I don’t subscribe to usage of local dialects in parliament - Osei Kyei Mensah

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Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

awfful

awfful
Akan man 8 years ago

But you can call 10 millon black people speaking the same language tribe

But you can call 10 millon black people speaking the same language tribe
Mensah 8 years ago

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APONKYE 8 years ago

Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu is the real name of the Majority Leader. His real name is Lawrence Addae. He changed his name on entering KNUST to hide his embarrassing background.

Lawrence Addae was a thief in the secondary and ev ...
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Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu is the real name of the Majority Leader. His real name is Lawrence Addae. He changed his name on entering KNUST to hide his embarrassing background.

Lawrence Addae was a thief in the secondary and everybody knew it. One day he broke into the school store and was caught red-handed stealing and dismissed. Thus, on entering KNUST, he changed his name to whitewash his shameful past.

These are the men now governing Ghana. The so-called president's background is even more disgraceful. More on this to come.
TULA 8 years ago

OH Massa; Lawrence Addae aka Mensah -Bonsu and that is your proper name do not disguise yourself because you are a known thifman ; why on earth should not people speak in their local languages ; this is the problem with us Gh ...
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OH Massa; Lawrence Addae aka Mensah -Bonsu and that is your proper name do not disguise yourself because you are a known thifman ; why on earth should not people speak in their local languages ; this is the problem with us Ghanaians; name one succesful develped country or succesful devloping including China that uses emnglish as their language to teach their children or conduct their affairs ; most of the counteries that doping very well today do not use english as their lead language ; they use their local languages besides what is so special about this english language ; afterall mr Mensah -Bonsu does noit speak and does not understand the english language secondly not everybody who attended legon understands english as a working language ; why is it that some MPS speak very little at parliament because they fear they cannot express their thoughts in english very well but are succesful business men ; Krobo Edusei never spoke good english but was able to be in parliament .
APONKO BODAM 8 years ago

If you disagree with Lawrence Addae, which language do you propose? To me Hausa is the natural language for West Africa. I hope you will not mention any of the local languages,

If you disagree with Lawrence Addae, which language do you propose? To me Hausa is the natural language for West Africa. I hope you will not mention any of the local languages,
F9 8 years ago

Like the majority leader I subscribe to using English solely in parliament. However, if I were to play devil's advocate, I certainly will go for Hausa (spoken widely in West Africa), Nzema (spoken in GH and Ivory Coast), Ewe ...
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Like the majority leader I subscribe to using English solely in parliament. However, if I were to play devil's advocate, I certainly will go for Hausa (spoken widely in West Africa), Nzema (spoken in GH and Ivory Coast), Ewe (spoken in GH, Benin, Togo and Nigeria) or skip all these and go for East Africa's Swahili and Lingala.

To those who keep dreaming about Twi becoming the defacto national language. Don't even go there. Twi is as useless as my Adangme by the way. Go outside the confines of GH and you're stuck and goodness help you if you can't speak English or French :)
Niibi Agbo 8 years ago

The next thing we know, banks will be required to provide information in 9 languages. Then all ministries and who knows where the road will end.

The next thing we know, banks will be required to provide information in 9 languages. Then all ministries and who knows where the road will end.
Nana Kuffuor. Abeka. La Paz. 8 years ago

Thank you Honourable. This is the most sensible thing I have ever heard from you. English is the only business language internationally recognized. Instead of improving it, we messed it up. Graduates, politicians , journalist ...
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Thank you Honourable. This is the most sensible thing I have ever heard from you. English is the only business language internationally recognized. Instead of improving it, we messed it up. Graduates, politicians , journalists, musicians, actors etc......cannot speak good English. Our music and movies cannot go beyond Ghana. Instead of encouraging learning English, we want to encourage twinglish. Maybe too much fufu and banku has skewed our thinking.
AYITEY SANTANA 8 years ago

IF INTELLECTUALS IN SPAIN, FRANCE, CHINA, MYANMAR, SWITZERLAND, ITALY....WERE TO ARGUE LIKE OSEI KYEI MENSAH BONSU !!!!!

FIRST, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY ONE OR TWO LOCAL LANGUAGES THAT MAYBE USED ALONGSIDE ENGLISH. JOBS WILL B ...
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IF INTELLECTUALS IN SPAIN, FRANCE, CHINA, MYANMAR, SWITZERLAND, ITALY....WERE TO ARGUE LIKE OSEI KYEI MENSAH BONSU !!!!!

