Partisanship and Tribalism will only hinder our development

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Kojo T 9 years ago

You write sense

You write sense
OFOSUAA 9 years ago

ALL THE THINKING OF NDC AND THEIR VOTERS IS MOSTLY ABOUT ANTIAKANISM AND ANTINANADDO ETC ....MEANWHILE NDC CRIMINALS LIKE BUSREBRANDING-THIEVES,RLG, ETC ETC CONTINUE TO DESTROY OUR ECONOMY WITH THIEVERY.....

ALL THE THINKING OF NDC AND THEIR VOTERS IS MOSTLY ABOUT ANTIAKANISM AND ANTINANADDO ETC ....MEANWHILE NDC CRIMINALS LIKE BUSREBRANDING-THIEVES,RLG, ETC ETC CONTINUE TO DESTROY OUR ECONOMY WITH THIEVERY.....
Mahmoud 9 years ago

Nkrumah sowed the seeds of violence and dictatorship in our politics and used that to eliminate his political opponents, create a one party state and made himself president for life because he was a communist. Nkrumah was alr ...
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Nkrumah sowed the seeds of violence and dictatorship in our politics and used that to eliminate his political opponents, create a one party state and made himself president for life because he was a communist. Nkrumah was already a "comrade" and communist disciple before he arrived in the Gold Coast. And as we all know, communists don't have a place for opposition in their system. Nkrumah therefore used the multiparty system as a stepping stone to ascend to power, and then turned around to demolish it step by step to prevent others from getting to power democratically until he was forced out of the country.

Also, when Rawlings usurped power from Dr. Liman in the 80s and unleashed his Cuban-Style Communist Dictatorship on Ghanaians; there were always attempted coups and rumours of coups until he was forced to reinstate the multiparty system with some semblance of democracy in the country. In a multiparty democracy and rule of law, the opposition and all stakeholders wait patiently for their turn to take power democratically. That is, if it is believed and confirmed that the incumbent is not using his position cunningly and unjustifiably to prevent others from coming to power democratically.

It's therefore clear from the above that democracy and the rule of law are the only guarantors of peace and preventers of political violence and not PDA.
Yaw Yeboah 9 years ago

Mahmoud, you have reposted the same comments that you made yesterday. Why?

Mahmoud, you have reposted the same comments that you made yesterday. Why?
OFOSUAA 9 years ago

Ndc voters and leadership think support for a political party simply means DO-ME-I-DO-YOU...But this is sheer stupidity of the highest level bcos its Ghana that ends up the loser and our kids who even end up the worst losers ...
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Ndc voters and leadership think support for a political party simply means DO-ME-I-DO-YOU...But this is sheer stupidity of the highest level bcos its Ghana that ends up the loser and our kids who even end up the worst losers bcos we are totally destroying their future.......after failing to prove alleged npp malfeasance since ndc assumed power, all ndc has been doing is to use these allegation as basis to embark on serious thievery upon thievery with cronies and family members duping the state and destroying our economy the present state where one dollar which used to be 1.12 ghc in 2008 is now miserably one dollar to 4.0 ghc.....and all this while ndc has managed to throw dust into people’s eyes by claiming the ghc is weak bcos of imports exceeding exports.....such a preposterous reason, very very very preposterous indeed.......and the situation is worsened by their voters in the north and volta who are so so so poor and yet so so so gullible who continue to trust in ndc despite clear cases of thievery and plundering of state resource thro avenues like SADA SUBAH, GYEEDA AZUNTABA, RLG-NDC-ZOOMLION-COLLUSION to destroy our economy just to line their pockets with the stolen cash and live good abroad with their families.....it will only take a people with very evil minds to dole out over one billion dollars in dubious jdgt detbs to friends and cronies in order to share the loot EVEN THO THE VERY STRONGHOLDS OF NDC CONTINUE TO BE SO EXCRUCIATINGLY POOR ..........SO POOR THAT THEY ENGAGE IN VIRTUAL SLAVERY RIGHT HERE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY AS KAYAYES AND TROKOSIS and we are shown daily videos of their kids lying on their tummies in poor dilapidated schools to learn and write simply bcos of lack of furniture........ndc govt overspent state budget by 8.7 bn ghc in 2012 just for mahama to win elections, and this was the last straw which broke the camel’s back as our ghc declined and has kept on declining ever since then...........bloated contract budgets and sole contracts awards have now become a channel to pay out outrageous amounts to cronies just for ndc to later share the loot...........huge monies dubiously paid to rlg, zoomlion, for no work done etc are yet to be retrieved without interest despite the continued destruction and weakening of our economy......DESPITE ALL THESE, WE STILL HAVE NDC PROUDLY PREDICTING A ONE TOUCH WIN FOR NDC in the 2016 elections...........and their gullible miserable strongholds are seen daily endorsing this criminal gang of thieves who didn’t even have an office till they came to power in 2008 and built a 20 million dollars mansion for a headoffice after duping the state big time thro fake jdgt debts........THE SUFFERING CONTINUES TILL GHANA HAS LEARNT ITS BITTER LESSONS THAT SUPPORTING POLITICAL PARTIES ISNT LIKE SUPPORTING HEARTS OR KOTOKO OR OLYMPICS WHETHER THEY WIN OR LOSE......we support parties to build a nation and ensure security and improve living standards for us all BUT NOT TO COME AND STEAL AND STEAL AND STEAL LIKE NDC IS DOING NOW....NOW DUMSOR IS OUR PORTION BCOS OF NDC THIEVERY..........ide biiiiii kekekekekekekeeeee........
OFOSUAA 9 years ago

