What do we call our president?

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veep 9 years ago

Business as usual. You've never liked the man or what he stands for. Funny how you adore the middle name of Barack Obama. Take note that a guy once mentioned on CNN that Americans shouldn't vote for him because of his middle ...
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Business as usual. You've never liked the man or what he stands for. Funny how you adore the middle name of Barack Obama. Take note that a guy once mentioned on CNN that Americans shouldn't vote for him because of his middle name. I'm sure you'd fancy any name from any other presidential candidate, as long as he's not Akufo Addo.

No matter how the beautiful the hen dance, the hawk will never find it appealing. You and your likes have tagged the man with all sorts of negative attributes and now you've even found a fault with his name. You're simply pathetic. Fortunately, you've got only one vote and whatever you've written is just your opinion. You, Bokor, Papa Appiah and the rest can go to hell.
nana 9 years ago

Isn't Mao Tse Tung a tongue twisting name? And what about Vladimir Putin? I think this writer has gone bankers.

Isn't Mao Tse Tung a tongue twisting name? And what about Vladimir Putin? I think this writer has gone bankers.
osei Boateng 9 years ago

Shame on you even antobam.is a name you're proud of .

Shame on you even antobam.is a name you're proud of .
dankahen 9 years ago

Who told you akufo addo will become a president, he cannot win an election even against his own wife, in fact he's not a man Ghanaians will ever want as a president period.

Who told you akufo addo will become a president, he cannot win an election even against his own wife, in fact he's not a man Ghanaians will ever want as a president period.
YYJ 9 years ago

This dude is one the people who are using their heads to carry load rather to think.
How does somebody's name brings food to my table?
How does somebody's name solve dumsor?
How does somebody's name help my parents to sett ...
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This dude is one the people who are using their heads to carry load rather to think.
How does somebody's name brings food to my table?
How does somebody's name solve dumsor?
How does somebody's name help my parents to settle my high rising college fees?
For if we really want to grow as a country, it's about time we stop this type of silly politics and focus on things and ideas that uplift the living standards of the masses.
Mr k 9 years ago

Fool! Nobody said a name will put food on your table. Make a meaningful contribution or shut up.

Fool! Nobody said a name will put food on your table. Make a meaningful contribution or shut up.
agyaa 9 years ago

And you stupid have you made your contribution?

And you stupid have you made your contribution?
Gordon Duodu 9 years ago

It seems you didn't check out Nana Akuffo Addo's background before you wrote your article. For your information his mother was the daughter of Ofori Panin the first, making her a princess. The Akan culture dictates that ...
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It seems you didn't check out Nana Akuffo Addo's background before you wrote your article. For your information his mother was the daughter of Ofori Panin the first, making her a princess. The Akan culture dictates that if you're named after a chief or a king you're addressed as Nana. So Nana Akuffo Addo belongs to the royal clan of Abuakwa
MAGZY UK 9 years ago

I have read both of your statements, but his own makes more sense than you. So you are obviously the big Fool. so apologize to him and make a meaningful contribution

I have read both of your statements, but his own makes more sense than you. So you are obviously the big Fool. so apologize to him and make a meaningful contribution
nana 9 years ago

Considering the examples of names he gave one can see that this man is not okay above the shoulders.eg Vladimir Putin and Mao tse whatever.

Considering the examples of names he gave one can see that this man is not okay above the shoulders.eg Vladimir Putin and Mao tse whatever.

NANA QUOFIE 9 years ago

IN FACT SOME PRACTICAL GH SO CALLED RESEARCHERS ARE LIKE DOGS WHO VISITS THE BOLA JUST TO FIND WAIST FOODS THROWN AWAY FROM GOOD HOMES.
ALL THAT YOU ARE WRITING IS A TRASH, NONSENSICAL INDIRECTLY TELLING WHERE YOU ARE COMIN ...
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IN FACT SOME PRACTICAL GH SO CALLED RESEARCHERS ARE LIKE DOGS WHO VISITS THE BOLA JUST TO FIND WAIST FOODS THROWN AWAY FROM GOOD HOMES.
ALL THAT YOU ARE WRITING IS A TRASH, NONSENSICAL INDIRECTLY TELLING WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM AND WHERE YOUR PARENTS ARE GOOD AT.
MEANING YOUR PARENTS ARE IDIOTS PAINTING PEOPLE BLACK, LIKE SAUL IN THE BIBLE WHO GOES AROUND DESTROYING GOOD AND INNOCENT PEOPLE JUST FOR A TOKEN SO YOUR PARENTS HAS THOUGHT YOU TO MALIGN PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING OF THEMSELVES. PLEASE STOP PAINTING PEOPLE WITH YOUR DIRTY COLOURS INHERITED FROM YOUR SHAMEFUL PARENTS OK
zottor 9 years ago

do u really want to know wat i think about dis article?i think u re very stupid,very foolish and very idiot and next time u come out with something reasonable dat could help developing dis country....foooooooooolish writer

do u really want to know wat i think about dis article?i think u re very stupid,very foolish and very idiot and next time u come out with something reasonable dat could help developing dis country....foooooooooolish writer
GORGORDUTOR 9 years ago

