Akufo-Addo and Lee Kwan Yew were law mates - Ayikoi Otoo

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MAMA 11 years ago

WHY CAN;NT NANA ADDO PUBLIC HIS CERTIFICATE

WHY CAN;NT NANA ADDO PUBLIC HIS CERTIFICATE
MR. Figure-Out 11 years ago

Jealous Volta will be given back to the Togolese if Trokosis continue to foolishly hate Nana Addo and Ashantis.

Jealous Volta will be given back to the Togolese if Trokosis continue to foolishly hate Nana Addo and Ashantis.
Akuffo Addo: No Cert 11 years ago

It's only an ignorant and crooked fool who will consider someone as a jealous person when he asks for accountability from an obviously fraudulent person who has pulled a fast one on Ghanaians over the years. Akuffo Addo is a ...
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It's only an ignorant and crooked fool who will consider someone as a jealous person when he asks for accountability from an obviously fraudulent person who has pulled a fast one on Ghanaians over the years. Akuffo Addo is a fraud and fake.
REALITY 11 years ago

Trying hard to find a mate for Nana. The more you try to defend Nana the more he is exposed. Can't Nana himself remember his mates? if you are covering Nana from being disgraced just do that and leave us alone. The man (NANA ...
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Trying hard to find a mate for Nana. The more you try to defend Nana the more he is exposed. Can't Nana himself remember his mates? if you are covering Nana from being disgraced just do that and leave us alone. The man (NANA) is NOT a lawyer period.
insight to the bone 11 years ago

the Fantis were mislead into believing ndc meant well and would continue the path of honesty and integrity set by mills . slowly eyes have been opened to see the reality of this hegemonic ayigbe selfish incompetent corrupt go ...
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the Fantis were mislead into believing ndc meant well and would continue the path of honesty and integrity set by mills . slowly eyes have been opened to see the reality of this hegemonic ayigbe selfish incompetent corrupt govt. from now on it will be each his own and ndc will never carry the day again in any of the Akan territories , only ppp cpp or npp will pass. the demographics of the country have changed and now the Fantis speaking people of western and central regions have the numbers to form their own state if pushed into war by these wish to dominate and buga buga oppress ewe led govt. it is not enough that they killed mills now they push further to put the people into poverty and misery hoping to break the spirit of the people as they have been trying to do since before kotoka. first it was the brain drain that took most of the intellectuals away to serve some pointless civil service that ignored their own people instead of decentralization, then the schools were opened to all except those that built and nurtured them in the first place. then came the period of deny any gainful employment so they were forced to emigrate to other lands. then all projects and industry that made logical sense including sustainability were placed elsewhere or not even processed. so today even the tradition industry the ordinary man could do to scratch a living are purposely being neglected or destroyed such as the fishing industry and the farming. we see all and say no more , long live the republic of Akan
Kwesi 11 years ago

So we should believe it because people have published it on Facebook, and one guy said he was called to the bar at the same time as Lee Kwan Yew? What a joke.And this is coming from a former attorney general.

So we should believe it because people have published it on Facebook, and one guy said he was called to the bar at the same time as Lee Kwan Yew? What a joke.And this is coming from a former attorney general.
AKK 11 years ago

You just to9ok my exact thoughts, the fact that this man was a former attorney general makes it more diisturbing.

You just to9ok my exact thoughts, the fact that this man was a former attorney general makes it more diisturbing.
OSLO 11 years ago

I SEE NO REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE LONG TALK ON NANA'S PROFESSION.
IF I WERE NANA, I WILL JUST BRING OUT THE CERTIFICATE. OR EVEN BRING OUT PHOTOCOPY, OR BETTER STILL HIS OLD UNIVERSITY AFFIDAVIT SWEARING THAT HE WAS A T ...
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I SEE NO REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE LONG TALK ON NANA'S PROFESSION.
IF I WERE NANA, I WILL JUST BRING OUT THE CERTIFICATE. OR EVEN BRING OUT PHOTOCOPY, OR BETTER STILL HIS OLD UNIVERSITY AFFIDAVIT SWEARING THAT HE WAS A TRUE LAWYER--- PERIOD!!
jj 11 years ago

where was Phegah or whatever he claim to be when the same nana recommended him and the sane Lawyer won cases before him in the supreme court. Are you guys critical thinkers at least. He mischief has backfired on him. Is it ...
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where was Phegah or whatever he claim to be when the same nana recommended him and the sane Lawyer won cases before him in the supreme court. Are you guys critical thinkers at least. He mischief has backfired on him. Is it a shame that a formal supreme court judge not formal formal account general case will be dismissed at first round. I respect Nana, he has shown maturity in everything. He did not shout as most people would have expected him to do, but follow the rule of law that Kpegah does not know, unfortunately.
kwashi 11 years ago

no, he is going back

no, he is going back
BlindMan 11 years ago

Nana and Korti Y3d3 are bed fellows as well; then where do we go from here? Aykoi Otoo must shut up and spare the public from the unnecessary GOSSIPs!

Nana and Korti Y3d3 are bed fellows as well; then where do we go from here? Aykoi Otoo must shut up and spare the public from the unnecessary GOSSIPs!
kokuvi 11 years ago

LISTEN TO THIS AYIGYE FOOL TOO.

LISTEN TO THIS AYIGYE FOOL TOO.
Sam LARBI 11 years ago

If you ewe criminals refuse to cope with trend of azffairs in Ghana, quit and return to your native Togoland...fools. Who are you to demand the authentic credentials of a royal Ghanaian ?

If you ewe criminals refuse to cope with trend of azffairs in Ghana, quit and return to your native Togoland...fools. Who are you to demand the authentic credentials of a royal Ghanaian ?
GOD KNOWS 11 years ago

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO INSULT EWES AS FOOLS. THIS IS NOT FOR YOUR IMAGE, YOUR TRIBE OR NANAs, IT IS THE IMAGE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY GHANA THAT IS AT STAKE. SHOW THE WORLD THE TRUTH PERIOD. AND NO INSULTS.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO INSULT EWES AS FOOLS. THIS IS NOT FOR YOUR IMAGE, YOUR TRIBE OR NANAs, IT IS THE IMAGE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY GHANA THAT IS AT STAKE. SHOW THE WORLD THE TRUTH PERIOD. AND NO INSULTS.
Justman 11 years ago

NANA BA OHHHHH. THIS CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN KUMASI BANTAMA.THAT IS HIS LAST BOUNDARY OF RULERSHIP.

NANA BA OHHHHH. THIS CAN ONLY BE HEARD IN KUMASI BANTAMA.THAT IS HIS LAST BOUNDARY OF RULERSHIP.
kokuvi 11 years ago

STUPID EWES; GO BACK HOME. YOU ARE NOT GHANAIANS!!!!!!!!

STUPID EWES; GO BACK HOME. YOU ARE NOT GHANAIANS!!!!!!!!
kwashi 11 years ago

You can't stand Ewes? Where is their home? You don't even know history. You people are just noisy..... It was a protectorate!!!!!

You can't stand Ewes? Where is their home? You don't even know history. You people are just noisy..... It was a protectorate!!!!!
Nyatanawu 11 years ago

There are several Ghanaians from some part of the country who used fraudulent certificates in Nigeria and other parts of the world.

If you are defending misrepresentation then you have something to answer.

There are several Ghanaians from some part of the country who used fraudulent certificates in Nigeria and other parts of the world.

If you are defending misrepresentation then you have something to answer.
BEN 11 years ago

NANA SHOULD COME OUT BLOODLY TO SHOW US HIS CERTIFICATE OR ELSE HE WILL BE AMONG THE 419 GUYS

NANA SHOULD COME OUT BLOODLY TO SHOW US HIS CERTIFICATE OR ELSE HE WILL BE AMONG THE 419 GUYS
Kojo T 11 years ago

Let him bring out the certificate

Let him bring out the certificate
Ghanaian 11 years ago

Master, this is not a good solution at all. It just makes things murkier. LKY was called to the English bar in 1950. If Nana claims he was called in 1971 then we are now farther from getting to the bottom of this allegation.

Master, this is not a good solution at all. It just makes things murkier. LKY was called to the English bar in 1950. If Nana claims he was called in 1971 then we are now farther from getting to the bottom of this allegation.
kwashi 11 years ago

the whole Ghana voted against NPP. 8 regions voted against NPP. Why single out Volta alone? Can't you see NPP is becoming unpopular by the day?

the whole Ghana voted against NPP. 8 regions voted against NPP. Why single out Volta alone? Can't you see NPP is becoming unpopular by the day?
NOT USED IN THE ANALYSIS 11 years ago

Another "you and i were not there" syndrome. Oh these NPP people will kill me.

Another "you and i were not there" syndrome. Oh these NPP people will kill me.
aussie 11 years ago

what for??????

what for??????
NANA 11 years ago

BECAUSE HE STOLE SOMEONE CERTIFICATE :

BECAUSE HE STOLE SOMEONE CERTIFICATE :
NANA 11 years ago

WHAT IS NANA ADDO WAITING FOR?
SHOW US YOUR CERTIFICATE AND WE LET YOU REST:

WHAT IS NANA ADDO WAITING FOR?
SHOW US YOUR CERTIFICATE AND WE LET YOU REST:
kwame T 11 years ago

Foolish talk. You people will say that the genuine certificate is fake even if he produces it. You empty headed Ghanians are so full of shit!!!!

Foolish talk. You people will say that the genuine certificate is fake even if he produces it. You empty headed Ghanians are so full of shit!!!!
Zangina 11 years ago

Who is asking for his certificates? Is it you who does not matter in this case or somebody else? How many people can still trace their certificates and how do they matter? If Nana was able to establish himself as a Lawyer of ...
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Who is asking for his certificates? Is it you who does not matter in this case or somebody else? How many people can still trace their certificates and how do they matter? If Nana was able to establish himself as a Lawyer of repute and even as an Attorney General, why would anybody doubt it if his certificates are missing. Since you are not the law, you are not in a position to ask for them even the oldman Kpegah did not ask for them.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 11 years ago

There is now proof that Nana Addo doctored his age. Nana claims to be 69 when his classmate is 91!!!

Everything about Nana is fake - fake law certificate, false teeth, false age etc!!!!

There is now proof that Nana Addo doctored his age. Nana claims to be 69 when his classmate is 91!!!

Everything about Nana is fake - fake law certificate, false teeth, false age etc!!!!
KB 11 years ago

hahhahahahaha, very funny SGT

hahhahahahaha, very funny SGT
Kofi Sarpong, Peckham, London 11 years ago

Where is the logic? I was twenty years older than some of the people I went to uni with. So what? Some of my classmates at teacher training college were old enough to be my parents. Some went to uni and could have course mate ...
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Where is the logic? I was twenty years older than some of the people I went to uni with. So what? Some of my classmates at teacher training college were old enough to be my parents. Some went to uni and could have course mates who could pass for their grandchildren. What's the big deal?
REALITY 11 years ago

Nana used his Father's certificate to buy his way through. All those defending Nana knows the truth, but one day God willing he will be caught.

Nana used his Father's certificate to buy his way through. All those defending Nana knows the truth, but one day God willing he will be caught.
koffi abbass 11 years ago

the big deal is that lky was called to eng bar 1950.nana was 6 then. are u not dissapointed a former ag is relying on a fb post? his statement has actually nailled nana.
those defending nana end up opening d can of worms

the big deal is that lky was called to eng bar 1950.nana was 6 then. are u not dissapointed a former ag is relying on a fb post? his statement has actually nailled nana.
those defending nana end up opening d can of worms
Frank LARBI 11 years ago

In an institution of higher learning, there is no age comparison. When I entered the Mount Mary College, Somanya in 1977, there was one of my seniors, one Mr. Nwia, a long time collaborator of President Nkrumah who completed ...
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In an institution of higher learning, there is no age comparison. When I entered the Mount Mary College, Somanya in 1977, there was one of my seniors, one Mr. Nwia, a long time collaborator of President Nkrumah who completed the sixth-form in 1955, the year of my birth. You fool will doubt that though he could be as old as my dad. Please think before you spew nonsense.
KOFI OPOKU-AGYEMANG, CALIFORNIA 11 years ago

I was forty-seven years young when I started college at the Fresno City College in California, that was in 2001. That same year my son also started college at the San Joaquin Valley College, also in Fresno, California. He was ...
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I was forty-seven years young when I started college at the Fresno City College in California, that was in 2001. That same year my son also started college at the San Joaquin Valley College, also in Fresno, California. He was twenty-two. In 2003 or 2004 I took African American Studies and my daughter was in same class with me, she was twenty-two. Even before my son and I went to college we were in the same class at the Fresno Adult School.
Sgt. Anani, I just want to know and under that age and going to school are two different entities. WHAT IS ARGUMENT OR PROBLEM WITH A YOUNG MAN AND AN OLD MAN BEING CLASSMATES?
YOU WELCOME
HAVE A NICE DAY
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 11 years ago

Struggling to rationalise things this way is laughable. Going to school late in life does not apply to Lee Kwan Yew whatsoever.

If Nana was LKY's mate, then he has reduced his age by about 20 years! Nana is certainly appr ...
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Struggling to rationalise things this way is laughable. Going to school late in life does not apply to Lee Kwan Yew whatsoever.

If Nana was LKY's mate, then he has reduced his age by about 20 years! Nana is certainly approaching 90! Do you remember how Nana collapsed at a rally at Kumasi and his dentures flew out of his mouth?

It is because of Nana's advanced age that Bawumia is forced to stand in for him in the dock at the SC. We would have seen wonders if Nana were in the dock because a combination of old age and wee smoking would have given an interesting result.

And don't you see how Nana's hands shake when he holds anything?
KOBB 11 years ago

AT THE TIME LKY WAS CALLED TO ENGLISH BAR IN 1950, NANA WAS JUST 6YEARS OLD... THINK ABOUT IT

AT THE TIME LKY WAS CALLED TO ENGLISH BAR IN 1950, NANA WAS JUST 6YEARS OLD... THINK ABOUT IT
Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

Your line of argument is faulty. At what age did Tsikata get his first degree? What was the age of some of his classmates?
When I started teaching in a Teacher training college, I was just over 25 years. Some of my students ...
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Your line of argument is faulty. At what age did Tsikata get his first degree? What was the age of some of his classmates?
When I started teaching in a Teacher training college, I was just over 25 years. Some of my students were 45 years. What do you say of that? When I went to Cape Coast University, some of my mates were of my father's age. I remember one was Eastern Regional GNAT president. He will call me at weekends and ask if I can help him with his laundry which I readily did. At least he was my father,s friend and he used to visit my Dad at home. So age has nothing to do with class, especially during those ages.
CORNEY 11 years ago

Frank,it is true that age has nothing to do with education and these days even work since in some companies some of your supervisors can be at the age of your kids but it is also a fact that Akuffo Addo was nowhere close to b ...
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Frank,it is true that age has nothing to do with education and these days even work since in some companies some of your supervisors can be at the age of your kids but it is also a fact that Akuffo Addo was nowhere close to being a classmate to Lee Kwan who was admitted to Middle Temple in 1950,it is very simple for anybody to reseach this except the so called lawyer who could have used even common sense to know that it cannot be possible for Akuffo Addo to be admitted into Middle Temple the same year Lee Kwan was admitted.
star 11 years ago

if in your ooconuts you are not redy to accept his credentials..go to hell. Even me I do not give a hoot as to where my Harvard certificates CUM LAUDE are ..because i can always ask for new ones.. at 50 ..any job that asks fo ...
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if in your ooconuts you are not redy to accept his credentials..go to hell. Even me I do not give a hoot as to where my Harvard certificates CUM LAUDE are ..because i can always ask for new ones.. at 50 ..any job that asks for my original copies..cannot be serious...twits!
NO NONSENSE 11 years ago

BECAUSE HE DOES NOT OWE IT TO KPEGAH TO DO SO.
IF SWEAR BY A STACK OF BIBLES, THAT YOU, MAMA, HAVE A TAIL, WILL YOU PULL DOWN YOUR PANTS TO PROVE IT'S NOT TRUE??????