FIRST, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY ONE OR TWO LOCAL LANGUAGES THAT MAYBE USED ALONGSIDE ENGLISH. JOBS WILL BE CREATED FOR THOSE WORKING ON SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATIONS AND SMART TECH PEOPLE WHO'LL COME OUT WITH INNOVATIONS. AS WE MAKE PROGRESS, ANOTHER LANGUAGE IS ADDED.... IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT IN MY DNA, MR. MP . IF YOU ENVISAGE ANY HURDLES, THINK OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

B..k 8 years ago

Ayitey , grow up ,we don't need any local language to be used in Parliament or any officer as official language apart from English period...

Ayitey , grow up ,we don't need any local language to be used in Parliament or any officer as official language apart from English period...
zain 8 years ago

you are a fool simple

you are a fool simple
AYITEY SANTANA 8 years ago

THE BLACK MAN WILL NEVER MAKE THE EFFORT TO UPGRADE, USING HIS OWN MEANS OR DEVELOPING HIS UNIQUE TRAITS BUT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT OTHERS HAVE INITIATED. IN GA, WE SAY "MODIN SAME." IF YOU WON'T WORK ON YOUR NATIVE LAN ...
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THE BLACK MAN WILL NEVER MAKE THE EFFORT TO UPGRADE, USING HIS OWN MEANS OR DEVELOPING HIS UNIQUE TRAITS BUT ALWAYS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT OTHERS HAVE INITIATED. IN GA, WE SAY "MODIN SAME." IF YOU WON'T WORK ON YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGES, STAY THERE. HAUSA WILL SOON BE SPOKEN IN YOUR HOMES & YOU KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS.
Jo Alaa 8 years ago

Akuffo Addo should send Ama Sey back to school to obtain at least JHS certificate.

Akuffo Addo should send Ama Sey back to school to obtain at least JHS certificate.
NANA ADDO 8 years ago

The only solution is to elect educated people to parliament.

The only solution is to elect educated people to parliament.
father 8 years ago

some Ghanaians MPs are funny!A whole MP cannot speak English? Wow!

some Ghanaians MPs are funny!A whole MP cannot speak English? Wow!
F9 8 years ago

Well said. Those who brought this up in the first place may have been largely motivated by trying to impose one language on Ghanaians stealthily. It will not happen so get over yourselves and confine your language to your tra ...
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Well said. Those who brought this up in the first place may have been largely motivated by trying to impose one language on Ghanaians stealthily. It will not happen so get over yourselves and confine your language to your traditional areas
NANA AKOMEA 8 years ago

This is the first time Hon Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has spoken sense. Arrange for Ama sey attend the university to obtain a degree. She is a disgrace to Ghana.

This is the first time Hon Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has spoken sense. Arrange for Ama sey attend the university to obtain a degree. She is a disgrace to Ghana.
Nana Asumadu sakyi 8 years ago

U better get used to that .check any of d developed countries and see what language they use other than their native language.please lay out d stats, the percentage of parliamentarians that speak akan and those who don't .a ...
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U better get used to that .check any of d developed countries and see what language they use other than their native language.please lay out d stats, the percentage of parliamentarians that speak akan and those who don't .a farmer should be able to make laws in d country so is a carpenter,a bricklayer so on and so forth.just like the jury system in d USA. Is high time u guys and gals come up with a different way for passing laws in d country.
Pops 8 years ago

BARMY, HOW COULD ANYONE UNDERSTAND A LANGUAGE THEY DONT SPEAK AND DONT UDERSTAND. WILL THERE BE A TRANSLATER AND HOW COULD THÉY HAVE GONE THRU VE?TING WITHOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.

BARMY, HOW COULD ANYONE UNDERSTAND A LANGUAGE THEY DONT SPEAK AND DONT UDERSTAND. WILL THERE BE A TRANSLATER AND HOW COULD THÉY HAVE GONE THRU VE?TING WITHOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.

Pops 8 years ago

BARMY, HOW COULD ANYONE UNDERSTAND A LANGUAGE THEY DONT SPEAK AND DONT UDERSTAND. WILL THERE BE A TRANSLATER AND HOW COULD THÉY HAVE GONE THRU VE?TING WITHOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.

