Afcon 2015 decision is not just about football

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Evans 11 years ago

Football does not come before safety. Cant our leaders think for once. It looks like Mahama and his folks will not be satisfied until Ebola is in Ghana and full blown.
I say this because everything he has done since this out ...
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Football does not come before safety. Cant our leaders think for once. It looks like Mahama and his folks will not be satisfied until Ebola is in Ghana and full blown.
I say this because everything he has done since this outbreak seems to be inviting this virus to our motherland Ghana. I also don't know the use of our parliamentarians if they can't come together and block decisions like this. If Mahama is not held in check, Ghana will be in trouble. Cry the beloved country
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

One day a thirteen year old boy walks into a Prostitute house dragging a dead Baby Monkey behind him. The Madam asks, "Can I help you son?" He replies, "Yes I'd like a girl for the night." She says, "I'm afraid you are too yo ...
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One day a thirteen year old boy walks into a Prostitute house dragging a dead Baby Monkey behind him. The Madam asks, "Can I help you son?" He replies, "Yes I'd like a girl for the night." She says, "I'm afraid you are too young for one of my girls." So he gets out his wallet and gives her $200. To which she says, "She'll be waiting for you up stairs." The boy says, "But shes got to have Gonorrhea with Ebola Symptoms." The Madam replies, "But all my girls are clean!" So out comes the wallet again and he gives her another $200. The Madam says, "OK, she'll be ready for you in about 15 mins". So he goes up the stairs dragging the dead Monkey. A half an hour later he comes down the stairs, with a big grin on his face and still dragging the dead Monkey. By now the Madam was just a touch curious so she asked him, "Why did you come in here,dragging a dead monkey and asking for a girl with Gonorrhea and Ebola Symptoms ?". "Well, it's like this", he says, "When I get home today I fuck the baby-sitter and she'll get it. Then when my parents get home, my dad will drive her home and on the way they'll stop and have sex, and he'll get it. Later when dad gets home my mom and dad will make love and she'll get it. And at about noon, when dad has gone to work, the mailman will come round, fuck my mother and he'll get it. AND HE'S THE BASTARD WHO KILLED MY Monkey!"
kodjo 11 years ago

prevention is better than cure so Obama and Cameron would protect us from ebola crisis ? oh some journalists paa

prevention is better than cure so Obama and Cameron would protect us from ebola crisis ? oh some journalists paa
Joseph Morrison 11 years ago

It is going to be a nationwide unacceptable if government goes for the Afcon. Why do we have to deliberately import this deadly virus into our country?. Very soon all of us working in foreign countries will be banned. I wish ...
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It is going to be a nationwide unacceptable if government goes for the Afcon. Why do we have to deliberately import this deadly virus into our country?. Very soon all of us working in foreign countries will be banned. I wish the president dies first when the virus is imported to the country.
Alibaba 11 years ago

You better come again. are you one of the leaders in government? You didn't sound straight. Simply don't joke with people lifes for stomach or anything

You better come again. are you one of the leaders in government? You didn't sound straight. Simply don't joke with people lifes for stomach or anything
Zoobie-Zoobie 11 years ago

Think for a change

Think for a change
Ama Serwah 11 years ago

EBOLA:Cancel Africa Cup of Nations games

EBOLA:Cancel Africa Cup of Nations games
Kwobia ( Toronto ) 11 years ago

Cancel Afcon 2015.If the U.S. cannot contain EBOLA,how can Ghana.The risks are simply too high with big crowds from many countries.
Has Ghana contained the cholera outbreak?What a joke.

Cancel Afcon 2015.If the U.S. cannot contain EBOLA,how can Ghana.The risks are simply too high with big crowds from many countries.
Has Ghana contained the cholera outbreak?What a joke.
Anokwale 11 years ago

To be honest, the tournament has never been well attended. Usually, the stadiums are quite empty unless it is the host or the semi-final and final games. I think the solution is simple here. Kick out Morrocco and let anoth ...
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To be honest, the tournament has never been well attended. Usually, the stadiums are quite empty unless it is the host or the semi-final and final games. I think the solution is simple here. Kick out Morrocco and let another third place team qualify. Let the top four seeds host their group. In the knock out rounds higher ranked team hosts. This way, no one country is bombarded with a large influx of people. This lowers risk for everyone. How many people will come anyway?
work hard! 11 years ago

It is also About Ebola

It is also About Ebola

SHAKA 11 years ago

I DON'T SEE THE SENSE IN THIS ARTICLE.
PERIOD.

