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NPP will champion Arabic studies – Bawumia

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  • Ali 10 years ago

    Politics of religion will end us in war. It is never good for our country.

  • JOE BLOCK, U.S.A. 10 years ago

    Whether you like it or not, Ghana is a Chirstian country, and this nonsense happening all around us from Bomo Haram to ISIS will never be encouraged in our peace loving country. I wonder if this Bawumia is serious; Did you ge ...
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  • OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

    BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE DID GHANAIANS GO WRONG TO SUFFER LIKE THIS? YOU MAHAMA BUILDING YOUR HOTELS ABROAD, AFRIYIE ANKRA BUYING MANSIONS AT EAST LEGON, OKUDJETO ACQUIRING FILLING STATIONS ALL OVER, TOGBUI AF ...
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  • OYOKOBA 10 years ago

    I think the NPP messaging needs some retooling and fine tuning. Seriously we need to hone in on bread and butter issues that 90% of the electorate care so much about.

    At this point Arabic language learning wouldn't even re ...
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  • Nancy Forson 10 years ago

    It is only people and organisations that lack credibility would hide behind others to perpetuate unfathomable lies.

    And that is exactly what you are trying to do by trying to hide behind the BBC, which mistakenly is though ...
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  • DAVID, TEMA 10 years ago

    Nana addo killed the wife. Toilet in his trousers. Write this in arabic

  • daladam 10 years ago

    BE CARFULL PEOPLE WE BETTER STICK WITH THE LOSER MAHAMA THEN VOTE FOR MUSLIMS AND ARABS TO RULE GHANA

  • gh vi 10 years ago

    These NPP guys are desperate and are promising just anything at all in order to make it to power.
    who says we want to learn arabic in Ghana?

  • Nana Simpson 10 years ago

    Dont accused President Mahama and the NDC Gv't wrongly. JDM care about his people and committed to turning the fortunes of the economy around as evident in the establishment of Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) as a ...
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  • ken Kweku Agyeman 10 years ago

    Discerning Ghanaians are equally aware of the numerous thievery allegations which have been leveled against the NPP such as

    1. HOTEL DE KUFOUR,

    2.The Minister of Health under President Kufuor's presidency, Dr. Richard ...
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  • Baba 10 years ago

    Can we improve on our English first before any other language. Frech should come after English because we are surrounded by Francophone countries. Arabic is for ARABS.

  • Abbas Siedu 10 years ago

    Please check the source of the article before you jump into conclusion. This is information is planted to create division amongst the populace.

  • mohammed 10 years ago

    Who told you Ghana is a Christian Country? why not an African traditional religious country.

  • 123 10 years ago

    Ask yourself if teaching Arabic in schools is necessary? What's the main motive behind this move? I wait for answers

  • OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

    Author:-I dont understand....
    Which normal person will order brand new buses in the colour of his choice from the manufacturer. Then when the buses arrives will say i dont want the colour anymore and will again spend stupind ...
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  • Adu Boah 10 years ago

    Old Soldier, you always stand to make baseless argument, Comment on the subject understudy and not what you think should be done.... lol... sometimes when i read your comment it makes me laugh because you don't have anything ...
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  • Joe 10 years ago

    No outside influence again please

  • Akhnaton 10 years ago

    Why don't you champion the study of Akan or any other Ghanaian for that matter to improve it and make it our own than to bring in Arabic, the language of the slave master who does not regard us as human. Sometimes I wonder ho ...
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  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 10 years ago

    THE NAME GHANA IS AN HAUSA NAME.DERIVED FROM WARRIOR KING.

  • Nancy Forson 10 years ago

    I think the wisest ever to grace the face of Planet is once again vindicated with his assertion that,

    "Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues." Proverbs 17:28

    God bles ...
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  • xyz 10 years ago

    I believe this free Arabic tuition is at the request of the few zongo muslims in Ghana.

  • Omnbapa 10 years ago

    Ali am with you, this will rather breeds division,these guys are confused.com.

    The elephant is lost in the forest

  • Nana Simpson 10 years ago

    NPP paaa! we talking about quality education education and elimination os schools under trees being undertaken by the NDC government and you talking about arabic language which is in anyway a subset of the quality education b ...
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  • Kofi 10 years ago

    What good is Arabic to the average Ghanaian? If somebody wants to study Arabic as a subject ...fine,but to use my cocoa money to force Arabic down our throats is pure bunkum! We cannot even get our heads around English afte ...
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  • GhanaSon 10 years ago

    Kofi I like your sense of reasoning. Right on the money. Come again Bawumia.