BARMY, HOW COULD ANYONE UNDERSTAND A LANGUAGE THEY DONT SPEAK AND DONT UDERSTAND. WILL THERE BE A TRANSLATER AND HOW COULD THÉY HAVE GONE THRU VE?TING WITHOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.
Nana Asumadu sakyi 8 years ago

For those advocating for only d so called educated people to make laws in d country, we have tried that for several decades. What we got in return is looting d coffers of d state, greed, selfishness.please God help us at this ...
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For those advocating for only d so called educated people to make laws in d country, we have tried that for several decades. What we got in return is looting d coffers of d state, greed, selfishness.please God help us at this juncture.
dd 8 years ago

NPP is worse when it comes to slaves mentality

NPP is worse when it comes to slaves mentality
NON-ALIGNED 8 years ago

Osei, WISDOM is of GOD and everything else is of man......So, if you lack WISDOM you will believe that speaking somebody else's language and aping around their lifestyle, will make you be like them.

It is the WISDOM that c ...
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Osei, WISDOM is of GOD and everything else is of man......So, if you lack WISDOM you will believe that speaking somebody else's language and aping around their lifestyle, will make you be like them.

It is the WISDOM that comes out of a lingo is what matters but not having others lingo shoved down your throat.

Osei, you don't look English to me and moreover, you have been subjected to English since your generation..........how come your policies have put us in ABJECT POVERTY? And the Chinese stealing our rich natural resources under our noses, whilst we are busy chasing NDC / NPP cars and speaking 'BIG, 'BIG English.

Does the speaking of English give you any wisdom at all? How come the Chinese builds the whole seats in parliament? Why can't we do them ourselves with all the English?
So, please THINK and realize that there's more to it, than aping other people.

We need to WAKE UP GHANAIANS!!! The Chinese and Japanese Premiers don't speak lingos of others......their lingos are translated....does it make them less of a human???

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
Michael K. Tettevi. 8 years ago

Akan, Dagbani, Ewe, Ga, Nzima and Hausa are the local languages spoken in Ghana. Europeans speak their own languages. German in Germany, French in France & Switzerland, Latin in Italy, English in UK, Greek in Greece, etc. Our ...
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Akan, Dagbani, Ewe, Ga, Nzima and Hausa are the local languages spoken in Ghana. Europeans speak their own languages. German in Germany, French in France & Switzerland, Latin in Italy, English in UK, Greek in Greece, etc. Our MPs must speak good English.
NON-ALIGNED 8 years ago

Michael, when are we ever going to be innovative? Why can't we speak all the languages we have? It has been a challenge to us since time in memorial.......what have we done?....by utilizing OUR GOD-GIVEN BRAINS??????

The s ...
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Michael, when are we ever going to be innovative? Why can't we speak all the languages we have? It has been a challenge to us since time in memorial.......what have we done?....by utilizing OUR GOD-GIVEN BRAINS??????

The solution is obviously NOT English!!!! Language really matters!!! Why are we still where we are after all this speaking of English? Please tell me.

As you rightly put it....the Germans speak German, the British speak English so, are we British?

Please come up with a better solution than the defeatist solution of speaking English.......

Let me enlighten you a bit.....most of our citizens speak other people's lingos anyway. And majority of us speak the lingo of the majority of our society. (I am avoiding being drawn into tribal bigotry arguments).

So, we can make it mandatory during our formative years till high education we learn each others' lingos. (And with that I mean the most popularly/commonly spoken lingos). Our registration for National ID cards should be the basis of how to establish who we are and solutions to some of our problems.

It's about time we start THINKING AND USE OUR GOD-GIVEN BRAINS!!!

MOST OF THE NATIONS YOU MENTIONED ARE IN THE EU......how do you think they communicate?????

Please come up with ideas and don't blow the same trumpet since our birth.

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
F9 8 years ago

"Why are we still where we are after all this speaking of English? Please tell me."

and you think our progress is linked to speaking English in parliament? and you think your local language will somehow miraculously speed ...
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"Why are we still where we are after all this speaking of English? Please tell me."

and you think our progress is linked to speaking English in parliament? and you think your local language will somehow miraculously speed our progress?

Clearly we have more issues than I thought. Ideas and the courage to see them through in an environment that is enabling and glued together by mutual respect for each other is what makes the bigger difference.

Infact I'd argue that it is the English language that has broken down cultural and ethnic differences right from school that has got us to where we are now. Without it we'll all be living in our little enclaves and balkanised states and fighting just as our ancestors used to do.
NON-ALIGNED 8 years ago

F9 or whatever you call yourself.......it's either you are still in the same bubble of the enslaved minds or have no clue at all what lingo does to a nation's progress.

It's obvious you didn't get what I was driving at.... ...
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F9 or whatever you call yourself.......it's either you are still in the same bubble of the enslaved minds or have no clue at all what lingo does to a nation's progress.

