Leadership by example. Words are good but action I'd still better
Leadership by example. Words are good but action I'd still better
Kuuluuluu busibie 9 years ago
PROF, YOU ARE TOO INTELLIGENT TO GO THAT LANE! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FAILURES IT TOOK TO MAKE THE FIRST PLANE, BULB, CAR AND ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY! SO, AND AFTER-ALL, YOU ARE LIKE THE REST, WHO EAS ... read full comment
PROF, YOU ARE TOO INTELLIGENT TO GO THAT LANE! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FAILURES IT TOOK TO MAKE THE FIRST PLANE, BULB, CAR AND ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY! SO, AND AFTER-ALL, YOU ARE LIKE THE REST, WHO EASILY GIVE UP. I AM DISAPPOINTED!
Hamzy 9 years ago
Prof. It is easy for u to say scrap. Ecowas has it benefit and disadvantage and the benefit is huge. First is the support of ecowas troops in war zone. Many Africa countries are receive military support in times of needs. E ... read full comment
Prof. It is easy for u to say scrap. Ecowas has it benefit and disadvantage and the benefit is huge. First is the support of ecowas troops in war zone. Many Africa countries are receive military support in times of needs. Even wen Ebola started. Some of the countries like Nigeria raise money but it was not enough. Also west Africa gas pipeline even though it has it problem it has also help immensely. And many other project came out of it. And it takes time to make things work. Considering the fact that almost half of the ecowas countries are in abject poverty We need each other support. Even in our own small little way. U are sitting comfortable in your home but not some kids in Somali. South Sudan or drc Congo. Let always think of unity
Ann 9 years ago
The question should be how do we make regional integration and ECOWAS more relevant.The East African countries are moving forward due to common language Swahili and language.We need to find ways of making ECOWAS more effectiv ... read full comment
The question should be how do we make regional integration and ECOWAS more relevant.The East African countries are moving forward due to common language Swahili and language.We need to find ways of making ECOWAS more effective. AU is necessarybut the cultural , economic,social dynamics are more complex.
WILLIAM 9 years ago
Prof, what are you professing?dID YOU REALLY SAY THAT? If you did, do you really know ECOWAS? LIKE ANY ORGANISATION ECOWAS FACES SOME CHALLENGES. BUT TO RECOMMEND DISSOLUTION FROM A POSITION OF SUCH IGNORANCE IS TERRIBLY UNFO ... read full comment
Prof, what are you professing?dID YOU REALLY SAY THAT? If you did, do you really know ECOWAS? LIKE ANY ORGANISATION ECOWAS FACES SOME CHALLENGES. BUT TO RECOMMEND DISSOLUTION FROM A POSITION OF SUCH IGNORANCE IS TERRIBLY UNFORTUNATE!!!
KANTINKA 9 years ago
ECOWAS has become dinner meeting places for these unperformed and corrupt Wqest African ministers. It is of no use. Dissolve ECOWAS
ECOWAS has become dinner meeting places for these unperformed and corrupt Wqest African ministers. It is of no use. Dissolve ECOWAS
Tuudah Daasebreh 9 years ago
If it will not be dissolved, I will support Ghana's withdrawal from it. It is just a talking shop and serves no useful purpose.
If it will not be dissolved, I will support Ghana's withdrawal from it. It is just a talking shop and serves no useful purpose.
Frank 9 years ago
INTERGRATION IS NOT WORKING. LOOK AT NIGERIA BANNING SO-CALLED FOREIGN (AFRICAN ) GOODS INTO THEIR COUNTRY, WHICH PRESIDENT MAHAMA HAS PERSONALLY CHALLENGED. LOOK AT IVORY COAST TRYING TO BAN MOVEMENT OF CASHEW NUTS FROM THEI ... read full comment
INTERGRATION IS NOT WORKING. LOOK AT NIGERIA BANNING SO-CALLED FOREIGN (AFRICAN ) GOODS INTO THEIR COUNTRY, WHICH PRESIDENT MAHAMA HAS PERSONALLY CHALLENGED. LOOK AT IVORY COAST TRYING TO BAN MOVEMENT OF CASHEW NUTS FROM THEIR COUNTRY INTO GHANA, AND MANY OTHERS FRUSTRATING TRADE BARRIERS.
