Is President Dramani Mahama A Northerner?

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zIBILIM 12 years ago

Akilu, your NPP will never allow any Northerner to be their flag bearer. Your Bawumia will never see that dream in his life time. He remains a vice and the doctor pink shit for NPP. Northerners ar not fools. You just want a ...
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Akilu, your NPP will never allow any Northerner to be their flag bearer. Your Bawumia will never see that dream in his life time. He remains a vice and the doctor pink shit for NPP. Northerners ar not fools. You just want a position in the NPP yourself and need some northern votes to help your cause. My brother, I have news for you; you ain't getting the votes. Have a good day.
Mohammed 12 years ago

Typical cowdung. Just being happy a Northerner is a President despite the fact that his policies are impoverishing Northerners. Waow!!, what an idiot this Ziblim zamrama is.

Typical cowdung. Just being happy a Northerner is a President despite the fact that his policies are impoverishing Northerners. Waow!!, what an idiot this Ziblim zamrama is.
MUhammed 12 years ago

You are pronouncing it the twi way. Obviously you are not a NORTHNER

You are pronouncing it the twi way. Obviously you are not a NORTHNER
Omanahene 12 years ago

Mahama is killing all Ghana.

Mahama is killing all Ghana.
insight to the bone 12 years ago

that fact remains pepeni is a fake and a failure in all aspects except his criminal endeavors

that fact remains pepeni is a fake and a failure in all aspects except his criminal endeavors
The Northern Patriot 12 years ago

AKILU, Why all this dishonesty? The Free Maternal Care was a British Government initiative which they carried out in selected countries. This only happened to take place during Kufuor's time and Ghana was lucky to be one of t ...
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AKILU, Why all this dishonesty? The Free Maternal Care was a British Government initiative which they carried out in selected countries. This only happened to take place during Kufuor's time and Ghana was lucky to be one of the beneficiaries! Let's be fair to our compatriots who may be looking up to us for guidance. To take advantage of their ignorance to deceive them as if it was an intervention by Kufuor is an unforgivable wickedness no decent person should do. Let's use our education to inform and enlighten our people and not deceive them.

Akilu, I used to respect you a lot but I can see you are branching into lies and deceit. All your arguments in this article are so dishonest that you have disappointed your admirers. I doubt if this approach will inure any benefits to you. Remember that the silent public are not stupid at all. They are very DISCERNING!
And a Liar 12 years ago

" a President who had education absolutely free in his time as a Northerner." So says Sayibu.
First of all, Northerners do not obtain free education by reason of their origin. It is people who attend Northern schools who pay ...
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" a President who had education absolutely free in his time as a Northerner." So says Sayibu.
First of all, Northerners do not obtain free education by reason of their origin. It is people who attend Northern schools who pay a little less. One's region of origin does not matter if you attend a school located in the North. Any Ghanaian, who desires may choose to attend a school located in the North and pay reduced fees. Ask the many students from the South who attended Tam. Tech.
Conversely, if you originate from the North and attend a school located in the South ( a Northern policeman's child or a miner's daugther in Akwatia, for instance) you pay what every school child in Akwatia pays in that school. The scheme was tied to the location of the schools and not the pupil's region of origin. Therefore, for Sayibu and indeed anybody, to claim that ALL Northerners, including the President, benefitted from free education because they are "Northerners" need to have their brains checked!!
K. Boateng 12 years ago

Is this the disgruntled Sayibu who was defeated in his quest to be MP in one of the constituencies in Tamale?

Is this the disgruntled Sayibu who was defeated in his quest to be MP in one of the constituencies in Tamale?
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

I note from the author's e-mail that he is either a lecturer or works at a university in the UK (University of the West of England in Bristol to be precise). It's very disappointing that you are preaching division on Ghanaweb ...
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I note from the author's e-mail that he is either a lecturer or works at a university in the UK (University of the West of England in Bristol to be precise). It's very disappointing that you are preaching division on Ghanaweb. For your information the very day Mahama became President, he ceased to be a Northerner but simply a Ghanaian. He had to act in the best interest of all Ghanaians and not only the region of his birth or ancestry.

