Corruption can make Ghana a "failed state" - Joe Ghartey

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The mask 9 years ago

What should be the minimum requirement when recruiting lecturers into a tertiary institution? Is it a masters degree or a PhD with a course in education??

Professors in tertiary institutions must read GES directives. There ...
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What should be the minimum requirement when recruiting lecturers into a tertiary institution? Is it a masters degree or a PhD with a course in education??

Professors in tertiary institutions must read GES directives. There are many important and useful GES directives which would help them.

GES banned all forms of corporal punishment in Educational institutions but there are reports that some tertiary institutions are still carrying out this practice. Asking students to kneel down and so on.

Lecturers in tertiary institutions must recognize the fact that students in these institution are adults.
Rash Bo @ London 9 years ago

Ndc has ruled Ghana for 27 YRS, they have turned Ghana into a failed state, just ask Mugabe

Ndc has ruled Ghana for 27 YRS, they have turned Ghana into a failed state, just ask Mugabe
Ras Bo @ London 9 years ago

STOP USING MY NAME ...This what you NPP people do you commit crimes and change your names or adopt some one elses....

what is Nana Addos real name?
what is Mensa Kyei Bonsu's real name..

Idiot sons of anarchist sin clu ...
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STOP USING MY NAME ...This what you NPP people do you commit crimes and change your names or adopt some one elses....

what is Nana Addos real name?
what is Mensa Kyei Bonsu's real name..

Idiot sons of anarchist sin clutches aat your doors .

Disgrace shall be your bedrock.

THE GREAT NDC WILL STAND TALL ALWAYS FOR TRUTH AND FOR THE PEOPLE...
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:..Proud pepeni...

THE PROBLEM AS SOMEONE SAID IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE BNI DID'T TAKE BRIBE, LET US WATCH OUT THAT THE JUDGES DON'T TAKE BRIBES AND LET THEM OFF. IT HAPPENS THAT LOWER DOWN OFFICIALS TRY TO DO THEIR ...
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Author:..Proud pepeni...

THE PROBLEM AS SOMEONE SAID IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE BNI DID'T TAKE BRIBE, LET US WATCH OUT THAT THE JUDGES DON'T TAKE BRIBES AND LET THEM OFF. IT HAPPENS THAT LOWER DOWN OFFICIALS TRY TO DO THEIR WORK ONLY TO BE LET DOWN BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP WHO TAKE BIGGER BRIBES AND LET THE CUPRITS OFF.
Rastafara"I" 9 years ago

MAHAMA IS A CURSE TO GHANA

MAHAMA IS A CURSE TO GHANA
COS90 9 years ago

Ex-president said CORRUPTION was there during Adams time.

Ex-president said CORRUPTION was there during Adams time.
The mask 9 years ago

What should be the minimum requirement when recruiting lecturers into a tertiary institution? Is it a masters degree or a PhD with a course in education??

Professors in tertiary institutions must read GES directives. There ...
read full comment

What should be the minimum requirement when recruiting lecturers into a tertiary institution? Is it a masters degree or a PhD with a course in education??

Professors in tertiary institutions must read GES directives. There are many important and useful GES directives which would help them.

GES banned all forms of corporal punishment in Educational institutions but there are reports that some tertiary institutions are still carrying out this practice. Asking students to kneel down and so on.

Lecturers in tertiary institutions must recognize the fact that students in these institution are adults.
John 9 years ago

Ghana is already a failed state,how could a country with so much yet its citizens are poor.We're greedy,thieves & hypocrites.22yrs in multi-party democracy yet look at where we are.Weak parliament,corrupt judiciary etc.

Ghana is already a failed state,how could a country with so much yet its citizens are poor.We're greedy,thieves & hypocrites.22yrs in multi-party democracy yet look at where we are.Weak parliament,corrupt judiciary etc.
Africa 9 years ago

That's what I think, but others already said this long ago. It is Blacks who need to have their DNA re-engineered, and we must find people who would do it. It's of utmost urgency.

