Prof. Alabi: Africa lacks strategic leadership

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Americano 9 years ago

I agree! Too many book professors and still do little. Prof Dr Dr do little. There are also too many thieves who steal from mother Ghana. Jesus is coimg soon!

I agree! Too many book professors and still do little. Prof Dr Dr do little. There are also too many thieves who steal from mother Ghana. Jesus is coimg soon!
Kweku 9 years ago

So what this professor says can be done to solve the problem if he thinks is strategic leadership issue? What I see as the problem with all Ghanaians is, that we seem to know all problems facing the country but still cannot d ...
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So what this professor says can be done to solve the problem if he thinks is strategic leadership issue? What I see as the problem with all Ghanaians is, that we seem to know all problems facing the country but still cannot do anything about them. Reminding ourselves daily that we have problems is now turning to become solution, reminder is not solution.

Personally, I find Ghana's answers to our problems must begin with resetting the fundamentals of our background that would solve our identity crisis. Issues we face as economic, political, etc. have all come about as RESULT of some problems than CAUSE of our problems.

What we must firstly IDENTIFY are issues that are fundamentally FOR and/or AGAINST us. Where did we begin as a people and where are we today? What expectations had we and what made it achievable and unachievable. We cannot throw our identity away, put on some other peoples' identity and expect to be better just because we change our 'outer' persons whiles the 'inner' remains the same.

My elementary history tells me that Egypt civilization was the foundation for modern civilisations, science, literacy, culture, social devt, etc. The Greeks and Romans, then later the English empire whom we think thought us writing, etc. had their foundation from Egypt. Even Moses who wrote the bible which we believe to be the bedrock for morality and conscience had his education as slave boy from Egypt. In about 400 years of slavery, the Jewish religion we follow today began from Egypt, and that what Moses wrote about as their culture, food, language, etc prescribe in the bible for us as the 'way' were made in Egypt. Lets wake up African, all the so-called 'enlightenment' from the West beginning from religion to governance, rule of law, etc. were ours already. No time to dig into these too much, but please lets check some of the little facts stated here and analyse them ourselves.

Why don't we trust ourselves and build on our own, rather than waiting for some white people to pick what we already have turn it around and give back to us before we think is better?

This leadership crisis begins with lost of identity, simples! I'm not educated, but common sense tells me that if we don't know who we are, we either become nobody or may become somebody's property (modern slavery).

I throw the challenge to all Africans, especially the learned ones to firstly work on identifying ourselves, secondly educate ourselves to re-align with whom we are, thirdly build trust in what we have, etc. before we can change for better. Anything can change, but who we are as Africans cannot change. So therefore, it would be wise that we work with and develop on what we are and have with us to become profitable than going after some other peoples' identity that would be still fighting ours and eventually destroy us. Have good day!
insight to the bone 9 years ago

narrow minded northern and ewe tribalism have caused them to select appointees not based on competence and merit rather on who is my closer friend or who will not betray me . this group of liars and worthless criminals are ju ...
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narrow minded northern and ewe tribalism have caused them to select appointees not based on competence and merit rather on who is my closer friend or who will not betray me . this group of liars and worthless criminals are just too busy being corrupt only for themselves and have no real duty to SERVE the interests of the nation or people . we witness the gradual disintegration of the institutions of state into corruption and with them the disappearance of the country is only a matter of time . these shameless individuals believe all they need to do is bullshit the people with propaganda the focuses on blaming the innocent be it the opposition , the Akans , external enemy forces and when that fails its now up to juju , voodoo or some other crazy foolish excuse . i say to them why dont they go and fire all the doctors , teachers etc as these troublesome groups want more money and replace them with herdsmen , latrine carriers , schoolboys so they can all learn on the job , it doesnt matter that the patients die in the meantime or as it is in the case of the govt nothing functions or reasonable lucid transparent decisions can not be taken . Common sense and an observant mind can only conclude Mahama is lucky they are only insulting him now , as when the insults , complaining and wailing stops it will only mean there is a firm decision to get rid of him and his corrupt selfish cronies in a bloody uprising . i predict he can continue in this hazardous manner just another few months until everyone is fed up with him and says its time to save the future for our children .its not a curse or juju , its just bad decisions and no true love for the people of this country .
hi Rawlings. 9 years ago

