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USMAN 12 years ago

Our useless university graduates are the prime cause of our national woes. They are only interested in reaping where they never sowed. They are so useless that the scholars among them cannot even write books not to talk of cr ...
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Our useless university graduates are the prime cause of our national woes. They are only interested in reaping where they never sowed. They are so useless that the scholars among them cannot even write books not to talk of creating jobs. This is how far our useless university education has brought us.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

ONE DAY I WILL SHOOT ONE OF THESE CUSTOMS N ESP KLM GIRLS N NACOB PPL AT THE AIRPORT. ALL THEY DO IS OFFER TARDI SEVICE N CLAIM BRIBES AT EVERYTURN. I WENT TO GH IN DEC 31,2010 AFTER BEING STRANDED BY FRIGGING DELTA IN JFK FO ...
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ONE DAY I WILL SHOOT ONE OF THESE CUSTOMS N ESP KLM GIRLS N NACOB PPL AT THE AIRPORT. ALL THEY DO IS OFFER TARDI SEVICE N CLAIM BRIBES AT EVERYTURN. I WENT TO GH IN DEC 31,2010 AFTER BEING STRANDED BY FRIGGING DELTA IN JFK FOR 5 DAYS. IT WAS HORRIBLE. NYC HAD SO MUCH SNOW, THE CITY WAS LITERALLY LOCKED DOWN. I FINALLY MADE IT TO GH THRU AMSTERDAM . AFTER 3 WEEKS IN DUSTY, DIRTY, STINKY, SMELLY, EVERYONE BEGGING FOR MONEY GH. NACOB OFFICIALS GAVE ME THE WORSE POSSIBLE TREATMNT ON MY WAY THIS. THIS IDIOT TOOK MY PASSPORT. HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO CHECK MY URINE FOR DRUGS. HE GAVE ME A CUP N TOLD ME TO PISS IN IT. AFTER THE PISS HAD BEEN TESTED FOR DRUGS, THEN I COULD BOARD THE KLM FLIGHT TO AMSTERDAM. HE JUST WANTED MOEY. I WAS GIVING HIM ANY. I TOLD HIM I WASNT DOING IT. HE SAID, NO PISS, NO BOARDING. SO I GRABBED HIM . HE THEN CALLED SECURITY. THEY ESCORTEDME TO VVIP.I WENT THRU THE SCANNER BACK THERE. LATER ON,I COULDNT FIND THIS NACOB FELLA, HE STILL HD MY CDN PASSPORT. SO I GO BACK TO BOARDING, N I SEE HIM SITTING THERE. THIS WHOLE ORDEAL TOOK ALMOST 1 HR. I ENDED UP MISSING MY FLIGHT. I HAD TO SEND AN EMAIL TO KLM DUTCH, GH N CANADA EXPLAINING THE SITUATION. THE NEXT DAY, KLM GH ISSUED ME A NEW TICKET. IT HELPED THAT I KNEW THE KLM BOSS LADY AT THE AIRPORT AS WELL. ALL THIS CRAP BCOS SOME NACOB IDIOT WANTED BRIBE. KWASIA, IF U WANT MORE MONEY. WHY DONT U GO N GET A SECOND JOB SELLING WAAKYE? THATS WAT I DO.....THE NEXT DAY WEN I WENT TO THE AIRPORT. IT WAS LIKE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLACE. THE WORKERS ALL RECOGNISED ME. THEY COULDNT BELIEVE I WAS BACK THERE. THEY WERE ALL DILIGENT N WORKING SO BRISKLY N PROFESSIONAL. I COULDNT BELIEVE IT......!!! SO U KNOW HOW TO DO THE JOB, BUT YOU CHOOSE TO WORK HAPHAZARDLY? OH GH....U KNOW THE TING, BUT U DONT WANT TO DO THE TING. IF IT WAS UP TO ME. I WILL FINE OR JAIL THESE IDIOTS
Hayes, Amsterdam 12 years ago

I am not surprised. I have encountered such problems many times in Ghana. To be honest with you, if I was not tired of living outside in Amsterdam all these years I will not have anything to do with Ghana. You think this is b ...
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I am not surprised. I have encountered such problems many times in Ghana. To be honest with you, if I was not tired of living outside in Amsterdam all these years I will not have anything to do with Ghana. You think this is bad? Try going to a Ghanaian court. Then you may hate Ghana to the point where you may not want to go there again. Ghanaians in Ghana are scarred stiff of those of us who have lived here and have been educated here, and had economic success here. They want us out of the system but we are the ones who are savvy enough to be able to move the country where it needs to go.

