Africa needs leaders with guts

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• Agyeman 10 years ago

  Talking of leaders with guts -the only african president i can rate as gutsy is Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

  Talking of leaders with guts -the only african president i can rate as gutsy is Rwandan president Paul Kagame.

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• ELINAM 10 years ago

  May be.

  May be.

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• NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

  Kudos to you sir!
  You have nailed it right on the head.
  Rwanda after its terrible mishap has emerged as a very capable and fast-growing nation, under Paul Kagame.
  You are absolutely right! He's got balls and does exactly w ...
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  Kudos to you sir!
  You have nailed it right on the head.
  Rwanda after its terrible mishap has emerged as a very capable and fast-growing nation, under Paul Kagame.
  You are absolutely right! He's got balls and does exactly what he says with the support of 70%- 80% of women in his cabinet. They have done a really good job indeed.
  
  Considering they do not have as much rich natural resources as most of our other nations in Africa.
  
  We need leaders with guts, who can create strong institutions to challenge minds to develop our dear nations to the heights we are capable of achieving.
  
  Unfortunately, most of the leaders in Africa are just stooges kotowing to colonialists and imperialists to rob us of our rich natural resources for 'peanuts'.
  
  And under the guise of 'dem-all-crazy', we continually recycle the same puppets to rule us for donkey years. Those ones are not considered by the benefactors who reap us poor - as dictators. They are rather deemed as protectors of 'dem-all-crazy'.
  
  All we need in Africa are strong and selfless leaders who have emancipated their minds from mental slavery to take us to the next level of development, for the benefit of our children.
  
  In so doing, we need to change our colonialist system of so-called education, which keeps and puts us down into believing that we are incapable of doing anything for ourselves but, rather with hand-outs from beyond our shores. NO! WE ARE FAR BETTER THAN THAT!!!
  
  GOD BLESS GHANA!
  AFRICAN FOREVER!

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• Bonsu 10 years ago

  Since we got the chance to elect our leaders, we have been voting for thoughtless and cruel non performers. from Cairo to Cape town, there is no intelligent gutsy leader.

  Since we got the chance to elect our leaders, we have been voting for thoughtless and cruel non performers. from Cairo to Cape town, there is no intelligent gutsy leader.

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• DODOWA 10 years ago

  I feel your pain Bro, but unfortunately such qualities are considered verboten in the eyes of this self-centered generation. The ME- ME-ME generation feel so entitled, topics that are likely to usher them into a world of patr ...
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  I feel your pain Bro, but unfortunately such qualities are considered verboten in the eyes of this self-centered generation. The ME- ME-ME generation feel so entitled, topics that are likely to usher them into a world of patriotic hazards is a nonstarter. Remember we still attack our past trail blazers who laid down their lives for Ghana with religious zeal. Hardly does a week go by without seeing an attack on either Kwame Nkrumah, Kofi Busia etc. It would require a massive mental, psychological and physical revolution to reset our goals in the right direction. Like I said, I feel your pain.

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• Kojo T 10 years ago

  It is a question of mental slavery. Can you relate what the speaker said to what Nkrumah was doing?"Using Asia as an example, he said Africa must pursue inward-looking policies or its resources will continue to be plundered." ...
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  It is a question of mental slavery. Can you relate what the speaker said to what Nkrumah was doing?"Using Asia as an example, he said Africa must pursue inward-looking policies or its resources will continue to be plundered." "Companies like Samsung and LG have become global giants as a result of deliberate state support, he said, calling on the political leadership to clearly define what it wants and how to get it." I rest my case Did even the Republicans not support the bail out? But poor Africans must follow theory blindly. Fela was right Mr Follow follow? The blind folded fools will follow and even when they are in the ditch continue to sing the praises

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• EZEKIEL 10 years ago

  Sometimes I get a little confused! It LOOKS as if a lot of people KNOW what should be done.The winning question is....WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THINGS ?????
  Many a time, I even WONDER whether our "negotiators" REALLY UN ...
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  Sometimes I get a little confused! It LOOKS as if a lot of people KNOW what should be done.The winning question is....WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THINGS ?????
  Many a time, I even WONDER whether our "negotiators" REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY SIGN in the name of Ghana!!!
  "Yours Obedient Servant" generation!!

