Is Yammin A Ghanaian? He Looks Like A Fulani

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KM 12 years ago

It just goes to show the quality of people in this day and age that we are appointing to supposedly very responsible positions. What a waste!

It just goes to show the quality of people in this day and age that we are appointing to supposedly very responsible positions. What a waste!
NII LARTEY NARTEY 12 years ago

AND GHANA HAVE ALL THESE THINGS APPOINTED AS MINISTERS. NO DOUBT THE NATIONAL PRIORITY OF MAHAMA'S LED GOVERNMENT IS ON GUINEA FOWLS.

AND GHANA HAVE ALL THESE THINGS APPOINTED AS MINISTERS. NO DOUBT THE NATIONAL PRIORITY OF MAHAMA'S LED GOVERNMENT IS ON GUINEA FOWLS.
BISHOP 12 years ago

I think Sarpong has written a very good article or touched on a topic that most arent willing to tackle. Its unfortunate the article has taken an emotional turn instead of ppl analyzing the contents critically. I didnt quite ...
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I think Sarpong has written a very good article or touched on a topic that most arent willing to tackle. Its unfortunate the article has taken an emotional turn instead of ppl analyzing the contents critically. I didnt quite understood it when ppl used to accuse Togolese of infiltrating into Ghana back in the days. I was always in disagreement with them because most of the time ppl failed to differentiate b/n Ghanaian Ewes and togolese Ewes hence grouping them together which was a danger to national cohesion.

However after interacting with a couple of Togolese who had made Ghana their home since Nkrumah times and have no home other than where they were born born and riased I had come to the conclusion that the problem is real. The sad part is that on my last visit home I realized that as Ghana becomes more and more stabilized immigrants from the West African sub region have over floorded the coutry.

Its no longer as issue of Togolese anymore, there are now Malians, Ivorians, Burkinabes, Nigerians, Indians, Chinese, and Lebanese who arent just making thier way into the economic areas of Ghana but also infiltrating into politics. Its becoming very difficult to point accusing fingers at them because most of them were born and raised in Ghana. They have no other home other Ghana.

The problem is real but not until we come up with laws as those in the Western world to check and classify new immigrants as legals, illegals or whatever and develop a path way to citizenship with well secured borders we will continue to encounter this problem beyond our control.

Its a natural phenomena that people will always relocate to where they think the grass is greener and for now that is the midset of ppl in the region concerning Ghana.
Kweku Boateng 12 years ago

Just for your information, every state from Mauritainia, to Ethiopia have Fulanis as equal citizens. We must stopped this tribalism. General Buhari once sat down with Fulanis from all ECOWAS members and they spoke one languag ...
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Just for your information, every state from Mauritainia, to Ethiopia have Fulanis as equal citizens. We must stopped this tribalism. General Buhari once sat down with Fulanis from all ECOWAS members and they spoke one language. The first president of Ivory Coast had his relatives from Ashanti, Togo's former defence minister General Tijani is a Yurobaman. Justice find out what the name BUSIA means?
jakob 12 years ago

thanks for this enlightment its like how teh whole world speak english.Fulanis are part of Ghanaians and till we stop the act of those commiten crime and pointen who is a ghanaian rather solvin the issue why those crimes are ...
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thanks for this enlightment its like how teh whole world speak english.Fulanis are part of Ghanaians and till we stop the act of those commiten crime and pointen who is a ghanaian rather solvin the issue why those crimes are commited and make sure our people are not divided with this now.check history
Kweku Boateng 12 years ago

Bankrupt articles such as this one makes the NPP to loose supporters and voters. Sarpong, do you know one MR. THOMAS BRONI, a deputy minister of interior under president Kufour? He is one of the great ministers the NPP ever h ...
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Bankrupt articles such as this one makes the NPP to loose supporters and voters. Sarpong, do you know one MR. THOMAS BRONI, a deputy minister of interior under president Kufour? He is one of the great ministers the NPP ever had, a Fulani man some would say. A great Ghanaian from the B/A. Stop this tribalism. Yes to a united democratic Ghana.
Hanna Bissiw 12 years ago

Just before the Deputy Minister-designate was vetted, Chairman of the Appointments Committee Ebo Barton Odro appealed to members to ask just a few questions to enable the nominee to leave quickly.