Oh yes, some of them studied here. It is one thing to study here, and another to live here, work here, and understand the processes that makes these developed countries run!
OhGhanaa.blog.com 12 years ago

Well said. The fate and future of Ghana needs to be in the hands of the honest, the progressive and the accountable. Ghanaians who have repatriated need to be better used and welcomed, we are the ones that want to see real de ...
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Well said. The fate and future of Ghana needs to be in the hands of the honest, the progressive and the accountable. Ghanaians who have repatriated need to be better used and welcomed, we are the ones that want to see real development for Ghana. Those who have lived here have gotten used to and comfortable with the way things are.
John Dramani Mahama 12 years ago

A Ghanaian citizen is identified by "his or her" Ghanaian Passport (in this case there are approximately 15 million Ghanaians citizens residing in Ghana as of 2013, and approximately 4 million Ghanaians citizens residing outs ...
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A Ghanaian citizen is identified by "his or her" Ghanaian Passport (in this case there are approximately 15 million Ghanaians citizens residing in Ghana as of 2013, and approximately 4 million Ghanaians citizens residing outside of Ghana as of 2013, bringing the total number of Ghanaians citizens on planet "Earth" to approximately 19 million Ghanaians citizens in the "World"). Ghanaians citizens are identified by their "Ghanaian Passport" as proof of their "Ghanaian Citizenship" and not by a "Birthcertificate" or "ID Card".

The Republic of Ghana should immediately make any person with another passport (dual citizenship) like anybody possessing a Canadian Passport or American Passport immediately have their Ghanaian Passport and citizenship "Stripped" and "Renounced" from them immediately.

There are 10 million "Illegal Immigrants" inhabiting the Republic of Ghana as of 8th July 2013.
Kwasi 12 years ago

You are so ignorant it's not funny. These days and age, countries are allowing dual citizenship in one form or other and the benefits are numerous and varied. Now, a passport is a travel document first and identity document s ...
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You are so ignorant it's not funny. These days and age, countries are allowing dual citizenship in one form or other and the benefits are numerous and varied. Now, a passport is a travel document first and identity document second. In Canada, if you are a citizen of Canada, YOU DON'T NEED a passport to enter Canada, period! So to impute that only passport holders are citizens or can be considered as citizens is too shallow. In fact, how many Ghanaians have a Ghanaian passport? Of the 25 mil citizens of Ghana, may be only 5% have passports. Does it mean that only 1.5 mil or so can be considered Ghanaians? And writer, even though you did a good job some omissions are dangerous. You don't become a citizen of Canada becasue you live in Canada for three years. You have to be a permanent resident who has spent an equivalent of 3 years (some exceptions apply) in Canada.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

how about the naija ppl WHO PAID FOR THE PASSPORTS? ARE THEY GH? I THINK ITS TIME GH ALLOWED DUAL CITIZENSHIP. MEANING IF U ARE GH WITH A FOREIGN PASSPORT, U TOO CAN APPLY FOR A GH PASSPORT....

how about the naija ppl WHO PAID FOR THE PASSPORTS? ARE THEY GH? I THINK ITS TIME GH ALLOWED DUAL CITIZENSHIP. MEANING IF U ARE GH WITH A FOREIGN PASSPORT, U TOO CAN APPLY FOR A GH PASSPORT....
VINCEY,NJ 12 years ago

The writer is making a case out of nothing. ARE YOU A GHANAIAN? stupid question, The lady shouted in her native dialect to indicate she was a Ghanaian. But at that instance she was holding allegiance to another nation and as ...
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The writer is making a case out of nothing. ARE YOU A GHANAIAN? stupid question, The lady shouted in her native dialect to indicate she was a Ghanaian. But at that instance she was holding allegiance to another nation and as such the GIA man was right to let her know her stand. Let's say a natural disaster (hope not really) struck Ghana ,she will hurriedly fly out to leave the indigenous to their fate. Dual citizenship is absolutely not the right way. If you are tired of an acquired nationality just denounce it at the appropriate time and take back whole your born nationality.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

