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Ama Serwah 11 years ago

Tony, join me.We can make a change. OK?
How can I contact you?

Tony, join me.We can make a change. OK?
How can I contact you?
TonyPM 11 years ago

Ama, Check back later. I will leave you an email address.

Ama, Check back later. I will leave you an email address.
Ato Williams 11 years ago

Hello Tony. Iam not surprised that just two people have commented on your article so far. We enjoy scandalous articles that will not progress the country. You have hit the nail on the head. A few simple steps like you have en ...
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Hello Tony. Iam not surprised that just two people have commented on your article so far. We enjoy scandalous articles that will not progress the country. You have hit the nail on the head. A few simple steps like you have enumerated using Agric and our cuisine is the way to start tackling our never ending problems. It is easy to despair in this country if you are not an eternal optimist!!!. However we have just one country and we must fix it. I find it refreshing that people like yourself and Ama Serwah still believe that we can make it happen in Ghana. It is such a painful country to live in especially if you try to be principled.. We can make it HAPPEN lets keep pushing
TonyPM 11 years ago

Ato, your comment touched my heart.

Ato, your comment touched my heart.
Pumpuni 11 years ago

"...since when did people brag about things they don’t know."
You can say that again.
My prayer is that your ideas will be accepted and implemented even if they don't give you the credit for it.

"...since when did people brag about things they don’t know."
You can say that again.
My prayer is that your ideas will be accepted and implemented even if they don't give you the credit for it.
Marquis 11 years ago

I am confused and lost trying to piece my understanding of this article. Help me. Governments lay out policies to help citizens, companies and entities to lead development. We are still trying to find many bearings. I know we ...
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I am confused and lost trying to piece my understanding of this article. Help me. Governments lay out policies to help citizens, companies and entities to lead development. We are still trying to find many bearings. I know we will get there. Like you lived outside like me we have all come home to help build our societies. Let them experience whatever is happening and all will come well.
TonyPM 11 years ago

Obama recently went to Raleigh, North Carolina to give a grant to do research and development in Technology to that the world wide web to the next level. He didn't lay out policy for private companies to follow. If that's y ...
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Obama recently went to Raleigh, North Carolina to give a grant to do research and development in Technology to that the world wide web to the next level. He didn't lay out policy for private companies to follow. If that's your idea of government, I beg to differ Marquis.
Betie 10 years ago

Obama and Michael Taylor (now with FDA but before with Monsanto) bought out the ENTIRE South African seed bank. The mission is to make Africa buy bioengineered seed each year instead of using natural seed. If you look and tas ...
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Obama and Michael Taylor (now with FDA but before with Monsanto) bought out the ENTIRE South African seed bank. The mission is to make Africa buy bioengineered seed each year instead of using natural seed. If you look and taste the new tomato it don't taste right and the look of it is perfectly shaped and always red - unnatural. Time to teach the youth USA kids are now farming. They don't want poison
Kwesi T 11 years ago

Point well made. However, I have personally come to the conclusion that it will take progressive minded individuals like your good self to transform our economy. Personally,I choose to write and talk less nowadays but act mor ...
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Point well made. However, I have personally come to the conclusion that it will take progressive minded individuals like your good self to transform our economy. Personally,I choose to write and talk less nowadays but act more. If all meaning Ghanaians decide to act in their own small way at a very progressive pace and not descend in the gutters with these political loose talkers, great strides will be made for our development. I call on liked-minded Ghanaians to shun all loose political talks and do the best we can do in this tough but not too bad economy. God bless our home land Ghana.
Alex 11 years ago

Tony keep it up.

Tony keep it up.

BOY KOFI 11 years ago

I still want it back and I hope somebody will reintroduce it.When I was a teenager,I remember going to Agric show at Sekondi Railways Recreation ground annually to discover new agric products and machines.It was filled with n ...
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I still want it back and I hope somebody will reintroduce it.When I was a teenager,I remember going to Agric show at Sekondi Railways Recreation ground annually to discover new agric products and machines.It was filled with new ideas and products that one quickly feels like getting into agric business.Today,we don't have this thing anymore,everybody wants to be a businessman going to China and Dubai.Why?Thank you.
TEE 11 years ago

MAHAMA HAS FAILED AND HE IS NOT A GOOD LEADER, BCOS HE IS SURROUNDED ONLY WITH NORTHERNERS SCHOOL BOYS COMPANY WITH UGLY FACES WHO HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO RULE A COUNTRY AND HE MAHAMA IS JUST GIVING THESE BOYS CHANCES WHY HE IS U ...
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MAHAMA HAS FAILED AND HE IS NOT A GOOD LEADER, BCOS HE IS SURROUNDED ONLY WITH NORTHERNERS SCHOOL BOYS COMPANY WITH UGLY FACES WHO HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO RULE A COUNTRY AND HE MAHAMA IS JUST GIVING THESE BOYS CHANCES WHY HE IS USING HIS PRESIDENCY AS A TRAINING COLLAGE. THE COUNTRY IS STANDING STILL AND THE ECONOMY IS BROKEN AND THE WHOLE PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED
TonyPM 11 years ago

Northerners are Ghanaians too. We are all Ghanaians.