My understanding of the Teacher Training Allowance is that the government is unable to pay free allowances to all so Teacher Training Colleges are unable to admit students to their full capacity due to lack of sufficient funds. To enable more students to go to training college and to ensure that capacity within all training colleges are utilised, the allowances will be turned into grants that are repayable after training, similar to university grants. Though this may appear unfair because others had it free, it is the best within the current situation where some applicants are denied admission not for lack of places but for lack of funds. This is better because more trainees could be admitted.

You can discuss what has led to government's inability to fully fund teacher trainee allowances and blame the government for mismanagement of the economy that has led to this situation rather than make it an issue of the President's ethnicity. After all, the policy change will not affect Northerners alone but all Ghanaians.
The Northern Patriot 12 years ago

God bless you Kofi for your intervention. It appears that to be a politician in Ghana you have to be dishonest, a liar and very divisive. I hope you will read my comment above!

All Akilu's arguments in this article are a d ...
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God bless you Kofi for your intervention. It appears that to be a politician in Ghana you have to be dishonest, a liar and very divisive. I hope you will read my comment above!

All Akilu's arguments in this article are a disgrace to the African. I had not scrutinised his email address so thank you for drawing our attention to it. Either he is a lecturer and a student in a UK university. One would therefore have expected the enlightenment in the UK to have rubbed off onto him, so what is coming from Akilu is most disappointing. It looks like he left his northern village and went to UK but the village followed him there. So Akilu will return to Ghana with his village instincts intact.

Is it any wonder that our Ph.D holders in politics behave just like the uneducated youth who has never left his village?

KK 12 years ago

The thing is not whether Sayibu thinks Mahama is a Northerner or not. It is that Sayibu is a thick NPP man who will jump at any opportunity to denigrate Mahama because he belongs to the other party.

Sayibu has written lot ...
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The thing is not whether Sayibu thinks Mahama is a Northerner or not. It is that Sayibu is a thick NPP man who will jump at any opportunity to denigrate Mahama because he belongs to the other party.

Sayibu has written lots of articles to ghanaweb all of them anti-NDC. In his partisan mode, he loses track of the logic of his arguments. That is the problem of all those who support one party and are against others. They can never come up with balanced arguments in political debates.
abbas, london 12 years ago

Firstly, he was totally outraged that President Mahama presided over the abolishing of trainee allowances for Teacher Trainees. He told me the three Northern regions by official statistics were the poorest in Ghana. He added ...
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Firstly, he was totally outraged that President Mahama presided over the abolishing of trainee allowances for Teacher Trainees. He told me the three Northern regions by official statistics were the poorest in Ghana. He added how allowances at the Teacher Training Colleges were not only a source of motivation to students from poor backgrounds but also was used to support other social obligations of some of the students............. when u claim to be a educated and u begin to speak lyk this then i become dejected confussed as to who his country can develop. i believe the writer is a teacher, student teacher or probably a learned man. you article even shows that u lack basic understanding when it comes to act governing our teretiary education. you guys should speak lyk people who can informe other who dont know but dhdnt try to let those who dont know teach you. you seems no to know anything. you cant even spell ur name well how more can u involve in objective intetectual discoarse
HONESTY 12 years ago

You have just justified why the allowances should be scrapped. You were using it for purposes they were not meant for.

You have just justified why the allowances should be scrapped. You were using it for purposes they were not meant for.
MARY 12 years ago

Not only the President the ministers that came from the north what are they doing for the Northerners?

Not only the President the ministers that came from the north what are they doing for the Northerners?
MUhammed 12 years ago

What are the southern politician doing for you the southerners? Only your empty bragging. They are all the same. They do sit for you too. I live down. I know you guys very well.