That's what I think, but others already said this long ago. It is Blacks who need to have their DNA re-engineered, and we must find people who would do it. It's of utmost urgency.
HAN 9 years ago

IN CAPITALISM, CITIZENS COMPETE IN BECOMING RICH AND IN SO DOING, THEY BECOME CORRUPT.

IN CAPITALISM, CITIZENS COMPETE IN BECOMING RICH AND IN SO DOING, THEY BECOME CORRUPT.
Nii Lante Okunka. 9 years ago

You couldn't have been so wrong,HAN.Capitalism is not perfect but it's the best engine of prosperity the world has ever known.There is no other economic system in the history of the world that has elevated people from the aby ...
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You couldn't have been so wrong,HAN.Capitalism is not perfect but it's the best engine of prosperity the world has ever known.There is no other economic system in the history of the world that has elevated people from the abysmal depths of poverty and deprivation than the "proper" pursuit of the tenets of capitalistic principles.What we are doing in Ghana is nothing close to what capitalism is all about.
In the first place,capitalism flourishes within the framework of the rule of law.In Ghana,there is no rule of law but rule of men.Our constitution is a joke and it's violated on the daily basis with no fear of any consequences.So my dear HAN,please don't blame the best economic system ever known to man that has lifted millions of poverty stricken peoples of the world to some level of dignity and better standard of living.
Our problem in Ghana is not SYSTEMS BUT US...WE THE PEOPLE.WE HAVE LOST OUR MORALS, INTEGRITY AND VALUES.STEALING FROM EACH OTHER HAS BECOME THE NORM.IT STARTS FROM THE TOP AND HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE FABRIC OF OUR VERY NATIONAL BODY POLITIC.WE OUGHT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR FOR ANSWERS AND STOP BLAMING SYSTEMS.AFTER ALL CAPITALISM IS WORKING WELL IN COUNTRIES THAT PUT THE WELL BEING OF THEIR NATIONS' FIRST.WE OUGHT TO LEARN FROM THOSE NATIONS RATHER THAN ALWAYS BLAMING SYSTEMS.WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE IS OUR ATTITUDES AND START NURTURING THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY.AND OH EACH AND EVERYONE OF US,RESPECT AND PRACTICE THE RULE OF LAW.
@Han 9 years ago

There's no corruption in Russia, looks like? Or China? Or Cuba? or Mesiobe?

There's no corruption in Russia, looks like? Or China? Or Cuba? or Mesiobe?
Africa 9 years ago

Ghana is a failed state! Buchanan already said Ghana was long ago.

A state which can manage itself despite having in its possession everything essential to gestion but cannot harness it due to the stupidity is a failed sta ...
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Ghana is a failed state! Buchanan already said Ghana was long ago.

A state which can manage itself despite having in its possession everything essential to gestion but cannot harness it due to the stupidity is a failed state.

The blackman is stupid. I blame white people who came to Africa to make blacks think they are humans. We are simply NOT humans at the same level as Caucasians or Asians like the Chinese or Japanese. Anyone doubting this should prove why I am wrong. In doing so, prove why you think Africans can do any correctly without outside help. I am talking about black sub-saharan Africa, that is, excluding the Arabs at the North of Africa.

Finally, I exclude Kwame Nkrumah who may have had a different mould, therefore a different mentality.
Africa 9 years ago

I mean, a state which CAN'T manage itself.

I mean, a state which CAN'T manage itself.
CHA 9 years ago

GHANA WAS DESTROYED BY KOFOUR TRIBALISM AND DRUGS DEALING

GHANA WAS DESTROYED BY KOFOUR TRIBALISM AND DRUGS DEALING
kwasia kwa 9 years ago

U CAN'T DESTROY A WHOLE COUNTRY WITHIN 8YRS DUDE EVEN THE MASS KILLING OF JJ DIDNT DESTROY GHANA LOL

U CAN'T DESTROY A WHOLE COUNTRY WITHIN 8YRS DUDE EVEN THE MASS KILLING OF JJ DIDNT DESTROY GHANA LOL
Son Of Man 9 years ago

GHANA HAS RETROGRESSED IN DEVELOPMENT.
GHANA IS ALREADY A FAILED STATE JOE.
NKRUMAH IS BOILING IN HIS GRAVE.
HE WASTED HIS TIME FOR GHANA FOR NOTHING.
WASTED YEARS.