BECAUSE HE DOES NOT OWE IT TO KPEGAH TO DO SO.
IF SWEAR BY A STACK OF BIBLES, THAT YOU, MAMA, HAVE A TAIL, WILL YOU PULL DOWN YOUR PANTS TO PROVE IT'S NOT TRUE??????
Ghanaian 11 years ago

This only makes matters worse. Lee Kwan Yew was called to the English bar in 1950.

This only makes matters worse. Lee Kwan Yew was called to the English bar in 1950.
kokuvi 11 years ago

YOU SHOULD PUBLISH YOUR MOTHER'S PUSSY AND IT WILL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE. YOU FOOLISH EWES WHO BEGGED NKRUMAH TO BECOME GHANIANS.

YOU SHOULD PUBLISH YOUR MOTHER'S PUSSY AND IT WILL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE. YOU FOOLISH EWES WHO BEGGED NKRUMAH TO BECOME GHANIANS.
Akuffo Addo: No Cert 11 years ago

Doctoring classmates for Akuffo Addict? Ok, the Pope was his classmate but where is Akuffo Addo's law certificate? We're not asking for his classmate but his law certificate; where is it?

Doctoring classmates for Akuffo Addict? Ok, the Pope was his classmate but where is Akuffo Addo's law certificate? We're not asking for his classmate but his law certificate; where is it?
Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

The man said his certificate is missen. Which part about missen don't you understand? No school replaces a missen certificate. Not even WAEC. The best they can do is issue an academic transcript.

The man said his certificate is missen. Which part about missen don't you understand? No school replaces a missen certificate. Not even WAEC. The best they can do is issue an academic transcript.
Akuffo Addo: No Cert 11 years ago

Where is the transcripts, then? And by the way, who asked for his classmate? Isn't it his certificate which is in contention here? Is he classmates with the cardinals too? This childish red herring will not wash so advice you ...
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Where is the transcripts, then? And by the way, who asked for his classmate? Isn't it his certificate which is in contention here? Is he classmates with the cardinals too? This childish red herring will not wash so advice your leader to produce his law certificate instead of produding classmates who are not required.
bex 11 years ago

They are weaving a ridiculous yarn around this important issue. This is showing the caliber, the integrity of the man. I am beginning to suspect all or most of them at the echelon of our government have forged documents. None ...
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They are weaving a ridiculous yarn around this important issue. This is showing the caliber, the integrity of the man. I am beginning to suspect all or most of them at the echelon of our government have forged documents. None of them is strong enough to touch or upset the cart because it is filled with all their filth.
Joe 11 years ago

I am sure Lee Kwan Yew the first president of Singapore, was a president when Akufo-Addo was only a school boy somewhere. How could they have been mates? That would be stretching it a little bit wouldn't it? Kwame Nkrumah was ...
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I am sure Lee Kwan Yew the first president of Singapore, was a president when Akufo-Addo was only a school boy somewhere. How could they have been mates? That would be stretching it a little bit wouldn't it? Kwame Nkrumah was a contemporary of Lee.
bex 11 years ago

Exactly. A lie begets a lie and further lies till we arrive at a ridiculous point. They are running out of lies.

Exactly. A lie begets a lie and further lies till we arrive at a ridiculous point. They are running out of lies.
Obed Adore 11 years ago

Hmmm, Ayi Koi Otoo is making things worse for nana. sadly, this even makes the suspected "impersonation" case more credible. I bet Nana's father could have been Lee Kwan Yew's mate and not Nana Addo himself. Justice Kpegah m ...
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Hmmm, Ayi Koi Otoo is making things worse for nana. sadly, this even makes the suspected "impersonation" case more credible. I bet Nana's father could have been Lee Kwan Yew's mate and not Nana Addo himself. Justice Kpegah may be right after all.. He just did not present his case well. Somebody else will in the coming days; you just wait and see. These supposedly "rumours" and doubt surrounding Nana being a lawyer, etc.. will never die.
You Shall Not Lie 11 years ago

Lee Studied law at Fitzwilliam College, a constituent of Cambridge University. He studied just after the end of the second World War

Lee Studied law at Fitzwilliam College, a constituent of Cambridge University. He studied just after the end of the second World War
Al Haj A A A Rashiid (OH. USA) 11 years ago

Ayikoi Otoo? Omg! Are these guys serious? It is sad to believe that this guy was once Ghana's AG. To think that he would make such a dangerous statement means Ghana is really in trouble and rather makes Nana's case sound susp ...
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Ayikoi Otoo? Omg! Are these guys serious? It is sad to believe that this guy was once Ghana's AG. To think that he would make such a dangerous statement means Ghana is really in trouble and rather makes Nana's case sound suspicious ....

LKY was called to the English Bar in 1950. I believe then Nana was in primary school, may be he was 5 or 6.

Please you guys are making Justice Kpegah a HERO. There must really be something very fishy about this case.

So why can't Nana himself come out and clear the air like Veep Amissah Arthur did. Let us see the "TAKADA"

LEE KWAN YEW? What a Spin!
CORNEY 11 years ago

This Ayikoi Otoo either does not have any basic knowledge in the use of the computer to research or just displaying his ignorance or stupidity as he always does.

"LEE KUAN YEW WAS BORN IN 1923.HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR,MIDD ...
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This Ayikoi Otoo either does not have any basic knowledge in the use of the computer to research or just displaying his ignorance or stupidity as he always does.

"LEE KUAN YEW WAS BORN IN 1923.HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR,MIDDLE TEMPLE,LONDON,IN 1950 AND PRACTISED LAW IN SINGAPORE"

How on earth can this guy who is a learned lawyer cannot do his home work very well before making a comment on a serious case of this nature,how can he think this way?

It is unfortunate people or radio stations continue to give audience to ignorant people like Ayikoi Otoo to make comments on topics they have no knowledge of.
The likes of Ato Dadzie should stop making mockery of themselves commenting all the time that Akuffo Addo is a lawyer just because he practised law or joined the Ghana bar the same year they joined without telling us how he became the lawyer in the first place,they should give us a break and allow the man to prove why he thinks Akuffo Addo is impersonating.

Personally I think this case is not necessary,we should leave Akuffo Addo alone whether he is a lawyer or not,we cannot reverse all that he did as a lawyer in the past whether he was qualified or not.
Why this time,why not long time ago if we knew he was not what he was calling himself to be?
EZEKIEL 11 years ago

IGNORANCE and STUPIDITY are the classmates of this Idiot....Ayikoi Otoo !!!

IGNORANCE and STUPIDITY are the classmates of this Idiot....Ayikoi Otoo !!!
G. K. Berko 11 years ago

I know through a research I made that Lee and Nkrumah used to confer with each other and shared ideas. It is unfortunate that they took different paths in foreign ties that saw Nkrumah being a target for destruction by the mo ...
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I know through a research I made that Lee and Nkrumah used to confer with each other and shared ideas. It is unfortunate that they took different paths in foreign ties that saw Nkrumah being a target for destruction by the more powerful side.

Both shared the strong leadership traits and were even dictatorial, perhaps out of necessity,

Akufo-Addo was then a teenager to young adult, not possibly school mates with Lee...unless, of course, Lee went back to College for a Law degree at Akufo-addo's time at Oxford,

All these could be sorted out with release of info by the Varsities. Why are Schools holding back the info?

Long Live Ghana!!!
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 11 years ago

Certificate is all we are asking for, Not stories.

Certificate is all we are asking for, Not stories.
bex 11 years ago

Dusty, there is spring in your steps. And I detect glee in your tent. Your banners are saying: we got him; we got him now.

And Kpegah is having a rueful last laugh. When he was dealt a bad hand, he went home quietly and g ...
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Dusty, there is spring in your steps. And I detect glee in your tent. Your banners are saying: we got him; we got him now.

And Kpegah is having a rueful last laugh. When he was dealt a bad hand, he went home quietly and got on his knees and now this. Ayikoi!!! Who ever thought!

But we have to be vigilant: Nana is as slippery as they come.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

The High Court can also call for his transcript if they have doubts. So far, it looks like that is not so. The onus does not rest on Akuffo Addo to produce a certificate. to me, if he did that, sleeping dogs would have really ...
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The High Court can also call for his transcript if they have doubts. So far, it looks like that is not so. The onus does not rest on Akuffo Addo to produce a certificate. to me, if he did that, sleeping dogs would have really sleeping. It is Kpegah who should prove Addo is no lawyer in court. Without a court order, is Akuffo Addo under any compulsion to brandish his transcript around? He can chose to do so if he wants.
OTOOMO QUAYE 11 years ago

FINE. SO LET HIM BRING OUT HIS TRANSCRIPT OR SHOW SOME,OTHER EVIDENCE. THESE AVOWED FORGERS AND CRIMINALS WILL,PAY FOR IT SOMEDAY

FINE. SO LET HIM BRING OUT HIS TRANSCRIPT OR SHOW SOME,OTHER EVIDENCE. THESE AVOWED FORGERS AND CRIMINALS WILL,PAY FOR IT SOMEDAY
NOT USED IN THE ANALYSIS 11 years ago

Frank, will you confirm to the court if you see missen or missing on the pink sheet you are holding.

Frank, will you confirm to the court if you see missen or missing on the pink sheet you are holding.
Thrash 11 years ago

You are fond of generalization. If your school or American universities do not replace lost certificates, it does not mean others in other countries do the same. Certificate are replaceable at a cost though.

You are fond of generalization. If your school or American universities do not replace lost certificates, it does not mean others in other countries do the same. Certificate are replaceable at a cost though.
bex 11 years ago

What a croc! Addo can never be a classmate of Lee Kwan Yew. Lee was born in 1923! End of the story.

What stupid cowards we have in Ghana? This was, this Ayiko fellow was once an official of our government. Would they show ...
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What a croc! Addo can never be a classmate of Lee Kwan Yew. Lee was born in 1923! End of the story.

What stupid cowards we have in Ghana? This was, this Ayiko fellow was once an official of our government. Would they show the same deference and understanding if I also showed up with suspect certificate? I am appalled. Nothing can wash this stench.

Show us the certificate. Anything short of that is nothing.
Akuffo Addo: No Cert 11 years ago

Isn't it interesting that they couldn't find a classmate for Akuffo Addo in Ghana but in far away Singapore? Hmmm, ns3m big oooo.

Isn't it interesting that they couldn't find a classmate for Akuffo Addo in Ghana but in far away Singapore? Hmmm, ns3m big oooo.
bex 11 years ago

Ayikoi, do you think we are kids here? This is rather showing your ignorance and lack of knowledge. You were once an attorney general for the nation. Are you not? Besides, why bring in a 90 year old as Addo's classmate? Are y ...
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Ayikoi, do you think we are kids here? This is rather showing your ignorance and lack of knowledge. You were once an attorney general for the nation. Are you not? Besides, why bring in a 90 year old as Addo's classmate? Are you being sarcastic? We don' get the joke. Or, it is that you yourself don't know your stuff.

The youths should rise and clean house. Let us stop seeing this in NPP, NDC, Akan, Ga, Northerner, Ewe lenses.
OTOOMO QUAYE 11 years ago

NO PLEASE THE WRITER MADE AN AWFUL MISTAKE NANA AKUFFOS CLASSMATE IS NOT LEE KWAN YEW. HIS CLASSMATE WAS JESUS CHRIST. WHEN JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD NANA COULD NOT GIVE ANY EVIDENCE OF THE RESURRECTION. HE BECAME JUDAS. ...
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NO PLEASE THE WRITER MADE AN AWFUL MISTAKE NANA AKUFFOS CLASSMATE IS NOT LEE KWAN YEW. HIS CLASSMATE WAS JESUS CHRIST. WHEN JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD NANA COULD NOT GIVE ANY EVIDENCE OF THE RESURRECTION. HE BECAME JUDAS. THAT IS WHY HE SMOKES WEE. HE IS A BETRAYER WHO USED ANDMIS STILL USING CONNECTIONS TO REMAIN SOMEBODY.
Ekua 11 years ago

Akuffo-Addo and Lee Kwan Yew can never be law mates, what a shame!!

Akuffo-Addo and Lee Kwan Yew can never be law mates, what a shame!!
NOT USED IN THE ANALYSIS 11 years ago

Ayikoi Otoo has spoiled the whole saga with this big lie and this clearly depicts that their petition before Justice Atuguba's world can't be trusted at all.

Ayikoi Otoo has spoiled the whole saga with this big lie and this clearly depicts that their petition before Justice Atuguba's world can't be trusted at all.
Thrash 11 years ago

So Ayikoi, as a lawyer you do not know you have to evaluate any information you have before using it? How credible are his sources? He has made a mess of himself with due apologies to Justice Taylor at the NRC.

So Ayikoi, as a lawyer you do not know you have to evaluate any information you have before using it? How credible are his sources? He has made a mess of himself with due apologies to Justice Taylor at the NRC.
Lee Chew Khoo 11 years ago

Lee Kwaw Yew attended University of Cambridge after a short stint at University of London.

He was NOT Akuffo Addo's classmate.

Lee Kwaw Yew attended University of Cambridge after a short stint at University of London.

He was NOT Akuffo Addo's classmate.
bex 11 years ago

I am Lee Kwan Yew. I have seen this short man in my life. I am 90 going 91.

I am Lee Kwan Yew. I have seen this short man in my life. I am 90 going 91.
Atta Mills 11 years ago

Nana Addo be bless and win

Nana Addo be bless and win
Dumega Prosper Jnr. 11 years ago

NONSENSE!! Where is his Law Certificate before he was swearing affidavit in 2013 of its loss. Why was the certificate not tendered in Parliament when the Parliamentary Committee headed by General Mosquito asked for the said C ...
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NONSENSE!! Where is his Law Certificate before he was swearing affidavit in 2013 of its loss. Why was the certificate not tendered in Parliament when the Parliamentary Committee headed by General Mosquito asked for the said Certificate several years without any succeess!! The truth will come out one day!!!No Ghanaian is was his classmate but only the Singaporean leader!!!!!
Oh!! Ghanafour!!! Some hard core con men!!! Aba!!!
Lee Chew Khoo 11 years ago

Lee studied at University of Cambridge and has no knowledge of the Ghanaian.

He visited Ghana during Nkrumah's time and studied the Industrial Development of Ghana and implemented it.

Transformed his nation into First W ...
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Lee studied at University of Cambridge and has no knowledge of the Ghanaian.

He visited Ghana during Nkrumah's time and studied the Industrial Development of Ghana and implemented it.

Transformed his nation into First World while Ghanaians are still backward with corrupt leaders.

