Biometric verification machines for election needless – Crabbe

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NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 9 years ago

Love you Mr Crabbe for the truth

Love you Mr Crabbe for the truth
Concerned 9 years ago

Does this man know what the biometric system does? ? It stops double registration and ensures no one can impersonate another person and use their details to vote twice. If he's says it's useless then I have no respect for hi ...
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Does this man know what the biometric system does? ? It stops double registration and ensures no one can impersonate another person and use their details to vote twice. If he's says it's useless then I have no respect for him at all. He's got a face like a goat
No Verification, No Vote !!!! 9 years ago

This man needs a blade to shave, for starters. Perhaps, it will bring him a bit closer to the digital era. We are in our current predicament because of handkerchief heads like him. So so colonial mentality.

Why does this ...
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This man needs a blade to shave, for starters. Perhaps, it will bring him a bit closer to the digital era. We are in our current predicament because of handkerchief heads like him. So so colonial mentality.

Why does this man has six names? No verification, no vote, period!!
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:- askantwi .....
Just check it out; the following empty barrels in control of ghana now;

Asiedu Nketia
Kofi Adams
Anyidoho
the 3 Montie fools
Akua Donkoh
Ablakwa
John Dumelo
Vanderpuye

Has God cursed ...
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Author:- askantwi .....
Just check it out; the following empty barrels in control of ghana now;

Asiedu Nketia
Kofi Adams
Anyidoho
the 3 Montie fools
Akua Donkoh
Ablakwa
John Dumelo
Vanderpuye

Has God cursed ghana or what?
Mahmoud 9 years ago

The "Chief of Patience" will surely deliver Ghanaians from Mr. Incompetent's "wahalah" and his new "Rawlings chains". Ghanaian workers are wallowing in hunger and overtaxed for the benefit of those in power and their friends ...
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The "Chief of Patience" will surely deliver Ghanaians from Mr. Incompetent's "wahalah" and his new "Rawlings chains". Ghanaian workers are wallowing in hunger and overtaxed for the benefit of those in power and their friends.

Defeat is staring Mahama and his NDC stomach politicians in the face, and they will do anything as usual to steal the verdict of Ghanaians in order to remain in power fraudulently. I, therefore, call on all freedom lovers to be very vigilant since we are going to face the electoral thieves in December.
Mahmoud 9 years ago

Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

In 2004, Craig Mur ...
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Author: Kafui Ama
Date: 2009-07-23 01:44:06

Please be patient and read this to the end.

By Craig Murray, former Deputy British High Commisssioner to Ghana | Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009

In 2004, Craig Murray was famously removed as British Ambassador in Uzbekistan after accusing the Uzbek government of human rights abuses. But from 1998 to 2002, Murray served as Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana. Here he tells how, against all odds, he helped leave a legacy of free and fair elections in the African country... It was November 1999 and I'd been Deputy High Commissioner in Ghana for almost a year - the culmination of 15 years' Foreign Office service in Nigeria, Warsaw and the equatorial Africa department in London.

I'd always been passionate about Africa and had immersed myself in its minutiae. Nevertheless, my father, who had a timber yard in Ghana in the Sixties, offered a little extra counsel before I departed, aged 40. 'If you see any good-looking girl, aged about 30, light skinned, whatever you do, don't touch her - she could be your sister!'

Not that this was a big concern for me. My most pressing duty was the 1999 State Visit by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Enhanced Coverage Linking the Duke of Edinburgh, -Search using: Biographies Plus News, Most Recent 60 Days, accompanied by Robin Cook, the then Foreign Secretary. It was a three-day blur of activity, the teeming crowds displaying an uncomplicated and old-fashioned reverence.

A warning that the Duke was averse to looking at things without useful purpose proved absolutely right. As we stood looking at the strip of brass laid in a churchyard that marked the line of the Greenwich Meridian, he said to me: 'A line in the ground, eh? Very nice.'

Ghana epitomises much of the best of Africa, but also throws into relief the tragedy of the continent. It has maintained its higher education and has fewer extremes of wealth than elsewhere. But at independence in 1957, Ghana was richer than Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia or Singapore. Today, those countries are at least ten times as wealthy.