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• Aduanaba 10 years ago

  I used to think and feel the same till I realized a common thread that runs through the African intellectual and by extension, public leaders. Most of these seemingly brilliant ideas so eloquently espoused, often come after t ...
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  I used to think and feel the same till I realized a common thread that runs through the African intellectual and by extension, public leaders. Most of these seemingly brilliant ideas so eloquently espoused, often come after the fact. In the heat of the moment all these idealists sit on the fence and hop over to the side with a greener pasture.
  
  I think at this point in the life of Ghana, even a non-college educated person can easily point to very good reasons why we are in such bad shape. The corruption reason has been so beaten up that, we simply need to keep it as a constant and not a variable in the "failure" formula that bedevils our nation. It sure will be neutralized once we come up a with a success formula.
  
  The speaker mentioned the need to formulate policies that are consistent with our needs us a people. This implies re-writing at least, our mineral and trade laws accordingly. The question I want to ask any Ghanaian who cares is that; from the district level to the pinnacle of government, have we pressed our leaders for a plan of action ? I bet you not. Where is the vision we hope to realize with the "inward-looking" policies being touted here ?
  
  I have heard so often the need to for intra-regional trade. Noble idea, and it makes sense. However, potential beneficiary nations must be honest about their position and properly communicate the merits and demerits to their people. Ghana cannot continue to open up its border for all whereas its citizens are denied similar gesture within the same trading block.
  
  All is not lost though, because before the colonialists showed up on our shores, peaceful trade existed between the so-called "primitive" Africans. So inquiring minds will want to know why it is so difficult to do in this civilized era. The answer lies in the triad of identity, consciousness and action. I can elaborate on this a lot more if you read and respond to my post.

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• REAL GHANA MAN 10 years ago

  well said. how i wish to see that ghana we all hoped for..someday i guess

  well said. how i wish to see that ghana we all hoped for..someday i guess

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• km agyin 10 years ago

  We need good infrastructure before we can trade across our borders; first class roads and train services where one can travel from Tripoli to Cape town and from Banjul to the horn of Africa by train. So the priority should be ...
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  We need good infrastructure before we can trade across our borders; first class roads and train services where one can travel from Tripoli to Cape town and from Banjul to the horn of Africa by train. So the priority should be abundant and affordable electricity to power the trains and feed our industries throughout the continent. We should create an African economic high speed highway network.

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• abnormal is normal today globally 10 years ago

  The US became 1st world through its railroads. The ability to reach all corners of its country with its goods, services and population. As an African American, I worked nearly 2 decades for a US railroad and its movement of g ...
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  The US became 1st world through its railroads. The ability to reach all corners of its country with its goods, services and population. As an African American, I worked nearly 2 decades for a US railroad and its movement of goods allowed one to know how the US economy was doing months in advance.
  Ghana and the rest of Africa needs railroads but 1st class ones cost trillions of dollars.
  I can teach Ghanaians in the US how to acquire such easily but such folks tribalism and closed-minded associations keep me from sitting at the table with such folks.
  Africa REALLY only needs two things to build endless wealth in record time:
  
  1) Internet access for free to the masses.
  2) Online networking globaslly.
  
  Such is the case for any country any place on Earth. The two things above are all that is needed to end proverty across the globe. This is the Information Age but the masses will not let go of the Manufacturing Age, in their own minds. Even here in the US such is the case!

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• zomabi 10 years ago

  WELL SAID MR NYINAKU, BUT AFRICA CAN ONLY COMPETE IF IT HAS THE FOLLOWING: EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL INNOVATION, THESE ARE THE TOOLS THE WESTERN WORLD USED TO DOMINATE THE WORLD. WE CAN ONLY FIGHT BACK IF W ...
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  WELL SAID MR NYINAKU, BUT AFRICA CAN ONLY COMPETE IF IT HAS THE FOLLOWING: EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL INNOVATION, THESE ARE THE TOOLS THE WESTERN WORLD USED TO DOMINATE THE WORLD. WE CAN ONLY FIGHT BACK IF WE HAVE THE ABOVE MENTIONED TOOLS. AFRICA IS NOT COMPETITIVE. AFRCAN COUNTRIES ARE NOT PRODUCTIVE, THEIR GDP IS NOTHING TO COMMENT UPON. THERE IS TOO MUCH PEASANTRY IN AFRICA

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