WHY AMERICAN, SPAIN, PORTUGAL ITALY GOVERNMENT DON'T ASK FOR IMF HELP EVEN THOUGHIMF, WORLD BANK HEADQUATERS IS IN NEW YORK. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DID HAVE SERIOUS GOVERNMENT SERVICES SHUTDOWN WHICH CONTINUES AS WELL AS LOT ECO ... read full comment
WHY AMERICAN, SPAIN, PORTUGAL ITALY GOVERNMENT DON'T ASK FOR IMF HELP EVEN THOUGHIMF, WORLD BANK HEADQUATERS IS IN NEW YORK. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DID HAVE SERIOUS GOVERNMENT SERVICES SHUTDOWN WHICH CONTINUES AS WELL AS LOT ECONOMIC CRISIS BUT YET NEVER GO TO IMF OR WORLD BANK FOR ASSISTANCE. GHANAIANS SHOULD LEARN HOW TO LEAVE WITHIN THEIR MEANS, BE PRUDENT, USE TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, PROSECUTE WHITE CRIMES, GOVERNMENT LOOTS, STOP THE LIPSING ONCE AND FOR ALL
bnm 8 years ago
“...Sometimes when I listen to the radio and I hear the things that are said on the radio, I feel pained, I feel pained that I am an Ashanti. I wonder why we can’t value what we have. I wonder why we can’t acknowledge t ... read full comment
“...Sometimes when I listen to the radio and I hear the things that are said on the radio, I feel pained, I feel pained that I am an Ashanti. I wonder why we can’t value what we have. I wonder why we can’t acknowledge that in Africa, Ghana is number one and among the top five countries,” she stressed.
Betty Mould-Iddrisu (born 22 March 1953[1]) is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. She was the Minister for Education in Ghana.[2] Her first direct involvement in the Ghana government was as the Attorney General and Minister for Justice of Ghana since 2009. Prior to that, she had been the Head of Legal and Constitutional Affairs of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.[3] She is the first woman to serve in this capacity in Ghana.[4] Mould-Iddrisu had been one of those thought to be the likely nominee for Vice President of Ghana on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).[5]
On October 5, 2015, she was heard addressing a political rally in Kumasi where she said she was sad and ashamed to be an Ashanti (the tribe of her mother) due to Ashantis criticism and ungratefulness towards her party, the National Democratic Congress.[6]
Responding to the public reaction to her comments, the former Education minister told Accra-based Neat FM Tuesday that even though she believes her comments have been twisted by the media, she nonetheless apologises for them.
“I am a true Ashanti and would not turn my back on my heritage. My words were twisted and would want to say sorry to all who have been hurt as a result of my statements,” she stated.
hd 8 years ago
Asamoah Gyan slams CAF
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Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has jumped to the defence of his deputy Andre Ayew by launching a scathing attack at CAF insisting the body's annual award ceremony has lost its value for snubbing the Swansea City star.
The China-based striker says he has twice been the victim of unfair selection by CAF for the African Footballer of the Year and claims such decisions have led to the award losing its value.
Gyan says Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang does not deserve to win the CAF African Footballer of the Year even though he admits the striker excelled last year.
The Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang won the CAF African Footballer of the Year top award on Thursday in Nigeria after edging past Yaya Toure and Ayew.
Gyan, who also bitterly lost out to Samuel Eto'o after being Africa's top star at the 2010 World Cup, feels excelling at the 2015 African Nations Cup should have been the key deciding factor.
Aubameyang, the first player from the central African country to win the award, scored 29 Bundesliga goals in 2015 including 18 this season plus a further seven in the Europa League.
However, his Gabon team were eliminated in the first round of the Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea.
Toure captained Ivory Coast to the African Nations Cup title at the start of 2015 while Ayew was the joint top scorer in the competition as Ghana faced the Elephants in the final.
Since the tournament in Equatorial Guinea, Ayew scored 12 goals in 14 matches for French side Marseille from February to May while he is currently among the top scorers in England even though he is just a midfielder for Swansea City.
"Aubameyang doesn't deserve the African Footballer of the Year award. He is a very very good striker and has did well for his club last year. But he did very little at the Africa Cup of Nations.
"I think Andre Ayew did very well at the Africa Cup of Nations and he also excelled with his two clubs so it is very disastrous not to name such a person.
"This has happened to me twice - one in 2010 and 2014. I don't value the award again.
"CAF should tell us that the award is meant for players playing big clubs in Europe. National team & AFCON don't matter again.
"Even though CAF snubbed me in 2011 & 2014, I still believe that I've won two African Best. They're killing African Football"
Ghana international Andre Ayew said after failing to win the African player of the year trophy that he did not understand the reasons behind this failure.