What are the southern politician doing for you the southerners? Only your empty bragging. They are all the same. They do sit for you too. I live down. I know you guys very well.
K Boateng 12 years ago

You want Mahama to do "something" for the Northerners alone and then you'll turn around to accuse him of tribalism, right? Mahama is not president for Northerners only, he is the president for all Ghanaians and he must equall ...
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You want Mahama to do "something" for the Northerners alone and then you'll turn around to accuse him of tribalism, right? Mahama is not president for Northerners only, he is the president for all Ghanaians and he must equally share the national cake among all, irrespective of their tribe or ethnic background.
maggie 12 years ago

NORTHERNERS SHD FORGET IT BCOS JOHN MAHAMA IS IN TO SERVE ONLY FAMILY AND FRIENDS INTERESTS....LOOK AT HOW RLG TOOK SOLE CHARGE OF MILLIONS ON GHANA CEDIS AND HAS DONE VERY LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT AND ALSO LOOK AT HOW TONY LITH ...
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NORTHERNERS SHD FORGET IT BCOS JOHN MAHAMA IS IN TO SERVE ONLY FAMILY AND FRIENDS INTERESTS....LOOK AT HOW RLG TOOK SOLE CHARGE OF MILLIONS ON GHANA CEDIS AND HAS DONE VERY LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT AND ALSO LOOK AT HOW TONY LITHUR IS THE LAWYER OF FORTIZ, AND LAWYER OF JOHN MAHAMA AND LAWYER OF IBRAHIM MAHAMA WHO HAS HELPED TO COLLAPSE MERCHANT BANK BY DEFAULTING IN LOANS REPAYMENT EVEN THO HE OWN TWO PRIVATE JETS BRAND NEW......SO NOTHERNERS IF U THINK JDM CAME FOR THE NORTH THEN FORGET IT BCOS HE CAME FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS LIKE WOYOME, BETTYMOULD, BARTON ODRO, AND GYEEDA, SUBA, WATERVILLE, ETC ETC...heheheheheeee ide biiii keke..
Agyeman. 12 years ago

Does it matter where one is from as long as he has vision,discipline and ethical approach? Mahama could be from Tamale,Kumasi or Accra-all that doesn't matter.What matters is whats in the brains.

Does it matter where one is from as long as he has vision,discipline and ethical approach? Mahama could be from Tamale,Kumasi or Accra-all that doesn't matter.What matters is whats in the brains.
talata 12 years ago

President JM is a president for all Ghanians and not for a particular tribe, if he policies does not favour you, that is your problem but as to whether he is a northerner or not is neither here nor there

President JM is a president for all Ghanians and not for a particular tribe, if he policies does not favour you, that is your problem but as to whether he is a northerner or not is neither here nor there
NAKED 12 years ago