GHANA HAS RETROGRESSED IN DEVELOPMENT.
GHANA IS ALREADY A FAILED STATE JOE.
NKRUMAH IS BOILING IN HIS GRAVE.
HE WASTED HIS TIME FOR GHANA FOR NOTHING.
WASTED YEARS.
GHANANI 9 years ago

Joe GHartey should be reminded that Kuffuor's NPP government did nothing to fight corruption.Kuffuor told ghanaians that corruption is as old as Adam and Eve and vindicated it by selling state assets at rock bottom prices to ...
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Joe GHartey should be reminded that Kuffuor's NPP government did nothing to fight corruption.Kuffuor told ghanaians that corruption is as old as Adam and Eve and vindicated it by selling state assets at rock bottom prices to its members.Is that not corruption,Joe Ghartey? Were you not a member of his government?
RASCLEPATAKULITTLEBONESAREROTTNSIR! 9 years ago

Come on!!! Joe Ghana is already a failed state! with the likes of what is currently happening in the country, ghana is in fact a disaster waiting to happen

Come on!!! Joe Ghana is already a failed state! with the likes of what is currently happening in the country, ghana is in fact a disaster waiting to happen
daigreenon 9 years ago

In as much we must abhor corruption and corrupt acts that should not become the bases for certain individuals to adopt fatalistic and nihilistic tendencies to be preaching doom and gloom at the least instance. even somalia ca ...
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In as much we must abhor corruption and corrupt acts that should not become the bases for certain individuals to adopt fatalistic and nihilistic tendencies to be preaching doom and gloom at the least instance. even somalia can not be said to be a failed state. what at all is wrong these people who can be found in all our churches and mosques yet cannot bring themselves to speak well about others when in opposition. its all wolf wolf when it got to do with others .....well, as scripture states those who blessed shall be blessed and those who curse let them be at the receiving end of the malevolence they hurl at others..no wonder they claimed they struck oil but ndc came from opposition to be 'enjoying' it simply because God knows whose efforts really made it possible.
Annang Larbi 9 years ago

Oh dear, is this a new realisation or a political gimmick? You and your lots were in power for 8yrs and what practical have you honestly and I mean honestly got to account for the progress of Ghana. Ghanaians will never forge ...
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Oh dear, is this a new realisation or a political gimmick? You and your lots were in power for 8yrs and what practical have you honestly and I mean honestly got to account for the progress of Ghana. Ghanaians will never forget you looting excise which cleaned dry our coffers and the social/economic consequences, hardships Ghanaians are now experiencing. We always remember:-
1.Ghana ' 50
2.drilling ship
3.hotel Kufuor & Tetteh Kwashie Moll
4.NHI- National Health Insurance scandal
5.schools feeding program
6.sales of Ghana airways
7.dollar chains for President Bokasa-Kufuor
8.looting of state plots of land
9.looting of state bungalows
10.fake Cassava Profect
11.looting of the remnants of redenomination cedis
12.missing loans
13.inflated cost of Flag Staff House
14.fake gentrification of Accra 15.Metropolitan.
16.sales of our diplomatic documents and passports to unsavoury personalities including foreigners
17.missing consignments of drugs
18.money to let off in drug dealings etc
Joe Ghartey is an infant. May be he is reaching maturity
Mr. Never 9 years ago

