The NPP problem of electoral awkwardness; Any historical roots?

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• OBIA DIE MIENU MIENU 10 years ago

  THEY THINK THE ELECTORATE IS EDUCATED AND MIDDLE-CLASS AKANS AND THOSE WHO CAN SPEAK TWI-ENGLISH. THEY WOULD LOOK DOWN UPON EVEN VILLAGERS FROM THE ASHANTI AND EASTERN REGIONS WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THEY WERE AKANS. JUST A ...
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  THEY THINK THE ELECTORATE IS EDUCATED AND MIDDLE-CLASS AKANS AND THOSE WHO CAN SPEAK TWI-ENGLISH. THEY WOULD LOOK DOWN UPON EVEN VILLAGERS FROM THE ASHANTI AND EASTERN REGIONS WERE IT NOT FOR THE FACT THEY WERE AKANS. JUST A CLUELESS POLITICAL TRADITION

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• Mahmoud 10 years ago

  Do you know why there is such a strong partisanship in Ghana? It actually started long ago when Kwame Nkrumah divided the nation into patriots and traitors. Patriots were those who accepted that he should be president for lif ...
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  Do you know why there is such a strong partisanship in Ghana? It actually started long ago when Kwame Nkrumah divided the nation into patriots and traitors. Patriots were those who accepted that he should be president for life, practice one party state (Polity Bureau) system and indulge in leftist anti-West propaganda, using the country's meager resources to challenge centuries' old, well-established Western countries. The patriots even accepted that he should act as the savior of Black men around the world, while tyrannizing his own Black people at home simply because they had alternative views on how to develop their own country.
  
  Those who wanted him to concentrate more on the basic needs of our people and tone down his rhetoric against the powerful were called traitors, reactionaries, and agents of imperialism that should be liquidated or imprisoned dead or alive. Could you believe that the opposition members he was tyrannizing were the very people who started the struggle for our independence? They employed Nkrumah and paid for his ticket from the UK to come and work as a general secretary of the group, saving him from the tyranny and humiliation of being unemployed in London. The Independence Struggle Vanguards were senior civil servants in the Gold Coast and, as the struggle was gaining momentum and scope of the activities widening, they needed someone to work full-time for the group free from official work constrains to further spread the message of the struggle.
  
  Under their sponsorship and protection, Nkrumah used the platform to become a public face of the group and his popularity soared. Being the General Secretary and voice of the group, he was considered by many as the leader because; a lot of our people in those days could not differentiate between the spokesperson and the leaders. So, Nkrumah used the platform to drum up support for himself underground scheming to undermine the group because, he was a communist and they were democratic liberal conservatives. Subsequently, when he heard from the Governor General's female secretary, who was later sacked, that the British were getting ready to grant us independence as they had promised, he increasingly used needless militant tactics to provoke the Whiteman in order to gain prominence when the 'wind of change' was already blowing, and to embarrass his employers in order to outfox them. He then used the opportunity to break away from the group, forming his own party and slapping them from the back to take power.
  
  This explains the strong partisanship in Ghana and why Nkrumah didn't want the Liberation Vanguards to ever come to power in his life time. Maybe he was afraid of his own ghost, or because he was a communist and communist don't share power. Despite all these facts, his supporters still want us to believe that he initiated, spearheaded and single handedly fought for our independence, and had the right to treat the country as if it were a kingdom or his private property.

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• Mahmoud 10 years ago

  Busia could have been a leader for any country in this world. That's not mine; that was what the world said about him when he died prematurely.
  The man was a respectable, God fearing leader that had a complete program for al ...
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  Busia could have been a leader for any country in this world. That's not mine; that was what the world said about him when he died prematurely.
  The man was a respectable, God fearing leader that had a complete program for all aspects of our national development. Unfortunately, the Young Pioneers implanted by Nkrumah in our midst did not allow Ghanaians to benefit from his knowledge, and the good work he had started for sustainable development of our country and its people. They hijacked and impeded our development until 2001.
  
  Although Acheampong was the leader of the neo-communist, Nkrumahist group that carried out the dirty work of overthrowing Prof. Busia unjustifiably, and was supported by all Nkrumahists who became pillars of the so-called NRC regime, they later on disowned him in order to hide their involvement in the destruction of the country again. He was finally killed by another quack communist that also seized power and unleashed a Cuban-style communist dictatorship on Ghanaians.