NOTHING WORSE THAN SEEING A FOREIGNER WITH A GH PASSPORT. GET PREFERENTIAL TRATMT AT KOTOKA ARRIVAL. THAN A NATURAL BORN GH WITH A FOREIGN PASSPORT GETTING DELAYED. DOES IT MAKE SENSE? THIS IS A NO BRAINER. UNTIL GH DEVELOPS ...
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NOTHING WORSE THAN SEEING A FOREIGNER WITH A GH PASSPORT. GET PREFERENTIAL TRATMT AT KOTOKA ARRIVAL. THAN A NATURAL BORN GH WITH A FOREIGN PASSPORT GETTING DELAYED. DOES IT MAKE SENSE? THIS IS A NO BRAINER. UNTIL GH DEVELOPS N ATTAINS THE ECONOMIC N DEV STATUS OF WESTERN NATION. I THINK DUAL CITIZENSHIP/2 PASSPORTS IS POSSIBLE. GHFUO LEAVE GH PRIMARILY FOR A BETTER LIFE THAN WAT IS IN GH. ITS NOT ABOUT PATRIOTISM, BUT STRICTLY ECONOMIC....
Kwobia ( Toronto ) 12 years ago

Ghanains have trouble prioritizing issues.You would think by this time a NID card,house&street numbers would have been in place by now.No ! Not in Ghana.

Ghanains have trouble prioritizing issues.You would think by this time a NID card,house&street numbers would have been in place by now.No ! Not in Ghana.

USMAN 12 years ago

The much touted national identification and street naming stalled because they don't teach those things in Legon. Legon graduates only know how to reap where they never sowed. We don't need world bank loan to name our streets ...
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The much touted national identification and street naming stalled because they don't teach those things in Legon. Legon graduates only know how to reap where they never sowed. We don't need world bank loan to name our streets yet the useless university graduates in authority are finding it difficult to do so.
Mumui 12 years ago

There is no creativity in the education system, only chew and pour, how can we develop with such a system?

There is no creativity in the education system, only chew and pour, how can we develop with such a system?
KOFI KUSAASE 12 years ago

WE HAVE TONS OF ALATAFO WHO HAVE NOT A SINGLE PARENT FROM GHANA, HAVEN'T MARRIED ANY ASHAWO FROM TWO-TWO-LINE,MANAGED TO COME TO GHANA ON ECOWAS PRIVILEGES, STAYED IN A HOTEL IN ACCRA AND WITHIN A TWINKLE OF AN EYE, COMES OUT ...
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WE HAVE TONS OF ALATAFO WHO HAVE NOT A SINGLE PARENT FROM GHANA, HAVEN'T MARRIED ANY ASHAWO FROM TWO-TWO-LINE,MANAGED TO COME TO GHANA ON ECOWAS PRIVILEGES, STAYED IN A HOTEL IN ACCRA AND WITHIN A TWINKLE OF AN EYE, COMES OUT SHOWING HIS/HER GHANAIAN PASSPORT."YENARA YEN ASAASE NI" AGYE YEN NSAM. BUT ONE DAY ONE DAY BOTH OF US WILL ANSWER FOR IT.
Kojo KOMININI 12 years ago

A stitch in time does not "safe" nine but "saves" nine. You are writing for well educated persons to read not primary school children. Let people read over what you write before going public.

A stitch in time does not "safe" nine but "saves" nine. You are writing for well educated persons to read not primary school children. Let people read over what you write before going public.
Kwesi Mends, Takoradi 12 years ago

We Ghanaians are fond of making too much noise but with little action to back to the noise. In fact one of the causes of this election dispute is the lack of proper identification. Ghana is not going anywhere if -we can't i ...
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We Ghanaians are fond of making too much noise but with little action to back to the noise. In fact one of the causes of this election dispute is the lack of proper identification. Ghana is not going anywhere if -we can't identify
1.WHO IS GHANAIAN;
2. WHAT ARE NAMES OF OUR STREETS
3. WHAT NUMBERS ARE ON OUR BUILDINGS
error.akonfem prez come clean 12 years ago

MAHANI CHOP ALL THE MONEY AND LEFT GHANIANS BONES,SHAME ON HIM,JJ SAID WHO BORN DOG MAHAMA,HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

MAHANI CHOP ALL THE MONEY AND LEFT GHANIANS BONES,SHAME ON HIM,JJ SAID WHO BORN DOG MAHAMA,HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12 years ago

BLAME THE ASHANTI/AKYIM

BLAME THE ASHANTI/AKYIM
Nana 12 years ago

If you are not comfortable with what is so far in place in Ghana go back to America or Canada. We have our own speed of developing the country and our priorities. We are struggling to better the ordinary Ghanaian's life healt ...
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If you are not comfortable with what is so far in place in Ghana go back to America or Canada. We have our own speed of developing the country and our priorities. We are struggling to better the ordinary Ghanaian's life health, water, electricity, education, food and job,etc.