Ghana's major problem is talk too much and knows nothing. We blame each other via ethnically jealousy and accusations with no factual prove of corruption. We need to humble ourselves as a nation and help and support each othe ...
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Ghana's major problem is talk too much and knows nothing. We blame each other via ethnically jealousy and accusations with no factual prove of corruption. We need to humble ourselves as a nation and help and support each other for a better future for our children.
moyo 9 years ago

You've said it all.

You've said it all.
Yaw Brentuo 9 years ago

Agree with Kweku, except that the Bible was not written by Moses. There two parts of the Jews histo-religious text, and New Teastament arbitrary joined together in Hippo, today's Algeria.

Agree with Kweku, except that the Bible was not written by Moses. There two parts of the Jews histo-religious text, and New Teastament arbitrary joined together in Hippo, today's Algeria.
DANIELLA 9 years ago

YOUR SO CALLED SCHOLARLY SPEECH IS SERIOUSLY MARED BY THE UNPRECEDENTED REPETITION OF 'STRATEGY/STRATEGIC. DON'T THINK GHANAIANS ARE SCARED OF SUCH WORD AND HENCE WILL EMBRACE YOU AS A SCHOLAR IF YOU KEEP REPEATING IT

YOUR SO CALLED SCHOLARLY SPEECH IS SERIOUSLY MARED BY THE UNPRECEDENTED REPETITION OF 'STRATEGY/STRATEGIC. DON'T THINK GHANAIANS ARE SCARED OF SUCH WORD AND HENCE WILL EMBRACE YOU AS A SCHOLAR IF YOU KEEP REPEATING IT
AMPABENG 9 years ago

BOY, TRY TO READ OVER NEXT TIME TO CORRECT YOUR ENGLISH.

BOY, TRY TO READ OVER NEXT TIME TO CORRECT YOUR ENGLISH.
Kanawu 9 years ago

WHO SAID THERE ARE NO STRATEGIC PLANS DRAWN BY AFRICA'S LEADERS?

AFRICA'S LEADERS PLAN STRATEGICALLY ONLY FOR:

1. THEIR SWISS AND OTHER WESTERN BANK
ACCOUNTS.

2. FOR THEIR NUCLEAR FAMILIES

3. FOR THEIR POLITICAL ...
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WHO SAID THERE ARE NO STRATEGIC PLANS DRAWN BY AFRICA'S LEADERS?

AFRICA'S LEADERS PLAN STRATEGICALLY ONLY FOR:

1. THEIR SWISS AND OTHER WESTERN BANK
ACCOUNTS.

2. FOR THEIR NUCLEAR FAMILIES

3. FOR THEIR POLITICAL PARTIES TO PAVE THE WAY FOR ENJOYING THEIR LOOT IN PEACE.

A PERFECT CASE IN POINT IS JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR OF GHANA WHOSE BROTHER ADDO KUFUOR BECAME A MILLIONAIRE OVERNIGHT AS KUFUOR'S CABINET MINISTER.

CHIEF KUFUOR, J.A. KUFUOR'S SON, WHO BECAME STINKING RICH IMMEDIATELY J.A. KUFUOR BECAME GHANA'S PRESIDENT, THANKS TO ECG'S CHINA-MADE USELESS ELECTRIC METERS FORCED ON GHANAIANS BY THE ECG AND THE KUFUOR CLAN.

THEN THE NPP. TODAY, NPP EX-MINISTERS AND APPOINTEES ARE THE RICHEST IN
GHANA, AND THEY ARE BUSY USING THEIR LOOT TO UNSEAT ANY OTHEY PARTY THAT COMES THEIR WAY.

GHANAIANS ARE NOW GOING THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE CAUSED BY J.A. KUFUOR AND HIS NPP THIEVES, BUT AGAIN GHANAIANS HAVE VERY SHORT MEMORIES TO REALIZE THIS.
The Mask 9 years ago

Lecturer?

