The Problem with Ghana is Ghanaians

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Kk3 12 years ago

outstanding essay except the same problem that ails GHANA is woefully evident in your reference to KELLERMAN and quote from TRUMAN. I guess there are no AFRICANS OR GHANAIANS worthy of referencing and quoting . This is a resu ...
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outstanding essay except the same problem that ails GHANA is woefully evident in your reference to KELLERMAN and quote from TRUMAN. I guess there are no AFRICANS OR GHANAIANS worthy of referencing and quoting . This is a result of mental slavery because of the 'education' we received at the expense of our common sense. We must reduce the number of educated fools who only think white is might!
TOMATO 12 years ago

NOTHING NEW FROM DAY ONE SINCE GHANA HAD ITS INDEPEDANCE

NOTHING NEW FROM DAY ONE SINCE GHANA HAD ITS INDEPEDANCE
Kojo Essuman 12 years ago

This is a thought-provoking article.There is absolutely nothing wrong with reference to KELLERMAN or quotation from TRUMAN.The content of the message is more important.Thank you,Okunka.

This is a thought-provoking article.There is absolutely nothing wrong with reference to KELLERMAN or quotation from TRUMAN.The content of the message is more important.Thank you,Okunka.
TENDAANA 12 years ago

come back home and help if you think you can do better. your ASS was educated by the poor Ghanaian tax payer.what have you paid back Mr know it all

come back home and help if you think you can do better. your ASS was educated by the poor Ghanaian tax payer.what have you paid back Mr know it all
hermit 12 years ago

Problem with Ghanaians is the stupid fools we have as leaders. The are not the solution, they are the problem. they are the curse the canker and an albatross hindering growth and development. They dont know how to lead.

Problem with Ghanaians is the stupid fools we have as leaders. The are not the solution, they are the problem. they are the curse the canker and an albatross hindering growth and development. They dont know how to lead.
Kojo T 12 years ago

Hesays you are the problem . Get up and do something. You say you do not want state enterprise then do the investment? Why can the chiefs and the DCES and MCEs not plan and develop their areas?

Hesays you are the problem . Get up and do something. You say you do not want state enterprise then do the investment? Why can the chiefs and the DCES and MCEs not plan and develop their areas?
TOMATO 12 years ago

WHAT IS NEW IN GHANA SINCE INDEPEDANCE? I THINK YOU MUST BE AFOREIGNER TO WRITE THIS SCRAP

WHAT IS NEW IN GHANA SINCE INDEPEDANCE? I THINK YOU MUST BE AFOREIGNER TO WRITE THIS SCRAP
ATOM 12 years ago

WHO PROCESSES AND PAYS THOSE NEVER-ENDING JUDGMENT DEBTS?

GHANAIAN "LEADERS".

WHO NEGOTIATES WITH FOREIGN INVESTORS FOR MINING RIGHTS?

GHANA "LEADERS".

WHO SOLD OFF OUR POTENTIALLY PROFITABLE, JOBS-CREATING STAT ...
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WHO PROCESSES AND PAYS THOSE NEVER-ENDING JUDGMENT DEBTS?

GHANAIAN "LEADERS".

WHO NEGOTIATES WITH FOREIGN INVESTORS FOR MINING RIGHTS?

GHANA "LEADERS".

WHO SOLD OFF OUR POTENTIALLY PROFITABLE, JOBS-CREATING STATE INSTITUTIONS?

GHANA'S "LEADERS".

WHO MISMANAGED ALL THOSE DEFUNCT POTENTIALLY PROFITABLE STATE INSTITUTIONS RATHER HOPELESSLY DEPENDENT ON GOV'T SUBVENTIONS?

GHANA "LEADERS".

WHO INTRODUCED THE INFAMOUS END-OF-"SERVICE" BENEFITS INTO THE CONSTITUTION?

GHANA LEADERS.

WHO CREATED THOSE USELESS REDUNDANT 275 CONSTITUENCIES AND SWORE IN THEIR MPs?

GHANAIAN LEADERS.

NII LANTE, THE CORE OF THE PROBLEMS COULD EASILY BE ATTRIBUTED TO GHANA'S USELESS "UNIVERSITY" GRADUATES, MOST OF WHOM NEVER GAINED ADMISSION ON MERIT, BUT BASED ON THE "OLD BOYISM" PRACTICE, TRIBALISM, NEPOTISM, "FAWUTU BEGYE GRADES", CORRUPTION AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

MOST OF GHANA'S DEGREE HOLDERS WENT TO UNIVERSITY JUST TO ACQUIRE THAT PAPER QULIFICATION. AFTER USING THE AFOREMENTIONED VICES AND PLAGIARISM TO GRAB A DEGREE, THAT'S IT.

THE NEXT THING HE EXPECTS IS A PLUSH JOB, HIGH SALARY AND A PLUSH AIR-CODITIONED OFFICE. HE THEN ARRIVES AT WORK AT 11AN INSTEAD OD 8AM, THEN LEAVES THE OOFICE AT 2PM INSTEAD OF 5PM TO "ATTEND MEETINGS" ELSEWHERE.
Jantu 12 years ago

If anyone says, the journey from Kumasi to Tamale was rough, he/she is implying that the DRIVER (GHANAIAN LEADERS) was not good

If anyone says, the journey from Kumasi to Tamale was rough, he/she is implying that the DRIVER (GHANAIAN LEADERS) was not good
Andy 12 years ago