Upon all Sampson foolishness we still blame Delilah that is how the world is people always put blame on one other, even it was in existence when Adam sinned he blamed God for given him Eve, Eve also blamed God for creating th ...
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Upon all Sampson foolishness we still blame Delilah that is how the world is people always put blame on one other, even it was in existence when Adam sinned he blamed God for given him Eve, Eve also blamed God for creating the snake and the snake should also blamed who? If your parents are fools does that means that you are a fool? Only black Africans I repeat only black Africans won't learn sense from the past so always fooling themselves why am I saying so? Since the time immemorial black Africans has been victimized to Europeans sinister but still never learn sense and always following their ways, from slavery to colonization, genocide, tribal wars, etc are there to teach us lessons.
J.E. Kwegir Aggrey said something about African, I quote: “My people of Africa, we were created in the image of God, but men have made us think we sare chickens, and still we think we are, but we are Eagles. Don't content with the food for chickens! Stretch forth your wings and fly!" J.E Kwegir Aggrey was speaking to Africans and for that matter Ghanaians as well, he was speaking as one who have vision for his people, he was speaking as one who knew the westerners way of thinking about Africans but yet still we encomium them we still called them our friends but in their minds they see us as their worst enemies.
Kwegir Aggrey said that Ghanaians and Africans as a whole, don’t content with the food for chickens because we are not chickens but rather humans created by YHWH, and my question is are we not content with the food for chickens? The answer is big yes with capital (B), if we are content with the food for chickens, then it means we as people of Africa and Ghana to be precise are chickens yes with capital (Y), why should it happened upon all our resource we are still chickens to the Europeans? After they abolished the slave trade they replaced it with colonization and after independence, they introduce war, upon all those mishaps and, the chaos they have caused in Africa the continent cannot rise on its own so African leaders seek something called foreign AID from western countries and remember, if the Devil promise to give you 10 percent of something, there are two things involve either he will demand 20 percent from you or you will succumb to his decisions so anything he tells you, you will do it or you give out your property and this is what is going in Africa or Ghana.
This is how the world market is about, in the world market the more you destroy your opponent the more your things are been purchase on high prices ever since the Europeans came in contact with black Africans they have found many ways to tarnish their image, example is the Evolution of Charles Darwin and his bogus scientist propounded, the idea behind the evolution simple means black people are not humans they are less evolved, so they started publishing books that can destroy the image of Africans, the more they tried to tarnish our image the more YHWH intervene for us. In their various meetings they planned how to destroy black people but our God is God who never allowed their plans to succeeded in Akan language they called Him Onyankr)pong, in Ewe language they called Him Mawu, in Ga language they called Him Attaanyomo is true that our ancestors knew God, so God also never allowed their evil purpose to succeeded. These entire unscrupulous acts happened when you and I were not born, how it is reflecting in our lives today? The evolution theory led to something called race and racism came out of race, racism is the last weapon to defeat the blacks, but this time they are not doing it alone but have got support from the east, the reason been that the east who never came to contact with Africans copied everything from the west and have lied about it and are saying that is their history now you see how the trend is going, so whom to trust east or west?
At times I asked myself so many question concerning black Africans upon all what these people are doing to us we still follow them, we still trade with them, upon all what they did and what they’re doing to us, another question also popped my mind why African leaders perform poorly when they elected as president, ministers, mps etc, African leaders steals the nation money and deposited in western countries, why they don’t care about their citizens? The new slavery system has taken over in our modern era, in this era is not about selling your follow human being to them, but selling your conscience to them. Then if modern slavery is about selling one conscience to the westerners then it means many Africa leaders have sold their conscience to them? Apparently yes. What I’m saying it takes critical thinkers and nature incliners to understand and know that am speaking the truth. Now Africans leaders have sold their conscience to the westerners, so the leaders are enemies to their citizens, so now Ghanaians or Africans are still slaves to west through their leaders. They have set our leaders as billboard but in reality they are still operating their slavery system and at this time with our prominent people of which some people consider them as literate in our society, that is why in my early written I stated that Ghana education is pseudo education with pseudo intellectuals it will be hard for any educational elites in Ghana to identify this if am lying.
Someone will tell me that, what I’m saying is rhetoric because there is no evidence. In United State of America system of government if you’re a governor and you refused to go by some secret society in USA constitution then definitely you will be assassinate example is J.F. Kennedy, if you want more information read this book, THE SECRET TERRORIST, the Author of the book name is BILL HUGHS. These people have the upper hand in all the biggest institution in the world talking of IMF, WORLD BANK, etc the one and the only governor who never succumbed to their decision is Kwame Nkrumah but he too was a power drunk. So immediately the poor citizens elect their leaders from then, the leaders becomes enemy to them by taking them back to slavery but at time is a conscience slavery or I called it slavery by conscience, poor citizens is not your fault to elect people to lead you as a nation but the fact is those leaders are slaves to their western masters so they take advice from their masters more than their citizens, they serve in the interest of their master but not the interest of their citizens.
When one becomes president in Africa and he/she is going for loan this is what they asked him/her are you going to use our constitution to rule? because they are slaves already they agree to them and after collecting it they begin to sell out the nation assets to them and devalue some valuable things in the nation, some of our leaders sold some nation assets to the Europeans for them to have power again in our nation, some of them devalued the education system, the currency etc on what grounds can Africa country buy a national assets in western countries? But when you come to Ghana you see the western countries buying our national assets oh what a moron country with moron people, anyone who doesn’t believe in slave trade, this form of slave trade is there for you to see. Now in the olden day’s slavery, they were selling humans but at this time our billboard leaders are selling the national assets and have devalued our valuable things such as our education system and our currency. The back bone of any country is education; any countries which have good education system develops so as it currency as an economic factor, now how can we say about Ghana? Poor education system and poor currency oh Ghana why? Now the nation is financially handicap and the leaders have filled their tummy with the national money corruption has become a canker among our leaders.
Condoleezza Rice, US general secretary in former President Bush administration once attended AU meeting and addressed our leaders not to trust east or west because they are coming for their own interest but not the interest of Africa, but what do we see because our puppet or billboard leaders have sold their conscience to them they still follow them, no wonder we are still slaves. We are still slaves my brothers and sisters, let’s not deceived ourselves that we are in the 21st century so everything has changed, it’s still going on, our national assets are been sold to them now they have say in our affairs oh God have mercy on poor Africa Ghana, you’re not in chains so you think is not true but it is happening day in and day out right in front of your nose. When our leaders come as president ministers and mps, they only think about themselves and how to sell a nation asset to their master. How can a president after looting and sold the national assets through dubious means and upon all the money he looted still demanding for an ex-gracias? How a president can kill some people because they have some little amount of money in their accounts and also have borrowed money from the bank and this same president sold national assets to his wife, looted the state, devalued our educational system and then sent his children to school in abroad? How a president can increased his salary 100% and are paying huge amount of judgment debts to some people? How a president can devalue our currency, sold national assets and sent away his follow Africans to their country? So you see the list can go on and on without endless, they all puppet or billboard leaders who are serving and were served the interest of the west by sending us to slavery.
No matter how you will vote for NPP or NDC they are all puppet or billboard leaders whose aim is to send us to slavery so citizens be careful don’t let these people ideologies entice you to fall a victim they have done and have succeeded. So why are you worry about these stomachticians who called themselves politicians whiles we can kick them off? So why are you worry about our puppet or billboard leaders while we can kick them off? I try to let my people understand the reality of 1800 theory from Charles Darwin, it fresh in their memory and when copy east who also copied read it, is the same thing but the victimization is upon my people back the more foolish they become oh God save your people. Now let’s answer the few questions are we not chickens? We are because we are getting AID, second hand clothes, fake things etc. I do not hate east or west neither do I hate Africans but the truth is the truth, stand for the truth always stand alone. Stay tune with me, more things are coming to explode your mind. E-mail wellsbrains2000@yahoo.com, whatsapp 008613566124757

