Why is “William” not good for “Nana” Akufo Addo?

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razaki seini 12 years ago

our elders say " if the foot-paths of the dense forest are not bent then we surely will see the backs of those ahead
us" So i say a good write up.
You see my good friend if you find a pregnant goat for sale in the market th ...
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our elders say " if the foot-paths of the dense forest are not bent then we surely will see the backs of those ahead
us" So i say a good write up.
You see my good friend if you find a pregnant goat for sale in the market then surely there is a pregnant problem at home. lets see how it goes
KK 12 years ago

This is seeming to be much ado about not so much. Why don't we just leave the court to decide this issue and we can then comment on it later on?

This is seeming to be much ado about not so much. Why don't we just leave the court to decide this issue and we can then comment on it later on?
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Mike, I do not recollect stating in my aforementioned article that, Mr Richard Chapman is a junior staff member of the Middle Temple as contained in yours. Again, a carefully examination of the exchange of e-mails in my artic ...
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Mike, I do not recollect stating in my aforementioned article that, Mr Richard Chapman is a junior staff member of the Middle Temple as contained in yours. Again, a carefully examination of the exchange of e-mails in my article will show that I did not receive any e-mail from Mr Chapman.

It was Mr Chapman who asked me not to put the name of the staff member who sent the e-mail response to me in the public domain because she is a junior member of staff who was asked to respond on behalf of Middle Temple after the facts were established. To be honest, I did not ask for the position of Mr Chapman.

After I received the e-mail response because the position of the sender was not indicated and knew that Ghanaians would be sceptical, I went back to the Middle Temple to ask for the position of the sender. I spoke to Mr Chapman who agreed to asssist for a senior member to respond to my request. He therefore asked me to send my request through him instead of the general e-mail address.

Please wait to see what response and document I received from the Head of Education Services at the Middle Temple. I am sure Ghanaweb is taking time to make a link to the pdf document I received from the Middle Temple. I am also as sceptical as any other Ghanaian and that is why that brief e-mail response did not satisfy my curiosity and had to go back Middle Temple.

Guys, wait till you see all the evidence I received from Middle Temple. If it is not posted on Ghanaweb tomorrow, I will contact Peace FM online to publish them for Ghanaians to make their up their own mind.
Yabadabadoo 12 years ago

Kofi Ata, Bokor in his excellent write up did not say that you said Mr Chapman is a Junior Staff member of the Middle Temple. Read what he wrote again.

Kofi Ata, Bokor in his excellent write up did not say that you said Mr Chapman is a Junior Staff member of the Middle Temple. Read what he wrote again.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Please tell me what the two sentences means. "He moved on to base his affirmation on tentative responses that he had received from a Mr. Richard Chapman and a junior staff member at Middle Temple whose name he claimed he was ...
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Please tell me what the two sentences means. "He moved on to base his affirmation on tentative responses that he had received from a Mr. Richard Chapman and a junior staff member at Middle Temple whose name he claimed he was advised not to disclose. And he kept that promise. They are implicit that I said Mr Chapman is a junior member of staff. Analyse the two together.
OLIVER TWIST 12 years ago

Never have a met such a fickle-minded "intellectual" as this Bokor boy.

Africa is doomed with brains like these that dwell on such issues that are of absolutely no importance to the advancement of societal welfare.

Such ...
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Never have a met such a fickle-minded "intellectual" as this Bokor boy.

Africa is doomed with brains like these that dwell on such issues that are of absolutely no importance to the advancement of societal welfare.

Such a pity.
AK 12 years ago

The rumor is that Nana after getting a 3rd class in Econs from legon couldn't get into any law school in the UK so the family got him a fake certificate from Ghana to a school in UK to study law school which he might have app ...
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The rumor is that Nana after getting a 3rd class in Econs from legon couldn't get into any law school in the UK so the family got him a fake certificate from Ghana to a school in UK to study law school which he might have applied from Ghana and was admitted before he left to the UK. The problem Nana has is that he cannot let the school be known because his fake certificate would be exposed to the UK.
The man is confused now.
Snoop 12 years ago

"He moved on to base his affirmation on tentative responses that he had received from a Mr. Richard Chapman and a junior staff member at Middle Temple whose name he claimed he was advised not to disclose. And he kept that pro ...
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"He moved on to base his affirmation on tentative responses that he had received from a Mr. Richard Chapman and a junior staff member at Middle Temple whose name he claimed he was advised not to disclose. And he kept that promise."