Corruption, cronyism, economic mismanagement, irresponsible lending by the West and the dumping of cheap food all did for Ghana. When I arrived with my wife Fiona and children Jamie and Emily, Ghana had been ruled for 20 years by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

The son of a Stirlingshire pharmacist and a local woman, he seized power in a coup in 1979, but claimed to have won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, despite allegations of vote-rigging.
In his early years, Rawlings unleashed a political terror on Ghana. His campaign against the middle classes resembled Mao's Cultural Revolution. People were persecuted for having savings or two indoor lavatories. Market women were sometimes killed for 'profiteering'.

The Queen's visit delighted Rawlings, who craved international respectability. I, too, was determined to make the most of the trip, by helping ensure Rawlings gave up power by the start of 2001, as the constitution required because he had served two four-year terms.

The Queen's speech to the parliament in the capital, Accra, was to be the focus of the visit and I had contributed to its drafting. It contained the usual guff about a future based upon partnership, but there was a sting in the tail. 'Next, year, Mr President,' the Queen intoned, 'you will step down after two terms in office in accordance with your constitution.' The opposition benches went wild and the Queen stopped, looking in bewilderment at the hullabaloo.

Afterwards, Robin Cook was furious. 'It's a disaster. Who the hell drafted that?'

'Er, I did, Secretary of State,' I said. 'I might have guessed! Who the hell approved it?' 'You did.' Cook's Private Secretary had to dig out the draft he had signed. After the State banquet, I retired to a hotel bar with the Royal Household. The senior staff had withdrawn to allow the butlers, footmen and hairdressers to let off steam.

The party appeared, to a man, to be gay. Not just gay, but outrageously camp. We'd taken the hotel for the Royal party, but allowed the British Airways crew to stay. Now three cabin stewards, two Royal footmen and a Royal hairdresser were grouped around the piano singing hits from Cabaret. I was seated on a sofa and across from me in an armchair was a member of the Household who seemed out of place. The valet looked to be in his 60s, a grizzled NCO with tufts of hair either side of a bald pate, a boxer's nose and tattoos on his arms.

He was smoking roll-ups. I turned to the old warrior and said: 'Don't you find all this a bit strange sometimes?' He lent forward, put his hand on my bare knee below the kilt I wore on ceremonial occasions and said: 'Listen, ducks. I was in the Navy for 30 years.' I think he was joking, but some things are too weird even for me. The lower reaches of the Royal Household are one of them.

One enjoyable aspect of our time in Ghana was the constant stream of visitors. Among them was Peter Hain, the Minister for Africa. Hain, a good footballer, agreed to play in a charity match between children from a community football scheme and the High Commission.

Unfortunately, the ground was hard and the opposition turned out to be super-fit professionals. After a heavy tackle, I went down. Result: a dislocated shoulder. I couldn't move my arm for eight weeks. Other visitors included Clare Short, at the time Secretary of State for International Development.

She was in Ghana to try to persuade it to join a debt relief scheme. At a dinner for her, a Minister had made a speech about how much Ghana had learnt from the British Empire. Short stood up and expostulated: 'The British Empire! Don't tell me about the British Empire. I know about British colonialism. My father was Irish and we know about British colonialism. I'll tell you what the British did to your country. They exploited it, that's what they did. They exploited it.' After a few moments of stunned silence, the dinner continued.

On another occasion we were joined by Bobby Charlton, who came to Ghana seeking support for England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup. He was still an astounding player at 60 and it was good of him to get on the pitch for a local community football programme. Nevertheless, I found Charlton disappointing. He was self-centred and ratty - one of those heroes you wish you hadn't met.

Conversely, Roger Moore, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, was charming and suave, just as you would expect, with a fund of brilliant stories beginning with lines such as: 'One day, Frank, Dean, Tony and I decided to play a trick on Marilyn ... ' He was also well briefed about children's issues in Ghana and was prepared not just to do PR, but to get his hands dirty helping in refugee camps without a camera in sight.

I was less taken with Jamie Theakston.

The BBC were filming a wildlife programme in Ghana, looking at the endangered green turtle population near Ada. A group of young volunteers had accompanied the BBC team to help the newly-born turtles to reach the ocean. But one girl, in her mid-20s, had streams of mascara running down her cheeks. She claimed Theakston had just broken up with her - yet here he was, surrounded by young women, enjoying the adulation.

I had bigger concerns, however. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were due in December 2000 and there were signs that its 11 million voters might be preparing for a change of government. Enthusiasm for politics was everywhere. Even in the meanest village, people gathered under the banyan tree listening to FM stations on a battered transistor and arguing about the coming change.