  • Yaw 10 years ago

    because u are illiterate u won't know the use of languages as means of national development so u are pardon. ur cocoa are u the only cocoa farmer in Ghana stupid man

  • They Say They Say 10 years ago

    Every now and then we are entreated with the real character of our politicians but will the people be wise enough to see? Hahaha 3y3 asem.

  • Baffour Agyemang 10 years ago

    Kofi you taken the wind out of my sail. You've said it all. Is this coming from wiz-kid Dr Bawumia? Hmm.

  • Nap. 10 years ago

    May God bless you for your comment.

  • pie 10 years ago

    huuuu! go Dubai and see if ppl don't learn English there. shameless baboon

  • Tk 10 years ago

    Summy you are really a bushman!Most Arab countries was colonised by the British.If you don't know ask.

  • Yeheshua 10 years ago

    What an ignorant thing to say. English is taught in all de Arabic speaking countries.

  • Yeheshua 10 years ago

    Do u know de number of Arab investors in Ghana? Why can't u just think for a second de benefits it can bring a person who learns Arabic?

  • kidziii 10 years ago

    For a very long tym now finally i have a sensible comment....tanx comrade

  • Omnbapa 10 years ago

    I think Mr Bawumia and his campaign team has no message for the good people of ghana,they are confused.com.

    We convincing message to win power not Arabic language., npp should be mindful about what they preach before, duri ...
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  • yanks 10 years ago

    learn arabic? what are the benefits speaking arabic? arabic is a barbaric language for it encourages wahabism, promotes sharia law, terrorism, suicide bombers, beheadings, abducting girls, lies, discriminate against people, a ...
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  • Son of Ghana 10 years ago

    Not everybody will have to learn Arabic. Only those that want to. 10% of Ghanaians are moslem. That also have to have some of the national cake.

  • MT 10 years ago

    You are having symptoms of 'mad cow disease' language study is purely for communication purposes....not religion.

  • angry ghanaian 10 years ago

    If npp vision is to promote Arabic language and giving chance to Muslim to dorminat our christian country, the npp must lose.

  • obos 10 years ago

    your stupid mother .who told you Ghana is Christian country, been majority doesn't make you a Christian country. ghana is circular nation. your ashawo mother.

  • Steve 10 years ago

    Please check your facts right Godfrey, I doubt if you are who you profess to be as a Christian.

  • Atugu 10 years ago

    do not disappoint us please, Ghana is not into that that,no no no !!

  • koffi parker 10 years ago

    You see this is the problem that is brewing folks this will be seen as a direct threat to Christianity as you seem to say but it does not diminish the fact that Muslims too under democratic rule have every right to go that fa ...
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  • Amen 10 years ago

    Arabic is already a subject in ghana. Why this nonsense.

  • GOLD MINE 10 years ago

    1. All our immediate neighbours speak French. Where are we taking the Arabic?
    Another planned waste of taxpayers' money like the bus-rebranding stupidity.

    2. Zongo Development Fund: Another create, loot and share drain-pi ...
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  • omotuo 10 years ago

    You are just not serious.

  • XMAN 10 years ago

    THESE GUYS ARE SOOOO....EMPTY IN THEIR SKULLS!

  • NPP GO LOSE AGAIN!!!! 10 years ago

    GO TO HELL

  • Equity 10 years ago

    Is this necessary? Please think again. This can lose votes for NPP.

  • Nap. 10 years ago

    Do you mean you christians hate Muslims ?I don't think you are even a proper Christian.

  • Kwame Asare 10 years ago

    PROMISES PROMISES GALORE.we are now fedup with the promises from politicians. please tell us how it they are to be funded. We dont want to hear these nonsence again. Give us better policies.You only need power to recoupe moni ...
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  • DAJI 10 years ago

    Talk some sense MR so called ALI

  • Omnbapa 10 years ago

    Mr let's be frank, is this the kind of campaign message we are expecting from a person with PhD, oh no, npp is loosing this election, am disappointed by the PhDs campaign message

  • T. Moumin 10 years ago

    Your name contradicts your thinking. I'm sorry!

  • Ojuku 10 years ago

    NPP is so desperate for power that they are ready to promise even heaven without caring how to deliver it.

  • malam iddi 10 years ago

    Bawumia you are right
    Arabic is a language not a religion don't you know that there are many Arabs who are non Muslims
    Bringing back the Arabic teachers allowance i will vote for npp
    Thank you for recognizing us

  • DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

    Say that again oooooh, my brother, say that loudly again la....

