Ibrahim Mahama and SSNIT: A case of groupthink

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Wiafe 8 years ago

Stop defending a crook. Ibrahim Mahama is a thief. Stop wasting your sociological analysis on a despicable person as Ibrahim Mahama.

Nobody is pulling down Ibrahim--it is his own wrongs that have caught up with him.

Stop defending a crook. Ibrahim Mahama is a thief. Stop wasting your sociological analysis on a despicable person as Ibrahim Mahama.

Nobody is pulling down Ibrahim--it is his own wrongs that have caught up with him.
Kasavubu 8 years ago

As a very good student of Social Psychology, am at pains to relate the concept of Groupthink to Crabology which in ordinary parlance represents the PULL HIM DOWN syndrome. Having studied under the feet of Don Yangyouru, PHD, ...
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As a very good student of Social Psychology, am at pains to relate the concept of Groupthink to Crabology which in ordinary parlance represents the PULL HIM DOWN syndrome. Having studied under the feet of Don Yangyouru, PHD, Legon in those days, l got it that the concept of GROUPTHINK was developed out of the Bay of Pigs fiasco...a happening under President JFK. Groupthink is purely a case of bigotry or one sided thinking. It is NOT to bring down or hinder the development of any as in Crabology that the writer seem to paint.
Even in crabology a critical analysis will show that it is the desire of all to escape from the lidless bowl that makes a brother to touch or hold a brother. Possibly, the weight of the one below pulls down the one above since the one above gets no object to cling unto.
Pull Him Down yes, but Groupthink? l beg to differ! Group think leads to all agreeing to it that the King is clothed in the most beautiful apparel until a young-milk-sop comes to open our eyes that our King is virtually NAKED. That definitely cannot be a sabotaging, undermining or hating concept.
Thanks.
Amevor 8 years ago

Mr. Kasavubu, thanks for your educative comment and educating that empty big headed presumably NDC prat & moron.

Mr. Kasavubu, thanks for your educative comment and educating that empty big headed presumably NDC prat & moron.
Salifu 8 years ago

There is no distinction between between bigotry and pull him down. Yes on sided thinking because people in the group are allergic to new things. The writer is right. Groupthink somewhat relates to crabology. SSNIT is fake!

There is no distinction between between bigotry and pull him down. Yes on sided thinking because people in the group are allergic to new things. The writer is right. Groupthink somewhat relates to crabology. SSNIT is fake!
Emmanuel 8 years ago

You maybe right that SSNIT is fake but until they are caught for wrong doing, let us first deel with the wrong that has 'manifested' itself.

You maybe right that SSNIT is fake but until they are caught for wrong doing, let us first deel with the wrong that has 'manifested' itself.
Emmanuel 8 years ago

Kasavubu, Please you and your Legon Lecturers must focus on application of concepts. The writer is absolutely right about groupthink in the sense that he is talking about holistic Ghana and their mindsets. He illustrated with ...
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Kasavubu, Please you and your Legon Lecturers must focus on application of concepts. The writer is absolutely right about groupthink in the sense that he is talking about holistic Ghana and their mindsets. He illustrated with how expatriate firms are allowed to evade tax. Yes, groupthink, onesided thinking of Ghanaians against their own.
Thabo 8 years ago

Wiafe be very honest to yourself is it only Ibrahim who hasn't been paid SSNIT contributions of his workers?Is not fair at all.yet you open your dirty mouth to call Ibrahim a criminal.He has paid the outstanding but yet he's ...
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Wiafe be very honest to yourself is it only Ibrahim who hasn't been paid SSNIT contributions of his workers?Is not fair at all.yet you open your dirty mouth to call Ibrahim a criminal.He has paid the outstanding but yet he's been sent to court.God will judge us all one day.
Amevor 8 years ago

What a stupid analysis. Who is pulling who down ?

What a stupid analysis. Who is pulling who down ?
joe 8 years ago

Amevor wasted sperm!

Amevor wasted sperm!
Amevor 8 years ago

That is why there is a curse on your family.Your mother is also suffering from leprosy and can't even get something to eat and you are supporting a conman who is stealing. You will continue to be unemployed

That is why there is a curse on your family.Your mother is also suffering from leprosy and can't even get something to eat and you are supporting a conman who is stealing. You will continue to be unemployed

Salifu 8 years ago

He is not defending Ibrahim. He says state institutions must stop maltreating Ghanaian business owners.