WE SHOULD NEVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF COMMON CURRENCY FOR WEST AFRICA. THERE IS POVERTY IN THIS SUB-REGION AND COMMON CURRENCY IS NOT THE WAY TO SOLVE POVERTY. LOOK AT EVEN DEVELOPED ECONOMIES IN THE EU AND WHAT THEY HAVE GONE THRU AND WHAT IS GOING ON, THEIR GDP GROWING AT AV. OF 1%.
WHAT AFRICAN POLITICIANS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND IS BAD GOVERNANCE AND SKILLS IN CORRUPTION. WE CONTINUE TO BEG EU NATIONS TO FEED US, FOR LOANS WHICH GO TO PRIVATE POCKETS. WHERE IS THE WEST AFRICAN GAS FROM NIGERIA? THEY PROMISED TO GIVE GAS, THEN WITHOUT COMING OUT WITH THE TRUTH THE NIGERIANS ARE PLANNING TO SELL THEIR GAS TO EUROPE. THE GAS SUPPLY CAN WAIT FOREVER. WHAT KIND OF INTERGRATION? FORGET. FORGET ECOWAS. IT WILL LEAD US NO WHERE
mojingles 9 years ago
Yes, it is real defeatist to call for the scrapping of a regional body that has done so much for the integration of West Africa......Akosah is losing his marbles...his mind.....because no sane individual let alone an intellec ... read full comment
Yes, it is real defeatist to call for the scrapping of a regional body that has done so much for the integration of West Africa......Akosah is losing his marbles...his mind.....because no sane individual let alone an intellectual, would put forth such an idiotic notion.
Gye Nyame 9 years ago
Even my dad who was close to Nkrumah's age and a strong advocate of Nkrumah could think outside the box. Akosa is saying "African Union (AU) should be maintained to champion the cause of Africa" just because that was Nkrumah ... read full comment
Even my dad who was close to Nkrumah's age and a strong advocate of Nkrumah could think outside the box. Akosa is saying "African Union (AU) should be maintained to champion the cause of Africa" just because that was Nkrumah and CPP's brain child. It is clear after the history of the OAU/AU that smaller regional unions may be more effective than the continental version; albeit ECOWAS is not great due to the same malaise that most of our African leaders suffer from. It does seem like the EAC is working fairly well for the East Africans, may be ECOWAS should take a page from them.
Shabi 9 years ago
My friend, the truth of the matter is that none of these smaller regional groups in Africa are working at all for their regions. Even if they were to work well and succeed, they would eventually only pose another problem for ... read full comment
My friend, the truth of the matter is that none of these smaller regional groups in Africa are working at all for their regions. Even if they were to work well and succeed, they would eventually only pose another problem for the obviously more purposeful and viable AU.
The main reason why the initial efforts at consolidating the OAU did not proceed at the expected pace, was that many of the newly independent African states, were run by ignorant clueless leaders who did not, or were not ready to relinquish their new-found joy of holding on to state power. They undermined the effort - of course with the more than happy collaboration of the imperialist powers who would have considered resorting to a world war if they had to, to avoid such a development which would have collapsed their so-called successful capitalist economies overnight.
The regional groupings idea was without any doubt an imperialist scheme - a diversionary tactic just to put to rest, another much-touted imperialist lie that "..Africa is too big and too ethnically fragmented to make an attempt at unification. Of course it also plays into the promotion of imperialist bigotry that "..Africans are not intelligent enough", to take the African Union bull by the horns. Again it plays right smack into the sedated minds of naive African intellectuals whose only aspiration in life is to mimic and make-believe that they are 'as intelligent' and as 'civilized' as white people and so if white people do not like this idea of an African Union, then it cannot possibly be a good idea.
