Nkrumah's overthrow ended dev't thinking in Ghana - Akosa

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Mahomey 10 years ago

JJ was there for 8 years; K4 was there for 8 years; Clinton was there for 8 years....Nkrumah was there for 9 years. How long did you want him to be there? Or you wanted Ghana to have an Emperor or a king?

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JJ was there for 8 years; K4 was there for 8 years; Clinton was there for 8 years....Nkrumah was there for 9 years. How long did you want him to be there? Or you wanted Ghana to have an Emperor or a king?

Nkrumah did very well but he didn't need more time 'cos he had more time than everyone of our leaders.

Beside Nkrumaism which he was espousing has been totally discredited. Even Putin doesn't believe in that ideal any longer.
Lets move on and stop making it appear as if the past was heaven and the present is hell. It is just not TRUE.
amoah wadee 10 years ago

the past was heaven
and the present is hell

i doubt you were there,

cause ghana hs develop backwards comparing to many countries.

the past was heaven
and the present is hell

i doubt you were there,

cause ghana hs develop backwards comparing to many countries.
krikri 10 years ago

Prof Akosa you are right. Ever since the matemehu gangsters and CIA Agents overthrew and killed Dr Nkrumah, the thinking has been CHOP CHOP OR LOOTING-THINKING. If not how can someone like John Agyekum Kufour become president ...
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Prof Akosa you are right. Ever since the matemehu gangsters and CIA Agents overthrew and killed Dr Nkrumah, the thinking has been CHOP CHOP OR LOOTING-THINKING. If not how can someone like John Agyekum Kufour become president of this country?
kk 10 years ago

The Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition had nothing to do with Nkrumah's overthrow. Nkrumah had become a dictator, and his overthrow was engineered by the CIA using people like Kotoka, Gen. Ankrah and Gen. Afrifa. Nkrumah's overth ...
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The Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition had nothing to do with Nkrumah's overthrow. Nkrumah had become a dictator, and his overthrow was engineered by the CIA using people like Kotoka, Gen. Ankrah and Gen. Afrifa. Nkrumah's overthrow by the CIA was largely because of his threat to Western interests when he advocated for the United States of Africa. The West felt threatened because with a united Africa their access to and control of Africa's natural resources could be curtailed. Moreover, Nkrumah's gravitation to the East, at a time when the East -West cold war was ragging set him on a collision course with the West. Please learn some history and stop being so gullible to the NDC propaganda machinery. And remember - Ghana jubilated when Nkrumah was overthrown as a result of his increasingly dictatorial tendencies. If you were not born, read some history. CIA declassified documents are there for your elucidation.
krikri 10 years ago

It is only the Danquah/Busia (and when convenient Dombo) faction who keep on telling such lies. Go and ask your grandfather to tell you what Danquah, Busia, Akoto Osei,Obetsebi Lamptey, Malam Tula (IC Quaye's uncle) Akufo Add ...
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It is only the Danquah/Busia (and when convenient Dombo) faction who keep on telling such lies. Go and ask your grandfather to tell you what Danquah, Busia, Akoto Osei,Obetsebi Lamptey, Malam Tula (IC Quaye's uncle) Akufo Addo's father etc. did. They begged the colonialists to keep on LOOTING OUR RESOURCES_while they lick their asses!!!
facts 10 years ago

People like Akosa cannot stop praising Nkruma who called verrandah boys to be ministers. His father Akosa enjoyed that previllage so he still thinks Nkrumah was always right. Ask him the best vehicles ever and he will tell yo ...
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People like Akosa cannot stop praising Nkruma who called verrandah boys to be ministers. His father Akosa enjoyed that previllage so he still thinks Nkrumah was always right. Ask him the best vehicles ever and he will tell you albion or datsun. To them the old is always the best. To me Nkrumah had the best chances to develop ghana but his quest to be the president of africa led him astray and he would not take advice-kasapriko. He devided ghana for political gains and with his action troopers only people like Akosa would praise him for rewards. Kotoka's coup helped to save Ghana, it was indeed necessary!
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Baffour Agyemang 10 years ago

Yes the matemeho arrested Ghana's Developement and our developement has been in jail up to today.

Yes the matemeho arrested Ghana's Developement and our developement has been in jail up to today.
Nii Lante Okunka 10 years ago

Mahoney,I couldn't agree with you more.The so called Professor Akosah who has tied Ghana's stalled development to Nkrumah being kicked out of office is not only pathetic but sickening.As a matter of fact by mentioning central ...
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Mahoney,I couldn't agree with you more.The so called Professor Akosah who has tied Ghana's stalled development to Nkrumah being kicked out of office is not only pathetic but sickening.As a matter of fact by mentioning central planning as a hallmark of Nkrumah's development agenda,the Professor did Nkrumah more harm than good because that approach has been discarded by all the emerging nations in the world as of date.Even China has done away with central planning.There are better ways of developmental planning than concentrating all the thinking and planning in the hands of Kwame Nkrumah.He never had all the answers and that was one of the reasons for his overthrow.The so called Nkrumaism that some Ghanaians are touting around as the be it all panacea to all our problems is nothing but Communism that has brought untold misery to millions of people.
Ghana should emulate what the Asian tiger nations did and are still doing by indulging in free market policies,decentralizing planning by giving more power to the various regions,completely eradicate corruption,hold our representatives accountable by giving the electorate the power of recall,computerize the workings of all government and all its various agencies so we can keep and document transactions,respect the rule of laws not men/women in power and above all eradicate the deplorable dependency mentality on government and letting sleeping dogs lie because we all have a price.
For those who think Nkrumah was so great and without him Ghana is doomed,I have this to say;give it a freaking BREAK. Kwame Nkrumah had his chance and blew it.There are a whole lot of us who love our country just as much,if not more.The idea that Nkrumah is the only one who could have save Ghana is disgusting.The present generation of Ghanaians should find within their lot to come out with leaders who can inspire all of us to participate in the political process and not leave it in the hands of the so called experts and archaic professors who are still holding on to worn out dreams of others because they cannot think for themselves.
Vuvuzela 10 years ago

Funny post.

Your views aptly and fondly reflect that of the average Ghanaian politician. Could you take the veil from your eyes and see from practical and strategic perspectives?

Development in Ghana died with Nkrumah! ...
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Funny post.

Your views aptly and fondly reflect that of the average Ghanaian politician. Could you take the veil from your eyes and see from practical and strategic perspectives?

Development in Ghana died with Nkrumah! Who contests this? 56 years of stagnancy, lack of of goodwill and objectivity and hawkish-type predatory speak volumes.

And who said Nkrumah didn't consult his aides? Think again if you're still in denial. The results are there for us all to see.
GHFUO, change ur thinking 10 years ago

GH GOVT IS HIGHLY INCOMPETENT!
Maxwell Kofi Jumah who claims to have "concrete evidence" to support his allegation says, President Mahama is the architect behind the huge monies given to RLG and Zoomlion, both service provid ...
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GH GOVT IS HIGHLY INCOMPETENT!
Maxwell Kofi Jumah who claims to have "concrete evidence" to support his allegation says, President Mahama is the architect behind the huge monies given to RLG and Zoomlion, both service providers to the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA).
GH MUST FIND A SOLUTION TO THESE PRESSING ISSUES: high level corruption, CITIZEN IDENTIFICATION, insecurity, unemployment, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE and infrastructure decay as the major problems confronting africa's development.
IF YOU TELL THE GOVT OF GH TO BABYSIT YOUR KIDS. U WILL COME BACK N FIND YOUR KIDS PLAYING IN THE MIDDLE OF NIGGER 1 HIGHWAY, NAKED.
WITH FEACES ALL OVER THEM. GH GOVT IS HIGHLY INCOMPETENT. NOTHING SHOULD BE TRUSTED IN THEIR CARE. THE PPL IN POSITIONS OF POWER HVE
GREATLY DEPRECIATED THE BRAND OF GH. DR. NKRUMAH SET THE BRAND SO HIGH. EVERY MONKEY OR SO CALLED PRESIDENT WHO CAME AFTER DR. NKRUMAH,
HAS KNOWINGLY DEPRECIATED THE VALUE OF THE BRAND CALLED GHANA. I WILL BE HONEST. I HATE GH RIGHT NOW.]
ghana is not country or a place worth living ....this is institutionalized criminal and corrupt state...GFA is a MAFIA...
they buy referees and prostitutes...i believe the dankwa bribery is also true.. Gyan is the point man on the referee purchases..
that is why they cannot change him as the striker....the whole GFA stinks.. ghana will never win a title again....with this mafia..
THE BIBLE SAID THIS DAY WILL COME. IF YOU ARE ALWAYS EATING, BUT CANT SHIT. ARE U SUPPOSED TO PRAY OR DO SOMETHING ELSE?...
FOOLS IN PARADISE, I HATE GH....AFRIFA N KOTOKA.....
THE MOST GARGANTUAN COWARDS N TRAITORS IN THE ANALS OF GH HISTORY.....
$300 DOLLARS FROM CIA TO CRUCIFY DR. NKRUMAH....OH! GYIMI TINGS BI WAT.....
JJ KILLED, DR. NKRUMAH JAILED...WHO IS BETTER? JSS N SSS STUDENTS MUST BE MADE TO STUDY NKRUMAH BOOKS IN GH. COURSES ABOUT DR. NKRUMAH MUST
BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS. SO OUR KIDS CAN DEBATE AND CRACK THEIR BRAINS! TO THE LIES THAT HAS BEEN PROPAGATED TO US FOR ALL THESE YRS. WHY GRACE
THE AIRPORT WITH KOTOKA'S NAME|? ARE WE GLORIFYING TERRORIST AND BACKSTABBING BEHAVIORS IN GH? NO WONDER GH IS RETROGRESSING.
OWUSU: Conscious of the risk involved in the operation of the coup, did you Sir, make any provision for your family in event it proved futile?
KOTOKA, boko haram(TERRORIST): I did not for one moment think of its failure. At any rate I knew my family and any relative of mine would have
been killed in case of failure. Therefore I made no provision for them. WAA LOOK. IF THIS GUY IS NOT AN AL QUAEDA THEN WAT IS HE? HIS NAME IS
A PUBLIC AIRPORT FOR CHRISSAKES! PRES. MAHAMA IS SITTING THERE AIMLESSLY. KOTOKA EVEN BACKSTABBED BAWA!
Kotoka AL QUAEDA, was killed in a counter-coup. Afrifa is said to have master-minded this, and became Chairman of the NLC.
He wrote in his book 'When I sat in the chair (as NLC Chairman), I realised that power was sweet'. SIKA Y3 D3..MUAHAHAHAAAAAAA!
This indicates the calibre of people who overthrew Nkrumah. POWER HUNGRY PPL WHO HAVE NO CLUE WAT TO DO. U WANT TO DRIVE BY FORCE,
BUT YOU DONT KNOW HOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?.......
Kotoka is not a hero. HE IS A COWARD! It was wrong to name our international airport after him; we must rename the airport AFTER DR. NKRUMAH.
Afrifa does not deserve the title 'Okatakyie' conferred on him by Ashanti chiefs.
Afrifa was a coward, shameless opportunist and corrupt person who did nothing good for our country, seeking power for HIMSELF!
WEST AFRICA USED TO BE THE HUB FOR RICE IN THE WORLD. OUR RICE USED TO BE EXPORTED ALL OPVER THE WORLD FOR ITS RICHNESS AND VAST NUTRITION.
TODAY, WE IMPORT LESS NUTRITIOUS, BLEACHED WHITE RICE FROM AMERICA, CHINA, VIETNAM...OH LORD!
WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN THINGS YOU DONT UNDERSTAND. THEN YOU WILL SUFFER FROM SUPERSTITION!
INVITE LIBRADIO.COM HOST/OWNER KEIDI OBI AWADU TO LIVE AND WORK IN GH AS A RADIO/MEDIA PERSONALITY. SEKOU NKRUMAH I BELIEVE KNOWS HIM.
PUT A PRESIDENTIAL GAG ORDER ON SEKOU. SOMETIMES, HE FORGETS TO THINK BEFORE HE TALKS. TALKS BYHEART!....IF HE WASNT DR. NKRUMAH'S OFFSPRING,
I MYSELF WOULD HAVE DEADED HIM A LONG TIME AGO.
Professor James Tooley, Chairman of Omega Schools in collaboration with Ken Donkor, now runs low-cost private schools in Ghana.
It all sums up to the fact, that in the Absence of a Federal System where the individual states and the people are free to elect their Regional Ministers and
other Regional representatives to plan for their own Regional development without inferance of the President and the Central Government, anarchy and Bad governance
is the result and a reward for all. WE NEED FREE BASIC EDUCATION IN GH FOR THE KIDDIES:
FREDERICO MAYOR, UNESCO SEC. GENERAL ONCE SAID.THAT THE "LEVEL OF EDUCATION OF THE OVERALL POPULAION OF A PARTICULAR
COUNTRY DETERMEINES THAT COUNTRY'S ABILITY TO SHARE IN WORLD DEVELOPMENT, TO BENEFIT FROM THE
ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND TO MAKE PROGRESS ITSELF WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE EDUCATION OF OTHERS. IF THIS STATEMENT ISNT
SELF EVIDENT TRUTH, THEN I DONT KNOW WHAT IS FOLKS!.....
the pressing immediate problems confronting the countRY GHANA ARE - GALAMSAY EVERYWHERE, no electricity, no water, rife in corruption, high incompetence levels, etc.
At the moment JOHN MAHAMA has NOT articulated any vision for the country and his governance. Ghanaians don't know what he stands for except his mere promises and lies.
For sustainable socio-economic development Ghana needs ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNANCE not mere promises without action as characterised BY MAHAMA'S "leadership".
GO TO MAHAMA BANK IN USA,HE HAS 170MILLIONS DOLLAS IN HIS ACCOUNT. HE ALSO USED GHMONEY TO BUY JET.
IN 2010 I WENT TO HIS BROTHER IBRAHIM'S HOUSE. BENTLEYS, RANGE ROVER...EEIII
Most of the over $541 million revenue received from oil in 2012 was drained by Government due to poor planning and spending decisions rendering most of the projects incomplete.
Compared to its African neighbors like Malawi, Tanzania and the DRC, Ghana’s cost overruns are at least 18 percent higher.
Visionary 10 years ago