He is not defending Ibrahim. He says state institutions must stop maltreating Ghanaian business owners.
Jim w 8 years ago

It is a known fact that the Government of Ghana is owing the companies associated with Ibrahim Mahama . Pay him and let him fulfill his obligations; is it not a known fact that the government is owning ssnit in respect of wor ...
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It is a known fact that the Government of Ghana is owing the companies associated with Ibrahim Mahama . Pay him and let him fulfill his obligations; is it not a known fact that the government is owning ssnit in respect of workers contributions why has ssnit not taken the government to court ? Is the government not owning contractors? Please let's not kill the hen that lays the golden eggs. He is employing over 2000 let not sit down for evil minded to thrive!
Charles Agbenu 8 years ago

Stop this mediocre w and silly argument .
Govt owes Ibrshim under some conditions in some different companies. Ibra owes SSNIT under different conditions. They are not the same. Dont confuse

Stop this mediocre w and silly argument .
Govt owes Ibrshim under some conditions in some different companies. Ibra owes SSNIT under different conditions. They are not the same. Dont confuse
Klinker 8 years ago

Nana, you couldn't have said more. Believe it or not. Ibrahim Mahama's company may not be the only one that owe SSNIT in form of contributions. There are others outside there who owe more than what Engineers and Planners owe. ...
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Nana, you couldn't have said more. Believe it or not. Ibrahim Mahama's company may not be the only one that owe SSNIT in form of contributions. There are others outside there who owe more than what Engineers and Planners owe. But why should it be Ibrahim? What were SSNIT officials doing till this time. Witch hunters.
ADWEN 8 years ago

Nana Yaw or whoever you may be does seem to understand the meaning of groupthink. Even if you do you are misapplying the concept to the Ibrahim Mahama and SSNIT case. What groups are you referring to here? The relevance of gr ...
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Nana Yaw or whoever you may be does seem to understand the meaning of groupthink. Even if you do you are misapplying the concept to the Ibrahim Mahama and SSNIT case. What groups are you referring to here? The relevance of groupthink situations occurred in Ghana when the whole NDC as a party and group bought into John Dramani Mahama awarding contract to his brother and the NDC party as a group found nothing wrong with it, also when the whole NDC party as a group agreed with John Dramani Mahama when he stupidly released the Montie 3. These are the situations where groupthink applies.
The case involving Ibrahim is that of criminal intent to defraud the nation of Ghana and to deprive poor and disadvantaged Ghanaians of their livelihood.
Nii 8 years ago

You are taking groupthink literally. The author is talking about Ghanaian mentality. Our onesided thinking that PRESIDENT'S relatives must not succeed. You are rather misapplying.The linkage between groupthink and SSNIT/Ibrah ...
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You are taking groupthink literally. The author is talking about Ghanaian mentality. Our onesided thinking that PRESIDENT'S relatives must not succeed. You are rather misapplying.The linkage between groupthink and SSNIT/Ibrahim as espoused by the author is very clear clear.
Dansoman 8 years ago

Groupthink means the writer must see a group?

Groupthink means the writer must see a group?
ADWEN 8 years ago

It is sad you people don't understand what the topic is about. What has groupthink got to do with Ghanaian mentality? The guy's whole article is based on a principle which is he is not applying correctly.

It is sad you people don't understand what the topic is about. What has groupthink got to do with Ghanaian mentality? The guy's whole article is based on a principle which is he is not applying correctly.
JDM VICTIM 8 years ago