Can any thinking African in his/her right mind conjecture what would happen even if the regional groupings were to eventually become strong? That would certainly be an emphatic and irreversible bye-bye to the African Union. They would form another intransigent bloc that may even wage wars, at the instigation of of global imperialism, upon each other.
Without any doubt, after the early few nationalist leaders, the regional groupings thing was imposed on effectively brainwashed second and third generation post-independence African leaders who are so obtuse and psychologically comatose that they require foreign assistance to even hold nationalist elections, to scatter the idea of the AU. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to figure this out. Even the most befuddled politicians amongst us - the Danquah-Busia racket and their ilk, make, albeit, belated pretensions to the need for African Unity when the desperate need to lure more votes to attain power, clears the fog from their minds.
To achieve their purposes, many millions of native Indians were wiped off the face of the earth and the imperialists fought bloody wars amongst themselves and their varying principles and aspirations to capture and consolidate the unity of America as one country.
Africans, also victims of the insensitive and greedy quest by Europe to control and own all of the world, today think that African Unity can be achieved by the adverse logic nicey-nicey processes.
Kuuluuluu busibie 9 years ago
SO YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE DEBATE, "SHABI" - SORRY, EHHHHHHHHH AKO
SO YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE DEBATE, "SHABI" - SORRY, EHHHHHHHHH AKO
Shabi 9 years ago
No no no no no, my friend you got it all wrong. This Shabi is definitely not Akosa. Why should I be? And even if I was, does it really matter? Isnt it the issues and the substance that we are interested in?
Perhaps his vie ... read full comment
No no no no no, my friend you got it all wrong. This Shabi is definitely not Akosa. Why should I be? And even if I was, does it really matter? Isnt it the issues and the substance that we are interested in?
Perhaps his views may be similar to mine but arent there many similar views from different people on different subjects from different parts of the world? It happens you know!
EDUARDO DOMINGO 9 years ago
I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT WILL WORK OUT IF WE SCRAP THE ECOWAS, BUT SEEING THAT IT HAS NOT DONE US ANY GOOD, I HAVE NO STRONG ARGUMENT AGAINST YOUR STAND DEAR PROFESSOR, MAY BE IF WE HEED YOUR ADVICE AT LEAST WE WILL KNOW WHAT TO ... read full comment
I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT WILL WORK OUT IF WE SCRAP THE ECOWAS, BUT SEEING THAT IT HAS NOT DONE US ANY GOOD, I HAVE NO STRONG ARGUMENT AGAINST YOUR STAND DEAR PROFESSOR, MAY BE IF WE HEED YOUR ADVICE AT LEAST WE WILL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AT EACH OTHERS BORDERS, AND WE WILL NOT FALL INTO FALSE BELIEVES THAT WE ARE ONE BODY, AND BE FRISKED AND CHARGED FOR EVERY STEPS , WELL THIS IS A REAL CONFUSING DEBATE!!
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Obi 9 years ago
Thank God this prof will never be president of Ghana.
Thank God this prof will never be president of Ghana.
Ad wa 9 years ago
Prof, i suport u 100% but sould we scrap only ecowas when it clear in our face that we hav failed to manage our individual countries? We dont need rocket scienc to know for example that ghana we hav failed as a country, if gh ... read full comment
Prof, i suport u 100% but sould we scrap only ecowas when it clear in our face that we hav failed to manage our individual countries? We dont need rocket scienc to know for example that ghana we hav failed as a country, if ghanaians cant manage our ships, planes, gov't houses, telecoms etc. How den can we manage governace?