You this Kofi Ata boy: are you a fuccking functional illiterate or what????? You couldn't even quote the above statement correctly. Geeeezzzz. Where is your ending quotation mark???? Where in the above statement did Bokor say what you attributed to him?? You are a functional illiterate fool!!! You dey bore me tooooo much!
Yo poppa 12 years ago

kwasiasem

kwasiasem
KK 12 years ago

Bokor is too proud to descend to the ghanaweb forum to reply to you "instant". He has a policy of not replying to people on the forum even though SARPONG has shown that he responds to comments using a different name which I t ...
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Bokor is too proud to descend to the ghanaweb forum to reply to you "instant". He has a policy of not replying to people on the forum even though SARPONG has shown that he responds to comments using a different name which I think is a very cowardly act on his part.

Instead, he will go and write another long article to respond to you. This is one of the reasons why some of us don't really respect Bokor on this forum, and have, for the most part, even stopped reading him. We don't even regard him as a serious academic even though he says he has a PhD.

Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

I do not take kindly to anyone misrepresenting me or misinterpreting me. That is why I had to make that clarification. I know he does not respond to comments on his articles as I do. But I am aware that he will read my clarif ...
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I do not take kindly to anyone misrepresenting me or misinterpreting me. That is why I had to make that clarification. I know he does not respond to comments on his articles as I do. But I am aware that he will read my clarification.
OLIVER TWIST 12 years ago

I received this response from Middle Temple myself on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 following a request I sent to them about Nana Addo's credentials.

Dear Mr....,

Thank you for your enquiry.
The Middle Temple does not have ...
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I received this response from Middle Temple myself on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 following a request I sent to them about Nana Addo's credentials.

Dear Mr....,

Thank you for your enquiry.
The Middle Temple does not have a member by the name of Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo. We do have a member called William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and I can confirm that he was Called to the Bar by this Inn on 22 July 1971, but I cannot give any details on his academic history.

Best wishes,
Sally

Sally Yorke

Treasury Assistant

The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
Treasury Office, Ashley Building, Middle Temple Lane, London. EC4Y 9BT.
Tel: 020 7427 4800
Fui 12 years ago

Current issues in Ghana
1.Dumsor dumsor
2. Teachers on strike
3. Doctors on strike
4. Incompetent and confused president
5. Tripled government debt, nothing to show for
6. Election disputes
7. Election dispute demonstr ...
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Current issues in Ghana
1.Dumsor dumsor
2. Teachers on strike
3. Doctors on strike
4. Incompetent and confused president
5. Tripled government debt, nothing to show for
6. Election disputes
7. Election dispute demonstrations around the globe
8. Justice Efo Kpegah's suit of Nana Addo
9. Inflation
10. Jobless graduates
11. Brain drain
12. Lack of portable water
13. Woyome is awarded millions of dollars for nothing
14. Woyome's assets are freed
15. Woyome leaves the country
16. 600 guinea fowls, 20 eggs cost 35M ghc
17. SADA deals gone wrong
18. confused and incompetent government again
19. NHIS is failing
20. Armed robbery on the increase

and the supposed well educated Bokor thinks the most important of these to address is Efo Kpegah's suit of Nana Addo.. Sir come again....
NANA-USA 12 years ago

GHANAIANS ARE TOO SURE OF EVERYTHING.THEY THINK THEY KNOW ALL BUT HE WHO DOES NOT KNOW HE KNOWS NOT IS A BIG FOOL.LEAVE THE JUDGES TO DECIDE.