Good People of this lovely country we all get your back. The fact is that these gang of armed robbers and straight face liars are so desperate and confused.
Where are these Ghana waited money educated illiterate coming from ...
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Good People of this lovely country we all get your back. The fact is that these gang of armed robbers and straight face liars are so desperate and confused.
Where are these Ghana waited money educated illiterate coming from?
Did the NPP knows that Ghana is going forward not backwards.
Folks in NACORTIC PADDLERS PARTY, I want you to know that Ghanaians will never again allow any looters, thieves, money launderers, nation wreckers to rule Ghana again.
EVER.
Although Ghana has wasted money on some of you to go to school, however you are all useless and worthless idiots.
If you can't beat them join them. My advise to you is that if you think you are educated, but just confused of which is good for the nation and the people then go and join a party which can win election in Ghana henceforth. A party that love this country and willing to do something good for the country, not to loot the country. NO MORE NPP PERIOD.
Mahmoud 10 years ago

The developmental pattern followed by Nkrumah was the path followed by all the communist leaning countries in Africa, and he has no development plan of his own.

This can be seen in Egypt of Abdul Nasser, and Algeria under ...
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The developmental pattern followed by Nkrumah was the path followed by all the communist leaning countries in Africa, and he has no development plan of his own.

This can be seen in Egypt of Abdul Nasser, and Algeria under Bomedien. They rushed and built unsustainable projects, most of which failed to move their countries beyond that euphoria stage.

Nkrumah had 500 million pounds reserves after the independence, and he wasted all on many unsustainable projects to boost his personal ego and power.
offey 10 years ago

which is the unsustainable project, the Akosombo Dam or Tema Motor way or the various secondary schools and colleges,or the hospitals or what? i wonder what sustainable projects would be if this is your definition of unsustai ...
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which is the unsustainable project, the Akosombo Dam or Tema Motor way or the various secondary schools and colleges,or the hospitals or what? i wonder what sustainable projects would be if this is your definition of unsustainable projects
ebo kobina 10 years ago

I DONT KNOW YOUR AGE , BUT I CAN BET THAT IF YOUR PARENTS WILL BE TRUTHFUL TO YOU , THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT NKRUMAH DID FOR GHANA .THE FACTORIES , THE HARBOUR , THE HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER , THE SC ...
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I DONT KNOW YOUR AGE , BUT I CAN BET THAT IF YOUR PARENTS WILL BE TRUTHFUL TO YOU , THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT NKRUMAH DID FOR GHANA .THE FACTORIES , THE HARBOUR , THE HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER , THE SCHOOLS WHICH EDUCATED YOUR PARENTS ,THE ATOMIC REACTOR , WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PLACE FOR THOSE WHO WILL GRADUATE FROM KNUST TO FURTHER THEIR STUDIES IN SCIENCES . NOT FORGETTING THE ENVY OF TEMA TOWNSHIP ( WHICH NOW LOOKS LIKE ANIMAL FARM ). YET , SOME IDIOTS WILL SAY THE COLONIAL MASTERS LEFT NKRUMAH LOTS OF CASH . MY IGNORANT FRIENDS , LET ME SET THE RECORDS STRAIGHT ONCE AND FOR ALL . THE MONEY LEFT FOR GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER INDEPENDENCE CANNOT BUILD EVEN AKOSOMBO DAM . SO GATHER YOUR FACTS BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE WHAT NKRUMAH DID , WHICH YOU AND YOUR SIBLINGS ARE ENJOYING AND DESTROYING . SHAME ON YOU.
osei kingsley, lagos 10 years ago

MAMOUD IS DAMNED IGNORANT AND A DANGEROUS LIER.TELL US ABOUT AKOSOMBO DAM TEMA AND TAKORADI SEA PORTS TEMA HOUSING PROJECT AND OTHER NATIONWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FREE EDUCTION FOR ALL INCLUDING YOU GULLIBLE MAMOUD, GHANAS HE ...
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MAMOUD IS DAMNED IGNORANT AND A DANGEROUS LIER.TELL US ABOUT AKOSOMBO DAM TEMA AND TAKORADI SEA PORTS TEMA HOUSING PROJECT AND OTHER NATIONWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FREE EDUCTION FOR ALL INCLUDING YOU GULLIBLE MAMOUD, GHANAS HEAD WAS SEVERED 24 FEB 66.
CY 10 years ago

You sound like a self righteous man of God.

Hmmm Ghanaooo, when will we start determining our own fate?

You sound like a self righteous man of God.

Hmmm Ghanaooo, when will we start determining our own fate?
Nyansasem 10 years ago

I could bet my last pesewa that, Nkrumah would have abandoned the outmoded moribund communist unitary system for regionalism or federalism. He would would have allowed the electorates to choose their own regional Ministers an ...
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I could bet my last pesewa that, Nkrumah would have abandoned the outmoded moribund communist unitary system for regionalism or federalism. He would would have allowed the electorates to choose their own regional Ministers and MCEs, etc. He would have abolised scholarship secretariat by now. He would not be using over 100 ministers with over 275 clueless MPs. Yet, we have these idiots, no-gooders like Akosa, who can't zip up dabbling in stupidity and disgracing the great man. We knew what Dr. Frimpong did at the Cardio-thoracic dept at Korle Bu, what did this womanizer do at his dept? Such a useless man who only think with his dick.

After deceiving Samia to blackmail Nduom who redeemed her from her abusive marriage and brought her to Ghana, what have they been able to achieve in their party? I get sick and tired of useless people thinking that Nkrumah would have solved all our problems with that communist idea. And yes, you are right; it is disgusting to see and hear useless people believing that Nkrumah's idea would save Ghana.
Boateng 10 years ago

Now my friend, you said something that needs not repeating. Nkrumah would have abandoned the outmoded moribund communist unitary system; maybe but not for regionalism or federalism! Are you a proud Ghanaian or something f ...
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Now my friend, you said something that needs not repeating. Nkrumah would have abandoned the outmoded moribund communist unitary system; maybe but not for regionalism or federalism! Are you a proud Ghanaian or something from a region?

Why are you guys going around begging the Chinese for stuff? Begging the communist? They have come around and now we need them and where they have gotten, right? I would have loved Nkrumah abandoning his ideas and Ghana being somewhere as the Chinese in economic terms than where we are now, my dear friend.

Whenever someone talks about long term development plan you guys jump, shouting at the top of your voices, "COMMUNIST" As I write now there is a 7 year Development and Improvement Plan going on in a Conference Room next door and this is Planning base on a Vision to Support Operations of a Department of the US Government! We do not see that as COMMUNISTS idea! Why are Africans so gullible to believe the crap we sell you guys?

You may not like the Akosa guy but read something intelligible from what he had to say.
Baffour Agyemang 10 years ago

Nyansasem of all people,today you have disappointed me.Dr Nkrumah was a visionary and you should know that vision is not static.Nkrumah would never had stalked with his vision of the 60's and 70's.

