Exams Council
Ridge Estate,Accra( near ridge hospital)
Ghana Supply Commission ,Accra
Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute, -
Winneba.(now University of Education )
Etc etc etc etc
JH New York 11 years ago

Correction:
Cantoments
Estates,Accra
(TDC),Tema
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Meradien Hotel,Tema
Independence Arch,Accra
Independence Square,Accra
Accra Sports Stadium,Accra
Ghana Highways. Authority
Aburi Gardens
Pedua ...
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Correction:
Cantoments
Estates,Accra
(TDC),Tema
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Meradien Hotel,Tema
Independence Arch,Accra
Independence Square,Accra
Accra Sports Stadium,Accra
Ghana Highways. Authority
Aburi Gardens
Peduase Lodge Aburi
State Farms
Created The Farmers Council
Public Works Department (PWD).
Labour Officers across the District.
Obenfo 11 years ago

Ghana would be better-off when ruled by a Dictator with a vision and passion for National development than a Reckless and Irresponsible Democrat who will sell his people for a pittance!

What do you know about Democracy? D ...
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Ghana would be better-off when ruled by a Dictator with a vision and passion for National development than a Reckless and Irresponsible Democrat who will sell his people for a pittance!

What do you know about Democracy? Do you think Democracy is all about ELECTIONS and allowing any FOOL to rule? Please, excuse my language but I am getting a little impatient about the wrong use to the words "Dictatorship and Democracy".

These two words "Dictatorship and Democracy"are the very propogander terms the West has coined, since immemorial, to describe any leader who has a vision to enlighten and free its people from their Oppressive Rule and White Supremacy.

If you put your hands behind you and fall flat to worship them, you become their darling boy, but any attempt you make to regain your God-given dignity as a human being, they first condemn you by titles and they follow with your assassination.

Now tell me who portrays the characteristics of a Dictator and a Terrorist than your Colonial Masters, who use their Military Might to brutalize other nations and rub them of the natural resources?

JAMES 11 years ago

Obenfo,your name fits you.Your response is highly appreciated.You are very intelligent indeed.Let the idiots like CARDINAL,GRAHAM,JATOR JULOR and others contact you for advice.

Obenfo,your name fits you.Your response is highly appreciated.You are very intelligent indeed.Let the idiots like CARDINAL,GRAHAM,JATOR JULOR and others contact you for advice.
Afia Amaniampong 11 years ago

Bravo Obenfo, could not agree more!

Bravo Obenfo, could not agree more!
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

Eat some beans to increase your protein requirement to grow some brains, you ignorant liliputian !

Did I hear you say that Ghana would be better-off when ruled by a dictator with a vision like Francis Kofi Weah aka Kwame N ...
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Eat some beans to increase your protein requirement to grow some brains, you ignorant liliputian !

Did I hear you say that Ghana would be better-off when ruled by a dictator with a vision like Francis Kofi Weah aka Kwame Nkrumah ?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa!

"Small boys are young " !

Do I need to tell you the foreign reserves that Ghana had at independence and that Ghana was the richest country then in the whole of sub-sahara region ?

Do I need to tell you that Ghana's population at independence was just 3.8million ?

Do I need to tell you the world market price of Cocoa and how much Kwame Nkrumah paid our cocoa farmers for their cocoa beans during his dictatorship ?

And do I need to tell you that before his overthrow, Ghana was the most indebted country in West Africa and Ghanaians were queuing for milk,sardines e.t.c.?

When I hear you ignorant children of beneficiaries of dictatorship talking about what Nkrumah did with part of our fortune as a nation as if he did so with his pocket money, then I feel ashamed to be a Ghanaian.
Repugnant. 11 years ago

Kwasea, asantehene has been accountable to you rapacious and predatory ashantes forever yet look at the state of your ashante confederacy where baby stealing is now democratic, still birth or otherwise.

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Kwasea, asantehene has been accountable to you rapacious and predatory ashantes forever yet look at the state of your ashante confederacy where baby stealing is now democratic, still birth or otherwise.

Nkrumah, thanks to ashante stupidity and hatred was hounded out, which in his absence brought in unparalleled US and Canadian aide to Ghana. So please tell me the one good thing that came out of all that instead of your silly inscriptions of dictator this and that? or was it interested selfishness, thievery and or, climate control? Ghana has instead suffered in your compulsory and steady desire to distribute to the rest of us your stupidity and backwardness.

Please ponder on this, all victories breed hate, especially when it is over a pretentious, unrepentant superior can be foolish and fatal. This is why every pseudonymic punk whose correctness of truth is subordinated to no laudable purpose, the welfare and credit to society, must be found and fought tooth and nail to stem their distribution of stupidity and lack of acceptance toward others.

Having had their chances what did they bring us? We instead had Communal Labor and Ghost ledger for their pupil teachers, and shoeshine boys loitering about in Aggege ALL being paid in their contempt for independence. Market Queens with bleached faces, kalabule and aliens compliance orders became the normal.

Blame Dankwa who couldn't even organize a successful local/district campaign to ever win any election yet had wanted to impose himself on good Ghanaians.

Kwasea you definitely miss Nkrumah, because since his absence every one who was deemed a fit, has been totally insufficient. Yet the sky was the limit, when he was around, even God is witness to this.

What is your wasted life to me? continue to regret the past since your eyes are just beginning to open like the majority of your ilk, which are slow indeed and uncertain. Unlike you Nkrumah had access to ideas of a different ilk and in fact listened to a different drummer and opinion of several competent to advise. If his ideas were that bad, why is it still maturing? Are you that slow and uncertain?

Conjecture this, Nkrumah is no longer with us, since you cannot do without him, here is a nice compromise go and fetch yourself out of him. You may find a childish joy!

"Superiority will always be detested," especially among a people who lack acceptance. I hope this inspires you in the right direction.

YAA BR3 MO!
ELINAM 11 years ago

I hope they have the understanding to comprehend these profound statements you cleverly put across.
And truly, "superiority will always be detested"
The true leader will sooner than latter emerge again but will take some n ...
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I hope they have the understanding to comprehend these profound statements you cleverly put across.
And truly, "superiority will always be detested"
The true leader will sooner than latter emerge again but will take some national sacrifice.
Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

Did you forget to pay your brain bill, you sufferer of latent neurotic ambivalence ?

I would have loved to beat you up, but I have a problem with cruelty to dumb animals and there is where you get your exemption.

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Did you forget to pay your brain bill, you sufferer of latent neurotic ambivalence ?

I would have loved to beat you up, but I have a problem with cruelty to dumb animals and there is where you get your exemption.

Do you need to be told that Gold Coast/Ghana was the richest country in sub-Saharan Africa before Nkrumah turned it into the most indebted nation in West Africa during his dictatorship,grannyfucker ?

Do you need to be told that it was Nkrumah and his CPP that introduced corruption onto the shores of Maaame/Daaavi Ghana, you villainous doghearted miscreant ?

And what makes you think that anyone who hated Nkrumah's dictatorship is an Ashante, you raving necropheliac maggot lover ?

Now, if I were to be so ignorant and duncish like you, I would have told you that it was Ewes who overthrew your tin god Nkrumah; okay, you sewer dwelling penile colonist ?
hfskjsbut 11 years ago

but it was ntafo who caused mischief at the hospital...It wasn't ashantes, it happened in our region doesn't mean we did it lol

but it was ntafo who caused mischief at the hospital...It wasn't ashantes, it happened in our region doesn't mean we did it lol
Dombo Alhaji 11 years ago

Do not blqme your Prewsident but blame tribal sensitivity , the NPP and AND THEIR FOR RUNNERS FOR THIS STATE OF THE NATION AND NOT I REPEAT NOT MAHAMA.
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Do not blqme your Prewsident but blame tribal sensitivity , the NPP and AND THEIR FOR RUNNERS FOR THIS STATE OF THE NATION AND NOT I REPEAT NOT MAHAMA.
You cannot manage your own village girl friend and u are pointing accusing fingers at Mahama.Can you form a common village footdball team and take care of a single class one child.You are a bundle of fagots.
Krikri,, 11 years ago

Prof, you are right. How do you expect a country ruled by CiA agents like Afrifa,Kotoka, Busia, Kufour and now Mahama (who is just saying YES to anything) to be anything else? CPP why cant we think and come together to fight ...
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Prof, you are right. How do you expect a country ruled by CiA agents like Afrifa,Kotoka, Busia, Kufour and now Mahama (who is just saying YES to anything) to be anything else? CPP why cant we think and come together to fight these useless NPP/NDC?
Jenny 11 years ago

Apology indeed! Since independence from the colonial masters, people still struggling for basic amnesties as water, electricity, defecating in the open due to lack of toilets in the homes, open sewages still persist, poor hea ...
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Apology indeed! Since independence from the colonial masters, people still struggling for basic amnesties as water, electricity, defecating in the open due to lack of toilets in the homes, open sewages still persist, poor healthcare, children still schooling under trees, corruption spreading like a raging fire. How sad.
Gbon 11 years ago

Nkrumah studied in the UK and USA but returned to Ghana as if he had never heard about democracy. Life President and no Vice. Even Hitler had Hess. One-party state and any one he thought was a threat to his tyranny including ...
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Nkrumah studied in the UK and USA but returned to Ghana as if he had never heard about democracy. Life President and no Vice. Even Hitler had Hess. One-party state and any one he thought was a threat to his tyranny including children, was imprisoned for life and tortured to death. Boye-Doe was only 15 when Nkrumah imprisoned him for life for no reason.