Therefore, we are advising you to NOT bring Lee to this disgraceful spectacle.
bex 11 years ago

This is how the nation has become. No where is filth more abundant than law enforcement. The lawyers are corrupt. They conspire to railroad litigant who has less money.

The judges are worse. They point blank send word to o ...
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This is how the nation has become. No where is filth more abundant than law enforcement. The lawyers are corrupt. They conspire to railroad litigant who has less money.

The judges are worse. They point blank send word to one side not to worry since he (the judge) is the one sitting on his case.

The police is another matter altogether.

We are in rotten hell.

Because the place is a cesspool, no one wants to expose or tell the truth about Akuffo Addo. He is sitting relaxed knowing no one dared touch him. Look at what happened to Judge Kpegah. If this happened to Kpegah, who I think still has friends in the judiciary, how low would they not stoop to destroy the average Joe.
NPP pains paaaa niey 11 years ago

Nana take Kpega to court and show him when you were called to the bar in England and in Ghana, real people are still in dout, court dismissing the case does not help

Nana take Kpega to court and show him when you were called to the bar in England and in Ghana, real people are still in dout, court dismissing the case does not help
NANA 11 years ago

WILLIAM ADDO DANKWA=WAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SILLY SUPREME COURT JUDGE.

WILLIAM ADDO DANKWA=WAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SILLY SUPREME COURT JUDGE.
Opanin 11 years ago

Lee Kwan Yew was called to the bar in 1953. Stop stretching the facts.Don't Stretch The Facts.

Lee Kwan Yew was called to the bar in 1953. Stop stretching the facts.Don't Stretch The Facts.
Zargon 11 years ago

Why is it proving difficult for nana, his lawyers to just provide copies of his certificates, the school he attended and class mates. Not what people are saying or what has been posted on social media. Facebook!!, NONSENSE. I ...
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Why is it proving difficult for nana, his lawyers to just provide copies of his certificates, the school he attended and class mates. Not what people are saying or what has been posted on social media. Facebook!!, NONSENSE. IT IS GOING TO BE A NATIONAL DISGRACE IF THE TRUTH COMES OUT. THAT IS WHY HE IS GETTING AWAY WITH IT.
Paa Ekow 11 years ago

When I read people write on this forum and call on Nana to simply show his certificate, then two things come to mind; either 1) those making such a claim do not know what they are saying, or 2)many of such people are ignor ...
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When I read people write on this forum and call on Nana to simply show his certificate, then two things come to mind; either 1) those making such a claim do not know what they are saying, or 2)many of such people are ignorant about universities and their certificates.
First, I argue that those making such a claim do not know what they are saying because in the law court, the onus is on the claimant to prove the guilt of the defendant. Otherwise you do not have a case and your case will be thrown over-board. In this case, it is up to those making the claim to claim, beyond reasonable doubt that Nana is using somebody else’s certificate or did not even enter the bar appropriately. Nana has no obligation to show any certificate. Therefore, unless people can prove their case it is better they leave the man alone and stop suggesting that the entire Legal Council in Ghana are so corrupt as to allow someone who did not qualify to practice as a lawyer for over 30years.
Second, if it is true that Nana reported a missing certificate some years ago, then we need to get it straight that he will not likely to get a replacement from the university that issued it. At best they will give him an attestation. That is what most recognized universities do across the world. I obtained a doctoral degree from Michigan State University in 2008 and I know that should that certificate be missing they will not send me a replacement. At least I submitted a copy of it to my current employers so I trust that in case mine gets missing they will be able to get me a copy from my personal file with them. If it turns out that somebody or group of people, for reasons best known to them, steal what is in my possession and also succeed removing what my employer has on file then there is a problem. And all I can provide, if the need arises, will be an attestation.
I have been following Nana’s case with interest and I am beginning to suspect that the people who stole his certificate have a hand in the disappearance of same from the Ghana Legal Council file if it is true that they also cannot produce the copy they assessed before allowing him into the bar. Perhaps it was a grand scheme that was hatched at the time. They have only succeeded in waiting long enough to raise it at a crucial time in the man’s life. That is a shame.
Not even WAEC will replace a missing certificate to anyone. Therefore, those calling on Nana to simply show his certificate should stop exhibiting their ignorance.
Akuffo Addo: No Cert 11 years ago

You wrote "2)many of such people are ignorant about universities and their certificates".

do universities award law certificates or law schools award them? Ignorant fool, get into your kinky brains that universities award ...
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You wrote "2)many of such people are ignorant about universities and their certificates".

do universities award law certificates or law schools award them? Ignorant fool, get into your kinky brains that universities award degrees but not professional certificates. Tell your fraud akuffo addict to produce his law certificate just as Obama produced his birth cert to quench all doubts once and for all.
Paa Ekow 11 years ago

Do you not know that laws schools are either directly part of particular university systems or accredited as tertiary institutions much as universities? Your ignorance is killing you.

I advice you to get some education or ...
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Do you not know that laws schools are either directly part of particular university systems or accredited as tertiary institutions much as universities? Your ignorance is killing you.

I advice you to get some education or do more research before raining insults. A birth certificate is never the same as a degree's certificate.

I hate it when those of you who are ignorant only open your mouth to insult when sense is being drummed into your block heads.

Come again with a better argument or forever see your cronies lose such cases without much effort from Nana.

Or are you one of the people who were paid to steal Nana's certificate both at home and from the files at the Ghana Legal Council.

Shame unto you. If you cannot spell it don't write. Is that clear or is this too much to understand too?
Al Haj A A A Rashiid (OH. USA) 11 years ago

Ofui, Nana wants to be the PRESIDENT of Ghana and so nothing of his should be hidden especially his qualification as a lawyer. PERIOD!

Don't Ghanaians have the right to know about the person who wants to rule them?

Plea ...
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Ofui, Nana wants to be the PRESIDENT of Ghana and so nothing of his should be hidden especially his qualification as a lawyer. PERIOD!

Don't Ghanaians have the right to know about the person who wants to rule them?

Please stop this childish talk.
THE TRUTH 11 years ago

ARE YOU SO DUMB "ONE GUY" WHO IS ONE GUY WHAT ABOUT YOU DID U CHECK YOURSELF LEE KWAN SO WHAT HEVE U NOW NOW REALISE THIS WHERE WERE U ALL ALONG IS IT ONLY THE TWO THAT WERE CALLED TO THE BAR THAT YEAR LAWYER OR NOT TIME WILL ...
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ARE YOU SO DUMB "ONE GUY" WHO IS ONE GUY WHAT ABOUT YOU DID U CHECK YOURSELF LEE KWAN SO WHAT HEVE U NOW NOW REALISE THIS WHERE WERE U ALL ALONG IS IT ONLY THE TWO THAT WERE CALLED TO THE BAR THAT YEAR LAWYER OR NOT TIME WILL TELL
BOY KOFI 11 years ago

NPP must fight to save the unity of the party and not Nana Addo.The old school has exhausted all his resources,let him go without humiliation.NPP needs a fresh leader to redeem the party so badly damage by the on going petiti ...
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NPP must fight to save the unity of the party and not Nana Addo.The old school has exhausted all his resources,let him go without humiliation.NPP needs a fresh leader to redeem the party so badly damage by the on going petition.Thank you.
A.O .Akiwumi 11 years ago

There is no truth in this story . Lee Kwan Yew born in 1923 . He was called to the English bar in 1950 when Nana Addo was 6 years old ! Mr Otoo please don't do this to my friend !

There is no truth in this story . Lee Kwan Yew born in 1923 . He was called to the English bar in 1950 when Nana Addo was 6 years old ! Mr Otoo please don't do this to my friend !
OTOOMO QUAYE 11 years ago

WHAT IS ALL THIS DISGRACEFUL INFORMATION COMING OUT. IF AKUFFO ADDO HAS A CERTFICATE AND IS A TRUE LAWYER WHY IS INFORMATION BEING BROUGHT OUT IN A SHADOWY MANNER AND IN PIECEMEAL. THERE IS SOMETHNG AMISS AND KPEGAH IS GOING ...
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WHAT IS ALL THIS DISGRACEFUL INFORMATION COMING OUT. IF AKUFFO ADDO HAS A CERTFICATE AND IS A TRUE LAWYER WHY IS INFORMATION BEING BROUGHT OUT IN A SHADOWY MANNER AND IN PIECEMEAL. THERE IS SOMETHNG AMISS AND KPEGAH IS GOING TO BE PREVENTED FROM BRINGING IT OUT BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH AT STAKE. LOOK, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WITH SHADY QUALIFICATIONS AND THEY ARE WELL COVERED AND COVERED JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A RELATIVE TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY OR THEY HAVE PAVED THEIR WAY THROUGH WITH BRIBES AND CONNECTIONS. SEE HOW FORGED DOCUMENTS STARTED EMERGING AS SOON AS KPEGAH TOOK THIS CASE TO COURT. THE ALMIGHTY AND THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GHANA KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG AND THEY ARE WONDERING WHY KPEGAH SHOULD WORRY HIMSELF TO TALK. I KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THERE ARE FAKE THINGS AND CORRUPTION AT THAT PLACE THEY CALL THE JUDICIARY AND THERE WAS NO WAY ANY JUDGE WOULD TRY TO CATCH NANA. A WHILE AGO SOMEBODY SAID THAT THERE WAS CORRUPTION IN THE JUDICIARY AND YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED. EVEN AS THEY TAKE BRIBE AND TWIST CASES THEY APPEAR IN PUBLIC TRYING TO LOOK GOOD AND THE CITIZENS HAVE ACCEPTED THAT THIS IS NORMAL. EVEN THOSE WHO DONT AGREE WITH KPEGAH KNOW TOO WELL THAT A GHANAIAN JUDGE WOULD NOT BRING HIM DOWN EVEN IF HE OR SHE SEES A CLEAR FORGERY IN THIS CASE. HE OR SHE WOULD USE SO,E TECHNICAL POINT TO DISMISS THE CASE. THAT IS WHY NANA AKUFFO ADDO IS IN COURT WITH A STUPID CASE NO ONE CAN SUPPORT. BUT HE HOPES THAT THE CORRUPT SYSTEM MIGHT FIND A WAY FOR HIM. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED OF A GHANAIAN COURT DECIDES THAT MY MOTHER IS NOT DEAD AND LYING AT OSU CEMETERY. IT WOULD USE SO,ETHING TECHNICAL LIKE THE COLOUR OF HER COFFIN JAS FADED. THIS IS GHANA. MAYBE THAT IS WHY SOME REVOLUTIONARIES KILLED SOME JUDGES A FEW YEARS AGO.
PSD 11 years ago

They are a waste of space

They are a waste of space
Pelicles 11 years ago

JJ was our leader through thick and thin. The man ruled with clenched fist for almost two decades and why didn't Kpegah who JJ help to the Supreme Court, expose Nana's dark side? JJ would not have hesitated to eliminate Nana ...
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JJ was our leader through thick and thin. The man ruled with clenched fist for almost two decades and why didn't Kpegah who JJ help to the Supreme Court, expose Nana's dark side? JJ would not have hesitated to eliminate Nana to please the naysayers as his trial will be through the "kangaroo court".
bex 11 years ago

Sometimes a thief can operate right under your nose for a long time without detection. Until he is caught, nobody knows.

Who would have suspected Nana for not completing his studies? For the starters, he came from a very ...
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Sometimes a thief can operate right under your nose for a long time without detection. Until he is caught, nobody knows.

Who would have suspected Nana for not completing his studies? For the starters, he came from a very distinguished house of scholars. This is tragic, and I want to believe because it is, people are treating the case with the utmost care.
SOMEBODY 11 years ago

EGYA PELICLES, THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT FOR REVEALING THE TRUTH. IF KPEGAH DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING DURING JJ'S TIME HE IS SAYING IT NOW AND A SHAMELESS JUDGE WILL USE A TECHNICAL POINT TO DISMISS THE CASE. I.C. QUAYE WENT AWAY WITH ...
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EGYA PELICLES, THERE IS NO TIME LIMIT FOR REVEALING THE TRUTH. IF KPEGAH DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING DURING JJ'S TIME HE IS SAYING IT NOW AND A SHAMELESS JUDGE WILL USE A TECHNICAL POINT TO DISMISS THE CASE. I.C. QUAYE WENT AWAY WITH THIS MISSING CERTIFICATE BUSINESS. OBETSEBI LAMPTEY MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT HIS CERTIFICATE WAS NOT GIVEN HIM WHEN HE GRADUATED At CHORKOR OXFORD BUT WE SHAN'T ALLOW NANA TO TELL US THAT HIS GOT BURNT IN THE KATAMANTO DISASTER BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT AND WE DONT WANT ANY ALI BABA AT THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE.
Non Partisan Ghanaian 11 years ago

What is preventing Nana Addo from publishing his Law ceriticates aswell. He has managed to stop the case from being heard ....what has he got to hide???. LKY as his mate? and Mates on Facebook?....this is very interesting. T ...
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What is preventing Nana Addo from publishing his Law ceriticates aswell. He has managed to stop the case from being heard ....what has he got to hide???. LKY as his mate? and Mates on Facebook?....this is very interesting. The longer Nana Addo takes to show his Law cerificates the more suspicious this gets.
NYANSAYENA 11 years ago

OK Where is his Certificate?Tsunami had taking it Away?OK what about the Photocopy of his Certificate? No where to be found?Asem se be

OK Where is his Certificate?Tsunami had taking it Away?OK what about the Photocopy of his Certificate? No where to be found?Asem se be
Odeneho Ababio 11 years ago

Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923[2]), GCMG, CH, is a Singaporean politician.[3][4][5][6] Often referred to by the initials LKY, he was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing f ...
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Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923[2]), GCMG, CH, is a Singaporean politician.[3][4][5][6] Often referred to by the initials LKY, he was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, governing for three decades. He is also widely recognized as the founding father of modern Singapore.

As the co-founder and first General Secretary of the People's Action Party (PAP), he led the party to eight victories from 1959 to 1990, and oversaw the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965 and its subsequent transformation from a relatively underdeveloped colonial outpost with no natural resources into a "First World" Asian Tiger. He is one of the most influential political figures in Asia.[7]

Singapore's second prime minister Goh Chok Tong appointed him Senior Minister in 1990. He held the advisory post of Minister Mentor, created by his son Lee Hsien Loong, when the latter became the nation's third prime minister in August 2004.[8][9] With his successive ministerial positions spanning over 50 years, Lee is also one of history's longest-serving ministers. On 14 May 2011, Lee and Goh Chok Tong announced their retirement from the cabinet after the 2011 general election.[1
Odeneho Ababio 11 years ago

Lee Kuan Yew was born in 1923 whilst Nana Addo birth date is 1944

Lee Kuan Yew was born in 1923 whilst Nana Addo birth date is 1944
DrG 11 years ago

chin kwan tan

chin kwan tan
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

There was this Spanish guy, this Korean guy and this Russian guy all working for the same Printing company. At the beginning of the day the boss comes out and says to the Spanish guy, "You're in charge of the ink." Then he sa ...
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There was this Spanish guy, this Korean guy and this Russian guy all working for the same Printing company. At the beginning of the day the boss comes out and says to the Spanish guy, "You're in charge of the ink." Then he said to the Russian guy, "You're in charge of the Text books." Then he said to the Korean guy, "You're in charge of the Pink sheet supplies." Then he said, "I'm gonna be back at the end of the day to check on your work. It better be good or you're fired." So they all go off to go get their work done. At the end of the day, the boss comes back to check on their work. He looks at the big pile of Ink and goes, "Good work," to the Spanish guy. Then he looks at the big pile of Text books and says, "Good work," to the Russian guy. Then he couldn't find the Korean guy so he asks, "Where the heck is the Korean guy??" All of a sudden, the Korean guy jumps out from behind the big pile of Pink sheets and yells, " SUPPLIES!

let Lee-kwan-Ye come with all the can- pink-do to the supreme court to prove that they are his classmates.
Obed Adore 11 years ago

Ha, ha, ha...

