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Abe 8 years ago

One goes to church pays ones contributions and expects at least the Minister to preach about cleanliness and maintence of good sanitation instead the preaching is about what happened thousands of years ago when cleanliness wa ...
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One goes to church pays ones contributions and expects at least the Minister to preach about cleanliness and maintence of good sanitation instead the preaching is about what happened thousands of years ago when cleanliness was was the done thing so never appeared in the Bible. Pastors and Ministers claim they follow the words of the Bible but never go out into their communities to to clean after church service. Who is expected to do this job when it is rather the church goers who litters our communities with their pure water etc. Churches must also contribute towards buying litter bins around their churches and encourage after church activities like cleaning around their church or Mosques 6 times a week resting on the on what they deam to be their Sabbath's day.
Hollandey 8 years ago

And they will work.
There is nothing to do at these offices
Nothing.

And they will work.
There is nothing to do at these offices
Nothing.
xyz 8 years ago

Instead of contributing to build community factories so that our youth can get jobs to do, we are rather contributing to build community churches where pastors and other preachers used that as a conduit to line their pockets! ...
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Instead of contributing to build community factories so that our youth can get jobs to do, we are rather contributing to build community churches where pastors and other preachers used that as a conduit to line their pockets! We are truly a sick people and no wonder we are the poorest as Africans
MANTSE 8 years ago

This writer has to be HIGHLY COMMENDED for capturing the thoughts of many of us in a few Paragraphs.

This writer has to be HIGHLY COMMENDED for capturing the thoughts of many of us in a few Paragraphs.
Kwadaso 8 years ago

It is time to bring back social studies to reach our children how to be good citizens.The country need a shift in culture which will do away with our destructive unsanitary habits.We need an Amewu type leader to lead the coun ...
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It is time to bring back social studies to reach our children how to be good citizens.The country need a shift in culture which will do away with our destructive unsanitary habits.We need an Amewu type leader to lead the country to systematically reform our attitude and culture towards sanitation as well as to transform how we deal with the sanitation crises in Ghana.
Isaidit 8 years ago

If Ghanaians were a tenth as committed to good sanitary practices as we are about religion Ghana would be the most cleanest country in the World.

If Ghanaians were a tenth as committed to good sanitary practices as we are about religion Ghana would be the most cleanest country in the World.
Owu, Philadelphia 8 years ago

It's about time we call a spade a spade, no more free lunches. The so called men of God are destroying families and causing havoc in Ghanaian society. Most of them deserves to be in jail, because of lack of integrity, transpa ...
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It's about time we call a spade a spade, no more free lunches. The so called men of God are destroying families and causing havoc in Ghanaian society. Most of them deserves to be in jail, because of lack of integrity, transparency and accountability.

The whole system is morally bankrupt and need strict measures to move the country forward. Stakeholders are supposed to serve mother Ghana not to enrich themselves by misappropriation of public funds. Some of them are doing disservice to the nation and we shouldn't tolerate their deceits and behavior.
Ken Ntiamoa 8 years ago

“Ghana is a prayer loving, God fearing nation."--- you wrote.
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No, sir. Ghanaians are not God-fearing. We pretend to be God-fearing. Prayer-loving; yes we are. We pray loudly and in ...
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“Ghana is a prayer loving, God fearing nation."--- you wrote.
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No, sir. Ghanaians are not God-fearing. We pretend to be God-fearing. Prayer-loving; yes we are. We pray loudly and in open-places so everyone will know that we're Christians. Meanwhile, the Bible admonishes us to pray in-camera. The Bible says,

"S3 woreb) mpae a, hy3 wo pia mu, na to wo pono mu, na bo w'agya a )w) soro no mpae; na w'agya a )w) soro no b3tua wo ka w) dwa so"

Ghanaians are hypocrites; that's what we are.

Ken
Xtc 8 years ago

Bam Ghanaians are not God fearing at all,go to church on Sunday and do all that is immoral on other days of the week

Bam Ghanaians are not God fearing at all,go to church on Sunday and do all that is immoral on other days of the week
ONAAPO 8 years ago

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.we really are hypocrites. father ABRAHAM,ISSAC,AND JACOB.SEE HOW HARD THEY WORKED. LOOK AT JOSEPH STORY? HARD WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.we really are hypocrites. father ABRAHAM,ISSAC,AND JACOB.SEE HOW HARD THEY WORKED. LOOK AT JOSEPH STORY? HARD WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

OBREMPON N.Y USA 8 years ago

Yes NANA SPOKE FRANKNESS and Your
ANALYSIS TRUTHFUL.

Yes NANA SPOKE FRANKNESS and Your
ANALYSIS TRUTHFUL.
Balfour 8 years ago

Nothing zero

Nothing zero
G. K. Berko 8 years ago

Yeah, right! Nana himself is one of the prominent entities who contribute to the falsehoods of what Prayer alone could do for us.

Didn't he go to the Wailing Wall, in Jerusalem, Israel, to pray for success in his next pre ...
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Yeah, right! Nana himself is one of the prominent entities who contribute to the falsehoods of what Prayer alone could do for us.