In the West, tired of our politicians' deceit, we no longer much value democracy. It is wonderful to see a people exercising for the first time their power over those who would govern them. Our job was to see the elections were free and fair, with Britain funding a £10 million programme for photo-ID cards to reduce electoral fraud. The exercise eradicated one million fake names.

Another practical new weapon was indelible ink: when somebody voted, their thumb was painted to stop them casting more than one vote. India was the only source of a truly permanent ink that could not be washed or rubbed off. I had also persuaded the Foreign Office to provide experts from the Electoral Reform Society. Further valuable additions were two British MPs, Roger Gale and Nigel Jones.

Rawlings's party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), put up the vice President, John Atta Mills, as its presidential candidate. The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) fielded John Kufuor. There is a tribal element in Ghanaian politics: the Ewe people vote overwhelmingly NDC; the Ashanti overwhelmingly NPP.

It was clear the governing party would not abandon power easily. Alarmed that it would lose, it had the high court declare the ID cards illegal because they disenfranchised legitimate voters. But the ruling was to no avail - the people took over. Polling station officers decided they were going to use ID cards anyway.

When first- round votes on December 7 were tallied; Kufuor had 48.4 per cent against Atta Mills's 44.8 per cent. The opposition was heading for a small majority but, with no candidate exceeding 50 per cent, a run- off was required. Ghana's 30 or so FM stations were vital in bringing democracy, so it was no surprise that the NDC moved against them.

On the evening before the poll, I took Roger Gale and Nigel Jones to visit Joy FM, possibly Ghana's most influential station. We were sitting in the office when an armed posse of Rawlings's security men arrived, saying they were closing the station on the President's instructions.

‘Good evening,' I said. ‘I am Craig Murray, Deputy British High Commissioner, and these gentlemen are Mr Roger Gale MP and Mr Nigel Jones MP, members of the British Parliament.' Gale added: ' Obviously there has been some mistake.

I thought I heard you say that you were closing down the station, but we are here to visit our fellow democracy, Ghana, and democracies don't close down radio stations.' The goons left. Joy FM never was closed. However, the NDC started to think I was a part of their problem and they assigned a secret service team to follow me around.

As the second round on December 28 approached, we discovered a problem: not enough Indian ink. We had paid for more, but it had to be specially made and would not be ready until December 24. This was cutting it tight and action was needed. Chartering a private plane to set off from India on Christmas Eve was easier said than done. Whitehall was in festive mode and unlikely to sanction spending quickly, so I used the Embassy's budget to pay for it.

Ghana's government did not want the Indian ink to get in and I was concerned it would be delayed by customs officials. So on Christmas Day 2000, instead of eating turkey, I stood baking on the airport tarmac. When our plane taxied in, we unloaded the boxes of little ink bottles on to two trucks. I escorted these out of the VIP gateway, helped by a substantial tip to the guards.

The truck drivers then delivered the ink to regional centres for distribution to constituencies. This was a game being played for high stakes, with real danger of civil war.

Hotheads in the ruling party might claim electoral fraud and mount a military takeover. The Ashanti could also react violently to losing. Every embassy was updating evacuation plans. Around 1am, the results started to come in. There was a more or less consistent swing to the opposition candidate, John Kufuor. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.

The coolest man in Ghana that night was the wry, chain-smoking Electoral Commissioner, Kwadwo Afari- Gyan, who received constant threatening phone calls instructing him to fix the result. Each time, the Electoral Commissioner replied: ' The result will be what the result will be. I am just making sure it is fairly counted.' Then, taking his umpteenth call, he stiffened. He summoned me to listen: it was his wife. Soldiers had come to their bungalow, taking her and his children hostage and threatening to kill them if he did not deliver the ' right' result.

Kwadwo barked down the phone: ' Put their leader on.' ‘Listen you little *****,' he snarled. 'How dare you come to my house and threaten my wife and children. I am sitting here with the British Deputy High Commissioner and he knows what is happening. Now get out of my home before we have you thrown into jail!' The soldier said: ' Yes, sir; sorry, sir.' Kwadwo then told his wife not to worry and calmly returned to his work.

By 3am on the second night only two constituencies were still to declare. Even if every voter there went for Atta Mills, Kufuor could still not be beaten.