Ha, ha, ha...
Nde 11 years ago

Otoo saying that LKY was Nana’s classmate solidifies the fact that Kpegah has a case. Period. Check it LKY was called to bar in 1950. Nana was 6years old on 1950. Be you own judge, hasn’t Kpegah a point, like or hate him? ...
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Otoo saying that LKY was Nana’s classmate solidifies the fact that Kpegah has a case. Period. Check it LKY was called to bar in 1950. Nana was 6years old on 1950. Be you own judge, hasn’t Kpegah a point, like or hate him? People in authourity are doctoring information to cover Nana
PSD 11 years ago

The truth must come out whether the freemasons like it or not.

This is gonna be another revolution starting with Akufo Adui.

The truth must come out whether the freemasons like it or not.

This is gonna be another revolution starting with Akufo Adui.
K Philly 11 years ago

Early life (copy from a quick e search.)

Lee got his law degree around the time Akufo-Addo was born. How could they be class mates?

Lee was born a British subject in 1923 at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore.[11]
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Early life (copy from a quick e search.)

Lee got his law degree around the time Akufo-Addo was born. How could they be class mates?

Lee was born a British subject in 1923 at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore.[11]
According to his memoirs, Lee was first educated at Telok Kurau Primary School. He described his fellow students at Telok Kurau as poor and not very bright and advantaged. He then attended Raffles Institution (RI). In RI, Lee had difficulties keeping up because he met the top 150 students from all over Singapore. He made an effort to get into the top class and joined the Scouts for three years. He also played cricket, tennis and chess. During his junior Cambridge years, he obtained several scholarships and subsequently came in top for the School Certificate examinations, obtaining the John Anderson scholarship to attend Raffles College (now National University of Singapore). Lee was the top student in Singapore and Malaya.[11]
Lee's university education was delayed by World War II and the 1942–1945 Japanese occupation of Singapore. During the occupation, Lee learnt Japanese and first worked as a clerk in his grandfather's friend's company—a textile importer called Shimoda. Lee then found work transcribing Allied wire reports for the Japanese where he listened to Allied radio stations and wrote down what they were reporting in the Hodobu office (??? – a Japanese propaganda department).[7] Towards the end of the war, by listening to Allied radio stations, he realised the Japanese were going to lose, and fearing that a brutal war would break out in Singapore as the Japanese made their last stand, he made plans to purchase and move to a farm on the Cameron Highlands with his family. However, a liftboy in his office told him his file had been taken out by the security department, and he realised he was being followed by Japanese security personnel (which continued for three months), so he abandoned those plans as he knew that if he went ahead, he would be in trouble. Lee also ran his own businesses during the war to survive, among which, he manufactured stationery glue under his own brand called 'Stikfas'.[13]
During the occupation, Lee was asked by a Japanese guard to join a group of segregated Chinese men. Sensing that something was amiss, he asked for permission to go back home to collect his clothes first, and the Japanese guard agreed. It turned out that those who were segregated were taken to the beach to be shot as part of the Sook Ching massacre in Singapore.[11][20]
After the war, Lee went on to study in England. He briefly attended the London School of Economics before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he read law at Fitzwilliam College and graduated with a rare Double Starred (double First Class Honours). (After leaving Cambridge, Lee decided to omit his English name, Harry and simply be known as Lee Kuan Yew,[21] although to this day, old comrades and English friends, such as Margaret Thatcher, still refer to him as Harry Lee.) Lee was subsequently made an honorary fellow of Fitzwilliam College.[13]
In England, Lee campaigned for a friend named David Widdicombe, who was in the Labour Party. He drove Widdicombe around in a lorry and delivered several speeches on his behalf. After seeing how the British had failed to defend Singapore from the Japanese, and after his stay in England, Lee decided that Singapore has to govern itself. He returned to Singapore in 1949.[11][13]
Lee, in his memoirs, recounted how he has had to sing four national anthems in his lifetime: first, God Save The King when Singapore was a British colony; second, Kimigayo, the Japanese national anthem during the Japanese occupation of Singapore; third, the Malaysian national anthem Negaraku, when Singapore was part of Malaysia for two bitter years; fourth, Majulah Singapura, the national anthem of Singapore.[11]
Nyatanawu 11 years ago

I think you are getting complacent in delivering 'Truth'.
It could be W.A.D. Akuffo-Addo and Lee Kwaw Yew were admitted together to the English Bar but not Nana Akuffo-Addo.

Don't mix up things. Is Nana Akuffo-Addo the s ...
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I think you are getting complacent in delivering 'Truth'.
It could be W.A.D. Akuffo-Addo and Lee Kwaw Yew were admitted together to the English Bar but not Nana Akuffo-Addo.

Don't mix up things. Is Nana Akuffo-Addo the same as W.A. D. Akuffo Addo, if yes, hes he gone through the legal channel to become he new Akuffo Addo or he enstooled himself as 'Nana". Otherwise Nana is now a common name in the Akan tradition.
EDWIN TANDOH 11 years ago

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE INTRODUCED A SYSTEM OF FORENSIC VERIFYING EXAMINATION RESULTS OF THEIR NEW STUDENTS. WHY? IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT FORGERY OF RESULTS AND CERTIFICATES HAVE BECOME A REGULAR NORM. WHY AR ...
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LET IT BE KNOWN THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE INTRODUCED A SYSTEM OF FORENSIC VERIFYING EXAMINATION RESULTS OF THEIR NEW STUDENTS. WHY? IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT FORGERY OF RESULTS AND CERTIFICATES HAVE BECOME A REGULAR NORM. WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE DOUBTING THAT NANA IS NOT BEING HONEST ABOUT HIS QUALIFICATIONS. IS IT JUST BECAUSE IT IS NORMAL TO TELL LIES ABOUT SUCH MATTERS. RATHER I THINK THE JUDICIARY MUST DO A FORENSIC SEARCH INTO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ALL THOSE PRACTICING NOW. AND WOULD YOU BE SURPRISED ABOUT FAKE DRIVING LICENSES, FAKE LAND DOCUMENTS, FAKE VEHICLE PAPERS. FAKE CURRENCY ETC. THE THINGS THAT QUALIFY AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO REMAIN PRIMITIVE ARE STILL MANY. WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR CIVILIZATION AND NATION BUILDING. OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY ASK WHAT A HELL WE CAME TO DO ON THIS CONTINENT. THEY WILL CURSE THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE PROMINENT IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS.
PSD 11 years ago

The likes of akufo addui the fraud must be quarrantined otherwise we are a moron nation. period.

The likes of akufo addui the fraud must be quarrantined otherwise we are a moron nation. period.
Pelicles 11 years ago

Nkrumah, our first president was born Francis Kofi Nwiah Ngolomah. He was known as Kwame Nkrumah as president. When did he swear an affidavit to a name change and in which court? Come on folks. Why can't we get this over and ...
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Nkrumah, our first president was born Francis Kofi Nwiah Ngolomah. He was known as Kwame Nkrumah as president. When did he swear an affidavit to a name change and in which court? Come on folks. Why can't we get this over and stop this "certificate nonsense"?

Nana said his certificate is missing. Those who cannot accept that should tell the IGP to cause his arrest. I think that will please the naysayer to the extent that their worries will be over in an instant.

Tweakai. Omama ho ye ahi is an Akan adage. Kpegah and his folks hate this man deep inside their heart. It was JJ who took Kpegah by the hand and put him on the Supreme Court and gave himself the "title of Deputy Chief Justice" a title that do not exist. Did someone accuse him of anything or as an Ewe, he has the audacity to put such a title on himself?

Stupidity at its highest level. Why all this hatred? The Supreme Court has rule and yet, people are still asking stupid question?

Nana has never been to school yet, with commonsense, he was able to set up a law firm and what is the achievement of his detractors?

Look at Kpegah, with all the hatred, he still occupy government bungalow at taxpayers expenses.
PEPENI BAWUMIA IS NAIVE 11 years ago

Akufo-Addo and Lee Kwan Yew were not class mates. Nana has not class mate in any law school anywhere in the world. Nana is just lying. If that is so, why can't Nana himself come out and say it. Lee Kwan Yew doesn't know Nana ...
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Akufo-Addo and Lee Kwan Yew were not class mates. Nana has not class mate in any law school anywhere in the world. Nana is just lying. If that is so, why can't Nana himself come out and say it. Lee Kwan Yew doesn't know Nana at all. Lee Kwan Yew was called to the Bar in a separate month than Nana claims.
ANTHONY 11 years ago

DISMISSAL OF CASE THAT NANA AKUFO ADDO IS AN IMPOSTOR AND NOT CALLED TO BAR IN GHANA , DOES NOT PROVE NANA AS A QUALIFIED LAWYER. HE MUST DEFEND HIS CREDENTIALS IN COURT , IF HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. WHICH INSTITUTION DID HE ...
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DISMISSAL OF CASE THAT NANA AKUFO ADDO IS AN IMPOSTOR AND NOT CALLED TO BAR IN GHANA , DOES NOT PROVE NANA AS A QUALIFIED LAWYER. HE MUST DEFEND HIS CREDENTIALS IN COURT , IF HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. WHICH INSTITUTION DID HE STUDY AND QUALIFY AS A LAWER.
ANTHONY 11 years ago

IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF DECEMBER 2012 NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE , TO PROVE HE IS A LAWYER AND QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE IN GHANA , INSTEAD OF HIDDING BEHIND DISMISSMAL OF THE CASE , WITH SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.

IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF DECEMBER 2012 NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE , TO PROVE HE IS A LAWYER AND QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE IN GHANA , INSTEAD OF HIDDING BEHIND DISMISSMAL OF THE CASE , WITH SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
UGLY CRIMINAL ASHANTI 11 years ago

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT CLASS,CURSE,YR,BAR MATES HERE ALL GHANAIANS WANT TO SEE IS HIS CERTIFICATE A END OF LONG STORY,NANA PLEADING WITH HIS MATES TO TALK ON HIS BEHALF IS NOT THE STORY.WHY CANT NANA ADDO USE THIS RARE OPPO ...
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WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT CLASS,CURSE,YR,BAR MATES HERE ALL GHANAIANS WANT TO SEE IS HIS CERTIFICATE A END OF LONG STORY,NANA PLEADING WITH HIS MATES TO TALK ON HIS BEHALF IS NOT THE STORY.WHY CANT NANA ADDO USE THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO REPAIR HIS DENTED IMAGE AND THE NUMEROUS DOUBTS SURROUNDING HIM ONCE AND FOR ALL.FAKE NANA FAKE ADDO!!!
UGLY CRIMINAL ASHANTI 11 years ago

SOON NANA WILL BRIBE K4 TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF.WHERE ARE NANAS LAWYERS?WHERE IS HIS PR TEAM?WHERE ARE ALL HIS GOOGLE POLITICAL FRIENDS?WHERE ARE HIS NUMEROUS FACE BOOK SUPPORTERS ALL WE WANT TO SEE IS NANA YOUR SO CALLED LAWY ...
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SOON NANA WILL BRIBE K4 TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF.WHERE ARE NANAS LAWYERS?WHERE IS HIS PR TEAM?WHERE ARE ALL HIS GOOGLE POLITICAL FRIENDS?WHERE ARE HIS NUMEROUS FACE BOOK SUPPORTERS ALL WE WANT TO SEE IS NANA YOUR SO CALLED LAWYERS CERTIFICATE END OF STORY
Bobo 11 years ago

Nana should come out and name 2 or 3 of his law mates to put this matter to rest. I believe by so doing,these so called law mates can defend him.Please Nana come out cleannnnnnn

Nana should come out and name 2 or 3 of his law mates to put this matter to rest. I believe by so doing,these so called law mates can defend him.Please Nana come out cleannnnnnn
GOD KNOWS 11 years ago

BOBO SOME OF HIS LAW MATES SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO COME FORWARD. WHY ARE THEY KEEPING MUTE? THEY SHOULD ASSIST, WHY?

BOBO SOME OF HIS LAW MATES SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO COME FORWARD. WHY ARE THEY KEEPING MUTE? THEY SHOULD ASSIST, WHY?
Frimpong, USA 11 years ago

Nana does not hane classmates simply because he got hia law degree through correspondence course. Unfortunately he can't remember the name of the institution he did the corresponce course with. And guess what, Akufo Addo clai ...
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Nana does not hane classmates simply because he got hia law degree through correspondence course. Unfortunately he can't remember the name of the institution he did the corresponce course with. And guess what, Akufo Addo claims a first class in law.
Truthful Kofi 11 years ago

The youngest is 91yrs, consider the rest......

The youngest is 91yrs, consider the rest......
Dunaa, Chorkor 11 years ago

Several other lawyers were called to various bars across the globe that very year. Some have become Presidents, others have become drunkards, others, wee smokers and cocaine dealers. So what's the big deal about liliput being ...
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Several other lawyers were called to various bars across the globe that very year. Some have become Presidents, others have become drunkards, others, wee smokers and cocaine dealers. So what's the big deal about liliput being called the same year like another who has moved on? Keep dreaming, and keep shoving up your ego with being called together with some Yew.
Koo 11 years ago

It might be true ,togather with Margeret Thacher

It might be true ,togather with Margeret Thacher
Obed Adore 11 years ago

Margaret Tharcher was never a lawyer though.. She was a chemist.

Margaret Tharcher was never a lawyer though.. She was a chemist.
Manu 11 years ago

Stupid and shallow article. Was anybody contesting whether Desperado AKUFFO aDDO was called to the Bar in Iraq or America?

Stupid and shallow article. Was anybody contesting whether Desperado AKUFFO aDDO was called to the Bar in Iraq or America?
Truth 11 years ago

This is very disgusting and disgraceful ! Harry Lee Kwan Yew went to London School of Economics and Cambridge where he obtained. Double First Class Honours in Law..

At Cambridge not Oxford. Was Nana in Cambridge ? Kpegah k ...
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This is very disgusting and disgraceful ! Harry Lee Kwan Yew went to London School of Economics and Cambridge where he obtained. Double First Class Honours in Law..

At Cambridge not Oxford. Was Nana in Cambridge ? Kpegah knows something we all don't know. Sorry Mr Otoo this is very damagingto Nana.
kingkong 11 years ago

we need his law certificate now.because a serious man who want to be president of ghana will lost his certificate that easily.

we need his law certificate now.because a serious man who want to be president of ghana will lost his certificate that easily.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 11 years ago

Ayikoi Kwe Kwan Hea, so in Ghana called Lee Kwan Yew to the bar in Ghana?

I thought the debate was as to whether Nana Addo has been called to the bar of Ghana to practice law? Suddenly, the focus has shifted to who was ca ...
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Ayikoi Kwe Kwan Hea, so in Ghana called Lee Kwan Yew to the bar in Ghana?