Nyansasem of all people,today you have disappointed me.Dr Nkrumah was a visionary and you should know that vision is not static.Nkrumah would never had stalked with his vision of the 60's and 70's.
JoeA 10 years ago

Nii Lante, one cannot easily discount the achievements of Kwame Nkrumah in the purview of present times. Remember Kwame Nkrumah whether he was a communist or despot was right for the time. I would refer to him as a benevolent ...
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Nii Lante, one cannot easily discount the achievements of Kwame Nkrumah in the purview of present times. Remember Kwame Nkrumah whether he was a communist or despot was right for the time. I would refer to him as a benevolent dictator who put the country's interest first and put developmental policies and execution of such in place that the present generation have benefited from. Most of the current developing and emerging economies at one point had such benevolent dictators or communist leaders for far longer period than Nkrumah was allowed to - Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, China, etc.
I am highly in favor of the western style democracy but it is not suitable for a lot of less developed countries for various reasons including high illiteracy rate, culture and traditional forms of governments or ruling.
Nkrumah had a vision that was far ahead of most Ghanaians/Africans that if he had governed long enough to carry out that vision, Ghana and probably Africa would have been a better place.
Remember he would have been dead by now but the foundation he laid and would have laid would have served the present Ghana well.
Look at Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea etc.
Boateng 10 years ago

Good One! Nkrumah would not have lived for ever but the foundation would have been there for all Ghanaians. These guys should not enjoy driving on the Tema Motorway! That is a legacy of their "Dictator"! Imagine most ...
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Good One! Nkrumah would not have lived for ever but the foundation would have been there for all Ghanaians. These guys should not enjoy driving on the Tema Motorway! That is a legacy of their "Dictator"! Imagine most of the roads in Ghana being built like the motorway? What do we have now?
SOCCERMAN 10 years ago

I'm surprised that in this age, people like Akosah think that only Nkrumah could industrialize Ghana. That is not only insulting but demeaning as well. It was the dream of the UGCC to industrialize and develop the nation with ...
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I'm surprised that in this age, people like Akosah think that only Nkrumah could industrialize Ghana. That is not only insulting but demeaning as well. It was the dream of the UGCC to industrialize and develop the nation with free education high on its agenda. Nkrumah stole the idea. That was all right. The point of departure was the means. Nkrumah's was the centrally planned economy. Danquah's was free market. As at 1966 coup, Nkrumah's state enterprises had collapsed, mismanaged or not viable. The success stories of Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Mauritius, even near by Ivory Coast and China clearly show that Danquah's vision was more realistic than Nkrumah's. Let Akosah learned that the viable state enterprises of Nkrumah were only saved and resuscitated by being coordinated under GIHOC for effective management after the 1966 coup and only collapsed or sold under the Rawlings regime. It is understandable that Nkrumahists like Akosah and Pratt keep on deceiving themselves. They were indoctrinated in their Young Pioneer days to believe that "Nkrumah never dies" and "does no wrong". They don't want to let their messiah down. Akosah knows where he would have landed if he expressed an opposing views in Nkrumah's days. We are happier that we no longer live under a regime where his father, as District Commissioner for Mampong could notoriously take people's wives from them and throw them into Nsawam prison without trial. Akosah relishes those days when his family was among the untouchables in Ghana. But we are duty bound to teach our children the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
KWASHIE ADJAH 10 years ago

YES, IT IS GREAT TO SEE CREDIT GOING TO WHOM IT BELONGS. THE UGCC UNDER DANQUAH PLANNED GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT TO THE TEE(REF: DANQUAH'S WRITING AND SPEECHES). MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA CHOSE DANQUAH'S APPROACH AND THEY A ...
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YES, IT IS GREAT TO SEE CREDIT GOING TO WHOM IT BELONGS. THE UGCC UNDER DANQUAH PLANNED GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT TO THE TEE(REF: DANQUAH'S WRITING AND SPEECHES). MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA CHOSE DANQUAH'S APPROACH AND THEY ARE THE BETTER FOR IT TODAY. THOSE, IN AFRICA WHO FOLLOWED NKRUMAH SHEEPISHLY ARE LANGUSHING IN POVERTY AND MISERY, JUST AS GOOD OLD GHANA.
OSOFONANA 10 years ago

Only confused politicians and their cronies would nurture such nostalgia for a republican leader with monarchical pretensions. This professor and many others long for the days when their fathers and mothers had free access to ...
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Only confused politicians and their cronies would nurture such nostalgia for a republican leader with monarchical pretensions. This professor and many others long for the days when their fathers and mothers had free access to Ghana's money simply because they told a tyrant what he loved to hear: that he was the messiah who never died and that without him Ghana had no hope. They made him believe he qualified to imprison his fellow nationalists without trial because of he was handsome and God-chosen!
Boateng 10 years ago

Good for you! Now tell Nana Addo to abandon the FREE FREE FREE school in Ghana.

Good for you! Now tell Nana Addo to abandon the FREE FREE FREE school in Ghana.
kk 10 years ago

Akosah should learn some economics if he aspires to be part of the leadership of this country. Even China is moving away from Central Planning and we need to think out of the box and stop this achaich theories

Akosah should learn some economics if he aspires to be part of the leadership of this country. Even China is moving away from Central Planning and we need to think out of the box and stop this achaich theories
CLKK 10 years ago

Nii Lante!
What do you mean by Nkrumah had his chance and blew it? I believe we can all agree to the fact that Nkrumah did a very GREAT JOB with what he had to work with in the 1950s and 1960s. We have not had a patriotic pr ...
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Nii Lante!
What do you mean by Nkrumah had his chance and blew it? I believe we can all agree to the fact that Nkrumah did a very GREAT JOB with what he had to work with in the 1950s and 1960s. We have not had a patriotic president like him thus far whose ultimate vision/main focus is to get ghana from one low level to an higher one.

Name one president that has putten ghana first rather than his POCKET??

Kwame Nkrumah remains the BEST we've had thus far!!!
Soccerman 10 years ago

CLKK, if you are old enough, let me remind you that Nkrumah was found by the Jibowu Commission, established under his own regime, to have taken bribe, a Cadillac car. He was not the angel he has been painted after all. It pay ...
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CLKK, if you are old enough, let me remind you that Nkrumah was found by the Jibowu Commission, established under his own regime, to have taken bribe, a Cadillac car. He was not the angel he has been painted after all. It pays to study your history well and dispassionately.
Chamcham 10 years ago

Prof Akosa,if you can think "outside the box",why don't you your ivory tower at the University and initiate heath industries and give jobs to teeming unemployed graduates you have contributed in churning out into the struggli ...
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Prof Akosa,if you can think "outside the box",why don't you your ivory tower at the University and initiate heath industries and give jobs to teeming unemployed graduates you have contributed in churning out into the struggling Ghanaian economy? Shame unto you. All you like is big post to become Vice Chancellor of Legon , which has eluded you, and also to become the leader/flagbearer of your CPP??? WAKE UP, PROF AND BE COUNTED!!
Symbiosis 10 years ago

Okunka again? I will respond aptly to his imperialist nonsense in due course.

What an unrepentant slave!

It seems that he and Okoampa take turns in showing their ignorance on this platform.

Okunka again? I will respond aptly to his imperialist nonsense in due course.

What an unrepentant slave!

It seems that he and Okoampa take turns in showing their ignorance on this platform.
Kojo T 10 years ago

The problem is people like you We NEED DEVELOPMENTAL THINKING not rote memory. Just because Clinton was there for 8 years does not mean it suits us too . You regurgitate thinks with NO thought

The problem is people like you We NEED DEVELOPMENTAL THINKING not rote memory. Just because Clinton was there for 8 years does not mean it suits us too . You regurgitate thinks with NO thought
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

always forward ever

always forward ever
CY 10 years ago

What is not true, if the informed populace could not run with Nkrumah's ideals to industrialize Ghana at that time, how would our` lazy intellectuals like you, do with the exploded population of lazy, mis-educated and misinf ...
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What is not true, if the informed populace could not run with Nkrumah's ideals to industrialize Ghana at that time, how would our` lazy intellectuals like you, do with the exploded population of lazy, mis-educated and misinformed Ghanaian amist plenty
KNYC (USMC) 10 years ago

JJ was there for 19years. Useless 19 years.

JJ was there for 19years. Useless 19 years.
Bewise 10 years ago

Mahomey, you have made a point,It is not that we always want to mention Kwame Nkrumah, it is only when we look at the past governments, the only person who did love Ghana and served the country with his heart and did a lot to ...
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Mahomey, you have made a point,It is not that we always want to mention Kwame Nkrumah, it is only when we look at the past governments, the only person who did love Ghana and served the country with his heart and did a lot to better Ghana, was him. If those who came after him do not want us to mention his name, then, they should do things that will benefit the people, so that we can also mention their names for the good service they gave the people.
They cannot even pass a common law against selling a land to 2 to 3 diffeent people. a law of 10 years in prison will put an end to that and here will be no need for any land guards who have caused so much problems to the citizens. He setup a blue print that could have been followed to make the country better. This is a man who thought of farmers and had a department formed on their behalf (The farmers counsel)
Bewise 10 years ago

there will be no need for any land guards

there will be no need for any land guards
CHIEF ADVISER 10 years ago

This Mahomey guy is a JSS pupil. He needs to get closer to the elderly for more information. That 1966 coup was senseless because it gave no benefit to the country. Kotoka and his crooks took bribe from the CIA and destroyed ...
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This Mahomey guy is a JSS pupil. He needs to get closer to the elderly for more information. That 1966 coup was senseless because it gave no benefit to the country. Kotoka and his crooks took bribe from the CIA and destroyed our beloved nation. All of the nation wreckers will die even the third time.
CHIEF ADVISER 10 years ago

This Mahomey guy is a JSS pupil. He needs to get closer to the elderly for more information. That 1966 coup was senseless because it gave no benefit to the country. Kotoka and his crooks took bribe from the CIA and destroyed ...
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This Mahomey guy is a JSS pupil. He needs to get closer to the elderly for more information. That 1966 coup was senseless because it gave no benefit to the country. Kotoka and his crooks took bribe from the CIA and destroyed our beloved nation. All of the nation wreckers will die even the third time.
K- 10 years ago

Prof, you had your fair share because your dad was a district commissioner. There was development without growth. Have you forgotten Detention without trial? NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. One party state Illiterates were given top ...
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Prof, you had your fair share because your dad was a district commissioner. There was development without growth. Have you forgotten Detention without trial? NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. One party state Illiterates were given top positions because of their party affilation.
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

Where is CPP's vision and dream for today? Nkrumah is dead and gone, can't we do our own thinking? We are in 2013, the world is rapidly changing and yet all we can refer to is the 60s? C'mon people God gave us brains, let us ...
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Where is CPP's vision and dream for today? Nkrumah is dead and gone, can't we do our own thinking? We are in 2013, the world is rapidly changing and yet all we can refer to is the 60s? C'mon people God gave us brains, let us use our brains to develop our country.
Kojo T 10 years ago

Quality education, industrilisation and wholistic developmental planning

Quality education, industrilisation and wholistic developmental planning
BUMBEBO London 10 years ago

Gye Nyame, would you, please, put on your thinking cap and know that without class one, there can't be class two; that if you jump into your trousers,there's the 99.99% chance that you would fall. t looks like you don't know ...
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Gye Nyame, would you, please, put on your thinking cap and know that without class one, there can't be class two; that if you jump into your trousers,there's the 99.99% chance that you would fall. t looks like you don't know what is development! D'you know the song: aman nyinaa reko agya yen, ye tu yenan a, yebeko bi .. Have you personally done anything in your community, not everywhere in Ghana you could be remembered of even now that you're alive? others have, I have; have you apart from your phd writings in this column?
Repugnant. 10 years ago

The fact that we continue to discuss him shows that he was not a transient phenomenon, but a continuous paradigm we cannot easily wish away, repeating itself over and over. He will continue to haunt us by his deeds, words, an ...
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The fact that we continue to discuss him shows that he was not a transient phenomenon, but a continuous paradigm we cannot easily wish away, repeating itself over and over. He will continue to haunt us by his deeds, words, and charisma till we fall in line. Who in their right minds will ever doubt that "Ghana is free forever." Aye!
Symbiosis 10 years ago

Very true that God gave us brains but what have you or anybody else done with yours and theirs to match up with what Nkrumah did over 50 years ago?

Cant you use your brains if you have any, to see that what Nkrumah achieve ...
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Very true that God gave us brains but what have you or anybody else done with yours and theirs to match up with what Nkrumah did over 50 years ago?

