Education is the best property – Mahama

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• AGBESI KWESI 9 years ago

  IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW CORRUPT EC OFFICIALS ARE THEN READ THE FOLLOWING:
  The Member of Parliament (MP) for Afram Plains South, Joseph Appiah Boateng, has threatened to sue the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana if it does n ...
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  IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW CORRUPT EC OFFICIALS ARE THEN READ THE FOLLOWING:
  The Member of Parliament (MP) for Afram Plains South, Joseph Appiah Boateng, has threatened to sue the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana if it does not come out to clear the controversy surrounding the filing of nomination of two NDC candidates for the area.
  
  On the deadline of submission of nomination forms for parliamentary candidates, two stalwarts from the NDC filed to contest the Afram Plains South seat following the resignation of Mr. Boateng, to contest for a second time.
  
  The two, Mark-Oliver Kevor, the Eastern Regional Secretary of the NDC and Eric Osei-Owusu are all said to have filed their nomination at the same time but the Returning Officer for the area announced the former as the candidate for the Akatamansonians after scrutinizing his forms.
  
  Kevor, according to inside sources, was given the mandate to file on the ticket of the Akatamansonians by the National Chairman of the NDC, Kofi Portuphy.
  
  However, Eric Osei-Owusu who contested the incumbent MP but lost, according to party officials, was also given the mandate to file by the party’s Chief Scribe, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, popularly known as General Mosquito.
  
  The two candidates have been campaigning simultaneously as the NDC parliamentary candidate for the area.
  
  Party officials in the Afram Plains South have for the past three weeks, been putting pressure on the National Executives of the party to settle matter as soon as possible or risk losing the seat to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
  
  The MP on Thursday, October 13, 2016 gave the EC a 48-hour ultimatum to publicly announce the candidate who filed to contest on the ticket of the NDC. Failure to do so, he added, will see the EC being dragged to court.
  
  But Mr. Nketiah commenting on the issue in an interaction with sit-in host, Kwaku Owusu Agyei, on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM, Monday, said Eric Osei-Owusu is the candidate the party has sanctioned to represent the Afram Plains South.
  
  “If you go to the records of the Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, the one who has filed in the name of the NDC and who has been given the power to represent the party is Eric Osei-Owusu,” he announced.
  
  Asked whether he is aware that Mr. Portuphy has also sanctioned the candidacy of Mark-Oliver Kevor, he retorted “We don’t have such in the records of the NDC.”
  
  Mr. Boateng reacting to the comments of his party’s Chief Scribe on the problem said the EC has more questions to answer regarding the eligibility of Eric Osei-Owusu to contest the Afram Plains South parliamentary seat.
  
  He told Owusu Adjei that as at the time of close of nomination, the CEO of Ghana Buffer Stock had not filed his nomination and therefore wondered how Mr. Osei-Owusu got that opportunity to represent the party.
  
  “As at the close of nomination on the deadline date, September 30, 2016, Osei-Owusu had not filed his nomination. The EC closed at 5:00pm. And at 5:30pm, the EC announced that three candidates including Mark-Oliver Kevor had filed their nominations. So, I am wondering how Osei-Owusu filed his nomination.”
  
  “The EC must tell us the date it opened their offices for Osei-Owusu to file his nomination. Again, as at the close of nomination, Osei-Owusu had not transferred his vote to the constituency. So, the EC must tell us when it transferred the vote of Osei-Owusu to the constituency. I want the EC to come out to explain itself on the matter or face court action,” he noted.

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• MR OBJECTIVE 9 years ago

  JOHN,DO YOU PAY THE TEACHERS SALARARIES AND ALLOWANCES? You this wicked president,should stop whisky-drinking talks.

  JOHN,DO YOU PAY THE TEACHERS SALARARIES AND ALLOWANCES? You this wicked president,should stop whisky-drinking talks.

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• VICENT JASIKAN 9 years ago

  PEOPLE'S FINISH SCHOOL AND ROAM ABOUT ON STREETS WITHOUT JOB, WHAT'S THE SENSE IN THAT EDUCATION? WHY DON'T YOU SLEEP RATHER MOVING FROM TO TOWN FOR YOUR ONE TOUCH? WE NEED JOBS AND VOLTARIANS ARE NOT READY TO SAVE YOUR MONEY ...
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  PEOPLE'S FINISH SCHOOL AND ROAM ABOUT ON STREETS WITHOUT JOB, WHAT'S THE SENSE IN THAT EDUCATION? WHY DON'T YOU SLEEP RATHER MOVING FROM TO TOWN FOR YOUR ONE TOUCH? WE NEED JOBS AND VOLTARIANS ARE NOT READY TO SAVE YOUR MONEY THIS TIME AT THE WORLD BANK FOR ASIEDU NKETIAH TO BUY HOUSE IN CANADA, BAGBIN TO SEND HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND ABROAD TO DELIVER, TR KOFI ADAMS TO BUILD HOUSES, ONE LITHER FOR BUS BRANDING AND THE REST

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• #ChangeIsComing# 9 years ago

  This JDM I agree with you sqaurely. But unfortunately, you superintendent over a group of incompetent administrators, who knew nothing but create, loot and share.
  21 WONDERS OF THE NDC
  
  1. AMERI $ 510 Million
  2. SADA $ ...
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  This JDM I agree with you sqaurely. But unfortunately, you superintendent over a group of incompetent administrators, who knew nothing but create, loot and share.
  21 WONDERS OF THE NDC
  