I thought the debate was as to whether Nana Addo has been called to the bar of Ghana to practice law? Suddenly, the focus has shifted to who was called to the bar in England.
Anukware 11 years ago

Nana and his people are obviously scared of Kpegah's suit. The suit was lodged at the Supreme Court. They sued in a lower court with a single Akuffo Addo appointed judge to dismiss the case. The case was dismissed, of course. ...
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Nana and his people are obviously scared of Kpegah's suit. The suit was lodged at the Supreme Court. They sued in a lower court with a single Akuffo Addo appointed judge to dismiss the case. The case was dismissed, of course. Kpegah is appealing, and will appeal until it is resolved in the SUPREME COURT.
Now, we are seeing propaganda associating Nana with Kwan.Is Kwan a lawyer in Ghana? Now, if you check the register the propagandists are referring, where Kwan also has his name, you will note that Nana's entry is OUT OF PLACE. There is reference to his father's position, the only one to have that kind of description, and the address is Peduase Lodge. Check it yourself and see how ODD it is. We are in the age of photo-shopping, etc. Was someone else's name removed and replaced with Nana's? Why can't he just get a DUPLICATE certificate to stop all this doubts??? Now, if the case was dismissed and Nana is free, why continue the propaganda? The truth shall stand. Ghanaians are not kids.
mr no nonsense 11 years ago

kpegah is an apology to the bench

kpegah is an apology to the bench
WOFA OWUSU SEKYERE 11 years ago

In as much as I fully support all those are defending Akufo Addo, I think there is still the urgent need for he himself to come out on this issue.The fact that the case was thrown out of court does not necessarily means that, ...
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In as much as I fully support all those are defending Akufo Addo, I think there is still the urgent need for he himself to come out on this issue.The fact that the case was thrown out of court does not necessarily means that,he genuinely called to the bar.If he was caled to the the bar in England with Lee Kwan, what about the Ghana bar? With who was he called and who were his classmates? What about the alleged misplaced of is certificate as he has made the whole world to believe? Until he come out clean,not even a dog will take him serious.He can continue to hide behind technicalities but that will not change the fake lawyer that he is. With all is bla,bla,bla and bla all over the place,he is a fake lawyer as well.In one instance he said he had Bsc Econs and in another he said he is LLB Hons.Which is which? That is why this fraud will never rule this country.Ghana will be doomed if this drug addict and incompetent third class arrogant old man is president of this peaceful country.Just tell him to produce a certified copy of his certificates,and that is all Ghanaians are asking for and notheing else.Who cares if he was called to the Bar with Tony Blair?
WAR VETERAN 11 years ago

GIVE US THE NAME OF THE LAW SCHOOL AKUFO ADDO ATTENDED BETWEEN 1967 TO 1971 WHEN HE GRADUATED AND CALLED TO THE ENGLISH INNER TEMPLE. LEE KWAN YEW DOES NOT KNOW AKUFO ADDO SO DON'T TELL LIES. PRODUCE CREDIBLE SCHOOL MATES A ...
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GIVE US THE NAME OF THE LAW SCHOOL AKUFO ADDO ATTENDED BETWEEN 1967 TO 1971 WHEN HE GRADUATED AND CALLED TO THE ENGLISH INNER TEMPLE. LEE KWAN YEW DOES NOT KNOW AKUFO ADDO SO DON'T TELL LIES. PRODUCE CREDIBLE SCHOOL MATES AT LEAST ABOUT FIVE (5) AND NAME OF SOME OF HIS TUTORS OR LECTURERS. THEN YOU ARE TALKING////
WAR VETERAN 11 years ago

WHAT A MESS. HOW CAN YOU TAKE ABOUT THREE (3) YEARS TO NAME A CLASS MATE. MAYBE AKUFO ADDO WILL NAME MARGARET THATCHER AS HIS CLASS MATE. THE BRITISH MI6 AND SCOTLAND YARD WILL ARREST YOU IF YOU MENTIONED THE 'IRON LADY' AS ...
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WHAT A MESS. HOW CAN YOU TAKE ABOUT THREE (3) YEARS TO NAME A CLASS MATE. MAYBE AKUFO ADDO WILL NAME MARGARET THATCHER AS HIS CLASS MATE. THE BRITISH MI6 AND SCOTLAND YARD WILL ARREST YOU IF YOU MENTIONED THE 'IRON LADY' AS YOUR CLASS MATE AKUFO-ADDO OF BLESSEDTH MEMORY///
adze 11 years ago

W.A.D AKUFFO ADDO- WILLIAMS ADDO DANKWAH AKKUFO ADDO. i have now had the picture. we are sorry for causing nana these pains. but we are waiting for his law certificate to confirm.

W.A.D AKUFFO ADDO- WILLIAMS ADDO DANKWAH AKKUFO ADDO. i have now had the picture. we are sorry for causing nana these pains. but we are waiting for his law certificate to confirm.
Kojo Billy Duncan 11 years ago

One would have thought Ayikoi Otoo is smarter than this.

One would have thought Ayikoi Otoo is smarter than this.
KUTXA.BAYONE FRANCE 11 years ago

It is very disheartening to see people defending this fraud called Akufo Addo.What has become of human beings in this world? Why do humans condoned criminals so much that they are prepared to die for them? With this rubbish f ...
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It is very disheartening to see people defending this fraud called Akufo Addo.What has become of human beings in this world? Why do humans condoned criminals so much that they are prepared to die for them? With this rubbish from this stupid bootlicker that Lee Kwan was a mate of this drug addict, is so pathetic.This means that after all,Justice Kpegah knows what he is about.How on earth could you say such rubbish thing Ayikoi Otoo? By the way where did you yourself had your law certificate? Why can´t the NPP devote time on defending and sustaining the party and leave this arrogant drug addict to solve his problem? He has damaged the party beyond repairs, and insted of you people making damage control to safe the party, you are seriously lying under yout teeth to defend this fraud.What a pity! Or the NPP think all is well with the party and that the SC is going to make Akufo Addo the president of this country? Quite pathetic isn´t it'
scarecrow 11 years ago

why pairing Nana Ado with some one far away singapore? DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE WILL REST THIS MATTER TO SLEEP.

why pairing Nana Ado with some one far away singapore? DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE WILL REST THIS MATTER TO SLEEP.
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI- McA 11 years ago

ESTABLISH LAW SCHOOL IN THE OF NANA & HIS LATE DAD== IF NOT I WILL
IGNORANCE IS A DISEASE
I AM VERY PROUD OF MY GRAND-MOTHER
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI (FOUNDER )
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ESTABLISH LAW SCHOOL IN THE OF NANA & HIS LATE DAD== IF NOT I WILL
IGNORANCE IS A DISEASE
I AM VERY PROUD OF MY GRAND-MOTHER
PROFESSOR THOMAS KUBI (FOUNDER )
ENTERPRISE AFRIKA FOUNDATION
WWW ,CUSTOMERMETRO.COM
Ekua 11 years ago

l think Kpegah is right

l think Kpegah is right
Dr Pinksheet Bawumia 11 years ago

why not just show certificate to avoid doubt. Show certificate.

why not just show certificate to avoid doubt. Show certificate.
Paa Ekow 11 years ago

When I read people write on this forum and call on Nana to simply show his certificate, then two things come to mind; either 1) those making such a claim do not know what they are saying, or 2)many of such people are ignorant ...
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When I read people write on this forum and call on Nana to simply show his certificate, then two things come to mind; either 1) those making such a claim do not know what they are saying, or 2)many of such people are ignorant about universities and their certificates.
First, I argue that those making such a claim do not know what they are saying because in the law court, the onus is on the claimant to prove the guilt of the defendant. Otherwise you do not have a case and your case will be thrown over-board. In this case, it is up to those making the claim to claim, beyond reasonable doubt that Nana is using somebody else’s certificate or did not even enter the bar appropriately. Nana has no obligation to show any certificate. Therefore, unless people can prove their case it is better they leave the man alone and stop suggesting that the entire Legal Council in Ghana are so corrupt as to allow someone who did not qualify to practice as a lawyer for over 30years.
Second, if it is true that Nana reported a missing certificate some years ago, then we need to get it straight that he will not likely to get a replacement from the university that issued it. At best they will give him an attestation. That is what most recognized universities do across the world. I obtained a doctoral degree from Michigan State University in 2008 and I know that should that certificate be missing they will not send me a replacement. At least I submitted a copy of it to my current employers so I trust that in case mine gets missing they will be able to get me a copy from my personal file with them. If it turns out that somebody or group of people, for reasons best known to them, steal what is in my possession and also succeed removing what my employer has on file then there is a problem. And all I can provide, if the need arises, will be an attestation.
I have been following Nana’s case with interest and I am beginning to suspect that the people who stole his certificate have a hand in the disappearance of same from the Ghana Legal Council file if it is true that they also cannot produce the copy they assessed before allowing him into the bar. Perhaps it was a grand scheme that was hatched at the time. They have only succeeded in waiting long enough to raise it at a crucial time in the man’s life. That is a shame.
Not even WAEC will replace a missing certificate to anyone. Therefore, those calling on Nana to simply show his certificate should stop exhibiting their ignorance.
PKA 11 years ago

You made a good point about the need for Justice Kpegah to prove in court that Nana Akufo-Addo is indeed impersonating another person, and is consequently not a qualified lawyer. However, you erred in saying that his certifi ...
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You made a good point about the need for Justice Kpegah to prove in court that Nana Akufo-Addo is indeed impersonating another person, and is consequently not a qualified lawyer. However, you erred in saying that his certificate was stolen. All we know is that his certificate is missing for some reason; we do not know for a fact how that happened. It's therefore speculation on your part to suggest that it was stolen. Let's stick to the facts as we know it.
SOMEBODY 11 years ago

WHY THIS LONG TALK. AT LEAST IN YOUR CASE YOU HAVE TAKEN PRECAUTIONS AND THAT IS WHAT EVERY SENSIBLE SCHOLAR DOES. IF NANA IS UNABLE TO SHOW HIS CERTIFICATE THEN HE MUST SHOW,SOME,OTHER EVIDENCE. AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WH ...
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WHY THIS LONG TALK. AT LEAST IN YOUR CASE YOU HAVE TAKEN PRECAUTIONS AND THAT IS WHAT EVERY SENSIBLE SCHOLAR DOES. IF NANA IS UNABLE TO SHOW HIS CERTIFICATE THEN HE MUST SHOW,SOME,OTHER EVIDENCE. AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH THE EVIDENCE CAN BE FOUND. LOOK AT SOMEBODY SAYING THAT HIS CLASSMATE IS A NINETY YEAR OLD MAN. IS THIS NOT RIDICULOUS. THE CASE STILL REMAINS. LET HIM BRING,OUT THE CERTIFICATE,OR SHOW US A CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT HE EVER PASSED THE LAW EXAMS. BY THE WAY ARE YOU THE ONLY STRANGER IN JERUSALEM. DO YOU TRUST THE SO CALLED LEGAL COUNCIL IN GHANA. THEY WERE THE ONES WHO STARTED FORGING DOCUMENTS TO COVER THE MAN
THOU SHALL NOT LIE. IT IS A SIN 11 years ago

Family background

According to his autobiography, Lee is a fourth-generation Singaporean. His Hakka great-grandfather, Lee Bok Boon, who was born in 1846, emigrated from Dapu County, Guangdong province, China, to Singapore ...
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Family background

According to his autobiography, Lee is a fourth-generation Singaporean. His Hakka great-grandfather, Lee Bok Boon, who was born in 1846, emigrated from Dapu County, Guangdong province, China, to Singapore in 1863.[11] He married a shopkeeper's daughter, Seow Huan Nio, but returned to China in 1882, leaving behind his wife and three children. Lee Bok Boon built a little manor in his home village, and bought himself a mandarinate, but he died just two years after his return.[12][13]

Lee Kuan Yew's grandfather was Lee Hoon Leong, born in Singapore in 1871 and a British subject. He was educated in English at Raffles Institution to standard V, which is equivalent to lower secondary school in Singapore today. Lee Hoon Leong then worked as a dispenser, an unqualified pharmacist, and later was the purser on a steamship of the Heap Eng Moh Shipping Line, then owned by ethnic Chinese businessman Oei Tiong Ham.[11]

While working as a purser, Lee Hoon Leong, age 26, he married 16-year-old Ko Liem Nio, in Semarang, Java, Indonesia.[12] It was an arranged marriage, as was then the custom. Both families were middle-class, and the bride and groom were both English-educated. Lee Hoon Leong's maternal grandfather owned the Katong market, a few rubber estates and houses at Orchard Road.[13] Lee Hoon Leong eventually became managing director of the Heap Eng Moh Steamship Company Ltd.[11]

Lee Hoon Leong had two wives (common at that time), and fathered five daughters and three sons. His sons Lee Chin Koon, also English-educated and a British subject, would marry Chua Jim Neo, who gave birth to Lee Kuan Yew in 1923, at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew has three brothers: Dennis Lee, Freddy Lee and Lee Suan Yew. He has one sister, Monica Lee.[11]

Lee Kuan Yew's grandfathers' wealth declined considerably during the Great Depression, and his father, Lee Chin Koon became a poor shopkeeper.[13]

Like Lee, his brother Dennis read law at the University of Cambridge, and they set up a law firm (Lee & Lee). Edmund W. Barker, Lee's close friend, also joined the law firm. Lee and Barker later left the law firm to enter politics. Lee's brother Freddy became a stockbroker; brother Suan Yew read medicine at the University of Cambridge and opened a successful practice.[11]

Lee and his wife Kwa Geok Choo were married on 30 September 1950. Both speak English as their native tongue. Lee started learning Chinese in 1955 at age 32, before that he was illiterate in Chinese.[14][15] Lee also learned Japanese as an adult and he worked as a Japanese translator during the Japanese occupation of Singapore.[11][16]

Kwa Geok Choo died on 2 October 2010 in her sleep. Lee and Kwa have two sons and one daughter.[17]

Lee's eldest son, Lee Hsien Loong, a former Brigadier-General, became Prime Minister of Singapore in 2004. Lee Hsien Loong was educated at the University of Cambridge as well, where he studied mathematics and computer science. He graduated as a Wrangler, where he scored 12 more alphas (an alpha is one problem solved) than his nearest competitor, which has never been seen in the history of the Tripos at Cambridge. He later went on to Harvard University to gain a Master in Public Administration.[11]

Several members of Lee's family hold prominent positions in Singaporean society. His youngest son, Lee Hsien Yang, was also a former Brigadier-General and former President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SingTel. Lee Hsien Yang was also educated in the University of Cambridge, where he read engineering and graduated with first class honours. He is currently the Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Fraser and Neave Ltd and Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).[18]

Lee's daughter, Lee Wei Ling, runs the National Neuroscience Institute. Lee Hsien Loong's wife, Ho Ching, is the Executive Director and CEO of Temasek Holdings.[18][19]
Early life

Lee was born a British subject in 1923 at 92 Kampong Java Road in Singapore.[11]