Straight garbage. Mr Antobam dont play ignorant. You must be aware that in Ghanaian culture if you are named after a prominent person the practice is to preface the name with a title or ephitet to wit Papa Maame Ataa Nii Naa ...
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Straight garbage. Mr Antobam dont play ignorant. You must be aware that in Ghanaian culture if you are named after a prominent person the practice is to preface the name with a title or ephitet to wit Papa Maame Ataa Nii Naa etc.
In the instant case a Ghanaian writer of minimum competence even a partisan hack as Mr Antubam appears to be should be better informed.
For your edification Mr Akuffo-Addo hails from the branch of the Abuakwa governing lineage that provides the Okuapehene. It is a matter of historical record that Addo-Dankwa is a stool name borne by at least three occupants of the Akuapem paramountcy. Therefore when Mr Akuffo-Addo was named seven days after birth he was named Nana Addo Dankwa. Since you are harping on his age, a competent partisan hack would be aware that around the time Mr Akuffo-Addo was born the common pratice was for a "christian" to take precedence over the " native" name given on the seventh day. In fact this practice is still widely prevalent today! The man was born on Saturday hence Kwame, it is a custom in that lineage to append the ephitet Kyeretwie to Kwame. After all his uncle who bore the same name is known to posterity simply as JB Danquah!!
Please toodle of with your Kwame Okoampa-Ahoufe style inferior tactics.
nana 9 years ago

Even he finds his name "Antoban" nice and interesting.

Even he finds his name "Antoban" nice and interesting.
KAE 9 years ago

What a buffoon! Nana Akufo-Addo cannot be Kyeretwie simply because that name comes from his maternal clan and any Class One child who knows anything about Akan naming systemS can tell you that Addo Dankwa comes from his fathe ...
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What a buffoon! Nana Akufo-Addo cannot be Kyeretwie simply because that name comes from his maternal clan and any Class One child who knows anything about Akan naming systemS can tell you that Addo Dankwa comes from his father's Ofori Kuma Fie!

You do not even seem to know that most Akans are named after prominent people in their families, while carrying their fathers' names In official record.S

By the way, Francis Kofi Nwiah became Kwame Nkrumah AND Jeremiah John became JJ Rawlings, so what if our next president is Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo?

Not surprisingly, you do not even know what "Antobam" means.

You may not like Nana, but you cannot do a damn thing from your ghetto hideout about his becoming president of Ghana next year!
King Bright 9 years ago

Mahami Ghanata.

Mahami Ghanata.
JJ 9 years ago

What do you expect of a local mafia godfather who has to use his father's law certificate to perpetrate a falsehood. Lawyer (without William Nana??) Akufo Aduuii!! Very smart.

What do you expect of a local mafia godfather who has to use his father's law certificate to perpetrate a falsehood. Lawyer (without William Nana??) Akufo Aduuii!! Very smart.
Concerned 9 years ago

I think you are too much time. Do something useful

I think you are too much time. Do something useful
One for the boy 9 years ago

Mr Writer, you are an IDIOT. This is an empty article. Nana before the name of a royal is not a term of endearment. IT IS A TITLE. please learn more about your culture.

Mr Writer, you are an IDIOT. This is an empty article. Nana before the name of a royal is not a term of endearment. IT IS A TITLE. please learn more about your culture.
Ebo Letrik 9 years ago

You have pix of heads of state and show Akuffo-Addo and Busia in the same administration?

You have pix of heads of state and show Akuffo-Addo and Busia in the same administration?

Kay 9 years ago

Ignorant pathetic fool so Busia was what? Your abusuapanin in your miserable famil So how do you destined David Cameroun?

Ignorant pathetic fool so Busia was what? Your abusuapanin in your miserable famil So how do you destined David Cameroun?
Kidzo 9 years ago

Listen to this semi-illiterate!

Topic is about PRESIDENTS and Busia was Prime Minister with Nana Addo's pap as President.

Did you learn Ghana's history from streets of Lagos Town?

Listen to this semi-illiterate!

Topic is about PRESIDENTS and Busia was Prime Minister with Nana Addo's pap as President.