Nkrumah poisoned the mind of chilren with his satanic Young Pioneers. All one heard on Ragio Ghana throught the day was 'Osagyefo the President'. The best thing that has ever happened to Ghana was the overthrow of the evil tyrant Kwame Nkrumah.
Gonzaga 11 years ago

People like you and your negative comments is how we are in this state of affairs. You have no idea what Afrifa, Kotoka, Acheampong, Rawlings and now the so-called democracy of NDC and NPP has done and doing to this nation. B ...
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People like you and your negative comments is how we are in this state of affairs. You have no idea what Afrifa, Kotoka, Acheampong, Rawlings and now the so-called democracy of NDC and NPP has done and doing to this nation. Bribery, corruption, tribalism, incompetent, Lack of vision, Paper tigers, and no policy and standard in the country, Filth, no sanitation, water, electricity and education system which are not tied to the socio-economic development of the country. Afrifa sold us for $50,000.00 while Rawlings sold all the companies Nkrumah started to his wife and cronies. How ignorant can you be. When people never thought of Nuclear Energy Dr. Nkrumah planned it in 1963(Kwabenya) and now NDC and NPP has sold all the lands to thier party members. Where is the cocoa research institiute at Tafo and Accra. We import everything except air, is that what you call independence and go begging any country that can give us loan while IMF and World Bank give us foolish advice. Wake up. Borrow money to celebrate Ghana at 50. What are we celebrating? STUPIDITY.
GHANAMAN 11 years ago

Even a black American lady had to keep her seat to a white person everything she took a bus. Nonsense. What democracy. You mean your copy copy democrazy?

Even a black American lady had to keep her seat to a white person everything she took a bus. Nonsense. What democracy. You mean your copy copy democrazy?
Djake Koku Salif 11 years ago

What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up g ...
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What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up good governance examples nonsense people like Mahama duped Ghana in millions through Embrayo planes, Stx , Sada and RLG fucken laptop supplies with 500% margins. The NDC have the tone for a revolt which some people in government,s lives we cannot guarantee hence
Djake Koku Salif 11 years ago

What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up g ...
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What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up good governance examples nonsense people like Mahama duped Ghana in millions through Embrayo planes, Stx , Sada and RLG fucken laptop supplies with 500% margins. The NDC have the tone for a revolt which some people in government,s lives we cannot guarantee hence
Djake Koku Salif 11 years ago

What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up g ...
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What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up good governance examples nonsense people like Mahama duped Ghana in millions through Embrayo planes, Stx , Sada and RLG fucken laptop supplies with 500% margins. The NDC have the tone for a revolt which some people in government,s lives we cannot guarantee hence
Djake Koku Salif 11 years ago

What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up g ...
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What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up good governance examples nonsense people like Mahama duped Ghana in millions through Embrayo planes, Stx , Sada and RLG fucken laptop supplies with 500% margins. The NDC have the tone for a revolt which some people in government,s lives we cannot guarantee hence
Djake Koku Salif 11 years ago

What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up g ...
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What do you think about the NDC who have had the lions share on government and what have they done. They fucking sit there and steal ideas and do not even implement them well. This has been led by Rawlings. If he had set up good governance examples nonsense people like Mahama duped Ghana in millions through Embrayo planes, Stx , Sada and RLG fucken laptop supplies with 500% margins. The NDC have the tone for a revolt which some people in government,s lives we cannot guarantee hence
Bitter Ghana 11 years ago

You lie bad. The CPP people have been in power directly and indirectly for 44 years. The only time the CPP people have not been in power were 3 years after 1966, 2 years of Busia regime and 8 years of President Kufuor. So giv ...
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You lie bad. The CPP people have been in power directly and indirectly for 44 years. The only time the CPP people have not been in power were 3 years after 1966, 2 years of Busia regime and 8 years of President Kufuor. So give us a break.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

Come again!!! where did you learn your political history? are you a product of Rawlings' JSS?

Come again!!! where did you learn your political history? are you a product of Rawlings' JSS?
prempeh 1. 11 years ago

You people think Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was so foolish as the U.P terrorist groups, Nkrumah fought hard to get the independence from Britain, and the terrorist groups overthrown him and give back the country to the coloni ...
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You people think Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was so foolish as the U.P terrorist groups, Nkrumah fought hard to get the independence from Britain, and the terrorist groups overthrown him and give back the country to the colonial masters again. Nkrumah said, Ghana will suffer for far too long, and its exactly what we are encountering today.
tuy 11 years ago

Ghana is a failed state. Look at the level of corruption among politicians judges, policemen and civil servants. Ghana has poorly trained doctors with crumbling medical infrastructure. Millions of citizens do have access to s ...
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Ghana is a failed state. Look at the level of corruption among politicians judges, policemen and civil servants. Ghana has poorly trained doctors with crumbling medical infrastructure. Millions of citizens do have access to standard housing and medical care. If you are poor no matter how brilliant you are, you can,t enroll at the university. Fuck the politicians: past and present.
MENSAH 11 years ago

JJ Rawlings is the biggest seller,but not Kufuor.

JJ Rawlings is the biggest seller,but not Kufuor.
JAMREAH 11 years ago

PROF YOU WERE IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN NKRUMAH'S FACTORIES AND OTHER ASSETS WERE EITHER SOLD OUT OR LEFT IN THE BUSH TO DECAY.WHY DID YOU NOT FIGHT AGAINST THE DIVERSTITURE? WHY COULD YOU BRING IN FOREIGN COMPANIES TO COME AND RE ...
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PROF YOU WERE IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN NKRUMAH'S FACTORIES AND OTHER ASSETS WERE EITHER SOLD OUT OR LEFT IN THE BUSH TO DECAY.WHY DID YOU NOT FIGHT AGAINST THE DIVERSTITURE? WHY COULD YOU BRING IN FOREIGN COMPANIES TO COME AND REVIVE THE AGRIC COLLEGES AND FARMS WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT PREVIOUS GOVTS WASTED THESE ASSETS?PLEASE FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF DR PAA KWESI NDOUM TO CREATE JOBS FOR THE YOUTH.TALK TO THE RICH PEOPLE TO INVEST IN GHANA INSTEAD OF KEEPING THEIR MONIES IN FOREIGN BANKS.
Ackah 11 years ago

Ghana, Rise up!! Wake up!! In this situation in which we find ourselves today, it would even be unwise for Nana Addo/NPP to talk about free SHS if he is in power today. Two hundred SHS are not the nation's priority even thoug ...
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Ghana, Rise up!! Wake up!! In this situation in which we find ourselves today, it would even be unwise for Nana Addo/NPP to talk about free SHS if he is in power today. Two hundred SHS are not the nation's priority even though building 200 SHS is good. How can we look on to see Mahama waste our little resources on 200 SHS while we all know that he cannot effectively complete this project. We have no water , electricity, roads, food, and good healthcare (basic amenities. We have not been able to bring quality to our existing SHS why do we continue building more low quality SHS? Only God knows the type of SHS Mahama is going to put up. I learned in this article that they are waiting for support from the World Bank Which means, the they have not even received a dollar from the World Bank but they are cutting sod just in the name of politics and propaganda.
They Say They Say 11 years ago

That's exactly the problem we have with these successive governments. Very irrational, impulsive, misplaced priorities, unrealistic objectives which leads into gross mismanagement.

That's exactly the problem we have with these successive governments. Very irrational, impulsive, misplaced priorities, unrealistic objectives which leads into gross mismanagement.
They Say They Say 11 years ago

That's an old saying in the wild west hahaha. How easy it is to criticize when the obvious is here and clear for all to see? We don't need to hear about the results of past indiscretions because we can see too. Question is, ...
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That's an old saying in the wild west hahaha. How easy it is to criticize when the obvious is here and clear for all to see? We don't need to hear about the results of past indiscretions because we can see too. Question is, what are you doing today to correct past mistakes? Follow Ndoum. He is the only life line left on the horizon.
Frank 11 years ago

CPP helped Nkrumah to destroy Ghana with severe tyranny and the whole country was run by one man Kwame Nkrumah who made a lot of blunders. He declared GHana a one-party state and eliminated all who did not sing his praise. He ...
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CPP helped Nkrumah to destroy Ghana with severe tyranny and the whole country was run by one man Kwame Nkrumah who made a lot of blunders. He declared GHana a one-party state and eliminated all who did not sing his praise. He controlled the judiciary, the press, currency and vitually run the country as if it was his personal property.

Nkrumah unparallel tyranny was so bad and getting worse by each passing day that his own CPP cronies and henchmen led by Tawiah Adamafio and Coffie Crabb plotted to finish him.

Nkrumah squandered the 400 million pounds we inherited from Britain by giving 10 million pounds each to Guinea and Mali Presidents to support his ambition to be the President for Africa for life without a Vice President
BE BOLD 11 years ago

Nkrumah did not amass billions to himself like your cronies have done. Everything he did was left to the nation. When that stinking Maha dies, everything he has stolen will be left to his family and the rest will be taken by ...
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Nkrumah did not amass billions to himself like your cronies have done. Everything he did was left to the nation. When that stinking Maha dies, everything he has stolen will be left to his family and the rest will be taken by the investment countries. Choose your pick.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

THERE IS HOPE!!!

