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Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko Sarpong

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Comment: Chiefs and Ghana politics

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Feel Good
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2016-03-08 18:07:11
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Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko Sarpong

What role do you want corrupt chieftaincy to play in Ghana politics. The institution is riddled with corruption and litigation. The British should have abolished before granting is independence. The greater parry of Ghana's problem is as a result of this corrupt institution.

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GITMO2 on Mar 8, 08:52
FULANI - WE NEED A NEW KING FOR AGOGOThi? king is just NDC USELESS KING

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GITMO2 on Mar 8, 08:53
THIS KING IS AN NDC DICTATORHis people at Agogo is not happy about him at all

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Nurudeen on Mar 8, 09:37
Foolish ChiefFree your people from the fulani menace and stop spewing nonsense.. lf you think chieftancy is not relevant.. why dont you step down? typical ghanaians, only talk no action.

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Theodore Kartey Caesar on Mar 8, 12:21
Ghana needs a new constitution -Akuako SI endorse Nana's statement about Ghana needing a new constitution. Our failure will precipitate the political upheaval happening now around the whole world. The cause being one or a group of people wanting to play God.

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Noorah on Mar 8, 15:17
Re: THIS KING IS AN NDC DICTATORGITMO2 mind your grammar before insulting this prominent lawyer who became a chief. Correction: 'His people at Agogo are not happy about him.....' And please do not come up with the excuse that English is not your language b ...

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APONKYE on Mar 8, 08:56
NONSENS! RETURN THE BRIBE CATTLE TO FULAThe Constitution is ok for the next 200 years.

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IN MEMORY OF KUTU on Mar 8, 16:49
ACHEAMPONG SAID THIS AND WAS SHOTUNION GOVERNMENT

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DIAMOND on Mar 8, 16:31
Nana Akuoko1. I don't think the constitution is the problem, because NOT every single article in it is bad. Therefore, reviews and amendments, not a replacement, are the solution. You can't tell me that a replacement will see every ...

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Kugblenu Koku on Mar 8, 09:01
NDC HAS DISRESPECTED VOLTARIANSWe the people of Volta region feel so insulted beyond pardon for the way NDC government has treated us. We have been taken for granted and treated as servants without brains to think. How much votes do we give to NPP yet they ...

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Agadza Kokugah on Mar 8, 14:03
I supported youMy brother ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with NDC. The only problem is Ghanaians don't want Nana Addo. We like NPP but not Nana. As for Ndc their time is up.

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Klutse on Mar 8, 15:53
Typical NDC ployYou like NPP but not Naa Addo who was elected by 90 percent plus of NPP electorate? Ha, ha, ha? What has Nana Addo done to you, tell me one convincing thing. You are only a disappointed die hard myopic NDC of the Voter Region ...

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Kwasi on Mar 8, 09:08
FoolishWhat are you saying. Foolish man you follow this useless pndc/NDC to pass useless laws you see now you. You are now paying the price. Foolish man

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Love on Mar 8, 09:22
Free talk , no substanceWhat has what you said got to do with constitution. The Chiefs are corrupt and so are the people. Changing the constitution will or can change the corrupted Chiefs? Please give me a break. Education is guaranteed. Change our ...

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bing on Mar 8, 09:54
WHY NOT FULANI?INSTEAD TO TALK ABOUT THE SOLUTION FOR FULANI TROUBLES,URE THERE TALKING OF CONSTITUTION. NEEDLESS TALK

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Lloyd on Mar 8, 14:14
Re: WHY NOT FULANI?So why couldn't the journalist ask Akuoko Sarpong one question about the Fulani menace. This is an opportunity lost. It would have been a great piece because this is what the people obviously want to hear. What poor journalis ...

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Charlie King Addo. on Mar 8, 10:05
Too little too late.I must admit the dude is making sense here, but I would like to believe he may have had a hand in crafting the constitution. Double standard, Akuoko. Look at Agogo. You single-handedly managed to run it aground. Now ...