“Honourable members, as ...
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Just before the Deputy Minister-designate was vetted, Chairman of the Appointments Committee Ebo Barton Odro appealed to members to ask just a few questions to enable the nominee to leave quickly.

“Honourable members, as you can see, the Deputy Minister-designate is heavily-pregnant and should therefore not be made to sit here for long,” the chairman said.

Answering a question posed by Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa as to how she would advise owners of pets, like cats and dogs, to take good care of them because such pets could be a ‘delicacy’ for some ethnic groups, Dr. Bissiw, in a composed manner, narrated her own experience.

She said she had a beautiful cat as a pet but the cat ended up in someone’s soup because she did not take very good care of it.

“Mr. Chairman as a young girl, I had a beautiful kitten as my cherished pet, but there were some young men in our house who sometimes took the pet and fed it till the kitten grew into a fat cat. But one day my cat was no where to be found, so I asked the young men in my house whether the cat had come to them and the answer was that if I could only split their stomachs open, I will find the cat there; meaning they had killed and eaten the cat,” she narrated.
Ghanaian Patriot 12 years ago

AND THIS IS A NOMINEE FOR A MINISTERIAL POSITION. WHAT A TEAM MAHAMA HAS PUT TOGETHER!!!

AND THIS IS A NOMINEE FOR A MINISTERIAL POSITION. WHAT A TEAM MAHAMA HAS PUT TOGETHER!!!
YAWA 12 years ago

yam in

yam in
kofikofi 12 years ago

you are stupid to write this foolish article. I expect ghanaweb to remove this tribal laced article from their website immediately. it is this mindset of some you asantes that is why npp will never be attracted to other ghana ...
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you are stupid to write this foolish article. I expect ghanaweb to remove this tribal laced article from their website immediately. it is this mindset of some you asantes that is why npp will never be attracted to other ghanaian tribes except you theiving black-charcoal midgets. if I may ask you idiot called sarpong, do you know your real father? with all the history about Asante women !! tweaaaa.

SARPONG 12 years ago

No need to insult somebody with a name like Kofikofi. Such names are given to bastards who can't identify their father from the people your mother sold her smelly pussy to.

No need to come down too hard on you because I ha ...
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No need to insult somebody with a name like Kofikofi. Such names are given to bastards who can't identify their father from the people your mother sold her smelly pussy to.

No need to come down too hard on you because I have a whole lot of you toilet carriers and rapist farm labourers working for me and they know their positions on the totem pole. Your low IQ below that of a rotten egg needs calibration and do something about it, you useless being worth less than your ekoro infested mothers pussy.
kofikofi 12 years ago

seriously, you are stupid idiot to think what you have written make any sense. and that only reminds me of a dog I once owned that was smarter than you. you son-of-a-whore !

seriously, you are stupid idiot to think what you have written make any sense. and that only reminds me of a dog I once owned that was smarter than you. you son-of-a-whore !
CARDINAL 12 years ago

Kofikofi, did you not marry your sister at Dzodze in Volta region yesterday, you incestuous rapist.

Listen looney, you are not even worth a bucket of dog vomit, so do everyone misfortune enough to know you a favor: jump in ...
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Kofikofi, did you not marry your sister at Dzodze in Volta region yesterday, you incestuous rapist.

Listen looney, you are not even worth a bucket of dog vomit, so do everyone misfortune enough to know you a favor: jump into a bottomless pit, you botched chromosome bobblehead.
kofikofi 12 years ago

let me give you this simple assignment. if you (sarporg)are of the same height with the gentleman yamin or taller than him, then ask your whore mother to tell you the truth who your real father was. you cannot be more than 5" ...
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let me give you this simple assignment. if you (sarporg)are of the same height with the gentleman yamin or taller than him, then ask your whore mother to tell you the truth who your real father was. you cannot be more than 5" ft tall with a coal-tar face and claimed to "sarpong". your name, i suspect is sulley. just refer to the history again.
CARDINAL 12 years ago

Misery loves company and you toilet carrier cracked heel idiot wish I am one of you cows. Your mother has her clitoris cut so her pussy looks like Arizona canyon and that is why nobody is buying her pussy.

