good vision indeed..he took over and did not have a clue what to do..then changed his spots and stole, murdered and raped Ghana.
good vision indeed..he took over and did not have a clue what to do..then changed his spots and stole, murdered and raped Ghana.
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago
AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am c ... read full comment
AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am compelled to do this expose on the former junta head for those who do not know his role in promoting corruption as a national concept. Read on!
In June 1979, eight top military officers, including three former heads of state, were lined up and executed at the Teshie Military Firing range in two batches. Gen. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Gen. Frederick William Kwasi Akuffo, Gen. Robert Kotei, Lt-Gen. Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa, Rear Admiral Joy Amedume, Air Vice-Marshall George Yaw Boakye, Emmanuel K. Utuka and Colonel Roger Felli were accused of corrupting the body politic.
In an interview with New Nation, a monthly magazine circulating in Nigeria and now defunct, the Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, which supervised over the most famous case of extra-judicial killings in the history of the political evolution of Ghana, justified the action of his military junta as a necessary action to rid the body politic of corruption.
“They were jumbo-sized armed robbers whose killings left the world smelling nicer,” Flt-Lt. Rawlings was quoted by the magazine as saying in explanation.
Jerry Rawlings said the officers had to be killed, “because Ghana was faced with their type of thievery breed of criminals who were worse than Nigeria’s armed robbers” in the 1970s.
“Now, I’ll tell you what we have here. We have a breed that is, perhaps, worse than your armed robbers,” he told reporters of the New Nation in an exclusive interview. “They are the pen robbers. These species of vermin have for long perpetrated corruption with impunity.
“They have not only bled the nation white, but as a result of their thievery, Ghana has suffered hunger, loss of national spirit, loss of pride and respect in the military uniform. So, as you can see, while Nigerians have perceived their main social problems to be the proliferation of six Naira armed robbers, we, in Ghana, think that our problem is that of people who take widow’s mite from a bankrupt nation.”
In the words of the ex-junta head: “While you (Nigeria) content yourself at the Bar Beach by watching the executions of mal-adjusted labourers, mechanics or clerks, we in Ghana, have killed the jumbo armed robbers, call them generals or brigadiers – whose going to leave the world smelling sweeter.”
One interesting thing about this claim is that Jerry Rawlings and his righteous AFRC members could not account for monies lodged in AFRC Account 48, which was specially created to lodge huge monies paid by businessmen and other persons and institutions found guilty by a so-called people court to have corrupted the system. Monies from seized goods auctioned to the public at so-called control prices were also lodged in the account.
When President Hilla Limann took power after the AFRC had left the scene on September 24, 1979, the new Head of State complained that there was nothing in the coffers, insinuating that the famous Account 48 could not be traced.
When Flt-Lt. Rawlings, who had refused to accept the new government’s offer to go on course abroad, was questioned on the disappearance of the huge lodgings in the account, he replied that he was not an accountant. Incidentally, the fate of PNDC Account 48, established by the second junta led by the same person, has not been accounted for as you read this piece.
One of the most interesting developments in Ghana’s political evolution was the decision to abolish the General Certificate of Examinations -Ordinary and Advanced levels- by the Provisional National Defence Council. The main reason given was that the old educational system had favoured only the children of the elite class.
At a time ordinary folks of the land were enrolling their children in what became known as the Junior and Senior Secondary schools, whose certificates -BECE and SCCE- were not recognised beyond the four corners of the country, Jerry Rawlings enrolled his children at the expensive Ghana International School in Accra to read subjects that qualified them to sit for the GCE Ordinary and the Advanced levels his PNDC administration had prohibited the mass of Ghanaian children from.
I do not believe corruption is only putting state money in one’s pocket. Exploiting state resources for one’s advantage could even be a worse form of corruption. That is why I have an axe to grind with Jerry Rawlings for enrolling all his children abroad to study with the GCE Ordinary and Advanced levels, acquired outside the formal sector in the country.
What I call Jerry’s Stupid Schools has debased education up to the tertiary level, where lottery numbers, other than real academic work, determines qualification at the first degree level.
To add insult to injury, when asked to tell Ghanaians how he was funding the education of all the three children -Ezanator, YaaAsantewaa and Kimathi- in expensive universities in Britain and Ireland, Jerry Rawlings looked at Ghanaians in the face and answered that unknown benefactors were picking up the bills for their fees.
The Almighty is a kind Lord. It emerged that companies the state of Ghana was dealing with and which were milking Ghana dry, were picking up the bills of Jerry Rawlings’ children. And such a person has the audacity to complain about leaders being corrupt.
I dare state that corruption was elevated into an art under Jerry Rawlings. The circumstances under which he transformed himself from a military dictator into a civil constitutional President smells of corruption all the way to the Castle.
After eleven and a half years of the ‘Gospel According to Jerry Rawlings,’ a period he himself identified as the ‘culture of silence’, Jerry Rawlings and those who claim to believe in him used the resources of state to convert his military oligarchy and the entire governance system into a political party. With the Electoral Commission and the entire process under his thumb, Jerry Rawlings exchanged his military garb for a description as Constitutional President of the Republic of Ghana. God Almighty should remain where he is.
The eight year administration he led, as Constitutional President of this Republic, eulogised corruption as a state-sponsored event. State asserts were transferred to cronies under the guise of divestiture. As you read this piece, Nsawam Cannery, one of the flagship projects of the now defunct Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation, belongs to Caridem, a company floated by Mrs. Rawlings’ 31st December Women’s Movement, in a purchasing agreement that parceled the company to Caridem for a pittance.
Under the Government of the National Democratic Congress Mark One, corruption festered on a large scale. It would take volumes to chronicle corruption under the NDC. But four prominent issues stand out. Getting to the end of the first term of office, newspapers that had been freed from the bondage of the culture of silence began chronicling evidence of corrupt deals by leading members of the regime.
In 1996, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice investigated one matter and established massive corrupt deals against Ibrahim Adam, then Minister of Agriculture, Colonel E.M. Osei Owusu, a former Minister of the Interior, P.V. Obeng, a Presidential Staffer, and Dr. Adjei Marfo, a Chief Executive Officer of a state-run company.
Instead of prosecuting them, the Government of Saint Rawlings rather issued a While Paper exonerating the corrupt elements, and rather indicted the media for highlighting the issue.
In Britain, Mabey and Johnson was prosecuted not too long ago for corruptly influencing Ghanaian politicians between 1994 and 1999 to gain bridge contracts, The news in these contracts is that barely one year after completing two bridges in Ghana, including one over River Oti, the Ghana Government had to contract experts from Britain to repair them as they threatened to cave in.
In 2002, the former Managing Director of Ghana Rubber Estates Limited, Mr. Etienne Arthur Marie Popeler, told an Accra Fast Track High Court that he gave millions of dollars to Mr. Dan Abodakpi, then Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Shirley Ayittey, then Treasurer of the 31st December Women’s Movement, in bribes before his French company, SIPH, could secure GREL.
The case of Ms. Cotton, an unemployed American, secured $20 million of scarce state cash from compromised state officials, ostensibly to grow rice for Ghanaians at Aveyime in the Battor area of the Volta Region. Even when Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States had sent a warning letter about the background of Ms. Cotton, and intimating that she was incapable of undertaking the task, state officials paid the money. As it turned out, the main motivating factor was the cut they all stood to make.
If corruption is endemic in the body politic after the so-called June 4, uprising, the genesis could be traced to Jerry Rawlings who executed eight Ghanaians officials on unproven trivial charges, and out-doored full- blown corruption as a state policy.
In other exposé next week, I intend to draw the link between the free for all looting that assails the body politic in the Mills-Mahama regime, and the adventure of Jerry John Rawlings as Head of State of this Republic. I shall return!
exile james 9 years ago
Ebo God bless you for your input
Ebo God bless you for your input
Gye Nyame 9 years ago
This Obed guy does not even make sense. Most of the issues we have today stem from the 19 useless years of JJ.
This Obed guy does not even make sense. Most of the issues we have today stem from the 19 useless years of JJ.