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KD on Mar 8, 10:24
Nkrumah did not establish legonNkrumah did not build Legon, Chief.

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BEN, US on Mar 8, 16:21
KD Correct to larger extent!The British Government at first accepted the minority report of the Elliot Commission and decided that a University College for the whole of British West Africa should be established at Ibadan in Nigeria. But the people of th ...

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Ekuoba Gyasi, UK on Mar 8, 10:42
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponStop that nonsense called politics and save your people from those foolish fulanis.ndc toyman.

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Hugh Hefner on Mar 8, 10:55
PARTY Politics is our baneNana is right.

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Ekow Samuel. on Mar 8, 10:56
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponWe pray that the areas of you that which is being the bad behaviour of those whom are killing the ghanian will be cailm and to end,God bless you and have mercie of the areas which the fulanies are being killing the ghanians w ...

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Perfect on Mar 8, 11:16
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponKWASEA KWA Akuoko Sarpong, where are you since Agogo killings, aboa ba name betua woka, NDC for you, CATTLES,FULLANI

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Ebenezer Nyamekye on Mar 8, 11:55
changes in our systemswhat nana Sarpong is saying occurred to me yester night and I think no one should there dispute and say he /she knows best. it is the fact all our systems are imported ones and we are bold to review them. Ghana need a worki ...

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Aboaba on Mar 8, 12:07
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponHei Kwame Sarpong are lost your mind? What about your own home town? I heard that you are half fulani, what do mean Ghana construction, go home

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Raphael on Mar 8, 12:35
Akuako Sarpongsurprisingly, he didn't say anything about the fulani issue. So silent about what is happening in Agogo.

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Mensah on Mar 8, 12:43
the face of a criminalhe is advocating for a one party state, motherfucker; these are the shady characters who become chiefs; who made this criminal a chief has brought terrible suffering to the people of Agogo

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Ambitious Armstrong Ephraim on Mar 8, 12:53
Idiotic children now insulting chiefsHmmm

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Yussif on Mar 8, 12:54
Stop being tribalisticThe voltarians should wake it's rather getting late in the day for them to realize ndc has used them all this years and they can boast of any meaniful development.Look no government can treat them any how because we ve 10 reg ...

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G. K. Berko on Mar 8, 13:29
So Long As Chiefs Don't Interfere In IndSo long as Chiefs do not interfere in the access of individuals to their basic democratic rights, there may be a role for them outside their traditional containment. But if the wishes of the Agogo Manhene amount to having ...

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..... on Mar 8, 20:41
Re: So long as the Chiefs .......I truly believe the cheifs can do a better job of leading the country than current bunch of thieves calling themselves politicians. However Chieftancy itself must be reformed to allow election or voting within families for ro ...

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QED on Mar 8, 13:32
2nd House of Parliament & capable-prez.Ghana needs a second House of Parliament made up of all civil servants who retired with their salaries and all ex-prez., all the members of National & Regional House of Chiefs and finally distinguish and successful business e ...

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YOU SAID WHAT? on Mar 8, 13:45
AGREEI COULDN'T AGREE MORE, GHANA HAS CHANGED AND OUR CURRENT SYSTEM IN PLACE HAS FAILED MISERABLY,TIME FOR CHANGE

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Nii Okai on Mar 8, 14:01
AKUOKO SARPONG IS A VISIONARY LEADER!!!!If in the past l had made a comment that Ghana has no visionary leader, then today l ought to accept that we have one, in the person of his excellency honorable Nana Akuoko Sarpong, the smartest, wise, and the visionary leade ...

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Edward, Maryland. on Mar 8, 14:21
Re: AKUOKO SARPONG IS A VISIONARY LEADER!!!!A visionary leader indeed. When he can't govern his small traditional Agogo area? What planet are you dwelling on?

