The Painful Truth About Ghana’s Under Development

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Kojo T 10 years ago

Great job Mr Badu

Great job Mr Badu
Charlie King Addo 10 years ago

I hope this goes to the archives for educative purposes. Great piece..

I hope this goes to the archives for educative purposes. Great piece..
Comment 250 10 years ago

K Badu, nice piece but with only one issue which is have you considered returning home to fight the corrupt ones and set yourself free from all the goodies you are enjoying where you are?
Time for action. Prepare well with k ...
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K Badu, nice piece but with only one issue which is have you considered returning home to fight the corrupt ones and set yourself free from all the goodies you are enjoying where you are?
Time for action. Prepare well with knowledge and money before you consider returning home sweet home.
Danso 10 years ago

Mr Badu doesn't need to be physically present in the country before highlighting the ills which are undermining our progress. Mr Badu can still throw the punches from afar and won't lose the venom.

Mr Badu doesn't need to be physically present in the country before highlighting the ills which are undermining our progress. Mr Badu can still throw the punches from afar and won't lose the venom.
GORGORDUTOR 10 years ago

Nice one!! Mr Badu keep it up, I am pleasantly surprised!! Keep it coming.

Nice one!! Mr Badu keep it up, I am pleasantly surprised!! Keep it coming.
Odikr@ 10 years ago

Where are the innovative solutions?
Who are those seeking to "add value"to our bountiful array of primary products?
Who was it that argued....."Government is no Father Christmas"?
Policians alone can not;and will not solve ...
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Where are the innovative solutions?
Who are those seeking to "add value"to our bountiful array of primary products?
Who was it that argued....."Government is no Father Christmas"?
Policians alone can not;and will not solve our problems.
The simple truth is;this futile and sole reliance on Polititians is the cause of our under- development.
Danso 10 years ago

I am sorry sir, your argument is extremely specious. Have you forgotten that an ordinary citizen does not have access to the national resources, it is rather an elected government that controls all the resources. How do you t ...
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I am sorry sir, your argument is extremely specious. Have you forgotten that an ordinary citizen does not have access to the national resources, it is rather an elected government that controls all the resources. How do you then blame all and sundry?
Odikr@ 10 years ago

Danso....

Does the Government control the output of farmers and the fisherfolk?
We should strive to use our initiative for productive and pragmatic ends.

Danso....

Does the Government control the output of farmers and the fisherfolk?
We should strive to use our initiative for productive and pragmatic ends.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

"Although, we started life with the likes of South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, we are happy to secure loans and other assistance from them."

I had just lost an extended deconstruction of this this trite remark above. D ...
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"Although, we started life with the likes of South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia, we are happy to secure loans and other assistance from them."

I had just lost an extended deconstruction of this this trite remark above. Decided to write a full article to rebutt it rather than try re-writing it again as a comment. It is total simplistic, misconception and and based on ignorance to put us on par with those countries cos we had the same raw commodities inflated GDP as them. Human capital wise, they were eons ahead of us.

Andy-K
Danso 10 years ago

Andy, with due respect, I think you are being unfair in your exegesis. What is hackneyed about Mr Badu's juxtaposition of Ghana's economy with the aforementioned countries? Your argument is rather fallacious in the sense that ...
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Andy, with due respect, I think you are being unfair in your exegesis. What is hackneyed about Mr Badu's juxtaposition of Ghana's economy with the aforementioned countries? Your argument is rather fallacious in the sense that Mr Badu is even charitable in his analysis. Because Ghana was in a propitious leverage than some of the aforesaid countries in terms of GDP back then. You are refusing to accept the fact that our under development is largely due to existential bad leadership.

C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

When and where did I write that our continual backwardness is not due to bad leadership, at least since the overthrow of the CPP?

Actually, that's exactly my point - very poor human capital capacity. Where did the bad lead ...
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When and where did I write that our continual backwardness is not due to bad leadership, at least since the overthrow of the CPP?

Actually, that's exactly my point - very poor human capital capacity. Where did the bad leadership come from? I reached a sociological and psychological explanation for our underdevt over 3 decades ago. Wait for my thesis.

Andy-K
Odikr@ 10 years ago

CY....

How sweet it is when these "disingenuous"cabal are put under scrutiny.
Your rebuttal to this often quoted scenario,is short and to the point.
They have deceived the entire world for far too long.

CY....

How sweet it is when these "disingenuous"cabal are put under scrutiny.
Your rebuttal to this often quoted scenario,is short and to the point.
They have deceived the entire world for far too long.
Danso 10 years ago

Comparing Ghana's GDP with those Asian countries back then is never a banal conception. Mr Badu is not intellectually dishonest as Andy would want us to believe. The writer is exegetically on the spot, ----we lack effective ...
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Comparing Ghana's GDP with those Asian countries back then is never a banal conception. Mr Badu is not intellectually dishonest as Andy would want us to believe. The writer is exegetically on the spot, ----we lack effective leadership.
Comment 250 10 years ago

All of a sudden, Danso, seems to know every thought and intention in the mind of Mr. Badu. Is Danson Badu's spokesperson or they are same?

All of a sudden, Danso, seems to know every thought and intention in the mind of Mr. Badu. Is Danson Badu's spokesperson or they are same?

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