Mahmoud 9 years ago
Rawlings and his men used communist platform and the plight of Ghanaians to preach and ascend to power. After the coup, he turned around and demolished communism completely in Ghana leaving his beloved Cuban-style communist d ... read full comment
Rawlings and his men used communist platform and the plight of Ghanaians to preach and ascend to power. After the coup, he turned around and demolished communism completely in Ghana leaving his beloved Cuban-style communist dictatorship intact. He then introduced a cut throat blood sucking capitalism into the country, and he now lives like the billionaire that he is.
Ironically, Junior Jesus might have taught Bishop Daniel Obinim how to misuse the name of God to exploit his followers just as he himself did decades ago.
EUSBIO 9 years ago
THE LESS SAID ABOUT RAWLINGS THE BETTER. THIS MAN IS A GREEDY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ENVIOUS OF ANYONE WHO IS SUCCESSFUL
THE LESS SAID ABOUT RAWLINGS THE BETTER. THIS MAN IS A GREEDY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ENVIOUS OF ANYONE WHO IS SUCCESSFUL
Kwesi 9 years ago
Research has shown that critics who criticizes about a situation will themselves do worse than the one they are critiquing had they are offered opportunity to be in the same shoes as their subjects. Rawlings might have good i ... read full comment
Research has shown that critics who criticizes about a situation will themselves do worse than the one they are critiquing had they are offered opportunity to be in the same shoes as their subjects. Rawlings might have good intentions but his processes were bad, executing all these people without the due process was wrong. Now some ministers today have up to eight houses in Ghana through corruption practices , Are we going to execute them for corruption?
mensah abrampa 9 years ago
Those who are 35 years old or less were born in 1979 or after and saw nothing or very little of "The New Ghana Order" created by a megalomaniac, Jeremiah John Rawlings, except whatever they have been told or read from whateve ... read full comment
Those who are 35 years old or less were born in 1979 or after and saw nothing or very little of "The New Ghana Order" created by a megalomaniac, Jeremiah John Rawlings, except whatever they have been told or read from whatever has been re-told with a slant and twist. Those older than 35, especially those 45 and above, irrespective of their political allegiance, were old enough to see first-hand the atrocities and crimes committed by these self-proclaimed liberators.
It's been 35 years since 1979 and some of those who lived to see it all have passed on but there are others still living who are either senile or amnesiac. Mahama said not long ago that"Ghanaians have short memories". (Partly true) . There are also supporters of the madness and the rape called revolution who think it was all justifiable . There are those of us who saw it all and think it was an undeserved mini"holocaust" in terms of the lives lost and atrocities committed.
The P/NDC are trying hard to airbrush and rewrite our history but no amount of lies and propaganda can lead to the realization of their vain and malicious agenda.
Every information presented by Ebo Quansah are not only true but verifiable. Some of us are living witnesses to the events chronicled by Ebo Quansah and shall never ever forget.
moshie 9 years ago
this guy threw you out from ndc and you you form new party, ei politics
this guy threw you out from ndc and you you form new party, ei politics
Did you ask Akufo Addo where our Drill Ship is? Dam fool
Did you ask Akufo Addo where our Drill Ship is? Dam fool
June 4th 9 years ago
One day, a generation will arise in Ghana who would see wrong for what it is. Until then, I guess we will have to do with the likes of some of the contributors here, including yourself. No offence implied but that is the real ... read full comment
One day, a generation will arise in Ghana who would see wrong for what it is. Until then, I guess we will have to do with the likes of some of the contributors here, including yourself. No offence implied but that is the reality of the plight of the country.
appiah 9 years ago
The vision was to make himself, Obed Asamoah, P.V. Obeng, Ato Ahwoi and other hypocrites and nation wreckers multi-millioniers while the nation becomes broke with no schools, no clean water, no power, no health facilities, an ... read full comment
The vision was to make himself, Obed Asamoah, P.V. Obeng, Ato Ahwoi and other hypocrites and nation wreckers multi-millioniers while the nation becomes broke with no schools, no clean water, no power, no health facilities, and decaying nation that is matching in the wrong direction. Until Rawlings is repudiated Ghana will continue to suffer.
Close Observer 9 years ago
... and what happened since he had nineteen years to do that, and his party six years; a total of 25 years out of Ghana's 57 years? This is where we are, with the VISIONLESS AND CLUELESS still mismanaging.
... and what happened since he had nineteen years to do that, and his party six years; a total of 25 years out of Ghana's 57 years? This is where we are, with the VISIONLESS AND CLUELESS still mismanaging.
Otoo, the One and Only 9 years ago
Rawlings, Unlike brain-dead tribalistic, ethnocentric bastards who look at peoples tribes before making judgements and appointments, Rawlings closes his eyes to such nonsense. He supported Mills when we all knew that. Hold cr ... read full comment
Rawlings, Unlike brain-dead tribalistic, ethnocentric bastards who look at peoples tribes before making judgements and appointments, Rawlings closes his eyes to such nonsense. He supported Mills when we all knew that. Hold crash the party.
He supported Martin Citizen Vigilante ahead of his own Yao. If the NPP could stop the tribalism and elect people based on competence but not tribe, they could easily win any election. But we all know they won't. Tribe and ethnicity means a lot to them than people being elected based on merit. I pity Bawumiah.
Close Observer 9 years ago
Listen to this hypocrite!
''WE HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENTS FOR FAR TOO LONG, IT IS TIME YOU MAKE ONE OF YOUR OWN PRESIDENT'' - John Mahama.
He said this to his kinsmen. How does it sound to you, Otoo? DON'T PUSH THINGS YOU ... read full comment
Listen to this hypocrite!
''WE HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENTS FOR FAR TOO LONG, IT IS TIME YOU MAKE ONE OF YOUR OWN PRESIDENT'' - John Mahama.
He said this to his kinsmen. How does it sound to you, Otoo? DON'T PUSH THINGS YOU DO TO OTHERS. THAT IS MY ADVISE TO YOU, OTOO.
'WE AND THEM POLITICS' was introduced into Ghana by the very man you are praising. He introduced INSULTS into Ghana's politics, and if you need references because you have forgotten so soon, or chose not to remember, these are some of his popular utterances: ''THOSE THIEVES'', ''THOSE CRIMINALS AND ECONOMIC SABOTEURS'' ''THEY'' etc. Does it sound disrespectful and divisive to you on national radio and television? That is the legacy todays politicians are continuing. Like a dog, If you have some surpluses dropping under the table for you to eat, just keep quiet and enjoy it, and stop talking about non-existent things. SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS WHILES YOU HAVE THE CHANCE AND STOP MAKING IT WORSE. 25 YEARS is a long time to do something positive, CLUELESS, IDEAS STARVED AND VISIONLESS PARTY.
kutsii 9 years ago
Dunamis, know ye not that Rawlings added more than 500 megawatts of energy to our National grid ? Show me how many megawatts Kufuor added and also Busia. Do u now see. where the ' dumsor ' originated ? Indicate also the HOS ... read full comment
Dunamis, know ye not that Rawlings added more than 500 megawatts of energy to our National grid ? Show me how many megawatts Kufuor added and also Busia. Do u now see. where the ' dumsor ' originated ? Indicate also the HOSPITALS Kufuor built in 8yrs ? Akuffo Addo acknowledged him prior to election 2012.
YAKUBU 9 years ago
Peace and unity will elude these Dankwa / Busia confraternity until they begin to show respect to their opponents by using decent language to express their opinions. All they can do is to chirp! chirp !chirp ! talk !talk ! ... read full comment
Peace and unity will elude these Dankwa / Busia confraternity until they begin to show respect to their opponents by using decent language to express their opinions. All they can do is to chirp! chirp !chirp ! talk !talk ! talk !....What kind of human beings are these? They never think positively, always showing to be Dumb, Passive, Pessimistic, Racist and Selfish. They are so myopic to think before acting. Always rushing to comment before analysing. Is this not sickening? Take a glance at their characteristics below:
When we wanted:
Independence they said NO
Republic NO
Atomic Energy NO
Ghana Airways NO
Ghana Telecom NO
Akosombo NO
Thermal Energy NO
Tema Harbour and dry Docks NO
Oil exploration NO
Sugar Factory NO
Constitution NO
Constitutional Reform NO
Economic Forum NO
Ministerial Appointment NO
State Banquet Hall (JOB 600) NO
Accra International Conference Centre NO
National Theatre NO
AKUAFO cheques for farmers NO
Tema Motorway Construction NO
Rural Electrification NO
Tamale Airport NO
VAT NO(KUMI PREKO)
When they came to power what did they do?