According to his memoirs, Lee was first educated at Telok Kurau Primary School. He described his fellow students at Telok Kurau as poor and not very bright and advantaged. He then attended Raffles Institution (RI). In RI, Lee had difficulties keeping up because he met the top 150 students from all over Singapore. He made an effort to get into the top class and joined the Scouts for three years. He also played cricket, tennis and chess. During his junior Cambridge years, he obtained several scholarships and subsequently came in top for the School Certificate examinations, obtaining the John Anderson scholarship to attend Raffles College (now National University of Singapore). Lee was the top student in Singapore and Malaya.[11]

Lee's university education was delayed by World War II and the 1942–1945 Japanese occupation of Singapore. During the occupation, Lee learnt Japanese and first worked as a clerk in his grandfather's friend's company—a textile importer called Shimoda. Lee then found work transcribing Allied wire reports for the Japanese where he listened to Allied radio stations and wrote down what they were reporting in the Hodobu office (??? – a Japanese propaganda department).[7] Towards the end of the war, by listening to Allied radio stations, he realised the Japanese were going to lose, and fearing that a brutal war would break out in Singapore as the Japanese made their last stand, he made plans to purchase and move to a farm on the Cameron Highlands with his family. However, a liftboy in his office told him his file had been taken out by the security department, and he realised he was being followed by Japanese security personnel (which continued for three months), so he abandoned those plans as he knew that if he went ahead, he would be in trouble. Lee also ran his own businesses during the war to survive, among which, he manufactured stationery glue under his own brand called 'Stikfas'.[13]

During the occupation, Lee was asked by a Japanese guard to join a group of segregated Chinese men. Sensing that something was amiss, he asked for permission to go back home to collect his clothes first, and the Japanese guard agreed. It turned out that those who were segregated were taken to the beach to be shot as part of the Sook Ching massacre in Singapore.[11][20]

After the war, Lee went on to study in England. He briefly attended the London School of Economics before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he read law at Fitzwilliam College and graduated with a rare Double Starred (double First Class Honours). (After leaving Cambridge, Lee decided to omit his English name, Harry and simply be known as Lee Kuan Yew,[21] although to this day, old comrades and English friends, such as Margaret Thatcher, still refer to him as Harry Lee.) Lee was subsequently made an honorary fellow of Fitzwilliam College.[13]

In England, Lee campaigned for a friend named David Widdicombe, who was in the Labour Party. He drove Widdicombe around in a lorry and delivered several speeches on his behalf. After seeing how the British had failed to defend Singapore from the Japanese, and after his stay in England, Lee decided that Singapore has to govern itself. He returned to Singapore in 1949.[11][13]

Lee, in his memoirs, recounted how he has had to sing four national anthems in his lifetime: first, God Save The King when Singapore was a British colony; second, Kimigayo, the Japanese national anthem during the Japanese occupation of Singapore; third, the Malaysian national anthem Negaraku, when Singapore was part of Malaysia for two bitter years; fourth, Majulah Singapura, the national anthem of Singapore.[11]
Early political career – 1951 to 1959

In his memoirs, Lee recounted that he had intended to return to Singapore to work as a lawyer. Upon his return, Lee worked in John Laycock's law firm for $500 per month. He also worked as a legal advisor to the trade and students' unions.[11]

Lee's first experience with politics in Singapore was his role as election agent for Laycock under the banner of the pro-British Progressive Party in the 1951 legislative council elections.[11]
Formation of the PAP

On 12 November 1954, Lee, together with a group of fellow English-educated middle-class men whom he described as "beer-swilling bourgeois", formed the 'socialist' People's Action Party (PAP) in an expedient alliance with the pro-communist trade unionists. This alliance was described by Lee as a marriage of convenience, since his English-speaking group needed the Chinese-speaking pro-communists' mass support base, while the communists needed a non-communist party leadership (PAP) as a 'smoke-screen', because the Malayan Communist Party was illegal.

At that time, almost 70% of Singaporeans spoke Chinese and various Chinese dialects as their native tongues. Those who spoke English as their native tongue comprised only 20% or so of the population and were therefore, a minority.[12] Their common aim was to agitate for self-government and put an end to British colonial rule.

An inaugural conference was held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, attended by over 1,500 supporters and trade unionists. Lee became secretary-general, a post he held until 1992, save for a brief period in 1957.[12]
In opposition

Lee won the Tanjong Pagar seat in the 1955 elections. He became the opposition leader against David Saul Marshall's Labour Front-led coalition government. He was also one of PAP's representatives to the two constitutional discussions held in London over the future status of Singapore, the first led by Marshall and the second by Lim Yew Hock, Marshall's hardline successor. It was during this period that Lee had to contend with rivals from both within and outside the PAP.[12]

Lee's position in the PAP was seriously under threat in 1957 when pro-communists took over the leadership posts, following a party conference which the party's left wing had stacked with fake members.[22] Fortunately for Lee and the party's moderate faction, Lim Yew Hock ordered a mass arrest of the pro-communists and Lee was reinstated as secretary-general. After the communist 'scare', Lee subsequently received a new, stronger mandate from his Tanjong Pagar constituents in a by-election in 1957. The communist threat within the party was temporarily removed as Lee prepared for the next round of elections.[citation needed]
Prime Minister, pre-independence – 1959 to 1965
Self-government administration – 1959 to 1963

In the national elections held on 30 May 1959, the PAP won 43 of the 51 seats in the legislative assembly. Singapore gained self-government with autonomy in all state matters except defence and foreign affairs, and Lee became the first Prime Minister of Singapore on 3 June 1959, taking over from Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock.[23] Before he took office, Lee demanded and secured the release of Lim Chin Siong and Devan Nair, who had been arrested earlier by Lim Yew Hock's government. Lee faced many problems after gaining self-rule for Singapore from the British, including education, housing, and unemployment.[citation needed]

A key event was the motion of confidence of the government in which 13 PAP assemblymen crossed party lines and abstained from voting on 21 July 1961. Together with six prominent left-leaning leaders from trade unions, the breakaway members established a new party, the Barisan Sosialis. At its inception it had popular support rivalling that of the PAP.[citation needed] 35 of the 51 branches of PAP and 19 of its 23 organising secretaries went to the Barisan Sosialis. This event was known as the Big Split of 1961. The PAP's majority was now 26-25 in the legislative assembly.[citation needed]

In 1961, the PAP faced two by-election defeats as well as the defections and labour unrest by leftists.[citation needed] Lee's government was near collapse until the 1962 referendum on the issue of merger, which was a test of public confidence in the government.[citation needed]
Merger with Malaysia, then separation – 1963 to 1965
Main article: Singapore in Malaysia

After Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman proposed the formation of a federation which would include Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak in 1961, Lee began to campaign for a merger with Malaysia to end British colonial rule. He used the results of a referendum held on 1 September 1962, in which 70% of the votes were cast in support of his proposal, to demonstrate that the people supported his plan.

On 16 September 1963, Singapore became part of Malaysia. However, the union was short-lived. The Malaysian central government, ruled by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), became worried by the inclusion of Singapore's Chinese majority and the political challenge of the PAP in Malaysia. Lee openly opposed the bumiputra policy and used the Malaysian Solidarity Convention's famous cry of "Malaysian Malaysia!", a nation serving the Malaysian nationality, as opposed to the Malay race.

The 1964 race riots in Singapore followed, such as that on 21 July 1964, near Kallang Gasworks, in which 23 people were killed and hundreds injured as Chinese and Malays attacked each other. It is still disputed how the riots started, and theories include a bottle being thrown into a Muslim rally by a Chinese, while others have argued that it was started by a Malay. More riots broke out in September 1964, as rioters looted cars and shops, forcing both Tunku Abdul Rahman and Lee to make public appearances in order to calm the situation.

Unable to resolve the crisis, "The Tunku" decided to expel Singapore from Malaysia, choosing to "sever all ties with a State Government that showed no measure of loyalty to its Central Government". Lee was adamant and tried to work out a compromise, but without success. He was later convinced by Goh Keng Swee that the secession was inevitable. Lee signed a separation agreement on 7 August 1965, which discussed Singapore's post-separation relations with Malaysia in order to continue co-operation in areas such as trade and mutual defence.

The failure of the merger was a heavy blow to Lee, who believed that it was crucial for Singapore’s survival. In a televised press conference on television that day, he fought back tears and briefly stopped to regain his composure as he formally announced the separation and the full independence of Singapore:

"Every time we look back on this moment when we signed this agreement which severed Singapore from Malaysia, it will be a moment of anguish. For me it is a moment of anguish because all my life ... you see, the whole of my adult life ... I have believed in merger and the unity of these two territories."[24]

On that same day, 9 August 1965, just as the press conference ended, the Malaysian parliament passed the required resolution that would sever Singapore's ties to Malaysia as a state, and thus the Republic of Singapore was created. Singapore's lack of natural resources, a water supply that was beholden primarily to Malaysia and a very limited defensive capability were the major challenges that Lee and the Singaporean government faced.[25]
Prime Minister, post-independence – 1965 to 1990

In his autobiography, Lee stated that he did not sleep well, and fell sick days after Singapore's independence. Upon learning of Lee's condition from the British High Commissioner to Singapore, John Robb, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson expressed concern, in response to which Lee replied:

"Do not worry about Singapore. My colleagues and I are sane, rational people even in our moments of anguish. We will weigh all possible consequences before we make any move on the political chessboard..."

Lee began to seek international recognition of Singapore's independence. Singapore joined the United Nations on 21 September 1965, and founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 8 August 1967 with four other South-East Asian countries. Lee made his first official visit to Indonesia on 25 May 1973, just a few years after the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation under Sukarno's regime. Relations between Singapore and Indonesia substantially improved as subsequent visits were made between the two countries.

Singapore has never had a dominant culture to which immigrants could assimilate even though Malay was the dominant language at that time. Together with efforts from the government and ruling party, Lee tried to create a unique Singaporean identity in the 1970s and 1980s—one which heavily recognised racial consciousness within the umbrella of multiculturalism.

Lee and his government stressed the importance of maintaining religious tolerance and racial harmony, and they were ready to use the law to counter any threat that might incite ethnic and religious violence. For example, Lee warned against "insensitive evangelisation", by which he referred to instances of Christian proselytising directed at Malays. In 1974 the government advised the Bible Society of Singapore to stop publishing religious material in Malay.[26]
Decisions and policies

Lee had three main concerns – national security, the economy, and social issues – during his post-independence administration.[citation needed]
National security

The vulnerability of Singapore was deeply felt, with threats from multiple sources including the communists and Indonesia with its Confrontation stance. As Singapore gained admission to the United Nations, Lee quickly sought international recognition of Singapore's independence. He declared a policy of neutrality and non-alignment, following Switzerland's model.[citation needed] At the same time, he asked Goh Keng Swee to build up the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and requested help from other countries, particularly Israel,[27] for advice, training and facilities. Lee introduced conscription whereby all abled-bodied male Singaporean citizens age 18 and above are required to serve National Service (NS) either in the Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Singapore has been ranked consistently in the top five positions in the Global Competitiveness Report in terms of its reliability of police services. Singapore has consistently been ranked as the safest country in the world. In 2011, there were 0.3 intentional homicides out of 100,000 people in Singapore compared to 4.3 intentional homicides out of 100,000 in the United States.[28].
Economy

Lee always placed great importance on developing the economy, and his attention to detail on this aspect went even to the extent of connecting it with other facets of Singapore, including the country's extensive and meticulous tending of its international image of being a "Garden City",[29] something that has been sustained to this day.
Government policies

Like many countries, Singapore had problems with political corruption. Lee introduced legislation giving the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) greater power to conduct arrests, search, call up witnesses, and investigate bank accounts and income-tax returns of suspected persons and their families.[30]

Lee believed that ministers should be well paid in order to maintain a clean and honest government. In 1994, he proposed to link the salaries of ministers, judges, and top civil servants to the salaries of top professionals in the private sector, arguing that this would help recruit and retain talent to serve in the public sector.[31]

In the late 1960s, fearing that Singapore's growing population might overburden the developing economy, Lee started a vigorous Stop at Two family planning campaign. Couples were urged to undergo sterilisation after their second child. Third or fourth children were given lower priorities in education and such families received fewer economic rebates.[31]

In 1983, Lee sparked the 'Great Marriage Debate' when he encouraged Singapore men to choose highly-educated women as wives.[32] He was concerned that a large number of graduate women were unmarried.[33] Some sections of the population, including graduate women, were upset by his views.[33] Nevertheless, a match-making agency Social Development Unit (SDU)[34] was set up to promote socialising among men and women graduates.[31] In the Graduate Mothers Scheme, Lee also introduced incentives such as tax rebates, schooling, and housing priorities for graduate mothers who had three or four children, in a reversal of the over-successful 'Stop-at-Two' family planning campaign in the 1960s and 1970s. By the late 1990s, the birth rate had fallen so low that Lee's successor Goh Chok Tong extended these incentives to all married women, and gave even more incentives, such as the 'baby bonus' scheme.[31]
Corporal punishment
Main article: Caning in Singapore

One of Lee's abiding beliefs has been in the efficacy of corporal punishment in the form of caning.[35] In his autobiography The Singapore Story he described his time at Raffles Institution in the 1930s, mentioning that he was caned there for chronic lateness by the then headmaster, D. W. McLeod. He wrote: "I bent over a chair and was given three of the best with my trousers on. I did not think he lightened his strokes. I have never understood why Western educationists are so much against corporal punishment. It did my fellow students and me no harm."[36]

Lee's government inherited judicial corporal punishment from British rule, but greatly expanded its scope. Under the British, it had been used as a penalty for offences involving personal violence, amounting to a handful of caning sentences per year. The PAP government under Lee extended its use to an ever-expanding range of crimes.[37] By 1993 it was mandatory for 42 offences and optional for a further 42.[38] Those routinely ordered by the courts to be caned now include drug addicts and illegal immigrants. From 602 canings in 1987, the figure rose to 3,244 in 1993[39] and to 6,404 in 2007.[40]

It was in 1994, with the intensely publicised caning, under that vandalism legislation, of the American teenager Michael Fay, that judicial caning came to the notice of the rest of the world.[35]

School corporal punishment (for male students only) was likewise inherited from the British, and this is in widespread use to discipline disobedient schoolboys, still under 1957 legislation.[41] Lee also introduced caning in the Singapore Armed Forces, and Singapore is one of the few countries in the world where corporal punishment is an official penalty in military discipline.[42]
LGBT Rights

Lee has been open about his views on homosexuality throughout his term in office and after stepping down as Prime Minister. Lee's views are relatively liberal and scientific.

The first time he was asked a question publicly about LGBT rights in Singapore was in a CNN interview in 1998. The question was posed by an unnamed gay man in Singapore who asked about the future of LGBT people in Singapore. Lee replied that it was not for the government to decide whether or not homosexuality was acceptable; it was for the Singapore society to decide. He also said he did not think an "aggressive gay rights movement" would change people's minds on the issue. He added that the government would not interfere or harass anybody whether straight or otherwise.[43]

Lee next answered a question about homosexuality at a Young PAP meeting in 2007. The questioner was Loretta Chen, an openly lesbian young PAP member and a bilingual theatre director in Singapore. She asked if the current censorship rules in Singapore were too equivocal and where censorship was headed in the next two decades. Chen referred to a controversial play about Singaporean porn actress Annabel Chong, which explored pornography and alternative sexuality. Lee was then asked if he believed homosexuality was a product of nature or nurture. He replied that he had asked doctors about homosexuality and been told that it was caused by a genetic random transmission of genes.[44][45]

In Lee's book entitled "Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going", he was asked about homosexuality again. The questions touched on his personal views of LGBT, LGBT people adopting children, and hurdles for LGBT Singaporeans. He was asked how he would react if one of his grandchildren turned out gay. He replied that he would accept his grandchild because homosexuality is a genetic code.[46] One of the questions asked was if LGBT couples could adopt children. He did not think LGBT people were suited to bringing up a child as they have no maternal instinct aroused by the process of pregnancy.[47]

According to the book "Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going", Lee's views on homosexuality were moulded through his studies and observation of historical data.