oldtimo 12 years ago

The President is a Ghanaian President. Cry babies of your type enjoyed free education (maybe your father) from Nkrumah's Government. And it was free to all Ghanaians. Nzema nationals had and still have three constituencies ...
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The President is a Ghanaian President. Cry babies of your type enjoyed free education (maybe your father) from Nkrumah's Government. And it was free to all Ghanaians. Nzema nationals had and still have three constituencies. They voted all the three seats for the PAP - Imoru Ayana. Read about that because you were a kid at that time. Nzemas never cried for his lack of support/improvement in anything. The same is true in Nkrumah's Government. He ruled Ghana without practicing what you are preaching. Just stop favoritism and think Ghanaian and not Notherner. That can help you overcome your cry.
Amin 12 years ago

Where you under alcoholic influence at the wedding ceremony. Your line of arguments do not sound like a Norther. Poverty is not an excuse to cheat. You cheated the "Teacher trainnee" system and you are one of the contributory ...
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Where you under alcoholic influence at the wedding ceremony. Your line of arguments do not sound like a Norther. Poverty is not an excuse to cheat. You cheated the "Teacher trainnee" system and you are one of the contributory factors for the allowance being scraped. Yes there are difficulties with SADA and School feeding program but it is because of corrupt minded people like you it is failing, are you suggesting that the president should come down and run SADA. You are a shameless idiot. Shut up in your corner and spare us anymore lunaticsm.
Seko 12 years ago

