Is that all you can say?Perhaps Okunka we should add ignorance and illiteracy to our problems . How can we develop with people of such mindset? I hope you read yesterdays article by tamakloe on a similar vein
Is that all you can say?Perhaps Okunka we should add ignorance and illiteracy to our problems . How can we develop with people of such mindset? I hope you read yesterdays article by tamakloe on a similar vein
Ben, Maryland 9 years ago
Offering solutions from afar has been part of the problem. A large percentage of our best and brightest reside overseas and we can't expect poor and ill-equipped Ghanaians to fight the well organized NDC and NPP cartels. If t ... read full comment
Offering solutions from afar has been part of the problem. A large percentage of our best and brightest reside overseas and we can't expect poor and ill-equipped Ghanaians to fight the well organized NDC and NPP cartels. If those of us in diaspora fail to go home and join the struggle then we must be prepared to be ruled by fools. Our poor brothers and sisters in Ghana need our help.
KKO 9 years ago
Okunka,
This was a good piece, but it seems most of us Ghanaians cannot get away from our own political biases, which is natural.
First of all, Kufuor had no option but to go HIPC, after the devastation that had been vis ... read full comment
Okunka,
This was a good piece, but it seems most of us Ghanaians cannot get away from our own political biases, which is natural.
First of all, Kufuor had no option but to go HIPC, after the devastation that had been visited on the Ghanaian economy before 2000. A whopping three trillion old cedis had vanished from state coffers into thin air, in the run up to Election 2000, for instance.
I am no fan of Kufuor’s but his government grew the Ghana economy by more than 300% over 8 years.
Then there were the National Insurance scheme that replaced the disastrous cash and carry system, school feeding programme, free cocoa spraying, completion of a number of highways, school block building, maternal healthcare, among others.
If the incoming Atta Mills government had been a little smarter, things would have been a lot better than they are today. Loans had been secured for about 85% of the cost of the Bui Dam project by 2008. It was the same situation with the gas plant in the Western Region. They were all scheduled to be completed within 18 months or so. Somehow, the incoming government decided to renegotiate EVERY contract that had been signed by the previous government, jus so rogues like Asiedu Nketiah could have the chance to sell cement to the Bui Dam Authority, for instance, for 300% the going market price!
Just think about the GYEEDAs, Woyomes, Subahs and Isofotons of 2012. This was plain thievery that was done to build a war chest for elections. Unfortunately, like most societies around the world, a majority of our voters just don’t understand what a vote at election time is all about. With the incompetence and sheer thugggery that the NDC has displayed from 2009, it beggars belief that their MPs could be returned to Parliament with an increased majority. Every society gets the leaders it deserves indeed!
Bro, the IMF did not destroy our rice and poultry industries, Jerry Rawlings did, unless of course you never travelled beyond Winneba Junction before 1979. Even when Kwabena Darko beat all the odds and became a poultry magnate in the mid to late 1980s, he derisively referred to him as “Akoko Darko” . He destroyed the booming rice farming industry in the north so his wife and her useless 31st December nonsense could bring in imported American long grain rice. Then there was his infatuation with foreign butts. He gave $20m to that Coton woman for doing absolute damn all. Jerry Rawlings is one person that ought to be skinned alive, just as he did to others!
By the way, no sensible oil company will sign a Production Sharing Agreement with any country anywhere in the world and surrender the right of where and how it sells its share of oil to the country that did not put a dime into exploration and development. It doesn’t happen anywhere. With Ghana’s 10% carried interest, GNPC’s 3.5%, the state’s share of profit oil, taxes, royalty and bonuses, Ghana will probably have as much as 60% of the oil to be able to manage local supplies. The fault they say, is not with the gods, it is with our corrupt, thieving and incompetent rulers!
Have a good day.
