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WOW!! 9 years ago

NPP SUCKS!!!!

NPP SUCKS!!!!
PRINCE KWASI ADADE 9 years ago

GHANA HAS BEEN RAPED BY NDC IDIOTS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WE NEED A NATIONAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO PUT MAHAMA AND HIS CABINET ON TRIAL. GHANA'S HOPELESS ECONOMIC SITUATION, TODAY, IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTA ...
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GHANA HAS BEEN RAPED BY NDC IDIOTS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY NATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WE NEED A NATIONAL COURT OF JURISDICTION TO PUT MAHAMA AND HIS CABINET ON TRIAL. GHANA'S HOPELESS ECONOMIC SITUATION, TODAY, IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. NDC HAS OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS PRESIDED OVER THE BIGGEST RESOURCES IN OUR HISTORY INCLUDING CRUDE OIL & STEALTH TAXES. THEY HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED THE BIGGEST LOANS IN OUR HISTORY. IF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW FOR THIS AND THE ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES, THEN,THEY MUST BE PROSECUTED. THEY MUST GIVE THE MONEYS BACK TO THE TREASURY. WE DO NOT NEED ANY ECONOMIC FORUM. SET UP A COURT IMMEDIATELY. IT HAPPENED IN THAILAND RECENTLY, PRIME MINISTER YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA WAS REMOVED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FOR ABUSING POWER. LOOK AT GHANA, EMBRAER PLANE SCANDAL, STX KOREA, SUBAH, GYEEDA, WOYOMI, ISOFOTON, WATERVILLE, AFRICA AUTOMOBILE, CP, SADA, FORTIZ/MERCHANT BANK, AKONFEM AND A HOST OF OTHER DODGY JUDGEMENT DEBT PAYMENTS. BUYING VOTES WITH CASH, LAND CRUISERS & LAPTOPS JUST TO WIN ELECTIONS. WHY NDC?????? WHY??? OUR SUPREME COURT COULD NOT HELP BUT DESCRIBED IT AS "ALLIANCE TO CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE" WHAT A SHAME? ?? AND YOU CALLING GHANAIANS TO A WASTEFUL ECONOMIC FORUM. NDC, THE MONEY IS WITH YOU, GIVE IT BACK TO GHANA. NPP, I SALUTE YOUR COURAGE FOR NOT ATTENDING. NPP REMAIN SMART AND VIGILANT!!!!!!
TAMBRO 9 years ago

PRINCE,DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THE LATE OKOMFO ANOKYE OF GHANA'S HISTORY?IF YOU DO THEN FORGET ABOUT NANA ADDO'S PRESIDENSIAL AMBITION BECAUSE THE GREAT OKOMFO ANOKYE CURSED THAT,NO AKYEM TRIBE WOOULD EVER TAKE AN OATH TO LE ...
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PRINCE,DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN THE LATE OKOMFO ANOKYE OF GHANA'S HISTORY?IF YOU DO THEN FORGET ABOUT NANA ADDO'S PRESIDENSIAL AMBITION BECAUSE THE GREAT OKOMFO ANOKYE CURSED THAT,NO AKYEM TRIBE WOOULD EVER TAKE AN OATH TO LEAD OUR DEAR NATION GHANA OF WHICH NANA ADDO IS ONE SO JUDGE YOUR SELF.
Kojo Billy Duncan 9 years ago

Intellectually dishonest bunch and you call yourselves democrats. Do you have to shift the goal post to achieve your purpose?

Intellectually dishonest bunch and you call yourselves democrats. Do you have to shift the goal post to achieve your purpose?
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Who cares, these asshols can go ahead to kill themselves and we humble Ghanaians don't give hoot. We are waiting for whoever these idiots may bring to contest with the great NDC, we hungry today in Ghana, things may not be al ...
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Who cares, these asshols can go ahead to kill themselves and we humble Ghanaians don't give hoot. We are waiting for whoever these idiots may bring to contest with the great NDC, we hungry today in Ghana, things may not be alright today, but we will never give our Votes to the Akan's npp party, no wayyyy. We shall punish npp for the damage they intentionally brought on us in this country. Ghanaians will vote massively for Mahama and the NDC Gov. 2016.
Shoot rawlings 9 years ago

Ghanaians retain John Bull Mahama and NDC at their own risk. What do you take Ghanaians for? Fools? to retain a party full of crooks, murderers and thieves who are bent on stealing our money in order to 'catch up' to the weal ...
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Ghanaians retain John Bull Mahama and NDC at their own risk. What do you take Ghanaians for? Fools? to retain a party full of crooks, murderers and thieves who are bent on stealing our money in order to 'catch up' to the wealthy Akan? no wayyyy! Ghana doesn't belong to NDC to rule for 12 years. We are kicking their criminal ass in 2016 by hook or by crook.
Visionary 9 years ago