I DON'T SEE THE SENSE IN THIS ARTICLE.
PERIOD.
Felix D 11 years ago

Ghana must not be fooled to think that if she decides to host Afcon 2014,..that will be translated to mean leadership or indeed that will help garner support from the west to rump up our health system or west Africa's help sy ...
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Ghana must not be fooled to think that if she decides to host Afcon 2014,..that will be translated to mean leadership or indeed that will help garner support from the west to rump up our health system or west Africa's help system. Ebola has even taken the west by storm and I fear thousands of people will die before there will be the slightest chance of bringing it under control. Ghana should completely abstain from hosting the event. The authorities have disappointed me by even harbouring the thought of hosting. Morocco and South Africa have by far, a robust health system than Ghana, yet they are refusing to host the event because they can foresee the scale of time bomb in terms of Ebola waiting to explode...serious epidemic which no one, not the US, not Europe and Asia has any answer at the moment.Even Seychelles have behaved rightly by refusing to play with Sierra Leone because they know Ebola could not be contained should it break out so prevention...as they say is always better than cure. Ghanaians wake up and do not let our leaders experiment with our lives...because they themselves will not be affected. it is always the poor on the street and villages who will become scapegoats....
dzadza 11 years ago

110% agrees with u

110% agrees with u
Tantra Bea 11 years ago

Who will forgive President Mahama if thru indiscretion on hosting AFCON 2015 he opens the door for ebola to consume Ghanaians? Even schools are being shut down in the US because of ebola. Should we in Ghana die because of fo ...
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Who will forgive President Mahama if thru indiscretion on hosting AFCON 2015 he opens the door for ebola to consume Ghanaians? Even schools are being shut down in the US because of ebola. Should we in Ghana die because of football?
Big Joe 11 years ago

I thought elected leaders are supposed to also think about the welfare of their people and to ensure their safety as well. Sincerely what is the motive? Why on earth do our leaders like to take BAD DECISIONS. Why would the M ...
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I thought elected leaders are supposed to also think about the welfare of their people and to ensure their safety as well. Sincerely what is the motive? Why on earth do our leaders like to take BAD DECISIONS. Why would the Mr Ayariga say we are ready to host the AFCON when other right-thinking leaders and their countries are saying NO. We should be bold to tell CAF to postpone the AFCON. What do we loose if the AFCON is postponed?
Big Joe 11 years ago

I thought elected leaders are supposed to also think about the welfare of their people and to ensure their safety as well. Sincerely what is the motive? Why on earth do our leaders like to take BAD DECISIONS. Why would Mr Ay ...
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I thought elected leaders are supposed to also think about the welfare of their people and to ensure their safety as well. Sincerely what is the motive? Why on earth do our leaders like to take BAD DECISIONS. Why would Mr Ayariga say we are ready to host the AFCON when other right-thinking leaders and their countries are saying NO. We should be bold to tell CAF to postpone the AFCON. What do we loose if the AFCON is postponed?
Yamus 11 years ago

AFCON takes 3 weeks to complete. Report by WHO indicates that Ebola has incubation period between 2-21 days. Hence healthy looking spectators carrying the virus, will be allowed to travel to watch the games. Some of these peo ...
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AFCON takes 3 weeks to complete. Report by WHO indicates that Ebola has incubation period between 2-21 days. Hence healthy looking spectators carrying the virus, will be allowed to travel to watch the games. Some of these people could become infectious before the tournament ends and possibly transmit the virus. Hence hosting the tournament increases the chances of spreading the virus.
The tournament should be postponed. Even the 1942 and 1946 Soccer World cups were cancelled because of the 2nd world war. Ebola is not a joke and I don't think we have all the information regarding the mode of spread yet.
Joe 11 years ago