GHANAIANS ARE TOO SURE OF EVERYTHING.THEY THINK THEY KNOW ALL BUT HE WHO DOES NOT KNOW HE KNOWS NOT IS A BIG FOOL.LEAVE THE JUDGES TO DECIDE.
PK 12 years ago

1. When did Bokor know that WAD Akufo-Addo could be different from Nana Akufo-Addo? Ahead of the Dec. 2012 elections, Bokor joined the chorus insisting that one WAD Akufo-Addo was dismissed from Oxford and that the said WAD a ...
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1. When did Bokor know that WAD Akufo-Addo could be different from Nana Akufo-Addo? Ahead of the Dec. 2012 elections, Bokor joined the chorus insisting that one WAD Akufo-Addo was dismissed from Oxford and that the said WAD and Nana Addo are one and the same. Isn't it surprising that only three months later, Bokor did a volte face to support Kpegah's claim that Nana Addo is impersonating WAD?

2. The substance of Kpegah's writ is that Nana Addo is not a lawyer, was never called to the Bar, and is impersonating one WAD (or W.E.D) who was called to the English Bar in 1951 and the Ghana Bar in 1975. Indeed, Bokor claims here that "Justice Kpegah has forced Akufo-Addo to admit that in truth and honesty (as far as official documents and nomenclature for legal purposes are concerned) all that represents Akufo-Addo is William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and not Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo." Furthermore, he admits that "After all, the essence of Justice Kpegah’s suit is “impersonation,” which is rooted in documentary substance." Isn't it surprising then that in this same article Bokor is claiming here that no one is questioning whether Nana Addo was called to the English or Ghana Bar? This guy is very confused!

3. Now consider these two statements:

a. "The discrepancy in the W.A.D Akuffo-Addo and W.E.D. Akuffo-Addo that we noticed in Justice Kpegah’s suit might have its own implications, especially with the presence of Akufo-Addo’s father on the list."

b. "Further inquiry yielded a list of members of the Middle Temple far preceding July 1971. Three eminent former Ghanaian lawyers on it are: Peter Ala Adjetey, Edward Akufo-Addo, and Francis Akpaloo."

If the only other Akufo-Addo on the Middle Temple list preceding 1971 is Edward, Nana's father, who is W.E.D Akufo-Addo who was supposedly called to Middle Temple in 1971, the same year as W.A.D., according to Kepgah's claims? Obviously, this is an error, possibly a typo, but instead of admitting it, Kpegah's assigns (surely, Bokor is in communication with Kpegah) are rather spinning the error for further political advantage, believing that the rest of us are credulous consumers of propaganda.

4. Now, here is the most ridiculous of Bokor's claims:

"Now that we know that he claimed to have lost his qualifying and enrolment certificates—for which the Acting Administrative Secretary of the general Legal Council (E. Bart-Plange Brew) would issue him a NOTE to enroll him into the General Legal Council on Tuesday, October 16, 2007—we need to be stringent on anything documentary."

Apparently, for Bokor, reporting the loss of your certificate to an institution and being issued with a testimonial note by same amounts to being "enrolled" afresh! In an earlier article, Bokor also claimed that since Akufo-Addo has reported the loss of his certificate and was only issued with a testimonial note, he has been practising without his certificate, which, according to Bokor, is illegal! In other words, the loss of a certificate invalidates one's right to practice a particular profession! This is either ignorance or mischief brewed in the libraries of Long Island!
Luciano 12 years ago

I thought Kofi Ata Cambridge promised yesterday that he had a second posting that will clarify some of our misgivings.Whether that name is listed or not, there are still questions as to whether he did his pupillage and where ...
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I thought Kofi Ata Cambridge promised yesterday that he had a second posting that will clarify some of our misgivings.Whether that name is listed or not, there are still questions as to whether he did his pupillage and where as is required to be called to the English bar.As a non law graduate did he do his CPE to qualify to do the bar? I am told that in Ghana without the llb you need to go through a longer rout to qualify to practice in Ghana.So the question is how was his process to the Ghana bar and what did he do there to qualify as a lawyer in Ghana.
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COME TO THINK OF IT DID AKUFO ADDO,S DAD HELP IN ALL THESE, I WONDER.