You don't hear anything from NPP elected official good for our country. all you hear them everytime is NPP THIS NPP THAT WHY?
The main aim of all NPP crooks, gangs and nation wreckers is to enriched themselves, their famil ...
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You don't hear anything from NPP elected official good for our country. all you hear them everytime is NPP THIS NPP THAT WHY?
The main aim of all NPP crooks, gangs and nation wreckers is to enriched themselves, their family and steal mnoney to expand their businesses.
NPP HAS NOTHING GOOD FOR GHANA.
An elelcted offical was suppose to be in line with the government to help grow the economy but every development programs brought forward the rulling party is 100% agains why.
ARE THE NPP MP'S WORKING FOR THEIR OWN GAIN OR FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY?
Why should the poor one's on the street pay taxes and the thieves making the bigger salaries are still refusing to pay their fair share.
Wake up people of Ghana and demand these gangs to pay their fair share or vote them out.
FOOLISH PROPAGANDA TO WIN POWER AT ALL COST IS NOT GOING TO GROW THE ECONOMY.
Taxex are what makes AMERICA, AND ALL EUROPEANS, JAPANESE ECOMIC POWERS. EVEN THE NEW EMERGING POWER CHINESE ECONOMY is growing because all Chinese are paying their fair share of TAXES .
NPP !!?? Ghana makes you who you are today so contribute your fair part to help boost the economy.
the foolishness must stop
Obaapa 9 years ago

you are an idiot. You will rather die of hunger to sustain your tribal bias? Just because you think NPP is Akan Party? Suppose the Akan party can feed you and make things right for you, you would rather keep NDC and be damne ...
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you are an idiot. You will rather die of hunger to sustain your tribal bias? Just because you think NPP is Akan Party? Suppose the Akan party can feed you and make things right for you, you would rather keep NDC and be damned forever? You are a fool to admit that you are hungry now but still want NDC because it is non Akan Party. Ghana is doomed forever if such people as you are the electorate!!!
Kofi K 9 years ago

We who will win

We who will win
TEE 9 years ago

ME MANN NTI- NANA / BAWUMIA PERIOD

ME MANN NTI- NANA / BAWUMIA PERIOD
AMIDINI ISSIFU 9 years ago

Profs, well said and the others candidates will agree and allow Nana and Alan to go for the primaries.

Profs, well said and the others candidates will agree and allow Nana and Alan to go for the primaries.
Akeem 9 years ago

Where is democracy?

Where is democracy?
TEE 9 years ago

WE ARE SYMPATHISER VOTERS FOR NANA ADDO " ME MANN NTI " NO NANA NO VOTE PERIOD

WE ARE SYMPATHISER VOTERS FOR NANA ADDO " ME MANN NTI " NO NANA NO VOTE PERIOD
Akeem 9 years ago

No Alan vote for NDC

No Alan vote for NDC
MAHAMA 9 years ago

Excellent Suggestion

Excellent Suggestion
goodman 9 years ago

The 123 NPP parliamentarians do not represent all the constituencies in the country. What about the remaining 152 constituencies? . I don't agree with you.

Unless Prof is telling me that the NDC Parliamentarians are includ ...
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The 123 NPP parliamentarians do not represent all the constituencies in the country. What about the remaining 152 constituencies? . I don't agree with you.

Unless Prof is telling me that the NDC Parliamentarians are included. With that we will have a representation of all the people.

Don't ever try it.
WATCHER 9 years ago

This is an article culled from Daily Guide under the caption, Listen to Kofi Jumah for once, NPP.

August 29 2014, will be exactly one year when the country’s apex court gave its infamous verdict on the 2012 election pet ...
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This is an article culled from Daily Guide under the caption, Listen to Kofi Jumah for once, NPP.

August 29 2014, will be exactly one year when the country’s apex court gave its infamous verdict on the 2012 election petition. I say infamous because no follower of the court proceedings during the eight-month hearing imagined the verdict the court pronounced.

In fact, the expectation was that given the revelation of the magnitude of irregularities and the concomitant dismal performance of the Chairman of our Electoral Commission who could not even define basic terms of his portfolio, Nana Akufo-Addo would be declared the winner of the elections.

But, alas, this expectation did not come to pass to the chagrin of not only Ghanaians but the whole world. The obvious “political” nature of the Supreme Court’s decision was underscored by the court’s directive that the Electoral Commission cleans the voters’ register to ensure free and fair elections in the future. On the face of it, this directive contradicted the ruling but it still stood!