Reports of no police presence during KNUST examinations especially at the medical school at KATH.

With WASSCE and BECE there is police presence and any student caught cheating is immediately arrested. Universi ...
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Lecturer?

Reports of no police presence during KNUST examinations especially at the medical school at KATH.

With WASSCE and BECE there is police presence and any student caught cheating is immediately arrested. University exams demand even greater policing.

Nowadays businesses and government organisations have stopped demanding Secondary School Certificate or Basic Education Certificate.

Each of these certificates are important. For example for many tertiary graduates the only certificate that can tell whether one can speak good English or whether one has adequate knowledge of Mathematics is the Secondary School Certificate.

Similarly the only certificate that can tell whether a tertiary graduate has basic knowledge of Ghanaian history, culture, basic agriculture and the basic geography of West Africa is the Basic Education Certificate.
Humanity 9 years ago

According to an Italian state man(Gramci), he prefers injustice to disorde. He said in Africa there are both injustice and disorde.

Our leaders and learned one hloding Dr and professor degree lack the ability to bring orde ...
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According to an Italian state man(Gramci), he prefers injustice to disorde. He said in Africa there are both injustice and disorde.

Our leaders and learned one hloding Dr and professor degree lack the ability to bring orde in the continent. Because they have received a depository education instead of emancipation education.

Reason entails knowledge and konwledge entails science but not wisdom. The hloe continent lacks wisdom to lead its own people. The cause of our lack of developement can also ascribe to the fact that we don't have our own prophet and religion. Als an alternative we embraced foreign prophet and religion to the deteriment of our
citizens.

When there are social unrest in Africa, the media in western ascribe it something between Christian and Muslim, while these two religions are not African's. How can we fight each other about something which not ours?.

Are we sensible?. Don't be proud of any charachter or something which is not yours. Otherwise you will end up like an object' which anybody can use.
Yaw Brentuo 9 years ago

What a Crap? The problem facing Africa is the lack of critical thinking, self-determination, African-centered vision, as well as ownership, control, and exploitation of our own natural resources for Africans.

Strategic l ...
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What a Crap? The problem facing Africa is the lack of critical thinking, self-determination, African-centered vision, as well as ownership, control, and exploitation of our own natural resources for Africans.

Strategic leadership is for the Imperialist-Corporate Boardroom talk.

Educated Fool, go and ask the Chinanese how they rose from backwardness to become a major economic power, via Mao's "Cultural Revolution" policy.
Kk3 9 years ago

What flight will he be on? What's his last name? Who's his travel agent? What will he say about dumsor dumsor and the mountainous garbage in Accra? Who will steal things from his luggage? What brand of cellphone will he endor ...
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What flight will he be on? What's his last name? Who's his travel agent? What will he say about dumsor dumsor and the mountainous garbage in Accra? Who will steal things from his luggage? What brand of cellphone will he endorse? Will he wear Nike? What does he think about China? OMG, I'm super excited! Will Mahama meet with him? Will TB Joshua be there to meet him and show him around his possession aka Ghana? Does he like Banku or Powers? Can he tell us when Woyome and others pay their ill gained money back? Please ask him to bring Bob Marley and Joseph Hill. Oh and why did Nkrumah marry an Egyptian while expecting loyalty from his own people? Too many questions I know but we are talking about a man who feed a multitude with little fish and bread.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago

Since when did Joshua Alabi become a professor? Who has ever seen his publication, even in newspaper?

Since when did Joshua Alabi become a professor? Who has ever seen his publication, even in newspaper?
STEVE WILLIAMS 9 years ago

Please the speech was delivered by Prof. GOSKI Alabi, NOT Prof. Joshua Alabi.
Prof. (Mrs) GOSKI Alabi is Prof. Joshua Alabi's WIFE. Thanks.

