My father was abandoned – Silas Yankson

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• James Mahmoud Awotwe-Braun 7 years ago

  If any person abandoned your father, then it is his own family members, most especially his own children.
  
  You should not expect Ghanaians to be thronging to your father's home to visit him. If he was lonely in his last day ...
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  If any person abandoned your father, then it is his own family members, most especially his own children.
  
  You should not expect Ghanaians to be thronging to your father's home to visit him. If he was lonely in his last days, you the kids must take the blame: one of you could have allowed him to stay with you, instaed of living alone.

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• Kaakie 7 years ago

  U said it all @James

  U said it all @James

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• HADASSAH OWUSU. 7 years ago

  Yes I agree. Who abandoned him? Please let us bury him in peace. Every supposed ill or dead celebrity is abandoned. Why? What about their families especially children?

  Yes I agree. Who abandoned him? Please let us bury him in peace. Every supposed ill or dead celebrity is abandoned. Why? What about their families especially children?

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• Obuoh 7 years ago

  What was he expecting from Ghanaians?
  When your father is sick whom do you expect to take care of him for you

  What was he expecting from Ghanaians?
  When your father is sick whom do you expect to take care of him for you

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• Kweku trouble 7 years ago

  This is what Shatta Wale always talks about and yet his fellow musicians badmouth him. If structures are in place, personal visits won't matter.

  This is what Shatta Wale always talks about and yet his fellow musicians badmouth him. If structures are in place, personal visits won't matter.

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• James Mahmoud Awotwe-Braun 7 years ago

  Kweku Truble,
  
  May I ask you : who would fix those structures for who to lean on?
  
  
  Since we all know that the 'structures' are not yet ready yet,
  everyone MUST prepare for the future himself. After we die, we cannot c ...
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  Kweku Truble,
  
  May I ask you : who would fix those structures for who to lean on?
  
  
  Since we all know that the 'structures' are not yet ready yet,
  everyone MUST prepare for the future himself. After we die, we cannot come back to see, if someone has put the proper structure in place for us to enjoy it.
  
  Simply put: once living make investments if possible. You can also make as many children as you can. One day, one day, ONE of them will become your care taker (does not hold for Europeans though).

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• Kweku trouble 7 years ago

  I beg to differ Sir! There are already structures like Ghamro and Musiga who are always only interested in 'chopping' money.
  Thats why he has always said that artistes should be paid well, and that has been at the core of h ...
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  I beg to differ Sir! There are already structures like Ghamro and Musiga who are always only interested in 'chopping' money.
  Thats why he has always said that artistes should be paid well, and that has been at the core of his fight against the industry players. Ghamro should ensure that royalties are collected and paid. How do you call something an industry when there are no structures? There is musiga and there is ghamro. These institutions are recognised and supported by the state. What has been their contribution to making sure that things like this don't happen? You are right when you say we must all save for a rainy day but the structures must work. Why do you think it's compulsory to pay workers contribution to SSNIT pension scheme? By your argument it shouldn't be compulsory then.

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• Zeal 7 years ago

  it very unfortunate and sad but yet he's gone RIP mr. yankson, what is really don't understand is for we those don't have a celebrity as a father mother brother.... what do we done in these difficult times, still lean on ins ...
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  it very unfortunate and sad but yet he's gone RIP mr. yankson, what is really don't understand is for we those don't have a celebrity as a father mother brother.... what do we done in these difficult times, still lean on institutions to help?

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• Ben 7 years ago

  It's sad to hear yet another person blame the Ghanaian society or government for supposedly abandoning his father, a musician loved by almost everyone who knows him. Musicians, athletes, footballers, actors and everyone whose ...
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  It's sad to hear yet another person blame the Ghanaian society or government for supposedly abandoning his father, a musician loved by almost everyone who knows him. Musicians, athletes, footballers, actors and everyone whose work is related to the public should not expect the nation to throw money their way when in dire situation. I will simply say they should plan for their retirements.

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