Cant you use your brains if you have any, to see that what Nkrumah achieved for us over 50 years ago is what this country still thrives on?
Kojo T 10 years ago

When you rejoice over the success of terrorism and call it Gods retribution then you need to be locked up. That is terrorism and not freedom of speech

When you rejoice over the success of terrorism and call it Gods retribution then you need to be locked up. That is terrorism and not freedom of speech
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

They cannot think for themselves

They cannot think for themselves
Boateng 10 years ago

Maybe the illetrates were more Patriotic and they could hold on until more folks got educated through the educational institutions the illetrates built for you to get educated!

Maybe the illetrates were more Patriotic and they could hold on until more folks got educated through the educational institutions the illetrates built for you to get educated!
Kojo Billy Duncan 10 years ago

Yes, Prof's father was a District Commissioner, for Asante Mampong. He was selfless and benevolent. He educated all his children and helped to educate the children of others. Those of us who knew him admired his patriotic spi ...
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Yes, Prof's father was a District Commissioner, for Asante Mampong. He was selfless and benevolent. He educated all his children and helped to educate the children of others. Those of us who knew him admired his patriotic spirit which he instilled in us as Young Pioneers. The man was a businessman (owned a sawmill/lumber yard) before he became a DC). DC Akosah's name is revered in Sekyereman by all honest people. I recollect how he instilled discipline in all pupils in his district. For example, if you dared play truant during school hours and he saw you in town, he would take you straight to your school and the rest was history. He inspired many young people to achieve their full potential. I could name several but they are modest individuals like the great man himself, they prefer not to be in the limelight. On the issue of 'The Preventative Detention Act' one can clearly equate it to the 'Patriot Act' after the 9/11 attacks in the US. My view, on the issue of 'illiterates were given top positions because of their party affiliation' is that they were functionally and developmentally more focused and efficient than the numerous Phds we have prancing about. Nkrumah's plan was to groom well-educated and moreover patriotic young ones to pursue the development agenda. Unfortunately, this plan was truncated by the treachery of some individuals who thought collaborating with the CIA and British Intelligence was commendable. Little did they realize that they were deemed by their paymasters to be very untrustworthy. Those same nations would have locked up any of their own citizens who behaved in such a manner.
Spiky 10 years ago

Kojo, you've said it all about DC Akosa. I personally knew him and what he stood for and did, working with Nkrumah and others to make Ghana a sovereign nation and a better place to live,.... but for the TRAITORS....!

Kojo, you've said it all about DC Akosa. I personally knew him and what he stood for and did, working with Nkrumah and others to make Ghana a sovereign nation and a better place to live,.... but for the TRAITORS....!
Soccerman 10 years ago

Let Kojo & Spiky be reminded that they were not the only ones who knew DC Akosa. I also knew him, as a Sekyere man, and remember how much he was hated for using his money and power to snatch people's wives and girl friends an ...
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Let Kojo & Spiky be reminded that they were not the only ones who knew DC Akosa. I also knew him, as a Sekyere man, and remember how much he was hated for using his money and power to snatch people's wives and girl friends and for his bribery and corruption that made him filthy rich, looking down on all and respecting none. Don't tell lies for the sake of politics. Our children need to know these things and take useful lessons from them.
amoah wadee 10 years ago

ghana has developed backwards ever since you left the scene.

ghana has developed backwards ever since you left the scene.
nicman@atl 10 years ago

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MENSAH 10 years ago

We do not know what K.A BUSIA could have accomplished,if left to have told all his story.
We always praise KWAME NKRUMAH alone for his industrial knowledge and development in Ghana.
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We do not know what K.A BUSIA could have accomplished,if left to have told all his story.
We always praise KWAME NKRUMAH alone for his industrial knowledge and development in Ghana.
Imagine if,KWAME NKRUMAH were to have joined forces ,unreservedly with J.B DANQUAH,K.A BUSIA,O.LAMPTEY etc,GHANA WOULD HAVE BEEN HEAVEN ON EARTH.
WHY?
First of all:
TWO ARE ALWAYS BETTER THAN ONE.
Secondly,NKRUMAH IDEAS GEARED US TOWARDS RUSSIA'S COMMUNISM,but RUSSIA IS NO WHERE IN THE SCENE,WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNISM,TODAY.
THAT WAS A BAD IDEA NKRUMAH BROUGHT.
Thirdly,NKRUMAH was left with huge,huge resources by our Colonial Masters.Therefore,could have also performed,more than what he could ever do,if AUTOCRACY,ALL KNOWING(SELF-CONCEITED),POWER,UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE,WRONG FOCUS,SELFISHNESS,ETC,had not got the better of him.
There is the downside to everything:
The downside to focus is detraction.
Nkrumah's focus only on RUSSIA,was his downfall.
His ideas on PAN AFRICA,was unique,but that also geared his attention only on the BIGGER PICTURE(AFRICA) and partially neglected,the affairs of GHANA.
that was his doom.
There is no doubt,his INDUSTRIAL PROWESS,IS INDISPUTABLE,BUT COULD HAVE DONE BETTER,IN THE PHASE OF WHAT WAS HANDED OVER TO HIM,BY OUR COLONIAL MASTERS.
If GHANA still has enough GOLD & DIAMOND and other NATURAL RESOURCES,up to date,to the extent that,even foreigners could come to exploit them for free,then NKRUMAH HAD A LOT TO HAVE MADE THINGS BETTER THAN WHAT HE DID.
THAT IS WHY I ARRIVED AT THE CAPTION:
BUSIA COULD NOT TELL ALL HIS STORY.
Kojo T 10 years ago

1 Busia after 2-3 years had NO clue what he was doing . He used to say they told us to be democartic and now we are where is the money . Ask Joe Appiah and Attoh Quarshies. Then he messed pup with the aliens compliance order ...
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1 Busia after 2-3 years had NO clue what he was doing . He used to say they told us to be democartic and now we are where is the money . Ask Joe Appiah and Attoh Quarshies. Then he messed pup with the aliens compliance order 2. It was Busia and danquah who REFUSED to team up with Nkrumah . He always held out an olive hand to them 3 He did not focus on African affairs to the detriment of Ghana . How do you account for 400+ industries, 2 universities, many secondary schools, commercial farms , Akosombo dam whch alone cost more than what he was left with . Busia had no story to tell , just like the NPP of today has no story as they are bankrupt of ideas
MENSAH 10 years ago

With lots at NDC's disposal,still the common man on the street is suffering.
IN AFRICA,WE DO NOT FACE REALITY.
We tend to celebrate tradition rather than facing reality in tackling problems,and being factual in our judgemen ...
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With lots at NDC's disposal,still the common man on the street is suffering.
IN AFRICA,WE DO NOT FACE REALITY.
We tend to celebrate tradition rather than facing reality in tackling problems,and being factual in our judgement of the state/circumstances we might be finding ourselves.
GHANA IS IN A MESS,JUST LIKE NKRUMAH ALSO PUT US IN A BAD SHAPE,THOUGH HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PERFORMED THE BETTER.
If you were there by then,you would have agreed with me that:
BUSIA GAVE US A MOUTH TO SPEAK,ONCE MORE,WHAT NKRUMAH TOOK AWAY FROM US.
THAT IS A HUGE WIN-WIN SITUATION.
MENSAH 10 years ago

Do you know that GHANA still needs ALIENS COMPLIANCE ORDER?
Where are you now?
Where has you travelled before?

Do you know that GHANA still needs ALIENS COMPLIANCE ORDER?
Where are you now?
Where has you travelled before?
Repugnant. 10 years ago

Fuck off, with your hypothetical reasoning. With all the time at Danquah's disposal how many books did he publish? Nkrumah wrote over nineteen books while, President, prime minister, secretary and the spearhead of the organiz ...
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Fuck off, with your hypothetical reasoning. With all the time at Danquah's disposal how many books did he publish? Nkrumah wrote over nineteen books while, President, prime minister, secretary and the spearhead of the organization of African unity. You must be reminded that your enslavers the Denkyeras are still around. Fool!

Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.
Date:
2013-09-20 21:11:36
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FOR GOODNESS SAKE, THIS AHOOFE BEAST MUST GROW!

We, Asiakwa Boys liberated you from Denkyera Enslavement, so shut the fuck up! Go to Dwaben and ask who occupies the Adwampong Stool. Amofa, what name is that? Go to Nkoranza, Barekese and Manhyia and ask about me, you SOB.
alenya 10 years ago

Prof, well said but you are in the best position to improve upon development in this country.you can help by starting in your own(small) way.i know you are on it but don't give up.the earlier we stop this blame game, the bet ...
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Prof, well said but you are in the best position to improve upon development in this country.you can help by starting in your own(small) way.i know you are on it but don't give up.the earlier we stop this blame game, the better for us all as GHANAIANS
KKO 10 years ago

What a load of rubbish! Nkrumaist entities have been ruling Ghana in the guise of Acheampong's NRC/SMCI and II, Limann's moribund PNP, Rawlings's CPP/Young Pioneer dominated P/NDC, the Atta Mills Mahama clueless government th ...
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What a load of rubbish! Nkrumaist entities have been ruling Ghana in the guise of Acheampong's NRC/SMCI and II, Limann's moribund PNP, Rawlings's CPP/Young Pioneer dominated P/NDC, the Atta Mills Mahama clueless government that increased Ghana's debt stock by 44% in five years, more than any government in Ghana's history. Then there is the current NDC goverment with its CPP-style GYEEDA/Woyome stinkers.

So what is all this noise about Kwame Nkrumah and his floundering CPP legacy? What can't we the living get real and get on with it?
Nana addo 10 years ago

hi

hi
ABU 10 years ago

This is one of the Ghanaians who ought to lead.

This is one of the Ghanaians who ought to lead.
Kulungugu Boy 10 years ago

LONG LIVE KWAME NKRUMAH.
NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!!

LONG LIVE KWAME NKRUMAH.
NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!!
Kenkey Warriors!! 10 years ago

We can't cure you of the personality cult but rest assured that the dictator is gone forever. Think for yourself.

We can't cure you of the personality cult but rest assured that the dictator is gone forever. Think for yourself.
ABU 10 years ago

The preventive detention act was one of the best legislative instrument enacted in Ghana soly meant to contain bomb-throwers,economic saboteurs,local agents of imperialists,assasinators,nation wreckers and anti Africa agents.

The preventive detention act was one of the best legislative instrument enacted in Ghana soly meant to contain bomb-throwers,economic saboteurs,local agents of imperialists,assasinators,nation wreckers and anti Africa agents.
Pelicles 10 years ago

Ghana is a nation and no single individual is bigger than her. We have to be wise enough to hold ourselves above stormy waters and stop the nonsensicality of Nkrumah this and that.

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Ghana is a nation and no single individual is bigger than her. We have to be wise enough to hold ourselves above stormy waters and stop the nonsensicality of Nkrumah this and that.

If Ghana is at a stand still, who should be blame? The people who are stupid, reckless, dishonest, liars, pathetic, irresponsible, tribalism, greedy, jealousy, hatred, envy, pompous, haughty etc. No nation will develop with people with such mentality.

Let's examine ourselves and change our sense of thinking and the chips will fall into its proper places.
SAFIAN ADAMS 10 years ago

he talks with passion and vission,long live nkrumah long live gh.prof.GOD BLESS YOU

he talks with passion and vission,long live nkrumah long live gh.prof.GOD BLESS YOU
Kenkey Warriors!! 10 years ago

The overthrow of the dictator saved us from thinking the fraud called Nkrumah was a Demi god. Anyone who enjoys the cult of his own deranged personality is a danger to rational thinking.