Do you believe that if Bawumia seizes power he will implement what he told you during his campaign for presidential election? His party ruled Ghana from 2000 to 2008 why didn't it do it?
OhGhanaa.blog.com 12 years ago

Telling people (Ghanaians) to go back to America or Canada is a simple and foolish notion. Unite and stand against to slow and seemingly unseen development of the ENTIRE country. Don't be sensitive about peoples negative reac ...
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Telling people (Ghanaians) to go back to America or Canada is a simple and foolish notion. Unite and stand against to slow and seemingly unseen development of the ENTIRE country. Don't be sensitive about peoples negative reaction to Ghana. What is the speed? Where are the priorities?
No water, not constant electricity, minimal roads, but we spend money on carnivals, we supply other nations with constant electricity. Countries that are poorer than our own. We have left our selves open and deserving of criticism and if your are proud of the current rate of development, then stand proud and take the criticism.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

WAT DO UMEAN BY..WE HVE OUR OWN SPEED OF DEVELOPING? U CALL THIS CIVILISED PROGRESS? ARENT WE ALL HUMANS WITH RED BLOOD? WAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS ALSO GOOD FOR GH. WHY MUST A SIMPLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN GH TAKE OVER 10 YR ...
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WAT DO UMEAN BY..WE HVE OUR OWN SPEED OF DEVELOPING? U CALL THIS CIVILISED PROGRESS? ARENT WE ALL HUMANS WITH RED BLOOD? WAT IS GOOD FOR THE GOOSE IS ALSO GOOD FOR GH. WHY MUST A SIMPLE ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN GH TAKE OVER 10 YRS TO COMPLETE. MEANWHILE, IN CANADA IT TAKES 6 MTHS. U CALL THIS PROGRESS? LOOK AT THE MALLAM/ACHIMOTA ROAD? IT TOOK OVER A DECADE. WHY U ASK? BCOS ONE NATION/GH IS APATHETIC TO WORK. WHILES CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN CANADA WORK DAY N NITE EVEN IN THE WINTER......THINK.

Kontoa 12 years ago

Nicely as the author has written the article, it is a very sad and sensistive matter. The psyche of our administratotors and citizend leave much to be desired. Mone is all we think of> beyond that is arrogance, rudeness and e ...
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Nicely as the author has written the article, it is a very sad and sensistive matter. The psyche of our administratotors and citizend leave much to be desired. Mone is all we think of> beyond that is arrogance, rudeness and exhibition of power.
Ghana lost an oportunity at Rawlings, first coming in 1979 (but there was no change)- Why? all bcos of such attitudes. Can it change? I have my reservations. Probably, a Civil war, an earthquake of mass proportions, a disaster of calamitous proportions, most acceptabley, The wrath of God and the restoration of Wisdom, respect for Humans and Human suffering, and sensible living, through honest acquisition of wealth.
Kontoa 12 years ago

This is a provocative cliche of Customs and Immigration Officials to extort money from travellors. With regards to the level of intelligence of the enquirer, my advice is for you to say yes or no and move on. The ordeal emigr ...
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This is a provocative cliche of Customs and Immigration Officials to extort money from travellors. With regards to the level of intelligence of the enquirer, my advice is for you to say yes or no and move on. The ordeal emigrants and home bound immigrants go through can only be dealt with by appropriate education. The appointees at most border posts are not appropriately qualified nor trained. wealth from bribes makes them more quilled liked porcupines. do not waste time on them. It can only change from qualified appointments and appropriate training.
TonyPM 12 years ago

I agree with the sentiment of the article but will point out that we haven't resolved the question "who is a Ghanaian" yet.
I have continued to argue that the government should not be able to take anyone's citizenship from h ...
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I agree with the sentiment of the article but will point out that we haven't resolved the question "who is a Ghanaian" yet.
I have continued to argue that the government should not be able to take anyone's citizenship from him/her unless there is a benefit to Ghana as a whole and so far no one has shown that it benefits Ghana. I will say that it rather hurts Ghana.
I am happy that you are contributing to this dialogue. Thank you.
A dual Citizen 12 years ago

I was born to a Ghanaian royal family, educated in in CapeVars, worked in a high position for 18 years in Ghana and left to obtain higher degrees in the USA.
I returned a year ago to Join the Ghanaian community. It is highly ...
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I was born to a Ghanaian royal family, educated in in CapeVars, worked in a high position for 18 years in Ghana and left to obtain higher degrees in the USA.
I returned a year ago to Join the Ghanaian community. It is highly disgusting to find that my brothers and sisters have not changed: 99.5% are still "BUSH ANIMALS". They are very temperamental,impatient,corrupt,easily throw punches in the least argument,very greedy,and the only worlds they know are their stomach and sexual intercourse. My brothers and sisters are merely social beasts.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES GHANAIANS! What a loss!

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