Oh yes,the real criminals by and large are the top civil servants not necessarily the politicians in the limelight.We call them white collar criminals who master the act of theft with ink and paper.The concept of crabology va ...
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Oh yes,the real criminals by and large are the top civil servants not necessarily the politicians in the limelight.We call them white collar criminals who master the act of theft with ink and paper.The concept of crabology vary from one cultural group to the other but in my humble opinion more severe in Northern Ghana despite endemic poverty and deprivation.The average northerner is morbidly jealous and destructive thinking pulling his own brother down in the context of the proverbial crab.One can point to a fortunate coincidence of how his own brother John Dramani Mahama's massive,unprecedented,embarrassing defeat as a sitting president,the first of its kind in the fourth republic as a very good example.The performance of the NPP especially in the 3 northern regions showed the hatred and despise northerners had for John Dramani Mahama,one of their own.His woes as a President reminded me of the woes of Dr.Hilla Limann,one of the great intellectuals and incorruptible political leader in the annals of Ghana's history.In fact Limann literally died as a puppet after his overthrow.It goes without saying in this context that there is no smoke without fire in the very suppressive and oppressive attitude of the northern political elite towards their own people.One thing John Mahama and Dr.Hilla Limann share in common was their aversive attitude towards their own people when they were to be their prime protectors as a vulnerable,deprived group.John Mangufuli of Tanzania with a humble beginning as the son of a peasant has demonstrated how to reunite with the grassroots poor with radical social reforms and anti-corruption crusades in the interest of the poor masses.That is not the case with the northern political elite who invoke tyranny,engage in ruthless brutal oppressive acts against his own and wants to be worship as a demagogue.JDM did not only leave his own people,the most vulnerable group in the country hungry through political ineptitude instigated by massive,widespread corruption but also courted extreme anger in engaging in brutal tyranny and oppression against many northerners he unfortunately perceived as a threat.For instance people who campaigned for JDM in 2012 using their own resources lost jobs and businesses in the most cruel and corrupt fashion immediately he ascended office.It was incredible and hard to fathom as to how victims of injustice with their fundamental rights grossly infringed on labeled as anti-government forces.Many were his northern brothers who actually suffered some form of tribal and political persecution in some instances on suspicion that they supported his campaign in 2012.It was extremely ironic to see the government turn against them by deliberately obstructing justice and rule of law using the AG Department and Dominic Ayine in particular as an indirect tool of oppression.The manner in which northerners from all walks of live galvanized to support him in the 2012 campaign and the manner in which northerners turned against him in 2016 is a brisk testimony of our woes in the context of the crabology concept.Sociologists have it that societies develop through innovators but northerners on the average will remain as laggards with minimal progress for a very long time because of the capitalist oriented and bourgeoisie mentality of the northern political elite who want to remain dominant over their people only to be used as subservient slaves and bargain for political power.Unfortunately,the northern intellectual and business elite have bought into this kind of cruel mentality of dominant thinking hinge on greed and avarice because they must be the only ones seen and heard in their respective communities.There is no way in this world where the capitalist oriented mentality of corruption and exploitation of the suffering lot will survive once the masses are increasingly becoming conscious of their rights other than reaching out to them through selfless,devoted service that will improve their lives.In deed one of the things that gladdened me as far as the 2012 election is concerned is that Ghana is certainly moving away from pettiness to issue based voting with the average Ghanaian voter now becoming increasingly conscious of their voting rights and what they desire to better their lives.That is why an incumbent government with all the resources will spend so much money in influencing electorate and still lose so heavily.In deed some of us have predicted in the past that corruption by the dominant ruling ANC party in South Africa will be its bane in giving back political power to minority white rule that will probably take the country back to the dark days of apartheid.The cracks are beginning to show indicating that corruption any day,any time can never surpass the peoples' power and is in fact a dangerous toxin for political survival.The Mahama Government itself was indeed a victim of groupthink syndrome in not recognizing that corruption definitely was going to be a major hindrance particularly being a social democratic government which should be people centered in terms of ideology.Not surprisingly,the verdict of the post election lost investigative report was alas 'corruption and lack of campaign message'.This post-Morten would have been needless if not for the syndrome of 'groupthink' necessitated by corruption,greed and avarice that insulated the government from reality,wise counseling and prudent decisions that were people centered with high yield of returns in electoral fortunes.
wasclean. 8 years ago

Crabology? Most often than not is basically tired to retaliation of a wrong melted out to a group or an individual. My small common sense tells me that....the wrongs of ex. President Mahama is being heaped on the head of hi ...
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Crabology? Most often than not is basically tired to retaliation of a wrong melted out to a group or an individual. My small common sense tells me that....the wrongs of ex. President Mahama is being heaped on the head of his brother'Ibrahim. We all remember saga, sada, the mishandling of the National health insurance concept, the abolishing of the teachers and nurse's allawance, the misuse of the nation's wealth and,and,and many more atrocities melted out to many
Ghanaians . Don't forget the ex president has immunity for a period thus those who suffered and died as a result of the ineptitude of Gvt officials, tons of corruption and the abysmal attitudes of Mahama has no choice than to retaliate what to them is punishment to the ex president's brother. Crabology?

Askandar 8 years ago

Under the leadership of his own brother another business man known as Agoody was jail for the same offence and where were you and your article at that time?

