A certain tendency to hang on to power…

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• john throway 11 years ago

  oh! african immortal leaders? power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  oh! african immortal leaders? power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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• Kwesi Mends 11 years ago

  Rawlings killed, brutalized, and bullied, and abused Ghanaians in order to hang on to power for 19 years. In addition, he destroyed the economy and did little to maintain the infrastructure mainly laid down by his predecessor ...
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  Rawlings killed, brutalized, and bullied, and abused Ghanaians in order to hang on to power for 19 years. In addition, he destroyed the economy and did little to maintain the infrastructure mainly laid down by his predecessors, especially Nkumah. A least Nkrumah and Kuffour improved our infrastructure. Nkrumah who also did a lot to enhance education.
  
  Though I'm a strong believer of term limits, I prefer a power hungry/drunk politician who will improve the economic well-being of his people to one who terrorizes his people and renders them poor. In fact Rawlings is now a very rich man after killing those he perceived as rich and corrupt.

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• Addae 11 years ago

  Kufour´s incomptenet 8 years misruled was morehtna that of Jerry Rawlings. How much did we hear people said Rawlings has stolen whiles the president of tjhis country? How many hotels did Rawlings buy as president? How many ...
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  Kufour´s incomptenet 8 years misruled was morehtna that of Jerry Rawlings. How much did we hear people said Rawlings has stolen whiles the president of tjhis country? How many hotels did Rawlings buy as president? How many contracts did Rawlings award to his children and family members? What percentage did Rawlings take form our newly discoverd oil and the list goes on. Kufour is the most criminal Ghana has ever had.Reason before you talk!

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• BLAA ATTA 11 years ago

  When we want to consider those who hanged on to power, and very illegitimately, the names that comes immediately to mind are Nkrumah and Kutu Acheampong. Akuffo Addo has never come to power so the writer cannot say that he ha ...
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  When we want to consider those who hanged on to power, and very illegitimately, the names that comes immediately to mind are Nkrumah and Kutu Acheampong. Akuffo Addo has never come to power so the writer cannot say that he has the tendency to stay on to power. His incessant determination to get to the presidency is not illegitimate

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• Kwesi 11 years ago

  But Akufo-Addo is also showing the same tendency of hanging on to something too much. And that thing is the want of power. Even though he has not yet had power, he is hanging in there too long. It's a disease.
  
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  But Akufo-Addo is also showing the same tendency of hanging on to something too much. And that thing is the want of power. Even though he has not yet had power, he is hanging in there too long. It's a disease.
  
  In other countries, when someone tries to become president once or twice, they give up. Not in Africa. Not in Ghana!
  
  Ralph Nader in the USA has tried several times but his case is different. He knew he would never win and he was standing just to make a point. The standing was the end for him. But Akufo-Addo, he wants the power itself and he wants it so badly.

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• Stephen A Owusu 11 years ago

  Kwesi, the writer is writing about people who have the tendenct to cling to national power. Nkrumah was cited as an example. Nana Addo has never become a president before, so no one can say that he has the tendency to cling ...
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  Kwesi, the writer is writing about people who have the tendenct to cling to national power. Nkrumah was cited as an example. Nana Addo has never become a president before, so no one can say that he has the tendency to cling on to power. We should wait until he becomes a president and we will all see whether he will abolish the constitution and cling on to power or not. Leave Nana Addo alone!!

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• Kwesi 11 years ago

  The point is that the man is already so bent on power. What will he do if he gets there? We don't have to wait until he becomes president before we see that this man wants power tooooo much!!!

  The point is that the man is already so bent on power. What will he do if he gets there? We don't have to wait until he becomes president before we see that this man wants power tooooo much!!!

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• Mighty man 11 years ago

  Gone are the days when dictators could cling on to power. This is not possible in today's Ghana since there is a strict constitution in place which allows for only 2 terms in power.

  Gone are the days when dictators could cling on to power. This is not possible in today's Ghana since there is a strict constitution in place which allows for only 2 terms in power.

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• Pumpuni 11 years ago

  So you took this long route just so you can turn around and lambast Nana Addo?

  So you took this long route just so you can turn around and lambast Nana Addo?

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• CONSULTANTS-FINANCE 11 years ago

  One cannot discern the thoughts of a man/woman by looking into his/her face.Every man or woman has his/her own hidden hearts desires.Some desires may be honorable, righteous,others may be evil wicked and destructive. An attem ...
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  One cannot discern the thoughts of a man/woman by looking into his/her face.Every man or woman has his/her own hidden hearts desires.Some desires may be honorable, righteous,others may be evil wicked and destructive. An attempt to hang unto illegimate power is evil but that might be the hearts desire of that individual which may never be disclosed by the looks, speeches,interactions because that individual knows it is evil and will not be acceptable by the followers..So as a voter how will you know who is a good leader and who is not? The choices should boil down to performance metrics, measure your personal well being from year to year and base your voting decisions on that.

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• Afriyie 11 years ago

  As a financial consultant, the metrics you deal with may be far easier to measure than political metrics? How do you measure past performance in political leadership? How does the ordinary come to such measurements? These may ...
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  As a financial consultant, the metrics you deal with may be far easier to measure than political metrics? How do you measure past performance in political leadership? How does the ordinary come to such measurements? These may not be easy or straightforward questions to answer.

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• Afriyie 11 years ago

  It should read "ordinary voters"

  It should read "ordinary voters"

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