Nana Addo’s plagiarized speech an embarrassment we must condemn

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Kpengson Ray 8 years ago

Spot on! You said it all!

Spot on! You said it all!
Koo 8 years ago

If he has not turned in his resignation, he must be sacked.

Look at it well: the speech wasn't all that great. He borrowed things that were not even particularly brilliant. He spent so much time reading other inaugural sp ...
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If he has not turned in his resignation, he must be sacked.

Look at it well: the speech wasn't all that great. He borrowed things that were not even particularly brilliant. He spent so much time reading other inaugural speeches that he did not know what was his and what was not his. We can all easily imagine him before his computer cutting and pasting. Easily done. Then he spent the rest of the time reading through the speech, tweaking it here and then, and then got confused as to what belonged to him and what did not.

If he had avoided "cut and paste" from the beginning, he would have escaped this predicament.

Most speech writers are young persons appointed for their talent in speech writing, not for their degrees or talents in other things. They must come up with original formulations after the person they're writing the speech for gives them general directions. The president must have a staff of speech writers, not only one person, and for an important speech as the inaugural one, all must work on it tirelessly until they get it right. This excuse of oversight is complete unacceptable. They had weeks to work on this thing.

This guy must go or be redeployed. His apology is not sufficient to keep him on.
loikyx 8 years ago

manaseh azure the scar face vulture stomach journalist will praise akuffo addo for it. i wonder

manaseh azure the scar face vulture stomach journalist will praise akuffo addo for it. i wonder
CA 8 years ago

I agree, if we want to be taken seriously then we need to admit and accept our shortcomings.

Folks,PHD degrees already awarded have been withdrawn from individuals if it has been detected that the work was not original (du ...
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I agree, if we want to be taken seriously then we need to admit and accept our shortcomings.

Folks,PHD degrees already awarded have been withdrawn from individuals if it has been detected that the work was not original (due plagiarism, academic dishonesty etc) People should stop and ask themselves, if there is any difference between (corruption,plagiarism,and incompentence) the platform upon which Nana won the 2016 elections.
Nii Teiko 8 years ago

I like the style of writing of Gomez but his blablabla mean nothing to me. What is plagiarism to the ordinary Ghanaian? So far us any idiot on this forum on this forum no the source of the quote it is fine with me.

I like the style of writing of Gomez but his blablabla mean nothing to me. What is plagiarism to the ordinary Ghanaian? So far us any idiot on this forum on this forum no the source of the quote it is fine with me.
Kweku trouble 8 years ago

Don't be stupid.

Don't be stupid.
EMMANUEL 8 years ago

WHICH PART OF THE SPEECH WAS PLAGIARIZED? AND HOW

WHICH PART OF THE SPEECH WAS PLAGIARIZED? AND HOW
Bobo Dialoso 8 years ago

Did people die? Did Ghana get sued? Did we lose money? Who gives a shyt?

Did people die? Did Ghana get sued? Did we lose money? Who gives a shyt?
Ghanaian Scholars will Never This sha 8 years ago

Bobo Dialoso pls. don't display your ignorance on Ghana web.It is a SERIOUS OFFENCE in the Academic circles

Bobo Dialoso pls. don't display your ignorance on Ghana web.It is a SERIOUS OFFENCE in the Academic circles
Nii Teiko 8 years ago

"....SERIOUS OFFENCE in the Academic circles"? Inaugural address is not a kind of Peer Review. If governance come across as some academic work, thn how foolish can we be, as people, to allow Akua Donkor to come close to con ...
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"....SERIOUS OFFENCE in the Academic circles"? Inaugural address is not a kind of Peer Review. If governance come across as some academic work, thn how foolish can we be, as people, to allow Akua Donkor to come close to context for the presidency?

Kukrudu 8 years ago

It is a serious offence and so what. Who Jah bless no one curse.

It is a serious offence and so what. Who Jah bless no one curse.
castro 8 years ago

Stupid fool

Stupid fool
ONE GHANA 8 years ago

STUPIDITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL!!!

STUPIDITY AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL!!!
BERNARD 8 years ago

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Gyandu 8 years ago

"... a bigger fish, who obviously feels too important ..." Truth is like a cork. However, I pray my fellow Ghanaians to let this gaffe go; let's give our new government some rope. Early days yet.

"... a bigger fish, who obviously feels too important ..." Truth is like a cork. However, I pray my fellow Ghanaians to let this gaffe go; let's give our new government some rope. Early days yet.
nanny 8 years ago

nana addo wrote the speech himself they are just using the boy for face saving and to denigrate the youth once again. nonesense

nana addo wrote the speech himself they are just using the boy for face saving and to denigrate the youth once again. nonesense
Yaw 8 years ago

Mr. Mensah, frankly speaking, i do not see you as a better communicator even though you striving to your best. keep up it anyway.

Mr. Mensah, frankly speaking, i do not see you as a better communicator even though you striving to your best. keep up it anyway.
Kwame 8 years ago

Mills was superb in kente and it looked like those who dress him up use some art to keep the cloth in place. Mills and even Kufuor did not expose their short pants during their inauguration.
They have been writing that Maha ...
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Mills was superb in kente and it looked like those who dress him up use some art to keep the cloth in place. Mills and even Kufuor did not expose their short pants during their inauguration.
They have been writing that Mahama use to drink vodka when reading his speeches. However they forgot to give Nana some water and we watched how he suffered with the running nose, cough and loosing breath.
The next time Nana want to give a speech as he president of Ghana he should go for General Mosquito to be at his side.
Samson 8 years ago

This is a well written and balanced article. Thank you.

This is a well written and balanced article. Thank you.
castro 8 years ago

I thought dey wer babies with sharp brains .Apuuutooor.