COME TO THINK OF IT DID AKUFO ADDO,S DAD HELP IN ALL THESE, I WONDER.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Luciano, I have provided evidence to Ghanaweb to publish them. I believe because of the pdf document, it will take time for them to make the link to the document. My experience with Ghanaweb is that, the first time I gave the ...
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Luciano, I have provided evidence to Ghanaweb to publish them. I believe because of the pdf document, it will take time for them to make the link to the document. My experience with Ghanaweb is that, the first time I gave them documents to post it took them over three days before they posted the documents (from Oxford University). Exercise patience, bearing in mind that I supplied evidence to them on Friday evening after 6.00pm UK time.
John Dek 12 years ago

Kofi, thanks for your efforts, and apologies for some of the baseless insults some non-discerning readers poured on you yesterday. I am happy to see that it does not bother you and you will keep up this goodwork of unravellin ...
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Kofi, thanks for your efforts, and apologies for some of the baseless insults some non-discerning readers poured on you yesterday. I am happy to see that it does not bother you and you will keep up this goodwork of unravelling issues for the understanding of all.
However, we need more clarifications.
Some other information indicates that the Middle Temple like other Inns have stopped providing legal education since the 1850's and that they only provide legal training (ie practically moulding lawyers for their practice after their legal education).
If this is so then we also need to know where Nana received his legal education before enrolling at Middle Temple.
Nyansafo 12 years ago

Pathetic!!!!!! Get a life. I am sure mjbokor sees images of Nana Addo every waking or sleeping minute. How can you be so obsessed with another person? Go see a shrink, you are sick.

Pathetic!!!!!! Get a life. I am sure mjbokor sees images of Nana Addo every waking or sleeping minute. How can you be so obsessed with another person? Go see a shrink, you are sick.

Lewis 12 years ago

Do you not enjoy reading his analytical style of writing? His style of writing nurtures the mind, something that our journalists hardly give us. You may ignore the content but the style is golden and I highly recommend readin ...
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Do you not enjoy reading his analytical style of writing? His style of writing nurtures the mind, something that our journalists hardly give us. You may ignore the content but the style is golden and I highly recommend reading of his articles to you. At least you avoid his mistakes in being obsessed with a personality 24/7
PK 12 years ago

By the way, leaving the legal issues aside for a moment, many Ghanaians are born into Christian families and given European or Jewish first names at their christening. However, as they grow older, they come to resent their Eu ...
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By the way, leaving the legal issues aside for a moment, many Ghanaians are born into Christian families and given European or Jewish first names at their christening. However, as they grow older, they come to resent their European and Jewish first names, or even surnames, either because they become suspicious of the European civilising mission and stop believing in Christ (e.g. George Awoonor-Williams aka Kofi Awoonor) or they experience epiphany in the true sense of the word- the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles- and decide to embrace Christ as "gentiles" (e.g. Joseph Hubster Yorke Jr. aka Paa Kwesi Nduom). Perhaps, we should start asking all public figures who have changed, or dropped some of, their names to bring supporting legal documents. Let's start with Kofi Awwonor, a man I know at personal level!
MR. FIGURE - OUT 12 years ago

The murderous serial coup maker prefer to be called JJ Rawlings instead of his real Trokosi name Kafui Fiafitor. JK Bokor Shouldn't look beyond his nose to find which group of people are more refined in impersonation and name ...
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The murderous serial coup maker prefer to be called JJ Rawlings instead of his real Trokosi name Kafui Fiafitor. JK Bokor Shouldn't look beyond his nose to find which group of people are more refined in impersonation and name stealing than his chronic Ashanti hate Trokosi band. Can you imagine the names, Fiifi Kwetey, Fiifi Ankrah(also called Kwabena Agyekum), Kobby Acheampong, Kofi Adams, Sylvester Mensah and many others are all real breed Trokosis but prefer Akan and other names to their original Trokosi names for criminal reasons known to them
Kojo T 12 years ago