Its Very Obvious That Ndc Will Like To Play The Dubious-Childish-Card Of Focusing On Npp Internal Wrangling Despite The Far Far More Singnificant Destructive Tendencies Of The Ndc Govt As They Have Succeeded In Killing The Ce ...
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Its Very Obvious That Ndc Will Like To Play The Dubious-Childish-Card Of Focusing On Npp Internal Wrangling Despite The Far Far More Singnificant Destructive Tendencies Of The Ndc Govt As They Have Succeeded In Killing The Cedi From 1.12 To The Dollar In 2008 To The Present State Of 4.0 Ghc To The Dollar....As Long As Ghana Isnt An Island And So We Conitine To Indulge In International Commerce, The Depreciated Ghc Will Continue To Hurt Our Economy And Hence National Growth.......All This Is Made Much Worse By The Thieving Ndc Govt Which Has Used Contract Sole Sourcing To Drain Our Economy And Thius Caused So Much Poverty Thro Dumsor+Collapsed Businesses And Manufacturing......Ide Biiii Kekekekeeee........Meanwhile The Thieving Continues Unabated As Daily Revelations Show Stuffs Like Celebrities Duping Ghana Thro Bus Rebranding, Thieving Thro Total Plundering Of Ghana’s Crude Oil Proceeds By Gnpc Which Continue To Unilaterally Plunder Our Oil Revenues Anyhow .......We Will Surely Use These As Reasons To Vote Out Ndc In 2016 ......So Ndc Shd Not Think We Are So Gullible That We Will Focus On Petty Npp Internal Wranglings To Keep This Mafia-Ndc In Power ......Ide Biiiiiiikkekekekekeeee......
Charles Agbenu 9 years ago

Partisanship mixed with voodooism

Mahama is the most divisive Leader in Ghana.... just there to take vengeance on a section of the people because the colonialists neglected Northerners. So someone has to be punished fo ...
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Partisanship mixed with voodooism

Mahama is the most divisive Leader in Ghana.... just there to take vengeance on a section of the people because the colonialists neglected Northerners. So someone has to be punished for doneobes wrongs?... a vindictive divisionists almost a nihilist... venting his spleen on Akans for nothing. Thinking Tamale international airport is more important than Ksi airport... thinking Eastern corridor must take precedence over Accra- Kumasi road where the traffic is.... voodoo leadership indeed.
He disrespected the chiefs and people of E. Region and unilaterally located University at Somanya, for political reasons to win votes. Could NPP GOVT had located VOLTA university at Kpandu or Akatsi: bypassing Ho, the regional capital, without consulting the people and chiefs in Volta??
Are we doing political development or economical development. My foot NDC administration
Freddie 9 years ago

This write up is Nonsense up here has nothing to do with the subject been discussed.

This write up is Nonsense up here has nothing to do with the subject been discussed.
Kwame Joe 9 years ago

Completely miseducated. Waste of Ghana's tax Cedis. Using an Ewe moniker to hide your idiocy, an example of tribalism.

Completely miseducated. Waste of Ghana's tax Cedis. Using an Ewe moniker to hide your idiocy, an example of tribalism.
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

I chose the library of addressing you as Ohene Nana Owusu-Nkwatabisa because of your well-written article calling for return to healthy discussion. As you can see from the comments partisanship & ethnic screaming still reign ...
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I chose the library of addressing you as Ohene Nana Owusu-Nkwatabisa because of your well-written article calling for return to healthy discussion. As you can see from the comments partisanship & ethnic screaming still reign unabated.