The opposition had won - an African country ... had shown that democratic change could be achieved peacefully. Kufuor's eight years as President saw economic growth of more than 70 per cent - the first prolonged period since independence when Ghana was not getting poorer. But Ghanaians chose to exercise their democratic right to change and earlier this month narrowly elected Atta Mills.

Ghana is the only country in Africa to achieve the democratic norm of power alternating peacefully between parties at successive uninterrupted elections.

As I look back on my involvement with Africa over 30 years, I remain most proud of helping Ghanaians to attain democracy. It is an example that sadly, the rest of the continent has so far done little to follow.

But Ghana remains there - a glimmer of hope, an example to others and a rebuke to cynics who claim democracy is not possible in Africa.
OYOKOBA 9 years ago

What Mr. Crabbe is relying upon is the old school age when people feared the law and cared more about their standing in society. Honesty and decency were the rules then, but not anymore with our current crop of cabal politici ...
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What Mr. Crabbe is relying upon is the old school age when people feared the law and cared more about their standing in society. Honesty and decency were the rules then, but not anymore with our current crop of cabal politicians, especially of the most rotten and thievery ones as obtain in the NDC.

Peace is not cheap and we have to use new age technology to forestall and prevent electoral fraud. Had he put his ears to the news he would have heard what just happened in Gabon, where the presidents home region had 99.95% voter turn out and 95% voted for him, whereas everywhere else in the country voter turn out was less than 75% and he, Ali Bongo still "managed to beat the challenger", Ping, by 5600 votes. Only in Africa.

We need the verification machine to stop impersonation, minors voting and multiple voting and you can't stop that with mere thumbprint observation. Mr Crabbe served his country well but he is old school and not current at all. We need to trust but verify every single voter with the best machines available. If that is what will stop post election violence and destabilization, then that is exactly what we are going to do. Peace is not just the absence of violence, but also the presence of measures to stop violence from occurring. Democracy is not cheap. Let's get on with it.
jOeY l0nD0n 9 years ago

Why don't you proved your allegations of thievery against those you deemed as such? We can all do our investigations to help build mother Ghana.

Why don't you proved your allegations of thievery against those you deemed as such? We can all do our investigations to help build mother Ghana.
HONESTY 9 years ago

Every four years, we exhibit to this competitive world of opportunists, how mistrusting and divided we are as a nation, this is really sad.
Imagine how much we are losing because of this.
Cheating can be done with biomet ...
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Every four years, we exhibit to this competitive world of opportunists, how mistrusting and divided we are as a nation, this is really sad.
Imagine how much we are losing because of this.
Cheating can be done with biometric verification.
I can think of several and I am sure those who would like to cheat have many ways than I can think of.
Sad, people would have so much faith in a system just because the Whiteman manufactured it,so it is perfect.
I wait for the day, the African will have common faith in himself and his neighbour.
j0eY lOnDoN 9 years ago

The blacks around you, most of them are seeing you and i as their enemy.

The blacks around you, most of them are seeing you and i as their enemy.

OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:- BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .....
OUR THUMBS WILL DETERMINE THE FATE OF THIS USELESS PREZ! INSTEAD OF USING OUR MONEY FOR SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS THIS VISSIONLESS PRESIDENT IS SHARING OUR MONEY STUPIDLY TO FI ...
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Author:- BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .....
OUR THUMBS WILL DETERMINE THE FATE OF THIS USELESS PREZ! INSTEAD OF USING OUR MONEY FOR SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS THIS VISSIONLESS PRESIDENT IS SHARING OUR MONEY STUPIDLY TO FILM ACTORS AND CHIEFS , THINKING THEY WILL KEEP HIM THERE TO GO ON STEAL US, SEE OFOSU KWAKYE STOMACH, COMPARE THE 2009 FOTOS OF FIIFI KWETEY, OFOSU AMPOFO, OKUDJETO, OMANE BOAMA TO 2016 FOTOS AND SEE HOW LOOTING HAS TRANSFORMED A HUMAN BEING
chigri 9 years ago

Where were you when the debate for its
introduction came? It is useful we only need to improve on it.

Where were you when the debate for its
introduction came? It is useful we only need to improve on it.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author: mugu yaro .....
Mahama is too corrupt very reckless with his sharp teeth gangs stealing from left to right let us vote for change and save ghana.voltarians please change your mind sets coz NDC has neglected you for f ...
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Author: mugu yaro .....
Mahama is too corrupt very reckless with his sharp teeth gangs stealing from left to right let us vote for change and save ghana.voltarians please change your mind sets coz NDC has neglected you for far too long but claims your their world bank but still the poorest region in Ghana
Hope 9 years ago

MR VCRAC CRABBE IT IS TOO LATE TO SAY THIS.