I thought dey wer babies with sharp brains .Apuuutooor.

kwesi 8 years ago

If he is well educated and wise as they want us to believe, why he did not speak from his heart to Ghanians

If he is well educated and wise as they want us to believe, why he did not speak from his heart to Ghanians
NANA 8 years ago

Agyeeiiiiii.........NANA ADDO i'm told is competent and Mahama is incompetent (Bawumia, 2016). Now it's clear NANA ADDO is competent in plagiarizing speeches!

Agyeeiiiiii.........NANA ADDO i'm told is competent and Mahama is incompetent (Bawumia, 2016). Now it's clear NANA ADDO is competent in plagiarizing speeches!
KKO 8 years ago

You are an idiot. The originator, Woodrow Wilson, died 93 years ago. Under US law, anyone can use his speech without attribution. That is why both Bush and Clinton used sections of it without attribution.

Get a life!

You are an idiot. The originator, Woodrow Wilson, died 93 years ago. Under US law, anyone can use his speech without attribution. That is why both Bush and Clinton used sections of it without attribution.

Get a life!
AKWE 8 years ago

NASTY ARTICLE. COULD YOU HAVE DONE BETTER ?

NASTY ARTICLE. COULD YOU HAVE DONE BETTER ?
ONE GHANA 8 years ago

TWEAA!!!

TWEAA!!!
Dee 8 years ago

NANA OOOOOO NANA
GOD BLESS U
WE LOVE YOU TOO MUCH

NANA OOOOOO NANA
GOD BLESS U
WE LOVE YOU TOO MUCH
Amidini 8 years ago

Nana Addo was only desperate to be prez and nothing else

Nana Addo was only desperate to be prez and nothing else
Habib 8 years ago

idiocy has started in NPP. talk is cheap and the truth of the matter will soon catch up with the 72-year old Nana and Dr. Pink sheet Bawumia and the larger idiocy of the NPP.

idiocy has started in NPP. talk is cheap and the truth of the matter will soon catch up with the 72-year old Nana and Dr. Pink sheet Bawumia and the larger idiocy of the NPP.
Mr Bond 8 years ago

Wisdom and knowledge has elude us and we think we are wise than our own brains but we are fools than nonsense.We are using plagiarize and manipulated language and we still got audacity to talk plagiarize.The British colonized ...
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Wisdom and knowledge has elude us and we think we are wise than our own brains but we are fools than nonsense.We are using plagiarize and manipulated language and we still got audacity to talk plagiarize.The British colonized many countries and they learn their plagiarize language and after independence they abandon the queen language and use their own language to educate themselves and develop.example are Israel,India,Pakistan,Iraq,Kuwait,Malaysia,South Africa and Ghanaians are plagiarize in the queen language and we got audacity to talk nonsense.We drive foreign cars and abandon our own and we talk about plagiarize?Then let stop and behave like human being and not animals.Why use English which is not you language.We fools and if we don't know.An author who I don't want to write her name who a Book call fifty shade of grey. Lift the title from a movie call "The General's Daughter" Even the write plagiarize.Fools should learn sense for once.
TRUTH AND WISDOM 8 years ago

CHECK YOUR SENTENCES

CHECK YOUR SENTENCES

koo nimo.seattle wa u s a, 8 years ago

nana apeecH was more of too manytimes excellency.damn it and yet having problem pronouncing Buhari's name he has calls out 2 times, a own good neighbor president name, damn.

nana apeecH was more of too manytimes excellency.damn it and yet having problem pronouncing Buhari's name he has calls out 2 times, a own good neighbor president name, damn.
Col Q 8 years ago

For ages , this has been very typical of Nana Addo always looking out to brighten his speeches and comments and interviews with quotations and parts of speeches of celebrities, (a sure sign of inferiority complex?)-The call f ...
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For ages , this has been very typical of Nana Addo always looking out to brighten his speeches and comments and interviews with quotations and parts of speeches of celebrities, (a sure sign of inferiority complex?)-The call for the resignation of the speechwriter is out of the question, becos Nana Addo probably told him what he expects in the speech! Apart from that Nana Addo probably read thru the speech over and over again and should have noticed the "mistakes" and REALLY IGNORED THEM AND ACCEPTED THEM!!!
Yaw Manu 8 years ago

You are just one of those out to embarrass Eugene and Nana and NPP.

"It wasn't deliberate" but an omission.

What else to you want to be happy.

Eugene will be fine.

You are just one of those out to embarrass Eugene and Nana and NPP.

"It wasn't deliberate" but an omission.

What else to you want to be happy.

Eugene will be fine.
Beleh Beleh k. Gomez mensah 8 years ago

Abua

Abua
Redfish 8 years ago

Technicalities lol who own which words?

Technicalities lol who own which words?
Paa Kwasi 8 years ago

Very well observed, and comments are spot on, without any personal biases.

Very well observed, and comments are spot on, without any personal biases.
Bonsu, Asokwa Kumasi 8 years ago

Prof.Martey should answer the question whether Nana writer i=of his aclaimed plagirised speech are among the wise or the fools. Those NPP boys seizing toilets, toll booth , NHIs Office, Pasport offices etc are among the wise ...
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Prof.Martey should answer the question whether Nana writer i=of his aclaimed plagirised speech are among the wise or the fools. Those NPP boys seizing toilets, toll booth , NHIs Office, Pasport offices etc are among the wise or among the fools Prof.Martey. To describe one as wise is subjective that is why of all the past moderators of the presby church, Prof. you are the least wise.That is my humble and sincere opinion.
Nana Amane 8 years ago

After condemnation, what is next? Let's get back to work. You guys are behaving as if the speech was meant for an academic award.

After condemnation, what is next? Let's get back to work. You guys are behaving as if the speech was meant for an academic award.

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