Please the speech was delivered by Prof. GOSKI Alabi, NOT Prof. Joshua Alabi.
Prof. (Mrs) GOSKI Alabi is Prof. Joshua Alabi's WIFE. Thanks.
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

too many fake profs and docs in Ghana

too many fake profs and docs in Ghana
Zoobie-Zoobie 9 years ago

not much...

not much...
Kman 9 years ago

Nearly 40 years after General Acheampong led Ghana into food sufficiency with "operation feed yourself" his national policy is lauded, however due to political expediency his name is missing from Ghana's history.

Nearly 40 years after General Acheampong led Ghana into food sufficiency with "operation feed yourself" his national policy is lauded, however due to political expediency his name is missing from Ghana's history.
EwuraEssie (Houston Texas) 9 years ago

Yes Gen Acheampong Operation feed yourself programme did good for Ghana. After him was the well remembered R-chain. Ghanaians starved for the first time in my lifetime so I ask was their so called Revolution necessary? Who n ...
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Yes Gen Acheampong Operation feed yourself programme did good for Ghana. After him was the well remembered R-chain. Ghanaians starved for the first time in my lifetime so I ask was their so called Revolution necessary? Who needed a Revolution anyway. They came in to kill and plunder and no one has been held accountable. We wonder why things are not going well in Ghana. Dont Ghanaians know they destroy their leaders who love Ghana. Did we not destroy Dr Kwame Nkrumah too but then we let in others to plunder Ghana. I dont know the answer to our problems but I think if we start by teaching love for our motherland maybe our leaders will work hard to make the motherland a great country but right now most are asking what is in it for me and that is dangerous. Greed and selfishness must go for Ghana to heal. Then we need a leader who has vision to order things. You dont need someone with a gun to come again to harass women and kill our brave people who dared to speak up.
FRANKWA 9 years ago

pls. this not joshuah alabi

pls. this not joshuah alabi
Charles Agbenu 9 years ago

Prof Alabi must be bold to condemn Mahama reckless and By heart wayward leadership. We voted for the nebulous direction of IDE BII KEKE. Britain, USA, Germany, India are serious countries and wont vote for IDE BII KEKE. NDC l ...
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Prof Alabi must be bold to condemn Mahama reckless and By heart wayward leadership. We voted for the nebulous direction of IDE BII KEKE. Britain, USA, Germany, India are serious countries and wont vote for IDE BII KEKE. NDC leadership has never bee sciebtific
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

The professor is in a better position to know how geopolitics and geostrategy work.It's childish to say Africa has many resources so that's the richest continent in the world.I would say Africa has a very good potential in ra ...
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The professor is in a better position to know how geopolitics and geostrategy work.It's childish to say Africa has many resources so that's the richest continent in the world.I would say Africa has a very good potential in raw materials and needs to develop Science and Technology to enhance development.The only effective strategy that could bail us out of poverty is Science and Technology because without them we cannot benefit from the large deposit of natural resouces.Thank you.
Tijani 9 years ago

Even if we had a best person from a western country to rule us, we will make the person to fail. there is a big problem in Ghana than we can imagine. 1. we are liars 2. we are thieves 3. we don't want each other prosperity.in ...
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Even if we had a best person from a western country to rule us, we will make the person to fail. there is a big problem in Ghana than we can imagine. 1. we are liars 2. we are thieves 3. we don't want each other prosperity.in fact, these are the reasons preventing us from developing in Ghana or Afrca
Abdul-Fattah Azeem 9 years ago

It is a good sign that Ghanaians have started thinking about their problems serriously and stratigically. This has to be encouraged.

It is a good sign that Ghanaians have started thinking about their problems serriously and stratigically. This has to be encouraged.
SETH OKAIJAH KOO 9 years ago

YES NDC LEADERSHIP CAN DO SOMETIGN

YES NDC LEADERSHIP CAN DO SOMETIGN
Kwaw-Australia 9 years ago

President Mahama should take Prof Goski Alabi seriously and perhaps recruit her as his top adviser. She is a gift to Ghana.