I wonder how the ...
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Misery loves company and you toilet carrier cracked heel idiot wish I am one of you cows. Your mother has her clitoris cut so her pussy looks like Arizona canyon and that is why nobody is buying her pussy.

I wonder how the Northern medicine men tasked to poison you demented souls missed you smelly pig. It is not your fault but the Doctor who botched the operation to abort you, you lobotomizd son of a whore.
LT. COL. FAMA 12 years ago

YAMIN WAS DENIED ADMISSION INTO GHANA ARMY BECAUSE WE DON'T RECRUIT AFGHAN TERRORISTS.

YAMIN WAS DENIED ADMISSION INTO GHANA ARMY BECAUSE WE DON'T RECRUIT AFGHAN TERRORISTS.
KOJO 12 years ago

YOU WORTTHLESS???

YOU WORTTHLESS???
CARDINAL 12 years ago

Is that all you can write or you have forgotten to pay your brain bill today, you Technicolor yawn.

Is that all you can write or you have forgotten to pay your brain bill today, you Technicolor yawn.
kofikofi 12 years ago

you're no match for my brains, you poor fool and son of a bleached-face old whore !.

you're no match for my brains, you poor fool and son of a bleached-face old whore !.
CARDINAL 12 years ago

What brains, you bastard with kofikofi idiocy. Your mother failed to get customers for pussy selling tonight and she wants you to come and buy some pussy, you malnourished cassava chewing rodent. You dumb incestuous rapist.

What brains, you bastard with kofikofi idiocy. Your mother failed to get customers for pussy selling tonight and she wants you to come and buy some pussy, you malnourished cassava chewing rodent. You dumb incestuous rapist.

princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

– Yammin can throw a 105 mph fastball with his hands tied behind his back.
He was playing for Saint Louis Cardinals but they send him to the bull pen because he stole bases from the Military Academy.

– Yammin can throw a 105 mph fastball with his hands tied behind his back.
He was playing for Saint Louis Cardinals but they send him to the bull pen because he stole bases from the Military Academy.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby. The nurse brings over a lovely, healthy, bouncy, but definitely a Caucasian, WHITE baby boy.
"Congratulations!' says the nurse to the new parents. "Well Mr. ...
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Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby. The nurse brings over a lovely, healthy, bouncy, but definitely a Caucasian, WHITE baby boy.
"Congratulations!' says the nurse to the new parents. "Well Mr. Wong, what will you and Mrs. Wong name the baby?"
The puzzled father looks at his new baby boy and says, "Well, two Wong's don't make a white, so I think we will name him Sum Ting Wong.
ASHANTI TRIBALISTS 12 years ago

His coaltar ashanti father went in for a fulani obaa koko. So therefore he is a Ghanaian.

His coaltar ashanti father went in for a fulani obaa koko. So therefore he is a Ghanaian.
taa 12 years ago

It is true.There are many woman in the Asantehene fie who had children with cow herding Fulanis.That is why they are fair colored Ashantis in the Palace.

It is true.There are many woman in the Asantehene fie who had children with cow herding Fulanis.That is why they are fair colored Ashantis in the Palace.
CARDINAL 12 years ago

Did you two idiots attend Assassination Makaranta school for dimwits. Don't get all riled up, I am just asking because of your "moronese " stupidies.

Did you two idiots attend Assassination Makaranta school for dimwits. Don't get all riled up, I am just asking because of your "moronese " stupidies.
taa 12 years ago

Why are you annoyed?What I said is true.Ask any guy who has lived in Kumasi long enough young guy.Nowadays English is taught at Makaranta and there is no equivalent from the other side.