Let's rather praise the brave soldi ...
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The overthrow of the dictator saved us from thinking the fraud called Nkrumah was a Demi god. Anyone who enjoys the cult of his own deranged personality is a danger to rational thinking.

Let's rather praise the brave soldiers who ridded Ghana of the dictator who wanted to turn the country into a soviet style gulag. Let his soul rest in peace on the shitty beach of Accra.
OTCHERE DARKO 10 years ago

We are fed up with the constant use of Dr Kwame Nkrumah's identity to market the "new" CPP and its officials.

Unless the "new" CPP tells Ghanaians what it stands for, Dr Kwame Nkrumah's "vision" or "record" will NOT propel ...
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We are fed up with the constant use of Dr Kwame Nkrumah's identity to market the "new" CPP and its officials.

Unless the "new" CPP tells Ghanaians what it stands for, Dr Kwame Nkrumah's "vision" or "record" will NOT propel it (the "new" CPP) to political victory now, or ever.
CY 10 years ago

You are right, the workload is huge and it takes well informed teams to offload the challenges.

You are right, the workload is huge and it takes well informed teams to offload the challenges.
SOKOTO 10 years ago

Professor, you are right. Since that time when Nkrumah was overthrown, our development has stagnated. We have been at a standstill.

Ghana was ranked on the same development level as Singapore, Malaysia and India, with Sou ...
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Professor, you are right. Since that time when Nkrumah was overthrown, our development has stagnated. We have been at a standstill.

Ghana was ranked on the same development level as Singapore, Malaysia and India, with South Africa and Egypt slightly behind.

The facts are there.
The African economic and political history books are there.

We have seriously under-developed ourselves.
What the Professor is saying, is very true.
Say the TRUTH 10 years ago

So Prof. is that what U were fighting to take up the leadership of CPP to win elections and become President without Development THINKING????

PROF. NOTE SOCIALISM THINKING IS DEAD, AND YOU CAN REALIZE THAT FROM RUSSIA, CUB ...
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So Prof. is that what U were fighting to take up the leadership of CPP to win elections and become President without Development THINKING????

PROF. NOTE SOCIALISM THINKING IS DEAD, AND YOU CAN REALIZE THAT FROM RUSSIA, CUBA, CZECH REUBLICK DEFUNCT EAST GERMANY AND OTHER SOICIALIST BLOCK.

IT IS ABOUT TIME CPP OLD FOLKS LIKE YOU AND PRATT THINK REALISTICALLY!!!
Joe Turkey 10 years ago

This is warped thinking. Retrogression started in Ghana long before Nkrumah was overthrown. "Development plans" were carried out because Kwame Nkrumah had surplus money left in our coffers. He drained it without adding anythi ...
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This is warped thinking. Retrogression started in Ghana long before Nkrumah was overthrown. "Development plans" were carried out because Kwame Nkrumah had surplus money left in our coffers. He drained it without adding anything. Check Gbedemah's interviews. Tell me what Nkrumah did to reverse the economy that served other countries. SILOS? Those silos were a waste of Ghana's money and could never have carried a bean of cocoa. Education? Yep, kids were in school - free. All we learned was the Ghana Young Pioneers creed, "Nkrumah does no wrong", Nkrumah is our Leader" (sound familiar?) and "Nkrumah never dies". It is easy to make noise about what would have bla, bla, bla. Nkrumah was no magician. In any case, it was the same Nkrumahists who migrated to the NDC out of poverty and ran Ghana down.
BUMBEBO London 10 years ago

COMRADE, TELL THEM.

COMRADE, TELL THEM.
Steve. 10 years ago

In my opinion, Nkrumah was the only president that ever ruled Ghana with a clear vision. Within 5 years after INDEPENDENCE, he was able to steer Ghana towards an industrial nation. Over 400 factories throughout the nation, Ak ...
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In my opinion, Nkrumah was the only president that ever ruled Ghana with a clear vision. Within 5 years after INDEPENDENCE, he was able to steer Ghana towards an industrial nation. Over 400 factories throughout the nation, Akosombo, Tema Harbour and Fisheries, Ghaip, Alu-Works, Textile factories,Valco, GIHOC, Ghana Paint Corporation, State printing works ect, ect. Till date, Ghanaians are still enjoying the fruits of Nkrumah's IDEAOLOGY. Some of you may not understand and revert to insult, because you do not know how it was, and will never get to know. The generation of today only knows NDC, NPP and how to insult. Poor Souls.
ob ob 10 years ago

Frustrated Professor has been paid heavily to run down CPP and eventually sell it to the thieves....ndc

Frustrated Professor has been paid heavily to run down CPP and eventually sell it to the thieves....ndc
Egya 10 years ago

Always Nkrumah, Nkrumah. What about YOU Akosa - chasing after small girls, boozing and making a mockery of your term of office as Head of Ghana Health Service - what leadership did you show? What forward thinking did you im ...
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Always Nkrumah, Nkrumah. What about YOU Akosa - chasing after small girls, boozing and making a mockery of your term of office as Head of Ghana Health Service - what leadership did you show? What forward thinking did you implement when you had the chance?
Repugnant. 10 years ago

He couldn't have slept with your HIV infested mama! What part of what he said offends you so much, toyboy?

He couldn't have slept with your HIV infested mama! What part of what he said offends you so much, toyboy?
YAW BARIMA 10 years ago

I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY NKRUMAH RULED OVER 5MILLION PEOPLE AND TODAY PEOPLE LIKE PROF AKOSA STILL THINK WE ARE 25 MILLION DUMB GHANAIANS.

I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY NKRUMAH RULED OVER 5MILLION PEOPLE AND TODAY PEOPLE LIKE PROF AKOSA STILL THINK WE ARE 25 MILLION DUMB GHANAIANS.
KWASHIE ADJAH 10 years ago

THE GLORIOUS OVERTHROW OF NKRUMAH SET GHANA FREE FROM ONE PARTY RULE, LIFETIME PRESIDENCY AND SOCIALISM WHICH HAS FAILED IN ALL OF EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA; THE CITIZENS OF WHICH ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE DAMAGING EFFECTS ...
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THE GLORIOUS OVERTHROW OF NKRUMAH SET GHANA FREE FROM ONE PARTY RULE, LIFETIME PRESIDENCY AND SOCIALISM WHICH HAS FAILED IN ALL OF EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA; THE CITIZENS OF WHICH ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF THAT DEVILISH IDEOLOGY. THE OVERTHROW OF NKRUMAH IS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO GHANA.
Dr Robert K Glah 10 years ago

Nkrumah was a passionate, visionary and selfless statesman second to none in the 20th Century. That remarkable passion was the driver for all his actions and enabled him to meet headlong all the challenges of his time:-
1. F ...
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Nkrumah was a passionate, visionary and selfless statesman second to none in the 20th Century. That remarkable passion was the driver for all his actions and enabled him to meet headlong all the challenges of his time:-
1. Free education for Ghanaians up to the University
2. Employment creation for Ghanaians by establishing public corporations and the Builders Brigade
3.Industrialisation policy and action
4. Ghana unity and detribelisation of Ghana and dissolution of regional empires in Ghana
5. Decolonisation of Africa and African unity.
6. Cultural discipline and respect for leaders,chiefs and national institutions.

By that cultural discipline the PDA was passed by the National Assembly to discipline Bomb throwers, criminals, terrorists, saboteurs, agents of imperialism, neocolonialism, and antipanAfricanism.

Osagyefo's Central Planning policy was wrong. That policy was blindly copied from the Soviet Union.

The economic policy we need is a drive for foreign investment with local content participation. That policy should be driven by export drive and boosting domestic consumption on the back of industralisation of Ghana.
mr Tina 10 years ago

Nkrumah did very well by imprison some officials without trial because, they had no love for the country and where only fighting to gain power for their selfish gains. Nkrumah was not an angel but far better than all the gove ...
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Nkrumah did very well by imprison some officials without trial because, they had no love for the country and where only fighting to gain power for their selfish gains. Nkrumah was not an angel but far better than all the government who serve ghana till today.Ghana has surfered for having too many empty barrels as president after nkrumah. JJ rawlings did also well by saving the country during those days.
Kingken 10 years ago

1. What were the development plan?
2. Were there blue-prints of those development plans?
3. How many of those plans got executed and how much of tax-payers money went into them?

Well! That's another professor from Africa

1. What were the development plan?
2. Were there blue-prints of those development plans?
3. How many of those plans got executed and how much of tax-payers money went into them?

Well! That's another professor from Africa
old Mind will destroy Ghana 10 years ago

I was shock to see some educated people commenting like children.J.B Danquah was CIA agent,Busia was CIA agent,Afrifa became CIA agent when Nkrumah send him went to Congo to fight.I saw some people saying British people left ...
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I was shock to see some educated people commenting like children.J.B Danquah was CIA agent,Busia was CIA agent,Afrifa became CIA agent when Nkrumah send him went to Congo to fight.I saw some people saying British people left some huge money do developed Ghana.I do not know if some Ghanaian s actually know their history.What happen was, after the independent Nkrumah ask the British government about the money they took from Ghana to sponsor the second world war and the British gave that money to Ghana.Is not because British love Ghana and they said Nkrumah this is Ghana's money we have plan to used it to develop Ghana,so if now you are the president come and collect it.You black people, when British people were in Ghana they treat you people like shit.The rich hospital which in Ghana,the white people at that time do not allow your black ass to be there.However,Nkrumah did not used the money for his person gain.He built Tema Township,Akosombo dam,Komenda sugar factory,Kedary Sugar factory,he valco aluminum factory,Tema habour,Accra international airport,Asokori Match factory, Kumasi shoe factory,University of Cape Coast,Kwame Nkrumah Science and technology,University of Ghana,Advance train college,Many secondary and train colleges schools,Many road including Tema Motoway, Tema Ship yard, Tema oil refinery, Tema fishing harbour,Kumasi jute factory, Cape Coast Ceramics factory, Ghana Atomic energy for nuclear energy,rubber tire plantation about 10 ships for Ghana, Ghana airways to mention but few. All these was done on so called the money from the British.I know Asante Akyem people, the only devil people in Ghana sold this man to their friend CIA,the bomb this man twice.Then they overthrew him,Afrifa killed two fante men Arthur and Yeboah in firing square because they support Nkrumah,Busia came to power the first thing he did is to devalue Ghana cedi for his pay masters this send Ghana into economic problem for the first time in the history of Ghana. The Asante Akyem historian like Adu Boahen wrote lies about Nkrumah.They burn all the books Nkrumah wrote.If you Ghanaian s are looking for your country enemy go to Asante Akyem and you people will find them there.
Daniel 10 years ago

We need selfless individuals to stand up and do something for this country but not for themselves like Kuffour and his former administration. We need selfless bold individuals to stand up and not just stire in to the thin air ...
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We need selfless individuals to stand up and do something for this country but not for themselves like Kuffour and his former administration. We need selfless bold individuals to stand up and not just stire in to the thin air. Wake up, Get up every Ghanaian and do something for your dear country. Professor Akosa is write.
Sylvanus Agbemenyah P. K. 10 years ago