ROY 9 years ago
DR KWAME NKRUMAH LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THE POLITICAL/ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION OF GHANA.WHAT DID HE GET IN RETURN? HE WAS BETRAYED AND TREATED AS A DEMON BY THE SAME GHANAIANS FOR WHOM HE FOUGHT. THIS "UNGRATEFUL" ATTITUDE OF GH ... read full comment
DR KWAME NKRUMAH LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THE POLITICAL/ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION OF GHANA.WHAT DID HE GET IN RETURN? HE WAS BETRAYED AND TREATED AS A DEMON BY THE SAME GHANAIANS FOR WHOM HE FOUGHT. THIS "UNGRATEFUL" ATTITUDE OF GHANAIANS SEEMS TO HAVE CAUSED A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON LEADERSHIP IN GHANA AND AFRICA.
CURRENT AFRICAN LEADERS SEEM UNWILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THEIR PEOPLE. THEY HAVE SIMPLY GIVEN UP ON THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL/ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION OF THEIR PEOPLE. SO, IT SEEMS WE ARE GOING TO STAY IN THIS POLITICAL/ECONOMIC SLAVERY FOREVER.
Kofi 9 years ago
You are wrong. Nkrumah did not lay down his life for the political and economic emancipation of Africa.
You are wrong. Nkrumah did not lay down his life for the political and economic emancipation of Africa.
Abeiku Brew - South Africa 9 years ago
Much as ECOWAS has lost its focus i believe it is in the interest of the subregion to have it maintained. The noble ideas for which it was established should revisited by our leadres
Much as ECOWAS has lost its focus i believe it is in the interest of the subregion to have it maintained. The noble ideas for which it was established should revisited by our leadres
Mama Rosina 9 years ago
African leaders such is in Ghana needs to die a little for their country. The moment these clows are elected into office, they begin the process called number one(#1) themselves.
Ghana needs do is dump leaders who are selfis ... read full comment
African leaders such is in Ghana needs to die a little for their country. The moment these clows are elected into office, they begin the process called number one(#1) themselves.
Ghana needs do is dump leaders who are selfish immediately they get the chance. If you want two terms, you must proove that you deserve it.
G. K. Berko 9 years ago
I'd rather favor drastic reformation to ensure focus on programs that would make immediate positive impact on the lives of the Citizens. Dissolving ECOWAS would be an immense blow to our collective self-confidence, and put th ... read full comment
I'd rather favor drastic reformation to ensure focus on programs that would make immediate positive impact on the lives of the Citizens. Dissolving ECOWAS would be an immense blow to our collective self-confidence, and put the ultimate goal for the Committee in permanent jeopardy.
We should not go the East African way where their first similar organization was dissolved. It has become even more difficult for the East Africans to start another organization of that nature to replace the dead one, than it was for them to resolve any difficulties that led to the abandonment of the first.
We should take a cue from the EU both for strengthening ECOWAS and AU, and protect our efforts from being undermined by the EU and others who consider our Unity as an existential handicap to them.
What we continuously fail to admit is that there are many forces that clandestinely undermine our resolve to fulfill the mandate given to individual members of the Organizations. Many would object to this idea and solely blame our leaders alone for the failure of the ECOWAS and the AU. However, the more we reject such influences on our individual member Nations to either drag their feet, or totally refuse to comply with consensus programs and regulations, the more incapable we grow to turn the organizations around.
Surely, the individual leaderships are generally not dedicated enough. But we have failed to establish why. It is not simply selfish personal interests that cause such poor performance by the Organizations. It is not, also, like the Administrative machinery of the Organizations are corrupt that is causing the failure of these entities. It is rather the membership Nations that have failed to go along with the directives etched out for progress.
I can understand how if how corruption among the leaders of a member Nation reach a certain point, that Nation may, for instance, not be able to honor certain expected contributions to allow the organization function well. However, that has, largely, not been the case. It is rather the failure of the Nations to implement common principles that ought to be adhered to by all the Nations.
How many of the Francophone Nations, for example, want to abandon their over-reliance on France to shape their Economy, or the CIFA? How many of the other members, like us, Ghana, would open their borders for free migration and Capital relocation?