Didn't he go to the Wailing Wall, in Jerusalem, Israel, to pray for success in his next presidential bid? Why didn't he pray at home and save the money spent in that trip for, say, helping pay for some poor kid's school fees, or offer it as incentive for others to clean up their neighborhood filth that had been piling up over the years and posing health hazards?

His success at the Election this time around was more because of Mahama's own stubbornness to stop corruption among his cohorts than any better campaigning Akufo-Addo set himself to undertake. And he could have campaigned a little harder than Mahama, too.

So, Nana won largely on default of Mahama's disappointing performance. And I do not believe, one bit, that God is the one that imposed failure on Mahama to allow Akufo-Addo appear more attractive to the Electorate to give Nana victory. If anything at all, God might have ensured the peaceful environment under which the Elections took place. But that was for both and all other candidates a level plain field to operate in.

Having finally won, Nana, I bet my bottom dollar, most possibly, believes it was his visit to the Wailing Wall that produced his much hoped for results at the Elections.

Well, God helps those who really help themselves, as the author mentioned. In all we do, God expects us to put in our utmost efforts as would be allowed by our gift of His intellect that he created us with. If we approach any tasks with half-strength, we should not expect to achieve the full results possible.

The story or Parable of the Talents in the Bible is probably more apt in this context. The Rich master who shared a certain amount among his three servants to take care of it till he came back from a long trip rewarded the servants according to how they had wisely used their shares (or talents). The Master gave one servant 5 talents, the second, 3, and the third, 1. The servants who got 5 and 3 Talents worked with them to multiply them. The servant who got the least, 1, talent, simply buried his share to secure it for the Master, and nothing more.

On his return, the Master rewarded the two who used the talents to work to let them multiply. And he then took the talent from the servant who only buried his to add to that of the servant who got the most from the beginning, 5, and doubled it to 10.

He then told the servant who lost his that, at least, he could have deposited it in the bank to earn some interest.

So, that explains our general mediocrity in advancement. We only seem to use Prayers to preserve whatever few resources we have. But we cannot even trust God enough to use our brainpower he gave us to risk a bit to improve upon what we have.

Hence, we even lose what He had endowed us with from the beginning. It is not the number of Churches we build, or how long we spend in attending Churches or pray that would help us out of our predicament. It is how best we really and practically employ the talents that God has given us that would help us grow in wealth and prosperity.

That was a very good piece by the author. My kudos to him.

Long Live Ghana!!!
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GHANAMAN THE REAL 8 years ago

.....BUT like the lazy brained and blinkered people that we are, it'll take a protracted education by our serious matured President and enlightened citizens like you and I to deliver our Country from the rot we are stuck in o ...
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.....BUT like the lazy brained and blinkered people that we are, it'll take a protracted education by our serious matured President and enlightened citizens like you and I to deliver our Country from the rot we are stuck in over all these wasted years since independence and begin to move forward into the 21st century! The advantage of living in the West is that, historically, countries like Britain and most of Europe also went through years like we're doing in Ghana praying and building churches and mighty cathedrals all over but they also eventually became enlightened when the filth and squalor they were wallowing in resulted in epidemics which wiped out millions, worse than even happening in Africa now, and then they suddenly opened their eyes to realise that environmental engineering and helping themselves was the way to go rather than praying for miracles! And after centuries of their self reliance what do we see now but most churches been torn down to make room for housing, industrial estates or even entertainment establishments like Bingo halls in Britain and, has the Heavens fallen down? No because people are happier having decent homes to live in and more employment to earn a decent living!! Do we therefore need any better lessons? Time to wake up Ghanaians!!!
Kutsii 8 years ago

Go way u over there. Don't misquote scripture. God help those who cannot help themselves. Go and ask your pastor and come back. Nonsense

Go way u over there. Don't misquote scripture. God help those who cannot help themselves. Go and ask your pastor and come back. Nonsense
Picanti 8 years ago

God created everything through hardwork and rested.During those working days God was not praying he was moving putting things in order that everything became perfect.toomuch prayers.

God created everything through hardwork and rested.During those working days God was not praying he was moving putting things in order that everything became perfect.toomuch prayers.
mr bond 8 years ago

The dirty garbage all over our cities in our civilised progress into civilised society prove we are not into cleanliness is next to godliness but disgusting character pigs.