  • GHANA BOY 10 years ago

    HAAAAAA FEW WEEKS A GO YOU WERE TELL THE TWO MUSLIM BROTHERS TO BE SENT BACK TO USA, LYING PARTY. YOU CAN NEVER EAT YOUR CAKE AND HAVE IT AGIN

  • Michael Chai 10 years ago

    God forbid.. Champion what ?

  • kwabena ohemeng,london 10 years ago

    Bright, this is a friendly advice to you as a comrade.Kindly accept the results and move on.There is time for everything.The late president Mills was described as a serial loser but finally won and became the president of Gha ...
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  • azigi- T'adi 10 years ago

    This pink sheet man is too desperate for power so he just opens his mouth and apew out thrash bcos he wants power, as a Moslem you are principled by faith to uphold the truth even at the point of death but here you are lying ...
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  • nana 10 years ago

    Very soon this guy will promise unemployment allowance for Ghanaians. Sooo desperate

  • ka na wu 10 years ago

    DO Arabs study African languages?

  • Akyem Okyere Manu 10 years ago

    This Bawumia is not serious ,Arabic studies for what ?Not technology in any field but to become terorrist and kill .

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    That is enough for you to let them stay in opposition.

  • Kumi 10 years ago

    I 100% agree with you. Instead of Bawumia promoting African Studies to the Arabs, out of desperation for power just imagine the nonsense he is spewing out from his lying mouth. Should the NDC also come and say they will promo ...
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  • Kwobia (Toronto) 10 years ago

    This Bawumia guy has gone from bad to worse.After the Voters Register bru-ha-ha,now he wants Ghanain children to learn Arabic when these same kids can barely speak Engish a more useful language internationally.This is one use ...
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  • kay 10 years ago

    massa this is 4 De zongo communities don't be foolish

  • Obinim 10 years ago

    Kay please write your foolish the zongo way.'foolis'

  • DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 10 years ago

    That shows the level of desperation they are in right now.

  • King Lomotey 10 years ago

    And you want this myopic economist to be ur Vice President? God help us.

  • all die be die 10 years ago

    masa keep laying

  • olu 10 years ago

    Why is Bawumia and his boss desperate? Are Ghanaians looking to waste our scarce resources on this effort? Arabic language can be offered in our schools so at the universities so why is this needed?

  • ORIGINAL VOICE OF REASON 10 years ago

    Nana has the brainpower,he has the charisma, he has the diplomacy,he has the passion,he has the pedigree,he has the panache,he has the gravitas and above all he has the love for country to make Ghana the envy of Africa !

  • David O 10 years ago

    Ghana is already the envy of Africa, taking a critical look at the achievements of Prez John Mahama says it all. the construction of the circle interchange, police hospital & ridge hospital are just but a few of the infrastru ...
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  • Naaba 10 years ago

    But he lacks the wisdom to unite people, the heart to accommodate diverging views and he is unforgiving. He is not sympathetic(all die be die). He is not honest(his law cert). He is tribalistic(yen akanfuo).

  • Nzema K 10 years ago

    So Bawumia Hates the Two Arab Nationals but love their language

  • NII KROTEY 10 years ago

    WE ARE FOR NPP NOW...

  • EZEKIEL 10 years ago

    This Bawumia IS a dunce !! NOTHING to offer...so so USELESS PROMISES!

  • Osei Boakye 10 years ago

    And you want him as ur Vice President, expert on economic affairs tweaah.

  • ORIGINAL VOICE OF REASON 10 years ago

    Compare Nana to low IQ pea brain greedy buffoon Mahama whose insatiable greed and corrupt disposition has reduced Ghana to butt of jokes in the comity of nations.....now choose which these two shd be prez and vote for him

  • GHANA IS CHEAP 10 years ago

    WHY CANT THE ARABIC OR WHATEVER LEARN OUR LANGUAGE.

    WHAT GOOD HAS COME OUT OF ARABIA

  • azigi- T'adi 10 years ago

    Foolish man, promises promises and all over the place, full of lies, a moslem indeed, continue lying n forever u shall remain in opposition

  • Kumi 10 years ago

    Mr. Liarmia please come again. You are too desperate. We don't like desperate people leading the Nation. Why not promote African Studies to the Arabs. This is why even the Arabs don't respect Africans. Is that what NPP will e ...
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  • SETOO 10 years ago

    Thank u, Bawumia very soon NPP coming power...now

  • dd 10 years ago

    how about commitment to study twi and make it a national language in addition to english

  • SACRED @a@.. 10 years ago

    Look at propagandist,u people don't have anything to offer Ghanaians.