Instead of finding ways to embark upon joint projects that could be mutually more beneficial, we tend to choose antagonistic litigious approaches that tend to cost the parties more and sour our relationships. A case in point is our Petroleum fracas with the Ivory Coast. Many believe it is the French that are behind the Ivorian's chosen path of litigation, so that the European former Colonial master of the Ivory Coast would get a share in the ultimate benefits from the Oil.
Many have asked that if the French were really solely for the interests of the Ivorians in that regard, they would have initiated a more ambitious exploration for the Ivorians long ago, and would not have waited till Ghana took that huge step to tap her Oil resources close to her border with the Ivory Coast.
Policies that would appear to the former Colonial masters as too nationalistic and pan-African are quickly attacked beyond our Continental borders to prevent their adoption by some member Nations. It is the same divide-and-conquer schemes at play but in a more sophisticated and remote-controlled mode.
Long Live Ghana!!!
Kofi 9 years ago
Tjis is the most sensible statement Akosa has made in a very long time.
Tjis is the most sensible statement Akosa has made in a very long time.
Dramani 9 years ago
Anything associated with mahama is threatened.
President of Ghana, a middle income country has become HIPC..
ECOWAS chairman, Ebola outbreak
Now ECOWAS SHOULD BE SCRAPPED
Kudos to brainless mahama
Anything associated with mahama is threatened.
President of Ghana, a middle income country has become HIPC..
ECOWAS chairman, Ebola outbreak
Now ECOWAS SHOULD BE SCRAPPED
Kudos to brainless mahama
???? 9 years ago
Africa is poor in spite of abundant natural resources because of people like you Akosa
Africa is poor in spite of abundant natural resources because of people like you Akosa
Kofi Virginia 9 years ago
is Prof Akosa presenting this view based on his scholarly research or just because he feels that he can just say anything stupid?
is Prof Akosa presenting this view based on his scholarly research or just because he feels that he can just say anything stupid?
???? 9 years ago
ECOWAS should rather be strengthened and call countries like Ivory Coast to order when they behave in a manner contrary to ECOWAS advancement
ECOWAS should rather be strengthened and call countries like Ivory Coast to order when they behave in a manner contrary to ECOWAS advancement
TIJANI 9 years ago
what is the damp idiot talking about. what can we make good use of our resources if we have useless professors like your type. you are a professor but you can even solve a simple problem. just compare yourself to other profes ... read full comment
what is the damp idiot talking about. what can we make good use of our resources if we have useless professors like your type. you are a professor but you can even solve a simple problem. just compare yourself to other professors in Europe or America, you will realize you're only comparable to a diploma student in America or Europe. if you knew what to do with our resources, we wouldn't have foreigners in the country taken away our resources.
Kofi 9 years ago
It is not the professors running the country but idiots like..... That is the problem. We will have foreigners in the country so long as we continue to ignore our own people because of party politics. What didn't Dr. Bawumia ... read full comment
It is not the professors running the country but idiots like..... That is the problem. We will have foreigners in the country so long as we continue to ignore our own people because of party politics. What didn't Dr. Bawumia tell the government? Finally, was he not proven right? And what did we do? We brought in the IMF to tell us what to do when we have many experts here. So don't blame the professor, blame your idiots in high places!
Tina 9 years ago
Thank you prof. I agree with you thousand percent.
Thank you prof. I agree with you thousand percent.
YAO 9 years ago
ALL WE GOT FROM ECOWAS IS THE MASSIVE MIGRATION OF CRIMINALS FROM OTHER WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO GHANA. CAN ANYONE POINT TO ONE POSITIVE TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO GHANAIANS FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP?
ALL WE GOT FROM ECOWAS IS THE MASSIVE MIGRATION OF CRIMINALS FROM OTHER WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO GHANA. CAN ANYONE POINT TO ONE POSITIVE TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO GHANAIANS FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP?
MATIGARI 9 years ago
PROF REMEMBER THERE ARE OTHER REGIONAL GROUPING WHICH CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF THE COUNTRIES IN THEIR REGION. WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM TOO?