Atomic Energy – SOLD
Ghana Airways – SOLD
DC10 AIRCRAFT AKRANTIE CHOP BAR
Ghana Telecom SOLD
OIL Rig SOLD
Merchant Bank SOLD
Tema Harbour and dry Docks ABADORNED
Sugar Factory ABADORNED
Tomato Factory ABADORNED
Avehimeh Rice ABADORNED
Beef Factory ABONDONED
Ghana Railway ABONDONED
OSU lands AUCTIONED
State Lands AUCTIONED
State Bungalows SOLD
All Technocrats PROCEED ON LEAVE
WHEN THEY LEFT POWER
End of Service Benefits
Stealing State Cars
Stealing State Bungalows
Electoral petition- Pink Sheet
Burning Markets Malata, Makola, Agboloshie, Kaneshie, Kumasi, Takoradi and many places.
Ministerial Appointment - BOYCOTT
Presidential Inauguration – BOYCOTT
Parliamentary Debate BOYCOTT
Economic Forum BOYCOTT
Farmers Day BOYCOTT
They pulled down the then Flag staff house because Nkrumah lived there; only to rebuild the same place with a 419 loan from India. These Dankwa/ Busia’s have sold everything we have and have contributed nothing.
When have they said yes or done something which is good to be emulated or beneficial.
What do they say yes?
Per Diem YES
Cocaine Trade YES
Wee Smoking YES
Womanising YES
Insults and Backbiting YES
Shallow Litigation YES
Boycotting YES
Selling state Assets YES
Stealing State assets YES
Demonstration and Protest YES
Their headquarters is an “abattoir” now; where they butcher themselves in the name of power. Ooooh !!! What is wrong with the chemical constituents that form the brain of these Dankwa/ Busia’s? Is there no elderly among them? Or did their fathers died with all the sense which will guide them today? Well a decorated monkey remains a monkey ; like father like son. None have morals .They behave like ostriches pretending all is fine when it is in their favour but cannot stand their opponents when the ball changes hand. How on earth can they end up in a hair dressing salon for a loan? They are so lazy, dull witted and incompetent, majority of them finished school with no certificates and cannot even remember which school they attended. INCREDBLE !!!
Everything they know about economics is buying and selling. Creativity has eluded them; they only result to insult when they are at their wits end. “PATAPAA” is a common characteristics of them to cover their shameful silly behaviour. Their silly self-esteemed and endemic mental slavery, which was handed down to them by their forefathers, is what is still holding this country aback. When thinkers are trying to fix problems, all you can see these sons of anarchist doing is manufacturing how to destroy.
DESTROYERS PARTY N D C 9 years ago
Oh yakubu l believe that all what you have said is sheer STUPIDITIES as you clearly stated are seriously SICK AND THAT YOU NEED URGENT HELP.What do you know about Ghana'S history? l know that you are jj rawshit jss pupil t ... read full comment
Oh yakubu l believe that all what you have said is sheer STUPIDITIES as you clearly stated are seriously SICK AND THAT YOU NEED URGENT HELP.What do you know about Ghana'S history? l know that you are jj rawshit jss pupil thus nobody can blame you because you dont know what you are talk about. l am asking you remember 19 years of jj rawshit era minus PRESIDENT KUFFUOR and give accounts of atta mortuary man to that of good for nothing VISIONLESS WOMANIZER.THINK LIKE A HUMANBEING NUMSKULL
yes 9 years ago
It is true Obed. You are an honest man. You say the truth.
It is true Obed. You are an honest man. You say the truth.
COMMON SENSE 9 years ago
OBED YOUR DECENT MAN,NEXT TIME YOU GET MY SUPPORT.
OBED YOUR DECENT MAN,NEXT TIME YOU GET MY SUPPORT.
Papa Abouchie 9 years ago
Rawlings joined and organized June 4th and 31st coups respectively to enrich himself, his tribal men and other friends. Most of his men who were lecturers are now filthy rich like himself
Rawlings joined and organized June 4th and 31st coups respectively to enrich himself, his tribal men and other friends. Most of his men who were lecturers are now filthy rich like himself
we 9 years ago
like you around him!
like you around him!
DABENDA 9 years ago
Dr. Asamoa, May i ask what prevented him from executing those plans in all these twenty years? He served the longest term as the nation's leader ever. was it the selling out of the nation's assets to his friends and relative ... read full comment
Dr. Asamoa, May i ask what prevented him from executing those plans in all these twenty years? He served the longest term as the nation's leader ever. was it the selling out of the nation's assets to his friends and relatives?
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago
J.J. Rawlings is not a leader ask anyone who knows more about the manhood of people in the military. J.J. Rawlings and his band of military officers who took over in Ghana did so because they had guns, unchecked power to kill ... read full comment
J.J. Rawlings is not a leader ask anyone who knows more about the manhood of people in the military. J.J. Rawlings and his band of military officers who took over in Ghana did so because they had guns, unchecked power to kill and loot which came with a ragtag military in most African nations where internal security agencies are as useless as tits on a bull. Why did Rawlings not act like a man and welcome investigations anytime after he had left office but chose to indemnify his evil deeds in the constitution?
Dr. Obed Asamoah, you are a selfish has been political figure in a bankrupt NDC where tribal lineage rules and mediocrity normalized. Can you Dr. Obed Asamoah point to life shattering decisions you ever espoused anytime during your lousy lifetime? I consider John Mahama a strong leader than J.J. Rawlings, Dr. Obed Asamoah, because strength does not come at the end of a gun but exudes through acts of wisdom, foresight and principles, traits neither you nor J.J. Rawlings can find in your sorry lives. What man do you know, Dr. Obed Aamoah, who would humiliate mothers and women in public and blame them for the lack of control/constraints that must come with true leadership?
Those in Ghana who are the loudest in calling for probity and accountability are the very people who, on any given day in their filthy little lives, cannot reconcile between their legitimate incomes and acquired assets and Dr. Obed Asamoah knows this truth.
tuy 9 years ago
How can illiterate murderer like Rawlings have a vision for Ghana. Rawlings lacked the intellectual capacity to think. It was unfortunate that we had him for twenty years. Rawlings has embittered so many of his countrymen by ... read full comment
How can illiterate murderer like Rawlings have a vision for Ghana. Rawlings lacked the intellectual capacity to think. It was unfortunate that we had him for twenty years. Rawlings has embittered so many of his countrymen by his wanton killings of the three high court judges. I don't think Rawlings was right in odering the execution of the judges. They did not deserve to be summarily executed. As a dictator he could arrested and put them on trial. Unjustified killings of innocent men and women is barbarous. As a political leader Rawlings had to rely solely on his advisors because he was incapable of thinking. He could not ask critical questions. Most topics on foreign policy and international monetary finance were so complex for him
Nkrumah Dankati 9 years ago
Yes, JJ had a vision for Ghana after 19 yrs in power for murdering,and killing citizens of Ghana to enrich himself and his tribal countrymen like Obed Asamoah.JJ the murderer!
Yes, JJ had a vision for Ghana after 19 yrs in power for murdering,and killing citizens of Ghana to enrich himself and his tribal countrymen like Obed Asamoah.JJ the murderer!
kwasi kyei baffour 9 years ago
Rawlins had the chance to impose himself by force for19years on ghanaians.what prevented him from implementing that good vision?you are one of the intellectual dishonest people helped him to mess up the country.the only thing ... read full comment
Rawlins had the chance to impose himself by force for19years on ghanaians.what prevented him from implementing that good vision?you are one of the intellectual dishonest people helped him to mess up the country.the only thing rawlins has is youthful exuberance.