Why are you annoyed?What I said is true.Ask any guy who has lived in Kumasi long enough young guy.Nowadays English is taught at Makaranta and there is no equivalent from the other side.
CARDINAL 12 years ago

This kind on nonsense makes the guinea fowl fools feel like human beings. Northerners insult Asantes but they are happy to tell you in a minute that they have fathered Asantes. Why don't you like your women? Is it because you ...
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This kind on nonsense makes the guinea fowl fools feel like human beings. Northerners insult Asantes but they are happy to tell you in a minute that they have fathered Asantes. Why don't you like your women? Is it because you people cut their clitoris and therefore having sex with them is like swimming, no contact between skins as their pussies look like canyons.
STONER KOBYLYNTON 12 years ago

We have to read the article carefully and not just to descend with insults on Mr. Sarpong. Many a time this Yammin individual has been mentioning his mother's name without saying who fathered him. I may conclude that like a ...
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We have to read the article carefully and not just to descend with insults on Mr. Sarpong. Many a time this Yammin individual has been mentioning his mother's name without saying who fathered him. I may conclude that like a Malian (Zablama) man speaking Akan language about one who don't have father will say "Wo mame baako wo papa bebree".

The Vetting Committee have a lot of work to do about Mr. Yammin to ascertain who he is and where he comes from period. With other relatives and siblings dwelling anywhere in the country will proof his citizenship. The story he made about his inablity to be listed in the Ghana Army should be investigated to bring the Army Officer to book as it is a discrimination against Mr. Yammin if proved to be true. A good Lawyer can take the case up to sue Ghana Army on his behalf.

Anyway, Mr. Yammin's father may be a Syrian, Lebanese, Pakistani or an Indian. E&OE.
okofo 12 years ago

You're not far from the truth!!

You're not far from the truth!!
jah is real 12 years ago

mr,CARDINAL of TRUTH,why not write an article about akuffo addos missing certificates?that will be very interesting since you are a very good conspiracy theorist

mr,CARDINAL of TRUTH,why not write an article about akuffo addos missing certificates?that will be very interesting since you are a very good conspiracy theorist

CARDINAL 12 years ago

It is fools who believe in that stupidity and I will not join that chorus of fools. Go and see that faggot Margaret Jackson to write about that.

It is fools who believe in that stupidity and I will not join that chorus of fools. Go and see that faggot Margaret Jackson to write about that.
kingsley 12 years ago

Who is a ghananian,Yammin was born in Kumasi Ghana,that makes him an Ashanti and a Ghananaian. His parents might be from the moon , that dosnt change Yammin's Ghananaian citizenship.Excuse me with an apology, do ashantis ever ...
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Who is a ghananian,Yammin was born in Kumasi Ghana,that makes him an Ashanti and a Ghananaian. His parents might be from the moon , that dosnt change Yammin's Ghananaian citizenship.Excuse me with an apology, do ashantis ever mentioned there fathers,if that makes them ashantis who are we to decide the nationality of Yammin.
CARDINAL 12 years ago

Are you that stupid? An Asante born at WA makes him a Dagarti? Some of you fools go to Europe and America and your long toilet cleaning jobs change your culture values. Idiot, I don't know where you are from but in Ghana you ...
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Are you that stupid? An Asante born at WA makes him a Dagarti? Some of you fools go to Europe and America and your long toilet cleaning jobs change your culture values. Idiot, I don't know where you are from but in Ghana you don't come from where you are born. Go and get education.
Mahama 12 years ago

So because he is light skinned he is not a Ghanaian?
What about Mr Obetsebi Lamptey?

So because he is light skinned he is not a Ghanaian?
What about Mr Obetsebi Lamptey?
okofo 12 years ago

Kingsley, you're not making sense: Do you think we can just confer citizenahip on anybody who claims to be born in Ghana?

Even you a Nigerian, has claimed Ghanaian citizenship, but very soon that will change. Busia's Alie ...
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Kingsley, you're not making sense: Do you think we can just confer citizenahip on anybody who claims to be born in Ghana?