Did you learn Ghana's history from streets of Lagos Town?
Adomakoh Froboo 9 years ago

Ur very stupid. We want a leader who will lead us out of this mess u people have put us in. Do u think a name is so important, ? Ur completely insane

Ur very stupid. We want a leader who will lead us out of this mess u people have put us in. Do u think a name is so important, ? Ur completely insane
K. S junior 9 years ago

A whole lot of nothing

A whole lot of nothing
Kidzo 9 years ago

"This guy may have heard when he was growing up that his family members claimed that he was a cute baby. In his local language that native word translates into the English word Beauty. So, what does this boy do when he grows ...
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"This guy may have heard when he was growing up that his family members claimed that he was a cute baby. In his local language that native word translates into the English word Beauty. So, what does this boy do when he grows up? Like Mr. Akufo-Addo, he adds this local word BEAUTY to his name. He knows that Beauty was never part of his family name."

You mean Okoampa-Ahoofeh!
Justice seeker 9 years ago

Lose cheap talk,
let that be the concern of well-meaning ghanaians and not tribial and pothological degenerate like yourself!
Names does not rule neither is it synanimous with competence,what is important is that Nana Addo ...
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Lose cheap talk,
let that be the concern of well-meaning ghanaians and not tribial and pothological degenerate like yourself!
Names does not rule neither is it synanimous with competence,what is important is that Nana Addo has to win this election to save ghanaians from this gross imcompetence. Mind your own business and leave the naming of the next prez to be....bullsh**t
Akwasi Asare 9 years ago

this guy doesn't seem to be serious.
he should get serious
we are interested in. his policies that will help better our lives and you are here with a child's play.

this guy doesn't seem to be serious.
he should get serious
we are interested in. his policies that will help better our lives and you are here with a child's play.
Evans Dadson 9 years ago

have some of our elders or what do u call it, have been than something else in your family or what ,next time make sure u deliver us a good message indeed stupid!!

have some of our elders or what do u call it, have been than something else in your family or what ,next time make sure u deliver us a good message indeed stupid!!
JAMES BROWN 9 years ago

HE IS A MURDERER THANKS TO KUTU. HE MURDERED THREE FORMER PRESIDENTS AND

HE IS A MURDERER THANKS TO KUTU. HE MURDERED THREE FORMER PRESIDENTS AND
Dr. Daniel N Ackah 9 years ago

Ashantis who were lucky to rule Ghana were uneducated but rather corrupt and incompetent. They have no clue about how Ghana government must be run. The only two people , rather three people I admire as an intellectual is Dr. ...
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Ashantis who were lucky to rule Ghana were uneducated but rather corrupt and incompetent. They have no clue about how Ghana government must be run. The only two people , rather three people I admire as an intellectual is Dr. Donkor Forduor, Dr. Appiah, and Mr. Allen Kyeremanteng. If today Mr. Kyeremanteng is running for President in Ghana I will definitely campaign for him and he will win, too.

Jaybeekay, the patriot 9 years ago

It's interesting that you were thinking about Akufo Addo's long chain of names. I believe we can make it longer and more majestic. Henceforth we should call him:NANA ADDO TRY-ME-TOO DANQUAH OZYMANDIAS AKUFO ADDO.
What a bef ...
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It's interesting that you were thinking about Akufo Addo's long chain of names. I believe we can make it longer and more majestic. Henceforth we should call him:NANA ADDO TRY-ME-TOO DANQUAH OZYMANDIAS AKUFO ADDO.
What a befitting name for the NPP flagbearer!
Those who do not know who the great Ozymandias was should go and find out more about him and DESPAIR.
Talazo 9 years ago

Antoban,the man was named after an omanhene called nana addo Dankwa and his father's name was akufo addo hence his name nana addo Dankwa akufo addo.what is your problem? As President, he will be called His Excellency the Pres ...
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Antoban,the man was named after an omanhene called nana addo Dankwa and his father's name was akufo addo hence his name nana addo Dankwa akufo addo.what is your problem? As President, he will be called His Excellency the President of the republic of Ghana,Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo
Ohene 9 years ago

In your dreams. What has names got with presidential selection. Obama won the trust because of demeanour and fast approach to critical thinking. " When I saw him I knew he is going to be useful" (Michelle Obama, Oxford Uni 20 ...
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In your dreams. What has names got with presidential selection. Obama won the trust because of demeanour and fast approach to critical thinking. " When I saw him I knew he is going to be useful" (Michelle Obama, Oxford Uni 2009). "The first time I saw him I new his intelligence and I said; he is a political material" ( W.Bush). And when you see him speak you can see the credentials.

If you can attest to some of the above in whom you perceive then fine. Name is just an addition.
Kwasi Breeze 9 years ago

what has his name got to do with his capabilities and his personality. Notice that the Akufo Addo is his name and Addo-Danquah is also a different name please check the backgrounds and originality of the two name. Use your ti ...
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what has his name got to do with his capabilities and his personality. Notice that the Akufo Addo is his name and Addo-Danquah is also a different name please check the backgrounds and originality of the two name. Use your time to write sensible articles. Now it is not his height now it is his name. Don't forget that we had a president called John Evans Fiifi Atta-Mills, that one was not tongue full

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