The Fl Lt Rawlings was NEVR known by Kafui Fiafitor . Let us use truth in our arguments. Yes Kofi Awoonor was George Awoonor Williams. The question was did he have a formal legal change of name? That in law had to be gazetted ...
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The Fl Lt Rawlings was NEVR known by Kafui Fiafitor . Let us use truth in our arguments. Yes Kofi Awoonor was George Awoonor Williams. The question was did he have a formal legal change of name? That in law had to be gazetted . As a legal " luminary" Nana should have known this and complied
John Dek 12 years ago

There is absolutely nothing wrong with changing your name. You just need to ensure that it is legal, particularly if you are of the legal fraternity and believes that what is wrong legally must be corrected. You can drop a na ...
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with changing your name. You just need to ensure that it is legal, particularly if you are of the legal fraternity and believes that what is wrong legally must be corrected. You can drop a name but sometimes you are asked for previous names and you must indicate them, otherwise it could be fraudulent depending on the circumstances
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo is the man to beat not the trokosi Ewes

Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo is the man to beat not the trokosi Ewes
KK 12 years ago

Somebody must have posted this under Akadu's name.

He must come and confirm that...

Somebody must have posted this under Akadu's name.

He must come and confirm that...
Ekow Mills Obama* 12 years ago

Is it becos of the spelling of Danquah(Dankwa)?

Is it becos of the spelling of Danquah(Dankwa)?
BOUGHERA 12 years ago

ls this really coming from the real Akadu whom we all know conplains of people calling the Ashantis/Akans Baboons/Monkeys etc...!

ls this really coming from the real Akadu whom we all know conplains of people calling the Ashantis/Akans Baboons/Monkeys etc...!
BOUGHERA 12 years ago

you are a real fool to write nonsense under someone's names!

you are a real fool to write nonsense under someone's names!

JAMES 12 years ago

See how silly stupid and low you have all of a sudeen decedded heavily into the Nima gutters,with your so called PhD! You have now gotten out of your deformed brains.If only you would take your time and understand the real me ...
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See how silly stupid and low you have all of a sudeen decedded heavily into the Nima gutters,with your so called PhD! You have now gotten out of your deformed brains.If only you would take your time and understand the real meaning of Trokosi,you would then come to real realise how stupid and useless foolish good for nothing idiot that you are.Get a life and make sense for once.You are a waste of nature´s resources and a very big one for that matter to your family.I pity you so much.
HOLY SINNER. 12 years ago

MAASTER BEE(BOKOR),WELL SPOKEN.I CONCUR.

MAASTER BEE(BOKOR),WELL SPOKEN.I CONCUR.
Amma 12 years ago

Michael Bokor, the use of 'Nana' is as an inalienable right to an Akan male or female as Mr, Miss, Mrs or Michael,John etc are to the English. Akans needn't ask permission from any institution to use 'Nana' as a title or firs ...
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Michael Bokor, the use of 'Nana' is as an inalienable right to an Akan male or female as Mr, Miss, Mrs or Michael,John etc are to the English. Akans needn't ask permission from any institution to use 'Nana' as a title or first name for that matter. Even more so if you are an Akan royal as Akufo Addo is. It is his heritage to own whether formal or informal.
I am blue-blooded as they come in matters of Akan royalty, named after an Okyehemaa, which in Akan custom means I should be called Nana at all times. My parents added Nana to my given names on my birth certificate and that was it. I have been known as plain Amma since! And in future if I were to decide to contest for the Presidency I wont be explaining the absence of being addressed as 'Nana' as a first name or title in my everyday life to your likes or any non-Akan who has an issue with our customs. 'Nana' is in my gift to use or to drop. And lest I forget,M Bokor you lot do not determine Akan norms.
The whole Ghana is littered with Nana Osei, Nana Opoku, Nana Ama, Nana Akua, and nobody ever sought permission from the state to use 'Nana' as a prefix,title or first name informal or formal.
Akans are not forthwith going to ask permission from the state to use their bonafide 'Nana', infact we should ask for it to be enshrine in the constitution that we reserve the right to use it without prejudice to other tribes and in particular those who are bothered by the Akans existence.
TT 12 years ago

Do you please have other date of births too? Just asking.