KAKABO 9 years ago
Mr KKO,The truth is always difficult to swallow.However, like the medical tablet or capsule if you do not swallow it you will never get well. The problem is that we live in a country of no accountability and still want to pro ... read full comment
Mr KKO,The truth is always difficult to swallow.However, like the medical tablet or capsule if you do not swallow it you will never get well. The problem is that we live in a country of no accountability and still want to progress. How could a government overspend the national budget to the tune of C3b or more without authorization from Parliament in a matter of few months and yet everybody is sitting down like a flock of sheep that have seen a ghost. How can we give C51 million to somebody free for no work done and expect our economy to flourish. How can we progress when the highest court of the land has given us the mandate to collect back to the state coffers monies paid fraudulently to somebody for no work done, and yet we sit down pretending no to know where the person lives? I am not doing politics here. If you a Ghanaian and these do not sadden you then I do not know what kind of a person you are. We marched to Senchi, spent three days and God knows how many millions of cedis to write 22 wish list as the achievement for wasting those millions. Who in his right sense will pay school fees to go to school to learn the things he already knows.Let us be serious we as a nation are not serious and we shall continue to wallow in poverty until thy kingdom comes if we do not change our attitude to the way we manage our national affairs. While we were sun bathing at the Senchi picnic, a supposed IT company had been awarded a contract to supply motorbikes in Accra Goodness me. Since when did expertise in ITC become a certificate for dealing in motorbikes? Where on earth does this happen? Every country and people desrve the government they have. So far as we continue to avoid confronting issues head on and discuss policies without looking at where we come from and what political party we vote for, we shall ne be nowhere near salvation. We were in Ghana when people allowed themselves to be paraded on TV to condemn the free SHS policy. The most painful thing is that the person who stood on TV to condemn the policy is one of the most incapable of paying his or child education. With this behavior do we expect God to come down to run our affairs for us? With our attitude and behavior we haven't seen anything yet. the worse is yet to come.
KKO 9 years ago
Kakabo,
The real sad part of our national calamity is that we don't even seem mourn our tragic circumstances. Those of us who recognise what harm is being done to our country ought to come together to ensure that those who ... read full comment
Kakabo,
The real sad part of our national calamity is that we don't even seem mourn our tragic circumstances. Those of us who recognise what harm is being done to our country ought to come together to ensure that those who breach the trust of the people are punished by being voted out at national elections!
ferdie 9 years ago
Mixed piece.
But surely always blaming IMF,Colonialsts,white rice,etc.
look call a spade a spade, we can't run a poultry farm efficiently enough to feed the nation,we can't clear rubbish from our streets,still open gutter ... read full comment
Mixed piece.
But surely always blaming IMF,Colonialsts,white rice,etc.
look call a spade a spade, we can't run a poultry farm efficiently enough to feed the nation,we can't clear rubbish from our streets,still open gutters,etc.but we will blame whosoever except each and everyone of ourselves!
CUNT
Is that all you can say?Perhaps Okunka we should add ignorance and illiteracy to our problems . How can we develop with people of such mindset? I hope you read yesterdays article by tamakloe on a similar vein
Offering solutions from afar has been part of the problem. A large percentage of our best and brightest reside overseas and we can't expect poor and ill-equipped Ghanaians to fight the well organized NDC and NPP cartels. If t ...
read full comment
Okunka,
This was a good piece, but it seems most of us Ghanaians cannot get away from our own political biases, which is natural.
First of all, Kufuor had no option but to go HIPC, after the devastation that had been vis ...
read full comment
Mr KKO,The truth is always difficult to swallow.However, like the medical tablet or capsule if you do not swallow it you will never get well. The problem is that we live in a country of no accountability and still want to pro ...
read full comment
Kakabo,
The real sad part of our national calamity is that we don't even seem mourn our tragic circumstances. Those of us who recognise what harm is being done to our country ought to come together to ensure that those who ...
read full comment
Mixed piece.
But surely always blaming IMF,Colonialsts,white rice,etc.
look call a spade a spade, we can't run a poultry farm efficiently enough to feed the nation,we can't clear rubbish from our streets,still open gutter ...
read full comment