Otoo, the One and Only 9 years ago
Unlike brain-dead tribalistic, ethnocentric bastards who look at peoples tribes before making judgements and appointments, Rawlings closes his eyes to such nonsense. He supported Mills when we all knew that. Hold crash the pa ... read full comment
Unlike brain-dead tribalistic, ethnocentric bastards who look at peoples tribes before making judgements and appointments, Rawlings closes his eyes to such nonsense. He supported Mills when we all knew that. Hold crash the party.
He supported Martin Citizen Vigilante ahead of his own Yao. If the NPP could stop the tribalism and elect people based on competence but not tribe, they could easily win any election. But we all know they won't. Tribe and ethnicity means a lot to them than people being elected based on merit. I pity Bawumiah.
Close Observer 9 years ago
People of Ghana, Just listen to this hypocrite!
''WE HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENTS FOR FAR TOO LONG, IT IS TIME YOU MAKE ONE OF YOUR OWN PRESIDENT'' - John Mahama.
He said this to his kinsmen. How does it sound to you, Oto ... read full comment
People of Ghana, Just listen to this hypocrite!
''WE HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENTS FOR FAR TOO LONG, IT IS TIME YOU MAKE ONE OF YOUR OWN PRESIDENT'' - John Mahama.
He said this to his kinsmen. How does it sound to you, Otoo? DON'T PUSH THINGS YOU DO TO OTHERS. THAT IS MY ADVISE TO YOU, OTOO.
'WE AND THEM POLITICS' was introduced into Ghana by the very man you are praising. He introduced INSULTS into Ghana's politics, and if you need references because you have forgotten so soon, or chose not to remember, these are some of his popular utterances: ''THOSE THIEVES'', ''THOSE CRIMINALS AND ECONOMIC SABOTEURS'' ''THEY'' etc. Does it sound disrespectful and divisive to you on national radio and television? That is the legacy todays politicians are continuing. Like a dog, If you have some surpluses dropping under the table for you to eat, just keep quiet and enjoy it, and stop talking about non-existent things. SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS WHILES YOU HAVE THE CHANCE AND STOP MAKING IT WORSE. 25 YEARS is a long time to do something positive, CLUELESS, IDEAS STARVED AND VISIONLESS PARTY.
Osei Yao 9 years ago
"GOOD VISION" ONLY REALISABLE THROUGH BLOODLETTING. NAIVE, ILL-THOUGHT OUT, CHILDISH IDEAS OF GOOD INTENTION ACCURATELTY DESCRIBES RAWLINGS INTENTIONS. THE BOY HAD NO VISION AND IS STILL DELUDED BY ILLUSION OF VISDOM.
"GOOD VISION" ONLY REALISABLE THROUGH BLOODLETTING. NAIVE, ILL-THOUGHT OUT, CHILDISH IDEAS OF GOOD INTENTION ACCURATELTY DESCRIBES RAWLINGS INTENTIONS. THE BOY HAD NO VISION AND IS STILL DELUDED BY ILLUSION OF VISDOM.
Nii Lante 9 years ago
So it is Rawlings who chooses both the President and the Vice President. Is this democracy? This is evidence that the NDC has questionable democratic credentials. They don't believe or practise democracy even in the party.
So it is Rawlings who chooses both the President and the Vice President. Is this democracy? This is evidence that the NDC has questionable democratic credentials. They don't believe or practise democracy even in the party.
Kwame Rought 9 years ago
What vision?
What vision?
Onipaba 9 years ago
Obed Asamoah was right.Mills lacked the qualities of a leader and he failed as one.It is pathetic that Rawlings chose someone like Mills over Obed Asamoah.In the end it was bad.One bad decision led to many disasters.Poor Ghan ... read full comment
Obed Asamoah was right.Mills lacked the qualities of a leader and he failed as one.It is pathetic that Rawlings chose someone like Mills over Obed Asamoah.In the end it was bad.One bad decision led to many disasters.Poor Ghana
Rawlings boy 9 years ago
Rawlings has no vision. what prevented him from executing is vision during is 20 years rule?
Rawlings has no vision. what prevented him from executing is vision during is 20 years rule?
Pusiga Naaba 9 years ago
And what vision was that. A murderous individual who viewed himself as the center of the universe.Thought and still thinks he knows all. A man who plundered the nation assets for himself, his family and cronies.A man who rein ... read full comment
And what vision was that. A murderous individual who viewed himself as the center of the universe.Thought and still thinks he knows all. A man who plundered the nation assets for himself, his family and cronies.A man who reinged with terror for 19Yrswith nothinig to show for it.I call it the "wasted years of retrogression". And after his disastrous 19yr rule of brutality he left in place the Most corruptile party in the history of GHana, NDC that for a few years took the country from middle income status to almost bankrupt nation. A party that his invisible hand still controls . An NDc party that is inward looking and will kill a president just to win power. An ndc partythat is so greedy and has borrowed $billions and we still see no gains. So what vision are you talking about, Obed. What planet are you living on. You know what, it worked for you under Rawlings because you were part of the inner looting circle. For us who lost our loved ones under Rawlings brutal dictatorship during his murderous rampage. we still pray for him that God gives him a long happy life. So what vision are you talking about and where is the vision. A vision so bankrupt and hollow in his deceptive proclamation of "accountability and probity. Dr Obed , you are a dissappointment.
Abigi 9 years ago
Rawlings has a VISION of corruption free society? Obeddii, please let us have some peace of mind. Rawlings the most corrupt of all Ghanaians, the man who trained Mahama, Mills, Ablakwa, Fifi Kwetey, Koku, Kwasi Pratt not to t ... read full comment
Rawlings has a VISION of corruption free society? Obeddii, please let us have some peace of mind. Rawlings the most corrupt of all Ghanaians, the man who trained Mahama, Mills, Ablakwa, Fifi Kwetey, Koku, Kwasi Pratt not to talk about mosquito had a vision of corruption free Ghana. May be I was born just this morning Obed, the man who gave Nsawam cannery to the wife as a gift, killed people to confiscate and redistribute their properties to himself. Is is the same Rawlings who on AFRC accounts said we should consult a deity? Obed, let us sleep in the dumsor darkness in peace. Please stop agitating our sleep with your STUPIDITY. Not all of us enjoyed stolen money to keep under our beds from Rawlings.
Patriotic Ghanaian . USA. 9 years ago
To those Ghanaians with the brain of a fly , take note that ex President Rawlings that you guys freely condemn , insult and curse could have clinged to power till death or could looted the national coffers and left the countr ... read full comment
To those Ghanaians with the brain of a fly , take note that ex President Rawlings that you guys freely condemn , insult and curse could have clinged to power till death or could looted the national coffers and left the country . Rather he stayed and transformed the country into a constitutional democracy and stability under which Ghana is thriving now. Folks ! Can you imagine what would have become of Ghana with the existence of Gen. Affrifa , Acheampong and their and cronies ? I bet a $1000 !Ghana would have been worse off than Liberia , Sierra Leone, Congo , Guinea , Mali etc. and we will still have been embroiled in civil wars. Whether we like it or not ! Ghana is still stable and devoid of civil wars and we have a sound Constitution that honors party politics and the Rule of Law .Fellow Ghanaians! Please don't conclude that I'm a surrogate of Rawlings but think of me as a pragmatic Ghanaian who knows that President Rawlings ,as a human being ,had his short comings and thus was not perfect , but I'm writing to highlight his legacies among which have given impetus to some low minded scumbags, who will soon jump up to write after me ,the freedom to write stupid and profane things about their past and present leaders irrespective of party affiliation or ethnic background and also a sound forum for the smart and patriotic Ghanaians with the socio-political no how ,to write constructively and as always stand for the stability and prosperity of our beloved motherland.
Abigi 9 years ago
Afrifa was the first military leader ever in Africa to hand over to a constitutional democratically elected government, Afrifa is also a Ghanaian. LEARN your facts before exposing your emptiness. Who is Rawlings? A useless dr ... read full comment
Afrifa was the first military leader ever in Africa to hand over to a constitutional democratically elected government, Afrifa is also a Ghanaian. LEARN your facts before exposing your emptiness. Who is Rawlings? A useless drug addict, corrupt maniac, who cannot make logical sense but rather shout at things that do not come from his peanut brain. Even Saddam Hussein met his match and all the other despots in history met their waterloo. Give us a break, Rawlings is useless, period. We are where we are today because of him. If you think Ghana is better than others so be it for you. To others we are at the bottom and sinking further because of this IDIOT Rawlings.