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• Mahmoud 10 years ago

  Nkrumah was in power for sixteen years and turned himself into a president for life when he realized that his popularity had waned. In the sixties, and after he had squandered the huge reserve, the country started to sink and ...
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  Nkrumah was in power for sixteen years and turned himself into a president for life when he realized that his popularity had waned. In the sixties, and after he had squandered the huge reserve, the country started to sink and Ghanaians visibly yearned for a change. But since Nkrumah had closed all the doors and channels that could have been used by Ghanaians to exercise their political will of changing him freely and democratically through the ballot box, they had no option other than to force him out of office through a military coup. Therefore, the coup that removed Kwame Nkrumah from office was the only legitimate coup in the history of Ghana.

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• Mahmoud 10 years ago

  Is the NDC new party school another communist ideological institution? We are worried because the Young Pioneers implanted in our midst by Nkrumah did more harm than good to the development of this country when they usurped p ...
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  Is the NDC new party school another communist ideological institution? We are worried because the Young Pioneers implanted in our midst by Nkrumah did more harm than good to the development of this country when they usurped power from 1972 to 2001.
  
  Our experience with the quack neo-communists is that, they seize power unjustifiably through coups and counter coups, and Ghanaians only suffer dictatorship, tyranny, corruption and economic mismanagement under them. Being in power now for six years, the NDC has failed again to improve the economy simply because their fundamentals are wrong. In fact, they don't have what it takes to salvage the sinking economy.
  
  Under normal circumstances, political parties are formed to produce leaders democratically. But in the case of NDC, a tyrant created the party with state power and resources to legitimize his illegitimate regime and cling to power fraudulently. NDC is therefore, an artificial and illegitimate party followed by stomach politicians and sycophants.

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• GORGORDUTOR 10 years ago

  Mahmoud you are fool liar and a fabricator of facts Busia was a controlled CIA asset. Under CIA guidance your idiotic traitorous faction destroyed Ghana by yoking us to neocolonial backwardness. TRAITORS

  Mahmoud you are fool liar and a fabricator of facts Busia was a controlled CIA asset. Under CIA guidance your idiotic traitorous faction destroyed Ghana by yoking us to neocolonial backwardness. TRAITORS

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• roland 10 years ago

  Please say it again. That is why we fail to win, not the voters register. Nana is not cut to be a winner and has no message for the electorate but always crying foul and being violent . Lets next time go in for a younger more ...
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  Please say it again. That is why we fail to win, not the voters register. Nana is not cut to be a winner and has no message for the electorate but always crying foul and being violent . Lets next time go in for a younger more dynamic flag bearer.

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• eva 10 years ago

  so u spent ur tym writing this thrash without advising ur foolish fada to stop foolish. advise ur thief prez to stop looting rather. sia ba. odwan ba. this tym round u pple go see. foooooooolllllll.

  so u spent ur tym writing this thrash without advising ur foolish fada to stop foolish. advise ur thief prez to stop looting rather. sia ba. odwan ba. this tym round u pple go see. foooooooolllllll.

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• mawriz 10 years ago

  Exactly what the article said. If you read it you will know that the writer isn't a child but somebody with deep knowledge and experience about our past. But all you npp apologies know is to castigate anyone with an opposing ...
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  Exactly what the article said. If you read it you will know that the writer isn't a child but somebody with deep knowledge and experience about our past. But all you npp apologies know is to castigate anyone with an opposing view. please sometimes put your pride aside and learn. Carriers of all wisdom in Ghana indeed!

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• eva 10 years ago

  Ghana is being ruled by armed robbers and 3rd class citizens. hence our problems. ndc foooooools. we are waiting for you. nwan. robbers. look at our economy. that is wat u shd write abt if u were not from a foolish fada. wat ...
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  Ghana is being ruled by armed robbers and 3rd class citizens. hence our problems. ndc foooooools. we are waiting for you. nwan. robbers. look at our economy. that is wat u shd write abt if u were not from a foolish fada. wat are you afraid abt a new register if u goats and sheep lyk ur foolish prez hv natin to hide. fooooolllss

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• mawriz 10 years ago

  I think you are missing something

  I think you are missing something

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• eva 10 years ago

  mahama must go.sia man. ndc foooooooollllsssss

  mahama must go.sia man. ndc foooooooollllsssss

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• MOVITOR 10 years ago

  THEY DON'T LEARN B'COS THE WEE HAVEN'T WORE OFF YET

  THEY DON'T LEARN B'COS THE WEE HAVEN'T WORE OFF YET

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• AKU 10 years ago

  Good article. The NPP guys are too proud and think they know everything and they open themselves up for destruction without knowing. With a bloated register as the npp got were genuine by. their submissions in their elector ...
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  Good article. The NPP guys are too proud and think they know everything and they open themselves up for destruction without knowing. With a bloated register as the npp got were genuine by. their submissions in their electoral petition. what a twist of logic and laughter. Npp by their behavior have vowed to be in opposition for a long time to come. Once again excellent article.

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