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Ebiamor 9 years ago

Well said Dr. Borkor.

Well said Dr. Borkor.
C.Y. ANDY-K 9 years ago

Bokor is only seeking attention, his lengthy essay outputs almost no sense.

Bokor is only seeking attention, his lengthy essay outputs almost no sense.
Talk Some 9 years ago

This is nice and well written piece by Dr. Now you CY Anky-K has no contribution so you do what illiterates do, attack his persona with a one line sentence. Shame on you.

This is nice and well written piece by Dr. Now you CY Anky-K has no contribution so you do what illiterates do, attack his persona with a one line sentence. Shame on you.
J.K. Donkor 9 years ago

It has become obvious than J.K. Bokor is not only a silly but tribal and partisan, who has nothing sensible to offer readers.

It has become obvious than J.K. Bokor is not only a silly but tribal and partisan, who has nothing sensible to offer readers.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

At a church meeting a very wealthy Parliamentarian rose to tell the rest of those present about his Christian faith.

"I'm a millionaire," he said, "and I attribute it all to the rich blessings of God in my l ...
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At a church meeting a very wealthy Parliamentarian rose to tell the rest of those present about his Christian faith.

"I'm a millionaire," he said, "and I attribute it all to the rich blessings of God in my life. I remember that turning point in my faith. I had just earned my first dollar and I went to a church meeting that night. The speaker was a missionary who told about his work. I knew that I only had a dollar bill and had to either give it all to God's work or nothing at all. So at that moment I decided to give my whole dollar to God. I believe that God blessed that decision, and that is why I am a rich man today."

He finished and there was an awed silence at his testimony as he moved toward his seat. As he sat down a little old lady sitting in the same pew leaned over and said to him: "I dare you to do it again."

Ursula Owusu is like the hypocrite Millionaire MP.She bought one of The Ghana airways property for a cheap price.If the MPS are not making money ,why do they waste their time to campaign and go to court when things are not in their favor?
Pumpuni 9 years ago

Dr. J.K. Bokor makes sense for the very first time. Please keep your "repentance". Don't go back to your old ways.

Dr. J.K. Bokor makes sense for the very first time. Please keep your "repentance". Don't go back to your old ways.
Dr. Otto 9 years ago

How on earth can Bokor, a whole Ph.D holder in English write such an amalgamated sequential meaningless composition?

I wonder how J.K. Bokor got his Ph.D in English!

How on earth can Bokor, a whole Ph.D holder in English write such an amalgamated sequential meaningless composition?

I wonder how J.K. Bokor got his Ph.D in English!
Adzidovia Kwaku 9 years ago

It is clear that you don't know the benefits of good writing in a language that many people struggle to understand because of what the language itself is (a language of power and colonialism).

Fools like you cannot know th ...
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It is clear that you don't know the benefits of good writing in a language that many people struggle to understand because of what the language itself is (a language of power and colonialism).

Fools like you cannot know that those who communicate properly in English are those who use the language the way Dr. Bokor does. He is writing for diverse readers who don't need any dictionary nearby to come along with him. As a good communicator, he seeks to reach out to his readers the way he writes.

What is the value of big words and useless, terse constructions of the sort that Okoampah and fools like him who misuse English juist to prove that they have a Ph.D. in it?

My friend, the enlightened ones like Dr. Bokor will use English to communicate in a simple mode to all readers, including fools like you, so you can understand him. No need for long, winding, convoluted structures and archaic words/usages in this 21st century.

Are you so stupid as not to know that the white people themselves who own the English language don't use it the way people like you do? Go figure it all out and come back here more informed.
Joe Hohoe 9 years ago

Adzidovia Kwaku, the fact is your bloody Ewe uncle Bokor makes no tincture of sense and that is his problem if you dare to know. Now shut you dirty and bloody Ewe snout and fuck off! RIGHT!!!

Adzidovia Kwaku, the fact is your bloody Ewe uncle Bokor makes no tincture of sense and that is his problem if you dare to know. Now shut you dirty and bloody Ewe snout and fuck off! RIGHT!!!
ghanaman 9 years ago

First, brilliant job done, Mike!

Next, fact is, the population, especially the electorate, must be blamed. How many voters in Ghana appreciate the issues raised in parliament and the bearings that decisions made in that au ...
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First, brilliant job done, Mike!

Next, fact is, the population, especially the electorate, must be blamed. How many voters in Ghana appreciate the issues raised in parliament and the bearings that decisions made in that august body have on their daily lives?

Michael, you are worried, because you can dissect the outpourings of our elected, and discern the truth from mere hype. is that the case with the broader electorate?

What makes these MPs behave and talk the way they do, is the fact that the majority of the electorate enjoy the current concert-party politics, whereby MPs hop from one radio/TV station to another, spewing balderdash at each other at the top of their voices.

Ghana's future remains to be shaped by the crop of political observers/critics who lay emphasis on voter education, formal and informal, to usher in a new age where voters are conscious of issues at play in elections and how these issues relate to their daily lives.

My humble prayer is that you, through your critical examination of current political and social issues, as evident in your pieces, work conscientiously toward making it to that list.

Keeping hitting hard, brother Mike!

Nii Fio Shammom 9 years ago

Dr Bokor's attempt to draw an analogy between Ghana's parliament and those of the most advanced democracies is inappropriate.The age differences alone speak volumes.It is true Ghana's parliamentarians have performed below exp ...
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Dr Bokor's attempt to draw an analogy between Ghana's parliament and those of the most advanced democracies is inappropriate.The age differences alone speak volumes.It is true Ghana's parliamentarians have performed below expectation but these are men women elected by Ghanaians regardless of their abilities.Nothing much can be especially when parliament can't even call an uncouth parliamentarian to order.
Kwapps 9 years ago

With your history of attacking everything NPP and defending everything NDC, what gives you the moral high ground to attack anyone; you have sold your soul(pen) to the devil and here you are trying to preach to someone. I don' ...
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With your history of attacking everything NPP and defending everything NDC, what gives you the moral high ground to attack anyone; you have sold your soul(pen) to the devil and here you are trying to preach to someone. I don't take you serious at all.
Mawuetornam Dugbazah 9 years ago

So far, this article has only done what the typical Ghanaian mind does with words: compare and contrast politics.

Where are the suggestions regarding improving upon the indigenous systems of government that our forefather ...
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So far, this article has only done what the typical Ghanaian mind does with words: compare and contrast politics.

Where are the suggestions regarding improving upon the indigenous systems of government that our forefathers left us?

Dr. Bokor is not very innovative in his technique of criticism. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Apostle Mawuetornam Dugbazah
In favour of dealing with cultural stereotypes where the West is made to look overly HOLY
Mawuetornam Dugbazah 9 years ago

Ghana's parliament does not even have an indigenous name to go with its local purpose. How can the people really relate to an entity that has no bearing upon the lifestyle of most Ghanaians in the rural area?

Today, I wou ...
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Ghana's parliament does not even have an indigenous name to go with its local purpose. How can the people really relate to an entity that has no bearing upon the lifestyle of most Ghanaians in the rural area?

Today, I would like to ask, what is the Evhe, Akan or even Sissala term for parliament? And how do the rural folk really perceive the parliamentary system of government today?

Dr. Bokor, perhaps you should use that Ph.D. to really research Ghana's local perceptions of parliamentary democracy. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Apostle Mawuetornam Dugbazah
Never willing to believe that the West is righteous or just

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