MEELON 9 years ago
...could have clinged to power till death SO WHY DID HE GIVE UP after 25 yrs of murdering & looting? At least ACHEAMPONG initiated operation feed urself,and RAWLINGS? IS HE NOT AFRAID OF HIS LIFE NOW AFTER LOOTING & MURDERING ... read full comment
...could have clinged to power till death SO WHY DID HE GIVE UP after 25 yrs of murdering & looting? At least ACHEAMPONG initiated operation feed urself,and RAWLINGS? IS HE NOT AFRAID OF HIS LIFE NOW AFTER LOOTING & MURDERING? THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM.
SAMANSAMAN 9 years ago
WHAT SORT OF VISION AGAIN AFTER WHOOPING 25 GOOD YEARS IN POWER? U FOOLISH ASAMOAH! U ARE DAMN USELESS & BLIND AS UR BOSS JJ. LOOK OBED,WE GHANAIANS NEED PEACE-OK.
WHAT SORT OF VISION AGAIN AFTER WHOOPING 25 GOOD YEARS IN POWER? U FOOLISH ASAMOAH! U ARE DAMN USELESS & BLIND AS UR BOSS JJ. LOOK OBED,WE GHANAIANS NEED PEACE-OK.
Nana Effah 9 years ago
But you were lucky to escape from certain death at your last NDC Congress prior to your leaving the Party.
The country knows you were also as corrupt as the NDC hierarchy.
But you were lucky to escape from certain death at your last NDC Congress prior to your leaving the Party.
The country knows you were also as corrupt as the NDC hierarchy.
Joe Turkey 9 years ago
Rawlings "vision" (never a vision for Ghana) was to find a way out the poverty in which he found himself. Yeah, he (Rawlings) is now worth more that $80 million, according to estimates. That was a big jump from crediting yoke ... read full comment
Rawlings "vision" (never a vision for Ghana) was to find a way out the poverty in which he found himself. Yeah, he (Rawlings) is now worth more that $80 million, according to estimates. That was a big jump from crediting yoke gari until the next pay day. As for the palm wine Obed Asamoah himself, he has always been a thief. He was a thief long before he joined Rawlings' murder cohort. As a lawyer in the 60s, he "chopped" the monies meant as compensation for the illiterate victims of the Akosombo Hyhro-electric project.
Kofi Thomas, Tema 9 years ago
Obed, you were of the the plan to rob Ghanaians. You changed currency several time and hid millions of money in your sleeping mattress. You were part of the plan to kill all wealthy people in ghana and public servants above t ... read full comment
Obed, you were of the the plan to rob Ghanaians. You changed currency several time and hid millions of money in your sleeping mattress. You were part of the plan to kill all wealthy people in ghana and public servants above the ranks of equivalent of captain in the army and all army officers above the ranks of captain. Rawling NEVER staged a successful coup in Ghana. With Baokye Gyan idiotic behaviour Ghana wouldn't have been in this position. And you Educated laywer like you call this a vision. You die like wild beast soon. Learn from PV Obeng's death
BERNARD 9 years ago
Rawlings trusted Dr. Obed Asamoah to the extent he was both Attorney General and Foreign Minister at the same time. No doubt, he became if not one of the longest Attorney General's in Ghana's history.
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Rawlings trusted Dr. Obed Asamoah to the extent he was both Attorney General and Foreign Minister at the same time. No doubt, he became if not one of the longest Attorney General's in Ghana's history.
Dr. Asamoah to be sincere was of of the best and hardworking people during Rawlings time and must acknowledged as such. But, what i believe might have changed Rawlings mind was when huge sums of money, running into the hundreds of millions of old Gh cedis belonging to the party went missing.Then, Dr. Asamoah's excuse was he placed the money under his pillow. To me, that was the moment i lost trust in him. Because, as a lawyer and an intelligent person, the last thing to do is to behave imaturely and expect people to believe you. Rawlings would probably believed if there were no banks in those days. In short, Dr. Asamoah was a victim of his own stupidity and must accept it. Good luck
Kofi Thomas, Tema 9 years ago
It is a fact that Rawlings is a Togelese and not a Ghanaian. This imposter has come to control Ghanaians with your help. Wait! If history is right then remember what happened to Ivan The Terrible an imposter from Poland who s ... read full comment
It is a fact that Rawlings is a Togelese and not a Ghanaian. This imposter has come to control Ghanaians with your help. Wait! If history is right then remember what happened to Ivan The Terrible an imposter from Poland who sneaked in to rule Russia with iron fist. Remember what happened to Louise 16th and Marie Antoinette, Mussolini and his wife. Be careful what you and say to peole.
AbraBo ye HARD 9 years ago
AND OBED ASAMOAH was the man sending THE MILLIONGS TO SWITZERLAND. RAWLINGS was then afraid to travel, so this IDIOT OBED as an EWE foreign minister HAD THE UPPER HAND TO LOOT & SHARE WITH RAWLINGS- no wonder he keeps praisin ... read full comment
AND OBED ASAMOAH was the man sending THE MILLIONGS TO SWITZERLAND. RAWLINGS was then afraid to travel, so this IDIOT OBED as an EWE foreign minister HAD THE UPPER HAND TO LOOT & SHARE WITH RAWLINGS- no wonder he keeps praising HIS DEAD VISION.
BRO- DAN- TRC 9 years ago
BLESSED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA; -AND OTUMFUO DANCED WITH PREZ MAHAMA! YEA, HUMANITY; -AND KING DAVID DANCED TILL HIS CLOTHES FELL OFF! SELAH. HUMANITY; WHAT SH ... read full comment
BLESSED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA; -AND OTUMFUO DANCED WITH PREZ MAHAMA! YEA, HUMANITY; -AND KING DAVID DANCED TILL HIS CLOTHES FELL OFF! SELAH. HUMANITY; WHAT SHALL BE ABLE TO STEAL OUR -JOY? CLOBAL MAN-MADE "JACOB'S TROUBLE"? NAY!! IN ALL THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUORERS, THROUGH WHOM WE ARE JOINT-HEIRS WITH. SELAH. GHANA; WHAT ELSE HAVE I TO SAY? -HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO "JOHN AND JOHN"! (PULSE) A TIME TO THINK. YEA, HUMANITY; "OTUMFUO WO BE TUMI" SAYS; "OCCUPY TILL I COME", THEREFORE MAY THE GOVERNMENT, ALL THE NOBLE CHIEFS, LEADERS AND INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA WITH "A WILLING MIND AND A PERFECT HEART" NOT GIVE UP BUT CONTINUE PURSUING -"THE NATIONAL VISION" ACCORDING TO "ONE GHANA" KNOWING THAT, "OUR LABOUR OF LOVE SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN". (PULSE) A TIME TO THINK. FOR "IT IS FINISHED", THEREFORE, "OCCUPY TILL I COME". SELAH.
TOGETHER, WE CAN! WITH GOD, WE CAN!! GOD BLESS THE GOVERNMENTS, CHIEFS AND LEADERS OF AFRICA TO -UNITE- THE NOBLE PEOPLE FOR THE PURSUIT OF -"THE VISION AND THE MISSION" TO THE BLESSING OF HUMANITY. GOD BLESS HIS EXCELLENCY JERRY -'JOHN' RAWLINGS TO "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" FOR "THE VISION" IS FOR THIS "APPOINTED TIME". SELAH. GOD BLESS 'JOSHUA'; THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA; HIS EXCELLENCY -'JOHN' -DRAMANI AND OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU "2" TO "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" WITH THE GOVERNMENT, CHIEFS AND ALL THE LEADERS OF GHANA THAT GHANA -"DANCE" ACCORDING TO "MA OMAN YI HO NHIA WO", FOR TOGETHER WITH GOD, -GHANA CAN!! GOD BLESS HIS -JOHN- "THE GENTLE GAINT" HIS EXCELLENCY -JOHN- AGYEKUM KUFUOR WITH "LONG LIFE". GOD BLESS YOUR NATION AND THE NOBLE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE LAYING DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR "THE NATIONAL VISION." AGAINST THE MAN- MADE "JACOB'S TROUBLE". AND, GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA.