To unleash Ghana's & Africa's long overdue developments we need to bury our tribalistic tendencies, work together to create indigenous political economy that is highly technological and sustainable.

I like your Black Stars metaphor. Our leaders have to knowledgeable about ICT, ecological & innovative.

MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

I meant to say "I chose the liberty of addressing you as Ohene....."
Sorry.

I meant to say "I chose the liberty of addressing you as Ohene....."
Sorry.
Owusu-Nkwantabisa 9 years ago

Thanks for your comments. You have consistently been one of the sane voices on this platform.

Thanks for your comments. You have consistently been one of the sane voices on this platform.
Freddie 9 years ago

I agree with you man party democracy only allow some few in the society gain power to amass wealth. They say there is checks and balances but these are always manipulated to suite the greedy few not only in Africa in every w ...
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I agree with you man party democracy only allow some few in the society gain power to amass wealth. They say there is checks and balances but these are always manipulated to suite the greedy few not only in Africa in every where there is the so called party democracy.
YAW 9 years ago

Very sensible article.The question is, Was Lee Kuan Yew"s one party sate and dictatorial regime in Singapore a force for good or evil? Bear in mind that he used socialist principles to build housing projects and even "Temasek ...
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Very sensible article.The question is, Was Lee Kuan Yew"s one party sate and dictatorial regime in Singapore a force for good or evil? Bear in mind that he used socialist principles to build housing projects and even "Temasek holdings" that owns Singapore Airlines and other corporations in Singapore is state owned.Nkrumah was never a communist.
Osei Boakye 9 years ago

And to call JB Danquah one of the founders of our nation is revising our history, Owusu-Nkwantabisa.

And to call JB Danquah one of the founders of our nation is revising our history, Owusu-Nkwantabisa.
Owusu-Nkwantabisa 9 years ago

I'm not quite sure what you mean. What do you call the man who hired Kwame Nkrumah as a UGCC organizer?

Don't feed on the trash perpetrated by partisanship.

I'm not quite sure what you mean. What do you call the man who hired Kwame Nkrumah as a UGCC organizer?

Don't feed on the trash perpetrated by partisanship.
Osei Boakye 9 years ago

So that single action makes JB the founder of Ghana? I beg to disagree Nana.

So that single action makes JB the founder of Ghana? I beg to disagree Nana.
Twum 9 years ago

Nana, I agree with you that democracy isn't our thing as Africans. We should have deduced our own traditional system of governance that could have fit into our traditional setup. We really don't understand this democracy let ...
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Nana, I agree with you that democracy isn't our thing as Africans. We should have deduced our own traditional system of governance that could have fit into our traditional setup. We really don't understand this democracy let alone practicing it well.
Mrs. Felicia Tandoh 9 years ago

Kwame, I cannot be more agreeable to such thoughtful elaborations. Ghana, and for that matter Africa, as you rightfully wrote cannot and must not follow blindly. Nkrumah made Africa proud by helping to gain our freedom some y ...
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Kwame, I cannot be more agreeable to such thoughtful elaborations. Ghana, and for that matter Africa, as you rightfully wrote cannot and must not follow blindly. Nkrumah made Africa proud by helping to gain our freedom some years back. He most often used illiterates to represensent Ghana as ambassadors to other countries. I do not think he thought that was the best thing to do, but this is what I think, I think he did that so he could manipulate them without any resistance. We see the same trend going on in our generation now. Our democracy is not like that of western cultures. We are unique, rich in culture, and will work particularly well by embracing our cultures as they are enshrined in our king making process. Every village or town enthrones the best mind of their subjects, those who have the good of the people, as well as the village at heart. As described by your article, I 100% am in favour of abolishing partisanship and going by what we know best of our own traditions and cultures. When we are strongly united, the westerners cannot break our front. We will be able to tap the resourses of Africa for the GOOD of the country. Africans have the best brains, yet for lack of good governance, we use these brains to help develop other nations while ours lay in waste. Let's fight and bring back the best ideas of our founding fathers, and dump down those ideas that set us back.
Owusu-Nkwantabisa 9 years ago

I would encourage you to develop your comment into a full article. It is excellent.

I would encourage you to develop your comment into a full article. It is excellent.

Mrs. Felicia Tandoh 9 years ago

Awwww. I'Il try

Awwww. I'Il try

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