Those who conspired with kotoka, supported him financially, ideologically, morally and emotiotionally had done a grave disservice to Ghana. Subsequent Leaders after Nkrumah are ideologically handicapped. They only contend the ...
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Those who conspired with kotoka, supported him financially, ideologically, morally and emotiotionally had done a grave disservice to Ghana. Subsequent Leaders after Nkrumah are ideologically handicapped. They only contend themselves with growing the local and foreign bank accounts with absolute no regards for the ordinary citizenry.
USA- 10 years ago

YES ,ITS TRUE

YES ,ITS TRUE
Sulamana 10 years ago

EVERYONE SEEMS TO FORGET THE PREVENTIVE DETENTION ACT. HE IMPRISONED HIS POLITICAL FOES. HE MAY HAVE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT AGENDA BUT HIS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IS ABYSMAL. HE WAS SIMPLY CRUEL AND EVIL. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE TRIED TO ...
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EVERYONE SEEMS TO FORGET THE PREVENTIVE DETENTION ACT. HE IMPRISONED HIS POLITICAL FOES. HE MAY HAVE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT AGENDA BUT HIS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD IS ABYSMAL. HE WAS SIMPLY CRUEL AND EVIL. THAT IS WHY PEOPLE TRIED TO TAKE HIM OUT. YOU ALL REMEMBER THIS: THOSE WHO MAKE LEGAL POLITICAL CHANGE IM[POSSIBLE GENERATE VIOLENT CHANGE.
THE CHOSEN ONE 10 years ago

HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THESE POLLUTED MIND OF KOKOASI NKURASIFO.
YOU DON'T TAKE MEDICINE WITHOUT BEEN SICK.THE EGG AND THE CHICKEN,WHICH CAME FIRST.
THESE KOKOASI NKURASIFO WERE EVIL THINKERS FROM BIRTH AS WE CAN STILL SEE W ...
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HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THESE POLLUTED MIND OF KOKOASI NKURASIFO.
YOU DON'T TAKE MEDICINE WITHOUT BEEN SICK.THE EGG AND THE CHICKEN,WHICH CAME FIRST.
THESE KOKOASI NKURASIFO WERE EVIL THINKERS FROM BIRTH AS WE CAN STILL SEE WITH THIER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
WHY WASTE PRECIOUS EIGHT MONTHS ARGUING YOUR CASE ONLY TO CONCEED DEFEAT IN FIVE MINUTES.
WHO WILL DO THIS IF NOT A DONKEY AND YET SOME FOOLS WILL BE CALLING YOU A STATEMAN.NA GOD GO PUNISH UNA.
ppp 10 years ago

Sulamana, plse check on the human rights records of the greatest country in the world if you can and compare that with the CPP before 1966.

Sulamana, plse check on the human rights records of the greatest country in the world if you can and compare that with the CPP before 1966.
Paa Kodwo 10 years ago

OPAYIN AKOSA.

THIS IS INDEED A FACT WHICH NOTHING CAN DENY IT.

THE ARMED CRIMINALS IN MILITARY UNFORMS HEADED BY SERGEANT KOTOKO, CORPORAL AFRIFA AND WARRANT OFFICER ALBERT OCRAN ARE THE ONES TO BE BLAMED FOR GHANA'S C ...
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OPAYIN AKOSA.

THIS IS INDEED A FACT WHICH NOTHING CAN DENY IT.

THE ARMED CRIMINALS IN MILITARY UNFORMS HEADED BY SERGEANT KOTOKO, CORPORAL AFRIFA AND WARRANT OFFICER ALBERT OCRAN ARE THE ONES TO BE BLAMED FOR GHANA'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STAGNATION.

THEY WERE SEMI-LITERATES WHO DANCED TO THE TUNES OF THE ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY, AND FOR THEM TO REALIZE LATER THAT THEY WERE FOOLS WHO HAD BEEN USED TO DESTROY THE ECONMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD TAKEN OFF IN THE COUNTRY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR KWAME NKRUMAH.

THESE CRIMINALS WERE NOT ALONE, THEY WERE JOINED IN 1966 BY THE SO CALLED EDUCATED CLASS, WHO WERE WITHOUT VISION AND MISSION, LAWYERS, PROFESSORS, PhD'S LECTURERS AND PRIVATE BUSINESSMEN TO DIG DEEP INTO THE NATIONS COFFERS AND TO SATISFY THEIR OWN LIFEYTYLES IN THE COUNTRY.

MANY UNQUALIFIED PEOPLE WERE LATER APPOINTED TO NATIONAL CORPORATIONS AS MANAGING DIRECTORS AND CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WAS AT THE VALCO WHERE A DRAUGHTSMAN WAS APPOINTED AS CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICER.

MISMANAGEMET OF THE NATIONS RESOURCES BEGAN AND MOST OF THE STATE CORPORATIONS WERE PUT TO GROUND.

WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS,MANY DELEGATIONS WERE FORMED AND FOR THEM TO TRAVEL TO THE NORTH TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY THE COUP OF 1966 TOOK PLACE.

THESE MEN AND WOMEN WERE SO BLIND AND TO FORGET ABOUT THE BRUTAL POLITICAL HISTORY OF GHANA, SLAVE TRADE,PLUNDER AND EXPLOITATION.

THEY SAT ON TV'S AS PANEL WITH FOREIGNERS HEADED BY PROFESSOR KWAPONG, VICTOR OWUSU, JOE APPIAH,OFORI-ATTA AND V,C.R CRABBE TO
TO CONDEMNN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CPP GOVERNMEMT HEADED BY KWAME NKRUMAH.

NLC,BUSIA AND THEIR COLLABORATORS STARTED THEN TO DISMANTLE EVERY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD TAKEN OFF IMMEDIATLY AFTER INDEPENDENCE.

IT IS STILL UNFORTUNATE THAT MANY ENEMIES, ANTAGONISTS AND ANTI-ELEMENTS ARE STILL IN OUR MIDST HENCE OUR CONTINUED BACKWARDNESS, UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND EXTEME POVERTY.

WE ARE TO BE BLAMED FOR OUR OWN DOWNFALL BECAUSE WE HAVE STILL FAILED TO REASON AND CONTINUE TO BE IGNORANT AND STUPID.

WHAT IS EVEN PATHETIC IS WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN GRADUATES AND FOR THE COUNTRY TO CONTINUE TOINDULGE IN BUYING AND SELLING.

WE CANNOT GET AHEAD-FALLING BEHIND.

VERY SAD WITHOUT FURTHER WORDS.
Yaw. 10 years ago

Keep dwelling in the past.
Can't we move on instead of this non productive ranting about a dead man who had all the chance to have done or made Ghana a great country?
Most of the country's woes now were as a result of Nkrum ...
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Keep dwelling in the past.
Can't we move on instead of this non productive ranting about a dead man who had all the chance to have done or made Ghana a great country?
Most of the country's woes now were as a result of Nkrumah's stupid notion that only he knew better and considered any body who criticised him an enemy.
DR VICTOR MICHAEL - USA 10 years ago

DEVILS ONLY FOLLW NPP. ALL OF THEM WILL GO TO HELL.

DEVILS ONLY FOLLW NPP. ALL OF THEM WILL GO TO HELL.
kk 10 years ago

And the Angels in NDC will continue to steal all the money through Woyome-gate, SADA gate, Gyeeda gate Nkonfem gate and Bribery of judges etc etc. Greedy Bastards whose only objective for stealing political power is to bleed ...
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And the Angels in NDC will continue to steal all the money through Woyome-gate, SADA gate, Gyeeda gate Nkonfem gate and Bribery of judges etc etc. Greedy Bastards whose only objective for stealing political power is to bleed the country dry, mess up the economy and play tribal politics. Tell you NDC government to fix the broken economy and stop the stupidity!!!
Kwaku Addo 10 years ago

Why CPP try to convience all Ghanaians that Dr. Nkrumah's Presidency was the best among others. Dr. Nkrumah being the first president in the republic of Ghana had his achievements and shortcomings. Probably his shortcomings m ...
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Why CPP try to convience all Ghanaians that Dr. Nkrumah's Presidency was the best among others. Dr. Nkrumah being the first president in the republic of Ghana had his achievements and shortcomings. Probably his shortcomings might have impacted his achievements hence his overthrow. In this regard it will be unfortunate for Professor Akosa to pass such comment to put pass head of states and presidents down for them to look very bad in terms of developments. Kotoka Afrifa,Ankrah,Busia,Acheampong, Akuffo,Limann,Rawlings,Kuffour, Mills and Mahama are all past and present presidents/head of state and just like Dr. Nkrumah had their agendas/ideology which were or being implemented for the benefit of all Ghanaians. Therefore professor Akosa should render to Jesus what is Jesus' and to Caesar what is Caesar's for the benefit and future of CPP party. All present presidents/head of state of Ghana have contributed one way or the other to the development of Ghana. Dr. Nkrumah is not Jesus he had the easiest task of governance as compared to now because Ghanaians at that time were sick and tied of oppressions from our colonial masters but ironically regretted for having Dr. Nkrumah because of his dictatorship style of governance.
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

An out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a desolated area. Luckily, a local farmer came to help with his big strong horse named Osagyefo.

He hitched Osagyefo up to the car and yelled, "Pull, Danquah, pull." Osagyefo ...
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An out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a desolated area. Luckily, a local farmer came to help with his big strong horse named Osagyefo.

He hitched Osagyefo up to the car and yelled, "Pull, Danquah, pull." Osagyefo didn't move.

Then the farmer hollered, "Pull, Osagyefo, pull." Osagyefo didn't respond.

Once more the farmer commanded, "Pull, Busia, pull." Nothing.

Then the farmer nonchalantly said, "Pull, Osagyefo, pull." And the horse easily dragged the car out of the ditch.

The motorist was most appreciative and very curious. He asked the farmer why he called his horse by the wrong name three times.

The farmer said, "Oh, Osagyefo is blind, and if he thought he was the only one pulling, he wouldn't even try!"