Leave President Mahama alone, Ghana is not interested in development. We are interested to ensure that the middle class (mostly politicians) grow and enjoy to the disadvantage of the poor. That is the work of the President in ...
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Leave President Mahama alone, Ghana is not interested in development. We are interested to ensure that the middle class (mostly politicians) grow and enjoy to the disadvantage of the poor. That is the work of the President in Ghana, period.
Fosu Boakye 12 years ago

we all have part of these blames but it's never too late for us all to rethink to make things better and to avert future deterioration of our economy. we need to think about the next generation, how comfortable or deplorable ...
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we all have part of these blames but it's never too late for us all to rethink to make things better and to avert future deterioration of our economy. we need to think about the next generation, how comfortable or deplorable they will see in their time depends on Us living now. God help us!
adogriba 12 years ago

Yes he is an indigenous northerner whom we the people of the north are still proud off. You can be a northerner live in Uk without playing any role in the north and inciting people against your own brother. This is the behavi ...
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Yes he is an indigenous northerner whom we the people of the north are still proud off. You can be a northerner live in Uk without playing any role in the north and inciting people against your own brother. This is the behaviour of some of you the northerners who joined other parties. This is the role some of you played in the conflict in Yendi, who dont even care to sell your brother for a pesewas. good day.
Ben ofosu 12 years ago

You not see anything yet,president is true northerner look at his appointment almost 70% is northerners ,the president can not performed,you these people go to school free yet you always say we are poor,

You not see anything yet,president is true northerner look at his appointment almost 70% is northerners ,the president can not performed,you these people go to school free yet you always say we are poor,
mbo 12 years ago

Akilu, the allowances are not for northerners. Count the number of teacher trainees schools in the country and you would change your views about who is benefiting from the allowances.Beside this, the allowances was meant to a ...
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Akilu, the allowances are not for northerners. Count the number of teacher trainees schools in the country and you would change your views about who is benefiting from the allowances.Beside this, the allowances was meant to attract students to pursue lessor qualifications. Students who should have moved on to sixth form and further move to the universities were enticed to go for certificate courses through the allowances.Today, all the teacher trainees collages are now diploma awarding institutions like any Tertiary institution. Unless Akilu is telling us that, all universities should be given allowances. The trainee collages are now in the class of tertiary and their new status requires that they join the SSNIT loan scheme.
As for the schools paying for their electricity, the least said about it, the better. Is Akilu aware that, government gives all the schools in the country quarterly grants for such expenses?. If he wants to represents his people in parliament, he should get himself informed on issues before coming out in public to undermine himself.
Sir Paul. 12 years ago

You think we are still in the 70s.

You think we are still in the 70s.
observer 12 years ago

well said man! well said!!

well said man! well said!!
LAWRENCE AGYENA 12 years ago

3I attended a Teacher Training College after my Ordinary level in 1990. However before I completed my training as a teacher in 1993 I had all my Advanced level grades which I wrote privately with the aid of the allowances I w ...
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3I attended a Teacher Training College after my Ordinary level in 1990. However before I completed my training as a teacher in 1993 I had all my Advanced level grades which I wrote privately with the aid of the allowances I was picking up as a student"

I attended the Teacher Training College (3 year Post-Sec) between 1977-1980 but did not have the privilege of the sais allowances. Did that exist at my time or was it reintroduced after my graduation ? or maybe reserved for the Northerners.
We the southerners, despite the untold hardships that we underwent were deprived so many financial benefits and scholarships whereas the rich northern families could obtain all of them for their wards. Today, these northerners are taking all political responsibilities because of their President tribesman. They should not forget that a time may come where they would live to regret.

CS 12 years ago

"Some are born UNDERACHIEVERS", no matter how LUCKY life deals with them!

"Some are born UNDERACHIEVERS", no matter how LUCKY life deals with them!
Correctguy. 12 years ago

Some of these NPP apparatchiks should stop this lame attempts to deride the president just because their party is not in power. We know you from Adam. Do not attempt to draw sympathies for your selfish ends. My advise to you ...
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Some of these NPP apparatchiks should stop this lame attempts to deride the president just because their party is not in power. We know you from Adam. Do not attempt to draw sympathies for your selfish ends. My advise to you is to remove the logs in the eyes of you and your party so that you can see clearly to remove the speck from the eyes of the President. The Presidency is not about factionalism, regionalism, or tribalism.
Kwesi 12 years ago