We must all take to the streets in the event that these our unreasonable leader accept to host this tournament.
As people of Ghana we must not allow this to happen should the leaders say YES

We must all take to the streets in the event that these our unreasonable leader accept to host this tournament.
As people of Ghana we must not allow this to happen should the leaders say YES
osram 11 years ago

wise up, how much have u been paid to this to us..

wise up, how much have u been paid to this to us..
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. 11 years ago

People please lets put politics aside and talk of serious issues . What was MAHAMA think before he said ,what he said addressing UN ,on issues with Ebola regarding the possibility of GHANA hosting AFCON 2015, when other cou ...
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People please lets put politics aside and talk of serious issues . What was MAHAMA think before he said ,what he said addressing UN ,on issues with Ebola regarding the possibility of GHANA hosting AFCON 2015, when other countries have refused to host.

Anokwale 11 years ago

Each of the the top seeds will host their group.

At the knock out stages the higher ranked team will host.

You have to space the group stage games out a bit more but in such a case, no one country takes the risk of ...
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Each of the the top seeds will host their group.

At the knock out stages the higher ranked team will host.

You have to space the group stage games out a bit more but in such a case, no one country takes the risk of a high number of travelers coming at once.

The only people who cannot host are Guinea or Sierra Leone. (If they even qualify).

Alternatively, Morroco can just host the the knock out stages.
EBOLACUP 11 years ago

AFRICANS SHOULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIER
OWN DECISIONS. GHANA JUST GO AHEAD AND HOST THE AFCON AND LEAVE THE REST FOR HISTORY TO DECIDE. THE NORTH AFRICANS ALWAYS FEELS NOT PART OF AFRICA. GHANA SHOULD BE PART OF DECISION MA ...
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AFRICANS SHOULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIER
OWN DECISIONS. GHANA JUST GO AHEAD AND HOST THE AFCON AND LEAVE THE REST FOR HISTORY TO DECIDE. THE NORTH AFRICANS ALWAYS FEELS NOT PART OF AFRICA. GHANA SHOULD BE PART OF DECISION MAKING TO CONTEND THE EBOLA IN WEST AFRICA AND AFICA AS A WHOLE.
Paakwesi 11 years ago

Please, Mr. President and Mr. Ayariga, Ebola is Ebola period. There shouldn't be any trials with Ebola. I am a resident of Texas and I know how scared we all are here in our State, though I am not living anywhere near Dalla ...
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Please, Mr. President and Mr. Ayariga, Ebola is Ebola period. There shouldn't be any trials with Ebola. I am a resident of Texas and I know how scared we all are here in our State, though I am not living anywhere near Dallas. Four of my friends just returned from their vacation in Ghana and they are asked by their doctors to keep away from people for at least three weeks. Let's be careful with the AFCON 2015.
Jojo 11 years ago

There is no argument logical enough to convince any right-thinking person that in the midst of a serious virus epidemic outbreak in West Africa all we are thinking of is playing football. Over 4000 people have died so far in ...
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There is no argument logical enough to convince any right-thinking person that in the midst of a serious virus epidemic outbreak in West Africa all we are thinking of is playing football. Over 4000 people have died so far in only three countries. Can you imagine what the death toll will be if this virus spread to other West African countries where we all know have serious challenges with their health delivery system? See how many people have died so far of simple cholera in Ghana. Let's be sensible and stop this buffoonery.
Francois 11 years ago

Am not surprised this senseless article is coming from Yaw Ampofo Ankrah,always thinking of an avenue to steal the tax payer's money in the name of football,such a greedy bastard.... As for that Mahama Ayariga,the least said ...
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Am not surprised this senseless article is coming from Yaw Ampofo Ankrah,always thinking of an avenue to steal the tax payer's money in the name of football,such a greedy bastard.... As for that Mahama Ayariga,the least said about him the better,a blockheaded fool and if John Mahama allows that Ayariga to have his way,then there will no word to describe the ineptitude of John Mahama
Bakells 11 years ago