Even you a Nigerian, has claimed Ghanaian citizenship, but very soon that will change. Busia's Alien Compliance Order will soon be revisited.
Kwaku Boateng 12 years ago

May God put fire on NPP's heads and make them live in asylum and opposition for the rest of their Life. May the Good Lord never show them mercy for refusing to do their duty, which they collect salary for, and now we are face ...
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May God put fire on NPP's heads and make them live in asylum and opposition for the rest of their Life. May the Good Lord never show them mercy for refusing to do their duty, which they collect salary for, and now we are face with having a man from the moon as a minister. We voted for you and you refuse to save us in time of need. May the Good lord be a better judge. Amen
truth 12 years ago

Justice Sarpong (CARDINAL of TRUTH) you are a racist and people like you must be caged

Justice Sarpong (CARDINAL of TRUTH) you are a racist and people like you must be caged
jakob 12 years ago

ur opion matters and hopefully he will clear himself if he dearly have the good intention of servin Ghana.Africa as a country and especially Ghana is a model for what democracy and free world is till we started adoptin things ...
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ur opion matters and hopefully he will clear himself if he dearly have the good intention of servin Ghana.Africa as a country and especially Ghana is a model for what democracy and free world is till we started adoptin things that are makin our lifes difficult.Like you said many are into politics for the seek of makin money is like bussiness,we share bothers with many countrie and in that have tribes of those countries among us and if you start pointin finger whi a real Ghanaian is if a proof is there wel and the good intention of servin Ghana is the important issues for we were all one people before the divisions.
SUMRUNGU 12 years ago

Who is Yammin's father? Why Sarpong should be asking this question when he knows very well that under Asante culture which he holds out to be superior,the identity of the father is a non issue. If it were not so, the number o ...
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Who is Yammin's father? Why Sarpong should be asking this question when he knows very well that under Asante culture which he holds out to be superior,the identity of the father is a non issue. If it were not so, the number of officially listed bastards in many akan societes would've been scary. On a more serious note, it suffices for a person to be a citizen of Ghana if among other things one of his/her parents is Ghanaian.
Yaw Gyan 12 years ago

You TANII toilet carrier has the audacity to insult AKANS. Aaaahhh!!!, "yenoaa no Sen NA amin."?

We are bastards who employ you cows as menial workers because your fathers breed like rats when they don't have to take care ...
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You TANII toilet carrier has the audacity to insult AKANS. Aaaahhh!!!, "yenoaa no Sen NA amin."?

We are bastards who employ you cows as menial workers because your fathers breed like rats when they don't have to take care of you.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

I seem to recall that once-upon-a-time there was one JJ Rawlings whose father (Scottish) was never a feature in his life, yet he was BORN in Ghana and became head of state several times.

I also seem to recall that in the ...
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I seem to recall that once-upon-a-time there was one JJ Rawlings whose father (Scottish) was never a feature in his life, yet he was BORN in Ghana and became head of state several times.

I also seem to recall that in the United States where you reside, a certain Barack Obama, now 2-term president of that same country had a Kenyan father who played little part in his life and to this day, there are people in the US with your kind of thinking who still question his ORIGINS, NATIONALITY and whether he is FIT to be POTUS!!! I am sure like me, you have been appalled and incensed by those assertions, including the ridiculous and failed attempt by Donald Trump to get the POTUS to publish his birth certificate to "prove" that he was born in the United States!!!

Are you calling for the same thing for this Mr Yammin? What was your reaction when Obama was being called all sorts of names and caricatures emerged with him in tattered clothes and being told to "go back to your country"? If like me, you were upset and saddened by that, why are you now leading the charge against Yammin? Don't you think that is hypocritical of you? Should it really matter that someone born in Ghana, carrying a Ghana passport, educated, qualified and with the right skills to lead should "prove" he is not a "Fulani" to be allowed to serve? What about your own children born in the United States? the last I checked, we had a Ghanaian-born former president of the NAACP.

We also have Nobel laureate Maya Angelou whose roots are from Ghana, yet celebrated in America.

Recently, I listened to the compelling story of Dr Kofi Obeng, an excellent maxillo-facial surgeon at Johns Hopkins doing wonders, from humble Ghanian beginnings including "hustling" in the USSR. By the way, one of the finest obstetrician/gynaecologists in Ghana with an excellent record at Korle-Bu where he is consultant is my friend Dr Ali, who looks very much like Yammin, also hails from the border town of Hamele in the Upper West Region and is very much GHANAIAN whose father was once a serving policeman!!!

The trouble with you Justice as I keep saying, and will repeat here as a genuine friend, is that you only see things through certain narrow lenses. It is that which is 'killing us' as a nation. It has done since pre-independence times and with your education and privileged position, you should be helping to change those mindsets, stereotypes and a mentality which is a canker in our DNA causing our progress as a ONE NATION to stagnate.