PROF REMEMBER THERE ARE OTHER REGIONAL GROUPING WHICH CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF THE COUNTRIES IN THEIR REGION. WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM TOO?
kas 9 years ago
Copy copy prof Give us break anytime u open.
Your mouth is all useless talk . Tell us what u have ever done for this country . Tell and give us practicable , workable solution to the problems u mention in ur article . Since ... read full comment
Copy copy prof Give us break anytime u open.
Your mouth is all useless talk . Tell us what u have ever done for this country . Tell and give us practicable , workable solution to the problems u mention in ur article . Since you are also a leader to some extend.
AZE 9 years ago
Plz edit some of the comments that people make before bringing it out for some of us to read. Some comments are very insulting and its not good at all.
Plz edit some of the comments that people make before bringing it out for some of us to read. Some comments are very insulting and its not good at all.
The mask 9 years ago
There is a place where you can be sure that you would find a representative (MP) from every part of Ghana year round gathered together to deliberate on the future and the current state of this country. Where is that? Parliame ... read full comment
There is a place where you can be sure that you would find a representative (MP) from every part of Ghana year round gathered together to deliberate on the future and the current state of this country. Where is that? Parliament house of course. If there is such a place then how should the place and the people there be treated in the scheme of things? What priority should such a house be given in the governance of the country? If there is such a place then what kind of people should we send there and how should we assess their performance?
Parliament must also provide a readily available renovated residence in Sakumono to a newly elected parliamentarian. Accommodation in Accra/Tema is expensive and not every MP-elect may have the money to rent a house as he or she may have exhausted his or her funds running for office.
Edem 9 years ago
Ecowas is the most viable regional body in Africa, why abandon it to AU with over 50 states. If all regional bodies had reached the status of ECOWAS AU objectives would have far advanced .
Ecowas is the most viable regional body in Africa, why abandon it to AU with over 50 states. If all regional bodies had reached the status of ECOWAS AU objectives would have far advanced .
mr amin. 9 years ago
i agree scrap ECOWAS
i agree scrap ECOWAS
KWASI. Accra. 9 years ago
I agree with you. It should be scrapped.
Look at the way Ghanaians are treated in other Ecowas countries!!
The importation of violent armed robberies,419 scams,etc.
Just scrap it!!!
I agree with you. It should be scrapped.
Look at the way Ghanaians are treated in other Ecowas countries!!
The importation of violent armed robberies,419 scams,etc.
Just scrap it!!!
Said it of old 9 years ago
It's taken a longtime for this fact to be acknowledged ! This was the subject of my 1983 thesis in England ! My thesis was : " Economic Community of West African States: Myth or Reality?". My main thrust was simply , its a fa ... read full comment
It's taken a longtime for this fact to be acknowledged ! This was the subject of my 1983 thesis in England ! My thesis was : " Economic Community of West African States: Myth or Reality?". My main thrust was simply , its a failure. I suggested in the thesis how it could be made useful if it must serve the purpose of driving the economic integration of the subregion . Thanks Prof. Akosa! ECOWAS/AU etc are mere imitations of European concepts. They lack substance , just talking shop where leaders meet , eat, drink and decide when to meet again to relieve stress.
judchrislam 9 years ago
One of the problems with African Institutions is that the lack of courage to evaluate a system or a setup to see its effectiveness. A good working team need to be in place. What is that ECOWAS was setup to be. Just take one ... read full comment
One of the problems with African Institutions is that the lack of courage to evaluate a system or a setup to see its effectiveness. A good working team need to be in place. What is that ECOWAS was setup to be. Just take one theme and work towards its success. We always bite more than we can chew.
Yaw Adu_Asare 9 years ago
This is the political moment to focus on a union of West African states to protect the territorial integrity of our societies.