  1. AMERI $ 510 Million
  2. SADA $ 100 Million
  3. GYEEDA $ 100 Million
  4. ISOFOTON $ 1.2 Million
  5. Kumasi Airport $ 29 Million
  6. Takoradi Railway $ 1 Billion
  7. Atuabo Gas $ 2 Billion
  8. Sugar Factory $ 35 Million
  9. Power Barge $ 1.2 Billion
  10. Buses Branding $ 3.6 Million
  11. Rattery Park $ 4.4 Million
  12. Adomi Bridge Repair € 13 Million
  13. Legon Hospital Repair $ 215 Million
  14. Ridge Hospital Repair $ 250 Million
  15. Kejetia Saga $ 298 Million
  16. STX Korea $ 1.5 Billion
  17. Woyome GH? 51 Million
  18. SUBAH GH? 74.3 Million
  19. Brazil World Cup $ 20 Million
  20. Circle Interchange € 78 Million
  21. Kasoa Interchange $ 174 Million SUBTOTALS $ 7.4402 Billion = GH? 29,387,301,960 ($ 1 = GH? 3.95) € 91 Million = GH? 404,950,000 (€ 1 = GH? 4.45) GH? 125.3 Million = GH? 125,300,000 TOTAL GH? 29,917,551,960 (29 Billion, 917 Million, 551 Thousand, 9 Hundred and 60 Ghana Cedis) In short, GH? 30 Billion.
  This is the ugly truth about the rot in the system (many more have been swept under the carpet). My criticism of the current government is premised on the fact that JDM has totally deviated from the core values of true statesmen – truth, honesty, integrity, justice, probity and accountability. There is the need to re-engage and focus on these values. so we are changing him. The loot and share must stop! The uncivilized tendency to insult and vilify those who do not endorse the current ways of doing things must stop! Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments should not be changed for light or transient causes. But when a government decides to put aside our values and superintend over corruption and ineptitude, it is the right, it is the duty of the people to throw off such government in 2016 elections. JDM enough is enough. Change is a must.

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• Earl Jones 9 years ago

  Education is the most important asset in combating poverty in Ghana.
  
  I agree with the President but we must go a step further. We must find ways of reaching out to those who we were not able to educate during their school ...
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  Education is the most important asset in combating poverty in Ghana.
  
  I agree with the President but we must go a step further. We must find ways of reaching out to those who we were not able to educate during their school going ages.
  
  We must find ways for making education accessible to all including those who have past the school going age. Just because those who have past school going age were not able to access education does not mean we should forget them.
  
  We should be assessing the needs of these people and making education available to them.
  
  We can assess them and provide home tuition to suit the level in which they have educated themselves to.
  
  Education should be seen as a continuing and lifelong event.
  
  Luckily, technology now makes it possible to extend the classroom to our homes.
  
  They are very intelligent people who, for reasons beyond their control, have not been educated. We must make education available to them by extending the classroom beyond the four corners of a traditional classroom.
  
  Others drop out part way. We must give such people the opportunity to continue.
  
  Poverty is directly linked with the level of education of the a country.
  
  Most of our women, especially our Northern sisters, should be given the opportunity to reengage with the educational system.
  
  It is the only way we as a country will ever become developed.
  
  We have to be aggressive about it. The technology exists to achieve 100% universal coverage for education right from primary to tertiary education without the direct supervision of a teacher.
  
  Without educated citizens, government policy is difficult to implement. An educated population visit the hospital less because they observe living practices that reduce the chances of falling ill. An educated population have less motor traffic accident because they are able to learn how to drive safely. An educated population are less poor because they are more likely to earn higher incomes. An educated population is less likely to break the law and go to prison because they understand the importance of not violating the law.
  An educated population knows how to manage their children better so they produce healthier and more educated children compared with uneducated parents.
  An educated population as more likely to live longer than an uneducated population. this is indeed the case in ghana. so when you educate yourself, you are actually buying more years of life on earth.
  Look at the spate of arm robbery in Ghana. Nearly 95% are either uneducated or poorly educated.

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• --------- 9 years ago

  THE KINDOM OF GOD
  
  God sent his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to open the way for us to have full access to the throne of God's grace (his favor and blessing) and mercy (his pardon for our sins).
  Through Jesus ...
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  THE KINDOM OF GOD
  
  God sent his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to open the way for us to have full access to the throne of God's grace (his favor and blessing) and mercy (his pardon for our sins).
  Through Jesus' victory on the cross he has freed us from slavery to sin and hurtful desires and addictions, and he has made us sons and daughters of God and citizens of his heavenly kingdom.
  We are free now to choose which kingdom we will serve - the kingdom of light and truth ruled by God's justice and wisdom or the kingdom of darkness and falsehood ruled by Satan and a world system or society of people who are opposed to God and his laws.

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• lrn 9 years ago

  Ghanaians and education nonsense! we have all the academic titles yet look at our cities in rainy seasons. with all the education we've acquired we can't boast of clean and constant tap water, electricity! if churches are spr ...
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  Ghanaians and education nonsense! we have all the academic titles yet look at our cities in rainy seasons. with all the education we've acquired we can't boast of clean and constant tap water, electricity! if churches are sprouting all over the place like grass instead of research centers, technological hubs why do we make noise about formal education which makes the youth more jobless? what's wrong with Africans!

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• Naa Yaa 9 years ago

  What is education Mahama if I have no job after school?

  What is education Mahama if I have no job after school?

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