This tells Ghanians that our so call leaders do not think about us the citizen of dis nation. Now i believe dat ebola is in Ghana but the politicians are covering it up because of certain stupid n senceless political reasons. ...
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This tells Ghanians that our so call leaders do not think about us the citizen of dis nation. Now i believe dat ebola is in Ghana but the politicians are covering it up because of certain stupid n senceless political reasons. Foolish leaders.
Edward, Maryland 11 years ago

This is gov’t propaganda at it’s best. This gov’t has most likely made up their mind to accept to host the tournament in Ghana. They are now trying to sell it to Ghanaians, but we say “No, not in Ghana”. Listen to t ...
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This is gov’t propaganda at it’s best. This gov’t has most likely made up their mind to accept to host the tournament in Ghana. They are now trying to sell it to Ghanaians, but we say “No, not in Ghana”. Listen to the sycophant:

“…..with Ebola dominating the global news headlines, Ghana must show wise and strategic leadership and must only accept to “standby” to host Afcon 2015 as a positive gesture of leadership to draw the rest of the world to invest in the health infrastructure of West Africa”

Maybe if the Ebola epidemic breaks out in Ghana then America and Europe will step in to build us hospitals. They will pump money into the economy. An opportunity for thieves and corrupt gov’t officials to grab and loot. Well, not this time, and not with the blood of our children"

We the citizens will not allow the AFCON 2015 to be hosted in Ghana, period. We dare the gov’t to do otherwise. Please , don’t underestimate our resolve . We will do anything to protect our children, our families and our nation. Ghanaians have suffered enough under this gov’t. You want to be heroes at the expense of our dear children? It will simply not happen. Gov’t of push overs. A gov’t that is always bring pushed around. What at all is in this AFCON? Why not Cameroun but Ghana?

“….Ghana must show wise and strategic leadership and must only accept to “standby” to host Afcon 2015 as a positive gesture of leadership …..”

At what expense? At the expense of the lives and blood of Ghanaian citizens, right? So that your President can be considered a hero. It simply will not happen,
Jogate 11 years ago

Just postpone the Ebola Tournament please. Ghana is not hosting any virus here

Just postpone the Ebola Tournament please. Ghana is not hosting any virus here
TIME TO USE OUR HEADS 11 years ago

What does Africa stand to lose if it scraps AFCON 2015 on account of the Ebola crisis ? Will all Africans die, or will the Continent cease to exist. Why must countries be asked to expose their citizens to the dangerous Ebola ...
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What does Africa stand to lose if it scraps AFCON 2015 on account of the Ebola crisis ? Will all Africans die, or will the Continent cease to exist. Why must countries be asked to expose their citizens to the dangerous Ebola virus just for the sake of football ? And this inept Government of ours ...... Can they not use their brains ? Why can't our Government advise CAF to defer AFCON indefinitely till the Ebola crisis is over ? We do not want Ebola so we say NO to AFCON 2015. If Ayariga and President Mahama want to embrace Ebola they must do so alone. They can relocate and stay in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone for as long as they wish. THEY MUST NOT INVITE EBOLA INTO GHANA JUST FOR CHEAP POPULARITY. IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY START USING THEIR BRAINS.
Anokwale 11 years ago

I appreciate everyone's concern but let us understand this carefully. First you cancel AFCON then any commerce with the rest of the world stops. Then when prices of goods and services in the region go too high we get civil ...
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I appreciate everyone's concern but let us understand this carefully. First you cancel AFCON then any commerce with the rest of the world stops. Then when prices of goods and services in the region go too high we get civil and political unrest. In times like this you keep commerce going. Remember, a number of TV stations and advertisers have paid money to be a part of the tournament and some local Africans are going to get jobs because of this. Think about some young African journalist or cameraman who was going to get a big break working this tournament...The focus should be on governments putting money into proper health infrastructure. Remember, CAF Champions league and CAF Confedration Cup still going on.
The solution is to have the four highest ranked teams host their group. Group winners host the quarterfinal game. The higher ranked team host at the final four stage. This is fair and limits the risk of high levels of travel to one particular country.

