Let’s respect our chiefs and traditional rulers - President Mahama

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Pateku 11 years ago

Yes Mr. President respect is earned not given on a plate. For your information ALL our leaders are corrupt to the hilt.

Yes Mr. President respect is earned not given on a plate. For your information ALL our leaders are corrupt to the hilt.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 11 years ago

Dramani Mahama if wants chiefs, elders, and all people in the country
to be given a due respect accorded to every one in the country, he Mahama should first set Leadership example by
resign and step down now, because he
ha ...
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Dramani Mahama if wants chiefs, elders, and all people in the country
to be given a due respect accorded to every one in the country, he Mahama should first set Leadership example by
resign and step down now, because he
has deceived, lied robed the majority
people of this nation for his own selfish interest and that cannot bring
respect to him. Good name is better than riches if Mahama does not know
this he should check it out.

Every NDC so-called politicians around
he Mahama is dishonest, arogant, violent, liars, thieves, murdeerers,
arm robers and total arogant who does
not seems to have any little respect
to either chiefs and elders in our
country because NDC so-called political supporters has no respect
for any other person.

Mahama has no respeact for the people of Ghana.
Anonymous Coward 11 years ago

Tell them to stop their corrupt and evil practices. That would be a starting point.

Tell them to stop their corrupt and evil practices. That would be a starting point.
Edwin 11 years ago

Please tell chiefs to stop the human sacrifice for burial of dead chiefs. They must stop all outmoded customs and taboos. This is 21st century and they must stop all those primitive practices

Please tell chiefs to stop the human sacrifice for burial of dead chiefs. They must stop all outmoded customs and taboos. This is 21st century and they must stop all those primitive practices
GHANA 11 years ago

AS FOR ME; LETS GIVE OUR REGIONS TO CHIEFS THAN MINISTERS

AS FOR ME; LETS GIVE OUR REGIONS TO CHIEFS THAN MINISTERS
insight to the bone 11 years ago

They accuse us of tribalism but themselves are pursuing agandas of divide and rule so as to dominate the majority. whenever Akans dare to point out injustices or notice the hegemony , chauvinism and tribalism of the northerne ...
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They accuse us of tribalism but themselves are pursuing agandas of divide and rule so as to dominate the majority. whenever Akans dare to point out injustices or notice the hegemony , chauvinism and tribalism of the northerners and ewes they immediately organize a media propaganda lynch. they try to brainwash our children not to recognize the reality, in fact there are second generation living in Accra especially fantis whose children dont even speak fanti or even know where cape coast and sekondi are.even in America where the concept of the melting pot is so well developed know the difference between the irish , italian , german etc heritage and back ground yet our media and govt try to brainwash our people into thinking its an undesirable phenomenon to know who you are talk less of your heritage even though these things are guaranteed in the positive laws and UN conventions . He who can not appreciate , respect and recognize his own can never understand another talk less of uphold the rights of others. today some ex convict tsetse-cat lawyer of an ayigbe idiot whose father knowing how destructive he was and never loved him named him after a fly that causes sleeping sickness hoping to put all of us to sleep. these fools would mislead all others so that their people can profit steal and loot undercover. so now out political so called elite are infested by sociopaths , psychopaths and racists whose only desire is to dominate and use others in their extremely manipulative ideologies which can never bring progress or development yet they choose to call the kettle black?
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 11 years ago

respect chiefs and traditional leaders for their crucial role as custodians of lands and contribution to overall national progress and development.

THE SAME CHIEFS WHO SELL LAND TO CHINESE GALAMSAY? MAHAMA, ARE U HIGH?

respect chiefs and traditional leaders for their crucial role as custodians of lands and contribution to overall national progress and development.

THE SAME CHIEFS WHO SELL LAND TO CHINESE GALAMSAY? MAHAMA, ARE U HIGH?
Nicholas J Bedzo 11 years ago

These chiefs earn no respect from the
public,they are corrupt and thives.

These chiefs earn no respect from the
public,they are corrupt and thives.
GHANA 11 years ago

LETS CHANGE OUR SYSTEM TO KINDSHIP

LETS CHANGE OUR SYSTEM TO KINDSHIP
Igp 11 years ago

As I royal myself, I demand that respect should only come to our chiefs if and only if they respect the very traditonal authority and guidelines that put them on the stool or skin. They must stop selling land s to people who ...
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As I royal myself, I demand that respect should only come to our chiefs if and only if they respect the very traditonal authority and guidelines that put them on the stool or skin. They must stop selling land s to people who come and destroy our culture and enviroments. That is a must. Stop collaborating with criminals and foreigners who take us for granted. Those practices led some of our chiefs into selling some our own into slavery and is continuing unabated to these days. What do you expect when chiefs who are supposed to be custodians of traditional authority are unbashedly floating the rules of the game? Some are even gaming the system by resorting to and conniving with Regional and district attorneys to frivilously claim judgement debts when is not due them. That is white colar crime, short of calling it stealing. Leadrship must not come from top - down but bottom up. Go to Kigali airport, the first text on the walls you see read: "No corruption here." Why don't you, Mr President set the tone going forward? Stop he corruption and love Ghana.
ADWEN 11 years ago