The dirty garbage all over our cities in our civilised progress into civilised society prove we are not into cleanliness is next to godliness but disgusting character pigs.
jerubbaal 8 years ago

don't you think that some people go to the allnight because they have no place to sleep

don't you think that some people go to the allnight because they have no place to sleep
Yaw Beer 8 years ago

It is my hope that the writer sends this to all the parasitic churches who have avoided saying the truth.
Institutions such as churches can play a huge part in the new world called civilisation.
My Gh brothers and sisters ...
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It is my hope that the writer sends this to all the parasitic churches who have avoided saying the truth.
Institutions such as churches can play a huge part in the new world called civilisation.
My Gh brothers and sisters have no understanding and yes true that every time one criticise the role of the modern church, one is considered so called "obonsam", energy of progress "die".
It is about time we grow up and as they saying goes "charity begins at home".
Let us start from our bunkers and strive to achieve a goal.
Thank you

Keli Mensah 8 years ago

Hard truths. Thanks

Hard truths. Thanks
BELINDA 8 years ago

Ghana is not God fearing country. d people in Ghana invoke God heart. even today's church has turn into something u can't explain

Ghana is not God fearing country. d people in Ghana invoke God heart. even today's church has turn into something u can't explain
BELINDA 8 years ago

Ghana is not God fearing country. d people in Ghana invoke God heart, even today's church has come something u can't explained

Ghana is not God fearing country. d people in Ghana invoke God heart, even today's church has come something u can't explained
Ekow Samuel. 8 years ago

The ghana is well among with high woshipper to God Almighty ,so when its comes that there something that you have to bee involontiea, there is a part they use to do as what am expercting that it use to bee in down town ghana ...
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The ghana is well among with high woshipper to God Almighty ,so when its comes that there something that you have to bee involontiea, there is a part they use to do as what am expercting that it use to bee in down town ghana .That places which remain to clean must to be clean and even though as well as it is and realy God dose not need the dirty and it must to be very discent as did or doing in you house and the same to the public and you not need someone to clean for you,so the hoping is we do not gather dirty in the house and never and since that the house must to be clean ,so that place must to clean immedialy of the commenity that you are staying and for let those whom are not in the area for staying to do the wrong things which is unlawful to God as the statement is stateing about the fearing God whom is stateing to bee in very careful for not beeing that,and again, the area must to get the person spercial for watching day and nigth for those spercial areas of what is being that! of troying unnescessary thing to that point and it must to be stoping from now going,God bless you and oman ghana.
PATAPAA TRUMP 8 years ago

Ghanaians prays 24hours a day but are not clean to near the God they worship this is unacceptable ghanaians are not Self disciplined and it is time we change our attitude.

Ghanaians prays 24hours a day but are not clean to near the God they worship this is unacceptable ghanaians are not Self disciplined and it is time we change our attitude.
HONESTLY 8 years ago

THE GUTTER IN NIMA HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 1957

THE GUTTER IN NIMA HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 1957
Emmanuel senyo 8 years ago

if Nana thinks we pray too much without working he might be right but he should be aware that the role of leaderships since independence is not working either.

if Nana thinks we pray too much without working he might be right but he should be aware that the role of leaderships since independence is not working either.
Freddie 8 years ago

He is right on the money!! We have to set our priorities to enable us to be more efficient and competitive. We cannot spend an hour for prayers at the work place- you can do that on your lunch break, but not during working ho ...
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He is right on the money!! We have to set our priorities to enable us to be more efficient and competitive. We cannot spend an hour for prayers at the work place- you can do that on your lunch break, but not during working hours. Also, the filth that we create is all about education. A lot of people in the country lack basic hygienic knowledge. They throw garbage everywhere because they know that someone else would clean it. If we humans cannot get that common sense to clean after ourselves, then what are we? Are we animals or what?
MEOME 8 years ago

GHANAIANS ARE REALY MISUSEING JESUS !!!!!OMG?????????WE HAVE EYES,NOSE, MOUTH, WE CAN SEE ALL THESE THINGS. ARE WE PRAYING TO GOD TO SEND ANOTHER JESUS (BORLA MAN JESUS) TO COME AND CLEAN UP FOR US,BECAUSE HE SENT ONE FOR OUR ...
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GHANAIANS ARE REALY MISUSEING JESUS !!!!!OMG?????????WE HAVE EYES,NOSE, MOUTH, WE CAN SEE ALL THESE THINGS. ARE WE PRAYING TO GOD TO SEND ANOTHER JESUS (BORLA MAN JESUS) TO COME AND CLEAN UP FOR US,BECAUSE HE SENT ONE FOR OUR SINS.ALL THE CHURCHES MUST JOIN HANDS IN THESE AREA TO MAKE THE COUNTRY CLEAN.
karo 8 years ago

Lost for words. Moat Ghanaians are like animals anyway. Just terrible creatures not for any purpose. The only person who can clean up Ghana is the North Korean leader. The entire country stinks and the lazy Ghanaians are so p ...
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Lost for words. Moat Ghanaians are like animals anyway. Just terrible creatures not for any purpose. The only person who can clean up Ghana is the North Korean leader. The entire country stinks and the lazy Ghanaians are so proud of it.

AK 8 years ago

Change in work ethics must start st the district levels and with DCEs. They spend 80% of their working hours receiving visitors and family members. Every weekend they go to funerals and other private functions with government ...
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Change in work ethics must start st the district levels and with DCEs. They spend 80% of their working hours receiving visitors and family members. Every weekend they go to funerals and other private functions with government vehicles fueled by the District Assemblies. If they cannot set good examples, they cannot hold the feet of their workers to the fire.

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