"Unprecedented economic downturn and failing government policies add to Ghana’s turmoil, a state of despaired, disorganized, lacking comprehensive planning and totally out of establishing a formal process with definitive pr ...
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"Unprecedented economic downturn and failing government policies add to Ghana’s turmoil, a state of despaired, disorganized, lacking comprehensive planning and totally out of establishing a formal process with definitive priorities. It is most likely, when incentives to support priorities, defining roles and responsibilities failed, Ghanaians on the other hand begin to examine the determinants of ruthlessness and efficiency, the differences between the past governments of 1950’s and the present day governments.
• Was the past governments development goals, the military regime, or the present millennium governments development goals, more sustainable to today’s Ghana’s economic growth and public wellbeing?
• Was 1950 and 60’s had better governance, stronger socialism control, or the present government, lacking better governance with democratic control?
From 1968 to present, government persistently living in the same monotonous round of governance; from corruption to corruption, ethnic community to ethnic community, political incompetence to political incompetence etc, and Ghanaians have gain nothing other than having the power to insult the government. This is not the result of mere happenstance, but a concerted plan designed by the colonial masters to affect a divide and conquer strategy .....", a part copy from "Occasional essay", by BEDU ASAKAE
Akweley 9 years ago

There's no law & order in Ghana. Actually, the law in Ghana is an ass. You can ride it as long as you have the money. Otherwise why are John & Ibrahim Mahama walking free, while ordinary Ghanaians are held in chains, when eve ...
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There's no law & order in Ghana. Actually, the law in Ghana is an ass. You can ride it as long as you have the money. Otherwise why are John & Ibrahim Mahama walking free, while ordinary Ghanaians are held in chains, when everyone knows the real brains behind the drugs business is Ibrahim Mahama & friends? The entire country is neck deep in all kinds of corrupt activities. What kind of state is it that can't provide the basics of life to its citizens: electricity, healthcare and water. Ghana has all the elements of a failed state. Call a spade a spade.
mahama tuo zaafi,said ndc 9 years ago

THE WORLD KNOW MAHAMA IS USELESS,INCOMPETENT,COCAINE,CORRUPT,SINKING,COLLAPSING GHANA,GOD WILL SPEAK FOR GHANIANS 2016 PERIOD

THE WORLD KNOW MAHAMA IS USELESS,INCOMPETENT,COCAINE,CORRUPT,SINKING,COLLAPSING GHANA,GOD WILL SPEAK FOR GHANIANS 2016 PERIOD
VVIP JDM SNIFFER COCAINE 9 years ago

THE WORLD KNOW MAHAMA NDC ARE USELESS,FOOOOOOOOLS

THE WORLD KNOW MAHAMA NDC ARE USELESS,FOOOOOOOOLS
Yebopower 9 years ago

Ghana is already a failed state under incompetent Dramani and useless NDC party.

Ghana is already a failed state under incompetent Dramani and useless NDC party.
NANA YAW 9 years ago

"The festering corruption in the country" is fast becoming a political battering ram being pushed by NPP to knock the Mahama regime out of power.

Those who are accused of corruption should be exposed immediately. NDC shoul ...
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"The festering corruption in the country" is fast becoming a political battering ram being pushed by NPP to knock the Mahama regime out of power.

Those who are accused of corruption should be exposed immediately. NDC should commit to exposing every corrupt Ghanaian, to lay this "festering corruption in the country" charge to rest.
Uncle Sam 9 years ago

Accept it, Joe.

Ghana is already a failed state....just in case you have not realized.
I'm from your constituency in the Western Region.
When was the last time you went home, Joe? Did you see the shape our roads are in? ...
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Accept it, Joe.

Ghana is already a failed state....just in case you have not realized.
I'm from your constituency in the Western Region.
When was the last time you went home, Joe? Did you see the shape our roads are in? From Inchaban(through Essipon) to the Anglican church roundabout in Sekondi; and then onwards to the Naval base roundabout.

Did you see the damage those big trucks carrying our minerals to the ports have done to that stretch of road in the absence of the railway system that was dismantled by your corrupt parties in order to allow cronies to use their privately-owned trucks for carting those loads of minerals?

SHAME UNTO ALL YOU HYPOCRITES WHO TALK LIKE YOU HAVE THE WELFARE OF THE NATION AT HEART BUT ARE ACTUALLY VERY CALLOUS AND SELFISHLY MOTIVATED!!!

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