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Grandson of Tafohene on Mar 8, 15:05
Ghana need a new constitution.The constitution that will bring cheiftancy for devolopment in their area. The system that services Ghana best interest. The cheif should get paid for their service for nation. Ghana do not need forged constitution.

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kofi adu on Mar 8, 15:12
akuokuwhere were you at the constituent assembly. you were in the p.n.d.c and what was your contribution? you don't matter any more.what you see is what you get.

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KKO on Mar 8, 15:32
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponAbowa fun! You were happy to join market women and kaya yei to impose that nonesense on Ghanaians because you were given a lucrative role by the chief armed robber. Now you want it changed so you can come back to enjoy as a ...

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Paul on Mar 8, 15:54
No Regional minister appointmentRegional Ministry appointment should cease. These people need to run for that office. It will allow for better accountability and possible advancement.

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Tawiah on Mar 8, 16:06
BAD CONSTITUTION. THANK YOU NANAHe is talking sense. The present Constitution is setting Ghana back. Ghana needs a new Constitution and I am disappointed that the opposition is not saying anything about it.

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IN MEMORY OF KUTU on Mar 8, 16:52
TSIKATA AWHOI CONSTITUTIONWHAT DO YOU EXPECT

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Adako on Mar 8, 16:10
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponThe constitution is as bad as everything in the country or probably the constitution made every bad in the country .If Mahama was the president of America he would be richer than Bill Gates

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BRIGHT on Mar 8, 16:33
DEAL WITH THE FULANI ISSUE & LEAVE USTHE FOOLISH OMANHENE

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Yaw Omama on Mar 8, 17:57
Foolish ChiefLook at who is talking. Akuako Sarpong has only brought misery to the people of Agogo.If he has anything better to offer let us look at his record in Agogo. He is a corrupt good for nothing chief. He is one of the reasons why ...

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Feel Good on Mar 8, 18:07
Chiefs and Ghana politics

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Ray Allan & his moronic drama troupe on Mar 8, 23:50
Ghana is a Multi-Party SystemGhana is not a two party state by constitution. Ghana is a multi-party by constitution. This lawyer-Chief wants more power. Maybe to sell more lands and to establish autocratic courts. Or to collect more market tolls. He woul ...

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Yaa on Mar 9, 00:46
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponNana, what are you doing about what is happening in Agogo! Are you going to sit down for Fulani to kill all your people?

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Katakyie on Mar 9, 02:23
OwareanNana is an old student of Opoku Ware School.

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yaw on Mar 9, 03:39
Re: Ghana needs a new constitution - Akuoko SarponStupid chief

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josh on Mar 9, 17:44
Reduce Constituencies and DistrictsYes, Good idea, We need to reduce the number of Constituencies and also fix the number.Same with Districts.

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KWABENA KASAPREKO. on Mar 10, 2016 03:01
WE NEED A CHANGE.THE GHANAIAN PUBLIC SHOULD SERIOUSLY LISTEN AND REFLECT ON WHAT NANA AKUOKO-SARPONG HAS VOICED OUT. IT IS HIGH TIME WE DO AWAY WITH CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE WESTERN FORMS OF CONSTITUTIONS, IF NOT ALL, AND COME OUT WITH A CONSTI ...

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KWABENA KASAPREKO. on Mar 10, 2016 03:47
WE NEED A CHANGE---CONSTITUTIONALLY.THE GHANAIAN PUBLIC SHOULD SERIOUSLY LISTEN AND REFLECT ON WHAT NANA AKUOKO-SARPONG HAS VOICED OUT SOMETHING THAT GHANA HAS TO LOOK INTO. IT IS HIGH TIME WE DO AWAY WITH CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE WESTERN FORMS OF CONSTITUTIONS, ...

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Joe Bee on Mar 10, 2016 18:02
Honesty & integrityAkuoko Sarpong was in Rawlings's government for a very long time busy making his money. Since when has he realised the gaps or lapses in the constitution? I am aware that people have the capacity to make recommendations for c ...

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