THERE IS HOPE!!!
Kofi Osei 11 years ago

Frank what has all those other parties done for you? Have they supplied you with clean water to drink? At least Dr. Nkrumah built roads, factories etc and laid water pipes for the masses. What has happened to all those Dr. Nk ...
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Frank what has all those other parties done for you? Have they supplied you with clean water to drink? At least Dr. Nkrumah built roads, factories etc and laid water pipes for the masses. What has happened to all those Dr. Nkrumah left for us?
MK 11 years ago

Get you facts right and stop the ridiculous myths. Nduom wrote the plan for the divestiture you speak of. Tell me where are State Construction Corporation, and all the other GIHOC enterprises...? Totobi Quakye was the Chairma ...
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Get you facts right and stop the ridiculous myths. Nduom wrote the plan for the divestiture you speak of. Tell me where are State Construction Corporation, and all the other GIHOC enterprises...? Totobi Quakye was the Chairman of the Divestiture Commission and what did he do with Nsawam
Cannery, Accra Cocoa Products Factory - he gave them to Mrs Rawlings, and he run away overseas on the pretext of sickness just when the Auditor-General's report raised questions and the court wanted him to provide answers!!! The P/NDC divestiture has caused catastrophic unemployment in Ghana. Before the divestiture, graduate unemployment was unknown in Ghana! A good plan would have envisaged reorganization of the state enterprises for either genuine privatization to genuinely capable investors, or ownership by joint private-state partnership or radical organization for efficiency and profit with ownership retained by the state. None of these happened under the plan devised by Nduom. The number of jobs created by Nduom pales in comparison to the number of jobs lost by his divestiture plan!!!
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KWAA 11 years ago

Anybody at 57,who can`t feed his family is a failure.So it means we as people have failed the nation Ghana.
This is a Country where people go into politics with the intention of becoming rich.
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Anybody at 57,who can`t feed his family is a failure.So it means we as people have failed the nation Ghana.
This is a Country where people go into politics with the intention of becoming rich.
Greed,Selfishness,corruption,dishonesty,napotism,lies,tribalism,"pull him down"and myopia is killing this Country.
Nobody,not even one Ghanaian is prepared to scraifice a bit for this Nation.
We always think of what we can get out of this Country,not what we can give to this Country.Shame on us all.
They Say They Say 11 years ago

Indeed.

Indeed.
BE BOLD 11 years ago

Yes Ghanaians go into politics for negative reasons instead of wanting to improve the lives of our fellow men.

Yes Ghanaians go into politics for negative reasons instead of wanting to improve the lives of our fellow men.
Don Blunt 11 years ago

As I see it:
I am ready and willing to sacrifice my best for the development of our country, and to the advantage of all of us. Why must I bribe you with a laptop, private vehicle of amounts of money stolen from the bleeding ...
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As I see it:
I am ready and willing to sacrifice my best for the development of our country, and to the advantage of all of us. Why must I bribe you with a laptop, private vehicle of amounts of money stolen from the bleeding state coffers?
The majority of us has voted for the one who is ready to "share" his booty.
Kojo! 11 years ago

Braindeadfuo nkoaaaaaaa

Braindeadfuo nkoaaaaaaa
ABLETSI 11 years ago

THAT STATEMENT BY NKRUMAH THAT " THE AFRICAN IS CAPABLE OF MANAGING HIS OWN AFFAIRS" IS WRONG. AFRICANS CANNOT MANAGE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.GHANAIANS ARE BIG FOOLS. THE INDEPENDENCE IS A MISPLACED PRIORITY. IT HAD RATHER MADE F ...
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THAT STATEMENT BY NKRUMAH THAT " THE AFRICAN IS CAPABLE OF MANAGING HIS OWN AFFAIRS" IS WRONG. AFRICANS CANNOT MANAGE THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.GHANAIANS ARE BIG FOOLS. THE INDEPENDENCE IS A MISPLACED PRIORITY. IT HAD RATHER MADE FEW PEOPLE RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MAJORITY. THE DEMOCRACY WE ARE PRACTICING IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND MISPLACED. IT NEEDS TO BE REFORMED. THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL SYNDROME IS KILLING US. WE NEED THE ACHEAMPONG'S UNION GOVERNMENT NOW!!!!!!!! ALL POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD SEND EQUAL REPRESENTATIVES TO PARLIAMENT NOW WITH THE OVERALL ON ROTATION BASIS.
Graham 11 years ago

Akosa the professor who backs 1.tyranny of the worst type 2.one-party state 3.President for Life without a Vice President 4. Life imprisonment and toture for all political opponents 5. Control of the judiciary, press, sports ...
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Akosa the professor who backs 1.tyranny of the worst type 2.one-party state 3.President for Life without a Vice President 4. Life imprisonment and toture for all political opponents 5. Control of the judiciary, press, sports and virtually everything.

Prof Akosa has learnt nothing and has forgotten nothing. His idiocy is now bothering on lunacy. Even Sekou Nkrumah is ashamed of CPP and called it a sunken ship
Ray 11 years ago

This idiotic and naive Graham is one of those born after 1966 like CARDINAL and JATO JULOR,who have not made any research but have been brainwashed by Nkrumah's MATEMEHO OPPPONENTS.

This idiotic and naive Graham is one of those born after 1966 like CARDINAL and JATO JULOR,who have not made any research but have been brainwashed by Nkrumah's MATEMEHO OPPPONENTS.
OH, MAHAMA !!! 11 years ago

WE CANNOT GET WATER TO BATH OR LUSH OUR TOILETS IN "BETTER GHANA", 57 LONG YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE. WE HAVE TO ATTEND THE INDEPENDENCE PARADE WITH OUR SMELLING BODIES AND RETURN TO OUR HOMES TO SAVOUR THE BAD SMELL FROM OUR ...
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WE CANNOT GET WATER TO BATH OR LUSH OUR TOILETS IN "BETTER GHANA", 57 LONG YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE. WE HAVE TO ATTEND THE INDEPENDENCE PARADE WITH OUR SMELLING BODIES AND RETURN TO OUR HOMES TO SAVOUR THE BAD SMELL FROM OUR TOILETS. AND THIS IS BETTER GHANA ?????
Ray 11 years ago

YOU HAVE HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON ITS HEAD,PROF.THIS IS THE PLAIN TRUTH.THE WHITEMAN IS LAUGHING AT IDIOTS LIKE CARDINAL AND JATO JULOR.

YOU HAVE HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON ITS HEAD,PROF.THIS IS THE PLAIN TRUTH.THE WHITEMAN IS LAUGHING AT IDIOTS LIKE CARDINAL AND JATO JULOR.
CAPE COAST BOY 11 years ago

MAHAMA HAS NOTHING GOOD TO OFFER . HE JUST WANT TO BE PRESIDENT FOR PRESIDENT SAKE

MAHAMA HAS NOTHING GOOD TO OFFER . HE JUST WANT TO BE PRESIDENT FOR PRESIDENT SAKE
BE BOLD 11 years ago

There is no question about that but we are allowing him to get away with it with empty promises so he can come back. Ghanaians must BE BOLD to swallow tribalism and remove this man and give someelse a chance. Time is running ...
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There is no question about that but we are allowing him to get away with it with empty promises so he can come back. Ghanaians must BE BOLD to swallow tribalism and remove this man and give someelse a chance. Time is running out
mugu1 11 years ago

check your own xfucking conscience

check your own xfucking conscience
Victor A Attah,Syracuse,NY. 11 years ago

You damn right!

You damn right!
Ikekesa 11 years ago

I salute you prof for your insightful, and factual analysis and talk. Ghana should rise and shine again !!!

I salute you prof for your insightful, and factual analysis and talk. Ghana should rise and shine again !!!
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

We imported grave diggers from China when uncle Atta died. We don't even know how to dig a hole. What a nation.

We imported grave diggers from China when uncle Atta died. We don't even know how to dig a hole. What a nation.
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

I laughed when I read your piece. It is really sad, very sad after 57 years of independence. The best Highway is George Bush II Highway. Everything is in a state of decay.

I laughed when I read your piece. It is really sad, very sad after 57 years of independence. The best Highway is George Bush II Highway. Everything is in a state of decay.
somebody papapa 11 years ago

AK47 You have asked a nice question which those who sold it can not tell us because they themselves were part of the purchasers. sold everything to them so they can enjoy yearly dividends from this companies. check their back ...
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AK47 You have asked a nice question which those who sold it can not tell us because they themselves were part of the purchasers. sold everything to them so they can enjoy yearly dividends from this companies. check their background and you will see their wife's children and nice nephews etc are all owners of state sold companies.... shame unto them
somebody papapa 11 years ago

Can some one agree with me that the nation Ghana is now worse off after we adopted democracy? all the politicians need is another four years to loot us immediately after an election.

Can some one agree with me that the nation Ghana is now worse off after we adopted democracy? all the politicians need is another four years to loot us immediately after an election.
Pelicles 11 years ago

We are independent just to mismanage anything we see because that is what we are good at. If a man of 57 years, still depends on his father to feed his family, what is the message then?

Yesterday, we heard that "Donor" n ...
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We are independent just to mismanage anything we see because that is what we are good at. If a man of 57 years, still depends on his father to feed his family, what is the message then?

Yesterday, we heard that "Donor" nations have suspend some millions of dollars and we are complaining bitterly. "Donors" from where? What did Nkrumah say on the podium? "We can manage our own affairs so, why donors support? Why can't we use our own resources or generate internal revenue to spur any development in Ghana? If these "Donor" nations are as corrupt as we are, where will they get the money to give us?

We are behaving like "Brain dead" people. Using our brains is very hard for us. The educated ones will descend and try vainly to rubbish anything we say but they are the ones to blame for all these mishaps. Since independent, how many uneducated people have been in government?

Ghana is retrogressing and the blame rests squarely on the heads of "the elite" who are in top position of government.
Yoya 11 years ago

What happened?
Stop the childish blame game!!!
We all suffer together and enjoy together.
Lets stand up and act like grown ups for once for the future of our children and grandchildren.