  • Yaw Adu-Asare 10 years ago

    There is some insanity going on in Ghana.

    These northners are over staying their privileges

  • HAJIA KK 10 years ago

    The Mahama's Government is currently implementing the study of our local languages in various Uni n secondary schools promoting our own. The Nana Addo is working on implementing Arabic studies.Is this what we need in Ghana? W ...
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  • YAS 10 years ago

    This politics of religion get to stop. Build first class science and arts schools for the muslim community and encourage them to enrole so they can Drs, Teachers, and Nurses to contribute to Ghanaian society, not some Arabic ...
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  • AT 10 years ago

    Nana and this Buwulair can promise everything, free school, free marriage, free transport, free everything Ghanaians must wise up because there is no free lunch anywhere.....

  • joe 10 years ago

    Thank you Dr for the good work .Ghanaians are looking for good leaders like you and nana addo to rule this country.. Mahama led administration has cause more harm than good to Ghanaians we need change now

  • 2016 on 10 years ago

    you are stupid thats why you will never come to power..... fool

  • Nii Fio Shammo 10 years ago

    Why Arabic and What for?We need highly educated Muslims in science and technology,medicine and the arts.We have enough Arabic scholars and what do they do except terrify innocent people with hell fire.Stop it Bawumia

  • kofikofi 10 years ago

    twaaaaa. what do we stand to gain as Ghanaians...what kind of politics is this.

  • TT 10 years ago

    Arabic for what? Instead of u talking about upgrading or improving our technical schools for the youth to get something doing after school u r tlkin about arabic no wonder we are not developing

  • Cojo, Germany 10 years ago

    Bawumia do not try to kill the hope and trust people have in Nana, your reliogious suggestions will kill your future politics

  • Akon 10 years ago

    Para, You are as stupid as Bawumia. Have you finished doing business with your neighbouring francophone countries? You cannot even promote your official language English in elementary schools. How many can speak French? Or Sp ...
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  • Konkonsa 10 years ago

    an economist who will abolish some taxes and rather pay allowances? man, the allawa was introduced to woo people into the respective professions when people were needed to fill those vacancies, not in our modern times when so ...
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  • Joe Tango 10 years ago

    For the nineteen years prez Rawlings didn't choose Muslim as his vice. Prez Mills selected Alhaji Mumumi but you rejected him. Prez MAHAMA knowing very well that Muslims will not vote for their own man, chose another Christi ...
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  • Tawiah 10 years ago

    VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT BY THE NPP NOW.

  • laari sule 10 years ago

    This is a good man that the people of Ghana should listen, Nana all the way.

  • Cojo, Germany 10 years ago

    Bawumia you are destroying your future political ambitions

  • Afia 10 years ago

    Poor Nana Addo. You will never be President. Just forget it and thank God for everything.

  • Ghana people 10 years ago

    NPP should know that Ghana is a cristian Country . I will do all tins in my village to make shore Nana Addo loose . why not Twi,Ewe,Gonja,Ga, konkomba or other local languages.

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  • makamaka 10 years ago

    we the hardship people's party are for it. we need change now

  • Jake Italy 10 years ago

    Is this Npp campaign message? Sad Bawumia come again

  • GHANA IS CHEAP 10 years ago

    ANOTHER FORM OF COLONISATION

    WHAT GOOD HAS COME OUT OF ARABIA

  • koff 10 years ago

    short of campaign Messages bcos u talked and and still talking too fkn Much

  • Julius Asomani 10 years ago

    I will be happy when it comes through.

  • Amozey 10 years ago

    At first I thought this man was a genius until he started spewing crap. Now I doubt his knowledge in economics.

  • yaw 10 years ago

    What is the benefit 4 arabic studies in Ghana? Lean Chinese instead 4 economics reasons.

  • dr bawumia 10 years ago

    recruiting more customs officers will help the country terrorist all over ghana.let us try and tightened our borders than spewing garbage.if there is no peace then there is no governing.

  • Jew 10 years ago

    When they are talking of replacing the English language with a Ghanaian national language, confused Dr Pinksheets is promising to bring another foreign language.

  • KK Gianni Koffi 10 years ago

    Eeeeeeei Bawumia is that where you reach now? Awww so pity, this man is getting frustrated ooo nooo Bawumia you campaign words are finish ooooo you talking like kid now, just keep quiet and rest somewhere please

  • Jerry 10 years ago

    Nana, you know you have a 3rd class degree in economics, but you went for your senior who has a PhD in economics to assist you. Now he is talking about making Arabic a national language which no Ghanaian will buy.