Should we give our respect and allegiance to the chiefs rather than the nation's president?
Instead of him thinking of a national cohesive system to consolidateall political systems in the country so that all tribal tensions ...
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Should we give our respect and allegiance to the chiefs rather than the nation's president?
Instead of him thinking of a national cohesive system to consolidateall political systems in the country so that all tribal tensions may be reduced or removed, he is rather supporting tribalism and division.
Why should we respect any chief? Can someone tell or show me or any Ghanaian one Ghanaian chief who has initiated a sustainable development his/her locality or community beside lipsesrvice and disposal of lands?
Mahama has nothing to offer Ghana since he has been in power for the past 9 months Ghanaians can't pinpoint any concrete achievement or programme of his. Mahama has risen to his highest level of incompetence according to the Peter Principle.
Nii Akwei 11 years ago

What contribution to national development? They are a bunch of thieves, just like the politicians, if you ask me.

What contribution to national development? They are a bunch of thieves, just like the politicians, if you ask me.
NII LARTEY NARTEY 11 years ago

One thing I like about Mahama is his snake under grass humbleness. What I also hate about him is his high rate of despicable corruption, arrogant show of divisive tribalism by appointing 85 ministers almost made up of his kin ...
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One thing I like about Mahama is his snake under grass humbleness. What I also hate about him is his high rate of despicable corruption, arrogant show of divisive tribalism by appointing 85 ministers almost made up of his kinsmen and his criminally guinea fowl, STX sakawa projects.

The most serious error which might lead him to future prosecution is the astonishing over budgeting of whooopy 8.7 million Cedis, dubiously using state fundings to buy cars for minus for personal political gains, the planned unethical "ayaricough" political tactics and the most serious bribing to buy the EC to criminally rigged election results and pronounced him a winner of the 2012 elections when he knows very-very well that he was indeed the loser. That crowned him with dishonesty topping up his immoral shame as a cheat sending the whole country into social economic and security mess.
DKlondon 11 years ago

Mahama is a hypocrite. U bought all the chiefs before the elections and you come back to plead for respect for the chiefs??

How arrogant can Mahama ever be? The chiefs and traditional rulers are a bunch of unethical clown ...
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Mahama is a hypocrite. U bought all the chiefs before the elections and you come back to plead for respect for the chiefs??

How arrogant can Mahama ever be? The chiefs and traditional rulers are a bunch of unethical clowns masquerading and throwing about their weights.

Governance is a serious business, so they must earn it!!!
.GHANANI 11 years ago

Chieftancy is an outmoded institution.Politicians embrace it because support for chiefs help them to get and maintain power.

Chieftancy is an outmoded institution.Politicians embrace it because support for chiefs help them to get and maintain power.
C.C .KYLIE 11 years ago

Respect is always due to those who deserve them. If Chiefs sell vast land of land to Chinese illegal miners do they deserve respect. Mahama do answer this simple question.

Respect is always due to those who deserve them. If Chiefs sell vast land of land to Chinese illegal miners do they deserve respect. Mahama do answer this simple question.
Rev. Charles Prempeh McWhales, New Yo 11 years ago

Mahama has lived in Ghana all his life. Can he point to me one good thing these so called chiefs have done for the people of Ghana? Yet, everyday chiefs are selling lands and sometimes selling the same land more than twice to ...
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Mahama has lived in Ghana all his life. Can he point to me one good thing these so called chiefs have done for the people of Ghana? Yet, everyday chiefs are selling lands and sometimes selling the same land more than twice to different persons thereby creating conflicts. They pocket the revenues collected from stool lands for their own personal use. They are epitomes of corruption. Not all of them. Some of them are very good. Majority of them are very corrupt.
angle man 11 years ago

Nobody disrespect them but one has to be work had for others to respect them cus respect doesnt decended from the heaven since the time of Adam and Eve,As a president of Ghana let all the chiefs knows their Rules,Limits,and B ...
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Nobody disrespect them but one has to be work had for others to respect them cus respect doesnt decended from the heaven since the time of Adam and Eve,As a president of Ghana let all the chiefs knows their Rules,Limits,and Boundries,then they in return God will bless them we as humans would respects them or we the people would chase them out of their palace cus slavery and laziness,lies,injustics, had long gone for good.all what the people needs is development,good life and peace even if they can provide that in words but not in cash.
Benjamin 11 years ago

Chiefs in Ghana don't deserve respect so long as they accepted the election bribe of cars to the run up to the 2012 general election. The chiefs knew it was a bribe yet they accepted without the iota of shame, without questio ...
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Chiefs in Ghana don't deserve respect so long as they accepted the election bribe of cars to the run up to the 2012 general election. The chiefs knew it was a bribe yet they accepted without the iota of shame, without questioning the motive of the gesture. How on earth can a government in power donate to you a car within three months to election and yet you don't suspect any motive.
ghanalover 11 years ago