What happened?
Stop the childish blame game!!!
We all suffer together and enjoy together.
Lets stand up and act like grown ups for once for the future of our children and grandchildren.
GHANA FIRST 11 years ago

wrong heading but akosa is talking too much and doing nothing with what he says. Since he left GHS i don't know what he has done to help ghana so so big degrading talks about his own nation. Eeei Prof Akosa. Where is your hau ...
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wrong heading but akosa is talking too much and doing nothing with what he says. Since he left GHS i don't know what he has done to help ghana so so big degrading talks about his own nation. Eeei Prof Akosa. Where is your hausa koko factory? Live Ghana alone.
MK 11 years ago

Akosa is a fully-tenured Professor at the Ghana Medical School, where he helps to train new doctors, ok? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO HELP GHANA other than trash talk on behalf of PPP on Ghanaweb?

Akosa is a fully-tenured Professor at the Ghana Medical School, where he helps to train new doctors, ok? WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO HELP GHANA other than trash talk on behalf of PPP on Ghanaweb?
Dombo Alhaji 11 years ago

You are a bloody fool

You are a bloody fool
Abeeku Mensah 11 years ago

For a while now the NDC as a party worship J.J. Rawlings as some kind of hero even after the abuse, destruction and the stealing and mayhem from him and his team including using the wife to seize most of state-owned factories ...
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For a while now the NDC as a party worship J.J. Rawlings as some kind of hero even after the abuse, destruction and the stealing and mayhem from him and his team including using the wife to seize most of state-owned factories. Then came NPP and the Kufour team which polished the art of giving away anything Ghana for a fraction of its value while playing the house negro so his masters in Europe and elsewhere could forgo some of our debt; his entire era was lived under the dictates of international agencies and their strings attached aid. The gull of it all is that we have people in the NPP who have conferred unto themselves the tag “party of intellectuals” To call the Kufour administration and the majority NPP at the time thieves is an understatement or mild and yet there a whole lot classroom educated clowns in the NPP who would publish articles on this free for all ghanaweb proclaiming their trashy articles to be the truth as they see it.
Where in Ghana can anyone point to a list of houses and properties owned by Nkrumah and or anyone in his immediate family? How many in Ghana and outside Ghana now cannot point to a host of properties owned by members of the NDC and or NPP? How many in Ghana do not know of Kufour’s ill-gotten properties and or assets seized and kept by J.J. Rawlings and co? Yet Ghanaians in Accra-Tema , the largest metro area in Ghana continue to enjoy Nkrumah era "motorway" harbor etc. even as they peddle their trash of rewritten history of Ghana to brain dead followers. Prof Akosa is not only exposing the failures of leaders we have had since the 1966 coup but pulls the cover off the eyes of the majority of Ghanaians so influenced by tribal loyalties and indebted to political parties they have lost any sense of truth and or love of or for nation. As such these idiots living amongst us in Ghana and in the Diaspora cannot see when they make fools of themselves and of other Ghanaians even as they shamelessly use facilities built under the CPP era that has withstood the test of time because they were quality built the way a leader like Nkrumah would want it to be.
Compare those structures designed and built under Nkrumah’s CPP era with those built under those who have come since and no one will deny the thoughtful process and the lack thereof in those driven by tribe and politics. It is only fools and yes they are fools who would pretend there are no political prisoners in any nation even amongst those nations we so prefer but can never. Have people in the USA not gone to prison of their political activities? Has this not been the case in every nation across Europe? Yet to hear it from Ghanaians here at home and or in the Diaspora Nkrumah did not have the moral right to imprison members of the opposition party hell bent on chaos and anarchy to ensure progress came slowly for the CPP. These are the people who jump for joy as they drive by the edifice of an Indian architecture their demigod Kufour built for Ghana as a replacement state house. Yes Ghana is an apology of what not to do or become as an independent nation but it is so because of people who came out from underneath slavery and continue to live with shackles on their mind. It is those shackles on the heads and minds of the people in the UP/NPP tradition that preclude them from having logical thought processing. Why else would people in the NPP/UP/UGCC/matemeho/Dumbo ideology cry foul against any other system of governance and yet every last one of these yahoos own things manufactured in Communist China, Russia, South Africa and others? They have not seen an intelligent principled Nkrumah with foresight, ideas and ideals they will not hate even as they embrace the very results from communist China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa and other nations they will not kneel before.
Bitter Ghana 11 years ago

Ask and you will be told about Krobo Edusei, of Nkrumah's CPP who had 21 houses scattered all over the country and who imported a golden bed for his wife. Get educated.

Ask and you will be told about Krobo Edusei, of Nkrumah's CPP who had 21 houses scattered all over the country and who imported a golden bed for his wife. Get educated.
MK 11 years ago

You provide the most treasured commentary on Ghanaweb. Truthful, balanced, eloquent but no beating about the bush. I swear, if I owned a radio or tv station in Ghana, I'd seek you out to be a regularly-featured panelist or a ...
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You provide the most treasured commentary on Ghanaweb. Truthful, balanced, eloquent but no beating about the bush. I swear, if I owned a radio or tv station in Ghana, I'd seek you out to be a regularly-featured panelist or a sole commentator on events. Hopefully, you will consider writing articles. Your historical knowledge is great, and essential to a proper understanding of events today. Don't pay any mind to the idiots trolling Ghanaweb solely to spew obnoxious trash.
EZEKIEL 11 years ago

NO, we are DEPENDENT! Somehow, the leaders don't see it that way.Enjoy on BORROWED MONEY,boast and thump your bony Chest,eat fufu? and add Eagle Beer and say your're the GATEWAY to Africa!!
TWEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
WE ARE ...
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NO, we are DEPENDENT! Somehow, the leaders don't see it that way.Enjoy on BORROWED MONEY,boast and thump your bony Chest,eat fufu? and add Eagle Beer and say your're the GATEWAY to Africa!!
TWEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
WE ARE NOT EVEN ASHAMED OF OUR STANDARD!!
Arny 11 years ago

No toilets, water, electricity, poor education, filthy environment is something Ghanaman is proud of after 57 years. What a success story !

No toilets, water, electricity, poor education, filthy environment is something Ghanaman is proud of after 57 years. What a success story !
Joe Turkey 11 years ago

It is time Ghana stopped lining up schoolchildren in the hot tropical sunshine in the name of, unless we, adults, can convince them what benefits independence brought to them.

It is time Ghana stopped lining up schoolchildren in the hot tropical sunshine in the name of, unless we, adults, can convince them what benefits independence brought to them.
Queen 11 years ago

Thank you Joe. Independence celebration is a fart. What's there to celebrate?

Thank you Joe. Independence celebration is a fart. What's there to celebrate?
Yaw Ohemeng 11 years ago

The state as a the main investor in our economy was in vogue at the time of independence. We as nationals, even then, did not patronise what we were producing because we regarded them as inferior.

This coupled with the fa ...
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The state as a the main investor in our economy was in vogue at the time of independence. We as nationals, even then, did not patronise what we were producing because we regarded them as inferior.

This coupled with the fact that these industries became tools of political patronage, meant that these industries we remember with nostalgia were not viable.

Until the structural adjustment in 1983, we were spending huge amounts in our budgets in subsidising non-priductive industries.

Those who speak with such force as Professor Akosa does have not told the full story of why these industries failed. It was just basic principles of economics. The demand was not there. This was because we felt the goods were inferior; few were earning appreciable incomes to sustain demand; and management was ceded to political cronies.

Our problems started a long time ago; they have just come to a head now.

We are truly not independent but this is not because we allowed industries to fail. We have been dependent on imports in those early independent days. That is why we ran out foreign reserves very quickly and that by 1961, import licences had been introduced.

The impression should not be given that somehow we started loftily. This same point became the contention between Prof Arthur Lewis and Dr Nkrumah. Arthur Lewis wanted development of farming and the rural areas first to create the demand for industrial goods; Dr Nkrumah wanted industrialisation first before rural development. The industries came alright but alas there was not sufficient demand to sustain them.
Sankofa 11 years ago

You are wrong, Ohemeng.

The state industries were not all managed well, which led to the state subsidies. Nigeria and the rest of West Africa was an untapped market. Nkrumah's industrialisation policy went hand-in-hand wit ...
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You are wrong, Ohemeng.

The state industries were not all managed well, which led to the state subsidies. Nigeria and the rest of West Africa was an untapped market. Nkrumah's industrialisation policy went hand-in-hand with African unity. Nkrumah saw that African countries were not economically viable as individual states - Africa as an entity carried far greater economic and political clout.

