As Ghanaians Go To The Polls 4

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• ADJOA WANGARA 9 years ago

  Till now the fake columnist francis kwarteng has posted his cut and paste series of ..."As Ghanaians Go To The Polls 1-4" ...but as usual, all the 4 series are obviously garbage full and rubbishly useless.
  
  The whole of his ...
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  Till now the fake columnist francis kwarteng has posted his cut and paste series of ..."As Ghanaians Go To The Polls 1-4" ...but as usual, all the 4 series are obviously garbage full and rubbishly useless.
  
  The whole of his 4 essays consists plain nonsense, he is cutting any garbage at all he comes across without relations and just paste them for publication. You can read kwarteng's crap from "A to Z" without deducting just a tincture of any sense making point.

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• Kay 9 years ago

  I have been sniffing through your article and getting the best out of it.

  I have been sniffing through your article and getting the best out of it.

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• francis kwarteng 9 years ago

  Dear Readers,
  
  Correct name is CARL LEWIS, not CARLOS LEWIS.
  
  Thanks.

  Dear Readers,
  
  Correct name is CARL LEWIS, not CARLOS LEWIS.
  
  Thanks.

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• ADJOA WANGARA 9 years ago

  You better stop your cut and paste nonsense and go to School to learn proper English grammatical, so you can "may be" creatively write on your own instead copying!

  You better stop your cut and paste nonsense and go to School to learn proper English grammatical, so you can "may be" creatively write on your own instead copying!

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• Prof Lungu 9 years ago

  Francis Kwarteng,
  
  We read you!
  
  In this case, our sense is, if Ghana spent as much resources, money, goodwill, and capital on development of girl as it does mens' soccer, Ghana would be a lot developed and a much happie ...
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  Francis Kwarteng,
  
  We read you!
  
  In this case, our sense is, if Ghana spent as much resources, money, goodwill, and capital on development of girl as it does mens' soccer, Ghana would be a lot developed and a much happier place for a lot more people, certainly for a lot more girls and women.
  
  Evidently, Ghana as well exhibits the same tendency to spend the public purse on sports that benefit people rich enough to pay their own, or strong enough to do same same for themselves, while the nation neglects the essentials.
  
  We are talking about the case where St. Louis built a multi-million dollar stadium for a billioniare only to see him pack his Rams and move to sunny Californian this week, leaving the City of St. Lious with over $200 million bond debt.
  
  Fact is, little of the supposed economic benefits of sports franchises in US cities actually pan out in the medium to long-term under proper scrutiny.
  
  In short, the numbers generally do not add up.
  
  In idea is, as you say now, and said previously, the music, films, the arts, heritage and culture, have more "development bang" for every cedis spent on mens' soccer!
  
  Priorities!
  
  Priorities!
  
  But, in the case of Ghana, there is little data to show the benefits versus the cost in "blood and sweat".
  
  What studies are being published by the GFA, the Ministry of Education, and evaluators/auditors of those government programs?
  
  Or, is vain glory good enough?
  
  
  We all know politicians cheat all the time and act as if they own the national store, lock, stock, and barrel.
  
  Imagine a sovereign country (Ghana) in the 21st century shipping a plane-load of of foreign currency to another country only to earn the liability to pay taxes on the load of cash, before they have even begun to pay the debt to the soldiers, em, players.
  
  Now, we are learning that GFA and other impresarios also cheat, enable cheating, or turn their eyes away from cheaters. The headline today reads:
  
  
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  "'Age cheating holding back African teams – CIES report'...//
  
  //...Despite fielding the youngest players in A national teams in 2015, Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon continue to remain underachievers due to endemic age cheating, a CIES report has stated.
  
  In its January 2016 report, the Swiss-based Football Observatory cast doubt on the declared ages of African footballers which it claims is responsible for the untapped potential of African teams in senior football.
  
  Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon are listed as having fielded the youngest players among 50 sampled A national teams in 2015 – 24.7, 25.1 and 25.3 years respectively.
  
  “However, this result must be analysed carefully insofar as footballers born in Africa tend to be older than they claim to be,” stated the report.
  
  With the immense talent on the continent, only three teams – Ghana, Senegal and Cameroon – have ever reached the quarter finals of the World Cup.
  
  However, both Nigeria and Ghana have regularly won world titles at youth levels, with Nigeria winning a record fifth Under-17 world title last October.
  
  “Lying about one’s age is a common practice that implies a competitive advantage in youth categories,” said the report.
  
  “However, in the long term, this strategy is counterproductive as it does not provide optimum conditions for the full development of talent.
  
  “This is one of the reasons for which the real potential of African squads remains untapped.”
  
  Fielding young players has its advantages as the report highlighted the impact of youth in the England national team that qualified seamlessly for the 2016 European Championship.
  
  However, the Netherlands were let down by youth as they failed to qualify for the same tournament despite fielding players with an average age of 25.6 years, the same with England.
  
  “In the first case, the bias towards youth has not been a success as the Dutch failed to qualify for Euro 2016. For the English, on the other hand, the results have been more positive.
  
  “The youthfulness of the players available to Roy Hodgson is the sign of a renaissance which suggests a promising future,” the report said.
  
  The remaining teams in the top 10 are Korea Republic, Algeria, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium."
  (SOURCE: www.sports.yahoo.com/news/age-cheating-holding-back-african-171902414.html).
  
  
  GREETINGS!

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• francis kwarteng 9 years ago

  Dear Prof Lungu,
  
  Great insights.
  
  I think I will have to incorporate some of these ideas you present here when I revise this piece for future publication.
  
  How are you? I look forward to your next publication.
  
  Th ...
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  Dear Prof Lungu,
  
  Great insights.
  
  I think I will have to incorporate some of these ideas you present here when I revise this piece for future publication.
  
  How are you? I look forward to your next publication.
  
  Thanks for sharing.

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