  • DAVID, TEMA 10 years ago

    Congratulation. NDC brought 2terrorist from guantanamo, bawumia to make the whole country Ghana to become the next terrorist state, and axis of evil. Alliance compliance order is coming. All christians to vote for NDC.

  • Habibu zulkifil 10 years ago

    Don't we have dat orade religious and moral

  • Big J 10 years ago

    Nana might be a fake lawyer, but he at least makes some little sense from time to time when he speaks, but this Bawumia guy, I wonder if he didn't obtain his PhD through plagiarism, the guy is so dumb, jeez! What good will w ...
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  • The Future Force 10 years ago

    How can a party that hates Muslims and wants Muslims who have been wrongfully in the US sent back promise to promote the study of Arabic language? These guys are just desperate for power and would soon be promising free wives ...
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  • Yaw 10 years ago

    some people that comments here are not wise at all. so if someone is championing education among the deprived communities is a crimew. if some of u don't know now is a policy in Ghana to teach pupils in language they speak be ...
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  • WIN-BENETI 10 years ago

    Bawumia shud b referred to the 2010 census report n b made to understand catholics alone are more than muslims in Ghana neither to talk of other Christian groups n for that Bawumia wouldnt b allowed to do anything of his choi ...
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  • adjoa osei mensah 10 years ago

    NDC presidential candidate is a Christian and his vice is a Christian they won the last election. The late president went with 2 moslems as vice president and didn't win to become president until he chose John Mahama a Christ ...
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  • Ebo Kobina 10 years ago

    BAWUMIA , YOU ARE A BUFFOON . GHANA NEED TO LEARN GOOD INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE LIKE FRENCH THAN PROPERGATING FOR THIS TERRORIST STUDIES . ARABIC STUDIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED BY SAUDI ARABIA FOR SPREADING TERRORIST IDEALOGY .G ...
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  • Nancy Forson 10 years ago

    The reality of what Bawumia is promising is the current trend of happenings in his party, the NPP.

    He is making promises to our Muslim brothers, but I can tell that, those promises are just bait he is trying to use to win ...
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  • EDUCATED FOOLS 10 years ago

    LET UNITE AKAN TO MOVE GHANA FORWARD LIKE THE EUROPEANS , SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN , US , CHINA , JAPAN , GERMANY , ITALY AND THE RUSSIANS .

  • No Brainer 10 years ago

    Forget about this Arabic thing for now until they put their house in order. We've got more serious cleaning to do after this good for nothing government leaves office

  • Ssali 10 years ago

    Bawumia has nothing good to offer to the zongo community. To learn Arabic? And do what with it. You see him? opportunist.

  • INNOCENT 10 years ago

    u people should remember n put it in mind that Arabic is an international language. people even feel proud speaking Arabic when returned from Libya n co. So stop doing this cos of politics.

  • WORDS OF WISDOM 10 years ago

    Cool down folks.....Bawumia's message is meant for the Zongo community please.Note meant for Ghanaians in general.

  • OPANINPA 10 years ago

    MAWUMIA WILL PROMISE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO WIN POWER. HE PROMISES MUSLEMS NPP WILL PROMOTE THE STUDY OF ARABIC. WILL HE PROMISE CHRISTIANS HE WILL PROMOTE THE STUDY OF HEBREW

  • Adu Boah 10 years ago

    Dr Bawumia should go back to the drawing board and bring out policies that will motivate the people of zongo to vote for NPP, what they need now is not arabic studies and easy trip to Hajj but someone who will transform thei ...
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  • DeeL 10 years ago

    We are surrounded by french speaking countries. Instead of promoting the French Language to help in our trade with our neighbours and outside world, Bawumia NPP is proposing Arabic? First things first. Why do you propose this ...
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  • Tweea 10 years ago

    Learn their language and behave like them.?" Why this nonsense. Ploy to collect money from the financiers of Jihadist for the NPP campaign. NPP is broke.