Joseph 11 years ago

This is a nonsense article. He is also looking for money to steal from Ghana hosting the games. It is a stupid decision to host these games, period.

This is a nonsense article. He is also looking for money to steal from Ghana hosting the games. It is a stupid decision to host these games, period.
HUMAN BEIGN 11 years ago

This is one of the most idiotic and senseless piece of gabbage to be authored by probably the usual so called DR Dr phd who feels to write baseless English. Sometimes these idiots make some of us Africans want to find a plac ...
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This is one of the most idiotic and senseless piece of gabbage to be authored by probably the usual so called DR Dr phd who feels to write baseless English. Sometimes these idiots make some of us Africans want to find a place to hide. Gabbage GABBAGE gabbage.
MODIBO 11 years ago

Why is Yaw just want to be heard or what? He just went round and round and did not say anything. I think he should rather go to the Presidential commission and tell us of his role @ the Brazil 2014 World Cup.I don't mean he h ...
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Why is Yaw just want to be heard or what? He just went round and round and did not say anything. I think he should rather go to the Presidential commission and tell us of his role @ the Brazil 2014 World Cup.I don't mean he has done something wrong. He should talk and not cry like his "nyebro".
bryanrichieferdinand@yahoo.com 11 years ago

ghana cannot host the 30th edition of the African Cup Of Nations because we are afraid of the EBOLA VIRUS

ghana cannot host the 30th edition of the African Cup Of Nations because we are afraid of the EBOLA VIRUS
Kay 11 years ago

So what is Yaw Ampofo Ankrah saying? That we should show leadership by hosting AfCON 2015? That the decision to host the AfCON is bigger than the decision to reject it because that would have more far-reaching consequences of ...
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So what is Yaw Ampofo Ankrah saying? That we should show leadership by hosting AfCON 2015? That the decision to host the AfCON is bigger than the decision to reject it because that would have more far-reaching consequences of importing ebola into Ghana? Does this guy have any BRAIN at all?
Is he aware that over 20,000 Ghanaians have been reported to have cholera in the last few months, a condition with known, available, affordable and cost-effective management interventions? And who the hell told this fool that Mahama is in touch with Obama and co?
Anyone tries in any way to justify the planned hosting of Ebola is a fool!
This is nothing short of FOOLISHNESS!
And if they try to joke with our lives, we will rise up and kill them too! Foolish politicians and their cronies!
joseph 11 years ago

Hosting or not hosting AFCON in Africa or Ghana is not as easy as we think , there are so many factors relating to this issue . One our capacity as a continent , secondly this EBOLA is invented by someone to destroy the econo ...
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Hosting or not hosting AFCON in Africa or Ghana is not as easy as we think , there are so many factors relating to this issue . One our capacity as a continent , secondly this EBOLA is invented by someone to destroy the economies of Africa . Think of, if we say we can't organise then it's gives whosover behind a point to yes they " that is we " can even contain it , therefore lets start limit them from travelling into our countries , lets start banning there products from coming to us . The economic impact on our continent . The Europeans had the Mad cow disease , the Swine flu and the Bird flu some time ago and it was even deadly and contageous more than the EBOLA but they did banned these products into the market . Here comes Africa's problem and everything has become drama and panic . We like it or not as long as you are black you are TAGGED WITH EBOLA irrespective of where you are living . Let's not help them to win this cold WAR.
Kay 11 years ago

OK, Joseph. But let's stand back and strategise! Let's not kill ourselves off for the "someone" to come and inherit Africa. Let's work to get this Ebola scourge under control first; we can trade among ourselves! That's what w ...
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OK, Joseph. But let's stand back and strategise! Let's not kill ourselves off for the "someone" to come and inherit Africa. Let's work to get this Ebola scourge under control first; we can trade among ourselves! That's what we should be doing anyway!
I remember a certain Prof. Mills being made to jump at KIA to show his opponents that he was strong.... that's the same mentality I see in your reasoning!

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