Do you please have other date of births too? Just asking.
Pelicles 12 years ago

All the brouhaha surrounding Nana is nothing but PURE hatred. Ewes hate him with passion and the reason is, Nana challenging the election result.

Ghana will never progress with such inbreed lunatics. Remember Woyome. Whe ...
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All the brouhaha surrounding Nana is nothing but PURE hatred. Ewes hate him with passion and the reason is, Nana challenging the election result.

Ghana will never progress with such inbreed lunatics. Remember Woyome. When his case came up, Voltarian chiefs went to the castle and warned Mills to let him go because he is their only begotten son in whom they are well pleased.

This case, in the end, will be thrown out of court and Ewes will go to the Hague to seek redress. Mark my words.
gq 12 years ago

If the first thing that comes out of your mouth at 09:05 am is insults, then you must live in a lively household. Or is that thinking in a language - Akan - just breeds aggression.

If the first thing that comes out of your mouth at 09:05 am is insults, then you must live in a lively household. Or is that thinking in a language - Akan - just breeds aggression.
NanaAddo 12 years ago

Well educated,good work by this writer,wish the date of birth n photographic images will be produced bt middle temple.

Well educated,good work by this writer,wish the date of birth n photographic images will be produced bt middle temple.
NanaAddo 12 years ago

We need birth cert n group pictures from middle temp pls

We need birth cert n group pictures from middle temp pls
FORTUNE TELLER 12 years ago

I CAN BET YOU MY FRIEND, IT IS NOT ONLY AKUFO ADDO WHO IS SHAKEN. MOST OF THE GURUS SURROUNDING HIM ARE ALL SHAKEN BECAUSE THEY MIGHT ALSO BE HOLDING FAKE CERTIFICATES. I NOTICE SOME OF THEM HAVE SUDDENLY BECOME QUIET. CHECK ...
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I CAN BET YOU MY FRIEND, IT IS NOT ONLY AKUFO ADDO WHO IS SHAKEN. MOST OF THE GURUS SURROUNDING HIM ARE ALL SHAKEN BECAUSE THEY MIGHT ALSO BE HOLDING FAKE CERTIFICATES. I NOTICE SOME OF THEM HAVE SUDDENLY BECOME QUIET. CHECK THE CERTIFICATES OF PEOPLE LIKE OKYERE DARKO, SIR JOHN, URSLAR OWUSU, BUABENG ASAMOAH AND I AM SURE JUST "LIKE FATHER LIKE SON", THEIR CERTIFICATES FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL, JSS, SSS, UNIVERSITIES ETC MIGHT BE QUESTIONABLE.
DAN 12 years ago

its idiot,penis licking ndc people like you that cause white people to call Niggers(blacks) a monkey...So back to banana plantation you monkey

its idiot,penis licking ndc people like you that cause white people to call Niggers(blacks) a monkey...So back to banana plantation you monkey
serlom kofi 12 years ago

it is fools and cawrds who fail to show their full names here. you call urself Dan and people like you just stand up and talk as if you were commenting from you ass cos your brains had gone on retirement. how stupid is your t ...
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it is fools and cawrds who fail to show their full names here. you call urself Dan and people like you just stand up and talk as if you were commenting from you ass cos your brains had gone on retirement. how stupid is your thought.
papillon 12 years ago

Does anyone no why Nana has been speechless all this time? The drama unfolds and it is getting more interesting.

Does anyone no why Nana has been speechless all this time? The drama unfolds and it is getting more interesting.
Lord Brown. Irún , Spain 12 years ago