While many people were disappointed in the so-called Atuguba verdict, upon hindsight, one realises the wisdom in the judgment as far as national stability was concerned.

Given the fact that a flaw in the Constitution had allowed Mahama to be sworn in as President in spite of the massive electoral fraud, these learned judges could perhaps not foresee a situation where such a violent party as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would agree to relinquish power once they had tasted it.

I agree that all this is now water under the bridge, as they say. While we cannot address the issue of the legitimacy of the presidency under Mahama now because it is moot, the issues raised during the petition hearing must be dealt with as a matter of extreme urgency not only by the NPP but by all Ghanaians, since they speak to the issue of the orderly evolution of our nascent democracy.

The magnanimity with which the New Patriotic Party (NPP) through Nana Akufo-Addo accepted the verdict amidst heightened political temperature could only be explained by the expectation that the irregularities exposed by the election petition hearing would be addressed before the next local and national elections.

The recent massive endorsement of new executives by the NPP delegates in Tamale was further manifestation of this expectation on the part of the party’s rank and file. The old executives had slept on the job as far as the electoral fraud was concerned so they elected people whom they believed could arrest that situation in the future.

The election of Kwabena Agyepong was based mainly on the man’s credentials as the party’s representative in the so-called “strong room” of the Electoral Commission over the years. The man has established a reputation as a number cruncher who can be trusted to ensure that the party is not cheated in the crucial 2014 and 2016 local and national elections respectively.

This is the background to what I prefer to call the New Mandate of the party. This mandate is dual in nature in that after much soul searching, the party has entrusted administrative power to a group that it believes can unify the party and also ensure that the electoral fraud that robbed it of power in 2012 is never again perpetuated.

It is within the context of the New Mandate that there is a growing disillusionment on the part of party members around the globe that instead of tackling the crucial issues of the voters’ register and party unity the party seems to be dancing in the opposite direction.

Until the call by Mr. Boakye Agyarko, a fellow of the Danquah Institute last week that the EC should stop the registration of new voters before they have heeded the Supreme Court’s directive, no sustained effort had been made by the party as a collective to draw attention to this case of apparent contempt of court by Afari-Gyan and his Mafia at the Commission.

The observation of possible contempt of court by Mr. Agyarko has found resonance with the public as evidenced by the chorus of calls on the EC to address this critical issue to ensure that our voters’ register is beyond reproach but still Mr. Agyarko’s effort remains a solo rather than a collective one.

The Honourable Kofi Jumah’s call on the NPP to boycott the 2016 elections should be understood within the context of Afari-Gyan and his EC’s diabolical plans to rig the elections yet again. Kofi Jumah is not childish as being claimed by some members of our own party and obviously our political adversaries.

He is making a lot of sense because the NPP is engaged in internal fights for power when what we ought to be doing now as a party is addressing this issue of electoral reforms to ensure that the NDC is unable to steal future elections.

Everybody knows that the NDC never wins elections in Ghana and the 2012 elections are no exception. The so-called biometric registration of NDC members, the planned registration of new voters by the EC in spite of the Supreme Court directive to clean the existing voters’ register all point to plans by the EC and NDC to rig the 2014 and 2016 local government and national elections.

Unless the internal power struggles are in themselves a plan by some people to deprive the party of power in 2016, one wonders why the newly elected executives would be so laid back about such an important issue as the voters’ register.

Afari-Gyan has proven that even though he is a political scientist he does not care a hoot about the objective development of our knowledge base with regard to voting behaviour and its prediction.

This apparent apathy with regard to calls and action for electoral reforms is not confined to the administrative apparatus of the party alone. The deafening silence of the party’s Legislative Caucus on the issue is shocking to say the least, since at the end of the day it will take the enactment of legislation to address the issue.

In fact, one cannot help but endorse the indictment of our MPs’ performance by critics like Professor Karikari and Dr. Arthur Kennedy in recent times. The admonition to our MPs to be more active equally applies to their contribution to the party as its legislative caucus.

The same thing goes for those who are aspiring to become the party’s flag bearer for the 2016 elections because so much time and money is being wasted on mudslinging each other that to my knowledge none of them has addressed the issue of electoral reforms in any systematic manner.

Nana Akufo-Addo is spending so much time explaining his relationship with former President Kufuor, while Alan Kyeremateng is equally spending time responding to allegations that his behaviour cost us the 2012 elections.

These are unnecessary distractions and one would have thought that the custodians of the New Mandate would address such divisive issues objectively to benefit the party as a collective, but so far nothing is happening and the party seems to be drifting apart.

I am one person who still struggles to understand that there are individuals and groups in the party who would rather wish the party lose elections than have a particular person as its leader. Such a view is a bit too far-fetched for me or maybe I am in denial because of my passion for the party.