MR VCRAC CRABBE IT IS TOO LATE TO SAY THIS.
MR OBJECTIVE 9 years ago

IS THIS MAN LIVING IN GHANA?WHERE WILL HE RUN TO HIDE when THE COUNTRY IS TAKEN HOSTAGE by VIOLENCE?HE(the-old-to-death man-Mr Crabbe)IS PART OF JDM-GOODIES of V-8 TOYOTA SHARE-OUTS if not HE WOULD HAVE WARNED JDM TO MAKE GOO ...
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IS THIS MAN LIVING IN GHANA?WHERE WILL HE RUN TO HIDE when THE COUNTRY IS TAKEN HOSTAGE by VIOLENCE?HE(the-old-to-death man-Mr Crabbe)IS PART OF JDM-GOODIES of V-8 TOYOTA SHARE-OUTS if not HE WOULD HAVE WARNED JDM TO MAKE GOOD USE OF STATE MONIES on something of importance ie,ELECTORAL COST.
Kofi 9 years ago

Masa, sickness you don't confer on you friend when you don't know what is around the corner for you. NDC has killed and also let Proff down big time. No jobs, national debt, and lack of transparency for a party found on accou ...
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Masa, sickness you don't confer on you friend when you don't know what is around the corner for you. NDC has killed and also let Proff down big time. No jobs, national debt, and lack of transparency for a party found on accountability. We have a finance minister who is clueless. Borrows money, borrows money from the borrowed money is not a policy to run a country. It’s not about 4x4's or it’s my time to chop some. This is the lives of 25m people. Surprised that we northerners are not condemning this idiot. He has let us down. 1 flight from Tamale and he is telling us it’s an international airport. How many of us have seen the inside of a plane before. Who cares if Tamale is an international airport when we leave in mud huts, untarred roads and no electricity to manufacture goods and services? These bunches of idiots have lost their way and are too greedy. You can chop and make things work but not chop and nothing to show for it. Like the guinea fowls to Burkina Faso. What a load of rubbish and these faceless idiots want another 4 year term.
Why will you not love him? Don’t worry I will send you a Morse code or telegram. Just lost my YAM and gramophone. This good man has no use for technology and it shows how well behind our criminal justice is behind on times. I agree that collecting biometric information on its own for just voting is not prudent but if it can be integrated into our national ID card, NHIS, social security etc then we have good sample data base that policies can be implemented on.
Nyameke 9 years ago

We are excellent at wasting money. we've used once. Did make the elections better? Absolutely not. Rather it created more problems and doubt. We are as useless as the machines.

We are excellent at wasting money. we've used once. Did make the elections better? Absolutely not. Rather it created more problems and doubt. We are as useless as the machines.
Ezonor 9 years ago

Hope yaaanom will not say you have been bribed by Mahama.

Hope yaaanom will not say you have been bribed by Mahama.
dave 9 years ago

Well said papa. We are experts is waste of the money we don't have just in the name of democracy. We are too suspicious of each other to the extent that a machine shd verify one before it could be valid.

Well said papa. We are experts is waste of the money we don't have just in the name of democracy. We are too suspicious of each other to the extent that a machine shd verify one before it could be valid.
Ato 9 years ago

Proof u r right. Good man.

Proof u r right. Good man.

HONESTY 9 years ago

Prof, you have hit the nail right on its head. Can you imagine Paa Kwesi Nduom has even been agitating for e -voting when we have not yet mastered the manual and when some well kmown politicians cannot fully appreciate the su ...
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Prof, you have hit the nail right on its head. Can you imagine Paa Kwesi Nduom has even been agitating for e -voting when we have not yet mastered the manual and when some well kmown politicians cannot fully appreciate the successor biometric system? It has always been my take that the Supreme Court judges whose decesions went in favour of Akufo Addo's election petition were either so empty headed and/or so biased that did not deserve to continue sitting on the SC bench. The petition was just plianly mischievous and stupid!!!
FACTUAL 9 years ago

I just don't understand you people! If there is a better pill to cure AIDS, should we master the preparation & usage of the older lower pill first before using the better pill? OH! WHERE ARE THE THINKING GHANAIANS?!!!