If chiefs do not earn respect by their conduct we will never never ever respect them

If chiefs do not earn respect by their conduct we will never never ever respect them
Castro 11 years ago

How are we going to respect Chiefs who
are quasi Highwaymen:One Chief sells you a land,the Chief who sold you the
Land passes away,his predessor will
come to you demanding money from the the land you have already payed.Ho ...
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How are we going to respect Chiefs who
are quasi Highwaymen:One Chief sells you a land,the Chief who sold you the
Land passes away,his predessor will
come to you demanding money from the the land you have already payed.How schould we respect such Highwaymen.
Sunkwa 11 years ago

Respect is earned not put on silver platter by virtue of position in life.These so-called chiefs etc. are nothing than thieves & criminals in traditional clothing.

Respect is earned not put on silver platter by virtue of position in life.These so-called chiefs etc. are nothing than thieves & criminals in traditional clothing.
Barima Yaw 11 years ago

true

true
INDEPENDENT STATE OF AKANLAND 11 years ago

Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and announce the declaration of the independence of Akanland (Akan Republic). Upon the declaration of Akanland, Akan people will take their petroleum, gold, diamonds, ...
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Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and announce the declaration of the independence of Akanland (Akan Republic). Upon the declaration of Akanland, Akan people will take their petroleum, gold, diamonds, bauxite and cocoa with them to the Akan Republic. DNA test will be taken on every person in the independent state of Akanland (Akan Republic) and the Akan Republic population would be 99.8% Ethnic Akan population only. No Ewes and No other Fucking Ethnic group in Africa would be allowed to live in the sovereign state of Akanland and the Akan Republic.

The Akan people and all the patriotic Akan men must take up GUNS and go on SHOOTING rampage to SHOOT any Ewe people, Nigerian people, Chinese people, Politicians and any non-Akan people insight on the AKAN TERRITORY'S including "John Dramani Mahama" must be SHOT to Death or BOMBED to Death by any patriotic Akan or all the patriotic Akan people for the Independence of the AKAN REPUBLIC and begin from Monday 13 May 2013.

The declaration of the AKAN REPUBLIC must be announced before December 2013..... The time is fast running out for the failed and fake state Ghana.....Ghana has NO Security and NO Government and Fake President.....Ghana is Lawless and Ungoverned.

The Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and declare the Independence of the AKAN REPUBLIC before its too late....Time is running out.
WE The People 11 years ago

Massa,
We would only respect our chiefs if they would stop mortgaging the future of Ghana to the Chinese or any foreigner who approaches them with some dollars or pounds in exchange for "gold mining concessions" or some othe ...
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Massa,
We would only respect our chiefs if they would stop mortgaging the future of Ghana to the Chinese or any foreigner who approaches them with some dollars or pounds in exchange for "gold mining concessions" or some other exploitative venture that does not benifit Ghana. We The People are simply tired of our leadership and governmemnt officials, local leaders etc who are very corrupt and heartless. At the epic of this diatribe, is a matter so grave that the NPP, NDC have both neglected to address for obvious reasons. Chinese and other foreiners destroying our lands and poisoning our rivers just to extract and find that elusive gold. Our leadership by their silence today, both NDC and NPP have began turning our country into an apartheid country slowly. These Chinese, Indians , Pakistanis, etc actually rule us. Now factor in the drug barons from South America, and the future of Ghana is rather bleak. No Future in sight if no one stands up to stop this mess. The radio and TV stations should get the ball rolling. CitiFM, Joy, Adom, etc should encourage citizens to voice their opinions on these grave matters of chiefs aiding and abetting foreign comopanies in the destruction of our lands, rivers and future. Let these people build along with the chiefs schools, hospitals, and start a process of "Saving our remaining natural resources" for our childrens children and our future. Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, be a leader by taking a stance on this, Jerry Rawlings, Kuffuour and Mahama come out and take a bold stance on this!! Help us save the future of Ghana. Not and NDC, NPP issue, but a GHANA issue.!!! If this can be done, then and only thmn will we respect our chiefs and government.
GOD/Allah Bless Ghana
Long Live Ghana
We The People!!
osei yao 11 years ago

Ghanaians do not need politicians to advise them to respect their chiefs. Sadly, these days some chiefs have bought their positions, so is it any wonder they have lost respect? They bribed and bought their positions but canno ...
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Ghanaians do not need politicians to advise them to respect their chiefs. Sadly, these days some chiefs have bought their positions, so is it any wonder they have lost respect? They bribed and bought their positions but cannot buy respect. It must be earned.
DOCTOR THINK TWICE 11 years ago

RESPECT FOR CHIEFS? HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

RESPECT FOR CHIEFS? HUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

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