But to the extent that there are factions in the party (not that factions are necessarily negative), let me make one thing clear. There is a faction of those of us whose only loyalty is to the party. We only worship the UP Tradition and not individuals whose hatred for each other is invisibly destroying this tradition.

We are less enamoured to any individual idiosyncrasies in the party that has the least tendency of minimising the impact of our tradition. We support whomsoever the rank and file of the party decide must lead the party at any point in time. I am convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that Honorable Kofi Jumah belongs to this faction of party loyalists.

I came to know and appreciate Honorable Kofi Jumah when I worked briefly as the Deputy National Coordinator of the School Feeding Programme that was his remit. I wish every member of our great party could be as passionate as Kofi.

In fact, it is this passion for the party that at times drives the man to say or do things that appear to be “irrational” to those outside the tradition.

So, let’s not brush aside Kofi Jumah’s suggestion under the pretext that the man has a “childish brain”. I know he does not mean literally that the party should boycott the elections but rather that as a collective we should ensure that Afari-Gyan, in his final act, does not cause any more damage to our democracy.

Dr. Acheampong Yaw Amoateng is a Research Professor of Sociology at the North-West University in South Africa.

By Dr. Acheampong Yaw Amoateng
Akeem 9 years ago

Bring Nana NPP will have reduced votes

Bring Nana NPP will have reduced votes
BOY KOFI 9 years ago

This guy is one of the mafias who are controlling Nana Addo.How can somebody who has brought NPP from power to opposition and failed again to win power in 2012 can suddenly becomes the best candidate for NPP?This is not logic ...
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This guy is one of the mafias who are controlling Nana Addo.How can somebody who has brought NPP from power to opposition and failed again to win power in 2012 can suddenly becomes the best candidate for NPP?This is not logic and Nana Addo himself should do the right thing to withdraw from the race because the resistance will keep growing.Any matured politician will resign immediately after bringing his party to opposition.Prof.Mills did not have the chance Nana Addo had after Kuffour's administration.Rawlings messed the country up before leaving power and Ghanaians were really looking for a change by then.Kuffour worked satisfactory and within a very reasonable time which could have been an advantage for Nana Addo.Moreover,Prof. Mills was beaten twice by Kuffour and had the better chance to beat Nana Addo because he was a fresh candidate.As for 2016,Mahama cannot be said to be a fresh candidate,he has already beaten Nana Addo in the polls and in the Supreme Court.If NDC is going to present a fresh candidate then we can say Nana Addo has the same situation as Prof. Mills but going to fight Mahama for the 3rd time is just absurd.NPP will be naive to elect Nana Addo again.Thank you.
Alex Kojo Sammy-Paris!. 9 years ago

Alan Kyere will have a win with Nana Ndoum Papa! nd........Amen in Jesus's name!, from Samms!.

Alan Kyere will have a win with Nana Ndoum Papa! nd........Amen in Jesus's name!, from Samms!.
KAY 9 years ago

How many people founded this diabolic and tribalistic Akuffo Addo party?

How many people founded this diabolic and tribalistic Akuffo Addo party?
appiah 9 years ago

Kofi Apraku, Osei Ameyaw, Asamoa Boateng and Addai Nimoh should get out of the way and donate their money to the party.
These are people who are not even qualified to run any government business but like lots of incompetent ...
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Kofi Apraku, Osei Ameyaw, Asamoa Boateng and Addai Nimoh should get out of the way and donate their money to the party.
These are people who are not even qualified to run any government business but like lots of incompetent opportunists in Ghana who were appointed ministers by our former leaders, they do not evaluate their woeful performance objectively, and now they are blinded by inordinate ambition and stupidity. If the truth be told even their wives don't think they could be productive heads of their families.
TAMBRO 9 years ago

THE NPP SHOULD FORGET ABOUT NANA ADDO'S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION IF THEY BELIEVE IN THE GREAT OKOMFO ANOKYE OF GHANA'S HISTORY WHO CURSED THAT NO AKYEM TRIBE WOULD EVER LEAD OUR DEAR NATION OF WHICH NANA ADDO IS ONE.

THE NPP SHOULD FORGET ABOUT NANA ADDO'S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION IF THEY BELIEVE IN THE GREAT OKOMFO ANOKYE OF GHANA'S HISTORY WHO CURSED THAT NO AKYEM TRIBE WOULD EVER LEAD OUR DEAR NATION OF WHICH NANA ADDO IS ONE.
wofa 9 years ago

Another way to corrupt our MP's again in selection of candidates.

Another way to corrupt our MP's again in selection of candidates.

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