  • JOSEPH GANYOBI 10 years ago

    ARABS ARE THE TROUBLE MAKER'S ALLOVER THE WORLD NOW. ....I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT A CIVILIZED GHANAIAN WILL SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ...IT'S A SHAME MR BAWUMIA. ...BE CIVILIZE. ..WE KNOW YOU BETTER THAN THIS

  • Yeheshua 10 years ago

    See wgo

  • Bukar 10 years ago

    talk is cheap

  • Ali 10 years ago

    Ghana is surrounded by three French speaking countries. Bawumia, would be serious policy maker in the very rare case of NPP winning the 2016 elections, you did not think about teaching French from the basic schools to the ter ...
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  • Obed Adore 10 years ago

    Hahahahaha! My people see ooh. No more campaigning on "Free High School" But "Free Arabic Studies" in Ghana,, Yooo. Hahahaha! NPP is really confused. TWEAAAAA! NPP has no Campaign message this time around!

  • Obed Adore 10 years ago

    Really? Amanfuo, it seems Confusion has now made its masterpiece in the NPP Camp! Seriously!

  • Ewiasiyesum 10 years ago

    Stupid boy - You want to create the likes f boko haram in Ghana? God forbid.

  • Bukar 10 years ago

    lose talk by Bawumia

  • Ali 10 years ago

    You see where you are in politics now try read all the comments posted because of the to-be-policy of teaching of the Arabic in our schools. Already we are having problem with the English language since the first white man ar ...
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  • Ali Abdul Karim 10 years ago

    what is wrong with Ghanians at all,are we not here learning others languages as a citizens eg :are we not having institute of language where by people go there and Learn Wat language they wish to and also are we not having Gh ...
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  • BB 10 years ago

    Bawumia please concentrate on your economics. I strongly oppose this arabic nonsense. Ghana has too many languages and English is our bond. That is enough.
    Muslims can stdy arabic but leave catholics and protestants out of t ...
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  • Last warrior 10 years ago

    Moslem are already doing that so can't you do some thing which would help the children in that community than wast money to sturdy Arabic and can you tell us what benefit learning Arabic would give GHANAIANS that we don't kno ...
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  • ojuju spirit 10 years ago

    Mass gyae gyimii. Why can't we speak our language and be proud.

  • Ali Abdul Karim 10 years ago

    BAWUMIA DON'T MIND THEM IS POLICIES

  • Nii Adjei 10 years ago

    we haven't even gotten our own languages in place but always ready to opt on the wagon of the slavemasters.

  • KP 10 years ago

    Yes Npp all the way

  • Osei Boakye 10 years ago

    This pledge like Akufo Addo's free SHS promise wouldn't bring in the votes. Arabic Studies? when majority of Ghanaians have problems with speaking & writing in their own languages or in English. Zongofuo are not as stupid as ...
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  • DAVID, TEMA 10 years ago

    Spend your time to convert Ghana into a moslem state. Stupid boy

  • Shani Abubakari 10 years ago

    Desperation for power with respect to npp can be classified as a disease. Wat is this?

  • thom 10 years ago

    Hey Mr nap turn around and look at what is going on in your religion it's only the blind who cannot see and the deaf who cannot hear the terrorism in the Muslim community

  • SOLI NEI YA, Gung biliya yilli, Tamal 10 years ago

    Hypocratic. NPP double standard. Your hatred for zongos dates back to the second republic, when the busia govt sent all zongos packing bag and baggage to leave Ghana. When a zongo Aliu Mahama was vice president and it was tim ...
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  • daladam 10 years ago

    AND A VOTE FOR THE ARABS TO COME HERE AND RUN GHANA

  • STEVE 10 years ago

    Absolute NONSENSE. Why learn Arabic throughout Ghana and discard our languages? Is pure stupidity. We must rather train teachers to teach the languages within the country than Arabic. It does not make sense to me. Some of our ...
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  • Joe 10 years ago

    Hi Bawumia, let me tell you that Ghana is a Christian country not Muslim country. The country cannot take that Aribic language to anywhere
    Tha youth need jobs, channel them to technical, scientific and economic areas. Those ...
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  • MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

    Please Dr. Bawumia why advocate the study of Arabic? And not Future Studies or Environmental Studies. Both studies would make us sane, humane & ecological. (SHE)

  • sammy 10 years ago

    My friends are short of promises. Is Arabic a scientific language? So is it the reasons why they are promising free SHS? Ghana cannot communicate with her French speaking neighbours very well and you are talking of Arabic. We ...
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  • Raymond Abiwu 10 years ago

    Stupid ! Stupid and Stupid !!!

  • Raymond Abiwu 10 years ago

    The quran is written by devils . Ghanaians should be very careful.

  • ,Alhaji 90 10 years ago

    I am sure Ali and co are stollen boys from Mali

  • Busy 10 years ago

    So you too can import terrorists

  • ASHIA 10 years ago

    STUPID TWISTED MUSLIM DUMB MUSLIM YOU NEVER GET CLOSE TO THE SEAT START CLEAN YOUR WHERE YOU LIVE DIRTY PIGS
    SHAME.