The Black Star wondered about the criteria that the Confederation of African Football considers to choose the player of the year.
How can Ghanaians even think Ayew should win this award? Of the three Players, Ayew is the least favourite. Toure and Aubemeyang are better than him. We are not choosing the best Player of AFCON tournament but best Africa Player.
Why not Christian Atsu then since he was the best Player at the last Again tournament?
hd 8 years ago
CHRISTIAN ATSU SHOULD BE Africa pLAYER AND NOT AUBEMEYANG
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I think the headline of this article has got your attention and my reason is based on sophistic arguments by our own Blackstars ... read full comment
CHRISTIAN ATSU SHOULD BE Africa pLAYER AND NOT AUBEMEYANG
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I think the headline of this article has got your attention and my reason is based on sophistic arguments by our own Blackstars Captain and other commentators who believe African Cup of Nations tournament should be a deciding factor. Oh Pleeease!!!. Did we not select the best Player for the last African Cup tournament. I thought we did and if my memory serves me right, that Player was Christian Atsu, NOT Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Dede Ayew or Yaya Toure.
Don't get me wrong and start accusing me of not being patriotic. To me patriotism means telling the truth and using emotions to reach decisions.
Our own Dede Ayew is a fantastic Player and I have every reason to believe he is going to win this Africa Player trophy before he hangs up his playing boots but the truth be told, No Africa Player at the moment is better than the Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. I hope this award is based on statistics and nobody have better statistics than the Gabonese. Aubemeyang scored 24 goals in 23 matches for his club, Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundsliga. He scored 41 goals and 11 assists for club and country in 2015.
Though English Premier league where Dede and Toure ply their trade is rated the best league in the World, German league if not second is third in the world maybe behind the Spain league so it is not like Aubemeyang is scoring a goal per game in a backwater league.
Dede is a fantastic Player and very patriotic when it comes to playing for his country. He is a Player who even plays for Blackstars with a dislocated shoulder when others might have called for an ambulance but I think the team he plays for right now disadvantaged him. Though he is personally playing fantastic, Swancea City is fighting against relegation for a team that placed eigth or somewhere on EPL last season compared to Yaya Toure's Manchester City or Aubemeyang's Borussia Dortmund.
I know I am going to get a flak for what Iam about to say and that is why my moniker is Cardinal the truth.
Asamoah Gyan's statement that "Aubameyang doesn't deserve the African Footballer of the Year award. He is a very very good striker and has did well for his club last year. But he did very little at the Africa Cup of Nations. think Andre Ayew did very well at the Africa Cup of Nations and he also excelled with his two clubs so it is very disastrous not to name such a person."
Oh Capito, if that is the yardstick, then where do you place Yaya Toure? He captained his team to win the last Africa Cup of Nations and doing graet at Manchester City so why not him?
Capito went on to claim that he should have won the 2011 and 2014 Africa Player of the year and I say based on what? Quoting from Capito;
"CAF should tell us that the award is meant for players playing big clubs in Europe. National team & AFCON don't matter again."Even though CAF snubbed me in 2011 & 2014, I still believe that I've won two African Best."
Capito, you are an icon in Africa and should be careful about what you say. I think you lost to Samuel E'Too when he was scoring goals at Barcelona and Yaya Toure when he was the force behind the Manchester City team. Capito, playing in Afcon is not the only measuring stick or we would not have to choose Africa Footballer of the year since after every Africa cup, we select the Player of the tournament.
As a matter of fact, I respect you for going for the money in United Arab Emirates from Sunderland and if I was in the same situation like you were, I would have done the same to guarantee my financial future but that is the price you pay for playing in a weak league like UAE pro league. There is no way you could have won at both times when you went against E'Too and Toure especially after missing two crucial penalties against Zambia and the one at the world cup.
"Ghana international Andre Ayew said after failing to win the African player of the year trophy that he did not understand the reasons behind this failure."
Andre, the reason is that you did not stand the chance against Aubemeyang and Toure no matter which criteria CAF used. If they had based it mostly on the Africa cup of nations, Yaya Toure who led Ivory Coast to win the 2015 edition would have edged and if they placed more emphasis on club, Aubemeyang is a colossus. Son, you are destined to win one but it is not this year maybe when you get to Liverpool.
Justice Sarpong
(CARDINAL of TRUTH)
hd 8 years ago
I think the headline of this article has got your attention and my reason is based on sophistic arguments by our own Blackstars Captain and other commentators who believe African Cup of Nations tournament should be the decid ... read full comment
I think the headline of this article has got your attention and my reason is based on sophistic arguments by our own Blackstars Captain and other commentators who believe African Cup of Nations tournament should be the deciding factor in selecting the Africa Player of the year. Oh Pleeease!!!, stop that sophomoric argument now. Did we not select the best Player for the last African Cup tournament. I thought we did and if my memory serves me right, that Player was Christian Atsu, NOT Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Dede Ayew or Yaya Toure so why not hand the best Africa Player to Atsu and let's all of us go home.