OSAGYEFO WAS THE BLIND HORSE WHO DID EVERYTHING ON HIS OWN.THE GHANAIAN'S WHO WERE NOT BLIND DID NOT HELP.
THE HORSES CALLED BUSIA and Danquah did not help.
Kwame Safo 10 years ago

We respect Dr Nkrumah for his doyen role in Ghana's politics but truth be told Kwame Nkrumah was way ahead of his time. Such that even the people he worked with lacked understanding of his vision. This is why many of them ab ...
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We respect Dr Nkrumah for his doyen role in Ghana's politics but truth be told Kwame Nkrumah was way ahead of his time. Such that even the people he worked with lacked understanding of his vision. This is why many of them abandoned him and have failed to connect with what he stands for. His stature has not been matched and we agree with that. But Pres Kufour did extremely well showing what a focused government can achieve. We ignore hios achievements at our peril. Cos Apollos planted, Paul watered and God gave the increase. Ghanaians must understand this principle and stop the careless talk. Dr Akosah should no better than that. By the way what happened to his pledged to end all political talk!
AMADU SEIDU 10 years ago

NO DICTATOR IS WORTH PRAISING BCOS IF WE ALL HAD NO RESISTANCE OF ANY SORT, WE COULD DO EVEN MUCH MORE THAN THAT BUT NKRUMAH NEVER TOLERATED DISSENTING VIEWS.....AND WE HAD LOTS OF CASH LEFT OVER BY THE COLONIALISTS WHICH NKR ...
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NO DICTATOR IS WORTH PRAISING BCOS IF WE ALL HAD NO RESISTANCE OF ANY SORT, WE COULD DO EVEN MUCH MORE THAN THAT BUT NKRUMAH NEVER TOLERATED DISSENTING VIEWS.....AND WE HAD LOTS OF CASH LEFT OVER BY THE COLONIALISTS WHICH NKRUMAH NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR TO ANY GHANAIAN EVER.....SO LET US HAVE OUR PEACE OF MIND.....AFTER ALL THE NDC AND CPP HAVE ALL BECOME THIEVES NOW EVEN THO THEY KEEP PONTIFICATING THE NAME OF NKRUMAH WHO NEVER GOT GREEDY OR SELFISH TO ENRICH HIMSEL.
Kwaku Baah 10 years ago

Can Prof Akosa tell us, which country in history did has more money per capital after Independencs from Britsh including America. Look at Kenya,Ivory Coast and the rest of tgh African countries how their capitals were built a ...
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Can Prof Akosa tell us, which country in history did has more money per capital after Independencs from Britsh including America. Look at Kenya,Ivory Coast and the rest of tgh African countries how their capitals were built after their Independence and compare that to Accra during Nkrumah time. It is no wonder Ghana is still lacking behind our sister African nations. People like Prof Akosa who are leading the country can not tell good goverance from bad goverance then ghana has a long way to go. Please Mr Akosa gone are th days Kwane Nkrumah was telling our grand parents any thing he wants and they were clapping theuir hand is over. Let me make ioe clear to you Kwame Nkrumah name is in history books as one of the worst leader in the whole world. There is abook written by one British author I have forgotten his name, I wii look for it and bring it next time . Read his book . He compare Ghana to South Korea and North Korea. When Ghana got Independence the money we had and the Koreas were figthing at that time from 1955 to 1959 . After their wars with little or no money how they tackle their education and development please am going to find you that book. I think if you say you are a Prof and understand nation building or developing a nation you will gerge by yourself. I am sure if you read this book, you will not even mention the name Kwame Nkrumah till you die.
MIMI MIMI 10 years ago

NKRUMAH HAD GREAT IDEAS BUT HE WAS A DICTATOR AND THAT WAS HIS DOWNFALL. HE WAS NOT OPEN TO THE IDEAS OF OTHERS.

NKRUMAH HAD GREAT IDEAS BUT HE WAS A DICTATOR AND THAT WAS HIS DOWNFALL. HE WAS NOT OPEN TO THE IDEAS OF OTHERS.
Truth Investigator 10 years ago

Although Nkrumah started off good, he gradually ended up a dictator at the head of a one-party state. There was no freedom of speech; bribery and corruption were rife; prisons were full of political prisoners imprisoned witho ...
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Although Nkrumah started off good, he gradually ended up a dictator at the head of a one-party state. There was no freedom of speech; bribery and corruption were rife; prisons were full of political prisoners imprisoned without trial; the "young pioneers" terrorized the public; public had to put up with ridiculous phrases like "Kwame Nkrumah never dies"; shortage of food and basics etc etc....Let us not forget this dark side of Nkrumah.
Ghanaba 10 years ago

Every country deserves its rulers. When there's no critical thinking and the masses just vote for empty barrels making the most noise, there is national stagnation as we've had for the past 40yrs!!!

Every country deserves its rulers. When there's no critical thinking and the masses just vote for empty barrels making the most noise, there is national stagnation as we've had for the past 40yrs!!!
K B 10 years ago

Professor,
I think this talk is unfair to Ghanaians. Unless you do not understand the meaning of development. You were given the GHS to run. What did you do there? Did you stop thinking too after 24/02/66?

Professor,
I think this talk is unfair to Ghanaians. Unless you do not understand the meaning of development. You were given the GHS to run. What did you do there? Did you stop thinking too after 24/02/66?
TOTO AFRICA 10 years ago

THE DEATH SENTENCE IS GOOD FOR OFFICIAL CRIMES. THAT'S WHY CHINA IS WHERE IT IS NOW.

CHINA PROVIDES ADEQUATE PROOF THAT LIFE OR DEATH SENTENCES CAN CURB CORRUPTION TO THE BAREST MINIMUM.

THE SAD ASPECT IS THE VERY PEOPL ...
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THE DEATH SENTENCE IS GOOD FOR OFFICIAL CRIMES. THAT'S WHY CHINA IS WHERE IT IS NOW.

CHINA PROVIDES ADEQUATE PROOF THAT LIFE OR DEATH SENTENCES CAN CURB CORRUPTION TO THE BAREST MINIMUM.

THE SAD ASPECT IS THE VERY PEOPLE WHO CAN ENFORCE THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR OFFICIAL CRIMES IN GHANA ARE THEMSELVES, CRIMINALS.

WE SHALL ALL SWIM IN THE SHIT IN GHANA.
kk 10 years ago

Abaaaaaaaa, for heaven sake this man is supposed to be a professor but has got no ideas of his own. Times have changed since Nkrumah ruled Ghana. The dynamics are not the same and he keeps on talking about the same old things ...
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Abaaaaaaaa, for heaven sake this man is supposed to be a professor but has got no ideas of his own. Times have changed since Nkrumah ruled Ghana. The dynamics are not the same and he keeps on talking about the same old things.

The pathetic thing is that, i heard he is a lecturer of 'policy'

Has he got no ideas of his own? For how long can he continue with this myopic and dogmatic behaviour? Wise up Prof, Start putting on your thinking cap and stop promoting the so called Nkrumah's ideas which has lost its relevance now.

You wanted to be President of Ghana some time ago, so were you going to consult Nkrumah,s spirit for solutions to our numerous problems?
The title 'Professor' has lost its relevance now especially in Ghana as the so called Professors behave like children and the way they think is pathetic
SOCCERMAN 10 years ago

For the records, Nkrumah regime lasted 15 bad years(1952-1966)

For the records, Nkrumah regime lasted 15 bad years(1952-1966)
Dunaa, Chorkor 10 years ago

So you have also stopped thinking?

So you have also stopped thinking?
Jade 10 years ago

Nkrumah's environment is different from now so please stop talk talk and do something for your country NOW

Nkrumah's environment is different from now so please stop talk talk and do something for your country NOW
Jade 10 years ago

Google Gh today is more difficult to govern than Nkrumah's era. Don't look far is you want Nkrumah Today - you'll get mogabenomics

Google Gh today is more difficult to govern than Nkrumah's era. Don't look far is you want Nkrumah Today - you'll get mogabenomics
Ajah-B 10 years ago

Dr. Akosah, you are right. Our gov'ts after Nkrumah, have had no vision for development. They lack planning for anything. They only develop their pockets. JJ ruled for 19 years and didn't develop squat. Current leaders are bu ...
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Dr. Akosah, you are right. Our gov'ts after Nkrumah, have had no vision for development. They lack planning for anything. They only develop their pockets. JJ ruled for 19 years and didn't develop squat. Current leaders are bunch of idiots!
dadiekye 10 years ago

Shame on you Prof Akosa,you yourself stop thinking.Wake up and start thinking for Ghana.Don't wait until you become the President of Ghana

Shame on you Prof Akosa,you yourself stop thinking.Wake up and start thinking for Ghana.Don't wait until you become the President of Ghana
Ghana Massai-France 10 years ago

Prof.Akosa is perfectly right asserting that Ghanaians have stopped to think for the Nation. "Young Pionneer"in my youth,a dynamic movement initiated by Osagyefo to stir up national pride from the roots,we paraded in some bea ...
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Prof.Akosa is perfectly right asserting that Ghanaians have stopped to think for the Nation. "Young Pionneer"in my youth,a dynamic movement initiated by Osagyefo to stir up national pride from the roots,we paraded in some beautiful uniform,sang Ghana's national anthem & were ready to serve Mother Ghana in all circumstancesl How many Ghanains can boast of knowing the national anthem & its inherent messages? Yet that would have been a pretty good thing! Yes, Nkrumah was (and will always remain) as avisionary,a giagantic national & Pan-African hero who calls for the utmost respect.
Onipa Bone 10 years ago

It's the truth. It isn't about Nkrumah being there forever. The question is after his overthrow has there been any significant measure of development planning? If it wast to remove Nkrumah, what stopped successive governments ...
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It's the truth. It isn't about Nkrumah being there forever. The question is after his overthrow has there been any significant measure of development planning? If it wast to remove Nkrumah, what stopped successive governments from continuing his development plans?
Kwasi B. Kontor Duesseldorf, Germany 10 years ago

I think if someone ready to make politics, then the one must have own ideas and plans. There is no need to copy 100% from someone. Nkrumah and co made theirs,put up industries, dam,and so on and killed many people as they can ...
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I think if someone ready to make politics, then the one must have own ideas and plans. There is no need to copy 100% from someone. Nkrumah and co made theirs,put up industries, dam,and so on and killed many people as they can and now they`re gone forever.We are expecting politicians like Prof. Akosa to do more better than the past politicians. I think should in case Hitler story happened in Ghana most of us will still honour him like God.
Abudu 10 years ago

STOP LIVING IN THE PAST. GHANA DOES NOT NEED BACKWARD THINKING SO CALLED PROFESSORS. WE ARE TIRED OF RECYCLED THINKING PROFESSORS. NKRUMAH WAS NOT THE REPOSITORY OF WISDOM OR KNOWLEDGE, GET OVER IT. RIGHTLY SO, WE SHOULD KICK ...
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STOP LIVING IN THE PAST. GHANA DOES NOT NEED BACKWARD THINKING SO CALLED PROFESSORS. WE ARE TIRED OF RECYCLED THINKING PROFESSORS. NKRUMAH WAS NOT THE REPOSITORY OF WISDOM OR KNOWLEDGE, GET OVER IT. RIGHTLY SO, WE SHOULD KICK OUT THESE SENILE PROFESSORS AND ALLOW YOUNG SMART BRAINS TO REASON FOR OUR DEAR COUNTRY! "OLD MEN SHALL SURELY DREAM DREAMS AND YOUNG MEN SHALL SURELY SEE VISIONS"...BIBLE
Joe 10 years ago

What did the so call big five achieved before invited Dr k. Nkrumah for help?.
When Nkrumah joined the five to form the big six what did they achieved then as the big six?. As the big six how long did Nkrumah stayed with the ...
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What did the so call big five achieved before invited Dr k. Nkrumah for help?.
When Nkrumah joined the five to form the big six what did they achieved then as the big six?. As the big six how long did Nkrumah stayed with them and how long did they last?. When the big six broke down which one of them had the balls to stay with Nkrumah?. Which Independents did the big six gain is it U.G.C.C,GOLD COAST or perhaps GHANA?. When we gained the Independent from the white men so call the English men who did they surrounded the papers works too?. Did they surrounded to the big six, UP party or to the Nkrumah and the CPP party on behalf of Ghanians?.
IN U.S THERE IS FOUNDING FATHERS BECAUSE THEY STOOD TOGETHER AND GOT THE JOB DONE TOGETHER PERIOD AND SINCE WASHINGTON PUT IN MORE WORK THEY HONOR THE FATHER OF THE NATION.
What have we done for Nkrumah, during the Independent day did you see any of those so call big six or Up party next to Nkrumah for the celebration or here them speaking or for the country's success on the radio go figure.
Woman's Wisdom 10 years ago

Positive attributes of Dr. Nkrumah still holds and need not be overemphasized. Next to Nkrumah was President Kuffour. However, JJ Rawlings was there for 19 good years. He did practically nothing. He was always dreaming of sit ...
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Positive attributes of Dr. Nkrumah still holds and need not be overemphasized. Next to Nkrumah was President Kuffour. However, JJ Rawlings was there for 19 good years. He did practically nothing. He was always dreaming of sitting on the throne for years on end. Atta Mills came and brought it from bad to worse. And now when you talk of jon Mahama, he is even most stupid of every president the world had seen in years. His plans are so foolish and stupefied so much so that it's become obvious he is all but criminally inclined to do anything to benefit Ghana. This man must be stoned to death or cut in pieces and thrown aboard for vulture to eat the remains in the open. What a fool we have as president?:?/
Frank Akoto 10 years ago

Prof. you are 5000% right. Nkrumah had a vision only to be sold for a mess of pottage by Kotoka, Afrifa and his ilk, to the CIA. Ghana will never get a selfless man like Dr Nkrumah and may his soul rest in perfect peace.