  • Kontonkyi 10 years ago

    How are you going to cut taxes, reduce import duties, not borrow but find funds to meet the expectation of the people after all these promises? Are you going to go around begging for money to do all these things you are pro ...
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  • Kontonkyi 10 years ago

    Why? First it was English Language and now Arabic Language? None of our indigenous Languages is good enough? Why not French then since all our neighbors speak French?

    This man is promising too much!

  • Kontonkyi 10 years ago

    Nana Addo's Sarah Palin! Why can't this guy keep his mouth shut? Bawumia is doing to Nana Addo what Sarah Palin did to John McCain!

  • DAVID, TEMA 10 years ago

    Good idea to study arabic. I can now easily link up with the taliban and isil, isis operatives to earn a lot of money to train suicide bombers. Come bretheren, easy way to riches. This is economics prophecy from bawumia. A ha ...
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  • jomo 10 years ago

    I think we are surrended by Francaphone countries n how many of us ghanaians speak French? as much as arabic is good but.....?

  • THOMAS DUKORMEVI 10 years ago

    VoteP for me and i wil also champion the learning of Kukpankpan

  • PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 10 years ago

    LET HIM CHAMPION HAUSA LANGUAGE WHICH IS SPOKEN IN SAUDI ARABIA TOO.
    HAUSA IS SPOKEN IN ALL ZONGOS,SO LET HIM CHAMPION HAUSA.BAWUMIA HAS BECOME A HYPOCRITE HERE.

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari 10 years ago

    I support the study of Hausa which is spoken at most Zongos and Akan which is spoken in many parts of Ghana.

  • King Baidoo 10 years ago

    Does this guy know the Gitmo 2 are of Arab descent? Who gave him the doctorate degree?

  • Truth 10 years ago

    Please Ghanaians do not vote for NPP. If we make the mistake and vote them to power, they will push things down our throat. Things that we cannot even imagine.
    God is making their hidden intentions come to light.

  • MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

    I will rather go for Chinese Studies. Why?
    1. To learn about the Chinese people
    2. To learn about their language, specifically Mandarin.
    3. To study their difficult alphabets to be able to read their writing.

    I have a ...
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  • oman ba 10 years ago

    Stupid talk how many knows why to write our language and speak. Excuse us .I we serious at all.

  • GHANANI 10 years ago

    Bawumia reminds me of Saddam Hussein's right hand man who came to be known as comical Ali in international circles.Even when America and its allies were bombing Iraq he was telling the whole world that America and its allies ...
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  • Sakis Justice 10 years ago

    Npp will champion Arabic

  • inercycl 10 years ago

    This Bawumia guy seems to be a distraction for the party!!

  • inercycl 10 years ago

    We seem to throng to China for everything we need including aid/ loans.So why not introduce
    Mandarin into our educational curriculum rather than Arabic. Or is our new political discourse going to be based on religion. You go ...
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  • SOLI NEI YA, Gung biliya yilli, Tamal 10 years ago

    Why do you people envy Arabic? Remember twi or what do you call that limited vocabulary language? I mean the asanteman language does not come one thousandth way near Arabic. So Bawumia may be right priorotising arabic. Look B ...
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  • inercycl 10 years ago

    How would promoting Arabic culture (language) better our cause.Our students are not performing well academically by foreign standards as a result of their inadequate mastery of English. And now Arabic? It will serve no useful ...
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  • Amen 10 years ago

    Please please, please. Ghana has values as well

  • Steve 10 years ago

    I can't believe he's championing this agenda . Where are we going with this ? Ghanaians wake up.

  • ERICUS-KOROZO . 10 years ago

    My people are now promising everything for Ghanaians. These people are confused because thry have nothing again since aJDM gas finished all the developmental works.. Corruption is reduced to lowest level.. Nana and Bawumia a ...
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  • prince Hamid 10 years ago

    my God help nanna to come on power and save us from poverty in this country Ghana

  • Nanaana 10 years ago

    This idiot and his paymaster, the evil dwarf has no message.

  • Fish 10 years ago

    Confused and clueless Bawumia at it again

  • @@@@@@@@@ 10 years ago

    I THINK NPP,S ARE GOING MAD.