I just don't understand you people! If there is a better pill to cure AIDS, should we master the preparation & usage of the older lower pill first before using the better pill? OH! WHERE ARE THE THINKING GHANAIANS?!!!
HONESTY 9 years ago

Yes, the newest pill might be better but not when the newest pit is far expensive, with similar strengths and defects as the oldest.
There are many ways to cheat with biometrics!????
Elections are a waste of time in Africa ...
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Yes, the newest pill might be better but not when the newest pit is far expensive, with similar strengths and defects as the oldest.
There are many ways to cheat with biometrics!????
Elections are a waste of time in African because we lack the whole essence of why we need them and I guess that is the point Prof. Crabbe is trying to express.
Kwesi 9 years ago

Afari Gyan was lucky that he was 70 years when case was at Supreme Court . If NDC Would have lost the court case and Afari Gyan was below 70 yrs. He would have been jail.

Afari Gyan was lucky that he was 70 years when case was at Supreme Court . If NDC Would have lost the court case and Afari Gyan was below 70 yrs. He would have been jail.
Anwona Kanjaga 9 years ago

This man has outlived his usefulness on this planet and has to be confined to the recycle bin.

This man has outlived his usefulness on this planet and has to be confined to the recycle bin.
ghanaba 9 years ago

Show some respect at least you have a long way to go in life....be reasonable in your outpouring of words....respect is important lest you forget

Show some respect at least you have a long way to go in life....be reasonable in your outpouring of words....respect is important lest you forget
concern citizen 9 years ago

Prof. you are right ! Just waste of resources

Prof. you are right ! Just waste of resources
Bbb 9 years ago

You're demented and insignificant,.your views are that of Kwaku Ananse stories that can only be heard as bed time stories for the teens.Go away.Biased and racist pensioner.

You're demented and insignificant,.your views are that of Kwaku Ananse stories that can only be heard as bed time stories for the teens.Go away.Biased and racist pensioner.
Nii Teiko 9 years ago

These are gurus people listened to when they speak. He is 93, and has sound mind and body to join our discourse. Yet we have some ' It is Not Possible bad-spirited Doubting Thomas', the Obayie possessed incubus out there in t ...
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These are gurus people listened to when they speak. He is 93, and has sound mind and body to join our discourse. Yet we have some ' It is Not Possible bad-spirited Doubting Thomas', the Obayie possessed incubus out there in the NDC, who think being 70 years plus is a curse. I disagree with Prof (retired) Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles (V.C.R.A.C) Crabbe, but hey,I thank God million times for being around to see the performance of Dr. O.N.A.D.A.D Oldman Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo at the Jubilee House, beginning from 2017-2014, Insha Allah! This year's elections is gonna be votes in honor of all the aged in Ghana, especially Nana Addo who has laid his entire life to serve Ghana. We the 'Youth' need the blessings of ours Elders so that the God Almighty, per the clause 5 of the Mosaic Law, which states that "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.”.. we may live long to see how Ghana would be transformed by the NPP for many generations to come. 2016 is the NDC last stop. And Never again shall we bring these Beast of Burden to power; not in a million years.
jOeY l0nD0n 9 years ago

Age doesn't guarantee an automated response to "Wisdom"

Age doesn't guarantee an automated response to "Wisdom"

Sam 9 years ago

In his case, he knows what he is talking about because the electoral commission was established by him.That said,Britain still uses the simple pencil system in voting without any major problems.America came up with their "Cha ...
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In his case, he knows what he is talking about because the electoral commission was established by him.That said,Britain still uses the simple pencil system in voting without any major problems.America came up with their "Chad" system and the result was an unprecedented farce.
jOeY l0nD0n 9 years ago

Rather we are on something else pls.

Rather we are on something else pls.
kweku trouble 9 years ago

"Dr. O.N.A.D.A.D Oldman Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo at the Jubilee House, beginning from 2017-2014,..."

2017 - 2014?
I was wondering if you are dumb till I read the above. Then I got my confirmation. If someone your a ...
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"Dr. O.N.A.D.A.D Oldman Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo at the Jubilee House, beginning from 2017-2014,..."

2017 - 2014?
I was wondering if you are dumb till I read the above. Then I got my confirmation. If someone your age could write this, then what should we expect from the man you aptly mentioned as "Dr. O.N.A.D.A.D Oldman Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo"?
Unemployed graduate Basic Teacher 9 years ago

The device has detected thousands of multiple
registrations.