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REGARDS TO -GHANAWEB- FOR THE SPACE. AND TO -MIGHTY GOD RADION- FOR THE LORD'S SONGS.
HUMANITY; MAY WE WATCH OUT FOR THE EXPLATION OF "(PULSE) A TIME TO THINK" ON THE "OCCUPY TILL I COME" PRESENTATIONS OF YOUTUBE WITH TIME. YOU WILL LAUGH.
Poku 9 years ago
He will be hard to replace
He will be hard to replace
Kwakye 9 years ago
Best President since Nkrumah..no question about that. He was the person Ghana needed at the time he came.
Best President since Nkrumah..no question about that. He was the person Ghana needed at the time he came.
Akans Prophecies 9 years ago
Obed asamoah is a coward ! Oh yes a loose who will legitimate idoits simply because they have a gun. Your outcast mentor robbed this nation under the guns with commandos for 2 decades And during all those years he coul ... read full comment
Obed asamoah is a coward ! Oh yes a loose who will legitimate idoits simply because they have a gun. Your outcast mentor robbed this nation under the guns with commandos for 2 decades And during all those years he could not achieve his visions! And we wonder today if he had even one besides common words and intimidations by himself and his idiot commandos who chastised citizens into submissions. Asamoah, we washed our hands the day this ruffin outcast destroyed the democracy of Dr. Limman. How could a outcast of no formal education suddenly, proclaim himself a president with visions to change the destiny of our nation. Idiots, Ghana doesn't need armed robbers visions to develope, besides his military formation does not even correspond to the aspirations of the people. So he lied , stole until he was forced out to democratic values. He metamophised to a civilian politician to rig every election. Is this the moron Obed Asamoah is making reference as a man of vision? God punish you ! I am sorry to say that you are an educated fool.
PATAPAA OBTT 9 years ago
NONSENSICAL NONSENSE. WHO IS MORE CORRUPT THAN RAWLINGS HIMSELF? IF HIS PARTY WAS BUILT SOLIDLY ON CORRUPT-FREE FOUNDATION, GHANA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HIGH RATE OF CORRUPTION AT THIS TIME AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH ... read full comment
NONSENSICAL NONSENSE. WHO IS MORE CORRUPT THAN RAWLINGS HIMSELF? IF HIS PARTY WAS BUILT SOLIDLY ON CORRUPT-FREE FOUNDATION, GHANA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HIGH RATE OF CORRUPTION AT THIS TIME AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH HIS PARTY IN GOVERNANCE. SHUT UP AND SIT BACK DOWN FOR GHANAIANS ARE TIRED OF YOUR LIES AND ROBBERY. YOU ARE ALL THIEVES. AVUU KOKLO
PATAPAA OBTT 9 years ago
GHANAIANS ARE JUST HYPOCRITES. WE ALL KNOW THERE IS NOTHING LIKE DEMOCRACY IN THE RAWLINGS' DICTIONARY. THE MAN IS A DICTATOR AND WE ALL KNOW IT. EVEN THE WRITER OF THIS BOOK IS A HYPOCRITE.
GHANAIANS ARE JUST HYPOCRITES. WE ALL KNOW THERE IS NOTHING LIKE DEMOCRACY IN THE RAWLINGS' DICTIONARY. THE MAN IS A DICTATOR AND WE ALL KNOW IT. EVEN THE WRITER OF THIS BOOK IS A HYPOCRITE.
Patriotic Ghanaian . USA. 9 years ago
I'm glad ,my cup of low minded scumbags fit a lot of people who have just written after me. Yes ! Affrifa handed over ! What did he try to do when his puppet government was overthrown ? That is where Rawlings comes in. Rawlin ... read full comment
I'm glad ,my cup of low minded scumbags fit a lot of people who have just written after me. Yes ! Affrifa handed over ! What did he try to do when his puppet government was overthrown ? That is where Rawlings comes in. Rawlings by his bravery and political acumen was able to put an end to the dominal coup d'états and laid the ground work of political stability that you blockheaded critics are enjoying .Who wasted Ghanaian resources on rebuilding Krobo in the Ashanti region to the detriment of Nima and other slums ? If those Guys were alive today , they would always have taken up arms to protect their whims and caprices. Who put a stop to that and created the freedom and stability under which you writing your pathetic rejoinder?
yourself 9 years ago
Have you forgotten the millions of cash missing from under your bed, later declared allegedly stolen by your bodyguards? How could The Chairman relate well to such a party treasurer?
Have you forgotten the millions of cash missing from under your bed, later declared allegedly stolen by your bodyguards? How could The Chairman relate well to such a party treasurer?
FACT 9 years ago
The good vision for Ghana that Obed Yao Asamoah is saying Rawlings had for Ghana has borne fruit and Ghanaians are witnessing that "good vision".
You don't create a zealous looting and thieving political cult and call it goo ... read full comment
The good vision for Ghana that Obed Yao Asamoah is saying Rawlings had for Ghana has borne fruit and Ghanaians are witnessing that "good vision".
You don't create a zealous looting and thieving political cult and call it good vision.
Lord Tennison 9 years ago
What vision? The wasteful socialist exploits can NEVER enrich Ghana.
Only capitalism can.
The searchlight to find a solution to the corruption in Ghana should start with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's propagation of socialism in Ghana ... read full comment
What vision? The wasteful socialist exploits can NEVER enrich Ghana.
Only capitalism can.
The searchlight to find a solution to the corruption in Ghana should start with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's propagation of socialism in Ghana.
Until Ghana shifts from the SOEs to private enterprises,she will always grapple with sizable corruption.
kWAKU Asamoah 9 years ago
Ghanaians should stop idolizing this criminal, that is the former President Jerry John AWLINGS
Ghanaians should stop idolizing this criminal, that is the former President Jerry John AWLINGS
Patriotic Ghanaian . USA. 9 years ago
Thank God ! People who can hardly get round the clock electric power can charge their cell phones and have enough power to write stupid and incoherent things about their leaders . Morons!!
Thank God ! People who can hardly get round the clock electric power can charge their cell phones and have enough power to write stupid and incoherent things about their leaders . Morons!!
makmakamkamaaa 9 years ago
yes rawlings vision was what you played complacency at--killing AKANS-ROBBING AKANS OF THEIR LIVLIHOODS-stealing Ghana's assets and hiding some in Brazil....and Togoland.
Obed Asamoah what nonsense are you talking about? ... read full comment
yes rawlings vision was what you played complacency at--killing AKANS-ROBBING AKANS OF THEIR LIVLIHOODS-stealing Ghana's assets and hiding some in Brazil....and Togoland.
Obed Asamoah what nonsense are you talking about? what kind of good intentions were for mass murdering..where are the SUPREME COURT JUDGES??????Foolish Togolese Obed ...
makmakamkamaaa 9 years ago
Idiot I hope you can read this posting..I SAY YOU ARE STUPID BEYOND DESCRIPTION!!!
Idiot I hope you can read this posting..I SAY YOU ARE STUPID BEYOND DESCRIPTION!!!
Mankind 9 years ago
And what happened with the: roads hospitals, schools, electricity etc.? After his 20 year rule, Ghana is 200 years behind in everything, except the few of you talking nonsense!! The vision was good for your pocket only, fool ... read full comment
And what happened with the: roads hospitals, schools, electricity etc.? After his 20 year rule, Ghana is 200 years behind in everything, except the few of you talking nonsense!! The vision was good for your pocket only, fool...Your children went to school overseas and we went to school under trees!!!in the 21st century that is what you bastards left for the rest of us!!
We the people 9 years ago
And it took 19years what did he have to show for? You mamu of a man.where did u get those millions found in your fridge. Fridge is ur bank an educated man? Get a life p le ase.
And it took 19years what did he have to show for? You mamu of a man.where did u get those millions found in your fridge. Fridge is ur bank an educated man? Get a life p le ase.