Prof Akosa is absolutely right - we must learn to run our own affairs, instead of this dependence on foreign investment.
sam 11 years ago

We all understand times are difficult and the numerous coup has not helped the country either.
What have you as a prof done to help the country ?
Have you remained honest in your dealings with the nation?
Have you not used ...
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We all understand times are difficult and the numerous coup has not helped the country either.
What have you as a prof done to help the country ?
Have you remained honest in your dealings with the nation?
Have you not used your position to take advantage of the nation ?
Do you report to work on time ?
Do you spend quality time with your students teaching them to know what they are suppose to know? How many of the post graduate students/doctors under your care were able to progress to become pathologist? Well PhD syndrome is normal in Ghana
Don't you spend part of the paid time doing your own thing ?
What about nepotism are you not part of it ?
Then you have no right to complain because a nation's ability to succeed is dependent on how dedicated the citizens are.
If you do not believe that ask the South Koreans
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

what have you done to help the country?

what have you done to help the country?
setope emu 11 years ago

Whenever I say this my friends complain that I am not patriotic. How can one be when there is nothing to show of. When you have leaders who themselves are not. We all strive to travel outside Ghana for a greener pasture but s ...
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Whenever I say this my friends complain that I am not patriotic. How can one be when there is nothing to show of. When you have leaders who themselves are not. We all strive to travel outside Ghana for a greener pasture but still thinks our country is independent. Tweeeeaaa. A country full of thieves and foolish and lazy leaders who can't think for themselves. A country where we praise mediocrity
BE BOLD 11 years ago

I hate to agree with you but you've told the truth. Let me go one step further to say that we have all become good analysts as to the cause why are where we are, assigning blame and dancing in circles. I think we need to go b ...
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I hate to agree with you but you've told the truth. Let me go one step further to say that we have all become good analysts as to the cause why are where we are, assigning blame and dancing in circles. I think we need to go beyond that to the next steps to recommendations and then implementation. We are all guilty somehow for bringing on the deplorable situation. Let us BE BOLD to end it and move on to recommendations of interventions for the sake of those children who will be marching tomorrow. Let us give them hope!
Whiteman 11 years ago

What ever you have now is a development on your past. Prof you will be cleaning my arse if not you independence

What ever you have now is a development on your past. Prof you will be cleaning my arse if not you independence
Abrantie 11 years ago

Yes Prof Akosah did not say all these because there was one man with the gun and absolute power to terminate you if dare open your mouth.You all shd blame JJ for wasteful 20 yrs and sold off the country's factories to his cro ...
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Yes Prof Akosah did not say all these because there was one man with the gun and absolute power to terminate you if dare open your mouth.You all shd blame JJ for wasteful 20 yrs and sold off the country's factories to his cronies and wife.
BRO DAN- TRC 11 years ago

BLESSED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA-"THE INDIPENDENCE OF GHANA IS MEANINGLESS UNLESS IT IS LINKED WITH THE TOTAL LIBERATION OF AFRICA". PULSE. NOW, LET MY PEOPLE TH ...
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BLESSED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA-"THE INDIPENDENCE OF GHANA IS MEANINGLESS UNLESS IT IS LINKED WITH THE TOTAL LIBERATION OF AFRICA". PULSE. NOW, LET MY PEOPLE THINK. AFRICA, -UNITE! FOR I KNOW WITH GOD YOU CAN AND HUMANITY AND THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD LONG TO SEE YOU UNITE. PULSE. A TIME TO THINK. FOR "IT IS FINISHED" -"OCCUPY TILL I COME", SELAH.
TOGETHER WE CAN! WITH GOD, WE CAN!! GOD BLESS AFRICA TO "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" AND -UNITE- FOR "THE VISION AND THE MISSION"- MUST- LIVE ON TO GREATER HEIGHTS. GOD BLESS YOUR NATION AND THE DIGNIFIED PEOPLE TO "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" AND -UNITE- THAT YOU MAY TAKE YOUR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD. AND, GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA.
NOTE
REGARDS TO -GHANAWEB- FOR THE SPACE. AND TO "ADOM FM" FOR THE LORD'S SONGS.
Ceeboy Dangerman 11 years ago

Ghanaians are too local. 75 per cent with constipated brains, 98 per cent of male population do not accept challenges. 89 per cent do not accept responsibilities. 90 per cent of Ghanaian women are too easy going. 99.1 per cen ...
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Ghanaians are too local. 75 per cent with constipated brains, 98 per cent of male population do not accept challenges. 89 per cent do not accept responsibilities. 90 per cent of Ghanaian women are too easy going. 99.1 per cent of the population gets angry very, very quickly. 88 per cent of Ghanaians do not accept blame. 100 per cent of Ghanaians love to keep dead peoples things in their houses while others do not have a place even to sleep. Ghanaians in general are not moving with time.They are primitive. Very localized and backward thinking. I rest my case.Meanwhile enjoy the commemorations.
BE BOLD 11 years ago

You forgot to add that all Ghanaians care is to party, dance, eat, drink and fuck. They cannot organize themselves like the Ukrainians or the Arabs, allowing few and same people to steal over and over again without resorting ...
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You forgot to add that all Ghanaians care is to party, dance, eat, drink and fuck. They cannot organize themselves like the Ukrainians or the Arabs, allowing few and same people to steal over and over again without resorting to any revolt to teach them a lesson. We need to spend time with ourselves to use the brains to solve problems instead of leaving them to God all the time. We've done that for a long time. Please let us BE BOLD to try something different to take the country back from JJ, Kuffour, Mahama, Asiedu Nketsia, PV Obeng, Addo Kuffour etc etc. Until we kill them off, they will always be coming back under the guise of national development but fake. See, there is no TRIBALISM here and that is how to deal with those idiots who call themselves leaders. BE BOLD to be angry for a change.
mugu1 11 years ago

we don't want to be like those brain dead Ukrainians or the Arabs,they will never get their countries back,
there's population control in motion,dare throw your country in chaos.finito

we don't want to be like those brain dead Ukrainians or the Arabs,they will never get their countries back,
there's population control in motion,dare throw your country in chaos.finito
Close Observer 11 years ago

The unity of our dear country must not be compromised for any political gain. We must respect every tribe in the country and avoid playing on the minds of those who have not been lucky to have any formal education for our sel ...
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The unity of our dear country must not be compromised for any political gain. We must respect every tribe in the country and avoid playing on the minds of those who have not been lucky to have any formal education for our selfish earns. Any politician who is sensible and love GHANA must stop pointing at where TRIBAL POLITICS might have come from, because that will not take us anywhere. Another person will come and point at another direction. The fact is that, today we all know it is not a good thing to do and must be discouraged, rather than use it to our selfish advantage. The unity of our dear nation is more important than the survival of any political grouping. Ghana has been there long before any of these parties (which have a lot of selfish and insincere individuals) were formed. Ghana will be there when they are long gone. Let us sincerely pledge our loyalty to GHANA rather than a political party. How sincere are most of the members of these parties when it comes to stewardship with things of the nation? RESPECT AND EMBRACE EVERY TRIBE. In that lies the STRENGTH of OUR NATION. With that we will DEVELOP, HAVE PEACE and be WEALTHY. LONG LIVE GHANA.
Mr.bigstuff 11 years ago

U ARE VERY RIGHT SIR. "AS THE SAY GOES, THE FALUIRE IS NOT TRY"IT" WE AS A NATION DEPEND TOO MUCH ON FOREIGN IMPORTS
RATHER THAN BEING SELF RELIANCE WITH OUR NATURAL RESORCE THAT WE HAVE. BRAVO TO YOU SIR. MAYBE U NEED TO ED ...
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U ARE VERY RIGHT SIR. "AS THE SAY GOES, THE FALUIRE IS NOT TRY"IT" WE AS A NATION DEPEND TOO MUCH ON FOREIGN IMPORTS
RATHER THAN BEING SELF RELIANCE WITH OUR NATURAL RESORCE THAT WE HAVE. BRAVO TO YOU SIR. MAYBE U NEED TO EDUCATE SOME OF OUR LEADERS WHO DON'T
HAVE ANY SKILL OF BEING AN MP !
HABLUTA SENYO 11 years ago

GHANA INDEPENDENT IS MEANINGLESS UNTIL WE HAVE ECONOMIC FREEDOM.LOOK AT TODAY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TELLING GHANAIANS TO ALLOW MEN GO TO BED WITH
FELLOW MEN SO THAT THEY GIVE MONEY TO OUR GOVERNMENT.THAT IS BLOODY ABUSE
LO ...
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GHANA INDEPENDENT IS MEANINGLESS UNTIL WE HAVE ECONOMIC FREEDOM.LOOK AT TODAY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TELLING GHANAIANS TO ALLOW MEN GO TO BED WITH
FELLOW MEN SO THAT THEY GIVE MONEY TO OUR GOVERNMENT.THAT IS BLOODY ABUSE
LOOKING BACK HOW THE BRITISH TERRORIZED
OUR GRAND FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO WILL BELIEVE IN THAT BULLSHIT HUMAN RIGHTS THEY PREACH TO US.GHANA NEED TO SAY IS ENOUGH LEAVE ME ALONE.NOT GOING BACK THE THE SAME OLD TERRORIST BRITAIN
Wabee 11 years ago

I wii be happy if the so called Prof. Akosa apologize to himself for praising Kwame Nkrumah as visionery leader. Ghana is in this problem because of Kwame Nkrumah desire for power.Who build Akosombo dam . Was it Kwame Nkrumah ...
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I wii be happy if the so called Prof. Akosa apologize to himself for praising Kwame Nkrumah as visionery leader. Ghana is in this problem because of Kwame Nkrumah desire for power.Who build Akosombo dam . Was it Kwame Nkrumah and his CPP or President Kenedy of USA. What happen to the Gold Coast money after our idependent. Look at south and North Koreas. Compare Ghana to these countries from our independent and their war uin 1955 to 1957, and their position in the world standard today.So if one hear poeple like the so called Prof Akosa praising Kwame Nkrumah then one has to know that mother Ghana has a long way to go.
Iman Erskine 11 years ago

Dear Prof., progressive tinkers like you will never be allowed any chance. You are a threat to the "create,loot and share" mantra of the NDC. You are a threat to the empyy slogan of "probity and accountability" which for almo ...
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Dear Prof., progressive tinkers like you will never be allowed any chance. You are a threat to the "create,loot and share" mantra of the NDC. You are a threat to the empyy slogan of "probity and accountability" which for almost 20yrs regressed the nation to the rotten stage to this point of massive corruption that permeates the govt. from head to bottom. The NDC, from Rawlings to Mahama has deceived the people of Ghana for their own selfish aggrandisement so much so that the country is falling apart. You are a threat because you are so enlightened that you can decipher the soot and the smoke. J J Rawlings killed people for a fraction of what his NDC party is perpertrating today.And in all this he is silent. The time will come when the masses will not take it anymore.It could lead to a fragmentation of the country. You cannot cheat the people all the time.
xyz 11 years ago

no this is not true

no this is not true
mugu1 11 years ago

Wabee certainly these what you tell your children!!! no doubt ghana is facing unnecessary problem.
YOU DAMN PART OF THE CANCER EATING GHANA