In Singapore, Section 377A of the Penal Code still criminalizes homosexual sexual intercourse. However, Lee Kuan Yew's son, current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said in parliament in 2007 that the government will not actively enforce the law even though it is in place because of the current sentiment among Singaporeans.
Relations with Malaysia
Mahathir bin Mohamad

Lee looked forward to improving relationships with Mahathir bin Mohamad upon the latter's promotion to Deputy Prime Minister. Knowing that Mahathir was in line to become the next Prime Minister of Malaysia, Lee invited Mahathir (through Singapore President Devan Nair) to visit Singapore in 1978. The first and subsequent visits improved both personal and diplomatic relationships between them. Mahathir asked Lee to cut off links with the Chinese leaders of the Democratic Action Party; in exchange, Mahathir undertook not to interfere in the affairs of Malay Singaporeans.

In June 1988, Lee and Mahathir reached an agreement in Kuala Lumpur to build the Linggui dam on the Johor River. [1]
Senior Minister – 1990 to 2004
Lee Kuan Yew (middle) meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S. Chan Heng Chee in 2000.

After leading the PAP to victory in seven elections, Lee stepped down on 28 November 1990, handing over the prime ministership to Goh Chok Tong.[48] He was then the world's longest-serving prime minister.[49]

This was the first leadership transition since independence.

When Goh Chok Tong became head of government, Lee remained in the cabinet with a non-executive position of Senior Minister and played a role he described as advisory. In public, Lee would refer to Goh as "my Prime Minister", in deference to Goh's authority. He has said in a 1988 National Day rally:

"Even from my sick bed, even if you are going to lower me into the grave and I feel something is going wrong, I will get up."

Lee subsequently stepped down as the Secretary-General of the PAP and was succeeded by Goh Chok Tong in November 1992.
Minister Mentor – 2004 to 2011

Since the 2000s (decade), Lee has expressed concern about the declining proficiency of Mandarin among younger Chinese Singaporeans. In one of his parliamentary speeches, he said: "Singaporeans must learn to juggle English and Mandarin". Subsequently, in December 2004, a one-year long campaign called ?? Cool! (Huayu Cool!) was launched, in an attempt to attract young viewers to learn and speak Mandarin.[50]

In June 2005, Lee published a book, Keeping My Mandarin Alive, documenting his decades of effort to master Mandarin, a language which he said he had to re-learn due to disuse:

"...because I don't use it so much, therefore it gets disused and there's language loss. Then I have to revive it. It's a terrible problem because learning it in adult life, it hasn't got the same roots in your memory."

In an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) on 12 June 2005, Lee stressed the need to have a continuous renewal of talent in the country's leadership, saying:

"In a different world we need to find a niche for ourselves, little corners where in spite of our small size we can perform a role which will be useful to the world. To do that, you will need people at the top, decision-makers who have got foresight, good minds, who are open to ideas, who can seize opportunities like we did... My job really was to find my successors. I found them, they are there; their job is to find their successors. So there must be this continuous renewal of talented, dedicated, honest, able people who will do things not for themselves but for their people and for their country. If they can do that, they will carry on for another one generation and so it goes on. The moment that breaks, it's gone."

In November 2010, Lee's private conversations with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg on 30 May 2009 were among the U.S. Embassy cables leaked by WikiLeaks. In a U.S. Embassy report classified as 'Secret', Lee gave his assessment of a number of Asian leaders and views on political developments in North Asia, including implications for nuclear proliferation.[51] Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep concern about the leaks, especially when read out of context, and the need to protect confidentiality of diplomatic correspondence.[52]

In January 2011, the Straits Times Press published the book Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths To Keep Singapore Going.[53] Targeted at younger Singaporeans, it was based on 16 interviews with Lee by seven local journalists in 2008–2009. The first print run of 45,000 copies sold out in less than a month after it was launched in January 2011. Another batch of 55,000 copies was made available shortly after.[54]

After the 2011 general elections in which the Workers' Party, a major opposition political party in Singapore, made unprecedented gains by winning a Group Representation Constituency (GRC), Lee announced that he has decided to leave the Cabinet for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his team to have a fresh clean slate.[55]
International organisations

Lee is a member of the Fondation Chirac's honour committee,[56] ever since the foundation was launched in 2008 by former French President Jacques Chirac in order to promote world peace.
Legacy and memoirs
Legacy

During three decades in which Lee held office, Singapore grew from being a developing country to one of the most developed nations in Asia, despite its small population, limited land space and lack of natural resources. Lee has often stated that Singapore's only natural resources are its people and their strong work ethic. He is widely respected by many Singaporeans, particularly the older generation, who remember his inspiring leadership during independence and the separation from Malaysia. Indeed, for many people in Singapore and other countries, Lee is inextricably linked with their perceptions of Singapore's country brand.[57]

Lee has also been widely praised by other world leaders. Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissenger once said that Lee was "One of the asymmetries of history". Former United States President Richard Nixon remarked that if Lee lived in another time and place, he would have attained the world stature of a Churchill, a Disraeli, or a Gladstone."[58]

On the other hand, many Singaporeans have criticised Lee as being authoritarian and intolerant of dissent, citing his numerous mostly successful attempts to sue political opponents and newspapers who express an unfavorable opinion. International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has asked Lee, and other senior Singaporean officials, to stop taking libel actions against journalists.[59]

In 2004 the National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy was named after him, one of the first cases of an institution in Singapore doing so.[citation needed]
Memoirs

Lee wrote a two-volume set of memoirs: The Singapore Story (ISBN 0-13-020803-5), which covers his view of Singapore's history until its separation from Malaysia in 1965, and From Third World to First: The Singapore Story (ISBN 0060197765), which gives his account of Singapore's subsequent transformation into a developed nation.[citation needed]
Awards
Lee receives the Order of Friendship from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 15 November 2009 in Singapore.

Lee has received a number of state decorations, including the Order of the Companions of Honour (1970), Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1972), the Freedom of the City of London (1982), the Seri Paduka Mahkota Johor (1984), the Order of Great Leader (1988) and the Order of the Rising Sun (1967).[60]
In 2002, Lee was formally admitted to the Fellowship of Imperial College London in recognition of his promotion of international trade and industry, and development of science and engineering study initiatives with the UK.[61]
In 2006, Lee was presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
In 2007, Lee was conferred an honorary Doctorate in Law at the Australian National University in Canberra, albeit amid protest from students and staff.[62]
In October 2009, Lee was conferred the first Lifetime Achievement award by the U.S.-Asean Business Council at its 25th anniversary gala dinner in Washington, D.C.. In his tribute, former United States Secretary of State and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Henry Kissinger said:[63]

"He has become a seminal figure for all of us. I've not learned as much from anybody as I have from Mr Lee Kuan Yew. He made himself an indispensable friend of the United States, not primarily by the power he represented but by the quality of his thinking.

Meeting the U.S. President at the White House Oval Office a day later, Barack Obama introduced him as:[64][65]

"... one of the legendary figures of Asia in the 20th and 21st centuries. He is somebody who helped to trigger the Asian economic miracle."

On 15 November 2009, Lee was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship by President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of APEC Singapore 2009.[66]
On 29 April 2010, Lee was named in the TIME 100 list as one of the people who most affect our world.[67]
On 14 January 2011, Lee received the inaugural Gryphon Award from his alma mater, Raffles Institution, given to illustrious Rafflesians who have made exceptional contributions to the nation.[68]
On 19 October 2011, Lee received the Lincoln Medal in Washington DC — an honor reserved for people who have exemplified the legacy and character embodied by Abraham Lincoln.[69]
On 21 February 2012, Lee was conferred the Kazakhstan Order of Friendship by Ambassador Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev, at the Istana.[70]

Health

On 13 September 2008, Lee, then 84, underwent successful treatment for abnormal heart rhythm (atrial flutter) at Singapore General Hospital, but he was still able to address a philanthropy forum via video link from hospital.[71] On 28 September 2010, he was hospitalised for a chest infection, cancelling plans to attend the wake of Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan.[72]

On a Sunday Times column on 6 November 2011, Lee's daughter Wei Ling revealed that Lee, 88, suffers from peripheral neuropathy.[73] In the column, she recounted how she first noticed her father's ailments when she accompanied her father to meet former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Connecticut in October 2009. Wei Ling, a neurologist, "did a few simple neurological tests and decided the nerves to his legs were not working as they should". A day later, when interviewed at a constituency event, Lee stated "I have no doubt at all that this has not affected my mind, my will nor my resolve" and "People in wheel chairs can make a contribution. I've still got two legs, I make a contribution."

On 15 February 2013, Lee was hospitalised at Singapore General Hospital after suffering a prolonged cardiac dysrhythmia which was followed by a brief stoppage of blood flow to the brain.[74][75][76][77] For the first time in his career as a politician, Lee missed the annual Chinese New Year dinner at his Tanjong Pagar Constituency, where he was supposed to be the guest-of-honour.[78][79] He was subsequently discharged though he is as of date receiving anti-coagulant therapy.[80][81][82]
Controversies
Devan Nair

In 1999, former Singaporean President Devan Nair, who was living in exile in Canada, remarked in an interview with the Toronto The Globe and Mail that Lee's technique of suing his opponents into bankruptcy or oblivion was an abrogation of political rights. He also remarked that Lee is "an increasingly self-righteous know-all", surrounded by "department store dummies". In response to these remarks, Lee sued Nair in a Canadian court and Nair countersued. Lee then brought a motion to have Nair's counterclaim thrown out of court. Lee argued that Nair's counterclaim disclosed no reasonable cause of action and constituted an inflammatory attack on the integrity of the Singapore government. However, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice refused to throw out Nair's counterclaim, holding that Lee had abused the litigating process and therefore Nair has a reasonable cause of action.[83]
Defamation judgment

On 24 September 2008 the High Court of Singapore, in a summary judgment by Justice Woo Bih Li, ruled that the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) magazine (Hugo Restall, editor), defamed Lee and his son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The court found the 2006 article "Singapore's 'Martyr': Chee Soon Juan" meant that Lee has been running and continues to run Singapore in the same corrupt manner as T. T. Durai operated the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and he has been using libel actions to suppress those who would question to avoid exposure of his corruption."[84] The court sentenced FEER, owned by Dow Jones & Company (in turn owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp), to pay damages to the complainants. FEER appealed[84] but lost the case when the Court of Appeal ruled in October 2009 that the Far Eastern Economic Review defamed Lee and his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.[85]
Defamation lawsuit
KOFI 11 years ago

My friend what you have written are an eye opener to all readers, however, i would advise you to think about yourself and your country than wasting time on Singapore and Lee's. Chinese are people who are born greedy, they luc ...
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My friend what you have written are an eye opener to all readers, however, i would advise you to think about yourself and your country than wasting time on Singapore and Lee's. Chinese are people who are born greedy, they luck foresight. Singapore currently has allot of problems. They are now treating their own waste water to drink, that's what they want leave them alone. If the Africans remain in the dark continent that's what they want and deserve......If Singapore should remain with Malaysia, it would have been better. But L.K.Y.thinks he is smart to separate from Malaysia. They supported L.K.Y to its way, they are currently quitting the Singapore for western country's whey they don't have a foot hold. May be the African's in their dark continent are better than them hahahahaaa
Justman 11 years ago

ALL WE NEED IS PROOF.THIS PROOF SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC FOR ALL OF US TO SEE.IT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE HIGH COURT JUDGES SINCE THE MATTER HAS NOW BEEN MADE PUBLIC.

ALL WE NEED IS PROOF.THIS PROOF SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC FOR ALL OF US TO SEE.IT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE HIGH COURT JUDGES SINCE THE MATTER HAS NOW BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
Paa Ekow 11 years ago

The proof you need needs to be established by those you make the allegation and not those against who the allegation is made.

It is those who say WADAA is not the same person called NADAA who need to prove their claim. Al ...
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The proof you need needs to be established by those you make the allegation and not those against who the allegation is made.

It is those who say WADAA is not the same person called NADAA who need to prove their claim. Also it is the responsibility of those who allege that Nana has no certificate to prove that he did not even submit one prior to his admittance into the Ghana BAR or they must prove that Nana impersonated when he submitted one.
Justman 11 years ago

SO YOU KNOW ALL THOSE FRAUDULENT POSSIBILITIES EXIST BUT KEPT MUTE OVER THEM.ONLY THIEVES TRY TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE ISSUE.YOU ARE AN ACCOMPLICE.WE STRIP OF YOUR FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES.

SO YOU KNOW ALL THOSE FRAUDULENT POSSIBILITIES EXIST BUT KEPT MUTE OVER THEM.ONLY THIEVES TRY TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE ISSUE.YOU ARE AN ACCOMPLICE.WE STRIP OF YOUR FRAUDULENT CERTIFICATES.
Justman 11 years ago

THE PLACE HE CLAIMED IS NANA DID NOT EVEN KNOW HIM AS NANA. HE IS ONLY KNOWN IN KUMASI BANTAMA.

THE PLACE HE CLAIMED IS NANA DID NOT EVEN KNOW HIM AS NANA. HE IS ONLY KNOWN IN KUMASI BANTAMA.
COULD NOT BE IN THE ANALYSIS 11 years ago

Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923[2]), GCMG, CH, is a Singaporean politician.
Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo (pron.: /?æk??fo?-æd?o?/ a-KUU-foh---ad-OH) (born 9 March 1944, in Swalaba, Accra)

Lee Kuan Yew (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, 16 September 1923[2]), GCMG, CH, is a Singaporean politician.
Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo (pron.: /?æk??fo?-æd?o?/ a-KUU-foh---ad-OH) (born 9 March 1944, in Swalaba, Accra)
ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

why are you all afraid that certificateless lawyer- i think as a high ranking member like you oyikoI OTOO of NPP YOU CAN ADVISE THAT MAN AKUFFU aDDO to give you all his Information, about how he became a lawyer.
why do ...
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why are you all afraid that certificateless lawyer- i think as a high ranking member like you oyikoI OTOO of NPP YOU CAN ADVISE THAT MAN AKUFFU aDDO to give you all his Information, about how he became a lawyer.
why do such an important figures in npp rely on other persons for Information about nana addo dankwa akuffu addo? while he is ALife and can talk?
Dr. Kologah 11 years ago

I don't care who the hell Akronfuo Addo's law mate is,he must still show us his law certificate.Aboa like that.

I don't care who the hell Akronfuo Addo's law mate is,he must still show us his law certificate.Aboa like that.
Psychatrist 11 years ago

Doctors have to examine Kpegah again, He may be CRACKING UP

Doctors have to examine Kpegah again, He may be CRACKING UP
Abongo 11 years ago

Like your father

Like your father
Abongo 11 years ago

Since when did you know that?