  • KURD 10 years ago

    AN NDC MAN BOUGHT PREPAID CREDIT 50GHC AND FINISHED THE NEXT DAY,HE WAS CRYING, KWASIA
    I TOLD HIM TO GO AND ASK MAHAMA.
    OUR PRESIDENT IS ONLY COMPASION ON TERRORIST BUT NOT GHANAIANS

  • Yeheshua 10 years ago

    Clearly u lack knowledge. To think Arabic is de language of terrorists is just a stupid thing to say. When did is is cane to prominent, when did did AL qaeda cane to be? Arabic is spoken by hundreds of millions of people ...
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  • JH. New York 10 years ago

    I did not say only 2 peoples in the world speak Arabic. And the mention of Isis and Al-Qaida does not mean the Arabic language is limited to those two terrorists groups.I also asked if the best Mathematics and Science books o ...
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  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

    For lack of vision, my people perish.

    Bawumia lacks vision andhe wants people in the Zongos to perish.

  • kojo nzo ekangaki 10 years ago

    Bawumia always building castle in the air....

  • COMPUTER STUDIES 10 years ago

    A BIT DISSAPOINTED,

    NOT SURE WHO TO VOTE NOW.

  • Yeheshua 10 years ago

    See who is telling someone to be civilized.

  • npp nima 10 years ago

    may be Bawumia does not know what to say again

  • Paa Joe 10 years ago

    IT IS GOOD TO LEARN ALL CULTURAL STUDIES IN THE WORLD, BUT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ANY EDUCATED IS TO USE TECHNOLOGY, SCIENTOFI INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY TO PROPEL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
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  • Whatever 10 years ago

    And then he tries to placate with such a promose. Sekwaterekwa se obema wo biribia, tie ne din. For politics, Bawumia shuns arabs and went a step further to embarrass their benefactors. that sums him up.

  • Samuel Owusu 10 years ago

    NPP is the last party I will ever vote for. Before Kuffour came, they were complaining about increses in fuel prices, but what happen when Kuffour assummed the leadership of the country, fuel was increased almost 100%.
    All ...
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  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

    Has Bawumia been sniffing cocaine with his boss lately? Where from this studying Arabic idea if not from a confused and hallucinating mind.

  • J A Y 10 years ago

    Oh Bawumia's cheap talk don't be deceiving people don't be saying what you can not do, you are joking

  • Kanitinka 10 years ago

    NPP should be careful if Bawumia is going to promote Arabization of Ghana than you are not be better than NDC who have brought the two Gumt.returnees to Ghana.

  • fairplay 10 years ago

    When you are desperate for power you say all kinds on nonsense. Those who have studied Arabic what can they use it for in Ghana. Please Bawobawo stop this deception of your Muslim brothers.

  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

    Bawumia Balawu Buluu wants to keep our Zongo communities suppressed, poor, and unemployed.

    Bawumia is where he is today because he studied the English language, not Arabic!

    Am listening all the schools that he attende ...
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  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

    "Am listing"

  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 10 years ago

    You see how stupid the NPP is? Arabic studies and when you are done who is going to employ you? Think about it carefully?

    If NPP wants to exacerbate the already bad employment situation in the Zongos, then this is the way ...
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  • Kwawu Agbemenu 10 years ago

    No need to officially promote Arabic in Ghana. We should focus on our own languages and English, the language of the global economy! And some French as the countries surrounding us are francophonie. The Muslin Bible is alread ...
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  • Jumping kid 10 years ago

    Yes,yes,yes!!! This is what each n everyone in e economy want to hear nt I will fixed dumsor n still dumsor alive, nt e 2 akayeders into the economy without any one notice n nt even cared abt the people in the economy so has ...
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  • man for all season 10 years ago

    Mr.Bawumia why, you know that is particular Arabic language that brought calamity in Nigeria where some Muslims groups formed a Boko haram ,And more than 3000 peoples lives claimed.Be careful.

  • kwesi freeman 10 years ago

    This guy is plainly stupid. Does he think that Ghanaians equally stupid as he is? He wants Ghanaians to become Muslim? How can a so called a learned guy think like this? Our own languages self is not being taken serious and y ...
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  • NOBODY 10 years ago

    Bawumia is a worthless serial liar. This loudmouth served the NPP administration of President Kufuor, as did Serial Loser Nana CIA (Clueless Incompetent Akufo-Addo). Not once did these two elephant- riding serial liars do any ...
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  • Kwame Adjei-Mensah. Atanta GA 10 years ago

    Spare us this balderdash,you liar and con man.Look what you are causing.As if your lies and fabrications
    are not enough to tilt the country into civil war .Do you have to cap it with this
    timing bomb ? Yankuri Alahaji,Ghana ...
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