If indeed Mr Yammin told a story about why he was "refused" enlistment in the army "because he looked foreign and the officer did not want another Rawlings", don't you think you should put this in context and from a neutral point of view, really analyse and reflect on the sadness of his plight because someone could be so prejudicial and use one's "skin colour" or perceived origin to discriminate against them or exclude them from serving their country?

I am on a moral, ethical and developmental crusade to help change mindsets in Ghana and Africa and to help us work together for our common good. Please join me. When I address issues of tribe, it is not because I want to "defend" a particular set of people, but because I want to point out why it is not right nor proper or helpful to use people's tribe to condemn or discriminate against them.

I also detest and find it most sad that some people would resort to very graphic vitriolic insults of whole tribes and peoples through the social media as I have recently read of "poems" which lack satire, metaphor or context and merely disguised extreme tribal hatred, bigotry and an attempt to injure the pride of others via cheap shots. I have contemplated contacting those who employ and pay the wages of such people in order to alert them to the fact that they have 'fascists' in their midst of whom they ought to be careful but have rather advised myself against it for now, but for how much longer? Please let us steer away from this base, unhelpful and quite frankly disgraceful attitude that people like you seem to adopt at will. Let us work together to change all this.....SMILE, yes, its me Paul! Are you surprised?
CARDINAL 12 years ago

"I was disqualified from the army because of my skin colour - Yammin"

"Deputy Youth and Sports Minister-designate, Joseph Yammin, yesterday disclosed how his long-cherished dream of becoming a soldier was shattered on acc ...
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"I was disqualified from the army because of my skin colour - Yammin"

"Deputy Youth and Sports Minister-designate, Joseph Yammin, yesterday disclosed how his long-cherished dream of becoming a soldier was shattered on account of his complexion.He said, The military officer told me in plain language that this is just the same way Rawlings started."

Some of you cannot follow coherent discourse and speak with emotions. I just want the vetting committee to ask him tough questions because of what he said about being refused into the Army because of his colour. Are you telling me we don't have tens if not hundreds of such people like him in the Army? His story about the Army Officer telling him that is the way Rawlings found himself in the Army is not believable and if he is caught lying, then how can we believe anything he is saying?

He always talks about his mother being from Upper West Region and was born in Kumasi and raised at the Kumasi Barracks. Which of his parents was in the Military for him to have lived at the Barracks? The mother? If it was the father, then where from the father?

What is wrong asking this guy the questions I wrote in the article? Did I not say if his mother is from Upper West, then he is a Ghanaian? The guy is lying to hide something and those Ghanaians living outside Ghana in Europe or USA will agree with me that, this is not the way to question or vet a nominee when obvious questions are not asked. Why waste our time and taxpayers money when all nominees are approved? There is no need for vetting when pertinent questions are not asked. Go ahead and approve the lot and stop this charade.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

Are you suggesting that the military officer who refused him the chance of serving in the military did so in the national interest? or that somehow Yamminis 'dangerous' or what some would call 'a terror threat' to the nation? ...
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Are you suggesting that the military officer who refused him the chance of serving in the military did so in the national interest? or that somehow Yamminis 'dangerous' or what some would call 'a terror threat' to the nation? why is your question relevant and important? where is the logic in it and where is the "emotion" in what I am saying? It seems to me you fail to read through carefully my views and just pick on a few lines and then you are the one who reacts based on emotion. Question: what do you think of my proposition to you and my arguments about the need to focus on what matters rather than what divides us? You have not engaged with my questions and suggestions to you.
CARDINAL 12 years ago

"Are you suggesting that the military officer who refused him the chance of serving in the military did so in the national interest?"

Where did you get that idea from? What I am saying is that, he is lying because we have ...
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"Are you suggesting that the military officer who refused him the chance of serving in the military did so in the national interest?"

Where did you get that idea from? What I am saying is that, he is lying because we have people like him in the Army so why is he making it seem like he was discriminated against because of his colour?