Under the leadership of his own brother another business man known as Agoody was jail for the same offence and where were you and your article at that time?
Agutenga zorko kadare 8 years ago

Ibrahim mahama should start sacking the workers why Kennedy ajarpoy and wotumin should employ them how can stupid people s in ghana want to used in the name of politics to do nonsense agent somebody is the same thing akufo ad ...
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Ibrahim mahama should start sacking the workers why Kennedy ajarpoy and wotumin should employ them how can stupid people s in ghana want to used in the name of politics to do nonsense agent somebody is the same thing akufo addo and bawumia goes round and promise ghana nurse we will restored the alawaas but you can't get money to employ them shame to you 2020 is at the conner
E . K. E 8 years ago

Funny!! You sit there and write nonsense were you in Ghana when Aggudey (CPP) was jailed for not paying his workers' SSNIT?

He's thesame nigga who issued 44 dud cheques. You glorify thieves.
FYI: the president won't cond ...
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Funny!! You sit there and write nonsense were you in Ghana when Aggudey (CPP) was jailed for not paying his workers' SSNIT?

He's thesame nigga who issued 44 dud cheques. You glorify thieves.
FYI: the president won't condone this criminalities on Ibrahim Mahama and Mahama brothers.
The Republican. 8 years ago

This is not the first time something of this nature is happening. A CPP man faced the same issue and even imprisoned.

This is not the first time something of this nature is happening. A CPP man faced the same issue and even imprisoned.
Kobina done 8 years ago

LET WHO CONTRACTED him pay HIM HOW MANY CONTRACTORS WERE OVER PAID IN FULL EVEN BEFORE A IS DONE I.E. PUTING A STUPID HEAD ON STATE BUSES. LET HIS BROTHER PAY HIM AFTER LEAVING THE COUNTRY BANKRUPT.

LET WHO CONTRACTED him pay HIM HOW MANY CONTRACTORS WERE OVER PAID IN FULL EVEN BEFORE A IS DONE I.E. PUTING A STUPID HEAD ON STATE BUSES. LET HIS BROTHER PAY HIM AFTER LEAVING THE COUNTRY BANKRUPT.
NATIVE 8 years ago

Nana Yaw Osei your logic is that of an inhabitant of an Echo Chamber ? You propagate a false concept and then you all in the chamber believe in it despite its stench ! People like you have warped minds, lack intergrity o ...
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Nana Yaw Osei your logic is that of an inhabitant of an Echo Chamber ? You propagate a false concept and then you all in the chamber believe in it despite its stench ! People like you have warped minds, lack intergrity or scruples and will justify moral decadence as the new in vouge behavior. Entrepreneurs create jobs so their criminal behaviors must be excused. ?
A very sad and unfortunate thinking. God safe our motherland Ghana from intellectuals whose minds are so warped they behave like ostriches !! Asking for responsible citizenship from a young businessman to pay taxes and woke rs pension contributions on time is far from group think or crabology . It is intellectually dishonest to justify bad corporate citizenship Mr Osei.
jabthahxy 8 years ago

It's like the writer of the article is high on some narcotic substance

It's like the writer of the article is high on some narcotic substance
Kufusan1_1 8 years ago

Your chop make I chop mentality is pathetic. If this crony capi8is not nipped in the bud, there will surely be a new dawn broadcast. And it won't be nice.

Your chop make I chop mentality is pathetic. If this crony capi8is not nipped in the bud, there will surely be a new dawn broadcast. And it won't be nice.
Jack Toronto 8 years ago

Of all your big loss, you fools in NDC
are not learning that Ghanians are getting tired of your lies, propaganda
and bigotry.

Of all your big loss, you fools in NDC
are not learning that Ghanians are getting tired of your lies, propaganda
and bigotry.
E. C. Armah, Accra 8 years ago

It sad to read when certain politicians have vow to kill themselves, if Ibrahim Mahama is not jail. Is it a cancer in Ghana to see people from different political divide making progress with the little opportunity that comes ...
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It sad to read when certain politicians have vow to kill themselves, if Ibrahim Mahama is not jail. Is it a cancer in Ghana to see people from different political divide making progress with the little opportunity that comes their way. I Remember very well during the investigation of the oil deal when Ghana only opt for 10 percent and the 90 percent into the hands of foreign companies, then President Mills once said if a Ghanaian can also make a millions out of the whole deal and employ Ghanaians,he does not see anything wrong. Let Ghanaians be rich and employ Ghanaians, then make a Chinese man rich. Even if a Ghanaian owes but uses the money wisely let us help the Ghanaian industry to grow then to destroy them. SSNIT if you collapse Ibrahim Mahama's business you loose his future contribution. SSNIT learn from the DSS in the UK how they handle such people and still keep them in business.

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