The device has detected thousands of multiple
registrations.
kojo 9 years ago

The honourable retired judge VCRAC Crabbs has got it wrong completely. We are in a technologically advancing world that is bringing about good and meaningful changes for the advancement of mankind. I can understand VCRAC i ...
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The honourable retired judge VCRAC Crabbs has got it wrong completely. We are in a technologically advancing world that is bringing about good and meaningful changes for the advancement of mankind. I can understand VCRAC is old and getting out of touch with reality. He was one of the legal brains that produced current Ghana Constitution in 1992 but since then calls have been made for amendments of some parts. At that time he and many others might have believed the Constitution was a perfect document. With time things change so we as humans in the world must also change for the better. Ghana can't stand still while the whole world moves on.
Koul Diop 9 years ago

If he had mentioned a credible voters register, merged with everyone's address and status and age, backed with a special reference number, that matched other key information, then the thumb would suffice of course.
There are ...
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If he had mentioned a credible voters register, merged with everyone's address and status and age, backed with a special reference number, that matched other key information, then the thumb would suffice of course.
There are many places that don't even have street names, let alone a highly credible profitable national post office system? Does anyone that is head of the family vouch for members, who are old enough and recognised at that house as eligible to vote? Is that information validated annually?

of course not. so - use your biorhythms.
K Mensah 9 years ago

This old man does not care about rigging in elections. He believes every Ghanaian is as honest as he seems to be.

This old man does not care about rigging in elections. He believes every Ghanaian is as honest as he seems to be.
The Future Force 9 years ago

Oh grandpa, they said no verification no vote so that is what we want to use and beat them. Also, people voting 20 times at bamtama and voter turnout of 110% did stopped in the Ashanti region so the system has come to stay. ...
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Oh grandpa, they said no verification no vote so that is what we want to use and beat them. Also, people voting 20 times at bamtama and voter turnout of 110% did stopped in the Ashanti region so the system has come to stay. If we call it off, one person can vote 50 times in the Ashanti and Eastern regions of Ghana and we do not want that to happen at all. Anybody who wants to rule Ghana must win at least 6 regions. The case where people want to use 2regions to rule Ghana can never happen under the sun
Kaaji 9 years ago

Corruptible dirty old man.

Corruptible dirty old man.
Yendi boy 9 years ago

I cannot remember the title of this song. It was popular in the 1970's. Ghanaian oldies. I long to hear it. Does someone has an idea what it was called. Appreciate it.

I cannot remember the title of this song. It was popular in the 1970's. Ghanaian oldies. I long to hear it. Does someone has an idea what it was called. Appreciate it.
satanic church 9 years ago

Traditional Satanism is not simply an inversion, but a complete rejection of the images of a
0244908520particular culture, religion, or philosophy. From there a Satanist uses those images against the ethos itself, that was ...
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Traditional Satanism is not simply an inversion, but a complete rejection of the images of a
0244908520particular culture, religion, or philosophy. From there a Satanist uses those images against the ethos itself, that was once his own conditioning. Persons who participate in traditional Satanic masses sometimes experience a king of 'sartori', a sudden enlightenment, to an increase in their own consciousness, and feeling stronger and satisfied because they had broken with the constraining opposites. In other words, at its highest level Satanism uncovers what the ethos of a particular community or society has covered up through images, dogma, words and ideas, returning the individual to the primal chaos out of which 'opposites' were created." ~ Magister Hagur, Temple of Atazoth Office
Kay 9 years ago

Ok so this man be 93years. Wow. Why all these names and this is the first time I am seeing all the names menti. With these names you really deserve your beard. Lol.

Ok so this man be 93years. Wow. Why all these names and this is the first time I am seeing all the names menti. With these names you really deserve your beard. Lol.
Ebenezer 9 years ago

This is what we call a pure conservative mind, pls with all due respect we r in a global world where internat is de order of de day, de biometric prevents double voting n also prevent sum1 from using sumbody's voter id to vot ...
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This is what we call a pure conservative mind, pls with all due respect we r in a global world where internat is de order of de day, de biometric prevents double voting n also prevent sum1 from using sumbody's voter id to vote.
FT 9 years ago

u ar et but yaanom poo

u ar et but yaanom poo
Tonya 9 years ago

The stone age did not end because there are no more stones. It ended because better ennovational means have been found. The biometric is a new way forward we have to understand it and perfect it. That some advanced countries ...
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The stone age did not end because there are no more stones. It ended because better ennovational means have been found. The biometric is a new way forward we have to understand it and perfect it. That some advanced countries are still using the old style is not a good reason why we should not adopt a more sofisticated approach.
Tony 9 years ago

I disagree with u Papa, the biometric machine help stop double voting,etc...if u the is not necessary then its also not necessary to have five Christian names..