Wabee certainly these what you tell your children!!! no doubt ghana is facing unnecessary problem.
YOU DAMN PART OF THE CANCER EATING GHANA
Nana Brenyah 11 years ago

We are playing games. We can not even dig well for water. Foreign churches come to Ghana to teach our villages how to dig wells and how to contract places of convenience. We have all these Universities, none of them invent an ...
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We are playing games. We can not even dig well for water. Foreign churches come to Ghana to teach our villages how to dig wells and how to contract places of convenience. We have all these Universities, none of them invent anything that our people can use, and we keep building Universities with no jobs for the graduates. Sad!Sad!!Sad!!
mubarik abdallah (Accra) 11 years ago

Everything that he says is nothing but the truth,OUR LEADERS HAVE SOLD THE INDEPENDENT WE HAD BACK TO THE COLONIALS

Everything that he says is nothing but the truth,OUR LEADERS HAVE SOLD THE INDEPENDENT WE HAD BACK TO THE COLONIALS
Alewa 11 years ago

Good question to ask. "Are we independent? "

Good question to ask. "Are we independent? "
Anita 11 years ago

How can beggars be independent ?

How can beggars be independent ?
Evelyn 11 years ago

OUR LEADERS ARE PATROITS IN REVERSED ORDER. WE NEED SELFLESS AND VISIONARY LEADERS.

OUR LEADERS ARE PATROITS IN REVERSED ORDER. WE NEED SELFLESS AND VISIONARY LEADERS.
amin 11 years ago

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Kk3 11 years ago

The above posted picture is evidence of the root of our demise. These men were all glorified puppets! After almost 60 years still absolutely no hope just running to stay still. O Ghana!

The above posted picture is evidence of the root of our demise. These men were all glorified puppets! After almost 60 years still absolutely no hope just running to stay still. O Ghana!
Che Guevara 11 years ago

Count them: Osagyefo Dr Kwame Knrumah's Pwalugu Tomato Factory; Bolga Corned Beef Factory; Kumasi Shoe Factory; KumasiJute Bags; GIHOC Factories with subsidiaries, GiHOC Cannery at Nsawam and Takoradi caning Pinneaples, etc; ...
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Count them: Osagyefo Dr Kwame Knrumah's Pwalugu Tomato Factory; Bolga Corned Beef Factory; Kumasi Shoe Factory; KumasiJute Bags; GIHOC Factories with subsidiaries, GiHOC Cannery at Nsawam and Takoradi caning Pinneaples, etc; GIHOC Technical; Crocodile Matchets Factory, Bonsa Tyres producing various vehicle tyres; A Factory located somewhere producing Matches to light our fires; Black Star Line, Tema Shipyard & Dry Dock; Ghana Airways; Wenchi Tomato Factory; etc, etc, almost uncountable, using local raw materials. Yet some bankrupt soldiers and police men tookUs Dollars from the CIA to overthrow our Osagyefo, rendering our independence alomost meaningless today. I was quite knowledgeable enough in Middle School Form 4 to appreciate what the African of the 21st Century was about. So the almighty qq is: Who causam?? Anather QQ is: Why have all the politicians who succeeded Nkrumah not seen the independent thoughts of Osagyefo to emulate him. The Cedi's drop is surely attributed to over-reliance on imports rather than have import-substitution industries. Today's politicians want to import finished products of crude in order to gain kick backs. Where is Osagyefo's TOR?? We've failed, and now a failed state with no law working. We allow fraudsters like US Group of Companies to outscheme innocent Ghanaians while BOG and govt looks on; Okada is banned by an Act of Parliament, yet govt sits aloof to see citizens slaughtered daily on our roads. Is this not a banana Republic??
Fiscko 11 years ago

Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the smartest blackman ever live. He told us to unite but we didnt listen. We will pay the price forever. Why should it be countries in our own continent? It should be states ruled by one leader.

Dr Kwame Nkrumah is the smartest blackman ever live. He told us to unite but we didnt listen. We will pay the price forever. Why should it be countries in our own continent? It should be states ruled by one leader.
koffie 11 years ago

Mmmmmmm

Mmmmmmm
prospero kwansah 11 years ago

indeed is at times a shame to be Ghanaian. considering what our leaders do with the resources of the state that was ones an example to other states in africa. the proud african country. there is a lot of self minded leaders m ...
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indeed is at times a shame to be Ghanaian. considering what our leaders do with the resources of the state that was ones an example to other states in africa. the proud african country. there is a lot of self minded leaders mixed with others who think they know all and do not need any ones advise.The question is that what and where are the good ideas or is the gun a better ruler than the pen and book?
Lord Tennison 11 years ago

The first opportunity for Ghana to develop was offered to Nkrumah on a silver platter by capitalist Great Britain.He blew it because of opportunism.
J.B Danquah and company had the right ideas:democracy for political stabil ...
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The first opportunity for Ghana to develop was offered to Nkrumah on a silver platter by capitalist Great Britain.He blew it because of opportunism.
J.B Danquah and company had the right ideas:democracy for political stability to attract investments, and privatization and a mixed market economy which have guaranteed others speedy and sustainable prosperity.
The plight of Ghana has always been the curses of dictatorship and socialism that Nkrumah put on Ghana.
Our history is repleted with efforts to democratize(a correction of dictatorship) and privatization(a correction of Nkrumah's socialism mania).
Corruption also started with Nkrumah.Although,Nkrumah himself was incorruptible,he failed to straighten up Krobo Adusei and his confederates in corruption ministers of state.
As we celebrate our 57 years of independence,it is my fervent hope that Ghanaians will reflect deeply on how they elect our representatives.It is a sad commentary that we are still in the doldrums of political and socioeconomic development.
With all the human and natural resources at our disposal,economic prosperity should be the birthright of every Ghanaian:natural born or naturalized.
The fault is not in our stars,but in ourselves that these so-called international officials continue to meddle in our affairs as an independent nation.
We have theoretical presidents and appointees who cannot translate rudimentary and common knowledge to practice and solve our problems.
Square pegs in round holes who have vied and are vying for leadership positions but are clueless about what leadership entails.
Until those people change their"what- is -in- for me attitude which undermines one's ability to take the right decision and which is the strongest motivation for corruption,Ghana will not make any headway.
I wish all of you an enjoyable independence day celebration.
We should thank God for given us a land flowing with milk and honey,but which is not harvesting the milk and honey for the benefit of Ghanaians.
Long Live Ghana!
mugu1 11 years ago

CHECH YOUR WRITING something aren't correct also check your thought

CHECH YOUR WRITING something aren't correct also check your thought
PAN AFRICANIST 11 years ago

THIS MAN HAS SPOKEN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ESSENCE OF OUR INDEPENDENCY. IT IS VERY SAD TO SEE US 57 YEARS STILL BEGGING, WHILST WE ARE BLESSED WITH EVERY RESOURCES A COUNTRY NEED TO DEVELOP.I WILL DEDUCT MR. NKRUMAH'S 7 YEAR DEV ...
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THIS MAN HAS SPOKEN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ESSENCE OF OUR INDEPENDENCY. IT IS VERY SAD TO SEE US 57 YEARS STILL BEGGING, WHILST WE ARE BLESSED WITH EVERY RESOURCES A COUNTRY NEED TO DEVELOP.I WILL DEDUCT MR. NKRUMAH'S 7 YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN COS HE SET UP A LOT OD INTRASTRUCTURES BUT WE STARTED GOING BACKWARDS AFTER THE 24TH FEBRUARY 1966 COUP, WHICH THOSE COUP PLOTTERS, BEING STOOGES WERE USED TO DESTROY THEIR OWN ECONOMY.
Akyena Brantuo Snr 11 years ago

All these factories are gone due to that stupid coup plotters JJ Rawlings and his nasty Boakye Gyan. But these people are still complaining about unemployment in Ghana. God will punish them one by one.

All these factories are gone due to that stupid coup plotters JJ Rawlings and his nasty Boakye Gyan. But these people are still complaining about unemployment in Ghana. God will punish them one by one.
VICKY LEE BENTON 11 years ago

THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THE I.M.F. TO DICTATE TO US. WE HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES BUT WE LET THE WESTERNERS TELLS US HOW MUCH THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THEM. WE DON'T NAME OUR PRICES FOR THEIR CARS, SO WHY MUST WE ALLOW OURSELV ...
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THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS THE I.M.F. TO DICTATE TO US. WE HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES BUT WE LET THE WESTERNERS TELLS US HOW MUCH THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR THEM. WE DON'T NAME OUR PRICES FOR THEIR CARS, SO WHY MUST WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE RUN OVER LIKE THAT?
BECAUSE WE TURN TO THEM FOR A HAND OUT, BECAUSE OUR LEADERS ARE CORRUPT AND HAVE NO VISION TO TAKE THE COUNTRY TO THE NEXT STEP.
THE SHAMEFULLY ACTS RESENTLY WAS PRESIDENT MAHAMA CONFIDING TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR HELPING HIM TO FIX OUR ECONOMIC WOES.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OUR INDEPENDECE? AM SURE OSAGEFO DR. NKRUMAH IS TURNING IN HIS GRAVE.
I AM SAD THAT WE HAVE LOST A LEADER LIKE THAT AND THERE'S NOWHERE THAT WE CAN TURN TO.
LOOK AT A PERSON LIKE J.J. ALL THE WAY TO MAHAMA, WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES WHAT'S WRONG WITH US, BY ALLOWING IMCOMPETENT PEOPLE TO TAKE OVER OUR COUNTRY AND RUN IT DOWNWARD LIKE LIKE THAT.
ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THE BIG FIVE PUT FORTH FOR US HAS GONE IN VAINE.
Phagocyte 11 years ago