Efo Kwaku Canada 9 years ago
After 19 years of ruling Ghanaians ? He was good in stealing other countries programs but he lacks wisdom to implement them , national infrastructure amenities which one after 19 years doesn't have issues , roads, water, scho ... read full comment
After 19 years of ruling Ghanaians ? He was good in stealing other countries programs but he lacks wisdom to implement them , national infrastructure amenities which one after 19 years doesn't have issues , roads, water, schools , health , Housing and electricity, he didn't solve not even one problem so what kind of leadership achievement JJ Rawlins has? K4 nearly solve the health and school issues even electricity and housing but NDC crooks has destroys everything
Peter P 9 years ago
And what was rawlings' vision for Ghana? To fill his pocket and his stomach with loot from the Ghana treasury? Look at rawlings' pics from his afrc mad days to his pics now. See how pregnant he has become? if you ask me, he i ... read full comment
And what was rawlings' vision for Ghana? To fill his pocket and his stomach with loot from the Ghana treasury? Look at rawlings' pics from his afrc mad days to his pics now. See how pregnant he has become? if you ask me, he is pregnant by more than 11 months - 2 months overdue and still growing. He cannot fit in his trademark overalls from his afrc mad days anymore, and he cannot wear suits too. Talk of a pig and the pork barrel - that is more like rawlings' vision for himself
Kwakye 9 years ago
If that story with Rawlings is as simple as told by StarrFm, Obed please come back. The family never breaks. Take a cue from Kwesi Botchwey. Best regards.
If that story with Rawlings is as simple as told by StarrFm, Obed please come back. The family never breaks. Take a cue from Kwesi Botchwey. Best regards.
GHANANI 9 years ago
Yes,Rawings chose the late president Mills because he thought he could dictate to him and control him at will.But that proved to be wrong and Rawlings ended up being a destructive critic of president Mills.I am sure Rawlings ... read full comment
Yes,Rawings chose the late president Mills because he thought he could dictate to him and control him at will.But that proved to be wrong and Rawlings ended up being a destructive critic of president Mills.I am sure Rawlings heaved a sigh of relief when Mills died.
STEPHEN OSEI,NORWAY 9 years ago
WHEN,HE HAVE BEEN A LEADER FOR MANEY YEARS
WHEN,HE HAVE BEEN A LEADER FOR MANEY YEARS
Seko 9 years ago
What is he talking about, Rawlings was himself very corrupt. His wife is currently in Court fighting over a 15% stake in GREEL diverstiture. You can also mention Nsawam cannery and many other buildings and businesses belongin ... read full comment
What is he talking about, Rawlings was himself very corrupt. His wife is currently in Court fighting over a 15% stake in GREEL diverstiture. You can also mention Nsawam cannery and many other buildings and businesses belonging to the Rawligneses.
GODISKING 9 years ago
YOU OBED ASAMOAH WAS A DICTATOR AND THREW ABOUT YOUR WAIT SO MUCH.YOU ALLOWED PEOPLE WHO WERE CORRUPT AROND YOUR WAIST TOO MUCH.YOU SEEMED TO HAVE CHERISHED THEM HENCE MAKING PEOPLE TO DOUBT YOUR INTERGRITY.
YOU OBED ASAMOAH WAS A DICTATOR AND THREW ABOUT YOUR WAIT SO MUCH.YOU ALLOWED PEOPLE WHO WERE CORRUPT AROND YOUR WAIST TOO MUCH.YOU SEEMED TO HAVE CHERISHED THEM HENCE MAKING PEOPLE TO DOUBT YOUR INTERGRITY.
good vision indeed..he took over and did not have a clue what to do..then changed his spots and stole, murdered and raped Ghana.
AUTHOR: EBO QUANSAH---------------Dear reader, forgive me for diverting from the topic I promised yesterday. I have been compelled by Jerry Rawlings’ outburst in Nigeria about corruption, as if he himself is a saint. I am c ...
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Ebo God bless you for your input
This Obed guy does not even make sense. Most of the issues we have today stem from the 19 useless years of JJ.
Rawlings and his men used communist platform and the plight of Ghanaians to preach and ascend to power. After the coup, he turned around and demolished communism completely in Ghana leaving his beloved Cuban-style communist d ...
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THE LESS SAID ABOUT RAWLINGS THE BETTER. THIS MAN IS A GREEDY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ENVIOUS OF ANYONE WHO IS SUCCESSFUL
Research has shown that critics who criticizes about a situation will themselves do worse than the one they are critiquing had they are offered opportunity to be in the same shoes as their subjects. Rawlings might have good i ...
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Those who are 35 years old or less were born in 1979 or after and saw nothing or very little of "The New Ghana Order" created by a megalomaniac, Jeremiah John Rawlings, except whatever they have been told or read from whateve ...
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this guy threw you out from ndc and you you form new party, ei politics
Nsawan Cannery, GNTC buildings, Cantonments lands,
Did you ask Akufo Addo where our Drill Ship is? Dam fool
One day, a generation will arise in Ghana who would see wrong for what it is. Until then, I guess we will have to do with the likes of some of the contributors here, including yourself. No offence implied but that is the real ...
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The vision was to make himself, Obed Asamoah, P.V. Obeng, Ato Ahwoi and other hypocrites and nation wreckers multi-millioniers while the nation becomes broke with no schools, no clean water, no power, no health facilities, an ...
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... and what happened since he had nineteen years to do that, and his party six years; a total of 25 years out of Ghana's 57 years? This is where we are, with the VISIONLESS AND CLUELESS still mismanaging.
Rawlings, Unlike brain-dead tribalistic, ethnocentric bastards who look at peoples tribes before making judgements and appointments, Rawlings closes his eyes to such nonsense. He supported Mills when we all knew that. Hold cr ...
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Listen to this hypocrite!
''WE HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENTS FOR FAR TOO LONG, IT IS TIME YOU MAKE ONE OF YOUR OWN PRESIDENT'' - John Mahama.
He said this to his kinsmen. How does it sound to you, Otoo? DON'T PUSH THINGS YOU ...
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Dunamis, know ye not that Rawlings added more than 500 megawatts of energy to our National grid ? Show me how many megawatts Kufuor added and also Busia. Do u now see. where the ' dumsor ' originated ? Indicate also the HOS ...
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Peace and unity will elude these Dankwa / Busia confraternity until they begin to show respect to their opponents by using decent language to express their opinions. All they can do is to chirp! chirp !chirp ! talk !talk ! ...
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Oh yakubu l believe that all what you have said is sheer STUPIDITIES as you clearly stated are seriously SICK AND THAT YOU NEED URGENT HELP.What do you know about Ghana'S history? l know that you are jj rawshit jss pupil t ...
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It is true Obed. You are an honest man. You say the truth.
OBED YOUR DECENT MAN,NEXT TIME YOU GET MY SUPPORT.
Rawlings joined and organized June 4th and 31st coups respectively to enrich himself, his tribal men and other friends. Most of his men who were lecturers are now filthy rich like himself
like you around him!
Dr. Asamoa, May i ask what prevented him from executing those plans in all these twenty years? He served the longest term as the nation's leader ever. was it the selling out of the nation's assets to his friends and relative ...
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J.J. Rawlings is not a leader ask anyone who knows more about the manhood of people in the military. J.J. Rawlings and his band of military officers who took over in Ghana did so because they had guns, unchecked power to kill ...
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How can illiterate murderer like Rawlings have a vision for Ghana. Rawlings lacked the intellectual capacity to think. It was unfortunate that we had him for twenty years. Rawlings has embittered so many of his countrymen by ...
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Yes, JJ had a vision for Ghana after 19 yrs in power for murdering,and killing citizens of Ghana to enrich himself and his tribal countrymen like Obed Asamoah.JJ the murderer!
Rawlins had the chance to impose himself by force for19years on ghanaians.what prevented him from implementing that good vision?you are one of the intellectual dishonest people helped him to mess up the country.the only thing ...
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Unlike brain-dead tribalistic, ethnocentric bastards who look at peoples tribes before making judgements and appointments, Rawlings closes his eyes to such nonsense. He supported Mills when we all knew that. Hold crash the pa ...
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People of Ghana, Just listen to this hypocrite!