It's obvious you didn't get what I was driving at......well, how do I break it down? Wow!

Hmmm....F9, I don't our think progress is linked to speaking English in parliament.....how do I explain to you again? This will be very difficult.

It's a real shame you did not and do not get it hence, reinforcing my argument....You speak English for speaking sake, without understanding what you read; let alone enforcing it. Wow!
So, how then do people like you represent us in the parliament??

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
F9 8 years ago

I speak and understand the English language just as well as my native Adangme. If I were a Member of Parliament my fluency or skills in speaking either of the aforementioned languages will certainly not affect the critical th ...
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I speak and understand the English language just as well as my native Adangme. If I were a Member of Parliament my fluency or skills in speaking either of the aforementioned languages will certainly not affect the critical thinking I need to undertake to effect change in my country. The people who changed the world - giving us the light bulb, the internet, mobile phones, cars etc did so by coming up with ideas that solved problems in their societies and drove through those ideas with sheer persistence and force. I don't see English as foreign. It is a language that transcends its original borders and is now a world/global language. I own and speak it just as well as any English man (probably better actually). It's not that difficult to pick up. I'd suggest you spend more of your time mastering it (as well as your native language) rather than trying to stealthily force twi on Ghanaians. A word to the wise.......
NON-ALIGNED 8 years ago

F9, I never mentioned Twi in any of my submissions. And to be precise, I am a GHANAIAN none of the ethnicity crap!

You judged me already to be Twi......and that is why you find it hard to understand what I was getting at.
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F9, I never mentioned Twi in any of my submissions. And to be precise, I am a GHANAIAN none of the ethnicity crap!

You judged me already to be Twi......and that is why you find it hard to understand what I was getting at.

And for your information, the English did not give us the light bulb, the internet etc. Please go check your own history and wake up to the brainwashing.......

Read about your history, since your English is very good but, please try to understand what you read. Please don't take it the wrong way. No offence. It's only an advise. I don't need to master English....I'd rather master all of my own.

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!

chief vandal 8 years ago

There is no need for a debate. It is one dumb idea.

There is no need for a debate. It is one dumb idea.
Abrokwah 8 years ago

In my opinion Ghana has come a long way to nationalize one language which is widely spoken in Ghana. All dialects under Akan can be classified as one under this nationalization proposal. In other words "Twi, Fanti,etc which i ...
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In my opinion Ghana has come a long way to nationalize one language which is widely spoken in Ghana. All dialects under Akan can be classified as one under this nationalization proposal. In other words "Twi, Fanti,etc which is widely spoken in Ghana could be used. I do not think this shall be a problem at all since all Ghanaians who can or cannot be fluent in English could be said to be literally good in any akan dialect. I mean any Ghanaian who is not fluent in English happens to be able to speak akan fluently. The problem of not being fluent in English yet one would want such high profile job as parliamentarian is almost always associated with akan speaking people. I am saying this with my demographic studies and experience.
F9 8 years ago

The day that happens will be the day Ghana goes Pop! :) Go ask the Rwandese

The day that happens will be the day Ghana goes Pop! :) Go ask the Rwandese
ADE 8 years ago

THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE AMENDED TO BAN ILLITERATES FROM BECOMING MPS, MINISTERS OF STATE,AND PRESIDENT. THERE ARE MORE EDUCATED PEOPLE IN GHANA.IT APPEARS IT IS ONLY THE AKAN SPOKEN WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO CAN BUY THEIR WAY TH ...
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THE CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE AMENDED TO BAN ILLITERATES FROM BECOMING MPS, MINISTERS OF STATE,AND PRESIDENT. THERE ARE MORE EDUCATED PEOPLE IN GHANA.IT APPEARS IT IS ONLY THE AKAN SPOKEN WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO CAN BUY THEIR WAY THROUGH TO PARLIAMENT AFTER THEY COULD NOT PASS EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE OR JHS.
Kofi mensah 8 years ago

This is pathetic! The Parliament passed a standing order some years ago to use some of the Ghaianaian languaages. The modus is to use the 14 or 11 depending on how you count languages and you can find interpreters for them as ...
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This is pathetic! The Parliament passed a standing order some years ago to use some of the Ghaianaian languaages. The modus is to use the 14 or 11 depending on how you count languages and you can find interpreters for them as these are the languages approved for education. Face the challenge

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I don’t subscribe to usage of local dialects in parliament - Osei Kyei Mensah

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