Yammin has given a scant information about himself and seems to be hiding something and that is significant. Maybe you know more about this man than the information he has provided and you can help me find more about him which I will gladly welcome. Usually people when they go to these vettings reveal their educational background which is the basic standard of introduction for these jobs. He has told us where his mother is from but unless you want to be blinded by political affiliation, this guy does not look like a normal Ghanaian so a little background could help like where his father is from.

Rawlings told the whole world his father was from Scotland and his mother from Volta Region and he is a Ghanaian. Why can't he tell us where his father is from? The questions I am asking is really pertinent because his citizenship is in doubt. Unlike Rawlings whom we know where he attended school and some of his sibblings and the mother, Yammin seems to be a lone ranger.

Didn't we put a man in prison, a Ghanaian who because of economic reason became a citizen of England where you live and later entered Parliament having a Ghanaian citizenship and British passport? Did you say let's leave him alone and let's "focus on what matters rather than what divides us?" Why is that when it comes to people in NDC, then we should relax the rules? Did they not put that NPP Bawku MP, Sakande if the name is right in prison? Be for real and stop always coming up with excuses and playing this favourtism games.
BISHOP 12 years ago

Paul, I think you are missing the poing Sarpong is making. We need to know the background of ppl that are going to represent us in parliament, we just cant tolerate any one in without a clear history of their background. I st ...
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Paul, I think you are missing the poing Sarpong is making. We need to know the background of ppl that are going to represent us in parliament, we just cant tolerate any one in without a clear history of their background. I still do understand this is going to be tough because we do not have an advance system where background history of citizens are kept from birth.

I think Sarpong has written a very good article or touched on a topic that most arent willing to tackle. Its unfortunate the article has taken an emotional turn instead of ppl analyzing the contents critically. I didnt quite understood it when ppl used to accuse Togolese of infiltrating into Ghana back in the days. I was always in disagreement with them because most of the time ppl failed to differentiate b/n Ghanaian Ewes and togolese Ewes hence grouping them together which was a danger to national cohesion.

However after interacting with a couple of Togolese who had made Ghana their home since Nkrumah times and have no home other than where they were born born and riased I had come to the conclusion that the problem is real. The sad part is that on my last visit home I realized that as Ghana becomes more and more stabilized immigrants from the West African sub region have over floorded the coutry.

Its no longer as issue of Togolese anymore, there are now Malians, Ivorians, Burkinabes, Nigerians, Indians, Chinese, and Lebanese who arent just making thier way into the economic areas of Ghana but also infiltrating into politics. Its becoming very difficult to point accusing fingers at them because most of them were born and raised in Ghana. They have no other home other Ghana.

The problem is real but not until we come up with laws as those in the Western world to check and classify new immigrants as legals, illegals or whatever and develop a path way to citizenship with well secured borders we will continue to encounter this problem beyond our control.

Its a natural phenomena that people will always relocate to where they think the grass is greener and for now that is the midset of ppl in the region concerning Ghana.
okofo 12 years ago

Yamin's claim to Ghanaian citizenship is in doubt. I suspected that as soon as he surfaced in the media.

NDC party is made up of foreigners who have soujourned in Ghana thanks to our peculiar hospitality. NDC scorn Ghanai ...
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Yamin's claim to Ghanaian citizenship is in doubt. I suspected that as soon as he surfaced in the media.

NDC party is made up of foreigners who have soujourned in Ghana thanks to our peculiar hospitality. NDC scorn Ghanaians in diaspora and will not offer them full dual citizenship, but offer foreigners cabinet positions risking our security.

How could somebody like Yamin be Ghanaian? His answers to, if he's a Ghanaian, was not even convincing. He only affirmed his mother is from the Upper West Region, but he was born in Kuamsi. He did not mentio who his father was/is. That information is NOT good enough to establish citizenship:Well, brothers and sister from Wa or Kumasi areas, your country nees your help to establish Yamin's citizenship claim. NONE of his features dipicts that of a Ghanaian.

Our country is being ruled by fools now. Gone are the Busias who saved us from being overtaken by foreigners. Ghana is re-visiting that trend again: Today, foreigners have virually INVADED Ghana and violating our laws and citizens with impunity, thanks to docile immigration officers who allow into Ghana anybody that knock at the country's doors.