''WE HAVE BEEN VICE PRESIDENTS FOR FAR TOO LONG, IT IS TIME YOU MAKE ONE OF YOUR OWN PRESIDENT'' - John Mahama.
He said this to his kinsmen. How does it sound to you, Oto ...
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"GOOD VISION" ONLY REALISABLE THROUGH BLOODLETTING. NAIVE, ILL-THOUGHT OUT, CHILDISH IDEAS OF GOOD INTENTION ACCURATELTY DESCRIBES RAWLINGS INTENTIONS. THE BOY HAD NO VISION AND IS STILL DELUDED BY ILLUSION OF VISDOM.
So it is Rawlings who chooses both the President and the Vice President. Is this democracy? This is evidence that the NDC has questionable democratic credentials. They don't believe or practise democracy even in the party.
What vision?
Obed Asamoah was right.Mills lacked the qualities of a leader and he failed as one.It is pathetic that Rawlings chose someone like Mills over Obed Asamoah.In the end it was bad.One bad decision led to many disasters.Poor Ghan ...
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Rawlings has no vision. what prevented him from executing is vision during is 20 years rule?
And what vision was that. A murderous individual who viewed himself as the center of the universe.Thought and still thinks he knows all. A man who plundered the nation assets for himself, his family and cronies.A man who rein ...
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Rawlings has a VISION of corruption free society? Obeddii, please let us have some peace of mind. Rawlings the most corrupt of all Ghanaians, the man who trained Mahama, Mills, Ablakwa, Fifi Kwetey, Koku, Kwasi Pratt not to t ...
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To those Ghanaians with the brain of a fly , take note that ex President Rawlings that you guys freely condemn , insult and curse could have clinged to power till death or could looted the national coffers and left the countr ...
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Afrifa was the first military leader ever in Africa to hand over to a constitutional democratically elected government, Afrifa is also a Ghanaian. LEARN your facts before exposing your emptiness. Who is Rawlings? A useless dr ...
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...could have clinged to power till death SO WHY DID HE GIVE UP after 25 yrs of murdering & looting? At least ACHEAMPONG initiated operation feed urself,and RAWLINGS? IS HE NOT AFRAID OF HIS LIFE NOW AFTER LOOTING & MURDERING ...
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WHAT SORT OF VISION AGAIN AFTER WHOOPING 25 GOOD YEARS IN POWER? U FOOLISH ASAMOAH! U ARE DAMN USELESS & BLIND AS UR BOSS JJ. LOOK OBED,WE GHANAIANS NEED PEACE-OK.
But you were lucky to escape from certain death at your last NDC Congress prior to your leaving the Party.
The country knows you were also as corrupt as the NDC hierarchy.
Rawlings "vision" (never a vision for Ghana) was to find a way out the poverty in which he found himself. Yeah, he (Rawlings) is now worth more that $80 million, according to estimates. That was a big jump from crediting yoke ...
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Obed, you were of the the plan to rob Ghanaians. You changed currency several time and hid millions of money in your sleeping mattress. You were part of the plan to kill all wealthy people in ghana and public servants above t ...
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Rawlings trusted Dr. Obed Asamoah to the extent he was both Attorney General and Foreign Minister at the same time. No doubt, he became if not one of the longest Attorney General's in Ghana's history.
Dr. Asamoah to be si ...
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It is a fact that Rawlings is a Togelese and not a Ghanaian. This imposter has come to control Ghanaians with your help. Wait! If history is right then remember what happened to Ivan The Terrible an imposter from Poland who s ...
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AND OBED ASAMOAH was the man sending THE MILLIONGS TO SWITZERLAND. RAWLINGS was then afraid to travel, so this IDIOT OBED as an EWE foreign minister HAD THE UPPER HAND TO LOOT & SHARE WITH RAWLINGS- no wonder he keeps praisin ...
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BLESSED PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIGNIFIED PEOPLE OF AFRICA, INNOCENT PEOPLE OF GHANA; -AND OTUMFUO DANCED WITH PREZ MAHAMA! YEA, HUMANITY; -AND KING DAVID DANCED TILL HIS CLOTHES FELL OFF! SELAH. HUMANITY; WHAT SH ...
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He will be hard to replace
Best President since Nkrumah..no question about that. He was the person Ghana needed at the time he came.
Obed asamoah is a coward ! Oh yes a loose who will legitimate idoits simply because they have a gun. Your outcast mentor robbed this nation under the guns with commandos for 2 decades And during all those years he coul ...
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NONSENSICAL NONSENSE. WHO IS MORE CORRUPT THAN RAWLINGS HIMSELF? IF HIS PARTY WAS BUILT SOLIDLY ON CORRUPT-FREE FOUNDATION, GHANA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HIGH RATE OF CORRUPTION AT THIS TIME AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH ...
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GHANAIANS ARE JUST HYPOCRITES. WE ALL KNOW THERE IS NOTHING LIKE DEMOCRACY IN THE RAWLINGS' DICTIONARY. THE MAN IS A DICTATOR AND WE ALL KNOW IT. EVEN THE WRITER OF THIS BOOK IS A HYPOCRITE.
I'm glad ,my cup of low minded scumbags fit a lot of people who have just written after me. Yes ! Affrifa handed over ! What did he try to do when his puppet government was overthrown ? That is where Rawlings comes in. Rawlin ...
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Have you forgotten the millions of cash missing from under your bed, later declared allegedly stolen by your bodyguards? How could The Chairman relate well to such a party treasurer?
The good vision for Ghana that Obed Yao Asamoah is saying Rawlings had for Ghana has borne fruit and Ghanaians are witnessing that "good vision".
You don't create a zealous looting and thieving political cult and call it goo ...
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What vision? The wasteful socialist exploits can NEVER enrich Ghana.
Only capitalism can.
The searchlight to find a solution to the corruption in Ghana should start with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's propagation of socialism in Ghana ...
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Ghanaians should stop idolizing this criminal, that is the former President Jerry John AWLINGS
Thank God ! People who can hardly get round the clock electric power can charge their cell phones and have enough power to write stupid and incoherent things about their leaders . Morons!!
yes rawlings vision was what you played complacency at--killing AKANS-ROBBING AKANS OF THEIR LIVLIHOODS-stealing Ghana's assets and hiding some in Brazil....and Togoland.
Obed Asamoah what nonsense are you talking about? ...
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Idiot I hope you can read this posting..I SAY YOU ARE STUPID BEYOND DESCRIPTION!!!
And what happened with the: roads hospitals, schools, electricity etc.? After his 20 year rule, Ghana is 200 years behind in everything, except the few of you talking nonsense!! The vision was good for your pocket only, fool ...
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And it took 19years what did he have to show for? You mamu of a man.where did u get those millions found in your fridge. Fridge is ur bank an educated man? Get a life p le ase.
After 19 years of ruling Ghanaians ? He was good in stealing other countries programs but he lacks wisdom to implement them , national infrastructure amenities which one after 19 years doesn't have issues , roads, water, scho ...
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And what was rawlings' vision for Ghana? To fill his pocket and his stomach with loot from the Ghana treasury? Look at rawlings' pics from his afrc mad days to his pics now. See how pregnant he has become? if you ask me, he i ...
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If that story with Rawlings is as simple as told by StarrFm, Obed please come back. The family never breaks. Take a cue from Kwesi Botchwey. Best regards.
Yes,Rawings chose the late president Mills because he thought he could dictate to him and control him at will.But that proved to be wrong and Rawlings ended up being a destructive critic of president Mills.I am sure Rawlings ...
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WHEN,HE HAVE BEEN A LEADER FOR MANEY YEARS
What is he talking about, Rawlings was himself very corrupt. His wife is currently in Court fighting over a 15% stake in GREEL diverstiture. You can also mention Nsawam cannery and many other buildings and businesses belongin ...
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YOU OBED ASAMOAH WAS A DICTATOR AND THREW ABOUT YOUR WAIT SO MUCH.YOU ALLOWED PEOPLE WHO WERE CORRUPT AROND YOUR WAIST TOO MUCH.YOU SEEMED TO HAVE CHERISHED THEM HENCE MAKING PEOPLE TO DOUBT YOUR INTERGRITY.