I disagree with u Papa, the biometric machine help stop double voting,etc...if u the is not necessary then its also not necessary to have five Christian names..
Gyeeda, Sada, Suba,Bus Branding Woyom 9 years ago

Even with Biometric machines, the thievery NDC party is able to steal votes so please get the hell out of here, saying the machines are needless. We will continue to use them for today and future elections at all times. thiev ...
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Even with Biometric machines, the thievery NDC party is able to steal votes so please get the hell out of here, saying the machines are needless. We will continue to use them for today and future elections at all times. thieves.
Moshean 9 years ago

Crooked old man!!! shame on you, nation wrecker!!!

Crooked old man!!! shame on you, nation wrecker!!!
FACTUAL 9 years ago

"Oluman" is using an old trick that "booklong" people use to"butter their bread & sugar their kooko" when chop money is scarce; when Bongo or Mugabe hears of this "very fine loopholes-rich, easy to cheat electoral advice" fro ...
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"Oluman" is using an old trick that "booklong" people use to"butter their bread & sugar their kooko" when chop money is scarce; when Bongo or Mugabe hears of this "very fine loopholes-rich, easy to cheat electoral advice" from such a highly qualified elections expert, they will surely & quickly appoint him as an "elections consultant" with a very high salary, luxurious cars, beautiful secretaries, five-star accommodation, etc.!!! "Oluman Crabbe" definitely knows what he is doing!!! Good luck Oluuu!!!
Kokuvi Da Togolese 9 years ago

The BVMs are supposed to check double and multiple registrations and voting so Mr. (Okoto)Crabbe should come again. Ghana is not Ecowas!

The BVMs are supposed to check double and multiple registrations and voting so Mr. (Okoto)Crabbe should come again. Ghana is not Ecowas!
Gee D 9 years ago

As the wise man said how many people understand voting?
If we did it will be difficult for a right minded person to be in a queue to vote for Manama ..the president who once said was a dead goat How can a dead goat be on a ...
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As the wise man said how many people understand voting?
If we did it will be difficult for a right minded person to be in a queue to vote for Manama ..the president who once said was a dead goat How can a dead goat be on a platform to campaign ...Manama administration is the Acheampong administration of the 4th republic ...I'm for change Nanab3ba
Michael K. Tettevi. 9 years ago

It is good our learned judge and the first electoral commissioner is alive and kicking up to this day to witness all our past elections and give us the necessary advice. We wish him long life. The BV machines have become the ...
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It is good our learned judge and the first electoral commissioner is alive and kicking up to this day to witness all our past elections and give us the necessary advice. We wish him long life. The BV machines have become the most up-to-date hence their use
Kofi, K. K. 9 years ago

Please Prof. Ghanaians are way ahead of you. Do not take us back to destruction.

Please Prof. Ghanaians are way ahead of you. Do not take us back to destruction.
Van Pee 9 years ago

OLD SOLDIER, AKUA DONKOR IS BETTER THAN YOU, ACADEMICALLY. AS FOR THE OTHERS, YOU DONT COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THEM
ABOA BA

OLD SOLDIER, AKUA DONKOR IS BETTER THAN YOU, ACADEMICALLY. AS FOR THE OTHERS, YOU DONT COME ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THEM
ABOA BA
Nantwi, BSEd,MSEd(ece),MSEd(sas) 9 years ago

Mr. Crabbe is archaic.It's unfortunate he can not go back to school for refresher courses.

Mr. Crabbe is archaic.It's unfortunate he can not go back to school for refresher courses.
Cool 9 years ago

God bless you, Daddy. You were an inspiration when I was growing up. Your selflessness is etched in AGATE. Your (and J.O.T. Agyeman's) championing of the down trodden is yet to be equaled.

God bless you, Daddy. You were an inspiration when I was growing up. Your selflessness is etched in AGATE. Your (and J.O.T. Agyeman's) championing of the down trodden is yet to be equaled.

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