WE need a politician with foresight like Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia (of blessed memory) to rectify the situation. Even Rawlings was a mistake in the Air Force, and that mistake is the reason why we have so called party called NDC, full of wanna be Ghanaians mixed with ignorant citizens who know no better than destroying our country while we look on helplessly. Wake up, CPP or NPP and grab your country back from these usurpers!!!
ASWARD(PREMPEH COLLEGE 1993-1995) 12 years ago

IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT YAMMIN JOSEPH,DON'T SAY RUBBISH ABOUT HIM. IF HE HAPPENED TO BE YOUR BROTHER OR A FAMILY MEMBER,WOULD YOU SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM;CERTAINLY NOT.YOU HAVE JUST DEMONSTRATED TO ALL GHANAIANS INCLUDING ...
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IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT YAMMIN JOSEPH,DON'T SAY RUBBISH ABOUT HIM. IF HE HAPPENED TO BE YOUR BROTHER OR A FAMILY MEMBER,WOULD YOU SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM;CERTAINLY NOT.YOU HAVE JUST DEMONSTRATED TO ALL GHANAIANS INCLUDING THOSE OF US IN ABROAD THAT YOU'RE AFFILIATED TO A PARTICULAR PARTY AND THAT YOU JUST DON'T LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE'S NOT A MEMBER OF YOUR PARTY.CAN YOU TELL GHANAIANS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YAMMIN'S SKIN COLOUR AND THAT OF MR OBETSEBI LAMPTEY.ARE U TRYING TO TELL THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE BURKINABE OR FROM PAKISTAN ? I'M NOT A POLITICIAN BUT I SHOULD LET U KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT THIS GENTLEMAN YOU ACUSED WRONGLY WAS ENROLLED AS A STUDENT OF PREMPEH COLLEGE IN 1993 DURING MR R.T. SACKEY,MR TWUMASI AMPONSAH AND MR GEORGE LAING'S ADMINISRATION AND COMPLETED IN 1995.I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WHEREVER THEY ARE, THEY MIGHT BE REALLY PROUD OF HIM BY NOW.HE WAS A SCIENCE STUDENT,MY CLASSMATE AND OUR CLASS GOALKEEPER(3'C CLASS).HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF OR YOUR POLITICAL ACTIVISTS WHY THEY SPEND THEIR PRECIOUS TIME AND MONEY ON THE GAME OF POLITICS ? THOSE POLITICAL SERIAL CALLERS YOU HEAR THEM ON THE RADIO STATIONS,DO YOU THINK THEY USE THEIR OWN POCKET MONEY IN BUYING CREDITS FOR THOSE PHONE CALLS. I SEE YOU AS A PERFECT PRETENDER BEAUSE YOUR PARTY LEADERS MIGHT HAVE INTRODUCED YOU INTO THE TREND OF GHANA POLITICS BY NOW.YOU SHOULD BE REALISTIC FOR ONCE AND STOP ACCUSING YAMMIN AS THE ONLY PERSON WHO WANTS TO BE RICH IN LIFE.HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED TO GOD THAT YOU WANTED TO BE POOR IN LIFE OR DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT PRAYERS FOR YOU ? JUST GO TO SELECTED FEW CHURCHES AND MOSQUES IN GHANA AND ASK THE CONGREGATION THIS QUESTION;"WHO AMONG YOU WANTS TO BE POOR IN LIFE"? PERHAPS YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE WHO WOULDN'T RAISE UP THIER HANDS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO BE POOR IN LIFE.SINCE YOU KNOW WELL THAT THE CHEAPEST WAY TO BECOME RICH IN GHANA IS THROUGH POLITICS AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE POOR THEN,
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ? DON'T YOU THINK HE HAD ACHIEVED WHAT YOU COULDN'T ACHIEVED IN LIFE ? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU IF YOU HAVE ALL THE EDUCATIONAL DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS AND YET POOR ? "WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR YES" HE IS YOUR DEPUTY SPORTS MINISTER AND THAT WE THE OLD STUDENTS OF PREMPEH COLLEGE 1993 - 1995 YEAR GROUP ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM AND ARE SOLIDLY BEHIND HIM IRRESPECTIVE OF HIS PARTY AFFILIATE.

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