This is the political moment to focus on a union of West African states to protect the territorial integrity of our societies.
impromptus 9 years ago
Not fit for the purpose
Not fit for the purpose
S. Matanawui 9 years ago
All this man is interested in is cheap populist talk that is sensational and he never makes much sense. Everything he says is geared towards reducing everything to absurdity.He is an ambitious empty barrell who should begin t ... read full comment
All this man is interested in is cheap populist talk that is sensational and he never makes much sense. Everything he says is geared towards reducing everything to absurdity.He is an ambitious empty barrell who should begin to learn to shut up and an embarassment to his CPP.
ASUMAN 9 years ago
PROF AKOSA HAVE YOU SOLVED THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR WIFE? THE MAID?
PROF AKOSA HAVE YOU SOLVED THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR WIFE? THE MAID?
Leadership by example. Words are good but action I'd still better
PROF, YOU ARE TOO INTELLIGENT TO GO THAT LANE! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FAILURES IT TOOK TO MAKE THE FIRST PLANE, BULB, CAR AND ALL THE COMFORTS OF LIFE WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY! SO, AND AFTER-ALL, YOU ARE LIKE THE REST, WHO EAS ...
read full comment
Prof. It is easy for u to say scrap. Ecowas has it benefit and disadvantage and the benefit is huge. First is the support of ecowas troops in war zone. Many Africa countries are receive military support in times of needs. E ...
read full comment
The question should be how do we make regional integration and ECOWAS more relevant.The East African countries are moving forward due to common language Swahili and language.We need to find ways of making ECOWAS more effectiv ...
read full comment
Prof, what are you professing?dID YOU REALLY SAY THAT? If you did, do you really know ECOWAS? LIKE ANY ORGANISATION ECOWAS FACES SOME CHALLENGES. BUT TO RECOMMEND DISSOLUTION FROM A POSITION OF SUCH IGNORANCE IS TERRIBLY UNFO ...
read full comment
ECOWAS has become dinner meeting places for these unperformed and corrupt Wqest African ministers. It is of no use. Dissolve ECOWAS
If it will not be dissolved, I will support Ghana's withdrawal from it. It is just a talking shop and serves no useful purpose.
INTERGRATION IS NOT WORKING. LOOK AT NIGERIA BANNING SO-CALLED FOREIGN (AFRICAN ) GOODS INTO THEIR COUNTRY, WHICH PRESIDENT MAHAMA HAS PERSONALLY CHALLENGED. LOOK AT IVORY COAST TRYING TO BAN MOVEMENT OF CASHEW NUTS FROM THEI ...
read full comment
Yes, it is real defeatist to call for the scrapping of a regional body that has done so much for the integration of West Africa......Akosah is losing his marbles...his mind.....because no sane individual let alone an intellec ...
read full comment
Even my dad who was close to Nkrumah's age and a strong advocate of Nkrumah could think outside the box. Akosa is saying "African Union (AU) should be maintained to champion the cause of Africa" just because that was Nkrumah ...
read full comment
My friend, the truth of the matter is that none of these smaller regional groups in Africa are working at all for their regions. Even if they were to work well and succeed, they would eventually only pose another problem for ...
read full comment
SO YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE DEBATE, "SHABI" - SORRY, EHHHHHHHHH AKO
No no no no no, my friend you got it all wrong. This Shabi is definitely not Akosa. Why should I be? And even if I was, does it really matter? Isnt it the issues and the substance that we are interested in?
Perhaps his vie ...
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I DO NOT KNOW HOW IT WILL WORK OUT IF WE SCRAP THE ECOWAS, BUT SEEING THAT IT HAS NOT DONE US ANY GOOD, I HAVE NO STRONG ARGUMENT AGAINST YOUR STAND DEAR PROFESSOR, MAY BE IF WE HEED YOUR ADVICE AT LEAST WE WILL KNOW WHAT TO ...
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Thank God this prof will never be president of Ghana.