Good, Good, Good and Good,

Good, Good, Good and Good,

KUKRUDU 12 years ago

GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU?
GHANA NEEDS A COMPLETE REVOLUTION - A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MINDSET - 'TACTIS NON VERBIS' - ACTIONS NOT WORDS.
WE DWELL TOO MUCH ON 'DEGREES' FOR THE SAKE OF DEG ...
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GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU?
GHANA NEEDS A COMPLETE REVOLUTION - A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MINDSET - 'TACTIS NON VERBIS' - ACTIONS NOT WORDS.
WE DWELL TOO MUCH ON 'DEGREES' FOR THE SAKE OF DEGREES. NOW WE NEED TO USE OUR ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO PRACTICAL USE!!! GHANAIANS ARE SCRAMBLING FOR DOCTORATE DEGREES JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE CALLED 'DOCTORS' - NOT WITH THE VIEW OF DOING SOMETHING WORTHWHILE WITH IT.
James Williams 12 years ago

Hey man! I don't know what to tell you, you put them together right, Ghanaians need to wake up I believe is about time for us to do something to send a clear message to these crooks who are looting a blessed country like Ghan ...
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Hey man! I don't know what to tell you, you put them together right, Ghanaians need to wake up I believe is about time for us to do something to send a clear message to these crooks who are looting a blessed country like Ghana, The sad part of it, is they become civil Kings,not cvil servants when they get elected. Also I want to tell Ghanaians that is not always the Government (ask for what you can do for your country not what your country can do for you)
Yamo 12 years ago

No matter how ineffective things are done in Ghana, change is not willing made. Why? The answer is always" that is how it is done Ghana". If shown a better more efficient way, it is forgotten and not done, why, because that ...
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No matter how ineffective things are done in Ghana, change is not willing made. Why? The answer is always" that is how it is done Ghana". If shown a better more efficient way, it is forgotten and not done, why, because that is not the way it is done in Ghana.Ghanaians need to stop trying to shoot themselves in the foot.
Kwame 12 years ago

The problem with Ghanaians is their gullibility. For instance how can a person convince me that the best people to learn mediation from are U.S. citizens when they are unable to prevent their own government from solving all i ...
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The problem with Ghanaians is their gullibility. For instance how can a person convince me that the best people to learn mediation from are U.S. citizens when they are unable to prevent their own government from solving all issues with arms, either launching the military attacks or arming people to kill each other. U.S. is a country in which differences between students and their teachers are solved with bullets, not to mention public differences and those in the family.
In all what we do let Ghana come first before anyone else.
Kofi 12 years ago

We fail to realise that leader as human beings like us do not have any inherent power except collective power invested in them. We at various occasions decide to relinquish our strength in numbers to them. However we fail to ...
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We fail to realise that leader as human beings like us do not have any inherent power except collective power invested in them. We at various occasions decide to relinquish our strength in numbers to them. However we fail to act when the leaders go outside our expectations. Hence the onus lies with us to exercise these collective power by raising our voices when things go wrong.
Remember that the power lies with the people otherwise people like Gaddafi would not hide himself is a culvert. Let us exercise collective action when necessary for the benefit of the majority.
Our democracy need a transformation for our leaders to be accountable to the electorate.
The Sentinel 12 years ago

Okunka: Start by stopping your Ga people from selling whatever is left of their lands for balls of kenkey!

I was at a place near James Fort recently and what I saw appalled me! Humans packed like sardines in about hundred ...
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Okunka: Start by stopping your Ga people from selling whatever is left of their lands for balls of kenkey!

I was at a place near James Fort recently and what I saw appalled me! Humans packed like sardines in about hundred yard square space! The stench, and filth, was overwhelming.
The once great Ga nation dissipating and wasting away. Even her rich language is now almost extinct!

So Okunka, glib as you are, do somehing about it. Needless to remind you: Charity begins at Home"

By the way, I spent my teen years at Konua/Akoto Lante, between Zion STreet and St Mary square on BANNERMAN ROAD.

What a SHAME!
Nii Lantey Okunka Bannerman 12 years ago

Sentinel:

Contact me at Akyere@aol.com ASAP!

Sentinel:

Contact me at Akyere@aol.com ASAP!
Kojo T 12 years ago

But have you been to other cities around the world.Do you play monopoly?Look at the street names and you will know the difference between Old London and new london. James Town is old Accra

But have you been to other cities around the world.Do you play monopoly?Look at the street names and you will know the difference between Old London and new london. James Town is old Accra
Kobena 12 years ago

Nii, You are very right. It has to start with us as individuals. I believe that the starting point is education. I have started with the provision of library books and educational materials in my village.

We have found a c ...
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Nii, You are very right. It has to start with us as individuals. I believe that the starting point is education. I have started with the provision of library books and educational materials in my village.

We have found a classroom in the school as a reading room, as we begin the construction of a library/computer centre complex.

When the people see something concrete, they listen to what you say. I am currently reading the amazing autobiography of Nelson Mandela - The Long Walk to Freedom. It shows the kind of difference one individual can make in a whole nation, by first educating himself and everyone around him. I now understand why Suth African want the man to live as long as possible!
AWOYAA 12 years ago

MR. BANNERMAN DON'T NEED ANYONE TO CONGRATUTALE HIM ON HIS ARTICLE. HE WANTS GHANAIANS TO ACT. COWARDS! THEY JUST COMPLAIN AND DO NOTHING. YOU MUST RISE, RIOT, SIT IN FRONT OF PALIAMENT HOUSE AND DON'T ALLOW THE THIEVES A ...
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MR. BANNERMAN DON'T NEED ANYONE TO CONGRATUTALE HIM ON HIS ARTICLE. HE WANTS GHANAIANS TO ACT. COWARDS! THEY JUST COMPLAIN AND DO NOTHING. YOU MUST RISE, RIOT, SIT IN FRONT OF PALIAMENT HOUSE AND DON'T ALLOW THE THIEVES ACCESS TO THE BUILDING. THE EGYPIANS DID IT, AND GHANAIANS CAN TOO.

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