Prof. you are 5000% right. Nkrumah had a vision only to be sold for a mess of pottage by Kotoka, Afrifa and his ilk, to the CIA. Ghana will never get a selfless man like Dr Nkrumah and may his soul rest in perfect peace.
SHAKARA 10 years ago

FIND A WAY TO REVIVE THIS DEAD PARTY

FIND A WAY TO REVIVE THIS DEAD PARTY
NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

Prof. you are absolutely right and his overthrow also stopped THINKING in general..............................
They overthrew him because of their own personal interests and that of their slave masters' interests.

OSAGYE ...
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Prof. you are absolutely right and his overthrow also stopped THINKING in general..............................
They overthrew him because of their own personal interests and that of their slave masters' interests.

OSAGYEFO, all that you fought for, when the 'users' asked you to join them in Ghana, in the struggle for OUR independence.........have all gone to waste!

Our GOD-SENT FOUNDER of OUR NATION, who did not stand for mediocrity and did not take fools gladly.....I SALUTE YOU!!!!!!!

- They tried to use you for their own personal gains, by pussy-footing with the British over our independence.
- You, the brave warrior did not stand for that crap and went ahead to gain OUR independence for us.
- They got so angry that, they decided to go back to ask the Queen not to give us independence because we were not ready? Not ready??????
- Why then did they ask you to come and help them gain OUR independence in the first place? Was their so-called struggle really meant for Ghana?
- They then decided to de-stabilize their own country because you showed them the way and HOW to gain independence not by pussy-footing around the struggle for independence.
- They continued with their destabilization of their own country by throwing bombs (present day terrorism); and eventually connived with the very same people (their partners) they got independence from, to topple your government. How sad!
- They then put in place stooges.....
who stemmed all the progress you made for OUR nation and the looting of OUR nation's assets and rich natural resources for themselves and also to appease their collaborators of the coup; up till this present day.
- That is where they have brought us now, Osagyefo! That is where the GREEDY, SELFISH, IGNORANT, SHAMELESS lot have brought us today............

You left us with 100% of all our rich natural resources and infrastructural monuments to lead us to a true economic and political independence.

But guess what?...............ALL, and I mean ALL our rich natural resources have and is still being sold to the same people (we gained independence from and their cronies/the coup-plotters) on the very cheap, for their own personal gains, as usual.

Other actors came on the seen to rectify things, but Kutu Acheampong could not do it alone, But I applaud him for his bravery and at least did a lot for OUR dear nation. Better than all the others after you, till this present day.

OSAGYEFO, all that you did for us have gone to waste! The greedy ones are still using the structures you put in place and are still using your policies as their party political 'mantra' in their campaigns till this very day......how sad! They lack ideas! Oh! Osagyefo! They lack ideas!

Oh! Osagyefo! Your dear nation is bleeding to death! Those in power now, (the wolves in sheep clothing) are also in bed with the children of the coup-plotters and running the nation dry.

Osagyefo, the Ghana you left behind is
still filled with CORRUPT, GREEDY, SELFISH and LIARS from all walks of the the political spectrum and most of the populace..............have lost the purpose of their own human existence and see nothing valuable about themselves and worship everything foreign. To the extent of importing toothpicks!!!! Yes! Toothpicks!!!

Here we are 2013,.......our so-called leaders and politicians have divided the nation into followers of the two most USELESS parties (NPP and NDC) our nation have ever known; preaching tribal gutter politics.....to the demise of our citizens.

Our citizens now idolize CORRUPT and INSENSITIVE so-called leaders and politicians who flash around in luxury.

Oh! Ghana! TODAY! Monday, September 23, 2013, should be taken as a day of reflection on where we could have been now......had we known!!!!!!!

The missed opportunities if Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had been allowed to complete his VISION for Ghana and the entire Africa! NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!!!!!!! FORWARD EVER! BACKWARD NEVER!

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
Pelicles 10 years ago

If Nkrumah was alive, will he still be president? Come on folks, aren't we sick and tired of this nonsense? What are we doing to keep the nation moving than to wail over spilled milk?

If Nkrumah was alive, will he still be president? Come on folks, aren't we sick and tired of this nonsense? What are we doing to keep the nation moving than to wail over spilled milk?
NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

It's so obvious you will never get the message. And I honestly don't believe you a not smart. I strongly believe you are but, the problems with the likes of you is that, you are so blinded and enshrined in this whole party po ...
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It's so obvious you will never get the message. And I honestly don't believe you a not smart. I strongly believe you are but, the problems with the likes of you is that, you are so blinded and enshrined in this whole party politics of both the NPP and NDC that, it stops you from analyzing the facts for yourself.

Please take time out and sit quietly and reflect on Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's and try to compare it with the twenty or more years of NPP and the NDC, and honestly come back to me with some analytical thinking of a way forward...........and tell me if it won't be that of the foundations set by the FOUNDER OF OUR NATION GHANA!

That 'spilled milk' you see nothing of, has done more than all your so-called leaders put together. Only with the exception of Kutu Acheampong.

It's so obvious you don't get the message.............and the following quote from you, says it all........

YOUR QUOTE: "If Nkrumah was alive, will he still be president?".......

You do not have to be alive to be President....that is why his legacy lives on, for Presidents and political parties to still roll out his ideas and policies in this present day.
Others have even used his free education, free school feeding and free health care as their campaign mantra for their previous and 2012 elections campaign.

That is why we say "NKRUMAH NEVER DIES".........Pelicles, that doesn't mean Nkrumah is not dead. I hope you get my drift.
Please go research deeply about Nkrumah and then come back with some facts to debate on this matter. God Bless you!

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
yaw asante 10 years ago

THOSE WHO MAKE PEACEFUL CHANGE IMPOSSIBLE MAKE VIOLENT REVOLUTIONS INEVITABLE!!!!

THOSE WHO MAKE PEACEFUL CHANGE IMPOSSIBLE MAKE VIOLENT REVOLUTIONS INEVITABLE!!!!
ohenenana 10 years ago

A man called JJ Rawlings came on the scene and demolished development: the private sector was destroyed, entrepreneurs were beating, market women were stripped and lashed in public, it was in deed a crime to make money. And w ...
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A man called JJ Rawlings came on the scene and demolished development: the private sector was destroyed, entrepreneurs were beating, market women were stripped and lashed in public, it was in deed a crime to make money. And what have Ghanaians said about that? Ask the question and the country will be on the path of truth and honesty. And maybe development thinking.
Abrantie 10 years ago

What Akosah failed to recognize is that NK overthrown also ended his dictatorship, jailing his political enemies,and crowning himself as the president of Africa and imposing one party state on us.

What Akosah failed to recognize is that NK overthrown also ended his dictatorship, jailing his political enemies,and crowning himself as the president of Africa and imposing one party state on us.
NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

Abrantie, Osagyefo's dictatorship, vision, ideals and policies achieved more for Ghana during his era, than that of the NPP and NDC eras put together.

His dictatorship provided free education, free health care and free sch ...
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Abrantie, Osagyefo's dictatorship, vision, ideals and policies achieved more for Ghana during his era, than that of the NPP and NDC eras put together.

His dictatorship provided free education, free health care and free school meals which I believe your parents lived on to make you who you are or not.

The NPP used most of the dictator's policies in their 2012 campaign. And LOST! Because Ghanaians could see through their hypocrisy and did not vote for them. With a history of terrorism one would rather prefer the dictator.

The other side of the same USELESS coin is the NDC (wolves in sheep clothing), who copy every policy of Nkrumah but, eventually deliver something totally different and claim to be Nkrumahists. Their own founder claim the party is made up of babies with sharp teeth. I guess it takes one to know one.

That's the more reason why I prefer the dictator who did not sit down to entertain terrorists.......but, dealt with them accordingly and continued his developments most of you are still enjoying till this very day!

How ungrateful can you and your blinded foot-soldiers be? You prefer the so-called democracy of STEALING, CORRUPTION, NEPOSTISM, SELFISHNESS and GREED (hallmarks of both the NPP and the NDC).........in our nation today?

Abrantie......I WILL ALWAYS GO FOR THE DICTATOR! SOME DICTATOR INDEED!!!!!!

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!!!!!!

GOD BLESS GHANA!
AFRICAN FOREVER!
Justman 10 years ago

AKOSA LOOK TOO FRUSTRATED AND DEJECTED.NOBODY ASKS ANYBODY TO STOP THINKING. THE PROBLEM IS AKOSA HAS STOPPED THINKING OR CANNOT THINK AT ALL, SO WE ARE IN THIS MENACE. SHAME!!!!!!!!

AKOSA LOOK TOO FRUSTRATED AND DEJECTED.NOBODY ASKS ANYBODY TO STOP THINKING. THE PROBLEM IS AKOSA HAS STOPPED THINKING OR CANNOT THINK AT ALL, SO WE ARE IN THIS MENACE. SHAME!!!!!!!!
Yaw Adu-Asare 10 years ago

Ghana needs to harvest the policy legacies of Kwame Nkrumah and the pre-1966 CPP government.

Ghana needs to harvest the policy legacies of Kwame Nkrumah and the pre-1966 CPP government.
Kwaku Atta-krufi 10 years ago

Evidently Arkosah and his likes after they had life easy because of their parents' connection with the rogue party, CPP, still want others to believe that there were no smart brains in Ghana other than the one they know. And ...
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Evidently Arkosah and his likes after they had life easy because of their parents' connection with the rogue party, CPP, still want others to believe that there were no smart brains in Ghana other than the one they know. And they still want us to believe that there are no more sharper brains and selfless Ghanaians exist in Ghana, and will never be one other than their own zealot and idolatry leader, Kwame Nkrumah. You are right,Prof, because we still have you, and others like you, notwithstanding their higher level of education, still have nothing to offer Ghana. But the great men of Nkrumah's time, and your contemporaries don't think this way. You see, we would still be wallowing in ignorance if he had lived for years. Your piece is insulting to Ghanaians. Your thinking is fallacious. Only one smart brain in Ghana, and you think that when he left this world all things will be fine with Ghanaians? No, it would not have been fine, Prof. Akosah.

Nkrumah's overthrow ended dev't thinking in Ghana - Akosa

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