THIS IS PERFECTLY SPOKEN, BUT WHY CAN'T SUCH PERSONS WITH SUCH GOOD THOUGHTS BECOME PRESIDENT TO THIS NATION. AS THE ADAGE GOES "IF THE WISE REFUSES TO ATTEND A MEETING MEANT FOR MAKING LAWS, THE FOOLS WHO ATTENDED MAKES LAWS ...
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THIS IS PERFECTLY SPOKEN, BUT WHY CAN'T SUCH PERSONS WITH SUCH GOOD THOUGHTS BECOME PRESIDENT TO THIS NATION. AS THE ADAGE GOES "IF THE WISE REFUSES TO ATTEND A MEETING MEANT FOR MAKING LAWS, THE FOOLS WHO ATTENDED MAKES LAWS WHETHER GOOD OR BAD TO GOVERN THEM ALL ".
Mr Tee 11 years ago

tnks

tnks
Babs 11 years ago

Na who cause am mr Akosa

Na who cause am mr Akosa
Antiochus - London 11 years ago

Well said Prof. Akosa. We need broad minded people like you to steer the affairs of the country.

Well said Prof. Akosa. We need broad minded people like you to steer the affairs of the country.
Spiky 11 years ago

Thank you Prof Akosa. If anyone wants to understand the state in which we are today the one must understand the rivalry between Nkrumah and JB Danquah, the diametrically opposed political philosophies of Nkrumah and Danquah w ...
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Thank you Prof Akosa. If anyone wants to understand the state in which we are today the one must understand the rivalry between Nkrumah and JB Danquah, the diametrically opposed political philosophies of Nkrumah and Danquah which persist up to today and is undermining the progress of the country. The rivalry between Nkrumah and JB Danquah was very simple: Nkrumah wanted the total liberation of the Ghanaian and for that matter the African, i.e, freedom from the whiteman and freedom from the blackman {local feudalism presided over by chiefs (traditional authority)} in order to develop on his or her own, with or without assistance.
JB Danquah (I use JB Danquah here to represent himself, his party and followers) wanted partial freedom for the Ghanaian: freedom from the whitemen but under the rule of the feudal Lords (chiefs; traditional authority) in an alliance with the whiteman (under the guise of liberalism). This, to some extent was understandable as he was trying to protect his interest and the interest of his dynasty. But was it in the best interest of the ordinary Ghanaian in an era of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to replace one form of oppression with another?
Fortunately or unfortunately JB Danquah (I mean his party and followers) won with the overthrow of Nkrumah, having set him up to fail. And that meant undoing or destroying all that Nkrumah had done for the emancipation of the Ghanaian, including the industrial foundation that Nkrumah had laid, which in effect also meant returning the blackman into (neo)colonialism and dependency.
Doubtless, Akosa is spot on, and if we hate what we are seeing today the alternative is not farfetched: Go back to what Nkrumah wished for his people: TRUE INDEPENDENCE which he tried to preserve and protect by any means including the Prevention Detention Act (PDA).
Some of us might hate Nkrumah for what he did, especially the detention of our fathers, uncles and brothers but it will be foolhardy to hate TRUE INDEPENDENCE which he wished for us, worked hard for and was imprisoned on our behalf with the other members of the BIG SIX. I do not even think that Nkrumah wanted the PDA but he had no option, confronted with reactionary lawyers, sociologists and traditionalists (JB Danquah, Busia etc.) who least understood or did not have proactive political philosophies to advance the emancipation project; but whose aim was to replace one form of oppression with another.

There is a saying which goes like this:
At the age of sixteen if you are not pretty;
At the age of thirty if you are not strong;
At the age of forty if you are not wise;
Then you'd better forget.

Ghana is 57 years old today, (and I wish all Ghanaians a HAPPY BIRTHDAY), and by this saying we would be expected to throw in the towel but a nation is not like an individual. We are still young compared to other countries that have been in existence for hundreds of years. We can mend our ways, even if it means going back to start from where we went astray. Sank?fa, y?nkyiri! There is nothing wrong with going back to starting all over again. What we need is the courage to hide our pride and admit our mistakes; the wisdom to chart a new path; and the determination to succeed, united and patriotic in our diversity.
Long Live Ghana! Long Live the Founding Fathers, including J. B. Danquah and Kwame Nkrumah, all of whom we owe our gratitude for their respective roles in giving birth to GHANA, our MOTHERLAND!
Whatever 11 years ago

Places where Ghanaians can walk in Ghana stretches and crosses into distance of more than thousands of miles with soil layers so fertile, able to grow anything and everything yet there is hunger and deprivation on the land. S ...
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Places where Ghanaians can walk in Ghana stretches and crosses into distance of more than thousands of miles with soil layers so fertile, able to grow anything and everything yet there is hunger and deprivation on the land. Some of the places Ghanaians walk have deposits of precious mineral under them yet Ghanaian settlers there are poor. Something is fundamentally wrong with the state and that thing look all to well familiar. Colonialism in its modern form has roared back! Our independence has become meaningless as Nkrumah feared
Anina 11 years ago

Ghana must forget about celebrating indpoendanc eday because it is money being wasted down the drain.

Ghana must forget about celebrating indpoendanc eday because it is money being wasted down the drain.
Anina 11 years ago

So why do we celebrate it wasting our limited resources . Lets face facts are we really independant when we always depend on products from other countries rather our very own?

So why do we celebrate it wasting our limited resources . Lets face facts are we really independant when we always depend on products from other countries rather our very own?
TEE 11 years ago

AFTER NKRUMAH WE HAVE NOT GOT ANY VISIONARY. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE ARE FACING IN GHANA NOW. I KNOW FOR SURE MAHAMA IS GOING TO LIE 1000% TO THE GUINEA PRESIDENT. I AM SICK TO HEAR A PRESIDENT OF GUINEA VISITING GHANA FOR OUR ...
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AFTER NKRUMAH WE HAVE NOT GOT ANY VISIONARY. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE ARE FACING IN GHANA NOW. I KNOW FOR SURE MAHAMA IS GOING TO LIE 1000% TO THE GUINEA PRESIDENT. I AM SICK TO HEAR A PRESIDENT OF GUINEA VISITING GHANA FOR OUR INDEPENDENT 57 SOLID YEARS AND WHAT HAVE WE GAINED NOTHING ONLY EMPTY HEADS HAVE RULED THIS COUNTRY OF MILK PERIOD
Charlie, U.S.A 11 years ago

BEFORE INDEPENDENCE AND AFTER INDEPENDENCE (57YEAR LATER)WHICH IS BETTER ECONOMICALLY? NOW OR THEN. I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME TO LET THE CITIZENS OF GHANA DECIDE ON A GENERAL REFERENDUM WHETHER GHANAIANS WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK ...
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BEFORE INDEPENDENCE AND AFTER INDEPENDENCE (57YEAR LATER)WHICH IS BETTER ECONOMICALLY? NOW OR THEN. I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME TO LET THE CITIZENS OF GHANA DECIDE ON A GENERAL REFERENDUM WHETHER GHANAIANS WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE WHITEMAN'S RULE OR NOT. GHANAIANS (AFRICANS) ARE INCAPABLE OF GOVERNING OURSELVES. UNTIL WHEN DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR A BETTER GHANA AFTER INDEPENDENCE. I DO NOT KNOW.
Sankofa 11 years ago

“the significance of [independence] is such that, today it’s the World Bank and all the UN agencies that think for us. It’s the various Embassies in this country that think for us.”

Spot on Prof Akosa. It is shocki ...
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“the significance of [independence] is such that, today it’s the World Bank and all the UN agencies that think for us. It’s the various Embassies in this country that think for us.”

Spot on Prof Akosa. It is shocking the way foreigners dominate our country. Our economy is controlled by foreign multinationals which are making massive profits to the detriment of our people. Anglogold is so rich it has built a private airport in our country, and has pointedly refused to pay an extra 10% windfall tax. Tullow and its partners hold 85% share of the Jubilee oilfields - the Tullow group profit rose by a whopping 168% in the first year of operating the field. The multinationals dictate their own terms to us in signing contracts, and will not fulfill their tax obligations.

Our economic policy is dictated by the IMF and World Bank, surrogates of USA and Europe. Donor agencies with impunity forced Dr Esther Bediako out of office as Government Statistician and installed Dr Philomena Nyarko in her place, promoting her above her superiors. They did this riding rough shod over our constitution which mandates our President to appoint the GS.

Ambassadors and ministers of the Big world powers have all too easy access to our President and his ministers of state.The plethora of foreign-controlled NGOs operating in our country have a field day influencing policy with the connivance of Ghanaian front men. They sent a list of 30 women to President Mahama after the last election asking him to appoint more women as ministers. Some women ministerial appointments are to be found on this list.

We must begin to think and solve problems ourselves instead of relying on Foreign countries. 57 years after achieving political independence, let us pursue true political and economic independence.
Frank Akoto 11 years ago

Well said, Prof. I have been asking myself why are you not the President.

You are a man of wisdom; cast in the mould of our late President Dr Kwame Nkrumah. The truth shall always make you free.Keep up your spirited speec ...
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Well said, Prof. I have been asking myself why are you not the President.