Don't get me wrong and start accusing me of not being patriotic. To me patriotism means telling the truth and using emotions to reach decisions. The truth is that Aubemenyang is the best, no IF or BUT about it.
Our own Dede Ayew is a fantastic Player and I have every reason to believe he is going to win this Africa Player trophy before he hangs up his playing boots but the truth be told, No Africa Player at the moment is better than the Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. I hope this award is based on statistics and nobody have better statistics than the Gabonese. Aubemeyang scored 24 goals in 23 matches for his club, Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundsliga. He scored 41 goals and 11 assists for club and country in 2015.
Though English Premier league where Dede and Toure ply their trade is rated the best league in the World, German league if not second is third in the world maybe behind the Spain league so it is not like Aubemeyang is scoring a goal per game in a backwater league.
Dede is a fantastic Player and very patriotic when it comes to playing for his country. He is a Player who even plays for Blackstars with a dislocated shoulder when others might have called for an ambulance but I think the team he plays for right now disadvantaged him. Though he is personally playing fantastic, Swancea City is fighting against relegation for a team that placed eigth or somewhere on EPL last season compared to Yaya Toure's Manchester City or Aubemeyang's Borussia Dortmund teams that are doing well in their respective leagues.
I know I am going to get a lot of flak for what I am about to write and that is why my moniker is Cardinal of truth, I am not an Apostle of Political Correctness, the truth is my guiding principle and will live and die by it.
Asamoah Gyan's statement that ""Aubameyang doesn't deserve the African Footballer of the Year award. He is a very very good striker and has did well for his club last year. But he did very little at the Africa Cup of Nations. think Andre Ayew did very well at the Africa Cup of Nations and he also excelled with his two clubs so it is very disastrous not to name such a person."
Oh!! Capito, if that is the yardstick, then where do you place Yaya Toure? He captained his team to win the last Africa Cup of Nations and doing great at Manchester City so why not him?
Capito went on to claim that he should have won the 2011 and 2014 Africa Player of the year and I say based on what? So Capito think he was better than E'Too and Toure when he lost to them? Quoting from Capito;
"CAF should tell us that the award is meant for players playing big clubs in Europe. National team & AFCON don't matter again."Even though CAF snubbed me in 2011 & 2014, I still believe that I've won two African Best."
Capito, you are an icon in Africa and should be careful about what you say. Your statement here is an insult to the two Players you lost to. I think you lost to Samuel E'Too when he was scoring goals at Barcelona and Yaya Toure when he was the force behind the Manchester City team. Capito, playing in Afcon is not the only measuring stick or we would not have to choose Africa Footballer of the year since after every Africa cup, we select the Player of the tournament.
As a matter of fact, I respect you for going for the money in United Arab Emirates from Sunderland and if I was in the same situation like you were, I would have done the same to guarantee my financial future but that is the price you pay for playing in a weak league like UAE pro league. There is no way you could have won at both times when you went against E'Too and Toure especially after missing two crucial penalties against Zambia and the one at the world cup.
"Ghana international Andre Ayew said after failing to win the African player of the year trophy that he did not understand the reasons behind this failure."
Andre, the reason is that you did not stand the chance against Aubemeyang and Toure no matter which criteria CAF used. If they had based it mostly on the Africa cup of nations, Yaya Toure who led Ivory Coast to win the 2015 edition would have edged and if they placed more emphasis on club, Aubemeyang is a colossus. Son, you are destined to win one but it is not this year maybe when you get to Liverpool.
WHY AMERICAN, SPAIN, PORTUGAL ITALY GOVERNMENT DON'T ASK FOR IMF HELP EVEN THOUGHIMF, WORLD BANK HEADQUATERS IS IN NEW YORK. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DID HAVE SERIOUS GOVERNMENT SERVICES SHUTDOWN WHICH CONTINUES AS WELL AS LOT ECO ...
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“...Sometimes when I listen to the radio and I hear the things that are said on the radio, I feel pained, I feel pained that I am an Ashanti. I wonder why we can’t value what we have. I wonder why we can’t acknowledge t ...
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I think the headline of this article has got your attention and my reason is based on sophistic arguments by our own Blackstars ...
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I think the headline of this article has got your attention and my reason is based on sophistic arguments by our own Blackstars Captain and other commentators who believe African Cup of Nations tournament should be the decid ...
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