President Mahama should take Prof Goski Alabi seriously and perhaps recruit her as his top adviser. She is a gift to Ghana.
Kanawu 9 years ago

WHO SAID THERE ARE NO STRATEGIC PLANS DRAWN BY AFRICA'S LEADERS?

AFRICA'S LEADERS PLAN STRATEGICALLY ONLY FOR:

1. THEIR SWISS AND OTHER WESTERN BANK
ACCOUNTS.

2. FOR THEIR NUCLEAR FAMILY MEMBERS

3. FOR THEIR POLI ...
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WHO SAID THERE ARE NO STRATEGIC PLANS DRAWN BY AFRICA'S LEADERS?

AFRICA'S LEADERS PLAN STRATEGICALLY ONLY FOR:

1. THEIR SWISS AND OTHER WESTERN BANK
ACCOUNTS.

2. FOR THEIR NUCLEAR FAMILY MEMBERS

3. FOR THEIR POLITICAL PARTIES TO PAVE THE WAY FOR ENJOYING THEIR LOOT IN PEACE WHEN NOT IN POWER.

A PERFECT CASE IN POINT IS JOHN AGYEKUM KUFUOR OF GHANA WHOSE BROTHER ADDO KUFUOR BECAME A MILLIONAIRE OVERNIGHT AS KUFUOR'S CABINET MINISTER.

CHIEF KUFUOR, J.A. KUFUOR'S SON, A POOR HOPELESS GUY WHO BECAME STINKING RICH IMMEDIATELY J.A. KUFUOR BECAME GHANA'S PRESIDENT, THANKS TO ECG'S CHINA-MADE USELESS ELECTRIC METERS FORCED ON GHANAIANS BY THE ECG AND THE KUFUOR CLAN.

THEN THE NPP. TODAY, NPP EX-MINISTERS AND APPOINTEES ARE THE RICHEST IN
GHANA, AND THEY ARE BUSY USING THEIR LOOT TO UNSEAT ANY OTHEY PARTY THAT COMES THEIR WAY.

GHANAIANS ARE NOW GOING THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE CAUSED BY J.A. KUFUOR AND HIS NPP THIEVES, BUT AGAIN GHANAIANS HAVE VERY SHORT MEMORIES TO REALIZE THIS.
Stopper 9 years ago

We can never have strategic leadership untill we have fidelity leaders.

We can never have strategic leadership untill we have fidelity leaders.
kk3 9 years ago

No nation has prospered that doesn't have their own language for commerce and instruction and value their uniqueness. None. Let's face reality ma'am, with the way things are going locally and internationally, we shall always ...
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No nation has prospered that doesn't have their own language for commerce and instruction and value their uniqueness. None. Let's face reality ma'am, with the way things are going locally and internationally, we shall always remain slaves!!! Especially the 'educated' ones who tend to be brainwashed by their need to be more westernized and oppress their own. Tell me which illiterate person paid all the judgement debts, signed deals and negotiations like Ghana Telecom, Oil..etc?
EZEKIEL 9 years ago

NO SENSE in crying over split-milk.We have the language FORCED on us but ARE WE USING OUR BRAINS TOO ?? I doubt that very much!

NO SENSE in crying over split-milk.We have the language FORCED on us but ARE WE USING OUR BRAINS TOO ?? I doubt that very much!
kk3 9 years ago

No sense crying over spilt milk alright but where is the sense in spilling your milk over and over again and expecting change? It will never happen if we don't start respecting ourselves including naming our children EZEKIEL, ...
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No sense crying over spilt milk alright but where is the sense in spilling your milk over and over again and expecting change? It will never happen if we don't start respecting ourselves including naming our children EZEKIEL, JOHN, RICHARD and the like.....
know thyself.....
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