You are a man of wisdom; cast in the mould of our late President Dr Kwame Nkrumah. The truth shall always make you free.Keep up your spirited speeches!!
Tadi Ba 11 years ago

YEARS OF EXACTLY WHAT? By CAMERON DUODU

QUOTE: "Russian historians past and present have often liked to contemplate Russia's role in the community of nations. . . [One] view, emerging after the bloody decades of revoluti ...
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YEARS OF EXACTLY WHAT? By CAMERON DUODU

QUOTE: "Russian historians past and present have often liked to contemplate Russia's role in the community of nations. . . [One] view, emerging after the bloody decades of revolution, civil war and Stalinist purges [in Russia] was that Russia, with its tragic history, was meant to provide a cautionary example to other nations [of] how not to arrange their affairs.

"I would like to join this debate with my own... notion of Russia's role on the world stage....Today, Russia seems to act more like a global buffoon. At the circus, acts by acrobats, tightrope walkers and animal tamers are usually larded with appearances by clowns, whose job is to mimic and ridicule all those nerve-wracking, death-defying stunts...

"Even the Russian presidency is faintly clownish. Russians still groan at the mention of a tipsy Boris Yeltsin conducting a German military band... [But] if truth be told, the story of [Russia's] current president is no less amusing. We have here, an obscure former KGB colonel, hand-picked as heir apparent, in a back-room deal by Kremlin insiders and wealthy oligarchs. Just four months later, he was catapulted to supreme power and soon turned savagely on his own benefactors....

"My buffoon state theory goes to show that the oft-heard accusation that the Russian political and bureaucratic classes are utterly incompetent is just plain wrong. Clowns are usually fantastic acrobats, jugglers and tightrope walkers in their own right. In some ways, they are even better and more versatile than "serious" performers. They just do it differently. Russian leaders, too, are skilled -- but they are skilled in buffoonery. [So] the antics of the Buffoon State may be amusing for outside observers, but not for the Russian people. " UNQUOTE (Russian Buffoon State Is No Laughing Matter By Alexei Bayer -- Moscow Times May. 18 2005)

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No, dear reader, this article is not about the Russian invasion of the Crimea region of the Ukraine Republic - although President Putin's decision to use force to try and reverse the movement of Ukraine towards membership of the European Union, can turn out to be an own goal of clownish proportions.

No, what amuses me is the idea of Ghana trotting out its state
paraphernalia on Thursday, 6 March, to celebrate with "pomp and "bunting", 57 years of its independence.

Have you wondered: "What exactly shall we be celebrating,?"

I was born in a normal-sized village during the colonial times whose end we shall be celebrating. This village was sited by my ancestors in such an idyllic spot - between two rivers - that on one's return from one's farm, one could make a cup out of green leaves, dip it straight into either river, and drink clean, healthy, cold water to quench one's thirst.

There was no guinea-worm in that water. There were no cholera germs, either. So no-one in my age group ever died of a water-borne disease.

But today, both the rivers in my village are DEAD! One was killed by stupid farmers who cut down the trees on its banks, that protected it from the sun's rays. They also made farms too close to the river and thereby dried up the underground water-tables that filled the river with new water after each rainfall.

The other river, however, was killed by the deliberate action of galamsey operators. They came in the night, guided by people from the village itself. They used machines, hoes and spades, to turn the river-bed upside down. They panned the sand from the river-bed, using mercury and other poisonous chemicals, in a search for gold from the sand.

One day, the river was there, making its serene way to join the Birem at Nsutem. The next day, it was going nowhere. Only enormous holes were scattered along its path'. The holes quickly filled up with mud and greenish algae. Other holes just gaped open, attracting poisonous serpents.

Not a soul had seen the galamsey operators at work. Except their murderous fellow conspirators, who brought them into their own village, and directed them to the river that had sustained their lives for years. Ever heard of such sublime and monumental stupidity?

Now, I am ashamed to admit that if we lived in colonial times, this could not have happened. The district CID, based at
Kyebi, would have been told by the District Commissioner that if Birem had been targeted at Kyebi and elsewhere by the galamsey operators, then its tributaries, such as Supong, would also be targeted. And the DC would have sent the CID waiting for the galamsey operators on the banks of Supong.

But today, our CID is only interested in what politicians say. Let a Kennedy Agyapong bray like a donkey and the CID will be on his neck. But destroy a river bequeathed to the people ''of a village thousands of years ago? Sorry, it is not CID work. Public safety? That is a political determination, no?

Maybe you should go and tell the Environmental Protection Agency? But the Environmental Protection Agency would almost certainly tell you that its job is to provide guidelines to the State to pass legislation to protect the environment. The EPA, you see, has no powers to enforce those laws once they are passed. There are no environmental police, you understand? There are only the regular police, and they are under the Ministry of the Interior.

My friends, this is the country whose independence anniversary I am supposed to celebrate on Thursday? If I were to celebrate that anniversary, would I not be celebrating the activities of a "buffoon state" that is so incredibly incompetent that it cannot prevent the destruction of the water-sources of its own citizens? A buffoon state that does not even know that it is from a healthy populace, which drinks obtains good, safe water, that taxes - both direct and indirect - can be levied to pay for the life-styles of the 87 ministers and deputy ministers, as well as the 700 or so presidential staffers, who milk the exchequer each day?

This is the visceral level at which I can illustrate my inability to take any pleasure in our having become an independent state.

Mind you, I was not always this despondent. Independence for Ghana meant that at the age of 23, I was doing an editor's job at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation once done by a white man seconded from the BBC. I had a brand new sports car. And one more promotion would have catapulted me into a Senior Editor's position, in which I would have been given an official bungalow furnished and maintained by the PWD!.

We enjoyed these privileges and worked hard to justify them. In my case, in spite of my accelerated promotions, I was head-hunted away from the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to become editor of Drum Magazine, the largest-selling monthly paper in Ghana. My housing allowance alone was as good as my GBC salary. And, again I had Ghana's independence to thank for that.

All over Ghana, young people like myself were being given such opportunities to show what they could do. Peter Dorkenoo and Tom Agyare were soon flying the VC-10, one of the most modern jet aircraft available at the time. Bank managers, electrical engineers, brilliant University dons - name them - Ghana was providing them. Our standard was to use what the British had bequeathed to us well enough to show we were equal to anyone in the world. And we added this most palatable of sauces: we were doing it for ourselves, unlike the British who were hired to serve our country, but knew they would eventually go back home.

Where, oh where, is that haughty spirit we cultivated in 1957?
Today, we are ruled by people some of whom are hardly-literate, although many have been certified as degree-holders.

People to whom smelly gutters don't matter.
People who are not concerned if hospitals have no doctors or life-saving drugs.
People to whom schools under trees are acceptable.
People to whom schools with toilets "fit for cows" can be ignored because their own children go to expensive schools that have flush toilets.
People who can drive over a stretch of road, only 30-kilometres long, that has lain unmotorable for six years and yet think that that is all right because they drive robustly-built 4 by 4s with windows closed for air-conditioning.
People who can connive to steal state funds by refusing to defend the state when unscrupulous thieves sue the state and obtain judgements debts for no work done.

Reader, if I were to join in celebrating the antics of this "buffoon state", I would be telling my grand-children and their friends that I too -- like those who I and my fellow citizens are unfortunate enough to be governed by -- am a buffoon.I cannot do that..

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GAS 11 years ago

PROF.WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THESE YEARS?YOU SEEM TO HAVE JUST WAKEN UP AFTER YOUR ........ AT HOME.LET US TALK LESS ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, I THINK EVERY ONE KNOWS.YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO FAILED THIS COUNTRY AFTER T ...
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PROF.WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THESE YEARS?YOU SEEM TO HAVE JUST WAKEN UP AFTER YOUR ........ AT HOME.LET US TALK LESS ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, I THINK EVERY ONE KNOWS.YOU ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO FAILED THIS COUNTRY AFTER THE FREE EDUCATION YOU HAVE ENJOYED FROM THE SAME GHANA.WERE YOU NOT A DIRECTOR BEFORE? WHAT IS YOUR MARK?
JC 11 years ago

How can a beggar country with thieves, crooks and rogues as rulers be an independent country?

How can a beggar country with thieves, crooks and rogues as rulers be an independent country?
Bortear 11 years ago

Let us study the way the Swiss practice their demacracy if we want to maintain party politics. Otherwise let make all parliamentarians independent candidates. Then in parliament they can choose among themselves who should be ...
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Let us study the way the Swiss practice their demacracy if we want to maintain party politics. Otherwise let make all parliamentarians independent candidates. Then in parliament they can choose among themselves who should be the overall leader.
By this parliamentarians will be free to decide on issues in parliament. Secondly they will consult their electorate and be accountable to them as well. This will as eliminate all the rivalry.
OSAGYEFO NANA KWAME OTUAPEMG 11 years ago

WELL DELIVERED, DR. GHANA IS SICK AND MOST OF IT PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY ILL. THE YOUTH ESPECIALLY ARE NOT THE YOUTH IN THOSE DAYS THAT WERE SO MUCH PATRIOT FOR THIS COUNTRY. BUT ALL BECAUSE OF "BAD, GREEDY GOVERNANCE AFTER OSAGY ...
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WELL DELIVERED, DR. GHANA IS SICK AND MOST OF IT PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY ILL. THE YOUTH ESPECIALLY ARE NOT THE YOUTH IN THOSE DAYS THAT WERE SO MUCH PATRIOT FOR THIS COUNTRY. BUT ALL BECAUSE OF "BAD, GREEDY GOVERNANCE AFTER OSAGYEFO KWAME NKRUMAH"

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Ghana is an apology of an independent state – Akosa

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