Is that stupid old arrogant Akufo Addo not alive? What is he hiding from the public domain? If he thinks this case is going to die a natural death, then he lie very bad. Nobody is going to allow this serious frudulent case to ...
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Is that stupid old arrogant Akufo Addo not alive? What is he hiding from the public domain? If he thinks this case is going to die a natural death, then he lie very bad. Nobody is going to allow this serious frudulent case to die a natural death.We can not continue with such charcters among us,to the extend that are they taking us for granted just because we don´t want them to rule over us. Akudo Addo should come out clean on this very one.I used to be one of his admirers many years ago, but recent events have made me very sad about him.If really he is what he has made me to understand all over the years,I urge him to come out and disprove Justice Kpegah by telling the whole world, the law school he attended and the number of his certificate and most importanly, some of his class mates. This is a simple thing. About three days ago, the head of the biggest Jewish synagogue in Paris hounourably resigned his position becasue he has initially lied about his qualifications.Former Bill Clinton of the US has also did a similar thing and so are the current one Obama and many prominent personalities.Who does Akufo Addo thinks he is to continue to be holding himself in such a criminal manner? Many of us are now becoming convince about things that are being said about him. How on earth could a person like Akufo Addo lost his law certificate for all this time without going in for a replacement? Sadly there are certain nonentities who have arrogated powers onto themselves to speak for him. How sad and disgraceful! Nana wake up from your slumbers and defend yourself! You are fast becoming a coward.Go and face Justice Kpegah and stop that lunacy of technicalities since even if the court dismises the case,it will forever hunt you till your death.Wake up Nana and clear yourself.Your spokes men are just too much!
Me4U 12 years ago

Much ado about nothing here. What is the value-added in what this author wrote? Nothing really! After criticizing other authors, he ended up contributing nothing.

Much ado about nothing here. What is the value-added in what this author wrote? Nothing really! After criticizing other authors, he ended up contributing nothing.
JOYCE 12 years ago

THIS A SIMPLE THING WHY JUST PROVIDE THE PAPERS AND END EVERYTHING I KEEP SAYING THE MONEY YOU ARE WASTING USE IT THE YOUTHS IN THE COUNTRY BRING BACK BRIGDE LIKE NKRUMAH TIME WHEN OLD AND YOUNG PEOPLE WILL WAKE UP EARLY IN ...
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THIS A SIMPLE THING WHY JUST PROVIDE THE PAPERS AND END EVERYTHING I KEEP SAYING THE MONEY YOU ARE WASTING USE IT THE YOUTHS IN THE COUNTRY BRING BACK BRIGDE LIKE NKRUMAH TIME WHEN OLD AND YOUNG PEOPLE WILL WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING AND A TRUCK WILL PICK THEM UP TO A FARM AND WORK AND THEY GET PAY EVERY MONTH AND END OF THE MONTH THE GORVEMENT WILL HARVEST THE CROPS AND SELL IT
Kobena 12 years ago

Michael Bokor,
Haven’t you ever heard of an adult changing his/her name? In our Ghanaian political history, Kwame Nkrumah, Gbedemah, Kojo Botsio, Krobo Edusei, and many others, all had “Christian” names but they decid ...
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Michael Bokor,
Haven’t you ever heard of an adult changing his/her name? In our Ghanaian political history, Kwame Nkrumah, Gbedemah, Kojo Botsio, Krobo Edusei, and many others, all had “Christian” names but they decided to change them at a certain point in their lives.
The story behind Kwame Nkrumah (and Azikwe) changing their names is particularly interesting. Apparently, as they walked in Philadelphia one day, someone they knew called Azikwe’s “Christian” name. When he turned to acknowledge him, the man said, “Oh I was calling my dog.” That very day, the two of them decided to change to their African names. That was the beginning of what became known as “African Personality” during the early years of Ghana’s independence. I have several older relatives who changed their names in those days.
There is a certain arch tribalist called Kofi Awonor who used to be called Amonor-Williams. There is another person who was once called Jerry John. Who now answers to J. J. Rawlings. His particular change of name has a very interesting social/moral twist to it. Why are you not picking on any of those? I bet they do not fit the usual Ewe inward-looking agenda huh?
There are numerous problems that are plaguing the country called Ghana today. Either by accident or plain roguery, the country has elected an incompetent buffoon who doesn’t seem to know what to call his own official residence. He appoints ministers today, swear to Parliament that they the best in his hut and goes back tomorrow to say that “I misfired.” We can’t even supply water to our national capital for three continuous days in one month. Since 1993, every government of Ghana has stolen the people of Ghana blind through illegal overspending without Parliamentary approval, while our half-literate Parliament looks on.
.Instead of debating these issues, we are bogged down by what an adult wishes to call himself? Akuffo- Addo’s Law Firm has probably won more high profile cases than all the law firms in Ghana put together. This Kpegah was languishing in the regional courts, until just before the end of PNDC rule, when they needed an Ewe at the higher echelons of the judiciary and was leapfrogged over his seniors. Rightly, when the NPP came to power, he was ignored for the post of Chief Justice and has never forgiven that. A man who could not build a hut in his village and is now using “patapaa” to live in a government bungalow, long after retirement? How many of his judgement have ever been published in the Law Reports?
Cry the beloved country!
bongo 12 years ago