We cannot blame Africa for the failures in Ghana. Ghanaians must remember life is about making decisions and in Ghana we've come to normalize love of tribe and political party over love of or for country. As a nation we have ...
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We cannot blame Africa for the failures in Ghana. Ghanaians must remember life is about making decisions and in Ghana we've come to normalize love of tribe and political party over love of or for country. As a nation we have the uneducated and the undereducated have delegated the right to think into the hands of the few so-called adequately educated elite class who as we know claim to be card carrying members of the NPP. It is a party that gave us all our allusion of a democratic system of government and endorsed the 1992 constitution that has set up members of parliament, the president and the judiciary as lords instead of being glorified civil servants. Yet under this mirage of living free from Nkrumah we've seen the rise in killings, tribal preferences, abuse of power by people holding executive public posts and stealing of money. So what did we shed off from life under the CPP? For people who prosper under this era of tribal divisions it is all worth it but if democracy is just about being free from tyranny then UK, US and all the greatest democracies we've come to know would be hollow because they all had a section of their citizens subjugated and worse off than anyone or any group ever lived under Ghana's CPP. We traded fantasy for widom and we lost.
Hanson 9 years ago

BULL

BULL
Watching the watchman 9 years ago

The problem is corruption, not the language. If there's corruption everywhere, there won't be any development.

We must change our attitudes.

There are many nations that have their own language, but are not developed.
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The problem is corruption, not the language. If there's corruption everywhere, there won't be any development.

We must change our attitudes.

There are many nations that have their own language, but are not developed.

On the other hand, there are countries like Singapore that have English as their official language and are developed.

Look up the story of Singapore: From Third World to First.
TEE 9 years ago

ARE JUST BY LUCK AND THAT IS WHY THEY CAN'T DELIVER PERIOD

ARE JUST BY LUCK AND THAT IS WHY THEY CAN'T DELIVER PERIOD
TEE 9 years ago

HOW CAN NTANI PEPENI RULE MOTHER GHANA AND THAT SON OF A PROSTITUTE BASTARD TOGOLESE BITCH TOO

HOW CAN NTANI PEPENI RULE MOTHER GHANA AND THAT SON OF A PROSTITUTE BASTARD TOGOLESE BITCH TOO
boka 9 years ago

EVERY SENTENCE MUST START WITH IETHER "PROF" OR "SHE"

EVERY SENTENCE MUST START WITH IETHER "PROF" OR "SHE"
MARCUS AMPADU 9 years ago

The so-called intellectuals like madam Goski Alabi and Mr. Edem Fiawoo have failed the majority of Africans who live in the rural areas.
The Ghanaian elites, just like their counterparts in other African countries look down ...
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The so-called intellectuals like madam Goski Alabi and Mr. Edem Fiawoo have failed the majority of Africans who live in the rural areas.
The Ghanaian elites, just like their counterparts in other African countries look down on the so-called "nkurasefuo", and in my opinion, that's the main reason Operation Feed Yourself didn't succeed. Urban bias is killing us.
It is the source of our socio-economic and political problems. And they will persist until return to our villages and show respect to the so-called "kookoasefuo".

Rural Electrification is the start to transform our socio-economic and political economy.
Please, go to action4energy.org
You wouldn't believe what you see.
ADABRAKA 9 years ago

Dean of Graduate studies. Who train leaders in the country? Most of our leaders are trained in these institutions, yet they come out more corrupt than before. Upon their busy schedules, they pay lectures to pass them in exams ...
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Dean of Graduate studies. Who train leaders in the country? Most of our leaders are trained in these institutions, yet they come out more corrupt than before. Upon their busy schedules, they pay lectures to pass them in exams. Go to GIMPA, they are there? Who am I to fail Ken Agyapong/ Ablakwa?
Bishop Cool 9 years ago

Africans do not have control over any thing. Africans, constantly looking to the Europeans and the West to solve their complicate problems. Our economy is completely link to their economies, that is creating a mountain of pr ...
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Africans do not have control over any thing. Africans, constantly looking to the Europeans and the West to solve their complicate problems. Our economy is completely link to their economies, that is creating a mountain of problems. We are not scientifically savvy, lack of creativity, innovation and inventions, yet we find it useful to maintain our physical presence to pair with them for failure.
EwuraEssie (Houston Texas) 9 years ago

We need a leader with vision and love for Ghana.

We need a leader with vision and love for Ghana.

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