Since when did you know that?
Ghanaian Lawyer in UK 11 years ago

Every right thinking person who really knows Nana, knows that his "home" name is Nana Addo Dankwa, His school name was William Edward Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. During later part of his school or university days he was Will ...
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Every right thinking person who really knows Nana, knows that his "home" name is Nana Addo Dankwa, His school name was William Edward Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. During later part of his school or university days he was William Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. So what was Kpegah thinking when he alleged that Nana wasn't a lawyer.
koffi abbass 11 years ago

am sure u were trained by nana. how can lky who was called to eng bar in 1950 be nana's mate?people are trying to defend him by exposing him. u better learn hard to become a good lawyer. instead of d lazy lawyer that u are.
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am sure u were trained by nana. how can lky who was called to eng bar in 1950 be nana's mate?people are trying to defend him by exposing him. u better learn hard to become a good lawyer. instead of d lazy lawyer that u are.
am sure most of ur clients are illiterate n illegal ghanaians.
ALUTA 11 years ago

I THINK IT IS SIMPLE TO REQUEST THIS INFORMATION FROM THE UK GOVERNMENT UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IF HE DID STUDY IN UK.THIS CAN BE REQUESTED ONLINE WITH LITTLE FEE NOT MORE THAN £100.00 AND WITHIN FEW WEEKS THE T ...
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I THINK IT IS SIMPLE TO REQUEST THIS INFORMATION FROM THE UK GOVERNMENT UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IF HE DID STUDY IN UK.THIS CAN BE REQUESTED ONLINE WITH LITTLE FEE NOT MORE THAN £100.00 AND WITHIN FEW WEEKS THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT.
JIMY SOMER 11 years ago

They dont have any law certificate.We want to see Akufo addo law certificate now.H e should stop fulling ghanains.lets go to oxford and verify if he really did law at oxford.

They dont have any law certificate.We want to see Akufo addo law certificate now.H e should stop fulling ghanains.lets go to oxford and verify if he really did law at oxford.
afuaghanakumase 11 years ago

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Stephen Quaye 11 years ago

Let's forget about Justice Kpegah,he is a sick person.Nana KUDOS!

Let's forget about Justice Kpegah,he is a sick person.Nana KUDOS!
NPP 11 years ago

AKUFFO ADDO IS 90 YEARS OF AGE,LEE KWAN IS MORE 8O YEARS.

AKUFFO ADDO IS 90 YEARS OF AGE,LEE KWAN IS MORE 8O YEARS.
Ghana is dying. 11 years ago

Enough of useless politics. Ghanaians must unite and move the nation forward. Let us talk about how to develop the nation, create opportunities for the younger generation.

Enough of useless politics. Ghanaians must unite and move the nation forward. Let us talk about how to develop the nation, create opportunities for the younger generation.
Kwabena Erzoah 11 years ago

I am very surprised that the circuit court Judge Cecilia Sowah decided to heed to Nana Akufo Addo' s plea. At least today some of us as a result of Justice Kpegah's writ know that Nana has no certificates. This was admitted i ...
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I am very surprised that the circuit court Judge Cecilia Sowah decided to heed to Nana Akufo Addo' s plea. At least today some of us as a result of Justice Kpegah's writ know that Nana has no certificates. This was admitted in court. This sort of influenced justification can only be entertained in Ghana but nowhere else in the world. Why can't Nana Akufo Addo obtain a duplicate from the institutions he attended or the GLC provide copies rather than testimonials and notes? We are just too civilised for this sort of behaviour. Cecilia's action is pathetic as some of us strongly believe NAD is indeed impersonating. We want the whole to listen to Justice Kpegah when given the chance to mount the dock. NAD will live to fight another day may be international.
ROGUE LAWYER 11 years ago

The Actions from the judge cecilia sowa pronouce it all for us to believe that she had been paid to do a cover up job-

she forgot that the question remain unanswered. so he (akuffu addo)will remain fake until all the que ...
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The Actions from the judge cecilia sowa pronouce it all for us to believe that she had been paid to do a cover up job-

she forgot that the question remain unanswered. so he (akuffu addo)will remain fake until all the question marks are cleared.

if there was one Akuffu Addo who was a classmate of LEE KWAN YEW- comparing the Age difference it would probably be the former ceremonia president Edward Akuffu Addo not the Soul Person of nana Addo Dnkwa akuffu Addo NPP presidential candidate
ALUTA 11 years ago

I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISSUE IS DRAGGING ON. UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IN UK, INDIVIDUALS CAN REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE UK GOVERNMENT ABOUT INDIVIDUALS IF IS OF NATIONAL INTEREST.IT COST NOT MORE THAN £100. ...
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I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS ISSUE IS DRAGGING ON. UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT IN UK, INDIVIDUALS CAN REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE UK GOVERNMENT ABOUT INDIVIDUALS IF IS OF NATIONAL INTEREST.IT COST NOT MORE THAN £100.00 yOU CAN APPLY ON LINE AND WILL NOT TAKE MORE THEN A MONTH TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
HELL FIRE 11 years ago

COULD YOU IMAGINE IF KPEGA WAS ONE OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES HEARING THE NPP ELECTORAL PETITION

COULD YOU IMAGINE IF KPEGA WAS ONE OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES HEARING THE NPP ELECTORAL PETITION
Colonel Amicus 11 years ago

Some Ghanaians and some Africans must stop using dead people as evidence and witness because they're not alive to defend what we referring to. The former president of Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew died couple of years ago so how ca ...
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Some Ghanaians and some Africans must stop using dead people as evidence and witness because they're not alive to defend what we referring to. The former president of Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew died couple of years ago so how can we go and ask. You mean to tell us that no African was called to Utter Bar of the Middle Temple in 1971 or around those years, even Akuffo Addo's senior or junior? Gheeees.
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Safo Marfoh,Hansen.Berlin. 11 years ago

Please give us a break.We will get to the bottom of this.

Please give us a break.We will get to the bottom of this.
Cleland Folsom 11 years ago

Yes...classmates wanted ASAP.

Yes...classmates wanted ASAP.
Chris 11 years ago

This coming from an ex AG? So Nana has only a Chinese mate but no African? Ridiculous! Kpegah might be right after all.

This coming from an ex AG? So Nana has only a Chinese mate but no African? Ridiculous! Kpegah might be right after all.
TEELEBB -TEE 11 years ago

SEE HOW FAST THIS CASE WAS DISMISSED. IT IS TO TELL S SOMETHING. THAT NO MATTER HOW STRONG THE COCKROACH'S TRAP CAN BE, IT CAN NEVER CATCH A FOWL. LET ALONE THE OWNER OF THE TRAP COMING FORTH TO OWN ITS CATCH OR PREY.JUST NOT ...
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SEE HOW FAST THIS CASE WAS DISMISSED. IT IS TO TELL S SOMETHING. THAT NO MATTER HOW STRONG THE COCKROACH'S TRAP CAN BE, IT CAN NEVER CATCH A FOWL. LET ALONE THE OWNER OF THE TRAP COMING FORTH TO OWN ITS CATCH OR PREY.JUST NOTE THE GHANA BAR , GHANA LAW,GHANA JUSTICE HAS OWNERS,THESE OWNERS WILL ALWAYS DECIDE WHICH WAY A CASE SHOULD GO.I BET GHANAIANS THAT NANA AND BAWUMIA WILL WIN THIS ELECTION PETITION CASE WHETHER OR NOT MAHAMA WON OR LOSS.
TEELEBB -TEE 11 years ago

FORMER MINSTER OF JUSTICE FAILS TO PREPARE FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION AND QUOTING OTHERS(EVIDENCE ON HEARSAY}LAZILY THAT SOME INFO INDICATE A DEAD FORMER SINGAPOREAN PREMIER WAS NANA'S MATE.THIS IS AN INSULT TO NANA.I AM ALSO SUR ...
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FORMER MINSTER OF JUSTICE FAILS TO PREPARE FOR A PANEL DISCUSSION AND QUOTING OTHERS(EVIDENCE ON HEARSAY}LAZILY THAT SOME INFO INDICATE A DEAD FORMER SINGAPOREAN PREMIER WAS NANA'S MATE.THIS IS AN INSULT TO NANA.I AM ALSO SURE NANA'S MATE WAS SUPPER OD AND AGYA KOO.
ato, manchester 11 years ago

the dead man was born in 1923 and was called to bar in 1950 when Nana was 5 or 6 years old yet they are classmates. What a coincidence NPP

the dead man was born in 1923 and was called to bar in 1950 when Nana was 5 or 6 years old yet they are classmates. What a coincidence NPP
Ghanaian 11 years ago

Please Lee Kuan yew is not dead

Please Lee Kuan yew is not dead
KWABENA DANSOMAN 11 years ago

THE GLOBAL VILLAGE THAT IS CREATED BY THE SUPERNATURAL BEING WITH THE CREATURES SUPPOSED TO LOVE THEMSELVES AND ENJOY IT;COULD STOMACH HATRED TO THE EXTENT THAT GOD'S CREATION COULD BE SAID TO BE A DRUG BARON WITH NO EVIDENCE ...
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THE GLOBAL VILLAGE THAT IS CREATED BY THE SUPERNATURAL BEING WITH THE CREATURES SUPPOSED TO LOVE THEMSELVES AND ENJOY IT;COULD STOMACH HATRED TO THE EXTENT THAT GOD'S CREATION COULD BE SAID TO BE A DRUG BARON WITH NO EVIDENCE,TOO SHORT TO BE A PRESIDENT AND NOW IMPOSING AS A LAWYER ASLO WITHOUT EVIDENCE.WHAT KIND OF PERSONAL HATRED IS THIS?
Fiifi 11 years ago

Why are people beating about the bush? Please come out and say what you want to say! We know Nana was called to the Barin England and also his name has aapered on the roll of lawyers in July 1975 (as the only person at that d ...
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Why are people beating about the bush? Please come out and say what you want to say! We know Nana was called to the Barin England and also his name has aapered on the roll of lawyers in July 1975 (as the only person at that date!)! However documentation of these two important "Landmarks/functions" are "lost"!(You now know why Bawumia made quadruplets of his "pinksheets")! What people are afraid to say or ask is simply the question of his father's involvement in these "issues"! This whole saga is getting nasty and pretty dirty and the earlier Nana Addo produces duplicates of the documents, the better and faster it would be to close this story and shame those who deserve to be shamed! Iam very sure the the various institution would be able to issue genuine duplicates of the needed certificates!
Dhuruwah 11 years ago

My problem is, why is everyone speaking for Nana Addo?. The man is alive and well and yet when you talk about his cocaine use, he keeps quite and other people will be doing the speaking on his behalf. Some say he is not a cer ...
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My problem is, why is everyone speaking for Nana Addo?. The man is alive and well and yet when you talk about his cocaine use, he keeps quite and other people will be doing the speaking on his behalf. Some say he is not a certified Lawyer and same thing happened. Others are now speaking about him being called to the bar at the same time as Lee Kwan Yew. Trouble is, if you asked Mr. Lee, he will show you his certificate. Which begs the question, Cant this aspiring president speak for himself?. He may probably not be the only Lawyer in the universe who has lost or does not have his Certificate. To Nana Addo, I say, "SAY SOMETHING". You are almost 80 years old, speak up, do not cower and hide behind the spin doctors.
G. K. Berko 11 years ago

This news is worthless if it does not claim the former Songaporean leader has acknowledged being a course or College mate with Nana Akufo-Addo, or graduated with him.

The mere association in locus drawn between the two doe ...
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This news is worthless if it does not claim the former Songaporean leader has acknowledged being a course or College mate with Nana Akufo-Addo, or graduated with him.

The mere association in locus drawn between the two does not prove anything at all. This sort of stealth attempt to match Nana's eminence with some globally notable leaders is not only puerile but also dodging the crux of the issue at stake.

The doubt raised needs a more serious effort to eliminate.

Long Live Ghana!!!
OSEI MENSAH 11 years ago

Brother BERKO G.K. you are right.

Brother BERKO G.K. you are right.
G. K. Berko 11 years ago

I meant type "Singaporean".

I meant type "Singaporean".
Kramer 11 years ago

Why all these drama, ? Just produce the right cert' and everything is over and u re here talking about Chinese ppl. The harder u guys try to do this damage control the messier it would be.

Why all these drama, ? Just produce the right cert' and everything is over and u re here talking about Chinese ppl. The harder u guys try to do this damage control the messier it would be.
Non Partisan Ghanaian 11 years ago

Ei and this man is a former attorney general of Ghana?.Facebook mates of Nana Addo?. This is serious o!. The longer Nana takes to show his Law certificates the more messy and suspicious this case gets. The case may appear a ...
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Ei and this man is a former attorney general of Ghana?.Facebook mates of Nana Addo?. This is serious o!. The longer Nana takes to show his Law certificates the more messy and suspicious this case gets. The case may appear as a no case but it will linger in our memories for years
Ibn Wahab 11 years ago

Ghanaians want to the cert filifili and these heresays! The allegation still hangs on Nana despite the struck out!

Ghanaians want to the cert filifili and these heresays! The allegation still hangs on Nana despite the struck out!
Otoo 11 years ago

Ayiko Otoo is very very stupid. No wonder John Kufuor dismissed him as AG only after only 6 months in Office. Has Lee Kwan Yew come out to say that Nana was his lawmate? In Nana`s CV, he mentioned his elementary school in Acc ...
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Ayiko Otoo is very very stupid. No wonder John Kufuor dismissed him as AG only after only 6 months in Office. Has Lee Kwan Yew come out to say that Nana was his lawmate? In Nana`s CV, he mentioned his elementary school in Accra, the college in Britain where he did his "O" and "A" Levels and even mentioned University of Ghana where he obtained a 3rd Class in Economics. But missing is the most important piece of information. Where he did his Law studies. Nana, Akufo-Addo should just tell us where he did hids law studies. I wonder why lots of Ghanaians have become brainless and therefore keep on supporting Nana baselessly. Next time Ayiko Otoo will tell us Nana and Osama Bin Laden were even law mates.
ALHAJI KUKRUDU 11 years ago

This man is a BIG FOOL. This is a former A-G who is relying on what someone wrote on facebook to draw his conclusion, oh! Ghana. Read his stuff again, "People have published it even on Facebook and there was one guy who said ...
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This man is a BIG FOOL. This is a former A-G who is relying on what someone wrote on facebook to draw his conclusion, oh! Ghana. Read his stuff again, "People have published it even on Facebook and there was one guy who said when he checked, he even realized that he was called to the bar together with Lee Kwan Yew, the same year that he was called to the bar." What a FOOLISH lawyer.
GAMOR EWORNUKU 11 years ago

even if it's true does that mean he was called to the Ghana bar alone in that year? if not, then why won't any Ghanaian be referred to but rather a nonghanaian who is far older than nadaa.

even if it's true does that mean he was called to the Ghana bar alone in that year? if not, then why won't any Ghanaian be referred to but rather a nonghanaian who is far older than nadaa.
Kk 11 years ago

For
your information, Lee Kwan Yew was called to the english bar in
1950.So,he can not be Nana Addo's mate.Always make your checks before
coming out with information for the public consumption

For
your information, Lee Kwan Yew was called to the english bar in
1950.So,he can not be Nana Addo's mate.Always make your checks before
coming out with information for the public consumption

Akufo-Addo and Lee Kwan Yew were law mates - Ayikoi Otoo

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