All you have said smacks of selfishness. For that alone I would rather Mahama were not a Northerner. In spite of being in Bristol, you are still thinking selfishly. Mahama is not president for the North. he is president for G ...
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All you have said smacks of selfishness. For that alone I would rather Mahama were not a Northerner. In spite of being in Bristol, you are still thinking selfishly. Mahama is not president for the North. he is president for Ghana and it is a shame in spite of your education you still cannot see it that way. I also attended a teacher training college (1971-1975) but did not receive any allowances. We even paid book fees though we were fed and did not pay tuition fees. Why on earth should student-teachers in colleges of education be paid allowances whilst their counterparts in Universities of Cape Coast and Education, Winneba pay their way through. Times have changed and we better accept it and move forward. It is not simply a matter of promising everything free. Kuffour did not promise that.
Ganga 12 years ago

I agree with the writer on the education policies of this govt. in fact I could not believe john Mahama coming from north could cancel alawa, it is deeply regrettable . The training college had been a helping institution for ...
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I agree with the writer on the education policies of this govt. in fact I could not believe john Mahama coming from north could cancel alawa, it is deeply regrettable . The training college had been a helping institution for poor families to educate their wards even up to university level. How can u imagine somebody to attend college to accumulate student loans and come to teach and go to university later for more loans. .? Ppl will suffer mostly poor northerners and they can't complain bcos it s a northerner president who sits on. I m ndc but I hate this policy . Mahama takes advise from kids like Ablakwa
Luther King 12 years ago

I now understand why the ppl of tamale rejected u with a great passion. I think educated ppl like u shd take the lead to inform others. But when you behave worse that the illiterates just because of politics, it gets too dang ...
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I now understand why the ppl of tamale rejected u with a great passion. I think educated ppl like u shd take the lead to inform others. But when you behave worse that the illiterates just because of politics, it gets too dangerous for mother Ghana. let us stop this over exaggeration of northern poverty and strive hard to grow and be counted amongst Ghanaians. this continuous hype of our poverty levels has not helped and will not help. when I started reading your article it appeared sensible but when u veered into politics and the peddling of falsehood, I got the direction you were heading towards - PROPAGANDA.
Firstly, teacher training institutions are tertiary institutions awarding diplomas and very soon will start awarding degrees (some have started on a pilot basis). As tertiary institutions, government decided to scrap the allowances and let the students enroll into the SSNIT loan scheme just like it is done in the universities. are u saying that northerners don't go to universities because there are no allowances there? lets be serious please
Secondly, the free maternal health is working and working very well and great progress is being made. the problem with the NHIS is the inability to settle the providers for claims made. this is an area government must look at seriously, otherwise it could compromise on quality of care.
School feeding program is on going. why must we always be beneficiaries of free things? northerners were going to school even before school feeding came. let us talk about how to get our ppl to stop hyping their poverty and engage in productive ventures instead of fighting tribal wars etc. the time and resources we northerners spend fighting ourselves, could make a great impact on our lives and we wouldn't have to depend on handouts from governments to survive.
Mr Akilu, use your education properly and stop being mischievous. Remember, the Prez is one for Ghana and not for northerners.
Anthony Seidu 12 years ago

Sorry, Akilu you don't understand humanity. Same accusation was levelled against those whose contributions benefits mankind and not just a particular political, ethnic or tribal group of people. Such real people with excellen ...
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Sorry, Akilu you don't understand humanity. Same accusation was levelled against those whose contributions benefits mankind and not just a particular political, ethnic or tribal group of people. Such real people with excellent feelings for human beings like Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Barack Obama and now Nelson Mandela is typical of others, especially, the political opponents with little understanding of the 'masters' agenda for progress for citizens. You see behind their thoughts has always being non discrimination, equality and opportunity to all citizens irrespective of social backgrounds. So you should not think that a leader, be he/she e.g a politician must only serve and prioritise the interest of geographical area where he/she comes from.
PAPillon 12 years ago

Rome was not built in a day.

Rome was not built in a day.
Afia USA 12 years ago

pepeni is always aboa pepeni.

pepeni is always aboa pepeni.

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