Having followed this Borkor guys articles concerning the Kpegah's impersonation case against Akufo Addo, I've come to realize everything about this case is born out of mischief, envy and pure hatred. It's sad that our politic ...
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Having followed this Borkor guys articles concerning the Kpegah's impersonation case against Akufo Addo, I've come to realize everything about this case is born out of mischief, envy and pure hatred. It's sad that our politics have reached this level of intoxication and barbarism. This guy has proven to be suffering from psychological disillusion, and the earlier he seeks help the better.
Snoop 12 years ago

.....he has a very sophisticated writing style. A grade 10 English standard of writing for mass consumption. Exactly the way news stories are written in the advanced countries. He has a doctorate in the language, but like the ...
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.....he has a very sophisticated writing style. A grade 10 English standard of writing for mass consumption. Exactly the way news stories are written in the advanced countries. He has a doctorate in the language, but like the typical humble and unassuming Ewe and other non-Ewes, he has chosen the sophisticated path of humility and simplicity. What a role model.

Keep it up, Bokor. You are a century ahead of your detractors.
OGYATANAA, LONDON 12 years ago

lt is only a fool who does not change their mind even when they know they wrong and you are one. you only doing this out of envy. hehehe

lt is only a fool who does not change their mind even when they know they wrong and you are one. you only doing this out of envy. hehehe
Boamah Gyamerah 12 years ago

Dr Bokor is it tribal hatred, jerousy, bigotry or academic stupidity that made you and Justice Kpegah to embark on using the law to criminalize more than 90% of all Ghanaian literates of Akan origin? You, Justice Kpegah and ...
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Dr Bokor is it tribal hatred, jerousy, bigotry or academic stupidity that made you and Justice Kpegah to embark on using the law to criminalize more than 90% of all Ghanaian literates of Akan origin? You, Justice Kpegah and all those who for the reasons known to them supporting tribal stupid and insane Justice Kpegah’s suit know very well that almost all literate Akans (including the Justices some of whom were Kpegah`s mates and colleagues in Ghana are known and called at home by the so called home names ie Kwasi, Kwadwo, Kwabena, Kwaku, Yaw, Kofi, Kwame, Akosua, Adwowa, Abena, Akua, Yaa, Afuah, Amma, the socalled day names and nana, maame etc depending on whom one is named after. These names unlike the artificial European names imposed on Ghanaians including you as Christian names have no place in our school register and later on our certificates. For you fools I am a criminal, guilty of impersonation because I am known and called Stephen Gyamerah in Germany where I studied and worked, known and called Yaw Boamah in my district of origin in Ghana and called as Boamah by all from my secondary School days. Are you people not insulting and criminalizing the great Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of being guilty of impersonation because he preferred Kwame to Francis? The earlier you stop your stupidity the better for Ghana does not belong to you the tribalist.
serlom kofi 12 years ago

wow a beautiful piece, i wish Anas will come into this. please we need to no the law school he attended here in Ghana and a list of his class mates as can be done everywhere because it is aledge that he did not sign the matri ...
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wow a beautiful piece, i wish Anas will come into this. please we need to no the law school he attended here in Ghana and a list of his class mates as can be done everywhere because it is aledge that he did not sign the matriculation register which can make you loss your admission in a place like UCC. What is the difficulty of Nana to get a new one from the school he attended.

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