Northerners are Ghanaians too. We are all Ghanaians.
insight to the bone 11 years ago

sometimes you say some sensible things but this time you are dead wrong , you can not teach values and integrity to one who has no shame or sense of justice in their hearts . yes we are all Ghanians but some believe their tim ...
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sometimes you say some sensible things but this time you are dead wrong , you can not teach values and integrity to one who has no shame or sense of justice in their hearts . yes we are all Ghanians but some believe their time has come to chop Ghana money some and are only focused on that
TonyPM 11 years ago

If what you are saying is true of President Mahama, it is an individual integrity, not the integrity of all northerners. I never met the President before so I don't know him, but as the president of Ghana, I am willing to gi ...
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If what you are saying is true of President Mahama, it is an individual integrity, not the integrity of all northerners. I never met the President before so I don't know him, but as the president of Ghana, I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until I see otherwise. That is not to say there is no curruption in his government. I believe there is. He doesn't seem to have control of his government.
insight to the bone 11 years ago

i have met him and the first thing i noticed was his hypocrisy, deviousness and dishonesty . trust me he is an empty soul with nothing to offer . we all grow up to respect the law and institutions of authority but this man ha ...
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i have met him and the first thing i noticed was his hypocrisy, deviousness and dishonesty . trust me he is an empty soul with nothing to offer . we all grow up to respect the law and institutions of authority but this man has no intention or agenda of doing anything good for the nation so i advise you to investigate the truth for yourself and look deep , in his case taking him for face value or giving him the benefit of the doubt is a mistake we shall all pay very dearly for . ndc has over 4 million supporters they can find much better candidates to rule and not this criminal mafia that has smuggled themselves into their ranks
TEE 11 years ago

YOU ASKING A PEPENI NORTHERNER TO EAT POTATOES AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FULA. THE REASON MAHAMA CAN'T RULE THIS COUNTRY IS BCOS HE IS A NORTHERNER. NO NORTHERNER KNOWS BEST AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NO VISION AND THE ...
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YOU ASKING A PEPENI NORTHERNER TO EAT POTATOES AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FULA. THE REASON MAHAMA CAN'T RULE THIS COUNTRY IS BCOS HE IS A NORTHERNER. NO NORTHERNER KNOWS BEST AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NO VISION AND THEY ARE LACK OF IDEAS. THEY ARE LOOTING OUR COFFERS AND NO EXPERIENCE IN POLITICS, LUST LOOK AT THEM THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME LOOK AT THEIR ZONGO OH MY GOD SO DIRTY FILTY AND WHEN THEY COME TO YOUR TOWN OR VILLAGE THEY NEVER GO AWAY THEY WILL FIND A SMALL PLACE TO STAY AND THEY STAY FOR GOOD, THAT IS WHY I DON'T LIKE THESE PEPEFU OR THE SO CALLED NORTHERNERS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE AND I EVEN DON'T DREAM OF EVER GOING THERE FOR WHAT STINKERS
Tekonline.org 11 years ago

Great points, Tony.

You stated:
"... First of all, you don’t wait until the cedi is in free fall before you start thinking up solutions...."

So true: STRATEGIC THINKING is lacking big time!
The government's team of ...
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Great points, Tony.

You stated:
"... First of all, you don’t wait until the cedi is in free fall before you start thinking up solutions...."

So true: STRATEGIC THINKING is lacking big time!
The government's team of financial experts should be having "STRATEGIC ANALYSIS and BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS" very frequently. Strategic thinking calls for looking far ahead and always asking "what if's":
"what if the global economic outlook turns up this way...", "what could possibly happen if such a sitiation takes place next quarter?..", "what should we implement to forestall any such eventuality?..", etc.

On the question of Agric graduates and farming, I think the whole societal perception of farming should be altered.

Even though, as we all know very well, farmers in the West are quite wealthy and well respected, the name "farmer" evokes an entirely different imagination in Ghana.

In today's world, technology has greatly transformed what we call "farming". Perhaps the name should be modified: why not call it "food production technology"? Then perhaps our Agric graduates would be proud to call themselves food production technologists, not just in name, but also by action. Today's farming implies LARGE-SCALE production, involving machinery and technology of all kinds. Our Agric graduates should strive to move in that direction.

We could also have a national exposition of Food Production Technologists and their "AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS".
TonyPM 11 years ago

As far as farming goes, our government should open the window so that our farmers will see farmers elsewhere and there will be no shame in farming.
Changing the name, by all means. It is done elsewhere.
There are companies ...
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As far as farming goes, our government should open the window so that our farmers will see farmers elsewhere and there will be no shame in farming.
Changing the name, by all means. It is done elsewhere.
There are companies who make farm equipment like TroyBuilt, John Deere and so on. I don't presume the government does not know these things. I believe they limit their thinking to someone else coming in to do it. Among the comments to this article is a comment that government lays out policy and others follow it. If that's your idea of government, you lay down the policy and sit back until things overtake you and then you wonder what happened. We have had too many people in government who believe that all they have to do is lay out policy like my friend who commented today.
Betie 10 years ago

If Ghana does not understand the disparity of the people at the mercy of transnational chains now attempting to take over the whole of Africa and bringing with it stuffs they call food that brings cancer, diabetes, and heart ...
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If Ghana does not understand the disparity of the people at the mercy of transnational chains now attempting to take over the whole of Africa and bringing with it stuffs they call food that brings cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, they will be sorry soon. The U.S.A. has homelessness, disease from processed. Raise up the youth to understand if you do not control your food source, then you are not truly free.

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