Prof, i suport u 100% but sould we scrap only ecowas when it clear in our face that we hav failed to manage our individual countries? We dont need rocket scienc to know for example that ghana we hav failed as a country, if gh ...
read full comment
DR KWAME NKRUMAH LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THE POLITICAL/ECONOMIC EMANCIPATION OF GHANA.WHAT DID HE GET IN RETURN? HE WAS BETRAYED AND TREATED AS A DEMON BY THE SAME GHANAIANS FOR WHOM HE FOUGHT. THIS "UNGRATEFUL" ATTITUDE OF GH ...
read full comment
You are wrong. Nkrumah did not lay down his life for the political and economic emancipation of Africa.
Much as ECOWAS has lost its focus i believe it is in the interest of the subregion to have it maintained. The noble ideas for which it was established should revisited by our leadres
African leaders such is in Ghana needs to die a little for their country. The moment these clows are elected into office, they begin the process called number one(#1) themselves.
Ghana needs do is dump leaders who are selfis ...
read full comment
I'd rather favor drastic reformation to ensure focus on programs that would make immediate positive impact on the lives of the Citizens. Dissolving ECOWAS would be an immense blow to our collective self-confidence, and put th ...
read full comment
Tjis is the most sensible statement Akosa has made in a very long time.
Anything associated with mahama is threatened.
President of Ghana, a middle income country has become HIPC..
ECOWAS chairman, Ebola outbreak
Now ECOWAS SHOULD BE SCRAPPED
Kudos to brainless mahama
Africa is poor in spite of abundant natural resources because of people like you Akosa
is Prof Akosa presenting this view based on his scholarly research or just because he feels that he can just say anything stupid?
ECOWAS should rather be strengthened and call countries like Ivory Coast to order when they behave in a manner contrary to ECOWAS advancement
what is the damp idiot talking about. what can we make good use of our resources if we have useless professors like your type. you are a professor but you can even solve a simple problem. just compare yourself to other profes ...
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It is not the professors running the country but idiots like..... That is the problem. We will have foreigners in the country so long as we continue to ignore our own people because of party politics. What didn't Dr. Bawumia ...
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Thank you prof. I agree with you thousand percent.
ALL WE GOT FROM ECOWAS IS THE MASSIVE MIGRATION OF CRIMINALS FROM OTHER WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO GHANA. CAN ANYONE POINT TO ONE POSITIVE TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO GHANAIANS FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP?
PROF REMEMBER THERE ARE OTHER REGIONAL GROUPING WHICH CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF THE COUNTRIES IN THEIR REGION. WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM TOO?
Copy copy prof Give us break anytime u open.
Your mouth is all useless talk . Tell us what u have ever done for this country . Tell and give us practicable , workable solution to the problems u mention in ur article . Since ...
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Plz edit some of the comments that people make before bringing it out for some of us to read. Some comments are very insulting and its not good at all.
There is a place where you can be sure that you would find a representative (MP) from every part of Ghana year round gathered together to deliberate on the future and the current state of this country. Where is that? Parliame ...
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Ecowas is the most viable regional body in Africa, why abandon it to AU with over 50 states. If all regional bodies had reached the status of ECOWAS AU objectives would have far advanced .
i agree scrap ECOWAS
I agree with you. It should be scrapped.
Look at the way Ghanaians are treated in other Ecowas countries!!
The importation of violent armed robberies,419 scams,etc.
Just scrap it!!!
It's taken a longtime for this fact to be acknowledged ! This was the subject of my 1983 thesis in England ! My thesis was : " Economic Community of West African States: Myth or Reality?". My main thrust was simply , its a fa ...
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One of the problems with African Institutions is that the lack of courage to evaluate a system or a setup to see its effectiveness. A good working team need to be in place. What is that ECOWAS was setup to be. Just take one ...
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This is the political moment to focus on a union of West African states to protect the territorial integrity of our societies.
Not fit for the purpose
All this man is interested in is cheap populist talk that is sensational and he never makes much sense. Everything he says is geared towards reducing everything to absurdity.He is an ambitious empty barrell who should begin t ...
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PROF AKOSA HAVE YOU SOLVED THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR WIFE? THE MAID?
Dzi wo fie asem